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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
FARM WHOSE CROP is TIMBER.
What an Chic Farmer is Doing In Tree
Planting.
ALL THIS is WORTH THINKING ABOUT.
(Forcst Scrvice.)

Forest Scrvice.)
In every state Of the Union there
are many tracts of sc-called agricul-
tural land, which, owing to their
hilly character, poor soil, or nuaner-
Gus boulders, are not suitable for
farming. The owners of such tracts
are often at loss to know what to
do with them.
Without question, the best use to
which land Of this kind can be put is
to plant it with trees. One of the
fundamental principles Of forest
economics is, that soil which is not
good enough to make the growing
Of cereal crops profitable should be
devoted to the production of wood
crops. This does not mean that
trees grow better on poor soil than
on fertile soil. They will, Of course,
grow better on fertile soil. But, in
proportion to the money invested.
better returns are secured from
trees planted on the less valuabl
land.
Most OF the cone-bearing trees.
and many hardwoods as well, will
thrive in soil of medium fertility.
All trees, however, do not thrive on
poor, sandy ridges, or on hillsides
where the soil is thin. Black walnut,
hardy catalpa, and white oak, for
their best development, require a
deep, fertile soil, we'll watered and
we'll drained, and it is not advisable
to plant them where these require
ments are not met.
An Ohio farmer is solving the
problem of what to DO with the
worn-out farm. He owns an old
homestead OF sixty acres, which he
is desirous OF keeping in the family.
He does not live on the place, how
ever, and farming has been a losing
proposition. He has, therefore, de-
cided to plant the entire tract with
trees. He has already planted 81
coo Norway spruce, set three and
one-half feet apart each way, on an
area of about eleven acres. These
trees will be cut, as they become
large enough, for Christmas trees.
Chestnut seedlings will be planted
in the spaces left by the removal of
the spruce, and it is expected that
they will begin to come IN bearing
when the last spruce is cut. In ad-
dition to the spruce, hardy catalpa,
black locust. elm, boxelder, and
sycamore have been planted. 1t is
planned to put the entire sixty acres
IN forest within five or six years
The owner is wise in planting sever
al kinds Of trees instead of coniining
himself to one species. His forest
will be producing six or seven kinds
Of lumber, cllestnuts, and Christmas
trees, at the same time.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
WarEd Growing Better.
(Raleigh Times.)

He is a hopeless pessimist who
does not see that in the one feature
alone of looking out for the helpless
little ones. not merely to see that
they have better fcod and treatment,
but that some wholesome pleasure
comes into their narrow, humble
lives, abundant signs that the world
is growing very much better. The
fresh air outings for tired mothers
and little folks who almost have rea-
sons to weep for being born, the va
cation schools and Fairgrounds, the
hospitals and homes, the charities
that distribute milk and ice, the
country weeks for those unfortunates
who would never otherwise know
what the country is. all these are III
dications that the world can be gen.
erous enough when its attention is
properly aroused.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
Wear Cotton Clothes.
(Cnnrlotte ChronicIe.)

The Winston-Salem journal ar
CUES sensibly for a more general
adoption Of cotton clothing for sum-
mer wear. 1t says that man from
the far South expresses surprise that
cotton and linen suits are so little
worn in this section. In Georgia,
Florida, Alabama and Mississippi es-
pecially, cotton and linen suits
are the rule and not the exception.
They are much more comfortable
than any weight Of woolen suits,
are neat and washable. Another
thing, the cotton suits, ten times as
many Of which are worn as of linen,
are a Southern product and their
general use throughout the South
would mean not only a greater de-
mand for strictly Southern prod
uct, but would mean that the mil
lions of dollars which now go out of
this section every summer for wool
ems would remain at home, enriching
to a certain extent every class of
citizens in this section. 1t is to be
hoped for these reasons that the
wearing of cotton and linen suits
(most of which are made partly of
cotton) will become more general in
this section.
The world no doubt misses a great
deal of comfort that might come its
way by the exercise of more sensible
ideas in the matter Of summer cloth
ing. The young women are taking
the lead in this dress reform and are
now nearly all cotton girls. The men
will have to come to it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
Profitable Farming On Four Acres.
Monroe Enullirar

