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SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1914.
NUMBER 29.
MOM WE
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For The Legislature.
To the Democratic Voters of Hal
ifax County: I hereby announce
myself as a candidate for the Legis
lature from this county subject to
the Democratic primary, which
meets on the sixth day of August,
1914. Thanking you for your past
support and hoping my past service
will merit your support in the com
ing primary, I am
W. P. White.
For State Senator.
I hereby announce myself a can
didate for the State Senate for Hali
fax County, subject to the action of
the Democratic primaries. I will
fully appreciate the support accord
ed me by my friends.
N. L. Stedman
For The Legislature.
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the House of Representa
tives from the county of Halifax,
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic primaries t(T be held on the
6th day of August. The support of
the Democracy of Halifax county
will be greatly appreciated by me.
W. L. Long.
For Connty Sheriff.
To the Democratic Voters of Hal
fax County: Pursuant to the re
quest of my friends, I hereby an
nounce that I will be a candidate for
the office of Sheriff of Halifax coun
ty to fill the next term of office, sub
ject to the action of the Democratic
primary. I have hitherto served the
people of Halifax county as Sheriff,
for which honor I am profoundly
grateful, and when acting as their
public servant I ever sought to do
equal justice to her citizens, and if
my friends will elect to honor me by
re-election, 1 pledge it my unfalter
ing purpose to discharge the duties
of that high office for the common
weal of the people.
J. R. Patterson.
For County Sheriff. :
I hereby announce that I shall be
a candidate for the office of Sheriff
of Halifax county, subject to the
decision of the Democratic primary
to be held on the 6th day of August
next. If nominated ami elected I
promise to perform thedutifS ni; ; he
office to the best of my ability.
Thanking you for the past, courtes'es
shown me and assuring you of my
appreciation of-th. .:uppv.vi given
me this time, I will endeavor to
again discharge the duties of this
office to the best interests of the
county. J. A. House.
For County Treasurer
To the voters of Halifax Countv:
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for the ofRce of County Treas
urer, subject to the Democratic
primary, which meets on August 6,
1914. Thanking you for your past
loyal support. I hope my service
heretofore will meet with your ap
proval and merit your continued
support. Yours very truly,
J. E. Bowers.
SCOTLAND NECK TO
HAVE PEANUT FACTORY
Edwards & Company, M. Hoffman
& Brother, R. C. Josey & Company,
Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Com
pany and N. B. Josey have organ
ized and been incorporated as the
American Spanish Peanut Company.
Mr. N. B. Josey, the promoter of
this organization, stated that such a
company has been in contemplation
for some time during the last six
months, and that it had reached the
point where the demand for a pea
nut cleaner could not be ignored on
sound business reasons.
The style of this corporation is
The American Spanish Peanut Com
pany, and a four story brick build
ing situated between the electric
light plant and the Scotland Neck
Guany Company, just east of the A.
C. L. passenger station, is now under
construction. The contractor is
Mr. Burwell Riddick, of Suffolk,
Va., and the contract calls for the
completion of the building by No
vember 1st.
By the establishment of such a
factory here the middle man in the
peanut market will be eliminated;
the cleaner will shell the peanuts
and sell them direct West and North.
This will enable the growers to get
a better price for their products by
selling them direct to a home com
pany The agitation of this project has
been rife for some time among the
mercantile firms of Scotland Neck
on account of the fact that with the
operation of such a big plant the
pay-roll would be large and the
merchants benefitted thereby in
directly. The employees of the peanut plant
will consist mostly of women, very
few men employees being used in
shelling peanuts.
Dees Advertising Pay?
Entering the Battle of Life.
The other day- a local merchant
elevated his chin, squared his shoul
ders, assumed a belligerant attitude
and defiantly told us that "adver
tising doesn't pay
He is still
a minute:
A London baronet who manufac-1'j
alive,
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uui let ub tuiiBiuei
For Superior Court Clerk.
I hereby announce that I shall be
a candidate for the office of Clerk of
the Superior Court of Halifax coun
ty, subject to the decision of the
Democratic primary to be held on
the 6th day of August next. If
nominated and elected I promise to
perform the duties of the office to
the best of my ability, and with
courtesy and fairness to all who
have dealings with the office, as 1
have tried to do in the past. I fully
realize my obligation to the people
of my county for their support in
the past, and will fully appreciate
whatever support given me in the
coming primary.
