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THE COMMONWEALTH
Afternoon Daily
Tlie Commonwealth, Inc.
Scotland Neck Bank Bldg.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Entered at the Postoffice at
Scotland Neck, N. C, as second
class matter under Act of Con
gress, March 3, 1879.
SUBSCRIPTION BATES
(In Advance)
Throasrh the Mail
Dr.iiy Issue
One Year $3.00
Six Months -: 1.50
Three Months .75
One Mnath -25
By Carrier 10c per week
Semi-Weekly
One Year $1.50
Six Months - .75
All articles submitted for
publication must bear the auth
or's name, not necessarily for
publication, but as a guarantee
of good faith.
Members of the Associated Press
The Associated Press is exclu
sively entitled to the use for
for re-publication of all news dis
patches credited to it or not oth
ers ise credited in this papt, and
ah;o the local news published here
in.
OUR CASUALTIES
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Friday
December 13, 1918.
Attention
It is with regret that we have
again to call the attention of our
readers and advertisersto the fact
that all advertisements that are
to be inserted in the paper for a
day that news of add must be in
the Kdit'-.vs office before eleven
oVI'x-k. or nfhcv'' vr,. will be
compel le;1 t'- 1 v p-, it ir the next
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To the list of "less" things that
we have undergone add now the
beer! ess brewer v.
Secretary .McAdoo has evident
ly for years been Seeretary-Mueh
To-l)o.
MAKING FARMERS OF OUR
SOLDIERS
Washington, Dec. 13. Eighty
seven men from North Carolina
comprise the part this State play
ed in the sacrifice shown in the
two lists issued by the War De
partment today with 4,400 casual
ties, as follows :
KTT.T.ED IN ACTION
Captain -Joseph J. Loghlin, o,f
Wilmington.
Sergeants Paul B. Jenkins, of
Fnanklinton and W. O. Forrester,
of Ramseur.
Privates W. J. Barham, of Ra
leigh ; Jasper Briley, of Conetoe ; R
W. Foster, of Sanford and Ernest
W. Williams, of Gorman.
DIED OF DISEASE
Privates Bennie H. Paylor, of
Conetoe; and S. A. Haithcock, of
Durham.
Wounded Severely
Sergeants Nash R. Joyner, of
Greenville.
Corporals Brodie L. Green, of
Durham; Faris C. Sykes, of En
field; Caldwell Dew, of New Ber
lin; Ernest G. Briggs, of Rock
ford ; W. W. Blackburn, of Grassy
Creek.
Privates Zeb L. Jenks, of Hen
ry ; Willie E. Wilkinson, of Rox
boro : Emmett L. Morgan, of Kins
ton ; Bennie E. Lewis, of Zebulon ;
Edgar L. Dobbin, of Caroleen;
Frank Grady, of Seven Springs;
Charles T. Norwood, of Raleigh;
Norrlis Hemphill, of Union Mills;
Forest P. Holland, of Buies Creek,
Henry B. Keen, ofj Goldsboro ; Ar
thur L. Phipps, of Raleigh ; Carl I
Weathers, of Acme ; Willie F.
Webb of Kinston and Henry Allen
of Wadesboro.
WOUNDED TO A DEGREE TJNDE
TEEMINED
Lieutenant Harold J. Holmes,
of Franklinton and George S. Beat
fy of Clinton.
Bugler James IT. Davis, of
rioHsboro.
Sergeant Lewis B. Lucas, of
Rovy Mount.
Corporal Daniel T. Tucker, of
TVn'-'esboro.
""Hvates Leo R. Gardiner, of
Jamesville; William F. Hackney,
of Scotland Nek; DeWitt W. Rec
tor of Andrews ; and Furman Ses
sons, of Autreyville.
WOUNDED SLIGHTLY
Privates Walter C. Whitlev, of
Elizabeth City; Earl Ew White
hurst, of Rocky Mount and Murk
Ian J. Dover, of Shelbv.
MISSINd IN ACTION
Privates Ernest J. Allred of
Norman; Samuel E. Day of Mast,
Edward D. Smith, of Columbus;
Robert Dyer of Goldsboro and J M
Withers, of Lillington.
King Albert of Belgium cer
at Brussels.
