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7
oiume XL No. 30.
Four O'Clock Edition
icotland Neck, N. C, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 1920
Telegraph Service
Price Five Cents
twig
COMMONWEALTH
ALIFAX YESTE
J
H ifiV
MRS. LANE OF OREGON
EROS S 40-DAY FAST
j Fruit Juice and Water The Only
! Nourishment Taken
Tlisy Were Members of The American Cotton
Association Who Met to Discuss The Sit
uation of Tlis Cotton Growers
j. H. ALEXANDER Jr., ELECT CH'M
The Halifax Countv branch of
the American Cotton Association
1 1 1 compliance with the request of
Gov. Bickett, met yesterday at
lial.iax. t
discuss the present
,i; nation of the Cotton Grower,
and to devise means of relieving,
as far as possible the financial
condition.
Mr. J. 11. Alexander, Jr. was
.lei-ted chairman to fill the unex
pired term of Mr. Frank I. j
Shields, who had been chairman
since the organization of the Hal-i
iiax branch. I
The resolutions ,of the Raleigh:
meeting were read and adopted.1,
Ir was unanimously decided to j
a 4; v.W the gins in Halifax Coun- j
tv all growers were urged to pay J
the fee and thus become members!
of the Association. All grower
were requested to use every
MEETING OF BU5IKS5
MEN AT THE MAYOR'S
OFFICE LAST
HIGH
T
HAD STOMACH TROUBLE i
i
j
lioseburg, Oreg., Sept. 22. Mrs
J. M. Lane, of Roseburg, yester
day completed a' 40-day fast, dur
ing which time she partook of
no nourishment except a little
orange and lemon juice and
v ater.
Mrs. Lane had been suffering
with chronic stomach trouble for
many years and was advised to
'.fast. She lost 25 pounds in
weight in that time, but was nor
j confined to her bed. Her first
PU-YI THE LAST SOI
OF HEAVEN WISHES
TO VISIT THE 0. S. A.
i
Pu-Yi Is The 14 Year Old Son!
Of The Former Emperor
! Of China
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HAS ENGLISH TUTOR
17000 HIGH S
Oil
HHE flUflllL
There Are 452 Per Cei:
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ihan
1370
In
the
London, Sept, 22. Pu-yi,
14-year- .old former emperor
China, is anxious to visit
United States and Europe ;
the uncertain political conditions
in Europe render an immediate
visit unlikely, says the Daily j
1 OUT OF 10 GET H.S. EDUCATION
ot
tll2
but
O
The betrothal of Pu-yi to the
daughter of President Msu-Shih-
Was Called For The Purpose 'food was a sraa11 amount of soup. Chang of the Cllinese republic
Of Discussing Cotton, To
bacco And Financial Situa
tion in General
IE LATEST
TELEGRAPH
DESPATCHES
TO MEET MONDAY- NIGHT
GLEAN UP UFi W
MAY FELL THE STR D H G
AH OF
This is to notify all citizens of
may be announced before "long
the paper states.
Pu'yi, the last "Son of Heav
en'', came to the Dragon throne
ih 190S, when he was only two
years of age. Since the republi
can revolution in 1911 the boy
has been virtually a prisoner m
the Forbidden City of Peking!
His education is in charge of an
tutu.
Washington, Sept. 22. New
high schools have been added to
the American educational system
i at the rate of at least one a day
during the T- t. 28 years.
! Stat: w -. Spiled by the Fed-
1 1 of Education show
there are now more than
JP UNTIL FOUR O'CLOCK P. IvL
iglish
At a well attended meeting in
T r 1 ! 1 1 . ... X T X X
the Mayor's office last night, call auiax io. mat x am now siari-
.d by the President of the Local'1"- 011 my second round over ray
f 1 chapter of the Retail Merchants armory aim i uo earnestly, re-
! ,t,,i.um w r,n.nn nf quest all that have not put their. DlPIrnOn OllCn COD
fort t.o. house their cotton as rap- . . primeses in a sanitary condition .nUMUnU UULU 11111
uly as pnmble, which will -:ui,m.ial situatl the at l have them. put in a sanitary
We them t secure better grades. ; hJe con(,.. condition at once. As this has
ami to mm, tf c.u. i mv... , .,.. in a laiv for a lontf time 1
11 T .1 . L ,llll
as possible under tne eirf'umsrau-
SMJIO WORTH GOl
' xi,vjj sucn scnoois, an increase
GATHERED FROM ALL V ARTS of 452 percent over the number
OF THE WORLD in 1890. Attendance figures from
14,000 of the schools give a total
of 1,735, 619 scholars, indicating
in effect that one-tenth .of the
" population is getting high school
London, Sent. 21. The Brixton educations, the bureau states.
prison officials are qualified to 0nly of"h? schools report
answer "to question whether May- to t!,p bureau enroll 500 stu-
-. - i i- i i (Imits Pilch -aim C)7S on mil (ivor
or ALaeswmey was oemg iea uv
answerino- "not that we know of while one-lialt .ot
"out' you must remember relatives
have free access to him". The
: first time the question failed to
; bring an unqualified denial, Mac
swiney is reported considerably
weaker.
