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Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-23
GRAND VALLEY.


Some preparations1 are being
made for n celebration on the
Fourth by the Grand Valley peo-
pie.
The ice cream social last Tues
day eve at the home of Mrs. Eg-
bert was quite well attended. Re-
ceipts SO.
Miss Frances Barton left Thurs
day for few months visit with
relatives in Iowa.
Haying seems to be the main
occupation.
The dinner at Mrs. Miller's last
week was not very well attended.
The date for its repetition has not
been fixed.
The Woman's club meets at
Mrs. Hyatt's Saturday.
The dinner at Mrs. Best's was
greatly enjoyed by all present.
The newly.married couple, Mr..
and Mrs. l.. II. White, have our
best wishes that their pathway
may ever be strewn with roses.
Condensed because late.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1898-06-23
Arkansas Valley Sheepfeed-
ers Association.

The second meeting Of this new
association was held at Rocky
Ford Saturday last. The follow
ing persons were chosen directors:
Senator G.. w. Swink, and Hon.
w. N. Randall of Rocky Ford; NJ.
u. Farwell of La Junta; ]. j.
Cooper Of Las Animas; A. j. Hot
tel of Lamar; Hon w. A. Colt of
Manzanola and d. G. Roberts of
Ordway.
The committee on constitution
and bylaws reported and their
report was ordered printed, to be
considered Mt the next meeting to
be held at Rocky Fnrd, Saturday,
July 2, 2 o'clock p. m.
The membership fee was fixed
ut 81.
Among those present from
abroad were Col. Avery Moore Of
Denver, John Mozier of the Gree
ley Farm and d. G. Roberts OF
Ordway.
Three persons deserve special
mention in connection with the
flag raising: ]. H. Price was the
first to bring the matter to the at
tention of our citizens and has the
honor Of inaugureting the move
ment. r. w. English of Denver
made n gift of fine 90 foot pole,
he feeling much interest in Rocky
Ford and its interests generally.
George Hammond has been the
wheelhorse in the affair from the
beginning, putting in whole days
of labor in preparing and erecting
the pole. Friday afternoon our
business men generally were on
hand and assisted in raising the
pole which was done without
hitch or accident.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Old Men at Work.
Charlotte Observer.

Charlotte Observer.
In these days we hear great deal
about brain-fag, misuse of the brain.
and the excessive strain the brain is
subjected to. According to Sir James
Critchton-Browne, however, there is
something to be said on the other side.
In recent lecture Sir James declared
that there were also great evils attend
ant upon the disuse of the brain. He
did not, he said, know any surer way
of inducing mental decay than for a
man OF active habits to retire and do
nothing when just past the zenith of
life ; and, on the other hand, he did
not know any surer way Of enjoying a
green old age than to keep on working
at something till the close. He refer
red to Calico, who lived to 70, Newton
to IS, Franklin to IS, Button to 80.
Faraday to rs, Brewster to 81 years in
harness and with unimpaired powers.
The lecturer declared that Woodworking
judges habltually lived to ripe old
age, and we're more exempt from dot
age than any other class OF men.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
THE OLD ARMY HARDTACK.
Charles E. Sprague, in the New York
Mail and Express.

How dear to my heart are the wartime
mementoes,
I've cherished in mem'ry of sorrows
and joys,
In the days when l tramped through
the dust of Virginia,
Or splashed through its mud with
the rest of the boys;
There's rusty old sabre I never will
part with,
A faded old cap and jacket of blue,
A battered canteen and haversack
holding
Some squares of bareback we all had
to chew!
The iron-bound bareback
The moss-cOvered bareback!
The old army bareback we all had to
chew!
There was bareback from wars of past
generation
Which remained unconsumed till
about '63;
It was rumored that some, which de-
fled mastication.
Were marked '.Vera Cruz" or were
lettered ''B. c."
What triumph was this for the skill
of the baker
Indestructible product, defying times
tooth
But it could not resist the assaults of
our grinders,
The grinders we had in the days OF
our youth.
The Bunker Hill bareback!
The 1912 bareback
The old army bareback we ate in our
youth !
Oh! youth can make feasts of the
coarsest OF viands,
And never again shall we veterans
feel
Such zest in our lives as way back
in the Cos
When bareback sufficed to create a
Square" meal,
Though now we may dine at more
sumptuous tables,
We'd gladly exchange all the dain.
ties they yield
For the hearty enjoyment, the
youthful digestion,
That seasoned bareback we ate in the
field,
The bullet-proof bareback
The iron-clad bareback
The old army bareback we ate In the
field
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Good Country Roads.

