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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
NOTE OF HOPE AND HAPPINESS
Celebration of Saviour's Birth Com
mands Attention of All Nations
Regardless of Ravages Of War.

On the great feast of the Nativity,
Christmas, as it is popularity known,
there is always a note Of hope and
cheer, even when many lands are
drenched in blood. 1t was 1917 years
ago that Christ was born, but the mes
sage he brought is as fresh and COM
polling as it was in the years long ago.
Over the little town of Bethlehem the
heavenly choir sang "Gloria in Ex-
celsis Deo"-"Glory be to God on high,
and on earth peace to men Of good
WILL" or, as some renderings Of the
Latin text have it, "and on earth peace
and good will towards men," That
blessed proclamation will 60 sounding
down the centuries to come until time
shall be no more.
Processing Christmas welcome today
as one Of peculiar JOY and gladness.
The liturgical churches celebrate it
with impressive services but all God
fearing people, whether they be con-
nected with the Christian body or that,
can but find thrill and lifting up
of the soul in meditating upon the
birth of Jesus and the mighty work
the redeemer came to accomplish.
Christmas comes to us with its hal
lowed greeting and with an inspira-
ton for higher purposes and true
Christian charity. May this be truly
a happy Christmas for one and all.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
Test Your Gifts.

HRISTMAS gifts should be free
from frippery, mere temporary
worth, the solely worldly or ma
terial value. This is the first test
genuineness.
The second, a Christmas gift should
be in keeping with ones purse-unos-
tentatiOn.
A Christmas gift should display good
taste-carefulness.
A Christmas gift should confer real
fit-thoughtfulness
A Christmas gift should produce I'M
feigned pleaSure-interest.
A Christmas gift should be some
thing YOU would wish associated with
thoughts of yourself-friendship
A Christmas gift should, if possible,
be something that can be shared with
others-kindliness.
A Christmas gift should, as long as
it lasts, give as much delight as on
Christmas morning quality.
A Christmas gift should be some
thing you yourself would be glad to
possess-sincerity.
A Christmas gift should be some
thing you have selected, not something
picked up by chance heartiness.
A Christmas gift should be some
thing you take pleasure in thinking of
afterward as having been given by you
to your atisfactiOn.-Chris-
tan Herald.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
Qrioin Of the Carol.

Glory to God in the highest and on
earth peace, good will toward men.-Luke
2:14
Such was the first carol, sung by the
holy angels amid the thrilling scene
so wildly described by TIE evangelist.
This song is happily use. ii the COM
munion service as the opening of
"Glorfa In Excelsis Deo." The word
carol seems to be derived from the
Italian verb carolare-to sing|mply-
ing Joy song, an outburst OF exuber-
ance. In the time of Chaucer, who
died in 400, this word usually meant
simultaneous dancing and singing.
Gradually it's secular origin was be-
clouded, and nowadays carol general
ly means q Christmas song OF thanks
giving, though there were formerly not
cr;v Easter carols. but also winter and
even summer tarois.-Aiving Church.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14

Il was beginning to think there was
no originality in New Year cards, but
| was mistaken" remarked Joblots.
you received novelty?"
"Yes. My tailor sent me a card
bearing the usual greetings, but added
this line: How about that little bill 2 I"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
PUT CREAM IN NOSE
AND STOP CATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Colds.

You feel fine in few moments. Your
cold, in head or catarrh will be gone
Your cIogged nostrils will open. The all
passages of your head will clear and
you can breathe freely. No more dull.
ness, headache; no hawking, snufling
mucous discharges or dryness; no strug.
Cling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want a small
bottle OF Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream,
in your nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head; soothe
and heal the swollen, infamed mucous
membrane, and relief comes instantly
It is just what every cold and catarrh
sufferer needs. Don't stay stufed-uI
and miserable.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
Not a Bite Of
Breakfast Until
You Drink Water
Says a glass Of hot water and
phosphate prevents Illness
and keeps us fit.

