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.1. J' TheVeatherReport r ( - - l : mmm 2m Fair tonight and Satnrdayr Sllbt- VOLUME IL PEOPLED MOM T0E11PU 1TH tui Nunu (By The United Press) Washington The Ampr)rnn rMnnTiMn began today demanding of congress to ! Tb nSWer to T mulrie8 lQ explain why the huge tax bill which the records of he treasury department becomes a law within a few days j and. the appropriation' committee of the From every part of the nation comes j 8eaate an1 house. , these inquiries: Why must the Amer- These records show that the govern iean people pay six billion dollars in j ment wiU cost the people eighteen bfl taxes this uead and four billion dol- lion dollars this fiscal year and ten lars next year? "Now that the wafis billion dollars for the fiscal year- of over why should congress be about to iO-X), the rest of the money, coming enact the biggest tax bill in the world's n'.m bonds. history? a bill collecting sixty dollars Unless by some miracle tax spending this year and forty dollars next year is brought, within the limits of tax from every man, woman and child of paying there will be bond Issues not the countqy's- pnhundred million pop- NESS GEfOUSI PAVES WAY FOR LOWER PRICES (By United Press) Washington. Declination of produc tion coupled with general business con servation throughout the country is paving the way for lower prices. The new conditions have converted the sellers' market into a buyers' mar ket, according to announcement made by the Federal reserve board. in the resume of business conditions throughout the country the board found a tendency for prices to decline and this has become marked since the first of the year, and probably is given aa impetus by after holiday reaction. Tobacco Prices Are Still High on Local Market Although the sales are, light the prices for tobacco on the Greenvile market still continue to be high. Greenville has made for high prices and record this season for high prices and and the prospects are for these high prices to keep up to the very closing day of the market which is scheduled for February 28th. Greenville has al- reaay soia over twenty live wiiii- pounds of the Golden Weed which means that this year is going to be a record breaking one. No tobacco market in the state is more attractive and Inviting to the farmer and they bring their tobacco here knowing theiy will receive the top notch price. ' This has sbeen a great season for the raisers of tobacco in Eastern Carolina and especially has it been great in Greenville. MISS R.B JUFFLY LECTURED TO WOWS CLUB ON YESTERDAY Miss Muffly lectured before the Wo man's Club on Thursday afternoon on Community Singing. She illustrated her lecture by having a chorus of girls sing the songs that have been of most pleasure1 to the solder boys and that w uid appeal to a community. She said singing is no longer given over to the sentimental but its real value has been realized and it is im portant that communities as well as individuals should cultivate the habit of singing. What has brought about this change? War. For the first time ir. the history of the world men have been trained to teach the soldiers and sailors to sing. General Pershing ask ed that five hundred trained leaders be sent over; not to sing for the boys irerdy for entertainment but to teith tlicru to sing themselves. She urged upon the women to slag, if you caTnot sing, hum or make a noi-w of some kind, it is inspiring, it is wholesome. Learn the patriotic songs. If you do not know them get together ami learn them. What can the club women do to pro mote community singing? (1) They should be interested In the chorus in the high school ; they should encourage young people singing in every occas ion. Occasionally have a public meet ing, invite the chorus to sing; ask the parents to come hear them sing; theii insist on evenjone singing with the chorus and before you know it youj will have the community singing. (2) Never open a meeting of any kind with out singing (3) Get the church choirs, to cooperate and have vesper services at least once a month; use the best talent you have but let most of the MESS kSSTYFRR GETAil MEASURE ulation. t only in 1019 but also in: 1920. CONSERVATION Vflson's Effects Being Packed for Shipment " fBy United Press) Paris. Alreadty packing up is goin on in the Murat Palace. While the President and Mrs. Wilson are nt scheduled to sail before next Thurs day, he and Mrs. Wilson's gifts aui 1 .Tt are being boxet preparatory for 'shipment. Pounding hammers ehced merrily through the amiont hcuse as the rare