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VOLUME XXCIV.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY JAN., 2 1917.
NUMSS 13.
TEUTONIC
SUBMARINE BLOCK-! CHARLES EVANS HUGHES RE-
ADE OF GREAT BRITAIN SUP
POSED TO BE DN TODAY
JOINC OLD LAW FIRM IN NEW
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(BY UNITED PRESS)
LONDON, Jan. 2 "Although-it
may seem the limit of preposterous
ness," to quote the words of Routledge
Contest for Speakership Most. Interring Preliminary Be Settled in! Berlin, a sub-merino and Zeppelin
Cl icus. Applicants for Speakership and Other Jobs
Beset the Lffv-Makers
AH5TRONG ' BOD OF TARHEELS
. (Sr vial t i The Commonwealth)
'-RALKLGH. Jan. l.With the New!
Year todav was ushered into the hoteJ
Ind boarding houses of Raleigh the at" j
ranee guard of the General Assemble j
f 1917, and they constitute "quite a
ew, " only, not so many as have beri
INK RONED PUPS IN
t.J ;ND ARE DOOMED
It'
(By Uniteu )
blockade of England is supposed to be
established to offset England's block
ade of Germany, some day this week.
Quoting Rutherford: . ..'
"I know a powerful fleet of submais
ines is being completed for this pur
pose. It is said the movements of the
U-Boats will be guided by high flying
Zeppelins, both having extra sensitive
wireless. It is reported that the Ger
mans will have 300 submarines in the
blockade under command of Walter
Forstmann, a German submarine com
mander who has been decorated with
the' order Pour le.Merito for sinking
NEW YORK, Jan. 2 Back at the j
flat top deck he occupied when he ma le j
his bi.5 ''-reputation in the insurance 1
investigation cases years ago, long be- j
fore he wss even Governor, Charles E.
Hughes today once more took up the
practice of law.
Since hi left the desk and the old
office at t6 Broadway Mr. Hughes has
beerf Governor of New York, Justice
of the United States Supreme Court
and Republican candidate for Presi
dent of the United States. He i
nevertheless, understood to be glad to
get back into private practice. His
personal fortunes are said to have suf
fered as & result of his office holding.
The Special Issue of The Commonwealth Sent By Mr. E. J. Ha
Coused This Concern to Comment Upon the Prcgreiveness'
Of Scotland Neck Merchants
dry
rp,jie more than 100 enemy vessels'
LONDON, Dec. 10. (by Ma. t
;een and sounded on previous 3egista" do is going to have his day with the j
dve-eve-years. : ax-mnn just as soon as the anti-dog ' ARTIST ' 'GOMES-BACK" AFTER 34
One reason for this is the earlv dlte ; element wins its point. j YEARS WITH BUSH OF
of the opening session, "the first Wel- i This doesn't apply to the fox-terrier j KITCHENER
fnesday after the first Monday in Jauil ! which has a sense of humor or other (BY UNITED PRESS)
ary", this year coming on the fas;t?s small, sporting dogs or to the 'larger ; L02DOf, Dee. 10. (by Mail) Ricli-
Jehediile possible. For had New Y ars
if a
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YORK PUBLICATION
MRS. SANGER TO EE TRIED ON
BIRTH CONTROL CHARGE
lay appeared on Tuesday instead 0:
Vlondar the assembling of the law-taaiI"
f:rs would have been in the niiit r 1U .
six davs means somethir.g to v.t.- "
" " ! 1
them when . tliev immediate! v it
the holiday season.
: Contest For Speakerstip
breeds which- have their uses on the ai'd Kelt, artist, came back after a 34 : Qf , Denbeiph has sent the five pictures
farm. But the pink-ribboned, brilliaiit
inod, car, carefully-combed and valeted
animal that goes out at the end of a
tdiiP-doVlar leash and dines with a but
; Ifi- 's attention is about to get his. He
j is' a drain on the national food supply
! and about as useful as Aho North Pole.
