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We Keep en m ' i ,1 I ' 1 I The Commonwealth. EL HTLLJABD, Editor Published Every Thursday. Entered At the postofficc at Scotland Neck, N". C, as Second-Class Matter. Thursday, September 3, 19U8. Publisher's Announcement. It l a sttled point in newspaper ethics that editors ad publisher! re not responsible for the views ot correspondents, and the publication of a communication does not mean that the editor r publisher endorses the communication. THE Commonwealth adheres to these ioral prici-ylas. NOW TALK GOOD TIMES. The QreenvilleReflector gives some timely suggestions as fol lows : "The cry of panic that began about a year ago and kept up for several months was contagous. Everybody who heard the cry took it up and there was panic sure enough, apparently worse than it even was. Now there is talk of good times again. We hear it and we read of it in the papers. Let this be contagous also. Take up the talk and rub off your long face and and you will help to make times better. Put aside the complaining and get up and hustle for your share of what is coming." WELDOH'S WELCOME. Our neighbor, the good town of Weldon, gives a generous welcome to the people of the county to attend the unveiling of the monument to the Con federate soldiers and sailors of Northampton and Halifax counties September 17th. Every effort possible will be made by the people of Weldon to make the day one of pleasure and profit to all who attend the exercises; and doubtless many people of Northampton and Halifax and other counties will attend. . It will be a great day for Weldon and the good people then will make it pleasant for all who go. Brilliant Xarrlage. THE COUNTY FINANCES. nVit!filltra 'Enterprise.) Tho first marriage of autumn solemnized in Williamston was that of Mr. James Grist Staton and Mrs. Fannie Chase Biggs on September 2nd, at the Church of the Advent. Ferns, stailaX and cut flowers ar ranged with simple but graceful effect beautified the interior of the church. Asters and ribbons carried out the color scheme of lavender and white, an Immense bell of white chrysanthemums and carnations symbolizing the joyousness of the occasion. Promptly at 8:00 a. m., the ushers, W. T. Meadows and K. B. Crawford, untied the ribbons and the bridal party entered amid the strains of Mendelssohn's wedding march ren dered by Mis3 Nannie Smith. The bride, wearing a going-away gown of prune cloth with hat to match, came up the aisle with her brother, Mr. Raleigh D. Carter, who gave her away. The groom with Mr. Alonzo Hassell, entered from the vestry room and joined the bride at the altar. The marriage vows were given by Robert Strange.-Bishop of the Dio cese of East Carolina, assisted by Rev. William J. Gordon. After re tiring from the church the wedded pair signed the church register, using a gold mounted fountain pen the gift of Captain T. W. Tilghman, of Wilson. Mrs. Staton is the daughter of the late Captain William Tell Chase, of Lancaster county, Va., and the sis ter of Lieutenant Gilbert Chase, of the United States .Navy. Her at tractive personality has won a host of friends in the Old North State, and her broad charity renders her a helpful worker in all that tends to the moral and material up-lifting of the town and community. The groom is one of the most prominent young men in Martin county. Of splendid North Carolina stock, he combines business sagacity with a genial presence, and is a large factor in the business world, being directly interested in every impor tant enterprise in the community. Mr. and Mrs. Staton left for a a Northern tour via the A. C. L. They will be at home after October 1st at Kelvin Grove, their handsome coun try residence near Williamston. ' A large array of handsome and appropriate presents from friends '. . ... and relatives marks the esteem in which they are held, and congratu lations were numerous. fewer forests, Greater FlcGds. (Norfolk Landmark.) National