The percentage
of Profit is
considerably
less on
High Grade
Goods but
Greater Sales
more than
offset.
This is the
reason I carry
in stock
the very best
it is possible
to get.
service.
Phone 174
Goods Delivered Promptly
E. W. Staton's old stand next
old postoffice.
Clee Vaughan
Chas. L.. Staton
Attorney at Law
Scotland Neck. North Carolina
Practices wherever his services
are required.
Ashby W. Dunn
Attorney at Law
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Money to loan on approved secu
rity. Dr. T. D. Kitcliin
Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Office in Postoffice Building over
North End Drugstore. Telephones
Office 10, Residence 34.
Dr. A. D. Morgan
Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Office in buildine formerly used
by Br. J. P. Wimberley.
Dr. R. L.. Savage
Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Will be in Scotland Neck on the
third Wednesday of each month at
the hotel to treat the diseases of the
Eye. Ear, Nose, Throat and fit glasses
Dr. O. F. Smith
Physician and Surgeon
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Office in the rear of the Crescent
Tl
Dr. A. G. Livermon
Dentist
Scotland Neck, North Caralina
Office up-stairs in the Whitehead
Building. Office hours from 9 to 1
and 2 to 5 o'clock.
lit apeed a W. Jtl. JOSev
Fire Insurance Agents
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Will look after your interest, rep-
rAapntinor thv strongest ana most
liberal companies. All business. ap
preciated. ' "- . T-" ' ' i
Willie H. Allsbrook
Life Insurance
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Representing the Metropolitan I
Life Insurance Co., of New York.
M. T. Walston .
Livery
Scotland Neck. North Carolina
m C- ,f font! ati
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delivery
MACBETH: AN .ESSAY "
BY HIGH SCHOOL PUPIL
"This castle has a pleasant seat;
the air nimbly and sweetly recom
mends itself to our gentle senses."
"The guest -of summer, the temple
haunting martlet, does approve by
his loving masonry." '.'Light thick
ens, and the crow makes wing to th'
rooky wood."
I like Shakespeare's use of adjec
tives very much, as they seem to fit
in with the description so harmoni
ously. His" expressions, "light thick
ens", "rooky woods", "nimbly and
sweetly", "smells wooingly" and
"the air is delicate", I like, as they
seem to describe the object or place
so suitably. The first and second
suggest a castle and a good chair
while the wind is blowing softly and
not hard enough to be disagreeable
and the martlet is building her nest.
Everything . seems to be ideal for
rest and happiness. The third sug
gests a grassy wood and many pine
trees in which the crows roost. You
can almost hear the call of the crow
and everything seems to be undis
turbed 2 ,
The murder scene and the banquet
scene:
I consider the murder scene one of
the biggest in the play because it 's
very dramatic and it abounds in
quotations. Shakespeare's naration
oi tiQ muraer scene makes one s
hair fairly stand on end. Macbeth,
fearful that even the stones of the
earth willjtell of his whereabouts,
steals into iheV room of Duncan and
secures adagger from one of the
attendants and buries it into the
bosom of the sleeping D .mean. The
darkness of . the night, the ringing
of the bell, and the voices of the
night make it a fit night for murder.
The banquet scene, to my mind,
ranks next in importance. This
scene opened with a'l of the attend
ants seated about the table. The
murderer entered and announced
the deah. of, Banquoand the. .escape
of Fleance. Macbeth, who hasn't
been nerved up to this, nearly faint
ed and his imagination began to get
the better of him and he thought
that the ghost of Banquo was seated
in his chair. You could imagine the
state of affairs by placing yourself
in Macbeth's place. If Lady Mac
beth had not ccme to the rescue of
Macbeth he would probably have
disclosed himself as the murderer of
Duncan. She, who seems to take
strength by Macbeth's weakness,
dismisses the attendants. "Her
strong-nerved ambition furnishes
ribs of steel to the sides of his in
tent."
3
I think the murder scene is the
most dramatic, as I have tried to
explain in a previous answer.
