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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-08
NEWS FROM The COUNTY CAPITOL.
Happenings in and Around Halifax
During The Week.

Halifax N. c., Sept. 5, l91O.--The
third Quarterly Conference for En-
field and Halifax charge, was held
iii the M. E. church on Monday
morning, presided over by Rev. J.
E. Underwood. According to the
reports the work for charge is a lit
tie behind, but all are hoping that
at the end of the conference year
every thing can be reported in full.
To this the Presiding Elder urged
the official members to work.
Little Raymond Harlowe, the six
year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Macon
Harlowe, died here at the residence
IF grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. G..
Harlowe, on last Thursday, being
placed away in the family cemetary
West Of this place on Friday. The
little fellow had been sick for about
six weeks and suffered much. The
parents have our sympathy.
Mrs. l. G. Shaw and small child
rem, left Monday for Pembroke, to
visit relatives, and will be gone some
weeks.
Mr.. Geo. A. Hux left Sunday for
Baltimore to purchase 5 and 10 cent
goods for his store.
Mr.. Lonny App.ewhite is off this
week for his vacation, and will spend
the most of it in and around Nor
folk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Froelich, OF
Rosemary spent Saturday and Sun
dav here with Mr.. and Mrs. J. C.
Butts.
DR.. E. F. Fenner, of Henderson
was here on Monday to see his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. H. Fenner.
Miss Frances Slater is this week
at Scotland Neck visiting Miss Minnie
Dunn.
Mr.. E. W. Foster who is now locat-
ed in Spartanburg, S. c., came Sun
day to see his family.
Miss Urtie Keeter left few days
ago for Richmond, and will be gone
some time.
Mr.. E. N. Dickens, of The!ma, a
former Halifax man, has been visit
ing friends and relatives around here
several days.
Mr.. w. D. Wilcox spent last Sun.
day in Weldon with friends.
Rev. C. H. Trueblood, of Elizabeth
City, who was on his way to Wake
Forest, preached two very interest
ing sermons here in the Baptist
church Sunday.
Your correspondent spent very
enjoyable day last week at Dawsons
being we'll pleased with the friends
we met. We are indepted to Mr.. }
O. Applewhite for mauy courtise
shown. w. F. COPPEDGE.
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One BIG FOOL
But He Doesn't Live In Scotland NECK
Mar Read The Commonwealth.

A man in Connecticut gave a doc
tor, a specialist in catarrh, 500 to
cure him of lhis common yet most
obnoxious disease.
The specialist gave him bottle OF
medicine and told him when and how
to use it.
The fool took the medicine home,
took one dose, put it on shelf and
made no further effort to follow in
structions.
Three months later with the med
icine still on the shelf he told a
friend that the specialist was fake;
that he had paid him $50 and Still!
had catarrh as bad as ever.
This story is told for a purpose.
HYOMEI pronounce it Righ-o-me)
won't cure catarrh if you doa /
breathe it; it will cure catarrh il you
breathe it regrlarly.
Furthurmore, you don't need to
give a catarrh specialist $50 to cure
YOU Of catarrh, for the specialist Is
vet to be born who can write bet
ter prescription than HYOMEl.
E. T, Whitehead Company and
druggists everywhere guarantee
HYOMEI to cure catarrh or money
back A complete outfit which con.
sists OF bottle of HYOMEI, hard
rubber in haler and simple instruc.
tions for use costs only 81, 90. Sepa
rate bottles of HYOMEI if after
wards needed costs but so cents. II
YOU already own a HYOMEl inhaler
YOU can get bottle Of HYOME1 Al
! D. T. Whitehead Company for 81
cents. No stomach dosing JUS
breathe it.
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MARRIAGEABLE GIRLS SCARCE.
There Are 100000 Mere Marrisgeabls
Men Than Girls in Texas.

San Antonio, Texas. Figures just
complied and shown to the cores
pondent of the Texas Commercial
Secretaries Association here, con
firm the previously estimated num-
ber of unmarried women in the
State of Texas between the ages OF
fifteen and twenty-five years at only
$50 900, and it is believed that the
government census now under way
will show a still smaller number
than this. There is an excess Oh
1911 more male than female resi-
dents of this age in the State, SO
that the number of marriageable
Young women in the State is bound
to be kept small.
Surely, says a former Governor,
this should be an Elysian field for
some of the surplus marriageable
ladies of those northern and eastern
States which record shows such sur
pluses in female population. Where
are all those girls? Invite them
down to make their homes in Texas,
where awaits them many happy
homes and knightly lovers. Our
ladies, which we naturally think the
finest in the world, will be jealous,
as most of those who favor the mar
ried estate, or whose parents can
spare them, are quickly engaged by
men who are afraid of getting
! left"
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Sale of Land for Taxes.

