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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. and Mrs. A. Paul Kitchin, and
FAMILY have taken up residence at the
orlek hotel pending the completion Of
tnelr new home in GAINESVILLE, Mr.. Kit
chm having sold the house he has beer
living in.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. W: M. Dixon, returning from
Washington, D. c., to his home at More
head City, N. G. spent Monday and
Monday night here with relatives Mr.
and Mrs J. w. Allsbrook
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

N. A. Riddick has unloaded three cars
OF Saxons here duringthepastweek,o ne
car being the four cylinder Roadsters
That they advertised as special offer.
Tor Pay Up Week at less than factory
cost.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. N. A. Riddick returned this
morning from weeks trip through
the eastern part of the state.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Yesterday being Washington s birth
day the banks and postoffice were clos
ed, the latter only distributing the mail
in the boxes.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. Ernest Bellamy, Of Enfield, re-
presenting the Texas Oil Company was
in town yesterday attending to the
company's business.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. B. F. Weaver and his force of
linemen went out on the Enfield road
about fvemiles, near to Mr.. Barnes
place to fix up some trouble with the
rural line.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

The Texas Oil Company, which owns
lot on the railroad has made plans to
erect an $4,000 oil tank in the early
spring, the work to commence as soon
as the weather permits.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. J. E. Dees Of Greenville, was a
visitor in town Wednesday on business
and left on the evening train.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. J. Baron has gone north to pur-
chase his spring stock of goods and is
exnacted back next week.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mrs. Henry White and Miss Ida Bail
.v Of Hobgood, spent yesterday as
guest Of Mrs. Henry Gray.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

DR.. O. F. Smith left for Durham Wed
nesday to be present at the meeting OF
the North CarolinaVirginia Medical
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-02-23

Mr.. G. E. Hayes, of Richmond, Va,
representing the Corley Company, is in
town and will be here for a few weeks
demonstrating some high grade pianos
at W. T. Hancock g store.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
LABOR MEMBERS
or County SeIective Draft Boards
AS appointed in Thirty Count,e
BY Governor Cox.

The following members Of organized
labor have been appointed by Governor
Cox as representative of labor upon
County Selective Draft Boards:
Allen County-F. l.. Van Pelt, Lima.
Athens County-Wm. Robinett Jack
sonvile.
Belmont County-Wm Smith, Bel
laire.
Butler County-John +. Mayer, Ham
ilton.
Clark County, c. w. Rich, Spring
field.
Columbiana County-Will T. Blake,
East Liverpool.
Coshocton County - Arthur Muhle-
man, Coshocton.
Cuyahoga County-Frank w. Steffen,
Cleveland.
Franklin County, C. Daugherty,
Guernsey County-Geo. E. Oldham,
Lore City.
Hamilton County-Thos. H. Muga-
vim, Cincinnati.
Hooking County-Wm A. Acker,
Logan.
Jackson County-W. ]. Lamb, Jack
son.
Jefferson County,. H. Chadwell,
Brilliant
Lawrence County Arthur James,
lronton.
Licking County-W w. Morgan,
Newark
Lorain County-Karl Noel Lorain
Lucas County-Henry Baum, Toledo
Mahonng County-John J. Graney
Youngstown.
Meigs County Thomas Thomas
Pomeroy.
Montgomery County-O. B. Chap
man, r. r. No. 4, Dayton.
Muskingum County d. H. Blake,
GAINESVILLE.
Richland County-Sol Walters, Mans
field.
Scioto County-R. J. Barry, Ports
mouth.
Seneca County-Ray Dreyfuse, Tiffin
Stark County-P. c. Leist, Alliance
Summit County-C. c. Davis, Akron
Trumbull County-John J. Casey
Niles.
Tuscarawas County-T. H. Dorst
| New Philadelphia.
Washington County-John G. Bauer
Marietta.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
SOLDIERS HIRE STREET DRESS
Thirsty Military Men Find a Way
to Get Around the Order Not to
Sell Them Liquor.

