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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
U. s. TREASURY
SHOWS ASURPLUS
First Year of The Wilson Administration
Closes With Over Thirty Three
Million Surplus.
MORE Than HOPED FOR
Payment Of Income and Corporation
Taxes on Last Day Turns q
Deficit Into Surplus.

ington-Treasury figures COM
pleted show the federal government
went through it's first fiscal year I'M
der the Wilson administration with its
income exceeding ordinary expenses
by $50, Nearly thirty-three
and a half million dollars, pouring into
the treasury the last day, brought the
total receipts for the year up to $734,-
343,7OO.2O, million and half above
Secretary McAdoo's original estimate,
and turned into surplus what had
promised the day before to be sub
stantial deficit.
Corporation and income tax pay
ments furnished the stream of gold
at the finish. From this source came
$26,161, 7S2.2S between the opening and
closing of the treasury on the last
day. Secretary McAdoo and other ad-
ministration officials we're pointing to
the total figures as proof Of their
promises as to what would be accom-
plished under the new tariff.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
HOUSE PASSES Lever BILL
INTENDED TO REGULATE PRAC-
TtCES OF NEW YORK
EXCHANGE.
Author Claims the Bill Will Save
Southern Cotton Growers Mil
lions of Dollars.

Washington-The house substituted
the Lever bill for regulation Of cot
ton exchanges through prohibitive tax
eS for the senate measure proposing
regulation by means of prohibiting the
use of the mails and the telegraph
for so-called gambling transactions.
The house put the bill through un-
der suspension Of the rules by a vote
of "a to Fl, and sent it back to the
senate. If the senate fails to agree
to the substitute, the differences will
be taken up in conference. Senator
Smith, author of the senate bill, is now
campaigning in South Carolina, and
consideration of the substitute may be
delayed until his return, though Sena-
tor Smith of Georgia or some other
Southern senator may call it up in the
meantime.
Both the senate and house measures
aim to regulate alleged evil practices
on the cotton exchanges which the COT
ton producers contend keep down the
price of cotton. The senate bill through
the postoffce department and the in
terstate commerce commissions jul
riSdiction over the telegraph would
prohibit the transmission of quotations
and lists of sales Of cotton that did
not comply with the requirements as
to standardization prescribed in the
| bill. Both bills would regulate, though
| they would not prohibit, transactions
| in futures.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
A REMARKABLE OPERATION
Thyroid Gland of Monkey Is Grated
on Diseased Child.

Thyroid Gland Of Monkey Is Grated
on Diseased Child.
Paris.-The remarkable cure of a
patient suffering from cretinism dis
ease characterized by physical de-
formity and imbecility = by grating
the thyroid glands of a monkey was
announced at the Academy of Medl-
cine by Doctor Veronoff, a well known
surgeon
The patient, a child of fourteen
years was attacked by myolodcna at
the age of 8, as an after effect OF
scarlet fever His physical and in
tellectual growth stopped. Six months
ago Doctor Voronoff, in the presence
of nineteen doctors, grated on the
childs neck the right lobe of the thy
roid gland of large baboon.
Almost Immediately the patient be-
gan to improve and marked develop
ment took place in body and mind.
While formerly the patient was apa-
hetic and stupid, he became active
and quick-Witted.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
MEXICAN REBELS WARNED
MIGHT CAUSE INTERVIEW
TON BY UNCLE SAM.
Breach Is Widening Between General
Carranza and General Villa Ac-
cording to Reports.

Washington, D. C.-Carranza agents
here have been told 70 picture the pos
sibility which might follow interven-
ton in Mexico by the United States.
They have been reminded, it is said,
of the dreams of thousands of Amer
leans for one solid nation from the
Canadian border to the Panama canal,
and urged to appreciate how public
opinion might force the American flag
to wave for years at least over Mex
leo should i. Cnce be hoisted in the
capital
Reports continue to reach Washing
ton of the widening of the breach be-
tween Villa and CarranZa. Should this
become more serious, the international
situation, it is admitted, would be fur
Their complicated.
A B c Mediators Quit.
Niagara Falls, Ont.-An indefinite re-
cess Of mediation was decided on by
Ambassador Da Cana of Brazil and
Ministers Suarez and Naon of Chile
and Argentina. respectively.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Want $4,000 to Fioht PLAQUE.

