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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-04-18

Amount
Rev A. G. Wilcox, Il years salary services county H.
Dr. E. A. Perry is allowed on on Rocky Swamp q
j. +. Whitehead, conveying prisoners jail
S. A. Richards, goods for jail
Mrs. w. A. Safer, feeding jurors 49,
S. M. Gary, salary for May 1877
5. M. Gary, salary for clerk 20
}. c. Branch conveying prisoner to jail -
Isaiah johnson, rebate for dog I
j. r. Cullom, conveying prisoner to Jail g.
s. A. Richards, goods Jail &
s. A. Richards goods Jail 80
d. Il. Stalnback, Insurance a0
Weldon Corn Meal Co.. meal county home 26
j. A. Patterson, demonstration work May so!
Weldon Gro. Co., goods county home 125
w. w. Rosser, burying G
oprulll q Perry, premium Insurance Policy So
Rosemary Bank Trust Co., premium Policy, courthouse So
); L. Newson conveying Ely Ash to Jail 3;
T. w. Hamll, Jr, conveying prisoner Jail 4
Rose bose & Beaman is allowed on jail contract 1916
). IT, Norman, salary May 1a7
D. IT, Norman salary for clerks 1on
j. IT, Norman for
Weldon Printing Co., printing court calendars J.
Enfield Furniture Co.. "a mattresses a.
Enfield Furniture Co., -
Harrison Drug Co., goods chain gang
R Rsas q + Enfield: ordsr for gang $751;:
hugh Boomer conveying Ben Bowers % chain gang q
Halifax Hardware Co., goods chain gang ~
e. NJ Hawkins, conveying prisoners to iail
j. g. Bowers, salary May 1o5I
Anderson Daniel is allowed for lameness X
furgerson Drug Co., for account to date 10
Mack Hale allowed for capturing convict from
chain
B. Jones is allowed for serving naners o.
prisoner to Jail o,
n s. Stevens, demonstration work May A.
u NJ Campbell, goods
Jno j. robertson holding BODY of Henry
Continued Page Seven)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

United States are by no means united in
opposition 10 the prinoiple that Dr. Hal
selden would establish.
Allowed 20 Perish at Birth.
Il fully sympathize with the views Of
those who advocate that the child with
great congenital deformlty should better
perish at BIRTH and In the few cases OF
extreme deformity or monstrosity where
have cut without ligating the cord"
writes Prof David Monash OF the North
western University Medical school at Chi
cago. II fully realize that the obstetri-
clan cannot well preside as Judge and
arbitrarily decide what grade and degree
Of deformity he will grant tho child.
There is n wide border line Of deformities
between the two extremes. The physician
cannot constitute himself. In ell fairness
70 his ethical attitude. and to the rights
OF others interested. the sole arbiter OF
tho life OF the unfortunate child. One
parent should share the responsibility"
Another well known obstetrician. DR..
William Rausch, Jr., OF Albany writes as
follows:
1T has always been my opinion that
all children who are born with a con-
genital sbnormality are. a detriment to
society. ] sincerely believe that it Is
humane to cut off their future suffering
by one means or another, preferably
forgetting 10 tie the cord. II must be
remembered. however. that very often
parental love and religious principles have
more sway than the laws OF medical
ethics"
II have never been able to bring my
self deliberately TO kill any kind OF
baby. however deformed. which has been
born alive. says Prot w. II. Rubovits
Of Chicago. At the same time ] would
not criticise any one who would do so
under certain conditions. The subject is
a very difficult one to decide but e
would be easier u some definite concIu-
sion could be arrived at by the profession
and the practice could be sanctioned by
law"
Prof. George II. washburn OF Boston.
well known New England obstetrician,
says:
Fortunately. so far | have never had
to decide the question OF allowing a mon
strosity TO live | have always though;
that the general opinion OF the profession
was in favor OF letting them die IL they
were born alive
II believe that a child with congenltal
malformation Of an extent to distinctly
oppose the mental development to a do
gree necessary to a self-reliant individual
should be permitted to die writes DR..
Robert Hale Ellis OF Portland. Ore. This
applies also to the physical deformities
Of the severer type-condemning the In
dlviduai to an early death. or life as the
ward Of private or public charity"
Prof. Henry d. Fry OF Washington
would permit a malformed child to die
after birth under two conditions: First.
II Il be the wishes OF the parents; sec
ond. according to the degree of abnor-
mality." He does not discuss what con-
stitutes the degree OF abnormality that
would justify the physician In taking
such actiou.-New York Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
OWNS PETER THE GREAT RING
Detroit Mans Prise Souvenir Dates
Back Two Hundred
Years.

