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COMMONW ic Largest Lircuidfion OF AISiY Cc-'iilv Newspaper. The Largest Circulation OF ANY Hallfflx County Ncwipir L. MILLS filTCHIN, Editor and Propietor. Excelsior" is Our Motto. Subscription Price $ 1 .00 Per Year VOL. XXX. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 9, 1914. NUMBER 24. IF E AL l H. important to all Women Readers of This Paper Tbou'-.onds upon thousands of wo nvn have kidney or bladder trouble anJ npver suspect it. t omen's complaints often prove h nothing else out Kinney irouwe t,e result of kidney or bladder or l-idnevp are not in a healthy mi, they may cause the other to heei'me diseased. n'ifiv suffer a great deal with the back, bearing-down fee! eadache and loss of ambition irr ' t I Dr. to 1 A inc V',,v benlth makes you nervous. nb!e and may De aespnneni; it .-: ;-iiv one so. v i.undivds of women claim that Kii;nors SvvamD-Root, by re health to the kidneys, proved e juirt the remedy needed to .o;r!i. such conditions, good kidney medicine, possess val healing and curative value, should t?e a Diessmg to inousanus ui pew on, over-worked women. "'Manv sond for a sample bottle to ee what Swamp-Root, the great Kidnov, Liver and Bladder Remedy wiM do fo- them. Every reader of this paper, who has not already tried it, bv i-Ticiosing ten cents to Dr. Kil mer & Company, Binghamton, N. Y., may receive sample size bottle by pa reels post. You can purchase the regular fifty-cent and one-dollar ?izo bottles at nil drug stores. ClIAS. I. Staton Rttorriey-at-Law, Scotland Neck, N. C. Practices wherever his services are required. Dii. A. !. Morgan Physician ar.d Surgeon Scotland Neck, N. C. Olnee in the building formerly used Uy Dr. J. P. Wimberley. 0R. R. L, SAVAGE OF ROCKY MOUNT, N. C. Will bo 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. LETTER FROM CALEDONIA FARM. Captain Christian Celebrated Birthday. Death of Miss RooK. 0c . Q. F. Smith s hyskten end Surgeon Scotland Neck. N. C. ). a. L. UVERMON, DENTIST. crsg Office up stairs in White Vt? head Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 o'clock and 2 to 5 o'clock. Caledonia State Farm, March 30. C-tptain C. N. Christian, our es teemed supervisor, celebrated his fiftieth birthday last Thursday, and apparently he has many more useful milestones before him in this life. His noble, energetic wife prepared a charming birthday dinner for the occasion, and all was a lovely affair, the tables being laden with good things and elegantly adorned with flowers. Only the family and a few ntimate friends were present. There was lots of merriment during the day and it was hard to tell which enjoyed themselves most. The sweet little girls' eyes sparkled with joy on the brilliant scene, and all retired to their homes highly elated over their homes highly elat ed over the grand day just passed and added to the pages of time. It seems now that the cold and gloomy winter has gone and spring, that bright, gala season, has come again. We have had so much rough w-eather of laie that Captain Chris tian is somewhat behind on his spring plowing, but now as we are having some better weather the Captain is making things hum on the old farm. Miss Julia Rhem, the accomplish ed daughter of Captain C. J. RhernT is on an extended visit to relatives m ttiempnis, iennessee. Her many friends anxiously await her return. Mr. Joe Cook received a telephone message last Monday from his wife in Northampton county conveying the distressing intelligence of the sudden death of her sister, Miss An nie VVytch Rook. The sad news fell with crushing sadness upon the hearts of her many friends. Sunday-night Mrs. Cook was awakened by her sister complaining of a severe pain about the chest. She asked for medicine to alleviate the pain Mrs. Cook suggested calling in a doctor, to which she replied, "It's not necessary: I am dying." Miss Rook was just blossoming into lovely womanhood when the withering hand of death was laid upon her and in a few minutes her soul was ushered into the presence of her maker. We know not when death will overtake us. We flourish for a while in the spring and sum- mar of life, only to fade and wither SALUTATORY 1CAT UNIVERSITY AFFAIR. Greatly Exaggerated Reports Sent to The Dally Papers. GREETINGS: Ap this is my maiden effort in the col umns of my recently purchased paper The Commonwealth I will say that in buying this paper 1 have realized one of the fondest and oldest