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Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
The Kind and the Haynaker.

George III visited a small town in England. He took a solitary walk that he might see something of the country. He came to hayfeld in which there was only one woman at work Tue king inquired where all the rest were.
 The woman replied that they had gone to town to see the king.
 Why didn't you go. too?' asked the king.
 Pooh she answered q wouldn't walk three yards to see him. and be- sides, they have lost a days work by going; and if were to go my children would suffer. am too poor to lose a days work
 George slipped a sovereign into he1 hand and said: When the rest shall come back, tell them that when they had gone to see the king he came tc see you and left you portrait in gold to remember ilim by''
 ALICE HELEN PLANTE. Age F. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
WHAT SOME HORSES SAID
By Mrs. [. M. Hills

By Mrs. L. M Hills
 This is what some horses said to their masters at the close of the days s work:
 Jim:
 Good master, there is a sore on my hip. I cannot see it, but when the line rests on it, or the whip hits it, it gives. me great pain. Will you please see what causes it and try to cure it? It may be from a nail in the floor. Would you also give me a little thicker bedding7 Then try me without the whip. Al few more oats and little less work win do more than the whip.
 White Face:
 My master. why did you strike me on my face today when my feed-bag fell orr did not get half my dinner, and was 1t my fault or yours that it was not properly fastened on? Starr
 ass When you send me out on the eroc- cry team tomorrow will you please, tell the boy who drives me, not to make 1t harder for me by taking on a number of boys, using the whip all the time, and fairly racing me over my route? @
 Sam;
 Master, when Tom and were doing our very best to draw that heavy load up that steep htlls why dld you con- tinua1ly jerk the retns, whip us and keep calling -gid-up," .gid-up2" And when we saw where we could have a better foothold, instead of jerking us from one side of the road to the other why did you not let us take it Ned:
 When was frightened almost tc death yesterday and tried ,.tos escape which is just what you would have done in such fright didait make me less frightened to be whipped, and gentle word and a soothing touch ol your hand Wuufd have quieted ne and made ne feel that yoll were ils Eriamds and wniaid have a6p t rN oNc '.elHn s--te ss
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Mary,s Secret.

Little Mary and her mother were taking a walk around the town. Sud- denly they met a man who said: What is your name. little girl?' She did not answer
 Then he said to the mother. ''She is not very talkative.s
 NO, she keeps all secrets to her self.'s
 Then Mary said, 'Remember ma ma, I have not told about your false teeth, yet"
 JOHN ANDREW. Age 10. Taftville.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Horses.

Horses were first brought to Amer lea by the Spaniards. They are very obedfent and useful and will work to the last ounce of their strength. They plough the ground and pull car- riages, buggies, wagons. moving vans and do numerous other things. Some are used for racing and trick perform ances in circuses, and fair. There are many different breeds. They should always be carefully shod. SO that they will not slip when pulling heavy loads.
 The custom of check rein and dock ed tails are not so popular now as formerly.
 Many horses bite and kick but most of them are gentle and can be handled by any person who treats them the way they should be treated. Dunh animals appreciate kindness as much as humans
 WALTER SUPuJA. Age z4.
 Stafford Springs
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

probab1y It has been grown longer here tEan anS where else In the world
 Egypt produces more cotton than any other country in Affica and ranks &hird in the amount supplied to the world II has been said cotton is the nbaclk bones' Of Egyptian agricul- ture. It certainly is the crop that brings the most money to the owners Of the soil.
 The cotton fields of Bfazn are found iu the tropical districts of the Atlan- tic sea board and in parts of the il1- terior of the country. Mose or less cotton is also raised in Brazil en applied to that which grows in bott of these countries.
 ESTHER c. ENTHAI1 Age 13.
 Norwich
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
LETTERS OF AckNowLEDeMENT

Lillian Murphy of Norwich: I thank you very much for the prize book you sent me. I have read it through and find The Saddleboys series very in teresting.
 Lucy A. Carter of Hampton: I thank you very much for the prize book received have read about half of it and find it very interesting.
 Walter Supina of Stafford Springs: I thank you many times for that fine prize book. I think it will be about as good as the Tom Swift Series.
 Beatrice BurnEana of Hampton: Re- ceived pirze book entitled His Lord ships Puppy, a short time ago. I have read it and enjoyed it very mulch. hope that other Wide Awakes will enjoy their books ks much as did mine
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
UNCLE JED's TALK TO WIDE,
 AWAKES.

