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ft 1 3w EALT cf caj Halifax County Ksvrssp Estlishxd 1882. ADVEBTISHTQ UEDITJZI i 13 m EAOTESN CABOLUTA "SXC3LSI0V' IB OUR MOTTO SUBSOBEPTIOn PXRGE, $L00 PER YEAR. vri yvvi SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1915. NUMBER 26. TUT Call 1-7-4 ! J Pays You ! If You Want To be Assure eries Your G t Will Pay Y on i. To Call My Store vv nere Are Bought -nd Sold BROWING KAY MAY BE MADE PROFITABLE Varieties of Grasses snd Legumes thsf will do well la the Senta. Obstacles in tiie Pain cf the Grower. v ery itapmiy J Everything in the CE REAL line. q CORBY'S received and sold day. BREAD out every q A full line of CANNED 'EATS of all kinds. Also a complete StCCK OI lam-, Preserves, &c. j Lverytning in Fancy Groceries of Highest Quali iy. Your orders "ai'o appre ciated. Cj Fresh Htnry Clay Flour om NT . Better. Both Telephones 1-7-4 Clee Vaughan T"U .... - verandas. PocaliO iltllH Virginia l?ach, Va. Cottage, very wice ocean, tine service. Near 17tb .r terms address Mrs. A. B. Williams. Iliinrocik-Ilouse Go.,Inc Embalmcr Roanoke Rapid?, K. C. PJay or night service anywhere W. C. William-, Licensed Kmbalmer Transfer Worth Carolina Cars for hire. Cars repaired. Po lite attrition. Quick service. Tel ephones Residence 45. Office G6. Alien Allsliruok House Mover According to the most recent figures of the department, 1,305,000 tons of hay, valued at $17,626,000, are brought each year into the 11 Southern States. In other words, the South produces only four-fifth? of the hay that it consumes and im ports the other one fifth. This is a singular state of affairs for a great agricultural section, and the causes for it are analyzed in a new publica tion of the department. Farmers' Bulletin 677. "It is practicable,'' says this bulletin, "for the farmers of the South to produce all the hay that they need on their own farms." For the city markets, however, southern hays find it difficult to complete with timothy, clover, or alfalfa, none. of which have dene well in the cotton belt, except in limited areas. Another obstacle is the likelihood of rainy weather in terfering with the curing of the crop. These two obstacles, however, do not alter the fact that, with suitable soil conditions, growing hay in the South for market should be a profit able Droduction. The heavy, clay uplands and the sandy soils along the coast are not well suited for this purpose, and the Department of Agriculture considers it doubtful whether it is advisable to attempt to produce market hay on them. On the other hand, bottom or alluvial lands, if sufficiently drained, are admirably adapted for hay produc tion, and if there is a good market for hay in the vicinity, will probably give as great a profit in this way as in any other. Grant Li tldt the-soiHs-staitabie-, another factor to be taken into con sideration is the amount of land at one's disposa1. To produce market h iy economically requires a special equipment, the expense of which is so considerable that it is doubtful whether a farmer is justified in in curring it unless he expects to have 10 acres or more of hay to cut each year. iiiis equipment mcvaues a mower, rake-, tedder, wagon with ram?, horse fork, pitchfork, and a nay press, me press, ot course, is not absolutely necessary, and, un- 3 the fanner has 50 tcr.s or more to bale, it will probably be more ciiomieal for him to pay for the baling than to purchase the press. A common method of overcoming this di faculty is lor one farmer in a community to purchase a press and to make a business of baling hay for the others. Among the grasses and legumes that make good market hays in the South are lespeueza in me lower Mississippi Valley ; Johnson grass over most of the cotton belt ; Ber nmJa gnus on the rich bottom lands ; the Arlington mixture (or chard aisike) and 4 pounds of aisike for every acre, is not so well known as the crops already mentioned. In ex periments on the Government farm .it Arlington, Va., it has been found satisfactory in every way for horses, and for this reason should command a good price in the cities. At the present time there is a certain prej udice against orchard grass on ac count of its coarseness and against tall oat prass because it is supposed to be unpalatable. These beliefs