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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
ORDINANCES
OF THE TOWN OF
SCOTLAND NECK.
ARTICLE |.

Sec. /. Any and all persons who
shall make any public disturbance by
loud and boisterous talking, by using
profane, obscene or indecent langu-
age or by fighting or being drunk and
disorderly on the streets or who shall
in any other disorderly manner make
any public disturbance, shall upon
conviction be fined two dollars for
each offense.
Sec. 2. Any person who shall ride
or drive through the streets at a
rate exceeding twelve miles an hour,
race on any street, or hitch any horse,
mule or other stock to any tree or
lamn post, shall be fined two dollars.
Sec. 8. Any person or persons
who shall drive through the streets
any automobile, or other vehicle
propelled by machinery, at a rate ex-
ceeding eight miles per hour shall be
fined $500.
Sec. 4. Any person who shall ride
or drive across the centre walk on
Main street, Or place any vehicle or
goods or wares of any kind for exhi-
bition or for sale thereon except at
public auction, shall be fined two
dollars.
Sec. 5. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
move, sweep or have swept any trash,
paper or other rubbish, on Main
street from their stores or other
places of business on Main street. Any
person, firm or corporation violating
this section shall be fined two
dollars for every ofense.
Sec. 6. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person, firm or corporation to
place or cause to be placed on either
sidewalk or the centre walk on Main
street any wood, timber, brick, logs,
barrels, boxes or any rubbish of
whatever kind, any article of mer-
chandise, machinery, vehicle, or any
thing whatever for exhibition or
sale. or to allow any delivery wagon
or express wagon to remain thereon,
or in any way obstruct said sidewalk
or centre-walk. Any person, firm or
corporation violating this section,
upon conviction for said violation,
shall be fined five dollars for each
and every violation thereof.
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Here is Relief for Women.

Ii you have pains in the back, urin-
ary, bladder or kidney trouble, and
want certain herb cure for womcn's
ills, try Mother Gray's Australian
Leaf. 1t is Il safe and ncycr-iaiing
regulator. At Druggists or by mail
80 cents. sample package free. Adj
dress, The Mother Gray Company,
Leroy, y. y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

Take Kodol at the times when you
feel what you have eaten is not digest
ing. Kodol digests what you eat 50
YOU can eat sufficiently OF any good,
wholesome food, if you will just let
Kodol digest it. Sold by +. I. White
head Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

81 have decided to suspend YOUR
sentence" the judge began. For
the Lords sake, judge, you don't
mean to say lifting few chickens
is hanging mattter."-New York
n erald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

privilege of carrying on business or
of performing the acts named. Such
taxes shall be due on the first day Of
June of each year, and a license shall
be issued and signed by the Mayor
and countersigned by the Constable
upon the payment of the tax author
izing the carrying on Of the business
or of performing the acts named
from the first day of June in each
year until the first day Of the next
succeeding June.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

Impure blood runs you down-makcs
YOU an easy victim for organic diseases.
Burdock Blood Bitters purities the
hlood-cures the cause-builds you up.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

DeWitt's Little Early Riscrs, the
pleasant, safe, sure, easy little liver
pills. A Salve you may always depend
upon in any case where you need salyc,
is DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve-especially good for Piles. Sold
bv E. L. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

It flows like electricity through your
veins: it does the work. If you are
wasting away, take HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea. 35 cents, Tea or Tab
lets. E. T. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
ARTICLE II.

Sec. |. The Town Constable shall
be required to collect the taxes levied
in the town during the month of
October Of each year, except privll-
ege taxes.
Sec. 2. The Town Constable shall
| h old his Office at the pleasure of the
Board and may be discharged at any
regular or called meeting of the
Board of Commissioners.
Sec. 8. 1t shall be the duty of the
! Town Constable and of such police
men as may be appointed to report
to the Mayor any violation of these
ordinances which may come to his or
their notice. A failure to do so shall
be a misdemeanor and he or they
shall be fined, upon conviction, two
dollars.
Sec. 4. The Town Constable shall
give his undivided attention to the
interest of the town, to patroling the
streets, to reporting violation of the
law, to experimenting and directing
all works of i'm orovement ordered
under the direction of the Board OF
Commissioners and to such other
duties as may be required of him by
! the Board of Commissioners or the
general law of the State. He shall
collect all taxes levied at the time
and in the manner prescribed by the
ordinances or by the Board of Com.
missioners. At each monthly meet
ing of the Board of Commissioners
he shall make a report of all collec
tions from anv source made bV hin
and shall produce the Town Treasur
er's receipt therefor. He shall not
absent himself from duty without
first obtaining the permission of the
MaVOr
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

