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The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
Balky licrecs.

A wealthy farmer III New York
whipped a balky horse and while en-
gagged in this rather violent effort he
fell over dead. We would lot say
that this result was in the nature of a
%retribution for a foolish and cruel act.
1t is possible that the exertion so af-
feeted the action of the heart that
death was the consequence.
But the incident should call atten-
ton to the fact that the whipping of
a balky horse is a risk that no man
of sense should accept. For if a mar
is not killed by the exertion it hurts
him otherwise, as all NEAR acts do,
and whipping a balky horse is gen
orally that sort of an act.
Violence is not the specific for a
balky horse and it will seldom do the
horse any good, while it will always
do the driver harm. The driver catch
es the distemper from the horse and
baiky men are worse than balky
horses. As a general thing the men
who are cruel to their horses are
cruel to their wives and children.
Both treatments arise out of the same
spirit.-Ohio State Journal.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
Her Pleasant OCCUPATION.

Attorney p. j. Brady is the father
Of a daughter named Bertha, aged
four. who is as surely the boss of all
she surveys rs eve the Emperor
Charles Y, in whose possessions the
sun never set. She is a demure young
MISS, but she doesn't miss any of the
tun that's lying about loose.
The other morning her father came
upon her as she was carefully altering
the shape of his new four-dollar derby
with a garden mallet-one of those
Groquet things.
Goodness, child" he exclaimed,
what are you doing?'
Oh she replied, giving the hat an
extra dent. nothing particular. Just
keeping out of mischief"
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
Instructions to the Neiobbors

So many women have called at the
home of Lysander John Appleton to
see Daysey Mayme's wedding lingerie
(the society name for underclothes)
that the time of the family is entirely
taken up with visitors when more i'm
portant matters demand their atten-
ton. For this reason, Mrs. Appleton
desires to announce that the lingerie
will hereafter be on exhibition Thurs
day only from two to six p. IN.
AS the undertaken says at a funeral,
friends will please walk through the
front parlor to the back parlor, to
take a last look, and out through the
conservatory to avoid confusion.
Mote: Conservatory is put in to
sound good. The Appletons haven't a
conservatory, unless one palm, two
ferns and a small g~eranium can be
called one, )-Atehison Globe.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
DOG A CENTER OF MYSTERY
Peculiar Actions of Collie Have
Proved Puzzle to Residents of
New Jersey Town.

4 large dog-a eollie-has spent the
most of its time before the Sussex Ma
tional bank. The dog stands all day
long. unless disturbed, looking into
sDace, as though it expected its lost
master to came and claim it. But the
master never comes.
The dog wears a tag with a number
and the initials y. Y. s. p. {. \" but
the New York society is unable to
give the name of the master or tell
d%nything about any dog Of that de-
ecfiption.
Residents of this locality have been
attracted TO the dog. which is friendly
enough. though never cordial. and some
OF them have tried 10 adopt it. but
failure has met every effort of that
lind. Archibald Hough took the dog
u IL hoh3e, in the suburbs. The dog
was tied up over night. but the next
day the collie was down in the village
again at the old post.
EX-Assemblyman Levi II. Howell
sent the dog out to his farm, two
miles from Newton. They chained the
collie to a pump that night. Next day
The dog was before the bank, chain
and pump handle and all.
Cats and other dogs may come and
go freely and never receive so mucn
as the raising of an ear from the
stranger. The police do not want to
dispose of the dog, and the dog war
den won't touch it, so it is becoming
the problem of the town.
The superstitious say it is a strange
dog, and that there are many things
which are apparent, but not real
Newton Dispatch to New York Times.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-12-24
Settling the PreIiminaries.

"Oh, Jennie said the other girl, Il
had such a queer dream about you
last night
Don't say another word if it was
the unlucky kind" Jennie interrupted.
1T wasn't. | dreamt | saw you GO
ing up the great white way to the
pearly gates"
Wait. How was | dressed ?"
"All in shining white
tlre hat
Yes"
Go IN"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
The La,e Captain ". I. jenkins.

