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to Colon, where a stop of two days
will be made, which will give pas
sengers ample opportunity to inspect
the Panama Canal, the greatest
piece of engineering or other con.
struction work known to mankind.
On the return trip a two-day stop
will be made at Kingston, where
quaint and tropical Jamaica may be
explored, and will be fully enjoyed.
The "Evangeline" will sail thence to
Havana to discharge passengers de-
string to stop there, and the tickets
will be good to return to Key West
on any of the every-week-day sail.
ings of the regular line.
The tour will consume eleven days.
and the rate for the entire trip. in.
cluding meals and berth at sea al d
in port, will be $l1O. Tickets will
permit stop-overs so that a long stop
can be made at Colon, Kingston or
Havana, for passengers desiring to
do so.
Sailing dates, itineraries and in.
formation regarding reservations.
connections, ETC., may be obtained
from Atlantic Coast Line represen.
tatives, or by addressing T. c.
White. the General Passenger Agent
of that line, at Wilmington. N. c.
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II deserves defeat next to Bailey,
Of Texas, who saw the handwriting
and declined to entrust his reputs-
ton to 4 carapaign) Is Simmons, Of
North Carolina. If the Democrats Of
the nation realized how much their
brightly d9vn;ng DAY q fortune is
menaced by such man as Simmons,
they would unite in petition to
their fellow party men IN North
Carolina to keep this incubus away
from Washington # Wilson is
elected and Simmons is returned, he
will be. to Wilson'S administration
what German, OF Maryland, and
Smith, Of New Jersey, were to
Cleveland 81
And Collier s is supporting Wood
row Wilson.
GEORGE W. PAsCHaL.
Wake Forest, Aug. II, 1912.
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The Democrats of North Carolina
are called upon to elect a successor
TO Senator Simmons st the next
general election in November, and
the good people of that Grand old
state are IN the throes Of great poll
tlc2i excitement at the present time.
North Carollnians are 3 happy peo-
PIE, honest, Industrious, progressive
and Intelligent. Among the many
good things Of The cid North State
that redollnds II tho :redif>cf its
people, IS that they are nearly all
Democrats, end believe in a low
tariff. North Carolina is today one
OF the most progressive states in the
South, and the Democratic party is
the only prcgress political organ
lzatlon IN the country, whereupon
the people OF that State are keeping
step to the music Of tne advancing
times.
Senator Simmons, Wlo is a candi-
date for reelection. is serving his
second term, and is as'.ing g third
election. It was not until he began
betraying the Democratic party
that he was ever heard of outside of
his own State Il is most unusual
for q Southern Democrat to be other
than true to the principles of that
party which has alWay. been for a
low tariff, but Senator Simmons has
betrayed his people and gone off
with the Republican party in voting
fol- the highest tariff. aver known.
Senator &.znusons helped write the
Denver platform Of 1865, wbich de-
manded that lumber should be
placed on the free list, but the first
opportunity that he had to act upon
this subject Re voted with AIdrich
and all Of the other Republicans to
retain the tariff on this product,
thereby betraying his party, his
State.
Men OF The Thomas :. Ryan stripe
are the men who control Simmons,
and it was this class OF so-calIed
Democrats that Mr.. Bryan drove
(, : of tbs more >,.Ec:ltion and
purified the party.
It is the duty Of the Democrats in
every State to have in tie Senate
men who viii vote for the reduction
Of the tariff and not those who will
be friend Of all the criminal trusts
and this Senator Simmons is. When
The yne-A'drich bill was before
the Senate Senator Sinm0ns never
Why are The Democrats Of
defeat Of Senator Simmons?
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RITTER MEDICINE
THAN CALOMEL.
Dodsan's Iiver-Tone, a Safe Vege-
table LIQUID, Now Takes The
Place Of Calomel, the Pow
erful Mineral Drug.

Manv people know the danger Of
calon7el, vet they take it because
they know Of nothing better 9th
er people are rot afraid Of cafomel
because they do not understand
what a dangerous drug it is.
Nobody needs to take dangerous
calofnel (which is made from mer-
cury) if they live near store where
Dodson's Liver-Tone is sold.
Z. I. Whitehead Company sells
Dodson's Livcr-Tone, and guaran-
tees it to be perfect substitute for
calomel. It is a pleasant tasting
vegetable tonic, that livens up The
liver without causing any restriction
Of habit or diet. It has none Of the
bad after-effects Of calomel ard is
safe for children as well as grown
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Not a Party Measure.

