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St f &- V p TUT TOT 1 i'--"l';&. lfli VOLUME XII. NUMBER 66. LARGE CROWD ATTENDING REHEARSAL OF IT large crowd of people from Hob- - M.od and Dawson's are . in Scotland - ,'eek today -who, together with tho ! Scotland Neck people, are" practicing for the Historical Pageant which will be held in Weldon May 6th. A barbecue dinner is being served mi the ground to all those in attend- :mce and a gala day is being made of the occasion. The Pageant in Weldon will be well worth attending and it is hoped that the groups from this seetibn of the county will make a splendid PAGEAN showing. The ladies in charge of thisjfor this important project, to be divil v ork in the county have worked hard.1 equally between them, but, while and it is hoped that their efforts will the exact amount estimated has not be attended by a full measure of sue-been learned it is said to be consider toss. Southern Shorthorn Exhibition Nashville, Tenn., April 29. The Southern Shorthorn Exhibition, Sale will be held at Columbia, Tenn, June 2i and 21, 1921, to which will be -consigned one hundred head of v the th(- Smith's Rh6rth'r herds from the leading farms of Kentucky f Tennessee, ueorgia, Aiaoama; mississ- f i 1 jpid and Louisiana. A feature of the . - ; event is- fo exhibit the- most desirable type of Short h'orns for the ; average Southern farm. The Nashville, "Chatt anooga and ,St. Louis Railway, the American ShorthoA'. Breeders ' . Asso viatton, r-lfrai .Agricultural agencies, ho nke-rs, 4usiner .mmitVfXTrnfits are cooperating in the promotion of the event. $4,000.00 will be offered in cash premiums. Plans Relief In Money Market NEW COMPTROLLER SEEKS TO EASE UP MATTERS THROUGH REDISCOUNT RATE Washington, April 29. The rather frigid policy of the Federal Reserve Hoard which has had much to do with Tin- deflation and reduction in prices which lias taken place in the . past year, may be eased up to some extent to provide relief for the present money situation, particularly as it affects "ilie farmers. Definite indications given at the White House todav that the recent conferences President Harding Has had with Seeretarv Mellon, W. F. G. Hardin-, governor of the Federal ; Reserve Board, and D. R. Crissinger, j comptroller of the currency, have dealt with the money situation and J said also that the treasury machinery. Mas about to be put in motio"n to pro - 'vide this relief, but officials without v exception, declined to outline any jdau which has been aiproved and will be applied. j Lowering of the board's rediscount rate has ben the suggestion most -ftcn advanced by members , of con gnss who have carried the farmers' "-3e to the White House and Treasury department. The danger of 'such ; afew hours discussion upon details of 'f-p to speculation. The steady policy .execution, the commission drafted its ',; the board has been to discourage j report which was sent t6 the Council speculation, deflate the currency ant re. luce .prieess. Insistence upon the l'osent level of the rediscount rates been responsible for mueh of the vl.-T.i,. u. . i.i -"'jit; ii.suils iu inoes uiretnuus uui i stlde results in tjioes directions du 5"'4 the last year. Ledger Dispatch f i. J. IT. Bryan, of Hobgbod, N. f ' was a visitor in town on business FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION LAKE TO SEA PLAN CALLED PRACTICAL (By U. S. Press) Washington. D. C Abril 29. That , - the proposed waterwav from the 'r.4..T - . , , "AJ, . "., ,uicti ajtB.eis lo we Atlantic is xeasime j " f. , , . . iaviitouic, xs liic opinion ui me American and Canadian engineers of the International Joint Commission. The engineers have prepared a re- Port stating 'that the project can be j constructed at a lower cost than was ,first estimated. It has been acceptei as a act tnat'"e waterway will co3t the governments . of the United States ' and Canada a total of $250,000,000 ably less than this. The engineers es timate that the project can be com pleted in four years. Before work can be commenced, however , both the American Congress and the Canadian Parliament must take the necessary legislative steps to put the recommen dations of the International Joint Commission into effect, assuming that the commission adopts the report of the engineers. The report must be submitted to the American Congress by the end of August, under the terms of the resolution directing the inves tigation. America Wields Influence On Rhine land Commdksicn Coblenz, April 2i-America 's re presentation on the Interallied Rhine j la r.d Commission, -"wliile described as unofficial. wieliK as much influence in a consultative eapaeixy upon tne . decisions taken by the commission as