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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
WOMAN'S SUFFRAGE

Representative Robert W. Winston,
Jr, struck the keynote on the question
Of Woman IS Suffrage, at least tor
North Carolina, in his speech before
the Assembly in opposition to the meas
IRE when he stated the question was
not what we would gain but what we
would lose in North Carolina If the
plans Of the suffragists went through.
Given granted that we would have
better laws said Mr.. Winston "what
would become Of the home and the
fresides''
The objection Of women's suffrage,
as we see it, is not the question of the
vote. That would be small matter,
| but it is the unsexing Of woman that
we fear. Putting women into man S
arena. Associating her with that free
and easy mode Of life that has the ten
dencv towards the abolition Of the sa-
credness of Sunday, wild and unframed
children, loose family ties, childless
marriages, empty churches and desert
ed homes.
As we try to fathom the future IN
de such a rule our mind dWells on the
MANY lovely feminine natures around
Us in this vicinity, both dame and maid
whose great charm is that dalntlness
Of fominitv that makes the men Of the
Nv To f1ohf fnr
these loved ones who have SO far eyad-
ed the call Of the "Free Woman,
which is not liberty but license. Think
for moment what a change would
take place here if, instead Of having
the homage Of every man in town they
should become brazen, self-sustained
litical and secular, upon the street cor
Eers, and leaving the home to take care
Of itself. Such a picture is horrible
to- our mind. And, yet, we are asked
to remove the mother from the home
and put her in politics.
As Cardinal Gibbons rightly stated
l.
female suffrage I am pleading for the
dignity Of woman, I am ccntending for
her honor, I am striving to perpetuate
those peerless prerogatives inherent in
her sex, those charms and graces which
exhalt womankind and make her the
ornament and coveted companion of
man. Woman is queen indeed, but her
empire is a domestic kingdom The
greatest political triumphs she would
achieve in public fade into insignifi
canoe compared with the serene glory
which radiates from the domestic
shrine and which she illumines and
warns by her conjugal and motherly
virtues. If she is ambitious of the dual
empire Of public and private life, then,
like the tabled dog, beholding his i'm
age in the water, she will lose both.
she will fall from the lofty pedestal
where nature and Christianity have
placed her and will fail to grasp the
spectre Of political authority from the
strong hand Of her male competitor. -
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
EDUCATE MORE FARMERS

It is coming to be ecognized as
pie are to again put our country on an
equitable living basis we must educate
more farmers. Not educate more farmer
boys for professions, but educate more
BOYS for FARMERS.
From the incipiency of the public
school up to within the last decade
the entire trend of education has been
away from the farm and toward the
professions Even the manual training
= schools have tended to swell the ranks
of the mechanical trades at the expense
of the farms.
No nation can achieve permanent
prosperity without great and pros
porous farming class. When the farm
decays the nation deterioates. Our
farms are the very life and heart Of
our country.
Some, though, may ask how we are to
educate more farmers.
Very simple. Make every free school
in the land primarily an agricultural
school, and literary school as secon-
dairy matter. Belles letters are not the
crowuing necessity Of existence. Bread
and meat are. Educate the youth of
the land first toward that which is most
vitality necessary to our national life,
and when this is accomplished, Of there
l>~ 1o;c, nd -
frills, let them be added.
Nine out of every high school pupils
On emerging from that school enter the
ranks Of the toilers, in some department
Or other. If in their education the
farm has not only been made attractive
to them, but they have been given a
thorough and practical knowledge of its
wOkins, then a large per cent Of them
will as a matter Of course that as their
occupation in life.
When war broke out between the at
lies and the central powers the world
stood amazed at the wonderful perfec
ton Of the German military machine.
But the cause behind it was as simple
as A. B. G. Every German youth had
been educated and trained as a soldier
FIRST OF ALL-after that for a vo-
cation.
But in time war will cease. The arts
ef peace will again demand the atten-
: ten and energies of the world, and a
monk them there is none to compare
with the great art of coaxing from
Mother Earth her golden harvests.
But, you may ask, if all of the BOYS
are educated to a farmers life, what
Of the professions!
There will always be some who, by
natural fitness, will gravitate to the
professions, enough to keep their ranks
recruited. AS a matter of fact, these
same professions could spare half of
their present members and not suffer
In the least.
Educate farmers! The farms are
suffering for them, and the professions
ana trades are overburdened with them
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
GOOD ROADS BY STATE AID

