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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-09-19
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The Vashon Island record. [volume] (Vashon, Wash.) 1916-1919, 1918-09-19

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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
PERSONALS

Mr. Paul Price left on the morn
mo train for Hobgood on business.
Mr.. Roy Price left this morning
for Hobgood on business
Mr.. J. NJ. Bunch left on the
morning train for Halifax.
Mr. J. Pendleton went to Halifax
today.
Mr.. Iyey Norwood left on the
morning train for Halifax on bus
mess.
Mr.. W. T. Cottas spent last ev-
ening in town and returned to Pc
tersburg this morning.
Mrs. NJ. A. Hall, Of Wilmington.
returned with her son, Mr.. J. D.
Hall, to spend few days.
Y =
Mr.. G. II. Simpson Of Rocky
Mount is here with Mr.. H. A. Para
more going over the Metropolitan
debit.
Mrs. f. L. Brown and Mrs. S. H.
Alisbrook went on the early morn
ing train for Norfolk to spend the
day shopping.
The entire Baptist choir attend
ed the funeral Of Mr.. P. G.. Gre
cory t Enfield yesterday and fur
niShed the music at the grave.
4 =
Rev. Johnson of Enfield was the
minister who conducted the funer-
al services over the remains Of Mr..
P. {. Gregory.
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Quite number of local men mo-
tored to Halifax this morning to
hear the addresses to the jury Of
Mr.. A. P. Kitchin and E. L. Travis
in the case of the state VS. III. S.
Station
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
Notice

Having qualified as administra
trix Of George Ward, deceased.
late Of Halifax County, N. c., |
hereby notify all persons having
claims against the estate Of said
accident to present them, for pay
1nent. to me. or to my attorney
Stuart Smith, Esq, within one
year after the date Of this notice,
Or said notice will be pleaded IN
bar Of their recovery. All per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make Immediate settlement
This the 6th day Of November,
1918.
CARRIED. WARD
Administrators
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
News Ffrom Roseneath

The heart Of Roseneath town
ship paralyzed from work by the
Spanish Influenza.
There are twelve to fifteen fam
lilies now suffering for want Of
sufficient help to house their crop
Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Lewis have
been sick with the Flu since Thank
sgiving.
Mrs. Jack Edwards and family
are all down with the Flu and no
one to give them aid.
Everybody seems to be afraid
Of the flu and it looks like the Bet
terment Committee in Roseneath
township would get on the job.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
CASE ATTRACTED
WIDE ATTENTION
Gained Thirty Pounds On Tanlac
And Feels Like A Brand New
Man ALI Over Now He De
clares.

feel like brand new man all
over and have gained thirty
pounds N weight besides since
sarted taking Tanlac,' said Levi
Thomas, an employee Of the Chat
tanooga Furniture Company, Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
was frail and puny looking
from years Of suffering with stom-
ach trouble. [ had lost weight and
strength until | was as weak as d
kitten. Everything i ,ate gave
me hours of misery and [ tried so
many medicines without getting
relief that | had begun to think
q never be well again. [ was
50 nervous and rundown that the
Least exertion would tire me out
completely.
1t may seem wonderful, but
before | had finished my second
bottle Of Tanlac | was feeling like
my oldtlme self again and | be
gan to build up. | now weigh a
hundred and eighty flye. pounds,
can eat like a farmland and feel
strong and fit for the kind Of work
and am gaining every day. Ny
Improvement is the talk Of every
body who knows me-
Tanlac IS sold in Scotland Neck
by t. I. Whitehead Co; IN Enfield
by Harrison and Hall; in Rose
mary by Rosemary Drug Store,
and III Littlcton by the Harrison
Drug Store.
FoUND-A KEY IN THE SHAPE OF
a postoffice key. With number on it
number 0S65210 and made by P & F.
torbin Of New Britain. Owner can
obtain same at this office.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
At The Dixie Tonight

1t is the regular time for the
fourth episode of "The' Eagles
Eye but it has not arrived, and
therefore, if it does not come this
afternoon, a five act drama, en-
titled "The Thread of Fate,'' fea-
turing Viola Drama, will be shown
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-12-06
BANK STATEMENT
REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF

The Scotland Neck Bank, at Scotland
Neck, n. c., in the State Of North Car
DINA, at the close Of business, Novem-
Der, 1st, 1918.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09
CENSUS OF THE VIRGIN
 ISLANDS

