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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04

that | know a little something Of
what am trying to convince the
farmer. | do not want to have any
appearance Of trying to force my
Ideas On any body, but the sooner the
farmer adopts growing at home
some of the things heretofore bought
from the stores the better for them.
| have been accused of being Just
little bit socialistic in some of nv
views, and it may be true, but
mature conclusion after good many
years of thought on the subject,
leads me to the belief that the land
In this country should be owned by
more people than at present if we
ever hope to reach that state of per-
lection which we desire and which
we are entitled to. Farming is one
Of those things which can be handled
more successfully in a small way
than in a big way, because small
al i1iCA IdIl lCOh dlI0I Tie small
things, and can avoid a great many
leaks that big farmer cannot. /
do not want any man to get the idea
now that l favor taking some of his
lard from him, but do think it is
unfortunate that more people do not
own the lands upon which they farm.
My advice to every body who can
buy a piece Of land is to do so as
quick as you can, for owning land
will help you in more ways than one.
1t will make you a better citizen and
will produce for: you under good
management more than anything
you can invest in. Buy you small
farm and farm on it, is what I would
advise, and raise something to eat,
and help feed the world.
w. II. WHITE.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Notice :!

By virtue of power vested in ne
by certain deed of trust, executed
to me by Sears Smith, John Rober-
son and Alex Bridgers. trustees of
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, and duly recorded in the
office Of the register Of deeds for
Halifax county, North Carolina, in
Book 221 at page 1925, | will on the
End day of March, 1915, sell for cas- h
at public auction to the highest biz
der in the town Of Scotland Neck,
n c., IN front Of the Planters and
Commercial Bank, at / / O'Clock, m,
the following described real estate.
to-Wlt: That lot Or parcel of land,
n Halifax county, North Carolina,
Leglnning at point on the south Of
the road leading from Scotland Neck
to Graball. at Hancock's corner,
thence along the ditch in southerly
direction to corner Of said ditch,
thence in westerly direction along
said ditch to Tillery's line, thence
along said Tillery's line in south
westerly direction, to Felicia Fer
rails line, thence along her line to
the New Road, leading from Scot
land Neck to GrabalI, thence along
the New Road in an easterly d;rec-
ton to the beginning, being the
same lot conveyed to the said Mount
Zion Church by Stuart Hardy. and
on which is now situated the said
Mt. Zion Church Building.
This 18th day Of January, 1915.
STUART SMITH, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Executors Notice,

Having qualified as executors of
the estate OF Noah Biggs, deceased.
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the said estate to pre-
sent them to the undersigned on or
before December 81. 1915, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immedi-
ate settlement. All persons due or
having claims against the firm of
Biggs & johnson will please make
immediate settlement with DR.. R.
M. johnson, surviving partner.
This 28th day of December, 1914.
F. P. SHIELDS,
JAS. A. PITTMAN,
r. M. JOHNSON.
Executors.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Notice. Public Land Sale.

BY virtue Of power vested in me
by that deed &C trust executed TO me
on the Oath day Of January, 1914, BY
Handy Todd and wife, Martha Todd,
and duly recorded in the office of
the register Of deeds for Halifax
county. III Book 255 at Page 1913,
and given to secure the land below
described, | shall sell for cash at pub
lie auction in the town of Scotland
Neck, n. c., in front Of the Scotland
Neck Bank, on the End day Of Feb
ruary, 1915, at IL o'clock noon. to
the highest bidder, the following
described tract OF real estate. lying,
being and situate in the county Of
Halifax and State of North Carroll
ma, to-wit: Bounded by the lands
OF Ben Partin, the public road lead
ing from Hills Cross Roads to Daw-
SON Cross Roads, the lands os Jim
Lawrence and the lands of Frank
Moore, being the same land former
~, owned by Emmett Bishop. and
which was conveyed to the said
Handy Todd by Ed. Shields and wife
by that deed of record in the office
OF the register of deeds for Halifax
county IN Book 178 at Page 33, said
Land containing III acres, more or
less.
Also the following described per-
sonal property, to-wit: One black
horse named Dan, one red mule
named Hattie, one black mule named
Matte, one top buggy. one double
horse wagon, one dump cart, one
ran cart. one cotton planter, and
farming implements.
This January 2, 1915.
AsHBi DUNN, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
We would like our county civil

