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WEATHER REPORT For North Carolina-Partly Cloudy tonighl and Wednesday, probable shears Wednesday in West portion gentle variable winds. TC3 TUT ,11 O-J ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL" Volume XI. No. 19. Four O'Clock Edition Scotland Neck, N. C, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 1920 Telegraph Service Price Five Cents mi ITT COUNTY FAIR WILL BE i SWALLOWS HELD SEPT. 21,22, 23 & 24 BUTTONS OF PEARL INSTEAD TABLETS HALIFAX F AM NGORPORATED Mr. T. D. Temple, manager of the Halifax Farms, Inc. was "in mm m w ' j- C x 3 1 j i a Attraction To Be One Of The Largest Of ltlls ls Une on Une oaiuruay anu we iearneu Aiiracuon 10 oe vne ur ine Largest kjx something of what was going on It's Kind In Eastern North I "ur Local Country- ', on the above property. A WASHABLE SUIT OF PAPER CLOTHES, PRICE 15 TS Carolina men THE PLANS ARE COMPLETED DOSE D0ES SOOTH O- Greenville, N. C., Sept. 7. Ex tensive preparations are now in progress for the opening of the Pitt county fair, which takes place in this city September 21, continuing for four days, and pro moters are making arrangements j for caring for the thirty or forty j thousand people erpected to be ' in attendance from various sec- Virtually all DEMPSEY KNOCKS OUT MISKE 3RD ROUND The story is going the rounds that a certain young man in the southern part of the county pur chased a lot of tablets for the. It lies on principally the Roa noke river and eight miles from Scotland Neck. Quite an area of these lands is idle, still there is in cultivation what, some of us would consider farming on quite an ex tensive scale as well as a very respectable cattle ranch. This year Mr. Temple has only 80 acres in cotton but two hundred The Department of Commerce at Washing ton Has Them on Exhibition THEY WERE MADE IN AUSTRIA O WITH BLOW ON CHIN headache from a f oreiern mail or j i -, in corn and 125 acres in peanuts, der house, and carrying them - 1 THE LATEST . TELEGRAPH The World's HeaVyweight Still Retains His Terrific Hitting Power tions of the state. plans definitely affetcing the mammoth attractions have been brought to a stage of consumma j : firm, and it is prmfidpntlv pirnpot-' - nnvA r a t n mmw ' " ill II I :VAjW KA I 1 I .K ed that the opening will be one of . terrible home he placed them in one cor ner of the top dresser drawer, and telling his wife about them he proceeded to put the tablets in an open pill box so that in case of a severe headache during the night he could easily find them. It seems that he imagined one nignt soon alter that lie had. a headache so thinking DESPAT A v Wvington; Sept. 7. Paper clc .gfrom Austria was placed - exhibit by the Department of commerce today and will be of fered to clothing manufacturers rC I examination, une suit .1 quoted at fifteen cents and j washable. IS is GATHERED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD JP UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK P. M. 300 bushels of wheat were put on j the market last year. This year! there were twelve acres in wheat but it had not been threshed. 1 The crops are good. As to stock raising there are 175 head of Short Horns 85 head of Shropshire sheep and fifty head of Duroc Jersey. It might be said here that the farms all had flour to do them last year and as was said j 'jj.ome Sept. 7. Government H. Moore a Cox representative sold three hundred bushels be- officials will open negotiations who was prepared he said to give i sides. iTu, uii im Triv,c. the committee Democratic candl- I i. UUIOUU V VV 111! tlX A ut xuuuo- 1 -1 . . - which swept the barracks of Sa$ halien "Island reports say. Chicago, Sept. 7. The senate campaign investigating committ ! tee resumed its sessions with E. trial conference at Milan with a dates information concerning the the most auspicious events of its Ringside, Benton Harbor, Mich. about these tabiets he got up dur-j : CJ x f T 1 ' T -- i kind m this part of the state in a Pi. iempbey, neavy- ing the night with0ut turning on numBer of years. weight champion of the world, de- any light and commenced taking The fair srrounds. involving a " 1 monstrated today that he still re- iha ta.hlpt.ft. and affpr Vip had iinancFal outlay of $100,000, has jtaills the terrific punch that won BwaUowed several of - Mr and Mrs j. B Jones and view to solving the problem of Republican fund lippn lirnnfrht n a final eta n? him the title. He knocked out wc, ia AanWioA i!Q v.; io.ioi, ' ' n l " , " " the seizure bv the workers of the; i.x: ,1 i : ix. Billv Miskp. of St. Pan! a . fio-ht.pr ' i - . n . 't T, nn1 mpfal fnntnvips tlivnno-Vinnt Ttalv. i -tSOStOll, ppt. ((impieiuin, anu mciuues qune a - 7 " ' was getting Dener. Ana reaiiy uuisuurg, jyuiiiam, auu scvuai o - i e k:u: . . i as biff and ffame as himself, in thp n. x : j nointa in Virffinia. nn a. rdeasnre Four Imnrlrpfl faotnripo ivprp spiz- inanes jiuuei uiuiuuigs apprupnaie t 7 ine nexc moriiing ms wne asKea . - . v i " 1 ly designed and constructed to meet the requirements for sever al years. 