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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
HEROIC MEASURES FOR GRIP
Night on Porch, Plunge in Cold Lake
and 4 Walk Worked the
Cure.

There was no doubt I had g. bai
caso OF it. My nose was swollen anl
stopped; my head was full of flannel
and felt as big as a barrel; Iny ears
were regular fire Gongs; my eyes were
little lealy lakes set in fiery. swollen
rings. My body ached all over, and
experienced a constant nausea. And
yet | vas scheduled to spend the
weeks end at the home Of a famous
poet and his wife on Lake Hopatcong
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It Was crisp April wcather-very
crisp, And | know there would be nc
heat il the house save that thrown by
the burning logs in the big open study
fireplace: for this was supposed to be
only their summer home.
! reasoned that if l remained at
home alone the fight against my enc
my would be intolerable, since he was
already inside The barracks So l de-
cided to intlict myself upon my
friends. I Went
After q lovely evening over Socra-
tes, Shelly and the fourth dimension,
| was even beyond blowing my nose.
To my hostess solicitous inquiries
replied: NO, nothing; only will you
kindly let me sleep Oh the porch?"
She looked at me meditatively for
. moment-prcbahly thinking out a
suitable obituary-then produced from
the depths OF a window seat an assort-
ment Of comfoTtors.
After the family had retired, I IN
dressed quickly and was soon warmly
nestled under the covers on my cot
in the open-air bedroom. l slept
Warm-almost too warm. When the
April morning eun looked boldly into
my face. I arose, donned a bathing
suit, threw the poets great coat about
NE, and raced down the hill to the
lake. I shut my eyes tight and
plunged in. Yes-it was cold. But
after had come out, and had plunged
back again, I began TO get warm.
When this happened, raced back to
the house, stirred up the backlog and
rubbed myself into glow before the
sDutterinG fire.
I dressed hastily, and before the
family was astir i started on a walk
as fast as I could go through the
woods. The exIliiaration crept
through my entire body, and by the
time I had returned to the poet s
home J TO longer whistlcd through my
nose nor contemplated suicide, but felt
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and attacked my breakfast vigorously.
The grip" was broken.-Los Al
geIes Times.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
EoW Ms.ta Eacame European.

Malta underwent 4 geographical as
we'll as q political change through its
acquisition by England in 1914 1t had
always been regarded as part OF Afri-
ca, to which it seemed TO belong both
from topography and language. After
its annexation, however, it was dis
covered that the garrison were entitled
to the higher pay granted to troops
employed out OF Europe, and were
therefore moro privileged than the sol
diers in tie Icaian islands. TO REM
edv this parliament passed an act de-
creeiag that SO far as pay went Nal
ia should be regarded as part Of
Europe. j. used to be q joke that
Malta Rad become European by act CT
parliament. and the jest soon became
a reality.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
DREAMS UP "REFUGE HOME"
Children Held In Home BY Mrs. ker.
nGgay Released.

kinston, July 17.-Suing out
writ of habeas corpus, returnable
before Judge Carter at Warsaw. So
licitor Fl. L. Shaw, of kinston, sue.
ceeded in breaking up the "Oakdale
Refuge Home, a fraudulent or
phanage operated by Mrs. Henrietta
Kornogay, about seven miles from
Mount Olive. Under the writ h.
procured the release Of the nine chill
dren held by Mrs. korncgay. For q
number Of years the Kornegay wo-
man had been gathering children
from the homes of poor people, un-
der the pretext Of takeng care Of
them at an orphans home she was
running. Later, when parents
would try to reclaim their offspring.
they were told that it would cost me-
ney, possibly as much as $1OO. She
sent her emissaries over the country
soliciting funds for the support Of
her institution, and parents of the
inmates and others are said to have
contributed quite literally. Repre-
sentatives of Mrs. Kornegay fire.
quently visited Kinston, Upon hear
ing that the woman was not Of good
reputc, Solicitor Shaw began an in
vesLlgation, winch resulted IN the re-
lease of the children and exposed the
fraud. A United States agent who
WAS here today, stated that the case
was apparently one of peonage, al
though it is not stated if there will
be further developments in the mat
tar
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
ITny Worms Destroying Crops.

