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Pa ris. A treaty embracing all of j
:he enemy countries instead of a pre ;
limiimry pact with Germany is now I
Irt iiiK planned 'in an effort to speed np ;
ilt. peace Settlement, it is learned from!
nulhorltative sources.
According to the best information
lnii such a treat;? will be ready for !
.!ilinission r( fle enemy powers by-'
i-iiiiiiK in meir delegates is not known.
This first plan" coinpletely upsets the
prcipram aloii; which the -I'vaee con-f.-n
i:c-c has )wn runuiup; 'for -Ih? pat
umiitll.
It is not yet certain that the hew
i heme will be carried out Hit some
ni the delegates point out rhese vari-nu-
(juestions in order that .time m.iy
li - -jived in tlH'.loup run by-tielnj? a:i
hi l he treaties together.
Two Transports
Have Arrived
With Soldiers
(By United Press)
New York. The United States
riansports Francesca and Argentine
have arrived here with two thousand
and one hundred and forty eight offi
rers aud men. a majority of whom are
in the casual companies.
A DELIGHTFUL DISPLAY
A Iteaiitiful display of ladies dress
es, coats, cape, etc.. is now to lie wen
at the store of .1. R. Abeyounis at Fire
Points, the busy corner. He has al
so received a lovely line of ginghams
which he is offering at a bargain.
His window display of spring snuges
tions is very attractive to the ladies'.
PLAfWIMTOa BATTERY
B TO BE HELD IN WASHINGTON
Says the Washington Daily News of
yesterday :
The following is the plan of the
parade for the Welcome Hohie Cele-"
hration to be held upon the return of
Kattery B. )
This of course is subject to minor
changes and is arranged assuming that
I!a!tery B. will reach here about 11
oV'ock in the morning over Xorfolk-f-'inthern.
'i;Jie paYade 'will form at the N'or
f ';! -Southern station and will line the
1 i' walks extending up Main street in
order in which they are to march
: 1 the battery will be escorted
ugh these two lines by the Home
rds and the band. The meeting
s of the different units of the
ide wtll be announced later
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'hp colored parade will form at
t'i corner of Main and McNair and
f f-nd out McXair street and after
f white section of the parade has j
f :ned the colored section will follow
1 i led by the Shaw University band.
All discharged soldiers and sailors
v liite and colored are requested to be
I .irwcht in uniform and will be under
the eommand of Lieuts. Chas. Moore,
has Cowell and Jamie Williams. The
parade will march up Main street ard
tli. n down second ind at the postoffic
building. The Battery and the other
Uncharged soldiers and sailors will
-t"p and the whole parade wil! pass
in review before them. The parade
" ill then round a block and come back
to the postoffice where short speeches
will be made to the boys'durin-,' which
Mm- parade will hold its formation and
a i the end of the speaking the parade
"in resume its march to the Wash
ington and Beaufort tobacco ware
houses where a general reception will
lie held and dinner will be served.
The order in which the different
units will march follows: .
Irum Corps
Kxeinption Board
Welcome Committee
PROGRAM
WHITE'S THEATRE
Wednesday: :
"A Daughter of the Old South"
Featuring Pauline Frederick
THURSDAY Maline & Night
"The Greatest Thing In Life"
Featuring Lillian Gish and an all
Htar cast. One of D. W. Griffith'
productions. ,
ADMISSION 25c and 60c
Bolsleyiki Line
SrceioD Front
of Thirty Jiiles
By TJuitcd Tress)
I London.- -Admiral Kolchak adv.nue
lhR forty ti:i!es al-.u;; th risht of the
f Sauiii Oeinil; recion riiu- wl n, V
pierced the
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ie;r Oss .i oklnni k. a-cording to
nTiv'ccs icceived lic-.-.
n the A;-hrni:e! front the Al!i;s
'fpui offensive Sunday between One-
.'T1 and Oborzers'eiyihut f;iilrrl
to
make any progress.
