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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-04-16
Not HeW Cheap...Dut How Coed.

A brick front painted with L. & NJ.
Paint Is years ago and not painted
since, may be seen at 472 Bergen st.
Brooklyn, New York. Paint with
L. & M. Brilliant Red and trim with
Shaker Green or White. The body
won't need painting in Is years.
L. & M. Paint Agents.
= Hardy Hdwe. Co., Scotland Neck.
f. H. Salisbury & Bros, Hamilton,
N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1908-04-16
Vas il an Indian TGRb?
(Rich Square Tines.)

Mr.. Thomas Britt, while blowing
on MS farm near Conway last week,
struck the top of a grave stone,
which, unon examination, was found
to be fitted o another, and had marks
upon it thought to be Indian hero
glyphics. Much interest IS beng
taken in the stone, as it is Of a soft
soap-stone formation, not like any OF
the stones of this part Of the state:
and it is likely this stone will be OF
much historical interest, and may
lead to some Important discoveries.
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Eal:iaZ Photographs.
Ger. to The Conncnweelth.)
Halifax. N. c., April Is, 1858.


Halifax. N. c., April -, 1903.
hir, Joseph McMah"n spent q few
ieys in fIorf3iA last week.
Miss KILLER, Of Richmond, Va, z
very excellent trained nurse, VINO
has been attending Mrs. NC .taho1i
siace the death OF M. htarshaI!
Gary, returned to her home last
Saturday.
Misses Virgie and Alice Butts have
been visiting their aunt, Mrs. N. '.
Froelich and grandmother, Mrs. V.
S. Grizzard, at Rosemary for several
days.
Master Monroe Jenkins went up
to Rosemary Saturday to see his
grandmother.
Mrs. L. G. Grady is spending some
time at her old home in Duplin
county.
Miss Ellen Harvey, who gees to
the graded school in Weldon, spent
Saturday and Sunday here with her
father, MIR. J. II. Harvey.
Hon. E. L. Travis spent a day or
two in Wilmington last week.
Mrs. G. S. Robertson, of Ringwood,
is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Willis Will
cox.
Miss Lena Cuthrell, Of Enfield,
spent last Friday with Mrs. r. II.
Deaton.
Mr.. Henry Cuthrell spent day
here last week.
Mrs. r. L. Deaton spent last Sat
urday and Sunday in Enfield visiting
friends.
Mr.. J. F. Coppedge, Of Scotland
Neck, spent Saturday and Sunday
here with his people.
Rev. D. E. Vipperman filled his
regular appointment at Tillery Sun.
day.
MIR. Hearn, Of Whitakers, spent
last Saturday and Sunday with his
brother-in-law, ]. H. Bats.
Mr.. nj. w. Riddel, a very popular
travelling salesman for the Richmond
Hardware Co. spent Sunday at Hote
Roanoke.
Mr.. Frank Whitaker, Of Enfield
was here a day or two last week
selling pianos.
Mr.. w. D. Wilcox spent Sunday
IL Weldon.
E1r. ". D. Faucet, one Of Gun
Halifax boys who is steadily anC
surely winning his way up the lad.
der, because Of his ability, was mere
Sunday to see his mother, Mrs. w
A. Wilcox. Mr.. Faucet is civil ell
gineer for the Seaboard Air Line
system, with headquarters at Ports
mouth, Va. He is quite a young
man, but being capable and trust
worthy he has won high regard from
the higher officials and is recognized
as very valuable man, Mr.. L. NJ
Coburn, of Raleigh. N. c., who is
also in the service Of the Seabeard az
civil engineer accompanied him.
Mr.. H. W. Gowen is home after
several weeks travelling through the
southern and western States.
Mr.. J. Il. Lord, Of Sariacata, Fla.
WAS the guest Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harr,
Gowen Saturday and Sunday. MIR
Lords home is New York in the
winter and the South in summer.
Misses Callie Obey, Ellen arc
Genevieve Keeter, of Weldon, spent
Saturday and Sunday here with THEN
aunt, Mrs. H. NJ. Keeter.
Mrs. J. R. Baggett, of Buie's
Creek, N. c., is visiting her mother
Mrs. H. NJ. Keeter.
Rev. J. E. Hutson preached or
Sunday morning at the Baptist
church one of the finest sermons we
have heard in some time from Johr
3; Is, Is, and at night on Heavenly
Recognition" Mr.. Hutson certain
ly leaves no loop-hole for excuses oil
any kind for not becoming follow
er of Christ. He emphasizes the
truth so forcibly, and proves hi:
ground with Gods word.
w. F. CoPPEDGE.
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Pua!:sher's Announcement.

his Z settled point in newspaper ethics trat
editors and publishers are not respoisibe for the
views of pondents, ard the publication OF q
communication does not mean that the eoltor or
publisher endorses the Communication. IKE
f.ouAoSweALTu adhefcs to these general rr!c-
Piles.
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EASY RECORD-BREAKING.