Sterling M. Gary.
For Register of Deeds.
To the Voters of Halifax County:
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for re election to the office of
Register of Deeds, subject to the
Democratic primary to be held on
August 6, 1914, and if elected I
pledge to the people of the county
the same promptness and courtesy
extended to one and all. Thanking
the people of the county for the
past support given me, 1 am
J. Hunter Nornan.
For Good Huads Commissioner
I hereby announce myself a candi
date for member of the Good Roads
Commission of Halifax county sub
ject to the'action of the Democratic
primary to be held on August 6th.
Yours very truly
A. B. Sciili cuter.
For Clerk Superior Court
To the Democratic voters of Hali
fax county: A great many of my
friends throughout the county hav-
n er expressed the desire that I be
come a candidate for the nomina
tion for Clerk Superior Court at the
Democratic primary to be held on
Aug. 6, 1914, I hereby declare my
self a candidate for that position
subject to the action of said pri
marv. The nrimarv was called
sooner than was anticipated there
fore it will be impossible for me to
see every voter in the county per
sonally between now and Aug. 0, so
I take this method of informing
you of my candidacy. I belong to
no faction or combination, and it
nominated and elected, will try to
perform the duties of the office to
the satisfaction of the whole people.
I am appreciative for the considera
tion shown me by the people of Hal
ifax county in the past and will
thank them for their support in the
-'"iTrinr W T p.tpmcmt
turesv pills has sold a part of his real
estate for the tidy sum of $30,000,
000. He made it out of the profits
of his business, and he built that
business up by advertising, often
spending as high as half a million
dollars a year in printer's ink.
John Wanamaker, the best known
and most successful merchant in
this country, made his millions by
advertising, and said so.
The great department stores of
the country are kept alive by adver
tising, and are coining money by
more advertising.
You never hear of a large mer
cantile house in this country that
dors not advertise, and advertise
heavily.
If a politician wants to make him
relf known to the dear people he
uses the most effective means news
paper publicity. That is advertising.
If a new son arrives at your house
you are keen to nave it put in tne
paper," where your friends will see
it, thereby advertising the fact that
you are walking on eggs
If the editor called you a thief in
a two line item and stuck it away in
the most obscure corner of the pa
per, would you pass it by in the be
lief that it "would never be no
ticed?" Never! You would consider your
self defamed before the entire com
munity, and would paw up the earth
in vnnr hello win ers. You would be
only too quick to concede that every
line in the paper is read.
Yes, advertising certainly pays.
There is no ad so small, or insig
nificant, but some one is waiting
for it.
There are plenty of people who
want what you have to sell, but they
are weary of looking through a hay
stnfk- for a needle. Thev prefer to
find it in ati advertisement.
And they will look in the loca
paper for the ad.
They will find someone's but wil
it be yours?
June has given us a wealth of
commencement exercises. Hundreds
of boys and girls have left the school
room to enter the battle of lite.
What will they do? What will their
future be? How will this serious
battle be fought?
These are questions that parents
ask themselves with some trepida
tion. But it is not only the parents of
the children who worry. The teach
er who watched the mental develop
ment of the child feels a deep inter
est. In a measure this same teacher
feels the great responsibility which
the school room imposes upon these
faithful servants of the people who
prepare children for the battle of
life.
When the day of graduation ar
rives these custodians of the young
naturally feel their responsibility.
Have they done all that could be
done to fit their charges for the com
bat with the world? Have they not
left undone something that might
have been done to make the victory
more certain?
This is a natural anxiety. All who
are involved in the education of chil
dren feel a personal responsibility.
But it is the boys who command
the most attention. They are
through with the class room. Their
halcyon days are over. The delights
of youth can come no more. They
have finished their studies and are
now ready to look out for them
selves. They have a serious period
of existence to face. They must
pave the way for future homes.
They expect, and naturally so, to be
come masters of their own homes
some time in the years to come.
Some boys will depend upon their
parents to furnish the means and
map the way of the future. Others
are less fortunate and will have to
go out into the world unsupported
ana ngnt tor tnemseives, ana it is
these boys who, nine cases out of
ten, will win the sweeping victory in
later life.
They will find it frequently dis
couragmg and sometimes unjust,
mis struggle wun nie. it takes a
Hot of perseverance, tenacity and
; hard work to make it go.
