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1 a- - Primary k." - J '- The Weather Report - ' - i . : : - - ai Erigniy-uiirty uciqcil Be on Hand;: FLL TELEGRAPHIC REPORTS DP THE UITIED PRES ,-.w-. V ' ' " - J ' ' VOLUME II. - GreemrfflcN. Thursday Afternoon; Mav 0191 .- V NUMlJEIfc297 1 -' ' : - . . . . MadeTrip FrejiiTa Aoiro ToTMs ToR A was announced in yesterday's Daily News the Langley Field "Black Cat' arrived in Greenville this af ternoon at 1 :10 p. m., making the trip fmtu Tarboro in just twenty minutes. The airplane landed at the spot desig uati'il in this paper and was witness ed It hundreds of curiosity seekers, for few in these parts had ever seen an aii plane before. The machine was heard some little wliik- in the air before it was actually seen ami when it was discovered it did not take long before the news spread and in consequence people, both youm: and old. the lame and the halt, white and black, left their dinner ta ble and rushed out in the open to see the machine as it floated so majesti cally and gracefully over the city.. Af ter reaching here the "Black Cat" flew all about over the city thus giving all an opportunity of seeing it and as is generally the case numerous com ments were made as to its height, how fat it was going, etc. The machine landed safe!" and with out mishap in Greenville Heights at RHlELilD REPUBLIC Villi BE DECLARED NEXT TUESDAY (By United Press) Geneva. -The Frankfurter Zietung statev that a Rhineland republic will be declared in Coblenz next Tuesday. The-e newspapers add that a gen eial strike will be declared immedi ate,. When this news spread the demonstration for and against a re- P'.iblie occurred. Committees werei formed to man the town in the re-ft" where the American intelligence -ffi.es are located Th . newspapers in Coblenz say that strict measures are being taken against demonstrations. Two agitators, it ',s reported, have ben arrested in a street meeting which was held in front of the rail wnv station. The military and police al.-o broke up a secret meeting in the ti"'' rooms. Four Transports From Overseas in New York City (By United Press) N' v York. Four transports entered tlie New York harbor today with re turning troops from overseas. Anoth er transport, the Sanya Clara from Bordeaux is now off Sandy Hook and she is expected to dock at Hoboken s"ii!etime later this afternoon. (ONFIRiMATION SERVICES The ut. Rev. Henry B. Delaney, D. I)-. bishop suffrangan for the colored w,,rk in the diocese of North Carolina will arrive here tdmorrow and on Sllxlay morning will preach at Si. Andrew's mission and also adminis tor the rite of confirmation. All in vited to hear him. NOTICE Parties wishing to subscribe to the News and Observer or those that are subscribers and their subscription are ,!ll' I will appreciate if they will re- n''v with me. Phone 70, or call in per- s""i to see Mrs. Ollie Clarke. dh PROGRAM WHITE'S THEATRE TONIGHT ' "Up Romance Road" Featuring William Russell City the end of Fourth street and as soon as Lieut. Leazar and Sergt. Reith had stepped on terra firma they were giv en the hand of welcome by Mayor Al bion Dunn who extended them the hos pitality of the city. The aviators were also greeted by a Daily News repre sentative and others. After the formalities of welcoming the guests were over Mayor Dunn took the aviators to his home for luncheon. Lieut. Leazar informs Chis paper that it his intention tc make exhi bition flights while here if such a thing is possible. This will depend upon the weather conditions, etc. He states th-u he will remair h.ere t -morrow &Dd part of Sunday - A tour jot North .Carolina is being made by the "Black Cat" to stimulate interest in the air service and to set befyr? the young men of ta: . 'f 1 and comity te grat oppori v-iu; that it offers. r CLreenville is Indeed glad to have Lieut. Leazar and Sergt. Reith here add hopes their stay will be both pleas : , ... h ant ana prontaoie. RECONSTRUCTING IN FULL SWING EVERY STATE TAKING HAND (By United Press) Washington. Reconstruction move ments, now in full swing in every ' State, cover every conceivable angle of V S""8 ' into thne form' wording to a I survey begun soon after the armis- : tice the National Council for De- fense. Governors, mayors, State legisla tures, churches, boy scouts, chambers of commerce, volunteer workers and civic bodies are co-operating in plans to insure a square deal for demobiliz ed soldiers and get the factories hum ming again. No State failed to figure in the sur vey. Alaska, tx. is helping, by offering to place 3,000 demobilized soldiers in jobs as teachers, clerks and watchmen. A great mass of information that fills yards of filing cabinets piled ceil ing high has been collected by the de fense council describing the State pro jects. Collected and edited for early i publication, the information for some States .fills hundreds of pages. Most projects aim at getting soldiers on the land as farmers and helpers. For thi werk the Colorado legisla ture. appropriated $725,000 to be spread over a period of 20 .years. The money will be administered by a board