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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-10-26
OAK CITY ITEMS.

! The community fair has proved
grand success. Not having notice of
1t soon enough canned fruits, needle
work, etc., were put IN just as it was
prepared for ''home folks'' and the
exhibit was fine.
! The entertainment began with Miss
Jennie Reds scholars (primarv CLASSY
singing Our Flag and their voices
rang out merrily too.
( Betsy Ross by little Miss Sarah Long
johnson, Masters Livingston Harrel1
, and Rupert Rawls was good.
Mr.. Jack Harrington made the OPEN
ing speech introducing Mr. Holiday,
whose address was enjoyed by all.
! Messrs. A. H. and W. C. Manning,
) with their words of praise and encour-
agement made all present feel as tho
they could work doubly as hard for the
next fair
! Mr.. W. c. Manning's address on the
Liberty Loan and War was so fine
and true we wish everyone could have
heard it.
The Chautauqua is here this week.
Miss Alma House from Stokes. is
spending some time with her sister,
! Mrs. B. M. Worsley.
Mrs. L. Cox, Of Jacksonville. is
! spending few days with Mr.. and Mrs.
H. S. Everett
Mrs. Jules Andrews and child, of
City Point spent a few days last week
with Mr.. H. S. Everett and Mrs. John
Daniels.
I Mrs Sue Outterbridge and Mrs. Ever
EFT Of Robersonville were here a few
days last week
Mr.. H. H. Rawls spent Sunday anG
Monday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Rawls and Miss
Maye Rawls spent Sunday with Mr.
and Mrs. H. S. Everett
Mr.. Hugh Fields left Wednesday t.
be gone a few days.
Mr.. Aaron Haskell left for his hom
in Port Norfolk after weeks visi
with Mr.. j. w. Hines and relatives
Mr.. and Mrs. Jim Daniels Of Rob
ersonville, were here Wednesday,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-10-26
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By Rosemary Manufacturing Com.
pany, Roanoke Rapids, n. c., families,
and single men and women for work in
cotton mill. We have one Of the best
mills in the State, and very helathy
village, with fine schools and churches
Good wages paid while learning. For
further information write
T. w. MULLEN, Supt.,
Rosemary, n. G..
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

Thatcham who introduced the first
intensive farming into England. One
woman in travelling thru rural France
had come upon Frenchman and his
wife who were making about twenty.
five hundred dollars a year out of
one acre of land. She returned to
England and explained her discovery
to several friends who agreed to go
in with her on a similar project
They leased five acres of land. They
would have bought it had they been
able. but land is rarely for sale in
England. and when It is the price is
usually prohibitive. Next, they bought
horse and cart and. carted load after
load of manure from nearby stable,
which they mixed in the soil. There
vided that on its expiration the
lessees were to be permitted to dig
up the soil and remove it o a depth
of eighteen inches, provision that
was only fair since they had prac-'
tica1ly furnished that much new soil
Here they started their plants under
bell-shaped glasses known as cloch-
ers in France, and later transferred
them to glass-covered frames, or
rather film-covered frames The
young women could not afford to buy
glass, so they bought old films from
a Photographic establishment which,
after cleaning. served the same pur-
pose. Around the field they built a
fence of zinc plate, sunk for some
distance into the ground, SO as to
keep the nutriment of the soil con-
centrated in that one field.
This farm is now yielding an amaz-
ing income, although it is only two
acres. The women let three acres
go, since they found they were not
necessary. The secret of the success
ahead of the usual time, SO that they
are always in the market ahead OF
the season.
At Heathfield. in the county of Sus-
sex. there is a farm colony of women
known as the Women's Cooperative
acres. The central farm is a school
where pupils are received at thirty
dollars a month for board, lodging and
farm tuition. Some former pupils
rent holdings. They are perfectly in
dependent of the school, but they
have the privilege of seeking advice
and help from the instructors; and
| they buy provisions and market their
| produce thru the school, thus avoid
ing many pitfalls that await the mex
| perienced. 5
All of this feminine farming in
Great Britain, altho partly inaugural
| ed by the government itself, has caus-
| ed certain vague uneasines as to
what is going to happen after the war
VIII the women insist upon sticking
to agriculture, and will the men have
to continue to serve tea and silk in the
cities? In the vernacular, the British
government appears to have started
something it can't finish.
Questions on the abovs or any SUBJ
| tect upon which the reader desires in
| formation should be addressed the To-
| peka State Journal Information Blu
reau. Frederic j. Haskin. Director
Washington, D. c.. with 2-cent Stang
e: closed for reply.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
THE CAR PROBLEM.

