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WEALTHY MANS ASHES
BURIED WITH HIS WIVES

Washington, Pa, Aug. 16.-James
S. Stocking, II years old, former
legislator, County Clerk Of Courts,
Civil War veteran, and one OF the
wealthiest men of Washington, was
buried under the provisions Of his
will, which are extremely unusual.
The portion of his will relating to
his burial follows:
Il direct that my body shall be
cremated, and no religious services
shall be held on my body, ashes or
gray l direct that my ashes shall
be divided in two parts and placed
:, two st~J:.:c a;ll air and water
;:ght urns, one y be buried in my
first s~:.">'> grave and the other in
the grave O. my second wife,
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MEANS GET TO
THE LEFT'' IN ARABIAN,
Writes Driver Of Overland Ambulance
On Egyptian Front.

One Of the very best testimonials
in recent months has been received
by The Willys-Overland Company,
makers Of Overland and WHY'S
Knight motor cars, from the Austral-
ian Motor Transport Service, which
is stationed at Gamrah, Cairo, Egypt.
The letter was originally sent to Muir
ray Aunger, Ltd, the Overland deal
e. ct adelaide, Australia. who trans
mittcd it to the Toledo factory.
'.rh- Overland, which you have
supplied us for ambulance service, :
runs part of the letter, from the
Egyptian battle front, have done ex-
cellent work; they have been run
ming continuously ever since they
have been in Egypt. Four Of them
are at present stationed on the Sue1
Canal and they are called upon te
do very strenuous work, as most OF
! the going is in the sand. The driver:
speak very highly of these machines
The cars are kept busy, running da,
and night.
Cup to a short time ago there wa
no speed limit in Cairo, and we uset
to drive the cars at TREMENDOUS
rate, When we were stationed a
Heliopolis, about five miles from
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-10-20
THEATRICAL NOTES,

Fed stories Of the modern stage
can compare favorably with Sumner
Nichola' latest four act comedy-mel-
odrama, "The Girl He Couldn't Buy, y
which is scheduled for presentment
at the opening Of the Madrys Opera
House Thursday evening, October 10.
It is one Of those rare combina-
tons of comedy and drama, where
each is in it's own special sphere and
helps instead Of hindering the action
of the play.
Only too often are we confronted
by OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES which is SO
completely dominated by one or the
other element to the exclusion of one
factor. Then, of course, the play is
bound to be one-sided. 1.-THE Girl
He Couldn't Buy" tells a splendidly
| thrilling story of a pure minded and
! innocent young girls struggle fol
her success, with the assistance of q
existence against heavy odds, an6
gentleman burglar, a man whom cir
cumstances have forced into the
wrong path. The comedy is of the
character that one comes in contac
with in every day life. Even in thu
blacklist moments of life, there il
always creeping in some incident t,
make one laugh-so it is with thi
play. 1t is written humanity, splen
didly acted, and well presented scent
cally-qualities enough to Grove
theatres every day of the week.
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EVERYBODY CRAZY AZ
TIMES, SAYS AIlENIST

Denver, Col, Oct 16-Dr. George
A. MoleCn, qualifying as an expert on
mental diseases, declared on the wit
ness stand in the county court where
Don P. Blackw God, Denver attorney
is on trial for his sanity, that no in
dividual, no matter how nearly nor
NAL, is absolutely sane In qualify
ing his statement, Dr.. Foleen pointed
out that lapses Of memory, forgetful-
ness and the like We're characteristics
Of insanity.
Blackwood, already adjudged in
sane by a commission of alienists, APP
pealed from the decisions Of the eX-
perts who examined him, and is try
ing to prove to a jury Of six that he
is not a mental defective.
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CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Statement Of the ownership, man
agement, circulation, etc, required
by the act of congress of August "a,
112, Of The Commonwealth, Inc,
published semi-we1kly at Scotland
Neck North Carolina, for September
goth, 1916:
Before me, a notary public, in and
for the state and county aforesaid,
personally appeared r. SEQ. Shacken
who having been duly sworn accord
is the editor and manager Of The
Commonwealth, and that the follow
ing is, to the best Of his knowledge
and belief, a true statement:-ot the
ownership, management etc, OF the
aforesaid publication for the date
shown in the above caption, requir-
ed by the act Of August Gath, 1917,
embodied in section 443, postal laws
and regulations, printed on the re-
verse of this form, tO-Wlt:
Publishers, The Commonwealth,
Inc, Scotland Neck, \. G.
Editor, r. George Shacken. Scot
land Neck, n. c.
Managing Editor, Same.
Business Manager, Same.
Stockholders holding more than
one per cent OF the stock: A. PAU
Kitchin, l.. H. Kitchin, J. F. Bowers,
IL. A. Kitchin, r. G.. Shackell ana
Claude Kitchin.
Known bondholders, mortgages,
and other securing holders owning
and holding one per cent or more OF
| the total amount Of bonds, mort
! cages, or other securities, Mersen-
| thaelr Linotype Co., New York Guy,
| N. Y.
| r. GEORGE SHACKELL.
Sworn to and subscribed before
me this goth day Of September, 1915
LESTER CHERRY,
Notary Public.
NV commission expires Dec. 8
I1917
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THE UNPik ALELLED CAREER
OF SARAH BERNHARDT

