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FIRST AMERICAFJ-BUfLT -BATTLE PLANE
LISBON YESTWlVrm
VICMVFOH
(By United Prees
Lisbon The Americans who flew
cross the Atlantic are ready for the
hop of seven hundred miles from Lis
bon to Plymouth, England.
This jump completes the historic air
vovage which was started from Rock
away Beach, New York.
Commander Read is looknig over the
prospects of getting a way to England
jt once. Much depends on the condi
tions of the weather as well as the mo
tor). 1
Washington Blazing the way of the
first air trail rrom iu -wrawjru io uie
eastern hemisphere, the TFnited States
navy seaplane NC 4 under Lieutenant
Commander Albert Cushing Read,
gwept into the harbor at Lisbon, Por
tugal, yesterdaiy afternoon, the first
airship of any kind to have crossed
the Atlantic ocean under Its own pow
er and through its natural element..
Taking the air at Ponta Del Qada,
Azores at 6 :18 a. m. Washington time,
on the last leg of the trans-ocean por
tion of the voyage from Rockaway
Beach. L. I., to Plymouth, England, the
NT 4 covered the 800 miles in 0 hours
and 44 minutes, maintaining an aver
age speed of better than 80 knots an
hour. The total elapsed flying time
from New Foundland to Lisbon wasi
26 hours and 21 minutes.
At the first opportunity the big plane
will continue to Plymouth, 775 nauti
cal miles to the north. To the Nawy
CONVICTION GROW THAT THE
GOVT. MAY HAVE MOTHER LOAN
(By United Press)
Washington. Faced with ' requests
for appropriations totalling eight bil
lion dollars congress has begun to fig
ure on new plans of financiing.
The conviction is growing that the
government will have to float another
loan. The frequent references to the
government's financial status on, the
floor of the House has brought out
these points.
On May first there was only two
billion, two hundred jnd twenty six
million dollars of the Victory loan
which remained in the treasunv. The
expenditures are still ranging upward
CAN GOD ANSWER PRAYER THE
SUBJECT OF DR. BRUNER TONIGHT
A great meeting was held at the Me-! which begins promptly at 8 :30 o'clock,
morial Baptist chnrch last night and The service this morning was well
those present heard a fine sermon by attended' and those present were more
Evangelist Kruner from the theme : than repaid for their going.
"They that, turned the world upside Tonight Dr. Brunei will speak from
down" have come here". It has bren the topic: "Can God answer prayer?"
quite a while since this discourse of This is a subject that a great many are
sweet gospel solos. He at the morn- interested in and no doobt a large con
Bpeaker held his large audience spell gregation will be present
bound for over a half hour, his conclud-f Come oot tonight and hear a dis
ing words beine lust attractive and course from a thinker and speaker
inviting as his first.
Last night Prof. Padgett again de-j
lighted his hearers with one of his
swet gospel solos. He at the morn-'
mg service today sane and he will,
sang
do
so again at
the service
tonight,
WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING
A business meeting of the Woman
club will be held in the high school
bulling on Thursday at 4 p. m.
A full report of the yeif'a work will
be riven and the new officers will be
ifi'tal ed This will be the 'ast meet
ing of the season: it is he regular
June meeting called a week earlier for
'be convenience of some of the offi
cers who are planning to leave the
for the summer. There will be a
joint meeting of the present and the
Incoming board of directors at 3:15 p.
m.
MRS. p. T. ANTHONY,
Secretary.
Too maniv men are measured by the
ize of their bank accounts.
PRO
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WHITE'S
TONIC
ou Never Saw INeh ft GirT
Featuring VivMnVMartin
Richards, e VUzardT
Adm. 25 ifnd 50 cents
wins
department however, it makes littio
lairierence when he completes th lour
ney. xje great object of all the ef
fort lavished on the undertaking, nav
igation of a seaplane across She Atlan
tic through the air, has. beesccom-
pushed. Twentieth century: transporta
tion has reached a new pinnacle and
the -United States navy has led the way.
