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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
POSSIBILITIES OF OUR SOIL

We want 10 say to the farmers of
this community that no feature OF pres.
ept day education is more potent for
good to this country than that now be-
ing accomplished by the various agri-
cultural schools and experimental sta
tiuns and farms.
Twenty years ago the "book farm
err was looked upon as a visionary
b1 a large per cent of our farming po-
puiation, and is even yet so regarded
by some, though happily their number
ix small.
Now the man who intelligently stud
len his soil with view to determining
it's need 10 coming to the front as an
authority on matters agricultural. And
the reason this is so is because his the
cries have brought forth fruit in fact.
Nothing is more certain than that
this country 10 woefully behind in farm
ing efficiency. For years experts have
baen pointing cut to us the fact that
our lands arc rot producing half, not
even thlfd, OF the crops Jhat Dount1-
full nature intended they should yield
Que has only to cite the case Of Ger
many to see the full force of this state
1nent. Germany is not as large as the
state of Texae, yet Germany is supply
ing her civil population and her vast
armies almost entirely from the pro
ducts Of her own soil.
But Germany and other world coun
tries have 5Dr years practiced intensive
farming, system that is only just be
ginning 10 prevail in this country.
Instead Of being merely an expert
1nent, intensive farming should be the
rude. Nothing more fully demonstra
tes the truth Of this statement than q
gfance at tn results by the many corn
Gibbs Of tie country. From all direc
tions come reports from these organiza
tons, where the enormous yield of zoe
bushels and more per acre has beer
attained Not only this, but the re
ports coming from all sections Of the
country are proof that almost any Of
ouS soil is susceptible to just such i'm
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
NAUGHTY NIGHTIE CAN'T
SHOWN ON KANSAS FILM

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. Give mem:
bers Of the state film censorship board
rejected a film because a young woman
in her nightie opened the curtains Of a
Pullman berth and peked.. across. the
aisle at. the man she loved. The nightie
was cut too low, the dissaproving: cen
sors said.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

The widow Of the late Col. John ia
cob Astor, he who went down in the
Titanic, has testified in court that $780,
600 a year is not to pay the expenses
Of bringing up the Astor baby. Holy
Mackerel: If it costs $4,000 to rear
a mere baby, what would it cost to
bring up millionaire s pet poodle?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

This is a funny world any way you
take it.. Preachers keep right on tie
ing matrimonial knots and the judge
promptly unite them
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

We h3e known some warm hearted
and kin ~ people in whom taciturnity
Was carried almost to the extreme.
Afd, too, we have known few whose
crdiality was but. a mark" fol: their
cold blooded calculations and personal
gM1
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

NEW YORK, Feb. Cupid did it
again today. Miss Nancy Keene Per-
kins of Richmond, Virginia, niece of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson.
md Henry Marshall Field, son of the
late Marshall Field were married at the
Gibson home in East 127th, street. CHS
we'll D. Langhoren Of Mirador, Ca, is
the new Mrs. Field 8 grandfather.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

From the number Of bills piled up on
our desk oas would. never 1th1lra(' there !:
YVES a shortage OF paper. ~
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

Fellow wanted to Kill us the othe
dry, but. we~told him we were not IL
to lie and he readily agreed with us
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

Oh, for the good old times when .
dollar wop1d buy, dollar s worth o
something: -: *: 49, :.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

Ten miastes at the wood pile is equaa
to. a bushel Of coal when you want &c
warm up.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

No matter how we may cuss the cold
wsathfr, we. will rave just as heartily
af,al1e EfenE next summer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

kago sehssls are Introducing mill
training FOR the benefit Of their
Are Chicago boys. better than.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

vi saw PEN, and the temptation is
4 but yss won It fnd.a word about
b the paper this week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

