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Si ran VOL- XIL NUMBER 48. frOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, PRIDAY,; AjPRIL 8th, 1921. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5c PER COPY : : 7 -, z IVY THE AMERICAN SHOWS GREAT CENEROS- ITY TO HU5S1AH REFUGEES (By Associated Press) B-agusa, Dalmatia, April 8. The DRV E FDR MEMBERS TO BE MADE BY THE ' LIBRARY ASSO namoe t or ommeirce Heldlnip.6rtaiit:S4TOffiu g gcnerosuj UJr - Thursday afternoon in the me a of the American warsnips m tne Adriatic commanded by Rfear Admiral 'Andrews will never be forgotten by more than 20,000 of the Russian refu ses from the Crimea, who, infected with typhus, fled from the Bolshevists and found refuge here on the Dalma tian coast. The American sailors tenderness in The Scotland Neck Library Asso ciation held an important meeting I Mayor Ts Office, the purpose of the meeting be ing to start' a .drive for membership to the Association. A committee was appointed to visit every person in jScotand Neck, requesting that every one join the Association, and pay the membership fee of one dollar a year. The drive will begin on April 21. The following is the committee: Mrs, i - i keeping the children clothed and fedfNorflee s- Smith, Miss Ellen Mere and the outpouring of pocket books dith, Miss Margaret ' Meredith, Mrs. the chair instruct the secretary ! T 17! "R n-irara "VTtci T W f f a T 1 At eleven o 'clock this morning the tion calling on.' the Chamber of Com- uauiucx .. ui bummeree neia a. canea jmerce to go on record as . approving meeting for the purpose of discussing the proposed bridge across Roanoke River, and also a state highway through Scotland Neck. " Messrs. G. Hoffman, Aw McDowell and J. H. Alexander, Jr., were appoin ted as a committee to confer' with Mr. W. A. Hart, Road Commissioner from this district on the Highway Commis sion relative to a state highway pass ing through Scotland. Neck, and on to Tarboro. It was moved by N. A. Riddick that J to JURY TO RECEIVE CASE DF WILLIAMS ON CHARGE OF PEONAGE (By Associated Press) Covington, Ga., AprilS. The cloJ the. proposed bridge aeross Roano&e River "at Edwards Perry and ta- peti tion the State. Highway Commissi s J cnarge on- . ..." iy remained today before the case o to make necessary appropriations for m . , v jonn wiuiams went to iury. which this work. This resolution was unan- JU1 imously adopted,' and the Secretary deCida Wheth WiUam8 caused was instructed to furnish Mr. G. Hoff. f Lindsay Petersson, ne gro larm .nana. The court room was packed to capacity today. Should Williams be acquitted he will be held TURKS CONTINUE SAFETY OF ENTIRE GREEK EX PEDITIONERY FORCE IN" JEOPARDY . v -p oH,f ia ' J. E. Bowers. Mrs. J. E. Woolard. 1 writo tt. t t. t.. a nr. tt the chief topic of conversation in the Russian colony and the refugees re maining in this district, happy existence," is the most common sentiment expressed about here. "They have saved us. They are Mrs. Joshua Robertson. Miss Ethel; Waldo of Hamilton, N. C, to find out Taylor, Mrs. W. T, Russell, Mrs. C. ,what plans they hae on foot relative F. Burroughs, Mrs. G. W. Bryan. The Librarian, Mrs. Norfleet S. !to a highway connecting Halifax County seat, and to find out if they have any proposition to make Scot- the brightest remembrances of our un-jin the library with a circulation weeklv of 150 books aerainst 200 vol- The bluejackets -or tne iagsnu j - .' Olympia, and the destroyers Alden, cr l f ismnu, gave m a most .encouragingly i , v , mi on , land Neck regarding a proposed road, report. There are now 630 volumes v ivir. v. Li. tomitn ottered a resom- man with a' cOpy of resolution and to spread a copy upon the records. Mr; Hoffman was appointed by the Coun ty Commissioners some days ago, to gether with Mr. AP. Kitehin, to con fer with Mr. W. A. Hart regarding the bridge. Mr. Alexander, President of the Chamber, called upon all members to attend the meeting this afternoon to. hear Drs. Clarence Poe arid B. L. Kil gore, and to extend to them a hearty reception. There being no other bus iness meeting" adjourned until fur ther call. for trial on , two other murder charges returned against him in connection with death of eleven negroes on his farm. : (By Associated Press) .Paris April 8.