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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
Calcium chrolIde on the streets this

Calcium Chrolide on the streets this
summer.
Louis a. Boulay OF the engineering
firm of Smith and Boulay OF Toledo.
Ohio. appeared before the Council
and gave some figures on the cost Of
paving.
The following proposed ordinance
was read.
An ordinance relative To the licens-
ing of scavengers in the City OF Beld-
ing and regulating the price TO be
charged for scavenger services and to
regulate the disposition OF the refuse
To be known as ordinance No. 129 Of
the City of Bedding. as authorized by
4 the charter of said City.
The City OF Bedding hereby ordains:
Sec. /. Ii shall be unlawful for any
person, persons, corporations or firms
to engage in the business or occupation
commonly called scavenger work,
without first having obtained a lie
lense therefor from the City Clerk as
hereinafter provided.
/ Sec. 2. No person, persons. firms or
corporations securing a license and
engaging in the occupation of scaven-
ger work within said City shall charge
more than one dollar, (s1.00), for
the first barrel of refuse taken from
the premises of any individual, indiv-
iduals, firms or corporations, and fifty
cents, (50c), per barrel for each bar
rel Of refuse in excess thereof
J Sec. 3. Each person, persons. firms
or CO. partnership before engaging in
the business as "a scavenger as herein
provided, shall pay to the City Clerk
the sum Of five dollars, $1,000, per
year or for any period less than year,
and shall thereupon receive a license
from the City Clerk upon the pay
ment of the usual license fee and be
permitted To carry on the scavenger
work i'm the said city.
Sec 4. No person, persons, firms or
corporations engaging in scavenger
work as aforesaid shall not bury or
otherwise dispose of the refuse collect
ed by him, or them, within the limits
of the City Of Bedding, except, accord
ing to the direction and under the
authority of the City Board of Health.
Sec. g. Any person, persons, firm or
corporations engaging in the scaven-
ger work in said city without having
obtained the license aforesaid, or vio-
lating any Of the terms or provisions
of this Ordinance shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and upon conviction
thereof before any magistrate may be
punished by Imprisonment in the City
Jail or in the Common Jail for the
County of Ionia for a period not to
exceed ninety days, or by fine of not
to exceed fifty dollars. ($50.00), and
the costs of prosecution, or by both
such fine and Imprisonment at the dis
erection of the said magistrate.
This ordinance shall be known as
Ordinance No. 1919 of the City of Beld-
ing, and shall take effect from and af-
ter the thirtieth day Of April \. ID.
1914.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
Y. NJ. G. A. nanauct az Ionla.

Friday evening is the date of the
big Y. M. c. A. banquet at Ionia.
Bedding will be represented by about
10 boys and a number OF men. A. Il.
Roberts OF n. y, International county
work Secy. and one of the best speak
ers in the United States will speak.
w. III. Gay OF Grand Rapids is also
on the program. These two men with
a number of other good speakers will
make the evening a profitable one for
all who attend. The banquet is free
10 the enrolled delegates. but will cost
those who go expressly for the ban
quet so cents A number of men and
boys are planning to attend. Are you
one2 The tickets may be obtained from
Fred l.. Warner or j. Harvey McKid-
die.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
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APRIL =. 1914
Central Grades.

The 81 and 5-2's have been hold
ing spelling contests for the past six
weeks. Fridaysafternoon before vaca-
ton the losing sides united in enter
taining the winning sides. They had
planned this as surprise in honor
OF Florence Heig. who was TO move
away the following week.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

Elgie Warden had the misfortune
to fall from window and break his
left arm in the elbow. Last Friday
the school and some OF the neighbors
sent up box To Elgie filled with
oranges, bananas, peanuts and candy,
besides box OF writing paper and a
book.
Font, Paul Warden and Ida Cole have
perfect attendance this month.
Paul Warden again ranks first with
an average standing of 95 and Lucille
Bright comes second with a standing
of SO.
Eva Swears is quarantined as her
sister has the smallpox.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

Bert Mcpherson entered the 4th
grade Monday.
Miss Louise Willets Of Crystal Lake,
former teacher in the Bedding
schools was a visitor in the Sth grade
room Monday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

Eileen Armstrong, Theodore Bar
low, Ethel Rowland, Lucille Parney,
Irma Hine and Helen Moore. all of
the 9Th grade. received an average
standing of above 95 last month.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

