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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-23
WASHINGTON CITY LETTER.
interesting News Items Reported From
The Nations CAPITAL.

i Washington. D. c., Nov. 2O.-Tha,
the coming convention Of the Nat
lonal Rivers and Harbors Congress
Which opens its sessions at the new
Willard Hotel in this city December
to continue three days, will be the
most important, in many respects,
ever held by the Congress and the
most widely attended, is the belief
OF Representative Joseph E. Ransdel]
president of the organization. The
convention meeting the same week
as the beginning of the second ses-
sion of the Sixty-second Federal
Congress will put forth its utmost
endeavors to crystalize, in the minds
of congressman, the vital necessity
for a continuation of the policy
adopted by the Sixty-frst Congress
OF an annual river andIharbor appro-
prlation bill. There is fertile field
for work along waterway lines
among Representatives in Congress
as nearly one-third of the present
membership are serving their first
terms in the present Congress. To
reach these representatives of the
people will be among the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress chief
aims during their coming convention.
TO carry out the purposes of the
convention looking to crystaliza-
ton of the sentiment for an annual
river and harbor appropriation bill
most interesting program has been
arranged; among those who will ad-
dress the convention being Hon. J.
Hampton Moore, president of the
Atlantic Deeper Waterways Associa-
ton; Senator Duncan U Fletcher,
President of the Mississippi-to-the-
Atlantic Inland Waterway Associa-
ton; Thomas Wilkinson, President
of the Upper Mississippi River AS
sociation; w. K. Kavanaugh, Presi-
dent Of the Lakes-to-the Gulf Deep
Waterway Association; Col. John L.
Vance, President of the Ohio Valley
Improvement Association; C. S. E.
Holland. President Of the Interstate
Inland Waterway Association and
Edgar c. Ellis, President oI tiie
Missouri River Improvement Asso-
ciation.
Others who will address the con-
vention during it's session are Secre-
of War Stimson and General Bixby,
Chief of Engineers, u. S. A. Senator
Jones Of Washington will speak for
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ART EXHIBIT AT GRADED SCHOOL.
An Opportunity to See Reproduction OF
Some OF the Greatest Masterpieces
in tIls World.

The teachers of the graded schoo
have arranged to have an Art Ex
i,ibit in the Library and auditorium
from Wednesday. November 29tf
| to Saturday, December End. 2O{
! pictures from the galleries of the
Horace K. Turner Company will be
exhibited. 1t will he worth the time
and q great deal more than the small
admission charge for every man.
woman and child of Scotland Meek
t.s@tse these pictures. They are re-
productions of masterpieces that our
people will doubtless never have ar
opportunity of seeing again unless
they visit the art galleries in some
of our largest cities.
Art Exhibit Catalogues llIustrat-
ed by half-tones and colors may be
secured from children who have
been appointed from each grade to
sci! them, 1Oc each. One Of these
catalogues should be in every home.
They are educative in themselves as
they give the history of many Of
these famous pictures.
The purpose Of the exhibit is to
raise money to buy pictures for our
class rooms and halls. We have a
beautiful new school building. but
children can not be taught the high
est ideals surrounded by bare walls.
We trust to have the patronage and
cooperation Of all parents and
friends Of the children.
Printed below are some press
notices from cities where the Exhi-
bit has been held.
The fine arts exhibition Of the sea
son here in Boston opened yesterday
morning in the Art Club galleries, in
the shape of a collection of works
suitable for school decoration. The
object is an important one, and the
collection admirably illustrates the
purpose. The Subjects are well
chosen. and indicate how rich a va
riety of material is available. The
landscape photographs of American
scenery arc particularly good, and
the views of Moorish architecture
are the most beautiful ever shown
here Boston Sunday Herald.
The exhibition Of art photographs
which opened in City Hall this morn
ing represents the finest thing in
this line which has ever visited
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( the Pacific Northwest, while others
on the program are Hon. Ste..shen
M. Sparkman. Of Florida, chairman
OF the House Committee on Rivers
and Harbors; Hon. August Belmont
of New York; Roy Miller of Texas;
and Edward Conway Of Chicago.
Governors Wilson and Foss. will in
all probability be present at the con
ivention, as will Mayor Gaynor of
New York. Every indication points
to the largest convention In the his
tory of the movement for improved
waterways.
Congress is becoming more exclu-
sive every session about one thing or
another. Only few years ago there
were two very large marble palaces
erected TO their exclusive us,s DIS Of
fees, every Senator having a suite
of three richly furnished rooms and
! each member Of the House has one
good large room for his use during
his term in this great office building.
This year the House restaurant has
been entirely remodelled and on the
Senate side an additional room has
been added for the exclusive use of
Senators and their guests at lunch
con. The House is going to have a
private dining room, too, for its
members into the precincts of which
none may enter without an invita-
ton. Wise men who are accustom-
ed to ponder on the signs Of the
times will see in these arrangements
sign that Senators and Representa-
tives are getting farther and farther
away from the plain people, and los
ing their democratic simplicity.
If anybody thinks that President
is going to play politics for politics
sake they have another ''think"
coming. President Taft does not
know politics and he frankly says so
on every occasion possible. He pro-
poses to leave to the American peo-
pie whether he shall or shall not be
reelected, basing his future upon
the achievements of his administra-
ton. His return from an exhaust
ing swing around the circle the first
of this week shows him in the pink
Of condition, his face is ruddy, his
eyes clear and his step more vigor-
Gus seemingly than it has been in
years. This President of ours has
the 'wanderlust" sure enough for,
not content with having just termi
mated = tr;n &c ,,o~-1- fftooo thous- !
and miles, he went to Frederick,
Md, on Wednesday where he ad-
dressed the second annual convention
Of the Maryland Board Of Trade and |
on his return from that historic city
he stopped at Frederick Cemetery to
place wreath on the monument to
Francis Scott Key. author Of the
"Star Spangled Banner"
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Springfield, and merits good at
tendance.-Springfeld Union.
XXYsALo,.4 1 l.