PARTISAN elections are those
good things we are eternally
IL abont apd never see.. -.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

kast Mutt can tell how to stop the
war. Bft we can t.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09

ttWEATHER OR NO.
Some men never settle either up or
down.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

preceding Lent, but in sLatin-Ameri- ca Mardi Gras is observed with much of the enthusiasm and display which characterizes the festival in Latin Europe during times of peace.
 In their indifference to Shrove Tuesday festivities, Americans of Anglo-Saxon blood reflect the spirit of England and Scotland There was a time, however, when Shrove Tues day was great day in England, with many special observances all it's own. About the only survivor of these old customs is the Shrove Tuesday pam cake, which is still popular in many English and American households. In olden times in England Shrove Tues day was ushered in with a ringing of all the church bells. Then followed the breakfast with pancakes the principal feature of the meal, and these were devoured in truly remark able quantities, as if some religious principle were involved, and the greater the number of pancakes eaten the greater. sanctity. As this gorging usually resulted in an attack of in- digestion, the victim may have been physically if not spiritually prepared for the solemnity of Lent.
 In old England the principle Shrove Tuesday sports were football and cock fighting, and this method of ob- serving the day continued in vogue up to the middle of the eighteenth century.
 In all the cities of Latin Europe, but especially in Nice, Florence, Rome Madrid. Paris and Lisbon, the Mhrdi Gras carnival was, before the war, the great festivity of the year. The carnival at Nice was the most elaborate, spectacular and costly, and the great parade on Shrove Tuesday always attracted tens of thousands of visitors from all over Europe and America. In all of the Latin cities confetti throwing was indulged in to such an extent that the principal streets were covered with the stuff as if by a heavy snowfall. M@
 Much more interesting than the celebrated carnivals of. the great cities and winter resorts were those of the villages and country towns of south ern France, Spain and Italy. These village celebrations were characterized by innocent merriment and revels inn possible in the great centers of pop ulatiOn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
SIR HENRY RAWLINSON

Sir Henry Seymour Rawlinson, who was one of the heroes of the South African war, but has had varied for tunes in the present struggle, was
 born fifty-three years ago today, Feb. 20, 1864. His father was a distin-
 guished soldier, Maj-Gen. Sir Henry Creswick Rawlinson, who was created a baronet in 1891, the title passing to
 his eldest son, the present Gen. Raw linson, in 1895.
 Educated at Eton and the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, Sil
 Henry entered the British army in 1884, and was soon afterwards dis patched to India. There he won the first of many honors in the Burma campaign. His next active service was in the Soudan campaign, when
 he was 9 member of the staff of the late Lord Kitchener He won another medal for his gallantry in the bat ties of Atbara and Khartoum. In the South African war he was conspicu- ous in the siege of Ladysmith and as commander of a mobile column.
 Rawlinson came very near to be- l ing disgraced early in the present war. Much of the blame for the fail
 ure at Ypres was heaped upon him and he was recalled to England Subsequent inquiries relieved him o1 a large part of the burden of blame and he was permitted to return tc the front. He was put in charge o1 the operations at Neuve Chapelle 1 The costly attack at that place sbroke down because the British plans mis- carried. The report of Lord French 1 indicated that Rawlinson was the
 general at whose door the responsi- 1 bility for the failures was laid, and he was again in disfavor. Back 1T England, Rawlinson took up the mat ter with Kitchener, and 'K. of K.'
 was apparently convinced that Raw l linson was not to blame. In any event, Kitchener placed him ir charge of the training of a great new army, and returned him to the front i in command of this force. In the
 battle on the Somme Gen. Rawlinsor won high praise from his super1ors
 and gained a place among the grea l leaders of the war.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
TREATMENT OF TUBERCULOSIS

E EW PROBLEMS simple as they look. The control A of tuberculosis, always complex and difficult mat has it's subsidiary problems which the State Tubercu- losis Commission.
 Two difficulties in the handling of these treated in the annual report of the commission
 The commission suggests the legislature that it require of each hospital receiving for the sate that maintain ward for the holpelessly ubercular.
 The sanaora intended for sufferers who have chance to beHcured, and not for the hopeiessly ill.
 he sanatoria also adapted to for immoral and refEacory patients It is suggested that these should be eed where provision be made for their protection feraby in Cheshire, where the reformatory is located
 ere 16OO0 active of tuberculosis in Connecticut according to the commission and the difficulties of caring for them great There not enough beds and appro priatons suggested These appropriations if the state really going to for it's suffer- CTS with tuberculosis.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
BAD TRADE:

