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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17
To The Peanut Growers Association
fCor. to The Commonwealth

(COr. to The Commonwealth
In a letter this week from one OF
the leaders of the Peanut Growers
Association, discussing the difficulties
of organization, were these words:
eff their peanuts were selling at z
cts. there would be no difficult
ty in getting them together This
sentence has set me to thinking.
Can it be that the farmers are going
to let slip this opportunity to get
control of their crop simply because
last year they realized a fairly good
price for their peanuts? Are they
going to sit down in enjoyment OF
their state of semi-prosperity and
take not one thought of tomorrow?
In Bible history, Joseph told the
Egyptians that their seven years of
plenty they should lay aside for the
seven years of famine, and the years
showed his wisdom. His advice may
we'll be heededby the peanut grow
ers at this time.
1t is true thai the farmers last
year received more for their peanuts
than they have in fifteen or twenty
years. Some have said that the
Peanut Growers Association had
nothing to do with this. advance;
others have gone farther to say that,
if it had not been for the Associa-
ton, the prices would have been
still higher. l do not believe word
of it. Here is my reasoning: Before
| last fall, the farmers had been con-
sidering that 8 cents was a good
price for peanuts. AS they organic
ed and began to discuss prices, they
became convinced that they should
have more. Gradually they came to
see what was profitable price. The
buyers of peanuts. no matter who
they were, began to see that the
farmers were growing FESTIVE under
the old conditions. They learned
that, if they were going to get any
nuts, they must offer better price
for them. So, gradually last fall
the prices crept up until the goth of
November when they were S cents
and over. believe there were two
distinct motives in this raise: % A
desire to lay hands upon all the pea
nuts they could get so that they would
not have to buy from Union men;
(2) A desire to convince the farmers
that, if they would not combine they
would get good prices just the same.
When the tobacco growers of Ken
lucky went to organize, the Trust
offered $500 in the hundred more
for the tobacco of the non-union
men. This was to persuade the
farmars that, if they would not join
a union, they would get better
prices. But the tobacco growers
were not caught mapping, neither
did they allow themselves to be
"soft-soaped" by the Trust. To-day
the tobacco growers are realizing
ten and twelve cents for the grade
of goods that they once sold for three
cents.
Mr.. E. S. Askew, Windsor, N. c.,
has been appointed my successor.
want you to help him out. Without
your aid, he cannot succeed. With
your cooperation, he can accomplish
great and lasting good for the pea
nut growers Of North Carolina ane
Virginia.
October 18th, 1907.
GILBERT T. STEPHENSON,
Ia Oxford St., Cambridge, Mass
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17

Hcnery f. Jones of Tampa Fla,
writes: / can thank God for my pre-
sent health, due to Folcy's Kidney Cure.
l tried doctors and all kinds of kidney
cures, but nothing done me much good
till l took Foley's Kidney Cure. Foun
bottles cured me, and | have no more
pain in my back and shoulders. am
CO years old, and suffered long, but
thanks to Foleys Kidney Cure l am
we'll and can walk and enjoy myself
1t is pleasure to recommend it tC
those needing a kidney medicine" E
r. Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17
EGE0fth News.


EPWoRTH, N. c., Oct. 2.-Mr.
Paul Pittrnan had two strokes of
paralysis. He had one in the yard
and was carried into the house. He
then had the second stroke and fell
out Of the chair. Mr.. Pittman is the
son of Mr.. r. E. Pittman, whose wife
is down with rheumatism.
Mrs. L. l.. Lyon is in bed with E
carbuncle on her shoulder.
Mr.. J. J. Pittman, who moved tc
Crisp about seven years ago, is com
ing back home next year.
Miss Ella Bradley, of Halifax, j!
visiting Mrs. X. L. Weeks.
Mr.. Rowland Pittman has built {
store and opened business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17

Wilmington's Chamber Of Com
merce has on foot a movement of
Statewide interest in it's effort to
make that city a gateway to the sea
for all North Carolina. The plan is
to call convention Of the whole
State, and thereby obtain tho coop
GRAFTON of all our towns in getting a
thirty food depth of water from Will
mington to the sea. This would give
us the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. harbor, and
thus solve the problem of railway
freight rates. If the project can be
carried out it will mean much for
our State.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17
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 Drugs Law as
it contains no opiates or other harmful
drugs, and we recommend it as safe
rcmey for children and adults. E. T.
Whitehead & Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17

This years State Fair is notable
for its attractions Of general interest.
Among these are the following:
Glenn's speech, Bryan's speech,
meeting of North Carolina post
masters and speech by Postmaster
General Meyer, address of Hon. Har-
ris Taylor to the State Literary
and Historical Association, Harvie
Jordan's address to Cotton Growers
Association, address of Mr.. Graverley
to the Tobacco Growers Association,
and the laying Of the corner stone OF
the Masonic Temple.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17
SWAMP LANDS or EASTERN NORTH
CAROLINA.

