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

Cotton, Cotton Seed and Meal Prices
in the Markets Of North Carolina
For the Past Week.
AS reported to the Division OF Mar.
kets, North Carolina Agricultural Elk.
pertinent Station and Department OF
Agriculture, Raleigh.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
Kaiser Has New Grandson,

London.-The Duchess of Bruins
wick, formerly Princess Victoria Luise
daughter of Emperor William, gvae
birth to a son, according to a Reuter-
dispatch from Brunswick.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
LAND OF THELONG LEAF PINE
Short Paragraphs Of State News That
Have Been Condensed for Busy
People Of the State.

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

What is Solicitor Alternately in
favor of anyway?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01

Duplin and Wayne counties will
not increase their tobacco acreage
this year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01

Under the auspices of the Anna
Jackson Book Club and the Southern
Star Chapter of the Daughters of the
Confederacy, fitting memorial SER
vices were held in the graded school
auditorium at Liz colnton in honor of
Mrs. Mary Ann Jackson.
Fire which is supposed to have orig
mated in the boiler room Of the Par
son Lumber Company at Watha, Pen
der county, destroyed the mill plant,
large amount of lumber stored on
the yards, workmen's homes and 9TH
er buildings, entailing a loss of fully
$4,000.
The Sellers Hosiery Mill at Burling-
ton Is enlarging it's plant to increase
| it's capacity SO per cent. An addition
| 50x70 feet, two stories, is being added
! to the present building. 1t is intend
ed primarily to install finishing plant
in this addition, though this will not
be done until the dyestuff situation
| clears up.
The Raleigh city commission open
ed bids for and sold S57, 900 Of 30-year
five per cent city bonds at premium
| of $2,628.S4 and accrued interest. AL
exander Brown & Sons of Baltimore
being the purchasers. There were q
bidders, the lowest premium offered
being 1929 and nearly all of them be-
ing over $1,000 premium.
Work on the roads Is progressing
as rapidly as the weather will permit.
From Henrietta, in Rutherford county,
to the South Carolina line, distance
Of about eight miles, the road is being
; widened and changed in some places
to leave out dangerous curves and get
a better grade. Profting by past mis-
. takes the contractors are doing a
splendid piece of work.
1t appearing that there was no long
, er any need for such an organization
as nearly everybody who wants work
has obtained employment, the public
employment bureau at Wilmington
has been discontinued. The bureau
was established early in January fol
) lowing a mass-mesting of citizens
held for the purpose Of providing a
way to help those out Of employment
: After remaining closed two weeks
the local plant of the National Casket
Company at Asheville, resumed opera
tions, the management announcing
that the orders are so heavy that it
is imperative that work be started at
once. The resumption of operations
, furnishes employment for many la.
borers who were out of work during
the time that the factory was closed.
The scarcity of dyestufr used in the
manufacture of hosiery by the Dur
ham hosiery mills, is causing the off
Gals good deal Of anxiety. They
have been working day and a portion
of the nights during the past few
months, but have been rather III
against a hard proposition getting
hold Of dyestuffs. They have recent,
filled an order for one of the belliger
ent countries, sending to New York
large consignment of heavy socks TO-
} the soldiers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01
RETAIL PRICES OF CORN FOR THE
PAST WEEK.
TAP HEEL BREVITIES.
Russians Pushing Through.

brownsville will soon have a public
library.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01

The black CD on the back ward
fence. Spring is here.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01

Keep your eyes on the large acre
age Of tobacco this year.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-04-01

Under the auspices of the Anna
Jackson Book Club and the Southern
Star Chapter of the Daughters Of the
Confederacy, fitting memorial SER
vices were held in the graded school
auditorium at Lircolnton in honor of
Mrs. Mary Ann Jackson.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

