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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Values in Southern Cotton.

When wheat is ground into flour
its ultimate manufactured value is
reached, so with corn and other re-
lated products. But when cotton
has been spun or woven into simple
fabrics the least Of its values has
been reached. The cotton crop is
capable of being so manipulated by
manufacture as to be worth three
times. five times, fifty times, and
even one hundred times its value in
a raw state. There are cotton fab
RIGS which sell at the rate of forty
dollars a pound.
Until recently the South was con-
tent to raise the raw cotton. 1t re-
duced the competition in production
to cut throat basis, leaving the
manufacture to other people. Man
chester, England. lived and lives up
on cotton. 1t takes only portion
# our crop and turns it into values
ar exceeding those which the South
get for the whole. Happily this Sec
ZION has new resource The man.
ufacture of cotton at home stimu-
lates the price of the raw material.
Every new factory at home is for
the advantage Of the cotton produc-
er. 1t helps the producer in many
ways. 1t reduces the competition in
production by giving profitable en-
oloyment to some Of the farming
element in the factory. The factory
population become consumers of per-
ishable farm products. The factory
becomes a consumer Of cotton and
we have seen the price increase un-
Ter these influences from five cents
to ten cents a pound.
Thus it transpires that the inter
est of the farmer and manufacture
is identical. They should work to
gether. We have not yet more thar
touched the great wealth there is II
cotton. Our present factory system
has reached only the simplest forms
of manufacture; barely made be
ginning. But having made littl'
start we must next develop thu
knowledge and skill to make th'
higher grades of goods. bringing
more money, and by further reduc
ton in competition on the farms in
sure better prices for the staple.
They are blind or unthinking o
misled who ask what a tariff whicl
fosters industrial development Cal
do for the Southern farmer.-Char
lotte Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

You who have occasional troubleirom
indigestion, such as sour stomach, belch-
ING Of Gas. sour risings and weak stom-
ach, should not delay Il moment to
help the stomach digest the food for all
those little ailments, annoying both
Yourself and toothers, are caused SNIP
Iv by undigcsted food in the stomach.
Kodol Ior DYSPEPSIA and Indigestion
taken occasionally viii soon relieve you
of all the simple stomach ailments that
YOU now have, bat which may be more
serious later. Try kodol today and
take it on our guarantee. We know II
will do whot we say it will do. II Is
sold bv f. +. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Nu&Hl IN I.1 ,4.EALs.
Formerly Wasted y ,.,.,ck Yards

Formerly Wasted = ;.,.'ck Yards,
Ert Now Have CaEiF.tt'r,&e.l Value.
Chicago. An inventive genius has
discovered that tLore - r'orey IN
pigs sGueal.
So that which p. -. Armour SAID
was the only thing that went 10
waste at the stock yards now has
commercial value.
a man carrying a camera and
machine for making phonograph re-
cords presented himself recently at
the stock yards and asked permission
to take some pictures for use In
f1ye-cent theatre to illstrate a pic
torial slide entitled a Day at the
Stock Yards"
Il will first take q set of moving
pictures" he said and then get q
record for the photograph. he
then caught squcals of hogs as they
were hoisted TO death.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
A Ballad OF Heroes.

Because you passed, and now are
not
Because, in some remoter day,
Your sacred dust from doubtful spot
Was blown OF ancient air away
Because you perished must men
say
Your deeds are naught, and so pro-
fame
Your lives with that cold burden?
Nay,
The deeds you wrought are not in
vain.
Though it may be, above the plot
That hid your once imperial clay,
No greener that DER men forgot
The unregarding grasses sway
Though there no sweeter is the
lay
Of careless bird, though you re-
Without distinction of decay
The deeds you wrought are not in
vain!
No. For while yet in tower or cot
Your story stirs the pulses play;
And men forget the sordid lot
The sordid care, Of cities gray
While yet, be-set in homelier fray,
They learn from you the lesson plain
That Life may o,so Honor stay
The deeds you wrought are not in
vain!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Srain to Restore Forests.

