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ROCKY HOTTOTT IHOtt WOUKS, KILLED BY LIGHTNING. The Oommonwealtli. NOT A "JOY FOREVER." The Asheville Citizen has put in When you buy Sarsapariila Manufacturers of The Victor Cotton Plow at $2, and the Justice at $2- - MAOHINERY OF ALL KINDS REPAIRED. CASTINGS OF ALL DES. tfllTilvJlO iw viJa. . : Bicycle Repairing A SPECIALTY. Turn Plow Castings 2 1-- 2 cents and Cotton plow at 2 3-- 4 cents per pound. '1 v 218 6m J3ST0. 0. WOODSIDE'S LODGE Shell Lime, EROCKLAND LIME, CEMENT, SEWER AND WELL PIPE, Drain Tile,' Chimney Pipe, coal and Lime, zaTAR, ETC., 1126 6m W. D. HARRISON'S 'BUS LINE BETWEEN ROANOKE RAPIDS AND WELDON. SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS : Leave Weldon daily at 12 :20 p. m. Leave Roanoke Rapids, 2 KX p. m. yr WILL MAKE SPECIAL TRIPS m. and 4 MJ p. m. FARE tor the round trip 75c. 5 4 3m COMFORTABLE VEHICLES AND GOOD TEAMS. Horses and Buggies Always on JAMES S. Wholesale Fmit anil Fiota Dealers AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS. 120 Warren St. New York, 39 ii you are snipping anything to ping to new xoric, snip to us there. we are jajjuak tubs IvOK uonicr wnwj uo iur prices. POWELL BROS., Commission Merchants. IN MEMORIAM. As Sunday, Feb. 28th, 1897, under coyer ot twilight, stole away to join the days that are no more, the soul of Myrtie R. Dunn slipped its - moorings and floated from the shore of time out on the boundless sea of eternity. For just one instant ere life's cable parted, her fluttering eye-lid- s opened, she gave one parting glance half greeting, half farewell then her sweet eyes were veil- ed forever and Myrtie was gone "into that far new country of which we dream and where we long to rest." She was born Oct. 14tb,. 1873 and was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Robertson. When she was ninteen (19) years of age she joined the Missionary Baptist church at Dawson's, of which she remained a faithful mem ber until her death. On Dec. 21st, 1893, she became the wife of Mr. J. B Dunn. Their union was blessed with three babes, all of which have preceded her into the life beyond. As the fleeting years speed onward, each silently heaping its ashes on the past, fair and bright through the som bre drift will blossom the memory of her kind heart and eentle ways. She won her way into the affeotions of all by her sweet disposition and modest, unassuming manner. For her to make an acquaintance was to win a friend, and m the hearts of all who knew her there is sorrow now. It is good to have known one who was so tender and sympathetic, so patient under affliction, and so consistent in living up to the creed of her professed religion. She will be missed by a host of warm friends who found pleasure in her com panionship. Unconsciously they wii look for her in her accustomed place and then grow sad when memory whis pers "she is no more." How her broth' ers and sisters will miss the dear sister whom they loyed with such a proud trusting love ! And her mother and father they whose love has garlanded her life from its earliest infancy oh the many dreary hours that will come to them when they will long with ach ing hearts to haye their daughter back again. In fancy how often they wii see her. a tiny, helpless infant whose baby feet they trained to walk ; then the merry child, followed by the happy girl blossoming into womanhood ; next tbe fair young bride ; the proud mother and then the last sad picture of her as she lay so still and white in her coffin There is yet another who will miss her. He who stood with her at the altar and linked his lite to hers. Who can fathom the depth ot his despair Who would dare to wantonly lift the curtain that veils his sorrow and say how bitterly he will miss her? .His love was to her the most precious gem in her crown ot womanhood. She was enshrined in his heart as God's most precious gift. How deep and true their loye ! How perfect their union ! When harassed with care and weary of life1 stern battle how sootnlng to him was the thought that there was one who would gladly share his every trouble and how eagerly he turned to her sure of a loving greeting and words of com fort. "Till Death us do part." He had yowed at the altar, and how tender ly and faithfully he cherished that vow those who know him can say. He turned aside from her pathway the many petty cares that sometimes make life burdensome and filled her hours with joy. But tributes of love were powerless to purchase a longer lease o life for her and when the shadow ot death hung over her his iond heart 1 B - m snuauerea ana nis anxious lace grew pale with dread, the golden chain that bound - them together strained and snapped, and the marriage tie was broken. When death trails his chilly robe across the threshold of a home and lays his cold touch upon its dearest treasure words of sympathy aud comfort lal meaninglessly upon the aching hearts, and only He who makes music out of silence and symphonies out of sorrows can throw the halo of resignation around the grief shrouded family. When -- the soul's slumbering echoes shall wake to memory in Heaven's fair clime where on the forge ot eternal life each broken golden link shall be welded, "After all the weary waiting, In her peaceful rest to share ; No mpre need of anguished parting, We shall know each other there." Cover her grave with flowers whose pharacteristics symbolize her qualities. Plant there white lilies, typical of the purity of her lite ; violets whose sweet perfume will whisper of her modest nature ; roses whose beauty will recall ner aear iace, ana lair immortelles to remind us of the reunion in that Beautiful City where the hoof-bea- ts of It. I. C nie ptue norse never sinxe tne pave- - ment. N. Belle Read. . We all know that any tired muscle can be restored by rest. Your stomach is a muscle. Dyspepsia Is its manner of saying "I am tired. Give me rest." To rest the stomach you must do ifa work outside of the body. This is the Shaker's method of curing Indigestion, and its success is best at- tested by the tactrlhat these people are practically free from what is without doubt the most prevalent of all diseases The Shaker Digestive Cordial not only contains digested food which is prompt- ly absorbed without taxing the tired digestive organs, but it is likewise an aid.to the digestion of other foods in the stomach. A 10 cent trial bottle will convince yon ot their merit, and these you can obtain through all drug- gists. v Laxol is the best medicine for chil- dren. . Doctors recommend it in place H. E. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor. Published Every Thursday. Entered at the Post-Offi- ce at Scotland Neck,N. C, as Second Class Matter. THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1897. NEED A WHIPPING POST. In the Criminal court in Halifax last week a boy 12 years old was brought before Judge Sutton, charged with stealing money from Mess. Hale Brothers' money drawer. When he WAR Afcfid if he took the money, be said he did. Judge Sutton said he was too young to send to the penitentiary to be placed in association with hardened criminals, and solicitor Daniel agreed with him So nfter avrely reprimanding the boy and warning nim of the certainty of an ill fate if he continues long as he has started, he allowed him to go free. There was no punishment he could put upon him except send him to jail or the penitentiary and he was too young for that. The Commonwealth believes that we need a whipping post for such cases. If that boy had been whipped severely under sentence of the Court, it would have done him good. And not only would the whipping post be effective in checking youthful criminals, but older ones as well. Many a rascal is sunt to iail for three, six or twelve months, and comes out sleek and fat. and claps his hands in glee that he is free again, has been boarded for so long at the county's expense, has had a lonsr rest, and' is none the worse for it all. For such characters the whipping post would be a much more effectual means of reform than the jail or even the nenitentiarv. Let us have the whippingpost. Barbarism, is it? Well, if it is, it is the most successful means of checking certain kinds of criminals. IT WAS MR W. H. SMITH. Two weeks ago we said editorially in these columns that Scotland Neck had, within the past decade, lost three great opportunities, one of them being the Norfolk and Carolina railroad. We referred to the proposition a certain man made two years before that road wss built, viz, that he would bring the road to Scotland Neck for $1,000 and if he did not succeed he would charge nothing. . We did not state who the gentleman was, but we state now that it was the - late Mr. W. H. Smith. And Scotland Neck would be a dif- - : ferent town to-da- y if our people had heeded his predictions. . MRS. "JUDGE" SAID NO. Judge Hoke asked Judge Norwood to hold Caldwell court, as he (Judge Hoke) was sick. Judge Norwood con sented to do so, but when his wife learned ot the arrangement she put her foot upon it and told her husband he was not bound to hold that court and he should not do it. She, by a sort of tacit agreement, it seems, became the special guardian of her husband when the Legislature gave him "another chance" to reform from drunkenness, and she is holding him to his own bus- iness strictly. SENATOR VOORHEES DEAD. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, or from Indiana, "The tall sycamore of the Wabash," died In Washington, D. C, Saturday morning April 10th, aged 70 years. His career as a public man has been a brilliant one and his name has been familiar to the student of cur- rent events in this country for a quar- ter of a century or more. The Henderson Gold Lea notes that Rev. Dr. J. D. Hufham has been elect- ed a member of the Southern Histori- cal Society, of Washington, D. C.,nd properly adds that it Is a compliment worthily bestowed and that in the act the Society has done honor to itself. Americans are the most inventive people on earth. To them have been issued nearly 600.000 patents, or more than one third of all the patents issued in the world. No discovery ot modern yeanghas been of greater benefit to man- kind than Chamberlain's Colic, Chole- ra, and Diarrhoea Remedy, or has done more to relieve pain and suffering. J. W. Vaughn, of Oaktorr, Kjr., sas : "I have used Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and diarrhoea Remedy in my family for several years, and find it to be the beet medicine I ever used for cramps in the stomach and bowels. For ,by E-- T. Whitehead A Co. (Correspondence to In CoioiOBintALTK. ) Rinowood, N. C, April 13, 97. On Friday morning last during or just before a heavy rainfall a flash of lightning instantly killed Isaac iMicnoi-so- n, colored, and a fine horse belonging to Mr. H. S. Harrison, while plowing on the Rocky Hill farm near here. Mr. Harrison had just been to Isaac and made some remarks to him and had gone off some fitty paces when the flash came, and turning he saw horse and man prostrate. When he went to them both were dead. A vear or so aero a colored man was killed near the same place while plow- ing an ox. The ox escaped. Weather cool but we think most of the fruit has escaped so far. Old man Thomas Ward died this morning at his home in Nash county not far from this place at an advanced age. Madam Lee has been holding seances or telling fortunes at Halesville for the past few days. She has told some re- markable truths to those who had their fortunes told. Mess. Joe. Soivey and Williamson Braswell of Spring Hope came down Sunday morning and will return to-da- y. Chew Rosebud Tobacco. Chew Rosebud Tobacco. There was a collision of trains on the Southern railroad at Harnsburg 11 miles from Charlotte Sunday. It was a horrible wreck. Three persons were killed and six injured. HOW TO FIND OUT. Fill a bottle or common glass with urine and let it stana twenty-iou- r hours ; a sediment or settling indicates indicates an unhealthey condition of the Kidneys. When urine stains linin it is positive evience of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire to urinate or pain in the back, is also convincing proof that the kidneys and bladder are out of order. WHAT TO DO. There is comfort in the knowlelge so often expressed, that Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-Roo- t, the great kidney remedy fulfills every wish in relieving pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder and every, part ot the urinary passages. It corrects inability to hold urine and scalding pain in passing it, or bad ef fects following use of liquor, wine or beer, and overcomes that unpleasant necessity of being compelled to get up many times during the night to uri nate. The mild and the extraordinary effect of Swamp-Ro- ot is soon realized. It stands the highest tor its wonderful cures of the most distressing cases. If you need a medicine you should have the best. Sold by druggists price fifty cents and one dollar. You may have a sample bottle and pamphlet both sent free by mail. Mention The Com- - monwealah and send your address to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y. MOPMEfrS AND AND GENERAL MARBLE AND GRANITE WORK AT Lowest prices. Write for designs and prices. T. R. HUFFINES, Rocky Mount, N. C (Mention The Commonwealth.) 