Loudon dog owners picked a
$1,500,000 worth of van dyck
painting on Exhibition
in new york
(by united press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 2. Forced by the
fortunes of war to sell the $1,500,000
worth of Van Dyck paintings that nave
hum? for centuries in the hftllss nf tpt-
r, n t 4. i 4i t-. i i thi-ougholit, the countrv and gone to
man Paddox. Leicestershire, the Earl i . ' b
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i uii.n-:ui iiiiifs, coii'es io iriai
(BY UNITED PRESS)
NEW YORK, Jaji. 2 What Mrs.
Margaret Sanger declared will be ' 4 a
decisive battle between the friends
and enemies of birth control" is ex
pected to begin when the little red
headed, fire eating birth control advo
cate who has preached her doctrine ; Jcadiiv
O It is not the citom of The Common-
weann to quote w:iat the outside inter
ests say about the newspaper of this
town, and the letter received by Mr.
Madry would not have appeared ex
cept that it speaks favorably of the
enterprise of the citizens.
The thirty six page special issue of
The Commonwealth sent out as a Christ
msa number on December 12th, met the
commendation of it. .1. Madiv. th
g wnolesale arocer oi
us com-
years of retirement due to illness and j here,' where they are being prepared
modelled a bust of Lord Kitchener, so j fm exhibition and sale on Fifth Ave.
lifelike that ho was offered $50,00 for j One of the five $500,000 paintings
it. Art is priceless io
I" j i
aim- uis nmsterpieee nas oeen c
liy the p;o"OTi?m?i:t. A cannon from
the British
lai
in
te,L, cowevor shows .J-v.cs Staart, Duke 'of Rich-
!r,'mni ! 1 4.1. . ;..
Charles
o ransom
,vho
rtibrv has been set aside
pa,i to r.iak.e the cast big.
t. l
UOlT SiiO"
T1
non-
Page and Murphy are making a rarm j tim
contest for the speakership of.. .x'i'- sands of rat, Huffy Muinsey's Ducky
'House, with the far west ean.'-'- 1 ! v.-uekums were carried in limousine
backed by many adherents als- to- the exhibition benches while detail.?
course the many friends ef eah- 01 i were canning to light of the privation
them are -claiming the earth ar, lv.'- of shr. 1 children.
fulness thereof in the way of vffs )n i Statistical persons wih pad and
the cr.ucus tomorrow night. Bulf a3 j ! fountain pen figured that each Vg eats
see it -todav, nothing is positive 1" seit- j a minimum of 12 cents worth of food
tied,! fxrr there are not enough p tjic a day two pups eons-ming eiuygh to
Belt's la-t )vevious work w:v? a bvst :
of ' 8? r Richard Burbridge whicdi the
" Academy refused to accept. Shortly af
ter the refusal he lost the nowcr of
one arm and rave up his work.
The artist was one of Kitchener's
worf-'h .'v ":pe?s and stu died the .'rveat sol-
'tiev noons, u aen J4iigi9n.l wa-
d
vainly offered his lif ? t
King, in "jdack dress and. cloak, with,
star, blue stockings, black shoes with
enormous rosettes and wide lace collar
standing with the greyhound, that
saved hH life by arousing liim from
sleep. Two cthe- of the iiertraits are
of Charles I yul Queen Maria,
are full lengths.
iHH-ial Sessions court here todav.
s'.-icci ie chrn-e against Mrs. Sa.u
r.',vr 11 ! ' fnalvtainirg a piddle i:"i;an-
. e in ner hiivri cm ..rol clinic
l'ooki""?:. Tins cj; is the .''Ufconn
I-.i i- -. Sanger "h . crmpaign to estab'i -h
birth control dud- )v- all over
"V ork and h'.ter durin"' 2017 i! m crv
mu:nty. and he
and l:"t v co.j i
One of the,T
in.- M'.iv
i'l f.P.f,vrin
O!
bta
( hujtdre l
4 , -11.
dt
'V di -t ;ihution.
