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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
THE HOUSE OF MAMMON VERSUS
THE HOUSE OF GOD

When Don Martin, political repOr-
ter of the Roosevelt-Republica paper
of Herald Square, returned to Gotham
and his paper last week, the news OF
the Farmers Union of North Carolina
going on record unanimously against
this preparedness" program smacked
him square in the face. This stand of
the farmers of Tarheelia was given
much space in the Washington and
New York papers. A veritable swat
at preparedness" Much speculation
has been aroused on the effect that it
will have. That sturdy class of peo-
pie whom writer's and speakers call
'"the bone and sinew of the STATED"
Two hundred delegates representing
fifty thousand tillers of the soil stood
flat-footed against this monumental
extravagance-whic tends to dissi-
pate the general belief that the far
mers, during this mad rush to militar-
ism, had not paused long enough to
familiariZe themselves with the facts
figures, motives and effects of this
grand climax of the Gardeners, LIMOGES
and that portion of the press that is
dyed in the deep yellow
And now we have the great specta-
Gle of farm and church placed in ear
nest juxtaposition as the foes of those
who would swashbuckle and garh
America in a nice new suit of steel
And now the lineup: "The House
o. MammOn versus the House of God
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Letter from Mr.. Alexander

Scotland Neck, N. c., Nov. %, rs.
Mr.. Chas. F. Carroll,
Editor & Proprietor,
The Commonwealth,
Scotland Neck, N. c..
Sir: In your Nov. 18th issue l no.
tice you have an article. Expression
Of Sentiment, in which you refer,
With a most bitter attack. to my
having sent the New York Herald
an unsolicited" communication,
touching the sentiment of this Sec
ton and State regarding the propos-
ed expenditure for Preparedness. 1t
is very evident that you did not take
the trouble to fully Inform yourself
of the facts, therefore for the bene-
fit of my friends, l will thank you
to print the following kilograms, to.
gether with this letter:
New York, N. Y, Nov. 8, 1915
u. H. Alexander,
Scotland Neck.
Dear Sir: The Herald would ap-
Dreciate a brief expression by tele.
gram collect on your views and
your estimate of the sentiment OF
your community as to the desirable.
ity of the nations support of the
Presidents defense policy.
Respectfully,
(Signed) New York Herald"
Scotland Neck, N. c., Hills.
New York Herald,
New York, N. Y.
The Presidents policy as l see it
is well taken. We need a larger and
especially a more balanced navy;
better and more coast defenses and
more men in case of necessity. Maj
ority of this community and State
are with him.
(Signed) j. H. Alexander, Jr.''
The above ic true and correct
copy of the kilograms as outlined
and as duly received and sent at this
office on the dates above mentioned
(Signed) E. L. Brown, Agent,
for the Western Union Tel. Co. y
Yours truly,
J. H. ALEXANDER, Jr.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

On December Is the Common.
wealth will issue it's Christmas edi
ton, which will contain about 16
pages of profusely illustrated Christ
mas poetry and reading and attract
i've advertising by local concerns.
Merchants who have not already
reserved space in this issue ought to
do so at once. The Christmas edi-
ton comes along with the regular
issue of December Is, being only a
part of the regular paper. Look
for it.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Roller Mill.

Mr.. w. H. Horne. farmer Of
Edgecombe and Nash Counties
has recently established -four
mill near Whitakers, eight miles
from Enfield, and is prepared to
grind your wheat, turning out an
excellent quality of -four. Freight
rates less than 10 any other mill.
For PARTICULARS write w. H.
Horne, Rocky Mount, or see
Paul Fenner Scotland Neck N. G..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
IT'S ALL WRONGsMART!

Two weeks ago the New York Her.
aid, by cable, was ordered by it's own
err, James Gordon Bennett, a resident
OF Paris, to attack Kitchin, of North
Carolina. 1t has proceeded to do so in
every issue since. 1t sent one of it's
political Republican writer's, Mr..
Martin, to Kitchin's district. He re-
NAMED in the district week, or more.
His headquarters was Wilson, N. C. He
has repeated day after day in the Her.
aid and in his assistant local paper,
the Wilson Daily Times, of Wilson,
that Prof. Charles l.. Coon of Wilson,
superintendent of schools, was the
only citizen of Wilson county, or of
the district, whom he found in agree
ment with Kitchin, and opposed to
the administrations military and nav
as program, though, as he said, he had
visited every section of the district and
talked to hundreds of it's citizens.
But 10! and behold! On Saturday,
November 21st, after ten days of bit
ter attacks on Kitchin by this .Republi-
Ian, and the Wilson Daily Times, the
FARMERS UNION, of Wilson county.
with membership of about one thous-
and intelligent, progressive farmers,
met in convention in the town of Will.
son, within stones throw of the
Daily Times and Martins headuuar-
tiers. and unanimously, by resolution,
protested against the so-called pro-
gram of preparedness" endorsing
outright Kitchin's position in opposing
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Mission At Trinity Church

