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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08
Notice.

Having qualified az administra-
trix of John L. Coughenour, late
Of Halifax County, NJ c., | hereby
notify all persons having claims
against the estate of the said de-
ceased, to present for payment to
me or my attorneys, Messrs. Kitch-
in & Smith within one year from
the date Of this notice, or said no
tice will be pleaded in bar Of their
recovery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immed-
late settlement. This Jan. 8, 1914.
Bette J. Coughenour,
Administrators
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08
LOCAL NEWS.
Items Gathered From the Town
aRd Country.

NsfS
The wedding bells will ring aga, n
soon.
Keep your New Year resolution.
1t will pay you.
Our merchants enjoyed a good
Christmas trade.
Start the Ye2r 1914 by sending US
your job printing.
See advertisement of the Dixie
Action & Realty Co.
TIE Scotland Neck Graded School
resumed work Monday.
Let the watch word for 1914 be:
COOPERATION.
The rainy weather the past sever
al weeks has made the roads very
muddy.
We believe our town and com
munity has made progress all along
the line for 1913.
Mr. w. E Marks has moved to the
Butterworth house next to the
Episcopal church.
An apportionment of S125 per
capita has been made to the public
schools of the county.
All the stores and business houses
We're closed Christmas day and the
day after Christmas.
The matrimony market was quite
active at the Baptist parsonage lead
ing up to the holidays.
Help US make The Commonwealth
a better paper by sending US news
items from your community.
It was very quiet holiday season.
The weather was SO bad but very
little hunting could be done.
You will make a mistake if you
do not trade with the merchants
who advertise in these columns.
The postoffce at Rosemary became
presidential office Jan. LIST. The
salary Ct the postmaster viii be
s. leo
The Comfy Commissioners. Road
Commissioners and Board Of Educa-
ton were in regular session At Hall
fax Monday.
There is q great scasci5 Y Of honses
n town. We know sevaral families
hat haveto move ana there IS a.
where to move.
Mr.. S. ?. Johnston. Of Faucets
township has been appointed . mem
Der Of the Good Roads Commission
He qualified Monday.
There will be called meeting Of
the Daughters Of the Confederacy
in the graded school building this
Thursday afternoon at $50.
Wewere glad to have our college
bows and girls at home during tbs
7oii4ogs. The holiday season was
made more pleasant by ,heir pres
ence.
We call attention TO the advertise
meets Of Burroughs Pittman- Wheel
"r Co Josev Hardware Co, Hard&
Hardware Co, E 7. Whitehead Co.
n. Herring, AIlsbrook 6 Boyette, ]
". Alshrook.
We are pleased to report that Mr.
Forrest Vaughan who lost MS arr
by reason of an accident in a cotton
gin some weeks ago, is now getting
along very nicely and able to be out
again.
Mr. Chas J. Davenport has pur,
chased the E. 3. Allsbrook residence
Oh 9Th street and has recently moved
there from his farm near Hills X
Roads, the farm being rented to G..
L. Hancock for this year.
We venture the assertion that
there were more new dwelling
houses built in Scotland Neck dur
ing the year just closed than for
many previous years. These houses
have been largely built through the
local building and loan association
| We hope to see a still better record
made for the year 1914. It can be
done.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08
Notice Confederate Veterans.

There will be a special meeting of
the Buck kltchin Camp in their hail
next Saturday the 10th inst, at Il
O'Clock to make arrangements for
the observance Of Gen. Lees birth
day, on the 10th. A full attend
ance is desired.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.
Fte losssis:si doiGa as,a Wfgs2acsGfs CT G.is
People aad 0af>Sr To:t,a

