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THE COMMONWEALTH.
Published Every Thursday
BY
J. C. II A ED Y, Editor and Proprietor.
.Entered at tho postoffice at Scotland
Neck, N. C, as Second-Class Matter.
Thursday, February 23, 1911.
How about a booster club?
It looks now like there will be an
extra session of Congress.
After the first of next July ovtr
"ni-beer" will go out of commission.
The Federal Court in Tennesse has
decided that a man can't sell liquor
in that State and be a citizen too.
Are you working for Scotland
Neck or are you pulling against the
best interest of the town? Join the
booster club and get to work.
Five masked men robbed a South
ern railway train near Gainsville,
Ga., and secured quite a large sum
of money. The bandits made good
their escape.
Gov. Kitchin has ordered a special
term of court at Wilson on March
13th, to try Lewis West and his gang
for the murder of deputy sheriff
Munford some weeks ago.
The legislature has only oboul
twelve more days in which to work
and some very important legislation
is almost untouched. Our lawmak
ers take up entirely too much time
in discussing and passing purely
local bills.
There has already started a fight
for the Democratic National Conven
tion next year. Baltimore and
Louisville are the more pronounced
candidates and while we have nothing
against Louisville it would please us
!est to let the convention be held in
Baltimore.
Senator Ben Tillman, of South
Carolina, attempted to speak in the
Senate Saturday in eulogy of Sena
tors Clay, of Georgia, and Dolliver,
of Iowa, but had to take his seat on
recount of his weakened condition.
It is sad to think that disease has
Just about done its work and the
Senator has lost his old time fire.
Congressman fiitcnin Speaks.
Washington, D. C Feb. 20 Re
presentative Claude Kitchin, who
ranks with Joe Cannon and Champ
Clark as one of the strongest debat
ers in the House, got in some fine
execution at the all-night session of
the House Sunday morning when
the filibuster was on against the
omnibus war claims bill. In one of
his characteristic speeches. Mr.
Kitchin waded into the French
spoliation claims, which he assailed
with great force and vigor. It was
along towards day break when the
Tar Heel Congressman took the
floor, but he soon had the attention
of the sleepy and jaded members
and for forty minutes he riddled
the French claims which have been
vetoed by three presidents.
Just how strong a speech .Mr.
Kitchin made was disclosed on the
floor of the House today by Mr.
Mann, the Republican leader, who
conducted the filibuster. Voluntar
ily and for no other purpose than to
pav a tribute to the telling speech
made by Mr. Kitchin Mann took the
floor of the House and said that en
tire credit for the defeat of the
French spoliation claims was due to
the North Carolina Congressman.
Mr. Mann, who is one of the strong
men of the House, referred to Mr.
Kitchin's speech at the all-night
session as "masterly and unanswera
ble." It was a most unusual tribute
for a Republican floor leader to pay
to a Democrat, but was recognized
as a deserved one by the members
of the House who heard the mem
ber from the second district.
Congressman Thomas also took
quite a hand at the all-night session.
He spoke in favor of the 'war claims
feature of the bill and helped to
lead the fight for its passage. Al
though the measure went through
the House today, it will not be acted
upon by the Senate and will die.
LOOKING AFTER BOND LOOTERS.
The North Carolina Senators got
busy today with Senators Burrows
and Smith of Michigan, who were
told of the true inwardness of the
scheme of the bond looters in their
efforts to present $1,000,000 in carpet-bag
bonds to the Michigan
State University. They knew noth
ing about tog matter, save what
they had read in the Michigan pap
ers, and at once got in touch with
the Governor and legislative leaders.
Senators Simmons and Overman are
doing the State no little service in
checking the schemes of the bond
looters, through efforts with their
colleagues. Thomas J. Pence.
WASHINGTON'S BiHTHDAY.
When God of old this orb had made
tunity (1) to grow in intelligence;
(2) to grow in responsibility; (3) to
to am)reciate the
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sea,
"Be sep'rate thou," th' Almighty
said,
A land of hope and liberty.
Let mountain range and prairie wide
Roll o'er thy face in majesty;
From snow capped hill to flowing tide
-Be thou the land of liberity.
Sons, gather h,ere from er'vy land,
From bondage chains forever free,
And, guided by Omniscient hand,
Let fly the flag of liberity!
Let truth abound and virture reign
And strife and wrong thy borders
flee,
To God, your Father, raise the strain
And sing the song of liberity.
In future years shalt thou arise,,
Unique inearthlv records be.
Let gladsome paeans cleave the
skies
All hail, first sort of liberity.
Rev. F. P. Duffy. ,
Training Sc&osl Notes.
Thn future of democracy and the
hope of humanity depend upon the
kind of education given to our chil
dren." It was a great speech, strong
and inspiring, reaching into the
heart of 'tho democratic spirit and
showing how thi should be develop
ed in each individual.
Terrible Train of Troubles.
