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: i i m in inn i rr, VOL. XII. HUMBEE 45. TOXm O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAHD HECK, IT. C, TUESDAY, . APRIL 5th, 1981. TELEGRAPHIC SEBVIOE 5c PEE COPT, Chamber of GoinniinnieFce Is Formally Org amized Yesterday afternoon at four o 'clock t fairly and equitably and, it wishes to a meeting of business men was held congratulate them on the uniform CITIZENS ENDORSE lOlfEiENT Former Memlbeirs PROPOSING TO PAVE STREETS off Nobility Work at the Directors Room of the Scotland Xec.k Bank, for the purpose of organ izing a Chamber of Commerce. Meet ing was called to order by Mr. J. H. Alexander, who requested Mr. Nor fleet S. Smith to take the chair, ex- t ' piaiimig iuut xruui xormer experience the latter was more familiar with such an organization. After consider able frauk discussion of the merits and demerits of various gentelmen nominated to fill the offices, the fol lowing were selected to carry forward the work of this body: Mr. J. H. Alexander, Cashier of The Scotland fairness and justness rendered whole people of the County. the The following citizens, on being in-1 I heartily endorse movement to terviewed, endorsed the movement on 'pave now. w. T. Pendleton as l ladles IreopJle foot for paring at this time: Ynn o-v yyxit oo .-t.-i 1 heartily endorse the movement to at this time, but that von rlefpr air-line in h rlnno n mr i V. rm, I This meeting would suggest to your Hon. Board that no action be taken navin? our t if i .pare the streets of Scotland Necs. J. D. Hall 'tion until the Hon. Board of County i Commissioners shall have made their budget for the coming year, at which time you will be in position to know exactly what taxes shall have to raise and can act accordingly. Messrs. S. A. Dunn, G. Hoffman and T. B, "Wheeler were appointed as a committee to appear before the Board Neck Bank, as President, Norfleet S. jOf County Commissioners Tuesday and Smith, Editor of. the Commonwealth present the foregoing resolution. .is Vice-President, B. F. Bracy, Supt., J It was decided to have regular National Spanish Peanut Co., Secre- monthly meetings on the second tary and Treasurer. Five directors Tuesday afternoon at four-thirty in were chosen, as follows: N. A. Rid-i the Directors Room of the Scotland Wide, Riddick Motor Car Company, T. B. Wheeler of firm of Burroughs-l'ittirjan-Wheeler Co., H. T. Clark, Secretary and Treasurer of Scotland Neck Cotton Mills, S. A. Dunn, Attor ney and large planter, Bernard Alls brook, President and Owner of Dixie Furniture Company, who with the President and Vice President will compose the board of directors. Messrs. B. P. Byrd, owner of Bow ers & Co., C. S. Alexander, Alexander money spent at this time will De worth to the community all it costs. It is desperately needed by every indivi dual and every f irnv and will be a blessing to every one beyond our wildest hopes. A. McDowell. I heartily endorse the present move ment to pave the streets of Scotland Neeek now. R. L. Hardy I am heartily in favor of present movement to pave the streets of Scot land Neck at this time. I .heartily endorse the paving pro position, and think the earlier it Is begun the better. Bernard Allsbrook I heartily endorse the present move ment to pave the streets of Scotland Neck now. C. F. Burroughs I am in favor of the movement on foot to pave now. R. F. Coleman. I heartily endorse the present move men to pave the streets of Scotland Paris, March 23. An interesting . has sacrificed all that was left of her glimpse of the present horrible exis-. fortune until a beautiful fur coat ia . ! ithe last vestige of her wealth. Mme. Lubinioff's most interesting; place is a soup kitchen and woodyard. There she provides a hot meal a day, for 5,000 men, women and children who are reduced to the breadline af ter having known the best things ia life. Grown-ups pay 10 Polish ma1 Neck now. D. E. Josey Neck Bank. It is recognized by the organizers of the Chamber of Commerce that its success depends upon the hearty sup port and co-operation of the business men, of the town and community and it is urgea tnat every business man in town immediately become a mem ber. The membership committee will begin soliciting at once, but if they should fail to call on any particular person, it will be simply an oversight O. F. Smith, M. D. i I think our streets should be pav- I heartily endorse the movement to Jed now because the work can be done prave the streets of Scotland now. tence of former Russian noblemen is given in a story from the Warsaw cor respondent of the New York Herald, who presents a vivid