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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-31
EDGECOMBE COUNTY FAIR

Opening today with much GER
emory, and with no little interest,
by all the counties who have ex-
hibits, Tarboro will have put on
their gala attire to welcome the
thousands Of people who will
come from neighboring towns to
participate in the welcome that
will be extended with open hands
by the local citizens.
More than ordinary attention
has been paid to the conveniences
for the public, the exhibits, the
races and entertainments, and the
general make up, which means
the entire fair. Objectionable
shows will be excluded, and only
side-shows Of an amusing and en-
tertaining character will be per
mitted.
Our people have always patro
nized the Tarboro fair generous
ly, and this year, more than an,
other, may be expected that
large crowd will be there ever,
day. Special railroad facilitie
have been provided, with a rat
of eighty-five cents, as an induce
ment, SO that, with fair weathe
there is every reason to suppos
large number will avail themse
YES Of the opportunity for TIL
week Of enjoyment
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-31
Executors Notice.

Having this day qualified as execu-
tor Of the last will and testament of
Mrs Minnie E. Lawrence, deceased
late Of Scotland Neck, n. c., [ hereby
notify all persons indebted to said es-
tate to make immediate payment &c
me. Persons having claims against the
decedent will present the same duly
verified to me at my office i'll the city
of Raleigh, n. c., on or before Sept
%, 1917, or this notice viii be pleaded
IN bar Of their recovery.
B. F. MONTAGUE,
E. Lawrence, deceased.
Executor of Mrs. Minnie
Raleigh, n. c., Sept. %, 1916.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-31
Tuesday, - - October 81, 1916.
SANTA CLAUSES PRIZE

We want our friends, Gall
our subscribers are our
friends) to take special note
of the following issue of The
Commonwealth which will tell
of the preparations we are
making for Christmas and
the plan we have to unfold
for the little tots of this coun-
ty to participate in a real
Santa Claus competition
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-31

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-31

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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-08

ENa the Annex
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M1H One lot of fancy Cretonne Round
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1916-12-08

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Beacon Bed Blankets pair. 1898 IUIH
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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVENTION
Fourth Division of District Assooia-
tion to Meet Next Month,
Contributed J

The fourth division of the First
District Sunday School Association
of Louisiana will hold its annual con-
vention with the New River Church
Sunday School, Aug. 3, 1916.
We are expecting every Sunday
School in the division to be repre-
sented with report of work for the
past year. Report blanks will be pro-
vided by the division secretary.
Come and bring. your Bibles, note
books and pencils and good lunch;
also be on time. The hour of open
ing is ten o'clock a. M, and we would
like each school to be prepared TO
sing song during the opening ex-
ercises.
Let us pray this will be the best
convention held within the entire dis
trict, and that we may receive a
broader vision of service through the
Sunday School.
The following will serve on the pro-
gram: 0. B. Webb, New Orleans,
general passenger agent, Texas & Pa
cific Railway Co.; H. L. Baker, Plat
tenville; Mrs. Grant Williams, Brig
mac; George Williams, New River
Church: Miss Willie Lee Rowan, dis
trict field worker; G. w. Edmonston
Plattenville.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Victor Moore i'm "Snobs,"

Victor Moore, one of America s
most noted comedy stars, will enter
tain patrons Of the Grand next We'd
nesday in q perturbation Of George
Bronson-Howard's famous society su-
tire, "Snobs." Mr.. Moore plays the
convulsingly laughable role of milk
man of the most ordinary variety who
suddenly inherits the title and vast
wealth of an English duke. This milk
man, though his instincts are perfect
ly good, has something Of a natural
taste for the 'high spots" of life, and
Immediately upon getting an advance
installment of his inheritance pro-
ceeds to purchase most extreme gar
ments, the longest cigars and all the
other equipment necessary in his eyes
for noble multi-millionaire. Before
long, however, the duke discovers that
the very people who pretend to be
most impressed by him are really rid
iculing him behind his back, and he
endeavors to renounce both title and
money. However, genuine, whole
hearted girl, who has not been spoil
ed by society, comes to his rescue.
This brings the romantic element in
to the story as the solution of all the
dukes difficulties.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
ACCEPTS CALL 70 IOWA.
DR.. sternheim to Become Rabbi o
Sioux City Congregation.

