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The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-27
A Saving Plan

Start with nothing.
Pay yourself by depositing it regularly in this In.
stituton the interest five thousand dollars at 5%
That's about $487 per week.
In fourteen years you will have the five thousand
in the bank. You will have deposited about thirtyfve
hundred and will have earned about 500 in interest,"
Then if you wish you can DRAW OUT semi
annually, the interest your five thousand without
disturbing your principal.
Worth tn: effort isn't It?
Why not begin today at
Midd|exest Loan and Trust Company
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-27
HOW A new POPE IS SELECTED
AT CARDINALS SECRET C0NCLAVE

to 6e>thirteent6 century.
At the inaugural Of the conclave the
cardinals form in line in order OF rank
and march to st. Peters. where the
mass of the Holy Spirit is sung and
they listen to a sermon. the pro eli.
gendo pontiice.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1914-08-27

Attendants on the Cardinals.
The master Of ceremonies then takes
the papal cross and the cardinals form
in a body behind him. with their per-
sonal attendants following Each car.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
The Sewer and The haPVeStefS.

We do not know how it has been
with other Charlotte people. but
with the editor Of this paper Dick
Morse has been much in mind the
past few days. The street preach
ing is the cause Of it. Every after
noon at 6 O'Clock the service at In
dependence Square is led by bish-
op, a presiding elder, several preach
ers and a number of laymen. women
joining in the singing. What joy
Gus shout that scene would draw
from the soul of the one-time lone
evangelist could he return to earth
to see it! There is no doubt in our
mind that these eligious workers
are building in large measure on the
foundation stones laid by this street
evangelist less than a dozen years
ago. but at a time when conditions
were so far different from what they
are today. When Dick Morse was
wont to make his daily appearance
on the streets of Charlotte with his
co..a4s IS and Eis rough hswn but earn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
SOCIAL SERVICE CONFERENCE.
Closes Successful Meeting and Adopts
Important Resolutions.

The North Carolina Conference
for Social Service has Just held
great meeting in Raleigh. AS re-
suit of discussions Of many matters
affecting the States welfare the fol-
lowing resolutions were adopted:
l. Favoring the organization of
church and social service leagues in
every North Carolina city and town.
2. Favoring campaign to teach
grown-up people to read and write
as has been done in the now famous
moonlight schools.
3 Urging colleges to give more
attention to economics, sociology
and the race problem.
4. Favoring compulsory vaccina-
ton against both smallpox and ty-
phoid fever.
| 5. Endorsing a civic ervice week
and urging that comr lity surveys
be made all over IT, :.
6. Favoring farm wo,nen's clubs,
community social centecs, and the
steady devel' r,ment Of homogeneous
communities from the racial stand
o int for the better support of all
social agencies.
7. Endorsing the uniform child
abor law, the fourteen year age
mi with adequate inspection.
s. Endorsing the indeterminate
- tence, paloie system and giving
! prisuner's earnings to his family.
9. Favorlng Statewide adop ior
OF tn Guilford county public morals
!A~, making property owners re
spon, IDLE VINO rent houses for i'm
N sal purposes.
10. Urging Legislature to ap-
polnt House and Senate commit ees
on secial welfare.
IL Favo: ing law to make Co
| aabitation Of the races crime.
Within one year the conference
has grown to a membership Of near
II, 1000 Of the foremost thinking
people IN the State. It would seem
tlaE when such an Organization as
tnis agree on such a Set Of resolu
.fe,unz- representing the kfied down
crystal,zed ideas Of the conference
on social service work needed in the
State, that these ideas should b,
gwen very serious consideration b,
the public generally.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
The Pubic Likes d ''LiVe Wire"

One of the reasons why advertls-
ing has grown so enormously Of re-
cent years is that merchants: must
carry an atmosphere of prosperity.
The man who enters business Office
with soiled clothes, face unsnorn ana
muddy boots, is not apt to get job.
TINS may be due to superficial judg-
ments, but people have to make the
hest use they can Of exterior indica-
tions. Similarly the public judges
Of a merchants success by exterior
SIGNS. A business man who does not
advertise conveys an impression of
nassiveness and indifference, of
|fslow-going, oldfashioned methods.
The public values enterprise in re-
tail trade higher than almost any
other one quality. Liberal adver'
tisinq is to a merchant what gooC
clothes and a clean-cut appearance
are to a salesman. 1t suggests thai
a merchant is prosperous, that ht
has in the past succeeded in pleasing
the public. that he is alert enough
20 get good bargains for his custo
mers. 1t shows that he has sucl
confidence in his goods that he !
willing to spend money to tell peopl
about them Concord Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26

