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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-05-24
The Village Lawyer
Sacred Heart Hall. BushwoOd.
Friday, June I, 8 p. NJ.
Followed by Dancing.
Admission, Adults, 35c; Children, Zoe
Dance

A dance will be given at st, Joseph s
Hall, Mcrganza, on
TUESDAY, MAY 10Th,
under the auspices Of the ladies Of the
parish, assisted by the knights OF ST.
Joseph's
The management will exert every ef-
fort to make the entertainment a sue.
cess, and we hope our many friends
will avail themselves OF this oppor-
lunity to enjoy a pleasant evening and
at the same time contribute to q most
worthy cause. Refreshments viii be
served during the evening Admis-
sion, Is cents.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-05-24
Application For Oyster Ground.--Si
Mays County.

by james r. Brown, o. Leonard.
town
About acrss Located on the west
side OF Mill Cock, a branch Of The
Pasuxcnt River. Ia ST. Mary county.
aud bordering On lhe land OF James
~. Lee, A. shown on published chart
No. ~.
Protests must o. fIled with the Clerk
OF the Circuit Court Of 81. Mary !
County on or before june "A, 1917.
CONSERVATION COMMISSION 81 MARY
LAND,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1917-05-24
Wheopins Cough.

One OF the most successful prepare
tons In use for this disease Is Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy, s. w. Nc
Clinton, Blandon Springs, Ala,
writes, 'our baby had hopping cough
as bad as most any baby could have
1t. | gave him Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and 1t soon got him well. I
Obtainablc everywhere. adv,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
MRS. STATION LAI DTO REST

Tenderly, with loving, care, and a
| feeling that the angels lowered above
the bier, the remains Of Mrs, Susan
Anna Station the beloved wife of Alon-
20 Jefferson Station were placed in the
grave at Nahala, over which the i'm
pressive words Of the pastor, Rev. r.
A. Mcfarland, were uttered.
A Christian woman, and devoted wife
and mother, the deceased lady had suf-
fered for six weeks in her last illness,
and as her soul fluttered to that great
| beyond those left behind were stricken
with that unexplainab BILE void that the
earth had lost it's precious value.
she was the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs
Samuel B. Landon, deceased, of Hall
fax county, and resided in this com
munity all her life. Born on June Is,
1859, she was 81 years, months and
10 days old. at the time Of her death
November IA, 1882 she was happily
married to Mr.. Alonzo Jefferson Station
from which union there were ten chill
dren, six girls and four boys, two OF
the latter dying in infancy, and a
daughter, Mrs. J. L. Baker, Of Norfolk,
Va, in the bloom of life, being % years
when she died on April 16, 1908.
Besides the husband the deceased
/ lady is survived by two sons, Messrs
Araluen Station, of Rocky Mount, and
Edwin Earle Station, Of Scotland Neck
and five daughters, Misses, Dahlia Lee,
Huldah, Elizabeth, Norma Louise and
Edna May.
The brothers and sisters surviving
! are Mr.. J. J. Landon, of Leggetts, Mrs.
K. E. Edmons, Of Scotland Neck, Mrs.
w. E. Etheridge, Of Whitakers and Mrs.
J. T. Bell, Of Scotland Neck
At the revival meeting at Mullins
in august 1906 the deceased united with
the Baptist church, and was ever a
faithful member and worker.
She was Industrious, kind hearted, en-
ergetic, and Of a sweet disposition
which won for her many dear friends.
She was known to only work for the
happiness of others.
She was devoted mother and truly
loved her children. Her remains were
taken by her children to the Presbyter-
ian cemetery at Nahala on Monday af-
ternoon at three O'Clock, and tenderly
laid to rest, the grave being banked
with beautiful flowers by loving friends
In spite Of the bad weather many
friends gathered around the grave
where Mr.. and Mrs. Shack Marks, Mrs
A. V. Price and Miss Emma V. Ivey
sang sweetly t'Abide with me' seSleer
on. Beloved' "Nearer My God Tc
Thee' and "A Land that is Fairer
than Day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
SALE OF LAND

