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. it : t f4 1. ' ., - ', -a-- 5 -r rrWATTTKR FORECAST "'" '3- Cloudy and , colder , tonight proba-, win on the : coast. -Tuesday fair a colder, fresh1, to strong : west ' and Vt ds. f t V sf f-i -A 4; Number -165. : Pries 5 Czt3 .: t. 7 n Shooting Took Place at; Gentry 4 Gorman's Warehouse. More as A rrested by ; . Policeman grewer and Harris and Placeo in Jail. Killing was Result of , Dispute Between the Two Ne-1 grj-oes. Death Instantaneous. was Almost Christmas Ey proveii , to be ivery fitil for James Grimes :-whenl'Jjrae Moore opened fire on hlto 'at a'-nfrj gro dance at Gentry & Gjbrmah's warehouse. It was; while parties were just "promanading all" -J that the shooting is said. -to "have 'taken place and but few remained to 'see what h.i.l happened.; From the evidence vMselo6sed by Ch.ef Jones, Moore" asked Grkaes . to open a door so he sMoore)r could put one of his brethren: from"' th dance, hall, who was drinking. Grimes "re plied to Moore, that 'he -was not -go ing to open a "g a -dam ? ,thmg,' whereupon Moore fired several f times at Grimes' feet who-backed' off-some distance from k Moore who by (tbds time had" advanced on " jGrimes ?and both went together -.v,In '.the - scuffle both fell to the floor, :-wrth Jtfree ris ing to his feet, and again,; firing "at Grimes who had nothal.;time to get up. Grimes was . Ijit in the left breast, the ball coming ontin' the small of the back; ? 'Deatlv was; al most iatant: r ' i fK ' 1 fV ' Just as Moore' was-attempting -to leave the building he was; met; by Officers Brewer . and ' Harris. ' s Moore; raised his pistol on Patrolman Brew er as if to shoot -him, when ; Patrol man Ha rris commanded him to 1 drop his gun, and the two jofficers placed him under -arrest and carried -him to. police headquarters; where he is still confined. j j J:iL ' Coroner Wilkerson impaneUed aj jury; and their - verdict ; wasrt&rtlieWown jasaf;rrelsrand -other effect that Grimes same to his cfe&th from a pistol wound, Tsaid pistolj-be-; ing in the hands of June Moore,' and the murder was cold-blooded. V v V It is said that ,both the . men are hard working negroes and have fami lies. That as , far as - their- reputa tion is concerned' they "were-never known to have had trouble before. '-. LITTLE LAD: Little Jake Nobles, at Sunday School Recites' Much to the;; Amusement vS his: --Mates- Yesterday morning at the 'Methodist Sunday. School one of .the': teachers was telling her class of little tots about Christmas, Santa Claus, what Christmas stood-for and that, if little hoys and girls Vrt good they : would get what they asked fori'etc Several little girls and boys said' yes, it rwas so, for Santa brpught thenr whalt they asked and prayed for. One little f el- low then stood up and said he woultlj ke to say a Christmas speechv He was told to go ahead which he did in a manner to command admiration from his teacher and class mates. Wheh' he had finished up popped Jake Nobles, e bright little son of Dr. - J. E. Nobles, saying that h had ;a : Christ mas speech also and thajt he would .like to recite it. His teacher g&Ve'hun Permission as he thundered out the following : "Christmas :- comes but once a year, If I get drunk who 43 gfo ing to care." It is needless' to-,J?ay Jake brought down the housel' " . ' . " 7 7 ' - " THREE FOOTPADS j OPERATE, IN HALF BLOCK OP fpOUCEMAN Richmond, Va., Dee. 27-John ,Wv Hazlegrove, of Roanoke, i was "waylajd and robbed by three footpads in-Hhe-htarr 0f he city, early 'tonight -with- m a half hloclc of a policeman "station- i m a kiosk. v'V na2legrovei?wablack.; jacked - and Relieved of $100. -e "hievesOveri ooked a gold "watch knd'ring. WE EARNESTLY URGE ; . - to study the. asset composition of thi S i; nipany now in its 71st y6ar. We leit your business m merit-Invesx-Sjte our monthly .policies. f''- - v 4 National Life Insurance Co,-; of (utual4JilOSELEY BROS.,Geiieral Agents. Green- BRIGHT DEA OF CHRISMS 3? ' CHIEF OF STAFF OF" IKISII REIT v , - PUC LICAN. ARMY fj The " first: photograph "to teaeh' sthis country of Richard; Mnlcaryclilef 'Of. LANDS, OF PLAGUE Of Animal Menaces inNew Hampshire as to- Next Sea-? ,son.'s Crops in that State.f'.' S una pee, Dec 7. The farmers - of this canntryside .hskve rid; heir. lands and environs of a plague of -animal menaces to next season's crops in a new manner Calling . the spirit , of compe- titioH and:thi; Joy;of the -tuit- totheff aid they, organized the men of the town into two ' teams ,. of v hunters.'.JThe, re. y suit : was a - week's hunwthat brought small v game, tgavethe "huntera';.a "good time and-;for,the.:-farHiers' prepared the way,' for the next- planting! ' u'The clean-up of the countryside was accomplished, on. competitive basis that . allowed ' sonaany points for each animal .killed. Squirrels "hedgehogs, otes,- skunks t aAid rabbits. - each i had fheir point vaiues and each! Tiad many 'members in the" aggregate, bag that to talled 84,200 points at the 'week's close. Eli X Gleason the 'fish and game warden- was captain of the team that'won with a count of .5100 'and under , the' conditions of . thejeontest were given.; a dinner at riich the "animals killed V?ere tossed into the pot to provide the feasti X -iy - , f : "J ' ' Babbit stew has' . been the iece de resistance kt-f amily ' tables - her since. Entertainment was Much Brijoy- ed by the. Largei Audience- Dr. :' Shamhart makesTalk An audience? that overflowed Into the Bible School rooms - listened : : to the program given'.atv the ; .. evening church service 4h6uf - last nigh: atthe Christiian Church :,v From processional to benediction every number , was jn- t-erestmg. . line evening exercises vyeire bmlt "around the beautifutcLegen of Gathay, v' TheJ"Whiie 'gifts " for the King," program" with some revisions was' the ; basis ' for , the various parts and .thd - story 'of; the rnfanif -of Beth-, lehein cirr!ed allackjto 'the gifiWf the Father's love. Legend,' and song, and. recitation,' Vand pantomine kept the! interest tbf -alkas the story" was unfolded. ."This- was .; followed i byj the brftigirig of the -Vatioui: gifts from the classes, that'will, he sent to. the, needy and ther orphan, and the aged -minis ta-s' .funds: r A short "jalk.. was" the closing iture ln it.Dr', Shamhart dwelt ujiv the- thought, : bf. 'the , bal ancing of uor aceountwith 43od before the" year closed; and ; this-., stressed the giving of selfJ.' J'- -r The whole program; Was fpronounc ed"6ne of the very Sest ever givfn at thV Christmas time; in GreenvilleJ The 'decordtlpnV weeVgreen and wwhite, very tastily . arranged : with Va.f white crosrt- standing in -.the Jaaptistryjf all carrying ; but-th4, thought i,of the con- seer a u on ox me w - wicaa uuv ' St. PaulV Church., t v" 1 Tuesday Holy innocent Day-Holy V Communion 10 ; A.' ' ' Children's service 6 P. 1L' - - - 1 ( ; & " v lv V '! "A I XilS PROGRAM AT., CHRISTIAN CHURCH ESTABLISHi.iEilT- OF CE;fEIS FOR FOOD PRODUC In all The' Large1 fcSties js Npw V Jr"' " ' S i W . rata J- LICENSING SYSTEM I FOR ALL DEALERS iv 1 si v Commission's Conclusion Basea -A1 on InVestigatibn Covering f 5-1 : V. Many Months ' ; ; ' Washlngtoi?,,I)ec;7.EtsaJlishrufciJt pf .central marlcets for psrwhahle f oul products In all la rgQ ci ties, and the set. ting up of a federal licensi ig pysleai applicable, toj all , dea lrs' in ueh -"f ofits at ithose .