and State Foresters, and all others interested in the effort to ! save the natural resources of the country from destruction by ruthless commercialists, are making timely use of the recent floods in North and South Carolina and Georgia to point a moral and adorn a tale. The fact is that such inundations as these, costing many lives and wrecking a vast amount of property, are occurring with less and less pro vocation from the skies, because the checks and safeguards which nature provided are being removed with headlong and brainless haste. When a land has an abundance of trees, a great deal of rainfall is caught by them and gradually distributed through the soil, to the immense benefit of the latter as well as of the tree themselves. Where there are few trees, there is less rainfall , yet such as there is is apt to work havoc when it does come. One of the wonders of the age is the indifference with which an in telligent people has permitted a few hardened politicians to throttle forest-service legislation which is in the interest of the Eastern and Southern States. The West, which has its re serves, needs them really less than the East, which has none. Well, the more forest devastation we have, the more flood devastation we shaljhave abo. It is the law of nature. ' Vegetables as Medicines. SOLD TO its Leggett! WE have sold our Millinery Department to MISS PATTIE LEGGETT, who will continue the business m our store. We rornmeivl Miss Leggett to our friend's and customers and rust they will continue to her the good patronage they have given us. MoriiisettBros, 8-3-tf PHOTOGRAPHS! 1 am prepared to do all the up-to-date work in The Photographic Art ! at very reasonable ra tes. Sat i sf actio n a ran teed . Gallery east side of Main street" next to Planters and Commercial Bank. Better Pictures made in cloudy w en ther than fair. joi-in m. cox, Scotland Neck, N. C. It was given out at Halifax Monday that Halifax county is practically out of debt. The money is in hand to pay the last of the outstanding bonds when they fall due. It will be noted that the tax receipts this year will have no item of bond tax, which shows that the bonds will have been paid with out taking any part of the taxes to be collected this year. It will be gratifying to the people of the county to learn this and all will appreciate the statement made by the county commissioners Monday that the financial condition of the county is better than it been in yiears. has To Stamp Oat Consumption. (Richmond News Leader.) The progam of the International Conference on Tuberculosis, which will be in this city this month, was made public to-day by Dr. Lawrence F. Flick, head of the Phipps Insti tute for poor consumptives and chairman of the conference. The International Congress on Tuber culosis, which will be held in Wash ington this month, will be under the 1 -V Til n- m airecuon oi ur. r iick. ine confer ence, Dr. Flick explianed, is an or ganization made up of representa tives of national associations for the study of tuberculosis from all parts of the world. "Each year since its inception," said Dr. Flick, "the members of the conference have had a story to tell of great strides made towards the eventual conquering of consumption and the conference this year will be remarkable for the tell ing of a progress twice as great as has been made in any year before. "In Philadelphia alone a reduction of 300 has been made in the death rate of the last six months from the same six months in the year before. !h total number of deaths result ing from consumption last year in th city was 3,600, and if the same rate of progress is kept up for six years to come consumption will be abolished." ASKea ii, in nis opinion, tnis re sult would ever be brought about, jjr. r iick saia: i am sure tnat m fifteen year or less tuberculosis will De wipea out. ah mat 13 needed is wider knowledge how to prevent its spread. If we could teach every one the simple methods