the commonwealth. CULTURE AND DEMOCRACY
PUBISHED EVERY THURSDAY.
CHAS. F. CARROLL, Editor ud Proprietor,
Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter
Thursday, October 7. 1915
If you would prosper advertise !
They're
Dumba.
We are pleased to announce a
change in the weather again.
The Commonwealth has ihe cir
culationboth quality and quan
tity. Pardon our intrusion but have
we a dog law in Scotland Neck or
not?
01'
ULTTJEE would come too
high, if it involved the
Entered at the postoffice at Scotland compromise of democracy.
For what is democracy? In
etymology it is the rule of
the people. But equal par
ticipation in government,
off Dr. and Madam manhood suffrage, and ma-
jority rule are not demo
cracy itself so much as the
mechanism of democracy.
The essence of democracy is
the spirit of fraternity and
justice. It cannot be de
ceived by disguises of prece
dent and tradition, ol cir
cumstance and ceremony. It
counts the individual human
r;;r, ,, wthpriv love we snirit so nrecious and so re-
. i i x 1 ? I .
will root for Fhiiadeipma 1S 1 that its accidents of birth
and position are insignifi
cant. It was born into the
modern world in the new de
finition of man in the teach-
its devel
world's series.
Since cotton has gone to 11c, guess
wp' 11 holdout for 12c. Perfectly
natural y' know to do this.
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Tf it doesn't rain any more for the "i " ub,
w rinvs wp nredict more dust oDment throuerh the Chris-
of a finer quality on our streets. tj centuries is their shin-
Those who are working for a free , . , . .
trin to the Raleigh Fair at our ex- Struggle ior ireeuom against
vil
pense, will have a most enjoyaDie Mep0tism in all its forms has
time. Getting ten suDScripuons iw
a trip like this is, like taking candy
from a child.
been universal and irresist
ible, possessing:, as De Toe-
queville says, all the charac
teristics of a divine decree
Resolved, That the United States
Should Adopt the Policy ot Great
ly Enlarging the Navy."
See the Great Animals
By all means Mr. Grouch you
aV.-iil4 olro vm-IT fVlilflrPn OUt tO
see the circus parade next Monday Next after religion, it IS
morning. It will please them great
ly and besides it will be instructive.
our
We read of a Wilson woman who
fainted in a department store there.
The paper said she collapsed when
told the low price of a garment, she
very greatly admired. There are
some funny folks in Wilson, you
know.
dearest possession. We can
not afford to sacrifice it on
the altar of culture. Dr. W.
L. Poteat.
Hon. Oscar Everett for Attorney
General
Beginning with next week's Com
monwealth we will publish a column
under the head of "Twenty Years
Ago." The old files of the paper will
be perused for interesting events
which the older inhabitpnts of the
vicinity distinctly remember
which will be of interest to
younger generation. Watch
for "Twenty Years Ago."
and
the
out
A better Sunday train service
through Scotland Neck, N. C, is one
of the most pressing needs that we
know of at the present time. Speak
ing prohibitively you can't even
read your Sunday paper until 5
o'clock in the afternoon unless you
get one from Palmyra, not to say
anything of getting in and out of
town by rail at a convenient time.
We most certainly have the blue law
here all right, all right.
The Far Eastern Review has mail
ed the Commonwealth two booklets
by Geo. Bronson Rea, entitled
"Analysis of the China-Japanese
Treaties", and "China's Official His
tory", both of which contain first
hand information on the situation
in the Orient as effects the United
States. Mr. Rea thinks the signing
of the treaty between" the two Mon
golian races has no tendency to
make the recent breach between Ja
pan and the U. S. none the less
acute. He sees greater and more
serious complications on the horizon,
but expresses the hope and points
the way to the proper cause of me
diation in case such situations may
arise.
Last week we inadvertantly omit
ted the last two paragraphs of the
following article which we are today
giying our readers:
Every Halifax County son has read
with more than casual interest the
announcement of Hon. Oscar Ever
ett that he will be a candidate for
Attorney General. Though not ac
tually a Halifax County man so far
as geography has it, Mr. Everett is
in every other sense one of us. He
attended our schools and was
brought up with us both socially
and commercially. When he was
a husky youngster in his 'teens his
brag stunt was throwing a baseball
from his home in Martin County into
Halifax County. He lived just that
near to us. A neighbor and a neigh
bor's son who hiked from home af
ter leaving college after fame and
fortune. He worked hard for the
fame and the fortune came inciden
tally. Anyway he now has both. As
a lawyer, he has won his way to the
front of the Durham County Bar;
as a business man of more than the
ordinary capacity, his worldly ac-
Chapel Hill, N. C, Oct. 4th The
query which will be discussed this
year by the schools having- member
ship in the High School soaring
Union of North Carolina; is 'Resolved
That the United States should adopt
the policy of greatly enlarging the
Navy." A bulletin of sixtv or sev
enty pages containing outlines and
arguments on both sides of this
query and references to sources from
which further material can be se
cured will be sent free of charge to
all schools which are members of the
Union. This bulletin will reach the
schools not later than Nov. 15th.
