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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-05-07
OLD SOLDIERS MAKE sAcRTF1cE

A week or more ago Mr. J. Y. Saw
| age called upon his patriots Of
1S61-1S65 under the title "a call fol
volunteers to join with him, and as
many more in doing without certain
meals per week
! The letter has created no little sen
sation and we repeat it for information
I also two letters that have come to hand
in reply: The call is as follows:
A good many of us are not financial
ly able to invest any considerable ex-
tent in Liberty Loan Bonds, but the
| majority of us can do "our btu if we
are willing to practice little self
denial
| [ am North Carolina veteran OF
the civil war and qualified to know
how little man can live upon and
keep in fairy good fighting condition
A daily ration Of Il pound Of Mas
Isau (blockade) meat and double
handful Of unsifted cornmeal.
Now here is my proposition: To
eAcH'tcAih iioAi NhtAiio WV AIiOoIo NOOhAy
(take your choice which they are), and
from -four, bread and meat one meal
daily, for the next six months, longer
if necessary.
one thousand. or the state at large to
fulfill the above proposition beginning
June. first. Show your colors and pat
riotism.
Back in the sixties the third North
Carolina cavalry was always equal to
any emergency, so come boys and show
what we still can do in support Of our
boys across the pond. Fall in Whit
more, R. r. Cotton, D. B. Webb, julie
Carr and others.
j. Y. SAVAGE
To which the following two letters
of acceptance have been received from
w. E. Whitmore and Julian S. Carr:
Editor, Commonwealth.
In your issue of April % my friend
j. Y. Savage calls upon myself and
some others Of Company g. to fall in.
l am going to fall in if he thinks
I am entitled to membership after tell
ing him how | live.
Breakfast, one cup Of Postum and
hard tacks.
No supper on Sunday night.
Have not eaten two pounds Of meat
this year.
AS for dinner I generally get on the
inside Of a good meal, but no meat.
Very light suppers.
Yours truly,
w. E. WHITMORE.
Stoneleigh Court
Washington, D. G.
April 80. 1918. |
Mr.. J. Y. Savage.
Ha, ha, my dear old friend and com
rade:
You cannot imagine how your good !!
and welcome letter Of April 26 thrilled |
me. You are patriotic and a soldier
and [ heartily second your suggestion
Please enroll my name as one Of your
followers. | got the clipping from the !
newspaper which you sent me and I :.
thank you very much for it,
You are certainly pursuing the right
course, and I want you to count upon
my support, encouragement and fell
lowship.
I am always glad to hear from you.
With continued assurances Of my warm
personal regards, | beg to remain.
Sincerely yours,
JULIAN S. CARR
FOR RENT-House and Lot on Main
street. Apply to Clee Vaughan. ct.
HN
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-05-07
LOCAL NEWS

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LOCAL NEWS y
! x j: x ** X j
DO Yourself justice and hear frof
Pro4dgeu, of Raleigh, on May 9.
Another car of Hay to arrive this
week. Edwards and Co.
Mrs. Joyner arrived this morning
from Hobgood to spend few days
900
Let your conscience lead you to do
better. and work for the Dawsons con-
soHdated school proposition.
900
Prof. Brodgen is considered the best
elucated lecturer in the state. You
should feel honored to hear him.
800
Mr.. G. c. Weeks left this afternoon
on business matter for Enfield and
will return before night.
Mrs. George Hopkins left this morn
ing for Halifax to spend the day on
business.
Take yourself as your guide and
work for the interest of your child,
and also your neighbors child when
the school question at Dawsons comes
up for decision.
The Scotland Neck Bank is in re-
cepit of the first shipment of the
Third Liberty Loan Bonds and is
ready to deliver same to all who paid
for their bonds on or before May /.
800
Mr. \. c. Yandle returned this morn
ing from Union county. where he has
been spending few days with his
grandmother.
Hear those good lectures at Dawsons
Thursday afternoon even if YOU do
cast your vote against the school and
your children.
Mr.. J. R. AllsbrOok, Of Allsbrook.
S. c., who has been i'll for some time,
has again been moved to the Florence
Iufrm9ry for treatment
Letter from Corporal Charlie Dunn.
written in the trenches in France, states
he is we'll, but in the thick of the
fighting, which it is impossible to de
scribe
900
Ex-Governor kitchin was here for
the week end, but became i'll and had
to 90 back to Raleigh, since which
time word has come that he is yery
much improved.
Ar. Robert Johnson. Of Norfolk.
Who has been visiting with his wife.
MI. and Mrs G. H. johnson, left for
MS nome last night. Mrs. johnson will
continue for a few days as the guest
OF Mrs q. H. Johnson.
900
respect Your child 3 right and hear
what Ae>srs S. y. Dunn and Ashby W. !
Ounn Will say On May 9 at three
CLOCK at Dawsons when the question
OF an improved school for that district
Will be discussed.
800
MT j, S. Barnes left this mornino
+o' ahoskle IN the interest Of "Bralki'
'ne new trade name for Allsbrook $
'noIefa cure, which is meetinp with
Considerable success.
900
professor J. 7. Bailey arrived here
last nIght for his weekly engagement
WIN the Noodman Band. and will re-
,''" over Tor couple of DAYS. The
l'"i' Il making fine progress under his
tntiIa4c.
~. u, +. Keel, who is subject 70
'.''' expects that he will be in the
'aI to report to camp anywhere
MAY - and June l, so that
"''} OF his uatien+s ,,-h
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-05-07