napkin ring. reputed to have been
used by Peter the Great, car OF Russia,
until he learned the significance OF the
carving on II and hanged the man who
presented II to him. is In the possession
OF u. A. Rosenberg, Detroit insurance
man. Mr. Rosenberg tells a strange
story about the carved ivory circlet, which
Is not more than an inch high. but Is
covered with scores Of tiny ivory figures
This ring" he says. was presented to
Peter the Great by Adolph orloff See
the initials "A. o. and the date Of pre-
sentation, 17oo. on the ring. The figures
show the poor bowed down under the
weight OF the palaces and beautiful gar
dens maintained by the car. As you turn
Il you see these dovn-trodden people
carrying their petition TO the car and
the judges OF the land. See, here are
three judges sitting at a table before an
open book. and beside them l. an execu-
toner bsheadinE the petitioners as fast
as they arrive.
When was In the coal business in
Odessa ! hired a man from what Is known
as the barefootsd district He was down
and out. but he had papers to prove that
he WAS a member OF the Orioff family
When he was dying he asked me to save
his body from a paupers grave. aud |
gave him % rubles 10 arrange for a de-
cent burial. In gratitude he gave me the
ring and the papers relating to its his
tory. The police OF Odessa heard that
the ring was in my possession and
searched my house for H. They never
found it"-petroit Times.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Compton System
May Solve Trust
Issues in America

Correspondence Of the Associated Press.)
PARIS, Dec. lo-That a solution OF the
American trust problem. 80 far as II re-
lates 20 the foreign trade OF American
manufacturers. may be found In the
French cooperative compton system Of
doing business on a large scale. IL indi-
Gated IN the present activity OF American
consuls and commercial agents through
out France. Italy and Spain in gathering
information regarding the workings Of
the system
The information is being obtained at the
request OF the United States Federal
Trade commission. which has previously
studied the German kartell system and
so It Is stated here. has concluded that
the French system is better adapted to
American business methods and would
not violate the sherman act regarding
combination in restraint OF trade II APP
piled solely In pushing foreign commerce.
Much interest has been manifested by
French manufacturers in the present in
vestigation and every avenue OF informa-
ton has been freely placed at the disposl-
ton of the American consuls and COM
merciRl agents. There were before the
war $50 compton organizations In France.
covering every branch of industry, in
GLIDING the silk and cotton trades. whole
sale grocers. coal mine owners and the
sugar. iron and steel Industries. In
nutshell. the compton is a union OF man
ufacturers for the selling In common OF
certain articles in which there Is nor
mally little competition. the object being
to prevent over-production. the cutting OF
prices and the reduction OF sale expenses
The compton lie capitalized at a nominal
sum, its officers sell for the various
firms whose goods It handles and dis
tribute the profits yearly. There are both
comptoirs for the domestic and the for
eign trades. the latter being entirely dis
tinct from the former. In neither case is
there any restraint on the outside activi-
ties of the members OF the comptoir for
the selling OF goods not engaged for sale
through 1.-THE compton. Two firms may
be members OF a given compton and yet
compete In other products outside of IT,
For this reason the compton is not con-
sidered trust by the French laws.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
At $l.39 At $3.50 :

A very special lot of Dainty,
Crisp White Undergarments, made
of sheer lingerie cloths and
trimmed with dainty laces and en-
broidery; many new ideas and
patterns.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Huck Towels

500 doson Blsanhsd Cotton Huck
TowelS. fancy red borders, hsmmOd NC
ends size lTxS4 inches; &c val SpS ga. ~
Full BlsAohsd Haok Towels linen fin
isheo, with fancy rod borders hSmmed 40
ends zone dozen Hmit). Regular iBo IlIC
values Special each. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS wv
All Linen Huck Towels. homInOd Snds.
extra heavy quality; also hemstitehed a.
2bo Valuea Special In the linen sale, RAH
each .ss.s......
All Linen Huek Towsla hsmstitehod snds
extra heavy quality size 2oxt0 inches with
jacquard borders. The greatest value ever
limit. Sse and zoe values. Special LSC
each '..''...''....s......
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Cambria and Nainsook Enl-
broideries, good quality, suit
able for flouncinGs and corset
covers; &c values. Sale IOr
price, tho yard. ~
Extra fine Swiss and Main
sock Embroideriee, biR variety
OF patterns, neat and snowy
designs. All wide widths up to
V S lnSh's sale sep pSISs. va yard. Csc
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