Sarah BernharGt, whose true name
is Rosine Bernhardt, was born in
Paris, October %, 1915 She will
celebrate her seventy-irst anniver-
sary Of her birth on Monday next 1t
will be the first birthday she has
celebrated in America. although this
is her ninth tour.
She was twelve years old. and was
enacted &c visiting Archbishop at
a cory Ill entertainment when her
genius foI the stage was discovered
When SIC .eventeen she recit-
ed La Fo.t fable, ''The Two
Pigeons" W.. ,-ch effect that she
won praise ~ .uber and entrance
into the coz: ORE
She played n the Coincide Fran
flying honored traditions in acting.
At twenty-one her future seemed
clouded. VI. Chilly, director Of the
Odeon, refused to accept her as a
| Y
was too thin. His partner NJ Du-
quesnel. proved his faith in her abil-
| ity to triu mph over emaciation by
paying he- first years salary from
| his private salary.
Paris first acknowledge the COM
handing power Of her genius when
she was twenty-five. 1t proclaimed
her the greatest actress in France.
when she had charmed it by playing
Coppee's lie PEASANT
| FOrty-siN years ago she did what
she has done during the present war
converted her theatre into Il hos
Ipital for wounded soldiers.
At thirty she received honorable
mention from the Paris Salon for her
sculpture, After the Storm At
) thirty-three her book, "In the
Clouds" was greeted as the work of
| a literary genius.
Her first tour Of the United States
I was made in 1890
She was once married to a Greek
: member Of her company.
? In February Of last year her leg
/, was amputated. Her courage was
7 lindomitable and her recovery rapid
The same year she played in Paris
and within the year was playing il
4 London and touring England.
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NOTICE..

By virtue of power vested in ne by
decree of the Court, entered in that
proceeding, pending in the Superior
Court Of Halifax County, North Car
DINA, and entitled 'R. G.. Allsbrook,
Admir- of Allen Mabry, Jr., deceased,
Lee Mabry and Nathan Mabry, the
last two being infants without guar
dian Of Allen Mabry, Jr., deceased"
I will on the End day of November
1916, sell for cash at public auction
to the highest bidder in the town Of
Hobgood, n. c., in front of the Bank
of Hobgood, at IL O'Clock a. M, the
/ following described real estate lying
and being in Halifax County, North
Carolina, to-wit:
Beginning at stake on the Hob
good and Tarboro road, thence along
said road S. 4Oh w. 4.78 chains to
a stake on said road, (this stake lies
S. 6OA w. from a large elm in Al
len Mabry's yard), thence S. IS w.
5225 chains to a gum in the Down
ing line; thence along said line N
As E. 7.91 chains to the dividing
line; thence along said line n. Is
w. 1896 chains, S. II u w. LAC
chains, N. 81 w. $50 chains to the
beginning, containing thirty-si,
acres; being the same land allotted
to Allen Mabry, Jr., in the judgmen
in that action entitled "Allen Mabry
Jr., by his general guardian. Hugh
johnson, VS.. Allen Mabry, Sr." sait
judgment being docketed IN the OF
flee of the Superior Court of Halifa!
County, North Carolina, in Judg
ment Docket No. 10 at page I'll.
This the End day Of October, 1916
STUART SMITH,
Commissioner.
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/ TOBACCO MARKETING EXPE-
RIENCE.

