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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11
CENTENNIAL.

August z, 1909.
Mrs. Miller and two children of
Forest City came Monday for a visit
with her mother, Mrs. Mary Stevens.
Misses Gladys Barsch and Alice
Daniels were visitors at Joe Ehlers
Monday evening.
Roy Birdsell passed through Gen.
tennial on his way to Ossian Mon
day.
Threshing has begun in this yicin-
ity.
Mrs. Peter Rosa was a visitor at
Bert Daniels Wednesday,
Mrs. Herman Funke is somewhat
better at this writing.
Mrs. Nettie Burrows was calling on
Mrs. Rae Runkle Friday.
Little Bernice Allen is on the sick
list.
kelse Webster of Frankville pass
ed through Centennial Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Rae Runkle were
visitors at Dominick Wiltgen's Tues
day.
Mrs. Mary Stevens and grandson.
Chester Harris, were visitors at
Theodore Daniels Saturday.
Jacob Lee is working for Elmer
Rosa at this writing.
Mr.. Glenn Einck and family were
Ossian callers Tuesday.
Miss Angaline Boeckmar was a
visitor at her brother Franks last
week.
Lewis Rekward is working for
Guss Spinner.
Theodore Daniels was a caller at
Conrad Cornelisons one day last
week.
The Misses Alice, Nellie, Irene and
Arlene Daniels and Gladys Barsch
were visitors at Herman Funk's Fri
day afternoon.
Irwin Hughes of Frankville passed
through Centennial with his engine
on his way to Ossian to get a new
Minneapolis threshing machine.
Irene and Arlene Daniels are visit
ing their cousin, Nellie Daniels, at
this writing.
Mr.. Win Rathbun and family were
Ossian visitors Wednesday.
Fred Wistphal was a visitor at
Charley Ginapp's one day last week.
Theodore Rosa was calling on his
brother Dave in Ossian Saturday.
Jefferson Gaffney and family pass
ed through Centennial Saturday.
Ed Youmans was caller at Mary
Stevens Saturday afternoon.
James Lennon and daughter Bes-
sic were Ossian shoppers Saturday.
Herman Funke, Jr. and Roy Allen
went to Castalia Saturday evening.
Wonder what's the attraction?
Arlene and Nellie Daniels were
calling on their friend, Elsie Harris,
Saturday afternoon.
Nettie Burrows was a caller at
Theodore Daniels Friday.
Charles Daniels and best girl
passed through Centennial Sunday.
calling on Mr.. and Mrs. William
Duff Sunday.
John Murphy went to Colorado
Friday. for visit with his sister,
Mrs. E. A. Wilson.
Lewis Rekward was visitor at the
John Russell home Sunday.
Bert Daniels and family, Theodore
Daniels and family and Miss Gladys
Barsch were visitors at the George
Daniels home in Ossian Sunday.
Misses Leila and Macie McWade
were visitors at Will Duff's Sunday.
Misses Arlene and Irene Daniels re-
turned to their home in Ossian Sun
day, after a few days visit at the
Theodore Daniels home
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Schaffer called
on Mrs. Len Burrows Sunday.
Lewis Spaun and Verna Webster
passed through Centennial Friday on
their way to Ossian.
Mrs. Cleme Funke of Freeport was
visitor at Dominick Wiltgen's few
days last week.
Frank Daniels and Theodore Rosa
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Rae Runkle.
Charley Allen was a Castalia visi-
tor Sunday.
Truman Allen was visitor in
Moneek Sunday. What's the attra-
ton. Trum?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11

-DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
the pleasant, safe, sure, easy little
liver pills. A salve YOU may always
depend upon in any case where you
need salve, is DeWitt's Carbolized
Witch Hazel Salve-especially good
for Piles. Sold by Engbertson's
Pharmacy. Aug.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11

No matter how long you have suf-
'ered, Foley's Kidney Remedy will
help you. Mrs. s. l.. Bowen of
Wayne, w. Va, writes: IT was a
sufferer from kidney disease, so that
at times l could no. get out of bed,
and when did could not stand
straight. l took Foley's Kidney
Remedy. One dollar bottle and part
of the second cured me entirely"
1t will cure you. Sold by Engbre-
tson's Pharmacy. Aug.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11
Frank Reum. formerly of d,

Frank Reum, formerly Of De-
corah, is now with The McElhinney
Co., Ltd. of Outlook, Sask.. Canada,
in the lumber business. They also
have for sale 100000 acres of the
best land in Canada. They are To-
Gated in a rich, rapidly developing
country, where land is now cheaper
for its value than anywhere else
Write him If you are thinking of
Canada land. 23-12
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11
Free Gifts To Brides.

