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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
PLAYING HOSPITAL.

l have 50 many children sick
don't know what to do;
They're nearly all of them in bed
But Jane and Mary Sue.
One has dretful 'tomach ache,
And one has lost her hair;
And all the rest have hoopin' cough
'Cept dear old Teddy Bear.
He's the sickest one there is,
think his throat is sore;
Or p'rhaps he has the chicken pox-
A feathers on the floor.
The others 'turb him with their
noise,
I'll put him ali alone
Right side the fire, where he'll be
warm,
And call up DIR. Stone.
one-three.four-six. Yes, please.
Hullo!
Oh, doctor, hurry up and come,
My children are so sick!
Ahem! Good-morning, Mrs. Brown,
I've brought my med sun bag.
I'd like some spoons n glasses
please.
M piece of flannel rag.
Just hold up Teddy, Mrs. Brown
III tie his throat up tight
M give him castor oil to take.
He'll be all we'll by night.
Just give the other children cake,
M three gumdrops day.
By next week they'll be we'll enuff
To run out doors n play.
l-Elizebeth E. Scantlebury' in Con
tinent.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
HAVEN'T LEARNED FIRST
LESSON IN ROAD BUILDING
Many Thousands Of Dollars Sqnander.
ed Because Of Ignorance in The
Art Of Building Highways.

In the old countries the idea is
held that boy should an apprenti-
ceship to learn whatever trade or
calling he wish to follow. That
idea was brought over to this coun-
try but in the rush and hurry of an
American affairs it did not hold long
Old people can remember when it
was said Of a man, he served four
years as an apprentice, to learn his
trade" but you hear almost nothing
Of this now. 1t is true that the law
requires that druggist, a lawyer.
OR doctor must take a course of
study, but this does not apply to
many lines Of work. The man who
has few days experiance in build
ing and can get together some tools
is considered carpenter. The man
who owns trowell and plumb line
and can mix water, sand and lime is
rated as a mason. The man who
can get together a few implements
| and mule and go across a field with
| a plow is regarded as farmer.
Almost any body will turn over to
him land and stock and implements
and supplies to make crop, wheth-
er he has studied agriculture or not.
Thus it is with any lines Of work.
We are trying to carry On things
with men who are in many cases
children in their lines of work.
They are children in their work be-
cause they have not yet had sufficient
instruction and training in what
they are trying to do. In the mat
ter of road building which is going
on all ovar the country, there are
thousand Of men who will look back
when years have passed and see their
mistakes and will see that they re-
main no more than children in road
building for considerable time after
starting. They will see that much
| ii1OIiEy Has UCCi1 GSICS1AWIItCil COuiC
have been saved if the proper course
had been followed. Shoveline
around sand and dirt is not in all
cases road building. One of the
one Of the leading road men of North
Carolina in a speech in Smithfelc
some time ago admitted that very
large per cent Of the money which
had been spent in road building had
been wasted because people did no
yet know how to bul'd good roads
The fact that many contractors ar.
getting large amount per mile to
widen the throw up roads without
much regard to grading down the
hills and filing up the valleys, ant
without being required to haul an.
macadam or gravel to the road bee
goes to show that we are still chill
dren in road building. Smithfiel(
Herald
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
Working The Roads.

Mr.. A. T. Dickens. who will have
charge of the road building of the
new road district has already begun
work on the roads. Mr.. Dicken' 8
idea is to patch up the roads that
need little attention to save them
from a volume of work later on and
then turn his attention end efforts
to the worse one now in an almost
impossible condition. The road to
Tillery, which Mr.. Dickens has been
patching up the last week, is al
ready wonderfully improved.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
NEWSPAPER ADVERTISING
DOSEN'T JERK-.-IT PULLS
Millions Of Dollars Spent by The Big
Concerns Proves The Value Of
JadiCiOuS Advertising.