EESsStS 1Stn tits&F > 1;stS
Mr.. Willie Dunn went 70 Winston
Salem Monday.
Mr.. George Register spent the
holidays in Suffolk, Va.
Mr. W. T. Whitehead of Enfield,
was here Monday night.
DR.. johnson, of Winston-Salem,
was here during the holidays.
Mrs. 0. F. Smith visited her peo
pie at Maxton since our last issue.
Miss Jaunita Pittman, of Tarboro,
was a visitor here some days ogo.
Mrs. Anna Morrisett spent the
holidays with friends in Louisburg.
Mrs. A. B Shaw spent the holi-
days with relatives at La Crosse, Va.
Mrs. J. E. Bullock and son, of
Conetoe, were here during the holi-
days.
Mr.. S. T. Womock m..de a bust
ness trip to Wilmington Monday
night.
Mr.. s. T. Womack made bust
ness trip to Wilmington Monday
night.
Mr.. Linwood Holland, of Suffolk,
Va, spent the holidays in Scotland
Neck.
Misses Daisy Allsbrook and Nellie
Allsbrook visited in Suffolk, Va,
last week.
Mrs. j. E. Bowers went to Wash
ington, N. c., Sunday to visit for a
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Allsbrook, of
Greenville, were here during the
holidays
Messrs. Charles H. Cooke and ]. L.
Howard spent a day or two last
week in Richmond.
Mr.. Frank Joyner, of Littleton,
~as pleasant visitor to our town
since cur last issue.
Ex-Gov. W. W. KitchIn and son,
Clement, Ct Raleigh, were pleasant
visitors to our town last week
Miss Helen Shaw Of Washington,
D. c., spent Christmas day with her
sister, MIS-. C. I. Lawrence.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Harrington,
see NJ IS Helen Pope, Weldon, were
With friends here Saturday.
Misses Ella L. Wright and Miss
Stella Phillips. of Washington, n
T., visited friends here during the
holidays.
Judge W. T. Clement, of Enfield,
was here Monday and Tuesday get
ing up the ginners report.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry 8. Jones re
urned Friday night from Eden
con, where they spent the holidays.
Mrs. ]. D. Perry returned to
Winston Salem Monday, after spend
ing the holidays with her mother,
Mrs. Dolly Dunn.
Mr.. l. L. johnson and little
laug liter, of Mt. Olive, spent da5
II two during the holidays with MIR.
j. T. Johnson.
Mr.. C. A. Jones is in Richmond,
Va, this week buying stock for c..
A. Jones & Co. Mr.. Jones will bring
back some nice horses.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. NJ. AlIsbrook and
laughter, Ether, of Weldon, and
Mr.. T. M. Allsbrook. of Louisburg,
we're here during the holidays.
Messrs. D. E. Josey and William
| Edwards came home from POUCH
keepsie, N. Y, where they had been
! taking a course in business college.
Misses Susie MCGEE, Mary Tim
| berlake and Martha Harris, of
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08
sspecil. Announcements.

CLEE VAUGHAN, DEALERS
agent for the largest and best Tomb
stone Quarries in America Quality
best. Prices lowest
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08

NICE LOT NANCY HALL Pc
tatoes. delivered anywhere IN town,
81 .O0 per bushei, 5. f. TiIlery. 1t
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-01-08

NEARE OFFERING AT YOUR
own price a limited number Of Boys
Knee Pant Suits. Also a small num-
Der Of Mems Suits and Overcoats.
These goods are some Of the best we
have, but were carried over Christ
mas and we are going to sacrifice
our profits to unload them. While
they last, almost at your own prlce
--Allsbrook & BoYette.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
THE AUDITORIUM.
"Within the Law"

Bayard Veiller's smashing melo- drama of modern conditions in New York life, Within the Law" will be seen at the Auditorium Theater on Tuesday, February 24th, for return date and the unusuai opportunity will be offered theatergoers in Hot Spring sof seeing a great New York success. while still at the height of the interest which it has aroused. For an entire season of twelve months this play packed the Eltinge Theater, New York City, receiving the most extraordinary praise, not only from the regular dramatic critics of the metropolis, but from prominent peo- pie, who have never before lent their names to the endorsement of any drama, including Woodrow Wilson, Theodore Roosevelt, Mrs. O. H. P Belmont Mrs Harriot Stanton Blatch, Sheriff Julius Hamburger of New York, and Police Commissioner Dougherty, also of New York.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
ROYAL THEATER.

Did you ever see a full-blooded In- dian as an actress, taking the leadins part in a drama of her people? If not, come to the Royal today and see Mona Darkfeather, the greatest h. dian actress living, in Kalems won derful Indian legendary drama, Tn dian Fate" It is the beautiful story of an Indian maiden wed to a white man and taken to his eastern home, where she is made much of. Later the white man deserts his Indian bride and her child, which possesses every trait of Indian character, and a series of dramatic events laid in the western wilds follow this story to completion.
 "The Mistress of His House" is a Seiig comedy featuring Baby" Ldl- Han Wade. It is a pretty comedy in terspersed with just enough of the SC rious to make it one of the best.
 "Skelly Buys a Hotel" is another of those famous Skelly comedies by Biograph Skelly is the best come dian of them all, and he is making a name for himself in motion screen testers.
 A two-reel Indian drama and two splendid comedies, at the Royal to- day.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
THE LYRIC.