By virture Of power vested in me
by that deed of trust executed to me
on the 10TH, day of December, 1912,
by William T. Battle, to secure the bal
ance Of the unpaid purchase money on
that tract of land hereinafter describ-
ed, I will, on Saturday, the 3rd., day
Of March 1917, sell at public auction in
the town of Scotland Neck, North Car
DINA, in front Of The Scotland Neck
Bank, at IL o CLOCK, to the highest bid
der, for cash, that tract Of land, lying,
being and situate in the County Of Hal
flax, State of North Carolina, and more
fully described as follows:
It being that tract Of land bounded
by the land Of the Sears heirs, the
North Carolina Lumber Company
land, the land formerly belonging to the
heirs Of B. G. Dunn, and by the land
Of S. G. Bellamy, and containing 500
acres more or less, and being the same
land conveyed to the said William I.
Battle by B. F. Tillery and wife, Alice.
This the GOTH, day of January, 1917.
S. A. DUNN,
Trustee.
to 2 20 II, sfss
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
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TO KILL WORMS IN HOGS
(By Donald McCluer)


Every person that keeps hogs wheth-
er the number kept be one or one hun
dred has an investment in swine and
whether the amount Of returns expect
ed is the home meat supply or the
home money supply the individual IN
terest should be conferred in securing
the great profits possible from his
| swine. In most cases the returns is a
good criterion of the care you have
given your swine. This article is not
! intended to discuss feeding housing etc.
but right here I want to say that per
manent pasture. with houses accessible
for protection and plenty Of temporary
grazing crops for supplementing the
permanent pasture go a long way to-
wards producing prime health condi-
tions. Hogs should never* be kept in
small muddy or sloppy pens without &C
cess to dry land, but preferably in a
field of green grazing crops.
Hogs. are frequently attacked with
mango, lice, etc, which in themselves
, may not prove fatal IN a large per cent
of cases, but which break down the re-
sistant power Of the animal and make
easily susceptible to more serious trou-
BILE like cholera. I am convinced from
my own experience and observation
that cholera actually attacks hogs in
poor physical condition and in unsani-
tary surrounding much more readily
than where hogs are in good condition
and the quarters are sanitary. There
fore, we will not only profit by the bet
ter conditions, but we ward off more
destructive agents such as cholera. We
need to provide good feed and food
quarters and then assist these by look
ing further to the health of the ami
mails.
All swine need a tonic so to speak
but why spend your good money in buy
ing expensive tonics which are made
probably from good, but very inexpen-
sive ingredients? You can with very
little expense prepare the following
tonic which is as good as you can buy
and is probably far superior to ninety
per cent Of the commercial condition
powders and continental stock foods
found on the market:
1 bushel Of charcoal (pulverized)
l bushel Of hardwood ashes
s pounds Of salt
8 pounds air-slacked lime
4 pounds Of sulphur
pounds of copperas
Mix the first FIVE ingredients thor
oughly and then dissolve the copperas
in hot water and stir it informally in
to it uniformly into the whole mixture.
Provide hopper (Which you can easily
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
DAWSON'S FRIENDS