WEATHER REPORT FOR wrrr
ENDING MAY 5, 1918
temperature, highest So, on Nav :
Lowest 39' on May 2 with lipbt
frost.
Average high 77D.
Average low At.
Precipitation 78-1oo inches
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1918-05-07

IT, u, +, Keel, who is subject to
''''I expects that he will be in the
next call to report to camp anywhere
MAY - and June l, so that
u MS patients who are having
'''N 0oA0 should see him during the
,''A' Il" days so that he can COMPLETE
their work.
900
A., '0lessofs Brogden, of Raleigh and
tI ' OF Roanoke Rapids, will address
A. e people at Dawsons on Thursday
IN the interest of a Consolidated
s senool for that district. Be sure and
s''s 'aem your support.
.., Ia need Of walking Cultivator
val and look at the Roder;ck 1ean
a.. better and prices right. We
o. '"'e few Mckay and Gannt
,o r,Ao Sewers left; also Woolard Har-
>'"S' Edwards and Co.
0-O-O
ao,. scotland Neck Bank is in re-
NJ t'' OF the first shipment Of the
roc, ,' Liberty Loan Bonds and is
for 10 denver same to all who paid
VI their bonds on or before Nav J.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
State Fair TO be
Big Sheep Shoe,

Helena, May 23.-The 1918 Mon
tana State Fair will be the scene Of
the biggest sheep show and sale ever
held in. Montana if present plans Of
the State Fair management and the
Montana Sheep Breeders association
matelialize.
The matter has been placed be-
fore the leading sheep men of the
stat and they ar practically unani-
nous in their enthusiastic endorse
ment of the plan, according to in
formation given out by Sec. r. S
Skinner, of the STATE Fair. MAJ,
breeders have offered their hearty
support and a leading sheop man
has announced that he will enter
ESQ pure-bred sheep for this show
and sale.
Sec. R. G. Wilson, of the Montana
Sheep Breeders association. is
working out the details of the sale
in cooperation with tn efair man
agsment and it is the present inten-
ton to handle it much along the
same lines as the International
Ram Sale held at Salt Lake City.
Sales totaling approximately
$3oC 900 were made at the latter
event last winter, entries and buy
ers coming from several foreign
countries. If the Montana show ana
sale can be developed to a point
whore it will be on an equal footing
with the Salt Lake City event-and
according to present plans this will
soon be brought about-it should
prove a powerful incentive for in
creased sheep and wool production
in Montana. Arizona is at present
at the top of the list with Wyoming
second and Montana a close third in
sheep and wool production. An an
nual sale of national importance
held in the state in connection vito
such a widely advertised event as
the Montana State Fair, should
prove of sufficient value to boost
Montana into first place among the
wool producing states.
Ample housing facilities will be
provided at the. fair grounds to han
die several thousand head of Sheep.
A large addition to the sheep exhibit
barn was built last year, but addi-
tional space will be provided by re :
modelling several speed barns at
present not in use, to take care of
the overflow.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
INA InnNZT
iii THE ny
lDEIJU XII
RECORD OF HoLsTEIN cow
California Animal Sets High Mark by
Producing 24.01 Pounds of But
ter in Seven Days.

