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"Excelsior" Is Our Motto.
SeSscrfctea price $1.00 Per Year
VOL. XXX.
SCOTLAND NECK, II. C, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1914.
HUL1DER 15.
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'The Greatest Kidney Remedy
on Earth," Savs a Grate
ful Woman.
I want to tell you how much good
vour Swamp-Root did me. About
fvr vears ago I suffered from what
tbP doctors called fistula and for two
vars of that time I endured what
ro tongue can tell. I also had in
flammation . of the m bladder and I
rri-d doctors' medicines without re
ceiving any help. Someone told me
about Ori Kilmer's Swamp-Root.
After giving it a thorough trial, I
received relief, so kept on using it
and today I am a strong and well
woman. If I ever feel badly or out
of sorts, I take Swamp-Root and it
alwavs straightens me out. I, hon
estly" believe that this medicine
would cure all troubles you recom
mend it for and it is a pleasure for
me to send my testimony and photo
graph to you. I think Dr. Kilmer's
Swamp Root is one of the greatest
medicines on earthy
Respectfully yours,
Mrs-John Baily.
West Main St. " Portland, Ind.
Subscribed and sworn to before
me this 12th day of July, 1909.
C. A. Bennett,
Notary Public.
Letter to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Biughamton, N. Y.
Prove What Swamp Root Will Do for Ton.
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer &
Co , Binghamton, N. Y., for a sam
ple size bottle. It will convince any
one You will also receive a book
let of valuable information, telling
about the kidneys and bladder.
When writing, be sure and mention
the Scotland Neck Weekly Common
wealth. Regular fifty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
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nsurance
Fire! Life!
Accident!
Automobile!
We represent the big
gest companies in the
United States, and the
oldest in the world.
Hill & Shields.
A. B. Hill. J. E. Shields.
Scotland Neck, N- C.
o
We can't sell you ;
goods on
SUNDAY
BUT
what it takes to FEED
you during the week we
have it in abundance.
Our line of Groceries
is complete in every de
partment. ' r,
H you buy your EATS
here you are sure of get
ting the BEST. r i
Come, to us when you
are hungry except on v
Sunday.
W. B. Strickland, Jr.
Phone 88. Polite Service
Heavy, impure blood makes a
muddy, pimply complexion, head
aches, . naueea, . jndigesti6n.--V'Tbin
olood makes you weak, pale andsick
ly . For pure blood , sound digestion ,
use Burdock Blood Bitters. $1.00 at
all stores. - -;-
MR. PURRINGTON
THE DRASTIC SUNDAY LAW.
To the Editor: I am not used to
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newspaper discussions, and shall
probably not be tempted to indulge
further after this venture. But I
have thought it highly fitting" at this
juncture, as one of the commission
ers anathametized, to make, in some
sort, a reply to the scathing edito
rial of the past week. I desire to
state right here in the outset and in
all sincerity, that if you be stating j
your honest convictions, and I would !
not even hint otherwise, then I have
nothing but respect for the clear-
ness and fearless honesty with which
you have uttered them; but at the
same time I claim equal indulgence
and courtesy for the opinions I may
happen to entertain, even though
they differ materially from yours.
I grieve to say it, but not to be out
done in frankness, I am constrained
to say that in my humble estimation
the editorial argument is shallow
and flimsy and the construction of
the article loose and weak. But
then you had a poor case. Without
flattery I may say you are a young
man of considerable abilitj and
probably said all it was possible to
say for your cause.
Your first tentative , argument
shows either wilful misrepresenta
tion or egregious ignorance. You
seem to be apprehensive that some
one may "LAY down and die" in
consequence of the drastic measures
of the town board at its last session.
If you will consult the town ordi
nances you will find the sale of
DRUGS on Sunday is NOT prohibit
ed. In other words, we do not close
the drug stores, but we do prohibit
the sale of any goods or merchandise
whatsoever other than drugs. . .; So
no one is obliged to LIE down and
die for lack of physic,
Trusting that 1 have allayed ail
anxiety on this point, I proceed.