will sell at the court house door
in the town of Halifax, N. c.. on tie
first Monday in October, 1910, the
following tracts or parcels of land
to satisfy taxes and costs due for
the year 1909:
d. M. Prince, 81 acres, Nelson
land. $9.37.
Mrs. A. M. Perry, 1O2 acres. Deep
Creek land. $9.O6.
Bryant Smith. $50 acres, Burwell
land, balance 1918.
r. H. WHITE, Tax Collector.
Palmyra Township.
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Hes a star after-dinner speaker
isn't he?' "a star? He's moon
"How?" "The fuller the brighter.
cleveland Leader.
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hardened and unpenitent unbelievers
He that hath given to the poor shall
find it profitable. Remember to keet
the Sabbath Day, for the seventh day
| have taken as a resting day to my
self.
"And he that hath a copy of this
letter written by my own hand and
spoken by my own mouth, and keep
eth it without publishing it to others,
shall not prosper, but he that publish
eth it to Others shall be blessed by
me, and if their sins be as many as
stars by night, and if they truly be-
lieve they shall be pardoned; and
they that believe not this writing and
my commandments will have my
plaques upon you, and you will be
consumed with your children, goods
and cattle, and all other worldly en-
joyments that l have give you. Do
but one thing of what have suffer-
ed for you, if you do, it will be we'll
for you in this world and in the world
which is to come.
FOUND BY A CHILD.
"Whosoever shall have a copy of
this letter and keep it in their house,
nothing shall hurt them, neither pes
thence, thunder nor lightning and if
my woman be in birth and put her
trust in me she shall be delivered of
her child. You shall hear no Scrip
lures until the day Of Judgment. All
goodness and prosperity shall be
found. Finished"
The story goes that the little child
who found it passed it to one who be-
came convert to the Christian faith.
He failed to have the letter published.
He kept it, however, as sacred me-
mento of Christ, and it has passed
down to different generations of his
family for more than one thousand
years.
During this period the family suf-
fered repeated rn''sfo1 tune migrated
to different countries, until finally one
Of them came to America, bringing
the letter with them. They settled
in Virginia, then moved further
south, still followed by misfortune,
when finally the last member, a
daughter, approached her death bed
and called neighbor, giving her the
letter, and related its history for
more than one thousand years. The
woman began the attempt to have it
published, and it first appeared in
a Georgia newspaper on October 81,
1891. 1t then appeared in the dalton
Citizen" and an Indiana woman clip
ped it and kept it in her possession
for many years without an effort to
have it published. She was followed
by misfortune, which she attributed
to her neglect in trying to have the
letter published.
Still another woman is said to have
had a copy and failed to make an ef-
fort to have it published for three
years, and was followed by varied
lot of misfortunes which she attri-
buted to the fact of her neglect in
this respect. From Peoples Jour
nal, Aberdeen, Scotland)
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SCOTLAND NECK, N c., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1910.
Don't Give Up.

If your luck is breaking badly
And you feel you're slipping back,
Worrinent will make you weaker,
For j; paints the future black.
Just recall the days Of sunshine
Far tutnumber day Of rain.
As thehours of health and pleasure
Outweigh all the hours of pain.
Try topull yourself together;
Don't go craving sympathy,
THERE'S greater satisfaction
In a lone-fought victory.
Pin your fate upon the future,
And what troubles you to-day
Will soon fade beyond recalling
Life lasts bnger than day.
james Sullivan
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ROAD BUILDING IN iowa.
How $50 Miles Of Highway We're Put in
Good Condition In an Hour.