(.;,ies '":idcd t'.e Bbn
p:;u
laro (--
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! more.
1 Nth. the
1 bv Mr.
1 a 1 i r y :
'car Sir:
We th:,
: d"
- !ty
1 pi.1 n ''st
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ie TT!iited
e she, va.-'.
States
arretted
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At 11
sue rtV2.
ti;e irh.
X1
ev
ira.e o!
i to the pntro!
p synirat 'U tic
: lipbv carriages
W
Ml -
I-;- I Xcck
a ii'io-it as
' 1 era ' ' it ri ; 1 ;
tal
;e neigh !'or!;o(
of the
clinic
7,Tas
;. :!g.i':
stunned b Kitchener's loss Belt
"electors" here to figure out f M-- ( i-ieep a war-orphan m good health. Tnat
to-v for cither candidate. But l1 i comparison with the children and the
: pinching food scare
dog at a disa
vantage for
A'
timistie talk and smiling count1"K' ! spe-tre of
of the Page boosters are indierdive of the v.seles
anything usual, it is plain thtf" ha li
hope, at least, of pubing theij canjli- ;
Fourth District Senator-
Senators Long and Ifn!devesH cf
Halifax and Edgecombe -'Uectively. i
who represent the fourth enato'ml
district, -are' lucky in drawing i,'er 1' 1
seats in the Senate ehaml,... Trev
n -I . T T -
nave oeen assisrnea nesKs -r :Xt,t7 o-
the first row, to the right oil the Pre.-i-
dent of the Senate.
his wife improvised a secret studio in j
thc.r home and the sculptor began work !
anew to express in clay what was jr. ;
3: is fiT'fer-t;p. j
"I had never spoken to Lord' Kit- ;
cliener, " said Belt today, "but I o'h-
. 0
4j3Ia-lASfiOly...f-nd. to tlve, riiluiLte:st,.-dl;iU .u.
I3LATURE THIS YEAR PROBABLY , of every mood. I could not rest xmt'A
: I had put the knowlodo-e to expreaGio;i.
The bust is the result."
Critical art committee -5 in d god t.h.e
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By Carl Ackerman
CTTnite 1 Press Staff Corre.nwr.den':
l'RES-)
p'T? f
the
i ion i
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the
JM. I. The Tie-'-'e 1.,
vus&iaiis It a ve sunk into
?e the reeeint "of the Allie
1 '.v c. 1 : ; '. L r"e .-.s
oh-
1 :'-
stayed home from
a r 1 ics at: i
hi"
WHAT r'OHT.;?r' ;.
T r T3 t- 17. r- ri a rr e -;
AN
men o. the streets of Bc-rlls
is
navertlv unanimous that Corma i;v
(BY UNITED PRESS)
o w
a n sw f r
model to oe a faithful and lifelike re
presentation of Kitchener eositemnla
tive. combining his severe facial lines
with some hint of his genial nature.
Halifax Roprsssntaive?
Messrs. y . 21. Tavlor a.iIi j u
..fa:
den, members of the 7Tous frnm Hali
fax, draw seats numhjr 8l ailt 4, re
spectively, side by si.l". jpev wid be
found in the fourth row next to sec
ond aisle, to the right oh the speaker,
easily accessible to thosL havintr 'ousi
from "down home" wl0 oj; tiem
while in the capital cit.Y thH v.intr.
Spring Body of L w Makers
There are not as maiiv 0 timers"
in this legislatu.,, as u?aml.
Former : Senator a.nl lieutenant-governor
Wilford.D. Turned of jre(cll. A. M.
Scales of Guilford, J.A Ontes of Cum-
DENYER, COEO., Jan. 2. Rever
sing Eepublier.n control of two years
aero.. Democrats have a majority of mne
in the Senate and at least thirteen in
the Tlou-e of the Colorado legislature
whit-h convened here today, There will
lie one woman member in the house
after a contest is decided.
