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J HI K ALTH ft FOUB O'CLOCK EDITION VOL. XIV. NUMBER 24. hid diffTgulty Tn pl-tb o n d s "a n d SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1921. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5c PER COP? SEWING FREE SCHOOLS UNEMPLOYMENT IN RUSSIA Pr I (By J. E. jones) 1 Washington, Nov. 11. More- tliau Associated Pres) 0.,000,OuO in municipal bonds have Nov. 11. (By' a Staff.1'0051 so11 recently, in 13 . States, and : of The Associated 110,0 1.1:00, m addition. 1 , i -RusMa 's school svstcm has'!'-ve 'vn offered for sale. Besides, ! 7 il breakdown of ' li'. : :;""-in State bonds have been ! ! "ogra:, j '-.in- u ii gen or: t-coiu-mif system. Lunaeharsky, ' ol,h a:ii :tu equal amount have been Comndsar for Education, is en-,!,t'ton''! 'or sale. These statistics are -oring to correct ami preserve the nia ' public by the President's Con schoolo by edicts but it is a dif- Terence on Unemployment. They are - compiled as rart of the stu-lv wld.-h is being made regarding public works, and the possibility for hastening their construction to relieve, in some mens-1 nre. th" nation 's heavy rate of unem ployment. 1 majority or. the schools in districts are not opening, 1 xtremely doubtful whether be opened this year. Even P. great ' cities like Moscow and a :. it is doubtful whether tkev r. iuuo unless W i I II great . r t o r t to ;-!its Lave :eei the schools 20 made contributions the wav of moncv and . . :,!; '; the chiblren ha ve often ded wood daily to the schools to i warm. Books, paper, pencils and .-i.'iMes have been lacking. a v 1 1"!' A wider variance of rate was shown j reorganization 1,1 tue municipal bonds. These ranged' rapiditv and from 4 per cent, as in the Chicago is-) sue of ? 1,500,000 for park improve ments, to 7 per cent, for the $1,000, uOO in schoo bonds being offered at liibbing, Minnesota, but the majoritv were 6" per cent bonds. Public works which it is hoped will be erected or extended by these municipal londs in clude highways, schools, sewers, fil tration plants, water works, hospitals, in a recent state-' parks, forest preserves, bridges, lights. t that the Cheka, or Commission paving- court houses, fire department the Prevention of Counter-Revolu-! and police department equipment, insists that the schools must be streets, and sidewalks, beach improve- t free of parental influence. To ments, and memorial play grounds, omplisf. this he announces that the . "i iriiL r will name committees in h locality to take charge of the i.xds and. will empower these com 'fes to collect money from the pa- AN ARMISTICE DAY MESSAGE TO CHURCHES TI13 following " Message" is issued by the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America to be read in the churches in their services on Armistice Day: Today we solemnize the valorous sacrificial service of those who went to take our part in the great war for the defending of the cause of world freedom and world peace. In bringing the body of the Unknown Soldiei to our national cemetery, we symbolize our undying gratitude to him and to all whom he represents. But this is not only a day of sacred and grateful remembering cf those who gave themselves for their country and the cause to which their country pledged its all. It is a day when, turning from this fresh-made grave, we face the responsibility wh'eh their suffering and sacrifice have ".i.v. -.o. j-Aini a. , j niimv-jivu uy iuu tact mat Ltou nas pros pered us beyond other peoples, has prompted us to invite the leading nations to confer as to how the suffering, struggling peoples of the earth may be relieved of the crushing loads of armament and the suspicions and fears and animosities engendered by colossa military and naval equipment. Let. us raise thankful hearts to God, the Creator and Ruler of nations, for the measureless blessing He has bestowed upon us, and let us dedicate ourselves to the service of mankind. Let us pray that God's blessing, rest ing in special measure on this Memorial Day, may mark the beginning of a new era in human history. Let us pray that America as a nation may be filled with the spirit of that great Leader of Mankind who taught that men should love their enemies and that service is the true way of greatnes s and of life. SAVINGS BANKS INCREASE DEPOSITS (By U. S. Press) Washington, Nov. 11. The report from the comptroller of the currency shows that savings bank deposits ma terially increased during the last f is-i MASHED HUNDREDS OF BOTTLES OF LIQUOR AN (By Associated Press) Nottingham, Eng., Nov. 11 Stand- hampagne ; mg in a pool of whiskev 0 car year. Magnate,! industry, bust-; port wiue? Harry a ness depression and growing unem- j employe, was recentlv arrested bv the ployment under ordinary circumstan- I police after witliesses ml(1 lloan the ces would be expected to reduce the smashins o bottIos iu the hotel cel. savings deposits, but they did Returns from 023 nCK-',lar. He as sentenced To two mouths savins i imprisonment for the damage, estima- mutual hanks, located principally in Xcwjtod at 234. Ho had smasW ss bot. England and the Eastern States, showtles of eIiampaglie 64 of port ami 2S .that on June 30. 