Atlanta, Ga.-The State Board of
Health, is was announced few days
ago, has asked the General Assem-
bly,, through Governor Slaton, for an
appropriation Of $4,000 with which to
fight possible entrance of bubonic
plague into Georgia seaports. In re-
questiong the appropriation the health
officials announce they wish to make
an investigation, following the recon-
mendation Of Surgeon General Rupert
Blue, of the United States Public
Health and Marine Hospital Service
now at New Orleans
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
PRESIDENT TALKS
OF. INDEPENDENCE
AMERICANS SHOULD MANAGE
THEIR OWN AFFAIRS IN WAY
TO HONOR FOUNDERS.
CRITICIZES THE KNOCKERS
Facts. or Alleged Facts, Being Given
Out Do Not Always Tally, Says
President Wilson.

Philadelphia, Pa.-Advocating the
undermining of the Declaration OF
independence by applying its prlncl-
pies to the business the politics ana
the foreign policies of America, Pres
ident Wilson thrilled huge crowd
assembled in Independence Square
within few feet of where the origl-
nal declaration was signed.
The president touched on Mexico,
the Panama tolls repeal controversy,
his antitrust program, business con-
ditions and his ideas of modern pa
triotism Pounding his fist on the
table on which the Declaration of In
dependence was signed he declared
Americans today must manage their
affairs in a way to do honor to the
founders of the nation. There are
men in Washington today, he de-
clared, whose patriotism is not snowy
but who accomplish great patriotic
things They are staying in Washing
ton, doing their duty, keeping a quo
rum in each house Of Congress to do
business "And l am mighty glad to
stay there and stick by them," he
added.
Touching on business conditions of
the country, President Wilson said a
great many allegations of facts were
being made, but that great many
of these facts do not tally with each
other.
Are these men trying to serve their
country or something smaller than
their country" the president asked.
'If they love America and there is
anything wrong it is their business to
put their hands to the task and set it
right"
Eighty-fve per cent of the Mexi
can people, the president said in
touching on Mexico, never have had d
right to have 'look-in" on thei,
government while the other Is pei
cent were running it.
Nov, the American pople have 6
heart that beats for them just as il
beats for other Millions" Mr. Wilson
continued. 81 hear great deal abou
the property loss in Mexico, and l re
greet that with all my heart, but bach
of it all is a struggling people. lie
what is going on in 'front.'
II would be ashamed of the flag i
we did anything outside this countr.
which we would not do in it, tn,
president declared
Speaking of Panama tolls, tn,
president said the treaty with Englan,
might be mistake, but it's meanin,
cannot be mistaken and he believe,
in keeping the nations obligations
He believed in keeping the name O
the United States unquestioned an,
unsullied
Before the president got his speed
we'll under way the crowd surged fol-
ward in such confusion that a PAM
was threatened. Two companies O
marines and sailors stood before tn
speakers stand and the president wa
forced to stop several times but final!
got the crowd under control
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
TROOPS MOVE TO CAPITAL.
Federals Are Recruiting and PrepaI
inc to Attack Mexico C;+u

FederaIs Are Recruiting and Prepar-
ing to Attack Mexico City.
Eagle Pass, Tex - Information
brought by messengers from Saltillo
was that troops from the division of
the East have been ordered hy Cen
eral Pablo Gonzales to proceed i'm
demlately to Queretaro. This move is
regarded as significant of the part the
division of the East intends to play
IN the final assault on Mexico City as
the final stand Of the Federals prob
ably will be made at Queretaro.
The movement to Queretaro, it is
thought here, also was precipitated
by the withdrawal of Federal troops
under General Pascual Orozco from
the Queretaro garrison to reinforce
the Mexico City garrison.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Daring Feat of CavaIryman,

Vera Cruz. - The United States
navy vanquished the army and marine
corps in a long program Of athletic
sports which marked their celebration
of the Fourth Of July on Mexican soil.
During the Roman race of the caval-
ry native woman became panic
stricken and was unable to move as
the galloping horses approached her
The driver forced his horses apart
and the animals passed on each side
of the woman with the rider strad-
ding across the space between the
straddles. The woman was untouched
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Killed by DYNAMITE

Dayton, Penn.-An explosion of
dynamite here killed William Clever,
aged 2, and so seriously injured Fred
Clever, age 6, and his sister, Grace
age 4, that physicians said they could
not live. John Wargney lost his right
hand. A friend had taken four sticks
of dynamite to the Clever home to
celebrate the Fourth and while he was
preparing the charge, William picked
up one of the caps and bit it. The
explosion that followed instantly killed
him and set off the dynamite
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
MAY Exclude Treasury Agents.