Just as coal, when it burns, leaves
behind a certain amount Of incOm-
bustible material in the form of ashes,
so the food and drink taken day after
day leaves in the alimentary canal a
certain amount of indigestible ma
.erial, which if not completely climina-
ted from the system each day, be-
comes food for the millions of bacteria
which infest the bowels. From this
mass of leftover waste, toxins and
ptOmain-like poisOns are formed and
sucked into the blood.
Men and women who can't get feel
ing right must begin to take inside
baths. Before eating breakfast each
morning drink a glass of real hot
water with a teaspoonful of lime
stone phosphate in it to wash out of
the thirty feet of bowels the previous
days accumulation of poisons and
toxins and to keep the entire alimen-
tary canal clean, pure and fresh.
Those who are subject to sick head
ache, colds, biliousness, constipation,
..:<,isrs 40 wake up with bad taste,
toal breath, backache, rheumatic stiff
aess, or have a sour, gassy stomach
after meals, are urged to get a quarter
pound of limestone phosphate from
he drug store, and begin practlc1ng
internal sanitation. This will cost
very little, but is sufficient to make
anyone an enthusiast on the subject.
Remember inside bathing is more
important than outside bathing, be-
cause the skin pores do not absorb
impurities into the blood, causing poor
health, while the bowel pores do.
Just as soap and hot water cleanses,
sweetens and freshens the skin. SO
hot water and limestone phosphate
act on the stomach, liver, kidneys and
bowels.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
All the Year Round.

Christmas comes all the year. Christ
mas is giving.
Christmas is losing ones life and
finding it again in the heart Of another.
Wherever we find good will, humani-
ty, fellow feeling, there we find heart
celebrating Christmas. The most deli
cate pleasures Of Christmas spring from
the gifts we make to others, from
the happiness we can impart to others,
from the abandonment of ourselves to
another's Joy.
The more utterly we lose ourselves
In the lives of others the more we are
keeping Christmas. The losing Of our
own life, to find it in another, is for
ever the Christmas token. It was of
this the herald angels sang.
It was this the good shepherds wor-
SHIPPED.
And this is the best way of spending
Christmas.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
OLD-TIME COLD CURE
DRINK HOT TEAL

Get small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, ''Hamburger Brust Thee,'' at any
pharmacy. Take tablespoonful of the
tea, put cup of boiling water upon
it, pour through a sieve and drink q
teacup tull at any time during the
effective way to break !. cold and cure
grip, as it opens the pores Of the lit,
relieving congestion. Also loosens the
bowels, thus breaking up a cold
Try it the next time you suffer from
a cold or the grip. It is Inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
RUB RHEUMATISM FROM
STIFF, ACHING Joints
aab Soreness from Joints and muscle
with a small trial bottle Of
cid St. Jacobs Oil

Stop Ssdosing' rheumatism.
ITS pain only; not one case in fifts
requires internal treatment. Rub SCOT,
ing, penetl ating ''St. Jacobs Oil' rig
on the ''tender spot,' and by the tin
you say Jack Robinson-out comes TIL.
rheumatic pain. est. Jacobs Oii'' is
a harmless Rheumatism cure which never
disappoints and doesn't burn the skin It
takes pain, soreness and stiffness from
aching joints, muscles and bones; stops
sciatica, lumbago. backache, neuralgia.
Timber up! Get a 25 cent bottle
of old-time, honest est. Jacobs Oil''
from any drug store, and in moment
you'll be free from pains, aches and
stiffness. Don't suffer! Rub rheuma-
tism away.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
The Spirit
OF Giving

IT Chr5stmdstide, O be thou ten
II der, true;
Thy friends make glad and oil
thy foes forgive;
With its saceet light begin to Kve
dneao,
Ungrudging1y give, and giuing, much
TeceiUe.
Make thy glad life groao large, thy soul
eIpdnd;
Let there be one full day aoithin the
gear
When 1oue shall open aoide thy aoaiting
hand
TO lessen 1oant and dry some bitter
tear.
Souls are there many, heavy laden,
sore,
And eyes that queep and hearts that
often bleed.
and sQud1or knocking, tdttered, at thy
And cold and hunger crying in their
need.
Give aoise1y, freely, of thy bounty giue,
And, most OF all, do not forget, giUe
IoUe;:
Since giUing is the truest aUGy to line,
And richest treasure laying up above.
Make glad thy home, let sunshine
reign aOithin:
Bless every hearthstone aoith thy
ldrgess fair;
Share aUith pale 1oamt thine overfolo-
ing bin,
By kindness saUe some brother from
despair.
Be sdvSors, O m,y brothers, every one !
Let the true Christ in y0ur OaOn soul
be BORN;
Thus thou canst be Gods aDell beloved
SON
And make each ddaOn q joyous
Christmas morn!
minneapolis Journal
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-12-14
Significance
&ChriStnnas
X AXE Christmas a
Jolly time.
4< The aUhole signi1f-