Every secondary and high school
in the State is invited to become a
member of the Union and partici
pate in the contest of 1916. Every
school that enters will, as in the past,
be grouped with two others for a
triangular debate, each school put
ting out two teams, one on the affir
mative and the other on the nega
tive. The school winning both de
bates will be intitled to send their
teams to the University to compete
for the State championship and the
Aycock Memorial Cup. The trian
gular debates will be held throughout
the State the latter part of March
and the final contest at the Univer
sity early in April. The exact dates
for these contests will be decided
upon later.
Since its inauguration three years
ago by the literary societies and the
bureau of extension of the Univer
sity, the High School Debating Un
ion has met with splendid success
Three comprehensive State-wide de
bates have been held and schools and
communities alike have been bene
fitted by them. Last spring the
State-wide contest was participated
in by 250 schools and 1000 student
debaters, and it is a safe estimate
that fully 50,000 people from first to
last heard the discussions over the
State on the question of subsidies for
the merchant marine. The com
mittee hopes that this year every
school of secondary nature in the
State will enroll in tne Union for
the discussion of the enlargement
of the United' States Navy. E. R
Rankin. Secretary of the Union at
Chapel Hill, will be glad to hear
from you as to your school and the
debates.
Winner of Aycock Memorial Cup,
1913 - Pleasant Garden High School.
Winnea of Aycock Memorial Cnp,
1914 -- Winston-Salem High School.
Winner of Aycock Memorial Cup,
1915 -- Wilson High School.
The colossal menagerie connected
with the Howe Great London Show. L
which is to be here on next Monday
contains the finest zoological collec
tion ever assembled for exhibition
purposes. The idea to have the ani
mals surrounded as much as possi
ble with the atmosphere of their na
tural homes has been carefully car
ried out, and the result is that the
stndents of natural history are giv
en an opportunity to study the ha
bits of the beasts that has never be-
ore presented itself.
Traveling exhibitions often seek
patronage by calling attention to the
number of cages, the menagerie con
tains, regardless of what these cages
contain. Duplication has always
been resorted to and it has not been
an unusual sight to find several ca
ges containing the same specimens.
It will not be found so with the men
agerie connected with this show.
There is positively no duplication.
Every cage will be found to contain
different species of the animal king
dom. Not only is this true, but it
is also a fact that they are rare specimens.
Nature, during the time that the
show was in winter quarters, dealt
generously with the animals, and
almost every known specie of ani
mal that will propogate in captivity
may be seen with their young at their
side. There are lionesses with their
young, tigers with their s still nur
sing and so all through almost the
entire menagerie. Children find par
ticular pleasure in watching the an
tics of these little strangers and the
older ones find them particularly in
teresting. There is no menagerie
touring the country today where the
collection of infantile and matured
wild beasts are more completely as
sembled. The four quarters of the
globe have been scoured to obtain
them and as far as known every
specimen of the animal world not
yet extinct has a representation.
SOURCE OF RUBBER PRODUCT
Rapidly Developing Industry Makes
Countries Supplying Crude Mate
rial of Special Interest.
"Crude rubber, its source of sup
ply and the conditions governing its
progress from the source to Ameri
can tire factories, have been sub
jects of especial interest in this coun
try of late' said an officer of a tire
and rubber company recently.
Crude rubber is a vegetable prod
uct, gathered from certain species of
tropical trees, shrubs, vines and
roots. It was first introduced into
Europe in 1735.' It was first used
for pencil erasers and in waterproof
cloth, and, finally, in solution, in ce
ments. Vulcanizing or curing rub
ber was discovered in 1844, and
thereafter the development of the
industry was rapid though the in
dustry was but an infant in size.
compared with now, up to the devel
opment of the automobile industry.
Rubber can today be divided into
two chief classes wild and culti
vated. These are collected from trees
that have grown wild and where
there has been no cultivation process,
Such trees and shrubs are found
mostly in northern South America
Central America. Mexico, Central
Africa and Born3o.
The finest rubber in the world has
until recently been, obtained from
the Amazon region of South Amer
ica and is known as fine Para. For
over a century this rubber has been
gathered in practically the same way.