~OUNT ZEPPELIN of airship fame is
~ we'll known to many American veter-
ans, inasmuch as he served gallantly In
the civil war. on one occasion. 1t IS re-
membered. going up successfully to recon-
hotter in balloon.
II see Zeppelin" said New York vet
eran, every time I go abroad. he Is an
interesting old fellow-full OF anecdote.
Il talked to him one day about the
kaiser's wonderful shooting. l couldn
say enough in the royal sportsman
praise.
Zeppelin winked. He said that he had
once shot with the kaiser over Count SOL
berg-Wernigerodes huge deer dorests. Al
the end of the day 1t was announced that
the kaiser had broken all records his
deer were laid before him In long me.
The photographers began to get tneir
cameras ready. The kaiser had shot, the
head keeper said. sixty-four deer.
The kaiser made no public contradic-
ton. but as he took his pose behind his
deer for the photographers Count Yep
peIin heard him murmur to the head keep
err with a strange smile:
'Sixty-four deer. Ell? That's very odd'
Indeed, it's almost inexplicable only
fired. you know. thirty cartridges.
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extremes. Let it blow and be ID,
is about the old salts attitude.
He faces the fiercest Of storms. Not
because he has to. but because he likes
it, His cabin fills with water and his
sloop wallows. but still he Is game, es-
pecially If in the vicinity there be another
yacht. whose owner Is equally defiant IN
the face of the gale. Then let 1t blow
The yacht is put into the teeth or II
just as fearlessly as the head Of an ocean
liner would be turned into the uproar.
Exhibition of nerve and daring on the
part OF yachtsmen has passed into
proverb. During the recent race from
Sandy Hook to Cape May and back on
the yacht-schooner Zuhrah. sailed by
Capt. Dos cher the spinnaker boom hal
yard fouled the block on the Zuhrah.
1t had to be cleared, but with the SUN
breeze and the rolling sea. the feat was
one that would have put the courage of
even the most expert of professional SAIL
ors to the test.
A Daring Deed.
But the instant the trouble was made
known. an amateur yachtsman aboard.
member of the Corinthian Club. promptly
volunteered to clear 1t. Creeping out on
the boom, he made good his promise. and
seemed to wonder at the applause he re-
ceived for what appeared to him no more
than should be expected from :. man
who paid himself the high compliment OF
thinking himself yachtsman.
Capt Doscher also relates with giee
how. one of his professionals having been
taken sick. he was short-handed on the
port watch. so that when the clew of the
lib blew out one of his guests had to run
out and give hand taking the sail In.
lust then an enormous wave struck the
bow and under went jib boom. sailor. Co
rinthian and all. And the curious part
of it was" said the former commodore.
that twice again we had trouble ford,
and every time that poor fellow went he
got ducked, and I'm such manner that
oilskins were no earthly protection. After
the third dousing he went below with
out a word and reappeared in a swimming
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(IENN
2MzV