The lumbermen Of Maine in 1900
originated in this country the use Of
mountain lookout towers with tele-
phone connections for the prompt
location and suppression Of forest
fires
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

Miss Elma Loush of Trufant, visit
ed the sth grade room Monday as a
guest of Gladys Spencer.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

THEY GET THERE FIRST BAN
SER WANT ADS.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
Averages for March

Ninth Grade
Ruth Edwards sc ga.
Elva Wheeler 90 1-2.
Tenth Grade
Burton Welte 81 "a.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
SCHOOL BUILDING

Dale Klock 81 IA.
Eleventh Grade
Edith Glass 81 As.
Nernona Pike SO 1-2.
Twelfth Grade
Marie Zahm SO 81.
Ina Little SO 1-5.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08
Mayor
City Clerk

Moved by Alderman Martin, Sec
ynded by AID. McCue, that the fore
going ordinance be adopted and that
it be known as Ordinance No. 129 of
the City of Belding. Which motion
prevailed Yeas. AID. Gildemeister,
Martin, Skellenger Knapp, Olds, Nc
Cue, 6. Nays, 0.
Moved by Aid. Gildemeister. second
ed by Aid. Martin, that the city Clerk
and Mayor be authorized to settle the
matter with Frank Simmons regarding
lands transferred for the Athletic
Paris Which motion prevailed. Yeas,
AID. G;demeister, Martin, Skellenger,
knapp. McCue, 5. Nays, Olds, /.
Moved by AID. Olds, seconded by
AID Skellenger. that the following
Water Works bills be allowed and or
ders Drawn for the same. Which mo-
ton prevailed. Yeas, Aid. Gildemeis-
ter. Martin Skellenger, Knapp, Olds.
McCue, g. Nays, 0.
4 -
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-08

N'TNNNI " fFI'3F
Ala. Skellenger, that the following
City bills be allowed and orders drawn
for the same. Which motion prevailed.
Yeas, Aid. Gildemeister, Martin, Skel-
lenger, Knapp, Odds, McCue, 9. NaNF,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
STUDYING Health Insurance.

The National Civic federation has
instituted inquiries into the methods
in foreign countries Of insuring wage
carriers against misfortune, and as a
result the social service department
CT the federation is considering the
desirability Of recommending legisla-
ton to provide for compulsory insur-
ance for illness.
A committee has been in London
to study the operation of the national
insurance act of Great Britain En-
ployers were asked about the cost
Of the insurance and it's relation to
business. Wage earners were asked
to give information regarding the ef-
fects on wage rates, on the conditions
Of employment, and on their general
welfare. Changes in the cost of poor
relief and any reduction in the death
rate from preventable diseases were
Investigated
This general survey will prepare the
way for an investigation by commits
sion next spring, when an effort will
Be made to bring together all infor-
nation which will serve social insur-
}aGCG purposes in the United States.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Two Stores Robbed.

Wednesday night between the
hours of IL and S o'clock a burglar
broke into Jere Bunch Grocery Co.,
and made good his escape with a
little money that had been left in
the safe over night for change.
It appears that the robber either
had a skeleton key or else was lock
ed up inside the store, for when Mr..
Raymond Bunch came to open the
store the next morning the door
was unlocked.
Thursday night the wholesale gro
Gerry of R. J. Madry was also broker
into. This time the thief went in by
way of the window and made his es
cape by the back door.
Cash being unavailable, he decided
to take himself goodly supply O.
raticne, for when invantory wa
taken it was found that he had tax
en- several sacks Of flour. sugar
meal and a quantity of meat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Entertainment at Mullens.