Your next point may be a veiled
threat; but believe me, my dear
young man, you have touched the
wrong note wheiryou hint at no re
election for me. Far from desiring
re-election, I shall most cheerfully
and. gladly lay down the truncheon
of power whenever the : majority of
the voters of the town desire it, pos
sibly sooner, for the staff of office is
not only entirely unremunerative
but appears to be even grossly thank
less. However, if my office were a
well paid one, I trust I would have
the courage and manhood to do my
duty as I see it, regardless of threats,
vituperation, dirty calumny and ma
licious misrepresentation. Of these
last two charges I .' do , not accuse
you; but dirt manufactured for the
occasion has been hurled at me from
the ranks of your . cohorts. How
ever, I bear no malice towards the
slingers,f or I have found such FILTH
DOES NOT DEFILE WHAT IT
DOES NOT HIT. ,
Now, in regard to .the laws of
other towns, Ican only say tnat tne
fair fame arising from civic purity
and righteous municipal government
has reached my anxious ears from
no town in our broad Common
wealth, hence I judge that none has
attained prominence in these vir
ture.. I acdnowledge ldo not know
w.eat other little towns have done in
regard to this matter. " Possibly if
there be towns that have open foun
tains on Sunday they see good inJ
such a course, I cannot. Nay, more,
if every town in the country count
enanced such proceedings, I should
not be convinced one whit the more
that it was right nor give my sup
nnrt to the measure one whit the
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sooner.
" "Ridiculous! Absurd! Uhey ARE
the words." Of course I, knew that
Scotland Neck and its vicinity was a
harti working community, earning
its bread by the sweat of 'its brow,
but I had not thought there was in
all the town and surrounding coun
try one soul whose toil was so unre
mitting as to leave no single five
minutes in the six "days of the com
mercial week in which the poor man
mitrht rense (not wrench, Mr. Edi
tor) his dusty throat. Sad! 1 Sad
They all, I believe, find it perfectly
Dossible. nevertheless, to . come to
WHENYOUMNERliP
tou. have the first symptom of a ran-tK
system, and nervous people toqclten ;ou-
silence, while, if neglected, this conditio,
often foreruns more serious trouble.
If those so aGIicted would stop, takirj
ciedicine containing alcohol or drugi
which menace the foundations "health,
an'cl just take the pure strengthenirg
tjounshuieut in Scott's Emulsion, it would
create new "blood to pulsate through the
organs, wfresh their bodies aud build up
ihs whole nervous system. It is rich,
sustaining nourishment, free irom wines',
alcohols or drgs. Shun substitute.
DEFENDS
town as often as necessrry to attend
to their business concerns during
the week. Five extra minutes and
five cents at the Cool drink fountains
would scarcely be missed and the
extra energy arising from the re
freshment might even redound to
their material profit. If there real
ly are individual too busy to spare
so much timej I say to them they are
paying too much for their whistle;
such an one is not only, burning his
candle at both ends but has actually
tossed it into the fire. , I go even
further and.say that if you can pro-
duce one such hard working individ-
ual you may retire with safety from
the newspaper business assured that
you can make your fortune by ex
hibiting him as a curiosity in a "low
browed show." Ridiculous! Ab
surd! They are INDEED tfeewords.
You next f acetously touched upon
mosquito swamp and "Lake Bacte
ria!" Some puddles of water have
Stood at times on Main staeet. We
all regret it, but the drainage seems
difficult. I feel sure the committee
whose business it was to attend to
such matters tried to remedy the
trouble There are also several
Lukes "Bacteria" (or cesspools), we
understand, situated just beyond
the corporate limits of the town.
They are exceedingly offensive and
dangerous, but they do not lie with
in the jurisdiction of. the town au
thorities. ' -
Now as to the shows we plead
guilty to the indictment. But have
you read tne law on this point? If
not I will inform you that under the
State law we cannot refuse shows
admittance, and a number of . unde
sirable shows have come. Scotland
Neck seems to have" a weakness for
shows (not the higher class shows
either, as the disgracefully small at
tendance on the Lyceum Course
abundantly testified). Again sup
pose we had had the authority to
exclude shows' have you asked your
self what " would the result wbu Id
have been? They would have pitch-
ed their tents beyond the town lira.- '
its; WOULD HAVE BEEN EX-J
EMPT FROM TOWN TAX and
WOULD HAVE CARRIED AWAY !
JUST AS MUCH MONEY with them.
Methought I heard some one say,
"Consistency what a jewel though
art." Take note, Mr. Editor, WE
did not guarantee ihe shows nor ad
vise any one to go to them. - But
just below the philippic against the
commissioners in last week's "issue I
noticed quite a glowing "ad" for
the show that has just left the town.
Does the editor occupy a very re
sponsible position, and should he not
be very circumspect how he imposes
on his subscribers by soliciting pat
ronage for ' 'low-browed' ' shows?
Just what is an editor's moral duty
when even advertising is concerned?
Have not the ideas of better class
editors and newspaper men shought
a higher level of late in . regaad to
these very things?
