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The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28

proposed (by Senators Scales ana
Stevens( is to levy a license tax
Cn automobiles and other motor
vehicles sufficient to meet the pro
posed Federal allotment. Of \ G.
tor the construction of a staff
system Of highways. The bill pro
poses a tax Of one dollar per hor
se-poWer and would take away the
right to levy any other license tax
on such vehicles. All Of the ia !
Nlcense) would 90 to road build
ing, under the terms of this bill
and It's promoters claim its pas
sage would obviate the necessity
OF bond issue to meet the con
dltlons necessary to secure the
Federal appropriation Of 2.2OO.
GOO.
Billy Sunday will slip anchor
at Richmond and, chaperoned bx
Secretary Of the Navy Daniels
will come to Raleigh and deliver
two or three sermons next Mon.
day, February 3rd.
Relatives and friends Of n. G
soldiers overseas will not learn
OF the exact time the Both and
s1st Divisions are to return un
fe1l they are @aetually embarked
and the proposed concentratio,
aud parade at Raleigh has bee,
Irefused by Chief Of Staff Gener
al Peyton c. March, who gives
good reasons for his decision
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
BELFAST STRIKE
INVOLVES 100. 900
Twenty Six Trades Affected Ard
All Public Utilities Are Closed
Down
DEMAND FORTY HOUR WEEK

London, Jan. 2S.-One hundred
thousand persons are involved in
strike at Belfast and twenty six
trades are affected. writes the Bel
last correspondent Of the Daily
Mail
ms correspondent saws that
the. strike is the most serious ever
eXI ~1enced IN the city. Theatres
and saloons are closed down and
tramcars are stopped Bakeries,
laundrles and other concerns arr,
closed. No afternoon papers an.
peared on Monday and only two
small morning editions were is
sued.
The city had 10 electric light
I.or gas, the main cause Of the trou-
bic was that the electric and gas
plant workers joined the shipvard
workers in demanding forty
hour week
Grave diggers also joined tn,
strike On Mondav
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
HEFLIN SCORES
COT. EXCHANGE

aShlngton, Jan. 2S.-Represen
tative Heflin, Of Alabama. annouu
'''i IN the House today that he
had asked the Department Of .Jus-
'N" 10 investigate the New York
o1tcm Exchange, which he char
9'' hdd violated the cotton flu
lures act i'll driving down" the
price Of cotton from 81 to "A cents
The south has been robbed o.
"'ll'.ohs of dollars by this unjust
Speculation, > Mr.. Heflin declared
Al time when the world de-
"'a i'dS Tor cotton is greater than
ever before, the price has been
''''Hd down and down. No one
~ icing benefited but the gamble,.
'"'">"Iv">. The spinners cannot
Il cotton at the present prices
'"' growers refuse TO sell -
ar. lleflln said governors Of
"'F' states had appealed to
''''> t" held their cotton nnt;]
Nf'cr goes back to 30 CENTS j,
..''''l and that at the close of
present session of CONGRESS
'>'''atIve> from the south ox
80 90 through their states to
'.''t cotton acreage be de-
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
STRIKES SPREAD
In BRITAIN

London, Jan. 2S.-It is estima
ted that nearly two hundred thou-
sand men and women are idle IL
the United Kingdom and Ireland
on account Of strikes, half Of the
strikers being in Belfast where
the movement continues to spread
Strikes have also spread in Lon
doh where the question of wages
and shorter hours, in fact all the
strikers are demanding shorter
hours with the same privileges and
wages as prevailed when longer
hOurS were worked.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
nrno'C nE!c!llC
l LDA z4z4 w.
SCHOOL. OPENIIyG

he Trustees Of the Scotland
Neck Graded School met last ev-
enlng to discuss the advisabilitv
OF opening the school Monday Or
closing school until next fall.
Wishing to do the right thing the
Trustees thought it best to ascer-
tam the wishes Of the patrons Of
the school. Mr.. r. ID. Jenkins was
asked to secure the required inf,r-
nation. and report the same TO the
Trustees Wednesday evening, at
which time they will make their Fl.
nal decision.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
CHILD LABOR PROBLEM
COMES UP TODAY
'oiIoN MILL OWNERS MEETING RALEIGH TO AGREE
UPON SOME EQUITABLE FORM OF LEc1s
LATION
<fsss>*=~.. ---- 81, >~@<lxzz>,
PROPOSED AUTO TAX FOR GOOD ROADS
ews>,,~.s..

