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AFTERNOON DAILY
"ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL"
LlumeX. No. 96.
Four O'Clock Edition
Scotland Neck, N. C, Friday, Aug. 6, 1920
Telegraph Service
Price Five Cents,
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GREAT GAME
WAS PI
OF BALL
Between The Married Men And The Bachelors,
Score Was 7
to 6
LUSITANIA LIFE
BELT TRAVELS
N FAVOR OF THE "HEN PECKS"
COX WILL TRY TO
CHANGETENN. TIDE
Hears That Indications
Point to Defeat of Suf
frage 'Ratification
Made 15,000 Miles In
About Five
Years
FLOATS UP DEL. RIVER
DENVER STRIKERS KILL
TWO 10 INJURES 34
2000 Volunteers Police
men Are to Prcfy ent Fur
ther Recurrence
PAPER OFFICE DAM.
Philadelphia, Aug. 6. Scien-
Denver, Aug. 6. Two thousand
WARSAW IS D001D:1 EARLY
ARMISTICE, DEMORALIZED POLES,
Leave Way Open And Allied Military Experts
See No Hope For
O J
One of the most interesting
ailK'S 01 fail va3 jjicav..
terday afternoon when the
latehelors played against the mar
led men and the married men
the game as our readers will
)ort :
An extremely fast and snappy
ame of ball was played yester-
av afternoon at the "League
ark'' between the married men
f the town and the batchelors.
Fbe sco was to b in iavor or
bf carried men. The game was
I T A . i V1 A r -i-i it
featured by the extremely fast yiuu, wmo, Aug. o. -onow
ieldin and the excellent pitching mS a restful night at his Jackson-
burg tarm, thirty miles into the
WILL DO HIS BEST
f the "Hen Peeks". The "Bactie-
5 " 1 . - 1 - H '
ors appeared 10 De suiienug
rom an over developed case of
Mal-Xutrition. but managed to
lold the married men to a small
core by frequently shifting their
ine up inserting pinch hitters
laud pitchers. The writer uses the
term "Pinch Pitchers" advisedly
there being no less than five
(Count 'em) used at different
country, Governor Cox, Demo
cratic presidential candidate, to
day faced another busy day in
bis efforts to clean his desk of af
faira to'be left free late this week
for visitors here fbrtJiis notiflca
tion ceremonies next Saturday.
tfexlgagementsor today were
on the governor's calendar, but
he expected to give further con-
tists are greatly interested in the 1 jvoIuntee? policemen are expected
probable route followed by the to Prevent a recurrence today oil
Lusitania life belt recently picked rl0tlnS "7 street car strikers and
up in the Deleware river off onattheir sympathizers which result
of the city piers in the center of !ed durink the niht in killing iwo
Philadelphia. Thev estimate. lt' Persons and injurig thirty-four,
traveled from 12,000 to 15 000 and thousands ,of dollars of prop-
miles and required more than j ert damaSe- The rioting was not
five years in its journey. j under control until long past mitf-
The Lusitania was torpedoed ;niht- Eight street cars were
off the Irish coast on May 7 1915. wrecked; and the Denver Post
Hydrographers figure that the newsPaper office partly demolisn
belt went through the Irish Sea d The officials decided today not
and around the north of Scotland'0 cal1 for federal troops,
down through the North Sea and' '. '
the English Channel; down the pnrilT DDITIAM MHV
coast of France and Spain and Af, DIILHI Ulll I IMIl IVIHl
rica. There the current bore it a-
cross the Atlantic. Entering the
Gulf stream, it was carried north.
It escapeed from this current and
drifted to tjhe Deleware capes.
Probably the propellor of a steam-
THE POLtf
ARMY FLEES
stages of
charitable
the
thincr
game.
to be said con-
The most sideration to the woman suffrage
tight in Tennessee. He has re-
. ... . 1 i. A 1 I . -1 ,.
cermnjj their mtchmsr is to sav Pus mat present indications are
that it was not effective, in fact, r defeat of ratification of the
me might even go so far as to ederal amndment by the Tenne-
flatly state that it was hiffhlv issee legislature and is consider-
BLOCKADE RUSSIA
FIX AUGUST lli FOR
MAKING EFFECTIVE
NEW RAIL RATES
All Advances Will Be
Made by Railroads on
Same Day
j London, Aug. 5 The Britisii
government is irritated over what
jit believes is soviet Russia's equi
ibation over the British suggestion
jthat the Russiass halt at the arm
istice lin'e of demarcation in Po-
land and begin peace negtietioiis
It as deispatched a sharp note to
the soviet government demanding
a yes or no answer as to whether
that government intends t,o listen
to the suggestion.
Paris,
Aug.
5.
-Warsaw will
London, Aug. 6. From reports
Great Britian has ordered her
ship cought it up at tha capes and fleet to resume the Russian block-
brought it up the Deleware. - aae ana tnis nas received empna
The life belt was covered with, sis in the morning papers, but no
barnacles.; When these were scj40ffi Cti,0n is c!aimed for
ped eff the name of the Lusi- tJie statement. The Warsaw Daily
tania was found and easily de- Mail Dispatch says the Polisn
ciphered. counter offensive has hurled Bol-
. . sheviki back forty miles on the
southern front.
m-effective.
ing how he may help to change
Rufus Shaw was started in the the tide.
box by the " Infants". Rufe was
no doubt a master t wirier at one
time, now he is only a past-master.
