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VOLUME XXXIV.
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iCCLAND :TECZ, N; C. TUE&AY, DEO.,- 19, 1916.
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j UNPREP ABEDNH S S DEMONSTRA- AH, NOW YOU MUST SING YOUi
TED CN MEXICAN FRONTIER
NEW GOWN TO YOUR HUSBAND
(BY UNITED PRESS)
BE SOLD BY AUCTION
tJ I, f . L
SKI a h O
(BY UNITED PRESS)
v
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TC A
HPTU
1:1 EX
"Will Be Split Up Into Business
Lots On Mam Street Balance
Balance Residence Lots
W L. FERRELL SIGNED
finNTRACT LAST WEEK
There has been considerable rumor
-.11
durin" the past few weeks that the -
v-icnnt nrooertv in the main part of i
town, next the brick hotel, was to be laws to make effective the dry amend
sold, but no definite information could j meut passed by almost 30,000 majority
Ve obatined as to how and when the j at the recent election,
property was to be placed on the mar- j The wets, realizing that prohibition
ket. I
tnlk 7f the land having been purchase
!'--,: the sum of .O.OOO and th.at it would
I.-.- cut u and sold for business lots
in ring the week between Christmas and
New Years, some even going so far as
to give Dor-ember '28, as the date of sale
The Commonwealth on Friday last !
was in communication over the phone
v.ith Ir. Morton, of Greenville, N. C,
represontaive for the Atlantic Coast !
Kealty Company, who stated that he :
knew nothing of his company having
contracted for this property, but sug
gested that a . phone message to the
Petersburg, Ya., office might bring oth
er information.
Accordingly the Atlantic Coast
Kealty Company 's.Petersburg office was
called and Mr. II. H. Wells also denied
having knowledge of the transaction, so
that The Commonwealth was unable to
publish the information in the last is
sue. However by the recent mail came the
following letter, which speaks for it
self: The Commonwealh,
Scotland Neck, N. C,
Gentlemen:
The writer was today talking with
a member of your company, relative to
a piece of property in Scotland Neck.
I stated to him over the 'phone that ,1
knew nothing of the proposition, how
ever upon investigation, I find that
some days ago, our Mr. W. L. Ferrell
dosed' a contract fox the handling of r Details as to the character of the al
this deal. . "3- j leged offense were withheld, it being
We greatly ipreciate the interest j explained that information must come
manifested. aht5 trust,that some time we j from Washington. It was understood
may be m a position to reciprocate.
Yours very truly, j
Atlantir Coast Realty Company. j
II. H. WELLS, Auditor.
Xo date however can be set for the j saiefhe brought $500,000 in cash and se
sale, but all indications point to a curities which he had with him when he
speedy offering of the property to the was taken to Ellis Island today.
I'liMK after it has been properly scaled DEVELOPMENT IN CHEESE
jut to best advantage.
This Mile is by far the most imp
on in fc;-o;.-
1;
,!
and its im-
to tl:e town is very far reach -it
will eliminate the one unpro-
spot in the center of tiie town,
able this important part of town
1-ailt up .quickly, to the general
ni;r. ;;
;::;.!. r
to :
N-itisfaction of all who take an interest
in tlu
vttractiv
appearance ot
the
town.
It nsay be of interest to those who do :
not know the history of this property '
that we give a general idea how this !
property came to be left apparently i
in the forsaken condition it has been
in for the past few years.
Scotland Neck was founded, or rather July 13, 1915 to January 14 1916. The
laid off, shortly after the war, by Mr. j Cove Creek factory made almost 15r
John Hyman, who sold many lots and j 000 pounds at the same date. When
also gave several others away in order j it is realized that these little factories
to get the town started. Dr. W. R..cost from $400 to $800, a good idea
Wood, a prominent physician "of that is obtained relative of the amount of
time, was living at what is. now known business which can be built up around
as the Strickland place, in Greenwood, 'a small equipment of this kind.
and bought the town site for his per- j '. : ; :
manent residence, and here he lived for j HAVE TO RETIRE AT 8:30
maiiv vears until his death about fif- j T, TT , t -n
teen years ago.
