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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
RASEBAI,L,

With the first zephyrs of Spring, 10
cal baseball fans are beginning to
vearn to hear the crack Of the willow
and the whiz Of the pill cutting the
corner Of the plate just a quarter OF
an inch. What about it, boyss How
about it, Mr.. business mans Are
YOU willing to jar aloose from a few
iron men toward the organization of
a baseball club for Scotland Neck this
summers Mr.. j. Arlington Kitchin
signifies his desire for baseball team
by voluntarily informing the Common
wealth that he would give the park
and the sum of $40 looking toward the
organization Of the national sport here
provided wall Of suitable height
was erected around the grounds. This
park, he says, will be given to the club
for several years-as long as interest
in baseball is maintained in local cir
cles.
With a few other donors evincing
such a spirit Of iberality as Mr.. J. A.
Kitchin, local nine will soon become
an institution for the summer months
here.
4c yphl 0r mr.
town, Hobgood, material for first
class nine will not be lacking. Several
stars within a convenient radius of
Scotland Neck have signified their in
tention Of trying out for a team if one
is organized.
A successful ball team would do some
wholesome advertising for the town
and create an enjoyable diversion for
the tired business men during the hot
| summer months. For
"Some day our troubles we forget;
Some day we'll lift a cheer
And cease to murmur with regret
| When fortune seems severe.
Some day we'll seek the verdant field
And join the mighty call,
AS stalwart heroes stand revealed
Some day they'll play baseball!
Glad exultant cry will sound
Across the old back lot,
Or imprecations may abound,
But these are soon forgot.
Though now we hear the bitter bias
| As shadows grimly fall,
The world will all seem well at last.
Some day we IL play baseball!'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
GET YOUR BROOM,

We urge every man, woman and
child living within the corporate linn
its of Scotland Neck to cooperate
with the Civic League and the Board
of Trade in cleaning up the town dur
ing the week beginning April 3. See
to it that you do your part Of the
cleaning up. You not only owe this
much to your town, but you owe it
to yourself and your family. APRIL
THIRD It let your neighbor find
you off the job on that day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
THE OPEN FORUM
Read it for Thirty Years.

6SaO ZOE ears.
Dear Mr.. Editor:
have been reader of your es-
teemed paper for thirty years. I first
subscribed to it when it bore the name
of democrat and was edited and
owned by the late w. H. Kitchin. 1
have always voted the Democratic
ticket, and when the negroes got bad
in '98, toted my shot gun day and
night in defending "white supremacy
and the Democratic party.
I notice some of the Office holding
Democrats in the State now are claim
ing to be the party champions. Why
is this9 The ones who are making the
people think they are the leaders, were
never heard Of when the two parties
were evenly matched in strength and
when the old Donkey needed u sure
enough leader. Now, every paper I
pick up, I see something about what
Mr.. Bill Bailey says about the pros
poets Of Democracy. I take it for
granted that this is the same Mr.. Bal
ley that held Office under the Republi-
can Governor, Russell. He might fool
the young bloods about being a dyed
in the wool Democrat, but we old boys
who have been through some mighty
| stirring old times for the party, be
lieve that the temptation Of slice OF
Bull Moose pie would be too great fol
Mr.. Bailey to stand, if the Mooses
ever stand behind the pie counter.
Ny idea Of giving the Republicans
a beating at the coming election, is t.
get such men as Bailey from the front
ranks, because if you stand such {
weathercock politician at the front
you won It have solid front I know
too, that there are lot of good Dem
Iocrats who just won It take the interes
in the party welfare that they used to
with such a man trying to boss tn
voters. Mr.. Editor, we country folk
had rather vote for a Republican q
good character, than a Democrat lik
Mr.. Bill Bailey. I think that the bes
thing for the Democrats is to sto7
hollering at Butler, and stop the leak
in their own party. Take Mister Bal
ley off the headlines of Democrat,
and Democracy will be better off.
Your eseufcprsllyttaoin1
Yours respectfully,
j. C. s.
''The Best in Halifax
To the Editor:
; Enclosed find check for two years
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
THE PRINTERS DREAM.

