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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
Notice Of Sale.

By virtue of power vested in me
by that deed of trust made to me
on the 10th day of January. 1909, by
Joe Smith, and which is of record in
the Register of Deeds office of Hall
fax County, in book 224, page sc.
and to which reference may be had.
| will on Saturday. the 18th day of
October, 1914, at II O'Clock in front
of Burroughs-Pittman- Wheeler Co.'S
store sell at public auction, for cash
to the highest bidder, the following
described lot in the town of Scotland
Neck, N. c., and described as fol-
lows:
Beginning at point on the south
side Of 18th street, according to the
map of the town, to which reference
is made, in the middle of the town
ditch, P. E Smiths corner; thence
along 18th street in an easterly di-
rection to Tom Johnson's line; thence
thence a straight line in a southerlv
, direction along Tom Johnson's line
to VIM. Lawrence's line; thence
a straight line along said Lawrence's
line to the town ditch; thence along
the town ditch to the beginning and
being the same lot conveyed to the
said Joe Smith by Alonzo Powell
and wife. This the 18th dav Of Sen
+; TENDER, 1914.
S. A. DUNN. Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
Bank Notes Made of silk.

Bank notes made of silk of a par
ticular shade that will battle the bank
note forger are now possible. AS
is known, most of the expert bank-note
forgers use photography to obtain
their best results; but recent in
vention makes it possible to manufac.
ture silk of a particular shade that
cannot possibly be photographed.
Discovered by a woman, this in.
vention is a new process for water
PROBING fabrics without rubber and
dyeing them in the same operation.
Linen, cotton or other materials to
be treated by this process are placed
white into one end of the machine
and brought out at the other end a
few minutes later colored, water
PROCEED and dry. Fabrics so pro-
duced, the inventor maintains, can
be used in hundreds Of trades, from
aeroplane building to bank-note max.
ing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
Got What He Wanted.

Two venerable theologians in an up
state town were very friendly, despite
their differences in belief. One, who
was about seventy, was an Episcopal
liam, while the other. who was slight
ly younger, was Presbyterian.
The predecessor Of the Episcopalian
in that town had always liked to be
addressed as Father N" Having
got used to this title In converse
ton with the predecessor the Presby-
terrain minister used it several times
in speaking to the new rector, who did
not want to be addressed that way.
Several times he asked the Presbyte-
rian to omit the title in his direct
conversation, but without result. One
day an explosion came.
See here, Doctor b." said the ven
cradle but irate rector, for some time
l have been asking you to stop calling
me father If you do it again, shall
call you mother and If you do it again
after that shall call you grand
mother"
The threat had the desired effect
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
LIKE A HARBoR OF SAFETY
Man Who Reaches the Age Of Thirty
May Congratulate Himself on
Many Things.

A medical lecturer recently declared
that in many ways thirty is the critical
age in the average mans life. Once
you reach thirty you have outgrown
many serious diseases. On the 9TH
er hand, you become liable to many
others that seldom or never attack
people in the teens or twent1es.
Anemia, for instance, is practically
unknown after thirty. II you have not
had it by then you never will. If you
have, you will have outgrown it at
thirty or SO. Acne, too-that spotti-
ness Of complexion so common among
young people, is certain to have van
ished by then.
Thirty, too, sees you out of the
reach of the gravest Of all diseases,
consumption. If you have shown no
sign of it by then in all probability
you never will. If you have hitherto
escaped rheumatic fever, too, you are
fairly safe from it for life. Epilepsy
and goiter, too, never make their first
attacks on anyone who has reached
thirty.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15

Worlds Largest Stone Statue.
The largest stone statue in the
world is In Japan. q figure forty.fcur
feet high.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
Reciprocity.