Dr. Wood married Miss Henrietta An
thony, sister of Captain Whit Anthony,
sad by her had two children, one a
Kill, who died in childhood, and a son,
h.iin Wood, who married Miss Mamie
a, of Roxabel, Bertie, county, much
to the displeasure of Dr. Wood, who
would never see him again, until the
'hiv of his death, for which Dr. Wood
greatly blamed himself.
There was one issue of the marriage
of John Wood and Mamie Cox, a girl,
-Mary Wood, who grew up and a year
(t' two ago married Gordon Spivey of
Koxabel and it was she, who is the ow
i'er of the town property, wdiich she
ontracted with Mr. W. L. Ilarrell,
vice-president of the Atlantic Coast
Realty Company, to sell at auction, the
:de to take place at no very distant
date.
KUB-MY-TISM Antiseptic, Re
neves, Bheumatist, Sprains, Neu
ralgia, etc.
LEGISLATIVE TIGHT OVER EN
FORCEMENT OF NEBRASKA'S
DRY AMENDMENT
V.V uimeurress;
i ) tt:j. j t
-Lincoln, Neb., Dec. 18. With the
convening of the Nebraska legisla-
tnn 'o .thivtTr titth c -t-m l- i-i - y-v 1 n -,, n
vu,u a-w.iiv-imu bcobiuh. hcic uuai
interest will center on the wet and
line UP an1 tne legislative battle for
would carry, centered tneir tight to-
Hff)"'va tne last on winning cnougu mem
"""he legislature to bloek, if pos-
si7., "- .. f laws aimed to make
i prohibition " -.
The drvs ha. .V.t maoritv in
the house. In the st.:e the' majority
of the members are personally wet, but
of the thirty-three members, six are
known as ' ' law-enforcements. ' ' These
are men who before election admitted
that they were personally not; in favor
of prohibition but would be governed
as legislators by the verdict of the peo
These "law-enforcements" combined
with the drys outnumber the out-and-out
wets in the senate. 1
OPPENHEIM IS BARRED
THE U. S.
FROM
Immigration Board Orders Deportation
Of Foreign Financier
New York, Dee. 19. Baron- Robert
Emmanuel Oppenheim, reputetl to be
a French and English - financier, was
ordered deported from the - United
States after a hearing before the board
of inquiry of the Bureau of Immigra
tion here today. He appealed imme
diately to the Department of Labor at
Washington.
The Baron's exclusion was directed,
it was announced at the offices of the
commissioner of immigration .on the
ground that he had committed, crime
involving moral turpitude.
that a charge against him is pending !
in the courts of France.
Oppenhein arrived here yesterday on
the "Noordam. A circumstantial report
MAKING IN NORTH CAROLINA
Xliie cheese facto: ics ha'-e been i s-
J 1. 1 1 J. 1 . - J L X-' 1(
l-nu- :HU ,i l,u v-t,sc:-ru I,ari or ort-i i
aroli:in since the work was begun in I
1 :!-!-. This is one of
the most surprise
irp; ilevelopnients of the whole -work
the Animal Tndustrv
Division o.;"
tiie North Carolina Experiment Station.
Ba fore the work was undertaken, the
whole state of North. Carolina was pro-
ihicia g
only about M.0.000
oounds of
cheese and this was mad.
lie homes
at different parts of the state, The
factories which have been established
are now making more than that and at
a good profit.
The little factory at Grassy Creek
made 12,356 pounds of cheese from
! (jl u ii iiea rrress;
London, Dec. 18. Women spies in
terned in a camp near here have lodg
ed a violent protest against the opera
tion of the Summer- Time Act. Under
the old order of things, the w6men
went to bed at 9:30. Under the Act
the clock was set ahead an hour but
they must still go to bed at the same
time. They claim they will refuse to
retire before dark.
VESSELS THROUGH THE PANAMA
CANAL
(By United Press)
Washington, Dee. 18. Forty-two ves
sels of Latin-American registry passed
through the Panama Canal during the
fiscal year 1914-15, according to figures
of the Panama Canal Record available
today.
