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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
COULD SCARCELY
WALK ABOUT

believe ! would have died II I HADN'T
taken it.
After ! began taking cardui, | was
greatly helped, and all three bottles re-
lieved me entirely.
l fattened up, and grew so much
stronger in three months, l felt like an
other person altogether"
Cardui is purely vegetable and GENTLE
acting. Its ingredients have mild. tonic
effect, on the wonanly constitution.
Cardui makes for increased strength,
improves the appetite, tones up the uer-
vous system, and helps to make pale.
sallow cheeks, fresh and rosy.
Cardui has helped ii,ore than million
weak women, during the past so years.
1t will surely do for you. what it has
done for them. Try Cardui TODAY.
Write to:> ChattanooKa Medicine Co. L.d,es' A.
visory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for Spscitl H.
Treatment for Women. sent In plain Mspper. LIS
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
NOTICE

Having qualified as executor un-
der the last will and testament Of
Martha Priscilla Pope, deceased, late
of Halifax County, North Carolina.
This is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said ed
ceased, to present them to me with
in one year from the date of this no.
tice, or said notice will be pleaded
in bar of their recovery; all persons
indebted to said estare will please
make Immediate settlement.
This the 9th day Of January. 1916
Paul E Pope, Executor
K,tchin & Smith, Attorneys.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
cent Wa. Unable to Attend to
Any Of Her Homework.

Pleasant Hill, N. C.-'T suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, land the third ard
last time, was my worst.
had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able TO
walk about. Could not do any Of my
houseWork.
l also had dreadful! pains In my back
and sides and when one of those weak
sinking spells would come On me,
would have to give up and Lie down,
until ii wore off.
! was certainly in a dreadfl, state Of
health, when finally decised to try
Cardui. the woman's tonic, and firmly
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
Roller Mill.

Mr.. w. H. Horne, farmer of
Edsecombe and Nash Cou, ties
has recently established a -Four
mill near W'hitakers, eight rifles
from Enfield, snd is prepare: 10
grind you' rheas, snrning ou+ IN
excellent quality of -four. Fl s.,t
ates les. than 10 any other 5ni,i.
For PARTICULARS write w. II
Iorne. Rocky Mount, or see
arl F-nner Scotland Neck /. C
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

Nebraska and New York ain, g95
anything Or North Carolina vet
Eryan resigned just brcause tie Al
mlf2l8crG ion wouiG1', 90 as he want
Ell, then Garrison Old the saneth;rg
ca3se he c!dn { agree, and now comes
along Charlie Daniel and he re
slgnst?) You can not get ahead #
this "l. SAFE AS Clint says: eve
are viii en-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

Speaker Champ Cfark said cit was
s.. tomnyrot. .his talk Of downing
:Eude kitnin. that Ks. chin was a.
much emitted to his ooinion as an.
enc. and that he considered Ciaude
Kltcnin one Of the most brilliant
men 1t public life to-day" We a.
gree with him. We are proud Of
him.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

paper n the State Watch us IN the
future We ar going after Your
business and all the current news,
and if you will just lend helping
aand, ven give you a new paper,
the community viii be proud or.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

Why is it, that prices on every
I ing the farmer has to sell is going
town and what he has to buy is GO
iEgup? Something is wrong some
here. Can't some one tell US why?
i looks to US that in this, lies 1nves
cation for the Department of
Justice, if there's ans thing in names
I'D we think there is.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

You folks who criticised Bryan for
n,t being able to live on his salary
..:ilile in the Cabinet, and wanted to
lecture to swell his income. What
I've you to saw about your Presi-
dtnt for allowing his words to be
copy righted?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

The Enfield Progress has opened
Up on politics quite early. We agree
with the Roanoke Rapids Herald in
saying to the PROGRESS" Name
your man. L we nave any fascals
IN office snow then, 20 u3 anG We'h
help get rid Of them
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

Look out. Lafollette has an
nounced lis candidacy, for the Re
publican Progressive Presidential
domination. What will Rosy do?
We are still for for Wilson. We love
peacs.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

We are VIII EN- yet. Cole Dlease
as announced his candacy FOR Gov
nor Of South Carolina. We have
ar:on Butler in this State. YOU
j st can't beat US.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
Thuraday, Feb. "a. 1916.

