THE
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Xin. NUMBER 62.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1921.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
INVOLVED
MINISTER
OF
SWINDLING
SCHEMES
FiANC
EIS
banking
(By Associated Press.)
II!., Aug. 26. i orty eight
KILLED
5c PER COP'S;
THE CONVENTION
OF AMERICAN
LEGIONOPENS
TODAY
BRITISH OFFER IS
UNANIMOUSLY
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, August 26.--Mathias Erzber-j
institutions in the Middle jger, former Vice-Premier and Minis-
Vet woui' have collapsed had. au.ter or finance was murdered today,
the operations of the arch swindlers j :
been carried to a successful conclusion,;
authorities say. appropos of arrest;
and charges made against French and
Tohn Worthinston, alleged heads of
the -swin dicing trust."
GERMAN
SHIPYARDS
unit
COMMERCE
I BALTIC OWING TO
ARE GROW
ING SILENT
IDLE. DESERTED DOCKS SAD
REMINDERS OF FORMER
GRADUATES
!
(By Associated Press.)
Kie!, Aug. 26. German-Americans
i
who frequent the lobbies of hotels in
Berlin can often be heard remarking
that Germany has won the war.
If they were to visit Kiel and other
i i . i a. i . ;
rmative v nine commerce m iub rai- ,
rjra j German naval bases they would prob-
tic owin-r to the dispuriity in exchange! ,, .
1 u " 1 ably get a decidedly different linpres-
EXCHANGE RATES
(By Associated Press.)
Copenhagen, Aug. 26. There is corn-
little commerce in the Bal
Governor, Former Secretary Daniels
And Head of War Risk Insurance
'Bureau To Speak.
rates. Danish dairy products, hams, j
bacons and other foodstuffs which j
iSion. Nothing could be more complete
formerly went to Germany can noi
inncrpr find a market there because;..
At unfavorable exchange.
Germans going from Warnemunde
than the desolation which hovers over
Kiel harbor, formerly the pet war har
bor of the German navy and probably
the best haven in all Europe.
The great shipvards which created
to Copenhagen' find that their crisp J
1 most of the craft for the German
thousand-mark notes shrink to 73'1 m t i. a
jiiavy are silent. Rusty shseds mark
crows and prices are so high in crowns
1 - the scene of former activity. Idle,
that it is impossible for German nier-- j j , , .,
1 deserted docks stand as sad reminders
chants to buy Danish butter and
cheese for the German market. Con
sequently the Danes mu9t depend for
on
Hendersonville, Aug. 25. Veterans
of the world war were arriving tonight
for the annual meeting ti the North
Carolina American Legion, which will
be in session tomorrow and Saturday.
Among those arriving tonight were
Josephus Daniels, former Seertary of
the Navy, who will be one of the prin
cipal speakers at the meeting, and
Mrs. Daniels.
Governor Cameron Morrison, who is
spending the "summer in Asheville, will
(be another speaker tomorrow. Col.
Charles R. Forbes, newly appointed
director of the War Risk Bureau, will
speak Saturday morning. He left
Washington tonight to attend the
convention.
Hendersonville has made great prep
aration for the entertainment of the
veterans, and there will be many so
cial features.
SAYS RESERVE BOARD
HAS "CRUEL POLICY"
countries which also-
h;ve high exchange. "Recently they
have tried butter and cheese shipments
to the United States.
The Danish market is glutted with
foreign manufactured goods which
have been assembled in the hope of
invading the Russian market. Shop
windows are filled with American
good. California tinned fruits and
American shoes of all sorts are espec
ially prominently displayed.. Bana
nas are abundant in the markets and
dealers are hawking them everywhere
about the streets, in striking contrast
to the 'iernian citffs, where bananas
are seldom seen.
Shops of all sorts in Copenhagen
have much larger and more varied
stocks than can be found in the large
German cities, where the government
import regulations have kept out lux
uries which could not be smuggled in
through the occupied area.
Danish business men are making des
perate efforts to establish satisfactory
business n.eu are making desperate
efforts to establish satisfactory busi
ness relations with the government ofi
r. . . I
soviet Russm in the hope of relieving! the workingmen for a club and
me depression which has followed the ;
drop ir, prices, but so far the Russian
business has not boon satisfactory.
of days when Kiel was the point to
which all German eyes, and in fact all
the eyes of, Europe were directed.
