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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
TRAGEDY In WASHINGTON.
Samuel G. TaylOe, Prominent Young
Man, Shot to Death in Suburbs.

Washington, N. c., March 31-A
very sensational and fatal shooting
affair was perpetrated on the out
skirts of this city ABOUT O'Clock to.
night when Mr.. Samuel G. Tayloe,F a
member of one of this city's most
prominent families was suddenly ap-
preached in a resort in the suburbs,
by Carl Kelly, a young man of rather
desperate character who suddenly
and without warning drew pistol
at close range and fired three shots
in rapid succession into the body of
his victim.
One shot passed through his liver,
and the other two into his chest, one
of them cutting a large artery, from
which the blood spouted in steady
stream causing almost instant death.
'Fayloe was Immediately rushed to
the Washington hospital but died on
the way. Kelly succeeded first in
making his escape but Sheriff Kicks
swore in q large posse of men who
with blood hounds secured the sub
urbs in automobiles, on horseback
and on foot in search of the murder
er, who was later captured tonight.
The causes Of the murder cannot
be ascertained at present, but it is
thought a woman was at the bottom
Of it. Kelly is a young man of about
20 years of age and Of rather desper-
ate character, having served term
on the county chain gang. A few
months ago he figured several times
in the courts for petty criminal Of
fenses. Excitement is intense and
numbers of citizens joined in the
man hunt.
Kelly was captured few minutes
after 10 o'clock. He phoned Sheriff
Kicks that he was hiding under res
idence on East Second Street, Dep
uties and posse were sent down i'm
and arrested him. He was
lodged in the city Jail. Excitement
is subsiding but the sheriff stated
that he did not anticipate any trou-
ole but would place a strong guard
around the Jail tonight in case of an
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Gas Of Halley's Comet.

Professor Edwin Booth, of the
University of California, rises in his
pew to chant a solemn warning. On
May 18th, says he, the world will
pass through the bushy tail of Hal
ley's comet and in that tail are MANY
cubic miles of cyanogen, a treacher-
GUS and sinister gas. If, perchance,
it combines with the free hydrogen
Of the atmosphere, the product will
be hydrocyanic or prussic acid, the
most deadly poison known to science.
Professor Booth seems to be seri-
ously alarmed about it, but we fail
to quake as he chatters. We are
firmly convinced, indeed, that few
Whiffs of the comets gas will do no
harm. The world has inhaled far
more potent and distressing things
without damage. 1t has passed
through the frey tail Of populism, it
has withstood prosperity, it has sur
vived psychotherapy. John Wesley
Gains, in his palny days, was worse
than cyanogen, and yet the republic
did not perish. Annie Rooney
was worse; the How old is Ann"
puzzle was worse.
AS between cyanogen and the sui
phur and molasses all of us used to
swallow in the spring, give US cyan
ogen! 1t has vast advantages, as a
drug or a victual, over Pittsburg
fried salmon, snuff, embalmed beef
or cold storage eggs. 1t is more
humane than the protective tariff
less distressing than Cuba's wrongs,
more stimulating than theosophly.
A race which pays money to see
Camille" will not complain of cyan
ogen. Baltimore, above all, has no
reason to fear it. A community
which can survive the oppressive
monopoly Of consolidated gas and
the ins;dious influence Of natural gas
promoters is immune from the feeble
and unframed attacks of an unso-
phisticated omet.-Baltimore Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Send Them to the Roads.

If all the judges, says a lawyer,
would announce that from this date
men who are convicted
Of carrying concealed weapons must
go to the chain-gang, there would be
a noticeable falling off in pistol
toting and a marked decrease in
shooting scrapes and murders. There
is no doubt about it. AS long as
men know that they can get off with
a comparatively light fine, they do
not greatly fear appearing in court
on a charge of carrying a gun. And
it seems to US that the judges owe
it to society to stop fning such
offenders and to send them instead
to the roads, the proper place for
every man who carries gun. He
does go there if his skin is black;
but white men usually get off upon
payment of fine, and often on pay
ment Of the bare costs.-Lexington
Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
The Comet Next Week.

