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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
FOR THE WANT OF CONFIDENCE,

A brother editor expresses our
sentiments in the following
language:
''More towns die for want of
confidence on the part of the
business men and lack of pub
lie spirit than any other cause,
says a floating editorial. When
a man in search of a home or
business location and goes into
a townan d finds everything full
of hope and enthusiasm for the
prospects of the place and all
earnestly at work to build it up.
he soon becomes imbued with
the same spirit, and ,as a result,
he drives down stakes and goes
to work with the same interest.
When, however, he goes to a
town where the people express
doubt and apprehension for the
future prosperity of the town
moping about and indulging in
mournful complaints, he natur-
ally feels that it is no place for
him, and at once shakes the
dust from his feet while he pulls
>out with all possible speed for
some other place. Consequent
ly, try to make a live enterpris-
ing town out of the town in
which you live. When you are
working for your town you are
accomplishing all the more for
YOURSELF
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
BUTTER FROM PETROLEUM.

The making of butter from
petroleum by the Standard Oil
Company was announced last
week. This gets around us and
we quite agree with the Mont
gomery Advertiser when it
says:
"When they get to making
actually butter, bear in
mind-of petroleum, we hope
the laws will compel them to so
label it that we can tell what
we are eating. When we but
ter our batter-cakes we want to
know whether the material we
are greasing them with came
out of cow or an Oil well. lg-
norance may sometimes be a
blessing, but even blessings
may be overdone."
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Public Sale Of Livery Stables
Property.

BY virtue of power vested in
me by that deed CT trust duly exc
cuted to ne by J. f. Woolard on the
md day of September, 1905. of rec
ord IN the Office of the Register of
Deeds for Halifax county in Book
l|6 at page 10, shall sell for cash
at Public Auction in the town Of
Scotland Neck on the lot now oc-
cupled by j. Z. Woolard for Livery
Stables, on the 14th day of August
1919, sale to commence at II o'clock
a. M, the following described per-
sonal property, to wit:
brown horse, named Dan | black
mare, named Mary Stern. black
morse, named Bob, ] sorrell hove
named Charlie, | brown mare named
Nellie, l bay mare named Maud >
tWo-horse wagons, Auburn Co. mako
l spring wagon, / two-seat wagon
Woolard make, l Doctors phaefon
l brantl e, Top, l family buggy, two
seats, Goldsboro Buggy Co. make |
o carr canopy top, Woolard
nr,, l carriage canopy top, West
ern make, | buggy. full tor. made
d. Snase City, Va. 3 sun-top buopias
q by Goldsbsro Buggy Co nj I'd
: sun-top buggies made Nv Wonia ~
! SCI OF wagon harness. . sets of csr
rage harness, and 8 sets of huco.,-
harness, the said property being uSeJ
na connection r with the Livery his
ness IS OF the said J. L. Woolard ~
This August 18th. 1903
7-15-4t. album DUNN,
Trustee
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

Stop talking hard times, crop
failures, etc. 1t does no good
and besides it makes others
blue and dispondent. We have
been hearing hard times from
our childhood and yet the world
continues to move on just the
same and we are not aware of
the fact that a single person
has persisted to death on &C
count of short crops. The crops
are poor this year, but it is not
worth while to declare nothing
will be made and that every
body is ruined. This COM
planning is more a habit than
anything else, so let us quit it
to-day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
STAY ON THE FARM.

The Monroe Enquirer of re-
cent date puts it this way:
eggs from Is to 20 cents per
dozen here in mid summer, size
of-your-fst- chickens bringing
% cents, -four over 4 cents a
pounds, corn over a dollar a
bushel and other farm products
away up in the air in price, to
say nothing of cotton which has
now reached 13 cents a pound.
We arise to submit the asser-
ton that the foregoing facts
makes a louder stay on the
farm, boys" call than does
pages of written advice by the
fellow who left the farm some
wears ago.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
A Method OF EradiCatinq the Wild Onion.