short In square tabs that hang free Of
the belt. These are embroidered in
some simple outline work, or braided.
The sides and back Of the blouse are
tucked under the belt and an embroid-
cred peplum odded below. There
are long sleeves cut with the raglan
shoulder line and finished with odd
and attractive circular cuffs buttoned
on at the sides. The neck has q deep
turned-back collar rounded across the
the back.
For an underskirt It will .e best to
use q very thin silk down the front
breadth Of which q panel of the dress
material Is sewed. and the spaces at
the top and bottom that show between
the open edges Of the tunic are gar
nished with touch of the embroidery
or braiding used on the waist.
The tunic is full length, except Just
In front. where the material is cut
away diagonally. At the top a four
inch space is left between the edges.
and by crossing them farther down
the triangular space results. Pocket
slashes are cut just in front of either
hip.
Should you use linen for this DESIGN
the braiding can be done with a mar.
row soutache braid. It comes in fast
colors and washes very well,
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

have taken every scrap Of effect and
charm from q dress which had been
chosen for its style alone.
Many women owe their reputation
for beauty to being harmoniously
dressed-for choosing the right color
scheme and having the courage to
stick to 1t. But, of course. this II not
by any means an easy thing to do. par
ticularly in these days Of ready
mades," when in order to be faithful
to ones belief In color-care It IL often
necessary to pass by an unusually At
tractive hat or blouse simply because
its hue is apt to accentuate the wear
er's paleness when fatigued, or. In an
other case, to detract from the bright
ness of her eyes.
But the limitations imposed upon q
woman by this care and discrimina-
ton in dress are compensated for by
the fact that however simply or eco
nomically attired she Is always at her
best.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
SELECT THE RIGHT coLoRs
One Of the Main Ideas to Be Observes
BY Woman Who Aims to Be-
Well Dressed.

A sallow skin is invariably bcauti.
ned by blue. particularly the brighter
shades. But all grays, tans, moles and
undecided colors should be most rigid.
ly avoided. The woman with black
hair and a sallow complexion can al.
ways dress in the rather brilliant col.
ors. while the woman with light brown
hair must make the most of blues.
cerise. pinky maize. and possibly scar.
let. She should seldom wear white.
and must beware of the delicate nastel
shades that 30 beautify the blonde and
brunette with a pink and white skin.
Very few people can look as smart
or charming in one color as in an.
other. and while a dress of the most
becoming hue incurs the expenditure Of
not one penny more than a robe of
doubtful taste 1t is worth three or four
times as much to its wearer. II en-.
hances her good points and makes the
very best Of her defects. and ia still
wearable-nay. more. still charming
after length Of service that would
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
RETURNS TO MODES OF OLD
Liking for the Early Victorian Styles
10 Just Now Extremely
Pronounced.

Eliminate the long trailing skirt and
the hobble from our midst and there
is practically no mode that can be de-
scribed as demode. The subject of the
crinoline has several times come un-
der discussion.
The conditions of life are completely
altered since its triumph.
Motors and railways and other
means of transit will ever initiate
against its resuscitation. The pic
turesque style of dress Is meeting with
approval, but that does not mean the
crinoline. The conceits which are
most in vogue are the offspring Of the
days of the early Victorian era. Wom-
en- were essentially feminine then. and
today they are barking back to this
place in their mode of living a. well a.
in their fashions. Raiment for out-of-
door wear is thoroughly practical and
smart, the esthetic or picturesque note
being reserved for the home.
There is nothing new under the sun
IL an axiom that IL forcibly brought
home when one studies the newest
versions of the old world headgear
that has once mors come into use
again. In the old coaching days the
position wore q hat; with the shape
we are all familiar. The smart mon
dame now has this hat carried out in
panama: around the crown ID . drap-
cry of black satin, In front . single
quill is introduced. on which ID ap-
pliQued the wearer's favorite flower.
The old world sailor has Q low crown
and very broad brim.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
STYLES HAVE WARLIKE AIR
Military Effects Are NotIee.b,. m
Almost All the Garments just
Now Popular.