Mr.. W. E. Funderburk, of Mon
roe, made on his farm, two miles
south of town, 576 l 2 bushels OF
oats, 285 bushels being reaped from
four acres of land. On the same
four acre field Mr.. Funderburk
made last year S248 20 worth of cot
ton and cotton seed, at an expense
of $81 go, or a net profit Of $4,000.
The oats just threshed, the Apler
variety, are worth Is cents per bush
ell or more, but at rs cents per bush
ell the crop is worth $214.75 and was
made at cost of 500, making a net
profit of S184 rs, to say nothing of
the straw, which is worth several
dollars. Mr.. Funderburk has sown
the four-acre patch i'll peas.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
Gel to Farming There Never Was a
Heiier Time.
Cotton journal.

The trend Of thought in nearly
every vocation now is based on
life in the country. People who
have hitherto had an aversion to
country life because Of the trials,
privatitn5 and almost hopeless ef
forts to succeed there, are now full
of enthusiasm and becoming possess
ed Of a strong desire to farm. This
attraction is being aroused because
of the fact that agriculture is once
more getting on its feet, and will in
the future demand and receive its
share in it's profits made from the
wealth it creates. Naturally there
is no place so attractive to the aver
age human being as the country. If
the time has come, and we believe it
has, when satisfactory profits can &c
made once again by Southern farm
ers, so that independence and right
eous prosperity will be conspicuous
in the country, the trend of thought
and travel will be away from the
towns and cities and back again to
the farm. Discomfort will be dis
placed by peaceful satisfaction. We
confidently believe that the tide has
turned for the better and happier
days for the men who provide the
food and raiment for the worlds
population, and that the cotton
growers Of the South especially for
all the years to come will enjoy a
degree of prosperity unknown on
the farm for the past thirty years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
When | Vas a Boy.
Eugene Eield.)

Eugene Field)
Up in the attic where / slept
When | was a boy-a little boy!
In through the lattice the moonlight
crept,
Bringing a tide of dreams that swept
Over the low red, trurd!e bed,
Bathing the tangled curly head,
While the moonbeams played at hide
and seek
With the dimples on each sunbrowr-
ed cheek
When | was boy-a little boy!
And, oh, the dreams, the dreams
dreamed
When | was boy-a little boyi ..
For the grace that through the lat
tice streamed
Over my folded eyelids seemed
To have a gift of prophecy,
And to bring me glimpses of times
to be
Where manhood's clarion seemed to
call,
All, that was the sweetest dream Of
all
When | was a boy-a little boy!
I'd like to sleep where | used to
sleep,
When | was a boy-a little boy!
For in at the lattice the moon would
peep,
Bringing her tide Of dreams to
sweep
The crosses and griefs Of the years
away
From the heart that is weary ard
faint to-day.
And those dreams should give me
back again
The peace | have never known since
then
When | was boy-a little boy!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, JULY 80, 1903
The IceIeSs IGeb0X.
(Elactrical EeTs

