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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-05-25
Sale of Land for Taxes.

Sale of Land for Taxes.
] We will sell at public auction at the
court house door in Halifax on the
hrst Monday in June, 1911, the fol-
loving tracts or parcels of land TO
satisfy the taxes and cost for 1910.
FAUCETS TOWNSHIP.
GO o. % +. Hardy. 81 acres Bart land.
hhemp Taylor. 77s acres, S. 46.
Rlchard Brown, acre, 81 AZ
Ed Keeter, so acres. 81 81
j; p. Daniel, 100 acres Dan;e,
land, $5.25. ' Daniei
/ T.xcor Z. M. HAWKINS,
lax Collector Faucets Township
BRINKLEYv1LLE TOWNSHIP.
.J Jesse Go A. 4; Macon, 12S acres, home
=. M. Boseman, home tract. 81 OF
road, $5.O5. vi N. b.
Ben johnson, one third ;n+oro,4 :.
Ben johnson estate, So. 90. '' Al
"; u. KNIGHT, Tax Col.
brlnkleyville Township
SCOTLAND NECK TOWNSHIP
sov w; Il; Bristow. l house and lot
scotland Neck, $500. ''''o ioe'
w., -. ~ -. Baker. trustee, 3 acres NJ.
rvs Chapel, $1.14. 49, MA
@, nancy va Boone, 8 acres, Penny Hill
$291.. henry Dixon,
Lima Hill, l town lot vacant co.o
1eoi "A. johnson, 81 acres, $1O. %
Hill, $1.22. 'res' Penny
Fan Fannie Smith, 2 acres, s122
60 o "a Webb. l acre, Strickland
CoNocoNARA TOWNSHIP.
W. H; Gary estate, l lot and ho
Spring Hill, $2.43. anu mouse
80 Ear "a Gaskin, II acres on Tillerv
50 S g Hill, 40 acres. piny woods
1858. "oies' plny woods
Fe sUe Johnson 1nse 80 acres, part John
ri1 II: w. ~ Wd5nlkerson.. 100 acres near
,co+lond ~ :. %. SHIELDS, Tax Col
ships. ~ onoconara Town
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-05-25

Entered at the postofice at Scotland
Neck, Il. c., is Second-Cl&ss Matter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-05-25

Thursday, May 25, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-05-25
Special Excursion
Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla.
June 6, 1911,
VIA
TFAR0NDD AED Il INF DIV

Seaboard is the shortest line to
Florida and offers the quickest and
most convenient service.
Tickets on sale for all trains June
9th, good returning on any train
within seven days.
Special train leaves Hamlet night
of June 9th, with High-Back Seat
Vestibule Coaches and Pullman
Sleeping Cars.
Do not fail to take advantage Of
this low rate and visit the Land of
Flowers.
For further information regard
ing rates and Pullman reservations
call on your agent or wright the un-
dersigned.
H. S. Lizard, D. P. A.,
Raleigh, N. C.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
HEAT RECORDS SHATTERED
lo2 Degrees Common in Middle West
and East.

Washington,-With a temperature of
100 degrees, the thermometer at the
weather bureau came within one degree
of attaining the record in the capital for
August weather, which two years ago
was 101 degrees. The torrid weather
was shattered by a smart thunderstorm,
SO the mercury had dropped to 70 at 8
o'clock Friday night.
The Southwest, Middle West and East.
ern sections of the country continued to
broil, with 1902 degrees recorded in Louis.
vile, Kansas City and Oklahoma City.
The mercury in Baltimore fell two short
OF the hundred degree mark, while in
Philadelphia and New York temperatures
OF "a and 90, respectively, were recorded.
Prof. Harry G., Frank Renfeld govern
ment forecaster, declares the intense heat
felt all over the world this summer las
been due to a belt of stagnant hot air
$4,000 miles long, 5000 miles wide and
forty miles high and gripping the cartl
on both sides of the equator.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
TH0RNE SAYS PERKINS
CAUSED RUN ON BANk
LATER NECESsITATED ABSORPTION
TENNESSEE COAL AND IRON.
Sore Spot in the Panic-Thorne Said
Words Used by Perkins Inop-
portunely.

