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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
The new SPEAKER.
What Champ CIark'S Elevation to Pow
eP Means to Congress.

AS a member of the house. Champ
Clark early demonstrated special ap-
pitude for tariff studies. When
John Sharp Williams, of Mississippi,
became democratic leader, he made
Clark his first lieutenant and leader
of the minority of the Ways and
Means committee. From this Clark
naturally succeeded to the democrat
ic leadership when Williams was ell
ected to the senate; and now, in turn,
he is to come into the speakership,
the second greatest Office under
government.
When Champ Clark is sworn as
speaker, next December. he will be
the fortieth speaker Of the national
house. He will come to the position
at time when the political situa-
ton will give it a significance it has
seldom composed.
The house is in crisis of its par
liamentary development. For years
there has been growing misgiving as
to whether the popular branch was
making the full contribution to
national affairs that ought to be eX-
pected from it. The senate has
over-shadowed it in power and pres
tige. Under Z; succession of speak
ers armed with almost dictatOrial
authority, the house has become less
and less a free moral agent, more
and more mere reflection of the
mind and purpose Of its presiding
officer.
Champ Clark in the speaker
chair will be the exponent OF the
new purpose of democratizing the
house. The place he will take i'll his.
tory will largely depend on the sue
cess with which he shall carry for
ward the purpose of restoring the
house to its proper participation in
legislation. In proportion as ne
shall be willing to be shorn of the
petty powers of parliamentary dict
atorship, he will gather himself the
vastly greater and more effective
authority of big, broad, true leader
ship.-The Munsey.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
Her Life a Burden.

Ratcliff, Tex.-In letter from
Ratcliff, Mrs. Matte Campbell says,
my health was very bad. l suffer-
ed untold misery every month, and
at times wished for death to end
nv suffering, for life was burden
to me. tried Cardui and it helped
me right away. Cardui has stopped
my suffering, made life worth living
and filed my home with joy and
happiness" If you suffer as Mrs.
Campbell did, Cardui will certainly
help you, as it did her. Why not
try it?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
Operation Thought Inevitable.

Ferris, Tex.-In letter from
this place, Mary Kilman, says: Il
was confined to my bed for three
months, with womanly troubles, and
during this time suffered untold
agony. The doctor said an operation
was inevitable. tried Cardui. Now
l am well, and able to do a great
part of my work" Thousands OF
ladies have testified to the benefit
obtained from Cardui, the woman's
tonic. 1t prevents unnecessary wo
manly pains and builds up womanly
strength. 1t is a true tonic. 1t will
help you.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
Stopped These Pains.

Timberville, Miss. Miss Gertrude
Gatlin, of Timberville, writes: Il
did not know anything could stop
those womanly pains, from which l
suffered for two years, until | tried
Cardui. Ihad been troubled with
various female ailments, but they
were cured in a little while, thanks
to Cardui." Cardui is especially ad-
apted for use by aiiing women. 1t
relieves headache, backach, drag
ging feeling, irregularity, nervous
ness, misery. and womanly weakness.
1t is safe. It is reliable. 1t does the
work. Will you try it? Please do.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
He Had to Pay.

A farmer, calling at the village
school, was asked by the master If
he would like to question the scholars.
So he said to the class: IF either
one Of you can tell me the weight OF
the moon, the depth of the sea, and
what | am thinking about. | will
give prize of siXpence.'
There were twin brothers in this
class, Sam and Joe. Now, Joe put
up his hand and the farmer said
"Well Sam, what is your answer
Joe replied: 'The weight of the
moon is four quarters, the depth OF
the sea is stones throw" aand re
paused.
The farmer responded. well
Sam what am l thinking about?'
"Why, you are thinking you are
talking to Sam when it is his brother
Joe!'- Ides.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02

1t is a great waste of money to
leave valuable machinery out in the
weather or the plows and harrows
caked over with earth and rust:ng
so that it will take time in the spring
to get them TO running smoothly.
Clean them we'll and clean off from
machinery the old gummed oil and
dirt and put some kerosene oil on
them. Raleigh, IN. c. Progressive
Farmer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
the Cotton PiCkerS.

