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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
Killed In a Runaway.


Last Saturday morning, on the
farm of Mrs. E. M. Clark, two negro
boys, Harrison and James Bellamy,
sons of Carter Bellamy, were the
victims of a runaway horse. The
boys were on their way to Enfield to
bring a load of cabbages, when the
horse became frightened and plung-
ed headlong through the woods. I'm
fortunately the harness was in bad
condition, and after both reins were
broken in efforts to check him the
horse was free from all control, and
soon smashed into tree. The young
er boy was hurled against stuml
and instantly killed, his neck ant
head being badly crushed. The old
er was thrown some distance away
and sustained some injuries, includ
ing several fractured ribs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
Notice.

Rv virtue of power vested in me
as commissioner, in that proceedihg
in the Superior Court of Halltax
County, North Carolina, entitled X.
G.. Dunn and Mary Dunn! VS. w; o.
Dunn, Rosa Dunn, Annie v. Duhi.
and w. 3. Dunn, guardian OF Rosa
v Dunn and Annie Y. Dunn, by the
order of sale made in said proceed
ING. bv S. nj. Gary, Clerk OF the
SUPERIOR Court, on the 18th day OF
August, 1907, l will on the 7th1 day
of October, 1907, at the court house
door in Halifax, N. c., sell at pubic
auction to the highest bidder Tor
cash the following described real
estate, living and being in Halifax
County, North Carolina, EnilcI q
Township, adjoining the lands OF 3.
F. Ti!lcry, Mrs. Bette Draughan
and others, more specifically deS,
cribed as follows, to-Wlt: Frs
Tract-I.ying and being in Enileio
Township, Oh the road leading from
Merritts Bridge to Enfield ant
known as the Washington White
head Place, and adjoining the land
t of 3. F. Tillery, viii Asllew and thu
v Main Run of Fishing Creek and con
:, tanning three hundred and slXt.
acres, more or less. Second Tract.
Lying and being in Enfield Township
on the road leading from Merritt
: Bridge to Enfield, known as tn
Short Swamp Place adjoining tn
lands of Bette Draughan, N. i
e Josey and Will AskeW and contain
ing two hundred and eighty acres
s more or less.
a This the 4th day Of September
1907.
i r. 0. EVERETT,
n COMMISSIONS
s. A. DUNN,
Attorne.
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New Department.

We have added to our large
Furniture Business an Undertaking
Department and have employed a
Registered Embalmer. His SET
vises may be secured for Weldon
and all neighborlng towns,
Weldon Furniture Co.
Weldon, N. c.
S-S-tf
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
PRESIDENT MO0RE'S VISIT.
Made Three Addresses.

Mr. c. G.. Moore, president of the
North Carolina Division OF the
Southern Cotton Association, VISITED
Halifax county last week in the IN
terest Of the Association. He spoke
at Hobgood Friday at II o'clock to
a good audience of farmers. mr..
Moore has just returned from a
conference with cotton men at jack
son. Miss, and he had some things
new to tell. At Hobgood he urged
the cooperation of the farmers ana
made effort to have a warehouse COM
pany organized. At the conclusion
of his address he appointed a COM
mittee consisting of w. r. House,
DR.. K. Leggett, ]. B. Bell, b. f..
Shelton, Albert House and J. S. De-
Brule to take up the matter and II
possible secure subscriptions to build
a warehouse. Mr.. Moore thinks
that Hobgood would be convenient
Mace for a warehouse. His address
was listened to with marked atten-
ton and the people highly appreci-
ated it.
AT SCOTLAND NECK.
Friday night Mr.. Moore spoke II
the graded school auditorium II
Scotland Neck. His audience wa
not large but it certainly was appre
ciative. Quite a number of ladie
were present and they enjoyed Mr.
Moore's address on cotton as mucl
as the gentlemen.
The people of this communlt
built a cotton storage warehous
here last fall, so Mr.. Moore did no
: need to speak on that feature of tn
:, work. He reviewed the work of tn
Southern Cotton Association sine
e the winter of 19O4-'05 and shove
}, conclusively that through the If
|, fluence of the Association, in tn
face of large crops, the price of CO.
!, ton went from 5 cents and ne
ranged as high as ten cents on a
average almost ever since.
e By exhibition of certain cotto
r fabrics Mr.. Moore showed that tn
cotton for which the farmer receive
,e s45 per bale last fall is sold back
r. him now in ropes, cloth and threa
at from S12O to So, 300 per bale. +
said that cotton is worth Is cents
pound this season, that the spinne
can pay that much for it, and W
~ do it if the farmers will hold the
:, cotton off the market until Mover
- Der and will market it judicious
= then.
y Mr.. Moore's address was enthu'
- astically received and greatly EMO
~ ed. He urged the people all to
loyal to the Southern Cotton Assoc
Va alton and to give it liberal supper
He is favorite with the people
Halifax and they always hear n
n gladly.
AT WELDON.
Mr.. Moore went to Weldon a
addressed good gathering of far
ar ers there Saturday. He plead
Id, with the farmers to hold their C
ell ton off the market until Novemb
We saying that cotton enough has be
vas sold for future delivery to sup
err the mills until that time. He p
posed also that the farmers and b
en- mess men of Weldon build cot
she holding warehouse.
Law Mr.. Moore has been earnestly
life work in the interest of the South'
ra- Cotton Association for about t
ers years and he is doing great good
ain the farmers of the State. Cottol
rist king and the Southern Cotton A.
citation should be supported by
the classes of citizens in the State
Irs. throughout tie South.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19