of preventing contagion we could immediately stop all further progress of the disease and in a few years it would be gone." Farm Buildings. (Forest Henry.) Every day as we meet farmers and talk with them or go to the farm homes and see the gross mistakes they have made in putting up tjieir farm buildings, we say to ourselves, what a pity that they had " not first more fully considered the subject and found out what they needed and how to built to meet there requre ments so as to economize both money in building and time in caring for stock after the buildings were once provided. We have seen good barns set in the center of a barnyard where one will have to open a gate every time he goes to the barn and perhaps wade through the mud that is made by the tracking up of the stock. Each time he goes out or in to the barn with a team that gate has got to bo opened, when by having at least the side where the work horses enter face to the side of the yard, no gates or yard will have to be entered. In some instances we see pig pens and corn cribs standing in the center of a yard and every time a pail of swill is carried to the pigs it has to through a drove of hungry, squeal ing animals and very often one half of it i3 wasted befere it gets into the pig's trough. (Southern AzrlcuUurist.) The farmer's vegetable garden is the medicine cabfnet of the world, and by a thorough and well-balanced diet of these there is no reason for one's health becoming impaired. Carrots are excellent for gout. Cran berries correct the liver. Asparagus stimulates the kidneys. Watercress is an excellent blood purifier. Honey is a good substitute for cod liver oil. Parsnips possess the same virtue f sarsaparilla. Celerjk contains sul phur and helps to ward off rheuma tism, and is at the same time a verve tonic. Bananas are beneficial to suf ferers from chest complaints. Onions are good for the nerves. Beet-root is fattening and good for people who want to put on flesh. Tomatoes are good for a torpid liver, but should be avoided by gouty people. Lettuce has a soothing effect on the nerves and is excellent for sufferers from insomnia. Spinach has great aperi ent qualities and is far better than medicine for sufferers from consti pation. The juice of lemon is excel lent for sore throat, but should not be swallowed but used as a gargle. Q oooooooooocoooooooooooooo Trinity Park School A Fir t-C last Preparatory Scbeol. Certificates of Graduation Ac cepted for Entrance to Leading Southern Col lego."?. Best Fqnipped Preparatory ScLcc! in the Zon'h. Faculty of tn cfficrrs ar:d tocrhcrF. CamiuiH of 'event y-five scrrr. Libraiy containing forty thousand volumes. Weil equipped py-ninas-ium. High ctr.rxards and muiern method., of iiipui'ttinn. Fre CTient lcetuies ry rroir.incnt lecturers-. Kxpens.es txct cir.y iy mt derate. Tin 3-eara of rihcicrr.enal tuctcs". For Catalogue and other infor mation address H. H. NORTH, Headmaster, Durham, N. C. 7-2-9t &CH000000XK00-0' O and B!adder diseases tW no equal. We n.1 east a case of any other water to .)... fwtrhnm Lithia is the moat active of all waters on the kidneys. If it dees not cute fcj&mmailGO ii lie ilwMcr. o?ts you nothing. For Sale by all Mineral Water Dealers. Ask yout JJct cr wrl:a aircciici jeJ of er BID CL&SL ACID ana V faaft V- f! BscLhsrii Li&ia IVslcr Co., Henderson. H.G T i .Mag All Kinds all the Tfc, Also Complete Undertakers Outfit. Hearse Service anyTiia Day or nijcht va- nre na-'? to accommodate' our !V::S and the Public (i-iunl:- M. Hoffman & Bro. Scotland N ck tli Cn SEEDS POSTEDIIi . ggsr. Bucfcbee's "Full of Life" Northern Grown Pedigreed Seeds have a reputation of 3S years oj successful seed growing behind tbem. It pays to plant the hist. Seasonable Specialties: BEANS , Earliest Red Valentine . . ti-S Bushel Refugee Extra Early . . l3-5 bushel New Strinless Green Pod . Jy7 Bushel Wardwell's Imp. Kidney Wax J4 J3 Eushcl Davis New White Wax . . 