Of those, 4 were Peruvian, 3 Hundur
ian, 1 Nicarugan, 33 Chilean and 1
Panamanian. These figures do not mean
that each vessel enumerated was a
different one.
Washington, D. C, Dec. 19 Major
Scott sttted today before the commit
tee on military affairs that had the
National Guard been sent into Mexico
shortly after mobilization they would
have destroyed themselves, and their
mounts, in attempting a forced march
such as wts made by the regulars un
der General Pershing's command. His
object in making this statement was
to show that a proper training and
discipline wras necessary before troops
could be considered fitted for the hard
ships of a campaign.
Mtjor Scott was very emphatic .in his
statement that the United States must j BLINDFOLDED AUSTRIAN OFFI
push her unpreparedness plans now, be- j CERS IN ITALIAN TRENCHES
fore peace in Europe is Tleclared, else j TO DISCUSS BATTLE
she will be found wanting, and the mil- I (BY UNITED PRESS)
itarism and navalism of the uncrush- Rcme, Dec. IS. How hostilities bs
ed hordes of trained soldiers of central ; tween Italian ami Austrian troops we.re
Euroie would envelop her. i temporarily suspended while blindfold-
"It was once believed by the wtr I ed officers, from both sides met to dis
college" said Gen. Scott, "that half cuss the merits of a certain explosives
a million men available at the break- ! in civilized warfare was told here to
ing out of hostilities would be sufficient i dav for the first time.
lessons learned in the European war
l,rtr tUf !,?, inJHol .' f, ;
there should be not less than t million:
and a half trained men." - !
"Canada our nearest neighbor", j
commented Gen. Scott" had built up
an army ot a strength approximating j
that of other grett European powers, !
and this conntrv has no reason to be'ence the blindfolded officers were led
behind Canada in preparatory organi-i
zations. ' '
RUSSIA REFUSES BERMAN PEACE
OFFERS
(BY UNITED PRESS) j
Petrograd, Russia, Dec. 19. The !
Council of the Empire today decided
to declare unanimously in ftvor of a j
categorical refusal of the allies to en-!
ter into peace negotiations with Ger- j
many, and the central powers. :
WHITE HOUSE RECEPTION FOR i
SUPREME COURT JUDGES
' I
(BY UNITE-D PRESS) i
Washington,; Dec. 19 -At the White
House tonight President and Mrs. Wil-
son are holding their first reception of
the winter season. Chief Justice White
and -his associates on the Supreme Court
bench are to be the -guests of honor,
An enormous crowd will be on hand for
the event. The number invited-is ex-
ceeded only by those who sought to get
invitations and were disappointed an
annual tragedy.
Two new faces will be seen in the r?-
j ceptiou line of juristts. Associate Jus-
ice Brandeis w?H take the plare, As-
cociate Jus:ti:e, Lamar who died last
endn., rn,l Assn.-inte Jn-ti.-o Clnvk Ln.
.tho position in line which Charles E.
Hughe:;' held before he resigned from the
ben-h to lead the Republican Party
through the last Presidential campaign.
The White House culinary artists to
day are -'working tthe executive ovens '
overtime,' preparing choice dainties, for
the evening's refreshments. The mar
ine baud will contribute the latest inn- ;
sicat numbers. . - . . . 1
After tonight the President and Mrs.!
Wilson get a three weeks ' rest from ;
their social duties, resuming their en-
.' . T
tertainment Tuesday evening, January Enfield, Friday, an old citizen of Scot
9, writh the first of two diplomatic din- ! land Neck, Icame as a depressing in-
ners.
LAWRENCE FARM SOLD AT GOOD
PRICES
Regardless of the wTeather the C. T.
Lawrence farm, situated two miles
from Scotland Neck, on the Tillery
road, sold yesterday at very good
prices.
The Atlantic Coast Realty Comptny
were the auctioneers an dthey hand
led the sale with their usual expedi
tion and dispatch giving opportunity
to those desirous of purchasing any
part of this property to do so upon
terms that appeared very attractive.
The whole ftrm brought $20,480.00,
and the purchasers were: Messrs C. T.
i Lawrence, John B. Gray, and J. S.
Coleman.
The sale of the personal property
which followed the sale of the land
also sold well.
