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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
HAUTAUQUA OPENS TONIGHT
WITH ATTRACTIVE PROGRAM
PRICE OF A SEASON

The big brown tent which arrived
yesterday is now standing on the
School Campus all ready for the Open
ing of the Chautauqua tonight at 8
o 'clock. With it came the crew which
will be in charge of the Scotland Neck
Chautauqua. Miss Ruth Hess is the
Play Teacher. She has met with
wonderful success in her work this
summer and will be a real chum to
all the children. Riddles don It for
get to meet her the first day and en-
JOY the week with her in hikes play,
and all the different things she has
for you to do.
Major Hayes of the English Army
IS the Superintendent. He was in the
World War and fought in the Ar
goone in about the some positions as
Lieut.. N. S. Smith of our city. They
had not met asross the waters, but had
a very interesting talk over the times
they had over there. Major Hayes is
very pleasant, and you will always
find him ready to serve you the best
he can all week.
The boys in charge OF the tent are
| ID:
They also will do all they can to make
/ Chautaulua week a pleasant one, and
will enjoy a chat with you any time
you stop at the tent to see them.
Tenzo's Cavaliers open the Chautau-
qua Program. The are four men who
play a group Of wind and string in
jstruments. They are musicians of high
class and will give the Chautauqua
good start. Mr.. Frank Lucas the
director plays the Piano-accordion with
such skill that it seems almost unbe-
lievable that anyone could get SO
much out of that wonderful instrument
They have a varied program and it
is well balanced between classical and
popular music.
The second days program consists
of the Kerry Singers and DR.. Mac
Queen. Arthur Meyers the leader OF
the Kerry Singers sings a beautiful
tenor. With his fine diction and well
rounded tone you get different
meaning cut Of the songs he gives
you. Miss Caverly sings in duet with
Mr. Meyers, plays the piano and reads.
When yol hear her rod you go back
to days .ony ago, and If you are still
under the adult age you say to your
sell tl.a+ SIC s5.~eiy 1ust have been
right in your shoes at times. Miss
Rosengrin the third member Of the
Company plays the violin with dis
tinction and wonderful technique.
You will enjoy her work in solo and
in trio.
DR.. MacQueen who lectures tomor-
ROW night is a high authority on Mex
leo and our relations with her. He has
spent much time there, and gives his
: information and colored pictures first
| handed.
. He tells about Mexico in very in
r teresting mannenr, and clears up a
t lot Of questions we have raised con-
f cerning Mexico and ourselves. At the
e same time he gives you a desire for
n looking further into the subject.
These are only the starters on our
e Chautauqua program. Everyday brings
G something different and Interesting.
t Start with the first one, and then
J hear ALL You'll enjoy all the num-
:. bers and in the end he much the bet
h ter off for having gone.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
American Legion
Meeting. Tonight

There will be a ve>y important
meeting Of the American Legion to-
night at 700 'clock at the
Mayors office to hear reports Of the
delegates sent to the State Convention,
and also to arrange for the double
military funeral at Aurelian Springs
next Sunday. The members Of the
firing squad, and others who have
been asked to take part, are urged
especially to be present.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
F ormer Senator Warns
ofDanger of p Paternalism
cRlTIcIsEs DEVELOPMENT
STATE AUTHORITY