In any town, no matter how pros
 porous, there is always a certain pro-
 portion of merchants who complain
 of bad trade. They plake a melan-
 choly report of local business condi-
 tions. Nothing doing is the burden of
 their refrain. So far as they are
 concerned, there is no money in cir culation.
 Yet the currents of prosperity are
 flowing by their door. Hundreds or
 thousands of people pass their stores
 every day, most of them with money
 in their pockets, bound either for
 some other local place of business, or
 on their way out of town to buy. There is plenty of money and plen- ty of prosperity at this time. If bus mess is dull or if it does not grow, there must be something the matter with us or our methods.
 Usually the trouble is that the pulp lie has a kind of prejudice against such stores. Somehow, it has got the impression that they are not uptodate and are running along in the same old fashioned way that they did years ago.
 The trouble in such a case is almost invariably that that store has done nothing to bring itself before pub
 lie attention It simply opens, it's
 doors in the morning, and expects the
 public to enter without further soli-
 citation. But the public is not built
 that way. It does not care much to visit stores unless it feels in advance
 that it is going to buy something there. People hate to go into a store and then walk out. without buying,
 particularly in their home town
 where they are known. So having this impression in their minds, a lit tie unfavorable to such stores, they simply keep away from them,sor only visit them when they want something quick in an emergency.
 An impression of that kind can be dispelled by advertising. Tn a short time campaign of publicity gives an impression that merchant has woke
 up. It makes him look like a live one. People begin to think that af- ter all he may be uptodatej and they come around to look at what he has
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
DEBT AND TAXES

ETTITH WHAT fervor did Mayer Wilson pledge himself to fifteen mill tax rate only he could resort to bond nga what has he pleaded for bonds and how great has the debt of Bridgeport become?
 debt has brown to something like six millions and the grand list and the tax rate have grown apace Only with difficulty by the actual parsmony by pairing at every cahe rate be stent mills would hore natr ally go 23 mils would provide the of the state for permanent thing either fora school house, a pavement or sewer
 Presently the citizens will to full consciousness Of kind of financial policy that has been imposed their city They will find that the neglect and sefisness of the citizen rebounds upon his head.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
OUR WEDNESDAY SALE
WISE AND OTHERWISE

Also before going to the A.;tomo- bile show. telephone your bank :n aJ- vance to stop payment on any checks you may draw before you get nome.
 The fighting powers occasionally take the trouble to sink a ship that doesn't have any women and children on it.
 In case of war, the big metropolitan papers are all equipped to let the enemy know all movements of troops before they take place.
 A man with good sized roll of . ten dollar bills must De ashamed to be caught at an automobile show with such small change.
 It is claimed that the newspaper ar- ticles on managing husbands are all written by spinsters. The married women know how, but aren't giving away any information.
 DO you suppose Beatem will ever wipe out those debts of his?" ''No; he isn't that kind of sponge. "-Ex- change.
 Muriel-"Gladys says she has seen only Is summers" Ethel-"Y es; you know she was born near-sight- ed!"--Judge.
 Sappleigh-"It's an awful thing to realize that you've made an egregious ass of yourself
 Miss Haven't you got used to it yet ?"-Boston Transcript.
 If wishes were fishes
 Some people would yet
 Keep whining and pining
 And wish for a net Boston Transcript
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

At joint meeting in the office of Secretary of War Baker of the coun- cil of national defense and it's advf- sory commission, composed of civil Hans, it was decided to appoint seven committees to develop the program for the mobilization of the resources of the country in time of war.
 Daniel Willard, president of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad and chairman of the advisory commission, reported that at meeting in New York city of the heads of fifteen Of the largest railroads 8 plan for trans .portation preparedness was evolved by which committees of railroad presidents in each of the four army departments would cooperate with partment commanders in arranging plans for transporting troops and supplies in time of war. MT. Will lard,s portrait is shown.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
POPE LEO XIII

