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nE IX. NUMBER 87.
FGITR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK. N, C. FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1920
TELEGRAPH SERVICE
PItiCS TWO CEHT3
COMMOMWEA
)
ODD BALES COTTON HAS
SHIPPED FROM SI
SEN
ANNAH
L 25,000 To
Are
Thirty
Shipped
Weekly
Thousand Bales
Out
hESTO ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD
vaiiii. iir fta-i March 19. All
t'or movement of cotton
I Savannah have been broken
ij movement is continuing
;iv;.imai is shippiiinr her cot-
;;!! parts o fthe world, in
the Orient. Since An
il, (in- opening of the cotton
the first week in Mar-
(MMtou ships have been load-
r. . carrying a to'fal of ap-
uai-iy .s:0,000 bales of cot
, i'..n'irn countries, and the
is -nil lined with vessels
. cntioii, though early Jan
in former years has marked
ml if the movement. "Des-
tlih lieavv shipment, the
nielli i scontinuing at 'the
01 .i,u". to ov.uuu uuie
I i A V 1
!v lor direct export wnn ai-
inucli being shipped coast-
m was
i it
25 MILES LONG
31 PILL BEARERS '
CARRIED THE BODY
OF CHINESE EX PRES.
His Portrait and Uniforms
Were Carried In
Cortege
RESOLVED BY S. DEM.
EXECJOMMITTEE
Precint Meeting Sat. Mch.
27th April 3rd County
Con.
STATE CON. APRIL 8th
DUST CLOUDS HIDE
THE SDN III COL
R. R. Tracks Covered so
deep with sand trains
Resolved y bthe State Demo
cratic Executive Committee at a
BERLIN UNDER BAYONET RULE
1I4YKILLEDBYREV0LU.F0RGES
About
TER. SAND STORMS
Chicago, March 19. Terrific
sand dust s'torms continue in a
meeting held in Raleigh, N. C, on j Southwest blizzard. Northwest
4 SONS PRECEEDED
Peking,
ingloii, Eng.,
March 19.-The
11 y of the beginning of
irst passenger-carrying rail-
t ho world was celebrated
ihcr dav at Yarm-on-Trees.
in ISO, eig2ht men formed
to construct the rail"
i
nun
;i si-,-
'1IMIII
Darlington to Stockton
of 25 miles. OeorgeT
was appoinie
March 19. Imposing
pagentry characterizeed the fun
eral procession attending removal
recently of the body of the late
ev-rresjcient -b eng rviio-chaug to
ihe Peking railway station en
route to his native town near
Paotingfu. A large framed por
trait of the deceased, and his
swords and uniforms were carried
in the cortege and his saddle
horse wheh he is said to have rid
den at the head of his troops in
the siege of Nanking in 1911 fol
lowed. The body was carried in
a large red cubical structure sup
ported on the shoulders of thirty
or more bearers. It was imme
diately preceded by the four sons
and other members of his family
and followed bv students, monks
tiul Taoists.
Tuesday night, March 2nd, 1920.
1. That Saturday, March 27th,
1920 be and the same is hereby
fixed as a common day on which
all Democratic Precinct meetings
shall be held for the election of
delegates to the County Conven
tions. 2. That Saturday, April 3rd,
1920, be and the same is hereby
fixed as a common day for the
holding of a County Democratic
Convention in each County in the
State for the purposes of electing
delegates to the State Convention.
3. That Thursday, April 8'ch,
1920, at 12 M. O'clock, at Raleigh
N. C. be and the same is hereby
fixed as the time and place for
holding the State Democratic
Convention.
Adopted March 2nd, 1920.
C. D. HOUSE Chairman
Democratic Executive Com.
dust clouds hide the sun in north
west Colorado many hours and
the Colorado Southern railroad
tracks are covered so deep the
trains " are detoured. There is
great damage to wheat in Kan
sas. .
5 DETECTIVES
r
-T
INDICTED
Nashville, Match 19. Five city
detectives are indicated charged
with the oppression of J. B. Law
son a union street car workers of
ficial wdio alleged he escorted
from 'town and farcied not to re
turn several months ago.
now at liberty ojn bonds.
