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VOK XIH. NUMBER 80.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, TUESDAY, SEPT. 27, 1921.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
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TUT
TARIFF MEASURE
APPEARS HALTED
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ENT HARD
INC
'5
FIRST HALF YEAR
IIRIOUS COMMITTEES
PRODUCTION 0
PARENT TEACHERS
THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETS
AND GETS DOWN TO WORK
Monday afternoon the Executive
Board of The Parent Teachers Associa
tion met at the Graded School for the
(By U. S. Press) (By TJ. S. Press)
Washington, Sept. 27. Final enact-:. Washington, Sept. 27. President
ment of tariff legislat ion before the Harding has been in office half a, vear
Winter session of Congress appears and most of the people who have been
slight. Senator Penrose, chairman of i doing "watchful waiting" on his Ad
the Senate Finance Committee, says j ministration are inclined to, believe that
that it is now estimated that sixty lie has proved that he has the ability
days will be required by a force of. to secure thorough cooperation among
Treasury experts to collect information the members of his Administration,
desired in connection with the adoption , At the very outset of his term it was
vt the American valuation plan. The j acknowledged that he .had surrounded
Republican members of the Finance , himself with a very strong Cabinet.
Committer have conferred with James Pessimists said that these strong men
B. Reynolds, who is in charge of the would eventually prove to be a pack
force. Mr. R-eynolds formerly was : wild horses that would run away;
Vsistant Secretary of the Treasury in; with the Republican machine and
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charge of customs, and later served; smash it. But there has been a gen-
.1 i mi i 4? ii.:. . -w. I ...
on me taniL commission, xnis new1"" icvuiuu ui mis upimun. i nasimittee: Mrs. .Ernest Leggett, Chair
force of Treasury experts is being br-! been made clear that the Presaent is man; Mrs. T. B. Wheeler, Vice; Misses
ganized under tht $1,000,000 emergency able to secure close cooperation among Rille Harris, Bessie Futrell, Eugenia
, ii.- i y n i t t
appropriation recently made by (Jon-. "1 aa is&rs. ana ne nas aiso provea Thomas, Annie Dunn and Mrs. N. A
(jress. I to be a master of "masters in cementing
Senator Penrose announces that the frienalv understandings and in secur
House bill, imposing a duty of 90 per'inS 800'1 "team work." Thus as the
ASSOCIATIOyPPROe
POWER AND FUEL
(By U. S.Press)
Washington, Sept. 27. The produc-
Hardy.
School Beautiful Committee: Miss
Lena Smith, Cnairr&afl. Mrs. A. Mc
Dowell, Vice., Mrs. R. D. Harrell, Mrs.
Sam Hanff, Mr3. Frank Burroughs,
Misses Whitley, Lewis, Mclntyre,'j
Ward, itchen, Bone, Stilley, Doswell,
purpose of forming Committees for
work to be done under this organiza- jMattie Josey, Mrs. Maude Johnson.
tiou.
The Committees are as follows:
Program and Entertainment ' Cm-
ci-nt ou American surplus was supplies j first ear Passes the Harding star is
sold to France and brought back torilliant 5d the political firmament.
I
this country, will be called up in the; "
Senate at the earliest opportunity.
SUT, OF COURSE,
THERE'S IRELAND
ARE WE GETTING
Riddiek.
Playground Committee: Mrs. C. H.
Anderson, Chairman, Mrs. R. A. Phil
lips, Vice; Misses Collier, Reaves,
Draper, Ernestine Cherry, Mrs. E. T.
Visiting Committee: Mrs. Stuart
Smith, Chairman, Mrs. A. C. Liver
mon, Vice., Mrs.W.E. Smith, Mrs. J.
A. Pittman, Mrs. R. P. Byrd.
The constitution provides that the
Executive Board appoint four men as
Advisory Board to serve ior one year.
They are as follows:
Messrs. L. M. Pittman,
POPULATION DY
COLORJND RACE
(By U. S.' Press)
j Washington, Sept. 27. The Bureau
tion of electric power and consump-1 of the Census has issued a statement
tidn of fuel by publie utility power ! giving revised figures for the composi
plants in the United States for March, j tiou u the population o the United
April, May, June, and July, 1921, is ( States according to color or race, as
covered by reports of the United
States Geological Survey.
