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Common w: The Largest Circulation r tt Ti The Largest Circulation OF ANY H H OF ANY Halifax County Newspaper. Halifax County Newspaper. j C. HARDY, Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price (1.00 Per Year VOL. XXIX. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 18, 1913. NUMBER 3. E ALTH. Notice of Summons. North Carolina Halifax County. In the Superior Court. Mary Drew i Notice. vs. The defendant above named wil take notice that an action entitles as above has been commenced in th Superior Court of Halifax county North Carolina, to dissolve the bond: of matrimony now existing betweei tUt, .lointiflT nnrt t.he defendant un r the ground stated inthe Revival of 1H08 (Pell , section loot, suosectioi i .i fnlK' set out in the complaint in said action: and the said defend ant will further take notice that hi is required to appear at the nex term of the Superior Court of Hali fax county. North Carolina, to bt held at the court house in Hrlifa. on the fifth Monday betore the firs Monday in March, 1913, and answei or demur to the complaint in sai action, or plaintiff will apply to tht court for the relief demanded ii ?aid complaint. This 2nd day of January, 1913. S. M. GARY, Clerk Superior Court. Notice of Sale. By virtue of power vested in me by a certain deed of trust executes to me by Chas. Baker, Walter Bakei and Thomas Smith, which is record id in Book 204 on Page 106. in th Register of Deeds' office of Halifax county, I will on the first day o' February, 1913, in the town of Scotland Neck, N. C , sell at public auction for cash to the highest bid-i-r, the following property, to-wit: That tract of land in Halifax county. North Carolina, and m Conoconars township, known as the J. A. Pope Home Place, containing 487J acres, nvre or less, adjoining the lands of the estate of Paul Tillery. the lands . Adam Morrow, North Carolina I imbor Company and others. All the timber on said tract of 1; )( measuring 10 inches and ove? a the stump is reserved from tht; .' -ration cf this sale, said timbei b' ng the property of W. F. Butter v rth and others, as is shown bill- od from Hoffman to Baker and S-'ith. This December 29, 1912. A. Paul Kitchin, Trustee. Notice ! All persons are hereby forbidden to in any way obstruct the drains oi either side of the public roads in ('onoconara, Scotland Neck, Rose ncath and Palmyra townships, under penalty of the law. Those who have obstructed by filling in said drams with poles or dirt are hereby notified tr immediately remove said obstruc tion. Do not allow your plows to bo dragged over the drains. Ob structing the drains is against tht road law. We cannot have good rcaia unless the drains are kept open. We appeal to all the citizens of said townships to co-operate with u ; in keeping said drains open at all ti tries. J. H. Darden, Supt. Conoconara Township. I. H. Smith, Supt. Scot. Neck Township. W. C. Allsbrook, Supt. Roseneath Township. R. H. White, Supt. Palmyra Township. This January 7. 1913. Farmers, Attention! Hfart the new year right by buying Columbia Long Staple Cotton Seed. Make more 15J cent cotton on the ground that you have been growing 12 cent cotton on. Price per bushel $1 .00. For full information address, Beaver Dam Farm, Scotland Neck, N. C tiik Home of pchk Drugs' A Little More Quality For a Little Less Price. That is true of evetything ve sell, and it's especially true jf Silver Tableware. Sterling Silver is Sterling Silver the world over BUT the S'erling Silver we show is of the finest workmanship and ENDURING WEIGHT. BRIDAL SILVER in single pieces, sets and complete ser vices. BULBS. Nice selection of Hyacinth, Chinese Sacred Lilly and Nar cissus Bulbs now here. A Complete Line of Jewelry. E. T. Whitehead Comp'y, DRUGGISTS, Paris, Texas Man Who Is Grateful I feel I owe it to you to let you know what Dr. .Kilmer's Swamp Root has done for me. I was both ered for about twelve months witl backache and kidney trouble, alsr annoying symptoms and was badly run down. After using Swamp Root, was restored to health. I am local distributor of Paris and can'l say