est words of warning against the
wrath to come, the streets were
lined with saloons and in the quiet
hours of the night the clink of poker
chips could be heard through the
ooen windows of the gambling
rooms. Jeers and taunts were his
accepted lot, yet he persevered until
he got the ministers interested and
the town stirred up. And out #
this persistent agitation by Dick
Morse came the campaign which
banished the saloons and closed the
gambling houses-th the campaign that
made Charlotte a clean and moral
town so far as this result could be
secured through law and it's enforce
ment. The Observer will maintain
that the present evangelistic inva-
sion of the streets Of Charlotte by
representative people Of the commu-
nifty is the reaping of the harvest
whose seed were sowed by the un-
tutored, unlettered, discredited
evangelist of other days-good man
! though considered crank-honest, :,
earnest old Dick Morse, who sleeps
almost forgotten in Elmwood!-
Charlotte Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
The Fail Election.

Thus far there seems to be no
contest probable at our next State
convention in the nomination OF the
lew officers that are 10 be eIecteu
TINS year. 1ne oniy State officers
TO be elected Is the chairman ut the
CORPORATION COMMISSION, and the
present lncumUe.lL, Mr. =. l.. Travis,
seems not TO have any opposition toI
recommendations. There are ten OF OuI
twenty Superior COuIL JUDGES TO Le
e,1c.eu, and no one OF the present
Judges seems to have any opponent T.
1noSe whose terinS expire The tllS'
OF next January are: Judges BOND
Wheduee, Allen, Lyon, Devln,
Aoams, Harding, Webb, Justice
anu ferguson, and all OF tfem M
uuuot will be Reelected. Chatham
record
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
Stomach Health, or
No Cost TO You

Very likely others have advised
you to use Rexall Dyspepsia Tablets,
because scores OF people Ill this COM
munlLy believe them 10 be the best
remedy ever made for Dyspepsia
and Indigestion. That is what we
mink, too, because we know what
they have done fer others and what
,hey are made OF. wei have so much
faith in them tnat we urge you to
,ry them al our risk. Ii they don t
help you, they won cost you d cent.
Ii they don't DO all that you want
them 10 do-if they uon't restore
your stomach to health and make
YOUR dig sestion easy-just tell us and
we Will give back your money Will
OUT a word Or question.
Containing fepsln and Blsmuth,
| two OF the greatest dlges.ive aids
! known to meulcai science, they SOOthe
tne intlameu stomach lining, help IN
the secretion OF gastric juice, check
heartburn and distress, promote
regular bowel action, and make 1t
possible for you to eat whatever you
| nike whenever you ike, with the com.
TO- ting assurance that there will be
no BAD atter-effects. We believe
them to be the best remedy made
tor dyspepsia and indigestion. Soll
only at the more than 1000 Rexal
Stores, and in this town only at oul
store. Three sizes, 25c, soc and 81
E. I. Whitehead Company, Scotlane
/ Neck NJ c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
Church Member Statistics.

DR.. H. K. Carroll, king of church
statlstcs-more than any statisti-
elan is to the cotton crop-again re-
ports progress. A. net increase of
6l8, 600 in membership curing 1913
is the central feature Of his report.
Of this growth he credlts 100000 to
the Methodists, PIP, 800 to the Ro-
man Catholics, "a, 600 to the Bap-
titss, $1,000 to the Presbyterians,
SO, 100 to the Lutherans, 21, 800 to
DISCIPLES, and 16, $50 to the Episco-
pailans. In his figures for the Ro-
man Catholic church DR.. Carroll
deducts from official church figures.
IN order to exclude children not yet
confirmed and thus get the estimate
on the same basis as that for the
Protestant churcnes. His totals are:
Roman Catholics, 1909. .534; Meth
odlst, TIPS, ,O69; Baptlsts, 1922, ,622;
Lutheran, 1888, 722; Presbyterian,
2,O27 ,593; Disciples, 1,519, 1860; Pro
lestant Episcopal, 9O7, ,4O7; Congre-
gationai, 1880. TINS acc ounts for
ABOUT "a, 100000 OF the 1920, ,OOC
members OF CHI lsllan churches With
IN the United States. The Jewish
community would add ABOUT two
million more, half OF them in New
York city. Christian Scientists
numbering S5, ,O96 IN 1912, provided
no figures for last year.-Charlotte
tOnSarVpr
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
FARMERS UNION NEWS.
Or. TempletGn to Address the County
Convention. O!her News.