4.75 T.ushel Curric's Rust Proof Wax . $4 50 Bushel PUA3 Kxtra Early Alaska . . . t J 50 bushel New Early Cradus . ... $5 53 Bushel llorsiord'a Market Garden . $3.50 Bushel Euckbee's Lightning Express J5.00 Eushel Lettuce. Rediih. Tomr.to and a f ill line oi Seeds, 1'lants and Bulbs at lowest growing prices. S?r.d for comp vour reiuirtmer. Hnv direct from tne crow Write today. Mention tins paper.- H. W. BUG KB EE H-O Euckbee St., RockforJ Seed Farms, Kockford. Ill All perrons are hereby forbidden, under penalty of the law, to Hunt, Trap, Fish or Tresspass in any form or manner whatsoever on my land known as the "Pocosin Land," con taining about 1200 acres, and bound- j ed as follows: By the land of Chas. Pender, C. W. Albertson, t-e river; road from Spring Hill to Edwards' ; i Ferrv. the land of G. K. Moore !ete catalogue or submit a list o! j );j;n0Wn as the Ben Smith land) and ; mihel-K'MSney. I the Chas. Tu mer place' Let it be! understood that this notice applies to all persons, friend and foe alike. 9 3-6t S. B. KlTCHlN. TARBORt ' a see our Luu..-. t.v ?r4 Htior.s in n.c t styriAot rh-.,t.-.2rai'.". ou should :r:'i .1 t'L-i'.t t,1 - ! jit. ovrs-'t, ;.:J GrecoYtUe's First Bale. Portls Gold Mine Sold. 'Special from Henderson.) The celebrated Portis gold mine property, contianing 933 acres, near Ransom's Bridge, at which point the counties of Nash, Franklin, Warren and Halifax intersect, has been sold by Mrs. Lelia A. Sturges to Mr. A. J. Overton, of Salisbury, the consid ation being $150,000. Indications are that new machinery will be in stalled and the mine will be operated on a large scale. Somewhere in the twenties Mr. Thomas Portis, then a man of small means, owned the property, on which gold was discovered, and a mine lo cated, which was crudely but profit ably worked. This enabled him to. purchase lands adjoining the original property, until hundreds of acres were added. This valuable property yielded io its various owners thousands of dol lars. It is said while Mrs. Portis was seated at the loom weaving, she espied a glittering substance in a daub of clay used in those days for filling the chinks between the logs of buildings. On examination she was so convinced it was the precious metal she sprang from the loom, de claring she would never throw an other shuttle. (Greenville Reflector, Sept. 5th-l The first bale of new cotton to come to Greenville this season was brought in Friday by Bryant Daniel, a colored tenant on the farm of Mrs. Nana Brown. Most of the cotton was picked Friday, and it was ginned and brought to town the same day. Owing to the high water in the river Bryant had to have his bale of cotton bro Jght across the water in a canoe. lr.e bale of cotton weighed 449 pounds and was said to be better grade than was expected after hav ing take.i the recent rains and storm. it was purenasea at w cents per pound by Mr. W. H. Kilpatrick, the wide-awake and hustling agent fcr Alexander bprunt & Co. Deafness Cau&ot Be Cured by local applications, as they cannot reacn tne uiscasea portion ot tnc ear. There is only one way to cure deafness, and that is by constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused by an inflamed con dition of the mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When this tube is intiamed you have a rumbling sound or imperfect hearing, and when it i entirely closed, Deafness js the result, and unless the inflammation can be taken out and this tube restored to it normal condition, hearing will be des troyed forever; nine cases out of ten are caused by Catarrh, which is noth ing but an inflamed condition of mu cous surfaces. We will give One Hundred Dollars for any case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Send for circu lars free. F. J. Chekey & Co., Toledo, O Sold by Druggists, 75c. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. BINGHAM SCHOOL 1793 1909 FOR 115 YEARS boys hare beta prepared for COLLEGE and (cr Lli'E, as4 have bees trained to be JdEH at 1 HE BINGHAM SCHOOL. Ideaily located c Asfceviile Platecu. Organization MILITARY far discipline, control and carriage. Coys K:!!if from other schools pet received. Viclecs boys expelled as scon zi dis covered. llVM excluded by r'.cijc of honor. Limited to 138. Rates reasonable. Address COL. R. BINGHAM. Si-rt.. R. F. D. EoxTI ASHgVTLLS. V. C. vAJ Ev('iy (3a ;: sjE 4 ;, tdv:: U. a .: J3 ft .vh !e cu ;-rt!.:: .-..I Inu'D yew CvcTtiic: M FOR iTiie Piflsljura Perfect Fence! I 1 And have just received one car load in all sizes in the Perfect Farm Fence, the Pnnltrv and CnrA A th T LW - -wua viv.l a VAAVV j uuu lll J-JUtT 11 U11U U1 11 1 A ,HVV 4 our Fencings before buying. Prices and quality guaranteed. Call and examine Wood's Kigh-Grade Seeds. Crimson Clover The Kins of Soil Improvers, also make3 splandid fall, winter and spring grazing, the earliest green feed, or a good hay crop. CRIMSON CLOVER will in crease the productiveness of the land more than twenty times aa much as the same amount spent in commercial fertiliiem. Can be sown by itself or at the last work ing of corn, cotton or other culti vated crops. . ' Wood's Trade Mark Crimson Clover Seed is the best quality obtainable, of tested germination, and free from impurities and objec tionable weed seeds. Write for "Wood's Crop Special" giving prices and information about Crimson Clover and other Reasonable Seeds. T-17. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, : Richmond, Va. " the weld mmmS I ScSsncs has deve.o.ssd somctfiing infiniic-Sy belicr than ih o5d-syIe wrap or clsmp, 0 UUCH PER FENCES &RE WELDED BY ELECTRiCiTY. Tliis is the modfrn method of construction. Years of life added through the elimination cf serious ience defects. ire A WRAP holds moisture, cracks the galvanizing and allows tht vater to attack tha h:.rc xvirt A f.m.;!l amount of displaced galvani:!ag on "PITTSBURGH PER raCT" aEIWFORCES 1H7. rRO TECTIOM AGAINST RUST AT THE ELECTRICALLY WELDED JOJHT; examine the ic-iot. STAYS CANNOT SLIP. They are alwayi Just where they were puf. Siiy rti strtni 1 become one piece when the urJon is made. The fence is like a solid sheet cf f etioniii lUcl. Mitci mettoij you Live hunircis of Every Rod is CuaranieecJ Perfect- D.nt allow your f rejudice in favor of the rapidly-declining and now anllqt tettiofere Iicwn, to warp your good judgment. "PITTSBURGH PERFECT" FENCES REPRESENT PROGRESS, because inojscnas oi dollars worm ot standard material is daily welded by electricity. The Loop on the avewge sug.v barrel in the isolated country grocery store is au eIecL-.uiy v tliii prtttt;. 1? W.vm .. f . S . f . . A . ' . f J. f I . .11. V m n . . tf . , r-- .riuu u ui 4 kut)t, hs ukj were wtwco cy fisctcrf You will tind electrically welded hoops on fee cream fceessrs and washing machines, on many tubs and buckets. Examine them. tu kV Sr-rW i. "rto Ifcnces are "ioJern, simple and marvelous process, producing " TH WELD it hnaiUx-.g " tMTTSBURCIl PERFECT' rvrrKT'. 91 Ik Pi k I 5 2tv ar? z MR. FARMER : LISTEN, NOV. Ev: tied to guarantee this : That the wire rc not Injured cV,!?, That the fence Is perfectly ad.Ii.-f t u ur.eve-i crountf. Tht the etays will net aopnral-s ft-trn tr.s trnr.. That the fenos is ail riant i.n eo-j- si-ri' JtiUr. Could you ask any more definite proiectiui Yo.-assured. i author- r-flrl tatisf action b abto!jte!y Edwards k Co., Selling Agents. ikKi't iSTs?a Esaro vrr-? seowm n-n .ssiu--r--MrR r:l .'.'1 05 'tll carefully sslect- siirnasfl. uu 1 A u uk 15 av,nS dai'y is the best and most ed we have ever shown. Our Reed's Shoes for Ladies can't be su .y. . "-U.IS onoes ror Men are as aonH tK k, tor misses and Children are beauties and wear well. Our Clothine ..wuiutcic miu wen selected. Uive us a trial before makin- vour pur- 5 chases, and when needing a Wire Fencr A f . .l . ii:?Lolmlkmr J 1 W11 1 iuici me piiruury vzncu. $ aiic Scotland Neck, Edwards & Company, 3 3 North Caro!ins. 2
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