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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Snake Around His Wrist.

Escaping from crate OF pineapples,
a long black snake crawled along the
handle of a truck and wound itself
around the wrist Of Arnold Thomas, a
colored steyedore, Of Baltimore.
AS soon as he felt the clammy rep
tile against his skin the colored man
dropped his truck and ran into the
street, shouting Justify.
Instead OF aiding the terror-stricken
man his dark-sl1inned companions
laughed at him and assured him they
could see nothing on his wrist, and
declared that the liquid refreshments
he took with his MONDAY meal had
made him "see things"
Beads of perspiration trickled down
Thomas face as he tried to rid him
self of his live bracelet.
Suddenly the reptile uncoiled it.
self, dropped to the street, and wrig'
gled through a crevice in the wharf.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
LIST OF QUEER VOWS
SOME AMUSING AND SOME BOR.
DERING ON THE TRAGIC.
Bachelor Who Swore he Never Would
Look Upon Woman Again Kept
His Oath, Though 1t Cost
Him Much Money.

There is no limit to human folly or
perverseness, and many of the VOWS
that rash people make are foolish as
well as perverse.
Eighteen years ago a California man
lost his sight during an illness, and
there was danger Of total blindness.
His wife was exceedingly pious, and
vowed that if her husbands sight was
restored she would crawl on her hands
and knees once a year to a neighbOr-
ing church in token of her gratitude.
He recovered his sight, and once a.
year his wife has kept her vow.
It was surely nothing but folly and
obstinacy that inspired the vow of an
old bachelor that he would never look
on a wOman's face again. In order to
carry out his VOW he had a high wall
built around his house, which he never
left, and substituted men fer his wom-
en- servants. Later, when new houses
sprang up around his own and his
grounds were overlooked, he had them
covered with a roof and artifcially
lighted He kept his strange vow to
the end of his life, which, however,
! came within seven years.
The most recent of these foolish
makers of VOWS is a native Of Brussels,
who has sworn that he will make a tour
of the world walking backward. 1t is to
be Hoped that his fate will be hap.
pier than that of the man who swore
walk on the ceiling like a fly, and who
, lost his reason without gaining his
! wish
There was method in the madness
Of the great French painter Zeim, who
vowed that he would never leave his
studio until a certain important pic
| ture was finished. He gave instruc
tions that the door should be locked
in his studio and that door should MOI
be opened under any conditions, his
meals to be handed to him through {
hole in the door. Thus he worked fo1
months during the crisis that ended j,
Napoleon's famous coup d'etat and hi:
| accession to the throne, Of which Zein
knew nothing until his picture wa
! completed and his door unlocked
Another Fren IN artist, Gericauld
distraction to interfere with the paint
ing of his great picture, 'The Wrecl
Of the Medusa." He had his hea
shaved and vowed that he would neve
allow his hair to grow until his wor
was done. The VOW he religiousl
kept, in spite Of strong temptation t
break it, and the reward of his heroisr
was the most perfect painting of hi
life
1t was for a very curious reaso
that an old lady who died few year
ago condemned herself to more tha
. 80 years confinement to her home
She had married a WidoVer, as miserl
as he was unromantic, and he insiste
that his second wife should wear tn
clothes left behind by his first wifi
The wife was as mutinous as her hui
band was resolute, and she determine
that until she could have her ow
clothes she would never leave tn
house-a VOW she kept until he
| DEATH
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
THE NORTH CAROLINA
College OF Agriculture
And Mechanic AFtS

The State Industrial College offers
strong courses in Agriculture, Hor
ticujtu~e. S5oc'-raising, Dairying
Veterinary Medicine; in Civil, Elec
tricai, and Mech anical Eogineecing
in Chemistry and DFeing; IN Cottor
Misunderstanding and in Agricultural
teaching. Fcur year courses. IW<
and one year Courses in Agriculture
and Machine Shop Work. Iacul,!
Of 6l men; 738 students; 25 build
ing5; excellent equipment and )ab
oratories for each department. O.
July 8 County Stlpe:intendents cor
duct entrance examinations at eac5
county seat. For catalogue write
Z. B. OWEN. Registrar,
West Raleigh. =. c
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
NUMBER 81.
New Idea With Others Proves That
Military Authorities Are Very
Much on the Alert,

