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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-09
Picnic at Felton,.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. Mullen gave
observation-disclosures and Brunswick stew
at their farm, "Felton Place." near
Tiliery, Yesterday.
The family OF Mr.. J. P. Futrell were
present, besides the following young
ladies and gentlemen from Scotland
Neck Miss Undine Futrell with H
I. Clark, Miss Bessie Futrell with Paul
Bryan, Miss Mary Ray with John B.
Gray, Miss Emily Biggs with c. j.
Shields, Miss Lillian Tim barake with
I. B. Wheeler, Miss Anna K:tchln
with VIM. Royal of Wake Forest, Miss
Louie Poteat OF Wake Forest with
Ashby Dunn, Miss Helen Hilliard with
Mr.. Snlder of Rocky Mount, Miss
Irene Allison OF Charlotte with w. II ).
Mcdowell, Miss Imogene Gregory of
Lumpkln, Ga :, with Bruce FutreIl
Miss Kate Futrell with Albion Dunn,
Miss Ruby TilIery with Hugh Johnson.
1t was day Of rare pleasure for all
who were so fortunate as to particip pate
in the inequalities of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mullen.
There is nothing SO pleasant as that
bright, cheerful, at-peace- wlth-the-
world feeling when you sit down to
your breakfast. There is nothing SO
con iucive to good work and good re-
suits The healthy man with healthy
mind and body is a better fellow, a
better workman, better c:: .:=o1i than
the man Or woman who is handicapped
by some disability, however slight. A
slight disorder Of the stomach will de-
range your body, your thoughts and
your disposition. Got away from the
morbIdness and the blues. Keep your
stomach in tune and both your brain
and body will respond. Little lndls-
cretions Of over eating can be easily
corrected and you viii be surprised to
see how much better man you are
Try little Kodoi for Dyspepsia alter
your meals. Sold by E. T. Whitehead
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-09

iha cid time method Of purging the
en- with Cathartics that tear, grippe,
md and break down the walls of the
mach and intestlnes is superseded
21dc's Little Liver Pills. They
.rh5C ne liver, and instead OF wax
'7@, oaild up AID strengthen ethe
7J9 >yatem. Relieve headache, bill
4oa-, constipation, etc.
J. Whitehead & Co., Scotland Neck
1gett's drug store, Hobgood.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-09
A Day Ahead.

Day Ahead.
The COMMONWEALTH is out a day
ahead this week to give the printers
chance to go to Norfolk on the excur-
sion.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-09
cine, Gin. Press, Pea
Ihresner.

h.ra for sale on ny farm, the w.
= aiteaead place, & secondhand
md Press and Pea Throsher. Mr..
+. Nioshew will show them to any
uho wishes to see them.
G. 4. WHITEHEAD,
4 TarhorO, n. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1906-08-09
.-#|59DS & CO.'S CUT PRICES,

II make room for our Fall Stock we
~ o.t8ring Special Inducements to
: r a! Summer Goods: and until
Re embaC lst We will sell the follow
/: seeds at cost:
.g2.s Lawns, Dimitiea, Dotted Swiss,
miner Hcrcaies, Organizes, Mercer
30 riquas, Hanburgs, 94aces and all
cnnmcr Fabrics. Also at cost Ladies
r. Kisses Slippers, including a nice
| 10 Ct Reeds Patent feathers, White
\ 1'a-4s and Tans. Also q few hand
% suits 0t Summer Clothing Of the
? Is. styles . cost.
* Inc Of Fruit Jars at bottom
}, .:as.
~ line Of Trunks Just arrived.
tji9 lot remnant Mattinga at sacrifice
800 Furniture Department is COM
USE in all lines for cash Or installment
4 Jew good Sewing Machines Oh
raa % suit purchaser.
III goods charged at regular terms.
EDWARDS Il 60.
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
BLEWFORD.

June Is. Some of the men are peas in their corn and lay ing il by.
 Joe Neal's folks are having down at Dock Abbercrombie's.
 Billy Foster has been helping John l.. Sullivan through his having and laying his corn by.
 Oat harvest is on hand now. While the early oats are pretty good the late oats will need fife and drum to call 1t together to be harvested.
 John Burnett's little boy, Vir- gil, has been quite sick with ma larial fever, but is recovering.
 Ii the writer of Elm Springs would keep in bounds of his own district perhaps he could tell
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
WEST FORK.