Navy officials emphasised .that Jhe
long delay at the Azores was due to
ine weather, and to no weakness of
me macntne -or its daring crew,- nor
,to any failure of the carefully laid
plans, of the. department-to guide the
riyerstotneir destination The 14 de
stroyerjrstrung from Poritabei Qada
to Lisbon reported with machine-like
precision today as the flight progress
ed. The plane was never off its course
and there was no moment when offic
ials in Washington did not know with
in a rew miles where it was in the
air.
Lisbon. The achievement of the
first trans-Atlantic air flight, with Lis
bon as the frist European stopping
point,- has aroused the enthusiasm of
the Portuguese as no event has stir-
red them for many years. When the
American seaplane NC 4 came over the
Tagus river resterday evening, the
populace crowding all places of vant
age, gave full expression to this en
thusiasm by cheers of welcome, the
booming of guns and the ringing of
bells.
of a billion, feur hundred million a
month. . - . .s
Taxes and other sources of revenue
are expected to produce not over four
billion dollars next yea,r. However,
this figure may be reduced.
PRAYER MEETING
There will be prayer meeting ser
vices in all the different churches of
the city this evening at the usual hour
to which the general public has a cor
dial invitation to attend.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH
Thursday Ascension Day.
communion 10 a. m.
Holy
that' is worth while
and also hear
the gospel sung in a way to attract
and charm. The pastor extends a
cordial invitation to all. Already much
interest is being manirestea in me
meeting and much good is .expected as
a- result. -;
FROM OVERSEAS
JJoyd Turnage, the son of Mr. and
Mrs. W. J. Turoage, who has Just been
discharged from the service, arrived
home iresterday from overseas. His
many friends are glad to welcome him
back home. He is looking fine and
from appearances is in the best of
health.
WIfXi OBSERVE HOLIDAY"
The post office will observe Friday,
May 30th, as a holiday. The general
deliver and stamp window will be op
en front 10:30 to 11:30 a. m. and from
1 -30 to 2 p. m. Rural carriers will
not serve their routes, but city carriers
will make their usual morning deliveny.
Patrons to wliom daily papers are car.
ried on afternoon trips w
papers that day by calling at the gen
eral delivery during the above hotfrs.
The money order division will .be clos
ed ahV day. , -
.A word to the wise may be suffici
ent, but the' policeman, often Has to
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efbion if?h? Jf00"1 to 11,18 COTmt f or lhe UnItei States government has been placed on
exhibition in the National museum m Washington. It is also thf first plane built with a Liberty 12 motor. The
Trlt h"Jf!?J,8ed,Ul,nore tnatt-4,000 flights, has been in ihe air for more .than 1.078 hours and has traveled
more than 111,000 miles. More than 2.500 experiments have ben made on 1L !
RUE AND OTHER
T INCLUDED
(By United Press)
Paris. The question of Fiume i:id
other boundary matters effecting It
aly are n t included Jin the peace trvvi
tjy whlfu has been handed' the Aust i
i'j ai St. Germain.
The tr:aty did not contain the de
tailed prir if.ionc regarding reparations
owing to the difficulty of apporrion
ins; Austria's debt among the nations
which formerly made up the dual raoa
ary. The Fiume situation is reser
ved for future settlement by the big
four.
The big four sitting with Colonel
House and Andre Tardeu of France
worked 11 the morning in aneffort
to settle the Adriatic problems vhich
effort Italy.
Hawker and Grieve
Are Decorated by
King of England
(By United Press) .
London. Harry Hawker and McKen
zie Grieve have been decorated by
King George with the cross of the
Royal Air Force. This is the first
time that this newly created order has
been bestowed upon any one.
Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales
today greeted the aviators at the roy
al palace.
