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VOi,, XIV. NUMBER 3. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1921 TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5c PER COPY treet nfis b H i SGSli i c- 4 !" t - ' D 9 3 3 "71 yuiii l uiyi flTO oriiTii rat Si5 c-.i MS SV JTJ BCX i mm ii i n P Pt'1 srf ill 1 8 il i- a 5 sir m i n S S S 5. S is 3' 5 2. S E . 6 3 G hi b b sx. inr a gj mxm It S 3 3 Mains S And i He ft uJLUntU biliLU CO fp IP Shi ts cu Uaf S y raving r assect hllHRi S8 L Ldl HLL J mVL .r th with the insistent the in ...:tii the cneral sentiment of tovni, -which feels that the paving 11 rot complete wiuioui mo vl:i' .i-hed for in these last peti-i'u-j Hoard of Commissioners at a eciu i.,octing held this morning at . . ' 11. 3 1. 1. Kirs auuiuruoa me paving Vain street from l"th to the limits, twelfh street from t.) i":--urch, Roanoke Street from th to &ti', and Sth Street from Roa- paving is desired is not now done it and j would be maiiv years before it would f:.'.'e:i '--or NoM':. rii'-no. at ever be taken up again. Main Street, i especially, has been a disgrace for years and would have continued to be j a disgrace to the town had not this link in the paving been done, parti cularly in view of the new State High way from Scotland Neck to Rich Square, crossing the bridge over Roanoke River. Main Street will be built with a grass plot eighteen feet wide in the r'Pntrp frnm 1 th Street n 1 -ttli Stro.t j Robert J csey s corner) at that point a I'lcctiiig heid last night at the ! changing to one strip of asphalt pav "Wavcr's office, at which quite a num- iug down the centre twenty-seven !., tir citizens wore present, the com- feet wide with a grass plot between Uiii!iers were urged to go ahead j the paving and the curb, which will mi, I eoM'.wcte the above paving, the make on2 of "the prettiest streets of iVvling beinir that if whatever ; any own in the state. iH R Fii-flilTIIIFQ I H IFSPSB I "I" 1 R S mm i e ill i miisii lu i ia e i u usyy (By Associated Press) ; summoning the chiefs of the Four Big eveiana. uct.. i r ,p "h Pt of . , ' 7 " - " l ,'.--r i i-l I . r , .-J . . .-TIC Report has just been rteeivei f the burning of the home of a colarti family named Grimes living on the Tom Sherrod ' place between Palmvra TTr.s.,a - r,v"fl! requested to meet with Railroad . I lilt- u,l ill" UllUIItl! ; Labor Board at Chicago Tliursdav, ! TUe auor iioard, who said the "Big Five" railroad tions cancelled a scheduled orgamza-nieeting and Switchmen's Union ;to a conference in an effort to fore- ARD FDR i last Saturday. ! It. .appears that the husband 'wife .were working in the field j had left two small children at stall the strike have been dispatched that uarren Stone, President of the Broth-, new proposals would be presented to UI1S (By Associated Pi ess.) New York, Oct. 18. The Associa tion of Railway Executives are persu ing plans to apply to the Railroad La bor Board for an additional ten per cent wage reduction which it is inten ded to be reflected in reduced rates. o (1 .erhood of Locomotive Engineers an-j the labor men, executives and general and ; , I . . :nounc-eu. ; chairmen or. a dozen unions represent- the T . I . .. , o , j w . vt. l.ee, Fresiuent oi the Brot a- ; mg a million and a half of railroad house. Suddenly thev saw flames ' , , . . . , ernood ot Railroad Trainmen, in a employees. These began arriving for burst from the building and both rush-1 . ' , , i statement said: "Organization verv a conference beginning tomorrow to ed to save the children. The husband' ' ,, reiuctently takes the position but can- determine whether to follow the "Bio , broke m the door and despite the , . , inoL longer agree to give ser; uii- live oiganzatious in cabins the smoke and flames succeeded in bring !, . , , , . Hess assured that no furt1 v- re- strike. A spirited controversy Is hy ing one of the children to the door and ' . . . , 'duction will be mad'': - attempt moated in the leaders' statements handing it through the window to his ; , . iinaae to cJinima ; ,ig rules. Jne Irani Dispatchers dechired that wife, and then attempted to go bad i for the other, but he was so nearly I . - v : vuicagu, leiegrams iiiey woum not sxriKe. Ill fRTO RlCftNTOBEITHE TURKISH ARMY 18. Telegrams thev would not strike. KL AN WILL LIKELY ' PH ES 1 D EHT LAYS NOT