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THE COMMONWEALTH. ! Published Every Thursday BY E. E. Hiluard, - - - - Editor. Ashby W. Dunn, - Ass't Editor. .Entered at the po-lousee .t Scotland Neck, N. C, as. Second-CUs Matter. Thursday, May 2, V.m. Publisher's Announcement. It is a settled point in newspaper ethics that editors and publishers are net i es-no: uile tor the views of correspondents, am! the publication ot a communication does not mean that the editor or publisher endorses the communication. iiiK Commonwealth adheres to these general prici ples. CO-OPERATION AND PATRONAGE. The principle of co-operation is so well understood-, and the progress and prosperity that re- j suit from its broad application jing published. n.,niivi-n-n th'iritU' The subscription price is only so universally known, that it is i . 1U ione dollar per year, and this liardlv necessary to explain the . , , i ii i . . . n ; trations of its workings. Suf fice it to say that co-operation is concurrent effort, concurrent effort is united strength and united strength is the most ec onomic and effective force that can be used anywhere, under any circumstances, to accom plish any given end. Where one finds concurrent effort in national affairs he finds progress and prosperity and happiness, because, as one i has well said, "the happiness! of a nation depends upon na- j tional wealth and national glory, "and prosperity is wealth, and without progress there is no glorv. As in national affairs, so in all other affairs, co-operation, concurrent effort, united strength, call it what you will. effects advancement and well-; being. Where there is a town j whose citizens work together; for the town's uplift, there is aj town where effective results! are being accomplished, pro-! gress being made and prosper ity being brought about, and where these conditions exist is to be found a loyal public spirited citizenship. There are various ways in which citizens of a community, whether in the capacity of town officers, merchants, manufac turers, lawyers or doctors, may co-operate. Among them mnv be mentioned the following: B j exerting united efforts in every ! good movement that is institut-! ed in the community, for the accomplishment of the ends for which such movements are or iginated benefits the town, and what benefits a town benefits its citizens. Another way in which citizens of a community may co-operate is by being one in their efforts to encourage and aid whenever they can the efforts of each individual citi zen. The opportunity for this kind of co-operation presents itself when there are two mer chants to buy from a home merchant and a merchant whose establishment is else where: two manufacturers a home manufacturer and a foreign manufacturer; two wholesale grocers one in your town and one in some other town. This feature of co-opera tion can best be expressed in the word "patronage"and the prin ciple best applied by patroniz ing home industries. Buy from the home merchant, manufac turer, and grocer: co-operate Avith them in their efforts, and the effective results of the ap plication of this principle will be marked. When a home industry is pat ronized it prospers, when it prospers it is put in a posi tion where it may grow and en large. When it enlarges it re quires a more numerous work ing force and draws men into the town in which it is estab lished. The town grows, the merchants, grocers and busi ness men as does the manufac- turer prosper, and so it goes. ! ,y wark, ot ihe btatesville When one prospers all prosper, Laar . 0 , . . when one is aided all are aided, i r Sho4u,d e T f a . , , , ia Country Weekly be More Than a the interests of one become the n v , T c , it . I Dollar a Year?' Thad. R. Manning, interests of all, and everything j of The Henderson Gold Leaf, redounds to the growth and! "Rapid Fire Shop Talk" Led . by prosperity of the town. . w. C. Hammer, and followed bv H. Citizens should realize this and be guided by far-sighted motives; should work together for the town's uplift and unite in their efforts to make the home industry a successful in- dustry. "ORIS All E. MACK'S DEMOCRATIC mutt i uui . The first issue of Norman E. i 4- Uncle's national .wommv ; made its appearance. Its cover j i ... ;.. .. 