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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
where OILED HIGHWAYS PAY
Soils-oIi Sometimes More Sat-
Isfactory Than Water.

Oiled earth roads should not be 70.
garded as q permanent improvement
but are much better than common
earth roads, In the opinion Of w. s..
Gearhart, professor Of highway engi-
neering. S~
"Oiled roads do not require so much
dragging as ordinary earth roads,
said Professor Gearhart. "They shed
water better and do not become so
dusty. Although oiled roads are not
SO satisfactory as gravel roads, they
may be help in developing good
roads sentiment"
The best results from oiling are to
be obtained by applying the oil when
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
this rate Of production, the state
will consume for food this year
about 3,719,O0O bushels Of wheat
more than it produces.
HOW THIN PEOPLE OBTAIN
PLUMP, STRONG, ROBUST

BODY.
"Before took tonoline people used
to call me skinny but now my name
is changed. Ny whole body is stout.
Have gained Is lbs. and am gaining yet
I look like new man, declared F. P.
Smith, Pittsburg, Pa, who had just fin
ished the tonoline treatment.
Would you, too, like to quickly put
from 10 to 80 lbs. of good, solid, ''stay-
there'' flesh, fat and muscular tissue
between your skin and bonesa
Don It. say it can It be done. Try it.
Let us send you free soc package of
tonoline and prove what it can do for
you.
E. T. Whitehead Co., is dispensing a
great deal Of tonoline.
More than half a million thin men
and women have gladly made this test
and that tonoline does succeed, does
make thin folks fat even where all els'
has failed, is best proved by the tremen
dous business we have done. No dras
tic diet, flesh creams, massage, oils OF
emulsions, but a simple, harmless home
treatment Cut out the coupon ant
send for this free package today.
Take tonoline with your meals ane
watch it work This test will tell tn
story.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
C0NVICTS ON PUBLIC WORKS
Proportion on Road Improvement In.
creased From 1.3 Nearly to 13
Per Cent Since 1885. :

The proportion Of convicts employed
on public works instead Of on lease or
contract has increased since 1885 from
93 to sc per cent and the proportion
on road work alone from 1.3 to nearly
13 per cent, according to a report by
the federal public roads Office based
on survey of many prisons. State
rather than county supervision of con.
vict labor on roads is recommended.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
SALE FOR TAXES.

I will sell at the court house
door at Halifax, N. c., on the first
Monday in August 1917, being
August 9th, the following describ-
ed land to satisfy taxes and costs
for the year 1916.
Palmyra township, w. 81. Josey,
600 acres river land.
Fifteen acres Steptoe, taxes and
costs, $67.57.
w. c.. ALLSBROOK,
Tax Collector, Palmyra Township.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03

years, and it is fair to wager that
more than one of the visitors
from the north will be favored
with the epithet Of "Sau-Presse'
(Prussian Swine) which even In
peace time was the Bavarlan's
favorite greeting for his unsym-
pathetic neighbors.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
Easily Converted.

It is not at all difficult to convert
the owner of new automobile to the
good-roads theory, if he is caught at
the moment when he is trying to
worm his way through a fresh sod
Improvement, two miles and a half
long and running from fence to fence.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
FREE TONoLINE COUPON

This coupon, with 1Oc in silver to
help pay postage, packing, etc., and
to show good faith entities holder to
one SOC package of Tonoline Free.
Address the American Proprietary
Co., Boston, Mass.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
New Position for GoethaI.-

new position for GoethaIS,
Major General Goethals has accept
ed the newly created post of state en-
gineer Of New Jersey. New jersey is
about to expend $500 GOO on a new
highway system.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-08-03
CALENDAR
OF JURY CAUSES FOR TRIAL, AUGUST TERM 1917

