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'LABQ23T CIKCTTLATTOTT COMM NWEALTH cf any ADVEBTisnra utxditj Ifaji Genuity HW3p3Lpr Established 1SS2. III XLABTEBIT OATlOfiTnA L. MILLS KITGHIN, Editor d Progrtetcr. "1DQ0XSLSIO&," IS OUB UOTTO LUiX'rfniPTIOIT PniG2 (1X0 PC& THAU. VJl. XXI. SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1915. NUMBER 2. o i 0L 7 a a TONIC GAD-OL TONIC is a concentrated wine of the ex tractive principles of Cod Liver Oil, freed entirely of the disgust ing qualities of Cod Liver Oil, and combined with na ture's great rich blood makers, Iron and Manganese. Pleas ant to the taste and power fully tonic to the pale faced and sufferer from impoverish ed blood. So pleasant the children will take it kindly. Does not disturb the stomach. Gives the strongth that good red blood makes. Highly valued as a remedy in all debility, want of appetite and that "let down" feeling. Does not in jure the teeth. Price $ 1 .00. The North End Drug Store Store 9G Rcorr. 96 Phon NO.W :W -hnstmas activities o v -. i f;; '- vou have time 'ci fi'-t care should rv'tr lh-v have been worn too long winch causes an . eye strain s'n iid be, replaced with a pair to meet the charged coT.-:sioT your eyes. My stock ci Glasses is ct hVst-c!a-s Quality both as ta leases r-e vry ove-t t .00 get.- ... ... .J ..'.! ll i J V Cfii i 1 as!5-.i f ; atrio. bang along that watch that won't keep lime. .B. W Margin, Jeweler Wit'.- E. T. Whitehead Company Executors' Notice. Having qualified as executors of ' he estate ot Noah Biggs, deceased, t s is to notify all persons havir g . 1 ims against the said estate to prt ent them to the undersigned cn cr b fore December 31, 1915, or this no ice will be pleaded in bar of the:r recovery All persons indebted to said estate will please make immedi ate settlement. All persons due or having claims against the firm of Biggs & Johnson will p'ease make immediate settlement with Dr. R. M. Johnson, surviving partner. This 28th day of December, 1914. F. P. Shields, Jas. A. Pittmam, R. M. Johnson, Executors. Notice Land Sale By virtue of power vested in me by that deed of trust executed to me by Ed Taylor and wife, LouveniP. on the 16th dav of January, 1906, and which is of record in. the regis ter of deeds office of Halifax county in book 176. at page 402, to which reference may be had, I will, on iuesday. the 16th day of February, 1915. at 12 .-'clock, in front of Bur-roughs-Pittman-Wheeler Company's store, in the town of Scotland Neck, Nor.h Carolina, all at public auc-ii-r, ?n hc highest bidder, for cash. ?' r.o- f :-iU-i iji:.-jsr, bein? and in the co-iatv of liauiax, Nor h ;" arol im, and mure ,- f,,!i,jw-i That , i.y .'." 'Hi- at r. 3 v( Nen;ke.-: S'-vamp, c.'jr: . nnd run-s thence i 5 00 chai::s with Will to t stake in S. B. s lit-; Thr)e with S. - b. s line ,S. 10h W. 10-00-100 Li vrenob Clark's corner: .vith iJwrnc.e Cltrk'- line T a'l oo 100 chains co mam rnu Kehuke Swamp; thence up ;r,xn rw of Khukee Swamp N. 31 i W C, 50 100 :h-in j.o tha begin n.nc, and containing 38 acres. T 16th day of January, 1915. H. peed, Trustee. A Dunn, AitoriJtty. PARKER'S UAiR BALSAM Cleazue aod beaulifie tha haS ZTever Folia to Bertoro On Prevents hair faHiup- SOc. an I fil.W t lrntrgirt. CARuTf RISERS The famous little zulls. PAYROLL OF CIVILIZATION II 8Y FARMER WANTS NO "DEADHEADS" ON MOT nc ciidi nvco Lid I Ur tmrLUTtd. A CALL UPON THE LAW MAKERS , TO PREVENT USELESS TAX UPON AGRICULTURE. By Peter Radford I Lecturer National Farmers' Union I The farmer is the paymaster of Industry and as such he must meet corresponding benefits to the public, the nation's payroll. When industry There Is ofttimes a body of men as pays its bill it must make a sight j sembled at legislatures and they draft upon agriculture for the amount, : have a right to be there who, in which the farmer is compelled to their zeal for rendering their fellow honor without protest. This check associates a service, sometimes favor drawn upon agriculture may travel to . and fro over the highways of com merce; may build cities; girdle the globe with bauds of steel; may search hidden treasures in the earth or traverse the skies, but in the end it will rest upon the soil. No dollar will remain suspended in midair; it is as certain to seek the earth's Burface as an apple that falls from a tree. WThen a farmer buys a plow he pays the man who mined the metal, the ' woodman who felled the tree, the manufacturer who assembled the raw material and shaped it into an ar- : ticle of usefulness, the railroad that transported it and the dealer who sold him the 'goods. He pays the wages of labor and capital employed in the transaction as well as pays ; for the tools, machinery, buildings, etc, used in the construction of the commodity and the same applies to all articles of use and diet of him self and those engaged in the sub sidiary lines of industry. i There is no payroll In civilization I that does not rest