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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
To Florida In a Wagon.
NUMBER ID.

Mr.. end Mrs. James Rogers and
four children passed through Gas
tonia, in covered wagon yesterday
enroute to Florida. They have
made their home near Boone for a
number of years. and are going to
the land OF flowers TO reside in the
future, if they like that section well
enough. When asked when they
expected to get to Florida. they re-
piled that they were not in hurry
and expected it would be in the
summer. A man and family going
so great distance in Il wagor brings
to mind the days gone by, when
hundreds of families Of this section
drove through to Texas and other
Western states, because there were
no railways. ys.-Gastonia Progress.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
The RESPONSIBILITY PLACED.
The Friends OF Prohibition Must See
That The Law is Enforced.

To the Friends of Temperance and
Good Government
The fact that North Carolina now
has written upon her statute books
laws which prohibit the manufac-
ture and sale of liquor, lays the re-
sponsibility upon citizens and officers
in every community to execute these
laws. Let no one believe for one
minute that the laWless liquor traf-
fc has conscience that will lead
them voluntarily to obey. The ex-
perience Of all laW-abiding commu-
mites teach US that it is necessary to
use the strong arm of the law and
compel obedience. The way the
average citizen in our country en-
forces law is by electing officers, who
stand for enforcement. Just at this
time, l want to emphasize the ne
cessity Of citizens using their fran
chise in the election of the right
sort of officers. 1t is not enough
that we have good laws, we must
have faithful and efficient officers to
make these laws effective, and the
making of the officer lies with the
citizens.
During this spring many towns
and cities will be electing their Off
GERS, and now is the time for ou1
temperance forces to be at work
See to it that such men are nomi.
mated and elected as will guarantee
the execution Of the law. 1t is the
duty of every citizen to give some
time and attention to the matter OF
civil government, and it shows {
lack of patriotism, if not selfshness
for men to be SO wrapped up in per
sonal or business affairs that they
will not give some thought to the
selection and election of men wht
are to manage their local govern
ment.
If the enforcement of the prohi
bition law in your community is no
what it ought to be, see that 70,
use your influence to secure officer
who will make it good, and thel
give them your full support as the.
make al honest effort to be true t.
their official trust.
r. L. DAVIS, Supt.,
N. c.. Anti-Saloon League.
Wilson, N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
The KNOCKER.
The Men That no Community viii Ever
Need or Desire.

You will find him in every town.
He never gets ashamed or discour-
aged. Movement after movement
he opposes and fights with all the
earnestness of his nature, but he is
run over and arises ready to stand
in the pathway Of the next improve
ment. There is this about him, how
ever. He rarely has any influence.
Nobody ever thinks of consulting
him, for his opinion is entirely worth
less. There are always few though,
who follow his call. They are
naturally against everything but
lack the Initiative and the nerve to
lead; so they follow. It is bad
enough to be a .knocker; it is a great
deal worse to be knockers hench-
man. Whenever this element of
people can dominate community,
that community is doomed. The
only towns in North Carolina that
have made any progress are those
in which the progressive citizens
band themselves together and run
rough shod over those who would
obstruct and hinder the advance
ment of the town. No attention in
the world should be paid to people
whose stock is to hold back instead
Of to go forward. Nor do the knock
ers all live in town. More's the
pity. A good proportion of them
live in the country. They are the
chief opponents of the local tax for
education. Now every body knows
a local tax for schools is an unmixed
blessing. 1t is never oppressive,
never unwise and always helpful,
and yet the knockers hang around
and whine about heavy taxation and
predict the bankruptcy of the world
on account of it. Although these
fiimsy arguments have been explod
ed thousand times, the knockers
followers take up the cry, and good
men are often deceived into voting
against the very thing that woulo
make their neighborhood prosper
Gus, and open the way for all sort.
Of developments. We have Otter
wondered where the knocker foun(
his fun in the curious course HI
takes. He cannot be happy, unles
he enjoys misery. He is bound tt
be defeated and discredited soone
or later, for no one man or set O
men can forever hold back the tid'
of progress. His career is never ;
profitable one, for while he ma.
save few cents of taxes he lose
the increase in property that hi
policy prevents. The fact is tn
knocker is always a loser and neve
a gamer, and hesleads lot of poo
dupes after him who suffer withou
knowing why.-Charity and Child
ren.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Does 1t Pay or Not?

