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Latest Circulation OF ANY ,a!jfdx Cju-ity Newspaper. monwea: TEL The Largest Circulation OF ANY Halifax County Newspaper Editor and Proprietor. 'Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $1.00 Per Year VOL. XXIX. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1913. NUMBER 49. II '12 IT TT H H. BM Valuable Suggestion H important to Everyone , . r(VV conceded by physicians K' .;,1,.r should have more t'lltl'.u ''..Vti-un- control the other t:er".'7.- ;.' t -markable degree and off the jvi..ns and waste rm t no vstem oy mtenng the btt;-:' , , v months espec- ii "v i"' 'i w1 live an indoor life, !?"-V.;wv- should n-ct-ive some as- as we take jjjtard.' i..;,-,ir l.i-. water and . es'r' ' h,lvv f00fi f,en Ollt ,.;,ln " tn rln heu ..i- ii,sn nature intended. n'.rf ,', ,f ki.;n?v trouble, such as V ilt-u"- aotiun. warns ou umi kidney, require help im-di- atei . . u m tUdt- on '!! licine containing no min Khl:tu, has the most heal- .V'lv.t hi V.a most remarka l-XVa ki-inevand bladdei esJUlr , Cn.omn. pAli er .1.. , - Dr. Kilmer s You mnv rtvo;w a sample bottle S'.v n 'r-K1"1 by Parcels Post. .Ai.i It-- Ill mnt- p . 1 . -- ---, ,'.',r.t:u T:;o Commonwealth A.N. DUBOIS An'dyticnl Textile and vn.t. Ofnce end "Lsboi-ate-ry HOS N. 9th St., 'VlLT.IINGTOX, N C. n'v-i- ar.ythi'ig. particular ' ' '' V fnttnn SaoI sni'oitton OA Products, Well VYr Sarins -ind Mineral Water, Cariej F-o-.i Products, Dairy Pro- Urine -inn r.artn, etc. Km.TS iioulJ have their Well Wa'er exirained at least once a year, and all that part of their land that pves por crops, anaijieu lu mm what is missin?. so it can be added to their land to make it good and productive. Ask for my pric ? oi analysis, wrncn is not hijrh, and may save you lots PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM si beautuies the btit t rrowut. "tore Grji 'ViS t3 it Tc-:th: 3 li.-iir faiMiitr. HI A. L LIVERMON, DENTIST. AsejjjjJk Otfioo up stairs in White "'"t? liiiil Building. i.Tice hours from It to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. Dr. A. D. Morgan Physician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, N. C. Ornce in the buiidinsr formerly asedhyDr. J. P. Wimberley. ClIAS. J 4. Statox, altorntv-at-Law, Scotland Neck, N. C. 'tices wha-ever his services are required. Ahijhy Dunn waey an-J Counselor at Lav Scotland Neck. N. C. required. wney to loan on approved security. D. R. L SAVAGE " OF ROCKY MOUNT. N. C. P be in Scotland Neck, N. C. on third .Wednesday of each month jue hotel to treat the diseases of tye,Ear, Nose, Throat, and fit basses. 0. 1. svVf'rii Physician and Snppon aee mThe Crescent Pharmacy, Inc Scotland Neck. N. C, .. ESTERS PILLO ftAMOND BRAND -TBR8 A f.d ondX h Blue0 Hid . Other RinmrtUi Wan'f finri lNtv Sn0 matter of how long funding. ! EffV 7r -ir.. i - JlTfi wia yww - 1 feu Ei 50! W ''.Safest. Always Reifablfc ?i CBXALL DRUGGISTS riLI.il fnr tnni.fiia I PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT. The Feet. T rumice stone used frequently $ keeps the skin of tlie feet T smooth It is especially neces- s:iry on the heel iiud on the ball t t t of the foot, where the weight of 4 the body rests in walking. X Never cut the toe nails too sliort. as they are more likely to J become ingrown. And file them ? smooth with sandpaper, ko they a win not catch and pull the threads of your stockings. 1 A SCRAMBLE FOR A SUPPER. Dainty Methods of French Solons When Free Meals Are Served. Describing the supper arrange men ts made for French legislators during late sittings in the Palais P.ourbon. the Paris I.ibeite says: "At the appointed time the marble tables in the restaurant are covered with plates of larded veal, saveloys, cold ham. salad containing little cubes of Gruyeiv !u-.sc and baskets of bread. .Vs soon as the chamber gets wind of these preparations a general exodus ta!;'S pl.-n-e. and the member addressing t in- ho;:se is lei'i to address his sir ess.u-. : :: president, tiie ush ers, report c: s other melancholy ofiicials. , "II is not cxai liv a stately banquet liiai the legislators sit down to. There are no knives, no forks and in the place of plates ja.