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VOLUME XXXV. fjPE EE. iCS As Seen By Some of The Most Coulter Attacks So Fierce as to f EM I TO 41 IFAI Conservative Scotland Neck Represent Almost Counter a&VaIS IV i&A T-4 w Days Of Instructions And Amusement Arranged For Citizens "PATRIOTIC DAY" The Scotland Nock Community Cliau taiMma will begin on June 6th ami will l,c lu'M for live days with a program earh afternoon and evening. The ju- i jiior chautauqna, which is promised to ' l,e better than ever this year, will start j on the night before the opening session ; 0f the chautauqua week. The play lead- j or will arrive in Warrenton on the i fourth of June and will be present at a j hi rally to be held that night. i The management has already sent the ; first of the two advertising assistants j ami linich of the advertising is already in place. The ticket sale is to .start immediately and everyone should be ready to buy the season tickets which they are planning to use. The program to be given this year is hotter than has ever before been at tempted and will make a new record in chautauqua annals. The complete program will be as follows: First Patriotic Day Afternoon pining Concert Mendelssohn Sextet te. Evening Prelude of Patriotic Music Mendel ssohn Sextette. Lecture "The True Patriotism" Hon. A. C. Shallenberger, Ex-Governor of Nebraska. Second Day Community Day Afternoon Entertainment Boston Musical En tertainers. Lecture, "Community Efficiency" James S. Knox, the noted business and community expert. Evening Musical Prelude Wm. C. Griffith, Baritone, Edward T. Stallings, violin ist. Presentation of "The House of Hap piness" The Pierce Community Play ers. Third Day Afternoon Recital of Chamber Music The Tscaikovsky Quartet. An Afternoon of Southern Readings Josephine Chilton. Evening Concert The Tchaikovsky Quartet. Lecture, "The City and the Soil Dr. K. L. Williams. . rourth Day Band Day Afternoon Popular Concert Royal 731ue Hus sars. Evening ('rand Double Concert The Royal EHv ilussars and Irving F. Joy, Lyric Ti'nor. Fifth Day Afternoon 1 ' Salubrities ' ' John Lecture, Ken man 'ink Hangs, America 's foremost of letter. Evening itiuinental and Vocal Concert In-ti-Oi!uciiir the Sacred Hula Dance, the Steel Guitar and the Ukelele. This is the most talked of attraction in Amer ica. AT C (By United Press) Washington, May 15. Two hundred representatives of labor 111 their interests and employers to'-'t for a conference with the la 0f" commissioners sent bv Great JVl'itam and Canada to "Wartime proceedings. discuss i APfTOL i WEATHER EBPOET FOR Nort h Carolina, AFTERNOON DAILY WED JUNE 6th Raleigh, May 14. The figura tive "Keys of the City" are be ing handed over to the order of Elks whose annual state gather ing begins Tuesday night with the open meeting at the city audi torium, to be followed by a big parade Wednesday afternoon and the "Elks Jubilee" Wednesday night; barbecue at the State fair grounds Thursday and various other events during these days. The business session is set for Wednesday morning, installation of the newly elected state officials Thursday, followed by the award ing of prizes, etc. The principal business streets are gaily decorated and a big archwav erected a tthe head of Fayetteville street on the south front of the capitol building, wA a great welcome awaits the B. P. O. E. - One on Gov. Eickett The worst joke of the season is perpetrated by a writer in one f our N.. C, "country weeklies" who gets of the following more or less stupid quip concerning Gov. Bickctt. The writer, in a story printed in a paper in a neighbor ing county, referring to the re cent address of the Governor at Rockingham, Richmond county, savs, "He is not an orator, but he is a pretty good talker and his words are worth hearing and pon dering." Bickett ' 1 not an . orator ! " Of all the fifteen governors of North Carolina during the last half ceii tury these only three or four were as much of an orator as Gov. Bic kett orator in the true sense of the word and not a mere declaim er of meaningless' adjectives and high-sounding phrases, a speaker of power who weaves real thoughts and plans of action that often blaze the way along new j fields of commendable endeavor, into most beautiful and thrilling and inspiring .terms of eloquence. One of the most .beautiful and SIATC GMTOL inspiring illustrations o f true