Halley's much-heralded comet,
which visits us every seventy-five
years, is due next week, and accord
ing to the scientists, will grow in
splendor for several weeks. At it's
height, il will be sight never to be
forgotten.
On April 4th the comet may be
seen in the morning in the east. 1t
will rise about 5 o'clock.
On April Is it will rise at a a. nj.
On April "a it rises at $50 a. m.
After May 20 it will be seen in the
west after sunset.
On May 20 it sets at 7:45 p. m.
On May 25 it sets at 10:30 p. m.
On May 80 it sets at l0p. m.
After the 1st of June the comet
will be faint and will soon disappear
from sight. .-Webster's Weekly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
FOR CATAARH
Medicine Free In Every Case Where II
Fails TO Relieve.

Neglect or pessimism, we believe,
is the greatest enemy the public has
to contend with when applied to the
loss or recovery Of health. Practi-
cally every case of consumption might
have been cured if hope had been
maintained and proper treatment
had been resorted to at the first symp-
ton of the disease. Until the advanc-
ed stage is reached consumption is
durable. Cataarh is responsible, we
believe, for many cases Of consump-
ton. 1t is about cataarh we want
to talk to you today, incidentally con-
sumption, since the two are so close
ly allied
We have medicine made from a
prescription of one of the most sue
cessful cataarh specialists known.
We believe it is positively without
an equal. We are SO satisfied that
we are right, that we will supply the
medicine free in every instance where
it is used according to directions for
a reasonable length of time, should
it fail to give satisfaction in every
particular. We want every one to
try this medicine at our risk. There
are no conditions attached to our Of
fer. We put the user under no obli-
cation to us whatever.
The medicine we want you to try
is Revall Mucu-Tone. 1t is cataarh
remedy that goes direct to the seat
of trouble. 1t is carried by the blood
to every part Of the system. 1t pu-
rifles and enriches the blood, tones
up the mucous cells, and brings about
a condition of health and strength
that tends to prevent the germs of
consumption from getting a start.
Besides this, Rexall Mucu-Tone is a
wonderful appetizer, digestive aid
and flesh builder. It's good effects
are often felt from the very first
dose. It is one of the largest and
most satisfactory selling medicines
that we have ever had anything to
do with.
We know so much of the great
GOOD that it has done that we person
allv back it up with our reputation
and money, which fact should be am
ple guarantee to satisfy anybody.
Rexall Mucu-Tone comes in two sizes,
so cents and S1;OO. We urge you to
trv it. Remember you can obtain
Rexall Remedies i'm Scotland Neck
only at our store, The Rexall Store.
The E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Back To Boyh0Od.

You'd like to be boy again, with
out woe or care, with freckles scat
tered on your face and hayseed in
your hair; you'd like to rise at 4 o.
clock and do a hundred chores, and
saw the wood and feed the hogs and
iocI. the stable doors; and herd the
hens and watch the bees and take
he mules to drink, and teach the
turkeys how to swim 50 that they
wouldn't sink; and milk about hum
dred COWS and bring in wood to burn,
and stand out in the sun all day and
churn and churn and churn, and
wear your brothers cast-off clothes
and walk four miles to school, and
get licking every day for breaking
some old rule, and then get home a.
gain at night and do the chores once
more, and milk the COWS and feed
the hogs and curry mules galore; and
then crawl YEARLY upstairs to your
little bed and hear dad say: THAT
worthless boy! lie isn't worth his
breadw You'd like to be boy a.
gain; he has such lots Ct fun; his life
is just round Of mirth from rise to
set of sun; you guess there's nothing
pleasanter than closing stable doors
and herding hens and chasing bees
and doing evening chores.-Orange
(Va.) Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Get Ready To Plant Corn.

Now, the farmer who was wise
enough to get crimson clover on his
land to be planted in corn can afford
to wait till it is fairly mature before
turning it down. In all parts Of the
south we have plenty Of time to make
a crop Of corn after the clover has
done all that it can for us and with
the exception Of the lower south,
March corn planting is seldom the
best. The best crop of corn MOTTO
ed last year was made after the clo-
yer was entirely dead.
If you are so unfortunate as not
to have the clover on the land you
propose to plant in corn, the sooner
you get the land deeply plowed the
better. Spring is not the time for
sub-soiling, even on land where sub
soiling is needed, for the surface
may be in good condition for plow-
ing while the sub-soil will be in such
condition that the sub-soiler will
merely plaster it.
Good deep breaking and thorough
chopping up with cutaway is need
ed before planting, for you are going
to work the crop shallow from the
start. Some advise deep cultivation
in the early stage of the corn crop.
| have tried it, and as compared with
shallow work from the start, | do
not like it.-Progressive Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
How the Cheapest Cotton is Grown.