: Plans for the solution of one of the
]. ost important transportation prob
lens thrust upon the railroads nf this
country by the war have just been
adopted by the railroads war board
after a series of conferences with au-
thorized representatives of the army,
the navy and the United States ship
ping board. The problem concerns
the supply and prompt movement of
the thousands of cars required by the
government to transport lumber and
other supplies to the shipbuilding
yards, the army environments and
other mobilization points.
During the next few months it is
estimated that more than 100000 cars
will be needed for government pur-
poses. Under the plans agreed upon
by the railroads war board and rep
resentatives of the government, the
government will give advance notice
to the war boards commission ON car
service whenever orders are placed
for more than ten carloads of rcater-
ials or supplies. The government will
also issue where necessary thru its
the railroads on which the supplies
are to be shipped instructing them to
provide the number of cars ordered
within the time specified and at the
shipping points designated.
To prevent shippers from utilizing
for their own selfish purposes cars
needed for government service, the
railroads war board has issued strict
orders to all the railroads absolutely
to forbid shippers the use of airy of
the government ordered cars for any
purpose except the loading specified
in the government order.
To assist further in the campaign
to keep the cars bearing government
supplies moving a new form of en-
elope in which the waybills are to be
carried has been designed. These en-
velopes, which will be supplied to all
persons or firms making shipments of
materials for the use of the army. the
navy or the shipping board will bear
the following heading printed in big
type: United States Government, -
United States Army Supplies -
United States Navy" United States
Shipping Board"
In addition. the railroads have been
directed by the war board to Instruct
| their agents at all points to stamp or
write in prominent place on waybills
covering less than carload shipments
consigned to officers or agents of the
ermy or navy or shipping boaro. the
words United States Freight-Expe-
oite.'
The chief desire of both the gov
fernment and the war board is said to
be to expedite the movement of all the
government supplies that are needed
so vitality for the proper conduct of the
war. If any shippers are unpatriotic
enough to attempt to make improper
use of the cars delivered to thSm for
IFovernment business investigation will
follow promptly.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

The continuous cry heard IN GER
tain quarters for peace without in
IDENTITIES or annexations" is merely
another form of calling for Il nego-
tiated peace. If the United States and
her allies were engaged in a wsr with
a civilized nation some satisfactory
peace plan might be reached and the
war might be brought to a close.
But how can a civilized nation deal
with barbarous one which recognizes
nc law, human or divine? A treaty
with the barbarians of central Europe
would become in truth "a scrap If pa
per-" There is but one way in which
the peace and safety of the world can
be established and that is by force of
arms. to render the kaiser powerless
again to force his will on any country.
He must be whipped into absolute sub
lection before democracy can be as
sured of safety. Any agreemert he
might sign would be absolutely
-syorthless.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

can't stand the noise"
Suddenly the cries rose into a howl
The mother sat up and glared at the
nurse.
why don't you do as 1 tell your"
she inquired angrily. "Give it her at
once"
She's got it, mum, said the nurse
quietly. ITS a, wasp"
.eAre you fond of literature pr she
asked the young man who was try
ing to make an impression.
''Passionately,' he replied.
''Then you must admire Sir Walter
Scott" she exclaimed. rs not his
Lady of the Lake exquisite in its
flowing grace and poetic imagery"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
GLOBE SIGHTS