During the past few years adver-
tising as a science has grown from
'hit-and-miss" recklessness to one
of the most exact and profitable es-
sentials of business. So certain and
we'll calculated are the returns from
advertising today that men of great
business and immense capital do not
hesitate to- put millions of money
into an advertising campaign in ad-
vance of any possibility of profit or
returns. The large volume of news
paper advertising in comparison
with other methods of publicity,
testifes to the value of constantly
recurring PRONUNCIATION of the name
and quality of the advertised article
or concern. No other means of pub
licity has yet been found that will
result in as safe, sure and oeatain
profits as consistent advertising
through the columns of the daily
and weekly newspapers,
1t is estimated by experienced and
successful advertisers that for each
copy of the paper produced there
are at least five readers. That
means that the average circulation
of the local paper can be multiplied
by five when it comes to it's pull
, ing" capacity,
| Some business men feel that they
have been located in a territory for
a long period of time and that every
one knows them, consequently it is
unnecessary for them to advertise.
Their argument is just as applicable
to a store like John Wannamaker' s
as to their own. Every one knows
Of John Wannamaker' stores and
still these big stores that are so well
known are the best advertisers we
have.
There is one feature of newspaper
advertising that should induce every
I business manic support the loca
paper and that is the public-spiriteo
attitude that the attractive adver
Using in the newspaper indicates
People may know the place of busi
ness is there, but live copy will al
ways induce a favorable feeling OF
the part of the reading public, an(
these invitations are bound to hav,
very beneficial effect on his bust
ness.
Advertising does not jerk, it pulls
The most important salesman Of an.
business house today is the line O
advertising in the newspaper. VIII.
have the people of the United State
deposited their money in the nev
Postal Savings Banks to the exten
Of millions? Confidence. Adver
Using brings you in closer contac
with the people Of your communit.
and creates confidence in your es
: tablishment. Advertising is n
longer a theory, but one Of tn
greatest assets to business in tn
world today. The best and cheap
est advertising is the newspaper
Certainly there are other ways. Blu
there is not another way to get q
good results at SO little cost. Yo
can get a message to thousands o
people at a cost Of practically moth
, ing as compared to the cost of get
: ting the same message as often to
I few hundred people through an
other means.
On an average Of every dolla
spent in advertising it returns fiji
teen.
F Advertising is no beggar-it pay
, its own way.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
Then And Now.

One can sarcely fail to be impress
ed by the similarity between the in
ternational situation of the present
day and that which mark the early
years of the nineteenth century.
The war of Napoleonic world do
minion was at it's height. England
France and Germany were engaged
in life and death struggle.
Germany, however, was allied with
England and the two were pitted
against France. In 1907 the Brit
tish government, by orders in Coun-
ell, forbade the United States to
ship goods to any country in Eu-
rope, except Sweden, on the ground
that goods shipped to any other
country might be Of use to France
in her war with Great Britain.
American retailed in December, 1907
yhen President jefferson was in
ructed to lay an embargo on for
ign export, of all kinds. This
about a year later was succeeded
~ the non-intercourse law permit
ting intercourse with all countries
except England and France. A
year later France yielded to the
terms Of the law and intercourse
with that country was resumed.
Relation with Great Britain became
strained, resulting in the war of
1872.
Although America suffered by
the Napoleonic war, as she is suffer
ing from this one, the measures
that worked hard ship were not
aimed at her, and neither are the
present day restrictions directed at
this country. When two antag-
onits are engaged in desperate con-
fict the innocent by stander quite
frequently is struck by flying mis-
sles. The methods resorted to were
quite unprecedented then, and
some Of them have not been again
utilized until the present struggle.
In his history Of the American pee.
pie, Woodrow Wilson states that the
nractical.asfort of the measures res
trictive of our trade was though Eu.
rope had declared war on the United
States Last autumn that state OF
affairs was duplicated for a time.
This similarity of the present and
former conditions is subject to IL
depreciation by jingo as proof tha
we should fight; by an advocate o1
| drastic action, that we should de
clare an embargo on exports. Il
may also be interpreted as proving
that the conditions are only temper
ary: that they are not inexplicable
when one considers the law Of self
preservation that actuates the com
batants; and that peace is not in
compatible with honor, dignity ant
a measure of prosperity. The po 81
ton of the United States in 1916 is
firmly established. 1t is not an ex
pertinent, as it was IN 1912. II
dealing with Mexico the President
once said that this nation is so large
and powerful that it can afford t.
be patient. The remark is not with
out some application to the foreig1
situation. Charlotte Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
ROCKY MOUNTS EASTER
MONDAY BALL GAME
New York American League Team
Against the Rocky Mount Virginia
League Team.

