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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Palmyra News.

Miss Sallie Baker went to Scotland
Neck Friday to attend the reception
given by Mrs. Mcdowell in honor Of
Governor and Mrs. Kitchin.
Mr.. Robert Everett returned to
the Warrenton High School Tuesday
where he will resume his studies.
Mr.. R. O. Everett, of Durham,
spent three days this week with his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Justus Everett.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade Mizell and
children returned from Virginia
Beach and Ocean View some days
ago, where they had been some days
for outing.
Mr.. Willie Robertson has been Wis.
iting his people recently at Washing
ton, N. c.
We are glad that Mrs. E. r. Os
born and children, who has been 81
sick from chills and fever are i'm
proving
Mr.. R. E. Robertson left Tuesday
for New York and Baltimore wher'
he has gone to purchase fall goods.
Mr.. Ben Everett returned Satur
day from Raleigh where he ATTENDED
the Farmers Convention.
A cart wheel ran over little Clar
ence johnson this week breaking hi
right arm just below the shoulder
We wish for him a speedy recovery
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
BrlnkleyViIIe Briefs.

Miss Tempe Bachelor, of Raleigh,
is visiting the family Of Mr.. Willie
Boyd.
Mr.. Geo. Wills andwife, of Green's
boro, are in our town the guests OF
Miss Mary Wills.
Misses Mary and Harriet Wills
have returned from a pleasant So
journ in Raleigh and Henderson.
Mrs. Nellie Harrison Holiday has
returned to her home in Enfield at
fer a three weeks visit to her pa
rents here.
Miss Myra Hunter, Of Raleigh,
gladdened us by her presence last
week
Miss Fannie Sutton, travelling
missionary Of the NJ. ?. Church de-
livered lecture at Bethesday church
on Sunday night and collected $1,000
for her work. This was the third
lecture for that day.
A most delightful gathering OF
farmers with their wives and daugh
ters met at the home of Mr.. S. W
Hamlet last Wednesday where
bountiful dinner of barbecue, bruins
wick stew, and ham were dispersed
freely and greatly enjoyed.
A match game Of ball was playet
at Ringwood Saturday between Air
lie and Ringwood, resulting in
score Of Is to 6 in favor Of Airlie.
Mac. Aston was accidently sho
last week by his brother and narrow
/ ly escaped instant death. He is do
ing fairly well now.
August 80, 1909.
On. B. The above items were sen
US for last week, but came too late
-Ed.)
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
FARMING THAT PAYS.

We are all more or less inter-
ested in the class OF farming
that pays, and with the hope
that it may inspire others to
improve their condition we re-
produce the following editorial
from the Charlotte Observer:
"Persual of the newspapers
of the two Carolinas gives the
gratifying information that the
farmers are paying more atten-
ton to the production of corn
and wheat than for many years
past. These grains are again
becoming staple crops. Farm
ers are again looking to their
production as a market product
of the farm and are no longer
content with simply raising
enough, or much less than
enough, for home consumption
This has not yet become a uni
versal custom, but it is spread
ing every year. And every yeal
there are more farmers who
practice misunderstanding. They
are becoming more and more
interested in increasing the
yield per acre with all crops
and at the same time improving
the condition of the soil. They
are learning that large yields
with proper fertilizing and cul
tivating do not exhaust the
land as much as small yields
with poor farming. Thirty an(
forty bushels of wheat, seventy
to one hundred bushels of corr
and a bale and a half of cotton
to the acre are much more fire
quently secured now than ;
few years ago. Men who max
heretofore WORKOUT lands pro
duce such crops find that Their
is money in farming and tina
the more they can produce o.
an acre the more profitable i
is. Every year more men ar
falling in line with these ad
vanced farmers, both in in
creasing the yield per acre an
diversifying their crops"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
DdWSODS Items.

Dawsons, September 6, 1907
Mr.. W. E. Lawrence, of Enfield, was
here Sunday visiting friends.
Miss Mamie Barnes opened school
Monday.
The protracted meeting conducted
here by Rev. ]. E. Hutson, closed
without any addition to the church.
Our pastor, D. E. Vipperman, re-
signed as paster of this church Sun
day, and will make Mt. Holly, N. c.,
his home. We wish him well in his
new field of labor.
Mr.. ]. D. Lawrence has returned
from the Farmers Meeting at Raj
eigh and tells US that he has just
learned how to make success at
farming. Weare glad to know some
one can teach we old horny handed
sons of the soil how to farm for we
need instruction.
The crops are failing very fast in
this section for the want of rain
We are hoping for good price this
fall even if we do have short crops.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
1T IS TRUE.

