The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1913-04-03
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 3, 1913.
CID HICKORY CHIPS.
Short and Pithy Sayings On Subjects
Past and Present.

it is to shake them.
Some people manage to see their
duty in time to dodge it.
Some way should be found to put
little human interest into the job
of being vice president.
There are two editors in the new
cabinet, but President Wilson will he
the custodian of the blue pencil.
Some are born obscure; some at
tain obscurity, and some are elected
to the vice-presidency!
Another reason that more splendid
minds are not heard from is that
some of us put enough gray matter
into checker game to conduct q Sc
rious enterprise.
Speaking Of the ship Of state, one
William H. Taft look like man who
was getting great deal of enjoy
ment out Of shore leave.
T. RS bull moosers will back
Whitman for mayor of New York,
but the chances are that notwith-
standing this heavy handicap, New
York's capable prosecuting attorney
can win.
The last Of John Browns raiders
is dead, wonder if his soul still goes
marching on.
1t is now painfully apparent that
the pie counter is not quick lunch
establishment.
Colonel Bryan likes being Secre-
tary of State and so does the country
Easter bonnetts show which way
the wind blows.
All the evidences so far goes to
show that dynamite is 6 law unto
itself.
President Wilson cannot complain
that all these job hunters are rot
forward looking men.
Our idea Of a physical marvel is a
human being who does not have any
Of the symptoms in most of the
patent medicine circulars.
1t might be comparatively easy to
recognize the Mexican Government
if it would only stand still a minute.
The American syndicate that f.
nanced the Madero revolution will
never pay more than 20 cents on
the dollar.
Historians Of the next century
may have something to say about
Wilsonian simplicity.
France and Germany are on speak
ing terms, but there are one or two
topics of conversation that neither
ventures to bring up.
1t may be possible to produce
coinage so quantity artistic that a
man can save his nickels by convin-
cling himself that he is collecting
bric-a-brac.
With Secretary Bryan controlling
big bunch Of patronage, maybe he
will have little something to say
about that tariff bill, after all.
The name of the latest play over
in New York is Damaged Goods"
which sounds like generic title for
this seasons entire output.
The popular election Of senators is
now practically in sight, but how
about the election Of popular SEN
tors?
They're going to give hickory
chips to the boy scouts, but not in
the good old way.
A New York miss has been voted
the prettiest girl at Vassar, all the
young ladies who cast the ballots
having their fingers cross at the
time.
San Shank, Indianapolis potato
selling mayor, has signed contract
to go into vaudeville, but the stage
would never have got him if P. T.
Barnum were alive.
The commoner a man talks at the
State department the better his
show for place.
Only the brave deserve the fair,
but lots of timid men are landed just
the same.
'It's no trouble a. ALL" says bill
COLLECTION "to find people out"
Though a man with money be a
bad egg, people seldom take offense
until he is broken.
No Cordelia, SO far as we know
the hookworm has never been edu-
Gated to hook woman's gown up
the back.
Illinois would be proud Of its leg
islature if the latters' laws were as
effective as its deadlocks.
Brothers and sons-in-law don't
seem to be very strong with the Ad-
ministration.
The Senate is getting to look right
Democratic.
President Wilson will have hard