A comrade and friend Of Capt, W.
T. jenkins. who died few days ago
at his home near Aurelian Springs,
wishes to mention not only TACT
known to many and should be known
to all viz: That he was in command
of small party Of Confederates, who
did the very last fighting at Apo
mattox; but also to tell OF something
in connection with his capture on
that fateful April 9th morning. HIS
brigade and division often dong
stiff fighting, had been ordered to
fall back towards Appomattox court
house and he was called upon to take
the 4th n. Gland his own regiment,
the lash. and cover the retreat. ms
he did till he reached q cluster
Of houses, when as his men were
falling so fast, he ordered them to
the rear, but before doing so called
fer volunteers from his regiment to
do what they could to hold the enemy
in check until this was accomplished
About twenty-five responded ana
Can't. Jenkins used to say they made
a .'liyelv racket" While this was
going on word was sent him that
General Lee had surrendered, where
upon he ordered his men to cease
firing and raised the white flag. 1t
is possible that the enemy did not
see the flag, as they continued TO
Gra, SO Capt, Jenkins and his men
we're forced to open fire again and
they fought until surrounded and
captured. They were taken to Gen
Sherman's Headquarters and there
they remained until about sunset
not having even the poor consolation
Of being included in Gen. Lees sur.
render. for they were told by THEN
captors that they would be shot fol
I fighting after they had once surren
t]ered. And there is no telling what
their fate would have been had moi
that gallant and generous Fedora
officer Gen. Custer in passing seer
/ them and ordered their release.
The 18th N. c. T. in which Capt
Jenkins served had for its first colone
Cen. Junius Daniel, Of this county
. and for its second, Col. Tyler Ben
nett, Of Arson. It was a crack regi
ment and served in Il crack brigade
! (Ranseur-Cox). There was N
braver and better soldier in Gen
Lees array than Capt. Wilson Jen
kins, and in Halifax county Their
was no citizen more respected AM
beloved.
". f. BOND,
Scotland Neck, N. {
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
The Charlotte Celebration.

Charlotte, N. c., May II. With
the near approach of the twentieth
of May celebration, which will be
held in this city May 18th, 10th and
goth, Charlotte is completing all de-
tails for welcoming and entertaining
the thousands of visitors who will
be her guests on this historic event.
Hotel and boarding house accommo-
dations are being enlarged to such
an extent that the enormous crowds
will suffer no inconvenience what
ever in being entertained. This city
boasts of the best hotel facilities of
any town in this sectiou4sf the coun-
try.
The several committees, who have
in charge the celebration have about
completed their work. The mann
moth grandstand has been practical
w completed and the four large wei
come arches on the principal streets
of the city will be finished by the
latter part of this week and withir
a few days the entire city will b.
decorated in flags, bunting and my
riads of electric lights. One o.
the specially attractive features o.
the decorations will be the displa.
made on independence Square, in tn
business center of the city. Severa
of the United States flags there viii
be 600 used in alb will cover thi
historic spot and strings Of electri
lights, numbering several thousand
will furnish a canopy at night givin,
the effect of huge umbrella.
The United States troops, VIII
have been ordered to report here 70
the celebration, will arrive in tn
city next Sunday night or Monda
morning and will be stationed at tn
fair grounds. During the celebra
ton they will give daily exhibition
of infantry and cavalry drills with
out cost to the sightseers,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
PROTESTS AGAINST NEW COUR|
HOUSE.

Since Mr.. ButterWorth ar
ticle appeared in The COMMON
WEALTH and was copied III the
Enfield Progress, he has recelv-
ed several letters from men IN
the county who approve the
stand he has taken. From the
letters these men have written,
it seems that the sentiment IN
most sections of the county Is
strongly against the building OF
a new court house. People gen
orally seem to think that with
$4,000 or $4,000 the present
court house can be rGmOdeled
to suit the needs and conven-
fence of all the citizens Of the
county, and that if the money
is to be spent at all, 1t could
be spent much more effectively
for good roads, or some other
purpose: We think the people
are right in their opinion.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
Aurelian Springs, N. c., May /

