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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
THE GOVERNORS DECISION

It is sad day, indeed, when the
governor of North Carolina is seized
with an acute case of "chicken- heart
disease and commutes the sentence
Of the most fiendish murderess in the
history of the State. He committed
she is woman, and having outraged
justice in her case, he did not intend
to show partially in dealing out life
to the woman and denying it to the
monumental piece of disrespect for the
courts Of North Carolina ever shown by
one of her chief executives. It is the
most colossal outrage against the law
respecting element of this State we can
remember. It is just such spinelessness
Oh the part of Governor Craig as this
that incites the masses with the spirit
Of lynch law to obtain the ends of JUS
tice. Had Slaton of Georgia support
ed the decision Of the courts Of Georgia
that State would have one less lynch
ing to her credit. The case of the
Georgia governor, who says he WASH It
convinced Of the guilt of the prisoner,
is only a whisper to the case of our gov
ernor, who doubted not the guilt of the
murderers. Then he went on with
sort of female song and dance about
the woman being dragged to the chair
of death Pretty rhetoric will never
paliate his insult to justice in North
Carolina, nor will it cleanse the com
mission that he will soon-thank Cod!
return to the good people of this
commonwealth.
In that executive mansion at Raj
eigh, we had rather SEE ty1ant than
puppet-a Cole Blease rather than a
Craig. We will get or ,.nr knees and
thank God when REAL MAN is
again governor of this Tarheelia of
ours.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
Uses and Abuses of Fertilizers
3. RoTHAMsTED EXPERIMENT STATION AND FERTILIZERS

RoTHAMsTED EXPERIMENT STATION AND FERTILIZERS.
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Of @
out plan farm by which soil fertility could maintained
in 1897
Bennett experiments
certain
built which
Gilbert these
Of 5 JOHN e1 s sn
pa of now <sa 50 and had become well
half a ~A4 : ~
Twenty Experiments sameP Plot.
animal ] %nela and many forms of ammon also with
measures po OF ground were set aside marked off carefully
to work Small
others Would have apped tho
With @ s sne from
Many eapmnt ~en %srs years eono and more ~
the following results
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nj and
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Larger Yields
hand f.
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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
WHAT WILL HAPPEN

If we are to believe that America is
as defenseless as the jingoes and mu-
milton makers say it is, here is what
will happen: A Moewe would cross
theAtlantic headed for New York She
would lasso the Statue of Liberty and
tie to it instead of casting anchor
Then a few jackies with twenty two
rifles would row over to Gotham and
demand the keys to the city. If the
mayor was reluctant, they would shoot
down the Singer building and cut the
Woolworth tower half into. To show
they meant business, they would then
set fire to Wall street and have the
gold flowing on the pavement in riv-
ers on which they would paddle their
canoes down Broadway and comman-
deer all the eatables, and that even
ing the crew would be trotting to the
tune Of "Die Wacht Am Rhine.''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

There are two suggestions that we
would make to Governor Craig: FIJI st,
ave it arranged for Ida Ball Warren
and Sam Christy to occupy the same
cell that they may be able to remin-
nlsce and otherwise enjoy the com
pany of each other. (Surely our great,
big, brave, courageous Governor with
the giant backbone will not have the
heart to deny woman though Gun
worthy and blackened by SIM con-
versation with her lover.) Second:
Take the electric chair, which he has
rendered obsolete, and give it to the
Woman s Club for the secretary to
read the minutes of the last meeting
in.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Upon the arrival last Saturday af-
ternoon of a caravan of gypsies into
Scotland Neck, the report was circu-
lated that they had with them a small
white boy about five years old kid
mapped in Pennsylvania. The name
Of the child that was kidnapped about
year ago is "Jimmie Glass; and is
said to have been in the employment
OF a moving picture concern. Whether
little white child that people here saw
Sunday at the gypsy camp was Jimmie
Glass has not been ascertained. The
description that news stories in eastern
North Carolin papers give of the stol-
en- child tallies with the boy with one
exception: reports say that he is flax
en-haired, and the boy whom some here
Identified by the reported description
has decidedly dark hair. AS an expla-
nation for this, those who believe that
he is the stolen boy, say that while the
sheriff of Beaufort county was search
ing the nomad camp, the child was re-
moved to nearby negro house where
his hair was cut and dyed to confuse
Identification. Whether this wander
ing clan have the boy or not, it is up
to the sheriff of the county that they
are camping in to find out. If the
child was really kidnapped, the no.
MAIDS will offer some form of resistance,
to being searched; if he is one of them
and they are innocent, they will not
object to satisfying the authorities of
their innocence. We are of the opin-
ION that the chances are about even of
the muchly-wanted boy being held by
them, probably waiting until the re-
ward for his return to fatten before
they release him from their motley
told. We know that this class Of peo-
pie are not above stealing anything
that has price on it. And for this
resason. we urge the authorities to take
steps that will either lead to the fact
whether the white child is Jimmie
Glass or not. IF the wanderers are
innocent, they will be only too glad
to have their premises searched.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
PASSING THE MUSTARD