paintios, "rooks, jewelry, statues and cigarette cases vere stored in wooden cises with a weight of one hundred p-Jmuls avoir dupois and worth one hundred lomd etejl-'ng. Situation in Portugal Still About the Same (By United Preas) Paris. The situation in the Portu guese rqralist revolt is practically un changed, according to official communi que just received from Lisbon. ATTRACTIVE OFFICE The Greenville Electrical and Supply Co., have now one of the most attrac tive offices in the city and they are better abte than ever to show their many usefui things in the electrical line. singing be done by the masses. Her appeal to the music loving peo ple of Greenville to take the initia tive and' have vesper services. ; The club is indebted to Miss Muffly for her lecture and to the girls for their beautiful singing. The important business transacted was that the club will entertain ' the Tenth district Federation one day dur ing the month of April. A committee was appointed to for mulate and make estimates on the cem etery being kept under perpetual care; these plans will be submitted to the public later. A committee was appointed to taka the initiative in a movement to place a building . on the librany site as a memorial to the soldiers; they are to invite representative men and women to meet with them and discuss the problem. " A "get together meeting" of the club will be held at the home of the presi dent on . Tuesday afternoon. All of the members of the club are expected to attend this meeting. Textile Striker . at Lawrence, N. J. Met Death Today (By United Press) Lawrence! The first death among the textile strikers here occurred ear- ly today when an unidentified man was shot who ventured on . his way home from a meeting of the strikers. His assailant fired two shots. yji 11 T el e graphic Be p aiti of the Qreerivin Nr CU Friday Af ternobr February A clever book ' and beauUftti combine to make "Oh, BoyC tfc hifc est and. Smartest musical jmedy tbit :;' .R&R; fnmstock and ' William fantSttL- "jTs tlie fourth's tu the series of ifeW tncess theatre comedies and -" i ixtc 3. xueaire weqnesaay nextvV ;;"Oh Boy is the. join : work . of Guy.-'Solton; P:; G: Wedehouse and Je- fo..em., air. BpltoH and Mr. Wode hou : providing-the boot ".and lyrics and MK Kern the "music. : P iiay Cbra stock . and William E1H ptt ; txri.der "hose. - managenept "Oh Boyt? is -presented , will send here vvp organization which will measure up to the standard of New York Princess theatre productions.' There will 'be, a number of local favorites in the cast including Zella Rambeau, Marie Dil worth, Mair McOale, Mattie Edwards, George Phiilipss Harry Hoyt, Phil Branson, Jere Maccanlif and a chorus - a i t r "i uuusuai cnarm ana oeauty ana a scenic production that will be the most pretentious of the season. Genl. Agreement Reached on Whole Constitution (By United Press) Paris. A general agreement has been reached as to the principles un derlying the whole draft of the league of nation's constitution, it is officially announced. At the latest meeting of the league of nations the commission practically agreed as to the third article. While this decision is provisional it is stated that many apparent difficul ties have been solved. HAVE RETURNED Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Woolfolk return ed last night from Gamb rills, Md.,where MrWoplfqlk has been in tbg; service for the past year. Their friends' here are very glad to know that he has been discharged from the service and that they will again make their home here. "SERVICES AT PACTOLLS Rev. E. T. Ipock of the Methodist church, will preach at Pactolus, this county, next Sunday morning at 11 o' clock and the public has a cordial in vitation to be present. Sunday school will meet at 10 o' clock. W. C. Chauucey superintendent. The superintendent urges all the teach ers and pupils to be on hand at the above hour. Previous to the preach ing service Mr. W. C. Chauneey will speak on the church sentenary work. His subject will be : "Duty of Man to God". GONE TO LA GRANGE Mr. C. B. Rowlett of the Atlantic The assembly' composed of 421 mem Coast Realty Co., left this morning for rers including 34 women, was elected La Grange to take charge of the pub- by dlrect XMr vote of the who.e licity campaign for the auction sale of le' and is decidedly socialistic in the Harpel hotel and the Rouse and , complexion. The membership is divii Hadlejr property. This sale is to take a,nonS the Ptical parties thus: place on February 18th. (Majority Socialists 164 DEEDS OF TRANSFER m. - , j , . , v been