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VOL. XII. NUMBER 51.
POUE O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY,- APRIL 12th, 1921.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
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T DECLARES FOR
PEACE BY RESOLUTION
HOBGDDD
At a regular adjourned meeting held
list night at the Mayor 's of f ice the
Town Commissioners passed the most
constructive piece of town legislation
which such a body has ever passed in
the history of "Scotland Neck.
A bond issue of $250,000.00 6 per
cent bonds was authorized, final or- J Chapel, Hill, N. C. April 12. Near-
dinanees passed, sale authorized, and ly 500 high school debaters and ath-1-onds
are being printed. The sale of letes, their superintendents, princi
the bonds will be held April 28th, and pals, teachers, ehaperones, and well-i-ontraet
let for construction on May wishers will pour into Chapel Hill
,1th.
HIGH SCHOOL DEBATERS EN GLIfH ADMIRAL JAPAN TO SEND SPECIAL
AT CHAPEL HILL SCORES BATTLESHIPS ENVOY TO CONFER WITH
THIS WEEK AS WAR ASSET THIS GOVERNMENT
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Thus ends au intensive fight which J
lias been carried on for the past thir
ty, days; in fact, which was really
begun in 1919, when petitions were
signed for the portions of the town
which are now proposed to be paved.
The work was held up then owing to
the high cost of construction, but the J
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(By Associated Press)
London, April 12, Admiral Sir
Percy Scott, commander of the aerial
defense ofLondon in the world war,
;has no' use for battleships. He be-
! April 13, 14, and 15 for High School lieves the British navy would be bet-
Week at the University of North jter off if it spent the 40,000,000 in-
Carolina when championship contests .; tended for battleship construction in
will be settled in debating, in tennis, j research, and providing weapons of
and in track. It will be the largest 'warfare.
number of high school students that; ti,o ictn o.T),,
-"-"v. jciiv r ai j kj. J. jl tit Y OiX-Lvx
"showed that the only safe policy as
has ever been in Chapel Hill at any
'ono time.
Fiftv-two scho-
(By. Associated Press)
Tokio, Japan, April 12 Plans for
sending to Washington a distinguished
Japanese statesman who would take
up the entire range of so-called Pa
cific problems and mandates. Cali-.
fornia, China, Siberia, immigration
and armaments questions are under
stood, to be in process of formulation
by Japanese government.; Secretary
of State Hughes note declaring that
America did not abandon her rights
PLANS TO
LIVE AT HOME AND
BOARD AT THE
SAME PLACE"
TURNS BACK ON LEAGUE
NATIONS
OP
I in the peace settlements not only
regards battleships was to stow them? , ., .. .
) created a profound impression in Ja-
the state-wide
work can do done so much cheaper
now that it was deci
at this tme the identical pi
od on when the proposition was first .luestl011
proposed.
"iie survivors of away as far as possible from the
jst in which more i enemy. If we go to war now with'
pan, but' has served in addition to
crystalize conviction that the time
(By Associated Press)
Washington, April 12. President
Harding in message to sixty ' seventh
congress declared for peace by con
gressional resolution and turns back
irrevocably on League of Nations.
Mr. Df W. Downs has installed a s The President did not present plan for
modern Mill at his Ginnery for the new association of nations, but said
purpose of grinding all kinds of grain, he had matter under consideration.
It is Mr. Downs intention to do com- "No he1 '1 society of nations can
mercial grinding of home raised corn, be fou on justice and committed
as sun cured home raised corn is far i to -until covenants reestablish-
sweeter and more nourishing than the i " . ace are sealed by nations which
western kiln dried product. He ' at war," he said. The President
vites all concerned in cutting y encouraged erood business. declaring
for less government in business, as
the cost of living, to inspect " f ill,
and bring their corn to him to liave it
ground into meal, hominy,
cracked corn or . chicken feed.
well as more business in government.
grits, jHe condemned profiteering saying it
His (maintained a retail cost in perishable
mill will also grind wheat and Mr.
