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Fair tonight and Saturday. Continued eald tonight-in west portion. Liglit frost in east portion. To N. W. Winds. WEALT AFTERNOON DAILY SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOR EACH OTHER AND ALL TOGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. VOLUME FOUR. AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAY APRIL 5, 1918. TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 16 WEATHER REPORT in RIP CO .BUYS RO PERTY GERMAN DUTCH FRONTIER CLOSED STORE BUILDING OCCUPIED BY W. T. HANCOCK, CORNER MAIN AND TWELFTH STREETS, , CHANGED HANRS YESTERDAY (By United Press) Amsterdam, April, 5. The German-Dutch frontier has been closed for a week according to a nannouncement published in the Handelsblad. LEWIS B. SUITER. HANDLED THE DEAL 0- One of the largest individual improved real estate deals made recently in Scotland Neck was pulled off yesterday when Mr. Lewis B. Suiter, acting for Hon. Claude Kitchin, sold to the N. A. Riddick Motor Car Co. the valuable corner store build ing at Twelfth and Main streets for the consideration of eight thousand dollars. This building was put up some ten yeara ago for Mr. W. T. Han cock since which time it has been occupied by him, but he releases the building because he has rent ed the store recently occupied by M. Ma ing, and will move in within the next two weeks. It is the purpose of the Rid dick Company to put in a cement floor as soon as possesion can be obtained, which will before the first of -May, and will also be in stalled a battery service station, vulcanizing plant and paint shop. The N. A. Riddick Motor Car Company was incorporated four and a half years ago with a capi tal of $25,000. of which $12,300. CORK SONERS MET YESTERDAY Last night a petition was pre sented to the town commissioners asking for a street to be opened from Church street out between J. B. Edwards and Hugh John son's property so as to give an outlet to Mr. Billy Walston and adjoining lots, which it is said will be built upon if the street is opened. After discussion a com mittee of Messrs Ray Boyette and R. C. Josey, Jr. was appointed to investigate the matter of cost and expendiency and report, of possi ble at next meeting. It was reported that the sew er was practically completed and ! would be turned over to the town sometime next week. Mr. L. R. Mills reported that he had orders for more than twenty sewer con nections on hand and others were coming daily. rClean up week" has become a state matter and the commis ! sioners decided to devote all next TWO N. C. BANKS SUBSCRIBEQUOTA 000 Richmond, Va. April .5 Gov ernor Seay, of the fifth federal reserve bank, announced today that two North Carolina banks have subscribed their full quota of the third Liberty Loan. . He declined to make public the names of these institutions. KAISER BEGS "SWISS PARDON" (By United Press) Amsterdam, April 5. The Kai ser m a nersonal letter to thf Swiss president apolized for the killing of the Swiss secretary of legation during the bombardment of, Paris according to advices re ceived here. SEOTD DMFT CALL " MADE WRY SOON EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN COMPRISED IN SECOND DRAFT WILL BE CALLED TO CAMP IN QUICK ORDER WOODEN SOLES ON GERMAN SHOES Washington, April 5. There are now 180 firms employed in Germany in the manufacture of whole wood soles for new foot wear with an output of 400,000 pjairs weekly. Beechwood has been chiefly used, but any hard ! wood with the exception of oak, jwill serve equally well. ! Of the German boot and shoes factories, which were in existence i before the war only 400 are now AUSTRO-AMERICA CE PARLEY (By United Press) Zurich April, 5. Members of the Austrian parliment believe that communication opened be tween the foreign office and Pres ident Wilson, have proceeded further than foreign minister Czernin's statement indicates, ac cording to the Munich Nacrich-ten. HALF OF THEM CALLED BY JULY FIRST -0 NEWS FROM THE UNIVERSITY By Robt Madry Chapel Hill, Apil, 5. "Seri- (By United Press) Washington, April 5. Presi dent Wilson is preparing to laun ch a second great draft of Amer ican fighters, and is expected to issue a proclamation this week notifying eight hundred thousand registered men to hold themselves PRO-GERMAN LYNCHEDTODAY (By United Press) view Captain J. Stuart Allen :a readiness f or serivce takes of the present situation on the western front. The first great call to the camps under the so-called second draft Captain Allen, as a member of ; will approximate one hundred and the Princess Patricia's Canadian i fifty thousand men, will start raov Light infantry regiment, went ing campward at the latter part over at the outbreak of the