-t a few sain-ers. The members first fling themselves upon the bread baskets and pick the. nicest looking, pieces: then, making free use of their elbows toward the veal, the saveloys or the ham. seize a slice in their lingers, put it on the bread, keep it there with the thumb, while they squeeze their way out of the press and devour their spoil. "ftuch manners lake us back to far off prehistoric days, when our ances tors ate on the floor of their caverns. Unfit is just this return to the simplic ity of nature that exercises such a healing effect on party animosity. The legislator who has. by a series of sub tle maneuvers, secured a bottle of wine shares it with his thirsty neigh bors. "It has been noticed that the depu ties from rural districts usually carry a pocketknife, which they lend to their town colleagues. This, too. makes for harmony and the healing up of strife." A SLEEPY HOLLOW LANDMARK. Passing of Treaty Tree Under Which Washington Irving Wrote. Washington Irving's great treaty tree at Sleepy Ilollow, in the Pbilipse Manor section, lost its last three leaves recently. Tourists and visitors have noted with much concern for over a year that it was dying. It is twenty feet in circumference at its base. It had bravely withstood the disease that has destroyed most of the chestnut trees throughout the east, and it is probably the last to die in the Sleepy Hollow and Tarry town sections. This monarch of the forest is known in history as the tree under which the last treaty was made between the whites and Wequasqueek Indians. Under its romantic shade also Irving wrote his famous -The Headless Horseman." with scenes laid at Philipse Manor. Although the treaty tree is practical ly dead, it will not be felled and de stroyed like hundreds of its fellows there. It is to be (reserved, and long trailing flowering vines have been planted about its base to cover it com pletely ir. the future. It stauds almost in the center of the Philipse Manor property, close to the Eludson river, in full view from P.roadway or the old Albany post road. Tarry town News. Good Names and Riches. -A good name is better than great riches." quoted the sage. "But that's not the reason why most of us are poor." replied the fool.-Cm-cinnati Enquirer. Pe-in vour web. and God will sup pi, you with thread-Italian Proverb. TTieJorto 7 V of Rheumatism are aggravated during climatic changes be cause the impure blood I is incapable of resistance and ordinary treatment 1 L...t- trVtl ? cpems useless uui 9 fame of Scott's Emulsion g & for relieving rheumatism is h based on logical principle g fyend scientific facts. This oii-focd promptly makes 1 active, red, life-sustaining A blood corpuscles and its I body-building properties regulate the functions to ii expei puw"w . . f, i '$ Scott's Emulsion, vnfh carM i diet for one month, will relieve t the lame muscles and stiffened 1 ; JrTnd subdue the unbeara- gUe lharp pains when otner remedies tail. f , im;lationM ana "" - , znu Iscorrs i imulsioh cosuwjiow. at u p RUOGISTS OLD HICKORY CHIPS Short and Pithy Sayings on Subects Past and Present. Success seldom comes to a man who is too lazy to go after it. Now that Thomas Wilson has been elected president of the Morris Pack ing Co., it becomes cleaver than ever that this is a great year for Wilsons. Marriage is more often a disap pointment than a failure. The whole world is beginning to adopt the Wilson policy. It is the best because it is honesty. It is stated on good authority that Tama Jim Wilson's visit has nothing to do with the burning question of "Which is more useful to the far mer, the hen or the cow? "President Planning to Tighten His Grip on Congress," says a head line. Ouch. It is like the rest of them, those who dance tl e "hesitation waltz" are lost. re: Laps Ortie McManigal will make a loop by way of Sicily and come back as a desirable. Thirty challenges to Pierre Loti indicate that the entire Bulgarian army is desirous of returning to the arts of p ace. Letters of congratulation from de feated candidates almost makes one believe what was said about them during the campaign. This is the time of year when Johnny begins to figure that he don't want nuthin' but an air riffle, an' a sled, an' a apir uh skates. "If you want to make good in this world let booze alone," says John L. In other words a soliloquy taken in time will prevent a sermon. The theory that the oldest son is inferior to his younger brothers may be due to the fact that he has to bear the brunt of experimenta tion. Doc. Wiley claims that detectives have ransacked his room for confir mation of rumors that he made a fortune. Does that mean that Uiey were after the money? We know some people who are never happy unless they have some thing to worry about. President wilson seems to cling to the old idea that the pen is better than the sword in dealing with Mexico. New York has secured some free advertising by offering Col. Goethels the