This act provides for the creation
semi annually of state road fund Of
100000, or 100000 each year, for the
next forty-one years, which will be
loaned to the counties complying with
the law at the rate Of five per cent
per annum which will in that period
pay both interest and principal.
The first loans under this act will be
made July, 1, 1917. Z
In order to secure such loans twenty
per cent Of the qualified voters of the
county must sign a petition, which viii
be filed with the Board Of County Com
missioners, asking for an election.
County Commissioners, asking for an
which will be held on the second Tues
day in May, 1917.
A new egistration is necessary, and
all the formalities for such election law
must be complied with. Since such
election must be held in less than six
ty days, it is absolutely necessary that
quick action be taken by the counties
desiring to secure road money under
this act.
[ shall be glad if you will print in
your next issue statement setting
forth these facts so that the necessary
petitions may be circulated and signed
without delay so that elections may be
legally called for the 9Th, of May.
[ shall be glad to supply copies of
the law and blank petitions to inter-
ested persons.
Your cooperation in giving publicity
to this important matter will he ANNA
ciated.
W. S. WILSON,
Legislative Librarian.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
DIR. .. F. KEEL
A BILIOUS ATTACK

When you have bilious attack your
liver fails to perform it's functions. You
become constipated. The food you eat
ferments in your stomach instead Of di-
costing. This infames the stomach and
causes nausea, vomiting and terrible
headache. Take Chamberlain g Tablets
They will tone up your liver, clean out
your stomach and you will soon be as
well as ever. They only cost quarter.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
fRAP-sHOOTING CHAMPION SAWS
$4,000 CRACK SHOTS WOULD
ANSWER WAR CALI.

PHILADELPHIA, March 12-six
hundred and seventy five thousan crack
trap shooters will answer the nation .
war call if it comes, according to a.
statement here today by Charles Henry
Newcomb, National amateur ehampion
trap shooter Of the United States. Penn
sylvama alone could furnish about 30
600 of them, he said.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-03-13
First Class Goods

Auto Goggles at 75c.
White Metal Spectacles at S1.0e,
Is year guaranteed gold filed
spectacles &C $3.50
AK Gold Spectacles at 81 50
The lenses in all my glasses are the
bes. that can be obtained and are guar
arteed to give you perfect satisfaction
7 class Watch and Optical repair
at reasonable prices. All work
GUARANTEED
3. VI. MARTIN JEWELER
With E. T. WHITEHEAD Company
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
German DeserterS So Numerous
That Sentry Guards 'EUery 100
Yards of The Dutch Border

Rotterdam. Netherlands. July a.
Correspondence Of The Associated
Press.)-The period of grace for
German deserters has just expired.
All such who had fed to Holland
and other neutral countries, and who
returned during the stipulated per-
iod, were by proclamation assured of
clemency. Instead OF the extreme
penalty prescribed by the severe
German military code, they were
promised a chance to wipe out their
ofense by service at the front. All
who had not returned by July Is
forfeit their German citizenship, and.
according to the army order, may
never return to their Fatherland or
hope for pardon.
There is no evidence thai any
substantial number of the many hun
dreds, probably thousands of DESERT
ers in Holland returned to martial
life. On the other hand, the latest
news from the frontier says the
continued stream of deserters and
escaped prisoners of war in the re-
verse direction has led to the rein
forcement of the German sentries. At
night a sentry is now posted almost
every hundred yards along the bor-
der.
Clemency was not extended to men
guilty of deserving to the enemy in
the period of grace just closed. The
latest measure testifies to the siren
uous endeavors being made in Ger
many to round up every available
man to fill the gaps in the far
stretching line of gun, rifle and
bayonet in east and west.
A camp for German and Austrian
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30