Rabbi Emanuel Sternhain, Of Ba.
ton Rouge, has just aiyed and has
accepted an unanimous ealI to the
pulpit of Congregation Mt Sinai
Sioux City, Iowa. Sioux City is a
large and important center, and the
Mt. Sinai pulpit is one of the most
important Jewish pulpits in the mid
die west. The congregation is a large,
wealthy and influential one, and its
pulpit has been filled in the past by
some of the most prominent rabbis in
the American rabbinata. Sioux City
is very progressive community
civically, and affords wide opportu-
mites FOR the exercise Of DR.. Stern
helms civic and sociological activi-
ties.
DIR. Sternheim was educated in Lon
don, England, and in continental
Europe, and was also trained as a
social worker. He has in this coun-
try served successfully as head work
er of the Jewish Settlement Of Cleve-
land, Ohio; rabbi, of the Hebrew
Union Congregation of Greenville,
Mississippi, and rabbi of Congrega-
ton B'nai Israel of Baton Rouge, and
Congregation Bikur Cholim of Dom
aldsonville.
In the south he has been president
of the Mississippi Sociological Con-
gress, president of the Jewish Religi-
Gus Teachers Association of the
southern states, and is now it's editor
and propaganda secretary. For two
successive years DIR. Sternheim serv-
ed as district chairman of the social
service committee of the seventh dis
trict (eight southern states) of the
Independent Order of B'nai Birth,
and as district secretary of its COM
mittee on intellectual culture. In
Baton Rouge he was the founder of
the young mems branch of the Ba-
ton Rouge Chamber Of Commerce and
its first chairman. He helped organ
.ize the Organized Charities of Baton
Rouge, of which he has been secretary
from its inception. He is president OF
the Louisiana State Social Hygiene
Association. He is the official code
writer representing the state Of Lou.
isiana in the moral education code
contest of the National Institution
for Moral Instruction, and has beer
active in every form of sociological
and CIVIC endeavor in Louisiana, ane
wherever he has worked.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
"lJnto Those Who SIN"

potrons of the Gem may look for
- n an attraction of exceptional
,tarast WIZ tonight, when the remark
ihi MI seIig Red Seal feature, Unto
spae slasa Who Sin," will constitute the
live @rom, Filmland's most charming
Gifted star, FRITZ Brunette, is
snu saaatnsed in the production as NADIA,
lea1T seaa1ITramptress," who succumbs to the
We We for gold, and the play is pre-
NO, iatad in five daringly sensational
se ~ If mower and appeal. That the
49, w. Of sin is death, is proven by
aas .sa I;fe story of Nadia, who, lured
s"o saon the straight and narrow way to
i,o' nr,mrose path Of ease and the love
I1ie VI npnrule y and fine linen, finally reaps
" ". pe rares and thistles of misspent
w. w. The story Of Nadia is Il tale
IL IL i sordid and yet fascinating; it
;s . life sermon that is too often un-
hasded. and yet we can never blind
nurN nv svas to its significance. LAS ye
SOW sow 50 shall ye reap" and still the
@ lure of wealth continues to be rresls-
t;hle to many working girls.
aIJnto Those Who Sin" is heralded
&C undoubtedly one of the strongest,
most realistic and best staged photo
nIavs of the kind that has ever been
f;lmsd and q real treat is in store for
all who attend the Gem tonight.
For the convenience of clerks and
others whose Saturday night duties
NAV keep them employed until a late
bo,,r m the theatre will remain open
tonight until 1880 o'clock, thus af-
fording everybody an opportunity to
see this sensational picture in full.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
DO YOU KNOW THAT