-markets Jss "propasei by; the Federal -Trade Coiainisgiaif ux ('its ;.an nual report today to dongres?; r u The Commission's, conclusions n v-aw-based ; onl an 'investigation oVrlii? many, months- and Jt- declares that fed eral taction is- necessary", to obtain e fective regulation aiid tb avoid -nntali and ; wasteful ; practices . with'.'tharvcoi seqtient eff ert' on, pricesV'ln, thT pres ent. system, commission sees' as a hina erance fa'the .proper 'passage,, of perlsli ables from the producerto. the consiim er -cirtain .interstate, dealings: which it believe should be eliminated and It "sug gestsi that the j handling - of these products-be surrounded by numerous reg, ulations and restrictions, such' asthe recording of available r; supplies, " the dating of, cold .storage periods and -provisions ; for uactiori 'marketing.' ' f . i k r Faeili ties ' should be made ; adequate th commission gays, to enabe the pro ducer a. ship freely into the ' central markets -and "'''with proper, protection of his interests. The marketing sys tern should' be , so 'governed thaiobject ionable - hoarding Wond be eliminated and proper co-ordinationj-of" transpor tation' facilities should be accomplish ed to make deliveries certain when- re quired,"'' - N " ' rr flh$ vqommisIou sas! that - the need edreforms, can hardly-be expected; to ( Jbft '.acfoTTiplishPd ly l;tfn"1nitiaUTJBL-Qf ihe "dealers," and asserts that state ahd v municipal authorities - laclc ade quate power to,( effectively .regulate the handling it the food Supplies.' Altho cooperation of state anof local authot, ities ,and ranroads ."might acjcbmpllsh the , end; sought, ? the "commission' be lieves this plan does not hold' dut much hope for a5 satisfactory solution of the problem. , ' ' ,t ' ' Turning' to wheat products? the 'Com mission says it has found, that concen-, tration of the milling industry has pro gressed far enough,; so that, "probably ten of the largest v milling ; concferns could 'supply; the demand 'of the xxran ify for flour." The commission ; men. tions incidentally that its'!"figuresrfrom 37 cmilling -corporations t showed, s that their sales had Increased from $160,? 000,000, to $354,000,000 betweeni914 and' 1918r while tlieir annual profits had grown from $5,54o,000 rto.' $20,000,000 in the same period. K . ' . - i Reporting, on the operation of ', the Webb-Pomerene ac permitting forma-; tion,of associations for .export' trade, the commission informs Congress; that this act has served asa aeciaeo. iac tor"in promoting; the. v progress .v. of American manafaeturers, in foreign markets. The commission; says 5 that durhig the arear''-43 -associations ''comprising-' approxinxatelyf ;732C concerns whose offices - and. plants are- distrib uted : over 43v states ofvthe' Union; re; ported to it "as operating;under -thejex-port acf, y, " "" x . j ; U (,- i "Records of the commission: seem- to demonstrate,' . the report '-' .-continues that " ' the criticism so often ? charged against : United - States r exporters ; of, failinsr Aa cultivate - and maintain "per manent tirade relationS'abroad-and. too often withdrawing- opportunities': pres ent i themselves at - home lor elsewhere will not applyi to, ; associations , operat ing under the export-trade act...; . -e-Vlrtreply'. ti questionnaires sent out by the - commission requesting an. ex- pression ,pf opinion as j to . thea actual working" t out of , the erport-trdde act, the , replies- received : for the; most :par.t expressed satisfaction, over the ..results' ported, that the system of folhctive ad vertising and selling makes for the elhn nation ' of !(such: .