He is a small-town
Hick I'll bet;
He talks about the
"Cabaret.''
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Another bet
That s pretty safe;
He's always sure to
Call it "kafe.''
-Columbi; State.
Although his ways
I'd not disparage
[ smile to hear
Him call it Hgarage
Detroit Free Press.
His heart is kind,
His soul is noble;
But still he calls it
Automobile.
And then he knows
That one good shot,
If "apropos'
Is bon mot.
Kansas City Post.
And though his mind
Is good and pure,
He always says
An "ameteur.
-Greensboro News.
He's from S. Ca lima
You might know;
For he's just back
From Baltimore.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
YOU KNOW EN-.

An uncouth lout
Is Peter Pella;
He talks about
His Cum Der ella. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Another one
Is Ezra Kent:
He always says:
81 should have WENT
Detroit Free Press.
And don It forget
Old Reuben Bass,
Who always calls
A man ga ass.
Columbia State.
We mention here
Luella Spry;
She puts it thus:
@'For he and L.
Greensboro News.
Remember, too,
Elias Bum,
Who says 81 seen;''
Also "I DONE
-Greenville Piedmont.
And then there is
Old Hiram FIFTEEN,
Who always puts it
Thus: 81 written.''
Lancaster News.
We also mention
Sam McGhee;
He always answers
"This is me.''
-Kinston News.
We must remember
Old Jack Crime
Who always says:
He's j est a-gwine.''
Fayetteville Observer.
And then there is
Old William Green,
Who always says:
81 amt seen.''
-Spartanburg Journal
And save a brick
For Simon Patch,
Who always says:
Gimme a match''
Macon Telegraph.
In this class
Is Richard Roll;
Complaining, says:
~ taken cold.''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
We GOOD NATURED ED

Now, we are a good natured lot. We
can stand whole lot It was a little
doubtful when the great cinemato-
detective placed the Spygomagraph on
the bosom of the villianess and learned
the whereabout Of her criminal master.
That was pretty hard to believe, but
we persuaded ourselves that it was
possible. Then he transmitted a photo
graph by wireless-called the wireless
telephotograph. Then we became re-
bellious-it just couldn It be did. Fol
lowing this hunk Of impossibility, we
see man in an aeroplane moving little
switches on the electric switchboard
OF an airship in flight. Now, mates,
do you know what he was doing that
for! He is guiding wireless torpedo
about the ocean looking for hostile
submarine. We see the little torpedo
just skeeing through the water,
searching for the submarine. Then it
sort of loses track of it's object and
the scene is shifted to the aeroplane
where the switchboard manipulation
sharply jerks at little lever. The
scene suddenly reshifts to the torpedo,
where it kind of rears up on its fed
locks and turns about face. "Whoop-
eel cry the serial nighters in the au-
dience. They guess well. 1t has sight
ed the submarine and trots over to it
and bingoes it to pieces. We said we
were good natured and would believe
most anything but what can It be did
can not be DONE,
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
IN CASE OF WAR.