The cheapest cotton grown today
is on something like this plan: After
the land is properly broken, bed up
with a reversible disk, two-horse,
laying off and finishing one row at
each time through. With the one
seed time cotton planter and fer
tilizer distributor put about 125
pounds high-grade fertilizer in with
the seed. planting the seed and dis
tributing fertilizer all at one trip.
When seed begin to sprout go over
with weeder, breaking crust and kill
ing all grass and weeds on two or
three rows at one trip. Repeat this
wedding every six or eight days in
the opposite direction until cotton
has four to six leaves, then thin to a
stand and use side dressing of high
grade fertilizer, attached or combin
ed with a cultivator, applying side
dressing with a fertilizer and culti-
waiting at least one row at trip with
a team and one hand. l prefer to
alternate the cotton scrapers or
sweeps with the shallow cultivator
pIows. Just when plants begin to
fruit, 100 pounds of nitrates sown
broadcast before the cultivators will
tell in color of plants in .wenty-four
hours if there is a good supply of
moisture. 1t pays to keep the rows
clean and crust broken until bolls be-
gin to open, at which time crimson
clover seed should be sown just in
front of the last plowing g.-J. c. Stri-
bling in Raleigh On. c. Progressive
Farmer and Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
our POOR LITTLE EARTH.
A Mere SpeCk Compared With Some Of
the Monster Suns.

The main facts Of astronomy are
highly interesting. 1t is only dry text
books that have made us turn away
from them. Read a good popular as
tronomy and you will gain dim, re-
mote idea Of infnity and eternity.
Sometime you think you see a big
star, but you do not. You merely
see the light from it which has been
$500 years in reaching us.
Almost everybody knows that our
earth is a third rate planet in our So
lar system. Jupitor would scarcely
condescend to notice u.s. But they
do not know that our sun itself sits
below the salt. 1t would not be adj
mitted to congregation of impor-
tant heavenly bodies. Canopus, the
largest star that we see, is 10000
times the size of our sun, and our So
lar center is hopelessly outclassed by
Aldebaran, Rigel, Sirius, Betelguese
and countless others.
Mark Twain put this fact very well
in one of his stories, captain Storm
fields Visit to Heaven" When the
captain arrived and announced that
he was from the earth the recording
angels could not remember ever hav-
ing heard of such a place before.
One finally recalled that it was a
poor little planet belonging to poor
little solar system away down in
dark corner of the heavens. New
York World.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
TEACH. THE GIRL A TRADE.
Time May Come When She Must Sup
port Herself.

Whenever | read articles written
by business women wherein the writ
er certifies her intention to keep her
daughter out of work. by which the
mother has supported the family, !
think Of a melancholy example of
the folly of such practice which once
came to my notice. A woman, left
a widow with two small children,
nobly set to work, and by increasing
effort succeeded in educating them
and keeping them in what she called
their proper social circle" The
daughter was sent to select private
school, and after her school days
were over, returned home to pass her
days in elegant leisure" until the
time came when she fulfilled her own
and her mothers dearest ambition
by marrying a man Of excellent So
cial position" The mother was quite
as delighted as the daughter over the
match until Fate, who has a scurvy
way Of turning JOY to sorrow, played
one Of her tricks upon the daughter.
The man proved OF acquaintance to
be decidedly short on morals, fact
which his long pedigree scarcely serv-
ed to balance. After few years of
unhappiness, the young wife
found herself obliged to earn her
living in the same manner in which
her mother before her had done, on
ly for much less salary.-The
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
The Sound Sleep of Good Health.

