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... . 'V Yr ' L 1 , JH,1" - 1 I.U1 Cotton Rejport It f .;?..:...r . ;:f-v'd..v;' ; ' 'tftittftcts! - r- r (By Spelfht 4 Oct) - - . " Cotton Is selling in OrecnTfflo- today mpratV at 31 12 . , : i'-' 3F THE UNITED PRESS VOLTBI " --w - '- - - 'Lfca. ff ernoon- 'June 30, 1919. , Jf 1 LETTERMAN HOSPITAL '.. r- "'rJ'-'" ' I SI i 1 hi A 1 3 VI S Jl 1 - I! " -1 -3C5M3i, the pirifiepfef ifepar&tiJ f a. j List vV4tJllweed4LvaV lied from BrStt&bgufrfii- naught -Oi:laIpeSUiOEf ers, six negroes : fyep-i&T3X rtii Cape Fear feiT-btoieuVJl o'clock and tnreevwoiaencaHq .a man were drowned, . CQttfli'Ingjeictg are" hea rd of how the accident !ccurrT, It being stated "that , a' moorgcCliJn. broke andtha ten. ' drlrer -bf' tneauT tn end or.tttaji:at 7Jcne tirejria -yfy deep and " at the point -and th xterenU is srtft. ' i -w v A t, Thomasl . : . trip" to - '. April 22nd,' 14th. "Hff'v exceV'ent is was tljofonghla Co jbome fronrfa r- a.'bnune - f "( a: nf j: v-r Washington. Records of ing troops between France and the Unit ed States were broken in June, dur ing which time an army estimated at approximately three hundred and fif ti? thousand men sailed for the United states. This topped the May perform ance and also the record for transport ing troops either from or to the United States by twenty thousand. Cotton Goes Up on Account Weather Report (By United Press) New York. Forecast of unfavorable weathor in central eastern sections of thf cotton belt sent cotton prices .soar ing, opening being six twenty five points above Saturdays close in fao of rhn Liverpool opening pric; being less, due to more anxiety tv buy than to sell with Wall stc.t of U ling cotton, sell with Wall street offering cotton. Hun Chancellor Makes Request . for Prosecution fBy United Press.) mann Hollweg, former German chan cellor has formally asked the allied and associated powers to place him on trial instead of the former Emperor. The fomer chancellor says that he as sumes responsibilitiy for the acts' of Ormany during his period of office and places hifself at teh disposal of the allies. , '- The request o f the former chancellor was made on June 25 in a communica tion to Premier Clemenceau. PATRIOT CIRCLE TO MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The Patriot Circle of the Kings I'a.igiters will me-t Tuesday night at 8 :30 o'clock at the home of the Pres ident. All members are urged to be present. . PROGRAM WHITE'S THEATRE TONIGHT Partners Three tor a sp5BU3Mwaciuiuiati!-;oi jOQBJ- Piderit3!riKMancl r -ailed r n1 transport- f K4S-eify5IoL"rf under eebvtrgi .TfUdgeJla: the icutrat jk OXjpceitr tH6 American pic M ctjjpS-tid&xtbfr- -German rikorltlefr jdaa Were IdllfedC I-" "? &T't rf snwuBg , occurred .r Satuma t - : lue oK-V, irroeTO3pea i naxra. ova -a v?ntAte - X TIie 'Jerman" governnsent" has ;een notified of the charge 'filed against he Henfenaot Ste : aroajriliUjorltles. Beggs illfbettrkCtcfar1 general totffaflenXegvdlnfc' IgnWles .arerfcaning mjxGeorge f --X f ' -: . ' 1 -' -rT rJ-jla trnsted: mukula the macerating ieirvacj - iw .'veraf papery eTi'vr,j ii'-T''' ' " a. wwiPwiicuyuB, iii&niviAii v ,i".-r-fT- -m" A(r.-?"r-, : .it-it - Ji -r'5'"Vi' Si -NR- rv-7 rH. .tl-o. -te- r&eeflrabl" "??xAtes buried - ,f , , -, . .t . . ,ji t f-j;,itav fTu'r- eanstanJ rtVf Trtr.2acles several feet ' f 'Vi V t III 1 ' -rw&rI---. -iys ?:UmwteaBcN tf dtJUSra to partly r-K". , , ii-T? -s f - - A fv4 ? ' I laled note V fcne reported by JblJT Ully ilkl iTUIaYi OU OttT Positions Ready for the Soldier Druggists Here (By Unite 1 Press) WASHINGTON. Returning soldiers and sailors who were drug clerks or pharmacists before theiy entered the service, need have no fear about get ting positions in those lines of work, according to information coming into the office of Col. Arthur Woods, assist ant to the Secretary of War, in charge of finding jobs for discharged service men. The American Pharmaceutical asso ciation has formed an advisory commit tee for the "employment and de-establishment of soldier and sailor pharma cists" and has become exceedingly ac tive in locating discharged service meh formerly