Rocky Mount, March 29-Fandom
for q radius of several hundred
square miles in Eastern Caroline
viii be afforded their first oppor tu-
nifty cf seeing a big league ball club,
in action without gc;ng a great dis
tance when, on Monday, April 5th:
Easter Monday, the New York
American League team will engage
the Rocky Mount club in the Vir-
ginia League. Special railroad
transportation facilities have been
arranged for this day, and with the
game called at 3 o'clock especially
for the accommodation of the hum
dreds Of visitors plans have beer
completed whereby an attendant
can return home before bedtime
from along the intervening points
or as far distant as Weldon, Scot
land Neck, Fayetteville, Washing
ton, Kinston, Greenville, Goldsboro,
Plymouth and Spring Hope. This
will be accomplished by holding the
afternoon trains until o'clock on
that day, while special will be op-
Grated north to Halifax connecting
there with train for Weldon al 9:15.
Since from this territory patrons
can leave home after breakfast and
get here in time to witness the game
and return before bedtime holiday
crowd is expected.
No club in the major leagues is
being watched with greater interest
than the New York club, and with
that organization in the hands of a
new manager in wild Bill" Dono-
van, much is expected from this
! player Of f11ofe effssfl u j
rience and lasting popularity in the
big leagues. It is understood that
Donovan will be asked to use big
King Cole, the only winner Of g
game in the 1911 worlds series
tagainst the Philadelphia club. II
this request is not granted Caldwell
ConnelIy or some Of the first string
pitchers may be used.
With the purchase of three play
ers' from the pennant winning
Charleston CIV. Va club, the re
lease of three others by the Rich
mond international leaguers tt
Rocky Mount, and the purchase Of
several others and winter Of WORK
in carroling together Of younger
players it is believed that Manager
Ray Ryan has gotten together /;
team that will give good account O
itself for the Tar Heels in the fgh
for the pennant in the Virginia cir
cult.
The game OF Easter Monday viii
mark the starting Of the season il
Rocky Mount.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
Clee Vaughan,
DEALER IN
Monuments
AND
Tombstones

Italian, Vermont and Georgia
Marble of highest grade, and the
best grades Of granite. Will save
you money and guarantee quality.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
You Like
Your Home

The degree of love you
have for your home is shown
in the care you take of it.
Beautiful homes make a beau
tiful community. Such a
community in turn demand
stores that give a service in
keeping with that community.
That's the kind of store we
ere operating. 1t is our aim
to give you high quality drug
store goods, courteous service
and conduct our store in such
a way that it will reflect credit
on the community IN which
we live. Whatever trade
you give us, co-operates with
us and it also helps yourself.
Deal at this the home store
and we both profit.
The North End Drug Store
) Phones Room 96
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
cATARRH CANNOT BE CURED

with Local Applications. as they
cannot reach the seat of the dis
ease. Catarrh is a blood or consti-
tutional disease. and i'm order to
cure it you must take internal rem
edies. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally and acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians i'm this
country for years and is a regular
prescription. 1t is composed of the
best tones known. combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting di
rectly on the mucous surfaces. The
perfect combination of the two in
gradients is what produces such
wonderful results in curing Catar.
Send for testimonials. free.
r. j. Cheney & Co, Props,
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
CARD OF THANKS.


We wish to extend to our
kind friends and relatives,
and especially to the Agcn-
and school employees. our
thanks for their Kind
and words of sympathy, and
beautiful floral offerings, ut the
loss of our beloved daughter and
Irene.
Mr.. and Mrs. FRED LAPLANT.
Mrs. MAUDE LAPLANT KINNEY
LUCILLE LAPLANT.
FRED +. LAPLANT.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
CT-PACKlNG
AT AGENCY

The Agency people commenced
cutting ice Tuesday, with a force
of some fifteen men, including n
number from Forest City. Messrs
Sternhagan and son, Henry Jcn-
herman and Mel McGlnnis of
Forest City are cutting the icc.
and VIM. SchmaIz of Gettysburg
is assisting the packers.
The method OF filling the new
icehouse is entirely different from
the former practice, being the
modern labor-saving style. The
ice is first unloaded on u platform
where each cake is taken up an in
cline shutc to the door Of
the second story by q cable
attached to horse, where
another incline shute takes it to
the ground floor. About 400 tons
is to be packed, and the time re-
quircd will be about two weeks.
Geo. Comcau was down and also
got several loads for his country
IlOue.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03

