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Evening journal., 1912-06-29
NEWEST NECK FINISH.

Summer does not seem to be the sea
son which should bring a demand for
'ohokers" Of any sort, yet the newest
neck finish for the street consists of
plated tulle attached to a band, with
narrower plating above. and the band is
sometimes Of velvet, sometimes OF silk.
sometimes IS plain, sometimes is shirred
or made fancy in some such way. Deep,
closely fitting collars Of velvet and Of
satin are seen, too, with tiny little frills
rbove and square jabots attached to the
lower edge Of the front; and wherever one
turns there seems to be evidence Of this
neck finish, although. as stated already. il
seems rather warm for the approaching
season. That we have had too many
open necks and oollarless necSs seen upon
the street is true without doubt, and these
'chokers" mark something Of revolt; but
while they may be worn TO some extent
during the next few weeks, they can hardly
attain any great popularity, for influence
will be felt and that high-neck finish Of
some sort viii be generally seen upon the
street.
Evening journal., 1912-06-29
E0Wodbu
NAY NAN7ON

CIMPIY putting together little bits Of this that
the desired result made Of
combined with marqusete with voie with plain silks
the lingerie trimmed with lace throughout make
what the safer choice unless skill obtanabe Very
beautiful and very practical Of white
white tafeta with lace that in the extreme,
while similar combinations in color much vogue
lace and lace trimming lace the entire gown lace used
collars and ohemIsettes fact lace applied possible
is in the height Of style.
For afternoon and evening occasions supce hchus
and little unics exceedingly fashionable and all charming
Fnls and pungs of the material greatly used trimming and
always Altogether the attractive Of
generous opportunity and providing lovely effects for every
the day Fchus Of the material Of the gown beautiful
and much used but those Of white muslin materials
the kind equally and charming adjusted
simple Fancy collars make very important
thnnest and Of the heaviest used for their making but
thee ARE many batise handembroidered
dainty the As collar cuffs Of either
muslin completely transform gown, the fashion
practical one while charm be gainsd Long sleeves
are liked and unqueshonaby gaining ground Women
who them comfortable and becoming will ike the
with s that fall the hands but for general
wear threequarter and elbow lengths will be found
comfortable and they quite in fact make the general
style.
nvs apt be cool and bring the demand for protection
Again Is for fashion outer Of sort
Long that loose and that be slipped and of readily
demand and chaeu Of color lined with another
makes lovely effect but also made up gar
ents Of this kind chiffon broadcoth that pleasant
in the mountains by the seashore and almost
beautiful material
Evening journal., 1912-06-29
THE NEW BAGS.

Bags seem TO become more and more
important. This form is one Of the very
newest and very smartest, and there is a
general tendency toward the use of sill,
for those carried with the more elaborate
and dressy toilettes. Plain silk makes an
excellent foundation for embroidery either
with beads or with silk thread, but many
bags are made Of Ottoman, moire and
satin striped silks 10 be exceedingly hand
come and effective. The purse form is
liked and often is modified to be made in
two sections in place of three, but the old
time reticule retains all its popularity and
Is very charming in the soft silks with
some little embroidery as trimming and
finish.
Evening journal., 1912-06-29
RUcHfNcs POPULAR.

All sorts Of rlchings are being worn
aPout the neck with'street costumes, and
pere are also great many fascinating
tttle soaris and pelerines to be worn
ooth on the street and in the carriage
win afternoon and evening dresses. It
has oeen sad, and with truth, that the
ttraisnt soaH has somewhat fallen into
ffisuse, out while many Of the new ones
llx oraped and caught together to form
iT,c oapes' like wraps. the scarf in its
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21

