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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-12

known that Manager schlafiy would
rather keep Agler and allow Hal
Chase to come here. In fact, Buffalo
offered TO sell Chase to Newark for
$4,000, but Mr.. Powers didn't want
Chase. The price set on Agler by
Buffalo is 1880, which is considered
a pretty high figure. Money, how-
ever, will not stop Mr.. Powers, but he
has a string on another star first
sacker and he doesn't care about do
ing business with Buffalo until he is
sure he will not be able to land his
other fish.
C.
The Peps' infield, with new first
baseman, will stand up before any
team In the league. Frank LAporte.
at second, is the same slugger of old,
and his fielding is about as good as
the next one. Esmond, at shortstop,
is as fast as lightning. but his hitting
is nothing to speak of. McKechnie, at
third, is regular ball player. He
isn't in shape yet, having had very
little practice. but he can hit and
field with any Of them. So, with first
base properly manned, We will have a
team that It will be hard TO pick
flaws in.
O.
Newark's pitching staff is said to
be the best in the league. Falkenberg
showed his class in the opener, and 1t
is claimed that Reulbach, who will
probably twirl today, is In great
shape and expects to have good
year. Kaiserling is high-class
pitcher, and go is Moseley. Manager
Phillips was between two seas as to
who he should work in the first game,
his twirlers were all doing so well.
His selection was good one, and he
said he thought he would depend on
Reulbach to guide him to victory to-
day.
O.
The victory of the Pops was par
ticularly pleasing to Mr. Powers and
he was In high spirits coming home
on tho train. He said he wanted the
Newark fans TO understand that it
was his intention to give them the
very best there was In baseball and
that Harry r. Sinclair, his backer,
had instructed him to 90 the limit
to secure winning bah club and to
spare no expense to give the fans
commodious ball park. Mr.. Powers
said Il was his intention 70 conduct
everything in flrst-class style and he
said that he considered his prices OF
twenty-five cents to 81 very reason
able for big league ball. Mr.. Powers
was certain that the grounds wouif
be ready to play the opening game
here on Friday and he said he would
put in q number Of big arc lights and
have men work nights in order to
make sure that the park would be
finished. He said 1t wasn't Just neo-
essary to work nights, but he felt
that It would be safer. The grounds
are nearly ready to play on and the
grand stand Is ell ready to put up
the chairs. although the roof is not
on yet. The hardest part of the
roof, though, Is almost completed on
the ground and II will be hoisted into
position today and tomorrow. After
that all that remains to be done is
to nail on the roof. on which work a
force of about 200 men win be en-
ployed. The bleachers will be fin
ished, but the approaches to the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-12

park win not be right up to the
minute. Mr.. Powers, though, as
sures us that the Pops will play ac.
cording to schedule and everything
viii be in pretty fair shape.
O.
The Federal League had a most
fiattering opening all over the circuit
on Saturday. Kansas City claims
she had more than $4,000 spectators
present, but I hae me doots. as the
fellow says. However. 1t may be
that Kansas City is sprucng up after
nearly losing her ball team, and we
are glad that the near-Newarks are
so popular I'm their home town. Bal
timore gives out the attendance at
her game as 1921, and that is Just
about the size of the crowd that was
there. Chicago, with rainy weather
to contend with, had $1,000. and
Brooklyn's official count was 15,441
The turnout at Brooklyn was disap-
pointing. in that 1t was expected that
more than 10000 would pass through
the gates. However, as the season
goes on the fans of Greater New
York will wake up to the fact that
the Federal League Is furnishing q
high-clsss article Of baseball All
that is asked 10 fair show and an
honest expression Of opinion. The
Feds will not be beaten, no matter
what happens. and tho prospects are
that they will win out ana be The
league inside of three years.
o.
with Brooklyn and Chicago. and we
have a grand chance to win again
today at Baltimore. The fans showed
great enthusiasm over tho success OF
the team while watching the Evening
Star scoreboard ON Saturday, and
every Indication augurs well for a biz
season for the Pops. The tickets fol-
the Dollar Dinner" are selling al
fast as is to be expected, and the
parade on opening day will surpass
anything ever held here, and will
make history for the city. The gen
eral committee will hold a meeting a
the Elks' Home. on Green street, to-
night, when tho finai arrangement
! will be made.
| O.
] A baseball fan wants to know:
]. p. N:
with the opening day but weel
Off, and no cars on Jackson stree
bridge and no loop on Fourth street
Harrison, can you please tell me hov
the fans of Newark will be able Il
reach that new park P. T. is tryini
SO hard to get ready? And you can
not even blame the Public Service.
A FAN.
Everybody who is at all anxious t
go to the games will find II easy t
4 get there. II you are able to craw
as far as the Hudson tube, in Par
place, you ought to be strong enoug
to take the two-minute ride to Har
rison and then a short walk to tn
grounds is all that is necessary
Please tell you how the fans ar
going to reach the new park? Wei
well, aud in this year Of Our Lor
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-12
Willard ANXIOUS
TOSEE HIS FAMILY
Heavyweight Champion Re-
turns to New York After Visit
to Atlantic City.
THOUSANDS GREET JESS

