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VOL. XXIX.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1913.
NUMBER 35.
HE
UQMMOMWEAIL
Twentv-one Years
:iIICll-u r:' lit, Fminrl RehVf.
. 1 man j
w.- offered for twenty-one
wi'th a Pain in my side, I final
ve,r f' .ul relief in Dr. Kilmer's
'v haU ivt The physicians called
Srt;?K'vr' Fain" and injections of
' ;;,';'ne wi-re my only relief for
,;il,rl' ' of time. I became so
'""ir ili-'tt I had to undergo a surgical
f1' J vJ -ie for two years. When
K-iio pain came back one day I
th; lick that I gave up hopes of
?! " A friend advise:! me to try
V ill
vaur S'.var
-Hoot and 1 at once
ising it. Tne first bot-
ir-
now
' n,r-piicei using u. ue nrsu uui
f" f 1 v,-h STOOd that I DUl
iwduo'more bottles . lam nw
1 I lil
mlliV'"1" i"-""- "
i J a new woman. I passed a grav
Mnre as large as a big- red bean
1 se'-en1 c- a-1 ones- have not
H the least feeling of pain since
Si vUr Swamp-Root and I feel
l'-v"diiv w recommend this great
IJiVne'to all suffering humanity.
m Gratefully yours,
Joseph Constance,
ivove''par. Marksville, La.
ppracnaliv appeared before me,
.1.,,- rsf Tnlv IQII Mrs
this lom ut
iWnh Constance, who subscribed
!he above statement and made oath
that the same is true in substance
3!,J VM?M"Rmv. Ntary Public.
Letter to
Dr. Kilmer & Co.,
Biaghsmtcn. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For Yon.
Send to Dr. Kilmer & Company,
Bip"hamton. N. Y.. for a sample
bule It will convince any one.
Yiu will a'tfo receive a booklet of
n'aable information, telling all
awut the kidneys and bladder.
Wn writing, be sure and mention
i:ic Commonwealth. Regular fifty
vnt and one dullar size bottles for
sr.'.e at a!! drug stores.
A.N. DUBOIS
(Wring Analytical Textile and
SarJtarv Chemist. Office end
Laboratory CCS N. 9th St.,
Wilmington, N. C.
Analysis of anything, particular
attention to Fertilizers. Cotton Seed
md Cotton Seed Oil Probsts, Well
Water. Spring and Mineral Water,
Canned Foo I Products, Dairy Pro-
d'j.'H, Urine and Earth, etc.
Farmi's hou:a have their vyv!f
U'er examnea at le&si once a year;
and all that part oi their Ir.nd that
cira porr crops, analyzed to una
ir'ia'. is miss-ine, so it can be added
to tieir knd to make it good ar.d
Ask for mv i ric i of analysis, whicn
is not high, and mav save you lots
cf trouble.
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!r.';:.r r,.t Win the haia!
aiAk.-' I i:-;r to its Youtnfol Color. I
J
riisvi' i i;-ir l- its Vontnful Color.
j)l A. L LIVERMON,
DENTIST.
f).ricf iiyt stairs in White
'"i'ttl? h:vl Building.
)ric"ho"ir from 0 to 1 o'clock
arid to o o'clock.
Dii. A. 1). Morgan
Physician end Surgeon
S:otlsnd Neck, N. C.
OiU :e in the building formerly
HyDr. J. P. Wimberley.
('has. 1, Staton,
Ah3rnev-ai-Law,
.Scotland Neck, N. C.
' racucos ".vh. rover his services are
required.
ASI!1JY)UNX
A'Wnev an-i Counseior at Law
Scotland Neck, N. C.
-tcttcos wherever his services are
required.
,ney to -'-m on approved security.
D'-B. L. SAVAGE
r
01-' ROCKY MOUNT, N. C.
; fi'nl Vn-,ky of each month
k' ? n'W to treat t.hr flinasps nf
Sias;' lr. Nose, Throat, and fit
o. f. Smith
'siciaa ar.d Surgeon
ce inThe Crescent Pharmacy, Inc
Scotland Neck, N. C.