Washington.-Oakleigh Thorne. pres.
ldent OF the Trust Company of Amer
lea, Friday charged George w. Perkins
with the responsibility for the run on
his concern during the panic of 1907.
1t was in consequence Of the run on
the Trust Company OF America that the
steel trust absorbed Tennessee Coal and
Iron. The allegation is that the latter
movement was necessary to save the
trust company from going to the wall.
According to Mr.. ThoFne, who testified
at Fridays hearing Of the Stanley steel
investigating committee, it was through
Mr. Perkins that a statement was given
to a newspaper that the Trust Company
OF America was a gore spot" in the
panic situation, but that aid would be
given it.
Less than two hours before this state.
ment is alleged to have been made, Mr..
Thorne swore he had told Mr.. Perkins
that the trust company was in good
shape. The publication, Mr.. Thorne
said, started a run on his concern, which
had to borrow $~27,50O,OOO to save itself.
The absorption of the Tennessee Coal
and Iron followed in the excitement.
This was the concern whose collapse it
was reported to Roosevelt would bring
down the pillars of the financial temple.
Mr.. Thorne had only got fairly
launched on his dramatic story of the
days of October, 1907, when the
took a recess until Saturday.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

"A little harmless flirting with nice
people with whom you are acquainted
Will do much to rest the tired mind
after the arduous duties of the school
room" This is one of the suggestions
TO young women s~choolteachers made
by an elderly lady on %relinquishing
her position as teacher in the Boston
public schools after 40 years service.
BE a live wire every minute, and
don't eat too much" is another BIT Of
advice. This kind of advice from a
learned and experienced school
marin" will make most people sit
up and take notice." for in our opin-
ion 1t is much worse than indiscreet,
to say the least, says the New Or
leans P%icaqune, AS a cure for brain
Tag, flirting is entirely new to us,
though some years ago we heard it
highly recommended for other all
ments, and we thought it pleasant to
take" Wonder how this teacher held
her Job for 40 years? She must have
had a strange hold on it.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
OLD VETERANS BURY
THEIR DEAD LEADER
GEN. GORDON RESTS UNDER A
MOUND OF FLOWERS.
Most Imposing Ceremony-Thousands
View Procession Along the Line of
March.

Memphis, Tenn.-Taps, sounded at
twilight Saturday evening over the
newly made grave of Gen. George w.
Gordon in Elmwood cemetery, concluded
the funeral and burial services that
marked the final tribute of comrades and
friends to the departed leader.
As the solumn cortege moved from
As the solemn cortege moved from
che city, there came a voluntary lull in
the traffic OF the street, the wheels of
commerce stood still and thousands gath
cred along the line Of march to view the
procession, with barred heads and havy
hearts.
a gentle rain was falling as the pro-.
cession began, and f%oreboding clouds add
ed dreariness to the scene, but afford
ed protection to the feeble line of vet
Grams who braved the intensity of the
midsummer heat to make public acknowl-
edgment of their esteeme and reverence
for the memory of their former comrade.
From Confederate Hall the procession
moved over Adams avenue to Main
street, thence to Linden avenue to Third
street and to the Second Presbyterian
Church, Hundreds packed the building
to its capacity to hear the services and
the sermon of the Rev. r. Lin Cave of
Nashville, who paid a tribute in char
aeteristic eloquence to the memory of
the dead.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
ABOLISH AGRICULTURE BOARD
Campbell Russell Prepares Bill to Cor.
rect Alleged Abuses.

Oklahoma City, Okla Campbell Rus.
cell, who has had sufficient experience
with iniaitive and referendum in con-
nection with his various new Jerusalem
projects to know the difficulties which
confront him, is planning to initiate a
bill to correct the abuses which he be-
lieves have grown up in connection with
the state board of agriculture.
Under his plan the 5O-cent member
ship fee required to vote for delegates
to state institutes would be abolished.
No employe Of the board could be a del
egate to that meeting and no delegate
would be eligible for appointment I'M
der the board within the year. Members
OF the board would be deprived Of a
vote in the state institute meetings.
no member would be eligible for re-
election except by two-thirds vote, and
no candidate who fails to receive a ma
Jority of the vote from his w board
could be elected to a salaried position
during the term for which he was elect
ed, and a limit would be placed on the
number of days in a year for which a
member could draw per diem, not to
exceed sixty.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
AGREE ON PUBLICITY BILL,
Oppose Measure Providing Direct Elec.
ton of Senators.