"The great secret of success in road
making and road keeping is to drain
the roads, and keep the roads drained
by keeping the bitches open," writes
John Gilmer Speed on Chow to Have
Good Country Roads," in the August
Ladies' Home Journal. "The old
method was to run pillow through the
side bitches and throw the disturbed
soil, sod and all, in the middle of the
road. There it would stay till'a heavy
rain came to wash this soil back into
the bitches and fill them up again.
If there were money enough this kind
OF thing would be done over and over
again, as often as four times In a year.
Where there were wet spots broken
stone or gravel would be placed in the
road and left for tie passing wagons to
wear this metal into ruts. The money
spent was absolutely thrown away.
"By the new process all the road
member needs to do is to provide ditch
es and outlets tor them, and then go
shape the road that the water falling
In a rain-storm will run off at once in
to tie bitches. The water must not
be suffered to run in the road, but off
the road. The rainfall being thus SIM
ply and effectively disposed of, becomes
a most beneficial instead of a destruc-
tive agent /; it cleans instead of wash
ing it away and deepening the ruts.
When there are wet places, such as
springs, in the roadway, gravel and
broken stoue will not cure such things.
The water must be drained off under
meath the roadway and into the bitches
by means OF pipe or blind drains.
The whole thing is so simple that any
one can easily master the principles and
put the details into practical opera
tion."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
# They Only Would!
How Much EASIER THIS EVERYDAY
LIFE WOULD Be.

Selected.
If John would only use the ash re-
celyer, instead of strewing the veranda
floor with ashes and burnt matches.
If he would just think to close the
library blinds when he has finished
looking for missing book, instead of
allowing the hot sunshine and flies to
enter at their own sweet will, until, two
hours after his departure for the office,
you descend to the apartment which
you had already busted and darkened,
and find it filled with heat and buzz !
If that big boy of yours could re-
member to strip the covers from the
bed when he arises, and save the extra
trip upstairs before the bed-ms king.
If your pretty daughter could cul-
tivate her bump of order sufficiently to
refrain from leaving hat of some de-
scription in every room on the first
floor, and her jacket on the banister /!
If others could only realize how
many precious minutes you expend in
rightlng these wrongs caused by others
carelessness.
If John only would not advise grand
ly that you "Let Bridget attend to
these matters-Why keep dog and do
your own barking?"
If he is particularly sympathetic and
generous he will inform you seriously
that your time is too precious to spend
on beggarly trifes; and that if one
servant cannot do the work OF the es-
Enlistment, he wants you to hire an
other.
II it were possible you woald refrain
from retorting ungratefully that 'it
will only make one more for you to
follow up and supplement" but 1t is
not possible, for you are realizing every
day OF your life how much more
smoothly the domestic machinery
would run If each member of the house
hold would be thoughtful in the little
things.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Dr.. Franklin in France.

Selected.
Mr.. H. A Ogden writes of "a Great
Republican at Court" In st. Nicholas.
After telling OF the arrival of Benjamin
franklin in France Mr.. Ogden says:
He was then over 70 years of age,
and his fame as printer, editor, in
ventor, philosopher and statesman
for the old gentleman was many sid
ed genius-was we'll established. The
learned, societies of the CIVILIZED globe
were proud to enroll his name among
their members. The French people,
from the MOBILES down to the servants,
all were familiar with his quaint and
witty sayings, as translated from Poor
Richards Almanac" as we'll as with
his loye OF liberty and his broad sym
pathy with his fellow men. Silas
Deane, the agent of the American con-
gress, then living in Paris, afterward
said, "Here is the hero, philosopher
and patriot who at the age OF IA risks
all dangers for his country"
To show that the enemy fully real
lied his power as an advocate for the
cause OF independence, the Marquis OF
Rockingham, one of King George Ills
advisers, remarked that he considered
"the presence of DR.. Franklin at the
French court more than a balance for
the few additional acres which the
English had gained by the conquest OF
Manhattan Island" This was said
not long after the battle of BROOKLYN,
whereby General Howe had secured
possession OF New York.
Shortly after his arrival In Paris the
doctor was invited to make his home
at Passy, then one OF the little towns
outside of the city, although now it is
inside of the Notifications. Here on
a hill overlooking the river Seine as
it flows past villages, chateaux and
palaces, stood the Mansion Valentl-
nois, the owner of which insisted on
Franklin's sharing his apartments with
him without cost, saying, IF your
country is successful in the war and
your congress will grant me a small
piece of land, perhaps I may take that
as payment" Wherever the doctor
went crowds followed him. He was
cheered in the streets or at the opera.
His sayings were quoted, and engrav-
ings, miniatures. medals, snuffbox lids
and souvenirs were made to bear his
kindly features. He wrote home to
little Benjamin's mother that they had
"made her fathers face"-by which,
Of course, he meant his own-"as well
known rs that OF the moon,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