| have been cultivating tobacco
for several years, and have gained
some valuable experience in market
ing it. In the first place, l find it
pays to keep in touch with the best
markets as to prices, grades, and the
best time to sell. By doing this, you
will not be running any risk of put
ting your crop on crowded market.
II you ship your tobacco without be-
ing posted, you are likely to get your
crop on an overloaded market,
where buyers have more on hand
than they can handle well, and there
fore cannot pay what your crop is
worth
And again. if you ship when the
marekt is crowded it may be weeks
before your shipment can be put on
the floor for sale, and if it should be
in q little too high order, or if it
should not be dry enough to keep
pa ;'.od UD for sevreal weeks, it is
likely to mold or damage and will
no. sell for what it would if it had
been put on the floor and sold as soon
as it reached the market
In the second place. l find that we
should not sell to ''pin-hook" buyers
OF men going through the country
buying tobacco in lots and shippins
to the same markets that we can shil
to. II we will grade, handle, and
pack our tobacco ourselves, we BY
using good judgment can get az
much, if not more, than the pin
hook buyers can get.
This is an experience 1 once hae
with a ''pin-hook" buyer: A MAJ
anne through this county buying to
,;.cco in lots, and bought some Of
:-cighbor near me and wanted to blu,
some OF me to go with that which h.
bought of my neighbOr. So we look
ed through lot and he bought abou
eco pounds Of me at II cents pc
pound. l was to strip it off the stall
and deliver it to him, and when
had stripped it l found that it wa
much better tobacco than l though
it was. So l went to Mr.. "Pin-hook
err and gave him $3.50 to let m
4 have my tobacco back Then l grad
ed it and shipped it myself, and tn
highest grade sold for "a cents
pound and the lowest sold for 13 !
I cents. So l saved about $50
3 grading and shipping myself.
8 Third and last, l find that it
8 very important that we grade GU
q tobacco right, and if we can't grad
q it ourselves we should employ a
4 expert to grade it for u.s. 1t will b
] money well spent. Then after W
81 have it graded we should ship to tn
81 market that is best able to handle i
d The Progressive Farme
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Cairo, we would have races INTO
Cairo. It was no uncommon al@ht
to see Is or 20 amDulances tearing
along the main road to the city.
But now we have a speed mint,
which is being frightened almost tort
nightly. The best run we now nave
is to a place called Helousan, about
25 miles from Cairo. The road lol-
lows along the banks Of the River
Nile, practically the entire way.
Zone soon picks up the Arabic
language, especially enough Of it for
motoring purposes. Such essentials
as "smshi," go away; ''1emeenak,
get over to the right; 'S'hamalak,
get over to the left; Oak look out;
Coax rigglak," look out for your
feet, are enough for an ambulance
drivers practical purpose.
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GARDNER AND SHORE S. -al:S
Both Stand Out Prominent in the
Worlds Series.

~ Oflu SefleS.
A third occasion was required in
this worlds series business for Larry
Gardner the veteran third sacker OF
the victorious Red Sox, to make his
name stand out in bold relief in the
records Of things, but he landed at
| last.
When in the future fans go digging
back through the records to pick out
the one man Of the crowd who stood
out over the field as a bludgeoning
buster Of the old pill, they are sure
to land on Larruping Larry as the
party n qeustion for the 1916 series
This home run stuff seems to have
become an institution in Worlds
Series conflicts For several years
back circuit wallops have proven big
factors in the batting. At least, as
far back as 1911 four-cushioned shots
began to feature the battles
HOmers Are in Vogue.
That year it was Frank Baker and
his big club against the Giants The
next year Frank continued his dis
lance clouting, the Giants being the
conspicuous for the next two years
but they came back in style in 1914
That year it was Hank Gowdy who
whaled the Boston Braves to a speedy
hn
) ers were very prominent. Last season
Harry Hooper did the long firing, anC
his homers proved the undoing O
| the Phillies.
| Gardner registered two homers fol
: the Red Sox, and one OF them won
| game. His first homer Tuesday fount
Z nobody on and fell one point short O
: tying up the count on Jack Coombs
: But Wednesday Larry knocked tn
Dodgers galleywest when he pole,
+ out a Circuit wallop off Marquar
( with two men on the base lines.
l In addition to proving a highl
S serviceable workman on offense
t Gardner fielded his position in bril-
: liant style. On several occasions h
e cut off bids for hits by the Dodger:
: and at all times his play was stead
e and sure.
a Two Wins for Shore.
Running along with Gardner as
Y prime factor in the defensive end {
the game goes the pitching of Erni
s Shore, the Carolina Catapault. Lon
r Ernie gets credit for winning two
e the four games gathered in by h
n club, even though he did not site
e around to see the finish of the opel
e ing conflict in Boston. But Thursda
e he came through with all Of the gre;
t. stuff that his admirers had proph
r sled for him.
Many figured that the Dodge
would certainly take the long fe
e lows measure if he was shot again
er them a second time. But instead
- in the first game, he was decided
1t tougher.
"a His performance Of holding tt
9. Dodgers to three hits ranks with tt
a. best pitching ever flashed in
re worlds series battle. Back in 49,
I'd Miner Brown beat the White Sox wi
IN lone pair of hits. This is the on
instance in which Shores stunt h
ed ever been beaten.
so Wherefore to Gardner and Sho
ne must go the greatest individual ere
ne it for the series just gathered in
is the Boston Red SoX. Gardeners hf
ri ting and fielding were brilliant a.
ly Shores pitching was fitting accO1
I'd paniment for the VermOnter's de
or cling play.
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PROCLAMATION.