Raleigh, Jan. 2S.-The meeting
set for today Of the n. C. Cotton
Mfrs, Association has brought
quite a number of the mill men t.
Raleigh, and they are having a
look IN on the Legislature.
One of the subjects Of proposed
legislature in which they are in
terested is factory inspection by
the creation Of one or more inspec-
tors to do the work and it's effect
on the general subject Of "Child
labor legislation. -
There are two sides, of course,
to the question and the mill me-,
as a whole do not agree with the
Commissioner Of Labor, Shipman
who wants inspectors and a siren
gthening Of the present state child
labor statute, which, however, is
{. good and strong laW-as far as
il goes.
The governor S recommendation
that the county education board
be changed with factory inspec-
ton, as to the violation or com
ri II lo1
nearly meeting the views of the
mill owners. But Shipman SAYS
tl = method Of inspection does no1
inspect and has been tried long
enough to prove it's unworthiness
The mill operatives are suppoS
ed to favor Mr.. Shipman plan
II except those who would wora
their under-aged children in tht
mills. and some or ta~ 49,. '"''' o."
ne"s (hke the Carrs at Durhaml
ana the committee having the bii!>
III citafge VIII DC waited on bv lis
spliners representatives VIII i /,
fef.a.
More than one fourth Of tht.
II t>tnt legislative session has beer,
used up and very little( as usual
accomplished during the first two
or three weeks Of the General AS
sembly. But the "veek-enders
l"ho go nome every Friday or
Saturday and return Mondavs>
were thi, week given something.
t. 90, the Senate and House hold
nlg afternoon sessions Yesterday
and the real work Of the law max
ers IS now getting into shape.
One OF the new measures lust
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
May
BE CONCEALED
Reported To Have Been Killed On
January 18th but Rumors Say
She Is Still Alive
PLANS ESCAPE TO FREEDOM

Copenhagen, Jan. 28.-A Nun
lch dispatch to the Politika re
ports that it has learned from
quite reliable sources' that Rosa
Luxembourg, reported shot and kill
ed on JANUARY Is in Berlin. is a
live and at the home of a friend
where she will be concealed until
She has the opportunity to escape
from the German capital.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
$lO0.OOO.OO0BILL
FINALLY PASSED
{ ~ ne Associated PreSsN

Washington, Jan -. -tinat
Legislative action was taken today
BY congress on the bill appropria
ting one hundred million dollars,
requested by President Wilson for
famine relief Of Europe and the
near east
The conference report was adop
ted by both house and senate with
out debate aud the measure now
goes to the president for approval.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28

ALL RAILWAY TRAFFIC RFfN STODDFD
(By The A>sociatel Press

Copenhagen. Jan. 2S.-Sparta-
can forces have overthrown the
government at Wilhelmshaven. ina
Germany and have occupied the
banks and public buildings.
The Spartacan leaders have or.
dered court martial Of their Oh
ponents and regular slaughter
is anticipated
Railway traffic to and from w!
helm>haven has been stopped.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
HUN V0LUN-
TIERS BEAT
BOLSHEYISTS

By Tie Associated Press
be1lln, Jan 2S.-Bolshevist for
'r> marching upon Libau on the
Baltic coast Of Courland, have
been halted by German volun-
te@r forces which forced the So
Wet army back across the I.indau
river, according to a dispatch to
the Zeltung Ammittau.
It Is said the Bolshevists suf
fered heavy losses.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
WILL REDUCE COTTON
RATES BY TWO THIRDS
TRANSATLANTIC FREIGHT RATES REDUCED TODAY Rv
SHIPPING BOARD FROM s225o TO $3.50 PER
~r~ BALE.
INCREASE COTTON THREE CENTS lR
[Bv Tie Associated Press

Washington, Jan 2o-Southern
senators announced that after a
Conference with the shipping
board today transatlantic freight
rates on cotton had been reduced
from $22 80 to $75O per bale from
Calf ports, effective immediate tely.
The effect Of this order, accord
ug to Senator Pollock, Of South
Carolina, will be to increase the
price Of cotteM about three cents
per pound
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
FORMER KAISER
HOLDS BIRTHDAY
IBy The Associated Press,