complete program OF tho short
course for farmers, which will lie
given in Gettysburg next week
commencing on Monday Feb. Sth
was published in tho Gettysburg
papers last week. in connection
with IA list of prizes which arc
being offered by the business men
of the place, for exhibits Of vari-
Gus kinds. AS says tho News-Cour-
icr: The course is practically the
same as that given in Brookings
every winter, which farmers from
all parts of the state attend at CON
siderable expense. This work is
done at state expense, there being
no local expense aside from a few
minor items, and at no expense to
those who are most benefited from
the work offered. The News-Cour-
Ter hopes to see a large attendance
at this week of meetings and be-
lieves that everyone who attends
will receive some benefit. In CON
nectlon with stock exhibits. the
committe in charge wishes to
announce that free stable-room,
hay and water will be furnished.
but that exhibitors must furnish
their own grain if they want to
feed grain.
In connection with the program
a Woman's Auxiliary has been or
ganized, of which Mrs. j. w. A.
Collins is President, and Mrs.
Nettie L. Baird, Secretary.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
STOP THAT COUGn..NOw

When y0N catch cold, or begin
Ia cough, the first thing TO do is to
take Dr.. Bells Pine-Ta ar Honey. It
penctrates the Innings Of the throat
and lungs and fights the germs Of
the disease. giving quick relief &
natural healine. ssOur whole fami-
IN depend on Pine-Tar Honey for
coughs ind colds writes e. Will
lfarns, Hamilton. Ohio. Il always
|helps, 25c ct yoslr druggist
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
THE LIVER REGULATES THE BODY.
A Sluggish Liver Needs Care.

Some has said that people with
chronic liver complaint should be
shut up away from humanity, for
they are pessimists, and .'see thru
a glass darkIy..' Whyg Because
mental states depend upon physi-
cal states. Biliousness, headaches,
dizziness and constipation disap-
pear after using DR. Kings New Life
Pills. 25c at your druggist
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
AGENCY RIFLES

r.. c. Whitlock left for Pierre
on a business trip, Tuesday.
Mrs Craegan of Ncosho, Mo-,
and two sons arc the guests of her
sister Mrs F. G. Campbell.
Messrs Campbell. Warnock, and
Penn Garfield left for Sioux Falls
Tuesday to attend L. S. court.
Thos. Standing Elk. of Stand
ing Rock reservation, was the
guest of MIR and Mrs Luke Gilbert
last week. He is a cousin of Mrs.
Gilbert.
1t is reported that hay has gone
up 81 q ton since the first of the
week, occasioned by the heavy
snowfall, making it now worth 81
to IS a ton delivered.
MIR c. Il. Rosa was a guest of
Hotel dc Congdon Monday night.
He reports the country down river
to be covered with more snow than
he has seen since 1856.
Isaac Moccasin. Il son of Char
lev MOrcacin cf Dron,ico d;od
last Thursday night. He was
about 90 years Of age. We have
been unable to learn further par.
ticulars.
The meeting of the Literary
Society which was to have beer
held on Wednesday evening, has
been postponed to next Wednes.
day, Feb. 10th, on account of the
absence of some of the persons
who are to take part in the debate
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03

The Aberdeen dailies of Jan. 81
gave long details of the shocking
death of w. G. Ledingham who
was mysteriously killed by a Mil
waukee train running over him.
He was a we'll known in Forest
City and we'll liked, having visited
us semi-monthly up to a little over
a year ago. His daughter Mrs
Perry Denison, and husband. were
residents of our town during the
summer of 1918.
The following we quote regard
ing his funeral:
The funeral of the late Vim. G.
Ledingham, who was killed be-
meath the wheels of a southbound
Milwaukee train Saturday morning
vas held yesterday afternoon nj
2:30 o'clock from the chapel of the
w. III. Wilson undertaking par.
lors and was attend by alarge body
OF friends and relatives. The
United Commercial Travellers at
tended the serices. the pail bearers
being selected from their ranks.
The floral offerings were among
the largest ever seen at any like
occasion in the city.
Rev. Al Tiffany preached a
very fitting and touching funeral
sermon, special music being fur
nished BY 4 mixted quartet. The
pail beareIs were: 9. Il. Brancel.
Val Grimm, Charles Lesh, 1. T..
Lawrence, .. G. Gallett, Arthur
Arnett. Interment was made at
Riverside.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
NOTICE
TO THE VOTERS OF POTTER
COUNTY. SD:


