WFATHER REPORT For orth Carolina Rain Tuesday; Wedn ,day rain followed by clearing and colder.
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AFTERNOON DAILY
"ALL THE NES IN A NUTSHELL"
Volume XL No. 77.
Four O'Clcck Edition
Scotland Neck, N. C, Tues., November 16, 1920
Telegraph Service
Price Five Cents.
HE
11 ii
CO
in MISSIONARIES
SENT OUT BY I E.
CHURCH OFTHEU.S.
DR.B.W. SPILMAH'S
RE-ELECTION TO PRES
JDEHCY EXPECTED
PUT AUTQMOBiLE LICENSE FES
N 1 0 1
H E ROAD MAMIE
r
K
ORDER
GREEKS OUT
The Largest in the History
That Denomination
WENT OUT NOVEMBER
of ; . . -"'histor. Nov. 13. Baptists
jiLuie expect Dr. Bernard W. Spil
' iitau, of ths city, to be re.-elect-!
-d president of the State conven
lst. ;tion at Asheville this week- He
lias held the office two years.
jpr. Spilman has een a member
New York, Nov. 16. -The larg-.of the Southern Baptist's Sunday
est number of neV missionaries School Board a quarter of a cen
eviT sent to foreign fields in any lury. He has an international
on; year in the history of th reputation as an expert on Sun
Methodist Episcopal Church Jjeft day school matters. He has been
th.' Tinted states during theTliis- closely identified with the up
eal year ended November 1, 1920 building of denominational,' edu
n'poi'ts tlie board of foreign mis- cational and recreational institu
tions of the Methodist Episcopal tions in the South.
Church. 'There were 275. !. ;
rLht. largest previous year was
11)17. when !)6 recruits went
abroad fur the Methodists. Of
those setn this year, 80 were as
sifted to South America, 69 to
China. 50 to India and Burma,
Ail
Motor License Should Be Sp$nt In v Keep
ing Good Roads
Good
PEANUT MARKET
DECIDEDLY BETTER
REPAIRS MUST BE KEPT UP
MCI
IILIId
It is just and proper that auto-jienance only, we can expect real
mobile license fees collected by improvement in keeping good
the states should go into tha roada good
highway funds, thus making the '
automobiles pay their own way Present day traffic makes it
in keeping up the -roads- How- imperative that a road mainten
ever, the funds realized from! --ice system be put into effect
this source should all be devoted 1 that will prevent the rapid wear
to road maintenance and not to
new construction i work. In
North Carolina we are lacking
' both in funds and -a proper sys-
T TELEGRAPH
1IC nCCDATPUfC
ULul fl I UllLu tem of highway maintenance. If
the highway law is so amended
30 to Malaysia, 6 to Mexfcoi q t& ' Aths ov- lb premier v en-, mat an motor license lees oe
Jai-m 2 to Korea- and 2 to Eu- izelos and cabinet have resigned spent for keeping the roads in
list does not include a" tne reek regent is expected repair, ana mat money piaceu
to ask former Premier George; into the hands ot the highway
Rhflllis. asred eierhtv to form a commission to be used for main-
areas. , 7 a " ;
im... mort JnAft!new ministry. Victory of the i
i iau un; reuse iiiu"-ixs vm ,
fW vpai- of the. fivWear eente- opposite party seemed
Constantinople, Nov. 16. The
entire Greek population of Sara
sun, vilayet of Trebizond, Asiastic
Turkey, has been ordered to leave
town within a' week. fTlie
Greeks number 300. ,The Turk
ish nationalists have declared the
holdings of the Greeks to ' be
state property. Greek shops
have been sealed by the local au
thorities.
Constantinople, Friday, Nov
12. JTlie Georgian government
s reported to have received an ;
ultimatum n the Turkish na
tionalist? ering them to eva
cuate - .am.
f Armpnian
,zA the Armenians
Better Prices Later on is
General Outlook
V
THE CROP IS SHORT
The
The general tone of the market
on new Virginia peanuts is decid
edly better than at the close of
the old season. Both North
Carolina bunch and large size
Virginia runners are active at 5
cents on country basis, while
Jumbos easily bring 7 cents or
high comrand
were corn-
more according to
'rade.
ing away of highways upon w .felled to sign the temporary arm-
rone- The1
relief workers in European war
1 i -i - -.vW
large sums nave oeen spe m
construction work. No matter
how well a road is built, the ser
vice it gives depends on how
well it is kept in repair. A law
that provides that all funds from
motor licenses be spent for main
tenance only will go a long way
in solving the upkeep problem.