Last evening I was talking
With printer aged and gray,
Who told me of a dream he had
Just after Christmas day
While a-snoozing in his Office
The vision came to view;
He saw an angel enter, dressed
In garments white and new.
Said the spirit, "I'm from heaven;
The Lord just sent me down
To bring you up to glory;
Put on your golden crown.
"Many merchants you've made richer
(F'rom few received full pay;
While you we grown poorer and poorer
Your business dfd decay.
ESQ we need you up in glory,
For you have labored hard
Until your brow is hoary-
You've earned a*great reward.'
Then the angel and the printer
Started toward the glory gate;
But when passing close to Hades
The angel murmured, "Wait-
"Here's a nook I wish to show you
It's the hottest place IN hell,
Where the dubs who beat the printer
In awful torment dwen''
The printer saw before him
Old patrons by the score;
An easy chair and fan he grabbed,
And asked for nothing more.
He sat and sat and watched them,
Saw them sizzle, scorch and burn;
And his former debtors saw
Whichever way he ID turn.
Said the angel: "Come up higher,
And the pearly gates Wen see.''
But the printer only answered.
"This is heaven enough for me''
Alpha Better.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

subscription to the Commonwealth. The
first issue of your semi-weekly is the
best paper ever published in Halifax
County. I read with much interest
your editorials, which are very good.
I think you are right in condemning
our Governor, who couldn't stand the
sobbing sentimentality of the women
folks. I think you were little strong
in the condemnation, but I guess that
is what your subscribers want.
HNew Subscriber
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

These trig implements Of destruction
are shown in one Of New York g Fifth
Avenue shop windows as an attrac-
tive "novelty' for shoppers. The
people who thought of adapting shell
cases to booze have grasped a pro
found symbolism. The cocktail is
about as deadly an explosive as the
shrapnel, only it's time fuse is rather
long. We hardly expected the liquor
folks to advertise this resemblance
Golfers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

p under.
r iches for the war trafickers.
e nd Of civilian rule.
p romoting militarism.
A ggression.
b eturn to might over right.
E nd Of right over might.
D aiming the higher law.
n o chance for peacemaker.
E implying the treasury.
8 tealing from the government.
8 acheting Of the swash-bucklers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
One Rarfty-and Another,

The Kansas City "Star' tell us in
confidence that:
GA great leader is a man who can
take two women out to dinner and
keep the conversation off of new spring
clothes and surgical operations.
To which we would add that other
phenomenon Of equal merit: A woman
who can take two men out to dinner
and keep them from talking exclusive
ly of the wonders they have wrought
in business and in golf. Or is the fe
male nature too merciful for that?-
Golfers.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
wAee1N' TONGUES

Sunday School Teacher-s'You must
grow up to be good. Don t you want
to be looked up to?''
Little Emma Wayup-"No; I'd
rather be looked around at
Mrs. Jones" And is Mrs. Newlywed
good cooks''
Mrs. Snith-s'Her husband claims
she can cook the best hard boiled eggs
he ever ate. michigan Gargoyle.
"Pa, what is pessimist?'
My son, pessimist is a man who,
when given his choice between two
evils, takes both of them. Life.
Did she die a natural death?''
eyes, so I understand. He was run
over in the streets Of New York .
Life.
HWhy the noise?''
"The barber is shaving HIMSELF
"But why the argument?''
"He is trying to persuade himself
to have shampoo. kansas City
Journal
"What did he have to say for him
s@fe"
"Nothing. His wife was with him.
Judge.
women evidently sleep less than
men,
"Why so2''
eve seldom hear Of woman talk
ing in her sleep. Judge.
For insurance see Chas L. Station
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
To Root for Local Quint.

Misses lone Kitchin, Annie Maria
Mcdowell, Eta May Whitley, Virgin
ia Wilkerson, Ernestine Raspberry, Ger
tie Dunn and Evelyn Kitchin were the
fair rooters from here that witnessed
the basket ball game at Weldon today
to cheer the local quint Of basket ball
players to victory when they meet the
lightning five from Weldon on the
latter's court.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
"Skipperhopper.''