upon the back j of the farmer. He must pay the bills cl! of them. j The total value of the nation's i $12,000,000,000, and it is safe to esti- iuciiy tuiit o-j ueuis ou every uoiiar t gees to meeting the expenses of sub- sidiary industries. The farmer does 1 not work more than thirty minutes ; per day for himself; the remaining thirteen hours of the day's toil to ; devotes to meeting the payroll of the i hired hands of agriculture, such as , the manufacturer, railroad, commer cial and other servants. The Farmer's Payroll and How He Meets It. The annual payroll of agriculture approximates $12,000,000,000. A por tion of the amount is shifted to for eign countries in exports, but the total payroll of industries working for the farmer divides substantially as follows: Railroads, $1,252,000,000; manufacturers, $4,365,000,000; mining, $655,000,000; banks, $200,000,000; mercantile $3,500,000,000, and a heavy miscellaneous payroll constitutes the remainder. It takes the corn crop, the most valuable in agriculture, which sold loci toot frT 1 HQ 9 ft(n n Tioir rTT the employes of the railroads; the i money derived from our annua, sales of livestock of approximately $2,000, 000,000, the yearly cotton crop, valued at $920,000,000; the wheat crop, which is worth $610,000,000, and the oat crop, that is worth $440,000,000, are required to meet the annual pay roll of the manufacturers. The money derived from the remaining staple crops is used in meeting the payroll of the bankers, merchants, etc. After these obligations are paid, the farmer has only a few bunches of vegetables, some fruit and poultry which he can sell and call the pro ceeds his own. When the farmer pays off his help he has very little left and to meet these tremendous payrolls he has been forced to mortgage homes, work women in the field and increase the hours of his labor. We are, there- fore, compelled to call upon all in- we must make frm life more s bdS dustries dependent upon the farmers attractive aa well as the business of Seals are TSed and finaS they con for subsistence to retrench in their ,mW mnrB rpmm,prntivP Th lde.a1.6 are 1e1 ,and , na"y , ey .con expenditures and to cut off all un necessary expenses. This course is absolutely necessary in order to avoid a reduction in wages, and we want, if possible, to retain the present wage scale paid railroad and all other in- i dustrial employes. i We will devote this article to a i discussion of unnecessary expenses and whether required by law or per- mitted by the managements of the 1 concerns, is wholly immaterial. We j want all waste labor and extrava i gance, or whatever character, cut out. We will mention the full crew bill as ! Illustrating ths character of unneces I Eary expenses to which we refer. Union Opposes "Full Crew" Bill. ! The Texas Farmers' Union regis i tered its opposition to this character ! of legislation at the last annual meet : ing held in Fort Worth, Tex., August 4, 1914, by resolution, which we quote, as follows: "The matter of prime importance to the farmers of this state is an ade- quate and efficient marketing system; and we recognize that such a system is impossible without adequate rail- road facilities embracing the greatest j amount of service at the least pos- sible cost We further recognize that . the farmers and producers in the end pay approximately 95 per cent of the ; expenses of operating the railroads, and it is therefore to the interest of the producer that the expenses of the common carriers be as small as Is possible, consistent with good ser vice and safety. We, therefore, call upon our law-makers, courts and juries to bear the foregoing facts in mind when dealing with the common carriers of this state, and we do espe- daily reaffirm the declarations of the last annual convention of our State Unin. opposing the passage of the BOCalled 'full-crew' bill before the thirty-third legislature of Texas." The farmers of Missouri in the last election, by an overwhelming ma- Dook"of at 8tate. and il should come off of all statute books where it appears and no legislature of this nation should pass such a law or similar legislation which requires un necessary expenditures. The same rule applies to all regu- latory measures which increase the expenses of industry without giving 811 increase in the expenses of in dustry without due regard for the men who bow their backs to the summer's sun to meet the payroll, but these committees, while making a record for themselves, rub the skin o the shoulders of the fsrmer by "urging the legislature to lay another burden upon his heavy load and under the lash of "be it enacted" goad him on to Pul1 and BurSe a the traces of civil- ization, no matter how he may sweat, foam and gall at the task. When legislatures "cut a melon" for labor they hand the farmer a lemon. The farmers of the United States are not financially able to carry "dead heads" on their payrolls. Our own hired hands are not paid unless