Mr.. Merchant, you who so fre-
quently say that you don't know
whether advertising pays or not
how is it that you are familiar with
the new things that come out in the
way of clothes, hats, shoes, hosiery,
neckwear, shirts, underwear, milli-
merry, dress goods, agricultural imple-
ments, machinery, in fact all kinds
of produce? Never read advertise
ments, do you?
1t is absurd for people to say that
they don't read advertisements, and
it is absurd to claim that advertising
does not pay.
Every merchant in every town
should advertise, first of all, in his
home newspaper. He cannot make
himself we'll known otherwise; he
cannot do as much business as he
wants to do otherwise.
He need spend only in proportion
to the business he does in year.
1t will be beginning and It will
pay-but the greatest care should be
taken, since only small space can be
used, to make each advertisement as
full of meat as possible-make il
stand out conspicuously in type eff.
feet, and make the reading matter
say something and mean it.-Oxforc
Banner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
The '"BeSt Breed."

Any of the improved breeds are
satisfactory to the man who feeds
well, and none will give "luck" to
the man who requires them to
"rustle" for themselves. Because
the pig or the calf fails to make
proper growth is no reflection Oh
the breed. The difficulty may posi-
bly be with the Individual member
of the breed in question, but tits
much more likely that the fault is
yours. 1t is much more likely that
your management is wrong than
that the breed or that even the in
dividual is at fault. We have known
farmers to condemn a breed from
their experience with one or two in.
dividuals and those kept under con-
ditions which would ruin the chances
of any animal of any breed.-Raleigh
IN. CT Progressive Farmer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Terrible Picture Of SUFFERING.

Clinton, Ky.-Mrs. M. C. McElroy,
in a letter from Clinton, writes:
"For six years / was a sufferer from
female troubles. [ could not eat,
and could not stand on my feet
without suffering great pain. l had
lost hope. After using Cardui week
began to improve. Now feel
better than in six years." Fifty
years of success in actual practice,
is positive proof, furnished by those
who have tried it, that Cardui car
always be relied on for relieving
female weakness and disease. Try
Cardui, today, now!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Where Are Your Farm TOglS?

1t has been the reproach Of West
ern farmers for many years that the
binder, the mower, the wagon that
were built to last ten or twelve years
are left lying out in the fields with
cut shelter, in the summer rains and
sun and the winters snow, with the
result that they rust out in two or
three years. There is not nearly so
much room for complaint in recent
years as in the past. Farmers are
taking better care of their tools, and
will get better service from them.
The question we put to you just
now is: Where are your tools? Are
they under shelter or are they out
of doors? Have you a tool shed, and
are your tools in it, with the metal
parts protected from rust by being
oiled? The answer will be made by
some that they have not been able
to put up a tool shed. Well, you
must either go TO the expense OF
providing some kind of shelter. or
you must stand the wear and tear?
There is no alternative Now which
is cheaper, to provide shelter or to
buy new tools when the others
should be only half worn out? 1t is
one of those cases where man
must do either one thing or the
other. Now which is the cheapest?
We are very jealous of the reputa-
ton Of the farmer. and it always
hurts US to have implement men tell
us that the farmer does not get
half the wear out of his tools that
he should, because he leaves them
Just where he unhitched when last
using them.-Wallace's Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Reach Out For Business.

The business that is not advertised
these days is going to lag behind in
the race, and sooner or later will be
SO far behind that it will either have
to drop out altogether, or merely
crawl along. These days the south
is throbbing with energy and i. the
spirit Of progress is cracking in the
air. No longer is the south merely
great farming land, with stores,
banks and offices, but it is a big
manufacturing garden and is going
to be the manufacturing center. So
competition along with such indus
try, is getting to be decidedly live
issue. Such competition is being
felt in every branch of business and
one Of the chief assets of accomplish
ment is advertising. The business
man that does not advertise is not
wise, as he evidently thinks himself
He is simply foolish. He is not
saving anything because surely he
must labor under such impression,
but he is really loosing money. He
may not be loosing on his business,
but he is not making the money that
could be made, and sooner or later
he is going to feel such perhaps, in
crushing manner. The alert adver-
tiser is the man who gets the bust
ness and therefore makes the money
and the fellow who stops advertising
during a dull season is lacking many
of the finer essentials of the sbrewd
business man. When business gets
dull why advertise. Reach out fol-
business, and you will get it.-Wil-
mington Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
CHEMICAL CAUSED CANCER.
Even Now Curdble II Disease Is Dis
covered EARLY Enough.

