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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

1t is simply wonderful how
this country has grown during
the past hundred years and the
cost of running the Govern
ment has just left everything
else behind. In 1909 we only
had about six million people
and then it only cost eight mil
lion dollars to run the Govern
ment. Now with a little over
eighty million people it takes
about six hundred millions of
dollars a year to pay actual ex-
penses. Where are we driftings
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
The attention of our reader;

The attention of our readers
is called to the notice in anoth-
er column to the fact that a
Farmers Institute will be held
in Scotland Neck on Thursday.
July 22nd. The ladies as well
as the men are invited to these
meetings and urged to attend.
Bring your pencil and note
book to take notes. These in
stitutes are doing a great work
and the farmers that attends
them regularly are the ones to
reap the most benefit. Make
your plans from today to attend
this Institute and our word for
it, you will never regret it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

1t is good news, if true, that
the price of -four is apt to come
down a bit in the near future.
The high price that has prevail
ed for several months is attrib-
cd to Patterns manipulation
of the stock market and his
corner of May wheat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

The new bank guarantee law
went into effect in the State OF
Kansas July LIST. Oklahoma
has tried this law and it has
worked well. We may have it
over the entire country after a
while,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Thursday, July Is, 1909.
Publishers Announcement.

It, is a settled point in newspaper ethics that
editors and publishers not responSlblefo Tor 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 prlcl-
nleS.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

We want to see Scotland Neck
grow and prosper. Let every
BODY talk and work for more
m anufacturing enterprises. 1t
is the small things that pays
the best, so let the people get to
work
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
ARTICLE |,


ARTICLE |,
The name and title OF the corpora
ton here formed shall be the PLANT
ERS' TELEPHONE COMPANY, and
it's domicile and principal place OF
business is hereby fixed at Welsh,
Calcasieu Parish, State OF louisiana
The President, and in his absence
the Vice-president of the corporation
is hereby declared TO be the proper
person whom service of citation ana
all other legal process shall be made.
The first Board of Directors shall
consist of the following Stockholders,
to-wit: H. L. Wesson, president; w,
3. Gabbert, president; E. g..
Willard. treasurer; Jno. H. Cooper,
secretary and Z, II Boiling, A. I.
Jones. and G. w. Cosner, who shall
hold their Office until the first Monday
of April, A. D., 1910, or until their
successors shall have been duly elect
ed. The officers Of said Corporation
shall be vested with the power and
authority and duties usually vested in
officers holding such offices in corpor,
atiUh,
The President of the Corporation. Is
authorized to execute any ana al
bonds, affidayits or other :instrument'
that NAV be necessary in any Iega
proceedings in which the corporation
may be party.
The Board of Directors shall have
fnll control of all the property OF TN
Corporation, and shall conduct man
ace and use the same in the manhe
in which the business of the Corpora
tion NAV be best carried out, and tn
promotion of it's welfare most certain
" secured. They shall have the righ
TO hire and fix the salaries and wage
of the employees and to name and az
point all agents, employees and LABOR
ers necessary for the successful opera
ton of the business of the Corpora
tion, The Board of Directors sha
have full power and authority t
frame and adopt such bylaws as /
their Judgment the best interests
this Corporation may require.
Immediately after their electlo
each year, the Board OF Director
shall meet and organize by electln
! the officers of the Corporation fro
among their number.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
ARTICLE VII

The officers of this Corporation
shall be President, Vice-president,
Secretary and Treasurer, and the
offices of secretary and Treasurer may
be filled by one and the same person
at tic sa'ne time.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Calcasieu.

Before me, Lee E Robinson, a No
tary Public, in and for the said Par
ish and State. on this day personally
came and appeared Jno. Fl. Cooper,
w. B. Gabbert. FL. E. Wesson, A. L.
Jones, G.. w. Cosner, E. Fl. Boiling
and E. G.. Willard, each of whom de-
clare unto me, in the presence of the
hereinafter named and undersigned
competent witnesses, that they do here
by subscribe for and bind themselves
to pay for the number of shares OF the
capital stock of the FARMERS TEL.
EPHONE COMPANY, set opposite
their respective signatures hereto
each share being Of the par value o
| Twenty ($25,00) Dollars.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
BREEZY BASE BALL BABLE.
The Regulars Defeated by the Babies.
Score II to 3