A great investment, absolutely safe,
brings returns that nothing else can;
giving surplus earning power; securing
comfort and health in your declining
years. That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea does. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. f. I. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
EpWorth News.
(Cor. to The Commonwealth

Mr.. D. A. Weeks lost fine two
months old colt few days ago.
Mr.. S. N. Weeks and Miss Selma
Weeks have gone to the Jamestown
Exposition this week.
DIR. R. H. Speight and wife re.
turned few days ago from the hos.
pital at Richmond, Va, where Mrs
Speight had been for treatment. She
seems to be we'll now.
DIR. Joe Speight has located il
Whitakers, N. c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19

We have Ellwood Wire
Fence and Hackney Wagons
by the car load, and we have
the prices that will catch your
eye. The Hackney Wagon
is always in the lead when
you come to quality. They
wear we'll and the wagon
users have found it out.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
Trial Catarrh treatments ar

Trial Catarrh treatments are being
mailed out free, on request, by DR..
Shoop, Racine, Wis. These tests are
proving to the people-without a pen
ny's cost-the great value of this scien-
tific prescription known to druggists
everywhere as DIR. Shops Catarrh
Remedy. Sold by A. G. Peterson,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-09-19
Publishers Announcement.

I, is 4 settled point in newspaper eshlcs 'n q.
-ditor, and publishers are not responsive Iot ths
views Of correspondents, and the oi or
nub,sher en- dorses the communication. ~; n y;
tt.oMMoNwEALrH adheres TO these genera P'ie''
pies.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Cameron News

The Tessman Brothers have started
to husk corn.
Sam Cramer is putting up new
poultry house.
Fred Davis Is husking corn for
Thomas Rutherford.
William Krauel built hog house
for Levi Kopp last week.
Phil Crow was a caller in this
vicinity Saturday evening.
John Carl was visiting friends and
relatives ia Poweshiek county.
Thomas Stewart spent Sunday
with his friend, Joey Johnston.
August Cyrka, wife and children
were Sunday visitors at William
Krauel's.
Mr.. Bouski has gone to Illinois
for three weeks visit with his
relatives.
William Ballou sold and delivered
a load of potatoes in Audubon last
Saturday.
Ethel, Gladys, Myrtle and yina
Fancher were Sunday visitors with
Mr.. and Mrs. All Miller.
Chris Krauel, wife and babe were
Sunday visitors at the home of her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Ehlert.
Charlie and Jessie Neitzel, Albert
Ballou and Bert Johnston attended
the dance in Hamlin Saturday eve.
Mabel Schrader and son Willie
came up from Extra Saturday to
spend Sunday with her parents, Joe
Johnston and wife, returning on
Monday.
Mrs. Thomas Rutherford went
down to Audubon Wednesday and
had all her teeth extracted and as
there were eleven of them it required
much courage. Mrs. Carrie Wood
did the work.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Hollands Queen Domineerino.

