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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Getting Your Part of the Trade.

Of course there are many ways to
reach the people; the important thing
is to reach them and reach them oi-
ten. In this day Of active competi-
ton, there are many stores selling
the same article and the matter of
price doesn't decide every time where
the buyer will go. The wise buyer
is ever on the lookout for the best
bargains and he appreciates being
told where to find them. If it WASH t
for being accused of showing parti-
ality, we might keep them posted for
you. That's one of the troubles and
so the best way for you, Mr.. Mer-
chant, is to buy a little space in the
Ansonian. 1t is read every week by
1000 Arson county families. Sup
poses these families spend an average
Of $3.50 each in the stores of Anson
county, and that is reasonable es-
innate, you see they all spend not
less than $780, ,OOO-half a million.
Does your business need any of that
amount? Are the successful mer-
chants of Wadesboro and other An
son county towns getting most of
this by advertising? If you will COM
pare their trade with the amount of
printers ink they use, you'll think
like we do; it pays. Wadesboro An
sOnian.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Governments Monument for COnfeder'
ate Graves.

In the national cemetery at Salem,
N. j., are the graves Of nearly e.
500 Confederate soldiers who died in
the prison at Fort Delaware. The
records are 80 imperfect that many
of the graves cannot be Unidentified.
For this reason the government will
erect one monument to all the Con-
federate dead buried there, instead
of placing individual headstones.
Col. William C. Oates, the commits
sioner for marking the graves of
Confederate soldiers buried in Fed
eral cemeteries, has just opened the
bids for this monument, which is to
be Of granite and to cost $500.
Thus again does the Federal govern
ment honor the memory of the Con-
federate dead, as it is just and prop
er that the whole country should do.
Charlotte Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Rules for Home Education.

l. From your children's earliest
infancy, inculcate the necessity of
instant obedience.
2. Unite frmness with gentle
ness. Let your children always un-
derstand that you mean exactly what
you say.
3. Never promise them anything,
unless you are quite sure you can
give them what you promise.
A. If you tell a little child to do
something, show him how to do it,
and see that it is done.
5. Always punish your children
for wilfully disobeying you, but
never punish them in anger.
6. Never let them perceive that
they can vex you, or make you lose
your self-command.
Z. If they give way to petulance
and temper, wait till they are calm,
and then gently reason with them on
the improperly of their conduct.
s. Remember that a little present
punishment when the occasion arises
is much more effectual than the
threatening of greater punishment
should the fault be renewed.
9. Never give your children any
thing because they cry for it.
10. On no account allow them to
do at one time, what you have for
hidden under the like circumstance
at another.
II. Teach them that the only sure
and easy way to appear good is to be
good.
II. Accustom them to make their
little recital with perfect truth.
13. Never allow to tale-bearing.
IA. If your children abuse your
confidence, make them, for time
at least, fell the want Of it.
Is. Avoid illusions to former
faults, when real sorrow has been
evinced for having committed them.
1G. Remember the Importance of
instilling good habit while your chill
dren are young. The habit of per-
sevrance is very important. Select
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
The HOUSE FLY.
Its Menace Bearer OF Sickness and
Death Wherever il Goes.