In the event that the United States
Is drawn into this war, we are in fav-
or OF putting a special tax on all movie
actors salaries that reach the million
mark. tax of ten per cent on the
salaries of Messrs. Chaplin and Pick
FORD would build couple of Penn
sylvanias
And then, if coin was a little tight,
Jess Willard would be patriotic enough
to divide with his country the receipts
OF forty minute fight. This would
enable us to fortify our coast defenses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

The next candidate for the electric
chalr Will have a very encouraging
precedent on which to ask for execu-
tive clemency. If the candidate is a
woman, she will be entitled to the same
clemency that the Warren woman was,
IT the candidate is a man, he will be
entitled to the same clemency that
Christy was.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

1.-The Greenville Reflector must have
had action in sight says the News &
Observer, "when it referred to him
as Admiral Won Tripitz.''' Some ac-
ton, 1t must have been. We read it
''Triplitz!''
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Josiah William Bailey, champion
pie-monger of the Democratic party,
and hypocrite extraordinary, stands
about as much chance of landing a pub
lie office in North Carolina by the vote
Of the people as celluloid guinea pig
whipping a fire-proof bull dog in
Hades.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Our brother newspaper, the Times,
refers to our new linotype machine
as a "venture.' A overture, :"
brothers The linotype has proved
itself labor saving device on prac-
tlcally all the semi-weekly papers that
have ever used one.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

We understand that Willie Hearst
already has cuts showing the capture
of Villa, which he is holding to re-
lease to his "yellows'' when the said
capture comes off.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Does the governor mean to tell us
that man who can size the sentiment
OF the people of North Carolina at a
glance with an accuracy of one per
cent, that the people who let him he
governor by sufferance, will look with
approval upon his act of Mondays
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

We quote from the News & Obser
ver's want ad department:
Wanted at once-Position as
she salesman. Have had three
years experience. Address:
Shoes, care News & Observer.
'What does he mean anyhow?''
SHE SALESMAN.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

We are just as much surprised at the
News & Observer approving the decis-
ION OF the Governor as we are to learn
that Josephus Daniels hash It resigned
from the cabinet
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24
TWO AUTOMOBILES NOW

This is OF notify the public that I
have added another Ford to my trans
fer business. Fare to Palmyra Use;
$l.OO at night. Careful drivers, guar
anteed trips. Call 124. N. Herring. It..
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

The governor communted the SEN
tence because the Warren murderess
was a woman-and he wasn't a man.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

'Who is back of Villa?'' Don t
know who is back of him, but it s a
oinch we know who amt gonna be in
front of i'm.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

The fashion sheets tell US that the
girls will no longer wear their insteps
on the side.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Consistency divided against itself
can not stand.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Demonstration is also the thief of
preparedness.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Send us your dollar for this paper
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-24

Friday, March "a, 1916.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
EXTEND lands TIME TO REPLY
IN EASTLAND SUITS.

Washington, Dec, 10. g Supreme
court today extended until Jan. 15
the time given Federal Judge Lands
to show cause why his order consoH-
dating hundreds of damage claims
against Indiana Transportation Co.,
growing out Of Eastland disaster,
should not be reversed, as asked by
the company.
The company wants to try sep
arately cases of heirs Of victims of
the disaster.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
HEALEY SAYS THE NEW CHIEF
HAS. HIS SYMPATHY

1.-THE new chief has my sympathy" "
said Chief Healey, who will resign
Jan. 1 because the city administra-
ton is through with him. Healey
was talking today about what his
successor might expect.
mo doubt he will have all sorts
of troubles" continued Healey. 81
wish him all the luck in the world,
but his pathway will not be rose be-
streWn."
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
DEFEAT "DRY" BILL

Washington, Dec. 1s. - Senator
Shoots absolute dry bill" offered
as a substitute to Senator Sheppard's
more liberal bill for a dry District Of
Columbia, was defeated today by a
vets Of q tP&
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
REJEcT as COS PLAN

Proposal of Peoples Gas Light and
Coke Co. to eliminate candle power
requirement now in force in return
for slight reduction in price charged
per 1000 feet of gas rejected by the
council lcommittee on gas, oil and
electric light by unanimous vote.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
HOTEL SHERMAN IS HIT BY THE
SUNDAY VIOLATION CHARGE

