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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07
Trinity Park School
A FirSt-uaSs Preparatory School.

Certificates of graduation ac-
cepted for entrance to leading
Southern Colleges.
Faculty of ten officers and
teachers. Campus of - acres.
Library containing more than
10000 bound volumes. Well
equipped gymnasium. High
standards and modern methods
of instruction. Frequent lee
lures by prominent lecturers.
Expenses exceedingly moderate.
Twelve years Of phenomenal sue
cess.
For catalogue and other in
formation address
+. :. ALDRIDGE, Bursar,
Durham, n. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07
Us Have Your Work
MCD. Rowe < Golden.

ne Tailoring, Pressing and Re
m. Guarantee prices and
kma"shin. Az our work done
le building on Main Street, Scot
ENe"k, n. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07

over, and yet he was smart enough
to skin Zion City alive.
But this isn't saying Powell is a
pretender. There are too many
good witnesses testifying to his long
time insanity to make it appear a
put-up job. And then the defense
isn't asking that he be acquitted for
the purpose Of sending him back to
Halifax to home. His people do not
want him there. They want him
confined safe from those who wish
him harm and from those whom he
would do damage. The plea of in
srnity in this case has far more of
merit in it than most Of those spuri-
Gus defenses set up where men make
killing in haste and repent at lei
sure.
Warrenton is taking care Of the
people well. The Daughters of the
Confederacy are spreading lunch to
the visitors in the old hotel and rails
ing money for a monument. The
Norwood House has been jammed,
but the place has cared for the
extra hundreds and the town has
been open. The visit here has been
abundantly worth while.
THAT DECORATED DOG.
And now one final fling at that COL
laborated canine creation, Powell's s
decorated dog. The sacred cow of
China isn't in it with him. The old
gentleman admitted fixing him up a
bit, but couldn't give much reason
for it.
This morning traditions crept out.
One Of the Halifax boys was talking
to a paper representative. Had
you heard what made the old man
bedeck his dog in all of that ribbon
finery?" Of course nobody had
heard, and he began:
"Now when you saw him with red
ribbon on, that meant that Powell
had the best red eye Ticker going.
You would find him next with yellow
ribbon, and yaller corn was flush that
say"
"Shut your mouth" ex-Solicitor
Walter Daniel said to his friend.
But it had already leaked out. The
third color. blue, meant that brandy
flowed like rivers and all the world
was duck.
Mr.. Powell says this isn't so. He
had only the artistic in mind when
he fixed his dog up. He had to
laugh at the ingenuity of the idea,
but said that so far from publishing
his wet goods with ribbon, he didn't
have any,
"Billy Be Damned and the dog
will live as long as there is a memory
of the trial.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07

COrrects inability
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07

Impure blood runs you down
makes you an easy victim for organ.
ic diseases. Burdocks Blood Bitters
purifies the blood cures the cause
builds you up.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07
E. E. POWELL SENT TO
PRISON FOR THIRTY YEARS
The Sentence Means Life Imprisonment for the
Slayer Of Policeman c. w. Dunn.


Swears he Loved Police Chief
and Was Fond of Travis and
kitchin. Declares he has no
Recollection of Having Shot
Either of Them. The Com
promise Submission to Second
Degree Murder Acceptable to
Both Sides and to the Presiding
Judge,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07

DIduueT remedy, De-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulflls almost
every wish i'll over
coming rheumatism.
pain i'll the back, kid
neys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
COrreCtS INABILITY fo
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-07-07

ter and scalding pain in passing it.
fleets following use of liquor, wine
md ovcrcones that unpleasant
~ Of being compelled to go often
/ the day, and to get up many
turing the night.
np=Root IS not recommended for
ing but if you have kidney, liver
der trouble, it will be found Just
redy you need. 1t has been thor
tested in private practice, and has
50 successful that a special ar
.e,t has been made by which all
Of this paper, who have not al
-iei it, may have a sample bottle
ee by mail, also a book telling
bout Swatnp-Rcot, and how to
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
cost of each item of this work has been

In the Water Department we laid
5,903 feet of water mains, an increase
over last year of little more than 1900
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
Hearst Repufliated.

