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Volume X. No. 93.
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Scotland Neck, N. C, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 1920
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LEATHER REPORT for NorthCarolina-Partly cloudy in hit
THE
So
CANS TO ABANDON THE
FLE FOB THE PLOW
An Army of 50.000 is Thought to be Sufficent,
The Others Are Needed on Farms
And in Factories
CITIZENS RIASS ME
IN RALEIGH
ETI1
AUGUST 10TH.
NO MILITARY PROBLEM NOW
Or
UGAR
PRODUCTION
FROM SUGAR BEETS
IS ENORMOOS
Department Estimates 2
Billion, 7 Million
Pounds
Mexico City, Aug. 3.IIMore than
5.000 officers and men in the Mex
ican army retired from military
service in the first week of July,
according to EL HERALD O.
This general withdrawl from
the army is tlie result of a caw
nim recently launched by the
government to induce a large part j
of the soldiers of Mexico "to alan-!
don the rifle for the plow," as
the Mexican press is fond of phras
ing it.
The government's campaign for jj jg RECORD CROP
a smaller army is due to the reali
zation that vast tracts of valuable
agricultural land are in urgent Washington, Aug. 3 Sugar
need of development and that 'production from sugar beets this
many factories in Mexico are; year is forecast at 2,007,000,000
short of help. Tt is pointed out , pounds by the Department of Ag
Ihat the present military situation !riculture basing its estimate on
is such as to require the services j the condition of th e crop July 1.
of not more than 50,000 me1!!, thus ,It will be a record crop. Last year
permitting the other thousands of ; 1,453, 000,000 pounds were pro
ven under arms to devote them- J duced from sugar beets and the
wives -to the task of ecoiioTtticatlyfia
rehabilitating the country. years, 1914-18, was 1,577,200,000
The recent uprisings of General j pounds.
Carlos Osuna and Gen. Jesus R.
Cuajai'do have not 'altered the
government's determination to re
duce the personnel of the army.
According to General Antonio 1.
Villarreal, Secretary of Agricul
ture and Development, these two
movements do not "present a
The Editor,
The Commonwealth, -
Scotland Neck, N. C.
Dear Sir
We herewith enclose you an official prigram of the CITI
ZENS MASS MEETING to be held in "THE City of Raliegh" Tues
day and Tuesday night, August 10th, in the interest of a State
Trunk System of Modern Highways for all the Counties of North
Carolina.
Will you please kindly in your issue publish this program
for the benefit of GOOD ROADS.
We cordially invite and earnestly request youx paper to
attend this meeting.
Thanking you for your courtesy in this matter, and appre
ciating your co-operation and assistance, we are,
Yours cordially,
T. L. Kirkpatrick, Chairman,
Committee of Arrangements
W. A. McGirt, President,
N. C. Good Roads Association.
TUESDAY, AUGUST 10
9 :00 AM.
JURORS FOR AUGUST
TERM OF COURT
military problem."
II WOMMAGK
TO
GRANGE
HANDS
It is rumored that the Hotel
Wommack will change hands in
Through the kindness of Dr. J.
E. Shields, who went to Halifax
yesterday and secured the names
of the jurors for the coming term
of August, we are enabled to pub
lish same for the term of court
which convenes - at Halifax, Mon
day, August 16.
The followin jury has been
Hfew (lavs, but as vet, we havP ,drawn for August term of Hahrax
not learned the. name of the new (Superior Court, which convenes
purchaser, as it is said there are Monday, Aug. 16:
veral prospective buyers after;
we notei.
e will give the facts later
UDTii
PICTURES
EOF
MURDER
First Week C. J. Massey, b
H. Lewis. B. F. Tillerv. J. W.
I Pierce, A. E. Carter, Andrew Car
eer, W. N. Griffin, R. L. Shervette,
jj. R. Crew, Job Taylor, J. M.
; Cromwell, G. Hoffman, J. C.
Cushwa, M. H. Allen, N. G. Pitts,
E. E. Wollett, W. M. Hancocsc,
'James Collins, C. N. Hamill, H.
aka, Japan, Aug. 3. Con- u- Moore, J. F Cobb, W. W. Sum
viced that sensational motion merell, D. R. Anderson, J. M. Har
I'ictures incited Japanese boys to ris J- M- Jackson, Curtis Hardy,
the rPf.nf a c E W WnVht. K Ponft. P. V. Vtu-
-viu, lauiuci 111 IWO SUIU'JUl- i 1 - - .
