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THE COMMONWEALTH, SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. MOTHERS DUTY! Is Your Daughter in Good Health? The responsibility for the perfect wife and mother of TOMORROW rests with the mother of TODAY. How are VOU rearing your daughter? Are you fitting her for the responsibilities that are sure to come to her? Are you endowing her with a sound body, robust health and a clear, forceful mind? Or, are you, by neglect, condemning her to a life cf suffering invalidism? Argue as you will, plead as you will, YOU CANNOT DODGE THE RESPONSI BILITY your daughter will be just what you make her. STELLA-VITA E is the happy combina tion of harmless but wonderfully effective natural remedies that give to the budding girl that assistance so necessary to pass her successfully from girlhood to womanhood. Are you availing yourself of its remarkable virtues to give your daughter the assist ance she needs so much? 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Little Walter, Mrs. Farthingale's eldest hope, was amusing himself by playing sQine vhat roughly with the tail that had be longed to the fox. "Be careful, child," said his mother, "that came from your dear grandmam ma." To which little Walter, surprised and puzzled, replied: ."Did grandma use' to have a tail then, mother?" CONDITION OF THE FARMS OFTHE STATE REPORT OF COMMISSIONER GRA HAM TO THE STATE BOARD OF . AGRICULTURE. LATE STATE CAPITOL NEWS Review of the Latest News Gathered Around the State Capitol That Will Be of Interest to Our Readers Over North Carolina. Sold upon merit Hanford's Balsam. Adv. ' x FLED FROM ENRAGED WOMAN Bear Proved More Than Match for Husband, but Ran When At tacked by Victim's Wife. A. B. McCloskey, a farmer near ftyner, was attacked by a she bear in his barnyard and so seriously wounded that it is feared he may die. The bear came into the yard in search of food. McCloskey shot at the ani mal with a small caliber target, gun and wounded it. The bear threw him to the ground and badly mangled his left arm; and leg. The animal was driven off by Mrs. McCloskey, who beat it with a club. A party of larm iers started in pursuit of the animal over the mountains later in the day. The experience of McCloskey is unique in this section of the state and caused great excitement in the vicin ity of Hayner, where the party of farm ers quickly gathered and started out In nursuit of the bear, under the lead ership of B. B. McCloskey, the Penn sylvania railroad station agent at Hyner, who is the wounded man's brother. They huntevd over the moun tains near McCloskey's home during the greater part of the day, but were unable to find any trace of the ani mal. The same bear is believed to have carried off a live calf from a neighboring farm several days ago.- Williamsport (Pa.) Dispatch to Phila delphia Record. Raleigh. The . principal feature of the open Ing session of the semi-ahnual meet of the state board of agriculture was the hearing of the report of Commis sioner of Agriculture W. A. Graham on the work of the department for the past year and progress of the state in matters agricultural. The state board will during this session review the work of the past six months, map out the work for the next six months and set aside the budget for the work of the department which will be around $125,000 for the ensuing semi-annual period. In his report Commissioner Graham called to the attention of the board with special gratification the fact that the 1913 crop yields were the largest in the history of the state, exceeding by several million dollars in value the crons of any previous year. He directed attention, too, to the fact that the tax valuation of farm lands in the state have climbed to $231,000, 000. The value of the farm products the past year including farm live stock exceeded $260,000,000. Treating the progress of the wrork of the department of agriculture, Com missioner Graham stated that every division has rendered effective ser vice. Financially the department had a- balance of $10,000 December 1 last and receipts for the six months to June 1 have been $202,218, there being June 1 a balance in the treasury of $84,125. Of the six months receipts $158,457 was for fertilizer taxes, $16, 237 for cotton seed meal tax, $13,973 for feed stamps and the remainder from less important sources. There was a recommendation by the commissioner that the soil survey and soil investigation division be made an independent division of the de partment with the head of the divi sion reporting to the commissioner of agriculture direct as do the heads of the other divisions of the department of agriculture. This work is being j done in co-operation with the United States department of agriculture and the commissioner stated that the fed- Niorth Carolina at World's Fair. The state board of agriculture, com pleted the work of the semi-animal session and adjourned, having adopt ed a budget aggregating $125,000 for the expenses of the department in its several divisions during the next six months. There is included an appro priation of $15,000 toward the repre sentation of this state in the Panama Pacific Exposition next' year, this be ing conditioned on the state commis sioner's being able to carry through the plans now being formulated to In stall an exhibit