Farmers Union members all over
the county are making preparations
to attend the next county convention
to be held at Halifax on Saturday.
April 18th. There will be some
questions brought up for discussion
that we have never had before.
DR.. J. M. Templeton, the State
Vice-President, will deliver an ad-
dress the equal if not the best ever
heard in Halifax county. All who
have heard DR.. Templeton say he is
one of the best orators in North
Carolina.
There will also be number of
short talks by the county officers.
We have now about Is lady mem
bers in the county and we under
stand there will be a good many of
them present also.
Inc membership is increasing
faster than we hoped it would. In
the Is days, between March 1st and
March 18th, there was an increase
Of SO members. The writer had the
pleasure of helping to initiate nine
new memb mbers at Glenvlew a few
mig hts age, and few nights before
that they Initiated Is in the Hardee
Local. The Hardee Local is one Of
the best in the county. But then
they CAM t help that when they have
such leauers as j. W. Hardee and l..
A. WliIlams, two Of the best Union
men IN the county.
Aureiian Springs and Calvery are
making fine progress. They have
two oI the best Sec. etaries in the
county, !, &. Stuart and W. c. My
rick. In fact | don't think there i
county III the State that has bet
ter set OF Local cfficers. We have
no auIt % fad with a single one oi
| them.
Brethren and sisters, let oul
watchword be On 10 Halifax"
SECRETARY BENNETT.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
KEEP LIQUOR OUT OF STATE.
SaptIStS Pass Resolution Asking Next
Assembly to See to 1t.

Durham, March 1S.-At the after
noon session of the State Baptist
Lavmen's Convention. the following
resolution was offered by Judge John
A Oates, of Fayetteviile, and unan-
imously adopted by the convention:
Whereas, the Baptist State Con-
vention and other church gatherings
last fall memorialized the General
Assembly of 1915 to pass an act to
prohibit the delivery Of whiskey for
beverage purposes in the State; and
Whereas, the Anti Saloon League
following up the action of the vari-
Gus churches through its executive
committee has memoriallzed the
next General Assembly to pass such
a law, therefore be it.
Resolved, by the North Carolina
Baptist Mems Convention, held in
Durham, N. c., March 1919, 1914,
that we approve Of the proposed
legislation as necessary to the prop
er enforcement Of the laws we now
have"
This resolution followed the intro
duction of Mr.. R. l. Davis, secre-
tary of the Autl-Saloon League, to
the convention Mr.. F. P. rob
good, Sr.. of Oxford, was in the
chair, and Mr. j. w. Cammack, as
socIate editor Of the Chr is ian Her
aid Of Virginia, had just compie;ed
short talk in which he referred to
the campaign that was now being
put Oh in Virginia tor the ellmna
tlon Of the saloons Of that State.
lie SAID that one of the reasons he
came to this convention was TO gath
er cata about The situation III Mon lh
/ CaroiIua. The wet forces uf Vlr-
ginid, according 10 ur. Cammack.
had toto OF the dire poverty Uf thl,
state because Of the prunlGi ,lOn
laws, and he Was here 20 get lnfur-
/ liza LlCii Ill 81 liclIu a. W lIiO ToA Ai-1SS
OF the prohibition laws.
AT the close or this talk, Mr.. Da-
4 Wis was DreS2nteu to the convention
! anu l0Id OF The proposed legislation
r he urged LnaL every IiaIi set 60 I,
that these men be in 1avor OF Law
prohibiting the shipment Of WnlskeS
! tor beverage into lho State. In thL
| North Carolina would be following
lii the footsteps OF Mississippi.
His talk was q short one, but the
convention tbougDt it wise 20 stol
ire regular program long enough Lt
! pasS ,he resolution Offered ny jugs
Oates. There was not single dis
oenunE vote, and it again empna
alzeu the attitude of the Bapt,sto O.
the state on the Whiekey Questio,l
Again ,tllo a. ternoOn, the only tlui.
the men IN the convention let tnel
! enthusiasm run away with then
enough TO break the bounds OF Gus
.oln and applaud in church wa
when the enforcement OF the prom
plLlon laysS we're referred 70.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
Ht.s-' - You.