He was simply out of his class.
l he old pill roller soon retired In gun on same several days ago
favor of a vonnfypr if rmt fTTTU- !
We are glad to state that the
railroad company has at last seen
fit to install sanitary laboratories
;at the depot here. Work was be-
H ARE ING MAY LEAVE HIS
SHRINE ON FRONT PORCH
EAGLE TAKES RIDE
ON SALMON'S BACK
Seattle, Wash., Aug. 6. Every
man aboard the schooner, Roose
velt, from the master to the cook,
in from a recent voyage, said they Marion, Ohio, Aug. 6. Senator
would take an oath that they saw Harding held a conference today
a huge bald eagle take a wild'with T.V. O'Connor, of Buffalo,
ride on a salmon's back in the president of the International
stretch of water between Cape longshoreman's Association, af
Mudge and Seymour Narrows, which the labor situation was dis- I
INVIlllLO llNrvEJAOlLb have to be evacuated within two
lor three days, in the opinion of
m , . m tne French and British military
Washington, Aug. 6. Traffic , , x, J
, experts here, and the government
managers and rate experts of tne . . , A , , .
, , . , - , is expected to be moved within
railroads here today, after a leng- . . , , , , A
. a i l t that period, probably to Cracow,
thy conference, stated that they, . ,
, . . . . t The report ,of the members of
wuuiu ue imauie to matte tne new -,, . . t , ,
trj military mission, telegraphed
increases in passenger and traffie , , . . , , , ,t . AU
x- u a .here last nioht, declared that the
rates effective before Aug. 26. 0 , . AU .
n -a ui j ix ? , -.Polish army along the river Bug
Considerable difficulty is being;, , . . , . .. . , .
!; ;had retreated sko precipitately that
cuuuuuicreu uy raiiioau account
ants in preparing the new tariffs
for filing with the Interstate Com
merce Commission, but it was of
ficially estimated today that they
would be ready by Aug. 21. When
filed on that date, they will be
come effective throughout the
country on Aug. 26.
MEN ARE TREIR
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it
PAYMASTERS
it did. not even destroy the bridg
es behind it. This river was War
saw 's last line of defense.
A special Russian cavalry corps,
the military men reported, was
driving southwest along the bor
der of the Allenstein district and
had yesterday reached a point
thirty miles from Mlawa, thirty
one miles nerthwest of Warsaw,
on the only direct railroad to
Danzicr from the Polish capital.
f These cavalrymen are said to be
j headed through Mlawa into the
Polish corridor to the Baltic near
6. Nine by, and thence to Pomerania.
Denver, Col., Aug
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Gulf of Georgia. And they brought cussed generally, and the candi- hundred men employed by the ; The experts report that the
UER pitcher. Spider Bryan tooK i twirling that made him a favorite jthe eagle to Seattle to prove rt. date was assured of the support Denver Tramway company have Polish forces were demoralized on
'ip the burden and did as well as in the betting a generation or so i The Roosevelt was on its way to f the labor leader. Mr. O'Connor never received a pay check or pay the whole northern and central
we of his proportions and pre-!ago- His support, tho not flaw-'Seattle from the fishing banks m later gave out a statemmemnt cov- .envelope trom the corporation, al- fronts, and were falling back. Ttie
vious training eould be expected less, was a thing to marvel at. It 'Hecate Strait. Shortly after paa- ering his views. ; though many of them have worked military men said they had vir-
t( do. We will pass over his term
l& the box and simnlv state that
A
lie was i-plWori W l!o
was a grand and glorious thing sing Seymour Narrows members Previous to his conference with for it for years. They are their tually abandoned hope of the
to observe th,ose old timers cover-! of the crew said they noticed a Mr- O'Connor, Senator Harding own "paymasters." Poles making a stand now.
in? territorv almost as fast as ! bald eagle flying close to the wa-' had conferred at length with Sen-1 The method by which the men! Jhe polish armstice delegates rc-
fope dispensr Jim Edd Condrey. ;they did in their gone but not Iter, near the vessel. As they wat- ator Harry S. New of Indiana, are paid is claimed by the offi-jturned to Warsaw Tuesday night,
femes showed signs of suffering forgotten youth. jched the bird skimming near the chairman of the Republican speak- eials of the company to be in US' and the Polish government has lit-
h'in a hang-over form a wild j It is rumored that theBachel- 'surface, a spring salmon, estimat- ers' bureau, on matters pertain- nowhere else m America. It has tie hope of the speedy arranging
vuth. On rare occasions when fters" are to challenge again. It ls'ed to weigh about 20 pounds in to the seaking campaign. To t been in vogue here for 30 years, 0f an armstice. The members of
,fjuld hcate the plate he was bat- the opinion of the writer that they j leaped clear of the swift moving what extent, if at all, the front-! however, and both officials and the allied missions are convinced
ted fivelv. at will anH tn alt ! will be accomodated. The olderV current. Quick as a flash the eaele porch campaign plan will be de- empolyes are well satisfied with that the soviet government does
Parts of the lot. One Bill Bradly bo3rs are willing to pass al ng drove his sharp talons into the viated trom is understood to have
been discussed.