Spain needs trees and proposes, If
suggestions are executed, TO grow
forests Of nulpwood aud other quick
growing specimens Of forest timber.
Soain is ae large IS Pennsylvania,
Delaware, West Virginia, Virginia,
and North Carolina. bat its forests
have but one-foarth the extent O
Weet Virginia alone, ana much Of
these are only scrub thickets of POOR
kind
The co=ntry's population is
thought not to exceed oae-third OF
what It once wcs and coulJ be. again.
Mach Of the ceuvded land IS ai,"J-
lu5eIy barren, with 9 rei rock land
bare whore agriculture once -four
ished Hills whose rounded forms
Indicate they once supported forests
are bald aad dry nov aAt without in
ha'3itants
In some localities peasants with
hammers prIveriza rc9l3s and make
little patches Of ecil for gardens. At
present, the most valuable forests
product is cork. the annual OUTPUT
BEING 10000 tons. The cork forests
are going the way of al other Span
ish forests, and fer the same reason,
want o. care.
Foresters declare there is no rea-
son for Swain not being able to do
what her next door neighbor, France,
has done, cover her barren places
with groves and Thus restore the soil,
abato floods, Mitigate droughts, pro-
vide employment for I1any and fur
nish raw materials for factories.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Most cough cures and cold cures are
constipating, especially those that con
tam opiates. Kennedy's Laxative
Cough Syrup is free from all opiates
and it cures the cold by gently moving
the bowels and at the same time it
soothes irritation OF the throat and
lungs, and in that way stops the cough.
tits especially recommendation children
as it tastes nearly as good as maple su-
gar. We sell and recommend 1t. r.
r. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

The setiment against the proposed
imposition of tax on coffee is grow
ing rapidly. 1t is thought that Pres
ident Taft will draft an income tax
law to meet the constitutional obJec-
tions, as substitute for the inheri-
tance tax clause of the Payne bill.
AS concerns the coffee provision in
the bill, petitions are being sent in
every day that no tax be imposed.
No assurance can be given the mem
bers that Brazil and other South
American countries that impose an
export tax on coffee coming to the
United States will repeal that tax if
a like tax is imposed by this country.
1t is this doubt that causes all the
trouble.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
I'D Rather Die, Doctor,

than have my feet cut off, y said NJ. l..
Bingham. Of P,incevillc, Ill. But yon' Il
die from gangercne (Which had eaten
away eight toes) if you don't said all
doctors. Instead, he used Buckien ;
.irnica Salvc till wholly cured. Its cures
OF Eczema, Fever Sores, Boils, Burns
Piles astound the world. 2oc ut r. /.
Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Woman Aged 30, Has I8 Children.

Chippewa Falls, visa visitor
here from Waupon was MS. Ga'h-
crime Marbone, who is, perhaps, tho
cha mpion mother IN Wisconsin. MIS-.
Marbone is only thirty nine years
old, has been married nineteen years
and had eighteen children, one born
each year. She has been merried
twice. the first time when she was
seventeen wears old. Twelve children
blessed her first marriage ana SIX
her second.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Owner of Apartment House.
What? Ten tons Of coal gone in less
than two weeks? Suffering land
lords! Expiain---Show Me.
Janitor (meekly)---You see, sir, a
week ago engaged a good, husky
assistant, and didn't discover till
TODAY that he was formerly stoker
on an Atlantic liner. Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Every Wcman will Be Interested.

There has recently been discovered
an aromatic. pleasant herb cure Tor
woman's ills, called Mother Gray $
Australian-Leai 1t is the only GER
tain regulator. Cures female weak
nesses and Dackache, Kidney, Bladder
and Urinary Troubles. At all druggists
or bv mail SOC. Sample free. Address,
The Mother Gray Co., Leroy, n. \.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
(JD Before the Bar.

