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7 .".. ., , .:. ' . .? ;. . .,, . :. : i ' "s. ..' ,jf ' " . 1 . . - ?- . i' . ' . .-('. . . v'-. . . .. , . . i - ' . ' .1 VOL. Xll. NUMBER 42. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, - N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 1st, 1921 .TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5c PER COPY DEBATE AT THE GRADED HISTORICAL PAGEANT OF ill ry - Kite bin Mi. STILLMAN WIIIS SUIT FOR ALIMONY TDMIGHTAT EARLK DAYS IN HIS TORY OFMIFAX EIGHT O'CLOCK i i .-. ,- , : I . "-4 SCHOOL WHOM t AND EXPENSES Tonight., at " the Graded School En field and "Williamston will debate in. the series of debates now being held. . By Miss Annie M. Cherry . Roanoke Eapids, April 1. The ru ral and city schools expect to present AVhile this is going on here a teain, jin Weldon the first of .May a joint ".". j from .this , school will be debating . at produetionof Halif ax County 's pic- Eufied" and Williamston. It is hop- turesque history. This "Pageant will -ed that- the public will turn out to be impossible without the absolute hear this debate and encourage these j cooperation of the community people young people in their efforts. SOUTH AMERICAN CLAMS AMERICAN GOODS INFERIOR Santiago, April 1. The South American countries will be commer cial clients of the United States so long as they are' not able to avail themselves of more advantageous markets, says the newspaper Ultimas Xoticias in an editorial in which it .-isserts American goods "ordinarily ire of inferior quality." The! paper says the, war permitted the United States to enter into com- in each Group. We are, therefore, mercial relations with the South writing to solicit your hearty sup port . and loyal service in the interest of making our pictorial presentation of Halifax County's history worthy of her glorious past, her ennobling present, and her future greatness. The Pageant has been divided into five periods, as follows: 1. Pioneer Period. 2. Pre-'jRevolutionary Period.- 3. Revolutionary Period. 4. Civil War Period. 5. Modern Period. ThJ Group to which your school belongs will be responsbile for the Civil War Period. You can assist us greatly by helping us locate and. plan suitable costumes for men, women and' children of the above mentioned period. The charmen of -the costume committee for your community are: Mrs. A. L. Purrington and Mrs. W. TP. f orth. Report to your leader j at your earliest convenience what de finite help may be expected of you along -this ling for your Group. No doubt you can get in . touch with a number of original dresses, uniforms, hats, swords,, guns, flags, Indian' relic3y etc., that could be used in . other periods than your own. If tEis is -pb"ssibleTeport; same v-fair &&zf? chairman or to me. Other communi ties will share with you likewise. In this way, we can be of mutual bene- (By Special Reporter) Madry's Opera House was the scene last evening of the season 's most brilliant wedding, when Miss Paul Kitchin became the blushing bride of Mr. Johnnie "Q" Tillery, both of the contracting parties being of Scotland Neck. This event has been eargerly looked forward to by the great multitude of friends of Miss Paul and Mr. Johnnie "Q ". The Opera House was packed to the doors long before . the hour for the wedding, which, like all weddings, was some- what late; owing, we are informed, to the extreme nervousness of the bride. Miss Nobles returned today from Rocky Mount where she has been visiting her mother who is in the hos- The ushers were Mr. W. D. Harden, . Pltal there. " Mr. li. II. Leggett, Mr. G. II. John- Miss ' Elizabeth White will enter- son and' Mr. Joe Riddick. tain the G. G. club this evening. The (By Associated Press) Pouhkeepsie, N. Y, April 1. Tem porary alimony of - seven thousand five hundred dollars per month, coun sel fees and twelve thousand fivo hundred for expenses was allowed , to see Humorcsque a I iriv a i . -i . ' i Jiuumuu li a u new up-io-aate .e tt ii j , ... I - uicoB ui xx a. ruing uiue irimmea witu all Mrs. Anuifi Stillnmn Vv Riuirmio Tua- l members will motor to Scotland TSTrpTc . Miss Rube Burroughs was the1 TT tl Monschauser, in divorce suit in- ,to see HumorcsQue. I bride's train bearer. She wore a , , , , . , -'' "T,-ted against her by James Still- man, President of National City Bank of New York. The justice ruled out as confidential and privileged alleged confession letter written Stillman by aiiur cvjm iiii xasier wixn lady should be in- mntuor A , . TT. structed concerning the "intricacies of i on Main Street. Meals serve' cpolidge pink. The. grace and dignity ' times ox .nxs mtie ivixss . added greatly to Mr. Wime AusboD -eturne. to the solemnity and dignity of the oc- x- - . S ' x