In accordance with our custom for
several years past, We will present
every bride who lives in Winneshiek
county after her marriage a receipt
for the Public Opinion for one year,
to encourage matrimony and the set
fling of newly married couples l
Winneshiek county. Send us your
name, residence and date of marriage
and we will send you a receipt free
OF charge IT,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-08-11

Our Want Column will find any
thing you want. It's the best detect
i've In Winneshiek county. and the
cheapest. Try It.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
HOW DREAMS COME TRUE.
Work That Is UnSeltlSh Brings Fullest
Realization.

You have your dream. No doubt
you would like to live in castle and
wear fine clothes and be a lady or
gentleman of great significance.
There is only one way to achieve this.
Help the world to make some of its
other dreams, which are not so very
different from your own. come true,
and it will help you to realize yours.
Every dream, you know, has work
behind it for some one. If you want
a castle, some one has to build it. If
you want a dress, some one has to
weave it. Therefore your way is to
work for some one else in the best
way you can, and in turn some one
else will work for you. You will be
paid And out Of your pay, if your
work is good. all the things which
you desire, the dreams that you want
to come true, will come true.
Mind you, the world rarely gives
us exactly what we want. And, al
so, we rarely want what we thought
we wanted, after we haveit. Never
theless, the dreams Of the world,
such as they are---your dreams and
mine---are really achievable, and the
regular shops and factories and
trades and professions. which are all
about us, show us the way. Work
is the answer---giving the world what
it wants by sowing, reaping, manu-
featuring, distributing. Get in on
that, showing what you can do to
make dreams come true, and the
world will quickly respond and your
own will become reality. y.---The De-
lineator.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Bids on Wireless Tower.

Washington, Jan. 28.---The Navy
Department to-day opened bids for
locating a wireless tower at Wash
ington for communicating with ships
at sea. The specifications require
that the tower or station shall be ca
paole Of transmitting messages at
all times and at all seasons to a ra-
dius of 5000 miles in any navigable
direction from Washington. The
messages are not to be interrupted
by atmospheric disturbances or in
reference by neighboring stations.
At the same time the department
asked for bids for two sets of ap-
partus to be installed on naval YES
sels to be capable Of transmitting
and receiving messages at all times,
seasons and latitudes. to and from a
distance Of 600 miles, and to receive
messages from the Washington sta
tio1 at a distance Of 5000 miles at all
times.
Seven firms submitted proposals.
The most satisfactory of these, &C
cording to The officials, was the Ma
tional Electric Signaling Company of
Pittsburg, which offered to furnish
apparatus and tower for $182. goo.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

True worth is being, not seeming,
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good, not in the dream
ing
Of great things to DO by and by,
For whatever men say in blindness
And spite of the fancies of youth,
There's nothing 50 kingly as kind
And nothing so royal as truth.
We get back our mete as we meas
We cannot do wrong and feel
right,
Nor can we give pain and feel pleas
ure,
For justice avenges each slight.
The air for the wing of the sparrow,
The bush for the robin and wren,
But always the path that is narrow
And straight for the children of
IT'S not in the pages of story
The heart of its ills to beguile,
Though he who makes courtship TO
glory
Gives all that he hath for her
smile,
For when from her heights he has
won her
Alas, it is only to prove
That nothing's SO sacred as honor
And nothing so loyal as love!
We cannot make bargains for blisses,
Nor catch them, like fishes, in nets,
And sometimes the thing our life
misses
Helps more than the thing which
it gets,
For good lieth not in pursuing,
Nor gaining of great nor of small,
But just in the doing, and doing
AS we would be done by, is all.
Through envy, through malice,
through hating
Against the world, early and late,
No jot of our courage abating-
Our part is to work and to wait.
And slight is the sting of his trouble
Whose winnings are less than his
worth.
For he who is honest is noble,
Whatever his fortunes or birth.
Alice Carey.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Ten Business Commandments.