WOMEN ASK FUNDS FOR
FOREIGN HOSPITAL WORK
(By United Press)
New York With traveling medT ii
units promised for immediate relief in
Serbia and the Far East, the American
Women's hospitals, the official war
agency of the Medical Women's Nation
al Association, is conducting the last 1
woog of a nation-wide campaign for
$250,000 with committees inmore than
300 cities and towns working towards
the quotas assigned each. State'. New
York and Illinois lead: wjth quotas of
$36,000 each, Massachusetts and Penn
sylvania have r$4OJ(jO0, California, $3o,
000, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio and Wis
consinr$lO,000 each'.
Dr. Mary M.. Crawford, chairman of
the executive board of the American
Women's hospitals, has appealed to
State and district chairmen to make
special effort this wek to obtain
dollar memberships among the genera
public
ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Estelle Greene .has accepted a
position with the National Bank of
Greenville. She entered upon her new
duties today and has the best wishes
of her friends fotevery success. Miss
Greene during the war was the cap
able secretary of the local exemption
board.. She performed her task most
satisfactory to the government.
UNIFORMS FOR POLICE
The well known firm of Batchelor
Bros., this year furnished the spring
Uniforms for the Greenville police
force. These uniforms are catchy and
are the latest word. This firm is very
popular for those essentials that gents
wear. They have a fine line of spring
clothing, shoes and straw hats -vhlch
they are offering to the:torho would
be well dressed. Se 'tnelrannounce1
ment to this Issue. J v.
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BOUNDARIES
IN PEACE TREATY
Repeal Daylight
Sairibg Law is
Before the House
Washington. The agricultural bill,
(arriving appropriations of $32,628,000
;iod a Vgis.ative rider providing fcr
the repeal of the daylight saving act,
was before the House yesterdav Prin
cipal increases to the billwhich orig
inally totalled $31,673,000, -irere appro
priations of $500,000 for fighting ani
mal tnberculoeis,' aud-aaui00Oor--x?
termination of the cofn borer, an in
sect which has caused much damage
to crops "in New York and Massachu
setts. The rider for the repeal of the day
light savings act provides the act shall
be repealed on the second Sunday af
ter the measure is signed by President
Wilson.
NEW SYSTEM FOR THE
U. S. MERCHANT SHIPS
(By United Press)
Washington. Tonnage of Uncle
Sam's merchant ships hereafter will
be reckoned in "gross" tons instead of
"deadweight" tons, Chairman Hurley
of the shipping board has decided.
Deadweight tonnage is calculated on
the actual weight the ship will carry
and- is nearby one third larger than
gross tonnage.
During the war deadweight tonnage
was used to fool the Germans.
TONSDL. AND ADENOID CLINIC
There will be a clinic at Dr. Ellen's
office, Greenville, June 5 and 6 for
the removal of tonsils and adenoids.
All children that are operated on will
be kept overnight in the emergency
hospital and they can go home next
morning.
The cost of the operation will be
$15.00 which includes all charges. No
less than eleven children will be op
erated on at each clinic and not more
than fourteen. Parents who desire
their children operated on should no
tifly Dr. C. P. Fryer not later than June
1.
Each parent should bring a pillow
and pair of blankets for each child. Do
not let them eat any breakfast.
NORTH CAROLINA PASSES
QUOTA IN CENTENARY
Durham. With the official close of
the Methodist Centenary campaign to
night Mr. D. W. Newsom, campaign
director for the North Carolina confer
ence, announced that this conference
had subscribed not including credits
$82,062.45 more than its quota of $1,
608,455. The Nashville headquarters
has been greatly pleased with the splen
did showing made by this State..
Mr. Newsom announced the follow
ing figures for the various districts in
the conference.
District. Quota.
Durham $ 191,000
Elizabeth City .. 160,641
Fayetteville 146,482
New Bern . 201,960
Raleigh 186,915
Subscription
$ 233,973.69
106,664.00
156,789.00
223,584.10
197,449.00
232,000.00
Rockingham
Warrenton
Washington
Wilmington
203,655
186,345
172,835
15847$
199361.00
187;612.40
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Richards Gives
Another Great
Show at Theatre
Richards, "the' wizard", gave anoth
er creditable performance at White's
theatre last night and the large crowd
present thoroughly enjoyed it as they
did the opening night. His tricks last
night were truly wonderful, some of
which brought laughter and amuse
ment to those present. The movie pic
ture was also gratifying. The show
last night was well worth the price.