BE1NVES- STHIKETRDUBLE TIGATED IBEFDRE CABINET i I liii'-ton. Oct. lv I:. serial "Wizard -William of the im- j f lu. ) (By Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. IS. President arranged to leave for At-J Harding is prepared to lay before th railroad hi :ix iU r,ii'il to c-ruer an investigation ot the j strike situation and outline the gov H.it v 1 1 of. overcome by the smoke and the inten-. sity of the flames that he was forced to seek the air. The building was 1r ri ir , , . , , m , completely destroyed and the other Mr. Ld Ualston motored to Tarboro 1 , . . . child burned to a crisp. :nis atternoon to see his wife. y to return if the house tie- cabinet an analysis of the ! e i uizaTuiu. It is understood UiClt'l .Its i-ommitte j !j iiKjiiiry. would not recorr - i ernment 's position in the controversy ith suggestions to protect Federal PROVING BANDITS MUR DER GREEK SOLDIER: WEATKE3 REPORT a ' : (By Associated Press.) With The Greek Army in The Field, ivri-Hissar, Anatolia, Oct. 15. Rov- Uig gror.ii.v ot mounted bandits, Known diet;;-., ore terrorizing the inhabi tants nf the Turkish villages, and aurjcriiig sohlicrs of the Greek army. i j For North Carolina: Partly cloudly I tonight and Wednesday. Unsettled i ! on the coast. Warmer in northwest and central portions tonight. Moder ' ate to fresh shifting winds. COMMISSIONER Of ; EDUCATION San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. IS. ;Juan B. Huyke, aj)pointed by Presi jdent Harding to be Commisioner of ; Education, is the first Porto Rican to ;be chosen for this government post. He succeeds Br. Paul G. Miller, of jWisconsin, who was commissioner for almost eight years. Since 1S9S, all j heads of lie school system have been 'from the mainland. ily. Huyke was formerly a general A dream which has come true. Mai i jFreet. as it will lokk when pieted from 12th to 14th Streets. com- BID OF RAGAMUFFINS (By Associated Press.) With The Greek Army in Auatoliaa, Oct. 17. If Mustapha Kenial s army may be judged by the thousands of prisoners which have passed through the Greek lines, it is now Ittle more than a loose organization of peasants, mountaineers and herdsmen recruited by force from the countryside. The Associated Press correspondent saw 1,000 of these captives at Greek .Army Headquarters today. They re 'sembled nothing so much as a band i 1 !' ioi ragamuirins. All were in torn, threadbare gar- t-ivr.,-4-i yl . 4.1. T, "1 - nnrino iuu uiusi ui mem iiita no snoes. aa. I of these desperadoes at- ireek motor ambulance re-1 t:'cke turning from the front and killed the voui)il'.!. numbering four. Similar stacks on Greek supply trucks have t'-eu taking place for weeks. The ! UNIVERSITY RECORD BROK EN WITH REGISTRA TION OF 1555 ewspapers of Future Will Be Made Smaller superintendent of schools and himself, j..? .1. iJiuuuil. I'i llic 6C11LI01S Ul lie IS- ( land. Since leavin-r the Denartment ! of Education he bus mnintaiiipil nn in- I terest in all school mattery and through !Less thau 5 Vernt had uniforms, his efforts many Porto Rican students jA tvw them were dressed in ragged are maintained on scholarships in the j underclothing and some were clad on states with funds contributed here. jly in burlaP ba?-rs- 0lllr the officers ir i nin T,T-.i.i, f ,Q t, T?;!.were well attired but no two of their Chapter of the American Red Cross. uniforms were alike. Scores of the (By Associated Press.) Honolulu, Oct. IS. Herbert L. Bridg man, business manager of the Brook- Tliis year's school budget of more than $4,000,000 is the largest in the. J; history of the island, an increase of I law, enacted in spite and ignorance, !inore thaJ1 $lj000;000 over last year.! were repealed every self-respecting Part of tl(? increase was provifled for : English ' i"1""8"" xCJuc, , employing more teachers of ivn cianaara union, xoia rue rress on nis own account, out Decause a ; f rom the maillland but fe'w were ob. Congress of the World today ne be- jgratuitous insult on the whole pro- JtaillC(lj owillg to short time betweeu lieved the newspaper of tomorrow jfessional had been withdrawn and a txip n(Mffp nf tilfl u,1T1 prisoners were wearing the uniforms and shoes of dead Greek soldiers, whom they had stripped. Conversation with soldiers disclosed that the rank and file of Kemal's ar my were pretty weary of the war and Chapel