With feeling of sadness for the re.
cipient, Dorothy finally concluded to
pen missive to her former flancee.
Dear Harold it read. mo doubt
you are aware that l am to marry
Mr.. Anthony the coming month. l
shall. therefore. appreciate it very
much if you will burn all the little
notes sent you, assuring you of re-
ciprocity in regard to those you sent
me. Dorothy Bell"
Immediately upon receipt of above
the young man made this reply:
Dear Dorothy: shall certainly COM
ply with your request, and at once.
And, incidentally, as your new fiance
also holds few notes OF mine, l shall
count 1t great favor should you be
able to induce him to burn them with
the rest. Harold Sawyer"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
ALL HAD TROUBLE WITH LAW
chaucer, Bunyan, Dante, and Shake
speare Among Great Writers Who
Suffered Persecution.

The first great figure Of modern
English literature, Godfrey Chaucer,
remarks q writer in Case and Com
ment, the lawyers magazine, was
bounded from pillar to post by his
creditors. So persistent were they that
the king of England in response to q
petition took Chaucer under his spe-
cial protection and forbade that he
should be arrested or sued by any
body except on plea connected with
land for two years.
The imperishable allegory on which
Bunyan's claim to Immortality chiefly
rests, Pilgrims Progress was at
least conceived in Jail. and probably
the Astounding" Holy City Res
direction of the Dead" together with
other treatises and tracts, were also
composed In the "den" where he Ian
guished IL years. He obtained his
full release through the Intervention
Of the Quakers and his name is includ-
ed in the general pardon passed by
the king in council In behalf of the
prisoners of that persuasion bearing
date September 10, 1872, Bunyan will
perhaps always hold rank as one of
the first among religious writer's in
the English language.
Accused on the strength Of forged
document, and even while he was am
bassador to Boniface VIII, of extort-
ing money, the poet Dante was SEN
fenced to make pecuniary reparation
and to two years Punishment. His
house was given up to pillage and his
lands devastated. Three months at
terward, he having neither paid the
fine nor sought to justify himself
his enemies condemned him to be
burned to death. Then began fol
Dante the hell Of exile"
Everybody has heard of Shake
speare's poaching adventures-how
as a consequence of charge of steal
Ing deer in Sir Thomas Lucy's parl
he was obliged to leave his business
and shelter himself in London.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
"Lanuuaae" Hath Charms.

Few people enjoy joke more heart
lily than Sir Oliver Ledger, the prin-
cipal of Birmingham university and
a foremost authority en- many things
in this world and some few in the
next. Among the stories he is fond
Of telling is that of a bishop who
was walking along a canal towpath
when he heard bargee using very
strong language to the horse. The
bishop demonstrated in stately terms
and pointed out that such profanity
was most unseemly. The bargee lis
tened respectfully and then scratched
his head ruefully as he replied: Its
all right, gov'nor, sees what you
mean, and I'll speak quieter like. But
I'm afeard as how it'll be a bit lone
some like for the hoss'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
MODERN DETECTIVE AT WORK
Little Show for Wrongdoer When the
up-to-Date sIeuth Really Gets
on His Trail.

"Sir," said the great detective, you
may as well confess. always find
out everything go after-if deduction
won't work. use force"
But confound it, l tell you" splut-
tered the banker, hopping his perspir-
ing brow. Il say I have nothing to
confess. I have been at my desk
every afternoon for the past three
months, and can prove IT,
We'll. why don't you prove it," de-
manded the great detective.
Because. no matter how hard the
wind blows, she is still his mother"
retorted the banker sarcastically.
rs that a species of the capricornus
hunkydory on your wrist?" cried the
great detective suddenly.
"Where?" said the banker, and flung
up his wrist. Quick as a fash of but
tered lightning the great detective
seized it. stabbed it sharply with q
small stiletto which he had concealed
in his hand, and as quickly whipped
of his hat to catch the resultant six
drops of blood.
In the silence Of his laboratory that
night he examined them.
"Tannfc acid! Just full Of 1t" he
exulted. "He could never get himself
in that condition without attending
tango teas every afternoon for months!
Now to identify the brand of tea by
the acid, thus locate the hotel thai
uses it, and in that way discover the
woman-and presto, his wife gets hel
divorce and get a $4,000 fee-het
hee!"--Exchange.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
War Over a Glass Of Water.

