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Mm a mil rk C; 1 WAlUa ttJfUKl f; 7fnrolr probably local thunder showers tonight and Wednesday gentle to moderate winds mostly Southwest. In MWEAL I J r3 T7 T7 .lni ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY "ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL" c fame X. No. 81. Four O'Clock Edition Scotland Neck, N. C, Tuesday, july 20 1920 Telegraph Service Price Five Cents IXWORmS AWARD I MOW ED 600 fflL INCREASE pOXlMATELY 21 PER CENT OF THE PRESENT WAGE STARTS FROM MAY FIRST 1920 . 3 NEGROES TAKEN TO PENITENTIARY One Had Attacked a White Wo man Near Graham BOLSHEVIK! HAS 2 AMER. FLYERS CO DOTY-NURSE IV khi BY U.S. RAILWAY L. BOARD MAN KILLED BY SOLDIERS O- .julv 20. . . i i . r.-nhvav laoor i ienrlv two million or- -The United board today tt1 ioi'l - Oil I i wrkprs waere in r iases, hi lilt I V imutely twenty-one per t of the present wage totalling -six hundred mil- which amounts to scale. 333,000 TONS MORE SUGAR 1920 Waraw, July 20. Captain Ar- jthiir Kelly of Richmond, Va., a pilot with Kosciusko squadron is missing. He started light over the ! Bolsheviki lines five days asro. 4 i Captain Marion Cooper 5f Jaek- Raleigh, July 20. Three ne-jsonville, Fla. has not been heard groes who were arrested at Gra-jfrom since he bean a fliht over ii o m Qo u e I the enemy lines on July 13th. nam Saturday as a result of an J J attack on a white woman, were! placed in the state penitentiary this morning for safe keeping, ar riving here on a special train that WORK BEGAN THIS WEEK THE LADY, MISS LULU B. SA AUCER COUNTY HEALTH OF FICER WILL BE UNDER ' was in charge of Adjutant Gen People who have' soft-pedaled eral Metts. accompanied bv a &he sugar bowl for six years may!Machine Gun Company of state Hp neat:,, -Inly 20. Award re- active to May the urst oi uus the derision to grant work- tl is approximately sixty per pt of a billion dollar increase jv sought. Presidents of all din? brotherhoods and repre- itatives oi the railroad mana- ... I A frs were present wnen me uc- ion was made public. SHAMROCK LEAD ING AT 200 F THE SHOE FITS OU CAN WEMST Sandy Hook, July 20. While in the statement troops. One man was killed and tn?namr-Cf CrSSea Une ' . . a minute aneaa or tne Kesoiute ,but fould. The Ballooner Kesolute last night when a mob fired on passed the Resolute and took the the Alamance County jail where I first ten minutes. At twelve fifty- RED CROSS COURSE r. IVEN -0 Miss Lulu B. Saucer, The Red Cross Nurse for Halifax County began her work in this countv be interested that crop conditions on July promised an increase in next fall's sugar production in the United; t, approximately, 333,000 tons, or enough to load a train of freight cars 70 or 75 miles long, allowing 40 tons per car;. This prospective crop is equal to more than 22 pounds of sugar for every I man, woman, and child within the United States, and the increase over last year equals ,more than six pounds per person. The sugar beet crop this year covers almost 5-year average of about two- the negroes were held. POLISH TROOPS DEFEAT THE BOLSHEVIKI Mn exchange observes: ing condition on July 1 was above the 10-year average. s There is more than half a million acres of sugar cane this year, about- half Warsaw, July 20. 'Long await, ed the general attack by the Bol sheviki along the river in Volhenia began Monday, and has been re pulsed by seven- Polish divisions according to the army headquar ters announcement. . i-. . a. . a lv t' lay ort corn ana potato i !ws and to regulate the distance the same so as to get the gerat t crops is worth a cow-pen full kid-gloved fellows who know iw to lead a fashionable Waltz id to properly strut bare-headed show their love for the sun. ftting the plows just right and Jjusting the gears so that they lill not injure the horses are five, thirty minutes after the start the Resolute was half a mile ahead sailing easily while the Shamrock seemed in trouble with its sails. At one o'clock the Reso lute ran into soft spot and the Shamrock regained a quarter of a mile.At one ten the Shamrock assed the Resolute and took the lead ad at one forty-five the Shamrock was half a mile ahead .and four miles from the first turn at two o'clock the Resolute re gained a quarter of a mile. 225 FARM BOYS sr1 iv it1 iirririT nu n tinc . H tl I UIHXI KV. I 11 J "veix uuuer me direction of UJLilll ffLiUl Ul Utim the County Health Officer. ! Tlie field work will consist of They Are To Study Modern Ideas instruction and help in Infant" In Farming, Also Livestock Hygiene, Prenatmal and Post Na- Raising tal care of Mother Child Welfa 1 Tuberculosis ! work. re. Educational SPLENDID TRAIN TT, Ci j vrfv X11 xxumc oaiiiiarion, ana e of the sick arp hpino- npv. 0 -mm- 1 ' m T 1 Ctf k& Mempius, lenn., JUiy u. , lzed ln the f0nowin,r places Wel obtain new ideas and instruction