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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-19
SOIT, STUDY OF HALIFAX
COUNTY JUST FINISHED

A soil survey of Halifax County
has recently been completed by
the United States Department OF
A agriculture, Bureau Of Soils, IN
co-operation with the division Of
Agronomy Of the North Carolina
Department Of Agriculture and
State Experiment Station.
This survey consists Of a report
on the description Of the area,
climate, agriculture and soils.
When printed, it will be accom-
panied by a map, showing IN col
ors the occurrence and distribu-
ton of the different types of soil
found in the county.
Halifax County lies in the north
eastern part Of North Carolina
and embraces an era Of approx
mately $50 square miles, or 435,
200 acres. Two watersheds, Roa-
noke River and Fishing Creek, to-
gether with their tributaries, af-
ford good drainage for the greater
part Of the area. It is favored
with mild and equable climate
and a growing season of about
1875 days for the tenderest vegeta
ton. The agriculture consists
mainly in the production Of cotton
peanuts and tobacco for revenue
and corn and some wheat for sub
sistence purposes. Oats, clover
cowpeas and soybeans are all
grown to some extent. In connec.
ton with the general farming, a
few farmers are now raising i'm
proved cattle and hogs for mar
ket.
Halifax County lies partly with
in the Coastal Plain and partly
within the Piedmont Plateau re
gion Of the State. The line separ-
ating these two regions in a nor
therly direction from the mouth
Of Little Fishing Creek on the
southern boundary to the mouth
of Deep Creek on the Roanoke
River. The soils east Of this line
are Of sedimentary origin and
vary in topography from rolling
and somewhat billy to level and
fat. The soils west Of the divid.
ing line are Of residual origin and
present somewhat broken appear
ance.
In the survey IS types of sol
were recognized. Most Of these
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-19
Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Says we can't look or feel rlQht
with the system full
Of poisons.

Millions Of folks battle internally
-,ow instead of loading their system
,th drugs. Whats an inside bath ?"
III say. Well, it is guaranteed to per-
.orr1 miracles if you could believe
:;ese hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers of men and
omen who, Immediately upon arising
tle morning, drink glass of real
!, ct water with a teaspoonful of lime
one phosphate in it. This is very
: <cellent health measure. It Is In
:, need to flush the stomach, liver. kid
.ys and the thirty feet of intestines
60 the previous days waste, sour bile
ID indigestible material left over in
2 cody which If not eliminated every
{ ~ become food for the millions Of
! acteria which infest the bowels, the
llck result is pOisOns and toxins
-nich are then absorbed into the blood
;ausing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste, colds, stomach trou-
bic, kidney misery, sleeplessness, i'm
pure blood and all sorts Of ailments.
People who feel good one day and
,adly the next, but who simply can
cot get feeling right are urged to
obtain a quarter pound of limestone
Phosphate at the drug store. This
Ill cost very little but is sufficient
o make anyone q real crank on the
inject of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
20 skin, cleansing, sweetening and
! hening, so limestone phosphate and
lot water act on tho stomach, liver.
ddpaTs ana bowels. It is vastly more
important to battle on the inside than
IN the outside, because the skin pores
10 not absorb impurities into the
'lood while the bowel pores do.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-19
DRUGS EXCITE YOUR
KIDNEYS, USE SALTS
II yeur 1aak Il aching q BlaAder
eeeheE1, drink lots 81 water
011 ct Len mat

