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VOLUME XXXIV. . TWICE-A-WKEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESBA JUARY 16. 1917 NUMBER 17. i On Friday Night to Hear Plans of Roanoke River Brid and ft" a. t, otat Lib, STATE HIGHwai Opera House, at the hour of eight sharp a public mass meeting will be held un der the auspices of the Scotland Neck Board of Trade to consider and discuss fully the proposal to bridge the, Roa noke River and connect Bertie and Northampton counties with this section'. Whilst the Board of Trade, being the proper organization to handle this mat ter, are taking the initiative in calling this meeting it is not the intention, nor the desire of this body to force the matter through without the hearty and general desire of the people, and in ofej der that all may come into this meeting with a full understanding that every person in the township shall be heard on this subject, should he wish to voice his views. In order that some definite informa tion as to cost and construction of the bridge may be put before the people Mr. E. E. Hanks of the Virginia Bridge and Iron Works, of Roanoke, Va., will be present with a preliminary survey of the proposed bridge and cost; also Mr. R. S. Neal, of Crowell, N. C, a competent engineer will be able to give the people some definite information. The speaker of the evening however will be the State Highway Commis sioner, Mr. W. S. Fallis, of Raleigh, N. C, who has consented to be present, and speak on the proposition. Here under is his acceptance: "In answer to your letter of the 10th., I shall be glad to arrange to meet you on Friday, the 19th, and give you what assistance I can in ! regard to the bridge matter. Please advise at what time the meeting is to be called and where it will beheld.",, The directors of the local Board of Trade held a meeting last week to con sider the calling of this meeting, and same would have been announced in the last issue of The Commonwealth but for the fact that the acceptance of the state highway commissioner had not been received, and it was thought bet ter to await his reply. In discussing the matter the directors were all of one accord in the opinion that it was not the function of the or ganization to pres forward the propo sition such as this, however of import ance to the town it may seem to many unless it received the hearty co-operation of the mass of the people of the township, and it was specifically stat ed that, regardless of membership in the board of trade, everyone would have a full opportunity of expressing j his views on the subject if a mass meet- j ing were called, and in that Avay the sentiments of the people could best be ascertained. Thi3 then led to the arrangements be ing made for the mass meeting to be held on Friday evening next, and it is i hoped that a large crowd will attend i XI A. I ' 1 1 XI ixi LHut meeting ana near xne proposition put forward, and then the discussion of the plan. A full, free, and frank hearing of the proposed plans, and then a discussion upon them is the desire of those who have taken hte initiative in the matter. SPANNEL, WHO SHOT MAJOR BUT LEH TO DEATH IN FIT OF JEALOUSY, GOES TO TO TRIAL (By United Press) SAN ANGELO, Tex., Jan. 16 Har ry J. Spanirel. who first said he was "glad" and later that he was "sorry" he shot his wife and Major N. C. But ler ,U. S. .A., to death as they rode j. through the streets of Alpine in an auto last July, went to trial for murder here today. Strong feeling against Spannel forbade his trial in Alpine. Jealously caused by the friendship between Mrs. Spannel and Major But - ler is alleged to have led the former music teacher to murder both of them during an auto ride he had invited the army officer to take with them. Span nel, driving, with Major Butler and Mrs. Spannel in the tonneau, suddenly drew an automatic, whirled about and emptied it, first into his wife, then But- to Discuss Same ..5.IISSI0NER PRESENT LOUIS M. BOURNE RECOMMENDED FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP As a Member of the Law Firm of Bourne, Packer and Morrison Make Him Well Fitted for the Bench CRAIG'S STRONGEST COMPETITOR One of the-best authorities in the wes tern part of the state on matters judi cial and political is Mr. Gray Graham, who, being in the home city of Gover nor Locke Craig, is better fitted than j any one else to express a candid opin-! ion of the chances of those men who are aspiring to the seat