Hollands queen, Wilhelmina, has ex-
allied notions of her royal authority.
She is said to interfere in most per-
sonal way with the conduct of Dutch
foreign relations. She looks upon the
Dutch colonies as, in some sort, the
private appanages of the house of
Orange. Her prodigious personal pop
ularity with every class of her sub
jects saves her from some of the con-
sequences of her unconstitutional ten
dencies
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

Thomas A. Edison, the great Amer
lean inventor, says Fully eighty per
cent OF the illness of mankind comes
from eating improper food or too
much food; people are inclined to
over-indulge themselves" This ia
where indigestion finds its start in
nearly every case. The stomach can
do ju so much work and no more.
and when you overload it, or when
you eat the wrong kind of food. the
digestive organs cannot possibly do
the work demanded of them. 1t is at
such times that the stomach needs
help; it demands help and warns Won
by headaches, belching, sour stomach.
nausea, and indigestion. You should
attend to this at once by takino sonna-
thing that will actually do the WORK
for the stomach. 1t is pleasant to
take. 1t digests what you eat. Sold
by Nick Doffing. oA0
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Viola Violeb

Hazel Miller spent Saturday night
with Hazel wager.
Mr.. Arch Harry visited at Floyd
Clifford's last Sunday.
Philip Grow made flying trip to
Audubon Saturday last.
Chester Spath spent last Sunday
with Master Louis Crow.
Miss Versa Miller spent Sunday
with Miss Eva Schrader.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Blunt
sweet little girl last Friday.
Mr.. j. F. Miller made a business
trip to Coon Rapids Saturday.
Floyd Clifford and wife transacted
business in Audubon Saturday.
August Schrader aud family visit
ed at Herman Cyrka's last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Horning made
a business trip to Audubo Saturday.
Miss Bertha Tucker stayed all
night Saturday night with Vida
Miller.
Mr.. j. Graves sale was we'll at
tended last Wednesday. Everything
sold high.
Messrs. Harry Schrader and Phil
Crow attended the baptizing last
Sunday afternoon.
Charles Renftle, Will Hubbard,
and Herman wager spent last Sun
day at Joe Johnston's.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Bowers spent
last Saturday and Sunday in Audu-
bon visiting friends and relatives.
George Texter, Chloe wager, Allen
Sampson and Frank Weston were all
baptized last Sunday in the Botna.
w. M. Myers bought fine Jersey
COW at the Graves sale last Wednes-
day for the neat sum of forty seven
dollars.
The Misses Hattie and Gretchen
Horning and brother Charles spent
Sunday in Carroll visiting their
sister, Mrs. Emma Hillyer.
Messrs. Fred Horning, Will Horn
ing, Fred Hale and j. l.. Somers all
threshed last week. Threshing is a
thing of the past in this neighbour
hood.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Roberts and
grand daughter, Luella Roberts, of
Dedham visited with Milton Crow
and family Saturday and Sunday
and attended services at Eden Valley.
Miss Borbetha Miller gave birth
day party to her little friends in
honor OF her eighth birthday last
Saturday. There were about twenty
present and many beautiful gifts
were presented.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Marvels of the Human Body.

On an average mans body there
are 100000 hairs. Plucking one every
second it would take him 10 eight.
hour working days to pull them ali
out In his blood there are 25,OO0,-
OOO,0O0,O0O red corpuscles Laid out
side by side they would cover sur
face of $3.50 square yards.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Confession of an Expert.

There is no safer or more heroic
pastime than fitting at straw man
of ones own making. running the ras-
cal through his lights and liver, and
hacking at him manfully with ones
sword-and all the while shouting
that the wretched fellow is an enemy
of the Springfield Republican.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Medical Misfortune.

1t is one of the misfortunes result
Ing from the diversity and intricacy of
medical knowledge that medicine is
divided into sections so numerous and
varied that identity of interest be-
comes more and more difficult Of dis
covery and description.-Lon Hos
pital.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Notice to Our Customers

We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
Law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as safe remedy for children and
adults. Nick Doffng.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Thrones of KIM Edward,

Great Britain has at least half a
dozen thrones, of which three are in
London palaces, one in the house of
lords, one in Westminster abbey, and a
sixth at Windsor castle. OF these the
most ancient is that in the abbey,
where each new ruler of the British
empire is crowned, says the New York
Sun.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Awakening of the East.

Damascus, the oldest surviving city
In the world. and the most typically
oriental one In these dominions, leads
in Turkey III adopting electricity for
purposes of light and locomotion. The
Harvesting of the Barada 1.-THE ALBANIA
of tae Bible) for such ends emphasizes
the change which is fast overtaking
Ottoman industrial and social life.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Gray l{9ms