Of course all will aim hisrh. Each
expected to do his share in the
MOTION PICTURES OF
THE STATE'S FARM
Motion pictures of the State Farm
in Halifax county, the films showing
the thousands of acres of growing
crops, the 300 convicts at work, the
thousands of pigeons, hundreds of
turkeys and hogs, the numerous cat
tle and mules, is the proiect H. B.
Varner, of Lexington, chairman of
the board of directors of the State's
prison. Mr. Varner plans to have
these pictures at no cost to the State
and to have them exhibited through
out the country to show what North
Carolina land is doing. The chair
man estimated that the value of the
7,200 acres of the farm is worth at
least $75 an acre, but Colonel J. P.
Kerr made it $100. This would
place the value of the whole farm
at $720,000.
The farm this year has 1,500 acres
in peanuts, 1.000 acres in cotton, 1,-
500 acres in corn, several hundred
acres in soja beans, several hundred
acres each in alfalfa, clover and
other cover crops. The crops are in
fine condition, Chairman Varner
said, and he grew enthusiastic as he
told of standing on a dyke and scan
ning miles and miles of growing
corn over head high, cotton as fine
as ever grown, and peanuts that
promise to make a big profit. Then
he could see deer, thousands of
pigeons, hundreds of turkeys, hun
dreds of hogs, turkeys and cows
and he conceived the idea of putting
them into motion picture. Raleigh
Daily Times.
A Panama Monte Carlo.
work of the world. The great bur
den of this work is being done by the
ordinary man. Not all can be bril-
iant. The graduate is not expected
to go out with a lighted lantern, as
did Diogenes, looking for an honest
man, but he is expected to clearly
demonstrate that there is an honest
man under his own hat. By hard
work each will find his place in the
world, and he should make this a
firm and certain place. Memphis
Commercial-Appeal.
HOW T
3 d
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of
after -any sickness purely a matter
nourishment, whether the attack was
an ordinary cold or severe illness; the
weakened forces cannot n-pu's disease
germs, and this is why a relapse is so
often fatal or why chronic weakness often
follows sickness.
Restoring strength to millions of people
for forty years has proven the real need
for taking- Scott's Emulsion after any
sickness; nothing equals it nothing
compares with it. Its pure, medicinal
nourishment, free from alcohol or opiates
promptly creates rich blood, strengthens
$10 and a Woman
A concern which boasts an Eng
lish earl as chairman of its execu
tive board, has sent out an alluring
prospectus of a gambling palace to
be erected in Panama. It is declar
ed that the little republic has given
assurance of absolute non-interfer
ence for a period of 25 years. The
establishment is to be more magnifi
cent than that of Monaco, and will
pay larger dividends to its stock
holders.
-i-h it
ranama is to oe Doomed as a win
ter resort. But even if no one comes
to Panama to sojourn all passengers
on boats using the canal will have 24
hours at their disposal, and most of
this time they will, it is predicted,
spend at the casino. The prospectus
may or may not be , dealing in facts
It is to be hoped that it is merely
the ruddy dream of a zealous pro
moter.
It would be altogether disagreea
ble for the United States to have to
endure this disreputable adjunct to
to its great work. But if the sov
ereign republic of Panama decides
to grant the concession, it is diffi
cult to see how the United States is
going to prevent it. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Give a woman a ten dollar bill,
and what is the first thing she will
do with it?
Will it be a "bee line" for the
store?
Not much!
Will it go down into the feminine
"bank?
Possibly for temporary security.
But that ten spot will afford her
more ecstatic pleasure than a man
could draw out of a hundred or a
clay pipe.
inrst she will hunt up the last is
sue of the local paper and see what
it has to offer in the way of bar
gains anything, just so it is a bar
gain.
These will be corefully and pains
takingly checked off with a two inch
stub ot a pencil, me number or ar
ticles she will squeeze out of that
t?n spot is amazing, wnere a man
would spend .it all in one throw, a
woman will have a list a foot long
But woe unto the merchant whose
advertisement is not in the paper
when she goes out to part with that
ten. He is a back number.
For she will have every article
catalogued before she ever extracts
the long green from her "'bank
She will know right where to go
with each purchase; just how much
she wants, and what she is willing
to pay. i
has probably consumed six
in compiling the list, has
another half dozen in the
and will go home with six
months of pleasure tucked away un
d ir her arm or reposing in the back
end of the buggy.