which was given $25,000 to spend in 'assist ing soldiers to take advantage of the offer during the first two years. Sim ilar appropriations now being consid ered by legislatures of other States. An appropriation of $5,000,000 is provided for loans to demobilized sol diers in a bill Introduced into the Iowa legislature. Under the bill no soldier could borrow more than $2,000- and es pecial provision was made to encour age married soldiers to take advant age of the offer. Reasonable time and terms are provided for return of the funds. Denver is one Of several cities now in the midst of campaigns to "own-your-own-home" and help reopening of building" activities. One form of reconstruction work con nected with Americanization projects is exemplified in New Bedford, Mass., where cotton millers organized to teach English to all foreign born residents. Boy Scouts are planning to help. Michigan and Ohio were among the first of the aaany States that called Traiafflg School Finals to Begin , on Next Sunday The osnaaencement exercises of the East Carolina Teachers Training school will start Sunday moruing with the baccalaureate sermon to the mem bers of the graduating class by the Rev. Mr. Lambreth of High Point and on Sunday evening the annual sermon before the Y. W. C. A. by the Rev. Mr. Isler of Thomasvilie, superintend ent of the Baptist orphanage. On ac count of these services all the churches in the city will close their doors- Sun day and allow their congregations to attend these commencement exercises. The annual address to the graduat ing class will be made by the Hon. Vic tor S. Bryant of Durham on next Wed nesday morning. A full program of in tomorrow's issue. Growing Should Be Conspicuous The government's plan for making interest earn interest will again be put into operation on June 15th when $36, 638,000 will be paid to holders of the First Liberty loan bonds. June 15th is interest day and the treasury de partment has arranged for the ex change of interest coupons for Thrift and War Savings Stamps in any post office or bank. "Keep the Dollars Growing"' is the slogan that is being sent out from hte United States Treasury at Washing-' ton, $36,000,000 in Liberty Bond in-' terest coupons if invted in War Savings Stamps will pa? four per cent and is automatically compounded. Children I aro ht& n tr lircwri frn nnrrv Thrift ' message from schools to their parents. The Treasury is asking chUdren to draw posters illustrating the slogan and the plan is to have these posters scattered broadcast throughout the country. The posters may be drawn, painted or made of cout-outs. The slogan "Keep Dollars Growing" should appear on every poster. ST. PAUL'S CHURCH In order that tin members of the congregation of St. Paul's church may attend the commencement exercises at the Training school which are to start Sunday morning the services at St. Paul's lill be held Sunday as follows: Holy communion at. 8 a., m. morning praryer at 9 a. m. and eve ning prayer at 5 p. m. Public cordial ly invited. reconstruction congresses. Women are represented equally with men on a reconstruction board appointed by the governor of Michigan. Governor Cox stole a move on Ohio's congress by personal letters to 160 mayors, asking their help in creating a $1,000,000 fund to public works to give work to the unemployed. Twenty-five Ohio cities now have Americanized programs. Job canvassing for returning dough boys was begun early in New Tork city where merchants associations combin ed to canvass all manufacturers and list openings. Oregon's legislature, as nro nf mnniv after-the-war measures, passed a bill prohibiting the use, not! only in public, but in private schools as well, of any "language except Eng lish in general instruction. The bill, however, is not intended to prevent the teaching of any needed foreign lan guage. XContinued on page 4) Keep the Dollars Aerial bombs used by the allies ... ... . j " . :- 1 1 ' fel -" Tiimw ,..., 11 .... ui , mgmmmmmim'iismfmmii War secrets which.8 have been revenlnil hv the war ftHwrtniont In 0 - - .T..V.VU public how money raised In Liberty a collection 01 auiea aerial DomDs. . ! THE WORLD OVER The man who lives for himself alone has not. much to live for. j The knife grinder Is happiest hen t at one end to cut the skin lux been things are dull In his line of harness. ! invented to peel oranges. WINS CLUD HELD ANNUAL 1- MEETING THURSDAY AFTERNOON The Woman's Club held its annual meeting on Thursday afternoon. Re ports of the jyear's work were made by the retiring offieers and chairmen. The records show that the club is in a progressive condition : it's member ship numbers oao tn& eight, forty two haying been enrolled this year. The club has supported by donations and in service the following campaigns: War Savings Stamps, Unit ed War Work, War Victory Commis sion, Red Cross, and it has made con tributions to the following funds: play ground on Evans street, play ground af cotton mill, State Federa tion endowment, Sallie Cotten Loan fund, and Susan Graham memorial. Socially, it gave a reception to the teachers and patrons of the public