Proclamation is hereby made that
on the 11th day of November. 1916,
the Board of County Commissioners OF
Carter county, Oklahoma, adopted a
resolution as follows:
RESOLUTION AND ORDER
BE it resolved, that the Board OF
County Commissioners of Carter coun-
|ty, Oklahoma deems it advisable to
issue bonds of said county in the
amount of Two Hundred Thousand
Dollars $500 100000, with interest at
{ the rate of per cent per annum; tho
purpose for which the money derived
from the sale of said bonds to be
FUSED as follows:
For building and constructing per
Imanent state roads,
| Said bonds shall become due and
payable in twenty-five equal annual
| Iinstallments, the first of which shah
be payable one year, and the last OF
which shall be payable twenty-five
years from their date.
] The number and location of said
roads is to be as follows:
Road No. Sec. G State Highway,
Ardmore to Lone Grove.
| Road No. Sec NJ State Highway,
! Lone Grove to Wilson,
Road No. 3.-Sec. A State Highway,
Ardmore to Berwyn.
Road No. i.-Sec. II State Highway,
Ardmore TO Springer.
Road No Sec. u State Highway,
Miles /, first half of 3.
1 Road No G-Sec. II State Highway,
Miles l. 2 and 3.
Road No Sec. ID State Highway,
miles /, 2 and g.
Road No. S.-Sec. x State Highway,
Lone Grove to Woodford.
Road No. 8, beginning at section
corner common to sections 90, %, 2G
and 27, thence south 2 miles on sec
tion line to section corner common
to sections "a and 35, all sections In
ITwp. south, range east
! The above minutes were read aloud
adopted by the board and signed by
the chairman and attested by the
county clerk, this nth day Of Novem-
Der, 1916.
On motion duly made and seconded.
the board adjourned.
j. X. TALIAFERRO,
| (SeaD Chairman.
Attest: s. w. TYER, County Clerk.
BY b. w. DUKE, Deputy.
16-1m
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to the official plat of said city, said
lot measuring nifty (50) feet front on
West Main street and extending back
to depth of 24O feet. being the same
property described In the mortgage
recorded in Mortgage Record IL, page
76, records of Carter county, Okla
hOma
said property will be sold as the
property of the defendant j. NJ. Col
son. to satisfy a certain judgment rem
dored in said above entitled and num-
bercd cause on May 10, 1916, in favor
Of said Scott Halliburton company q
corporation, and against said j. NJ.
Colson as principal and said Moman
Pruictt as CndOrser, ON which there
remains due and unpaid six hundred
and oighty-nino and 35-l00 dollars
l$GS9.35l with interest and all costs in
said cause incurred, including the costs
of advertising.
Dated at Ardmore, Oklahoma, on
this llth day of November, 1916.
BUCK GARRETT,
Shcrif of Carter County, Oklahoma.
1880
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NOTICE OF PROPOSALS FOR
STREET IMPROVEMENTS