Watch the Russians, they taken
re UNI, the strongest fortifcaticn
the enemies had. A few blows like
that and where will the Germans be?
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

Lets every body get together and
Il for greater Scotland Neck
Ii as your happenings in your COM
unity and we will tell more people
: he county about il than any other
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24

publication must bear the writer;
ame and address: not neces-
saciiy for publication.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-02-24
ITECCMMONWEATTH.
Published Every Thursday
Telephone Number s.
ttIAs. F. CARROLL, Editor & Prop

En- cred 81 The Eos3office at Scot
land Necl, u. <. aE second-class mat
ter uaaeg Act " Congress, March s,
sg7a.
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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-24

to have a meeting shortly and they
are frantic in their efforts to have
McGraw come in and say he was not
questioning the HONESTY of his play
ers.
It is doubtful if McGraw ever in
tended to, infer dishonesty against
his men. If he had thought they
were not trying he would have taken
summary action, for McGraw runs
the team and brooks no interference.
He lost his head in the heat of battle.
But McGraw will not manage the
White Sox in 1917-not unless there
is a break between Comiskey and
Ban Johnson. Ban has been bitter
in his denunciation Of McGraw since
the New York mess and there never
was any love between the two.
Mr.. Stages Maroons will journey
to Madison Saturday for a game
against Wisconsin, and gosh how
they dread it. Wisconsin roOters are
not fearful of Chicago this year after
the. way Northwestern whipped the
MidWayites.
Stage is working hard with his
material and there is some joy in
the fact that Calm will be- back in
the game, but pep and ginger must
be found before the team will have
even an outside chance against the
Badgers. Both backfeld and for
wards charged slowly in the North
western game, a fatal defect against
a team which has the driving power
Wisconsin has developed this year.
Northwestern has lost its line
coach, McDevitt, who has been V
called for duty with the Minnesota
national guard. But McDevitt has al
ready done wonderful work and the
forwards may be able to get along
with the groundwork he has, given
them. They showed the result of
careful and intelligent coaching in
the way they outplayed the heavier
Chicago lnesmen last Saturday, and
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-10-24
BASEBALL TRADES BLOOMING
WRITE YOUR OWN TICKET
BY Mark Shields

0y NidIR Slll0lOS
These be sad, drear days for au-
thentic sporting dope, little interest
being manifested in the football sea-
son, and three-cushion billiards and
bowling so far having failed to
arouse partisans to a TiOtOUs spirit.
But baseball trades always bull
wark an empty brain, and this is the
ideal time for dreaming. One report
now is that Jim Scott, White Sox
pitcher, is to be snapped for an in
fielder, either Chapman of Cleveland
or Maisel of New York. How much
groundwork there is in this report is
a closed book to.us, but it would GER
tainIy be an advantageous move for
the South Siders.
Scott had a bad year in 1916. He
was suspended for not being in con-
dition and was lost to the team at
time when his services would have
been the most valuable. Scott still
should have some good pitching
slowed away in his right arm, but
he is not as valuable to the team as
would be either of the two infelders
named.
MaiseI is a third baseman. That
would allow Buck Weaver to go back
to shortstop. Chapman can play
either of the two positions.
But it isn't likely either New York
or Cleveland would make such a
trade even up. You can write your
own ticket on any trade and be as
correct as most of the dope stories.
If a trade is made it will hardly
come before some definite settlement
is made regarding the status Of Man
ager Rowland. The pilots contract
has expired and so far Pres. COmis-
key has not renewed it.
John McGraw may yet be punished
for criticising his athletes during
the final series with Brooklyn, during
which the Dodgers cinched the pen
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-01-09