All-Linen Creme Damask, also full
bleached and linen finished, 20 inches
wide; all very handsome patterns, very
serviceablej extra heavy weight kEC
Csc value, special, yard ....... OO(
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Table Padding, 81 inches wide; good
heavy quality. the double fieeced kinds -
regular sec value. Special In tho base DC
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

5000 yards OF Full BleAched Turkish
Tow llng. q heavy quality. rsgu- IL
larry worth ace: yard.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Extra speeiSL-sBo dossn Full BlsAohsd
Turkish Towels. extra large SiEs and W0iEht;
double twisted yarns plain and fancy colorod
Jacquard borders. Regular 1be values IN
a special offering Of these fine towels Aye
In our January Bale. each.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Face Cloths. regular So values
January Sale price. while the 500 dozen IC
last, at, each OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
h Rax 2 %ers a e Tbs oa FACT

Full bleached, mercerized table dam
ask, made of fine quality yarn, "a inches
spe., in the basement, yard. .ASC
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
says Human Life IL sacred.

Prof. Joseph Bolivar De Lee OF North
western university. one OF the most IA
nous obstetricians I'm the country. feels
that human life Is too sacred to permit
even the most deformed baby to perish
I'VE have no right TO take human life
II is a matter for the state" he writes
"FOsslnately. a monster seldom survives.
In the milder deformities surgical art
often helps a great deal"
Prof De Lee wonders II the war in
Europe has not deprecated our ideals of
the sacredness of human life. His con-
olusion is emphatic: mo. my feeling and
opinion are that we have no right TO let
deformed baby succumb through negli-
gence or intent"
Prof Charles Sumner Bacon OF the Uni
versity Of Illinois. another celebrated
obstetrician. discusses the matter almost
wholly from the standpoint OF medical
Jurisprudence.
In the first place. he argues. the baby
will not always. or indeed not usually.
die from hemorThRge from an united
cord. Hence" he says, III one sets out
10 kill the deformed child he cannot rely
upon this method. The usual methods
OF killing newborn are by smothering,
AoAAA6 CdlilnOl see
that these methods are more objection
able than the one suggested"
Secondly. Prof. Bacon points out, there
are many kinds OF deformities. Some are
compatible with a fairly normal life. An
other class OF monsters who might live
would always remain freaks. These
might be OF great financial value to the
parents. and their destruction might lead
TO extensive damage suits They are.
moreover. OF considerable scientific In
terest and value"
Finally, there are the hopelessly NAL
formed children who Will not survive
long In any event Generally the pa
rents wish these children destroyed" says
Prof. Bacon. ''and not only consent TO
any measure. but beg the physician to
interfere. or course. they have no right
TO beg this act or the physician II he
consents he may feel that he is doing a
humane act by relieving the parents OF a
horrible burden. This Is a dangerous
ground and In general the path of safety
from moral and legal difficulties Is to
avoid the appearance OF evil and resist
the opportunities OF relations"
However. leading obstetricians In the
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

72-Inch Damask, patterns copied from
high class damaSk; made of fine quail
lty mercerlEed yarn. Regular price 49c
and soc. Special In our a.
January sale, yard. ZOC
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Crashes

Full BIeached Cotton Twilied ToweiinR
with fancy red borders, worth &c "a
Special, In the basement, at ARC
5000 yards OF Bleached Cotton ToweHnk
in red or blue borders: soft and absorb.
emit In lengths OF and 10 yards 44C
Regular SC value. Special. yard. 80. ~
CLimit is yards to a customer.)
Full Bleaehed and Unbleached TowelinK.
extra heavy quality, linen finished:
IN lengths OF and 10 yards: Toe value. VIC
-.
(Limit 10 yards TO a customer)
All Linen Bleached TowelinK -.
With fancy eGrdsrS in the Scotch IZ4C
(Limit 10 yards.)
Full Bleached All Linen extra heavy
quality Scotch roweling. plain andx =
fancy borders. Regular zoe value. an &c
UNUSUAL oIIerinBs yard.
(Limit 10 yardS)
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Extra Special-''MRrcella" Umbrella
Drawers, especially selected for this oc-
casion. Pretty trimmings and N
dainty materials. January Sale ,1VC
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