The chief light at this session p-o-bably
will . center around proposed
amendments to the industrial lavvT. La
bor cbiects to certain clauses of the
law, especially the one compelling lale1 b thft president.
thirty days' notice before a strike can This was determined today after, an
, 11 3 : interview between the president and
Ln Mam i
t'on roust be bv fore of arm:
Field Marshal Hindenburg.
"The war mut irtst
diplomat today 4 ' to the
blood. ' '
ui;icr
r-e.rr
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1 re
Th
award was
vrify of Mi;:ueseta avtr
. hce. I-nth rai;'d
iA-
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P
vs t'.
row" : -ad.'
lat or:n.ce
scrut'h.-.i l.er t i-r -
:it,i!) and frdlowd that hy givitpg
1 ma
Comfo'-t-
for t -!
tl."m a sliower bat!'. Then
ed each vie," with oil daily
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NO EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS
(BY UNITED PRESS)
WASHINGTON, D. C, Jan. 2. It is
learned that there will be no extra ses
sion of Congress in order to put
through railroad legislation as formu-
OVBELAND HELPS HISTORIAN ON
CREEP INTO THE NEWS TODAY
("Ry Uiritetl Press)
INDIANAPOLIS. Jan. 2. It be-
comes the duty of purveyors of news
cone
In fh
ni 1 ; -;
!)!;; me
farm. Tl
t" mot ' o
: T- t a hi r s d.
1 i v i d u a 1 troughs.
-ilt b:a
all were
1 r
;?: C
ac oai?
-. : d
l.V t' .
.Mi t
IT'"J.'
1-at re
i ; , 1 eft -t .
at-!; -
M.-tl. ,).;
n :
iv!;;ess.
ca rr
1 l'!-.
By Carl Vrccman
to announce that State Entomologist
Frank N. Wallace todav sounded the (A.itant Re-retary
Agr"
death knell of all Hoosier bed bugs and
cocki cache.;. He did it in an official
(Written for the United
Prohibition legislation will also hold 1 SeKator Nevlands, chairman of the bulletin declaring that 3 parts flour and
Per
a "-s
i own r
!'','
1'..(-e
r-a"
of
an im4rta.nt idace. Tlie
dry
r ? ? 1
aw
senate railroad committee.
may be strengthened by bills prohib
iting shipment of liquor into the state
and making it a criminal offense to
have liquor in one's possession.
TROOPS
berland, Ben eh am CaJ
will get their
this winter. Tl
top for strong n
the opportunity
not be lacking
r
1
i
1
ei
II
1
1 1
1 1
1 in
. I
tr.eron of Durham,
of .the Senators
otriAiirr thr nvonnnei
--- 1 ii
who have servec 2 . . . f,r;., ( ;n that
body which does J,ot that they
were all here last slssioll or they were
not. Most of thf &f.natl)s are new-
men in the fhuirfr
them have se
t, if
"tr-outs'; here
Ire's alyrays room on
and if they are here
STXFRFdVlS COURT T O DECIDE
I WHETHER WE ARE AT WAR
i WaTH MEXICO
I .
Pre, tlioiigh some cf
''in the Tlouse, and
(BY UNITED PRESS)
COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 2. Ohio Su-.
prrn'C Court tomorrow is to decide
whether the United States is actually
at war with Mexico.
Tiie court will hear the mandamus
o make their mark will . s"it of Adjutant General Edward S
WITHDRAWING
MEXICO
(BY UNITED PRESS)
El PASO Texas, Jan. 2 That pre
parations are already under way for
the withdrawal of General Pershing's
expeditionary forces from Mexico are
indicated from certain moves in the
supply department, state army officers.
All property clerks at every point
along the border have been ordered
to Columbus, Mexico.
