The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-02-27
OLD HICKORY CHIPS.
Short and Pitby Sayings On Subjects
Past and Present.

] A whole lot of republican Office
holders are preparing to give up
their jobs during Lent.
My, but that Diaz tribe certainly
is striving hard to keep Mexico in
the family!
Kansas City is wrestling with the
problem, Are stocking ads i'm
modest?" 1t depends a good deal
on what's in 'em.
Lent has come so early this year
I that some men will be able to carry
their New Year resolutions right in
to March.
If Gov. Wilson ever had any desire
to add Thomas" in front of
Woodrow" he will quickly loose it
when he sits down to sign the White
House mail.
The ga. Cyclone" says that " hen
Wilson rides down the avenue on
the 4th, he will pass 81 saloons.
However, thousands of other men
won't pass 'em.
According to official statistics
| twenty women to one man in Denver
drink liquor. Little by little the
fear that the suffragettes would vote
to close the saloons is dying out.
Gen. Rosalie Jones says that the
greatest menace which confronts
the hiking suffragettes on their way
to Washington is thaw, but they
will be more fortunate if they don't
meet with a frost.
Another far west Furnishing in
dustry has received setback, Ne
vada's divorce mill. it is reported, is
soon to reduce its output.
The Mexico way is to arrange ones
own time for inaugural ceremonies.
After all of the rest of the politi-
cal prognosticators have told us just
who will constitute MIR. Wilson, s
cabinet, we would like to hear from
Mr.. Wilson himself.
Turkey is giving the world strik-
ing demonstration of what it costs a
nation to commit an error of judge
ment.
The Washington anti-saloon league
idea is that it has made Congress
take water.
Castro has been trying to get an
interview with President-elect Will
son! American politics has strange
allurements for almost every gente-
man who has just arrived from
abroad.
Reluctance about testifying be-
fore the Pujo Investigating Com
mittee seems hardly justified by the
experiences Of eminent fnanc:ers
who has hitherto been in personal
attendance.
The brief chst during the inaugu-
raj ride alor G the Avenue will hard
ly suffice for the communication of
all the valuable suggestions Mr..
Taft might be able to give his sue
cessor in the White House.
There is no doubt that the people
Of the United States would feel most
kind towards Mexico's government
if Mexico would only get one.
The popular desire for a little
farm by the roadside on the part of
a number Of statesmen should not
be mistaken for an impulse to take
to the tall timber.
Japan's riots are reminder tha t
even an era Of great righteousness
may have its troubles.
A peddler in London who hawked
five-pound notes about the street,
offering to sell them at a penny
each, could sell only two, owing to
the suspicion of the public. Yet
almost anybody can sell stock in a
wildcat corporation that promises
to pay a dividend of so per cent.
The question of safety for the
lives and property for American citi-
zens looms up as much more import
ant than any differences which the
Mexieans may be eng eyed in agitat-
ing among themselves.
Polar explorations continues to
claim n toll Of human life that might
per ;uade even science TO question
whether it is worth while.
Gen. Rosalie Jones is the fortunate
commander who leads her suffra-
gettes troops not to battle. but to
scenes of triumphal ovation.
If an era of simplicity can be at
taired which will simplify tariff de-
bate the republic will be eternally
grateful.
/ The problem in Mexico, What
shall we do with the Diaz family"
The danger was not serious but
the country must breathe easier
since the electoral college completed
itsAwolk without any s. ormy protest