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VOLUME IX. NUMBER 80.
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SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. FRIDAY, MARCH 12th, 1920.
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BUREAU OF EDUCATION REPORT
"Vwi.shingtoii. March 12. The
, .vail of Education report says
-lit eon thousand schools were
;,.1 up to February thirteenth
,r lack of teachers through fsjl-
!' to provide adequate salaries.
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Mli PEACE
TREATY AGREED ON
London. March 12. The
Hungarian Peace Treaty., is -definitely
agreed on by the Peace eon
fetetiee and placed in.thJiands of
;i drafting- committee. J--freaty
i fxpeeted to be completed with
in it week. The territorial terms
u-liich Hungary protested against
remain unchanged but various
economic concessions were grant-
THE PREMIER CROP
OE THE NATION IS
C0RN1THBGMU
E
European Corn Borer is
a Pest That is
Feared
MANY BOATS SMASH
Pittsburg, March 12. An ice
gorge twenty feet high and stret
ching eight miles borke loose in
Alleghany river last night at Free
port and started a rush down the
river smashing flatboats, barges
and houseboats. The crash was
beard for miles.
There Are Two Faction
To Be Reconciled
IN HAND OF PRES.
MAYBE STAMPED OUT
ill! m SLOW
TO CONVOY SHIP
Washington, March .12. Dir
regard Navy Department his re
'ommendations in regard to
;m! option of a convoy system as
described by Admiral Sims as
'"Infinitely more serious" bearing
'H war than other cases of alleg
ed inefficiency cited on previous
t"timony before the Senate in
vestigating Committee. II said
a aw Uenartment tailed to
j. - -
ulopt t lie I'onvov svstem until
't" in July nineteen seventeen
Ifpitc h is urging.
1 1
Washington, Mar. 12. The
enormus value of corn, the pre
miner crop of the nation has made
it necessary for the government
t take all possible precaution to
prevent further infestation from
the European "icorn borer"
which is supposed to have enter-'
ed the country in shipments of
broom corn and has obtained a ;
limited foothold in the eastern!
part of the country. j
large sums are binng spent m
an effort to control it and a rul
ing soon is expected from the Fed
eral Horticultural Board as to
tjie whether a quarantine shall be im
posed against all foreign coun
tries to prevent further entrance
of stalks and eears of Indian corn
broom corn or other plants that
may bring the borers. It would
not apply to shelled corn or to
the thrashed seeds of the other
plants.
THE DOUBLIN ZOO
SHIP LIONS TO AFRICA
Dublin, March 12. Dublin is
now exporting lions to South Af
rica. The Dublin Zoo has a fam
ous lion house where the animals
have been successfully bred. It
has been able to supply lions on
demand to other zoos in the Unit
ed Kingdom, but this is the first
time an order has been received
from Africa.
Washington, March 12 The
effort to compose th difference
between the majority and minor
ity of the -bituminous coal strike
commission ot be made by the
president neither the minority nor
the majority report is to be made
public. If theres.no possibility of
1 ringing the -members of the com
mission to agreement on the
principal differences amount the
wage advance and hours the
work. If is understood that John
P. White who represent miners
held out for thirty five percent
wage increase; seven hours day
and majority recommended twen
ty five percent increase unchang
ed hours
I iiOnTH CAROLINA FOBO
IfmYiH flPTPF PfPTflS
in
on mi
yi Liu
. 01 A
Li n
ims i fie
Hani
Only Hotel, Operates an ice
Which 'Was German
Property
HE IS THE ROCKFELLEROF LIBERIA
13 OIE IN TORNADO
DEATH LIST Pv ,
INCREA"1" nTEB
London, March 12. Libera is
ruly a hermit republic. writes
lan Bourehier Lethbridge. au
thor and travelor, in the Daily
'Telegraph. Tlie country, lie adds
has no roads, no railways, no tele
graphs no steamboats on her ri-
STATEMENT OF KEECH
INSOLT TO CONGRESS
SftVE MONEY WEEK
BEGINS MARCH 2:
W ashinsston, March iz. ton
gressman will support the soldier
bonds legislature "to get votes"
Frank H. Keech of New York a
former Lieutenant Colonel of the
Inspector General Department
told the Ways and Means Com
mittee. Chairman Fordney char
terized the statement as an insult
to congress.
