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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-15

This store is famed for its cholce
line Of NECKWEAR TIE year
round, but cur holiday showing :
the best ever the prices begin Al
25c. on up to $500. In pretty
holiday boxes.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
OId-Fashioned American Womel

Not all American women are i'm
possible idealists, weak sentimental
lists, or members Of "strict neutrality
leagues. These vociferous ladies have
made such a noise that we are apt to
overlook that great majority Of quiet
ones, the descendants Of those noble
women who were ever ready to suffer
and offer sacrifices in the cause Of
right and justice, as they saw it, in
the Revolution, in the War of 1872
and in the Civil war.
Some of this brand Of women have
decided 1t Is time that they organize
and take some action for the honor
and safety Of their country, and so a
society has been formed in New York
Ito arouse the women of America to a
full realization Of the necessity for
immediate preparedness for war"
eff the war is ever to come,' they
say "the mere instinct Of self-preser-
walton directs that women, too, should
be prepared to defend American ideals
Of liberty, peace and honor"
That sort of sensible and patriotic
talk is very refreshing amid all the
flood of mushy and foolish clamor that
we have been hearing from women
Baltimore Sun.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Do You Know What
a Chuck-Hole Club Is?

Farm and Fireside Egives the
answer to this question. 1t says:
"What is chuck. hole club? 1t
consists of four or five men or boys
one of whom has an automobile.
Each member provides himsels with
pick, shovel, or spade; they climb
i ITO the car and fill every chuck
hole, .bad bridge approach, and any
other bad spot in their neighbor-
hood that does not require the
work of a regular road gang.
Each member agrees to fill at
least one chuck hole a month, and
to encourage others to help improve
the roads. Apparently there is
nothing about the scheme which
will not bear transplanting to any
locality that is interested in better
roads"
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
,MaIiIiie

! Newport, RI, July because
they use too much water and too
little soap, women do not get the
same dazzling whiteness in their
washed clothes as do the United
States Marines, Sergeant Clarence
D. Rhoades, of the Marine Corps,
told party of society women
visiting the battleship Utah today.
1.-The eye-paining brilliance of
our white clothes is due to the fact
that we wash with our heads as
we'll as our hands, and we let soap
do its proper share of the work
Just enough water to thoroughly
wet the wash is sufficient" the
sergeant continued, land the less
water and more soap one uses the
whittier the washing will turn out.
The fair visitors seemed greatly
impressed with the lesson given
them in an art that is dear to every
momans's heart.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
ALL RACES CROWD ZANZIBAR
East African City Is Easily One Of the
Most Cosmopolitan Places
on the Earth.

when Zanzibar plays the flute half
Africa Dances" says an old Arab prov
erb. Zanzibar is not as important to-
day as it was when that saying was
coined, but the island city is still DOM
inant over the trade of a vast stretch
of territory. 1t lies just few miles
off the shores of what was, in July,
1914, German East Africa. The future
name of the country and the future
prosperity of Zanzibar both depend on
the upshot of the little argument now
being waged in Europe between Ger
many and the allies. Zanzibar is now
British protectorate.
1t Is not a beautiful town, though
from over the water it has a certain
exotic charm of its own. The sea is
very clear and rich in tints of green
and blue. The dense tropical vegeta-
ton through which the white houses
Of the city peep out, the vivid flares Of
color where some roof is covered with
flowers, are more like an impressionist
Zanzibar does not improve on closer
acquaintance, though. You land on
wide quay and fight your way through
small but energetic gathering of GU
rio peddlers, who sell carved ebony,
beaten silver, trinkets of ivory, wares
from Japan and native sapphires.
Then you plunge into closely packed
Arab and native houses, with narrow,
winding streets and a comprehensive
assortment Of smells
Zanzibar has large assortment of
everything. You see a dozen varieties
of fruit that you never heard of be-
fore. Natives and Europeans suffer
from long and diversified list of
novel diseases. The commerce and
industry of the town includes a little
Of everything. The people are the
most varied Of ALL
There are consuls from half dozen
countries, as the Tapping flags attest.
The English are here in force, with
the mixture of conventionality and eff
ficiency that distinguishes them from
Jamaica to Nairobi. There is a big
Indian bazaar, very crowded and very
dirty. Black natives from the main
land abound, dressed in the cheap cot
ton print called "mericani" Many Of
the local traders are Cingalese and
men of Goa. Everywhere stalks the
scornful Arab, surveying the populace
with sort of melancholy contempt, as
though he still lived in those great
days when Zanzibar was the strong
hold of an Arabian empire.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Here's a Good Receipt