It is said that some things in life are stranger than fiction" Verify it would seem so, according to this play, the latest triumph of Florence Law renee, the screens supreme star. The piay is a page from life itself, firm in it's plausibillty, every scene re- sounding with truth. But the circum- stances which overtake the heroine are of the most strange, most weird kind.
 "The Laws Decree" adds another star to the diadem of Miss Lawrence. as the worlds greatest screen artiss, 1t is a gripping, heart-interest story, just the kind sbe portrays so well.
 His Royal Pants" is the story of an Indian nabob who loses his jewel bedecked trousers on his arrival at New York. Nestor has made it a national scream.
 Our Mutual Girl the second of the great series of stories from Reliance. is, if anything, more interesting than the first The Mutual Girl is some girl. See her today.
 "The Power of Print" a two-reel Pathe special, is dramatic film story of marked merit, smashing picture play.
 Lyric today.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
AT THE PRINCESS.

One of the richest comedies oi
 many a season is at the Princess the
 first half of the week in "The Burg
 lars Union, portrayed by that clever
 trio of comedians. Williams, Thomp. son and Copeland The sketch is funny, the characters are funny. and the laughs follow one another in rapid sequence. The negro character, who becomes a member of the burg lars union, is one of the greatest black-face comedians ever seen in Hot Springs. The piece centers about a young man who, hard pressed for cash organizes the burglars union, composed of himself and the negro The burlesque on the robbery of a house is a big scream and the comedy is so clean and wholesome that every one enjoys it.
 The Cycling Brunettes-the name is little misleading-consists of two as clever wheelmen as ever mounted a bike" Their act is devoid of the usual mechanical assistance and their astounding acts are all done on ordi- nary bicycles. Their balancing and their trick riding is simply in a class by Itself impossible of description, but without doubt the best bicycle act ever seen in the city.
 Will H. Fox, trick pianist and musical monologist, is another big feature. Fox is the original of all trick pianists and he plays the instru- ments in so many unique ways that he is certainly in a class by himself.
 Stewart and Mercer, a clever team of comedy acrobats, not only have great act themselves, but they intro duced a yonugster of tender years who performs some clever balancing and ends the act with a burlesque dance which is simply great.
 Gordon and Posey, the college boy and the maid, in singing, dancing and batter, round out a mighty big vaudeville bill, one with so many flashes of sensation and side-splitting as well as meiodious music, that it has been classed as one of the really good" bills of te present season.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
BIG FEATURE WILL
 BE SHOWN TODAY
PICTURE DELAYED IN TRANSMlS. S. SION IS IN CITY AND WILL BE
 AT THE NEW CENTRAL.

The great sensational four-reel moving picture production that has been talked of so much for several days, Victory or Death" which was to have been shown at the New Cen tral yesterday. but which was de. layed in transmission, is now in Hot Springs. having arrived yesterday and it will be given there today. It ia one of the real thrillers in the mov- ing picture world the principal fea- ture of it being the blowing lip of steamboat in mid-ocean showing the rescue of the crew and passengers. This scene is no trick photography, but one that actually took place and is something out of the ordinary It will give you an ieda to what ex- tent the managers of moving picture companies will go in order to get some great sensation different from any of their comeptitOrs.
 Vitagraph also offers good fea- ture in connection with the big four reel thriller, and the Vitagraph of fering is sunny Jim in Search of a Mother" featuring left Johnson and Bobby Conneiley, while Edison has "The Story of the Willow Patterns" one of those old Chinese legends that tells something of the history of that country and provides a mighty good picture, as well. Thursday the one you have been waiting for, Through
 me Clouds" -~Till be here, and in the same you'll see a girl leap from an aeroplane to a rope hanging from the basket of a balloon. This is the thrill of thrills, and the New Central 1 has it. (Advt)
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
MINSTREL REHEARSAL.
Elks Preparing for the Greatest Show Ever Given in the Southwest.

The opening rehearsal of the com ing Elks' MinstreIs will start next Friday night at the Elks' Club rooms, starting promptly at 8 o'clock. MT. Joe Bren wired the committee yes terday of his coming, and he, with his assistants, will be we'll on their way for the big show by Saturday. The minstrels this season will be the greatest event yet had T the local or ganization, as the Bren Producing Company are the very top notchers in this line of busineess. They produce more shows than all others combined. They are real producers, and men that thoroughly understand their work, and wherever they put on these shows, they do more business and give better satisfaction than any other organization on the road. They carry all scenery. costumes and pa rade dress The first part is a beauty entitled "The Palace of Mirth and Melody" The second part is made up of a real minstrel second part, and every number a genuine hit. This year for the first time ladies will also cut a big figure in the makeup of the first part And only the best
 voices in the city will be heard in
 the chorus. The entire company will number some 35 to 40 people, and the best show ever given by the Elks
 will be this one when seen on Marcf 3rd
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
"Peq O. My Heart"