4
After' c on idering this question 1
decided that I liked Lady Macbeth
better for several reasons. I liked
neither of the chai acters, but I liked
Lady Macbeth more.
Her wilt-power and masculine
firmness made her superior to Mac
beth. She, when Macbeth tells of
Duncan's coming, 1 e,?inj to make
preparations for his murder and at
the same time realizing her desire
to be Oueen. She had rcor nerve
than Macteth and without her ever
ready presence of mind, I think the
plot would have failed, for in sever
al instances, when Macbeth s cour
age failed him or hia imagination
got the better, Lady Macbeth was
there to advise, and as I have quoted
before, "Her strong-nerved ambi
1 ion furnished - ribs of steel to the
sides of his intent."
I liked Banauo very much, but I
do not think that be played an im
portant part in the play. His man
ner was very gentle and I think that
he knew from the first that Macbeth
was implicated in the plot but was
afraid to make an accusation.
Ban-
svim'o i-nio tnaa nnt t7tv rnn&nifMinus
nn tu.frA t i:a not form sn
opinion of him.
6
these
"What are
so withered
HOW CHILDREN GROW
Children grow by nourishment--not
overloaded stomachs or rich foods-but
qualities that are readily converted into
life-sustainine" blood; too often their
digestive powers cannot procure these
qualities from ordinary foods which results
in weakness, auuness ana sicKness. ;
If vour children are under-size. under
weight, catch cold easily, are languid,
backward, pale or frail, give them Scott's
Emulsion which is pure medicinal nourish
ment. - It sharTen9 the aocetite. builds
healthv flesh, firm muscles and active
Drains. Scott's is CTOWincr-iooa ior
aid wild in their attire, that look
not like inhabitants of the earth,
and yet are on . '
I think the entrance of the witches
at the beginning of the play was to
prepare the reader for the horrors
of the tragedy which were to follow
for as it is the shifting of the scenes
are very sudden. "
As Shakespeare thought there
were such things as witches, I will
try to agree with him in writing
this discussion, The witches were
as instrumental in the downfall of
Macbeth as was Lady Macbeth, as
they led him on by prophesying in
riddles and for the fun they receiv
ed by it. To my mind they stand in
real life as evil , ambition which car
ries one to the highest summits only
to fall over a deep abyss.
7
"The heaven's breath smells woo
ingly here."
8
The only . reason I can think that
Shakespeare made the character of
Duncan so beautiful is to establish
a ' contrast between Macbeth and
Duncan. If he was a wicked char
acter we would not care if he was
killed, but if otherwise we would
mourn his death.
io snow my ignorance, 1 will say
that the play interested me. Here
tofore my opinion of Shakespeare
was not very complimentary, but
this play makes up for all the rest.
I enjoyed the plot, the victory of
the jjood over the bad, and wherever
I found .description I enjoyed it
thoroughly and feel that I appreci
ated it.
Another very good reason . why I
enjoyed Macbeth was because it was
explained so thoroughly and ore
coull not help catching the value of
the play after such explanation.
I close with a Spanish proverb
which expresses my feeling after an
eignt page essay: tin vosca cerra
do no entra mosca." "A fly cannot
enter a closed mouth."
Galled Shoulders
When fair work is first 1 begun
the shoulder of the horses are apt to
get sere, and when a horse has sore
shoulders his usef ullness is impaired
in proportion to the severity of the
injury. The first thing to be deter
mined is that the collars shall be of
good, supstantial make and that
they fit right. If a collar pinches it
will gall the flesh and skin wher
ever it nips. If it is too loose the
draft will come on the wrong place,
some place not designed to accept
pressure, and sores will soon make
their appearence. If the collar does
not fit at the top, that is, if it is too
tight or so wide that it warbles, the
horse will be subject to much suf
fering. .'. .
We doubt if it pays to use sweat
pads, though all know that their use
i ; almost universal. If a horse loses
flesh very readily it is well enough
t len to fill out his collar, so to speak
with the pads, but if a good fitting
leather collar is kept clean aud
smooth there is no reas n why it
should be cumbered with pads.