WhAa your Edneys hurt and ycur baek
70 load your stomach With ( lot 81 1ssae3
that excite tho kidneys and irritate ths
entire urinary tract. Keep your Kidneys
clean like you keep your bowels clean.
BY flushing them with . mild, harmless
salts which removes the body's. urinous
waste and stimulates them to their nor
NAL activity. Tho function Of tho kid
neys IL to filter tho blood. In p hours
they strain from it 500 grains of acid
ana waste, 20 We can readily understand
the vital Importance of keeping the kid
neys active.
DE1nk lots OF water-you can't drink
TOO much; also get from any pharmacist
about four ounces of Jad Salts; take
tablespoonful in 4 glass of water
before breakfast each morning for few
days and your kidneys will act fine.
This famous salts is made from the
acid OF grapes and lemon juice, combined
with lithia, and has been used for genera
lions to clean and stimulate clogRed kid.
neys; also to neutralize the acids in
urine SO it no longer is source of irri-
tation, thus ending bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannot in.
lure; makes a delightful effervescent
Whitewater drink which everyone should
take now and then to keep their kid.
neys clean and active. Try this, als>
keep up the water drinking, and NJ
doubt you will wonder what became o.
your kidney trouble and backache.
CHAMBERLAIN'S COUGH REM
EDY.
This is not only one Of the best an6
most efficient medicine for coughs
colds and Group, but is also pleasant
and safe to take, which is important
when medicine must be given to chill
dren. Many mothers have given il
their unqualified endorsement.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-19
HOW TO PREVENT GROUP

In child that is subject to attacks
OF Group the first indication of the
disease is hoarseness. Give Chamber
lain g Cough Remedy as soon as the
child becomes hoarse and the attack
may be awarded off and all danger
and anxiety avoided.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-12-19

are now being used to more or
less extent for the production OF
crops, and are capable Of being
brought up and maintained IN
HIGH state Of cultivation. Practl-
cally all crops common to the
Coastal Plain and Piedmont Plat
eauregions are successfully grown.
In Halifax County there is am
pie room Of extension Of every
phase Of agricultural work now
being done, and in many sections
new crops could be profitably IN
troduced. In the western part Of
the county, where thousands OF
acres of undeveloped lands are to
be found, small sgrains, grasses
and clovers would in most cases
do well. In the vicinity Of Little
ton, Airlie and Aurellian Springs
the acreage of tobacco might be
proftably increased. The flat
lands in the vicinity Of Palmyra
and Hobgood are similar to the
best strawberry soils Of Columbus
County. This crop could be sue
cessfully introduced. The first
bottom land lying along Roanoke
River, which is Of now value for
farming purposes, on account OF
the danger Of overflow, could be
cleared~and used for the pastur-
age of cattle. This soil, when
cleared, supports growth of wild
clovers and natural grasses which
make excellent grazing for cattle
from April till November. A few
farmers now have herds of from
SO to $50 cows and appear to be
receiving good returns from them.
"OoC VI CuC SO1IS VI l1d11ldA
County are deficient in humus.
This can be supplied by the grow
ing and turning under legumes.
These crops not only result in the
addition Of the necessary humus,
but also, when properly handled,
store up in the soil nitrogen,
which is one Of the most expen-
sive Of the plant foods.
The Commonwealth will receive
number Of copies. of the soil sur
vey report and also the maps of
Halifax County, as soon as they
are off the press, which can be OBJ
tanned free Of charge upon appli-
cation at the office of The Com
monwealth, Scotland Neck.
The report and maps are now in
the hands of the public printer,
Washington, D. c., and as soon as
released by him will be distribu-
ted from this office, notice of the
receipt of this survey and maps
will be made in these columns.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07
CHAPTER viii.

Through the open country Bibbs was
borne flying between brown fields and
sun-fecked groves of gray trees to
breathe the rushing, clean air beneath a
glorious sky. Upon Bibbs' cheeks there
was a hint Of actual color, but unde-
niably its phantom. This apparition
may have been partly the result Of a
lady's bowling to him upon no more
formal Introduction than the circum-
stance of his having caught her look
ing into his window a month before.
It seemed to Bibbs that she must have
meant to convey her forgiveness. Nor
did he lack the impression that he
would long remember her as he had
Just seen her; her veil unanimously
blowing back, her face glowing in the
wind-and that look of gay friendli-
ness tossed to him like fresh rose in
carnival.
BY and by, upon a rising ground. the
driver halted the car. then backed and
tackled, and sent it forward again with
its nose to the south and the smoke.
They passed from the farm lands, and
came, in the amber light of November
late afternoon. to the farthermost out.
skirts Of the city. The sky had become
only dingy thickening OF the soileG
air; and roar and c!angor Of metals
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07