Paris who dare eat more than a single
slice OF forced melon with any meat dish
that has sporting sauce. Yet
Hey. don't take that away exclaimed
Ferdinand happy British bridegroom.
when he saw two blue eyes raised appeal
ingly-and noted that her slice was COB
bed. 1t a big melon, salmon pink
pulp. soother than the creamy curd.
"Coupez, Cut it, said the bride: and
when the waiter was gone Ferdinand HIM
self cut a third slice for each OF them! A
third? "Ferdie.'' We heard her saying.
there are two more siices." And soon
Languidly the British couple loitered
then through trout au-bleu. poussin CO.
cote. purple-tipped asparagus with
melted gold sauce and the Melba peach in
syrup and ice cream. until the bill came.
Was IL horror on their faces? Horror at
81 worth OF melon? He turned white. but
she was getting green. II say he pointed
vaguely TO an item; but his eyes We're
stomach. while she clutched the table
legs. ''Mais QUIZ the awed garcons led
him off. Don't leave me. Ferdie."
moaned the stricken lady. Never have
seen more heroic struggle than that OF
the lovely creature alone with her pains
beneath the eyes OF fashionable Paris.
Flesh and blood could stand no more. She
pushed back the dazed walters and made
one dash for the cloakroom.
StTHE Paris melon is a known explos-
ive," said George. but it's de-
tonator must have been the sauce juice
of their poussin cocotte. Though SEEM
ingly a plain dish-'chick' spring chicken
cut up raw and slowly cooked in a tight
individual earthen pot with cubes or
bacon. tiny onions. new potatoes. peas.
pot herbs and lemon juice-the super-rich
meat stock with which they reinforce 1t
turns in an electric summer atmosphere
to make the baby-young chick meat al
most a posonr'
Like the duck sauce at the banquet or
the Automobile Club. where a hundred
and forty strong men rolled in pain?" 1
said.
"Strangled duckling Is very luscious"
said George. None OF the blood is lost.
you see but 1t can't be served over eight
hours after decease without danger. Some
blamed the duck some blamed the melon
and some blamed the bisque.
Every time I eat one of their oisques l.
wonder what Is coming! The crawnsh.
smashed to paste, done In white wine and
finished OF with cream and meat stock.
makes a molecularly unstable edifice held
together, under microbian stress. only by
its brandy. smokeless powder and Cayenne
Your bisques are not like that Miss
Edith
The American girl chef in Paris laughed.
They're imitation bisques, tomato
bisques.'
Like velvet" exclaimed George. Make
one for us tomorrow; some fried chicken,
MARYLAND corn fritte-s, sweet potatoes
got them?'
The first have just arrived from South
Carolina"
vegetable curry. corn bread
and butter. And II We want piece or
pumpkin pie we'll have it!'
DO you know why the French won't
eat pumpkin pie?" she asked.
They won't?'
..They won't And for a simple. silly
reason They make soup from pump
kins, therefore a pie made from pumpkins
can't be nice. Et voila.'
STERLING HEILIG.
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LIKE HYPNOTISM.

DR. JONATHAN P. HAINES OF Cleve-
II land was discussing the recent curl
Gus discovery that hard times produce
majority of male babies. and good times
a majority of female ones.
$50 1t is among u.s." said DR.. Haines.
land among savages, where hard times
are perennial, male babies always pre-
dominate.
How do I account for it? ! can't ac-
count for 1t. Nature must be in some
way amenable to hypnotic suggestion"
DIR. Haines smiled.
Suggestion. hypnotic or otherwise, Is q
wonderful thing" he said. ''On roof
garden, one hot afternoon, man took
one of the best seats and said to the
waiter:
Bring me a glass OF beer waiter. and
something to read
"'Would you like to read the bill-of.
fare sir? said the waiter.
.The man then gave q liberal order.
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the enormous value of the steam yachts
and power boats, which are permitted
only to the multi-millionaire. and taxing
into account the varieties Of the sailing
vessel alone, no less than $2o,OVV'Voo Is
tied up in pleasure yachts.
To this must be added the interest on
$6.OOO.OOO tied UP In yachting clubs ana
about $4,000, OOO yearly which 1t costs lot
the handling and maintenance OF ane
yachts driven by the most primitive means
Of locomotion over the water.
These Jumped figures show that Uncle
Sam is a pretty good sport when II comes
to the joys Of sailing over the orihv III d
craft built only for fun.
Thece boats range all the way from the
great cup defender type. with It's piiio"-
ing masses of sails. which carry the hopes
of the nation in the contests Tor the
Americas cup, all the way down TO the
humble little catboat that gives pleasure
to the little cottager by the seashore.
The Yachting enthusiasm takes man
with incalculable virulence. once he gets
the habit. nothing but the coming OF ap-
ject poverty will rid him OF H.
The Joy Of Yachting.
When he comes to the waters edge and
sees there waiting for him on the bosom
of the shimmering, dancing waves the
graceful yacht, with its clean outlines
it's white sails, pulling like a greyhound
to be on the way. he gets thrill that Is
worth all the money it costs.
He starts on a trip. be it a race, or just
a little pleasure jaunt The spanking
breeze sends the sails bellying hard. the
spinnakers are thrown out. and the SKIP
per stands in his place OF honor py 'he
wheel.
The short seas may run high and beat
with that marvellous force Of the sea, but
the captain has the pride of good seaman
ship and Of craft built to meet just such
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He HIT BACK.