Ameron@en. Jan. S.-Relirious
services We're held in the castle
chapel yesterday in honor Of the
borthday Of William Of Hohenzol-
lern.
With this exception the former
emperor and empress passed the
day III the usual quiet manner.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
EMBLEM-ARMY
OF OCCUPATION
(Bv The Associated Press

With the American army Of oc-
cupation, Jan. PA blue circu-
lar patch With stlperimposed red
circle containing III white the let
ter "A " has been adopted as the
insignia Of the Third American
Army with Headquarters III Cob
lenz. All officers and enlisted men
oi the army Of occupation. as tn,
Third army is known, are cntil-
led to wear tle n>;yi,ia on the lt.
81 eve.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
WILSON REMOVES
~=-:s.. z + y
NEAR BEER"
RESTRICTIONS
(By The Assocuatcd Press

(By The Associated Press --
Washington, Jan. 2S.-Thc food
sdmin .stratlon announced today
that President Wilson had SIGN.
ed proclamation in Paris rcmov-
Ing the restrictions on the mann
facture Of 50 called near beer
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
WILSON PLAN
FOR COLONIES
/ IL. The Associated Press

Paris. Jan. 2o.-Presi Will
son is credited BY the French press
with having brought forward dur
ing yesterdays discussion Of the
German colonies a plan under
which they would be placed, so to
speak, under the guardianship Of
the League of Natlons which
would appoint me Of -members
TO administer them
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
DR.. AYERS
DIED TODAY

BIZ The Associated Pr
Knoxville, Tt;72., Jan. 2o.-Dr.
Brown Ayers. president M the e.
University Of Tennessee, died to
day after a brief illness.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
TO PROHIBIT
IMMIGRATION
(By The Associated Press)

(By The Associated Press
Washington, Jan. 2S.-Legisla
ton prohibiting general immigra
ton for four years following the
signing Of the peace treaty was
approved today by the House In
Committee.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28
RETURN 100000
MONTH BY APRIL
(By The Associated Press)

Paris, Jan. 2e.-General Per
shng reports, that by April he
will be dispatching American sol
dlers home at the rate OF three
hundred thousand monthly.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1919-01-28

Miss Claude Knight, who has
been nursing Mr.. J. c Riddick left
this morning for Rocky Mount to
consult a Specialist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
KENTUCKIAN CLAIMS
TO Be l3l YEARS OLD
"UNCLE" JOHN SHELL TO HOLD
BIRTHDAY PARTY. HAS SON
PAST NINETY YEARS.

LOUISVILLE, Ky.-Several hum
dred descendants are preparing to
gather at the log-cabin home of "On-
Gle" John Shell on Greasy Greek, Les
lie county, KY, to celebrate the
mountaineer's birthday. Just what
form the festival will take has not
been divulged.
Meanwhile the National Geograph-
ic Society is investigating Shells
claim that he is 131 years old and
whether he is the oldest man in the
United States.
There is no doubt among Shells
neighbors as to his age. Men, elghty
wears old, declare he was an old man
when they were youths. Col. Henry
Chappell says he has a tax duplicate
signed by Shell in 1909 when ne was
ri wears, the earliest age, under Ken
tuckv laws, to pay taxes.
Shell is father of eleven children,
the oldest of whom is said to be w
years old. He has several great
great grandchildren and descendants
in his home section are said to num-
Der nearly 200.
Excellent eyesight, three success
i've sets of teeth and all of his facul-
ties are claimed by the KentucKian'
who attributes his long life to OUT
door living and temperate habits.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
ESCAPES PRISON and
WEEDS AN AMERICAN
WOMAN HELD AS SPY IN GER
MANY. WAS BORN IN BERLIN
AND CAME TO THE u. S.

NEW YORK.-Condemned to IL
years solitary confinement as an al
legged spy in Germany, Mrs. Katherine
Peterson arrived here today on the
transport Sierra as the bride of Capt.
Edwin w. Peterson, of Boston. Mrs.
Peterson served nineteen months of
her sentence and escaped when the
revolution threw open the jails in
Germany.
After her escape Mrs. Peterson
reached Paris, where she met Capt.
Peterson, to whom she had previous
ly been engaged. She first met him at
Tufts college, where she studied dent
istry under him. Mrs. Peterson re-
fused to give her maiden name, but
it was said that she was born in Ber-
lin, came to this country several
years ago and became an American
citizen. On the outbreak of the war
she returned to Germany, where she
was arrested and her conviction fol-
lowed in April, 1917.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
MAIDEN TRIP MADE BY
NEW GERMAN ZEPPELIN
Aircraft Covers 435 Miles in Less
Than Six Hours. Carries Thir-
ty-four Passengers.