London, Aug. 10.-(correspondence
of The Associated Press) Ten
thousand Serbian girls from 10 to IA
years old have been kidnapped and
deported from Serbia to the harems
of Constantinople, to Bulgaria and
Asia Minor, say advices received by
M. Pasitch, the Serbian premier, who
is now in London.
These deportations," said M.
Pasitch, "have been going on since
February, 1916, but the number was
very limited Until few weeks ago.
Now it has been systematized under
Bulgarian controllers, and it Is inn
possible to predict how far it will go.
Eight thousand girls have been
sent to Constantinople, and two
thousand more to Bulgaria. and Asia
Minor. Prisoners whom we have
taken on the Saloniki front tell us
that the traffic in our girlhood has
grown to be a byword in Bulgaria
and Turkey.
"The girls are kidnapped and
taken away secretly. particularly
from the smaller villages, until at
present dozens of small towns have
been quite denuded of the young fe-
male population.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
INSURANCE AS
SUBSTITUTE
FOR PENSIONS
Administration Bill Is
Passed on Favorably
BY Committee
rs EXPECTED TO
PASS BOTH HOUSES
Provides Insurance for Sol
diers and Sailors at
.. Very Low Cost
tRy Associated Press.l

Washington, Aug. 30.-The admin
istration soldier and sailors insurance
bill, designed as a substitute in the
future for the present pension sys-
TEN, was favorably reported yester'
day by a house committee.
Representative Parker of New
Jersey cast the only vote against re-
porting the measure. He was OPP
posed to the optional insurance fca-
ture, expressing the view advanced
by the private insurance, companies
that ii would cost a tremendous sum
OF money and could not be admins
tered fairly.
The principal change made in the
bill by the committee was the reduc-
ton of the maximum amount of OPP
tional insurance a man may take
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Another amendment adopted pro-
vides that the allowance of a widow
shall automatically cease upon re-
marriage. Originally the allowance
would have continued for two years
after the death of the husband.
Chairman Adamson said the bill
would possibly be passed this week
He is confident OF passage but anti
cipates strenuous opposition TO II
from the insurance companies and
from the pension committees Of both
houses.
The bill would provide allowances
for dependents of men in the service,
compression for death and disability
Optional insurance for officers and
enlisted men and educational and Vo-
Eational training for honorably dis
charged men. Administration costs
for the first and second years of the
war are estimated at $176,00O,000 and
$3SO, 900, 900 respectively.
The optional insurance section OF
the bill, around which the bitterest
fight will center. contemplates the is
suance to officers and men without
distinction of policies ranging from
81 900 to $4,000 for the duration of
the war only. at an estimated cost
of IS per $1,000 to the policy holder.
Insurance companies recently are
said to have declined to assume such
war risks for less than $5S per 81 900.
Proposed allotments for depen-
dents of men in the service would
range from IS n month upward to
$50 according to the number Of de-
pendents and their relationship to
the man in service. A dependent
wife with no children would receive
SIS n month, with one child $25, two
children $3.50 and for each addi-
tional child IS. Upon death resulting
from injuries, a widow would receive
from $50 to 5000 a month. A similar
provision is made for widowed moth
ers.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30