But then that is her way, because
she is a woman.
And women are women, and be
cause they are women they are en
titled to the best of all things in life.
Reckless Automobile Speeding
A'few owners of automobiles are
i - i . . i .
learning tnat it does not pay to go
flying over the roads at a break
neck speed. Men who used to speed
up lively now go along at a decent
gait. The more speed the more
power; the more power combined
with speed plays smash with the life
of a machine, leaving out the dab
ger. ine cmer expense in a ma
chine is in keeping it up. Repairs
come high.but if all will come down
to a moderate speed money will be
saved and the life of a machine wi
be prolonged. A man who persists
in driving fast would not think o:
pushing a fine horse or any other
kind at the same speed. He takes
care of his horse; he should take
of his automobile. Greensboro
Record.
Those Happy Roosevelt Days.
More than 2,000,menmarch to
city hall at Detroit f and.;demand
work. January 28, 1908.
Chicago Federation of Labor esti
mates the total number of unem
ployed men in Chicago at 100,000
and issues a warning to all crafts
men to keep away from the city.
ebruary 11, 1908.
New York city government urged
by Central Federation Labor Union
to let subway contracts to furnish
work for 500,000 unemployed men.
March 15, 1908.
One hundred thousand men march
hrough the streets of New York
singing the Marsellaise; speakers
preach revolution and demand work;
bomb thrown at police by anar
chists. March 23, 1908.
More than 200 Bulgarians petition
vernorsof Colorado for employ
ment or for aid to return to Bul
garia. March 20, 1908.
One thousand foreigners march
toward Philadelphia City Hall, de
manding work; a riot; three police
men shot; 14 marchers arrested;
hundreds beaten by mounted police
ebruary 20, 1008.
Labor Unions report 50,000 idle
men in the Kensington (Pa.) district.
February 10, 1908.
Unemployed in San Frrncisco form
league and demand the issue of
$23,000,000 in bonds to aid unem
ployedMarch 23, 1908.
One thousand Hungarians march
through the rain to receive a loaf of
bread each at Toledo. March 23,
1908.
At Camden, N. J., a riot follows
application of 1,500 men for 300 jobs
advertised by the Joseph Campbell
Company. August 10, 1908.
Loan of $9,000,000 to provide funds.
or public work asked by city of
Philadelphia for unemployed; Ital
ians attacked by other nationalities.
March 15, 1908.
Yes; those were happy Roosevelt
days! Have you forgotten them?
The foregoing news itemsjgive only
faint impression of the breadth
and the depth of the depression -of
the business and the industries of
the country during the last Roose
velt year. Johnstown Democrat.
W. II. WHITE'S ADDRESS
SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Before one hundred and fifty
voters Saturday afternoon in the
Palace Theatre, Mr. W. H. White of
Scotland Neck, in a strong and an
eloquent appeal to the suffrage as
sembled, plead with those present
to throw off the yoke of bossism in
Halifax county and change the per
sonnel of the present office holders.
For if the political complexion of
this county continues under the iron
rule of Dr. Green it will 'resemble
autocracy at Washington where one
man alone directs the destinies of a
nation and corrects its mi-takes."
thundered the candidate for the
county treasureship.
Mr. White laid his candidacy be
fore his attentive audience, declar
ing that the only possible solution
of a means to break up this lone
tenure of office bylhe present in
cumbents was to organize a political
phalanx stronger than the "Old
Ring." On this point he dwelt at
length declaring that it was "the
system" and not the men that he
was trying to beat; personally Dr.
Green is a fine man," continued Mr.
White, "but I don't like his system
of politics."
At the end of his speech he was
given rounds and rounds of vocifer
ations by his ardent supporters.
Board of Education
Halifax Items, R. F. D. 2.
The County Board of Education
was in session at Mali tax on last
Monday, the following members
being present; Dr. J. A. Collins,
chairman, W. R. Neville, W. T.
Whitehead, Dr. S. Harrison, County
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion.
Dr. Harrison stated that the
f inancesj of the county for school
purposes were in better shape than
they have beed before. He attrib
uted thig:ta thc income from the
dog tax and the increase in money
from other sources.
The Board made an apportion
ment of $1.25 per capita of school
population, and td each oi the grad
ed schools of the county $500(out of
the building fund.
