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ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882
AFTERNOON DAILY
ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL
Volume X. No. 41.
Four O'Clock Edition
Scotland Neck, N. C.,Friday, May 28, 1920
Telegraph Service
Price Two Cents
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It
Is In The Shenandoah Cumberland
District Extending 215
Miles
SCHOOLS WITH NO
SPELLING BOOKS
I Public Schools of Phila
delphia Compile own
Words
A
t'iONG THE BEST APPLE SECTIONS
JENKINS
2500 WORDS USED
L. C. E.
DENTALEXAM!NER
For Patients of War
Risk Insur-
1; ance
FRENCH SHOW DEEPEST Sfft
PATH! TOWA
They
THIS DISTRICT
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indicated in
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.V'.iM-lu'stor. Va
,! ; i ! ) 1 : 1 Cl'OP is
iu'iia luloah-Ciimborl and dls-
;. ,..tending 215 miles from
union. Va., to Ilarrisburg, Ia
:. i: has approximately 3,000.
i i ;ir'n!o- trees. "Weather eou
i i! during the winter and
viri'i-r were more favorable than
in - vral years say expert grov
Xo damage from frost lias
i, ,... reported and the blooms
;tv- set well. The district, ac
cording to federal horticulturists
I- one of the most important ap
ple producing
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ENGLAND PREFEREO
0 GERMANY FOR
HER CHILDREN
1-hilaelphsa, May 2b. Phila-j Dr. C. Jenkins has been appoin
delphia public schools ' have no j Dental Examiner of the, United
spelling books. States Public Health Service To
And spelling books have been1, furnish Dental Treatment to all
dropped, says local educators, j patients of the Bureau of War
because they start with "cat"
and "rat", and include similar
words seldom used in correspon
dence and business.
Express Sisterly Affection For Those
Whose Loved Ones Fell in
France
I tie!; Insurance of this District.
All soldiers of this class desir
ing dental treatment will pleas
see him.
FROM FRENCH WOMEN WHO LOST
"O
Her Husband was Former !ti
German Spy and was
Deported
Until a spelling book has been'j .
compiled that, uses the words:
mt are most frequently used in j M 'LWL PL ADV A AWT-
L.UULI1L ULnil I iimi I
sections of the
GOV. ALLEN AND GQM
PERS DEBATE TONIGHT
SHE WORKS IN HOTEL
business and private correspon
dence, Louis Xusbaum, Associate
Superintendent of Public Schools,
announces that' public schools
here will compile their own lists
'of -words-
1
j The .spelling: vocabularly taught
Lm-'an average public school pupil is . for shooting of Reckas a saloon
keeper.
ED BY THE POLICE
Chicago, May 28. The police
are seeking Eugene Geary the al
leged Gunman and labor slugger
A BEQUEST OF A 1160
POUNDS IN 1780 A
iONTS TO 16,323
This was given V'
hn to F" unia to
us . : years later
j Paris, May 26. Sisterly afi'oc
jtion and deepest sympathy for
the women of America whoso
loved ones felt, in France during
the war were expressed was ITie
message received by the Paris me
morial day committee from so
ciety homes composed of French
women who knows 1 ho horrors
nd heart aches of the war.
New York, My 28. The de
mands for seats far exceeded the
capacity of the hall here where!
(iov. Allen of Kansas and Samuel
fiompers Phsident of the Ameri
can federation 4f
tonight on the merits ot therivan
sms industrial court law.
London, May 28. Mrs.
coin, wife of Ignatius Tribitsch 2.500 words. This is five hund
Lincoln, the former German spy ' red more than was found in an in
deported from England and ' vestigation of words used in 100,
press censor during the recent 'OOG business and personal letters.
Kapp revolt, is now employed in! ' "
i
domestic service in a quiet hotel
not far from London, savs tlie
j Daily Sketch. She once had a
ibi- establishment of her own.
Lincoln, the paper says, has writ
ten to his wife asking her to go
to German v but she adheres to
country and bring up her child
ren as British subjects.