Hill, Oct. IS. All past at tendance records are broken by this ; fall's registration at the University. army has lost a score of tele- To date, 15S3 students have regis- ;aih jiti'-men and many i.v weeks. chauffeurs jtered. The freshman class alone num- would be smaller than those of present. On tha point he asked: ' ' Why, in blind competition to print everything which everybody wants, print so much that nobody wants? " Mr. Bridgman asked. He expressed and opening of the school year. Native the standing premium on falsehood official incompetence abated. :teachers of English are employed in i "If the government really cared to greater number than ever before, how-: vindicate its own good name and faith cvei and ia admi(m to teaehers snp. ! and would check postage payments pie(1 hy the government many towns with sworn statements of circulation, have emnlove1 extra teachers with, to a commercial and mechanical prob- Jiers u.j.j. frequent assaults are giving! There are always about 200 late;em saving: "If the space can be :ri:;y autliorities much concern, ; comers, so that before the college year j S(h for more than it costs it will be. i . . .. . . . . ! . rt. : - . i:i.,.i ;n n ,t v ;,;,vt'li t snffifiPTit. trnnns tO i r,i-f.- thp TTn vpm tc r-nnlr mvp VliitiHiv; tuiiainucm. ui xuiiuu, uc- Wve in the rear to cope with these 'nearly 1800 students if it could take! Pending upon price of newsprint, labor . 1-111 A . . t J "iKitwnvm. ,., n-P thpm Tint it mnnnt. T.ivino- a lid ortier marenais oi prouucrion. the opinion that th.3 size of the news-the utter absurdity of the whole dis- ,.:,-0 T-,. i i r,.,i ,.. i( .,. -i. Iiaxer would resolve itself largely in- 'graceful situation would be demonstra qUr,, instruction in E'iplish I I .'i'-y ft re . y .::.-riI,.r f,. ted. Mr. Huike has announced that he "Newspapers have firmly establish- enfleavor to continue the policy of : giving the teaching of English and; Spanish c-ciual importance in the purg ed their standards and code of honor and no more effective"' testimony of the fallacy and feebleness of the gov- -y S(.,ools ernment in business can be found than 1 j were ready to give themselves up but desertions were punished with death, they said. The officers interviewed, however, gave no such impression. They declared Kemal and his follow ers would fight to the bitter end. While the Turkish soldiers have had t i live under wrct :-::e I conditions and have been obliged to subsist only on such meagre rations as could be found :;k-nv the ;i;;ii! r .;;. tl.i-'r Creek ad versaries pay frank tribute to their bravery and fighting qualities. They have stood well every form of attack, from rifle and artillerey fire to bay onet and grenade assaujt. Although conscious of being out- men of the East, " as quarters, classroom space and eating j 4 ' The retail selling price will doubt- j : facilities are strained to the utmost. Iss follow the same laws but both The cornerstone of the first of the ' ailed, are continaally cutting army's telephone lines and transport of munitions, inc.v buildings to be erected with the; i i clear that these Chetas ney voted by the j-i legislature i7.e and price are the body, not the oul of the newspaper to tomorrow. "Whatever mav happen, it is my ! belief that if they were smaller they -tivdy connected with Kern-;was lai1 b the Graud Lod-c of Ma" would be better, though this , Greek authorities assert 1USL ai in i must no be pressed to the vanishing ity. the sanction and co- 1J1 -VCd13 LI1C "-- -ii i i n . n. i the 'difference in value between a pos- woman and the newspaper nhicu numherea two to one in me oreeK, t-al affidavit and a A. B. C. certifi-: rifles with it is doomed." they have clung to their position with cat-, a badge of honor which every' Disowning prophetic power, he said -ree tenacity. The Greeks say this newspaper is proud to wear." that he foresaw in the newspaper of 'loggedness is due largely to their in- Mr. Bridgman declared that m ad-' tomorrow " readjustment of capital .tense religious fanaticism. Their of vertisin" the future was bright and labor by which mutuality and un-, f ueres, the Greeks assert, have imbued thing 'speaking not of quantity but of qual-; derstanding will take the place of in-! the men with the idea that the Chris L . . . - 1 -, - rt -i - . i j. . Jon a inri il in tfiko f lip "ivTlOle