"Doan's Ointment cured me OF &C.
>c,,a that had annoyed me long
lime. The cure was perlhailoii0'
Hon s. w. Matthews, Commissioner
q b,r Statistics, Augusta, Me.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
ARTICLE VIII.

Sec. l. The following taxes are
levied annually and shall be for the
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
Get Up
2 Lame Back?
Makes You Miserable.

knows Of DIR. kll1ner's
rcat kidney, liver and
bladder remedy, be-
cause of its remark
able health restoring
properties. Swamp
Root fulillls almost
every wish i'll over
coming rheumatism,
pain i'll the back, kid
lleys, liver, bladder
and every part of the
urinary passage. 1t
COrreCtS inability to
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
ARTICLE III.

Sec. /. 1t shall be unlawful for
anv person or persons to discharge
any firearms Except in defense of
his own premises) in the corporate
limits of the town, and any person
violating this section shall be fined
two dollars for each violation.
Sec. 2. 1t shall be unlawful to sell
or offer for sale in the town Of Scot
land Neck any fre-crackers, Roman
candles, torpedoes, toy pistols or 9th
er explosives known as fireworks
without paying the tax levied as IL
cense tax by the Commissioners. Any
one violating this section shall be fin
ed fifty dollars, and twenty-five dol
lars for each and every day any such
fireworks shall be permitted to re-
main on his premises.
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person violating this section shall be
fined two dollars for each and evrey
offence
Sec. 3. Any person who shall ride,
drive or feed, or cause to be ridden,
driven or fed, any stock upon the
sidewalks or any streets of the town,
or suffer any stock to Craze within
the corporate limits of the town, un-
less held by person (no person shall
hold any stock of any kind on any
sidewalk of said town., shall be gull
ty of misdemeanor. Any person
who shall violate any portion of this
section shall be fined two dollars for
every offence.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

oIl water and scalding pain in passingit,
E bad effects following use of liquor, wine
beer, and ovcrComes that unpleasant
.cessity of being compelled to go often
rough the day, and to get up many
mes during the night.
5wamp=ROOt is not recommended for
-rvtlliug bat if you have kidney, liver
. bladder trouble, it will be found just
remedy you need. 1t has been thor
-Iily tested i'll private practice, and has
-Jved so successful that a special ar
ugernent has been made by which all
.Icrs of this paper, who have not al
iy tried it, may have sample bottle
Mt free by mail, also a book telling
ore about Swa1np-Root, and how to
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19
ARTICLE ".

Sec. /. 1t shall be unlawful for
anv person to ride a bicycle on the
sidewalks of Main street between
Ninth and Twelfth streets, and on
the sidewalks of Tenth street IN the
town of Scotland Neck, and any per-
son violating this section shall be fin
ed two dollars for each and every Of
See 2. Any person riding a BIZ
cycle on any sidewalk not mentioned
IN Section i, is required to stop and
dismount or turn off the sidewalk
upon meeting or overtaklng any pc
destrain. Nor shall any one rlde on
any of the sidewalks herein included
at at = rate exceeding six miles an hour;
or on any sidewalk of the town after
dark without a lighted lantern. amy
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

ldoutif you have kid
~ or bladder trouble.
hen writing mention
ading this generous
Ter in this paper and
nj your address to
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-08-19

II. INII-II-I C NU, Home Of awaInpsoot.
Ny The regular ffty-cent
aud one-dol1ar size bottles are sold by
all druggists. Don't make any mistake
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kil1ner's Swa1up-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton, n. Y, on every bottle.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-10

