THE COMMONWEALTH
Afternoon Daily
W. H. LINDSEY, Editor-
The Commoawealth, Inc.
Scotland Neck Bank Bldg.
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Entered at the Postoffics at
Scotland Neck, N. C, as seeond
class matter under Act of Con
gress, March 3, 1879.
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1 pa city of several hundred gallons only 484,647,000 bushels on 34,-
are suggested by the department. '165,000 acres compared with a
Sorghum sirup is palatable final estimate of 731,363,OQ0
and nleawuit flavored, and is an 'bushels produced last year at an
I excellent table sirup. It can al-'average yield of 14.7 bushels per
I. so be used as a substitute for i acre. - The abandonment to , May
other sirups or for sugar in mak-jlst of the acreage sown in prac
iii certain breads, cakes, etc., 'tieally twelve per cent, with a
and as a substitute for a part of condition of but 79 per cent of a
the sugar used in making - pre- full crop.' ..
serves and the like. The cost of j ".The North Carolina crop
producing it at home is relative- allows about two per cent aban
Iv low and usuallv an individual ! doniiient with a condition of 83
! :ii.amil'aeturing it can readily sell per cent, 011 an aeraege of 12 per
j any excess over his home needs jcent less than last year and 90
; to good advantage. Sorghum per cent of the usual.
I ! sirup produced during the 1919 "As Aith wheat, the acreage
! season brought the-; producers of the United States is greatly
from 90 cents to fl.oO a gallon, ; reduced, but the 80 per -cent
d-'iranding on the quality, mark-: shows a fair outlook. The North
cling conditions, etc. .Carolina acreage is eleven per
' '' The department's publication 'cent less than last year and has
describes in detail the methods of 'a condition of 91 1 per cent of ner
mann lecture including the elan-mial, for the rye crop, t
fication of the juice if such is de-j - -
sired, and the utilization . of Uy- v The Lord helps those who help
product. Tiie latter include, t tie themselves, they say but the
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Athletic Underwear that will make you feel fijt, Mcrnlmr,
Noon and Night! Plenty of room in it but never a wrinkle.
No skimping in the cut. Union Suits as well as the two-
piece, hurts, as you elect both made of fine fabrics ant
finely tailored.
Prices Are Reasonable.
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THE QUALITY' STORE"
SORGHUM SIRUP PRODUC
TION URGED AS RELIEF
FOR SUGAR SHORTAGE
As a simple, practical means
irasse (the stalk from Avhich the It' the wild man of Borneo ever
j 1 -fi 1 ckhm tu;, - im cui'u 1 u im"i H ;i nc will ru
scum Avlucii mav be led to ho?s jrreen Avith pnw. He can't hold ' tx
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in sn-mll iuantities, and seed a candle-to the had men of t?ie
!i :?( . avIik h ah-o have a feeding movies.
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of fielpino- relieve the acute sugar
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States Department of
The ;.'v-.--rare yield of sirup
Woman 's influence sueefreded-
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) in soido oiSfs: it has "heen that liiiirs iuf'TuHiu'Pi I
The es- failed to oust an vthino- that
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riiT'c fpciiinniPiirk t h r iTiPTnserl
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production 01 sorghum sirup "
, . , .x . , -. . , acre -arv from 600 to l.bOO .
AvhicJi it it pointed out, require rT,,
1 , . 1 pounds. . ; ' . W EATT1HR I IMPORT
Jieuuei uuusLiaL skiii jioi ca jien-
sive equipment to make. Fur
thermore, the methods of 'groAv
ing sorghum are similar to those
of corn and in that respect tn-
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Atlantic' Coast Realty Co.?
Northwestern- Mutual Lfe I
Accident. & Health Ins., Co'
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OUR BREAD IN PERIL
for Aveek endini- Ma a- flth..
Temp. Ili-host 72" on 9th
1020.
-Our primary bread erop is Temp. HoAvest.'lC" on 6th..
,ri, K-ti iiu :,. tlirP1onPi1 with tliA trr-m end mi 3 semi) aV. hb 4-7.
. " i A- c 4-t ' i e ' - temp A. v. Loav 44 .
farmers. Sirup manufacture . Is reduction of thirty-four per cent .iinf.,ij 3-100-of inch
so simple that it can he carried from last year" announces the The'hhrh .temperature for ike
on Avilh profit by individuals ut- North Carolina Cooj)erative Crop firT 9 davs of la
ilizing small sized outfits of n Reporting. Serivce. "The winter with .Q:?? on the 4th.
daily capacity of" 100 gall on or wheat acreage'to be harvested in J E HANCOCK '
less. Where operations on a tne united states is more nian
larger scale are feasible, coir?- thirty per cent less than last year.
WE ARE EQUIPPED TO HANDLE PRIVATE ' OR
,ALES OP REAL ESTATE .OF ANY SiZE,
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Norfleet S. Smith, Sec. & Mm
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President. . V j. w. PERRELL, Vice Pres.
munity plants having a daily ca- The May 1st forecasts are ,for
"'ommission Broker
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Flour. M'd. TTav and Feed
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Our 1919 Sales
Amounted to
Approximately
Eleven Million
Dollars
we can
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farm lands especially.
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