A Chicago mechanic named Camp
bell, backed and helped by Mr.. Theo-
dore Price, the well-known cotton
merchant of New York, has invented
a cotton picking machine known as
"the Campbell-Price cotton picker"
about which those interested are
very enthusiastic. Long before tn e
event this paper predicted the fly
ing machine. It has with equal con-
fidence preeicted a cotton picker.
Perhaps there are those who think
the invention of the flying machine
the more interesting of the two but
this is scarcely the case. The flying
machine may be more picturesque
but it is at present a plaything and
will remain so for a long time to
come.
In the cotton picker the welfare
of the world in matters of clothing
is involved. 1t costs now about
$125, 900, 900 to pick the cotton crop.
The picking is all done by hand work.
The picking must be done in a limit
ed time, approximately 12O days in
each year. The power used is finger
power. If man power or horse pow
er or engine power could be applied
to cotton picking as j. has been to
sewing, the economy would be fully
as great. With a good, economic
cotton picker and gasoline power to
operate it the cost of picking the
American crop of say 1880, 900
bales should not exceed $25, 900, 900
"a saving over the present cost OF
s1OO, 100000 annually. There are
difficulties in the way, Of course,
but the prize is too big to call these
difficulties insurmountable.
The owners Of the Campbell-Price
machine claim that it will pick 5000
pounds of cotton in day and that
the cost of operation is far below
the present cost of hand picking
We have not learned how much cot
ton is left behind in the field after
the picker has done its work. The
Campbell-Price may be the begin
ming Of the real cotton picker. 1t:
ultimate form, by whomsoever in
vented, will be a development a:
was the case with the locomotive
the mower and reaper, the sewing
machine and other similar inventions
One word of criticism would seen
to De conservative they claim too
much. The new machine accord
ing to the inventors story-is no
only cotton picker but choppe1
and cultivator. A picker that will
pick clean and economically il
enough. There is a possible savin,
of $1OO, 100000 a year when it i
brought to do its work as well a
the sewing machine does and tina
ought to satisfy.
We are confident that the cotto
picker will come perhaps tn
: beginning has already come. c. 1
Mason of Sumter, S. c., made
: picker about twenty years ago whlc
gave more promise than any W
( have yet seen put to practical tes
y Charlotte Observer.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
DON'T BE A GUTTER.

Your being nominated by some
friend is sufficient proof that they
credited you with many fine traits.
Now show them that their estimate
of you was right by winning.
From today until the close of the
contest we are giving 5000 extra
votes in addition to the ones Issued
on the 25 per cent increase of the
regular schedule for every $500
turned in.
DOWN THE HOME STRETCH
Here they come down the home
stretch. -
You've been in the races haven't
you? Sat in the grandstand, as you
craned forward to see the finish.
Some one cries, Here they come
down the stretch" and you rise on
tip-toe, calling out IN the hope OF
encouraging your favorite. What
sight" The leaders looking like
sculptured streaks Of lightning
cone tearing nact, Neck and neck
they flash down the track and close
Upon them come the others, press.
ing up and up, till you wonder II
the present leaders will be first un
der the wire after all.
horace that was ever run has
beeh watched with keener Interest
than the great race which has en-
tered in it's last lap now. The peo
p!e of the whole country are "com
ing forward" so to speak, to chez
candidates who are scoring on thu
home stretch. Go to it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
EVERY VOTE VALUABLE.

Do not forget the fact that some
times the race is remarkably close
at the finish, even one more sub
scription may make the difference
to YOU between success and failure.
It would seem very hard to miss
what you want by just few votes.
Make it certain that you have left
no stone unturned up to the last
moment. If you should lose then
YOU will have no reason to reproach
yourself. If you win by narrow
margin how happy you will be to
think you overcome your inclination
to neglect some last chance for votes
Not a cent will be accepted in this
contest after 8 p. m. Tuesday night
At that time the ballot box will be
handed over to the gentlemen who
have consented to Judge the finish
of the game. They will open the
box and count what has been turned
in during the week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02

Sedentary habits. lack Of outdoor
exercise. insufficient mastication OF
food, constipation, a torpid liver.
worry and anxiety are the most COM
mon causes of stomach troubles.
Correct your habits and take Cham
bcrlain's Stomach and Liver Tat LET'S
and you will soon be well again. For
sale by all dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02

Chief Clerk Here comes the lady
who wrote those articles on How
Live Regal on Six Dollars a week.
Satan-"Put her over there with
the other liars. ."-Lippincotts.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
The End is Near at
Hand and Cand-
dates are Urged to
do Their Utmost.
Time is Short, Rewards
Are Great.
THE JUDGES.