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4, 191S-The results of census of the Virgin Is- lands formerly the Danish West Ii- dies) have just been published in an octave volume of 174 pages. The inventory was made, at the request of the Secretary of the Navy, by the Bureau of the Census of the Depart. ment of Commerce, under the super vision of MT. Eugene F. Hartley, chief statistician for manufacturers of the Census Bureau.
 The report shows that by this lat est territorial acquisition the area of the United States was increased slightly more than 132 square miles, this area being practically that of the three principal islands, St. Croix, Santa Cruz) St. John, and St. Thom- as. There are in addition about 50 small islands or cays, the largest about l mile square.
 Interesting and significant is the fact that while the United States ac- quired title to the Virgin Islands by treaty with Denmark on August 4, 1916, after negotiations of more than half century, the language of the people is English, though the islands were under the Danish flag for 245 years.
 In 1917 the value of the exports from the United States to the islands was $1 416,342, and of the imports from the islands S1,259,6G..
 Population.
 The population as of November 1, 1917, was 26,051, and comparison with earlier censuses shows the population has steadily decreased, from 43,17S in 1885 to 26,051 in 1917. Of the to- tai persons in 1917, 1922 were white 19,523 were Negro, and 4,606 mixed The sex distribution was 1899 males and 14052 females. Tne re.urns showed 5,2S1 persons, or 24.9 per cent of the population 10 years of age or over, to be illiterate. The population of each of the three principal islands in 1917 was as follows: St. Croix IA 901, St. Thomas 10,191, and St. John 959. The islands contain three cities
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09

Amalie, on the island of St. Thomas, with population of 7,747 and Christiansted and Frederiksted, on the island of St. Croix, with a popr- lation of 4,574 and 3,144 respectively
 Agriculture
 Agriculture and animal husbandry engaged 6,0S4 of the total population as owners, managers, or tenants, on the 430 farms or estates" on the is- lands. These farms embraced 69,S29 acres of the S4,7S1 acres included in the total area of the islands. Of the 430 farms reported, 102 were operat- ed by white farmers as owners, man. agers, or tenants; 270 by Negroes, and 5S by mixed-blood farmers. The aver age size Of farms is 1925 acres. of which an average of 91.7 acres was re- ported as improved anc 7O.S acres as unimproved. The total value of farm property is given as $3,706,911. The number of farms reporting live stock was 3S1, the value of which was given as $5S2,921. The total value of all crops for the year ending October 31, 1917, was given as $522,6O6, sugar cane contributing s422,12O and hay and forage $67,5S9.
 Manufactures
 The number of manufacturing estab- lishments in the islands was S4, of which 65 were located on St. CroiX, 3 on St. John, and 16 on St. Thomas. The number of persons engaged in manufacturers was SAP, of whom 6S6 were wage earners. The capital in- vested was $1,429,524; the value of materials used $7S1,417; and the value of products $1,292,247. Of the total value of products, cane sugar con- tributed S97S,1S8; bread and other bakery products $192,544; and bay rum, $38,745. The manufacture of sugar from cane employed 62 per cent of the wage .earners, 76 per cent of the capital, and produced 80 per cent of the total value of the products of manufacturers. Distribution and hours of labor of the gainfully employ ed, by sex and age, are interesting features of the population and manu facturers statistics of the report
 Fisheries
 The census of the fisheries of the islands, the first ever taken, shows a total of 3S0 persons engaged in the industry, with capital invested of $11,- 002, and a total catch for the year valued at $44,436.
 Tn addition to the sections devoted to statistics of population, agriculture manufactures, and fisheries. an intro ductory chapter of the report gives much interesting information of the geography, history, climate, etc, of the islands, and maps and illustrations are interesting features of the pub I:
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09

Then when the storm had blown itself out they made the remaining four miles, but that night the storm happened to remember something which it had forgotten and came back and stayed around for thirteen days longer, confining the men to their tent.
 Space does not permit further de. tail of the trip, but the men came out we'll pleased with the country, altho the late season and much snow pre- vented the examination of much ground-Valdez Miner
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09
APARTMENT OF INTERIOR
United States Land Office
Juneau, Alaska, August 20,

