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s -s- TO SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY - ONE TO EIGHT PAGE3- NEWS AND ADS BOOSTER EDITION VOLUME XXXIV. TWICE-A-WEEK SCOTLAND NECK N. C., FRIDAY, FEB. 16, 1917. NUMBER "26 ITS M News From The E COMMdD (WEA as V- - ' Government Has Had No Advice Other Than Press Dispatches, That Americans Are Free PREREMORTORY NOTE READY Congress Will Adjourn March 5 Says Majority Leader Kitchin Today CONGRESS NOW SILENT ON THE HIGH COST OF LIVING PROBLEM (By United Press) A BAND MADE UP OF SOLDIERS .PEOM TRENCHES TO TOUR f r UNITED STATES Y i "Washington, D. C, Feb., 16. Official confirmation of the re lease of the seventy two American sailors of the submarined British steamer Yarrowdale, which have been prisoners in Germany for more than a week, which report came though press dispatches, has not yet been received by the government and in consequence a note, already prepared yesterday, may be sent to Germany preemtorily demanding the release of these Americans. In addition to this demand the note contains a statement of the treatment of sailors who are American citizens, and their property. This would be as a protest on what 'President Wilson believes to be a breach of international law. WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 The second session of the Sixty fourth Congress opened with a bang on the high cost of living. Indications today are it will close with the soft pedal on that self same subject. And nothing done about it. nc law-makers have made a move to disturb tho slumbers of investigation resolutions introduced on the opening day. Jmong those that will probably sleep on right through the closing days of this congress is the one introduced by Representative Boreland of Missouri. It directs the Federal Trade Commission to investigate and report to the House the facts relating to the production, marketing, and distribution of food pro ducts together with any violation of the (BY UNITED PRESS) HEW YORK, Feb. 16. A bS tnd, ever - ri4 ,1 1 -i Si . . y State CapitoD. Governor Bicket's Message On Crop Lien BHfr Legal Ad Bill Killed CONSTITUTION CONVENTION BILL TIP on of whose members has recently been wounded and is on furlough from the French trenches on the western front, haseen organized and will tour the United . States soon, Pery Weadon an nounced today. . The,; band has among its members sonieof the headliners from the Opera Comique and the Conservatoire, and several well known composers under the direction of M. Koch of the Conserva SPRING HILL ITEMS 4kfood products and the punishment and : prevention of extortion in the prices thereof. ' ' (By W. C. Ackerman, Special Correspondent to the United Press) Paris, Feb. 16. Germany is under-nourished, the food and eco omic conditions are worse than ever. Graft is apparent in the dis tribution bureaus, which the police arc powerless to prevent owing to the great influences involved. The German nation is concentrating to strengthen the army to supreme test. ' 4 Amillion women have been formed into an industrial force to re place the men needed for military duty. Americans leaving Germany are deluged with requests for food. One doctor asked for his pay for professional services to be made to him in food rather than money. Messrs. T. II. Twisdale and W. C. Kimball were in Scotland Neck Man day afternoon. Mr. E. G. Harrell returned Tuesday anti-trust laws in connection therewith, night from a visit to Oak City. and recommendations for greater econ-1 . Mr. John Hyman was in Scotland omy and efficiency in the marketing of Neck Wednesday. MBS. E. M. LOWE STRUCK BY LO CAL FREIGHT Mr.' B. F. Harrell visited Weldon on business Wednesday. Messrs. J. H. Pope and W. J. Grimes spent Wednesday in Tillery. Mr. E. L. Twisdale was in town a short while Wednesday. Yarrowdale Crew Eeleased Washington, Feb. 16. JvTews of the liberation of the 72 Ameri can seamen brought to German by the prize ship Yarrowdale came tonight through press dispatches after Wilson' and other administra tion officials had retired. Their release disposes of one of the most pressing and irritating phases of the German-American situation. Germany Liberates Americans Berlin, Feb., 15. (Via London, Feb. 16.) The American sea men who were brought prisoners to Germany on board the British steamer Yarrowdale have been liberated. More Vessels Submarined London, Feb. 15. During the last twenty four hours three British vessels have been sent to the bottom by submarines the steamer Cilieia, 3,750 tons; Margarita, 375 tons, and Ferga, a new ship, the tonnage of which is not contained in available shipping records. Wednesday morning just after the ten o'clock train had pulled out the lo cal freight, which had been on the sid ing to let the passenger go through was coupling up and drawing out on the main line when a box car hit Mrs. JG. SL LoWe as she' was "walking between the track, going from the depot to 11th, street, and knocked her away from the track, breaking her thigh. It was thought at first that she was seriously injured, and she was badly shaken up in addition to the broken limb, and bruised knee, but after she had been taken