cd LIST Session H. R. 4413 "a
agricultural implements baggng ties leather boots
fence cereals -four bread timber lumber mane
the House the @
States of Congress assembled That and day follow
the of this Act the following articles shall be iron duty
imported into the United States
disk
planters, horeakes thhng machines
farm and farm and all other agricultural implements
kind and description whether specifically mentioned herein not
Bagging for gunny cloth and all similar fabrics, materials or I
suitable for bang composed whole or pan
butts hemp flax Russian New Zealand tow
mill other materials hber Sl
burps other material suitable for bagging ae S
Hoop hoop Steel lengths punched
punched wholly partly manufactured hoops
coated with paint other with without buckles
balng other commodity; and LOT O@s
straw, and other agricultural products.
and made wholly leather made from ea
and weight, the bovine
cakns; and harness, saddles and sadde sets or in paris
unfinished composed wholly chief value Of leather; and %
upper suitable conversion Ho
tured articles
we rods, wide strands wire rope WIRE
manufactured for wire fencing and other kinds Of wire suitable "
. including staples h
|
dried, smoked, undessed prepared
bacon hams, shoulders lard lard compounds and lard sU
Buckwheat meal, semolina rye "
middlings, other ofas of rolled
cereal foods and biscuits, bread waters and similar articles
i Timber, hewn sided squared round timber used Tor span
other lumber, rough dressed boards, pan dea
b of ignum ancewood ebony, box, granadl aos"!
i sainwood and all other cabinet woods
II Sewing machines and all thereof
Salt whether in bulk in bags sacks barrels other p@'
II Passed the House of Representatives May g. 9ll g. TG
II Attest: SOUTH IN
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
A FALSE POSITION

Rumors generally believed to have
emanated from the camps of men who
either are or have been considered as
Democratic presidential possibilities, that
Mr.. Underwood, of Alabama, could not
command the support of the North be-
cause of the fact that he is a South
erner, are not only poppycock, pure and
simple, but they place the men of the
North in a false position in the eyes
of the people of the South and tend to
revive sectional feeling which has been
buried for many years. The effects of
such rumors are nil in the North be-
cause the people of the North know they
have not one iota of truth, but people
in the South are apt to take them more
seriously, and there is where they may
prove harmful, not only because of their
tendency to cause dissatisfaction on the
part of Southern Democrats, but be.
cause Of the effect they may have ii
giving rise to sectional prejudice through
false representations of conditions which
do not exist. No Northerner woule
hesitate to support Mr.. Underwood be
cause he comes from the South.-Th.
argus, Albany, New York, Novembe1
q, 1911
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
UNDERWOOD A UNIFYING
FORCE

The Republicans cannot agree with
his tariff views; the country, we are
sure, will never put him into the presi-
dency, but assuredly he must be con-
coded to be the ablest, the strongest, the
most influential Democrat in Congress
to-day, and he has shown marvellous
capacity for leadership. His party asso-
ciates stand solidly behind him, and that
could not have been said of any other
man in recent years who led the Demo-
Gratis in the House of Representatives.
+ 4
The shrewd Republican politicians
who predicted that the Democrats in
the House would be split into a dozen
bitterly fighting factions in less than a
month, are now amazed at Underwoods
success as harmonizer and a uni
flying force. He has succeeded where
everybody else failed; it seems likely
that with the prestige of success he will
grow larger and more powerful as time
passes. We detest his political princi-
pies, but it would be folly to deny his
strength and capacity-The Post En-
press, Rochester. N. Y, June q, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
FORAKER ON UNDtR'''

Mr.. John Temple Graves Is
town soon to make us 20
was in Birmingham the other Y: :...e
The Aee-Herald printed an =, .:.s.
with the former Georgian, IN 1 ...,,.
gentleman discussed Mr.. ~ ~. b
a presidential candidate. S \. "a
said: "Mr. Foraker used 70 t.,. u.
terly opposed to the Souil. ... " d
a great deal after bis a,,'.-;;@
Senate. l asked Mr.. lor4s.3 *;
Mr.. Underwood is nominate. eur, j.
ident, will it make any oasa
that he is a Southern mn, u. f-a
"'Absolutcly none ,a'l -. MI
OF course, I cannot yoi. e., R.-..
am a Republican. but ii any Nh i. x.
should get up and den','ll.,.,. lid p,
he i,s' is from the South, ! E ..'.e.'
stump in Underwood Goo ;,,g q, I
That reads well, comm; y
towards the South in c'. .r;re J.
him the appellation o. ,i,5ln'.
Foraker.-M ontgomtry ~. B.raa@!
vertiser, reprinted in tng l9l1
Ala, Age-Herald. Jan''a'"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Southern
Leaders