Purebred Holstein cows are certain
~ doing their level best to respond to
Hoover's injunction to increase produc.
ton. Records are being broken so
rapidly that cow no sooner gets used
to her championship laurels than an
other one snatches them away.
Miss Valley Mead De Kol Walker has
just added to the dairy fame of Cali.
fornia by breaking the record for but.
terfat production in the junior three
year-old class, by producing 24O1
pounds of butter in seven consecutive
days, in the division covering tests
begun not less than 24O days from
freshening.
Miss Valley Mead De Kol Walker
freshened at the age of three years,
five months, twenty-seven days, and be-
gan her test eight months after fresh
ening. In the seven days she produced
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Hon. Liberty
Bonds are Made

|. (Condensed from article in the New
York WORLDLY
It was no small job that the Bur-
eau of Engraving and Printing at
Washington had to do when called
upon to print the Third Liberty Loan
Bonds, which have just been offered
to the American public in the larg-
est and most important campaign
ever put across anywhere in the
world. For the first issue 6,060,000
bonds were printed, for the second
I7,363,0OO bonds were printed, while
for the third 100000 are required.
Fifteen huge presses, running "a
hours a day, six days in the week
were at first engaged in the work.
Now ifty-eight are employed. 1t re
quired the services of $50 employees
eight months to complete the bonds
for the first loan, with 275 more en-
ployed three months On the converti-
BILE bonds. For the second issue 325
men and women We're kept busy for
five and a half months. About ass
are working eight hour shifts on the
bonds for the third issue.
The. paper. upon which the bonds
are printed is made of the wood of
spruce trees grown in the far north.
1t is, perhaps the most valuable pa
per in the world and counterfeiters
would risk their lives to get a few
sheets of it.. 1t is made by a secret
process and is sold only to the gov
eminent. Every sheet must be ac-
counted for from the time it is made
until it is printed and delivered to
the proper officials of the Govern
ment.
The backs of the bonds are printed
first. An automatic inizer and wiper
.ubs the ink evenly, then cleans it off
the plate as the paper passes thru
the machine, which works day and
night at the rate of 1000 to 1900
sheets an hour. A man with mar
Vicious touch runs his fingers over
the plate to detect any uneveness or
any excess of moisture. Abe half
printed bonds are then dried by the
heat of hot water pipes which keep
the air at a fixed temperature. Any
defective sheets are laid aside and
turned in to the chief examiner who
often spends several hours in finally
passisg on the printing from single
plate.
In order to prepare the half print
ed sheets for the printing of the
other side they must be again moist
ened in order to take" the ink pro-
perly.. When the work is completed
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
TRAINING FOR YOUNG BULLS
Should Be Taught to Be Led by Halter
When Quite Young-Caretaker
Must Be Master.

When quite young, the bull should
be trained to be led by halter. BY
the time he is year old, strong ring
should be inserted in his nose so he
can be led by staff. 1t is not safe to
try to lead a grown bull merely by a
halter or rope fastened to his ring. In
leading by the staff, the caretaker
should always walk at the side and
never in front of the bull. One of the
essentials in training the young bull is
that he must be taught that his care
taker is his master. Bulls known to
be vicious usually are handled with
care, with the result that fewer acct
dents are likely to occur with them
than with those considered gentle.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
SlLAGE FOR DAIRY ANIMALS
pertinent Stations - Larger
Amount of Nutrients.

Experiments conducted by expert
ment stations demonstrate that silage
is superior to corn fodder for dairy
cows. Cows receiving silage in the
ration produced Is per cent more milk
than cows receiving corn fodder Hen
~ in "Feeds and Feeding" states that
"Silage gives better results than dry
corn fodder for the reason that cows
fed the succulent palatable silage usu-
ally consume a heavier ration than
those fed the dry fodder and hence
have larger amount of nutrients
available for milk production after
the maintenance requirements of the
body have been met"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
LEAGUE STATES LEAD IN
LIBERTY LOAN CAMPAIGN