Oppose Measure Providing Direct EIec.
ton of Senators.
Westinghouse complete agreement
an the prediction campaign publicity
bill and a failure to agree upon a con.
stitutional amendment for the direct
election Of senator's marked the conclu.
sion Saturday of the conference between
the house and senate over these two i'm.
portant measures.
The conference report on the publicity
bill will be presented to both houses
Monday. The senate amendment limit
ing to an average of 10 cents per voter.
the amount that any candidate may
spend in his campaign, has been dropped
out Of the bill. The chief reason for its
elimination is said to be the decision
that it would give too much apparent
authority for the use of money in cam.
paigns.
The conference committee approved the
senate amendments limiting the amount
candidates may spend to $1,000 for a
candidate for the house and $4,000 for
a candidate for the senate.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

The object Of the organization
which calls itself the Non-Smokers of
America is to secure the enforcement
OF laws, ordinances, regulations and
rules against smoking in public places
IN the United States. The man who
endeavored to incorporate it in New
York include several distinguished
educators. However, they we're care.
less IN drawing up their application.
There was no statement from the
would-be incorporators that they had
not made application for incorporation
before. For this reason, Judge Gleger-
ich denied the application. But the
non-smokers can begin over IL they
choose.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
ADVERSE REPORT ONREWSION
Senate Finance Comnittee Rejects the
House Measure.

Washington.-The senate finance com.
mittee Wednesday decided to report ed.
yersely the house cotton tlriff revision
Dill. Senator Cummins, OF Iowa, will
offer an amendment to the cotton bill
when it comes before the senate, prov;d.
ing for the revision of the iron and steel
schedules of the Payne-Aldrich law.
This complication, coming on top of
the threatened veto by the president of
the statehood bill and the deadlock OF
the wool bill, apparently has thrown all
hope Of early adjournment in the air.
The motion in the finance committee
to report the bill adversely was adopted
by Senator Smoot and carried unani.
mously' Senator LaFollette voting with
the other Republicans. Mr.. Smoot will
present the report to the senate.
Senator Williams moved a favorable
report, which was voted down 5 to 9.
The affirmative votes were cast by Sen.
ators Bailey, Stone, Williams, Kern and
johnson, all Democrats, Senator Sim
mons being excused from voting. The
adverse report motion then carried.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
TEXAS TOO DRY
ALABAMA TOO WET
DETERIORATION REPORTS COMING
FROM PARTS OF MISSISSIPPI.
Shedding, Rank Growth-Cotton Crop
Estimates Being Reduced in Many
Sections.

Memphis, Tenn.-Detcrioration of a
more or less serious nature in the cotton
crop is reported from Texas and parts
of Mississippi and Alabama. Elsewhere
the crop has done wei, with local ex.
ceptions.
The decline in Texas, which has oc-
CURED in central, northern and western
counties, is the result of excessive heat
and two weeks without rain following
a wet period during which the plant
grew rapidly. Shedding and worms form
the basis of complaints. The heat has
reduced the activities of worms, but in.
creased the shedding, which has in places
been severe. There are some reports
from this state which say the crop is
still holding up and that the alarm ia
oYerstated.
The trouble in Alabama and Missis-
sippi arises from an excess of moisture
which has made a rank stalk growth,
caused some shedding by reason OF the
rapid growing of the stalk and from
worms, which are numerous in some
fields. The disappointment resulting
from this turn in affairs has produced
a feeling that perhaps the crop prospect
had been overestimated.
In the Atlantic states, Tennessee,
Arkansas, Louisiana and Oklahoma, there
has been no serious shedding and the
crop is doing nicely.
Rain is needed only in Texas Else
where dry, warm weather is desirable.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
INQUIRY SHIFTS TO CHICAGO
Lorimer Committee Takes Months Re.
ceSs-Holstlaw Finishes

NOALIlIllee lakes months Re-
cess-Holstlaw Finishes.
Washington.-After concluding the tcs.
tlmony Wednesday of former State Sen.
ator D. W. Holstlaw, self-accused bride.
taker in the Lorimer election, the sen.
ate Lorimer committee took a recess,
The committee will convene in Chicago
October 10, instead OF in Washington.
The transfer of the field of INQUIRY
was marked by the departure for Chi.
cago of Senator Lorimer and his counsel,
Elbridge c. Hanecy. After a two weeks
rest, Attorneys j, II. Marble and J. J.
HeaIey, representing the committee, will
go to Chicago for the autumn hearings,
What is regarded as the ground work
OF the inquiry has been completed. The
evidence to be heard henceforward, it il
expected, will either be in substantial.
ton or in refutation of the testimony
now in the hands of the committee.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
AT THE PARSONAGE.
Coffee Runs Riot No LONGER.

