The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-09
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IGH, n. C. Feb. 9-After many
Dos Rements extending over period
,f weeks the much mooted county
ooak pf education question is today /
siai1 = the attention Of the State
Sem "a the special order set for this
date it is hoped that it will. be f.
naH posed Of in that body.
ications are that if the pres
ent I'd repealed (Which is not yet
q f pae conclusion) the Oates bill
viii bably be enacted. The Oates
mes in brief, takes the appoint
mem the county school committee
men Of the hands Of the legisla-
tur4 provides that they shall be Sc
lectS mt the Democratic county pri
mari md that the Governor shall ap-
poin khose nominated in such primar-
iesss
Eo& The Protection Of Young Girls
Magh the House on Wednesday
aftextoon defeated (by close margin of
,thre6 Notes) the Dalton bill to "raise
the se of consent from Ia to Is
year4nd providing severe punishment
Of me- who betray girls without prom
ising to marry them, the issue is not
dead any means and the House is
ekpe6 6ylyto reverse itself again, for the
~ ke, this week. x similar hill
has passed the Senate with the age
raised to sixteen years. and that meas
ure is expected to be adopted by the
House. The House this week took a
second thought after defeating the
Senate amendment to the divorce law
(by two majority and then passed
the identical bill by seventeen ma .iori-
ty. So the law now places the husband
ON the same basis with the wife in di-
vorce proceedings-eit can secure a
divorce on proof of adultery alone, the
wods "fornication -and'' having been
til the passage of this amendment.
-. Home For Fallen Women
Another 'sbig'.' subject, because it
is one OF the most conlmendable and
most needed, at present on the legisla
tive deck is the effort to establish a
State home for fallen women-a place
where the female derelicts can be re-
ceived and reformed and cured Of bod
lily as well as moral disease, trained
for some useful calling and put upon
their feet to learn an honest livelihood
It is the most humane proposition be-
fore the legislature and it is hoped that
the widely divergent views Of the mem
bers Of equally sincere promoters Of
the plan can be welded into satisfac-
torily tangible whole and the institu-
ton be duly authorized and provided
for within the next few days. It should
have been done years ago.
Prohibition Polemicies
The so-called "bone-dry" prohibi-
| ton measure which the State Anti-Sa-
| loon League has had introduced in the
| legislature. is of course, one Of the live
| propositions yet to be disposed of. In
| reality this bill is not bone-dry
measure, because it still permits the
purchase (and that means the importa-
tion by shipment, also, because it can
not be legally manufactured in n. CO.
Of two quarts Of spirituous liquor PEI
year, instead Of two quarts per month
as at present. The friends of the
measure say this is designed to meet
only extreme cases. But it's opponents
seize upon the loop-hole and are nc"
! declaring that il any sales at all are tt
/ De allowed by the new law the mini
mum is already small enough-and they
contend that the present law in that re
! spect should stand or not a drop OF any
kind Of liquor permitted. It may como
to that-for the honest prOhlbitlonlst
| who claims it is no longer of medicina
value, cannot object to it in the fina
result.
ARE THEY THE TAI.LEST TWINS