! one part piaster of pearls, with a dis!;
of water nearby, will make stones in
FROM fie cockroaches, tummies and en d
1 them, while you may gas the bedbugs
with gasoline.
a j
1.
u Af illAiiJU .ian. v. A iio'iU
ma '4, y.i ;: n some months ago sent, a lettr"
'0 ail our Sean tors and f'orgrt-svnin
a.-'--' , th m 'what, in their opinion,
would help no'-t keep oys on
the farm. A cei in Senator notej for (,-tWr
terseness or sueecii aivi norse s'm;.r 1;
r:
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ep;i rt
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to
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ital
,i:vi h-s
'.' roviiig
r, "go
the Puh-
SPAIN TO BE PEACEMAKER
(BY UNITED PRESS)
WASHINGTON, D.. C, Jan. 2. The
JLportant lgil;ature in more ways than
trV one, as will i)e recited in this corres-
. a., -
dence jj. the session advances.
s
In The House
Da ugh ton of Alleghany, is
jTconspieious veteran of promi-
and real ability in the House.
9d,. the J louse would naruly look
this will be an im- j Bryant to compel State Auditor A. V. Kill? of gpain ' hy flatly refusing to
Danahoy to pay him full "war time"; participate in the Wilson peace note
salary tor las services as assistant a 1-, to the . zelligerents will, it is believed
jutant general during part of last June hy diplomats, become the peace maker,
and all of July and August, i "ft ja furthr stated 'that King Alfonso
Col. II. J. Turney, judge advocate ! inforroel the Allies not to regard the
of the Ohio National Guard, defend-; peaee move favorably at this time,
irig Bryant cites a state law providing;
assistant adjutant general, !
RAILROAD FARES 0 UP 50
PER CENT IN ENGLAND TODAY
, (By HENRY WOOD)
LONDON, Jan. 2. Railroad, fares
went up fifty per cent in England to
day. If the same thing had been done
in the United States it would mean
e
that a ticket from Indianapolis to New
York would cost $31.50 instead of $21.
The government has taken over the
railroads in England and its reason for
increasing the fares is tvo fold: First
to discourage unnecessary travel: Sec
ond to keep the railroad passenger re
venue at the same level.
the bottom of the rtnrr
an
w
common
answr of five wor
to '11 AmeH van c''ti"ms as being a
dapt ed to solve more a.r,"i'uitura pro-
ami
if 1
,1.
Shi
:.rd
)-! ;y
ih: "Make farming" more
i-o-
l.v
Tre jn'o-poritv of the fnrmer is to
f'e business world what soil fertPitv
" ie irntt-Ts
copovat iea-4.
me- "s 'omper n
ir-!'f"'" A'-T a IH')'er.,';T 7')'
mrcha:-t marir '. Child lai.ei- law.
n'iihvav logitdM'hm ' 'i ;i us as the
J ,?; t jiKi-i of imf'a'- i'.ed hi". hi 11 ess.
Strenuous efforts are l.oiag made to
rush tlie railwav program through dur
ing the present short session of Con-
n piir
a renl
1 -
tl'e agricultural worl 1, V
da mental 1 asi
fni-
- t c: ' 1 c -
farmers in the past have
or
dl
perra 'A n
cons. Mai
?-.!)!; ie m : crake nf thn kirg that the
coul 1 -et r? -h hv fkinnivir the soil, ard
npv he sip ccs tiov, lk'3"ise 'a- pve
mistak or u rging tnat. t !ev
e
d -ret ri"h bv ski
the f:
that tip
when on active service, shall receive
ol-
UT1 ftituraV without the presence of Ru- ...
$ I n ax u .- i -pay a.t the same rate as that of a col
H Doufhton he has been coming here ,-,.,, , h, nrr, ,
V "7 , it onel in the regular army, $1,000 a year
tots and that was sev-e-r-a-1 years
Th.e newspapers printed him as
r-f the defeated just after the elec-
ibut ,no one who was en support
;o!oiiel Ru.fu and the votes of his
py' ever believed the false alarm.
rank Ray of Franklin is next in or-
Judge Advocate General Crowedr of
the regular army, ruled some three
months ago that the United States te
chnically is in a state of war with the
southern republic.