Do you know none are working harder to protect and win back the useful birds to the home-1ot and the farm than the boys and girls of Amer ica.
 There are more than three hundred thousand boys and girls who have voluntarily pledged to be kind to all dumb creatures, and the pretty bird houses some of the boys and girls of the bird clubs have built shows how sincere their endeavor is and how wonderful their skill.
 Last year Uncle Jed had no wren in his neighborhood. The little fellow was absent for the first time in 1l
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
.PoErRY.
Robbiesa chaIIenge.
Ry $. J. Douglass.

By S. J. Douglass. ''who goes7" cried Sir Robin, as he swung on limb. ? Friend or foe. out so early a-walk-. ingTs ~oh. a friend, to be sure. Your eye. sight is dim Not to know an old chum by his talking" Good friend" Robbie said, as he sharpened his eye. 'Ts its club, gun, or stan you are hiding?' .oh. stan, to be sure: I'm not at all Lame a-foot, I ought to be riding. "But let me come closer: a word in your ear: Early dawn often troubles my sec 'rNo closer. dear friendi-too close now, fear: think-T ought to be fleeing" Dear Robbie" quoth friend, ''you1l quite breah my heart: Such coldness is far past my say- ing. Your plump. rounded form, regimen tals so smart, I've often admirsd in my strayins. Tn Spring, sweet and bright, you are always on wing: Sharp call in the dawn wakes each sleeper. True sentinel -bird-al are charmed when you sing: Bird-homes may well love such a keeper!
 VT. Through meadows you fy-then visit Next. can up the farmboy so cheery Just to hear your sweet notes quite enchanted I've stood;- Of true music never am weary.
 VIII And to think that such beauty-such sweetness should die! How. can gun, man, or boy be SC cruel? Rather than taste such dear broth that's a tear in my eye I'd fast for long months on thin "oh, never-no, never your life would harm:
 But-examine this stan Of bright just load-dear mel noI think ot .a.s Then point to the limb where you z, settle" ''Tha- that that ,;vI will , a9, my sly friend 'D-do you carry your stan ir g-gun- cover? With rattling bird-shot you seem tc be armed z, z Out for Fo-robins or ra-rabbits ol blower" Twas hasty .'Goodbye"; neither tar. ried there long: Willy gunner slunk away like shadow. A cherry. so juicy, clears Rob's throai for song,
 And joyful he flies OCT the meadow
 Our Dumb Animals.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
RuIss fer Yonna Wrlters.

l. Write plainly on one side of the paper only. and number the pages. 2. Use pen and ink, not pencil. 2. Short ana pointed articles will be sgtven preference. Do not use over 260 words.
 4st Original stories or letters only { willabe used
 5. Write your name. age and ad- dress plainly at the bottom of the story.
 Address an communications to Uncle lJed. Bulletin once.
 Whatever you are~-Be that!
 Whatever you say-Be trueg
 Strai aightforwardly act, v Be honest-in fact,
 Be nobody else but you"
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Thure,a Preuen-tion.
South Coventry.

Dear Uncle Jed: I told my mother about Cleanup day and asked if wal allowed to clean up the yard. She said was, so I went to work with 2 will. First I took a rake and raked the tin cans, bones, sticks of wood and stones into one pile, then I took . broom and swept up the yard. After I had done tlais I put the rubbish 1T a wheelbarrow and wheeled 1t down ii back of the chicken coop. had three loads of rubbish. shall set it on hrt some time this month.
 After this we are going to have 2 barrel and fill it up with the rubbisf and later burn it.
 THURE HAAfBLIN, Age 12.
 South Coventry
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Colchester
silk.