Juneau, Alaska, August 20, 1918
 Notice is hereby given that Paul Nordstrom of Hadley Alaska, has filed in this office notice of his inten- tion to submit final five year proof in support of his homestead application for the following described tract, sit uated in Lat. 550 32.5' N. Long. 1922 IS W. on the east coast of Prince of Wales Island, Lyman Anchorage and west shore of small bight known as FIole-in-the-Wall, described as U s. forest survey 43 and as follows:
 Beginning at Cor. No. 1, M. c. on line of ordinary high tide said blight, whence U. s. l.. M. No. bears s. % 54' 51' E. YEA chs, thence N. 50' 59' ". 1903 chs, to Cor. No. ?, thence N. 39o 21' E. 1591 chs, to Cor. No. 3, thence s. S90 or E. 6.95 chs. to Cor. No M. c. on said line of ordinary high tide, thence meandering said line, CD s. 10 45' F. 40 chs, @ N. S4o 15' F. 230 chs, (3) s. 15' w. 1000 chs, (D s. 3So 15' w. 4.70 chs. (5) N. 62' 45' w. 16O chs, (6) s. 7' 45' w. 2.S0 chs, CD s. 29' 45 E. 1.7O chs, (S) S. 49' 15' w. 1.30 chs, (9) N. 49' 45' w. O.6O chs, (10) N 330 15' E 100 chs, (11) N. 55o 15' w. 100 chs, CPD S 390 9 w. 2.S1 chs, to Cor No. 1, the place of beginning, containing an area of 2O.57 acres. Mag. Var. 2So IF E.
 Said proof will be submitted before the Register and Receiver on Decem- Der 20 1918, by said Norstrom claim ant and by the following witnesses. Erica Spray and Lafe Spray both of Juneau Alaska.
 First Publication Sept. 8, 1918. Last Publication Oct. 29, 1918.
 c. B. WALKER, Register.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09

Ketchikan, Alaska, Aug. 3, 1918 To all whom it may concern: Take notice that on and after the above date ], the undersigned will not be responsible Sor any debts con- tracted by any one in my employe or otherWise-adv tf
 w. J. SULLY.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09

CRUISER SARABII-33 9 ft-15 Sterling new. Boat 3 years old, ac- equipped-Sn see Adams co J. R. Heckman & Co.--adv.
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09

FOR SALE OR CHARTER-hal boat vivian" fl X 11-6 it. draft, 25 h. Standard Engine.
 Also the scow Elliott" for sale or charter, 75x20, House 62 IS, G. M. SCOTT, Stedman Hotel, cjty-tf
The daily progressive-miner., 1918-09-09
TABLE OF DISTANCES
 FROM kETcHIkAN

This table is compiled in nautical miles which are 60S0 feet. The larg- est part of this list was compiled for the Post Office by the Captain Of the edney and is autnentic.
 Three Tree Point 45 Stewart B. c. 150
Evening star., 1918-01-29
A Year Of Ruthlessness.

Just about a year ago an order was
signed in Berlin for campaign Of ruth
less destruction by submarines on the
high seas, coupled with the announce
ment that this would bring England to
her knees in three months through star
vation. Twelve months have passed and
England is not upon her knees. The
net result Of Gcrmany's ruthless subma-
rine warfare to date is the entrance Of
the United States into the conflict. Some
hundreds Of vessels have been sunk,
enormous losses have been caused the
allied nations, the difficulties Of main
tanning the armies at the front have
been increased, the sufferings Of the
people of England, France and Italy
have been heightened. But no real ad-
vantage has come to Germany. The war
power of the alliance Of the allies has
not been weakened appreciably by this
policy, but, on the contrary, the
strength of Germany's foes has been in
creased through the accession of Amer
lea. Without doubt the order of a year
ago is now recognized in Berlin as one
Of the worst Of Germany's grievous
blunders.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Start Now ON New Car Lines.

While awaiting the report Of the ex-
perts on the Washington Railway and
Electric system the recommendations re-
garding the Capital Traction Company
cannot be viewed by the public as def
nitely and fully corrective of the con-
ditions of overcrowding on these lines.
They are at best but remedia, and help
full, not reaching the root Of the trou-
BILE. However the "throat" of the sys-
tenn may be cleared, at 18th street and
New York avenue, the fact remains that
there are not cars OF lines enough. More
routes are needed to distribute the
traffic more evenly. More cars are need
ed on the present lines meanwhile to
carry the constantly increasing crowds.
There is no need to wait for experts
to report that the congestion is centcred
here or there, or caused by this or that
factor, or may be cured by some remedy
or another, before moving toward an
enlargement Of the city's traction plant.
Plans for additional lines should be
drawn at once. The routes should be
chosen with reference to the immediate
and prospective conditions. Legislation
must be sought and secured with the
least delay authorizing and requiring
these extensions and branches. 1t takes
a long time to build street railway,
and work should begin just as quickly as
possible on the lines that are obviously
required.
Washington's present jam of people is
not mere sporadic and passing con-
dition. The city will never go back to
the old point Of population. It may
not hold all its immediate gains, but
when the war is over the net result will
be material increase, probably 100000
or more. It is simply impossible to
move such a population as that will
leave, with its subsequent normal
growth, with the equipment we have to-
day. It is measure Of the most rea-
sonable precaution to start now to plan
and as speedily as possible to build
those new lines, surface or subway, that
must be had to give the capital adequate
rapid transit.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Church Closing Order.