NEW YORK, April 12-Homeslcls
as ever. Jess Willard, heavyweight
champion Of the world, returned to
this city today, with only one
thought in his mind, and that Is to
get back to his family in Los An
geles. Willard cannot think of any
thing else but his wife and children
out on the coast. He expects to get
to Los Angeles by July. He will ap-
pear at the Panama Exposition in
San Francisco late In the summer.
The eonqueror of Jack johnson
was given a great reception at At
lantic City yesterday. Thousands OF
visitors, with the resident popula-
tion, paid him homage, dogging his
every footstep to shake his hand, pat
him on the back. offer tFeir. com
fnent, and generally make things
miserable for the bashful fighter.
Stock Yards Giant wants Chance.
CHICAGO, April ia gaint from
the stoekyards named jack Hen
messy, who stands six feet six inches
in his stockings, wants a chance to
fight Jess willard for the heavy
weight championship.
Cuban senate Against boxing.
HAVANA, April ia bill prohib-
iting any kind OF boxing in Cuba,
which has been before the legislative
bodies of the republic since the Will
lard-Johnson fight on April s, has
been passed by the Senate.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-04-12
Abramson IN Limelight.

The playing of William Abramson
was the bright feature OF game OF
basketball. in which the National
Turner Juniors defeated the Newark
Centres yesterday afternoon at the
Turn Hall by score of so to "a
Abramson scored 20 points. Charles
Ecker also played we'll for the Turn
ers
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
CHILD LABOR A NATIONAL PROBLEM

There is a legend of the pelican which relates than when its young
are STARVING, the mother, soonec than see her birdhngs die, tears from
her breast the flesh to feed them. Human kind, o the contrary, feeds
itself p the bodies and souls of its children. There re rel LN|
600 child laborers in the country under the age OF SIXTEEN tohng III
cotton fields and cotton mills, in mines and IN the streets, driven mt
industry bv the pressing need of the family. Bodies are deformed,
minds are stunted, characters are warped, and all because of the poverty
of the family and the greed Of the employers.
It would appear off hand that this condition affects only such local.
ties as those where children are largely employed, and that the respon-
siblitv rests only upon the citizens of that locality. On second thought
however, it is clear that n o n in this country car have a clear con-
science in the matter. All of us are consumers of cotton goods, a
industry which is n of the worst offenders in the employment of child
laborers. From the flowers on her hat to the stockings O. lie tet
almost every woman wears ONE product of child labor. Children
labor o. mems ready-nade clothes and help make his ties. The labor
of children enters very largely into the production OF canned good.
Considering these facts, we ca none OF us beg off ron responsibility
for the condition.
The economic situation, the financial interests involved, make it
almost impossible to ecure remedial legislation in the locality where
child labor is employed. One of the speakers at the recen Chld-Labor
Conference in San Francisco told the audience that in his section, North
and South Carolina, there would be no relief from the ptful condition
of working children for at least ten years, unless the people OF the
United States forced such relief through the Federal government.
The National Ch1d-Labor Committee secured the passage in the
last house OF representatives of the Palmer-Owen bill, placing the pro-
ducts Of child labor under the control of the Federal government, ut
the bill failed in the senate. 1t will be introduced in the coming session
OF congress-, and a widespread expression of public opinion favorng
it will secure its enactment 1t forbids the interstate shipment of the
product of mines or quarries, where children under sixteen have been
engaged, the output Of canneries or mills, where tn chldren are be-
tween the ages of fourteen and sixteen, where they have worked more
than eight hours a day or six days a week, or between the hours OF
7 p. n. and ] a m.
Every citizen a do his or her part in putting al end to this evil
which is injuring the citizenship o. the future by expressing to Nevadas
representatives in the national congress an opinion strongly favoring
the enactment of this law. Our representatives will welcome such X
preston of opinion from their constituents.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
RaWhide Shows
Steady Progress