Mr.. Editor:
1 have asked several persons to
identify "Skipperhopper,' the man
who wrote you sometime ago about
preparedness. Will you kindly give
me this information: Was "Skipper-
hooper, his name or his nom de
plume9
FReader.7
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

We understand that since Governor
Craig's Communication last week, stock
in the Electric Chair Mfg, Co., has
taken an awful slump.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

lin the Spring the young man 5
old man sand middle aged man s
fancy turns to the same thing it did
in the Summer, Fall and Winter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

Let's see: If Charlie Chaplin mar
ried Miss Pickford, their combined
salaries would be about -shucks-
could you lend US Csc for 30 days9
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

Our idea of retaliation is the candi-
datess for marriage sending wedding
invitations to the firms she purchased
her trousseau from.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

"A-bobbing up and down. Head
of the male in trying to divide his
admiration between these here Easter
bonnets and creations for the feet.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

of interest and keen rivalry between
the schools that is exhibited at these
gatherings of the patrons and pupils
of the schools.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

Girls, if you keep extending the
length Of your boots, that spring over
coat will be superfluity.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

We suppose the Dunn paper refers
to 'em as Columns dainty, dimpled,
dancing darlings.'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
FOOTSTEPS OF THE
FATHERS

~ = ** + y
New News Of Thirty Years Ago When
the Older Inhabitants Were Boys
and Girls.
(Taken from this paper March 25, 1867
Mrs. Nichols was summoned to the
bedside of her sick daughter, Mrs.
Hassell, who lives at Williamson, last
Sunday.
That girl still arm-clutches with
that boy, in spite of public opinion.
Has the father Of that girl lost his
senses, or is he blind?
Mr.. w. T. Whitehead, Miss Carrie,
his daughter, returned from Hopewell
last Friday. We are glad to say that
Miss Carrie is now convalescent.
| The guano is rolling in this spring
and cotton will roll out next fall, and
the farmer will grumble and complain
and then take the same dose next
spring.
A girl permits a boy to walk EARN
clutch' with her. So will hare walk
unsuspectingly in gum. Moral: Mel
| ther of them seems to realize the dan
ger thereof.
Mr. Chas. Parks killed two wild
turkeys at one shoot, one shot killing
both, passing through the head Of each
Who can beat that? It was a mum
her six shot at that
Yes, we have advised you without
fee, to stop lacing, but you prefer tt
pay a doctor 8 bill, inger out a pain
full existence, and go to an early grave
just because we don t charge you ter
dollars for advice.
Mr.. w. J. Higgs spent several day
Of the past week in Greenville will
his brother, Mr.. J. B. Higgs. For :
number Of years the latter was
citizen Of this county and has man,
friends who regret to learn of hi
feeble health.
|, The S. N. L. Society met Tuesda,
night, the subject debated was Cough
; Elections to be Frequente' w. A
} Dunn for the affirmative and E. F
, Hilliard for the negative. We ar
> sorry to see how little interest is tax
en- in the Society. Why not take a
2 interest in it and make it the equal,
[ not superior, to any society of an
t town the size Of this? You not onl
! spend two hours pleasantly in the ha
r but you also learn much that yo
: would otherwise never know Nov
: let us all take an interest in our s,
j ciety and do all in our power to flu
/ ther it's progress by attending it r.
), gularly and doing our duty.
Meat, hay, corn, and guano arriv
almost daily by the carload. Scotlan
Neck is the place to buy all the abov
articles at rock bottom prices, an
sometimes much below the mud sill
Come one, come all to Scotland Nee
to buy your hay, your meat, yo,
corn, meal and hominy. You can bu
you corn here and grind it here
cheap as at any point in or out of tt
State. w. Fl. Kitchin has again take
control of his grist mill in the tow
Of Scotland Neck and guarantees sati
faction to all, and solicits a iber
patronage from the surrounding COZ
munity. He has been to great e
pense to accommodate the public al
himself will always have on hand cor
meal and hominy for sale at the vel
lowest figures.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

Rare creatures: the drummer with
out new Ford story, and the movie
hero without his cigarette.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

The girl that wears poodle pup in
her teens will soon wear wrinkles IN
her face.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

It is nearing the time for all good
candidates to come to the aid of the
cigar stores.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

We hardly know where we re at
When WHEY buys. the Easter hat!
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
Coughs and Colds
are Dangerous!
One out Of every three people
die Of Lung Diseases
started with a Cough.