Wife and l had a serious time of N
while we were coffee drinkers.
She had gastritis, headaches, belch.
Ing and would have periods of sick.
ness, while l secured a daily headache
that became chronic.
I'VE naturally sought relief by drugs
without avail, for it is now plain
enough that no drug will cure the dis
eases another drug (%coffee) sets up
particularly, so long as the drug
which causes the trouble is continued.
Finally We thought we would try
leaving off coffee and using Postum. l
noticed that my headaches disappeared
like magic, and my old trembly' nery-
business left. One day wife said, DO
you know my gastritis has gone?
"One can hardly realize what Post.
UNI has done for us.
Then we began to talk to others.
Wife's father and mother we're both
coffee drinkers and sufferers. Thet
headaches left entirely a short time
after they changed from coffee to
Postum.
I began to enquire among my par.
lshioners and found to my astonish.
ment that numbers of them use Post.
UNI in place of coffee. Many Of the
ministers who have visited our mar.
sonage have become enthusiastic cham.
pions Of Postum" Name given by
Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time, They
are genuine, true and full Of humS1
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
DIoGENES OUTCOME.

Kokomo, Ind.-Allen Blue was buried
Wednesday neal Bunker Hill. He was
noted for his honesty, having returned
a short time before his death to C. A.
Sullivan, a grocer, an augur which he
borrowed thirty-three years ago of Mr..
Sullivan's father. As often as he Of
fered to return the implement the elder
Sullivan said: Gust keep it until 1 call
for it." Blue said he could not die
with a clear conscience if he did not re-
turn the augur.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
VERSATILITY IN THE ARMY.

Is there anything that cannot be
done BY officers Of the United States
army? And done exceptionally well!
There is nothing. For example, take
Colonel Goethals and watch him con
struct the Panama Canal with ease
and grace after various civilians had
tried their hands at the job without
achieving aEy glitterlng success. Then
take the five bachelor %lieutenants at
Fort scriven, Georgia, who gave a
chahng-dish party, the particulars Of
which we find In the Army and Navy
Journal. 1t was a surprise party. 1t
was given In the Bachelors Club. The
Service publication which makes
known the achievements Of these
heroes justly remarks that "a great
deal Of praise is due the bachelors for
having given such an elaborate party
without the assistance Of the ladies
Of the post" says the Chicago News.
1OA CAdHlpiSs Inc luIHB-IOO anu
den, in themselves very handsome.
were layishly decorated with carna-
tons and ferns. The beautiful pale
pink flowers we're massed in ~profusion
on the mantel and library table In the
den. In the dlning-room a large vase
filed with the same gorgeous flowers
adorned the table. AS a souvenir Of
the occasion a large bouquet, tied
with pink tulle, was presented to each
OF the young ladies' present. A de-
Hghtful Welsh rabbit was served with
dainty sandwiches, and a mild punch
was served during the evening" Is
1t not plain that these bachelors are
artists and poets as we'll as warriors?
What bachelor outside the service
could tie a bow Of pink tulle around
a bouquet? Doubtless, also, any one
Of the five, like Cyrano, could compose
a ballade while preparing to transfx
an enemy Oh the point OF his service
sword. Gentlemen, a toast. standing,
TO the army men who can concoct a
Welsh rabbit which will not kill either
at close or long range.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

A Hindu philosopher and scholar
who has been visiting this country de,
clares we have all the heathens we
can manage at home, and that the
money sent abroad to make converts
is wasted and could be better spent
IN missionary work among the
Greeks at u own DOORS" He also
made some caustic comh.ents on prac.
teal Christianity in the United States.
Sometimes the oriental mind displays
unexpected but comprehensive accur-
acy OF observation of Western super.
iority.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
BURNED AT THE STAKE.
Pennsylvania Negro Was Dragged From
Hospital on Cot.

Hospital on Cot.
Gainesville, Pa.-Zachariah Walker, a
negro desperate, was carried on a cot
from the hospital here Sunday and
burned to a crisp by a frenzied mob.
The negro, who shot and instantly killed
Edward Rice, a special policeman of the
Worth iron mills, was first dragged to
the scene of the shooting, begging pit
eously for mercy.
He had been arrested by a posse after
a search which had stirred the country.
side. The posse finally found him hid
ing in a cherry tree. The negro, with
the last bullet in his revolver, shot him
self in the mouth, falling from the tree.
A few minutes after 9 o'clock a crowd
numbering almost 1000 persons appeared
at the hospital. The leaders were denied
admission, but they quickly smashed the
window frames and crawled through into
the corridor. When Walker was ilgst
taken to the hospital he was strapped
down in order to prevent his escape. The
mob, seeing this, gathered up the bed
and, placing it on the shoulders OF four
men, started for the country. When half
a mile from the hospital they entered
a field and, quickly gathering up a pile
OF dry grass and weeds, placed the bed
containing their victim upon it.
A match was applied and the flames
shot up quickly, entirely enshrouding the
screaming victim. That not a yestige
OF the murderer be left, the mob tore
down the fence along the road and piled
the rails upon the burning negro.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
PUT BAN ON BOOKER T,
Will Not Be Allowed to Speak in CAPT.
tol-A Cyclone Of "Noes."

