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t COMMONWEALTH. Puhiitiert Every Fhursday BY '. V F;3lf!r and Proprietor. ;tv, A.vJ., .it" -r-:imi-V'ia.ph Mattel. r' M-sffay, January 18, 1011. OUR TOWN AND COMMUNITY. We are more than ever interested in the town of Scotland Neck and the community at large, and we war.t to see thi- the prettie-t and most progressive town in the State In order to accomplish this to some extent we see several things thai are needed to he done. First, our town commissioner. get awake and take steps to improve the condition of our streets and sidewalks, and especially the cross ings. During wet weather the streets are a disgrace to civilization, and in dry weather the dust is si bad that the same thing might be said. It has been suggested by sev eral of our citizens, and some of them large tax payers, that the mid dle trees between the driveways ought to be cut out from Wilson Allsbrook's store to Hancock's cor ner three blocks down Main street. Thc-n pt-rmanently . improve this wide driveway and it would be one of the prettiest streets of any town in the State. This can and ought to be done. Then go over and build up and improve the other streets and sidewalks of the town. Another thing needed is something with which to fight fire. As is the case now there is absolutely nothing to put out even a small fire. The town does not even own a tin bucket for this purpose. Still another thing needed is better accommodation at the postoffice. The quarters now used are the same that were used when there was hardly a third oi the business done that is han lled now in a year. Give the postoffice more room, new furniture, etc. Other towns get these things, why not ours? Last, but not least, we need some other things tc help improve another condition of our town, and that k some law enforcement and a few new laws, and especially do we need a Sunday law a law against a mer chant opening his ttore or market and selling any and everything called for. There ought to be a stop put to this Sunday selling. We might have some law enforcement in regard to "blind tigers," for we hear it on every hand that they are plentiful in and around town it fact over the entire community, yet it is only occasionally that one is ar rested. The?e are just a few thoughts as they have come to us this New Year, and we give them to our people with the hope that they may be a meansof cauing our town to take on new life, that may cause it to grow and prosper this year as it has never done before. To this end we beg our town commissioners to get busy and take the lead in those things that go to build up and im prove our condition. There is also u work for every man, woman and child to do, and that is help to do these things. All together, then, for a larger and better Scotland Neck during the year 1912. The Virginia legislature is now in session. . Wonder if the. coming of Dr. Frederick A. Cook to our state last week, on a lecture tour, brought the severe cold weather with him? The Jackson day dinner held in Washington City Monday of last week was a harmonous meeting fcr National Democratic Committee. The best of feeling prevailed throughout the banquet. The next Democratic National Convention, to name a candidate for President, will meet at Baltimore, Md., Tuesday, June 25th 1912. Htre is hoping that the nominee will be elected at that November election. All tfrCTandidates have expressed themselves as being in favor of a State oriiwary to settle the Senator ial question and we see no reason now why we should not have a primary. We believe it worrtd be by far the best way to settle the matter. WE NEED YOUR HELP. It is frequently the case that per sons get mad and pass us by with a our Icok, and sneer when our name r tra of the pape- is mentioned, . 1 becau there failed 'o appear m ur columns some mention of a so cial function or party or even a vis ,tor that might have been at that person's house during the week. This foolishness is hardly worth no ticing, but we want to say that we 'io our best every week to get every visitor that comes to towri'i' report every party, p;cnic, etc., but in a great many in&tarices it js imposs -ble for us to mention these things hen we know nothing about them. If the public will stop and think for 4 moment they will see that we ..an iot be here, there and yonder all at he same time. After saying this much we urge upon our people in town and through- .ut the country to help us make The Commonwealth better all the time. Whan you have a parry or social gathering let some friend report it for your county paper, and when you have a visitor call the office over the phone, giving us the name of your guest, etc. This will not be construed to me.n that you are trj - ng to get your name in the pa-er, but you will be helping us to make the paper more interesting. Do ou see the point? Then help us. FARMERS INSTITUTE. As will be seen by an article in another part of The Commonwealth ihis week a farmer's Institute will i be held at Halifax on Friday, the 19th, and in Scotland Neck Saturday, the 27th, of January. Those of our farmer that have attended these In stitutes from year to year know vvhat they mean to the live, up-to-date farmers and we are stm they will attend the meetings this ear. It is to those who have never attended that we are anxious to set come out this year and besides get ting benefit therefrom, help to make the Institute a big success. Bring v our wife, daughter and sister, foi at same time and place there will be onducted a woman's Institute. The subjects discussed by the womea are if just as much importance to th women of our