Prohibition is not a party issue in
North Carolina, and is not so regard
ed by the great masses Of the people
Of the State, although some are now
seeking to drag it into partisan poll
ties in the hope, no doubt, Of win
ming favor with certain elements in
all parties. The proposition of State
wide prohibition was submitted to a
vote of all the people by an act Of
the Legislature which received the
sanction and support of both Demo
cratic and Republican members. 1t
was purposely submitted to the peo-
pie in special election, held at a
time when there.w no other issue
at stake. and when no candidate or
candidates Of any political party
were standing for public approval
or disapproval, with the sole object
of divorcing tie measure as much as
possible from partisan politics and
allowing it to stand upon its own
merits before the people of the State
irrespective Of party lines. Leading
Republican orators Of the State, as
we'll as Democratic speakers, took
the stump in behalf of the measure
and made most commendable cam
palgn for its adoption. Judge Jeter
c. Pritchard, who probably stands
first and foremost in the Republican
ranks Of North Carolina, made a
brilliant and effective campaign
from one end Of the State to the
other in behalf of prohibition.
Thousands of good Republicans
heartily supported it and voted for
it, and would no doubt do so again
were the opportunity given. And
while the great majority of Demo-
Gratis supported and voted for the
measure, many Democrats on the
other hand, as we'll as many Repub-
licans, fought it and voted against
it. In other words. both Democrats
and Republicans, irrespective of
party lines, supported and voted for
prohibition, while many other DEM
ocrats and Republicans, forgetting
their party alignments for the time
being, opposed it and voted against
it. Whatever else you may think OF
the prohibition law, be your opinion
of it favorable or unfavorable, it
was certainly not adopted as party
measure, and there are thousands OF
GOOD men in both political parties
today who are unwilling that it shall
be dragged into partisan politics.
Henderson Gold Leaf.
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raised his voice in behalf of the peo
pie and the good citizens who elect
ed him are a million times more de-
serving than the lumber trust, the
coal trust, the iron trust, the steel
trust, the tobacco trust and all of
the other trusts that he supports.
The Democrats Of the nation are
Interested in seeing that Senator
Simmons is not returned, because
they do not want any man in the
Senate who poses as a Democrat that
is not a Democrat, and one who will
not support President Wilson in
bringing about every tariff reform
that bis party is pledged to adopt.
Reactionaries of the Simmons type
have no place in the Democratic par
ty at this time. They have outlived
their usefulness, and to have the
people Of North Carolina represented
in the Senate by man who favors
Republican policies Of the highest
tariff that the country has ever
known, would bring disgrace upon
the millions Of toiIing people of that
State.
He voted nineteen times for the
Payne -Aldrich tariff bill, the most
Infamous measure that was ever
placed On the statue books of any
nation, bill that robs the people
and enriches the trusts. Senator
Carter was defeated in Montana two
years ago for voting for this bill and
Senator Dixon, who is now a candi-
date fer reelection, will also be de-
feated for the same reason. No man
can be a Democrat and support such
a dishonest measure; therefore,
Senator Simmons should be defeat
ed.
Senator Simmons is just the kind
IF Democrat that the Democratic
party wants to rid itself of. He is
not now nor will he ever be in sym
pathy with the policies of Governor
who will be elected presi-
lent.
ITurl such men as Simmons out of
thc Senate they are not Democrats.
lie is not Democrat. He stands
With the illegal combinations which
ire the enemies of the people, par
,icularly as they are encouraged by !,
he Republican party and which /
Senator Simmons assists while voting
IS he did, for high tariff tax on
umber, coal, iron and other COM
nodities.
he Nation interested in the
There's a Reason.
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The Peril of "Near- Democrat
In the United States Senate.