The Office Of Farm Management,
United States Department of Agri-
culture, has now ready for distribu-
ton circular giving a detailed dis
cussion of the wild onion problem
and outlining plan whereby the
pest can be exterminated. This cir
cular will be sent free to any person
requesting it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

The city of Boston consumes
every year 100000 bushels Of
beans. 1t is figured out that
the yearly baked bean bill of
Boston is $1o,ooo,oo0. tits said
that it makes no difference
from what country of the earth
a man may hail, when he plants
himself in Boston he soon be-
comes a loyal devotee of the
bean pot.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

The knowing ones say that
the next book on the market
will be entitled GA Trip
Through Darkest Africa,' by
r. Roosevelt. If it should make
it's appearance, please excuse
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Publishers Announcement.

1t is settled point in newspaper ethics that
editors and publishers not respons bile for the
views of correspondents, and the publication OF
communication does not mean that the editor or
publisher endorses the communication. lHE
COMMONWEALTH adheres to these general pricl-
ples.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

1t looks very much like Raj
eigh is going to build that audi
forum we have heard so much
talk about the past few years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29

One reason why Carpenter Morton
Roofing is getting SO popular is be-
cause it is SO easy to put on and
wears after it is on. You don't have
70 keep fussing with it. It does not
break through like lot of cheaper
Roofings on the market. Once it is
put on, then its stays on, and it lasts
and wears. 1t is guaranteed for
for years Hardy Hardware Co. To-
cal agents.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
HobgO0l Notes.

Misses Fannie and Emma Knight,
of Speed, are spending few days
with Miss Rebecca Bradley.
Miss Rebecca Bradley has returned
home after spending ten days in
Rocky Mount and Morehead City.
Miss Emma Purvis has returned
home from visit to Tarboro.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-29
Kind Words From the Brethren OF The
Press.

Mr.. J. C. Hardy, former editor of
the Warrenton Record. succeeds Mr..
E. E. Hilliard, who has for more
than q years edited the Scotland
Neck Commonwealth Christian
Home.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17

man In this body"-language which
pierces with strange light some Of the
recent fuisome euloxies which seem to
be the only answer to present specific
charges. When Senator Stewart Of Ne
vada afterward exposed the whole
crooked plot. tracing its trail from
Washington to Nome and back, involv-
ing United States senators and govern
ment ofifcials, entire sections OF his
speech, exposing these same officials.
were expunged by "sonatorial courtesy
from the Congregational Record.
The Present Onslaught
Is there another Alaska conspiracy,
this time to control the copper and
coal? Will the public, remembering the
past, be satisfied with star chamber
answers to this question?
II is common knowledge throughout
Alaska and the west generally that the
Morgan interests are allied with the
Guggenheim mining interests, and that
the same financial forces are allied with
the Hill railroad interests. When Bal
Hnger was nominated and elected
mayor of Seattle, he was put forward
by Hill political manager ostensibly
to put down certain local evils, but
really to put the Hill forces In control
OF local politics. BaIiinKer supported
Levi Ankeny, the railroad candidate
who notoriousIy bought HIS seat in tho
united States senate. An important de-
tail OF Ballingers record to remember
Is his grant, as secretary of the inte-
rior, OF the railroad right of way along
the Des Chutes river In Oregon. BAL
Hnger himself was an incorporafor of
the original Des Chutes railroad, and
was its vice president and counsel. He
is said to have disposed of his interest
In this road to his partner at the time
of his recent appointment as secretary
of the interior. In the confession of
S. A. d. Puter, king OF the Oregon land
fraud ring, convicted by Heney, Puter
charged that during Ballingerss short
term as commissioner OF the general
land Office Northern Paciac land
patents by the wholesale were issued.
He also stated that the general land
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17
Can This Be Whitewashed Also?
NeD Quagres for Banger-Sena Heybun Deep Lkeuise
HoO Campaign Funds Badly TiedUp