The Rev. Floyd Cartwright will
hold Mission in Trinity Church,
this city, beginning Sunday, Nov.
%, and continuing throughout the
week. The purpose of the Mission
is to tell people more about the
church and church teaching There
will be question box in connection
with the mission and all questions
will be answered as far as possible,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
For Sale at a BARGAIN.

One 8 Horse Power, Foos,
One 5 Horse Power Fairbanks Morse
Gasoline Engines.
Both engines have been used some
to pull Peanut Threshers which they
did with ease and no trouble. Both
Engines are complete with clutch
pulleys, and are mounted on Steel
Trucks,
Josey Hdw. Co.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

Speaking about quail shooting: The
writer was greatly kerflommased
when his attention was called this
week to a shot that he missed season
before last. AS a matter of fact. the
shot that reference is made to was
well-nigh impossible; the bird taking
a sharp swing through a clump of
bushes, clouding for the moment his
exact location, which with a broken
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

Owing to several reasons this paper
did not get the statistics as to water
works, sewerage and paving we spoke
of last issue. We will publish them
soon, however, and in the meantime,
stick up for improvements.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

J. Frost, the forerunner of Mr.. S.
Claus, was a visitor in the city this
morning, demonstrating with that
small contingent of our citizenry who
stir round during the early hours, on
the advantages multifOld of that anti
quated slogan: do your Christmas
shopping early
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

The Commonwealth is printing the
statement of Hon. Claude Kitchin in
this issue. 1t is alive with unchal-
ment and is good reading for those
who are both for and against "pre-
paredness." If you decline to read it
you are missing a good one It is in
deed a message of warning to the
voter. Read it and let your neighbor
do likewise
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
LOCAL MINISTER'S On THE
PREPAREDNESS PRUGRAH
Emphatiealiy Opposed TO it.

Emphat ieally Opposed TO it.
l state emphatically that l am jp-
posed to the so-called plan OF pre-
paredness' l think that our nation
has the greatest opportunity III its his
movement for universal peace. l re-
gard it sad day when the militarists
and war traffickers of our country
their plan. Every plan to defeat this
measure, either in the halls On Con
gress or on the public platform, has
my hearty support.
L. T. SINGLETON, Pastor,
NJ E. Church, South.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

ments of a portion of the ministers of
proposed preparedness" program
We understand that Rev R. A. Nc
Farland, from whom we did not get
an expression, is also strongly oppos-
ed to the program.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

Scotland Neck has actually gotten
over into the "brotherhood" column.
Some citizens here would boycott
newspaper for telling the truth on one
o. the friends of citizen. Whaddye
think o. that?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

The editor of this sheet is opposed
to preparedness" because the editor
for, too expensive, and dangerous bus
generally is the one who gets pinched
for murder. We should not look for
trouble
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

gun and number ten shot at SO great
a distance aided the winged one to es-
cape corporal punishment other than
a few body bruises and the loss of a
few feathers. That season wasn't a
very good one for bird hunting, either.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

The ladies of the Aid So
ciety of the Baptist Church
will hold their Annual Ba-
zaar on Thursday December
End, in the storeroom next
to The Times office, former
ly occupied by Clee Waugh
an.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

| it, and asking Kitchin to fight the pro-
gram.
The New York Herald should send
another "attacker!'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

We learn from good authority that
Mr.. J. Harper Alexander, Jr., DID re-
ceive a telegram from the New York
Herald asking him about the senti-
ment on preparedness" here. We has
ten to make this correction as to the
pert and unsolicited telegram" The
remainder of the editorial stands pat.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

Gentlemen, gentlemen, Use been think
ing
Bout that gal who SEE to me:
Look heah niger! you'se got to do
mo- lOvin'
If yuh wants to be a branch on nah
family tree!"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Notice

