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WEATHER REPORT: Fair tonight. Colder in extreme west portion. Hea vy frost Saturday. Fajr and not quite so sold in extreme west portion. Moderate north wind. INVEST ESTABLISHED SOTCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY " ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL.' lt Fair Y&Kithsr Sbodbyma bLUME Vll-NUMBER 17 FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY APRIL 25 1919 TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENTS UQMMONWEAJ rA its Nk. rfT)J - : ff JILTS BLUFF WB WILL SETT MsraiE HOUGH PREMIER ORLANDO LEFT PARIS LAST NIGHT ON SCHEDULE; NO RUPTURE OCCURRED AND THE TENSION HAS BEEN RELIEVED NO BREACH WITH PEACE CONFERENCE O- fiy AisooLited Press Purk April -5. A distinctly .... ir.i iTi hedou art ers todav. l l, U vt A " 1 " XV, lunger is there talk of a r;uh with the Peace Confereu - bin instead it was said that all .,purs might be settled shortly 'aris. April 25. Premier Or- i i r.. , w: .Oil ;it niiilit accompanied by Sal- itore Brazilai, General Riaz t r . i - . ml two otner members or the lt- U mi mission. IL was given an ovation at the ration bv the crowd. J Parks. April 25.- Newspapers mv are unanimous in the opin n that the departure of Prem r Orlando of Italy from Paris ot's not constitute a rupture of la t ions. Part of the French pres ixiani jt'-is some impatience tnat new lumplieations should arise at the jnnmcnt when the German pleni Hitriitiiiries are about to arrive. j Home. April. 25. A huge dem- t I'livjiaiion iook place yesterday ; "-'re and streets being filled with j I'oople through no incidents took Hliee. LI tk r lu,r concourse or people sur- j. -'junded the American embassy hi'ut no attempt was made of an I'ressive character. When Ambassador Page ap- Tuaclied his offieinl rilprrP demonstrators shouted "Viva J. F. FLYTHE AT M. E. CHURCH -At ounaay morning service at the Methodist Church, Mr. J. P. Fly the of Jackson, will speak in the interest of the Missionary Me thodist Movement and in the af ternoon at 2:30 Mr. Klvthe will I - J ; - ....... ... 1 . SELLERS ARMY, MflULCi mi All ARM? SECTY DANIELS 1 LONDON (By The Associated Pres) London, April 25. Secretary and Mrs. Josephus Daniels arriv ed here yesterday from a two Aveeks visit to Brussels. King Albeit and Queeai Eliza beth left today by airplane for Boehan, Germany, where Bel gian and British troops occupy German frontier lines. U. S. CONFIRMS BRITISH RULE (By Associated Press) Loudon, April 25. Violence in the promotion of the nationalist movement in Egypt is depreciat ed by President Wilson and the United States delegation in a CAPTURE VILNA (By Associated Press) Geneva, April 25. The Polish agency at Lusanne states that some: units of. Sellers army which left Prance last week for Poland through Germany participated in the capture of Vihia bv Polish troops from the Bolsheviki. MAS 1MB ATTACKING WAITZ' ,NTY MILES PROM EUDA. PESTH WI TURE IMMINENT THE CAPI- CAL fear for safety PLENARY SESSION HELD MONDAY HUNGARY HAS CLOSED ALL HER BORDERS (isy Associated Press) Paris, April 25. A plenary session of the Peace Conference will be held on Monday sider the revised draft VICTORY" MTG. TONIGHT AT 8:30 speak on the same subject at Pal note recognizing the British pro- myra. t tectorate there which has been j communicated to General Alien- by the special high commissioner ORGANIZE FIRE INSURANCE CO HUN COURIERS for Egypt and the Soudan. LA in. Viva Italv I lans. Ajril 25. The Peace f inference crisis continues the I'afamonm ,,. of (.onUnent in -s views are about even V i1m.m,-4.wI I I ojiuou tnoruuio- newspapers : f th(' xippurt given Wilson's ;f;l"-l Hal "'viucu hut with two or three ?'Xeeptions, opinions are express fH t-autioiKly nni with the man desire to show friendliness -'jU . both Wil 4f!.-!!1nr, i . on ami Italv and syyinjr anything likely a speedy rt-storatiou of April 25.