county as farmii g. So let everybody that possibly can attend one of these Institutes. JFe member the dates and- tell- your neighbors to meet you at ' the lnsti tute. NOT A CANDIDATE. At the conclusion of his address ii Raleigh, Saturday, Jan. 6fh, ColoneT William J. Bryan is quoted as saying: "I am not a candidate for any of fice, and wh-.t I tay ought, to be sin cerely accepted. I honest ly believed in former campaigns that I was the strongest man in the party. I o not think so now, but believe there nre stronger ones than I. There arc others who can poll mo: e votes than I can, and I can work more earnest ly for them than myself : .Great applause ) And when I say this, let no man think that I am out of 'poli tics. (Applause.) I can work more effectively now than before when burdened by candidacy. What hu man can deserve all those honors heaped upon me? How an I repay you of the South?" Now then let the question of Mr. Bryan running again rest. Fire Desiroys Big Factory of Roy&ters Guano Conipany. Tarboro, Jan. 13. The plant of the F. S. Royster Guano Com pan y was destroyed by fire this af tei noon. The loss is estimated at $100,000 at least and the plant is covered by in surance. In addition to the plant itself, three freight cars on the siding- were partly burned. Fire was discovered at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon in No. 2 engine room, and before the fire department could arrive from headquarters, 12 mile's away at Tarboro. the flames spread beyond control. Fortunately, by being Saturday afternoon, only two men were in the building at the time and both escaped without injury. This is the second plant of the Royster Company to be destroyed by fire within the last two days. One of their Norfolk mills was burned yes terday. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of SB 52,51! GASES TnLiTED. 1 he Year's Hookworm Campaign a I Most Successful One. The annual report of Dr. Ferrell, i charge of t'e -.1 te Cm afii agab-s h-okorm disease, sums up the activities accomplished during the year 1911. Some of the records are a follows: Sanitary surveys have been com pleted in forty-four counties akd in fection surveys in twenty-three : counties. State and county di.-pen- sa ies for the free examination and treatment of hookworm disease have been operated in sixteen counties. At these dispensaries 63,625 hve been examined and 28.202 treated. Toese treated cases added to 24,709 which the physicians over the State have treated show that 52,911 peo ple have been treated since the cam paign opened. The work is now be ing conducted in five counties and there remain on the waiting list si ounties, making twenty-seven coun ties making the appropriation for the dispensaries.,' ;- '. During the year, there have been distributed something Ike 200,000 pieces of literature concerning the di.-ease to people from all sections of the State, and about 500 pub'ic addresses delivered to approximate ly 56,000 people. The work accom pli' hed has been remirkable, not alne because of the number treat ed for hookworm disease, but also f r vhe activity whici has been aroused ainan'sif the people for pro viding themselves with sanitary sur face closets to replace the unsani tary ones common'y found in use. Judge C link's ftWbad. This is what the public likes a just judge; also the lawyers. Judge Cook, who is presiding at this term of superior court, is one of this class and more. He moves things, in which he js past master. That is to say, he has been at the bar so long hat he hnows the frailties of the nembers of the legal profession. He knows like a book that very often ttorneys might be ready to go to rial, but for some one of a hundred or more reasons they do not want to do it. In other words, when Judge Cook finds a case on the calendar it is almost sure to be tried or go off the docket. "When a case is put on this calen dar," says he, "it is notice that it is ready. If not, why did you put it 'here?" And then he proceeds. In his work he kpeps the members of the bar in excellent humor, yet it ts said that not a single lawyer has been able to shake him. It is a trial or a non-suit. Attorneys for both plaintiff and defendant may agree, but if amounts to nothing. "You TMven't agreed with me," he says; "I'm sorry for you, but you must et at it. Wade in!" And the boyi wade in or get out of court "How long will your honor hold court this afternoon?" asked an at orney about 5 o'clock yesterday tfternoon. "As long as the lights iold out to burn," was the reply. He works frm 9:30 a. m. to 6 in the afternoon with, a recess long enough to eat a small lunch. Judge Co6hasd.one more towards clearing the ; docket than any judge vho has been-here-in many years. He is here fee business at id he is at tending to tt;.. Co ntinued irood luck o him. Greensboro Record. Selecting Seed Corn. To the man who has to buy seed corn; we! wish here to make just two suggestions; - The first is that he should not expect to get really good seed corn for the price, or twice the price, of feeding corn. Good sted corn costs money to produce and must be paid for. The second sug gestion is, that all sed corn be bought on the ear. There is no other way for the buyer to know what he is getting. It is an invariable rule that seed corn on the ear costs a little more than that shelled off, and this is simply because it requires a better grade of corn to pass muster on 1 he ear than when it is shelled. Assurance of quality in the corn on the ear more than makes up for the difference m cost. Of cour-e. ex press or freight charges will be a little h'gher n a bushel of ear corn than on a bushel of shelled c rn,but this is a small matter compared to the difference between good seed corn and poor. The Progressive Far mer. Catarrh Canmit bs Cured with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is a blood or constitutional dis ease, and in order to cure it you must take internal remedies. Hall's Ca tarrh Cure is taken internally, and acts directly on the blood and mucous sur faces. Hail's Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine. It was prescribed by one of the best physicians in this coun try for years and is a regular prescrip tion. It is composed of the best t- nics known, combined with the best blood purifiers, acting directly on the mucous surfaces. The perfect combination of t.ie tw5" ingredients is what produces such wonderful results in curing Ca tarrti. 