Downs expects to start making a
food which cannot be justified in view
of the reduced cost of production.
idod to cairv out !tIian 200 schools "all tie way from the France I do not think our battleships k . , A , . , ,
idea ro cany on- ; . . , i , lfls arrive( to-bring about a solution
ticil plans decid- mountains tr . ; sea fought out the; will be safe unless we construct a har-! . , . T
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Th tli. list fmr rlfivs n npw "not.5t.iOn '
for extension of the original plans jmeans 104 teams or
Las boon signed which will add addi
tional blocks to the present pla.s.
lec ive bargaining ; bor to contain them in Iceland.
- ill send their" "Personally,-" continued Sir Percy,
vnapel Hill for the' in a newspaper interview, "I am ful-
eliminating rounds. This lv in accord witli Rear Admiral Adair
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of all problems involving Japan and
America before relations reach a cri
tical stage.
208 debaters, .when he said that , we oucrht not to
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nearly one .half of whom will be girls, spend one penny on battleships, but
Added to these will be the largest i whatever money we may have to!
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The blee prints prepared call for entry list that lias ever been re-j spare should be laid out on research !
smooth paving of the three blocks on ?eived for the tennis tournament and .work. Rear-Admiral' Adair told the !
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Main Street extending from Ninth to the track meet, approximately 25 ten- s House of Commons that if we built
1 -th Streets, on 10th and 11 Streets nis players ryid 75 track men.
to tin- rr 51 road, on 10th Street from t The. debating r-obort will arrive
Main to Church, on 9th Street East Wednesday night and Thursday morn
to town limits, Eoanoke and Green- ing. A preliminary meeting will be
ICA URGED TO LEAVE
lOPS OH THE RH
E
brand of flour a little later and put- i , . . , -,
- 1 War debts must be cared for in or-
ting this on the market, as the mill 1 , - , , , . , ..
to ' jderly funding and gradual liquidation;
is guaranteed to grind the wheat soft i t 1A -.
" & readjustment m internal taxes, and
and Graham flour is alto-gether heal- . . , .
fe instant emergency tariff enactment;
thier than other flours, for the reason i . ,. t-ii-
' i creation or national budget system
it contains some of the brand, aU(!asice(i N
the doctors now tell us that bran is . -
excellent for the body.
Tiio mill installed by Mr. Downs is
of the latest type and most modern,
Meal can be bolted if desired, also,
any one can get Flat Meal, Medium
Meal or round meal.
HIGH
SCHOOL
DEBATING
TEAMS WILL LEAVE
wood Streets from 9th to 11th inclu- held in Peabody Auditorium at hoou
.sire. The new petition just signed . Thursday where lots will be drawn for
takes in Main from 9th to 7th Street. :the sections in which the debaters will
This p.tit'um will be submitted to fight. There will be 13 different
Board at its next regular meeting. I sections with 4 complete debates In
each section.
The first elimination round, Thurs
day night, April 14, wTill be in these
13 sections. From each section one
team on each side of the question
will be chosen. The second elimina
tion round will bring together all the
13 surviving affirmative and the 13
surviving negative teams Friday
morning. From these two groups one
affirmative and one negative team
will bo selected.
Friday night these two teams will
jmeet for the final contest, the state
championship, and the Aycock Mem-
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WEDNESDAY
TRIAL DEBATE TO BE HELD
SCHOOL AUDITORIUM TUES
DAY NIGHT
IN
Department Of Justice
Packing Companies Oi
Stock Yard Holdings
(By Associated Press
; (By Associated Press)
new battleships we should also have j Paris, April 12. The Duchess c
x.kj j.;iwvuc- Hoy uaoi.B u gictio tuoL itonau., urges American women ana jtx ! ri m "TV"
iiaiiia.i, ii.iiuuua ami uouum-a, uu my UHllUU DUIIUS gO VerilllieilL, XO let
the West Coast of Canada, . in New the American soldiers remain on the
Guinea, and at Singapore. I say this Rhine. The Duchess, with other
nation, with the Jicome tax at six members of the Comite France-Amer-shillings'
in the pound, cannot afford ique, were guests of General Henry
this huge expenditure, when nobody T. Allen at Coblenz February 15,
can tell me what we are going to do ,-when the troops celebrated the anni-I
with - these battleships w-hen we get jversary of the day American soldiers
them. took their place on the Allied front
"In the first few hours of the next as an American army. She tells of
war Plymouth, Dover and even Lon-'iier trip in the March number- of
don, may be reduced to ashes unless Franco-Etats-dJnis, the - committee's
we are prepared with an adequate magazine.