-useless , expense - and duplicateUn" of effort Several ! asso1 ciation 'reported that their, system of conducting business 'abroad is meeting with ;ther,heartyapproval-of .. the for eign1 jcusfbmerar, - - J' ' '" , x v- ? . " ". ' ' . . V f tvq VlEiV shot deaId ; ;v fc; WHEN; THEY FIRE ON1 TROOPS DubliH,'Uec.,2?.Two menlwha fifed oh" the Crown forces today Tralee were Tshot dead by "the!. military, when voiverjs ana uuin-uum uuueis ui y1 possession iroposed by the Federal .Trade n .spreading Unrests Which has; ivw -s.: . -vommissl?n ' . K ueveiopeasince . war THE GREATEST CRISIS IN HER HISTORY Owing to the . Deep 1 and Tv ide- 1 IN LARGE CITIES Much: Talk in tWesternyWorld of Activities of BolsheviW Pro- V; J V'pagandav in " India; J' 'I Uondorf, " Dec. " 27. India today . is - faced with what; Is generally "charac- terjzed as onfe of the gravest crises in its : history ; owing to' the sdeen anl widespread unrest - which; hwdevel-? this'J discontent - is the product of numerous ' causes In' thev, milta 'itl it the rsultvof the; high i cost of living and theV consequent hard times 1 for the" "population; I - - - ' -The unrest has recently manifested itself -in ' various and.serious ways. Therei have been many -.great strikers InVthe ! ;large induslrrial centers; in some ; cases " accompanied by? rioting f and bloodshed, v Organized antigoy- ernment -I boycotts " have been instittt-' ted , Moreover, extremists ha v been preaching; revolutionary ideas with the result V that, as announced ? recently in -Commons by "Mr. Montagu; ' Sece tary 's of 'State for rndiai. there have been severaf prosecutions ' and onvic- act.'-;-1 -J ' 7 ' " 'There has been much : talk, in the Western world of activities by Bol shevist " propaganda "agents in India. Competent - observers state; however j that it is doubtful whether- the, efforts of the-, Bolshevists tip stir' up trouble have- met. with .much successes' 'In this connection it is pointed out;, that the printed propa ganda upon ,-which the Bolshevists depend so much ;' is, ' of little value -. in India where - the yast bulk', of the population; cannot iread. Thus the ; Bolshevist -ideals- rnust 1 be - by ; word of -mouth, . a "con. -eidrtabrea-tniwntyHheesn5e of India.t That the- jMoscovites have been - busy in - India,' .however, i there is no dispute ( - - - Jb ; The main causes of the unrest may be epitomized thus:, t J f The high' cost! of -living, pricesiin some . cases shaving , advanqed 1,000 percent while'; incomes, especially of the. brain workfcrsi; have ncreasad only a small fraction of this. T, irThe. continuance of - th.e war-time restrictions "oh the conduct of the populace, whereas the governmenjt-, had indicated, that 'these would ; be removed within, six imonthsi)f the termination of the war. Vt'-. . (V' Thedesirp fcn the part of a -large section, of the "educated classes .for a greater. -( land in the .government, than has hitherto been accorded ha- tives.'- - ,-";n . "i; vThe " allegation - that,' the : govern ment has , failed to keep' its war time?, promises. 'for , "betterment1 of general i condition of vtiving. Tand ' em ploymenst, it Teing xharged that' these promises were " held?" out'' mrely to galnw support for carrying on the war. MASS MEETING AT ' ' - COURTHOUSE HERE . ' 1 WEDNESDAY AT 11 A. M. W I : t . There will be ; a mass meeting of 'the tobacco farmers, - ware- .housemen, time merchants, ; bank-: rs" iind alC others Interested in ; the-reduction of the :':i921 crop of'- tobacco, at 11 ' o'clock Wednes- day "in the'Pitt - county court f '.The situation ;wiir be explain, - 'ed bys well known "tobacco men , from the town of .Wilson. : Jt isto ? ;" be V hoped thaU - every tobacco , farmer: in the county will be pres--? ? ent 5 as well as . every- merchant, V banker and? all thers-V Remem- vber jthat Wednesday;" morning a '11 O'clock. Is the time and 'that ;-V- MBS. R. HARRIS, DEAD.. , ; Friends and relatives rthrongBout the-entire i community u were deeply grieved -to - hear of the" death of Mrs. R.' Harris, who died at ' her Is home, twelve" miles f rom ,;GreenVillev-Frlday Mrs Harris-Was in her sixty-ninth year.', She leaves k husband and-several step-children W mourn her death, B X.;Harris ad:W,C.rr'Harrfe,-;-of Greenville, S. M-'Harris, ,of Greehyille', RX 'ii - V J.',H. 