Richards is great and if he can't amuse
you and baffle you then no one can.
Tonight concludes his engagement in
Greenville. During the performance
to night he will give away a real live
baby, he announces. No doubt a ca-
jaiBaItr--fcouse -wilt .greet him as 1H
has for the last two nights.
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
STARVE BY THOUSANDS
By FRANK J. TAYLOR
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Berlin (By Mail) The Bolshevik
fighting in the Baltic provinces is the
most hateful of all, according to Amer
ican officers returning from missions
there, who tell of the ghastly almost
unbelievable cruelty on the part of"the
Bolsheviki mercenaries. Neither side
is showing mercery now, according to
latest reports.
A number of phases are cited to ac
count for the exceptional bitterness of
the Courland and Lithunian fighting.
The Bolsheviks are faced around Ri
ga, by German volunteer , divisions,
with whom a number of Letts are fight
ing. The German divisions are known. as
the Baltic ajmy and Is supported from
German headquarters. The campaign
Is conducted in accordance with the
armistice terms,-say the officers. Part
of the Germans are from Germany prop
er and the rest are known as "Baits".
The "Baits" are the German popula
tion of the Russian provinces north of
Prussia. They are descendants of a
wave of Germans which swept into the
Baltic provinces of Russia in the thir
teenth century. . In the course of time
the Germans, though a very minor por
tion of the population, have come to
own practically all the property.
They are called the "Baltic Bar
ons", and own everything through a
feudal system which has lasted from
the middle ages. The people are most
ly Letts, some of whom are in fhvor
of the "Baits" and many of -whom are
not. The "Baits" lean toward Ger
many in theiy sympathies and are hat
ed especially by the Bolsheviks of Rus
sia. When the revolution came in Rus
sia, the "Baits" organized and began
a telling campaign against the Bolshe
viks. During the last year they have
held the "Bolsheviks out of. most of
the "Baltic Baron" territory, and since
the , armistice have been materially
helped by the volunteers recruited In
Germany.
Their resistance has especially an
gered the Russians, who want to free
the countny of Germans. According to
Americans who have been in the region
Trotsky has sent his best troops against
the "Baits". The Bolsheviks have
fought like barbarians, and according
to reports, have wiped out entire
towns, when they were able to take
them, to end the "Bait" Influence. It
is claimed that more than five thou
sand were rmurdered wnen the Bolshe
vis took Riga.
(Continued on page 4)
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Colmty's Oldest
-VMc Citizen
Died Sunday
Living to be over one hundred years
of age Is a privilege few possessess in
this day and time, but this was the
lot of Mrs. Clemmie Allen, who passed
away at her home near Piney Grove,
about seven miles from Greenville, last
Sunday. The deceased was born in De
cember 1819 and fell on sleep May 25,
1919r Her funeral took place on last
Monday in the Heber Allen burying
ground and was attended by a large
number of sorrowing friends.
Mrs. Allen leaves two daughters to
mourn their loss, Mrs. Nicie Manning
and Mrs. Matthew Har.t Mrs. Allen
was the county's oldest white woman
She was noted for her Christian vir
tues and circumspect walk.
DEMOCRATS PREPARE
FOR THE 1920 CAMPAIGN
(By United Press)
Chicago. Democratic committeemen
todaiy went over their gear and tackle
in preparation for the 1920 campaign.
The national committee, according to
membefs here will devote Itself to per
fecting its organization and building
plants or better knit state organiza
tions.
For the first time in its history the
Democratic party was to permit wo
men a part in a big powwow. Several
women expected a place on the nation
al committee through proxies. But
aside from this hope there was a very
real Woman's Associate national com
mittee in session. Presided over by
Mjcs- GeorgeBass Illinois, - thl.com-
mittee was expected to devise plans
for rounding up tne rapidly Increasing
woman vote of the country. Members
of State organizations attended the
committee meeting to hear discussions
of feminine politics scheduled for de
livery by Mrs. Alexander Thompson,
Oregon ; Mrs. John . S. Croshty, New
York ; Mrs. Henry Sherlock, Montana ;
Mrs. Bettie White, Arizona ; Mrs. W. R.