A recent report from Washington
to the News and Observer will inter-
est the people of our section. 1t
shows that we need not leave Fest
ern North Carolina to find rich soils
and bright prospects:
The report on the investigation
Just made by the Agricultural De-
partment gives evidence of the fact
that the great area of swamp lands
in North Carolina can be made very
productive. The report says:
1.-The swamps of the Yazoo Delta,
Mississippi, and those of the eastern
part of North Carolina, are more fer
tile and are susceptible of producing
a field crop worth much more per
acre than the lands in Indiana or
Illinois, yet practically all the swamps
in the latter States have been drain
ed under the provisions of wise and
benefcent State drainage laws, while
little or nothing has been done to
drain the lam1s of North Carolina
and Mississippi.
1.-The first settlers of this country
recognized at an early date that
some legal method was necessary to
secure a full cooperation of all the
parties benefited in retaining the
swamp lands, but they were without
precedent and experience in matters
of this kind"
Representative Small, Of the First
North Carolina District, has been one
of those most active in the further
ance of this movement for the re-
clamation of swamp and overlooked
lands. Last winter he was success
full in having provisions made in the
general bill for the drainage of the
great Dismal Swamp, which forms a
part of his district. The measure
failed to pass, but it is certain that
it's friends will make persistent fight
in its behalf this winter.
1t is estimated that if the 77,00O,-
900 acres Of swamp land in the east
ern section of the country were drain.
cd and subdivided into forty-acre
farms, they would afford homes fol-
10000, 900 farmers, independent OF
the urban population which would
inevitably follow. The crop value OF
the now worthless lands, at S25 pei
acre, would mean an addition OF
So, 900, OoO,00 annually.
Swamp lands, when drained, are
extremely fertile, requiring but lit
tie commercial fertilizer, and yield
abundant crops. They are adapted
to the growth of a wide range Of
products and in most instances are
convenient to good markets. While
au income Uf SIS To $40 per acre il
the grain-producing States Of the
Middle West is considered profitable
much of the swamp lands in the Eas
and South would, if cultivated il
cabbages, onions, celery, tomatoes
and other vegetables, Yield a net in
come of more than 500 per acre.
In addition to the immediate ben
efits that accrue from the increased
productiveness of these lands, /;
greater and more lasting benef
would follow their reclamation. TIL
taxable value Of the Commonwealth
would be permanently increased, tn
healthfulness of the communit,
would be improved, mosquitoes an,
malaria would be banished, and tn
construction of good roads mad
possible. Factories, churches an
schools would open up, and instea
of active young farmers fror
the Mississippi Valley emigrating t
Canada to seek cheap lands the
could find better homes within GU
own borders.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17

Mr.. John Wanamaker recently de-
clared that the scarcity of money is
the effect of Wall Street and can only
be temporary, that manufacturing
must 20 on in order to supply the
unusual demand, that high wages off
set the high prices prevailing, that the
working population is putting more
money into saving funds than ever
before. Surely Mr.. Wanamakers
opion is worth something!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17
Publishers Announcement.

1,;sa settled point in newspaper ethics that
eJ:lors and publishers not responsible Tor the
I.iews of correspondents, and the publication OF
communication does not mean that the edltoi u VI
rnhI;sher Ell dorses the communication. THE
CoMMoNwEALrH adheres to these general prici-
uleS.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1907-10-17

