M , , '4S it "- " :v. A -if V if' A , Si .V - p Si 5! Mi ft Jt a THE COMMONWEALTH. Published Every Thursday BY J. C. HABDY, Editor and Proprietor. Entered at the postoffice at Scotland Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter. Thursday, September 18, 1913. THE GAME LAW. We have at last received a copy of the game law for Halifax county. It is short and reads as follows: That it shall be unlawful for any person to hunt game of any kind with gun or dog, or to trap, in Halifax county between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of November, except deer and foxes. That it shall be unlawful to hunt deer in Halifax county between the first day of February and the fif teenth day of September. That it shall be unlawful to hunt foxes in Halifax county between the first day of March and the fifteenth day of September. That it shall be un lawful to hunt or .trap upon the lands of any person in Halifax county without permission of the owner. That any person violating the provisions of this section of this act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor. The attention of our readers is called to the fact that the violation of the above act makes it a misde meanor and any one indicted would have to be bound over to Superior court, provided the evidence was strong enough, and if finally con victed would make it cost more and possibly a road sentence. The best way to avoid trouble in this hunting business is to let it alone until the season opens, for a strong effort is going to be made to enforce it throughout the county. Why not get the habit of talking and pulling for your town? It pays. We are told that two million trees will be planted on the National for ests in Utah, Nevada and Southern Idaho during the year 1914- The extra session of the legislature meet3 next Wednesday to consider the constitutional amendment ques , tion and the freight rate adjustment. The tariff bill passed the Senate last week and is now before a con ference committee of the House and Senate." .'This committee will likely report within the next few days. The New York Supreme Court says it is powerless in the Governor William Sulzer impeachment case and with this decision the court of impeachment will convene to-day to hear the charges preferred. It looks like they are going to get Governor Sulzer. Mayor Gaynor, of New York city, died suddenly while voyaging across the ocean Thursday. He was thought to have been in better health than for several months and his death came as a shock to his friends. Mayor Gaynor was held in the very highest esteem. Hon. F. A. Woodard, of Wilson, and Editor W. C. Dowd, of Char lotte, will be members of the extra session of the legislature, they hav ing been elected to fill vacancies in their counties caused by the resig nation of former members to fill other positions. Messrs. Woodard and Dowd are men of ability and experience and will take active part in the matters before the extra ses sion. The Twentieth Century Jubilee Convention of the Anti-Saloon League of America will meet in Columbus, Ohio, November, 10th to 13th. Twenty thousand delegates are expected and of this number North Carolina wiy send four hun dred or more. Some of America's greatest orators and musicians will be present. This meeting will be the formal launching of the cam paign for National prohibition. Aorellaa Springs ft. F. D. l items. Aurelian Springs R. F. D. 1. Sent 15 It seems as though the fall is almost here and cotton is opening rapidly. The little pickaninnies can be getting their sacks ready to fall in line. The storm that passed over this section did lots of damage to the crops and the small timber. Miss-is Lucy and Bettie Warren spent from Sunday to Tuesday with x relatives near Littleton. , Elder A. J. Moore, of Whitakers, came up Saturday and filled his reg ular appointment at Rocky Swamp. He was accompanied by Mrs. Moore. PALPITATION OF THE HEART. It la Usually