Home merchants who do not
make a business of advertising
and thereby endeavorlng to
keep trade at home, have no
right to complain of the bust
ness that is gradually being
gathered in from the towns and
County by the mail order hous-
es of the cities. The mail order
business is rapidly increasing
and will increase faster if home
merchants do not offset 1T by
convincing the people that it is
to their advantage to trade at
home. The city houses know
the value of advertising, and
every mail is flooded with their
announcements and they are
drawing more and more trade
away from the home merchants
every year. People are going
to trade where they think 1t IS
to their advantage, and the
home merchant who hasn't got
confidence enough in his own
business to lay its advantages
regularly and systematically
before the people, need not be
SURPRISED if they are induced
bv others to buy from them.
Advertising has become just as
much a part of the business of
every enterprise as book-keep-
ing. craftsmanship or stock-tak-
inc. and the merchants who
can t write advertisements are
either learning to do it or are
hiring others who can.
The above clipping is taken
from the Monroe Journal and
we reproduce it with the hope
that it will cause some Of Oul
home merchants to take notice
and see their mistake in moi
placing an attractive advertise
ment in The COMMONWEALTH
and invite the town and cOun
try people to trade at home
The mail order houses believe
in advertising-nOt only in Thu
magazines but by circulars an(
in other ways tell about thei
bargains and urge the peopl
that it will be to their interes
to trade with them all the time
Our home merchants may hav
Just as good and better bar
gains than the mail orde
houses but if they do not let i
be known they will fail to &c
the trade. The time has passe
when people leave their home
and visit town in search Of bal
gains unlimited.
Tell the people about you
bargains through the column
of The COMMONWEALTH an
there will surely be a marke
Improvement in trade.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Wake Up.
September 7, 1909.

To the Editor:-Some one said the
rule of creation is progress. We
must climb higher with the passing
years or fall within the clutches OF
the law of decay. We are either ad-
vancing or retrograting. Rising or
falling. Good roads is one of the
many things we need now in North
Carolina, and coming little nearer
home don't you think we should ma
cadamise the streets in Scotland
Neck through the business part OF
the town? Most of US know what
dust storms we have passed through
in Scotland Neck for the last few
weeks and how so much dust dam
ages goods, etc., besides being very
disagreeable for US all and at some
seasons of the year the dust is per-
fectly awful at the other times the
mud is fully as bad. In some sec
lions of the State and not very far
from US they make the county roads
hard and all 0. k. by using combi-
nation of sand and clay and it proves
very satisfactory for all. Why can
not the streets in Scotland Neck
through the business part of the
town be made hard with fine road
beds by using sand and clay and this
will practically do away with the
dust in dry weather and the mud If
wet weather. Scotland Neck car
do things when we all pull together
as we should always do on every
good enterprise when the cost is no
more than we can stand, and consis
tent with having some things which
we can not get along without.
Some one speak out with $4,000 o,
$4,000 to start with for better street
: through the business part Of tn
town. l believe the necessary amour
could be raised by private subscrip
ton if the right man would start i
up. And l think the town woul
pay half or at least part of the amour
: of this much needed street improve
: ment. Some one speak out and So
r what you think about it, but don
0 all speak at once.
Y ]. D. RAY.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
HnW'S This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Re
ward for any case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
F. ]. CHENEY & Co Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known
f. J. Cheney for the last - years, and
believe him perfectly honorable in all
business transactions, and financially
able to carry out any obligations made
by his firm. -Walding, Kinnan &
Marvin, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the BLOOD
and mucous surfaces of the system
Testimonials sent free. Price, 75c
per bottle Sold by all druggists,
Take Halls Family Pills for cor
| situation.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Notice.

desire to call special attention to
the following town ordinance OF
Scotland Neck, which relates to the
payment OF electric light rents:
"Sec. Is. All electric light bills
must be paid on or before the 20th
day of the months succeeding the
month for which they are incurred.
And it shall be the duty OF the Chez
Electrician Of the town to cut off the
lights from the houses Of any person
falling to comply with this section.
Sept. 7, 1909.
C. W. DUNN,
I2-o-1t. Chief of Police
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
The New Superintendent.