The war of the Spanish succession,
in which the great duke of Marlbor-
ough played brilliant part, was said
to be the outcome of glass of water
at ball at the Tuileries in Paris.
One of the court ladies had ex-
pressed a wish for drink Of water
In the hearing of the British and
Spanish ambassadors, who fastened to
get it for her. Returning each with
a tumbfer, they found the fair bird
had flown and was dancing with a
French statesman. The English dip
lomat accidentally, It is presumed
brushed against the Spaniard and up
set the glass he was carrying. This
ridiculous incident inf1amed the zeal.
ousies OF the nations and turned tho
balance in favor OF war.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-10-15
She Took Executions.

A woman was excluded from a
church in England because she sang
like frog and spoke the responses
in what she called the Protestant
voice" An English paper recalls in
connection with the incident the
story of Elizabeth Fry, the Quakeress,
who was once "testifying,' as Quakers
allow women to do, until she came
to the lines in Corinthians where the
apostle says, LET your women keep
silence in the churches" She closed
the book and said in a firm. clear
voice, "On this point ST. Paul and /
are at ISSUE
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, 1914-10-15
HAPPY MOTHERHOOD

The happinessof motherhood istoooften
checked because the mothers strength is
not equal to her cares, while her unse1fsh
oevonon neglects her own health.
Il IS duty OF husband or friend to see
tnat she gets the pure medicinal nourisf-
nen1 In SCOTS Emulsion, which is not
uIug or stlmulant but natures con-
centrated oil food tonic to enrich ara -
hyen the blood, strengthens the nerves aud
aid the appetite Physicians evervwh ,e.,..
prescribe SCOTS Emulsion for over.
worked, nervous, tired women; it builds
up and holds up their strength.
YET Scotia at your nearest drug store.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-10-23

the tree, said Browning. Yes, where
the DEVILS tooth or tail IS, shun the
spot. And so long as regular Democ-
racy is cursed with such leadership as al
present, / shall shun it with some avidity.
Gentlemen, it is moral greatness and
moral progress that make a great and
noble people; and it is principle and
moral 6etterment that the independents
stand for and are fighting for. And any
man who can blame them for such an
aspiration certainly needs our prayers.
And it is the aim, or aspiration. OF any
people or party, that determines what
they are. EUGENE MoSPEDDEN.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-10-23
Nonresident Notice.
The State of Tennessee, ex rel Frank
NJ. Thompson, Attorney General,
w. G. Farris ct al.


w. G. Farris ct al.
Chancery Court, 0bion County, Tenn.
In the above styled cause it appear
ing to the Clerk and Master from the
bill OF complaint, which is sworn to,
that the defendants, the heirs OF Solo
mon Greer and Maria Brooks, or Maria
Greer, are unknown, and their names
cannot be ascertained upon diligent in
quiry so that ordinary process of law
cannot be served upon then. 1t is there
fore hereby ordered that the said above
mentioned defendants appear before the
Clerk and Master OF the Chancery Court
OF 0bion County, Tennessee, on or be-
fore the first Monday in November,
1914, that being a regular rule day OF
said Chancery Court, and make defense
to the said bill, or the same will be
taken as confessed by them and the
said cause set for hearing ex-parte as to
them. 1t is further ordered that pub
LEGATION OF this notice be made for four
consecutive weeks in The Commercial,
weekly newspaper published in 0bion
County, Tennessee.
This September 26, 1914.
GEO. A. GIBBS,
27-4t Clerk and Master.
j. w. Rankin, Sol. for Complt.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-10-23
Insolvent Notice.

Having suggested the insolvency OF
the estate OF Mrs. Fannie Renfro, de-
ceased, TO the County Court Of Obion
County, Tennessee, all persons having
claims against said estate are hereby
notified to file the same with the County
Court Clerk OF said county, duly au-
thenticated in a manner as prescribed
by law, on or before the first day OF
February, 1915. or the same will be for
ever barred both in law and equity.
This the goth day of October, 1914.
7. B. RENFR0,
S0.4t Administrator.
The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1914-10-23
DEMOCRATIC TICKET.

