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HE alth afternoon daily SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOR EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. VOLUME THREE. AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0..- TUESpAY, DECEMBER 18, 1917 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 32 - - i imWURW MU IViii'ulMiJilHj'lM ILPVUlVJill 5 u&JI - v?f CALIFORNIA'S CHIEF EXECUTIVE SLEEPL IN STORY WHE1TENEMY ALIENS DYNAMITE BUILING UPPER POLICE BLAME ALIEN SYMPATHIZERS NEWS FROM THE STATE CAPITA (By UNITED EESS) SsifrflmPTitn. Dec. 18. An at tempt was made to dynamite the , governors mansion when a charge! of explosive was set off in the J brick work of one comer ot the . . ii v,i Raleigh, Dee., 18. The anxiety rear porch which was blown oft' fe ' J done The : na manv have shared over the and ot er amage one. i og Q & scarcity 0f wneat building was not wrecked. f. ' XUl LAX X Uiil XXIXXXO VJL til XO QlGlLVv to manufacture into flour has been relieved. (By United Press.) New York, Dec. 18. The Met ropolitan Meuseum of Art has been given four million dollars worth of paintings and other rare objects of art by J. Pierpoint Morgan, as a memorial to his fath er. The famous collection was 1 1 1 A garnered irom all parts of the world by the late J. Pierpoint Morgan, Sr. MINERS ASKED MAYTMI ICT Drp inc ifcUM fcfciS ART TREASURE Washington,. Dec- 18. The coal miners throughout the countrv have been asked not totake Christ-1 mas six days rest on account of! the fuel shortage. j'Administrator. Garfield has ur gfd the miners and operators to co-operate in patriotic effort to make the holiday season output ! the largest possible. LARGE PART OF RUSSIA DIS AVOWS CONNECTION WITH REVOLUTIONARY PARTY AND DEMAND ITS DISSOIUTION RMAN R, ARE RE1 DS Governor Stephens, his wife and servants were asleep on the upper floor, but nobody was injured. Pro-German agents, or sympa thizers, are blamed by the police for the outrage. 'Si VAl 1. I FARM KERENSKY, DELEGATE TO ASSEMBLY Notwithstanding the SENATO! WIELD! EE Washington, 0 SSACKS TAKE ROSTOFF CITY Paris, DEC. 18. Active artil lerying along the Rhone and Rhine canal is reported in an official statement. Ihe only other activity is the :"s repluse ot the Germans in raids Reed mitte sugar (By United Press Petrograd, Dec. 18. Cossacks reoccupy Rostoff and disarmed the Bolsheviki red guards. This city is the most important commercial centre in southeastern .Russia. It was within this terri tory that the Don Cossacks, the first of the cossack tribes, revolt ed against the Bolsheviki. Owing to the exaggerated re ports of the amount of wheat grown in North Carolina this year there was a disposition not to al- south of Givencourt low wheat from other states to be shipped here, in which case we would have run short. But state food administrator, I Henry Page, went to Washington j to see Mr. Hoover about it. He j has returned and says the North ! Carolina roller mills will be sup-; plied with wheat from outside, though his RUSS. LEADERS UNDER ARREST (By UNITED PRESS retrograde, Dee. 18. Former refused Hoover 's re an immediate hearing:. counsel, on and an order to that effect goes j manager, Peppine, of the general Cloudy tonight and Wednes- out this week from the National j treasury, Skvordsoff, Chathlaban-i Food Administration, and, as the j off and Balabanoff, executors of price of wheat is; " 4nAt the nnance ministers, were arrest- day. Not much change in board, there will W xxvr oition ed at a meeting of the upper class temperature. Fresh to strong es according to an official news n! E. winds on coast. agency. snow and other inconveniences the old Vaughan place .will, be sold at Ruction on the property at half pasi ten o ciock iuluuituvv muni- me ias ing without fail. j quest for So strong is -the opinion thatj Hoover '-xi j -li-i xi i ' me property win De greatly j1ir!0 t.,icow nc.u,i i. sought after, the location of thelowed to testifv todav, because e . i, . j j 4-t i I . . . larms ut-mgguuu, aim lueuuuu-; nag to Q tQ JJew-York tion from the land in the past sO;Dusnies8 fine, that the owners determined j Senator Reed thereupon ruled not to delay the sale on account ; that the committe would ' hear of weather conditions.. r Hoover upon his return to The brass band will be m at tendance, and a good lunch ser ved to all who attend, and there ; will also be valuable prizes given I fD I D CfD fPPQ 1.1 ! i Y.WS, tt W. IT. K WOT W I Shelby, Dec. 18. Rev, J. R. By Shaplen (United Press Staff Correspondent.) Stockholm, Dec. IS. The 'Max ami