THE COMMONWEALTH.
PUBISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
L.' MILLS KITCHIN, Editor and Proprietor.
.Entered at the postoffice at Scotland
Neck, N. C. , as Second-Clas3 Matter.
Thursday, January 12, 1915.
THE GOSSIP VENDERS.
We have at last arrived at a solu
tion whereby the village gossip ven
ders may be ascertained without
undue inquisitiveness. Go to your
favorite cinematograph theatre and
pick out a seat of vantage. If a
female, either with or without an
escort of the opposite sex, flops
down in front of you without re
moving her view-obstructing head
gear you may be safe in putting her
down in the gossip column. This
has been tried and found to be true
in nine and nine-tenth cases out of a
possible ten.
The reason we know is that hav
ing been the victim of such acre
covering hats on several occasions,
there was nothing left to do but
graft yourself to the chair and hear
the dlsparagment of Mrs. Person's
clothes and how utterly lacking in
her ability to wear them at an ad
vantage. Then when the patrons of
the picture couse are fairly guffaw
ing at something taking place on
the screen "Going off to school
has certainly helped Gwendolyn, but
I declare I never have seen such
short skirts on a gi own girl before;
I think it is scandalous how some
mothers allow their daughters to
pack the pavement " And then as
the bauble of voices in the audience
are raised in conjecture of how the
picture will turn out during the
brief respite for the operator to put
on part two, we hear above the din
the fiendess saying, "And his mother
is such a sweet woman. I don't see
how he became infatuated with a
woman of her kind. It's the talk of
the town, the way he carried on with
her at the beach this summer, even
my boy William says he can't under
stand why he wants to humiliate h's
family with his ardent attentions to
that woman "
""Ladies and gentlemen," bellows
the manager from the rear, "the
serial story, 'The Silken Snake', will
be shown here to-morrow night. I
have just received a telegram from
the film company saying that "The
Silken Snake' has been held up in
transit, but will arrive in the morn
ing without fail. I am very sorry
that we were unfortunate in not be
ing able to show this marvelous pic
ture to-night. In addition"
But just then the parties in front
of us" got up with, "Just like 'em;
you can't ever put any dependence
in what these moving picture peo
ple say. It's all a cheat to get one
here to see a picture when they
knew all the time that it wasn't
coming."
Seeing our chance to shake loose
from the spell of local scandal, we
oozed out for the nearest coaling
station for our nightly chocolate
milk.
Prepare For Bigger Things.
Mr. Editor: There has been more
or less spasmodic discussion relative
to the organization of some form of
commercial club, board of trade or
chamber cf commerce. It appears
to me that we are sadly in need of
such an organization. At any time
'lis only through organized, system
atic effort that -anything is accom
plished, but in times of stres?, as is
the period through which we are
now passing, enthusirstic, persistant
effort is all the more necessary to
accomplish results.
We all are, or should be, interest
ed in the growth and upbuilding of
our town, but as it is now, there is
no organized effort to accomplish
the things we desire and see the
need of, principally in improvement
of streets, the necessity of numbers
of small industries, and more people.
We can get all these things if we go
after them with a will. You may
argue that the present i3 no time to
inaugurate such a movement. D'.d
you ever attend a c'ose game cf
ball? When things looked bluest
for your team, did you sit still and
hold your hands and watch them
lose? You bet you didn't. You
rooted with all the power of your
lungs. Well, now is the time to
root and root hard for your good
old town.
I think it was General. N. B. For
rest, the Confederate general, who,
when asked how he always managed
to win, said, "When I feel that I
am getting licked I just begin to
fight, for the other fellow might be
feeling the same way."
Let's get together now, form a
live organization and show the State
that we are not licked, and when the
present depression is over let us be
in shape to reap our harvest in busi
ness, industry and people.
Norfleet S. Smith.
Loses Pieces of
Bone Happy Now
In Avery, Texas, lives Ira Davis,
who suffered for years with a chron
ic sore on his foot which doctors ad
vised would never heal without
scraping the bone. Mr. Davis states
that one' box of Allen's Uleerine
Salve drew out several r.ieees cf
bone and lots of pus, and the sore
healed up completely. .
Allen's Uleerine Salve is one of
the oldest remedies in America and
since 1869 has been known as the
only salve powerful enough to reach
chronic uleera. and old sores of long
standing. Because it is so powerful
it often hea's burns and scalds with
out a s;:ar in a remarkably short time.
Allen's Uleerine Salve heals from
the bottom up and draws out the
poisons. If applied on new cuts and
sores it heals in one-third the time
that common salves and liniments
take. Sold by E. T. Whitehead Co.,
and other leading druggists.
The party or parties entering the
Some estimate the Ios3 of peanuts
We arise to nominate John Bull as
the prince of side-steppers.
Scotland Neck is fortunate in get
ting the service that it does from
the municipal light plant and the
local telephone exchange. These
two agencies twenty years ago were
a dream; but, conld we do without
them to-day? Ten years from now
it will be beyond our conception to
understand how we ever got along
without waterworks and other im
provements as long as we did.
The Commonwealth would be glad
to publish in its columns opinions
from representative citizens of Scot
land Neck on the feasibility of an
election to float bonds to pave the
city streets and to install water and
drainage system. The election, fol
lowing a bill through the legislature
giving the municipality the right to
call an election, could be held any
time thereafter. After this the
making of the contract for the im
provement project might be defer
red until conditions warranted such
such an improvement.
Wood's Seeds
Wood's Descriptive Catalog
for IS 15 has been carefully pre
pared so as to enabie our farmers and
market growers to determine Intelli
gently as to the best and most profi
table crops which they can undertake
to grow.
The present agricultural conditions
make it very necessary to consider
the question of diversified crops, and
our catalog gives full information,
both in regard to
Farm and
Garden Seeds
that can be planted to profit and
advantage
Write for Descriptive Catalog
and prices of any
Grass and Clover Seeds,
Seed Grain or Seed Potatoes
required. Catalog mailed on request.
T. W. WOOD & SONS,
Seedsmen, - Richmond, Va.
office of the Southern Express Com-; from the bad weather lately as much
pany some nights ago have not as j as forty-five per cent of the total
yet been apprehended. j yield near this market.
Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Co.
(Successors to N. B. Josey Company's Undertaking Business)
Coffins,
Caskets
Burial
Robes
Complete Line of Undertakers Supplies
HEARSE SERVICE AT ANY TIME
Burroughs-Pittman-Wheeler Co., Scotland Neck, N. C.
The Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co.
The Leading Annual Dividend Company
FURNISHES INSURANCE AT COST
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We cannot see why any one who
favors a primary that would give
the people a voice in the selection
of officials can object to allowing
the people to decide for themselves.
Durham Herald. .
Notice-Public Land Sale.
By virtue of power vested in me
by that deed of trust executed to me
on the 24th day of January, 1914, by
Handy Todd and wife, Martha Todd,
and duly recorded " in the office of
the register of deeds for Halifax
county, in Book 255 at Page 333,
and given to secure the land below
described, I shall sell for cash at pub
lic auction in the town of Scotland
Neck, N. C, in front of the Scotland
Neck Bank, on the 2nd day of Feb
ruary, 1915, at 12 o'clock noon, to
the highest bidder, the following
described tract of real estate, lying,
being and situate in the county of
Halifax and State of North Caroli
na, to-wit: Bounded by the lands
of Ben Partin, the public road lead
ing from Hill's Cross Roads to Daw
son's Cross Roads, the lands os Jim
Lawrence and the lands of Frank
Moore, being the same land former
ly owned by Emmett Bishop, and
which was conveyed to the said
Handy Todd by Ed. Shields and wife
by that deed of record in the office
of the register of-deeds for Halifax
county in Book 178 at Page 33, said
land conta-ning 117 acres, more or
less. .
Also the following described per
sonal property, to-wit: One black
horse named Dan, one red mule
named Hattie, one black mule named
Mattie, one top buggy, one double
horse wagon, one dump cart, one
rail cart, one cotton planter, and
farming implements.
This January 2, 1915.
Ash by Dunn, Trustee.
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have moved my stock of GROCERIES to the store formerly occupied
by Messrs. WHITE & PAULL, where I will keep a PIRST-CLASS
handling the VERY BEST of everything in the Grocery Line. Am better
prepared now to give you SERVICE, as I have a larger store a
centrally located. IT PAYS YOU TO GIVE ME YOUR GROCERY E
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At The Lowest Figure Ever Before Heard of
In order to close out their business and to avoid moving into a store that they
could rent for only one month, Messrs. White & Paull sold me their entire stock of
Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Clothing, and so forth, at the
oira
So, in order to dispose of these DRY GOODS and to make room for my GROCERIES, I am
going to give my customers the full benefit of these BARGAINS. Come early, before they
are picked over. I must get rid of them within a very short time, as I intend to handle no
Dry Goods at all after these are all gone. Come in and take a look.
CLEE VAUGNAN
Ring One-Seven-Four It Pays You
Scotland Neck, North Carolina
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