Good Roads.
istice now in effect between
them and the 'Turkish natioalists
becauses of the necessity of with-
drfc-wing their forces from Alex
andropol to put down an upris
ing of Tartar rebels.
nary program of the Methodists,
which includes the expenditure
of $115,000,000 in war reconstruc
tion and general expansion of
church activities.
certain. cales hut the department offi-
i t. i j ii i :. z x
Vpniaplis hns rlee.idpd not. to re-! eiais noiu me opinion it. is siey
sign pending the announcement
of the army vote.
of retaliation for the failure of
the department to allow the Wes
tern Union land , cable at Miami
General Floridaa to connect with Barba-
HUNGARY FLIER
BLACK FAi
limlaivst. Nov. lb- When the
peace treaty between Hungary
and the entente allies came up in
the national assembly Saturday
the deputies rose and-sang the
national anthem and then voted
for ratification amid absolute
silence. It was ordereel that the
STORY TELLS MT
INCIDENTS IN LIEE OF
JUSTICE MARSHALL
STORM
During the days
when John
London, Nov. 16
J Wrangel, whose army virtually does with the British cable from
annihilated by the Bolsheviki in-bouth America.
Crimea left Sevastopol on, a ,Jrus-J.
sian cruiser with soldiers bound ! Davton Nov 16.-Canta'uT iMarshaU helped dratt the Con
for an undetermined point a Schroeder the holder of the worlds stitntin of the United States; and
Constantinople despatch reports. ! airplane altitude received his hon-later when his brilliant' mind
jorable discharge from the army was at work expounding the Con-
Paris, Nov. 16. Newspapers - ld wiU enter business in Chica-istitution as Chief Justice of tlie
OF
GIVEN DY BUREAU
Disturbance Centered Over Gulf
of Mexico and Has Wide
Spread Influence
TEMP. BELOW NORMAL
here agree that England and pro- j jje flew a iejgnt 0f sjx j United States Supreme Court,
bably France will forbid the , -. when tne Qxvene no one thought of: him as a1 man
return of former King Constan-!was exuausted ne fen 5 mnes be oi: lllimor r one who some times
lilaek flag of
mourning
should
Stine to Greece. Venizelos defeat fore' he regamed
consciousness
j.i , u ii
I ! II I I ll-.il I I IHV SH V W i ll II' f - n 1-1 i -t t , -I
Hv over public buildings during!1 ' ''. l4. . and successfully lanaea nis plane
. , complicate the difficult near east,
tl:-. f Tin inif inn if 4lio Tl'ttfltl' i
.situation. , ; Washington, lN
in an auuress lauientuij' lug ?
, indulged in Avitty sayings. And
yet, his brilliant legal mind de
ighted in., witty things. .
Washington, -'Nov.- 16. Storm"
warnings were displayed last
night on the Gulf coast east of
the mouth of the Mississis'sippi
river and on the Atlantic coast
from the Florida straits north
ward to DelaAvare breakwater as
Aie result of the disturbance now
centered over the east central
uuif of Mexico., The influence
of the storm is widespread, ac-
A marked feature of the new
crop is the good average quality
of the nuts. .They are of such
good color and uniform size that
very few are going into shelling
stock. The result is that the p-r
(cent of ytra lar?. sh. llo.i no...
.i - rJ- ' - - - v l 'ta-
nuts is small relatively and the
demand for these cxcentimi.il v
good. Another result is that th
- V-VV vu
No. shelled of this season's crop
aro decidedly above the general
a'erage for this same grade-
This opening of the market on
the new Virginia- crop at better
prices than Avas at first promis
ed is an unmistakable evidence
that the trade is firmly convin
red that the 1920 rrop is unusual
ly short and that there will be an
active demand throughout the
season. These conditions would
indicate better" prices later on.
