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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Letter From an Old Soldier.

Dear Readers of The Commonwealth
A long experience has taught me
that the path of duty affords the
greatest pleasures while we live, and
precious hopes for better things to
come when we are nearing the end
Of life. In the great battle at Ber-
muda Hundreds and Cold Harbor
and in front of Petersburg, bullets
never flew so fast that we who wore
the gray could ever finch from duty.
We can never forget our comrades
who stood by US in the very jaws OF
death on the line of duty as patriots
from North Carolina,
Man has nothing to boast of in this
life; it is left for him to go where
duty calls The soldiers of North
Carolina were ever ready to do their
part in the greatest battles fought
on Virginia's soil. Our beloved R.
E. Lee could turn his eyes to North
Cardinals tattered line, and say
God bless North Carolina for the
gift Of such noble sons" My pray
err is that His blessings may ever
rest upon her in ages tn at come af.
ter US
My hope is that the 10th of May
will be day of sunshine and flowers
l feel that the Camp will join me in
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

Mr.. Kitchin will not wait an
other six years to deliver a
speech in the House. The prin
cipal reason is that Champ
Clark the minority leader, won't
let him The Missourian real
ICES now that Claude is about
the best debater he has on his
side of the House and from now
on he will be drafted into ser
vice. That is one of the penal
ties of making a great speech.
Senator Overman said today
that Mr.. Kitchin's speech was
the greatest by far that he has
heard in the House since he has
been in Washington. | have
not heard a speech that i'm
pressed me more during my
nine years here at the capitol.
1t is enough to say that Mr..
kitchin's effort has made him
one of the leaders of his party
in the House, and has given
him a national reputation as
debater.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

Kodol insures good digestion by
absolutely duplicating Natures
normal process, in perfectly digest
ing all food taken into the stom-
ach.
While Kodol is doing this, the
stomach is resting-and becoming
strong and healthy. A strong and
healthy stomach guarantees a
sound and active brain.
The man with a sound stomach
"a stomach that is doing for the
body just what Nature intended
it to dos the man who is always
prepared for any emergency. He
is there with the goods"
The man with sick stomach, is
a man sick all over. When the
stomach is irritated by undigested
food. the blood and heart are di-
rectly affected. Then dizziness, un-
natural sleeriness, sick-headaches,
vertigo and fainting SPELLS, and
even serious brain trouble develop.
Kodol will prevent these.
Squirting the stomach and brain
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
List Takers Appointed.

The County Commissioners
in session at Halifax, Monday,
April 9TH, appointed the follow
ing list takers for the several
townships:
Brinkleyville-W. II. Hayes.
Butterwood-W. HI. Thorne.
Conoconara-N. Fitzpatrick.
Enfield-F. G.. Pittman.
Faucetts-R. B. Brichell.
Halifax-R. H. Daniel.
Littleton-J. V. Newsome.
Palmyra-R. H. White.
Roanoke Rapids-R. w
Brown.
Roseneath-Colin Allsbrook
Scotland Neck-J. e. Shields
Weldon-Geo. Gary.
The commissioners decided t.
hold a call meeting in Weldon
on Thursday, the 18th of Apri
to consider all preliminary mat
ters concerning the building O
a new court house.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
New telephone Ser!iCe.

Fayetteville Cor to News and Observer April 5.
The Carolina Telephone and
Telegraph Company have had
for some time a large force OF
experienced men engaged in
thoroughly reconstructing theil
long distance lines between
Fayetteville and Wilson, and in
providing additional copper
wires for improving the service
The work between Fayette.
vile and Selma was completed
Friday and the new circuits
have been put in successful OPP
Grafton, which will enable
through connection with the
Southern Bell and American
Telegraph and Telephone Com
pany's lines at Selma for al
points in the United States.
The telephone company has
purchased the necessary mater
ial for additional circuits from
Selma to Weldon via Wilson
Tarboro and Scotland Neck
which will enable direct con.
nections at Weldon with direct
lines of the Southern Bell Com
pany to Norfolk and Other
points. In addition to these
through circuits the tele
phone company has installed
numerous additional local lines
to reach nearby towns anC
farmers communities through
out the eastern part Of the State
and is engaged in developing
remote sections heretofore no
being blessed with the advan
tages of long distance connec
tiOnS
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

my humble petitions to Almighty
God for His sweet blessings on the
United Daughters Of Scotland Neck
and the surrounding country for
their many tokens of sympathy and
high regard for this Camp.
Sincerely,
T. E. AUSBORN.
Cornelius prayed to God always
The Christian loves this holy ex-
ample. T. E. A.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel
Salve is very good for chapped hands,
cuts, burns or bruises, scratches, for it
penetrates the skin and it heals quick
", but it is especially good for piles.
1t is sold here by E. I. Whitehead Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
Published Every Thursday
Publishers Announcement.