on the federal bench for western North Carolina, soon to be made vacant by the retirement of Judge.James E. Boyd. To Craig's friends it would appear that the race is won, all but the shout ing, and the plan to displace Judge Boyd or to get the president to do so under the new act of Congress giving the power of the president to remove a federal judge for disability, old age etc., is the handiwork of Craig 's sup porters, and it is they who will ask the senators and Congressmen of this state to bring this issue before the chief ex ecutive. These friends of Craig's are making to feel that their candidate is the only logical one for the place, but Mr. Gray Graham very clearly states it will not be a walkover for Craig. In part Mr. Graham gives to the situation, as follows: "It must not be taken that all Ashe ville is for Governor Craig for federal judge, for there is another man who has and will receive some very strong support when the time comes to pick a man to take Judge Boyd's place. That man is Louis M. Bourne, senior member of the law firm of Bourne, Parker and Morrison, and one of the most brilliant members of the North Carolina bar. Mr. Bourne has stated nothing,; not .even his friends know what his wishes are in the matter, but there is no mistaking that he would be able to secure strong influence in all sections of North Carolina, should he desire to enter the fight for the ; office. Friends of Mr. Bourne insist that when the proper time comes that j they propose to put forward his name and to work for him for the place. ' J "Many are hoping that Mr. Bourne, gets the place, are pointing to his long , an(j abie ' experience before the bar. ; They say that Governor Craig has not : had the experience, that in civil law he is sadly lacking, while Bourne is a civil lawyer of wide experience. Craig is the orator, the able pleader before the jury, while Bourne not an orator. gives the law. knowing it and can pre SCTit Ids cases in a most convincing j nip.nner. - The boorr. for worked in s.ch few, other than Mr. Bourne has been a quiet manner that those who might be able to help deliver the goods when the time comes, know that his friends are even considering the able Asheville attorney for the much coveted place. Mr. Bourne is well and favorably j known here in the west where he has i lived for many years, but coming from the east as he does, Edgecombe being his native countv, he is also widely known in that section and his appearau- j ces before the Supreme court at Raleigh-! I have always impressed that distin- j guished body that a just and able man j was before them. j These matters continue to be discuss- ' ed here, despite the fact that there I seems no chance at the present, at least , for anyone, other than Judge Boyd, to j ! have a look in on the federal bench for : this district. - 1 -- --- - - - 1 ler. Both died instantly. After an army commission investiga ted and reported that Butler had been "killed in the. performance of duty." He was exonerated by the government and elevated on the army records to the rank of colonel, so his widow and daughter might have a longer pension. THE EVENTS; AT THE CAPITOL STATE 1 (By Llewxam) Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 16. During the Saturday and Sunday "recess" which the legislators from a distance have been more or less enjoying at the State Capitol, while their co-laborers have been basking in the bosoms of their families within a few hours ride of Raleigh, I have listened to a line of talk (and then some) handed out that departed or veered from the ordinary course. This statement is made with refer ence, not so much to what this letter will contain as that which will follow later on at a time or such times when additional developments will probably add zest and interest to the subject. When a legislator of prominence vol untarily assures a newspaper man tltat it is the intention to settle or "pay off" some" "old scores" wnen certain measures are expected to come up for discussion in the General Assehbly, it seems reasonable to presume that he is pickling a rod or two for some fellow- legislator (and the latter 's champion , or iriend) and intends to use the afore said lash when the occasion and time ripens. With equal certainity it may be as sumed that tke "other ' fellow may get wind of this intention and proceed to salt down an equally diabolical in strument of torture . for the chastise ment of his opponent. Therefore this veracious correspond ent is minded to announce the immi nence of certain High Jinks at pres ent designed to be pulled off here in the near future. Saying which he begs to restthe case for the immediate pres ent. Battle of Senators Set for Thursday j -a- - X X.