The collar should at all times be
keDt smooth and hard on the side
which touhces the neck. If scurf,
sweat and dirt is allowed to collect
on the bcaing surface it will surely
gall the neck.
It is often well to wash the neck
thoroughly in in strong brine on
coming home . from work. Some
goodlfarmers use water, hot or cold,
the idea being to get the neck clean
and free of foreign matter of all
sort. Indiana Farmer.
Something Funny About Airships
There is something funny abont
airship buisness. The public was
just about ready to label the airship
as prctially worthless and put it a
way in the garret. But there is
crood reason for suspicion it is con-
Riderablv better than reputed. In
fact it is evidenty so good that gov-
prmpnfq have kent all their deveior
ment in recrard to it close secrets
for military reasons. The Germans
are said to have made revolutionary
! changes in design and equipment
and are expected to illustrate these
at the allies expense very soon. It
is now known that any gcod type of
airship can carry several scores of
passengers and many tons of freight
and has the further good point 01
hp.incr able to remain a - long time
over a ciren point. A gratifying de
1 gree of safty has been attained and
when the war is called off and fuller
possibilities of the airship have been
put in evidence, it is hoped that it
i oun Hp used to better advantage in
t peaceful persuits. Orphans Friend
TINY KINSTON MISS
LIVES IN A CLASS BOX
Kinston's first incuthtor baby is
ready to come out into the open-air
as soon as the doctpr aijd nurses can
arrange for a suitablel&lace'to put
little Kathleen Parrot- Poplin, the
daughter of Mr. and Mys. J. D. Pop
lin, of 300 East Lenoir Jfetreet. Baby
Kathleen now reclinesion a tiny cot
in a big glass box and plays with her
pink toes and watches the move
ments of the white-capped : people
who smile in upon her-T&nd regulate
the -heat from an electric stove so
that she may be precisely comforta
ble. -V '
Miss Kathleen Parrptt, who was
named for a nurse atfd DrW. T.
Parrott, who attended her, did not
have entry into this vale' of - sorrows
under very auspicious circumstances.
The little, atom of humanity would
probably have succumbed had it not
been forTthe incubator. :-L Since she
was placed in the bex, however,
she has gained eightounces, and
when development f aprly starts in
she will have as good a chance as
any child. . 'i -
The incubator in which the baby
has been interned thfc past seven
weeks is a complicatedarrangement
in which warm fresh air is supplied
by a special ventilating system. The
temperature is maintained the same
day and night, at c an average of 90
degrees. . The baby, has never
breathed air cooler thsh 89 degrees
or warmer than 93. The air is mois
tened by a special device. .Little
Miss Kathleen Parrott'is artificially
fed on predigested milk.
It was the intentionef those car
ing for the Poplin baby, to take it to
Greene county to livC for a time.
that it might have pure country air
and other advantages for successful
development, but the plans did not
carry, . and now theyUare looking
about for other suitable quarters for
her temporary abode. Kinston Free
Press. - -r -rr-v-
Oak City, Oct. 14. Delayed. Sam
Everett, of Robersonville, is spend
ing some time with his brother, H.
S. Everett.
Misses Pearl and Jefferson House,
with others, attended the Primitive
Baptist Association at Red . Banks
Sunday.
Mrs. Everett, of Robersonville, is
with her daughter, Mrs John Dan
iels. John Daniels is now convalescent,
after a week of severe illness.
" Charlie Crisp and M. Wilson, on
their return from church Sunday
night met vmh an accident which
proved both painful and destruc
tive. The horse became frightened.
overturning the buggy and throwing
both occupants into a wire fence
Mr. Wilson was badly lacerated and
sprained 'his ankle. Mr. Crisp wts
bruised and his buggy badly dam
aged. . . ".: -
Miss Lucy Sherrod, of High Point.
is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. N. M.
Worsley.