The gay Bal IaDarln IN the Hotel
Sherman has fallen under the law.
This morning a state warrant was
sworn out, charging Frank w. Ber-
ing, manager of the Hotel Sherman,
with violating the Sunday closing
law.
Paries at which drinks were sold,
sometimes running to late Sunday
mornings, are said to have been re-
sponsible for the warrants.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-12-18
TRAIL SLAYERs OF AGED PAIR
FIND BOTTLE clue

Peoria, H., Dec. 1s.-SIayers Of
John Becker, IS years old and his
wife, aged 49, were traiIed to a point
three miles from the scene of the
crime today. A posse. found an
empty whiskey bottle, which had
contained kerosene. The bottle was
splotched with blood. It probably
contained kerosene, which was pour
ed over the bodies of the victims after
the killing"
Relatives said Becker received
$4,000 a year ago and knowledge of
his mistrust in banks is thought to
have caused the sIayers to kill the
couple in their search for his gold.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
County Has Much Timber.

1t is estimated that Clearwater
county contains twenty billion
feet of good merchantable saw
timber, which will some day be
manufactured into lumber and
sent out to the various markets.
The amount is simply enormous,
really beyond comprehension.
Ten thousand feet of lumber will
build an ordinary 5-room house
and finish it up, with enough
scraps and pieces for sidewalks.
If the estimate of timber in the
county is correct, and we have
no reason to dispute it, there
would be enough lumber if man.
ufactured to build two million
houses, and figuring it as Uncle
Sam does, five persons to the
house, would accommodate ten
million people. 1t would be pos
sible to rebuild every residence
in Washington, Idaho, Utah,
Oregon and Montana with lumber
from Clearwater county or should
the residences of New York,
Chicago, Philadelphia and San
Francisco be destroyed by fire OF
other disaster, they could be re.
built with the lumber from this
country.
Another comparison to enlight-
en- the skeptic mind: If Clear.
water county's timber was sawed
and loaded on cars of $4,000 feel
each, it would require 100000
cars to transport the lumber, OF
20, 900 trains of 25 cars each and
if the trains were combined into
one it would be 554 miles long. =
] Weippe Herald.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
Prof. Wooster Pleased

Prof. Wooster, of the Lewiston
Normal school, who delivered a
lecture here last Friday evening
before the parent-teachers' as
sociation, spoke to as large an
audience as has been seen in Cot
tonwood for some time. Mr..
Wooster handled his subject in a
mastery manner and held the
close attention of his audience
for more than an hour. His re-
marks were timely and we'll cho-
sen and drew many compliment
ary expressions from those pres
ent. The musical program was
also thoroughly appreciated and
the association is to be compli-
mented on providing such a
pleasing and instructive even
ing's entertainment.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
Farmers Drag Roads to Town.

John Wasem and L. H. Fortin
started out from their farms east
of town Monday morning with
their road drags and got so in
terested in their work that the
first thing they knew they were
dragging up the center of
Main street in Cottonwood and
their work proved so good that
they were made guests of the
commercial club at luncheon.
John afterward stated that the
roads out their way were so good
they could not find much that
needed dragging and so came on
to town where they could find
some real work to do. Be this
as it may, the fact remains that
the continued dragging of the
roads out on the prairie is rapidly
getting them into fine condition
and in many places they are al
ready in as fine shape as in the
middle of the summer while the
ground in the adjoining fields is
so wet that spring work cannot
be started for several days yet.
Road dragging pays big divi.
dends. Even the scoffers are
coming to realize this fact, and
the drag alone is making good
roads in many places where the
grader and scraper are unknown.
There are several miles of roaC
in and around Cottonwood thai
viii still stand quite a lot of drag.
ging before assuming the shape
of boulevards.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
Our Roll of Honor

Those who have contributed to
the Chronicle preparedness"
fund within the past two weeks
by paying in cash on subscrip-
ton are as follows: H. w. Mill
er, Greencreek; Conrad Bosse,
Henry Hatke, Keuterville; L. H.
Bowman, Fem; John Wemhoff,
Nezperce; A. P. Mundt, George
Killmar (2). Winona; G. M. Col
lier, Ferdinand; A. B. Rookie,
Louis Abbl, Alois Wemhoff (2),
Frank Rad, Mike Schwartz, Cot
tonwood; L. A. Bruner, Asotin.
The streets are being dragged
again today.
Quite a strip of new sidewalk
is being laid on Broadway and
First street this week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
Great Results In Field Peas.