too much for Swamp-Root. J am now in good health. Very truly yours, J. M. Dodd, 309 So. 18th St., Paris, Texas. Sworn and subscribed to before me. this 19th day of February, A D., 1912. Chas. A. Neothery, Justice of the Peace and Ex-Officio, Notary Public in and for Lamar County, Texas Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Ce., Biagluatoa, N. Y. Prove What Swamp-Reot Will Da For Yob. Send to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bing hamton, N. Y., for a sample bottle. It will convince any one. You will also receive a booklet of valuable information, telling all about the :idneys and bladder. When writ ing be sure and mention The Com monwealth. Regular fifty-cent and one-dollar size bottles for sale at all drug stores. J)R. A. C. LIVERMON, DENTIST. pN Office up stairs in White. t j3 head Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. Dr. Morgan Physician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, N. C. Office in the bui'ding formerly used by Dr. J. P. Wimberley. ClIAS. I. Statox, Attorney-at-Law, Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. Asiiby Dunn Attorney and Counselor at Law Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services ait required. Money to loan on approved security. j)R. R. L. SAVAGE OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Will be in Scotland Neck, N. C, on ; the third Wednesday of each month at the hotel to treat the diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose, Throat, and fit glasses. Dr. O. F. Smith Physician and Surgeon Office in Planters & Commercial ' Bank Building Scotland Neck, N. C. THE PEOPLE'S Stock Remedy Guaranteed to keep your stock in a lieal thier and In t ter condition. v THE PEOPLE'S Stock Remedy Guaranteed the BEST Egg Producer and Disease Pre ventive. Every Package of the above Remedies sold on a Personal Guarantee, back ed by Rabertson Grocery Company. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM CIcsnaM and beaotines the MS. PmmotM & In ii.Ijw CTOWth. Harer Mia to Baatora Ongr liatr to ita X catnjui vnn Prevents hair ralllnr- IBULBS!! ', Now is the time to set out ' Flowering Bulbs to bloom next spring; also to pot or box some of them for forcing in the house. I have received a large collection of Imported Hyp I cinths, Daffodills, Narcissus ; and many other varieties at ! reasonable wrices. Place also ' your order for Roses, Carna- J I tions and other Choice Cut Flowers, Floral Designs. Palms I and Ferns. Send for price list. : H. STEIN METZ ; FLORIST 1 Raleigh, North Carolina. Guthrie Madry, Local Agent, Scotland fteck, N. C. Message cf the Govcrorr. The message of Governor Kitchin, submitted to the legislature yester day, has first of all the commend able quality of breviiy. Though it covers the important needs of the state in the suggestions it contains, it is not verbose and one does not have to wade through a great mud dle of words to get at its recom mendations. It is terse, pithy and to the point and its suggestions are in line with the progressive demands of the best thought of the State. Very fittingly the governor in al most the first paragraph of his mes sage calls attention to the deficit in the state treasury and urges the general assembly to "cut the gar ment to fit the cloth" and to be careful not to appropriate money in excess of probable revenues. He recommends a constitutional amend ment giving the governor the veto power. He again recommends a state-wide primary law and a cor rupt practices act. A general search and seizure law, he thinks, i s needed for the better enforcement of the prohibition law. Better pub lic schools are needed and he urges a liberal policy towards them. He thinks that every able bodied con vict that can safely be worked on the public roads should be worked and that the others should be kept on the farm, that the state's prison headquarters be moved to the farm and that the penitentiary buildings be put to other uses. He recom mends, the indeterminate sentence, the parole and a pardon board. In line with the better thought of the day he recommends that where there is a wife or children