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-NUMBER 13.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C.,' TUESDAY, JUNE 28, 1921.
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Coal
DtriKe bettied
,By Associated Press)
Washington, I). (A, June 2S. Repre-
e
--"-.rge, or Aew lork issues it lias just been learned that Mr
over four I rand re 1
teriiooii, June 20cli
a statement today saying that" trie- J-ames II. Piekeus, farmer livin-
uuemoers o. the House were disatn-. on the farm owned bv
u;i-
Dr. T. D. Ivlt-
(By Associated Press'.
London, June 25 The settlement
of the coal strike, which r.as
been in progress ' since' April first, '.5
officially announced.
tied with the progress made by Con-; chin, -in Eoseneath township, eommit-
I gross, a n.l disclosed the fact that ne ted suieide sometime last nio-ht
confer- early this morning. His bodv
or
was
V.
liokorv ("a inn X..
., ' " 1 and ten others liad called a
i.o 1 monuments m !
i jenee fr tomorrow night of a hundred found back of the house, with the top
new fiepubli.-ou members, 111 oraer of Jiis head blown off and a shot snin
M. Cobb.
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mat a run discussion of the situation j held between his hue
tcr the inarch to me can be had.
;.ctoiy, form at the W. O. ;
1 up Main
1 Ti c? 1 .1 1 .-1 .-1 -, .
jwife and several children.' Xo cause
i can be assigned for the rash act.
WiGOUElOII ORDERS
151 SOLDIERS TO
ENFORCE LIW -
DEMDCflATIC ACTIVITIES BAILRGAD EMPLOYEES
IN 'CONGRESS COB-. . VOTE AGAINST WAG E CUT
S T fl U G I I ll t (Pv Associated Press)
Cliu-ago, 111., -Juno l. The shops
" - j craft's emplovees, of the leading rail-'
Washington,. Juno iS. As a poli'.I- roads have voted, nearly seven to one
cal news center, Washington just now j against accepting the recent cut or
is the most important and interesting dered by the Railroad Labor Board, if
capital city 111 the world. Xot oulv ! is learned here.
is the future security and stability 0?
j America dependent on what is bein -
said and done here, but the future of NCWS I 10111 United
every nation in the world is involves !
in large or lesser degree.
ro.oa up Alain ctree?
v.. ere tney wer.
f ti.e sister 1 a r
..anoke Kapld and
from 1 1 1 e T a r b 0 r 0
vrmi.ig the line nr
the Cemttery, fa:er
1 the procession ro
a wedge war formed,
hir.g prayer by I'r.
.. the quartette co?n
K. Bond. Mrs. CI-i.s.
;SQVEflNMENT TAKES N!
TIOE OF EXTORT
OF MISTS
10 f
Vienna Regainin.
! Old Time Life
It may perhaps aid in giving h
clearer perspective to- and a better mi-
emor Morgsh, by proclamation, re-af-! ,rst;iuai,1S l)f the significance of
Charleston. W.' Va., June 2S. a
ov-
States Senate
And Houst
(By
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(By Associated Press)
; firmed his declaration of martial law ! uews eveuts Iiere current and recenr.
j in Jlingo County today, and eomlhan-1 to. make a brief surv?y of the respee-i
ded the assessor to enroll all persons ! tivC attituaes policies of the two
there HaMe for ' military dutv. Re al- ! oonteudin Parties.
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Vienna, June 2S. Finance
an-;
Tli
ssociatea 1 less)
id;?o ordered the sheriff to draft a nun-
economics seem to have parted- com-: drei1 ail!l tllirt men or accept that
ipaiiy in Austria. With its mom-v number of volunteers, to be mustered failures of the present Republican ao
situation chaotic there is at the same 'mt serviee for a lria of sixty days, ! ministration
U. S. Press)
Washington, I). '., June IS.
House hi pa- the Xelson-Curtis
bill amend'-; t .ire farm loan, act to
permit ion.il deposits of $25,00'J-
ie Democratic policy in dealing 000 ,-,11 land banks bv tln Vi,J.r.
with the activities, the errors and tue ! alJa'sarv to extend tWtw ,...i'
- v- vi.jiVi vivvriu
farmers. As passed by the
the
me
-ine effect of the time
generally acknowledged Det- i
. 1". mith and A. C.
a beautiful selection,
m was very attractively
Mis. Leonard Lovegrove.
e of State DepuTy
I.nrk-s Anderson made
: and eloquent addre?s
pies of Woodcraft ant
, rived from the W. O. W.
closing prayer by TJcv.
high cost of living in Paris upon ton-ferment of conditions of livi
has been, so far, onelr- Senate, the bill provided ..",() 000 00')
umu.uru uy me ;adnurab!e self-control and common I for this
us:-
Government.
rist trade, as indicated by the grow
ing frequency of complaints of extor-;
. tion by Americans visiting-France, is
I occupying the attention of the gov-
Travelers revisitina' Vienna
sav
they do not recognize the citv of
! eminent.
