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:r report for Korth Carolina: Probably occasional light rate? tonighand-Weoy. 1HE 1MONW AFTFRNnnw nn v SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOB EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK EAETH. VOLUME TWO AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. TUESDAY, OCTOfcllll 9, 1917 FELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 77 ATTERO BY 1TAU BOMBED M FLAMES SPLENDID MARKSMASTP SHOWED IN DAMAGE DONE u i Lt nn nut n rats n vn IS JOXf X AJnXXl XIO All JLJ TO ENEMY DESTROY? THE HARBOxw RIDDLED PL.NES RETURNED TO BASE FURTHER LOANS TOALUES (By UNITED PRESS Washington, Oct. 9. The treas ury department has announced further loans to her allies. To Great Britain and France each $40,000,000, which makes the to tal loans to Great Britain $1,280, 000,000, and to France $730,000, 000, and a grand total to all the allies of $2,598,400,000. (By UNITED "BESS) Washington, via Rome, Oct. 9 taro early today and inflicted se vere damage upon Austrian de stroyers, submarines and harbor, according to cables received by the Italian embassy. The observers noted that a number of) fires were started in the military storehouses from the effects of bombing. Although several big Caproni planes of the Italian air force -.vere riddled with Austrian bat teries all returned safely across the Adriatic to their base. WORLD SERIES 1 NEW YORK SAI NDING A VETERAN (By H. C. Hamilton.) (United Press Staff Correspondent.) New York, Oct. 9. The third world series game between the Giants and White Sox was post poned on account of rain. The announcement of the post ponement of the game was made officially by the national commis sion after the rain had continued most all morning. Thousands had already packed the bleachers and were shivering! in the rain when word came the j contest was off. The third game will be played here tomorrow, weather permit ting and the fourth game on DYNAI Ml! CITY HALL (By United Press.) Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 9. Three pounds of dynamite was ound in the areaway of the city hall by tlie foreman of the street cleaning force. An investigation has already been started. HAIG STRUCK THIS MORNING CONTRCTS FOR DESTROYERS (By United Press) Washington, Oct. 9. Secretary (BY UNITED PBESS) ! Daniels has announced the follow- London, Oct. 9. Haig struck in2 companies will build the new again in the Ypres sector at 5 :20 destroyers under the quarter of this morninsr. according to thP a billion dollar program. Fore River Shipbuilding Com pany, New York Shipbuilding Company, Union Iron Works, Bath Iron Works, Cramp's of MASS MEET1C THUS. THE COMMITTEE APPOINTED LAST WEEK WILL BE READY TO MAKE FULL REPORT WHEN THE FARMERS GATHER. IT IS EXPECTED THE PLAN IS FEASIBLE NEWS FR03 dispatch just received. "We again attacked on a front north east of Ypres in con junction with our allies on the The finding of the body of Mr. J. D. Lewis, near to the main road Thursday. about three miles from Rocky - Mount, will be felt by many old1, New York, Oct, 9. With two residents of Scotland Neck as games in the hole, facing misear- somewhat a slur upon the south- able weather, and staring defeat em charity that is so proverbial, ior me -worm series cuaiupiuusm nee it is that Mr. Lewis was not the face, New York fans rallied only born in Scotland Neck, but to the support of the giants, was also a Confederate veteran. Dawn saw two. long lines of What makes the case so sad is ( "Bugs" standing at the Polo the fact that this old man, and ; grounds awaiting the opening of also his wife, felt they were in the the gates. way, and they often expressed left, and have made satisfactory Philadelphia and Newport News progress, though the weather is ! Shipbuilding Company, stormy, Haig." J r : ' A vast morass of mud over QIIJ7nrQ ADDACC Flanders caused by the last two ; J If EiIIjU Ul I UuL rlo-lTCi rV A ,,1. . l'J . i - cnuinug rain uui noi stop the British commanders r plans tor a continuation of his drive. Today's blow comes quicker after the great offensive than any other similar British drive in more than a year. IWEDISH KAISER' CONSCRIPTS New York, Oct. 9. The weath er for the third game of the world series opened cold and rainy. RETAIL CLERKS ASSOCIATION the wish that God would take them, as they were too poor to live, and their children too poor to keep them. So it was with this expressed wish uttered to Mr. T. L. Wors ley, of Rocky Mount, brother in law of Mr. R. J. Madry, that