gress favoring the creation Of new
principalities within the dominions of
nations in whose domestic affairs the
United States had no legal or moral
concern. Passage of these resolutions,
he declared, committed the nation to
a policy involving it in grave respon
sibilities. Yet, he knew of no senator
or representative who had challenged
the authority of Congress to do this.
Mr.. Thomas advised the citizen
concerned for his country to study
, the measures on the calendar Of this
Congress and acquaint himself with
the programs of "these swarming or
CARNATIONS which seemingly are en-
listed in & struggle of every class for
itself, and the devil take the hind
most.'
"We therefore confront the evolution
of political system Wherein rival
parties eargerly contend for the mas
terry of their government by Dartering
Its integrity and it's resources for the
suffrages of the people, said Mr..
Thomas.
"Our fixed charges for admfnistra-
tion, exclusive of sinking fund re-
quirements and interest on the nation
al debt have reached appalling dimen-
Isions They are too vast for compre-
Ihension in terms Of money. They
Icomprise lot less than four billions OF
dollars, while Congress with each pass
ling week adds something to the bur
!den.
tEThe threatened bonus will add
Hundreds Of millions to the sum total
THE recent dispassionate and unanswer
liable appeals Of the President and the
: ISecretary of Se Treasury for relief
} against the overwhelming tides Of ev
; penditure have encountered violent
and unmeasured denunciation, their
purposes questioned, their motives as
5 sailed They have succeeded in post
+ poning but not in preventing the rio
| of waste and profligacy which has 81
long disgraced the country's affairs. !
? Mr. Thomas characterized the bud
j GET bill as ga budget law in name
/ scheme of legislation'' He declared
J, that it made provision for estimate
l for apportionments and recommenda
l ton for appropria tions but did not res
trict Congress to the maximum. Con
s gress, he said, may accept or repudiat
) them as it desires.
l. He declared that all distinctions be
: tween the two great parties had bee
e oblitterated and added: 'Both 1iv
f upon tradition and practice identica
;, methods Of administrat tion. Even tn
h tariff has become the basis for con
= mon plunder. Republicanism an
t democracy are meeting on commo
$ ground. Party differences more an
d more concern themselves with compt
II tition in the making or granting {
e much and promising more.
/. ssThe conditions which [ have impe
s. fectly outlined indicate our progress
r from a representative republic to
y continental democracy. They are nc
le only altering our scheme Of govern
ment; they threaten to TRANSFORM
Is altogether. Their progress can b
n arrested only by an aroused publ
le opinion
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
OBRECAN OPPOSES SIGN
inc AMERICAN TREATY
fBy Associated PresS)

Mexico City, Sept, 2.-The signing
of the treaty with the United States
as preliminary to recognizing the
Mexican government by that country
is opposed by President Obregon in
message to the New Mexican Con-
eress as "neither possible, convenient
nor necessary"
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
COTTON MARKET CLOSES
62 POINTS HIGHER
THAN YESTERDAY
(Bv Associated Press.)

New Orleans, Sept, "A rise Of
three dollars per bale carried cotton
to new high level for the season in
early trading.
New York, Sept, 2.-Qontinued
buying OH yesterdays bullish crop
figures, prices reaching a still higher
level in the cotton market, October
closing at 1898, sixty two points high
er than Yesterdays close. December
closed at 1925, fortyfive points above
yesterdays close.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

Congress has decided that home brew
is all right, but it will take more than
an asst of congress to make
man with an educated thirst agree
that it s fit to drink.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
(By Associated Press)


Cincinnati, O., Sept. 2.-Members
of the American Bar Association were
called upon by former Senator Charles
5. Thomas, Of Colorado, in an address
he delivered before the Association
here today to arouse public opinion to
what he described as "sinister condi-
tions' in the methods Of federal leg
islation. He appealed to the lawyers
to combat ''riot Of waste and prof
ligacy which, he said, "has long dis
graced the country's affairs''
He urged the Association to show
the people how they had departed
from the principles of impartial en-
forcement Of laws and equality of
rights and to warn them of the dangers
|of paternalism and that the govern
|ment "must perish when converted
into a colossal agency for the bestowa1
|of privileges and the distribution of
it's revenues to those securing it's con-
troll and welding it's authority.''
Mr.. Thomas is a democrat, whose
second term in the Senate expired last
March.
The former Senator criticized the
development Of Federal at the expense
| Of state authority and enumerated
many ways in which the legislative
encroachments of the Federal govern
lment had invaded state authority. He
declared that elf the range Of politi-
! cal authority be ultimately covered
into the central system, the results
may fully justify the assertion that
it is impossible for a democracy to
govern an empire.''
Federal aid for numerous projects
such as improvement of rivers and
udIUOIS, uC ucC1d1C 10 lOW W OC sup
plemented by the grant Of billions to
the ex-service men and women Of the
irecent war, subordination Of the re
jsources and administration of the Fed
eral reserve banks to the exigencie'
IF speculation, agriculture and labor
-a"tional corporation capitalized from
the Treasury for the purchase and
storage of surplus commodities unable
Ito find an immediate market.
Revenue, he said, is raised as exten
sivelv as possible by levies imposed
upon other shoulders than his Taxes
he added, are dictated by politica
|exigencies and controlled by politica
considerations.
Statutes especially favoring groups
or classes Of people had become fea
Iture of congressional action, he con
tinued The groups seeking this leg
,islation had multiplied throughout th
wears until they embraced all kinds O.
, men except taxpayers. They were
, he asserted, about 250 Of them will
headquarters in Washington with ac
. tive and vigilant lobbies. They draf
6 bills. secure their introduction, dis
tribute them at public expense an
q lombard committees and Congress TO
] their speedy enactment. They hav
members Of both Houses card-indeXec
Their aim, he said, is to obtain dis
criminatory legislation and their hal
West guns are turned on the Treasur
whose former defenders had becom
either corrupted or chloroformed
The speaker asserted that numerou
lleaoues and associations had bee
formed since the war to obtain tn
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