NJ In spite of the roasting which Mayor Gaynor
md others have gotten for their behavior at
Athe Associated Press dinner, William r. Hearst
nannot but feel the singing rebuke administered
M him by has brother newspaper men. Not
EWithstanding Gaynor's bad manners he called
@0ttention to the Hearst method and cited case
g3n point by way Of illustration. And the news
Sp&per men took this occasion to make demon
Eetration against the Hearst type of journalism.
d We have no sympathy with the manner of
doing 1t. Mr.. Gaynor intimated that he had full
apermission from the committee to attack Mr.
Hearst and that in so doing he was doing that
which was expected of him. If that be the case
@kCWever the incident is made worse. If there
BMMs 8 conspiracy Matched out in advance to
3enonnce and repudiate Hearst and to bring
1pecife charges against him, in common fair
mess he should have been put on notice and
EM5ven an opportunity to defend himself. But
3earst was not present and when his repre-
RMenfative undertook to reply to Gaynor, he was
HkpWled down and cries of "put him out"
$Were heard from all parts of the house. The
Eaxhole wretched business was reflection upon
s4ht manners and sense of justice of the news
Spoper men who took part in the demonstration
E But, we repeat, there is scant comfort in any
S01 this for Mr.. Hearst. Gaynor permitted
1&o attack him IN the house of his fellow crafts
aen and he was sustained because the men felt
S1hAt Hearst deserved the flashing he received
SAowever in apt and untimely the occasion may
1--we been
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
Charms of City Life.

A writer in the Baltimore Sun who has been
pointing out the foolishness OF those VINO starve
in the cities when they might have plenty in the
country relates the following
He boarded an open car in Baltimore one day
when the weather had suddenly turned cold
and chilly rain was falling. The conductor
trhanced 10 be man from his own county OF
Charles. After passing the time of day. he
asked after the conductors health and the man
replied that he was suffering from rheumatism
The other demonstrated with him for being out
in the rain in such condition. The conductor
that he had to be on the job every day in order
ito earn enough to keep the wolf from the door.
The conversation then continued as follows
" How long have you been on this job9' /
asked
Eight years, was his reply.
We'll, why in the name of common sense
didn't you stay in Charles countyq'
Shucks,' replied he. You can't make any
money down there
"This got me to thinking hard SO ! said
Suppose you had stayed in Charles county.
Suppose you were there now; what would you
he doing7'
Why, I'd be sitting by fire, nursing this
rheumatism.
You would, Ell And yet in Baltimore city,
where you get fair wages every week, you are
forced into this cold rain because you haven t
one cent to rub against another. You can t
make any money down in Charles county; yet
if you were there you'd be sitting by warm
fire. You can make money here and yet you
are forced BIZ your necessities to work ON an in
clement day that is dangerous to your very life
and the life of your family.
Now, listen, John, to this: If you were
back IN Charles county, no matter what your
returns were in actual dollars, you would be
better off. You would by an amount of labor
not exceeding what you are performing now, be
in possession of at least tight roof. Your wife
and you would have your garden of vegetables.
Poultry and eggs would come to your table
You could not starve-you could not be worse
off. My boy counting merely by dollars does
not answer life s problems We have got to
count by actual results. -
But the secret of it is that this man and his
family would rather enjoy the pleasures of
city life on half rations than a fatted calf and
dullness on the farm. Their bodies can put up
with crust and the rheumatism but the soul
must have its excitements, or it will starve.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