Alf maVninery which the ' Allied
commissions regarded as useful for war
purposes has been dismantled. Float
ing doekss, cranes and other expensive
equipment have been moved away to
recompense Germany's enemies for
the damage done by Admiral von Tir
pitz submarines.
In normal times, Kiel had 50,000
naval officers, sailors and employes in
the harbor all the time. Now the na
val personnel is less than 1,000. The .
city which formerly had a population
of 250,000 has lost all of its great
government payroll and one-fifth of
its population.
Fort Falkenstein and the other bat
teries which covered the Baltic en
trance to the Kaiser William Canal
have been reduced to piles of crumb-;
led concrete and twisted steel. Their
great guns have been sawed into bits
and pitched into scrap heaps.
The naval academy is closed. An
empire without a navy has no use for
more naval officers. The attendance
at the university has dwindled. The
castle of Prince Henry, overlooking
the naval harbor, has been taken over
REJECTED DY
THE IRISH
Proposes That Question Be Negotiated
Further On Principal of Govern
ment By Consent.
GREEK KING IS ILL
N TOWN THAT
SWEPT DY
FIRE
FEDERAL TROOPS
ARE SENT TO
THE COAL
FIELDS
(By Associated Press)
Columbus, O., Aug. 26. One hund
red and fifty soldiers have left Colum
bus Barracks for I lie West Virginia
Ireland appoint representatives with
plenary powers to negotiate details
on this principle.
(By Associated Press.)
London, Aug. The city of Esk
ishehr, in Asia Minor, recently captur
d by the Greeks, where King Constan-
uCu lu ue conxinea oy m- coal fieids, where five thousand men
ness, is being swept by fire, dispatches are marcllilig to protest against mar.
Sa tial law there. Additional troops will
board train at Camp Sherman, reports
say.
I 'Racine. W. Va.. A nam at Oft rpt,-
tiu.ii oaturuav, except prODaoi a
of marchers brc
Rioting and
London, August 26. Eamon DeVa
lera, in reply to Lloyd George, says
that the British peace proposals were
laid before the Dail Eireann, which
rejects them unanimously, but is will-j
ing to negotiate on the principle of
government hv ervnspnt nf ornveronoil
fe " , x, of marchers broke camp early
xllc lclLCr Popuses mat cruam ana, " " " vVov. - - . , efarfa-, .
. 'v
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolina: General fair
tie change 'in "temperature
i il. . A -i - . .
siruug norineasi ana eastx-
v)-; . ipillaeins is unconfirmed.
Dublin, August 26. Addressing the
opening of the Dail Eireann, DeValera
declared that the reply to Lloyd George
sums up Southern Ireland's position
on the Irish settlement, which is, and
must remain unchanged. DeValera
was reelected with the members of his
cabinet and loans of five hundred
thousand pounds were sanctioned in
Ireland and twenty million dollars in
America,
London, Aug. 26. The British cabi
net met and considered DeValera 's
reply and answer will probably
drawn today.
TURKISH KMSE TO
LOOK UPON
UNVEILED
be
(By U. S. Press)
Washington Aug. 26. Attacking;
the credit policy pursued by the Fedf
eral Reserve Board, J. S. Wannamakjffi&,
of St. Matthews, S. C., "president of
the American Cotton Association, has
eharged that this government agency
had been converted into "an instru
ment of financial tyranny," and had
resulted "in widesprad ruin amounting
to virtual bankruptcy of the cotton
growing sections of the country.
Appearing as a witness before the
joint congressional commission which
is investigating the agricultural situa
tioin, Mr. Wannamaker said that "in
deliberately planning deflation on a
colossal ancT unreasonable scale, the
Federal Reserve Board had committed
a monumental crime. Mr. Wannamak
er said that Governor Harding was
largely responsible for the deflation,
and that anything Mr. Harding may
say at this time "will not excuse or
palliate actions which resulted in a
loss to agriculture and commerce com
bined of about $25,000,000,000."
Wooden Ships
Are Sold
(By U. S. Press)
T
URKiSH
WDMEJ
'1
Madison, W. Va., Aug. 26. The
I Sheriff of Boone County stated that
he had been asked ovr- the telephone
by Charles Keener, Leader of West
Virginia Union Miners, to tell the
marching miners to remain at Racine
until Kenney could reach their camp
by motor car. A messenger has beeu
sent to meet the strikers.