One Of the newest of the military
notes In the world of feminine apparel
Is a boot with blue cloth tops marked
down the front with two lines of gilt
braid and buttoned with brass military
buttons. The vamp of these boots is
made of black patent leather or kid in
gun metal finish.
VI course. We are all used to the I'll
itary collar on coats and to the suits
with ornaments Of braid applied in SOL
der fashion. Then there are mill.
tary belts Of leather now and then, and
1t may be that the war is responsible
for the prevalence of the zouave Jack
ct
1t 10 strange. though. isn't IT, that
the cape = the essence Of military
clothes tendency = should have been
discarded BY fashion just a. the war
began! Who can tell why it was that
the cape had such long life? It was
becoming. It was convenient To -
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

about. And that is what makes Tor
success"
Beginning Of Dairy Business.
It was because she couldn't bear
to waste anything that Mrs. Crooks
began selling the surplus milk given
by their one COW. Soon she had as
many customers as she could supply
and was making a good profit. Then
one day her only competitor an
nounced that he was going out of the
dairy business. All of his patrons
Immediately fiocked to Mrs. Crooks.
and she agreed to take care Of them.
though God only knew where l was
to get the milk" she says.
She bought up all the mich cows
that she could and acquired with the
rest of the bunch q relic of good old
days, Holstein that later was found
to be twenty years old. She gave
more milk than any of the grade cat
tie. despite her advanced years. and
that was the way Mrs. Crooks got in
terested in the breed. After she had
paid OF the debt on her herd and had
begun to make q good-sized profit on
the business she made a trip to Den
yer and picked up a bunch of Hol-
stems for $500. About three years
later she sold that same bunch Of
Holsteins for three times that amount,
and from her books she saw that she
had realized $1,000 on stock sold
from them and about $4,000 on cream
and milk, despite the fact that she
was such q distance from q good mar
ket. And that profit was in addition
to all the skim milk that had been fed
to the calves and swine on the ranch.
Her Cows almost Human"
Il sold those cows because we were
30 far from a market" says Mrs.
Crooks. But I was 30 lonesome aft
er they were gone that made up my
mind then and there that I'd always
have q few Holsteins on the place
after that. They're almost human.
never 60 out to the corral but what
the cows gather around me without
my speaking q word to them. Some
times l take q wire brush and brush
them down. II they think that one
cow is getting too much attention the
others will push her away and stick
their noses in my hand and lick my
boots"
Mrs. Crooks was born in Kansas
City. After she finished her school.
ing she worked In q number of bust
ness ofhces and then came to Colo
RADIO. where she taught school for sew
eral years before her marriage. Her
home Is q log cabin. but she has
scenery all about her, and a stretch
OF river flows through the ranch. Cot
tonhurst-on-th'-Gunniso she calls the
place.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
INCREASING SOIL FERTILITY
Farmer Can Secure More Cotton BY
Planting on Area Where Leeuml.
nous Crops Have Drown.

lnasmuch a. green crops suitable
for hog cholera can be maintained in
the South practically every month In
the year. It IL possible for the south
ern farmer to make moro money than
the northern farmer upon hog-pro-
ducing operations. and he profits
made are in proportion 70 the amount
Of green food used. But IN a1dltion
to making ready money On the hon
themselves the farmer who gruws L.
guminous crops and graxes them on
with hogs has . fertilizer factory on
his own farm. In . test Ct the Ar
kansas station. hogs grased upon aresS
Of peanuts, chufas and soy beans. The
following two years the land was
planted In cotton. and data were col
lected to determine what effect this
grazing might have upon the cotton
yield.
The effect was remarkable: for in
stance, in the case Of soy beans and
peanuts the increased yield Of cotton
was AS and GIL per cent, respective
ly. The effects of growing these crops
and grazing them OF does not stop
with the cotton grown the year i'm
mediately following the grazing. The
data show that the increase over the
corn lot vas still considerable in the
second year. II 10 therefore apparent
that the farmer can get more cotton
when II II planted on an area where
hogs have grased or where peanuts,
soy beans. or other legumes have been
grown.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
TELEPHONE FOR 80 CENTS
Thermaphone Of Dutch Inventor Trans
nits Words cIearly-smaII
~ Watch.