Last Wednesday night, the 23rd,
a public entertainment in the nature
of short play, was given at Null
lens school house by the home talent
for the benefit of the Roseneath
Protestant Methodist church. The
play was given under the manage
ment of Miss Emma Ivey. The fol-
lowing composed the cast:
Irma Price, Little Red Riding
Hood.
Spurgeon Marks, Doctor Cure-All.
Lucy Claire Ivey, a woman suffer
ing with superfuity of flesh.
Maggie Lucas, affl:cts with broom
stick plumpness.
Terese Hopkins, the pretty and
efficient trained nurse employed by
Doctor Cure-All.
Naomi Hedgepeth. wistfully yearn-
ing for hair beautiful blonde.
Marion Ivey, in search of mus.
tache.
Agnes Ivey. mother who wants
her daughter to shine.
Vera Kirkland, nicknamed Shorty
in search of longitude.
Hattie May Downing, afflicted
with involuntary loneliness and seek
ing a "cure-all."
In the first act Doctor Cure-Al
administers to the ills and necessi
ties Of the several patients, ane
sends them home one by one t.
await results. After his days worl
is over he goes to sleep and dream
of the lonely widow" and Nor
pheus brings him a solution" in
tended, calculated and prepared t.
cure her Of the involuntary malad,
with which she is suffering.
In the second and concluding act
the patients return to report to tn
doctor. coming in the same order i
which they were treated. Docto
Cure-All's remedies have worke
wonders, but they lacked the facult
of seeing a "period" and therefor
failed to stop when the end sough
was reached, but continued unit
the undesired other extreme ha
been attained. The patients, all di
appointed and angry, threaten dir
1 and dreadful vengeance, but til
widow comes to his rescue and the
: are married and escape on til
strength Of the widows fortune
! Each part was we'll rendered an
I the entertainment was most e1
joyable one. The proceeds amour
: ed to ten dollars.
> An entertainment of like natul
will be given at Mullens sometin
within the near future.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Oak City Items.

Oak City, Dec. ga number of
guests from other points attend. d
the darce Thursday night of last
week.
The Baptist Sunday school had
Christmas tree Friday Christmas
night.
Mrs. Robt. Morris and two little
children. of Norfolk, are visiting
Mr.. and Mrs. ] w. Hines.
Misses Clarice Cartwright and
Alta Hines were in Hamilton Mon
day.
Mrs. Jesse Crisp spent Tuesday in
Tarboro.
T. w. Davenport and little daugh-
ter were in Scotland Neck some
days ago.
Mrs. Ida Eubanks, of Hassell, was
in town a day last week.
Miss Minnie Pritchard has return
ed to her home in Bethel.
Messrs. Ralph and Roy House
went to Tarboro on business some
days ago.
Mrs. Mabel Strickland, Of Scot.
land Neck, is the guest Of her moth.
er, Mrs. Joe Long.
Mrs. Burroughs, Of Robersonville,
is visiting her daughter, Mrs. JohI
Ethridge, Jr.
Messrs. Wilmer and Roy House
and Johnnie Eubanks went to Has
sell some days ago.
Hassell House, of Stokes, was thu
guest of his sister. Mrs. B. Nj. Wors
ley, recently.
| Wilmer Worsley, Of Hamilton
spent Sunday in town.
Miss Lou Council spent some day
in Hamilton last week.
Mrs. Joe Hardison has returned
to her home in Asheville.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
To The Public.

After January 1st l will be with
Mr.. Clee Vaughan, and will be
pleased to have all my friends call
on me, assuring them that l will at
all times do all in my power to serve
them courteously and promptly,
always giving them a square deal.
You are most cordially invited to
call on me at any time. Ring tele-
phone number 1-7-4-it pays you.
Yours very truley,
Sherwood Allsbrook.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
The Electoral! COLLEGE,.

Hamilton says: 1T was desirable
that the immediate election of the
president should be made by men
most capable Of analyzing the qualities
adapted to the station. A small num-
Der Of persons, selected by their fell
low citizens from the general mass, will
be most likely to possess the informa-
ton and discernment requisite to so
complicated an investigation" 1t Is
unnecessary to say that by impercep-
sible changes the spirit Of the Consti-
tuition has disappeared, and that for
generations the "electors' have been
the mere automata by which the peo-
pie register the result of their vote.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Rev. L. ". BldCkWelder.


The town of Scotland Neck re-
grets with the Episcopal church the
loss Of Rev. L. W Blackwelder, when
he goes to make his home in High
Point this w elk. He Was as good a
citizen as he was a minister, which
means a lot. We cannot recall
when any of the local churches had
for their minister a better mixer,
more sociable. or truer man than
Mr.. Blackwelder. HIS Christian in.
fuence was not confined to the pull
pit. He was the same man of Goo
out of the church that he was in the
clurch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
An Important Announcement.