Mrs. Nannie Bell Fleming return
ed to her home in Scotland Neck
last Friday.
Mrs. Celia Casper returned from
Kenly Monday.
Royce Suggs, of Wilmington, spent
the week-end with friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. W.' Davenport
spent a few days in Roper this week.
Miss Zolma Bradley, of Rocky
Mount, was the guest of her aunt,
Mrs. Nat Brown, last week. She
returned to her home Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. L. T. Chesson, Mrs
B. M. Worsley and Miss Melissa
Worsley motored to Scotland Neck
Tuesday with J. W. Hines to attend
the circus.
N. M. Worsley attended the Asso
ciation at Red Banks last Saturday
and Sunday.
Miss Minna Whichard spent the
week-end at her home.
Messrs. Rov and Wiimer House
spent Sunday in Hassell.
Wiimer House spent a few days
last week in Winterville.
: The following is the honor roll of
the Oak City high school:
: First grade Eloise Ross, Hazel
Piland, Pauline Davenport, Mildred
Davenport, Mary Medford, Gladys
Everett. Margaret Hines, Sarah
Long Johnson, Luci'.e House, Myr
tella Hyman.
Second grade Clifton Hyman.
Third grade Paul Savage, Vir
ginia Hines.
Fourth grade Edna Dimmette,
Berlha Piland.
LAST NIGHT OF GREAT MAfi
Little Son. of Alexander Hamilton
, , Slept With Hint and They Prayed
Together. -
1
Alexander Hamilton's last night at
home before his fatal duel with Aaron
Burr on July 11, 1804, can hardly have
been a night of quiet slumber. He was
to meet an opponent whose aim was
true, and the chances were all against
him. He was "drawn rudely from his
political preoccupations to face an
unanticipated fate. -
. An account of Hamilton's last nifcht
was given to the newspapers 75 years 1
later, in 1879, by John Church Hamii-'
ton, his fourth son, who was twelve
years old at the time of hia fathpr'
death. The son was the nerson near.
eat his father during the dark hours
before the duel. His father's conduct
tuiyi eneu mm, ooj as ne .was, m a
way that made him remember the clos-
m . ' - ." --i
mg scenes for the rest of his life. No
other anecdote told of him. can show
Alexander Hamilton in a more appeal
ing light. r::-: '
- "I recall it with full clearness," said
his son. "My father's residence was
In the country, toward the north of
New York island. His law office in
the city . was rather a shabby, affair.
The day before the duel I was sitting
in a room, when, at a slight noise, I
turned around and saw my father in
the doorway, standing silently there
and looking at me with a most sweet
and beautiful expression of counte
nance. It was full of tenderness, and
without any of the business preoccu
pation he sometimes had.
- " 'John he said, when I had discov
ered him, "won't you come and sleep
with me tonight?' His voice was
frank, as if he had been my brother
Instead of my father.
: "That night I went to his bed, and
in the morning very early he awak
ened me, and taking my hands in his
palms7 all four hands extended, he
said .and told me to repeat the Lord's
prayer. ' ' ;
"Seventy-five years have since
passed over my head, and I have for
gotten many things, but not that ten
der expression when he stood looking
at me in the door, nor the prayer we
made together the morning before the
duel. 1 do not so well recollect seeing
him lie upon his deathbed, though I
was there. Of course, I saw him, but
that recollection! is only general. . I
went to the funeral at Trinity church,
and vaguely remember that.
Britain's Field Marshals.
4,, British field marshaihevep retires
from the v army, London "Answers
states. He may be placed on half pay.
but is still borne on the active list.
By the regulations ' there must not
be more than eight field marshals re
ceiving pay as such; that is, exclusive
of honorary field marshals, in our
army; such as foreign kings, emperors
and princes. Of the eight regular field
marshals two must be selected from
the Indian army. :
To become a field marshal an officer
must be a general officer.
As has been mentioned, a field mar
shal never retires; but, on the other
hand, a retired general officer may be
promoted field marshal. The fact that
an officer is top of the general list
does not necessarily mean that he will
get the first vacant field marshal's
baton, for selection is made irrespec
tive of seniority.
