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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25
THE w. & w. SOCIAL

Mrs c.. N. Malone was hostess to the
W. &. WIS Of the Methodist Episcopal
church Thursday evening from 500 to
II 100 O colck. The hall and living room
were fragrant with lovely cut flowers
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25
FOR SALE

Boston Terrier Puppies, months old.
Just the thing for the children to play
with. They are excelletn house dogs,
affectionate and playful, good a sd
burglar alarm. They range in price
from $40 to $25.
B. W. MARTIN.
With E. T. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

The Shriners of Rocky Mount are in
massed formation this week and thew
practically own the town, but they are
the biggest men in the state and so
Rocky Mount is perfectly safe in their
hands,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

Mr.. w. A. Coates, Of the J. B. Nc
Crary Co., returned yesterday from At
lanta, and tells Of several scenes he
witnessed during the great fire that ra
ged in that city this week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25


Miss Selma Twisdale, Of Spring Hill,
Nos . visitor in town this morning.
Mr.. J. f. Bowers left this morning
for Lewiston on Business, and vii re
turn tonight.
Mr., Claude Station formerly with the
lord Service Station has gone to Tar
horo and accepted position there.
Mr. J. w. Perry drove over from
po+bel Yesterday and will be in town
for q few days on business.
Mr. !. c. Riddick left this morning
for Rocky Mount and Henderson in
SAXON six for delivery.
Mrs A. F. Leighton and Miss Lucal
Of near Mullins, was in town yesterday
shopping.
Mrs. 4. A. Shute is spending this
,,pak in Richmond with her daughter,
Mrs F. O. LYMAN.
Mrs. ]. L. Barnhill, Mrs. Matte
Banhill and Mrs. Joe Lawrence, of
Davson's were in town yesterday.
Mr.. Gavin Lyman left this morning
in a Saxon six to deliver for the N. A.
Riddick Motor Car Co., at Creedmoor.
Miss Annie Cherry, Of Ellington, ar
rived last night to spend some time
with her mother, Mrs. w. r. Cherry.
Miss Gertrude Kitchin spent the
night with friends in Halifax and re
turned on the morning train.
Mr.. T. w. Fenner, of Raleigh, arriv-
ed on this morning train and was met
bv his son, Mr. Paul Fenner.
Dr. and Mrs. F. M. Register, of Til
lery. are preparing to move back to the
old home of DR.. Register, at Sanford
Mr. John Lawrence, Of Dawson .
has been i'll and his daughter, Mrs. Fert
Harrison has been nursing him thi
week.
Friends of Mrs Margaret Shield
will be glad to know that she is strong
l, bo
Yesterday and enjoy the sunshine.
Mr.. David Bryant is back at the stor
this morning after his recent sick spell
and appears to be well, although some
what peaked.
Mrs. G. G. Weeks drove to Tarbor
yesterday and accompanying her wer
Mesdanes w. H. White, R. H. Gray
and R. G. Shackell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard Allsbrok, wit
Mr. L. L. Braswell and Miss Myrti
Hill Wilkerson drove back from Rock
Mount in heir Dodge car.
$780,
Mrs. H. P. Sewell and daughte
who have been visiting Mrs. w. n
Hancock for the past few days, return
ed to their home at Windsor today
Mr.. Aubrey Leggett drove a four c,
Under Buick over to Warrenton TIL
morning for the n A. Riddick Mt,
Car Co., to deliver to customer ther
Rev. R. A. Mcfarland returned tn
morning from Wake Forest, where
had attended the meeting Of the Boa
OF Trustees, and also the commenc
ment of the college.
49,
Mrs. ?. H. Cooper of Oak City, w
has been visiting her sister Mrs No
E. Harris, returned to her home on
morning train.
Mrs. R. B. Hyatt, who underwent
somewhat serious operation some wee
ago is not sufficiently recovered tn
she is able to move around her home.
a, Two Gle. zeal experts from Ri
mond. E. L. Miles and L. w Gods,
nave been here for day or two dol
work at the Scotland Neck Cotton Mi
they left for home this morning, h;
ing completed their work.
Miss BESSIE Grav who has h1
spending few days in Tarboro duri
the convalescence Of Mrs r. B. Hv
returned to town in Mrs. G.. c. Weel
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