~ The whoze signif-
canoe Of Christmas
IS generosity, charity, good
fellowship and consequent
happiness, and We must stand
IN Nth this spirit of JOYFUL
ness or admit ourselves as By
no means belonging to the
highest types of humanity. If
we adopt the Irishman's weH-
knowm and philosophical die
tum, that zone mans as goods
another and some a deal sight
betther," then ne uant to be
a ideal sight, in most every
thing, and good fellowship
proclainas that loudest and
longest.
So, go in for a good time IN
any old frst-class, fne-edged
acay you can get 1t, at home or
ABROAD, outdoors or IN, upstairs
or do,Un, With or without the
best means for enjoyment, for
the means can be made; If
you're determined to make 1t,
there IS alarays a ray. If you
lack dollars, use pennies; If
you lack pennies, use your
mits. There are many other
things that you hare IN alum
dance to spend, and you can
spend them By transferring to
others and the general otmos-
phere your optimistic JOYFUL
ness orer what you haze, be 1t
much or little.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
PERRY AUTO co. BUYS
THE MARTIN GARAGE
Building in Rear of Hotel Barre Was
Constructed for That Company and
Has Been Used by 1t for
Five Years.

A deal completed Monday afternoon
conveys to the Perry Auto Co. the garage
building in the rear of Hotel Barre or
Washington street and the purchasers
taking formal possession of the property
at once, although they have occupied
the building since it's erection FIVE years
ago. The selling agent was H. G.. Wood.
ruff. administrator of the estate of A. s,
Martin, and the transaction completes
negotiations that have been under way
since Jan. |. In the sale, the purchasers
also acquire small piece of land located
between the rear of the First Baptist
church and the livery stable OF Cutler
Bros. IT is understood that the land viii
be utilized for parking purposes.
One dollar and other considerations are
mentioned in connection with the selling
price, although it is reported that the
property brought high figure. With
the disposal of the garage and land plot,
the Martin estate relinquishes the last
of its holdings in the area southeast of
the Aldrich public library. The garage
was erected in the late winter of 1912 by
Arthur S. Martin, and upon its compile
LlOu IL Was ithstu W tic tIf1 aulo lo-s
which has specialized in the distribution
of Ford automobiles. Two years after
ward, when fire destroyed the old City
hotel, Mr.. Martin disposed of the site
and guaranteed to clear the ruins within
a period stipulated by the Barre Hotel
Co, Inc, which began work in the same
year on the new hotel. At that time
there was talk of annexing the garage TO
the hotel structure, but nothing was done
in that direction, and Mr.. Martin con-
tinued to hold the property.
Three floors are occupied by the Perry
Auto Co., and members of the concern
stated yesterday that no immediate al
terations or additions are contemplated
The garage is a substantial brick build
ing, and during its tenancy the company
has equipped it in thorough going fash
ion There is an elevator communicating
from the basement TO the top story. The
basement is used as a machine shop, and
\ restorage battery system has been in
stalled, along with other machinery. The
salesroom, a public gasoline pump and
the office are located ON the ground floor.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
TWO AMERICANS
AMONG VICTIMS
Mrs. Mary Hoy and Daugh-
ter, Elizabeth, of Chicago,
Lost on the Laconia
DIED OF EXPOSURE,
BURIED AT SEA
Total Casualties on the Tor
pedoed Ship Were
Thirteen

London, Feb. 27.--A telegram from
Consul Frost at Queenstown to the
American embassy gave the total landed
from the Laconia as PSI out of 294 per-
sons aboard. OF the thirteen lost five
were drowned and eight died of exposure
and were buried at sea. Six are in hos
pitfalls.
As far as the embassy knows, Mrs.
Mary Hoy and daughtes were the only
American passengers lost. They died Of
exposure and were buried at sea.
A Central News dispatch from Queens
town says that eight American negroes,
members of tine crew, also died of ex-
posure.
Consul Frost in a report to the Amer
lean embassy says the submarine was
not seen until after the second torpedo
was discharged. Then she came along.
side one boat and told the occupants
that British admiralty patrol had
caught the wireless fash and was com.
ing to the scene. The submarine made
no effort to aid.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
HUGE WAR LOAN.
Great Britain Secured $4,000, ,ooo, 900 Ac.
cording to Bonar Law.

