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The Press., 1911-06-14
ELLINGTON. Crystal Lake.
V4y0W1SA 4AoeAOs

School closes this week for the sum- mer vacation.
 Children's day exercises were held in the church Sunday.
 Mrs. O. W. Richardson of Somers Is spending some time with her son, A. M. Richardson. #
 MT. and Mrs. A. D. Charter of Stafford Springs called on friends Sum- day and attended church here.
 Mr. and Mrs. A. D. Palmer Of West Hartford and MT. and Mrs. Harry SChodeld of Manchester, in company with others from Hartford, were re. cent guests ct A. U.. Oharter's.
The Press., 1911-06-14
wrLLIMANrTC.

Allen LaBonte, velvet weaver of West WilliDgton, and Margaret D. Smith of the same place, came to this Oity Thursday and took out marriage license. The couple vent to the Methodist parsonage on Prospect street and were married by Rev. Louis M. Flocken at 8. 30 o'clock.
The Press., 1911-06-14
Take Note of

The Lingerie Dresses, white, pink, hello, made high and low neck, trimmed with val lace and insertion beautiful scroll work of lace, long or short sleeves. @O OF
 For This Week Our Price Is POsZO
The Press., 1911-06-14
F0IEY,S KIDNEY REnGEnY

Is particularly recommended for chronic
 cases of kidney and bladder trouble. Ii tends to adjust and control the kidney and bladder action and Is healing, strengthening and bracing. l.. McCon- nell, 117 Catherna St., Elmira. N. Y., says: "Two bottles did the work most effectively, and proved to me beyond doubt it Ia the most reliable kidney medi. cine I had ever taken, and 1t shall always have my endorsement. "f A, Jacobsen.
The Press., 1911-06-14
Thia WiIl Iutnra.t ll.lhar,.

Mother Gsay's Sweet Powders for Children ro- lievo Feverishn6ss, Headache, Bad stomach Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bow- els and destroy worms. They break up Colds in M hours. Used by mothers for a years. All Druggists, S5C. Sample FRHH. Address, A s. Olmsted, L4Boy NY
The Press., 1911-06-14
For Instance
Silk Dresses
Linen Dresses

These are French and German goods, some plain, some hand embroidered, some slightly soiled, but all are kinds that ranged in price up to $500. &G 0E
The Press., 1911-06-14

A specific for pain-Dr. Thomas Ec- lectic Oil, strongest, cheapest liniment ever devised. A household remedy in America for 25 years.
The Press., 1911-06-14
FOR OvFR BAIFgA :FNTTIRY

Williams Flavorlng Extracts have been recog. nized as standard for purity and strength. Pre-. feEred by all the most experienced cooks.
The Press., 1911-06-14
Campo Bros.
HOME NEWS.
LOCAL NOTICES.

LOCAL NOTICES.
 Matter under this head 10 cents per line. -CIough's Berries. Great, Big, Red Strawberries, all sparkling with the morn- ing dew. Picked the very day you eat them. Undoubtedly the finest berries that come to town. Ellis Grocery.
The Press., 1911-06-14
Special Sale PIauen Embroidery Sets

1OihesMi edc Il yd;w h Sin from 0ayarB BauHfLA t th n o yd;ho a6 o@ 00yd.;h hon$ to yd
 sLend chanceto [ tobuyE Embrdded now
The Press., 1911-06-14
NEAT.ma.

A son, Roland Joseph. was born to MT. and Mrs. Joseph Clayton Felton on Sunday.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08

southern farmers to withhold their cot
ton, aided in such legislative activities
as were planned not for the good of the
country, but merely to make political
capital, they will be responsible for the
lower prices of cotton which southern
farmers may this year have to take.
But, coming back to the question Of
the south's producing a supply of cot
ton sufficient for the worlds increasing
needs, the manufacturers of the world
are vitality interested in establishing
cotton growing on a basis so profitable
as to insure continued increase in pro-
duction, for otherwise we shall most
certainly see a decline in the size Of
cotton crops and much higher prices
than we have yet had, with all the at
tendant evils which have harassed the
worlds cotton manufacturing interests
of late ears.'-Boston Transcript, Au-
gust 25.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08
NAMING A CITY.
Curious Way Alaska Came to Have
Nome On Its Map.