--Peaee Con 'M, ,.ilv(.s ;lv iiu.linf?d tQ "'"'v'- today tluit an amicable so The Ita .r",W"H ill lt:,lv'. By Associated Press Raleigh, N. C, April 25. Un der the auspices of the State Mer chants Association, thru which ource -$25,000 has been raised as a guarantee fund, the Mer chants Mutual Fire Insurance Company held its first meeting yesterday to organize and elect officers and directors. Mr. K. B. Peters, of Tarboro, was chairman and Mr. J. Paul Leonard, secretary of the state association, acted as secretary. Mr. J. F. Morris, of Winston Sa lem, explained the purposes of the new company and the fire in surance commissioner was pre sent to aid with advice. By-laws were adopted and the following directors elected. J. F. Morris and B. F. Huntley, of Winston Salem; W. . T. McCoy and J. N. McCausland, of Char lotte; W. S. Reich, of Elkin; C. H. McKnight, of Greensboro: R. L. Poston, of Statesville. It was determined to hold the annua! convention of the State 'Merchants Association at .Wright sville Beach, June 17 to 19. 'PI. ... lT.,i.,l 7 : fi.n.l.lii,.ll l lie JlULUdl riLC iii.uiaiu i; is organized for the benefit of the merchants of North Carolina and only those that belong to the Merchants Association of North Carolina can enjoy the privileges i if insuring in thf eonrmanv which I ' O - . X ' bids fair to be a great assistance 'in the merchants of the state. ARRIVED TODAY (By Associated Press) Paris, April 25. German offi cial couriers in advance ofi the German peace delegation arrived at Versailles today. Every business man is expe-cted to con-j to be present tonight at the of the "Victory" meeting in the direc- League of - Nations covenant and tors room of the Scotland Neck portions of the peace treaty com Bank, when ways and mean--, will; pleted by them. be discussed to put the Victorv It is understood that if the Liberty Loan over as successfully covenant is approved it will be as the last four issues; Iihvp been. This is no time to stand back and say "let George do it". If George means "our bovs" who fought our battles then George certainly did do it, 'do it wdl, and it is up to u every one of us, to do our duty and this time our duty is our pleasure also. made public immediately. WORLD BE BACK TO WAR BREAD (By Associated Press) Berlin, April 25. Hungary has closed all her borders in an effort to control the Rumanian invasion and prevent unfavora ble news from escaping the coun try. Reports from Budapesth there fore are contradictory but all indicate the situation is grave. Panic is said to reign in Bud apesth where the communist au thorities are reported to be ruth lessly arresting scores of the Ho urgeoiso party. Pari By Associated Press ADrii zo. increase in WOMEN MAY WEAR TROUSERS By Associated Press Tallahassee, Fla., April 25. When women win the right to vote in this state they may wear t routers. A bill introduced in the State Legislature provides: '"From and after equal suf frage has been established in the State of Florida it shall be law ful for females to don and wear the wearing apparel of a man as now worn publicly by him." the milling percentage, which will virtually put the world back to a war bread basis during the next three months is part of the program adopted by the Supreme Food Commission under the chair manship of Hoover. SPAIN-BRITAIN New York, April 25. "Ameri cans will continue to eat white eral weeks, has been signed. (By Associated Press) Madrid, April 25. The finan cial Convention between Spain and Great Britain, which has been under cVhscussion 1 for sev- Geneva, April 25. C.echo-Slo vak forces have attacked Wait zen, twenty miles nortjhoast of Budapesth, which is expected to fall soon. French troops are said to .be aiding the Rumanians in their advance in eastern Hungary, ac cording o Vienna dispatches. SIGN NEW PACT Five N. C. Men Among Casualties bread despite the return of Eu- Under th agreement Spain Ml! Iian incident is deviiv to main- '''la t ions i.. . i " iH" I act tl r,iu nine Iri:.T-AI in' with the al ii t the Italian renuiin in Paris t" collaborate with 1 Commission not COTTENHAM DIES iN LONDON ii'-tnal work of the "Mi t-,'ii,-'. I O COTTON MARKET ( Ah I V ill 1 ) J- New 23.17 26.5G 24.88 24.40 XOM.INAL London, April 25. The Karl ol' (Tottenham, who was married in 191G to Miss Patricia Burke, California is dead. Kenelm Charles Edward J'ajys the f.urrlh Earl of Cotton ha ni was born in 1S74. IMiss Burke v;is h;s econd wife his first wif wiio was Ladv Ro?e Neviil having Ihm ii killed accidentally in Paris iers in 191:5. The Earl was the owner i for of about b?000 acres, and his heir ;s Viscount Kenseiiu. eighteen WILL FIGHT FOR I.EMBURG PRINCE HENRY NOW A