Boston, May Silt has not taken
the soldiers-or rather the friends of
sodiers-long to find way of getting
around the order forbidding the sale
of liquor to military men in uniform
Saloon keepers gave their bartenders
strict instructions on account of the
heavy penalties to be imposed for vio-
lations of the law, and no sales were
made
All went well for day or two and
then it was noticed that among the Gus
toners appeared men wearing clothing
that fitted as well as that on the aver
age scarecrow and with hats Of the
vintage of 1898. The display excited
curiosity until it was learned that deal
ers at the South End had started a
scheme of renting plain clothes and a
hat to soldiers for fifty cents night
The soldier would leave his uniform,
so out for q tour of the town, and then
return for his property before midnight
This is variation of the plan which
got around the regulation requiring
all persons to have baggage before reg
istering at cheap hotels of doubtful
reputation. Renting empty dress suit
cases became profitable, and now equal
returns are being obtained for the tenn
porary use of old clothes.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
CALLS SOCIETY WOMEN
SLACkERS
Central Labor Union President Saws
They Make the Poor Shop Girls
DO Their Work.

Boston, May 31-A statement has
been issued by President McGrady of
the Boston Central Labor Union to the
effect that society women who get
credit for doing SO much for the sol
diers are in reality having the work
done by poor shop girls whom they in
vitc to their homes. This is what he
says:
Numbers Of young women, who are
members of unions affiliated with the
Boston Central Labo. Union, have re-
ceived invitations to visit tie homes of
so-caled patriotic women in the Back
Bay, after they would finish their work
in the shops for the purpose of show
ing their patriotism by assisting in sew
ing for soldiers.
These young women, after working
Tor many hours in the shops, have gone
TO some of these homes, where they
have been put up against big piles of
cloth with orders to make handker-
chiefs and towels.
I'm one of these homes the young
women found big pile of cloth in a
corner, and one of the young women,
after looking at it, told the madam of
the house that if she would get a ma
chine the entire work could be finished
in couple of hours.
Much to the surprise of the young
women, the madam informed them that
all the work must be done by hand so
as to make it last longer, and that every
handkerchief must be hemstitched.
"The young women started to work
and had been working but few hours
when the madam informed them that
she had headache and was going up
stairs to lie down. She did, and stayed
for over four hours, while the poor
girls who had been i'll the shops all day
worked for nearly five hours as pa
triots.
"Ths work is not doing these girls
any good, and I believe that the bes
thing that can be done is to take some
measures of conserving the health o
the working classes for the hardship
to come by putting the society buds wh'
are now filling the theaters and othe
places of amusement to doing thi
work.
"These young society women are
slackers, and | would also suggest that
the boys who attend the private schools
be corralled and put on the farms and
made to do their bit, so that they will
be producers instead of slackers."
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
ROCKEFELLER AGENT QUITS.

New York.-Dr Abraham Flexner
assistant secretary of the Rockefeller
general education board, has resigned
from the New York city board of edu-
cation because he is too busy to de-
vote the requisite time to the duties of
!, public school commissioner"
Dr. Flexner has been charged with at
tempting to put Rockefeller influence in
to the schools. In the state legislature,
it was stated that "the Rockefeller foun
dation and its auxiliary boards and as
sociations contemplate an attempt to gain
control of the board of education of the
city of New York" Trade unionists
have opposed both Flexner and Commits
sioner Fosdick, who was criticised for
the same reason and who resigned sew
eral months ago Both designations, fol-
lowing much agitation, removes the rep
resentative of the Rockefeller founda-
ton on the board
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
URGES NEW MOONEY TRIAL.

