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THB COMMONWEALTH.
Published Every Thursday
BY
J. C. Hardy. Editor
Entered at the postoffice at Scotland
Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter.
Thursday, September 22, 1910.
Butler, booze, bonds!
trio please deliver us.
From this
Mr. C. L. Blease wins the primary
nomination for Governor of South
Carolina. Mr. Blease stands for
local option.
When the news of the result of
election in Maine was told President
Taft, he gave it out that he had
nothing to say -simply like the boy
the calf run over, etc.
The Democratic nomination for
Governor of Georgia cost Hoke
Smith $17,596.10. He vill only be
elected for two years, and the salary
per year is $5,000. Joseph M. Brown
spent $3,950.75 and missed the nomination.
Hon. H. L. Godwin was re-nominated
for Congress in the Sixth Dis
trict special primary over Hon. O. L.
Clark. This is another argument in
favor of a State legalized primary
law. It is to be hoped that the next
lagislature will give us such' a law.
We have received a copy of the
North Carolina Democratic hand
book for 1910. and find it a very
complete document. The book con
tains over two hundred pages. It is
for free distribution and can be had
by writing to State Chairman A. H.
Eller, Raleigh, N. C.
Our colleges have opened up and
all report the largest enrollment in
their history. This is encouraging
and we are pleased to record the
fact. .There has been less hazing re
ported this fall than on previous oc
casions. We hope this is an indica
tion that hazing is dying out.
BIG CROWD BEARS RITGfllN.
Congressman From This District Spoke
at Smlthfield.
A large crowd was in Smithfield
Tuesday to hear the Hon. Clavidt
Kitchin, Congressman from the Sec
ond District, discuss the issues be
fore the people in the present cam
paign. He spoke from the platform
on the east side of the court house,
and a large number heard him with
much pleasure.
Mr. Kitchin was introduced by his
colleague in Congress, our own
towsman, Hon. Edward W. Pou, in
a short but eloquent address, in
which reference was made to the
glorious victory the Democrats won
in Maine the day before.
Mr. Kitchin began his address by
referring to the high stand that Mr.
Pou has taken in the Nation Con
gress and congratulated the district
on its wisdom in returning him ses
sion after session. The people who
heard him greatly appreciated his
remarks concerning their countyman
and from the beginning he had the
attention of a very large crowd.
We shall not attempt to give even
a synopsis of Mr. Kitchin's strong
speech. But suffice it to say that he
paid a good deal of attention to the
situation here in this county and
made the strongest kind of appeal
to those Democrats who are dissatis
fied with the work of our recent
convention and called on them to
forget all differences and stand by
the ticket. He reminded the people
of the rule of Butler, Russell and
Holton and plead with them to give
their heartiest allegiance to the
party that put an end to such mis
rule as prevailed during their reign.
He spoke of the good government
that the Democratic party had given
North Carolina, mentioning how rap
idly we have been building school
houses and building up the Common
wealth in a thousand different ways.
His appeal to the people to stand by
the party was a strong one and was
listened to attentively by many who
have not been entirely satisfied with
the conditions that confront us here
in Johnston county at the present
time.
Mr. Kitchin has the reputation of
being one of the finest campaign
orators in North Carolina, and his
speech here Tuesday fully sustained
that reputation. Our people would
be glad to hear um again. Smith-
field Herald.
The Kitchen God.
The kitchen sod of China is per
haps not richtly so called. He has
place over the cookinr range, but he
is the "recording angel" of the Chi
nese house, and it is his duty to note
the actions of each member of - the
family and report them to the gods
nf vfirv month. Once a
year, too, he goes to heaven in per
son and makes his annual report. So
once a year the family prostrate them
selves before him, carry him in pro
cession, and finally burn him, while
crackers are fired.
A Journalist is Born.
You cannot teach a man to he a
journalist, for he is born, not made;
and the real journalists spring at once
like the late G. W. Steevens into
their place. A lecturer on journalism
would bore one far beyond the limits
of this paragraph. For the journalist
is th man who is interested in life
and wants to share the interest with
other livers. And a lecturer in a
crowded classroom would not help.
London Chronicle.
Ancient Ink Better Than Ours.
The question of making durable ink
nerolexes the manufacturers of to-day.
Observe closely any letter five or ten
years old and one will notice that in
all Drobability the writing has faded
tn a hrnwn color and is very indis
tinct. Go to any large museum and
there will be seen ancient manuscripts
the writing of which is as black and
distinct as if it had been done the day
before yesterday.
It Ignited.