i J 15 J Richmond after vw.ng Easter with casion. This little lady should be in- . X . . , . . eood. . picking up bridal trains, especially ( with- such an abbreviated skirt. FARM LOAN ASSOCIATION Miss Clee Vaug'han, the mother of! TO BE ORGANIZED tha , bride, was quitB alive to the pos- j his wife and also letters Avritten her by Fred Bauvais, Indian guide, who was named correspondent and accus ed of. being the father of Mrs. Still man 's infant son, Guy. Americans who .,0-y force of neees-j sity were oDiigea to accepj, Anrericsr-ir i strange systems, diametrically op posed to those that had been used by the great producing nations of the oii world." It is well known, tho paper, declares, that the -methods by the North American, exporter differ notably from those followed by the exporters - df Great .Britaiir and above x . ...:t-.-v - . .. i .... .jpr-r .all by Germany. ; v. ; 4The American goods apart from being ordinarily of .inferior quality are costly, ''the paper adds, "and in addition the goods are badly packed. This results in heavy losses. More over, the Americans do not concede redit and if they do concede credit it is on terms little acceptable. " Replying fo ' the newspaper's charges of inferiority in American merchandise, writer in the newspa-1 - " (-By Associated Press) ier El Mercurio. steninsr himself ! Washington, April 1. Religious as-! 'Chilean merchant" says: "If jpects of the troubles in Ireland are 'American goods are consumed by 150- j discussed, in a report made' publio The adience was amply repaid, how-l, sibilities of the alliance her daughter ever, for their patience; it was worth j was -forming with the distinguished years of waiting just to have . seen the . beautiful picture made by the bride as she entered the doors on the arm of her father, "Pa Madry", and to the beatif ul strain of the ' Matri monial Lock-step", was slowly led to the altar. She was met at the altar by the groom who entered on the arm of his best man, Mr. Albert Weathers- bee. They were than made man and woman by "Rev." Leland Kitchin in Sl, most solemn and impressive man ner. He used the new ceremony which the. women insist on using since they have had the vote. It seems to take every privilege the for the good of all concerned it would men ever had, except that of wearing have been fetter had she stayed pants. away. Her presence was the only bit -ay -t T 1 Th Attendants of thfi bride . ran her ot- discord at. . th ' wfirldino-. Shfi ouiy ;- ' clbse Slecondin loeliiielislkiTssjWanta The decision in this case sets fort'i that Mrs. Stillman pleaded recrimina- (By AssoiatedxPress) Washinfrton. Anril 1 Pprmonent 1 tion in her nnswfir and lt.hat'hnfh Ijiiq. Mr. Johnnie " Q ", and regaled the organization of a national union of ) K , u. u mo . iband and wife made charges founded miasto -ro-Il, an-lna i j i jt a l'lll Loan Assopi at.i nil a nnrl frirnni- ' s .upon an alienation of adultery. If acts many conquests (eight years ago). Jtlllu" UA ucmauus xur voice m man Miss Vaughan wore, in addition to agement of Federal National Banks several pillows, a . handsome black W1U De undertaken i a meeting here de?e De Calico, over-spread with APril twenty second, beautiful open work lace. - ! ; and conduct as charged against each other are sustained judge said neith er will be entitled to a decree. A touchiing sight at the wedding was the presence of the Aunt and Un cle of the bride, Miss Pell Byrd and For North Carolina: Fair tonight her consort Mr. Ray Boyette. They .with frost- Colder in East and cen have been married just fifty-two trR Portin, tonight. Saturday fair years, their devotion should be an in-1 an warmer- Diminishing northwest .".-11 . , spiration to the newlv married cout)le. w.us becoming southerly Saturday. Miss Ennis Bryan was present,, but COTTON MARKET fit not only to our own Group but to the County as a whole.. "The Religious Issue In Ireland" .Oetobex JiL 11.89 2.41 12.90 13.17 EX-EMPEROR CHARLES WILL LEAVE AUSTRIA (By Associated Press) Steinamanger, April 1. Ex-Emperor Charles of Austria declared .to- iday that his departure from Hungary would be conditioned upon permission being granted him to issue a procla mation to the Magyars explaining the unfavorable circumstances com pelling his withdrawal, and saying that, was asking for the teVnporary confirmation of the regency of. Ad- miral Horthy. .. . . . POLAND PROVIDES GRAIN T 1 - Howard Dodge, was the maid of hon- of Mr. Johnnie "Qs" past - life, ct3mMer ' -- or. She was, attractively attired in ! which, very properly, she was not al- January - 13.30 pink under net and wore a picture lowed to do. Her sobbing continually j (I'll say it was) hat of black, trim- interrupted the ceremony, however i Hn pri mflllTrn