The n. A. Riddick Motor Car Com
pany has sent to Charlotte for another
International truck which has been sold
and is to be delivered today, to the
cherry Cola Bottling works at, Kel
ford.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

Miss Selma Twisdale, of Spring Hill,
mas = visitor in town this morning.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

MIR. Guthrie Madry, when asked if
he would attend the pupils recital at
the Graded School tonight stated that
he had another musical in view at the
Masonic Hall tonight.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25

Nv +. f. Bowers left this morning
for Lewiston on Business, and viii re-
turn tonight.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-25
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: LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
OF GENERAL INTEREST

Mr. G. Hoffman left on the morning
train for HobgOOd.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
SELECTED EGGS FOR MARKET
Steadily Increasing Demand for Fresh
Product Of Good Quality-Little
Labor Required.

Eggs for market should be the most
important. source of income from the.
farm flock. There is steadily increas-
ing demand for fresh eggs of good
quality at profitable prices. In addi-
ton, eggs are produced with less labor
than other poultry products and are
more conveniently marketed.
Poultry for market should be the
second source of income. Under pres
ent conditions, the larger part Of the
poultry meat produced on most farms
is a by-product produced and sold
with little regard to the cost of pro-
duction. The poultry man should plan
for his work SO that while producing
eggs for market, he may obtain con-
siderable revenue from the sale of
broilers during, June and July, fowls
during September and October, and
capons from January to April.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
What Responsibility Does.

The saying runs that as soon as a
lieutenant is made commander he be-
gins to carry a stick, and as soon as
commander becomes captain he
"turns religious" For justification of
the latter part of this assertion there
exists the undoubted fact that naval
captains are mostly serious minded
men who give some, thought to the
greater things of life. Possibly their
hours of loneliness may conduce to this
frame of mind, though for the most
part their leisure hours are given up to
study of matters connected with their
calling One well-known captain there
was who used to hold prayer meetings,
which any member of the ships COM
pany could attend. Remember there
are no rates to be picked up here" the
captain would warn them before the
meetings started, meaning that any
one who came there hoping to curry
favor and thus get promotion would
be disappointed. And in this the cap
tain was always as good as his word.
London Mail.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
GEESE ARE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD RANGERS

ly and are extremely easy to raise, peo-
pie have not learned to relish goose
meat in the middle West. Raising
geese in large numbers would not be
profitable on account of distance to
markets. Every farmer, nevertheless,
should raise enough geese for home
consumption and for the feathers for
home use. The largest numbers OF
geese are found in southeastern Kan
sas among the German settlements"
The best breeds to raise in Kansas
are the Emden, a white goose, and
the Toulouse, a gray goose, in the
opinion of Mr.. Harris. These are the
largest geese. Because no water need
be provided for swimming purposes.
they are called dry land'' geese.
While geese forage well and produce
meat cheaply, they are of little value
for egg production further than breed.
ing purposes. The young geese sell
dom lay more than 20 eggs year and
from 80 to 40 is an exceptionally high
record for an older goose. Geese for
breeding purposes can be profitably
kept until they are from eight to four
teen years old.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
He FOUND WAY TO WAKE HER
Minister, Annoyed by Woman Who
Persisted in Sleeping During
Service, Had Bright Idea.

The minister of l. is one of
tnpse quietly humorous characters OF
whom there are many in the church.
He has a deal to contend with in
his preaching, and the chief matter he
has to combat is sleep.
Many Of his hearers begin to doze
the minute he starts preaching The
minister arranged with the verger that
In future he should endeavor to wax
en- sleepers from the pulpit.
He managed this successfully for
some time, but one Sunday he failed
to rouse an old woman a well-knoWn
innkeeper in the parish. AT length,
just as he was about to yield, bright
idea struck him.
"Pll waken her this time" he ex-
claimed.
Striking the side of the pulpit firm
~ with his clenched fist, he called out,
"Anither pint here, Janet.!' whereupon
the good old innkeeper started up and
replied, Coming, sir; coming!'
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
DADDI' SEV[N[N(
[ARY TALL a.
MOSQUITOES AND sNAILs.
~ MARY GRAHAM BONNER