Mr.. George E. Cassell, of East Radford, ad-
+ dresses a communication to the Roanoke Times
~ which he asks fer tie editors epiaioa OF a
@proposition to nominate the Democratic candi.
date for Congress from the Sixth District by
|sconvention rather than by primary election,
v notwithstanding that the committee has al
ready fixed the date for the primary.
The Times answers bluntly that it favors the
primary and gives several good reasons for pre-
Herring that method of choosing candidates for
\ office. And yet strangely enough, our contem-
Apxrary does lot mention the fundamental rea-
eon, namely, that the party law demands that
nominees for Congress be selected by primary
olection. And not so strangely either, seeing
that in the Ninth District, and afterwards in
4 The Fifth District, party law was disregarded
and the primary set aside for convention.
Il Again, it is passing strange that the law Of
The party is thus set at defiance without protest.
except from few newspapers. There has been
no meeting of the State Central Committee to
take action concerning what the Henry County
Bulletin has boldly proclaimed to be rebellion
against the constituted authorities
The simple fact that the primary has been dis
zCarded is not the question. The question of
serious moment is that in two instances the
written law of the party has been discarded and
#there is now talk of discarding it in the Sixth
district Indeed Mr.. Cassell and the editor of
the Roanoke Times write as though there were
no law on the subject as though it were optional
with the District Committee to call either pri-
mary or convention, whereas the law is manda-
Stnry. Ii says that in each district nominations
shall be by primary election and that the Dem
Hotratie voters shall have the privilege of choos-
ing the nominee by popular vote.
The Virginian has not been accused or suspect
S1d ct being party organ, but it is IN utilization
with the Democratic party and believes that
SpArty laws well as statutory laws are made
Nh be enforced and obeyed 1t seems to a
1erious matter that the primary law is treated
With sueh fine contempt and We clearly
opinion that if this sort of thing is to continue,
Rthc law should be repealed. In short, we regard
party organization, party discipline and party
aoyalty as of more consequence than the party
method of choosing candidates, for the latter is
merely a matter Of policy while the first is fund
nnental and vital.
We fear that this rebellion" is heaping up
future trouble for the Democratic party. 1t
may be Of little consequence that the nomination
IN the Ninth or the Fifth or the Sixth districts
86e made by convention But it may well be that
IN some other district where there is different
some aspirant will rise up after the
convention has been held claim that the Demo
cratic nomination was irregularly made and,
hence not binding and so rally the discordant
lelement to his support and form dangerous
alliance with the Republicans. 1t is risky
business to trfe with law.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
The Staunton Method.

The report of Charles f. Ashburner, genera
nanager" of the city of Stanton for the pas
Deal year is before us and makes good exhibi
~ the Stanton method The manager makes
~ following summary of his work:
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have incurred no indebtedness we have
constructed 1893 lineaI feet of grano-
hthic sidewalks, an increase of 3,1O6
feet over the preceding year; 1850
M lineal feet of macadam and asphalt
81 maeadam streets, increasing last years
street construction by over 5000 lineal
Feet, 3,a46 lineal feet of sewer, as
against 993 feet last year, while the
\ Amcunr of curb laid was 1924 feet last
1aax and 1855 feet this year and the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
Mr.. Byrs's Explanation.

Speaker Byrd publishes q statement In which he
dspels much Misrepresentation to the nature OF his
employment by the governor special the
State. He is not to nxed, salary but only
fees which are not to exceed $4,000 in two years
appropriation available II $4,000 for two years. and
not 10000 has been stated. The transaction In
perfectly safe-guarded against improper excessive
use CT the public funds, and there II nothing In 1t
that warrants reflection upon the governor aking
the designation Of upon Mr. Byrd In accepting IT,
Petersburg Index-AppeaL Es
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

Mr.. Roosevelt's rference to himself as states
man recalls a story which Mr.. Joseph Bryan
used to tell with keen relish
A congressman of old who was man of
pomp and pride was asked by a woman who was
visiting Washington if there were many states
men
My dear madam, replied the pompous one,
there are many politicians. i5ut as for real
Systematically madam. I might say that you
could count on the fingers Of one hand
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
Is Kissing Safe?

DR.. A. NJ. Worthington of Harvard Medical
School declared in a recent lecture on ''Man
and His Bacteria - that kissing was a perfectly
safe pastime. He assured his hearers that the
only danger in the practice to healthy persons
was a sudden and violent attack of heart trou-
Bile. There is every reason to believe" he
concluded, "that when two wholesome persons
meet lip to lip they may break away without
upsetting the bacterial balance
DR.. Worthington made broad assertion when
he said the only danger in kissing was that of a
Sudden attack of heart trouble Some men and
women know to their sorrow that under various
conditions, circumstances and environments kiss
ing is more dangerous than bacteria and liable
to breed other troubles than those of the heart.
We warn our readers, therefore that is to say any
of them who may need waning, that the medical
expert was merely discussing the scientific eff
feet of kissing and not the most dangerous
phase of osculatory recreation and pastime.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