Warsaw, April" 1. Trains made' up med with buttercups, and carried The most touching incident in con- 11 1 II I Hill I I f I T llnH Yl7 - entirely of Polish rolling stock and larg$ corsage of honey-suckle. Lit neetion with the wedding was the llinTnnini l t-iir n-r lmanned Polish crews began mak ing regular trips into Rumania re- HISTORICAL EVENT Brielle, Holland, April 1. r-Queen tie Miss Ben Bracy was the , ring presence of the old colored mammy bearer and a picture of lovileness was with the baby brother of the bride, i the little lady. She was beautifully ' who was strong competitor with Miss dressed in white cheese cloth of a Bryan during the eeremony, only be- great tranparency. Miss Jenkins ing pacified when his mouth was clos- Wilhelmina is expected to participate was the little flower girl. She enter- jed (with a bottle.. in the c.elebratioD7 a year from today, ed just ahead of tile bride strewing) One of the most enjoyable features of the eSOth anniversary of the cap- petals of the lovelv doe-fennel in the of special interest last night at the .ture of Brielle from the path of the bride, emblamatic of the wedding was the excellent speech of Duke of 000,000 Americans and Canadians 5here to-day which supplements the in fact by nearly halft the popula- j 30,000-word findings of the Gommis- life she was about to take up, it be-.Miss B. F. Bracy, on the subject tion of the universe are you not able to be assured that American merchan- i sion of the Committee of One Hund- ing tliat of a dog j " Matrimony ", and the heartifully red investigating the Irish question, j The trides attendants were Miss ' rendered solo of Miss Liberty Bell. The supplementary, report, made by gieig Alexander, . with Mr. Robert j ' Following the marriage a reception the Protestant members of the Com- ' jonnsoIU Miss Guthrie Madry with was held for the bridal party at the mission, summarizes the evidence I jr. Hubert Riddiick. Miss Hoggard . Eureka Club, when, after receiving dise should be good enough for we South Americans?" Answering the newspaper 's asser tion that American export methods presented at the hearings held here with Mr Charles Smith.' Miss Henry are entirely different from those em- November, December and January miliard with Mr. Joseph Cotten ployed by the Europeans, the "Chil-jas follows: can merchant" says there are two 1. "Outside of a part of Ulster, reasons for this: first, because the Catholics and Protestants live in Europeans have demonstrated that j peace andj harmony and their politi their system of "selling has not prov- cal opinions are not primarily a mat mi beneficial since "it only has facil- ter of religion: , itated ficticious business without I 2. "Even in Ulster religious bigo- the good wishes of their friends, they left for an extended tour. cently to bring grain to the new re- puoiic wnicn sunerea terriDiy in crop losses last year owing to the Bolshevik offensive. Rumania was unable to deliver grain to Poland be cause of lack of usable rolling stock. This grain -is milled into flour for the Alva's forces, one of the most ini- population of Galicia. Northern Po poftant historical events in the Re- land including Warsaw receives its sup formation period. ply of flour chiefly from America. Brielle was the first town ". captured Two trains a day, transporting about by the Dutch protestants, and this event paved the way ultimately for the downfall of the great Spanish em- Spire in Europe. The town was taken by surprise on April 1, 1572. 25,000 tous of grain a month, are now making regular trips from Central Rumania. i Experts have reported excellent crops next foundations, resulting largely in SAYS RAILWAY MUST prospocts for Poland's r j JPlans. , f or the celebration, which is ' harvest and it is expected that with ,PAR CLEARANCE HEARING MUST o be one of the most spectacular in j WAIT ANOTHER MONTH ( 'Dutch, history, are already under way. REDUCE HIGH SALARIES (By Associated Press) Pittsburgh, April 1 It has become try is not by any nieans wholly spon- heavy losses through bad arrange- jtaneous, but is artificially stirred up . ssible to operate the Pennsyl- ! . . . t : . i " Hi.: ments or bankruptcies," and second- oy tnosq wnose economic ana puix-. Railroad succeSsfully and con nt. cal interests are served by dividing able today to extend long term cred its through lack of means. The Chil ian merchant thinks the period of long term credits, has passed never to return, and continues: "What occurred here in Chile be fore the world war? A foreigner would arrive and set up a business -with, says, 20,000 pesos. He then re ceived visits from the salesmen of European firms who would deliver merchandise.' At the end" of twa yours he would have a credit with these houses' for more than 200,000 j pesos. At the end of another year he had declared bankruptcy; acciden tal or fraudulent thus occasioning heavy losses to the European eredit ors. ' ' the people. . 