A. S. Proskey expects to close a
deal on his property in a few days at
a satisfactory consideration.
Sandy Crawford met with quite A
serious accident at Rochester last
week by the discharge of a missed
hole, from which he will probably
lose the sight of an eye.
Mr.. Penglaize has been sinking
through a fine grade of shipping ore
on his claim on Bullskin mountain,
and from all appearances it has the
earmarks of a mine.
Nearly all of the properties at
Rand and Bovard are under option to
mining men of note. 1t is expected
that considerable development work
on these properties will be done this
summer.
The Gold Pen property is produce
ing ore that would come near max
ing a dead prospectOr rise up out of
his grave and get busy. And we
learn they will soon De shipping an
other car of this stuff.-Yerington
Times.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
Finish Shearing

A large band of sheep spent the
night on this side of Mount David
son, having reached that point late
yesterday afternoon. They have
been noticed for the past few days as
they wendell their way south from
the ranches north OF this city, where
shearing has been going on for some
time. The shearers brought theil
belongings to the depot nere last
evening and will probably leave or
this mornings train.-Enterprise.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
Heavy Hoist Arrives

A heavy hoist, compressor and 9TH
er equipment for the Midway Consol-
dated Mines company arrived today
from Franklin, Pa. They will be ;n-
stalled at once at the new shaft of
the Midway, -where the concrete
foundations and all other prelimin-
airy work have been completed. AS
soon as the machinery is in place
the property will resume operations
on company account.-Bonanza.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR PAROLE SYSTEM

Another murderer a paroded from San Quentin o Friday and
turned loose upon the community to add to his crimes.
He lost n time in Selling the opportunity the pardon board placed
in his hands. Coming to San Francisco the morning after his release,
his first act wa to provide himself with a revolver. Then he cast
about for a victim.
.- Undoubtedly he felt grateful to his Gberators. They had given
him the first chance to murder he had had for years. He could not
afford to throw the chance away. That would have been ingratutude
and would have made his benefactors feel that their confidence in his
ability to commit another murder had been misplaced. His opportuni
ty came when he found himself in a crowd OF commuters outside the
Ferry building Saturday. All he had to do a to fire into the crowd
to make certain of a victim. He fired twice. 1t was not his fault o
the fault of his good friends o n the parole board that some innocent
a or woman or child did not drop dead at his feet Luck diverted
the bullets and before he could fire again policemen who do not share
the parole boards tender sympath1es tor murderers placed him where
he could do n more harm.
However, the parole board need not feel discouraged. There are
still a good many murderers left in San Quentin to turn loose. Arthur
Browning, the murderer who tried so hard to return to his trade during
his single day OF liberty, was not the first by Scores Of the criminals
and murderers parohd and given another chance to add to their crimes.
And Browning will not be the last. While that wetnurse of crime
and criminals, the parole system, and the Anticipated men and women
who yawp about the regeneration of murderers, arr tolerated, more
and more Brownings will be turned loose to resume their crmes-EX-
aminer.
With the split in Wilson's cabinet, which will be forgotten in a
weeks time, the foreign press bureau will get busy and circulate
stories in Europe that the United States is o the threshold of a civil
wal
Score a scoop for the Hearst papers. They foretold Bryan's re-
tirement from President Wilson's cabinet, placing the event for March
I 1914 They were fifteen months ahead of time, that's ALL
The Reno Journal, under its new editorial management, is devot-
ing column after column to adu1ation OF Wall street methods. Such
boosting helps Nevada-nh.
Thcaters of war in Europe o are about as plentiful a. movie
PERTINENT THOUGHTS
AS we sow, So shall we reap, and that's probably why 50 many
people are shy on the reapings.
Blessed be the mar of peace, re though he gets his nose
punched.
Clean ar and paint up-but not your face.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09