\. Fl. Brown. an attorney, OF Pitts
field. Vt, writes: I'VE have used Dir.
Kings New Lie Pills for years and find
them such a good family medicine we
wouldn't be without them For chllls,
constipation, Biliousness or sick head
ache they work wonders, 23c. F. T.
Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

If YOU expect to get the best and
most reliable preparation for Kidney
trouble, inflammation of the bladder,
rheumatism, rheumatic pains, weak
back and backache you must get De-
Wits Kidney and Bladder Pills. They
act promptly and are sure. Sold by
F. r.. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

"Poor girl! Her marriage bureau
husband won her heart and hand by
deception. Didn't he really have
the money?" "Yes, but he lead her
to believe he was 80 years old, where
as he is only So" kansas City Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Nerve. Heiress---Tne Count states
in his mad love letter that he will
call and ends up by saying: ! beg
to remain forever, Count Kickoff.
Irate Father Remain forever!
What does he think this is--a char
itv hotel? Chicago News.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
MATTERS OF GENERAL INTEREST.
What Is Transpirlng 10 North Carolina
and Other States.

Attorney General Beckett, at the
direction of Governor Kitchin, has
brought suit in the Supreme Court
of the United States against Tennes-
see to establish the boundary line
between the two States. The dis
puted portion is in the Unaka Noun
tain section, and is about Is miles
long and three to four miles wide
Gen. Theodore F. Davidson has been
designated to appear in the case.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

NlSOt aHu CNEerIuI-
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become SO prevalent
that it is not unco1n-
mon for q child to bs
born afflicted with
u eal< t-;d11e1-s IffI,a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

We know of nothing better for cuts,
hxns, bruises, scratches, or n tact
where salvo is needed, than
D. Wits Carholizod Witch Hazel Salvc,
1t is especially good for piles We sell
and recommend it. e. T. Whitehead Go.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Don't let the baby suffer from ccza-
ma. sores or any itching OF the skin.
Doan's Ointment gives instant reliei,
cures quickly. Perfectly safe for cml-
dren. All druggist sell 1t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Yes" hesitated Mr.. Jstwed,
"these biscuits are pretty good, but
don't you think there ought to be
lust a little more Your mother
made them interrupted Mrs j.
quickly. "of them" ended Mr.. j..
with a flash of inspiration. - Cleve-
land Leader.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

When you take Kodol, the food you
have eaten will be digested naturally,
regularly and promptly and in this way
Kodol gives the stomach chance to re-
gain it's lost strength and health, and
alter a little while you need not take
Kodol longer, but take it while you 40
need it and if it fails to benefit you your
money will be refunded to you. IL IS
sold bv E. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

"Do you think your nerve is sutii-
ciently steady to fit you for an air
ship navigator? " ell, We peeh
out in a canoe with a nervous fat
qirl. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
ENVOY.

Heroes old! | humbly lay
The laural on your graves again;
Whatever men have done, men
may
The deeds you wrought are not in
vain.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

The census bureau in a report an
nounces that the amount of cotton
stocks on hand in the United States
at the close of February was $751;
663 bales. The indicated consump-
ton of cotton is 2,521 ,426 bales. The
stocks on hand are distributed as fol-
lows: Manufacturers, 1874. .992; pro-
ducers, 326,377; warehouses and
compress, 2,306, 1856; transportation
companies, 518,479; other holders,
255, 500.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
Sells Pearl for Nine Hundred Dollars.

Petersburg. Ind Garry Callahan.
pearl fisher. who found q valuable
near, fn White river IN front OF his
bone. sold TIE pearl TO MI carmen
Lnyar for $500.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

President Taft has accepted an in
vitation to visit Charlotte May goth
in order to be present at the celebra-
ton in honor of the signing of the
Mecklenburg Declaration of Inde-
pendence. He was in apparent jg
norance of the existence of the
Mecklenburg document, but when
he learned its significance, and the
Importance of Charlotte as the cot
ton mill centre of the South, and the
fact that he would have opportunity
to address people Of the two Carroll
mas, finding that he had no engage
ment May Goth, he readily and glad
ly consented to attend the celebra-
ton.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01
'g,nsD as Well as Elsn are Made Msersh!!ss
by kidney and Bladder Trouble.

kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
aud lessons ambition; beauty,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

On June 1918 the North Carolina
Teachers Association will hold its
26th annual session at Morehead
City. The program, which is near
ly completed, will be devoted to a
discussion of practical problems with
which teachers are daily confronted
in their work, and will include many
Of the most prominent educators in
North Carolina and other states.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

DeNitt's Little Early Riscrs, gentle,
easy, pleasant, small little liver pills.
Sold by f. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

The expedition led by Lieut.. Err
nest H. Shackleton, Of the British
navy did not reach the south pole,
but approaching as it did within one
hundred and eleven miles of it, it
made splendid record. Command
er Robert E. Peary, United States
navy, came within two hundred and
three miles of the north pole three
years ago. An explorer difficulties
in the South Polar region are made
more numerous by the utter lack of
human inhabitants within the Ant
artic Circle; animal life, mostly of
marine form, is found in abundance,
however. Each pole is covered by
a cap of ice which varies in size with
the seasons, but remains unbroken
on the land areas. No American has
ever attempted to reach the South
Polar region.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

In last weeks issue of the Sampson
Democrat is splendid article by
Hon. B. F. Grady, entitled "The
Wedge Which Split the Union" In
this article Mr.. Grady tries to dis
prove the mistaken idea of many
Southerners, and Northerners too,
for that matter, that the question of
slavery alone was the wedge which
split the Union. He shows how un-
friendly legislation on the part Of
those who advocated a centralized
government, went much farther
toward bringing on the struggle,
as was demonstrated by the first
Congress held by our Government,
than did the question Of slavery.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

aDOUt SWan1p-NOOt, Home Of swanI-Root.
including many of the thousands of testi-
1nonial letters received from, sufferers
who found Swamp-Root to be just the
remedy needed. In writing DR.. Kilrler
& Co., Binghamton, N. V, be sure and
mention this paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Kilnler's Swamp-Root, and the address,
Binghamton, N. Y, On every bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

by druggists, III MY
cent and one-doliar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
by mail free, also a
pamphlet telling all
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

child urinates TOO often, If the urine scalds
he flesh, or if, when the child reaches ar
age when it should be able 10 control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff
,,ulty is kidney trouble, and the first
4tep should be towards the treatment Of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due 70 diseased condition of
he kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as MEN are made 1niser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect of
Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t is sold
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-01

Because you passed, and now are
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-29
CITY LAW P TS BAN
 ON GASOLINE STOVES
Their Use Within City Limits Cause For Punishment By
 Fine

If you are using a gasoline stove not alone within the fire limits of the city, but within it's limits, you are to be liable to a fine. This was the notification which was yesterday is- sued by City Marshal Stevens and his deputies. who passed the entire day telling the residents of Bisbee of the ruiing. The action is in accordance with an ordinance passed some time since, but which recently has lapsed into a dead letter.
 Several years since there were a series of accidents which caused an ordinance prohibiting the use of stoves to be passed by the city coun- cil. At that time 1t was strictly en- forced. but was gradually allowed to lapse. Until recently no further ac- c.dents occurred. With the disastrous fire at South Bisbee, however, the civic conscience was aroustd and yesterday tie marshal was ordered to Lctify citizers that they were laying themselves open to fine when usins the infammablc and dangerous fluid The ort.in- nee fixes the maximum penalty at $50 for each and every of fense
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-29
.. K. STREET WALL
 PRONOUNCED S0USD
Material Did Not Come From Source Supplying Work Up
 Tombstone Canyon