Miss Luke Fleming of Glenview was
a welcome visitor here Sunday.
Miss Stella Weeks of Crowell was
the guest of Miss Ethel Barnhill Sun
day.
Mr.. Klondike Barnes of Tarboro was
a week end visitor here.
Mr. and Mrs. [. F. Harrison of Scot
land Neck attended services and Wis
day Misses Minnie and Ruth Parks
of Crowells were welcome in our midst
Sunday.
Miss Leila Weeks Of Rocky Mount
is visiting relatives here. She will
leave in few days to make her home
in Richmond with her sister, Mrs. Her
man DeBerry.
Mr.. A. B. White Who has been quite
sick for several days, his friends will
be glad to learn that he is recovering,
also Mr.. J. w. Butts who suffered a
severe attack of rheumatism is out
again.
!, Misses Evelyn Pope and Mamie
Barley attended services here Sunday.
Mr.. Paul Lawrence was visitor in
Enfield Sunday.
Our pastor, Rev. G.. H. Johnson Of
Enfield pleased his congregation both
Saturday afternoon and Sunday with
two strong encouraging sermons. Owing
to the bad roads he made the trip on
horseback.
The following officers were elected to
take the place Of those who have faith
fully served our Sunday school for a
number of years. Mr.. NJ. W. Perry
was elected by a strong majority to act
as superintendent, Mr.. A. B. White, as
sistant superintendent, Mr.. Jesse l..
Holiday, secretary and treasurer, Mr..
Bruce Pope, assistant secretary and
treasurer Mr. A. B. White, Mrs. w. T.
Askew, Mrs. J. r. Holiday, Mrs. Err
nest Lewis and Miss Ethel Barnhin are
the efficient teachers of the different
classes respectively. The superintend-
ent earnestly desires large atten-
dance.
The most unwelcome people who have
entered our community in many a day
was band Of gypsies Saturday. They
claim to tell fortunes and "give you
1uck' it is reported that they robbed
lots Of colored people Of their hare
earned money, while the white people
unhesitatingly ordered them to trave
on.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
OAK CITY ITEMS

OAK CITY, Jan. 3O.-Mrs. B. M. Wor-
sley returned home after spending q
few days with her mother near Stokes
Miss Zelma Bradley spent Tuesday
night with the Misses Hines, on her
way home to Rocky Mount, after Wis
it to her aunt, Miss Nat Brown.
Messrs. r. J. House and Jack Har
rington spent several days in Savannah
Ca, last week.
Mr.. Jim Daniel spent Sunday il
town.
Miss Grace Sterling Of Hassell spent
the week end with relatives here. -
Miss Minnie Whichard spent the
week end at her home near Bethel.
Misses Lambeth, Reid and Mclean
spent Sunday in the country the guests
of Mrs. G. L. Turner.
Mr.. B. L. Hines spent Monday night
in Williamson.
Honor Roll Oak City High School
First Grade. Nat Johnson, Jennie
Nc Naughton.
Second Grade. Marion House:
Third Grade. Sarah Long johnson,
Mamie Lee Turner, Ethel Brown, Helen
Holmes. p. ~
Fourth Grade. Virginia Hines.
Sixth Grade. Selma johnson, Paul
Turner, Wheeler Daniel.
Seventh Garde. Alta Hines, Bertha
Piland.
Eighth Grade. Edgar Turner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02
IL
ABOUT CONSIDERATIONS

Certain articles OF, diet tend to check
movements of the bowels. The most
common of these are cheese, tea and
boiled milk On the other hand raw
fruits, especially apples and bananas
bread promote a movement Of the bow
els. When the bowels are badly con
stipated, however, the sure way is to
take one or two Of Chamberlain 3 Tab.
lets Immediately after supper.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02

make from good box) and keep it well
filed with the tonic. Keep under
shed or in the hog house where it will
be dry and accessible to the hogs at all
times. It is remarkable how good an
effect it will have on your hogs. This
is a very simple request which your
hogs would make could they speak to
you in your own language. This char
coal mixture or tonic will go a long
ways towards keeping off bowell dis
orders and intestinal worme. Try it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-02

FOUND-Whjte Silk Scarf with blue
band around ends; also Stetson hat No.
7 with imprint Of Burro~'ghs-Pittman
Wheeler Co., on sweat nd. Owner
can get information by applying.st 10
Commonwealth.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Ho,x tn Win the War

l greatly enjoyed the visit of the Ital- ian dignitaries, said George Ward, "but came near disgracing myself at the-din- ner. Paul Stevenson, who was sitting next to General Engliremott, got it into his head that it was his bounden duty to show him plan of battle by which the allies could win the war The distin- guised warrior knew as little about the English language as Paul did about mili- tary strategy, and so the newspaper man had to resort to his pencil and drew maps of Servia, Bulgaria, Roumania, Austria and Italy. I gathered from the puzzled expression on the grim face of the war rior that he failed to understand just how Paul was going to get an Italian warship over the Alps to lombard Vienna and then proceed on it's way across Germany to blow up the Kiel canal. I may be doing Paul an injustice, but I gathered this was his method of putting an end to the war"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
WELLS SIS IDEA OF GOD