the old man drifted out o Mr. Wors ley's st (re that night in July, and feeling himself in the way, ! Last night in the mayor's of and a burden to others, lay him- flee the retail clerks of Scotland self down alongside the road Neck organized themselves into where luxury and extravagance a body known as the Retail drives daily and starved himself ' Clerks Association, which is pure to death, rather than be a load ly local and has no affiliation with upon his children who had so lit- 'any national association or any tie themselves. labor organization, the purpose of Here lay the body for months such local organization being to until it was found a few days ago work in conjunction with the the Acs i having gone to the vul- Merchants Association f,or the tures of the air, and only the betterment of the retail business bones and rags of clothing re- of Scotland Neck and the employ mained to tell of a human being ees. ttho once had been an honored j The officers for the ensuing soldier fighting for the principles VPc,r wsrfi pleated and comprised f the South. COM ITUATION ALARMING (By UNITED PRESS) Washington, Oct. 9. A coal the following: J. A. Weathersbee president ; (By United Press.) Casper, Mo., Oct. 9. "Re solved, that we, descendents of Swedish ' parentage, petition to our friends and relatives in the li- me country to not be ooled by jihe , Swljmish Kaiser, but to. .ask 1 that he. like the Russian Czar. FMW KHWFAITH stepdownandout as the lik- LlilUililJIl VfLliUl 1 11 other dogs have all had their day." tBY UNITFD PRESS) This was the answer of the London, Oct. 9. England has large Swedish-American popula another shock in store for that tion of this city to Secretary section of America which hates Lansing's recent revelation of to see wealth do its bit. j Swedish intrigue. She is preparing with direct' The petition, bearing several aim, and definite purpose, to con- hundred names, has been duly script capital-literally. ' f orwarded to the "fatherland." Tobacco Market at Scotland Neck, is an attractive heading, ! i i . i : aim iiirinermore it seems a verv STATF CAPITA! possible accomplishment if ail iJlilllJl VTlU 11 vfLl will work together to a common end. (By Maxwell Gorman.) At the meeting held last week Raleigh, Oct. .9. The State to consider the proposition a corn Capital is "all dressed up" in the mittee was appointed to obtain colors of the rainbow in promise facts and figures in order to pro of the greatest State Fair yet, sent them at a meeting mass next week Oct. 15-20. j meeting of citizens of the town Wednesday will compete with anu also all :. farnrers cf tho the usual "big day" Thursday, community, and it lias been learn tiiis year, and probably excel it ed that this committee headed by both in attendance and attrac-! Mr, Sam A. Dunn,-is now ready tions. For this is the day the to report. women of North Carolina will From information gained from play the leading part including an outside source it was stated the parade of marshals (women that in order to make a tobacco marshals this year for the first market the success it should, and time) and floats, the dedication could be, every man, whether he of the new women's building, ' be financier, merchant, or clerk, with an address by the first and as well as everv farmer in the i only woman Congressman, Miss area that the tobacco market Jeanette Ranking: the Better would serve, must work together Babies Contest and other features as one man in promoting the plan, m which women will predominate. ! There is nothing that will, do Withno credit to the Raleigh ' m0re to make this section than police department, there has not for the farmers to turn their at- been a. 'new assault on women by tention to a large growth of to gorilla 'negroes in this community bocca during the next few years, for two whole weeks! Although and there is nothing that will several guilty negroes escaped make Scotland Neck boom more detection, arrest or punishment ' than having a live, progressive, because of the inability of the po-j tobacco market, and it is because lice to handle the situation, there ' of this present opportunity to de has been a more convincing de-.'velop all around that this is now terments brought to the attention being proposed but, and here of that class of negro brutes. j lies the rub, it must be with the The experiences of Earl Neville full determination of, all to take the Raleigh negro hack driver, a part and work to a successful tried here this week (after two issue. lynching parties