The Spanish market is not as
good relatively as the Virginia
market. While there have bteu
some sales in this section as high
as spi.4.t- $1.50 a bushel, the
general prh e has been from $1.25
to
1.3,r
" a bushel. Some South-
?rn Snanifh have brought
as $100 a ton, or 5 cents a pound
but the. general market has been
arc-'ind $80 to $85 a ton- No. 1
shelled Spanish which Avere quo-
rushing weight of the terms im-Mexico citV; Nov
former pre-
provisional President
1-De
The
La
(used Karl tinszav
iiuer. brought tears to the eyes Huerta will head the cabinet of
'f many. Count Paul Teleky, the
premier, )ro)osed that he be tried
for his part in negotiating and;
-wwr i - r T I T71 j 1 TTT i .-J . X x I 1
vva'-iungton, iov. 10. dapa-; j yr instance, one aay a v estern cui-uiug 10 a weatner oureau an- ted last AAeek Kv sontlipn, m;na
nese population of HaAvaii Avas adAocate already prominent in nouncement, beirtg attended by 'h s to 8i cents a pound are
announced by the. census bureau, the legislature or Ms fetate, was
General Obregon when he as
sumes the Presidency on Decem-
part in negotiating anci,w firs, Sfa tllp 11PwsnanPl. p-
ratifying the treaty, but the de- f.r.01. 0 '
puties voted unanimously against: j r
ueh a step. !
Brownsville, Tex., Noa 16
j Hording is Arorking on Ids cor
respondence and his NeAv Orleans
HAVE iOST IN ELECTION L pee(,h after abandoning
VENIZTLISTS APPEAR TO
as forty t aato and a seventh per arguing, a case before Marshall,
cent of the total population of He began somewhere near the
two hundred and fifty five thou- origin of the earth and the first
sand, fiATe hundred and tAvebve. principles of society, , and was
working his Avay through Black-
Washington, Nov- 16. Ques- stone and Coke -with seemingly
tioris of indiist rial peace and rela- small chanie of arriving at the
ed problems Avere discussed at a caSe jn point for many a- long
conference f labor leaders and lour. Marshall Avas seldom weary
and never
Athens, Nov
merit, in an
in n t vesterdav
. 16. The goA-ern-official
announce-
afternooon, vir-
llerbert Ho oAer a former food
the administrator Ayho attending the thought that on
storm -swept point of Isabel Gov. ; conference requested 1 resident
Hobbv extended Texas formal Gompers of American Federa
appreciation, .over Hardings vis- 1011 .hv'bor.
impatient,
this
but h(
general rains in the South Atlan
tic, Middle Atlantic and East Gulf
States and local snows in the re
gion of the Great lakes and- the
Ohio and upper Mississippi .val
leys. Temperatures remain below
normal in -virtually all parts of
the country east of they Missis
sip j river and "deicdedly" be
low normal in the Gulf States-
noAv being offered as Ioav as Vk
cents F. O. B. Southern Mills.
118,000 P.0.R0BBEAY
BY A CLERK AT
. N. C.
HENDERSON
occasion ! Rains in the South Atlantic and
s me time might be saved
II "
tally admits the defeat of the!
it and Senator Fall discussed the
j border conditions. He will leave
16 frhe
" Brother
.-aid kindly, "there
things AA'hich
are some
a' Chief Justice of
Venizelists in the general elec- ;tomorrow for New Orleans whera
pre-
Kansas City, Nov.
establishment and extension of the United States may be
. J X 1 J
t I..,,., . 4-K,.,..wl. n - nn.a-nnia! rw oil mi. SUlilCtl LO Kll JW.
ui.uufi.iuui veei- he Avill board a steamer for Pan- eu lf,lt - ' TntW ctnw who tthq an '
lav. It savs it will await the m, - - nate the middleman in marketing Justice Stoiy, aaIio was asso-
final res.dts and then, in con-.' , farm products will be the prin with him on the bench of
i .fimty with constitutional prin-! . cWaiitinohle - Nov. 16Bol- cipal subject before the nation,! the Supreme Court, delighted in
cmivention here. luiununiug aw.
Marshall and their relations
iwith each other:
; "We
Henderson, N- C. Nov. 16. L.
r - . . . ...
rains and-snows in the Middle rfv-es a i ostottice clerk Avas
Atl)nt;. i . . e arrested ciiarged Avith robbing
ixr i i -Atlantic states are indicated for , 1V1 r ? , , "V
Marshal!, , , ... mails ot over eighteen thon-
I today and probablv tomorroAv.
uu,m """"'t a. j.iaii, tne au
The temperature will fall on the tJiorities said wa sfound in an ex
South Atlantic coast and will re- tra automobile tire bn his car.