with a special building the whole representation to cost around $50,000. These plans were laid before the board by Governor Craig and J. A. Brown of Chadbourn, member of the state commission. Governor Craig went into detail as to the plans, stating that the purpose is to induce manufacturers and others business men to take part in the rep resentation through exhibits and through moving picture representa tions for advertising purposes. The railroad companies are also expected to take part and contribute consider ably in finances for the representation of the state. The legislature will be asked at its next session to make an appropriation and Governor Craig as sured the board of agriculture that the legislature would make a substantial appropriation for the purpose. STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH CAROLINA PEOPLE. Potato Crop Suffers. The exceedingly dry weather which 'the section around Warsaw has expe rienced during the last eight weeks has severely injured the truck and farm crops. The tobacco plants which were due to have been transplanted some time ago and which were water ed by artificial means are having a hard time getting started. The 'cotton, corn, oats and other farm crops are suffering intensely from the drought. The truck crops have been almost completely ruined and this is especi ally true of the Irish potato crop, which is not expected to yield more than one-fifth of the usual harvest. The loss on trie strawberry crop in the section between Goldsboro and Wilmington is expected to run up into the thousands of dollars. The South ern Express Company is operating one to three cars carrying the truck crops to the Northern markets. Eight to ten cars each day are usually moved at this season of the year. The Chinese are making use of the telephone. It must make an American telephone laugh to pass upon the Chi nese messages. Broken hearts are no longer to be dreaded. A man has learned how to patch up even the most desperately riddled heart. Statistics showing the enormous popularity of moving picture theaters in Paris seem to disprove the suppo sition that the Parisian gets all his recreation studying the works of the old masters in the Louvre. Late reports from London show that the aim of suffragettes who throw pe titions, bricks, bombs and other trifles is no better than it ever was. The chauffeur who toots his horn when there is no demand for a toot Is a nuisance, and the one who does not toot when he should is a menace. Insurance Investigation June 15. Complete Asheville-Charlotte Highway That the Asheville-Charlotte High way, a road of many scenic beauties, tvill be ready for the use of automobil- tsts within the next few weeks, was Chairman Victor S. Bryant of the assured wrhen the-- Buncombe board of special commission for the investiga- county commissioners authorized the tion of the conduct of fire insurance employment of an extra force of la companies in this state has called his borers to complete the Buncombe commission to resume sessions in Ral- county link of the highway. The ac eigh June 15 for the completion of the tion of the board followed several ad taking of evidence which was gotten dresses by local good road enthusiasts under way at the former sessions of Who urged that-this county's part of the commission here. Ex-Judge Man- the road be ready for use by the time ning of the counsel for the commis- the state convicts are :OUgh'with 3ion has in hand the marshaling of the their labors on other parts of the high- evidence for presentation. The other way. It wil cost the county between members of the commission are D. C. $8,000 and $10,000 to put an extra Barnes, H. A. Page, Elmer Long and force on the highway one of the mem A. A. F. Seawell. It is the purpose of bers of the board remarked, but the the commission to complete the tak- money will be borrowed, and the con ing of evidence now as speedily as tract for the work will be awarded ral department was thoroughly agreeable to the idea of setting this work aside as a special division as he recommended. possible. State Commissioner of Insurance James R. Young is to be in New York June 10 to attend important meet ings of committees of the National Association of State Insurance Com missioners. He will attend the con ference of the national committee and the committee on fire insurance company expenses and fire insurance rates, two of the most important com mittees of the association. immediately. Heating System in Capitol. The work of installing the new heating system jn he capitol will soon be completed. The places where the stone floor has been taken up are still open, but the pipes may be seen in these openings, and the entire sys tem will soon be complete in every re spect. Discuss Freight Rates. President Fred N. Tate and 11 oth ers of the leaders among the North Carolina Just Freight Rate Associa tion met here in response to a general call for the members of the associa tion and determined that the associa tion shall continue and set on foot plans that are expected to work out a thorough reorganization of the asso ciation and give to the business men of the state an organization that will give service in procurement of rate equities and representation m any general effort for the betterment of freight rate conditions. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. A doctor says man is like an auto mobile, and his liver is the gasoline tank. But a man can blow his own horn and that's more than an automo bile can do. They say there is more wind on Mars than on the earth. Presumably, then, there are more loafers standing on the gusty corners than right here at home. An English woman proposes that women go on a kissing strike until suffrage is granted them. This is worse than a hunger strike, and It Is much to be doubted if she can ever bring about the triumph of ab stract principle over the sweets of concrete csculation. Commas and the Law. The comma in. the British act of parliament which has caused a dispute between Monmouthshire miners and their employers recalls the fact that such marks of punctuation were in troduced into law only half a century ago. Down to 1850 all acts of parlia ment consisted, in theory at all events, of one sentence. s In that year a spe cial statute was passed to allow the text of legislative enactment to be punctuated and pointed by full-stops, etc. They are so easily interpolated and altered that lawyers know their danger and avoid them in legal documents. Reasonable A Mail it! n m ! ardes ; JtL ' ijf F3 i OFFICER CARROLL CURED OF BAD CASE OF ECZEMA A Dark Mystery. "Excuse me, Miss Oldgirl, but have you dyed your hair black?" "Sir, that is not a fair question." , Several New State Charters. ' The McCrary Furniture Company, Lexington, capital $10,000 authorized, and $3,000 subscribed by R. O. Kirk- man, J. H. Leonard and others for general furitnure business. The Valle Crucis & Blowing Rock Turnpike Co., Valle Crucis, Watauga county, capital $3,000 authorized, and $500 subscribed for the building and maintaining a turnpike from Valle Crucis to the point of intersection with the Yonah Loose turnpike, giving a Yi i frTn Tt- & v frnm VqIId Pninia ir TJ 1 ng Rock. The incorporators include E. I. Lawrence and others. The West End Realty Company. )Henderson, capital $10,000 authorized land $3,000 subscribed by R. C. Gary Vnd others. The Swisher Manufacturing Com- Goldsboro, capital $12,000 authorized land $6,000 subscribed by J. T. Swisher find others. The Dixie Realty Company, Wel ion, capital $25,000 authorized and 4,000 subscribed. The only time a Democrat wants protection is when he comes home soused and finds the light of his life waiting up for him. Camp of Instruction Is Changed. Adjutant-General Laurence W. Young recently received a telegram from the commanding general of the Eastern department stating that the joint camps of instruction at Augusta, Ga., will not be held as was announc ed earlier in the week. The plans of the war department have been chang ed, and the joint camps of instruction will be held in North and South Caro lina, Georgia and Florida, the foui states comprising the ninth division, Regular army troops will be sent to each of the camps. The joint camp for North Carolina will be held at Camp Glenn at Morehead City, begin ning in July. All of the troops in the state will be sent there for a pe- graduate occinx uuiuyaiirea ClaSS OI lO'JO comprising the divisions that will be there at various times. The change with reference to the joint maneuver camps will necessitate a change in the dates for the camps of the other regiments as heretofore An automobile in which five men were riding was struck by a passenger train at a railway crossing and P. M Hunt, a well-known citizen of Greens boro, was instantly killed. The auto mobile stuck in a cinder pile on the track and Hunt, who was sitting be tweent two companions was unable to jump. The others escaped unhurt. Because their baby was not award ed first prize at the "better babies contest" of the recent Western North Carolina Fair when the child is said to have made a better score than the baby to whom the principal award went, Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Ingle receiv ed judgment in the sum of $50, the amount of the prize. Augustus L. Quickel of Lincolnton, soon to become clerk of the house ju diciary committee is a University He was a member of the After graduating Mr. He writes from Baltimore as follows: "I am a police officer and had long suffered from a bad case of Eczema of the hands and had to wear glove all the time. "I was under treatment by eminent physicians for a long time without success. Last summer Hancock's Sul phur Compound and Ointment were recommended to me and my hands im proved on the first application. After week's trial I went to the Johns Hopkins Hospital to have my hands treated with X-rays. Under their ad vice, I continued to use . your Sulphur Compound and Ointment for 6 or 8 weeks, and at the end of that time my hands were cured. I cannot recom mend your preparations too highly." . (Signed) John T. Carroll. Haricock's Sulphur Compound and Ointment are sold by all dealers. Han cock Liquid Sulphur Co., Baltimore, Md. Adv. Quickel went to Lincolnton to practice law. By hard work and close appli cation to his tasks he has won signal success. A trestle on the C. & N. W Railroad was discovered to be on fire recently A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift, of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature. -Addison. Ready-Cooked from Your Grocer. For North Carolina Postoffices. Washington. The sundry civic bill reported to the house