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SC. The COMMONWEALTH Published Tuesdays and Fridays Tel ephone A umber 5. O. T. CARROLL, Editor & Proprietor. H. M. HILLIASD, Associate Editor. i'.ntered at the Postoffice at Scot land Neck, N. C, as second-class mat ter under Act jt Congress, March 3, 1879. Subsc-i p U - - - rice : One Year fl-50 fciix Months -73 Three Months -5) (Payable Strictly in Advance) Idycrlislrcg Rates: Display, per inch 15c net. Rpading Notices, 5c per line per issue. (Circulation Books Open to Legitimate Advertisers and Prospective Patrons) We are already on record as favor ing waterworks and sewerage for this hero town. The Greensboro News has encourag ed us. You may now expect some real stuff in this colvinn. WOW! I doff ray hat To my triend BrvrJ.tK, Whose auto killed My neigh'.or's rooster. Cincinnati Enquirer. We tip our tile To Colonel HiJppy, Whose flivver slew Our neighbor's pujppy. ."Macon Telegraph. Our chapcau's off To Ezra Pratt; Whose twin-six mJshed Our neighbor's eat. Columbia State. We lift our lid To William Groat, Whose Ford cashed in Our neighbor's goat. Kinston News. We swing our crown To William Benz; His road-louse killed Our guinea-hens. WITH OTHER EDITORS Would Have it Tight. If the Anti-Saloon League asks for real prohibition the Legislature should grant it, remembering what the people voted for a few years ago. Durham Herald. Italian Bye Mr. J. C. Bell tells us that he has four acres of Italian rye with three grains to the mash. He says this rye is rank and grows rapidly during the Winter months. The Taylorsville Scout. This time next year you can take your bath in a porcelain-lined recep tacle if you have the price of one. It pleases the ear to hear of those biti.ulitie streets and granolithic side va''.;8. We sav: the sooner the better. We move and respectfully ask some one to second it, that Scotland Neck have a public park. We know of a lo cation we will putchuonto. Tlie trouble with Scotland Neck has ever been the lack of concentration. Now that we have begun; let's all pull for the town while the pulling is good. WE FAIL TO SEE THE POINT. Mr. Mitt hell thinks he' won his p.iint (von if he did not get many votes. Aru1 there are others who agree with him. Kinston Free Press. THE SOY BEAN. In our next issue we will publish an interesting article under the above cap tion from the pen of Mr. C. B. Wil liams of Robeson county, and same will be an interesting piece of reading for the farmer who is contemplating putting in a crop of this kind for soil improving purposes or for pasturage. We recently had a talk with Mr. B. B. Everett of Palmyra, who is advertising a limited quantity of these beans for sale for seed, and he states that he finds that they will do exactly what is claimed for them. He is disposing of FOOTSTEPS OP THE FATHERS New News of Thirty Years Ago "When the Older Citizens of the Tewn Were Btys and Girls. (Taken from the files of this paper June 11, 1SS6) Several of our citizens are off to Wake Forest commencement this week. Mrs. Bell, whose critical condition we noted last week died at B. Alls brook on Fridov. The Rn Mr. Dowell will preach at Kill Kui-.-k Oil Sunday next at 11 o' clock a. in., and at Mullins Cross Roads at 4:30 o'clock p. m. Mrs. Ethengaiiies, and old and es teemed lady of our town died Tuesday at the residence of Wilson Allsbrook. Age 84 years. The rain here on Tuesday was the heaviest of many years. We learn that in the neighborhood of Joseph Drew that a negro and a mule were killed by lightning. Our old friend S. S. Norman was elected a member of the Inferior court on Monday, we are sure he will wear his honor gracefully and that he will preside with ease and dignity. Mr. W. E. Bowers, one of our county commissioners and one of the progress ive farmers of this section came down with Mr. C. T. Lawrence on Monday and was showed his fine farm. Never were county affairs managed so well as during the past four years. Prescott, Wood, Whitaker, Johnson and Bowers are to be commended for their faithful and good wort. Two Boys Who Will Win. A gentleman called at this office a few days ago to say that he saw two small boys, J. B. Williams and "Bud Tarlton weld a wagon tire after a num ber of older and more experienced "smiths" had failed on the job. You never can tell what there is in a boy; always give him a chance. Wadesboro Ansonian. for what you are and not for what your parens were before yet. But eontine eo&teut m "anotber man's