Loo f#D}om assembled at the
park Friday afternoon to witness q
ball game between the Scrubs and
Regulars: The Regulars al aggre.
cation of a long drawn out question,
as to being The real thing; tha
Scrubs big hearted jolly bunch Of
babies, yaugjng from l2O to 225 pounds
ayoirdurois, consisting of pencil push
ers and general collection OF pro.
fessionals.
Bill y edrjc ho is featuring q
few yards of moving pictures, ascend.
ed the mound ft,r the Scrubs and az
/ tie wori f,om his abs" to play
/ ball. w4Hnd his tw;.ler through the
atn.oSpb- re several gmes, then thinks
ing he was still selling fruit. proceed.1
ed to dish uD big, tat and JUICY
lemon to the first man up. Did 1s
do it? Well, | guess he did. Bill was
effective in every inning, almost, pusl
ting the "Regs" out in one, two, three
order. 1t was shame to treat tn0
organized element in such manner
but the Scrubs simply couidns
"hep" it. .
Jones. who sells feed by the sacki
sacked everything that came his We,
and his pegging to first was a feasure,
Some one suggested that the 'hegs'
were suffering with nyctalopy. nVn'
ever, be that as it may, ballology y
evidently stranger in their mlus'
The principal iun feature OF y
| "Regs" was located at the hrs1 S'a
ton, and lest we forget, heres
blossom to that worthy guard, ons'
Jeter: Jeter got on deao eSusf
, once. and before the wheelS couu 81, =
turned over there was SCRUB resu1'
} on first.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28

The foregoing act OF Incorporation,
having been submitted to me for eX-
animation as to its legality. | hereby
certify that havn carefully examined
the same, and | am of the opinion
that the purposes and objects as here
in set forth are legal, and that none
of the provisions therein contained,
are contrary to law.
In testimony whereof, witness my
official signature at Lake Charles,
Louisiana, on this 22nd day of April,
A. D. 1909.
(Signed:) Joseph Moore,
District Attorney of the 18th Judicial
District of Louisiana.
STATE OF LOUISIANA,
Parish of Caleasieu.
OFFICE OF CLERK OF 18TH JUDICIAL
DISTRICT COURT.
hereby certify that the above ant
foregoing is true and correct cop.
of a certain original Act OF lncorpor
alton filed in this Office and recorded
| in Book No. %, of Mortgages at pag
AL ct seq.
In testimony whereof, hereunt
affix my signature and seal at LAX
Charles, Louisiana, This 23rd day
April, "A. D., 1909.
/ w. D. Landry,
L 4 Do,,,tr C1oul, "a Coort
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
ARTICLE IX.

No stakeholder OF this Corporation
shall ever be held liable Or response
bic for the contracts or faults thereof,
in any further sum than the unpaid
balance due the Company on share
of stock subscribed for or owned by
him, nor shall any informality in or
ganization have the effect of rendering
this Charter null, or of exposing any
stakeholder to any liability, beyond
the unpaid balance, if any, of his
stock.
This done and passed at Welsh,
Louisiana, in the presence of G. g..
Carr and o. Fulton, competent wit
nesses, who hereunto sign as such, to-
gether with said parties and me, after
due reading, on the day and date
first above written. Subscribers:
(Signed) Jno. Fl. Cooper.
H. e. Wesson.
VIM. b. Gabbert.
E. G. Willard.
e. Fl. Boiling.
G. w Cosner.
A. L. Jones.
(Wituesseso 0. Fulton.
c., e, Carr,
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
Witnesses:) 0. Fulton.
G.. E. Carr,
Lee E. Robinson,
Notary Public.
{ Witnesses:)

STATE OF LOUISIANA.
Parish of Calcasieu.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28

hereby certify that the within Act
Oh Charter, the PLANTERS TEL
EPHONE COMPANY, was this day
duly recorded in my Notorial Record
Book B" on page 800, %. a, 70,
8, u. %. Witness my official sig
nature and seal at Welsh, Louisiana,
on this 10th day of April. 1909.
Lee Z. Robinson,
Notary Public
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
Roanoke News

=
w. Gums farm near Edgerly.
There WILDE Mothers Day observ.
ance at the q. B. church Sunday. A
splendid time is promised. All moth
ers are invited to be present. They
will be net at the door and q white
rose will be pinned on them. A SER
mon will be delivered by the pastor.
Sunday evening at 1870 will be held
the annual Y, ?. G. b. society rally
A splendid program has been ar.
ranged. Everybody come. Morning
services will begin at 1886. Sunday
school was we'll attended last Sunday
there being 81 present.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
|, HARTER OF THE PLANTERS TELEPHONE
COMPANY.
limited STATES OF AMERICA.
STATE OF LOUISIANA
Parish of Calcasieu.