from the appro- Jpriations committee carries the fol lowing North Carolina items: For postoffice rental, Charlotte, $6,000; for continuing public building, Gastonia, $5,000; for completing building, Green ville, $9,000; at Hendersonville, $29, 000; Hickory, $10,000; Monroe, $5, 000; for continuing Rocky Mount, $27,-000. announced, but the dates will be given by a Miss Hass, an aged Jady, who as soon as possible. lives about a quarter of a mile from The second Regiment, Trops A and the railroad just before a train was B of the cavalry, Field Hospital No. 1 due- she ran to ner home and got a and Ambulance Company No. 1 will re& cloth and stopped the engine just probably attend the camp at some before it reached the burning tresetle, Post Toasties come from the ovens to your table in tightly sealed pack ages ready to eat when opened with cream, good milk or fruits. Every crisp flake of this attractive food represents the best part of choice white Indian corn Perfectly cooked, delicately flavoured and toasted to an appetizing golden "brown." Post Toasties are made for your pleasure and nourish ment. Sold by Grocers Dr. R. H. Lewis Resigns. Dr. R. H. Lewis delivered to Gov. Craig his resignation as secretary of the board of trustees of the University of North Carolina, this being because of his physical inability to longer serve or to attend the approaching important annual meeting at the Uni versity this week. In commenting on the resignation of Dr. Lewis, Gov. Craig made this statement: (fTl IT. ' , . me umversuy nas never had. a more loyal or more useful friend than Dr. Lewis. Postpone Seaboard Air Line Case A postponement to the July term has been ordered in Wrake Superior Court in the noted case of State vs time during the summer. Board Elects Oil inspectors. The board of agriculture elected oil inspectors for the ensuing year as follows: Marvin M. Jones. Belhaven: saving the train from destruction. Robert L. Smallwood, the New York architect, wrho was awarded the contract to draw up the plans for the palatial home to be erected three miles out of Newbern by Dr. Earl S Sloan, the millionaire liniment manu facturer, is now engaged in working Jacob lnompson, Pittsboro; J. H Watson, Graham; C. J. Taylor, Lau- on these and will have them ready rel bpnngs; C. S. Corpenmg, Horse at. an earlv date. Shoe. Cattle Tick Eradication in Lenoir. Probably 275 farms in Lenoir coun ty are quarantined by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the National De partment of Agriculture, under the plan of eradicating the cattle tick, ac cording . to Doctor Foos, who is in charge of the work in several states. Dr. Foos, who was at Kinston recent ly, stated that the quarantine will be lifted late in the fall, when Lenoir county farmers will be free to ship cattle to any part of the country. J. E. Gennings, an agent of the bureau will remain there indefinitely. H. A. Haynes Will be Brought Back. A requisition on the governor of Il linois was issued by Governor Craig Seaboard Air Line in which the rail- for H- A- Hayes former superintend road company is under indictment for'ent of the Methodist Children's Home refusing to submit for the inspection by any citizen the books of the agent here showing the receipts and con signees for intoxicating liquors, the railroad company contending that the interstate commerce act prevents the company from submitting books for Inspection except as to specific ship ments ana then only to officers Origin of the Word News. The principal of the Hawthorne grammar school of Oak Park, 111., a wealthy suburb of Chicago, gave an exposition of how the word "news" was originated that Is a new one to the editor. He stood before his pupils, and, pointing In each directions, said: "The word news is made up of the Initials of the four points of the com pass and was so made because news comes from the N-orth, the E-ast, the W-est and the S-outh." It Is character istic of newspapers that while the of the Western Carolina Conference at Winston-Salem, he being wanted there for the embezzlement of $1,687 from that institution in 1912 while su perintendent. Hayes was arrested in Chicago a few days ago and Officer J. A. Thomas of Winston-Salem is to make the trip to the Windy City for the fugitive. news of the day's happenings comes from all points of the compass, so the advertising columns of newspapers tell the business news of the day as it happens in all directions from the centering point of public information. A person who reads the "news" falls to get all the news unless he also reads the advertisements. Knowledge and Age. At twenty we know, at thirty we think we know, and at forty we give it up. John Aiken, son of J. H. Aiken, was severely cut by a negro named Loy Reinhardt at Hickory. Both were working in Southworth's shoe store and no one else was present at the time of the cutting. The lack of rain in Forsyth county has now. reached an acute stage, with serious possibilities. While scattered showers in neighboring sections have helped some ,not a drop has fallen in this county in many weeks and vege tation is nearly ruined. The strawberry crop was a total failure and tobacco culture is far behind seasonable sched ule. Eighth district Democrats in con vention at Salisbury re-nominated Congressman R. L. Doughton by ac clamation. An offer of Isaac