The native goes into the forest, se
lects a tree, cuts V-shaped grooves in
the bark with a knife made for the
: purpose, the grooves being cut in
herringbone fashion around the tree,
with one main groove down the cen
ter, like the main vein in a leaf. The
latex of the tree (not the sap) flows
from the smaller veins and down the
center vein into a little cup placed
:to receive it.
Notice to Our Friends
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October Healthiest Month
October is the healthiest month of
of the year. November i3 its close
second. In December the sickness
rate rapidly begins to climb. Octo
ber has the lowest sickness rate of
all months 1 in the year, especially
from baby diseases. It is the month
people enjoy most and feel the best.
Why? The summer heat has passed,
and closad, ill ventilated houses have
not yet been Centered, People live
more in the open air; thev walk.
play tennis, tootball and other out
Someone has circulated the re
port that I was soon to leave Scot
land Neck. I wish to say this is
mistake, however. To the contrary
I will continue to remain here. Re
cently I resigned as manager of the
Sanitary Barber Shop and Mr. A. C.
Yandle was appointed to succeed me.
Together we will continue to serve
our patrons old and new. We try
to keep everything as near sanitary
as possible and to give as good ser
vice as can be had anywhere. We
will be glad if those who owe old ac
counts wjuld call and settle same as
we wish to establish a cash system.
We have a new cover on our pool
table and a new line of barber sup
plies and if you wish good serviee,
call at the Sanitary Barber Shop,
where you will be greeted by two
good looking(Y) barbers to serve you.
Yours for a bright future,
M. A. BRADFORD.
We can Suit you in Price
'Is your daughter improving in
'her playing?"
, "Either that or I'm getting used
ito it."
Commonwealth
1
HIS IDEA.
Notice to farmers.
door games. They keep up their
cumulations and his unblemished re- summer habits of bathing and living
putation attest. He is in every sense m tne open.
of the word Qualified to fill the hieh In November colds and infectious
office to which he aspires with credit diseases are more prevalent. Peo-
to the state. PIe now live more inside and the win-
Halifax County has msnv things dows have not been kept as wide
to brag about; many sons who sit at Pen especially at night. All the
the head of the table, and who sit summer sleeping porches have been
steady. She has much history of abandoned and winter has been ac-
which she is indeed proud. She also cepted in full form. The conse-
has a future that any county might quence is there are more colds and a
envy. But of all her virtues, her spread of contagious diseases.
- It w i . i
oyalty to her sons is the greatest. in uecemoer tne pneumonia rate
The little spasmodic frictions with- climbs, reaching its maximum in
in her boundaries happen here as in in February and March. Other hot-
every county. But when one of "her house diseases flourish accordingly.
Thirsty Pitt
The other day a Weldon officer of
the law captured an automobile and
about seventy gallons of liquor;
bound from Virginia, presumably
for Pitt County. Upon being com
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manaea to nan, tne driver put on
more speed. One tire was punctured
by a volley of bullets, but the chauf
feur halted not until he neared a
patch of woods. Then he made the
desertion necessary for his personal
and moral benefit so to speak. He
was never apprehended. Upon in
quiry at Kaleigh, it was learned the
car oeiongea to a jritt uounty man
of prominence. The Weldon authori
ties turned the spoils over to the
sheriff , who will pour out the booze
and sell the car, likely if the owner
doesn't show up. While in this in
stance the quart law was enforced,
there is no telling just how many si
:i t : i i . i
mnai li lys were maue oy tne same
car for the same purpose. The law
will do more good when Virginia
goes dry. in the meantime the
thirsty will send over for it and the
subsequent consumption of it stil
oes on unabated.
uoys wants sometning, it is gen
erally a foregone conclusion that he
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wm get it ii uia nanrax s going
solid will get it for him. This time
one of her sons wants to be Attorney
General. We believe that she will
go for him en bloc. We hope so.
We are relieved that autumn, the
the bumble bee season, is passing.
Exchanges by the score have inform
ed us of persons being stung in the
field, in the alley, on the porch and
other delicate places. We remem
ber once before being stung in the
alky and, accept it from us, 'twere
no joke. F. S. W.
at this season of the year. In the
same proportion does the pneumonia
rate rise, and not until people be
gin to unhouse in the spring does
the pneumonia rate begin to fall.
mi .
ine same is true oi otner impure
air diseases. It seems that a little
i . ...
wisaom exercised at this point
would be both practical and sensible
Live outdoors as much as possible all
winter long. Get the habit
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nave auuuuaui nesn air wnere you
work and where yon sleeD. Kn
r
up a strong resistance to colds by a
daily morning bath though it be only
a sponge Datn, and cultivate right
living habits. Exchange.