Washington.-Pre Gompers is
working in behalf of new trial for
Thomas Mooney at San Francisco and
has forwarded this telegram to Secre-
tary O'Connell OF the San Francisco
Labor Council:
Have had most interesting conference
with attorney general regarding the new
" discovered evidence in Mooney case.
While the department of justice cannot
take IN the matter | am to have con.
ference with other representatives OF
the government and hope that new and
fair trial may be accorded Mooney"
The newly discovered evidence refer
red to relates to the charges OF attempt
ed subornation of perjury brough
against Oxman, the states principal wit
ness against Mooney.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
TO SUBMIT TO WRONG
is NOT PATRIOTISM

Cincinnati-"The fact that the trade
union movement has emphatically an
nounced its loyalty TO the nation, and
assuring the government OF its willing
ness to cooperate in every possible man
ner and to assist Loyalty and energet-
ically in the nations defense, must in no
way be construed as willingness on
its part to be exploited" writes Editor
Frey OF the international Molders' Jour
nal
The trade union movement is well
aware that there are numerous employ
ers in this country, who, in the present
situation, have in mind the reaping of
enormous profits, coupled with the op-
portunity to hamstring labor organiza-
tions.
Labor in this country has before it
the experience of the British workers,
male and female, who, under the urge
for patriotic service, were dealt with
inhumanely by many employers. SO Sc
rious scandal arose over the exploit
ing of labor and the effects of this upon
the wage earners' efficiency, that the
government appointed q health of mun
tions workers committee, to investigate
conditions of labor.
"One sentence from their report well
indicates the conditions which they
found. The committee said: we are
bound to record our impression that the
munitions workers in general have been
allowed to reach state of reduced ef-
ficiency and lowered health which might
| have been avoided by reasonable pre-
/ caution
THE trade union movement would be
disloyal to the country and faithless to
its obligations to the workers, if it per-
mitted unregulated hours of labor or
rates of wages, which reduce the work
ers' standard of living or his physical
or nervous strength.
at is well established, scientifically,
that seven or eight hours of employ
ment under modern methods of produc-
ton, creates more fatigue than working
from sunrise to sunset under former
methods. The strain of modern pro-
ducton also requires better food and
more comfortable home surroundings.
If the workers are to give the largest
amount of assistance to the government
they must neither be overworked nor
underfed if the cost of living continues
to increase, their wages likewise must
advance.
There is no question as to the trade
union movements loyalty, neither must
there be any question as to labor's de-
termination to resist exploitation at the
hands of those who see in the nation:
: necessity an opportunity to reap enor
nous profits and at the same time ex-
plot labor"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
LABOR REFUSED RELIEF.

Hartford, Conn.-By vote of Is to
IA the state senate has refused to mod
ify section 1896 of the general statutes
which gives employers free hand
against striking workers. This act pro-
hibits person using any means cal
culated or intended" to intimidate anoth-
er. The words Calculated or intended
permit hostile courts to pose as mind
readers, and Jail strikers on the ground
that they calculated or intended to do
thus and so. In criminal proceedings
against persons other than strikers the
same court would insist on specific
charges. The supreme court of this
state has ruled that a workman was gull
tv of a criminal offense, under section
1896 because he notified an employer he
would quit his employment if he (the
employer) did not discharge non un-
ionst.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
STRIKERS THREATENED
WITH MILITARY ARREST

Salt Lake City, Utah.-The Street Car
Mems union has signed an agreement
with the Utah Light and Traction COM
pany. The new rates are % cents an
hour for first year; "a cents second year,
81 cents thereafter Old rates ranged
from 2s to 33 cents.
Washington. = Lafayette Hanchett
chairman of the board of county COM
missioners, Salt Lake City, Utah, start
ed something" when he threatened street
car employees with arrest as prisoners of
war, without bail, if they suspended
work.
The unionists refused to be bluffed
and telegraphed their international ex-
ecutive VIM. d. Mahon, at Detroit That
official wired A. +. of L. Secretary
Frank Morrison, who forwarded this
telegram to the governor of Utah:
Information has been received that
county commissioners through Chair
man Hanchett have threatened that if
street car men of Salt Lake City cease
the strikers would find themselves in
during the war Desire in the name of
organized labor of the United States to
enter an emphatic protest against the
effort of the commissioners to intimidate
the street car men by taking advantage
of the war situation and endeavoring to
create an impression in the minds of
the members of the street railway union
that the commissioners or those i'll au-
thority have the power to put such a
threat into effect. | am bringing the
threats of the commissioners to the at
tention of the department of justice at
Washington today for their information
and action thereon"
In telegraphic correspondence with
Secretary Morrison, A. F. of L. Organ
izer Young, who was in St. Lake City
at the time, said
"His (Hanchett's) action was for the
purpose of intimidation pure and sim
pie | am told he will resort to any
means to defeat organized labor and that
he is unalterably opposed to any form
of labor organization. The governor
of the state was very angry when he
learned that Hanchett had made this
statement"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
WIN II WEEKS LOCKOUT.