The cotton movement is now nor
NAL. About 500 bales were weighed
at the cotton yard this week.--Tar-
boro Southerner.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06
each school in the parish,

in each school in the parish.
The secretary was instructed to
notify MIR. r. F. Montague of Able
vile that his offer to build the Milton
school for $780, 90 was accepted by
the board.
Paul Boudreaux's bill for S7l7.00
for erecting the GuidroZ schoolhouse
was ordered paid.
The School Board ratified the act
of donation of an additional tract of
land by Joseph Hebert and accepted
on the part of the Board by L. j. AL
leman, secretary.
The President was Authorized to
receive and sign an act of sale of an
acre of land to be sold by Mr.. Chas.
Burke to the School Board.
The enumeration of children made
by NJ. MelancOn amounting to 1850
names was accepted by the Board and
| the secretary was instructed to notify
the State Superintendent accordingly.
The Parish Treasurer vas authOriz-
ed and instructed to offer the school
lands in the first and second wards on
Saturday, October 26. 1907, at 1000
O'Clock at the Courthouse in the fol-
lowing manner:
First ward, in tracts of 80 acres for
a term of three years. at a minimum
of $3.50 for high land, and $l.OO for
low land. Second ward, in tracts of
40 SIG acres for a term of three years
at a minimum Of $3.50 an acre for
high land and $1.OO for low land.
The notes given for the rent of this
land are to be made payable on
October %, 1908, 1909, 1910. respect
lively.
A communication from the State
Superintendent relative to provis-
iOnal certificates for teachers no;
AVERAGE ENROLMENT AND .
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06
S9OO4 sc

We have checked the tax collectors
books and find the above report oy
MIN To he correct and fully accounted
for and recommend that the BOAR
issue q quietus accordingly.
N. p. Moss,
G.. A. MARTIN, NJ. D.,
L. J.. ALLEMAN,
Auditing Committee.
The Board granite a quietus IN &C
6ordance with the above report
The report of the building committee
was adopted as follows:
LAFAYETTE, La, Aug. 10, 1907.
At n meeting OF the Building Com
rittee held on the above date DIR. n
3" Moss. Mr.. Alcide Judice, Mr.. j. D.
bernard and L. ]. Alleman were
The following bids duly advertised
a. the official journal Of the SchOol
hoard were opened and acted upon:
cARENcRo SCHOOL.
PER plans and specifications in sup
erfntendent's Office.
s.. s.. Nouton, bid to erect
without paint. .S5SoO "
q =. Ho6pauir. bid TO erect :,
uffhout paint. ....... wy ~
Avarded to r. F. Hoffpauir. Car
MILTON SCHOOL.
"a bids. Contractor Montague OBJ
SSoa himself and guaranteed Il
10 house according to plan.
~s~ciioetid U>a-awn by himself
mn Of not inhich the com
50 hemights nm VAN
: bonus joAt
nn1a6oo MICH.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06

holding valid certificates was read
and ordered filed.
The following report vas made by
the retiring superintendent:
STATEMENT OF SPECIAL TAXES,
1904, 1905, 1906.
1904. amount collected. .....S 6S9l 81
| 1905. amount collected. ....... 1863 %
1906, amount collected ........ S797 -
Total. .........S2335 ii
Less : per cent commission
for tax collector ll6I 80
Less l per cen commission
for treasurer............. 233 80
Total -. ..... ..........S 14O1 IS
Net proceeds, three years.. 2l956 10
Statement of amounts expended for
building, repairing and furnishing
schoolhouses, 1904, 1905, 1906.
For building and repairing. .S30l3S st
For desks and furnishings -. 54O2 o.
Total expended. .......... 35540 II
Amount collected (net)....... 1856 sc
! Excess expended over collec-
tlOn.... l50S4 VI
Mr.. Alleman explained that the in
creased demand made on the Board
| for schoOlhOuses after the tax was
| voted compelled the Board to add to
the Building fund from the General
Fund.
The number of teachers employed
five years & was forty (40). The
number of teachers and transfer
drivers who receive the pay of third
grade teachers is now one hundred
and two (l02), making an increase OF
| sixty two teachers to the pay roll in
the five years.
ENROLMENT AND ATTENDANCE.
VERACE ATTENnANCE OF TIKI
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06
SCHOOL BOARD PROCEEDINGS
LEisterns of All Schools to Be Cleaned---Old
School Houses Ordered Sold---RepOrt
of Auditing Committee. Report
of Building Committee.
Resignation of Supt. L. J. Alleman and
Resolutions by Board. V. L. Roy
Elected Successor.
Valuable Report by Retiring Superintend-
ent.--School List 1860 Children. Es-
innate of Revenues and Ex-
penditures.

