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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

One of the best ways to feel town 8
pulse is to be called in when it is sick.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

Every man believes there is re-
ward laid up in heaven for him, but
he is never in a hurry to claim 1T.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

It is in orcdr for the boys to shoot
the "'bull'' in Durham this week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

Speaking about the weather; it is
hot enough for you, ism It it'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11
FIRST CLASS

FIRST - CLASS -
Auto Goggles at 75c.
White Metal Spectacles at $1.OO
Is year guaranteed gold filed
Spectacles at $7.5o
lax Gold Spectacles at 81 80
The lenses in all my glasses are the
best that can be obtained and are guar
anteed to give you perfect satisfaction
First class Watch and Optical repair
ing at reasonable prices. All work
/ GUARANTEED
B. W. MARTIN JEWELER
JEWELER
With r. T. WHITEHEAD Company
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

Judge Bond evidently believes in the
name.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11
Condensed Report Of the Condition 0
THE BANK OF ENFIELD,

Condensed Report of the Condition OF
THE BANK OF ENFIELD,
Enfield, N. G.
at the close of business, June 30, 1916:
Resources
Loans g. Discounts ------ $3l2,741.41
Ranking House & Fixtures 6,5oo.oo
o.hor Re.1 Estate - 3,576.95
pauenne STAMPS - 1000
80, Ito 37o.o1
Gosh in Vault - S,oO1.oo
cash IN other Banks - 67,762 33
= ---
Total - 1890, S04.56
rj,111ities
,,>1,,s 100000
1-nd;u;ded Profits - 7,O9;.16
I'll 500 90
rh:s, Checks 1,O2o.20
1.onos;+. - 321 ,9So.ll
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

Cain S &C, 49l. 35
Both commercial and savings &C
counts as well as loans solicited.
Largest Bank in Halifax County.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-07-11

Denosits-June 80, 1916 ----$321 ,9S6.1l
- nosits--,June 80, 1915 80 261 ,4e4.76
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

Louisiana Democrats laud Pre-
sident Wilson as a leader" in
preparedness. They seem to for
get that the only matter in which
he has really lei was in placing
sugar on the free list, which the
Democrats in Congress very re-
luctantIy agreed to do. 1t took a
later act of Congress to retain q
one cent per pound duty on that
important product of Louisiana.
But for the insistence of Wood
row Wilson, sugar would never
have been scheduled for the free
list. Strange how short some
peoples memories are.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

ence is made to the Underwood
tariff law as a failure in collect
ing revenues at the ports. The
income fax will pay some S2O,-
600, 600 more than was estimated.
But the voters of the country
will not be fooled by this state of
affairs. The tariff tax is paid by
the foreigner. The Democrats
have given up their threadbare
argument that the protective tar
iff affects the cost of living. The
income tax and the "war tax"
are direct taxes paid out of the
pockets of our own people, and
the increase over the estimated
sum, caused by the war, is tenn
porary in it's nature. Should the
cessation of war find us still lab
oring under a Democratic tariff
law, competition from abroad
would 50 diminish incomes that
the income tax collections would
fall far short of any estimate
heretofore made by the prOpon-
ents of the tax. In addition to
this, the huge percentage Of du-
ty-free goods would still further
reduce the revenues. That is eX-
actly what was happening before
the war broke out. The man who
permits the Democratic party to
use this war-order prosperity to
fool him, is indeed blind to his
own interests.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

The Democratic National COM
mittee says the Democratic party
brought prosperity. That is the
politicians view, based on self
interest. A we'll known' writer
in the latest issue of the EcOno-
mic World says that "the great
total of domestic trade and in
dustry, exclusive OF the commod-
tiles and materials which in raw
or manufactured shape are going
abroad for the uses of armies or
non-combatants, is not Indirect
ly, but directly connected with
the continuance of the war. 1t
is the effect of the stimulus which
the war has communicated to do
mestic enterprises in all branches
through the effect on the d6rAes
tic price level of foreign buying
which derives itl prevailing char
acter from the inflationary cpe-
rations of war finance Llus the
imr erative urgency Of war tin
requirements. " But. there are
some few people who will credit
the assertion of the Democratic
committee that it was the Demo
cratic party and not the war that
brought a measure of prosperity
tie some sections of the United
States.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