Looks like a naval
battle. Is a water
front scene Of the FIRE
that caused a loss of
100000 in the
Chicago plant of the
American Linseed Oil
Company on Deem
Der 81 last.
International
NetoS Service
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14

houses of the National Congress may number of cadets.
 If Uncle Sam is to furnish his regu- lar army with officers trained to the minute-and this must be done-there is no other way out than to open the gates of West Point to more of our young men. In the minor military in stitutions of the country there are wonderful specimens of American manhood who will hail with glee the new opportunities opened by this years class at West Point Many young students physically and men, tally equipped to pass the entrance exams to "the Point who had their hearts bent on army life lost out because of the limited numbers ad- mitted. All such youngsters now will take a new lease on life. They will go at the books with renewed vigor, will master the intricacies of mathe- n.atics and kindred subjects required in the West Point examinations. and know that if they are sufficiently pre- pared they may eventually serve Uncle Sam in noble fashion, as officers of the United States Army. These are the happy thoughts sum- moned by the tidings of West Points lsrgest class.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
Plcardy q Battlegr0und In fhe Hundred Years War

Washington, D. C., July 14.-"If brave deeds the British forces in their offensive against the Germans along the Somme river should be heartened to extraordinary acts of valor by the thought that they are fighting in Picardy," says today's war geography bulletin of the National Geograp phis society, issued in Washington
 ''This ancient province of France. now divided into four departments- the Somme, Disc, as-de-Calais, and Aisne-has two battlefields whose very names quicken the pulse of Eng lishmen, for 1t was at Crecy that the Black Prince won his spurs, and at AgincOurt that Henry V, commanding his yeOmen with their cloth-yard bows utterly overthrow the flower of French chivalry.
 "Picardy is treasured name in romantic literature and in French his- tory. It had a literature of it's own in the twelfth century and it's sol diers were among the most valiant in France, being known as the Gascons of the north.
 'The province was a natural bat tleground for the French and English during the Hundred Years war, for it's shores extend along the North sea and the English Channel, from the River Aa, above Calais, to a point below Dieppe. Fifteen miles north of Ah- beville, one of the principal cities of Picardy, is Crecy where until late in the nineteenth century there still cit ho n1 wi nd mi c11 Edward III of England in 1346 watched his beloved son, the first prince of Wales, at that time only six teen years of age, triumph over Phil iD of Nalois. On this occasion the English were Outnumbered four to one, and they wrought terrible havoc among the enemy, the losses Of the vanquished being variOusly estimat- ed at from O,000 to 30,000. One of those who fell in this fight was the chivalrous John, king of Bohemia who although blind led heroic charge for his French ally. Some hls- torians trace the Prince of Wales crest of three ostrich feathers and the motto Ich diem q serve) to this battle, the Black Prince adopting them from the fallen John III lhelhoIy of the event.
 Less than twenty miles north west of Crecy is Agincourt, where the English archers nearly seventy years later, after letting fly their clouds ot arrows against the heavily armored nobles, attacked them with hatchots as they f1oundered helplesslN in mud Five thousand Frenchmen of noble birth. including their commander d'Albret constable of France, fell in this battle while the estimate of Eng fish losses was astonishingly low, l giving only thirteen
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14

men at arms and a hundred foot soldiers.
 Several towns of Picardy-Amiens, Soissons, and Beauvais-owe their names. to the ancient tribes which in habited this section, known as Bel gica Secunda, when the Romans main tained armed camps along the val ley of the Somme. In the third cen tury Christianity was introduced, and St. Quentin, from whom the import ant town twenty miles east of Per onne gets its name, was martyred at that time.
 "Picardy was the heart of Merov- ingian France in the fifth century, for Clovis named Soissons as his capital, while Charlemagne designated Noyon as his principal city, and the lesser Carolingians in turn similarly hon- ored Laon.
 By the treaty of Arras in 1435 the royal towns of the Somme valley were ceded to Burgundy, but forty-tWo years later after the death Of Charles the Bold, Louis XI regained them. During it's brief eras of peace the province thrived as a center of the weaving industry, Flemish immigrants having introduced the art"
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
The English Channel Tunnel.
(BOStOn Herald. ."