At First Sign of Cough take
DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Few of us realize the danger of
Coughs and Colds. We consider
them common and harmless all
ments. However statistics tell us
every third person dies of lung
ailment.
Dangerous Bronchial and Lung
diseases often follow neglected
cold. AS your body struggles
against cold germs, no better aid
can be had than DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Its merit has been
tested by old and young. In use
over As years. Get bottle to-day.
Avoid the risk of serious Lung
ailments. All druggists.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
SALAMAGUNDI

Cocktails and shrapnel.
Some manufacturer Of booze tools
for the home is turning out cocktail
shakers made in "exact facsimileD of
the shrapnel-shell cases Europe uses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28
s'PreparedueSS.' -

Preparedness.
"The bullet struck a button, O!'
A picture often drawn.
Take notice wife, and promptly sew
Your hEbby's button on!'
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1916-03-28

Birds of a feather: eagles and
larks.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28

Washington. April 17.-,Ihc attention
OF the department of commerce at
Washington has been called 10y the
president of a large paper manufacture
ing company to the fact that there is
a serious shortage Of raw material for
the manufacture Of paper. including
rags and old papers. He urges that
the department should make it known
tina the collecting and saving of rags
and Old papers would greatly better
existing conditions for American manu-
tacturcrs.
Something like 1,.WW tons of differ
N kinds of paper and paper board
arc manufactured every day in the
United States. and Il large proportion
OF this. after it has served it's purpose,
could be used over again i'm some class
OF paper. a large part of it. however.
is either burned OF otherwise wasted.
This. of course, has to he replaced by
new materials. In the early history
of tho paper industry publicity was
given tn the Importance OF saving rags.
It is of scarcely less Importance now.
The department Of III is glad
70 bring this matter to tho attention
Of the public in the hope that practical
csults may flow from il. \ little at
tcntion t" the saving OF rag and old
papers will mean genuine relief to our
paper industry and i: diminished drain
upon our sources of supply for new
materials. The department of com
mercc will he glad to put inuuircrs in
touch With the manufacturers who are
Interested.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28

4 long and studiou> life at Linden
shade. his country home at Walling-
ford. Ia. Besides a number OF early
t"lio> and are editions of Shakespeare
and his commentators. there are many
relics in the library pertaining to great
interpreters of Shakespeare. such as
t;arlick. Keen. Macrcady. Booth and
Irving. hut the gloves are the only
actually personal belongings Of the
great poet.
In some respects the I'urncSS library
and collection is the most remarkable
in the world. lis only rival is the
SlakcSncarcan library and museum at
S1ratfOrd on Avon. During the great
Shakespeare celebration eliminating Oh
April % next. the three hundrcdth an
nivrr>ary of ShakeSpearc'S death, the
EurncSS library and collection have Il
peculiar interest for those who revere
the memory Of the greatest bard OF all
time.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28
BABY CHICK TROUBLES.
Improper Feeding and Crowding Fault,
to Be Avoided.

Many causes of trouble with baby
chicks may be traced to one of three
Sourccs-lleat ,too much or not enOucln.
feed or crowuing. writes a correspond
cnt OF the Orange Judd Farmer. After
chicks hatch the mistake is often made
OF keeping them too warm. which has
a weakening tendency. The best brood
crS arc arranged so the chicks can find
the temperature they like. as injurious
effects result if the chicks get chilled.
Another cause of loss is the feed.
Just before the chick is Matched it
takes the yolk into its body. This is
a little lunch basket given to the chick
by nature to supply it with food till it
learns how to eat after it comes out
INTO the big world. BECAUSE a. little
chick picks at everything it does not
necessarily mean that it is hungry.
The little chick is Il new creature i'm
Il strange land investigating through
curiosity and is q really hungry.
Some farmers know the yolk inside
the chicks body contains food enough
to last for several days and SO do not
feed it for three or four days. These
are the extremes and either may do
injury. 70 feed as soon as hatchcd
would gorge the digestive system with
too much food and to wait four or five
days would make the labor required of
the digestive system too great for its
strength.
The better plan is to begin feeding
small quantities Of food at from TWEEN
ty-four to forly-cight hours and in
crca>c til" feed as the yulk decreases.
Nature does not like abrupt changes.
Hard boiled eggs ground fine. shell
and all, mixed with hreadcrumbs. are
good for the first two days. Then a
gradual change to rolled oats and
wheat bran is good. After the chicks
arc five or six days old. feed a mash
composed Of equal parts wheat bran.
rolled oats. shorts, cornmcal. and to
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28
10000 Ctubwomen to Convene.