BOND ISSUE TO AID
SERVICE MEN OPPOSED
j vers nor any practical emploita-
Flooded Streams Ado! ,tioil of ller wealth-
Lodgings m Monrovia, the eani
Menace
Life
To
Washington, March 12. A bond
issue of two and half billion dol
lars to 'adjust the compensation
of forner service men result in
ri.' i . yT-rv j tt . j i -1 J
uisaster secretary xiousion toiu
Jge, C Ways : and Means
Committee that is " considering
the soldier legislation. Increase
taxes to extend aid to service
wen is suggested by the Secretary
as. the least harmful wray.
PROPERTY DAMAGED
Branson, Mo., March 12. Flood
ed streams added menace to life
and property in Southwest Mis
souri where a Tornado yesterday
killed at least thirteen and injur
ed others. It did unestimated
property "damage and every
stream in Ozark Hills were bank
ful or overflowing. It is be liev-
FRENCH TEXTILE
STRIKE AT ROUBflIX
THE WARD LINER
FLOATED OFF REEF
Washington. March 12. The
"iVr'''k of March the twenty second
!s by the Department of Jus
'i' " first "Save money on meat"
u,t'l in which the public is asked
!" buy cheaper and aid high cost
"ipaigu.
ART HAS GREAT SODM
IN BOLSHEVIK RUSSIA
London, March 10. "Art," so
far as th production of pictures
is concerned, is said to have had
a great boom in Bolshevist Rus
sia owing to the fact that the go-
tal virtually do not exist with
the exception of one place which
jis enducted by the mayor. This
man is an enterprising negro of
North Carolina who besides at
tending to the duties o ft he may
oralty and conducting Ids hotel,
operates an ice plant and an ice
cream parlor which formally were
German property. From those
latter his profits are said to be gi
gantic. He also has 'something
to do with the Post Office" and
is it police court magistrate.
"In fact," says Lethbridge,
"this remarkable man. starting
from nothing, lias made himself
a Rockefeller of Liberia."
In Monrovia, says the traveler,
there are no horses, motor rick
ishaws or other wheel vehicles; no
street lighting, no drinking water
Scutari, Alabama, Marcli 10. llot infrequently food sup-
The steamer Skodra, flying the l,15es for tho European colony run
French flag and carrying Ameri-!out aml triet rationing is enfor-
can Red Cross supplies for Mon-jer(l 1,1,1,1 ulQ S,1IP arrives.
ed the death list
with later reports.
will
increase
MACHINE GUNS 05ED
RED C. BOAT
tenegro. was held up by bandits
this week while enroute up the
Bojana River, and one of the sail
ors wras wounded.
The shin had just reached a
Unless the 23 members' appear
at Parliament houses properly at
tired in a black froch coat, pa
tent leal her shoes, white waist
coat and top hat. they are liable.
New York, March. The Ward
Liner which struck the reefs near vernment pavs a liberal amount
for all works approved by offi
n i?:.. .!. rn mi i
bend in the river when the ban- ' " ime m 1,14 Tnermom
dits appeared with machine guns!e,er W'times registers 110 in
and began to embark a boarding jtne shade.
party in small boats. The cap-j "
tain received permission to turn
Lalle France, March 11.
hundred and fifty thousand per-'
sons are idle on account of the'
strike at Roubaix turcoing. ;
Yucatan coast yesterday wTas flo
ated and arrived safely with the
Six .'passengers at Progreso Mexico.
NEGRD SHOT TO DEATH
BK 6 MASKED MEN
COTTON MARKET.
day
'':.!'