London.-A Dutch inventor has in.
vented q simple little instrument
which seems to be q decided improve
ment on the present telephone.
The received and transmitter take
up no more space than an ordinary
watch. and the cost is estimated OF
30 cents. The "thermaphone." as it
IL called. transmits distinctly, and
there Is no confusion of vowel sounds,
letters or figures. The receiver is 80
small that 1t may be placed in the
ear.
At demonstration recently at the
University Of Utrecht the invention
was successfully adapted to wireless
telegraphy.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

prepared by the United States Depart
ment Of Agriculture.)
In order to make the small farm
profitable, 1t is. In most cases, neces-
sary for the farmer to devote himself
to some intensive type Of agriculture
such as truck farming. poultry. fruit
growing. intensive dairying, etc. Be
fore any Of these can be successful,
the market demand and transportation
facilities must be adequate. When
perishable products are grown far
from their markets not only are the
freight and commission charges apt to
be prohibitive, but in the period be-
tween the shipping of the commodity
and Its sale on the market, prices
which were attractive at time of ship
ment may have dropped with results
disastrous to the grower.
Intensive crops such as garden
truck, fruit, ETC., have q much wider
range and more rapid fiuctuation of
prices than staples like wheat or corn.
A comparatively small acreage Is suf-
hcient to supply the demand for the
intensive crops. It IL very easy there
fore to increase this acreage to q
point where the market is flooded and
prices drop Immediately. Taking the
country as whole. vegetables, includ-
ing potatoes, occupy only two and one
half per cent Of the crop area, and this
acreage. under present conditions, fur
nishes about all that the market can
absorb at . price that viii be profit
able to the grower.
II the farmer ID ill-advised enough to
undertake the production of garden
truck at . time when the supply ID
greater than the available markets re.
quire. 1t 10 . comparatively easy mat
ter for him to correct his mistake. In
the case Of fruit. however. It takes
longer to produce . crop, and . simi-
lar mistake Is therefore likely to be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
Reed Furniture.

The demand for reed. rattan and
hber furniture has constantly ~.
creased during the last few year. -.
the reason that IT fills the Ionc.,s,.
want OF serviceable and decorative liv.
ing room. sun room and veranda furr.
ture. 1t also lends itself to all tind.
of finish, being brought out in the ns.,
ural color, stains Of various color.
mostly brown. and very frequently ~
white enamel and old ivory for room.
d more delicate treatment Ioo..
cushion upholstery adds very m.tsr,'
ally to the decorative effect of this
popular furniture. Tapestries for the
darker pieces and chintx. crstoune.
and linens for those in the lighter A.
ishes are very popular.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
TRIES TO MAIL HIS HORSE
Animal Was Light Enough, but Too
Bulky to Send by Par
eel Post.

Newton, N. J.-Charles A. Walker,
proprietor Of the Gray Horse Hard
ware company, walked into the New
ton post ONCE and said to Postmas-
ter George N. Norris:
George, how heavy do you 60 on
parcel post packages?"
We'll go as heavy as 80 pounds.
Charlie" the postmaster answered.
Come on down to the store,
George" Walker suggested. II want
ondcial advice" So the postmaster
and merchant went to the hardware
store and. pointing out q papier mache
horse in front of the establishment,
Walker asked:
DO you think they'd take him by
mail? You see. l have him stamped
and addressed to Hartford. where l
want to send him for repairs and fit-
tings for harness."
We'll, Charlie" announced the
postmaster. mo doubt he's light
enough. but he's too big Of bulk.
can't take him."
Walker took on the stamps and
called for q wagon to haul his horse
to the freight depot.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
KISSING BEE At THE PIER
Armenian Embraced Friends Four
Times Over When Taking Leave
Of Them at San Francisco.

San Francisco.-A. Sninanoff, an Ar
menian, living in Los Angeles for some
years, sailed for Seattle a few days
ago on the Governor, where. he il to
join number of others and take ship
for Vladivostok, from where the party
will proceed to the front.
Sninanoff's friends, practically the
entire local Armenian colony. were on
hand to bid him good-by. Sninanoff
kissed all his bewhiskered compatri-
OTIS again and again. boarded the
steamer. and as the grief of parting
overwhelmed him. rushed down the
gangplank and kissed them all again.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

