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r r . . " - MM VOLUME XXXIV. TWICE A WEEK SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 20, 1917 TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 35 W ;W ilson May 3 luim- N ews mon- Congress na . - . State -CaBitoI ..-Union's agers Agree to Demands United States Government on Verge of De- Negroes Agitate For political Reco Fifty Hours Conference an Agree- AtA fWWation tb'?'Ztfrld tion; ment is Reached. 60 U-BOAT CHASERS ORDERED PRISON REFORM NOW IN EFFECT ADAMSON LAW DECLARED VALID '"BY UNITED PRESS) , T ONDON Mareh, 20. American consul eonfirms the state- of the American submarined vessels naif n i iiicii iii 'fc""11"") - was warned. RALEIGH, N. C., March 20. The 4isbftndment or "mustering (BY united press) out" of the Third Regiment and the Regiment band at the State Fair WASTTTNCTOM Mnl, 90 Pr.nrit -;imwi ..1 erounds m Raleigh is the event of the week here The-soldiers are i. e xi x ' . , , . . -i . e fe ' officials of the interstate commerce commission staten t.onav that cam- being welcomed with open arms and they are mighty glad to get back -, - , , - ivo-pb,- frlit .. nfl..,.r WAS! what additifi'j to North Carolina tered in at Co. B. and the ThirdRegiment Band were mus- sMai'eh 20. The president is still undecided make this their Raleigh and most of the members of those organizations hy thc-brotherhoods and tieir home. Measures have been taken to. provide 4 jobs" t . . . rates to re-imburse the railroads for the increased wages demandod consented to bv the railroads to avoid ft to take in the German crisis. for those needing them. Other towns are expected to pursue a like rpe y s called for this afternoon to discuss tne matter course ana see to it tnax none oi me Texurnmg guarasmen snaii uum m'HeWion late today. in vain for work ' ' .;:M. V -."'C. - ' V. - rti&,m is taken for granted bv all high officials that a state ot war Witn tne aisbanoment oi tne guarasmen tneir military service deists with GermTuiy. NEW YORK, March 20. The threatened strike of 600,000 railroad employees was averted -today. The agreement between the is not necessarily ended, for they are subject to the call for troops chiefs of the four big' brotherhoods and" the conference committee any time within the period embraced in tKe terms of their enlistment. the railway !ame at the end of two days and nights of discussion. But at present there is but small chance Of any of the Tarheel army The conferences were conducted by president's committee f . . - s-, rm- -V -T- -m W 1 rtA A " J A -. , J- i-ln A -l-i - I AbJll-NUlUf., Marcn .-wessive to pv ever smeU- Q powder or 'gA. Some N. C. men in the four. headed bv Franklin K. Lane, seeretarv of the interior. The eo... ef tlie United States m readiness to ngnt suDmarines unaer any con- - . ,.v,.t nm,.,. , tl, eventnalitv of ,...: " . ...,..". : v... ""v jr- " , r--e-" " i uxusiuii was reacueu ui u u ciuuiv ycsieruav iiiurmiiir. United States in readiness to fight submarines under any con- R1UUU 1 , V 7: T"u A r,. Tr-r n., I actual war on tlie seas, but mat possiDimy is sun remote. The agreement recalled now grants the eight hour dav to the VPVCll Uiruusu mc utouucuuii ui iuc Aiucni-iiii ouo t e, -.. Thmifrhtfnl cnono ' nnrrAnt dAVP mimmtc spp m thA sndrfpn mn nnn i n ji.x. m m, T11. tt j xi i jj i.;-.'.' ,.f tm(:,t I --ub..vi . x--v . v---.-v -,v, tuu.uuu engineers, . nremen, couuuexors ana runway iraiumen. me -Uoralms aIKl nTl v, ' Y - ltMUC"1 and unheralded overthrow of the. Czar f Russia, the head of the brotherhood chiefs abandoned their demand for pay at the rate of misou, oecie cuy ux tn. x-a.j x,ci,i xroM..-w. ---- most despotic monarchy on earth, the forerunner, of a liberalized time and a half for overtime. Pro-rata pay for overtime was ac- I ' . . . 1 - j X. ,1 ,-.-,4-,-.