About one month ago my child,
which is fifteen months old, had an
attack of diarrhoea accompanied by
vomiting. / gave it such remedies as
are usually given in such cases, but as
nothing gave relief, we sent for ply
stefan and it was under his care for a
week. At this time the child had been
sick for about ten days and was hayin.
about twentyfi five operations of the
bowels every twelve hours, and we were
convinced that unless 1t soon ,Qbtaine
relief 1t would not live. Chamberlain
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remed y
was recommended, and / decided Il,
try it. soon noticed change for tna
better by its continued use complete
cure was brought about and it is now
perfectly healthy.-C. L. BoGGs
Stumptown. Gilmer Co., w. Va. For
sale by E. T. Whitehead e Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Burning Store Bills.
N. C. Christian Advocate.

This is a "bear" that the bravest,
most honest and economical farmer
breads to meet. With receipts from
sale OF farm products in one hand and
unpaid store bills in the other, the
farmer feels that the income OF the
farm will profit but little when 1t is
already spent. There is no feature OF
the farm finance that needs more at
tention than that of the store bill. In
the majority of instances 1t Is always
larger than even the highest estimate
the farmer and his family bad made
it. Country merchants are not expert
book-keepers, and errors are liable to
occur Internationally, says an ex-
change.
The farm home has needs that must
be supplied and frequently the finances
of the farmers family are so managed,
or rather not managed, that there Is
not a continual cash income, and time
purchases seem unavoidable. A farm
er's wife of our acquaintance, who real
lied the importance of practicing the
strictest economy, not having the time
for or knowledge of bookkeeping, IN
sisted on having bills of all purchases
made, which we're filed away. By re-
ferring to these the household expen-
ses were quickly determined. They
were also a means of settling differ
.ences when the merchants account
failed to tally with these bills. Re-
ceipts were taken for all money paid,
not because that merchants were re-
garded as dishonest, but as safeguard
against error. When settlement was
made one month the store bill was
found to be eight dollars more than
the filed bills showed. The fact was
soon revealed that eight dollars paid on
a previous account was not credited.
Whenever possible all such purchas-
es should be on cash basis. The far
mer and his family are more indepen-
dent, and cash for goods means cheap
or goods.
There is the temptation to lavish
expenditure when goods are bought
on credit. But pay day Will come.
And money paid for goods worn out
or eaten up seems like money paid for
value not received.
Right here is good opportunity to
put in word in favor OF such lines of
farming as dairylng. One great ad-
vantage the dairy farmer has over the
steer raiser or grain grower, is in the
fact that returns from sales of milk or
butter come at least monthly, thus
providing him with cash for current
expenses. This feature of the dairy
business is one of the reasons why it
is of so much benefit to community !;
it brings money into the community
in constant stream and keeps it in
circulation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
Italy except Monday tDally ex-