Mans victory over his larger liv-
ing foes is SO complete that he is
liable to regard himself the unas-
sailable lord of the earth. The mas
todon fell before him centuries ago,
and the lion and elephant are his
easy prey to-day.
Even the great snakes and sea
monsters have disappeared from the
regions he has claimed, and in the
air he seems to have no more foes
at all. But as matter of fact, there
are still some strenuous wars ahead
of him if he is to remain the master
of the world. What the mastodon
could not do the pneumococcus may
accomplish. What the python and
jackal attempted, the rat, the mos
quito and the house fly may achieve.
1t is only in recent years that the
menace of these apparently puny foes
has been understood. Twenty years
ago it was believed that malaria was
caused by foul air. To-day we know
it is transmitted by the anophles
maculipennio, mosquito. We
know, too, that the stegomyia fasci-
alta, another mosquito, transmits
yellow fever, that the testes fly car
ries the germs of the sleeping sick
ness, and that the rat is the bearer
of the bubonic plague Knowing
these things, we war upon the mos
quito, testes fly, and the rat-and
already the effect is enormous. Ma
laria is dying out in the world and
yellow fever has disappeared from
this worst pest-holes. In Africa the
sleeping sickness is about to yield,
and in the Far East the bubonic
plague grows less and less. But
there yet remains another bearer of
sickness and death-the common
house fy-and the maladies that he
carries still rage. tuberculosis is
one of them, and others are typhoid
fever, pneumonia, and the terrible
disorders Of summer. The fly, Of
course, does not cause these dis
eases himself, but he carries the
germs that do. He walks in filth,
and the microscopic organisms stick
to his feet. A moment later he in
vades the dining room. Weeks af-
terwards there is illness in the house,
and may be death.
A great war upon the house fly
is now being organized. 1t has the
support of health officers in all the
States. and it deserves the active
aid of every citizen. 1t will go slow
ly, no doubt, at the start, for the
public does not adopt novel prophy-
latic measures eagerly-witness the
long opposition to vaccination but
in the end it is certain, house or a
city infested by filthy, disease-breed-
ing flies will be regarded by all as a
house or city disgraced. The fly
has no excuse for existence. He is
absolutely useless and utterly vile.-
Baltimore Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Sees Mother Grow Young.

1T would be hard to ovcrstatc the
wonderful change in my mother since
she began to use Electric Blttcr>,
writes Mrs. w. J.. Gilpatrick, OF Dam
fcrd, Me. Although past 80 she
seems really to be growing young again.
She suffered untold misery from dys-
pepsa for % years. At last she could
neither eat, drink nor sleep. Doctors
gave her up and all remedies failed till
Electric Bitters worked such wonders
for her health" They invigorate all
vital organs, cure liver and kidney
troubles, induce sleep. impart strength
and appetite. Only soc at f. q.
Whitehead Company
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Senator's in Business.

Senator LaFollette's example in
refusing to vot on the lead schedule
of the tariff bill because he has mon
ey invested in lead mine has not
been catching. 1t was probably the
inspiration for the inquiry made by
the New York Evening Post to as
certain how far Senators are pecun-
iarily interested in their votes. 1t
sent letters Of inquiry to all except
Mr.. Lorimer, who was elected too
late, and got answers from As. With
these answers and other information,
the Post presents the following cata-
logue of Senators according to avo-
cations and other more or less peril
nent characteristics:
Farmers, 10.
Merchants, q.
Corporation lawyers, 27.
Lawyers without special leanings,
21.
Bankers and holders of bank
stocks, q.
Manufacturers, II.
Holders of railway stocks, &c.
Holders of steamship interests, 6.
Holders Of mining interests, II.
Holders of lumber interests, 9.
Connected with public utility cor
porations, 8.
Owners of large tracts Of land, 8.
Rated as poor men, 10
Rated as millionaires, at least %.
Indefinitely reported to have lean
ings toward corporations, 16.
The post takes up each Senator
separately and in detail. Curious
constituents may find a dull hour
take flight unexpectedly by compar-
ing these biographies with the re-
cords or votes on the schedules
National Monthly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Old Violin But Too Much Name.

Mr.. w. w. Tharpe showed US a
few days ago an old violin--a very
old and rare instrument if you can
believe the printed label on the bot
tom of the inside of the violion. On
this label in plain legible letters are
the words "Antonius Stradiuaverius
Cremonensis Facubat Ammo 1870. y
The date 1870 makes the violin 179
years old, and Stradiuaverius was a
celebrated violin maker of the 18th
century. The instrument has very
fine tone and is highly priced by Mr.
Tharpe. .-Elkin Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
A BOYS SUMMER CAMP.
Called the State of Columbia and Gov.
crHed by Boy Citizens.