3 11 tf. New Goods AND- Still Lower Arbuckles coffee 15c. lb Dried apples 5c. " Dates 10c. " Octagon soap, 6 cakes for 25c. Armours soap, 7 cakes tor 25c. Rose bud tobocco 10c. plug Gravely & Millers Kids 10c. " Cotton exchange 5c " Street and sour Pickles 10c, doz Liquid and box bluing - 5c. Landreths Garden seeds Mason cakes and crackers fresh Fresh candies Star Lye, Toilet Soap Sweet and strong snuff lable salt and many other things too numerous to mention. WILSON ALLSBROOK. 11 18 tf Pianos, Organs, AND SMALL Musical Instruments. Prices Low and Goods the Best. Write for prices before purchasing, T. R. HUFFIXES, - Rocky Mount, N. C (Mention The Commonwealth.) 311tl J In time. Bom -- 7 by lnit. I -- J OLD NEWSPAPERS FOB SALE. Mergenthaler type-settin- g .maohines. The Statesville Landmark felicitates the Citizen on its prosperity and easy run of business. The Citizen replies that his neighbor doesn't know about the type-settin- g machine troubles. To be accurate, the Citizen says : "If the Landmark wishes to have the sensation of having one on its premises without the expense, let it borrow twin boys and proceed to walk the floor with them while they are teething, have measels, scarlet fever, mumps and colic, all in one. Meantime, call in all the doctors in the neighborhood and do ev- erything that each of them recommends, That will make the situation even more Mergenthalery, and will tend to give an idea of the situation that surrounds sitting up with an inanimate perversity that can but won't, and can't be dis charged. "No ; if it were not for having to keep in fashion, the Citizen would greatly prefer adding to its present corps of typesetters of the old fashioned kind, human and alive, and put on a new ess of honest type far handsomer than any Mergenthaler face that has yet been born and go on in the old way to the end. This having to asso- ciate with a machine as delicate as a watch and as big as a camel back loco- motive, with a catarrhal breath and a voice like a broken buzz saw going through knots, simply adds another worry to a profession made up of little else." Bishop Cheshire has met with much encouragement in his efforts to raise $100,000 endowment for St. Mary's school at Raleigh. The injunction case against Govern or Russel has been set for a hearing In Asheville June 8th. PRETTY MARRIAGE IN HALIFAX Correspondence to Tn Commohwbalth. Halifax, N. C, Apri 13, W. HALE COOPER. This morning at 1U:4U o'clock a large crowd of relatives and friends had assembled in the M. E. Church, which was beautifully and tastefully decorated with evergreens and lovely flowers, to witness the marriage of two of Halifax's most popular and esteemed young peo ple, Mr. C. H. Hale and Miss Annie Ouopcr. The ceremony was performed by Rev. E. E. Rose, the pastor. Miss Florence Nelson presided at the organ, and as the joyous strains ot the wedding march floated out on the air, the bridal party marched down the aisles in the following order : J. N. Stevenson and L. M. Alston, ushers ; J. N. Hill with Miss Mollie Livesay ; A. J. Moore with Miss Mary McMahon ; J. M. Grizzard, Jr. with Miss Bertie Dickens. Following these came the bride leaning on the. arm of maid of honor, Miss Urtie Daniel. They were met at the altar by the groom, with best man, Mr. R. Hale, brother of the groom, where they were united in the bonds of matrimony in a most impres sive ceremony. After the ceremony the bride and groom left on 11 :24 train for Richmond where they will spend a few days. The popular young couple received many hearty congratulations and all the peo- ple of Halilax join in extending best wishes for their success and happiness through life. The Commonwealth joins In all the good wishes for the charming bride and the popular groom, and wishes for them that their pathway through life may be strewn with sweetest flowers and that their joys may be unalloyed. Editor. Ask For Rosebud. ENFIELD'S NAME. ( Correspondence to Tn Commomwialth.) Enfield, s, C, April 13, 1893. Mrs. W. L. Harris, daughter of the lateF. H.Whitaker, died on the 6th and was buried at Whitaker's Chapel on the 7th. The lecture by Rev. R. E. Peele Fri- day nigbt was well attended, consider- ing tne bad weather and sickness, and was much enjoyed. In your history of Enfield by "D. E. O." In last week's paper the writer is mistaken in the name of the churches. It should be Methodist Protestant and Methodist Episcopal, South ; and some say it is a mistake as to how the name of the town originated. It being the old stage line they changed horses here and put up at the Inn and it was call- ed Inn Field, and afterwards changed to Enfield. Two new resndences to be built soon for Dr. A. S. Harrison and R. E. L. Gunter. So the old town is building up slowly.. Rev. Mr. Savage is expectded to preach at the Baptist church next Thursday nigbt. L. Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Hen- ry St., Alton, 111., suffered with sciatic rheumatism for over eight months. She doctored for it nearly the whole of this time, using various - remedies rec- ommended by, friends, and was treated by the physicians, but received no re- lief. She then used one and a half bot- tles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, which effected a complete cure. This is pub- lished at ber request, as she wants oth- ers -- similarly adicted to know what cured Jaer. ThesS and CO esnt sixta to Ci tj CKbrJl AC - - Cotton and Peanut Factors. STOCK, GRAIN, FRUITS AND PROVISIONS. Ask for the best and yoall jj Get Ayer's. ? Ask for Ayeis and youllget The Best. For sale by' E. T. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck, N. C. - nipi W.L Douglas $3 Shoe Stylish, durable, perfect fitting. Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers. V.L. Douglas $150, $f00 and J5 Shoes are the productions of skilled workmen, from the best material poi-si- bk at these prices. Also $2-5- 0 and $2 Shoes for Men, $20, $2 and $i.75 Boys WeneonlyttebestCM;KiiiCtf,rre Patent Calt French Enamel, VJcIKiO, ete graded to correspond with prices of the ahoea. If dealer cannot supply yon, write Catalog free. W. L.DOUGlAS,Brockton ,. aou sr E. SHIELDS, 2 25 tt Scotland Neck, N. C. mm (or WELL NEW GOODS AND NEW PRICES. Our bnyer is 'now in the Northern markets, visiting the manufacturers and big sales, buying tor cash such bar gains as we never have seen before. We are receiving these goods almost daily Just Look! Fine Japanese and straw cotton-war- p floor mattings 7, 9, 11, loc. Lace cur tains 3x7 feet 18c, 4x9 feet 42c, 4x10 feet 45c. Curtain drapery yard wide 5c. Men's laundered shirts with cuffb and collar 33c, 38c. Oil cloth floor mats 3x4 feet 25c. 75 styles Hamburg and LaceB at two thirds regular prices. Eight day strike clocks 22 inches high $ 1.98. Good Clocks 45c, 60c, 75c. Cur tain poles complete 1 8c, 20c. Ladies' patent tipped shoes 55c, 75c and up. - Unbleached shooting 3e yd. Sheeting 38 inches wide 4Ac. 25 styles of agate ware at two-thir- d regular price. Table oil cloth 10c, 12$c. Good ginghams 3, 4c., Calicos Spring styles 3, 4c., New lot wall paper 3, 4c, 500 Black ribbon at half regular prices, Linen' table cloth 60 inches wide 39c, Counterpanes 38, 50, 75c, very heavy, Floor oil cloth 20 styles 1 and 2 yards wide 12, 15, 20c. New styles Smyrna rug's and other kinds 32 in 25c 38 in 65c, 60 in $1.40. Fine jute rug's 72 inch 95c. Felt 4 J feet wide 25c. Moquette and brussels Hassocks or foot stools 39c. worth 75, Don't fail to get some ot our floor mat- tings. We are selling these mattings for les3 than -- the regular wholesale price. We have hundreds other style goods in stock and receiving. Our prices are low. Our , profits smal Terms cash. When you want goods cheap go to cash store when - you have casn to spend. jtememDer we prepay freight on all 2 m j m gooas oougnt at one time from us amounting to $5.00 and over. We are filling great many mail orders and have never had a complaint. You buy goods from us and not satisfied return them and we will refund your money. H. C. SPIEBS & DATES, March 18, 1897. Weldon, N. TTX-LEB- Y Dining Hall, FOR WHITES. Meals at all hours for 25 cents. JACOB D.HILL, . 3 25tf Tillery, N. C. Administrators Notice. The undersigned having qualified as administrator of the estate of the late Ivey E. Hudgins, hereby gives notice to all persons holding claims against the said estate to present the same to him within 12 months from the publi- cation of this notice. A failure, to do so will be plead in bar of a recovery. Edward T. Clark, Adm'r estate of late Ivey E. Hudgins. 3 18 6t WANT Employment. TOW WANT a vacancy filled. WANT. WANT Information. Send 5c in stamiM tmA mm vHii n you how to get it. Address,- - sou. Jbmployjnent A Intelligence Bureau 3 4 3m Raleigh, w n fjUOSQIS EK3USH KITCl'EH. . 187 Main St., NORFOLK, VA. Is the Leadine Dinincr Rnnm liw th City for Ladies and Gentlemen. Strict 1? a Temperance Place. All meala 25e. : L ? UUdsoa's Bnrnanaltto- - tint references by permission -- Kan oumimmpwn uoumy, va. ; wins Agency, ana UradstreeVs Agency, 11 26 6m OFFICE 31 & 29 ROANOKE SQUARE, NORFOLK, VA. of all Descriptions at ROSE & KERSEY, Propkietous, RocKy Mount, X. c. GAMAGE, WHARF, - NORFOLK, VA. Land Plaster, Arrive Roanoke Rapids 1 :30 p. m. Arrive Weldon 3 : p. m. if necessary leaving Weldon at 8 :00i Fare one way only, 50c. Hand for Hire at Reasonable Prices. GROVES CO., and 41 Roanoke Square, Norfolk, Va, Norfolk, ship to us. Or if you are ship. We are reliable and will treat you right. ALL KINDS OF FRUITS. If you area 11 26 (im of Portsmouth, B. F. McLemore, Cleric of line and guarantee entire satisfaction. Mail 11 20 Om TUCICER & CD, Fabrics at "This Bie Store" excels m choice between the very fashionable ne we pxico ooc. per yard. NEW LACES. important to you concerning your n Lace Trimmings or you'll be out of t BOURBON LACES, TORCHON LACES, TUTS IT PflTYT T.AfiKS. POINT DE PARIS LACES, GAUZE LACES. stvl i a hm.t .u,! there a match all Laces, in Black. White MViVI VII VvW WVT Furniture. Furniture. DO YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY IN BUYING FURNITURE ? IF SO CALL ON Kern's, Old Market Sqiiare, Norfolk we handle a large and complete orders promptly attended to. For bargains call on Kern's in Old Market Square, """w. v.a&is. RALEI&H, N. O. Beautiful French. Organdies. j.ne snowing of thin, dainty Wash Deauty anyemng seen in former seasons. In Organdies. Anere is an almost bewildering green cones in striped and all-ov- er designs ; delicately tinted Persian Colorings, entirely new patterns ; cool, summery looking old Delft blues ; the exceedingly tasty small Dusden styles, and many other charmine effects, which are among tne beautiful things one always expects to find here : by buying early and m""ww mc auiu mj uuulb NEW LACES. . me Lace question will be very spring oostume and you must have .1 V. prepared to gratify every wish and please eveij whim that fashion dictates in these lines Our new Spring Stock is all on disp- lay-immense quantities and endless varieties of the most winsome and prettiest lances in NET-TO- P LACES, VALENCIENNES LACES, ORIENTAL LACES, RUSSIAN LACES, f ARABIAN LACES, And a select variety ot the newest a complete line of New Insertmgs to uream ; aji at our usual low prices. Write for Samples. M IR. 8. TDCKBB ft CO. 413m TROTTER BROTHERS, GENERAL - Commission -:- - Merchants. POUIffRY, EGGS, BUTTER AND ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE. Wholesale Dealers in Fruits and Vegetables. Highest llarket Wl PricMPromni Return.. p.i.-n- w,. v-Mo- nal ,'t'.- - ... - T and Commercial Agencies. -- w cents per unored. fipeeialty, - - JL1S1'- -