The Third Liberty Loan drive in the
Ninth Federal Reserve Bank district
brought ont the fact that the leading
League states were first "over. the
top" the rural districts led the cities
and the farmers themselves made a
better record than the townspeople.
Montana. the best organized League
state outside North Dakota. and North
DAKOTA controlled by the league, both
reported their quotas surpassed on
the night of April Is. and were first
over. It was reported from the head
quarters of the district Liberty Loan
committee that fhe Montana subscrip-
tion would reach at least $4,000. 900
on a quota of 100000. and North
Dakota at least s1O,00O,0OO on a quota
of $6,500,OOO
Sixty-five Minnesota rural counties
had .4gone over" before one of three
big Minnesota counties had complet-
ed their quotas. Nearly all these
counties were strong league counties,
while the big cities control the wealth
and political power of the state and
are ruled by the anti-farmer gang,
which has tried to make an issue OF
its patriotism and the .disloyalty''
of the National Nonpartisan league;
The remedy for all social ills Is
democracy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
LEAVING CALVES WITH cows
for Human Consumption, Leave
Calf That Time.

Practical dairymen differ in their
opinion as to the length of time the
calf should be left with the cow. The
first milk, or colostrum, is necessary
to cleanse the digestive system of the
calf and get it in working order. The
younger calf is taught to drink the
easier, but as the milk of the cow is
unfit for human consumption for at
least four days the calf may well be
left with the cow for that time. Also,
the udder of the cow is generally in
famed and often caked and the nursing
of the calf helps to relieve this condi-
ton.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Miss Valley Mead De koI Walker.

AS pounds Of milk, yielding 24O1
pounds of butter. Her prior record,
begun II days from freshening, is 68S.6
pounds of milk, yielding $3.50 pounds
of butter. She is making large year
ly record and is due to calve again
within the year.
By yielding more than "a pounds of
butter in week after having been
MIXED for eight months she has estab-
lished a new worlds record, displacing
Finderne Holingen Fayne, whose rec
ord, begun 1856 days after freshening
is 1891 pounds Of milk and 22.67
pounds of butter.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

Mr.. Bacon-Look at the item in this
paper: The total wealth of the United
States is estimated at $4,000, OOO,-
900.
Mrs. Bacon-Why are there so many
ciphers in there?
"The ciphers, my dear, represent the
wealth of a large proportion of the
people,"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Southern Prosperity Song.
When we have spareribs,
For to chew,
We don't have spare ribs
Showing through.
Unattached.

Mr.. Styles-That hatpin keeps your
hat from blowing off, l understand
that.
Mrs. Styles-Why, of course.
But what / don't understand is
what prevents your hair from blowing
off and taking the hat and the PIN"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

examiners who look them over with
extname care to discover any posi-
BILE defects. Then the letter press
setting forth the interest and other
terms of the issue is printed in on
fiat bed presses. After they have
been reinspected and numbered the
bonds are packed in stacks of 1000
they are again dried and sent to the
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Wise Author.

Scribbler-I'm going to write an his
torical novel about Benjamin Frank
lin.
Ruyter-Have you read much about
him?
Scribbler-No; I'm afraid it would
spoil the novel. ~
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
She Knew Him.

He Ga great flirt) dearest one,
If you could look in my heart, you'd
find your name written there In im.
perishable characters.
She--Tut, tut, my boy! Your heart
would look like a hotel register.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Too Much Company.

"Have you ever loved before?" asked
the coy maid
YES" yawned the worldly young
man, "but-er-never before a chaper
one, two small brothers and pet bull
dog"
And then she suggested trip down
the old road to see the stars.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Y. M. C. A. HUTS DESTROYED.

Harry Lyme, British Y. M. C. A.
war work secretary on the Western
Front saw twenty-seven Y. M C. A.
huts destroyed by shell fire within
tWenty-four hours
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Naughty Neiahbors.

How do you like your neighbors ?"
Not a bit" said the woman who
was trying little boys hat on. "You
see, they don't like children"
'How do you know?"
They hurt Reginald's feelings
dreadfully. When he throws stones at
their dog or plays the hose on their
windows they look real cross at him 7"
Pacific Unitarian.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Economics,

"Going fishing?" !
'Yes."
"Can you afford to take the time
off?'
"Don,t know yet. II / catch fish
twill take great deal off the market
BILL"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
No Compliment.