We would like our county civil
engineer to come down in this sec
ton TIVE suggest via aeroplane-he
cant make il over the roads he built)
and tip us off how to put our county
roads in a passable condition. We
indulge the fear that our engineer
can build better roads on q mahog-
any desk with a blue print before
him on the fifth floor Of some Wei
don Office building than he can
through, deep creek, Hales Mill, or,
from Scotland Neck to the Edge
comb line. This thing Of Tom, Dick
and Harry, wro live at the three ex-
treme points Of Halifax County pay
ing an engineer a fat salary and ell
expenses Including an automobile
and up keep of same) to hire costly
labor and buy expensive road mach
inc to spend all Of his time on four
or five miles Of road that you couldn't
cross with hip boots On after rain,
is the rankest piece of extravaganza
that has ever been pulled over an
honest taxpayer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Like The "piliv Nut.

The "pili' nut tree grows in the
southern part Of the Island of Luzon,
and nowhere else in the Philippines.
1t is large tree, and its seed is de-
scrlbed as extraordinarily rich in
flavor AL the Americans in the Phil
1pp'nes think it the finest nut grown.
When the nuts are roasted, if a light
ed match be touched to one of them,
it will burn like a lamp, so rich is it
in Oil
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Inspired Famous HYMN.

Jesus, Lover Of Ny Soul" is q
hymn around which many traditions
and sacred associations cling. The
story connected with It's origin may
be legendary, but 1t is no less beauti-
full. It's author. Charles Wesley, was
sitting at his desk by an open win
dow when bird pursued by a hawk
flew In. The bird was saved, fDr the
hawk feared to follow it. The Incl.
dent inspired Wesley to write his
famous lines
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04

size, and in the New York-San Fran
cisco line there are 1900 miles Of
that wire whose cost Of manufacture
IS comparatively low.
The new line is the backbone Of a
network of q 100000 miles of wire
woven round 100000 telephone
stations of the Bell System.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-04
Proper Method Of Writina.

A twisted spine CT writer's crarap
are the alternates between which tha
French government has to choose in
establishing once for ali the type Of
handwriting to- be taught in the
schools. Some years ago there was
unanimous outcry from the doctors
against teaching children to write a
sloping hand, the promised result be-
Ing 2, race Of hunclbacks.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
Many Granted Pharmacists' Papers

Fifty-two out of eighty-one appli-
cants for pharmacists certificates
were successful, according to the
state board of pharmacy which closed
it's examination.
Registered pharmacist certificates
were granted to the following;
Linus V. Seer, Alexander Steffen.
William K Stumpf, Milwaukee;
Franklin c. Mueller, Ripon; Ernest P.
Wenstadt, Shawano; Frank ]. McCar-
thy, Milwaukee; Arthur A. Hoehn,
Hartford; Carl A. Gaming, Eugene c.
Simon, Milwaukee; Anton H. Thiele,
Racine; Oliver B. Reese, Spring
Green; William 2. Mcfarland, Thop;
Mary N Parker, Hancock; Archie Q.
Johnson, New Richmond; Allen S.
Porter, GAINESVILLE; James w. Jensen,
Withee; Herbert F. L. Meier, Leo A.
Slawny, Milwaukee; Arnold T. Neil
sen, Christian G. Heck, Racine; Eu-
gene B. Gauthier, Oconto Falls; Roy
w Woelffer, Lake Mills; Clarence b.
Albert. Baraboo; Nicholas T. Grassef,
Milwaukee; G.. Vaughn Brainard, Du-
rand; Chester w. Boutwell,, Darling
ton; Carl E. King, Watertown.
Registered assistant pharmacist GER
tificates were granted as follows:
Alvin H. Trester, Sheboygan; Will
liam j. Wangard, Wallace P. Coleman,
Abraham N. Shapiro, Russell w. F1tz-
gerald. James P. Hawley, Edwin II.
Pergande, Herbert Sucher Ernest d.
Renard. Milwaukee; Otto Jorges, Sank
City; Thomas Flarity, Harry W. Tuft,
Erwin Roerig, Milwaukee; John H.
Kitzinger. Edwin c.. Rehfeldt, Sey-
mour; Earl B. Hall, Baraboo; Frank
]. Engels, Mineral Point; Verne L..
barrow, Milwaukee; Walter A. Cen
rich. Manitowoc; Abraham Felyarg'
Milwaukee; William G. Bartlett. New
Glarus; Fred A. Quade, Turtle Lake;
Leonard S. Toennessen. Harry w, Pc
tiers. Milwaukee; Reuben T. Pember,
GAINESVILLE.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
MEXICO CITY RETAKEN
BY ZAPATA'S SOLDIERS
Railroad Communication Between
Vera Cruz and Mexico City Has
Been Suspended.