 Ever since people were civilized silk has been the best and most expensive cloth known. worn only by the wealthy people.
 It was, and is, made of cocoons spun were at one time wild, but now they are tame. They were domesticated in China in the year B. c. 265O
 Silk came to be spun in very queer way. The emperor of China had a name was Si-lin-Chi One day She got him very angry and he said to her: "0h, go spini" She took him at his word and went down into the garden, found some co. ccons, made a distan and a week af- forward presented him with a piece o1 silk. He was so satisfied with hel work that he bestowed great honors upon her and passed two laws:
 That every woman in the empire should spin, and the death penalty would be bestowed upon anyone tell. ing the secret of how the silk was made"
 Years went by. All went well. Al last two monks came to China and when they went away took some co coons and the secret, which they spread rapidly throughout the world The first silk mill in the Unitet States was built at Mansfield, Conn. in 1s1O; but the silk industry does no pay in tine United. States. so 1t wa: given up.
 Yantic.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Forestry.

Think how many times a day each
 milar object The pencil you write
 with the chair you sit in, the floor
 you walk on even the daily news-
 paper is made of wood A very large part of our comforts and conveniences come from products that the forests supply. Wherever we turn. we see States was discovered almost all the land between the Atlantic Ocean and ! tho ppl ri covered with
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
TAE MINNERs oF PRIzE BOOKS


 1-Grace Kern of Norwich: The Meadow Brook Girls Under Canvas.
 2-Susan Hatten of Mt Hope. The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson.
 3-Louise Demuth, of Baltic: Ruth Fielding of the Red MIL
 4-Blanche R. Gauthier of Brooklyn: Ruth Fielding at Silver Ranch.
 5-Edwin ]. Williamson, of Nor wich: Miss Pat in the Old World.
 6-TheIma Boynton of North Frank lin: After School.
 7-LiIlian M. Brehaut, of East Nor wich, N. T.: Madge Morton's Secret
 zMyrtIe Duprey of Colchester: The Meadow Brook Girls Af1oat.
 Winners of books living in the city may call at The Bulletin business office for them at any hour after 10 a m. on Thursday.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

danger, Why, my master, did you not Dick:
 l do not like to complain, but if on cold winter morning you would warm the bits before putting them in my mouth, should feel much more comfortable. once knew a master who always did that for his horses and they appreciated it.
 Ladys
 Will you please, kind master, loosen my check-rein, especially when I am going up hill? All horses could keen up their gait longer and more easily if checlTeins were looser. Please try it when I go out again with the car- riage.
 old Jerry:
 You have been good master to me for many years, and I have tried to be faithful to you. But I am old now and feeble and must soon die. want to thank you for all your kind- ness and am sure you will do as well by your other horses as you have by me. We horses appreciate kind treat ment, and each one. of us wishes to de the very best he can for his master and the kinder care he received the better he can work Although the Heavenly Father has denied us the power of human speech, we have a language of our own, and so we tall over our masters and our daily lives with each other, and we are glad, al ways. to tell of gentle 4pat, a linc word, or a lump of sugar. We are noi without affection for those who are good to us, and wish that every mar would treat his, animals So that ht could truthfully say
 That mercy to otherssshow
 That mercy show to me
 Good night, dear master. A fev more nights and you will n1ereifu1l, help me across to that other akor. There nd morning call or yours caz Preach the ears of old Jerry. Our Dumb fxa1a
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Cotton.


 Cotton is the most important ma terial used by man for purposes of clothing. Cotton is found between the parallels 40 degrees north to 30 de- grees south latitude. The plant was not native to all regions of this wide belt and in many places was not known until it was brought in from kelsewhere
 During the last century the cotton belt has gradually increased. Tn the eighteenth century the only places where much cotton was grown were North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia But when the cotton gin and other machines were invented they gave a great stimulus. to cotton growing Production moved farther vest and south. so that, about 1850 the centre of cotton growing lay in Alabama
 For a long time India produced llarge quantities of cotton far mere indeed than any other country. India produces other flores. such as 5ate; g9ut cgeten ' fB VI iaeay cultfvateds and
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
ceoroe Ranoroft.