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ROCKY HOTTOTT IHOtt WOUKS,KILLED BY LIGHTNING.The Oommonwealtli. NOT A "JOY FOREVER."

The Asheville Citizen has put in When you buy

SarsapariilaManufacturers of

The Victor Cotton Plow at $2, and theJustice at $2- -

MAOHINERY OF ALL KINDS REPAIRED. CASTINGS OF ALL DES.

tfllTilvJlO iw viJa. . :

Bicycle RepairingA SPECIALTY.

Turn Plow Castings2 1-- 2 cents and Cotton plow at 2 3-- 4

cents per pound.'1 v

218 6m

J3ST0. 0.WOODSIDE'S LODGE

Shell Lime,EROCKLAND LIME, CEMENT, SEWER AND WELL PIPE,

Drain Tile,' Chimney Pipe, coal and Lime,zaTAR, ETC.,

1126 6m

W. D. HARRISON'S 'BUS LINEBETWEEN

ROANOKE RAPIDS AND WELDON.

SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS :

Leave Weldon daily at 12 :20 p. m.Leave Roanoke Rapids, 2 KX p. m.

yr WILL MAKE SPECIAL TRIPSm. and 4 MJ p. m.FARE tor the round trip 75c.

5 4 3m COMFORTABLE VEHICLES AND GOOD TEAMS.

Horses and Buggies Always on

JAMES S.

Wholesale Fmit anil Fiota DealersAND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS.

120 Warren St. New York, 39

ii you are snipping anything toping to new xoric, snip to us there.

we are jajjuak tubs IvOKuonicr wnwj uo iur prices.

POWELL BROS.,

Commission Merchants.

IN MEMORIAM.

As Sunday, Feb. 28th, 1897, undercoyer ot twilight, stole away to join thedays that are no more, the soul of

Myrtie R. Dunn slipped its - mooringsand floated from the shore of time outon the boundless sea of eternity. Forjust one instant ere life's cable parted,her fluttering eye-lid-s opened, she gaveone parting glance half greeting, halffarewell then her sweet eyes were veil-

ed forever and Myrtie was gone "intothat far new country of which we dreamand where we long to rest."

She was born Oct. 14tb,. 1873 andwas the eldest daughter of Mr. andMrs. W. P. Robertson. When she was

ninteen (19) years of age she joined theMissionary Baptist church at Dawson's,of which she remained a faithful member until her death. On Dec. 21st,1893, she became the wife of Mr. J. B

Dunn. Their union was blessed withthree babes, all of which have precededher into the life beyond.

As the fleeting years speed onward,each silently heaping its ashes on thepast, fair and bright through the sombre drift will blossom the memory of

her kind heart and eentle ways. Shewon her way into the affeotions of all

by her sweet disposition and modest,unassuming manner. For her to makean acquaintance was to win a friend,and m the hearts of all who knew herthere is sorrow now. It is good to haveknown one who was so tender and

sympathetic, so patient under affliction,and so consistent in living up to thecreed of her professed religion.

She will be missed by a host of warmfriends who found pleasure in her com

panionship. Unconsciously they wiilook for her in her accustomed placeand then grow sad when memory whis

pers "she is no more." How her broth'ers and sisters will miss the dear sisterwhom they loyed with such a proudtrusting love ! And her mother andfather they whose love has garlandedher life from its earliest infancy ohthe many dreary hours that will cometo them when they will long with ach

ing hearts to haye their daughter back

again. In fancy how often they wiisee her. a tiny, helpless infant whose

baby feet they trained to walk ; thenthe merry child, followed by the happygirl blossoming into womanhood ; nexttbe fair young bride ; the proud motherand then the last sad picture of her asshe lay so still and white in her coffin

There is yet another who will missher. He who stood with her at thealtar and linked his lite to hers. Whocan fathom the depth ot his despairWho would dare to wantonly lift thecurtain that veils his sorrow and sayhow bitterly he will miss her? .Hislove was to her the most precious gemin her crown ot womanhood. She wasenshrined in his heart as God's mostprecious gift. How deep and true theirloye ! How perfect their union ! Whenharassed with care and weary of life1

stern battle how sootnlng to him wasthe thought that there was one whowould gladly share his every troubleand how eagerly he turned to her sureof a loving greeting and words of comfort. "Till Death us do part." Hehad yowed at the altar, and how tenderly and faithfully he cherished that vowthose who know him can say. Heturned aside from her pathway themany petty cares that sometimes makelife burdensome and filled her hourswith joy. But tributes of love werepowerless to purchase a longer lease olife for her and when the shadow otdeath hung over her his iond heart

1 B - msnuauerea ana nis anxious lace grewpale with dread, the golden chain thatbound - them together strained andsnapped, and the marriage tie wasbroken.

When death trails his chilly robeacross the threshold of a home and layshis cold touch upon its dearest treasurewords of sympathy aud comfort lalmeaninglessly upon the aching hearts,and only He who makes music out ofsilence and symphonies out of sorrowscan throw the halo of resignationaround the grief shrouded family.When -- the soul's slumbering echoesshall wake to memory in Heaven's fairclime where on the forge ot eternal lifeeach broken golden link shall be welded,"After all the weary waiting,In her peaceful rest to share ;No mpre need of anguished parting,We shall know each other there."

Cover her grave with flowers whosepharacteristics symbolize her qualities.Plant there white lilies, typical of thepurity of her lite ; violets whose sweetperfume will whisper of her modestnature ; roses whose beauty will recallner aear iace, ana lair immortelles toremind us of the reunion in thatBeautiful City where the hoof-bea- ts ofIt. I. C

nie ptue norse never sinxe tne pave- -ment. N. Belle Read. .

We all know that any tired musclecan be restored by rest. Your stomachis a muscle. Dyspepsia Is its mannerof saying "I am tired. Give me rest."To rest the stomach you must do ifawork outside of the body.

This is the Shaker's method of curingIndigestion, and its success is best at-tested by the tactrlhat these people arepractically free from what is withoutdoubt the most prevalent of all diseasesThe Shaker Digestive Cordial not onlycontains digested food which is prompt-ly absorbed without taxing the tireddigestive organs, but it is likewise anaid.to the digestion of other foods inthe stomach. A 10 cent trial bottlewill convince yon ot their merit, andthese you can obtain through all drug-gists.v Laxol is the best medicine for chil-dren. . Doctors recommend it in place

H. E. HILLIARD, - - - - Editor.

Published Every Thursday.

Entered at the Post-Offi- ce at Scotland

Neck,N. C, as Second Class Matter.

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1897.

NEED A WHIPPING POST.

In the Criminal court in Halifax

last week a boy 12 years old was

brought before Judge Sutton, charged

with stealing money from Mess. Hale

Brothers' money drawer. When heWAR Afcfid if he took the money, besaid he did.

Judge Sutton said he was too young

to send to the penitentiary to be placed

in association with hardened criminals,

and solicitor Daniel agreed with him

So nfter avrely reprimanding the

boy and warning nim of the certaintyof an ill fate if he continues long as hehas started, he allowed him to go free.