! Acting Fuel Administrator Colladay is
moving in the right direction in modi-
tying the church-closing order, issued,
It is now plain, without full consider
alton Of the matter and unfortunately
without consultation with representa-
tives Of the religious denominations.
Under the new order all the churches
may be opened on Sunday for a part
of the day, long enough to permit their
regular services and Sunday school ses-
sions. They must, however, be kept
CLOSED during the other six days Of the
week, which will cause serious curtail-
ment Of their valuable activities.
! It is altogether doubtful whether a
material or necessary saving Of fuel is
to be effected from this order, even
without the modification just announced.
"A majority Of the churches have their
fuel stored for the season. That which
they save by closing now will remain in
the cellars. It will not be distributed.
Computation Of the amount Of coal that
Is not burned on the days in which the
ehurches are kept closed does not dem
.onstrate that an equivalent amount will
be available for domestic uses. A very
small fraction of the coal thus saved
Will reach the people whose homes are
enow in need Of fuel.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Cluster" and Red Tape.

charge it to Buster" has been
ehanged FOR the emergency to aCharre
1t to red tape" Is there anything wrong
anywhere with our war sctivitiesf Red
tape is responsible. Is there q shortage
OF supplies at the cantonmentsf But
for red tape supplies would have been
abundant. Not . soldier would have
wanted for any feature Of soldiers
equipment. Has Gen. Pershing been
embarrassed in France by lack Of
arms, and been obliged to borrow from
his hostsf The mortifying business q
attributable to red tape. u the row In
Congress lamentable and q source of
vexationf Charge it to red tape.
As q result, fluent and breezy pieee
Of advice is frequently heard: Cut out
red tape. Mako an end Of it. When
business presses, go to it-go straight
to it. Never mind about the law. In.
more departmental regulations. Wha.
fs wanted 10 aetion-immediate action
Act, and than. If there is time, consids,
whether the action taken was within the
Jaw and regulations, and best.
That way lies chaos-mors eomplsts
: ,nHnea(A AFR - RoOk. .Ooypro critics
Evening star., 1918-01-29

Of our war activities arc charging. II
officials, high and low, should adopt 60
as-you-please procedures, putting laws
and regulations and precedents under
their feet, and working their own wills
In their own ways, such confusion would
result as would make the angels weep.
Moreover, such officials would incur
grave responsibilities. Congress has be-
gun looking into matters connected with
the war, and will probably look into all
Of them before it finishes its labors.
And it is easy to be seen that if it shall
appear in any matter that course in
defiance Of law and regulations has been
taken, even with the best intentions and
some good results, the responsible Off
cials will have to answer.
This is not to say that the existing
laws and regulations about Army and
Navy business could not be improved.
But to the extent that they could be
improved, the improvement, to achieve
the best results, must be produced by
order and system and law, md not by,
or for, the clamor of the moment.
Red tape, it may be admitted, is at
times a troublesome customer. But let
MS not forget that the real responsible
ity for all the principal features of our
present war embarrassments is nos
chargeable to red tape, but to that stub
born and mistaken policy which for
years kept the Army and the Navy on
short commons, and all but starved them
to death.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
Secretary Bakers Reply.

Secretary Bakers story concerning
our war preparations and present mill
tary conditions is exceedingly interest
ing. It consumed four hours in the tell
ing. It carries a great deal Of informa-
ton. In many respects it is reassuring ;
in some respects inspiring. Evidently
if our military establishment has broken
down the breakdown is far from com
plete.
If Secretary Baker. on his first ap-
pearance before the committee, had
made matters as plain as he made them
yesterday, much. of the high-pressure
feeling manifested during the past ten
days about war activities might have
been prevented. 1t would certainly
have been of smaller volume.
A very notable disclosure yesterday
of still existing shortcomings on our part
related to ships. Ships, indeed, or
rather the lack of them, may always be
expected to bob up when American OBJ
NlSdllUuS oScI Aiche4oAOu'
Between US and the redemption of those
obligations lie three thousand miles of
salt water difficult of negotiation. First,
troops must be transported to the scenes
of action, and, second, supported there.
! At present, tonnage is conspicuously
short. Nobody knows today what is pos
sible in the near future in that con-
nection. Mr.. Baker says that million
and half of soldiers viii be ready this
year for transfer to French soil. But
where are the ships for the purposef A
fleet of enormous size will be necessary,
and will have to be operated on the
schedules of ferry.
Congress has taken this maritime fea-
lure Of the hostilities into consideration,
and made liberal money provisions for
supplying the need. But backwardness
there is as plain as elsewhere. Contro-
versies over the tonnage program have
been as warm as over other programs,
with the result that, as yet, we have in
the main only paper ships on an imagi-
mary ocean.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
MUSTEROLE---QUICK
RELIEF! NO BLISTER!
It Soothes and Relieves Like a
Mustard Plaster Without
the Burn or Sting.

Musterole is a clean, white ointment,
made with the oil of mustard. 1t does all
the work Of the old-fashioned mustard
plaster-does it better and does not blis-
ter. You do not have to bother with a
cloth. You simply rub it on-and usually
the pain is gone!
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend it to their patients.
They will gladly tell you what relief it
gives from sore throat, bronchitis. Group,
stiff neck, asthma, neuralgia, congestion,
pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago, pains
and aches of the back or joints, sprains,
sore muscles, bruises, chilblains, frosted
feet, colds of the chest tit often pre-
vents pneumonia).
30c and 60c Jars hospital size. 50 50
Evening star., 1918-01-29

nesses peculiar to the sex.
For young girls just entering wom-
anhood; for women at the critical
time; nursing mothers, and every
woman. who is rundown" tired or
overworked-it is a special, safe and
certain help.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets reeu-
late and invigorate stomach. liver
and bowels. Sugar-coated, tiny
granules, easy to take as candy.
How to preserve health and beauty
is told in Doctor Pierce's Common
Sense Medical Adviser. It is free.
Send DR.. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y, FIVE
dimes, or stamps, to cover printing
and mailing.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
A Serious Fusl Situation.

With two Of the local high schools and
four Of the grade buildings closed. today
and all Of the schools ordered closed to-
morrow for lack Of coal, the seriousness
Of the fuel situation is rendered ap-
parent. The snow has blocked the
railroads and kept the supply from
reaching the city. It has made haul
ing through the streets difficult and
even in some cases impossible. For
tunately the additional snow pre-
dicted has not come and milder tenn.
perature prevails, 80 that q clearance Of
the streets and Of the tracks Is possible
Warrington il not now suffering a
keen as q might besif 4Aeintense-epN
Evening star., 1918-01-29

Of q short time ago were ct present ex-
perienced Domestic economies must DO
practiced and those who have coal must
make their supplies last as long as pos
sible, so that their demands will not be
added to those that have to be met to
keep people from exposure to danger
ously low temperatures. January is al
most gone and spring draws nearer
hourly. A little more forbearance and
the crisis will soon be passed.
Evening star., 1918-01-29

There is no such thing as absolute
secrecy. Self-imposed silence on the
part Of the newspapers cannot prevent
the word-o mouth rumor that travels
with mysterious swiftness and gathers
strange embellishments on its way. In
judicious censorship may, in the course
of time, be an encouragement to i'll
advised and unauthentic publicity.
Evening star., 1918-01-29

The announcement that America has
thirty-two divisions ready to go to
France suggests more special delivery
service by aeroplane to carry news to
uninformed Germans.
Evening star., 1918-01-29

Tho plain people Of middle Europe
are awakening to the fact that q Prus-
sian military triumph, even should It be
possible, could not be accounted q Ger
man victory or an Austrian. The Prus-
sian military system makes triumph an
exclusive asset.
Evening star., 1918-01-29
NOTHING STANDS AS HIGH. as

remedy for every wom-
anly ailment, as DR..
Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription. It's the only
medicine for women GER
tain in its effects.
Favorite Prescrip-
ton" is an invigorating,
restorative tonic, a
soothing and strength
ening nervine, and a
complete cure for all
the functional derange-
ments, painful disor-
ders ard ehroo:. f
Evening star., 1918-01-29

It may be many years before the
chroniclers can show just how much
fraternizing BernstorF succeeded in do
ing while he was working this corner of
the diplomatic map.