BERLIN.-A new zeppelin air.
ship, on it's maiden trip from Fried
richshafen to Berlin, covered the 435
miles in little more than six hours.
The aircraft attained a maximum
speed of 100 kilometers Ia little
more than seventy-four and half
miles) an hour.
The builders have discarded the ia
miliar cigar shape of the old type and
substituted a conical outlined exte-
rior. The airship is 100 meters long
and accommodates thirty-five passen-
gers. 1t is equipped with wireless
telegraph and has large passenger
cabin. The passengers can obtain
running hot and cold water. The air.
craft is to go into daily service.
Twenty-one passengers, among
them three women, made the initial
trip in the airship, which was built
since the armistice was signed.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09

Georgia after January LIST in legal
clarity without the approval of the
state superintendent of banking, and
no bank now doing business in the
state may, without his approval, make
any change or alteration in its char
0i1sr things were in the bill as
orgy and brought on
such strong nuntable OPP
position it was ain. d from the
committee in the legislature that
they had been stricken from the bill,
and that supreme power would not
rest with one man. At the time it
was made generally clear in both
branches of the legislature that the
bill could never be passed with such
powers conferred upon any one man,
1t is now found, however, that
there are such provisions in the bill
as it was passed, and the manner in
which they have been written in it is
such that, in at least one instance,
they raise a question of doubt as to
authority between the state superin-
tendent of banking and the secretary
of state.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
WOULD GIVE THE U. S.
MORE LEAGUE VOTES
MOVE EMBARRASSES THE PRES
IDENT. LEADERS AT LOSS FOR
EFFECTIVE ARGUMENT.

WASHINGTON.-The amendment
to the peace treaty adopted by the
foreign relations committee, which
demands for the United States the
same number of votes in league Of
nations as have been awarded to the
British Empire, is proving serious
embarrassment to administration
supporters of the treaty.
Several of the leaders on the ad-
ministration side confess that the
adoption of the amendment has Gre
ated situation which they do not
know exactly how to meet.
President Wilson summoned Sena-
tor Swanson to the white house for a
final interview before departing on
his transcontinental trip, and impress
ed upon him the necessity of having
the amendment beaten.
Don't Know What to Say.
1t is believed that all the weight
of the administration influence will
be thrown against the amendment.
But the silence of the president on
this particular amendment has left
his supporters in the position of not
knowing what to say against the
amendment, although they would like
to oblige him if they knew the
grounds upon which they could OPP
nosa il At the present time the
amendment stands in a strong posi-
ton in the senate, and even those
who are disposed to follow the pres
ident blindly are wavering and un-
certain as to how they will vote when
the question is squarely before them.
One of the democratic leaders re-
marked today:
eve look upon this amendment as
the hardest we will have to beat. 1t
lis going to be pretty hard for any
man in the senate to get up and say
he does not believe the United States
should have as many votes as Great
Britain. If we only knew what the
president intends to say about IL the
question would be easier"
Other senators on the democratlc
side expressed the wish and bellef
that the president either before ne
poes away or while on his speaking
tour will have something to say about
the amendment, and will give his
supporters in the senate something TO
stand upon if they are called upon TO
oppose the amendment.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
A TREE THAT BEARS
MANY VARIETIES OF FRUIT
80 Kinds of Apples and 6 of Pears
Produced by Grating.

FINDLAY, Ohio.-An apple tree
bearing thirty-two kinds of apples
and six of pears has been produced
by Henry Flater, of this city, after
years of experimenting.
The tree, declared by experts TO
be one of the most exceptional hortl-
cultural wonders ever produced, was
the last of the famous Vance orchard.
When Flater went to work on 1t the
trunk was decayed in a number OF
places. Limbs were dead and Tar,
mers declared it never would yieid
again.
Filling the holes with cement and
bracing the broken limbs with chains
Flater grated on a number OF KINDS
of apples. Year after year he added
new gratis until this summer the tree
is giving more than three dozen
kinds of fruit.
The tree is more than seventy-tlve
wears old and is bearing applies from
early summer until late fall.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
HUGE TAX
Carnegie Estate May Pay Over
100000 in Inheritance Levy,
Assert Revenue officials.