There was no punishment he could

put upon him except send him to jailor the penitentiary and he was too

young for that.The Commonwealth believes that

we need a whipping post for such cases.

If that boy had been whipped severelyunder sentence of the Court, it would

have done him good. And not onlywould the whipping post be effective

in checking youthful criminals, but

older ones as well. Many a rascal is

sunt to iail for three, six or twelve

months, and comes out sleek and fat.

and claps his hands in glee that he is

free again, has been boarded for so

long at the county's expense, has had a

lonsr rest, and' is none the worse for itall.

For such characters the whipping

post would be a much more effectual

means of reform than the jail or even

the nenitentiarv. Let us have the

whippingpost.Barbarism, is it? Well, if it is, it is

the most successful means of checkingcertain kinds of criminals.

IT WAS MR W. H. SMITH.

Two weeks ago we said editoriallyin these columns that Scotland Neckhad, within the past decade, lost three

great opportunities, one of them beingthe Norfolk and Carolina railroad. We

referred to the proposition a certainman made two years before that roadwss built, viz, that he would bring theroad to Scotland Neck for $1,000 and if

he did not succeed he would charge

nothing. .

We did not state who the gentlemanwas, but we state now that it was the

- late Mr. W. H. Smith.And Scotland Neck would be a dif--

: ferent town to-da- y if our people hadheeded his predictions. .

MRS. "JUDGE" SAID NO.

Judge Hoke asked Judge Norwood

to hold Caldwell court, as he (JudgeHoke) was sick. Judge Norwood consented to do so, but when his wifelearned ot the arrangement she put herfoot upon it and told her husband hewas not bound to hold that court and

he should not do it. She, by a sort of

tacit agreement, it seems, became thespecial guardian of her husband whenthe Legislature gave him "anotherchance" to reform from drunkenness,and she is holding him to his own bus-

iness strictly.

SENATOR VOORHEES DEAD.

Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, or

from Indiana, "The tall sycamore ofthe Wabash," died In Washington, D.

C, Saturday morning April 10th, aged70 years. His career as a public manhas been a brilliant one and his namehas been familiar to the student of cur-

rent events in this country for a quar-ter of a century or more.

The Henderson Gold Lea notes thatRev. Dr. J. D. Hufham has been elect-

ed a member of the Southern Histori-

cal Society, of Washington, D. C.,ndproperly adds that it Is a complimentworthily bestowed and that in the actthe Society has done honor to itself.

Americans are the most inventivepeople on earth. To them have beenissued nearly 600.000 patents, or morethan one third of all the patents issuedin the world. No discovery ot modernyeanghas been of greater benefit to man-kind than Chamberlain's Colic, Chole-ra, and Diarrhoea Remedy, or has donemore to relieve pain and suffering.J. W. Vaughn, of Oaktorr, Kjr., sas : "Ihave used Chamberlain's Colic, Choleraand diarrhoea Remedy in my familyfor several years, and find it to be thebeet medicine I ever used for crampsin the stomach and bowels. For

,by E-- T. Whitehead A Co.

(Correspondence to In CoioiOBintALTK. )

Rinowood, N. C, April 13, 97.On Friday morning last during or

just before a heavy rainfall a flash oflightning instantly killed Isaac iMicnoi-so- n,

colored, and a fine horse belongingto Mr. H. S. Harrison, while plowingon the Rocky Hill farm near here.Mr. Harrison had just been to Isaacand made some remarks to him andhad gone off some fitty paces whenthe flash came, and turning he sawhorse and man prostrate. When hewent to them both were dead.

A vear or so aero a colored man waskilled near the same place while plow-

ing an ox. The ox escaped.Weather cool but we think most of

the fruit has escaped so far.Old man Thomas Ward died this

morning at his home in Nash countynot far from this place at an advancedage.

Madam Lee has been holding seancesor telling fortunes at Halesville for thepast few days. She has told some re-

markable truths to those who had theirfortunes told.

Mess. Joe. Soivey and WilliamsonBraswell of Spring Hope came downSunday morning and will return to-da- y.

Chew Rosebud Tobacco.

Chew Rosebud Tobacco.

There was a collision of trains on theSouthern railroad at Harnsburg 11

miles from Charlotte Sunday. It was

a horrible wreck. Three persons were

killed and six injured.

HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass withurine and let it stana twenty-iou- rhours ; a sediment or settling indicatesindicates an unhealthey condition ofthe Kidneys. When urine stains lininit is positive evience of kidney trouble.Too frequent desire to urinate or painin the back, is also convincing proofthat the kidneys and bladder are outof order.

WHAT TO DO.

There is comfort in the knowlelge sooften expressed, that Dr. Kilmer'sSwamp-Roo- t, the great kidney remedyfulfills every wish in relieving pain inthe back, kidneys, liver, bladder andevery, part ot the urinary passages. Itcorrects inability to hold urine andscalding pain in passing it, or bad effects following use of liquor, wine orbeer, and overcomes that unpleasantnecessity of being compelled to get upmany times during the night to urinate. The mild and the extraordinaryeffect of Swamp-Ro- ot is soon realized.It stands the highest tor its wonderfulcures of the most distressing cases. Ifyou need a medicine you should havethe best. Sold by druggists price fiftycents and one dollar. You may havea sample bottle and pamphlet bothsent free by mail. Mention The Com- -

monwealah and send your address toDr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.

MOPMEfrSAND

AND GENERAL MARBLE AND

GRANITE WORK AT

Lowest prices.Write for designs and prices.

T. R. HUFFINES,Rocky Mount, N. C

(Mention The Commonwealth.)3 11 tf.

New GoodsAND-

Still LowerArbuckles coffee 15c. lbDried apples 5c. "

Dates 10c. "

Octagon soap, 6 cakes for 25c.Armours soap, 7 cakes tor 25c.Rose bud tobocco 10c. plugGravely & Millers Kids 10c. "Cotton exchange 5c "Street and sour Pickles 10c, dozLiquid and box bluing - 5c.Landreths Garden seedsMason cakes and crackers freshFresh candiesStar Lye, Toilet SoapSweet and strong snufflable salt and many other things toonumerous to mention.