' Then you served the old tocsin,
'Unconstitutional"! The melliflu
ent and sonorous syllabication of the
word "unconstitutional" has been
used many a time and oit ere
this to intimidate the faint hearted
JNow 1 am not so sure that our
much belabored law is unconstitu
tional; but IF by any possible chance
it SHOULD be I have never been in
any , sense a believer in inf alibilily,
and by proving the point you will
only prove that our grand constitu
tion (I say it reverently) stands in
need of another amendment.
But having done with trivialties,
let us consider one practical, perti
nent issue: On nd higher ground
than a purely commercial basis
would it de equitable or even logical
to allow the drug stores to sell soft
drinks on Sunday and prohibit oth
ers,- when the drug stores do not
even represent a majority of the
fountains in town? If we were thus
arbitrary in our laws and failed to
see that each interest has a fair
chance before the law we would be
liable to far harsher epithets than
that of stringency. We might then
be accused of favoritism and class
legislation. Would Allsbrook &
Boyette, J. W. Allsbrook, J; W
Robertson, N. Herring, Strickland,
and others I might mention, think
we were legislating fairly? Or if
we allowed the sale of soft drinks at
ALL fountains would it not be a
logical consequence for these last
mentioned stores to bring forward
the old argument used by. the rep
resentatives of the drug stores?
The others might say, "When we
have a crowd -around drinking cool
drinks it is almost impossible not to
accommodate a man with a box of
crackers or. a pound of eheese for
his Sunday's supper.' He was so
"busy!" forsooth;; he could not lay
in his rations on Saturday. Where
would it end? - - With' practically
open groceries such as we had be
fore the passage bf this law. ...
Let us be just.v Let ; us legislate
conscientiously for the best interest
of the community;' at large. Hon
esty and righteousness are both
good, policies even good worldly
policies. -
In conclusion, if I might venture
in all kindliness and friendliness to
offer a few words of advice to you,
my young friend, I would say: It
behooves every young' man "To-al-lay
with some few drops of modesty
his skipping spirit," and also, if I
may paraphrase slightly, "to inform
his mind that he may the better
judge." Be sure you are light (but
oh! be very sure) then go ahead.
If you would be a success range
yourself on the side of purity,
Christian progress, and noble man
hood. Then you cannot be a fail
ure because f ; t
"All true noble men succeed:
For what is worthJsuccess's name
If it be not the consciousness,
The inward surety to have carried
-"-"out .-x' ?
A noble purpose to a noble end
Altho' it be the gallows or the block."
Youre respectfully, .
7 A. L. PURRINGTON.
Sunday Morning Sermons.
"Remember the Sabbath day and
keep it holy" was the -text 43unday
delivered by the 'ministers of the
three churches in Scotland Neck".
The local pulpit ? delivered strong
sermons upholding the recent rulings
made by the City Commissioners in
regard to the Sunday Blue laws
which have lately-' been rigidly en
forced. ReverendkMcFarlandof the
Baptist church, Reverend Singleton
of the Methodist, and Reverend
Blackwelder of the Episcopal church
highly endorsed the enforcement of
the stringent Sunday selling laws
which have just lately been carried
out Although the , Sunday Pulpit
was far from attacking any of the
element which was unfavorable to
the recent rulings of the City Fath-
ers, they were emphatic in their en
indorsements of the law which closed
every kind of business on Sunday
that the Church may not be robbed
of - full attendance on account of
Sunday business.
Fire Early Tuesday Morning.
Vaking up early Tuesday, morn
ing about 1 o'clock Mr. Stuart Smith
who lives in Clarksville discovered
his house to be on fire. He hardly
had time to assist Mrs. Smith and
his little daughter, Julia Boyd, out
of the house before it seemed that
there was no chance to save the
burning home. In a few minutes
the fire alarm was given and hun
dreds of citizens flocked about the
house which was already enveloped
in flames. The fire was not discov
ered early enough to save anything
in Mr. Smith's home, so the fire
fighters turned their efforts to Mr.
J. C. Hardy s house the next door
and by keeping the roof covered
with wet blankets and continuously
dashing water on the sparks that
fell upon the Hardy home the house
was saved but not until every piece
of house furniture -and everything
else in the house was carried out to
Main street.
Mr. Smith lost all of his furniture
and every thread of clothing which
his family possessed. He had insur
ance both on his house and oh his
furniture. The house which burned
was about a year old and was one of
the prettiest little cottages in town.
Its architecture resembled the Cali
fornia bungalo. . r;
Commencement Program.
The following is a partial program
of the Commencement of the Scot
land Neck Graded School.
Sunday evening 8:30 p. m. May
24th, Baccalaureate Sermon, by Rev.