June 18-A rainy day.
 Crops are looking fine.
 Ed Brown, son of Mir. and Mrs. Hamp Brown, will start back to his home in Washington today.
 Mrs. Pete Luther left last Sat urday night for Shawnee, I. T., to visit her son, Clarence Luther.
 There Is going to be larger crop of apples than some expected, for the trees seem to have plenty on them to give fair crop.
 Mrs. Bryan and Miss Ferry went up to Fayetteville last Fri day.
 John Malone k having a dwell- ing house built in town which lie intends to occupy in the near future.
 There is class meeting at .the Methodist Church every Sunday afternoon at o'clock.
 MT. and Mrs. Jack Karnes and son were visiting relatives sun- day. They returned the same day to their home at Winsltw.
 Grace Bloyd has secured a school at Black Oak, which will commence some time in July.
 The proceeds of the ice cream supper last Monday night was S19.00 The Ladies Aid ordered the ice cream from Fayetteville. A meeting was called today to make out program for the 4th. The Odd Fellows are making ar rangementsfor a grand time then. Ed Brown. Mr. and Mrs. II. Brown, George Curtis and family, Bertie Flood and Miss Hattie Brown vert to their old home and sper+Ne day last Tuesday. A nice dinner was prepared to take with them.
 Mrs. Joe Franklin returned from springdale Sunday.
 Bro. Combs daughter, of Ches- ter, came today to visit relatives.
 I, C. FUN.
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
SOUTH SPRINGDALE.

June IS, Born, Saturday, June 1o, to MT. and Mrs. Joe Carter, a fine girl baby. Mrs. Dr. Lininger attendant.
 Grandpa Phillips has had his house painted and will soon move into It. Grandpa IS 88 years old and cultivates crop and keeps up with his work as we'll as a man of 40.
 MT. Baxter is making some substantial Improvements on his farm south of town.
 J. W. Philips returned home Saturday from Kansas City where he had been all week working I'D business.
 Corn IS gowing half hamond since the rains. A mighty crop of corn IS going to be made and Irish potatoes will be like the Iowa mans potatoes were. He
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
Celebrate in Springda|e
Public Speaking, Martial Music Base Ball, Fire Works, and every thing necessary for good time. Bring your folks and come

had a patch on hillside. He opened a hole at the foot of the hill to see how they were getting on, and the potatoes came rolling out so that in a few minutes he had four bushels piled up. How many more he got out depnent saith not.
 Don't Worry is sending out this week Chautauqua cata- logues to friends in other states. Thus you see he IS sowing Chau- tauqua seed that may yield some fruit for Northwest Arkansas. Every catalogue sent out may be tine means of inducing some one to seek q home III this part of the country. There are num- Der of drawing points in the catalogues that will take well with many of the people and turn their attention this way.
 A little praise now and then is liked by the best of men. A friend at Oakdale, Neb says in letter to Us (who Is a sub- scriber to The News) that "The News is getting better all the time, and also says, John knows how to get up good paper. Another writing from Thompson, Mo-, says Gould you know how eagerly We search the Springdale itens,' etc. all of which shows how The News is appreciated away from home. Bro. Correspondents, let Us help to make 1t still better.
 There are over six hundred correspondents holding member ship in the Sunny South House hold, of which Don't Worry has been member for some years. The Sunny South is a literary paper published by the Atlanta Constitution Pub. Co.,,
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22

days before he found them. They were at Wilbourn Buckleys when found. They were making their way back to Johnson.
 Miss Fora Roberts was out at the children's day exercises yes terday. All were glad to see her and glad to know she has such a good home with Dr. Highfll's folks.
 Miss Willie Sullivan went to Fayetteville Sunday to spend a week with friends there.
 Pleas Abercrombie Is helping Joe Neal blow his corn this week.
 Mrs. Higgs has set her 1ncub- ator in the cellar this time. She says she can keep 1t at more even temperature there this hot wealth CT.
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22

things more correctly, as Mrs. Elmer Holland didn't loose a chicken that she knows of, and don't think writers should go six miles for their items, as some have been known to do. If he will please look he will discover that Blewford and Thornsberry each have correspondent. The News wants its correspondents to send Tn all the news they can gather, even If It does occur in what IS considere the territory of another correspondent, and ii more than one send in the same item 1t IS an easy matter for the editor to tblue pencila al but one so there will be no repetition. And again, suppose, for example, that our Blewford reporter should learn of an interesting item of news mp about Elm Springs or Tontitown and not send 1t III, leaving 1t for the reporters at those places, and they should fail to report that week: You see, we would miss 1t altogether. So send in all the news, all the time. Editor.
 Miss May Addison was visit ing at her uncle Bill Adkison's on Brush Creek last Saturday night and Sunday.
 The program that Thornsberry and Blewford rendered yesterday at Thornsberry was pronounced grand success and everybody seemed to enjoy themselves well.
 MT. and Mrs. J. l.. Willard, of Springdale, were out Sunday at the Children's Day exercises.
 A fine shower fell this morning which will liven things up again and make them grow.
 Mid Abercrombies cow and calf got out and he hunted two
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
WINSLOW.