The following gentlemen have
been appointed by the candidates
and The Commonwealth to count
the ballots and award the prizes
to the winners:
Captain G.. S. White, Chairman,
Messrs. G.. C. Weeks and Hugh
Johnson.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
WRETCHED STOMACH.

Rid it Of Gas, Sourness and
Fermentation in Five Min
utes With Mona StOm-
ach Tablets.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02

Elastic currency may be all right,
but what most people need is adhes-
i've coin.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1911-02-02
Good Advertising

Is to Business what Steam IS to
Machinery, that great propelllng
power. This paper gives results.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
Stephenson's Campaign.

Senator Stephenson, of Wisconsin,
before the senatorial investigating
board. testified that he spent over
100000 preceding his election 10 the
senate, but he declares that he did not
know personally how the money was
expended. He intrusted its use to
those who were conducting his cam
paign, and it seems that he did not re-
Quire any accounting for the funds he
so lavishly expended. II this is a valid
excuse for the wrongful use of money
in an election, any millionaire might
hand out 20 his campaign managers q
few thousand dollars. and tell them TO
use the money according to their best
judgment. and then the millionaire
could say. if corruption or fraud devel-
Cpec. that he was not coenizant OF the
fact that money was being used for
the purpose of bribery. OF in Other
wrongful ways
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
COAST DEFENSE.
Concrete Forts and Big Guns That
Protect Our Sea Line.

Concrete Forts and Big Guns That
Protect Our Sea Line.
The modern seacoast fort is a bat
terry whose guns are protected in front
and flank with enormous monoliths of
concrete, covered, in the sides exposed
to the fire, with sand enough to de-
fleet projectiles before they reach the
concrete, says the Engineering Maya
zine. Deep down in the interior Of
these huge masses of stone are placed
the magazines and operating rooms re-
quired for the service of the batteries.
They are simply caves in stone, arti-
fetal, TO be sure, but as permanent as
the everlasting hills. 1t is weird and
uncanny to reflect that in one of those
caves, scintillating with the highest
resources of science, men stand over
a drawing board on a table and prac-
tically see and plot on chart every
movement and position of the ships of
Il hostile feet and fash forth to the
gunners in the open such instructions
for pointing their guns as enable them
TO make consecutive bullseyes on a
target 6.OGO yards away or from groups
of great twelve inch rified mortars to
make A. per cent of hits with fOcks
Of projectiIeS on the deck Of a moving
target anywhere within range.
It IS vastly important that such
ICONS be made as comfortable as pos
sible for the strained human intel
lects working out their cOuntry's de-
tense within them But TO make them
comfortable is a difficult problem. In
the United States the first modern bat
teries We're completed during an
eNicency caused by the war with
Spain. But since their completion
during the warm and humid months
of summer ard early fall their gal
leries. magazines and service rooms
rcek with moisture. Water stands in
great beads upon the walls and cell
iugs, from which il drips down to form
great pools upon the floors. and they
are not safe places for either human
beings. ammunition or material Of war.
To remedy the evil many expedients
have been tried and much valuable
experience gained. But the problem
IS bSSet with difficulty.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
Prairies VIII Blaze,

Chicago Record: Herald: Colonel
James Hamilton Lewis announces
himself as a democratic candidate for
the United States senatorship and
hopes 70 succeed Shelby NJ. Cullom at
Washington.
Colonel Lewis states that he will be-
gin about the first of the year an &C
live campaign which shall take him
into every county of the state. The
winter blasts will be tempered by the
warm breezes Of the colonel's forensic
eloque1ce, and the snowy fields of the
Ilfn8ts farm lands Will be lit I'D by the
ir9adiation of his effusfve personality
The colonel has brought home a
number Of ideas from his summers
trip TO Europe and is eager to try
them on the patient, inter-bound list
eners down-state. He appears to have
planned a shutting of all available
funds, public and private, hfther and
yon- He will not act in haste, but he
has put in a lot Of time getting up his
issues, and he intends to make himself
felt He is going to be like the bene-
fcient wind in the fairy tale which
blew everything into the right place
The wind caused a sensation and stir
red up considerable confusion
Let US wait and see whether Colon
el Lewis cyclonic sweep of oratory
viii do the same.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

