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, f ' i JVEATIIER RE PORE Forr North Carolina-Fair j Tuesday and Friday, not much change in temperature. nl ESTABLISHED SINCE 1882 AFTERNOON DAILY "ALL THE NEWS IN A NUTSHELL" Volume XI. No. 87. Four O'Clock Edition Scotland Neck, N. Thiirs., December 2, 1920 Telegraph Service Price Five Cents. TP TUT ' 1 lni . TUT RESTING LETTER OH SO- IT RUSSIA BY ROOT. in WRY 1 0SI5 CIIII- IC RESULTS III HALIFAX , s :-! COUNTY OPTI- 1ST IS THIS REPRESENTATIVES OF THE I- Small Reliance Can Be Put In The News That i142 ere Examined, 132 White Comes Froxr Moscow. The Wireless Con , trolled (As It Is By The Bolshevik People and Ten Colored The credit plan is something grand, if handled with due care ; but once it gets the tipper hand, iior trntahltt then hfwflrp ! Thf ; I shopper hies in haste to town to I Gil CARD. PEANUT EX HER E They i 35 POsnrczsSEs RUSSIA IS HORRIBLE SAY FR. REF.i Nearly three years have elap- understanding between sed since the Bolshevist regime and France j buy a spool of thread and lo ! she x :j spies a velvet gown, a bonnet for her head. She knows she never j jjcan Set by without that gown j 3fjflf) There has been completed a two. haiit makes the lady wail j weeks clinic in this county for' and cry to think of tryinsr that. ! Will Hold Meeting For Thb Purpose of Securing Signers Tjoi The Qrow- ers Contract ' the diagnosis ot incipient tuoer- She hasn't any cash alona and 111 xwid, went io ivioseow m culosis. lJurmg the clime tnere ;Rn 0Tip sino-a with o-W th Vm-rAon . ...... ... . - - - i fev,vv V -' established itselt in Kussia, and jiyii to aid in the elaboration Kvere 142 persons evaimSTtxoS yet the world at large is still in , and extension of the "Museum of .of which were white and 10 col- of her' favorite song, "Just charge! i. x i y i cn x: ,ii up u uit- out; waiting iu the dark as to what is happening 11812," founded to commemorate cored. There were 35 positive ccumulate Se coin to pay some ;scs tound ' oi which were col- time, burt never stops to set a date : ored. The total percentage of usitive cases were 2-1.60 0 while the doubt fill numberHMl j The county Nurse is following in that country, due to the con-like centenary of Napoleon's de tTH-tins: reports that have gone feat in the Russian eabipaignaid out. News is supplied almost -the retreat from Moscow. It'wus entii-elj' by the Moscow wireless, u labor 'of affection fr Russia to which obviously no more than that he undertook. Ho has been a propagandist value can be at- o hardly used by tin Russians taehed. When all is not romy soitn.t in leavinsr their coriit-v six .",.n p.... Qa,.; ' OD ,.. i voij'fu iu -PooKHo u .m i UP these eases and is eit. this wireless suddenly lap- pc lied him , take a h rcstimg to t them to take the ses into silence, and it is only byjm Finland on the way here, and !proper care of themselves and rs'wlien he at last arrived m i'aris ' " ' 11: r . ,-. ,! 1 4-1 T 1 J - J I he was una-ble even to walk. so5-ucm ,imuc u-v Lue aePail jpompletely was he crippled. In i spite of his illness he granted an nor thinks how bills can climb.' ;Her credit's good and so she hies1 or probable cases ' to many a shopping mart and j builds up bills of shocking size i Crj WERS HAVE SIGNED O ' v - ' , Itepresentatives of the Virginia ; Carolina Cooperative Peanut Ex change, Inc, are now in the coun . ty for the purpose of securing , signers to tlie growers contract, i About 3600 growers have now .signed tliLscontract and a7T uio Upon infoi-mation furnished by territorj1- south of the Roanoke the authorities of Wake Forest river is yet to be wm-keil. College, Sam Thompson, blt stu- DEBTS TELL Oil BE GRD BOOTLEGGER negro and then her troubles start The total oiii'ners soenred to AhiJ4t"V v" Vi "aJVT date represent more than 35 endeavor-1 ;ha!" she cries. credit's !Vvas yesterda' wrested by Depu- of.the peanut growers in the two i fir TTn Goo TVTo .i-.l-i 1 T- r cash be '. J L ",L"" . x. states They also represent more my jfnd WVin pnrps if tight!" and so she buvs in cheer- UlL ou tue cnarge oi selling lie- than lwo thirds o the Riners ne- uor to college students. He whs devious methods that glimpse into events into Russian can b obtained. t One such item of news, particularly favorable to ' the So viets, is reported by the Russian n.