elo- j fevered to blame the new demo quence, appropriately seasoned ; Craey, the executive committee of with a delightful flavor of elegant; the soldiers and workmen's dele- wit (as distinguished from the coarse jokes of the ayerage stump situation. speaker) where the speakers had j The committee aviII reconsider complete control of his captivat- its vote of of 23 to 22 when the cd "audience, was witnessed here coalition measure of the govern in Raleigh last Jail when Gover- nieilt and Duma was rejected? nor Bickett delivered his camp- This is held to be indecisive. aign speech, the only one he made in Raleigh. I say this in all can- dor after working seven years in Washington and listening (and often reporting) the speeches of the greatest orators this country has produced and sent io Cong- r ci r Fair tonigM and Wedneod SIigitly cr, Moderate N. W. winds, beooning Variable. TMA XT "TV I SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY, MAY 15., 1917. j-j uaiiiCBss iTiCn unensive For several days past, since the cold snap of last week, especially the frost of Friday night, the cot- ton plants have been dying, and in view of the fact that cotton seed and the lateness of the seas on, the condition has caused no slight alarm. Yesterday a committee compos ed of Messrs. G. Hoffman, Ray Boyette, W. T. Hancock and Ed Walston drove to several sections examining the plants, and to ar rive at, as far as possible the stat us of the local situation. Mr. Hoffman, always conserva tive, is of the opinion that the present showing is serious; that in many parts the affected plants, which will have to be plowed in and others planted will reach fif ty per cent of the planting, -while at other places, the plants not hav ing been set so early will escape the ravages of the cold weather Mr. W. T. Hancock thinks that the whole matter is one that the next f e wdays will, determine ; that if the weather is moderately warm,- and the nights too, that the loss will not be as great as at first thought. Mr. Frank Shields, one of the largest farmers of this section, if not the largest, has been watching closely he cotton of this section, and he states that the cotton dy ing on Saturday last and then it looked as though seventy five per cent would have to be replanted but Sunday wa's milder and the killing of the plants stopped, yes- terday was even better and today was an improvement over yes terday, so that his estimate is that the re-planting will be from ten to twenty per cent, providing the weather continues warm. Fredom Has License And Control Is Entirely Missing DESPOTIC STRONG ARM NEEDED By William Shepherd (United Press Staff Corresnorulent) Petrograd, May 15. With free hjussia erumMin in a ' gates began to see the peril of the Tonight the entire delegation of" two thousand representatives will pass upon the coalition of forces and at the same time what is left of the provisional ministry will meet to discuss some form of coalition which may save Russia 'from disintegrating, meanwhile NWEA (By UNITED TRESS) London, May 15. German v launched a concerted counter at- tack on both the French and Brit ish fronts today of such a fierce nature as to suggest almost a gen eral counter offensive movement. The attackers were repelled for the most part but both the British and French were compelled to re linquish insignificant parts o ground. General Haig reported tremen dous German bombardment on the positions his troops gained on the Hindenburg line, and particul arly at Bullecourt, followed by attacking waves of heavy fighting In the northern part of the vil lage Haig frankly stated the""Brit ish advanced positions had been forced back a short distance. The French report showed vio lent bombardment on the position recently gained by General Xi velle's troops on Ladies' .highway aiuF of powerful German attack over a wide front near Labouville. The assault was repulsed by machine gun" fire except on One spot where a small advance occu pied the position. COTTON MARKET Open. High. Low. Close. May not quoted July .00 19.76 1D.56 19.70 Oct. 19.:)0 19.40 19.04 19.17 Dec. 19.:;9 19.39 19.14. 19.25 Jan. 19.47 19.47 19.18 19.:! 