IFrom the Atchison Globe.
Women are disposed to blame the
man and then shun the woman.
If you take yourself too seriously
you may become joke to others.
1t is easier for some men to get
ahead than for others to catch up.
An Atchison man is described as
being as popular as soft drink in
East Atchison.
If splints were placed on broken
promises our lumber supply would
soon be exhausted.
It is SO rare we can't understand
how they ever happened to call COM
mon sense common
What is a CALI to a preacher
would be classed as raise" in some
other fields of endeavor.
Cripple an automobile and it is new
er the same afterwards Neither is a
man who is all bunged up.
You may have noticed the fellow
who lets go and gives the other fell
low a chance to make something, is
generally the fellow who gets along.
Il was not drafted probably be-
cause the government took recogni-
ton OF the splendid work my wife has
been doing in my garden" said Jude
johnson todav
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
TME SEARCMLEGHT
Latest News from the Fisids 81
SCIENCE. EpyCATI0s. INVENTION
Barberton.


An interesting book might De VIII
ten on .'one-man towns
which are dominated each by the
money. The personality or the memory
of some one man Barberton Ohios
is one such town, for il rs practically
the personal creation of Ohio Coium-
bus Barber, the so-called Matcn
King" He founded it, owns a gooo
part of the ground upon wnicn II
stands, and number OF its leading
institutions.
The only remarkable things about
the town are it's origin and the home
of it's originator. For the rest. 1t Is
a smoky little suburb of Akron. Ohio.
standing astraddle murky little
river, with the smoke plumes OF MI
BARRIERS match factory waving tr-
umphantly over its roofs
Those giant smoke planes are the
SYMBOLS of a typical American story
Of hustle and foresight. Barber was
born in Akron, where his father had
a match factory who's Who" fails
to say how much of factory 1T was
but according to local tradition the
owner disposed of his product by
peddling il among the farmers In
due course young Ohio Columbus
came into possession of the factory
1t was the day when American COM
binations were Just beginning, hen
our trusts were in diapers. Young
Barber caught the idea and forth
with formed combination OF all the
leading match factories in the United
States. The result was the smoke
plumes, and the millions. and the
Barber estate, with its mansion" and
it's model farm of many thousand
a.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
PRICE FIXING.

The fixed price" advocates are
running up against hard facts. The
idea makes slow progress in wash
ington when the difficulties are un-
derstood. In Great Britain, where
fixed prices have been attempted on a
much larger scale than elsewhere, the
experiment has not been success. In
one way or another the law of supply
and demand has usually asserted it's
self From the nature of the case 1t
persistently refuses to be ignored. To
begin with, the trading instinct in
human nature cannot be eliminated;
and, so long as one set of individuals
possess or produce things which 9TH
ers want, just so long will trading
continue.
Fixed prices are impossible. says the
New York Journal of Commerce,
wherever there are shifting or diff
ferent conditions. or where there are
differences in prices. If prices are ar
bitrarily fixed, then traders will resort
to bargaining thru altering weights,
size, quality, credits, deliveries, etc.
Somewhere the natural differences be-
tween buyers and sellers will be settled
by supply and demand, SO that all
efforts at fixed prices will ultimately
prove Intellectual and deceptive.
The open price must always remain
the easiest and most satisfactory
method of adjusting prices. Attempts
at price regulation can only be justi-
fled in rare cases where famine, mo-
nopoly or corners prevent a free mar
ket. No better cure for high prices
has been discovered thus far than
high prices themselves, which auto
matically stimulate production and
enforce economy more effectually
than any government can do.
Incidentally it may be asked, Why
should the American government fix
the price of wheat to the farmer at 81
per bushel, when the cost at the farm
is 81 or less? This is coddling class
who already have more than their
share of political favors, to the point
of absurdity. If the government is to
assure the farmer 100 per cent profit
in such times as these, where do 9TH
ers come in?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
TRAVELETTE