Newark, n. J.-Ivory button workers
have defeated their employers, who in
augurated lockout IL weeks ago. A.
F. of L. Organizer Hilfers assisted in
negotiating an agreement which rein
states the $50 men and women employees.
Shop committees are to be recognized
and the employers state that they are
willing at all times to confer with rep
resentatives of the A. F. of L. in the
adjustment of differences.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
WANT CHEAP LABORERS.

Sacramento, Cal-The federated
trades council protests against adver-
tisements for skilled men, published by
the Southern Pacific Railroad. The un-
ionists say that this company's shops are
conducted under intolerable working
conditions, with long hours and less than
living wages the rule, although the rail
road earned over - per cent last year
on its capitalization, water included
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
TEXTILE WORKERS VICTINIzED.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-The Davis ho-
siery mills are closed because the man
agement attempted to stop employees
from joining the Textile Workers un-
ion. This concern manufactures the
Buster Brown" hosiery and when some
of its employees joined the union the
others were notified that organized tex
tile workers could not work at that plant
Out OF 700 employees, 80 accepted the en-
ployer's viewpoint,
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02

the same spirit of fairness and coop
Grafton by both the government and cin-
ployers in order that the ideals OF our
republic may be maintained in the CON
test in which we are now engaged"
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02

Peoria, Ill-Members of Horse
Shoers Union have suspended work to
enforce a wage scale OF 81 day and
Saturday half holiday during the sum
mer months. Present rates are 1925
for floor men and 1915 for forge men.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
FORENIEN STRIKE; UNION AIDS.

delphia.-Foremen and forewom-
en- employed by a hosiery company in
this city suspended work when their
request for increased wages was re-
fused. Other employees notified the man
agement that no strikebreaking foremen
would be tolerated A compromise was
effected, with the aid of officers OF the
United Textile Workers.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
HORSE sHOERs RAISE WAGES.

Seattle-Horse Shoers' Union No. 43
has raised wages 81 day and secured
an agreement with employers, who will
hereafter pay S. day.
The labor advocate. [volume] (Cincinnati, Ohio) 1912-1937, 1917-06-02
PAINTERS RAISE WAGES.

Saint Joseph, Mo.-Painters and Pa,
per Hangers Union No, 9s has secured
a union shop agreement Painters rates
are increased cents an hour and paper
hangers 10 per cent.
Evening journal., 1917-09-17
ALLEGED Soldier HOLDS
Up WITH EMPTY Gun

CHESTER, Pa, Sept. t7;@Armed
with a, rife. a six-foot athieic-iook-
ing fellow. who says he Is Sergeant
John j. Michigan, Company c. Ninth
United States Infantry. stood at
Front and Welsh streets yesterday
held up pedestrians and penned Up
the Alpha Boat Club more than an
hour.
Front and Welsh streets is IN
close proximity 20 the Bethel Court
district. Chester's Tenderloin. and
its denizens. principally Negroes,
were terrorized by the presence Of
the man with the rife. They barri-
caded themselves In their homes,
not daring even TO venture their
heads out OF the windows.
Finally word was gotten TO City
Hall, and Sergeant Of Police Robert
Law headed a detail Of police who
went after Michigan. The soldier
was not daunted by the appearance
OF the police. but commanded them
to halt. and the order was obeyed
Sergeant Law made a dash for Me
hogan and trlpped him He was then
overpowered, disaTmed and locked W
to await a hearing tomorrow.
Mehegan's rife was not loaded, and
the sergeant did not wear his uni
d form.
Evening journal., 1917-09-17
Sherlock Holmes of Nations!
HOtO Uncle Sam DecipherS
Sc refs Holding Peoples Destiny