-.t t 'I'" ' &' interview regarding his exper iences in Russia since the Revolu tion. " mornmsr until fill mood from night. She bnvs Sister Sue, she buys some mining .r,00 released under a hrmd of same rurs tor tor his appearance before united stock;-, she buys 'a; limousine or States Commissioner W. P. 15 chelor this afternoon at 4 o'clock. next spring. Agency, which has its head quar ters in Constantinople, but which 1 When he arrived in Moscow in claims to have the news from! 1914 to take up his work with )iY3 TO MOBILIZE Mo scow. Phe report says th.. 'the Museum of 1812, he explain three Russian governments-Fermied .he was entertained at the Kkaterinburg, ftnd. YifJtk ment to hold a clime each town shin for at. lpast mip (lav in . two. and Tipxt. a narl'or p.lonlr 0VSl:y X ,r AT T , ih,?Her credit's good, and day by The aoU authorities-,, said work wiU be foUlowed up by r Kh( ;to have obtained proof of Thorn, nother clinic of one or two weeks . ' , . ? . son's selling Honor from sdmlmds i nlooco T ' l n on honnlArl in -thi.i ; " j fearful way, then credit's a dis pense! The charging habit swiftly AGAINST ELIHTJ ROOT i rows tne victim soon torgets that she must pay these bills she owes, must meet this tide of debts. She does not. seem to a Washington, Dec,,- 2. Prohibi- member of one of the leading tkm leaders are sreatlv alarmed nnVla f -tti Ili'uo nf p110c.iq a 4?; .i. ?i f tti -n. .j. Ikiinw or. earp how fast, the v.. uwoM4 . moi over uie piossioiiiiy oi jaiinu xioot ! hearins this afternoon after the Revolution which let th marip st,,,, nf Rtot in will flit till bills will greet her , mi , . being made Secretary of State in ; Bolshevist in the saddle, neither President Harding's cabinet and ; Baron de Baye nor his hosts were xvill mobilize their forces here on t evervwhere open rebellion against' the een-r tral Soviet Government, n"hd that the peasants there are kill ing all the Communists without any effective interference by the Red x troops. Bolshevists outside Russia cribe reports of this nature to aAA ""e 1UttAC mcmucis Ui " session tliree days. -r. 00j, emetieff family were arrester andi bourgeo.3 propaganda and 7 Their objection t0 Mr x I . A W V W 1J WliW W A W W A rii uie verase person wno wants 10 , , . , jhased nnnr, thp fat. that. HnwasiflnAtnTO to hp a ttt tjv reprisal against tne class wnicn 1 wnijiy u the ,Cheremetieffs represented cessary to give the.Kxchangc con trol of more than 50 of the peanuts of those two states. It is estimated that 1500 more sign ers will fully complete the or ganization of the Exchange. A preliminary meeting for the Halifax -countv camnaiom was who were callled before the fac- ,e1& ' in "Scotland Neck, Wednes ulty for being intoxisated, and dily nijht. According to J. Frank who testified against Uie negro.. Fooshe, secretary and manager in order to save themselves from of tho exhange the growers pre expulsion. Several students of sont showed . an unusually fine the college have been subpocnd sp;rit of coopi.rat.ion in this or- avs ;to appear as witnesses, ai j T ine jjanization movement, and Hali fax county is counted m to give each labelled, S J110 never having been em- il0r qilf,1fi of sismers. 