Washington, July 22.-Mexico City
has been completely evacuated by the
Carranzistas under General Gonzales
and now is in full possession of the
Zapatistas, advices received at the
state department indicate.
These dispatches, dated Mexico
City, Monday noon, announced that
the Zapatistas entered the city Sun
day afternoon and appointed various
city authorities. The Zapatistas are
in full power, but apparently they de-
sire to maintain order. President
Chazaro and the convention govern
ment have not yet returned from
Cuernavaca, where they fled on
July 8.
Railroad communication between
Vera Cruz and Mexico City has been
suspended In a telegram dated Mon
day at Piedras Negras, Vice-Consul
Blocker announced communication
with Torreon was opened Sunday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
FINAL WARNING TO
BE GIVEN GERMANY
Wilson and Lansing Agree on Firm
Answer to kaiser-WilI Re-
affirm Sea Rights.

Washington, July 21.-Germany will
be told substantially in the note now
being prepared at the state depart
ment and the White House that she
must not use the present situation as
club to hit Great Britain or to force
the American government to settle
her controversies with the English
government
This decision stands out pre-emi-
neptly as the one new definite state
ment of the attitude on the part of the
United States toward Germany OFF,
Gals declare it will appear in the
Forthcoming restatement of the case
of the United States to Germany on
the Lusitania tragedy and all correlat-
ed subjects.
President Wilson, who returned here
Monday, lost no time in getting the
written views of the legal experts Of
the state department and both written
and oral communications from Secre-
tary Of State Lansing as to what the
reply should be.
The president made no comment on
the conference except to indicate, as
is his desire, that there should be no
speculation" on the forthcoming re-
ply.
From the views of American Off
Gals, it seems they now understand
the facts in the German-American is
sue as they have been heretofore
bluntly expressed by very high Ger
man official. He said that the crux
of the whole question was whether
the United States had the right, with
out challenge, to sail all seas.
Officials who have been in touch
with the president say that he will
most assuredly reafirm the doctrine
of the, "indisputable" right of sailing
such seas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
Bank Resources Fall of.

Resources of Wisconsin banks ue-
creased s372,S5223 during the period
from Nav 1, 1915, to June 70, 1919,
according to an abstract by Commits
sioner of Banking Kuolt, the total for
the latter period being $244,O94, 463.4 40
as compared with s244.467315.69 eight
weeks earlier.
This falling off, Commissioner kuolt
explained. is only normal conoltion
coming at this season of the year when
no crops were moving and when inous-
trial conditions were not moving :
strongly ahead. I'VE are surprised,
Mr. Ku6lt said, that this decrease
Is not $4,000, OOO." Bank deposits
nsualIv reach the highest point in WIS
consin in March, and from that tlme
until crops begin to move tney ue-
crease under normal conditions.
For the year June 80, 1914, to june
% 1915. it is shown that the resources uaee
of the state have increased from sao''
93s 25s. ~ on the former date TO sz44'-
o94. 463 on the latter date to'ai ~
crease of 81, 156.2O4.74.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
MEXICAN SITUATION
GROWING WORSE
War Department Official Reports
Indicate Widespread Distress.
MAY FORCE WILSON TO ACT
Brigadier General DevoI Sees No
Chance for Adequate ReIief-Peo-
pie Are Being Abused by Lead
ers of All Factions He Says.

Washington, July 23.-Of1cial re-
ports given out at the war department,
indicating widespread starvation in
Mexico; the apparent failure of the
Carranza government to sustain itself
In Mexico City, and the reoccupation
Of the national capital by the Zapatis-
tas, gave rise to the view again in Of
icial circles that President Wilson,
before long, will make public a new
plan for the pacification of the repub-
ic.
Brig. Gen. C. A. Devol, sent by the
var department to take charge of the
American Red Cross efforts to relieve
he suffering in Mexico, has made a
eport on conditions there. 1t is re-
garded as of great significance that It
should have been made public at this
ime by Mr. Garrison.
General Devol expresses the opinion
hat the people of Mexico are being
tbused by the leaders Of ''all factions,
md that there appears to be no fu-
ure for adequate relief, even if the
American people would contribute for
this purpose. This, however, they
nave only done to very limited ex-
ent to this date"
General Devol says there have been
arge exports of food supplies out of
Mexico to the United States and to
,uba. He estimates that two thou
and carloads of beans have been sent
put of the country. He states that
General Villa and his generals have
prohibited the purchase of supplies in
Mexico because there is an export tax
which is collected for the benefit OF
he military leaders and this amounts
10 four hundred to five hundred dol
lars for each car that crosses the Dor
der. The Red Cross was not permit
ted to buy supplies in Mexico although
corn could be purchased on the Next
can side for fifty-six cents per bushel.
The Mexicans insisted that it should
be bought in the United States.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
TEUTONS ENC|RCLE
GREAT RUSS ARMY
Germans Within Twenty Miles of
the Polish Capital.
CITYS FALL SEEMS CERTAIN
Hindenburg Threatens Line to War
saw and Invaders Drive to Lublin-
choIm Railway, Vital Supply
Route-Capture Thousands.