Littie Rollie, four years old, came to
the table, where we had tomato soup,
of which he is very fond. Being very
hungry, he could not wait for it to
cool, but hastily ate two or three
snnnn fnla! then, Iavine down his
spoon, he exclaimed: "My goodness!
that soup is so hot it makes sparks all
down me." Delineator.
"THIS HOME OF PURE DRl'GS"
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One of Our Markets.
Liverpool, the largest market in the
United Kingdom for American cotton
seed cake and meal, as well as other
imported oil cakes, takes annually be
tween 35,000 and 50,000 tons of Amer
ican cottonseed cake and meal. Large
quantities of cake and meal are sold
to other British ports by the Liverpool
agents.
Hurrah!
Hurrah!
School Days
Again.
And they find us better
prepared than ever for
the school children's
Supplies.
A complete and classy
line of tablet composi
tion books, ink; pencils,
pens and erasers.
Ask forthefamousRlue
Ribbon Tablet.
Quality not quantity
our motto.
E. T. Whitehead Co.
"The Rexall Store'
Partnership Announcement
We beg to announce that we have
this day formed a partnership for
the practice of law tinder the firm
m -r-v O 1 "11
name ot uunn & uunn, ana win
practice wherever our services are
required. Mr. Ashby W. Dunn will
have charge of the office at Scotland
Neck. Mr. Albion Dunn will have
his office at Greenville, in Pitt coun
ty, North Carolina.
This September 1st, 1910.
Albion Dunn.
AShby W. Dunn.
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YOU WILL TAKE PRIDE IN DRIVING IN ONE OF OUR
BUGCIES. YOU'LL HAVE A STYLISH ONE.
ONLY THE STRONGEST
iiMTfl THE MAKE-UP OF
PAINT WON'T CRACK.
WE SELL LOTS OF BUGGIES THAT'S WHY WE
SELL THEM CHEAP. WE SELL BUGGIES CHEAP
THAT'S WHY WE SELL SO MANY OF THEM.
EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT THE FLANAGAN IS.
HARDY HARDWARE COMP'Y
"THE HARDWARE Hl'STLEKS"
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SEASONED WOODS GO
OUR BUGGIES: AND THE
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The death of Mr. John M. Julian,
editor of the Salsbury Post, from
pellagra on Friday night has cast a
gloom of sadness over the entire
State. He was seriously ill for about
two weeks with pellagra. He had
the very best medical attention that
could be had, but his condition grew
worse all the time. Mr. Julian was
prominent as an editor and legisla
tor, and popular with the people
with whom he come in touch. His
death is not only a loss to his family
and immediate section, but will be
felt throughout the State.
nil i-h m a- i
ine uemocrats oi Maine won a
great victory in their State election
on the 12th inst., by electing the
Governor, three out of four Con
gressmen, and have a good working
majority in the legislature, and will
elect a Democrat to the United
States Senate. This is the first time
the State has gone back on the Re
publicans in thirty years. The re
suit of the election has given the
Republicans throughout the country
1 i 1 1 mi v .
a neavy set-DacK. ine nght was
made on the issue of economy against
bossism.
We believe that the town of Scot
land Neck ought to have a cotton
yad a place where all the cotton
brought to town will be weighed
and sold. As is the case now when
a farmer brings his cotton to mar
ket, as a general rule, he has to walk
around to see all the buyers in their
places of business, and in order to
get the very highest market price he
has to visit each man sometimes two
or three times. With a good large
platform on the railroad it would
only be necessary for the farmer to
carry his cotton there and the buy
ers would be there and ready to give
the very best price. This plan works
well in other towns and it seems to
us that it is needed here. We would
like to hear from our farmers on the
subject anyhow.
Roads and Land Values.
Discussing the effect of good roads
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on land values, a correspondent, oi
the Kansas Star makes some inter
esting comparisons. As an example
he cites the fact that two roads run
in a western and southwestern direc
tion of Washington, Mo. One is an
ordinary turnpike. There is no ma
terial difference in the land lying
along the two highwavs. So far as
productiveness is concerned it is
about a stand-off, but "the land on
the earth road sells at from $60 to
$80 per acre, while at an equal dis
tance from town on the gravel road
and is worth from $80 to $100 per
acre. ine correspondent adds:
'The construction of good roads
near Springfield, Mo., is increasing
the land valuation along these roads
25 per cent and upward, In Boone
county, where the gravel roads have
existed almost since pioneer times,
the lands along these roads sell f oi
20 per cent more than lands on the
ordinary dirt roads and yield an in
come greater in the same propor
tion. The same is true in Pike, in
Ralls, in St. Louis county, in Cape
Girardeau, in Jackson, everywhere
throughout Missouri, where are the
rock or gravel roads to afford the
comparison.