much to the beginnings of thought The Greeks, confronted with the same prob lem assumed that necessity was superior even to the gods. The conflict of angels of light and angels of darkness is fa- miliar in mythology.
 It is a tremendous problem, and the diff faculties that MT. Wells sees in the solu- tion along the accepted lines are very great. And yet-we can hardly get away from the evidence that this is at bottom a moral universe Finite creatures that we are. we see only fragments of it. But apparently it is made in such way that moral causes make an irresistible appeal to men, and in the long run win. At least considerations such as these have convinced untold millions that MT Wells Yelled Being Is identical with the lov- ing God of his personal experience.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH

and twopence the piece Oranges were fairly abundant but there were no ap- pies, and more remarkable still was the total disappearance of the banana, which was so abundant, cheap, and liked before the restriction that had to be placed on imports
 So many thousands of well-dressed young girls have never perhaps been seen on the heath before. Most of them ap- peared to be munition workers. They had laid aside their furs and velveteens and high-laced boots and turned out in the summer finery of colored sports-coats, white and pink dresses and low shoes r. was noticeable that only a very few wore the huge blue and pink feathers which hitherto had been a favorite ar ticle of adornment. It may be that the "fevvers'' of the girls have now gone and for ever. like the "pearlies" of their male companions, which went out of fashion some years ago. But the some what mysterious songs and dances of the girls, always a feature of these car nivals. still survive. A party of dozen girls came up the spaniards-road, linked arm in arm, singing to a doleful tune words wholly intelligible only to their own class, but out of which such phrases as the wedlng- bells were ringing" and
 "a grave in the churchyard lone" emerged plainly enough, with a good deal that, unhappily, was incomprehensi- ble in between. Some story of the pathos of human life. no doubt, but ap- parently before it was quite fully told suddenly tAe girls, moved by a most abrupt transition of mood, separated into couples and commenced their curi- ous dance, in which there was much strange bending and swaying, and ad- vancing and retiring. Like the peasants in Goldsmith's Sweet Auburn," those dances simply sought renown by holding out to tire each other down. In the per spring heat the girls went through the simple but very prolonged ritual of the dance till, overcome by it's combined emotional rapture and physical exertion, they dropped out of the admiring circle of spectators, one by one, and flung themselves panting on the grass.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
AIabama,s summer Resorts

Tt is funny how people will go hun dreds of miles to get good place to spend the summer, when right here in Alabama there is one of the loveliest spots l have ever seen, said E. l.. Gold of Oster Bros. T have just come back from Mentone, where l made arrange ments to send my family for the summer. They had been in the habit of going to Wisconsin, which meant l was out or touch with them, but now they will be close enough for me to spend week-ends with them. Frank Robinson has fixed up a comfortable place. and has planted lS acres in vegetables, put in 200 hogs and built a chicken coop 200 feet long. One thing sure, his guests will not have to live off of the beautiful scenery. l think Alabama people ought to keep their money at home during war times and patronize its own summer resorts.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16