schools and a reception to the return ed soldiers and sailors on Washington's birthday. Other "get to gether meet ings" also have been held. It was through the efforts of this club that a play ground was opened during the months of July and August with a well trained play ground supervisor in charge. It was through the efforts of this club that domestic science was in troduced into the high school. It was through the efforts of this culb that a school was established at the cotton mill. The club presented the Boy Scouts with a large American flag. The treasurer, Mrs. Lula Fleming, reported that over three hundred and fifty dollars had been collected and that the expenses of the club during the year were about three hundred and fifteen dollars; the club has in its possession thirty dollars in War stamps. The KhTition and Health chairman, Mrs. Etl Harver, report d that her de partment had been whii awake along educational lines. That it had assist ed T)r. I'ryer in Life i: tension work, it h i cooperated with :vir. Swanson in having a series of talks to mothers, it had held a conf rence with Dr. Wash burn of RaKigh in regard to health conditions in cur city. She recom mendds to h-r succes i- that this de partment try to r-:t a woman on the school board :ii the next election. Lieut. Leazar Will Speak Tonight at White's theatre Lieutenant Augustus Leazar wishes to announce that he will make head quarters while in Greenville in the chamber of commerce offices where he will be glad to meet any and all persons interested in this branch of the army. Appointments mar be made with him by calling phone No. 175. He will also address the audience at White's theatre, for a few minutes tonight in an effort to fully -explain the advantages and benefits to those who wish to enlist in the "air service. guarded with the greatest care will be atatrincr a moTmnnlh w-hi.itlsin n toll J u U1M lii U L I V '11 l LCIl LXJ loans was 6pent. The photograph shows Tobacco growing In Denmark baa been increased to a considerable extent Iu the last few years. A curved piece of bone with a nlcs The Civic and Social Service chair man, Mrs. H.JE. Austin, reported, that her department had done exclusively war work. It collected clothing to the amount of thirty five hundred poHnds for the Red Cross to send to Work campaign crriectefl cashcenti; buttons to the amount of eight hun dred and thirty firedollars, and in tw Chiistnris Roll "all over four hun dred dollars were collected. Books were collected and sent to sick soldiers. Croquet -ts and jump ropes were given to play ground at cotton mill. The Home Economics chairman, Mr.s Key Brown, reported veny interesting and instructive meetings had been hold : both lectures and demonstra tions being given. The department sent to the canteen in Raleisih, jelly to the amount of fifty five dollars and money to the amount of twenty-six dol lars. After reports were made the new officers were installed. The retiring president, Mrs. Slark Quinerly, made a few remarks, thanking each member for the. support and cooperation given ler durin? rer administration. In a srracious manner she presented the sravel for safe keeping to the new president. Miss Miriam McFayden. ex pressing a feeling of sadness in sur rendering the rights and privileges which had been hers for the past two years to some one else. Miss Mc Fayden accepted the gavel and its re sponsibilities with dignity and grace and in well chosen words gave an out line of the work she had planned for next year. The others officers are: First vice president, Mrs. P. T. An thony. Second vice president, Mrs. Jim Illines, Recording secretary, Mrs. S. K. Phil lips. Corresponding secretary, Mrs. T. E. Person. Treasurer, Mrs. Leon Tucker. Auditor, Mrs. W. H. Moore. Reporter, Mrs. H. E. Austin. Chairman Civics and Social Service department, Mrs. T. Hooker. Ghairman Health and Education de partment, Mrs. Hugh Ragsdale. Part of German Delegation Go Back to Berlin (By United Press) Versailles. Ministers Giesberts and Landsberg, Heir Von Haniel, Commo dore Heinrich, Councillor Hasn and Mme. Dornbulfli and fifteen other members of the German peace delega tion left here last night for Berlin. NOTICE Subscribe for the News and Obser ver. See Mrs. Ollie Clarke, Dally ! News office, dh COMMANDER READ IN SEAPLRKE -SPEEDING TOIVARD PLYMOUTH ON LAST LAP OF HIS VOYAGE Hi" t - n rrows in Interest at the Arthurs Church Ihe revival services in the Free Will Baptist chmreh, Arthur, was well attended last night as they have been all during the week. The evangelist, Rev. J. C. Morye'of Snow Hill, who is assisting the pastor, Rev. Thomas Beaman, is doing great preaching and as a result, much interest is being manifested. It is needless to state that when the invitation is extended to those who would make a change of life many will respond. Last night Rev. Mr. Moye spoke from the topic: "The Savior". He spoke of the many opportunities that Christ had in His day of choosing oth er channels than the one He did. His discourse was logically arranged and well developed. Tonight special music will be render ed by the