1... 1. .Miii 'in:! i llt'Sltill IS H llii IJtir.lliU IMH i ! its make-up attractive. magazine has that in it that will appeal to all members of the family stories, newest fashions, recipes for the home, children's page, etc. but more than anything else, it is a Dem ocratic magazine, and will he published in the interests of the Democratic party. It is a magazine the need of which has long been felt and one that will he a valuable asset - to the ; party in whoso interests ana for whose upbuildin it is be- lull ian.L - - loyal Democrat, rich or poor, , hio-h or low. to have it in his o home. ITS EIGHTY-EIGHTH VOLUME. The Xewrs and Observer en tered upon its eighty-eighth volume Tuesday. Whatever else may be said about the Xews and Observer, it can cer tainly be said without the pos sibility of contradiction that it is a paper which, in tlie over whelming majority of cases, has taken its stand on the side of right and has brought all the power of its powerfully potent strength to bear against wrono- in order that right might i unfold go .1 it enters upon its eighty-! eighth volume in the same at-! titude towards all actual and possible issues that it has al- wavs maintained a favorable attitude toward progress, en lightenment, prosperity and all else that tends to jmunote our State's and country's interests and uplift and benefit our people. It lias the best wishes of the uumt-iuu t, mi iuxiiKiiia PP'fi ,.,i 4.i-.:i-: whose homes it enters for its continued success and wider usefulness. The Charlotte celebration is on. The first day's celebration began Tuesday; the culmina tion of the celebration will be reached today (Thursday ) when President Taft will address the thousands of people who have assembled there. A communi cation from Charlotte states that his address is expected to resound in important declara tions regarding his policy to wards the South. Press Convention Essayists. The following gentlemen have been appointed to read papers on the subjects named at the coming Press Convention at Hendersonvilie June 23 and 24, and nearly all of them have accepted: "The Future of North Carolina and the Part to be Played Therein by the Press" Archibald Johnson, Charity and Children. "Is the Cash in Advance System i ll, D 4- 4- r 4. mrii o j L" "cstc iU1 . WJU,U vee; y: v. r . owttiingex, vl ine HiUentcn Transcript. "The Editor as a Town Booster" J. J. Farriss, of The High Point Enterprise. "Reminiscences of Early Days of the North Carolina Press Associa tion" J. A. Robinson, of The Dur ham Sun. "Relation of the Press Toward the Good Roads Movement in North Carolina" H. B. Varner, of The Lexington Dispatch. i 4 ..: i, c;,, ifc l.i'ili it lioe nwftpvnv.ic i 1 nniifht. f here is no I ' ' I I 1 I I I I . 1 1 1 t 1 l vl ' , . 1 til i l ill'.' ; ' . - . . . 0 ; , . . , , . J ,.i,;nff iiirrt'Tirf thp nut- so mucn vital impoitance as uiaL or leacJimg mipoiuwcp, me out- mand thot we orovida better facih- f i i, ,.,cnifll,) ;,, raising corn sufncient for home con- 1 ' . i COme OI WlllCll lias resulted Jll . itiaafr.- imiinnrti.-n flril bat WP Why Every Editor and Publisher , city's promising young business men. the State Should Belong to TheThe young couple returned to this in Press Association" Rev. J. O. At kinson, D. D., of The Christian Sun. "What Can the Country Paper do to Promote Rural Development?" Clarence H. Poe, of The Progressive Farmer. The Make-Up of a Country Week B. Varner, R. M. Phillips, C. H. Poe, H. C. Martin, Thad. R. Manning, J. H. King and others. DeWitt's Little Karlv liWr tlr j fa!n0u little liver pills", small, gentle and sure. Sold by E. T. Whitehead i Company. Agrees With Mr. Cu'iterwcrtb. Editor The Commonwealth: I heartily endorse what Mr. uuc- . 