-. ---l i . U nnhin rn r1 I . A7 put tne navy m snape 10 meet war cuiiuiiiuii, wuiou v cwuiugt .v, German regime that will soon come intd existence by an irresistable - . -.-. ' - I -t night was convinced are imminent, in aval preparations was given demand Qf a.people (outsiae the organized, militarism) who are sick 8ii extraordinary impetus alter rresicient wiison conierrea tor nan of and carnage and near starvationif not through actual revo an nour witn secretary oi tne Navy iamcis. xms coiu.u.. xunuw- lution that win. overthrow the present ruling powers. With Czar eel on tne neeis oi a report to tne president uy oecxeidiy judiibuig uxx Nicllolas and Kaiser Wilhelm removed from control a basis for peace me latest acts oi destruction in m ermau suuinarme zuu.. between Russia and Germany Austria could be agreed on,and Great 'IH . rl . -. L . A. k . I 1 . ' .mere was a growing leenng in vv asniugion i,ouay mat Britain could not afford to oppose it.: r, .. ft I -1 1 . tt T"T" J 1 i I -state ot war already exists between tne united states aim uer- Advises Neeroes' Return to Politics many. State department officials decline to commentoji this phase 'i- weeklr frewspaper ' publiMMaSited byii"egr6esln Ral t me situation declaring tnat tne matter is too serious ior discus- eigh is advocating a "return to politics" by the negroes of North siion. it was stated that any comment will have to come from the caroiina president, himself, it was known, however, that some of the presi The compromise, according to statements today by officials of the committee of railways will cost the railroads of the country $60, 000,000 a year. They admitted that a demand will be made upon the interstate commerce commission for the privilege of raising rates. F. K. Lane, just before his departure for Washington, stated his be lief, that the railroads would be entitled to some compensation. y ADAMSON XAW IS VALID Six hours after the agreement was reached, the announcement that the United States supreme court had upheld the Adainson law The race as a whole in this state would be justified in equipp- by a vote of five to four, reached the successful federal mediators, the dent's advisers favor an official declaration that Germany's acts in ing Jesse Holmes with a full-size arsenal and starting him out to an- railroads committee and the brotherhood chiefs, the submarine gone, have amounted to a "state of war." iiihilate its fool friends, for-the worst enemy the negroes have could In his oral opinion that of the majority Chief Justice White uoiners.an tne presiaents caoinet believe tnat congress snouid not advise them to more suicidal cause of action, or attempt at ac- declared that in the face of public necessity employes of a corporation he called togetherat on fee, rather than on April 16, and that imme- tion engaged in such public business as railroadine had no more rirht to . n - - - strike than "soldiers in the ranks, in the presence of an enemy" had moved f of it was removed and did not voluntarily withdraw itself the right to desert. the negroes of North Carolina have enjoyed a, degree and period of 1 O v., v i,j XXV- .x ,lUUlitU UV.iUl. All .lie VJi ly ui llidl- I mi KS eigh their moral, physical, industrial and financial development has II n j -4-f iJ Tl dT lU. " U crt. r ftiate and vigorous steps "to combat the submarine menace should be .. l-rt ir ii m ji i it i -i-t t-i . -i. i. ' . Ki-u. xufunwiiue tne president witnneid ail comment and dealt witn the increasing- gravity of the situation, only by augmenting the mili tary and naval preparations for a possible state of war. After the president and his naval chief had reviewed the situation the following steps were taken. been most remarkable. Negroes in business for themselves abound An emergency appropriation of $115,000,000 made by congress and many of them are succeeding handsomely. Every profession and to enable the president to hasten naval construction in the event of a vi wis