WEATHER REPORT For North Carolina. Fair, Warmer To-day and Wednesday.
COMMONWEALTH
lni
ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882
AFTERNOON DAILY
ALL THE NEWS III A NUTSHELL."
VOLUAfE IX. NUMBER 90.
XOTJH O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N, C. TUESDAY, MARCH 23, 1920.
TELEGRAPH
RVTOT5
PRICE TWO CENTS
H PURELY WORKERS GOV. MAY
BE FORMED IN WtST OLRMANY
I
m U?EF SffiF GOV. GOWTROL OF GOAL PRICES
ui miiLiiiun IMLLIIliJ UlILLIl
It Is Held Solidly By Radicals And Disaster
Is Inevitable If Soldiers
Interfere
imbus Salary
About $300 a
Year
Searching For
Detectives
WITHDRAWN APRIL THE FIRST
HE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC LEARNS
SAILORS $2.50 A MON. DETEC. THE CAUSE
Copenhagen, March 23. The
whole of the Western Industrial
district of Germany is-held solid
ly by radicals and disaster is in
evitable if the government troops
interfere there according to tele
phone information from Berlin.
Tu'h'iule Social Demokraten learn!
l ,t piii'ely workers govern
on) i-. mi the point of formation
v. :!.-:Mi! the cooperation of the
luiirgeois parties.
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CYCLDN
MON
E
THi
MAC BEGAN A
ROuKY
MEETING AT
KT. mm
Rev. Mac Intends
Go After The
Devil
To
America cost the world about; Aliddlesboro, Ky March 23.
$7000; old records recently Several hundred armed miners
i found in ftfitina show that . tbat ... t-,4.,i i. .
, ci l s ii-jM)Ufu searenmg lor pri-
was the total expense of the ex- Vate detectives who are alleged
pedition headed by Columbus, to have started a fight at Willins
Nowadays $7000 would scarcely Creek Saturday with miners in
pay for the prelimiiary discus- which three persons were killed
sion and paper plans of such an and several wounded. The fight
I undertaking. Columbus's salary Was aji outgrowth of ill feeling
j for the year .300 was about because of the importation of de"-
what a modern
The Miners Are To Receive An Increase
Of Twenty Seven Per Cent April
First
PRICE OF COAL TO ADVANCE
SOUP WIRNUFftCTUHEH
LEVER DEFENDS THF
W
11 U
ship
gets in a month. His
j tains were paid -200 a year each
'and the common sailors each wen
paid $2.50 a month.
earpenrer tectives at Kentucky Steam coal pleas war debt is to
tWo cap- mine vliPin ti c il I.. Tl,,. .
. . . i. , , Vj i i i av id uu. x lit;
e x e i t ejm e n t extends
Parian eountw
throughout I
i
be paid by Export
Trade
mm fliWEt
n DLn or
US
j Washington. Alarch 23. The.
Government control over the max
imum price of bitumious coal was
"r drawn todav bv President
on effective April the first.
The President wrote the opera
tors and miners that the majorify
report on coal commission with
the basis on, which the wage sche
dule of agreements will be made
on April the first. The date u
which these agreements nor.mally
will become effective and the re-
imoval of (iowrnment control of
PARTY OF SIX!
m
Mckholiii. Alarch 23. Swe
recent decision to join T 1 1
:.''ague of Nations, was not reaeh
( without, o)position in ParHa-;i-iil;.
Conservatives fought ' the
(Evening Telegram)
Rocky Mount, March 20.
With all arrangements perfected
and the arrival of Rev. Baxter P.
McLendon himself in the citv
ILLMH
i
Ci
T
s
DATC
SlHlL
mm mm
ST
IS
r; rs T I T T? I? T3 I T r nriecs will nave the wav lor ni-
j creased coal prr.-es 1o absorb tin
twenty seven
T 1
eco'.nnn'iiuei
tli
HALLE ! .
Copenhagen, March 23. A Leip-
sie telegram reports that fighting
ouuou, Jiarcn . iaron ii'-
verlndme, formerly William Li
Lever, a big soap manufacturer
has '"bioken a lam-e" in defen.st
average
wage nci-
ni'met -
for
rb
percent
1 se
i or
of
Washington, March 23. Per- ILllle continues with undinin-' uul" ;M!1
the
money -ma king bus! m
i'i -f 1 1 1 ii i flu' i u u 1 1 1 i :i i
lnterstates commerce commission- workers using artillery.
file special tariff increasing
to
from his home at Beimettsviile. '
propyl to join on the ground & 0., this afternoon, "Cyclone nussion has been granted by the ished violence by both troops and ('lanior vvhieh brands him a
i::al ii would mean surrender of Mae'" will start things humming
the count rv's independence. Thev at the Farmers' Mutual WaiT-
d.-ulared that articles 12 to 17 house tomorrow afternoon at 1)otli r;1,'s approximately twenty
uould conipel Sweden to take three o'clock who nhe will enter
tuisite; !; ioeasurtrs n gainst a'riyTV the box' -for-; th-cr f i.;"st:-Hftv-,prr-pnvver
which the League consul- tray against the devil in Rocky
ered to !iive opened histilitics Mount .
v'itiK.nit dm- cause. , A party of six. including song
'ill
0LM
percent. Protests mav bP lodged ' a fW ynQJ fTpr&jp
a.a-Iig.w:iLl.ti !!.OlJJlll!Jj!.i ILLilD
TO TPiJTiPV
Luln 1
'id Ilea rings then be held.
S3
m
SIS' Hi S
iL.
f.4,
: "The spirit of today, "".he said
at a recent dinner -"is one oeup
dity and .jealously. A -feeling is
i running through the country that
the primary sin of a business 'man
; is suecess. T!?e man who' ha the
fdo'ditx' to ef(;ite. develop, organ-
'AXES PUCE
nnrroT i mm
Wasliiiiglou. March 23. Pain-
bridge t'o'by sworn in ;,s se-
civiary of stjte t osucj'eed Roitei-t
La!!ing todav.
ie
m v
iiid navv chieis as- leaders and personal workers am
-red had adherence to t lie League a gigantic choir of two hundred
wtnld not contribute to the e-.mn- i. voices selected from the singers
! ry "s military r political safety : of the city, will serve as his team
but, thai it would impose re.s;xn- mates in what promises to be a
nihilities and burdens for wh!eh .fight to the finish, "(.yclon.
lis guaranteed support of the Mac" intends to go after the
L'agiie Avould not compensate. . "Cld Boy" tooth and toe uail and
Apprehensions were expressed will dive into the fray tomorrow
MEXIGMi
S KILLED FOLEY
inniiTiMPiiwTrrxi
i i I 4 11 1 1 E ! I J 5 1 II ! U I II E 1 1 17
Hi i Lli MU ill US Ullt I i-L-H
ii.'t
t Sweden's adhesion would afternoon with gloves
off
am
prevent the nation from radieallv blood in Ids eves.
:!eereashir its military budget. ;. Seating arrangements have been
hidge Ilellncr. the Minister of made in the warehouse -where the
''""reign Affairs, who introduced meeting Avill be staged o aeeomo
tlie government's bill, said that date 5.000 people. besides tire
the League would considerably , large choir and special delega
diminish the risk of wars in Eu- tions. The meeting will las'f ay
rope and the rest of the world, proximately a month, and the
Sweden, he tnlded, would eontin- evangelist feels confident that lie
Monterey, Me?:ico, March 23.
The incidents which led to the
murder by Mexicans of Daniel S.
Foley, an American employe of
the New England Fuel Oil Com
panv, at Los Naranjos several
days ago. were related b
from Tanipico here. Foley had a ,
heated altercation with a Mexi- i
can in a canteen at Los Naranjos. i
The .Mexican drew a knife and
started after Folev. who shot and
New York. March '2'-). Ligh
deen hundred residents of New
i York went to Albany on a special
train to express their opinions on
1 rent bills. Chairnuni'llilly of the
Uylan Committee on rent profi
teering issued a warning that if
relief was denied tin1 danger of
liolshevism with violence. .
eonsur-ereu
:eeia!ly curb
; S RUSSIAN METHODS
El CIIIISTS
ie ami tcoduce
fine who must he
checked audi controlled.
"On'' wae debts " Paron Levr
holme continued, "have ;o 1c
p.aid by the ers.istent efforts of
all, to build up an enormous home
and an enormous export trade.
Taxation of wealth onlv means
..... v" '
taking .money odt of one pfirdsct
and putting if back into another.
1 "Tie greatest disservice we
L hi LUuiuii n I
OIOKE S!
P
n
TWO
voa no K
! ; n " w n t
o b t
Maveh ;23. - Two
dead and a number
j injured .and orhers believed to be
1 buried..undcr the ruins of the
brick in addition to (Iriggs pack
ling 'o. hi;di was wi-e(d;cd bv an
xplosion this morning.
in maintain a polic
1 ueutralitv.
.f ab
will have sufficient time during
the four weeks to give the devil
and his eohorss in Rockv Moutit
man renoris show that
killed his attaeker. FriM,ds f 1MMlt 1ronps alv con.enl rateing
the Mexican then started after; W(,sH f )OV ,lu;iinst the
Foh.v, who fled.
can do the nation is to preach thei
doetriinp that success is prf)fi1eer
ing There should be no mtov-jlin ffj LI A IW1 1 1 TflW
ference Avith Ihe e'njf.yment of the j ULLL11 imilllL I Ull
London, March 23. Latest Cer fruits of industry during the lif.
ovem- of their nrodu-ers, " he coutiniUMl. i til
MChn
LIII
CIVIL ERUIC
E
f l EGTWC PLANT BURN
ED AT MONROE UL
n;ar esei to m
extensive districts now fcenpied
'he next dav Folev's bodv Avas oy communists. i lie London
the worst trouneino- thev ever re- found, bearing about twentv-f ive ; Times in Rotterdam dispatch says
eeived. knif stabs and machete cuts in -coniunisrs mobilized after me-
i be fact and on the head and ap-ji hods Russian Avith great speed Alar
ndaids leaving Avithout fire pro- iv.;oxima'f elv fort v Avounds in. theiand it is impossible to prophesy Afav
U
All's. ( J. C Abtto'e
with pneumonia.
is quil e ill
' Washington. .Ma l td; 23. Helen
I Hamilton (birdener of Washing-
COTTON MARKET.
jtou nud author and widow of Col.