Austin, Tex.-Booker 7. Washington,
the negro educator OF Tuskegee, Ala,
will not be allowed to speak in the rOp,
resentatives' hall of the state capitol
during his proposed visit to Austin in
September or October. A resolution
seeking to accord him this privilege was
introduced, but was cried down without
a second reading. The volume of "noeso
which greeted the reading of the reso.
luton put further consideration of the
measure out of the question, and it was
laid aside without formal action.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
TAFT IN AUTO SMASH.
Presidents Car Struck Auto Bearing
Three Women.

Boston.-It became known before the
president left for Washington that he
was in an automobile crash Saturday
at Salem, while out riding with Mrs.
Taft and accompanied by Major Butt.
The presidents car struck an automobile
carrying three women on the edge Of
Salem. Nobody was injured. The Gag
owned by the ladies was damaged
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
9O-MILE GALE ON COAST.
Pensacola Suffers Worst Storm Since
That of 1906.

Pensacola, Fla.-With the wind at
ninety miles an hour, accompanied by a
terrific downpour of rain, Pensacola Fri
day experienced the worst storm since
the West Indian hurricane of Septem-
Der, 1906. A number of barges were
blown ashore and numerous small YES
sells suffered severely.
The heaviest loss will be to the tim
Der interests, immense quantities of ex-
port timber, held in booms, having been
strewn along the bay shore for miles
and piled in immense jams along the
water front.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
The Ely.

Where n earth do these flies
come from?" is a frequent and de-
spairing question.
They may come down the chimneys,
If the f1replaces have tipping hampers.
These should be tightly closed in fly
time, An appreciable falling off in
their number will be the result.
If the chimneys have not the tip
ping damper, a screen such as is used
for a window car be fitted into the
fireplace; or, easier still, a bundle Of
paper may be stuffed up the chimney.
Either method is successful, and no
trouble is too great to get rid Of these
summer pests.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17

A Brooklyn woman refused to ODE,
an order of the Supreme court to al.
low her divorced hucband to visit their
baby, and the justice whose authority
was thus deied, asked: What are we
going to do about it?" Being a jurist
OF wide experience and knowledge of
human nature, he admitted that all
the courts going were no match for a
woman once her mind was made up.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
CRITICISE HOKE SMITH
Democrats Think He Should Be at Post
of Duty.

Washington. - S~enator-elect Hoke
Smith, of Georgia, is the subject among
Democrats throughout congress of Sc,
we're criticism for not reporting here for
duty when his party Is straining for
every vote. Members who are anxious
to make the best possible SLOWING and
record for the party cannot understand
how anything short of sickness or death
could make the Georgia Democrat absent
himself from bounden obligations to rep,
resent his state here in the senate,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
FIGHT FOR LIFE D
John W. Gates, Financier, Dies in Arms
Of His Wife and Son.

Paris.-John w. Gates, the American
%fnancier, died at $40 Tuesday morning
in the arm of his wife and his SON,
Charles G. Gates. The end was peace
full and it seemed as though he was fall,
ing asleep. The usual restoratives failed
In the last crisis. Others present at
the bedside besides the members of thu
family were Drs. eros and Reeves. John
w. Gates was one of the most pictuI.
ssaue characters in American finance.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1911-08-17
RETURN G.. A. R. FLAG.
After Forty-six Years Texas Sends It to
Ohio.

Austin, Tex.-After forty-six years
Texas is to return the flag of the Set-
enty-seventh Ohio Volunteers, captured
by a Lone Star regiment in the battle
Of Marks Hill, Ark, in the latter part
of 1864. A resolution to return the flag
to the state of Ohio passed the house
Wednesday and the speaker named a
commission of three to prepare it. The
action of the house is final, it not be-
ing necessary for the senate to vote on
the proposition.