job of police commissioner. We never will believe that a girl's foot is as boney as thin black hose make it look. An illicit still in North Carolina exploded the other day and scalded the operator to death. The worm will turn sometimes. We don't know what those South ern Pacific trainmen are striking about, and it could not be because they have to live in Texas could it? Time may be money, but our banker would never take it when we had a note falling due. Aihlettcs at the Training School Basket Ball and Tennis. Greenville, N. C, Nov. 29 The athletic league of the East Carolina Teachers' Training School, has been organized with Miss Mable Comfort, of the faculty, as director, and with a membership of ninety-four. The purpose of this league is: (1) To provide recreation for the students of the school. (2.) To develop and encourage an athletic spirit in the Trainining School. (3.) To train girls to carry on 'work of an athletic league so that organized play will become a permanent feature of the school. Basket ball, tennis clubs and cross-country walking clubs from sab-divisions of the league. The chief division of the Thanks giving holiday at East Carolina Teachers Training School, was the interclass basket ball games. At 10:30 the "B" class (or the second year academic) played the Ts" (or one year class); at 11:15, the big game of the day. Juniors vs Sen iors was called. The"F's and Sen iors were the victors. Those not on the teams used their lungs well in class sungs and yells. Class colors were in evidence everywhere. The players of the Senior class, on entering the field, led around the court, their mascot, President Wright's two-year-old son, dressed in bloomers and wearing class colors. Excellent team work, splendid in dividual work, and fine wholesome spirit, marked the games. Clever toasts to the teams and stars added greatly to the Thanks giving dinner. KatbTjllfhx Ihe Modern Newspaper. The time was, and it has not been so long ago, when it was considered high treason for a newspaper to say a word that could be construed as a criticism of party policy or a party leader. The political bosses were lambasted only by the opposition papers, and they were discredited of course, by the following whose chief claim to political distinction was that they had never scratched a ticket. Now all this has changed, and those newspapers are the most popular and the most influential that speak the p'am truth about men and things and bend before no party pressure. The party organ that at one time was looked upon as the proper and necessary exponent of party policy has fallen into disre pute. Its day is over. The inde pendent journal has come into its own, and the more independent and fair and truthful it is in its edito rial expressions the larger the place it holds in public favor. This is a good omen of the better day ahead. We were little better than slaves un der the old regime. We are free men now, and our newspapers voice the day of the new freemen which has come. We i beginning to look back with horror to that dark time in our history when it seemed necessary to bow our heads to the yoke, arid submit to whatever our political bosses taw fit to put upon u. Party loyalty is none the less binding because the members of the party are free to exercise their own judgment it is more so, because freedom inspires loyalty where slav ery represses it. The newspapers that bring us the tidings from the great world beyond, tell us the truth about our own party politics as well as about those of our opponents, and thus put us in possession of the facts from all sides, and make us more intelligent voters. It is a great mistake for a party or church to cover up the truth. If a cause can not stand white light of truth it ought to go down. The editorial pages of the modern daily paper have become reliable and valuable and therefore the increasing power and influence of these independent journals. Charity and Children. 