to the hospital at Tar boro it was found that she had a very slight ill effects from the shock, and news arriving last night gave the en couraging word that she was getting along nicely. There is no doubt that this is a dan gerous crossing, the buildings being so close to the track that anyone may be right on the railroad before they can see, or possibly hear, an approaching train, and in this instance what made the case worse was the faet that Mrs. Lowe is slightly deaf. The injured lady is a widow, her hus band having died in 1915, and she has six children, two of whom are being trained as nurses, one is a school teach er, and there are three others, two of whom are going to school. The whole commuunity extends its sympathy to Mrs. Lowe and her family and it is hoped that she will soon be able to return home when the attention J of her friends and neighbors will be unremitting as is the custom in Scot land Neck when anyone is ill or in grief. Raleigh, Feb. 15. Although Gov. Bickett sent a special Jugs sage to the legislature Wednesday urging the passage of a lawem bodying his anti-crop views and to further his plan of-Making land lords of the tenant farmers of North Carolina," there still exists5 siderable opposition to the measures so far promulgated alonghit line, and it comes from two or more contending sources. Gov. Bickett wants what is called the Beasley Bill passed. Senator Goff (himself a merchant for a quarter of a century or more)and what are known as the "time merchants" are not satisfied witlfthe pending bill el thought it has been re-drafted, the original bill having been killed in committee. The Farmers Union element is said not to be entirely satiated with the present bill, either, and there are others who are against the measure. The chief objection now seems to be the clause fixfh'g cash value price on which to base the ten percent advance limit for time" charges, which is characterized as nothing short of an invita tion to litigation in the courts between merchants and s,mall farjiujrs, or the holders of the paper of the latter, for the new bill provide that "all liens and mortgages made under the provisions oi thdact shall be valid for their face value in the hands of purchasers for vahie and before maturity, even though the charges are in excess of those, allowed in this act, but in such cases the party to whom the advaneea are made shall have the right to recover from the party makinglhe Mrs. E. T. Harrell and sister return-1 advances any sum he may be compelled to pay a third party in ejTesH ed home Wednesday, night from a visit of the charges allowed by this act." " . near-Oak City. m Ms Lillie Leary..who has been vis-1 The new blU aso contains this clause : "At the time ofeaeh. iting relatives in Scotland Neck, return-! ,sae there shall be delivered to the purchaser a memorandum shoeing cash prices on the articles advanced. The message from the Governor Wednesday was chiefly .relat ing to that feature of the Beasley bill providing for the exemption nf notes to the amount of three thousand dollars in good faith fotKe purchase of farm homes. V The whole scheme is to be thrashed out again in committee meetings during the ensuing week. Constitutional Convention The bill of Representative Harry Stubbs calling for submission to the people the matter of holding constitutional convention is like ly to go through thc Senate any day now, it having boon passed by the house with only eleven votes against. In his speech Mr. Stubbs nd-. verted to the fact that North Carolina is the only state, in the Union that has not held such a convention in over forty years. Legal Ad Bill Again Refused Those lawyers in the Senate who plainly "have it in" for the newspaper publishers bill to regulate the rate of legal advertising, have hit another blow. When it was reported favorably (for the;es- ond time) Wiley Person of Franklin, Jones of Buncombe, Long of Alamance and Burgwyn all jumped on it and after offering an amend ment to reduce the rate from six and four cents to four and two cents a line had it referred (for the third time). They seemed anxious to kill it, but Mr. McCoin may yet pull it through. LLEWXAM. ed home Wednesday.' , Mr. Nat Twisdale is visiting his bro ther,; Mr. T. II. Twisdale. ... j Mr. "Aim Leary carried, his son Clin ton to Washington, N. C. for an opera tion Tuesday. '.Tho doctors found that the operation was not necessary, so they returned home Wednesday night. Mr. Jesse Grimes left for Greenville Thursday . The house of William Pope (colored) near the depot, was burned Wednesday I afternoon. There was very little sav ed. He had $3o0 insurance on his home and $75 on the furniture and his loss was $150 greater than this. Mr. B. F. Jferrell was in Scotland Neck Thursday. MEBjJY HILL ITEMS About 44 Steamers are in or Near Submarine Zone Norfolk, Va., Feb., 15. About forty-four steamers, among them the big Italian collier Volturno, bound from Norfolk to ports within the restricted war area recently prescribed by Germany, are either at present in the submarine danger zone or rapidly approach ing the zone, according to figures compiled here today. DEATH OF MBS. S. B. WHITEHEAD On Friday