M. A. Barber; Raleigh, N: C.
Monday evening, to be announced
in the next issue of the paper.
Tuesday evening, 8:30 p. m., Mu
sical Entertainment, under the di
rection of Mrs. W. . R. Bond and
Miss Nannie Shields. ; V -
.Wednesday evening, Open Air
Concert. y. - ; .. v."-; -. ' - ,
Thursday evening,'; 8:80 p. m
Class Day Exercises by the Senior
Class. . , - ' - V -
Friday evening, 8:30 p. m., Com
mencement Address, by the Hon. J.
Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State,
RaleighrN C :: r .
: The , patrons , and friends pi ;our
town are cordially invited -to attend
all of these exercises. .: A more com;
nlete proeram will be given in the
next issue of The Commonwealth.:
, C J.-EVERBTTSupt.
ERECTION OF CONFEDERATE
MONUMENT
Patriotism is love of one's country
and devotion to its welfareand in
terests. It directly involves loyalty
to a country's dead heroes as well
as faithful allegiance to her illus
trious living, for the heroic dead are
they Who wrought in the country's
uplift and the illustrious living are
they who are furthering and pro
moting its interests.
Without patriotism -and loyalty no
community is what it should be and
cannot remain long what it is, hence
the necessity for ' both. - To incul
cate patriotism into the .hearts and
lives of those around us, we must be
patriotic with that patriotism that
shows itself in outward expression.
All sermons are good and powerful,
but no sermon is quite so forceful,
mighty and' lasting in its influence
as is the sermon of a living example.
If there is a cause to defend, an in
terest to promote, a country to love,
a community to work for, we should
defend, promote and exhibit love
and zeal with deeds. Is there the
birth of a patriot to celebrate, his
deeds to commemorate, then we
should do so in beautiful and appro
priate outward expressions. Strew
flowers on his grave, hold exercises
in his honor, pause in the midst of
the continuous grind of our daily
labors to pay him loving tribute.
Vary, the regular order of school
routine. Let the children know, let
the world know that there is a pa
triot dead, and a patriotic people to
commemorate his noble deeds. A
people's patriotism will be thereby
strengthened and loyalty to a coun
try's institutions will be thereby in
tensified, and the community that
practices such' patriotism will be
lifted to . higher stage of develop
ment, for as the years come and go,
children and their children's children
will grow in patriotic love and loyal
zeal until the citizenship "which is
the .country's life -shall be more
nearly perfect.,
The foregoing leads to the subject
for whose object this article is writ
ten the erection m the town of
Scotland Neck of a monument to the
Confederate soldier and his faithful
helpmate. Are not the deeds of the
one and the unselfish; self-sacrificing
life of the other worthy of an undy
ing expression of appreciation from
the people whose lives they have en-!
riched, who live in a land they have
rebuilt? The one offered himself
freely a sacrifice to the cause he
felt was right; the other lived " her
life in unselfish love, patient endur
ance, brave hopetulness, waiting
and : watching with that suspense
that only loving hearts can kno,v,
yet working, ever, performing the
duties that came to hand, meeting
the "eternal, every day" with a
courage born only of a perfect and
beautiful character. Do -we, the
people of Scotland Neck, desire to
express in some outward form the
appreciation and love that is ours
for the rich heritage they have left
us, so that all looking may see, and
all seeing may know that heroes
have lived here, that somewhere
out yonder on the field of duty they
did their work, and sometime, with
a sweet consciousness of a life well
spent, died as they had lived, like
true men and women? Such an ex
pression would De a worthy mani
festation of our patriotism. A peo
ple that raises monuments to its
dead heroes will never be lacking in
men of heroic virtues. Afi much so
is this true when a people shows its
living heroes tangible appreciation.
If the old soldiers and their help-
mates could live always there would
be no need of monuments they
would stand ' as ; living monuments
and be to us and our children a con
tinual source of inspiration. They
cannot live always, however, and
though without monuments they
can never be iorgotten, yet we
should give visible expression,to the
love and appreciation that it is ours
for the lives they have livedrand the
deeds they have wrought . in order
that the children wno grow, up in
sight of such an expression of ap
preciation will have kindled in their
hearts a flame of righteous pride and
abiding patriotism which will never
burn out, but ever, be a light to lead
our people upward.- j j r .
Now is tile time here in our midst
is a remnant of the people whom we
would honor. What could be more
fitting than those who toiled so
faithfully together in life should be
honored together uv death? May
the time soon come when a. monu
tnent to the men and women who
lived so nobly in those . trying times
PATRIOTIC DUTY.
shaU greet the eye of every passer
by. The Daughters of the Confed
eracy have already: raised over one
hundred dollars for ,this object.