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Halifax, R. F. D. 2. July 20. The
crops in this section are looKing
well corsidering the wet weather
we've had since the middle of June.
Messrs. D. M. Campbell, G. A.
Hux and Ernest Branch, of Halifax,
motored out to Mr. J. W. Hamill's
Sunday morning.
Prof. F. C. Nye, of Winterville.
N. C, has been visiting at the homes
of Mrs. M. Dickens and Mrs. J. B.
Dickens recently.
The people of Ebenezer church
were glad to have Prof. F. C. Nye
make a Sunday school talk for them
Sunday afternoon.
How Pleasant!
But did you know, dear reader.
that State and county politics is one
of the easiest subjects "we editors"
have to write on? A word thrown
in here and there about the ricrhls
of the people and the tricks of the
politicians and rings, and we sit
back and read the production with a
glow of pride and satisfaction at the
patriotism and fearlessness which
are conveyed therein. Fayetteville
Observer.
Libby's
High Grade
Goods!
A complete line'of these
well -known goods now
in stock, consisting of
Pickles, Soups, Catsups,
and all the various ar
ticles. When you buy LIB
BY'S you get the. gen
uine. RING ON NUMBER
One - Four-Six
when you want your next
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E. W. STAT0N
(Next to'old postoffice)
Inspired Famous Hymn.
"Jesus, Lover of My Soul," Is
hymn around which many tradition
and Bacred associations cling. Th
story connected with its origin may
be legendary, but it is no less beauti
ful. Its author, Charles Wesley, wal
Bitting at hia desk by an open "win
dow when a bird pursued by a hawk'
flew In. The bird was saved, fur th
hawk feared to follow it. The lnci.
dent Inspired Wesley to write hifl
pamous linea.
These Modern Wonders.
Her soldier son in the Phillippines
had sent a cablegram and Mrs. Blun-
derleigh's voice rang with pride
when speaking of it to her impress
ed neighbors, relates The Chicago
News.
"Yes, they be wonderful things,
the telegraphs," said she. "Just
fancy, it's come from the Phillip-
pines all the thousands of miles."
"And so quick, too." put in her
best friend.
"Quick ain't the word for it," put
in Mrs. Blunderleigh. "Why, when
I got it the gum on the envelope
wasn't dry."
Household
Necessities
She
hours
killed
stores,
Call For Primary Election
Thursday, Aug. 6th was the day
fixed by the County Democratic Ex
ecutive Committee at a meeting held
at Halifax, for the nomination of
legislative, county and township
officers.
The polls will be open at the vot
ing precincts of each township from
7 a. m. to 6 p. m. and no longer.
All Democrats who in good faith
intend to bide the result of the pri
mary are invited to participate in
the same and express their individ
ual preference for the different po
sitions to be named.
I. E. Green, Ch'm'n.
N. Fitzpatrick, Sec'ty.
Weldon, N. C, July 14, 1914.
In the eyes of the Republican calamity-howler
the worst of all calam
ities is the fact that there is no sur
stantial basis for calamity-howling.
p'' i
Deserved It
Able Seaman Murphy of H. M. S
Somespeed wa? tl e inventor of the
most ingenious excuses in order to
obtain "leave".
What on earth do you require
leave for this time, Murphy?" asked
the captain, as our hero made his
of t-reyea ted request. "It isn't your
great aunt's wedding day, is it?"
"Faith, no sorr," replied Pat,
with a grin. It's not so bad as that.
It's (trying to look serious) bedad,
Oi hardly loike to tell yez, sor, at
all. thin!"
"Oh, couie now, Murphy," ' said
the captain, "I'll try to stand the
shock."
"Well, sor, Oi had the misfortune
to have a brother born blind, sorr.
Heaven be praised, he's just got his
sight and wants to see me, sorr."
"Leave granted!" snapped the
captain as he burst into uncontroll
able laughter.
He Be mine and make me the
happiest man in the world.
She -Sorry, but I want to be hap-
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lee Picks..; '. 10 to 2oc
Ice Shavers 40c
Waste Paper Baskets 50c
Scouring Mops 50c
O-Cedar Mops 1.50
Paring or Kitchen Knives 15c
Solidified Alcohol Cookers 50c
Daisey Churns Just come in and let us show
you these and many other conveniences
for your home.
Josey Hardware tomp'y,
Pioneer Hardware Dealers, fftland Neck, N. C.