Can we risk having "near Demo
craft in the United States Senate?
The Democratic party has had one
terrible experience with near Dem
ocrats' in the Senate. Most promi
nent OF these was Arthur Pue Cor
man OF Maryland, and to him large
~ is due the fact that the Republi
cans have had control of the nationa
government since 1896.
Let us recall little history. By
the election of 1892 the Democratic
party had come into full possession
OF the national government for the
first time since 1860. The Democrat.
lc House set about the work of tariff
revision, and in response to the pro-
! misses of the party platform and the
expectation of an eager people pass
ed the original Wilson bill. Then
German, the NEAR Democrat got
in his work. A cabal was formed
of which German was the acknow-
lodged leader, to dictate terms on
which, and on which alone, the bill
should be allowed to pass. The
House bill was kept in the Senate
for more than six months, and re-
ceived 634 amendments. In vain
President Cleveland, with the De-
mocracy Of the nation at his back,
insisted upon party honesty and
good faith and the redemption of
Democratic promises to the people,"
and declared that Germans course
meant party perfdity and dishon-
or" German defed Mr.. Cleveland
and the party. Joining with Mr..
Aldrich and other protectionist, he
attacked the most important sched-
uIes of the House bill, among them
the coal, the steel and the sugar
schedules. Since the Democrats had
only a small majority in the Senate,
he was able to accomplish his nefa-
rious purposes, and gave the coun-
try only such a tariff bill as met the
approval of himself and Mr.. Aldrich.
The people were disgusted, while
the Democrats, disappointed and
chagrinned, lost the confidence Of
the nation, and at the next general
eic,t.o uelc driven from the con
troll of the national government, a
control which they have not yet re-
regained. SO much for the work Of
one near Democrat" Can we risk
another?
Compare the record Of Mr.. Sim
mons with that of Mr.. German.
Mr.. German was an ardent Demo-
crat in matters affecting his own
State, and controlled the party ma
chine. The same is true of Mr..
Simmons.
Mr.. German in his votes on the
tariff voted just as Mr.. Aldrich de-
few important schedules.
So on the Payne-Aldrich bill did Mr..
Simmons. The significant thing is
that Mr.. Simmons votes were in ac-
cordance with the plans of Mr.. AL
drich.
Mr.. German argued in favor of
a few important COM
modities. So does Mr.. Simmons.
Mr.. German, after his votes for
Immediately came into
Ugh favor with the Republicans and
got big appropriations for his State.
So has Mr.. Simmons. But let it be
remembered that when Mr.. Sim
mons is getting these appropriations
and for some reason all appropria-
tions for our state are credited to
Mr.. Simmons-they still come to
nim as a favor of Senate which is
and which seems to
value Mr.. Simmons services highly
and to be helping him in this way to-
wards retaining his seat. We want
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24

Hives, eczema, itch or salt rheunl
sets you crazy. Can t bear the touch
OF your clothing. Doan's Ointment
cures the most obstinate cases Why
suffer. All druggists sell it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24

It would taEe nine and half days
for the armies CT Europe to pass
given point, marching five abreast. Is
inches apart, ~ an eiEht-nfIe gait
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24
4 a.a Made Miserable
bladder Trouble.

s~cN-s Upon the mind,
~ns@suhition; beauty,
,.%or and cheerful
".<s soon disappear
whcn tie kidneys are
G,t Of order or dis
Cas2 !.
Nlurcy trouble has
neCorne 50 prevalent
t-lat it is not uncorn-
mon for q child to be
oc~n afnicted witt,
weak kidneys. # the
II, iftlle urine scaIds
4 Tie child reaches an
8 1n!1 to control the
'ctei witt, bed-wet-
tEcCause of the diff
-..nlS, end the first
Is tue treatment OF
.5. This unpleasant
"rc1 condition OF
der a,id not to a
. suppose.
zen arc made 1niser-
-.l bladder trouble,
s.ine great remedy.
immediate effect of
realized. It is sold |
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Democrats Of the Nation Interested
In The Defeat of Senator Simmons.

Helena lontana independent (Fory-sx
Democratic NeWspaper.)
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24

'-' i.-ss q Swanp-Gcc:.
liz thousands OF testi-
lived from, sufferers
Noot 10 be just the
v--ti1g Dr.. kilrler
y. Y, be sure and
Don't make any
der the name, DR..
-ot, and the address,
, oI every bottle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24
A MENACE TO WILSON

"Among the thirty senator's whose
terms expire next fourth of March'
tla ono Democrat who conspicuous
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-10-24
MOTHER AND CHlLD.s

Q MOTHER AND CHlLD.s
-ITr&G SYRUP has been
E..'RS By MILLIONS OF
-[IL.DREN WHILE
I.I.CT SUCCESS. 1t
lITEES the GUNS,
WIND COLIC, and
1EGTCt A. It IS alb
nc ari al, fer Mrs.
- faHc 10 other
h-,t.e.
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OTE YOUR CONVICTIONS.