Misses Slough and Bowen drove to
Manning Saturday.
There was a party at the WEIGH
home Tuesday night.
Mr.. Farrell's parents aud brother
visited them Tuesday.
Edna Walters is visiting her girl
friends here this week.
Mrs. C. E. Mertz was an Audubon
business caller Tuesday.
Mrs. Peterser's brother, Mr.. Den
ton, is visiting them now.
Miss Grace Cameron returned home
Saturday from her western trip.
Charlie Mclaughlin is helping in
. the Shingledecker store this week.
Miss Grace Lancelot visited friends
4 around Gray the first of the week.
Mrs. Mease spent Tuesday in Au.
dubon with her sister, Mrs. Kittell.
Mr.. John Liken took out new
corn husking machine Tuesday morn.
T. B. Creveling spent Sunday af-
ternoon at the John Cameron home.
Austin Linn's mother came from
Atlantic Tuesday to make them q
visit.
Oscar Roberts visited his sister,
! Mrs. Harry Bates and family last
week
Ormsby Beers went to Ross Mon
day morning to work in the creamery
there.
Mrs. King and Mrs. Charles
| Newell were Manning callers last
Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Shingledecker of
Ross, visited their sons family last
Tuesday.
Miss Jennie Clark spent several
days last week with her sister, Mrs.
Aus Linn.
Miss Clara Anderson visited her
sister, Mrs. j. B. Campbell, the first
of the week.
Mr.. Tom Wilson and family spent
y Saturday with his mother, Mrs.
Margaret Wilson.
Mr.. Spilker spent Sunday with
I We're at Carroll. Mrs. Spilker was
up during the week.
4 Dana Viewer returned home from
& Dakota Tuesday morning where he
\ has been working for some time.
Mrs. Charles Rogers and children
Z of Manning visited the Rogers and
Corner families one day last week.
Misses Coda Hayes, Matilda Jen-
sen, Florence Hepp and Eva luton
were visitors in Manning Saturday.
Il Mrs. James Rutherford came Sat-
urday from Vail to spend Sunday
with her husband. They will soon
move to Gray.
Mr.. Steillman of Eldora has bought
out c. E. Mertz drug store and took
4 possession Monday. Mr.. Mertz will
remain here for time yet.
Come to the Woodmen hall on
! halloween night and have a good
time. Entertainment and supper.
Rememb er the date, October 3lst.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Mclaughlin
returned home Saturday evening.
They visited the Dave Reed family at
Earlham on their way from Des
Moines.
The Updike Grain Company has
a man here building the foundation
and getting ready to move their
grain Office and scales north of the
elevator.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
FRED ROSS DEAD
A Wel1-to-do Farmer Of Lincoln
Township Fell Down Cellar and
Hurt Himself, Causing Death

At the marriage feast of Chris
Frerk and Anna Heesch which &C.
Cured in Lincoln township Septem-
Der 25th last, and while in the height
of the entertainment where the
young and old of their nationality
for miles around had assembled, Mr.
Fred Ross, while near the cellar
door, lost his balance and fell down
the stairs to the floor below, sustain,
ing severe injury TO the knee CAP
which finally formed a blood clot
that soon terminated in his death.
Mr.. Ross was good citizen, a kind
husband, an indulgent parent and 6
model farmer.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

Ifyou take DeWitt's Kidney and
Bladder Pills you Will get prompt re-
lief from backache, weak kidneys. in
Illumination of the bladder, and urin-
airy troubles.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

A weak stomach causing dyspepsia, a
weak heart with palpitation or inter-
mittent pulse, always means weak Sto-
mach nerves or weak Heart nerves.
Strengthen these inside or controlling
nerves with DR.. Shoop's Restorative
and see how quickly these ailments dis
appear. DR.. Shoop, of Racine Wisconsin
will mail samples free. Write for them
A test will tell. Your health is certainly
worth this simple trial. Sold by N.
Hansen.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