Springfield, and merits good at
dance.-Springfeld Union.
! Without doubt one of the finest
art exhibitions ever presented in this
country is that to be given in the art
gallery of the Rhode Island school
Of Design during the coming week
An opening reception was given last
evening, to which all persons holding
season tickets were admitted, and
very many people throughout the
city who are especially interested in
art took advantage Of the opportun-
ity to enjoy a quiet inspection of
this admirable exhibition.
| Those who visited the gallery last
evening were struck with the beauty
and artistic merit of the scene pre-
sented.
All the pictures are reproduced
directly from originals by the most
scientific and modern methods of re-
production.
They are all illustrative Of objects
of worldwide interest and Of great
educational value. and especially
suitable for schoolroom decoration.
Providence Sunday Telegram.
Genuine artistic merit is the cual-
ity for which the pictures have been
chosen, their value as an aid to gen
eral school work, although great in
some cases, being a minor considera-
ton. Old masters as we'll as modern
artists are represented.-N York
Post.
The collection of photographs and
photographers Of famous paintings
now on exhibition in the High School
is considered the finest ever present
ed in St. Louis.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
There is history, poetry, nature.
religion, and all that is lovely in life
represented by the masters of old
and modern times.
All pictures Of suffering have been
excluded, even though it meant the
rejection Of Ruben's masterpiece,
the Descent from the Cross. =
Detroit Journal.
It is probably the best collection
Of it's kind ever shown in Day ton.
The selection is admirable, embody-
ing wide range Of artists and the
various schools. Daily Evening.
Herald.
The Educational Associa ion If
Newark, which has entered with
great zeal into the work Of helping
along public education. has On exhi-
bitiOn in Wissner Hall a large col
lection of pictures eminently suitable
for scboolroom furnishing. AMI our
citizens could not make a better
Christmas present than q donation
Of some Of these pictures to public
schools Editorial Newark Daily
Advertiser.
Admission. Children lOc, Adults,
25c.
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vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that It IS not uncor1-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak EiGreys 1f+ta
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-23
VOL YgVH.
asl q N1sII as AIS!1 arc Fiade Miserable
II kidney and Bladder Trouble,

kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
.Nsc1urages and lessons am bition: beauty
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-23