Aurelian Springs, N. c., May II.
Mr.. Editor
In your last weeks issue of THE
COMMONWEALTH | see a communica-
ton from Mr.. Butterworth which
every tax payer in Halifax county
is interested in. Now, Mr.. Editor,
in my younger days | was taught
that the Democratic party was the
party to practice economy and was
the white mans party, consequently
in 1868 | cast my first ballot and
from then until now | have voted
what was called Democratic" and
in all Of these forty years little did |
dream of ever seeing decent and
honorable white man debarred the
privilege to vote, but to my great
surprise, now see such. Mr.. Edi-
tor, some two years past, here in this
section. a good and honorable white
gentleman died, leaving one son and
/ five girls, and upon the son, of course,
fell the responsibility of taking care
of mother and sisters. Yes nobly,
nanfully and faithfully has that
young man carried the burden,
with their help of course. He being
81 years of age wishes to cast his firsi
ballot, but our honorable registrar
says, No, you can not register
and the noble young man today
stands debarred Of the white mans
privilege. If this is Democracy de.
liver me,
c.. r. d.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13

The appointment Of Judge
Conner to the United States
district judgeship for the East
ern district of North Carolina
will be hailed with approval
and satisfaction by the people
of North Carolina generally,
with the possible exception of
the North Carolina Republican
leaders. Judge Common is q
Democrat out and out. For the
past ten years he has occupied
a seat on the Supreme Court
bench of the State: previous tC
that he was judge Of the Supe-
rior court. He will assume his
new Office thoroughly equipped
to perform faithfully and vel
the duties it imposes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13

The programs Of the twenty
sixth annual session Of the
North Carolina Teachers AS
sembly to be held at Morehead
City, June 1918, have been is
sued, also the programs Of De-
partments and Of the Woman's
Betterment Association. They
present much interesting mat
ter for discussion and deal with
straightforward business mat
tiers. matters that are Of inter
est to every teacher in North
Carolina. Every teacher who
can should attend the meeting
that is to be held. 1t Will be
of inestimabIe value to those
who do so.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
Kills 10 STOP The FiaRd.

The worst foe for u years OF John
Iieve. of GIldwin Mich, was run
mig ulcer. lie paid doctors over
/. 1000 without benefit. Then Buck
lens Arnica Salye killed the ulcer and
cared him. Cures FcverS Sores, Boils,
Felons. Eczema, Salt Rhcum. infalll-
I le ior Piles, Burns, Scalds, Cuts,
Corns. 25c. ut T. T. Whitehead
Company s.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13

We were reminded againM Mon
day of Scotland Neck's great
need of an opera house. We
would be glad if some Of our
citizens would discuss this mat
ter through the columns Of our
paper. A town hall with mar
ket, store, opera house, mayor $
office, etc, would fill this need
quite satisfactorily, and other
needs too-the need of a marke ct
for instance.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
HF. ki!Chin'S Speech.

In his weekly comment About
Congress- in the last Golfers, Mark
Sullivan, discussing the speeches
that have been made on the subject
of tariff revision. singles out four
sDeeches Of the scores for special
conmendation. He says:
The best four speeches delivered
in the tariff debate up to the date of
this writing are those Of Serene +.
PAYNE, of New York; Champ Clark,
of Missouri; Francis ", Cushman, of
Washington, and Claude Kitchin, of
North Carolina. Practically every
member Of Congress has made long
set speech on the Payne bill. For
the most part they are dreary and of
little value. The Southern members
run to poetical quotations and ferVld
outbursts in the manner OF the ora
tors of generation ago. The
speeches of the Northern members,
as a rule, are dull beyond endurance,
the bulk of them made up Of pages
of undigested statistics and long
newspaper extracts. But the speech
es of the four men mentioned are
genuinely worth while. Payne s
speech, of course, is the exposition of
his own bill. And Chairman Payne
does know his subject. TIE Demo-
cratic opposition leader, Champ
Clark, in opening his formal attack
on Payne's bill, said:
al want to be fair. The chair
man of the Ways and Means Commit
tee (Mr Payne knows more about
tariff schedules than any other man
on top Of the ground-l think his
conclusions are frequently erroneous,
out he knows more about exports
and imports, and he knows more
about what the rates have been
The speech of Mr.. Clark himself
! is not only well-informed as to tariff
facts, but is richly touched with hu-
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-05-13
Publishers Announcement.

