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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09
R1DDICK-WHITEHEAD

Mrs. Eugene Thomas Whitehead
requests the honor Of your pre-
sence at the marriage Of her
daughter
Gertrude Biggs
Mr.. Jack G. Riddick
Wednesday evening, the twenty
first of April
at half after six O'Clock
Baptist Church
Scotland Neck. North Carolina
DR.. LEN D. MANN
DENTIST
Randolph Building
Phone PSI Eofeld, n.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09
"A DAUGHTER OF THE SUN

The following is a telegram re-
ceived by Mr.. r. j. Madrv from
the manager Of the Academy Of
Music. at Raleigh in regard to the
show "A Daughter of the Sun
which is to appear at the Dixie
Theatre, Monday night April II.
Raleigh. \. G.
April 5, 1920
Manager R. !. Madry,
Dixie Theatre,
Scotland Neck, n. C.
You need not be afraid to play
"Daughter Of the Sun Company
! am playing them a return date
here. Got over twelve hundred
dollars with them in December
if the show WASH t good you konyv
they wouldn't play Raleigh ]
O not play "The Love Kiss kind
J. Sherwood Upchnrch,
Manager Academy Of Music
WANTED AT UNCE-TO RENT
a five our six room house
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE

ADMlNlSIRATO NOTICE
Having qualified as admins
traitor upon the estate of Moses
Moore, deceased, late Of Halifax
County, North Carolina, this is
to notify all persons having
claims against the estate Of said
decedent to present them, duly
verified to the undersigned with
in one year from the date If
this notice, or said notice will
be pleased in bar Of their recov-
cry. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make i'm
mediate settlement.
j.. LOUVENIA MOORE
Administrix
This Feb. 9th, 1920.
Stuart Smith. Atty.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09

WE Buy. raise and sell fnr-bcar-
INC rabbits and other fur bear
inc animals. Place your order
with rs. and list what ever
stock YOU have with rs. stating
lowest flat prices on large ship
mentS. Address 515-517. Ave-.
Fargo. n. D. 5-1-20
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09
NOTICE

Milk and Cream.
SunnvSidc Dairy.
Phone 81.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1920-04-09

WANTED AT UNCE-TO RENT
five our six room house,
Phone 178 or Box 1854
The evening world., 1920-09-03
UNCOMMON SENSE
Y ~, ~ f',.S.. Z a. 1880
: /: !, !. ~. ~.
BY John Blake
Copyright, 1890. By John BiHksJ

BETTER TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE THAN NONE.
Overconfdence results in many and costly mistakes.
But we learn BY mistakes.
The overconfident youth is often pest. But better
BE a pest than a failure
The only way find out whether you cal handle lob
not is to try it.
If you find that you can't handle it, after trying
many times you permitted to- you always tackle
other kind of a job
Often overcondelce will be mistaken for vanity. Often
it will bring painful ridicule you.
But if you of the sort which be turned from
your purpose by dicue there will be chance of your
making progress anyway, don't worry.
Overcoafidence is dangerous only when it is based
nothing. But then the who believes himself
will get further than a md who is afraid attempt
any task that may be offered him.
The best confidence of course, is confidence that is
born of ability. But ability be acquired slowly and
painfully.
If you feel that you do big job you have
learned, you far likely than you
feel that you could do it, hard you
tried.
Believe in your future ability, if You don't believe
your present ability Don't be afraid of overconfidence.
The chances are that you won't have it, for few intelligent
people have.
But if you confident than is justified
by your present performance make yourself
up your confidence by and by you
your ambition.
And remember always business as n life faint
heart any prizes
The evening world., 1920-09-03

course, expect to obtain employment
at any of the various trades. He
cannot do lAboring work: mainly be-
cause he is obviously not OF the
laborins type; his prospective en-
ployer win try to advise him on the
way he should conduct his future.
Place him in a minor position, and
he will be tortured by the fact that
he Is obtaining "A meagre salary which
does not nearly make ends meet at
home. Besides, he is generally work
ing alongside of dumb bells, foreign
ers, illiterates and semi educated
boobs whose main ambition seems
to be watching the clock, discussing
where they will go that evening and
wishing Saturday were tomorrow.
This Is a fine place to put a man
who has more knowledge ana expert
ence than the whole batch of such
fellow employees At that 1t is
mighty hard to get even minor po-
sition; so much experience" seems
to be required in the particular line
Of business under discussion.
He can obtain lots OF positions as
salesman (on commission). No mat
ter how high a type OF salesman he
may be, he 10 expected TO work hard
70 further hia enAploysS'e Interests
The evening world., 1920-09-03
AS ONE WOMAN
SEES 1T
By Sophie Irene Loeb
Copyright. 1920, by The Pres PublAhinE Go
Tue New York Evening World.