1. r- A 1 - t-A11 VV'jnOi QftlTlP wetks ago in reforence to building a new eoUrt hou.-e for Halifax county t. ,.nt t'nvfr 1 brine and rlnllnrR when i' wl XUJ. i..v nwi..". ; - M 4- ln,vn ' repair, clean up and paint tne pre.-:- ; ent building so, 1 believe, it will i meet the demands of the people for j many years to come. It certainly does seem to me to spend this great amount when absolutely unnecessary and without submitting it to a vote ! of the people is a stupendous blun-1 der and a waist .of the peoples mon- J ey. and I believe the peopie should enter their protest against any such move as this. Who are the people and where do they live who are so anxi ous for this forty thousand doillar court house? Don't you believe at least 8-4 of the voters in the county are opposed to any such blunder and extravagance as this when it will put the county in debt again. The The Enfield Progress says we do not need a building for show but a com fortable, clean, sanitary house And j Kei;eve the ireneral appearance of the court house msiue is me reai j trouble. Old rusty stairs and dirty j carpets, dirty windows, oroKen seats, L etc. Remove these things, replace j them with new ones and use a plenty i soap and water. Keep things paint- j ed up and clean, and keep the county out of debt. I believe these are the j things to do. D. Kay. Mistakes ci liio Fsrnr. There ha:; been much said and written about diversified farming in f ie Southern States certainly none too much. The writer has farmed in tl-. f?tifA5 nf Mis?snni and souriVweil as here in our beloved j Old North State, and has given this! ' iinrmt iiin vation of his crops f.i.frr all mistakes in this matter is that the ! farmer raises cotton to get money to buy feed for his stock, and pays $i j a bushel for his corn when it is well known that it can be raised here for! from twenty to thirty cents per bushel and even less. When the farm- f 1 I j fY I er xai s ro Plant sumcient corn ior home consumption he certainly does not stop to think thut it costs him ? 4:.,. ,..-.-.i. j 1..... it.., l 1 i ' i I 1 MS . i i 111111(1 til 1 I 1 V 1 1 1 - I " 1 i I 1 ,inM t if I ihe cotton crop is an expensive!: one. It takes twelve months to j r properly cultivate and handle a crop of cotton, while it takes but five or six months and less to cultivate and handle a crop of corn, which means fewer supplies to purchase, fewer bills to pay and a larger bank ac count to the credit to the farmer. George W. Fisher, in Charlotte Ob server. rprlse Marriage in Raloign. There was a quiet marriage in j Raleigh on Saturday afternoon when ! Mr. F. Young Arrington, of Rocky Mount, received as his bride Miss Martha Sheiburn, the marriage tak ing place at the parsonage of the Central Methodist church and being performed by Revr L. B. Jones, pas tor of the church. Miss Sheiburn was in Raleigh on a visit to a friend and Mr. Arlington joined her here. A special yesterday from Rocky j Mount says the wedding was a sur- prise and was known of only by a few close relatives, and adds: "The bride has made her home in this city m during the past several years, having moved herefrom Scot land Neck. She at one time held the rti-ponsible position of chief operator with the Home Telephone and Telegraph Company in this city. Mr. Arringtun is the eldest son of Mr. E. Frank Arrington. ar:d has lived in this city the greater p u t of his life. He has been employed for the past several years as shipping clerk with the wholesale firm of Hales & Edwards and is one of the city Saturday night and are living at the home of the groom on Tarboro street." News and Observer. According to a statistical abstract of the United States, to be issued in a few'days by the Bureau of Statis tics of the Departmene of Commerce and Labor, about one-third of the eighty-eight million population of the United States, including Alaska, live in the