London, July 22-The German and
Austrian armies have been victorious
all along the whole 1,O00-mile Russian
line The city of Radon, capital of
the province of that name, and 81
miles south of Warsaw, has been oc-
cupied by the Austrian troops.
Allied cavalry is astride the impor-
tant railroad from Radon to Ivango-
rod Lublin has either been captured
or is on the verge of being evacuated,
the Russian commander in chief hav-
ing issued an order that in case OF
retreat the male population of the city
is to attach itself to the end of the
retiring army.
The Lublin-Cholm railway, an i'm
portant line which leads to Warsaw,
is still believed to be held by the Rus
slams, but it is scarcely possible that
they will be able to hold it for any
number of hours.
Warsaw's fall seems certain. Moth
ing but miracle can save the Polish
capital from the Austro-German
hordes that are surging forward upon
it from north and south. 1t is not
now a question of whether the city
will fall, but how soon. While hope
is still entertained that the Russians
will make a stand, 1t is frail hope.
News of the evacuation of Warsaw,
followed by. the triumphant entry of
the allied troops amid such scenes as
attended the capture of Lemberg and
Przemysl, would come as no surprise
at any time now to the British.
In the extreme north the army of
General Won Buelow has taken TAX
UNI, within SO miles of the important
seaport of Riga. The fall of the lat
ter city seems as certain as that of
Warsaw.
Following the great semicircle
southwark the Germans have met
with great successes to the northeast
of Warsaw Here the army of Gen
eral Won Gallwitz has captured the
fortress of Ostrolenka, about twenty
miles from Warsaw and one of the
great defenses that was confidently
counted upon to block the German in
vasion.
Less than twenty miles southwest
Of the city the army of General Won
Mackensen has captured the city of
Blonie
Enormous numbers of prisoners are
being taken by the Germans. Within
The last two days, say the Berlin and
Vienna reports, more than fifty thou
sand men,110 officers and % machine
gums have been taken. Of these, Won
1allwitz took 28,760 men in one days
lighting on the Narew.
With the victorious allies pursuing
the Russians across the battlefields
between the Vistula and the Bug riv-
ers, great numbers of additional cap
tives are being taken. Fifty officers
and 5000 men were taken In one lot,
and 5000 in another lot were captured
near Sokal, according to the Austrian
official report.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
NussIANs MAKE COMPLAINT.
say Brunt of War Is Being Borne BY
the Cars Troops.


Petrograd, July 23.-Complaints are
beginning to be heard that Russia is
being made to bear practically the en-
tire brunt of the war These COM
plants are not confined to the mass
of the people, who are not in a po-
sition to judge what is really happen
ing on any front.
For the second day in succession
the military critic Of the Russky In
valid, who certainly is in close touch
with the general staff here, contrasts
the furious battles which are being
fought in a dozen different directions
within the frontiers of Russia with
the apparent quiescence of the British,
French and italian armies.
Without pledging himself to their
accuracy he mentions various esti-
mates that between the Vistula and
the Bug alone the Austro-Germans
have upwards of twenty corps-say
100000 men,
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
Dates for is County Farm MEETINGS.