now existing
was directb- u'wn a Aau XUi a lun Lllue Paris, Sept. 22. Jack Pickf.ord
. . .11.-1 J. .. C . . t :
, , 'traceable to the action of the Fed- t,,! ,mP'eu u enioice ine iaw is behj? sued for qoo bv five
3 t& u'd- Eto Bank b .tfeeir.leter-: as 1 If tliere Is anything that essm.lking houses wllich alleg3
filiation to deflate commodity JlL 1WL """- c thc money ls due them tor gowns
prices, and every man present ai the law is, I Avould be an(j 0ier garments ordered by
was urged to use his influence to -lad to maii v0U acov ail' time his wife. Olive Thomas, whose sub
-.T.i. i-.... : 4. a 4.1,: 4-1,
the end that the Federal Re- my lio
serve jsoard miglit be made to v.0 - ning was a
,-e the unjust position that thev to this 1 be onl to Slad to entire world.
c-es. lverv man-
.
t.t-oTOi ate with
hanker that had assisted them and
wherever ossible t() place a part
of their enp in storage warehou
ses, thus relieving the market and
stabilising the price. Each town
slup chairman was requested to
call a meeting of the cotton grow-
the 13,
951 sehools tabulated have an en
rollment of between 27 and 100
student's. City high schools Con
stitute less than 10 percent of
the total. They enroll 52 percent
of all students. Almost 85 per-
:-'-nt ot tiie nigh schools are rural
1 jvriih -10 percent of thestudents.
Washington, Sept. 21. Ilur- I As (!5 percent of the schools
ricaiie warnings were ordered at offering a four-year course have
ten o'clock for the AVest Louis- t-rms of only 180 days duringthe-
un-
ac-
cording to bureau officials. The
sensation to the
are taking, in forcing commoditv
pical
dang
u-ous winds towards
.' IM'l'O, ll C Aitt 4-Tl-iT 1 r irn 1 n 1 4il- -
its. merchants and business men , '
,. , - , ii- 1 7 :n' hardship and suffering,
ot his locality and discuss the ad- j 1 '
visibilitv of building local stor- , 4 ' ,ftm, viek cmnmo- Ao-n'n i'f T Olive spent much of her time in
' v 'have answered the same purpose 1 S011u KlcK commS- Aoanit i -
age warehouses. I armers were , ! icome here and get some to comply tbe most sumptiious of the dress-
urgeel to sow tall gram and to ; , -1 ' .and let others go bv then I am makin establishments
And von .
iana coast and the east coast year, a longer school term is
from ' port Arthur to Corpus mistakably foreshadowed,"
Mjuent death from mercurial pol- riir:st Tb warllinoS said a tro-
storm was advancing with schools cost thousands of dollar
the b erect and to utilize the proper
ty for only 180 days a year is
"bad judgement," the statement
said.
Th number .of high school
graduates has increased from
21,882 in 1890 to 224,3G7 in 1918.
ll IS
alleged, were
inform you at any time. I am
vom liPiVlth nfficpv nnrl if T patiip 1 lie gOllS,
11. i v. ordered bv the late Miss Thomas interests warned. Precautions are
here and get vour money and do uz laic xisb xno.iuts
von no good then vou will have hl tlie Aveek preeeeding the poison
est gulf coast and ordered all
being taken along the Gulf coa-si
11 i 1 T
:'Uise ail necessarv rood and sun-i 'a. o ;-:,:
1 j . uunii; v 't ail. AiijLlOLiv-C
I 1 ies for the farm, thus reducing; A Committee was appointed to Avonic iave something-
to kick
She had
and 2 fur
coats, one of ermine and seal and
She had had but
Douglas. Ga., Sept. 21.
lived one hundred and
-Having
twenty
aiKj one of mink
the cotton acreage and insuring secure and furnish information on about. So lets o-et to "ether
food for the farmer and his stock: the erection of warehouses at a do the thin0" rio-ht and make Hal- vo it tiiigrs and none of the .gar
Mr. S. A. Dunn was appointed meeting to be held Monday night' if ax County and all her prosper- inells had been delivered. The
a delegate to meet with the To- the 27th., at which time the ad- ous towns a clean place to live, claimants argue that the order.,
baeco gr.owers at their convention visibility and cos of erection will Again I be" vou if vou have any wore definitely given and tlirear-
be thoroughly discussed.
;t Iiab'igh on the 22nd., and as
sure them of the moral support
of the Cotton Growers.
Tiie meeting was well attended,
there being present around 200
farmers and business men from
all parts of the County, and the
interest displayed was natural
and henlthy. There was no "Cal
luity Howling" tor "Begging"
that the press would have you be
lieve is the feature of these meet
ings, but every man seemed de
termined to make the. best of the
situation to the utmost of his
ability
The Merchants and business
'!!An heartily agreed to cooperate
with the young men of the town
in lending their efforts and finan
cial aid to a proper celebration
for the 11th. of Nov.,
kick coming tell ii to me. Please ; 11 to seize Pickford's trunks for j
do not tell the other fellow that i""?ty unless he makes payment ;
if .i t
erore ne leaves 1 aris. I
It was stated here todav
living here since 1799 died today.
