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The Commonwealth. VOLUME XXXIV. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, FEB. 2. 1917. NUMBER 22. SLA tkj -- marines Wall Destroy Shipping State President Summons Cabinet For Today Senator Stone in Advisory Capacity GOVERNMENT SHOULD TAKE OV ER ALL WIRELESS STATIONS AT ONCE SAYS ROOSEVELT (By Franklin D. Roosevelt) (Written for the United Pres3) WOMEN GO TO CHINA TO STIR UP TRADE FOR UNCLE SAM (BY UNITED PRESS) TWO COURSES OPEN FOR U. S. WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. As a meas ure of safety the United States Gov ernment should assume control of every . iS3 station in the country, except thosV engaged in prely intra state busi ness at once. Control of wires and cables is sim ple but wireless messages are easily in terfered with by outsiders. There should -be government ownership of all wireless apparatus in peace as well as WASHINGTON, Feb. .2. Somewhere on the sea today between the United States and China are two American women, bound for the Orient to stir up trade ia American made goods for their Uncle Sam. These two women, who are fully ac aecredited commissioners representing the United States government, are Mrs. Harriett M. Johnston and Mrs. L. W. Neely of Muneie, Indiana. Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Neely are mem bers of the American Commercial Com- Newi From Tine State Capitol Divorce-Miscengenation-Legal Advertising and County School Board Fight Occupy Sol ions WASHINGTON, Feb 2 President Wilson is still striving to formulate a course to meet Germany's unprecedented announce ment of ruthless submarine warfare, but thus far the steps suggest ed by Secretary Lansing, and others, brought in consultation, have failed to receive the presidents approval. Today the President will meet with his cabinet, and Senator Stone will also be summoned to advise with the president. The course of President Wilson appeared to be limited to two opposed courses, authorities say, one of which may be to follow the legal course of demand to Germany to abide by her frequent assur ances to this country that submarine warfare would not jeopardize the lives and property of neutral nations, and a consequence, of Germany does not give satisfactory assurances that she will abide by her former promises, to break with Germany, give passports to Count von Bernstorff, the German Ambassador, and recall Ambassador Gerard from Berlin. The more pacific course suggested, and which may be taken by the president, is to disreward precedent, and launch an entirely new doctrine of neutrality, which will tak the form of an note to the belligerents to exercise patience, sacrifice and concessions so that the United States may be free to exercise and administer greater service to mankind, and be the means of bringing this wrar to. a speedy . end. r . . . . rr'- NEW YORK, Feb. 2. This is the day set for Germany to es tablish its submarine blockade of the British Isles. Travelers from Germany via Bergen, Norway a few days ago insisted this scheme was to be put into effect today ; and that Germany has thirty U-Boats ready to patrol the blockaded area. These subs, the travelers said, have a cruising radius of 6,000 miles, a speed of 18 knots on the surface and 12 submerged. Each is expected to patrol a 10-mile radius and each is said to have 6 tor pedoes, 2 rapid fire guns, bomb-laying chambers and a large supply of bombs and grenades. in war time, as a matter of public pol icy. we snouian't lex; xnis matter wait i u.vaui.cu iu g iu vmu uu until the trouble is upon us. establish closer commercial relations The suggestion has been made to between the two countries and to de Congress and is based fundamentally veloP American sales agencies through unnn fh cliflrapifiT of wireless telecrra-! out the Orient. They will assist the other members of the commission in establishing sell ing houses in Hankow, Clanton, Peking and Shanghai and in selecting Chinese salesmen for American goods, as the Chinese do not like to buy direct from foreigners. Direct financial trade ar rar gements wiU Le made. The American commission is 'iniU r the direction of Hon. David S. Bo-e general counsel for the Chinese Ameri ena Products exchange, and five time3 mayor of Milwaukee. Members of the party are: Gen Jul ian S. Carr, Durham, N. C, represent- USURY BILL MEETS DEFEAT one phy. In land telegraph lines and sub marine cables each separate wire sends out its own messages and does not in terfere with the sending of messages and does not interfere with the sending of messages on other wires. The loca tion and existence of these wires and cables is a matter which can be deter mined almost at a moments notice. The control of these is an easy matter from the military or naval point of view. Yireless is entirely different. The sending and receiving machinery is small and readily concealable and the actual transmission of the message is through the waves of the air. This j ing the Southern Commercial Congress; means, of course, that interference be-j Fernando P. Neal, Kansas City; Julius tween messages increases necessarily ; O. Frank Milwaukee ; J. S. Lawson, with th number of messages sent unless j Wisconsin, and Fred A. Landeek, Wis- a perfect system with a central control eonsin. is initiated. The increase in the num- ber of installations all over the United States has been greater than the devel: opment of science in respect to non-interference and the result is growing contusion. T6 JOHNSON-TAYIiOB. the surprise of everyone news cama that Mr. Percy Johnson had met Miss Mattie Taylor at Whitakers, and gdS$o Rocky Mount and got married. Quite aside from-the' general qustioirr of the advisability of establishing a j lor, cousin of the bride, Mr. Johnson Government monopoly, the considera-' left here Wednesday, not even men tions in favor of Government operation f tioning what he proposed to do his of wireless far outweigh the disadvan- j best friends and the first thing known tages. word came back here that the couple Central control "lias been demonstra-' had been made man and wife and left ted to be a necessity; it cannot be car- j on the Wednesday night train for ried out succesfully except by actual ; Richmond to spend a few days, though Government operation and, more impor- j they are expected back this week. RALEIGH, Feb. 2. The divorce law of North Carolina f of the strictest, of all the States in the Union) has been amended bv the feenate so as to put the wife on the same basis with the husband. This feat was accomplished Wednesday by the simple process of eli minating two words (fornication and") from the existing law, pro vided for in a bill of Senator Scales of Guilford. It is understood uiaL LliC xluuse wm aiso pass the measure and hereafter the wife can (if she desires to do so) scure divorce by proving adultery, siiaplv, on the par tof the husband. The law provides now provides for di vorce if the husband can prove adultery on the part of the wife. Stricter Miscegenation Law Another law which is expected to be enacted in a few days is pro vided for in a bill just presented by Senator Pollock of Lenoir coun ty. It amends the law against the inter-marriage of the white and black races, making it stronger and makes it conform in terms with the school law providing separate schools. Senator Pollock tells me that while the school law very pro- 1 -I'-i-i ... ntviy ueoars any cniia with a trace of negro blood in his veins (how ever remote) from the schools for white children, the law as to inter marriage is faulty in that respect beyond the third generation of those contracting marriage. In other words under the existing law it is possible for a man with a trace of. negro blood originating in his grandfather or great grandfather "(or "'maternal progenator) to legal ly wed a white woman. But, under the new law, the children of such a marriage can be debarred from white schools. A case in point caused great trouble in Wake county recently. Rates For Advertising Legal Notices 1 1 1 They are said to carry 5 weeks' provisions each. The blockaded area is reported to be the North Channel, be tween Ireland and Scotland ; St. Georges Channel, between England and Ireland and the English Channel entrance. All allied vessels, carrying contraband or not, it is said, will be stopped, their crews put in boats and the vessels sunk, without parley. Neutral vessels car rying contraband, it is said, will be sunk, after their crews have taken to their boats. The idea is said to be to bring about the same shortage of food and other products in England as there is in Germany. Germany is expected to attempt this to keep as close a blockade on ships enter ing English ports as England keeps on ships bound for German ports. bridal couple return irom their trip can be assured is for the Government ; they will go to Mr. Johnson 's home, to exercise this control in times of and friends will be ready to welcome peace also. j the new bride. EGA RECITAL WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Whatever - course of action Presi dent Wilson has chosen to meet Germany's declaration of unrestrict ed submarine warfare is known only to three or four members of his official family. Neither the cabinet as a whole nor the Foreign Af fairs committee of Congress have been taken into his confidence. One high official close to the President declared tonight that no communication had been sent to Berlin or to Count von Bernstorff Vho outwordly was expecting severance of diplomatic relations. . By R. Blinn Owen and Miss Marion i homp- son at Trinity Church BERLIN, Feb. 1. (via London) Chancellor von Bethmann Hollweg and other ministers attended an important meeting of the ways and means committee of the Reichstag today at which the en tire war situation was gone over and new steps planned by the Cen tral powers were considered. The chancellor opened the sitting with a speech, of which the keynote words were : "We have been challenged to fight to the end. We accept the challenge ; we stake everything and we shall be victorious." The chancellor explained why in March and May of last year he had opposed unrestricted submarine war, and why again in Septem ber, "according to the unanimous judgment of the political and mil ltfuy authorities, the