we have something for them to do and we are not willing to carry the hired help of depeadent industries unless there is work for them. We must therefore insist upon the most rigid economy. Legislative House-Cleaning Needed. While the war is on and there is a lull in busmea3, we want all legisla tive bodies to take an inventory of the statute books and wipe off all extravagant and useless laws. A good j house-cleaning is needed and econo- I mips fan hf institntprl Vioro nnrl Viot-o that v ill patch the clothes of indigent children, rest tired mothers and lift mortgages from despondent homes. Unnecessary workmen taken off and useless expenses chopped down all along the line will add to the pros perity of the farmer and encourage him in his mighty effort to feed and clothe the world. If any of these industries have sur plus employes we can use them on the farm. "We have no regular schedule of wages, but we pay good farm hands on an average of $1.50 per day of thirteen hours when they board themselves; work usually runs about nine months of the year and the three months dead time, they can do the chores for their board. It they prefer to farm on their own account, there are more than 14,000,000,000 acres of idle land on the earth's sur face awaiting the magic touch of the plow. The compensation is easily ob tainable from Federal Agricultural Department statistics. The total average annual sales of a farm in the continental United States amounts l , li V v foiu.vu; leanug liic lamer iu per annum to live on and educate his family. There is no occasion for the legis latures making a position for surplus employes of industry. Let them come "back to the soil" and share with us the prosperity of the farm. RURAL SOCIAL CENTERS We need Bocial centers where our young people can be entertained, amuaeu uuu lu.MutKu uUUC luc UI- untn k ig Pieasurable; in play the in rection of cultured; clean and com- ! stinctive aTersion of one person for petent leadership, where aesthetic another is overcome and the social surroundings stir the love for the moed i8 fostered. Play is the cWef beautiful, where art charges the at- educational aeency in rural commun mosphere with inspiration and power, itles and in he piayHjay o human and innocent amusements instruct childhood SOCial symoathy and social and brighten their lives. haDit8 are evolved. As individuals To hold our voune neonle on the , suuiie a cuuurea anu rennea society. school house should be the social unit, It ia piajn therefore, that the properly equipped for nourishing and church which aims at a perfected so building character, so that the lives of cjety must use in a refined and ex our people can properly function alted way the essential factors in around it and become supplied with BOCiai evolution and must avail itself the necessary elements of human cf the universal instinct for play, thought and activity. if tn church surrounds itself with social functions which appeal to the Education is a developing of the mind, not a stuffing of the memory. Digest what you read.' Old men have visions young men have dreams. uecessiui rarmers plow deep while sluggards sleep. The growing of legumes will retard soil depletion and greatly add to its power to pi'oduce. Business Men. Business men are divided into two classesthose who have machines and those who are. Life. ' j "If our man doesn't make a record j In the legislature," says the Whitsett ; Courier, "we'll send him to congress, J where hell be lost sight of and never 1 heard from again," THE CHURCH AS ASOGIALGENTER A Broader Sphere for Religion New Field for-Mie Rural Church.-" By Peter Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union The social duty of the rural chur.ch is as much a part of its obligations as its spiritual side. In expressing its social interest, the modern rural church does not hesitate to claim that it is expressing a true religious in etinct and the old-time idea that the social lhstiicts should be starved while the spiritual nature was over fed with solid theological food, is fast giving way to a broader interpreta tion of the functions or true religion. We take our place in the succession of those who nave sought to make the world a fit habitation for the children of man when we seek to study and understand the social duty of the rural church. The true christian re ligion is essentially social--its tenets of faith being love and brotherhood and fellowship. While following after righteousness, the church must chal lenge and seek to reform that social order in which moral life is ex pressed. While cherishing ideals of service, the rural church which at tains the fullest measure of success is that which enriches as many lives as it can touch, and in no way can the church come in as close contact with its members as through the avenue of social functions. The country town and the rural community need a social center. The church need offer no apology for its ambition to fiil this need in the com munity, if an understanding of its mission brings this purpose into clear consciousness.