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The Commonwealth, i inHaiifaxco,wl 'lookafter this . . . : work In their townships. Let the township officers look after the or ganization; atid iv )3 Viave reports t THE: Commonwealth from the various townships, snow5rt What has been dtm the interest that is Ji fi. UILLIARD EW.IW ruMishoil Every Thursday. J. E. CRUTCHFIELP, Local and News Editor and Business Manager. Entered at the pewtoulee at Scotland Nock, X. C, s Second-Class Matter. teing the Association Thursday, June 13, 1907. in vie- bf the continued rains and 'the jV)r crop prospect here, a gentle frwtti who has travelled in other ports of the State said recently that al most every spring the farmers in East Carolina say that they will probably not make half a crop. He seemed to think that if farmers here should make a full crop every year there would be a superabundance of products. A great many peopla in this region are inclined to feel and say that this is a disastrous yaT thus far, and it does really -seem so. But how much worse the lot of the millions of Chinese who are perishing by reason of the famine there! After all, this truly a goodly land and as a people ive ought to be happy and grateful to God for the abundance of our good things. A few short weeks 01 months of disappointment should not depress us, when we remember that oitr land is blessed perhaps above every other iand in the world. done to crops of all kinds, and at Jamesville trees were dismem bered and debris pUd ,Hr to thw street. Below Jamesville drid hi Lilly's School House section- crop's wr fefBdi ne 'Mid of tdbac- co, ana tne'piants were auuui nawi hierh. was cut down dH'rt fts" l v manifested by the members wf ? done by a mowing ma- cnine. motion was uestruyeu, aim the farmers were out hunting for cotton seed. This latter section was nearly cleaned of all growing crops. MAIL ORDER BUSINESS. WHAT ARE THE FARMERS DOING ? On the fourth day of May the Hal ifax branch of the Southern Cotton Association held a regular meeting in Halifax. At that meeting there seemed to be some enthusiasm for the ten million dollar stock company proposed by the Southern Cotton Association for the protection of the price of cotton. Blanks were dis tributed for the purpose of securing subscriptions, but only two have re turned their blanks with any result. It was understood, we thought, that all would report in ten days or two weeks, but they have not reported in five weeks. A letter from Mr. C. C. Moore, president of the North Carolina Division of the Southern Cotton As sociation, says that he believes the holding company plan is the thing the farmers ought to push through the Association, and he expresses the hope that Halifax farmers are mak ing good for the one hundred and twenty-five thousand dollar stock for which this county was asked. The editor of The Commonwealth, as president of Halifax county Asso ciation, would be glad to hear from those appointed in the various town ships to secure subscriptions. If we are to do our share in the work let us not lag, but let it be done at once. From time to time we have ex plained the plan in these columns, and we believe it will be the means of securing for the farmers a good price for their cotton when all other plans have failed. Some of the leveleit headed men in the county, after hearing Mr. E. D. Smith's great address in Enfield on April 16, said that this plan of raising a fund for holding cotton for good prices is the best movement yet made by the Southern Cotton Association. Let us have some new activity in this work, and let the farmers stand together in their efforts to secure better prices for their cotton. It is perfectly right for them to do this work. Indeed, if they can, by stand ing and working together, secure the good prices to which they are en titled for their product, they are un true to their own interests and the welfare and comforts of their wives and children if they do not do so. This is not a matter to be lightly regarded, and it behooves every farmer in the county and State to pay heed to it. And not the farmers alone should feel and take an inter est in this matter, but merchants, manufacturers, professional men and all should pay heed to it and help in the great movement. When the farmers do well all others may do well; but when the farmers fail all others suffer. There is no exception to this rule, unless you consider the cotton gambler who raises or de presses the cotton market for his own interest. Again we call upon the members of the Southern Cotton -Association The Merchants' Journal prints an interesting editorial concerning the mail order business afid" Balls atten tion to the fact tnat too much money gjs I'rom communities about us to mail order houses in Chicago, New York, and other places. The remedy pointed out by the Journal is that merchants in the home towns should make more