THERE Is a movement on foot for
the encouragement OF movies in
\ the schools and to be made a
part of the curriculum of school work.
Already such visual instruction has
been established in Chicago, Detroit
Los Angeles and Newark.
As an aid to class room work this
method OF teaching has unlimited
possibilities. The invention which re-
tards the motion of pictures will
prove invaluable in teaching children
exactly how various things move.
For athletics and surgery this would
be most useful.
Colored photography for educational
purposes Is also most interesting as
we'll as the animated drawings, which
would be OF great value in the teach
ing of many branches of science, such
as biology, chemistry and physics.
In a word, the opportunities are
many, especially since children grasp
things perhaps more readily by ac-
tually visualiZing them. rh
In New Orleans, where there we're
no funds for the purpose, the children
raised the cost Of screen work by
salvaging newspapers. However, IL Is
an education feature that ought 70 be
encouraged 90
The evening world., 1920-09-03

weeks, and they followed 1t up by
making the arrests, and from what
hear 1t Is having very beneficial
effect.
They are doing even more than
that. They call these careless pedes-
trians Jays" and the street cars are
carrying advertising cards appealing
tc the pedestrians not to be Jay
reads Don't BE a Jay when you are
crossing the street." or words to that
effect.
1 have driven an automobile around
the streets of New York myself Cor
over twenty years. l also walk a
great deal around town and l there
fore have a pretty good idea of both
the factors in this very Troublesome
question.
Please give this matter careful
thought, and write some editorials
about careless pedestrians and see
how they look 10 you when they get
in print.
You will never make the proper
| progress by your present course OF
action; as matter OF fact 1t re-
minds me very much OF man try
ing to lift himself by his boot-straos
SIDNEY b. BOWMAN.
1879 Broadway. Aug. 80. 1920,
Editors Note: A recent editorial, "A
Jay Walking Town." made precisely
the point which Mr.. Bowman empha-
sizes The Evening World has re-
peatedly pointed out the double fac
tor OF responsibility in most motol
! accidents.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
MORE BURLESoNISMp

wv HATEVER the sins of the eleven postal clerks
w discharged in Chicago postal workers gen.
orally have ample ground for protest against the
reasons Postmaster Bureson assigns for their dis
charge
The men were charged with Soliciting, or caus-
ing to be solicited, sums of money from the public
for publishing false and sanderous statements reat-
ing to the postal service"
Soliciting money and publishing SANDER are two
distinct acts. Would soliciting money for the pub
lication Of true statements be punishable' Would
publication of the offending statements have been
permitted if postal workers had paid for the publ
cation out Of their meage eanings'
Mr. Burleson does moi differentiate.
The discharged clerks at Chicago deny they So
hited money. If money was voluntarily contrib
uted to a publicity fund, would that change the
status Of the SIM
False publication and SANDER is punishable by law
The evening world., 1920-09-03
jay WILKINS.