WILSON ALLSBROOK.11 18 tf

Pianos,Organs,

AND SMALL

Musical Instruments.Prices Low and Goods

the Best.Write for prices before purchasing,

T. R. HUFFIXES,- Rocky Mount, N. C

(Mention The Commonwealth.)311tl

J In time. Bom--

7by lnit. I

--JOLD NEWSPAPERS FOB SALE.

Mergenthaler type-settin- g .maohines.The Statesville Landmark felicitates

the Citizen on its prosperity and easyrun of business. The Citizen repliesthat his neighbor doesn't know about

the type-settin- g machine troubles.

To be accurate, the Citizen says :

"If the Landmark wishes to have thesensation of having one on its premiseswithout the expense, let it borrow twinboys and proceed to walk the floor withthem while they are teething, havemeasels, scarlet fever, mumps and colic,all in one. Meantime, call in all thedoctors in the neighborhood and do ev-

erything that each of them recommends,That will make the situation even more

Mergenthalery, and will tend to givean idea of the situation that surrounds

sitting up with an inanimate perversitythat can but won't, and can't be dis

charged."No ; if it were not for having to

keep in fashion, the Citizen wouldgreatly prefer adding to its present corpsof typesetters of the old fashioned kind,human and alive, and put on a new

ess of honest type far handsomerthan any Mergenthaler face that has

yet been born and go on in the old

way to the end. This having to asso-

ciate with a machine as delicate as awatch and as big as a camel back loco-

motive, with a catarrhal breath and avoice like a broken buzz saw goingthrough knots, simply adds anotherworry to a profession made up of littleelse."

Bishop Cheshire has met with muchencouragement in his efforts to raise$100,000 endowment for St. Mary'sschool at Raleigh.

The injunction case against Governor Russel has been set for a hearing In

Asheville June 8th.

PRETTY MARRIAGE IN HALIFAX

Correspondence to Tn Commohwbalth.

Halifax, N. C, Apri 13, W.HALE COOPER.

This morning at 1U:4U o'clock alarge crowd of relatives and friends hadassembled in the M. E. Church, whichwas beautifully and tastefully decoratedwith evergreens and lovely flowers, towitness the marriage of two of Halifax'smost popular and esteemed young people, Mr. C. H. Hale and Miss AnnieOuopcr.

The ceremony was performed byRev. E. E. Rose, the pastor.

Miss Florence Nelson presided at theorgan, and as the joyous strains ot thewedding march floated out on the air,the bridal party marched down theaisles in the following order : J. N.Stevenson and L. M. Alston, ushers ;

J. N. Hill with Miss Mollie Livesay ;

A. J. Moore with Miss Mary McMahon ;J. M. Grizzard, Jr. with Miss BertieDickens. Following these came thebride leaning on the. arm of maid ofhonor, Miss Urtie Daniel. They weremet at the altar by the groom, withbest man, Mr. R. Hale, brother of thegroom, where they were united in thebonds of matrimony in a most impressive ceremony.

After the ceremony the bride andgroom left on 11 :24 train for Richmondwhere they will spend a few days. Thepopular young couple received manyhearty congratulations and all the peo-

ple of Halilax join in extending bestwishes for their success and happinessthrough life.

The Commonwealth joins In allthe good wishes for the charming brideand the popular groom, and wishes forthem that their pathway through lifemay be strewn with sweetest flowersand that their joys may be unalloyed.

Editor.

Ask For Rosebud.

ENFIELD'S NAME.

(Correspondence to Tn Commomwialth.)

Enfield, s, C, April 13, 1893.Mrs. W. L. Harris, daughter of the

lateF. H.Whitaker, died on the 6thand was buried at Whitaker's Chapelon the 7th.

The lecture by Rev. R. E. Peele Fri-day nigbt was well attended, consider-ing tne bad weather and sickness, andwas much enjoyed.

In your history of Enfield by "D. E.O." In last week's paper the writer ismistaken in the name of the churches.It should be Methodist Protestant andMethodist Episcopal, South ; and somesay it is a mistake as to how the nameof the town originated. It being theold stage line they changed horses hereand put up at the Inn and it was call-ed Inn Field, and afterwards changedto Enfield.

Two new resndences to be built soonfor Dr. A. S. Harrison and R. E. L.Gunter. So the old town is buildingup slowly..

Rev. Mr. Savage is expectded topreach at the Baptist church nextThursday nigbt. L.

Mrs. A. Inveen, residing at 720 Hen-ry St., Alton, 111., suffered with sciaticrheumatism for over eight months.She doctored for it nearly the whole ofthis time, using various - remedies rec-ommended by, friends, and was treatedby the physicians, but received no re-lief. She then used one and a half bot-tles of Chamberlain's Pain Balm, whicheffected a complete cure. This is pub-lished at ber request, as she wants oth-ers -- similarly adicted to know whatcured Jaer. ThesS and CO esnt sixtato Ci tj CKbrJl AC - -

Cotton and Peanut Factors.STOCK, GRAIN, FRUITS AND PROVISIONS.

Ask for the best and yoall jj

Get Ayer's. ?

Ask for Ayeis and youllget

The Best.

For sale by' E. T. Whitehead & Co.,Scotland Neck, N. C.

-nipi

W.L Douglas $3 ShoeStylish, durable, perfect fitting.Endorsed by over 1,000,000 wearers.

V.L. Douglas $150, $f00 and J5Shoes are the productions of skilledworkmen, from the best material poi-si-

bk

at these prices. Also $2-5- 0 and $2Shoes for Men, $20, $2 and $i.75 Boys

WeneonlyttebestCM;KiiiCtf,rrePatent Calt French Enamel, VJcIKiO, etegraded to correspond with prices ofthe ahoea.

If dealer cannot supply yon, write

Catalog free. W. L.DOUGlAS,Brockton ,.aou sr

E. SHIELDS,2 25 tt Scotland Neck, N. C.

mm (or WELL

NEW GOODS AND NEW PRICES.