June IS. And here am again. l know you are all glad to see me as I've been gone all of seven days.
 Ii We weren't up so high we'd all be floating toward the ocean by this time, as we are having such deluge of rain.
 Fin Duncan attended the teach- CTS institute on Wednesday 1S.
 Rev. Francisco departed for Galveston, Tex, Saturday 2. to fill his appointment as preacher at that place, and has since re- turned.
 Protracted meeting at the Methodist church was closed about two weeks ago.
 It is reported that a protracted meeting, conducted by Rev. Yoes, Christian preacher, will be in progress ere long.
 Mrs. Oscar Duncan, of Chicago, is assisting with Boston Heights School.
 Mrs. Lizzie Harris, of Green Mountain, was visiting her noth- CT last week.
 Let me thank Ed" of San Francisco for his compliment on my poem. Will comply with his request when next l meet the one referred to.
 Cyclone Bill. does this look as if had quit?
 The newly organized Metho- dist Sunday School is largely at tended and good int. est seems to be manifested.
 Rev. Smoker col.~ .scted servi- ces in the Odd Fellows Hall at II a. III. Sunday IT, and Rev. Yoes in the afternoon. There
 (Continued on 4th page.
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22

of Atlanta, Ga. The Household Is presided over by Mrs. NJ. E. Bryan. Don't Worry would be pleased to know if any of The News correspondents are mem bers of the $. $. H. Now I am through.
 DON't WoRPv
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22

consolation, folks can store the apples away and hold 'em awhile, but they couldn't do that with the strawberries.
 The recent rains played tag with the public roads, but Mully k afraid to talk bout that cause the overseer of this township takes The News, and would be up here right away wanting the roads fixed and naeing Mully warned tohelp do 1t.
 ChaS. $. Mayes viii take the road for leading northern com mission house just as soon as the apple season opens up.
 No Johnson folks attended tie Kentucky homecoming week at Louisville last week, but the several natives of that state, who reside here. haveread all the printed details of tile doings and longed to be there withthe fortu- nate home corners.
 "A few more days for tq tote the
 weary load.
 NJ natter 'twiif never as 1g1t. 4 lew more days tsf# vesat-er ID tae
 road
 Then mse.a k4a-ack4 home. saad
 .mgHts.s
 Yes. thes saf thatlaagettezflle i, going to hold t Fourth of July and have q Gaautaufaa, but they will have to hlre our folks to tend 'em, for the Spriugdate toWline is fast to this part of the country.
 Sunday was a taultle>s day and nearly half q hundred Johnson folks journeyed away over to Spring Creek church and helped to swell the throng at the old time singing lis very seldom that so large crowd aSsembles at country church, but folks were there from miles around and every local town and hamlet vas well represented by delegations of singers ard listeners.
 should aud acquaintance be forgot.
 And never brought ta mind: Should aud acaaAintance be forgot.
 And days of U lang syne:"
 and Mulkeepmo met ] host of folks whose faces were older grown, but whose welcome was as warm as when We were wee toddling lads visiting there a long time ago. Away back in those days Grandma Camden would tell us bear tales, and many wondrous story did she weave to satisfy our craving for mother 'uu worSer than that un, = but the dear old lady was so surprised and glad to see us Sunday that she wouldn't tell uS a single one of those tales again. Tyro, of Lowell, was there at the singing and exchanged greetings with Mully. Now folks, you'll be sur prised when you see Tyro when the editor gets the cage fixed for exhibition on August 1st, and the singing, the sermon, the dln- ner, why, we'd go forty miles to get such another old time singing, and another gathering ot folks like that will find the whole reser- vation a coming on the run. "Gimme back the dear old days that
 Mem'ry loves to keep,
 With Pilot, 'tis d fearful night,
 there's danger on the deep" The old-tlme. awkward gestures, the
 jerk. meant for bow;
 We said that "Curfew should not
 ring" but Lord, it's ringing now. MULkEEPMO.
The Springdale news., 1906-06-22
Wasbington County. News gathered by our Correspondents.
JOHNSON.