Governor
TOM c. RYE
Railroad Commissioner
GEO. N. WEIGH
Congressman
FINS ]. GARRETT
State Senator
ROBT. A. ELKINS
Pictorial Representative
]. L. COCHRAN
Representative
G. r. McDADE
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29
Sweeden's Cove.

Specialize Tie Ne1OS.
Mrs. o. N. Ellis called on Mrs. j..
G. Alder one day last week.
Mrs. Sam Collins visited Mrs. ]. G.
Alder Thursday.
Mrs. Sam Collins visited Mrs. Jay
Beene Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hancock visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. George Reed Sunday
week.
Mrs. Martha Hopkins visited her
daughter, Mrs. Minnie Reed, Sunday
week.
Sam Reed has been sick but is bet
ter now.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Alder visited Mr..
and Mrs. J. G. Alder Saturday and
Sunday.
Come on, "Snow Ball, :" for like to
read your pieces. as I know who you
are.
Farmers are busy planting wheat
and getting their land ready for corn
next year.
George Reed went to town to get
goods for J. g. Raulston's store Sat-
urday.
The school at this place is getting
along nicely.
Miss Laura Runnels made a short
call on Mrs. Walter Hancock one day
last week.
Mrs. Minnie Reed visited her moth
err, Mrs. Martha Hopkins, Sunday.
George Reed went to the mountain
to church Sunday.
Come on, "Bluebird," with long
piece, for we like to read your pieces.
Misses Lissie and Essie Reed and
Laura Runnels went to church Sun
day.
Andrew Hancock visited George
Reed Sunday.
Mrs. J. G. Raulston called on Mrs.
Linn Raulston Sunday.
s. B. Raulston visited in the cove
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Hancock visit
ed her grandma, Mrs Martha Hop
kins, Sunday.
Miss Frances Payne brought Miss
Daisy Lee Alder a nice bunch of flow
ers Monday. jolly Boy.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29

In these days of manifold dangers to
field, garden and orchard crops, a
spraying outfit is as important part
of farm equipment as pillow, seeder,
or a cultivator. For what is the logic
of soil preparation, seeding and cult
waiting the crop, if insects and diseases
are permitted to destroy it? The spray
pump is as useless, standing in the
barn, as any other unused implement,
and it is as much mistake to use 1t
at the wrong time as it would be to
pillow a clay field Immediately after a
heavy rain--no good and much harm
would result.
A good spray pump has its sub
merged parts made of brass or bronze,
sets low on it's support, and can de-
yelop force enough to deliver the spray
under high pressure. For ordinary
farm use a pump mounted in stout
barrel will serve all needs, but if there
is an orchard of five acres or more
q power spraying outfit will prove a
good Investment Even in small Or
chards spraying pumps of the Samson
type, costing about $40, are much more
effective than the barrel mounts, since
/ they develop much more pressure.
Every year sees improvement in
spraying machinery, and a number OF
firms are putting high-class outfits on
the market, so that 1t would be unfair
to recommend a particular make. The
intending purchaser should study the
catalogues of different firms, and If
there are spray pumps in the neigh
borhood he should get the opinions OF
their owners before purchasing.
The use Of the spray pump has only
become general In the last ten years.
For a much longer time experiment
stations and the National Department
of Agriculture have been experiment
ing with a view to learning the best
methods of crop protection, and have
embodied the results Of their investi-
cations in bulletins, so that now there
IS available an extensive literature in
the form of reports and bulletins that
can be had free of charge.
There Is widespread confusion in
the public mind regarding the meth
DDS, the time, and the remedies used
In spraying, and the novice should
seek the advice of his state expert
ment station before beginning opera
tons. One should know the nature
Of the trouble he seeks to remedy.
Take the control of insects for ex-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29
WHY THE YOUTHS COMPANION SHOULD
BE IN EVERY HOME.