AS TAILOR THE KAISER
iuy iTTHf inn ! CLOTHIERS FINED
iu L.H. mi I ill uuu ha nnn nni i unn
auiuu mum
London, May 28. Former Kai
ser William of Germany is now
trying his hand as a tailor, ao
c nlinj to a Central News Dis
patch from Amsterdam. The
lispatch quotes' that trade paper
as saying he is ''excellent at the
job4'.
WREATHS
FOR "THE
AM
CAN
DOOGHBOY
f!
Syracuse, N. Y. May 28. Weeds
Inc, clothiers was found guilty
in the Federal court charged
with profiteering. They were
fined thirty one thousand dollars.
RUSSIANS AND JAPS
QUIT FIGHTING
STRIKE SYMPATHI
ZERS WOUNDED
BUILD COMFORT STA.
NATIONAL LABOR
PARTY ACTIVE
London, My 28. Hostilities be
tween the Russians and the Japa
nese of Siberia ceased May the
twenty fifth, according to a Reu-
fter dispatch from Vladivostok. ,
Philadelphia, May 28. A be
quest of $5,000 by Benjamin
Franklin to the City of Philadel
phia in 1790 to be used after 100
years "to make living in town
more convenient and render it
more agreeable to strangers,'" is
to be applied by the Board of
Citv Trusts to 'the erection of
Briston, R. I., May 28. Two pubUc iCOmf ort stations. The be
strike sympathizers were wound- t am0Unts to &56.323
ed during a riot outside the Rub- while similar leracv from John
beC!mpany ?S Pla . 1 Scott of $3,000, in 1816 has in
" ' creased to $14,085. The Board
decided to apply both funds for
the purpose state, upon recom-
Cleveland, May 28. The eom-
bmation or cooperation during
the political Presidential cam
paign was considered at a meet
ing of officers of the National
labor party and committee of
forty eight here.
WIFE MURDERER
GIVEN LIFE TERM
SIMS URGES ADVISOR
TO NAVAL SECRETARY
Washington, May 28. Legis
lation are reorganizing the navy
department and creating a re
sponsible military advisor to the
civilian Secretary was urged by
Admiral Sims.
Macon, Ga., May 28. R- Eher
rington who was convicted of
murdering his wife will not ap
peal from the sentence of life im
prisonment, his Attorney said.
EXPORT EMBARGO TO
BE PUT Of SUGAR
SYMPATHY EXPRESS
FOR IRELAND
RIOTING
Washington, May 28 The
RHODE ISLAND
mendation of Mayor Moore.
BOARDS IGNORANT
SAYS R. R. CONDUCTOR
Chicago, May 28. Representa
tives of the public on the arbitra
tion boards do not know enough
about labor problems to be fair
President Sheppard of the railway
condustors told the city club.
Washington, May 28. The ;
Senate Agricultural committee 1
ordered a favorable report on -the
McNary bill, providing for ex
port embargo on sugar by vote
six to three-
TRYING THE OLD.
INSANITY DDDGE
Bristol, tt, L, May 28. Mili- LEVEE DAMAGE WILL
l'iiris. May 2S. President Wil-' House foreign affairs committee tary ordered out by the Gover-1 BE FIXIE BY SATURDAY
28. Attor-
EFFORT TO EXPEDITE
THE BONUS BILL
Washington, May 28 The
Muose supporters of the soldier
relief legislation that was planned
to block all measures thereby
hoping to expedite the considera
t'"on of the bonus bill.
100 MORE Y. M. C. A.
SEC. FDR
CHINA
TTestsin, China, May 28. En
lagrement of the work of trie
Young Men's Christian Associa
tion in China is planned as an
outcome of the international con
vention of the association just
held in Tientsin. A large num
ber of new branches are to be es
tablished and, 100 more secretar
ies are to be recruited.
COTTON W4RKET.