in druggist work and in plac ing them in good jobs. The committee has written Col: Woods that it can find work in every State in the Union and that it wil lgladly aid any man who is registered In one State and wishes to locate in another. - It has listed also a number of opportunities for burying drug stores and partnership interests in such stores. Men who have been in the drug business but who have not had pharmacy college educations will be told about positions in cities where they may obtain such training." "The commttee ftas been most pains taking in its work," said Col. Woods, "and is now particularly anxious to see that soldiers at embarkation ports and demobilization camps receive informa tion about drhg baain'es p opportunities " Wireless va. Wire. Win all the telgrap& and telephone poles, wires and Inftraments connect ed with these methods of communica tion be simply somueh' "scrap" in a year or so? Representative Steener Bon of Minnesota, ranking Republican member of the house post office com mittee, predicted "Yea,- If the progress now. Being made in wireless communi cation continues. Mr. Steenerson, as Quoted In The Wireless Age, says: "Radio communication is the coming tldng. It la making such rapid strides that before the end of the year the average American will not be bother ing much about the transmission of an ordinary message over an ordinary telegraph or telephone wire or as to whether the; ordinary telephone or tel egraph wtr la ownedor controlled by government r prtrat Interests.'' George Hadley, James Fleming, H. W. Little, Howard Moye, Joe Moye and Richard Williams left last Friday morning for Hendersonville, N. C, to take two months. j KT BfltJIGif !S II07.1E PtlES!5EMT WaiMnaidbr '""oy"-. oi., r " - . ---r-r. Berlin The Pan-German Deutsche Zietung prints the following across its front page: "German honor will be caftied to its grave in the hall of mirrors, in which the glorious year of $71 the German empire was resurrected in all its former splendor. Lest we forget! In restless labor the German people will again strive to attain that place among the nations of the world to which it is entitled. Then vengenance of the disgrace of 1919." The Tageblatt sarys: "The German people reject the treaty which its del- egates are signing, and it does not be- ! lieve for a single moment that it will endure. Despite the fact that it is written on parchment, it remains a 1 scrap of paper, because it is a mock- ! ery of all the laws of reason and morals and the most disgraceful exhibit in the museum of civilization." Two Persons Killed in an Auto Wreck (By United Press) Key Port. Two pesrons wre killed and five were injured when an auto mobile crushed through tue railing on Walnut ttreet bridge and. fell to the creel Ipj twelve le? below. AMERICAN AND FRENCH MARINES MIX IT UP IN A STREET BRAWL (By United Press) Brest. As . a result, of a brawl be- J tween American and French marines, 'in which several Frenchmen were wounded, the streets of Brest have been placed under military control. French civilians joined the fight and stoned and hit many Americans. Hotels Hotels which were inhabited by Amer- Lieans were beseiged. The military po lice fired revolvers into air which means clearing up streets. WANTED: TABLE BOARD FOR two. Call Daily News. dh COTTON MARKET (Reported by Speight & Co.) New York Futures, New Contracts Opening Closing July f. 33.40 33.90 October 33.45 33.6S December 33.33 33 51 J ' -woinjiruyioa 01 wountia at tins Dig San This is 4 ' 1 rO:OLD TIN CANS WASHINGTqNf Secret service ageta ofn'JCrsury Department 4r feaid - tov jiaTe ruck a veritable -7, w t- . . , in tin muti- the isent'tO Iittc . fca'jiiscovered hidden every conceivable, maimer, waiting to be rendered negotiable again process of piecing together. by a Turnbull was charged with embezzle-; ment of the notes in an indictment returned by the grand jurry. PITT COUNTY BOYS IN WILD CAT DIVISION RETURN HOME The following Pitt county boys who were in the 81st, "Wild Cat", division, were mustered ou' f service at Camp Lee, Petersba-g, Va , Saturday i.nd came to Gr-?eav!ll- Saturday n'jjht on the midnight Norfolk Siuthern: Raivmond Stokes, Greenville. J. T. Smith, Winterville D. R. Williams, Purmele H. S. Worthington, Wintefvllle N. S. Tyson, Greenville W. T. White, Ayden Charlie White, Bethel J. H. Whitehurst, Stokes H. W. Turnage, Farmville. Mr. Turnage did not come to Greenville. David Johnson, Greenville, who was in the 3rd division, came in Saturday night for a few days furlough. Mr. Johnson .has re-enlisted. Gordon Congleton, Greenville, who has been in the navy, has been dis charged and returned home Saturday night. Partners Three the Attraction Theatre Tonight J. G. HaWkins is author of "Part ners Three" the new Thomas H. Ince Paramount picture, in which Enid Bennett will appear at White theatre tonight. Mnch of the action transpires in the Great American desert, and this anorus some exceptionally errective opportunities for fine scenic effects in the exterior shots. Fred Niblo di-, reqted and Casson Ferguson is the lead ing male support. The story opens in a cabret on the Great White Waiy and here Miss Ben nett is seen as an entertainer a new role for the demure little star. She weds, a Westerner to escape the life ..i.... . , 0 . , . . . .-.,.,..w.w j., y, utrm newipnMr union Francisco hospital is massaging of the one of the best-equipped government A Hoosler Haircut. Demas Coe, a Richmond business man and former auditor of Wayne county, has been trying to figure the difference of an Indiana and a Chicago haircut. He told the story after a busi ness trip to Chicago and says he no linger enjoys going to a barbsr shop In Chicago. Previously to making the trip, Coe went into a Richmond shop and had a shave and haircut by a barber regard ed as expert as any in Richmond. After arriving In Chicago he went to a bar ber for his shave the next day. "Don't you want a haircut, too?" asked the barber. "I just got one the other day," Coe replied. "In Indiana?" politely asked the bar ber. "Yes, why?" was Coe's answer. "AVell, it looks like an Indiana hair cut," was the barber's -comment. According to Coe's own story he was 'considerably wrought up" by the ln- ; cldent as he is a loyal resident of In diana. When he told the story to his barber In Richmond, the barber was considerably wore indignant than Coe. Indianapolis News. E.C;FlanagaBr, Jr. .returned home - j last evening from Western North Car olina. WANTED: TABLE BOARD FOR two. Call Daily News. ' dh : : For Home Gardener. Home food production will contlnae because It has been found worth while. Is the prediction made in "The War Garden Victorious," a history of the war garden movement in the Unit ed States which has just been issued. The book, which gives a complete rec ord of the campaign, declares that "there is no question that the cultiva tors of our war gardens, now become victory gardens, will continue their labors." The volume is not for sale but is being sent to libraries, garden committees and others Interested in keeping a permanent, record of this work. The author is Charles Lathrop Pack, president of the National War Garden commlssio, with whose com pliments the book Is distributed. Ventriloquist's Fun. "Please let me down easy, mister," came a deep voice, apparently from the casket, as Andrew J. Wilson, ne gro employed by a Long Beach. OaU transfer company, was engaged, with another workman, in unloading at a freight station there a coffin contain ing a body that had been shipped to Long Beach for burial from a town in the middle West Wilson was just letting his end of the box down, with about two feet to go. He-let It fall the two feet with bang, and with a flying start he sprint ed down the street' Police Sefgeant Clyde Allen of Long Seach, who was standing near the scene with a ventriloquist friend, vouches for the story. ThouQht It His Lost Pet. Harry, aged four, was very fond of our white cat. One day the .cat mys teriously disappeared. A few days later, while going to the grocery a black cat ran past us. On seeing the cat Harry, half-crying.' ex claimed : "Sidney, who made oar cat so rtirt t y ?" Excha nge. she lead8 and which is repellant. But j she finds she has only jumped from frying pan into the fire. Her husband ' proves to be a