Anderson, S. c., July 20--Clalm-
ing that damage amounting to hun
dreds Of thousands Of dollars threat
ems the crops of this section as re-
snlt OF the advent of the army worm
the farmers of Anderson county
issued a general appeal tonight tol
labor and money with which &c
eradicate the pest. Entomologlsts
IN the infected area assert shat un
loss the worms are speedily stamped
out they will spread all over thu
and adjoining counties. All crop
in the path Of the pest are belns
devastated it is said.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Wcuic. FIac.eiri Guacr zee.

I great project is again before the
D@upia Of foii&nd-tha draining of the
Zudcr Zcc. The ser, which. as every
ore knows. is at the north OF Holland
ana covers an area of ffty thousand
hectares, : hactare Deing practically
21z acres. Just half century ago q
scheme to drain the southern portion
Of the sea was first ilooted and, al-
though II received considerable support
the opposition was greater, but now al
association has heen formed and Hill
win be introduced into the chamber
The promoters see that with an in
creased joputation means must be TAX
Ell 10 enlarge the country, and this
reclamation OF tho sea is suggested
as capable OF accomplishment. If the
sea IS conquered there are several
lakes which can be dealt with later
Mundus.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25

Convict Mother Touches Taft'S Heart by
Her SupplicatI0n.
HER APPEAL FOR FREEDOM.

HEX APPEAL FOX FREEDOM,
Oh, Mr.. President. most exalted in
the land,
To you | now appeal, for you hold
my freedom in YOUR hand;
Not for myself | hunbly plead, but
little child,
My love and care doth need.
On childhood shadows leave their
sad impressions.
Oh, save my boy from life's most
bitter lessons.
Give me another chance, just one
more, | pray,
And with the help of God I'll put
the past away.
My very soul | open wide;
Nothing therein do ! hide.
Temptation sought and found me
and I've made mistakes, know,
But, oh, be merciful and your COM
passion show.
Of Him who all things knows and
sees,
| ask this boon, down on my knees.
Punishment ne'er changes ones
heart,
Only by repentance can all sinful
ness depart.
God gives to US forgiveness at any
time the heart repents.
Then why should man hold fast when
God Himself relents?
And why the waiting through the
weary years so long?
If Gods decree be right, then surely
mans is wrong.
The above poem, q prison-mother' S
appeal for pardon probably the
most novel petition for clemency
ever received by a chief, executive
Of the United States 50 moved
President Taft that Immediately
upon reading it he granted the writ
er, Mrs. Mary E. Brown, her free
dom.
Mrs. Brown, whose home is at
Salt Lake City, Utah, was convicted
of engaging in white slave traffic
Behind the prison walls Mrs Brown
remembered the 13-year-old boy, her
onlo child, who was awaiting her re-
lease and growing up without a
mothers care. She did not employ
lawyers to prepare technical papers,
bu;, inspired b her mothers love,
poured out her prayer for freedom
and let her fate rest on this single
effort.
With the poem came q plea for
clemency from the trial Judge who
had sentenced Mrs. Brown. He ex-
pressed the opinion that Mrs. Brown
had been unduly influenced by the
man with whom she was implicated
in the crime, and VINO is now serving
a seven-year sentence.
At the White House and the de-
partment Of Justice the plea wss the
object Of keen interest and numer-
Gus comments.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
EEiIraElmaiIC UiieEaGles Gi The Eexl
ViCe.P?GSisieni.
me Of lIarshall's savings

Some Of Marsha}l's sayings:
Government is necessity. 1t was
never intended to be a luxury.
If a government takes more from
the taxpayer than is necessary to ct
fectively and economically conduct
its business, then the government is
thief and we ought TO call IN the
police.
II you want to bust a trust, get a
lawyer and put some fellow in the
penitentiary.
I believe as much as any man IN
vested rights, but not in vested
wrongs.
There is no money in honest poli-
tics. He who flies high in office bias
some one holding the string OF MS
kite.
Vox populi is vox Dei-when the
people know what they are taking
about.
Do not tell me that the humble
wage Garner Of to-day is willing to
look along the vista Of the years and
see nothing but a pauper's grave at
the end, while few men by Ieglsla-
tive enactments are enabled to dwell
in marble halls and scatter money
like drunken dukes at monkey din
nerS.
That people is not wise which Is
pct inst
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Goose an Cid Mans Guard