7. Statewide prl- are being held in Massa- third round of tL. J ten-round if his headache was gone, and he !r'P The grandstand is mo-i trip. a i, m l i i mivu. xnree uam smasiies were said thaT he had neyer felt bet. j sufficient to win ITTm between ter in his iifebut the main ar- dern nd up to date in every pJUuuu dna iuu,uuu, nis nity per gument came up when his wife j poor' headache sufferer had been ,way. and ..i -elevated., so. iJiat..sp.-.!5ort-lw5re??, l.e re(!5-?l went to the dresser drawer and swallowing pearl buttons instead We wish them a pleasant ed and a movement is expanding , clmsetts and New Hampshire to- day inteiest centering in benator I Moses contest for renomination. I In New Hampshire Huntley M. ;and a general offensive against all industries is threatened. Mexico City, Sept. 7. W. A tators irav be sble to command t' ',;"A 'h"e start of the first, his found that the onlv pearl but-loPheadache "tablets. Oh, BoyTtaTdner the - American citizen splendid view of everything go Spaulding is favoring the League of Nations with reservations and mg on over the fair grounds. The race track, without an excep tion, is one of the finest in the state, properly elevated and con structed to meet the demands un der the most trying circumstan ces. first in 14 months, Dempsey peei- tons whi'ch she had in th' house 'How about the mail order who was haptured by the bandit; a ed off the same worn and patched had been misplaced, and on in- houses instead of the local drug-jZamora has escaped official ad mi. red sweater that he wore when he vestigation it was found that the- gist 'Knocked out Jess Willard. His jface wore the same fighting frown he danced about the ring with old-time light-foofedness, and fin- vices say. It is stated Gardner The floral hall is large and 1 ished UP b takinS the f ht in ! the third round, just as he did at conforms well with the der of exhibit buildings. RALEIGH LETTER took; refuge in a ranch during his ,for thp mdiation of Lithuanian dispute flight from the bandit and that London, Sept. 7. Poland has appealed to the League of -Nations the Polish unless lm- an escort has been sent for him. jprovement Poland will be compel! remain- Mexico City, Sept. 7. The for-' eign office denied having receiv- ! led to declare war on .Lithuanians CLARK iVILLE WINS TWO STRAIGHTS Toledo. The third round went one minute and thirteen seconds. Miske went down three times in (Special Correspondence) j Another important phase of the ed a note from Washington rela Raleigh , Sept. 7. The registra- situation should be looked after, tive to the petroleum situation tion and voting by the women of Thousands of women, as well as but it was learned from uiioffi- the less than two and one-half North Carolina at the general men, especially school teachers eial sources that the AmerTcTTem rounds of fighting. In the se- election in November is a subject will not be at their voting place bassy had . received a note but cond he measured his length on that is just now enlisting the at- on election day, their work -else- Mexican foreign office declined the floor for the count " of five, tention of the managements of the where making it inconvenient and formally to accept it claiming it Our young boys yesterday 1 In the fatal third, driven to his campaigns of the two parties, sometimes impossible. All such was couched in such terms that -showed their ability to play base-; corner under a rain of lefts and The statement has been" given shuld at once take advantage of acceptance was impossible. ball when the Clarksville team ! rights to the" stomach and chin, Publicity that the Republicans the absentee voter's law to insure played the Greenwood team two ' the challenger took the count wiU make every effort to poll their right to vote. All who ex- Marion, Sept. 7. Harding games, with the Clarksville team 'of nine, and had just regained hisithe ful1 Republican woman vote pect to be absent from their home boarded a special train for St. winning both games first with feet when Dempsey, carefully (whatever that may mean), and precincts during the registration Paul where tomorrow he will de a core of 11 to 2, and the second measuring his distance finished ,the warning added that the Dem- period have the right to register liver his first campaign speech game with a score of 6 to 4. the bout with a right-hand punch cratic women of the State should without waiting until the date for outside of Ohio. have appealed to the states. The League of Nations is considering the appeal. Rome, Sept. 7. Very marked earthquake shocks are reported at Tuscany and casualties resul ted. Aid has been sent. Grand Forks, N. D. Sept 7. Gen. Cox arrived here for three speeches in North Dakota today He will speak here, Devils Lake and Minot. The feature of the game was to the chin some of Claude Kitchin's pitching .The fight was watched by one and Jack Riddick's catching, and of the most orderly crowds on re- f ourse we can bet that the game cord at a championship match, was assurely Clarksville 's by the Women in bright clothing were work that Jack did behind the scattered in the audience from Washington, Sept. 7. The state department said no formal note had been dispatched toTvIex- be ursred to exercise the franchise the