-JL. u V J V J. . M.M. X J- 41 U--I. UM M J night the firs toratorical duel in the present Senate is scheduled to take place and present indications are that it will well be worth the price of ad mission. Twice within the p'ast week the attempt was made to clear : the deeks for this verbal scrap, but the heavy-weight (or heftiest) of the par ticipating gladiators pleaded .f or ,time and then for more time, after he had thrown down the gauntlet. However, he has promised to be ready when time is called Thursday morning of this week after he returns from Louisburg . and Franklin county court. Judge T. A. Jones, the Senator from Buncombe county is billed to tackle XI J I.,. -C 4.1 1 : & J 4 ernor s nome county wartea tins ariee- tionate invitation to Senator Wiley Person when the latter left the Senate Chamber on leave of absence till Thurs day: "I wish to say to the Senator from Franklin, now that this matter has been i 1 i x x : x i, : ! pustpuiieix lj x uate tu buil ma cuuvcir ience, that I very much hope that he shall be back here and in his seat when the special order is taken up Thurs day." To which Senator Person sweetly (and rather feelingly) replied: "If they don 't preach my funeral before then I will be here." Whereupon an irreverant colleague assured everybody near him that Judge Jones hoped to have the pleasure of performing the- ceremony on the day already indicated. Then the 300 avoir dupois (including silk hat and frock coat) made a home run for the union depot. Nobody doubts that he will come back on time for the promised attack on Senator Jones resolution to "ratify" the action of the State Prison Board in giving to the families of certain convicts that Christmas gift of ten dollars on the advice of the then Governor Craig. Prohibition Legislation The holding of the Ninth Biennial Meeting of the N. C. Anti-Saiobn Lea gue in this city, which began last even ing: and continued todav. with such eminent advocates of "absolute pro Jennings Bryan, hibition" as Wm. Josephus Daniels, Dr. Poteat and other eminent Tarheels, and Judge Wenkley, of Alabama and Others from a distance present and taking an active part, fol lowed by a special joint session of the: legislation, and the balance of the ses legislature to hear these two distin- j sion promises to be both entertaining guished men, starts the legislature pro hibition bill a-rolling in good shape. Notwithstanding the recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in holding the Yates Webb Act of Congress on the subject, there is no dinmnition in ' RANK PERJURER ONE OF US ; .'S ( BY UNITED PRESS) WASHINGTON Jan. 16. Challeng ing Chairman Henry of the ' house note leak committee ' ' Lawson todav declared "One or the other of us is a rank perjurer." This statement refer red to .Henry's denial of Lawson 's charge that it was Chairman Henry who named the cabinet minister involv ed in the leak. Lawson went into detail of his con ference with Henry, and repeated Henry told him that Count Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, was so mixed up in this leak that he had made over two myiof dollars. Lawsdn vurther testified that Henry told him it was reported that Baranch had an hours conversation with Lan sing. r The committee voted to subpoena J. P. Morgan, H. P. Davidson, of the house of J. P. Morgan and Company, F.;A. Vanderlip, of the National City Bank, J. S. Bache of the firm of bank ers of same name, and Sol Wexter. BERLIN CRITICISES PLY ALLIES RE- (By Special Correspondent Ackerman of the United Press) BERLIN, Jan. . 