Hi the liiiez-i fronih P.oisheviki
. iiilvitnc vl southward although their
losses wero lieav;-.
Hope Expressed
Prices Reduced
Next Few Days
(By United Press) ;
Washington. Prices on the more
hash? commodities are scheduhnl to i
hit the toboggan this week.
continuing its conference with the ; m tne nign school building' last nigfit Jf rot. bwan
leading industries the government in- j son was unanimously re-elected to his present
dustral board within the -next few i . i i i
days hopes to reduce the cost to the;Positon for the next school year.
-consumer of coal, coke, lumber, glass.
cement and hardware which with in
surance prices established, it i. stat
ed that throughout the year an un-
i.piecedented building boom is expected.
PLAYER MEETING SERVICES
There will be prayer meeting er
vlces in all of the different churches
of the city this evening at the usual
hour to .which the general public has
a cortjial invitation to attend.
City Aldermen
County Commissioners
Speakers
State College Band ' "
Tenth Division Home Guards
High School Cadets
Flower Girls
Battery B
Discharged Men in Uniform
Mothers Division
March of the Allies :
America Mrs. Geo. Hackney
France Mrs. J. C. Buckman
England Mrs. Carl Goerch
Belgium Mrs. William Kuuileiy
Italy Miss Sina Taylor
Russia Miss Hattie Hooker, Au
rora Servia :Miss Madeline Ellsworth
Iloumania Miss Josephine -Bowen
Japan Miss I,aura Branch
Cvbti Miss Florence Way, Bel
haven China Miss Margaret Handy
Greece Mrs. E. K. Willis
Brazil Miss Xeta May Latham,
Bel haven
Confederate Soldiers and Daughters
oof Confederacy
Lodge 822 B. P. O. E.
Service Flags of the City
Washington Shrine Club
Bafcy Battery B
The "We Bought Thrift Stamps and
helped" division
The "We Bought Bonds and Backed
You" division, headed by bank
ers and committees who helped in
the sale of bonds and in the dif
ferent war work campaigns.
The' last two sections of the parade
eveny man, woman and child in Beau
fort county is expected to pass in re
view before our heroes.
DEEDS OF TRANSFER
The following deeds of transfer have
been filed in the register of defds of
fice for registration since the last re
port. Jesse M. Harrington trustee to A.
M. Moseley et al, consideration $1750.
H. 1. Humphrey and wife; to F
Ward, consideration $115.
G. B. W. Hadley and wife to Mrs.
Lizzie M. Mooring, consideration $4,
000. D. G. Blount and wife to J. W.
Holmes, consideration $100.
Y j&. Lewis, Jr., O: J. Rock, S. L.
Snell and F. T. Paul of Washington
are registered at the Proctor.
HAS BEEN
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Superintendent
At a meeting of the'
T ACT
Brne (Delayed) Copyrighted by
United Press) The Allies must act
immediately if the westward flood of
Bolshevism is to le dammed. I'l i"
WindRcnaeu. the Hungarian -states
man and chief advisor to Emperor
Karl during last year in dual mou-
archy. told the r'nited Press..
The Princ-e declared that Koumania
and eastern Galicia are still forming
a barrier against the deluge of racial-;
ism but this must be strengthened or
it cannot hold. '
Edward L. Stewart, of Washington
is here today on professional business.
MISS WILSON SINGS
Miss Ma i:.:. ret Wil.-cn.
w ounde 1 si lie
Piccini. ?': ri.
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1ADDLER AT
"The voyage of life" was the theme j
of an inspiring sermon preached by i
Wev. S. L. Sadler at the Training
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piinol vsrerdav evening. He read
the story of Paul's journey as told in
the 27th chapter of Acts and used this
as symtwilical of the journey aloiig
life.