The restorative power of sound
sleep cannot be over estimated and
any ailment that prevents it is a
menace to health. j. L. Southers,
Eau Claire. Wis, says: "For long
time | had been unable to sleep
soundly nights, because of pains
across my back and soreness of my
kidneys. My appetite was very poor
and my general condition was much
run down. have been taking Fo-
ley's Kidney Pills but a short time
and now sleep as sound as rock. |
eat and enjoy my meals. and my
general condition is greatly improv-
ed. can honestly recommend Fo-
ley's Kidney Pills, as l know they
have cured me-" Sold by all Drug
gists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
The Demon OF The Air

is the germ of LaGrippe, that, breath
ed in, brings suffering to thousands.
It's after effects are weakness, ner-
vousness, lack Of appetite, energy
and ambition, with disordered liver
and kidneys. The greatest need then
is Electric Bitters, the splendid ton
ic, blood purifier and regulator Of
Stomach Liver and kidneys. Thous-
ands have proved that they wonder
fully strengthen the nerves, build up
the system and restore health and
good spirits after an attack of Grip.
If suffering, try them. Only SOC.
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed by
E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Don't Let Grass Get A Start.

The big fact which so many farm
ers overlook when they first try the
weeder is that it is not intended to
cultivate the grass and weeds, but to
kill them before they come up. If
you let the weeds and grass get root
ed, you may have to resort to expen-
sive hand-hoeing after all. The weed
er and harrow should always be used
before you think you need them, the
object being to kill the weeds and
grass while they are sprouting. If
you let them take root it is like CIV
ing your enemy a big stick to hit you
over the head with. The only safe
way is to work the grass before it
gets big enough for you to see it
Progressive Farmer and Gazette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Lost Songs
Aroo, but there's singin, I've struck

Aroo, but there's singin, I've struck
up
Wild never a note to be heard,
When me heart widout stirrin' the
silence
Stood by me and sang like bird
So if all the ould dreams that escap-
ed me
We're sung to the chunes that got
free,
I'd be weavin' ye Iairbrws av rap
ture
And shamin' the thrush, ma-chree!
But och, it's the birds that are ailin'
Bide close by our coaxin' and sing;
'Tis the music worth housin' and
keepin'
Foriver makes off on the wing!
Arthur Stringer, in the April
Everybody's
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Minority Leader Champ Clark We

Minority Leader Champ Clark was
asked to say something about his
Presidential boom. "My position is
something like that Of former Speak
er Tom Reed,' said Mr.. Clark.
"Reed once had boomlet, and some
one asked him for an expression on
the subject. My position said
Reed, is that they might go further
and fare worse, and l think they
will -Valdosta Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

A barrister noted for absence of
mind was once witnessing repre-
sentation Of Macbeth. and on the
witches replying to the Thames in
quiry that they were doing deed
without a name" catching the sound
of the words he started up, exclaim-
ing to the astonishment of the audi
ence: "A deed without a name?
Why, it's void; it's not worth six
Dence."- -Tit-Bits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

April showers bring colds, grippe,
rheumatism, and other distressing
troubles. HOLSTERS Rocky Noun
tain Tea effectually and quickly rids
one Of such troubles prevents them
100. A 35c package makes 1O5 cups
tea. Try it today. E.T. Whitehead
COMPANY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Diarrhoea should be cured without
loss of time and by medicine which
like Chamberlain Collie Cholera and
Darrhoea Remedy not only cures
promptly but produces no unpleas-
ant after effects. 1t never fails and
is pleasant and safe to take. Sold
by E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

But" we say to our friend, after
the transaction has been completed
and we are leaving the automobile
store, 'why in the world did you
buy two autOs?'
''To get ahead Of the repair men,"
he answers. Il can get parts from
one of them to repair the other. y
ChicapO Post
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

An elephant went crazy in Indiana
the other day. Fortunately, he was
killed before he had a chance to write
a novel.-Springfeld Union.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

It's just as important that you be
clean inside as outside-more so, in
fact. Unless your system is entirely
cIeansed of all impurities, you can
not be one hundred per cent healthy,
physically or mentally. HOLSTERS S
Rocky Mountain Tea is the greatest
systemic cleanser known. E. I.
Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