O.Hc
Notice,
anv hV-S to notify all persons having
oM Tr t,ainis aainst the es"
of h,i;4 " Ij"wii5, deceased, late
tinr-ra? c.0URty North Carolina,
f,tpScnt t0 tH' undersi2ned
nfef-vof July, 1013.
M us . Matti e J . Lewis.
H. Allsbrook"
p Life Insurance.
l'&tinc: Thc Metropolitan Life
lnTOranceCo.,of New York. '
urainary an1 in(ustrial
Policies
written. -
: Scotland Neck, N. C.
HOLDEN PLANS TO PUT
! k ALFALFA ON EVERY FARM
,Plan to Unite All Interests in Nation-Wide Campaign
for the General Growing of Alfalfa. .
' Extension Department to Aid Any Community Interested in Con
ducting Campaign to Encourage the Growing of Alfalfa
j No More Difficult to Grow Than Clover and
! ' . Gives Double the Yield.
Alfalfa Automobile Trafns Important Feature of the Work Schedules to Be
Arranged and Meetings to Be Held at Farm Homes Prominent Speakers
to Accompany Each Alfalfa Train Alfaifa Organizations Will Be Formed
In Each Community to Promote the Work Flelcf" Men Experienced In
Alfaifa Growing Will Follow Up Preliminary Work Wherever Possible
and Give Aid in Getting a Start Prof. P. G. Holden, Director Extension
Department, International Harvester Company, Chicago, Will Direct the
Work.
The campaign will be conducted in co-operation with farmers' Institutes,
bankers, business men, farmers, commercial cjubs, granges live stock and
dairy associations and other organizations in any community where the , peo
ple are anxious to improve their agricultural conditions and are willing to
give time and money to carry on the work.
County and city superintendents of schools, colleges, institute workers,
Chautauqua lecturers, and others interested in the work will be assisted in
obtaining alfalfa charts and lantern slides. Alfalfa literature and booklets
will be given wide distribution throughout the country. Special alfalfa arti
cles will be sent to farm journals and magazines, and plate and matrix pages
to newspapers. Alfalfa editions of newspapers will be published where cam
paigns are conducted. Dates will be arranged for "Alfalfa Day" In the
schools.
To Begin Campaign Work in East, West and South.
Work to be started immediately in the cotton belt states and In the
east and west. Thirty to forty meetiEga will be held in each county, the num
ber depending on local conditions.
To accomplish the most In agricultural development, we must begin
with the man behind the crop. Upon him depends the final working out of
the principles of agriculture the simple and practical things which our
schools, colleges and experiment stations are endeavoring to bring into gen
eral use.
Professor Holden proposes to carry these principles further even than
the very effective work done on the agricultural trains, by using that most
modern vehicle the automobile going "directly to the people on their own
farms where the meetings are to be held.
Alfa'fa Greatest Soil-Enriching Crop.
Agricultural development need3 in addition to the work of our public
institutions, the Individual efforts of every merchant, banker, corporation, or
laboring man, and this plan calls for their heartiest co-operation.
This plan for Increasing the yields of our crops by the more extensive
growing of that wonderful soil improver, ALFALFA, is meeting the approval
( f all men who have anv knowledge of the beneficial results of Its introduc
tion as a general crop. ,
Campaigns are now being conducted in many of the central western
etates, and Professor Holden is daily answering requests for his assistance in
organizing other localities, and invites cordial co-operation with every com
munity interested.
"Where campaigns are contemplated itIs required, first, that a request be
made to the Agricultural Extension Department for assistance in carrying on
the campaign. -
What the local people will provide:
(1) Expenses (meals and lodging) for the alfalfa speakers and staff
upon their arrival and during the campaign.
(2) From ten to twenty automobiles for each day of the campaign to
carry the alfalfa crew and invited guests; one auto truck to carry literature,
baggage, charts, and other equipment.