A great piece of road building was
completed in Iowa one day recently
when in the short space of one single
hour a line Of read $50 miles il
length and stretching entirely across
the State Of Iowa was put in the
most perfect condition of any road
west Of the Mississippi river.
Weeks and months were spent in
preparation for the work, but not a
pick or shovel was used until the
designated second was licked off.
Then, as if by magic, 10000 work
men swarmed out onto the roadway
and when they ceased work sixty
minutes later Iowa had one OF the
finest long distance roads in the en-
tire west. And not the least inter-
esting thing in connection with the
tremendous piece Of work is the fact
that not man of the entire 10000
engaged on the work received one
cent of wages. Good will and pa
triotism alone is responsible for the
splendid showing.
Last winter the Iowa roads be-
came so fearfully bad that traffic
was practically killed and farmers
were compelled simply to remain in
their homes. Finally the matter be-
came a political question and both
parties got behind the movement.
Governor Carroll called good roads
meeting at Des Moines early last
March and out of this meeting was
evolved the plan of river to river
road stretching from Council Bluffs
on the Missouri river to Davenport
on the Mississippi, a distance of $50
miles straight across the State from
east to west.
Make the river to liver road as
near perfect as is possible to make
just common dirt" was the sense of
the good roads convention.
Instead Of appointing new COM
mittees to handle the work the regu-
lar Republican and Democratic com
nittees in each county through
which the road would pass were ap-
pealed to. The chairmen of the
committees of each party were asked
TO get in the game and work for the
coaGi. Every body agreed to do -,
and soon rivalry was created be
tween Republicans and Democrats,
each to see which party would have
the most workmen on the job when
the time for work arrived.
When the appointed day arrived
the farmers were out IN force.
Hundreds and thousands of plows,
picks, shovels, scrapers, road dragS,
grading machines, and other imple-
ments were brought along. Every
farmer brought his team with him.
Superintendents and overseers had
been appointed previously and the
work went on without a hitch. Al
ter lust one hours work the Job was
finished and the farmeas went back
to their fields, leaving Iowa in pos
session of the finest piece OF long
distance roadway in the west.
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&C Cause OF Many
Sudden Deaths.

here IS disease prevailing in this
rtry most dangerous because SO decen-
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tack the vital organs, causing catarrh of
the bladder, brick-dust or sediment in
the urine, head ache, back ache, lame
b. ck, dizziness, sleep1essness, nervous
MS, or the kidneys themselves break
down and waste away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles almost always result
from arrangement of the kidneys and
better health i'll that organ is obtained
|Cickest by proper treatment of the kid
lys, SwarnP-2ooG: corrects inability to
hid urine and scalding pain in passing it,
and oyercones that unpleasant necessity
OF being compelled to go often through
the day, and to get up many times during
1.-The night. The mild and immediate effect
|of SWAMP Root, the great kidney remedy
is soon realized. 1t stands the highest be-
cause Of its remarkable health restoring
properties. A trial will convince anyone.
/. Swanp-Root is pleasant to take and is
sold b. all druggists in ffty-cent and
oue-dollar size bottles. Iou NAV have
sample bottle and book that tells all
about it, both sent free by mail. Address,
Or. Kilrner & Co., Binghanton, N. Y.
When writing mention reading this gen
erous offer in this paper. Don't make
anv mistake, but remember the name,
amp-Root, aid don't let dealer sell
you something in place of Swamp-Root-
I you do you will be disappointed.
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Lady Wanted

plete Fall line of beautiful wool
suitings, wash fabrics, fancy waist
ings, silks, hdkfs., petticoats, etc.
Up to date N. Y. City Patterns.
Finest line on the market. Dealing
direct with the mills you will find
our prices low. If others can make
$1,000 to $1,000 weekly you can also.
Samples full instructions in neat
sample case, shipped express pre-
paid. No money required. Exclu-
sive territory. Write for particu-
lars. Be first to apply. Standard
Dress Goods Company. Dept. 500.
Binghamton, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-08
SILENT THIRTY-ONE YEARS.
Voluntary aute Makes Ess..aFt to Speak
Wien Dying, But Fails.