burnt eyelashes dyed dark while you
wait is the latest trick of Brooklyn
girls. A beauty parlor near Borough
Hall which does the job in Is min
utes for SO cents is doing sure fire
business giving settings to the eyes. -
The proprietress, whose method is
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
DOUBLE MILITARY
FUNERAL SUNDAY At
AUREL|AN SPRINGS

The Local Post of the American Lee
gion has been requested to take charge
Of military funeral Sunday after
noon at 200 at AureiIan Springs, Mt
Tabor Church, when the bodies OF two
soldiers who lost their lives in France
will be brought back for interment.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

to drop a white and then al amber
fluid on the un-bleached lashes, de-
clared Egyptians had used the system
and thta the French had followed it.
And, it was hinted, certain men al
SO ruled by vanity, dropped into the
shop to have their lashes re-varnished.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
ENGLISH CABINET
MEETING WEDNESDAY
To CONSIDER IRISH
by Associated Press.)

London, Sept. 2.-The reply Of
Lamonn l)eNalera to Lloyd George $
latest communication on Irish Peace
proposals has been sent by the Prime
Minister from Scotland to members Of
the cabinet in London, and a cabinet
meeting has been called for Wednes-
day.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

His decision to undergo an examin-
alton by specialists indicates that
Monsieur Georges Carpenter is just
finding out how severely he was
mauled by Mr.. Jack Dempsey.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

Washington, Sept. 2.-Federal
troops to the number Of four thousand
are en- route to coal fields of West
Virginia. The Secretary Of War says
that he hopes there will be no con
flict on arrival. Martial law proclaim
alton still withheld.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
Federal I roopsO Ordered
lowest Va. CoalField
MARTIAL LAW NOT YET DECLAR
ED. NINETEEN ARMY PLANES
SENT TO WEST VIRGINIA
(By Associated Press.)

Washington, Sept, 2.-Federal
troops have been ordered to the West
Virginia coal fields, but martial law
has not yet been declared. Men at
Camp Dix, New Jersey, and Sherman.
Ohio, have been entrained.
Secretary of War Weeks was earIv
at his office this morning ready to act
on definite receipt Of word Of the ar
rival of the troops in the disturbed
area
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

Logan, w. Va, Sept. 2.-It is Off
ciallv announced that "heavy firing0
is being heard on Blair mountain.
One known killed and five seen to fall,
while coariers report "continual roar
along entire 1ine.'' Airplanes say
that the line is twenty miles long.
Men are fresh with ample supply of
ammunition.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02
Roanoke, Va, Sept. 2.1aNineteen
army airplanes chopped off, for
West Virginia strike scene.