''If could take only one paper, y
said the late Mr.. Justice Brewer of
the Supreme Court, SIT would be The
Youths Companion-a little Of every
thing in a nut she'll, and unbiased. !"
The Companion Is family paper in
the completest sense, 1t provides read
ing that, without failing to interest
the young, still interests the mature.
1t unites young aSd old through their
common enjoyment of delightful fic-
ton, agreeable miscellany, and the
clear exposition of public questions.
So carefully is it edited, so varied
are its contents, that it would easily
supply family with entertaining fic-
ton, up to date information and
wholesome fun, if NO other periodical
entered the house.
If you are not familiar with The
Companion as it is today, let us send
you sample copies and the Forecast for
1916.
New subscribers who send $500 for
the fifty-two issues of 1915 will receive
free all the remaining issues OF 1914,
besides a copy of The Companion
Home Calendar for 1915.
THE YOUTHS COMPANION,
ia Berkeley Street, Boston, Mass.
New Subscriptions Received at this
Office.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29
SPRAYING OUTFIT IS AN IMPORTANT
PART OF ANY FARM EQUIPMENT

What the Logic of Soil Preparation Seeding and Cutvat
inq Crops if Insects and Disease Permitted to De-
stroy Them7 MANY Excellent Pumps on Market
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29
SEED SELECTION ON THE FARM.

Nothing has been proved more con-
clusively within recent years than the
importance of seed selection, This
applies to every crop grown on the
farm.
There is a general impression that
there is something mysterious about
plant breeding, and that a practical
farmer can not accomplish anything
in this direction. No greater mistake
could be made While we hear much
about selection for disease-resistance
drought-resistance, ETC., after all, selec-
ton for crop improvement in any d.
rection means simply, select seed from
the best individuals under all condi-
tIons.
When crop has suffered from any
adverse condition, such as drought,
for example, selection is more i'm
portant than at any other time. A
field of corn, oats, wheat, or cotton
should under such conditions be care
fully searched over, and seed saved
from the finest Individual plants. This
ooSu PAohbC0 IhO hSAb iCW yCulo W
itself will soon produce enough to
seed large farm.
Suppose, for example, a tomato
grower in Gibson county had been in
the habit Of annually selecting his own
tomato seed, choosing not only good
fruit, but also good plants He would
almost certainly have had blight
resistant stock of seed, provided this
disease had been prevalent on his
land, just as Professor Essary secured
the blight-resistant tomato, discussed
In Bulletin IS of the Tennessee Expert
ment Station.
In like manner, suppose Tennessee
farmer had twenty-five years ago be-
gun selecting seed from a few fine
clover plants on his farm When the
deadly "clover-sick" disease invaded
his fields he would have kept up this
practice of saving seed from the best,
and consequently would have had an
immune clover without having ever
known what his neighbors, trouble
was.-S. NJ. Balm, University of Ten
nessee.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1914-10-29
APPRECIATED POUNDING"
BY HIS PARISHIONERS

Editor News:
AS is generally known 1 have been
assigned to the pastorage of the Sc
quachie Circuit for another year. As
an appreciation of this fact, a good
number of the people of the town
came to the parsonage Saturday night,
Oct. 25, and paid us a nice visit and
brought many good things to eat. For
this act of kindness we thank them
very much. AS this is my third year
on this charge, l hope to make it the
best year of them all. Let all the peo-
pie rally to the support of the church,
as the pastor can do very little with
out the cooperation of his people.
/ will begin a meeting at Sulphur
Springs Sunday, Nov. I. Rev. w. d.
Famer, of Dunlap, will do the preach
ing Let everybody get busy and do
what they can and the Lord will give
us souls for our hire.
The war in Europe and the election
Nov. 3rd, are of great interest to us
all just now. In fact, they ought to
interest every thinking man in this
state. We ought to take enough inter-
est in the war to read after it, then
we ought to sympathise with those
who are suffering from the effects of
it, but above all we ought to thank
God that we are not engag ed in il
AS to the coming election. believe
every citizen Of the state of Tennessee
ought to go out and vote. 1t is priv
ilege and duty. Then let us go out
and vote as we judiciously believe
will be to the best interests of all CON
cerned
w. T. EVANS.
Sequatchie Tenn. Oct. 81. 1914.