dependent upon a prisoner that the county cr state be required to pay one-third of the value of such convict's work to the support of such dependents. In homicide cases one-third should go to the dependents of the deceased Other suggestions are that light and power plants should be placed under the jurisdiction and made sub ject to the corporation commission; that railroad companies should be required to draw mileage from the mileage books on the trains, an in crease of judicial districts from 1C to 20, increased pensions to Con federate veserans, better child labor laws, including factory inspection, a license for all foreign corporations doing business in the state, state highway and drainage commission an 1 that the stale take county bonds j ot&le can be readily seen. It means ! crea?e in assessed valuation of all to aid them in building roads, a that the m-.n livinit at a point here j property in State of 19.91 per cent vital statistics law, physical valua-1 tofore considered to be isolated, j as compared with 1910 and of 29 per tionof reilroad property, Torrens rom an express or freight view- j cent as compared with the former land title system, improved fish and j point, is brought into direct and j quadrennial assessment period of oyster laws, a special committee to j daily communication with the stores 1907. Total tax valuations in the investigate fire insurance conditions j withln a wide radius, and he can j state more than doubled from 1901 and rates, amendments to the anti- secure daily, from the various cen-1 to 1911, the figures being three hun trust law. and legislative reform. i tres of trade in his zone and in the ! dreii an,i forty-one million for 1901 These things are all in the minds of our people and we believe that the majority of the legislators feel t'l a necessity for action alond 'the lines of the governor's message, Raleigh Times. Wilson CouDly a Leader. The publication in a newspaper in the State that a farmer near Dunn in Harnett County, had secured forty-two bales of cotton from twen- ty acres caused Mr. John L. Bailey j to come one better and call atten tion to the fact that Mr. J. Y. Bark ley, a tenant on his farm near Elm City in this county -raised on twenty acres forty-four bales weighing from 430 to 500 pounds. Wilson Time3. (if! okid: mm k fl It (HSaa&Grf am mum MERCHANTS SHOULD GET BUSY. Parcel Post Will Extend Trading Very Mhterlailf. In writing about the workings of parcel post, Mr. C. G. Creighton, secretary of the Merchants Associa tion of North Carolina, says: "Whether the parcel post insti tuted by Ihe United States Post office Department January 1, 1913, will be a benefit to the merchants of North Carolina depends entirely and solely upon the merchants them selves. If the parcel post is made use of by the merchants, retail and jobbers, as well as wholesalers, it will result in immense benefit to the mercantile interests of the State, and if this opportunity is not taken advantage of it will mean that mail order houses in the North will reap the benefit. "A careful study of the zone plan of the parcel post system as apply ing to North Carolina, shows that a material reduction in the cost of handling small shipments of mer chandise throughout the State will be made when compared to the rates heretofore charged by the ex paess companies, but the greatest advantage accruing to the mer chants of the State is that every postoffice becomes an express office, and exery rural free delivery route becomes an express delivery, in con tradisdinction to the express plan of delivering only to cities and towns along the lines of railway. "As is well known the basis upon which charges for transportation by this 'government express' is the 50 mile zone, but it is not to be under stood that the distance the 50 mile zone rate will carry mail is just 50 miles. In fact, in many instances the distance i nearly thre3 times this figure from the fact that for the purpose of un'fving rates each degree of latitude and longitude in ! the United States U divided into quarters represented by our squares within the latitude and longitude. The order of the postal