Paris-The opinion prevailed here
that United States treasury agents
would in future be excluded from
France because of the exposure OF
their methods in the course of an ap-
peal by Henry Monroe, a banker,
against a Jail sentence and fine for
refusing to disclose the amounts paid
in France by Miss Dolan of Brook
line, Mass, for dresses seized by the
American customs officials on their
arrival in Boston.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Senators Testify During Probe.

Washington. = Senators Overman
and Chiffon were principal witnesses
before a committee investigating the
charges of misuse of official letter
heads for the promotion of North
Carolina gold mining project. Mr.
Overman testified he bought $4,000 Of
stock in the mine when a treasury
expert told him the property was
worth $6O,OOOOOO; Mr.. Chiffon testi-
fed he owned $1,000 worth
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
OLD BILL is WIPED OUT
Was Last of Legislation Opposing the
Confederate Army Officers.

Washington. the inspiration
of spirited speech from Representa-
tive George S. Graham (Rep.) of Penn
sylvania, the house of representatives
passed bill to wipe off the federal
statute books the last of the punitive
measures against the men who fought
in the Confederate army
The bill, which was passed unani-
mously, specifically repeats section
$3.50 of the revised statutes, which
makes it unlawful for any officer Of
the United States government to pay
any account of claim accruing prior
to April Is, 1861, in favor of "any
person who promoted, encouraged or
in any manner sustained the late re-
belliOn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Williams Insists He's Right.

Athens-George Fred Williams, the
American minister to Greece, who re-
Gently made public a report of his
Investigations in Albania, in which he
denounced the international commits
sion of control and declared the pres
ent regime in Albania, was impracti
cable, issued a new statement justify
ing his former statement and empha-
sizing the danger menacing Epirus
through the rapid advance of the AL
bantam rebels.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
TO INVOKE ANCIENT LAW

Philadelphia Plans to Insure a Safe
and Sane Fourth.
Philadelphia.-A law which mas eX-
listed since 1921, ffty-five years before
the Declaration of independence, will
be invoked by police Of this city to
insure a safe and sane Fourth Of
July. Fortified by an opinion OF the
city solicitor that the ancient ordi-
nance forbidding the sale or use Of
squibs, rockets and other fireworks
without a special license from the gov
ernor still is in force
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Naval Stores Suit Dropped.

Savannah, Cattle dissolution suit
brought by the government against the
suspended American Naval Stores
company, charging the company with
being a monopoly in restraint of trade,
was dismissed when a copy of the or
der Of dismissal. was received by court
officials. 1t vas signed by Federal
Judge Sheppard, June 27. The recent
acquittal of four officers Of the COM
pany and the dismissal of the civil
suit clears the docket of actions
brought against it by the government.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
WILSON CONSULTS
big BUSINESS"
]. P. Morgan And Other Leaders OF
Industry Call At The
Width House.
A REVIVAL OF BUSINESS
Is What the President Is Earnestly
Seeking-Exchanges Ideas
With Callers.

Washington.-For nearly an hour
conditions with J. P Morgan at the
first of a series of conferences which
will bring to the white house men
foremost in American industry and
finance. 1t was one of the very few
occasions during the sixteen months
of his administration that the presl-
dent has received one Of the recog-
nized leaders of "big business"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Charles S. MeIIen Indicted.

Cambridge, Mass.-Eighteen persons
including Charles S. Mellen, former
president of the New York, New Ha-
ven and Hartford and the Boston and
Maine railroad companies, Frederick
(. Moseley of F. S. Moseley & Co.,
Boston, brokers, the late Ralph D. Gil
lette of Westfeld, and the investment
committee of two savings banks of
this city were indicted by the Middle
sex county grand jury on various
charges in connection with the financ-
ing Of the Hampden railroad from
Bondsville to Springfield
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Valuable Relics Returned.

