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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
To Mothers in This Town.

. Children who are delicate, feverisE
and cross will get immediate rel,ef
from Mother Gray's Sweet Powder
for Children. They cleanse the
stomach, act on the liver, and arr
recommended for complaining chill
dren. A pleasant remedy for worms.
At all druggists, 25c. Sample free.
A S Oimsted, LARov, N. Y.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
VILLAGE Personal

Anse Judson, our banker, had SC
much tire expense on his automobile
that he put on four grindstones for
wheels and hasn't had a puncturc
since.-Boston Globe.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07

II t"'o ntts arc Tuli On a boil so that
The square SIDES face each other they
Will serve IS q wrench in an emar
gency
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
Fer law and Orf:sr

Stricken Pugilist-Hi, police, stop
his sparrinS match; it's going to de,
Generate into prize fight! Punch.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
Daily Thoudhf.

The habit OF viewing things cheer
fully and of thinking about life hone
fully may be made to grow up in us
like any other habit.-Smiles.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07

Engineers have figured that one wa
.erfall in Iceland can be made to
yield G0,000 horsepower and another
$1,000
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
Why 1t Is So Often Done.

It is very easy thing to laugh at
]"mebody who IS trying to do an alto
,ether new thing.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
Drain Tile! Drain TIL
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-03-07
Fiy's Keen Eyeslaht.

It has been estimated that the eye
Of fly can discern an object one
Aye-millionth Of an inch in diane ter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

mortgage or bill Of sale Of practically
all his household goods, paid. he says,
$35 interest on the $50 in a year and
still owed the principal. Finally. ac-
cording to his story, he arranged to
sell two of the many articles which Sc
cured the loan, for which he received
$50 and used to pay off the loan. That
is one story. There are others.
Now outside of all altruism there is
no doubt that a thousand or so Of dol
lars handled to a respectable and con-
scientious profit could be used in every
town to the advantage Of the unfortu-
nate and the profit of those who fur
nished the funds. 1t is idle to argue
that because men are thriftleSs, and
foolish as well as unfortunate they be-
long in the cluthch Of the loan shark by
reason of their own limitations. That
this is so is a condition and not the
DRY. The fact still remains that 100
per cent wrung from the withers OF
desttution by constituencies sharks is
outrage on law and society ana
economic wickedness. AS we'll argue
that drowning person should have
kept away from the water and that
he should make assignment of wages
before he is given assistance.
Certain men with money who are
falling upon the later days of their
lives and who feel the anxiety Of ap-
preaching age to do something for hu-
mainly have their opportunity here. 1t
would be easy for them to supplant the
loan shark. offer a very kindly and
helpful first aid to humanity in trouble
and still see their money earn its
legal rate of interest. Why don't they
do it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
ccloRED OIL EONtReARlNE'

The National Dairy Union is waSing
an active campaign among the news
papers against a reduction of the tax
on colored oleo. The argument is that
the consumer can buy the uncolored
article at a reasonable price and take
wishes. to do so. That oleo is not
naturally yellow, etc.
II isn't an argument which appeals
on general grounds. The point to be
mainly considered is whether the con-
sumner shall be refused privilege to
buy colored cleo, which is a healthful
food and can be produced cheaply, be-
cause manufacturers of butter desire
that kind Of legislation. If the con-
become a manufacturer SO far as one
OF the processes of manufacture is
concerned, or pay the tax upon the
finished article as he desires it. The
question is why should the woman who
must buy oleo be forced to do the work
In her kitchen, work cleo over with a
ladIe in a bowl, when she could buy it
better done in the market. Why should
cheese be colored and butter colored and
oleo taxed because of color? Why say
to the purchaser that he shall have
open marke, for colored butter, reno
waited butter. colored cheese and other
foods treated to develop or change their
color and that he shall pay a tax on
colored o!eo or color it himself. If COL
ored cleo is crooked the coloring should
be taxable at home as in the factory.
The fact is that there is but one
reason, vital in It's nature, why cleo
should not be colored and sold as cleo.
That is because 1t may and will COM
pete az cleo with butter. And that is
not q good reason.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
THE PLACE TO BEGIN.

