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J J t .V R MP W1 THE WEATHER i Bain and ! colder Friday ; t Saturday fair. r - fi "t''V til Christmas.; e.Only Nepaper in PittCouhtvlWitfiibciatPf Service. wW-n til GREENVILtk IS; ;C." " FB0XV:1VlpRNING; DECEMBER 9, 1 92 1 . VOL 5t NUMBER' 2 12- pmGEFIVETCENTD -!. voRTimeAmoiss come Tom (knd Henry I Inspect Muscle Shoals sr -B T . -v- Of cm L , . ,.: I I J . ft 1 ft k J ' 111. 1 ' - i OF JAP AM TO JHE Japan Expected td NAcceed to Americaii Principles 6n . Question. ' TREATY IS -TALKED "Big ThreeV Increased to "Bi Four" by Participation of . y Mr. Balfour. . WASHINGTON, ' Dec. 8 (Asso ciated Press) While they wait for definite replies oh the naval ratio plan and the proposal for a four pow er agreement in the Pacific,, the arms dt legates, are pushing , ahead with other features of their negotiations. Today's developments brought into prominence for the first time the ques : tion of a limitation of loruncauoais and naval bases in the. Pacini; islands and although the subject was not ad canced to the 7 stage ' bf ; formal ex changes an agreement was forecast preserving in general the existing status. Again a pplying the American ,5'f our points" to the Chinese problem, the nine nations representedLin far east ern agreements pledged themselves . j : V -f iif nfcfc in to maKe no ireati " c with her rights to economic and na tional development. f ' , In the Shnung " negotiktkms-. the progress-was less pronounced, rfcufc the Japaneses and Chinese delegations held another , conference. on the sub-; ject of puHjprW wartls both sides renewed the-predictions of a satjsfactory ttlement- "The four : power"plan" to "preserve peace in the Pacific was discussed at a two hour .conference between the teads of the American, British, Ja panese and French delegations, but t was said afterwards that no definite word had been" received' either from Tokio or Paris. The British govern ment is uerstood to have already ac cepted the proposal principle, and the American delegates have indicat ed a willingness to proceed to a dis cussion of details. A message from the Japanese capi tal was received during the day by the Japanese delegation but imper fect cable transmission was' said;: to have rendered it impossible of .definite interpretation. Acceptance by Tokio III 111 l-Ofc-. - is expected in an . quarters, """""i and press dispatches tonight saying that a conditional accepance had been dee ded on caused mo surprise here. Rene Viviani, whose conference with Secretary Hughes, Arthur J. Balfour and Admiral Baron Kato, transform ed the "big three" of "the conference into a "big four" for consideration of the our power agreement, has recom mended to his government that it ac cept a place in the new arrangement. A favorable response is expected soon. The press advices indicated that Japan wanted on am agreement on the naval ration and further application of the American "four points': to China before It abgated the v Anglo Japanese alliance which the four pow- r arrangement is resigned to replace. So rapidly is the conference moving ) that many of the delegations now are hoping-to get most o the important questions out of the war before the 1 eni of the year. The British have made tentative1 steamship reservation for December .31 nrt January 7 and some of the French have definite plans for leaving, even sooner. It is the general opinion that the major problems must be disposed of before the plenipotentiaries depart. A general settlement in regard to these major subjects is expected to be in cluded in a single understanding among the delegates and translated later into several separate treaties and a greements. r I COTTON MARKET I NEW YORK, . Decs. 8-Sppt cotton closed steady. Middling, 18.10;' tn tures losed very -steady f I?ecember 17.83; January, 17.67; March, 17.68; May, 17.46; July, 17.00. Aeroplanes with a cruising radius of 3f,000 mites, aniafcle lticarrySl2 tons of explosives, are being design .o - ed. ; TREATY, T1M& NOT, . ACCEPTABLE STATES.t H - THE IRISH-PRESIDENT "I'lDUBUNr Dc.t 8i( Associated I Press") Kamoii de : Valera. toJ! ' Press) -Eamoii de ' Valera, ;night issued a statement saying; f that .h. could not. recommend the, J peace treaty with Great Britain to? Dail Eireann or to the country and ' that this attitude is supported, by J the mirister of .efehse; .'and' of home aGfairs. i " ( A public meeting of the Dail , Eireann has been fixed, for Wed nesday. " r UjlllX' t- i-j The third session of the Irish - cabinet ended tonight a few min- utes after 9 o'clock.. It is under- ; stood that the opinion of the mem- i bers of the cabinet regarding the . peace agreement were divided and ..that the question will be left to . the decision, of the Dai Eireann. . ,, Art official rciwrt pf the meeting is promised later. ." ': Important Meeting ..of , Club to ,Be Held at Christian Church - Tonight. The regular meeting of the Green ville Kiwanis club will be held this : R qo ViV KKi-hth which time the officers for the ensu ing year will be elected. Aside from the usual eat fest, the elect'ori of the officers will constitute the program for the evening For the first time in several months, no rprogram'chaim and there will Je none . of the.. usuaLl Kiwanis oratorical enoris io viuuiou fr prncpeuimcs -tix un: ie. w i will Ko. utrictlv business rof eat- ing and ballottm'g. The committee on manner of select, ing the new '-officials made its report at the last meeting and it was unani mously adopted. Little hinderanee is anticipated in putting the nominations up and through tonight. Needless to state, the attendance of every member of the club is desired at tonight's meet'ng. . Prohi Enforcement Officer Man ning Gets Stills in that Section With two 100 gallons capacity stills frt w,a rrpdit durina his latest visit to the state of Craven, famed far and wide for its C. C. C, Federal Prohi b tion Enforcement Officer W. J. Man ning passed through the city yester day afternoon en route to his home at Bethel. The apostle of dryness, whose fame is rapidly spreading, considered his trip to Craven county as -very successful. In addition, to the two stills, wheb were destroyed, the officer and his co-raiders poured out upwards of 4, 0O0 gallons of beer and - took posses sion of approximately 50 gallons of Christmas cheer, ready to be .placed with those who are fond of and crave the ardent. It was really a fell blow coming at- this particular season. STUDENTS STUDY PLANS OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS OXFORD, ENG., Dec 8The American club at Oxford University has decided to affiliae Oxf University League or " ' r.nd to send three delegates to tbedum .. (,t.,,0 of . , Nations assembly "iy r.: grumes a term which will meet, - tv, Oxford Union. L. J. Buriin- 4SInr Orielf W; m ' IIdjandrton; were electea a States, with special reference to ttw wouldlew witoa ween?Great Brt P- Pacifier Each British family, it is estimated, Pays on an average f IB a week m gov- ?rnment,jtaxes. tjj H KIWAN1S CLUB JO V SELECT OFFICERS SPREADS WOE IN . :, V1!1w j oWial tax. day have to . pay a special w. Vlsitors to ltaiy w -;- Thomas Edison and Henrv Ford Ala. They want congress to let FoH source of water power and mineral C STARTS Only 11 Men Executed Wiilfe A. E. Was Overseas, Ad ju ant Testifies WATSON IS PRESENT Offers Letters and Clippings to Prove His Charges of the . ... Executions , WASHINGTON, Dec.; S.By As sociated Press) Detailed "records of the war department relating , to jthe J egal. execution of ..the 11 .memb-s of tlje American Expeditionary force were presented "today "to a senate 'in vestigating committee by jnar ofrlo 1 mai ui vimrjfes mat scores o soiaiers had, been, hanged without trial. Out of the consideration for the families of the dead, the names of the 11, were omitted from the record. Read by . Col. Walter E. Bethel, General Pershing's advocate general in France, he records showed that those executed by the military authori ties included "(ght negioes fftwto whites and one Indian. .Senator Watson, Democrat, Georgia, whose presentation of the charges on the floor of the senate led to the query, appeared before the committee today as. soon as. it convened. He de clared that he was prepared to prove die charges and submitted affidavits, newspaper clippings and letters bear ing on the subject. Col. Bethel who was called after Senator Watson had read several af fidavits declared with emphasis that the charges were false. Senator Watson is expected to pre sent tomorrow as witnesses a list Of former service men and others, in cluding a prisoner at Fort Leaven worth who claims to have direct knowledge in support of the general charge that there had been wholesale executions of soldiers who had not been given the right of trial by court martial. ' General Pershing,- as the supreme commander on foreign soil in time, of war, personally approved the court's findings in the cases of the 11 men hanged, and refused to approve the findings in ll other cases carrying the