- The Turkish Na tionalists have resumed advance tvL Bruea sector of Asia Minor, accord ing to official dispatches. Fears are entertained here for the safety of the entire Greek expeditionary forces. The magnitude of the reverses suffer ed by the Greeks appears to be even IRISH NAT DHA p. rooks, Gilmer, Reuben, James and the Siurtevant have fed 5,000 persons daily and have ever taken clothing from their own backs to give to the refugees. When the refugees landed at Cat taro Bay and other places and it was found that no preparation had been 4 made for their arrival, the sailors worked hard to make dwelling places for them. They cleaned the old bar racks, and hangars and . sometimes made up gangs of Russans who assis ted in the general cleaning up. Upon an outbreak of typhus later the sailors brought into use improvis ed disinfecting plants, steaming ap paratus and baths and eliminated the jumes six months ago with a circula tion of 15 a week. The reading room has now four book cases, two present ed by Mrs E. T. Whitehead, one j loaned by Miss Susie Hill, and one handmade, bought by the Association. Mrs. Stuart Smith and Miss Annio Dunn were appointed to 'draw up some rules and regulations to be used in the library work. SDH SCHOOL CON-i JENTION TO MEET SECRETARY OF COMMERCE HOOVER CONFERS WITH REPRESENTATIVES OF LEADING INDUSTRIES RALEGH DAUGHTERS OF CONFED ERACY MET THURSDAY AFTERNOON. ME L MOVE NT UPHELD DY WOMEN greater . than r thousand Gr hospitals," - sav wcr 'st .supposed. Six .e said to be in the PERSONS KILLED Many Sunday School leaders of North Carolina on program for the State Sunday, School Convention will be in session in Raleigh, April 1,1-.3-14. Prominent among them are: Gilbert T. Stephen, "Winston Salem: J. M. Broughton, Raleigh; li. B. Crow, Raleigh; D. H. Dixon, Golds- boro, John A. Park, Raleigh; J. A. Brown, Chadbourn; Hugh Paries, 11" '11 . . T 1 1 Ti Tk . 1 (By Associated Press) r ranKiinvine; oosepn ur. .crown, ai- Washington, . April 8. Secretary of eiSh; w- A- Withers, Raleigh; Mrs. The Daughters of the, Confederacy met Thursday afternoon at r the resi dence of Mrs. R. W. Shields in Main street. At this meeting the daught ers gave a towel shower for the Old 'Soldiers' Home in Raleigh. Two doz en towels were brought in. Plans for the yearly 10th of May Celebration were also discussed. At the conclusion of the business of the afternoon Mrs. (By Associated Press) Dublin, April 8. Women are the inspiration and 'the sustaining power of the Irish National movement. This is well recognized -throughout Ireland, even by British government officials whose task of subduing Sinn r Fein militants and5 restoring peace has been made ten-fold more difficult by reason of it. Wherever one goes in this country he hears extolled sthe ' ' spirit of . the women. ' ' . Women shelter, feed and bind up IN RIOTING IN INDIA. (By Associated Press) London, April 8. The fighting at , Nankana, India, in which about 130 persons were killed, was restricted to rval factions of Sikhs, according to a report j'ust made public at the India Office. The rioters were described as old i dirt and ivermiu'whicJhe Russians ( Commerce ; Hoover continued today j CQias V VanNoppenj "Greensboro; had attvumula&oH through the winter. sentatives of leading ndustries, look- With real American generosity, Ad- ing toward the formation of an advi mral Andrews' men, when they saw SOry council to Department of Com- l the destitute .children, hungry and ill- merce, composed of business men. An- olad mothers, would take them to the tompbile and dye representatives dis local stores and, frm their own pocK- cussed personell of committee to repre ?ts, outfit them from head to foot. sent their industries on council and The Russian women showed the gave a general idea for expansion of most grateful appreciation . of the the country's trade. sailors ' work, although they were j . powerless to repay them. Captain of their country. Wyman of the Olympia received a j Coonel W. B. Jackson, the head of long note from the Russian women the American Red Cross mission here extolling the sailors generosity, tfe- told The Associated Press that the (laring that the American boys had United States navy did fine work in brought hope to the hopeless women nipping the epidemic of typhus in the fnd children who had been driven out bud. . town; Rev. Daniel I verson, Charlotte; W. B. Cooper, Wilmington. P. E. Shields and Miss Susie Hill served sandwiches and ice tea. The following niembers and visitors were jT. Whitehead, Mrs. J. E. Wiolard, (Mrs. J. B. Hall, Mrs. J. E. Bowers, One outstanding feature of the pro-(Mrs. H. I. Clark,; Mrs. Henry Gray, gram will be a parade of Sunday School men on the , last evening or-tne Convention. E. B. Crow, Teacher of the Vanguard Bible Class. of the First Presbyterian Sunday School of Ral eigh, is Chairman of the Parade Com mittee. Effort is being made to get I all members of men 's Bible Classes