The authorities hold thatibettr aressCl1 aud
the tourists have the cure largelv in
year ago. The mass of the peojde are
more plentiful
food is shown in their healthy ap-
GERMANY REPLACES
RAILWAY MATERIAL
ther own hands; exaggerated prrces p0aiailce- The green and sallow faces j Washington, D. C, June 2S. Ae-
; being due in large part to indis
the
to
members reform
he railroad and
inate sjiending by visitors, aided Tiv
, tlie spendthrift tendency of Frene'i
profiteers.
I It is admitted that 'abuses practised
, in amusement resorts, where nieas.
iicrT, have disappeared and'- 011 the whole cordng to iuvices received here today
, , the Viennese are "nearly back to nor- Germany has fulfilled her obliqatio-i
mal as far as external evidence go--3. to replace all railway material taken
. , n , from the Allies during the World War.
Paris can hardly show a more fasa-
..11 T 1 r w-
lonauiy gowned crowd of women 1
purpose, but the House lead-
j sense. There have been ho partisan . ers cut it down, despite the indorse
1 attacks upon nor offensive criticism miMit nf i Sm.t,. v;n 1,,- c;.,
1 ..v ."ihv m k?v vn. 1 ii y
of the administration by the national of the Treasury Mellon and thev Fed
organization or party spokesmen and eral Farm Loan Board. liepresenta
ieaders or by the Democratic "press. , fives Wingo declared the Govern
The Democrats have not resorted to iment has $65,000,000 on deposit in
sneers abuse, vituperotion and men-J foreign countries; that many millions
dacity, so recklessly exhibited by a .e deposited in this country in com
their opponents in the late campaign jmereial banks, and more millions
T" ."Al. ljy- t 1 A l!
uia 111 rne last onyress' ana nor ai- hnve been ln.m.l t,-, t!,, viiv.vuk
than that which turns out for
tin
WEATHER REPORT
KV.T A. firi ll i OrnliTlO T.-i rf 1 t- nlnn.Tir !
.ine and dancmir are provided, have- 0 1 i itt., i i T j.,
PCDUiatlOn By Sekeir effect upon prices in general but ;thr0s tue h-la- dis-
, I now to correct that evil without uis-
Icouraging' the most profitable trade '
together abandoned in the " presenr
Congress. They have shown the high
est respect for the" office of Pre's'f-
, dent and have observed all the pro-
cupant. They have placed no obtacles
in the wav of the administration as a
U.
S Ptprs"
issued a statement
is a queition.
The shop display of
... ! jvarcs- of every . description
perature. Gentle to moderate
luxurious winds.
increases! r
west
Under Secretarv of State Palsau- uutil the Arbeiter Zeitung says it ex-1
ox distribution of the pop-! discussing the question with Ameri-;coe,ls Vieuna 's best days of before
ti.e Tinted States, asjeans purposes publicity as a remedv. tlie war TJie same newspaper ad-s
:e casus taken as of Jan-'lie has invited American visitors to mits there is stedy progress and;
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The total -population oz ; join in a protest which will be pu0. betterment in business and general;
States, 103,710,(520, com- jlished in the Paris press, and he also .conditions. j
.:.7!'i males and 31,S10.244 will tane uj) personally individual! The famous delicatessen shops are j
censuses prior to Ai-'J : cases of extortion brought to his at- ,re opening- witli almost tneir old-time,
PRDUC
TION OF
PETROLEUM
: t H
returns showed the tention.
:ion o
W I! H
f the white popula
h the ratio of males
i to 10'") in 1S10 and
to in 17l)i. Thus
that in the
United
The mot frequent causes of com
plaint are charges for lodgings in ho
tels and apartments. Mr. Paisant told j
!the Americans lie had decided To ask
'; excellence,
iwith fancv
The windows are filled
dainties for which tlie
:eity was noted, canned stuffs of the
finest foreign makes are to be bought,
American crackers and biscuits are
(By U. S. rress)
Washington, June 28. According j
to the United States Geological Sur
vey, the production of petroleum In
the United States during May, amoun
ting to 41,920,000 barrels, was the
'greatest ever recorded for anv on o shown a willingness to aid in any hon-
and criticized members of Congress
for being squeamish about going to
the rescue of the land banks.
"This money, "he said, is a deposit
not an appropriation; yet you are re
quiring the banks to pay 3 1-2 per
cent on Government deposits which
whole or of any department of thejare practically permanent - and not
Government in efforts to find a way j sul) jet,t to fifteen days' call, as is thi
to'-sorve'-thc- problems of -recoutruetion.; deposit.