3. "While it obviously lies be yond our province to pass final jud gement upon the various aspects of the Ulster issue, we have not only a right but a duty as American Protes tants to denounce the degradition of religion by such pogroms as occured last summer. Upon this subject we owe it to our fellow religionists both in America and in Ulster, to speak plainly. " "No examination of the Irish sit uation, can ignore the religious issudi" says the report. "It seemed pecu liarly appropriate that the Protestant members should deal with the subject in view of the overwhelming predom inance of Roman Catholics in Ireland HERRING INDUSTRY RE . STRICTED tinue to pay the "abnormally high" wages fixed by the railroad labor board, C." S. Krick, general manager of the eastern region, declared today in opening a series of conferences be tween officials of the - company., and representatives of its employes to dis-' cuss proposed reductions in salaries and wages. ' Richmond, Va.j -April 1. The North Carolina par clearance contro versy will not come up m court again i before' May 1, - according to advices J reaching local bankers from represen-1 tatives of the Federal Reserve Bank j- of Richmond. Following the decision ! London, April 1. A joint commit of the superior court of Union county j tee, representing the Scotch and Eng declining to' permit removal of the in-jlish herring industry, has drafted a junction proceeding to a federal cour-Jtplan under which this season's cure tVia TYiotor. i,na rosod in st.nt.iiq nnn lis not to exceed 900.000 barrels of a summer of peace the country will raise enough grain to supply all needs. NCR A E III REWARD R PERPETRATORS OF BOMB E ON for a month. than $2,300,000. It cost the Pennsyl vania Railroad- $1.05 to take in $1, without considering taxes, fixed 'har- Mr. Krick .maintained that the en- ' ges and other , obligations. (By Associated Press) New York, April 1. All increase in r'eward from ten to Fifty Thousand which Scotland will furnish about : dollars for apprehension of perpetra- '. - . i - . 500,000 barrels and England the re-'tors of Wall Street Bomb explosion. ...': r ' . , . . -i mainder. ihas bcten suggested to lioara- or The catch will be restricted. Whenjtimate. a Scotch steam drifter has y earned i $5,500 it will cease" fishing. Scotch The Wall Street explosion, one of the worst tragedies in the hstory of Tl ie men reliant adds that Americans" and the charge sometimes heard in always have extended credit to ser-'(Protestant circles that Republican ious firms that respect their obYiga- sentiment has its chief origin in ee tions and do business on a solid basis, clesiastical agitation". ) tire woVld rapidly is getting back to; "Without taking dividends into j motor drifters, will stop when their jNew York, occurred at noon on Sept. normal, and that since the middle of consideration the Pennsylvania sys- 'earnings -reach $4,150. At Yarmouth jl6, 1920. last year the cost of Hving has been 'tem was operated in February at ajand Lowest of steam drifters will dis-1 Theskyerapers of lower Manhattan steadily going down. ' loss of more than $8,500,000. March ; continue fishing after earning $6,500, 'were pouring 'out their thousands for "At present," he" declared, "near-'results will show no improvement, al-andmotor craft on earning $5,000. " jihe midday meal when suddenly a ly 70 cents of ' every dollar the though the number of employes is less j The project is dependent on a grant sheet of flame shot up from Wall and Pennsylvania Railroad receives " from ' now than it has been. since 19'5. Such of $2,875,000 being made by the gov- Broad streets. In a few seconds operation is paid out in wages. The .'a precpitate falling off in business" as ernment, failing which, it is deelar- nearly two score bodies lay on blood remaining 30 cents is not sufficient to has occurred in the last few . months Ud by those who have devised it, " the .stained pavements, while more than buy fuel and other materials' and pay cannot, be recalled by ' ; railroad men "ndustry must come to an end and 100 men and women were torn by a .tt. , i i xi i i jfi. L?i. on.i 'imAiiftvmo'nt follow 1n the ffrajrments of metal. In a second mil- our taxes ana otner ODiigaiio-ns. rouay. ana- me ouiy it-meuv iw n.n. ..L ... - Operating expenses in February ex- situation is to reduce salaries ! fishery." eeeded operating revenues by y more wages;" nd! coast ports dependent on the herring ; lions of dollars worth of dtimflge had been lonc. c f - V s
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