Score a scoop for the Hearst papers. They foretold
rement from President Wilson's cabinet, placing the event
1o14 They were fifteen months ahead of time, that's all.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
Women Recognized

In the appointment of clerks and
judges for the special election n
sewer bonds, the Elko county COM
missioners have recognized the rights
OF ome to hold public Office. and
three were appointed to positions n
the boards.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09
Tonopah Resident Called

Mrs. Elnora J.. Taylor, a resident
OF Tonopah, passed away at her
home in that camp after a brief i'll
ness recently. She and her family
came to Tonopah last November
from Lincoln county. She was So
years OF age and a native of Iowa.
Her husband, two daughters and Il
son survive her. Interment will be
at Minneapolis.
Carson City daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1907-1930, 1915-06-09

There have been no new cases of
smallpox in Ely within the past two
weeks. At the present time there are
only five cases in the isolation hospi-
tai and some of them will be dis
charged within a day or two. There
are no other cases within the city
Ely Record.
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Efforts For Pardon James Wilcox.

New Bern. N, c., Feb. ga WISH
tor from ElZebeth City, who was in
New Bern yesterday. stated that a
petition is soon to be circulated in
that section which has as it's object
the securing Of a pardon for James
Wilcox, who twelve years ago We
sent to the penitentiary for the
murder of Nellie Cropsey, his sweet
heart. Wilcox is said to have made
model prisoner and has been of
real service in prison until a short
time ago. when he fell prey to con-
sumption and is now said to be in the
sick ward in very bad condition. VIII
cox was visited several days ago by
w. O. Saunders, editor of the Eliza
beth City Independent, and to him
he stated he would be.glad to be free
to go west and endeavor to be cur
ed of the malady which is slowly
causing his death. It is said that
there are many people in and
around Elizabeth City who believe
Wilcox innocent.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Pulpit and Pew.

The man who handles the word
of God in the pulpit to day must be
a man who can make the life of God
vivid in the streets tomorrow. The
highways of life, where trade and
competition, where care and respon-
sibility. where sin and suffering are
found; where the battle between
human interest and human destiny
is of ambition, and avarice and of
philanthropy, of quiet, simple SER
vice this is the place where the
minister with the right kind of call
counts.
Advocates there are many, and
so they are needed; reformers
there are many, and they are not
to be despised; evangelists there are
many, and they have a mission; but
the world today demands that the
churches shall have an average Of
Christian manhood in the pulpit
that will illumine the practical and
serviceable ends of religion in al
the affairs of human life. Infu
ence, this is the demand; potency
this is the requirement.; vitality, thi!
is the great asset sought. Spiritur
al vitality in the life Of pastors O
the city churches is imperatively de
manded. 1t may be said that tht
average of ministerial ability ha
never been higher. The man will
the kind Of call that counts today
is the man who is in intelligent toucl
with his times, its prblems, it's aspi
ration, its needs and its agencies
With such men in the pulpit an
such men directing the thought o
the times, there is no possibility o
the evils of society gaining the mas
terry over the operation of Go
through the medium of the church
Oxford Public Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11

Nine. de Hegermann-Lindenc rone.
author of I'm the Courts of Memory. -
who was in France during the Franco
Prussian war, relates a detail of the
flight of Empress Eugene which was
not generally known. When she was
about to get into cab, which she
chose for its inconspicuousness. a
small boy, cacthing sight Of her, called
. out. VOLTA T1mDeratrice!" Luckily the
Italian ambassador. who was with her
turned on the boy, quick as thought
and said IN loud voice. What do you
mean by hurrahing for Prussia ," and
boxed his ears, SO that attention wa
diverted from the empress.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Jurors for March Court.