Fifty Thousand
Involved In
ution
Soldiers
Revol-
Were
LEADERS TO BE ARRESTED
ii
NEGRO RIDDLED WITH
BULLETS IN THREE
HOURS
He Was Barricaded
In a Large
House
2 POLICE WOUNDED
MnnHPU,MrDP..l.TPU HEAD OF (If. GRANGE
MOONSHINERS WATCH OBJECTS fPRES DOES
-CONVICTS HIM IN COURT 2
19. A
inces-
engi-
rail;iy occupied live
consl nict iim ;nid was
" S -j-.tciuber 27. 1 S2.".
a I ion took' the form
'i-i' a I which 30 descen
ili' original eight pio-
'- present.
DRADFORD COUNCIL
REJECTER PROPOSAL
fflCES DOG
SITES S. MASTER
"Ilia
Bradford, England .March 1!). -A
proposal to offer a year s hos
pitality to a thousand poor child
ren from central Europe was re
jected by the Bradford city coun
cil after heated discussion.
One councillor said the proposal
was abominable. "Here in Brad
ford, " he exclaimed, "are moth-j
ers and fathers chiluren whose
Holland. March 19, husbands and fathers have been
mastiff which the form-' murdered bv the fathers of child-;
Crown Prince Freder- ren it is proposed to bring here, j
has adopted as a pet ! Another member said thre were I
l: accompanies biui on jinang wealthy (Jermans and Aus-
s rolls through this vil-jtrians livi
Gadsden, Ala., March
fine gold watch, ticking
santly "moonshine, moonshine,
moonshine," was disowned in Fe
deral court here. The watch was
found by federal agents in a pair
of: overalls which hunir close to a
moonshine still t hat Ihey raided.
! Two men fled to the woods at
hhe approach of the revenuers.
On the case were eugravtd ini-'
jtials corresponding to those of INT I -unr
Washburn, and. it is said, on
the back of it was a photograph
' of "Mrs. AVashburn.
! .On the witness stand, however.
! Washburn said that he never saw
the watch and eertainlv did not iyn
Washington, March 19. T. C.
Atkerson the Washington repre
sentative of the national grange
.announced his disapproval of
Ihe questionnaire for the presi
dential candidates prepared by
the national hoard of farm or
ganizations and disclaimed any
"responsibility for myself or my
Baltimore, March 19. Riddled!
with bullets and mortalry wound
ed an unidentified negro was tak
en from a barricaded house after
three hours battle in which two
policemen were wounded and
another negro that was mistaken
for the man wanted shot by a po
licemen and beaten by the mob.
The negro defied arrest for enga
ging in a first fight in a theatri
cal district. The police chopped
holesin the house and , em pries
shotguns into the negro.
Undated B lin is still under
bayonet r' Ebert troops'
patro1 .eets. The revolu-
t; rces have departed but
PJjT against the jeering crowds at
Oil I W mim 1 nut ATvJpn TilTirliPri Villinrr" manv
citizens and woundincr scores.
More bloodshed near the parlia
ment buildings while in Ch argot -tenburg
and other suburbs clash
es resulted in the loss of life. The
report from outside Berlin is of
such character a clear view is
unobtainable whilt Soviets are
said to have formed in a number
of important industrial districts.
It does not appear the movement
is gaining momentum. Forty to
fifty thousand soldiers are said
to have been involved in the revo
lution and the leaders will be ar
rested but Amnesty will be grant
ed to others.
organization.
HUNDREDS KILLED
FIGHTS III DIG TOWNS
2000 MEN RUSH TO
DIAMOND DEPOSITS
own it. But the accusing talk of
the watch brought about his conviction.
COLBY IS SEC.
OF STATE
ia it
London, Hundreds were kiled
the mining districts of Ger
many and collisions of miners and
troops are declared by reports re
ceived at Copenhagen. The Cen
tral News savs a telegram from
the big German towns dispatch
says show fighting proceedings in
nearly all the thickly populated
a rears -where soldiers and work
ers are opposed.
Johannesburg, March 19. A
rush of diamond seekers to stake
claims is reported fro mBeyens
poort, in the Pretoria district,
where rich deposits are said to
have been located.
Two thousand men. including
! lawyers, civi1 servants, business
t
men, landowners, artisans and
lerks loop part and the wjiole
ground was pegged out in a few
minutes.
Some of the moe eorpuleiit em
ployed professional runners to se
sure the claims previously select
ed, says a news agency despatch
received here.
J. BRYAN TD
SPEAK AT BANQUET
New York, March 19. William
-I. Bryan arrived today and will
speak at a banquet in his honor
at the Aldine Club tonight on Ihe
occasion of his sixtieth birthdav.