- The structure of a rural community is exceedingly com plex; it contains many social groups, each of which has its own center, but there are many localities which have but one church and although such a church cannot command the inter est of all the people, it Is relieved from the embarrassment of religiously divided communities. Social Needs . Imperative. The average country boy and girl have very little opportunity for real enjoyment, and have, as a rule, a vague conception of the meaning of pleasure and recreation. It is to fill this void in the lives of country youth that the rural church has risen to the necessity of providing entertain ment, as well as instruction, to its membership among the young. The children and young people of the church should meet when religion i3 not even mentioned. It has been found safest for them to meet fre quently under the direction and care -of the church. To send them into the world with no social training exposes them to grave perils and to trj' to keep them out of the world with no social privileges Is sheer folly. There is a social nature to both old and young, but the social requirements of the young are imperative. The church must provide directly or indirectly some modarn equivalent for the husk ing bee, the quilting bee and the sing ing schools of the old days. In one way or another the social instincts of our young people must have oppor tunity for expression, which may take the form of clubs, parties, pic nics or other forms of amusement. One thing is certain, and that is that the church cannot take away the dance, the card party and the theatre unless it can offer in its place a sat isfying substitute in the form of more pleasing recreation. Universal Instinct for Play. In providing for enjoyment the church uses one of the greatest meth ods by which human society has de veloped. Association is never secure young among its membership, it will fill a large part of the lamentable gap in rural pleasures and will reap the richest reward by promoting a higher and better type of manhood and womanhood. j When honesty is merely a good ' policy it is a poor virtue. Lazy farmers are just as useless as dead ones and take up more room. ' When the soul commutes with the I spirit of nature the back to the farm movement prevails. There are two kinds of farmers. One tries to take all the advice he hears and the other won't take any at alL THE RURAL PRESS The Local Paper a Most Useful Agency on the Farm The Press, Pulpit and School a Trinity of Influence That Must Be Utilized in Building Agriculture. By Petep Radford Lecturer National Farmers' Union A broad campaign of publicity on the subject of rural life Is needed in tais state today to bring the problems of the farmers to the forefront. The city problems are blazoned upon the front pages of the metropolitan dail ies and echoed in the country press, but the troubles of the farmers are seldom told, except by those who seek to profit by the story, and the glitter of the package ofttimes ob scures the substance. A searching in vestigation into the needs of the farmers will reveal many inherent de fects in our economic system that can be easily remedied when properly un derstood and illuminated by the pow er of the press. The rural press, the pulpit and the school are a trinity of powerful in fluences that the farmer must utilize to their fullest capacity before he can occupy a commanding position in pub lic affairs. These gigantic agencies are organized in every rural community and only await the patronage and co operation of the farmers to fully de velop their energy and usefulness. They are local forces working for the best interests of their respective communities. Their work is to build and their object is to serve. They prosper only through the development and prosperity of the community. Every farmer in this state should subscribe for the local paper, as well as farm periodicals and such other publications as he may find profitable, but he -should by all means subscribe for his local paper, and no horn should be without it. The local paper is part of the community life and the editor understands the farmer's prob lems. It is the local press that will study the local problems and through Its columns deal with subjects of most rital importance to local life of the community. r A Noble Task. In too many instances the country papers mimic the city press by giv ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. The new rural civilization has placed upon the rural press renewed responsibilities. and enlarged possibilities for useful ness. It cannot perform its mission to agriculture by recording the frail ties, the mishaps and inordinate am bitions of humanity, or by filling its columns with the echoes of the strug gles f busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our