The Columbia Park Boys Club of
San Francisco has hit upon a unique
plan by which number Of city boys
get, besides the privileges of vaca-
ton outing, the training of citizen
ship under the discipline of a self
governing community.
The Estate Of Columbia" as its
camp is called, has a government al
most as complex as the great State
of California; but there are no po-
licemen, says Recreation, no secret
service men, no courts, no ward
heelers.
Besides q score of other secretaries
and commissioners the State of CO.
lumbia can boast Of a secretary of
recreation, who makes general plans
for the sports, entertainments and
camp fire programmes. The daily
life in this picturesque state is SINH
lar to the routine Of military camp.
Reveille is blown at 6:l5. after which
the ''citizens" assemble for the flag
raising exercises and physical drill.
Breakfast over work is carried on
in most of the classes until 10:45.
During the morning it is often neces-
sary to hold various rehearsals.
Citizens are excused for these by
written order from the recreation de-
partment. Band practice is held
for an hour each morning. At 1915
the boys assemble and march up to
the tables for lunch, after which
there is no work except in the kitch-
en- department, and at 2 everybody
leaves to participate in whatever
games the recreation department
has planned.
Marching cross country is often in
order, and sometimes neighboripg
town is favored with minstrel show
Dress call for the evening meal is
blown at 5:15. The evening is spent
in play and military exercises.
The constitution of the State of
Columbia is an interesting document.
If the boys do not grow up to be
good citizens it is not the fault Of
their miniature government. One
difficulty "a very old complaint with
all governments) is to enforce the
| laws.
The president writes: 1--WE have
no court trials, as this would bring
the criminal idea too prominently
before the boys. | have asked all of
them to be policemen themselves as
far as the observance Of the law is
concerned, and it is remarkable what
a strong spirit in favor of keeping
the laws has been developed. This
spirit does not take the form of idle
tattling, but of a genuine desire to
uphold good order in the camp.
Law 27 reads as follows: "Citi-
zens not helping the cooks shall stay
out of the kitchen, except by special
permission" If the State of Colum-
bia boys can learn to obey this rule,
and the president says they can and
do, there is nothing in the constitu-
tion or laws Of the United States
that will ever bother them when
they are men. New York Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
A Ni0ht Riders Raid.

The worst night riders are calomc',
croton oil OF aloes pills. They raid
YOUR bed to rob you Of rest. Not SO
with DR.. Kings New Life Pills. They
never distress or inconvenience, but
always cleanse the system, curing
colds. headache, constipation, malaria.
25c at E. L. Whitehead Compa ny's.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
Tortured on a Horse.

"For ten years | couldn't ride a
horse without being in torture from
piles writes L. S. Napier, OF Rugless,
Ky.. when all doctors and other reme-
dies failed, Bucklen's Arnlca Saive
cured me-" Infallible for piles, burns,
scalds, cuts, boils, feversores. eczema,
salt rheum, corns. 25c. Guaranteed
bv r. r. Whitehead Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Get DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve when you ask for it. There are
a great many limitations, but there is
Just one original. This salve is good
for anything where salve is needed to
be used, but it is especially good for
Piles. Sold by f. I. Whitehead Com
p3ny.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Your brain goes on a strike when
you overload your stomach; both need
blood to do business. Nutrition is
what you want, and it comes by tax
ing HOLSTERS Rocky. Mountain Tea.
81 cents. Tea or Tablets. f. T. White
head Co
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

1t is said that no man can tell fib
and keep his big toe still. If the
women will induce their husbands to
take off their shoes before they be-
gin to question them they can catch
them in a falsehood every time. -
Atchison Globe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Bilious? Feel heavy after dinner?
Tongue coated? Bitter taste? Com
plexion sallow2 Liver needs waking
up. Doan's Regulets cure bilious at
tacks. 25 cents at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Generally debiltatcd for years.
Had sick headaches, lacked ambition,
was all worn-out and all rundown.
Burdock Blood Bittcrs made me we'll
woman. Mrs. Chas. Freitoy, Moos-
up, COnG.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Didn't you propose to her sooner
than you expected" Eyes, but you
see, old man, didn't want to ex-
haust all my topics of conversation
before we were married. Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

The best pills made are DeWitt's
Little Early Risers, the famous little
liver pills. They are small, gentle,
pleasant, easy to take and act prompt
ly. They are sold by E. 7. Whitehead
Company.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Father" said little Rollo, what
is foible?" "A foible, my son, is
something somebody else is interest
ed in and you're not. Washington
Star.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Farmers, mechanics, railroadcrs, la
borers rely on DR.. Thomas Eclcctric
Oil. Takes the sting out of cuts, burns
or bruises at once. Pain cannot stay
where il is used
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Don't think that piles can't bc cur
ed. Thousands of obstinate cases have
been cured by Doan's Ointment. soc.
at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
NEWS ITEMS.
Items Picked Up Here and There ani
Gathered From Cur EXCHANGES.