Nome On Its Map.
II am responsible for the naming
Of Nome City, Alaska" said drafting
clerk in the office of the coast and
geodetic survey at Washington,
though it was wholly unintentional
and none was more surprised than l
when 1 saw the name on the map. 1t
arose in this way:
when the rush to Alaska took
place on the discovery Of rich gold
deposits on the Klondike in the early
nineties the government found 1t
necessary to make more complete
maps of that then little known coun-
try. Surveying parties were rushed to
the field, and as fast as their notes
and plats were sent back to Washing
ton they were turned over to this Of
flee to make the official maps. There
were many parties in the field and the
maps were being continually called
for by the gold seekers; hence our Of
flee was for some months rushed
night and day.
Now, it fell to my lot to draft a
map or the Alaskan COdSl lldl runs
southeast from Bering strait. This
map was to be made from the field
notes and plats sent by the surveying
parties in that district. Such notes
and plats always contained the names
of prominent features in the way or
mountains, capes, inlets and such.
Now, in making the tracing of the
coast down from Bering strait / came
across a headland for which neither
notes nor plats furnished a name. Ac-
cordingly l made a pencil note at the
point, putting the word Name" with
an Interrogation after it, meaning for
the chief, when he edited the map, to
put the name. If 1t had one, or to think
up one If 1t hadn't. In the hurry OF
the work, and due also to the fact, l.
presume, that I had written the letter
"a I'm the word name very much like
an o. the matter was passed by the
revisers and my map sent to the en-
gravers in that shape.
"A few weeks after l was astonish-
ed, on looking over stack Of maps
Just engraved from my original, TO see
this particular headland designated
the town took the name of the cape
thereon as Cape Nome!' When short
ly after gold was discovered In this
vicinity and a camp established there
and Is called Nome to this day. -
Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08
BUG ALIVE IN SOLID ROCK.
Insect Entombed In Quartz Blasted
Out 200 Feet Below Surface.

Entomologists here have found
something that has stumped them,
and they are likely to call on their
brethren elsewhere to help them out.
1t is a bug that has been taken from
an apparently solid piece Of rock
blasted out mores than 200 feet below
the surface.
The find was made by w. J. Wos-
tenholme, general manager Of the
Shamrock Gold Mining and Milling
company at Marysvale. recently. He
was going over the dump looking at
the broken ore that had come up from
the mine in order to pick out some
specimens he wanted to use. He broke
open what appeared to be solid
piece of rock, first cracking 1t with
hammer. When he separated 1t he
found in a little cavity bug about a
quarter of an inch long. 1t was not
very lively, but it was alive. He eX-
amined the rock to see If there was
any fissure that could let in air to the
insect, but there was no evidence OF
any.
Mr.. Wostenholme was particularly
interested because about year ago
George F. Dalton, the president OF the
WIlllc Iuhlil6
came across a similar bug in a SINH
lar little hole in what appeared to be
solid rock. This had been taken from
hard quartzite that had been blasted
out 100 feet below the surface. MIR.
Dalton consulted some experts In
such things, but they could not tell
him what he had found. AS matter
of curiosity he put the bug in seal
ed bottle, and ii lived for months
without any visible means of subsis-
tence.
The entomologists here are very
much interested i'm this new find. and
it is expected that a full description
of the bug will be sent to various au-
thorities on the subject in the hope
that some one of them may be able
to tell what it Is and something of
the phenomena surrounding its life
under such remarkable conditions
New York Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1911-09-08
(To be Cont'nued.)

Serpent In Law.-The case of Adam,
Eve and the serpent in the Garden of
Eden was cited as a precedent of the
employment of so-called stool pig
cons" by the city of Tacoma recently
to obtain evidence, by Assistant City
Attorney Frank NJ. Carnahan, in ar
guing against motion to dismiss the
cases against fOrty-two saloon men
charged with violating the anti-treat-
ing ordinance.
The liquor men contend that stool
pigeons" induced them to violate the
law and therefore the city is party
to the offences.
Mr.. Carnahan said the serpent in
Eden was the first stool pigeon" and
that Mother Eve was unable to escape
punishment for eating of the fruit by
throwing the blame on the snake.
Attorney John Leo, for the saloon
men. pointed out that the serpent
had been condemned to everlasting
shame. Police Judge ]. A. Arntson
took the motion under advisement.-
Seattle Post st-Intelligencer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
The Rev. Irl R. Hicks 1912 Almanac.