(3) Arrange for meeting places and publish schedule of same
(4) Local advertising.
(5) Photographer, if possible.
The Agricultural Extension Department will provide:
(1) Advance men to assist in organization work.
(2) Lecturers.
(3) Literature.
4) Special educational articles for newspapers and farm journals perti
nent to alfalfa culture, object cf campaign, etc.
(5) Field men to follow up the preliminary work and aid the people in
any community where sufficient interest is shown to warrant it.
ALFALFA FOR HOGS.
Kansas Experiment Proves the Great
Value of Alfalfa and Corn as a
Balanced Ration Hog Grow
ers Note the Result of
This Interesting Feed
ing Experiment.
This experiment was conducted at
the Kansas Agricultural college:
The pigs shown in the accompanying
chart were litter mates. The larger
pig was fed on a ration of corn and
alfalfa hay; the smaller on corn alone.
Several litters of weanling pigs were
equally divided into two lots. The
pfgs were carefully- chosen as to
weight and thriftiness, so that each lot
represented a fair average of the total
number of pigs used in the experi
ment. e
The experiment was carried on for
a period of eight months. At the end
of this time the pigs fed on corn and
alfalfa hay were In excellent condi-
ALFALFA BALANCES
THE CORN RATION
SAMF UTTER
CORN
ALONE
CORN
&
ALFALFA
HAT
fiSC KAN& EXP. STA.
pounds, dressed, while the pigs fed
on corn alone were thin and scrawny
and averagea" but 60 pounds each. In
the latter case, one pig died of what
the veterinarian declared to be starva
tion, notwithstanding the fact that
this lot of pigs had all the corn they
could cat.
Must Have Protein.
The scrawny 60-pound pigs lacked
protein, that element required in
growing animals, to develop bone
and muscle, bipod, nerve and tis
suethat which builds the frame th
very thing that the pigs did not get
when fed upon corn alone.
Corn is deficient in protein and has
an abundance of starch and sugar.
Neither alfalfa nor corn when fed
alone will give the best results, but a
combination of the two make a per
fectly balanced ration.
A balanced ration is a combination
of feeds containing elements necessary
for the proper physical development of
the animal. Protein, the most essen
tial element in animal feed, builds the
frame of the body while corn is essen
tially valuable for the production of
fat.
The bones of the "corn-alfalfa" lot of
pigs wpre double the size of the lot
fed on corn alone and stood a breaking
Btrain of 1,370 pounds as against 520
pounds for the lot fed on a single ra
tion of corn.
Women as Scbool Trustees.
tion for market and averaged 250
fp
After any Sickness
or uperauon
doctors prescribe SCOTT'S
EMULSION it contains the
vital elements nature craves
wnata. create pure
blood and buUd physical strength.
No Alcohol or Opiate -mt
sown. wlmfiri. S- J-
i Although many Guilford county
people were active in getting a law
i passed to allow women on school
committees, when tne county uoaru
of education came to appoint the
committee there was found to be
no demand whatever on the part of
thQ women of the county for places
on" the committee. But that fact
does not mean that women would
not make good committeemen or
committeewomen as you may choose
to call them.- To be modest about
seeking places of honor is a virtue
that is not much in evidence in tnese
piping times of self-aggrandizement
but is nevertheless virtue.
We have an idea that the average
woman n about as well suited to
the duties of membership on a
school committee as the - average
man and no better. New Bern
Journal. .
HAY CAP8 FOR ALFALFA.
rw j
Alfalfa should be raked and either
put in the barn or if It is not sufficient
iy dry, put into hay cocks. It is a mat
ter of economy to have two or three
hundred hay caps (made of six-cent
clotn one yard square) tc ure in case
of bad weather. You may think this
Is considerable bother, but poor al
falfa Is poor stuff, and when we re
member that good alfalfa brings us In
actual results nearly as great returns
as wheat bran, we can better realize
the Importance of taking care of it
II any of us had 500 "hav cocks of
bran" In the field, we would take care
of them, but with alfalfa we think of
It as "just hay."