Savannah, Ga.-Nearly one hundred
and fifty years after they were taken
from the lodge room in Savannah by
looting British soldiers, valuable rel
les of Solomon's Lodge, No. 1, F. and
A. M, were returned and presented
to the lodge by. G. T. Parker of Kis-
since, Fla. They had been in the
possession of his family 80 years.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
B. Y. p, U. in Kansas CITY,

Kansas City.-Three thousand Bap-
fist young men and women were call
ed to order here at the twenty-first
convention of the Baptist Young Peo-
pies Union of America, meeting Joint
ly with the Baptist Young Peoples
Union (South).
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Clark Appointed Agent.

Washington-W. A. Graham Clark
was appointed by Secretary Redfield
to be commercial agent of the depart
ment of commerce for the Southern
states. Mr.. Clark, who has been con-
nected with the department since it's
organization and is regarded as an ex-
pert On questions Of the cotton textile
industry, will make his headquarters
at Atlanta, Ga.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
DOCTOR ROJAS, MINISTER
FROM VENEZUELA, DIES
President Attends Funeral Rites Of De-
ceased Diplomat.

President Attends Funeral Rites Of De-
ceased Diplomat.
WashingtOn-Last tributes of re-
spect to the memory of the late Dr.
Pedro Ezekiel Rojas, minister of Ven
ezuela, were paid by official Washing
ton. President Wilson, members of his
cabinet, the supreme court, the diplo-
matte corps, members of the congress
sional foreign relations committees
and other officials attended funeral
services at ST Matthews church, af-
ter which the body, escorted by troops,
was placed aboard the Dolphin and
taken to Hampton Roads There it
was transferred to the battleship Kan
sas and conveyed to LaGuaira, Vene-
zuela
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Senators Anxious to kno,.

ashington.-How such comn,eto
reports of proceedings of the senate
foreign relations committee, supposed
to be secret on the pending Nicara-
guam and Colombian treaties, get into
the newspapers is about to be invas-
tigated
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
To Represent U. S. in Mexico.

Washington.-Fully instructed as to
the Washington governments atti-
tude toward every phase of the Mexi-
can problem, John R. Silliman left
for Saltillo to represent the United
States at the temporary capital Of
General Carranza,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
u. S Navy is Now DRY"

Washington.-Secre Daniels ia
nous order banishing intoxicants from
the navy has gone into effect 1t Will
not only abolish the traditional wine
mess of the officers, but bars all al
coholic liquors from every ship and
shore station of the navy.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
1915 Worlds Peace Conference.

The Hague, Netherlands. The
Dutch government invited nations that
participated in the second peace con-
ference to appoint delegates to a COM
mittee to formulate a definite pro-
gram for the third conference.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
President Siqns Naval Bill.

Washington.-Pre Wilson has
signed the naval appropriation bill
which carries provision for two new
dreadnaughts and permits the sale Of
the battleships Mississippi and Idaho
to Greece. Negotiations now are be-
ing conducted for their sale.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
FLOOD WARNINGS ISSUED
Mississippi Rises to Highest Mark in

mississippi Kisses TO HI9nest Walk III
Years.
LaCross, VISA rise in the Mis-
sissippi river here overnight sent the
stream up to ten feet above low wa
ter mark, the highest point in years.
Two feet more will let the river into
the town, low places Of which already
are flooded.
Heavy rains and swollen streams
emptying into the Mississippi from
above will mean a steady rise, the
weather observer predicts.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN DEAD
Engiand's Leading Statesman Passes
Away in London.