London, Feb. 27.-There was a scene of
great enthusiasm in the House of Com.
mons yesterday when Andrew Bonar
Law, chancellor of the excheauer, an
nounced the result of Great Britain's
third war loan, which is by far the great.
est voluntary contribution by the peo-
pie of any belligerent nation. More than
fl,000,000,O00 of new money, with more
than 100000 subscribers, are the stu.
pendous figures which the chancellor OF
the exchequer confessed he would have
thought it impossible to raise only a
few days ago.
The loan has resulted in striking VIC
tory for the government over the pro-
fessional financiers, since bankers had
advised the treasury department that
it could not be foated at less than six
per cent. Mr.. Law at the time declared
that he preferred to risk failure in an
attempt at a five per cent loan rather
than TO place six per cent as the stand.
ard of the nations credit. The ehancel-
lor's highest expectations had been for
fe00 100000 of new money.
The total of "new money" includes the
of nearly fl3l 100000 short
term treasury bills, and there is a diff
ference of opinion whether they should
be regarded as such, some financiers tax
ing the negative ground that they rep
resent money which the government al
ready has spent.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
Manchester Legislator Died
Suddenly at Montpelier
clearinghouse
MAKES FOURTH DEATH
DURING THIS SESSION
Gloom Cast Ov = the State
House B : Is to Be
Taken T 4anchester

Death has again entered the ranks of
the Vermont legislature, this time taking
off Representative William H. Bundy of
the town OF Manchester. This makes the
fourth death of members or attaches
since the session opened in January. One
other representative died before the as
sembly convened and two children and
three wives of members have died during
the same period.
Representative Bundy was not feeling
well this morning but he ate hearty
breakfast at the boarding house of Ar
thur A. Emery of Elm street, where he
lived, afterwards lying down. As he did
not feel any better when the time for go
ing to the State House came he stayed in
the house Early this afternoon his con
dition took serious turn for the worse.
and although Dr. Carey, boarder in the
Emery house, did all he could to save
him, death ensued at about | o'clock
The body was later taken to the Barber
undertaking rooms, and Senator j. II. Di-
mond, also a resident OF Manchester.
took charge OF the arrangements. 1t is
supposed that the body will be taken to
Manchester tomorrow.
Representative Bundy was born in
Manchester "A years ago, the date of his
birth being Sept. 4, 1892 He was edu-
Gated in the public schools and at Burr &
Burton seminary in that place. He was
postmaster under President Harrison and
had held the office of school director, JUS
tice of the peace and lister. In politics
he was Republican. There are no near
relatives, the nearest being nephew re-
siding in Troy. this state.
The news OF the death OF Representa-
tive Bundy cast a gloom over the legisla-
ture. The other deaths during the ses-
sion were all in the Senate. being of
W. |, Kendall of Windsor eoun-
ty and H. e. Eddy of Windham county
md Chaplain NJ. w. Farman of Westfeld.
Some of the legislators had just returned
from attending the funeral of Senator
Eddy in Brattleboro Monday afternoon.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
GAIN ON 11-MILE FRONT.
And British Advance Is to a Depth of
Two Miles.


London, Feb. 27.-The British advance
along the Ancre river has attained a
depth of two miles and extends along a
front Of about II miles according to
the official report from British head
quarters last night
The text reads:
"The movements referred to in the
communications Saturday and Sunday
were maintained during the day on
both banks of the Ancre. Our advance
extends over front of about II miles
from east of Geudecourt to south of Com
mecourt and has attained depth of
two miles.
I'm addition to the village OF Serre
reported yesterday we now occupy the
strong point known as Butte De Wsrlen-
court and the village of Warlencourt-
Eaucourt, Pys and Miraumont We have
rachd the outskirts Of lie Barque, lrles
and Puisieux AuM
"A hostile attack made early this
morning on one OF our posts south OF
the Somme was driven off with loss.
''NNe carried out successful raid this
morning north of Arras and captured
"a prisoners. We also entered the enc
my's trenches during the night west Of
Monchy Aux Bois and west of Lens and
brought back few prisoners. The hos
tile artillery was more active than usual
during the day south of the Somme and
also south of Ypres.
"In the course of the air fighting yes
terday one German airplane was de-
stroyed and another was driven down
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
WOUNDED SOLDIERS
IN TRAIN WRECK
Several Scores Were Killed Or Further
Disabled When Being Sent Back
to Russia from Germany.