1
nor have they offered any opposition
that, might have made economic and
industrial conditions worse than they
are. In no instance have they sought
togain party advantage at the ex
pense of the welfare of the country
or the people.
Democratic activities in Congress
have been dignified, intelligent and
constructive. Leaders of that party
in the Senate and the House have
been a preponderance
.ever
the latest. This condition
in 1:1 sure to the fact that
pupulation includes a con
p-oportion 0? foreign-born
per cent in 1920
; hotels to. publish their rates in the
! papers. This "remedy would "not, no-vr-
ever, affect apartments, which are
the subject of profiteering on a scale
! hitherto unknown.
common in the groceries, the candy
ishops are restocked and while
: Winter a pounds of sweets was vi
tually ' unprocurable the finest fresh
! month. Tlie dailv
that
ASKS RELIEF FOR BANRa
Herbert Quick, former member of
the Federal farm loan board, tobl
the agricultural committee, consider'
ing a bill creating a Government cor
poration for farm products exports,
that unless a speedy system of credit
was put into operation hundreds of
banks in agricultural district would
have to shut their -doors.
WASHINGTON'S HOME
Under a resolution proposed
by
produe-iest and effective programme
,. 1 .,-----, 1 , , , i , -, . 1 x 1 i toenator Capper the committee 011 pub-
tlOll or 1 ..bl hnrrp rpni-pcpii tori ;n-rm1,1 tpn.l to TPVlVfl business, reduce L 1
5:1!5T i . , , , . ! , . . . . , . llie buildings and grounds would bo
an increase or jio.ayr narreis over tnar i eaerai Taxation. lesuiiuci niifuu-
ii t i i -i
noni.ions now are to oe nad in anv
j quantity.
There are very few unfurnished White bread is served in neariy
i aiartments to let, according to the real every res.taurant and the bakery wln-
for the month of April. The estima
ted value at the wells of the oil pro-
tonal trade, provide markets for the j
American producer and to declare a j
jdueed during that month (May; , j constitutional peace. The Democrats,
'about 06 million dollar.i, contrasted of course, have been unable to put
jwith about 113 million dollars, the 'through any constructive plan -of their
the males greatly out- estate agencies; as fast as vacated by dows again display the famous Vienna
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females. The excess of tenants they are transformed intci pastries and cakes. In the pooler dis-
value of the 36,503,000 barrels pro-
however, due wholly to , furnished apartments and either let tricts even the butcher shops arid
native population j at rentals of from 300 to 1,000 per-'groceries reflect the same condition.
dueed during May, 1920, emphasizes
the shrinkage in value due to the
i!e
Ipreeipition-fall in prices of crude oil 'change reactionary Republican lcgis:
own, being in a hopeless minority but
they have displayed the desire and
abilitv to do so in their efforts to
greater number jeent higher than the average beTore
Turning to finances the
londcraiice of malles over
' -, appears for every
he Union except Massachu-
e JSlalot, -NOW XOlk, AOl'iU
'-'.;xh Carolina, Georgia,
a ia which states the num.-!
i
to Pmj females rangis
tW -Massachusetts to 99 i)
rari.lina. The District of
-'.:-ws a far greater excess
- Thr, ! apiears for any state
"big onlv S7 to 100.
that has taken place since the begin- : lation.
current : - I
!inii.f of the current., von r. Dnilv iwrr-
Austro-Huiigarian. I
. , ;age consumption of domestic and im-
There are at , "
crease of 200 to 300 per cent above the moment 43,0(50,000,000 crowns in
decreased oarreis, and the cotai ;
prised a
n ii .iiales at every census the war for furnished apartments of statement of the
! i
1 -a rate returns for natives the same class, or rented at an in- bank speaks for it
v. de.
Tho Republicans' attitude toward
their opponents has been domineering
and more or less truculent. They
the average for unfurnished apart- ; circulation and 4,000.000,000 outstand
ments, with the proviso that tlie ten- ing treasury notes issued to the banks
ant buy the furniture at
figures.
excessive for discount. But this cheap money I
is plentiful. Everyone seems to" have
daily average consumption of 1;354,-
419 barrels amounted to onlv 2,161 Tiar- !
have used the power of their large
majority ruthlessly, heedless of the
directed to inquire into the probable
cost of maintaining the estate of
Mount Vernon as a national instituto
and to submit a plan for the assump
tion of control of the estate by the
nation government.
PHILIiIPFINE DEBT
The Committee on Territories has
ordered a favorable report on the
House bill to permit the Territorial
government of the Philippine Islands
to increase its bonded indebtedness
from $13,000,000 to 30,000,OO0.