The field marshal commanding in the
Mediterranean gets $25,000 a year.
Probably a field marshal actively em
ployed will get at least $15,000 a year,
This is better than the pay of an ad
miral of the fleet, who may be said
to be a naval field marshal,' and gets
enly a little more than $10,000 a year,
exclusive of allowances.
Warship Terms.
The term "light cruiser," frequently
occurring in war dispatches, is new
and is liable to mislead the casual
reader. It suggests a small vessel,
one employed in skirmishing and in
similar service, whereas it may be ap
plied to cruisers of large displace
ment and heavy armament. The ori
gin of the term may be traced back
to the desire of the British admiralty
to coin a designation for vessels not
heavily armored, and yet in some
measure protected against the enemy's
fire by their construction. It desig
nates : vessels that have only 4eek
armor and those that are without even
this shield. Among the "light
cruisers'" in the British navy are many
which displace more than 5,600 tons
each, and one tremendous vessel, the
Eclipse, which has the dimensions of
a dreadnaught. Boston Transcript. -
: Indian Dances.
"The athletic sports of the Indians
have greatly contributed toward their
strong physique and manly bearing,"
says Charles Warren Currier, lecturer
of the bureau of Catholic Indian mis
sions, in an important article in the
September Lippineott's. "Wrestling is
of comparatively recent introduction,.
Dancing is a well-known Indian amuse
ment. Some dances were indulged in
for pleasure, while others formed part
of a ceremonial, or served to cele
brate an important event. The war
dance was a preparation for a cam
paign. The sun dance, a superstitious
rite, is 'frequently permitted among
the Arapahoes of Wyoming." -
Just the Thing.
"Oh, my friends, there are some
spectacles that one never forgets ! " said
a lecturer, alter giving a grapnic de
scription of a terrible accident he had
witnessed. .
"I'd like to know where they sella
!em,"- remarked an old lady In the
i audience, who is always mislaying her
I glasses. London Tit-Bits.
nit. gamer sounds
A NOTE OF WARNING.
- Washington, Oct. 19. American
advantage, m time of war ends
with the fact that the English speak
ing races are a little the best sailors,
according to Representee Gardner,
of Massachusetts, who today 'urged I
the house to adopt his resolution for
t for an investigation of the prepar-
I aA nncx rt L TT.'1.J Cli.l m -I
.uucao ui uic uuibeu outies iur war.
"Uo you know," he asked "how
many men we need to man our pr s
ent modest fleet and auxiliaries?
About
100,000; Do you know how
many we have? About 500,000 in
the navy and 8.000 in the naval mili-
tia. In other words we have 42,000
raw men to make sailors of before
we can mobolize our fleet. -
"You have heard of the subma
rine which the German admiralv
tells us destroyed three British cru
isers with three successive torpedoes.
We might do something of the sort
if we had the torpedoes but we
have not got them. .We only have
about 1,000 torpedee about one
torpedo ft r each tube with wl iih
our ships are armed. It is almost as
absurd as if we had only one projec
tile to each gun, : except that tor
pedoes take a year to build and cost
$1,000 each. ..
The United States, by the Monroe
doctrine has closed Mexico and
South America to colonization. The
United States has indicated to the
greatest military peopleAsia has ever
seen that she will have none of them
within her borders.
"For both doctrines I tm ready to
battle and ready to pay. I am will
ing to be called a dog in the manger
if you choose. . However, I do uot
propose, if I can help it, to be a
toothless old dog with a noisy bark
but no bite to correspond."
How to Free Hogs of Lice.