The number of thousands of kilowatt-hours
produced by water power
for July, 3 91, were 1,226,779.
The number of kilowatt-hours pro- 244,437 Indians, 111,010 Japanese, 61,-
duced by fuels for July, 1921, were 639 Chinese, 5,603 Filipinos, 2,507
2,043,197. Hindus, 1,224 Koreans, and 154 oth-
Eleetric power produced during Julyjers (Siamese, Hawaiians, Malays, Ma
1921, required 2,463,640 short tons of oris, and Samoans). The rates of in
coal, 1,099,251 barrels of fuel oil, and! crease for the principal races during
1,916,781 thousands of cubic feet e decade were: Total population,
natural gas. . 14.9 per cent; white, 16 per cent;-Ne-
The quantities in the tav" v ' ed gro, 6. 5lper cent; Japanese, 53.8 per
by the Geological Sur - based j cent. The Indian population decreased
on returns received : -oout 3,200, by S.O per cent and the Chinese pop-
x orneet power plants of
shown by the cenesus taken as of
January 1. 1921.
The total population of the United
.States, 105,710,620, comprises 94,820,-
'915 white persons, 10,463,131 Negroes,
" A-att capacity, ulation by 13.8 per cent
"--o" " uu . au;. i or more, engagev V - public service
The Chairman of each committee is ' including central stations, ellectrie
requested by the President to call a; railways, and certain other
The rate of increase in the white
Whitehead, Mrs. B. G. Neblett, Mrs. .meeting-of her committee in her own! which contribute to the public supply.
j population during the recent decade,
plants i "percent, is considerably- less than
Jno. Grey, Mrs. Bernard Allsbrook,
DUTCH?
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home Wednesday afternoon for the : The
jthe corresponding rate for the period
capacity of plants submitting re-j19001910f which waa 22.5 per ceut
1JUipu9C Vi xuxiiuii pxrfua xVx xmmC-, pons ox nieir operations is aooui yojThis decline is accounted for mainly
: j a r t : i t 1.1 , K 4- ti- x. Tt . I j. e n j p 11 i a'
oamuiiuu auu. xvxeuicai luspecuon; juiaie xvcjjuil icsuiia lu xxis. jper cent 01 me capacity or an pianxs 1 v oreat reduction in the volume
Mrs. Robert Josey, Jr.,. Chairman, Mrs. R. C. Josey, Sr., as she wishes a meetj listed. The output of plants which do
Lynn Harrell, Vice., Mrs. G. C. Weeks, ing of each Chairman the last of this
Mrs. W. A. Lawrence, Mrs. R. F. ' week.
Coleman, Mrs. O. F. Smith, Mrs. R, L '. MINNIE MORRIS, Secretary.
not report is estimated.
The Rum
Runners
(By U. S. ress)
Washington, Sept. 27. There has :
been no let up in the operations of ;
whiskey smuggling,, in spite of prohiiv
bition officials to curb their activities ,
EPESENTA
TIVE FORCED TO USE
SALARY TO KEEP
UP OFFICE
The Phillipine
Question
(By J. E. Jones)
Washington, Sept. 27. The report
of general Leonard Wood and W.
Cameron Forbes regarding the Phi
lippines is exactly what was expected J irth and death rates among the Ne-
when these men were named to head
the mission to "the "Islands' last March.
Both of them were known to entertain J while the death rate has not changed
Rigid measures adopted recently at
on the giound of military or naval ex-J and the practical effect was to "wish
ferlieney. " And then, after a long the whole thing onto Mr. Harding."
anil eloquent appeal, the " Gentlemen ! The new President didn't like it, either
of the Congress," are told
i
''The pence of the world is involved in this way; and that perhaps account
in the freedom of Ireland. For the ed for the fact that one of his earliest
Tinted States - Ireland's struggle for acts in office was to create the Wood
independence lias become a domestic Forbes Mission, which Filipinos will
Miio-turn. The duty to deal with this ; doubtless assert has ctone Its worst.