MRS. TAFT. in a New Haven inter
4V4 view. said that she thought divorce
worse than war.
yet marriage itself is war sometimes
isn't it?' added Mrs. Taft. Some mar
ried people campaign daily.
There is a couple of this sort in Gin
cinnati. 1t was marriage de CONVEYANCE,
theirs-that is to say. the lady had money.
1.-The lady had a temper too. She in
sisted always that her wealth be recog-
nized One afternoon the husband brought
a friend home in the new automobile.
While his wife stood on the doorstep
the husband showed the automobile $
points to his friend. circling about it. pat
ting it's shining paint and brasswork low
ingly.
What a gem our automobile he
-ied. but his rich wife sharply interrupt
ed him.
MY automobile, If you please;' she
snapped from the doorstep. My money
bought it,
Yes, madam said the husband
glancing at his friend; and your money
bought me-"
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sport The steam yacht needs an ensin-
eer and mariner. But the sailing craft
comes exclusively under control Oh lhe
man who sails it, and his skill alone
brings voyages to safe issue.
Eighteen Hundred Shops.
An examination of records collected py
the various yacht clubs shows that there
are NOW on record I. 800 sloops. Ine
biggest are the ninety-footers similar go
those that figure in the great races for
cups. such as the Americas. The favorite
length is forty feet or under. and only
about 20 per cent of the total go above
forty feet.
The average price of a ninety footer Of
the first rank is something like hundred
thousand dollars. though in the case of
the cup defender this is swollen to per-
haps half a million by the extra fittings
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and the special lines designed to produce
the very last ounce of speed.
A sloop from sixty to seventy feet costs
about $4,000; from fifty to sixty feet,
$14.OOO: from forty to fifty feet. 5000;
from thirty to forty feet. $1,000: from
twenty-five to thirty feet. $1,000. and I'M
der twenty-five feet, 81 200.
1t is not possible to find out how many
boats there are in this country under
twenty-five feet. for this is the lowest
size that is included in the registration.
1t is safe to say. however, that there are
more of this size than all the others put
together. for the moderate cost involved
and the readiness with which such boat
is handled make it immensely popular
at all the seashore resorts.
From Halifax to Cape May at the pres
emit time-in fact, the whole seaccast-is
one great racing front.
Contests arranged and impromptu races
are being held all the time and amateur
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-15
THE CAUSTIc HERRICK.