invariably be read is that in substitute |
ing for the letters OF the original mes
sage system must be used II the mes
sage is TO be decipherable by the re-
cipient. In a message OF % words or
more some trace Of that system is
bound 10 show up, while in short mes
sages Of say five words 10 is not likely
that the characters will be repeated
frequently enough TO reveal the sys-
TEN. Short messages can be deciphered
only In the light Of longer messages
Of the same cipher, or by skilful and
repeated guessing.
In code messages, on the other band.
there is ordinarily no system. The
words or signs are arbitrarily chosen
with the very idea Of avoiding system.
Code messages, unless very long or very
simple, cannot therefore be read With
out the code book. This limits code cor
respond0nce 20 cases in which both
parties have code books at hand.
/ Furthermore the entire arrangement
becomes valueless as soon as copy Of
the code falls into the hands Of the
euemy. For this reason stealing c0de-
books IS the great international pas-
time. Codes are 80 frequently stolen
The system In cipher messages shows
up In the frequency with which cer-
tain letters and combinations OF letters
occur. II the simpler cipher systems
are used. Il Is equally surely revealed
by the occurrence OF certain character
istlc variations from that normal IRE
cuency, II complies methods Of obscur-
ing the message are used.
The art OF enciphering and declptcr
ing messages has made very little ad
vance sincs the dayC when Edgar Al
len Poe wrote the Gold Bug ant
showed the frequency with which Ger
tain letters OF the English language re
CURED was an almost certain hides q
deciphering messages. Indeed, all IN
, fundamental principles OF cipher writ
. Ing were known In Shakespeare's time
Lord Bacon could decipher any messag
. Of the modern diplomats.
Uncle Sam has two sets Of clphe
wizards. One set Is connected with IN
State Department and specialzes Of
: diplomatic correspondence, the other
) In the Intelligence bureau OF the wa
{ department and deals with mIlilar
ciphers.
= Captain Parker Hit Of the L. S. arm
[ has TO his credit one OF the most re
markabie achievements Of any Of IN
d cipher experts-the deciphering ia les
= than an hour. Of Japanese messas
r written in a highly complex cipher, !
q spite Of the fact that he did not kno'
one word Of Japanese and did not eve
r. know the message was written In tha
language. He deciphered the messas
q and a translator did the rest.
Evening journal., 1917-09-17

Just because II was so cheap in France
Paris hotel keepers have ceased 10
be surprised when an American soldier |
or sailor orders an expensive room. !
Theatre ticket Offices sell high priced |
seats to American fighters without a
murmur. Restaurant walters are not
surprised when they are told Just
keep the change"
SO marked has become the American
money spending menace that the Army
and Navy Y. NJ. c. A., which Is a self
appointed guardian over our fighters
pOcketbook and morals. has plscarded
the following "donts" and when
evers"
Don't engage rooms in any hotel
without first asking the price, lnclud-
ing light and service And don't think
that your hot bath is gratis.
Don't order meal In a restaurant
without FIRST consulting the menu and
see that the prices are plainly writ
ten-Otherwise YOU may be surprised
when you get your bill.
Don't omit TO count your change.
Don't give all your spare change ia
the waiter lie doesn't expect more
than ten per cent. OF the bin up TO nifty
francs, and then five per cent. after
that.
Don't accept outside rates In eX-
change for pounds and dollars Go q
a bank where you will get the righl
and lawful exchange.
Don't ask advice from strangers. CO
to people In authority or recognized
associations OF your own country.
Whenever you go into a shop e
buy anything, always ask the price
FIRST.
Whenever you order a drink notice
that the price Is marked on thl
saucer upon which 70 Is served