Of the 260 pointiffs of the Church of Rome, one of the ablest and most remarkable was Vincenzo Pecci, who was elevated to the papal throne thir- ty-nine years ago today, and assumed the title of Leo XIII. He came of a noble family, his father having been the Count Ludovici Pecci Born at Carpeneto in 1910, he was baptized by the names of Vincenzo and Gio- acchino. It was just century ago that the lad was placed in the care of the great church of which he was destined to become the head In 1917 he was sent to the Jesuit col lege at Viterbo, where he remained until 1924, when he entered the schools of the Collefio Romano. His bent of mind was scientific, and he won honors in chemistry and mathe- matics He also exeelled in philoso- phy, and took part in a public dis putation in which he won the first prize. At Rome he was quiet and studlons. He took no part in the amusements and frivolities of his fellow students, and about his only relaxation was the us1ting of verse. After his elevation to the pontifical throne a volume of his poetry, chief ly in Latin, found a publisher. In the College of Noble Ecclesiastics the young student became the protege of Cardinal Antonio Sala, who assisted him with advice and instruction. Young Pecci became a priest in 1887. His first important post was that of nuncio to Belgium, to which he was appointed in 1843, having been ere ated Archbishop of Damietta. After three years in Brussels he was made Bishop of Perugia. He was pro- claimed cardinal in 1853. He was cardinal camerlengo in 1878, when the college of cardinals assembled to elect new pontiff, and on the third scrutiny, on the morning of Febru- ary goth, he was declared elected. As head of the church he was politely insistent upon his rights as the de- spoiled sovereign of Rome, and re- fused to accept the income voted him by the Italian Parliament His pub lie utterances on religious, political. social and economic questions were characterized by 1iberality of senti- ment, and marked by great erudition. In 1908 he celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his elevation to the papal throne, and died in July of that year.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
SHROVE TUESDAY

This is Shrove Tuesday, celebrated by the Latins as Mardi Gras, but it brings to an agonized world little of that innocent mirth and merriment which characterized the day in peaceful times. Humanity, bleeding from many wounds, finds the sack cloth and ashes of Ash Wednesday more in harmony with it's spirits than the festivities of the pre-Lenten cele- bration. In Nice, Rome, Florence, Paris, Brussels and other European cities the great carnivals and parades which marked the Mardi Gras cele- brations of the past are now but memories.
 Except in New Orleans and a few other southern cities, and among the French-Canadians of Quebec, North Americans have paid comparatively little attention to the festive season
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
ASKS AID OF EXCHANGE.

London, Feb. 2O--Arthur Neville Chamberlain, director general of na- tional service, went to the stock ex- change today to urge the members to assist in the national service movement. He suggested that they considsr closing the exchange for a day or part of a day each week so that they and their employees might do work of national importance.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
MERCANTILE TONNAGE l,

IT THE beginning of the Great Britain had mercantile tonnage approaching 2OOOOO0O tons. Of this tonnage much Many large boats have been turned into cruisers and others taken for transports
 O the remaining tonnage, about 100000 tons have been ing1of new boats
 Altogether it is unlikely thaGreat Britain has at this time more than i0,0O0OO0 tons available for commerce
 If the Germans could destroy million tons month this shipping would last but ten months For the present. the Ger campaign has failed to reach anything like the necessary maximum necessary to starvation of England. sf seS
 fact the destruction hardly the recuperatve power all the shipping involved that is to say during the first enteen days of February the submarine warfare has not des vessels of all kinds fast the world is building them.
 facts do not warrant however conclusive judgment
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
A NEEDED INSTITUTION Y

WOULD APPEAR that there is need for some institution
 meet tic necessities of borrowers of the pawn shop who only small collateral pledge It is perhaps not possible in the state of public opinion that there shall be owned pawn shops of the nature of those in Paris and other European cities But there might be pawn shops organized and managed by citizens of the highest type abusness charity enterprises not conducted at lo but such that those needing small loans could be at fixed and reasonable interest charge Here open opportunity to practice business benevoence
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
DOMINION LINER IN NETS

Newports News, Va, Feb. 20-Div- CTS were still working this morning to free the Old Dominion liner Madison, which became entangied last night in the steel anti-submarine net at the entrance to Hampton roads The Madison was bound from Norfolk for New York with passengers and cargo.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
MICHIGAN G. o. P. MEET.