effort through their local paper to inform the public of what th$y have to sell and at what price they sell it. We think that every member of the Association in the State can find good instruction from this editorial in the current number of the Mer chants' Journal. It suggests a more liberal patronage of the advertising columns of the home paper and a closer relation with its editor. As to Scotland Neck, it has often been expressed that its business men do less advertising as a whole than in any other town of its size in the State. The Commonwealth fully eppre dates the patronage of those who use its columns, and we would not hive any man spend a dollar in pat ronizing this paper who does not in some way realize a good return for his expenditure; but we do be lieve now, as we have believed for a long time, that by properly using space in our advertising columns the merchants of Scotland Neck would stop many a dollar here at home that goes to Sears, Roebuck & Co., and other such great mail order houses in the North and West. News Afldat. - assgSasa:agaBi 'wa rioi'l Maifl T lUij! gf THAT TALKING BABY. On the first page of this paper is printed an account of how a nine day old baby in Virginia talked. The following news item to Sunday's Charlotte Observer confirms the re port: High Point, June 8. A few days ago the whole country was startled by a statement sent out from Vir ginia to the effect that a nine-day old baby of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Brewer, of Fox, had uttered words which could be easily understood, and anent the ridicule of the press and people of the country gave the state ment a letter from the parents of the child has been received by Mr. C. A. Lain, of High Point, which re iterates and establishes the truthful ness of the assertion as set forth in the original dispatches. The letter to Mr. Lain is herewith printed ver batim et literatim and bearing the date of June 5th: "My Dear Friend: I will answer your kind letter. You wanted to know if our baby talked. Yes, it talked a few words as plain as any one could speak. It seemed to us that there was not but three that heard it me and Ransey Darnell, and Betty Brewer and Mrs. Thomas Brewer and her daughter, Bessie, who was on the bed asleep. We thought it would talk right on and it did not and it did not live but a short while; and it spoke the word 'heaven' three times and looked up and said "howdy' three times, and said 'help me' three times. I want you to know it is a bad mistake about the people leaving the house. We have six letters to answer this morn ing before the mail passes. "Yours truly, Jeff Brewer and Wife. "P. S. You have heard several mistakes about it." A prohibition election will probab ly be held in Asheville this summer. Hon. Alton B. Parker will deliver an address before the State Bar As sociation in Hendersonville July 10. At the University Commencement Governor Gtlenn and ex-Governor Aycock were each give the degree of LL. D. The Asheville Citizen says that fire of unknown origin, in Asheville Wed nesday night, almost totally destroy ed what is known as the"leach house" of the Hans Rees Sons' tannery, and for a time threatened to wipe out the entire plant. The loss which is esti mated from $60,000 to 15,00V is said to be fully covered by insurance. Charles Hayworth, night watch man for the Myrtle Furniture Com pany at High Point, fell into a vat of boiling water last week from which he died a few hours afterward. Hayworth was making his rounds on the outside of the building, where the vats are located for veneering purposes, when he stumbled into what proved to be his death trap. He was rescued by the day fireman, who happened to be close by. Hay worth was 35 years old and leaves a wife and child. At the preliminary trial held in Henderson a few days ago, Dr. D. S. Rowland, the Raleigh physician charged with the murder of his 11-year-old son, came clear, the chem ist testifying that there were no traces of poison found in the boy's stomach. He was immediately re arrested and committed to Raleigh jail on the charge of having murder ed by poison Engineer Robert C. Strange whose widow Dr. Rowland had married within a very few weeks after Strange's death. Farqu- har Engines and Boilers Nagle Engines and Boilers Now is the Presses. an time to place your orders for Engines, Boilers, Threshers, Gins We sell first-class machinery and our prices and terms are right. Little Giant Peanut Threshers Davis Cotton Presses Winship and other Gins Let us make your Tobacco Flues. We will make them out of first-class ma terial and give the very best workmanship. Give us your specifications now and when you come for them we will have them ready for you. Full line of' Buggies and Wagons on our floor and we guarantee price and quality. We sell everything in the hardware line. How's This? W'c offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last lo years, and be lieve him ierfectly honorable in all busi ness transactions, and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, AYholesale Druggists, Toledo, (). Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter nally,aeting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testi monials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggist. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. 8 "THE Y H ARDWAR E S C OTLAN D USTLERS E C K. N. C. I Notice. I You i wai Not Be Sorry ! HAIL STORM IN MARTIN. (News and Observer nth.) Williamston, N. C, June 8. There was quite a severe hail storm near Spring Green, about six miles from here. The storm did a great deal of damage to the crops as well as to the farmlands. Mr. J. N. Taylor was in town buy ing tobacco flues and stated his crop was damaged considerably, and that his land was damaged at least $75. There was another hail storm in this county, seemingly starting about the farm of Mr. Eli Taylor, passing over the Leggett farm and also the farm of S. N. Yarrell, going in .the direction of Jamesville. While there was a large quantity of hail, there was no serious damage. Reports from the rural carrier on Number Four Route and several other gentlemen late yesterday afternoon; information was gained of the des tructiveness of this storm as it near ed Jamesville. In Gardner's Creek section a great deal of damage was OU will not be sorry for hearing before judg ing, for thinking before speaking, for holding an angry tongue, for stop ping the ear to a talebearer, for disbelieving most of the ill reports, for being kind to the distressed, for doing good to all men, for speaking evil of no one, for being courteous to all, for purchasing Groceries from the Harrell Grocery Company, Scotland Neck, N. C. Having qualified as Executrix of Jack Keel, deceased, late of Halifax county, North Carolina, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased, to exhibit them, duly verified, to me or my attorney on or before the seventh day of June 190S, or this notice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All per sons indebted to said estate will please make immed ate payment. This June 6th 1907. Claudia Keel, Executrix. A. Paul Kitchin, Attorney. 6-6-6t Executor's Notice;to creditors fan Cancer Be Cured? It Can. Having this day qualified as Ex ecutor of the last will and testament of Bettie V. Johnston, deceased, late We want every tnan and woman in of Halifax County, N. C, this is to tne United btates to know what we notify all persons having claims ' t"31"6 -CUoing Cancers, against the estate of said deceased i I ffi S -mc S,r wlthout to exhibit them to the -undersigned, i ? u of e r by Xra' and duly proven, on or before the 18th fe endorsed by the Senate and Leg day of May 1908, or this notice will ; lblature of Virginia. be pleaded in bar of their recovery. WE GUARANTEE OUR CURES. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate pay ment. This the 18th day of May 1907. J. A. White, Executor. Williamston, N. C. KELLAM HOSPITAL, . No. 1615 Wert Main Street, Richmond, Virginia. 5-23-'07-iy Dr. J. E. Masrov Corrects all defects of the EYE I hut 0-0KKKK0-C0-0 FOR TEN OOOOOO OO-O K0K0KoKKK DAYS ONLY Our Stock of Men's Pants at Cost. . If you are in need of a good, serviceable pair of Pants you will never have a better opportunity to secure them than you will find at our store during the next ten days. We mention the following to give you an idea of the great reduction we are making and to show you how you can save in buying pants- $1:25 Pants for $0.82 VIRGINIA OPTICAL PARLORS 324 Main Street Corner Talbot, Norfolk, M Telephone M27-A 6-6-iyr A. N. DUBOIS Consulting Analytical Chemist, Office and Laboratory. No. I Corner Nutf Streets, Miming' N. C. Call for Telephone - - No. 4. $ THE CHILDREN LIKE IT KENNEDY'S UAXATIVE COUCH SYRUP 2.00 2.50 3.50 5.00 1.38 1.65 2.20 3.30 Also cut rate sale in children's slippers durinrr 4-u , uunng the next ten days. During this 'sale if you fail to visit our store you w'll be the loser. Come to us to have your wants supplied and will take great pleasure in serving you. W. T. HANCOCK COPJP'Y, Inc. Scotland Neck, North Carolina. m. m Analysis of Wint', Fresh Waters. Canned Cream, Butter, Beveray Spirits, Oils, Earth. Chemicals, Colors ami Particular attention amination and Anal the Detection of Kidnry i B: Diseases. Consultati." . ' mail or by calling, is fv. -"' reasonable. J. L O'QUINNSfG The Leading f lorLsb of W Carolina. Our spoeiiilty is ' : "nrl Violots, Cut KL Woddinp Iiou,uot., " Arranged in the lkt SVC Short Notice. Talms, Forns, mid ';' ; 1' Wants for the houso, 15. '' ' - 1 '. RoMc-Biwhos, Shrul. I n '' '; Hedge riants, Miatlr Tr- - ' ;i table Plants in waxon. I Mail, Telegraph, and i ' ders promptly exoeutotl ! J. L. OWNN0', Raleigh. Telephone No. U9.
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