doilj Halifax, Littleton, Hobood, in hodern .agriculture methods Scotland Neck, Tillery, and Bu and livestock raising, 225 farm field, boys from the state of Louisana r will visit Illinois, Wisconsin, lo-! . fhe Red Cross Course will be , A 1 and other Mid-west states m lveu ro over 14 years of wa August, traveling at the expanse aare. of their respective communities.! meet once a week, ThPV will have a solendid tram and those attending 10 of the 12 j j. ( fitted up especially for their com fort and convenience. Classes will meet once classes will receive a certificate of which is intended for sugar and the other half for syrup, af ter deducting considerable am ounts for planting the next crop. The!re is n, substantial increase c-rth a thousand-fold more to the inacreage over last year, espec- bimtry than tk know how to ially m Louisana, where nearly PSe ill the narlor nr nil the all tho rana snoar nf Tia TTniforl I. States is made. The growing con ditin of the cane in Louisana is much better than last year, but considerably under the average for the past nine years. The De partmeent of Agriculture, which has carried on a number of pro- (Mm V I 1 1 t liVX ST Es eet. -''Ves. a girl who can bake a af of bread and cook wheat and; otatoes just right is worth a fminary of those snft-handpd. ill.V-Wadfd ano-pls wlvn sit in fhf Pariah " and let 'mah' rln thp i'k in the kitchen' Selected y w. l. w. (By Marwell Glodman) Raleigh, July 20. It" -is a dis appjpntment that will be shared by many counties and numerous families in N.' C. to learn that an other year will elapse before the plans made by the Legislature i;o increase the facilities for caring for the-insane can become effec tive! The main reason is because pf delay, which will continue for several months yet, in the begin- ning the work oi constructing the new state prison to be located four miles west of Raleiglji, which must be built before the present state prion can be turned over to demned and denounced as unlaw ful, but several of our state daily papers the past week shed melenly a lot pf printers-ink teers over the lynching of an 4 4 innocent' negro in Person county. Advices reaching him multiply to reunion all doubt that the negro lynched was the guilty one who assaulted the young lady of that county. The alleged "doubt" it now appear was caused by a remark made by another negro employed at the same work as the one lynched and was "repeated" by the white from the Red Cross. Each section of tin The tour will be under the will be visitei as rapidly as possj. upervision of representatives of ble. At piesent only the coramuni the. Louisana . State Department ties that are accesable t othe rail of Agriculture, 4he Federal. De-road;can3e:Veached. Neither can partment ot Agriculture and the'everv section 0f the county be Louiana State, Department of Ed- months, which is the most impor- ucation. Each boy is aiiowea a tant for infant Hygine work. Each Wednesday and Saturday foreoons will be spent in the of- minimum of $150 as expense mon ey The itineary will include visits flce of the Healh Department in to' Chicago and Champaign, IU.J Weldon, where we shall be glad Waukesha, Fort Atkinson, Janes- see an one who wishe to see ville, Madison and Monroe, Wis.,,the NuJse on HeaUh mattters. WJaterloo, Webster City, Ames j , , and Des Moines, la., and probab ly points in Missouri. The tour will start August 3 from Baton Roujre, La. Various methods were used in selecting the boys to represent tne numerous cuiuutuau.. Chicago, July 20. The railroad pfimA as leadffrs of club work. . . , , - ornciais nave aeciarea tnat any LATESTTELEGRAPH I1EWS OF THE WORLD TODAY others as boys picked for their pay increases awarded the men HE THIRD PARTY man concerned, without savmcr iects looknig toward making this. the State Hospital authorities to I it was a negro employee that at-.aDUlt 10 iedrn xu, must be followed by a correspond- -. - -. -. i . . tli ait lntarooT 1 11 Tarmino1 A in M l. , I . - nJ-t A A I A. " I - l - rilU I 111. 1 L 111 IV. 1 V O Kj A.M.M. IU 1 . uc uatxv iccunuuuicu uisiuc aim i TeillTJieu LO Kivc ail aiiui. iue fnnnfw cAlf-snstflinincr from a. VWU,"V O . ? ' L ... . .. - J! J.V :il 4-Tw. Uno-ar- stanHnmnt is Pinnftratinff made to conform to use as a home white man knew nothing and JOIll-y 01 uiem P1"'- Lllt i - - 1 1 " 1 i .i i a.: c iu n,nr,n;fl, wtJnD fo insane natients. ' so manv of i didn't intPnd to sav that he Tpr-,xiewiy ueveiupmg punwus i VV L XX CX vhvivk3 111 vvvii X - - x - -1 n -1 1 Mil I ITY rv mwwwinnitho vmn fmm insMta and rlis-.'whom have for many years been manentlv knew the lynched nesrro state wnere aiversinea agricm- iflLL nULU lntlVXease and otherwise promoting the! unable to secure admittance to j was some where the when theif making headway against nrndnotion and 'utilisation of a the present hospital here cecause