Silas Hoffman, the strange man of
Bedmins.er, who kept his bed while
APPARENTLY in perfect health and re-
fused tc speak for 81 years, is dead.
He passed away last night without
breaking the silence which he had
preserved for so long a time, but
just before he died he made an
effort to speak to his devoted sister,
Mrs. Margaret Lane, who cared for
him in his lonely habitation through
out his eccentric career. 1t was too
late, however; the years Of silence
had deprived him Of the power OF
articulation.
Hoffman's strange conduct had
made him a subject of comment
among the country people Of Bed
Minister township for so many years
that he had ceased to be an object
Of curiosity to his neighbors, who
we're inclined to shield him from
public gaze, and even now are at
tempting to keep his death secret,
out of fear that it would cause a
curious crowd to gather there from
all the countryside.
His funeral will be held on Thurs
day from the house where he died.
He was 67 years old. Whether he
was insane was never determined,
although he had been examined by a
score Of physicians, with view to
ascertaining his mental condition.
His eternal silence and his blank
smile baffied all alienists and physi-
clans often said he could not be de-
clared insane, as his condition was
apparently normal.
Hoffman was one of five sons of a
prosperous farmer Of Bedminster
township. The other four are living
and are prominent in the agricul-
tural and business life Of Somerset
county.
Hoffman spent his early life like
his brothers, on his fathers farm.
At the age of 30 hepossessed farm
and was the owner of spanking
team of gray horses, of which he was
very proud. He was fond of socie-
tv, and was known all around as a
gay young man.
Misfortune overlook him. He lost
his farm and his pet team of horses
had to be sacrificed. lnconsoiable,
he went to bed and turned his face
to the wall, and for a long time re-
fused either to speak or eat. Food
was left on a table near his bed, and
when he was nearly starved he arose
one night from his bed and ate and
took a stroll out of doors.
He continued to arise each night
thereafter and eat and take walk,
until one night when he slipped on
the ice and broke his arm. After
that accident he never arose from
his bed or passed out of the door.
In all these years he was cared for
like an infant by his widowed sister,
Mrs. Margaret Lane, out of her
scanty income and So week which
she received for his maintenance
from Bedminster township.
Physicians have been expecting
Hoffman to Gle every year for the
last decade from sheer inactivity
His vitality for a number of years
had been so low that at times his
heart almost failed to beat. and fol-
several days before his death his at
tending physician could not detect
any pulse.-New York Tribune.
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STRANGE LETTER ALLEGED TO
HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY CHRIST.
Remarkable Story OF Letter Which Has Been Handed Down
One Family for Thousand Years. Found Under
Stone The Foot of The Cross

A remarkable letter, alleged to
have been written by Christ, is being
published in the United States and
Canada, and the story of it's seeing
the light is surrounded by super
stltion worthy Of the dark ages.
In the letter was injunction that
it should be published to the world
by whoever found it, together with
the statement that misfortune and
bad luck would follow the persons
having possession of it in the event
that it was not given publicity.
There was likewise promise that
whoever might have a copy in his or
her possession would prosper and be
followed by good fortune.
According to the history of the
letter, it was written by Christ just
after His crucifxion, signed by the
Angel Gabriel SO years after the
Saviour's birth, and presumably de-
posted by him under stone at the
foot of the Cross.
On this stone appeared the legend.
Blessed is he VINO shall turn me
over" No one knew what the inscrip-
ton meant, or seemed to have suf-
!icient curiosity to investigate, until
the stone was turned over by little
child, and the letter which follows
vas discovered
"Whosoever works on the Sabbath
day shall be cursed. l command you
20 go to church and keep holy the
Lords Day, without any manner of
work. You shall not idle or misspend
your time in bedecking yourself in
superfuities of costly apparel and
vain dressing, for | have ordered it
day of rest. l will have that day kept
holy that your sins may be forgiven
you.
"You will not break my command
ments, but observe and keep them,
they being written by my hand and
spoken from my mouth. You shall
not Only go to church yoarsa Ives, but
also your man servant and maid SER
want. Observe my words and learn
my commandments.
FINISH AT SIX O'Clock
"You shall finish your work every
Saturday at six o'clock in the after
noon, at which hour the preparation
for the Sabbath begins. l advise you
to fast five days in the year, begin
ming on Good Friday and continuing
the five days following, in remember
ance Of the five bloody wounds l re-
ceived for you and mankind.
You shall love one another, and
cause them that are not. baptised to
come to church and receive the Holy
Sacrement, that is to say, baptism,
and the Supper of the Lord, and be
made member thereof, and in SO
doing l will give you long life and
many blessings. Your land shall be
replenished and bring forth abun-
dance, and | will comfort you in the
great temptation, and surely he that
doeth to the contrary shall be ours
ed.
Il will also send hardness of the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-09-08
Turnip planting time begins

IuTHIp pIaHLI11g Cl11e Ueg111S III
August, for the early or summer
sorts and lasts until November fer
the Seven-Top variety used for
greens in the spring. Sow good
supply of both kinds, and make two
or three sowings of the early sorts.
When cold weather comes they can
easily be put in pit or hole and
kept until after Christmas
eigh ON. c. Progressive Farmer and
Gazette.
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% because SO uecep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused
by lt-lleart dis
ease, pneumonia
heart failure OF
apoplexy are often
the result of kid
ney disease. If
kidney trouble is
allowedto advance
the lekidney-poison-
ed blood will at
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ADAM A. wEscHLER. Aucr1oNEER.