News that will be Of interest to all
Hague has discovered a secret long
cherished in the war department-tha
use of bees as messengers.
No longer will the aide-de-camp
spur his staggering horse through
shot and shell to carry the message
to the front. Instead, he will don hin
gloves and mask, and, going to the
portable beehive back Of headQuar-
ters, seize one Of the faithful little
insects and send the well-trained
messenger through the air.
Whoever possesses a receiving OUT
fit can read the secrets Of the wire
less; one can cut the wires Of the or.
dinary telegraph, and the pigeon doeo
not always escape the bullet. There
fore, other means have been sought
In America the general staff dreams
of using as a dispatch bearer-tho
bee!
The bee, like the carrier pigeon.
guided by its marvellous instinct, re-
turns to the hive from wherever ho
may be liberated. Tiny dispatches.
which can be declphered with tho
magnifying glass, can be attached to
its breast. !;
But something better still has beel
found. BY an ingenious process, the
wings of the tiny insect are sensi-
tized and by means of microscopic
photography the message is imprint
ed, thus doing away with all extra
weight.
The secret is out, but all is not LOST
Holland has not discovered the won-
derful process by which to dispose OF
the ffreflies that an up-to-date enemy
would send to ruin the sensitized
wings of the trained bees.
The details, of course, cannot bd
divulged. Suffice it to say that a.
soon as an enemy's freely reaches
the dark hive, where the bees are
waiting to have their wings photo.
| graphed, it's presence is made known
by the action Of the metal selenium
| which is sensitive to light, and the
alarm is given to trained dragon
flies, which speedily make away with
the intruder
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Volcanoes AoajN in Action.

Some of the volcanoes in the Sangir
islands are in eruption. The streams
of lava have burned down woods and
cocoa plantations, and a rain Of stone
has caused damage throughout the
whole surrounding country. Above =
hundred houses have collapsed Sew
eral Of the Sangir islands, which are
almost midway between Mindanao.
Philippines, and Celebes, have active
volcanoes, the most important being
Gukong Abu, on Great Sangir. by
eruption Of which many thousands OF
lives have been lost. It's worst re-
corded outbursts were in 1711, 1917
1856, 1883 and 1892. In the last men,
toned year the northwest portion OF
the island entirely disappeared. cart
rying 1000 people with it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
HAD SMALL BEGINNING
ORIGIN OF THE BANK OF THE
MANHATTAN COMPANY.
May Be Said to Have Started From
"a Well OF Water" Though It Had
the Genius Of Aaron Burr
Behind 1t.

The uncoverfng of an old iron tank |
in Center street recalled a piece of !
ancient history in connection with the |
Bank Of the Manhattan Company, the |
Wall Street Journal states A spring
we'll 35 feet deep, covered by the iron
tank referred to and the present site
of the bank, 40 Wall street, consti-
tuted the first property owned by the
Manhattan company, parent Of the
bank now bearing that name
The Bank Of the Manhattan Com
pany sprang from a little water COM
pany which commenced business with
"a we'll of water" The charter of the
company was drawn by Aaron Burr,
and its granting was opposed by Alex
anGer Hamilton because it contained
a clause permitting the company Ito
employ all surplus capital in the pur-
chase of public or other stock or in
any other money transactions or op-
erations not inconsistent with the con-
stitution and laws of New York or
Of the United States
This clause was the joker in the
charter of a company started for the
purpose of supplying the city Of New
York with pure and wholesome wa
ter" In 1898 New York city suffered
from an epidemic Of yellow fever
which was attributed to an Inadequate
and inferior water supply. Here was
Aaron Burr's opportunity for start
ing a bank, in which effort he had,
for many years, been opposed by his
political enemy, Alexander Hamilton,
who had monopoly Of the banking
business in New York state until the
charter was granted the Manhattan
company.
Upon the assembling Of the legisla-
! ture in 1899 an association of indi-
viduals, among whom Aaron Burr was
! a moving spirit, applied for the wa
! ter company's charter with capital
| of $2,000,000. The project was an am
bilious one for those days, and as
there was considerable uncertainty
about the probable cost Of the water
system the clause for the employment
! of idle capital was inserted. A great
effort was made by Alexander Hamil
ton and the federals to defeat the
charter on account Of the clause grant
ing the company banking privileges
The necessity for proper water sys
TEN which could only be procured b.
the organization of a responsible com
pany with large capital carried i
through the legislature on April 2
1899, and it received the governor
| signature.
By April % books were opened 70
public subscription Of the $2,000,0O'
capital stock (par $50 per share), ant
by May Is the entire amount had beer
subscribed, the city of New York hav
ing taken 1900 shares. This was th
first financial victory Of Aaron Bur
over his political enemy. The b2nl
is the oldest in the state, save one
It's capital was raised to $2,Oo0,OO0 il
1903, to permit of the state purchas
| ing 1000 shares. Both the state an
city are stockholders in the Bank 0
Manhattan company, this being tn
only bank stock owned by the stat
of New York.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
in A LITERARY BROTHERHOOD
Men Of Great Literary Attainments
Whose Friendship Has Been Made
Matter OF History