' 'Mohcr
cm her
POBLIC OF PORTOGAL
IN A GRAVE STATE
mm jj
Maddrid, March !2. Libson
telegram says the Portugese gov
ernment has issued a proclama
tion the new cabinet is assuming
Montgomery, Marcli 12. Wil- power in time of distress and re-
bur Smith a negro former soldier, public is shaken to the founations
9.99 'was shot to death bv six masked bv a confusion of the minds of
37.04 men nead Legrand in this county people and the spiriit of opposi-
34.34 Thursday afternoon after he had tion. Discipline is prevading
31.95 been arrested charged Avith at- country asks for support "this
31.00 tacking a six year old white child, grave hour".
cial experts.
The whole domain of art
has
i about; in order to secure better
anchorage, but when he had ful
jly turned he ordered all stream
a liea d and set down t tie river.
The bandits immediately opened
been placed under the control of ; fire and riddled the sides and up-
BIRTH RATE IN
GERMANY DOUBLES
Berlin, Marcii 10. The birth
a council of seven members, four jper deck of the ship with machine J'ue maKing a rapid recovery
of whom are apostles of futurism. gnn bullets. throughout Germany, according
Artists' earnings have been in- : .statistics which have been gather-
creased through a rule establish- ;f TIC IDES UNDER RAIL- jed by the American Red' Cross
ed by the council under which alii ROAD TRAFFIC OX ROAD representatives here. In most
pictures that pass the judges are i Nanchang, China. March 4. - sections of the country, the num
to be paid for at the uniform rate Service recently has been serious-. her of births per month is now
of 7,000 rubles each. jlv- interrupted and schedules dis-j double that of a year ago, when
Whether the artist has devoted organized on the little 90 mile the lowest point in the curve of
months of assiduous labor to a , Nanchang-Kiukiang railroad by. vital statistics was reached,
picture or whether it is a daubjthe large number of Chinese who', Figures for Berlin show a great
which has taken a few hours to have been useing trains to com- er improvement than for "any ot
paint the recompense is the samc'mit suicide. In one week eleven .her city in Germany. Health
With such encouragement the Chinese killed themselves in this j conditions throughout Germany,
number of artists is Russia is in-'manner, according to reports. ihowever, indicate a steady better-
later. i merit.
creasing rapidly.
- -i-irnnaimiMi umi'mn i iwii m wtiiiiiinin' aMMMMmiT MWTiiWiWT ' 1
jm m u rfiMBur: ma. mmu
intends to retire when his termjin which .they pledged their sup-
Mi'xiiMi City. March 12. With of office expires next December. (port to the legally elected presi----'
presidential election less than; He has declared for honest elec-Jdent. The governor's conference
Hioiiths away the political sit- jtions and a peaceful transfer of was declared by the local press to
in Mexieo is so obscure ! power. have deep political significance
' fil U is impossible to state defi-
,;.''ty wheihei
f-iiinlidates.
'I'l-sidt'iii Carranza has been
j f us i is his statements that he
A recent conference of seven- j inasmuch as elaborate plans were
there are three or .teen Mexican governors held miuade by the executives tor ho ki
th e national capital took cogni-;ing elections, each governor
Bonillas it has kept the fact care
fully concealed. Obregon and
President Carranza appear to
One significant part of their are conducting vigorous cam
program was the elimination of ipaigns each being aided by an of
the federal army from politics. ! ficial newsupei-. Ignaeio l'onnil
T"i,: ,-.-oc. in rtTri -tSiii si rApnt Hfls i: an avowed candidate al-
order from the War Department, Ithougii as yet he has not forsaken jhave broken after a friendship of
mnde nt thP direction of Presi-1 his ambassadorial duties in Wash-: , ttandinir and El lonitor
dent-Carranza. to the effect that ing ton:
toiarmv men must not meddle in po-; If the present
zance of their chief's attitude by. exercise complete control
issuing a manifesto to the people the voting in his state.
jver , pities.
j Generals
vear's standinir and
t
, . . ' . iRepuhlicano, the Obregon organ,
administration j '
is vehement m its attacks
! favors one. of the three announced !
Obron and Gonzales.' candidates Obregon, Gonzales or I the president.
upon