If the start is wrong and one runs
into a head wind he has a hard time,
if -he imns into the opposition to tlie
eternal verities truth, honor, integ
rity and all the virtues he has a
hard battle, but there is a place
where one can stop, turn back antf bo-
I gin the voyage aain, a Fair-haven. He
made the application very practical
and very strong, and spoke as oue who
understood thoroughly student tempta
tions and weaknesses. The cheat, he
ALLIES B
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H. G. Swanson
Board oft Education held
IF WESTWARD
LSHEVISM IS DAMMED
A HANDSOME GIFT
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i I)r E p SfHincei one of rlle hap.
pjpt mm h) (jyine t(Hlay ilU(1 he
! i,as everv reason rKMu. This morning
1MU-' mg to ' tneftof fi 'his
hp f()UU(1 a p.j,,. C011tainii.s
, hamlsome Hamilton gold watch sent
j ,)y his hrotht.n I)r A v Spence
((f Go1dshoro. The watch on the back
of the case contains the mongram E.
1'. S. It is surelr." a work of art and
Dr. Spence is very proud of it.
Claybrook James of Wilson is here
on business.
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FOR THE WOUNDED
v!;i lias devored her time to the entertainment of
iigin.g at the lied Cross military hospital at 6 Rue
THEME OF REV.
TRAINING SCHOOL
declared, might be able to cover up
his deed for awhile, but in the end it
VV()Ul(1 C011U, ullti or if he went out
into life having succeeded in covering
it up. it would finally react against
him. "Honest hard work and nothing
else, is "tlie only thnig that can really
earn." a student through to real suc
cess. It i with nations as with indi
viduals: thel-e is something wrong
with the start and they do not turn
back when the opportunity comes.
Spain in the distant past and Germany
now are illustrations of this.
The vivid story and its fine appli
cation inade a profound impression on
the young women and several responX
ed to the minister's appeal to turn
around and make a new start in life.
tsCitizensil.
toCdme
to Celebration
Mr. -Pvlward I . Stp wart, a member
of 'tjie committee on arrangements for
tlie celebration in honor of Battery
II xvhich is to Ik? 'imlled off In Wash
Vngtort the date of which will 'be an-
uc:,I l iicr, is in . Greenville, this
ifteruooi:. . ' i
"Zvic StC". i;it desircJk it .to be :ujider
yn 1 hit" 'the irates 0"f Washilngton
viH Ke ur:n for the people of Pitt
:;nnty to attend tlii? celebration. Tliere
aw Pitt county hoys memlwrs of. Bit
r?ry. K and it is to be hoped that e
' kinsman of these boys will make
i; a i int to 1 e in Washington when
).' boys are welcomed -back-. Wash
's Kton is plunniug to have the bigges.t
time in its hMory.
My Honolulu Girl
Was Disappointing
to the Audience
(By United Press)
"My Iloiiolu'u Girl." was surely dis-;ii"--o!!:tlii'.'
to. the tlieatie goers last
night.' 1 h r attraction was simply
"pui.k" from start to finished. There
was only one redeeming feature if it
can be called such and this was the
stunts pulled off h.- Lei Momi. the
dancer.. The singing, both the soloists
and chorus, were rotton to the core
and grated upon the ears of those who
are only fair judges of harmony and
melody. The theatre was packed with
the expectation of getting their mon
ey's worth but those present fell far
short of their execration.
Feasant Revolt
in Egypt Quiet
States Dispatch
, (By United Press)
Washington. Rioting and looting
accompanied by the burning of crops
ah buildings featured the Peasants'
uprbing i; Egypt, according to id
vices received lv the State department.
The conditions have quieted lov.'n
somewhat, however, the department
added.
Czech Forces Now
Occupy Raab on
the Danube River
'By United Press)
Basle.--The Czech forces have oc-,
copied the important city of Raab on
the Danube river. Thsi city is sev
en miles northwest of Budapest, ac
cording to a Vienna dispatch to the
Frankfurter Zietung. .