1t was Rosetti, the great friend, who
described Mr.. Theodore Watts Dun
ton, the famous poet, novelist and crit
ic, as "a Hero of Friendship Feel
ings Of almost brotherly love existed
between Watts-Dunton and Tennyson,
Browning, James Russell Lowell,
George Borrow, Millais, Holman Hunt
and Swinburne, to mention but few
of a famous literary brotherhood In
deed, the intimacy which existed be-
tween Swinburne and Watts-Dunton,
which might we'll be described as one
Of the most beautiful friendships in
the history Of literature and art, led
to their being referred to as David
and Jonathan.'
For many years they were never
separated. They lived together at the
Pines, Putney, took their summer holi-
days in company, and practically spent
every working hour together. discuss
ing literary matters and affairs. All
SWinburne's papers were left to Mr..
Watts-Dunton, and it was hoped that
he would write the famous poets BIZ
ography.
LING Illdl1y OluCl lllSl dl ul0u, MT.
Watts-Dunton cared little for society,
although occasionally he was lured
forth to play the lion" at big recep-
tions. 1t was on one such occasion
that guest came up to him and
shook his hands in such an ELUSIVE
manner as to embarrass the novel
list.
Il see," said the stranger, you don't
know me from Adam
MY dear SIR" said Mr.. Watts-Dun-
ton, Il never knew Adam
It is said that this was the only
occasion when Mr.. Watts-Dunton per
petrated a joke. At the same time
he was one of the kindliest Of men
and, unlike other recluses, took the
| greatest interest in. the affairs Of the
world. Wireless telegraphy appealed
to him very much, and the story O.
| the rescue Of the passengers and crew
/ Of the Volturno moved him to tears
! 1T was the grandest thing of m,
time,' he once exclaimed, the sum
moning of all those ships to the res
cue
The novelist, By the way, was ;
great believer in hard work. All hi
life he was accustomed to getting vi
at six o'clock or soon after, and sc
ing to bed at II at night; and h.
could invariably be seen each afte.
noon during the fine weather takin
his two-mile walk across Putne
Heath by the road he and Swinburn
SO often trod together.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
canads,s Influence en- Crockett.

The late S. r. Crockett had strug-
eles in his early life as many other
poets and authors did. He began to
work on the farm at an early age, as
even a chiid's hands were useful to
the struggling household. He was
up at five o'clock, and all through his
life he continued to rise at this hour,
for early rising was a habit with
pleasant memories.
One Of his cousins was farmer
plowman who had been to Canada and
ACQUIRED larger ideas than the rest
of the family, and, finding in the boy
an unusual play Of mind, he used to
take .ii-r1 IN the fields before the day
labor5 began, and make him read fine
poetry.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Micnt Wed a Bachelor.

A little girl Of six sat looking
thoughtfully out the window of her
home the other day. Her mother
asked the cause of her seriousness.
cob, she replied, 81 was just think
ing that when l grow UP to be a big
lady I'm a-goin' to get married and
have three children
The parent wcs surprised and
amused.
"Well, you will be very fortunate,
indeed" she said.
Then the little girl again lapsed into
thought. Finally she said:
"But you can never tell, mother. !
might marry a bachelor"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Worthy Of Remembrance.