N. g. Williams of Bellows Falls spoke
for the Sunday school committee and
stated that there had been a drop of 322
in membership according to the records.
This decrease he attributed to a revision
OF the rolls quite as much rs to loss Of
scholars. In conference with other de-
nominations he had found the same to be
true in regard to their schools. Better
and more systematic work is being done
by those interested in Sunday schools
and the quality of the scholarship has
been improved. He urged greater atten
tion on the part of pastors and teachers to
what the State Sunday School association
is doing and a study of its methods. He
pointed out that the association, embrac-
ing, as it does, Sunday school workers of
all faiths, tends to obliterate denomina-
tional lines and foster spirit of unity in
the work in which all are engaged.
Greetings from the Methodist church
were brought by Rev. f.. A. Wells of
Randolph Center, who, being pastor of
the federated Methodist and Cong'l
churches, felt quite at home in Cong'l
conference.
SERMON BY REV. r. Fl. BALL.
Immediately after the business meet
Ing q sGENlcc Was nCA1s OBChAu6 .
bymn in which Rev. Mr.. Metzger led the
congregational singing. Rev. Mr.. Smith
of Pittsford read the Scripture lesson and
offered prayer and the sermon was
preached BY Rev. r. H. Ball Of Fair Hav-
en-. His text was from Ps. 46:5-"God
is in the midst of her; she shall not be
removed, y and again from Tim. 3:15-
s'The church OF the living God"
There is, the preacher said, little per-
manence in the life of today. We live in
the midst of change; our creeds and
opinions shade into the thought of the
present. But in the center of life there
can be no change. So long as the church
stands for existing truth, her perpetuity is
assured and her life is assured; because a
living God predicates a living church.
We are familiar with the statement that
one man alone is no man; he is only at
his best when he is set in the network OF
society. The Christian is only at his
best W hen he is set in the network OF
Christian society. 1t is nowhere said
that he is the body OF Christ. The
church is that body and we are its MEM
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bers. There are those who think the
church is not essential; that it is not es-
sentisl in movement, which is mainly
spiritual The sacred places Of life are
where God meets us. Humanity must
needs 90 up TO some jerusalem, aud so
long as man is human the church is es-
sential. 1t is all right to find sermons in
brooks and stones, hut idle thought is
more often born Of their contemplation
than soul communion. God is spirit
and His worship may be Snbout any
form and without what we call the
church. It is true that education is pos
sible without schools. hut that is no rea-
son for doing assay With the schools.
Likewise the church is essential to the
higher spiritual life Of maa. It en- bodies
the truth anc is essential to the revelation
Of the truth. God is in the midst Of her
and she shall no. be re.roved.
IDEAL CHURCH DESCRIBED.
What must be the charaeteristies of the
church to meet the demands OF a living
God ? It must be living church, in
stinct with life and throbbiDg with vital
ity. Signs OF activity, however, are not
always signs OF health. It makes a big
difference what the things are that are
kept going, and we are snt to pay too
much attention to externRls and too little
to the central truth. II sometimes seems
SIS though boys clubs, girls clubs, mems
clubs. wonen's clubs without NUN Der
were the fruits OF the spirit instead of
love, joy, peace, long suffering, gentle
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-10