Caused by Nervous o ' Digestive Troubles. Palpitation is rarely if ever clue to any disease or -weakness of tho heart, it is almost invariably tlie result of nervous or dirrestfve trouble. Ttio beat of tTie heart arises within itself. There are nerves ia the' muscles of the heart, and they regulate its beating, although the speed or rate of the beating is not of their choosing. If they were not held in cheek they would set a rate about double that which is actually maintained. The heart is supplied from the brain with two pairs of regulating nerves. One pair, the cardio motor nerves, act only to spur up the heart to quicker action. They are usually inactive, waiting the occasion for applying the spur. The other pair, the cardio in hibitory nerves, are always in action. It has been said that tbo heart runs in a pair of tightly held reins, and the simile is true, for these nerves cheek the speed. Fear, worry, disorder of the stomach or nervous system causes theee cardio inhibitory nerves to relax; then the heart begins to race. There is noth ing the matter with the heart itself, and no one need bo alarmed about that organ just because it beats too rapidly. Its palpitation is due to a psycholog ical or a physical causo, something that has caused the relaxation of the reins and allowed the cardio motor nerves to apply the spur. New York World. CHATTY WELSHMEN. Most Talkative, It Is Said, of All the British Islanders. Is the Welshman the most garrulous man in the British isles? The result of an impartial test by a London news paper has shown that for actual talka tiveness the typical Welshman heads the list; next in order come Irishmen, then Scots, and last of all the English man. Unobtrusively made in a number of well known London restaurants, clubs and public places, the tests invariably gave the same results. By means of a test watch the following table was compiled : Welshmen Very talkative, animated in manner and speaking at an average rate of 200 words a minute. Irishmen Also very talkative, but less animated in manner; average rate of speech, 100 words. Scotchmen Far less talkative and deliberate in manner; spoke at an av erage rate of 120 words. Englishmen Almost silent, rarely the first to speak; dogmatic and delib erate in manner, speaking 100 to 120 words a minute. The comparative silence of the men, in striking contrast to the vivacious chatter of the women folk, was as usual noticeable. A curious detail was that dark men were always the bigger talkers. Labadists cf Holland. There is a sect In Holland known as the Labadists, among whose members the use of mirrors is strictly prohibit ed. Their founder, Jean do Labadie. a seventeenth century Calvinist mhv ister, attracted many followers, but aft er his death they dwindled down, and now they are found only in a few remote villages of Friesland. Travel ing in Holland in 1893, Lecky lit upon a colony of Labadists. "Intermarry ing mainly among themselves," he writes, "they have quite n distinct type a singularly beautiful one, with their delicate lips and a curious air of re ilnement. They are fishermen very prosperous and their houses, with their china and silver ornaments and prints of the house of Orange and great Bibles with silver clasps and perfectly preternatural neatness, are very interesting to see." London Chronicle. Tale of a Lost Will. A lost will found in a celling at Chntsworth reminds us of the curious case of Lord Hailes will. He was a Scotch judge, and when he died Id 1792. as no testamentary paper could be discovered, the heir-at-law was about to take possession of the estates to the exclusion of his daughter and only child. She sent some of her servants to lock up the family mansion, which she had to give up, and from some window shutters there dropped out upon the, floor from behind a panel the missing will, which secured her all the family estates and property. Why do people take the trouble to make, sign