John D. Rockefeller was 70 years
old on July Sth.
The news comes from Africa that
the Roosevelt expedition is enjoying
good hunting.
There has been great suffering re-
ported in the flooded districts of
Missouri and Kansas.
The white blackberries are said to
have been originated by P. M. Rhyme,
Of CASTOR county.
J. A. Locke, a business man of
Dawson, Ga, is dead from the eff
fects of an automobile accident.
Mrs. Catherine Kilgo, of South
Carolina, mother of DR.. j. G. Kilgo,
is dead. She died at the age of 80.
Oscar Strauss, of New York City,
was recently appointed American
Ambassador to Turkey.
Hon. II. S. Clay has been re-elect-
ed U. S. Senator by the Georgia
legislature. His term will expire in
1915.
The U. S. Senate has voted six
months salary to the widow Of it's
late chaplain, DR.. Edward Everett
Hale.
Rev. J. J. Hall, pastor of the first
Baptist church at Fayetteville, has
sailed for England, where he will
visit his mother.
Fire destroyed the home of S. f.
Hamlet, Of South Boston, Va, and
burned his five children and H. A.
Strange to death.
L. D. O'Kelly, an ex-policeman, of
Durham, died suddenly. one day last
week, as the result of drinking car
bolic acid for whiskey.
Major N. H. McGleachy, of Fay
etteville, has accepted the Chief
Marshalship Of the state fair to be
at Raleigh in October.
The first issue of the republican
paper will be issued from Greensbo-
= D.ll.ay lnolnlng, Iotn INST. Il. L.
Smith will be the editor.
Congressman F. w. Cushman, of
Washington State, died at hospital
in New York last week. He was
considered the humorist of the
House.
Mrs. Lillian O. Hoag, of Los An,
geles, CAL, has broken all records
for fasting, abstaining from food 49
days. The next highest record is
Al days.
The North Carolina State Fire
mems Association will meet at New
bern next year. J. D. McNeill, of
is chairman of the AS
sociation.
Col. John W. Hinsdale, of Raleigh,
has been elected president of the
N. G.. Bar Association, and Thos. w.
Davis, of Wilmington, secretary and
treasurer.
St. Paul's Methodist church of
Raleigh, the handsomest colored
church in the State, was destroyed
by fire as result of the fourth of
July celebration.
The Rural Letter Carriers Asso-
citation in session at Charlotte last
week elected 7. V. Howell, of Arson
county,as president and J.W. Brooks
secretary. The meeting next year
will be held at Raleigh.
w. c.. Hine, of Connecticut, found
recently a turtle marked with his
grandfather initials I'D. H." and
two dates 1862 and 1869. Hine re-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

thcrelOrc, # kidney
trouble is permitted to
continue. serious re-
suits are most likely
To follow. Your ether
organs may need at
te2ltion, but your kid
reys most, because
they DO most and
should have attention
first. Therefore, when
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15
The Kidneys AT6
Weakened by Over Work.
ag Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

< nd unhealthy kidneys are re-
Tor much sickness aud suffering,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

Are you fond of lobster, Miss
Flip"
Lobster"
"Yes."
"Oh, this is 50 sudden!"-United
Presbyterian.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

= n ElINeys are weak or ont Of order,
~, can understand how quickly your en-
- body IS affected and how every organ
ms to fail to 10 is duty
+ you are sick OF feel badly" begin
,1,,i1ls the great kidney remedy, Dr.
Llt1u>r's SWamp-Root. \ trial will con-
vince you Of its great merit.
The mild and immediate elect OF
{ :vasz7?-RooE, the great kidney and
bladder remedy, IS soon realized. 1t
stands the highest because its remarkable
health restoring properties have been
.~ )ven il thousands Of the most distress
No casns. IFX0u ilee4 q medicine yo1
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

now to find out Is you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
When writing to DR.. kil1ner & Co.,
BinghaT1ltou, N. Y. Don't make any mis-
AXE, bat remember the name, Swamp
Root, and don't let = dealer sell you
something i'll place Of Swamp-Root-if
YOU do you will be disappointed
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-07-15

a15uii have the best.
Sold by druggists IN
tilty-Ccnt and oIle-doI-
lar sizes. You NAV
have a sample hottIo
by mail free, also I
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-17
Nav Revise Assessment.