3,300 Saloons Closed in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 23 Pro prietors of more than 3,300 saloons in Ohio closed their places of busi ness last midnight in accordance with the provisions of the State Liquor License law, which limits the number of saloons in "wet" terri tory to one for each 500 population. The saloonkeepers who quit busi ness had been refused licenses by county license boards. The ma jority of the saloons net permitted to reopen are in Cleveland, Cincinnati, Columbus and Toledo. The License law has been attack ed as unconstitutional by the dis appointed liquor men and arrange ments have been made to carry a test case to the Supreme Court. Many saloonkeepers disposed of their goods last night at "bargain county" sales. In some places the cries of auctioneers were heard. - Several well-known winerooms cel ebrated the closing of their doors with balls, special music and other attractions. Vital Statistics Law Effective. Beginning November 15th, the State-wide Vital Statistics Law will go into effect. This law would have gone into effect six weeks earlier had not delays occurred m getting out the nesessary blank forms, etc. However, there will still be six weeks in this year in which the lo cal registrars, doctors, nurses, un dertakers and others may get ac customed to the new law. After that North Carolina should have almost perfect registration, which will en title us to recognition as a registra tion State along with about twenty three other States in the Union. Any one desiring to register births and deaths that may have occurred prior to the time the law goes into effect may do so by presenting the facts in the case to the State Regis trar. Bis Mistake. After the services were over o?ie of the congregation turned to his wife and said: "On my way to church I picked up a button and put it in my change pocket where I had a quarter. "Gracious, m3 dear, " anticipated his wife very much hcrnned. Ana you dropped it into the collection basket by mistake?" "No. confound it!" replied her husband, "I put in the quarter.", -l-Morftzine of Fup. BELGIAN CUCUMBERS By M. QUAD Copyright, 1913, by Associated Lit erary Press. The county of Vernon In a certain middle state was at peace. Farmers, mechanics and merchants met each ether and asked: "How is old Vernon county?" And the answer would be: "Old Veruon county is all right yon bet!" Fifty, men saw X. M. Davis, as he came to be known, when the bus drove up to the inn at Clifton with Mm as the only passenger. He was a middle aged man, and he had the face of a true American patriot He had come to give Vernon county such a chance to get rich as hud never been held out to her before. Years ago his grand father had died and had been buried in that county, and It was consecrated ground to him. That is why he bad come to it instead of any other county. Mr. Davis had come to Clifton direct from Europe. He had gone over there to study the agriculture of the country at his own expense. He had returned with what might be called a great find. The Belgians were almost secretly growing a specimen of cucumber that was bound to revolutionize the world. It was amazingly prolific. One sfcre of ground would grow 5,000 cucumbers, each three feet long and weighing five pounds. It was like eating oranges. It was a breakfast food in itself. It left be hind it an exhilaration not known to any other vegetable in the world. This cucumber was certain to take the place of grains of all sort In a year or two more and would displace the potato and the turnip entirely. Mr. Davis did more than talk and exhibit seeds. He put $50 cash In bank as a prize to the person raising the most Belgian cucumbers the next spring or summer. It was November then. Between November and April Mr. Davis sold over $3,000 worth of seeds and received his money for them. When he went away tu went boldly, and he left the prize money in the bank. By so doing he escaped all sus picion. Now came a mystery. In Clifton lived a widow named Lee. She had been there only two years, and the people knew little about her. She was nearly six feet tall, rugged and strong, and she neighbored with none. She went to Mr. Davis for some seeds, but refused to pay the price. She offered onlv a penny apiece and when turned down made use of some very strong: April was a forward month in Ver-! non county, and the cucumber vines were beginning to run by the middle of May. One night some one pulled up and stacked the vines in ten dif ferent gardens. They found tracks of a man's boots, but nothing further. The next night more gardens suffered. Just who to suspect was a puzzler, but of course it was a case of jealousy and spite. Every man who had any vines set a watch on them. Deacon Tracy was the first one to report a clew. He had half an acre of vines and was sitting up to watch for the vandal when a man came sud denly upon him and knocked him senseless. When he recovered his wits his vines had been destroyed. Tracks left by a man's boots that was all. Of course there were excitement and indignation. A reward of $" was offered for the arrest of the marauder, and owners of vines as yet