Madison, w. Va, Sept. "A. G. &
0. train which the armed forces around
Blair had been using passed through
Madison Ell route to Wh1tesville bear
inga car filled with bodies of Whites
vile men killed in the fighting on
Blair mountain, reports say
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

Camp Dix, N. j., Sept, 2.-The
first of three trains, carrying troops
to West Virginia, left here at nine
forty-five.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

Charleston, w. Va, Sept. 2.-Gen-
eral Bandholtz is perfecting plans for
the distribution Of troops when they
arrives Communication to "the
'front.' has been cut off. Army air
planes have arrived on the scene.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1921-09-02

st. Adams w. Va, Sept. 2.-Wom
en- and children are arriving in great
numbers from the region occupied by
the armed bands, and traffic on the
c. & o., has been halted. Wires have
been cut
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19
The Island of Yap.


In the dispute over the disposition of the
island of zap the United States government
seems only to have the memory of former
President Wilson to draw upon. Mr.. Wilson,
in his note as president, declared to the league
OF nations council that this government has
never given its consent that the island OF
Yap be included in territories subjected to
the mandate of Japan, but Norman X. DAVIS
under secretary of state, recently testihed be-
fore the senate foreign relations committee
that the United States is without black and
white" proof of the contention that there was
an understanding to nationalize the islands.
Carl w. Alderman, correspondent Tor the
Philadelphia Public Ledger in London, who
has been making an investigation of Japan's
claims. to the island of zap, cables that the on
1y official transcript of the minutes OF the SEES
sion of the peace conference at which the zap
question was discussed was intrusted to Sir
Maurice Hankey, one Of Lloyd Georges pri-
vate secretaries. This transcript is now in Sir
Maurice's keeping. when President Wilson
recently contested the Japanese right to this
island" Mr.. Alderman states, the minutes
in Sir Maurice's possession were examined
and it was discovered that there was no rec
ord whatever of President Wilson's reserva-
ton AS a result of this examination Japan
now maintains that the disposition OF zap
is an accomplished fact"
Resting its case upon the official minutes
of the conference Japan considers the Incl
dent closed, and Mr.. Alderman reports that
Great Britain, France and Italy are agreed
in the opinion that Japan's claims to the
island cannot now be contested by the Amer
lean government.
Mr. Wilson's recollection OF the discussion
of the status of Yap may De correct, and he
is to be believed when he declares that he,
speaking for this government never consented
that Japan should have the islands, but it is
unfortunate that he did not have black and
white" proof of the reservations that he as
serts he made. In the absence OF such proof
and supported only by his recollection OF
what occurred, how will the United States
government be able to convince Japan and
the other nations concerned!
The former president informed the league
council that the United States cannot consider
itself bound by the terms of the mandate over
the island of zap granted to Japan. With ia
pan in possession OF the island, supported by
the council of the league OF nations, it does
not appear that any other course than passive
resistance is possible or feasible
Whether the question shall be submitted
to a new investigation, as requested by Mr.
Wilson is for the future determination OF the
league of nations council after consideration
by the various governments.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19
The Farmers Situation.

There are many farmers in Terrell county
who are yet holding all of their last years
cotton crop, some Of them having as much
as $50 to 500 bales. In the county as whole
there are 10000 or more bales, and Terrell is
but one of Georgia's cotton producing coun-
ties. A percentage OF the value OF this great
supply OF cotton will be lost to the farmer
through loss in weight, insurance, storage
charges and taxes to say nothing OF the heavy
loss caused by declining prices. 1t is not a
happy situation that confronts the farmer lie
is loser if he sells, and he is loser II he
does not SELL With a new crop season open
ing favorably he is not encouraged to hoid
his crop for higher prices. What will he do'
He will have to take his losses and endure
them with such fortitude as he is able to
muster. 1t seems reasonable to suppose,
also, that this year he will reduce his cotton
acreage considerably. The most certain way
to enhance the price OF cotton is to diminish
the supply.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19
THE BIBLE.
From Leslie's Weekly.