EngIandS Leading Statesman Passes
Away in London.
London-Joseph Chamberlain, one
ish politics in the past generation,
died at his London home His
death came as a surprise. He had
been suffering with paralysis, yet the
condition of his health was not known
TO be any worse than it had been
for the past three years.
The cause of Mr.. Chamberlain
death was officially announced as
heart failure. Although he had been
gradually sinking for several days,
members of the family had decided his
condition should not become public
ly known
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
ConQreSS Will Not Adionrn

WaShington-A conference of Demo-
Majority Leader Kern to act upon a
resolution for informing the country
that congress Will stay in Washington
until it has disposed of antitrust leg
islation
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
City Under Martial Law

Sarajevo, Observation-Disclosures a ser1
GUS anti-Servian outbreak here as the
result OF the assassination of Arch
duke Francis Ferdinand and his wife,
the Duchess of Hohenberg, by a young
Servian student, martial law has been
proclaimed
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Appeal for Fire Sufferers.

Boston.-Governor Walsh telegraph
ed to President Wilson asking that
the national government appropriate
100000 for the assistance of Salem
fire sufferers. He also sent messages
to the governors of each state and
the mayors of all large cities in the
country urging the need of funds. He
said $1,O00,O00 would be required to
meet the emergency
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Huerta Makes Serious Threat.

Vera Cruz.-"Before I resign half the
people Of Mexico City will die with
me- is the remark President Victori-
ano Huerta is credited with having
made to friends while sitting in a
Mexico City cafe at tea.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
New Ambassador to Russi.

Washlngton.-George T. Marye, Jr.
of San Francisco, has been finally do.
termined on for ambassador to Russia
President Wilson prepared his nomi
nation for transmission to the senate
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Battles With Train Robbers.

Pendleton, Ore.-George MacDuf-
fey, a deputy sheriff of Heppner, Ore,
fought a single-handed battle with
train robbers in the aisle Of a chair
car fifty miles east of here, killing
one and wounding another He mar
rowly missed death himself when his
pocket comb in the upper left-hand
vest pocket, slowed down a bullet
aimed at his heart
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Woman Suffrage in Sweden.

Stockholm, Sweden.-The Swedish
parliament received a petition signed
by $4,000 women urging women's en-
REIMBURSEMENT. A suffrage bill now
is in the diet and has the support OF
the entire Liberal party, but it is ex-
pected the first chamber will reject it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Obstetrics Prepare to Resist.

London.-Ulster volunteers hav
been notified, according to the Belfast
Echo, that the time has arrived when
on an order from their commanding
officers the men may carry arms open
ly, and that any attempt to seize the
arms Or the volunteers who may be
carrying them in accordance with this
order is to be resisted
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Miners Are in Peril

Huntington, w. Va.-With littl~
hope for their rescue, five miners are
imprisoned in the burning shaft Of
Sycamore mine No. l Of the Sycamore
Coal company, three miles from vii.
hanson, Mingo county.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Tells of Murder Plot.

Vienna.-Nedeljo Gabrinovics, who
threw a bomb at Archduke Francis
Ferdinand and his wife while they
were proceeding to the Sarajevo town
hall last Sunday, confessed.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Cherokee Nation Dissolved

Washington.-The Cherokee nation.
largest of the five civilized tribes. will
be dissolved as a nation, and the tri-
bal funds amounting to 100000 will
be divided among its 41,OOO members
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Proved to Be Own Son.

Dothan, Ala. NJ. Herring of Pan
anna City dived into ST. Andrews
bay to rescue the body of a child
seen lying on the bottom, to discover
that the lad was his own son ! -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Many Children EmpIoyed.

Philadelphia. Approximately 25,S75
children, less than sixteen years DID,,
are now at work in stores, factories
and other commercial establishments
in Philadelphia.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
EIks Gather in Denver.

Denver, Colo.-Denver is getting
ready very rapidly for the golden jul
bilee reunion of the Elks that com
mences here July Is to IS. The head
quarters of the Atlanta delegation will
be at the Brown palace.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Albanian Troops Defeated.

Durazzo, Albania.-A force of Alban.
ian government troops which had re.
NAMED loyal to Prince William was
defeated by the insurgent Albanian
Musselman tribesmen at Malkuch.
north Of DurazZO.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Servian kinu Is Ill

Vienna, Austria. - Prof. Francis
Chvostek of Vienna university. sDe-
cialist for internal complaints, was
summoned to Servia to attend King
Peter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-07-09
Russian Aviator Killed.

Pskov, Russia.-Captain Bojarogio, a
Russian army aviator, was killed when
his monoplane collapsed and fell from
a great height