was made available by the president for immediate use. This is part of an authorized bond issue of $150,000,000, a part of which is to be used for increased constructions.' Secretary Dani'els ordered sixty "submarine chasers," motor loats, 100 feet long, and with 35 knots speed built at once at the New Wk navy yards, and announced that bids would be opened from Private ship yards tomorrow for some 200 more of this type of craft, it was stated that the New York yard will begin the delivery of these watts m sixty days. All will be paid for out of the emergency ap propriation. .. - m nearly every trade is represented. Hundreds of negro families that TT H Tl depended on their dabor as servants in families and meniaJwork by J1GIOH O nxc xuexx Luuuy own tneir ownnomes and are in good circumstances. -xutuxuuuxxcs owned and driven oy negroes are to be seen on PETROGRAD, March 20. Grand Duke Nicholas is the idol every street every Hour ot the day;- Many white men here today do Gf the'hour. Popular always he is toasted by everyone as the man not have an income as. great as that of many negroes and to look who has saved Russia. It was he, the people say, who advised the upon the finery displayed (Especially on Sundays) "by wives , and Czar t6 abdicate, and when the news percolated through the canitol uaugntexs. ox some negroes, you could welt wonder what size treasury the people celebrated as for a festival. tney nave access to. The average white women "can't toch her." But some have better sense and don't "put it all on their backs." Current Comment onthe Court ' A good deal of feeling has been stirred up here over the threat ened railroad strike and some of the more radical thinkers have found it necessary to rush into print and denounce the' railway' brotherhood people as "conspirators" and advise their indictment bv grand-furies i and trial in the superior courts on the charge of conspiring to starve Fc-plc diiu in-. iiKe. rveportS OI scarcity Ot OOd on hand were ton manufacture, the results of winch j latter V. younger sister, L:uly Joan, is wildly handed about and some newspapers added to the general wil1 be-of irnxien.se value throughout : parlor m-ii-1 at Loiulonlrry Ilona?, h scare by printing unwarranted statements along that line (and oav- the countlT- j hospital for ofri-crs. The roll of lauty recting them later) but everybody has survived it all so far and at The-te8t? now in progress' will gira , on-thc- job alo im lu-ie Yvonne Fit tl,i cJL:? ... . S Iar, ?nCLat important data as to the waste an,l roy, daughter of Sir Almerk Fitzroy, the Hoor ermans Drowned at Phila. WASHINGTON, D. C, March 20. Navy essages today sttite that oiilv iw-r ii-.r.T. : : x? xi -'. . - . jui axe xuxssxxig irom me irerman interned vessels at COTTON TESTS AT STATE COL-"more than a year. During this time LEGE ' she has hal one lay off, !uo to a iath r West Raleigh, March 20. The Tex-' l,a.l accident, tile Department of the North Carolina! They say Lady Mary is more than State College has again been ehosen I j average pretty, which likewise is true by the Office, of Markets and Rural of Lady Capell. daughter of the Earl Organization of . the U. S. Department j of Kssex, who i?gan her war service of Agriculture to Conduct test's on tot-'; as a nurss and is now a ehaffeuse. The amicable settlement" of the trouble. But 1 tensile strength of a number of popu-l USUAT. TT Tilmr .-. , - xxxj.1 :jnx KEDu CTION . RETIRED MUi 10 EE MADE APRIL 1st EY N. Y. COAT. rep. at.tit? .a York, March 19. The usual fifty of 1 h (0"ts a ton reduction in the price coal TYPEWRITTER MAG NATE, 73 WEDS CANADIAN WOMAN 38, TODAY New York, March 19 Harper Ben edict, 73, retired president of the Rem- 1 hiladelphia, who made their escape. These are believed to be ! thf re 'S one element to the contention that could have helped the situ- li'ou n.-wl --i,;i xi. ..i , . . , '. - ! ation and d idn 't tlmt 1,,1 ,r f 1 .,.