do not appear to be justified and should disappear with better knowledge. Seeding with this mixture is rather expensive, but on the red upland soils it will make a good perennial meadow, so that this point is of little consequence. Sudan grass is also something of a novelty as yet. There are indica tions that it may become a very im portant factor in hay production in the South. Further details in regard to the relative merits of these various hays are contained in the bulletin already mentioned, "Growing Hay in the South for Market:" This bulletin also contains an interesting table showing the kinds of hay sold in the principal markets throughout the South, the type of bale mo3t in de mand, and the common faults found in the hay supplied at the present time to these markets. Hones! Tom Jarvis! Named "North Carolina." Scotland Neck, North Carolina If you are thinking of having house of any kind moved see me at i no.; Kinston, July 10. Dr. W. F. Har grove, a prominent physician of this city now spending a few weeks in the West, writes back that he has discovered a giant tree in the Yo semite National Park, California, named North Carolina." The park is filled with the big redwoods, and nearly all cf them more than 25 feet in eircumierence at trie oase are named. "North Carolina" is one of the finest specimens, Dr. Hargrove declares, although still a young tree" of about 5,000 years. One of its older brothers is supposed to be the oldest living thing in the world, having taken root, it is estimated, not less than 8,000 years since. It is 100 feet from the ground to "North Carolina's" lowest branch There is not a tree in this part of the country near as oM as the big redwood named in Old North State's honor. The closest approach to i was a great juniper cut in Tuckahoe swamp, near here, two or three years ago. estimated to be close to 1.000 years old. And Jarvis was also an honest man. He began public life as speak er of the House of Representatives in 1870. Later Lieutenant Govern or and afterwards Governor for six years, followed by four years ser vice as Minister to Brazil, this ser vice in turn being followed by a term in the United State Senate, the last twenty years, of his life rounded out as a practicing lawyer, he yet died a poor man. He was able to acquire and preserve an es tate so modest that it was practi cally represented by two insurance policies and a library, the whole be ing appraised at less than $10,000! There could be no better evidence wanted of the native honesty of this great North Carolinian. In the course of long pubjic service there had no doubt been thrown in his way many an opportunity to swell his income by legitimate means no one ever had the courage to ap proach Jarvis with a grafting prop osition but he was a man of simple taste and was content to devote his time and talent strictly to the du ties which had devolved upon him and with the compensation provided for the performances of these duti es. The two policies and the simple library which he left are eloquent token to his rugged sense of obliga tions and honor. It was within his power, however, to make pathetic dispositions of only his modest per sonal accumulations. There had been disposed of other and greater assets which had been automatically bequathed to the State assets of which the State took account where he did not. The chief of these is the splendid education plant at Greenville which is dedicated to the training of the teachers of North Carolina. A greater monument than that perpetuates the memory of no North Carolinian. It will be re ii.i. memnerea that on an occasion about two months ago, when Gov ernor Jarvis attended, pu blic exer cises at the institution and deliver ed an address. The Observer pre dicted that the day would soon ar rive when its name would be chang ed from the E istern Carolina Teach ers' Training School to the Jarvis Training School for Teachers. No doubt the board of trustees has re cently had that very suggestion in mind. Charlotte Observer. LADIESFASHIONS" FROM THE SHOULDERS UP. What Milady Wears Upon Her Head and Around Her Neck Defies Time and Place, to Suit Her Fancy. Summer Furs at 90 Fahrenheit. New York, July 12. Transparent hats and furs, velvet head-gear and low necks these are some of the things in the