wills properly attested and then con ceal them? Can they enjoy a posthu mous joke? London Spectator. Tidy to the Last. In "Glimpses of the Tast" Miss Eliz abeth Wordsworth tells this story: One stormy day a fishing smack was wrecked and fast sinking. When the skipper came on deck he found the mate busy swabbing, t "What's the use of that, Jack? Don't you see she's sinking?" "Yes, master, I know it; but, for all that, I'd like the old gal to go down clean and tidy." The Manifestation. "Papa," nid the young girl sweetly "I feel it iti my tKmes that you an going to buy me a new hat." "Ah. do you?" chuckled papa. "Ic which bone do you feel it 21' "Well. I'm not sure, but I think it's lu my wishbone." In a Way. "Are you acquainted with Mrs. Hifly your fashionable neighbor?" "Only In a roundabout way. Her cal boards at my house," Kansas Citj Journal. CASTOR I A For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of Cures Old Sorts, Other Remedies Won't Cars The worst cases, no matter of how long standing, re cured by the wonderful, old reliable Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieves Fain and Heals at the same time.- 35c, 60c, $1.00. j7 GaX GKy Urns. Oak City, Sept. 16 Mr. Whitaktr has taken the position of principal in Oak City high schools Miss Nannie House, of Stokes, has returned to Oak City. She is one of the teachers in the school. Miss Winnie Bradley is visiting- in Rocky Mount. L. L. Chesson, of Edenton, spent the latter part of last week with relatives. Mrs. T. C. Crisp spent the week end with Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Crisp. Master Paul Chesson, of Roper, is spending a few weeks with his uncle, Loomis Chesson. J. L. Hines spent Wednesday in Williamston. Charley Crisp and Herman Rawls spent Sunday in Robersonville. Miss Delia Roebuck, of Roberson ville, is the guest of her brother, Claude Roebuck, and Mrs. John York. Our high school opened Monday with a good attendance. A. R. House came home from Wake Forest to attend court this week. Cotr Klnjje of London. There are other kings besides George V. in London. For instance, there-are three monnrths of the coster kingdom, tnree pearly kings. Their names and kingdoms nro as follows: King Foyle of Somers Town. King Tabrum of Iloxton. King Marshall of Stepney. Asked for his postal addres, King Foylo looked mildly surprised. "Huh!" he at length ejaculated. "Just 'King of the Pearlies, Bomers Town.' " Tlie monarch added that for three genera tions his line had held regal sway. King Marshall can boost only a sin gle year's reign. But what ho lacks in this respect he makes up in buttons, and, whereas King Tabrum wears 23, C00 and King Foyle 83,000, his coat Is decked with no fewer than 60(000. London Cor. New York Sun. Changing the Color of Gorr.3. It has been found possible to change the color of genuine gems. The ex periments have proved most satisfac tory on the semiprecious stones thus far. Sapphires responded best to the experiment, although some results were had with amethysts and garnets aud a few ethers of tho gems of that e!s.s. T!y pnttinsr Cy?ra !s s bote. with nullum, only a minute particle of the radium, in fact, and keeping them undisturbed for a month, the white sapphires had turned yellow, the blue ones turned green, violet sap phires became blue, wine colored ones became dark rml, and dark blue stones changed to violet. Japan's Iwoire Tax. A Jripnnra; who has an income of $10,000 n year or more must pay a tax of 14 percent on 00 per cent of it. If he has more than .