4Please remit.!" And "Please Ployea Dy ine COUege, UOClor R. E. Scott Sandy and T. V. (disturbed; but, one day, after an December 8, in an effort to pre-!remit" means business too; no ? as attack on a Bolshevist meeting, vent it. They expect to remBn in i Dierf R- S- V- P ' wlien ' Please ; colleffe Sam," as he is known to students Shelton will hold a meeting ays been in evid-ence at Friday night at Dawsons and r-Am t" flnwn on vmir viow flip "-fe- a--" - unouier one io oe ar C5COTiann ! charms of credit flee! ' , known intimately Jo several gen- eek. Saturday afternoon. Other Root is form an independent opinion on Russia is no better off than be- POT OF BOILING COFFEE A f X "1 J . erations oi students. . . reresentatives of the j He has long been suspected-of will arrive Monday. engaging in th e liquor traffic , Exchange fore. In view of these ciraum-' "aiU11 miuscu' 111 XLe Ui U1S staneees it is fortunate that much Frencu nationality, was declared j testimony is available to-'day from ia susPect alld tnroWn mto Prison' those who have rTeen there." i At that tlme the Bolshevists This "testimony leaves no doubt !were Ptending to respect chur in one's mind. Those who have jches and hlstoric monuments, so lived in Russia under the Bolshe lthat the would not be regarded vist regime and have returned ;as barbarians, in the eyes of the are unanimous in declaring that !world' Baron de Bae ared conditions in Russia; are as bad i with em that' as he was a rap7n" as can be imagined. ber of the council, he " Plenty -of evidence to substan-was and fonctionn aire"- a magic iv':. u : . j. r t.j ; word in 'Bolshevist Russia todav- tiate in is ueuei is to oe uau iruiu counsel for the brewers when : j x j i. . i A- a i ii T?it they tried to legalize 2.75 per j , ana at tne last term oi tne rea- cent beer. Among those who will! Rocky Mount, Dec Burns eral court he was tried for the participate in the dry conference - rtjeeived yesterday' mornUng same offense and fined. are Joseph H. Folk, AVayne B. j when a pot of boiling coffee was Wheeler and William Jennings ! accidentally overturned at the WHITE HOUSE BdlTO SET IN ORDER FOR NEW OCCUPANT Btyan. IF YOU CARE A RAP, WRAP WITH CARE," P. O. SLOGAN - Washin5ton. Dec, 2. "If you eaie a rap, wiap.with care!" every one of tho last btch of French refusrees-52 in all-who have just Soviet Russia. They were just ! This is the slogan adopte3by and his claim to be such having the Washington post office .as a home of 'its parents of South Washington street resulted today in the death of Keeneth Bruce Coltrane, eight mpntls old. son of Mr. and Mrs. George H. Col traKe. When the steamingpot was upset yesterday the infant was almost covered with the scallding liquid, being severely burned about the chest, face, and lees. The child was been recoernized he was naroled l)art of the '"Do your Christmas " l r - . t j l r,AV imrMMVnmaTit mail tlTUCkS In the ClW WPTP. rJa- ' f!nnS tP- returaed to Paris from j . - - , & f sia. They were just Phougu he was tneuseforth ... . medicall attention but died about orainary men and women, sway-.raieu as a xoneuonnure ne Departmet said-that postmasters noon today after lingering thru fd neither one way or the other ceived no salary. In order to . .. iV th. niy,t Ttl urms. weri wuy ui tut- uuiit-x ocx. J4i ; o0 the meht. The remains were )y sympathies for a Communist live he turned all his possessions . , . . , . v,;a afor. ct,;p tn nnrhftm . . , u v- x oeen lnstructea to tase sinHiar ; J .,.1J. a Bourgeois regime, DUt xney uiuixey. xxe oiu m waieu,. . former home of the parents, or sai3 the same thing : Rus- all sia is horrible.' Men of science, too, those train ing breeds the most scrupulous respect for truth, speak of the Hiiinre ofthe Communist experi ?nent in Russia on the strength of observed fa'ets. Of the French i-pfugees from Russia who recent ly returned from that country to their native land, one of the most notable is Baron de Baye, savant his rings, his trousers and hk i ' ' evening shirts to the "wealthy" 800 DIVORCE CASES SEND in other words to f onctionnaires j CHICAGO JUDGE TO ' of a higher order on the Bolshe-; THE SANITARIUM vist regime. These things did j ' ; j not last long. He learned to j Chicago, Dee. 2 After hearing j paint at the x age of sixty-one 800 divorce cases in eleven weeks j and managed to sell some of his in the Circoit Court here. Judge j 'where funeral services and inter ment . will take place tomorrow. CAPTURE WEARY GEESE - 500 TO GIVE JOBS TO OTHERS Washington, Dec, 2 Presi- Cincinnati, Ohio., Dec, 