ambitions of mv life here amone- Several students of the University my own people and friends. Since the time when I first and aJ many young men of the town u 4. j- - 'j were before Mayor Roberson Satur bep:an to see m nrint the meanderins-s and other incidents . J , , , -r -, . , , -. uay accusea oi gamDimg. it seen s or trie peopie nere ax nome, i cnerisnea a desire oi some that one of the party let the cit ort day owning and editing my local paper. As this ambition of the wallet by unfolding all that has been realized in my purchase of The Commonwealth he knew about it to Chief of Police on Anril 1st. I am now launnhpd forth to mate a hiro-er S- F- Lon3 who immediately got and better (Vmtn on wealth out of the that for the busy and had warrants issued for no T-iii F,t cL ,yJl WW thp nrroSf of all hnmfl.. A ty cui o unci unu iiin u ui luauj jj.caj.v4. in. the gambling games The tov n some Of Which it JUSTly deserved. Although I realize authorities authorized eleven sr how futile any effort of mine would be to try to make in a rests, and prosecutions were extend fort, nis-ht out of The Commonwealth, a leader in Tar-heel ed to the Placing of eight under a journalism; I will give the most vigorous stage of my life bond of ch' tms their ap- 4- t, -i 4. 4.x, t i f m 4-u pearance at Orange Superior Court, m tr mg to shove her to the front ranks of North Caro- This created a little sensation, owing lina weeklies, aud ia trying to gain for the pioneer of the to the prominence of some of the Halifax county precs the leadership which should have young men in the gambling game been hers for twenty -five vears. The run-down condition The News and Observer's corres in whir-h tho tin.Tir ha hopn for tho lnsr, fww vAn.rn will nn Pondent sent the story to tho Sun- j. i . -i t i - . day paper, giving the names of all ana universal gooa win. "crap." Of course this caused fV r.1n w . 1 1 i f 4-V in nn - - nr1 1 l T 1 vs-rrw r- 4. A 4.11 1 j 1 T i , l inc wiumuo kjl Liuio yjayvi win uc uiiivjvvui upeu iu tile sume rernarKS 10 oe maue LO me nublic. The Commonwealth will always be jrlad to correspondent, who on Monday sent s-ive exDression to the thou fflits ol its subscribers. rv another story, more sensationally L-4. 4-u;.- . 4-u: i;4-:i and exaggerated than the first. The J . . , n . PJ, . . . 7 J correspondent must have imagined cluet mm is to use the columns of this paper in agitation that some one was going to lick him, the many needed improvements and retorms in Scotland but we understand that at no tim Neck and Halifax county. And with the co-operation of was he in daner the citizens of the town acd the eounty these ends should Indeed thl3 has been one of the be easily accomplisfied. I believe with the rich fertile coun- best' qu,ieteSu colleg .yrs evei' ' J , , , - t i 1 1 . known, less hazing, drinking and try tnat we nave ti a uacKgruuuu, uuu witii nuie ginger gambling thrown m to tne peopie wno are nere on xne grouna noor The biggest mistake was made the town of Scotland Neck should, in six or seven years, when the affair was allowed to be have a DODUlation of five thousand people. aired m the daily papers This thpn. is what we need unison in a. orfiaf mnva However, that is one mighty gocd , , . rl , i i at i i u 4.u i " way to break up some of the evil meiiL iu ynv vvlcliu. wo a um mdu wueu we doines of any college, but not best stop tor breath a lew years nence, tne feanut Mecca will for the institution wake up With her population tripled. The very fact of the gamblers be- I wish to thank my friends who have wished me well in arrefited and tried by the town ROYAL liie most celebrated of all flte feaMmg powders in tlie world eeleiirated for its great le&ieir&ti&fg strength and purity it makes your cakes, biscuit, feeaclj ete liealtM ol, it Insures yeu against alma and all forms of adulteration that go with the low priced brands. TURKS HER BACK ON' NEW COMERS. Scarcity of Houses Cause o! the Growth of Scotland Neck. Slow my new enterprise, and I hope that with their continued good will I wTill be able to show my gratitude by giving them a weekly newspaper oi wnich they will be proud. The Editor. Willie H. Allsbrook LIFE INSURANCE Representing the in-'Uance Co SCOTLAND NECK, 6-13-14 Metropolitan Life of New York N. C. Wood's Productive eed Corns. V e olTer all tKe best prize-winning and profit-making varieties: Casey's Pure-bred, Bigg's Seven-eared, Collier's Excelsior, , Boone County, Gold