of j Raleigh to be in the line of marcn, S also all men who are delegates to the Convention. Another feature of the Covention Mrs. W. R. Bond, Miss Eleanor Smith, Miss Ernestine Cherry, Mrs. P. E. Shield Miss Susie Hill and Mrs. R. B. Hyatt of Tarboro." The rcnl question for consideration is, whether or not paving should be gin at once? I believe the time is iipe and the work should be started immediately, if possible. R. Pell Byrd We are heartily in favor of the j . tfivn mniniKr n ctn-ft: in nflrinff. ATfi ! ,v n x ifnVrn- nf smvt.hmor that. Will TJTevent don't think that the project will i . m ; our people from having to live m a hardlv run by our" door A but if ws i 'mud hole m Winter and a desert of Jiovpr 1oo-iti '- will iiptpt orpt. nnf. rtf ! - v.. oi,-, 4 55UI1U. ill H1B iSUIIliilCJ.. KJiiu v o un. Let's put Scotland Neck on the map as a progressive town. J. L. Dunn Now is the time to pave the town. I want it and the people want it.' W. A. .Walston. Am I in favor of paying? I am In which is expected to be one of the most helpful is the Divisional Confer: ences on the afternoons of April 13 and 14, at which time the Convention will divide into four sections, for the Children 's Young People 's Adult ana Administrative Division workers. The xnogram for the main sessions of the Convention is said to be very strong. Among the specialists who will speak are Dr. Wm. A. Brown of . Chicago, 111., of the GREAT DRITIAN FACES INDUSTRIAL CRISIS OF GREAT, PROPORTIONS (By Associated Press) erisis of unprecedented proportions. Ra'ilwaymen Nnion and Federation of Transport Workers have decided to ireland." After lauding the Repub- succeeded in getting possession of the strike in support of coal miners, bring- jicail army the proclamation, contin- shrines only after losing two lives, ing the entire power of triple alliance ued. "We men and women of Ire- Some 25 persons altogether were in- of labor into' the greatest controversy ;lan(1 wm stand by our army till the jured. International lin England for many years. A gene- i certain day of victory. We glory in. The old Sikhs held a meeting at a Sikhs and reformers, the former 9f the wounds of the "flying columns" whom included the managers of im- of the Irish Republican, army. They 'portant and richly endowed shrines, collect money for the Dail Fireann, That at Nankana is the wealthiest of they sew and nurse and do a -hundred them, its annual income, derived lar- other things 'that fall to women in war gely from landed estates, amounting time. What some of them do outside to tens of thousands of pounnds. The woman's accustomed sphere of activi- Mahants, who are in charge of such ties can only be conjectures. shrines, regard themselves as life ten- " i General Strickland, governor of the ants of the estates and secure in their huge area now under martial law, possession as long so they discharge told " the cdrrespbndent'that" " women'-their-religious duties. . . ; : carried- concealed under their skirts The reformers opposed this view, and efoaks the rifles, bombs and revol- They aleged that deplorable abuses vers, which were used by the men res- exist in connection with the shrines, jponsible for a number of ambushes of The rveenues, they contend, bqrong l crown forces in the Cork district. to the Sikh community and should be Nothing in the last six months of administered under its control. But guerilla fighting has more intrigued to the reform party, says the report, thee imagination of newspaper readers there have attached themselves a num than the arrest of the 14-year old ber of thieves as well as enemies ot peasant girl of Cork county who, wear- the government. ihg steel . armor around her body, The attacks on what is termed the was caught while scurrying aeross a vested interests of the old Sikhs be field lugging a Lewis machine gun. gan with the occupation of certain Women, according to report, aecom- shrine's at the Golden Temple of Arm panied various, parties of the Repub- istar The incumbents there gave lican army who shot and killed the way. They submitted also to -being 14 British intelligence officers on Du- ousted from some minor shrines at blin's "Black Sunday" last Novem- other places. London, April 8. Great Britain Is jber j gut at the end of January a serious today face to face with an industrial proclamation recently spread fight occurred at Tarn Taran in tho broadcast through Ireland was head- Armistar district. A band of refor ed T 'Stand Fast!' Say the Women of mors which suddenly appeared there Sundady Sclrpol Association; Dr.1"1 &Lli wmB.cnueu uulcao I 3 1- Joserdi Broughton. Atlanta. Ga.. Su- :ana