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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
An AneCdGte Of Lincoln

A day in May, 1868, found Lincoln
visiting a camp hospital. He had
spoken cheering words of SYM
pathy to the wounded, as he pro
ceeded through the various wards.
Now he is at the bedside Of Yer
mont boy Of about sixteen years OF
age, who lies there mortally wound
ed. Taking the dying boys thin,
white hand in his own, the Presi-
dent said, in tender tone, well,
my boy, what can l do for you?"
The young soldier looked up into
the presidents kindly face and asI :
ed: Wont you write to my moth
er for me?'
That | will, responded the Ires-
i1ent, and. calling for writing ma
terials, he seated himself by the
boys cot and wrote from the boys
direction. 1t was long letter, but
he betrayed no weakness, and when
Iit was finished he arose, saying, &
will post this as soon as | get back
to my Office. Now, is there any
thing else can do for you?"
The boy looked up appeaiingly to
the president, Won't you stay with
me?'' he asked. Il Go want to hold
on to your hand"
Mr.. Lincoln at once pc, ceived the
lads meaning. The appeal was too
strong for him to resist; so he sat
down by his side and took hold Of
his thin hand For two hours the
President sat there patiently, as
though he had been the boys faith
er.
When the end came he bent over
and folded the pale, thin hands over
the young soldiers breast, and left
the hospital in tears Christian
Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Harold Cobb Dunn.

Died. in Greenvllle, February the
18th, Harold. the infant son of Mr.
and Mrs Albion Dunn, age seven
teen months. The little babe bad
been sick for several months, but
not until within the last few weeks
did the physicians think his lines of
a serious nature Al that wisdom,
skill and loving hearts and hands
could do was done, but of no avail.
God wanted him in heaven-a tender
plant. God reached down in His
tender mercy and with His loving
hands transp' anted this beautiful
bud to heavens own garden there
to bloom forever. We in our frail-
ty and weakness. ask why was this?
But our loving Father makes no
mi <kes, and if we could stand
within the gates and all Gods work
ings see we would say, God knows
best.
Gods plans like lilies pure and
white unfold,
We must not tear the close shut
leaves apart,
Time will reveal the Ca'yxes Of
Gold"
The fragrance of his little life will
ever linger around the threshold
and in the hearts of his loved ones.
The little voice so sweet in life will
in memory ever call to those who
loved INN So dearly, inject me when
this ife is Ger"
The Lord gave and the Lord takel h
away, blessed be the name Of .he
Lord.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Patrons Meeting.

A few Of the patrons met at Bells
School House last Thursday and en-
joyed an interesting talk by Miss
Crews, Assistant County Superin-
tendent
Miss Crews also helped Womans
Branch Of Farmers Institute.
We were glad to have her help us
in this as we'll as in school work
We urge that the other schools d
this township or Patrons attend
these meetings.
Will meet again Friday, March
5th at o'clock.
Grace Simmons.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Women In Suicide Epidemic.

No fewer than five suicides, al OF
women, were committed In Paris ono
recent day. A mother and her dsugn-
ter took cyanide of potassium because
they had had no food for three days.
The daughter was lyric artist. A
young Austrian girl Of IS threw her
self onto the rails as train YVES en-
teriug the Marbeuf station Of the Me-
tro. a woman o. - took arsenic, ard
the fifth, who was ~, shot harsen
through the heart
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Public Auction.

On March 6, 1915, at our store We
will sell at public auction one 20 h.
p. Zoos Stationary Gasoline Engine
This engine is in good running order
and is being sold to satisfy mort
gage. This is your chance to get a
good 20 h. p. Gasoline Engine at a
low price. Sale will take place at 3
o'clock p. m.
JOsEY HARDWARE Co.,
Scotland Neck, N. C.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Banana Skin Law In Brazil.

During a Southwark Inquest, IN
which it was suggested that an old
man had slipped on banana skin, q
Juror said he had been in Brazil, end
there If a policeman saw a person
throw a banana or orange skin On the
roadway that person WIS at once ar
rested and fined or sent to prison.
Tendon Daily Graphic.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Trinidad's Oil Industry.

The oil industry Of Trinidad has
reached such a degree Of Importance,
that the admiralty has decided to In
vestigate the possibilities of obtain
ing supplies there. 1t is reported that
Professor Cadman has arrived at Fort
of Spain with instructions from the
admiralty to make full report on the
condition Of the industry.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
Beauty Hint.

