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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-10
BUSINESS GOOD IN SCOTLAND
NECK, A PROHIBITION
TOWN.
Correspondence to The Commonwealth.

correspondence TO me commonwealth.
Short crops and the big drop in the
price Of cotton few weeks before
Christmas, did not hold trade down in
Scotland Neck this season. Most of
the merchants say they had finer
Christmas trade and some of them say
they had by far the best trade they
ever had. So it does not look like
prohibition kills town or hurts busi-
ness in Scotland Neck. How many
vacant houses can you find in town
now? All are occupied and more
houses are needed to accommodate fit
teen families who would like to live In
Scotland Neck, prohibition town.
Does this look like prohibition kills
a town or hurts the business in Scot
land Neck? We all know that prohi-
ton is the right thing, the good book
bears it out uncompromisingly And
l want to sly unbesitatinglY that l do
not believe that prohibition kills a
town or hurts business in Scotland
Neck. But I do believe that 1t
makes business better, beside helping
the town morally and in other ways.
We certainly have better order On the
streets now than we did when we had
saloons in town. I will admit that
prohibition does not make business
better for the town lookup. Perhaps
that is what some people mean when
they say that it hurts business in Scot
land Neck.
| Somebody says we get all the whls-
key we need now, and I do not doubt
1t; and they say 1t Is better whiskey
and cheaper whiskey. And yet they
say the Iced of whiskey hurts business
and kills the town. I think the mer-
chants ought to be the best judges as
to its hurting business. Ask them
about it. 1t is wonder to ma that
business men, property owners and
| CNCAy OOAy IL COWA oOu y SoG GOSctu0
on this whiskey question and say we
cannot afford to have it sold in town
because it hurts business and the town
in general way. 1 believe they will
come to 1t yet. Well, then, why dc
some people want it sold in town
again?
| l want to say that 1t some poor
women and children will have to suffer
and have their pleasure, comfort and
happiness destroyed, and sometimes
lose their life, in order that my taxes
may be less and give us little extra
money to improve the looks of the
town, say let the grass and weeds
grow higher in the future than in the
past and the taxes stay high and il
necessary 60 higher. Better have high
taxes In Scotland Neck than do any.
thing that may or will cause the poor
weak and unfortunate to be deprived
of the things which morally belong
to them.
If any man wants to bring whiskey
back again in Scotland Neck to make
his taxes less, I am sorry for him, when
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-10
THE LEGISLATURE OF 1907.

The News and Observer, which now
goes daily to over 1000 subscribers,
will give fuller and better reports than
ever of the proceedings of the General
Assembly. 1t is on the spot and can
and will get and print all the news.
One dollar will get you the daily every
day during the session of sixty days
Address
JosEPHUs DANIELS, EDITOR,
Raleigh, N. G.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-10
JUST ONE POUND.

It has been said over and over again
that the Southern Cotton Association
ia a great and important organization.
Such a conclusion is beyond doubt by
any one who has kept posted on the
work OF the Association since its organ
ization two years ago.
The prime object, indeed the sole
aim of the Association, is to bring the
price of cotton to a reasonable figure
and hold 1t there. When the Associa-
tion was organized in New Orleans two
wears ago cotton was selling for about
seven cents, and since that time it has
sold as high as fifteen cents, and
throughout the present season the
price has been fairly good, averaging
ten cents. All this is gratifying to
those who have Iabored for the success
of the Association and those who have
kept sympathy with its work.
AS already said in this article, the
aim and end of the Association is to
hold the price of cotton to a reasonable
figure; but this can not be done with
out some money. The first plan OF
raising funds tor the support OF the
work was by levy of ten cents on every
bale of cotton produced by members OF
the Association, together with initia-
ton fee of twenty-five cents and quar-.
terly dues of the same amount.
From some quarters there have come
objections to the bale levy OF ten cents,
but this Is most unreasonable in any
one, whether member OF the Associa.
ton or not. Just think how small a
contribution it is. It Is only one
pound of cotton from each bale. And
taking it that cotton might have re.
NAMED at seven or eight cents until
now had not the Southern Cotton As
ISOLATION been organized, the increased
value of cotton has been an average Of
$1,000 hale. Then who is so foolish
as to object to taking one pound from
each bale of cotton to make it brlne
$1,000 more than it would have done
had there been no Southern Cotton
Association? Why, the cotton buyer
digs nearly that much out of every
bale when he samples 1t.
1t is very small thing to pay tn,
bale levy, and yet the ten cents pc,
bale on all cotton produced in th'
South would support the Association
If HALIFAX county produced say 16,OO(
bales of cotton and every farmer shoult
pay his ten cents per bale the amour
would be $1,000, ample for meeting
every need for this county's share il
supporting the Association.
1t is too small thing to quibbl
over, and surely every farmer who love
the interests of the South and cares TO
Its welfare will gladly pay the little tel
cents per bale and thus do bis small
part in supporting the Association.
Remember that 1t is only one poun
of cotton from every bale.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-10

he knows and must realize the ulti-
mate outcome End what naturally fol-
lows the sale OF strong drink in Scot
land Neck. May God enlighten his
conscience if be has any.
ID. RAY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-01-10