The two hundredth anniversary Of
the birth of Ephraim Williams, founders
Of Villa ms college, will be celebrated
by that institution On October 8 next.
Unlike most college founders, WiRl
dier. For his fight against the French}
In Canada the commonwealth of Mas
sachuse.ts gave him 200 acres, on
which he erected Fort Massachusetts
Caught by an ambuscade of FrenchI
and Indians, he was shot in the headi
in 1755 Ind dicd, leaving funds for the
beginning CT the college on the sit1
Of tho. Tort
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Hegar or Flight.

ITaecr, which in Hebrew means
flight" was the hardmaiden Of Sa-
rah and mother of Abraham's eldest
son Ishmael. She was OF Egyptian
origin Her flight, as recorded in
Genesis 16 and her expulsion, chapter
21, are from the Jahvistic and Elohis-
interesting points of comparison She
was regarded as the ancestress Of the
Hagarenes or Hagarites, described in
l Chronicles, $40, and Paul uses her
as a type of the old covenant (SinaD
and the earthly Jerusalem in Gala
ians. 4:25.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
NRsHlPs WILL RACE AROUND THE GLOBE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO IN 1915.

civilized nations of the globe with every
"a Will participate IN
aerial
90 PanamaPac1hc
honal Exposition at San in 1915
grounds of the Exposition in May lol
thousand dollars huhs
I'D world gring contest number OF
Mufausen Ger
miles, conVnces aao that
The photograph
shows the the supply stations
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Accent Lono Preserved,

It is a curious fact that in the Ba-
hama islands, which were settled more
than two hundred years ago by Lon
.doners, the Cockney dialect is as
strong as it is in Cheapside.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06

Summer Boarder-"What kind OF
fish are those, sonny?" Mud suckers.
But on the bill Of fare at the Eagle
house they are mountain trout
Life.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Great Is Education.

Uncle Joe-We1l, Rob, what have
you learned at school today? ANY,
thing new? Rob-Yep; how to fix
crooked pins in chair SO they'll stay.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06

Having qualified as executors OF
the estate of Handy Todd, deceased.
late of Halifax county, North Caro-.
lima, this is to notify all persons
having claims against the estate OF
said deceased to exhibit them to the
undersigned on or before the 10th
day Of July, 1915, or this notice Wiii
be pleaded in bar of their recovery.
All persons indebted to said estate
will please make Immediate pay
ment. This July l6, 1914.
ASHBY DUNN
EDWARD BYRD
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Livinq on Credit.

Many men consent to be virtuous
only on condition that everybody will
give them credit for it.-J de Finod.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06

Won1an's Leadership.
A woman is not a leader of man e1-
cept in SO far as she leads him by the
!.ttla finger -EIXcEan2e
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Comoanicn Of Medicine.

"My doctor ordered two weeks at the
seashore.''
lie a honeopath, isn't he?"
"Yes. Why?"
Two weeks is a small dose I'd
go to al allopath and see if l couldn't
ss,at = trip to Europe. En-
uuirer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-06
Worlds Largest Stone Statue.

The largest stone statue in the
world is in Japan, a figure forty-four
feet hign.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02
OUT FOR PROHIBITION.

We note that there is a campaign
on in Arizona for state wide prohib1-
tion. This would not be more than
of passing interest to our people were
it not for tile fact that forlaer Wau-
sau citizens are taking a prominent
hand In the ight--aotably Mrs. Imo-
gene LaChance, who is state president
of the w. G. T. U. In a letter to a
friend In Wausau Mrs. LaChance says:
ARIZONA will, we believe, go dry next
November. Last March a convention
was held in Phoenix and prohibitions
lists, anti-saloonists, the w. G. L. u,
Y. Nj. G. a., Ministerial Association,
doctors, lawyers, labor unions, social-
lists and other organizatiops.-ao num-
Gus to give here were represersed and
state organization was the result CT
the gathering under the name Of
The Temperance Federation CT
Arizona This organization is work.
ing Systematically distributing iters.-
ture and circulating petitions for an
amendment to the state constitution
forever prohibiting the sale or manu-
facture of intoxicating liquors in the
state.
We have the initiative and refererl-
dun down here and when the-people
really want anything they 60 after it. =
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02
OPERA STAR.