sd THURSDAY, AUGU ST 10th, 1917
sMl 48 Farber ct al Weldon Steam Laundry.
#| Faison.
I'll Powell
81 Benford Electric Co., VS. va~ DEMONSTRATION Co.
g. Weldon Bank and Trust Co. Draper Co.
md 81 Pitt Pitt
Ing 113 Parham VS. Parham
ad l27. Davis
m 1856 Cheek Cheek.
u ma 142 Dickens Dickens.
,ht 145. Atlantic Realty Co. vs. Dunn
ce. 156. Williams Williams.
ap- VS. Rabbi
Of Bank and rusC Co. VS. Shell and Homer
me 1853 Weldon Bank and Trust Co. Brown and Horner
. 173 Dannebaum Co.
, re- 189. Wilkins Wilkins
rly 1872 Wilkins Wilkins
cts 1913. Crowen VS. Crowen
'ev 1874 Gates
ZEN 1873. Anthony Anthony
ace FRIDAY, AUGUST 18th, 1917
ud 80 Thomas Williams
Hedgepeth VS. Bryant
VG Computing Scales Co. VS. Herring
175 Hardy Co. VS. Bowers White Lumber Co
2oo Samet Knight, Trustee.
4 199 Whitaker Condrey.
Of MONDAY, AUGUST goth, 1917
be 81 Harrel VISA c. L. R. R
ain 49, jackson Tate.
t f5s 1874 Ansbrook vACL RRco.
viii 139 Todd VISA L.. R.
143 Bowers Lumber Co. VS. Green
9 9%a 146 Allsbrook and Boyette Wilkins.
and l58 johnson Fries Ell
Ids 2ol Allsbrook Bowers Lumber Co.
and TUESDAY, AUGUST 21st 1917
~ Mcclure
kc o. Williams Drewry.
W roster Machine Co. Fishe.
llo DAVIS vsA c. L.. r. CO.
131 In Re Will M. Tucke
si 49, DeBerry VS. Atlantic Horse Inc 70
yed 49, Nllncher Farmers Mfg
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22nd,
uon NO. Uoocn Weldon and Trust Co. Ad
airy 1872 We Pone
lou columbus Peanut Co.
tate 100 Fason ct
led 1885, DeBerry Il * Duva
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 1917
1907. Lyman vsA. C. L. R.
the LOO Auckerman IS. A. L. r. r.
to loz. h1tchm ct al Greenvlle Mfg Co.
sod 1885, VIC Moore
cases Will take precedence from
49, ~ 1911" 'oi0'0 "oy Aoi WHICH
Evening star., 1917-11-05
INTOLERANCE A BARRIER.
BENJAMIN T. Lindas Calls It a Foe to
True Democracy.

Intolerance as a foe of true democ-
racy was discussed by Benjamin F.
Lindas in an address before the Washing
ton Secular League at Pythian Temple
yesterday afternoon.
TN this country We have individual.
social. political and religious intol-
erance," he said. TT shows itself in
three ways-intolerance Of race. creed
and wealth. We will never attain true
solidarity until We break down all tho
A general discussion followed. the
participants including DR.. J. J. Shirley.
Dr. James Hugh Keeley, James g. Kent.
0iso Viola Kaufman. J. w. Nigh and
JOHN D. Bradley.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
PLOT TO CLOG MAILS.
Officials Investigate Scheme Suspect
ed Of Originating in Boston.

NEW YORK. November 5.-A plot. the
apparent purpose Of which is to clog
the mails. both domestic and foreign.
Is under investigation by the secret
service. The scheme, which calls for
flooding the mails with millions OF let
ters, each letter link in one Of a dozen
or more chains. is said to have ortginat-
ed in Boston.
Some of the letters which have fallen
into the hands of the government. it is
said, are out-and-out German propa-
ganda documents. while others are on
their face harmless affairs. usually
prayers for peace. or for the protection
of American soldiers and sailors in
Eurpe.
BOSTON. November 5.-Federal Of
ficials in Boston have admitted know
ing of letters containing German prop
aganda being sent through the mails.
but denied knowledge Of the plots
origin in this city.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
GERMAN intrigue
ALARMS RUSSIA
soviets Inspired by Bribes to
Demand Overthrow of Pro-
visional Government.
ORDER TO USE GUNS ISSUED
BY LOUIS EDGAR BROWNE.

Cableeram to The Evening Star and
Chicago Daily News. Copyright, 1917.
PETROGRAD, Russia, November o
Petrograd awaits with trepidation pos
sible events in connection with the as
sembly Of an all-Russia congress OF
soyiets this week. The bolshevik (ex-
tremist) leaders, who called the con-
gress. brazenly order workmen and
soldiers to use their rifles, depose the
provisional government and enforce
Immediate peace.
While the government and Its mill
tary staff are making extreme prepar-
arations to combat armed uprisings.
the newspapers contain column after
column Of speculation as to what Will
probably happen Opinion is divided,
half predicting civil war and the re-
mainder predict that the troublemak-
ers will talk themselves out.
Utterances of Radical Leaders.
Leon Trotsky, one of the radicai
leaders, said in q speech:
"workmen and soldiers, get ready to
fight for land. peace. bread and free
dom. The anarchy in Russia was Great
ed by the cap1tal1St1c DourBeois
through manipulation. Kill them. Shoot
them down"
Later Trotzky said that there were
40, 900 armed workmen in Petrograd
who were organized into military
companies. brigades and divisions. This
he called the red guard" every man
In which knew his post Of duty II
armed forces should be needed to re-
establish the supreme power OF the
soviet.
NJ. Razanoff( soviet leader. said
that when power was placed in the
hands Of the soviet an immediate
armistice with Germany will be signed;
Lenine discloses his hiding place ana
announces his candidacy for the con-
stituent assembly. He practically dares
the government to arrest him.
Demonstrations Forbidden.
On the other hand. the conservative
forces are combining to crush the
Bolsheyiks The government Is issuing
frequent proclamations forbidding DEM
onstratfons The Petrograd military
authorities declare that the garrison
is for the most part loyal to the pro-
ytsional government, while the tWeifth
army has passed q resolution that an
armed demonstration in these critical
days would be blow In the oack OF
the army at the front.
Tho Petrograd newspaper Dfelo de-
clares that many internatfonalists and
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Operating Expenses Affected.