BAPTIST BAZAAR SUCCESS
The Ladies Aid Society of the Bap
tist church have made a report on the
receipts of the Bazaar held by them
Thursday and Friday of last week, and
they state that sam was a great success
theureceipts being in excess of $350.00.
r &
We congratulate the ladies, though they
one and all worked hard to make it
successful, and are rightfully entitled j
to have the pttronage of the good peo
pie of the town.
Chicago, Dec. 18. Singing .models,
the. first in the history of fashion, it is
said, made their appearance at the con
vention of the Designers ' Association
of Women's clothes here. today. Special j
melodies are sung with different styles.
A brown or black suit takes a sombre
tune, a green or pink suit a dashing
strain, j grey requiring something in a
reverie. It's to illustrate the psychol-; the rope ends in the hands of the Ger
ogy of clothes and to impress women j mtns ".
with the fact that their personality is j London, Eng., Dec. 19. England and
shaped to a large extent by the taste j her allies do not propose the enter into
with which they dress. j
The InatvioTiQ hmtPi T. U i w ntP nAr
nf o tomnnrnrv trucfi and ne.rntiated :i !
discussion by wigwags. The Italians;
accepting, the Austrian representatives
masked their eyes and crossed No
Man's Land for the Italian trenches.
The Italians, gave them safe conduct
to headquarters. Following the confer- .
back to their own fortifications and
hostilities were renewed.
"MARIHUANA," MEXICAN DRUG,
FOUND AMONG MILIATIAMEN
ON BORDER ARRESTS EX
PECTED A (BY UNITED PRESS)
El Paso, Tex., Dec. 19 Following
discovery today that Mexican laborers
have introduced into militia camps
camps along the border, customs officials
rp OT1 the alert to check smufflin"
j in of the dangerous drug,
i Only a fewr cases of its use have been
Only a few cases of its use have been
found among the soldiers, mostlv among
soldiers addicted to other drug.
Sectt .service men have members of
a band believed to be engaged in snnvj:-
gling and traffic in marihuana and
opium under surveilliance and arrests
are expected.
The drug is peculiar to Mexico and
is taken in the form of a cigarette. It si
is composed of the crushed leaves of a
Aveed. Hallucinations of great physi-
cal strength and valor are induced. At :
the snme time the user imagines he is
a giant while other persons and objects
are dwarfed.
1. -
-
I:YB BURGTTD 3T 'lO
OVJIWOOL
rein Tiiler
fillerv v. a. -.
"a a rboat
A ' young colored
bv the name of
Rol
in towi:
liavinfr his eve remove':
sia e the hall
or t'-e eyo was I'nrstco. oprn m an a-. -cident
Saturday when Robert was cut
ting sttVe wood.
burstcd
In. pUttiug the Avood a iieve. -Hew
tnd hit him on the ball of the"' eve
u;
ruining the sight beyond repair, so
that the eve will -have to be removed.
DEATH OF MR. JOHN DUNN
Though ill fora -long time the news
1 of the death of Mr. John Dunn, of
, ,
j fiuence upon many who had known this j
i life.
i
In the middle of manhood, his age
being but fifty-six .yetrs, the commun
ity is the sufferers in the loss of this
. Inan of sterling integrity and worth.
and his mourners are numbered bv the
limits of the community in which he
has been known.
The funeral took place in Enfield
Saturday, the service being conducted
at the cemetery by Rev. Edwards, of
the Methodist Church, and Rev. John
son, of the Baptist church.
The active pall bearers were the
four brothers of the deeetsed gentle
man: Messrs. S. A., R. C Walter and
Balfour Dunn.
The honorary pall bearers include.!:
Messrs. J. C. Branch, J. R. Dickins,
Spooner Harrison, Frank Branch, Ivey
Watson and Iv-r D- WooL
The deceased left a widow. and three
children, Myrtie, age 13, John, age 11,
tnd Elsie, age 9. Besides these he is
survived by his mother Mrs, D. M.
Dunn, four brothers and five sitsers,
Miss Annie Dunn and Mrs. R. L.