More than forty years have passed l since the British Foreign Office ex- pressly approved the idea of con- structing a tunnel under the channel for railway communication between England and France. But less than ten years later, when the question was submitted to parliamentary committee, the military authorities took the negative side on strategic
 grounds, and the consequence was an
 unfavOrable report by the committee
 Many bills for the building of a
 channel tunnel were subsequently, in- troduced, only to be rejected at the instance of the government of the day. The last occasion was in 1900. after an inquiry by the committee of imperial defense.
 But in August 1913, MT. Asouith promised a fresh Investigation He arranged to have the question fully reconsidered first by the War Office, the Admiralty and the Broad of Trade, and finally when their reports were presented, by the Imperial Defense committee. Had the time given to investigation been given to construc- tion, Britain would in August, 1914, have been more favorabl situated than she was for the safe and speedy transportation of her troops to France.
 This being generally admitted, 1t is but natural that a member of the House of Commons should present a resolution declaring that "the progress of the war has demonstrated the great advantages which would have accrued to the allies if there had been a rail- way tunnel beneath the channel. and plans should be prepared so that the work can be begun immediately the war Is oVer.' Surely there Is ample reason to believe that the military au- thorities will no longer object to the scheme. The bOgie of a French in vasion of England is as dead as Na- poleon. Friendship between Britain and France has stood the test of more than a century. The two nations have twice been comrades in war, and have proved their mutual fidelity tc the utmost.
 In the fire of the present war they have been so welded that their part ing seems impossible. The proposed tunnel would be but an additional tie of friendship and guarantee of good will.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
How Knowledge Pays on the Farm
(New York WOrld)


 The farmer of the old time humOr- ists bore chin whiskers. The farmer of popular understanding has horny hands. These possessions, with some acres of ground and a few parcels of seeds, constitute the main equipments of the agriculturist pictured by the limited urban fancy. The drawing g will necessarily be disturbed by the re- port of the Wicks committee, showing that of the farmers in New York state those having high school educa- tions make twice as mulch, while col lege men make thrice as much, from their acres as do unpublished tillers of the soil.
 This is indeed, 8 new answer to the old question whether or not college education pays.
 Other matters of report by the cOm- mittee are that one farmer in three makes money, one comes out even, one might better work for somebody else. One in twenty-eight makes 5000 a year or more out of his blowing, sowing and reapng. Tn this last particular the farming class un- dOubtedly surpasses in financial pros perity the class of minor desk men and small tradesmen which exists in the cities
 The general conclusion to be drawn from the Wicks report i7 that the farming business is not an occupation standing by itself in the matter of requirements for success It's re- wards go in larger measure in that as in other industries to the men who study how best to deserve them Keep ing tie land busy and profitable is far from being an affair solely or chiefly of luck and the weather. And the pro- portion of failures at farming, being based on human capacity, is probably no greater than in other callings in which enterprise and initiative count highly.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
Yale and the War Crisis.
(NeW York Sun.)

Clinton R. Black. captain of the Yale football team, is enraged at the wave of patriotism that is sweeping over the country. He calls it hyS- teria, dementia, delirium, an epidemic of ungrounded fear that threatens,
 among other appalling devastations,
 to put in jeopardy the highest inter-
 ests of Yale football next fall. He
 has gone so far in elevating his loy-
 atty to the blue above his devotion
 to the red, white and blue as to send
 out an appeal to the members of hia
 football squad not to join the Yale
 Battery, an organization that might
 conceivably be called upon to aid in defending our country's flag.
 If Captain Blacks attitude toward the comparative importance of Yale football and the military necessities of the United States were an exhibi- ton of eccentricity, a sporadic case of blindness to true perspective, 1t might be passed over in regretfal si- lence But unfortunately his point of view regarding the secondary posi- ton that national demands and duties should hold in the life of the indt- vidual is so widespread at this crit ical time that it is worthy of earnest consideration and thoughtful com ment. For already no matter what the immediate future may bring forth, the conditions prevailing in the world at large, and specifically in this coun- try have demanded by thousands of men and women the sacrifice of their most cherished personal interests and pursuits for the sake of the nations urgent needs
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
MORE DOORS OPENED.