t'ducinatesto too often. if the urine scalds
he 1c5ll, OF if, VIXEN the child reaches all
g1 when i should be able to control the
5ssuee, it IS yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ing. dependupon it, the cause Of the diff
crtt. IS kidney trouble, and the first
sep should be towards the treatment Of
,h5s7 '-,rr2rrtaut organs. THIS unpleasant
,rotbla IS due to g diseased condition of
tie L;.lueys and bladder and not to a
habit IS most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made r,iser-
abe With kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
he mid and the immediate effect of
5vazI9-ROCt is soon realized. It is sold
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ly druggists, III fifty
cent ard o11e-doIlar
size bottles. You may
lave q sample bottle
~ mail free, also a
ra-upllet telling all
Il
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-11-23

Including many of the Thousands Of testi-
.1olial letters received from sufferers
Who foatid SEa1np-Root to be just the
remedy needed. Ill writing Dr.. Kilnier
s. Co. Blngha11ton, N. Y, be sure and
mention his paper. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the name, DR..
Eil;-e-' ; Swatap-Root, and the address,
1ipghautor, n. Y. on every bottle.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
PAID MANS FINE
Unusual Friendship Shown When the
Plaintiff Helms Accused

0S
Plaintiff Helps Accused
Fargo, N. D.. Sept. 30-Damon and
Pythias were completely overshadow-
ed yesterday when in the police court
John Hanson befriended his country
man, John Holm and paid the fine Of
the latter.
Hanson came to Fargo with about
SOS on his person and proceeded to
have a good time in Moorhead. While
there he met Holm. whom he had not
seen for year. the two having parted
company in Duluth where they had
worked together.
Holm was broke and needed money.
He walked his former fellow worker
out on the bridge and started to go
through his pockets. Hanson object
ed and when Holm took $40 away
from him he started to fight.
The bankrupt man seemed to be
getting the best Of the mixup when
Hanson broke away and a to Of
been robbed. He was bleeding from
the wounds secured in the fight and
Holm was in the same condition. The
officers arrested Holm Is we'll as Han
son and locked the pair up for the
night, placing them in different cells.
Yesterday morning Hanson said
that he had known Holm before and
did not want to prosecute him. He
admitted to the officers that it was
really a cas of plain holdup. but even
he would not prosecute his fellow
countryman.
The two were. taken to- the police
court OF the charge of being drunk
and fighting on the streets. Both men
pleaded guilty and were fined SIS each.
top the climax and make a show
fidelity. Hanson not only paid his
fine. but the n Of Holm and the pair
went off together.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
B%RADS7REE7'S
TRADE REVIEW
From Wholesalers
and Jobbers Has Main
tanned Improvement

New York, Sept. 30.-Bradstrect's
Review today says;
Buying from jobbers and wholesale
dealers continues relatively STEADY ana
this weeks reports indicate that re-
Gently reflected comparative Improve
conters indicate that road and house
sales are better in number of lines
and that demand for staple dry goods,
clothing and boots and shoes
is gradually extending. Buying OF
cotton goods has been helped by lower
prices. though some purchasers hest-
tate to order freely because OF re-
cessions on raw cotton. the tendency
of which fosters the belief that quo
tations may 60 still lover;
suggests that buying Is late. and. in
cidentally, what might be termed spot
business accompanied az 1t Is calls for
prompt shipment, Is admittedly larger
than business booked for future de-
Crops are moving more free
ly. which fact tends to help trade on
the one hand and collections on the
other. Yet final distributors in gem
eral still prefer to visit the markets
and to buy as their require.
ments seem to demand, rather than to
purchase freely at any one time.
That which deprives III situation OF
uniformity and invests 1t with irregu-
is found in the lethargic con-
dition of the iron and steel markets.
where price cutting continues. in re-
ports Of diminished railway traffic and
earnings, together with exist
ing strikes and talk Of strikes on the
part Of railway shopmen and building
hands at New York. Collec-
tons have improved a little.
Business failures In the United
States for the week ending September
20 were 248. against 236 last week.
211 in the like week of 1910. 1876 in
1909, PCS in 1908 and lit in 1907.
Wheat. including flour. exports from
the United States and Canada for the
week ending September 2s aggregate
bushels. against 3,808,771
last week and 2.126.637 this week last
year. For the thirteen weeks ending
20 exports are sc, POI, 1888
against 19,660,9 500 in the cor
period last year.. Corn ex-
ports for the week are 1.037,394 BUSH
against $4,000 last week and $685.
$50 In 1910. For the thirteen weeks
ending September % corn exports are
6 ,992,832 bushels against 3,656,131 last
year.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
THE K
Money Market.