| Throughout JIl0 tIOpICdl anu teIIl-
perate zones the Iceman is king and
lord-over-all during the hot summer
months, but now it is an open secret
, that there is rebellion in the king
dom and electricity has opened q
way to freedom and independence.
The tyranny of the ice-wagon and
the monumental summer ice sched-
ule must go. This is not another
Celestial "tong-war' but an electri-
cal development which will be her
aided with great delight by every
householder and also with great con-
sternation and regret by the ice
trust.
This is an age of horseless wagons,
houses without chimneys, wooden
stoves and why not the iceless ice
box? A new automatic artificial re-
frigerator has been invented which
works independent from the iceman
and his diminutive sample Of crystal
liZed germ-water. This entirely up
to-date machine produces it's own
coldness.
The new refrigerator is operated
by electricity and works automati-
cally. In place of ice a cooling
liquid is circulated by small mo-
tor-driven pump. The scheme for
keeping the refrigerator cool is the
same as used to make artificial ice.
With the motor-driven pump am
monia is compressed to the point at
which the gas liquifies (for pure
ammonia is a gas) and the heat gen.
Grated by this compression is ex-
tracted with water jackets. This
liquid gas is conducted to the cooler
through a pipe and allowed to ex-
pand in a coil. Of course as the gas
expands it absorbs just as much
heat from its surroundings as was
generated in compressing it. This
lowers the temperature of the inter
ior nearly to the freezing point.
From the expansion coil the gas IS
conducted back to the compressor
ready for another cycle.
The beauty of the electric refrig-
orator is that it works absolutely
automatically and with the perfec-
ton of economy. When the temper
ature in the ''icebox" rises above a
certain point tiny electric device
starts the electric motor which cir
culates the cooling liquid. AS soon
as the temperature drops to the de-
sired point the same device, called q
thermostat, stops the motor. The
automatic devices control the appar-
atus Indefinitely and there is nc
waste Of electric power. So simple
is the new refrigerator that it re-
quires practically no attention ex-
cept an occasional oiling of the cleo
trio motor and the compressor.
In many cases the amount former
iy spent for ice would pay fer the
new refrigerator and the amount
saved by keeping vegetable, meat,
milk and other things in the icebox
will more than compensate for the
cost of keeping a private ice plant.
The "iceless icebox' finds its
greatest field of usefulness in meat
markets, hotels, fruit stores, cream
cries and in all wholesale and retail
houses where per;shable goods are
handled.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Get my "Bool; No. 1 For Women"
It Will give weak women many valua-
bic suggestions OF rclief-and with
confidential medical advice is entirely
free. Sirply write DR.. Shoop Racine,
Wis. The book No. 4 tells all about
DR.. Shoop's Night Cure and how these
soothing, healing, antiSeptic support
tories can be successfully applied to
correct these weaknesses. Write for
the book. The Night Cure is sold by
A. G.. Peterson
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

EDWARD EVERETT HALE who writes regularly for the
Womans Home Companion, gives most interesting OBJ
, o,.. seryatiOns sleep He says that one
''0I'' o'o'p should sleep enough every night to re-
from the fatigue incurred by the exercise and effort of
We quote him: ''You have right in given day
fatigue than that for which the sleep of the next
night will give full recovery Unless each night the
ground of the before you commit
and have right commit suicide
people have taken think how much harm
themselves by not sleeping enough The great sleeper
not necessarily think: but is only follow
requirements be, make for the loss of
vitality incurred by toll We remember that Rev Viii
Bun of the greatest and best teachers at whose eet
we ever sat- that all great have been great
eepers Hale thinks and that people sleep enough
to replace lost every day by exeron Some people
seem to think do without sleep but the wsest
do not think such ALL but foolish and
unwse By all people should sleep enough Sir Will
liam Jones is apty quoted by Dr. Hale:
'fSeven hours to law, to soothing slumoer seVen
Ten to the world allot and all to heaven
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Nau--What broke off the engage
ment between Richard Short and
Mile Long?
Fan-She wanted to put off the
wedding on account Of financial
stringency, ard he insisted on hav-
ing it Immediately for the same reas-
Oil. Philadelphia Inquirer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
list EXACTLY NIGHT.

II have used DIR. Kings New Life
Pills for several years, and find them
Just exactly right says Mr.. a. A.
FELTON,, OF Harrisviile, n. Y. New
Lie Pills relieve without the least dis
comfort. Best remedy for constipa-
ton, biliousness and malaria. 25c. at
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
Fine Fruit.
Rich Square Times.


We can grow very fine apples and
other fruit in this part of the State,
though one would hardly believe it
by seeing the average lot brought to
our markets fer sale. Nest Of The
apples we see on our markets are
poor stock small. speckled, knotty,
and show signs of having been in a
hail storm just before ripening
This is for lack Of proper attention.
Mr.. Albert Vann, a good farmer
living in the vicinity of Rich Square,
has some as fine apples as We have
seen anywhere. They are large.
smooth and well favored, SO much
above the average as to attract at
tention. When asked how he man
aged to grow such fine apples, Mr..
Vann replied that he pruned, fe1til-
lied and cultivated his orchard, and
in the proper season sprayed his
trees. He has spraying outfit that
cost him only about twelve dollars,
and in the spring sprays his trees
three times. As alesult of his care
and attention he has fine fruit.
Others can DO as we'll by following
lis example. Our people in this
part Of the State can make a living
with so little effort that many Go
not look after the little things on
the farm. Enough goes to waste on
the average farm in this part Of the
country to make up a good bank
account
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
WAR AGAINST CONSUMPTION.

All nations are endeayoring to check
the ravagcs ot consumption, the white
plague" that claims so many victims
each year. Foley's Honey and Tar
cures coughs and colds perfectly and
you are in no danger Of consumption.
Do not risk your health by taking
some unknown preparation when Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar is safe and certain
in results. The genuine is in a yellow
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
Stimulation hithGu. Irritation.

That is the watchward. That is
what Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup docs.
C!eanscs and stimulates the bowels
without irritation in any form. Z. 7.
Whits head Co
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Kenncdy's Laxative Cough Syrup
acts gently upon the bowels and there
By drives the cold out of the system
and ut the same time it alays inham-
nation and stops irritation. Children
like it. Sold by F.. L. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
11rpr IS RELIEF FOR WOMEN.

If YOU have pains in the back, UIln,
orr B,adder or Kidney trouble, and
want a certain, pleasant herb cure lor
,~o,nan's ills, try Mother Grays Aus
tnol;.n-Ieaf. % It is safe and never
= r. ,;,;nn ;t;,r regulator. At Druggists or by
,a, a;i 70 cents. Sample package FREE.
Add address The Mother Gray Co., Le-
AT "
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Generally Gebilitated for years.
Had sick headache, lacked ambition,
Has wo,n-out and all rundown. Bur
dock Blood Bittcrs made me well
woman. Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moos-
mn Conn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Bert Barber, Of Elton, Wis., says: ::
81 have only taken four doses ol your YOU.
D!,n ! na,' ond bladder Pills and they
have done for me more than any o'hul -,
nav ,;a;ua a has ever done. I am sa1 stlll
meire, 1aEng the pills as want nppYitt, peries,s
cure" Mr.. Barber refers 19 'e Sold bv e.
Kidney and Bladder Pills. oo'u =
~ Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

During the summer kidney irregu-
larities are often caused by excessive
drinking or beng overheated. Attend
to the kidneys at once by using Foley's
U:l~ox C,,ro II r Whifahead Cn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

Out of total of 307.l5 workers
in clothing factories in Great Britian.
1917, ,320 are women, the female tail
ors numbering 46,072 to 13, ,98i men.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is good
for cuts, burns, bruises and scratches.
1t is especially good forpiles. Recon-
mepded and sold by E. T.. Whitehead
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

THE unanimy with which the congressen in the varous
districts North nominated as their own
speaks we'll for them
the while this paper has favored
congressman for several least
untrue to the trust reposed in them by the people who
their constituency 1t takes time become fully
acquainted with his duties and the demands his
representative member of the American Congress-
the greatest detiberatve body
member of that great National Council fills we'll his
attends closely to his duties carefully
ss of the people whom he need Of
hurry to aside and place the of the people
hands of another We do wish be understood
ing for feenure in office; believe
public Office belongs and
thing, believe be practiced Generally
there good and capable left as
chosen for positions Of We did
long short of office but make high
pmen which the people of North Carolina paying
congressman by nominating them their successors
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

RECENTLY wrote for this column observations
habit of keeping busy There why
Tho u,: -. c. should all the while keep busy, and
~ ~ S' there are fully many why all
should the habit saving
be industrious all through life it is important that
habit of doing something be formed in early lfe and
that make savings from his earnings is quite
that the habit of saving be formed in
Parents do helpful thing than induce their chill
dren make their little whatever they
then lay by part Of special saving. It may
necessary for boy put his dollar in the bank though
good PLAN but he does well to much Of his earnings
he spends If boy does quite understand how his little
will be safe the bank and would
it and ten let him it his trunk
drawer, place safe keeping;
the boy who forms this habit Of laying by Of his earnings
emergency will be apt manhoods much
independent financially than the boy who spends all his
money fast he makes it. Whether makes much
little let him part of it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