Some of the papers of the state the
past few days have published articles
concerning Richard Smith Davis.
They say he has a brilliant future as
grand opera star He is the only
son of Rev. and Mrs. j. S. Davis of
Hartford, Wis. The family at one
time resided in Wausau, Rev. Davis
being pastorof the First M. e. church.
Richard Davis will make his debut In
Italian Grand Opera next winter at
Paris. He has been studying under
DeReske In Paris, who is one of the
greatest living teachers. Mr.. Davis
is now In this country and is to sing
in Milwaukee on the 10Th of June,
and in connection with this there
will be reunion of the Davis family.
Miss Ruth Davis has also been study
ing language in Paris, and Miss May
Davis spent part of the past year In
Paris with her brother and sister but
the greater part of the year has been
in Toxic doing missionary and literary
work. The third daughter, Miss
Elizabeth will graduate from the
Northwestern university in June. She
is actively engaged in dramatic work.
She expects to make teaching her
vocation, though She possesses as cie-
cided a talent for the stage as her
brother does for grand opera. All
will be present at the reunion which
is to be held in Milwaukee.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02
LOOKS LIKE NO FOURTH.

Up to date Wausau has not made a
move to celebrate the Fourth of July.
About the last week in June our
people win wake up to the fact that
there is nothing doing and at that late
date there can be nothing done except
in a small way-by some society or
corporation that will mean celebra-
tion for what revenue can be gotten
out of it. What should be done in
Wausau is to arrange for a rousing
celebration; raise funds by subscrip-
tion; surely, there is no one but what
will give little and those who are to
be benefited the mc5t should be the
most liberal. In this way monster
celebration can be had, some noted
speaker secured and the exercises held
at some central point where all can
attend. Wausau should be able to
attract 10000 people mere on the
Fourth of July, if suitable cele-
bration is arranged for with live
committee in charge.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02
cHILTONITES In BOSTON.

The Times is in receipt of letter
fron Mrs d. r. Jones, who has been
sojCurning at Boston, Mass, with her
son, Merritt, student at Harvard
university, since last September. Mrs.
Jones writes that DR.. Jones joined
them some time ago and is taking a
post graduate course in medicine, do
ing most of his work in the Peter
Bent Bringham hospital in that IA
nous city of learning They expect
to remain in Boston until the latter
part of June, the end of the school
year, and then make the return trip
TO their home at Wausau in their
touring car which the doctor had
shipped when he went east. Both
Doctor and Mrs. Jones are Chiffon
ties, the former being popular
member of the faculty of the Chiffon
High school in the early eighties, and
the latter, better known as Jennie
LaCount, being the daughter of Chill
toms pioneer doctor, David d. La
Count They have many friends here
who will be interested in their work
in the east. Chiffon Times.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-02
MARRIAGE LICENSES

Louis SalZmann, Il. Cassell to Caro-.
line Werner, t. Mosinee.
Paul Radtke, T. Texas TO Rosenda
Goetsch, T. Maine.
Louis E. Dupre, Ladysnai5n to EN-
ma f. Killing, Dancy.
Bernard Split, Marshfield to Laura
Eggebrecht, L. Frankfort.
John Rose anS Mary Newman, both
of T. Emmett.
Hjalmar Beck, Racine, to Fransiska
Therkelsen, T. Holton.
Anthony Kowalewski, Spencer, TO
Norah E. Wonders, Spencer.
Robert Eabarius, Alta, ILL.,, to EN-,
ma r. Jaeger, Wausau.
William G. LEM and Ella Lillge
both of Stratford.
Karl H. Pagenkopf and Emma L
Schultz, both of Wausau.
John Kozewel and Alyina Midi.
kowski, both of Rothschild.
d. E. Lamphier and Ruth Ray.
mond, both of Wausau.
ClemenC j. Ulrich, Neenah to Irene
Emerich, Marathon.
Jacob Rottscheit, t. Mcmillan tC
Anna Benderling, T. Spencer.
Emil Kroll and Tilly Schoeneman
both OF WaHsau
Hugo Klingbeil and Martha berg
both of Schofield.