-urose cOIumns
afford to Rrsp11ngs, N. Y. Mare;
10. W illiam J. Miner, an attorney,
has been rel aimed by client in the
western part Of the State to figure
out the prop ,rlionate share Of a son
in an estate. The facts of relation
snip a. gwen the attorney are these:
On May 2, 1906, there lived in the
town of Day, Saratoga county, a
farmer aud his son, the mother BE-
ing dead At the same time and d
short distance away, III Fulton couL-
ty, lived a widow and her daughter.
The son on that date married the
widow, whereby the new wife's
daughter became her husbands :
oaug ghter, and at The same time the
SON S daughter became the boy S
fathers daughter, and the young
daug hter of the son S wife, who hau
become daughter OF The son S father
3
daughter.
Tnen, to complicate matters still
fun ther, in July. 1906, the father
married the sons wite's daugheer,
whereby the sons wife's daughter
the sons mother and The sons " lie
necame the SoL father S mother.
Further more, the sons father hav
ing maIl1ed the son daug gnter, She
! became the Sun 5 uiOtHeT, anu The
sons molher S mother, who is the
sons wife, is the sons grandmot
and thereby the son became his OWL
grandfather.
The son wants Mr.. Miner to figure
out the proporLionate share to which
ne IS entitled from an uncle's es
| tate.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH &c, 1914.
DRAG THE ROADS.

Dedicated to the King Road Drag.
When the summer sun is high,
Drag the Roads.
When the crops are all laid by,
Drag the Roads.
In the fall and in the spring,
When the birds begin to sing,
Mind you! It's the very thing
Drag the Roads.
When there's heavy loads to haul,
Drag the Roads.
When you go to make a call,
Drag the Roads.
Often on the way to town,
Should the grade be up or down,
Never falter! Never frown!
Drag the Roads.
When the farm work crowd apace,
Drag the Roads.
When you find a resting place,
Drag the Roads.
After all the heavy rains,
You can count up many gains,
If you'll only take the pains,
To Drag the Roads.
If your wife or daughter scolds,
Drag the Roans.
Fill up all the ugly holes,
Drag the Roads.
It will keep your temper sweet.
Horses sleek and wagon neat.
Make a track chat can't be beat,
Drag the Roads.
Whether soil be sand or clay,
Drag the Roads.
You can find no better way,
Drag the Roads.
When too wet TO run the plOw,
Run the drag and then see how
Pas sers by will smi:e and bow
Drag tfe Roads
Get your neighbors on he job,
And drag the roeds;
Some will fuss and 81 = hob,
But drag the ,o:u5
What II y"n do pay your tax
And GU finu that things are lax.
set e down 20 sold facts,
And drag the reads.
L Dillon, Bedford City, Va.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
: st;rei ! Georgia Planters Advice to
Kidney Sufferers.

Regarding the wonderful curative
narirs of your Swamp Root. | can
not say to much. After suffering
.vereiy for three years or more
with severe pains caused by weak
kidneys. was finally induced to try
~wamp-Root through a testimonial
! raad in one of the newspapers
Was IN such a condition that | was
i'm such q condition that was obliged
f.. .r;se from my bed six or eight
times every night. | purchased a
t!etv-cent bottle and before it was
u,ad | felt so much relief that | pur-
chased a one-doE'ar bottle and by
III, time this was taken the old pains
had left my back and | could sleep
the whole night through. | am a
retired planter. 70 years Of age and
owing to DR. Ki'mer's Swamp-Root,
am in the best of health and feel
like boy. I am always glad to
recommend Swamp-Root to those
who are in need Of it,
Sincerely yours,
c. E. USSERY,
Bowersville. Ga.
Personally appeared before me,
this Sth of September. 1909. c. E..
Ussery, who subscribed the above
statement and made oath that the
same is true in substance and in fact.
T. H. MCLANE, Notary Public
I.ptter to DR.. Kiln er & Compa-
nv. B'nphamton, n. Y.
Prove What Swamp Root VIII Do Fer You.
Send TIM cents to DR.. Kilmer &
Company, Binghamton, n Y. for a
sample size bottle. 1t will convince
anv one. You oiIl also receive 3
book ct Of valuable informa ion,
telling about the kidneys ! h|ad-
der. When writing. be sur and
ton The Commonwealth, Scotland
Neck. n c. Regular fifty-cent ard
one-dollar size bottles for sale at all
drug stores.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26
Best Family Laxative