Better wages make better health.
Better health makes better citizens?
Better citizens make a better na-
ton? ="
Cholera is spread in the same man
ner as typhoid fever?
Scarlet fever kills over 10000
Americans each year?
Hookworm enters through the skin 2
Intelligent motherhood conserves
the nations best crop?
Heavy eating, like heavy drinking,
shortens life?
The registration of sickness is even
more important than the registration
Of deaths?
The U. S. Public Health Service co.
operates with state and local authorl-
ties to improve rural sanitation?
Many a severe cold ends in tuber-
culosis?
Sedentary habits shorten life?
Neglected adenoids and defective
teeth in childhood menace adult
health?
A low infant mortality rate indi~
Gates high community intelligence?
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
THE Master of the House."

julius Steger, the eminent dramatic
star, makes his screen debut in "The
Master of the House," a virile and po-
tent film production that comes to the
Gem Thursday, July 90 Mr.. Steger
appeared successfully in the leading
role Of the stage version of this play
throughout Il long engagement on
Broadway and for several seasons OH
the road. 1.-The Master of the House"
tells the story of husband, who, tir-
ing of his faithful and old-fashioned
wife, wanders off with u beautifui
governess. After time has revealed
to him the emptiness and loneliness
Of his life, he returns to his family
fold sadder and wiser man, and is
welcomed back by his devoted wife
and loving children. A special cast
OF Broadway players was assembled to
support Mr.. Steger, and the scenic in
vestiture of the picture is elaborate in
the extreme.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Are You Guilty?

The newspapers Of every commun
ity are doing the most of the fighting
in favor of local business as against
the mail order houses of the country.
To reward the local press for. its loyal
and consistent support many of the
business men of this and every other
community in Louisiana are buying
their printing and blanks from mail
order houses in New Orleans, Shreve-
port and cities even more distant.
Every dollar sent out Of town for the
purchase of any material that is sold
here is added to the resources the
business men of other cities are using
to fight the growth and expansion of
business here. The papers are going
to keep right on doing their duty to
the home people and they have the
undoubted right to expect patronage
and support in return. Adapted
from salina (Kansas) Union.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15

Elected from a country town hotel
for a gay "hgih jinks'' in the cafe,
Mile. Gobette of the "Pet of the
Harem" travelling company calmly
presents herself at the house of the
local magistrate who is responsible
for her homeless dilemma, and before
he knows it goes to bed in the bed
room Of his absent wife. The mag
istrate's superior, no less than the
minister Of justice, Unexpectedly
drops into town on a trip Of inspec-
zion, and to save himself, the sim
ple-minded judge passes off Gobette
as his wife. The minister is captivat-
ed by the Fascinating little soubrette,
and when the story shifts to pic
turesque Paris, the duel in wits be-
tween the terrified magistrate and
the shrewd minister, each to keep his
secret, makes one of the most laugh
able situations in modern light COM
edy.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
"The Ruling Passion. .

William E. Shay, popular and ver-
satile screen actor, is co-starred with
Claire Whitney in the William Fox
photodrama Of Oriental life, "The
Ruling Passion" which will be the
Tuesday offering at the Grand. Few
players are better known than MI.
Shay, who has won immense popular
ity through his splendid portrayals of
the leading male characters of such
successes as "Kreutzer Sonatt," "The
Clemenceau Case" "Sin," and other
big hits of the screen.
Mr.. Shay is admirably cast in ''The
Ruling Passion" He himself declares
that never has he had play that af-
forded him greater opportunities for
achievement.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Hazel Dawn in "Niobe. "

The Grand's feature attraction for
Thursday will be 'Niobe," an elaho-
rate five-part photo adaptation of the
fancifnl comedy of the same name,
in which the captivating star, Hazel
Dawn, plays the title role. sNiobe"
is the story of a Greek statue that
comes to life and has q great deal OF
amusement and some sorraW-at
the hands Of contemporary mortals.
The humor Of the play is derived
from the fact that Peter Amos Dunn,
president of an insurance company,
brings to his own house, for safe
keeping, the precious statue OF Nlobe,
which his company has heavily insur-
ed. Electricians wiring the house at
the time wrap the electric coils about
the feet of the statue. Dunn falls
asleep, and dreams that the current
passes through the wires, bringing
the statue to life. The perfectly NOR
al president finds himself in delicate
and amusing position in trying to ex-
plain to his shocked wife and other
members of his household the pres
ence of the scantily clad maid running
wildly through his home. AT the
crucial moment of his misery. ne
awakes, however, and finds Nlobe IN
her ancient and peaceful condition.
AS the incarnated statue that raises
havoc with the insurance company
president, Miss Dawn has mum erous
and unequalled opportunities for the
DISPLAY Of her captivating powers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
IN MEMORIAM.
Passing Away of Little Roberta Miller
Sincerely Mourned.

Died, at Dupont, La, on Sunday
! July Z. 1915, .Annie Roberta Miller
eldest daughter of Hugh Miller anc
Annie Evans, aged 5 years, months
and days.
It has been said that the old must
the young may die. And while the
deep shadow of death comes over us
when death comes and takes away one
Of our loved ones, yet peculiarly sac
it is when the young is taken from US
For few short years God entrust.
ed Roberta to our care, filling our
hearts with love and our homes with
sunshine; then when her presence
seemed essential to our happiness,
God transplanted her soul pure and
immortal to His celestial garden,
where sorrow cometh not and all is
peace and sunshine.
The void left cannot be filled-yet
we would not call her back, for in
paradise she awaits us, her little hand
beckoning us on. For ten days Rob-
erta lay i'll, never seriously sick.
worse one day, seemingly better the
next, so no apprehension was felt for
her condition. Surrounded by those
who loved her--father, mother and
grandparents-she was conscious to
the end, displaying to all the love and
affection that causes her memory one
to be cherished.
All that medical skill could do was
administered by one who was both
physician and friend, but the Savior
who said, Suffer little children to
come unto Me, for Of such is the
kingdom of heaven" wanted her for
His own, and we who believe ''He
doeth all things wello must bow to
His holy will.
Sunday afternoon at 6 o'clock
Roberta was laid to rest in st. Mary's
cemetery, New Roads, La. The
beautiful and impressive burial SER
vice of the Episcopal church was con-
Quoted by Rev. DR.. Prosser, who had
loved and petted her.
There's land that is fairer than day,
A land where no sorrow can come,
Where our Savior His love does dis
play,
Where he calls his dear children
come home.
On this beautiful shore she is waiting
for us,
And bids US not grieve for her
more;
For she stands with the angels in
glory and love
And bsckons us to that glad shore.
ONE WHO LOVED HER.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
yitisn Martin in fOvsr Night. "

i. Ihe sparkling farce-comedy, "Over
Slghf," has been converted into q
AYs-rsel motion picture, and will be
seen ct the Gem next Tuesday. The
story is q bright and lively one, and
leaas to q number Of highly amusing
semplleations. Two newly-married
samples start on their honeymoons on
hudsan river steamer, at New York.
sh tae confusion of embarkation one
husband is left behind on the pier
Wlth strange bride; the other bride
saes forward with the second hus-
lana The latter couple have to take
fstuse over night at an inn, and in
sraer to prevent scandal and awk-
NARA explanations, they make believe
shey are married, The other couple
arrive at the inn in the morning, and
stser many misunderstanding and
saaacrons situations, the ill-assorted
haheymaaners finally rearrange them
selves in their proper order.
,s me dainty little ingenue, Vivian
Maftln, gives q delightful impersona-
slon OF the more timid and shrinking
y the blushing brides. The pinture
AAs many attractive settings; strong
East; IS briskly acted, and will be
Nsaaa very entertaining ogering,
AN sd in The Chief will pay.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy.

Every family without exception
should keep this preparation at hand
during the hot weather of the sum-
mer months. Chamberlain's Colic,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
worth many times it's cost when need
ed and is almost certain to be needed
before the summer is over. Ithas no
superior for the purposes for which
at is intended. Buy it now, Obtain
able everywhere:-(Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
= ., ~ -
Convention at Atlantic City.
Women Army Cooks.

Five hundred more women have
been accepted by the British war Of
flee as army cooks, and will soon be
sent to the front to join 1900 others
who have been satisfying Tommy's
appetite. These women wear KHAKI,
and live in camps and barracks. If
the country needs these women in it's
time Of stress it ought to recognize
them in its privileges and councils.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Alice Brady in Tangled Fates.'

Alice Brady, the dainty dramatic
artistic, will be the attraction at the
Gem tomorrow, when Tangled
Fates." the latest Brady Made
World Film production, will be shown
on the screen. The story OF the play
centers about Jane Lawson, daughter
Of q stern country man who Is chair
man of the towns morals commit
Eee."
A travelling salesman comes to the
village in Maine, and is infatuated by
Lawson's younger daughter, Ruth,
who is also taken up with him. One
night Ruth and Blake, the salesman,
row to . little island in the river near
by, they are seen by one Of the vii
lase girls, who tells the committee
Lawson, infuriated, starts for the U.s.
land, shotgun in hand.
/ Jane, who is engaged to a son OF the
minister, to save her sisters good
name, resolves to assist her out OF the
prsdieament. She paddles in canoe
! to the island, where she informs the
/ rWo lovers Of their danger. Telling
I Ruth to hurry back in the canoe
! Jane remains to be caught with the
stranger, The father, who is fond OF
Ruth, is pleased to see that Ruth j!
!, not there, but rebukes Jane and or
ders her to- leave his house.
/ In the city Jane meets Blake, Whs
offers her assistance, which she re
fuses. However, Blake goes to one
of his customers named Rogers, ane
asks him to give employment to Jane
He does so, and shortly afterware
Will Rogers, the employers son, falls
in love with Jane, subsequently marry.
ing her. He soon begins life of dis
sipatipn, becomes drunkard and ne
elects Jane more and more. Finally
he is discharged by his father and
goes from bad to worse, until Jane
has to seek employment in order to
obtain the necessities of life.
Rogers hears Of the gold drives in
Alaska, and desires to go there to
seek fortune. Blake, now pros
porous merchant, agrees to become
the grubstaker. Arriving in the
Nondike district, Rogers falls in with
EAf VI pttG a1ikS ifA1Aoy WIN oaA
ceeds in registering a claim which
proves very rich. With prosperity,
Rogers forgets wife and home. He
starts to have hilarious times
around the dance halls, where Blake
finds him when he comes to see why
Jane had not heard from him. Not
wishing to tell Jane of the manner
IN which Rogers is conducting him.
self, Blake gives her q large roll of
money, telling her it is from her
husband. Believing this, Jane starts
tor Alaska, arriving there just in time
TO see the villagers preparing to
string her husband to tree for q
eoWardly attempt on another's life.
her efforts to save him are futile, and
Sogers is hung after the fashion Of
we mining camp laws.
Rogers former girl and Jane have
? tussle in which the latter is in
llred. After two weeks of GONZALES
eng, she is able to return to New
York city, accompanied by Blake,
who had watched over her in her ILL
ness. and now brings to her the love
ana happiness he had sought to give
asr since the eventful evening on the
island.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Taking Big Chances.

It is great risk to travel without
a bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, as
this preparation cannot be obtained
on the trains or steamships. Attacks
of bowel complaint are often sudden
and very severe, and everyone should
go prepared for them. obtainable
everywbare.-(Adv.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-07-15
Frances Nelson in Loves Crucible."

Is a loveless marriage more i'm
moral than life of love without mar
riage? This is the question solved by
the heroine of Loves Crucible," in
which Frances Nelson viii make her
appearance next Friday at the Gem.
The story depicts in powerfully dra-
matte form the adventures of young
girl who seeks career in New York
city and passes through the flames of
a great passion. A remarkable cast
supports Miss Nelson, and under the
direction of Emile Cnautard the story
has been transferred TO the film in a
thoroughly artistic and intensely ap-
pealing manner.