Hardy, of Scotland Xeck, Miss Minnie
Dunn, of Enfield, Mrs. John D. Perry,
of Winston -Sal em. N. C. anil Miss
, . ,
1 Onie Dunn, of Greensboro.
;
! Red Cedar Shingles Last a Life-'
time Car load jlist received by
Hardy Hardware Company.
want definite PROPOSALS J
j
- (BY TTNTTTCTi Tt?f:rs '
Londoib ng., Dec, 19 (4 p. ni.)-
In a '
speech delivered this afternoon in the
House of Commons the premier, David
Lloyd George, stated: "We do not pro
pose to put our heads into a noose with
peace negotiations wihout vhe knowl-
edge of what the German proposals may
oe. lins was the decision announced
in the House of Commons by Premier
Llovd George.
PRICE AND BONNFLIS GREATER
MINSTRELS
Mr.R. J. Madry the manager of the
Madry 's Opera House begs leave to an- than WEDNESDAY, Decein-r
n ounce that he has booked the Greater onli n,7 i- , .
v . ,r. , . - . . . L .-Uth and tbe judges will announ
.ew lork Minstrels for his theatre for ; . ,
... .. ttt , , ; ee the wnmr ot the DOTjL far th
' , , -.u. , iycirmuu
tn iai
-u iyu-
Conceded by press and public to be;
the most . pretentious of all minstrel'
eawui L,llb d.son, mis mentor-
1ULls m,)in i-.umoeis tnniy artists.
?1?(f 111:-lu,lcs tiie best talent available
in Europe and America, traveling i
Lil1 11 uwli Hi" runman cai.
tassy in one act, and twelve scenes has
been chosen as the vehicle upon which
to ride to popular favor in the lirst
part, and wrhen placed in the capable
hands of such clever comedians as Ed-
die Ewald, Jim Bonnelli, Al Russell and I am a little !. of seven years old.
Jim Duffy proved to be a derby winner Will you please ! ring me a little v:-:--indeed.
J press wagon ani some other tl.ing.;.
Well I think that wil be all for 1 ,tov.
N. C. COTTON GINNED TO DEC. 1. j want too ask to ::ueh for I wi, t th-'
The rePort 3ust issued b7 the Bureau
or cnsus department ot Commerce ot
the cotton ginned by counties in North
-e xi j i at , i
UI " ops. ox lyio. ana
1915 Sives the total for the state, I
counting round bales as half bales, and)
uur- as oo.no ror ixk as j
againsr oii;,u ror'iyio.- i
Halifax county shows an i:u-rea';e ,
over 1915 in which year 21,532 bales
were ginned as against 25,001 for this
year. Edgecombe, Bertie" and North
ampton counties each approximately
ginned 3,000 more bales this year than
last, and Martin county 720. ' i
1 4 THERE IS PLENTY OF OPPOR
TUNITY FOR AMERICAN
BUSINESS MEN IN
RUSSIA"
(By "r-nnsl N. Siarpc:)
(1
o.Hsr,n .tj.aiiur.a ;
Ur.iversity of CI
u a I'':
the
Uritr-d Prrr
-)
r.'nii1
1.
Chicago, Dec. IS. Then:
of ro'-ia and a welcome for the Ameri
can business man in Russia today. And
clenn cut business metho-ls will get him.
much iu the land of the Cossoack as in
his own United States.
Tise business man who wants to be
''babied" had better stay away. Sit
ting on the door step of a Russian min-
ist.i-v waitinor r Jinmlnnt of iidov ii-!r-s
I , . , , . n , ,T
! wi'l bring onlv an order to beat it. No
, use either working on the theory that
one has to "cultivate." The Ameri
meri
there can who tries to bribe his war
is a chump.
There is a huge demand for manufac
tured goods. The demand is-large "now
and, Russia is comparatively an unde
veloped country, the demand will gwv.
For complicated machinery thi? de-
mand will last for a long time. Jn the
case of mo't stap'e srfir-les sold on a
small margia, the Russian margin, the
Russian market will be attractive only j
for a limited time. Russia will soon '
supply herself with these product?. She j
has the raw materials and a huge home
market. Everv effort will be mad 1o!
t
develop home industries, including a i
high protective tariff.