The talk of conspiracy against President
Taft by Pnehet & Co. is the lost resort Of des-
peration by Ballinger Co. and now comes the
statement from Washington that Ballinger must
Igo.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

During the last eight months OF
last year there was expended IN bulid-
ings the sum of SAC, 900, and during this
year $1S5, 500, showing very healthy
growth in building operations carried
on NV tho citiyaus -
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

Mr.. Roosevelt has captured Amsterdam.
Ism that another case of the Dutch taking
HollandS
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02

Newer Topic.
The daffodil 10 on the BILL
y But I am tadish.
The theme II trite: I'd rather write
About tho radish.
-Phtladslphia BuiIetin
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-05-02
n by the citizens.

The significant feature of this report is that
the improvements noted were made without in
curing any Indebtedness, which means, we take
1t, that the cost was paid out of current reve-
nues. But there is no mystery as under the Staun-
ton plan practical business man is managing
the business affairs of the city and doing it by
the ordinary rules of business, as distinguished
from the rule of politics.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13
QUEER OLD JAP RELIC
CARVING SAID TO BE ONE THOU
BAND YEARS OLD.
Wcndrous Scene Engraved on Piece Of
sandaIwood Depicts Combat at
-conslscatcd by British
Soldier.

Nearly one thousand years ago a
Jap, crafty with such knives and tools
as existed at that time, carved won
drous scene from a solid piece Of san
dalwood four feet long and a foot
square. Today that carving stands in
the Office Of Albert v. HUH, county
tax assessor. 1t belongs to Ernest
Teille.
A history. written in quaint Japanese
characters, twisted topsy-turvy on a
sheet Of equally curious rice paper,
goes with the OATving. This sheet is
still in possession Of the party from
whom young Eeille bought the antique.
Even IL 1t wer- ia his possession, a
linguist would he needed to translate
1t. This. however, is going to be done
In the near future, when the real his
tory Of the old carving will be known.
Many have puzzled to say exactly
what is sought to be shown. There is
sight Of turbulent sea, with waves
mountain high, two high proved sam
pans locked together and the crews
fighting in grim style. A man is over
board, but the combatants are paying
no heed. One sampan is almost rail
deep In the sea, but the sturdy de-
tenders are fighting as though on
terra flrIna.
Traditional history says the carving
was done in the year 954 During the
Boxer uprising, when the strong arm
of Britain was needed to subjugate
malcontents bent on destruction of life
and property, the quaint old relic
saved human life. A British soldier,
sent on mission whose end was
death to anyone he found within a
certain house. entered, but found all
absent except one. This one he placed
under arrest, but in the act of putting
on the irons his attention was caught
by the old carving. Stopping for a
moment to examine 1t, he was sur
prised upon turning toward his captive
to discover that he had flown. Had
the man been taken to headquarters
he would have been shot.
The soldier confiscated the relic and
carried it with him. Later he pre-
scented it to a commanding officer and
the latter sent 1t to friend In the
American army at Manila. Then it
was finally brought to the United
States when the Philippine insured
tion was subdued. 1t went from San
Francisco to New York and then drift
ed south, reaching San Antonio sew
eral years ago as the property of an
American officer. Recently there was
an auction of old things and this went
with the balance.San Antonio Light
and Gazette.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13
SAVED OLD LADY's HAIR

my mother used to have very bad
humor on her head which the doctors
called an eczema. and for it had two
different doctors. Her head was very
sore and her hair nearly all fell out
in spite of what they both did. One
day her niece came in and they were
speaking of how her hair was falling
out and the doctors did it no good.
She says, Aunt, why don't you try
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Oint-
ment?' Mother did and they helped
her. In six months time the itching,
burning and scalding of her head was
over and her hair began growing. To
day she feels much in debt to Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment FOR the fine
head of hair she has for an old lady
of seventy-four.
MY own case was an eczema in my
feet. AS soon as the cold weather
came my feet would itch and burn and
then they would crack open and bleed.
Then l thought would fee to my
mothers friends, Cuticura Soap and
Cuticura Ointment / did for four or
five winters, and now my feet are as
smooth as any ones. Ellsworth Dun
ham, Hiram, Me-. Sept. 80, 1907
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13
FAMOUS MAGPIE CEILING