The place to begin reform IS al
home. The place to begin to reform
conditions is in our own cities and
TO stop crooked politics, abolish white
slavery and to do any and all Of the
things we insist shall be done nation
ally Is right on our own ground. And
when the evidence is brought forward
and we see 1t actually with our own
eyes decency usually prevails.
Thus in Hartford, Conn, it occurred
that a resident Of that city brought
charges against federal officer for
accepting . bride. It developed in the
trial OF the case that the Hartford
man was the proprietor OF disorderly
houses and a white SLAYER. When this
white SLAYER swore that while the gov
ernment's activity made 1t impossible
for him to get women from New York
any longer he could get all he wanted
from Connecticut the city cried out.
The mayor shut every brothel The
conditions at home to face 1t took on
local Importance and was a local hor-
ror to know that white slavery found
Hartford a first class recruiting station
because Hartford acquiesced by indif-
ference in the traffic.
Not long ago congressional COM
mittee was considering the advisable
ity Of taxing poisonous phosphorus to
an extent which would keep it out Of
match manufactures. There was
considerable fun and little interest
shown in the examination Of witnesses.
When the secretary OF the American
Association for Labor Legislation
brought forward a man Of 80. toothless
and with the horrible phossy jaw,
which is a result of working in phos-
phorus match factories the laughter
ceased. The thing came home and the
horror Of a handicap like that as
serted itself. Right there deep consid-
Grafton of the question began and the
levtty left OF.
At home, with the social necrosis in
sight, with the wrongs and the I'M
Righteousness and the need Of change
under our eyes; that's the place to be-
gin reform In the individual home
first In the city next.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
A CHANCE FOR THE AGING RICH.

The old assertion to the effect that
nothing exists In vain seems to apply
even to the loan shark. that modern
robber Of poverty, helplessness and ig-
norance. The activity and success OF
the loan shark in Des Moines have
given start to q movement to estab-
Hsh a sort OF Mont de Piete in that
city. A corporation il being considered
which shall loan necessary sums to
those in desperate need on chattel Sc
curities and at low rates. If the cor
poration is brought into being the loan
shark will have assisted to the end very
much al burglary suggests protection
and the locking Of doors O. nights.
Why il 1t that we wait until the
cruelty Of the loan shark forces the
hand OF altruism and charity? Such
institutions as that suggested In Des
Moines would be helpful in every town
and city where restitution waits for a
large number Of workers at the end of
the first week Of sickness or after the
loss Of employment.
What is the class referred to to do in
the face Of calamity? Here is the story
told In Marshaltown by a young mar
ried man whose wages run about $12
. week on the average in the work in
which he Is employed. He had the mis-
fortune 70 break his leg and found
himself and family destitute and with
covsfed. Creditors pushed him and he
Aaysehe lad % borrow money to pay
paf4 AZ whax hs owned IN order to hold
~ - He secured sso on chattel
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
A Valentine to Heaven.

I know not how these lines to send
Dear soul that took the starward
flight
And yet our past a hope doth lend
That thou canst read me as I write.
And If not so, thou yet wilt know
These whispers that are thine and
mine:
For God hath ways to make it So
And thou shalt be my valentine.
But If by some good messenger
This word must seek thy cherished
name,
Thy heart. hope. will yet infer
Wherefrom the earthly message
came:
Some little ways of thought or
Some hidden thrill 'twixt line and
line,
That we two knew in olden days
Will tell who wrote the valentine.
Sweet one, they can not make me fear
That stately heaven can check my
glee,
Or bar me from the comrade-cheer
That made the earth like Heaven to
me!
For cen amid thy toll to rid
Of pain and sin our suff' race.
Oft came the merry laugh unhid.
That never lost its girlhood grace.
So while the silver jest goes round.
And while the air gives gold of mrth,
feel thy heart may yet be found
Among the merriments Of earth:
Heaven were task. could not bask
Within that merry glance OF thine:
And so. 'twixt smile and tear, ask
Three. dear, to my valentine!
Will Carleton, in Harper's Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
Topics of the Times