Cleveland. o., Aug. 30.(Special.)-
Honeyed love words, clicked off on
John F. Beckwith's typewriter, sue
cessfully pried open the hearts OF
| dozens of women and simultaneously
scooped most of the surplus cash out
of their pOcketbooks.
Anyway that's what Uncle Sam
says about Beckwith-poet, novelist,
soldier, doctor Of philosophy. master
lover, champion letter writer and
inventor of the only "follow-up" love
letter system extant. For which rea-
son, or reasons, federal agents who
arrested him here placed against him
charge of using the mails to de-
fraud.
He's in the county Jail now, await
ing transfer to Utica, n. Y, where
the postal inspectors first took up a
six months chase that has just end
ed in Cleveland.
And meanwhile the pitiless light
of publicity is shed upon the ardent
letters he is charged with having
written to love-hungry women all
over the country. Every letter, they
say, had q cash objective, collecting
an aggregate toll of many yearning
hearts and more than $4,000 cur
rency.
Today Beckwith's feminine vic
Tins scattered over the land may
read the dreadful truth that their
long distance love affairs were not
what they seemed. And, adding
verbal indignity to injury, come
these burning words uttered by the
master lover just after he was ar
rested:
~ HATE woMEN"
He said it as he sat in the office of
Assistant United States District At
torney Breitenstein. And, think of
it! He laughed scornfully at the
ease with which women could be
swindled.
While Beckwith sat there Postal
Inspector G. +. Smith, of New York,
and Assistant Brettenstein pieced
together the story of Beckwith's
cash love" conquests. Here are the
high spots federal officials point to:
Records show .Beekwith was
married three times in addition
to "enslaving" scores of others
by masterfuIIy written letters.
He operated on a large scale,
with an elaborate system Of "fol-
Iow-up" letters; No. I, the
patheticalIy appealing note; No.
IHG
of love; and No. 8, the ferVent
declaration bringing the cash
reqister), etc.
Letters he wrote went to al
most every state in the unioni
when arrested he had mailing
list" of the names of seventy.
five women.
Sometimes he had rough sled
ding; to one Nebraska woman he
wrote 200 letters before collect.
ing $500.
These three letters show Beck
with's follow-up system and demon
strate his fitness to operate school
of efficiency in courtship:
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
Then the Kiss.

The third letter more ardently ex-
pressed his devotion in expressions
such as:
I'm the white starlight night my
thoughts shall wander far away to
where you are. Close TO your white
bed they shall sit, watching over you
that no shadows shall cross your
dreams. And when the gray dawn
steals into your room, l shall bend
over you and kiss your lips softly
and tenderly as the spring kisses its
young flowers" .
Beckwith is also known as John c.
Brennan and Svend Bork. He, was
born In Christiania, Norway. and
came from a prominent family, his
father being a former chief justice
of the Norwegian supreme court.
He Is a college graduate and holds
a degree Of doctor of philosophy. He
was a lieutenant in the Boer war
and also acted as instructor to the
Beers. He was arrested in 1909 and
served three years in the Ohio prison
for swindling.
In prison he wrote many poems,
including a volume From a Prison
Cell" His best work is a novel,
Whose Love is the GREATER" which
has been highly praised by DR.. Hen
~ Van Dyke. He has also written
plays and moving picture scenarios.
A HIT.
She likes me does
Bernice Louisa Dander,
/ told her that
! couldn't understand her.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30

deserters Is to be opened shortly at
Bergen, In the province of North
Holland. In ordinary circumstances,
any such men have only to prove
that they are genuine deserters to
obtain complete freedom in Hol-
land. This policy of extending open
arms to all corners has been found
to be attended by grave inconvenien-
ces and dangers. There has been an
increase of crime and anxiety is felt
in regard to the public health. The
camp is being instituted for de-
serters who have offended against
public order and safety, or who are
considered on good grounds likely to
commit such offenses; men whose
condition is considered to constitute
a danger to the public health will
likewise be informed there All such
will be given the choice of entering
the camp or returning whence they
came.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
DANISH PRESS WILL
MEET AT FERGUS FALLS
Annual Convention of Publishers and
Editors to Be Held On Sept.
and This Year.

I Grand Forks, N. D.. Aug. 30.-The
Norwegian Danish Press association
will hold its annual meeting at Fer
gus Falls on Sept. and s, according
To announcement made here today.
p. O. Thorson, publisher of The
Normanden, is president of the asso-
cation, which held it's convention
here last year.
/ One of the issues to be brought up
at the convention is the printing of
q portion of the editorials written in
Norwegian and English. At the
present time, it seems that a major
ity of the foreign publishers are
averse to the idea, although a few
German newspapers are running
parallel columns of certain articles
"a the English language.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30

than myself am able to give. The
real Everlasting love has not been
yours. But some day he will come
and he will bend over you and whis-
per in your ear that he loves you
loves you to the last drop of his
blood, till deaths cold hand lies chill
on his heart and you stand together
where God Is, where all live forever,
and ever"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
COAL OPERATORS
ARE DIVIDED
Unable to Decide Whether
They Will Accept the
Presidents Prices
tBy Assoeiateo rress.l