-.--... i. a-j. . .i -w11U; me otners caugnt were picked up m the water, near- 7&) who constitute in-1 V U-azon. Tliox- -!".. rn ,-.n i- j :i. Supreme Court of the TT. S. not nnlv nnrmhir- ' -xv an v en o U.pJXX CLL VVXLXX XXXUllCV. ' ' x x ' ' kjxvxv, uil. present contention at best. But, last I lay myself " liable" to some thing, perhaps enough has been said on this dangerous subject. Still, it does, seem that the court could-have "sustained the Adamson 8 hour law a week ago as well or not. New State Prison Management . Considerable interest is manifested over the new State Prison Management, with Mr. Collie as the new Supt. The directors are all new-men, also except Chairman Verner, although they are not very prominently or widely known. The old officers of the prison and state farms have been reelected. Busbee, Warden and Captains Rhenn will not be made this Anril . nnrf nn TNt -T-r PAmno -n it o ti Ci. LWXX JL T L7L TT 1 1LLU1 Ud JLL T C.X. V- v xulli ueaiers, it became man to whom is credited much of the "Hied xi. commercial asset, was married here today to Miss Catherine Josephine who has been nursing in the Balkans lar varieties of Upland cotton, such as under severest conditions for ciMiy Triumph. Acala, Lone Star, Rowden, j months. There are others, also. Trice, and'IIalf and Half, in compari- j son with each other. ! GRANDSON OF TRANSATLANTIC CAELE LAYER INVENTS AU- "development of the - tvtewriter as a "ua tlie anthracite ron.ls mav (Ml or anv rpilnntin x n i i.i . I , '-""vuuu Hi, an aim most- . who ,!,...;.' . , . I , "i,on a decrease, if they do, J Magil Geddes of Hamilton, Ontario, i - petted to make it more than i wont,- . . liamoio ireuaes a Eight cents. aad nine and Christian as iarm Superintendents. . Dr. Register, who has granddaughter of the : "Very Rev.- J. ; reputation for kindness to the convicts has been "tPmnnrflrilv" , who was dean of .the , f , Th ftW rpD.;m( i ohar.aA w.i1 r rt - L - ix&vv.. iiiiu -uiijmg V LI L mc JXXSUXX XC- The work is being done under the j supervision of Mr. Wm. S. Dean," a j graduate of the' N. C, State College! Textile Department, Mr. G. H. Ander-j -i x -ii "n - . ! son, a eraauaie ox -i.isu -"fgc, Mr. C. E. Coburn textile School a garduate of Mississippi A. & M. Col-1 lege; and Mr. R. V. Hellams, a graduate : of Georgia rfeliool of .Technology. TOMATIC TORPEDO (BY UNITED PRESS) urn a graduate of Lowell i I; Mr. C. E. Killingsworth i ..w IX 111! 1 1" fr't ' I III I .1 I III 1 1 1 1 1 tX .-lie . 1" n for New Yorkers this summer. late Colonel Charles Magil, formerly j orm conditions laid down in the Turner law and the whole State de Dar-ltn,U many of the dealers are Pre i Mayor of Hamilton.- Since his retire- mands and will watch closely to see that this is faithfully done. Am - i.e trial in federal court ere on indictmTit -i,o ' -.an... i y to boost prices. ment in 1913 Mr. Benedict has been pie means and machinery are provided by the law and it is up to Supt. I living with his daughter anT son-in-law 'Mr. and Mrs. Archibald A. Forest, here. Collie. LADY , - HATMTT.TON CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY BY WORKING IN MUNITIONS FACTORY ; LONDON, March 19. Lady Mary tt .lancrhter of the Duke of x i aiuxi -- WILLISTOX, N. D., March 20 C. J. Field, grandson of Cyrus K. Field, the man who laid the first transatlan tic cable and turned it over to the American government, has invented a torpedo, designed to guide itself on a magnetic control, into the bowels of enemy essel3. The torpedo attaches itself to the ship by magnetism and re mains there until its explosion, which is controlled by a timing device. Gcv- ' A hereon., celebrated her 21st birthday; nt tests credit the torpedo with by working all day in a mtmitions i f ae- j ven- out of eight perfeet xplti. tory, just as . she has been aomg i ..we.
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