filed in the register of deed's of fice for registration since the last re-j port : Fred H. Outterbridge to Mattie M. Hearne, consideration $4,000. J. O. Proctor et al to J . H . Edwards, consideration $1,550. E. B. Ficklin and wife to E. G. Flan agan et al, consideration $5,110. V Mr. W. H. Gower of Grifton is here this afternoon on business. . ., . .,-, . Corporal Claude Alligood of Camp , , . ,fVl Jackson is spending a few days with relatives at Ayden and friends here R. T. Norville of Farmville R. F. 3, is a welcome visitor to the city. D. FINE SALE AT THE STAR TODAY J . " none of the facilities usaully thought Our sale of today of about forty thou- ( essentiol for a national capital. It Is sand pounds was one of the most sat- the capital of the grand-duchy of Saxe isfaetory sates we have had since Weimar-Eisenach, and is situated -on Christinas. the left bank of the Ilm. It was Goe- Many of those selling with us were the's town and still is permeated by the heard to say that they received con- Goethe atmosphere. Goethe's house, riderably more than they expected. J now theGoethe national museum is one "Ve only have leftv three weeks be-1 of the show placs of the city. Schil fore the market closes and we would -ler's house also Is one of the public as again urge that your tobacco be mar-''sets and a famous Goethe-Schiller mon keted as rapidly as possible, SMITH A SUGG. IP SUBSCRIBE TO TITE DAILY NEWS KILLED THE "EMPEROR; OF THE SAHARA" -Iff tl I f it, 1 I - w - &f J l4 )Uw 1 W iySS&Kf A lflt. photograph of Mrs. Jacques Lebaudy, who slew her millionaire husband at r heme ia Weatbury, L. L, she says, to protect herself and daughter JajQueline who la shown here with her. Lebaudy, self-styled "emperor of fifce Sahara," wa the son of the "sugar king" of France. Chanced Passing 4 Yr. Immigrant BUI Now Slim (By United Press) WashingtoaL Chances for the four year migrant - exclusion bill to come up at this session of congress is endan gered by the announcement by the house rules ' committee tliat it ha considered the measure but that it took no action. , . Fifty Sailors to Be Mioculated raFhrGerms (By United Press) Boston Realizing that they face great suffering, possibly death, fifty of the healthiest sailors at the Deed Island naval station are now at the United States quarantine station at Gallup's Island ready to be innoculated with in fluenza germs. Professor X. T. Roseuau of Harvard university will experiment upon them with an effort to find the cause for the spread of the disease. GERMAN ASSEMBLY MEETS AT WEIMAR (By United Press) Weimar The first popular natioual legislative assembly in the history of Germany is meeting to write a consti tution for the people of the former Ger man Empire. cnnstian reopie s rarqy ss Democrats 11 German National Party '.'A 1 Minority Socialists 24 Guelphs 4 Bavarian Peasants League 4 Wurttemberg Bourgeois Party 2 ic League 1 Peasants and Workmens Democrat- This gives the majority socialists a pjurality with other socialistic r n.is so, well represented that a constitution that would be called radical in any of the older countries of the world is p j.cticallv fsured. As for monarchists and anarchists, theiy are not even thought of by the lawmakers assembled here for the his m , toric founding of a Teutonic democrat c . rvpnbc xiie iue ciiy o rfiiui, for the national assemDry wnen it De came evident that Berlin with its kair er traditions and its militaristic at mosphere, would not be acceptable to the democratic Germans is little more than 30,000 in ppoulation and possesses ument adorns the space in front of the theatre, which has been turned into a national assembly hall for the present gathering. The i$Wo great pets sleep in the same vault, In the eemeterty. United Preai 7, 1919. Weaver Given Seat in Congress From 10th Dist. Washington. On a strict party vote the bouse elections committee No. 3 tresterday decided that Representative Zebulon Weaver, Democrat, of the 10th North Carolina district, is entitled to Wis seat in thf 65th congress and that James J. Britt of Asheville, has no title thereto. After months of delay the committee yvoted 4 to 3 to recommend to the house that the Britt contest be dismissed and Mr. Weaver declared legally elected. Seven of the nine members of the committee were in Washington to vote on the long standing contest. The align ment was solely political. Chairman Watson of Virginia and Representatives Pbelau of Massachusetts, Claypool of Ohio and Connally of Texas, all Demo crats, voted to seat Mr. Weaver. Representatives Dowell of Iowa, La guardia of