demands; hospital ambuIances clam
ored wildly for passage; steam whistles
signaled The swinging of titanic
tentacle and claw; riveters ratified like
machine guns; the ground shook to the
thunder of gigantic trucks; and the
conglomerate sound Of it all was the
sound of earthquake playing accom-
oaniments for battle and sudden death.
And in the hurrying crowds. swirl
ing and sitting through the brobdingna-
gian camp of iron and steel, one saw
the camp followers and the pagan
women-there would be work today
and dancing tonight. For the Puritan's
dry voice is but the cracking OF leaf
underfoot in the rush and roar of the
coming of the new Egypt.
Bibbs was on time. He knew it
must be "to the minute" or his father
would consider it an outrage; and the
big chronometer in Sheridan's Office
marked four precisely when Bibbs
walked in. Coincidentaly with his en-
trance five people who had been at
work in the Office, under Sheridan's di-
rection, walked out. They departed
upon no visible or audible suggestion,
and with a promptness that seemed
ominous to the newcomer. AS the mas
sive door clicked softly behind the
elderly stenographer, the last of the
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grew before, whenever I laid my hand
on the ground and wiIled 'em to grow.
I've built big, and want the buildtn'
to go on. And when my last hour
comes l want to know that my boys
are ready to take charge. Bibbs, when
I'm up above want to know that the
big share I've made mine, here below.
is CROWN bigger and bigger in the
charge Of my boys"
He leaned back, deeply moved.
"There!' he said, huskily. 1--WE never
spoken more what was in my heart in
my life. do it because want you
to Understandable not think me a
mean father. I never had to talk that
way to Jim and Roscoe. They under
stood without any talk, Bibbs."
II see" said Bibbs. AT least !
think do. But"
'Wait 4 minute!' Sheridan raised
his hand. IF you see the least bit In
the world. then you understand what
it meant to start one O. my boys and
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07

beat dca feningly on Bibbs' ears. Now
the car passed two great blocks Of long
brick buildings, hideous in all ways
possible to make them hideous. And
big as these shops were, they were
growing bigger, spreading over third
mushroominS to completion in some
hasty cement process Of 4 stability not
0ver-reassuring. Bibbs pulled the rug
closer about him, and not even the
phantom Of color was left upon his
cheeks as he passed this place, for he
knew it too well. Across the face OF
one Of the buildings there was an enor-
nous sign: SHERIDAN Automatic
Pump company, Inc.'
Thence they went through streets Of
wooden houses. all grimed, and adding
their own CRIME from MANY a sooty
chimney; tlimsy wooden houses Of a
thousand nmsy WITNESSES in the fash
ioning, built on narrow lots and nudg-
ing one another GROSSLY. Along these
streets there were skinny shade trees,
and here and there forest elm or wal
nut had been left; but these were
dying. Some people said it was the
scale; some said it was the smoke; and
some were sure that asphalt and "im-
proving" the streets did it; but Bigness
was in too big a hurry to bother much
about trees.
Onward the car bore Bibbs through
the older parts of the town where the
few solid old houses not already de-
mOlishcd were in transition; some were
being made into apartment buildings;
others had gone uproariously into
trade; one or two peeped humOrously
over the tops of office buildings of one
story in the old front yards. Altogether,
the town here was like boarding.
house hash the Sunday after Thanks
giving; the old ingredients were dis.
ccrnble.
This was the fringe of Bigness' own
sanctuary, and now Bibbs reached the
roaring holy Of holes itself. Magnifi-
cent new buildings, already dingy,
doomed hundreds of feet above him !.
newer ones, more magnificent, were
rising beside them, rising higher; the
streets were laid open to their entrails
and men worked underground between
palisades, and overhead in metal cob
webs like spiders in the sky. Trolley
cars changed and shrieied their way
round swarming corners; motor cars
Of every kind and shape known to man
babbled frightful warnings and frantic
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07
SYNOPSIS.

