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THE COMMONWEALTH
AFTERNOON DAILY
The Commonwealth, Inc.
Scotland Neck Bank Bldg.
- Scotland Neck, N.C. .
Entered at the Postoffice at
Bcotland Neck, N. C, a8 second
elass matter under Act of Con
rss, March 3, 1879.
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Friday, October 5, 1917
What of the supply of labor in
the year that is before us f It i3
perfectly apparent that the great
business of the eountry must be
kept going if this country is to
finance the allied countries, as
she has undertaken. With more
than a million of her best work
men drawn to the colors, a re
dedication to labor is imperative
on the part of that class that
from one cause and another has
heretofore dropped out of the
ranks of the workers,
j It is all right to say to the
farmer, "You must produce
greater crops," but if he hasn t
the force to manage his teams
and implements we are asking of
him an impossibility. And so in
all other lines.
There is but one answer: All
who can, must WORK, not be
cause they need the proceeds of
their labor, but because the coun
try NEEDS THEIR LABOR.
There is absolutely no room in
this country now for the men
who can work, yet who will not.
Down with the work slacker!
Pig
The advance in price of
iron is not surprising, considering
the me.
Russia has one advantage in
those women soldiers they can't
run as fast as the men.
President Wilson seems to in
sinuate that the Kaiser is "an
other." A&y number of married slack
ers aa?e now engaged in a frenied
effort to avoid the divorce
cowgt.
Sour Stomach.
Eat slowly, matsicate your food thor
oughly, abstain from meat for a few
days and in most cases the sour stom
ach will disappear. If it does not, take
one of Chamberlain's Tablets immed
iately after supper. Bed meats are
most likely to cause sour stomach and
you- may find it best to cut them out.
RED CROSS MEETING.
The regular meeting f the local Red
Cross, will be held in the Red Cross
j rooms, over the Scotland Neck Bank,
at four o'clock promptly this aftern
oon. There is considerable work to be at
tended to, and those ladies who have
work out are requested to be sure and
bring it in, whether finished or not.
. The bachelor may contend for
a right to his own opinion, but the
married man knows it is a ques
tion of courage, with him.
W.t're perfectly willing to
makef it a meatless day, and a
wheatless day, but we draw the
line at an catless day.
Tlig vegetarian is the only fel
low who doesn't have a fit when
he rfliads the quotations in the
meat, market.
Mrs. Smith Recommends
Iain's Tablets.
Chamber-
"I have had more or less stomach
trouble for eight or ten years," writes
Mrs. G. H. Smith, Brewerton, N. Y.
"When suffering from attacks of in
digestion and heaviness after eating,
one or two of Chamberlain's Tablets
have always relieved me. I have also
found them a pleasant laxative.!
These tablets tone up the stomach and
enable it to perform its functions nat
urally. If you are troubled withl indi:
gestion give them a trial, get well and
fstay well.
JOHN POHATTAN WARE.
These are the days when thej Following his wife's demise by al
dealer in ice and coal gets all
mixed up in an effort to determ
ine which product to push the
hardgfc.
The- food pirates have one eon
solatjr the food control bill
will lessen their liability under
the income tax law. and the ex
cess profits measure.
4nost ten years, one of the old citizens
of Scotland Neck, John Pohattan Ware
died at his home on September 20 last,
after a long and wearysome illness, at
the age of 85 years.
The deceased gentleman Was born on
March 30, 1832, at Oxford, North Caro
lina, where he lived until he reached
the age of manhood when he went to
Nashville, Tenn., at which place he en
listed in the army. He served through
out the war and was discharged, when
peace was declared, at Fort Donald
son. After the war he engaged in railroad
building, principally building bridges
and trestles for railroads, in Alabama,
and in Montgomery, the capital of that
state he met his wife, ; Miss Martha
Louise Black.
In 1879 he moved back to North
Carolina and settled in Scotland Neck
wit? ..is wife and thre$ children born
in Alabama.
His first business here was in mer-
September 8, the manufacture of I chandizing, and later he took up farm
It is refreshing "to hear of at
least one honest excuse for rais
ing prices. The oyster men have
put up the price of their fruit
" because other articles of food
are dqarer."
Egg LABOR PROBLEM.