night about eight o'clock death claimed the much respected wife of Mr. Sam B. Whitehead, at the home place, Deep Creek, and the following afternoon at four o'clock the remains were laid away in the family burying ground in the presence of fifty relatives and friends. The deceased lady was sixty-eight years of age at the time of . her death, and hot a "week or two before had cele brated her fiftieth wedding anniver- aorv Ships Take North Route . Mi Alice Grimmell of Ro2eneath New York, Feb. 15. Steamships flying the flags of neutral 1 township, she was married in the early countries, which have been detained here since the new German sub-: pT marine policy was announced, probably will resume their regular sail- marri thc following children ings if plans to substitute Halitax Jor Kirkwall as a porx oi can xuc survive her Messrs. Jim, Andrew, examination can be arranged with the British authorities. It became Noah, and N. B. Whitehead, ail of this known tonight that negotiations to this end are virtually complete, section. Mrs. Jennie Daniel, Mrs Mol- lie JiaCIi-ilCJ iUlU iU.10. A v x k. vy peth, of Coaetoe are the surviving daughters, Mrs. Alice Hopkins, deceas ed, having preceded her mother. There are a number of grandchildren We are still having some very bad weather with some snow. Mrs. Massctte Hogard had an ice cream and oyster supper Friday night Feb., 9, which was a grand "success, the amounty raised was seventy-five dollars which will go to the benefit of the Cape harts public school. Misses Hoggard and Grizzell White were said to be the two prettiest girls there, and as there was a prize for the beauty, the value of whieh was thirty five dollars there was some spirited bidding for favors by the beans and supporters of the dif ferent ladies present. Mr. Gilbert Parker was the highest bidder for Miss Hoggard, as against Mr. Norman Taylor for Miss White, and he secured the cake for Miss Hoggard. This is court week at Windsor with Judge Allen- presiding. Mrs. J. T. White was the guest of Mr. J. P. Baker Sunday. Mrs. J. P Baker and son, Grady, were guests of Mr. J. P". Baker over Sunday. Mr. Ed Taylor and Mr. Gilbert Baker -were in Windsor this week attending court. r NEXT WEEK IS PAY UP WEEK OAK CITY ITEMS Congress to Adjourn March 5 Washington, Feb. 16. Majority leader Claude Kitchin an nounced in Congress today that the House would adjourn March5. despite the war cloud that hangs heavily over the country, and he H as unanimously supported by the leaders of the house. Mr. Tom Crisp spent the week end with his parents at Parmele. Mrs. J. W. Bellflower was in Eober sonville Saturday. Mr. Jim Daniel and Mr. Straud of Greenville were in town Tuesday. Mr. Jim Fleming of Greenville spent Monday night and Tuesday in town. Messrs. B. L. Hines and Dallas Hurst left for Baltimore last week where they expect to remain for the present. Whalon Casper left for Norfolk last week where he has accepted a position. ' 1916, which left the mind of the de- and other relatives that survive the ceased greatly lmpareu so mat .-1 ,ct nf wlimn nttp-nlPi! the ' hnr'dlv recognized her ovrn children, funeral The immediate cause of death therefore the end was not unexpected, -jij know you are not tOUild wanting and tlldt " The people of Scotland Neck and vicinity should fall in line and pay up their bills. - Cities in every part of the United States help to make Pay. Up Week a wonderful success. ' Next Monday begins thc big event you have all been waiting, for and of .which so much has been said for the pest jw weeks.- When the National idea was first started three. years ago, iaay of us doubted verv much the successful outcome of'it but it proved such a success practically everywhere it was tried,' that none bf us can have any doubts now about it. . " This is not a movement of some one or two business men irijenj city to collect some of th eir money, but it is a nation .wide movement in which millions of people will take part in which every -business man and every consumer is interested. ' ' ' To the people in general we are glad to say that it will fee of benefit to them all' for everyone will go to those whom they owe and pay either a part or all of their debt and it is going to. hIp pulT up someone else. Consequently every small amount will be the mea'ifc of passing prosperity around to many, and eventually it will cordis back to pay him who lirst started it. '. . ' . r Everyone should make an effort to pay up .sojne '.bills .-next week. If you are shy of cash, undoubtedly younr banker, will be gad i to help you with a short time loan, and by doing so you-will beelgr- ' ing the merchant who so cheerfully extended credit to you when -you needed it most. Many times these merchants have to skimp along and borrow money to meet their obligations, when they are cheerfully carrying your credit onHheir books. Start out Monday with a determined effort to- pay up waht, r.n, onri T-r.ii will hpttor when the woek is ovfr. , Yoa are in line of 1 was s enile decline, following several though the loss is none the less acutely , progressives. strokes of paralysis, the last being in felt.
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