that of the three allied countries offi . . . . cially represented, according to Mr. Rolyn-JacquemynSj Belgian High Commissioner on the Rhine. General Allen, acting in his dual capacity of Commander of the Ameri can Forces in Germany and represen- tative of the Department of State, at - tends every sitting of the commission or, when unable to be present, is re presented by Colonel Stone of Mississ ippi. : No decisions are taken without hav ing been first submitted to the Ameri can representatives and ' in many cases American suggestions have been acted upon and have caused agree-1 ments to be reached when it seemed as if a hopeless deadlock was. to be Lately, ,when the question of the application of the new customs regime i in the., occupied zone decided upon at ithe London conference on March 3 was discussed, the British and the French points of view were very far apart, After a few days discussion, General Allen's opinion was asked. The discussion had been somewhat ! acrimonious and General Allen, while not indorsing unreservedly either men, while opposed to the Commun-, house, or else the requisitions of Al point of view, proposed a medium ists, are a bit too radical in their j lied troops, has caused families to solution. To the French who were ad- views to suit the Finnish authorities, . live together in only one half of their vntinrr ii o strnfist. measures. he v,t J . V " - j 'said: "You can't get both steak and milk from the same cow." To the British he demonstrated that better results might be obtained by adopting another course and after a , of ' Ambassadors the next day The American's viewpoint upon, a momentous question of penalties was ( adopted i t nnilAnii nniniftn nmnii? N - - j.v io i.uuoi,.i "f" dAWationsc to the Rhineland Com ' . .. . . i:. -ii mission tnat America s parucipauou in the daliberations of the commission jhas had a restraining in IlUeilCc Upi'Il jfi ...... . extremists in both French and German SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, Serious Fire At Cotton Oil Platit Fire this afternoon shortly after 1 o'clock practically gutted the linter room of the Cotton Oil & Ginning Company's plant hero. The origin of the fire from best reports available at this hour was due to the magnets on the lintets failing to work properly. The fire was confined to this sec tion of the mill due to the rapid way in which the fire fighters were able -to get the water from the nearby hydrants. Estimated loss had not been de termined up to the time of going to press. - WEATHER EEPOET their obligations in the League of For North Carolina: General la Nations aii request further ,n tonight and Saturday. Cooler to- formati(m egarding the dispute The night; except along the northeast prompt dypatch of ft note by gecre. coast. Probably lierht frost in extreme t , . . west portion tonight. Saturday fair; moderate to fresh northwest winds. REFUGES FED BY RED GROSS (By Associated Press) Teriojki, Finland, April 29. The 8,000 refugees from the recent Kron-' stadt revolution in Russia who are quartered in Finnish concentration camps here and at Ino have just given the member states therein, the smaH a striking example of Bolshevik dis- er countries of the western hemis cipline. jphere where in a position to declare The refugees are being fea by Amer- mselves free from any depenffence ican Red Cross officers. The other P011 the. United States of the north, day, one of them was caught by his -j ,. . . - ... - - ; : . ; . Biiare. ujl iuuu iiia.ii was uue io iiim The others formed a committee, tried .the man, found him guilty of stealing food, and then appeared before a Red Cross officer. ' ' Please give us enough guns to form a firing squad, " they requested. ' We have f ound a man stealing food ) and will execute him immediately. ' ' Informed that this was Finland, and jiot Bolshevik Russia, the committee was momentarily disappointed. j "But he must be punished," they insisted. "All right, " said the officer,;; but no shooting goes here". The committee then made the thief strip, although the ' weather was bit terly cold, formed a long line in the woods, includiing about 150 men, an i made the guilty man run naked 100 times from one end of the line to the other, shouting "I'm a thief." Discipline in these refugee camps has been excellently maintained,, through the orders of Stephen Petrich- enko, the 29-year-old sailor .who was president of Kronstadt and the leader of the revolt. Yet the Finnish au - thorities are much worried over their presence in Finland. The . Kronstadt who have had a "red" nroblem " at j a. home for a long time. . j Foreigners are getting for the first This, and the fear that the Ameri- time a peep Into the more