16. Germany does not regard the allied reply r !h ted States peace note as enlis. terms but rather as- a setting tortn vx the entente aims. the demand on the part of the more militant'1 element of the water-brigade .r i i .:i,:x: t mi,: i x i Au - "uu, " BAemeu1, wnicn ; xne - morally siuntea ' nave irreverently ,and for generations called "fanaties") seem, determined that no body shall drink anything that does not analyze one hundred per cent pure water or aqua pura as the case may be, according to the amount of " book l'arniu' of the verocious and versatile analytical chemist Js report, etc As most of us have already been in formed, Brother Davis and the Com mittee on more legislative have steel eonslrijcted, copper-rivetted, wrought iron bound supplemented bill fixed up for these law-makers and all they will have to uo is to sit still, look pleasant and slide cr through the legislative hopper. As I said last week, I haven 't seen or smelt anything but prohibition on these law-makers since this year's crop arrived here. Still, there's nothing like tightening the heavy hand of the law on a fellow who is already trying to do his level best according to the views of some reformers. Catching Sneak Bills It's a super-human legislature that is not ' ' done ' ' by some member or clerk in shipping through something that hadn't ought to be done. Already there is evidence that several of these ' ' sharps ' ' are on the job as usual. I have no doubt that several bad eggs will be found in the litter of "local' i bills" enacted and ratified the first; seven days of the session. A legislative committee ought to be created and put to work at once to ferret them out so they can be repealed before much harm is done. One of these' bills (that didn't gt through, because it was caught up with in time) came here from Mecklenburg county and provided for investing town . and other local -authorities with such: powers that the' could dig up the town cemeteries or even the private grave-yards of citizens anywhere in N. : C. and transfer the remains elsewhere"! where it might please them to dump ' them! The "title" to the bill was as dense aud misleading as it could be made, bufc somebody down home got wind of it and v.rote ths Senator and representatives from Mecklenburg about the thing and had it stopped be fore it had a chance to go through un der false pretense, as some of them do. -A politician or a land-shark who at tempts such thing3 as this ought to be ; denied his six-feet of Mothers Earth anywhere when his time came. j Big Business in Sight s j But the law-makers will now devote themselves chiefly to "big business" to write about and of great good to the State and the people of the State for the people are the State, after all is said and done, and not the ground '; they till or own' and finally are buried in concerning which more anon. Greater Scotland Neck- Edition Nearly Complete ! information Obtained Now Being Complied and Issued Shortly MUCH INTEREST, TO THAW'S , GUARD IS INCREASED (BY UNITED PRESS) PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 16. Owing to the improved condition of Harry Thawx tne detective force has been increased of our people, the agricultural and in today in guarding the prisoner. j dustrial agents of the different south- . j ern railroads are being inundated with DEWEY SINKING i inquiries for locations for these people (BY UNITED PRESS) j in the EOuthlan- WASHINGTON, Jan. 16.-The bulle-1 '1 T that WiU . . , , A1 , . grow anything that any other section tin issued.br the physicians at the bed- . 1 . . ..f side of Admiral Dewey issued at neon 1 today states that their patient is dis tinctly worse. Swallowing has become difficult and the lungs are becoming af ING (By United Press) WASHINGTON, Jan. 16. Repudiat- for circulation among these home-seeking any knowledge of the Wall Street ; ers the accomodation for whom will be "Leak", vice-governor Walburg, Df worked out in conjunction with the lo- the Federal Reserve Board has request- ed a hearing before the special com- mittee. POTASH AND PERLMUTTER Wherever Fred Fleck and Sam How ard have plajed they have been heart ily received, a?id the advance notices have not been one bit too breezy in the recommendation they have receiv ed, for it is a relief to see a clever jewish comedy which is true to life and devoid or mannerisms tnat so many ac-, of Scotland Neck, and most of the mer tors infuss-into their parts. ! chants have "co-operated in furnishintr The story itself is interesting and many thousands await the various is sues of the Saturday Evening Post to read of the tribulations of the cloak and suit trade as depicited on Eat Broadway, so it is little wonder that an acceptable play was manufactured out of material "all. wool and a yard wide ". A thousand laughs were promised and these are still being reiterated in every home as the youngsters attempt to copy the grotesque attitudes and . broken english of these past masters of the vaudeville stage. ' .Supported by an excellent cast, there; not being an apparent flaw in any character, the palm must be given