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DON'T FAIL TO CAST YOUR VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 7TH, 1916 COMMONWEALTH A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People VOLUME XXXIII. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1916. READ IT FIRST IN THIS PA PER NUMEER 74. French 500 Yards f rom rort Vaux Forward Sweep Will Restore Original Line Paris, October 26. The French ', RUMANIANS DYNAMITE troops at Verdun are following up as fast as they can the advan tage gained by their sudden for ward sweep on Tuesday, and ac cording to the latest information, have closed in to within less than nouncement of the capture is mo mentarily expected here thus co pletely restoring- the French line held on February 25. The German forces at Verdun are reacting- so slowly and within such apparent lack of strength that, in the opinion of French mil itary men , they no longer dos sess a general reserve, but are ob liged to withdraw men from one section of the front to reinforce another section of need. CERNAVODA BRIDGE. DEMOCRATIC CHAIRMAN SUED BY IRISHMAN STRUCTURE WAS GREATEST IN EUROPE. EXTENDED FOR DISTANCE OF 14 MILES. VOTE BY STATES STATISTICIAN FIGURES IT OUT Large Number Escaned Piirsuinsr t.ermans, Turks and Bulgarian.. Serbs and French Are Victorious in the Vicinity of Monastir, it is Reported. Head of Independence Conference ! Brings Another Action Against Chairman New York, Oct. 24 Vance O. MeCormick, chairman of the Democratic National qommittee, was served late today with a sum mons and complaint in a second suit for libel brought against him by Jeremiah A. O'Leary, one of the heads of the American Inde pendence Conference. The ac tion, which is for $100,000, is bas ed on a statement Mr. McCormick is said to have given to the news- papers on hoiiuu. xm.- .u ment, it was asserted, was in con nection with charges by the De mocratic National Committee that a secret agreement was made be tween O'Leary and his associates and Chas. E. Hughes, Republican Presidential; nominee, by which Mr. Hughes made speeches to con form to "demands" of the Amer- j RICHMOND WANTS CON- (By United' Press) London, Oct. 2 6. The Rumanians today dynamited the Cernavoda bridge, which is the greatest in Eu rope. The act was committed fol lowing the evacuation of the city of Cernavoda, according to wireless dis patches received at Rome. The bridge .-spans the Danube and the adjacent marshes and is fourteen miles long. Serbs and French Victorious. Paris, Oct. 2 6. The Serbs and French were again victorious in the vicinity of Monastir, according to an official statement. The French cav alry occupies the villages of Golds- bora and Laisicit and the bridges at Zwerada. Rumanians on the Run. Berlin, Oct. 2 6. Part of the rout ed Russian and Rumanian forces of Dobrudja have escaped into old Rumania across the Cernavoda bridge before the town of Cernavoda was captured by Maekensen's men. Advancing in a wide circle, Mack- ensens' men swept forward, attempt- ing to pin the defeated Rumanians against the Danub eand complete their destruction. The main body of the enemy retreated northward, in stead of crossing the Danube, keep ing in touch with the troops that evacuated Constansea. The Rumanians are stubbornly re sisting Falkenhayne's forces in Transylvania. On the West Front. Paris, Oct. 2 6. Bombardments occurred last night in the Vaux sec tor, northeast of Verdun, but no new counter attacks were made by the Germans. CAMPAIGN AGAINST VILLA ! ELECTORIAL COLLEGE (By United Press) El Paso, Oct. 2 6. Emissaries of Pancho Villa have been in this city for the last few days, conferring with members of the new Mexican revo- i lutionary party, the Legalistas, ac cording to reports received by the United States department agents here. At least one Villista is known to have arrived here on horseback, having crossed the Rio Grande below Juarez. At this meeting, United States au thorities believe that an agreement was perfected for the bandit leader to command the field forces of the new movement. United States secret service men have already reported that there was such an agreement in effect. In return, the Legalistas are to furnish money to pay the army in silver. The new revolutionary party, in its official newspaper here, the Ellegalista, avows that the object of its formation is the accomplishment of the downfall of Carranza. TWO BILLION DOLLARS , IN GOLD RESERVE "spiritual Carrying out the indications of the j New York Herald 's poll into the votes of electorial college, the standing of Messrs. "Wilson and Hughes is as fol lows : Every man likes to know the truth about the real situation. This is com piled for that reason. It is not the claim of any party, but the situation from