North Carolina Newspapers

WEATHER; Fair tonight, slightly cooler in east nnrHn i , . - ' i- cooier east portion. Wednesday fair. Moderate north to northwest winds. 11 lniE, ESTABLISHED SINCjf 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY "ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL." VOLUME VIII NO. 16. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0, TUESDAYAUGUST 26, 1919- TELEGRAPH SERVICE PRICE TWO CENTO D AC w ill mm i fMm MACHINEDY SET IN MOTION PROFITS IN FOOD COUNTY FOOD MEN Raleigh, August 264 Uncle Sam's determination to do hi best to make the cost of living come within the range of the purse-strings o the people is getting in some good work, done hereabouts and elsewhere in North arolina. State Food Administrator Page's machinery is set in mo tion this week for the campaign against profiteering, concurrent with the passage by Congress (in the Senate) of the amend raent to the Lever Food Control act. The legitimate profit which ' Mr. Page will hold shall be ob served is as follows: Fifteen per cent for the re tailer of meat, sugar and flour. Twenty-five per cent for the re tailer o other foodstuffs. Thirty three and a third per cent to the retailer of 'clothing, shoes and furnishings added to the 'cost. Mr. Page calls upon all county fooclj administrators to appoint Fair Price Committees in every county, who will inform whole salers and retailers alike of the profit which the state adminis trator considers sufficient and when the margin is not observed action by the Department of Justice will be ordered. Then when the , investigation discloses profiteering trial in the United States court will follow on the criminal .charge. Therefore, brethren, let us co operate in anyway we can, as good citizens, to help Uncle Sam help us. Solicitor Norris will on Wed nesday of this week resume the investigation before a coroner's jury, of the lynching of the- ne gro, Walter Tyler, last Wednes day night near Youngsville. So far the main evidence gathered by the investigation is the fact Ihat the lynchers got the guilty brute and not the wrong man, as has happened at times when the mob hastily takes' the law inio its own hands Out at the State Fair grounds 1he sound of the saw and the hammer resounds to the strains of men (paid $6 per day) and the darkey laborer to rehabitate the grounds which the tank 'campers pretty thoroughly de stroyed, which, plus the fire that burned the grand stand, has im posed upon the management of the fair a big job. COMMITTEE AS NEW AMEND! Washington, Auj?. 2G An other amendment to the peace, Treaty was adopted by the Sen ate Foreign Committee which votel nine to seven t0 eliminate the United States from member ship on the International Com mission to supervise reconstruc tion work in Europe- THIS WEEK TO ESTABLISH AND APPAREL- TO CO-OPERSTE ANOTHER SEARCH FOR AERONAUTS' BY NEW PARTY Conference Planned With Gov ernor of Lower California. AVIATORS MISSING 5 DAYS San Diego, Aug. 26. Ar rangements have been made for ia conference between Governor Cantu, of Lower California, and American aviation officers to conitnue the search for Lieuten ants Waterhouse and Connelly who have been missing since Wednesday A new search party is to be organized- . QUIEN DENIES ALL CHARGES Paris, Aug. 26. Georges Gas ton Quien answered negatively all questions on the first day of his trial on charges of betraying Edith Cavell. REBELS ADMIT LOSS OF ODESSA London, Aug. 26 A Bolshevik wireless message from Moscow admitted the occupation of on the Black Sea, by allied forces. TROOPS PATROL CHARLOTTE, N. C. Charlotte, Aug. 26--State troops and deputies patrolled the principal streets today to prevent a renewal of rioting in connec tion with the street car strike which resulted in the death of four men and the injury of thir- teen last night. HUNS GLOOMY i OVER POTASH Weimar, Aug. 25. The Pot ash Committee of the Assembly have presented a bill which pro vides permission, to export pot ash to Switzerland and Scandi navia. Loss . of the Alsace fields and the discovery of potash in Spain, make the outlook for Ger many rather gloomy. 