to Miss Eloise Murray, who, as the lead ing lady; took the part of Buth Gold man, the designer. She was both pret ty and capable, quietly carrying through the difficult situations with an j ease of an -accomplished actress. j She received continual applause, and j deserved it, for she has the prospect of appearing upon ine mfiiuicjuuiu i-fi in the years. to come in eles that will bring to histrcnic act of which caiable. stronger vehi-! the front the ! she is surely , rSCITAL WEDNESDAY THE 21th. Profs:-o- Owers, musical director of St. Mary's College, Raleigh, N. C, has signified his willingness to come here arid give an organ recital on the new o-gan of Trinity Episcopal Church, and accompanying him will be Miss Thomp son, the vocal teacher of the college, who will sing a number of selections. Thrs will be-a rare treat for this com mv.nitvj as these musicians are high in their, profession, ro that all that attend will enjoy an evening of musical enter tainment. The program will be further announ ced in the next isues of The Common wealth. Pastor M. L. Staples, of Eichmond will give four Bible lectures, two at Hobgood in the public school building next Friday and Saturday and two on Sunday at Madry's Opera House, at 3 and 7:30 o'clock. At each lecture the subject will be upon Bible studies, touching upon the construction placed upon the Word by the late Pastor Bus-sell. THE NEWCOMMERS With Canadian families Hoc kin tr across the American border to evade the conscription of the Canadian gov ernment seeking homes of peace and plenty in the United States ready to mingle, to work, live and die as itart vpuiaicu uv a peaeeiui pros perous people, should receive its quota of these new entrants, who, for the' most partj are Anglo-Saxon, like oursel ves, and proper provision should be made for them in this community. As an advance thought along this line The Commonwealth will shortly is sue a Greater Scotland Neck Edition ca Board of Trade, and some dc-i.ira- Dle locations tound, in, the shape of small farms, at attractive prices, . , j 1 1 i ' i and upon i era; s mm win iiu el tne cies of the situation, will 1 ; nrrsmsroii o for to oiTor to suvh or these families who wish to come within our border. That a full and detailed report of our community may be concisely in fused into the columns of this edition, a special representative lias been here for some days preparing articles upom the different industries and businesses ( information of their business that t;:inie may be correctly portrayed. Only a few more days will the spec ial representative bo with us, and then the work of preparing fop the publica tion of thi? ed.nioii v. ill be tv.kcij up by the local staff, therefore, if t'.ere are any of the merchants, or business. men, who have not yet been personally identified with this issue, and wish to be, The Commonwealth would be glad to hear from them. Any of the good citizens who would like to furnish articles of interest for this special edition, which will be wide- y circulated. The Commonwealth opens its pages to them for such arti cles, as may be of interest; also if any citizen has any electrotypes, cuts, or photographs of the town or people, worth producing, The Commonwealth would be glad of the use of them for in sertion in the Greater Scotland Neck Edition. DULUTII HOUSEMAID'S UNION TO PRESENT DEMANDS TO HOUSEWIVES TODAY (BY UNIT CI.) DULUTII, Mii.n. Jr.u wives here have a-':y in time tonight thevMi M -' m 1 0. If nils by house dinner .'O to recognize thn new ho XI ' - 1 1 ' 1 ffemaids ' u nion :: l change le That's flat. The maids " so iey hj: isl it in writing, too, whoji the p-ernt their de mnnds today. The 100 ehartei members of this, first domestic-? ' unio;i organized cas ne of the Missouri river, today demanded ij'20 to 62.' a month for families of two "?25 to $30 a month for families of f'ree or more. TlK-y demanded a & lour working day, one day oHf a wl: md time and a half for overtime. Tiiv want goO'T food a: d well lighted 2nd ventilated rooms. Not only that, but if children he-tor them and other unpleasantnesses arise in their daily work, they'll expeet to be paid for it. They don't want to lis ten to too much family quarrelling, either. Disagreeable, unkind and in humane employers will be put on the unfair list. The organization is to be extended to waitresses, chambermaids, eooks and scrubwomen. 1 ; "V".'v - " ' .- ' J ' . - v
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