Discussing the question of deferred
maintenance. made necessary by war
time conditions. Mr.. Rea said that IL
the proper maintenance charges are
not included in the operating expenses
'the net operating income and the net
corporate income are to that extent
oerstated" This condition. he added.
is leading to heavy wear and tear on
track and rolling stock. without max
ing proper charges to operating eS-
penses."
Concluding his plea for rate advance.
Mr.. Rea declared:
IF this commission takes the view
of this situation which I hope 1t will
the result will be felt in the future
will give confidence to those furnish
~ So 'sausmsAoIdmI mo 10 SuIoueuy
ing such capital. If this commission
permits the rates of these carriers to
be increased to such an extent as to
return them adequate net operating
income and maintains them upon such
a basis the effect upon the financing of
their needs will be very great and will
tend to re-establish the confidence OF
investors"
Evening star., 1917-11-05

Of Herbert Hoover, United States food
administrator.
SUES estions have been made by food
experts that raisins be put In break
finished cooking, thus making the use
Of sugar unnecessary. Stewed raisins
or raisin pie may be eaten to furnish
the body its necessary supply of sugar.
and raisins In wheat and corn bread
not only are palatable. but displAce
the -four or meal. and consequently
save grain. needed by our armies and
allies. .
Evening star., 1917-11-05
CALIFORNIA RA1s1N CROP HUGE
500, ,0o0, 900 Pounds Contributed
to United States Food Supply.

The largest raisin crop in history
approximately soo.ooo.ooo pounds. Is
part Of CALIFORNIA; contribution to tho
food supply of tho United States this
year, and a wider use Of that product
in the American menu is expected to
follow.
According to the home economies bu-
reau Of the Department of Agriculture.
raisins are IS per cent grape sugar,
which means 22s.0oo, 900 pounds of such
sugar that can be used to supplement
this country to divide it's supply with
France in accordance with the wishes
Evening star., 1917-11-05
20 cents more than the price now paid
under existing contracts"
Gives Annual Coal Consumption.

He gave as the annual coal consump-
tion of the Pennsylvania system 1885,
43S tons. and stated that the average
cost per ton from April / to September
80 this year had been $40 or $1s,7
per ton more than last year.
In addition to the wage advances
granted trainmen under the terms of
the Adamson law. Mr.. Rea pointed out
that the increased cost of labor has
swollen the payrolls of the Pennsyl-
vania S13.900,0OO a year, exclusive Of
increase given trainmen.
In spite of these wage advances, the
roads are meeing constant difficulty in
retaining workers. Mr.. Rea declared.
The carriers are daily losing the serv-
ices of large number Of employees"
he continued, land also are unable to
retain some classes of new employees
for more than short time. If the
transportation machine breaks down
through inability to secure efficient la
Dor by reason of inadequate wage
rates. it has a direct bearing on the
termination of the war"
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Pittsburgh Mayoralty Fight Hot.

PITTSBURGH. Pa, November 5.-One
of the most hotly contested mayoralty
campaigns in the history Of Pittsburgh
will be decided tomorrow in the non
nartisan election for either E. v. Bab-
cock, millionaire lumber head. or William
A Magee former mayor. Both candidates
are reDUblicanS
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Vodka and Money Offered.
Senator Norris to Seek Reelection

Senator MOTIFS TO seek He-EIect10n.
Senator Norris of Nebraska will be a
candidate to succeed himself when the
elections are held next year. he has
announced. There had been rumors
that Senator Norris would not make
the race, but would return to the
practice of law. His term of Office ex-
pires March 3, 1919.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Three Perish as Gale Wrecks Shin.