department is that the square intersected by the zone circle shall take the rate of the lower or inside zone instead of the outside or next highest zone. It mean?, therefore, that in many in stances . a package weighing 11 pounds may be sent 135 miles for the minimum rate. 55 cents. "That this will ojieraie to the ad- vantage of the merchants cf the , next surrounding zone for the most pare, mercnanaise wmcn ne nas heretofore been compelled to do without or to get at widely separat- j ed intervals. j "It means better service to the ' people of every Fection of the State, j and therefore greater satisfaction ; with their purchases from the stores j of their territory and a consequent j reduction in ti e amount spent with mail order houses at a distance. "If the merchants of the State! will take the trouble to lay before the peope Hving along the rural free delivery routes in their zone and in the next surrounding zone, the facts in the case, pointing out the ease with which they can secure merchandise and the ease with which they can put their produce in the hands of the people of the city, ! the object and purpose of the parcel post will have been attained." Tbe legislature Meets. Raleigh, Jan. 8. The 1913 session of the North Carolina General As- sembly convened today at noon and proceeded at one 3 with the electicn of the officers who were chosen in the Senate and House caucuses last night. For the Senate the officers are: President pro tern Senator Pharr, of Mecklenbui. mashed to a pulp. This portion is Principal Clerk R. O. Self ofmixedanl wrapped with common Jackson. - ; biscuit dough, patted out into bis- Reading Clerk K. M. Phillips, ot Guilford -W. G. Hall, of Cumberland. : Af sistf nt Sergeant-at-Arms G. ! W. Hinsley, of Anson. " j The House organized with Hon. . George Connor, of Wilson, as speak-: erand the other officers chosen; wcre: i PrlnfMnjil Ciprk T. C. Cobb, of i ... -r- - ' Clerk-Alfred MT.oan Sergeant-at-Arms J. H. Moring, nf Wake. Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms E. J. Jenkins. Engrossing Clerk M. D. land, of Haywood county. Kins- University Nolei. Chapel Hill, Jan. 13. Dr. Charles L. Roper, head of the department of economics at the University of North Carolina, and author of seve ral book3 in the field of finance, in discussing the present method of taxation and the deficit in the treas ury of North Carolina, says the gen eral property tax. which is the big source of revenue in this State, must either be abandoned or be ad ministered with the utmost ability and justice. Looking to this end of equitable assessment of taxes in thin State, Dr. Roper advocates the cre ation of the office of a State tax commissioner, citing the example of West Virginia, one of the most suc cessful Eastern States in the mat ter of taxation, where such an office is a factor in the taxation machine ry, Further, the economic profes sor urges the making of the county as a unit, instead of the present unit, the township. Dr. A. S. Wheeler, of the depart ment of Chemistry in the Universi ty, is the inventor of an improved thermometer for the use of chemis's and scientists. This thermometer has the advantage of enabling the investigator to read correct tem peratures without resorting to cal culation for correction of errors. It is used for melting and boiling point determinations, and is manufactured in Berlin as the subject of a German patent. C. T. Smith. Report of Slate Tax Commission tor 1912. The Report of the State Tax Com mission for the 3'ear 1912 has been received. A copy of the Report will be mailed free to any one interested in tax matters, on request to the State Tax Commission, Raleigh, N. C. The Report giv.i a complete sta tistical analysis of the working of our tax system. Some features cov ered by the rejHn'l art va'ullv.; v2 different classes of property by town, township and county divisions; assessment of public-service and other corporations; tax rate and bonded indebtedness of counties, ' cities and towns; tax receipts from all sources other than general rrop- : erty tax, given by counties, etc. For the year 1911 there wa? in- : ami