thirteen original States; another third live in the States cre ated from the territory ceded to the Union by the original States, and the remaining third on the area added by purchase or annexation. For Headache. Biliousness OeWltt's Little. EARLY RISERS To be successful no farmer should j ute our children tnat tney may plant an acre of cotton until he has j mtet th new and laf r. opporturu planted corn enough to raise from of thl an( onhter ? ayl eightv to one hundred bushels for ! Mde3 the onward movement of each horse or mule used in the culti- I ose counties that have been wise i GutiJ Roads and SciiiiOis. Never before has there been so much interest in the state in good roads and good schools as now. The stats is making great progress in the j matter of schools. Communities all , i.rw tY.a cflto meal .Hi WtH ui Hit villages ana towns are voting special taxation upon themselves to provide termg and carry on the work of educating the young. There are now nearly a thousand local special school tax districts in tj,e state and the number is being i; creised almost every week. This , i jppniv this sentiment for better schools has gotten a hold upon the people and is an earnest of the future. But there is hardly mere promise in this great activity m school work for the future of the state than in the good roads move ment that is spreading throughout the state. Many new counties are entering the lists, voting bonds, levy ing taxes and taking a determined stand for progress in this matter. They are all literally going to get out of the rut. We hope the day may be i,asleKef wj,en we are a State f nexceued sc10ols and roads. - ki f schoos ana roads Charity and Children says: .itv, ovn r-ir.!-,, i.!te.rl nnrl nstn. I aljv gQ t0jrfctner in fCt both are m"rks of hc civilization of a people, Th(t ,,11f,.v nr th sfinn that, iakes no interest in them brands itself as wanting in the spirit of progress that has become so general in our good State. The time was when we could i ' J V'Ull 1.1 J v. . better afford to rock along over red ! gulleys and send our children to log ! school-houses than now. We were struggling to get on cur feet for a I decade or two after the close of the r, and could not do then what we J , ! l..1 .1!- .1.- . Tl, i j are aounuamiy uuie iu uu iwh . xnc j fact is the prosecution of our own enough to supply tnemseives witn i . 1 . . ...-.1 n.fl frtllAC.lf L' r. -uuu IUdUa yuuu ect esson bef ore our e"es th ve 'n neither gainsay nor resist. There is "othing for us, wno have been 1 T 1 1 1- 4 y vn-r-)rttc' v r im UilCil"uu "lcoc . " "V I !mt rn i:)in iht Tiroct-.ssion that is marching along. We cannot afford o be mossbacks. It-is folly to cry out for economy when it comes to vital questions such as these. In deed we cannot afford to delay what we should have begun ten years ago. - ine ravening iimes. "THE PIANO WITH A SWEET TONE." "The Piano Willi The Sweet Tone." There's a world of meaning in th:it sentence. It was said by an admirer of the stii:ff piano years aj;o, and no one has ever disputed it. Not only is the tone snveet, but enduring. 8T1EFF PIANOS stand more hard usae than any others. We have lots of letters from people saying their STI EI'F PI ANOS have been giving splendid service 20, 40 years. When any one exchanges an old Stiell'.for a new, it is to get a later style of ta.-e, not a better instrument. "The Piano with the sweet tone" how about one for you ? Chas. M. Stieff L. C. STEELE, Mgr., 114 Granby St., Norfolk, Va. R. I. JONES, representative. Scotland Ned-:, North Carolina. Please mention this paper. The Official Piana Jamestown Exposition. !0XMK00M)COOC(0KKrO l Something J I Different ! s ; o i 8 When y m make a present, o - you like it to ie soinetning n.i- j X j X terent limn the ordinary. This is an advantage we give you. We not only keep a great nianv things not found in sniall- er store?, but especially in Silver ware, a number of exclusive patterns. You pay no more on this ac count, for, quality considered, our prices are lower, becau.