oneninff of the registration to their full strength. books September 30. They can London, Sept. 7. The Daily j ico although the embassy was in- Gounty and Precinct Work register any time by applying to Mail says there is new activity j structed to make informal repre- Needed the Chairman of the County noted in certain units of the Sinn sentations to Mexico against cer- State Chairman Warren, m Board of Elections. This is a Fein Republican army and that tain oil and land policies, charge of Democratic Stat? Head- matter that should be attended it isoelieved in "official circles! a t -i i . a a ,i, .i i i -i nu: C x rr TIT x1 J l,at. the ringside to the back fence Luari;ers m itaieign, was asKea io ax once. tnat new outoreaKS are planned vmcago, aepi. . Jiuore ioiu It was plain to be seen from where they perched along the yesterday, by you? correspOLJent No Democratic woman should probablyjfor September twenty the committee it was not seeking the start to the finish that Clarks- wicke'd "barbed wirs and outshone about the matter. Mr. Warren fail to cast her ballot in November fifth. The same paper says that the best evidence to prove the ville had them outwitted and al- some 'of the signboards in attrac- stated that he had written U all for the success of the Democratic Mayor Macswiney's friends are Cox charges and asked why Colo Mlo the boys took it good natured- ting attention. " " the county chairmen of the party, party largely depends upon her urging the "Republican Govern- nel William Boyce Thompson ly they sure did hate to give up Benton Harbor, Sept. 7.-4ack ging them to properly arrange nereis "of the franchise wheth- ment of Ireland to give the Mayor Chairman of the Republican ways the game. , &l f Dempsey received fifty five thou- for the registration of Democra- er she formerly favored the suf- permission to eat. (and means committee and sixty sand dollars for battling Billy tic women within the registratioa frage amendment or not. If the men of the "paid organization" MiskP for pvpti and a nalf min period, which is from September Democratic women who did not Rome, Sept. 7. A shock lasting was not called. Moore had a v - w v VS.U. - 41 VA W JX114J. n . I'll t 1 . . 30 to October 23. Much Ia :u;l favor the amendment should re- live seconas wnicn also was ten massive brief case containing sev- QBREGON NEXT PRES- IT OF DEN MEXICO jutes yesterday, Promoter Fitsim mons said today. is left to the local Democrats In frain from voting, it would put in Milan and Geneva, paph nnntv in lookinsr after this them and the nartv in a disad- 'eral hundred papers, a battalion of "moppers up" of a part of th'5 . i ... . ., . . t ' :n ox n c?r-i onn ' t. it- n. vote is reported to have been ex-important matter. The appoint- vantageous position. All tnat. is uouisvuie, oepi. i. oevai ouu- nepuoiiean imance organization Mexico City Sept 7 General tremely light and no reports of ment of preinct committees, who necessary is that they shall rea- thern states are in tne grasp oi a Moore said and named several AlVaro Obregon, a candidate of ' disorders have been received. shall arrange for Ideal meetings, lize the importance of their ac- very acute car shortage and pro- men and ciaimed one had left the Liberal Constitutionalist par- There have been. reports that with speakers to address ths wo- tion, and the State Headquarters ductors of coal, lumber, agricul- Youngstown, O. after hearing ty, won a decisive victory in the changes in the cabinet were im- men and advise them as to their is relying on the county chairmen tural and manufacturers prodpet that a request had been filed for , .. . . , . . . i -.r- ' , . , j x . x : ,1 A -ml4-nn 4-n lrtrtV Tin. via bpPTl nnflhle t.O fill shlUDinSf a SnnKnona f nr. Iiityi elections held throughout the re- mment out Miguel iuessio nobles, new auties as voters, is urgeu. auu. wmuuucc . " i"yv" iWA public Sunday for the purpose of private secretary lo Provisional full registration of women in each carefully to this end of the work. n'irari -nvApinpf ic th p HTio first sten t.o The white women are no less pa- ........... . - ., ..... - . t 11- x -xi xi xi a xi ti oao rAmmprnp inTnTnission ma' m rr been nronouncea aeaa tor an republic, acordmsr to scatter- last night that none of the pre- meet the activities or rtepuancans inouc man iue meu auu wm - - s- & - ing unofficial advices. His op- sent cabinet members had offer-to poll a large woman vote. "The nt see good government par ponent was Alfredo Robles Domm ed to resign and that the provis- situation demands it," said Chair- dized by any remissness on their guez, who was nominated bv the ional president was not thinking man "Warren., part, once they are made to rea- orders on Southern Rail wa vs. It was announced that the Inter- be asked for relief. Houston, Sept. 7. After hav ig been pronounced dead for nine tim'bn previous tccasions M. L. Cranberrv died at a hospr- Xational Republican party. The of making any changes. Registration of Absentee Votsrs i;ze the situation Tokio, Sept. 7. Two hundred tal today. He was neariy bur;eI were drowned by a tidal wav once.
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