All-IAnen, Full Bleached Table Damask.
7s inches wide. Patterns are exclusively
Of the newest designs, with napkins to
matchi el.76 value, q special CT Dc
offering in the linen sale, I'D. pI. 10
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Bed Spreads

The crochet kind hemmed ends; aIIon
in pretty patterns 81 values. Janu- HVC
airy Sale price. each ...................O
500 Crochet Spreads. hemmed and seal
Hoped ends; extra heavy quality, Cd IO
patterns: tz.o9 values. each. ...,....~A
900 Bed Spreads. In the Marssilles ana cro-
shet kind. IoailoDsd OF plain hsmmsd ends.
One OF the greatest values ever Of 90 on
tered In our linen sale; S1fS Nj NJ
values. January Sale price. ........ ~A'O(
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Draperies in the January
a White Sale

This is the time OF the year to buy IN your supply
OF Lace Curtains and Curtain Materials. We max
ing many special offers in Great January White
Sale.
One case (about 60 pieces) OF beautiful Ribbon
Edge Marquisettes. Scrims and Voiles val ~
ues from Csc to 40c. January Sale Price, I'd .EES
"a pieces Of Doublefold Drapery Swiss. the Oc
yard ~
~ our regular stock Of Drapery Nets, Filet Nets
and Bungalow Nets 90 in our January Sale &c
at yard. Ace and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. OOS
White Swiss Curtains with edges and CT 1S
.Iffes January Sale Price. pair, 06c and. oA'SO
4O-Inch White and Ecru Marquisetts. 20c
39c value, yard wv
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Another special lot of Dainty,
Crisp White Undergarments, made
of sheer lingerie cloths and
trimmed with dainty laces and en-
broidery; many new ideas and pat
terms.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
biricWhite GOOdS--We
lie Unusual Savings
Dresses, Blouses. Lingerie, Undermus-
hts, Chi dren's Wear. Etc.
,er WI lie Novelties

r January White Sale, SO,
orth up to SOC, including
Lace Cloth
Plain Wolfe
Embroidered Organdie
Flaxon Novelty
lEn
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
Greatest OF It's Kind in Our History

tricdcres and peculGrities of the Cotton
ia fetO rjsf, strong facts that make this
b toyCu
~ of GOOD COTTON. plenty of
10 Grades of iindertCedr. etc. We did
ours and so that TOE lOotJd haze ample
ltss of the sale. tDe found some of the best
1perdte md make concessions TO secure
n furrh red our plans for the offering of
.:r concessions and fGUors.
hg preparations are splendid and weH
4 thdt make IL north iOhIe TO buy p'en-
record in udlue, variety of styles, co ~
a.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
,NainSOOk

her soft silky material for
comes put up in a box Of IL
..ss..'''.. sssss % A.OO
..t........ .GA.OO
|siiuM heavy, pure white, put
ss wide. Box. .89c
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02

Beautifh snowy white En-
hroidery Fiounctngn, neat de-
asnA suitab bic for baby dress
e.; 81 inchea wide. Regular
price SOC. sale pE4O% 3Sc
the yard ..,....,......-.....~
Wide Bmbrol derry Fioune-
widths; neat patterns hem
stitched and aealloPed o.
edges. n-tn- wide, ieo vel w
Omaha daily bee., 1916-01-02
White Novelties.

Imported White Novel
ties. including Embroid-
cred Linens, Lace Cloth,
Wolfe, Marquisette, Batiste
and other dainty fabrics
for dresses and blouses;
SO to As in. wide; worth to
$3.50. Sale price, no.
yard ...............1OS
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24

that come to see many and to be shown by the few.
 Jean Carothers, tall. slim and throughout in which she displays that versatility that has been the top-stone to the arch of her many stage sue cesses. Under difficult circumstances she has more than made good in Bridgeport and it is a p1easureSto wit ness her performance.
 Walter Johnson and Charles Janson not only feed the general furor of fun that is evident throughout the whole list of varied plots but are individual ists in their Iine.6
 The Finney show which owes it's cast and color to the personal efforts of Frank F'inney, includes several scenes and plots, so that noN interest can flag and the company carries an unusual amount of wardrobe and property that is both beautiful and re- fined in its conception, and coloring. The bit, Making the Movies,' is an originality that will be copied widely in vaudeville when it becomes known ''Sweeney's Speech is novel in it's ef- fort and true to life.
 While much has been said of the principals the chorus is not lacking for there is quantity as we'll as quality, and beauty and action predominates The idea of chorus principals has been included, and the work of one young woman at the front of the stage, said to be Miss Norton, entities her at any time to place in the leads.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
PARK