Pattangall, Maine; Mrs. Gertrude A.
Lee, California and Miss Mary Foy,
Calofornia. The women were to ban
quet tonight, Mrs. Bass presiding over
the dinner. Bainbridge Colby and
Chairman Homer S. Cummings, Dem
ocratic chairman, were among the
speakers listed. Several women speak
ers were to report suffrage conditions
from the north, east, south and west.
Two cabinet members, Attorney Gen
eral Palmer, and Secretary of the
Treasury Glass, were slated for prom
inent places in discussions of the na
tional committee. Both are committee
men, from their home States, Pennsyl
vania and Virginia, respectively.
The program for today and tomor
row was- a bu8lnees-llke looking af
fair, calling for the customory reports
of officers. These were to be follow
ed by reports from State organizations
concluding with a series of "shop
talks" on such topics as Organization
work," "USe of a Speakers' Bureau,"
and "Practical Publicity".
The only scheduled social event for
the committteemen Is the" banquet set
for tomorrow night. N
DEEDS OF TRANSFER
The following deeds of transfer were
filed In the register of deeds' office for
registration since the last -report: j
Clyde Prltchard to F. C. Harding,
consideration $400.
James C. Tyson and wife to Jarvls B.
Harding, consideration $2150.
TO MEET SON
Mrs. D. J. Whlchard and daughters,
Misses Hennie and Essie and son, Wal
ter L., left last night for Newport
News, Va., where they went to meet
David Whlchard, Jr., who was expect
ed to land this week. Mr. Whlchard
before entering the service was as
sistant postmaster here. His return to
Greenville is anticipated with much
pleasure by his many friends.
COTTON MARKET
(Reported br Speight A Co.)
New York Futures, New Contracts
Opening
Closing
July
October .
December
3230
31.40
31.02
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Berlin (Delayed) The" fjerma
counter proposals to the pe0s treaty
made public refuse to surrender the
Kaiser's demands for immediate ad
mission of Germany into the League
of. Nations with a mandate over her
former colonies.
Their proposals agree to a limita
tion of the Germany army to one hun
dred thousand men and they also of
fer to disarm the large German naval
vessels though" they are insisting up
on retaining the commercial vessels.
They assert there should be : no-:
changes in the German territorial Um
its without prebiscites territories which
effects especially the upper Silescia,
Ra,f Jm-i. wt tr,,B.
They ask the entente to withdraw
from the occupied territory within
four months.
Their willingness to reimburse, es
pesiciaHy France and Belgium for dam
ages which was sustained during the
war, is expressed.
Germany is willing to pay five bt'.
l'.on dollars in nineteen and twenty six
and this ennual sum thereafter the
total not to exceed twenty five billion
dollars.
President is
Expected Back
Ioiddle of -June
(By United Press)
Washington. Official Washington is
expecting President Wilson back to
his desk from Europe about the mid
dle of June.
It is stated that nothing has occur
red to change the President's original
plans for starting back early next
manth.' r,.r, ''
It "is assumed htat he will land in
New York. No reception will be plan
ned until the day of his, return Is def
initely decided upon.
Viiliam S.Hart
Attraction at tin
Theatre T
Arthur Shirley, who plas a strong
role in "Branding .Broadway," William
S. Hart's new Artcraft offering, which
comes to White's theatre Thursday
matinee and night, is a well-known
juvenile actor, with a fine record for
consistent good work. In this picture
be appears as the spendthrift of a mil
lionaire, whom Mr. Hart, who person
ates a puncher from the west, seeks
to tame. Some may say that it doesn't
require a great deal of skill to play
the part of a rounder but anyone
with this opinion should try It and see
for himself. Shirley gives a clean
cut Interpretation.
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