actively I'm the Cunningham cases, was
former private secretary of Senator
Hansbrough. He was clerk of the SEN
ate committee on public lands. of
which Hansbrough was chairman, for
several years Immediately prior to be-
coming special land agentfn the west
by appointment of Ballinger, then COM
missioner OF the general land Office.
After all preparations had been per-
fected a the Washington end spurious
suits were brought in Alaska against
the owners of most of the rich placers
OF Nome. Mckenzie was appointed re-
ceiver of these claims by Arthur H.
Noyes, his judge. and under protection
Of the United States troops proceeded
to gut the mines under the eyes of the
owners. He carried of the gold to his
own vaults. When the facts became
known, 1t was found that the stock OF
the Alaska gold mining company was
distributed generously throughout Of
fetal circles in Washington. Judge
Noyes denied appeals to the defeated
litigants whose properties had been
confiscated. Certified copies Of the court
record were filed with United States
Attorney General Griggs. Griggs re-
fused TO take action.
Subsequently. in certain legal pro-
ceeolhRs growing out OF tnese out
RACES, Noyes, Mckenzie, and others were
found guilty by the San Francisco
court of appeals. and sentenced to i'm
prisonment- Mckenzie served only part
Of his sentence While in Jail he was,
and for long after remained, a mem
ber of the republican national conl1nit t.
tee, and powerful politician whose
influence in Washington did not abate
because of the little contretemps In his
political affairs.
Whitewash has always been cheap.
Senator McCumber of North Dakotn
said he had known Mckenzie for 20
years. 81 know him. he said, ssto be
n noble hearted, generous, impuIsfye,
sympathetic individually Senator Hans-
brough of the same state, In the senate,
referred to Mckenzie as "a reputable
man. an honest man, a man who I'm
point of integrity In the peer of any
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17

That you may the better understand
how lids exist for the purpose OF being
sat upon. we shall first summarize a
little Of the preceding history of Alaska,
showing how those who revealed the
robber barons at work were squelched
then, even as now. Besides, it con-
meets with the present grabs in various
interesting respects.
The Alaska gold mining company or
ganized by Washington politicians, eX-
plotted Alaska with so high q hand that
even Washfngto gasped at the brazen-
ness. Then the spoil was gold-now it
is copper and coal Rex Beach told the
story Later he made its facts the
founda tion for his novel, The Spoilers.
Speaking Of the policy OF suppression
which then controlled Washington, he
said. You haven't heard Of it? OF course
not. When the scandal came out, il was
smothered, and the public kept in ignor-
ance. Criminals were pardoned, records
exp0nged. thieves exalted to new hon
ors" The wheels of justice at wash
ington were nlysteriously clogged. The
scheme, as originally plaBned and for a
long time successfully carried out, was
TO seize and operate. in the interest Of
the Alaska gold mining company, the
rich Nome placer mines owned by the
unlettered but law respecting prospec-
tors. II was proposed 10 steal these
mines either by an adroitly worded act
Of congress-just as Ballinger tried to
legal lie the Cunningham claims by hav-
ing the laws amended-or. failing that,
10 conhscate them by decisions of the
Alaska courts, which were to be Of their
own ma king and northumberland
as Bsllinger sought TO have his sub
ordinates create by the Pierce decision
q special law for the Cunningham
claims Alexander Mckenzie of North
Dakota was the captain of this fli-
clustering enterprise. Donald R. Nc
Kenzie is one OF the chief conspirators
in the present attempted steal. Alec
Mckenzie was backed and ably de-
ferded BY the two senators from North
Observation-Disclosures and Hansbrough
Fred DcRnett, thc present commissioners
of tho general land Office. who figures
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17

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The San Francisco call., 1909-12-17
CIin House Musicale

The management have incorporated
a new feature and from now until after
the holiday season a musicale will be
given every Saturday and Sunday aft
ernoon- There will be other attractive
features on Christmas and New Years
day
A gala time on New Years eve.
The Press., 1909-04-07
THUMPING HEADACHES.

Many Stafford Springs Women Have
Them, But Few Know the Real
Cause.
Can indigestion be cured? Hun
dreds of thousands of people who suffer
from beGching of gas; biliousness,
sour stomach, fullness, nausea, short
ness of breath, bad taste in mouth,
foul breath, nervousness and other
distressing symptoms, are asking them
selves that question daily.
And If these same doubling dys-
peptics could only read the thousands
of sincere letters from people who
once suffered as badly as they do now,
but who have been quickly and per-
manently cured by the use of Mi-o-na,
the mighty dyspepsia remedy that
cures by removing the cause, they
would go to Anders Jacobsen's this
very day and get a large box of
Mi.o-na tablets.
The price of Mi.o-na tablets is
only so cents, and Anders Jacobsen
guarantees them to cure Indigestion, or
money back.
Thin or lean or serawny people will
find in Mi.o-na a maker of flesh and
blood, because it causes the stomach to
extract more nutritious matter from
the food.
The Press., 1909-04-07
BRASS HORNS.
The Way the Thin, Seamless TubsS
Are Bent Without Injury.