Of The newspapers of their own difference, disgust, thinly veiled ant; iKve Turkish leader. Many accommodations for y,000 students. The rat of growth in the I point. But how many features, sup-! accord and by common consent, long ' -onism, in which, freed from th-Turkey and subjugate all Moslems and other before laggard legislators awoke to faxes, handicaps and straightjacketthat tn-?ir incurMons hium l '(ii i .ill now,..! !, i' h nlements, insets, juniors and 11Um erj appendages could Ave discard with re-jthe situation, cleaned house and clean-' of organization, competent wage earn-j by the" Greeks have 1 UUU1 ,",,Ut'" ; signation and advantage. ,d it thoroughly, and if the business ers may do the work which they are , . . . i . j. i -1 . ate. hers of the tribe who have f 1, .rv..l!l'lfu 1 that they were once in -ve:ir3 inaKes 11 -'in Tneie AVi'1.; ' The Xew York Mercury reported office can secure response and coopera- able and willing to and receive pay Nationalist army. In-,1'0 tliat niany. applu-auts by 1927. miraeulous 0f the American army ;0n from the editorial rooms the job . profitable to them and their employ- be.r bl tluit AriiRtjTha. ; . ...i.. i ,n ! .-, f tor hnttlp nf T.otip- Island which finnlle and effectively completed, ers, when ambition to earn and save j. VJlie lacior uiai increases aucuuaait ..v. 0 -- . nay had its origin largely ' ..Q rapi,Uy is the expanding opportun-' saved the Revolution, in three lines: j he confirmed. "As to he advertising shall be recognized and rewarded and i ; bands. ! ity for p0or students to support them-jthe London Times covered the battle j rates, those of the newspapers of to- production and prosperity increased. j in any part of the interior ' ,rlves wbile they get an education. I of Waterloo in two sticks. We print j morrow will be higher than those of "That the newspaper of tomorrow) M :r.or is at the p-ril of on's The University maintains a self-help first page telegraphed, columns of today and they ought to be. Net will be the great educator of the peo- j Cuttas are encountered at every buroau that finds all sorts of jobs'C:- beastly orgy" of beastly men and only ,-will the service be more valuabb? pie of the whole world seems inevi- to the death. Joint -here members of the band think f -" i'n'-y Avill find ilunder. The "isuallv ride on small or young men. Several hundred U en in a San Francisco hotel." in respect to quantity but its quality ( table and yet we may go too far in earn their expenses in whole or in ponies t while at chapel Hill. tii'y steal from the sountryside. -n Mr. Bridgman said he would not j and prestige will be sensibly adva i?-I organization and impersonalism. admit that the newspapers have lost their power nor outlived their influence 'faring riders, clever marks- ' only under guard of Greek soldiers, j even though the era of personal jour know no fear. "When re- The army authorities would take nojnalism of which Greely, Bennett ami The '.v "h: correspondent wanted to Chances with the Chetas om Sivri-Hissar to Greek resondent got through in safety, but '.IT,.,. , headquarters beyond the Sak- the same afternoon three Greek ehauf- ti.cjarius) River, in the heart fours were murdered by the Chetas (ti -Mir.' (d ? "The newsjiaper of the future wdll In this connection Mr. Bridgman phrive and prosper just as it serves suggested that the newspaper estab- the people, is faithful to them and its iish a unit of value. own convictions of duty. The abso- " Rates," Mr. Bridgman affirmed. ; lute, continuous certainty that this is "will be maintained. Here there is so, that not only prosperity but life paper of tomorrow, he said: "JSoth- no middle ground, integrity or rates, c.epenus on n i3 ing is more certain that if the vapid jail things to all men, is to a newspaper the newspaper of the present nanus and amateur circulation statements as credit to the banker, virtue to a "on to that of the future." cor-I Raymond were the "signal lights." Considering other phases of the news COTTON MARKET SATURDAY'S CLOSE OCTOBER 18.25 DECEMBER 18.36 JANUARY 18.13 MARCH 18.07 MAY 17.70 TODAY'S CLOSE OCTOBER 18.00 DECEMBER 18.11 JANUARY 17.83 MARCH 17.57 MAY 17 20 LOCAL MARKET COTTON -17 lb. Cottonseed .50 he was allowed to do so and their motor trucks burned. t I Yi V
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