summer fashions that menquestion, and even a few wo men come up to and shy at, as the thermometer soars skyward. The little maiden with her "rikisha" hat goes serenely on ; the girl with the white fox furs hugs them more closely, and the wearer of the velvet hat sedately raises a parasol. Such matters are beyond the comprehen sion of mere man or the woman who was brought up to view clothes for comfort. Faradlse. and Su- sh owing much Attornev Law Scotland Neck, North Carolina Money to loan on approved secu- 'DptD. KHcIiin I'hyaician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, Noi th Carolina Office in Posto'Tice Building over North End Drug Store. Telephones - -Om-.e 10. Residence 31. jrass, tail oat grai-s, on the heavy uplands. dan grass is &u promise. In considering the rela tive merits of these market hays, it must b i remembered that each mnrkel is likely to hava its own re quirements which do not always correspond to feeding. vlu'es. There is also the question of prejudice to be tuktn into consideration. This is particularly true of John son grnss, which has suffered great ly on the market from its bad repu tation as a weed. It is indeed doubtful whether for thia reason it A- -0lli -A stiff-brimmed sailors that bespeak the past or the present, according to the materials and trimmings; the sports hats, borrowed from the, four corners of the globe, and last, but not least, the cocky turbans, which show trie martial note in millinery. The stiff-brimmed sailors are a chapter in themselves. Already the straws are on the wane. Chiffon brims we have tired of, and so the attention naturally turns to sailors of blue taffeta, black velvet and cretonne. "America", the white, leather-tacea, blue tarteta, is a worthy emblem to the country from which it takes its name. White beaded wings for trimming brings to mind the speed of Mercury; and the glory of ancient Rome lies in other bead trimming for other taf feta hats. Black velvets, shiny and plushy as cat's fur, are embroidered with fleecy white wool, as wintry as pos sible to shock the sun of summer. Birds and animals in the wool crawl 1 over the crowns, and the brims are invariably finished in old-fashioned quilt-stitch, varied in length to make a design. With white linen and cretonne costumes, "Mistress Mary" cretonne hats make a smart finish. These need no trimming, the bright colors being gay enough for any summer landscape, whether mountains, coun try or shore. Sports hats come from odd nooks and corners. The latest, a dark blue taffeta, is decidedly Chinese in as pect. It has a sloping brim, with a soft edge an inch wide that flaps down and shades the face, dented on one side with heavy balls suspended from the ends of a cord tied around he crown. Scotland contributed the tarn, and there is a soft hat rxiade completely of narrow bias strips of silk that is finding favor under a 'Made-in-America" label. Contributory Negligence. !, ls A. 1- Morgan Physician and Surgeon Scotland Neck, North Carolina Cilice in building formerly used by Br. J. P. Wimberley. s m reen Ir. K. Li. Savage 1 . y? Mount, North Carolina ready occupied by it. Its mer: other respects, however, have thoroughly demonstrated, and on land already covered by it it may be cut with profit for market hay. It is especially satisfactory for horses in the city, many livery- men con sidering it practically as good as timothy for this purpose. Bermuda grass is also well known throuahout the cotton region. There is a better world they say, a shining place across the way, where people weep no more; and all my days I have been told of jasper gates and walls of gold, and streets of virgin ore. I'm sure there is a better land, where we'll rejoice to beat the band, and lay our burdens down ; but no one there thinks gold a prize, and none will pause to analyze the metal in his crown. The pictures of that joyous place with which they bring me face to f-xce, are sordid, gross and mean; for one, I don't believe in sich a heaven Jfor the id!e rich, with gold and gasoline. The truth about that land is sealed ; its glories have not been revealed, men would not un derstand and all the stories that we hold, ot nearly gates and streets of gold, were writ by mortal hand. They do not measure values there as would a fourth rate