From 1847 to 1906 the name Of c.
F. Greenwood & Bro. was known
far and near as one of the oldest
and most reliable JewelrY concerns
in Norfolk. In 1906 a consolidation
of this old firm with the jewelry
firms of D. P. Paul and Frank Gale
formed what is now the Paul-Gale
Greenwood Co., Inc. AS Mr.. Green
wood is the only surviving member
of the old firm, and as he is actively
engaged in serving his many
friends and customers, we beg to in
form his friends and the public in
general that he has no interest and
i in no way connected with any
other firm of similar name in Nor
folk, but is to be found only at the
Paul Gale Greenwood Co., Inc.
Largest jewelers. South" in thei1
own eight story building, corner
CRANKY St. and City Hall Ave. Tt
the many friends and and aacquaint
ances in Norfolk of Mr.. Green
woods this is nothing new, but a!
he has such host of out of towr
customers and friends, lots of then
have thought that he had retired
As to this the above,is sufficient ant
we would urge you to ever correc
any contrary statement. Mr.. Green
wood will be always pleased t.
greet you, and we extend mos
cordial invitation to come.
Yours very truly,
Paul-Gale- Greenwood Co., lac.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Like the HPili" Nut

Tie 'pili" nut tree grows in the
southern part of the Island of Luzon,
ard nowhere else in the Philippines.
It is q large tree, and its seed is de-
scribed as extraordinarily rich in
flavor All the Americans in the Phil
ipDjnes think it the finest nut grown
When the nuts are roasted, if a light
ed match be touched TO one CT them
it viii burn like lamp, SO rich is it
IL Oil.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Proper Method Of Writinu.

4 twisted spine or writer's cramn
are the alternates between which the
French government has to choose in
establishing once fer all the type Of
handwriting to be taught in the
schools. Some years ago there was a
unanimous outcry from the doctors
against teaching children to write a
slopirg hand, the promised result be-
ms & race of hunchbacks.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31

WOOD SAWED TO ANY length.
Pine 75c per cord; oak SIPS per
cord. Also have wood for sale.
Leave orders at Clee Vaughan's
or at C.. F. COWAN's Wood Yard.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Special Announcements.

FOR RENT-MY RESIDENCE IN
Greenwood. For further informa-
ton apply to me or Bernard Ais
brook. Mrs. Carrie Ward.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31

estimated at perhaps more than a
quarter of million dollars, will in
dictate. When he came to Scotland
Neck. at the age of eighteen years.
he had practically nothing, and by
his keen business judgment he was
able to accumulate as perhaps no
other man in the state has done.
He has always been one of the
most liberal contributors to his de-
nominational interest, and has given
many thousands of dollars along this
line.
HELPED THE CHURCH
Some years ago when the denom-
ination was struggling to build a
church at one of the weak points in
the Roanoke Association, and funds
were exhausted, this man arranged
with the home bank to meet the ex-
pences of finishing the building at
an expenditures of 81 900 without a
scratch of security from any source
save his faith in his co-workers in
the cause. This is only one of the
many instances that without this
liberal man the cause for which
he worked and lived would have
severely suffered. Almost every
day one hears of some great deed
done by this great man that hereto.
fore Eas been kept from the public
He never in any manner paraded his
benevolent enterprises, and their
are many young men and .womeY
who have met with success in life
through the Observation-Disclosures Of
of tnis great and good man.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
I1Nht Runor.


In the latter half Of the eighteenth
century one Of the members of little
scientific society in Liverpool, Eng
land, laid curious wager. He bet a
brother scientist that he would read a
newspaper by the light of farthing
dip at distance of 80 feet. The B.
S., finding the feat difficult at even a
sixth of the distance, cheerfully &C
cepted the wager.
The layer merely coated the inside
of a shallow wooden box with sloping
pieces of looking glass, so as to form
a concave lens, placed it behind his
farthing dip, and readily deciphered
the small print at the stipulated dis
lance
The experiment was witnessed by a
Liverpool dock-master. He was a
thinking man, and saw great possibili-
ties in this learned jest. He straight.
way adapted the principle to light.
house requirements, and forthwith the
modern reflected light, with it's miles
Of reflected range and untold l1fe-sav-
ing powers, sprang into being.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31

Lucidity Demanded.
anything like obscurity in though
ts u fatal thing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
Remenaher.