RExTON. N. B., November S. = The
crew of three men perished yesterday
when the Lunenburg. N. s.. schooner
Ralph struck on bar near Richibucto
cape during q gale and went to pieces
The schooner was of fifty-one tons
Evening star., 1917-11-05

The British government has assumed
the right to bore>for oil in tho United
Kingdom as a step to prevent further
profiteering.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
SHRAPNEL
Sidelights on the War
OLIVER OWEN KUHN.

The kaiser. though parsimonious. as
rule. has fits Of extravaganza. Elabo-
rate dress balls are his chief delight
AS a result Of the shortage Of petrol
in England two brothers have invented
coal-gas-driven automobile which
dustry.
The British government has assumed
the right to boreNfor oil in tho United
Kingdom as a step to prevent further
profiteering.
The future houses of Europe will be
more attractive and sanitary. accord
ing to statements made abroad, because
Huts of Italian outposts in the noun
tain Businesses cling to the crags like
birds nests.
On the walls of one of the kaiser's
chambers in Potsdam is a large map,
colored by himself. purporting to show
the future German empire. Holland has
Austria-Hungary has been
incorporated within the German en-
pire. part of the Balkans from the
western Danube south to Saloniki. in
cluding Serbia. is all chalked yellow.
the German color. and the whole of Asia
Minor and Mesopotamfa to the Persian
gulf are the same.
The American Red Cross will supply
a million comfort kits for the Russian
revolutionary army. These now are al
most unheard of among a greater por-
tion of the Slav soldiers
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Increase in Labor Cost.

Continuous increases in the cost of
labor, fuel, supplies. taxes and of OBJ
tanning new capital.
liability to secure and retain ef1-
cient labor.
"Curtailment of maintenance ex-
penses, which curtailment Is due in
part to inability to secure necessary
labor and materials.
Decrease in net operating income,
notwithstanding large increase in op-
Grating revenues. property investment,
in carload and in trainload.
Reduction in surplus. with conse-
quent effect upon the credit OF the car
riers.
Inability to secure new capital by
the issue Of stock. with the consequent
weakening effect upon the financial
structure.
Inability to provide improvements
and facilities, not only essential for
the traffic Of today. but equally essen
tial for the traffic of the future"
No prospect Of lower coal costs is to
be found in the governments price
fixing program on fuel. continued Mr..
Rea.
THE tentative price of s2.45 per ton
fixed by the government" he said, lis
over 100 per cent higher than the price
paid by the Pennsylvania system in
1916. cents more than the average
price paid April to September 80. and
Evening star., 1917-11-05

other extreme socialists, including Boil
sheviks. are now active In Russian
politics. They are working under as
real ones, which would have betrayed
their race or nationality. The Dielo
publishes the names Of 150 men who
are operating in Petrograd under fic-
titious names; ,1s ana N .h eacn case II gives
It is asserted by the newspaper that
the majority Of the suspected mon are
Jews and that all the 159 have visited
Germany at some time during the war.
ware Of them when they ballot for
delegates to tho constituent assembly.
Officers serving in the active army
held a general meeting In this city,
passed resolution. which they pre-
sented to the provisional government.
declaring that, owing to the hopeless
deterioration of discipline. they could
no longer control their soldiers.
Gist Of Resolution.
The gist of the resolution is con-
tained in this paragraph:
1--WE officers do not refuse to do our
duty. but the last vestige of our au-
thbrity over the men has disappeared
and it is beyond our powers"
Seventy-seven officers affixed their
names to the document.
Russian artillery HFeu upOH SIOup
of Russian infantry. which responded
to a German invitation to fraternize.
according to a communfque from the
active army. Commissaires report that
great efforts are being made to pre-
vent Russian soldiers from falling vic
tins to German attempts at fraterni-
zation. A German deserter asserts that
propaganda and fraternizing work are
now being carried on by specially
trained corps of officers and soldiers.
who. on being graduated from a propa-
ganda school, are distributed among
regiments, brigades and divisions.
Vodka and Money offered.
The Initial effort of the new propa-
ganda appears in the shape of circu-
lars printed in Russian inviting the
Russian soldiers to enter the German
trenches. where they will receive vodka
and money. These circulars are thrown
into the Russian trenches by night pa
trolls. The invariable argument OF the
German propaganda Is this:
Germany is Russia's friend. Eng
land started the war for purpose
selfish in the main. Let us make a
separate peace and then perhaps. when
we are no longer burdened with fight
ing, we will follow your excellent ex-
ample and establish a wonderful de-
mocracy."
The last argument twists the Rus
sian soldier into knots because. for the
most part, he takes the German at his
own valuation.
Evening star., 1917-11-05

The future houses Of Europe will be
more attractive and sanitary. accord
ing to statements made abroad, because
Of the advent of the woman architect.
Evening star., 1917-11-05
Prices Would Increase.