failed to get him) and of the negro at Wendell, in Wake county, who was shot dead while attempting to enter a win dow of a home there, appears to have caused a temporary let-up in the crime, at least. REICHSTAG MMAJORITY DETERMINED TO NAIL CHANCELLOR TO DEFINATE STATEMENT OF WAR AIMS AND PURPOSES. THE RUMORS OF ANOTHER PEACE PROPOSAL (BY UNITED PRESS) Amsterdam, Oct. 9. Germany Dispatches said that Michaelis and Austria have agreed to make was not at Berlin, but another another peace offer on the basis contradicted this report and of "no territory aggrandizement stated that he was ready to David Bryan, vice-president ; S. and the surrender of Belgium, as speak. C. Peo-ram secretary and" treas-jwell as the giving up of France's The German press is filled with urer territories, with no indemnity de- comments on the crisis that Mich- TiiA onmmittofl on hv-lawa were : manded on either," according to aelis now faces in the German Messrs. B. F. Bracey, C. E. I the Berlin Tages Zeitung publish- parliament, and the resignation Tadlock, S. C. Pegram and J. A. ! ed today. , of vice-chancellor, pellferich is Weathersbee. The new association expects to The newspaper asserted that freely predicted. made the announcement on The socialist organ Mayor's Wedding Confuses Citizens REMOVING DEAD BY TRAINLYAD (By United Press.) i Moorhaven, Fla., Oct. 9. -Since the mayor of this peaceful little community married, the j faithful constituents are terribly I confused. The matrimonial veil- tures of a mayor do not, as a rule, create much disturbance in muni cipal affairs. But in the case of. Moorhaven it's different. ! Moorhaven 's mayor was differ- London, Oct. 9. The Germans ent from all other mayors. She are removing their dead from the that's what caused all the trouble field by the truckload stacked up jjeing a woman changed her like grain stacks. A photograph name wnell si,e married. She taken from a prisoner showed vas elected mayor while Mrs. bodies lashed together in bundles George Horwitz. Then, her hon of fours and thrown upon the or tne mayor, married Capt. J. J. cars. 'O'Brien, U. S. A., a former news- t i paper man ana ex-secretary to the mavor of Moorhaven. The mayor's husband is now on WEATHER, (By J. Y. Savage.) Vorworts eriK apparently nation wide, is ' have regular meetings, and it is j" good authority" though no de- boldly asserts that not only Hel I,?eeiving President Wilson's at- the purpose of those who have j tails were given how the rumored ferich but Michaelis also and th' ntion trwiQtr 'i : : :; rJ tox nfforc would' he advanced, bureaucracv svstem thev repre- D 1(m today. been active in its organization to work to the general betterment s the situation is relieved im-' and progress of the town. Viatel v. Hen I--..... pwinui"- in state mat. O- peace offers would be advanced. . bureaucracy system they repre Speculation is riifc here that sent has proved a failure. Chancellor Michaelis might make Washington, Oct. 9. Berlin's re some sort of peace announcement ported new peace maneuver is re- nt.ilities. plants and industries are today. His postponed speech is garded by official here, just as all ensume rHe 9 likelv to outline her previous feelers, as designed aridall efforts of unarm ent bnilrl-! t incr enl for their pressing 'Germany's war aims. to save her present holdings be- - 2 , . vui"h " x i " homes appear needs. nouses and Th e si Similar steps are threatened by uitting down of public t cities in Ohio and elsewhere. A sensational session ot the tore the crasn comes, ana xo ais Reichstag is expected, according courage America's war propara to Berne reports. .tions. The following is the weather report for the week ending Oct. 7: Temperature, highest 81 on Oct. 5. Lowest, 40 on Oct. 7. Rainfall, 35-100 in. on night Oct. 5. COTTON MARKET Open High Dec. 26.90 26.90 Jan. 26.78 26.78 Mar. 26.90 26.90 May 27.07 27.07 July 27.14 27.14 Local Market 6 eents. Low 26.65 26.48 26.46 26.53 26.58 his way to France. But by marry ing the mayor of Moorhaven, O'Brien set the population to Jhinking. Here is the question hat is worrying the residents of Moorhaven. Mrs. O'Brien was elected mayor of Moorhaven as j Mrs. Marion D. Horwitz the name that appears on her election cer Close ; tificate and the one she has sign 26.68 e(j to ai oniciai documents since 26.43 becoming mayor. Now must 26.46, she sign rrs j j O'Brien to 26.53 these documents, or the name that 25.53 . appears on her election' certificate?
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