Washington, Aug. 26. Positive as
sertion that no Federal troops are to
be sent to the coal fields until a re-
port is pubmitted to the War Depart-
(By Associated Press")
Angora, Aug. 25. Turkish men
still refuse to look upon unveiled
Turkish women 'when passing them iniment v General Bandholtz, who ha
1-.
the streets or on the roads, despite the j been, commissioned to investigate
attempt of the later to adopt
preachments of Halide Hanum
other workers for the freedom
woman in Asia Minor.
of
the , conditions.
Washington, Aug. 26. After receiv
ing a report from General Bandholtz
describing conditions in Mingo coal
fields the War Department decided to
! withhold Federal troops for the time
being.
Madison, W. Va., Aug. 26. The
vanguard of marching miners, after
passing through Madison, were turn-
According to our customs, It is im
polite to flirt in public or address or
look on the face of our women, and 1
can't break"the custom," explained
a Turkish- officer with the -correspon-j
dent.
In the Nationalist capital of An-jd bacfe b Varies F. Kenney and asso
gora Halide Hanum Mufide Ferid!ciates following a conference with War
Washington, Aug. 26.-The Ship- j Hanum, the author and wife of the DePartmeut representatives
j there are no warships in the magnifi
cent waterway where the former Em
peror William used to review his navy
with pomp.
It was here that the flower of the
German navy lay,afe behind torpedo
nets, during most of the war. At
present there are only two antigue
cruisers lying at the imperial naval
docks. There were so far out of date
that the English and French didn't
think it was necessary to scrap them,
and hesitated to offer such craft to
any of the nations which had helped
win the war.
Small commercial shipyards are
y years of disuse, it is not I operating and the commercial harbor
that they can be repaired before j winess.
j - silii "no -
0yr:,f is frozon UP tlds winter, .j Thp .gl Canal .g stm quite active.
Efforts have been made to locate 'But Kiel derives little benefit from
!l t! ' mines but shipping is still j the business passing through the canal
L:i 'iiv.imw .... ii rniitna i . . i . iwi nnnnnt revive materially until
S to Ivtrojjrad and the vessels ; exchange conditions become such that
'hli ici iitii- tv,ot T.T-f -,.-01-0!; r... orrQin bnv timber from the
rrotoctcd by small craft which pro- Scandinavian countries and resume
head of them cautiously and its importance as a lumber depot for
The Crtat Northern Telegraph
( onipany, which owns the direct cab
,ps wlii.h formerly operated between
I't'trora.l atnl Cfliienhagen, is nego
tiating with the Soviet government
fr a resumption ()f direct telegraphic
r0,'iniii!!icatiori between Petrograd and
r . .
J'anish cit
1
urn 1 nar v
Jihly 1.,,.
As tl
ijs and has effected a rre-
areement which will prob
iuied before winter.
T.altic is still alive with
cities. -...daily-in the Gulf of Fin
an,! the cables have been much
uiimaeil b
likelv
WRITTEN TEXT VS ORAL
LECTURES IN TEACHING
ping Board has sold 205 of the 285
wooden ships it owns at $2,100 each.
The selling priee of these 205 ships
will amount to $430,000, and it is a
matter of record that the fleet of 2S5
vessels, built during the war and at
highest cost levels, represents an in
vestment by the Government of ap
proximately $230,000,000. It is re
ported that the maintenance and care
cost to the Government for these ships
last year amounted to $1,000,000. The
former Minister of Finance, and many
other women who came outv from;
Constantinople to support the Nation-'
alist movement, go ah.pjit the streets
or ride horseback with their veils
turned back and folded into a hand
some head-dress modeled after the
Russian style
But outside of Angora, despite the
example set by American women of
Deep Waterways
Report
Washington, Aug. 26. The canaliza
tion of the St. Lawrence River from
Montreal to Lake Ontario will edst,
$252,728,200, accordinig to a tentative
report made by the international Joint
wooden ships were sold to private in
terests, and it is understoood thev ! maintain the old custom.
will salvage a large number of the
vessels and make such use of the
others as will net a profit.
rtliorif Tr Aifo niirnf inno 9 l n -k-vnwi i
fc ' j Commission, after a survey of the
pie or 'jreek aiul Armenian women,
most of the Turkish women strictly
The Banking
Situation
(By Associated Press.)