A sample of what we call financia
dementia is the young Middlesex post
master, who lifted $1100 in cash from
a bank at that town and tried to buv
an automobile for cash right off the
reel. Officers removed $875 of the
money from his person and placed him
in jail.
We are compelled to wonder if the
1.9
president s engagement oi marriage
had anything to do with his sudden
conversion for woman suffrage.
On Friday evening, October, 8tb,
1915 there will be a public meeting
at Crowell's School House for the
pu-'pose of making arrangements
for a Community Fair in that sec
tion in November. The meeting
will be called promptly at 7:30 P. M.
and all who are interested should
come out and take a part in this
work.
A community Fair is purely an
Educational affair and all citizens of
the community should take enough
interest in this matter to come out
and help give it a good send off
The success of it depends on the in
terest each and every individual
taKes in it. une man nor a lew can
make it what can be made and it is
the duty of every citizen to do some
thing to help make this community
the foremost one in the county.
ti.nu me reopie oi uroweii now
have a chance to start the first com
munity fair in the county.
Othcers for the Fair will be elect
ed at this meeting and it is earnest
ly desired that every citizen within a
radius of five miles will come out
and take a part in this meeting.
Kemember the date and time and
come out and bring some one with
you, and let's try to make Crowell a
leader.
Yours very truly,
N. B. STEVENS,
Local Agent.
The President to Wed
an-
Today's daily papers carry the
will weci Mrs. JNorman Gait, a beauti
mi ana accomplisheo widow of thirty
eight years, a native of Wvthevill
Va., early in December. The fact that
tue uaugnters oi Mr. Wilson virtually J
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""""s" me uiubcii lis pieaBing to all.
Mrs. Gait has resided m Washington
ton City lor several years and owns a
large jewelry business that bears her
husband's name. To many the an
nouncement brings surprise while
others realy expected Mr. Wilson would
soon wed to bring to a culmination the
loneliness that has attended him dur
ing the past year.
We are requestedto announce that
there will be Sunday Scool atMullen':
school house Sunday afternoon a
half past three oclock. All the people
oi the community an invited to be
present.
give
Bill Now I'll
one on the phonograph.
Jill Who is that making
noise ?
"That's the lightning quartette;
"Sounds like thunder."
you a new
the
n
NO, INDEED.
-The smallest apartment
are those occupied by bees.
Bill-
houses
In a cubic foot of honeycomb there
are about nine thousand cells.
Jill I suppose it is not alone the
janitor who does the stinging?
TERPSICHORE.
Chorus of Moose Meadow Girls
(to Uncle Abner, who has spent three
days in Few York) Oh, uncle, now
you can teach us all the latest dance
steps, can't you ? Puck.
Jk. fVk, Hk. t. Mr. m.
aaaw'v
Save your Sweet f
amd Irish Potatoes...
A good farmer told me that he would not take $50 for the
POTATO SAVING RECIPE HE BOUGHT OF ME YEARS AGO
He has not lost a potato (by decay) since. I get orders for the
Recipe from everywhere. Sent upog receipt of price $1.00
BENNETT ALLSBROOK, - SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. J
PROVERBS OF THE JAPANESE
Powerful Fans
The theatre was very warm and
crowded. An old colored mammy
turned to her husband and said:
"Fo' Gawd, Hippolite, whyn't dey
put some of dese 'lectric fans in hy
eah to cool of de hemisphere?"
Photoplay Magazine.
Are as Quaint and Interesting as
Their Works of Art That Charm
All People.
It has been said that the Japa
nese are as apt and unique in their
proverbs as they are in their works
of art. What, for example, could be
more appropriate to men in certain
desperate circumstances than this :
"Man may shout when he can no
longer swim?" "While the tongue
works the brain sleeps," is another
saying of the Japanese, which ex
presses their contempt for loquacious
persons.
The Japanese are quick at repar
tee ; their wit is keen and tempered,
and they can often administer a per
fect snub in brief, terse form. In
illustration of this there may be
cited the following instance:
There was being tried in a court
a case involving the possession and
ownership of a piece of property,
ine litigants were brothers. The
holder, who was clearly not the right
ful owner, had assaulted and ejected
his brother and was protesting his
ngnt to defend his claim.
The examining magistrate listened
very patiently to him until he closed
with the words, "Even a cur may
bark at his own gate." Then the
magistrate said: "Even a cur re
spects his own kin."
MUM
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The best inoculation and soil im
prover. Progresive Farmer the
best farm Paper.
Until Nov. ist., with each Cash
five acre order of NITRA-GERM
amountinor to $9 00., you will re
ceive free of charge one years sub
scription to The Progressive Farmer.
Take advantage of this offer
inoculate your clover this fall.
nd
J. L. DUNN,
Local Agent,
Scotland Neck