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VOLUME VIII NO. 73.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. TUESDAY, NOVEMSEB 4, 1919 TELEGRAPH SERVICE
PRICE TWO CENTS
FTON ASSOCIATION
ALLY MEETING
DSR
DOZENS OF LOCAL AND VICINITY CITIZENS ENTHUSIAS
TICALLY ENDORSE THE
ASSOCIATION.
NEXT WEEK AND THE JOINING WEEK
A vTv representative crowd of
:';irmei's. hankers, professional
and merchants met at noon
j -day in the Dixie Theatre to pla
: he work fur next week's member
ship campaign, which will sweep
Halifax eounty from one end to
ihe oilier.
Tie' benefits accruing from the
-11
GENERAL STRIKE
CALLED MONDAY
IN MIAMI, FLA,
FRANCE OFFERS
FIUME SOLUTION WRECKED AT SENS
Makes a New Proposal to the
United States Gov-ernment.
BRITAIN AGREES.
Paris. Nov. 4. France lias .fa-
FRENCH EXPRESS
Run Into by Geneva Train While
at a Standstill.
SEVERAL WERE KILLED
Paris. Xov. 4. The Simnlon
0PTO1ISM IS FELT
OVER COAL
STUM
MEN FEEL THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD VOICE IN CALLING
STRIKE MANY JOINING THE NON
UNION WINERS.
ke the initiative in presenting ..xpr,,.,,' while ta srJndstili nM,, I UNION '-itfCRS ARE STILL SILENT
to the Washington governmen
a new proposal for the settlement
of the Fiume question, accord
ing' to the Echo de Paris.
Th newspaper says the move
lias the support of Great Britain.
a ton association were too well j The Employment of Nonunion La
bor Was the
rsed by slleh lllilll as F. P.
is. Pierce. Sehliehter, Bow
dierrod Johnson, L. J. Boker.
Ashby Dunn, A. P. Kitchin.
; i Smith, S. A. Dunn. Rev. M.
v- !:' and Dr. Charles Anderson
it is needless to quote their
ii but it is certain that this
'am of the country, at lesat,
- t hat organization is
"lit i a 1 thing for the farmer.
; has been for everv other in-
-
-1 1 ' v.
W; m t!i" m-mibershir) commit
ealU up-m every farmer the
ming week it is the purpose
aaing Halifax county an unit
' :i- organization, so that the
! may redoudd o the benefit
: - farmer him-. If and family,
hi- ''hurch, his school, his roads
'h.' entire well-being: of the
muuity. lo the end that there
e-'Vt'f a gain be said V poor i
Cause.
AFFECT ALL PLANTS.
Miami, Fla'.. Xov. 4. A general
strike of all labor unions in Miami
has been called for Monday on ac
count of the employment of non
union labor in the coenstruetion of
a hotel.
If the strike is effective the elec
tric light, water and gas plants
will be included among the indus
tries tied un.
iNCHSMOK
IKE OWN BRAND
the nu'-etin:
the i
luncheon v;!s served at
-!' s offi'-e ;, those
the burtl-n t bear
who
m
i his end of the eountv
ws.
;i ! i) ea :
. -rs i'i i!o
''i-le-il
::" fa rum
i 'l'V who
h. "we
imr ! !;!
-vh-an
' here V!
11 b
Paris. Xov. 4. The opinion of
the average French smoker is
that the government will not
readily dispose of the billion
packages of American cigarettes
and enormous quantity of smok
ing tobacco bought of the Amer
ican Expeditionary Force.
lermore'i e admits that both cigarettes
h.-jh-r that there inlm tobacco are prepared with
- :n this end of ' 'water finish, that the quality
Si!V. after my he finer, but lie has the
i ave no protec- j habit of the old French brand of
,!,.N" thfi-i will !Thaeeo which is coarser, strong-
Cot'on A-soeia- ' ''r alm produces a far more dis-
I agreeable odor, and he wants no
COUNCIL MEETS
HUN COMMISSION
Paris, Nov. 4. November 10
has been fixed by the Supreme
Council as the date when the Ple
biscite Commission, created under
the German Peace treaty, meets in
Paris to discuss the elctions in
various areas, the political affilia
tions of which are to be settled by
popular vote.
Holland has been advised by the
council, adheres to the decisioi.
previously readied, not to recog
nize Dutch ownership of German
ships purchased by Holland after
the opening of the war.
Sens, about sixty miles from Par
as, was run into bv a German j
train last night.
Several persons weie killed
and a number injured.
LADY ASTOR HAS
4. A s
iai
ashing! on, Nn
j presidential commission to at
tempt arbitiation of the coal
M A HIT OI7D QDCCrU s l ikl is Iniwsed in a resolution
ifmUTLl iiiiJA Ol LLllilI!ii:trod
FRESH VICTORY
CAMPAIGN
bleed today bv Chairman
Kenyon, of the Labor Committee.