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question still continues to confront j Undoubtedly the Filipinos, indepen- 0f Atlantic coast seaboard.
Ireland.
(By J. E. Jones)
- ! Washington, Sept. 27. Ever since
(By J. E. Jones) .'the Spanish-American war we have
i
Washington, Sept. 27. Whatever .been holding out hopes of independence
mav be our attitude towards " ourKinlev, Roosevelt, Taft and Wilson
wards, we are always sure that "our Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft andn Wilson
hearts are in the -right place." We ' encouraged the Filipinos to "get ready
want to do the right thing by them! for independence." The Wilson Ad
While we are denying independence ministration assumed that the time
to the Folopinos, Congress is listening had arrived "for independence, and
to appeal? to help Ireland. The Irishave to the Islands a degree of self
( Muun'ttie .whacks, jiwav, at. Congress gQexAmeut, thatmade the Filipinos
in big adv. in the Washington daily ' almlost absolute in their affairs. But
newspapers, "The foremost principle : President Wilson waited almost until
of our foreign policy has been that the last of his term before making
very Nation has a right to exist,"! any specific appeal to Congress to
reads the address, "and that no other arant the Islands independence. The ; iv-. v .i- . i t-
Vaf. . . in-v a-a Tin irr f1o1 ' as the ' American Embassy" has just .March it would doubtless be just what
.Nation may justly impair that right j Filipinos did not like this long delay, ! have uot cut down the flow of illegal , J
micu ueiiig ciuseu as a lesun ui uie;1t is n0,v, after an "investigation"
liquors from abroad, and in fact it , , k
1 s ' . cost of living and an effort by the ( that has covered several months. The
now appears there actually has been gtate Department to Produce
nn inrrpn5R in thp rprvorts of drv law
. u . v . x j t-, n:. t . 7
... A, . , v;. i servaiiou in ins rarauise j-iosi:
finally: to have this matter thrust upon him . ,nP(ll-nr aimi0- the p.onst nre to be
i l . . il K 4- i. 1. 1 J,1 1 t
. . , . w . Admiral Bristol has had an extra 111111,1 I1UL lu ue cjug u uv piac
accepted. Reports reviewed in Wash-, i
. . . , . . , , allowance ot $125 a month and $15,-1 Ui limt-
ington indicate there is a steady and ' : . , . . , , . ,
irinn o x-o. f. ti,Q The mind is its own place, and in itselt
heavier importation of illegal liquors, -
"embassy." The former sum had to illL IIlrte UMCU "Cl -l 11C11 Ui
not only at large ports but through in-. J -
4.1, i4! ;u,'cover the cost of social entertainments1 heaven,
lets all along the thousands of miles i .
i i, i4- 4? i, oar.' The Wood-Forbes Mission reports a
-r i an x cue jauci I'aiu iui ticin. nut, ow- .
4 7 i j.; 4 t I
.,..,., vqntu ,hp!P1)(tpts fp pnhnnpq pi miner recUulllltllUlUL' lhu leifiiliuji ui ximcn-
Ihere is a lot more to the t dent of independence questions and all however, show the smusrslers of whis- nxs mts"tn'ers' Teieinones Cdun' . . . . 'for standard news
same effect. But there isn't much other considerations, think that the key and other intoxicants are growing rerairs and other expennses connected,1 - ,
ovi,i(.ri(.n tint nffi.-inl nation will bf rr , ct n - t, . ' . , tt ,, . rt; a with a large office and residence, 'grounds that the Filipinos are not con-
' i 'it ru T ( n I Otllrria I action 111 Ue I Tmf or! Sfntpc rivorn mpnt i a r t.hpr iMnrnnoinn-lr ivi cp" f a t.np tnr'TirS "
of immigration during the period of the
World War. An estimate based on
the excess of births o deaths and
on the excess of immigration over emi
gration yields a total differing by on
ly a fraction of 1 per cent from" the
total white population enumerated.