TIRED OF INVESTIGATIONS
Senator John Sharp Williams, op-
M 1
hiK.,),
Tpi 1
'J I'M
tis are lowest, as a rule,
a ami southeastern states
In the western state?.
Aluminum Produce
In 1920
lit and to be spending it. Enormous
ly advanced prices for everything
seem not to have affected the volume
of business. Printing presses are
now turning out a round 5,000,000,00
rels a day more than domestic pro
duction. Although imports decreased
! slightly to a daily average of 295,67S
I barrels, there was a net increase in j
importunities and warning both from posing an- further investigations by
the Democrats and tlie progressive congressional committees, has sugges-
m embers of their own party
jted that the proper now would be to
, . ,. ,. i appoint a special committee to inves
The Republicans so far are without j 11 1
(By U. S. Press)
stocks during the month of more than J any distinct or' definite policy, except
S million barrels. Pipe-line and tank! that of the high protective tariff,
crowns a month to meet the' govern-
The current budget
jinent expenses,
shows a deficit
of 50,000,000,00) j
Washington, June 2S. According : crowns.' The wealth levy has pro-
to figures collected bv. the United ; dueed thus far about 9,000,000,000
States Geological Survey, 229,88S crowns, one . half of which was paid
short tons of aluminum suJphate, val- in war bonds, leaving enough cash
-'ates east of-the Mississ-jued at $8,104,45,7, was produced in the ' from this source to meet about one
Michigan with 110.S males ; United States ill 1920, as co: pared month 's running expenses for the gov
is the oiilv state in!with 200,034 short tons, valued at $6,-; ernment.
'!i Jitio is ju excess of inn to; 763, in 1919. Besides the aluminum Through its spokesmen and news
' ut d' the 22 states west of the sulphate made for kale, 4,115 . short papers the government is" urging the
M'i'i. 1-Vrw1, Tlol-o SMith ii,.., P nlnmininii KiTlnlm fl Wfl SJ 111 fl CO ! -r. o q ,1 rf lificP in tllP TlTOTlOSPd Credit
.-wiiii J'lliVV.'Lll, r-uui" i iUIiS 7 L cltL&lll ill mi. '''j ''- ' ' ' - - 1 1 V V ' 1 ' ' 1 ---- ' ' ' X
':dana, Idaho, Wyoming, and consumed in 1920 by municipaT lan of the League of Nations' by
"w Mexico, Arizona, Na- water works, as compared with 4,725 ! -which enough foreign capital is sought
"gton, Oregon, and Cali-! short tons in 1919. In 1920 16,821 to establish a bank of issue whose
M "fv higher ratios than this, J short toAs of alum were produced, Uiew currency on a gold basis is ex-
'''-t bo;
to 100
jfarm stocks of domestic petroleum and
'stocks of Mexican petroleum held ia
the United States by mporters on the
Jlast day of May, a total ofo 155,341,-
; 000 barrels, equivalent to .115 days
'supply at the current rate of consump
tion, are the greatest on record.
r
,srre,
Ml
ing that for Nevada valued at $992,259, as compared withpected to gradually retire and staoa-
17,C19 short tons, valued at $879,'I9'5. jiize. the value of the present "crown.
DEMPSEY-CARPENTIER
FIGHT
The Dempsey-Carpentier
fight will be given, round
for round, through Asso
ciated Press' reports, to
our readers on July 2nd.
Bulletins will be dis
played in front of The
Commonwealth Office.
. itigate the many investigating commit
tees that has been authorized.
THE ALLIED DEBT
Senator Ashurst, discussing the a1-
ilied debt, entered a vigorous protest
which they insist shall .be applied to
every industry whether the particular
industry favors or opposes it. Xeit ti
er is there any programme of plan for against any extension of the period
the solution of any of the great prob-j for the repayment of the $10,000,000
Sems of reconstruction, domestic ot000 n0w. owed.
foreign. The nearest thing to it is to
declare a state of peace by joint reso
lution of Congress, alleged to involve
contractual relations with a foreign
o-overnrsent, thus amounting to a us-
THE REFUNDING BILL
Senator McKellar, (Democrat) Ten
nessee, has' attacked the administra-
l
jtion refunding bill, declaring' "a more
Sunwise, impolitic, unfair and unjust
urpation M a purely executive Tunc- .
1 i bill could not be devised. -
tion, and imperilling our rights and
interests growing out of the late wiir.
J
Republican legislation so far ha July
been characterized by
COTTOK MARKET .
' . 11.63
extravagant October 12.40
appropriations and" consequent sn- ; December
creased taxation. Aside from this its ; January
record is one of negation or drifting.
March
12.86
12.9 r,
13.24