These cloths may have wooden pegs
or some sort of weights attached to
each corner to hold them In nlace: th
pegs can be pushed into the hay to
hold Che corners fast. Hay caps will
soon pay for themselves in finer
quality of hay guaranteed by their
Senator Lee S. Overman Commended.
The lobby investigation by the
United States Senate is even now
certain to establish Lee S. Overman,
junior Senator from North Carolina,
in a position of power in that body.
It is Overman who heads the lobby
probers. He is the backbone of the
whole investigation. He made the
fights on the floor for more time and
more money to press the inquiry to
the bottom, regardless of how many
fathoms detp that bottom is. He
determines the course and fixes the
policy of the committee.
When the Mulhall letters came out
and it was apparent that some Sena
tors and Representatives might be
come seriously involved, Overman,
instead of soft-padaling his investi
gation announced that iti should go
on, regardless of whom it hit or how
many of his perpen&l friends it hit.
This investigation : has started
tamely. Each member of the Sen
ate was called and politely asked
what he knew of ithe President's
charges that a lobby was at work in
Washington. It looked for a time
the committee's report could be
made in a week and the fact vouched
for that no Senator or Congressmsn
had been improperly influenced by
lobbyists.
As the probe went on, however,
however, clues began to develop. A
famt thread of suspicious work was
discovered here and a trace of it
was pursued there. Then the com
mittee suddenly opened up a wilder
ness of lobbying. The exposures
were so far reaching and startling
that the committee itself was atfirtt
to bewildered to do more than as
sure the country that all the facts
should be known.
Every fresh development is fur
ther vindicating Senator Overman's
assurance that no whitewash would
be apt lied by his committee.
Mr. Overman has been a Senator
for 10 years. Until last March 4th
he was a member of the minority,
but he was preparing to take his
place in the leadership of his party
in the Senate.
The Carolina's Senator's most im
portant move, after the Democrats
reorganized the Senate was to make
a demand upon that body that the
civil service of the United States be
investigated. He made a strong
speech on the Senate floor about a
month ego, in which he showed by a
Republican testimony that the civil
service laws had been applied fcr
years to strengthen the Republican
party m governmental machinery.
He showed that under the Repub
lican administration every depart
ment had been crowded with office
holders, ard produced the report of
President Taft's Economy and Effi
ciency Commission to bear him out.
Down in North Carolina the peo
ple like to remark that years ago
Lee Overman was Senator "Zeb"
Vance's private secretary.
As chairman of the Senate Com
mittee on Rules, as ranking member
of the Committee on Judiciary and
as a member of the powerful Appro
priations and Claims Committees,
Senator Overman is in a position to
render fine service to his State and
to his party. Washington Corres
pondent Baltimore Sun.
LIVE STOCK ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Re-EIecl Officers and Adopt Prizes for
Live Stock Exhibit.
Tarboro, Aug. 22. On Wednesday
the members of the Roanoke and
Tar River Live Stock Association
held their annual meeting at Maple
ton, in Edgecombe county, the coun
try home of the president of the as
sociation Mr. B. F. Shelton.
By acclamation the members
pledged themselves to work for the
county fair which is to be held in
Tarboro the first week in November
and do all in their power to make it
a success, and en motion it was or
dered that a committee be appoint
ed to arrange for prizes to be given
Bt the fair for live stock exhibits.
Dinner was served by Mr. and
Mrs. Shelton in the grove around
their home. Barbecue, brunswick
stew and other appetizing refresh
ments were served, which were en
joyed and heartily disposed of by
those present.
At the afternoon session the com
mittee appointed to select prizes for
live stock exhibits at the county fair
reported the following prizes and
and contests: $5.00 for the best beef
bull over one year old, any breed;
$5.00 for the best dairy bull over
one year old, any breed; $2.50 for
the best gilt under six months old,
any breed; $2.50 for the best boar
under six months old, any breed;
$5.00 for the best brood sow, any
breed, and $5.00 for the best mule
colt under three years old.