question was not considered ripe for decision." In this connection, the chancellor repeated his previous utter ance that as soon as he; in agreement with the supreme army com mand", reached the conviction that ruthless submarine war would bring Germany nearer a victory, the U-Boat war would be started. One of the most entertaining musical treats that Scotland Neck will have the pleasure of participating in will be given Wednes day evening next, February 7th, at Trinity Episcopal church, when Professor R. Blinn Owen, of Meredith college, will give an organ re cital, and he will be assisted by Miss Maroin Thompson, also of Mere dith college, Raleigh, as soloist. The pogramme is an elaborate one, and is given f o the benefit of all those musically inclined who may want to study the selections that will be rendered that evening. No. 1. Invocation Filippo Capoca Prelude and Fuga in A Minor Bach . Abenlied Schumann "But the Lord is Mindful of His Own" Mendelssohn Miss Marion Thompson March form "Sixth Suite, Op 150" Franz Lachner Romance . J. S. Svendsen Finale from Symphonie "Pathetique" Tschaikowsky "The Lord is My Light" Oley Speaks Miss Marion Thompson Walter's Prize Song from the Meistersingers - Richard Wagner Introduction and Act 3 from Lohengrin Richard Wagner Recitation and Aria from "Prodigal Son" Sir Arthur Sullivan Irish Tune from County Derry z Percy Grainger Gavotte from "Mignon" A. Thomas Hymn of Nuns Lefebure-Wely War March of the Priests from Athalia '- Mendelssohn The country newspapers" which have been imposed upon for so many years, will soon secure something like adequate pay f.r printing- le-ral notices the class advertising het ;ihl if M.-nr tant still, trie military and naval re-! Miss Taylor is a daughter of vlr. , -, , , i i n . , . , ' , ! -r mi 1V, , i , ; hicii nas paid less than any otners. According to t he 1cnns of h quirements are such that it would be Lon Taylor, of Whitakers, and also! A J m unsafe, speaking in a broad sense, to j the sicter of Mr. Johnson's first wife, j blil Presented by Senator McCoin of Vance, the rate shall be in fu wait until a declaration of war before : She is a young woman of estimable j ture six cents per pica line (13 ems measure) for first inserlion and taking over or closing up hundreds and: character, and has a host of friends, j four cents a line for each subsequent insertion. These arc the rates thousands of small individual, privately ! For some time Mr. Johnson has been approved by the State Press Association, I understand, and have nr. owned stations. j preparing his home, so that when the opposition to the measure. The only way by which real safetv Settling County Scnool Board Fight No issue before the legislature has caused half th argument or provoked as much "feeling" between debaters or consumed near as much time as the attempts (originating in Henry Pago's House bill and cuckooed by a half-dozen others, including the local lulls of Per- " son of Franklin and Burgwyn's Bertie county local bills in the Sen ate to overthrow the present method of electing the members of tin County school committees of the respective counties, viz., by appoint ment through legislative act. Of all the 100 counties only six counties have school boards elected in any other way, at present. But there is a mere hand full of coun ties (only two proposed in the Senate) which have asked to be allow ed to elect these committeemen by direct vote of the people. It is beyond the limitations to detail the good reasons back of the exist ing system. Besides, most of us know and appreciate which they are. It is refreshing to be able to say today that, after all the tur moil, it is now apparent that the Oates state-wide bill (nominating them by primary, to be appointed by the governor) will probably be adopted next Wednesday when the Senate meets the issue. Legislative Notes The House made a decisive disposition Wednesday afternoon of the Clerk bill to allow appeals from the State Corporation Com mission's dcisions. The vote stood 96 to 7 against it. Senator Long of Halifax has introduced a bill to amend chap ter 73 of the acts of 1913 relative to the judgment of non-suits action cases. The House bill to amend the usury law met with a crushing defeat when it reached a vote in the Senate Wednesday afternoon.. The vote was 32 to 13. Senator Justice of Henderson voiced the senti ment of others, when he stated that he voted against the bill be- . cause the restrictions alrady thrown around hiding money were too severe and because of which the poorer classes have to pay exorbi tant prices for securing loans in roundabout ways. Senator Long of Halifax declared that further hindrance to the liquidation of land mortgages might arrest further development of N. C. by outside capitalists and visitors. , The legislative session is about half way to the 60 days Yimit and practically all of the proposed most "important'' measures are yet to be acted upon including that new iron clad-steel riveted-wrought-iron-bound-half gallon a year "Prohibition" bill of Br'er Davis? No. 2. No. 3. No. 4. No. 5. No. 6. No. 7. V
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