Edward Emerson of Baltimore to give $25,000 to the University of North Carolina was ac cepted. After being in session four days and taking 471 ballots the Tenth Dis tnct Democratic Congressional Con vention at Waynesville adjourned adopting a resolution providing for a district-wide primary August 15, to choose a Demorcratic nominee for Congress from this district. Governor Locke Craig has appointed Judge J. D. Murphy as North Caro lina's representative on the commis sion looking to the adoption of uni form workmen's compensation legis lation, Judge Murphy receiving notice of his appointment. Walter D. LaRoque, Democrat, as sumed charge of tha postoffice depart ment's business at Kinston a3 the president's choice to succeed J. F. Parrott, Republican, as postamster. Mr. LaRokue is a young business man and a former mayor of Kinston. His education was without opposition iiere.- Known of Old. "Ambassador Thomas Nelson Page, iike most married novelists, treats married life in his books from the in side, is it were," a Washington woman said on her return from Rome. "At a tea Mr. and Mrs. Page had a ludicrous argument over something or other, and when their misunderstand ing was satisfactorily cleared up Mr. Page laughed and said: " 'This seems like a chapter that has slipped out of a novel, doesn't it?' " Tt seems,' Mrs. Page retorted, 'more like a chapter that will slip into one. CHII.T.S AND FEVER AND AGUE Are I'roniDtlv Cured by Elixir Babek. I recommend 'Elixir HabeKTto all sufferers of Malaria and Chills. Have suffered for several years, have tried evervthins. but tailed, until I came across vour wonderful medicine. Can truly say it has cured me." George In- scoe. Comtany Ci. 4th tsatallion. Elixir Babek 50 cents, all druersrists or by Parcels Post prepaid from Kloczew- ski & Co., Washington, 1J. C. ' Ancient Calf. Awkward mistakes occur sometimes through falling into certain manner isms of expression. A parson had a habit of frequently saying "for years and years and years," in the course of a sermon. He was preaching on the Prodigal Son, and spqke of him sitting down in that far-off land think ing of the home that he had not seen "for years and years and years." This was all right, but presently he spoke of the welcome to his old home. and of the calf which his father had kept in anticipation of that happy day. "Yes," said he, dropping into his fa vorite cadence for the winding up of a sentence: "Yes, the calf which he had kept for years and years and years!' Then somebody laughed! RUB-NIY-TISM Will cure your Rheumatism and all kinds of aches and pains Neuralgia, Cramps, Colic, Sprains, Bruises, Cuts, Old Sores, Burns, etc. Antiseptio Anodyne. Price 25c. A.dv. Quiet Desired. Wifie Do you love me still, dear? Hubby When I'm trying to read the paper I do. Boston Transcript. Cures Ivy Poisoning. For ivy poisoning apply Hanford's Balsam. It is antiseptic and may be used to kill the poison. Prompt relief should follow the first application. Adv. Accounting for It. "Snifkins has a screw loose." "Maybe that is why he is always trying to make himself tight." Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills are sold with and without soluble sugar coating. They regulate the bowels, invigorate the liver and purify the blood. Adv. A woman is a bundle of nerves un til the string breaks. EVERY OETAI attended to by experienced men. When you need our services sim ply telephone we attend to eve rything else. You can leave it all to us with the greatest confi dence. Ask any friends whom we have assisted on this sad occa sion, they are our best reference. Everything of the Best at Reasonable Prices Telephone Number Twenty-Three Burroughs -Pittman-Wheeler Co. Everybody's Store Scotland Neck, N. C. The Metz Roadster J Price Complete $475 F. O. B. Factory IThe METZ is a thoroughly practical car, and is capa ble of more real service at a minimum cost than any low priced car on the market, and it will compare favorably with many of the higher priced cars. In plain language it is "as tough as a Iighiwood knot." If you are interested in a light weight, thor oughly reliable roadster, let us demonstrate the METZ, and we are sure you will be more than pleased with it. Maxwell Toirtag Car $750 to $950 IThe MAXWELL Touring Car is designed forrea! service as well as pleasure. Every piece used in its construc tion passes the most rigid inpection by the most experienced experts. The equipment of the Maxwell is complete and con tains all the most highly approved appliances for comfort, safe ty and services. There is no car on the market today of the same class that the Maxwell will not meet in competition. The Maxwell Touring Car is an economical car, as it will travel more miles with the same amount of gasoline, or the same miles with less gasoline. It is absolutely safe, being easily controlled under all circumstances. A demonstration of the high qualities of the Maxwell can be had at any time by simply the asking. Telegraph, telephone, write or come to see us, and we will be glad to give any information you desire regarding either the Metz or Maxwell cars, and demonstrate either to your satisfaction. An investment in either of these automobiles a good one, and we can prove it. S. B. Kitchin, Jr. Selling Agent Scotland Neck, N. C.
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