There is much food for thought In ! news that the United States Mili- 8v Academy at West Point is re- wing this year the largest class of hets that ever entered that institu- An. There are 3O8 members in the
 W "plebe'' or fourth year class. Bis is the direct result of the bill aich passed Congress In April au- brizing an increase in the number Astudents at West Point. Instead of e cadet being sent from each Con- Assional district, as in the past, two hets may be appointed by the Con- Assmen. The same number are au- Arized for the Territories. Aside s m these there are four cadets now
 btted to each state, to be appointed 8large. Eighty are to be taken from A United States at large, and the Aesidential appointments have been Aended so that twenty of these are
 be recommended for their records Ayious to graduation at military ademies. Men from the regular lsny and the National Guard are also Zen better opportunities under the Nv order.
 8ncreasing the number of cadets at shst Point is a plan that will meet
 h +bn annrOV9I of the entire cOun-
 Tn the past the graduating lsses from this wonderful military #titution have been entirely too HlalI to meet the demands of the Mny. There have been at times not bugh officers to go around. The ss this year will mark the first Np toward obliterating that con- Zion sos men in the baby class &sents a. number almost as large as
 entire corps at West Point in Nne former years. There are officers @the army today who have not re- &ved captaincies who remember this dition Tn former years Congress- Hn considered the securing of an 6pointment to West Point as one of Fir most difficult tasks. At best Ere was only one place to be filled. @o @om now on things will be different Ni if the present enthusiasm for
 ags 1ril1ezry continues the two
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14

There were selfish, stubborn, short sighted young Englishmen who for months after their country had gone to war with the Central Powers clung tenaciously to their athletic pastimes playing football golf, cricket, polo with eyes blind to their country's peril and ears deaf to the call it made to them. Today the links and the golf courses are practically deserted, and the slackers have gone to the front.
 The above Is not intended as an intimation that the United States at present confronts any such serious situation as that which came to Great Britain two years ago, but it is put forward to explain why at this moment the American public is more enthusiastic over the patriotic activ- ities of the Yale Battery than sym pathetic with Captain Blacks appre& hension regarding the possible weak ness of football team next fall.
New Britain herald., 1916-07-14
The Movie Touch.
G .nn q nn p11nnL

(LOndOn PunCh.)
 The Megalo Motion company GJ S. A.) has the pleasure to announce the release of the latest triumph. g. film version of the well-known nur- sery rhyme
 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" Stupendous production. Genuine
 British classic revitalized by
 American methods, featuring
 MISS EYLASH BLACK, the $1O,-
 900 screen star.
 Short synopsis: Mary at home. The old farmstead. Five hundred specially trained Sussex sheep, with genuine shepherds. Mary thinking. What is my lambs fleece like ?" Fade out, re- vealing real snow, 2,0OO tons of which have been specially imported from Nebraska for the purpose of this unique comparison.
 AND EVERY WHERE THAT MARY
 WENT'-
 For the first time these lines have obtained, thanks to American enter prise, their full interpretation. See the world -voyagings of the Heroine. Watch Mary in the gilded salons of Paris and Monte Carlo, in Thibet and the South Seas, always accompanied by her pet.
 N. B.-That lamb was some goer, but the film is out to beat it.
 Five million dollars were spent on this unique picture drama, but you can see it for Sd. upward.
 Released shortly. Have your local motion manager order
 MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB" and. t1issis that~hee gets tts -,;.,.