tED OBERT Herrick of the University
IN of Chicago" said a Yale instruct
or, attracted attention the other day by
saying that we Americans were not at all
a cultivated people-that our children
would not learn to speak correctly until
their parents themselves learned, since it
was at home that ones accent and gram
mar were acquired.
Prof. Herrick is too wise a man, he
has written too many excellent books. for
us to sheer at his remarks. There is al
ways truth In his caustic speeches.
II heard him one day upbraiding a rail-
road that had had three terrible wrecks
within a month.
1T is such a mean read he said, 1t
won't make any repairs
Then he added whimsically:
Hang il, there's nothing left of Its
track but two streaks of rust and the
right of way
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suit. Now he said. you can souse me
all you want"
1t is this same spirit that enables the
game American yachtsman to put ms
craft sguarely into bowling gales. to sub
NIT 1t to the heaviest waves ana tnrash
through southwesters that make the sea
a raging cauldron, the bow first hish on
mountainous wave, next time ourieu.
then shaking off barrels of water, tons OF
it, only to come up smiling for the next
conflict with one of Neptune's floods.
The Danger Is Attractive.
This constant struggle with danger ~
one of the special attractions of yachting
and though there is a joy Of gliding over
the smooth surface of the ocean on days
when there is only wind enough to make
Roadway for the yacht yet the true
sportsman will tell you that 1t is in
contest with storm that he gets most
enjoyment out Of his yachting hobby
To what extent Americans are INDUCING
themselves in this diversion is demonstrat-
ed by q glance at the statistics. There are
in the United States 800 yachting Clubs
OF course. the membership of these varies.
all the way from the 2.OOO membership
of the New York Yacht Club down TO
the few members connected with the boat
ing club of the summer colony near some
lake.
The New York Yacht Club has 1910
members on it's rolls. and is the richest
club of it's kind in this country. II not IN
the world.
Many of the members of this noted club,
which controls the sport. in the new
world own pleasure yachts that cost them
in the ,neighborhOod of $1OOO.OOO. when to
original outlay is added the big expense
for equipment.
But 1t is not these steam palaces that
make the popularity of yachting. Only
the very few can get in this class. 1t Is
not even in the reach of the man we are
accustomed ordinarily to rate as the
wealthy. Only the prodigally rich can
qualify
But the sailing yacht in its variations
is obtainable, and navigating 1t Is better
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1.-THE Americans Devotion
: i to Yachting Is Shown
, by the Fact That There Are
. Now in This Country 800
e Clubs Devoted to the Sport,
:; and the Craft the Members
, Own Range in Value From
, the Million Dollar Steam
[: Yacht of the Multi-Million-
Z aire All the Way Down to
: the Twenty-hve-foot Sloop
, of the Typical Enthusiast OF
G the Seashore Resort-The
( Vogue of Yachting Has Re-
;. suited in Developing an In
], creasing Number of Amateur
. Sailors Who Revel in Nothing
( so Much as Stiff Gale That
= Keeps the Yacht Constantly
, Buried in a Sea of Foam.
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his moments.
Recently, in Rome, he found a
girl stenographer, clear-eyed
American; alert, proud, capable. She
talked courageously of her art studies and
her money struggles round the consulate:
and George. unmoved, went on debating
a big batch of company promoting. AT
the end he paid her bill exactly. not a
penny over. Only. when he quit Rome. he
put all his italian money-notes. gold. sill
yer, some 900 francs-into a package and
addressed it to her from an unknown
friend"
When George asks me to lunch I don't
refuse. Last time il was plOverS eggs.
81 each; pink salmon trout with mayon-
naise turned emerald; opal-tipped as
paragus. and-I could not know that
elcven-dollar dollhouse melon, mixing with
these and the Rouen duck C'PariS+by-
night" sauce from the PRESS. morilles
fungus and Coupe-Jacques fresh fruits In
lqueurs and ice cream, would make a
gripping. tearing. swelling nest of devils in
the middle of me.
With the ''Grande Cuisine" of Paris 1t
NAV happen. and 1 was good to say yes
again when George babe me to come par
take of corned beef HASH
I've struck the simple gait in Paris. -
he said. "A stuffed pigeon did it. wild
7fr7<>2 pigeon ballasted with fungus. force
meat ~sSeadcrumbs, gunpowder. brandy
and the juice of it's raw liver feStered in
the SUM- And now It's me for the Chinese
Umbrella Come and see how three
American girls can beat the chefs at their
own game!'
ST. l became acquainted with the most
extraordinary restaurant of Paris. only
six months old and yet a landmark.
where American girl chefs soothe the
manned stomachs of high-rolling tourists
with pure. dainty dishes from American
home cooking.
1t is in the Rue du Bac, beside the Bon
Marche. Elegant but weary American
ladies took their seats with a sigh Of
relief.
Lady Baltimore cake and iced coffee
with whipped cream explained a proud
blonde in one of the new tailor suits of
pale-blue linen.
"Tea and cornbread," murmured an aris-
tocratic brunette. 1.-THE and slender, in
another tailor suit of dark green Chinese
silk
ATHEY'VE been shoppinG-and must
go home to French lunch!'' whis-
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get green corn in any Paris restaurant?'
mo, they use it for a soup-a cream,
veloute-that has a fancy name and other
complications. -
And you give up your recipe for corn
fritters?' / asked.
Yes. to families. You see, French fami-
lies of that class buy quantities of cakes
from us-all the layer cakes, including
marshmallow chocolate cakes. devil cakes
and gingerbread. of which they buy vast
quantities for children. 1t seems that a
great Paris doctor-childrens specialist
came here by accident and ate piece of
gingerbread. We don't even remember
him. All the same he went off and began
to recommend it-giving our name and ad-
dress-for French children's stomachs in
hot weather. The French honey -and-mo-
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why can't the Paris chefs cook vege-
tables more clean?" George grumhled
Yet they'd howl. Miss Edith. at the trifie
of mint that you put into your green
peas,'
They eat roast lamb with mint sauce.
all right said Ruby Fabris. And corn
fritters. Oh. it's funny. AS soon as they
get TO like corn f-itters they want the
recipe to make them. Yet they would not
dare ask for recipe in a French restau-
rant"
Where do you get the corn?' asked.
"A fruiterer of the Alma began having
sweet corn sent up from the south OF
France-raised by Italians-for American
family custom but now he is selling lots
to Paris restaurants
WHAT" exclaimed George. You can't
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An Exciting Catboat Race.

sailors of genuine skill are constantly be-
ing developed.
To maintain all these boats is expensive.
but the sport makes the outlay worth
while. and the benefits i'm health can be
seen at a glance from the rudy faces
and healthful frames of those who in
summer time find their fayorite relaxa-
ton on the deck of a yacht.
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- uncle SAM has donned his fan
neIs and yachting cap. and his
hand is calloused from handling
the wheel or tiller.
He has to dig deeply into
canacious pocket to get the millions with
which 10 nav for his sport. Leaving out
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don't mean curried chicken. though they
have chicken curry; I refer to vegetable
curries. of potatoes. peas. beans and so
on. with a new taste. Il delicious, health
full dish. You can't imagine what it's
made OFF,
cd EALLY, they are complicated
N dishes. though not rich or greasy"
said Miss Edith. Numerous ingredients
do come from China, where my brother
manages tea plantation. We don't make
them very hot; but, otherwise they are the
true English American colony China cur
ries-which have always favored vege-
tables rather than meats.