Lice are one of the worst enemies
of ; hogs at the present time. In
fermer years hogs were in the open
more and were able to rid themselv
es of lice. Moreover it is a matter
that is very easy for us as farmers
to neglect. Lice on hogs are usual
ly behind the ears and on the
shoulders, and when allowed to be
come great in number they seem to
take all the strength of the hog. It
is more easily noticed in the grow
ing animal. The sleeping quarters
of-the hogs should be clean and
sprayed with a good . disinfectant
about every three weeks. We have
Used lime-sulphur spray solution!
such as is used in spraying fruit
trees for such purpose and have had
good results. A very strong spray
should be used for this purpose.
The feeding pens should also be dis
infected. In using the dipping tank care
should be taken that the mixture
used will not injure the animal. J
Many farmers do not have a dip
ping tank but they can free their
hoes of lice to a great extent by
spraying the' animals. The hog
should be penned in a small space
when being sprayed, then a man
with sprinkler containing the spray
cm spray -the hog fairly well.
Though this is not as good as dip
ping method, it should be practiced
by those who do not have a tank.
-Indiana Farmer. ,
Invisible Aeroplanes.
An invisible aeroplane that may
play no inconsiderable part in the
European war was invented by a
German engineer, and demonstrated
shortly before the great conflict
opened. Instead of having cloth
fabric covering the planes, this aero
plane is constructed of a sort of
transparent celluloid that is also
fireproof. These celluloid wings let
the light through, leaving only the
framework of the machine apparent
and when at a hight of 3,000 feet it
is practically impossible to detect
the aerop!ane at all. The machine
is fitted with a silent motor, which
is also valuable in enabling the air
man scouting over an enemy's posi
tion to escape detection. A further
advantage is that the aviator's view
is not cut off by the planes. Ameri
can Boy.. ,
Doitf Knock
"Keep your foot on the soft petal".
! Dont knock. Thaj what makes a
i blue town and the other fellow hold
to his coin still tighter. Cheer up
and the other fellow will cheer up,
too. Then maby he will turn loose
some of that coin. Benson Spokesman.-
:oold&nev
CUSTOMERS
I wish to thank each and
every for your liberal patro
nage, and will show my ap
preciation by handling noth
ing but THE BEST.
Tenderloin and
Beef Roasts,
Liver,Pork, Sausage,
And everything kept in
a, First-Class Market
Your orders will receive
our prompt attention, and
be delivered on time.
OLD TIME BARBECUE
EVERY SATURDAY...
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T. E. BUTLER
Telephone 18,
Next to J. W. AllsbrooVs
Store.
(fGood prices paid for coun
try produce. Chickens, eggs.
(JGoqd prices paid for nice
npef j ,3cuppernong Grarjesv
(fGood prices paid for old
brass and rubber of all kinds.
All kinds of hydes and skin
bought at the highest prices.
E. A. ALLSBROOK I
The Fish Man
6 Per Gent Loans
Obtainable on Farm, Ranch or City
Property. To improve, purchase or
remove incumbrance; liberal op
tions; 5 years before making pay
ment on principal,, etc. For the
proposition address: Assets Dept.,
at 1410 Busch Bldg.. Dallas, Texas,
or 422-423 First National Bank
Building, Denver, Colorado.
Administratrix Notice
Having qualified as administra
trix of the late J. H. Hopkins, this
is to notity the persons having
claims against hie estate to file same
with me on or before the lutn day
of August. 1915, or this notice .will
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons owing said estate will
nle&se make immediate payment.
This 10th dav of August. 1914.
Martha Hopkins,
Administratrix
. Paul Kitchin, Atty. 8-13-6t
Vaughan,
DEALER IN
Monuments
AND
Tombstones
Italian, Vermont and Georgia
Marble of highest grade, and the
best grades of granitt. Will save
you money and guarantee quality.
J. E. Woolard
Transfer
Scotland Neck, " North Carolina
Cars for hire. Cars repaired. Po
lite attention. Quick service. Tel
ephonesResidence 45. Office 66.
J. J Pittman
v - Livery
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
Automobiles and livery team for
hire. Quick service at reasonable
prices. Telephone 73.
Allen Allsbrook
House Mover
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
If you are thinking of having a
house of any kind moved see me at
once, rrices reasonable. - , :
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