When travelling along the road from
Legars toward Kerneistonehead COT
tages, Stichili, Kelso, l met an old
gentleman walking with the assistance
of crutches, and goose following Is
closely as possible behind him, ayers
writer in the Scotsman. | stopped
and spoke to the old man and the
goose at once took up its position be
tween his leg and the crutch on the
side nearest to me. It then proceeded
to make as much noise rs possible.
and assumed all the defiant attitudes
imaginable.
On my approaching within a few
feet Of the CID man it at once few
at me, ard pecked, or rather bit, VIC
lently at my legs. I tried to keep i
at bay by pushing it away with lny
feet, but that was CT 10 avail. and
had ultimately to siTife 1t over the
bin with my walking stick to make It
release its mold on my trousers. /
found out later that it had bitten &
considerable piece OF skin off my les.
The old gentleman Informed nc
that the goose follows him wherever
he goes. and during stormy weather
when he cannot venture outside it
spends the day at the door Of his cot
tage or else near By.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Equity.

Owing to the increased cost OF
everything, the doughnut had become
too valuable to eat. Accordingly it
was being financed.
Naturally an enterprise OF such mag
nitude was fraught with more or less
uncertainty. How, for instance" the
underwriters asked, about the hole
is it TO be financed, too?' So the courts
were appealed to.
"The hole" these decided, after
three or four years, "is the equity, and
5 such it may not be financed"
T.. S. Dougllnut fell eff a point O.
two, but speedily recovered, because
something had TO be tho equity any
Way.-Puck.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
SCOTLAND NECK, N. c., THURSDAY, JULY rs, 1912.
SQUARELY DRAWN.
The Tariff Issue is Now Plainly Made
Between The Parties.

Since the days when the Federal
lists and Democrats, led respectively
by Hamilton and Jefferson, contend
ed for supremacy in the affairs of
this government, the all-important
difference has been the tariff. Both
parties favored a tariff for the sup
port Of the government, but when
it came to the height to which the
duties should go there was wide
divergence.
The Federalists claimed that the
protective principle in TIE schedule
of duties was essential for the sup
port Of infant industries, the de-
yeiopment Of resorces and the pro-
lection Of American labor against
foreign competition. 1t has some
times been obscured by other issues
such as the negro question and the
money question. but the tariff is
and always has been the fundament-
| al difference between the two par
ties, and tariff emhodying the
principle Of protection is the chief
object of contention Of the Republi-
can party to-day
On the other hand, the Democrat
ic party has maintained from the
start that it was wrong to take one
man ard give to another. They de-
clare IN the Baltimore platform that
the Federal government under the
constitution has no right or power
to impose Or collect tariff duties ex-
cept for the purpose of revenues,
and they demand that "the collec-
ton of such taxes shall be limited to
the necessities of the government
honestly and economically admins
tered"
Denouncing the PayneAldrich
tariff bill and attributing to it vari-
Gus evil consequences and denying
that it affected the wages or bene-
fted American workmen, the Demo
cratic platform favored the imne-
diate downward revision Of duties
and placing on the free list Particles
entering into competition with trust
controlled products and articles OF
American manufacture which are
sold abroad more cheaply than at
home" But it went on to say that
the existing system is intimately
connected with the business Of the
country and favored the ultimate
attainment of the principles it ad-
vocates "by legislation that will not
injure or destroy legitimate indus
try
Here, then, is the issue squareiy
Joined. The Republican platform
favors a continuance of the present
tariff policy unchanged. The Dem
ocrats charge that the high tariff on
the necessities of life is responsible
for the high cost Of food and cloth
ing. When stripped down to the
bone and sinew this is al there is to
it-hurusta Chronicle.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Enxinr. Arciani and Modern.

Although boxing and pugilism, &C.
cupying much attention at the present
time, V ere popular III classic Greece.
they seem to have died out in the
Riddle ages, and it is not until tie
end OF the seventeenth century that
we find references 10 boxing as q
regular English sport Boxing, as dis
tipeuished from pugilism. may be said
TO date from 1866, when the Amateur
Athletic club was formed, and the
QueensbCrry rules drawn UP. The box
ing glove, however, had been invented
about a ceTTtury before by Broughton,
the father OF English pugilism," wbo
used them in his practice bouts. But
you will remember that the boxing
glove, as described by Virgil, was 9
terrible instrument Of cffense.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
rail Carriers Will Fly.