"These enhanced values are per
manent and not temporary and fluctuating."
The results are the same every
where. Good roads unquestionably
increase land values, but there are
land owners, it is regrettable to say,
who balk at road improvement on
the score of increased taxation. Any
sensible man should welcome any im
provement which adds to the value
of his land. And in pondering the
road question the farmer who fears
taxation should sit down and figure
a bit on the indirect tax he is paying
because of the lack of good roads
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Shoplifters' Clever Device.
When a woman with an infant m
her arms was detected in the act or
stealing a shawl at a shop in Paris
she pleaded that she was utterly des
titute, and had taken the shawl to
keeD the baby warm. But the latter
proved to be a hollow tin doll contain
ing stolen articles.
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Hitting Back.
"Your nearest rival gave rae a
gold bracelet," boasted the pretty
girl. "And I will send up my present
to-morrow," replied her other suitor,
in caustic tones. "Ah, something gold,
too." "No; a bottle of acid to test my
rival's present."
How It Looked.
"I think you ought to turn the
lights up a little when your beau
comes," said the boy who is beginning
to use big words to his older sister. "I
wouldn't sit in the dim light, if I were
you. ' It looks too conspicuous."
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Pertinent Question.
More than one-half of the diseases
humanity suffers from are due to
sheer carelessness. And yet we teach
hygiene In our schools! What would
it be if we did not? Gazeta Medica,
Barcelona.
t We Advise You to Try The Baltimore
Store, The New Store
Only Needed a Start.
One night little Margaret, on kneel
ing by her mamma to say her prayers.
finished: "Now I lay me," and for
got. "Mamma," she said, "you just
start me and then I can go a-whiz-
zlng." Delineator.
ASK
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to II Up H s
Marks End of Honeymoon.
The honeymoon is mostly over
when the couple quit buying their
meals in hotels and the bride tries
to provide them at home. New York
Press.
A Good Position
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
St 1 1 11 1 .
an De naa Dy amDiuous young
men and ladies in the field of "Wire'
less" or Railway telegraphy. Since
the 8-hour law became effective, and
since the Wireless companies are es
tablishing stations throughout the
country there is a great shortage of
telegraphers. Positions pay begin
ners from $70 to $90 per month,
with good chance of advancement.
The National Telegraph Institute
oj .vates six official institutes in
America, under supervision of Rail
road and Wireless Officials and places
all graduates into positions. It will
pay you to write them for full de
tails at Davenport, la., Cincinnati,
O., Portland Ore., or Memphis,
Tenn. 9-15-6t
South Africans Fond of Oatmeal.
South Africans are distinctly an oat
meal-eating people, over $300,000 worth
of this American breakfast food be
ing imported annually into South Af
rica.
Not a Bark.
"Then you don't have any dog-watch
on tnls crait.' inquired the anxious
passenger, according to a writer in
Life. "No. This is a catboat."
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Ask tour triends! ask those that have bought gooos;
from us already ! We are satisfied they will advise
the same as we do, that is to GIVE US A TRIAL and SAVE
MONEY, and you will call back again as they do.
Individual Responsibility.
Every creature, female as the male,
stands single in responsible act and
thought, as also in birth and death.
E. B. Browning.
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Serious Mistake.
The man who forgets his umbrella
always suspects that It is a sign of
genius.
Heat from Wood, Coal and Charcoal.
Wood yields one-fourth of the heat
of coal; charcoal about the same heat
as coal.
We have a Complete Line of Ladies' and Men's Ready-to-Wear;
f Goods, such as Clothing, Shoes, Hats, Ladies' and Men's Furnishings,
Ladies' Suits, Skirts, Waists and Jackets ; also a Full Line of Children's
Clothing at remarkably low prices.
And Few Have Both.
It takes ten pounds of common sense
to carry one pound of learning. Per
sian Proverb.
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Faithfulness Is in the Few.
Arisioue: tie wno nas many
friends has no friends. .
W A N T E D COSMOPOLITAN
Magazine requires the services of a
representative in Scotland Neck to
look after subscription renewals and
to extend circulation by special met
hods which have proved unusually
successful. Salary and commission.
Previous experience desirable but
not essential. Whole time or spare
time. Address, with referenecs, H.
C. Campbell, Cosmopolitan Mag
azine, 1789 Broadway, New York
City.
A COMPLETE LINE OF
BOYS' AND MISSES' SCHOOL
AT VERY LOW PRICES.
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