A. Day was nominaled by tin
President 1o be ni"mber of the
42.0 Civil Service Commission to suc-
38.71 ceed ('hal'les M. (iallowav of Co-
:'fection chino- all industries in- bodv. His head Avas sidit open. the issue m the coming battle or -July .
Monroe. La., March 23. Fire eluding newspapers using elec- Avith a machete. Foley's family : when it will be fought. Essen ts October
1 ny ed the water and electric trie power. livYs -t TTouston. Tex. . now menaced by famine the cor- December
.).:; t
32.52
lum!)ia. S.
S'rom jthe
( '. w ho was "'ousted"
commission last vear
317"as a native of Wiiudtester, Va.
liliBj--
Py Maxwell (jorman
Ibdeigh. Alarch 22. The
ing ex-President of the 1
ly spare, as the Democrats had
the AVhite House and now weighs; It wilLbe remembered that cat
onlv onlv 250. "He snoke of the peace 'in his fight with the Senate. Air.
S.. t reatv nrosnects as a ''camnaign AYilsoa Avas materiallv aided bv Avhen tin
Vv'iliiam Howard Taft, spent a issue" while talking to iieAvspaper Air. Taft. aaIio is not uoav reju- torial vote Taft
! " lours in Raleigh Saturday, men in Raleigh, but not until he diced against Air. AYilson, but year .is recalled,
ween trains, and was jostled Avas urged to do so by question- .was only expressing his opinion As to Hoover.
?v tlee crowds at the union sta- ing. ; is answer to questions put to him
'ion like any ordinary person, un- Air. Taft thinks the treaty has j by the newspaper men here.
r, ""gni.ed except by a very few no business in the campaign and As to the Republican candidate
!,!,,-pb He is on a lecture tour does not see how President AY il- for President this year. Air.
ouder contract with a ehatauqua son and his adherents can pos- Taft said the nomination rested
i' -oine lecture agency and spoke sible gain anything by it
that it the Democrats nominated who appealed
in
tli
d istance
101'' which is o-oing some. ! him it would be pre-cainpa ign ad- some time back, have approached
era-: mission of expected defeat. nearer and Alajor- Craham Avill
that I Nobody Wants State Office ? .probably' again be nominated.
And still there remains a He is an efficient and capable
Taft dearth of aspirants for the var- Com'r. witli all his ei-rjily years
Avas doiis state offices. With the ex-'and as active yet as many men 20
weVepiiou of C. T. AlcCdcneglian, years younger in years.
-H ihe last few davs at AYilson. Article Ten as the "issue".
easiiA-
Avith betAAieeu AYood. LoAA'den. John- datt
He son and a fourth candidate, with er. "
Yiu.ion and several otlier N. C. declared that "President AYilson the "other man" standing a good
n ms. ' killed the treatv" and that if. chance of carrying off the honor.
Tlie affable, companionable ex- AYilson should run again with ar- lie expressed the belief that the
nt has lost nearlv. one ticle Ten as the issue "tuero .Kopuriheans will carry the coun-
ridicubmsly small
recei ved
. ex-president
chuckled Avhen his name
mentioned, and said: "No
don't need Hoover and aa do not well known insurance man of P,ut the gubernatorial candi
want Hoover. We can Avin toojRaloigh a!io announces for the dates are all three actively in the
asilv Avith a Republican eandi- ; ottice f.t ( m r t insurance to ring uoav ami jt i appar'-m i
AA-lthout considering IIoov-; sueeeed J. R. Young (wlio will be ing to be aputly race between
a candidate again) there is no Alorrisfm. (iardner and R. N.
Either of them Avould
v it
-ia'divil i)ounds since he was in wouldn't be a, chance for him." try this year "with as much To
Alav Democrats who- are fami ne. so rar. contastnig the present , T age.
l-.. .. ,..,,;,..., ,.-..1-1,;.. ,t..!t. i life timers"' for another term make a fine goA-ernor and
l i;i i Willi Netilmicin i 1 1 is i c i v -
o,l l, mitl. .,lso eoot the idea ! from Crimes for Secretarv of t'other dear charmer away."
of nominating Hoover, a "man j State, now. Even the several as- many of us would
without, a party."" Some declare pirants for Com'r of Agriculture with either.
be satisfied