dath sentence. Altogether 62 men were sentenced to death, but Col Be thel declared only 11 were excepted Most of the crimes were against wo. men and children HOME PORT OF JONAH HAS UNDERGONE CHANGE JAFFA, PALESTINE, Dec. 8. (The Associated Press) If the pro phet Jonah should return within the next few month sto this little atavis tic port, whence he set sail some 2, 000 years ago on his tempestuous yage, he probably would be amazeu of flip metflmorbhosis After all these centuries, modern tl,o form of a'20th century bar- bor is about to make its commercial encroachment -supon ,,, this .. .basking seashore, whose name was Joppa when Jonah Mewir, l4 $f iFor ome years,atid particularly ince the BritisKoccupation, a harbor; f or Palestine has been . talked of, but only now is this dream of easy ingress to and from the cradle of Christiam w about to bejreaHaed. x s ' 1 ' - The best way to lie when sleeping is cn the right side. QUERY OF CHARGE MANY SOLDERS inspecting the uncompleted government development at Muscle Shoals, , complete the development of the dams wealth. 1 E HAS BEEN PUT OFF! Inability of Presiding Elder Cot ton to Be. Here Tonight the Reason " Owing to the inability of Presiding Elder S. A. Cotton of the Washing ton district, to come to the city this evening, the quarterly conference scheduled to be held At Jarvis Mem. orlal Methodist Episcopal church this evening at 7.30 o'clock has bean inde finitely postponed, it was stated yes terday afternoon by the -pastor, Rev. V. p; Scoyille. ..' A telegram announcing the inability of the recently appointed presiding elder to attend , the announced meet ing ' in "GreenvHie-made it 'necessary for the conference to be , called off Mr. Scoviile stated. The gathering -Vai iit-rfiHfaax&r-ffife GRIMESL "NEW POST George A. Clarke Appointed to Succeed A. O. Clark in County Town. George A. Clark has been appoint ed nostmaster at Grimesland to sue ceed A. O. Clark, resigned, according! to an announcement made by postal officials appearing in Thursday morn ing's papers. The Grimesland omc; is a fourth class one and appointments are not subject to senate confirma tion. Mr. Clark is a well known resident of Pitt county and his appointment will meet with the general approval of the patrons of the Gremsland of fice. ADJUST POSTAGE RATES LS OFFER Postmaster General Hays Would Have Readjustment to Meet Deficiencies. WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. Pointing to continuing deficits in his depart ment, Postmaster General' Hays, in his first annual report to . the .presi dent, made public today, declared that "if -t'ho nresent gauge . of .expenditures shall continue" there should be such a readjustment of postage rates, as will together with the 'Teffects" of increas ing volume of business produce suffi cient revenue approximately to meet it." "Mr Hays makes no specific recom mendations as to the suggested ad justments, and declares emphatically that "if it were a question between the best practical service on the one! hand, and a poorer service, whu venue meeting cost, on the other hand decision should be resolved in favor of rendering the service." He adds that the department should not be conduct ed for a profit, but that it needs not ultimately, be rurtat- a loss. Revenueof the postal service for Ihe fisfeali year landed .last June, Mr. Hayfsa totalled $563,491,274, an increase of $26,341,0&2 over the re ceipts of the preceding fiscal year. Balanced against this were auditej 0 ' 'An31 o$620.993;673-with the total audited deficiency , at $157,517,- 688 , ' ' '-- - CONFERENC HERE AND HAS MASTER and nitrate plants there into ! In 1917 He ntroduced War Reso lution in Congress; IVas Leader FUNERAL MONDAY Sneaker Gillett to-Name Commit- w f 1 rnnorrAssmen to ;" . Be Present. W1Z x ' Cr Zll - ed Press) -Congressional bnsiness was suspended today out o :frespect l AAimnrnn nil TO .bUHbKtM HAL IS PABMVII I p TOAnp OUT OF RESPECT n cmt k wnw nw FOR REP - FLOOD tVtNl15 NUW UN toRepreseritative . Henry D, W.4F(i(1 tour mg carp There democrat, ma,fwn0s , ieOJt'idi before noon. The : house, immediately after go- ing . into j session, adjourned until to morrow night after adopting resolu tions of regret. Later the senate ad journed to Monday. Mr. Flood who was chairman of the house foreign affairs committee m iyi i ea the resolution declaring tnat a state of war existed between the United States and the imperial government of Germany and Austria-Hungary. Mr. Flood had been in ill health for several weeks. As chairman oi the state democratic committee he took an active part in the recent gu- bernatorial campaign in Virginia but since the election had been unable to attend sessions of congress. He died at his Washington home. Serving his eleventh term in con- gress, Mr. Flood represented the 10th Virginia district. His home was. at Appotomattox, where the burial will be after funeral services here Mon day. " Speaker Gillett is expected to an nounce ' tomorrow the selection of a committee of 18 representatives .