non-partisian sources: Dem. Rep. 13 Washington, Oct. 2 6. Carranza has launched a last ditch fight, the outcome of which will determine whether he can retain power, or whether he will be forced to follow his long list of predecessors in fleeing the country. This was the interpretation placed today on official reports to the war department or the launching or a final campaign by Carranza against the Villa revolutionists in northern Mexico. Following Carranza's aeuon in sending his wife and family, with Mrs. Obregon, wife of his secretary of war, and Mrs. Trevino, wife 'of the military chieftan in Chihuahua, in to the United States, this new mili tary movement took on a serious as pect. Another indication of the serious ness of the situation Carranza faces was the provisional president in leaving 'Mexico City, for Quoretaro, in company with General Obregon, leaving General Gonzales in Mexico to grapple with the Zapatistas, again reported to be menacing the capital, and with Felix Diaz's adherents, who are reported to have entered the federal district of Mexico, in which Mexico City is located. GRESSMAN FROM MRS. WILSON'S DISTRICT. Richmond, Oct. 26. Democratic lean Independence Conference. O'Leary s first suit against the Chairman of the Democratic Na- A- .,i r,-iittPo was based on a : party managers have concentrated statement Mr McCormick was , their efforts to supplant the present , , fv Republican congressman from the said to have made conceining O q wifgon & Leary after the latter had sent l Democrat It is the only Republi t el e gram to President Wilson can district in the state, criticising his administration. The i They are behind the candidacy of President replied, in substance, to j State Senator E. Lee Trinkle, from iiesrucm i rlppT) : Mrs. Wilson's home town of Wythe- () "Leary that he would feel deep , Republican C. Bas- lvmortihed it V leaiy ui iy"J . com Slemp, candidate for re-election. Among those who have campaigned for Trinkle is Governor Stuart, who like vou voted for him". The Democratic National Com mittee tonight issued its "third; was himself beaten by Slemp six . . .....l" l,.,,,rOC involving yeara aso. installment ui nomratiP Mndidatps whn exnect Mr. IIuMies and the American In dependence Conference. What purported to be confidential com mittee reports were made public and were declared to "reveal in detail the secret purposes, plans and scope of the racial organiza tion promoted by Jeremiah A. O' Leary and his associate propa zin Washington, Oct. 26. One hun dred and seven boys from Venezuela now have scholarships in American schools and most of them are already in this country and at their studies, U. S. Minister to Venezuela Preston McGoodwin reported today. McGoodwin brought about the gitt of the scholarships and is spending part of his vacation in this country investigating the success of the plan. He believes it will go far toward mi proving the understanding between the United States and Venezuela. anv of the sons ot t nn-imprira.ns nave re- wealthy ceived tnen , i , .. : 1l d French schools ana iew iscnoiarsnip wnmi n..iv German an i.... r-mne to this country. ,.. contributing causes i. ial relations which had with South Because oi one of the the close commerci those countries have America in the past. this condition, I began over a year ago to work out a scholarship sys tem, with the assistance of the Amer- lean consuls in vcv,w "After correspondence rn..rirnn institutions learning, we received scholarship of fers from 110 and the Venezuelan government has accepted 107 so fai. The recipients of the scholarships are chosen by the minister of public in to return to Washington are: Wil liam A. Jones, Edward E. Holland, Walter A. Watson, Andrew J. Mon tague, Edward W. Saunders, Carter Glass, C. C. Carlin and Hal D. Flood Thomas W. Harrison is due to be named the successor of James Hay, who was chairman of the House mil itary committee, and who resigned to accept appointment on the Court of Claims bench. U. S. Senator Claude A. Swanson has no opposi tion. He will be the first U. S. Sena tor chosen by direct vote in Virgin ia. struction. The son or uenerai io mez, president-elect of Venezuela now in his second year at a West Point preparatory school at Morris town, N. J., is the holder of one o them. "Among others, one is in the agri cultural college of Iowa University one studying electrical engineering at Washington University, St. Louis another taking the same course at Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh ra., and oneat St. John's Military Aca- Five of the is country in September "In addition to the scholarship offer, a number of American schools are obtaining positions for young men from South America each year in commercial and industrial firms. This