The Way the Thin, Seamless TuDsS
Are Bent Without Injury.
Saxhorns. SO called after a famous
Belgian family named Sax, who In
vented and introduced these ins.ru-
ments about the middle of the last celi-
fury, are the mainstay of all modern
brass bands. They are manufactured
In many different sizes, from high so
prano to the huge contrabass or bonn
pardon, and the most important or the
lot is the euphonium, which supplanted
the now obsolete ''serpents" and Ophi-
cIeides. The tallest saxhorn ever made
stands eight feet high and contains
more than forty feet of tubing.
The advantage of seamless or "solid
drawn" tubes for such instruments as
trombones and horns is considerable,
since, no matter how good the join
may be, sooner or later the action of
the breath viii wear away the solder.
To bend these thin brass tubes with
out splitting or denting the metal was
at one time very difficult, but, thanks
to a most ingenious artifce. the opera
ton is now both safe and simple. The
tube Is first washed out with chem
ical substance, such as is used by
plumbers to prevent solder from ad-
herring where 1t is not wanted, and 1t
IL then completely filled with molten
lead poured in from ladle. Thus sup
ported from within, the brass is easily
and safely bent to the required shape.
the lead being afterward removed by
heat.-Pearson's.
The Press., 1909-04-07
FINDING HIS INITIAL.

A TansIe of Letters That Was Finally
Made o. K.
The man with a soft, low voice had
Just completed his purchases.
What is the name?" asked the clerk.
"Jepson." replied the man.
Jefferson
mo, JepsOn; J-e-p-s-O-n."
"JepsOn?''
''That's it. Eighty-twO"-
Your first name-initiaI, please"
"Oh, X
20. X. Jepson?"
Excuse me, it isn't o. K. said
OH"
20. JepsOnT'
mo. rub out the O. and let the
X. stand"
The assistant looked annoyed.
Twill you please give me your ini-
tails again?'
81 said k
81 beg your pardon. you said o. X.
Perhaps you had better write it your
SELF
''I said OH
"Just now you said K"
ALLOW me to finish what / started
to say. I said oh because did not
understand what you were asking me.
] did not mean that it was my initial.
My name is Kirby Jepson."
"Ch!
mo. not o., but X" said the man.
"Give me the pencil and I'll write it
down for you myself. There; it's
o. X now
The Press., 1909-04-07
YEARS AGO.
saI interest taken from the columns
Rhe Press, thirty years ago.I
April 10. 1870.


Thomas Ooombs, 70 seven years pact
teamster for O. Fox s. 90, hes left 10
try farming at JohnS lie. P. G.
Miss Sarah Hibhe 4 from o n
has taken the west room on hi second
floor Of Tilden's block f1r the IN j.
merry trade.
BENZ. F. Russell, native of Stat
ford. son of the late jason Russell and
brother of William and Charles Fl
Russell, died at Chic ago, Iii ,tnt Q
oath ult., aged So YEA
School in the Sd district beg ls
next Monday. Teachers same es last
terms, namely, Miss s. e Hull g of
Tolland in the grammar departing, t
and Miss Hattie Ellithorpe Of this
village in the primary.
The Springs House will change
landlords again during this month. I.
Is Woods. who has kept it since the
spring of 1875, retiring from it's
management, and being succeeded ny
W. A. segar of this village.
At the annual meeting of the Con.
gregationAl society, h ID on Saturday
evening, Dea. J. r. Buck, F. N.
Crane and Anthony Adams were
elected committee, and W. H. Smith
clerk, treasurer and collector.
Born. In Stafford. 9Th, daughter
to Daniel Mack.
In wellington, 9Th, son to John
Melbourne.
The Press., 1909-04-07
MONSOON.