LaFo1lette's setback is being turned
into wake by some of the standpat
papers. It's little early as yet for
the funeral obsequies. The corp"
is quite likely to rise up and mingle
In the festivities.
There never was any "Greater Iowa
movement" Greater Iowa is simply
evolution. not a change but growth
Suppose Roosevelt's receptive mood"
should change to the acquisitive?
The public welfare question is as
insistent one place as another. Wher-
ever men live the question Of welfare
exists 1t may be more acute in the
metropolis but the little town is COW
cred with interrogation points asking
why.
Los Angeles used her school houses
as voting places thereby making
large saving in rents. elevatfng the
character Of the polling places and. 1t
is stated by the school men OF the
city, without disturbing the school
work to an appreciable degree. Well?
MANY a trip to Reno would never
have occurred II the man had been
kept busy paying the rent and grocery
hill and the woman had to wash her
own dishes.
Now that the churches have begun
to include philanthropy as religious
act the church census n likely to show
a gratifying increase.
Florida is solid for Taft for the re-
publican nomination-but watch her
vote early. often and until the polls
close for the democratic candidate.
A woman at a Chicago lunch counter
routed a robber with a custard pie
Imagine the havoc she would have
created if she had also hurled lunch
counter doughnut at him!
80
Reports Of LaFollette's candition are
not encouraging. The chances seem
to be that he is out Of it and that
Cummins and Roosevelt are the pro-
sressives' best bet.
80
Princeton broke in too soon with
that IS scale. Now Chicago uni
versity professor says Chicago grad
! yates start In at SIS q week. The last
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
OWNING A FERN.

A Shenandoah's Woman's friends
nave remarked lately that she is ag-
ing rapidly. Finally the woman con-
tesscd to friend that it wasn't age
FOR cruel husband, nor ungrateful
children that caused cTowsfeet in her
countenarce; it was fern. She had
an ambition TO own fern that would
crowd the rest Of the family out of the
paClor. and was in fair way to sue
cess. But guarding that fern was cause
for worry. She had to protect 1t from
her husband, her children and the cat,
not to mention the cold wave and the
neighbors' children. But she is thru
now. She wrecked it hersel in rushing
to the window to see a new neishbor
go by. AS a result there is increased
happiness in that family, and it is ex
pected that the wonan's friends will
soon tell her that she looks ten years
younger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
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Iona Newspapers
THE FARMERS CLUB.
Manson nan1ncrat /

An effort will be made sometime the
present month to organize for Garfield
township a farmers club along lines
adopted for similar clubs in the east,
which are accomplishing so much in
increasing the social spirit anu enlarg-
ing the intellectual horizon of its men,
bers. Can any one for a moment doubt
that such clubs thruout this country
would prove Of inestinable benefit to
the farming community? In pursuance
of a resolution unanimously adopted at
the farmers institute the past week i,
is devoutly to be wished that such
clubs may be III existence in every
township in the county within the next
few months. Almost every other call
ing has its organized social feature, SO
why not agriculture?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

before IT was down to Is and q, nut
last Saturday farmers and otherG kp-
toned It al the worst day to be- PIT OF
this winter. Railroad men declared
1t the worst day to keep the cars
warm" And yet, 1t was not so cold by
twenty degrees as on a previous We'd
nesday. One farmer near Liscomb on
last Saturday had two stoves agoing,"
the first time this winter. in his hog
house. And that does settle 1t. If
hogs suffer more from cold at below
zero than at Is below zero, there must
be something in the "dry" cold theory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

mo president has yet been reelected
whose party lost control of the house
Of representatives in the middle Of his
term points out the Nevada Repre-
sentative and adds: "A different pres
ident than Taft is called for. if hope
is 10 be entertained of reversing this
unbroken precedent"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
Cheaper Than = Bridge.