The 1l4th annual meeting of the Yer
mont Cong'l conference opened in Beth
any church, Randolph, Tuesday after
noon with the president. Rev. Rufus c.
Flagg, ID. D., Of Newport in the chair
and about so of the pastors and lay dele
gates present. Every train, however,
brought fresh arrivals until the number
in attendance had mounted to over 100
before the close OF the session.
hymn was sung and then prayer was
offered by the president, after which the
conference organized by electing Rev.
Charles Waite of Shoreham scribe, and
Rev. o. R. Hougbton of Bakersfield as
sistant scribe. Rev. Fraser Metzger of
Randolph reported for the committee on
arrangements and announced few
changes in the published program, due to
the delayed arrival OF Revs. Benjamin
Swift of Woodstock and +. b. Kellogg Of
Waterbury, who were to administer the
sacrament OF the Lords Supper that after
noon, and to the inability OF Rev. E. 6.
French OF Lyndonyille to attend the con-
ference and lead its praise services.
| o. J. Marcott extended the hospitality
Of the town and church to the visitors
and in a neat speech Of welcome touched
upon the many divisions of the Christian
I "NhN dftAA hhNN blNoAnS uAuAoHA
able and, though the desirRbility OF their
reunion is being generally recognized, they
/ yet serve a good purpose in giving every
individual an opportunity to worship ac-
cording to the dictates Of his own con-
science. There is good in them all and
great good in such gatherings as this con-
ference, whose deliberations for the ad-
vancement OF the work OF one church
quicken the spiritual life and elevate to q
higher plane of thought the town and
community in which il meets.
Prin. L. g. Ham spoke for the educa-
tional interests OF the place in welcoming
the conference and dwelt upon the bond
that unites school and church. That
bond should be closer, be thought, IL the
work of both church and school is to be
carried forward to the best advantage and
be deplored the idea that separation OF
church and state should go TO the ex-
treIne OF casting religious instruction oul
OF the schools. He commended the atti-
tuds of the Roman Catholic church in
laying stress upon the religious instruc
tion OF its youth, and expressed hope
that this matter might find place in tht
deliberations OF the assembled pastors and
delegates.
Rev. Mr.. Flagg voiced for the confer.
ence its appreciation of the cordial wei
comes extended and noted the successful
attempt at church unity for which Beth
any chureh Of Randolph stands.
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Merrill's remarks by a plea for assistance
to Mr.. Wells, whom he considered a man
of practical ability, good statisticisn
and likely to accomplish much for the
cause OF federation. He has already
united two churches in Lincoln-the
Christian and Free Baptist--and given
proof OF fitness for the work he has un-
dertaken.
Rev. William c. Clark OF Lyndon, sec
retary of the conference, reported for the
committee on Church Polity. The three
principal sccomplis hments OF this commit
tee are the change of name Of local con-
ferences, the ministerial standing and the
advisory COMMITTEES. Addison, Benning-
ton, Caledonia, Chitsenden. Franklin,
Grand Isle, Orange, Orleans, Rutland,
Washington and Windsor conferences
have changed their names to associations
and the Others have the matter under ad-
visement. There Is a general movement
for a revision of the constitution. Most
OF the local churches have assumed re-
sponsibility for ministerial standing but
with considerable diversity in the aIi-
ministration of the matter. Addison,
Chittenden and Orange associations give
restricted power to their committees as
to issuing letter of dismissal and transfer
OF ministers removing IRON. their bounds.
+ Windham association has made its Minis
terial association it's committee on stand
ing. II will be necessary to study this
scheme out more fully before its mechan-
ism can be perfected. The advisory com
mittee will doubtless become permanent
and valuable factor in time as the
churches grow familiar With il. II has
already found pastors for churches, given
information, when asked, about pastors
about to be called, and demonstrated its
usefulness in several ways. The commit
tee concludes that the forward movement
gives promise of permanence and value,
bat its details must be worked out With
care and intelligent cooperation, and spe-
cial effort must be made 10 bring the sub
ject to the attention Of the churches.
CONFERENCE FINANCES.
Treasurer David NJ Camp OF Newport
made this report Of couference hnances:-
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CuTTING our nae p.. DIS.