Pariq, Aug. 26. Whether children
(By U. S. Press)
Washington, Aug. 26. Further prog
ress toward the restoration of a more
learn better from written texts or liquid condition of both member banks
oral lectures, is a question under in
vestigation in the scnools of Paris.
and Federal Reserve Banks is' indica
ted by the reports of these banks for
navigation improve ::i eats and powe.f"
sites, as proposed in the Great Lakes
Atlantic deep waterway project, by
This apples not only to women of . . . ,
. j a corps ot engineers appointed by the
United States and Canada.
TheT entire proposed improvements
can be completed eight years after
j work is begun, provided the work On .
the households but also to the many
women seen working in the fields or
along the roads, deriving ox carts or
donkeys laden with army supplies, orj
wheat being exported to Russia.
The custom of veiling lias long been
modified to the extent that the face
may be shown freely to the men ofi
the village or of the party with whom
jail the projects is started simultan
eously and the funds are provided as
fast as needed, according to the esti
mates submitted by the engineers.
The annual cost of operation, main-
lilt; uiu :a ma v uc rv ui iv i iitz vi uavcr , t i 'a- .
6 Itenance and depreciation of the nn-
ling, but so soon as a stranger, wheth- j proyea Wterway and power sites is
er Turk or European approaches, the j e9timateJ at $2562,000, of which
veil is drawn. If the stranger is a tusTnftn w?n 1.0 p,1p,i for
I in o v- J j v 'v i j v. v 'v- v. w
A technical committee of the Leag- j the more recent weeks, says the Fed
ue of Mental Hygiene has set to work , era! Reserve Bulletin, wheh adds the
in a boys'' school to study theprocess
es of teaching and learning,
j Pedagogical experts assert that
some persons' brains receive deeper
very
V
CC(.,i,, .1
r,'iriove.
all obstacles.
Central Europe.
following to its statement: In the
absence of major loan operations by.
the Treasury, credit liquidation pro
ceeded unchecked, the volume of
impressions by the sense of hearing ' loans and discounts of reporting niem
and others by the sense of sight. The j ber banks showing substantial reduc
committee proposes to seek some j tions for the period under review,
method of education that will take ; Larger reductions are indicated in
advantage of these faculties and pos-jthe member bank holdings of Govern
siblr, also, try to find some way to.ment securities, chiefly of Treasury
Turk he looks straight ahead, as if the
women were not present. If the Eu
ropean or American turns his head to
51 ' river is approximatelv 4,100,000 horse-
hurriedly pull tlieveil closer, so only j .f he developed
the eyes can be seen. The older the i . inmrnvements. of the
jthe upkeep of the power plants.
) The report shows that the potential
i power which can be developed in the
develop the pupil's receptiveness.
Another question is the desirability
certificates and the newly issued 3
year Treasury notes, for which, appar-
woman, the closer the veil is -drawn.
As the pretty gauze or thin cloths
black
uf pre-war days, white, blue,
or brown, cannot be had, the
navigation projects.
point out
I engineers
However, the
that the simul-
veils i
of developing either the hearing or ' ently there exists a good investment
sight sense, when found particularly ! demand. Reductions in these two
keen in a pupil or whether it would j accounts between June 15 and July
be better to develop the dormant fac
ulty, in ,an effort to attain a certain
are often of coarse white cotton, and j
in the case of the working women,
the cloth mav be a stiff neavy cotton
which serves as a sun Donnet. oome
times the headpiece drops to the
waist or further and can scarcely be
distinguished from the loose, flowing j
garments so characteristic of the
Orient. Lfthe wearer be very poor,
the veil and other garments may be
'taneous development of such a vast
quantity of power is not
a sound
economic procedure, as a market to
jtake this output is not in existence
at present, and that the sound method
lis "to improve the navigation at present
, 'so . that-the power development could
be completed as needed.
13 aggregated over $180,000,000 out
of a total reduction of $227,000,000 in j but a crazy quilt thing of patches of
standard of keeness in both sight and investments and $379,000,000 in total all colors and thicknesses, pathetieal-
hearing in all pupils so they might all j loans and investments of the report- ly mended and browned by sun and
be taught by the same method. jing banks. weathe?.
COTTON MARKET
October 15.30
December , 15.68
January lM-. 15.71
March 15.81
May 15.92 j
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