Before the great drouth of 1901,
the Hicks Almanac gave timely
warning For over two years prior
to 1911, the Hicks Almanac again
sounded aswarning of drouth danger.
And so for forty years this same
friend Of all the people has stead
lastly refused the offers of specula-
tors and continued to to warn the
public of the coming dangers of
OF storm and weather. AS they
should have done, the people have
nobly stood by Professor Hicks, their
faithful public servant. who has
grown old in their service. Send
only one dollar to Word and Works
Publishing Company, 34O1 Franklin
Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri, and
get his Magazine and Almanac both
for one year. The Almanac, alone,
fine book Of $50 pages, is only 35c.
by mail. Let everybody respond
and receive the warnings of our
National Seer for the coming year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
ANOTHER SHELL GAME.

It is declared il Washington poll
teal circles that the Republicans
are going to try to sidetrsch the
tariff and increased cost Of living"
issue in the next campaign, and
make the party's big appeal for
support on the currency question.
Republican leaders in both branches
of Congress are at work on speeches
the import of which will be that
"the business interests will suffer
as long as the currency system re-
mains as it now is" The modified
Aldrich plan on which the Republi-
cans intend to go before the coun-
try provides for a national reserve as
ISOLATION, which practically amounts
to a central government bank.
The reserve association would
have power to issue emergency cur
rency, and could practically dictate
the banking policy of the country
and control the credit of the bust
ness world, a vast power.
Democrats in Congress have fire.
quently pointed out the danger Of
allowing the money power to be-
come any more centered than it al
ready is, and many students of
finance contend that the proposed
reserve association would be lit
tie more than a money trust, whose
controlling factors would very likely
be the same group Of men who now
dominate Wall street and the Re-
publican party C. H. Tavenner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
Society OF Automobile Engineers en-.
tertained in Paris.

Paris, Nov. 22.-The visiting
members of the society of Autonao-
biles Engineers were given ban
quet last night at the Automobile
Club of France by the Messrs. Ed
wards and Andre MicheIin, the we'll
known tire manufacturers.
During the evening the American
guests received many warm felicia
tons. Mr.. Andre Miche,in proposed
toast to President Taft. and MIR.
Wolf, Of the Michelin Company pro-
posed the American automobile in
dustry and remarked on its wonder
full development and rapid growth.
Mr.. Howard Coffin, Of the Hudson
Company, and President of the So
3iety of Automobile Engineers, re-
sDonded in behalf of the visitors
and congratulated the Michelins for
their success as tire makers, stating
that nearly all the American con-
tests were won on tires of their
manufacture. Mr.. J. Hauvette-
Michelin, head Of the Michelin in
erestts inAmerica, was present and
also spoke a few words to the visit
ing Engineers, many Of whom are
his personal friends.
The unique private theatre of the
A. c. de F. was the scene of a
vaudeville and musical entertain
ment, furnlshed.by some of the lead
ing Partisan artists, which conclud-
ed the evenings enjoyment.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
BeattIe's Confession.

Richmond, Va, Nov. "a The an
ti-mortem statement Of Beattie was
a confession Of his crime. In leav-
ing the world the young wife muir
derer declared that the theory of
the prosecu ton that was so relent-
lessly fought and tenaciously hung
to through the weeks Of the trial
was correct. This is his confession:
Il, Henry Clay Beattie, Jr., de-
sirous Of standing right before God
and man, do on this 23rd day of No
vember, 1871, confess my guilt of
the crime charged against me.
Much that was published concerning
the details was not true, but the
awful fact, without the narrowing
circumstances remain For his ac-
ton ! am truly sorry, and believing
that ! am at peace with God and
soon to pass into his presence. this
statement is made
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
J,P. CALDWELL PASSES AWAY.
End Comes Peacefully to Great Editor
at NG9Gan!0n Wednesday Morning.
Buried at StaLeSV:lle.

Moreanton, N. c., Nov. 22.-Mr.
J. z. Caldwell died at Sis this morn
ing. The end came peacefully. He
fell asleep shortly before this hour
and never aWoke.
The funeral will be held tomorrow
afternoon in Statesville at o'clock.
Mr.. Caldwell suffered a stroke of
paralysis while editor of the Char
lotte Daily Observer on March 8,
1909. After several weeks illness
he resumed his duties only to suffer
a second stroke of paralysis with
motor aphasia, from which he never
fully recovered. He was taken to
Morganton where he remained un-
til the time of his death.
From early boyhood Mr. Caldwell's
life was devoted to a newspaper ca
reer. He was born June 16, 1858,
at Statesville, N. c., and at the age
of "A entered the newspaper bust
ness as an apprentice in the office Of
the Iredell County Enterprise. In
1872 ne became local editor Of the
Charlotte Observer, where he re-
NAMED until 1876 when he entered
into the same duties on the Raleigh
News. After year he returned to
the Observer as editorial writer. In
1880 he purchased the Statesville
Landmark, and while editor of that
paper was elected mayor Of States
vile, 1860. In 1880 he also be-
came director Of the state hospital
for the insane and served as chair
man Of the board from 1884 to 1909.
In 1892 Mr.. Caldwell was chair
man Of the North Carolina state
delegation to the democratic nation
al convention and in the same year
became editor of the Charlotte
Morning Chronicle, now the Char
lotte Daily Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
The Majesty Of The Law.