DR.. Howard A. Kell, professor of
gynecology in the James Hopkins
University Medical School and one
of the most prominent surgeons in
the country, says physicians are on
the eve of defining exactly the cause
of cancer and of placing it among
the absolutely durable diseases. He
believes that it is even now durable,
if the signs of its presence are dis
covered early enough and if surgery
is used at once. DR.. Kelly said re-
Gently:
''The researches of George Grille.
of Cleveland Victor Vaughan, of
Ann Arbor; Ross, of Liverpool; Flax
ner, of New York, and others, by
careful animal experimentation and
the most refined methods of scienti-
fic investigation, have demonstrated
almost to a certainty that cancer is
not like any other diseases. due to
the invasion of minute organisms
into the cells Of the body, but is due
to the overactivity of the cells them
selves, which run riot in their growth
stimulated and charged by some
chemical substance, probably caused
by the irritation of the cells.
''This fact being established, mar
rows the investigation and brings
the goal, the cause of cancer, almost
in sight, and direct all the energy
and ability of our ablest scientists
toward the discovery Of some chem
ical substance which will neutralize
that produced by the activity of the
cells, and so destroy the growth.
Pending this great discovery
which seems not distant, it is i'm
portant for every human being tc
remember that cancer is durable
disease if taken in it's early stages
and treated surgically. baltimore
Dispatch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Gl2n IL? Schools Increase Rapidly.

Since January |, 1907, siXty-five
Open Air Schools for children al
Ili3tad with Or predisposed to tuber
cu.osis have been established in
5wonty-aigdt cities. according to an
s.4g J..il.-4L.9AI. made III a bulletin
issued to-day by the National Asso-
ciztion for the Study and Proven
ton Of tuberculosis.
The first Open Air School in the
United States was established on
January /, 1907 by the Board of
Education of Providence, r. l., at
the instance Of DR.. Ellen A. Stone.
The next school was established IN
Nav Of the same year at Pittsburg.
9 third one at Boston in July, 1908,
and The fourth at Bellevue Hospital
IN New York in December, 1908.
During the year 1909 ten schools in
i've different cities were opened; in
l19l0, sixteen schools in twelve cities
were opened; and eight schools IN
FIVE cities have been opened to April
| /. 1911, while definite provisions has
been made for tWenty-seven more
schools in six cities. Many cities
are considering the question and will
act during the coming year.
New York now has in operation
twelve open air schools and classes,
and definite provision has been made
for fourteen similar classes to be
opened by next fall. Boston has
five open air classes in its schools,
and Chicago also has several.
According to reports received by
| the National Association, the result
/ Of the open air class-Work has been
! to restore most OF the children to
normal health and efficiency. One
/ Of these open air schools or classes
should be established for each 25,OCO
population, especially in cities.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
Don't Get All Run Down.

Weak and miserable. If you have
kidney or bladder trouble, headache,
pains in the back, and feel tired all
over and want a pleasant herb
remedy, try Mother Gray's AROMA
TIC-LEAF. AS system regulator
it has no equal. All druggists. SOC.
Ask to-day. Sample FREE. Ad-
dress. The Mother Gray Co., LIE Roy.
NJ "
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
U.nEn.E The MONEY GOES.
l2EI 1poIaii0nS h!ade by The Recent
General Assembly.

A representative Of The News re-
Gently spent some time in the Office
- the Secretary of the State exam
'njrg the record Of the recent legis-
la5ure in order to give The News
readers important information IN re-
gard 10 the appropriations made by
thc general assembly, showing where
Tue money OF the people will go dur
ing the next two years.
It is the duty Of every citizen to
study these figures and see what is
being done in North Carolina, and
1.Fe statament herewith should be
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06
The Seller Of Liquor is Classified.