London, Sept. 30.-Money was in
better supply today but discount rates
continued firm on the gold demand.
Early reports from Tripoli depressed
the stock market and all sections
opened lower. Turkish bonds declined
four points and italian securities q
point. while consols also sold of. Later
turkeys conciliatory reply to Italy
created a better feeling. and in the
afternoon Turkish bonds recovered two
points. Consols a quarter Of a point
and the rest Of the sections improved
In sympathy.
American securities opened weak
n from one-fourth to one and three
quarters lower. A brisk rally followed
u prices receded again under a gen.
eral selling movement before the end
OF the first hour. Active buying fol-
lowed the announcement of the fire
men being out because of the refusal
OF the railroads to grant a wage in
crease. On the Missouri. Kansas and
Texas. union men say over 1000 men
are out.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
AMERICANS HAVE
THE BEST SYSTEM
Noted Author So Declares in
Address to Fargo COL
lege Students

Fargo. N. D., Sept. so.-Dr. Arthur
Smith. auditor. statesman and one Of
the formost missionaries of China. adj
dressed the faculty and students Of
Fargo college yesterday. DR.. Smith
spent many years among the Chinese
authority of missionary affairs in that
far away land.
Education, first in its broad sense,
and then with reference to the in
dfvidual was the burden of DR.. Smiths
excellent address. After having been
absent from this country several years.
he stated that he was IN a position to
judge the American educational sys-
tenn more fairly.
We have without any exception"
said DR.. Smith. the best educational
system OF all the nations of the earth.
! am impressed with the large num-
Der of students in the high schools of
this country. This is a very signi-
fcant fact as 1 regard the high schools
as the backbone of the nation. The
large majority of men and women
who are doing things worth while in
our nation have had the advantage
of a high school education. The per-
centage Of people who attend college
is very small and it is to the high
schools that we must look for the
men and women to run the active at
fairs of this country"
DR.. Smith lamented the fact that
so many of the young people of this
country failed to appreciate the WON
derful advantages of our educational
system and that they were 80 anxious
to get out making money. Although
the American school system is the best
in the world, there are many things
that could be improved upon, though
Dr.. Smith. The fault. according to
DR.. Smiths criticism. lays with the
student. The schools, equipment.
teachers r here and it is up to"
young America to make the best pos
sible use of them.
Lack of attention was one Of the
criticisms made by DR.. Smith. He
urged students while in school and
college to give closer attention and
strive to fix in the memory what is
taught SO that, in later years 1t can
be made use of in a moments time.
To remember names and facts is one
of h essentials Of an education.
The speaker then branched of from
the subject of American Education to
that of World knowledge. He urged
that all Americans gain the best DOS.
sible knowledge Of their own coun-
try and further learn more of the
foreign atoms and conditions. He
made h statement that the Ameri-
can people are less cosmopolitan that
any other nation on the globe. THE
average American has less respect for
the foreigner than the people of any
othr country This els a lamntable
fact thought DR.. Smith and more SO as
this nation is composed of the PEG.
pie of all countries OF the globe.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
SOLD PATENTS.

Darlington. N. D., Sept. 3d.. K.
Sivertson has about closed a deal with
Soule Bros. Of Minneapolis, for the
transfer of the patent to his steam
wheel to the makers Of briquetting
machines. The Soules will take an
option on the patent for six months
during which time they will build a
large machine and give It a thorough
test. and If the test is satisfactory they
will TAX over the patent. The sum
involved is not given out but is no
small figure. and Mr.. Sivertson re-
serves all Canadian rights. in which
country the machine is also patented.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
LOANED UMBRELLA
Dunseith Men Go to Court Over It
Unusual Route.