Editor Johnson, Of Charity and
Children, asks the question if Beat
tie could have been convicted in
North Carolina? He doubts it, and
argues that "Beattie's father is said
to be worth $500, coo and if a rich
mans son has ever paid any very
severe penalty for crime in this State
we do not just now recall his name.
We are quick to punish poor folks
and niggers. The law works beau
tifully when the defendant has no
money, but it is mighty hard to
reach men of influence who have
sidestepped and gone wrong. We
are aware OF the danger of bringing
our courts into contempt, but it is
hard to get around the plain facts
and the plain fact is that Virginia is
ahead of US in the trial and convic-
ton Of prominent criminals. Would
Richeson be in as much danger in
North Carolina as he is in Massa-
chusetts? We doubtit. He is back
ed by both money and influence
He stood high in social circles in
Boston, and is still enjoying the con-
fidence of wealthy families and
friends. We do not know, of course,
bft we have no doubt that this sporty
parson will get what he deserves.
On the other hand, how many can
be recalled without moments re-
Election, walking around in North
Carolina enjoying social favor and
business patronage whose hands are
red with innocent blood?"
This is very severe arrangement
Of the administration of justice in
North Carolina but is it not true?
The trouble is mainly to be found,
if one wants to look for it, in our
jury system. Had the North Caro-
lima system Of selecting a jury pre-
vailed in Virginia, the odds are ten
to one that Beattie would have been
acquitted. The press Of this State
has cried unavailingly for reform in
the jury system for years past, but
the lawyers seem to be ''agin" it,
just as they are in the matter of the
Torrens system. It is desire to
get their man off, in the first case,
and to pocket fees in the second. -
Charlotte Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

1t took Raleigh a long time to
wake up and catch the spirit OF pro-
gross that is aboard in our State,
bu3 when she did realize her condi-
ton the city has made rapid pro-
gress. The latest effort is one put
forth by leading citizens to build a
modern theatre. We are not going
out Of The way in saying that the
News and Observer has been a great
factor in setting in motion the pre-
gres5 Of our capital city.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

The Wadesboro Ansonian express
es Itself in way that is well worth
considering, just at this time, when
it says:
while you are holding your cot
ton for higher price, which YOU
are likely to get, take care that YOU
do not neglect the merchant Or 9th
err person who helped you to make
this crop. 1t might be we'll for
most Of US to try to see the matter
from his standpoint sometimes.
Would we want our credit to suffer
because those who owe Us are wait
ing for better prices? Would we
wan 10 lie awake at night, worry
ing about debts we couldn't paw be-
cause the folks who are holding
back what they are already due US?
Well, that condition Of affairs exist
IN many instances throughout the
South today. In other towns, there
have been failures because the peo.
pie who furnished the supplies and
fertilizers for making the crop OF
1911, had failed to receive their
money in time to project themselves
Hold your cotton, if you can, but
manage somehow to borrow little
money on it rather than allow some
body to suffer. This for the gooc
Of your country
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
DR.. Miles
Nerve and Liver Pills

are different from others. Many
kinds of liver pills are impossible"
after one trial on account of their
harshness. DR.. Miles Nerve and
Liver Pills do not act by sheer force
but in an easy, natural way, with
out gripping Or undue irritation.
They are not habit forming.
If the first bottle fails TO benefit, your
druggist will return the price. Ask him.
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

Listen to the Durham Herald
when il says:
The average man expects nothing
from the national government and
would be more than satisfied if it
would quit taking money out of his
pocket anG putting it into the pock-
cts Of those who are better able to
do without it,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

Judge B. F. Long. of Statesville,
will be in the race for place on the
Supreme Court bench next year
He will run against Justice George
II. Brown, who now holds position
on the Supreme Court bench.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

The South has expended nearly
S44 000, GOO in the past ten years on
road improvement. Of this amount
North Carolina has spent 81, sos 900.
Good roads are surely coming
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
REST AND HEALTH TO MOTHER AND cHIn