Standard, etc. Descriptions and information in Wood's 1914 Descriptive Catalog . y ou should surely read it before decid ing vhat to plant for best results. Wood's Ensilage Corns , are tl e largest yielding fodder varieties . in cultivation. Wood's Catalog tells all j about them, and all other ! Farm and Garden Seeds. Catalog mailed free. Write for it. THREE SOUTHERN RESERVE BANKS. Richmond. Atlanta ami Dallas Selected by Organization Committee. Wasnington, April 2. After three months of consideration of reserve authorities and suspended from col lecre by the University authorities before it got to the papers, it seems to us is suthcient proof that the town and University authorities were very active and promptly did their duties. Then for the daily pa pers to make such a sensation over something' they would have passed unnoticed had the same thing hap I pened in their home town, shows the wrong spirit to ward a great insti Walter Smith, a colored man of tution like the State University. Neal' s Station, alleged train robber, Let us hope that nothing else will IN THE POLICE COURT. Some Cases Disposed cl by Police Justice Shields. bank organization committee to-; was arraigned before Justice J. E. ever happen, oi a sensational na before the biting blasts of wintry night announced that it had divided s on Monday, of last week, to answer ture, for these papers to reap a har- T. V. WOOD O SONS, Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va. old age. But as we know that the flowers, the leaves, the birds and the sunshine will come back again, so do we have faitn in a life that is to be. We know not how it will come' or when it will meet us, but vM know there is a resurrection and notiier life somewhere beyond the mits. Sweet little Elizabeth Christian hds been very sick, but she is now out and her mu-ucal voice can be heard again. Elizabeth is the pet of all who chance to see her. Mr. R. N. Martin is in Baltimore and will make her return ahout the middle of April, R. N. M. fine above letter was intended for last week's paper but was una voidably crowded out. News From Dawsons. the continental United States into ; the double charge of larceny and of vest at the expense and sacrifice of 12 hankinsr districts, and selected 12 , receiving stolen goods. He was one of our educational institutions. - . Till 1 ijt .. J .1 rt 1 TT11 "XT cities for Federal reserve Dantcs : nouna over to tne next term or. court unapei nui iews. under the new currency law. This : and to insure his presence there then Was tne nrst decisive siep wwaiu , was pui uuuci tx uuiid ui ipxw.W. the establishment of the new sys-! This he procured and was released tern The cities and districts are: ' from custody by Sheriff House, who Di-trict No. 1, Boston Reserve came down and made the arrest. Joe Taylor, a negro boy about eighteen years oid, with a reputa tion around Neal's Station as a "bad negro, rtn amuck last Monday District No. 2, New York Capital morning while flourishing an ugly looking six-Shooter. Taylor was ar rested and brought to Scotland Neck where be was arraigned be fore Justice J. E. Shields on the charge of carrying concealed weap ons. He was found guilty and put under a bond to insure his being at For the past few weeks the office of Alexander & Smith, real estate dealers, has been flooded with calls f rom renters who would make Scot land Neck their home if they could only find places for their families to live. The conditions existing in the scarcity of homes, furnished and unfurnished, have become alarming for the last month. Family after family have tried to come here seek ing employment, only to be turned down on account of not being able to secure desirable homes. It seems that practically every house, available for rent, in Scot- lend Neck is occupied . Hundreds of spinnals in the Scotland Neck Cotton Mills remain idle every day on account of the present conditions. Complaint comes from all sides about the housing capacity of the town. The atmosphere is rife with calls for houses, citizens claim. The existing conditions are at tributed to the fact that moneyed men in of Scotland Neck refuse to invest in homes for the working man on account of the low rents paid the investor. This, however, is without foundation, as the rents could easily be adjusted in accordance with the investment. With every mail bringing in many applications for homes, Scotlaid Neck is turning her back on this probable