1IiO CO"li VI opi JIlS IAOpS 10 W
have female brass band.
The government will not abolish
the mint at Charlotte for the pres
ent.
One negro killed another negro
over ten cent trade in Kinston one
day last week.
The new city administration, of
Raleigh, has been in power one year,
and has made good.
The Methodist people at Weldon
have let the contract for a new
church to cost between S15, 900 and
$4,000.
Associate Justice Brewer, of the
United States Supreme Court, died at
his home in Washington, D. C. He
was 73 years old.
Forty million two hundred and
seventy thousand and four hundred
eggs were required for the Easter
holidays in Chicago.
National Superintendent Durand
thinks that the census this year will
show ninety millions of citizens in
the United States.
The negroes will build a hosiery
mills at Durham. The money has
all been raised and the work of
building and equipping the mill will
be rushed.
Mr.. Robert E. kanson has sold
his interest in the Spring Hope
Leader to his partner, Mr.. Walter
Buck, who will continue the publica-
ton. Mr.. Ransom will devote his
entire time to the interest of Nash
county schools.
A short time ago Mrs. VIM. M.
Moore, of Cape Fear township, set a
hen on sixteen eggs, and some three
weeks later the hen came off her
nest with twenty young chicks, and
none of them were twins" Who
can beat this ?-Pittsboro Record.
E. nj. Perkins, a switchman in the
employ of the Atlantic Coast Line
Railroad at Rocky Mount. fell be-
tween two box cars, which he was
trying to uncouple. Sunday night,
and was SO badly mangied that he
died in short time. e.-Durham Sun.
May first is no great distance off,
and after that date he who does not
hold a receipt for his 1909 poll tax
will have no more vote next Noven
Der, or at any special election after
May first, than wobbly-nosed rab-
bit. The citizen who doesn't have
enough interest in public matters to
pay his poll tax isn't much of citi-
zen, and his country could get along
without him very well indeed. Lex.
ington Dispatch.
Jason Hawkins and his son, John
Hawkins, living near Polkville, Cleve.
land county, had difficulty last Fri
day, says the Shelby Star, which re-
suited in the son stabbing his father
inflicting a serious if not fatal wound
The young man was plowing wher
his father, who was drinking. re
proved him for his treatment of the
mules. A quarrel followed and the
father knocked the son down ant
was beating him when the boy stab
bed him. Landmark.
That there were more deaths Obs
in North Carolina resulting from
pneumonia in January than from an.
other one disease is shown in tn
February Bulletin of the State Boar
of Health, which has just been issued
From consumption there were 9
deaths; from brain disease 45; from
heart disease 80. The total numbe
of deaths in the State during Janu
ary was 6O7. OF this number 36
were white and 239 colored. RAJ
eiph News and Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

BY the way. where is William
rravers Jerome?" asks the Norfolk
Landmark. Ring the bells and blow
the horns; arouse the town and send
the searchers everywhere. Man
lost Bristol Herald Courier.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
Shake Lotto Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, a powder. 1t
cures painful, swollen, smarting,
nervous feet and instantly takes the
sting out Of cOrns and bunions and
makes walking easy. Try it to-day.
Sold everywhere, 25 cents.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Itching piles provoke profanity.
but profanity won't cure them.
Doan's Ointment cures itching,
bleeding or protruding piles after
years of suffering. At any drug
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Good results always follow the use
of F'oley's Kidney Pills. They give
prompt relief in all cases Of kidney
and bladder disorders, are healing,
strengthening and antiseptic. Try
them. Sold by all Druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Booth Tarkinton's father, at the
age OF 70, has just written his first
book. 1t is, believed that he has in
herited great deal of his sons tai
ent.-Raltimore News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

you must go to school, child, and
learn to be intelligent and industri-
ous."
Don't want to be intelligent and
Industrious. want to be like dad
DIV. Bon Vivant.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Science says that men are grad
ually getting shorter and women
taller" I'm that case the next gen.
Grafton of women will have to forcgo
hooked gowns. Louisville Courier
Journal
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07

Judge E. B. Jones, of Winston
Salem, has rendered Governor Kitch-
in has resignation, and it is intimat-
ed that he will enter the race for
Congress from the Fifth District.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1910-04-07
psaa5s .IaT2 Kidney
ITes5le and Heger Suspect It.
How Ec Eind Out,

6fa bottle OF co1n1non glass with your
q end let It stand twenty-four hours;