swell, are you here again." said the
Snails to the Mosquitoes.
1--WE are indeed buzzed the Mosqui-
toes. "But you don't say that as if
you were pleased. In fact, we don't
like your manner at all. We think
little nip and wee bite might help
you. 1t might make you more polite"
"Ah, there you are wrong" said the
Snafls. ITO be sure, our manner was
not so very polite. But we don't feel
so polite toward your family. But as
for teaching us manners with the aid
of little nip and wee bite-Well,
that is absurd, as we have shells and
we can go right back into them. We
may be slow, but we can get into our
shells quickly enough"
Eyes, cowards,'' Kissed the Mosqui-
toes.
mot at ALL said the Snails. cts
not cowardly to avoid being bitten. It
wouldn't help anyone if we were bit
ten. There would be no good done
because of it. We simply do not wish
to be bitten and give you a chance to
say:
"tWe bit the snails today. That
was part Of our pleasure For it is
pleasure to you to bite, and we don't
intend to help along such selfish, mean,
cross creatures"
''Ha, ha, ha," laughed the Mosqui-
toes as they buzzed near the Snails.
But the Snai1s had put their heads
into their shells. When they came out
again the Mosquitoes were planning
another trip.
1--WE can't be bothered with you.
You are of no use to us. And, besides,
you aren't nice and fat and soft and
juicy. All, we love to bite the arms
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
KEEP FLIES FROM CHICKENS
Houses and Yards Constitute Hatch
cries Unless Preventive Measures
Are Observed.

Poultry houses and poultry yards
constitute bad fly hatcheries, unless
preventive measures are taken.
The accumulations on the dropping
boards and under the roosts left for
only few days become a live mass Of
maggots which in short time increase
the fly population of the farm by mil
lions.
Even when the poultry houses are
regularly cleaned every few days and
the manure stored in ordinary boxes or
barrels, the eggs continue to hatch
and the maggots wriggle through
cracks to the ground, and the fly in
crease goes on just the same unless
the manure is treated with borax, he'll
lebore, or some other effective prepare
ton.
Experiments have shown that borax
is the most reliable and effective prep
aration, and the expense is also less.
The plan followed in treating manure
in this way is to have can busters OF
borax in the poultry houses and sift
little of the borax over the dropping
boards, or under the roosts, where no
dropping boards are used, making sure
to sift the borax thoroughly along the
edges where the fly maggots will move
when leaving the manure to escape in
to the ground.
Only a small quantity of the pow
dered borax is required-an ounce or
trif1e more being sufficient for each
bushel of manure treated.
The cost of borax in 1O0-pound lots
obtained from niail-order houses or
other wholesale channels should not be
over five or six cents a pound, and
about nine, cents purchased by the sin
gle pound. The cost per hen for treat
ing the manure during the fy-breeding
season need not exceed half-cent
a bird.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20

Raise geesel A few of them will
pay on every farm, in the opinion of
n. L. Harris, superintendent of the
Kansas State Agricultural college
poultry farm.
Geese are exceptionally good rang
ers and can be raised more economi-
cally than any other kind of poultry, :
said Mr.. Harris.
Waste ground may be inclosed with
24-inch hog wire and the geese al
lowed to feed at will on grass and in
sects. If the ground is damp or wet
and the supply of tender, green feed is
plentiful, the geese grow rapidly and
are ready for market when twelve TO
sixteen weeks old.
ssWhen the geese are six weeks OF
age they get their living from grass,
bugs, and worms, and require little if
any grain. They may be turned out to
forage during the day.
t'The goose industry has not been
developed in the West because the
market price is so low. The price,
however, is almost twice as high as
that paid a few years ago.
"While they produce the meat cheap
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
COMBINATION FOR HEN
BuckWheat and Rye Are Recon-
mended as Being All Right.
Former Supplies Crop of Seed in Fall,
While Latter Supplies Green
Forage During Winter
Sow First of August.