l. Thou shalt not wait for some
thing to turn up, but shall pull of
thy coat and go to work that thou
mayest prosper in thy affairs and
make the word failure" spell sue
cess.
2. Thou shalt not be content tc
go about thy business looking like q
bum, for thou shouldest know that
the personal appearance is better
than letter of recommendation.
3. Thou shalt not try to make
excuses nor shalt thou say to those
who chide thee, Il didn't think"
4. Thou shalt not wait to be told
what thou shalt do, for thus
may thy days be long in the job
which fortune hath given thee.
5. Thou shalt not fail tomaintain
thine own integrity, nor shalt thou
be guilty of anything that will lessen
thy good respect for thyself.
6. Thou shalt not covet the other
fellows job, nor his salary, nor the
position which he hath gained by his
own labor.
7. Thou shalt not fail to live
within thy income, nor shalt thou
contract any debts when thou canst
not see thy way clear to pay them.
8. Thou SHALT not fail to blow
thine own horn, for he who is afraid
to blow his own horn at the proper
occasion findeth nobody ready to
blow it for him.
Thou shalt not hesitate to say
No when thou meanest NO" nor
shalt thou fail to remember that
there are occasions when it is unsafe
to bind thyself by hasty judgment.
10. Thou shalt give every man a
Square Deal. This is the last and
great commandment, and there is
no other like unto it. Upon this
commandment dependeth all the law
and the profits Of the busines. world.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Soldier BalkS Death Plot.

1t seemed to J. A. Stone, IA civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that a plot
existed between a desperate lung trou-
bic and the grave to cause his death.
Il contracted Il stubborn cold," he
writes, that developed cough that
stuck to me, in spite OF all remedies,
for years. Ny weight run down to 13O
pounds. Then | began to use DIR.
Kings New Discovery, which restored
my health completely. | now weigh
us pounds" For severe Colds, OBJ
stinate Coughs, Hemorrhagos, Asthma
and to prevent Pneumonia it's unriv-
aed. soc. and 81 90. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by f. I. Whitehead
COmpanV.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
CiYiliZed Poverty.

Barbarism has no horrors so hor-
rihle as the bestial squalor and sheer
misery Of civilized poverty. Poverty
is great evil in any state, but the
world has not known any poverty so
foul, so brutal and so utterly loath-
some as the poverty of the city slum,
the sweating den, the pawnshow and
the gin palace.-Clarion.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

The Senate bill to amend chapter
10, of section 1872 of the RevisaI, in
reference to hunting. providing that
the nonresident child or parent of a
resident of this State, shall be al
lowed to hunt on the lands of the
resident if accompanied by the own
err passed its final reading and was
ordered sent to the House,
The Senate Committee will report
the Solicitors bill favorably.
HOUSE.
| The House of Representatives,
which passed Tuesday, on its second
reading, the bill to fix the salary of
solicitors at s., 800, much to the sur-
pise of many, failed to pass the bill on
its final reading. This does not mean
that the bill is dead, however, as the
Senate Judiciary Committee will re-
commend to the Senate the passage
Of the Blow-Ormond bill, which fixes
the solicitors salaries at 81, 500 each.
The bill to amend the charter of
Scotland Neck, so as to include more
territory on its Eastern limits, pass
ed it's final reading.
SENATE.
Thursday, January 29th-The bill
to promote the draining of wet,
swamp and overfowed lands, passed
its second reading. There are a few
amendments to this bill that will be
considered, but no fear is entertain
ed as to its successful adoption.
The bill provides for leveling, ditch
ing and draining Of such lands, the
establishment of drainage districts,
and for the assessment and collection
Of the cost Of the work Of reciaiming
wet. swamp and overfowed lands.
The Empie bill to prevent the sell
ing of quail or gruose within the
State Tor period Of two years pass
ed its second reading, after several
amendments had been defeated.
Mr.. Peele offered an amendment
providing that no person shall kill
more than fifteen quail in one day
and the possession of more than fif-
teen dead quail shall be prima facie
evidence of the possessor thereof
having violated this act.
Mr.. Spence objected to the third
reading Of the bill and with the Peele
amendment it went over till today.
The bill to increase the salary OF
the State Librarian from 5000 TO 5000
passed its final reading.
HOUSE.
The House amended the Senate bill
fixing the salary of the Commission
er of Labor and Printing at 81, 500 by
reducing it to $4,000, an increase of
$500 per annum over the present
compensation Of that State officer.
The bill will now 90 to the Senate
for concurrence in the House amend
ment.
A petition was presented from cit
liens of Onslow asking that James
Saunders, colored, be placed on the
pension roll.
This is the first application ever
filed to place negro on the Confed-
crate pension roll. This man is II
years old and went through the en-
tire four years Of the Civil War.
Continued on Page Two.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
What is TFanSplrlng In North Carolina
and Other States.