The state supreme court Saturday
decided that an assessment of bene-
fits for street improvement may be
revised by appraisers selected by the
circuit court, and that any reduction
OF the assessment by them must be
recorded by the county clerk in the
court records An order mandating
the city OF Indianapolis and its board
OF public works to furnish for record
ing a report reducing forby-seven as
sessments OF benefits for the, brick
pavement in English avenue, that city
was affirmed.
The court decided that the proviso
in Section 3 OF the cities and towns
act is constitutional. Judge Hadley
said: There is no just ground for
oontending that the comforting upon
skilled and competent laydnen the au-
thority to assess benefits and dam
ages i'll a street Improvement amounts
to an effort to clotie them with ju-
dicial power. There is not sufficient
ground for saying that the court ex-
ercised or that the statute purports
to confer upon it the right to eNer-
else any purely judicial power in the
proceeding" Judge Montgomery DIS
scented, holding that the section was
invalid.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-17
KENTUCKY IN JUNE.
Eloquently Depicted by a Devo.
tee of Fervid Ora
tory.

Here's sample OF the southern
style OF oratory par excellence. IL
could scarce have been equalled in
the pafmiest days OF Patrick Henry
and his eloquent compeers OF the
revolutionary era.
Where the Silvery moonbeans ca
ress the sweet magnolia blooms
where the knocking bird swoon in &c
staSy as he trills and thrills his even
ing lay-where the southern eros !,
sheds its golden radiance on fair wo-
men and brave men-where the cot
tom "Opens its snow white balls and
showers its largess on a peaceful peo-
ple-wlere the happy negroes Sit be-
side their cabin doors, singing their
quaint songs to the tinkle-tankle of
the ibanjo-where hospitality is the
one endeavor OF the generous resi-
dents, and where the weary warfare1
is welcomed with outstretched hands
TO gnoaring boards-whcre the mint
patch flourishes and the liquor grows
ruby red-where chivahry still retains
rts ibeauteous sway-where the days
are dreams OF delight and the soft
and odorous nights make romance
live again--where the love'birds COO
and caress in the fragrant branches
OF the emblossomed trees-where all
nature is, brightest, sweetest and
lcvelist-that's Kentucky in June"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-17
Throne of the World.

America rs the throne OF the world.
On her east is the greatest ocean OF
the present, ON her west is the great
est ocean of the future, on her south
the greatest OF gulfs and on her north
the greatest OF lakes. She can COM
mand the trade OF the world in ma
teriaf Things. She can lead the march
OF the nations in spiritual thir0s.
Let us do both. With more schools
where the learning OF man is taught
more churches where the word OF
God is preached, more nerve and
brain and pure resolve than all the
world combined, t us keep the lead
erSh6p that now rs ours and captain
mankind to the prac tical realization
of humanity's highest hopes.-Sena-
tor Albert ]. Beverbdge, in Appleton
Magazine
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1909-06-17
Suggestion to Soldiers.

The National Tribune says; ut
would greatly help widow If the
soldier prepared before his death ali
particulars required by the widow in
securing her pension. Such aft davit
should state his name, date and place
of birth; her maiden name, date and
place of marriage; name of person
who married them; whether clergy
man-of what clurch-'or if judicial
officer, his Office, etc; names OF two
or more who were present, postoffice
address, if known, whether he or she
was married to any other persons,
if so, when or where previous hus-
band or wife died and where record
of death can be found; or, if divorced
when and where records OF proceed
ings and decree can be found, state
when and in what company or regi-
ment or on what vessel. if in the
army he served" ASK