Mention has frequently been made
Of late of the palace at Cintra, where
the sovereigns took refuge after their
flight from Lisbon. One of the apart
ments is known as the Hall Of Mag
pies. Painted in the arabesque cell
ing is to be found swarm of magpies.
Each has in the mouth a scroll, on
which, painted in red on a white
ground, are the words, "Por benz
The story runs that King John / Of
Portugal was making love to one of
the maids of honor in this chamber
and was surprised by the queen, His
majesty made the best Of the cir
cumstances and explained to the
Queen, II por benz minha sacre."
ooh. it Is nothing at all. It is quite
right There is no harm In IT'D But
whether the Queen was satisfied the
legend Is silent; but the ladies' Of the
court were deeply interested and
were constantly saying to one an
other with smile. "Por hemi Por
bem!" The King thought II time to-
act so. he commissioned an artist to
paint on the ceiling as many magpies
as there were talkative ladies' about
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13

The wilds of Africa are just begin.
ming to be accessible to the naturalist.
The country is sufficiently broken in
the interior now to allow man to
study at his leisure without the con-
slant horror of the unknown hanging
over him. The latest expedition into
the Anfola country of West Africa
has brought forth 80 new species Of
fish hitherto entirely unknown to the
scientific world. Or. w. j. Ansorger
brought back to the British museum
more than 1000 specimens of all, and.
of course, the vast ARCHAEOLOGICAL world
still unexplored lies as tempting
bait to other students since the pos
sibilities Of the dark continent are
just beginning to be appreciated.
When 1t becomes possible to ex-
plore methodically every corner of the
great interior the biologists. mineral
ogists, and all the others in the field
Of science will doubtless make finds
that win supply material for vol
umes.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13
PERFUME FAVORED BY QUEENS
Royal Family Of England Remain
Faithful to AEss 5cuquctr-czar-
ina ls Fond Of White Violet.

Queen Mary is not lover Of per-
fume. She uses eau de cologne occa-
sionally, but avoids scents as much
as possible. A west end chemist told
the writer recently that neither is
Queen Alexandra very fond Of per-
fumes, although she remains faithful
to the ''Ess Bouquet" which has
been in use by the royal family OF
England since 1892. This perfume is
composed of amber mixed with the
essences Of roses, violets, jasmine,
orange flowers and lavender.
On the other hand the Czarina is
passionately fond Of perfume. Her
apartments In the royal palace are
daily sprayed with essences of lilac,
jasmine, and white violet. Her Maj
esty's fayorite essence is violet, and
for several weeks In the early spring
hundreds of women and girls may be
seen at Grasse gathering the bios
SONS from which the Czarina's per-
fume Is made. The finished product
is tested, bottle by bottle, at the St.
Petersburg Academy Of Chemistry
before being sent to the imperial
store.
The Queen Mother Of Spain uses as
perfume eau d'espagne, manufactured
In Madrid, and also obtains a per-
fume for her toilet from Paris. It's
composition is secret which the
perfumer only half discloses. 1T is
made" he says, 'of rosewater, cocoa
nut oil, and-the rest is mystery"
The young Queen of Holland is a
great believer in the virtues of eau
de cologne; while Carmen Sylvia
Queen Of Roumania, uses special
perfume made from the finest herbs,
which she says lis the best tonic for
the skin she has yet discovered
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-13

On the New York division the other
afternoon lady passenger halted the
conductor and wanted to know If the
town they were approaching was
Elizabeth. The conductor told her it
was Trenton. At New Brunswick she
called him again and asked If they
had reached Elizabeth. Once more
she was treasured. Finally the train
stopped at Elizabeth, when the con-
ductor songfully announced the sta
ton and told the lady she had arrived
at her destination.
x don't want to get off there" ex
claimed the woman. staying the hand
that offered to carry her grip. Il am
going on to New York"
Then why did you keep asking for
Elizabeth" queried the wondering
conductor
Because am taking medicine, =
was the surprising rejoinder of the
woman, land my daughter told me
that when the train reached Elizabeth
1t would be time for another pill
Philadelphia Telegraph.