The Australian government will
erect five wireless stations along its
coast.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

The most expensive publication.
with the least income, in New York
city is the City Record, which will
cost New York 81, ia, 500 this year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
% YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
i1ncy Trouble Makes You Miserable

Almost everybody who reads the new,
.H.rs IS sure 70 know Of tie wonderf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

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-r.o back, kidney, bladder, uric acid trou
.e5 and 2-ishJs s Disease, which is the v;or..
--@ of Eidney trouble.
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-Ece2dod ior everything but il you havckid
~, liver G. bladder trouble il Will be fou7c
IS. ,..c remedy you need. Ihas been testec
SO many ways, in hospital work, in pr!ve,
ao:;ce, among the helpless TOO poor to pu.
1ao- relief and has proved 50 successful i
.a.y SO that a special arrangement he.
'e. made BY which all reader; Of this papa.
:5 have not already tried it, may have
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ei.c. more about SWanp-Root and how &c
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T. i writing nenti2a reading this generous
.er ii this PAPER and fco~E7-
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eH-.a. fly cent and Home Of swan1n-Foo..
-'iar --Ze5 are sold by al good druggists.
Don't make any mistake, but re
s.,uber the name, Swamp Root, DR.
.,#oc'> swamp Root, and the address
-n-Tlamton, n. Y. on every bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30
THE EDITORS LEISURE HOURS,
Observations of Passing Events.

THE unanimty with which the congressman in the various
districts North Carolina have
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-07-30

RECENTLY we wrote
habit of keeping busy.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-08
Everybody Talking About II

Everybody is talking about the great free
offer Of DR.. Greenes, the most successful
specialist in curing nervous and chronic dis
eases, and who discovered that wonderful
medicine, DR.. Greene's Nervura blood and
nerve remedy. He makes specially of treat
ing patients through letter correspondence,
and all who accept his offer are astonished at
the marvellous success of this method. His
office is at "a Temple Place, Boston, Mass,
where he receives and carefully examines
every letter sent to him by persons describing
their cases and telling him their symptoms.
After thoroughly studying each case he ans
wers the letter, explaining the cause of each
symptom and telling sure way to get well
and strong He makes the patients under
stand exactly what ais them and tells them
all about their complaint, and all this is
entirely free of charge. They save the expense
of a trip to the city, have no fee to pay, and
have the benefit of the best medical advise
and consultation. Here is an opportunity for
you to get well, reader you can either accept
or reject it. Which will you do?
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1908-05-08
THE GREEK MYRMEx.
II Was the DeadIiest Weapon Of tho
Ancient Pugilist.

Ancient Pugilist.
The four ounce glove was unknown
to the ancient pugilist. When the
boxers and fighters came together in
the old days of Greece they wore up
on their hands the cestus. which was
In itself a terrible adjunct to any
fighter. But DR.. Daniel G. BritOn dis
covered that there was sometimes at
tached to the cestus deadlier weap-
on, consisting of three pronged fork
Of bronze.
This was known as the myrmex, and
DR.. Brinton, who found this specimen,
gave II to the museum Of archaeology
in the University of Pennsylvania.
Classical literature has frequent ref
erences to the myrmex. which is de-
scribed as the deadliest weapon of the
ancient pugilist. The right hand was
swathed in tough hide. bound in place
with thongs and supplemented by
small knobs of lead or iron. to which
was afilxed the myrmex. DIR. Brinton
made his discovery In Paris by ex-
aiming the Greek and Roman mar
bles in the Louvre. One Of these
groups represented a fighter bearing
on his right fist the cestus and myr-
mex.
Combats in those days were much
more brutal and dangerous than those
OF the modern prize ring. 1t is easily
seen that a single blow of the myr-
mex might cause death or permanent
injury.