Star Mirror: That eighty acres
of land near Fairfield, Washing
ton. seeded one year to peas and
the following to wheat, yielded
S3456 more in the two years than
did an exactly similar eighty
acre field summer followed one
year and cropped to wheat the
next is stated by J. R. Shinn for
merly connected with the agricul-
tural department of the univer-
sity who is now agriculturist for
the Spokane county.
Following summer following
cultivation the wheat yield aver
aged 26 bushel to the acre, where
as in the same year the other
field cropped in peas the pre-
ceeding season, yielding an aver
age of IS bushels to the acre.
The crop which followed peas
sold for $567 more than that from
the other field, but the pea crop,
which averaged 20 bushels to the
acre, brought $640 more than the
better of the wheat crops. Peas
proved to be better than wheat
as money making crop.
Mr.. Shinnvhas pointed out that
in only three of the great coun-
ties of Washington, half a million
acres of land lie idle each year as
a result of the summer following
method of cultivation. 1t means
millions of dollars of loss to the
communities. Crop rotation
yields not only a cash return but
increased income from the wheat
crops when leguminous crops are
used in the rotation.
Peas have been found to be
successful because they get their
growth before the dry season be-
ginning in July.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
MAY START A
CREAMERY
Seattle Man Looks Over the
Field and will Return With
in a Few Weeks to Begin
Active Campaign.

J. w. Quinn, a representative
of the Northwest Creamery Sup
ply Co. of Seattle, spent several
days in the city this week look
ing over the local situation with
a view to attempt the organiza-
ton of a cooperative creamery
here. After comforting with a
number of business men of the
city he accepted their decision
that the present condition of the
roads would initiate against the
work at this time and left this
morning for other points but in
tends returning within a few
weeks, or just as soon as the roads
get in proper condition, when he
will spend several weeks here
working with local parties in get
ting a creamery established at
this place.
Creamery has been talked here
to considerable extent for sever
al years but now that silos are
being built by our farmers and
have proven a success, and with
better dairy stock being intro
duced, there is every reason for
thinking that the time has at last
arrived for the organization of a
creamery. tits true, the large
grain farmer and the man in
tensely interested in the raising
of beef cattle or hogs cannot be
expected to take much interest in
a creamery, but the farmer of
100 acres or less and the man on
a timber ranch or the large farm,
wlo has plenty of assistance,
can and should be interested in the
establishment of a creamery and
should give it every possible sup
port and encouragement, for it
means better prices and a steady
market for their cream, a monthly
pay-check with which to meet the
running expenses of their homes,
and eventually a nice bunch of
good dairy cows on every small
farm and certain prosperity for
every small farmer who engages
in the business and gives it the
attention it deserves.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1916-03-31
Freight Train In A Wreck

The local freight train jumped
the track Tuesday moring just as
it was starting to descend the
Culdesac hill, about two miles
beyond Reubens, and tied up
traffic on the line until after mid
night. Ten loaded cars left the
rails and tore up the track for
several hundred feet before the
train could be brought to a stop.
Most of the derailed cars were
loaded with lumber, only one
containing hogs. Two emigrant
cars were in the train but these
did not leave the rails and no
one was hurt in the wreck. The
train crew and extra men sent
out from Lewiston worked all
day and most of the night in re-
pairing the track and getting the
cars back onto the rails and it
was after midnight before the
track was cleared. The passen-
ger train was held at Culdesac
until the track was cleared and
did not get into this place until
four o'clock Wednesday morning.
The regular schedule was re-es-
tablished that day and everything
has been progressing smoothly
since that time.