millionaire; there's no such thing as Cost; if gold is valued more than zinc, up where the angels nectar drink, then heaven is a frost. Ah, no, my friends; that sunny shore, where we shall meet when life is o'er, has ne'er a use for coin; it has no gold along its pike; it does not measure values like Chicago or Dcs Moines. Uncle Watt Mason. Aunt Rosa, who had presided in the kitchen for many years and was a person of high privilege in the family, came into the library in a highly flustered state wiping her fat hands upon her apron, says the Literary Digest. She was plainly both distressed and indignant. She addressed herself preamble to the master of the house. "Mister Willie," said she, "please sub, len' me fifteen dollars, sub. Dev done 'rest my boy 'llastus ag'ir.- Dey got him shet up in de jail an' day 'fuse to let him out 'lessen I pays bail." "What has the lazy rascal been doing, Aunt Rosa?" "He ain't done nut'in' 'tall, Mister Wiilie nut'in' 'tall, sub. De boy was jest a settin' on de do' step wiv a knife in his han'. an' a onery nigger come by, an' fell on it an' rip hisself open dat all, sub." U 15 & ! -f UJ I o Z I s cd $J r i S 2 t j: j 5 cj g ) I S W O I g, v- & OA & IS "3. 8 o u I j w (o (o Q S 03 S A Man's Bodily Value. Will be in Scotland Neck on the j ti,ouir';ri uaed primarily -for sum iird Wednesday of ech month at ' - it grows tali enough le hotel to treat the diseases of the Piuic, h. Ai mer Teaching Cooking To a Cook. Mrs. Wales came in from a shop ping trip, and having some impor tant instructions to give the cook, went down to the kitchen, relates on ' the Pathfinder. lye, rar, io.se, iiiroaoa A. G. Liveriiioii Dentist Scotland Neck, North Caralina Office up-stairs in the Whitehead .. . i i . . i . nd fi t glares j rich soil to cut lor nay anu may mowed two or three times a season, yielding an average of about 1 ton per acre for each cutting. Lespe deza does well with it, though, like the Bermuda grass, it frequently Building. Office hours from 9 to 1 and 2 to 5 o'clock. Wiilie II. Alisbrook Life Insurance Scotland Neck. North Carolina Iv-presen'inr trie does not l r . .v tall enough to cut for . . f i i ' hay. Abouc 10 per cent oi tne com mercial hay sold in New Orleans is lespedeza. The Arlington mixture, which S Ot iU pO'llVl L t'ioiam 20 pounds oi Lull oat ga "Why, Ellen," she cried, as she gazed around the room in great dis approval, "what a kitchin ! Every kettle, pan and dish is dirty, the table looks like a junkshop and the floor is littered with things ! It will take vou a week to get things clear ed up. What have you been doing ? "Sure, mum," responded Ellen, "the young leddies has just been down, showing me how to roast a potato the way they learn at the In an Indiana court recently a judgement cf $1.00 was rendered to an employe of a foundry company i i l ir j. .. as u am ages ior tne ions oi part oi a ii. . i finger. A jury in tne same court gave another man $1,000 for a brok en back. At first -thought this wide diver gence in estimating the value of a man's members seems highly unjust and yet may not have appeared so to the court and jury. A man with a broken back has but a brief life ahead, and it he alone had to be considered, and not his family, it may have seemed to those dealing with the esse that inasmuch as no compensation could be offered for life itself, $1,000 would provide him with all the migrations possible while he remained alive. On the other hand, a mutiiated A Sports Hat of Blue Taffeta, the Woven "Iti kisha" and Silk Sailor; the "Chin-Chin", the Jabot and the Puritan Collar. Their very oddity is the lure that makes them popular. What matters a coat of tan if the hat is woven with holes to duplicate the head dress of the man that pulls the jin rikisha in Japan? Even the woman who is conserva tive with her dress and suit, casts wisdom to the winds above the shoulder-line. What lies above be speaks therue woman who, in her heart of hearts, loves the fantasies of fashion. The demure Quaker and sancy "Chin-Chin" collars, the flappy hat and stiff-brimmed sailor even the plug hat of silk beaver frincre that Mrs. Vernon Castle made famous at the races, appea to those of us who like something "different". The mode breathes romance, and romance is what fashion thrives on Every hat and every collar awaken a memory or tells a new tale. It is interesting to note that the Quaker collar has its origin in the collar of the man's costume. How scandal ized the shades of the old-time Quaker and Puritan must be to see their collars made in frivolous or gandy, svviss and cretonne ! Jabots and frills come from another period, when French courtiers wore fur belows. In modern times, Sara Bernhardt gives her famous youth giving frill to the high collar ; while the flaring half collars that arc still shown on dresses and waists harp back to a portrait of Shelley. Nor is the mode without humor ; "Chin Chin" collars, aimed at a giddy mflsnnei'(la costume, have gone far of the mark and appear on coats. Past modes are drawn on for hats, too. In an exclusive shop, just off the Avenue, one of the girls of the vounsrer set ordered a garden hat the other day of white chip, with a pyramid' of pink roses the exact dupiicate of the hat her great-great-grandmother wore when she tripped across the lawns at the Capitol. All New Ice House AT Womack's Grist Mill Wo have equipped a storage for 1CI0 antl ha vo received our lirst ship ment. lee will be delivered from wap;on any hour and anywhere in town. Prompt attention giv en to every order for Ice and your patronage will be highly appreciated. Full supply ol Ice will be kept through the en tire year summer and winter. Call 1-5-4. WOMACK'S ICE HOUSE -N n A I r A A HI 1 1 r. n . III 0T- v 0 McCaix hi skill, especially if it were an in-! these garden hats of leghorn and dex fiitger. and be a damage to him throughout a long life. That does not seem likely to be true of a foun dryman, though it would do so with, sav, a jeweler or a printer or a pian ist. At the same time it is likely that few men or women, whatever their occupation, would hold ud their hands before them and select a finger than thev would willingly M-ii-twitti for 51,000. Milan recall Colonial days. Even the "rikisha", imported in spirit from Japan, smacks of this style when trimmed with roses, the black varnished cord of which it is made contrasting with the light frocks. Broadly speaking, the hats of the season are divided into four classes; thcbC portrait f A Garden Hat of White Chip, the Military Tur ban and Sports Hat of Bias Silk Strips, with the Flaring, the Standing and the Quaker Collar. Those of the turbans that are smart are military; tipped fearlessly j to one side, with sides of velvet and crowns of silk. Indeed, so simple and so smart are these hats, they baffle description. At the present time, hats come under these four classes, black and white prevailing, dark blue being the exception that proves the rule. Later, when suits grow darker, no doubt, hats will gain in brilliance. Already in Paris there is a trend in I this direction. From the "City of Modes" we receive such messages as: "Occasionally, a very brilliant spot of color will be noticed in the hat, currant-colored hats cf the new blue de l'etaile being worn with the tailored suit3 of beige, white, dark navy blue or brown' that "The Italian military 'bersig liere' is being worn with its flowing cocks' plumes at the side' ; and again, "The suits of tan are usually trimmed with wide shawl collars of white wool or faille silk, and are topped by tiny white hats or by broad-brimmed sailors made of soft white crape de Chine, A Long Day's Work The day's work won't seem so long when you go about it with energy and enthusiasm. Your nerves must be in proper shape and you must have the right 'amount of endurance, if the work of any day is to be suc cessfully accomplished. NYAL'S TONIC tones your nerves, gives you vigor and vitality and makes up for lost vital energy. It is a real beneficial tonic medicine that aids every organ of the body to more prop erly perform its func tions. Put your system in shape by taking it. $1.00 PER EOTTLE Tbe North End Drug Store J Store 96 Phones j Room 96 Benefited by ChamUerlain's Liniment. QSTORIA For Infants and Childrea kness and soreness of the nees, and 1 n USO For Over 3Q TeSTS can conscientiously say that 1 never Aj.g bwS 0 -r-s used anyiniriK tut uiu tne fjCJ&TJZTZ nnA Fdw.ird Craft. E'ba. N. Y. siawtare of WT7fy n hats. Uht&snnb'e everwnere Metropolitan ; til. fci ' Life Insurance
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