CiAIIER l-Snefludn 5 attempt 10
make a business man of his son Bibbs
by starting him in the machine shop
ends in Bibbs going to a sanitarium.
a nervous wreck
CHAPTER lon his return Bibbs
is met at the station by his sister
Edith.
CHAPTER lIl--Hc finds himself
an incOnsiderable and uncOnsidered
figure in the New House" Of the Sher-
idans. He sees Mary Vertrees looking
at him from summer house next
door,
CHAPTER IV-The Vertreeses, old
town family and impoverished call
on the Sheridans, newly-rich, and aft
erward discuss them. Mary puts into
words her parents unspoken wish
that she marry one of the Sheridan
boys. H..
CHAPTER Vat the Sheridan
housewarming banquet Sheridan
spreads himself. Mary frankly en-.
courages Jim Sheridan's attention.
and Bbbs hears he is to be sent back
to the machine shop.
CHAPTER Vl-Mary tells her
mother about the banquet and shocks
her mother by talking of Jim as a
matrimonial possibility.
CHAPTER VII-Jim tells Mary
Bibbs is not a lunatic-"just queer"
He PROPOSES to Mary, who half &C
cepts him.
II don't know" she repeated. Her
voice was low and troubled and HON
est, and she kept her clear eyes upon
bis.
Twill you tell me something"
almost anything
''Havc you ever told any man you
loved him.
And at that, though she laughed, she
looked a little contemptuous. No.
she said. And | don't think [ ever
shall tell any man that-Or ever know
what it means. I'm in earnest, Mr..
Sheridan
Then you--yOu've just been flirting
with mc!' Poor Jim looked both furi.
GUS and crestfallcn.
Not one bit"' she cried. Not one
word! Not one syllable! I've meant
every single thing"
II don't
"Of course you DON'T she said.
"NOW, Mr.. Sheridan, want you to
start the car. Now! Thank you. SLOW
", till finish what want to say. |
have not fiirted with you. l have de-
liberatcly courtcd you. One thing more.
and then | want you to take me
straight home, talking about the
weather all the way. said that | do
not believe 7 shall ever care for any
istence of the kind of caring we hear
about in poems and plays and novels. I
think it must be just kind Of emo
tional talk-mOst of it. At I'LL events,
l don't feel it. Now, we can 90 faster,
please"
Just where does that let me out ~
he demanded. How does that excuse
you for
1T isn't an excuse" she said, gently.
and gave him one final look wholly
des0late. Il haven't said l should
never marry" .....
"What?' Jim gasped.
she inclined her head In q broken
sort Of acquiesccncc, very humble, IN
fat!lomably sOrrowtui.
II promise nothing she said
family.
You needn't!' shouted Jim. radiant
and exultant. You needn't! BY
George! know you're square; that's
enough for me! You wait and promise
whenever you're readye'
Don't forget what l asked she
begged him.
Talk about the weather? l will!
God bless the old weather. cried the
happy Jim.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07