Twenty-three were elected to
membership in the association.
Short talks on timely subjects were
made by Messrs. B. F. Eagles, W.
D. Leggett, B. F. Shelton, R. W.
:ott, Jr., and Dr. L. L. Staton.
By a unanimous vote, Messrs. B.
F. Shelton, president, and T. Peny
Jenkins, secretary and treasurer,
were re-elected to serve for the en
suing year.
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use Burdock Blood Bitters. Recom
mended for strengthening digest;on
purifying the blood. At all drug
stores. $1.00 a bottle.
Many a man who is willing to be
a grafter lacks the chance.
How the Trouble Starts.
Constipation is the cause of many
ailments and disorders that make
life miserable. Take Chamberlain's
Tablets keep your bowels regular
and you will avoid these diseases.
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It's difficult for a man to collect
himself when his wits are scattered.
J Suffered Ecxema Fifty Tear 0W Well.
J Seems a lonir time to onrlm-o iha
awful burning, itching, smarting,
skin-disease known as "tetter" an
other name for Eczema. Seems good
to realize, also, that Dr. Hobson'rt
Eczena Ointment has proven a per
fect cure.
Mrs. D. L. Kenney writes: "I can
not sufficiently express my thanks to
VOU for VOUr Dr. Hohson'n Rraom .
Ointment. It has cured my tetter.
which has troubled me for over fifty
years." All druggists, or bv mail.
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Cores Old Sins, Other leaidlts Wii't Con
The worst cases, no matter of how long Standing,
are cured by the wonderful, old reliable L)r.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves
l'ain and Heals at thc same time. 26c, 60c, L00.
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Barber Shop!
(All That The Name Implies.)
Two White Barbers.
W.C. Smith & M. A. Bradford
Mr. Smith has had charge of the shop for
past sixty days, but the work was too much
for one man, so we secured the services of
Good Reason fur His Enthusiasm.
When a man has suffered for sev
eral days with colic, diarrhoea or
other form of bowel complaint and
is cured sound and well by one or
two doses of Chamberlain's Colic,1
Cholera Diarrhoea Remedy, as is of- j
ten the case, it is but natural that
he should be enthusiastic in his;
praise of the remedy, and especially J
is this the cash of a severe attack j
when life is threatened. Try it
when in need of such a remedy. It
never fails. Sold by all dealers.
For Weakness and Loss of Appetite
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria and builds up the system. A true tonic
and sure Appetizer. For adults and children. 50c
MR. BRADFORD,
who comfs to us well recommended, having;
H'-Tved years at the trade in the Lorraine and
Lynnhaven Hotels, Norfolk, Va.
Mr. Smith is an artist when it comes to
Ladies' Shaupooing and Massaging also
Cutting and Bobbing Children's Hair, as ho
has had several years' experience in Ladies'
Hair Dressing Parlors. Any ladies desiring
work of any kind done at their homes will
please call Telephone Number Ninety-Seven.
For those pimples and bad complexion
you should try an Electric Massage.
Sanitary Barber Shop,
Scotland Neck, (Hotel Building) North Carolina
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Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts and
Burns, Old Sores, Stings of Insects
Etc. Antiseptic Anodyne, used in
ternally and externally. Price 25c.i
We have just made arrangements with. one of the largest potteries in the country to furnish us a
bv a coin gold filigree. A verv attractive set in the nicest of decoration.
We are going to give our 'reguler subscribers an opportunity of securing one of these sets for ex
actly what they cost us. Every set is guaranteed by the manufacturer and ourselves.
How to Secure This 31 Piece Dinner Set
Pay your subscription to The Commonwealth, plus $2.49, and secure the Dinner Set. ,
If you have already paid your subscription pay for another year m advance, plus $2.49. and
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THE COMMON WEATH, Scotland Neck, N. C.
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