Dunseith Men Go to Court Over It.
Unusual Route.
Dunseith, N. D. Sept. 30.-Thec case
Of Raymond Fassett vs.. L. H. Trow-
bridge was tried before Judge Dom
ALLISON and judgment rendered against
Trowbridge for SIS and costs. Ac-
cording to the testimony Fassett loan
ed an overcoat and umbrella some
time last winter to Trowbridge re-
questing him t return to to John
Higgins at Fassett & Gottbreht's
hardware store.
Trowbridge denies that he was to
return it to any particular person but
was merely requested to cave 1t at
the hardware store and claimed that
he left the overcoat and umbrella
with Frank Higgins and Graham
Douglas. John Higgins being out OF
the state, did not testify. Graham
Douglas could not remember anything
about it. but H. L. ingalls, testified
that the coat and an umbrella a
been around the hardware store for
nearly a year, that he did not know
to whom 1t belongs until DR.. Thiel
identified the coat on the day OF the
trial. DR.. Thiel also testified that he
recognized the coat in. the hardware
store on the day of the trial. During
the trial each side denied having pos
session Of the coat but after the judg-
ment Of SIS had been rendered the
question wal asked who does the coat
belong to, but Raymond Fassett get
ting there first took possession OF the
coat and now has the coat as well as
the judgment.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
WOMAN IN WILD
RIDE TO DOCTOR
Son Injured, She Does Not
Mind Own Wounds in
Bringing Him to City


Rugby. N. D.. Sept. so.-with blood
flowing from wounds which she her
self sustained. Mrs. w. J.. Marlton
made a wild drive of fifteen miles to
this city to bring her young son.
Thomas. aged 10. to physicians that
wounds which he received in the ac-
cidental discharge of a shotgun might
be given attention. The woman fell
unconscious as her task was done.
At the Marion home a young lady
paying a visit there was given per-
mission to shoot a heavy shotgun. The
concussion proved too much and she
thrown back. and in attempting to
regain her balance she pulled the 9TH
er trigger. the charge striking Thomas
Marlton in one arm and the side, while
Mrs. Marion received numerous shot
in the chest and limbs. and was bleed
ing profusely as h made the drive to
bring her son to the city for medical
attention.
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
ONE WAS KILLED
ANOTHER INJURED
Probable That Second Death
Will Result From Work
> Train Accident

Minot, N. D.. Sept. 3o.-As the re.
suit of an engine backing into a train
of work cars near Surrey on the new
Surrey Fargo branch lines an Aus
trian laborer who recently Joined the
crew, is dead. and John R~ukagina lies
at st. Joscph's hospital badly injured.
The Great Northern road which Is
pushing the swork on the new INC
near surrey has n large force Of men
at work. The Austrian and Ruka.
gina were in a crew working on a dirt
car. Engine No. 800 is used to haul
the cars back and forth. and 1t was
while the engine was backing into
cars that the accident happened.
1t appears that the Austrian ana
Rukagina were standing close to the
edge Of the car upon which they were
working and when the engine bumped
into the train they were thrown be-
tween the cars. Medical aid was has
tened to the scene as quickly as pos
sible. but the Austrian's injuries were
of such nature hat he died before
treatment could be given.
Rukagina was Immediately rushed
to Minot in the ambulance. and while
his injuries consist of a broken leg. a
broken nose and other severe injuries
about the head and body. attending
physicians hold out hope fer his re-
cover X
The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-09-30
INJURED IN
Nels Nelson Thrown From WACO
When Line Broke

Milton. N. D.. Sept. 30-A runaway
occurred about two miles north of
town in which Nels Nelson who lives
about six miles north of Milton was
quite seriously injured.
Mr.. Nelson in company with Sigvert
Olson were returning from town with
a small load Of lumber when they
were met by an auto. The horses
were known to be skittish so they
drove off the road to let the auto pass.
All went we'll until the team had re-
Jumped forward and broke one Of the
lines. Mr.. Olson Immediately jumped
safely but Mr.. Nelson tried to hang
onto the remaining line with the re-
suit that he was dashed from the high
seat against the wagon from which
he bounced to the ground. The force
of the fall rendered him unconscious.