Having qualified as administra-
tor of Alex Edmondsons deceased
late of Halifax County, North Caro-
lima, this is to notify all persons,
having claims against the estate of
said deceased to present them to me,
or to my attorneys Kitchin & Smith
within one year from the date
of this notice or said notice will be
pleaded in bar of their recovery. AL
persons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement
GEORGE EDMONDSON.
Administrator.
This the 18th day of November
1915.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Thursday, November Is, 1915.
ut pays to ADVERTISED"

Everything is lovely and the goose
is in reach.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

They'll soon be here with all their
Whirls-
Santa Claus and the rah! rah!
girls!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25
Cabbage Plants

Fine Frostproof Cabbage Plants
by parcel post. Jersey Wakefield,
Charleston Wakefield and Succession,
1000 for 81 90 postpaid. 100 for 15c.
postpaid. R. O. Parks, Utah, N. c..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1915-11-25

J. H. ALEXANDER, Jr
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-01-03

concealed SybI She had just completed her speech
and was laughing into the face OF the man TO whom
She had made il. From where he stood she seemed
unchanged She was fashionaby dressed, and the little
fur oquc with its scarlet quill sat auntily on her wealth
of soft brown hair She had thrown herself entirely
into her part. She had forgotten. For a moment he
almost cnvici her her profession
Icrmvn found Lcycndcn in his room signing letters
and Lcycndcn was unfcigncdly glad TO sec him. He
wheeled up an easy chair for his visitor placed cigarettes
at his elbow and himself closed the door behind his
secretary. whom he hustled ont OF the room.
~Thisisrathcr like the mountain coming 10 \iahomet,
Sir Icrmvn. he declared. Its awfuly COOL Of YOU
to come round ike this. | can't tell YOU how mitch
have 90 DO these days
at was perfectly convenient for me TO come, jer-
n1yn assured him. 81 can't pretend to be busy man
like vou What's the matter? Anything gone wrong
in rehearsal? Perhaps you'd ike to take one this
week? suppose l ought to, really
1T isn't that, Lcyendcn replied. I'VE are always
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
]. D. E. JONES WINS
LAWN TENNIS TITLE
Defeats c. NJ. Bull, Jr., in the
MidWinter Tourney al
PinehurSt.
,By Telegraph to TIE Tribune }

Pinehurst, y. c.. 5In. so. d. +.
Jones. the Rhode Island champion. won
the championship in mems singles IN
the annual midwinter lawn tennis cham
pionship to-day with a 10, 6-3, 10.
s % victory over c. NJ. Bull, jr, of the
West Side Tennis Club, OF New York.
Miss Eleanor Cohen, OF Philadelphia,
was victorious in the women's singles
over Miss Helen Barnett, OF New Haven,
by Sc, 4-6, 6-1.
In mixed doubles, paired with Mr..
Jones, Miss Cohen advanced for the
final with II. A. McKenney, OF Provii-
dence, and Miss Barnett. In women's s
doubles, playing with Miss Alice Pres
brey. of New York, she Will meet Mrs.
j. {. Hinchliffe, of Paterson, and MISS
Lucy Treat, of Providence.
J. G. Nicholson, of New Bedford, was
the prize winner in the tin whistle bogey
handicap, finishing up. In Class Is
the Rev. c. II. Lay, of Oil City; II. W.
Ormsbee. Of Brooklyn, and j. NJ. ROBIN
son, Of the Pinehurst Country Club, tied.
The entry Of the national amateur
champion, Francis Ouimet, for the IL
teenth annual United North and South
golf championship, was announced to-
day. A big field is assured for the
eleventh annual St Valentines tourney,
which starts Tuesday next.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
KING GEORGE TO
CONTINUE RACING
Names a Horse for One Of the
Big Spring Handicaps-
Entry List Smaller.

The spring handicap entries for the
English thoroughbred racing season,
which commences IN March, include
King Georges smart four-year-ol ID
sunny Lake, which IS entered for the
Lincolnshire Handicap.
This entry puts an cna 20 the scare
mongering reports widely circulated
that his majesty was 70 retire from
active participation in the sport until
the end Of the war, and in addition TO
this the King has expressed wish that
no alteration be made in the racing
calendar arranged for the coming sea-
son. The number of entries Is smaller
than last year, which was an abnormal
one. but a comparison with 1913 shows
quite clearly that the health of the
sport has not suffered in the slightest
because of the war.
There is so much encouragement 10
be found in the comparative table Of
entries for the spring handicaps tnat
the following tables are interesting.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
.SOUSA MAKES FINE
SCORES AT TRAPS
Breaks "a Out of 25 in Weekly
Shoot at Port Wash
ington.