No civil court has yet been called to
rule the point.
DONALD Z.TeCLUER ARRIVED
The new agricultural demonstration
agent, Mr. Donal Mc Clue r of Jack
son, Miss., who comes to take the place
of Mr. Me Murray arrived in town yes
terday, and is fitting himself to take
up his work in earnest.
Mr. McCluer is a graduate of the
A. & M. college. and of the
of Illinois. In th.e latter
JvliS'asPinpi
University
a '- v"
k p
r-;r:i be
rvr " c'ip
1- -f-lit ttte fnvrtr' (.zri
1 .tf. co-Hii'. "
for ;mb"h-ity of -
Other 1 111 x.y. for
The Jndjresiiip
lieye form ''.
age of 70
wlio by r
are iMjahi-da-'-s.
ah--
t; 0 Vie ! !P.r
iiiu.
t-
i't:1itT' 01
4" t.
ri:Pr
1,
ih
:nT 5
th- i
vav that the Tmsiposs world
pOTna UPp t v S11 ' ces '"'d i
,ri continurid 7',rovPrrit" of t'e
: t.i.
:!- ',a
tiie
v ' - - .
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is ni! :-iO"n
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befor- that
r p
i.iih
re
- f.e
der.t
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It
institution
he
for
trie
past two
cau-e they not or.1v were pavir'r cm
lil e veteran old-timer, yhile
j j l Auai l-lxi vui ah tin. 11 ijjuia ciiiti lllclj
t' strain, either in House or Sen- grow many worth mentioning) as am a
years been sudying the special branch but had the added advantage of g,h
of animal husbandry, and io especial- erinc from the air and deporting in
lv fitted to be of assistance to the the soil more nitrogen tha" they r-
farmeriOof this section"
committer
v. hen fii;
Other in
early cor.-:
p
, -t'wl : '. p'
i.a.- fy '
a
l-this time in the House.
teur statesmen who come here to really
it,; fis in th.v Senate, almost of the serve their counties and their, state
j,ver House" (which sometimes aird not merely to boost their indiv-
es to have stronger men than the idualities on a more or less creduloous
ite) as in the "upper branch" is and oftimes exacting public opmioa
up of new men, who are yet to
LLEWXAM.
OVERLAND HSLP3 SISTORIAN CN
INDIAN TOUR
(By United Press)
Somerset Payne, F. R. G. S., promi
nent historian and compiler of ctand.
ard works of records is touring through
India collecting data in an Overland
ear Here is an excerpt from a recent
letter to the Willys-Overland factory:
"Have" just completed a trip from
Calcutta to Lucknow, Benares, Alla
habad and Cawnpore, and this on top
of a 10,000 mile tour over the byways
of India. I did not have one minute's
trouble from start to finish; have-not
ptTPn had occasion tn rpmove the cvi-
inder head from mv motor during all , Mr. Payne is fhown superintending former years, the 1916 report submit- . permit combination 01 American -x-these
trayels.,, " 1 a change of tires on one of the Indian; ted by Chief of Police Healey here to- porters for participation in fo-e,.4a
T . , . , '. r,ia t- i ,iqv chowed " ! "(Continued on Page Four.
In the accompanying photograph , roads. i (laJ snowea. , v &
1 ill v.i;
.ortaiit
ratiep :
' re:;c-
me;; s-j ;
who are jniak-
?he leonime. piuald be the or ,;). ,r, viip
A
model for every 'intelligent Imsiness n power-site:-
iner a feature of stock raising.
Mr. McCluer will make Scotland man in his dealings with the farmer.
Neck his headquarters and will locate ?
to do with
(r) islam!
I1 up-
id say
vote.
die f o r
;it(-'- pov.--eh
-j:
will be announced
CHICAGO, Jan. 1 Burgidars dhl
the flood-prevention bill arryinx; mil-
!ood Tirevention' aiorpj' tip
ajid Sacremento river, and
lions for '
Mississippi
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