Itisa settled point in newspaper ethics that
editors aud publishers are not responsl be Tor the
views OF .oIrsspoHtent and the publication CT
communicative does not mean that the edltoI or
nnbIisbe- .-i fCrses :hc communication. The
CoMMoNwEaLru adheres to these general prlcl-
pies.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
AS OTHERS SEE US.

Some days ago visitor to
Scotland Neck, who came as a
representative of the Roanoke
Chowan Times, writing in that
paper, paid the following COM
plimentary remarks to our town
and its people,:
x i 4 = "First | must
speak of the beautiful town of
Scotland Neck. Here we met
many old friends who gave us
warm welcome. 1t was real
ly inspiring to a greater and
nobler life to meet and mingle
with a people so full of smiles
based upon light and love for
the upbuilding of every good
work. | would like to mention
many of them by name and to
speak of their many enterprises,
their churches, banks factories,
spacious stores, beautiful
homes, school buildings, wide
streets and many other things
that 90 to make a beautiful and
prosperous town, but space will
not permit.
SO it is with every stranger
who visits our town. He is IA
vorably impressed with it's
beauty and It's people. Citizens
of Scotland Neck should be glad
that this is so, and remarks Of
praise for us and ours should
only make us stronger in our
love for what is ours, more zeal
Gus in our efforts for what it
should be ours, and more public
spirited and enterprising in all
matters that concern Scotland
Neck's growth and uplift.
1t was only a few days ago
that stranger, an old man,
who was making a house to
house canvass in this place in
the interest of his trade said
that he had visited no town
and he had visited many-that
was more attractive than this,
and had seen no people who
were cleyerer.
Let us remember how we are
looked upon by outsiders and
sustain the position in which
we are held. Lets MAKE Scot
land Neck STAY Scotland Neck
a town that grows better as it
gets older-always deserving.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08
MR.. KITCHIN ON THE LUMBER SCHE.
DULE.


ton to the tariff on lumber has
attracted wide attention. The
Washington correspondent of
the News and Observer sent
that paper the following highly
complimentary account Of it.
No man has ever been cOmpli-
mented more on the delivery of
a speech in the House of Repre-
sentatives than Representative
Claude Kitchin, whose discus
sion of the lumber schedule in
the tariff bill on Tuesday,
brought the members of both
sides of the chamber to a real
ization of the fact that they
have debater the equal Of any
of the old-timors and an enter
tainer who IS superior, if any
thing, to Cushman, of Wash
ingtOn.
Mr.. Kitchin's brilliant effort
places him in the same class
with Speaker Cannon, Mann of
Illinois, Champ Clark and De-
Almond, of Missouri, who rank
as the best debaters in the
House. True Mr.. Cannon has
not participated in q debate in
the House since he became
Speaker, but he had it on all
his Republican colleagues as a
rough and tumble debater when
he was the Republican floor
leader.
Anybody with a voice, a vo-
cabulary and nerve can make
a speech. That is the reason
that most Of the speeches de-
livered in Congress never get
mentioned outside Of the Con-
gressional Record and in home
papers. i man who can hold
the attention of his colleagues
on the floor Of the House in a
dry old tariff discussion, who
can meet all Corners in the
course of debate and sustain
himseI, and keep this up for
three hours, is considered some
pumpkins here in Washington,
where speech-making is as com.
mon as rabbit-hunting in Chat
ham. But that is what Mr..
Kitchin did and that is why his
speech attracted SO much fav.
orable attention.
Mr.. kitchln has never deliv-
cred but two speeches in Con
greSs. His first and maiden
effort was turned loose on the
House SIX years ago and at.
tracted almost as much atten.
ton as did his tariff speech this
week. On that occasion the
Congressman from the Second
paid his respects to Mr.. Roose
welt, and he certainly made g
neat job Of it. That speech was
made on the eve of the presi
Dental election Of 1904 It was
in reply to a defense Of the oc
cupant Of the White House by
General Grosvenor, then {
member Of Congress from Ohio
Mr.. Kitchin made it so hot fo
old man Grosvenor that he fin
ally left the House, much to tn,
amusement of his Republican
colleagues. 1t so happened tina
Mr.. kitchin had saved a cop,
Of the New I DIRK American, il
which the Ohioan had criticiz
ed Mr.. Roosevelt on his appear
ance at the Republican Nation
al Convention that nominate,
Mckinley and Roosevelt. Gen
eral GrosvenOr wrote series O
articles for the paper under hi
signature and he showed tina
he did not wish the nomination
of Mr.. Roosevelt. Imagine Gen
eral Grosvenor's confusio
when Congressman Kitchi
sprung this article, following
his laudation of Roosevelt O.
the day previous. And MI
Kitchin rubbed it in. He di
not refer to the distinguishe
Ohioan as q member of Cor
gress, but as ga reporter for tn
Hearst papers. :" That was tn
only time | ever saw old ma
Grosvenor on the run.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1909-04-08