sevon hundred and forty millirn for 191 1 xne Commission recommends that tie Legislature find some other means than an increase in the rate Gf the general property tax, if it should be found necessary to have more revenue than is provided by tne increase of property valuations. ' Didn't KaOW What 'later SiSCItlt Was. - There are some men on The Ad vertiser who do not know what a 'later biscuit is. Do vou know? A young man in the business office yesterday announced after lunch that he had just eaten as nice a meal of 'later biscuits as any man ever sat down to. " 'Tater biscuic!" gasped another member of the business office force. "What in tarnation is a po'ato bis cai?" Not as many of his associates laughed as you might think. Many of them were as much amazed as the j one quoted. But this was too much for tho!e who had cme from the sail in their earlier days. The ide"? of anybody not knowing about 'tater biscuits! A 'tater biscuit consists of sweet potataes, flour, milk and soda. Baked j swpef notatoes are undressed and ; . v.flnp nxlt in the stove and duly baked. Taken fresh and hot from the stove ana mixea who goou w ey butter, nothing is mere delicious. jne game may be eaten either with SV or y' nmn ;n tha Potato biscuits are common in the country, even now, and in the cities ...kn M-timo pnoks are emDloved. i wuric wiim' . - I Montgomery, Ala., Advertiser. j Accidents will happen, but the ihest regulated families keep Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil for such emer-; gencies. Two sizes zo ana ouc ai all stores. . . i FOR WOMEN ONLY. That is the nature of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription the one remedy for women which contain no alcohol and no habit-forming drug. Made from native medicinal forest roots. Dr. I'ierce tells its every ingredient on the bottle-wrapper. Prominent physiciens and some of the best medical authorities endorse these ingredients as being the very best known remedies for ailments and weaknesses peculiar to women. Ms. Coffey. sufTorf ns woman sookintr health.'' Dr. Pierce's Medical Adviser, newly revised up-to-date edition, answers hoeta oi delicate questions about which every v.-omuiv tin'.e cr married ought to know. Vaoderbilt's Big Profit to Timber. George W. VanderLi t invested $136,000 twenty years ago when he bought for $2 an acre 63,000 acres af mountain forest land, nvet or it along the Transylvania branch of the Southern railway. This fall Mr. Vandcrbilt vo'd the large timber from the tract for $12 an aero, or $810,000. He made a profit of $6S0, 000 on his investment, and he still has the land and all timber under 14 inches. This is an example of profits on a large scale from Southeastern tim ber lands. The purchasers are given 20 yt ars to remove the 25,000,000 feet f lumber estimated to be on the tract. It is agreed that the timber shall be cut with a view to the proper con servation of the forest. The lumber will be manufactured at Pisgah Forest Station, wheie the purchasers of the big timber tract will erect a mill. Wood waste has been purchased by the Brevard Tan ning Company. Southern Field. AGE NO BAR. Everybody in Scotland Neck is Eligible. Old people topped with suffering, Middle age, courageously fighting. Youth protesting impatiently; Children, unable to explain; All in misery from their kidney.. Perhays a little backache first. Urinary disorders, drojsy may quickly follow. Doan's KidneyTills are for sick kidneys. Are endorsed by thousar ds.. Here's Scotland Neck testimony: Mrs. W. S. BradleyRoanoke St.. Scotland Neck, N. C . ys: "I have been convinced that iVvm's Kidney Pills are a p od kdn--y mefticire. One of my children had a kidney weakness and I used 1) n'j Kidnt-y Pills in this ca.ie, getting them at E. T. Whitehead Co's. drugt;ie. The results were vtry satisfactory." For sale by all dt-r!. . Price i0 cents. Fot r-Miib'fu Co., Burt'aln. New York, s leai;etil5 for the Ui;i.t-d States. Remember the na:e-DonV-and take no other. Presidents AMtutte. Trenton. N. J . 