Detroit, Feb. 2o-Two candidates for the state supreme court and as- pirants for 9 number of minor state offices are to be nominated by the Republican state convention here to- day. With one exception all the present office holders are candidates for renomination.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
FAIRFIELD TO HAVE
 FIRST AID GLASS
Especial to The Farmer.)

ISp3claI 70 The FaTmeT.1
 Fairfield, Feb. 20 Under the direc- ton of the Red Cross society of Fair field "a first aid class will be former soon, with course of lectures by pr. H. M. Clarke of Bridgeport. The first lecture will be held March 2, and meetings will be held twice a week thereafter. All women are eligible for membership. though pref erence in the limited membership will be given first applicants. Those de- siring to enroll in the class are asked to send their names to Miss Deborah Glover, Fairfield
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
MINNESOTA BISHOP BURIED

Minneapolis, Feb. 20-Church dig nitarics from all parts of the middle west today attended the funeral Of the Rt. Rev. Samuel Cook Edsall, bishop of the Minnesota diocese of the Episcopal church, who died in Rochester, Minn., last Saturday fol- lowing a short sickness.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
FRENCH TAKE PRISONERS

Paris. Feb. 20--Active artillery en- gagements occurred last night be- tween the Disc and the Aisne and in the region north of F1irey A sur prise attack by the French resulted 1c the taking of prisoners.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
BIG FIRE IN DETROIT

Detroit, Feb. 20--A spectacular fire swept the General Grocery Co.'S five story building on Larned street today. < Firemen were hampered by ice. The
 loss Is estimated at $350,00O.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

That $25.oo0,00O for the Danish West Indies is some money, but just think of all the jobs the new terri torial government will provide.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

Exports of specie from the port of New York from Feb. 12 to Feb. IF were valued at $6,225,686.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

Exports of general merchandise at the port of New York on Feb. 17 to- tailed s6,682,8S6.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

Tie Sub-Treasury transferred $42,- 900 to New Orleans for the account of local bankers.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
BRIEF NEWS NOTES

Shipments of fresh and cured meats fror Chicago last week totalled 46,- s18.00O pounds.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20
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President Wilson nominated Cap tains Harry S. Knapp and William L. Rogers to be rear-admirals.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-02-20

Germany doesn't seem a bit afraid of the toy pistol that our military power is pointing at her.
The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1917-08-22

few years ago we whispered it's
awe of millions, now we speak
of billions us glibly ms school
girl prattles of pin money
This of itself would not have
constituted such a grave danger
had not our people framed their
personal lives on the same vast
scale. From talking in thou.
sands to living in thousands is
an easy step. The same is true
of millions. AS our operations
increased and our national
wealth piled up our personal
ideas enlarged apace, until
when we woke up last April to
find ourselves the probable de-
Gliding factor in the greatest
war of Gil history, we discover
ed Ourselves living at rate
TINT could have had but one
possible ending national dis
aster, il not national death.
War is horrible. We shrink
from it and wish from the bot.
tom of our hearts that it could
be bnnishod from the earth for
ever more. Yet in this war
the heroes who die for us on the
fields of France will confer II
greater blessing upon their
country than merely preserving
its honor, as the world secs
honor. They will have saved
us from national moral decay
and death. For the domestic
revolution, without which our
part in the conflict can not be
carried out, is the uphcnval
that was needed Ia take our
feet out Of the road to death
and set them on the road to a.
broader ana snncr life.