children from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. Too often the pages of the city dailies bristle with the struggle of ambitious men in their wild lust for power, and many times the flames of personal conflict sear the tender buds of new civilization and illuminate the path way to destruction. The rural press is the governing power of public senti ment and must hold steadfast to principle and keep the ship of state in the roadstead of progress. The rural press can best serve" the inter ests of the farmers by applying its energies to the solution of problems affecting the local community. It must stem the mighty life current that is moving from the farm to the cities, sweeping before it a thousand boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilization at their fountain head. Its mission is to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual life - of the country, placing before the pub lic the daily problems of the farmers end giving first attention to the leg islative, co-operative, educational and social needs of the agricultural classes within its respective community. The Power of Advertising. The influence of advertising is clear ly visible in the homes and habits of the farmers, and the advertising col umns of the press are making their Imprint upon the lives of our people. The farmer possesses the things that are best advertised. The farmer is entitled to all the advantages and deserves all the lux uries of life. We need more art, sci- ence ana ueeiai iaciiities on tue farms, and many homes and farms are well balanced in this respect, but the advertiser can render a serviee by teaching the advantages of modern equipment throughout the columns of the rural press. The farmers are in need of personal leadership. They have political lead ers, but they need local industrial community and educational leaders. Better Than a Millionaire. "Who's the millionaire you've caught?" "Something better than any old mil lionaire," declared the beach belle. "He's get $200 saved up to spend, and he's only got ten days1 vacation to spend it in." Mean Brute. "My, my," exclaimed Mrs. Gabb, as she looked up from the newspaper, "it says here that a girl wrote her name and address on an egg and secured a husband. What do you think of that?" "Rats," growled Mr. Gabb. "Mar riage always was a shell game." RATE INCREASE e NECESSARY PARMER8' UNION OFFICIALS THINK RAILROADS ARE EN TITLED TO MORE REVENUE. Products of Plow and Parmer Who Lives at Home Should Be Exempt From Increase. By Peter Radford. Lecturer Nutlonai Farmers' Union. The reoent action of the Interstate Commerce Commission in granting an increase In freight rates in the eastern classification of territory; the applica tion of the roads to state and inter state commissions for an increase in rates, and e utterances of President Wilson on the Bubject bring the farm ers of this nation face to face with the problem of an increase in freight rates. It is the policy of the Farmers' Ynion to meet the issues affecting the welfare of the farmers squarely and we will do so in- this Instance. The transportation facilities of the United States are inadequate to ef fectively meet the demands of com merce and particularly in the South and West additional railway mileage is needed to accommodate the move ment of farm products. If in the wis dom of our Railroad Commissions an increase in freight rates is necessarj to bring about an improvement in our transportation service, and an exten sion of our mileage, then an increase should be granted, and the farmer is willing to share such proportion of the increase as justly belongs to him, but we have some suggestions to make as to the manner in which this in crease shall be levied. Rates Follow Lines of ance. Least Resist- The freight rates of the nation have been built up along lines of least re sistance. The merchant, the manu facturer, the miner, the miller, the lumberman and the cattleman have had their traffic bureaus thoroughly organized and In many Instances they have pursued the railroad without mercy and with the power of organ ized toanage they have hammered the life out of the rates and with unre strained greed they have eaten the vitals out of our transportation system and since we have had railroad com missions, these Interests, with skill and cunning, are represented at every hearing in which their business is involved. The farmer is seldom represented at rate hearings, as his organizations have never had the finances to em ploy counsel to develop his side of the case and, as a result, the products of the plow bear an unequal burden of the freight expense. A glance at the- freight tariffs abundantly proves this assertion. Cotton, the leading agricultural product c.' the South, al ready bears the highest freight rate of any necessary commodity in com merce, and the rate on agricultural products as a whole is out of pro portion with that of the products of the