1.;s settled r,oint in newspaper ethics that
editors and publishers not reSpoESib be lor me
views of correspondents, and the publ cation OF
nnhIisher endorses the communication. The
CoMaIoNwEALTB adheres to these general priel-
DleS.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-22
OFFICIALS GUARD
LAW OF EXCLUSION
Commissioner General of immigration
Arrives at Seattle and Speaks Of
Case of Accused Japanese
Banker

SEATTLE. Wash, June 21.-Commis-
sioner General of immigration Daniel
J. Keefe. who has just arrived from
Vancouver. B. c., where X. Hirade, the
wealthy japanese banker, is held on
the charge that he is an importer Of
women, said today that the admins
tration Of the exclusion laws would
interest him during his stay in Seat
tie. He continued:
"You may say that the primary ex-
animation of immigrants to this coun-
try is now carried on with more strict
ness and rigor than ever before i'm the
history of the country, and that in
special cases, where the applicant for
admittance is suspected of having been
engaged in traffic in women, or where
there is reason for suspecting him of
being entitled to be classed as unde-
sirable, boards of inquiry are directed
to inquire into every fact and circum-
stance surrounding the case, so that If
the immigrant is undesirable he cam
not find some loophole through which
to enter the country. The good effect
Of this vigor i'm the primary eXamina-
ton Of immigrants is already felt"
The four Chinese magicians held for
examination at Vancouver have been
admitted, and arrived at the worlds
fair TODAY.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-22
ARREST INDIAN ACCUSED
OF FIRING FATAL SHOT

EUREKA. June 21--Charles Saxon. a
fulfil blood Indian, was brought in from
the Hoopa reservation late tonight by
United States Marshal j. A. Prentice,
and lodged in Jail, charged with shoot
ing and fatally wounding Fell Baldy-
ing, another Indian, after the dance
held at Hoopa last Friday night.
Saxon left the dance early, and when
his wife did not come home by mid
night became jealous, and sent Baldy
ing. his close friend, to look for her.
believing she was with his brother,
Arthur Saxon. Baldying failed to find
the woman, and returned alone.
Saxon saw him coming, and thinking
it was his brother opened fire, shooting
Baldying through the bouy. The wound
was fatal, death resulting two hours
later
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-22
CHINESE SLAYER
FLUDES OFFICERS
MURDERER OF ELSIE SiGEL IS
YET AT LARGE
TWO oRlENTALs ARRESTED. BUT
AFFORD LITTLE DATA
Former Occupant Of Room Where Girl
Met Death Captured at Amster-
dam, N. Y.-Restaurant
Keeper Surrenders


WASHINGTON, June 21.-orders
we're issued by the Chinese legation
here today to chinese consuls through
out the United States TO do all in their
power to assist in the apprehension of
the murderers of Elsie sigel. Those
ln New York and San Francisco par
tlcularIy were ordered to exercise great
vigilance.
AMSTERDAM, June s1--The Chinese
arrested today at west Galway admits
he is Chun sin, who formerly occupied
a room adjoining that of Leon Ling
where the body of Elsie sigel was
found.
He protests vigorously, however that
he knows nothing about the murder
although he was Acquainted with Elsie
sieeI and knew of her work among the
Chinese.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
LEGAL NOTICES
order of PubIicstion.