Our bnyer is 'now in the Northernmarkets, visiting the manufacturersand big sales, buying tor cash such bargains as we never have seen before. Weare receiving these goods almost daily

Just Look!Fine Japanese and straw cotton-war- p

floor mattings 7, 9, 11, loc. Lace curtains 3x7 feet 18c, 4x9 feet 42c, 4x10feet 45c. Curtain drapery yard wide5c. Men's laundered shirts with cuffband collar 33c, 38c. Oil cloth floormats 3x4 feet 25c. 75 styles Hamburgand LaceB at two thirds regular prices.Eight day strike clocks 22 inches high$1.98. Good Clocks 45c, 60c, 75c. Curtain poles complete 18c, 20c.

Ladies' patent tipped shoes 55c, 75cand up. - Unbleached shooting 3e yd.Sheeting 38 inches wide 4Ac. 25 stylesof agate ware at two-thir- d regular price.Table oil cloth 10c, 12$c.

Good ginghams 3, 4c., CalicosSpring styles 3, 4c., New lot wall paper3, 4c, 500 Black ribbon at half regularprices, Linen' table cloth 60 incheswide 39c, Counterpanes 38, 50, 75c,very heavy, Floor oil cloth 20 styles 1and 2 yards wide 12, 15, 20c. Newstyles Smyrna rug's and other kinds 32in 25c 38 in 65c, 60 in $1.40. Finejute rug's 72 inch 95c. Felt 4J feetwide 25c. Moquette and brusselsHassocks or foot stools 39c. worth 75,Don't fail to get some ot our floor mat-tings. We are selling these mattingsfor les3 than -- the regular wholesaleprice. We have hundreds other stylegoods in stock and receiving. Ourprices are low. Our , profits smalTerms cash. When you want goodscheap go to cash store when - you havecasn to spend.

jtememDer we prepay freight on all2 m j m

gooas oougnt at one time from usamounting to $5.00 and over.

We are filling great many mail ordersand have never had a complaint. Youbuy goods from us and not satisfiedreturn them and we will refund yourmoney.

H. C. SPIEBS & DATES,March 18, 1897. Weldon, N.

TTX-LEB-Y

Dining Hall,FOR WHITES.

Meals at all hours for25 cents.

JACOB D.HILL, .3 25tf Tillery, N. C.

Administrators Notice.The undersigned having qualified as

administrator of the estate of the lateIvey E. Hudgins, hereby gives noticeto all persons holding claims againstthe said estate to present the same tohim within 12 months from the publi-cation of this notice. A failure, to doso will be plead in bar of a recovery.

Edward T. Clark,Adm'r estate of late Ivey E. Hudgins.3 18 6t

WANT Employment.TOW WANT a vacancy filled.

WANT.WANT Information.

Send 5c in stamiM tmA mm vHii nyou how to get it. Address,--sou. Jbmployjnent A Intelligence Bureau3 4 3m Raleigh, w n

fjUOSQIS EK3USH KITCl'EH.

. 187 Main St., NORFOLK, VA.Is the Leadine Dinincr Rnnm liw th

City for Ladies and Gentlemen. Strict1? a Temperance Place. All meala 25e.: L ? UUdsoa's Bnrnanaltto- - tint

references by permission --Kanoumimmpwn uoumy, va. ; wins Agency, ana UradstreeVs Agency,

11 26 6m OFFICE 31 & 29 ROANOKE SQUARE, NORFOLK, VA.

of all Descriptions at

ROSE & KERSEY, Propkietous,RocKy Mount, X. c.

GAMAGE,WHARF, - NORFOLK, VA.

Land Plaster,

Arrive Roanoke Rapids 1 :30 p. m.Arrive Weldon 3 : p. m.

if necessary leaving Weldon at 8 :00i

Fare one way only, 50c.

Hand for Hire at Reasonable Prices.

GROVES CO.,

and 41 Roanoke Square, Norfolk, Va,

Norfolk, ship to us. Or if you are ship.We are reliable and will treat you right.

ALL KINDS OF FRUITS. If you area11 26 (im

of Portsmouth, B. F. McLemore, Cleric of

line and guarantee entire satisfaction. Mail

11 20 Om

TUCICER & CD,

Fabrics at "This Bie Store" excels m

choice between the very fashionable ne

we pxico ooc. per yard.

NEW LACES.important to you concerning your n

Lace Trimmings or you'll be out of t

BOURBON LACES,TORCHON LACES,

TUTS IT PflTYT T.AfiKS.

POINT DE PARIS LACES,

GAUZE LACES.stvl i ahm.t.u,! there a

match all Laces, in Black. White

MViVI VIIVvW WVT

Furniture. Furniture.DO YOU WANT TO SAVE MONEY IN BUYING FURNITURE ?

IF SO CALL ON

Kern's, Old Market Sqiiare, Norfolkwe handle a large and complete

orders promptly attended to. For bargains call on Kern's in Old Market Square,"""w.

v.a&is.RALEI&H, N. O.

Beautiful French. Organdies.j.ne snowing of thin, dainty Wash

Deauty anyemng seen in former seasons.

In Organdies.Anere is an almost bewilderinggreen cones in striped and all-ov- er designs ; delicately tinted Persian Colorings,entirely new patterns ; cool, summery looking old Delft blues ; the exceedinglytasty small Dusden styles, and many other charmine effects, which are amongtne beautiful things one always expects to find here : by buying early and

m""ww mc auiu mj uuulb

NEW LACES.. me Lace question will be very

spring oostume and you must have.1 V. prepared to gratify every wish and please eveij

whim that fashion dictates in these lines Our new Spring Stock is all on disp-

lay-immense quantities and endless varieties of the most winsome and prettiestlances inNET-TO-P LACES,

VALENCIENNES LACES,ORIENTAL LACES,

RUSSIAN LACES, f

ARABIAN LACES,And a select variety ot the newest

a complete line of New Insertmgs touream ; aji at our usual low prices.

Write for Samples.

M IR. 8. TDCKBB ft CO.413m

TROTTER BROTHERS,GENERAL -

Commission -:-- Merchants.POUIffRY, EGGS, BUTTER AND ALL COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Wholesale Dealers inFruits and Vegetables.

Highest llarket WlPricMPromni Return.. p.i.-n-w,. v-Mo- nal

,'t'.- - ...- T and Commercial Agencies.--w cents per unored. fipeeialty, - - JL1S1'- -