The Bible is the great spirit of the white
mans civilization. Our infdel or latitudnarian
NAV reject it, but it is distilled in his blood.
1t is more than literature, more than the book
of the church, than history or theology. 1t is
power. 1t is the essence in the character of
our institutions of the gentlemen and ladies
we meet on the highway OF progress 1t en-
dows low understandings with higher ideals
than those of the uplift writers. 1t imparts a
literary taste surpassings that OF the authors
of the best sellers. 1t brings more tremendous
news than all the special editions OF all the
newspapers ever issued The inquirer sees in
it the charter of free thought. The forward
mind sees in it the compass OF the course. The
imaginative mind resting on the far reaches
of time sees it Towering out in the tender
and the beautiful, the strong and the great. 1t
is the Great Progenitur
The tongue of Moses gives voice to innum-
cradle tongues. The word OF Joshua summons
innumerable swords. The altar of Aaron splits
into many affairs It's psalms are battle hymns
of freedom. The magic OF its wondrouS words
is in all our literature were every Bible burned.
From this lamp the lamp of art was filled;
from this fire the fire OF science was kindled
with pagan fuel.
Looking back sixty centuries we today are
civilized; looking forward sixty centuries we
are savage. The Bible goes with US If it is
if it is the work of man we must not We will
hour of peril. We cannot forget But the solic-
itude OF high-souled teachers cannot call back
the audence-that audience filing toward the
tombs of its fathers, children still, after so
many ages; ignorant yet, after much wis
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19
Going to Church.

Efforts are being made everywhere to IN
fuence a back-to- the church movement. 1t is
represented that people go to church less ire
ouentlv, that the present generation cares
more for idle pleasure than for spiritual up
lift Wider opportunities for recreation that
beckon thousands into the open in seasonable
weather, motor cars that appeal with their
invitation to speed far away, and countless
other distractions are blamed by members OF
the clergy for the falling off in church at
tendance.
Some clergymen are distressed about it,
and are trying to make their churches more
attractive and inviting They shape their own
theological study along lines better calculated
to entertain as we'll to inform their con-
gregations They also devise various methods
of bringing church members together in mu-
tual church work and church interest. They
are quick to emphasize the social advantages
which the church and the church work offer.
MANY preachers have studied themselves with
the view OF making their own personalities
more attractive. They succeed when they
are cheerful and of pleasant address. The
churchman OF sour dour mien may awe and
impress but he will not attract Preachers
who study their churches, their congregations
and themselves in the effort to attract church
goers will go far in bringing the people back
to the church.
Going to church, it may be said, is a duty
every man owes to himself. Women are ever
willing to attend church, but they are more
frequent in attendance and happier in it when
other members of the family are with them.
Church attendance regularly will establish
family's responsibility in neighborhood more
quickly and more definitely than anything else
the family can do. And it likewise will pro-
mote the family's standing and give 1t solid
protection. The material benefits OF gong to
church are extensive and valuable, while the
spiritual help any man or woman will find in
the church is OF such Importance that it is
strange everybody does not make the effort
to obtain it.
Surely no one can attend church frequently
and fail to feel deep within himself that he is
better for having done it. He may not be
believer, in the orthodox sense may not be-
long TO the church, may not be christian,
may not live exactly right, and yet the church
will help him. The very atmosphere OF any
church is wholesome for any man and every
man. The environment will contribute to his
fitness as church attendant, will give him
suggestion for improved department, will in
duce more kindly treatment of his family and
more honest consideration of his fellowman.
1t is generally accepted that the so-called best
families go to church. But going to church,
supporting the church and living as the
church would have them live, these things
have made them the best families. Indeed, the
church has distinct advantages, and all men
should avail themselves of what it provides.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-04-19
Getting Ready Again.

Sir Phillip Gibbs, eminent English journal
ist now lecturing in this country, foresees an
other great European war rather soon. Sir
Phillip is a keen and accurate observer OF men
and events He asserts that Europe is exact
ly where ii was before the recent war, and
that it is repeating rather faithfully" all its
old mistakes; that the balance of power no
ton is once more predominant in the minds
OF European statesmen and that the alliances
now being formed, both secretly and open
ly, merely indicate that the continent is
choosing sides for another tussle. The French
idea of utterly obliterating Germany, Sir
Phillip declares is in defiance OF every day
economic science. If the situation is as Sir
Phillip describes it OF what avail is league
OF nations? Was not the league of nations
presumed to prevent a restoration of the old
order in Europe?