"as led to the slaughter to take their knowledge and craf tsman- j f ish 's back.
,lP the fight where the wild Jame 'ship for the benefit of the coming-! There was a great splash as the
lva$ forced to relinquish it. Bill generation, for these single men big springer dived, taking the ea
spranir nr lil-n flrxr. vn o of todav mav Kp thp nnfartnnatp" srle beenath the snrfae.fi nf t.hfi
IT 1 1 A- A- V i U H I j l J J v"-vvw - - ww
as cut down lilrfi a rW.fpnnai Married men
f,lie Hubert Riddick endeavored Carlton Watson
f" stem the rising tide. We don't Henry Hillard
knw why this thing was wished Mr. Batts
011 this nnnr hr Tf .Tohn Tilrlwa rrle
much for his tender vears. The J. E. Perry
'"''mentioned Spider Bryan was Rfbt. Johnson
j water. All hands rushed to the rail
Catcher i to watch te struggle. Three times
First Base they said, the fish and the bird
Second Base disappeared in the water while
Third Base the Roosevelt steered a course
Short Stop close behind them.
Center Field' Finally the eagle lossened Its
galled from the obscurity of his Sherwood Allsbrook Right Field hold on the salmon and flopped
x"at aiul firncliol flirt mow.. -Pv. TjPWIC PI Snifpf
youngtsers. N. A.Riddick
'Illes-' boys mar, after thev nlav Bachelors
a er and faster eorannnv for Paul Speed
' bill tlllC" irrniiAn ,1 -i ,4. .TrvVi n rt l a TilTo-wir
"'-i Will CI UUUULS II, " uiiuuic iiucijr
?l'e h?'nz little evidence of hpad- Hubert Riddick
" piatucaiiv iiu manual ums jlivciii
ueritv sh own .Tim
THE LATEST
TELEGRAPH
DESPATCHES
lt. inree times the men VOted al- not intanrl to nPantiatA str, rmQ.
most unanimously against any tice, they reported, and declared
change in the system. j their belief that the Russians had
The 900 who enjoy the distine- set the next meeting of the nego
tion of working for wages without tiators for today at Minsk, know
receiving pay envelopes are mot- ing that it would be impossible for
ormen and conductors and they
simply pay themselves at the end
of each day's work out of the re
ceipts for the day, each condutv
or pays himself and his motorman
their wages. The conductors are
Short stop
Edd Condrey Right Field
-- ii i t piajcu Ulcil voi5. AJamu jjcii, r iciu
last
Th
Chicago, Aug. 6. Leroy Green ' aided in making their calculation
Left Field over on the water completely ex- a negro was identitied by JJavid oy caras iurnisnea tnem oy tne
PITCHER hausted. It had put up a game L- Luke a West Virginia paper company which shows te amount
fight but had lost its prey. The manufacturer as the man who ter-due each employe for any number
Catcher' crew of the- Roosevelt pulled the rorized,his wife and daughter at of hours and minutes.'
. . m a. i . t f
First Base ! bird aboard with-a bait hook. The arrytown nome ana stoie iorty
eagle was nearly drowned but thousand dollars worth of jewelry
on deck it soon recovered and , Juiy A
showed fight.
While the battle between the
bird and the fish was in progress
Second Base
Third Base
and furious srame Shields Alerander Center Field
mghoat. Te great "N. A." Pitchers Rufus Shaw
f pitched the entire game Ennis Bryan
in - '
Edd Qondrey
generation some Hmrbert Riddick
'if u.
younger
two other eagles, the Roosevelt's
men said, flew around the vicinity
screaming loudly. Captain Barney
Pedersan presented the capture
eagle to one of
parks.
St. Louis, Aug. 6. Witnesses
said fifty houses burned and oc
cupants mauled at West Frank
fort. Many foreigners beaten into
insensibility and women hit by
the P.oles to arrive at that ttnie,
making a pretext for further de
lay. The Polish government, it is
learned is undecided as to wheth
er it will send emissaries to Minsk.
The experts said their gravest
concern was the emminent cutting
off of Warsaw's direct communi
cation with Danzig, upon which
P.oland is dependant for military
The system has many advanta- 'supplies.
ges, according to Frederick W. Lord d'Abernon, the British am
Hild, general manager of the com-1 bassador to Germany, a member
pany. It makes the garnisheeing j 0f the British mission to Poland,
of a man2s wages difficult. It also j has returned to Warsaw from
means that the men always have Danzig.
money in their pockets, according
to Mr. Hild. The company bene- Mr. Hild, who adds, however, that
fits by a smaller clerical staff the company loses about $1,800
which would be impossible were 'per year in interest it otherwist
the local public J missies and left insensible in the ;the men paid weekly or bi-weekly would receive on its payroll trom
street b7 check or pay envelope, says uie oauns.
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