Mr.. w. L.. Vaughan, Tie IiSWly
elected superintendent of schools for
Beaufort county, is one of the most
promising young men that could be
found for the position. He was born
in Halifax county, near Scotland
Neck. He live at this latter place
most of his earlier life. He received
his primary education IN the Male
Academy there. Later he continued
his studies at Wake Forest College.
and in 1902 received the degree OF
Bachelor Of Arks, and in 1906 the de-
gree of Master of Arts. He was held
in such high regard by the faculty
of this famous Institution that he was
appointed for several years in sue
cession to the position of Instructor
in English. He also took thorough
course in law during his stay there.
He also served two years as assis-
tant to Prof. Hugh Morrison, prln-
cipal of the Raleigh High School.
His work at this school is spoken Of
in the highest terms. His work as a
scholar is shown by the fact that he
also served as librarian at Wake For
est College, as editor-in-cheif Of the
"Wake Forest Student q magazine
published by the college, and as edi-
tor of The Commonwealth, of Scot
land Neck, during a temporary alb
sence of Mr.. E. E. billiard, and SO
well did he perform this work that
he has been solicited to take up the
work permanently.
About two years ago Mr.. Vaughan
moved to Washington, and began the
practice of law. He has made
friends of all classes, and bids fair
to make himself popular with citi-
! zens of the entire county.
The County Board of Education
, feels they cannot possibly have made
, mistake IN view of the very strong
testimonials from some Of the lead
ing educators of the State. Among
those who sent concentrations OF
Mr.. Vaughan's qualifications were
President w. l.. Poteat, Wake For
: est College; j. 7. Joyner, State Sup
/ erintendent Of Public instruction
Mr.. Jno. E. Ray, principal Deaf ant
Dumb School, Raleigh; Prof. Hugh
Morrison, principal Raleigh Higl
I School; Prof. C. w. Wilson, Eas
e Carolina Training School, GreenYille
: Mr.. E. E. Hilliard, of The Common
wealth, Scotland Neck, and member
of the faculty of Wake Forest Col
lege.
1t is to be hoped that Mr.. Vaugha
will measure up to the high reputa
ton that has preceded him to on
e midst. Should ne do so, and we be
e lieve that he will even surpass it, W
g are sure the prospects for our deve
# opment along educational lines ar
l. the brightest in the history of on
n county. We bespeak for Mr.. Vaugl
lie an the hearty support of the yer
h best people of the county in his e
,r forts to advance the cause of educ;
a. ton among US. Washington New
ID The many friends of Mr.. Vaugha
If here will join THE COMMONWEALTH
at in extending congratulations to hin
III He is bright young man and W
w fill the position to which he has bet
n elected with honor and credit.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
The County Commissioners.

The Halifax County Commissioners
were in regular monthly session at
Halifax Monday. All members Of
the board were present as follows:
w. r. Harvey, Chairman; 3. A.
Pope, n. l.. Stedman, S. p. Johnston,
S. F. Thorne, Jr.
The board was kept quite busy
passing on orders and attending to
general routine business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Will Not be Sold In Drug Stores.

At their meeting Monday, the
County Commissioners decided that
they would not issue drug store
license, allowing the sale of whiskey
on prescription. This order and the
law on the subject will be rigidly en-
forced after the first day of next
October.
This action, on the part of the
board is to be commended. 1t is
rather strange that any decent drug
store will try to sell whiskey, for the
sake of making few dollars.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Notice..

Having qualified as administrator
OF the estate Of Minnie ID. Prince
deceased, late of Halifax County
this IS to notify all persons indebted
to said estate to make immediate
settlement of said Indebtedness to
me-. And all persons having claims
against said estate will present them
to me, duly verified, within twelve
months from this date, or this notice
will be pleaded in bar of their recov-
cry.
This Aug. 4th, 1909.
d. M: PRINCE, Administrator of
Minnie D. Prince, Deceased
kITCHIN & SMITH, Attorneys.
S-5-6t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09

Mary-Dark circles under the eyes
indicate sluggish circulation, torpid
liver and kidneys. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea and exercis will make
you we'll beautiful 80 cents, Tea or
Tablets. E. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Publishers Announcement.

vie. eAt,1ed poirt in newspaper ethics that
editors and publishers not responsible Tor the
Jews OF correspondents, and the publication OF
communication does not mean that tne eui'o u %
,,r,IrI'.Ler endorses the communication. The
EosIMoNwEALrH adheres to these general pricl-
pies.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Executors Notice.