CLARK AS SENATOR MEANS SOMETHING
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

has done his noble best. but he does not
belong in the new system lie cannot
compete with machinery. He is an ineffi-
clent fighting tool compared with the ne"
inventions. He will receive an honorable
discharge-and probably be mighty siaa
to get IT. especially after his recent eN-
periences.
That big changes impend in the art ci
war was conceded by Brigadier General
Tayker H. Bliss. chief umpire of the Con-
nectlcut manmuvres. as we'll as a number
of other military authorities interviewed
bv the Tribune writer. Colonel Gage. the
English military attache. who was pres
ent as an observer. expressed surprise
that the land where the acroplane was
invented had not done more with mihtary
aviation. Senator Griffin and Assem-
blyman Cuvillier, Of the New York Leg
islaturc's committees on military affairs
were as strongly impressed as AdjutaAt
General Nerbeck and other officers OF the
New York militia with the demonstrated
need of new fighting system. Mr.. CuVh-
ler said that he would put In bill to
oouip New York's forces with aeroplancs,
motor trucks and machine guns mounted
on motor cars.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
MACHINES AGAINST MEN.

The story In a nutshell is this: An
army OF eighteen thousand men labori-
ously and painfully hiked and maneuVred
for a week over piece Of uphill and
down-dale country thirty miles across
over this same country visiting every
camp and stopped by no obstacle, an
automobile carrying half dozen persons
travelled i'm two or three hours. A fleet
of military automobiles with machine
guns could have laughed at the combined
armies. over the same country. visiting
Query camp and locating accurately every
company of troops, flew an aeroplane IN
q single hour What is the use OF the old
strategy when an aerial scout instantly
renorts your least movement TO your
enemy? The old tricks, deceptions and
mannuvres become vain. 1t is as II your
onnonent In "A card game can by some
device read right through the backs of
YOUR cards. And what avails leg power
the speed and endurance of men and
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

ba file. outwit and defeat an army whlcd
undertook to defend MS In the present
hybrid style of lighting, which is fInda-
mentally the antiquated style with a few
modern trimmings. That handful would
travel through our land like nitric acid
through pile of sawdust. They could
never be combated according TO West
Point rules The, genius Of a Napoleon
could not cope with them while old meth
ods were employed.
.Aeropane, motor car and machine gun
are the elements of the new warfare.
Fighting i'm the near future will not be
done by large. slow moving armies OF foot
soldiers, cavalry and artillery, but by
swift, small groups of expert mechanics
operating death dealing machines. War
will be entirely scientific. 1t will be
waged on. factory system, working In
three eight hour shifts, night and day.
dlsplacing most of the old-fashioned
hand labor Exit the mule, the doushboy,
the cavalry and all the picturesque but
inefficient trappings of the present sys-
tenn
The doughboy. who hiked with Hanni-
bal and Alexander, Napoleon and Grant,
who is still considered by classic mill
tarists as the eternally Indispensable
foundation Of an army. ate one of his last
meals Of dust In the Berkshire hills. He
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

The dOughboy hikes
Along the pixies ....,,,
Just as three thousand years as9.
But the acroplanc
Makes his tactics vain
and it's doughboy, goodby, on;
Songs of Paradise Green
,EW YORK was most captured Yes
nj sir. that's fact a foreign roe
~ landed on our New England coast
mi after licking as in the first skiiiilish
mr Boston advanced across Connecticut
Nth nine thousand horse, foot ana ar
filtrv 10 capture and destroy The Cro'on
water system, which gives this metropolis
as pripcipal drinking stun. They were
srs . wicked lot Of fighters under Cen
,ral smith and if We hadn't had as many
nave defenders commanded by Genera
Mills. who checked the enemy in DIX
agsgement al Newtown on August -"
this town would be teetotaiiy without
water and al the mercy of the Reds. Mhd'
would We have had to drink when the
soda water and the breweries gave out;
The greatest danger would have Deeh
fre. and only salt water in the downtown
district 10 combat IT, The concatenauoh
Of results would have been eXtIemeiF
horrible
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
A Typ4ce1 B4Vo"o- G..
The Recent Manoeuvres, Which Almost Placed
New York City at the Mercy of the Ruddy
Foe, Garry with Them the Great Military
lesson of the Disappearing dough
~" and the Coming Aeroplane.