MRS. MISSIONS SOOTHING SYRUP has bt,n
used Tor over SIXTY YEARS by MILLIONS a.
iOTIERS for their CHILDREN WHILE
IEI.TIilNG, with PERFECT SUCCESS II
SDOTIiES the CHILD. SOFTENS the G UNfS
aLLANS all PAIN; CURES WIND collie AMI
IS TIC best remedy for DIARRTiQtN II = al.
-a.itciy harmless. Be sure aad al, ior ll-s
!. !as.c;T's Soothing Sy-up." AID take 10 o,!..r
--.ilI. ~. -tty-iivc ce:its q bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
THE METHODIST C0NFRfHCE.
The sossiGR Closed Monday Hl0PliUg
Nth the Reading OF The appoint
lDentS.

Kinston. Nov. 27-The 10th annual
session of the North Carolina con-
ference of the Methodist Episcopal
church south, came to close here
at 10 o'clock this morning with the
reading of the appointments by
BISHOP e. E. Hoss. The closing
hours of the conference were mark
ed by the spirit of good feeling that
had characterized the entire session,
beginning with last Wednesday
morning. There was not a single
contest over any question on the
floor of the conference.
The final reports showed substan-
tial gains during the year just clos
ed. There was a net gain in church
membership of approximately 1000,
the number of church members now
standing at 5000 The number of
adults baptized during the year was
2,777; infants, TIA. There are II
Epworth Leagues, with a total
membership of 3,125. The number
Of Sunday schools is sos, with 5,723
officers and teachers, and 61,46O
members. The number Of pastoral
charges increased by two, making
the total number now 100.
Bishop Hoss made a fine impress
sion as presiding officer, a wise and
discreet counsellor and good
preacher. He left here this morn
ing for Florence, Ala, to open con-
ference there Wednesday morning.
Nearly all the preachers and laymen
left on the morning trains today.
There were fewer changes than
usual in the appointments. There
were no new presiding elders, and
only two changes, the Rev. R. F.
Bumpass being transferred to the
Warrenton district, and the Rev. j.
E. Underwood from the Warrenton
to the New Bern district.
The list Of appointments for the
Warrenton district is as follows:
r. F. Bumpass, presiding elder.
Battleboro and Whitakers-J. w.
Frank.
Bertie-I. G. Johnson.
Conway-B. H. Black.
Enfield and Halifax-L. T. Single
ton.
Garysburg E. N. Harrison.
Harrellsville-C. H. Caviness.
Henderson-W. r. Royal.
Hobgood-F. F. Eure.
Littleton R. II. Willis.
Murfreesboro and Winton-H. NJ
Jackson.
Northampton-W. B. North.
North and South Henderson-S. j.
Fitzpatrick.
Rich Squared. J.. Earnhardt.
Ridgeway-J. E. Holden.
Roanoke. T. Draper.
Roanoke Rapids VIM. Towe.
Scotland Neck-N. C. Yearly.
Warren-B. c. Thompson.
Warrenton ID. N. Caviness.
WeIdon--J. A. Hornaday.
Williamson and Hamilton Rufus
Bradley.
Littleton Female College j. M.
Rhodes, president.
Other appointments that our read
ers might be interested in are as
follows:
Belhaven-C. A. Jones.
Franklinton-W. W. Rose.
Louisburg-R. w. Bailey.
Hamlet. A. Daley.
Lumberton circuit-R. L. Car
roWay.
Rocky Mount P. Howard.
Tarboro L. B. Jones.
Westinghouse. w. Broom.
Wilson-M. Bradshaw.
Aberdeen and Bisco-C. l.. Reed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
The people 81 CASTOR county vote

The people Of CASTOR county voted
down the farm-Iife school at an ell
ectioa held in that county one day
last week. This school is not meet
ing with popular favor throughout
the State, since only one county, out
OF several elections held, has voted
the tax. The plan Of the farm-life
school has some good features and
we cannot see why il is not looked
upon with more favor by the very
people it is intended to benefit.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

Congress will meet in regular ses-
sion the first Monday in December.
The democrats propose to get to
work on the tariff the first thing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

Entered at the postofiice at Scotland
Neck, n. O., as Second-Ciass Matter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30

The official date FOR the opening
OF the Panama Canal has been set
for January LIST, 1915.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-30
Straight Roads.

Before making good roads why
not make the Tarboro road straight
from the Joyner farm to Greenwood
fork, beginning at the first bend of
the sand road, which would save one
half mile, three bad hills and sever
al crooks.
r. J. ALLSBROOK.