-'to represent the house and senate at the funeral. INTERNATIONALE MOVE GAINS HEADWAY HERE WASHINGTON, Dec. 8. The move ment launched by the Third or Com munist Internationale at Moscow to gain control of the trade and indus trial" unions througholft the world "is meeting with marked success in so far it relates to syndicalist unions in the United States," says the first annual report today of Attorney Gen eral Uaugherty. Communist parties in this country, Mr. Daugherty says, have united to more effectively carry on propaganda and the -policy is to endeavor to gain csntrol of the labor organizations through the control of the executive committees or other governing bodies therein.' U" NEWSPAPER MAN STRUCK BY BOOZE LADEN AUTO ; n.opwMSRhRO ' Dee. 8. Edwin B Jeffress, publisher and business man ager dr the Greensboro Daily News and one of the most prominent news paper men, in the south, had a'nar-row- escape from death hefej today when the automobile he; "whs; driving was -struck by a car that police-later stated was1 carrying .12 .gallons, of Vrhiskey. Mr. Jeffress received a nnm ber of severe cuts, and a broken arm. The other waswas, later found by the. police and iniras the 12 gallons of whiskey. u.. . - .',. TOBACCO MARKET TO CLOSE DECEMBER 16 r uTO 10TH OF; JANUARY "X V : The Greenville tobacco market will suspend for the holidays next; Friday. December. 16, it J wasl de- cided at a meeting of buyer and warehousemen yesterday after- noon.. It will re-open January 10. It .had been originally planned to close for the holidays Decern-, ber 21 and resume sales January '. 10, but certain developments cans- ed a shift in the closing date, it was. stated yesterday afternoon- , Growersvare askedr to note the change In arrangements an& : to- market all the weed they wish, to:. sell before Christmas, during, the coming week. Prices are holding well and there is a pronounced de- mand for the better grades of the . weed. v.- " " ttr - ; Interest Among People Through out the Country Increasing From Day to Day. Interest is rapidly growing through out Pitt county in the pay up , and trade weeks period being - observed by practically every business man and firm and banking institution in Farm ville, according to K. Wi Cobb, who is in charge of the " publicity for the event. Trade coupons will be given with each $1 spent for a new purr ae or paid on an old account, and January 5 at 2 p. m. the drawing, -jj-fc the;fifst 17 other.pri2es, ranfeSg gold, afid-15 -rial individual prizes to be Award in the event ..the . prize witinin tickets- bear the names of . the ; mer chants - offering the specials. The same rules as prevailed during the pay up and trade weeks held in Greenville during October , and Nov. ember m eff(jct at Farmville Mrr. . . , Vi0-Farmville mer chants have' extended themselves in making up their list of offerSf offer. . & totgl Qf 3g separate awards. Elsewhere in this issue of The News full details of the trade and pay up event given by the Farmville mer chants will be found. The event has areadv stimulated trade to a marked extent in the neighboring town and witn chirstmas shopping season now m progress, it is expected that ih heavy buying will add immeasurably t0 the interest shown by the people 0f the county, GIRL SCODTS TO (Saturday Afternoon and Even ing in the High School Lib rary to Get Funds. Saturday afternoon and nght in the library of the high school buildin, the Girl Scouts will hold a bazaar. At this bazaar you can find Christmas gifts for every member of the family The things will not be high proceed and there will be quite an assortment to choose from. Many merchants m town have promised to help us not by letting us have things to sell at a discount. We will have an abundance . k handkerchiefs, aprons, silk hose. toilet articles, ties, boundoir slippers ahd Ingerie for ladies; socks hand kerchiefs for gentlemen, and all kinds of useful gifts for girl friends. S There will be candy, home made cake, sandwiches and drinks for sale. Ih