son" and ysu win b moreu the reapact and privilege! only of "another man's son," and when death overtakes you your home paper will speak charitably of you merely as "an other man's son." Tarboro Southerner. Scotland zpsgs; MARKET The Speakership. Mr.' Ilenry A. Page of Aberdeen, is announced as a candidate for Speaker of the House. This brings up the list to three. Bowie of Ashe was first in the field and the second was Mr. Wal ter Murphy of Rowan. Mr. Bowie was speaker of the nouse in the last session, having been elected to succeed Speaker Wooten, who died from injur ies received in an automobile accident. and his friends are claiming for him the privilege of a full term. Both Mr. Murphy and Mr. Page are legislators of experience and of much popularity and already it is seen that the contest for the speakership is going to be an in teresting one. Charlotte Observer. Nomads of the Desert. lie Tuaregs are of the purest Ber ber stock, the noble families unmixed with other blood, and, in their own language, they call themselves the Noble People. Nominally, they are Mohammedans and some of their number compose the most Intolerant and warlike sect in Islam, the Senus site sect. Their hatred for the for eigner is greater even than that bred by their religion, and so they are more exclusive than ever were the Chinese or Japanese. Their social organization divides them into five classes, the nobles, the priests, the Kerfs, the cross-breeds and the slaves. AJl of these, classes have this that la democratic they form together the Tuareg famfjy, which holds itself su perior to all the other peophes of the earth. Surte Sign of Age. A sure sign of advancing age is that the circus elephant isn't nearly as big as he used to be. Peanuts, per bu. . . $1 Cotton (steady) - IS". Cotton seed . -52 Fat Cattle, hoof 4j to 5e; dressed 10c Eggs 20c Granulated Sugair . 9e Corn, bu. - $1 Clear rib sides 1 16c Feed Oats 75c Fresh pork 9 t 10c Hams (ceunly) 19c Lard 12y2c to 15c Cheese per lb. - 25c Butter ; 35e te 45c Meal, pr sack $2.00 I'leur, 12-Tb sacks 50c Coffee : 15c to 85c Cotton need meal, ton ; $35 Cotton seed hulls, ten $16 Potatoes, sweet, pr bu. $1.25 Potatoes, Irish, bag $3.25 TAB HEEL EVENTS. The Deaf and Dumb School Ti-.n address last Wednesday by Gov i c-- CtnXg at the School for the Deaf it :,! .; j. i :i ton was exceedingly interest-a-j aid helpful. The Governor was surpristd and delighted with the school nhi ii he said was one of the best of its kind in the United States; he also expressed the opinion that it is the most beautiful place in North Carolina. There are 80 children in the school and the session just closed was one of the best and most satisfactory in the his tory of the institution. Professor Good win the able and tireless superintend ent, has a strong and capable corps of teachers and the school moved along through the year with perfect harmony. This splendid institution sheds luster on the State. Charity and Children. THE SCISSOBS CLUB. Friday afternoon Mrs. Sam A. Dunn entertained the Scissors Club at her home on Greenwood street. Quite a number of the club members besides a number of visitors were present and all etijoyed themselves with conversa tion, games and the like. Mr s. Dunn served a delicious salad course with tomatoes and ice tea. Those present were: Misses Mattie Josey, Cornelia. Josey, Sallie Mae Josey, Louise Josey, Mr. Bobbitt M. Tuttle of Weldon sue cessfully pafasad the State Board of Pharmacy 's examination at Raleigh last week, and ia mow a full-fledged pill-roll er. The body of an infant was found in the old granite quarry at Raleigh last Friday by a colored boy. Decomposi tion of the body made it difficult to de termine its color. N6KTX CAROLINA OOOD XOAD8 ASSOCIATION zmr the above important eeeeMtom to jbe "keld at "Wrightsville Beaeh June 31, 1 22, and 23rd., tickets will be sold to Wilmington by and via the ATLAN TTH fV A ST T.TfP f n aj.; ' T '. tLii tV ?N"th Carolina at REDUCBD ROUND .