The Supreme Court of the United
States has rendered a decision which
affirmed the action of Texas in i'm
posing a heavy fine on the Texas
branch of the Standard Oil trust,
and appointing a receiver for that
trust. This decision is one of far
reaching Importance and value, hold
ing, as it does, that it is the power
Of the State to deal with the trust
evil.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

LIFE

The following taken from The Scrap Book 1t
mosaic of quotations. will be including lines from Shakes
peare Milton, Dryden, and many other poets.
Why all this toll for triumphs of an hour? Young.
Lies but flower. DR.. Johnson.
By turns catch the fatal breath and die; Pope.
The cradle and the tomb, atlas, how nigh! Prior
To be is better far than not to be, -Sewell.
Though all mans tragedy; Spencer
light mighty grefs dumb Daniel
botto shallow whence they Raleigh.
Thy s the ate of all; -Longelow.
Unmngled joys befal; -SouthWell
Nature to each alots his proper sphere, II Congreve
Fortune makes folly her peculiar Churchill
Custom does not oVerrule, Rochester
And throw cruel sunshine fool Armstrong
Live well; how long short permit heaven. Milton.
They who forgive shall be most forgiven. Bailey
Sin be ciasped close its face, French
Vile intercourse where virtue has place; Sonervle.
Then keep each passion down. howe dear Thompson
Thou pendulum bewix a smile and tear. -Bryon.
Her sensual let faithless Pleasure SmOlett
With craft and skill to ruin and betray; Crabbe
to fall but stoop o rise; Massinger.
We grow of all that dispise. Crowley
Oh, then that impious sef-esteem -Beatte
Riches have wings and grandeur s a dream -Cowper.
Think ambition because It's brave -Davenant.
The paths of glory lead but to the Gray.
What is ambition? IT'S glorious cheat, Willis.
Only destructive to the brave and great. Addison
What all the gaudy glitter of crown? Dryden
The to bliss lies beds of down Cuarles.
How long live, years but actions tell; Watkins
That who lives the first life we'll Herrck.
Make then, while God your friend William Mason
Whom Christians worship, comprehend. Hill
The that's guard and yourself be Dana.
For live we how may yet die must Shakespeare.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
WASHINGTON once Gave up

to three doctors; was kept in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from spid-
ers bite caused large, deep sores to
cover his leg. The doctors failed, then
"Bucklens Arnica Salve completely
cured me- writes John Washington
of Bosqueville, Tex. For eczema, boils,
burns and piles its supreme. 25c. at
E. T. Whitehead Gempany's,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Happy SChOOldayS.

Tommy was about to leave the
school where he had spent his first
year. He went to the teacher to
say goodby and added: Il am aw-
fully sorry to leave this school. |
had such good times at recess. -
Lippincott's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Encouraging.