President Wilson's statement
in his address before the Peace
League. that I'VE have ourselves
upon occasion in the past been
offenders against the law of di
plomacy' is looked upon as a re-
ference to the American part in
setting up Panama as a state in
dependent Of Colombia, in order
to make possible the Panama Ca
nal. If an inter-oceanic canal
had ever heen started in the pre-
sent administration, presidential
change of mind would have made
1T so crooked that boat entering
at Colon would come out three
miles north of that town and five
miles out to sea, and the skipper
would be found dead on the bridge
of vertigo.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15
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The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

Congressman Caleb Powers of
Neutrality-suspicious. election,
President Wilson and those act
ing with him denounced the AID
rich bill as a product of Wall
Street and characterized the
Vreeland provision as the height
of stuEidity. The President
changed his mind about all this,
however, and the editor of the
Wall Street Journal was procured
to write and did write the Demo-
cratic banking and currency law;
and the law, as finally passed,
incorporates most Of the Aldrich
bill. The Vroeland bill, that was
described by the Democrats as
the height OF stupidity, was later
resortad to by them to avert .
financial panic. President Will
son first denounces and then en-
braces the Republican financial
policy
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

The proprietor of a hat store in
New York City was recently fined
$25 under the city's advertising
ordinance for misrepresentation
of advertised facts, because he
represented a hat to be a genu-
inc Panama when it was, in fact,
''but an imitation Panama, one
of the sort imported in great
quantities from Japan. )" If the
Republican rate of duty on straw
hats had been in effect the temp
tation to import hats from Japan
and to misrepresent them would
not have been so great. Thus
we see that, after all. the tariff
has a marked effect on the NOR
ais of the country.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

1t is interesting to note, as the
editcr of the Economic World re-
marks, that the large increase in
bank clearings since the war be-
gan is limited to relatively small
number Of large cities and these
great financial and speculative
centers or "such as have been di-
rectly touched by the demand fer
war supplies. In the great ma
jority Of cities, the clearings are
running very little ahead of 1913.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

In view of the present admin
istration, an 'lnsidious lobby" is
a Lobby against what they want.
Men who come to the support Of
what the administration wants
are 'self-sacrifcing patriots"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a 8 TO RIA
Spend Summer on VOL
CanO.

OSNN
To study the return of plant
life on an Alaskan volcano. Pref.
Robert F. Griggs of the depart
mcnt of botany of the Ohio State
University, accompanied by his
family, left recently for Mount
Katmai, a volcano ne1r the west
ern coast of Alaska The crap
tion of the volcano folr Years ago
destroyed every vestige OF plant
life in the vicinity.
After landing in a small boat,
the party will explore up to the
crater. For supplies they will be
dependent upon small base
which will be exposed to chance
marauders. Water will be scarce,
obtainable only in thick, gritty
form, strained from pumice and
ash.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

TIL 0se song writer's in New
York City who are putting some
of Woodrow's ringing phrases"
to music, should not overlook the
"Too-proud-to fight" expression.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

of Commerce. He said in a
speech on May Is: "The Europe
an war has caused a falling off
in our imports. The Depart
ment reports an increase in i'm
ports at the present time as CON-
pared with corresponding months
prior to the war.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

An Independent" movement
has been started in Washington
for the reelection of President
Wilson. This Independent"
movement is beaded and financed
by twentysix Democrats. There
in lies It's Independence.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

A headline says: Villas arms
dug up" But the troops will
probably be withdrawn without
getting his boGy.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15
War Increases Incomes.

Our war order prosperity has
created another source of jubila-
tion for the Democratic admins
tration. AS foretold KY the Re
puhlicans some time ago, huge
exports Of war munitions to Eu-
rope have so increased the in
comes of stockholders that a large
increase over the estimated reve-
nues from the income tax is look
ed fer this year. The admins
tration is using this to becloud
the tariff issue, aud not a refer
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1916-06-15

Senator Gore Of Oklahoma, ev-
idently has little confidence in
the statistics of the Department
The sun., 1916-01-02
HIGH BRIDGE PIERS A MENACE.
BrooI hoard Of Trade Asks Their
Removal to Protect Shippiue.