George Bancroft was born at Wor- cester, Mass, in 1900, and died in 1891. He graduated from Harvard college when he was IT, bearing off the second honor of his class. The following year he sailed for Europe and spent five years studying under the most learned professors in Germany, France and Italy.
 On his return to America he became tutor at Harvard and was afterward connected with a classical school at Northampton. He was deeply interest ed in the affairs of the nation, but re- fused to enter public life, as he had decided to write a history of tI1e United States. which appeared in 1894, and occupied his time for many years. He was appointed minister to England in 1S46 and remained for three years.
 He returned to this country and re- stunned his literary work Tn 1887 he was appointed minister to Berlin by President Grant
 His history of the United States is without a rival. It was accepted as ar authority. Mir. Bancroft spared nc pains in his researches among old manscr1pts
 MYRTLE DUPREY. 4oI0
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
THE WIDE AWAKE CIRCLE
BOYS AND GIRLS DEpARTMENT

years, and how he missed this little singer. He had two new wren houses built, and again this year the wren with his song fills the morning air with music.
 A fine bird house that smells of new paint and shellac is not what the birds want They prefer dry, in conspicuous bird house and If it looks likes the stump of a tree or fence post the better they like 1t.
 Swallows or martens will live to- gether in a single house. but the wrens, blnebirds, robins and most of our other song birds do not care to live within hundred feet of one an- other. It Is doubtful if two pairs Of wrens can be induced to make their nests on the same half acre.
 The osprey. or nsh-hawk, which builds its nests on the pier spindles on Long Island sound has a coarse nest as big as hair bushel basket and 1t is so good natured and social that 1t let's other little birds make their nest on the side of it's nest and he does not disturb them.
 It is interesting to learn the way ot the birds, or of the butterflies and plants, and there is no end of pleas ure in being on familiar terms witn the little creatures of the garden, fields and woods.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08
Fhe Potato seab..

Fne Potato Scabs
 The potato scab is a rough appear ing mass on the skin that cuts it's market value. It is caused by d fun gus that is hard to get rid Of It has been known to stay in tho soil for six years. Hot waters will not kin 1t. The best way to treat 1t is to dissolve two ounces of pulverized corrosive sub blimate in two gallons of water, and let 1t stand over night then add thir- teen gallons of water and let stand four or five hours. Then the potatoes may be dipped and planted.
 Corrosive sHblimate is a poison and the potatoes dipped in it should not be fed to stock
 Formalin is another good method. Il is used at the rate of eight ounces formalin to fifteen gallons Of water.
 Sulphur is better method. Use sulphur at the rate of three hundred pounds to the acre in open rows whef the fungus is already In the soil RoI seed potatoes in sulphur before plant. ing.
 M+ HoYc
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

is there any wonder why this friend less girl. with all her wealth, was un-
 GRACE KERN. Age 10. Norwich.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

very best results. It is soothing, cooling, and healing to the most deli- |cate skin. I have used many other powders but have never found any thing to heal skin sore-
Norwich bulletin., 1916-06-08

.sI used Sykes Comfort Powder on tIlis baby for rnsh and chafinrr rzifl1 fha
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
EXCAVATION is
PROCEEDING ON
TENTH STREET

TInc J. B. McCrary Co.'S big
dltchIng machine arrived last
night over the Coast Line from
Nashville, n. c., and as soon as
it can be unloadcd, will be put
to work III connection with the
removal of earth along the prin-
clpaI streets of the town. AL
ready a force of workmen have
been excavating and laying pipe
on Tenth street, having tunneled
under the A. c. L. freight station
the last Of the week.
The giant tank tower, which
was furnished by the r. D. Cole
Mfg. Co, Newman, Ga, has also
arrived, as has other material for
the construction of Scotland
Neck $ municipal improvements.
There was a report going the
roun,ls some days ago to the eff
feet that all the shade trees on
the streets which were traversed
/ by pipe lines would have to be
cut down This is evidently a
false impression, as the superin
| tendent Of construction told The
Commonwealth s reporter tha;
only the trees in the middle OF
the street were in line for re
moval, and possibly these wouId
not be removed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
VIRGIL BUTT, OF MARION,
WOUNDS FIVE WITH GUN
Trouble is Said to Have Arisen
Over Employment Of His
Better Half