fact more things than there is sbace to tell-about If there is any merchant who would liken to help out, let him phone 67 and ask for the com. the Scout bazaar and his j-t niittee on Wpln will be appreciated. I Come down, all you Christmas shop ,irs,' and help'the scouts naake money for a camping trip and other events manned. j 4r I A" windmill which has been' in the , possessiott of one lamny iar,wr a century still stands In Brixton, Lon- n. ' Switzerland is electrifying her rail ways, to save importing coal. HAVE BIG BAZAAR ANSWER IS RLE MDTHER OFIC: " Mandamus Proceedings g&tisS :t5i 4 DENY CMPIJSII Answerfbf 'sSWf;.idS. 1 liMore" Interesting lian .i.a -."That (the said:Annie:itttttat2l negro descent, ; and that ill ?f vfer," children, are illegitimate, and ;aat' f mother of the said Annie Smith w&i illegitimates and wast of negro' les- . cent", is $a. contention,linade tiry i4he city superintendent of. schools'UBdthW members of the board; of : trnsteea- ia an answer filed with the clerk ef court here to; the mandamus procee4ni5 X instituted November T? 28 by voArmt . Smith, to compel the school authorities . to admit her'shildren to the schools of Greenville. . . I - M:it '.. :&b-&f& The, .answer, fully .as- sensational as 3 the; fconaintofuthe . drawn, by- Skhiner, and - Whedbtat-:; ;. torneys representing the defendants ,in . ; theproceedings;fyhich willr beJbearff by, JueC.y9n. in chambers. r: Beaulort'tomorrWj 'Saturday Neein- ier 9 Wiley C. Rodman, attornejr of Washington, represents- the-plan - , tiff in the mandamus action which,; alleges the plaintiflF and her childrca.) four in number have been humlliatetl and the children denied the opportnnW- ties of , getting an education 1seansei ; of the'refusal of the schooJ therities : -to admit them to thefwhite schoolalojf OreenviUe. :r. . -?r? .w fra t't rJ ?A The case has been 'brewing oromV The children in question have ttendP ed white schools im ' the 'county fia--; those of Greenville for two'seMioc'-:"': and Annie.mith herself is a mfeSW. ber of a white church. Residents 'f Greenville who know her , family aJ sert that other members have 'married; persons of known white ancestry which serves to further emphasiae ttir seriousness of the case and - the in1 terest attendant thereto, Every allegation made in the.comi plaint, save that that the superintend v ent and trustees have denied adinisi sion to the children of the plalntUfis.; , denied either in whole or in part.:The4" answer follows; t ' t .r-iwr "The defendants, the board of trui-- tees1 of the Greenville graded schools . and J. H. Rose superintendent' of ih'e GreenvUle graded schools, for anisWer to the complaint filed in this? caused ; say: r .-. - f "First: That the allegations contain: ed in the first section of the complaint are admitted . . j "Second: .That the -allegations. con tained in the second section " of the complaint, which allege. that lAnnie'-' Smith is a white woman,' areideixied,X and on the oontrary these nsejrinjr defendants allege upon information . and belief that the said, Annie Smth is of negro desteht, and 'that alt of - at2tf-'4P -le tter children are uiegiumate, ina uai, the mother of the said Arihie5 SmHpi ' was illegitimate and' was "of ,: negrd. descent. . , - "Third: That the defendants deny ;;, that the, plaintiff and her .four chlU' -dren are resident or' domiciled within', ; the Greenville graded schools dlstrictV ' v : They are informed and beUeveho--' ' -ver, that the said four children ire" , :ving with their mother the plaffa v ff. . , ' -.t. .. - ' I 1, T., AW. i n T x- U I IHif H l.iiiim J .... rourw. ZTZ Zi ained in the zpyu ,-rary these defendants allege upon;in- ' omation and belief,' that att of said" . 'hildren are of negro descent," and airfe it entitled to aamiswwi, ujmj. -raded schools of the town' ef . Green-' . "Fifth: That the , allegations ;fcoi' titeed;'m;. tW'fif th rsection of he conL'-J plaint, 'which aUeg'e that the'plaintfff - has demanded that her said HldrW?V Lbe admitted in the .S; ttfrthev have been denied.the right- to attend the said scnoois, are nui" -ted but ir&en!edrtliat. the .sam vas without gust cause. " - "Further answering this section1 oi -jje comiaamithese answering ' de. ' endants sayV ithat semetime Dei --mber1916, while the sal Annie I SSmith was living within the; limits- - - the ; Greenville graded school "dls- ' 4icV - she made application - to , lis '.4 ' (Continued on pag two) ; 5-v-.,.-, .-V-
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