Lafayette, La, August %, 1907.
At a special meeting of the Parish
School Board held on the above date,
the following members we're present:
Messrs. Alex DelhOmme, Sr. DR.. G..
A. Martin. DR.. N. p. Moss, Arthur
Comeaux, J. H. Bernard. c.. c.
Brown, A. d. Verot, and Alcide
Judice.
BY Mr.. Judice-Resolved, that the
local directors of each school be re-
ouested to have the school cisterns
cleaned throughout the parish, as the
health of the children of the parish
demands that every precaution be
taken to provide pure drinking water;
Resolved further, that the secre-
tary be instructed to send q copy OF
these resolutions to each director OF
the parish. :,
Resolved, that Messrs. Bernard and
VerOt be authorized to sell the old
Verot schOOlhOuse, and that Messrs.
Judice and Delhomme be authorized
to sell the old j. G. Broussard school
house and the old Scott school cis-
tern:
The Auditing Committee, composed
of DIR. N. P. Moss, DR.. G.. A. Martin
and L. j. Alleman, reported having
checked the books of the parish
treasurer up to and including June 80,
1907: that the books showed a balance
of $I75. so and were found correct,
and that a q~uietus should be granted
the Treasurer accordingly. The
Board granted the quietus.
Lafayette, La. August 20, 1907.
TO the President and Members Of
School Board,
The Auditing Committee of the
school Board beg leave to report that
We as we examined the books OF the
sheriff and tax-collector of the Parish
/ and have found that he has accounted
for the school funds handled by him
up to July s, 1907 as follows:
L. LACOsTE. TO SCHOOL BOARD,
DIR.
To polls for 1906, per assess-
Or'S o ..........- ......9o-oo w
To polls for 1906. per supple
mentary 1874 w
ro.o, fo,. ,ooe $3.50 &C
CIR.
By amount RENTED to treas
urer.. 49,. y.
BY deduction, per report filed 2o9' "
1924 on
By amount due School Board.
by sheriff ....... $3.50. 20 "
Total. .9o4'V "
L. LACoSrE. TAX-COLLECToR, TO PAR
ISH SCHOOL BOARD.
DIR.
To special taxes for 1906 as
per assessors roll, 1906..... sS93o L
To special taxes for 1906 as per
supplementary list.......... 90 +
Total taxes for 1906 to account
a., .$9004 81
Bv amount RENTED to treas :
urer. 49, -. ~
By deduction (uncOllectedl ~ z
BY taxes adjudicated to State .
1905. ........... II y
ro.a, toxas accounted for. .sS95l 3
Nv amount due School Board. o3 D
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1907-09-06

AVERAGE ENROLMENT AND AVERAGE ATTENDANCE OF THE
SCHOOLS OF LAFAYETTE PARISH FOR THE YEAR 19o6O7.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Never seek to force a confidence, but
respect any that may be given into
your keeping.
No lady allows a man to make her
acquaintance unless he be properly in
troduced, and then she is not obliged
to bow or in any way acknowledge him
afterward if she does not choose.
Always look straight at the person
to whom you are speaking.
1t is very unladylike to display much
jewelry in the street Indeed, anything
about the attire which is likely to at
tract attention should be avoided.
After ball, dance or at home you
should call or leave cards upon your
hostess within the ensuing fortnight
Should she have a special day for re-
ceiving you should make a point Of
calling on that day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

ing such position If she will observe
two things-frst, her spelling. The
universal cry of the employer is, "Send
me a stenographer that can SPELL
If the high school girls, with their
penchant for societies, would make a
feature of one of them the regular old
fashioned spelling match, they would
get as much fun and a good deal more
profit out of it than they receive from
some of the social occasions so much
in vogue at present The other quail
f1cation that would greatly enhance the
value of the stenographer's services is
the ability to reconstruct a sentence
while transcribing hastily taken notes
without losing the value or emphasis.
In other words, the ability to spell
correctly and write dramatically is
stepping stone that will take a young
woman out of the ranks and give her
the start toward the top which makes
a business woman out Of her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
A BRIDES CALENDAR.