Several citizens in Scotland Neck
have expressed a willingness and a
desire to subscribe their names" for
certain amounts. It has been inti
mated that the county will give five
hundred dollars whenever the Scot-1
land Neck peoDle have raised ont '
thousand dollars. It is high time
tna: an earnest effort be made to
crystallize words into deeds, dreams s
into realities, and the plans be put j
into execution. If the people want
this monument they can have it.
The writer intends calling ori all the
citizens of Scotland Neck during' the
coming week and ascertain whether
or not they are willing to assist in
the worthy cause: Think the matter
over and let us make haste to attend
to this long neglected duty.
Ashby Dunn.
Dawsons Items.
Dawsons, May 12. Miss Anuie E
Lawrence, of Enfield, spent the week : The Democratic Judicial Conven
end with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. I tion for the third judicial DiSTRlcr,
J. D. Lawrence here. j of the State of North Carolina, is
Dr. O. F. Smith, of Scotland Neck, hereby called to meet in Weldon,
made a professional call here Sunday North Carolina, on Friday, May the
morning. , 29th; 1914, at 12 o'clock, M.. to
. Mr. add Mrs. O. P. Stalling are nominate a Solicitor for the said
spending sometime in Enfield at the district, to be voted for at the Gen
bedside of Dr. G. C. Stalling who eral ;Election in November. This
remains critically ill. j the 8th day of May, A. D. 1914.
Mr. Joe Lilley, of Spring Hill. I F. R. Harris.
and Mr. W. E. Whitmore, of Scot
land Neck, were visitors at Mr. S. A.
Partine's Sunday..
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lawrence, of
Scotland Neck, spent Sunday 'here
with relatives.
Mir, Marion Par tine attended Sun
day school at Spring Hill Sunday
afternoon. j
Mr. J. A. Barnhill, of Scotland
Neck, was here yesterday-
Mr; and Mrs. S. A. Partine cele
brated their little daughter's first
birthday Sunday by entertaining a
few friends at dinner
There will be services at Dawsons
fourth Sunday afternoon at 3 - TImT-" T- it.
t v u r d a ff t. i j For a mild, easy action of the
o clock by Rev. R. A. McFarland, ot j bowels, try Doan's Regulets, a mod
Scotland Neck. ! ern laxative. 25c at all stores.
Calces, hot biscuit, hot breads, and
other pastry, are dally necessities
In the American family. Royal bak
ing Powder will make them more
digestible, wholesome, appetizing.
Ho Alum Ho Unso Pboophcfca
We have
just installed
an
up-to-date
.sanitary
refrigerator ;
and are
now prepared
to
serve you off of ice
anything in
the grocery line .
Jere Bunch Grocery
Company
Telephone Two-Nine .
Constipation Safely
and Easily Ovcrcc-nc
N. Nm4 to Risk UleMt, OHm CtacMvw
CaloiMl ; Do Jk LWtc Tm Taku IU Firm.
You can now profit If you wish by
the experience of many people who
havef found an easy, pleasant remedy
to take the place of calomel for
constipation, sluggish liver, ete. :
uoason s juiver Tone is test to
take instead of , calomel and has
brought the brightness of health in-
to households. It has cone of
th? disagreeable and often danger
ous after-effects of calomel.
E. T. Whitehead Co.. reputable
local druggists, positively guarantee
to fund purchase price (50c.) of
Dodson's liver Tone in case you are
not entirely satisfied after using it
and as. they will recommend this
remedy as a strictly vegetable liquid,
containing nothing harmful, you run
no risks of any kind in trying it now
', Dodson's Liver Tone never leaves
bad after-effects, but works easily
and naturally, without pain or gripe
I and without interfering at all with
your regular habits, diet or occupa
tion. ,'
Democratic Judicial Convention.
Chairman of the Judicial
Executive Committee.
O. Redwell, Secretary.
Announcement.
Subject to the action Of the Dem
ocratic Primary, I hereby announce
myself as a candidate to become one
. of the Representatives from Halifax
1 county in the next session of the'
General Assembly of North Carolina;
and I respectfully solicit the support
of all good Democrats.
J. H. Darden.
' May 2nd, 1914.
When looking for the Purest
- and Best in
; .go to ;
EL W. STATON
(Next to'old 'postoffice)
tg The place where you
;will - not only find the very
best things to eat, but you are
jgiven the quickest, best and
faost satisfactory service.
j ring orqwuKzea
f One - Four-Six
when vou want vour next
order for groceries filled
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