Virls here, the police have prohi-cent Ths- Westry, R. L. Ander
litflfl Hiildven under 16 vear3son W. C. Little, R. C. Josey, Jr.,
from
1 1" auuiTs. roiice examination
Jnstrated that the killing of
f PH'ls who were carried of by
and slain was due to an idea
attending picture shows!Rllfus Cherry, S. B. Alsop, J. A.
Johnson.
slcial censorship.
Second Week G. B. Ried, Jack
Ellis, John W. Leggett, J. W. Ba
ker. R. H. Reid. T. H. Isles. H. B.
ained at a movie show. Films ipr!! - A W RIpa N. S.
cmiuren henceforth will re-'R.nnr, w t -pOT.uQT. t t? t,owc
U V . I ' 1 ........ .
i James Butts, J. T. Whittield, E.
G. Ellington, Q. L. Stokes, R. D.
Wison, L. F. Whitehurst, G. F.
Medlin, W. T. Morecock, B. F.
j Collins, J. L. Etheridge, E. H.
: Ricks, G. L. oweell, W. H. An-
the lrla
H0ME NURSLNGCLASS
. .
eet Thursday Afternoon
At Three O'clock.
All
mer people are urged to at-jdrews, J H. Alerandeer, B. D.
-His; vei'v intprpyfinff and ! Mann. .T. B. Pearee. J. G. J)eBrule,
''pful f'1;. Officers wffl be elec-'S. T. Wommack, J. C. Gold, E. N.
this f
1 !asts for Alio 1-x-kii-n vv1tt I TT' Tr.i XTrlr-lV ci ,
rt:7T:?;i,':'
LISH ARIES BEING
POUND
ED TO PIECES
The Last Great Fortress Defending The City of
War s a w H a s
Fallen
TRYING TO CAPTURE WARSAW
O
Parade, Headed by Gastonia Drum Corps, Icemorlee and High
Point Brass Bands
MORNING- SESSION
10:00 A. M. I
Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick, Presiding
j Convention called to order By Presiding Officer
Invocation Rev C. A. Ash by
Rector of the Church of the Good Shepherd Raliegh,
N.-C.
4ddress of Welcome .' . Hon. T. B. Eldridge
Mayor, Raliegh, N. C.
Response to Address of Welcome... Major Wade H. Phillips
Lexington; N. C.
Song by Audience "Old North State'
'-- 7 ' - - - Conxrctiea bjr E.F: - Shumway
National War Camp Music Director, New York
Calling Roll of Counties Hon. O. B. Carpenter
Secretary Association of County Commissioners of North
Carolina, Gastonia, N. C.
Music by Brass Band
Statement of the Purpose and Object of the
Meeting By the. Chairman
Appointment of Committees
11:30 A. M.
Address "State and County Highways, Their Relations and
Functions" :Hon. W. A. McGirt
President North Carolina Good Roads Association, Wilming
ton, N. C.
Address "What Good Roads Mean to the Home
Life'2 Mrs. Loula Roberts Piatt
Asheville,.N. C.
Address "Why the State and National Governments Must
Co-Operate With County Governments in the Constitution
and Maintainance of Inter aiid Intra-State Highways"
Hon. W. C. Jones
President State Association CJmnty Commissioners of North
Carolina, High Point, N. C.
Address "The Necessity of a Bond Issue for the Construction
of a State System of Modem Highways" Hon. H. G. Shirley
secretary Federal Highway Council, '
Washington, D. C.
AFTERNOON SESSION
2 :30 P. M. '
Hon. W. A. McGirt, Presiding
Singing by Audience Conducted by E. F. Shumway
National War Camp Mrsic Director, New York
Address "Why North Carolina Should Proceed at Once to
Adopt and Construct a Modern System of State High
ways" Col. Joseph Hyde Pratt
Director NoriSh Carolina Geological Survey,
Chapel Hill, N. C.
Address "The Cost of Being in the Mud from a Merchants
Viewpoint David Owens
Charlotte, N. C.
Address "The Imperative Duty of the State to Construct
and Maintain an Impartial State ' System of Hard-Surfaced
Highways for the Benefit of All Its Citizens"
Hon. J. C. Pritchard
United States Curcuit Judge, Asheville, N. C.
Address "Modern Highways an Asset to the Agricultural
Interest of the State" Hon. L. S. Tomlinson
President Chamber of Commerce, Wilson, N. C.
Address "What Good Roads Mean to the Laboring Men of
North Carolina" Hon. Jas. F. Barrett
Editor Asheville Advocate, Asheville, N. C.
Round Table Conference Two Minutes Short Talks
EVENING SESSION
8:00 P. M.
