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AFTERNOON DAILY
SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOR EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NEG5T.
VOLUME THREE.
AFTERNOON DAILY
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY; JANUARY 29, 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE.
NUMBER 64
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SAYS
NO NATION SHALL BE AGGRESOR AGAINST EITHER POLI
TICAL INDEPENDENCE OR TERRITORIAL INTE
GRITY OF ANY OTHER STATE
LETTER ADDRESSED TO ROY W. HCWARD
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Radcliffe Dugmore, of the British I Richmond, Va. Jan. 29. E. C.
army, characterized the American ! White, state food administrator,
in France as the finest army in ! received word from . Washington
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the world,, executing none.
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New York, Jan. 29 The United
States "will in no case be the
aggressor against either political
independence or territorial inte-e-ritv
of anv other state or nation"
declared President Wilson in a! East of Asaigo as far as the
letter made public today with his , Brenta the Italian strongly at
consent. j tacked. , Around Montesizemol
"At the same time she ic pro-(tri the Avest the attack broke down
posing and insisting upon similar f or tne most part except at Mon
pledges from all nations of the j tcdiva Bella the enemy for a time
world who have its peace at heart j vras a3ie to gan foothold which
an dare willing to assciate them-j was ust by our counter-attacks
selves for the maintainance of that ; jn tie rCgion of Coldebrozzo be
peace. tween Frenzala ravine and Brenta.
'The very strength of her ap-! enemy's advancing was thrown
peals in this direction comes from ; back. Repeated attacks broke
the fact that she is willing to bind j down under heavy lesses. We
herself and give pledges of ut- took ten officers and three hun
most solumnity for her own good . dred and fifty men prisoners at
faith and disinteredness." j Castelf ranee, Trevisco and Mas-
The letter was addressed to j trea. We dropped twenty tons
Roy W. Howard, president of the ' of bombs with good effect Satur
United Press on the eve of his ; day night. Big fires are being ob-
n!7M r7UDMTM 1
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i today to the effec that there
would be a emporary shortage of
fresh meas in Virginia due to the
horrible railroad congestion.
AIDERS
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Amsterdam, Jan. 29. Denial is
made to the report that Count
Czernin sent a copy of his recent
outline of peace aims prior to his j
speech, as made today by the j ers were driven away from the
ritisn poaitions arounci rwes
. Engohello, according to reports
(By United Press.)
London, Jan. 29. Hostile raid-
Berlin Tageblatt
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i of General Haig.
:-4Che .-enemy's artillery is active
around Monchy lePreux.
SMOLSKY INSTITUTE SENDS OFFICIAL
SOVIET CONGRESS OF RISING OF
COSSACKS
STATEMENT
THE DON
TO
TWENTY REGIMENTS AGAINST ; A' EDIME
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Halifax, Jan. 29. A deliberate
attempt to sink a steamer bound
from an American port by open
ing her sea cocks during a storm
at sea has been revealed here to
day with her arrival atthis port.
iUSSIA
(By UNITED PKESS)
London Jan. 29. Russia is in
She docked just in time to pre- the grip of an epidemic of de-
By Maxwell Gorman
Raleigh, N. C, Jan. 29. The
Raleigh Times, the afternoon daily
is 'changing editors, The posi
tion of "editor," or more pro-,
perly speaking editorial writer,
'has been offered to W. Tom Bost,
and it is understood here that he
will accept.
Robert L. Gray, the retiring
editor has been with the Times
two years. He has not announced
what his plans for the future are. ;
War Bread is Here j
According to the terms of
President Wilson's proclamation,'
(By United Press.)
Petrograd Jan. 29. "We will
never conclude an annexationist
imperialistic peace," is the mes
sage delivered jbefore the pan
Soviet Congress today by Foreign
Minister Trostsky.
The congress was also advised
by the official statement from the
Smalsky Institute that twenty
regiments of Don Cossacks had
joined in the revolt against
General Kaledine, the hetman of
the cossacks.
km mi i i?fi
vent her foundering.
seases
the result of nalnutrition : issued Sunday, and the 44 order :
That an rniemv snv or srnes are aeeordina- to a di snatch to The f Food Boss Hoover the bakers
j x ; o j vii.wji urn; 111 me air
aboard is believed to be certain Times today based on disclosures j neie puiixn inc nisi Amu- raids over London and the coast
London, Jan. 29 Fourteen men
seventeen women and sixteen
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children were killed m the
departure for South America.
SUSPECT ENEMY
IN EXPLOSION
(By United Press)
setrved.
London, Jan. 29. Italy has
assumed the offensive against her ' at sea
Teutonic invadiers in a powerful
drive.
The first news that came today j
was an admission from Berlin that
Germany's line had been forced to
relinquish some ground. The
German war office statement follows.
but officials have withheld all in todays Russian papers
information. j Russians have been warned of
The attempt to sink the vessel necessity of care against spotted
was made several hundred miles gastric and typhoid fever. Small
pox prevails.