picture of erst- while aristocrats who are now cooking, chopping wood and doing other menial labor to earn a bare living. One of the most interesting women in Poland to-day is Mme. Ludmila Lu- now worth one cent, for their bimoff, wife of the former Civil Go ver- j which consists of soup and of nor of Warsaw, who is running soup boiled rice. The refu- children. kitchens, sewing-rooms and workshops 'pay one mark for the eal the food i S ' for the five thousand of that unhappy ' being supplied by the American Bo- class, the aristocracy of Russia fleeing lief Administration. All the work of before the Bolshevists. Her husband ; preparing and serving is done by f or is tier secretary, a colonel of the Im-.nier members of the Russian aristo- Assu ranee Agency and L. M. Pittman, and not an intention. This is tho President Crescent Hosiery Company were named on the membership committer. most forward step Scotland Neck has taken for some time and it is only an indication of what the future After thorough discussion the i holds for this town and community. membership dues were placed at -$10.00 per annum, payable quarterly in advance. The first business brought he- The membership of the Chamber of Commerce stands at 'present as follows: W. C. Dickerson, Jr., R. C. Josey, Neck cheaper perhaps than some other time, j J. B. Edwards, i and it will be-a wonderful benefit to If you contemplated moving to an other town would you consider a town thati didn't have good churches, schools, water works, lights and pave ment. We have them all except pavement. Let's get that. N. A. Riddick the laborer as well as a blessing to every man doing any kind of business including the merchant, the profes sional man, manufacturer and the farmer. W. H. McDowell. Other endorsements will follow from day to day, as received. jperial Guards is her messenger boy and she has admirals, generals, gover nors, mayors and members of the old jPetrograd eourt holding jobs as cooks, waiters, clerks and woodchoppers. MEDIATE ACM ON BRIDGE ACROSS ROANOKE RIVER URGED Mme. Lubimoff is a beautiful woman ! who hides the tragedy of her life un- der a buoyant nature and whose cheerfulness is a source of hope and inspiration to the unhappy people to whom sha ministers daily. She es- caped from Petrograd with her two handsome boys, after freeing her husband from the fortress of Saint Peter and supplying him with a fic titious passport wheh enabled him to reach Warsaw. r cracy t In the dingy little courtyard General Obolensky chops wood for a living with several officers of the Imperial Guards, one of whom has lost his of revaluation df property in Halifax County for purposes of taxation, and t the following resolution was passed Resolved, That this meeting go on record as being absolutely opposed to any reduction in values of any oho McDowell, H. T. Clark, J. D. Hall, L. M. Pittan, D. E. Josey, C. S. Alexan der, R. L. Hardy, J. H. Alexander, Jr. Ennis Bryan,, G. Hoffman,; Bernard Allsbrook, N. A. Riddick, J. C. Rid dick, Dr. C. E. Jenkins, T. B. Wheel- REPRESENTATIVES FROM SCOTLAND NECK CALL UPON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS IN INTEREST OF IMMEDIATE CONSTRUC TION OF BRIDGE AT EDWARDS FERRY. HEADED BY MR. , vAv Mcdowell.- other proceedings of board of COUNTY COMMISSIONERS reason and must be watched. In an outhouse, Prince Mesehersky, who was Master of Ceremonies at the Imperial Court, peels potatoes for his daily, bread. In the crowded rooms the meals are served by women of the Russian nobility-Princess Rukoff, wld- low of the Admiral executed by th3 Bolshevists; Princess Oushtoinsky, whose husband at one time one of tho richest men n Petrograd, is now cashier in the next room at 4,000 lass of property, but, that if there iajer, Robert Johnson, R. D. Harreell, any reduction at this time all pro perty, both real aud personal be in cluded. Tli is meeting endorses the action of the Hon. Board of Appraisers, and be lieves that their valuations were made : Pendleton. L. L. Cherry, Julian A. Pittman, S. A. Dunn, R. P. Byrd, J. B. Edwards, Clee Vaughan, Norfleet S. Smith, B. F. Bracy, O. F. Smith, M. D, W. O. (By Luther Purrington, Jr.) Under the agreement reached last 4 In apponting Mr. A. P. 