main beloAv normal generally els-
'..here east of the Mississippi iua'- COTTON MARKET
er today and tomorroAv. . December 181S
the eonvo- 'sheviki warned by French Ad- farmers union
great
ascetics, and
'iples, resign efore
'ation of parliament- . .iniival of Ulnlr 2pi forPP that, if 111 ere are delegates from twenty
The cabinet .met this morning ; population of" Sebastopol molest- ight states
itul later issued the. folloAvincr ! ..a i wii mot-n Wfrshiufft'on. Nov. 16. A notice; VVe are
vl LVJ V XI 1UU LCU 1J-' tV UlllUi UiUIiV., 7 i J 1 " 4
mniunication: ivmftllo - ' of five contests- for the House of ',ullvt'!' wlue c.iu
1 TT tU
in AA-et Aveatner. . xiere . . prorv
A'Ould pause, as if thinking this
last statement placed too great.
T 1 l 3 ll T
a tax on ereauiny, anti ineii
would slyly add:
The students about wine, sir, gives
renrisalls.
: , Represemtatives seats already
Washington, Nov. 16. A long filed Avith the clerk of the house
J ill
"It is eA'ident that the govern
mont Ava.s mistaken in its expecta-
iions regarding the elections, al-: controversy between the state who said
l!;'igh definite results arc not department and the Western Un- contests.'
it Avm aAvait thse ion lelegraph t o., !t?i's reaenea a
he' expected
:een
that the doctrine of
makes it certain that it must ba
raining somewhere. I think it
safe to take something."
Unlike Miles Standish, Mar-
' January 17 55
chance?? Ar.. 1
taien 17.O8
May 1 1122
July 16.95
Local market I6V0.
shall hated to havp anv otip dr, ; Vn seeea 4bic a bushel.
anything for him-Avhich he could : 7 : ' .-
do himself. He strongly objected lhih came down upm him, fell
to any assistance being rendered , ing him to the floor. The horri-
mm- une day, wisinng to cor.- r10(1 lih,.,,.;. ra fn t1(.
suit some AvorK o ireterenee; he
icucAvn.
I ' sulls so as to turn over the stage of an open break. The Co. ; ,'T'okio. Nov. 16.
rescu?,
TITU,,, T cnri -, , ... ill I Uinn!? II t ie t.UOVahlo 111ttinf
entered tne law lirirary. and, Ait!i-: . . - -
vou ou.out AACitmg to- the easrer librar !" it... ini mm ihhut
'happens
i i l . i .1:
"wer to the naftv desisrnated bv refosino- to Innulle anv more cab- societies of three private univer-; nil.. , out it semt units
I'o popular suffrage in conform- le messages for the state depart- sities organized a meeting for that the Chief Justice will say
U- with' the constitution with-, ment unless the tolls are prepaid tonight to discuss "shall Japan ; to me when the cloth is relieved,
ut aAVf:itih,r convocation' of the 'and it' is understood the order is fi-ht America." j' Brother Story, siep to the wm-
luunber." i mtended to applv to. all Govern-1 d(nr lld see if h doPS not ram!
But others Washington, Nov. 16. Coinmis-j And it 1 tell mm tnat tne sun
from sioner General, Caminetti leaves is sliming Clnet Justice JMarsnaii
avnmifl flip will sometimes replA. All tn
t - Vllivi- - - " ' - - A. ft
ian, to ome cand get the book lie the arms lie endeavored to lift
Avished, proceeded to mount tlieihim to his feet,
steps and draAv out the book from "Let me alone," said the Cliief
an upper shelf. Justice. "I am a little stimnel
But thp books, heme tio-htlvifor the moment, thatvis all. No
! ment departments-
-A strike are expected informally
Annapolis, Nov. 16.
tli o; students at 'St. Johns Col- the rulino-' of the Western Union tonight for a trip
packed together, refused" to leave
one Avithont the others. The
Chief Justice didn't notice this
Avonder! I haAre lahl down the
laAV many times but this is the
first time the laAV has ever laid
me down." Then he got up ah-ne-
1. . , - . . .... . 1 . . , , . i ; 1 1 xr A-nnaAlntin-n at--Kin I in Avi t u ct i" a aa' m if tne one ir
ge is expected to be selected to- is said to have based its action world, investigating tne immigra-. oetiui : x-ui uU1 u - , i ,r , Qrlivwnt .
,. . , . . . .. C 'tnuU nv so laro-p a territorv Avished dislodged the entire row, Mark btnjesant.
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