-e, doing a large business, we buy from first bands. Wc derive income ulso from discounts and from rents of our upper Honrs, which much more than pnvs what our rent would be. Write for Catalog. We send goods on approval and prepay charges on all mail order pur chases. Paul-Gale-Greenwood Comp'y (iNCORI'OUATElj) Jewelers and Silversmiths, Granby S,t. & City Hall Avenue, Noukolk, Va. 0000000 000000000000 0000006 tie '? A v'v-t V - f 8 On My Way -TO- H. B. GOLDSTEIN Merchant Tailor Where Perfect Fit is As sured. H. B. GOLDSTEIN, Washington, North Carolina. f LINN'S I LUNCH ROOMf AND RESTAURANT w Nos. in, 18. 20, Uranby St. Prompt Service ! Popular Prices! The Place That's Different NORFOLK, VA. "THE HOME OF PURE DRUGS.' System Suffering Be cause of Impure . . . . LOOD? Then begin NOW to make the blood ..... J? Tho season when chronic Ma laria is most prevalent is just beginning, so now i.-i the time to get the BLOOD in condition to light it. Hot Springs Blood Remedy contains cert;; in s:;!ts combined with .standaml organic remedies employed in the treatment of BLOOD and SKIN diseases. $1.00 Tu:-: Bon n;. Whitehead's Hair Tonic Removes Dandruff E. T. Whitehead Co. DRUGGISTS, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. 0 1 J R This is the Inst time wo expect to call your attention to Till .JOHN DKICKi; 'I WALKING CULTIVATOHS this season. We have had four shipments of then. givat LABOR SAVING IMPLEMENTS THIS SEASON, mii.1 now only have a few left. Do not delay, but & sellin- quite a number of jj riding cultivator that seen them oo-ree with us m ICE CREAM The summer .is coining when you will need ice and ice cream. lee will b j cheap, you know, and we can afford to use it freely, therefore we will neod relYi j erators and cream freezers. Be sure to 8-et the best. We imve no other rrfi i-ei- jf ator bllt tbe 0D0LESS, and no other freezer but DER. We sell no others because we have found these to be the BEST I Josey Hardware Company The Pinnppr Hardware rwaij..c- pooooooooooooooooooooo Pretty Printing Pays ! That's The Kind We Do. Letter Heads ! Note Heads! Bill Heads! Envelopes! Statements ! Business Cards! Invitations! Posters, etc. ! Anything in Printing At Lowest Prices ! LET US PRINT FOR U. THE COMMONWEALTH, Scotland Neck, North Carolina. J O OOOOUK)0(XKKK000000000 M O (J 5 Needles and Shuttles to fit any ma chine. No necessity to send back West, wait two weeks, then no fit. Needles. Shuttles rnd Bobbins foi use in AI! Makes of 5cvin Machines. Anything from a Bobbin to a whole Machir-e, NAME YOUR MACHINE AND W Ii WILL TIT ' Wo also have a Neodle Tlnvador that will do its work in llio dark. Trv one. rca. ii A Great Convenience, N. B. J0SEY COMPANY Scotland Neck, come and get them while our AS the NEW CENTURY HIDING CULTIVATORS, the onlv we have seen that is a SUCCESS. FREEZERS & REFRIGERATORS! ""-' - THE PURF. FOOD STORF..' K ' W IS When in need of anyii,:;-!: in the Grocery Line. Our stock is complete and we are anxious to serve. Orders by telephone (No. 78) are de livered prompt ty. We also serve refreshing ice drink?. See Oiir Cakes and Candies ! J. ROBERTSON CO. TELEPHONE NO. 7S. for Sale. Soj t l?eans or Japan Peaj f j sale at $1.00 per bushel. Black IV:,.; i 1 .oO per bushel. Apply to Chas. J. Siiirji.ps, 4-29-it Scotland Neck. N. ' E: W I F L No more, worry and anxieiv ;.L. getting Needles a:.J Shuttles for your machine, v have 'em. "Boyc Needle .hist tho tl.ino- for llirondin fine needles, or ho p or.Mlldi:! ' 1 li 1 o;id licr Threader PATENTED "03, c:ft. i oo It tiin-ads an v rro.Ua S: i." v-n in the u.trW. West vaiii;:W: o: si 11 iH '. irlewnt s. , 11 :o iwistLnu. bitimr or c jtt, 1 u.n-aU. I M ' It' a Time Saver, Only 2Ec. North (Iju-nliii stock lasts. W e are also All farmers who have the FIVE MINUTE WON- Srntlanrl lWfc mam. fniina MUI III VAJiUIIUU. fif J
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