'Kitchin and 'fall by the County boards in joint Mr. G. Hoffman to cooperate with session, 100,000 dollars is to be raised .her window over the G. E. Griffin and W. H S. Burgwyn by the two counties. Two sevenths i street at her former home The Lubimoff s were welcomed by ; Polish, marks per month, the equival- the Poles because they were kind and'ent of $4.00 to-day, and the widow of j considerate during the Tsarist regime, a deputy-mayor of Petrograd who They now live in humble quarters in jwas put to death by the revolution a hotel across the street from the pal-'aries. ace which was their home in .happier J Colonel Kesselaeff, of the Imperial days. It is now the residence of the .Guards, runs errands for Mme. Lubi- peasant Premier, M. Witos. moff, and there is a Red Cross nurso ! Mme. Lubimoff, a princess by birth, who gives first aid to refugees who heaved a sigh as she glanced out of keep over from exhaustion whilo snow-covered of Northampton County in urging im- j of the amount is to be paid by North- : You know ' she said to the Her- waiting for their food. . The American Red Cross is helping to provide emplo3rment for Mme. Lu- mediate action by the State Highway ' ampton while the other five sevenths aid correspondent, "I do not miss bimoff s colony by giving wool, yarn Commission in Raleigh, the County 'is to be raised by Halifax county, .inat; Deaunrui place, xrue, it was and Jinen to be made into useful gar- Commissioners yesterday made the This division was made in proportion 'gorgeous and we had brilliant times the to thft wpnlth of tho ooiintips. Bonds! there, meeting the most interesting COITIONS IN IRELAND VIVIDLY DESCRIBED I the district is quiet. The chief reason, they say, is that the people have been living in a state of semi-poverty for so many years that they are easily cowed by repressive measures. Seeond, (By Associated Press) i having lacked eduational facilities, the Gal way, April 5. In comparison 'young manhood of the country doesn't with Cork and other southern counties J develop leaders of the abilty require ! people from all parts of the world. j McDowell, J. A- McDowell, W. T. j bridge across Roanoke River at Ed-( are to be sold to raise the necessary ward's Ferry which was first propos- money but unless Federal aid can beji tnose aays are gone irom us ana a in October 1920. i secured the action of the Boards is . 1 have no regrets. It was to be so. A committee composed of J. H. to be considered null and void. where the operations of the Irish Re-publii-au Army are most vigorously carried on, Gall way is a fairly peace ful spot. This is true also of Mayo aud the West generally, but nowhere in Ireland are the forces of the Brit ish crown more in evidence and more active than in this city. One looks from Galway harbor straight out to the Atlantic. It is the Alexander, Jr., R. C. Josey, Jr., N. A. Riddick, Charles J. Shields and A McDowell drove to Halifax yesterday morning and presented the case to the bridge Commissioners. The action taken by the board s ithe direct result of the work of this At the Road Commissioners meet ing held yesterday at Halifax the commission authorized the building Swamp between Spring Hill and Scot land Neck. Other road projects au- I am an optimist. All I care about now is to get enough food, clothing and work for my fellow countrymen, thousands of whom are so mueh worse off than I am." One of the first things that remark able Woman did after securing the re union of her family was to organize thorized bv the commission vesterdavL, m . ,, x ... , i. i.i. t-:i, r ivf a Arnnii -Hn.T : " " ' )tne Warsaw Drancn or xne luissiau i lO carry out-me vvurjs. ui tuc xuou xvc- comuuuw. jii. ji. iumv n v...,., , if i. n i j lieu vross ana to proviue nucjicr ments. Baroness Stael von Holsetia runs one of her sewing rooms, a tiny affair about ten feet square at the top of a six-story tenement into which are crowded seven antiquated American, sewing machines and tho Russian women who operate them. Baroness Korff, an aged lady of deli cate health, worked herself ill in this, room and is now in hospital. Mme. Lubimoff boasts a storehouse! about the size of an American house'i wife's pantry, which is in charge of M. Michael Shramchenko, son of thai i publican Army. Third, the topography )as spokesman, declared that he ex- . Ol tile CUUlltAJ' 19 UUSUllCU 1U1 guciuiu. iJlffSSCtl bjic ocuuurcui v.. - " " warfare. Most of the roads radiating from Governor of Chernijoff, who was kill- food and work for the host of human ed by the Bolshevists. The assistant Ithe authorization of the road engineer i , ; , ' -, . . . itv when he advocated the immediate, nereucw sue iouna streaming m irom storekeeper is M. Victor BorsenKO, to make a survey for a contemplated" - - . T ... i. ! . nrWrnrtinn of a bridge across Roa- . . ;au Parts or ussia. in tms xas wi ,wno was governor ot JNovgorod. Galway traverse a flat desolate coun-jnoke Rivei connecting Halifax and JWMte?s Fork jroad between Roseneath and King try whose main features are rocks and