lists regime is slowly, but in evitably retiring to a fall, accord- mS to information received from , Dec. 18. T h e raVellers' as wel1 as anti-Bolshe-investijratine com- v!kl. news which has smug- POW via llapatanda, sup- rmg. Tfl i in crtnn " on the grounds- WEATHER DIES SUDDENL' BRITISH DEFEAT TURKISH ARMY practiced. There is another important de , velopment affecting cotton seed oil mills, and the price of cotton seed and cotton seed meal. Some dealers have been charging and; the mills have been paying more ; - than the limit fixed for seed. Mr. Page's office is sending out warn ings to those concerned that any i future infringements along this line will get them into serious trouble. .j: Scroggs died suddenly at his home at Marion this morning, where he held a pastorate. Di- Scroggs' was nearing 70 years and had been prominent in Methodism for 50 ; years. The body will be brought j to Shelby and the funeral will take place from Central Methodist j church here Wednesday at 10 :30. i Dr. Scrosrgrs had the honor of gled through which also indicates that the Pet- lograd garrison no longer ports the Lenine-Trotsky lwenty-six Russian provinces and territories refused to reeoer nize the Bolsheviki government. Terrorism reigns in Petrograd. The date set for the opening of the constitutional assemhlv was the occasion for monster deimm strations in Petrograd, with mass meetings denouncing the Bolshe viki frequently taking pi ace in the city- Kerensky was chosen as dele gate to the assembly, represent ing the entire southwestern army. The workman and soldiers had a meeting last week when Bere tilli, representing the labor lead ers, warned the Bolsheviki they must dessolve the assembly. The Bolsheviki are still trying to coax to their camp the old rev olution leaders. (By United Press.) Washington, Dec. 18. Official that British Mioi;ttn,uo , .xvuieigxi iiciy ueeii jjiauiicaii troops operating in Palestine are without sugar for several weeks threatening Ludd, the Turkish and Eastern North Carolina is re stragetical position between Jaffa ported to be in the same Condi- and Jerusalem. Ition, and other sections are but "We have advanced one and a little better off. Even the Cafe's half miles, over a f mile front, ere serve "eoffee without sugar our left centre being north east i only The cUDan erop 0f sugar of Ludd" is the cable received inas been iargely purchased, but available in this country for a week or two yet. ! Large shipments of the home defeated the remnants of eight j made sugar to France and other countries, of the entente allies, is the cause of the shortage. Wood is fetching eight to ten dollars a cord here, with five inch- THE WARM SOUTHERN CLIMATE IS MOST SUITABLE FOR FLAX RAISING WITH T HE MARKET INDUS- TR Y. SAID TO BE CONTINUOUS CASH CROP ' making the motion which estab lished Trinity Park school, . and l- l x. j. rn -: i... ,, 1 I nas ueen a irusiee ui lnmiv cui- jlege presiding elder of the Shelby j Greensboro, Salisbury and States jville districts and held pastorates j at Statesville, Shelby, Winston- i Salem and other places. He was secretary of bisop's cabinet and ' member of the general conference ; two or three times. ROHIBITION PASSES lOT (BY UNITED PRESS) from General Allenby in a brief jjt wjn not be report. The British forces decisively Turkish armies under the com mand of General Falkenhayn, of the German general staff, - They have further foiled the attempt of the Turks to reassem ble, and have scattered the badly demoralized Palestine army. OLD HALE FARM SALE SHORTLY Hartford, Conn., Dec. 17. No country in the world is to be com pared to the South for flag grow-ing- ing ' ' states Mr. Burnett Loomis. - 'lit has all the advantages that other countries have and many more, chie among which is the Jact that in the South it may be es of snow on the ground for a!madea continuous crop, three week past,, and hard to get at that price. Only very limited quantities of coal reach the mar ket at all, which is not to be bought on the open market at any price- . Yesterday the Atlantic Coast Realty Company, Sam A. Dunn and Clee Vaughan closed a con tract to sell the Old Hale Farm, situated on the Scotland Neck and Weldon road,, half way be tween Halifax and Enfield. This property is very well known here and should elicit no Httle attention from seekers after small farm property. The sale, it is understood, will crops a year, while but one crop a year is made elsewhere. "There is a most urgent need that the South should grow flax now, for other sources of supply are short or have failed entirely. Tt