BE IT KNOWN, That on this,
the 18th day of April, i'll the year
of our Lord, one thousand, nine
hundred and nine $780, before
me, Lee Z. Robinson, Notary
Public, in and for said Parish and
State, duly commissioned and
qualified. on this day personally
came and appeared, JnO. II. Coop
er, q. f. Wesson, w. B. Cab
bert, A. Il. Jones, G. W. Cosner,
E. HI. Boiling and E. C. Willard,
all residents of aforesaid Parish
and State, who declared unto me,
Notary, in the presence OF the two
undersigned witnesses, that, de-
string to avail themselves OF the
laws of Louisiana, relative to the
formation of corporations, and to
acquire and enjoy the rights,
privileges and powers VI Il bod.
corporate and polite in law, they
do hereby form themselves into
such a corporation and body poll.
tic, under the name and st"'e anu
for the purpose hereinafter ses
forth, viz:
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28


lied to begin business us such as soon
us Ten shares Of its capital stock
shall have been subscribed and paid
for. No stock shall be issued for less
than its par value, and not until it
shall have been fully paid for in cash
on its equivalent, or by services rend-
cred to the Corporation. The capital
stock of this association shall be non
asseSsible, and shall be issued at such
times and in such amounts as the
Board of Directors may determine.
ARTICLE VI.
THE corporate powers of this Cor
pOration shall be vested in and exer-
cised by q Board of Directors to be
composed of stockholders, who
shall be elected at the annual meeting
of the stockholders, which shall be
held on the first Monday of the month
of April of each year, beginning with
the first Monday of the month OF
April, in the year 1910. At all stock
holders meetings, all elections shall
be by ballot, each stockholder being
entitled to one vote for each share OF
stock owned by him. Each stock
holder shall be entitled to vote,
~hether i'll person or by written proxy.
Notice of all meetings of stockholders
shall be given by sending a notice by
registered mail to each stakeholder at
his or her last known postoftice ad-
dress, at least fifteen days prior to the
meeting designated.
ARTICLE VII.
The officers of this Corporation
shall be President, Vice-president,
Secretary and Treasurer, and the
Offices of secretary and Treasurer may
be filled by one and the same person
at TIC sane time.
ii. Il e VIII.
At the termination of this Charter
by limitation, or upon it's dissolution
at any time, its business and affairs
shall he liquidated and wound up by
three commissioners, to be selected by
the stockholders, from among them
selves, at a meeting convened for such
purpose, after ten days written notice
shall have been given by registered
mail to each stakeholder, at his or
her last known postotfice address; OF
/ its dissolution may be. affected 10 a
similar manner, at any regular meet
ing OF the stockholders of this COrpor.
alton. The duties of the liquidatine
committee thus selected, shall be de-
fined and their compensation fixed by
a vote of the majority of athe stock
holders present or represented at sucl
meeting, and said commissioners shall
remain in Office until the atfalio
the Corporation shall have beer
liquidated in fult In case of tn,
death of one or more of the commits
sioners, the survivors shall continu
to act.
The Rice belt journal. (Welsh, Calcasieu Parish, La.) 1900-19??, 1909-05-28
ARTICLE II.

Under it's corporate name this Cor
uoration shall have the power to con-
tract. sue and be sued: to make ana
to use a corporate seal; to buy, sell,
own, lease, pledge or hyDothecate
property, real, personal and mixed,
and generally to do and perform all
acts and things that may be necessary,
legal and proper to carry out the OBJ
iects and purposes for, which this
Corporation is organized.
ARTICLE III.
The objects and purposes for which
this Corporation is established and
the nature of the business to be car
ried on by it are declared to be as
follows: 70 own. construct maintain
and operate system of telephone ex-
change telephones and telephone
lines for the use of the inhabitants o.
the Town of Welsh and the Parish O.
Calcasieu, and other Cities, Towns
and Parishes of the State of Louisi
ana, and generally to do any and al
things incidental to or necessary TO
| the successful maintenance and op
Grafton of the above line of business
|
ARTICLE ".
This Corporation shall enjoy sue
cession by it's corporate name, ant
shall possess all of the powers Incl
dent to and vested in corporations an
/ der the laws OF tee State of Louisian
| for a term of ninety-nine (99l year
from the date Of this act, unless soon
err dissolved according to law.
ARTICLE r.
The authorized capital stock OF thi
Corporation is hereby Fixed at Twenty
Eve Thousand (S25,o00.00) Dollars
4 divided into One Thousand (1,0W
! Shares OF the par value of TwentY-tiy
~ a.Nk - ~ =
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18
sTEINHEIL WOMAN ACCUSED.