Judge Allen puts the man who
sells liquor in the list Of bad citizens
and he is right. Time was" said
Judge Allen in his charge to the
grand jury last Monday, when
fairly good citizens sold liquor, but
under present conditions no more
except bad man engages in the
sale of liquor" There is no doubt
about the attitude of Judge Allen
on the liquor question. He is against
it good and hard. Monroe Enquirer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Constipation causes headache.
nausea. dizziness, languor, heart
palpitation. Drastic physics gripe.
sicken, weaken the bowels and don't
cure. Doan's Regulets act gently
and cure constipation. 25 cents. Ask
your druggist.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Aladdin was boasting of his lamp.
but it won't keep an even tenn
perature in an incubator" cried a
sour suburbanite.
Sadly he owned there were limits
to magic. New York Sun.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Had dyspepsia or indigestion for
years. No appetite, and what | did
eat distressed me terribly. BurdOck
Blood Bitters cured me. y. II.
Walker, Sunbury, Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

In cases ofrheunatism relief from
pain makes sleep and rest possible.
This may be obtained by applying
Chamberlain's Liniment. For sale
by all dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Don't let the baby suffer from
eczema, sores or any itching of the
skin. Doan's Ointment gives instant
relief, cures quickly. Perfectly safe
for children. All druggists sell it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Fond Friend-Was there much
cut glass among the wedding pres
ents?
Jealous Cat-Only her engage
ment ring.-Judge.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Doctor must forbid all brain
work.
Poet-But may not write some
verses?
Doctor certainly. .-Pearsons.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

''Our baby cries for Chamberlain S
Cough Remedy" writes Mrs. I. B.
Kendrick, Rasaca. Ga. "lt is the
best cough remedy on the market
for coughs, colds and Group. For
sale by all dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-04-06

Send loc., nan.o of paper and this ad. for our
tesltitui Savings Bank and Childs SEetch-0ooA'
l,aH hank contains Good Luck Penny.
SCOTT G BOVINE. 400 Pearl St. New York
The Detroit times., 1911-03-17
ICE DEALERS MEETING.
Middle States Producers Exchange
Holds Annual Convention.


Holds Annual Convention.
The Middle States Ice Producers ex
change opened its annual business
session in the Pontchartrain hotel
Friday morning. There was large
attendance of ice men from Michigan
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky and
Wisconsin.
After an address of welcome by
Mayor Thompson. the annual reports
OF the president and other officers
and the reports of the standing com
mittees were read The membership
committee reported that Is members
had been taken in during the year
and that they had 28 applications to
be acted upon in this meeting, bring
ing the membership Up to $50. Nom
mating committees were appointed to
report Saturday.
The afternoon session is TO be TAX
Ell up with papers and discussions on
subjects related to the manufacture
and sale OF ice.
The program for Saturday morning
includes q trip to the Packard auto
mobile plant and more special papers
The convention will close Saturday
afternoon, with the election OF Of
icers.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-17

officer, and the court commanded
Boyajian to control himself
II will try, your honor, but It's
hard" said Boyajian, with tears In his
eyes. "Let me say something plead
ed the doctor.
When order was restored, the sister
said she didn't remember the alleged
conversation relative TO the proposed
marriage.
At this juncture court adjourned un.
I'll p. m.
DR.. Boyajian addressed some re-
marks to the prosecutor after the ad-
journment, telling him that he OBJ
jected to having his sister brought
into the case as she was. The prose-
and also took his counsel, Mr.. Hunt,
to task for not controlling him.
Madros Boyajian, brother OF the
doctor, also broke into the confusion,
shouting to the doctor, Shut up"
The doctor was finally led away by
court officers, muttering angrily as he
left the court room.
Madros Boyajian. brother OF Dr..
Garabed X. Boyajian, testified in the
Thursday afternoon session, to
epileptic attacks suffered by the doc
tor and his father, and also told OF a
troubled condition Of the mind OF his
aunt, sister of his father. The aunt.
he said, came running to his fathers
home, in Armenia, in the dead OF
night, and declared that she was be-
ing pursued by soldiers. There were
no soldiers in the district, the witness
said. He also added that his aunt
died two weeks after the hallucina-
ton, without regaining her senses.
The doctor. he said. was seized with
two fits, that he knew OF, once when
he handed the doctor a letter, advising
him of their mothers death, and
again when he read Of an Armenian
massacre.
In relating the circumstances or
attacks with which his father was
stricken, the witness said that on one
occasion the parent was unable to
recognize a relative, taking him for
Satan.
Towards the end OF the afternoon
session, Juror Harry Moshier got
word that a truck had run down his
daughter, injuring her foot He was
allowed to go home to see her.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-17
DAILY DEATH LIST.