To Can Beans String and snap;
then boil until tender. Have the
glass cans ready, pour hot water in
first, then empty out, fill with hot
beans and liquid. Have some
vinegar boiling. Put two table
spoonfuls in each can. Put on new
rubbers, and screw the lid tight.
Melt some paraffin and let it get
partly cool, then plaster over the
rubber so as to exclude the air.
When ready to use the canned
beans, unless the taste of vinegar
is deired, the beans should be put
in cold water several times and
heated, each time draining the
water off and putting fresh on.
Then season with pepper, salt, and
and either bacon or ham frying.
These are almost as good as fresh
beans from the garden. Farm and
Fireside.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
American Money In Spain.

DR.. Charles w. A Veditz, the United
States commercial attache at Paris,
has returned from Spain, where he
made an extended investigation into
the industrial and commercial situa-
ton, particularly with regard to op-
portunities for the investment Of
American capital and the attitude Of
the Spanish government and business
world toward American enterprises In
Spain.
One of these is proposed fast, d.
rect, electrically operated railroad from
the French frontier to Madrid to SUI
persede the present one, which fol-
lows a roundabout route and differs
in gauge from that of the other Euro
pean roads.
1t is announced that as a result of
conferences one Of the largest banks
in New York is considering the pos
sihility of establishing branch banks
in Spain and also in Portugal.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04

NOTE: Folks in town and adjoining
counties are delighted with the results
theyha obtained by usingv ANURIC,"
the newest discovery o. DR.. Pierce, who
is head of the INvALIDs' HUTEL and
SURGICAL INSTITUTE, in Buffalo, N. Y.
Those who started the day with a back
ache, stiff legs, arms and muscles, and
an aching head (worn out before the
day began because they were in and out
of bed half dozen times at night are
approaching the perfect rest, comfort
and new strength they obtained from
DIR. Pierce's Anuric Tablets. To prove
that this is a certain uric acid solvent
and conquers headache, kidney and
bladder diseases and rheumatism, if
you've never used the "Anuric," cut
This out and send ten cents to Doctor
Pierce for a large sample package. This
will prove to you that "Anuric"' is
thirty seven times more active than
iithia in eliminating uric acid-and the
most perfect kidney and bladder cor
rector. If you are sufferer, 60 to your
best druggist and ask for 5O-cent box
of wAnuric.D You run no risk for DR..
Pierce's good name stands behind this
wonderful new discovery as it has for
the past half century for his vGolden
Medical Discovery" which makes the
blood pure, bis HFaverite Prescription"
for weak women and HPleasant Pellets"
for liver ille, ---e
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Bell the Cat. Save Birds.

Mrs. Eugene J. Carrigan of Put-in-
Bay, O., would save song birds from
cats by attaching small bell to a
ribbon or string tied around the fe-
line neck. The bell, she explains.
would give the bird warning of the
cats approach and enable it to get
away.
81 have two pet CATS" says Mrs.
Carrigan, land last summer / know
they caught and killed several hum
lred birds. They would ignore a
mouse any time to get bird, and the
prettier the latter the better they
seemed to like 1t.
Mrs. Carrigan will endeavor to start
a nationwide movement in behalf of
birds by inducing owners of cats to
employ the bell as means of giving
warning when attack is contemplated
by cats.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
1 GENERAL SURVEY Of
The WAR
SATURDAY..

Striking with Overwhelming force,
the Russian army in the vicinity OF
the Styr has forced General Won Lin
singen's forces to retreat again, this
time across both that river and the
Lipa. The Austro-Germa are re-
ported in considerable di2order. The
Russian battering ram struck on a
front of fifteen miles in this engage
mont, and crossed the Lipa under
heavy fire, capturing 1000 prisoners,
according to Petrograd dispatches.
Renewing their assaults on the Ver-
dun front the Germans -Sttackel the
French near Damloup bnt the Paris
war office states they wire repulse !.
The Germans attacked french p 81
tons in the Vosges mountains, but tie
attackers, it is stated, were driven off.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
THURSDAY.