At "12 o'clock on the night of
ed m the United States. Distil
leries all over the land drew their
as his lifes
work until his last illness which kept
him practically confined to his home.
Those closely related who survive
! the deceased are Beniamin Bruner
School Election to be held on Nov.
20th, 191 7, at Tillery, a Conoconara
Township, for the purpose of voting
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Thousands of men were put OUtWare' Mrs' Cleo harden, Miss Naomi
i . v. uuu is a, i ugh, iuiis. vjiianes x 11 1
j man, Mrs. E. B. Huzzey, Mrs. Samuel
Mctfee, at Norfolk, and Mrs. J. O.
of employment, and millions of
dollars worth of equipment must
be diverted to other uses. And
in connection with it all there is
one significant fact that must
strike,' us forcefully when we
come to consider it.
Just one instance: Peoria, 111.,
a lar9 whisky center, announces
that the 1,500 or 2,000 men thrown
out by the closing of the distil
leries will be taken care of at onc
in oiktr lines o work that she
has need for the services of every
one of them. Similar word comes
from many other whisky produc
ing centers.
Whe,n a great industry such as
this can cease all at once without
Frampton, of Norfolk.
Croup.
If your children are" subject? to croup
get a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, and when the attack comes
on be careful to follow the plain, print
ed directions. You will be surprised
at the quick relief which it affords.
on a Special Tax ot due on tne $iwmo i n
valuation of property and 90c on each J
Taxable Poll in said district.
Registration Book to be open from
Oct. 27th to Nov. 17th, 1917 for the
purpose of all voters in said district
to register. ,
J. O. APPLEWHITE,
Registrar.
N. FITZPATRICK,
J. A. DICKENS,
Poll Holders.
'By order Board County Commission
ers, Oct. 3, 1917.
J. H. NORMAN,
Clerk.
Oct. 3. tf.
BUSINESS
GROWING
MODEL BARBER SHOP
J. D. Smltn, Prop.
Skilled Barters, Sanitary
Methods, Sharp Steel, Best
Service
Electrical Shampoo and
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Because people will not always be deceived.
We give full weight, best quality and as good
service as can be had.
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Largest Exclusive Retail Grocery Business in Halifax County.
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I am prepared and qualified to
fix up any STOVES that you may
have that -require repairing and
guarantee to give satisfaction.
"Work done expeditiously and
"We always keep the best Hjat moderate price.
J. H. SMITH,
Address
Scotland Neck, N. C.
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Sctland Neck and Hobgood, or on
adjoining roads. Reward tor return
to Henry Walston. tf.
DON'T BE. DECEIVED I D0 hAUl,
ing of every kind-small and great.
No limit to contract. See or Tvrite'
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WANTED!
By Rosemary Manufacturing Com
pany, Roanoke Rapids, N. C, families,
and single men and women for work in
cotton mill. We have one of the best
l; mills, in the State, and a very helathy
village, with fine schools and churches.
Good wages paid while learning. For
further information write
T. W. MULLEN, Supt.,
Rosemary, N. C.
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IS BUT A FEWSTEPS IP YOU USE YOUR BRAINS
vui iu5i uramy acts ne to open a savings account
m this bank. Then add to that account a portion of vo
earnings every week. 1
mv fZl 7 -WiU aJ6.a comfortable sum, and that monev
fhtt ,n f f jested m such a manner as to insure vu
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CLAUDE KITCHIN, President. O. J. MOORE, Cashier.
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We are expecting a Carload
of Anthony Field Fencing
to arrive during the present
week.
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Chamberlain's -Cough Remedy
Most Reliable.
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After many years' experience in the
use of it ad other cough medicines,
there are many who prefer Chamber-
' Iain's to any other. Mrs. A. C. Kirs-
tein, Greenville, Ills., writes, " Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy has been used
any appreciable disturbance of 1 in m mother's me and mine for
years, aim we aiways rouna it a quick
cure for colds and bronchical troubles
labor conditions, the fact should
set us to thinking, and thinking
deeply. -
We find it to be the most reliable cough
Haediciae we have used."
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roDacco ror tne nignest market price, 1 am making new friends and cus
tomers every day. Don't be mislead by cheap talk.
Bring Your Tobacco to FENNER, the man who knows how
to sell it for the most money.
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