When children grow up with the
idea that its money that counts,
and believe that in the getting OF
it one is privileged to put aside con-
sideration for others, it is not to be
wondered that business methods are
INSCRIPTIONS and that honest legis-
lation and enforcement of laws seems
to be impossible.
Money is one of the necessaries of
our present manner Of living, but
when parents talk money before
their children until the little minds
are saturated with the idea that
money is the only thing that counts.
those parents are creating a condl-
ton which will react upon them
selves as surely as old age overtakes
them.
The father who rears son with
the idea that money is everything,
must expect to be showed aside when
he becomes an expense TO that SON.
The mother who is abandoned when
she is old and helpless, is the mother
whose daughters grew up in the be-
lief that the things money brings are
the only desirable things.
1t isn't cute for babies to talk
finance. 1t wasn't cleverness or su-
perior intelligence that made the tots
want to steal the sunf1ower seeds and
sell them, even though, in their ig-
norance they thought the black
ones were poison"
1t was the cupidity and unscrupu-
lousness engendered by parents who
planted the seeds of false ideals in
their expanding little brains.
Those boys had learned only to ap-
preciate the money worth of the sun
flower seeds. They couldn't see the
beauty of the flowers that lay dor
mant in the little brown particles.
They didn't care about the usefulness
of the seeds as food. They didn't
consider the rights of the woman to
whom they belonged. Their ideas
were entirely sordid.
There's something wrong when ba-
bies' thoughts run on money gain I
wonder if the angels aren't weeping
when they hear childish tongues
prattle of dollars and cents instead
of the wonderful, beautiful things
that are everywhere about US.
We must all get into the money
fight soon enough. Can't we pre-
serve our homes and our little ones,
in a measure, from sordidness
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
Sugar.

In few months the sugar trust ar
bitrarily advanced the wholesale price
Of sugar from 1915 to $3.50 per 100
pounds.
The same grades of sugar as were
quoted S7-25@7.5O in New York last
week, were quoted los Gd916s 1870
(S3.S6Q 4.05) in London.
The trust agents made the excuse
that the prices had TO be raised be-
cause of a prospective shortage in the
sugar beet crop in Germany.
But despite the fact that the raise
Of 100 percent in the price of sugar in
America was attributed to a shortage
in the European crop, people who were
canning fruit in England were paying
only I cents per pound for sugar
while people in the United States were
paying and cents per pound!
1t is estimated that when the sugar
= raises the price of sugar 1 cent
per pound it means an added annual
profit of $7O,OOO,OOO.
And now, after the trust has reaped
a fabulous sum in profits wrung from
the pockets of the consumers, it is an
nounced that the crop shortage will
not be as serious as expected.
he fact of the matter is, fear of a
Al boycott has forced the trust
Id d trifle.
.Cst weigh these facts for a moment,
r Consumer. Don't blame the retail
err Just consider what trust rule
means!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

Senator John Sharp Williams is ad-
visiDg the farmers of the south 10 take
z leaf cut OF the experience OF Joseph.
The great premier OF Egypt. and hold
their cotton for higher prices. II is
true that Joseph prevailed on Pharcab
10 carry over the crops Of his fat
and lean" years. but vas il 4 purely
pAilaE,nropic action Il we are to be
lieve the scripture. it was a corner"
pure and simple from which nobody
got the profit but Pharoah himself
The poor man who came after corn and
couldn't pay the price. might so and
starve. It must be remembered that
Joseph had a tip" SIS 10 Whist was com
ing. and there are even historians and
archaeolog.sts who accuse him OF ad-
vising the government as 10 the diver
sen OF the Nile foods so Rs 20 produce
q shortage In the wheat crop This.
hc,4ever. IS mere conjecture. and we
ca stick 10 the bible story and SIN
see Eow it was that the government
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
COMMERCIAL INFANTS
II pNAKM6oLEx