A resolution, which owed its inspira-
tion, Mr.. Metzger said, to him, was pre-
sented by Rev. Mr.. Mills and read -
" Resolved, That the spirit of simplicity
and brotherliness which characterizes the
Continued on mage A.
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reconstruction. In part the social move
ment rejects the church and appropriates
her Christ. Jesus and his ethica.-socisI
teaching are in high tavor. Who has
preserved his name aud the story Of his
life? When the social era was net yet,
and the social need did not appear and
the social prospect did not eHthnse. the
church was Keeping, guarding, cherish
ing the social Christ, and now provides
him when the hour is eone.
4. The church succeeds in her theoic-
gy. She has never attained unto ell
knowledge, nor solved all mysteries, but
she has ever heen ready to give q reason
for her splendid hope in Christ and God.
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ness, etc. II we want living church let
us see to it that the vital principle of life
is put into the hearts of men. " here Jesus
Christ will establish His Kingdom. The
church demands that We give Christ his
rightful place.
The living church must possess the
spirit OF service. "As the EAther hath
sent me, even so send | you" Christ
came to minister not to be ministered
unto. He had no preiudices 10 hold him
back, no traditions He held more sacred
than truth. no theological barriers that
kept His feet from crossing TO any place
here humanity was in need. To Him
the brotherhood Of man was real. The
church demands service and not the pass
ing of empty resolutions.
Finally the living church is a church of
power. The Lord God is the source Of
power; it is given through Him and
through Him alone. God is in the midst
OF her and she shall not he removed.
solo. "Just for Todpy," was sung BY
Miss Blanche Spsrhawk, aud then the
sacrament of the Lords Supper was ad-
ministered by Rev. V. NJ. Hardy, d. D.,
of Morrisville and Rev. Richard r. Davies
of Vergennes.
The evening service was held in Gland
Ter Music hall with an assembly that
filed the floor of the house. Rev. Ben
iamin Swift of Woodstock led the congre-
CATION in singing the Doxology, and
prayer was made by the president OF the
conference, Rev. Mr.. Flagg. The ladies'
quartet Misses Blanche Sparhswk,
Lettie Bailey, Lucille Grant and Minnie
Barbour-rendered beautiful selections
during the service.
GEN. o. o. HOWARD SPEAKS.
The first speaker was Gen. o. o. How
ard of Burlington, whose topic was "The
Sphere OF the Church." After defining
the church as "a conceivable aggregate OF
Gods believing children, both visible and
invisible" he proceeded to relate some OF
his experiences with the Jews in one OF
whose synagogues in Sacramento he once
spoke and found its order of worship
very similar to a Cong'l meeting, and
that the sphere of the church could ex-
tend even to the children of Israel.
In San Francisco, he knew of a church,
whose white congregation got up and
left its worship because a number of con-
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sion, representation, vindication Of reli-
gion has been a grand success.

sion, representation, vindication OF reli-
gion has been a grand success.
THE CHURCH NEVER GIVES UP.
5. Finally, the church succeeds in her
conception Of success. IT Is never COM
plete; it is always progressive. The
church fails, but she presses forward.
She has been at her task long time, and
God has been a long time at His. She is
still at it, she never gives up, she presses
forward. And I close as ! began. The
church fails and yet the church Of Christ
is not a failure. The church does not
succeed here, the church does not succeed
there, and yet the living church Of the
living Christ Of the living God is a mag
nificent success. The gates OF Hades
shall not prevail against heri
Wednesday morning conference opened
with praise service conducted by Rev.
Benjamin Swift of Woodstock, and the
roll was read by Secretary Clark.
WEDNESDAYS BUSINESS SESSION.
Rev. G. S. Mills of Bennington report
ed for the business committee that it rec
commended the adoption of the following
resolution submitted by the committee on
polity ''Grati6ed by the ready response
which has been made to its recent sug-
gestions concerning changes in poIity,
cheered by the initial steps, which have
/ been taken by most of the associations,
realizing the Importance of concerted &C.
tion in periecting the details and recog-
nizing the need of uniformity in method,
this conference recommends that all
members of committees on ministerial
standing and advisory committees who
are present at this conference hold e con-
sultation regarding the prosecution of the
work, which has been entrusted to
them" After some little discussion, the
4 resolution was passed.
Rev. Mr.. Metzger read the report of the
committee on young peoples work,
which stated that the committee finds it
self facing a condition to be deplored and
therefore to be remedied. So far as sta
tistics go, organizations of young people
within the church are becoming demoral-
/ lied. Christian Endeavor societies in
large number of churches are either
abandoned or weak. and nothing is tax
+ ing their place. There is need OF an &C
tive campaign in the interest of the
young people. Recognizing that the sit
uation is critical and that the needed
work can be accomplished only as the
churches are constantly urged to it, it is
recommended that conference appropriate
a certain sum to be placed at the disposal
of the committee for purposes of corre-
spondence, distribution of literature, etc.
Conference voted to appropriate a sum
not to exceed SIS for the use OF the COM
mittee in stimulating greater interest in
young peoples work.
CUTTING OUT THE D.. DIS.
A resolution, which owed its inspira-
tion, Mr.. Metzger said, to him, was pre-
sented by Rev. Mr.. Mills and read -
Resolved, That the spirit of simplicity
and brotherliness which characterizes the
lCnntinned on, rare IL
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ness, etc. II we want living church let
us see to it that the vital principle Of life
is put into the hearts OF men. v here Jesus
Christ Will establish His Kingdom. The
church demands that We give Christ his