This is an age Of great discoveries.
prarress rides on the air. Soon we
= ',,ov see Uncle Sans mail carriers
living in all directions, transporting
mail. People take Wonder1ul IN
tarnst ,1, in a discovery that benefits
tban, M That's why DR.. Kings New
f1isr Discovery for Coughs. Colds and an,
ntber H throat and lung diseases IS the
most most popular ,1 medicine ia, in America It =;
nc nTt c,lrad me Of dreadful cough,
,,r;tes III e Mrs. f. F. Davis, Stickney
Carnor Car,un Me- "after doctors treat,
oun .,a,,t ~ and all other remedies had
t,ntnc .ai1ai . For coughs, colds or any
Laanoh;al lalln affection its unequalled
Price soc and 81 W. ira po'Ae
free at E. I. Whitehead Cos.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
During summer month mcthe

During summer month"; mct!lers
Of young children shou!d watch fo,
any unnatural louseness of the bow.
els. When given prompt attention
at this tine serious trouble may bC
avoided. Chamberiain's Colic, Chol
era and Diaarhoea Remedy can Il.
ways be depended upon. For sale
by al dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Sta;rAc! Boards.

Boards that are stained are apt 10
,eccne lighter after a little wear;
,,-r If rubbed with DaraC.a oil they
viii AGAIN becon.e darker. Trey ha@y
hen be rubbed with beesWaE and TUT
,entine, when they VIII lock IS well
L. auoT
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25

Dysentery is always serious and
often dangerous disease, but it can
be cured. Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy has cured
it even when malignant and epidem-
ic' For sale by all dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25

Buy it now. Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is
almost certain to be needed before
the summer is over. Buy it now and
be prepared for such an emergency.
For sale by all dealers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
Same Girl,

dad, l want to marry Tottie
Twinkletoes. | hope you won't blame
me for wanting to marry a chorus
girl"
: Not at all, 10y boy. I wanted 20
marry Ter myself when I was about
your age, and your grandfather was
also engaged 10 hec once"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25

Don't think that piles cant he
cured. Il7ousan.is Of obstinate cases
have been cured by Doan's Oint-
ment. 30 cents at any drug store.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25
NUMBER 80.
a Vy@eNIAN'ss WVSDDM.

mother wakes up - hear her baby heavy be.thine little
oec perhaps the rone does much Finally thinks
I = Pierce M H. o what with
be had Tor ony SIC in t.
o Prci
land by
P:niu
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1912-07-25

My desire is 10 write few lines let know what
yoET valuable medicine has done for me-" writes Mira.
y tGAIT IUTDEHT. Of 23 :. Bcntaon Street, Baltimore,
Nd fore the stor:E canc To onr house sick
woman. WrCtc for advice which kindly given and
which made different in a short time After
tai ng the first bottle of 'FGyorc Prescription began
innruying that hardly knew i'm such condition.
dd my own hous"work--washng and ironing. cooking,
and the of all nurscd three children who had
wf0oin Cou"h hardly knew of the advent minutes
hei"ro easy it. The baby is fat butter ball
Df licrcHs Favorc Prescription is the medicine
any t. take when in this condition recommend IL
10 al my friends
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-06
FOND OF OUTDOOR SPORTS
Mrs. ollie James, Wife Of Kentucky
Senator, Is Popular In Wash
inston Society.

There are four men in the lower
house whom every visitor be he from
north, south, east or west, always asks
the guides to point out, and they are
Uncle Joe" Cannon, the speaker,
Champ Clark, Nicholas Longworth
and Ollie James.
Whenever any of this illustrious
quartet is missing from his accus'
toned place on the floor the guides
look troubled and the visitor feels as
though he had been cheated out of a
spectacle for which he paid his sound
cash.
Mrs. James is a frequent visitor to
the house gallery, and she has some
lively stories about the way the pro.
fessional cicerone points out her hus.
band.
Il used to feel aggrieved," she said.
when l would hear the inevitable pro.
logue. See that great big man with
bald head; that's Ollie James from
Kentucky. He is the biggest man on
the floor and l can tell you he does
love horse race
Now l look around and see how
the stranger relishes this explanation.
One thing for which rejoice, my hus-
bands badness is not the result of
matrimony. 1t was just as apparent
eight years ago when we were mar
ried and I believe even prior to his
soul-racking experience of falling in
love.
ut is some years since Mr. James
I hat f,,l H.,
exercise of horseback riding, though
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-06
History of Each School Child.