WASHINGTON, D. C.-Near-
ly $6,OOO,O0O or approximately
one-fifth of the $50, 100000 for
tune left by the late Andrew
Carnegie, will be into the gov
eminent Golfers in the form of
inheritance taxes, officials esti-
mated here Saturday night.
On twenty of the Carnegie
millions the government inner
itance tax will total twenty-five
per cent, or $5,000,000. The
tax must be paid before any of
the estate is divided between
Mrs. Carnegie, her daughter, and
the other beneficiaries, who in
clude many servants in America
and in Skibo Castle, Scotland.
Figured on the basis of no ex-
emptions the whole tax would
be approximately $6,681, 800.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
ANOTHER RAIL RATE
BOOST NOW LIKELY
BOTH FREIGHT AND PASSENGER
TO BE AFFECTED. FOUR CENTS
MILE SAID TO BE POSSIBLE.

A pronounced increase in both
freight and passeng rates to become
effective about October 1st is antici-
pated by many large shippers who
have been observing the trend of rail-
way management. While no definite
information respecting the fall and
winter tariffs is available substantial
advances seem unavoidable, in the
opinion Of traffic observers. Four
cents a mile for passenger transpor-
tation is regarded as quite possible in
view of the increasing deficits of the
carriers.
Important tariff revisions, both as
respects freight and passengers, are
now in progress for the railroad ad-
ministration, according to informa-
ton reaching shippers. Another ad-
vance in freight equaling that of
June, 1918, which was rs per cent. is
regarded as possible.
Compilation of the tariffs now in
progress is involving less detail than
usual, owing to the fact that there
have been fewer changes in rates
than ordinarily. The tariff that is
now in effect was adopted in 1918,
when the upward revision was made.
The manner in which the new tariff
is to be amplifed will enable ticket
men to ascertain without computa-
ton the exact rate to any point
reached by the carriers. Work on the
winter tariff is progressing rapidly, it
is said. 1t will supplant the summer
nassenper rates early in October.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-09-09
EVERYBODY IN U. S.
HAS A RAT TO KILL
UNCLE SAM BIDS NATION TURN
"PIED PIPER" AND SAVE
$4,000, 900 A YEAR.

There is a rat for every person in
the United States. If every man, wo-
man and child was to make his and
her financial pro rata contribution to
what these hundred million or more
rats exact for upkeep annually we
would be setting aside a daily rat
fund of one-half of one cent. On this
basis the United States pays its rats
about $180,O0O,000 every year, which
sum would build and maintain very
adequate university or support neat
navy or keep Mexico satisfied for a
long time.
The United States Public Health
Service has figured this out and issues
these and many more rat facts in
brochure that calls upon all Ameri-
cans who are fond of health to en-
list in the governments war against
the Norway or brown rat, the COM
mon black rat and the Alexandrian
rat which is a particularly mean
beast of untidy habits and native
disregard for the most elemental of
the niceties of life.
The Norway rat is the largest and
most ferocious of Americas rodents.
He'll eat anything, not stopping at
very small child if particularly hum
cry. He has been pretty well killed off
and the government adjures ali of US
who see him to attack at once and
crush him. The black rat and the
Alexandrian have been confined by
various household and barnyard
traps, poisons and other eXtermina-
tors to the water fronts of sea ports.
They are all aliens, their ancestors
having come from Egypt, Norway
and other old world countries as far
back as the days Of John Smith and
Salem witchcraft.
The United States Public Health
Service doesn't limit rat killing to
any stated methods, but says that
rat proofing ones home and barns
and granaries is more effective than
trusting to rat catchers-mechanical
or animal-traps or poisons. First rat
proof your buildings, then go out af-
ter the rat in the open.
Under the shibboleth "Rout the
Rat" the Public Health Service is
sues the following anti-rat rules:
Rout the Rat!
By starving him, through the use
of rat proof receptacles for food and
covered metal garbage cans.
By depriving him of breeding
places, through the abolition of
planked yards and passageways.
By refusing him admission to the
comfort of your buildings, through
rat proof construction and screened
basement openings.
By killing him at every opportunl-
ty. :.
By demanding city anti-rat ordi-
nances and state anti-rat laws.