The people Of Charlotte are
preparing to give Mr.. Taft the
greatest reception ever accord
ed a President of the United
States in a Southern city. The
Central Committee which is di-
recting the program of exercis-
es to be held there on the goth
Of May in celebration Of the
134th anniversary of the sign
ing of the Mecklenburg Declar-
alton of independence, has in
vited the Governors of the
Thirteen original States to
come to Charlotte for the tire e
days festivities.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

mot believe that Jefferson ever dreamed OF
blending business and statecraft." There IS
also Senator George E. Chamberlain, Of Oregon,
who as q guest at the same dinner pronounced
an impassioned eulogy on the direct primary,
which Democratic statesmen hereabouts natu-
rally consider as an heretical Invention OF po-
lltical ideaIsts bent on discouraglng the Dlend-
ing of business and statecraft-"
We note among the other contributors the
Hon. Champ Clark, who is now leading"
Democratic minority in the House Of Repre-
sentatives which is marching, for the most part,
in the opposite direction; John Sharp Williams,
who had Mr.. Ciark's job and gave 1t up WIN
JOY to retire to q Mississippi plantation; ex-
Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson, Of Colorado
more radical than Mr.. Bryan ever dreamed
OF being in his most radical days, and Governor
Judson Harmon Of Ohio, a Cleveland conserVa-
tive, who stood by the President when the Dem
Ocratic party split in 1896 at Chicago. Ihese
leaders may try to offer issues on which the
Democratic party can agree. let no agree
ment which they may promote will go FAR un-
less it has the Endorsement Of the omnlpotent
Democratic unifier Of Lincoln, Neb. We do not
understand why Mr.. Bryan was not asked 10
contribute to the first issue of the new organ
of Jeffersonian unity. The way to unity Will
not be really clear until Mr.. Mack invites a
distinguished fellow editor to cooperate with
him in instructing the Democratic party on Its
opportunity and duty and opens the columns or
THE National Monthly" TO solutions or "Ihe
Mystery Of 1908"
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
POWER WITHOUT RESPONSIBILITY.