Don't sheer at the man who fails
but remember that he at least dared
to try.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31
NEARLY $3.50. 900 ESTATE

NEARBY Sz0U,OUU ESTATE
Mr.. Biggs was easily one of the
very best business men in North
Carolina, as the accumulation Of this
great estate. being conservatively
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-12-31

In looking over his valuable papers
this note was found: Il want these
words on my tomb, and nothing
more: Noah Biggs, born June 9,
1912; died ........ The orphans
friend'."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-24

interested that the city council of the
city of Rock Island, Ill, having or
dered that a local improvement be
made by laying an inch sewer on
Sixth avenue from Thirty-first to
Thirty-fourth streets, and on Thirty
first street from Sixth avenue, north to
the manhole at the c., r. l. & P Rail-
way company's depot, the ordinance
for the same being on file in the office
of the city clerk, and the city having
applied to the county court of Rock Is
land county for an assessment of the
costs of said improvement, according
to frontage, and an assessment there
for having been made and returned to
said court, the final hearing thereon
will be held on the seventh day of Oc-
tober A. D. 1914, at the hour of 900
c clock a. M, or as soon thereafter as
the business of the court will permit
All persons desiring may file objec-
lions in said court before the said day
and may appear on the hearing and
make their defense. Said assessment
is payable in five installments, and all !
installments except the first shall bear !
interest from and after the dates of |
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-24
Special Taxation Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the city council
of the city of Rock Island, Ill, having
ordered that a local Improvement be
made by paving Sixteenth street from
First to Second avenues, the ordinance
for the same being on file in the office
of the city clerk, and the city having
applied to the county court of Rock Is
land county for an assessment of the
costs of said Improvement, according
to frontage, and an assessment there
for having been made and returned
to said court, the final hearing thereon
will be held on the eth day of October,
a. d. 1914, at the hour of O'Clock a.
M, or as soon thereafter as the bust
ness of the court will permit. All per
sons desiring may file objections in
said court before the said day and may
appear on the hearing and make their
defense. Said assessment is payable
IN eight installments, and all install
mcnts except the first shall bear in
-erest from and after the dates of
confirmation until paid, at the rate
Of per cent per annum.
BENZ. F. SCHRIVER,
officer Appointed to Make Assessment. |
Sept. 81, 1914.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-24
Echoes Made to Order.

Are you aware that it is possible to
make echoes? 1t is, indeed, easier to
make than to destroy them.
In the past men built their great tenn
pies and cathedrals with no thought of
acoustics. Hence, when the preacher
preached echoes rolled freely amid the
groinings of the roof. down the rows
of sculptured columns and round and
round the nave.
With wires strung here and with
tapestries spread there many of the
echoes of the old world buildings have
been obliterated. There are echo eX-
perts-builders acquainted with the
science of acourtics, whose speciality is
echoes destruction. Sometimes their
tasks are hard.
Today an architect takes thought of
the echo. His building is constructed
so as to exclude this intruder. And,
knowing how to exclude If, he knows
how to welcome it also.
Architects are frequently called up
on in landscape work to put up sum-
mer houses and arrange rocks around
them so as to create an echo there.
And this they can satisfactorily do
London Tit-Blts.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-24
Special Taxation Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all per-
sons interested that the city council of
the city of Rock Island. Illinois, having
ordered that local improvement be
made by laying a 6 inch Waterman on
Northumberland and Tenth streets
from Eighteenth to Twentieth avenues,
the ordinance for the same being on
file in the office of the city clerk, and
the city having applied to the county
court of Rock Island county for an as
sessment of the costs of said improve
ment, according to frontage, and an
assessment therefor having been made
and returned to said court, the final
hearing thereon will be he'd on the
seventh day of October, A D., 1914, at
the hour of 900 o'clock a. M, or as
soon thereafter as the business of the
court will permit. All persons desiring
may file objections in said court before
the said day and may appear on the
hearing and make their defense. Said
assessment is payable in eight Install
ments and all installments except the
first shall bear interest from and after
dates of confirmation until paid at the
rate of per cent per annum.
BENZ. F. SCHRIVER,
Officer appointed to make assessment.
Sept. q, 1914. (Adv.)