jay Walking.
10 The Editor Of The EVenins World:
l have noticed in your paper re-
Gently, particularly on the editorial
page, some very good, and l think
some very proper, editorials on the
traffic condition In New York. Al
least. think they are very proper as
far as they go. but they do not go far
enough.
These editorials refer particularly
TO the fatalities and the accidents that
occur in the streets between auto
mobiles and pedestrians, and 1 mean
that they do not go far enough be-
cause you only treat with one side OF
the question. Every question, of
course, lnas two sides. and II one
wants % make a success of the diff
hculty that exists the only success
full way to do Is to consider both the
factors.
While II Is perfectly proper. OF
course, that the careless and reckless
automobile driver should be punished
and eliminated as far as possible, yet
| the result that is desired will never
be obtained unless the careless and
reckless pedestrian Is also taught to
| do his share and made to understand
that he has a responsibility TO per-
form as one OF the factors, just the
same as the automobile driver.
Police records show that 80 per cent
OF the accidents are che fault OF pc
destrians and consequently no matter
how culpable the automobile driver
may be 1t will not be possible TO mate
| "A
every reckless and careless automo-
bile driver were eliminated, which, o.
course, Is an absolute impossibilty
although a decided improvement
might be effected in bhat direction
too.
would suggest. therefore, that you
paper pay the attention 10 the pedes
ltrian's side OF this question that thai
side deserves. 1t Is probable that you
editorials will not be as popular, bu
they will certainly be more effective
The Police Department Is nov
recoKniEing that the pedestrian ha
got TO be protected against himsel
BY the control that they are putin
on pedestrian traffic at 42d and sat
Streets and Fifth Avenue to kee
pedestrians from running heedlessl
into the automobiles when the traffi
officer gives the signal. This Is yer
encouraging sign OF the times an
viii undoubtedly be followed by
larger effort In this direction becaus
ii Is absolutely necessary.
1 also hear some very good new
from Buffalo. 1t Is the first big cit
that I have heard OF that is takin
the proper strenuous action again,
the careless pedestrian. In Buffa
al the present time there Is a eli
ordinance to the effect that pede!
TRANS must not cross the streets
line middle OF the block, and they a.
arresting and Furnishing them Il
doing so, Just the same as they ARE
and punish law-breal<ing automobi
drivers. They carried on an educ
lonAl campaign Of warning for e
The evening world., 1920-09-03

Postmaster General Burleson would have cleared
his skirts of the suspicion Of bureaucratic autoc-
racy had he prosecuted these men in the courts and
proved their charges false and malicious.
II is right that Government employees should
be forbidden to strike But this prohibition carries
with ii a solemn duty on the part of the Govern
ment not to obstruct earnest and fair efforts of en-
ployees to educate the public, their employer, to
their need for fair pay and fair treatment.
When the postal employees ask a national tri-
bunal to adjudcate such Controversies with Wash
ington officials they are asking no more than their
rights. In simple justice, their demands should be
granted.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
Taxation.
Board of Assessors.

- N#oNaebfHs
The chief duty of the Board of As-
SCISSORS is the leSying of assessments
to defray the original cost of local inn
provements, such as grading, curbing
and paving of streets the laying OF
sidewalks and of sewers The entire b
cost Of preliminary street pavemento
Is assessed against the property benz
fitted. II a permanent pavement iis
subsequently laid over the same area
only the difference between the cost
Of the preliminary and the permanent
pavements is assessed against the
property benefited When the cost OF
a permanent pavement has once been
assessed repavings are generally paid
Tor by the city, excepting when the
new pavement is laid in accordance
with petition of a majority OF the
interested abutters, in which case il
Is assessed against the AUDITING
property.
The cost OF lateral sewer is as
sessed against the property drained
by 1t, while the cost OF an intermedi-f
ate sewer is assessed against the
property directly drained by it only "
the amount of the cost of a lateral
sewer, the excess, being distributed
over the territory drained by the locaT
sewers flowing into 1t. The cost of-au,
outlet sewer is assessed against 1.-THE
! entire territory which 1t drains.
me assessments for regulating,
! gradlhg and paving streets up to sixty
rect IN width are usually levied
| against the property in front of which
the Improvement is made, but IL the
street Is of unusual width, is a main
artery OF travel and is OF expensive
construction the assessment is ex-
tended TO the area locally benefited
When an assessment for benefit ex-
ceeds 3 per cent. of the value OF the
property, 1t may be paid in ten in
stallments with interest at 5 per cent.
Under no conditions may an assess
ment exceed so per cent. of the value
OF the property against which it is
levied.
Notices OF pending assessments
are published in the City Record and
in the corporation newspapers and
the lists are open for thirty DAYS
thereafter, when a hearing is given.
before the Board of Assessors. II the
board is unable to adjust its differ.
ences with an owner. the matter is
referred to the Board of Revision OF
Assessme nts, consisting Of the
Comptroller, the Corporation Counsel
and the President of the Department
of Taxes and Assessments.
If the grade Of street is changed.
a property owner may file a claim for
damages, which, II allowed, are added
TO the cost of the work and assessed
against the property benefited
The Board of Assessors consists Of
three members appointed by the
Mayor. The present incumbents are
William c. Ormond, President;
Maurice Simmons and Andrew r.
Sullivan. The salary of the President
is $500 a year, that Of the other
members, $1,000.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
!. NO FREE WATERMELoNS HERE.