A railroad engineer in Ottawa. Kan.S
went to a dentist to have a. had tootlf
treated. The dentist told him that
It would be necessary to. put ina gold
bridge. which cost $s5. rhs railroad
man looked in the glass at the depart
ed molar. and then said: "aay. doctor.
Just put in . concrete calvert and
let 1t 90 at that."-TopekAa Capital
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

Do you know that more real danger
turks In q common cold than In any
other Of the minor ailments?a Ties
way 10 to take characteristics Cough
Remedy, q th6roughly reliable u1epeta-
ton. ana rid yourself OF the cold -
quickly as possible. This remedy y
for sale by al dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

The Ottumwa Review (den,.) is
boosting Carroll as the logical choice
for the honor Of representing his old
district in congress, providing always
that a democrat may not WIN"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

One thing is sure. the papers which
are traducing Cumm!ns are doing ev-
erything in their power to prevent
harmony in Iowa." says the Boone
News Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

Blame Mountain Railroads.
The Swiss peasants are. o. the
opinion that the constant shrtnkage OF
the Alpine glaciers is due 70 the build
ins Of mountain raiIroadA
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

The Manson Democrat desires ITO
EXchange-Panam hat. somewhat
worn, for pair Of yarn mittens This
Office
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
Truly Fortunate Man.

Honor and fortune exist for him
who always recognizes the neighbor-
hood Of the great, always feels himself
in the presence Of high causes-Emsr.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
THAT POOR MANS CLUB.
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Many a man has done well financial
~ on the theory that the saloon is the
poor mans club. BY catering to that
class. good mixer with credit at the
brewery and some mahogany fixtures
has been known to amass a small for
tune. diamond shirt studs, and a large
paunch before kidney trouble got him.
incidentally he kept his clientele poor.
II some We're not poor in the begin
ming he made them poor, that they
might better appreciate the homelike
of his poo<- mans club.
while the folks at home didn't do very
we'll. This saloon theory as social
center for the proletariat Is not new
to the saloon, its keeper and hangers
on, and the results are pretty generally
the same: bad. We heard 1aboring
man on the streets last Saturday adj
vocating the saloon for towns Of the
size Of Shenandoatf!1 He said that it
would help business and be "A boon to
the poor. 4 lot Of laboring men seem
to have got the idea from somewhere,
and they ought to see that it is just
them whom it would hurt the worst.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
SAYS LAFOLLETTE WAS RIGHT.
Mount Vernon RecOrd1


Mount Vernon Record.]
Senator LaFollette, in his speech.
said in effect that insofar as influence
was concerned the day Of the news
paper was past, because the newspaper
has ceased TO stand for honesty in edit
Ing, but the editorial oTice vas at the
dictation of the business office. 1t was
to the magazines that the public was
looking today for the truth, and 1t was
the magazines that welded the great
Toilette told the truth. but even the
truth is likely to make men angry
when it reflects on them. In this case.
it made many newspaper men Verv
angry, and they have proceeded to mis-
represent what La Toilette really did
say to get even. His reference was to
the metropolitan dailies. and his state
ment was one that all who know con-
ditions know to be true. In fact 1t is
true in the newspaper field generally.
except for the country weeklies and
few dailies Of which the editor is the
owner. TIE editors Of most Of the pa
pers are unknown, and the editorial
writer's likewise unknown, writing on
one side of question for one paper
ana the OtneF sue IOr dNotHSi, do t''Sy
ha ppen to change jobs from one paper
to another. The instructions as to
which side to write on comes from the
business office. For instance we know
Of one Chicago daily that instructs its
men to write all items from the stand
point Of the well to do. This paper
wishes to cater to that class. But the
writer's Of this paper are likely to go.
at any time, to another paper, where
the instructions are to play up every
news item possible so that 1T will APP
peal to the sympathies or pre1udices OF
the poor. Another weakness OF the
newspapers, and this applies to many
country weeklies, ls that they are so
bound up in politics that they are In
capable Of giving fair and honest es'
innate OF any political measure. Thus
the people generally have come to rely
more on the periodicals Of all sorts for
accurate and disii'terested Information
on public questions than en- the news
papers. But nevertheless the newspa-
pers combined have a powerful IN
fluence by misrepresenting in their
news columns, and Senator LaFollette
will receive his share of misrepresenta-
ton as a result Of his speech. Un-
doubtedly he knows this, hut Is not
enough Of a politician to refuse to tell
the truth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