When in May the eastern carriers
asked for Is per cent rate increase
they estimated that wartime prices OF
labor and materials would increase
their operating charges by $235.000,0oO.
Later compilations, presented today,
Indicate arr increase of s270.00o.00o.
based on the 1916 volume of business,
while increased revenues from rate ad-
vances since the first OF the year totai
s97. 900. 600. The increased operating
charges are apportioned as follows:
Coal. s7s,000.000: wages. s102,o00.o00;
materials. $90,000.00o.
Attorney Patterson declared that
while gross earnings for the first nine
months of the present year had risen
s123.7ss.ooo. loss of $57.291.00o re-
suited from q corresponding advance
of $16S,431, 900 in expenses.
President Rea Of the Pennsylvania
predicated his plea for advance on
the following existent difficulties OF
the roads:
Evening star., 1917-11-05

The kaiser. though parsimonious. as
a rule. has fits Of extravaganza. Elabo-
rate dress balls are his chief delight
Evening star., 1917-11-05
STABILITY OF ROADS
MENAcED, IS PLEA
President Rea of Pennsylvania
Urqes IS Per Cent Rate
Advance on !. C.. c.
"cAN'T AFFORD MISTAKES"

The reopening Of the Is per cent
rate advance case before the Interstate
Commerce Commission today was
marked by claims of counsel of eastern
railroads that transportation facilities
and financial stability of the roads are
menaced by prevailing rates.
I'VE cannot afford to make mistakes.
declared Samuel Rea. president of the
PENNSYLVANIA railroad, in opening the
case. "It is not time far panic, but
neither is it time for disregarding the
facts of increasing expenses, OF difnan-
ishing net operating income, OF de-
ferred maintenance. of lack of present
facilities and inability to provide future
ones"
Wartime conditions, with the re-
sultant increase in the cost of labor and
materials, make it imperative that an
advance over the present rates pc
granted, asserted counsel representing
thirty-efght systems operating east OF
the mississippi and north of the Ohio
rivers If the roads are to handle ade-
ouately the great volume of wartime
trafnC, WITHOUT ih6 eAAS
risk of financial reverses. better pro-
vision, 1t was pointed out, must be made
by the government
Facilitate Railroad Service.
With the successful prosecution OF
the war the paramount duty of the ma
ton. and the effectiveness of the mo-
bilized Industrial machine to supply
men munIt,ons and foodstuffs limited
to q great extent by transportation re-
sources, 1t is OF primary national inter
est. it was urged. that no means OF
maintaining adequate railroad faciiities
and OF strengthening imperlleo raii-
road credit" be neglected.
Decision to reopen the case, after an
interval Of four months, was announced
nv the commission in a recent letter 10
(;eorge stuart Patterson, chief counsel
for the roads Although the hearing
affects Immediately only those roaos
onerating in the east, the result Is ex-
nected TO have bearing on rates
throughout the country. Daily hearings
will continue for several weeks, !. Is
believed, with prospect that disposi.ion
of the case will come before the end OF
the year.
Utner railroad representatives who
were on hand prepared to make geher
al statements when the hearing began
we're Alfred H. Smith OF the New
York Central, James H. Hustis OF the
Boston and Maine and Frederick u.
Underwood of the Erie.
Evening star., 1917-11-05

Huts of Italian outposts in the noun
tain Businesses cling to the crags like
birds nests.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1917-01-21

NEW YORK, January 90 -Thc hran-
'tal review OF Henry Clcws II 90. Of
this date. sums up The situation ;,s
follows
Money continues abundant and easy.
iartly due to the return Of funds from
the interior, rising bank reserves and
January disbursement; also :" recent
ifrGc gold Imports stimulated evident
~ H." Great Britain IN order to Gre
TT" faNorahi" conditions here for tn.
i'i"cine of The u"w loan. The rcduc-
ton OF tho Bank ~ England rate from
~ " ! = I"r cent WAS evidently made
With similar intent. Announcement uf
new S25c.o coo collateral British
loan on "-p"r cent basis attracted
r~Slarkably litt!c attention. which Is
good "NidcHc" az tho growth uf Nov
York as financial ""ut"r and IT,.
ability t" conduct such lnrr" rp"ratipns
SO - matter of courac rho loan viii
probably b" readily UNDERWATER. he
!nc frc" OF the objections raised bv
tn. Federal Reserve Board ON q re-
cent occasion.