crime was committed. The loose L11J y' Kl AU the cranks, all the weak, aiijbv flsheviki, all the Red rdicais; the S,H-ilists, all the Dro-XJer- ' JL bumper sugar crop. It should be ot its. inadequate tacilities and borne in mind, however, that the financial provision, forecast for 1920 is based upon The confronting causes of the conditions on July 1, and the ac- delay include ' ' sufficient money tual outturn would be above or not available at present and the ,.11 ueuM.tin.w (lin.tnwi all w'hrt!below this forecast according as building commission has not com- and liphold the blatant condition between. July 1 and pleted the preparation of plans leu auilatoM vho seek, to ovei- i on,- Government can find,average (lll?eilia! coirmnninnhir in thp 1,1 u pni t v MU HI th fl th" crowd which garbs e liverv of Heaven to h'vil's work. Baltimore i 011(1 of the hotbeds for breeding aii-d the worst of it is tak'1 tllfmsplvpc eaT-irmcIv I, v - v . V J Py pBAMROCK CROS SES LINE AHEAD harvest are better or worse than for the buildings that are contem plated." - It looks like somebody has been SHAMROCK CROSSES THE 4 'laying down on the job," if 1 LINE AHEAD t haste in a serviceable degree was 'ever intended. But it does not Sandy Hook, July 20. The appear that Mr. Collie, supt. of Shamrock and Resolute arrived the state prison is a working per at the smarting point of the raca son of the slow-motion board, or 1 at .eleven twenty-five Today, at whatever it is. On the. contrary,- eleven thirty the regatta commit- he is making brick with; straw tee .hoisted the signals postpon- while) the sun shines, for today he m the n start until "later in the states lhat hetwould begin the day, evidently in hope of stronger making of brick mill at the prison wind The breeze at that hour to work this week so as to have was nlimif five knots. Ten minutes plenty of brick ready when need- Tv1tt oa ti..- 'inn rviTvifio Tinieod dnwn ed for this or a.nv other state k,, ' "uuii, u IX LV v t-lJ. J. 111. taiCL L11C JXJ.lJJJ.it iiwxoivv " ' " V 0 "'iv crossea tne starting tne postponement signal, xl was mhwiuics. ne alidad of the Resolnf p. and 1 of f ieiallv announced that Captain Person Co. Negro Lynched Was ffr COO Guiltv One ' Angular thirtv-mile course, -rock's wheel; Of course lynching must be con- talk of the white man was more than the statement of the negro fellow employee. Well known, reputable men in Person county have sent written statements to Raleigh with their names signed thereto, which they declare the. negro lynched was the negro who committed the crime. All this is the heels of ' the printing by a negro paper her of a sensational account of the lynching of another innocent ne gro. The white men referred to above living in Roxboro and Per son Co., ask that the facts 'be re established and made clear and this reference to the affair as made in an effort to promote that important and highly desir able end. Although we condemn the method, the mob got the right brute in this instance, whatever hys color. : ing nothing but cotton. This portion of the state, known as the "Delta", comprising 9,000 square miles, is a region bor dering the Mississippi River cre ated by the river from deposits. It has been protected from over flow by levees along the rivei and dairved by canals and ditches so that it is making great advan ces as a rich agriculture section. It is to further its development that the boys are given special instruction in generl farming, the state's leading men realizing that a good foundation built by thie boys themselves will mean much in futuer efforts to "un crown King Cotton" and grow foods as well as cotton. ing increase as soon as prepared whether award will stave off the threat of a general railroad strike remains to be seen The leaders of the unions will immediately present an award to, the general chairmen athered here to pass on its acceptability. COTT UARKET. July 42-50 f October 1 L 35-20 December 33-41 January 33-56 , but March 31-75(been determined Washington, July 20. Immedi ately on receipt of the labor boards announcement, the rait way executives here went into conference to frame recommen dations to the Interstate Com merce Commission for rate ad vances to meet the added expense of six hundred million dollars to the carriers commission who now has under consideration an application of the carriers for a freight rate increase to provide n added income of-vone billion, one hundred and seven million annually, but these increeases do not take in account any wage ad vances. The railroad executives ksaid today they would ask the com mission to spread the increased expense grated by award, upon both freight and passenger rates the proposition has not yet A 1 A i 4 . .1 i 4 41- t '4 I ; i tit . f r. : i r
The Commonwealth (Scotland Neck, N.C.)
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