2. dent Wilson is "setting his White The 500 employes of thevNash House in order" in preparation Clothing Manufacturing Com- for the new tenant on March 4, pany in this city which is opera- accordi to a rep0rt by .armv ted on the golden rule basis, . . . today at a meeting decided to -engineers supervising the" work. voluntarily surrender their jobs New window draperies have been for a month, either January or -placed in tne President's room, February, in order to give work;.new rugs laid, and the frames of to th unemployed of other cloth -" the mirrors regilded. A num. mg factories. , . . They' took that action after P01' ot w Plees ha been ad-Arthra- Na-sh, former minister and ded to the furniture, president of the company, had A V recreation walk" was recen stated that clothing " manufaetur- tly constructed -m the White era were closing in all parts of Storerooms constructed in the the country. A committee of , . A employes drew up the resolution basement are said to acomo in which they offer to make the date many gifts received Jby the sacrifice for others. They also President and Mrs. Wilson while agree that if it were necessary to abroad. reduce wages in order to bring . downvprices of clothing that those earning more than $5 a day would be the first to concent to a reduction. Wild wood, N. J., Dee. 2. Six small pictures. He picked up Kickham Scanlan is taking a families here now own wild little money making translations. 'week's rest in a-"sanitarium. 'geese. They aptured their prizes tliA t?p.I nri,,o -oo A n; oi when the fowl had become" ex-1 change gime have the choice of working , thainks-iving." he "told friends hacsted and dropped on the streets in the show business olf the map. President B. M. Dajidson. Fair. TU Uxr - m0t and llawns to rest trom their ine Cunada. All .rairs ana expositions nas aeeuv snow meiuuus, auu. FREAKS ARE BANISHED FROM FAIR MIDWAYS Chicago, Dee. 2. The chang- Ling world has rung in another that wipes "freaks" COTTON MARKET December 16.38 January 16.TH March L 16.14 May 16 26 July - 16.23 Local Market 14 cents, i Cotton Seed 34 cents per bu American Association of have lost money by iiavi lone fliefht trom ties on Russian history and folkjed: "Gently ,brel women are for than. that his sentence to the pe geese caught were so hungry taax ue idWu u, sixty-six years old, in order barely to keep soul and 'edf" these old we must Nothing lore. He is and the sufferings, hunger, im prisonment and privations which 1. 1 TT ;;e iias miner eone m lxussia unr ing the last four years hav working their fingers to the bane, divorce -i eourt ha been eomFJet- Jftrf ' tbqr ate like demons when "wad man ' - the "whisBerca now makes anvone wonner ores- VrtAH wac wilt -hpfirA thpni ladV. SKeieiOns. iai women aiuit l nifiVM . iu j.it:aii. body together, making and scrubbing for their dresses former ! be either a fonctionary or a mem- Mae Ottey. a school girl, on An- ers must One of the; geese caught by ruber men" and '''snakecharm- public is merely disgusted. Wo- Upliftuig movies men s clubs have made over the go- e 1e housemaids, for the wives of pro-iber of tFe Red Army. . Industry ;drews avenue follows, her around refined sketches and sad come- ruralcitizen and ne wants sonrc- . , Ifiteers ;ind for opstarts who can- is non-existent, idleness the .rule, the house as,' though it had -been dies are to take their places. thing intellectually . .... - . c mi 1 ntn rtiin ,a n irnnur wnsT iriii rfff i ri i r hi Tiilof, hv th dinta- bor m cantivitv. . me ucupie nuu. vUuu1L him a broken-down invalid Baron de Bave. whose self-im ; not read or write. . In a. country posed task it has been to stren- J "Russia today is Organized .torship of labor there gthen the bonds of friendship and Hunger. To cat at all one must . labor." is no The birds are all largerweigh ' ing about 12 poinds eavh. . r'e too intelligent these days to the freaks. take intterest in freaks "said the fairs. Thev will not be at V" 4. V
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