When the cold winds dry and crack
the skin box OF salve can savo
much discomfort. In buying salve
look for the name on the box to avoid
any limitations, and be sure you get the
original DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Sold by E. T. Whitehead & Co.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
Secrecy In Wire Service.

Absolute secrecy and great saving
In expense or wire service are assured
by the plans Just announced by the
Telepost company, which Is to enter
the telegraph field along with the
Western Union and the Postal. The
new company viii use the Delany sys-
TEN Of rapid automatic telegraphy,
both the sending and receiving being
done by perforated tapes. ii
In addition TO the published tele-
post rates of twenty-five words for %
cents, without regard to distance, for
messages sent by wire and delivered
by messenger In the usual way and of
% cents TO" fifty words sent by wire.
but delivered at destination by mail,
the Telepost company now announces
that 1t will transmit "teletape" mes
sages prepared by the sender for %
cents for 100 words. cents for each
additional twenty words.
In this case the tape bearing tho
message will be prepared by the send
er on instruments leased for private
use. The tape turned In to the Telc-
post company will be transmitted over
Its wires and, IL desired by the sender.
delivered to the addressee In Morse
characters on another tape. ~.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
The Feroclous MascaIons..

In the bed of draincd-off lake was
found the skull Of mascalonge with
swans skull inside of II. and the
teeth were locked in the bone. slow
Ing that the strong, powerful bird had
been attacked during time when its
head was under water, and possibly
In the fierce battle that must have en-
sued each combatant drowned the
other The fish was supposed to have
been about 70 pounds In weight. An
other case on record is that OF a five'
pound fish being found dead, appar-
emily choked by the partly swallowed
body of another fish of three pounds.
So voracious is the mascalonge that 1t
will devour any living thing that
comes within its vision. Full-grown
bullfrogs, good sized ducklings, small
aquatic birds, as well as many water
mammals. become an easy prey to i's
yawning sepulcher OF mouth.-Mst.
ropolitan Magazine.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
STRIPED SILKS FIND FAVOR.
Remarkably Effective Costume That
Was Seen Recently.

Many of the chic effects exploited
In cloth gowns of the tailored order
find repetition In the smart striped
silks, which increase in favor as cor.
rect summer fabrics For instance.
there appeared recently a handsome
striped silk, having the skirt cut with
very narrow front panel, embroider-
ed IN silk In the predominating shade
Of the dress--pale opal green silk The
design Of the embroidery was picked
out with tiny buttons and here we
have a suggestion O. a trimming pat
termed after the in;a of picking ont
lace patterns with gold and silver
braids, yet mode of decoration that
Is better suited to frocks for street
wear than the, original idea itself.
The buttons were very tiny and of tile
crochet genre. The rest of the skirt
was finished with band Of en-
broidery. piped with satin fold.
which ended on either side of the
panel.
Worn with the skirt was smart
little pinafore blouse, cut In round
neck, finished like the bands ON the
skirt. with piping of satin and cru.
broidered below with the same pat.
tern. Similar bands formed the cuffs
to the lace guimpe.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
LINEN FOR EVERYBODY SOON.
New Process Will Make Il Almost &c
Cheap as Cotton.