Red elbows, says the Evening News,
ere happily thorn which may be re-
moved. Saw off the red elbows, soak
them in a bleaching mixture OF I'M
slaked lime, steep them in carbolic
acid. and they will never trouble you
again. Cold feet May be treated sim
Garly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25

EXPECTING-A NICE LOT OF
Nancy Hall Paintings, also some
Haymans. Should you need any
Paintings let me have your order
now. f. A. Allsbrook.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25
N.HERRING
The Grocer
Phone One-Two-Four

Unexpected guests need
not cause you one nervous
autter, even though your cup
board be as bare as Mother
Hubbards.
Just call on me and every
thing necessary for a delicious
luncheon or dinner will be
promptly delivered at the
lowest possible prices.
Our special offering for
one week is: With every
dollar cash purchase at my
store | will give ten cents
worth Of goods free.
Our goods are fresh and
equal to any and our prices
are not advanced to cover
this offer.
Fresh Holsum Bread daily.
1t is made clean and deliver
ed clean. A trial order will
} convince you. Try one loaf
or a pan Of rolls.
We also receive a ship
ment of Cakes daily. They
will delight you.
; Just received shipment
of Garden Peas. We want
} you to try them. They are
5 the very best.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25

FOR SIZE CHEAP-A 2-HORSE
power Springfield Gasoline Engine
inciuding Metal Water Tank and
Necessary Piping. Reason for sell
ing want to use electric power Can
be seen in operation by applying to
The Commonwealth office. Will be
sold at a sacrifice.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25

SALESMAN WANTED TO LOOK
after our interest in Halifax and ad-
jacent counties. Salary or commits
sion. Address The Harvey Oil Com
pany, Cleveland, Ohio.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25

TAKEN up YOUNG do Is
ve'gnlng a"out 100 pounds each.
Owner can get hem bv applying to
S. 0. Purvls, +. F. d. No. 2, and
paving damages.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-25

BIG MISDAKE ON ACCOUNT
of mistake in an order from one
Of our customers for Galvanized
Roofing, we are largely OVER
STDt KED and in order to reduce
the STOCK ard save troupe and ex-
pens- OF returii & it to factory. we
will sell at pr-a,iy reduced prices
Let US have your order now while
we a"e in o. sltinn to sell it a. a
greatly reduced price FOR CASH.
.o3cy uar ware Company.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29

And then the banked fire burst into
fun flame. 1t was lie. 1t was UNI
true. 1t could not be true. 1t was a
lie told to trick her But they could
not do It, She sprang forward, thrust
ing herself between the pair. hurting
them away from one another with
vicious strength.
Its a liza lie. 1t can't be true.
! tell you it's a lie. He's mine
mine, mine by every moral law"
Her eyes. a pointed flame, she could
see nothing OF the shrinking guests,
nobody in the room but the man, the
man she claimed. Again she would
have leaped forward as Felix Lynn
threw out his hands in passionate APP
peal toward the woman he had just
acknow lodged as his wife. Then a
slow, cruel smile parted her lips, re
vealing a row of small. sharp teeth,
too white and even to be beautiful,
teeth that strengthened the panther
ish impression she gave. For Esther
Halstead, with cry OF anguish and
fear shrank away from him as from
an unclean thing.
Alicia did not know how the guests
had felt, was not conscious, would not
have cared had she been conscious,
of their furtive leave takings. She
only knew that Felix Lynn remained,
that she had held him, that she would
continue to hold him.
You, you" She could not con
tinue for the torrent of rage that
threatened to engulf her. "Oh, but you
shall suffer for this she finally
managed to articulate. You thought
you would come to me-thought you
would shame me-thought you would
amuse yourself with me. Well, you
have had your play. And now you
shall pay. And you will pay to me
as no man ever paid to woman be-
lore, you-you-thief."
Before the poisonous hiss of her he
shrank away. But in the hallway he
covered his face with his hands that
ne might shut out the picture focused
there of the terrible expression in her
eyes.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29