'Harris, rofFairn vUle,, Harris of bethel! and. Miss .Elizabeth "Harris of Washington; P. ; The funeral wasj - conducted from her hornet ChristmasVpay at three IHil .ai ill tCX WlCill: iamily , burying INDIA IS FACING th'eeourt house' is the place. Be i;mlili8BdL.:'. ' - " 11 ft, 1 .,, I. 1 1 ..Hm, M i ; was iubui . ,iu ut; vu.w v6 -e -j - v r - t . . . w 4. . ..... "... t . !.- . !. - - . w -. F , . j. - 1 -t "4 k ...... .-.'j- -. . . . ' . 4 . . M ground:,,:"; .- fraternity: or sororityVV"; .6eea drafting -a; warehouse duj.: BOLL WEEVIL f!BW THE ft "Good Bye, BoIrWeeY', isTTitle 6f Entertaining: Two-Keel Film i " in- CI - Just Released r i i y r ? f BY DEPARTMENT r. ;:of AGRICULTURE I Destroyer of American Cropa to xieni oi iuany, imuioa wui-;: - ars is Heavr Villain ' Good byeflBoll .Weevil,' i the title of V an entertaining. and instructive tworeel filni just released (by theiUnit ed States idepartment :of agriculture. Mr, : Boll Weevil destroyer of Ameri cancrops tc the - extent . of many . mil-? lion dollars a'-year, is. the-f'heayy' villains -Heappears several times, in dividually in thei course 'nf this lively production, butthe principal "partHs devoted to the activities of ,the hero of the sketch, Mr - Calcium Xrsenate, who is' aided and ; abetted" by f the de partment in Jiis -efforts ttf bring about Mr, .Weevil's? overthrow MCalw, des 'ends upon .Mr. Weevil from : a battery of - horse-drawn .machines, . . of ( which forty; are i shqwn ,i in, one - spectaculkr scene i taken .in early. sumnfer; Wbrk isusbownlin the ; department's abpraT tories: at Tullulah, La, and in Wash ington, : D. . C, where the , method's which save' cotton planters $20000,000 or more annually .were devised. . i -- One interesting feature is the. Jabor atory r work yby which ". bogus ; Weevil exterminators are'; detected; Q-The: 'ec on4 part of the film, taken in thenfalfi shows thousands " tot 'acresri of snowy cotton fields- with y colored a pidkers gathering theysnQwy Vbolls ,. Two or three contrasts are ,c shown, between fields where calchzm arsenate 'dust has been applied and adjoining rows 'which were neglected. ' From actual experi ence the-saving to one" ,5,000. acre planter is "given at 'more. than: $64 fan acre. -The film is -designed primarily fodemonstration work in the .Sodth'i and is one of -about 100 films covering wrfl fhgn ciih jHttt tpliowjiny differ, ent phase? of the work of the departs. mentl Copies of the filing' hiay be sought from the 'department "by in stitutions and organizations' interest-" ed - in : boll weevil j extermination. Its use is suggested i for5- state,. agriculA tural colleges boards"of commerceetcw MISTAKEN IFOR THIEF -. JV - MINISTER BADLY BEATEN ? Detroit, T Mich., Decl - 27-Mistaken for a' thief as 'he was hurrying to his.' , churchy with - communion cups under' -His arav Rev. Harry s G Miley, pastor of -StJ' Paul's fihglish " Evan gelical ' chrchi'.was '".stoprjsd f ' kind badly, heaten by a vcrowd 'here today. The ministerWas knocked down twice and kicked by 'members of ' the crowd- before he ' ould make-" his identity know. "He walked to the church rand . -received first-aid y after bem'g' liberated, C HevJ 'Mlley's' .face 'was 'cut? and he'was badly; bruised KINSTON MINISTER GOES r ' - TO PETERSBURG CHURCH L-Kinston, DecJ 27A-Rev.W. Marshall Craig preached - his last i sermon ; as pastor of the First' Baptist Church hre last nights The Edifice was filled; -The parting between -the-' 15ttle minister," aV he ' had' become'knowri here1 durinjr his four vears pastor ate, and j his friends iwasltouchingJ Many-denominations were represent ed i in ' the congregation. .