increase in population. Postoffice Changed Hands. All Scotland Neck and the country about will be glad to learn of Mrs. Kate Dunn's entermginto her duties as postmistress of the Scotland Neck office on Tuesday, the 7th. Miss Bettie Hill, who has been postmis tress for the last eight years will be retained by Mrs. Dunn as assistant, two other clerks will also be kept who are now in the employment of tins office. Mrs. Kate Dunn, who is the widow of the late Hon. W. A. Dunn, is a woman who is held in the highest possible esteem in this community and over the state of North Carolina. Her husband was one of the leading attorneys of the state and enjoeed a practise that was hardly confined to any one section. With the receipts of the postoffice rapid y increasing each year the hfficiency of Mrs. Dunn will be greatly appreciated. bnk will have capital of $9,931,740, with 446 National banks as members. Territory includes Mew ingiana States. $20,687,616, with 47S National aud a ,iumber of State banks as members. Territory, State of New York. District No. 3, Philadelphia Cap ua! $12,993, 013, including bUU National banks and several State banks. Territory. New Jersey ana Defeware and all Pennsylvania east Halifax at the next term of court. of Western boundary ot tollowmg counties: McKean, Elk, Clearfield, Cambria and Bedford. District No. 4, Cleveland Capital $11,621,535, with 724 National and several State .banks, Territory, State of Ohio, all Pennsylvania lying He could not raise the bond and so Sheriff House took him to the coun ty jail on the evening train. Car Smashes Into Telephone Pole. lention Shriners ! Shrine Special OPERATED VIA Seaboard Air Line R'y TO ATLANTA, GEORGIA And Return Sunday, May 10 '14 Raleigh 6:07 p. m. (i Wilmington . 3:45 p. m. ( Charlotte 8:20 p. m. f'ayetteville(A&R Ry) 4:50 p. m. i' 9:10 p. m. Monroe 10:10 p.m. ti wndesboro 9:56 p. m. Wmston-Salem (W.S.S.Ry.) 5:15 p.m. Special Train All Steel Equipment fecial Train will be parked at Inmaii Park Siding on Seab oard. T he Safest, Quietest and Cleanest location in Atlanta. XT- write at once for information and fu'irnan reservations to F. A. Fe- w, Uor committee) Raleigh, N. C . JOHN T. WEST Division Passenger Agent Hobson. of Alabama, said he ex pects to make forty speeches a day by campaigning his state, in the coming senatorial fight, which was staged in that state between Hob- son and Underwood, on a motorcy- state of Ohio, all Pennsylvania lying While rounding the corner at cle. Hobbie, old boy. I had rather west 0f District No. 3, the counties Twelfth and Main streets some days take my chances against Underwood. 0f Marsholl, Ohio, Brooke, and Han- ago at a speed which would have cock in West Virginia, and all Ken- shamed Barney Oldfield, Willie tuckv east of the boundary of the Price and Alfred White, both of following counties: Boone, urant, rural Scotland Neck, were hurled Scott, Woodford, Jessamine, Gar- from the Ford roadster which Mr rard, Lincoln, Puiaski and McCreary. Price was driving into a nearby tel District No. 5, Richmond Capital ephone pole, which it seems the car $6,543,281, with 475 National banks attempted to climb while making and a number of State banks and the turn ;rust companies. Territory, Dis- While turning the corner at such trict of Columbia, Maryland, Vir- high velocity of speed the outside ginia, North Carolina, South Caro- tires of the car were torn from the lina and all of West Virginia except rims, thus causing the driver to lose mak Dawsons, N. C, April 6. Mr. L. G. Barnhill made a busintS3 trip to Halifax Monday. Messrs J. B. and Lloyd Partine went to liiiery tsaturaay. Mr. Lee Whitaker and niece, Miss Edith Harris, of Enfield, attended the marriage of their cousin Mr. Herman DeBerry to Miss Weeks Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. J. Leslie Simmons . T A T 1 Ml is visiting Mrs. J. A. tfarnmii. Mr. Dixie King, of Tillery, spent Sunday here. Mrs. Jim. Weeks, of Tarboro, spent a few days here last week visiting her sister, Mrs. W. J. Weeks. Messrs Herman DeBerry and W. j. fartme went to JMineia yaturaay on business. Mr. Henry Weeks, of Tarboro, was nere last weeK to attend tne marriage of his grand-daughter. Miss Connie Weeks to Mr, DeBerry. Mr. Hugh Pitt, of Battleboro, was among the many visitors here last week attending the DeBerry-Weeks nuptials. Misses Ruth and Minnie Parks, of Crowells, spent, a short while here Wednesday. You Have Nasal Catarrh Not Very Bad, But