$25,000 a year the government takes 18 per cent on 90 per cent Above $30,000 annually his coun try demand:; 22 per cent of nlne-tenthn of all that he receives in excess of that linjii. Other incomes are taxed at vnrl yns rates, on the sliding scale upward. A New Vegotabis Ivory. M. Gaston Honnier has submitted to the National Agricultural society of Pari. samples of a new vegetable ivory made from the albumen of the fruit of a curtain small palm (of the genus fcyjilsaonn, trlle of bornpsus) growing in tli forests of Frein'h Su dan. The aihumtai hardens on expo sure to the air. and it reneJiib!es nat ural ivory in color and textur. This produc t ii sa!d t resemble the vetjptft ble ivory from another paliTiv (Phytelo phas niacrocurpa) found In equatorial South America. Tc!d by London's Bishop. The bishop of London told the fol lowing story to Illustrate the diffi culty sometimes met with by mission aries among the working clam. "A curate roe.s to a house." ho said, "and knocks timidly at the daor. JTe hears voice shout. Who's there. Sally r and . Rallv replh. 'Please. mother., it is "religion " ' "It requires a little bit of tact for a man to do what he ought to d. when he is ushered In as 'religion' on wash ing day." London Standard. At tha Theater. "What! You can't see anything? Didn't you bring your opera glass with Jou T "Yes. but I can't use it." "Why?" "Because I forgot my rings." Lon don Telegraph. Sounds Better. "It's all In the way you word it." "What do you mean?" "A thing seems much more desirable If It's popular priced that if It's cheap. -Louisville Courier-Journal. - Wood's High-Grade Seeds. 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Off fif OKTV fi?ePtAfOJ5. fe Mustang Load Ha The home ok pure irtjcs' WEDDING Why worry what to give? Just telephone us and say what you want it to cost, and wc will select something that will be appreciated and ad mired for its beauty and qual ity, also pack it free of cost. We carry a full line of the famous L. E. Waterman Fountain Pens. Also a full line of his new styles. E. T. Whitehead CompV, DRUGGISTS, WF: DO IT RIGHT AND QUKfi Telephone Seventy-Five. Posted ! ALL persons whatsoever are here by forbidden under PENALTY of tlie law to hunt, fish, trap ov tres pass in any way upon the following lands, lying in Palmyra townshipon and adjacent to Roanoke river: The J. Davis Reed land, known as Urquhart Swamp, bounded bv the lands of Mike Hardy, Wilts Veneer Company and Roanoke river: the Mike Hardy land, bounded" bv the Wilts veneer Company, J. Davi Reed and the Roanoke river; the Kitehin-Futrell land, bounded by the lands of Wilts Veneer Company, Mrs. J. D. Arnold and Mrs. Patter son; the Wilts Veneer Company land bounded by the lends of Kitchin Futrell, Mrs. J. D. Arnold, Judge Walter Clark, J. Davis Reed, Mike Hardy, Mrs. Patterson and the Roanoke river. FRANK P. SHIELDS. Notice of Election. Pursuant to an act of the Legisla ture of North Carolina, session 1913 House Bill 2060, Senate Bill 1309 entitled "An Act to authorize the issue of township bonds for improve ment of roads in Halifax county " upon petiiion of one-fourth of the voters of Halifax township, notice'is hereby given that an election is called to be held in Halifax town ship, North Carolina, on the 11th day of October, 1913, to determine the question of whether or not Hal ifax township shall issue bonds to run -30 years, bearing 6 per cent payable semi-annually, to the amount of $40,000 to make improvements on the public roads of said township be?1913hiS 1St day f Septem- Board of Commissioners of Halifax County, t ti KyW-R-"ar,vey.Chm'n. J. II . Norman, Clerk. Sale of Land for Taxes" I shall sell to the highest bidder at the court house door in Ha ifat f L. R. Morris, 145 acres, $20 60 Lovender Estate T P iwr Agent. 