The son of Joseph Marriott, who
lives on Moulton Hill, was seriously
injured while quitting wood WedDes-
day, 31st ult. His ak slipped, entering
his right foot and nearly severed the
second toe, and also left bad cash in
the ball of the foot. DR.. O. W. Jack.
son found it necessary to amptutate
the toe, but it is hoped that no
further serious results will be real
ICED.
One of the saddest deaths of the
year is that of Febuine Gaouette, IA,
the bright and promising son of Mr..
and Mrs A. N. Gaoustte. The family
have the heartfelt sympathy of the en-
tire community in their great loss
The boy was killed by a west. bound
express in Greenwich, Ct., Monday,
the 5th. He left his home two
weeks ago. going to Greenwich, where
he had been with friends until Mon
day. when he started for home. His
parents received notice of the accident
late Monday afternoon, and the body
was brought to Monson the next after.
noon. He was a pupil in the ninth
grade of the Green street grammar
school and a mem Der of the Epworth
League of the Methodist church, being
it's president at the time of his depart
ure. He leaves, besides his parents,
one sister, Gertrude, and one brother,
Alfred N The-funeral was held from
his late home Wednesday afternoon,
his schoolmates attending in body
The bearers were Howard Fay, G.
E. Fuller, r. H. Fuller, R. Lull, R.
z. Squier and Carlos McOray. The
burial was in No. cemetery.
Leonard B. Charles, a we'll known
and highly respected citi7en, died al
his home in the south part of the town
Tuesday, the 9th. He was born in
Wales, but came to Monson early in
life and received his education here.
His first position was that of a finishel
in the Horatio Lyon mill. He later
learned the trade of a stone mason,
and also worked several years in the
R. M. REYNOLDS mill. In 1862 he
enlisted in the 46th Massachusetts, re.
giment and served one year. On re-
turning from the war he was employed
in the Merrick & Fay straw shop for
many years. Mr.. Charles spent the
last 20 years on his farm on the upper
Stafford road, until he moved to the
village, several years ago. He was
a member of the Grand Army post
and an attendant of the Universalist
church for many years. He leaves
one son, William A. of Monson; three
sisters, Mrs Emma Graves of Monson.
Mrs. Eliza A. Greenwood of Machias,
Me-, and Mrs A. s. Pease Of New
London, Ct., also one brother, Will
liam A. of Monson. The funeral was
held Thursday afternoon from his late
home, a delegation from Marcus Keep
post attending. Rev. Abram Oonklin
of the Universalist church officiated
and the burial was in the No 1. ceme-
terY,
The Press., 1909-04-07
THE Willy COMEDIAN.
HE Mixup With Contract, a Legal
Fee and an Opinion.

His Mixup With q Contract, q Legal
Fee and an Opinion.
There was a certain comic opera
comedian who made no end of money
and who scorned anything like osten-
tatious recklesSness in the spending or
IT. He was almost morbid on the sub
ject, in fact. and there were those VINO
said that he went to evening instead
of morning service so that he might
have the use of the money he dropped
into the box little longer. This is by
way of explaining the grief which
ono befell him in Cleveland.
Somebody had played an engagement
at a certain theater and had received
a frIgid reception, which stage people
call a frost. The comedian wasn't go
ing to run any risks. He wouldn't
play at the theater unless a certain
amount of money was promised him.
The manager of the theater offered
rery large percentage of the receipts;
but. oh. dear. no, the willy comedian
wasn't going to be caught by such
.haff as that. He insisted upon lump
sum regardless of receipts. The sum
was guaranteed, the contract signed.
The comedian came to town and, stroll
ing as If by chance into the box Office,
asked how the house was selling.
"Oh," said the ticket seller, 1--WE sold
EVERY seat in the house ten days agor'
The comedians blood boiled.
"Would." said he to himself, ooh,
would that / had accepted the percent
age! 1t would have been double what
get now"
1t was too late. however, to rely on
simple wOulding to change matters, so
he sought the foremost attorney of the
town. showed him the contract and ex-
pressed his desire to break 1t and
abide by the customary percentage
plan. Before the attorney would con-
sent to express an opinion the ques-
ton of fee came up, and the comedian
handed him $500. The man at law
then took the paper and examined it.
my dear SIR said he, that con-
tract can't possibly be broken. l drew
it up myself
1t is not told what the temperature
of Cleveland according to the govern
ment report was that day, but in the
neighborhood of that comedian things
fairly Observation-Disclosures Star.