Buckwheat and rye seems funny
combination, but it is all right when
you come to think about it. The buck
wheat will not be detrimental to the
rye and will give crop Of seed in the
fall while the rye will give a crop of
green foliage during the winter. Then,
If you have bees, you will get another
profit from the buckwheat.
Sow your buckwheat and rye togeth-
er along about the first of August.
The buckwheat should be rather thin
so it will not shade the rye when it is
small, and one buckwheat plant will
spread enough to take up foot of
space. The foliage is not dense and
rye will grow beneath it.
It is not necessary to harvest the
seeds Of buckwheat. It is best, though,
to keep the hens off it until the crop
is well set or they will destroy the
later bloom in harvesting the first
seeds when in the milk. If the first
seeds ripen and drop it is no disad-
vantage, for the hens will gather them
rye gets a better start also from hav-
ing the hens shut off during the time 1T
is starting. Hens love the small ten
der shoots and will keep them eaten
close If allowed to do so. They do not
need them in the fall, but they will
need all the growth the rye will make
during winter when there is no other
green.
If you will provide a field Of rye
and buckwheat and will turn the hens
into it just before it gets cold in the
fall and let them put themselves in
good condition for winter laying, they
cannot help but give good account of
themselves. Feed some meat scraps
or milk in addition to their regular
grain ration and this extra green and
seed, and you give them an ideal start.
The crop of buckwheat is worth more
than it's grain value at this season.
Then it is a splendid feed supplied
without the cost of harvesting, and on
ground that would not be used for
anything else at this season.
Rye will keep green all winter and
will carry the hens well into the spring
with succulent green feed so neces-
sary to secure the best fertility in the
eggs. One Of the reasons why. early
eggs lack in fertility is the lack of
green feed at this season.
If rye cannot be had, wheat will
answer very well in its place, but rye
gives heavier growth. If sown early
and given a good start, wheat will give
a good account of itself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
He Was Cured.

Once there was little boy who stole
sugar. So strong was his craving for
sugar that half his mothers time was
taken up watching the sugar bowl.
One morning, however, she filed a big
tumbler full of sugar and gave it to
the little boy and told him to eat it all.
The boy took spoon and started in.
He ate about third of it before he
got enough. His mother insisted that
he eat some more-it was all his to
eat. and she'd box his ears if he didn't
eat it, She did box his ears, and he
ate a little more, but presently he
slipped the tumbler under his chair
and slipped out to play. When he
came back, though, the tumbler was
there waiting for him. He ate a little,
but 1t wasn't good. He said it twas
too sweet" Every day for a month
that tumbler was by his plate at the
table, on chair by his bedside, in the
closet with his playthings-e
where he found that tumbler. The
flies swarmed about it, and the ants
came, but still it was too sweet
That tumbler never was finished up.
The boy is an old man now, and takes
his coffee straight. Gooseberry pie is
the only kind he likes. All other kinds
are "too sweet. kansas City Star.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
USEFUL RUNWAY FOR CHICKS
Where Few Chickens Are Raised
BY Mother Hen.

A portable runway is most con-
venient thing to have around a place
where few chickens are raised by
mother hen. 1t gives an opportunity
to get them away from the regular
chicken yard, where they will get
fresh earth to dig in and still be safe.
The loss of young chicks from cats,
hawks and other pests is as great as
loss from sickness. This loss can be
averted at very moderate expense.
ANY man or woman can make run
way of common latin which is prefer
able to some other kinds of material.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
WATER AND GRIT FOR CHICKS
Best Not to Feed Youngsters Anything
Until They Get Accustomed to
New Surroundings.

Chicks may have water and grit inn
mediately after being placed in the
hover, but it is best not to feed them
for a few hours until they get accus-
toned to the brooder. The first food
may be bread and milk, johnny-cake
baked hard and fed dry, or dry grain
chick feed. Some poulterers assert that
a feed of clabbered milk is good be-
cause the acid in the milk has tend
ency to kill any germs that may exist
in the digestive organs.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
"You Aren't Very Polite" Said the
Mosquitoes.