John Philip Sousa, whose fame as a
trapshooter will soon equal ais popu-
larity as a bandmaster. returned some
excellent scores yesterday at the
weekly shoot of the Port Washington
Yacht Clubs traps In the match for
the yearly cup at 25 birds" shooting
against a field of eight, he tied +. +.
Cornwell with "a breaks, and in the
contest for high gun, with handicap,
he stood only two birds" behind the
winner, who was c. L. Thompson. with
a full score Of 100 on lis handicap OF
g. Sousa's handicap was II. The ex-
treme cold numbed the fingers Of the
shooters.
The scores follow:
ueekiy CUP ,,?' clay erd' h'nticsplr-Lr ~ v
smuil %. Is u Shannon g. -. = Com. Com.
ISi. .? Dr. l. Newman 90. 20 Tray Le1is q =
10 c l.. Hyde ~. IS, NJ PrsAkird 80. u.
Nonthiy cup Us cisy birds: handicspl-C l.
Thompson ~ -: Tracy L-si, o. q; L y
snail q. ~ e u iG:5ss6 p5ss.5d g. % s9' Dr. j. 7
Newman ts). 10. z, = Cornsel 20. u, G. =.
Hyds %. IS LIS won 1y Tho"g.o9 and LrSi'
YEARLY eysP !;;5 sslVp eiSd' h17die.Hl-E y
shannon o.. 20: l. Y. snill ~, 10. ,.DL, /
NT.Tsn F.. Les ss, % Won '5S "a sous. 1 :nd cotase h''
!. Z ' siaun 'y8 yI3. q. i il Shannon h5, 25. { ].
CoT,Ws.i "a. 70 Dr L Newman C5l 20. J. p
Hsde %. II Won by Hll, sHgIl , ,,.,., =,
Pr.nFsrd pn.lSi dsl. IS. L i smsil 90. s5. pr l.
Sss@aa Sssaaoa o. % s. 7f.5 1... SaT; , s. s. " nd
tlsl. ~ Won by ThompSon.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
A RECORD ENTRY
AT N. Y. A. c. TRAPS
Stanley Wins Monthly Cup AL
ter Shoot-0ff from a
Big Field.

All records for attendance "eis
broken at the Travers Island traps %
the New York Athletic Club wneh iV'
ty-three nimrods reported ior ~ ~
weekly shoot of the organization InJ
number yesterday completely swamp
the shooting committee, which han go
siderable trouble in finishing al 'H'
events before dark. .,v
Being the final Saturday OF Jahu-i
the monthly cup shoot came 70 an ,,s,. .ay
I. j. Stanley, lr, won the ies s.s,ss
day, placing himself IN a tie alons 80 80
McMahon, Thomson, Donovan tol't~ e.
and Ogden. Each gunner had "on ~ ~
on the prize. On the shool-on, 80
prize became the permanent pfoPe,soor sor
of Mr.. Stanley. The novice sup 70 10
January went to +. II. Loeatel'l, -, -
scored two legs on the prize a''"'
the month. -. and
The day was ideal fo- the sport, 80, ~
"a a result the majority OF the soo.s, .s,
were good. George j. Corbet'' InAnA.ss. -.
of the shooting department, NAG 80
satisfaction Of being the nign ss.,bie
gunner. with a 80 out OF posi- \,
100 targets. IL was the oniy P,t.sst
won. b. +. Eldred was the olss ~,
winner in the afternoon, tsS'hb gs
club cup, the novice ana '"s
handicap prize. - ;rs, re-
r. L. SPOTS, jr, who has ~ ~ n,
turned North from Pinehurst' tooa ~,
accumulation cup with strAishs rln.
George Lyon was the ohiy t., 49, N,
ner 10 turn the trick, wihhg5s ?,
Trayers Island Cup with PERI va,
score from scratch. Mr.. Lyon o siso tb,
the distance handicap, snaeAihs s,,,,
nrize with % out OF %
shooting from the 2l-yard mara
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
COMMERCE FIVE
DEFEATS CLINTON
Wins by % to % After a
Series of SetbaCkS Over
Eight Years.