in his work The old Felix Lynn was
gone, lost, for this recluse was not
the brilliant, powerful young Felix
Lynn.
YEARLY he closed down his desk
and left his office.
He glanced warily up and down the
narrow winding street as he moved
swiftly toward his motor car. 1t was
as though he had tried to identify
his terror in the crowd and, not
finding it, sought temporary refuge
in the machine. Always he was
craning his head from side to side
with the quick, darting movements of
a frightened bird. And finally, with
a weary sigh of relief, he sank back
against the cushions of the car, relief
tightening his face. His hand CROPPED
for the speaking tube and after a
moments hesitation he directed the
chauffeur to the Halstead residence.
At the curb he leaped out lightly.
His lips moved in an exclamation OF
relief and then the haunted express
sion suddenly hurled across his face.
transferring 1t. For limousine
slowly moved toward him, the face
at the glass causing him to shrink
away afraid.
Alicia looked at the man, then slow
ly descended from the car and stood
before him. He opened his mouth as
though to speak but the cold, express.
sionless face OF the girl halted him.
Motionless she stood. Fixedly she
stared. Stared as though at an IMAM
innate object instead of the man she
WAS slowly driving insane with her
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29
v

for the morsel of any scandal, no
odds how savory and juicy to begin
with, grows fiat and pulpy with toe
much fetcherizing. But the cheeks
of Felix Lynn grew more and more
sunken and the shadows under the
fine eyes of the man seemed to have
eaten hollows there, hollows from
out of which fearful light burned
the light of man afraid to look at
something, yet, by some terrible at.
traction, always forced to look.
There were whispers that the pres,
tige he had won in the street was
waning, that he seemed unable to
concentrate, to put the old-time fire
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29
FIFTH STORY.

49,, palsteads hands trembled
' W shut his desk. Very slowly the
~ nm unfolded, reluctantly shutting
- uoat stacks of papers and CORE
.raence, the paper-weight OF anoth-
nariod the quill pens, the rusty
wells all the commonplaces OF
n"n's work. Moisture gathered in
h;ng,s ewes. Old friends they
10 friends with whom he had spent
:, host 20 wears. Together they had
auabt and suffered, together they had
W. and won countless victories and
furnishes. And now the separation
mr. had come. Halstead was
through.
The old lion had finished with
ctory. but one SO bitterly fought he
o.l,7ed another battle would mean
nsv,table defeat The young whelps
!, This Wall street Jungle had grown
n formidable that when they fell
mon him the issue had been a long
,,me in doubt. But he had won. But
II the price of a broken spirit and
,ody and a bitter regret. And so it
xas in no pleasant mood that he ar
lived home.
He stepped softly into his home,
moving toward the library. He wanted
% be alone to compose himself, to re-
adjust himself to the conditions of an
Uttered existence. He did not wish
Sife or daughter to see him in the
hour when he was forced to look
lpon the borders Of the end.
A note lay upon the desk and he
picked it up, absently glancing over
The brief writing. He turned the
sheet and, as his eye fell upon the
signature, a wild ferocious CLEAN
famed up within them. He reached
out and clutched the desk for sup
port, clutched 80 tightly the knuckles
cleaned a shiny blue-black. Master
Ing himself with an effort he dis
patched servant for his wife and
daughter. still standing in the same
position when they entered the room.
the note in his hands. such an express
sion Of hatred and inflexible determi.
nation upon his face as caused them
to halt abruptly, checking their affec-
tionate greetings.
you have answered this-man,
Esther?" Straight to the point he
cut, his voice shaking a trifle with
the rage he masterfully held in check.
As she did not answer, he slowly
crumpled the paper in the palm of
his hand letting 1t drop to the floor.
The hurt expression in her eyes broke
bis control.
Then you shall answer it-now.
DO you know that Felix Lynn is the
man have just beaten, that he tried
to ruin me, that he has worn out the
last atom Of my strength, that the
night has forced me to retire? Felix
Lynn is the man who has just failed
IN MS attempt to ruin this household.
AND Felix Lynn Is the man who has
Inc audaclty to invite a member OF
tnis household to christen his new
yacht! Felix Lynn must be a stran-
ger TO this door. You will neither
speak to him nor have any communi-
cation with him. And you will give
MN to understand that-NOW." Es-
'ner rebelled at first. but at signifi-
caht gesture from her mother, wrote
the fateful note
re'x dear: Father stumbled on
your note and raised such a storm
" Will be Impossible for mother and
me 70 chrlsten your yacht. We must
y. ~. 20 Careful, you know. Why not ask
""ea and her mother to GOT
ESTHER.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29

stood, framed In the doorway, a
yachting cap tilted little defiaptly
upon her pretty head.
I'm going to tn. yacht" Alicia an.
nounced
Mrs. Knight rose swiftly. There
mad been something incisive, decisive
and Lnbending about the way Alicia
announced her destination that re-
vealed vision of herself many years
before. She, too, had been rebellious.
and it was the very violence of her
own nature that made her so fearful,
of breaking the conventions, real1zin ,
the untold lengths to which she might
go, once started. ALICIA laughed light
ly and closed the door behind her.
The launching was a success, and
after it was over handsome Felix
Lynn took Alicia home. The butler
met her at the door and handed out
this note:
Alicia: Your latest defiance Of
all feminine law has closed my home
to you. have placed one-half Of your
fathers fortune to your credit. Your
maid and trunks are at the Godcrest
apartments. Mother.
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29
BY EDWN BLISS

All and oil For
cJrsh HN ~ anu All FOR
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29

III.
There was the hint of longing on
Esther Halstead's face as ALICIA fin
ished showing her through the dainty
little Goldcrest apartment. Not the
longing for freedom which seemed the
principal reason for Alica's delight;
not the pride for ownership the
younger girl had displayed, but the
thought of how perfectly it would
serve as a setting for the life she had
imagined with the man she loved the
picturing of Felix Lynn occupying
special little hooks and corners of the
apartment-that was what brought
the tears all unconsciously to her
eyes.
And you will come to my reception
just little house-warming tomor-
row afternoon, Esther?"
She started to shake her head in
dissent, smiling at the eagerness of
the girl to begin making the most OF
her new-found liberty But Alicia pratt
tied on before she had time to an
swer.
First I'm going to ask Felix Lynn
and"
Esther's lips parted in smile. She
could not forego the delight of seeing
him again. True. she owed great
deal to her ailing father But she
owed debt to this other man as
well.
While Alicia darted to the phone,
intent upon carrying out her plan i'm
mediately it entered her head. Esther
thought it over. Was she doing right
or wrong?
Felix is living on his yacht now
Alicia poutingly announced as she re-
entered the room.
Esther smiled lightly as she took
her leave. Lacking responsibility
herself, it was charmingly delightful
to her in others. And it was so be-
coming to Alicia, her naive delight III
this freedom from restraint. She was
still laughing as she left the house
and came back to her own distressing
responsibilities.
So engrossed in fact, she did not
turn back and see Alicia slipping light
ly down the street in the opposite d.
rection. Even her innocent mind
would have suspected that the young
girl was about to do something which.
to put it mildly, might have been
termed indiscreet.
For Alicia Knights very back bris-
tied with defiance, her pretty chin was
uplifted and her eyes looked out bit
insolently upon pedestrians as though
The Monte Vista journal., 1915-05-29

me smolderlng rebellion that had
oeeh banked so long within the very
=, ,oul OF Alicia knight leaped sudden
'n.o null flame. For just a second,
10 10 sne defantly faced her mother,
,a que realized that now was the time
.ol maj assertion of the manner in
n,en she proposed to live her life.
Mrs' Knight indolently resumed her
bO .A. unconscious of the crisis she
,a precipitated by her refusal to al
wv ner daughter to christen Felix
h. 'an yacht, needless of the hurt she
10. lou ihhlcted. She looked up as Alicia
stamped her foot
o, tell you l shall go. told him
o,s f 'ne phone that was coming,
m uu ~ , am II You won't chaperon
-, ' ~ go alone. I'm sick and tired
froa a,''y conventions hedging me away
NV u, everything want to do. It's
n M n'e I'm living and I'm not going
,.,.n i've II Tor the world but for my
H.! Mrs. q Knight frowned slightly as the
r.. a .'ormed away. then resumed her
er... s So gradual had been the in.
N. s violence Of Alica's rebellions
,to,. 1'a not realize how close they
d. ~, 70 the brink Of the precipice.
seAe0 IN again. a her daughter
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1915-12-29
When the WorId's All New.

II Is the same old world that We
greeted on New Years morning. But
somehow II looked so different The
invisible dividing line between last
year and this has made possible a
new. angle OF vision. The grip OF old
passions seems to have lost its hold
and new purpose, partly old, partly
new. throbs Tor recognition. A gen.
tleness appears in faces thought to
be hard and cynical. Happiness
sparkles in the eyes of sad and lonely
folk. A sort of introduction is need.
ed to oneself. For the dawn of the
new year makes possible fresh at
tack on the Gge-weary problems.
another attempt to produce the best
instead of the good, and new walk
down by-ways of human experience
where one may be a good Samaritan
with no eye but his to see and
understand. The world is all new on
New Years morning my world.
your world, our world-to make over
for the Kingdom. - Ralph Welles
Keller.
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1915-12-29
HANDLING FLOWER POTS
BY IDA M. sHEPLER.

Casters we know are cheap. Five
cents apiece, and four OF these fas-
tened in the discarded legs OF an old
table, bed, or even IL these are not
at hand. four pieces of square pine
wood on which you can nail a long
shallow box.
This Is really a good stand on which
to slip your window plants in their
pots. Fill the shallow box half full OF
sand. bed the pots in this sand. which
absorbs the moisture from the pots.
saving the carpet below and sending
some of 1t back into the plant roots.
or course the box should be painted q
good color.
have seen for this arrangement the
combination OF the legs painted green
and the box done in lattice like stripes
of white and green. Make the box as
long as you have room each side OF
the window mot measuring just the
window space ITSELF, as then one can
alternate the pots. bringing the end
pits In turn to the middle and direct
light.
On very cold nights, as glass draws
frost as we'll as heat, flowers often get
nipped. A box for plants resting on
casters is easily drawn away from the
window direct. and can be pushed back
the next morning.
These casters are also convenience
when sweeping about the window. Any
woman who keeps house plants in her
room can, herself. make two or three
window boxes. legs and all, picked up
from where carpenters are building.
These boxes, of course, are used
mainly In windows that are kept for
the saving OF plants for spring, and yet
they can contain an assortment OF
flowers, which, banked back of a win
dow, give an effective picture of beauty
TO the passer-by as well as to the in
mates Of the room.
For a small window, and one from
which you must get light for the room,
be sparing OF the plants. There is moth.
ing pretty in a dark room, the cause OF
which is the window literally hung and
placed full of all manner OF foliage.
II is such a mistake 20 fill up a win.
dow so full of plants and vines in win
ter that one can neither get light for
reading nor sight of the prettier world
outside. A few plants, in a small win.
dow, artistically arranged, is a much
happier scheme.
II you are buying winter plants from
the florist, don't unwrap the roots until
ready to pot them, but be sure to give
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1915-12-29
QUAINT SOLDIER CEREMONY
How Crack Scotch Regiment, the Sea-
forth Hlshlanders, ushers In
the New Year.

The Seaforth Highlanders, one of
scotland's crack regiments now at the
'front.', have one OF the most peculiar
new Years eve customs Of the whole
British army. The ceremony is pic.
turesque and imposing.
On the night Of Hogmanay, at about
lO;SO o'clock, the regiment Assem-.
oles In the barrack square. A few
minutes later the oldest soldier In the
battalion, dressed as a Druid. makes
MS appearance. TO the accompani-
ment OF a flourish OF trumpets. AS
cending the improvised throne, he
calls on the veterans to show their
uniforms and achievements of bygone
times. To the music of the pipes and
brass band veteran after veteran, ar
rayed In the uniforms worn by the reg
iment at different periods, marches
past and salutes the Druid The Druid
then toasts THE Seaforth Highland
ers."
After display OF Highland dancing
the alarm is sounded, and the second
Oldest soldier, arrayed as Father Time,
approaches. The veterans then re-
treat. leaving their honors to be guard.
ed by their successors. and Father
Time expels the Druid
AZ the last stroke Of midnight a
loud knock is heard at the gate and
out rings the sentry's challenge:
Halt! Who goes there?"
The New Year," comes back the
answer.
Advance, New Year. and give the
oountersignl" 10 the next command.
Pass, New Year; all's Welt"
Tue gate IL then opened and the
The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1915-12-29
SOMEWHAT HARD TO FOLLOW
AZ veterans Recipe for Long Life
y" Right, but for Certain
strong Considerations.

george Mclean, a Jamaica no,,ro
years old, a sailor for a.
ears ana still an active and able soa'
nan veteran OF a thousand storms 60
soUre OF shipwrecks. has been telling
aFniiadelphia Public Ledger how 30
out ilIness and attain old aee win
youIng on ounce OF the strength of
Earere is Georges recipe.
you uesinuch as you like, whenever
sleep wiz you like.
NO partlculsr'er you feel sIesrv
Just live like are necessary
There is no dowant 10"
the right idea. Yo,at George no.
implacable age has a, 100 las
desire-believe in eat., :. uu.l
It likes, whenever II Ns
sleeping when II feels slet ~ as
the time one is more or lt,, ~
Just live like he warts to" a. w
OF training in the opposite d 70
holds up inhibitory hands and
his liberty OF its SAVIOR.
George is an example-but he p,
haps owes more than he realizes
the Delaying pin and the ropes en-
both OF which aids to good habits we
in their prime when his habits we
forming.--Knickerbocker Press.