BY NIKsAH

A recent scientific report from
Europe treats of the principal gases
used for attack. These include chic
rine, bromine, sulphur dioxide and
formaldehyde. Chlorine and bromine
have proven most effective, because
of their great weight. They roll over
the ground like water. These gases
are released from compression tanks.
The sulphur dioxide and formalde-
hyde are produced by burning the
appropriate chemicals. There are
many gases more deadly than those
named, but in order to be effective
for trench work, the poison gas must
have sufficient weight to stick to the
ground. The gas mask has practically
done away with the actual effective
ness of the gas attacks, but they are
said to have considerable psycnologi-
cal effect still. many soldiers thinking
they are .-gassed when they are only
smelling the harmless vapors set up
inside the gas masks
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

There are this year in cold storage
in this country thousands of rounds
more than last year of beef, smoked
beef, pork, lamb and poultry--in
some instances SO per cent more.
Prices on nearly all these things have
advanced very materially, notwith-
standing the extra supply. Was it the
cold storage men that the government
had in mind when it began to urge
the conservation of the food supply !?
They certainly are making good job
of it. 1t would be interesting to know
what is the object in saving food if
nobody can get it to eat. Surrey the
cold storage men can't eat it all.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

g Suggestions for reducing the high
cost of living have been hardly less
numerous than the pebbles on the
beach, since The beginning of the
world war. No perceptible result has
Followed and it seems doubtful that
anything along this line will lie ac-
eompiished. 1t always is difficult to
control human nature, habits and GUS
toms by law. Any change therein
usually results only from a long period
of education.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

Labor unions in Chicago have en-
gagged in row among themselves. re-
sulting in a strike of swftchmen. Their
employers are called upon to take
sides and settle the controversy. In
the meantime the public business suf-
Gers and the railroads lose money. Be-
longing to labor union seems no
longer sufficient, but a workman
must belong to a specified organiza-
ton in order to be permitted to work
in peace.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Place large tablespoon of butter
and same amount OF any kind or
shortening or fat together with Two
or three sliced onions and leaf of
kettle and let fry gently five minutes;
then add three pints water. level
tablespoon salt and pinch of paprika
CT pepper. Boil just a few minutes
and you have a soup stock to which
may be added one and one-hah cups
rice, pearl barley, two cups broken
macaroni or spaghetti, or boughten
or homemade noodles.
Or, in place of these, tomatoes. or
sliced potatoes.
Just. before serving add one pint
milk and let come to scald.
If potatoes are used. one egg beaten
in little cold water. or a large
spoonful of peanut butter softened in
little hot water, will add to food
value.
This will serve five or six persons
The Table.
New Salad Dressings-F'or change
in salad dressing mix one tablespoon
ing; when it is smooth add mo. .
dressing and thin with milk An
other change which will be found to
be delicious is one tablespoon catsup.
one tablespoon vinegar one table,
spoon sugar and two tablespoons olive
OIL This time Of the year people
should eat more of such things in
stead of heavy foods.
Cake Without Eggs.-Two large Ia
blespoons butter, one-half cup sugar.
one-half cup dark moiasses. one table,
spoon mixed spices, two-thirds cup
buttermilk. one teaspoon soda, two
cups flour. Mix in order named beat
thoroly. bake In a quick oven about
forty minutes. This is excellent iced
with caramel icing made as follows:
Two cups brown sugar, one cup milk,
one tablespoon butter. Boil till waxy,
take from fire. beat till cool, and
spread
Sour Cream Pfe.-One cup sour
cream zthree-fourths cup raisins put
thru meat grinder. one scant CUP SUI
gar, yolks of three eggs. white Of one
egg beaten stiff and added at the last,
one teaspoon CHINA mon, one-fourth
teaspoon Cloves Bake with no upper
crust. using whites of the eggs and
two tablespoons powdered sugar as
meringue for top Of pie.
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