Giovanna soave. ss Scott. years
Dolly M. McGovern. lsa Jay. %
years: tuberculosis.
Albert Pipesh, GAL Antoine. es years
Elisha Leach. Corpus Christi. Tex.
80 years; dysentery.
Adam SeeIi, Wabash r. r. and Gates
years erushns shhsss in'q5ies Hssta to Soay
Sophia schode. Eloiss. Mich. 81
years chronic nephritis.
Robert Wilson. 251 Twenty-hfth. "a
C. f. Merrell. Hammond. Ind. ~
years; crushed by train.
Cora QuiEiey, 200 Harper. 10 years
inquest pending
years Brights disease.
Elma Murray, 522 scoten. IL years;
cardiac insuniciency.
Florsncs Dy,sT.. 1889 st. Auein. IL
Henry Csarniak. Grace hospital. ~
years; gunshot wound OF head. Inquest
pending.
Maud DunkIey Red Cross hospital
Charles Sauble. ebs Roosevelt, ~
years; valvular heart disease.
Frank Kurkowski, sos Ttilmsn. ~
years; phthisis puimonalis.
Otto Wachsman, 244T Jefferson E., bt
years; cirrhosis OF liver.
Annis o. Kent, 24S Twenty-Fourth
John John Kane ksns; rs sss Orleans. 7 years;
Herald Zimmerman. s$4 Hunt. 2,
months: pneumonia
Frances wis; Ias Forest E. Il
years, 'hSss %sr, ps,r soTRs R;o,..
ytars; cholecystitis.
months: malnutrition.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-17
ANSWER TO INQUIRY.

Editor The Times-Have read your
articles on chicken raising, and would
like n little more Information on the
best breeds TO buy. j. r
The question of breed is important,
as The Times said. but there are so
many points to be considered and 30
much to be said about II that a book
might be written on breeds alone.
Says Dwight s. Anderson, expert
chicken raiser:
Ii will not pay you to experiment
very much. You will have to take
somebody's word for it, II you are
not already more or less experienced.
These two facts have been true In
my personal experiences: White Leg
horns lay more eggs in years time
than any other breed. Plymouth
Rocks lay more eggs during The win
ter than White Leghorns. A few
years ago | tried the following sys-
TEN with some success: 4 kept both
Plymouth Rocks and White Leghorns.
! The Plymouth Rocks laid the most
eggs in the winter, and the White
I Leghorns laid the most eggs In spring
and summer In July, when the heat
was intense, the Plymouth Rocks (be-
cause of their size, believe), stopped
laying but the White Leghorns kept
right on. In winter the White Leg
horns laid few eggs, probably because
the energy OF their thin little bodies
was consumed In keeping warm; but
the Ply mouth Rocks turned out on an
average four eggs each week.
never had any trouble keeping
two breeds. | have heard ii said that
only one breed can be successfully
kept, but won't believe 1t until some
body gives me good reason. found
II paid me to kill and market my Ply
mouth Rocks In the summer, just af-
, ter they had stopped laying, and mar
ket my White Leghorns for roasters
in the fall, just when they started TO
molt. Thus, at a nice profit, | dis
posed Of my two-year-old stock at
time when they were nothing but an
expense. and still had eggs in mar
ketable and profitable quantities all
the year around.
The Detroit times., 1911-03-17

The crowd stood four deep in the
side show tent. In the center was
the attraction--Bosco, Bcsco who ate
them alive. Bosco, who dned On
snakes, serpents. rcrtiles, gila mon
sters, lizards, scorpions, tarantulas
horned toads and such sumptuous
fare. Bosco just then was performing
1t was not generally known that
Bosco was stalling, that he only put
India rubber limitations OF the real
thing between his lips. The live ones
he was very careful to let the live
ones run about the pen untouched.
But on this day Bosco had been
imbibing rather literally Of snake
antidote and he was careless about
distinguishing between the quick and
the dead. SO he nonchalently picked
up a wriggling rattler and made be
lieve he bit its head off.
(THE ENID