untroubled hired watchmen. Then the man of night betook himself out among the farmers. He raided far and wide. He destroyed nothing but the cucum ber vines, but he did not spare a hill of them that he could get at He was chased by men and dogs; he was shot at; traps were set for him in twenty different places, yet no one earned that reward. At Farmer Johnson's place he and bis son were hidden in the smoke house when the unknown appeared, fie had scarcely pulled a vine when they were upon him. Both were strong men, but the struggle was over. In a minute. The unknown knocked them both silly and got away with their hats and pieces of their shirts as souvenirs. It was figured that he bad got such a scare, however, that he would not appear again. He returned next night when no oae was watch ing and attacked the vines. The excitment was now at fever heat and the whole county was ask ing what should be done, when the marauder came to his end. A widow named Jones had twenty hills of vines she was watching. She had old army carbine, and a neighbor had loaded it for her. She was watching from a window, and as the man of night appeared and began his work she fired at him. He dropped, but struggled up and ran. A hundred men turned out and searched the streets and alleys and the country around, but they did not find the wounded man. They had given up the quest when word went round that no one had seen the Widow Lee for three days. The locked doors of her house were broken open, and she was found dead on the floor. A bullet had struck her in the chest the bullet fired by the other widow. She was dressed as a man from head to heel and had false whiskers besides. The Belgian cucumbers? Oh, they were a fraud, of courser-just plain, everyday American cucumbers, with the usual 99 per cent water. It's Jnst as easy to swindle a whole county as it is to swindle a single man. AJ1 yon have to do Is to get a new idea. The Commonwealth a year fot $1.00 No SdbstiUaftes RETURN to the grocer all sub stitutes sent you for Royal Bak ing Powder. There io no sub stitute for ROYAL. Royal is a pure, cream of tartar baking powder, and healthful. Powders offered as sub stitutes are made from alum. Forest Notes. Eastern manufacturers are lookj ing to the northwest for hardwoods for the manufacture of clothes-pins. Birch is particularly wanted. The Panama canal commission has requested the forest service to in spect the timber being creosoted at Seattle and Tacoma for the commis sion. The net receipts from the national forests of Washington and Oregon during the past four month amount ed to $115,620, an increase of 17 per cent over receipts for the same pe riod last year. Of the two million trees to be planted on the national forests of Montana and northern Idaho during the present fiscal year, one-half have been set out this fall and the rest w.ll be put in next spring. A thoroughly up-to-date sawmill with a capacity of 60,000 board feet a day has been erected on the south coast of Mindanao island. It is f American make throughout, and uses the modern handsaw. This is only one of several such mills in the Philippines. Realized the Awful Truth Too Late. Sweet was the lass, low was the gas. It was the evening she ex pected him to put across the big question. He did not look well. Something seemed to be troubling him. He tried to say something, but the words stuck in his throat, and no ticing this, the girl turned the gas even lower. Suddenly he turned to her and cried, "I'm a dub!" "No," she said fondly, "you don't appreciate yourself as well as some others do, perhaps, Tee-hee!" "Yes," he persisted stubbonly, "I'm a dub!" "No," she maintained. "Yes," he shouted, "I'm a dub!" She was a sensible girl, and real izing that he ought to know best, she thanked him kindly for warning her in time and handed his hat to him. It was only after the door had slammed behind him forever, that she realized the awful truth. He had contracted a nasty cold, and what he had been trying to say was, "I'm in love." Where He Was Welcome. Picking himself up after a rapid flight down the stairs, the young man broke forth: "Of course, it is your privilege to throw me out of the house, Mr. Roughman," he said, "but there is no need of adding insult to iniury by having me land on a mat which has the word 'Welcome woven in it." "There is nothing wrong in that," remarked the course of the sudden descent, "you are welcome " "But you threw me out." "on the outside of the house where the mat lies, sir," concluded the man of the house, closing the window. Paragraphs. A