is for the prupose of teaching them American business and manu facturing methods. )f SHADY, BUT THRILLING CAREER OF DARIO RESTA (United Press Staff Correspondent) New York, Oct. 26. Dario Resta, he efrocious, devil-may-care Italian river who has hogged American auto track records and stuck his fin gers into the prize money of every country where they tear around tracks in high-powered automobiles, is just taking a breathing spell. Resta says he is getting ashamed o take the money and ahs promised not to enter EVERY event in the fu ture, ell's going to skip a few to give the other boys a chance. Resta hurtled into the limelight back in 1915 when he hit the high spots in New York. Prior to that he had done a few fancy tricks for the natives in France, Italy and England, and hwen he hove in view of the Statue of Liberty he was well for tified with a bank roll even if he hadn't scattered records on this side. From Italy Resta snorted his in trepid way into England and he im mediately dare-deviled his way to victory in three of England's high est class events. That was m a Mer cedes, but he forsook his colors to climb a Sunbeam. This had no ef fect on his neck-breaking speed, for he went right on smashing records and won the Grand Prix at Amiens, just before the present European war broke out. In 1915 he again began to dream of American gold and hied himself back to the shores of the land of plenty, epace and gold. He was in New York just a week and then he beat it for San Francisco, wjhere he proceeded to win two events right in succession, the Vanderbilt cup and of ud to that time. Then he went to Indianapolis and engaged in one the grand prize, something unheard of the fiercest automobile races ever run and forced De Palma, another Italian, to the very limit to win. At Chicago he won the 500-mile event and established a new record. , Then they pulled off a challenge race at Chicago and Resta again nailed his colors to the mast first. This year has just been one victory State Alabama 12 Arkansas 9 Arizona 3 California Colorado G Connetieut 7 'Delaware Florida 6 Georgia 14 Idaho 4 Illinoist 29 Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky 13 Louisiana 10 Maine Maryland 8 Massachusetts Micnigant Minnesota 12 Missippi 10 Missouri Montana 4 Nebraska Nevada 3 New Hampshire Now Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina 12 North Dakota Ohio 24 Oklahoma 10 Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina 9 South- Dakota . Tennessee 12 Texas 20 Utah Vermont Washington West Virginia 8 Wisconsin 13 Wyoming Virginia 12 15 13 10 Washington, Oct. 2 6. Two billion j of dollars of gold reserve in the j United States treasury. This mark j was reached Monday, the exact fig- ! ures being $2,004,449,583.69. Two billion dollars is the largest amount ; of gold ever assembled in the treas- j ury of any nation in the world at any j time in history. But that is an old j story; $1,000,000,000 would mean! the same thing. Gold weight 3.6 8 ! pounds to the $1,000; $2,004,449,-1 583.69 in gold would, therefore, bulk j up to 7,376,396 pounds, or 3,668.2 ions. rui 4xa,ouo,uuu oil a 1 r e i g 11 l j agwarhreaiswrargra train, and it would require 134 cars - EPISC0PALIANS SCORE to carry tne total reserve; tnis wouiu mean about 33,000 pounds to a car. This number of cars, 40 feet to the! St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 26. The car, would make a train 5,364 feet. House of Deputies of the Episco over all, without the engine, consid-1 pai Convention now in session erably over a mile in length. nnt.Pft,i - . . . . im.-i.iv.il a, i v.-iiMiimm iavv;niif: jui- In 18 96, during the Cleveland ad- . . . , ., . . , . f ministration, the treasurer of the P1"" re united States had a hard time to i solution was the outcome of a me keep the legal amount of $100,000,-I morial submitted bv the Church 000 in the treasury; one time it fell as low as $44,563,493. The bankers of the United States had to take a hand and make voluntary denosits of gold with the government to keep which considered the memorial. the gold reserve intact. There is in i This said: Great Work Ahead Unity" The Plea Asks For Great Company Of People For Human Liberty IS 15 18 8 4 14 ' 45 5 38 5 Totals 277 Summary. Dem. I)oubtful JVery Doubtful. Reasonably sure 380 Doubtful C8 Very Doubtful 29 254 R WHISKEY INTERESTS. Temperance Society. The saloon was bitterly scored in the report of the committee G It HAT CROWDS CONTINUE TO ;itKKT HIM AIX; ROUTE TO CINCINNATI TODAY. the vaults of the treasury and sub treasuries of the Unitde States, in gold coin, $65,989,734.22; in bullion ?l,038,b59,849.47. Eleven Dead In Quebec Fire Farnham, Quebec, Oct. 26. Six adults and five children at least lost Uieir lives in a fire which de stroyed St. Elizabeth Hospital early today. This forenoon the ruins were still blazing and it was impossible to approach them to search for from fifteen to twenty- five persons reported missing. The institution was managed by two buildings, one for hospital patients, the other a school for children. 