Il told Henrietta that was proud to
see her vote just like man." said Mr..
Meekton.
did that please her?'
mo. The choice of phrase was un-
fortunate. She said that if she couldn't
vote better than a man there would
have been no need of her troubling
about the ballot in the first place"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Its Character.

"This new story is about q baby
and horse
.Then / Judge the author has wrio
ten 1t with mite and name"
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
A Womanps Way.

Mrs. Bilton-Weren't you surprised,
dear. when your husband gave you
such a nice PRESENT.
Mrs. Tilton-No; was suspicious
--Lampoon.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24
Close 10 Il.

Nick-Did her face light up9
Dick-Sure; her eyes snapped nrs
and her cheeks burned with rage.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

The Gambler-Say, give me some
calling cards.
StatiOner's Clerk-How many, sir?
The Gambler-Why, the whole deck,
of course.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

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Plenty
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

|LPANYI
nd CID
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s. and
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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

The remedy for all social ills Is
democracy.
The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

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The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1918-05-24

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The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-01
Brewery Workers
Given More Paw

Up to a late hour yesterday after
noon it looked as though Bridgeport
was going to be as dry as the Sahara
Desert today for the Brewery Work
ers had sought jobs in the munition
shops and there was no one on hand
to distribute the amber fluid to the
many GASES of the city.
The thirst crisis was, however
overcome by the brewers getting to-
gether and allowing a wage increase
to. the men which induced many of
them to return to work this morning
with the result that the drought will
be avoided and "the largest in the
city" will be sailing over the bars to-
day all dressed up in a "Coney Island
Collar" the same as usual.
According to Karl Lang, secretary
of the Brewery and Soft Drink Work
ers' local, there was no strike among
the brewery hands and none was con-
templated. The men merely sought
jobs that paid them more money and
the brewers had to either pay them
equal wages to what they could get
or lose their services
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-06-01
HARVARD

Derby on the Housatonic, some eight
or ten miles from the center of New
Haven, and from points of vantage
along the high banks of the river
view the battling oarsmen as they
sweep by to victory and defeat. ~
While the Housatonic course has
never been used for an inter-varsity
race it has been tested by Yale crews
and found to be generally satisfact-,
ory. The river is not particularly
wide or deep but affords ample space
for two crews over considerable
stretches. A portion of the five mile
course near Derby will be used for
the events. Here the river averages
about a quarter of a mile in width
and close to ten feet in depth. High
banks protect the river giving a calm
surface for racing and at the same
time providing excellent observation
points for the spectators.
| In some respects the race will re-
semble those of the earlier days of
the dual regettas of Harvard and
Yale. The first contest between the
between the oarsmen of the two
universities was a two-mile contest
rowed on Lake Winnepesaukee in
1852 and was won by Harvard. In
1855 and 1859 the crews rowed on the
| Connecticut river using a three-mile
course consisting of a mile and a
half stretch with a turn. Races on
Lake Quinsigamond followed. In 1872
the crews rowed on the Connecticut
river and later on Lake Saratoga. It
degatta was moved to the Thames at
! NnTIy Sr4A
gthened to four miles .....-
| All told Harvard and Yale have
! rowed exactly fifty varsity. races
strange to say the score at the end
of the 1916 regatta, when Harvard
swept the river at New London stood
even; each university having won
twenty-five contests. It was also
/ a strange coincident that the Har-,
ward eight of 1916 shold have estab-
lished a new record of 20 M O2 S.,
for the four miles in what may be
the last race for several years over
this historic course. Last season the
entry of America into the war caus-
| ed the abandonment of the scheduled.
aquatic contests and tonight's- races
fare strictly a wartime substitute for
the usual regatta, which in recent
decades has been looked upon as the
collegiate rowing classic of the New
World.
Each crew has rowed one preImi-
nary race this season, Harvard win
ming from Princeton on Carnegie
Lake at Princeton and the Yale oars
men going down to defeat before the
University of Pennsylvania eight on
the Schuylkil1 at Philadelphia The
Harvard combination met the Prince
ton varsity on April 81 over a mile
and seven-eights course winning by7'
one length in ON. 81 S. Two weeks
later the Yale oarsmen journeyed to
Philadelphia and were easily defeat
ed by the strong Pennsylvania crew
by four lengths in a mile and FIVE
sixteenths race, the Quakers time
| being SIN. 55 LIS.