Hundred Pardoned. Columbia, S. C, Nov. 24. Gov. Blease pardoned one hundred con victs today. Twenty-eight of these men were serving life terms for mur der and twenty-eight for man slaughter. "I wanted them to eat Thanks giving dinner at home," said Blease. The governor's pardon record since he took office in 1911 now stands at 882 cases. Blease fU'ed this after noon that he woulu sr.. Ice his total 1,000 before Christmas. President FInly Dead. Washington, Nov. 25. W. W. Fin ley, president of the Southern Rail way died at his home here this af ternoon. He was stricken with par alysis and hemorrhage of the brain and sank rapidly. Deer Chases Farmers' Boys. John Jackson, a farmer of Mah wah, whose land is on the edge of the Ramapo Mountains, has written to Deputy Warden Ernest Traitor of Hackensack asking what can be done for a wild buck deer that in sists on chasing his children. "My place is near the former deer preserve of the Hayemeyers, and this buck no doubt is one of the number that escaped to the Ramapo Mountains some time ego," writes Jackson. "It has got so that I am afraid to let my boys go into the woods for this deer has chased them several times. I don't want to shoct this deer for fear of getting into trouble with thesuthorities. I may have to shoot this nervy fellow, however, in self-defense. Can you give me some information?" Deputy Trainor will write to the State Fish and Game Commission at Trenton, for the situation is new. President Emerson Dies. Wilmington, Nov. 25. Thomas Martin Emerson, president of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Com pany, died late tonight at his home in this city, following an attack of acute indigestion yesterday while on a trip of inspection over the system with members of the board of direc tors. Mr. Emerson, attended by hi3 physician and friends reached Wil mington at an early hour this morn ing on a special train from the south and while it was announced during the day that his condition was im proved, there came a turn for the worse and he died at 11 o'clock to night. N. Glen Williams Dead. Raleigh, Nov. 26. News was re ceived here today of the death of N. Glen Williams, which occurred at eleven thirty o'clock. He had ap parently been in better health than usual for some time. He leaves a widow and several children. Changeable Climate IS A CONSTANT THREAT TO THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE. Dr. Hartman, of Columbus, Ohio, discusses an Important health topic. He says: Tes, it is the climate, not the germs, that we have to fear In this country. The germs are present, to be sure, and are of some significance in, diagnosis. Climate, a changeable climate, is the true cause of disease. The atmospheric pressure varies, the humidity of the atmosphere changes. Every day the temperature rtses and falls. All this presents to the body very great trials to adjust to. The area of high pressure forms In the northwest Moves rapidly south east subjecting millions of our population to its influence. The re sult is, thousands upon thousands of people catch cold. A small per cent of these thousands do not get well of their cold. It goes into pneumonia, or chronic catarrh, or bronchitis, or laryngitis, or pleurisy. Now, what I am getting at is this. These climatic changes are inevitable. No one can prevent them. The very best we can do is to prepare for them, defend ourselvei against them. Good health is the best preventive. The very best. Vigorous health, with excess vitality, this is Nature's own preventive and protection. We do not all have this, however. Some of us must have assistance. The assistance that I use for myself, would recommend for my friends to use, my neighbors and my country men, is Pe-ru-na. Keep Pe-ru-na in the house. If the children indicate they are catching cold, give them Pe-ru-na. If the parents, the Grandfather or grandmother, present those symptoms that arc so well known which precede a cold, a few doses of Pe-ru-na and the deed is done. Some people ere very subject to colds. Others who have weak lungs and are timid about our winter weather, take Pe-ru-na oft and on during the whole winter season. The plan is a good one. The medicine is inexpensive. It does no possible harm to the system. It keeps the appetite regular and keen. It as sists digestion an -J helps the user through the inclement weather of Winter. Ask your druggist for a Free Pe runa Lucky Day Almanac for 1914. HHrI.: Healing Oil. It relieve - JUUijjmttiroe,J, fOc, f L0O.J
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