OTQOT VI Ta6hS&biOIs
City of Birmingham, a municipal cor
poration, VS.. r. M. Ellis. In chancery, at
Birmingham, Ala.
1t appearing to the register in chancery
for Jefferson county, Alabama, that city
of Birmingham a municipal corporation,
has filed in this court list of delinquent
taxes as provided for by law, and that
in said list and among the properties pro-
ceeded against in this court by said mu-
nicipality is certain property described as
follows:
Lot 10, block "a, Avondale, in Birm;ng-
ham, Ala, same being taxes for the year
1908
And it further appearing to the register
that r. M. Ellis is named in said list as
the owner of the said property, and that
a summons was heretofore issued to the
said owner, in chancery cases, and
that the said summons has been returned
by the sheriff mot found" after 10 days,
1t is therefore ordered by the register that
publication be made in the Birmingham
Age-Herald, a newspaper published in
Jefferson county, Alabama once a week
for four consecutive weeks, giving 80
days notice thereof, requiring the said r.
NJ Ellis to plead or answer by the 23d
day of November, 1909, to the proceed
ings filed in this court by said municipai-
ty (Which proceedings seek to have the
property sold for the payment of delin-
quent taxes thereon), and If no pleadings
setting up defense shall be filed by the
owner of the property described within
30 days after said date, then a final de-
cree will be rendered by the chan
cellor of this court, adjudging said prop
erty liable for taxes and directing the
register to sell said property for the pay
ment Of the taxes, charges, penalties,
interest and costs that are charged
thereon.
Done this, the 18th day of October, 1909.
]. w. ALTMAN, Register
1O-I9-fri-4t
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
DEMAND FOR LAW
UPON AUTO SPEED
Georgia Wants State TO Regu-
late Running of Machines
SPEED LIMIT Is NEEDED
Recent Death of Prominent Man in
Atlanta Has Called Forth Ex-
Pressions Regarding Reck-
lessness in Driving.
SPEED LIMIT is NEEDED

Atlanta, November u.-(Special 1.-THE
unfortunate accident which resulted in
the death of Harvey L. Anderson, one
of Atlanta's most prominent business men,
Saturday night, has revived discussion
Of the need for a state law governing the
speed of automobiles on the public high
ways of the state, outside of town and
city limits.
Although it is, seemingly. unquestioned
that the automobile of young DR.. ]. H.
Crawford which struck Mr.. Anderson and
caused his death within a few minutes
after the impact, was being driven at an
unusually rapid rate, the driver was vio-
lating no law because he was outside the
city limits, where Atlanta's speed limit or
dinances do not apply.
DR.. Crawford was, therefore, violating
no law, either of city or state. Georgia
has no law regulating the running of au-
tomobiles, and speeding on the public
highways outside the city limits is not,
therefore, in any sense crime. Ac-
cordingly. even though an automobile may
be driven with undue speed upon coun-
try road if the killing of a person is pure
stances unavoidable. the driver cannot be
held legally to account simply because
he was going at a dangerous pace.
An effort was made at the last session
of the legislature to enact, law regulat-
ing the running of automobiles in the
state and proposing to fix speed limit
but pressure of other business prevented
its perfection and enactment, These
measures are still pending, and there is
scarcely a doubt that law will be
passed at the next session of the general
assembly prescribing such regulations
including speed limit and requiring state
registration.
Some of those who introduced bills at
the last session proposed to fix the speed
limit at 20 miles an hour; others were lib
eral enough to put it at 25 miles. The in
dications were that the legislature is not
inclined to go much over the latter figure
The automobilists, generally, appear to
be willing to have it fixed at 30 miles.
considering that a safe maximum and
one at which a machine can ordinarily be
controlled in time to prevent an acct
dent
1t is safe prediction that the whole
question will be threshed out at the next
meeting of the Legislature and some defin-
lite legislation will be the result.
1t is a curious circumstance in connec-
ton with the killing of Mr.. Anderson
that, according to report, he had recently
warned DR.. Crawford, whoswas his warm
personal friend, against speeding his ma
chine on Peachtree road, which is thckly
settled and wheer both their residences
are located.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-11-12
Board of Missions Spend $751;, 1865.

Boston, November 1.-THE Wom-
ans Board of Missions of the Congre-
gational church, which began it's forty
second annual meeting today, received
during the PIT year $277,177 and ex-
pended $161,S65, according to the re-
port of the treasurer, Miss Sarah
Louise Day. Miss e. Harriet Stand
wood, home secretary, reported an in
creasing interest in mission study.
Miss Kate G. I4amson. for the foreign
department, said that the schools
maintained by the board were over
crowded, that an additional force of
missionary teachers was needed, and
that normal instruction was essential
for the natives She said that the hos
pital work was encouraging, but that
more doctors, nurses and buildings
were needed in India and China