counter to the fleets of airplanes that "My joy is profound," she says in
would attack us. It seems to me, her diary of the trip, "to see the
therefore, nothing but plain common American flag on Ehrenbreitstein and
sense that we should spend, what i d0 hope it will remain there a very
only we can spare, not on battleships iong time for the security, not only
that are 'no d d good' as the of my own country but of Europe and
PiESIDEHT DELIVERS
MESSAGE TO JOINT
! SESSION OF CONGRESS
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j (By Associated Press)
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Washington, April 12. President's
j Harding 's message to special joint
j session of congress was delivered in
j person at one P. M., to-duy. The
j joint session convened in the House
Chamber and was the signal for con
Igress to begin work. The galleries
were packed, and special card admis-
Washington, April 12. A new plan sions were at a premium,
under which Armour and Swift Pack- At ten thirty President Harding
ing Companies are to divest them was reading proofs of his address
selves of their interests in stock yards when he called in Senators Johnson
and stock yard terminal railroads, J of California, McCormick of Illinois,
was agreed upon today by the De- jboth irreeoncilables on the Peace
partment of Justice and immediately treaty, and Senators Kellog, of Mm-
midshipman said, but it providing the an the lovers of liberty and humanity
very best we can buy ot the newer; "Yes, it is a fact which I feel!
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weapons that will count in the war of even more keenly than I did before,
orial Cup, awarded by former inter- 'the future
collegiate debaters at the university.
(President Chase will rreside E. R.
Rankin will be secretary, and Profes-
The Teams who are to represent
the Local High School in the Cham
pionship, series of Debates at Chapel
Hill will leave Wednesday by auto.
There will be a practice debate in the
-.auditorium Tuesday Evening at 8:00
o'clock, and altogether this question
that the Germans respect only force
Speaking of the latest development? an( power and that the United States
in death dealing instruments, Sir is the only people they fear, knowing
Perceys explained the principles of the perfectly that, if it were needful,
approved by the District of Columbia
Supreme Court. The companies must
deliver their stock in yards and ter
mnals to the Illinois Saving Bank of
Chicago within thirty days for admin
istration by two trustees, Henry W.
Anderson, of Richmond, Va., and
George Sutherland, Salt Lake City,
Utah, until sold, which must be with
in; one year. The trustees will re
ceive a salary of ten thousand dollars
a year.
sors II. M. Wagstaff, L. P. McGehee, 'new Davis gun, which fires from both they would come again as numerous
W. S Bernard, L. R. Wilson,
said all aS possible. But I do hope that the
will be discussed during the coming ' afternoon, April 15 and the tennis
and . ends and with which he
George Howe w-ill be judges. Prof es- American airplanes were to be armeci. J government of the United States and
It would be possible for an airplane our cear sisters, the American women,
to carry a 12-inch gun and fire at understand the necessity of leav-
battleships from 10,0000 . feet up. jng the troops on the Rhine to pre-
Battleships could have no protection vent mischief. It is easier to keep
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against such weapons. ' them here and much less expensive,
Speaking of the progress that had than " sending them back and having
sor Horace Williams will present the
Aycock cup.
The interscholastic track meet
will be held on Emerson Field Friday
nesota, and McCumber of North Da
kota, both classed as mild reserva
tionists. It was understood that the
President desired to present to the
senators his statement in his message
regarding foreign relations.