war, of this month, and will be a con- employed in connection with the liiflnnfflftnrp nf trlrwPQ strr si'mi. is paid up. The officers are N. A week to cleaning up the town of lar artid and the remaini 50 Riddick, president and general . all refuse and that the citizens I haye task q meeti manager, T. B. Wheeler, vice- j would be required to have their thc civfl. and shoe re president, and J. C. Riddick, garbage put out into boxes and quqi3.ements secretary and treasurer. j barrels and placed on the sidp-i ' Ihis company has made a de- walks on the days when the; elded success of the automobile truck is in their particular neigh-! distributor business is ranked borhood. Zones will be estab- as one of the largest distributors lished and the public notified, the day the wagons will be around certain streets, through the Com monwealth. Garbage must not be piled on the street as this is a violation; but must be placed in boxes and barrels, not filled too Collinsville, 111. Apil . Robert P. Praeger, forty five years old, an aledffed nro-German. was tak- xr. -x i ii over the beginning of the war en from hiding in the city hall fo fo ' i x. a v i. ii. only about five remained to tell early today by a mob of three , , at work; of these 25 per cent arei hundred, and fifty - loyalists -and J X."t:L-t . "tZZJL jj x x x -i x oioouiy sirugie, captain Alien oe- hanged to a tree two miles west of ; . f . ' , jing among tms numoer, ana n,av having just graduated from Mc-! tmuous stream of men to the Gill university where the regiment camps thereafter. was voluntarily formed. Conse-i Under the present plans pro- quently he saw three years of bably three hundred thousand to actual service, from 1914 to 1917, four hundred thousand will be in the theatre of war. In fact called before July 1. he has fought on the same Twenty eight hundred and grounds over which the Germans twenty-five skilled mechanics and British are now contending, were called from northern states Out of his regiment that went today under a special call. town. No arrests have been made al though the lynchers were unmask ed and were said to have been led by prominetn citizens. of Puick, Caddillac, King and Saxon pleasure cars, and Interna tional trucks in eastern North Carolina, and with the increased facilities for doing business which this additional buildng will All ITC AIITDNATI? Vire ! tmLtO mil LilUM Hj IHLeJT Washington, April 5. The provost -marshal . general -has is-. sued a call for four hundred times Pnotoffraphers to serve with the general corps in France. They will be mobilized in Madison bar racks, Sacketts harbor, New York. For this work it is said that men fit for limited allow the extenson of the busi- full for same to spill over. ness of the company will quickly follow. COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close May 34.20 34.29 34.20 34.2i) July 33.52 33.55 33.52 32.55 Oft. 33.15 33.17 33.15 33.17 Dec. 32.91 32.91 32.88 32.88 Jan- 31.75 31.75 31.73 31.73 Local Market 32 cents. ORE TAXES ON LUXU1 JES Washington April 5. Increased luxury taxes discourage non-essential industries and help the government, to save ship tonage, since they solve none of the war Purposes, is advocated in con press. The view of the proposers of the luxury taxes is that it will curb extravagance and produc ts of war supplies will be in creased, at the same time these Inci'hor taxes will tevd to con serve money for liberty loans. Congressman Hull, of Tennessee lf Pushing a bill covering these The street regulations were dis cussed between the chief of police and commissioners and it was de termined that the matter of as-; t sessing penalties for violation be left to the discresion of the chief with the recommendation that lieniency be shown as much as possible for the next two weeks, especially with the country peo rjle who are proaly unfamilar with the ordnances. Reports by the street depart ment showed that FRENCH TROOPS DRIVE ENEMY RACK LIKE CATTLE AT MANY POINTS, WHILE BRITISH RETIRE ORDER LY IN FRONT OF VAST NUMBERS ing be wounded several himself. His wounds forced him to return to Canada and he was borrowed from the Canadian Government to train the Univer sitv Battalion this session. He is, therefore, in a position wiU bepted to give an intelligent, justified, and unbiassed opinion of situation on the western front. Captain Allen has always stres sed the fact that the main object I of the entente allies at present is i to create casualties rather than take vacated territory. He points out the fact that al though the Germans have made service ORDS FOR RUSSIAN! (By United Tress) Washington, April 5. The FRENCH SAY ENEMY LOSSES ARE CRUEL 5.