tDally except Monday. tDally ex'
cept Sunday.
Train on the Scotland Neck Branch
Road leaves Weldon 4 Is p M, Halifax
4 80 p. M, arrives Scotland Neck at
5 20 p. M, Greenvllle 6 81 p. M, Kins-
ton :55 p. m. Returning leaves
Klnston Z 80 a. M, Greenyille 8 :52 a
M, arriving Halifax at IL liz a. M,
Weldon IL :33 a. M, daily except Sun
day.
Trains on Washington Branch leave
Washington 8 20 a. m. and 2 80 p. m,
arrive Parmele 9 10 a. m. and 100 p.
M, returning leave Parmele 9 :35 a. m
and 6 80 p. M, arrive Washington
IL 90 a. m. and Z 20 p. M, daily ex-
cept Sunday.
Train leaves Tarboro, N. c., daily
except Sunday 5 80 p. M, Sunday,
4 is p. M, arrives Plymouth 7 40 p.
M, 7:IO p. M, Returning, leaves Ply
mouth daily except Sunday,7 80 a. M,
and Sunday 8 100 a. M, arrives Tarboro
10 :O5 a. M, II 100 a. IA.
leaves Goldsboro daily, except Sunday,
z 10 a. M, arriving Smithfeld 8 80 a.
m. Returning leaves Smithfeld 8 90
a. m. arrives at Goldsboro 10 20 a. m.
Trains on Nashville Branch leave
Rocky Mount at 4 80 p. M, arrive
Nashville 5 :O5 p. m, Spring Hope
5 80 p. m. Returning leave Spring
Hope 8 90 a. M, Nashville 8 :35 a. m,
arrive at Rocky Mount 9:O5 a. M,
daily except Sunday.
Train on Clinton Branch leaves War
saw for Clinton daily, except Sunday,
IL 20 a. M. and 4 :l5 p. m. Return
ing leaves Clinton at Z 100 a. m. and
2 40 p. m.
Train No. IS makes close connection
at Weldon for all points North daily,
all rail via Richmond.
III. M. EMERSON,
GeuI Pass. Agent.
J. r. KENLY, GenI Manager.
T. M. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
A Honeymoon Incident.

Selected -
1t is told how happy couple we're
honeymooning in the country when
the first packet of letters from home
arrived, and the husband proposed to
open one addressed to his wife.
"Certainly not" she said, firmly.
"But, Philippa," he demonstrated,
"surely you are not going to have any
secrets from me now that we are mar
RED Pr
II shall not have any secrets from
you, but Phyllis might" his wife said.
"That letter is hers, not mine. shall
probably let you read it after have,
but not till ] am sure that Phyllis has
told me nothing but what she would
be willing for you to know"
"Stlll, doesn't it imply lack OF con-
fidence when wife won't show her
letters to her husband?"
"Not at all. The lack of confidence
is shown by the husband when he de-
mands to see his wife's letters
This was unanswerable, and Mr..
Grant sank back in his chair with
amused delight in his wife's perfect
inconsistencies of having said "good
thing"
Presently she added, II told you SO !!
Here is something Phyllis wouldn't
want you to know"
"Then why are you going to tell
me?"
"I'm not going to tell you what it Is.
You are only to know there Is some
thing you can't know-at present"
"Phyllis is engaged" Mr.. Grant re-
marked.
"And what If she is? You are not
to know to whom"
ITO Radcliffe" hazarded her hus-
band.
II didn't say So"
"But you don't say she Isn't"
"How could say so when She"
"Is?" II really think, my dear, you
might as we'll have let me read that
letter."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

We have used Chamberlain Cough
Remedy in our home for many years
and bear cheerful testimony to its value
as medicine which should be in every
family. In coughs and colds we have
found it to be efficacious and in Group
and whopping cough In children we
deem it indispensable H. P. RITTER,
4l2 Fairfax ave-, St. Louis, Mo. For
sale by e. T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

One Minute Cough Cure surprises
people by its quick cures and children
may take it in large quantities without
the least danger. It has won for itself
the best reputation OF any preparation
used to-day for colds, Group, tickling in
the throat or obstinate coughs.-E. T.
T. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

More than twenty million free sam
pies of DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
have been distributed by the manu-
facturers. What better proof of their
confidence in it's merits do you want
1t cures piles, burns, scalds, sores, in
the shortest space of time.-E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Pretty Wall Papers!

We can supply you with any and all
kinds OF Wall Paper in the latest and
prettiest designs, at astonishingly low
prices. 1t is direct from the great man.
ufacturers, United States Wall Paper
Co., of Cincinnati, and is the latest and
most up-to-date paper on the market.
e. T. WBJTEHEAD Il Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
NO CURE-NO PAY

That is the way all druggists sell
GROVES TASTELESS CHILL
TONIC tor Chills, Fever and all forms
of Malaria. It is simply Iron and
Quinine in tasteless form. Children
love it. Adults prefer it to bitter nau-
seating tonics. Price. 81
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

A stubborn cough or tickling in the
throat yields to One Minute Cough
Cure. Harmless IN effect, touches the
right spot, reliable and just what is
wanted. It acts at ONCE. T. White
head & Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

When you, call for DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salye the great pile cure, don't
accept anything else. Don't be talked
into accepting substitute, for piles,
Tor sores, for burns.-E. T. Whitehead
4 Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18
Fire and Life Insurance.