experts that the worlds wheat crop
Is short this year.
Be sure the COWS get plenty Of
drinking water that is clean and COOL.
Water your milk through the COW.
Good management of the swine herd
will put money into the farmers
pocket quicker than in almost any
other way.
Feed we'll during the moulting sea-
son if you would have your poultry
come through strong and ready for
fall and winter laying.
Keep the digestive apparatus of the
pigs in good condition as it is through
this channel that you build up the
pork you hope to sell.
Looseness of the bowels is some
times caused in horses by sharpness
of the teeth which prevents proper
mastication of the food.
Know what your crops cost you,
keep account of your receipts and
draw balance to see if you are get
ting ahead or are losing money.
A few minutes work over the forge
will turn an old harrow tooth into q
good staple puller. Sharpen and bend
the point into curve and it is ready
for use.
Horses like water just as do you
when they are thirsty. What plan
do you have of watering them? Any
old time that is most convenient?
Don't do it that way.
The influence of dam upon her
foals may be equal to that of the sire
and in some instance is no doubt
much greater, but the average mum.
Der OF foals produced by mares will
probably not exceed eight, although
some have been known to produce as
many as is. The average number OF
foals produced by stations that live
to the average age of horses is prob
ably not less than 400. The general
influence then of a good stallion may
safely be estimated at many times
that of good mare
The notion which prevails among
some farmers that there is more
money in thin than in thick cream
delivered to the creamery, is mis-
take. Hoard's Dairyman makes this
plain in case cited in a recent issue
Farmer M. S. delivered 5,001 pounds
of cream containing S17.S pounds OF
fat, average test 1856 per cent. Had
this amount of butterfat been deliv.
cred in 80 per cent cream only 1850
pounds would have been delivered
and 2,445 pounds more of skimmilk
would have had a feeding value equal
to 4O7 pounds of corn at So cents
equals S2.43. The cost of hauling the
2,445 extra pounds of cream or but.
termilk to the creamery was 1854
Thus this man lost, during the year
on account of his wrong methods, a
total of $907, an amount sufficient to
pay nine per cent. interest on the
price OF one of the best hand separa
tors made.
Here is an English method of "bot
thing" fruit: Fruit used should be
sound and not fully ripe. After pick,
Ing over, heading and failing in the
case of gooseberries, black currants
ETC., it is packed tightly down in the
bottles, care being taken to keep the
outside layer even. All the fruit
should be carefully graded and only
the best used. The bottles of fruit
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
AudubonT
William McCleary is home again

Wllllam MCCleary IS home again.
School closes at No. 2 Friday of
this week.
Geo. VanAernam sold tiue bunch
Of steers to Morris Bascom last week.
Charles Newman and wife enter.
tanned large company of relatives
Sunday.
Charles Newman has new wind
mill on his east forty. 1t is of the
Goodhue make.
Charles Wilson and wife of Gree
ley visited last Wednesday with
their old time neighbors, Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Boehme.
Mr.. and Mrs. Enos Kness and Mr..
and Mrs. Harry Gilbert and family
of Viola township visited Saturday
and Sunday with their relatives, the
Charles Boehme and George Kness
families.
News Of Twenty Years Ago
While tearing down the old kit
chen on the former Voss place the
other day, George Kness found an
old Journal way back under the
caves bearing the date of December
10Th, 1887, aud it seems that North
Audubon township was blest with a
reporter in those distant days gone
by. Among the items Of twenty
years were: Joe Prohaska has
bought new corn shelter. Miss
lilly White returned from Adair
Saturday. -. Maggie Dutler is help
ing husk corn -. John Voss sold
three loads of hogs to Hen-ley this
week. -. John McAnulty is working
for Ernest Voss this week Smelling
corn. -. Anna Hocsmp has returned
from Sam Dutler's where she has
been working this fall.
Qerhaps these will be of interest to
nearly all the readers as most of the
names are familiar. Among the bus
mess men in the ads we notice
j. j. Hensley, Grocer; Fulton u
Shaw, Druggists. Henshaw, Thomas
& Co, General Store; John Peterma n
Furniture; A. G Smith, Hard ware;
Cotton & Hash, General Store; Geo.
Hardenbrook, Druggist; l. L. Stat
zell, Attorney at Law; j. E loft,
Justice of The Peace; Theo Patty,
Insurance; DR.. John Riley, Physician
aud Surgeon; j. III. Bishop, Dentist.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24

are then filled to the top with water;
rubber rings (Which should be the
cylindrical ones) are soaked in warm
water and put round the necks of the
bottles, and the tops tightly clipped
on. The bottles are next stood in the
sterilizer, which is filled with water
halfway up the bottles, or rather
more if gas or fire heat is used, and
closed with the thermometer in posi-
ton. The temperature is run up very
slowly (not more than one degree per
minute), so that the process should
take from one hour 40 minutes to two
hours. When the required tempera-
tTe is reached, steam is regulated so
that it remains steady for 20 to 80
minutes, according to the kind of
fruit. The bottles should, if possible,
be left in the sterilizer till cold. In
any case they must not be unclipped
till cold. When this is done, the caps
should be firmly fixed and the bottles
entirely alright
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1907-10-24
Twenty Miles Of shavina.

Somebody has decided that the av-
erage man in his life shaves over 20
square miles Of cheek. This is from
the same source as the discovery Of
how many freight cars it would take
to carry Iowas crop, how far it is to
Mars, how many angels could stand
ON the point nf a cambria needle and
how much it costs the average family
to live.