niles whereby unnecessary hardships OF
all sorts were inflicted upon the men
Bad camp sites We're chosen in a num-
her of instances There was failure IN
the elementary requirements OF rood anu
water. Men who hiked all day IN the
drst and heat laden with blanket ron
and rife. who had had nothing to eat
since carly morning. were encampcd al
night on stony. ploughed or manuie-coN-
cred fields. Their water for. dIlnklnS'
cooking ana washing was an nhcieah
pasnIr, brook on m. chiiliest night IN
.he hills they had no blankets OF even
coats. which were behind with the de
layed WAGON trains and they were com
urll,d 10 roll up in their ponchos under
The doe tents in an attempt To keep warm
That 20 few men. compai dtivelN, de
serted. mgtinicd or f,ll sick was remark
able.
II there is such serious breakdown 80
organization and Transportation in pip
ing time Of peace and for tine purpose "l
make-belieVe war, what Wouic happr"
I'm a real war?
However. the big story aud the erta
lesson of the manPUyIes consists ne!'h'N
i'm the remediable errors Of managem'
nor the demonstration of how an enemy
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
G. ~ POWERS
FAl (n.
A Moto or

aero and cavalry scouts, machine gum
and individual, rifles wireless ana pioG
dinc infantry. was too patent To pe over
Iool.ed The progressivcs amons the mil
-. man those. not encumbered with
,rodi,ion and too much experience ih tHe
arcient modes. agreed that total aDout
face'' I'm equipment, strategy ana tac'ics
urao tho urinary lesson. of the campaign
,r connecticut. What had been dimy
forcseen by speculative mihus was u''"-
one,rated I'm the glarins' lght OF DAY
u,ho, Europe is doing TO moderni2e the
.o, gome must be done I'm this country
:, n,a want 10 keep up with the process
sion.
New York may or may not he lmpeI-
u1ad nv q foe who fights and Is resisted
o,oordi,p 10 the methods of the Conhec-
,ic,,t campaign. But If any foe LANDING
-, Tho New England coast. used only the
,a,as, devices and was opposed by the
,.a.,,,ooreols tumble Of forces that pro-
rassed IA defend MS week before last
xow York would unquestionably be Il
aan,,red and PROSTATE city. And the
,rr,hers and equipment of her victors
would be an insignificant traction or the
n,,obers and equipment of her defenders
/ p other words, handful of enemies
III, un.to-date weapons-all conveyable
IN q few swift transports oversea-coulo
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25

mules. against the mobility Of the armed
motor car?
The strategsts who conducted the Con- :
necticut game were nonplussed by the
deadly feats of the aeroplane. They did
not expect To get such speedy. accursts
and complete reports from the airmen.
They got too much information. In fact,
il sort OF spoiled the classic game Of war
as planned. and il was deemed necessary
10 change several details In order to get
any decent satisfaction out of the game.
Some of the professors OF the War Col
Iege seemed almost offended by the sue
cess of the air scouts. They resented IL
as an interference with orderly procedure.
War is an art, according TO some authori-
ties. and General Sherman said IL was
Hades, but the aviators made IL look
like a joke
The aviation squadron, under Captain
+. h. Hennessey. and composed of Lieu
tenants Graham. Kirkland, Foulois, Ar
mold Geiger and Milling, together with
Private Beckwith Havens. of the lst
Company, signal corps. New York militia,
operated three machines from the head
quarters camp OF Chief Umpire Bliss at
Paradise Green.
New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
A PERIL FoREsEEN.

Richard Harding Davis, the beau ideaI
Of war correspondents who gallantly
rode MS charger where the fire was thick
est said that il was a pity that the Reds
did not actually cut of New NSrk's water
for two or three days. Then this cynical
and levity-inclined city. not to mention
the nation. would begin To- understand
the real peril which underhes our made
Quate military defences. a number of
generals and Legislators thought that
Davis was quite all right In his sugges-
ton.
The war game in Connecticut was the
biggest OF its kind ever played in this
country 10 lasted eight days and was
participated IN by eighteen thousand reg
ulars and miiitiamen from New York.
New Jersey. Connecticut. Massachusetts,
Vermont and Maine. The theatre Of op-
eatlons was roughly a parallelogram Of
thirty miles on each side between New
Haven, Bridgeport, Danbury and point
north OF Ansonia. u was great show
iH mOtOr!st spectatOrs-the only Kind Of
sp-eziors who could see much Of the c%-
lsrsye operations. II was ii practical
slSsy in strategy for The War College
ed TIE commanding generals Of the op-
Hshg forces. II was a valuable instruc-
ho1al exercise FOR thousands Of men ana
Their Officers.
Il revealed many serious defects in or
shizstion ana the transportation Of sun