The two central supporting piers under
High Bridge. by reason OF their position
20 close TO the channel. aro a serious
menace TO the constantly growing ship
ping or this important way from suction
when a vessel going through the channel
passes between them.
The Bronx Boa3d OF Trade pointed out
this dangerous condition to state En-
gineer Frank NJ Williams who recently
inspected this waterway NJ tho invitation
OF that organization. While tho existing
condition ~ "A menace 20 the present
commercial shipping now using the llar-
lem River. the consensus Of opinion IL
that the danger TO the deeper draught
vessels or the navy. which viii use this
waterway after the completion OF the
improvements now authorized o- being
asked for by Congress, viii he largely
increased unless these piers are removed
Tie BroHx Board OF Trade has taken
n positive stand in the matter, urging
the removal ot the piers. The city en-
gineers do not favor their removal, II is
stated as they claim their removal vii!
lnjure the structure from an aesthetic
viewpoint. They also object on the
ground OF the history OF one OF 'he most
famous bridges in New York. on the
other hand, the State and Government
engineers will not spend dollar on the
Improvement of this waterway until the
piers ar" removed. thus making the mat
ter OF immediate improvement a sort ~
deadlock.
The sun., 1916-01-02
READ JUSTMENT IN REAL
ESTATE STILL GOING ON
Year of 1915 Saw Checking of Liquidation and Nearer
Approach to Proper Economic Bass
Conflict of Old and New

imporia!t section " tho y.,y Wi! nave
To be drastic In its provisions. \ re-
striction TO maximum height Of twelve
stories and to "A maximum area OF 40 per
cent. or the plot viii be- worse thau use
less. The restriction should be at least
as rigid In these respects AS that in the
tenement huuee law. and IN addition D.
t. imperative that u" of N" land and
buildings for manufacturing purposes
within the area or ThiItN-third to FiflN-
ninth street, am, Thirl to seventh Hv.
nucs, should he absolutely prevented
tntil some such law is enacted and en-
forced there viii be- no such thing ~
stability OF land values within 'hat d's-
trlCt
pu tho other hand. the enactment oi
such law would spuL effect a r.fnrna
ton ~ economic conditions throughout
the entire central section and bring agt.f
a prospect Of profit 10 owners OF real prpp-
cr'y I'M that section. AZ - the Office
building section. - would probably TAX,
several wears OF restriction upon height
and area Of construction to make oiii''
building property In general "A desirable
Investment The record of the last ter
years iu ofhc. building construction f.
one that the economist can only view
with ANA cement.
Increasing municipal and state take
AMI III" continuance ~ high interes
rates f"r money are factors operatinG
The sun., 1916-01-02

Tlat e is cntir..N different with
buslncse property Is probably the natural
consequence of the freedom from nearly
all restraint which that class OF properly
has enjoyed during these same fifteen
years. Seen la perspective, the record
h. one that the city authorities the
owners np rators builders and Lenders
can hardly view with pride. l.rfi 10
their own devices every mans hand
seems Ia have h.-n raised agains, hlr
uc.gnh,r. To grab every possible IN
LiNidual alvsnta.c seems TO have been
IN" universal aim. The universal
achievement was overproduction, over
congo ,tlon and stacnatiUn.
II mans foresight were as good as
his h.rdsicht all th's Generalization
would have been avoided In the retro
sp-ct f l. clearly seen that building to
q height of twelve stories and more and
over 90 per cent. of the area built upon
We're the crimes for which the natural
penalty r. LOW bclu- paid. They led 10
that congestion OF the streets and side
walks that dr"y" I'm" rrtal trade away
10 uew districts, with disastrous conSc-
pucuHos to that ,radc also. And when
~, retail trade lrft til" district tile tall
buildings became undesirable to the ten
ants tnut had brought about the re
muNdl and ever since they have beesl
striving to foil, the retail rrade TO
their new locdt uus, ard the latter ar"
striving by all means possible To prevent
them and are living IN terror and peril
~ having To- make another expensive re-
muEnI 10 escape them.
Tho consequence. of all this shifting of
. trade centres has been TIN. complete de-
mortlzHtiou OF land values In the very
'''trc of the borough. whore values are
generally at their highest. No property,
wherever loydt"d. j. exempt from the
peril, for thcr" j. still nothing in tn. law
10 prevent the construction OF factory
buildings. "s'ory-S and lofts" otherwise
Gluriii"d sweatshOps, in immediate con-
tiguitr 10 tn" most exclusive retail shops
g. the city. indeed as things are at the
. moment, there Is no pcruniarv induce-
meat for any other class OF improvement.
And IL il quite certain that loft bulld-
Wgs tor sWcdtshops between Thirty
fourth and Fortieth streets. and between
Madison and sixth avenues, would cost
irs., and pay better than any other form
of Improvement Tor the time being.
lut 1t is also medsurably certain that
# much OF the oil property in that dis
I trict should he built anew with these
. factory or store aud loft buildings the
samc fate would oVcrtake II that has
hofallcn the district below Twenty third
street.
Any statutory reform that will be even
Of stability to land values in this most
The sun., 1916-01-02