Frank Finney and his big cast of burlesque beauties ga11oping at the Park theatre for the last half of this week under the title of 'Bostonians' produce the cIeverest conception of fun, froic and melody seen this year. Don't miss this treat for the company does not belle in quality the original musical production that bore the name.
 Not only is preparedness the key note of the Finney book but "produc- tion' follows. The music and business is so arranged that there is not a min ute or a laugh lost and pep through out is the keynote shown by the lively action of handsomely costumed workers in the chorus ranks.
 Finney is seen in his well known specia1ties as well as in first part introducing a character that is both new and fanciful. Florence Mill, the prima donna of beautiful leading women is with the show and, besides in operatic voice, excels in her char acterization of the soceity woman. Her gowns are beyond the ordinary burlesque display. J. P. Griffith, the admirable "colone1,'' is with the show and again weaves a, harmonious flow of comedy with character that is ap pealing to the keen Gover of the real bur1esque art that tends to produce a type while amusing the lighter mind.
 Kitty Mitchell in the sOubret part is dynamo of action, combining dra- matic qualities unusual in such pro auctions and puts across songs and dances throughout that evoke adnira- ton frorn~the case hardened audiences
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24

ali interest in thirteen others. These transportation corporations in which the SPennsy1VaniaI system exercises a joint or minority interest in turn have majority interest in the stock of 31 companies and a joint or min ority interest in 20. Thus there are 107 companies in which the Pennsyl- vania system has the right to exeF- else some sort of minority lcontr0l, and these figures do not include the systems in which the Pennsylvania lines hold a minority of the stock the Great Northern, the Northern Pacific, the Chicago! Milwaukee and St. Paul. the Southern Pacific and the New Haven t<
 The total number of transportation companies in which the Pennsylvania Railroad has direct and indirect majority and minority interest through stock ownership is 254.
 Important changes in stock own ership of the Pennsylvania Railroad since these figures were prepared from the reports of that railroad and it's subsidiaries to the Interstate Conn merce Commission and upon which the preceding discussion is based, in clude the absorption by the Pennsy1- yania of the Northern Central as an integral part of the parent company and the exchange of Pennsy1vania's s stock holdings in the Baltimore and Ohio for stock of the Southern Paci- fife.
 If the reader will repeat these de- taileds in imagination for each of the thirty principal railway systems con- trolling the greater part of the mile age of the country, some slight con ception will be had of the large num- Der of Implications among the record ed lists of stockholders in the rail- roads of the United States.
 This necessary consideration of the important details of our problem should not cause us to lose sight of the principal conclusion to which this discussion inevitably points, namely, that to a very considerable extent the stock of the American railroads is owned by the railroads themselves. In their protests against granting an eight hour day to freight train employees, the railroads lay great stress on the harm that will come to widows and orphans whom they claim constitute a, large percentage of the 600.00o stockholders of American railways.
 The above analysis of who are the real owners of most of the stock of our railways shows only another in staice of how the railroad officials are trying to fool the public.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
Mrs. Dora Kane Dies
 After Diabetes Attack
Special to The Farmer>

Fairfield, March 24.-Mrs. Dora Kane, wife of Charles B. Kane, a we'll known resident of the town, died at the family residence last night, fol- lowing a severe attack of heart trou- ble. Mrs. Kane has been suffering from diabetes for the last two years. Last night she went to bed and asked for an orange, the juice of which she swallowed, and within. a few minutes was stricken with the fata1t attack. Dr. William B. Donaldson, medical ex- aniner, was called but life was ex- tinct when he arrived. Dr. Donaldson said death was due to heart failure.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24

Spring blouses and shirts Spring caps and hose, Spring neckwear, gloves and shoes.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24
Junior Norfolk Suits. New

all boy, with detachable white and fancy wash col lars some with cuffs also In a1l-wool black and white cheeks, blue and grey serges sizes three to eight years, $35o $4.oo and $5 5o0. Chi1drens reefers, loose back and belted models, $50 to $6.5O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-03-24

Choice aIl-wool materials ln the new suits b1ack-and-whte checks, brown and white checks cheerful heather Scotch mixtures, fine blue serges A High-gTade suits for boys, six 18 nearly al with extra pants, $65o $s,5o, $1oOo $1s.oo. $1a5c and $15.0 .0O.