Washington, Aug. SO.-Directors Of
the National Coal association, meet
ing here to discuss government con-
troll of their industry were unable to
agree as to whether they will accept
without protest the scale of prices
fixed for their product by President
Wilson.
. Two distinct factions, 1t was learn
ed, have developed in the association
one willing to accept the situation
and the other anxious to fight the
government in the courts. The
operators who are ready to sell at
the prices named are among the
larger producers and those who are
showing opposition are representing
owners of small mines, whose costs
of production are high. The opera
tors counselling acceptance of the
government-fixed prices argue that
they are helpless before the provision
in the food control bill giving the
President power to take over and
operate the mines if producers fail
to comply with the price regulations.
The others however, point to the
provision of the bill requiring the
government to name just prices and
declare the scale fixed will drive
many producers out of business.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
The Approach.

1T is love l want. 1t is love that
| need. / believe that each of us
has his companion in the world,
and this message goes out to you
to see If we may become such COM
panions.
when love once sprouts in all
its fullness and richness, no autumn
storm nor winter snow can ever
dwarf it,"
If a response came. as 1t usually
did, the second letter adopted a more
intimate tone.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
VTSCOUNT ISHH IS
PRESENTED TO SENATE
aSymbOlIEes Complete International
Fraternity" Says Delaware
senator. ..
lBY Associated Press.l

1 Washington. Aug. 3O.-In present.
ing Viscount Ishii, special ambassa-
dor and head of the Japanese mis-
sion to the senate, yesterday, Senator
salisbury, of Delaware. president pro
tempoFe of the senate and acting in
the absence of Vice President Mar
shall, declared the. occasion symbol
lies complete international fraternity
which common consciousness of inter
National honor had brought about.
/ Referring to German propaganda.
Senator Salisbury said evil attempts
had been made to breed distrust and
Hatred among the friends of the Unit
ed States.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
10000 Serbian Girls Haze Been
Kidnapped ndSent ToThe Hdren1sI
OF ConStdntinoble And Bulgaria

Il do not think that the Turks are
the actual instigators Of this gross
violation of the rules of civilized
warfare. All our information indi-
Gates that the Bulgarians are the
prime movers and the Turks only
|iEcidentaI beneficiaries of the trafnc.
The girls are too young to be OF
any use for laboring purposes, be-
sides, neither Turkey nor Bulgaria Is
seriously handicapped for labor, and
in Turkey the use of young women
for outdoor work is. practically UNI
known. ia
ut is very difficult for us to DO
anything to help these unfortunate
victims. Our affairs in Constantine
ople and Sofia are now in the hands
of the Dutch government, and we
have made the most earnest possible
protests through that government
But you know how difficult 1t is to
get any action from Turkey. We
have suggested, for instance. that
some scheme of repatriation he rut
into effect Immediately, that the girls
should be sent back to some place
beyond the war zone. But fear 1t ts
too late to save them, and that we
can only wait in patience until peace
comes" ~
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
MAY BRING BACK PRESERVES.
Americans who Canned Supplies In
Canada May Bring Them Home.

Washington, Aug. 29.-Americans
returning from Canada may bring
free of duty 800 worth of canned
goods and other foodstuffs under a
ruling announced today by the treas
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
REDUCE TIME LIMIT.
Railroads. Would Allow But Two Days
for Unloading Cars mt New York.

for Unloading Cars mt New York
(By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 2s.--The propos-
ais by the railroads to reduce from
FIVE days to two. the free time al
lowed for holding domestic freight at
New York for unloading, intended as
step to relieve congestion there,
tentatively were approved today in a
report to the interstate commerce
commission by its attorney examiner.
The commission has not yet passed
finding. 49,.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30
Fair and Warmer.

Some day shall stand face to
face with the one woman who will
be my share of the world. Then l
want to be able to look her straight
in the eye and ask no more Of her
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-08-30

ury department The ruling was de-
signed especially to meet situation
which has resulted from the summer
stay in Canada of numerous Amefi-
cans, many of whom canned their
winter supply of fruit and vegetables
while there.