The ultimate question at issue between the
French government and It's poStmen ana teleS-
raphers is whether the French ministers or tne
unionized workmen are going to run the postal
service of France. It is not different from that
which usually is the subject of dispute between
private employers and their employees In prac-
ticalIy every strike the private employer, pressed
by demands that he feels he cannot grant, says
that to yield is to abdicate his right to manage
his own affairs. And whatever may be the re-
suit in France the progress Of organization in
labor has already taken from the private EN-
ployer much of the authority over his own bust
ness that he once had.
Mr. James o. Pagan, In his Atlantic Month
"" articles, has made an impressive analysis or
the extent to which labor in the railroad bus1-
ness regulates its own relations to Its employ
ers and Of the consequences. His answer TO the
question why accidents cannot be prevented IS
that railroad managers have not any real au-
thority to enforce discipline among their EN-
pIoyes. The employees arrange their own dis
cipline through their unions They are self
governing democracy. They dsObey with I'M
punity the rules which the managers make for
the safety Of traffic. Why are there excessive
waste and damage upon railroads, careless In
juries to rolling stock and freight? Same an
swer as before. Moreover, the sense of reSpOn-
slbility to the employer is gone because Of the
Interpolation OF union between Jns WorhIndn
and the employer. And the union takes away
from the master the power TO encourage etfi-
cheney by rewarding it. At least, Mfr. Pagan
appears TO show this in the case of the rail-
roads. The workman who obeys orders, who Is
jealous for his masters interests, cannot receive
specially favorable treatment No; promotions,
favors, desirable berths, go by seniority. The
incentive to good service is removed.
Thus the unions have great power and no re-
sponsibility They make the terms on which
men labor and control the relations between
employer and employed, and influence the spirit
Of labor in It's employment. but it is nothing TO
the union if the work is dore well or Ill. The
unions gain nothing in money or credit if their
members are efficient, faithful, Jealous to their
employers interests, eager 10 save him from
unnecessary waste, enlisted in his success. The
unions have no stake in the businesses which
they now partially conduct.
And this is one Of the great problems OF the
day, to bring TO these important factors In mod
ern Industrial society a sense of responsibility
col responding TO their power. Cooperation Is
now become the universal solvent, and perhaps
it describes better than anything else the ideal
Of better relations between employers and their
organized employees; something at least IS needed
like the cooperation which employers used 10 be
able to exact from unorganized employees.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
IN WASHINGTON SOCIETY.
From The Tribune Bureau

The Tribune Bureau
WashinGton, May S.-The Third Assistant Secre-
tary OF State and his mother Mrs John W Phil
lips who are entertaining for days the for
mer Ambassador to Great Britain and Mrs Joseph
II. Choate invited to dine with them tonight JUS
tce and Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Francis Adams, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Brown Scott. Mr.. and Mrs Charles Henry Butler.
Miss Phillips and others
Captain and Mrs William H. H. SOuthsriand
tertained about thirty-hve young married and
single persons dinner at the Chevy Chase Club
tonight. that they might meet Mrs. Marion P.
Maus wife OF Colonel Maus L. S. A. who Is the
guest of her parents Mr.. and Mrs Charles p. Poor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lee will close their house
and 20 to Old Point Comfort Tuesday for
visit OF two weeks. From there they will go to-
their estate Graceland. at Ekins. W. Va. for the
summer.
Invitations have been received here for the mar
riage of Miss Nora Hoy, daughter of Pay DIrec-
tor Hoy, L. S. N. Mrs. Hoy. OF this city. but
now living abroad to Pierre Wenzel. the ceremony
70 take place the English Catholic church in
Paris on May I5 Miss Hoy made her debut in this
city years ago. bat for the last few years
has lived abroad with her brother-in-law and sister,
Mr. and Mrs Pierre RoSestvensky, whose mar
riage took place IN Washington eight or ten years
ago. while Mr.. Rogestvensky was an attache OF
the Russian Embassy
Miss Josephine Durand was the guest Of honor
at & luncheon to-day. with Miss Mary Sheridan as
hostess.
Mrs Joseph E. Thropp entertained number OF
guests at brides luncheon to-day and Mr. and
Mrs Preston Gibson gave dinner tonight
Captain and Mrs Richard S. Hooker entertained
informally at dinner tonight. having among their
guests Miss Wallis Miss Coudert. of New York;
Mr.. Langhorn and Condit Smith.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

be reproduced or a change Of diet would be
impracticable, and, because the consumer tired
Of what he ate, he would derive little good from
It, Digestion and assimilation depend largely
on relish. Mere nourishment, regardless OF
paIatability, would not serve a great Wnle.
During an exhauSting Illness 1t Is OFTEN ad-
visable to give patient food In concentrated
but simple form. After recovery, br0tns anu
extracts and peptonized milk will not suffice
For many persons the bulkiness OF animal ano
vegetable TISSUE IN addition to the more Valua'
BILE elements of the meats and plants WIN
which they are associated, seems to be essen
tial NO universal rule can be laid down. Dut
it is hardly open TO question that reasonably
full stomach often promotes good work me
characteristic material in a beefsteak, dish
Of asparagus or an apple is distributed through
a fbrous mass. Separate one from the other,
and the benefit to be obtained from eating Woulo
not infrequent1y be lesSened.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
IFrom The Tribune Bureau-1