The very best fire companies repre-
sented. The Aetna Life so we'll known
in this community is still here giving
the best policy of the day and has in
creased it's dividends annually without
interruption for the past 25 years. 1t
has paid out over SIC, 900 in this com
munlty during the past 25 years. There
is none better or more reliable company
than the Old KtDa.
jill. LAWRENCE, Agt,
Office over w. l.. HarreIl & Co.'s store.
2-3-1y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1898-08-18

had q constant flutter-
Ing Of the heart and
severe palpitation and
pain in the left side.
She took three bottles
OF DR.. Miles New Heart
Cure and was complete
ly restored to health:
and has not taken g
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-08-04
Help One Another.

When you have to purchase any
thing 90 to buy it of a member OF the
order. When you have to hire any
work done 90 and get a Woodman to
do it. When you need a physician.
90 to one who is a sovereign When
YOU need the counsel or assistance of
a lawyer 90 seek it from one whose
fraternal interest in you lies deeper
than your pocketbook. When you
hear of an opportunity for one to OBJ
tain employment, go hunt upa sover-
eign and help him TO get the oh.
When you see sovereign in financial
trouble give him sympathy and en-
couragement, and do what you can
to help him out. When you learn of
sickness or distress in a member :
family, don't be the last one to ex-
tend a helping hand. When you
have anything against sovereign.
forget it. When vou have done all
these things for lifetime. your bur
ial will not be without mourners,
YOUR bereaved ones without sym
pathy or help, nor your memory
without tears of gratitude. Love,
Honor and Remembrance will flame
in the hearts Of all at the hearing Of
your name.-.S .Soreretgn Visitor
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-08-04
OAKS AND THISTLES.
( A j. WateIhouse in San Francisco Exam
iner.)

GA j. Wate,house in San Francisco Exam
The boy you dandle on your knee with all
You reckon he III great man be some
time, that little boy.
In dreams you think you see him stand
with thousands at his feet,
His fame is borne throughout the land; the
voice OF praise is sweet.
lie shall attain the highest place YOUR
foolish heart declares,
And al The world shalt own his grace -
the world. which little cares
But here's a maxim | suppose is worthy of
your heed
Thistles do not from acorns grow, nor
oaks from thistle seed.
My neighbor Ginty is man whose head is
somewhat Hat.
He always wears, aui nicely can, six
and One-half hat,
And Teddy Ginty is kid such as you
often note,
In whom more cuSsednesS is hid than
twenty boys should tote.
But Ginty swears that boy will be the
wonder of the age,
And to dispute the case, yOu see, would
Ginty much enrage,
And yet | doubt it, for. you know, | can
not fail to need,
That thistleS don't from acorns grow, nor
oaks from thistle seed.
Oaks do not grow from thistle seed nor
saints from wicked dads,
Nor men of Drawn from pas, indeed, who
run to liver pads,
A twelve ounce brain has never vet to
genius given BIRTH
And when two fools in love have met their
child won't sway the earth.
No knavish fellow breeds a saint, no roses
weeds adorn;
The boys who handle carmine paint We're
not Of angels born,
In short, as here | strive to show, all facts
denote indeed,
That thiStles don't from acorns grow, nor
oaks from thistle seed
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1898-08-04
A Child's Health

depends almost wholly on the mothers,
not only before its birth but afterwards.
4 sick mother can't properly care for her
child's health. A sick mother sometimes
bears a healthy child. but 1t isn't TO be ex-
pected. Maybe the baby will possess thu
appearance of health. but will lack
stamina. Maybe innate weakness will
develop in after years. Every woman
during the period OF gestation-when che
child is really part OF herself. During
all this time, she should keep, her body
strong and pure and she should take proper
precautions against her time Of labor. For
this purpose DIR. Pierces Favorite Pre-
scription is prescribed. 1t has been used
in thousands o. cases. with the most graft
flying results. 1t is tonic TO the whole
body, but particularly To the organs dis
tinctly feminine. 1t so prepares the sys-
tenn for childbirth. As to render IL almost
painless 1t cures all female troubles and
promotes regularity.