OuS parts Of t1t "utdt GoIll II Y. sTae boys are goin' to Kansas,
 They think they'H cut q dash
 A helpln ID the harvest,
 For which they'll coin the cash.
 They leave here quite elated,
 But when they Journey back,
 Some few NIL ride the cushions,
 Wsile some Will tread the track
 oy Cummings. d former iiie keyies--l who helped feed tile Miss Mae ,fks at seamster's lunch 'lSSt Stdhnd fnd1 during the late berry sea son, has journeyed away ont to Seattle, Washington, and is well pleased with that country, which k what they all say when they first % away from God country.
 Haekle berries are ripening oH the eGtear Creek hills and ehiggerS are #ea>t.ne on those who seek the berries.
 Tie board of directors o. the Fruitnen's Union will hold | meeting Thursday evening and tie official report of the late ber- rY season will be made public The average per crate VII be about sl.2O, winch is pretty good for an independent association and a great deal better than some of the associations that were ir- ducea 10 go in with the berry trusts
 Tie Eureka Springs excursion was patronized by several John son people who managed 10 ssrape through the various exciting in- eidents of tie trip tllout bring ine back | black eye ar | bruised head as . souvenir.
 No. Dick Crum didn't go to Eareka Springs. but he found the way over to the big singing at Sprlag Creek. The Frisco will probably excuse Mully for having them To look for Dick to be shin ing light along with the 'scursion folks.
 The farmers report splendid grade of wheat this season, and the most of them are through cutting. Keep it we'll shocked so that these frequent rains will not ruin it.
 So Teeumseh watches for the quotation marks and has caught verse 'thout 'em! Now Cum. tune your Tyre and try your hand at some original verse and sing an unsung song
 T IL IS mufiied away in the breast
 alone,
 A gift, mayhaps, to the heart un-
 known
 I'll the joys of heaven unfold It's
 tone, '
 and you may awake the lark at heavens gate"
 pr. Cowgirl rides ln a fine flew buggy and has traded for a gray horse who furnishes the motive power for the new buggy, and q neat picket fence along the Doc tors front yard also helps the looks of Johnson almost as much as the new fixings down alongside Parson Hanks house where new porch and other doings cause passers to wonder If some one has bought the parson out.
 Mully was away from Johnson Sunday, so Postmaster Clayton and wife came over from Elm Springs and spent the day with Capt. Hanks and wife, and Uncle Bob acted as ballast to hold the reservation from soaring away while Mully was oyer in Benton county.
 Express shipments of blackber- ries and raspberries are gong forward daily and very good re- turns are coming in for the early consignments.
 The apple crop promises to be a bumper, but the evil prophets are saying that the price will be away down. but there will be one
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-30
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con.
dition of the mucous lining of the Eu.
stachian Tube. When this tube is in
famed you have a rumbling sound OF
imperfect hearing and when it is entire.
ly closed, Deafness is the result, and I'm.
less the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed for.
ever; nine cases out of ten are caused by
Catarrh, which is nothing but an in.
famed condition of the mucous sur.
faces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by catarrh,
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars free.
F. j. CHENEY x Co, Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Zoe.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa.
ton.
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Very Low Rates to San Francisco
and Los Angeles,

Via he North. Western Line. An ex-
cursion rate of one regular first class
limited fare for round trip, will be in
effect from all stations Sept. 3 to II, in.
elusive, with favorable return limits, on
account of National Baptist Convention.
Three fast trains through to California
daily. The Overland Limited. electric
lighted throughout, less than three DAYS
to San Francisco. The Los Angeles
Limited electric lighted throughout.
via the new Salt Lake Route to Los
Angeles with drawing room and tourist
sleeping cars, Another fast daily train
is The China x Japan Fast Mali with
drawing room and tourist sleeping cars
to San Francisco and Los Angeles
For itineraries and full information ap-
ply to agents Chicago & North. Western
R'y.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-30
FIRE DESTROYS TWO BUILD
INGS AT MAPLE GROVE,