university, like the last liar, always
has the biggest chance.
Why doesn't Governor Carroll get
into the senatorial game and make 1t
three cornered?
You may have noticed that she never
goes on turkey trot for the dishes af-
ter dinner or makes grizzly bear
rush for the washboard Of Mondays.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09


are traducing Cumm:ns are doing ev-
harmony in Iowa." says the Boone
News Republican.
The Manson Democrat desires ITO
ENchange-Panama hat. somewhat
worn, for a pair of yarn mittens. This
office.
I'm the matter of tactlessness." the
Sioux City Journal says. Senator La
Toilette would run a close race with
any of them"
Did Senator Cummins ever secure
anything political without fighting for
it?" asks the Rockwell City Advocate.
Did Senator Cummins ever start af-
ter anything politically that he didn't
finally secure it? Therefore, have Sen
ator Cummins' admirers nay reason to
he discouraged over his candidacy for
the presi6entcy? None"
The Lake Park News says: "If the
republican politicians Of Iowa had the
wisdom of an owl they would get to-
sether and give Senator Cummins the
state delegation to the national con-
vertion as long as he is an avowed
candidate for the presidency. But they
will rot do It, They will go on fight
ing among themselves like lot Of Kill
kenny cats until there is nothing left Of
the party, and then each faction will
say to the other, 1T is all your fault
Roosevelt may not be renominated,"
says the Odebolt Chronicle, "but the in
lection OF his name into the equation is
the only thing that could have pre-
vented the denomination Of Taft on the
first ballot
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09

I'm the matter Of tactlessness." the
Sioux City Journal says. Senator La
Toilette would run a close race with
any of them"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-09
. - = ~ q ~ II,
F RFCkLES
BY
Gene SMraGG@m=
Porter
COPYRIGHT. 1904. BY DOUBLEDAY. PAGE
q co.
CHAPTER KIN.

FREcKLEs' BUTTERFLIES.
nut on the trail the Bird Woman
III wheeled on Mclean with q
III dumfounded look.
do YOU thing the angel
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1912-11-06
WHITMAN AFTER
men HIGHER UP
Attacks New York Police "SyS-
tenn" in High Places
INSPECTOR ON The CARPET
Summoned to Explain His Activity In
Behalf of Four Gunmen Who Are
Accused Of the Rosenthal Murder.

District Attorney Whitman is facing
the police System" and has set his
strength to deliver a crushing blow,
He started in by issuing subpoena
for an uptown inspector of police, who,
it is alleged, has been active in an
effort to discredit Jack Rose, Bridgy
Webber and Harry Vallon, the states
chief witnesses in the Rosenthal mur-
der case. He uncovered, it is said, an
attempt to bribe into silence William
Shapiro, the driver of the gray muir
der car, who lately became a states
witness. Mr. Whitman is convinced
that the four gunner waiting trial for
the murder of Herman Rosenthal
would have confessed had they not
been reached by the system"
''If the people of New York think
the storm has blown over they are
mistaken" Mr. Whitman said. "The
cleanup of the police has just begun"
Mr. Whitman has statement from
Shapiro that an emissary of the "sys-
TEN" offered him $4,000 if he would
stick to his non-committal policy.
This incident is to be made the sub
ject of investigation by the new grand
jury.
Mr. Whitman has evidence that the
system is controlled by triumvirate
consisting of civilian employe of the
police department, an inspector of po-
lice and another civilian once prom
inent in the city administration. The
interests represented by these men,
Mr.. Whitman believes, are making
desperate fight to have the Rosenthal
case closed with the conviction OF
Charles Becker. Their tactics, the
district attorney has reason to believe,
aim to break down the strong case
that has been presented against all
the men under indictment for the MUIR
der of Rosenthal.