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolina: Fair
warmer tonight and Wednesday.
derate northwest, shifting to south
west winds.
and
Mo-
Citizens Continue To
Endorse Pavement
Commencement in contest for ;he best tournament w-ill continue through
Debaters Medal are there who would I Thursday and Friday4 University t been made in planning aerial attacks the trouble of sending later mdny,
like to hear our debaters are cordially ! athletics officials and members of the on warships, Sir Percy Scott said, m many more to Europe."
invited to be present Tuesday even
ing at the above mentioned hour.
The American troops," she says,
"It is no secret now every man in are magnificent. The men are tall
IN
OWNERS
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MINERS RECEIVED DY
LLOYD GEORGE
-i i t 1 Ml "I . ,11 - . . . , . rt.TTinur i l) 1 li n lv.vomilff Sit O VI l ' V I 1 !
tracK ana tennis leams win uauuio j ;ui xunrxvicw -""'a
these contests. Professor M. C. S,
Noble will be present the medals and j the service knows it that had the ' ail(p handsome. They walk majesti-
prizeS. Uvar lasted another fortnight, we would caUy and with great regularity never
Entertainments of various k&ds j probably, by means of an aerial attack 'one behind the other. It is wonder-
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have been arranged for the high have sunk all the German ships in tlie fuj to see them parading."
ENDORSEMENT OF THREE LEAD
ING MINISTERS GIVEN
school . visitors. The Carolina-Trinity
baseball game Thursday afternoon
H , 1 11 "I 1.1 i. . .1
iwiu oe a sxeiiar amieiic tjvciiv cum
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jthe county clubs of university stu- j
I dents will, look after visitors from
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! their own counties.
Kiel Canal."
During the review, she says, ''The
Marquise de Rochambeau and I were
COTTON MARKET
AMBASSADOR GIVES
FRENCH VIEWS
. 12.16
;so enthusiastic that we asked permis
! sion to have the honor of kissing the
American flag."
And in closing, the ' Duchess ex
j claims: "America in this war has
j been the wall separating domination
! and Justice, ambition and Humanity.
layed too long, let it be done as early
as possible.
Rev. N. E. Coletrane.
Nothing will add more to the ap
pearance and health of the town and
comfort . of the people than paved
The paving of the streets of Scot-
1 I streets. Do it now. It has been de-
land Neck at this time is not only a
layeu uoo iong.
Dr. Charles Anderson.
Junior Order Endorses Commissioners
Action
fine business proposition, but a move
that wilt be more conducive to the
health, happiness and comfort of the
entire community than any one thing
that can be done for the town. Some
thing must be done to arouse
The Jr. Order United American Me
chanics Endorses Paving Movement j
The Jr. Order United American Me-
last.
pride-and stimulate the efforts ot tno -mgnt unanimously passea a resoiuuim
(By Associated Press)
Paris, April 12,5 Ambassador Jes- She has been our Providence."
to have " ..
people to build up our town, and it
seems to me that nothing will give
(By Associated Press) ' j
London, April 12. Both sides in the j
controversy between mine owners and j
miners were received by Premier ; Mav
Lloyd George today. The mine own- j July .
ers conferred first, and miners after- October . . "
ards. The miners will report to the' December- ---- 13.6? in Washington,, French viewpoint on reply probably wiUnot.be given for Scotland Neck than to
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to endorse the action of the Town
Commissioners in their decision td
12.76 I serand is understood here
13.31 given to Secretary of State Hughes cretary in his recent not.e Written health, comfort and prosperity
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us the needed inspiration as paving commence work at this time to pave
the streets. Let's make the move. the Streets of Scotland Neck, be
Rev. Reuben Meredith i lieving that it will be conducive to
Nothing would add more to the the health, happiness, ana prosperu.
of the communilv. -
triple alliance after the conference. 'January-... . 13.77 the mandates question raised by Se- the present.
streets paved.
our
The work has been de-
Recording Secretary,
W. D. Harden