GOVERNMENT SLEUTHS HAVE
MOONSHINERS ON THE JUMP
Atlanta. The operation of moon
shine stills in the Blue Ridge moun
tains has iM'come such a perilous un
dertaking that none lint the most des
perate and hardened followers of the
game are keeping at it. according to
internal revenue officers. '
There was a tiuif when
a moon-
County
shiner could, go into a mountain cove. art, ,,,olilizinjr an army at Ostrau. one
pitch his still by the side of a crys- rimndred and sixty miles north of Bud
time, and made good liquor. He filt- .mpst ami will march aeaiiltft the
tal brook aud leisurely and peace -
fully make his liquor. He took his
ered it through charcoal to eliminate
the fusil oil. He strained it through
la vers of flannel cloth to make it
smooth and pure. That was the
"mountain dew" that could be imbib
bed without a chase and with no fear
of a headache on the morrow.
But now that's all changed, reve
nue offieers say. Officials are taking
the moonshiners day and night. The
operator of an illicit still h is no time
to make good liquor. He pitches his
outfit one day and is gone the next.
He is forced to use chemicals to speed
up the process of distilling.
The moonshiner i on the run.
GIRLS OF LAND ARMY
TO HAVE EQUAL CHANCE
(By United Press)
London M'.v. M .il :- Girls of the'
Land Am: c bare uaily with I
ex-soldiers faci'l! ies for taking up
small lmldii s in the irovemmeiit's !
land scheme. ' lion to the memlKrs of the Home Eco
Thousauds of girls have signified nomics department in her. class room
their wish to continue woiking on the . at th: training school Thursday after
land, and the authorities have gladly ' noon at 4 o'clock. All ineiulter. are
acceded to their request, for the man unrl to le present.
or woman h'.diiiH the plough is; ,
! deemed the moi-t active airl rcmune -
rative asset of the State.
BMpDVpEETFillTlIlSW
HBEROFOAS
Plans Financing
TfieRauroadsis
Now Agreed Upon
(By United Press)
Washington. Plans for financiing
the railroads under Federal control
until congress appropriate sufficient
funds for capital and expenditures has
lcen agreed upon between the war
finance corporation railroads admin
istration and (h? individual .roads.
The war finance corporation makes
i divcctjloan to the iailroads, Eugene
Meyer, jnanaging director of the cor
poration, announces. "' .
Mrs. S. O. Purvis is the guest of her
laughter. Mi's, J. Key Brown.
MISSIONARY SERVICE
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There will be a missionary service
held at St. Paul's Episcopal church to
night at 7 :.") o'clock conducted by the
rector. Rev. Chas. H, Bascom. Sub
ject : "Missionary Work in Western
Nebraska". The offering at this ser
vice will go towards the united offer
ing. The public is cordially ipvted to
be present.
MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION fl
REGULAR SESSION LASH
Greenville's Merchants Association
held another one of their enthusiastic
meetings at their rooms in the Ed
ward's building last toight and while
the attendance of members was not
what it should have been the meeting
was in every way a most satisfactory
one- .i - -i,..:.,.-
In the absence uf the, pnjfiidnlst
vice president Mr. Frank mlson oc
cupied the chair. The minutes of the
preceding meeting were read ,-by the
secretary. Miss Maud Lee, ajid' ap
proved. A new committee, consisting of
Messrs. W. A. Bowen. Frank Wilson,
R. L. Crow and G. B. W. Hadley was
appointed for the purpose of canvass
ing for new members for the associa
tion. Every effort will te made for
every merchant and business man in
Greenville to become a member of this
organization which has and -is doing
much for the communifiv.
The Cemetery committee made a re
port to the effect tbat they haye
looked over two sites which would
be ideal for a cemetery' in -Greenville
but unfortunately loth of these sites
were unobtainable
It was moved and I
Czecho-Slovaks
Are Mobilizing
Army at Ostrau
(By United Press.)
1 u ..i.,.- o,.,.,..ii.,o. t a ,n.mtr.h
just received from Vienna.
It is reported that this army will
be commanded by the Italian General
Picconi.
Count Karolyi
Reported Killed
by News Dispatch
(By Unite 1 Press)
London. A news agency dispatch
-f-froni Prague states that reports have
been received there that Count Karolyi
who formed the new Hungarian gov
cri)i'' nr. has been assassinated.
The dispatch to the News said that
Kaiolyi bad been" arrested by the com
munists. ,
WILL GIVE DEMONSTRATION
Miss Scobie will give a demonstra
; J. It. Turp.rrc of ArdC!i,n!':t';r?i! to
. the city yesterday afternoon. y
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(By United-Press)
Berlin - ( Delayed ) Bloody street
fighting letween the. Communists and
the antt-Bolsheviki focees alrtfjudapesr
is reported by the travellers arriving
fioni that city. ' '
The streets of the city are now; be
ing swept by machine gun fire aud the
number of casualties ard said, to v be
high. '
The Communists -guardu are -being
directed b-v the Hungariaa soldiers re
turning from Russia, Travellerg bj
ofliridden to leave. Budapest but
a I. -however. lippedi- past the
lK'fore the blockade was
forced.
A Dozen P ons
InjuredVJ(eni
BalconyJalls
(By United Press)
Philadelphia. Over a dozen persons
were injured, one believed to he seri
ously. when the mezzanine balcony in
the Darllngt department store in a
near down town shopping district col
lapsed under its weight In conse
quence .scores of girls are now seek
ing employment.
Mi
seconded that this committee be con-
tinned for the purpose of lending what
ever assistance they could to the board
of aldermen for securing a suitable
site for a cemetery.
The matter of the lack of night po
lice protection in the city was brought
to. the attention t theasocatioi
a naineujtfirrai: ome "ipwrin.
T?h?s8ol!onfits
suggest to the board -of aldermerfthat
two .additional night police be em
ploysd. The association is anxious
that .'the city have nwrfc police protec
tion, not only in the business section
but in residential as well. A commit
tee consistng of Messrs. R. L. 0row,
Frank Wilson, J. 'ttf.Uf$&: Q. jl
W. Hadley was nppolntcjVtP present
this question to the board! Siftder
meii at their next meeting.
Mr. Benton, ap;ar'cfilBect Of Wilson,
who now has under crartruction about
fifteen hospital buildings. In different
sections, the secretary' reported,; ve'.U
arrive in GreenviPe wlth'.n tht next
few days with some of his drawings
for hospitals and he will also give the
citizens his ideas as to what an ideal
hospital is and how to construct it.
Hux Placed on
Equal Footing
With WSkts
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Another trial of the case of O. L.
.Toyner et al vs. The Reflector Co.,
was tried in the Superior court here
this week The trial started Monday
aud was finished yesterday. At this
trial the point' at issue was to determ
ine whether the creditors would.-' be
paid their mortgage before H. McD.
Hux who receievd an Injury while -employed
in the Reflector Co., plant and
for which he was suing for damages.
The jury in answering the Issues plSCCS
Hux on an equal basis with the mort
gage creditors. It is understood-that
the mortgage' creditors will appeal to
I he Supreme court. ' ' ' '
The ease bus beeu on the. docket of
the Superior court for several years
and lias already leen beore the North
Carolina Supreme court twice and. is
now on its way there for. a third time.
In the first trial judgement was ren
dered, in favor of Opxl and "subsequent
to tliis a receiver for ' the . company
wa sappointed. ' "
In the last trial IIux wa represent
ed by H. S. Ward "ahd Julius Brown
while the mortgage creditors were rep
resented by Skinner & Whedbee and
Frank M..Wooten.
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COTTON1 MARKET
(Reported by Spehlit A Co.)
New York Futures, NewrOontraets
Opening- r. Closing
May 23.D0 23.67
lu'y 21.75 2151
t'ctoler 20.00 19.71
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