against any very considerable increase
" activity in any branch Of the market.
opportunities Tor profitable activity
Seem to bc confined To- the production Of
rev housings and 20 cases OF reimprove-
ncnt IN scattered locations. For over six
years III" volume Of building has stead
iiy declined and yet IN" supply of rent
abel space is we'll in excess Of the de-
mdnd. only here too the fact Is appar-
.nt that renovation "f old buildings or
reconstruction on moderate lines almost
always produces satisfactory results
And il can probably also be tru,hfully
declared that renting in general is bet
'c" at tho close Of 1915 than II has been
for several years. Partly, no doubt. Is
,h!s due 30 IN" restricted supply, but
more of late * IL due to "A revival OF
activity IN manufactures and commerce
and to a considerable increase IN popu-
latiOn
Had II TO, been FOR the war tina, has
plunged 50 much OF the world In the
most destructive conflict known TO his
tory the New York real property market
would by thus time have recovered some
what from the stagua,ion Of recent
| years. but that war interfered with the
prospect of sixteen nonthes ago by first
iprccipitating financial disturbance
tnit called Tor AN immediate and world
Gle readjus,ment ~ credits, and then
threw all our commerce and trade out Of
! balance"
! While (, has resulted IN an unpreCc-
deutod accumulation NJ wealth in this
, country /, set many lines OF business
, back fully Il year IN their prospective
development. among them the real estate
and building lines I'm New York city.
J The end of the war * not yet IN sight,
aud its ultimate effects uron the affairs
Of this country are beyond human ken,
hut the forecast of all other markets IL
: optimistic in the extreme and IL may bo
, that the uuprcc.udeuted development IN
other lines may presently react upon th'
real estate line and bring 20 It "A taste
~ the prosperity 81 has not known for
many years.
The sun., 1916-01-02

IS as much business structure as q
hotel and 10 the north great structures
now rear their heads piercing the sky
line In great rows.
II IL not necessary to be an old Ncw
Yorker 10 recall the changes that have
com. over some Of the downtown streets
one of the most notable changes
downtown is OH the Bowling Green
block formerly known as Steamship
Row. because most of the steamship
offices IN the city were to be found there
until the United States Government de-
cdci 1t wanted the block AZ a site for
it's new Custom House. These old build
The sun., 1916-01-02

The Public service Commission ex-
poets to award construction contracts
on all lines OF the dual system during
the coming year. Contracts have al
ready been awarded :or % out OF 50
contrac, sections into which the work is
divided, leaving only - YET 70 Il" hd-
vertised
The commission announces thtt the
third tracks on the elevated lines IN
Manhattan and The Bronx Will he
orened for traffic early In the new H'af'
and this alone is expected 10 materially
,.lieye congestion. II also plans 20 place
I'm operation during the year the no"
White Plains road extension OF the ieho>
avenue branch cs the existing subway
the new elevated railroads IN queens
borough leading to Astoria ana 'oroI,'~
wi.h connects .ons 10 Manhattan ny 'hr
second avenue elevated railroad az
mo ouccnsbnro subway. II Is asso pos
s,ble ,ha, tho new rapid transit Hhr
The sun., 1916-01-02
MANY NEW SUBWAY LINES
TO BE USED THIS YEAR
Years of Transit Construction to Be Consun1r1ated in
Most Sections-.-$ 81 900 900 Worth of
Work Now Under Wav