.XVTATERMELONS for the asking at Baltimore
w and watemelons at $3.50 each in New
York indicate something wrong with the marketing
system, or else most of the water is in the price
yesterdays news had II that melons sold in
quantity at ~ cents apiece and that even at this
price the Baltimore market was so overloaded that
dealers gave away hundreds.
Where were the buyers for the New York mar
ket that they did not divert part of this gt to
port where the demand is practically unimited-at
fair prize and profit
The evening world., 1920-09-03
THE BALLOT IN THE UNION.

JUDGE MAYER in outlining the terms on which
the B. R. T. strike may be settled brings up the
Increasingly important question Of how the unions
NAV be made more responsible and their chosen
representatives representative in fact.
This whole matter Of union representation de-
serves to he thoroughly gone into.
B.R. T. strikers were called out by vote taken
st-s meeting attended by only small fraction OF
the workers affected
Moreover. the vote was taken by show OF hands
and in moment of anger over the report OF lock
out by the company,
No one can say with certainty what the result
might have been had the workers voted by secret
ballot after their anger had cooled
The B. R. T. strike is only one instance OF many
where the representative character of union action is
in grave doubt
al the vacation" strike in the anthracite fields
there are charges that elected leaders do not repre-
sent the miners and that leaders have sold out TO
thsine operators and are being paid to keep wages
down.
In the "outlaw" strikes of early summer similar
charges were made.
For all of which sorely tried public has little or
no sympathy The public mutely wonders why
unionistS do not elect men who will represent them
and in whom they have confidence
Unfortunately there is measure OF truth in some
Of the complaints of the disgnuntled uniorSts.
Union history is not without instances where cleo
tions have been packed The steam roller has been
used. Political machines within the unions are no
novelty. Labor leaders have "sold out" in some in
stances.
What is the remedy
The public as a whole favors collective bargain
ing. But when bargain IS made it should be OBJ
served. When an employer deals with representa-
five of labor he should have assurance that the men
are behind the leader and will abide by the bargain
he makes.
When "outlaws" appear in union ranks the public
ought to have basis on which it can judge whether
these men are no better than "wechers" or whether
they are the victims of crooked politics in the unions
All these considerations rest primarily on the
worth of the ballot in the union.
1t is a question whether the time has not come
when the State, acting for the public should step in
and regulate the elections and referendums of
unions.
The State has laws for the regulation of political
parties II has made rules for the election of re-
sponsibe officers of corporations which rules pro-
tect the minority and are enforced by courts.
analogous laws would recognize the importance
of the part which labor organizations play in public
affairs.
II the State guaranteed to every union member a
lair expression of his will IN union affairs there
would be less excuse for "outlaw" movements
which iniure the unions no less than they do the
employers and the public.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
"That'SaFact"
By Albert P. SOuthWick
Copyrght. '1e2O. By Tho Pros Publishing Co,
| THE New York Evening World.

Richmond Hill was really a hill.
the southwestern outjut of the low
range called the zandUberg Chat.
is, "sandhills"), which swing in
long curve from the present Gin
ton Place and Broadway to where
Varick and Van Dam Streets are
now.
The boys OF a century and more
ago had their winter sports with
ont trouble They could put on
their skates at the Stone Bridge,
intersection of the present Canal
Street and Broadway. and glide
away over the flooded meadows
around the base of Richmond Hul:
and up the Minetta Creek, across
the marsh that has since been trans
formed into Washington Square,
and then to the present Fifth Ave-
nue. and 14th Street.
The Minetta (also spelled Man
etta) water expanded into a large
point at the base OF Richmond Hill,
and "from the crest of this small
eminence was an enticing prospect;
on the south, the woods and delIs.
and winding road from the lands
OF Lispenard through the valley
where was Borrowson's tavern: and
on the north and west the plains of
Greenwich Village made rich
prospect TO gaze on"
'Lepners Meadows" was the iR
narAnt pronunciation OF IAapea-.
ards grassy fieldh Ga,
The evening world., 1920-09-03