Every child in the elementary
schools of the United States would be
card-catalogued and running history
of his entire school career in the
grades kept permanently on file under
a plan formulated by investigators
whose report has just been issued by
the United States bureau of education
The plan has the approval of the Ma
tional Education association. and some
300 cities already have begun to keep
the cards. Eventually. it is anticipat
ed, about 100000 pupils will be thus
tabulated.
From the new card catalogue sys
tenn definite and scientific answers can
be made to a large number of ques
tions, the solution to which now must
be guessed. The committee of inves
tigators also has drawn up a uniform
method of reporting fiscal statistics
for the computation of costs.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-06
CHAUFFEUR WAS JOY RIDING
Congressman Tayler Makes an I'M
portant Discovery While Wait
ing for a Street Car.

Representative Ned Tayler of Ohio,
battle SCARED and worn from the re-
cent strife in the Buckeye state, found
1t necessary the other afternoon to
make hurried trip to the department
of commerce and labor from his room
in the house office building His ma
chine and chauffeur were not to be
found, SO he leaned languidly against
the coping outside the capitol grounds
and waited for Pennsylvania avenue
street car.
Just as the green carriage of the
hoi polloi rolled into view, he sighted
his machine crossing the capitol plaza,
a very summery summer girl proudly
seated beside the chauffeur The
fair passenger was dropped at one
corner, and waited while the chauffeur
rolled around to his usual stand beside
the office building.
Say" exclaimed the NJ. c., that's
my machine, and that's my chauffeur.
Find the man that's giving the party.
He thinks he's going to report 10 me
and then take his girl for another ride,
but I'll fool him. Jake''-this to his
secretary-'you run over and tell him
to come over here. Well go down
town in the machine after all. No
wonder that man was fired from the
police force"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-06
"DUDS" IN NATIONAL MUSEUM
kenslngton Palace Contains Variety Of
Togs, but Has Nothing on
Uncle Sam.

Uncle Sam is getting along in every
way. He has got to point now
where he is going to initiate Europe in
the gathering of the costumes of noted
people. In London, at Kensington
Palace, one may see the togs in which
the late Queen Victoria spent her
childhood, those in which she was
crowned and also her marriage gar.
ments. In Paris, at the Cluny mu.
scum, may be seen the slipper, about
four inches long, worn by the Princess
Lamballe, and also those which GOV.
cred the more generous extremities oi
the queen, Marie Antoinette. So in
coming years at the National museum
at Washington will be shown the duds
worn by Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs Taft
Mrs. Grover Cleveland, and the first
Mrs. James A. Garfield. 1t was cur
rently reported at Washington during
the Roosevelt administration that the
first lady in the land" boasted that
her annual expenditures for clothes
came within $500. 1t is respectfully sug
gested that DR.. Mary Walker donate
to the society the unmentionables
which cover her neither limbs.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-07-06
DAIRY ITEM S.

Dehorn calves to be kept on til.
arm by applying caustic potash in the
stick form to the horn button. Do the
work before the calf is a week old.
A distended udder is natural for the
COW at calving time. When the COW
freshens do not attempt to relieve the
udder of all the milk at once. MIR
her partially dry three or four times
each day for the first day or two.
Allow the calf to be fed by hand
to take its first meals fresh and
warm from the udder. 1t needs this
milk in the natural and warm form al
first to start healthy digestive and
bowel operations. 1t can be taught to
drink Just as well after running with
its mother couple of days.
Breed common cows to some good
pure bred. registered dairy bull Of
known merit. This will give heifeI
calves one-half pure blood. Then
breed these grade heifers to a bull OF
the same breed. This will give calves
three-quarters full blood. Continue
breeding in the same line without
change. In time you will have herd
of grade animals that will be as good
producers as pure bred registered ami
mails.
Milking is more convenient when
all of the cows are stalled. BY using
plenty of bedding. milking in stalls
in summer is as pleasant as milking
in the open lot. The manure made
will be worth much. Screening doors
and windows of the dairy stable VIII
make conditions more pleasant for
the cows and for the mixers Spray.
ing the COWS with fly repellant will
prevent decrease of milk during fly
time.
If you must buy cows. put all OF
your purchase money together and
purchase one extra good animal rath
er than two or three common ones
Money invested in a good dairy COW
will return good interest. while With
poor or common COWS there is often
doubtful profit.
1t is a good plan to feed the produ.
cling cows some dry feed even in sum.
mer with the best of pasture The
ordinary pasture does not furnish
enough of the needed elements for the
largest milk flow.