Demands frequently are made on
the government that it publicly state
its peace terms. Nobody appears to
be empowered to speak for Uncle
Sam, but his terms probably can be
expressed in two words: Uncondi-
tional surrender. The spirit of Lin
coin and Grant is believed to be still
alive in this country. Would one
think of parIeying with a mad bull
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

The government at Washington con-
tinues its imitation of the ostrich. 1t
sticks its head in the sand and thinks
it is hidden from public view. 1t re-
fuses to give out information regard
ing the arrival of another contingent
Of American troops in Europe, altho
the fact is known to the whole world.
What it expects to accomplish oy this
policy is difficult to determine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

which represented $40 perEeeRt upon.
the total capital expenditure on 'hese
undertakings, namely sS7.643.sG5. or
the debt incurred, $12,46S,153 has
been repaid or is available in the sink
ing fund.-. leaving a net debt IF $685.
'175,212. Bradford operates its wa
terworks, street cars. gas works, cleo
richly works and market houses.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

1T is perfectly lovely" he assented.
clasping his hands in ecstasy. II
suppose have read it dozen times"
'.And SCOTS 'Marmion,'" she con-
tinued, land 'Peveril of the Peak'?'
They are meat and drink to me-"
he replied.
And Scotts Emulsion 2" she
queried, a faint suspicion dawning
upon her.
II think" he rashly claimed, ''that
it's the best thing he ever wrote"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

The law which prohibits the sale of
periodicals carrying cigaret advertis-
ing in this state may work a hardship
on the makers of certain brands. but
it has given the cigaret per Sc an
amount of publicity which could not
have been obtained for millions of
dollars, thru the ordinary advertising
channels
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

The German U-boat policy appears
to be to sink everything in sight, else
Why should she waste a torpedo on
a piece of machinery designed for use
in Montevideo?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

Bradford. Eng, is another of those
cities which conduct their owr bust
ness in the interest of the whole peo-
pie. The city during the year ended
March 81. 1917. derived an income
om its undertakings amounting to
s5.52s.s 2s. The total amount of
working expenses was $S.611.27s.
Saving a gross profit of s1.s1s.54s.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

A more or less shrewd political OBJ
server has declared that the country
1s turning to Roosevelt in 1920. This
leads the Boston Transcript to in
ouire: (which one-the colonel, the
major. the captain or the lieuten-
art
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31
DINNER STORIES

Mother, nurse and baby were taking
the air on the common Mother was
absorbed in a magazine. and when
baby began to cry peevishly she said
without looking up:
Give 1t her, nurse"
The crying went on and mother
said imperatively:
..Oh. give her what she wants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

If with the prices paid for coal in
Topeka, the miners in the Usage coun-
ty coal fields are not receiving a living
wage, as they assert. it would be inter-
esting to know who is getting the
money.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

a lot of little things, IL threw me q
hundred-dollar bill and said:
81 am two minutes late this MORN
ing Take this bill and keep the
change "-tCopyright. 1877. BY the
Mcclure Newspaper Syndlcateo
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-07-31

The Topeka State Journal Information
tureau at Washington furnishes readers.
free of charge. accurate and authoritative
answers 10 questions on any and all sub
tec;s concerning which Information can
be had from the unparalleled resources OF
the various federal government depart
ments and the great library of congress
cent stamp for return postage must
accompany each inquiry. State clearly the
Information wanted. write plainly and ad-
dress.
THE TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL IN
FORMATION BUREAU.
Washington. ID. G..
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They have lived They are rich in
knowledge and experience, and they
are the most fascinating of all conf
panions when they have kept them
selves free from the faults of age.
All of us know such people. old men
and women at whose feet we love to
sit, and whose visits are benedictions
on a house.