- Mr. ..Craig will ' assumjfeT 1 the pastorate ; of the strong First Baptist churchy at Peters burg" January 1., -He ia native of - A TirJ-ron,rt- c - r. : r?j s . A f: Bnnri'hp-r t of churches, including some ' an large cities," have called fa him' ,iny recent months, ft :-' ' FAMOUS -ACE COMES IN v) .4 ACE' OF" GOING TO JAn; - Ci.fl1TTilH'"ifl Dp I'&tSJS ElfcliV Rfckenliacker,-'; : premier ? American' ace, came ffwithin an "ace'' of spend ing i. Christmas-' in, ,Ta; ChicagoaUr, in stead oftwith his mother in this, pity' I "En 'xotesfrom; CaBfornia" jRick enbacker registered at a Chicago hotel? The; clerk, beUeving him to be the fake "EddieRickenbacker; whoWas'lnrriT ei ' in , Jacksonville, Fla' early this week, and who , wasalleged to have disappeared later after htving'embez ""zled r several tthodSSandSolIarSj called the,housev4etecltive toarrest him.""' v After mwch-explaining, fekkenback er convinced the police thai he was?." the real Eddie4 Rickenbacker and Was- :re leasedVC Students'in'St. Louis are not permit- r 1 I . s ABANDONED AS INFANT, GIKL ; FINDS RELATIVES AFTER : ' 1 17-TEAR SEARCH O An unusual, story o a, plucky Isev- euteen-year-oia - :giri long, lone-uaod- 'ed and4 ultimateiyiTsuccessfuI search for scatterea c relatives Decame ?Txnown tel-an- nounced-' sherhad 'docated -relatives In California.''- Whenf Miss - A -Krecthmer was only nien days ,oloi she was j left by her father, with a family in (Roose velt, L4-I0 Froni'that time on .she" had not heard from her. family .until recent ly," .when ghellocated fou brothers and three sisters,, living "in California. . A: h v' f- it'i , Modern Bluebeard is to-Answer . Ithe" Charge ofMurderCbn :t ;:trary .to" Expectation Paris, Dec. 27. Contrary , to ' gen eral exception, it seems that Henri Tjandru, : whom ''.the police vcalf -the Gambais Bluebeard is"after all rto -be tnea on the charge that hejnurdered his 111 financees-' and'will " not be let foff with" the five years' sentence and suDsequent - deportation ;to Devil's la-1-: land -whioh - he has' alreaa-fre?eived lor swindlmg. , v ' s J The ' indictment, v which forms a' volume of ,4f5pages lias 'been sent 0 the Assizes Court - and - the investiga ing, Judge, Bonin, heaving & great sigh of relief," 'announced that - the Case! was now out- of his hands.-, Mai- tre; de Moro-Giafferi, ;"who was", ones ofv sel f or'jthe accused' Gambias man v 't - Landru" has appealed to the court 6f Cassation ragainfit;te sentence for swindling. Judge Bonin, told ihim the appeal vwould delay his trial i or "hrorr der and thus- "deprive: him. of a chance to', prove ' his innocence '. before next March: .7 ' ,;rl . hmCi in'; no , hurry,'1?' responded Landru,rwhose dry, wit has made him ahard customerfor the" judge.-'By the "Way,1 just.- t0r set inatters bright. I have not iheJ slightest desire to set matters rights I have riot ,the"slightest desire Ho prove my mhocencet -l ' tin derstand itis-up : to you to prove my "All I righV' replied V the Judge,' ypoBtponea unui tine -, marcn .As sizes.1 ! -t .y , , " - ."i-.. ! I should --worry,"??i I.afMrui retorted. 'few Ett K-:::--'::.::::;:..:.'Xx ' : S: :- 3 8 j I ! '" x " " I' " i ' I ' c If ''--' I i when Miss Josephine Kretchmer, a ephohe operator in -New' York, TRIEOfiIUIIDEIlIN .-a :. -j'2 :ii i m i r- ua k n i ii i asr a parting shot, vMy aUeged yic-j :'-!tims, 'myself or yoawill1 hafe'v'died'i oxj um age jueAurcj i ie- 47Vai-ws uavc seen any one of -ua. ' TWO LITTLE CB 0REN r" , v4' iBUEN TO d to iNunous 'iracon;' GaV Dfj !7vTwo- Utile children? n the hc Torn Lqwe,' ft Gordon near 'heri vre bvi: ned,&'- 2 on1, Christmas Evt" ? -a. z v slroyed the Lowe I , e, , acc :1' . j to Information brougl" ler e to Z 3 y. "A six-year-old aaUgti?j?r i t' diet house to carpi ttiie i .. .., while the' parents j shopping . cn the .fire broke out? , - 1 r: t 1 1 WANT-TWO MTLCIWN: DOLLARS TO BUILD -COTTON WAREHOUSE ..Oklahoma City, jjec; 27--An appro priation of -$2,000,000 to' eelablisha State r system !r fvhonded-warehbuses for storing cotton end other - farm pro-1 ducts will he 'asked of 'the Oklahom legislature , in January, J it'- was ; an- "A, itovfe'CLirG:.'" Officers C Waylaid Machise Frl- rY v; ' v- : ; ' iday ; Night Loaded with ."Joy-, i'-'ti,Vaf0'l, 'sHltfaa tioarlorl tnwnn'a :. '".;' , Water", 1 -Was headed towards ' GreenYjIle; After Exciting Chase , Bootleggers Jumps,, from Car and Alake Their Es- , - . - f cape; liquor. car-and Smith ... '. .A. . ..' i -.;' "' i. '".