10 the Editor o. Ihs Evening World
1t has been of considerable interest
10 me to note the contents of your
various correspondents with respect
to persons who are out OF employ
ment. Very recently l read the re-
marks attributed to learned judge.
These persons all seem TO voice the
sentiment that no one need remain
out Of employment through choice.
but will find positions and jobs hang
ing all around him waiting to be
plucked.
It surely must have occurred 10
such persons that there is a type OF
| man who Is not skilled in any OF the
| trades, who Is not of the type which
does laborlng work, who is refined,
| educated, bright. experienced and has
accomplished noteworthy things: men
who could be placed into most any
executive OF Bemi-eXecutive position
with the utmost assurance that they
would make good, l refer To men who
have met with considerable success
and find themselves suddenly suffer
ing reversea.
A man Of this type cannot o
The evening world., 1920-09-03

receiving absolutely no pay mean
while until he has developed trade
His employer cheerfully will throw
TO the winds many OF the prospects,
worked up, and in many cases ex-
poets the man to wait thirty days or
more for the money he has actually
earned.
With the utmost respect 10 the
opinion Of Magistrate Norris and of
your correspondents. l am coming to
the conclusion that there is no one In
this God -borsaken town who wants 10
take a chance on man who obvi-
ously seems TO be a good one to en-
ploy. know, because l am OF this
type, and therefore must remain
ANONYMOUS.
New York, Aug. 20, 1920.
And Worse 90 Come,
To the DditoT Of The EFeninI World;
have been informed by the New
York TeleN hone Company that could
have a telephone installed by sign
ing a contract for $40 year and up
There seems to be joker here. How
about the per cent. discount ordered
by the Public Service Commission7
VICTIM.
New xSF1L sept. 1, 1859.
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why WOrryf

10 the Bditor Of The Evening woridi
To settle a dispute will you kindly
decide the following question relating
to table etiquette7
A contends that any one possessing
a left hand should not use the fork
in his right hand To convey food to
the mouth, while B insists that the
reverse should be the case. Who
wins? WATERS.
New York, Sept /, 1920.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
FROM EVENING WORLD READERS

Of letter It the
that Oives thousand words couple Of hundredI
There exercise and lot Of sadcOn In trying
to much q feo Take time to be briet
The evening world., 1920-09-03
C. o P. MAXIMS TO DATE.

You cannot conduct political campaign on, a
specific foreign policy. "--SsnGior KnaE.
The evening world., 1920-09-03
Ten-Mnute Studies
of New York CITY
GOUPrnmpnf.
~ WilIis Brooks Hapkins.

rms Is the tioentV-seventh or
nc'e OF series defining the duties
o. the administrative aud leOislo-
uOe officers aud boards Of the Neto
YORK CITY Government -.
The evening world., 1920-09-03

"'Lspner's Meadows" was the IT,
naFAnt' pronunciation OF IAnpaTa-
ards grassy zelda Ga.
The evening world., 1920-09-03

IN AN address to the Canadian Bar Association at
1 Ottawa this week, William Howard Taft, emil
nent Republican and former President of the United
States, said:
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1920-06-11
Chautauqua Ar
rangements Made
SEASON TICKETS NOW ON SALE
BIG TENT TO BE PITCHED
BEHIND HIGH SCHOOL

Arrangements for this years
chautauqua meetings are v ali un-
der way, according to the state
ments of d. G. Keyes, the president
and B. r. Schmid. the secretary
treasurer. The big tent will be To-
Gated on the old brickyard grounds
back of the high school building.
Committees have been appointed
as follows: On the sale of tickets
Ii. r. Schmid on advertising. U. s.
MIX, II. l.. Walrath, VIM. Watson.
D. {. keyes; on grounds, U. G..
Worden.
/. Tickets are on sale at the Fidel,
ity bank and at all leading bust.
ness houses, The prices are as fol-
lows: adults, SO; high school stu
dents. $3.50: children under Ia.
Sl2O. Entertainments will be Civ
Ell every day in the afternoon and
evening. The price for season tick
cts given hherewith applies only to
tickets purchased prior to the be-
ginning of the program. The cor
poration furnishing the entertain
ments will raise 1t when tho first
entertainment is given. The pub
Tic Is therefore urged to buy tick,
cts at once in order to save money.
ANY one wishing to attend four or
more meetings will find 1t much
cheaper to buy a season ticket.
Some OF the entertainments will
cost seventy-five cents. Those who
have season tickets will be able to
see all of the entertainments at
cost of less than fifty cents each.
But there is still another reason
for buying early. The leading busi-
ness and professional men or Oro-
fino have signed a contract to dis
pose of certain number of season
tickets in advance, and unless that
total is reached. these men Will be
liable for the arrearage, which the
public should not permit as the
guarantors receive no financial ben
eft out of it for themselves. A
great program is being furnished,
which may be seen in the store
windows. Few towns the size of
Orofino are permitted to see and
hear such a company of entertainers.