Beware of constipation. Use DR..
Kings New Life Pills and keep
we'll. Mrs. Charles E. Smith OF West
Franklin, Me-, calls them "our fam
ilv. laxative" Nothing better for
adults or aged, Get them today 25c
All druggists or by mail: II. ~
Bucklen & Co., Philadelphia or St
nl1ia
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-03-26

The world is shadowed or bright
eued by our own heart rather than
by nything Itself. Our Joy mikes
tue cloudiest day glad, and our grief
finds night in the .sunniest sky
j osoph 1alker.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-09

Didn't YOU come here for mrlp!'
YES" was the faltering reply. 'bu'
butt didn't know w.s !youc'
Then you have me me- heforeT
Mary said quietly.
mo, no. The girls voice rose shrill
Aggie spoke her mind with frank
ness. shes lying"
Carson agreed. His yes was spoken
in q tone Of complete certainty. That
Mary. too. was of their opinion WAS
shown in her next words
$50 you have met me before:
Where?"
The girl unwittingiy made confeS
sion In her halting words.
Il can't tell you" There was de.
SPAR in her voice.
"You must"
The girl only crouched lower.
81 can't" she cried again. painting as
IL in exhaustion.
why can't you?"
"Because-because"- The girl could
not 20 on.
"What were you SEN up fOr?
For stealing"
"Stealing what!"
Goods"
where FROM
The Emporium"
In a fash Of intuition the whole
truth was revealed to the woman who
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-09
That Is Why, II Is Said, Stock Brokers
Eight Shy Of Them.

That Is Why, II Is Said, Stock Brokers
Fight Shy Of Them.
Nobody loves Il stock broker, least
Of all his customers. This affords q
touching. if somewhat subtle. reason
why he does not want any women
spectators on his books.
There is another reason. I hate to
mention it. but you wiring it from me.
Women r not good losers. At times,
under stress Of great speculative losses.
I am told they become lachrymose.
The n stock broker Of my acquaint-
nce who catered to women specula-
tors is now in a madhouse. They were
all long Of Steel at SO the time it broke
to 8, and all the water squeezed out of
it in that decline was wept back into
# by these women. It was an eco.
nomic disaster.
Stock brokers carry home with them
all the troubles Of their customers, and
this poor fellow was no exception. He
used to lie awake all night picking at
the counterpane and ~grieving over
beauty in distress. Finally he went
crazy. They have given him a set Of
stock brokers' books up there in the
asylum, and it would break your heart
to e him. Jeanne dare and Harriet
Beecher Stowe are long of Copper:
Catherine de Medici and Mrs. Brown
ing are short of Rubber: Maria The
e and George Eliot are pyramiding
in Steel. Every now and then some
body is stopped out, and then there are
dreadful times. Charlotte Corday's.
CleOpatra's. Nine. de Stael's and the
mother Of the Gracchi's margins are
exhausted. He calls to them for more.
They weep. l cannot go on. Women
have much to answer for.-William
Van Antwerp in New York Post.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-01-09
C.ysTIc CRITICS.
When Poet Clashes With Poet Then
Comes a War of Wit.

s.. So"'CS q WA OI VIII
Tennyson has been severely handled
by his fellnw writer's. Bulwer-LyttOn
killed three birds with a stone when
be spoke Of %Tennyson's
Jingling medley OF purioined conceits.
Out-babyinE Wordsworth and Out-glitter-
ire Keats.
George Meredith said Of the Holy
Grail that the lines are satin lengths.
the figures Sevres china. Why. this
stuff is not the muSe-it's musery. The
nan has got hold of the muses. clothes
line and hangs 1T with iewelry." The
''Idylls of the King" are yards of linen
drapery for the delight Ut ladies'"
But. then. TennySon once said Of
Meredith that reading him was like
wading through glue. And If Meredith
called Matthew Arnold IA dandy
isaiah" George Moore has set 1t down
that Tin George Meredith there is moth
ing but cracxjaw sentences. empty and
unpleasant in the mouth as sterile
nuts" not a particularly happy bit OF
style in itself.
OF Carlyie's French Revolution
Hallam said. The. style il SO abomi-
nable l could not get on with it." and
Of Hallam's European History" Car
lyle remarked. .Eh! The poor. miser-
able skeleton Of q b0ok."-New York
Post.