9. rritlenr-1 elect Wilson's a tit ud towan.t the , contest in hoth II usi" of C.nKrew""u"' over theab 'uh -nan t of the "senior -1 ty rule" in he mke up ot commit- .. yre agQ , m , ,; worfft tees and iettlemen; of the c-nt.t cise nf cjir nc Coti-t:tation I ever in the method oi? uf.m'ngof omnr-jfcrnw of, and ChamlKM-'irn Tablets tees and toe electing of committee . cur-d m." writes K. F Fish Brook members i, he-Iuwed tody t , I- one ! y". Muh. r or sale by all dealers. of "hands off." H appears to feH that the House should he organized a'ong progressive h: e under the leadership of their own members without the necessiry of his taking any part in the contest. ft WW OUR RAY0 DRIVING LAMP is the most compact and efficient Kirhtmtr device for all kinds. of vehicles. Will not blow out or jar out. Equipped with thumb screws, so that it is easily attached or detached. Throws a clear light 200 feet ahead. Extra large red danger signal in back. It is equipped with handle, and when detached makes a food hand lantern. Strong. Durable. Will last for years. At DaWer Evwywhf STANDARD OIL COMPANY (hw-aJhHnrW BahiaMra. Mi. Newark. N. J. This Is what Mm. Oexftti E. Cofffv, of Longtime, Ky., Rays: "I Ut it my duty to write and Ml yon what your medicines havo dno fur m. I was a pn-at miffwr for six your from a trouMo poeullar to vona, but I sri thankful to puy, afUr taking four bottlr.i of your Pavnrlt iTescriptiun ' I am not hot lu'wl with that dreadful dlieaa any mnro. I fool liko a now woman. Whn I firt wroto you for adviv I only wei-hot 113 jjoinids now I weigh "I thank yon very mnrh for your kimlncMK. You hav U-rn a- u f:.Mir U mo in jn!vi-int mo what to do, no may Hod tilofs you lu ovory effort yon put forth for good. "I hojK ihU testimonial wi'.l be the means of som ooor Ther Ar Cthar. In our ado'eprrnt lnoxpor!enc w eherlsbd the rntion that hofrl clerk and book rtnre attaches ware th ir.oFt roBppicunu of the t;r.i&f.clllccnts. Yesterday, hocvr, a telegraph cpr itor objected to cur uelng ' J-.tpBM In a nixht letter. "Wo dc-n't tlow coe'e -worilH," 8M he. And for th l!f of us couldn't Mi Irk of a siuppy COWfcbacfe. A healthy man is a kin. in his own right; an unhealthy man un unhap py slave. For impure blood and sluggish liver, use Burdock Blood Bitter3. On the market 35 years. $1.00 a bottle. Stork Partial to Miner Domicile. There seems to be an especial af Ir.lty beiwppn the stork and the fam ly of Frank Hftrtofuki, a miner at Jlckeon C'.'.y, Pa. In ten year tho Ird has brought 12 babies, Inclndlnr bree palrn of twins, and one set of rlplcts. OS. Tea cf the rMMren aro Ht- CbimWIaia't Caefa Rmij. This remedy has no superior for coughs and .colds. It is pleasant to take. It contains no opium or other narcotic. It always cures. For sale by all dealers. Beauty Hint. Red elbows, eaya tbe Erenlnt; Newt, are happily a thorn which may bo ro moved. Saw off tbe red elbows, soak them In a bleaching mixture of un ,,oie, at them rt carh1!e acid, and they will never trouble you gai!i. Cold feet may be treated (nv Ilarly. D) Net Have Sere Fret. An Allen's Foot-Ease powder in foot-bath gives instant relief to Cnilolains and a'l foot a?hes. Then for lasting comfort, shske Allen' Foot K:!se. the antiseptic powder, in your fhos. All Druggists, 2-"c. New Heroine. The novelists of the r?,iy are taking the "new" women for their h?roinea; women wboro Hfe haa etruck blow after blow until tbey have learned tho art of laughter; women who know how to Jest In the face or disappointment; wc-men who have a comforting iraao of humor. "Suffered day and night the tor ment of itching pilts. Nothing helped me until 1 used Doan's Oint ment. The result was lasting." Hon. John R. Garrett. Mayor, Oirard, Ala. Beat Form of Prayer. VTUeii tbe bart of rue a and vom it) are filled with hcaveniy lore, a pownr which ftiakea for rlfhtenucneM constantly emanatta frorw ti.em. TLo who pray with their lirea of- fer the moot effective prayer, en trovsh they do net utter a word- Clranic Ccettiattfe V A Natural Ouestion. "H'trfry. I'm going In for the almpk life a while." "All right, my dear." said Hubby, as he reached for IrTf. check. book -"How many gowns will that require?" For the Road
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