Naturally the men who have led the
Democrats in the House of Representa-
tives SO successfully under trying con-
ditions are freely mentioned at the pres
ent time as possible candidates for the
presidential nomination by the Demo-
cratic Convention. These leaders are
Champ Clark, Speaker of the House,
and Oscar w. Underwood, a new and
coming man.
Both are Southerners, by the way, but
in my mind there is no reason in these
days of broadening views and lessening
prejudices why Southerner should not
be nominated and elected to the presi-
Dental chair of the United States In
fact, there are many reasons why it
should be so."-London cable of William
Randolph Hearst in the NeU York
american, Monday, September Is, 1911
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
a New leader
rom the South

"The Presidents veto, of course, de-
stroyed the Free List. Bill, as we'll as
ali the other features of the Democratic
platform. The special session, however,
was not without far-reaching results.
Its chief accomplishments were reor-
gained Congress and resurrected
Democratic majority under a new lead
ership. 1t also emphasized the new
part which the Southern States are now
playing in national affairs. With a
Southerner as Chief Justice, a Southerner
as majority leader in Congress, and
Southerners as prominent candidates for
the Democratic presidential nomination
Clark, Underwood and Wilson-the
nation is certainly more united than at
any time since the Civil War. No man
rejoices more over this changed situa-
ton than Underwood He is even more
interested in the solidarity of the forty
eight States than in the union of the
Democratic party. Hen
drick in McCluye's Magazine, February,
1912
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Underwood
for President

The argument that he lives too far
South to be available is without weight.
The country has reached that state of
union-has been so closely drawn to-
gether by railroad and telegraph-that
Alabama is brought to the door of New
York Massachusetts, and Texas are near
neighbors and even the two Portlands,
of Maine and Oregon, stand within easy
hailing distance of each other. So far
as any feeling of sectionalism is con-
cerned, or any prejudice against the Sc
lection of Southern man for the presi-
dency, Underwood is, like Lincoln, a
native of Kentucky, and therefore as
much Northern as Southern, was born
during the Civil War, and grew to man
hood after the old bitterness between
North and South had died out. He is
big, brainy, courageous man-Balti-
more Sun, July &c, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
UNDERWOOD THE TAN

We have been humbugged and scared
off long enough by the bogy of North
ern prejudice against Southern candi-
date. Underwood stands for just those
things which recent Northern MAORI
ties have declared they want-a revi-
sion of the tariff downward and the
destruction of special privilege. His
qualities Of leadership have been tested
and approved. In his personality he
is solid, clean and sane, with the cour-
age of fighter and the clairvoyance of
a true reformer, and if the South pre-
sents him as her candidate and the party
ratlhes her choice this fine, strong char
acter of new day in our annals will
catch both the sentiment and the sober
Judgment Of the North, sweep away the
last remaining debris of the dead old
war and its dead issues and carry
enough States in that section to give us
the Presidency.-Live Oak, Fla, Dem o.
craft. reprinted in the Montgomery Ad-
vertiser, January II, 1912.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Underwood PreSi-
dentiaITimbe

Mr.. Underwood would make an ideal
President. He is broad-gauged, level
headed citizen; he doesn't slip his cere-
bral cogs and go off at a tangent as a
rabid exponent of revolutionary dogmas
in an effort to popularize himself; he is
uniformly courteous to all men; he be-
lieves in reducing the high cost of liv-
ing in this country, not talking about it );
he does not believe in destroying the
industries Of the United States while at
the same time he is thorough believer
in the principles of tariff for revenue
only.
X =
There is no fub-dub about Mr.. I'm
derwood. He doesn't believe in shams.
He is a big, brawny, brainy statesman,
without his lightning rod out to attract
the Democratic nomination for the pres
idency, and largely on that very account
he is liable to be the very man that will
get in the way of the bolt that may
elevate him to the White House,. w
Flenner, in the Times-Democrat, Mus.
kegee, Okla, October %, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
CONTINUED from First Column.)