cHANCERY SALE OF TwO-sToRY FRAME
DWELLING 80; 2411 FRANKLIN STREET,
BY virtue Of a decree Of the Supreme Court Of
the District Of Columbia. passed in Equity
Cause No. 277S6, the undersigned trustees will
sell at public auction In front of the premises,
on MONDAY. THE ELEVENTH DAY OF APRIL.
AID. 1910. AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate in
the county Of Washington. in the District Of
Columbia, and DESIGNATED as and being lots Nos.
ME II Asahel n. Alderman's subdivision Of lots
in Meadows Bank Spa Spring Farm, per plat
recorded In the surveyors Office of the District
Of Columbia. in County Book 9. page 1923, i'm
proved by two-story frame dwelling No. PAIL
Franklin street northeast, with large frame sta
BILE, near the route of the Washington. Spa Spring
and Gretta electric railroad, now under construc-
tiea.
Terms Of sale: One-third Of the purchase
money TO he paid in cash and the balance In two
equal installments. payable in one and two
payable semi annually from day Of sale, secured
BY deed Of trust upon the property sold. or all
cash. at the option OF the purchaser. A deposit
Of 500 required of the purchaser at the time Of
sale. AIT conyeyancing recording and notarial
fees at the cost OF the purchaser. Terms Of
sale to be complied with within fifteen days
from day of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right to resell the property. ut the risk and
cost of the defaulting purchaser. after i've days
advertisement Of such resale in some newspaper
published in the cit, city Of Wa Washington D. c.
FendalI bldg.
FREDERICK A. FENNING.
Century bldg.
mhS0d&ds.eSu Trustees.
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ADAM A. WESCHLER. AUCTIONFER


Household Furniture, Handsome
Oak Bar Fixtures, Mahogany
Pool and Billiard Tables, Fine
Carpets, English Prints, Iron
Safe, ETC., Contained in the
Chamberlin Club, No. S31 18TH
Street NV, by Auction,
Wednesday, April u, 1910,
Commencing at 1890
O'Clock AM,
Including. In part. Handsome Dark Oak Bar Fix.
lures. Fine Mahogany Pool and Billiard Tables.
with ivory and other balls: Handsome Mirror Cue
Racks. Fine Carpets, English Prints 2 pairs Elk
horns, Bentwnod Chairs. finoleum, Enamel Beds
Dressers, Gard Tables. Leather Armchairs Brass
Tenders. Gas Logs, Brass cuspiders, Iron Safe,
Electric Buzz Fans Fine Sectional Ice Box, Ta.
On view 10 am. to pm. April r.
Terms cash. ADAM A. wESCHIER Auct
ap6-d&dhs. eSu
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Seaboard Air Line
SCHEDULE.

1905 AM. DAILY -"Florids Fast Man.
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to sa-
vannab and Jacksonville. parlor car Jackson
vile to Tampa. Through sleepers to Atlanta
and Birmingham Dining cara.
4:23 P.M.-"The F1amingo." through coaches
and Pullman eleepers to Jacksonville, connection
for St. Augustine. Palm Beach. Miami. knights
Key and Havana. Dining cars.
700 p.m.-'Seaboard Florida Limited" Snl,d
Pullman electric lighted through sleepers to %.
Augustine, Palm Beach. Miami and Knights
Key. Connection for Nassau and Havana. cluh.
7:25 Pm. DAILY 'Seatoard Express."
Through coaches and Pullman sleepers to Savan.
nah. Jacksonville aud Tampa. Also to Atlanta,
Birmingham and Memphis. Dining cars.
Ticket Once. 14is New Fork ave. nv.
r. A. HARDWOOD. G. T.. A.
@. B. RYAN. G.P.A.. G. 2. PHILLIPS. D.P.A.
Portsmouth. Va. Washington. d. q.
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ADAM 4. wESCHLER. AUCTIONEER
Court Sale of 6l2 Md.
Avernrua NJ r.

Under order of Supreme Court Of the District
af Columbia. probate No. 1879 will sell at
TENTH. 1915, AT FIVE O'Clock pm, lot
Z. square 1853, improved by dwelling 6l2 Nd.
ave. ne.
Terms: one-half purchase money cash. bal
ance in two equal installments.. payable one and
secured on property sold. or all cash. at option
OF buyer. Deposit of $3.50 at time Of sale.
COnveyancing. recording and notary fees at cost
of purchaser Settlement within fifteen days
from sale: in default trustee reserves the right
to resell at risk and cost of defauting buyer
after i've days advertisement in a Washington,
D. c., newspaper.
sEI4EANORA FLETCHER,
Administra trix and Trustee, 654 Acker st.
T. L. JEFFORDS. Attorney. ap4-d&ds eSu