-.. '-e. Helen Billiard and Mesdames ! , FARES en June 19, 20, ami list r, t o t t t t :a"a Ior traa13 scheduled te arrive Wil m:ngoi. prior t ene p. m., of June 22, C. T. Lawrence, T. D. jHn, R. C. Josey, Jr. W. H. McDow- ' II 1 1 1 1 n TT1 TT 1 1 1 1 1 1 F III II T 1 1 r ITTTTTITTf T T I T I T f T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 III lllllllUuu Dealing With Human Beings on v m EM Err-w i People are not to be dealt wi like a piece of maohinery. A shrewd salesman can sell almost everybody one time; but, if he wishes to keep his patronage up, h& MUST, whether he be inclined to or not, give his customers a SQUABS deal in EVERY particu lar, that is: give the very best in quality, service and price, and above all, ABSOLUTE HONESTY in weights and measures. Nobody denies that the patronage of my store has kept up and con tinues to grow. Is this not sufficient proof that the people are being treated right? Almost anything carried in a first class grocery store. Your orders appreciated. Qee Vaughan Both Phones 174 Both Phones Quality, Cleanliness, Service 11, Kathleen Kelly. j limited rc-tnrn to reach original start- j-l)r reint vr-til Tnirinio-iit nf -Tu 9Kth A defeated candidate for the office of Sheriff of Camden county, C. S. Wi! 1..:ii by name shot and seriously in-i-rd a political ally and close friend ; of Lis successful opponent. Tiie shoot-j mg is the result of bitter feeling en gendered during the campaign. i 1918. Fer sr'jpdulcs, fares, tickets, etc. ap ply t -EPP L. BROWN, Ticket Agent, 'Scotlam! Neck, N. C. ATLANTIC COAST LINK The Standard Railroad of the Seuth MR. SMITH INJURED. Mr. T. B. Smith, while' logging in the his surplus supply to people right here j p0cosin swamp several miles from town in his home county. Another inter-j Monday afternoon had his leg broker, esting portion of the article we will I in two places below the knee joint, caused by a log rolling on it. Mr. Smith who was alone hitched portion publish is the substitution of soy beans for cotton seed at the cotton oil mills. The cost of crushing the seed and sack ing the meal is said to be as low, if not lower than cotton seed. his team and drove to town, a distance ' of several miles where medical aid was procured. Young Man, Who are You? Are you known by your own name, or are you known merely as your fath er 's son? Are you known by your good quali ties and by your own acts, or are you remembered simply because you bear the name of better people who con ceived you and brought you into this world ? The young man who run look his eid ers straight in the eye and say, "I am James Maker" already lias opportunity at his feet, but the fellow who can say nothing better than that he is "R. Maker's son" will still be groping in the darkness of the future after op portunity has vanished in the distance. Be something, do something, create a personality of your own, and the world will know you and respect vou MAKE YOUR OWN PAINT Use L & M SE&H-MEXED REAL P&IWT and buy your LINSEED OIL, freah from the Barrel to mix with it same as when making Paint with KEG White Lead. The paint will cost you 53 cents per gal, less than any other you can buy. fa v.zp: .ever -Q yoam Use a g-atlcn out of any you buy g if nGt the best paint naa.-. :en return 1he camt and get all vcur monnv back. Karfiy Hardware C'onpany. NIL D. F. KEEL (Successor to Dr. A. C. Literatea) DENTIST Scotland Neck, JT. C. Office Upstairs in the Whitehead Bldg. Office Hours: 9 to 1 & 2 to 5 O'clock. Prom 7 to 9 P. M. by Appointment MODEL BARBER SHOP J. D. Smith, Prop. Skilled Barbers, Sanitary Methods, Sharp Steel, Best Service Electrical Shampoo and Massage Machines. : : 121 i iSltTAJNMEx T WHILE WAIT JESSE VAUGHAN Representing JIarvey Oil Co. Cleveland, Ohio Lubricating Oils, Greases and Prepared Paints. Prices Right QUALITY GUARANTEED nHllllllllllMIll11irinMIMITIItlllllllllttnT?tt!;'.ltiitMiiHI!MlllllfflTt!!! j M ' T 1 v. 1 " ! " jj l: . i V H 4 A SEAL MOVE FOR GOOD. The public spirited members of the j Scotland Neck Board of Trade are to be commended upon the stand they assumed last night in calling upon the mayor and town aldermen for a bond is.iue for waterworks and sewerage and paved streets. The time was never more ripe for these improvements j in fact one could not expect the town to go forward financially and in popula tion without these improvements. It goer, without saying that in less time than a year the proposed improvements v.iil be in effect and giving service to the people who have so long needed them. It is not expected, either, that every citizzen of the town will join in with these farsighted members of the Board of Trade to see the improve ments, because every town has its back numbers, but it becomes the duty of the real progressive citizen to speak k'ui'lly with his brother who can not see as far ahead, and the work will be accomplished without a great division of sentiment. Common sense teaches us that the proposed improvements of the town will greatly reduce