pastor and Miss Hilda Smith. There will be services Satur day night and also Sunday, both morn ing and eveniag, at the usual hours, to which everybody has a cordial invita tion to attend. Memorial Baptist Church Meeting The revival services now going on at the Memorial Baptist church are increasing in interest daily. Each ser vice, both morning and evening, is be ing largely attended and those going are being much benefitted religiously for Dr. Bruner is delivering sermons of great power. Prof. Padgett is also de lighting all with his sweet gospel sing ing. There will be services again tonight at 8 :30 and tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock, to which the general public has a cordial invitation. DEEDS OF TRANSFER The following deeds of transfer have ben filed in the register of deeds of fice for registration since the last re port. Seth Tyson and wife to A L. Jack son, consideration $1,500. Edward Batchelor to R. H. Garrett, wife et al, consideration $1,100. Lucy A. Reaves to Harry Whedbee, consideration $2,000. Charles Saieed, brother of Messrs. J. and Joseph Saieed, who has been ov- iaeeiing ij Interest Grooving erseas for six months or more has re- Jacobs of Wilmington, arrived In- the ceived his discharge and arrived in city last evening. the city. He will make Greenville his future home. Tom Timberlake is here on business. MRS. J. L. VOOTEN ENTERTAINS HONOR OF NIECE MISS HOOKER Mrs. J. L. Wooten was hostess Thurs day afternoon at her home on Green street in honor of her niece Miss lone May Hooker, who has just returned home for her vacation from Mary Bald win school, Staunton, Va. The house was attractively decorat ed with spring flowers. The guests were met at the front door by the guest of honor and Miss Ada James. In th:j sitting room the punch bowl which was most artistical 'i? decorated was presided over by Misses Gladys Bagwell and Josephine Skinner. Af ter many happy greetings, the guests repaired to the library and dining room where eight tables of rook was cnioyed. Concluding with the most delicious refreshments. The honor guest as presented with an exceeding ly beautiful showeV bouquet of sweet peas. Misses Eva Hodges and Iva (By United Press) London. Speeding to Plymouth, , England, from Lisbon, on the lost leg '" of the historic flight from the' new' world to the old world the Amerocan seaplane NC 4 passed the first destroy er station at 0 a. m. this morning ac cording to advices received here. Washington Commander Read of Seaplane N C 4, the trans-ocean flying boat is now on Its way to Plymouth, ngland, completing the last leg of its overseas flight. Commander Read in hjs airship left Lisbon at 5:24 Greenwich meredian time this morning, 1 :24" Washington time. This is according to delayed dis patches to the navy department, both from Admiral Knapp in London and al so from Lisbon. -v - The latter cabled dispatch reported that NC 4 had safety" passed station ship No. 1. London. The following wireless from Commander Read from the Mon dego river, which is one hundred miles north of Lisbon states that he must wait high tide. The seaplane is . all o. k. but the commander states that he cannot make Lisbon tonight. Commander Read's message contain ed nothing to indicate that his sea plane had met with any serious trou ble. . - ' Washington. -Commander Read Is appWtfdtjed iy engiStivXBr? his attejript to make amemoriatday"v landing at Plymouth, ngland, confplet- Ing the trans-Atlantic flight5 of sea plane NC 4".' ' .dvlces received by the Navy de partment relatyed from Admiral Knapp in London, indicated that Command er Re"ad would not reach Plymouth to night. He was forced to land one hun dred miles north of Lisbon and; is now awaiting high tide before setting: out- - for his next objective which he indi cates will be a port within three hun dred miles of his present- location. Fifteen Thousand Workers on Strike Now in Toronto (By United Press) Toronto. Orders for the striking of fifteen thousand workers of the many trades in this city went into' affect! at ten o'clock this morning. The union leaders have announced that strike notices are being rapidly distributed. The labor men stated that the full effect of the walkout would not be felt before sometime tomorrow- Mrs. T. M. Moore-and mother, Mrs. Shelburue making the highest score cut for the prize. Miss Hodges being the successful winner was given a dain ty turquoise blue tulle scarf., Those present were r'TVIisses lone May 'Hooker, Ada James, Iva" Shelbnrn, Gladys Bagwell Argent Quinerly, Bes sie Brown, Linda Warren Anna Long, Mary Harding, Helen Brown, Mary Warren. Hennie Long, Evelyn Hodges, Alice Fulford, Eva Hodges, LJUie Dell Crltcher, Nancy King Lillian Joyner, Evelyn Lang, Francis Whedbee, Rnth Andrews, Helen Joyner, Emily' Little, Margaret Com Tucker, Mafgarlte Man ning, Louise Fleming, .Virginia Arthur, Margaret Fleming, Maude le, Mar jorie Montague Raleigh, Georgia - Da vis and Virginia Garden Goldsboro. Rosamond Flanagan and Alice Lee Hooker assisted in serving, -V . 1 . 1 .?,. .x V, t r
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