Tne High School of Commerce, after
eight years Of waiting. succeeded IN
taking the measure Of the De witt
Clinton High School at basketball yes
terday The teams met IN an lmpor-
tant game Of the championship tourna-
ment on The court at Manhattan Ca
sino. and Commerce won by score Of
2s to 22.
incidentally. i. was the first defeat
Clinton has suffered in two years, and
the defeat placed the team m dead
lock for the title with its West Goth
st. rivals and Stuyvesant.
Nat Holman and Teddy Cam were
the Commerce stars, each scoring three
field goals. Dash and Kaufman were
OF great value 20 the losers.
In preliminary game the Commerce
second team downed the Clinton re,
serves by total of l6 to 8. Few field
goals were made. but many foul was
called by the referee.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
French Boxer
Dies at Front

4 recent despatch received from
Paris confirms the previous report that
unr Ludo, the well known French
heavyweight and at one time the train
cr Of Georges Carpenter. has been
killed in action.
Adrien Hogan. the French middle
weight. who 80 badly defeated Pat
O'Kesfs, the English champion at that
weight. rs well ss the hard hitting
prfvnte Braddock. also was reported
killed. but. happily. tho soldier boref
was only wounded. and has now re-
covered sunioiently to take another
turn In the trenches.
Jean Poesy, one time featherweight
champion Of France, has bern recon-
msnded for the gold medal. which u
given only for acts of great brnyery.
and also has boen promoted on the
iield TO the rank Of sergeant. Although
he has been on the firing line since
tho beginning Of the var he has so far
escaped without q scratch.
Georges Carpenter. tho champion Of
Europe. IL reported well. and 30 far
ha. survived the many thrilling ad-
ventures Of despatch rider for the
rrench army.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31

Prince Henry, winner OF the Grab
Bag Handicap at Piping Rock last
spring, which fell lame shortly after
that race and failed 20 fill his later
dates. is the only horse Of the mascu-
line sex of proved quality Mr.. Whit
ney has fer next seasons three-year-
old specials. and he is not so sure a
racing proposition as Regret. He has,
however been altered, and Rowe be-
lieves he will train again. II Rowe Is
not disappointed Prince Henry. may
make n first rate thrce-y -year-old. for he
is half brother TO Salvidere, the
champion two-ycar-old of 1906 and one
Of the cleverest .hree-year-oids OF 1901,
the season Of Peter Pan, Charles Ed
ward. Ballot, Superman and Montgom-
cry. Sam Slick, Scaramouch and the
unnamed reldng by Burgomaster out
of Fiesole are unknown quantities.
They did not race last season.
New-York tribune., 1915-01-31
TWO GAMES PLAYED
IN WINTER LEAGUE
Twelfth Infantry and Rae
quet Club Winners by
Big Margins.

Play is play and work is something
else again, so probably there is no
good reason why pity should be Law
ished on the members of the Winter
League who met on their outdoor dia-
mond on Fifth av. yesterday and played
two games of baseball. The tempera-
ture was above zero, and the scores
Of the games were: 18th Infantry, IA;
Knickerbockers, 8; Racquet and Tennis
Club. S. Calumet, !.
Fish. of the Racquet Club, may well
boast that he is 4 cold weather pitcher.
He came within an ace of shutting out
his opponents and displayed more skill
than any other twir!er in the league
has shown this season. Not only did
the star left-hander pitch well, but he
fielded his position like George
Wiltse and cut down 3 number Of hard
nit balls. One drive all but carried
away his right hand.
Fish had great speed, and for the
greater part his opponents were hitting
the ball up in the air. Only i've as
sists were credited 10 the Racquet
Club. Not a member Of the Calumet
team crossed the plate until the sixth
inning. In the seventh the losers
again showed fight, but Fish steadied
down IN time TO prevent further scor-
ing.
A feature of the game was a great
throw by Sheffield, which landed just
behind the left ear of Aten and knocked
him down as if j. had been right
hand hook. In the Winter League a
batter is retired if struck with the
ball while he is off his base. Aten,
therefore. was out in two senses OF the
word. He got TO his feet after q long
count and was able to finish the game.
Coolidge pitched well for Calumet,
but was handicapped by poor support.
The 18th Infantry. officers had an easy
time in winning the first game, for
they rolled up a lead of thirteen runs
in the first thee innings.
De Rham, who succeeded Rae in the
box. was much more effective than his
predecessor, but the Knickerbocker
team could not overcome the big handi-
cap. although they hit Ashmore briskly
three innings.
The scores follow: