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ALTH inn TTT TTTTT) 1 1 1 I I II y L. m nry w a'auajav vw. r u'l ii i u run mmot v V EDITION Chamber Of Commerce Endorses Route Of State Highway By Way Of Hobgood And Speed SCOTLAND KECK, N. 0., TUESDAY, MAY 31st, 1921. BRITISH AND FRENCH REACH DEADLOCK OK 5ILE5IAN QDESTION (By Associated Press) Paris, May 31. The views of the British and French representatives over the meeting of the Supreme Al- moetin of the Chamber of Commerce ed, it was the sense of tlJt tJj t0 C'OUSider thG o- Saturd iy notice was givea of n io v . , " gen ot a this subject was thoroughly disc S esian question apparently has reached The British want TO that it would ! . .41 recora as ldv-.a dead lock onus eithpr rrma meet immediately, while the French There was a thorough discussion o,wish 11 to b delayed until after the each route, and finally Mr. Norfleet rePort of experts on the Silesian sit S. Smith offered a resolution calling uatio is received, for a vote on each route. This was ! passed and Mr. Alexander calling for ' U01gUe- UPPer Silesia May 31st. defense orbanizations I a raising vote of those favoring the "i v'i j. iic vjerman for Monday afternoon at five o'clock for the purpose of discussing the two proposed routes for the State Highway through Scotland Xeek to Tarboro. This meeting was held yesterday af- j ternoon and a copy of the minutes of r liis meeting follow: The meeting was called to order oy The I resident. Air .T tt t,.j 1 , . x. .CA.UIUC, , , .. . In the director's room of the Scotland lob0 SPeed route. Every mem. 7" , the mter- Xe,k Bank, at five o'clock p m eXceP one voted for this proposi- authoritr i established In Mav 30th. 1921. ' " ,tion after the vote was taken accordin to Genera' Mr. Alexander brieflv stated tMtihe aSked t0 make unanimow. jVa Hoefer German commander. The object of the meeting was to con- Mr. Alexander then appointed Mes-' i.ler which of the two State Highway srs. . Ashby Dunn and J. A Kitchin routes proposed, that is; the one by a committee to meet will, . tt;' way commissions, to represent tna Chamber of Commerce, to advocate the road by way of Hobgood- and Speed. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. DEVELOPMENT OF COTTON 5c PER COPY GOODS MARKET DISCUSSED H 0 0 V E R ADVOCATES TELEGRAPHIC OBIEFS IMII5HIH SOUIH FROM VARIOUS POINTS (By Associated Press) Washington, May 31. Extended (By Associated Press) credit facilities vitally needed in the Washington, May 31. Secretary Southern cotton states, Secretary Hoover met the cotton goods manufae- Hoover has written former Senator lurers ot the North and the South to ' JM-ciiaunn. discuss means of developing the facil- ities of the Department of Commerce nniiMi to render more efficient service. iHlYfl V UU U V H C AC IIU IflLI I II UIIIVIIIU fid Bryan Citizen of Florida CLERKS way of Hobgood, Speed to Tarboro or the one by way of Lawrence's to Tar boro, should be endorsed and recom mended by the Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Alexander called attention to ttic fact that at a former meeting, while ARMY PILOT EXONERATED OFQLAME H1SPECATES;NtWTowyDMIIIISTRA- 011 WIFE DDWRY (By Associated Press) Budapest, May 31. A remarkable story of how a young Hungarian made profit of 4,000,000 crowns by specu lating with his wife's dowry and then sending her and her dowry back to TION TO BE INAUGURATED AT (By Associated Press) New York, May 31. William Jen nings Bryan announced that he would 1 (By Associated Press) Riga, Latvia, May 31 It is noth- jing unusual in Riga to have a Russian princess as your stenographer. At least, a business man can acquire the service of a countess in that capacity. By Associated Press) WHEAT MAKES SENSATIONAL ' RISE Chicago, 111., May 31. Wheat for May delivery had a sensational rise of twelve and one half cents per bushel. TO STUDY EUROPEAN COTTON ' MARKETS Washington, May 31. Chester Mor rill, W. R. Meadows and W. L. Pryor, representing the bureau of markets, will go abroad for three months studying European cotton markers. transrer hiK legal residence from Ne-A1A , ,. , "oto . ., , . Almost every diplomatic or consular OraSka to Florirla finrl fma V. T- ! " " v. w l v lil I 1 1 ( I tl t - tei "state. (By Associated Press) Washington, May 31. Lieut. Amies, pilot of the Army ambulance prane, s which crashed Saturday, killing seven passengers, including himself, was ex jonrated of all blame in the report of the investigating board. The accident I jin question happened late Saturday evening near Head, Md., during a severe storm, the velocity of the wind hoi ii rr 'i itiiit, ,1 i -i -i ... 6 ivuui.i a nunarea nines per ihour. The findings were based on ;5: COI-EMAN BECOMES testimony of eye-wi,neSseS a, some Moors Fight Spaniards mission in Riga has at least one prin cess or countess working as a typist. If the supply of princesses and countesses fail, there remains a large number of other well-educated people, most of them unaccustomed to work, but now an anxious to do anvthina to save them from starvation. Tl -Wll r limrn 1 . 1 I " uccn general man a - Tetuan, Morocco, May 31. Two of , . t""u iiusiau xiiciuries are now TOMORROW NDDN the( Moorish tribes who are fighting the Spaniards seem determined to fight to the death for their indepen dence. They are the Bocoyas and the Beni-TJrriaguels. glad to take any kind of decent lion- jorable employment to earn their liv ing here. The condition of these Russia refu gees who have found shelter in trie MAYOR, SUCCEEDING MR. HUGH JOHNSON distance, as all occupants of the plane wero killed. iJ.or father, has just come to liirhr. Hptm ! . j Tne ne"w town officials elected about Fow- months ago Joseph Klein, a. the fir,t May wl take office tomor young mhant of-Budapest of sali ro V not. e6aen ".eans, married a Transyvanian girl formerly constituted, with the excep- uu.u-u vmui ner a dowry of tion of Mr ttt,to ni , t "--"v j.. uiutR, vviio re- MANUFACTURE OF PIANn.q 000,000 Rumanian lei (worth at prea-Uires voluntarily after six long years -vuauge rates about one and one- of faithful pfw : --"-i-iiu otA 11LC IU 1113 fourth cents per lei). The bridegroom quickly changed ins wife's dowry into Hungarian cur 'tMiey and received in exchange 14, "iHiMMi crowns, the crown then being juoted seven to the lei. AND ORGANS town and community. His place on the board will be taken by Mr. Hugh Johnson, who will also succeed Mr. Clark as clerk of the board. The new board goes in under most (By U. S. Press) Washington, May 28. A prelimi nary statement of the general results of the 1919 census of manufactures with reference to the piano industry bas been issued by the Bureau of the Census. In 1919 there were 95 estab lishments. The statistics for 1919 and 1914 show that the number of es- ;o ""' J-vyiiim OUC11C1 ill nit: The Bocoyas are the most numerous, . . nitant Baltic states shows how com every man being a warrior and a fear- , , , Dlete lias nPPIl tlP fininoiol Anirrn oll 1 l i T m, -r . V- j.vj mail less laiaiist. xne $em-umasrue?s have been engaged in most of the re bellions against Spanish rule n. Morroc co which have taen place in the vicin ity of Alhucemas. of the Russian nobility. In Riga, Reval and other Baltic towns, princes, barons and counts and their families, accustomed for decact esn Russia to lives of luxury, are liv- STATE'S RIGHTS VS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT Washington, May 31 4 State's rights versus federal government threatening to be subject of deba -j eongress in connection wj.t ' . - " roads. !3f,.f SECRETARY DApR MARINE s,E DICUSSED Washington, May 31. Secretary Davis planned to meet the representa tives of the marine engineers and Chairman Benson of the shipping board with the prospect of formally signrnj? the wage agreement. COMMI iner a hand-to-mnnth f-ristfno T'l.n The latter tribe is well supplied ? 1 " - v " w i n V -1 lO L I. 11 V V . i. UC with- arms, munitions and money for ' . , . , a- , possessions which they once had and i-iicy xx a, v c cvaucu an Llie vigilance Ul i, , - . ----- . .that escaped confiscation by the ioI the Spanish coastguard vessels and , . , ijL sheviki clutter up the shelves or sec have been carrying on an active trade . ,ond hand dealers in these cities. Dia- witii British and rench blockade runners in wool, silk, wax, skins, eggs monds, other jewels, fine . tapestries and the Countless COstlv nipk-nnr-Tf nf and almonds. , . 'a luxurious civilization have been sold Jijven wnen the Sultan was supreme , ,, ;by these refugees to get bread. TTEE FOR NEAR EAST RELIEF Rev. Reuben Meredith recently re ceived a letter from Hon. Josephus Daniel, who has been appointed State Chairman of Near East Relief work, requesting him to appoint a committo to receive old clothing to be sent to those destitute peoples. Mr. Meredith appointed on this committee the fol lowing ladies: Mesdames J. E. Bow ers, Chairman, J. L. Dunn, J. H. Alex ander, Jr., and A. M. Riddick. This committee wishes to notify the public that they will receive any old clothes which might be donated at the May- auspicious circumstances, with the i ! ri vj -i t i-v . After the honevmoon tlm - x-no- flSht for paving over, the contracts hii.bn,,.! tv.,,.,1 . . " let. the bonds soM anA . tablishments in 1919 was 260 and the . L ii d i nig LTOOU OPIIIIOII I ic v uia. iXV "f both the Rumanian currency and --f his wife had declined, and that the rowu wis now only five to the lei. Mr. Klein thereupon bought back ''is wife's dowry for 10,000,000 -rowns and sent her and her dowry "' k to her father. By that transac Klein made a clear profit of 00,000 crowns and is now said to be the lookout for another wife. This is an example of how the mar--sage market here has been affected ! .v the fluctuation of exchange values.' ulu'!1 t,!e Hungarian crown sank very "w, the value of Transylvania, South "Hungarian and Slovak girls bacfted Ji"ol Rumanian lei, Jugo-Slav linars find Czecho-slovak - sokols, rose nsi,iera!dy in the eyes of the Ilun- .xxxti uu icasi as many 'au-hos were made on the exchange iS in Iiaven. Slowly, with the mprovement of the 1 1 .. . . """H-irian money, the demand for Irom the lost provinces abated 1 r . " i -uagyar girls are again very firm the lll.lrVot rnrmni. .o - - - - j vxjmv-x uiaiiidci v ;h, -e nueign currency girls are now "ig cancelled for the sake of Ilun--;!'an women. tually started. It is hoped that the new board will make equally as good a record of progress, as did the retir ing board. In this work it is felt that they will have the co-operation and support of the entire citizenship. Mrs. Bergdoll In Washington Washington, May 28. Grover Berg doll, the rich young Philadelphia!! wno made his escape to Germany in orcrer j to avoid a prison sentence as a saek Dr. W. W. Green has been appoint- !er. would doubts nnx ed by Governor Morrison consulting ular in ccmparison ,vith the DP. GREEN HONORED BY GOV. MORRISON value of the products manufactured totaled $113,108,000. In 1914 there were 340 establishments with a total output valued at $69,072,000. few nights ago at an enterment Tor their refuges in the almost inaccessiole , ... , J, the benefit of some of these refugees fatnesses in the vicinity of Alhucemas , - , , all members of the old Russian or and Penon from which thev still har- !tj14.- . .v. 0 "iinv; injuiixiy . oumtj ui ine mor? ry the Spanish troops. surgeon of the Central Hosnit.nl. T?n.L..x.:.n L cuienaiueu xor ins mother in the & ' House Committee that This i,3 an honor that can be read ily appreciated and is a due recogni- GENERAL AMNESTY HAS SEEN GIVEN PDLIT- CAL PRISONERS (By Associated Press) Lisbon, Portugal, May 30. About 1,500 royalist political prisoners have been set free under the vote of gerr- fortunate had saved their . evenrng clothes. They were in sharp contrast; to those that had not.. Here and there were men in coats of on color, trousers of another anor tan shoes or high boots. They danced with women as variously clad some cliic, in latest modes, some in shirt waists and skirts; still others ?n frocks so obviously homemade or re made that the poorest shopgirl Jn New York would sniff at them. The casual stranger dropping into (o'clock tomorrow morning, and it is hoped that every one having any old clothes which they cannot use, will have them sent to the placo specified. This committee is gTatf to co-operate with any other committeo appointed for this purpose, and asks the same co-operation from the public in i his woithy tause. NEW ADMINISTRATION TO Y REORGANIZE AM (By sociatcd Press) Havana, Cuba, May 30. Reorgan- investigated the case in Washington. It is doubt ful whether any woman, prior to Mrs. tion for the service that Dr. Green j Bergdoll, ever gave testimony before ri WEATHER REPORT nas rendered his town, state, and country. The staff of the Central Hospital is made up of surgeons, medical men, and eye, ear and throat specialists. Dr. Green wiil attend the hospital as stated periods and upon call of ' the board of physicians. For Xcrth Carolina: Cloudy in and fair in West portion tonight nl Wednesday. Fresh northeast 1 "n it it CQTTOK MARKET Complete Census Count a House committee, who has displayed ! such a combination of ignoranee, cun ning and vulgarity. Hers was a sort of "rough house" testimony. She de fended her son and compared his rec ord to that of Grover Cleveland, after whom he had been named. In the Cleveland campaign it was know mat i the former President had hired a "sub stitute" for Civil War service and paid him three hundred dollars. Alas. Bergdoll said that "Cleveand was tne greatest President the country had was taken at the time when all Por tugal was paying tribute to the mem- (By U. S. Press) Washington, May 28. Revised fig ures transmitted by the Director of the Census to Speaker Gillett of the 12.93 ; House of Representatives show the tober r 13 69 total populaton of the United States cember 14.10 and possessions at the time of tne "'-i. 14.20:1920 enumeration to have been 117.- It I had, and a slacker too." She observe-; that, notwithstanding his record as a "slacker" that he became Preslde-nt and that her own Grover might, also hold the job some day. When asked how many liberty bonds she bought she simply answered with a coarse 14.45 858,358. Riga or Reval for a day or two would erai annesty tor all such men passed never find this poverty. Instead, Legation of the Cuban .nrmv i, n, nf T T- i. 4 i f mi I - . . I " xaxixamexit uu pru y. inis vote .would tmd cafes, open all night 'the tasks faPW tfe - ,imi5o..- j - - ei - - iv- ii huuii ion where foreigners, lucky because of the low rates of Latvian or Est'ion- ory of the unknown soldiers "wTiose jian exchange, and local profrreers, bodies were brought here for inter- j tossed fat bankrolls of almost worth ment in the cathedral at Batalha. jless rubles or marks to waiters who The grant of annesty was the rc-j count only in hundreds or thousands, suit of a long, and bitter struggle for ' An American correspondent wno there has been a persistent fio-ht advertised in a "Rio-n npwsranpr ivr a against it by a minority of Portuguese, translator able to read, wirte an' Latterly, however, the majority of .speak fluently English, Russian and I public opinion all over the country j German an with some knowledge of was in its favor. The fight in itSjLettish, received 51 replies by man. support was led in Parliament by the j The corridor before his room in tne veteran Republican Senator, Dr. Jac-hotel was filled with men and women into Numes, who is now, perhaps, tne j seeking to apply personally for the most popular person in Portugal When the .vote was taken in Par liament a woman's voice in the gallery raised a cheer for Dr. Numes who was so overcome bv his emotions that he position. Most of them were so well educated that they could qualify not only in the four languages mentioned, but in others as well. They were either out of worlc, or receiving such small pay in their were fell back in his chair weeping. Despite the rejoicing over the am- j present employment that they i nesty, there is much" bitter comment anxious to change. because it prohibits political prisoners Among the applicants were a form from being reinstated in any post tney j er colonel in one of the most aristo occupied before their arrest, either In'cratip Potr 7 " "(J V. U.lA4.V4. VtlllllVUVJ, CI. haw haw how many did you buyT" the army or in public office. Tt aTso dozen other former officers, two men To other questions she told the Con- permits the banishment from the conn-j who had managers of big Russian fac- gressmen that, "it was none of tfteir try for a certain number of years of tories, and many other well-educated most modern forms of I all persons inimical to the republe. people tion of Dr. Alfredo Zayas. The Men ocal government which preceded that of Dr. Zayas took a preliminary step by abolishing the custom of promo tion of officers by selection. The presidential decree effecting this re form will become operative on July 1, but no selection will be made be tween the present and that data. . The motive for army reorgaurza- tion is economy and was discussed at conferences between Major General Enoch Crowder, special agent in Cusa for President Harding and both Pres ident M. G. Menocal ami Dr. Zayas, then President-elect. While the army itself numbers onry about 11,000, the high salaries paid and the cost of supplies has run trso total cost of this branch of the nat ional defense to more than $C,000,000, a figure considered PTfpssivp Snmn sentiment has been shown for tho abolition of the' army and the creation of a force ot rurales, but the general trend seems to be for a smaller force than at present but of greater efficien cy, the result of the acquisition of the automates rifles and machine guns. j
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