The rate of increase in the Negro
population, which is not perceptibly
affected by immigration or emigration,
is by far the lowest on record. Such
data as are available in regard to
Constantinople, Sept. 27. The es-
i 4i, A 4-1 : n 4 4? 4?: : i c
dlUJ'S l"C - - f tablishment of Admiral Mark L. Bris- nositive views favoring the retention
jthe Treasury Department reported. tol the Sj High Commis-1 of the phillippines, and if their report
groes indicate that the birth-rate has
decreased considerably 'since" 1900,
sioner here, which is still referred to(had been written in Washington last
THE NEWSPRINT PAPER
econ- j Mission reminds one of Milton's ob-
REVIEW
There are
in
(HE FEDERAL
D
ROAD BILL
iiad in Wa slnn.u ton on the Irish ques-' f ickle in its methods
tion. Our own problems with the I evidences that we are "
Philippines, Alaska, Hawaii, Panama, ' )utc-h " wth our colonies,
and the islands off the Florida coai" Alaska, with its tremendous slump
;"-e our n oie important responsibility in population now said to be only
120,000; Cuba with its "frenzied finan
ces; "Panama, with its terrific griev
' ance about the White award in the
Columbia-Panama boundary matter;
.and Porto Rico, no longer the richest
spot in the ocean, are also dissatisfied.
(iy XT. S. ires3) j "
Washington, Sept. 26. Among th3 n
measures awaiting action in Congress JVlllSCl OllO&lS
n thut v.hich is called the federal aid
bul for the i)rotnotion of good roads (By J. 1C. uones)
works In the States. It has already' Washington, Sept. 26'. Henry Ford's
!'" 'd tiic Senate, and its approval by engineers have been in Washington
the House will put it in operation, consulting wth Secretary of War
means of the federal aid granted Weeks. According to their estimates
l-0l!-rh this measure road construction it will take $28,000,000 to complete
I: under way in the States, which the power dams Nf or the Muscle Shoals
siii.jc t to early suspension through dams. The Government engineers say
' of funds, can be continued. In it will cost twice as much. Under
t!" Sta-e of Maryland, for example, Mr. Ford's offer the Government is
fund will not suffice for contin- to complete the dams, and the f unds j '
iv ,4?ii .. - . ; .
employed by the rum raiders and are
shifting their wethods with every pro-
Sometinie
s Admiral Bristol has had to sirtered ready for independence and
use his salary to meet his bills. , ls0 because the Islands would be de-
t.,i u iunnn aa -k,,! pendent upon the United States in
gram of attack planned by the Federal j v , T 4.4.14.1-
offi- the state Department to $9,000. iti-ast' Ui ""c"-." "
seemed that the closing of the "em-;,iePe,uieme as uumri
drv law machine. Prohibition
',y
liin
cials are proceeding quietly with new'
bassv
was
the only solution. Many torate. General Wood, the official au-
-w.-fn.tci r Tint q ctnn t n sm n (T- i
. . , . , . ,n -n 1 devices were suggested for increasing thor of these views, has been designa-
eling, or at least to reduce it to a nun- & fe .... .'
&' ii.. u i : :4. :i,4, ted to remain in the Philhpines 3
me vtiiutxssy mcume &u iv migui,
Jkeep open. One jocular suggestion Governor-General, and he is so bent ou
'was that a. charity benefit be held. !fillhlS the Place that he has takei
imum by a system.
ACTIVITY IN THE COT
TON SPINNING
N TV
of the pending road works for expended for that purpose are to be
iiuiiiy days longer. If the federal aid repaid to him. Should the cost of con-
iH does not become a law, and the struction be twice the Ford estimate j
'" eniuicnt funds are not thereby; the Government would have to pay,
available, it will be necessary to iust the samp. The Secretary of War
(By U. S. Press)
Washington,, Sept. 27. The Direc
tor of the Census reports that the reg
ular hours of operation per week in
the cotton mills vary from 48 in a
number of States to as high as 60
in others. Weighting the number of
! spindles with the prevailing hours for
the several States, it is found that the
average work day for the entire coun-
rv is practically 8.6 hours. The to
tal number of cotton spindles in the
(By U. S. Press)
Washington, Sept. 27. The Federal
Trade Commissions reports the produc
tion for August, 1921, compared with
August, 1920, as showing a decrease,
amounting to about 21 per cent for to
tal newsprint and about 19 per cent
The production
for August, 1921, cu:pa.rcd with Au
gust, 1919, shows a decrease of about
10 per cent for total newsprint and a
decrease of about 7 per cent for stan
dard news. The decrease of produc
tion for August, 1921, over August,
1918, amounted to 10 per cent for to
tal newsprint and 7 per cent for stan
dard news.