dissolute brute, j From three on. the real drama fol- lows, and for sheer tenseness and thrill this picture has seldou been excelled. The ending is happy," but the heroine experiences many vicissitudes ere that time comes, The. support Js artistic. be b;for (By United Press) Washington. Saloon keepers others who violate the war time bition act will be arrested and cnted, W. F. Frierson, assistant nay -general, states. This is a swer the department of justice that it is reported that liquor d in many of the large cities will the law. War time prohibitio provides a fine not to exceed on sand dolla.rs or imprisonment exceed one year or both. Frierson said that no specific instructions have been sent oufco Federal district at torneys. Mostof them have been in touch with the department and have been instructed to enforce the law same as any federal statute. Naval Aaviators Receive Official Congratulations (By United Press) Washington. Crew of the N C 4, the first to fly across the Atlantic, and men of other naval plans who at tempted the flight, received official congratulations from Secretary Dan iels. The aviators faced batteries of motion picture cameras as they receiv ed the congratulations. Daniels In a brief speech declared that navy sea planes will fly across the Pacific and around the world. EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS FELT IN ITALY, SEVERAL lLP (By United Press) Florence, Italy. Violent earthquake occurred in this vcinitry at five thlrty oclock yesterday afternoon. No seri ous damage has been reported. London (Later) One hundred and fifty pera were ki::e-l in Flo no. and Bologna, Italy, by a succession of earthquakes las tnight, according to Exchange Telegraph Co., dhvatch from Rome. At Vecchia, Italy, one hundred per- sons were killed and several hundred were injured in three cities. The s"iock continued throughout 'the night. Several Deeds of Transfer Filed for Recording The following deeds of transfer have been filed in the register of deeds of fice since the last report for registra tion : F. G. Forbes et al to C. H. McGowan et al. consideration $85.00. C. H.-McGowan et al to B. W. Mose ley, consideration $3500. SHE HAD ONE CANDLE "TO GROW ON" ? 1 11 Ji July ..MWii President Wilson'a granddaughter. Eleanor McAdoo, cutting' the cake on her fourth birthday, fehe insisted on having five candles, explaining "I want one to stow on." ' , . 4 , - CEDSOASSSTM - - -.- .-1' t-Tjf-ii. ATTORNEY GENERAL SAYS NO ONE INFORMED WHAT WILSON WILL DO WASHINGTON. Despite a multi tude of rumors and reports as to what President Wilson intends to do on an nulling wartime prohibition so far as it affects wines and beer after July 1 apparently there is no one in Washing ton who knows the President's mind and there is no aggreement among administration officials as to the like lihood of his action. Those who hold that the President will take no action declare, he is with out power to do so until the linal termi nation of the state of war. They saiy his recommendation to the extraordi nary session of Congress' for repeal of the prohibition statute in part was based on an opinion from the attorney-general's office that Congress, by the phraseology of the legislation, had shorn him of the power to take ac tion at this time. Polk Replaces Lansing Oh fhr Commission (By United Press) Paris. Frank Polk, under secre tary of State, has been scheduled to replace Secretary Lansing on the American peace commission when the latetr leaves for America. The date for Lansing's sailing has not been fix ed. ERECTED BY HUNS IN 1871 Sergt. Charles E. Walker of the army of occupation reading the in scription on a monument that was built In 1871, near Denkmal. Germany. It read: "Kaiser oak. planted by the Rengsdorf society, March 22, 1871. in remembrance of the great deeds of the German army under the leadership - . . . -w-r- iri TTTI1 nts majesty, rvaiser am a.ing nu- Ham I, in the year 1870-71." The oak that was planted fallen away. has withered and mh W. .flirt : ' V ;" - - . . .-v-- :, : ;':'- A'- - r . . - ' ; v 'V-1? . ... r- -i ..;'.-v-Y-r--'. ': '.'-?ti'i''' r1t.V5 "i .-V M- . - - -. . V.- ..'.'u.M'lV,,Vv'l