the sick rate and at the same time be a real commodity we will never forgive ourslves for doing without so long. Let us keep an eye single to the ac complishment of this great work. OPEN FORUM 1 H 1 STATE'S PRISON AGAINST THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. "THERE'S A REASON. ' The automobile business is a side line with me, and gets very little atten tion, so far as "going after orders" but despite the fact that I do not tra vel anyone, nor travel myself to sell automobiles I have sold 17 191G Model Overlands this season and only half of Halifax County to sell them in. ' ' There 's a reason ' ' and the reas on is, that people know that in the OYKRLAND car they get more and bctor for the juice than in many, per hap ANY other far made, so I do not have to 'o after orders, the orders come t me. " G. C. WEEK It. The people of North Carolina, and es pecially those of Halifax County, are entitled to know whether the State 'a Prison Board and Superintendent shall obey the acts of the General Assembly, or whether they have some special pro tection or dispensation through which they may laugh at the authority of the Legislature. I for one believe that th-? State 's Prison Board and Superinten dent should obey the law as much as an humble individual. The State own3 several thousand acres of land in this County in Halifax Township, known a.' the State Farm, which is cultivated by the State 's Prison. This farm, I be lieve, is the best paying piece of pro perty owned by the Stale. Upon said farm is worked several hundred nralc3 which, of course, necessitates the use of the public roads for the State Farm to transport its produce and fertilizer The State pays no taxes to help main tain the roads used by them. The Gen eral Assembly of North Carolina through its wisdom, at its extra session in 1913, passed a law requiring the State's Prison to work and repair the public road leading from the State Farm to the town of Halifax, about seven miles in length (see Chapter 65, Laws of 1913, Extra Session). The State 's Prison ignored said law for the years 1913 and 1914, after having been repeatedly asked by the Highway of ficers of said County to work said road. The law above cited of 1913 was more of a request than a demand, as the peo ple of Halifax thought a request would only be necessary. So the" General As sembly, Session 1915, Chapter 52, pass ed another act to amend Chapter 65 of Laws of 1913 in these words and fig ures as follows, to-wit: Section 1. That section two of chap ter sixty-five of the Public Laws of nineteen hundred and thirteen, extra Dcs&ion, bo and the same is hereby amended so as to read as follows: "That this work shall be done in ac cordance with and aaiw tfe diretin 110DAKS FOR ALL OCCASIONS of the highway commission of Halifax Township, and said directors of the State's Prison shall place on said road not later than August first, nineteen hundred and fifteen, a force of convicts not less than thirty in number, with suitable teams, and so forth, not less than forty mules, with wagons and toola, and keep the same there until said work is completed: Provided, that the directors of the State's Pris on may not be required to build a more. expensive type of road than the roads built under the bond issue of the high- i way commission of said township." Section 2. That all laws in conflict with this act are hereby repealed. Section 3. This act shall be in force from its ratification. In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th, day of February, 1915. Since the adjournment of the Gener al Assembly of 1915, I am reliably in formed that the Superintendent and Boadr of Directors of the State Prison have been repeatedly asked to comply with this law, but thus far have re fused to do so, thereby in substance, saying to the law making power of North Carolina, "I will not obey your mandates. I will not comply with your law. I am greater than the General Assembly. Therefore, take your little law as passed by the Legislature and go to the Devil with it, and if you want your roads worked, work them your self. ' ' Now, it is not a question of whether the roads should be worked by the State or not. It is a question of whether the Board of Directors and Superintendent of the State's Prison shall obey the mandates of the General Assembly of North Carolina or not. The powers that be ought to gir the people an answer to this. "Will some one answer! 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