is imnossible to eret flax from x ' Russia, the world's most abund ant source of supply under ordi nary conditions. England has taken over the yield of Ireland, and Germany has possession of Belgium's fields of flax . The flax nh'matrn Dpp. 1 8. --Government I oi Canada ana tne uniieu taie contracts for building vessels to I is insufficient for our needs, and Phst from 15.000.000 to $20,000-1 a serious shortage confronts us. BIG CONTR ACTS FOR CHICAGO ;lings, bomb slings, GUN EXPERTS TO TESTIFY nose bags,i haversacks, haldalls, surgical sup-i plies, intrenching-tool covers and! many other articles, such asj ponchos, canteen covers, cartridge I Washington, Dec. 18. I. N belts and the like. Lewis inventor of the Lewis ma- Flax, both for fiber and seed, ! chine gun will attend at an execu can be made a verv nrofitable cron tive session summoned by Medil " X ! - . " in the south, as I know from my' McCormack; at which Henry own experience. y ' Gatling, son of the late R. R. Gat- I ling, inventor of the gatling gun ! These men, with others not named, will meet with the inves tigation committe of the naval Washington, Dec. 18. Forty- seven senators approve the house prohibition amendment in a rising vote, while eight voted negative- 1 Three fourths of thestate leg islatures must now ratify the measure before it becomes law. The fight now hings in Ohio, Missouri, Massachusetts and Kentucky, but the dry leaders state there will be little difficulty in obtaining the nine additional dry states. 000 are under negotiation by the Ketler-Elliott Erection Co. If the orders for building these are secured by this ompony the ship- Ivards will be located at fensa- , ' : t " i t- ox. x. take place sometime within the cola, Fia. mi r. oiewdii, xc- Our war uses for linen, for which cotton cannot well be sub stituted, include airplanes, water proof tarpaulin, maxim belts, halts, armv clothinff, web "There are in the South untold millions of acres of idle lands waiting to be utilized. "In the matter of cultivation, affairs committee which will con land can be plowed and harrow- j vene tomorrow to inquire into ed with tractors and must be the equipment of naval forces, made as smooth as possible, so 'and other matters of supreme im that the flax will grow an even portance in preparation for Amer- length, and when harvested it can ica's participation in the war dur be cut closer with the reaper and ing the coming year- thus secure longer straw. Reap i and bind with machinery and take ; the whole, straw, seed and all,; direct to a retting mill, where the; grower will be paid cash for his 1 seed and straw. No extra hand ! labor is needed.7 If for any reason Dec COTTON MARKET pulled straw si needed, plenty of Jan young colored help, male and fe- jMaT male, ar ready to pull it. Seed j M7 equipment, army boots, leather; will always be wanted and will;July Open 30.18 29.37 28.91 28.71 28.43 High 30.18 29.42 29.04 28.81 28.52 Low 30.02 29.33 28.91 28.71 28.43 Close 30.02 29.33 28.98 28.44 nex mation monwealth several days the time set for the sale. breech pay tor all expenses ot raising, and the fiber will be very profit-j Hlrv. able, to the farmer as a casn crop ; before ton, states that later ne wm iur-! maiquccx, o - , , J I VA ww-.v 7 M. - xt thirty days, and full infer-! presentingjhe company and ton- equipment, bandehers breech ition wiil be giyen in The Com-j ducting negotiations at Washing- coyers, hussis, .Jf ton, states that later ne win n nish particulars for publication Local Market 27 COTTONSEED MARKET. $1.05 per bushel in wagon loads. Washington, Toc 18. With Yates Webb, of North Carolina. leaading the fight on the floor of the house and all but two mcmb- ers irom tne state supporting him, and William J. Bryan, of Ash evil le, an interested spectator in the press gallery, the house late this afternoon passed the Webb nation-wide prohibition bill which allows the several states to ratify the amendment, by a vote of 282 to 128. Representatives Small and Pou voted against the mea sure because they did not believe it was the proper way to settle the question at issue- Thirty-six states must now rati' y the amendment. But 27 states iave already, voted prohibition, o there seems little doubt that he remaining nine states will take the action which the prohibi tionists have fought so long and 'obbied so hard to attain. Two lundred and eighty-two members oted for the amendment, eight nore than the required two-thirds najority, while 120 voted against he measure. or - v it --j -
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