FARM N MER
BANK
ROBBEDOF 130,000
Nashville, March 19. Robbers
dynamited a vault in the Farmers
and Merchants Bank at Mount
Peasant Ville this morning and
escaped Avith thirty thousand dol
lars in Liberty bonds and other
securities.
5
MILLION
HELIUM
nio- in nraaiora
Washington. March 19. The
today, nomination of Bainbridge Cobly
iK " made the subject jwho ought to provide for these as secretary of state which was
.(V: i i .....
""if complaint to the vil-i children.
n,"iicil. Schoolmaster de
I
-'anted it declared a nui
Hie petition apparently
A third
j tire subject of extensive hearings
member, declared with liet'ore Hm iia.tr .Iforpion vebi-
emphasis that they could not for-'"nons committee was favorably re-
get the liiisitauia and the oom-r po,.ted today without record vot(
bardment of English open towns.
IE0II. GOES BACK.
IB BERLIN SUNDAY
Alderman Coinvay, who sjxikc
in supjxu't of the proposal, said:
1 It appears to nit that the spirit
of Christianity has departed from
this meeting. . A Britisher is al
ways regarded as ready to agree
and shake hands after a fbrht."
A councillor interjected
jsport yes; not in murder.""
THE POLISH DIET
ELECTS THE PRESIBENT
E N AR
L
DF GUN POWDER
PLANT DEING DUILT
SENATE DOTES ON
PEACE TREATY
Warsaw, March !9. The presi
dent of the Polish republic is to
be elected by the National As
i sembiy which is to consist of iw
jhouwes. This was decided reeent
.'lv bv the constitutional commis-
ision of the Polish. Diet which has
19. The in hand the task of framing the
COTTON MARKET.
March 19. The I
"v"'"iiiiient lias decided to j
" '""''in Sunday. A ma- j
f "cialist leaders lias de- Ma'eh '-v
''csiu-nation of the May --
'' "r defense X,ske wh( ,luly
Imi1 ;i tlecision as to the October
M'as not made. "December
Fort Worth, Texas, March 19:-
A great helium plant from which,
the United States government
hopes to obtain non-inflammable
gas in sufficient quantities to snp:
ply its military balloons is neat;,
j completion bere. Installation , of
i m Vi ill rVtr liny llfXTMlll Tld It' IS ('Xr
i in u'ii in v " ?3 - '
London, .Ui Germany except , pected the plant will be in opefca
the Southern States is rebellious jtion by August 1, unless Conjjess
- 1 1 T f ! r.li,a J -Poll fllVtl CT C-nT-TfVl-'.'
aim Dcnm is a uanci ox suxx j1 Z l -
powder and may be ignited at any j undertaking. Helium is extract
time says Berlin Dispatch to the led from natural gas by a secre?
; process. ' :;f
' Construction of the plant, ht
i only one of its kind in the world
jand at a cost of approximately
U5,000,000, Avas started during tiir
' -i i X ii .
worm w ar ioiiuviu a Jh".
. .1 i. J 1 - . .-i.i", -
exnerimenis couuimifu in . arw-
'and navy experts here and at Per
A shipltrolia. Texas. Beyond the faci
e x c lia n ge t e I egra pi i .
AN 8000 TON TANK
FOR THE FRENCH
lie,
Washington. March
"TnjSenate expects to reach a vote on constitution of 'the new state. Un
i the peace trearv tonight. Mauv.der the present arrangement.
i Senators nredicted the treatv which has been in effect about aj Chester. Pa.. March 19.
would fail of the necessary two jyear, the Polish Assembly consists j building company of this city has Ithat a non-inflammamle, loni-tln-dsi
inaiiiritv Miifl a motion to of but tliP one honso the Diet : received a French order for an : plosive, gas had been (keiopeil.
40.59 'consider is to be made by Kepub- having about 325 members. The 8,000 ton tank steamship. This the result of the experiments ijy::
33.44 Means in hopes some Democrats two houses as provided under the ' is believed to be the first order remained a secret. The heUg
35.44 will support the pact after re-'constitution in the making are for a ship to be placed by Franc-(plant .since its con.structio4t
32.55 cording objections to a majority to be known as the Diet and Sen- m this country since the signing j
31.61 of reservations. late. ot the armistice.
-i- - . V"' 1
ed. has been under military gurtl
A naval lieutcuanf is i" eomjaud