657 G. WELLS latest book God the |Hl Invisible King" is further evil S So dence of the way in which the war has brought religion home to peo- pie who had largely ignored it's claim be- fore. The beginning of the process was evident in MT Britling Sees It Through when Mir. Brittlng, overwhelmed by the loss of his son on the battlefield, is finally brought to exclaim: Religion Is the first thing and last thing and until man has found God and been found by God, he begins at no beginning he works to no end"
 Without doubt the experience of the last three years has profoundly affected Mir Wells himself. It has made religion the vital problem. He returns to it in the books that followed "Mr. Britling,' "Italy France and Britain at War" he devotes an entire book to it in God the Invisible King" and apparently he Is approaching the same problem which has just begun publication in Golfers, "The Soul of a Bishop"
 God the Invisible King" thoroughly unorthodcx as 1t is, is highly interesting religious document. MT. Wells doesn't attempt to argue the subject. There is no elaborate proof of the existence of God. He simply takes that existence for grant ed. He has experienced the power and help of God in his own life. No other proof is necessary. Like the Hebrew prophet he proclaims, Thus saith the Lord." because he knows the Lord is speaking through him.
 Here was the problem it may be in ferred, that confronted him. He saw the war terrible and inexplcable thing The more he reflected on the world the more insoluble became the whole problem of evil. He could not account for the evil in a universe made by an omnipotent and loving God. At the same time he appar- ently had had profound personal ex- perience which made him believe that God was at hand working with him against evil. What was the solution? Evidently God Creator were not the same being. So he is forced to the conclusion that the Creator is an unknown and unknow- able "Veiled Being In the remorseless grinding of creation he can discover nc evidence of love or pity. So he falls back on the belief that the loving God of hu- man experience Is not omnipotent but Is working with men to overcome the evil that is found in the world.
 This solution, of course, is not original with him. He attributes the idea to Prof
 William James. But 1t goes back pretty
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
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LUKE M'LUKE SAYS

The old-fashioned man who could re-
 member dates in history now has a son
 who gets them mixed up with telephone
 numbers.
 Boys are getting better. You may have
 noticed that they no longer regard a
 coat sleeve as combined mop, towel
 and handkerchief.
 Art Is misleading. We get the idea
 from Japanese art that the women do
 nothing but drink tea among the blos-
 soms, and that the men do nothing but
 carry fierce looking swords and look
 cross eyed. And the Japanese must get
 the idea from American art that the
 women do nothing but pose around the
 house in envelope combinations and
 that the men do nothing but pull off
 athletic stunts while garbed in knee
 length and sleeveless underwear.
 The only new things in the fashion
 pattern books for July are overalls for
 the dear things. They are supposed to wear the overalls while hoeing the crops in the gardens The overalls are worn over white silk blouse, and, of course, the blouse is left open in front, the top button being located about as far south as the wishbone
 What doth it profit man to have an aim in life if he never hits what he aims at?
 Many a man who losses restlessly on a $l00 bed would give good deal to be able to pound his ear the way he used to when he was a boy and slept on a lumpy corn shuck mattress. man thinks he is surprising a girl when he proposes to her. Why, if the poor boob only knew it, she had her wedding gown selected and talked the plans over with her bridesmaid months before he asked herd to be his'n. Once in a while jury won't convict on circumstantia evidence. But it is different with wife. What has become of the old-fashioned | woman who used to see that her baby | got his lunch no matter who was look | ing?
 | Most of us know what not to say. But | few of us have sense enough not to | say 1t.
 | It was all right to be gallant to a 1 strange lady when knighthood was i'll l flower. But if man tries to be cour- l teous to strange woman nowadays l she would have him arrested for getting l fresh.
 I It is good thing that women do hot ! chew tobacco. If they did. and wore ! those decouete waists their chests would
 always look freckled.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
OUR OFFICIAL CENSOR

Art Young, in the July Metropolitan
 short, energetic man whose parents were Irish. but who looks like an Indian. is George Creel, official censor, in this time of war. The Creel career. summed up, is as follows: Newspaper and maga- zine writer on civic and industrial prob- lems, police commissioner of Denver, silent force behind the statesmen in high places, urging reform legislation, and incidentally the husband of Blanche Bates, the actress. Creel is aware of the fact that a censor is naturally subject for criticism himself. But there is every reason to believe that he will not inter- pret post card that reads, Dear Hans. Back Tuesday. Find doughnuts behind ironing board. Lena, as giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-06-16
Is Kent RusY Here

My brother was having rather lone- some time up at Fort Payne" said c. B. Lloyd, the busy man about the city hall, ''so I wrote for him to come down, and got him job to watch over two dozen charming young women while they made copies of the 10000 or more registration cards to be forwarded to Washington. He hasn't complained of being lonesome since he hit Birmingham, though he is rather peeved because passersby looking in want to know who is the young man running the Sunday school class"