Publishers' stocks increased 17,803
tons during the month. The average
' 'liter a good deal of correspondence e lonS nance oi losiug ma pnvxy , - -
. & r -jG6 tong lesg than the average used in
with the State Department, showing r retirement from the Army. vri.
' T.r 4i ti i 4i a July. Eightv-four publishing concerns
that the pre-war, $15,000 had lost much ; More than likely the present Admin-; - . 1 -
in4 nf istration will accept the position of ; 1
, . f i on nana ax uie enu oi iue uiuui,'..
the Wood-Forbes Mission as final; ana
I T.."I,l..l. .a . nlnil.n r n A r n!f f AnnQfTQ
that the uinisiuia Biuciva iimi iiausii. iwuuagu
Filipinos will have
lot' its value due to the high c(
living here, an increase of $5,000 was
! . t . -, xv. -r...i n i ;n this very plainly means
lauowea ana xne eiuuassv is t" ; - t A , 01 i:i,4i . rrr
to wait for their ;uu "r1"1 -v
than 50 days' supply at the existing
of consumption.
open.
in:
United States on August 1, 1921, was
36i,617,5S4. Of this number, 33i059,
211 were operated at some time dur-
j independence. ' Investigations " are
I . i ,i rate
GRAPE WINE JYLUST jpeeunar xnings, ana wia-n uiic iciicu;.
HAVE NO KICK that several "Congressional investiga-
, jtions" of this same matter came back
Raleigh, Sept. 27. When the an- divided in their opoinions, it is hard
nouncement was made some time ago, to abstain from the opinion that the.
from Washington that each family : nvestigators " have all been but
would be alowed to make 200 gallons ' little influenced by what they "inves
of wine for home sumption, the mat- tigated," but have been absolutely
ter of grape-growing at once assumed controlled by preconceived opinions
an importance hitherto unknown, concerning the economic and political
i
Now comes the other and further in-; advantages of the United Staes. The
1:1 " off many thousands of men
-V-'i-yand
in has expressed doubt as to whether
And what is true in Mary- Congress would stand by such an ar-
laud aplies also to many other States , , rangement, especially if the engineers
bl Vif'W (lio ,1 . C J 4.1. - r . 4. J 4-1, A ,1
li t.v aitriitt; ui. uuwif lor lilt) vJOVcrilllieill OX1UUJ.U ill liic ciiu
jing the month, the aggregate number
of spindle hours, 7,319,916,931.
; formation that it is non-intoxicating principle of "self-determination" up
f ruit juice only ordinary grape juice on the part of the Filipinos themselves
' that may be manufactured in any i apparently has been secondary with
amount up to 200 gallons for each f am- mQst Amerieanns.
lily. Any sort of home brew that has
j a kick in it may not be made without ;
WEATHE2 REPORT
Miss Elsie Vaughan will leave to- inviting the pains and penalties pro-j For North Carolina: Unsettled
anient it is likely that Congress have the right estimates relating tomorrow for Greenville where she will vided by Mr. Volstead. Plans to weather with probably showers to
give prompt attention to
ilo"' slat ion.
this the exce3s of costs over the
1 figures.
Ford ! attend East Carolina Teachers Training grow more grapes and build
School. presses will be abandoned.
wine night and Wednesday. No change in
.temperature. Gentle variable winds.1
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COTTON MARKET
YESTERDAY'S CLOSE
CTO-BER ,1976
DECEMBER 20.14
JANUARY 20.12
MARCH 19.96
MAY 19.70
TODAY'S CLOSE
OCTOBER : 21.03
DECEMBER 21.05
JANUARY . 20.77
MARCH 20.44
MAY 20.08
LOCAL MARKET
COTTON" : 20c lb.
COTTON SEED 54c bu.
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