Lake Charles, La. Mrs. E. Four
nier, 516 Kirby street, says: "The
months before I took Cardui I could
hardly walk. I had backache, head
ache, pain in my legs, fainting spells,
sick stomach, dragging feelings and
no patience or courage. Since taking
Cardui, I have no more pain and
feel good all the time." Take Car
dui and get the benefit of the pecul
iar herb ingredients, which have
been found so efficient for womanly
ills. Other people have done the
testing. You profit by their exper
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We copy the following very sensi
ble remarks from the Snow Hill
standard Laconic:
"It is well to have confidence in
others even though occasionally that
confidence may be misplaced. This
i3 far better than being suspicious of
every person we meet and of every
proposition made. As a rule men are
'vorthy of the confidence repose-d in
Ihem and the man who reposes that
confidence receives that of others in
added measure. In truth, without
this confidence the whole social and
business life of the world would soon
come to a stand still."
As to the Pay meet c Rewards.
Governor Kitchin declines to pay
the reward offered by the State to
the sheriff who captured the negro
West on the ground that it is an of
ficer's duty to make such arrests
anyway. Governor Aycock made
the same ruling. The idea is that
if an officer can get rewards in such
cases he will remain quiet and not
make arrests until a reward is offer
ed. Perhaps this is a good law, but
one thing is sure the negro who
.reported the presence of West in a
restaurant in Maxton should be paid
a portion of the reward. Had he
simply kept his mouth closed West
would not have been captured.
Greensboro Record.
There certainly ought to be some
thing done in Scotland Neck looking
t oward cleaning up the town. The
tack lots are dirty and in some cases
filled with paper and rubbish of
every description, while the 1 streets
need attention from our town com
missioners, every time it rains the
aide walks are just flooded with
water. The ditches and low places
r.eed draining, f r black filthy water
stands in these places until it soaks
into the earth. There has been
tcarcely any ditching or even the
ditches cleaned out for nearly a year
o: more and unless something is
done in the way of cleaning up the
town why nothing may be expected
but a great many chills and much
typhoid and malarial fever as the
warm weather approaches. We
call upon the town authorities to
wake up and do their part towards
putting the town in a healthy state
aud then require every individual to
S'je to it that their premises are
cean and healthy. The health of
the people of our town and com'
munity is worth too much to neglect
these sanitary conditions longer.
"We call upon the people to wake up
and start a movement for better
conditions along these lines.
The farmer who cannot go ahead
in this age ought to hitch his hopes
to another kind of wagon.
Greenville, N. C, Feb. 21. Pres
ident R. H. Wright delivered an ad
dress before an educational rally at
Trenton, February 17th.
Mr. C. W. Wilson spoke to the
teachers of Lenoir , county at Kins
ton, February 17th.
Mr. R. D. W. Connor, of Raleigh,
spoke to the school Monday night,
February 20th, under the auspices
ofY. W. C.A.
The Y. W. C. A. gave a silver tea
on a recent Saturday evening, and
realized a neat little sum.
The Legislative Committee on Ed
ucation spent the day here February
1st, inspecting the school. The
school greatly enjoyed the speeches
from the different members of the
committee.
Miss Graham's Bible Study Class,
composed of twenty girls, spent a
delightful evening with her socially
not long ago. Refreshments were
served and much fun was caused by
ia,UllllU& LUlltL.Ob.
The Junior Class, unuer the direc
tion of Miss Davis, will give an en
tertainment, colonial suggestions,
on the evening or vvasnmgton s
birthday.
Dr. Geo. D. Strajrer, Professor of
School Administration and Super
vision in Teachers College, Columbia
University, New York City, will
give a month's course here to super
intendents and principals during the
summer term.
Dr. Strayer and Mr. Albert S.
Cook, Superintendent of Baltimore
county, Md., on a tour through the
South for the purpose of inspecting
schools, spent two days visiting
President Wright and looking over
the school.
On Saturday evening, February
11th, President and Mrs. Wright en
tertained in honor of the Senior
Clas3 and their guests, Dr. Strayer
and Mr. Cooke. The ladies of the
faculty assisted in receiving and
serving. The Seniors appreciated
not odly the honor of being enter
tained, but also the privilege of
meeting the distinguished visitors.
The Pitt County Teachers'- Associ
ation had a meeting of great interest
in the school auditorium on Satur
day, February 11th. Many people
came from adjoining towns and
counties, the two noted visitors.
Dr. Strayer and Mr. Cook, spoke.
Mr. Cooke spoke on the problems
that confront the rural schools, givv
ing an interesting and helpful ac
count of how , Baltimore county is
solving these problems. Mr. Cooke
is one of the most successful county
superintendents of the coutrtry. His
address was of special significance.
Dr. Strayer's theme was The
Meaning of Education in our Dem-
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Argyle, Mich. Mrs. Wm. H. Car
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1 was almost wild with pain m my
head, and other severe pains from
womanly troubles. " After using
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further use of Cardui raised me
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myJiie when nothing else would
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woman's tonic, s It relieves - pain,
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R. I. JONES, Representative.
Scotland Neck, North Carolina.
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