It Bothers You a Good Deal. Some people have nasal catarrh and know it. Not only the patient knows it, but all of his friids know it. Many people know it that are not his friends. Just those people who happen to meet him in the street car or on the public square. That sort of a nasal catarrh need not be described. Everybody knows the symptoms without their disgust ing recital. Peruna helps euch cases every day. Thousands have attested to this fact unsolicited. Peruna benefits even the worst cases of old nasal catarrh. But there are cases of nasal ca tarrh not so evident. One nostril is stopped today. The other nostril is "stopped tomorrow. Cannot breathe freely through the nostrils. Easy to sneeze. Mucus in the nose too thick. Sometimes forms brownish lumps. Catch cold easily. Never quite free of a cold. These symptoms describe a case of subacute nasal catarrh. Many people have it, and some who would not admit they have nasal ca tarrh. He knows he must blow his nose freely. He remembers that he does not breathe easily through the nose. He recalls the fact that he snores some now, whereas he did not pre viously. Subacute nasal catarrh! Or we might call it incipient nasal catarrh. Or, still better, nasal catarrh just be ginning and becoming chronic. Now i3 the time to take Peruna. A little Peruna will do wonders at this stage of the disease. Snuff a lit tle weak salt water every morning (see "Ills of Life." sent free by Pe runa Co., Columbus, Ohio), just enough to clear out the nose. Take a dose of Peruna before breakfast. Hold it in the mouth. Let it trickle down slowly and breathe the fumes of it out through the nose as you swallow it. This will stop an incipient case of nasal catarrh in a few weeks. Stop It entirely. The nose becomes clear again. The breath is sweet. The breathing free. No more snoring, or snuffling, or sniffling, or catching cold easily. All of these things are in the past. An army of men and women have been benefited by Peruna. Tou might as well become one of the benefited ones as to allow it to go on any further. i-repare to enjoy its exhila rating frosts by ingyour blood rich, ; and active to pre colds, grippe rheumatism. Good blocd prevents sickness and Scott's Emulsionvrill energize your blood and create reserve strength to endure changing seasons. Smtt'a Emulsion is not an experiment but hasserved humanity faithfully for forty years; it contains the purest cod liver oil free from alcohol or stupefying drugs. Scott's Emulsion is nature greatest blood-maker and furnishes the elements necessary for body warmth, rich blood and healths circulation. ' Shun alcoholic substitutes and demanc the genuine Scott s th ose counties in District No. 4. Baraca Class Elects Officers. all control of the roadster. For tunately both occupants of the car escaped uninjured, as the sudden turn in the road greatly decreased the unlawful speeding. At a meeting of the Baraca L-iass Patrolman Jones was on the job at of the Baptist church last Sunday once an(j made the arrest for violat morning the following officers were jnr the traffic ordinance, whereupon Oiottd fnr the ensuing term: Pres- ex-Soldier White, with the usual "I Emulsion AT ANY DRUG STORE 1.W2 uem ident, C. J. Shields; vice-president, M. W. Perry; secretary, Allison Mc Dowell; assistant secretary, C. T. Lawrence; treasurer, J. H. Apple- whitP- assistant treasurer. Claude Paramnrp: sunervisor. Jas. A. Pitt man; teacher, W. H. McDowell. should worry, remarKea that ne had the "Price with him." They were fined $10.00. Spring Laxative and Blood Cleanser. Flush out the accumulated waste and poisons of the winter months; cleans your stomach, liver and kid neys of all impurities. Take Dr. Kincr's New Life Pills; nothing bet- -rua 0i-.hfnl waiting or weiehty ter for purifying the blood. Mild, " - - : 1 f-.-, L-ures con- watcmng mexican puuuy xxxu0. stipation; makes you feel fine. Take entertaining to the waiters and no other. 25c. at your druggist. watchers. ' Bucklen's Arnica Salve for all Hurts. n7L-IZ..... IT I IH-IMllM-nHrfMIIII 111 I Oir Greetligs a mi Feliciteliois To The New Editor May his entry into the newspaper, world mean a greater COMMONWEALTH, and through a live advertising medium, a g greater town Scotland Neck. May he and the public in general always bear in mind that "We Sell the Earth and Insure Everything on It" Alexander & Smith AND INSURANCE Kaloigh, N. C.
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