FUGITIVE (Associated Press'. Stanislau. Capital of West Uk raine, April 25. Failure of. the Inter-Allied Mission to conclude an armistice between the Ukran ians and Poles at Lemburg is at tributed by Premier Isadore Hoi ropean countrns to a war bread will lend Great Britain 75,000, basis," Julius Barnes, president 000 pesetas ($15,000,000) at five of the Food Administration grain per cent, in return Great Brit Corporation and Federal Wheat ain will permit free importation director said, today. of oranges and will export 150, Surveying wheat stocks Barnes 000 tons of coal monthly to Spain said he was convinced the depart merit in America had a supply suf imiinfm ficiont not on,v tu warrant the BOOZE-LUMBER production of all wheat flour but vrv j v ":irtrport dema,,ds untu CAMOUFLAGE (Br Associated Press) Washington, -April 25. Camou flage must be compete or it will not pay to pass liquor in bone dry States. Forty-seen barrels of whiskey, disguised as lumber and consigned to a lumber firm in Richmond, were discovered in the freight yard of Alexandria, the discoverev beino- due to tin.' aroma, which was not. disguised. Freight agents eonfiseated the eonsigninent and the ease has been put in the hands of the Com 1 uionwealth Attorney. Buy all the notes of the Vic tory loan you can, and then some. 4 interest should interest you ubowitz of the Ukraine to suspi-j eion by Ukranian leaders that j the mission was disposed to be j favorable to the Poles. ; Amsterdam, April 25. A war rant has been issued in Berlin for the arrest of Prince Henry of Prussia, charging him with concealing arms. The prince is j . i a. i u gi live. Washington, April 25. The War Department gives the follow ing list of five North Carolina men to the cause of life and free dom as those who met the great sacrifice. They are : Private William J. Myers, of .Jennings died from aeroplane ac cident. Privates Lee J. Bird, of Win ston Salem and James E. Dillard of Hays were wounded severely. Sergeant Cicero F. Vincent, of Greensboro was wounded slightly- Private Isaac L. Canady, of R'idsville died, previously re ported as missing in action. WANTS POSITION AIR STEWARDESS ffiv Associated Tress) Prince Henry is the former Kai ser's only brother, and up to the collapse of Germany was the- nom inal head of the Germany navy. Shortly after the ex-Emperor's flight to Holland. Prince Henry began a campaign for the protec tion of his brother and formed a League for the P-rsonal Safety of the ex-Kaiser," of which he is the head. Shelby. Eng. April 25-A York shire girl has applied to the build if the I Jritisli airship. h-o.J. position as a stewa rdnes- on jditions l.;.t .-raft and added thai i iii i - - - would be glad of an opportunity lierliu has a union of maid ser vants who have set their own con- ot hours and wages. she ! There arc probably not t nouirh maid servants at present in A mer- THE KA1SERIN FOR ARMY USE By Associated Press New York April 25 Two thou sand men, divided into day and night shifts, ar. working at the plant of the Morse Dry Dock Company t( convert the German steamship Kaiserin Augusta Vie toria into a troop carrier. The government turned the vesesl o ver to the yanLs in South Brook lyn on April 19, asking that the altertions be finished in fourteen days. It is expected that the Kaier- I in Augusta Victoria, when eoii- (By Associated Press) verted, will accomodate 8,000 A Havana, April 25- The captain j Ill(,r;ca u-(um on the horn, ward of the Port of Havana has noti- vo yue to XeW Vork from Brest, fied firms which furnish supplies A hf.r uxuriOUs eabin accemn for fishing vessels that watch j (iat i())ls n, t ( hf, transformed tn will be kept over such shipping :t() lon;; ro)lus holding row?,,of and that visits of inspection will ': i,unks. i .. , 1. .. f 1 1 .... i.i. i- i maoe io ' i iin i i r iii SHIPS CANNOT CARRY LIQUOR lie r the Atlantic by airship, ica to orin a union at all. no more food and liquor supplies : that several fishing vessel have when leaving port than is neees then quantities of rum and other sarv for their own use. j lienors aboard to be exchanged This measure is due to inforniajin America jurisdictional waters lion received by the port official I for other merchandise. v ars old. Li cross
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