factory and the mine We offer no schedule ot rates, but hope the comniaslon will be able to give the railroad, such an increase in ratjes as is necessary without levying a runner toil upon tae products or the plow. The Instance seems to pre sent an opportunity to the Railroad Commissions to equalize the rates as between agricultural and other classes of freight without disturbing the rates on staple farm products. What Is a Fair Rate? We do not know wnat constitutes a basis for rate making and have never heard of anyone who did claim to know much bout it, but if the pros perity of the farm is a factor to be considered and the railroad commis sion concludes that an increase in rates is necessary, we would prefer that it come to us through articles of consumption on their journey from the factory to tke farm. We would, for example, prefer that the rate on hogs remain as at present and the rate on meat bear the increase, for any farmer can then avoid the burden by raising his own meat, and a farm er who will not try to faise his own meat ought to be penalized. We think the rate on coal and brick can much better bear an increase than j tQe fate on cotton and flour We would prefer that the rate on plows remain the same, and machinery, pianos and such articles as the poor er farmer cannot hope to possess bear the burden of increase. The increase in rates should be so arranged that the farmer who lives at home will bear no part of the bur den, but let the farmer who boardr in other states and countries and who feeds his stock in foreign lands, pay the price of his folly. Objects to Milk Pasteurization. Sr. Ralph Vincent of the Manches ter (England) Infants' hospital Bays that pasteurization cannot be relied upon to kill tuberculosis bacilli and claims that In his experience children fed upon boiled or condensed milk have been more prone to consumption than those fed on raw milk. One of his arguments against sterilizing milk is that we do not pasteurize butter, al though it la a raw milk product. He wants to prove that, although harm ful bacilli exist in raw milk they are useful in destroying other harmful ba cilli in the liquid. REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF The Bank of Hobgood, at Hobgood, N. C. at the close of business Decemler 31, 1914. RESOURCES. Loans and discounts $26,223.17 Banking house 1,700.00 Furniture and fixtures... 663.07 Due f'm banks & bank'rs 8,638.78 Gold coin 52.50 Silver coin, etc 190.76 National bank notes, etc.. 2.613.00 Total $40,081.28 LIABILITIES. Capital stock paid in $ 5,000.00 Surplus fund 2.000.00 Undivided profits, less current expen. & taxes paid 121.05 Bills payable 7.500.00 Time certificates deposit.. 7,715 17 Deposits subject to check 17,705.03 Cashr's checks outstan'g.. 40 03 Total $40,081.28 State of North Carolina J County of Halifax. S I, E. P. Hyman, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. E. P. Hyman, Cashier. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 8th day of January, 1915. W. N. HERRING, Notary Public. Correct Attest: S. D. Bradley, R. J. SHIELDS, W. G. Hedgepeth, Directors. Clee Vaughan, DEALER IN Monuments AND Tombstones Italian, Vermont and Georgia Marble of highest grade, and the best grades of granite. Will save you money and guarantee quality. J. E. Woolard Transfer Scotland Neck, North Carolina Cars for hire. Cars repaired. Po- iite attention. Quick service. Tel ephones Residence 45. Office 66. Allen Allsbrook. House Mover Scotland Neck, North Carolina If you are thinking of having a 4ouse of any kind moved see me at once, i'rices reasonable. Clias. L.. Sialon Attorney at Law i Scotland Neck. North Carolina :y Practices wherever his services I are required. Ash by W. Dunn Attorney at Law Scotland Neck, North Carolina Money to loan on approved secu rity. Dr. T. D. Kitchin Physician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, North Carolina Office in Postoffice Buildinc over I North End Drug Store. Telephones umce iv, itesiaence a. Dr. A. D. Morgan Physician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, North Carolina Office in building 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 Pharmacy. Dr. A. G. Livermon Dentist Scotland Neck, North Caralina Office up-stair.s in the Whitehead Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 o'clock. Willie II. Allsbrook Life Insurance Scotland Neck, North Carolina Representing the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., of New York. Executor's Notice. Having qualified as executor of the estate of W. K. Williams, late of Halifax county, N. C, under his last will and testament, this is to no tify all persons having claims against his estate to present them to me duly verified on or before the 3rd day of December, 1915, or this no tice will be pleaded in bar of their recovery. All persons owing said estate will please make immediate paymant. This Dec. 2, 1914. E. P. Hyman, Ex'r. A. Paul Kitchin, Atty.