and legs Of children. We love to land
on horses heads and we like big
things-with plenty of meat!'
"You are horrid and cruel" said the
Snails. They were disguised with the
Mosquitoes. "What harm have chill
dren and horses ever done you? Why
do you want to hurt them?'
1Now look here, Snails," said the
Mosquitoes. "You can always find rea-
sons for doing good. But we don't
want your objections for doing harm.
If there are such things as children
with arms and legs-why shouldn't we
bite them?"
children are nice and kind and they
love all the creatures because we are
smaller than they are. And they love
dogs and horses, as they make such
wonderful friends and companions.
But you do nothing but torment them.
Oh, dear, how we hate to see you all
arriving in such swarms."
"We must say your aren't very po-
lite" said the Mosquitoes.
1--WE hate you, and we don't want to
be polite to you. You are the only
creatures under the sun and moon
that we hate--yes, the only, only ones.
We love grasshoppers and toads and
frogs; horses, dogs and cats. Birds
and the farmyard animals are all nice,
too-but mosquitoes-they are hor-
rid
"Then why are you talking to us?"
asked the Mosquitoes.
Because said the Snails, 1--WE hope
you will try to improve
mo hope of that" said the Mosqui-
toes.
"And another reason said the
Snails, lis because you have just
missed a picnic party that went by
here little time ago. A nice picnic
where they went-no, indeed. And
you've lost them now. We only talked
to you because we wanted you to miss
one horrid adventure. We wouldn't
have wasted our time otherwise. And
we talked slowly to give the children
more time'' The Snails wiggled and
squirmed a little. They were very
much pleased with themselves.
But, oh how mad the mosquitoes
were! They buzzed and sung their
ugly little songs. They tried to bite
the snails, but they had gone inside
their shells.
They were so furious that they
wasted all that time. But the snails
were happy! They knew that the chill
dren were far away by this time, and
they had been saved from having the
horrid, unlimited mosquitoes go along,
too.
AS the mosquitoes flew away they
said: ''Never again will we talk to
those slow snails. They make us
lose time.'
And the Snails were delighted that
their SloWnesS had helped.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
Puts Price on Bed.

That the ears of little children are
quick to pick up the strange terms
they hear their parents use is indicated
in an incident in the household of
Judge Deery of city court, says the In
dianapolis News.
Mrs. Deery had been shopping with
her little daughter and when they re-
turned home, the daughter started to
.'sell'' everything in the house as she
had seen the clerks do.
When she reached bedroom she
announced that she would sell the bed
for "ten dollars and costs and penal
farm"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20

try Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound. I took six bottles and today I
am healthy woman able to do my own
homework. / wish every suffering
woman would try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, and find out for
themselves how good it is. - Mrs. CARL
A. KIEso, 596 North Ave, Aurora, LII.
The great number of unsolicited tes-
timonials on file at the Pinkham Lab
oratory, many of which are from time
to time published by permission, are
proof of the value of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, in the
treatment of female ills.
Every ailing woman in the United
States is cordially invited to write to
the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confdentiaD, Lynn, Mass, for special
advice. 1t is free, will bring you health
and may save your life.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20

severe pains IN my
back and sides until
/ became so weak |
could hardly walk
from chair to chair,
and got so nervous
/ would jump at the
slightest noise. i
was entirely unfit
to do my house,
work, I was giving
up hope of ever be-
ing well, when my
sister asked me to
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
CUTlCURA COMPILATIONS
Are Usually Remarkably Soft and
Clear-Trial Free.

Make Cuticura Soap your everyday
toilet Soap, and assist it now and then
as needed by touches of Cuticura Oint-
ment to soften, soothe and heal. Moth
ing better to make the complexion
clear, scalp free from dandruff and
hands soft and white.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20

Now Is the Time to Get Rid of These
Holy Sn0fa

Ugly Spots.
There's no longer the slightest need of
feeling ashamed of your freckles as the
prescription othine double strength is
guaranteed to remove these homely spots.
Simply get of othine-double
strength-from your druggist, and apply q
little of 1t night and morning and you
should soon see that even the worst freckles
have begun to disappear while the lighter
ones have vanished entirely. It is seldom
pletely clear the skin and gain beautiful
clear complexion.
Be sure to ask FOR the double strength
othine, as this is sold under guarantee of
money back II it fails to remove freckles-
Adv.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
Convinced.

''Do you believe dreams ever come
true?" asked the landlady.
EYES," replied the candid boarder.
s'I'm quite sure some of them do. Last
night / dreamed that the cup of coffee
I was going to get this morning would
be as weak and indecisive as a man
with a receding chin and no job. -
Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1917-07-20
In Bed.

John-Pm going to kill that mosQui-
to.
Wife-Don't bother, John.
John-You think l want to be bit
ten just as l doze off?
Wife-But they always buzz first.
They buzz like a telephone.
John-Yes, and like a telephone
buzz, they don't buzz till the connec-
TONS been made. "-Chaparral.
Hong Kong in 1916 sent 1882 ,066
pounds of rice to the United States.