Notice is hereby given that in pur-
suance of a resolution adopted by the
Board of Commissioners and approved
by the mayor of the City of Ardmore,
Oklahoma, on the 25th day of October,
1916. proposals will be received at
the office of the city clerk of the City
of Ardmore until 4 o'clock p. m, on
he 5th day of December, 1916, for fur
nishing the material and performing
the work necessary to improve the
following streets and portions thereof
in the City of Ardmore, in the manner
and subject TO the conditions follow
ing, towit:
That portion of Fourth avenue,
northwest, from the west line of Wash
ington street to the east line Of b
street northwest. including alley
crossings and street intersections.
Said street shall be improved by ex-
cavating, grading, paving and draining
the same. the pavement proper to be
constructed OF reinforced concrete
four inches in thickness and twenty
feet in width with a concrete gutter
twenty-four inches wide and a con-
crete curb six inches thick on either
side thereof Said Improvements to
be constructed in accordance with the
detailed plans and specifications pre-
pared by the city engineer OF the City
of Ardmore, and on file in the office OF
the city clerk of said city.
All bids shall be submitted in seal
ed envelopes and plainly marked in
ink on the outside, and each bid shall
be filed on or before I O'Clock p. m, on
the 9th day OF December, 1916, and
shall be accompanied by a certified
check drawn on some bank in the City
.of Ardmore in the sum OF $500. The
contractor TO whom the contract for
said improvements may be awarded,
will be required 10 execute 10 the City
of Ardmore a construction bond con
ditioned according 10 law for the full
and faithful execution Of the work
and the performance OF the contract
and tor the full protection OF the city
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NOTICE OF sHERIFF's SALE

State of Oklahoma, County of Car
ter, IS.
In the District Court within and for
said County and State.
Scott-HalliburtOn company, a cor
poration, Plaintiff, vs.. J. NJ. Colson
and Moman Pruiett, Defendants. No.
,3041.
Notice is hereby given that |, the
undersigned sheriff of Carter county,
Oklahoma, pursuant to an execution
and order of sale issued out of the
district court of Carter county, Okla
homa, in said above numbered and
styled cause by the clerk of said dis
trict court on the 18th day of Novem-
Der, 1916, | will, on Tuesday, the
18th day of December, 1916. at the
hour OF two o'clock p. m. at the front
door of the court house in Carter
county, Oklahoma, city of Ardmore,
Oklahoma, offer for sale to the high
est and best bidder for cash in hand.
and sell without appraisement, the
following described property and real
estate situate in Carter county, state
of Oklahoma, towit:
One four-room house and lot in Ard
more, Oklahoma, the same being the
east side of lot eight (S) block three
hundred thirty-seven (337) in the city
of Ardmore, Oklahoma, and according
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and all property owners Interested,
against any loss or damage by reason
of negligence or improper execution
of the work in a sum of 30 per cent
of the estimated cost of said improve
monts. said contractor Will also be
required to execute an additional bond
in the sum of 80 per cent of the esti-
mated cost of said Improvements
conditioned on the maintenance OF
said improvements in good condition
for a period OF five years from and
after the completion and acceptance
OF said work. Said bond in each in
stance to be subject to the approval
of the mayor and commissioners.
The contractor to whom said work
may be awarded shall receive in pay
ment for said work, street improve
ment bonds at par, issued and secured
as provided by the laws of the state
.Of Oklahoma; provided that in case
the property owners shall elect to
pay cash for said improvements, as
they may do under the laws of Okla
hOma, then and in that event the city
reserves the right to pay for said i'm
provements in cash or part cash and
part DOuuS.
All proposals for construction of
said improvements will be considered
by the mayor and Board of Commis-
sioners of the City of Ardmore, Okla,
lat a meeting to be held at the session
chamber in said city at O'Clock p. IN.
on the 9th day of December 1916, and
the contract will then be awarded to
the lowest and best bidder who will
undertake to perform the work, fur
nish materials, execute the bonds and
construct said Improvements accord
ing to the resolutions aforesaid, and
plans and specifications filed in the
office of the city clerk of the City
.Of ArdmOre, and comply with all other
terms and conditions of said resolu-
ton.
The mayor and commissioners re-
serve the right to reject any and all
proposals that may be received if for
amy reason the same shall be unsatis-
factory.
G. II. BRUCE,
(SeaD City Clerk
(First published Nov 10, 1916.
19-10t
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Failures Last Week.

Commercial failures for the week
ending Nov. 20, in the United States
las reported by r. G. Dun & CO., are
2S3 against 2S5 the week before, 279
the preceding week, 3S7 the cores.
ponding week last year Failures in
Canada numbered "a, against % LAST
week, 2S the preceding week. and 81
last year OF failures this week in
the United States, 1O7 We're in the
east, "A south, &C west and SO in the
Pacific states, and Is reported liabili.
ties of $4,000 or more, against 81
last week.
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500 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded diseas that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, ana
that Is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally
and acts through the Blood on the Mu-
cous Surfaces of the System, thereby
destroying the foundation Of the dis
ease, giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in the
curative powers of Halls Catarrh Cure
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address: +. J. CHENEY e CO., To.
ledo, Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c.