Paris, Feb. 49, - Louis Anthehue
Gregori, the French military writer
who made all attack upon the life of
Maj. Dreyfus at the canonization of
Emile lola at the Pantheon last June,
yesterday filed a complaint against
Nine. Adolphe Steinheil, naming her.
as the voluntary or involuntary slayer
of President Felix Faure.
The anti-Dreyfusards have always
insisted that M. Faure was assassin
ated at the instigation Of the Dreyfus-.
ards. AS the legal time for an investi-
cation into the death of M Faure ex-
pires by limitation today, the object
of this maneuver was to keep the
charges in connection with his d
alive.
Magistrate Albanel, after referring
to superior authorities, dismissed Gre.
gori's complaint. The latter announced
his intention of taking the matter be.
fore the judicial committee, which
corresponds to the grand jury.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18
TERMS ARE FINISHED
Country Schools Complete Periods OF
Study With Good Records of
PUPILS

PupiiS.
No longer with the heavy crust of
snow and icy topped thoroughfares of
the country be battled by energetic
young American pupils Of the rural
schools, for the five months term in
many Wapello county institutions
has come to close. Among the
schools that have finished terms are
the following:
District No. /, Adams township,
Miss Clara H. Day, teacher. Total en-
rollment, AZ; average daily attendance
34., Verna Smith, Eva Kent, Alvin
AWE and Merle AWE gained distinc-
ton of not being absent nor tardy dur
ing the term.
District No. 2, Adams township,
Miss Ethel Cloyd, teacher Total en-
rollment, 50; average daily attendance
"a. Leila Draper, Mildred Draper and
Lester Hooks were neither absent nor
tardy during the term.
District No. 5, Adams township,
Thurman Cassill, teacher Total en-
rollment, Is; average daily attendance
Is.
District No. 1, Green township.
Miss Grace Myers, teacher. Total en-
rollment, 81; average daily attend.
ance, a. Jesse Kennedy was the lone
pupil who arrived at school each day
on time.
District No. 1. Competine township.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18

man had gone his way, and Kirkwood
turned again to the girl, she had
withdrawn her attention for the time
Unconscious of his bold regard, she
was dreaming, her thoughts at loose
ends, her eyes studying the incalcu;-
able depths of blue-black night that
swirled and eddied beyond the window
glass. The most shadowy of smiles
touched her lips, the faintest shade
of deepened color rested on her
cheeks. She was thinking Of
him? AS long as he dared, the young
man, his heart in his own eyes, watch
ed her greedily, taking misers Joy
of her youthful beauty, striving with
all his soul to analyze the enigma If
that most inscrutable smile
1t baffled him. He could not say OF
what she thought, and told himself
bitterly that it was not for him, pau
per, to presume place in her medi-
tations He must not forget his cir
cumstances, nor let her tolerance rel.
der him oblivious to his place, which
must be servants, not lovers
The better to convince himself of
this, he plunged desperately into a
forlorn attempt to make head Or tail
Of Belgian railway schedule. compll-
Gated as these of necessity are by the
alienation from normal time notation
to the abnormal system sanctioned by
the government, and vice-versa, with
every train that crosses a boundary
line Of the state.
So preoccupied did he become in
this pursuit that he was subconscious.
ly impressed that the girl had spoken
twice, ere he could detach his interest
from the exasperatingly inconclusiye
and incoherent cohorts of ranked fig
ures.
Can't you find out anything?" Dor
othy was asking.
Precious little" he grumbled. I'D
give my head for a Bradshaw! Only
it wouldn't be fair exchange
There seems to be an express for
Bruges leaving the Care du Nord,
Brussels. at flfty-five minutes after
twenty-three o'clock; and if I'm not
mistaken, that's the latest train out
of Brussels and the earliest we can
catch. if we can catch it. I've
never been in Brussels, and Heaven
only knows how long it would take us
to cab 1t from the Care du Midi to the
Nord''
In this statement, however, MI.
Kirkwood was fortunately mistaken;
not only Heaven, it appeared, had
cognizance Of the distance between the
two stations. While Kirkwood was
still debating the question, with pessi-
mistic tendencies, the friendly guard
had occasion to pass through the
coach; and, being tapped, yielded tho
desired information with entire trac-
liability.
1t would be cab-ride of perhaps
ten minutes. Monsieur, however,
would serve himself we'll if he offer
ed the driver an advance tip as an in
centive to speedy driving. Why?
Why because (here the guard consult
ed his watch; and Kirkwood very
keenly regretted the loss of his OWN
because this train, announced to ar.
rive in Brussels some twenty minutes
prior to the departure of that other,
was already late But yes-a matter
of some ten minutes. Could that not
be made up? All, Monsieur, but who
should say
The guard departed, doubtless with
private views as to the madness Of all
English-speaking travellers.
(To be- Continued)
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CHAPTER Xv-continued.)
copyright-By Bobbs, Merrill Co.