IN Jerome avenue NAV be placed in op-
Grafton during the year. at least from
l4.th street north TO the terminus at
Woodlawn road
This winter rapid transit work will
reach q high water mark on December
the Public Service Commission had
completed or under contract construc-
ton work aggregatirs s167.s06, ,s6S. o.
In addition the In,crborough Rapid
Transit Company and the New York Mu-
n!cipal Railway Corporal ion. the two or
Grating companies which entered into the
dual system agreements with the CITY,
The sun., 1916-01-02

only structure shown that IN TO he seen
to-day il the Hotel Manhattan. standing
it Madison avenue and Forty second
street. completed shortly before this view
WAS made. To the left uf the picture.
where III" Old drug store IL seen that
stood at the Park avenue corner, * aow
the Hotel Belmont. The old Grand
Central station just across Forty-s.cond
street. considered wonderful building
IN it's day. has been replaced 10y the
greater structure that dItly disgorges
thousands OF commuters. The old horse
cars on Fortv-second street live only In
memory To-day this dingy looking dis
The sun., 1916-01-02

trict is the heart OF the city. pulsating
with activity tventy-four hours every
day the centre OF a district where real
estate values are advancing steadily to
IN" highest I'oint in Manhdttan.
Equally interesting is the view OF
Fifth avenue and Forty-second street.
Herr. perhaps. n more wonderful tale is
told. for this section has come from
practically nothingness to the position
Of tn. centre of the greatest retail trade
section iu the world. This picture was
made at tho time workn"n started to
take down tho old reservoir to make
room for the great Public Library. A
The sun., 1916-01-02

Continued on Sir'h Poge
The sun., 1916-01-02

mad under way or completed coUstraa.
ton work Oh third tracking ana eyten.
sions OF existing elevated railroads AZ.
sregatlng about s26,O00,O0o, making the
total contracts to date upward of s1as.-
100000. This work is shared bv nor,
than thirty separate contractors Who are
employing n daily average ot abou,
$4,000 men.
The total cost % constructed 80 c.ty
owned lines Is estimated AT S?aC roe. 900
o. which the city Will supply = bout
Continued on Sir'h PaUs
The sun., 1916-01-02

replaced 10y great offices and n theatre.
One OF the busiest subway stations in the
city now takes In and dismisses its great
crowds through entrances where the
restaurant entrance was only few
years ago
Herald Square was just beginning 10
he a centre OF activity when the view
Of II shown was made On the right the
old Baptist Tabernacle has been replaced
by great office building. on the left
Macy's and SAKE now stand TO tend 20
the shopping needs of thousands of peo-
pie every day. The old Marlborough
Hotel has been changed over 40 that IL
The sun., 1916-01-02

NN this and the following mage THr
SUN rcIsodGse> a few object les
SONS for those who have hcs.tttvd
TO invest in New York real "stlt, he
cause they fear it, instability. ur br-
caus" they have taken too seriously the
stories told recently uf high tax rates
and dcpar mental otfousivcresS. or be-
cause they think real estate too SLOW
moving To- satisfy them. The views
reproduced are III OF sections Of New
York city which through the ordinary
development uf the community hlr"
come t. be centres Of interest and OF
great value. All of these views repIv-
The sun., 1916-01-02

ings had stood from Colonial DAYS. In
their best times they were the rcsidences
OF famous old New Workers.. but trade
came along aud oustcd them just ns
trade Is oustiLg famous New Yorker.
Of the present day from huiue> hey
have established IN confines which thev
thought only short time ago were
SAT. from invasion.
These views represent only q Few
seq ions. but they ar" indicative ~
what is going Oh 'n all parta of Nev
York, They are just AN indication of
the opportunities To- be found ou every
side for safe and profitable Investment
The sun., 1916-01-02

glance down Fifth avenue will show
dwellings still comfortably possessing
tho many blocks now occupied by the
great retail shops Of the city. At this
intersection, where In the picture few
lazy hanson cabs are to be seen. 1900
vehicles pass now every day. and the
number Of the few pedestrians in the
daily.
Like a section Of a auic, country town
seems Broadway NJ Forty-second street.
where now during fifteen minutes In the
theatre hour 1900 persons pass. The old
low structures IN the picture have been