Despite the high tariff for years past
quantities of manufactured products
will have to be imported. Before the
war many of these goods came from
Germany. Even if after the war there
is no trade combination of the allies
there will be for awhile a sentiment
against Germany.
Russia especially wants Americans to
establish factories in Russia. American
concerns are going to make their big
money in Russia out of Russian branch
factories.
NOTE. Professor Harper has spent
four of the past 12 years in Russia. He
! has taken advantage of his extraordi-
j nary facilities for studying the people
j an,j their customs. He has recently re-
turned from Russia. EDITOR.
AU Letterc In Ts Hands of The
Judges Tomorrow
Wiiii, BE AN
NOUNCED HEXT FRIDAY
We have pleasure in announc
ing that the following Ladies have
been asked to act as judges of. the
Santa CI a us Letters, and each of
theVu have agreed to act. The
judges -arc :
Miss .JeJJliif Leggett,
Miss M;iry White,
Mrs. W. 11. Bund.
The jiidyty. have detemi:n-,!
that all Santa Clans letters rniiKt
bo delivered to the office of TIIK
COMMONWEALTH not later
; littlf frivl fli f.!nil 1.
" lJlv ul 'L
Other article that may be prefer!
red, for the little bov, ill. the is:snf
Qf rpjj-g (COMMONWEALTH
Friday, DECEMBER 22nd. The,
prizes ril he ;iiven to the winners
:! that dav.
;press Wagon and Other Things
Spring Hill, N. C:
Dec, 1 !)!. i
Dear Old Santa:
rest of the childr- r. to have their j r.it
.irom a little t.oy
HAROLD LEARY.
Litie Trycicie end. Littls Drum. '
Spring Hill, N. Cv J.
... Dec. 1916.'.'.
D-:ar Old &act;i. . T
I am a little 1 cy'six years oil amUL
thought I would write and tell yo.i
what I want you to bring me. Plea
bring me a little tricycle an da litt?-'
drum, that will bo all for I don't wa.-
to bje greedy. Don't forget my ljtth
sister. She is i: early three y e;i rs ol 1
and she loves v . Santa. I live wa -down
on tfe rive: . ion 't forget to cor
dear old Santa f;ci a little boy
; WALLAH LEAH V.
W;
My 1)
! !;.'
y ; .
e d.
am
lie
b-
i .
T want y-.r, to
ride- to M-hoel
a whe; 1 so
t.h.'i mi'i'
1
-.-(
a;, t
a h.alf fiojii si-hii'd m
have-mti'-v 'u a :;;f.
i I hop'1 you
little bov like !:,
and bring me a wheel. I have b- :.
very smart this year. I have plowed
for papa, and I think I hay1 been real
good. I have' tried to mind my father
and mother. That '.- what you like is'i.t
5t?And also bring me some candy, ap
ples, oranges and English walnuts, so I
can have a big feast Xmas morning
with all my friends. From a lovii.g
little boy
JOHN LEAHY.-
Wants Nice Er.ztne and Two' Cars
Dec. 15 1910.
Dear Santa:
I am a little hoy six years old.
want you to bring -r a nice engine a
two car. ai d soa." raits, and a:i y!!i::
else vou have to -;,are.
Yen- little friend,
DUKBY" Ii. WOMMACK
XMAS GIFT OF 3IG0 TO EACH OF
CHILDREN
Mr. Henry Yah-ton is the h.-j'
j father of M-ven children, and is arp;
j PI1tly possessed of : eh of this worl
j goods as he lias presented each with
check for one h;.:..lred dollar.? as
Christmas gift, arid with the furth
promise that if ti e next year is ..
prosperous as the present one he wi.I
make a similar gift to each next Chii-:-mas
tide.
The fortunate : - icdents of this good
present are Mesr-. E. A. Walstoa an I
David T. Walstou, and Mrs. Miry-'
iLovegro.ve who live in this vicinit;
Mrs. Clara Powell, -foe and Henry We
ston. Jr., who livv at. Fayetteville, n I
Jlr. Torn Walstor. vrfio lives at Spi ii
i Hill.
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