Cheap as Cotton.
Good news for the American woman
Is contained In the announcement that
the coming Of linens at prices little
higher than the cost Of fine cottons is
at hand.
Because the process Of transforming
fax straw into linen Is SO laborlous
and takes so much time by old world
methods the work cannot be done in
the United States at the higher cost OF
labor prevailing here. Before the flax
stalk becomes handkerchief or ta-
blecloth 1t has been weighted down In
water to disintegrate the fiber from its
woody envelope. Then 1t is stacked In
piles to dry and rot Then follow the
combing of the fiber by hand and the
bleaching, which involves come twenty
odd separate operations. Altogether, the
peasant labor Of Belgium, Russia and
other European countries take from
sixteen to thirty weeks to do this work
No wonder linen is expensive.
To Massachusetts inventor is due
the credit for perfecting combined
mechanical and chemical process that
produces linen iiber ready for spinning
In twelve hours. Think what this
means In lowering the cost of shirt
waists, papery. bed linen and every
thing that everybody would rather
have made of linen IL the cost Were
not prohibitive.
Flax straw costs less than third as
much as cotton, so there never has
been any reason why liren should not
be cheap II way could be found to
get the fiber from the straw by tn"
use of machinery that would save time
and labor and chemicals that would
remove the fax gums and make the
fiber ready for spinning. Confidence
that this has been done is shown In the
erection Of mills in Massachusetts md
Vermont that will operate under the
new oxford linen making process.
Textile experts can see no further OBJ
stacle to the establishment OF the IN
dustry here ON foundation that prom
ises linens at prices within every
bOdy's reach. OF course the profits Of
the mill owners will be enormous, but
the American woman will not com
plain II linen prices are reduced, say, SO
per cent, which Is well within the
realm Of possibility.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
Among Magazines.

DIRT is EXPENSIVE. NOT CHEAP.
In It's crusade for Clean Grocery
Stores, Woman's Home Companion
offers this sound argument In favor
Of the economy OF cleanliness:
sslAfter long months of investigation
during which we have bought goods
in all sorts OF stores in msny DIFF
Serent parts Of the country, the con-
clusion Is forced upon us that not
only is the average dirty grocer will
Ing TO force upon his customer an
inferior article in return for big
profit, but he Is forced to do so In
order to make living. This is a
day Of system in the grocery busi-
ness, as elsewhere. System means
order. and order in grocery store
requires cleanliness. The unclean
grocer Is not a systematic grocer, and
the uDsystematic grocer loses money
in his buying, in the conduct of his
store. and in the treatment of his
customers. The trade which he loses
through untidiness and incapacity, to
say nothing OF the waste OF stock
through careless handling of his goods
makes 1t necessary for him to sell at
q higher profit than the man whose
store Is run methodically, system
atically and cleanly."
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30

Every possible kind of stomach
trouble can be cured by taking some
thing which will just take right hold
of all the food in your stomach, and
let the stomach take rest.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets do this
very thing. They are composed OF
the best digestive known to science
and are absolutely safe. One ingred-
lent alone of one of these tablets
will digest 1900 grains of food!
These tablets do exactly the work
that good strong healthy stomach
does.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets cure all
cases of dyspepsia, Indigestion, burn
ing or irritation, loss of appetite,
bloat, brash. belching. aversion to
food, fermentation and gas on the
stomach.
Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets will
make you feel good" before and after
each meal, and make your stomach
strong and healthy again. They will
nike you happy.
Send us your name and address TO-
day and we will at once send you
by mail sample package free. Ad-
dress F. A. Stuart Co., $50 Stuart
bldg, Marshall, Mich.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are sold
at every drug store for soc a box
A good many people get mad when
you tell them they've got dyspepsia.
but way down deep in their stomachs
they know they've got It.
"I'd love to eat 1t. but can't is
lOne Kind of dyspepsia.
~ hate to think of It," is another
kind. There are thousands OF people
today who hate their meals, and
Hove them at the same time. They
haven't that fine empty-hungry eat
everything-in-sight kind OF feeling
which goes with every good strong
healthy stomach. that's because
they have dyspepsia. And then there
are others whose mouths don't water
at meal time or at any other time.
They sit at the table and go through
the motions, only because IT'S time
to eat. These people. too, are dys-
Ipeptics,
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30

EAsT RurrALo

Tast Buffalo. N, Y, Dec. 3O.-Cat-
kle-Receipts 2,125; 1Oc stronger.
Prime steers, rs % $50; 1900 to
1400 pound steers, 4.65 a 5; 1860
to 1850 pound steers. 4.15 % s 10;
heifers. 3.25 q AIS; cows 2.50 @
4.s6; bulls, 3 % $50; stockers and
feeders, 2.25 a. 4.35.
veals-Receipts 500; active, 25 %
60c higher, Gull to choice veals, 5 90
'S.76.
Sheep and lambs--Receipts 10000
active. Lambs. 10c stronger; sheen
25c higher. Gull to choice lambs, s
"a s7s75; yearlings, 5.75 % 6,35;
wethers, ATS % $780,. ewes. 4.25
q ATS; mixed sheep. 2.75 "a Al.
Hogs-Receipts $4,000 dull. York.
ers, 4.S0 "a 4 .90;: pigs, 4.75 % 4.sO;
mixed and heavy. 4.9O a 4.95; roughs
4.25 q 4.4O; stays, 8 .25 a 3.75.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
Red ducIns Ocean Record.