(CHAPTER XV-Continued.)
The girl glanced into mirror, pat
ted the small, bewitching hat an in
fnitesimal fraction of an inch to one
side, and turned to him again, hel
hands free One of them, small but
cordial, rested in his grasp for an in
slant all too brief, the while he gazed
earnestly into her face, noting witt
concern what the first glance had mo-
shown him-the almost imperceptib;e
shadows beneath her eyes and cheel
bones. pathetic records of the hours
the girl had spent, since last he had
seen her, in company with his OWL
grim familiar Care.
Not a little of care and distress OF
mind had seasoned her portion in those
two weary days. He saw and knew it;
and his throat frightened ineXplicably
again, as 1t had out there in the CORR
dor. Possibly the change In her hal
passed unchallenged by any eyes Other
than his but even in the little time
that he had spent in her society, the
image Of her had become fixed SO in
delibly on his memory that he could
not now be deceived. She was
changed little. but changed; she
forced by suffering, her nascent wo
manhood was stirring in the bud. The
child that he had met in London, in
Antwerp he found grown to woman $
stature and slowly coming to compre
hension Of the nature of the change IL
herself-the wonder of it glowing
softly In her eyes
The clear understanding Of mankind
that is an appanage of woman's es-
tate, was now added to the intuitions
of girls untroubled heart. She
could not be blind to the mute adora-
ton of his gaze; nor could she resent
It, Beneath it she colored and lower
ed her lashes.
81 was about to go out" she repeat
ed in confusion. Tits pleasant 70
see you, too
THANK you,' he stammered ineptly;
oil
..If Mr.. Kirkwood will excuse us.
Dorothy" Mrs. Hallam's sharp tones
struck discordantly 1--WE shall be glad
to see him when we return to Lon
don"
81 am infinitely complimented, Mrs.
Hallam,' he assured her; and of the
girl quickly: you're going back
home?" he asked.
4 She nodded with faint, puzzled
smile that included the woman.
sl"After little-not Immediately. Mrs.
! Iallam is SO kind"
Pardon me-" he interrupted; 'b,t
| tell me one thing, please: have you
anyone in England to whom you can
4 go without invitation and be welcomed
and cared for-any friends or reid
tions?"
{ dorothy will be with me-" Mrs.
HalIam answered for her, with cold
defiance.
Deliberately insolent, Kirkwood
turned his back to the woman. Miss
Calendar, will you answer my question
for yourself?" he asked the girl point
eddy.
why yes, several friends; none
in London, but"
Dorothy"
"One moment, Mrs. Hallam," Kirk,
wood flung crisply over his shoulder
''Tm going to ask you something
rather odd, Miss Calendar he con
tinued, seeking the girls eyes. Il
hope
Dorothy, II
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-02-18
The Health of Your Horse.

will be best promoted-best preserved
If you are ready to give the proper
remedy at the proper time. The proper
remedy for all strains, sprains, or collie
is Perry Davis Painkiller The proper
time to use it is when the trouble first
shows itself Be prompt and you'll
not only save the horse suffering. but
you'll spare yourself trouble and ex-
pense-maybe save a long time wait
ing. You ought to have a bottle ready
The new size bottle costs 35 cents: one
larger, so cents. Be sure your drug
Rgist gives you Perry Davis