have him come back on me the way
you did, and have to be sent to SAM
tarium because he couldn't stand work.
Now, let's get right down to it, Bibbs.
I've had a whole lot O. talk with ole
Doc Quincy about you, one time and
another. and reckon I understand
your case just about as well as ne
does, anyway.
snow, why did work make you sick
instead of brace you up and make a.
man Of you the way it ought OF done!
I pinned ole Quincy down to it. says,
Look here, amt itSreally because he
lust plain hated it.? Yes he says,
that's it. If he'd enjoyed it, it wouldn't
a. hurt him. And that's about the
way it isl
Eyes" said Bibbs, "that's about the
way it Isl
"Well, then, I reckon it's up to me
not only to make you do it, but to
make you like it!' Y
Bibbs shivered. And he turned upon
his father a look that was almost
ghostly. Il can't" he said, in low
voice. II can't" --,. IA {
'"Can't 60 back to the shop?" !
mo Can't like it. can't" ~.
Sheridan jumped up, his patience
gone. To his own view, he had rea-
soned exhaustively, had explained
fully and had pleaded more than IA
Their should, only to be met in the end
with the unreasoning and mysterious
stubbornness which had been Bibbs'
battling characteristic from childhood.
by George, you will" he cried.
"You'll so back there and you'll like it!
Quincy says it won't hurt you If you
like it, and he says it II kill you if you
go back and hate it; SO it looks as II it
was about up to you not to hate it.
WE'LL Gurney's fool! Hatin' work
doesn't kill anybody; and this isn't
goin' to kill you, whether you hate it or
not. I've never made mistake in a
serious matter in my life, and it wasn't
a mistake my sendin' you there in the
first place. And I'm goin' to prove it,
Pm goin' to send you back there and
vindicate my judgment. Quincy says
it's all mental attitude Well, you're
goin' to learn the right one! He says
in a couple of more months this fool
thing that's been the matter with you'll
be disappeared completely and you'll
be back in as good or better condition
than you were before you ever went
into the shop. And right then is when
you begin overnight in that same
shop! Nobody can call me hard man
or a mean father. l do the best can
for my children, and I take the full
responsibility for bringin' my sons up
to be men. Now, so far, I've failed
with you. But I'm not goin' to. keep
on failin'. l never tackled a job yet I
didn't put through, and I'm not goin'
to begin with my own son. I'm goin'
to make man Of you. BY God! l
am!'
Bibbs rose and went slowly to the
door, where he turned. you say you
give me a couple Of months?" he said.
Sheridan pushed bell.button on bis
desk. Journey said two months more
would put you back where you were.
You go home and begin to get yourself
in the right mental attitude before
those two months are up! Good-by"
"Good-by, sir" said Bibbs, meekly.
ITO be continued next woek.l
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1916-05-07
REGAIN, N. D.

REGAIN, N. D.
l hereby announce myself Repub-
lican candidate for the Office of Coun-
treasurer. ADV.
S. E. MATHS. 8
.s.=s -
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1916-12-15
Bond Issue for Court House
Under Amusement by Judge

ents passed the resolution for the
bond issue. There are also other
questions about that particular SEES
sion of the board being legal that
the court will be called upon to de-
eide.
Quite a little evidence was intro
duced on the question of collision
and fraud. Witnesses testified that
Clements made the statement last
spring that "he could get $4,000
any time he would vote for build
ing court house in Prosser." 1t
was also proved that he made the
statement during the recent cam
paign that "if he did not get big
vote in eastern Benton county for
representative in the November
/ election that he would surely build
that court house in Prosser." Glenn
ents himself testified and did not
deny making these statements. He
also said that the reason the bond
issue matter was carried on under
cover was because he and his asso-
ciates believed that if the news be-
came public they would be stopped
with injunction proceedings. They
also admitted that their trying to
pull the deal off in the manner in
which they did probably depreci-
ated the value Of the bonds and
that they did not, therefore, sell as
advantageously as they might have
il the bonds had sold in the open
market.
Judge Grady has taken the case
under advisement and it is believed
he will not render his decision for
at least a week and possibly long
er.
Attorneys Moulton and Jeffrey
of Kennewick and Judge Mack
Gose of Olympia former Supreme
Court justice, looked after the le-
gal interests of the tax payers and
w. W. Gent of Ritzville .and Ed
ward Davis of Pasco defended the
commissioners.
If the taxpayers are successful in
their present efforts to teach some
people that Benton county is poor
ground upon which to practise the
precarious profession of piracy, not
a little of the credit should go to
County Auditor j. C. Syfford ard
County Commissioner f. J.. Bash.
By refusing to become parties to
the transaction and by using their
official positions to protect the in
terests of their constituents they
have proved their real worth and
shown that the trust reposed in
them was not misplaced. Had eth
err one of them fallen for the Glenn
ents-McNeill scheme, that looked so
good but smelled so bad, the chances
Of the taxpayers heading it off
would have been pretty slim.
The people all over the county
are thoroughly aroused over the
matter and the decision of the
court will be awaited with consid-
orobIo ,p+oco,t