Washington, Sept. 21. Dele
gates from various parts of the
world are attending fifteenth in
ternational congress against al
coholism which opened today.
does not have anything t.o uo with
the matter. Yours very truly,
W. S CIIAPPL.
State and Countv Tnsnect'-.:.
New York, Sept. 21. The cus-
that ivons house is under heaw guard
the $300,000 insurance carritd on because -of a warning it would
the la:e star was held by the mojbe blown up. Although it is re-
1 ' .! picture producer to whom
she was under contract. It was
LY ONE FIGHT OF HI
lid KEPI 21 ST.
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WILL
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JEST HOSIERY
MILL II
BURNED
iHLLAN
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New York, Sept. 21. Federal
and police authorities admitted
I today they were as far as ever
j . There has been practically no from the solution of the Wall
ji-aiii since August the 21. From street explosion mystery and vJr
i tiie I8th to the 21st of August or tually only a trail is being follow
I during that week two inches fell ed was the story .of two men hur
i n this vicinity it was learned rying from the United State as-
One
inr
Jul
i . j. : j. c i o-f rp l.
iveii'on. e )L. xne esLau-i
x . -, i : .i.i.
11,-, . Qv .nan rA df nir-re negroes iast mgoi
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f , .I. i . p.... - . , f ...J... xi-. m ...-! .r,x small rriesi m wnose cncirciir?.
jointly written by several
NewT York underwriters.
lar
PRODUCTS OF F000
I0TO0 CO. TO BE
REDE0 14 31 PI
years without a surname Aunt Considering the increase in pop
llester a negress who has been illation during this period, it Is
found that American youths are
becoming over six times as well
educated as they were.
The state of Texas leads in per
centage o fhigh school graduates
who continue their studhvs in pre
paratory school or college. North
Carolina and Kentucky are se
cond and third respectively.
The average high school prin
cipal, the statistics show, receives
1 .272 a year, or about $100 a
month for the entire year.
Principals of the District of Co
lumbia, California. Arizona, Mass
achusetts and Xew York receive
the highest salaries in the order
named, while Nebraska pays the
Shortly . lowest average salary.
In 1018 there Mere 1,031 high
school teachers. as compared
Iwith 9.120 in Vj90. Since 1902
j 1 IT . W
mere nas been a steady increase
garded as a hoax. But no chan
ces are taken. Epidemic of sud
den illness and visits from out
town relatives noticeable but Col
lector Edwards was on the job
early.
21.-
New York, Sept
fter noon all women employees
were .ordered from Custom house.
-The stock
. 1 ! ! L
Chicago, Sept. 21.
irds section is quiet
of women entering the nrofVs-ion
lync'i ,i.. 1 oi x .c .a
criui imui om .-t jjciccijl ill an
i, : ...i- ..-i. i x i
nigu-scnooi i eMcner:
or
Dublin, Sept. 21. Delbriggan
near here is in terror and streams
weatherman, Mr. J. Y. Savage. ; the detonation
It was also learned from Mr. Sav-
age that 54 inches a year is the
average rainfall in this section or
ibout two inches a week. Scot-
TO GET HI! OHIO!
KILLED FIFTY CHICKS
to be made effective immediately
was announced bv Ilenrv Ford.
The price reductions ranged from
I approximately fourteen per cent
on motor trucks to thirty one per
: cent on small ears.
s are men.
The largest high school in the
negroes took refuge succeeded m .United Stat.es is the Polvteelml,
turning back the crowd with
Davenport, la., Sept. 22. It ond was missing
was tpdiona nrocess for H. Jj. Wal- Ver he had unloaded the chickens
f refuges are abandoning the land- Neck lacks two inches of
town as a result .of an attack by having its normal supply this
the auxiliary police who retaliat- year he said.
ed for shooting the two police
men last night. Two civilians
werp shot flnnri uurl uwdTsii Par-io fiflt 91 Tim r,mu- vponvpi. a lost rlianionrl vnlnprl at coot and he suspected one of the
wounded and many houses set on ti.on of President Deschanel Avas 600, for he was unable to tell fowls had eaten it. He found the 1 as
fire and the largest hosiery fac- read simultaneously in the Sen- which of his 150 chickens had jewel today in the gizzard of the
tory in Ireland destroyed. at? and -Chamber deputies today, swallowed the gem. The diam- fiftieth fowl he slaughtered.
warnings against sacrilege.
Cault, Stemarie. Mich. Sept. 21.
D.ougal Mouer is wanted in con
nection with the killing of George
Evening High Shool. Los Ange
les. Calif., with an enivllment of
S.4-Y)
j from his ring af- Elliott a brick manufacturer who tlama??p with rij
rlpr! thp e.bie.kens surrendered after hiding in th- f.mintv Leitrim.
med as ulster volunteer:- caused
rifles and bombs
'boume, a grocer and butcher, to from crates and placed them in a
woods with his sister and his
sweetheart Maggie Book for six! Sacremento. Sept. 21. Cox had
five speeches on his schedule for
Southern California today before
Belfast, Sept. 21. Men ttnifor- his departure for Arizona.