1 'Our age is witnessing vast and universal readjustment with ref erence to the manufacture and sale of liquor and it is generally recognized that the saloon has be come more and more a menace t the best interests of our corpor ate and individual life." A resolution was presented in the House of Deputies appealing to "all of the people of the churcn to set the example of self-control and temperance by abstaining from the use of inioxical ing li (piors as a beverage, especially al public functions and social gath erings, i lie resolution was re ferred to the commission on so cial service. Over Million Communicants A report showing that the church has more than 1,080,000 communicants ami r,700 clergy men were presented to the House of Deputies by the Committee on the State of the Church. Bap tisms, the report showed, have in creased by about 12,000 and con firmations by about 14,000 over the preceeding; triennium. Par ishes and missions number 8,341 Is Greatly Pleased With the Ovations Tli at Have lieen (Jiven Ilim on This and on Past Tsips Through out Various Parts oi" the Country. op 172 59 CHILDREN'S BAD TEETH Washington, Oct. 26. A re cent investigation made by the U. S. Public Health Service in connection with studies of rural school children showed that 49.3 per cent had defective teeth, 21.1 per cent had two or more miss-; and the total number of church ing teeth, and only 16.9 per cent i buildings is 7,310. The report had any dental attention. Over i added that the church controls en- J , j.; j.-.r. Ann 14 per cent never used a tooth I nowmems aggregating .t.,.j,ww, brush, 58.2 per cent used one oc-j000, many educational and char- 'itablo institutions and has an av- used one dailv. Total 277 Total electoral votes Necessary to elect Probable Democratic majority 254 5:51 265 23 STATISTICIAN. NEW YORK WILL SEND FIVE TRAIN LOADS (By United Press) Cineinnatti, Oct. 26. President Wilson speaking at Cim-inatti's reception to him at the Chamber of Commerce here today urged the need for "spiritual unity" (n the part of the people of the United States ot prepare a great er work ahead of the nation. "There are a great many things Ohio reminds one that are the es sence of American life" said the President. "Therefore, whenever I come to Ohio some of the zest of fhe history of America gets in my blood. There is no zest in mono ply. The real zest is to feel that you are a part of a great mono ply of people working for human liberty. "The problem now is to have a spiritual bond of unity joining us from coast to coast. "Every man has the task of be lieving in himself what he would have the whole world believe in tasks are to he much greater in the future. "We have got to make a team of ourselves and pull the great chariot rn which rides the statue f liberty The president held a reception l Ihe Chamber of Commerce af- er ins address. The President's p rob ram indu ed four speeches, a reception, a unch, a dinner, ami an automo )ile ride. Arrangements for his entertain- 1 1 j l X-" - IV... nent were made uy me ion-rar- isan City Club. Mayor (Icorge welcomed mm. New York, Oct. 26. Five train loads of Democrats from this e.'ty will go to President Wilson's sum mer home at Long Branch, X. J.. tomorrow afternoon, the execu- tive committee of Tammany j 1 announced. Plans were completed for the windup of the campaign in this cit, November 4, when President Wilson will mkae his only cam paign speech here in Madison Square Garden. The parade to precede the meeting, Tammany Hall officials declare wrill be one of the most impressive political demonstrations the city has ever witnessed. Defective teeth reduce physical efficiency. Dirty, suppurating, snaggle-toothed mouths are re sponsible for many cases of heart disease, rheumatism, and other chronic affections. The children are not responsible for the neglec- (ted state of their teeth. The pa rent is to blame for this condi tion a condition which ham pers mental and physical growth and puts a permanent handicap '.on our future citizens. Scjhool teachers can and are doing much in calculating habits of personal cleanliness on the rural school child but this will fail of the highest accomplishment unless parents co-operate heartily and continuously. This is a duty which ve owe our children. erage income of more than 20,000 000 a year. Endowments for the support of churches for the tri ennium totalled $19,078,112.09, as against $14,320,147 in 1913. En dowments for the support of bis hops totalled $4,491,037 as against $4,626,884 given in the previous three years. Contributions for the aid of the infirm clergv came to $3,295,052 and for other purposes endow ments totalling $28,063,411 were oiven. Sittings in the triennium iust ended totalled l,504,f?9(), an increase of 194,672 over the tn- led in 1913. Church hospitals accounted for in the re port number 135 as against 79 ac counted for in 1913. A commission was appointed todav to make an investigation of VIRGINIAN MAGNATE SAYS "WILSON WINS". 