Washington, Xov. 4. Efforts to
reach a basis for a possible settle-
She "Had the Mirth of British ; H!ellt or' ('id" strike were made
London, Xov. 4. The claim
that the northwestern Russian
army under General Yudeniteh.j
which had been attacking Perm-j
grad, has been surrounded bv th" j
Bolshevik, was made in a Soviet i
Tommy Going Over
the Top. ' '
! lot
la v
a conference here be-
jtween Find Administrator Gar
jliehl and -J. A. Morrow, president
joi the National Coal Association.
r
cow todav.
ed-
' 1 u
Iwli li
If a
IDE
ASTOR PRESENTS KER. i , , .
j ( h:c-;gc. His. Nov. 4. --The be-
iiiiuimu o; i,e S''COi! (UIV Ol TlIC
ymouth, Nov. 4. Ladv As-.f..i;ii CriL-, r(!li,,,; ,...,-..,.,,,.,,
government wireless from Mos i tor. in her sneech last nio-hr on i .... f . ' '
e"" J; u-. ci.-iii none ocraiors
li er anopuon as unionist eanui-; ojitomistie
dale for parliament, told Ihose j Additional b-.iera! and slate
who had gathered to hear her i troops have be.-n s-i,t im,, t.
that it was because she had "the! various c-al fi.-bls il is reported,
mirth of the British Tommy who; Thousands of cars of fuel i
could laugh while going over the i transit bj.ve ti,,,
I?; top" she was able to face the i railroad adminisl i ai ion
tremendous responsibility, of at- Ofj'i.-ials of the Miners Fnion
tempting to become the first wo-! remained silent under the feder
man meml.er of tlie house rf com-jal injunction issued in Iidiana-
. ' i i
j OOiiS iilV) week.
mil
V Fff
DE
London, Nov. 4. In the last
year of the war there was a re
markable falling off in this conn-, moils-
LA
try of convictions for drunken-! "J realize that it defends on
ness from pre-war totals. Official ! how I behave myself there,"' she
ugnres, which show a decrease ot i added, whether otner
-a I teres
Berne,
Nov.
An unusual
S4.G per cent, follow: 1913, 188.
877; 918, 29,075. The statistics
women 1 holds,
renort s
reaching into L?s
from
will get in.
i showed Ihe firs! breaks
1 1n
states,
n the
moment later she said, "If :'anks of organized labor in West,
given are confin&d to England jtook the spirit of d)rake and 1 he j ii'ginia and Colorado. Advices
and Wales. The greatest fallin?' I faith of the Pilgrim fathers lo!t-' Washington head j na rl e: s of
'p'o-afors said jha! a!! non-
, religious ceremojiy was perform
ed in the shadow rd' .Mount Blanc. ! off of drunkenness, amounting to ; get me here tonight.
T3ie Abbe Cuutin, accompanied almost 90 per ceid. was in the
1 in
Viscount Astor came forward .union mines wre working to l'ull
by five Chamonix guides, carried i great mining and manufacturing j b present his wife, saying: "iCapaeify and turning oul coiisid
to the toj) of Char Jet Peak, an al- j districts of the English Midlands, i have been asked to introduce to 'cralily more coal than on Salur-
titude of 12.240 feet ,an alumi-
0 Iv
1 I'ui
i hai
-S lo
1 i . 1 i ; ! 1 1 o s.
i '
'.': organ i:a 1 ion ever
being.
o
tlier,
do mm
AN
num statue four feet high and
weighing thirty pounds. The
summit ofthe peak was reached
after a seven hour climb; the
Chamonix aiguille is one of the
most difficult peaks of the Mont
range to ascend.
The Abbe bh-sed ihe statue
tor it was erected and pro-
and in the thicky settled
mining areas of Wales.
coal-
operators re-
Pdai
ioiRnI M if
5 9 !l
Si
j you mv successor your ful ure : oay. Some of tie
i representative.'' This was greet- r?s said 1 .hat union men had
j ed with loud chees and laught er, gone to work in non-union mines
i and Lord Astor went on: "Li!1 lhat tin-re was growing sen
ihave been asked presuma'nly be- ; 1 imeni that the men themselves
cause i Know more aoout Jn-r 'omu-i nave nao rne ligni lo vole
than any oi else. Although shei;:" 1''e strike before it was or-
sin
if i
heart.
ne'(
rtheless, i !"'
sin1 is
II' 1 f . I 1 1
milKUUI ot. Hie I :es M.lisioii-
nou ne
st a 1 lie
is oi
tin
oration. The
fuide Ciiarlet.
Washington, Nov. 4. With
il SCV- . He -onelnded h
erai memoers i T lie cabinet at v.M.-..t -.i 11
Pi'fCiMirg. Nov. 4. Some coal
expi-.-ssing -:n"ii"-,rs pishm g district
1ooa'" f-xni-fsst-d l;ie oninion tlost.
i ,
,et". ! ...vx.-v.., .m .c.inm i n - regret al 1 lie nci-essity ot step-
ed home today to vote the cabinet did ddng aside owing to his elevation!111" 1,,imM's st '
n
airer whom the peaK is name'
and who was the first to conquer llot hnd its 'ikir Tuesday ;1o iho peerage.
o !s;to i '!,,if ;t. i meeting.
li lit i V ' ' . V IiCii l K i. i - v -
he a
vears i ai'i
It is however expected to as-' rwsn a trr3 & M?0
sendde later in the week and dis-! H ! Umh'U
ojiciuv geui . oi inn neignoor i citss me coai st ii ice aim me a;-;
i in advr-rsily. V.'u may want to j poinfment of a commission on in- j
j AVasliington, Nov. 4. Chili has i borrow a dollar from him some
-Brigadier- i given Bolivar an outlet to the Pa- 'day.
is going ' (dfi:- ) (ding
a
strip of . land
s.-i! jMiiiy of fifty j noriii of Africa province, aceord
ofli -er.-, to settle oiijing to official advices received
ill'!
illicit r
' Me
is ' 'e
' o ; ;
li'O
400 j here.