2ND BRAVEST MAN IN WAR Lockport, N- Y., Aug. 26. Frank; Gfeffney, called) by Gen eral McHale the "second brav est man in the war," wants noth ing of politics. He has declined designation by the Democrats for member of the New York state legislature- Gaffney is chief of police tit a local manufacturing plant, em ploying 1,200 men and says he is satisfied with his job. His great est exploit in the war was the capture, single-handed, of 84 Germans. MONOPOLY ON R. R. ICED CARS Washington, Aug. 26.-The operation of refrigerator cars to be made a government monopoly is tne recommendation to Presi - dent W,lson by the Federal Irade Commission. SHOPMEN WONT ACCEPT TERMS Washington, Aug. 26. The committee representing the rail road shopmen informed Director General Hines that they could not accept the fiour cent raise submitted to them by President Wilson as a basis of settlement of their demands. Union leaders throughout the country are instructed to take a istrike voto on acceptance or re jection of the President's proposal. BOTE PROJECT ONE-THIRD OP AMOUNT NECESSARY FOR NEW HOTEL SUBSCRIBED AJT MEETING LAST NIGHT. $45,000 IS THt AMOUNT DETERMINED At a meeting hed last night in the director's room of the Scotland Neck Bank, attended by a goodly number of earnest, civic-proud citi zens who feel that Scotland Neck is suffering from the need of a first class hotel for its .visitors, one-third of the necessary sum of $45,000 was sjgned up which makes the proposi tion secure. I A committee of business men, who 4 agreed to see all others in town and get them - to subscribe to the civic venture, was appointed and comprised Messrs. T. B. Wheeler,. S. A. Dunn, Lewis B. Suiter and Henry T. Clark, and these men are at work today with the intention of completing the list today. While it was pointed out that in all propability there would be a good in vestment in the proposed hotel it is strictly upon the grounds of civic pride that the committee is working among the business men and it should be the pleasure of all to go the limit in providing Scotland Neck with a suitable hostelry. , UP KEYS OF JERUSALEM New Wilmington, Pa., Aug. 28. -The. city of Jerusalem was really surrendered to the British by- a Yankee photographer, act ing for the Arab mayor, accord ing tLan account of the affair told (.'by Captain Wendell Ode land, a former resident of New Wilmington, who recently -returned from Egypt where he had served as a Red Cross worker. After weeks of bombardment Captain Oleland said, the Turks had .decided to surrender. The mayor hitched a sorry looking team' of donkeys to a carriage, raiseid the white flag and started out of the city gates to find the British. On' the way he encoun tered, the American photograph er a'iid asked him to ride with him. Folowed by many of the tillll 11T1n tMa 0a. wU American informed the "Tom- lw w I,, I surrendering the kevs of th. ,itv t. tj.,-, . iu ixxc -uxitiaii gu venimeiic ana asked the sentry to lead the way to the British general's camp. The nearest British genera1 rode into the city and posted a notice that it was under the pro tection-of -the British' govern ment. Two days later General Allenby rode triumphantly into Jerusalem and the news of the surrender was given to the world. COTTON MARKET October , 32.12 December 32.36 January 32.21 March 31.79 May 31.17 Local Market NOMINAL GIVES MAKES PROGRESS The whole scheme is to be handled through the Home Building and Loan Association, the subscribers merely agreeing to take five hundred, a thou sand or two dollars ' worth of build ing loan stock for whichthey agree to pay weekly or monthly dues, which will not make' a burden for anyone. There may be a number of people who cannot take as much as five hun dred dollars of this stock but who are (interested and would like to be iden tified wfth the hotel project for one or two hundred dollars, if allowed to pay for same weekly or monthly. These people may come m if they will. x, . , . , make their desires known to the aDOve mentioned committee or to the Commonwealth. It