Fire destroyed summer kitchen and
a large shed, together with the contents
of those buildings, on the premises of
Supervisor John p Watt at Maple
Grove last Saturday forenoon The loss
amounts to about $1,000, and is covered
by insurance. The fire started in the
summer kitchen. A large number of
farmers. seeing the flames, hurried to
the scene of the blaze; and it was through
their hard work, continued for several
hours, that the residence, general store
and saloon were saved. Two wells on
the premises supplied an abundance of
water, and bucket brigade WAS form.
ed, whose work was so effective that the
flames were kept from spreading Mr..
Watt WAS absent at the time of the fire.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-30

Mrs Carey returned to her home at
Amigo in the latter part of last week
after visit with relatives in this city
She was accompanied by Miss Lucy
O'Grady of this city.
Miss Cora Henrickson of this city,
who has been teacher in the Mantle.
voc public schools for several years past,
is now student at the Oshkosh state
normal school. Miss Henrickson left
for Oshkosh last Monday morning
Scrub yourself daily, you're not clean
inside. Clean insides means clean stom.
ach, bowels, blood, liver, clean, healthy
tissue in every organ. MORAL: Take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea 81
cents, Tea or Tablets. F. G. Buerstatte.
Mr. and Mrs Frank Tilton are here
from Green Bay, visiting at the home
of their daughter, and son iD'aw. Mr..
and Mrs. Warren H. Bates. Mr. Bates
| is the new engineer for the Manitowoc
and Northern Traction company Mr.
Tllton is an oldtime printer. He start.
ed to learn the trade in 1919. For seven
years, from 1S49 to 1856, he was employ.
ed in the office of the Columbia Re.
publican, Hudson, n Y. Later he en-.
| tered the Office of the Green Bay AID.
vocate, with which paper he was con
nected for AZ years, starting as pressman
and foreman and ending rs editor. He
is we'll and favorably known among
newspaper men of the state.
My Wife's Family the attraction
at Turner opera house Sept. 3, is with
out doubt one of the top.line offerings
of the season, and playgoers will turn
out large house. The play had scored
big hit in Green Bay, Fondy, Apple
ton and other cities and is playing re
turn dates, the best evidence of the
success of show. The piece is com
edy, with bright and interesting story,
catchy songs and is presented by com
pany of clever people. The seat sale is
open at Grotfmans.
1t was Mr.. Frank kers her of this city
who placed tin roof on Charles Hes
sells new building at Francis Creek
few weeks ago. The Pilot, in its issue
of Aug. 1G, enormously credited some.
one else with having done that excellent
job.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-30
ARRESTED ON CHARGE Of
HAVING WRITTEN THREATEN
ING LETTERS TO LlPPERI

August Goethke, well-known farmer.
his daughter Anna and Otto Leubke, a
workman on farm, were arrested las.
Saturday morning on the charge of hay
ing written the threatening letters
which have been received by August
Lippert and family during the past
fifteen months. The three we're arraigned
in the municipal court and plead not
guilty. An adjournment was taken I'M
til August 81. Bail was fixed at 5000
for each, which was furnished ard all
were released.
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Red Seal
Pure White Lead
made by thSOldDutch Process

and Pure Linseed Oil.
Our booklet tells considerable about
paint and painting which the house.
owner should know. Free.
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1910 State Street, Chicado. MI
For sale by first class dealers.
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FINED S25 AND COSTS.

Henry Wirth, Fourth street, who was
arrested last Thursday on charge of
having raised disturbance at his home
while under the influence of strong
drink, was arraigned in the municipal
court last Friday afternoon. He was
found guilty and was sentenced to pay
a fine of $25 and costs or, in default of
paying up. serve term not exceeding
thirty days in the county Jail. Wirth
had been hailed into court on several
previous occasions
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1906-08-30
0alVestOn's Sea Wall

makes life now MS safe in that city as on
the higher uplands. f. w Goodloe, who
resides on Dutton ST., in Waco, Tex,
needs no sea wall for safety He writes:
II have used DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption the past five years and
it keeps me well and safe Before that
time had cough which for years had
been growing worse. Now it's gone. "
Cures chronic Coughs, La Grippe, Group,
Whooping Cough, and prevents Pneu.
monia. Pleasant to take. Every bottle
guaranteed at Henry Hinrichs drug
store. Price SOC and SlO0 Trial bottle
free
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STRAIGHT
''Lead and Oil"
PAINT 8

The old timer is always
talking of the cold days
when paint was good"
Those were the days of
straight White Lead and
Linseed Oil, before new
tangled mixtures were
thought of.
You can have just as
good paint to-day if you
want it. Simply see that
you get