The great play, "Peg O My Heart" " is at last to be seen here. It will be with us on March 18th for one per formance only. Peg is a great show, having now run in New York and Chicago for nearly a yeaer. The com pany which comes to Hot Springs is the same as plays all leading cities, including St. Louis, Louisville, Gin cnnati, New Orleans, Kansas City, San Francisco and the entire middle West
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
WITH THE STAGE AND THF PICTURE PT AYERS

urrection,' and this great drama wiA be seen in four marvellous reels at the Lyceum today.
 You who know Blanche Walsh will have some conception of the grand eur of this silent drama. will know the power and pathos which she brings to Tolstois great story. and will realize that in the feature pro duction here today that they are to see a real classic, something entire ly different from the average run of motion pictures.
 We have booked this big feature for just this one day. Every man, wom- an and child shoud see it.
 Thursday, 'Thaw's Dash for Lib- erty." Watch for it.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

and MT Miller being particular friends The only tools used in the construction of the pole was Mis- souri jaclSknife, piece of broken file and a piece of broken glass for scraper q have tested her out, writes Miller "and don't be afraid if
 you hook a whale with it."
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

Open all night. Sorrels Drug Store. 1-7-tf
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
PRIZE FISHING POLE.
Five Woods in Handle, and Eyes
 From Schaeffer Billiard Ball.

It is not likely that there is any where in the world more famous or more highly prized fishing rod than one received here recently from E. s. Miller of Mankato, Minn. George Ryan was the recipient of the treas ure. MT. Miller was three years making the rod. The hand-grasp contains five different kinds of wood, ligumvita, cheetwood butternut cir caussan. walnut and Spanish cedar. The first joint in the rod is made of granadea wood, and the other two joints are made of six split Calcutta bamboo. The most interesting fea- ture of the pole, however, is that the eyelets are made of ivory. cut from a billiard ball, used by Herman Schaeffer in a worlds championship contest in New York, MT. Schaeffer
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

IF YOUR roof is leaky and trouble some. see Geo. J. Turk. Phone SS9.
 2-13-1w
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

OYSTERS ON HALF SHELL AT THE EMPIRE.
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

MRS. ISABELLE GIBBONS. voice cul' ture and Spanish. The Maurice.
 Phone 1517 2-5-1w
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
LYcEUM.

Perhaps you have grown just a lit ile tired of the general run of motion pictures, the dramas and comedies and the features. If so, we invite you to come to the Lyceum today'and see a real classic in the silent drama.
 Blanche Walsh, the greatest Ameri- can actress, who has immortalized many plays, has fruther immortalized Tolstors literary masterpiece, Res
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18
IMPORTANT

This life of ours is very uncertain. If your home is mortgaged, pro tect it.
 If you are married, protect your wife and children.
 If you are single, protect your old days-In case you live to see them.
 You can do this by insuring today with
The Sentinel=record., 1914-02-18

Mrs Laura White and Mrs. F. O. Bass of Little Rock, visitors of Mrs. k. F. Beasley, returned home yester- day after attending the illness and funeral of their aunt, Mrs. Lou A. Hotchkiss.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-18
FASHION FETE