The following is the jurors for the
March term of Halifax county supe-
rior court:
First Week-W. T. Green, M. D.
Reid, c. l.. Mcdowell, C. M. Pear
son, P. L. Matthews. J. l.. Hackney,
T. M. Virgins, L. A. Shearin, ]. R.
Askew, J. E. Matthews, w. H. Hud-
son, Alex Lewis, T. B. Browning. G..
B. Bryan, John H. House, Howard
Gray, P. S. Williams, R. B. Ivey. J.
H. Overstreet, w. C. Best, M. G.
Britt. w. R. House, W. c. Dickens.
w. S. Bobbitt, W. NJ. Hancock, B.
A. Station, E. D. Tippett, J. M. Pitt
man, Thomas Station, H. L. Grant,
L. J. Baker, James Gotten, James
Hale, Geo. L. Powell. M. w. Perry,
E. D. Parker.
Second Week.. P. Futrell, A,
Stainback, Otto Meyer, F. J. Bounds
Balfour Dunn, T. w. H. Thorne, J
A. Holdford, A. S. Robertson, Franz
Branch, w. W. Summerell, J. H
Harris, G. w. Threewitts, w. L
Shearin, C. w. Whitehead, B. w
Cullom, R. M. Purnell, ]. E. Lewis
J. E. Hancock.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Notice!

By virtue Of power vested in me
by q certain deed of trust, executed
to me by Sears Smith, John Rober-
son and Alex Bridgers, trustees of
Mount Zion Missionary Baptist
Church, and duly recorded in the
Office of the register of deeds for
Halifax county, North Carolina, in
book FL at page 425. | will on the
End day Of March, 1915, sell for cash
at public auction to the highest bid
der in the town Of Scotland Neck.
N. c., in front of the Planters and
Commercial Bank, at II o'clock, m. ,
the fol owing described real estate,
to-wit: That lot or parcel of land
in Halifax county, North Carolina,
beginning at point on the suush of
the road leading from Scotland Neck
to Graball. at Hancock's Corner,
thence along the ditch in southerlv
direction to corner of said ditch,
thence in a westerly direction along
said ditch to Tillery's line, thence
along said Tillery's line in a south
westerly direction, to Felicia Fer.
RAILS line, thence along her line to
the New Road, leading from Scot
land Neck to Graball, thence along
the New Road in an easterIy direc-
ton to the beginning, being the
same lot conveyed to the said Mount
Zion Church by Stuart Hardy, and
on which is now situated the said
Mt. Zion Church Building.
This goth day of January, 1915.
STUART SMITH, Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Must Have Statistics,

l wish to state that the under
takers here are at this time Cooper
ating nicely-they are mailing me
their certificates as they come in
but am having lots of trouble in
having births reported. The doc.
tors are reporting pretty fair, but
the bulk of the mid-wives are not,
and the next birth I hear of and il
Is not reported to me directly or in.
directly through some doctor, l an
am going to report you to the vita,
statistics bureau. I rather for yor
to pay a fine for not executing you,
duty than have to pay fine for
not executing mine.
CHAs. L. STATION.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Executors Notice,

Having qualified as executors of
the estate of Noah Biggs, deceased,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the said estate to pre-.
sent them to the undersigned on or
before December 81. 1915, or this
notice will be pleaded in bar of their
recovery All persons indebted to
said estate will please make immedi-
ate settlement. All persons due or
having claims against the firm of
Biggs & johnson will please make
immediate settlement with DR.. R.
M. johnson. surviving partner.
This 28th day of December, 1914.
F. P. SHIELDS,
JAS. A. PITTMAN,
r. M. JOHNSON,
Executors.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-02-11
Information Wanted.
Scotland Neck. N. c.,
January 8, 1915.
Hon. J. E. Shields. Mayor,
Scotland Neck, N. c.

OCOIlduu week, IN. y.
Dear Sir
In discussion among several citi-
zens and taxpayers, among them
myself, of the criticism of the new
electric plant equipment which ap-
peared in the last issue of The Com
monwealth, several questions arose
which none Of us were in a position
to answer.
Assuming it the privilege, and be-
lieving it the duty, of every proper
ty owner and taxpayer to be thor.
oughly informed as to the exact
status Of municipal affairs. would
respectfully ask, purely as matter
of information, the following ques.
tions:
l. What is the bonded indebted.
ness of Scotland Neck?
2. What is the bonded indebted.
ness Of the light plant?
3. Is the new plant paid for arc
what did it cost?
4. If paid for is there. any wsy
under the terms of their contract te
make the sellers of the equipment
responsible for its proper installs
ton?
l trust that you will see fit to give
me the information desired through
the columns of The Commonwealth
/ at your earliest convenience.
Respectfully,
/ FL AIExANnER In