Berlin, Jan. 29. Violent fight
ing Monday night was reported
office today near
Maraquette, Mich., Jan. 29. A
mysterious explosion of an alch
ohol tank at the Cleveland Cliff
Iron Company chemical plant here
early today wrecked the plant and by the Avar
put the citv water system out of j Asiago.
commission. The Italians it was asserted
The damage to the .chemical were attacking over most of this
plant was estimated at not more section.
than one hundred and fifty thou- j
i
sand dollars.
Two workmen were injured.
The plant was one. of the largest
producing alehohol and other
chemicals for the government.
ican "war bread" on the market.
At first it containes only one
twentieth part (or five per cent)
of adulteration, hardly enough to
affect its nutritious quality, or
the taste of the bread. Later the
adulteration will gradually in-
crease until the limit of twenty
per cent (or one-fifth) is reached.
This means that, in addition to
the already enormous quantities
of England last night according
to Lord French today.
Almost all these were in Lon
don the reports stataed. The ma-teru-1
damage was not serious.
EXAMINATIONS AT SCHOOL
HOUSE
The examination started today
s of wheat we send to Europe, every n the high school branch of the
fifth barrel set apart for Ameri- graded school, the eighth, ninth
ican consumption must also be and tenth grades started oday,
shipped to the allies to keep them while he lower grades who started
. from starving before we can get their examinations last week will
: enough of our boys across the sea probably finish tomorrow. The
to ciean up tne uerman army, nign school exams will continue
which will soon make its strong- all week.
est effort on the French front. I . . ; ,
j Only by the aid of the United with our mothers, sisters and
UNPATRIOTIC REACHED BY LEGISLATION; States have the allies been able daughters to share the fate of th.-
jto hold out for the last year and many French and Belgian women
if it were not for Uncle Sam now "sent to the front" to wait upon
ijermany would certainly "win and serve the brutes yclept,
the war" over the European al- German "soldiers". So don't
MUST EITHER GIVE POWERS OR ASSUME GRAVE RESPON
SIBLITY FOR FAILURE OF THE FOOD PROBLEM
NOW EXISTING
INCOME TAX
DCDftDT DI A1MTC
llLll Vflll ULinilllJj he is not given the power to en
The officers from the Inland force the food conservation in the ; days per week. Forbidding the
(BY UNITED PRESS)
Washington, Jan. 29. Herbert to enorec the following restric-
Hoover warned congress tnat il a. titi.-i i.0.lipfi PSTill
nuns : v au. umci icss j"- j -" i mara- ii vviv iaue vviieii you
down. tackle vour first war thtia Tlmxr
COTTON MARKET
I
Revenue office were
We all know what the Kaiser say it is just as good for nouris
hes last country Congress alone will have use of foodstuffs in non food pro- would do vthen with all EuPope in the body
Open High Low
Mar. 30.35 30.35 30.00
May 29.72 29.72 29.52
July 29.30 29.30 29.20
Oct. 28.05 28.05 27.85
Dec. 27.80 27.80 27.65
Local market 27 cents.
COTTONSEED MARKET.
$1.08 per bushel in wagon loads.
week assisting those who desired to bear the grave responsibility ' ducts. Limitation on food served
to make out their income tax re- for the failure ot the tooa pro- iu piionc eaung Piace. umuui
i i-.mi7 v. i,r f gram. oi aisiriouuoii mat an uieu
pons Xi xux i , uu.v mj o t,. o n -, n
close blanks and as they were due in Voluntary conservation, Hoover localities may fare alike, and all
30.23 Halifax yesterday, had to leave said in a letter written to the mem-' unnecessary consumption be pre-
29.74 the work here unfinished. bers of the house agriculture com- vented. Control of essential f ood-
29.39 ThP r-nmmonwealth is advised mittee, is showing results, but he; stuffs in food manufacturing with
28.05 that these officers will return to adds that the minority o unpat-j a view to eliminating less essen- starmg us in the face, has the business streets present a Sunday
27.70 Scotland Neck for one more day riotic, who discourage the faith-j tial manufacturers. Control ot spirit to complain of the little appearance after twelve o'clock,
this week and that due notice ful, cannot be reached except by commodies critically necessary for ; seif denial like the war bread Practically all the stores close
will be given of their coming, at legislation. jthe production and preservation calls for? To tahe most selfish at noon and there is little or no
which time they will have the I Hoover further declares in his of foodstuffs in order to prevent person it must appear preferable "kickfng" on the part of the
necessary blanks. Jletter tnat ne wants tne powers gicat uumai iuxxuwc0. , LU uem ieu to tne ivai.ver on, putmc.
starving. He would man the Eng- Heatless Mondays
lish and French navies with Ger- The order of the fuel admin is-
mans and come ov only to tration for ''heatless Mondays",
1 lick us," but to Belgianize all as the first work day of the week
North America, with all the hor- has now become known as, is be-
rors that term implies. ing very generally obeyed in thi
Who, then, with such a menace section, so much so that the main