Pushing their attack in Galicia, the
Russians have captured $3.50 more
Teuton prisoners, together with five
cannon and twenty-five machine guns.
Petrograd- announces. General SAX
haroff, by flank movement, has reach.
ed a point ten miles from Brody, and
threatens the Austrian defenders In
that town. Vienna admits an enforced
retreat north of Brody. Berlin says
Russian attacks near Baranovichi and
Berestechl1 have been repulsed.
The Russian advance in Armenia
continues. In the capture of Erzingan,
Grand Duke Nicholas army took pos
session of a Turkish depot Of war
supplies.
A lively artillery action is in pro-
sress on the Anglo-German front in
nortehrn France, evidently in prepare.
ton for a new British attack. Through
out the night British continued to
press the Germans with hand-to-hand
encounters at various points, says the
official London statement.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
SUNDAY.

The fourth week of the Somme bat
tie begins well for the allies. The
British began a new attack on the
whole line from Pozieres end Guile
ment and established themselves in
PoZieres.
German counter attacks failed to
drive the French from Sheir new po-
sitions and the allies now are fighting
slowly toward Combles, two miles
from Guillemont.
Austrian troops in the Carpathi'n
region of southern Bukow;na, s.ut1-
east of Tatarow, have withdrawn to-
ward the main ridge Of the Carpa-
thians under the menace of a heavy
Russian assault.
New positions have been wrested
from the Adstrians in the steady ltal
ian pressure in the Trentino.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
WEDNESDAY,.

The entire village Of Pozieres, north.
ern France, in which a desperate bat.
tie has been waged for several days,
has been won by the British, London
announces. By completing his occupa,
ton of Pozieres General Haig has
wen another vantage point in his Of
fensive along the Somme with Ba-
paume as his objective. The British
advance is being pushed also on tither
side of the village and the official
statement records the capture of two
strcng trenches to the west.
Russian troops have captured Erin
gan in battle, according to an official
statement from Petrosrad, thus gam.
ing control o. all OF Armenia. The
car has sent a message Of congratu.
tation to Grand Duke Nicholas upon
his victory.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
MONDAY.

General Kuropatkir's forces are
said to have penetrated the lines CT
Field Marshal Won Hindenburg a dis
lance of twelve miles at one point, in
a drive south Of Riga. The forward
movement has extended over a f"on.
OF thirty miles. The simu!tane us
pressure is being continued on the
Galioian frontier and on the extreme
southeast part of the line, with Rus
sian progress reported at all points.
The kaiser has gone from the western
to the eastern front.
In Armenia, Russian forces are re-
ported within fifteen miles of ERIN,
gan, which they are approaching from
the north and the south. Constant'n n.
ople reports a victory over the Rus.
SLAMS in Persia.
London reports important advan-
tages gained by the British in their
fight for Pozieres, the present foca,
point of their attack in the Somme
region. Despite a stubborn German
defence a large portion Of the town
Is now in British hands.
Rome reports Italian gains in the
fight for possession Of Mount Cimont'
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applica tions. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There IS
only one way TO cure deafness. and that Is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness IS
caused by an innamed condition of the mu-
cous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. when
this tube is iniamed you have rumbitng
sound or imperfect hearing, and when ii IS
entiroiy closed Dee mess is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal condi-
ton hearing will he destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused By Catarrh.
which is nothing but al intiamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
we will give One Hundred Dollars for any
casc OF Deafness Caused by catarrh) tnat
cannot b. cured By Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free
f. -TENEY & CO., Toledo. Ohio.
Sold by .usg ists 7Hc.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Terrible Explosion
Kills SO; Property
Loss Is $50,000,0O0