Marion, n. c., Sept. 1O.-Virgil
Butt, white man 35 years old,
shot and seriously wounded five
persons at the home of Thomas
Morris this afternoon. The wound-
ed are: Lawrence Morris, Ro-
land Morris, J. L. Biddix, Mrs.
y. II. L. Miller and Mrs. Virgil
Butt, the wife Of the assailant.
Butt s wife was d cook at the
home Of Morris and supposedly
against his will is his reason for
the act. About o'clock Butt
appeared at the rear door Of the
Morris home armed with a rifle
and shot his wife, then entered
the home and began shooting at
the other occupants. j. L. Bid
dix, a nearby neighbor, appeared
on the scene and Butt shot him,
the bullet grazing his forehead.
He returned to his home for a
shotgun and succeeded in wound
ing Butt, as he escaped toward
the hills. 1t is not known how
seriously they are wounded, but
it is thought that all will recover
Mrs. j. II. L. Miller, who was
shot in the neck, is in serious
condition. The assailant escaped
and is yet at large with several
hundred men on the trail. Excite
ment is intense tonight and shoulC
the fugitive be captured he will
barely avoided being lynched
Butt has been a heavy drinkel
and was regarded as dangerous
when drunk.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
ATTEMPT MADE ON LIFE
OF CAPT. G.. w. JEFFRESS
Tarboro Mill Man Rudely Awak-
ened Sunday Night by Whizz
Of Bullets.

Information was received here
yesterday Of an attempt to take
the life Of Capt. G. w. Jeffress
at his home eight miles of Tar
boro Sunday night Details Of
the alleged attempt have not been
learned but the facts in the ease
seem to be about as follows: Mr..
.ieffreSs had retired for tie night,
but before he had gone to sleep
he heard a noise about the prem
ises. He got up to investigate,
but found nothing to indicate the
presence Of party or parties.
Shortly after retiring again
shot was fired, supposedly from
rifle, the ball going clear
through the house. Within a few
seconds five additional shots had
/ been fired. several Of which pcne-
tratcd the mattress on which Mr..
.Icffrcss has been sleeping. A
search was made but no one
was found.
Mr.. Jeffress is prominent citi-
zen of Edgpcomhe, and has a hand
some home this side Of TarborO on
] the Lawrencc S road. There is
no motive advanced for the at
tempt.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
A Wise Bull.

a young fellow wass looking
over a fence watching a girl milk
q COW in an open field, when sud
denly he observed young and
excited bull, with his head lower
ed and tail cooked high in the air,
rushing madly toward her. The
youth called out to warn her Of
the approaching danger, but she
Just glanced at the bull and con
tinued calmly to milk the COW.
Still the ihfuriated animal rush
ed toward the dauntIcss girl, and
then. when it was almost upon
her, it stopped short, gave loud
below, and galloped away to the
farther side Of the meadow.
The young fellow now ventured
to ask the girl how she knew the
bull would not touch her.
"Oh, was the gentle reply
'this COW s his motherinlaw .
Harpers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
VILLA HAS DEVELOPED
ORATORIAL ABILITY
An American Reports His Address
From a Wagon Seat in
Chihuahua.

Ell Paso, Texas, Sept. 9.-From
the seat Of wagon Francisco
Villa addressed the populace Of
Satevo, Chihuahua, when his
forces captured the town about
two weeks ago, according to an
American arriving here today.
Villa is quoted as saying:
You see before you Pancho
Villa, the bandit. But you see
also that | am paying my soldiers
III silver, and | promise you it
Will not be long until | have a
large army | now have plenty
Of machine guns and ammunition.
You saw neither the 'grinyoes nor
the Carranzistas could catch me
even when ! was i'll. The grin
goes are harder fighters than The
Carranzistas, but | bear them nc
animosity. All | am interested ii
is III Furnishing traitors, and put
ting an end to Carranza. W.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-09-12
kERR'S MAJORITY
OVER WINSTON
ABOUT 1000

Returns from Saturdays Judi
cial primary indicate that Hon.
John II. Kerr $ majority over
Judge f. ID. Winston of BERTHE
county will run as high as 1000
votes. Up to the present time it
IS impossible to get the Winston
majority, but it is reported to be
anywhere from $50 to 900. All the
other counties in the district were
carried by Mr. Kerr by the fol-
lowing approximate majorities:
Northampton, 594 majority.
Vance, 200 majority.
Warren, 300 majority.
Hertford, 1856 majority.
Halifax. 1000 majority.
The vote by precincts for Hall
fax county with the exception of
F.! ButterwoOd, is as follows: