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WEATHER REPORT for North Carols-Unsettled tonight and Tuesday probablr local shower modi-ate northeast winds on tlie coast becoming- variable. (PTTS1 TUT ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL" Volume X. No. 37. Four O'Clock Edition Scotland Neck, N. C, Monday, May 24, 1920 Tele graph Service Price Two Cents HE 11 11 1LJ COMMOMW y u Y GHAUT FAR COMPLETION FOR-EAWD'S SAKE TALK FAS A - 11:5 0 Fine Five Day Entertainment Strong Lecturers On Program Planned De Man Say Dun Riz $2 Bushel Dey' a SJEW ATTRACTIONS EVERY DAY WHAT'LL AHDO The Community Chatauqua a k'hit" here as it was when play iIM,k Bigger and Better Committees in the advertising and sale of tieketss country charge This actually happened in Ur- ibana, 111., according to a local pa mper: A woman sent a colored 1 man pmnl nvfr h-j h pr r a orrTnchi every a m New lork, Chicago and . , of c.i her large cities throughout, the i . , . . ! wucn inc giwcei quuiru me price numbers or un- . i iv u ' 4.1 " gettmg active and all inca- usual mtei-est are Albert Edward Datg the eratine8t ;e tics point to a big sueee Wiggam the noted Orator, Pub- of- j h rf 1 he iiaiiiupia litems pj niic- -J noiL anu ocieiiusi, wno will ap- T r. )f , , , , x vas reared to get ami closes live days later, it pear on the tirst evening ot our u-j!i bring a noable arrag of Chautauqua. His lectures entlt jimsieal artists, lecturers and en- led "Forty Kinds of Fools'7 and tertainers here and the man who "How Eli GtHThree" one of In. his ;i season ticket is abound to which he will give, are gems of Ltt his money's worth if lie thought and inspiration. Besides ,ktii"t then he is looking .for these attractions, there is the something thai is better than the ivoston Light Onera Revue. h, vt. . jiamous sextette ot RiNCIPAL RAIL GATEWAYS LOCATED To Help in - Settling! Individual Freight Problems LOullG IGFT OF IMBLEIl If PRIORITIES EMBAR. ! Farmers Were to Demand $2500 Average Earning Food Would Double as an A DOLLAR IS BUT A SYMOL 'em" he told his mistress, upon returning home. She sent him straight back to buy a bushel before they went higher. A few minutes later the telephone rang. ""De man say dey's done riz $2 a bushel since I wuz in heali befo.' Fo' Gawd's sake, talk fas' Washington, May -24. Thirty ; local committees located thirty principal rail "gateways"- sur-1 veying individual freight prob-,Manufactnrers Eec0rd' Baltimore Md tenance of the social and imlus lems with view recommending to ! APPring before the Railroad ;tPial order; how many pounds of the Interstate Commerce commls- """ afiCotton; How much to eat? Until tire dollar is translated into such terms it means nothing and tells nothing. Many may go' on adding noguhts to the printed picture of their wage-earning, but thev call ow, i i in t . formerlv secretary of the Nation sion policy to be followed in fu-1 " j . ture relating to priorities and em bargoes. missus'. What'lL Ad do?'7 the young women ;darkv , r;lltiwl pr . Oa the season tiei,et p.an eacn. wno smg and play brilliantly; Shp t()ld him to bu them pri-igraiu ran be heard tor a tew J he lheresa bheehan Concert ; tj hadn't rents a numoer. in iact, trie tompany, a trio ot artists wno pr;. -e is so low that no one need Offer a program of clever song-sj le fxeluded. The season tickets excellent recitations and heaut.M ;:iiinits to all sessions there are ful music; Dr. J. W. Skinner, no- i a i. -t-i :j n j i a i oxm.s ox an son. ,eu aumoniy on oouni America, ; h u ft ck ()f new potatoes SCPERB PROGRAM iwho tells about the opportunities ! q.w1, i nn !. luaiuiuav rtiiu JJclilA ipi..VJ ceniS. is apparent tnat ,no expense in tnat great country tor Amevr- provid- gone $2 higher while he was telling her about it otherwise to get $5 worth of cheese and crackers. viie or our oussmess men 1 1 EARNINGS ' (NCR. 51,017, Mil IT al War Labor Board and lattlv emjiloyed in gathering ' Mstics for the railroad bro1 de clares that ' ..sible for a family o jf t.ne United States jas tne minimum wage tor the very 2,500,000 railway employes of the interest, is concerted here for the country. (not overcome the laws of gravlta- to f3 ... itselt m even dee?ni;tion alld thev eanilot wipp ont poverty for a penny less than .tl,e truth of the Divine dictum $2500 a year." He demands that ;ti,at bv the sweat of his brow 1 . .. i- T i?; T 1 il T 1 ! umi sum ue iiAeu uy uie roam.s lall a man cat hrend W ashiugtoiT, May 24.