Since the collapse of a portion of the Tombstone Canyon retaining wall a feeling of uneasiness has pervaded the minds of residents of Chihuahua Hill for fear that the o. K. street wall recently completed would prove to be similarly defective. Assurance is given by the city officials that this Is not the case, and the o. K. wall is as true to the core as the name of the street would imply.
 The material for this retaining bar rier was obtained from the Copper Queen company long before the con tract for cement was entered into by the city with the Moore Fuel and Feed company or the Kansas firm now furnishing cement to Bisbee. The construction has been exsmined again and is pronounced absolutely sound.
 Investigator of the Tombstone Canyon wall, which collapsed, was begun yesterday by the city engineer and street superintendent It has not yet advanced sufficiently fer them to give any opinion as to the blame for the fauss which caused 1t to crumbIe. The method to be pursued in examining the wall will be to drill holes in it at a distance of a few feet apart and taus determine which parts are faulty~and which firm. The unscund parts, if any be found, will J be immediately replaced.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-29
b|SbEE WILL
 DEBATE WITH
 TUCSON TEAM
Question of Educational Qual- ification For Voters of Unit ed States Will Be Argued Here Friday Night

Resolved, That there shall be a uniform educational test for all vc- ters in the United States
 which has been agitating and aggra- vating the biggest, brainiest men in the United States off a number of years past, is the one taht has been selected as a subject for a debate be- cn for some time, between the high schools of Tucson, Bisbee and Doug of Tucson. which will be held Friday evening at the central school build ing in this city.
 There has been an inter-city debate cn or some time between the high schools of Tucson. Bisbee adn Doug las. and each school has a team to take either side of every question. either the negative or the affirmative, Under the rules of the contest the negative team will be the one to go visiting this time, consequently Bisbee representatives will take the affirm ative side of the educational qualifica ton question.
 The members of the, local affirma- tive team are c. Wittig. ". O'Malley and Hertie Warren. while the repre- sentatiyes of the Old Pueblo institu- ton of leanning who will argue that an educational test for voters should not exist will be Mss Leah Hamilton w Lovejoy and H. Van Hcrn.
 The Bisbee negative team on the same evening will go to Douglas to clash in a wordy war with the debat ing team of the Shelter city high school.
 In the debate here Friday evening the members of each team will be al lowed a certain lengtl of time to pre- sent their views of the question. and the leaders of the two teams will be allowed to speak again in rebuttal.
 The debaters from this city who will make the trip to Douglas are Robert Beaton. Paul Wetenkamp and R.. Champion.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-29
DOUGLAS TRYING ID
 ENJOIN THE GAS CO.
Utility Company Increases Price of Gas By Adding
 Monthly Meter Rent

Douglas and the Douglas Gas Cor poration have locked horns in the district court over meter rentals al legged by the city to be exorbitant and illegal. Application for an injunction has been made by the city. and Judge Doan yesterday set the hearing of the arguments to be advanced by each side for May 20.
 For the purpose of appearing for the city 4. c. Lockwood. city attor- ney, was at the county seat yesterday returning to his home last evening.
 The difficulty between the gas com pany and the city of Douglas grows out of an attempt on the part of the corporation. to collect a meter rent of 50 cents a month over and above the rate of sl.50 per 1000 feet, which is specified in their franchise.
 For two years or more the com pany supplied gas at the rate specified and then, suddenly veering. notified the consumers that a monthly rental would be charged for meters. Many of the subscribers refused point blank to pay, among these being the city of Douglas. The city decided to save individuals the expense of legal ac- tions and therefore took up the fignt to enjo;n the gas corporation from making what is alleged to be an H. legal charge under their franchise.
Bisbee daily review., 1909-04-29
NMllShNENTS

"The Battle Of Crazy Snakes" a musical atsurdity bgTlesGueing tae late Indian insurrection n Oklahoma, was the bill at the Orpheum last nignt presented by the Majestic company It was all that could be desired in the laugh-producing lire, and the com ical acting of the negro recruits hast iiy enlisted to suppress the insnrrec- ton was a scream. The chorus and .nterpoiated musical numbers that surrounded the piece were of more than ordinary merit and contained songs new to the playgoers. The of ferins is fall of sc-ne of the funniest situations, that make you laug1 whether you want to CT not. and is well worth while attending and is a sure cure CT the blues. The piece will again be presented tonight. In Jap an," a burlesque on the Gilbert and Sullivan opera. The MikaGo.' will be t.e bill fer tomorrow night.