Selma, Ala., May
- neys for Andrew Mullen who is July 37.75
New Orleans. May 28. Federal being tried for the murder of October 35.07
s"ti orders Memorial day wreaths , reported a resolution "viewing nor after the strike sympathizer
1'lacod on statue "The American with .grave concern," conditions attacked the women clerks in
luhboy" in Sauresnes cemetery in Ireland, and expressing sym- the Rubber company. The town and state engineers expressed be- Carlton Ward continued in their i December 34.10
and Ambassador Wallace will pa thy with the Irish people for a declared to be'Wa state of in- lief tht the break in Mississippi efforts to prove Mullen was in-1 January 33.40
it Sunday. 'Government of there own choice, surrection. Levee be repaired by Saturday, same at the time of the tragedy. March A 32.98
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of the world's biggest war
will be laid down here with
x months- The battle-cruis-xinton.
combining in a de-
'mequajled by any ship of
'tv built or building the
'"'s of powerful arnament
'"yh speed, has taken form
mgs and awaits the arri
inateriyls to be advanced j
' hands of the architect
'f the builder.
"dl, it is estimated, the
'"'live queen of the United
'mh.
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navy will bcome
a snip
' construction instead of an
r'fus plan.
The Lexington is the name-ship
of a class of battle-cruisers which
will give Uncle Sam within four
years a fleet of six big-gun fight
ing ships unmatched by anything
then afloat. Her sister-ships,
the Constellation, Saratoga, Ran
ger, Constitution and United
States, are also under contract.
They bring names out of the old
navy with which to develop for
the first new capital vessels of
the post-war fleet a traditional
background "for fresh exploits.
With the others of its class,
the Lexington will be a whale of
a shij). It will displace 43,200
tons and will, have the-power of
180,000 horses, as measured in
mechanical terms. Its length of
874 feet is within 46 feet of the
length of the Leviathan, monster
passenger liner. The 101. 4 feet
of width of the Lexington will
make that floating gun platform
broader than any passenger ship.
The Lexington, which is to be
equipped with electric drive, will
attain a speed of 35 knots. This
cruiser speed, higher than that of
many destroyers, is the "object of
much of the Resigning that en
tered into the creation of tfie
Lexington class. Armor will be
sacrificed to make possible the
35 knot speed the main belt be
ing only fjve inches thick at its
maximum as compared with the
21 inch steel belt on most battle
ships, "but armament will be of
termendous power. The. Lexing
ton thus wTill have not only trie
strategic advantage of high speed
but will be able to fire a heavier
charge over a greater distance
than any other battleship for
which the plans are known.
The -Lexington in action will
speak with a voice of 16-inch guns
of which she will have eight.
The navies of Great Britain,
France and Italy contain no gun
greater than 15 inches and that
of Japan includes 16-inch guns
only on battleships of 24 knot
speed, which are now under con
struction. . Unlike the dread
nought class reliance on big guns
exclusively, the Lexington will
: carrv 16 six-inch o-uns as a sec-
iondarv armament.
j
Taking a page from the naval
i lessons of the war, the designers
of the Lexington have equipped
the ship with four ahti-air-craf t
guns, eight torpedo tubes four of
which are submerged and four
on deck and with means of . de
fense against aerial bombs and
aerial torpedoes. Defense against
submarine torpedoes will be ob
tained through fore and aft tor
pedo defense bulkheads, by which
the stability of the vessel will be
preserved no matter Avhere she Is
pierced. Under any conditions
I but an explosion, it is claimed,
the Lexington class of warship
should prove unsinkable.
An indication of the Lexing
ton's greatness is afforded by
comparison with British warship
Hood, which when it is floated
will be th biggest ship in ttie
British haw and afloat.
LEXINGTON HOOD
Speed 35 knots 31 knots
Displacement 4.200 tons 41,200
tons
Length 874 feet 860 feet
Horsepower 180.000 . 144,000
Big guns 8 16-inch 8 15-incn
Main armor 5 inch . 12 incH