Having qualified Is
the estate Of Louisa klchaa
ceased late of Halifax Count. IN.
this is to notify MI person"
claims against the Sali g. a..
sent them to me within tre.
from the date or this motto. ".~ ,
plead in bar of their fee"....
persons indebted 10 E-- nav
requested to make iaw"... t'
ment.
This August u, 1909 ...a,
T. =. LYNCH, I...-e
Essex, N. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-09-09
Administrator Notice

Having this day ad@a
the estate of Louisa Cotton. |.'
this is to notify all persons ~.
claims against said estate Y
sent them to ne or nj.
or before August 6,h- .se.
notice will be pleaded 10 Led
recovery. All persons Wv r.s.a
said estate are reouSe.
immediate settlement. fs.
This the 9Th. day At H AL.
S. A. DUNN, Atty. Z
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20

Deputy keeps may that being RICH
mighty sight profitable business being President
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE,

the diplomatic service
President logical extension OF the pln
e adopted Secretary Washington Star The service wa"
political It's character posts OF import
ae being given exclusively patisans without reference to ezIerr
~ or special purpose OF state to
the United States abroad young
OF the service and BY
nentea
of latest
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in
as definitely part diplomatic establishment that the holders of these
places eligible promotion nershps demonstrating their
The present position
men who thorough policies and the
merely handle dheu
4ops emergencies of foreign representation
the in which he conducts
great negotiation possibly involving breach
relations and it is important that
widely extended lines of trade which the diversified
the world
be all opportunities trade
principles advanced by Secretary
by
in universities
should
of weltrained citizens
attractive by offering the
promotion viii the ranks of its
considering this line employment other than
means to other
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
BoREAs AND THE EYEsoREs.

has with those who
blboards
those folk unkd chuckle with fendih
a the havoc
board while dwes length
nod heads
which, brilliant
Peekhm's Pellets
Honolulu thoroughly
the
telephone
rapidly installed bboad
equally desirable Blboards
to harmonic with hibiscus hedges Poncana and beadu They
of
The shock suddenly
temptation of
libel gentleman
husky billboard before the attack of wldeepd
wind would might diseoneerting
If folk the glory public
thing little hdeou billboard
has kiosks which, while architectural
do the landscape The
obseared by glazing announcing that su Oil
ehtlains likely feel purchase
said oil and thereby supply the for the erection of bb
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20
HEAVY RAINS IN THE
SOUTHERN ISLANDS
Wireless Messages Indicate That
Precipitation Has Been
General.

T. \. Schaefer G. Ce. received news
on Saturday from Hoaokaa that there
had been plentiful fall of rain there
in the last few days. Irwin & Co. re-
ceived similar information from Pau
haa. and Davies & Co received word
that heavy rains had fallen II the Ha-
waii mountains, and that snow was
Gaping the highest peaks. The storm
was general yesterday on Hawaii and
Maui. Wireless messages from Kahu-
lui stated that the seas were rough
there, and incoming pursers from Ka
uai report very rough weather along
the Garden Island coast.
On Oahu there were several heavy
falls of rain on Saturday and yesterday
The Rapid Transit had sweepers out on
Saturday night when it seemed that the
rains would cover the tracks with de-
bris.. A number of trees, principally
algarobas, suffered the loss of many
limbs, principally through being soaked
with rain, after which the wind tore
them off easily. A few billboards blew
down and those who passed the fallen
eyesores hoped they would never go up
again. There was general comment that
billboards were dangerous to life and
limb, as they were liable to topple over
during heavy wind storms, and being
built of heavy lumber and faced with
tin, would easily kill anyone caught
under them.
The telegraph wire to the Kahuku
wireless station was out Of commission
during Saturday night, but was repair
ed yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20

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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-12-20

Some of the presiding genius
forial sanetum show the long with