London, Feb. ga train carrying 22s
invalided Russian soldiers on their way
home from Germany through Sweden
was derailed late last night between
Cefle and Soderhsm, says an Exchange
dispatch from Stockholm.
The first car, earring q insane sol
diers. was demolished and all were killed.
and about 25 persons in the other cars
were killed. The work Of rescue was
made difficult BY the condition 81 the
passengers. most Of whom we're blind,
had Lost arms OF legs or were otherwise
of helping themselves.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27
2e AMERICANS ABOARD.
Six of Them Were Cabin Passengers and
Remainder Crew.

! New York, Feb. 27--Twenty- six Amer.
leans, six of whom were cabin passen.
gers and 20 paid members of the crew
were on board the Cunard liner Laconia
from New York, February l3 for Liver
pool with rs passengers and crew OF
2l6, when the vessel was sunk by a
German submarine Sunday night. One
casualty, as yet unidentified was official
ly reported by the Liverpool Office of the
line to officials here.
The names of the American passen-
gers and their address as given by the
line here and confirmed in part by rela-
tives in the United States, are as fol-
lows:
Floyd p Gibbons of the Chicago Trib-
une; Mrs. F, L, Harris, wife of Lieut.
Col Frank E. Harris, u. S. coast artil-
lery corps, stationed at Fort DUPONT,
near Philadelphia; Arthur T. Kirby Balm
bridge, New York; Mrs. Mary 4. Hoy,
Chicago; Rev James Wareing, registered
from New York, but said to be from
Norfolk, Va; Miss Elizabeth Hoy, Chi
cago
The Americans among the crew were
signed here to take the place of others
whose terms of service had expired or
who had failed TO appear when the ship
was ready to sail The men We're re-
cruited mostly from shipping Offices and
gave New York and Brooklyn as their
places of residence They were stokers,
coal trimmers, wipers and seamen.
While details of the cargo of the La
coma are withheld under a recent rul-
ing of the customs officials, it was
learned at the office of the company that
the following items were among the
principal commodities carried:
One thousand bars silver, 10000 bush
els of wheat, 2,s02 bales of cotton, .40S
boxes of fresh fruit, 800 tons of she'll
castings and other war supplies, and
1900 tons of provisions.
1t was positively stated by officials of
the line that there were no explosives
on board.
In addition to cargo and passengers
the Laconia carried 5000 bags of United /.
States and Canadian mail, 1900 sacks of
which had been transferred from the /
American liner st. Louis. The Laconia ,
sailing on the same date the Holland (
American liner Ryndam returned to port !
after being turned back from her voy-
age to Rotterdam by the submarine men
ace. had on board nine of the Rynda m
passengers.
The Laconia when she left here was
armed with one defense gun. mounted
,ft. The report that the ship was tor
,edoed at night and without warning in
licates that no opportunity was given
o make use of the defense gun, accord
ng to officials of the line.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-02-27

/ the secretary of the treasury, under the
direction of the president, is hereby au-
thorized to borrow on the credit of the
United States and to issue therefor
bonds of the United States. not ex-
ceeding in the aggregate $l00,o00,000,
said bonds to be in such form and sub
ject to such terms and conditions as the
secretary of the treasury may prescribe,
and to bear interest at the rate not ex-
ceeding three per centum per annum;
provided, that such bonds shall be sold
at not less than par, shall not carry
the circulating privilege, and that all
citizens of the United States shall be
given an equal opportunity to subscribe
therefor, but no commission shall be
allowed or paid thereon; that both prin-
cipal and interest shall be payable in
United States gold coin of the present
standard of value and be exempt from
all taxation and duties of the United
States as well as from taxation in any
form of all state, municipal or local au-
thorities; that any bonds issued here
under may, under such conditions as the
secretary of the treasury may prescribe,
be convertible into bonds bearing a high
er rate of interest than three per CEN
tum if any bonds shall be issued by the
United States at a higher rate than three
per centum per annum by virtue of any
act passed on or before December thir-
ty-first, nineteen hundred and eighteen.
"Section 4-In order to pay the neces-
sary expenses connected with the said
issue of bonds or any conversions there
of, sum not exceeding one-ffth of one
per centum of the amount of bonds here
in authorized to be issued, or which
may be converted, is hereby appropriat-
ed out of any money in the treasury not
otherwise appropriated TO be expended
as the secretary of the treasury may
direct"