IFrom The Tribune Bureau
washington, May S-The French Ambassador
and Nine Jusserand entertained et dinner tonight
at the embassy the British Ambassador and Mrs
Bryce DR.. and Mrs dc Roaldes. OF New Orleans;
Ex-Governor John Lee Carroll. Of Maryland; Mrs
Herbert Robbins, OF New York: Mr.. and Mrs. A. P.
Gordon Cumming, the French Counsellor and Nine
I.efevre-Pontals. Lieutenant Commander BenoiSt
day. Viscount de Martel and Mr.. de Chevilly-
The Netherlands Minister and Nine Loudon en-
tertained informally al dinner Che Belgian Minister
and Baroness Moncheur. the Swedish Minister and
Mime. de Iagercrantz, Nine Loudon. the mother OF
the minister his sister, Miss I>ouden, and others
The Danish Minister and Countess Moltke Joined
q house party to be entertained over Sunday by
Senator du Pont at his home in Delaware They
will return Monday Tuesday.
The Swiss Minister entertained Mr.. de Thals Mr.
Martin and others informally at luncheon.
The first secretary of the Siamese Legation and
Mrs. Edward H LOTUS, who Will leave here In a
few days for Northeast HarbOr. Me, where they
will spend the summer, entertained about thrty-hTe
guests at dinner at the Chevy Chase Club tonight
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
THE OUTLOOK FOR ARTIFICIAL FOOD.

THE OUTLOOK FOR ARTIFICIAL FOOD.
By the recent rise in the price of one Of the
great staples of mans diet the question is raised
anew, as it has been many times before,
whether art VIII ever be able to initiate nature
in the manufacture of food. at first the task
seems easy. The nutrfment derived from the
animal and vegetable products which are used
to sustain human life is afforded by a combina-
ton Of only five elements-nitrogen, oxygen.
hydrogen, carbon and sulphur. The varying
proportions in which the ingredients entering
into the substances employed for food, as we'll
as the identity Of the ingredients themselves,
are known, and there Is a superabundance of
the requisite materials. Why not combine them
and emancipate the cattle raiser, the farmer
and the market gardener from their response
biIities?
Wen. the chief reason is that nature has a
magical method which manadoes not yet under
stand and cannot duplicate. The chemist can
analyze-can take TO pieces. Synthesis-put-
ting together-Is a very different matter. It is
an extremely difficult process. The few sue
cesses achieved, one OF which is the production
Of genuine indigo at a lower cost than that OF
getting it from the indigo plant, encourage
effort The large number Of failures on record
not only dishearten, but reveal the peculiarly
complicated character of the work TO be DONE
To assume that the clew TO the manner in
which the plant is built up from the soil and
the animal from the plant viii never be found,
and that it cannot be followed advantageously
that is to say, with economy-would be alb
surd, but the prospect Just now is far from
fiattering.
Even IL artificial food were once available 1t
seems unlikely that It would serve its purpose
long unless the imitation of the natural article
were perfect The distinctive favor Of various
meats and vegetables and fruits would need to
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
A REAL FOX HUNT.
he Boston Transcript.

I3USlUII IIdIIaCIIpI-
Poultry owners in Auburndale. Weston and ad-
tacent places will feel more because of the
latest capture made by the Metropolitan Park
police at Riverside. Seven baby foxes have been
taken from a den the Newton side OF the Charles
River below Norumbega Park. The cubs which
are about half grown, are confined in a large box
in the basement of the station Several weeks ago
q patrolman saw old fox running along the
bank of the river, and after some difficulty dis
covered the entrance to the burrow.
Saturday squad of officers armed with shovels
and a gun found four other entrances to the den
They commenced digging in a spot near the
centre as possible leaving man on guard at each
hole. One tiny fox made dash for liberty but
was caught, and Immediately made friends with his
captor. When the den was finally opened the re-
rnafIing six huddled in corner. The place
was Uttered with feathers. fish bones and other evil
deuce of the energy with which the mother fox
must have hunted to feed her large family. The
body of a muskrat formed part of the contents
of the larder 1t is thought that the cubs will be
sent to the the Middlesex Fels ReServa-
unn. The mother fox has not been caught