1 The first steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic took twenty,four days to
make the trip, and the early boats OF
the Cunard line, organized In 1S4O,
made the transatlantic tri, in four.
teen days. or In about the same time
as the best of the clippers Of the
Black Ball and other Inca In 1860
the sailing ship Dreadnought made
The passage In nine days and seven
teen hours. and It was long time be-
fore a steamer beat that record. 1t is
nearly two decades since the five'day
sbip came upon the scene, and ever
since then the record has been lower
ed by hours rather than by days.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
In London Town.

While shopping in London an. Amer
iican school teacher was very much
taken with pair of beautiful lace cur
ltains. The price Of them, however.
seemed prohibitive. Being only .
teacher" she said, II am not, Of
course. wealthy, and I fear that l can
not afford them" II you viii walt q
moment" replied the saieswoman, II
will see II may give you reduction
on them" Then she called to su'
perior and said: This person would
like to have these curtains, but she
says she Is not a lady and cannot at.
ford to pay the marked price"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
WAY FOUND TO MAKE 4
LINENS IN AMERICA


Introduction of an Industry That
Opens a Nav Market For Farmers
and viii Add Millions to Textile
Production.
Another revolution, textile experts
say, Is due to occur I'm the fabric max.
ing industry Of the United States.
Heretofore, owing to the high cost Of
labor in America, 1t has been impossi.
BILE to manufacture our hnens at home.
American farmers raise millions of
tons OF fax, but only for the seed
The straw from which linen Is made Is
burned.
Now a Massachusetts inventor has
perfected a method Of transforming
fax straw into linen fiber that is COM
mercially practicable under the labor
conditions prevailing in the United
States. From sixteen to thirty weeks
are required by old world methods to
accomplish what the process now con-
trolled by the oxford linen mills per-
forms in twelve hours.
The initial process of linen making
abroad Is to weight down the flax
straw In water until the woody "shive"
is rotted away from the fiber. The
"scutching" and combing of the straw
that follow are done by hand. All of
this work can now be done In twelve
hours by machines which loosen the
fiber from the straw and prepare it for
the chemical baths that remove the
gums and oils and bleach the fiber
ready for spinning. At recent dem
| onstration for the benefit of represent
atives of the press and others espe-
cially interested these chemical proc
esses were actually accomplished in a
space of thirty-five minutes.
The best of the European methods
secures about 10 pounds of fiber from
a thousand pounds of straw and sac.
rifices the seed crop. By the Nudge
process 250 pounds OF fiber are obtain.
| ed from the same amount of straw aft.
er the seed has been saved. The new
| process also preserves the shive for pa
per making and the tow, which has
many profitable uses, including the
manufacture Of surgical bandages, ma
chinery W. tie. etc.
Now Burn Millions of Tones of Flax.
| A late bulletin of the department Of
4 agriculture says that millions of tons
of straw are burned every year, most
of which in quality and length for the
| production of fiber far excels the aver
age straw from which the Russian
peasant makes the fiber which chiefly
| supplies the linen fabrics of the world.
Not only IL u new market now opened
up for the farmer but for the first time
linens can be turned out ON CONNER
cially profitable basis, and In Massa.
chusetts and Vermont mills are already
being equipped to produce linens made
In America"
Eventually the s22,OOO,OOO year
that we now send abroad for linen will
be kept at home. and linens need not
any longer be u luxury. The oxford
processes provide a means for utilizing
a raw material which costs less than
one-third as much as cotton, but which
In the finished product sells for many
times as much.
Even without the present tariff on
linens they could not he manufac-
tured by old world methods In sue
cessful competition with the new proc.
ess, and the establishment of the in
dustry here begins with prospect of
adding enormously to the total Of cot.
ton fabric production, now valued at
half n btilion dollars n wear
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
UNION STOCK yARps

UNION STOCK Yards, H., Dec. 30.
--cattle---7Receipts $4,000; estimat-
ed for tomorrow 5000; market 10c
higher. Prime. beeves 5 "a 6.15:
poor to medium 2.6O a 4.0O;
stdceery and feeders 80 % 4.3o;
GOVT and heifers $50 a AIS;
cha4ers 1875 q 80; Texans $40
o III westerns 3 80 a 4.75.
Hogs Receipts $4,000; estimated
for Tomorrow $4,000; market 1Oc
and $50 higher to quiet. Light 4.35
q 04.SO; roughs 4.35 @ 4.50; mix
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
LOST
AUUTIONEERS

AUCTIONEERING-Of every de-
scription in Marion and adjoining
counties, associated with j. w.
Clark Will be II. L. Protsman,
OF Cincinnati. He comes highly
recommended as stock salesman.
Has been associated with Harold
Wagner. one of the best salesman
In Ohio. So We guarantee the best
OF work in sales OF any descrip-
tion. Office ia Court Street. Give
us trial, Marion o.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30

parents to present
scholarship in the SCHOOL OF
COMMERCE. to their children as
Christmas gift. The only Busi-
ness College in Marion County
teaching a Standard System of
Shorthand, of which the Graham
leads. Winter terms begins Dec.
30. Call, write, or telephone.
R-1790 for particulars. 12-24-6t
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
NEW work. pPon,,rr

new York, Dec. 30. Butter Re-
ceipts 1923 packages: moderate de-
mand: creamery extra 90 10: state
dairy tubs. finest 27 and %.
Eggs-Receipts G,4GG packages !:
moderately active. Nearby white
fancy 30 a. "a: do mixed fancy
27 % %: western firsts "a 10: do
seconds 90 and "a.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
CHICAGO PRODUCE

Chicago. Dec 0.--Eggs-Extras
"a; frsts 20; prime firsts 22.
Butter-Extra creamery 20; frsts,
"a n 26.
Live poultry-Turkeys. IL: chick
ems. hens and springs, 1-2: ducks
o 1-2; geese per dozen, IS a 81.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
CLEVELAND

Cleveland, Dec. 3O.t--Hogs-Re-
cepts so; shipments 1000; market
higher; workers. ass; mixed 4.s5;
heavies 4 90; best pigs 4 60 a a. 10.
Calves-Receipts 100; market
higher; good to extra 8 q $50;
heavy and thin 4 a 8. XXX
Sheep and lambs--Receipts a
cars; soc higher; good to extra
G.75 a z.
Cattle--Receipts 10 cars, steady
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30

ed 4.45 q 400; heavy 4.55 @
4.S5: pigs $40 @ AGO
sheep-'Receipts 10000; estimated
for tomorrow 10000; market 10 a
25c higher. Native sheep $50 a
5.25; western sheep 2.5O q $40;
native lambs 4.5O % 6,s5; western
lambs 4.50 q 6.s0.>
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
PrTTsBuR1

pittsburg. Pa, Dec 30. Cattle
Receipts 80 cars; market strong.
Choice $50 % 5.75; prime s 30 %
$50; good $40 @ $50; tidy
butchers AGO % 8; fair 4 % 4.5C;
common 3.25 a 3.35; fat cows
2 % 3.75; bulls $50 a A; fresh
cows and springers $35 @ $55.
Sheep and lambs-Receipts light;
market strong. Prime wethers a .SO
% D.; good mixed 4.5O a. AIS;
culls and common 1.5O "a $50:
lambs 5 "a 7.25; veals 8 a S.75:
heavy and thin 4.5O % 800.
Hogs-Receipts so doubledecks
market higher; prime heavy, me.
dunn and heavy yorkers 8: light
workers. and pigs 4.SO % 400:
roughs A % Acc.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
CHICAGO GRAIN.

chicago. Ills.. Dec. Wheat
Was off l-5 "a 2 7-sc for the day. De-
cember closed at 9S 3d.; May sold
between 1.04 3-4 and 1.OS, opening at
l.N IA and closing at los; July
between 81 1-2 and 80 "a, opening at
80 5-S and closing at 81 5-s; No. 2
red. 1.01 % 1903 1-S.
Corn-3-S q 3 5-sc lower. Decem-
per closed at 50 3-S; May sold be-
tween 81 and GO So, opening at 60
and closing at SO 3-S: July between IS
and 91-2. opening at 50 1-2 and
closing at So Ia; No. 8 yellow. 81
Oats--1-2 % 3-4c lower: Decem-
Der closed at 4S "a: May sold be-
tween 81 3-4 and 81 ga, opening at
% ID closing 54 July between AZ
"a an d4S S-s, opening at As s-s. and
closing at 4S; No. white 4s Id 0
so 3-4. W
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-12-30
TOLEDO GRAIN

Ioiedo. o.. Dec. 30. Wheat
cash 100 Ia; December !. 90 I'd !.
way LOS "a; July 100.
:, oorncash 60: December 60; May
60 5-S; July 60.
oats-cash SO; December ~ Nav
81 3-4; July 40 3-4
cIoverseed- = Cash and December
1875; March 1O.45.
Prime alsike 9.a5.
Prime timothy-2. %.
Hye-No. l. 80 1-2; 70 1-2; No.