One of the Mosi Unique Affairs Ever Given in
This City Was Held Last Night at lhe Ritz.
The second showing OF Ameriean-made fash
ions for women, given last night in the ballroom
Of the Rltz-CRrIton, caused a storm OF enthusi-
asm. so that when the auctoning was begun by
Mr.. stotesbury. bidding was spirited. running
the gowns up to figures which helped out the
general proceeds quite substantially. And OF
two things that representative gathering OF
Phadelphians was fully convinced-hrst. that
American designers have come into their own,
and second, that no city boasts fRirer women
than these OF the Quaker City.
From the minute little Miss Alberta Brinton
as Miss Philadelphia, was revealed between the
drawn curtains until Miss Marie Louise wana-
maker. beeomingly arrRyed all in white and
leading two Russian wolfhounds. disappeared
after making the usual promenade. there was a
constant craning OF neeks and levelins OF lor-
gnettes from the audience. who strove to make
mental pictures OF each and every costume
The showing continued smoothly throughout
the evening the only mannequn scheduled who
failed to appear being Miss cOrdslIa Biddle.
whose place was taken by Miss Rosalie Dolan.
So exquisite was each and every gown and SO
attractive Its wsarer. that the Judges composed
OF w. Lyman Biddls, Edward Browning,
Charles e. Coke. Harry NJ. Hart. John @.
Groome. William d. Ellis. Joseph z. wdener,
George MeFadden, s. Wynns Ffoulkes. ChaFl-
ton Yarnall, J. r. Evans Roberts J. Vaughan
MsrFiek and Robert Kslso cassatt. were hard
put to IT, to decide to which should be
awarded the coveted prize
Finally. after much discussion. Mrs Robert
Leaning MontEomsry's gown, "Reve." COM
posed OF cloth OF silver and tuIs, received the
greatest number Of votes. The Danodil. worn
by Miss Gladys snsllsnburs, also received it's
share Of appreciation. as did Nashmia, exhib-
tied by Miss ceels Fitlsr Howell; the Orchid,
worn by MFs. william Drayton. and Frances, in
which Mrs Harry Vain Harrison appeared.
Julia. worn by Mrs. d. Pearson Pearee was
decided as the smartest street costume Il
was OF beige psau de ehamols, trimmed with
sable-dyed kolinsky.
BY popular vote at 10 cents each. Mrs J.
KsaFsIsy Mitchell received the prize offered by
]. p. Caldwell Co Mr.. stotesbury. as suo-
tonesF, ably abstted By William J. Clothisr,
who stood IN the aisle eoaxing bids out OF timid
persons, caused much merrlment He reeklessly
threw In hat or mum with the gown 10 at
tract hesltant purchasers. and succeeded in
bringing some very good prices. Mrs Mont
gomery bid on the gown she wore ana after
much competition finally carried 4 on triumph
antly at $40. Miss snsllenburg. also. only Sc
cured heFs by bidding $500 A suit worn BY A6iss
Eleanor B. Hopkins brought only SsS. although
many thought it worth much more
After the last gown hkd been auetionsd Oh
supper vas served ana dances were executed by
Miss Perot ana NJ. Taylor professionals. from
/ New York.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-18
BEsT THOUGHT on AMERTCA
Digest of the Magazines

the great hall, where life battIed that st might
live, there was silence not an outcry, not q
wall And the hoctor win tell you that whes
and the smiling faces OF those women. lie
felt as though he had touched miracle
One hundred and twelve experiments were
made, and every case was successful u has
been accepted by the French Academy Of Med
colosists, chemists, doctors OF all degrees havs
examined, tested, approved
On the very eve Of the public announcement
of this discovery the outbreak Of the war
sank the giving Of life into insignincancs
beside the importance Of taking life. The
article adds, with unconscious irony:
Reports from the French field surgeons an-
nounce that detoxicated morphine renders
wounds painless for at least six hours. siving
ample time to remove patients to the base
hospital for treatment
Busy Suaragists
In 1.-THE Recent Elections and Woman suf-
frage" (6). Ida Hustled Harper leads up to her
subject with brief but comprehensive re-
view of the womens struggle for the fran
chse in this country.
when four States conferred complete franz
chse on the women between 1890 and 1895. the
opponents became alarmed, and for the next
IA years In only three States could the Lesis-
laturcs be persuaded to submit the question to
the voters, and In each case IL was defeated.
The country, politically, was entirely under the
domination of forces hostile to reform Of all
kinds, three powers working In unison--the
trusts the liquor interests and the party ma
chimes. Five or six years ago the more pro-
gressive element reached the limit OF it's en-
durance. and an insurgent movement began
to develop.
THE end of 1918 found women fully enfran-
chised In nine States and one Territory. and
with large measure Of suffrage in Illinois
Miss Harper gives very good sense Of the
campaign waged by the suffragists in seven
States this last summer and fall:
Practically all the organizations Of men
and women declared for suffrage with great
enthusiasm the declarations OF labor. the @. A.
r.. teachers associations oranges, political
parties, the women's clubs. etc.
There are arrayed against woman suffrage
all the reaotionary and vicious forces in tho
country, all OF them enfranchised and unlirn-
tied as to finances. The employers OF labor
are determined that political power
shall be placed in the hands OF the working
people Those corporations that thrive by cor
rupting Legislatures exceedingly averse to
a new class of voter. The political machines
dread nothing much as an electorate OF
women, and more aggressive, determined and
dangerous than all these combined are the
liquor interests, with their endless ramlhca-
tons, extending to the remotest corners and
touching unnumbered kinds Of legitimate busi-
nesses.