1 Local Market 19c. "Tne next few days will tell the story ' ' said Mr. Shields "if it warms up the condition will not be so bad, but if it remains cool or we have frost, as' we did Fri day and Sunday last, then the condition is serious indeed." provisional leaders, as another last resort measure will endeavor to obtain unity of action among conflicting elements. It is proposed to dispateh for- eign minister Milyukoff to the I front to plead with the soldiers to snow an united front to the enemy, and to stand firm for a re sponsible and united Government administration at home. A few leaders, discussing the possibility of a move to save Rus- sia suggest a return to dictatorial methods )f the despot, by which he be raised by the people to ex- ercise and control sepcifically lod- ged with him by the people. This is a mere suggestion by some, but unless an agreement is reached it may take more dehmte shape. TELEGRAPH SERVICE Says That If America Is To Aid Allies The Work Must Be Done Promptly CALL CONFERENCE OF LEADERS I III II II III ! I.,.,.!,.,, S?fflS ARMY (BY UNITED PRESS) Washington,' May 15. An c' mendment authorized to be in serted into the conscript bill has been added but the committee has not authorized" the president to raise a volunteer force of picked troops, but that such force be led by Roosevelt. The conference will report an agreement to both houses which it is expected will be quickly 'con curred in. (By UNITED MiESS) Xew York, May 15. A Ger man torpedo missed the xYtlantie liner Baltic by a bare ten feet on April 19, travellers say. The Baltic picked up six of fin crew of a Danish sailing ship which was fortv davs out from Savannah. ABOSSO SUNK 24 UV (Bv UNITED PRESS) 'Xew York, May . lo. Xinetv lives were lost April 14 when ti e British liner Abosso was torpedo ed off the fastnets, according passengers who have landed her from Europe. The vessel was at tacked awl unwarned. iim fa IMmi Son-in-law Long-worth Endorses French Inquiry About Father Washington, May 15. As Re- j presentative Longworth, of Ohio, opened debate on the revenue bid in the House today. Rep. Austin j of Tennessee, asked him to yield while he read a pertinent article. ! Austin presented a story from I Sunday's Xorfolk Ylrgiman-i'i-jlot, a Paris dispatch by W. S. For- rest, United Press Staff Corres- pondent saying that France i.- inquiring "When is Teddy com jing? 1 '"I didn't know what the gen : tleman wanted," said Longworth .Roosevelt's son-in-law but 1 a ' gree with everything in the story" Mrs. Horton of Goldsboro is visitii:g tier dauster A. C. Petersou. BALTIC MISSED f Oi ifiW FIX I K D ? K 1 I 1 ft U k t Wi 0 H NUMBER 15. (BY UNITED PRESS) Washing,,, May 15. The president has decided to apply the whip t-v. Congress dose asso ciates say, tnd that he is much put out with the dilatory method or both houses. He says th.-t the members intro duce extraneous matters into the various' pieces of war legislation which the administration has de cided must stop if America is to aid the allle'--. The president has further de rl:Uvl to (': - the various leaders f the two i arties and speak ids mind phdidy. RUM WURa y SOGRESSING 'lhe Kid C-oss Association or Scotland -Neck !(.jd H v,.:-y inter esting meeting on Saturday after noon last i:t which a !ar;.ve num ber of l;:dif s of the town attended. In additic to tearing bandages and knitting eye bandages the ;is- j soeiaiion iha:'e a good start in iha ' woi k it has i' udert aken. J Mrs. Pej;a Shields resigned as j vhr-prcsidt-ut and Mrs. R. i.J. .J. s. y was elected as vice-president. The inih.v.'ing ladies were a.s- ! signed to 1 v::d the different de- j;h i.i, c-.! c anyone wantm' to "ow auyti g about the work j oi tin iU-d ( ;.ss Association eaii i jreT tue i:;iv i::at ion i;-(?in any oi I tijem. Miss Lvi-i. S-;dth Mrs. B. V. i ManiJ :M?. V.r. 11. Alisbrook; I Airs.'O. i '. h..dtii : Mrs. V. j Oickero- t . S. . r.-grani and M i s. .). jf. ;!; .-;!(!!, .jr. i j Tiiei'e j of liie l-;-I A socia j as i o V! 1 ' e anof her w( ; '-w- 'i Xeek ii-.'ti i: i4 )iday ai t ( ; i) ' ' - the ladi'v, til-; j Hemiled v.-.'i. Jlie work are cor- '.'it. 1 tBV UXITPJ) PfJE.SS) Wivls. May IT. t ienera j Pctain 'l C'l as g..;h ;-a!issi:ao n' the Vi-vhct. r-nais. and r.II i. "Il i ( ! i i : in I 111' idd. ieneral F,ei: suc-epds (-eneral Petain as chicC of stati. and Gen eral Xivelie, who jias hon jn coiumajid of Vt o active forees in tiie i,Adi will command certain arniy grours. .Sweeping changes have been decided upr:p at the, recent coun cil of ministers. I
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