Continued from First Column)
permanent and
within against
the
collateral
of
every
Of
BY
the who petition
People Suffer More Failure Than From
Lack of Proper Legislation.
Should eriic suffer
the failure than
do from the lack of legislation How
found the fairly enforced
than insist that neghbor shall violating
ready have ~ ""
organic form It is due failure honestly fairly
and Justly plain
and the way clear The people should drive
responsibility the unaihu faithful and
true to the trust imposed " -
The People and Representatives.
tell
better than
" $500 - NoA~sN
When that public
country reflect the first principle free
mJudg the honesty and the intelligence American people
Our Constitution when the
through
disaster has protected the lives liberty property people
us elect
for change of the fundamental principles of
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
AIabama'S
Candidate

Mr.. Underwoods service to the coun-
try during nine terms in the National
House of Representatives has been most
distinguished, and has made his name
household word in the homes of the
people. For more than 20 years he has
been in the very front of his party's
battle line, leader from his youth, and
ever faithful to his party's principles
and candidates. No Democrat can find
flaw in his political record; no charge
of desertion in any campaign; no accu-
sation of serving special interests can
lie against him.
His congressional colleagues respect
him for his sincerity, his high sense of
honor, his sagacity and his acknowl-
edged ability, and this in itself is an
nfallible proof of his merit, for none
know so we'll the capabilities of a
statesman as those who have served
many years with him and noted his
conduct in days of peace and those OF
political storm.-Cinciunati Enquirer,
October q, 1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21

Of the manner in which the North views
the situation. We use Underwood only
as an illustration, though his magniiiceht
record as House leader during the spe-
c;al session would, as our correspondent
declares have assured his nomination
with a sweep"-had he lived at the
North To the North, it makes no dit
ference where Underwood, or any other
one of the galaxy being discussed was
born. The representative Nortner1lei
does not bride at mention OF Bun nun
or Gettysburg. 1t remains for the South
to develop political stage fright over
these diminishing chapters in our ms
tory. The last smouldering embers OF
sectional acrimOny were stamped OUT Dy
the Spanish-American war. ne last
barriers between North and South were
crumbled before the achievements OF
Joe Wheeler, of Fitzhugh Lee, and OF
MANY of the younger generation on Doth
sides. -.
The most convincing evidence of this
fact is the manner in which the nation
received the announcement OF the DIOdd
and patriotic action of President att
in elevating Justice White, Confed-
crate veteran, to the Chief Just1cesmp or
the United States Supreme Court. ~
protesting snarl rose here and there
from the irreconcilables. And the voices
most bitter in denunciatlon OF that
aundice came from-the Northern
press! 1t is only essential for the occa-
sional freak frebrand to rise and at
tempt to wave the bloody shirt, to be
buried with ridicule not only by his
confreres, but as well by the news
papers of all sections of our common
country.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Takes Up
Underwood

The years since the Civil War have
rolled too fast and far to permit it to
be conceivable any longer that the cir
cumstances of Southern birth should
constitute in Northern judgment a dis
qualification in any degree whatever.
Both as to nomination and as to cleo
tior. the Southerner will be rated in 1912
on his individual merits. AS far as this
particular Southerner, Mr.. Oscar w.
Underwood, is concerned, it is agreeable
to note the absence of geography in
the regard in which he is held in all
parts of the Union.-Nezv York Sun,
1911.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Let Us Claim Our Birthright

For 50 years we have eaten in the
political kitchen. Consistently, we have
waxed cheerful when denied even the
dubious privilege of the second table
And to-day, when the clock of destiny
strikes, when the door of opportunity Is
wide ajar, when the North actually lives
ND to that prophetic utterance in the
Senate OF Ben Hill, 1--WE are back in the
house of our fathers, and we are here to
stav, thank God pa few of us are still
blushing and stammering, still wearing
political sackcloth and ashes, still up to
the old "easy mark game of doing al
the drudgery, with none Of the cakes
and ale! Let's end this disgraceful
farce! We furnish, have long furnished,
the electoral votes, the powder and shot,
the munitions, of the Democratic party
Let's assert those equal rights and privi
1eges as American citizens, as the re
mainder of the nation fraternally bids
us to do. Let's cease the qualification
of informing the nation, by our actions,
that we cannot bring forth man capa-
bic for the presidency. For the sec
tional cowardice, here and there mani
tested, is equivalent to that shameful
and ungrounded admission.-The Con-
stitntion, Atlanta, Ga. January Fl, 1912.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
FINE TO ABANDON
UNWORTHY SECIIONA-
AMUSEMENT
ABASE MENT

course, as a people, to be so interpreted;
If is not in human nature TO accoru
respect, where self-respect is aoseh. IL
How. then, can we expect the remainder
of the nation to continue to respect us
when we grovel in the dust OF BY
gone era, and let go by default the
rights inherent in American manhood
For virtually half century the South
has furnished the hewers OF wood and
drawers of water for the Democratic
party. 1t has, faithfully with each re-
current four years, furnished the Democ-
racv's army and its line oficers-cheer-
fully Welding command to other sections
With a smile, it has steadily forsworn
the political loaves and fishes, content
for the sake of the party, that they &c
to doubtful States-time and again tc
States most of us knew at the time were
steel-riveted Republican.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.