bogs. The roads are like bridges built over a marsh, and if the pedestrian leaves them he finds himself flounder- nearest European port to the United ing ankle-deep in a bog. Such terrain .States and some day, hopeful citizens. in useless for ambushes. will tell you, liners from New York will dock here. In anticipation of that eargerly-aAvai'ted event, Galway Outside of Dublinn and Belfast, newspaper correspondents usually have difficulty in seeing high police officials. some years a go built one of the biggest ! But Richard Cruise, district commis-hott-ls in Ireland. It is now being us-(gioner of police here, has a cheery wel ed a3 quarters for military of f icers, ! ome for them. At the railway station only one floor being reserved for civii- the correspondent encountered half a iian trade. The stranger arriving at dozen young London ex-soldiers, cock Galway enters this hotel at the rail- neys all, going home to " Blighty" way station, running the gamut of se- after a year 's service. One said he 'ret sf-rviee agents who inspect arriv- had been stationed for three months in !'ig and departing trains and scruti- Conneniara, resting from strenuous ui.e with great care every person on duty in the Dublin district. All was the platform. ' - peaceful, he said, in Connemara. The hoi el is barricaded with barbed : wire like a barrack, and as the guest j COTTON MARKET mounts the stairway to his room he is ' stopped by a sentry who examines his May . 11.72 luggage. But all this espionage is the July 12.23 usual thing one encounters throughout October 12.79 Ireland. December 13.10 Sinn Feiners in Galway explain why January . . 13.19 Stand m Northampton counties. j A w 7 AC I T "Since the state is taking steps"! Practically the same salary schedule ' PpiOVCS J 0 toward highway building, "the time for teachers in rural schools will hold' is propitious" said Mr. McDowell. for next year, Mr. Akers, County Su-1 He ended his discussion by urging the Board of Commissioners to pass reso- lutions counciling immediate action on the proposition. In response to the request of this committee for some constructive ac tion the Board passed a motion ap pointing Mr. G. Hoffman and Mr, Paul Kitchin on a committee coopera ting with the Northampton Commit tee to urge the immediate construc tion of the Edward's 'Ferry bridge across; Roanoke River, No question of the location of the bridge is invol ved since the details were worked out when the matter was first proposed last October. PLANS EKPANSION AMED TRADE perintendent of Public- Instruction, j announced today. The County Board of Education authorized such a bud- j (By Associated Press) get at its reorganization meeting yes-1 Paris, April 5th. Newspapers terdav. Recommendations for a tax France expressed great satisfaction at levy on rural and incorporated com- communication of Secretary of State munities to support a six months In-j Hughes to Germany relative to Ger-j tee of the Chamber of Commerce of stead of three months school system many 's responsibility for the war and-the United States for close coopera; (By Associated Press) Washington, April 5. Secretary of, Commerce Hoover begins to-day ai series of conferences with a commit- are under consideration m now. At the reorganization of the Board yesterday, Mr. W. E. Daniels of Wel don qualified as a member of the Board, lie was elected chairman. Mr. Daniels had just filled one term roparationsv Berlin, April 5. German newspapers commenting upon Secretary of State Hughes' communication regarding re parations, are almost a unit in ex pressing disappointment. They find tion between government and bus iness in the development and expand si on of American trade. as a member and was reappointed or not a basis for optimism. a term of six years by the legislature at its last session. Mrs. F, F. Bradley, of Portsmouth, Va., is visiting her brother, Mr. J. G. Moore. WEATHER REPORT For North Carolina: Generally fair tonight and Wednesday. f Little change in temperature. Moderate northeast and east winds. PRESIDENT INSISTS ON DILIGENT INQUIRY INTO headed by Charles G. Dawes to makd j diJSgenti inquiry of government dSi partment heads in effort to ascertain just where government agencies - have Ibeen lacking in authority, in neglect iful. or failing in caring for disabled. CONDITIONS DISABLED SOLDIERS! servic-o men. ' The President has accepted an in'r (By Associated Press) jvitation to attend the opening game' Washington, April 5. President j of baseball between Washington and Harding asked the special commission Boston hero April 13. ,
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