New York and Sanders of Indiana. Republicans, voted in favor of seating former Representative Britt. Two Democrats. Sears of Florida and Hem of Kentucky were out of the ciy. It is to be assumed that had thqj been present the vote to seat Mr. Weaver would have been 6 to 3, which is the political complexion of the elec tion committee. GOVERNMENT CONTROL OF THE WHEAT MARKET Washington. While the farmer would be paid the $2.26 government guarantee for the 1919 wheat crop the wheat would be sold to the consumer at a price to be dictated by the law of supply and demand under legisla tion approved tonight by the house ag ricultural committe. The government would lose the difference between the purchase and sale prices. With the government given absolute control of the wheat market in the United States members of the commit tee said it would 1 difficult to deter mine what would be the price if thi usual law of supply and demand were in operation, but they thought it would be based largely on the world market price. The bill approved by the committee is a substitute for that presented by the food administration and depart ment of agriculture. It gives the'Pres ident discretionary powers to continue the present agency for handling the wheat crop or creates a new one and appropriates $1,000,000,000 as a revolv ing fund to carry out the guarantee. ENLISTED MEN OF NAVY COMMENDED FOR BRAVERY Washington Secretary Daniels an nounced today he had commended twen- ty eight enlisted men of the navy for acts of exceptional bravery .Among them were 23 members of the crew of Mr. Cox would utilize existing age li the steamer Beatrice commended for cies, depending upon sheriffs, police efflclentcy in action and alcuracy in fir- men and other offices of the law. Pen ing during an encounter wijth a German a 1 ties would be provided for violations ; submarine November 8. GONE TO KINSTON Mr. K. W. Cobb of the Atlantic Coast Realty Co., left this morning for Kinston to take charge of the ad- vertising campaign for the auction sale of the Ellis farm near Dawson on the Kinston to Institute road. The sale will take place on February 18th, - r STRIKE THUEflTETJii'G TO TIE illVEfl CULLED THIS LiOlliJIii'G ri ... - i i . . v STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR INDORSES CHILD LABOR BIIA FOB STATE Raleigh-A( a Joint meeting rester ay afternoon of! the legislative com mittee of the 8tate Federation of Labor attended by representatives of 800,000 North Carolina workers, uanimous and enthusiastic endorsement was given to child labor., bill prepared by Commis sioner of Labor and Printing Shipman and known in the general assembly, where it is pending, as the Connor-! Saunders bill. Committeemen pledged faith in Com mlssloner Shipman and agreed theyi jvould strongltpppose any. attsmpt to curtail functions of the labor commis sioner or to withdraw any powers propekiy belonging to that office, which thqy were convinced, should he expanded instead of crippled. Governor Bickett voices apposition to the movement embodied tn a legis lative bill designed to place the gov ernor instead of a labor commissioner on the proposed 'child labor commis sion, and prospects of the passage of the Connor- $aunders measure.4n crea8ingly strong as a rekka Bickett stand and nn JN--:'rt 0f . ft W 1 CA . Body-rtegro Not Yet Located States Sheriff Special Long Distance Phone to Daily : News. . New Bern, Feb. 7. The sheriff of Onslow county arrived in this ciy this morning and he states that the body of Daniel Petway, colored, who was tak en from the Jail in Jacksonville night before last (by a mob has not as yet been found. The surmise s, says theH sheriff, that the mob killed' him and then threw his body in the river. The other negro, John Daniels, was lynch ed. They were incarcerated in the countjy jail for an assault upon Mr. George Dickey, manager of the John L. Roper Lumber Company's farm. The sheriff further stated that the negroes in his section were much wrought up over the affair and that trouble is looked for. REPRESENTATIVE COX WANTS THE AUTO WILE TIRES TAXED Raleigh.