scores injured, S5O,00O,000 in dam
age, is the net result of a series Of
t iic explosions in mun!tion cars,
barges, and warehouses near the
Statue of Liberty shortly after 2
0 clock this morning.
New York, New Jersey, Della
ware, Connecticut, and Pennsyl-
vania. all were rocked by the up
heaval which caused panic in
New York and Brooklyn.
The first explosion was followed
by thirty minor explosions in rail
road yards and terminals On the
New Jersey shore.
hundreds of fragments of shells
rained on the lower city and bodies
were hurled high in air in plain
view of police and firemenwere called
fIantically to the scene of the blaz-
ing warehouses.
Rocked by the ,rpheaval, Ellis
Island immigrants ran screaming
from their b. d.. were hurried
alb nard barges aid rushed away as
wo lighters, loaded to the gun
walls with explosives and llazing
fiercely, bumped into the piers OF
the island
For ninety miles into New Jersey
people were reused from bed by the
laundering echoes of the catas'
trophe.
In Manhattan and Brooklin the
first effect of the reverbara'ing
quake was amazing. People rushed
to tie streets half clad from hotels
aad home. Windows in hundres of
stores were shattered. leaving the
contents easy prey for lotters, who
gathered harvest.
Broadway was a sea of glass.
Signs were torn down and crashed
to the cutters.
Broadway's white light district
was terrorized. At first it was
thought the subway had blown up
or building had collapsed.
Frightened guests ran from the
Astor, the St, Regis, the Waldorf
the McAlpin, the Biltmore, and a
score of other hotels in Manhattan
On every lip was the frightened
cry, 1.-THE world is coming to an
end!"
Lower Manhattan, with its
streets of great skyscrapers, seemed
to rock like tree in a gale.
Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan
Bridge seemed for a moment to
swing uncertainty. Crossing trolley
cars seemed to hop into the air for
inches and then to stumble back to
the tracts Passengers were crushed
against each other, and glass was
shattered.
A striking description of the
scene in the bay is given by Capt
James Maher, OF the tug britannia.
He was returning from Yonkers
and was just north of Ellis Island
when he saw a stupendous burst of
flame.
"My tug swayed and rocked, "
said he, land almost at once the
air W as filled with bits of boxes,
scraps of iron, and all sorts Of
derres, some red hot viii CHI fell on
all sides of US.
Clearing for those on Ellis Is.
land, ran full speed for the station
there. AS l raced one explosion
after another hurled thousands of
shells into the bay and filled it with
a stream of lights.
"As we neared the island, we
ran through regular storm of
descending wreckage. Afterward
I learned the shock did 81 900, 900
damage to the immigration station
thora ~
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Dress Wounds With Powdered Sugar


Powdered sugar dressing for sup
purating and contaminated wounds is
receiving a thorough test in the Ger
man army and has proved highly sat-
isfactory, according to DR.. F. Hercher,
who reports to the Muenchner Medi'
zinische Wochenschift the experiences
of hlmself-and so other army surgeons
in the use of 1t. He has used 1t In
more than 1000 cases.
Doctor Hercher says that powdered
sugar makes it unnecessary to rinse
out or irrigate wound, as it causes
such profuse oozing of fluid that the
wound is copiously washed from with
in. It's efficiency is due mainly to its
stimulation of secretion, and this di.
lutes and washes away the pus.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
The Changeful Sex.

The Captain-Dashed curious thing,
Peters-women living longer than
men.
The Chemist-Speaking from ex-
perience, sir, I should say that women
are dyeing much younger than they
did.-London Opinion.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
SUFFERED FROM BAGKACHE
RHEUMATISM, DROpsY.

Dear Mr.. Editoq-I wish to tell you
of recent experience had when suf-
fering from backache, weak back, rheu-
matism, dropsy, and congestion of the
kidneys. tried new medicine called
uAnuric," which has recently been dis
covered by DR.. Pierce, of whose medi-
cines and Surgical Institution in Buffalo,
N. Y, you have no doubt heard for
wears. This medicine acted upon me
in a wonderful manner. never have
taken any medicine SO helpful in such
quick time. I do wish anyone in need
of such remedy would give it trial.
(Signed) &. Il. HERR.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Great Project feasible.

italian engineers have reported en-:
tirely feasible a proposed tunnel from
Venice to the Island of Lido, which
will be two miles long and in places
q feet beneath th3 SEA.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
TUESDAY,.