A January bride will be a prudent
housekeeper and very good tempered.
A February bride will be kind and
affectionate wife and tender mother
A March bride will be a frivolous
chatterbox, somewhat given to quar-
reling.
An April bride will be inconstant, not
very intelligent, but fairly good look
ing.
A May bride will be handsome. ami
able and likely to be happy.
A June bride will be impetuous and
generous
A July bride will be handsome and
smart, but a trif1e quick tempered.
An August bride will be amiable and
practical.
A September bride will be discreet
affable and much liked
An October bride will be pretty, CO.
quettish loving, but jealous.
A November bride will be liberal.
kind, but of a wild disposition.
A December bride will be fond OF
novelty and entertaining.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

right UP to the time when he will enter
college at seventeen. at which early
age he ought to pass his entrance ex-
aminations with honor if he does every
thing according to schedule
Little Eliza beth Mary's mother listens
in silence to what Winthrop'S mother
has to say, occasionally voicing her own
ideas on the subject of what her daugh-
ter shall do. Meantime little Elizabeth
Mary, aged five, has already acquired
a most charming Boston accent, which
l would give, a good bit to possess. She
says: May play on the graves, moth
err" in quite the most natural way in
the world, not even choking over the
long "a" which do whenever remem-
Der to use it. But then I have not had
Elizabeth Mary's advantages.
y y
Really, there isn't much for us to do
here but go down to the yacht club
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24
ILL., III; !. A1<
Marblehead. Mass.
HELPS TO SUCCESS.

OF the stepping stones thai lead to
better business training and eventually
to the highest salaries paid to women
undoubtedly stenography. typewriting
and bookkeeping are among the first
for the reason that experts in either
line are usually employed in the private
offices of individuals or firms of large
affairs. where great enterprises are
conducted and where they become fla
miliar with details and gain confidence
to make ventures on their own ac-
count.
But it takes years of experience to
gain the capacity to fill such con-
fidential position satisfactorily The
ge girl graduate from a business
college has an equal chance of reach
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Huntingdon and Fitzwil!iam. Lords Le-
confield. Fitzhardinge Southampton,
Galway, Middleton and Wiiioughby de
Broke, with their women folk, are
among the chief of the fox hunting gen
try. Fox hunting in England means
more or less perilous ride across coun-
try, over fences and bitches and in all
sorts of weather for the English dis
criminate between fair and foul wealth
er less delicately than we do Some
times the run is. made in pouring rain,
but so long as the fox affords them a
lively chase they are quite happy. Fox
hunting costumes such as one sees in
old fashioned pictures are still worn by
the many members of the hunt clubs.
The costume, as a rule, includes scar
let coat, and it is needless to say that
one of the most important points in the
selection of materials for this is the
precaution that colors do not run.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

trees meeting overhead. Massachusetts
is superb when it comes to roads and
park systems. 1 have had many q
good spin since coming down here AID
no bumps.
Why. even in New York. If you GO
down Central Park West, which is sup
posed to be a good street for autos, you
fairly get your teeth bumped out of
your head with the Thank you ma ans
in the pavement.
Here it's like flying on road of vel
vet
Is that a good sinile or can you fancy
anything more delightful. Better bring
your car down and drop in to see me.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

boat races are made the excuse for
much social diversion. They are rowed
on the course between Putney and
Mortlake. The Henley regatta, which
is held for three days, is one of the
most fashionable events in England.
The contest is for the supremacy in
amateur rowing. During the regatta
houseboats line the banks of the
Thames, and the various clubhouses
along it's banks are in gala dress. The
households are draped with bunting
and fly many flags, and at night
they are luminous with Japanese
lanterns. Every one who is anybody is
expected to attend the Henley regatta,
but royalty is seldom if ever present
Outing costumes of the most elegant
description are donned by the ladies,
and from the various craft lining the
river float internationally the strains of
music or the ripple of light laughter.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

raised her head
with a puzzled
expression. She
says: 81 am
very mu n
afraid there
must be a mis-
print here!"
w ell, tina t. s
the way 1 feel
all the time
when I am
reading Mr..
james,
If l ever meet
him, I'll tell
him so.
The roads here
are great for
motoring wide
and hard with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-08-24

Polo, another sport in which horses
figure, is attracting more than its share
of attention in England. At the polo
matches at Ranelagh, the fashionable
sporting club near London, all the
smartest women OF society may be seen.
The queen herself honored a recent
match with her presence and was much
interested in the game, sitting out on
the veranda of the royal box to watch
it when, even Englishmen regretfuliy
admitted that the weather was not all
that might be desired The Dukes of
Westminster and Roxburghe are polo
champions.