60 acres. Jf'.eg F McCu"-e, N. R Newsom, Tax Col. unerwood Township. T ... jILjUo Portland Ce Car Load International Gasoline Cngins in transit. w aire n ara war e d rdware "The Hardware Hustlers. PLANT SCUPPERNONGS (NORTH CAROLINA'S GREATEST FRUIT.) A SURE CROP FOR A SURE MARKET We will mail you a booklet on Arboring and Care of S'.:uMrnu.ns,p. vided you own or consider planting a vineyard. SOUTHERN PINES GRAPE NURSERIES, Southern Pines, IU (Largest Produces of Scuppernong Vr.cs. t3 a The Habit of Saving. Habit is the deepest law cf human nature. Iti-cither lJ our supreme strength or our most miserable wc-kress ji lt will make or break us Our whole schonic of civilization i arose from our habits. A baby born today, in one or two Sj score years will be the victim or ttiumph oi his habits. And you, also, through your habits, are nicild 'tl f r-..m s i pulpy baby into a successful man or a noble wonrm. ..;, all habits, the habit of wasting is th? most ruir-ou?, a:;d the habit of saving is the most precious. You ran wa--.ro your tr ents, your time, your strength your whole life -if you i" rot form the habit of saving the profits of your labjr. . This habit of saving is not an easy haoii u o rr.i. i it once formed it replaces tho old f ear of the future vi:h c ni dence. It creates ambition and provides th-. mirvl witli elation of independence. To spend all we car 1 avm to ir r..-' natural as breathing until we grow so w hi as U rtlkct iii-t we will s'op earning long before we stop btvatiiisv. The habit of saving is real pleasure when it iice ao. par ed. Indeed, there is a, real fascination in it, just as tlivre i-; i;i watching crops grow in the field. But it is not in Ix-Mmp; the habit that there is difficulty, for if it 13 once formed it i :'' to have a permanent and beneficial 0 fleet 0:1 th- t !;;.:;- The difficulty is in creating the habit. It has been said that "an early and provident f.'i.r :: mother of safety," and this fear will cause the wi.-v to i-rL--themselves; with an armor of defense and no r.vmor i. more s'cure thin the saving habit. vui, ux tut? saving nauit win cuiatea to add elements of will learn the habit of eelf-dcnial, of self-rel'aiuv, "f r-a''. !'V and of making your own life-plan. This is the i-.-s --rav uf ii ' dom. No security is felt by the expenditure of wry :rtr income by the wage-earner. But greater earning 1 vtt ts created by the saving habit, and thus there will he r-'W I,,,wv'' ' of enjoyment, a wider sphere of mental and physic:! r.rv'2tf tion, and, what is most important of all, thtiv will b ''";V :': save. WE WILL HELP YOU TO SAVE. CAT L TO SKK i EVERY COURTESY EXTENDED CONSISTENT WITH W) BANKING. FOUR PER CENT ALLOWED O.N i: : : ACCOUNTS. TIME' CERTIFICATES ISSUED. i AVAI-uL THREE, SIX, NINE OR TWELVE MONTHS ALTKK PAiL THE SCOTLAND NECK UAN'K, Scotland Neck, N. C. Capital, $25,000.00. Surplus, A. McDowell. President. J. ITnrnor Ahx.in(i-r. .Jr.. P. C. Gregory, Vice-Pres. Excursion to Jacksonville and Tampa, Fla., via The Atlantic Coast Line. On Tuesday. Sentember 22rr? Tho Atlantic Coast Line will sell round trip tickets from Scotland Neck cL-ijruuuK Will DG UUI1R nv THo . - mi . lnntT r' - t ineAt- f?Nt il Ll"e t0 make this a Fo?fTUo5,n- 1 or UCKetS. Pul man .i(Ammn,U tions and Seherlnlo eQQ 1. 1 . , "wwi.iu vjac afi t?0r address T. C. White, Gen rvo; Pasen8:er Agent, or W. J. i Wilmington, N. C. "wr. Jacksonville, Fla , at $8.50, nd to5take. not,.w ha,U- -Jim'' Tampa at $10.50. limited returning j h VM MefCthfl0nrigin-ai .Stuartinjf lint not i4P?ii purse of aiS of Tuesday, jvorce; ami the said fp ' r. . vii i.' , rrPortion-' further take notice mui fh noin i, V1"1 rTade1from other; quired to appear at . tl-e t.-rm Carolfn V,rgln,a Nort and South Superior court of fai.l ; AmoP 11 ' hel o" thc twelfth Ai..r.Jfl . Jti- mnriTf ;1 -n au and c?ach accom- the first Monday in h')MV i Pas,en WlUbe P' 'or all the court house of iM M V- 65 I .4 l grow oiner i-aous in;1.'. -iw strength to vour chat ;u u-r Hugh. Johnson, Aisistant l'a?!i Notice. North Carolina 1 In Serir-; Halifax County Nov. i;'-11;..1'"' W. N. Henin.'r, Vlun ! vs. Erin Herring, in:' Tim fW.-inrlnnt ;!. '.' ir.rt .. to i . . . . or demur to tlie comp.-; ' ; !vt action, or the plaintit . wi' Sthe court for the relief Lw" : :,i .i;f - in biiu UMiiinaini' ipiaini. ,,. day of August. S. M. (.A. rirrk Saueriir-"ul1, This 2nd Clerk Supei A. Paul Kitchin. . r Attorney for PlaaitiT. ee lh Compel " f 'C'l " 1 Ha max. wort 1 l;::"iii. - . ,,. I