The Suitor: Johnny, your parlor
clock is an hour fast.
The Kid Brother: | know it, but
don't tell sister.
The Suitor: Why not?
The Kid Brother: Because she
thinks you don't know it.-Cleveland
Leader,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

Another decision of paramount
importance was also rendered in the
Supreme Court Of the United States
in regard to the New York 8O-cent
gas case. The decision of the Court
holds that the S0-cent law was all
right if it left the gas company six
per cent profit. thus holding that a
State can fix the rate a public cor
poration shall charge, which rate
must be accepted so long as six per
cent can be earned on actual value.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

The tobacco crop amounted to
1874, 900, 900, whose value was $14,-
070. 600, the hay crop amounted to
262, 900 tons, valued at So, ,537, 900.
There was a notable increase in
the corn, wheat and potato crops of
1908 over those of 1907.
The legislative committee that
was appointed by the General As
sembly Of 1907, has examined the
Offices of the State Treasurer, State
Auditor and Insurance Commission
er and has completed its work and
transmitted its report to the Gener-
al Assembly. The Committee criti-
cised severely a number of condi-
tions in the different departments,
especially in the department Of in
surance In the investigation Of
this department, an expert account
ant was called n,with the result that
the report shows that no cash book
had been kept or accurate records
of receips and disbursements or bal
ances on hand at any time during
period OF investigation, running
back to December, 1906. The report
declares that while the investigation
disclosed no dishonesty the system
OF bookkeeping is inadequate, does
not properly represent accounts, and
urges that a set Of double entry
books be installed.
The committee excepts to a large
number of vouchers approved by the
Council of State and paid by the
Treasurer under statutes that have
no application to claims audited. One
is monthly vouchers for servant hire
at the Governors mansion, $50 a
month payment, since 1885, being
made under an act that merely pro-
vided for house rent during the time
the present mansion was incomplete.
No objection is made to the State
paying the servant hire but the act
of paying without authority IS con-
demned.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

Saturday, January 23rd-Owing
to the absence of more than half its
members, the Senate held no session.
Only twenty-five members were in
their seats, whereas, twenty-six are
required for quorum.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04


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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

In North Carolina, the seven crops
Of corn, wheat, hay, tobacco, oats,
Irish potatoes and rye, had a value
in 1908 Of s68, ,259,0 The quantity
produced from each Of these crops,
and the value obtained therefor was
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

cures made by DR..
kiln1er's Swamp-Root,
the great kidney, live
and bladder remedy.
1t is the great medi
cal triumph Of the nine
teenth century; dis
covered after years O.
scientific research BY
Dr. kilmer, the eni
rent kidney and blad
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
TO YOU GET Up
WITH 4 LAME BACK !?
!. 7ncy Trouble Makes You Miserable.

Almost everybody who reads the news
I e2crs is sure to know of the wonderful
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

The North Carolina Society for the
Prevention Of tuberculosis held its
convention in Charlotte last week,
January 26th. The doctors entered
with zeal and earnestness into the
discussion Of tuberculosis, and were
heartily in favor Of waeing v;gor-
Gus war against the great white
plague" II was brought out in the
discussion that about five hundred
and ifty-eight people die daily Of
this disease in the United States, and
that North Carolina shares only too
fully in the proportion.
The North Carolina Society for
the Prevention of tuberculosis does
not consist entirely of doctors; many
of the citizens of the State so to
make up its membership. Wonder
full and beneficial results can be OBJ
tanned, and much good wrought. if
the people Of our State will band
themselves together, and exert intel
ligent and united efforts to forestall
this dread disease.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

For the last few days President
Roosevelt has been in communication
with the Governor OF California, and
has brought all his influence to bear
to prevent the California legislature
from passing bills designed to pre-
vent the japanese holding land and
being directors in corporations, and
for the purpose of segregating their
children in the public schools. The
President believes that such legisla-
ton is unwise, and will revive the
hostility Of year or two ago that
existed between the United States
and Japan,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

The following composite taken from The Scrap Book 1t
Milton, Dryden and many other poets
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04
Nobility.

True worth is being, not seeming,
In doing each day that goes by
Some little good, not in the dream
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-02-04

Use these columns for results.
An advertisement in this paper
will reach a good class OF people.