more serious. The acreage devoted to
fruit IL even smaller-one and three
fourths per cent Of the country's crop
area-than that devoted to vegetables.
Until there IL increased consumption
either In this or other countries &C.
cessible to our growers overproduction
can easily occur.
sorehums for Southern Live Stock.
Every southern farmer who ID pro-
ducing beef or milk should grow the
sweet sorghums. These are, not rec
commended a. money crops. but ~ .
fodder they are practically equal In
value to corn while a. . rule better
yields can be obtained. They should
be consumed for the most part on the
farm where they are grS!wn or at least
at points within hauling distance.
The sorghums are particularly use.
ful as silage, which Il essential to the
live stock owner and particularly to
the dairy farmer. The various south
ern states report yields Of from Is to
20 tons Of sorghum silage per acre,
which IL an average Of from : to I
tons more than the yields Of corn.
while the relative value pound for
pound Of the two feeds has been found
to be much the same by experiments
conducted 1t the Kansas agricultural
experiment station. In fact for beef
cattle these tests showed that sweet
sorghum silage was, II anything, su-
perior to corn silage. The sorghums
intended for silage, however, should
not be harvested before they are fully
matured. II cut when the seed 10 hard
there will be no trouble from spelling
or from excessive acidity. From 20 to
30 pounds per day il considered . full
feed, but this should always be sup
plemented with IL to Is pounds Of dry
roughage and some concentrate like
corn or cottonseed meal. Cottonseed
meal combines particularly well with
sorghum silage. and since this meal
IL always abundant In the South. this
IL another reason for growing the sor-
ghum.
For forage in the South the sweet
sorghums will be found better than
the grain sorghums, such a. milo.
kafir and feterita, which suffer from
the attacks of the sorghum nudge. OF
the various varieties the Sumac,
Orange, Amber, 'Gooseneck and Honey
are probably to be preferred. The Am
Der and Orange are the earlier kinds
and two cuttings can often be obtained
from them. All Of these varieties re-
spond excellently to good soil. but they
succeed on many different types: .
rich, loose, well-drained clay loan soil
IL the best. A water-logged clay or
extremely sandy soil will not afford
profitable returns. Fertilizers strong
in nitrate applied to poor soils will
produce good results and the free use
Of barnyard manure II always advis-
able.
Sorghums may be planted a. soon
as the ground becomes warm in the
spring, usually from one to two weeks
later than Indian corn. When the sea-
son is favorable. the planting may be
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

that 10, after the seed has become
hard. Before this time. especially aft
er . period Of drought. = poison some
times forms which IL fatal to stock.
Where there are two growths the SEC
ond 10 considered more dangerous
than the hrst. and any stock allowed
to pasture on It should be carefully
watched.
In feeding the hay, from Is to 81
pounds . day win be found sufficient
for milk cows and work horses, II It 10.
accompanied BY the ordinary amount
of grain. Beef cattle. however, should
be fed Ill that they win eat clean.
Stock cattle and horses can be carried
through the winter ON q liberal quan-
tity Of sorghum without any grain.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
GOOD WALKER At AGE OF 90
Venerable PennsylvanIa Preacher
Tramped Two Miles to Preach
Evening Service.

Pittsburgh, Pa-Rev. Albert vogel,
ninety-eight, walked into Carrick from
the home Of friend, two miles dis
tant, and preached the evening SER
mon to congregation in the Garrick
Methodist Episcopal church a few
nights ago.
Grandpa" vogel was born in Ger.
many, but came to the United States
In his early youth. He entered the
ministry in his twenty-third year and
has preached almost continuously ever
since. He has been on the superan-
uuated list several years.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02
SHE DIVORCED HIM UNJUSTLY
Husband Home After
Twenty Years.

Pasadena.-Divorced 20 years age
through an unjust suspicion. James
Whalen. former customs officer at Sc
attic, secured his discharge from the
National Soldiers home at Sawtelle
CAL. and is making preparations to re-
wed his former wife, who owns an
orange grove near this city.
When Whalen was stationed In
Seattle his wife obtained a divorce on
the ground that Whalen was too
friendly with woman secret service
employee.
Mrs. Whalen, in later years. learned
that her suspicious upon which she
was granted a divorce were unjust.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1915-07-02

tain surgical instrument He wrote to
the authorities to demand it. and re-
ceived a reply.
Make your request on a printed
form" The doctor replied that as his
hospital had only recently been con-
verted into military hospital he had
no printed forms. Second reply from
the administration. Make a demand
Tor printed forms" The doctor again
wrote and received a third reply.
Make your demand on q printed
form"
The doctor has written two more