Farmers in Is counties of the state
are planning to picnic at their respec-
1--WE county farms some time during
the early fall, in order to benefit from
the crop demonstrations which are be-
ing carried on there by the department
OF farmers Institutes of the University
OF Wisconsin, in cooperation with the
state board of control and the various
county boards of supervisors,
Not only is consideration being
given to the subjects of plant breed
ing, SOIL management and animal hus-
bandry, but the needs of the farm
nome and the problems Of the house
wife are being given attention as
well.
The list of speakers for the meet
ings include F. H. Scribner, Rosen-
dale, and H. D. Griswold, West Salem,
dairying; c. P. Norgord, superintend-
ent of farmers Institutes, and John
lmr1e, Roberts, general farming; Eliz-
abeth Kelley, Madison, Nellie Maxwell,
Neneah, and Laura B. Breese, Wauke-
sha, home economics
The following list gives the institu-
lions cooperating and the dates on
which the meetings will take place:
Sank county asylum and poor farm,
Feedsburg, September 6; Richland
county asylum and poor farm, Rich
land Center, September Z; Columbia
county asylum and poor farm, Wyo-
cena, September 8; United States In
dian school, Tomah, September 8;
Waukesha county asylum and poor
farm, Waukesha, September 10;
Washington county asylum and poor
farm, West Bend, September IL; ST.
Croix county asylum and poor farm,
New Richland, September IA; Chippe-
wa county asylum and poor farm, Chip
pewa Falls, September Is; Trem-
pealeau county asylum and poor farm,
Whitehall, September 16; Vernon
county asylum and poor farm, Viroqua,
September 10; Marinette county asy-
lum and poor farm, Peshtigo, Septem-
Der 20; Waupaca county asylum and
poor farm, Weyauwega, September
21; Manitowoc county asylum and
poor farm, Manitowoc, September %;
Sheboygan county asylum and poor
Farm, Sheboygan, September %; Win
nebago county asylum and poor farm,
Oshkosh, September %.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
Robbed Of $4,000 in Street.

Milwaukee, July 21.-Edward Laase,
cashier for local branch of the Cuda-
by Packing company, was robbed of a
satchel containing $4,000 on his way
to make deposit in bank. The
robber bounced upon Laase three
blocks from the office and took the
bag, but dropped a package containing
a part of the money. This was recov-
cred. The robber was chased several
blocks, but escaped.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
kaiserin to Visit Front.

London, July 22.-According to a
dispatch from Amsterdam to the Elk
change Telegraph company it is an
nounced in Berlin that the kaiserin
has been invited by the kaiser to
visit him shortly on the eastern front
II is said she will leave on Friday for
POsen
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
DOUBLE MURDER AT JACKSON.
Man and Woman Shot and Killed
While Walking Near Cemetery.

Jackson, Mich, July 23.-Mrs. Mary
H. Palmer, aged seventy, and Edward
Madden, aged about fifty, were killed
by John Carson, son-in-law of Mrs.
Palmer. Carson fired about a dozen
shots at the couple as they walked
along a path beside the Catholic and
Woodlawn cemeteries. Five bullets
struck Madden and three took effect
in the body of Mrs. Palmer. Both died
instantly Carson, in a statement made
after the shooting, declared that he
blamed Madden and his mother-in-law
for the estrangement that exists be-
tween himself and his wife
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
Miners TO Resume Work.

Cardiff, July 20.-Rapid strides
have been made towards peace in the
coal fields. Lloyd-George. Mr.. Runci-
man and Mr.. Henderson have arrived
here. It is expected that work will
be resumed within the next few days.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
FIVE DROWN AT CHICAGO.
Sink In Deep Pit While Wading in
Lake Michigan.


Chicago, July 20.-Five bathers, two
women and three men, vanished in
Lake Michigan at Cornelia street beach
while more than one hundred bathers
looked on helpless to save them. The
water where they were wading was
supposed to be about four feet deep.
The life guards were notified and
said there was pit about fifteen feet
deep at the point where the four bath
ers last we're seen.
The dead: Marie Dwyer, twenty
o1a years old, 3611 Wilton avenue;
Nora May, twenty, 210 Union Park
court; Gustave H. Vetter, 1915 Irving
Park boulevard; Frank J. Kelly, 1918
Addison street, and Stanley Covesky.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1915-07-28
LEO M. FRANK IMPROVES.
Doctors Hold Out Hope for Recovery
of Georgia Prisoner

of Georgia Prisoner.
Milledgeville, Ca, July 22-Improve-
ment in the condition of Leo M. Frank
was announced Wednesday by attend
ing physicians. who continued hopeful
for Franks recovery from the knife
wound inflicted by ]. William Green.
a fellow life term convict at the Geor-
gia prison farm here.
The following official bulletin was
made public:
"At 5 p. m. Leo M. Franks pulse
was 80; temperature, 1904; respira-
ton, IS. Wound is draining freely and
temperature falling. We consider his
condition satisfactory"
Members of the state prison COM
mission will come here on Saturday
to investigate the attack on Frank.