- Paris, April, attacked the French positions southeast of Amiens with one hundred and eighty thousand men, nearly half of which were (BY UNITED PRESS) The Germans , ened our positions to the north ward, of Montrena. wholly fresh troops, but their considerable j assaults were frustrated, accord- work had been done, that several; ing to reports from the French blocks had been remade, that stumps and roots had been remov- war office. The assault had for its object ed from the center of Main street j the capture of an important rail and that a considerable part of j way. The Communique describ the south end of Main street had J 0d the casualty of the enemy as been dragged, besides other sec tions. ' The commissioners ordered that a light be placed at the intersec tion of Eleventh and Grace streets but that it would be at least six- 1 'cruel.' 1 The French have maintained their line as a whole. Paris, April 5. French forces drove the Germans back in the ty days before this work could be i neighborhood of Moreuil, recap fratu res, and he says "that best to curb extravagance is by completed in view of the heavy work ahead of Mr. Mills' force. Other details matters were at tended to by the board, and they adjourned to meet next Thursday evening, April, 11. taxation, and if the bill wilt ( not prevent extravagance it will pro vide for .the treasury. In either case it will serve a good purpose' turing several important posi tions to the south, according to French reports. "We advanced to the west of Castel, two miles northwest of Moreuil, towards Amiens, driv ing the enemy back from Arrier ecourt wood. By , counter-attacking south west of Grovesnes, we occupied St. Aisrnan wood and strnth- ! -vr,f,M -..-ill . ,1 .1 r.U 3 a partlv successful advance and WU1" have taken territory which the ! of encouragement for Russia in allies fought for inch by inch, j h 18 Baltimoi speech tomorrow vet as the enemy made their ad- i lllght' 18 the contion in diplo- vance in mass formation, about , matic quarters today, eight deep, before the spitting j This view is derieved partly British machine gun fire they; from the fact that the president were literally wiped out by the recently has councelled with Chas. thousands. Their ranks being R. Crane, of Chicago, who studied thus thinned, they were forced . the Russian at close range, and France April 5. General Hai"!to Drin UP their first and second j with his confidential advisor Col. rpnnrt V. h TirUUh f nrvo I troops and finally their re- j House. were pressed back to a position j serves in order to push forward. With the British armies in The Captain admits that the east of Villers-Brettoneux, eight miles east of Amiens, in the heavy fighting yesterday afternoon and evening. The British maintain their new positions between the Luce and the Somme. J Heavv fishtinsr abarainst stronsr f ot i T.pr,pntprl! casualties by far out number the but will continue to create casual- by bursting shells, while their assaults were great loss. beaten off with London, Apil, .Active artil lery fighting was reported at the northern end of the battle line,, according to cable from Field Marshal Haig, who states that north of the Somme, in the neigh borhood of Beugny, and the Scrape valley, the enemy's artil lery was active, while our artil lery was engaged in hostile con centration in the neighborhood of Albert. British loss. On the other hand, the allies have retreated quite orderly, they have kept their lines intact, and nave not been forced to call on their reserves as the Germans; and conseqquently the British will begin to njake counter attacks as soon as they make a firm stand Papers of the past several days reported that several such count er attacks have already taken place. Thus the British will pro bably not only recover their lost territ.r-v- Certain Allen thinks. Teutons accomplished their pur-1 ties, which is by far the more im pose tempororily, but, says he, j portant of the two. this temporary victory will cost j Recently the university batta them deadly; for they have taken j lion took its longest hike thus far. only dead ground stripped of all j Thirteen miles of country roads signs of civilization and torn up I were covered in just a little over three hours, which is good march ing. The battalion double-timed it part of the route. Sore feet constituted the longest list of casualties. Carolina opened its 1918 base ball season last Saturdav week, when in the initial game Carolina defeated the strong Oak Ridge team to the tune of 4 to 3. There are few old diamond artists back this year, due to war conditions, consequently this year;; Varsity nine is going-to be developed largely from new material. Pro pects for a successful season, hew ever, are bright.
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