GEN. JULIAN S. CARR, Presiding
iSong by Audience!l"My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
Conducted by E. b . bhumway
National War Camp Music Director, New York
Address "A New Vision for North Carolina, Thru a State
System oF Modern Highwa.vs" Hon. Jno. J. Parker
Monroe, N. C.
Address "The Imperative Duty of the State to Finance and
Construct a'State Trunk System of Modern Highways"
Hon. Cameron Morrison
' , Charlotte, N. G.
Report of Committees
Adoption ot Resolutions
i . -.
WAR AGAINST OLD
JOHN BARLEP""
IMA A
Two American Mission
aries Are Helping
The Cause
Warsaw, Aug. 3. Over a front
of a hundred and twenty miles the
Vsh armies are being pounded
to pieces before the rush tof Bol
sheviki which are making a des
perate attempt to capture War
saw before the conclusion of the
armstice. Great masses of rein
forcements are .flug against the
Polish breastworks defending
Brest Litovisk, which is the last
great fortress defending" Warsaw
from the east and it apparently
Vine -Fallon
A MASS MEETING
'.and she will make a similar re-
Kingston, Jamaica, August 3. 'quest of Harding tomorrow.
War against John Barleycorn has
been started in the home of Jama-; .Marion AuS- 3 Senator liar-
iica rum. Two American mission-. s F x. vca
aires, the vanguard of a prohibi-,and made UP first Pae of his
tion crusade, have just aided m 'newspaper here while motion pic
the organization of the Jamaica '..machines recorded his ac
League against Alcoholism, which itl0ns' Employes gathered t.o ser
it is said, is to affiliate with the their boss work while the loafed'
World's League against Alcohol- j , . .
-- ' 4.1 '"x'f p'vJI-icago; Aug.- 3:---The- - Euro-
ism, headed by the Rt. Hon. Lief i & &
t u x c rk i i at t pean war talk sent wheat sky-
M. P.; and Lord Rowallan, w krocetmg today, the upward swinK
President i tirteen cets per bushel occui-
a it, ing in a single hour.
One ot the American mission- (
aries urged the mass meeling to Waghhlgtorif Au 3.Rear Ad.
follow the lead of "Pussyfoot" miral Gravson wan vacation to.
j Johnson. One of the chief obstac- day stating condition has
jles to making Jamaica dry i8 the ghown such marked improvement
manutacture ot rum, an industry j is not nece8Sary to put him un.
which is said to net the govern
'ment fully $1,000,000 in revenue
annually.
THE LATEST
TELEGRAPH
DESPATCHES
der care .of another physician.
Miami, Fla., Aug. 3. State
troops mobilized yesterday be
cause of race trouble fears. They
demobilized today after the. negro
who was killed in a jump from a
train was put aboard a . steamer
for Nausau, Bahamas for burial.
J The negro was charged with at
tacking an aged white woman
! jumped to escape officers. No dis
orders.
GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS
OF THE WORLD
JP UNTIL FOUR O 'CLOCK P. M.
London, Aug. 3. Duties of the'
; ci own tribunals in Ireland will be
'taken over by court martial even
to the extent of settling civil dis
iptites, inflicting fines and bind-
Warsaw, Aug 3. American ing accused persons (over to keep
Consslate is swamped by Amerl- peace under terms of the nev
cans and "others requesting pass-. Irisii bill made public today.
ports.
New York, Aug. 3. Autopsy
London, Aug. .3. Provisional over the body of Airs. Eugene Le-
Soviet has been formed in parts Roy, the trunk victim failecl to
of Poland and is occupied by the; show traces of poison and examm-
Soviet troops, according to a Mos
cow wireless,
t
j Philadelphia, Aug. 3 Federal
authorities today announced that
jthe man arrested at Egg Harbor,
N. J. yesterday in connection.
I with kidnapping a baby. Cough
lis is the individual who wrrote
baby's father under name of "The
Crank " inducing the latter to
place $12,000 at a lonely spot.
Dayton, Aug. 3. Mrs. Abby
Scott Baker, Chairman of the Na
tional Womans Party, told Gov.
Cox today that unless efforts were
increased the Tennessee legisla
ture was certain to reject sur
frage. She akeed him to press
suffrage cause more, vigorously
ers announced they had faileed to
deterfine the cause of death.
London, Aug. 3. Polish arnis
tice envoys were sent back by the
Soviets who demanded that em
issaries obtain mandate to take up
peace negotiations, a wireless
from Moscow says.
o
Tokio, Aug. 3. Japan in a
forthcoming reply to the United
States will amplify repent state
ments to world powers regard
ing her occupation of certain
points in the Shaghalien district
understood here, no indication
will refrain from carrying out the
military arrangements already
made but will tell United State
that occupation is temporary. .
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