New York, April 1S.-What promises
4" he tho biggest of all gatherings ever
held in amy part Of the world will as
>cmblc in New York ON May ~ for the
bicnnial convention of the Federation
OF Nomcns Clubs. Delegates to the
convention will number 80 1000. but
large parties of women are coming
with their representatives to take adj
vantage of the opportunity of visiting
New York.
Meetings will be held i'm the Seventh
regiment armOry. where the company
rooms will be devoted to the exhibits
OF the various departments of the fed
Grafton. Thirty-four committees have
been appointed by tho local board to
make arrangements. \ large amount
OF money has been given and a steam
ship line has contributed Il steamboat,
which will run up and down the Hud-
son river to carry parties of delegates
to numerous points of interest near
the city.
The convention will represent ovcr
2.OoO,tND women of tho United States,
Alaska, Panama, the Philippines, Eu-
rope and China. According to Mrs,
William Grant Brown, chairman of the
local bicnnial board. reservations in
the leading hotels are being made at
the rate of 200 Il day.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28

be we'll prepared and the seed sovn in
I drills two to two and a half feet wide
if the largest amount Of forage is de-
sired. Ordinarily. however. it will be
sown broadcast and either narrowed or
disked into the ground. When own in
drills it will not require more than tive
or three pounds Of seed to the acre.
When sown broadcast at least double
this moun of seed should be used.
Hogs should not be permitted to
| Craze on the rane until it is ten or
twelve inches high. If they arc turned
on when it is smaller than this they
ere apt to destroy many of the plants
and it will not produce as much pas
ture as it should. If the hogs are
taken off rape pasture when they have
eaten it to the ground it will produce Il
new growth and can be pastured off
again.
\ combination Of rape and oats is an
excellent early spring pasture. They
| can either be owl at the same time or
the rape can he narrowed in after the
oats are up. This is probably the more
desirable method, as the oats can be
seeded with safety even earlier than
the rape. Where rye has been OWL
for pasture it is a good plan to harrow
in some rape in the spring. This will
come on and make feed after the rye
| has grown up and become so rank that
the hogs will not eat it.
Vacant feed lots make an excellent
place to SOW rape. 1t does its best in a
good rich soil. and where such lots are
TO be vacated in the spring they can be
put to no better use than to the grow
ing of rape for hog pasture.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28
Retire Three BattIeships.

Philadelphia. April 17.-Thr Alabama
ohl"andI Georgia are 1oIcs,rirkcn from
the navy POSTER as lighting units and
probably will end their days as train
III" ships for the naval reserve. This
WAS the assertion made by scvcra off
ccr> of tho Philadelphia navy ward.
One of the officers asserted thnt tho
hht1lcshipS. 'dcSpi'e their excellent
condition.. are obsolete aud servo no
purpose other than To rctarl the prog
rcss and impair the efficiency of first
line ships"
The Alabama, flagship of the reserve
'icrt, ana the ohio are 1T tho phila,lrl-
phia navy yard. The GEORGIA * now
on her way t" Join tho reserve feet.
The Alabama WAS laid down twenty
years ag" and is Il l..Nm ton shin. ,rhc
Ohio and Georgia. built a few wears
later. are virtually the same size and
carry similar armamcnts.
The Ekalaka eagle. [volume] (Ekalaka, Mont.) 1909-1920, 1916-04-28
Ways to Seal the Siio.

in a good silo the contents are pro-
tected from the air on all sides except
the top. The air always spoils some
of the silage on the top unless feeding
is begun as soon as the silo is filled.
Various methods for preventing this
waste have been tried. One is to cover
the silage with straw and then soak
this protecting layer we'll with water.
This keeps out the air fairly we'll and
the waste is only slight. Another
method Is to SOW oats on top of the
slla.c. When they terminate the dense
excludes tho air.
The simplest and probably the most
practical method is to remove the ears
from the last three or four loads of
corntalis brought to the cnsilage cut
ter and then run just the stalks
through.