-..."'-. JC f .', V "'. : Wesson -Pistol, Fall . into -Hands' of the, Of ficers. :- . ' .' Friday : night .Deputy, . 3heriflTs Jackson' and;1' Williams', atrolnlan, Brewer "and "Sam Dudley captured thirty-five Igallonsof -.ChristpiAs 'joy water'!, aj , new J Ford par , .without , a state's license and a ! Smith 6W.esson pistol:;. The . officers got " information ' tha two menr, werej headed, j this way' ,Wth .the yvhiskey, and stationed. them . ; selves-' just,-beypnd( the .4 Tar .river ,' bridge, where they t, waited v for a.' few 1 minutes, "whenj1 the party with the Ford car and, monkey v rum arrived. They t wer..'; making good), headway -f orv the 4 officers,, who were also in; a' ; Ford, chased them 'around, the city'un- -,. til,, they, reached - Perkinstown, where " a halt . was jnadef or the; reason that a'Helephne . pole blocked .'tfie gt-; " away of rthel bootleggers. -. jTJie men, ; -seeing' that the officers were right cn,S therrl alighted jfrom the car and .made 4'. their escape'On investigation - it was ' , found that; the 'vFord contained thirty- 1 ' five gallons of "whiskey, ' which " was brought to the city, and is now in the hands' of Sheriff; Dudley, -who . would -he ' glad if the owners would call . for.-' IJree Thousand ' with FamUics, , are Ready" to Emh'arkr.for . S., Ui -American fc Countries' e jRio De Janeiro Brazil, Dec. 27- Three thousan Germans, some unac jompaniedr t others rwith their f amll 1 ies are waiting i'in;,Germaiiy to em- ; bark; f or BraziV .where they wish to ' settle,according to advices - received by., the;'- Brazilian , Ministry of, Agri- culture from the German emieration department. Governors of; all t Brazilian states v haye been asked. .by. the head of the ' 'j Brazilian Jmrnigratiorr ssryice whether . they wish (to. accept- German colonists ' and :.bear expense of 'transportation. t Espirito Santo state has replied that , it iis prepared to accept-1,900. Other states have not yet responded. ' EIGHT? HUNDRED BALES OF ". COTTbN. BURNED IN ORANCfa -: Orangeburg; Sr- Cl, VDecJ 27-FIre ' Jast night destroyed 800 '.bales of icot- " ' ton and part of the building of Orange' burg Bonded Warehouse '., Coir.pany: ' The, loss,-estimated at approxpaately i $50,000 'not', including the damage to the building, -VisJ said to be covered by insurace. Several freight cars on a-; -siding t were alsQ3 destroyed ;H by the - Standard .Oil Cdmpany's tanks and the plant liof the Southern, Cotton.Oil Com- y pany nearby were finally saved. Christ - mas . fireworks are supposed to kavo caueu me uru4 , , ( , STOLEN ' CAR FOUND STUCII . ' -in MiiD near GnirTo:: "J " ft, T"S' v "- ' --r '':-' - '"' vl ' y'-- ' The':Cole 8 autoaotn'e'telc--Ir to Jake Higgs ; was stolen' f rora. in fronts, of .White' . Theatre ; la;t Tii dayhight, by parties 'unknov.n." Ir:3 tllat'tiln', a thoroush search ' " beeu'iiiade iwr t':e mis&inar cir. Yes terdayafternoon it was found ttucl; lA Jbhfe'-inud on'the'road near CrIItra x 4. . re 1 j ; no cine , a3 to t:. 2 rrtlas. ' -k- 4, - T"n's" passed err -..Qjietly in 'cr.Ez:r tTtn A..MfJi J - 'Christmas passed' o3 in Grc very, qufetly, jn fact it i? raid to L by r the oldest citizens, 4 the -i in tnelhrstorT'o-! t! 0 t ..n. the exception - rf t:. 3 which r took r-ca-atC. man's wareLou aTilJiy ing.outofULa crJ -r- rvsry ihe r:c:ccny cT 'druhl zzn 1 . f' V.S'.
Greenville News (Greenville, N.C.)
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Dec. 27, 1920, edition 1
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