'the spiritual and economic pro TOBACCO RELASED BY ENG-jblems of rural communities am LAND I to report in Detroit in 1919. The 'house of Deputies also took steps committee ot tnree Washington, Oct ,lt nf nrotests bv the United ! clergymen and three laymen to i r -i ' " . . . il... samuei uompers, president i 'states Great Britain has agreed ; gather statistics concerning im the American Federation of La bor announced that he would take jthe stump for President Wilson. education in demy, Annapolis, 'Aiu. nd This is with 4 00 of higher ARMY OUT OF POLITICS. to release about $3,000,000 worth of tobacco iioav tied up at Copen hagen and Rotterdam. The an after another, including the big j Sjm Antonio, Oct. 26. An offi events at Chicago and Indianopolls. department order warn- in a cnampionsniy sencs ul i av. Chicago De Palma was heaten in ev ery event by the speedy Italian. number of communicants and tin number of baptized persons in the church iv, n rift bv the The world is no longer to u tQtft ,Wrtment following a vis- styled "miserable and naughty it frr.m tlio Bri1 ish ambassador. ! in the prayer book, the Lowe rvu r;,.;l i foment of the fact House decreed when it substitu X 1IL Wlliv .;. '- ... I et i says : ASPERIN KILLS BRIDE (By United Press. Benton, Ala., Oct. 26. Miss Rosa Dale, daughter of a prominent fam- . .. . !i i s jooii o a tVio Tpsnlt nf an "It is to be hoped tnat tne same ny nwc, w ... . overdose or aspenn. &ne passeu away early this morning. plan will be developed for young men from the other South American republics. Every man so educated and trained is sure to go back to his native land a booster for Pan-American trade." Miss Dale's engagement was an nounced a short while ago and she was to have been married in a fortnight. ing all army officers to keep their hands off politics was received at press much satisfaction ov Fort Sam Houston today. The or-- concession given in the case " sinful" for the phrase m i i nflWrs of the department ex- Commendatory prayer which w ,-er the objected to on the ground mat it is archaic. der was signedby Secretary Ba ker and it caused intense indigna tion among the officers there. It is customary, they said, for the president to admonish post masters and other civil service employes to keep out of polities but it is the first time in history that such an order has been ex tended to include the army. This tobacco was held under a sudden change of ruling by Great Britain of which this gov ernment had no notice. England apparently over night issued its 1 . i 11 tobacco Messrs. W. B. Strickland, Jr. J. II. Applewhite, Harvey Britt G. Britt, N. Malone and W. Willi ford attended the district meet in" of the N 6 N at Pine Top yes -i i hp ill i i iuli Dun, ' eriantts uver oca - - tl,,,,. (j., tne nisi inuiwj 1917. should be consignc erlands Over Sea? special concessions to Scandma- Puchiiiond, Va., Oct. 26. Tliom- is F. Ryan, of New York and Vir ginia, here today on his was to his ountry home in Nelson county, mule the declaration in an inter view with a newspaperman that 'Wilson will be elected without he vote of New York State," but would not say that Wilson did not lave a good chance to carry that state. Mr. Ryan has been travelling much in the west inl insists IhaT. Wilson will sweep the country from Ohio north and west to the coast. MORE BLACKMAILERS WILL BE ARRESTED in June vian concerns. New York, Oct. 26. Another roundup of men and women in volved in the activity of the "mil lion dollar blackmail syndicate" will be made by government agents within a few days. Valuable information has been -iven the department of justice to eighteen months in the Atlanta penitentiary yesterday by Feder al Judge Sheppard. French was one of the inner circle of the "so cial gangsters." He was in a po sition to be of valuable assist awe to the government, lie was won over by judicious argument and the result will be landing of a dozen more criminals in the gov ernment net. (73y United Press) Washington, Oct. 2 C Johnson, Virginia's candidate for the Senate, todav filed his expense account with the senate as "nothing." He stated that he had not spent a cent on his campaign for re-election.
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