--R. M. Cox of Forsyth, it was learned yesterdajy, will soon ap pear before-legislative committees and , arSe incorporation in one of the pend- ing statewide road bills of provisions for taxing automobile tires instead of levying a tax upon the horsepower basis, as contemplated in the Scales Stevens measure and the Matthews bill or a gasoline tax as specified in the Burns bill. , tflCZl Representative Cox, who has devot ed much study to the question of state highway legislation, is convinced that imposition of a tax upon auto tires really is the most practical and equit able method of raising revenue wfiere- with to construct an effective system of roads in North Carolina. While he is not committed to any par ticular schedule to be followed in le vying such taxes, the Anson legislator feels that not more than 9 per eent cf the amount- paid for tires should be collected as, road tax. He is of the opinion that in this manner many thousands of dollars could be raised for road work. At the same time he expresses the conviction that the plan embodies more equitable provisions for securing fiyadsl for highway develop ment than would be possible, either un der the scheme to tax cars upon the horsepower: basis or the project by which cent a gallon would be assess - ed against gasoline sales. For the collection of this tire tax failure to pay the tax would makeione liable to a- firie, the extent of which has not been : determined, but which would be large enoueh to prove a de- terrent to those who might otherwise seek to escape the tax. The Forsyth man also would provide a reward to be paid to officers apprehending violators, this reward to be perhaps $10 in each case. Meanwhile with the Stevens-Scales NUMBER 173 (By United PresaV Trnton. A strike that threatens to tie up every ship building yard on the Delaware river has been called at the Merchants Shipbuilding Corporation plant at Harriman, Pa., near Bristol. The call for the strike was made short ly after eight o'clock this morning. Of the ten thousand employes approx imately eight thousand are out. O nly the wood workers and office force re maln. ine striKera. are the iron and steel workers who are affiliated with the boiler makers' organization. They quit when. George Clark, foreman of th 1 8D,P fitters, was dismissed following his refusal to resign his union affili ations. Silk MO! Strike Still in Effect at Patterson (By United Presa) Patterson. Despite the efforta at a ' settlement. of the strike the twenty seven tnousanu silk mill mDloves is still in effect here. Strikes at Passac have stopped (he work of two mills there. The operatives stood firm in their demand for forty seven hours a week. Another meeting in an attempt to end the trouble Is scheduled for to night. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH There will be Litany service at St. Paul's Episcopal church tonight at 7 :30 o'clock. All the members and all others have a cordial invitation to be present. - .wiS our' again The friends of the Rev. C. H. Ba com, rector of St. Paul's Episcopal church, are glad to see him out again after a few day's indisposition. IS LNDISPOSED Mr. E. G. Flanagan is ill at his home on Evans street. His many friends wish for him a apeedx seoovery. bill scheduled for special consideration in the senate tomorrow, interest Is be ing largely focused upon this measure and the prospect of its passage seem rather strong.' That there will be some alterations from the .original text seems certain, but in the main the basic principles embraced In the m as ure will be adhered to, one is inclined to "believe rlter hearing expressions cf opin'ov from numerous assemblymen. True, some members contend that a tax of 75 cents Ver horsepower upon automobiles would be unduly burden some to owners of cars. Bu,t during the past few dacrs, as the Stevens-Scales bill has been more carefully scrtiniz- ted apparently support of the plan has been rapidly crystallzing in legislative circles. DURHAM COUNTY WANTS A PART OF CHATHAM Raleigh. The only legislation pro posed yesterdajy was purely local, but of paramount importance to Chatham county. Mr. Bryant of Durham, intro duced a bill to give Durham county the right to annex about half of a Chatham township so that Chatbamites who now trade in Durham might also get f. me of the: benefits of Durham , county government Mr. Bryant and Mr. Raiy, who repre- I sents Chatham, both agree that about half the Chatbamites living In Wil liams township want to be annexed t) Durham county and Mr. Bryant is willing for them . to be taken in. Mr. Ray objects on behalf of his county as a whole because it means the loss of much taxable property, about 15,000 acres. Politically there is not much , if eitner count- to gain or lose as me ( Republican addition to Durham and j loss to Chatham would be negligible so j far as the result bj either county. Mr. . Ray estimates that there are about 150 1 votes, practically all Republican, ia , that portion of the township. V -V . . ... - l - 6 V
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