mine . owners reacu a Beyieiueut X O S 7 the mud and dust.. For the benefit of the town at large, we are willing to pay our part of the excess tax. J. M. Bunch & Son. W. D. Harden Do I want pave streets. Do you think I am not enterprising ? Of perintendent Tabernacle Baptist Sun day School, Dr. sGilbert Glass, Rich- imond, Va,, Superintendenet of Sun day School and Young People's De partment, Presbyterian Committee or Publication; Prof. H. H. Harris, Pro fessor Religious Pedagogy, Candler School of Theology,- Emory Univer sity, Ga.; Mrs. Maude J. Baldwin, Chicago, 111,; Children's Division Su- I am strongly in favor of doing course I am for paving and I . think paving work now. I believe it will mow, of all times, is the, time for it. help business. E. W. Staton S. H.Allsbrook Miner's representatives this afternoon their heroism under torture and in hore the day before at attack at Nan their deeds of valor in the" field. We kana which it had been rumored, had repudiate the calumny that our brave been impending for - some time. Ap- refused to accept Premier Ijlyd j soldiers are a 'murder gang.' We parently numbered about 200. Just George's invitation to meet owners on must defy the enemy's insolent com- how the fight begun is not known, conditions proposed,'-which were that !mand to refuse food and shelter to says the report. pumpmen and engineers return to !our own countrymen. We scorn all j The Deputy Commissioner who star- work pending negotiations. Raleigh can register and be assigned homes from either the StatirQ or Cnnvpntinn rimTcfi. perintendent, International Sunday - School Association. j The railroads of the State ?iave Communications are being sent out : granted a speeial rate of one and one- i i - - Paving. streets at this time seems to I am , favor of paving tne streets ofjby the Raleigh Committee on Arran- half fare, certificate plan, provided be a wise move. W. O., Lawrence. Scotland Neck. , C. A. Paramore j gements assuring the Church and Sun- as many as 350 certificates are pre- I am in favor of paving the streets I am strongly in favor of paving j day School workers of the State that ,sented fdr validation, now. E. L. Burnette the streets now. D. E. Henderson j Raleigh -can take care of all who at- j According to a communication from I am strong for paving, as I am for Is there a small town, in Eastern tend the Convention, for besides the the headquarters of the; Convention any progressive movement. ' North Carolina with , paved streets hotel accomodations, the committee, in Raleigh, 6000 programs of the Con- Spencer Lewi3 that is not progressive? proclamations that would make Irish ted his investigation the day that tho 'men and women traitors to their fight occurred, was told that the Ma- country, and we will be as true to our hants had been victorious. The fight j soldiers as Nurse Cavell to England's" had taken place inside a small shrino Besides the Countess Markievicz enclosure which was . commanded by there are a score or more of promi- houses on all sides. nent Irish women serving prison terms "The inquiry into the facts," con of waiting trial for their zealous ef- eluded the report, "was hampered by forts to further the cause of Irish in- crowds of excited Sikhs from all parts dependence. They inelude doctors, of the Punj'ab who accused the Mos teaehers anch severa young women lem neighbors of the shrine of having conspicuously identified with the assisted the Mahants Irish language revival. j ; , WEATHER REPORT COTTON MARKET lhas secured lodging at the rate of vention are being mailed to bunclay . .. . ..i i tV. ' -kt - it.- n. i: . TT 4. 4-11 "r . 11 Let's have paving done at once if We have good schools, good chuy. $1.00 per night for delegates in more School leaders througnout tne state. j xor xNorm wmma. ; we are ever going to do it. ches, good preachers, and good people, ; than 700 homes of the" city. , The ' lo- Information is 'also received indicating ( weather' tonight and Saturday. Pro- July 12.29 - Ben MeRegan and ' now if we could have paved jcal committee has ' arranged to meW a large number of workers over the .baby showers. Not much change In ' October . I--73 t . j.- . u ' n Ay-inn ti fnn. statfl fiTfi t"! nrm i ti o- to make the trip . temperature.' Moderate' to fresh December . . . 13.0S cuuurse.- paving oj. 5ees now. streets, we wuu.iu. jio, v c a. u i. . L 0 - - . j . J W. Allsbrook. vention. Delegates on arriving in to the Convention in automobiles. . soutiieast ana soutn wmas. "1IiUdrJ' B. B. Newsome 13.34 good town. i V; . y . V 1
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