INT T%iN
''Straws show which way the wind
blows"
Also-"As the twig is bent the trees
inclined"
Which remarks are prelude to a
little story Of something that happen
ed yesterday.
In a certain backyard is an array of
sunfower stalks surmounted by sun
flower heads gone 10 seed.
In that yard, yesterday, gathered
four small boys, the eldest not over
five
"Oh, look at all those sunfiower
Seeds" cried one Lets get some. -
What for?" inquired another.
Jaw, donchu know they're good TO
eat?" said the first boy
Huh! They're worth a lot Of
money" said another. You feed EN-
to parrots and chickens. Let's get all
we can and sell them. Say, there's
hundreds and hundreds of seeds there.
We can sell some and plant some and
have hundreds and hundreds more
grow and sell them and make all kinds
of money out of en-
But you mustn't take the black
Seeds" broke in one of the tots.
They're poison!"
"Who cares!" scoffed the financial
one. I'VE can sell EN- anyway and
make lots of money. It's money that
counts"
Lets ask the lady if she'll let US
have some,' suggested the tinid one.
Jaw, you don't need 10 ask her."
said one of the others. I'VE can inst
take what we want and she'd never
know the difference. Anyway I don't
believe she wants EN-, or she would
mt cut 'em down and left EN- laying
around like this"
''All right Let's get busy" said
one of the other youngsters. And
then and there was formed the nue.
Ieus of another trust; object: Money,
no matter what happened to any
body not in the combine.
Now where do those children
learn that sort of thing?
Remember, not one of them is
over five years of age.
And their parents, if they heard
the conversation, would probably
think they had the smartest children
in the world.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
FALLS ONLY TO RISE.
An Experiment Which Shows Sort Of
Perpetual Motion Effect.

4 novel experiment III the demon
stration Of perpetual motion is TO be
performed simply. 4 glass beaker
about six inches high and four inches
IN diameter is filed with water to
the height of about four and q half
inches. and two and one-half to three
ounces Of commercial aniline are add
ed. which viii sink TO the bottom of
the vessel.
The temperature of the beaker and
its contents Is now raised to 40 or
10 degrees Fahrenheit by means Of q
burner. when il VII be observed that
the 2uiline viii rise TO the surface OF
the water. from which it will hang in
q mass OF curved outline. Almost i'm
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

mediately the suspended aniline COM
mences to alter in shape, and grad
ually a large drop an inch or more in
diameter detaches itself from the
mass and falls through the water.
And now, the detached drop having
fallen to the bottom of the beaker,
comes the surprising part Of the eX-
pertinent The fallen drop is seen
gradually to rise to the surface, where
it joins the mass from which it pre-
viously broke away. At once another
drop commences to form and, having
become detached, falls and rises III the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

A Chicago man tried to commit sui
eide in the Lincoln park lagoon, but
found it so chilly he waded out again.
Some folks are mighty finicky They
would rather live than die, unless the
water is heated to a particular tenn
peTature.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

monopoly Of the, Egyptian wheat crop
worked to the benefit of the few and
the damage Of the many.
There is no particular harm in any
individual farmer holding the crops that
he does not have to sell, but an organ
lied conspiracy to control the market
is as bad as anything Wall street or
the Chicago board of trade ever did.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06
Ia rhesa pensnerate DAYS.

Huh" exclaimed the yardstick as
it moved rapidly over the bolt Of
cloth, you're not all wool"
That's all right" retorted the bolt
of cloth; you're not a yard long.
either''-Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

"She has lovely changeable eyes.
Sometimes they are a deep brown, and
again they are bewitching hazel"
MY brother Bill can beat that"
"Can he, thought"
"You bet he can. Sometimes he goes
away in the morning with the most in
nocent pair of blue eyes and comes
home with both of them black"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

Nothing so evidences the corrupt
ing greed for money as the attempt of
millionaires, who have lucre to burn,
to smuggle goods into the country
without paying the legitimate duties.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-10-06

same manner as the previous drop.
So long as the temperature Of the
water is maintained at 10 degrees
Fahrenheit or over this procedure con-
tinues indefinitely. - Spokane Spokes-
man-Review.