By this agricultural tools and implements every kind are
against farmers in the prices of these articles place
equal footing with their competitors elsewhere
mesc manufacturers Of agricultural tools implements vehicles n
and largely
and combinations These organizations are selling their products
world meeting and all
ask a of thev
products in than
recently 1907 agricultural associations
against practice The imports agricultural Implements
the value of all such
$1223O2 The of these implements have matter %
than the domestic trade the figures indicating
$389 1874 in 1890 1910 This business will be
aided by the removal of duties from lumber provided
BAGGING MATERIALS
dob~ III
cultural commodities that the materials necessary for bagn sa
be available producers the
shelter of unreasonable
The BILL
the free list including baggng and
flax,
and bags sacks made therefrom,
iron hoop band steel for balng
agricultural products All these coverings and
The products not receive the benefit OF protection
H
for agricultural produce These duties and
and have served principally
and combinations
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21

The most humiliating paradox IN
American politics to-day IS the shrink
ing attitude of some OF our own people
toward the presidential possibilities OF
Southern men.
The civil war, the memories OF when
furnished the nursery for this 1ndetensl-
bic sectional abasement, is So years at
our back Ninety per cent OF the Amer
lean voters who elect president re-
member this war and its dividing rancor
only as history. With outstretched
hands, having given every proof of view
ing Mason and Dixon's line as no more
"a political barrier than the Mississippi
or the Rockies, the dominant generation
at the North invites the South, its pub
lie men. BY right OF citizenship and by
right of demonstrated ability, into full
fellowship in the nations counsels.
South Wanting in Boldness
What has been the answer OF the
South-at least, the answer that may De
Interpreted by the silence or the d1ffl-
dence of hundreds of thousands OF rep
resentative Southerners?
Obsessed by the ghosts OF halt a cen
fury ago, guilty OF an embarrassment
and a self-consciousness that is nothing
short of arrant sectional cowardlce,
there is feeling among many South
erners that the wraiths of the sixties
still stand between the South and the
White House-the South and that par
ticipation in the nations voice. the ma
tons destiny. to which the nation is
eager to admit us.
The consequences of this abnegation of
common manhood could not be more
forcefully portrayed than in the words
of the CONSTITUTIONS Washington CORE
spondent, in a dispatch discussing the
presidential status resulting from the
Harvey Wilson-W PATTERSON episode. IF
he." writes our correspondent, canvass
ing the possibilities of Oscar Under
wood, the brilliant Albanian, along
with other Southerners, pays the penal
ty of being a Southern man, it will be
the South and not the North to ex-
act it"
South's Political Stage Fright
That is also an accurate dellneat1on
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
A Bill of Direct Benefit to the Farmer wbnl
Hopes Were Dissipated by Repub.
|iCan President
UNDERWOOD THE FRIEND OF ALL cl,w,
MR. UNDERWOOD, FROM THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS 49,
MEANS SUBMITTED THE FOLLOWING REPORT (EyTp.c
To accompany H. R. 4413.

Ways and Means whom the hin
44l3) place list agricultural implements an
saddlery harness.
timber, lumber, machines SALT and a
consideration back House
m and recommend that the bill do
the Democratic platform
promises of tariff reform made that time by the Republican P
Of righteousness the
could safely
portan party which deeply obligated the highly
interests is the Republican Party D"a
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-21
Not a Question of Expediency or
Discretion

In the face of these cumulative facts,
there are some in the South who still
question if, ION account Of past OF
fenses," it is discreet" or "eNpedlent'
for a Southern man to offer himself for
presidential honors! We insult our
selves, we debase Our manhood, we sur
render the rights the North is SO willing
to concede us, when we permit our