- opening of the railroads appliea- On this basis, riot allowing for it Ims ben spared in making the pro-j can Enterprise; Denton C. Crowl -lain a glorious triumph from a the second Sam Jones a quar yuuieal. artistic and Inspiration-itette of talented musicians who ;il standpoint. are gVeat - Chatauqua favorites The coming of Weltam's Fam-iand many other attractions which us Cosmopolitan Orchestra is in warrant the close attention o" its.'lf an event of extraordinary j of everyone. Special features iutrTt'st. especially as 1920 has will be added. Among those lat hf'.'i designated as the year dnr-Jter is the Junior Chautauqua and i.'!- vliich people will be encour-j the marvelous "Toyshop Pag-;!i-'l to hear more and better eant " for boys and girls which mu-ic. The orchestra appears will be under the careful super sessions of the last day . vision of an exner't rlav leader i X -1 a great variety ;it hotn 'tvinleriniif clii-sir, stcinda v( t im;i.' winch is 'vt'-ryone. Othci' notable features ar; 'Fiiif Feathers" the great popu of and modern sure to please PRES. DESGRANEL OP FRANCE FELL TRAIN IN DARKNESS FROM tion for increased rates before the the considerably more than $2500 International Commerce Commls-!a vear which great numbers of sion. The road owners claim the railway employes already get, the earnings ot all the roads must belabor charge to the 1,R"flu rt ""uu" ot-vcii-pvouia oe fpo,zou,uuu,uuu the year, teen million dollars to meet the j Allowing five members to a six per cent return guaranteed by family in a total population of the transportation act, 100,000,000, an average income 'of $2500 for each'familv would Walked a a Mile Track Walker Met The Community Chatauqua Avill irrord a ruie Avortn-wnue vaca tion for you right here at home amid all your daily comforts. Season tickets for yourself and li i- play which touches on the family will prove to be a profi Jiidi cost of living. This produc-; table investment. They will en tion is presented by a complete joy all of the ten great sessions i-ast of talented Broadway play-'and you too will be amply repaid is. with special scenerv and f-- fr R rllP ime yn spnd under and promises to be as big WHO REVIVAL SERVICES TO BEGIN AT THE BAP TIST CHURCH JUNE 20 We believe that every man who works. and puts his honest sweat into his toiling is entitled to and must get the due" reward of his labor. For years we have devot ed ourselves to securing for the cotton producer a decent recom- raill'oads pense. What lie earned he did' not get: what lie was entitled to was taken from him. He was a victim whom all who wished might rob. So would we consid er it not good policy, but bad po- amount to )V,vvu,vuv,vuu a yearii(,y for 0V(,n tl0 most njini)lc or- a little less than the estimated cer of railroad workers in this total capital worth of Germany country to receive a wae im- i before the war. L,ml -' id. ,,-. 'n,, u v - j 1 1 iij. u t i.i, J ' I U. 11 nil to It the farmers oi the country fatiom that no man is Dr. T. W. O'kelly of the first Church of Raleigh will do the Preaching were to demand an average earn ing for each farmer of $2500, the price of food would be double what it is. If the cost of living for railroad employes is what" Mr. Lafick says. ffoing get permanently out of this world more than he puts into it. Tn the vast and intricate equation which we call life there is an equilibrium naturally established that cannot be permanently disturbed wit.Ii- ithen wages in the cities must he lout disaster. The tremendous raised to the point where anybody vibration set up by the recent worldlier on flip farm nnltv ,..,.1.1 4 i. . m... . n UU 1 AU 1 U MR.BETTSCON.MuSiC.sent conditions would be a fool 'thrown thino (lt f i.i,,,,, and agricultural production would is true, but what the world 'is n . Tim ii . ! .. viriuauy cease, tinier tnat, or seeking is a restoration of that the price of farm products would balance, not a further intensifi cation of instability'. Montargis, France, May 24. Dr. Chas. Anderson announced the biicr brown tent. President Dschanel of France -to his congregation Sunday that fell from a moving train in dark ness and walked a mile until hejbe conducted in that church be- i met a truck worker who tele-1 rinninsr Sunday, June the 20th phoned for an automobile. land that Dr. T. W 'the First Church of Raleigh will do the preaching and Mr. Betts a series of revival services would , . ot the city wage-earner AvouTd have less purchasing power than A,rr n his present income. O Kelly of i ne iron me witn Mr. Lauck There is one thing we know we cannot do, and that is pickout a select class of workers, such as the railroad employes, and give WOOD MG R SPENT 1 5000 REPORTS DF Kl. P. GHURGH AND N N. J. 12000 IN 1. S OARD TONGRT H' TOPIC WEIGHTS : MEAS.TO REOUGEGDST and economists of his school lsithei general Methodist ence i weights and measures of- con-' f icials ofthe United States open- ling here. Washington, May 24. Mens AVashin-ton May 24 Frank! Greensboro, N. C, May 24 reducing excessive living costs by H. Hitchcock one of General The report of the general church honest weights and measure was .., -l -l C '4-1 J- T 43 x WoU campaign managers told hoard was the principal ousmess ox tnC iuPicB ui, cumn H'e senate, investigating commit- tonight before ' .s far as he knew the largest Protestant church sum spent in any state by the ferenee. o'm! organization was fifteen' 'iiotisand dollars in New Jersey the next largest was twelve dioiiv;ind-and five hundred dol in Maryland. He said the 'p.iiun in New -York and a num of other states was financed V Wood supporters Avi'thout ask- ln bi- assistance from the Wood "''niation. the singing evangelist also Raleigh will lead the singing. HOTEL BURNS FIVE iJiabsolute guarantees against f that they get so tangled up in doT- j price, fluctuations and relieve ,lar marks that they cannot extrl-. them 'of. anv and all worry in the 'cate themselves. A dollar is noth- matter of making both ends meet, ing but a symbol. How many We would not want an army a? ! bushels of wyeat shall a man get mollycoddles even if we could for the work he does in the main- economically support it. HURT S200.000 LOSS CAR TURNS OVER UNION OF SOU. AND SMITH CHOKES CHILD TO DEATH M" Point, Miss., May 24. WAR PLANS READ TO SENATE BY DANIELS -Secre- KING ALEXANDER OF GREECE MARRIED Paterson, N. J., May 24. Five persons received minor injuries by jumping from the upper floors ' Asheville, N. C, May 24. Roy ! when the Manhattan Hotel burn-: nunmon, nis wne ana two names T TJ 1TT-. HIT - I 'll . 1 ed. The loss was estimated be- ana jeLer vv- assey were Kineu i,inrirri Qiri fifiiv when their automobile j l V V1H U IIL1UI U11VA J-AAV thousand and two hundred thou- 5 KILLED BOY LEFT ) NORTH PRESBYTERIANS sand dollars. Paris, May 24. :King Alexan- der of Greece it is reported lierei senate lias heen married Morganaticwlly to Mademoiselle Manos the dan Charlottf; May 24. Southern ! Presbyterian general lissemblv toppled unanimously adopted plan union over a mountain embankment with the Northern Presbyterian near Hot Springs. A six year church proposeVl by joint commit old boy is the only survivor. tee on closer relations. Washington, May 24. tary Daniels read to. the investigating committee a ' sche- dale of the war plans prepared Shter of the fol Ai(le do CaTl prior to April nineteen seventeen. his Fathpr Ki,,5 taiitme. SCOTTISH RITE MA SONS MEET JUNE 8 SENATOR PENROSE -IS MUCH BETTER Philadelphia, May 24. Senator 6 MEN ROB NAT. BANK OF SI 510 IN CASH "'"oVEJwMILLIONEflMOMINE ! WORKERS MEET Pittsburg. Pa., Mav 24. First Washington. 'May 24. Gverrr'- National Bank at Finleyville near ments gross in loss the operation! . here was held up and robbed of of railroads during the federal! one hundred thousand Vllars in control, was nine hundred million j Wilkesbarre, Fenn., May 24. bonds and fifteen thousand in four hundred . and seventy eight Representatives of one hundred Penrose is much better' and will! cash according to word received thousand . dollarsl according to a. and seventy thousand Anthracite - i . . - .. : ... . ,i H.ar.-ed'with Strang- Scottish Rite Masons of the Son- attend the Republican convention j by. police. The six menvcre to fmal, report Uvaser bherly, ran-.mme worK-ers are ,.. i - e . . - . . . -ii i ii. . ri,5rt o oil Hi vp. In.kod in thf ,-Mslnpr in the road administration, director of eide the late ot the wage negoiia- nis our war nt r niiff itpr thern states win no in men- sif- n- wogu. -"i"r ",l smith a shipyard worker j Sparanburg, S. C, May 24, 10 1 -;.ih eial reunion here June the eighth nouncement from his home. vault. .finance. tions.
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