The British are holding all the
ground gained along the Somme front
in northern France against desperate
counter attacks by the Germans, &C
cording to the official London state
ment. Fresh German troops have
been pushed into the fray and add,
tional artillery massed, but General
Sir Douglas Haig reports that the Ger
mans a no point succeeded in reaching
the British trenches.
Resuming their assaults on the Ger
man lines south of the Somme, the
French have made progress both to tie
north and south Of Soyecourt, On the
right flank of their offensive.
Cossacks, penetrating into Hungary,
have caused a panic among the popu-
lation, which is fleeing the country.
Berlin admits the loss of positions by
General Won Linsengen in the Lipa
river district. The Russian drive
against Won Hindenburg's line, south
Of Riga, has been brought to a halt,
according to the German reports.
An Italian official statement says
Monte Cimore has been wrested from
the Austrians.
Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1916-08-04
Deutschland Starts
Her Return Voyage

Baltimore, August AT 5 IS
this afternoon the German U-boat
liner Deutschland, left her dock at
Ballttitnore and began the first lap Of
her retarn voyage to Bremen.
She made the trip down the river
on the surface of the water, and
was towed by the tug Timmins.
The Deutschland flew the Ger
man flag in conspicuous place.
:. 1t is expected that the Deutsch-
land will reach Hampton Roads in
the morning, and that she will an
Choir there and await a favorable
chance to evade the Gordon of
French and English battleShips.
Baltimore, August l. Owen Cole
man, the pilot who brought the
German subsea freighter Deusch-
land safe into port, will take her out
again. Plans of the promoters call
for him to pilot her down the bay
before night.
This was learned authoritatively
early today, and it was understood
that Coleman was at the dock
where the Deutschland and tug
Timmins lie.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-22
Biggest Year In
History of Automobile
Trade Is Predicted
(By A. r. Cosgrove.)

It appears to me that the automo-
bile industry is entering into the big
gest year in the history of the trade.
The manufacture of automobiles has
been reduced to a science. Values
which 10 years ago were undreamed
of are now being offered to the auto
mobile enthusiasts, and the field of
buyers is increasing in number and
in scope to such an extent that today
the automobile is as much a family
necessity as the cottage organ was 80
years ago.
BY far the most important class of
buyers will be found upon the great
farms of the Middle West and the
West, a condition which is not at all
remarkable when it is considered that
the crops of the past year sold at
wartime prices have netted the farm
ers OF this country over $500, 100000.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-22

more body room; larger crank shaft
dimensions, and the installation of
long fat springs in the rear to make
for extremely easy riding. Incident
ally, Mr. Chandler said that with the
new art roll cowl body it was possible
to build a body stronger yet rs per
cent. lighter with the same size, or
even a size slightly larger, which
means that the weight of the new car
will be less, if anything, than the
Model 16 car, of which the company
have delivered approximately 10000
the past season.
Mr.. Chandler pointed out that with
the slight changes in the motor speed
OF so Eat1es an hour with seven
passenger car, fully loaded, was easily
obtainab1e, with sufficient power to
negotiate any of Americas famous
demonstrating hills on high NgearA
There is not one person in a Thousand
who ever cares to drive a, car any
where near the maximum speed OF
the Chandler.
Excessive speed claims have never
been part of the Chandler company's
advertising, they feeling that the av-
erage purchaser was interested more
in comfort, durability and, low cost
Of maintenance, rather than to have
a racing machine, which at best is
most costly to operate, as it is twice
as expensive to drive a distance of SO
miles at the rate Of so miles an hour
as 1T is to drive the same distance
at the rate of 80 miles an hour
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-02-22

costs nothing.
The great fault with most shock
absorbers are that they pull in a tri-
Angular way. Mr.. Fred M. Swope
demonstrated to group of interested
spectators at the show that the double
springs on the w. and C. shock alb
sorbers entirely eliminate this thereby
saving the wear on the bearings. They
also relieve the main springs and save
breakage. Bearings are provided with
good dust-proof oilers that can't lose.
This adds to the durability; w. and c.
shock absorbers outlast the car. =
A feature to remember is that the
car, as well as the passenger, rides on
springs. w. and G. shock abSorbers
save their cost many times in the
wear and tear of the car. A guaran-
tee goes with every set.
w. and C. shock absorbers were the
feature of the Panama Exposition; at
the auto shows in Toledo, Chicago,
Brooklyn, and will be shown at Bos-
ton and Pittsburgh shows. The COM
pany offers an attractive proposition
to live dealers everywhere.