aristocratic can Red Cross cannot continue to feed 'of these old homes, until now hidden them indefinitely, has caused Finland in the mystery or protecting garden to consider various means of getting walls, latticed windows and huge gates ride of these 8,000 and the 25,000 oth- 'or doorwarys. The visit often rc er Russian refugees who are in the 'veals a charming interior, with room, country. The government would 'like to have the League of Nations take them off its hands. When the Kronstadt garrison ar- J rived at Teriojki the men were half - . ishrvpf . Ten davs ot srood American - 'food changed their appearance won i - Li r,e ti,m nrnori ucnuuv ami owmc "j- "'cm, " white bread and a diet containing 1 ...... . . . . 1 i i ii.i t T- ,Jiirjic JIIUJIUIUUU VJL xcll, iuuhu in rich that thev were ill and their diet FRIDAY, APRIL 29th, 1921. MONROE DOCTRINE AND THE LEAGUE j (By U. S. Press) Washington, VD. C, April 29. A news dispatch given broad circulation this week discusses an item i-given publicity in- the U. , S. Press Service two weeks previous to the effect that Secretary of State Hughes in taking up the Costa Rican-Panama dispute sought to forestall action by the -League of Nations in a wholly American affair which came to 'the verge of minature war. The secre tary general of the League of Nations Sir Erie Drummond, on March 4, J while President Harding was taking the oath of of fice, cabled to the hos tile governments, calling attention to tary jxugues turnea tne two govern- ments awa from any further comml- ment to the league, and they promptly informed Sir Eric that the United States had intervened and the Leagne withdrew with the interesting an nouncement that "in a Central Amer- J ican disptite the League " of Nations and the Monroe Doctrine looked to the same and not contrary ends. ' ' There has been much propaganda in the Latin-American republics, attrib utable to s6urces unfriendly to the United States, having for its purpose the spreading of the idea that with membership in the League of Nations, and the Guaranteed Tiroteptiru, of all CBy Associated Press) Constantinople, April 29. The Tur kish harem is quickly passing as a part 0f the Turkish home. Poverty and the need "for house room, and pov- erty are the causes. The Turkish pashes, effendis, beys land all the well-to-do of other days 'whose homes were divided into the harem and xetoaosrhdr, that is, one half of a mansion or palace for the Women and the other for the men, are parting with this luxury as they have parted with their carriages, . horses, jewels and lands. The peasants still keep a division of their houses for the privacy of their wives and daughters and children. Many Turkish women deplore the necessity which compels them to live like tlie ?'poor European." They de- - ; t . - i 1. 4- , .. 1 nrTian ( tiart5 t"ttL VVC1C jH.viug apart, that the home was easier to manage and their husbands, too. j In Constantinople the majority of j the private houses show this division, but the chance to rent one Uide of th3 Home j walls' and ceilings decorated with fresco paintings and mosaics showing j charming view of mosques, mountains, esas, forests, or rovers of the old em- pire. : . . . i i. 71 J.V ml as tne nomes are -aciieu - ; elaborate European furniiture, togeth ri pr wiHi rriiiph nf tli p. c ollections - - a brocades, gos samer silks and fine rugs .. . .. i on . f i urn 1 1 .ii. m ) i mis 1 1 1 1 1 1 ill I lit v. or else sent to the dealers or auction Harem 1U1A1911 Passes TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE PRES. AND CABINET DIS CUSS HI REPARATIONS . Washington, April 29. President Harding and cabinet are understood to have discussed German, reparation proposals, gdilS today, Secretary Husrhes la vine- bpforo th i o " ' - " - of the principal allied powers with re gard to offer. ' In the meantime American reply to the German com munication was held up while the cab inet was considering the queston. It became known that Great Britain ana Italy had not definitely rejected the German offer as unacceptable as a basis ;for negotiations, but is under stood that the French and Belgium views as transmitted to Secretary Hughes were that the terms were ac ceptable, according to information in usually well informed quarters. Sec retary Hughes is still hopeful that ne gotiations between the allies and Germany can be reopened. Washington, April 29. The adoption of the Knox Peace Resolution would08 to th Z of Lord Chalmers, be an attempt to dictate international policies, of President Harding, Senator TTitpWnoV ranting TAmrQt; ber of Foreign Relations charged in Senate. fc5 ' Paris, April 29. Premier Briand, it was declared in official circles today, is going to London ready to consider - serious ew proposals made py .Germany, but not until first having in hand further pledges as a guarantee that proposals would be made good; consequently, it is not expected that anw new offers Germany might make in London would prevent the extension of the occupation of German territory. Foreign Industrial Conditions (By U. S. Press) Washington, D. C, April 29.