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Every Style of g'as made is furnished by j us and we can satisfy j our eve- K ry want. It is no trouble to-4'i show you anything and we are 1 always alad to be of service. i We Satisfy You J Successors to TUCKER, HALL & CO. Opticians of The Best Sort NORFOLK. RICHMOND. ROANOKE 3 CABBAGE PLANTS Millions of Thoroughbred Frost Proof Caboage Plants A i For Sale: i a Following varieties: Jersev Wakefield, Charleston Wake 3 field, Suceessio.1 and Lruge g Late Drum He.-td. Tnis selec- a tion should give. vou continuous headings through the seas n. A Prepared for shipment in a J lets from 1,000 to 10,000 ar a $1.2?i per thousand; over 10.000 a $1.00 per thousand .f. o. b. p Greenville, N. C. Can supply f a orders any size. Count and A satisfaction guaranteed. a J L. C. ARTHUR, " J P G'enviile. N C. Mortgagee's Sale of Land. Monh Carolina Halifax Count v. By virtue of poc vested, in u y that mortgage- executed to us bv W. V;or i-r-rt a u ife on th 1ft. lav of Novtmber, 1904. vvh ch sid norrgatie is i f ie-oid in the offic f ihe Register of l)e. dstur Halifax .ounty, in 6. ok 168 at pge 68, at n obedience to the judgment of the Mipenor Court of Halifax county, affirmed by the Supreme Court of North Carolina, we shall on Kridav. the 9th day of February, 1912, at V2 o'clock M., in front of our Bankir g House in the town of Scotland Neck, N. C, sell to the highest bidder t'.r cish at public auction the following described lot or parcel of land lying, being and situate in the town oi Scotland Neck, county of Halifax, and State of North Carolina, to-wit: That lot of land, being Lots Nos. and 3 on Block' 60, according to the map and plat of the town of Scot land Neck, fronting one hundred feet on Twelfth street and running oack between parallel line3 two hundred feet, adjoining the lands of Shields, Dai den and. I. M. Morrisette being same lot oecupied by S. W. Motrisette on Nov. 1, 1904. . Terms of sale, CASH. Place of sale, in front of The Sc tland Neck Bank. Time o' sale, 12 o'clock M. February 9. 1912. This the 5th day of January. 1912. The Scotland Neck Bank, Mortgagee. Land for Sale. On Monday, January 22, 1912, be tween the hours of 12 anrJ 2 o'clo k, I will offer for sale at public auction in front of J. VV. Madry's store in Scotland Neck, N. C, two tracks of land, one containing 44 acres and the other 22 acres and is known as the Mry A. White land. The first track is on the road from Mullen's X R ads to Lewis' Fork and bound ed by the lands of Alonzo Staten, Cow Had Branch, Calvin Gray anri the public road. The second track is on the road from Scotland Neck to Lawrence, and hounded by the lands of Stewart Strickland's estate Alex Madrv, Calvin Gray and the public road This land is sold for division between the heirs. Terms of sale cash. This January 12, 1912. !-4-3t J.WHITE. n t i ft rf. n $ $ .a The Cold Wave does not seriously effect Coles Hot 5 5 1 of COLE HOT Come in and j If you failed to get call and iiftym I Why Not Join The Army 1 II r H H rs S3 a 9 m . k. -?4 1 mmt4mWK Willi i if pi I' lilm 1 w - mm sjvl ii'5!" a. a tmiji v mm n h u m "cv m n n u un ft 'i 3 ML cut down my expenses and put some money in the bank. I can live on a lot Ilss if I try. I will start a bank account today." Mo !c;i is a o'Ond ihino- t have if ymi 1-: sc your o eupa foii vith m iny in h( I'm i. k. you :uo ahv?y.- iti(k,)i!!il!'nt. Stp into this bank and leM. us t?)lk ir over. The Scotland Neck Bank, J; i i Scotland iMeck, - - Capital, 425,000.00. Bufroughs-Pittman-Wheeler (Successors to N. B. josey Company's Undertaking Business.) Coffins Casket? . viKVBij;- - '.a- ,,.''1. - L4v- i v n,w; l A Complete Line of Undertaker's Supplies. I linS SERVICE Kl ANY TIME. J 4 B frrojghs-Pitfman-Wheeler Co., Scotland Neck, N. C. $ d numents & Gravestones In all First Class Varieties of Marble and Granite. Largest Stock in tha South. Remember, we pay the freight and guarantee safe delivery. s we employ no Agents the item of commissions is not in cluded in our prices. This enables us to use a higher grade of material and to. finish it better than otherwise. Is th s s. t Blast Heaters and Coal Stoves. ; BLAST USERS jet us show you what ne' in Out Sieref ,:i our Fine Art Calendars for nineteen twelve get one. They cost you nothing. Hardware "The Hardware Hustlers. few i U EH u r. I ki 11 m - North Carolina. Surplus, $12,000.10. Co. f Burial Robes. si worth considering? When in Norfolk call on us. You will find what you want: see and know what you are buying, and will get it quickly. The Couper Marble Works, (Established 1848.) 159-163 Bank St.. Norfolk, Va WAVE' the folks that use the - '; and bi comfortabL ? they will' do. Compiiw Notice of Sale. North Carolina Halifax Count;; . Under and by virtue f an or. 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