Under the provisions of the Richards
primary law, 1t is necessary for all voters
to register: and the voters of Potter
county S. u. NAV register i'm their respec-
tive voting precincts at the following
named places:
Pleasant View Township. at the resi-
dence of Chas. NJ. Cross.
Avon Springs, at residence of Harry I'll.
Elida, at residence Of 4 Frankhauser
Artichoke e +" C. ID. Jones
Cattron II. HawkinsOn
Canton j. A. Halborh
Lebanon, at town hall. Ed. Wilson. clerk
Cunningham, at residence of j. ID. Nc
Dowell
Gettysburg, at city hall, r. Richardson,
Sanner. at residence of W. z. Foster
Forest City. at Office of E. P. Thorne
Carr Allen Peden
Lucas W. II. Carpcr
Lincoln j.. N. Fuller
AppomattOX
& S Riverside z. n. Kelley
Logan, at store of P. III. Bitter
Hoven at Office of A. p. Erpelding
Arena at residence of August Harer
Lowell Louis Peterson
Fayctte and
N. Riverside j. f" .Nels Hanson
ED. Il. TOOMEY. Co. Auditor
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
1t Really Does Relieve Rheumatism.

~ NSdlsy UOSS NGiiCsS NIt~CulldttSut.
Everybody who is afflicted with
rheumatism in any form should by
all means keep a bottle of Sloan's
Liniment always on hand. The
minute you feel pain or soreness
in a joint or muscle bathc it with
Sloans Liniment. DO not rub it.
Sloans penetrates almost i,nmedi-
ately right to the seat of pain, re-
lieving the hot. tender, swollen
feeling, and making the part easy
and comfortable. Get a bottle of
Sloans Liniment for 25c of any
druggist and have it in the house
against colds, sore aud swollen
joints, lumbaga, sciatica and like
ailments. Your money back il not
satified, but it does give almost in-
slant relief. Buy a bottle today.
Pierre Capitol-Journal Mrs.
Byron Payne gave a miscellaneous
shower Saturday night for Miss
Bridget Griffin who is to be mar
ried to Frank Donohue Feb. 10th.
The shower was in the form of a
surprise, and the twelve girl
friends invited presented the
young lady with many nice and
useful gifts that will always be
! priced very highly by the recipi-
ent. Very dainty refreshments
were served late in the evening,
after which all departed for home
wishing the bride to be as happy
in her married life as she wa. on
the night of her shower.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03
Lease Of School and Endowment Lands

NOTICEi is hereby given that on March
16, 1915. all of the Unbiased common school
and endowment lands in Potter County
will be offered for lease at public auction
between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
S o'clock p. m. at the Court House in said
county.
Dated at Pierre January q. 1918.
FRED HEPPERLE
Commissioner Of School Public Lands
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03

Harry BoIinger of Riverside
twp was in town Monday.
Puss Pence and Lyle Swift did
not get in to school Monday.
1t has been hard work for Ye
Editor to get any local news this
week.
Harry Shipley of German was
in with q load of corn-fodder for
MIR. Ellis.
Ed. Warn. an old settler living
south of Gettysburg, died of heart
disease on Wed, Jan. 9th.
The telephone line to g Gettysburg
got broke IL otherwise out of re-
pair, Thursday, and it will! proha-
bly, he Il few days before it is he
paired.
David Bogart ct ux has sold bis
land south of Forest City-all of
sec.4-l17-7S-to "a Clinton &. Gray
CONSIDERATION not stated. the deed
of which has been placed on rec
ord. This is the ranch now occu.
pied by Messrs & Barnes.
M~arried-Hewitt- -Schoof-Fcb
2, 1915, Mr.. Wallace Hewitt to
Miss Maude School, both of Get.
tysburg SD. at the home of join
School, Doland S d. The honey.
moon was made of a visit to the
brides sister, Mrs. Henrietta Rue
kle, and uncle. Henry School. OF
Minneapolis. Mrs. Hewitt will be
recognized as our former deputy
county treasurer, while the groom
is a son of Mr.. w. w. Hewitt OF
Gettysburg. The Press extend:
congratulations.
Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-02-03

Barney Trayersie. White Horse.
Mrs. X. S. Ludlow and daugh-
ter, Timber Lake
Charley LaPlant. White Horse
MIR. and Mrs. Frank Kinney,
LaPlant.