-Agents and experts of the United States who have been investigating economic and industrial conditions in Central Eu- rope have reported that Germany's senate has just passed an enabling act industrial system has been largely of this nature- A, similar bill has restored to a condition of its pre-war 1 Passe bbth houses of the New York vigor and that much of the distress in j legislature without opposition an Great Britain resulting in unemploy-j awaits 01lY the governor's signature, ment and labor unrest is clue to the , Legislation of this caharacter is be large importation of German goods. !ing favorably considered in other The reports form the basis of further apprehensions in this country of the disorganization of markets, the spread;""'1 of unemploymeent and demoralization j Special importance is attached to in manufacturing industries, whichthe action in Ohio in view of the ses would be the inevitable consequences sions at Cleveland next week of the of an influx of German goods. (National Foreign Trade convention, at The Washington Post says that " Germany is plaving a shrewd game, J v . o I to obtain the commercial eontrol of the world's markets in the opinion of A the economic control of the world markets in the opinion of the economic experts of the government, and it would be optimistic to say that Con gress has as yet devised no system to protect the American producer and workingman against Germany, al though both Senate and House are paying particular attention to this problem." CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED TO CHINESE RELIEF FUND Formerly contributed and sent in from other sources $335. SO TO COMMONWEALTH of 'Cash $3.00 Dr. O. F. Smith $5.00 i . v. 5c PER COPY Millionaire Hobo Asks For Relief (By Associated Press) .. Chicago, 111., April 29. James Eads How, millionaire hobo and staff, are here for the International Unemploy ed conference. How estimates the nix .... rive minion. The conference is ex pected to ask President Harding to take action to relieve this economic situation. To Take Up Allied Debt (By U. S. Press) Washington, D. C, April 29 Ne gotiations for refunding vast loans extended by the United States to al lied European countries during tho world war may be looked for in the immediate future, according to Secre tary of the Treasury Mellon. This wxu. response lo quenes British ,s ti xi aeent. who ia nhnnfc , , ws? ' " so tlie United States. Mr. Cln SaVS tLat th Case of Great i""iiu, uw ueaviesi aeDXor, will iiKe- ly be considered first. Arrangements for refnnding made at this initial conference will serve as a precedent for proceedings with representatives from France, Italy, and other nations owing the United States great sums. No general international conference is contemplated. BAIS SUBSCRIBE FOR STOCK III FOREIGN TRADE CORPORATION New York, April 29. Governor Davis of Ohio, according to word ju;-t received by the Committee an Organ ization of the Foreign Trade Finan cing Corporation, has signed the bill permitting state banks, trust compan ies and other important corporations in that commonwealth to invest in the capital stock of corporations or ganized under the Edge Act. This makes a total of twelve states which within, the past few weeks have taken sueh enabling action. The Florida states, of which there are 17, where legal technicalities made such legisla- i T" i s v at Tk fk a a - i j which particular attention will be paid ito the Foreign Trade Financing Cor- poration, the largest of the companies j . . io ue urganiieu miner me XiUge iict ,., . . . to extend long-term credits to foreign s : I buyers of American goods and to American exporters. The corporation's organizaton committee tsates that good progress is being made in the forma tion of the corporation, which, with a capital of $100,000,000 and surplus of $5,000,000 will bring into existence financial machinery, nation-wide In scope and under the supervision of tho iFederal Reserve Board to check the present furry in American exports and, in addition, to help. to place the coun try 's foreign trade on a permanently satisfactory basis. COTTOK MARKET May ; 12.1" i July 12w 13.2S December 13.61 13.87 officialdom. had to be reduced. ; room of the Od Bazaar. Total $9.S0 January J'esierdav.
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