Much has been said, both in Con
gress and out about a "back-to-the-land'"
movement for our re
turning soldiers, and the plan may
be worked out easily enough pro
vided of course our soldier bovs
favor the idea were it not for
the faet that the country has no
land of any real value to offer to
them. It is all very well to talk
in a general way about the fifteen
million acres of desert lands which
tin Department of Interior claims
can he irrigated or the seventv
million acres of swamp and over
flowed lands which that Depart
ment claims can be drained and
made profitable. There may also
be. as stated by the Secretary of
tin Interior, millions of acres of
cut-over land, which can be clear
ed of stumps, brush, etc., and made
suitable for agriculture, but these
projects are all matters for the
dim and distant future, whereas
the disbandment of our army and
the making of suitable provisions
for the employment of, our return
ing soldiers is one which must be
dealt with immediately and con
sequently, while the country may
be justified in incurring the tre
mendous expense necessary to
make our two hundred million
acres or more of desert, swamp,
and cut-over lands suitable foi
agriculture, the suggestion of ut
ilizing. -any of this area (which at
present is, ami for years to some
will necessarily be utterly uninhab
itahle and useless) for the purpose
of enticing the liu,, who" make u
our present huge armies back to
the land, seems to be hardlv Avor
thy of the second thought.
PECIAL
NOTICE
LOST EITHER ON MAIN OR
Depot Street a Pink Cameo in
Plain gold setting. Reward if
returned to this office.
FOR SALE TWO ENGINES
suitable for thrashing peanuts,
terms reasonable. Apply to
Shields Commissary 10-28tf
LOST -NEAR SCOTLAND NECK
between Palmyra and W. 11
Barnes place, an auto license N"
.r6.025. Finder kindly return
same to the Commonwealth office.
t'OUND A KEY IN THE SHAPE OF
a postoffice. key. With number on it
number OSfi.'i' I n ;ml nn,- by P. & F.
Corbiu of New Iliit.-ibi. Owner can
obtain ffame at tlii, off'u-e.
COAL
Car of LUMP COAL just receiv
ed. $7.00 at the car. Sunt Cnh
J. P. FUTRELL
FOR AN UP-TO-DATE HAIR
CUT OR SHAVE
GO TO
ZSrHOTEL BARBER SHOPi
W. A. WALSTON, Prop.
Sanitary and up-to-date. Special
attention given to children.
DR. C. E. JENKINS
(Dencal Surgeon)
Over Whitehead's Drug Store
SCOTLAND NECK N. 0.
Has taken over Dr. D. F. Keel's
equipment and office and is
ready to make appointments
for all classes of dental work
Office Hours Morning 9 to 1.
" " Evening 2 to 6
Other appointments by special
arrangement Phone 5G
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shire pigs eight weens old. Ap
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"Before I used Chamberlain's
Tablets I doctored a great deal
for stomach trouble and felt ner
vous and tired all the time. These
tablets helped me from the first,
and inside of) a week's time I had
improved in every way," writes
Mrs. L. A. Drinkard, Jefferson
City, Mo.
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Have You Seeo Our Windows?
They Not Only Have The Xmas
But The Patriotic Spirit.
We Can Supply Your Wants
EVEN IF YOU ARE A MILLIONAIRE OR HAVE MODERATE
INCOME, WE CAN FIT YOU, THE MADAM, THE MISS, OR
THE CHILD. OUR CHRISTMAS STOCK WAS NEVER MORE
COMPLETE. OUR WINDOWS ARE DECORATED ESPECIAL
LY FOR CHRISTMAS. COME AND SEE US AND THEM
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THE STORE YOUR FATHER
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SCOTLAND NECK N C
Having qualified as administratis
trix of George Ward, deceased-ig
late of Halifax County, N. C, Iq
hereby notify all persons having jQ
claims against the estate of saidjD
decedent to present them, for pay-iH
ment, to me, or to my attorney, jQ
Stuart Smith, Esq., within onejCI
year after the date of this notice, j El
or said notice will be pleaded inlg
bar of their recovery. All per-jn
sons indebted to said estate will ID
please make immediate settlement q
This the 8th day of November, q
1918. "
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FOR SALE SEVERAL SMALL In
farms and two largs farms forjjS
sale. Apply at once to Box 36 1 S
Scotland Neck N. C. tfi
FOUND BOYS RAINCOAT IN
my office. Size about 12 year.
Can be obtained by identifying
same and paying for this ad.
Apply tq R. D. Jenkins.
in great abundance including many
novelties have just been unpacked
and are on display.
Make Your Selection Early
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FOR SALE PIGS PIGS PIGS
All sizes. See or write II. - E.
Kennedy, Scotland Neck, N. C.
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Our Window Display Tells The Story
WE SAVE YOU MONEY CHRISTMAS PRESENTS YOUR HOME
In war-time or in PEACE this . ,. .
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progressive ston can save you to 0 1 "nhimas rusn we
money in the smartest and most the entire family from the little do want you to make our store
dependable suits and footwear. miss to the madame. your horns. Call and See Us.
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