ITe
1 a 5
m
dustrial unrest.
The house also is not in session,
it having recessed so that mem-
g-d ra wi i -( i i f a ffair.
; 4 'nion b-aders said t lmt there
jwas no change in the situation;
hhal all union miners are out and
indications are that additional
inorganized miners will join fin
London, England.. Nov. 4.-
Iirown.sviJJe. Pi
.v. 4. Cnit-
lers from states where elections i Not hing less than
co
mi
llri1,Jfld States troops entered Peimsvh
I'll
ill satisfv the
e!,niing conn
ing tic epOl't ( il oj")pO-
l: is .-ob.niAil ion scheme
si ist i and An
!;' said :
1 1 Liu
.1 J . . . 1 "I 1
are oeing neid migni return nome. indeneui :!ence wi
The Senate however continued its aspirat ions of
eaty. , of Svria, according to Ilabib
Lotfallah Bey. chief representa-
vania on strike duty todav when
3 r , Si
mer;ean jo'
51 ft
j Pudapes!. Nov. 4. The dicta-j
. torship of the proletariat cost;
&jj.2JjI uS.Jl SJiliungarv 13,075,000,000 kronen j
UPDV TACTf V ieussion of the Peace Tref
I I I ;i la 7 1 eJ i . .
V u J XjF J A iiJ A. '
,t.'ve in Lurone of the Syrian
j Union Committee. Lotfallah B
ihas iieen conlVrring in
the neonlej" '"-. '""''"V usuveu
- if -TV-..!
Horn iiiita!o.
Arri:!gemeii1s had been made
to scaMer them throughout tlie
ev
district.
Brownsville is on th
til up
.., 1
i
according to a statement
N'-w York, Nov. 4. Electors dished here. The. lied Armv alone
, J . 1 A . 1 1 '
nve si a ics wem to me nous cos
d 2.GG0,000.0)0 kronen.
pub-
lone
One
9k STt HI 3
JjOlldOU
1 .
1 i.,: x-.a ,.i a n,. me non-union mine country
uui l i uv v i. uioui o;ii ' l. in
King of the Iledjaz,
i.-; ai
and
with
ritin otnciais regarding tne no-
YoiingsTown, O.. Nov
-t.-
-Bricks lilmal futui
Ins cou
no I jj,g lo
. ' o ' I I 1 ! ' ' ' ' i : I O j
officers with n i e , hut
'--'1 Ve 1 a 1 a ' s a chalice
j'ot enough grit
!K" good, and 1 want ; tionai iiestions taeed" rhe voters dtave been lose through irauds. ; women attempted tins- morning to union oi i aiesTine, rvria aim vuuiiuim .-wu , i..
B"th mv father and i of several other states. j ! prevent workers from entering a Mesopotamia ultimately would Senator Martin's condition is
iirf coming out with (iovernors are being elected j Tlie normal mind grasps readily steel plant here.
1 IT 1 1 1 -l i C . Ml ' ' 1 . I 11 1 . - .IT'PI.. V.-..-.. L.
o fa:ior Tor governors, iinn red and tittv minion Kronen and stones new while denuiies ""id i ie xssi.cici ico j. i e.ss ne was
while the election of lesseer offi- were spent on foreign propagan- fought with enraged women when coniident that the scheme his or-
in ' cials and decisions on const itu-, da. and a similar sum is said to a crowd of one hundred and fiftv ganization has drawn up for the
s ski n s m Ju v
be accepted by the British and somewhat improved this moinmg.
r,.,,,.'n Avr.minmntt n L- tlio tiost FT' SllCHt a Ollict Iliii'llf illlU ' 1 ' '
; 4-, .. i : . .1 ' . -it- j i - r i ,i ir.., j.l i . i j. a i i? i : j i. ;i . i Tt . .i e tt,-.,w.!-. nnto oc- t in i.ct Me srem :i Miner "i ;
i uiiv li ' sinne l in i n c -KV. ji u i i . jiassa- : lie OLiiii i 's or me. ve men ; rour women were nn.i. n hj 1 1 mm. mo im. - - " 1
we ll(. vei v luH). ' fdmsetts M ississi nni anil Xew ! the dullard converls sunshi ne ' arrested for riotino- sollltio nof the v vexed S.vrian able to take nourishment this
Jel
ev
i
into g
loom.
None were seriously injured. question.
morning'.
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