looks like the whole town should have an "interest in this plan, even though the individ ual investment was but one hundred dollars through the building and loan. It is a matter of civic pride that should be shown by every resident of Scotland Neck. mm s mm OR'HUAL OCT 14 NOTICE POSTED "". JGHOUT CITY OF BRUSSELS FOB - FOE1 jiMPEROR GENERALS OPFER AND RUPPRECHT ALSO RETAIL STORES FOR DISPOSAL OF ARMY FOOD Fourteen Cities Open Stores on September 25th. CAMPAIGN AGAINST COST Washington, Aug.? 26 Retail stores for the sale of army food stuffs are to be established Sep tember 25, it was announced to day, and wTill fill mail orders. These stores will continue in definitely as part of the govern ment's plan of campaign against the high cost of living. Fourteen supply cities have been planned and, prices are to be fixed to avoid discrimination. STRIKE TIES UP PITTSBURG Pittsburg? Aug. 26 A thou sand extra policemen have beeD sworn in as a result o a trolley strike following riots in which a score of persons were injured. Transportation is tied up. No' we have no objection to price fixing by the government, provided the prices are such as to meet our individual approval. IRISH SPLIT OVER HOME RULE Dublin, Aug. 25 Appearance in various London papers of the announcement that Premier Lloyd George is considering an offer to Ireland of dominion home rule with county option has created much discussion in political circles in Dublin. Sir Horace Plunkett's new Do minion League, is very strongly opposed to any arrangement by which any part of Ireland would be altogether outside the new Irish Parliament and Sir Hor ace believes ny such plan would be unworkable. Ulster Unionists on the other hand are violently opposed to .county option or indeed to any option. The furthest they have , . T . , elusion from an Irish Parliament , . or tne six most nortnern counties without the preliminary of a plebiscite- Yes, we are a law abiding, peace loving, God fearing nation. We only have profiteering, strikes, riots, race -wars, Bolshev ism, asd a few other mild forms of amusement too inconspicuous to mention. 1 D TO APPEAS THERE. Brussels, Aug. 26 The fol lowing public summons has been posted throughout this city: "The persons named below are summoned to appear in Chamber No. 8 of the Court of Appeals, Palace of, Justice, Brussels, on October 14, 1919, at 8 a- m., to be arraigned, on charges of crimes -committed in their names aunng tlie Uerman occupation of Belgium. "I. Wilhelm von Hohenzol- lern, formerly King of Prussia and German Emperor, at present residing at Amerongen, Holland! "II. General Order, former ly commandant of Tournal; pres ent whereabouts not known. "HI. Rupprecht, General in the German army ; present whereabouts not known." SHERIFF SEEKS , TAX ON DOG Berlin, Aug. 26. Local news papers tell the following truo story which happened in Berlin: SHERIFF ' 1 must ask you to pay your dog tax here and now 1 1 CREDITOR "Can't do it." SHERIFF " Then I'll have to search your home and seize the equivalent." CREDITOR "Go ahead." SHERIFF (After the Search) "Nothing here worth seizing. Where-s your dog?" CREDITOR-" Killed and ate him yesterday." PLAN BIG RAID ON SALOONS Chicago, 111., Aug. 26. Gov ernment officials have planned extensive raids on saloons fol lowing alleged wholesale viola tions of the prohibition law. INVESTIGATE PAPER PULP Washington, Aug. 26. As a step toward conserving the de creasing supply of American pulp wood used in the manufac ture, of newsprint paper, Senator Watson, Republican, Indiana, to day is pressing a resolution au thorizing the Secretary of, Agri culture to make a survey and preliminary investigation of the nation's availfcbte pulp-iwood timber supply.. In introducing the resolution. Senator Watson said: "Two-thirds of the newsprint paper used -by American news papers is imported or is manu- ' factured from wood or pulp" im ported from Caiaadja-. One-third is made in the United Stages from wood grown in the United States. The former proportion is steadily increasing, the latter ia steadily , decreasing.