1921, these institu-!of whi,keyj as well as lraudy and tions held deposits amounting to :heiieaietiuo bottles. : 5-o,575, LS1,000, credited to 9,619,26o ; depositors. One year previously thej The prisoner pleaded, through his same banks had deposits o $5,lSC,4So,-' ounseb that he did it in a fit of tem 000 and 9,14.1,327 depositors. This rer bfeause the manager had given ;Juue the average deposit was $579.59 llim a veok's notice of dismissal. 1 land a voir ago it was 54$. 14. According to these figures, there Malarial fever contracted in Mesopot amia, it'V vaid, had affected his was a gain ot JSSJ'oO.OOO in the do posits of these banks and a gain of 173.9.13 iii the number of deposit''' mi nd In 1 1.-": -.V HP Wi:o able to pay. ENGLISH TO CELEBRATE ARMISTICE MY during the fiscal year. eriod tliere was a gain of,V.o' in the average deposit THE a Give I T tie a CI 0 Think!" laece (By Associated Press.) This ster- is in line with the genera! decentralization policy "which the gov ," ,,: ,: m i endeavoring to carry out , (.;-, it altered its economic policy and ; w b:i -k :: doihesfu' f'-e radrt. ' Nev. ll.---Ariiil.,ileo Duy V.-. ; which were introd.uced in many will be celebrated tomorrow with a ee'r ef ; -;!c, s have very largely dis-.tain amount of ceremonial display rq-'eared. Many of the teachers were centered :ound the Cenotaph at White- rxreme idealists in the earlier days of hall containing the body of Britain's! ti.e Soviet government and endeavor-'. unknown soldier, where the principal j work manv innovations. function will take place. ei The pi an of having school children ' The program which has been ap- ;dt th' janitor work in the schools proved by the Cabinet, is based on ;i:ed I--, such unsanitary conditions consideration that the celebration z it was abandoned in many places-should be characterized not so much .omen came back. All right. That chance will be during the week of No vember 7th to 12th. During- that week take a little time and go over in your mind the many things your home town paper has done is doing will continue to do for your home town. Think about it seriously. T'.l: whether or not you have stood loyally by lv: cAi times when the community's champion has needed financial and moral support. Think whether or not you have always done ycdi cli:f v by -fie town's best friend. Think ho v.- n 'ich better your home town paper could do il: each citizen were as loyal to 13 bv grief and mourning as by honor able pride and grateful remembrance. e schools are badlv crowded. In '" of the small chiblren go i Represeentative detachments of the ;!.. .0! t until 3 and the older navy, the army, the Royal Air Force, uen g; in the afternoon and re- and ex-service men's associations are itil ; p. m. to out tbe ieir m- worK in as I ' 'i't to piece ;:it'' -rdaries. teaclier: ." s,.;.f,ol as possible with the re that there are often delavs in to inarch via Birdcage walk and Tar i iament Square to the Cenotaph on the morning of November 11 and there ,kc one far away who would en- ccklv visit from the old home town it as it Think ot joy the v. paper, then hand in a subscription for that far away friend. If you are not now a subscriber, be one. Subscribe for Ycm Home Tcv.-n Fr.er Week, November 7-22 TEST AUTHORITY OF COMMISSION TO LOCATE ROAD PRINCIPAL CAUSES Of DEATH (By II. S. Press) Washington, Xov. 8. The Depart ment of Commerce announces that the Cenms Bureau's annual report on HALIFAX AND EDGECOMBE TAKE ; IIOBGCOD CONTROVERSY TO ! SUPERIOR COURT form a hollow square. Short lv before 11 a Our Foreign meals which the m. a represen ollowed by the Prime Minister and the High Com- D eots r0vern- -ative of King George followed by the Mb-1, ';r; idles to school chiblren when central nnssioners or tiie seir-governing o- n ::;o!is ;um. iiitia? viu lay wrrains un RUSSIANS USE AIRPLANE PROPELLER TO PUSH TRAINS AND BOATS Ide are prepared in l'S are! carried bv chiblren in vessf l. to the schools. Freouent- :. ;s are late and the school .-. irregular. : : which non-Communist pn ! at one time that the gov v. oidd en'Tcaror to take their 1 1 iO en mapn. : On the last stroke of 11, maroons; will lie fired in the metropolitan area, and two minutes' silence will be obser ve.. At lle! further maroons wdll I ' (By J. E. Jones) I "Washington,. Xov. 10. The House i of Representatives has passed a bill ! for the creation of a commission, head- d bv the Secretary of the Treasury, ii n n .AT A J. . 1.., 1 !4-1. j n .11 iv.'im run auuioriiy io ueai uiat me jtusian '.'lvciinnii Tor proponing ran War debts of foreign nations to the road cars by the use of airplane pro ' Cnited States, and amounting to pellers iias just resulted in a smash up. Raleigh Xov. The authority of the' State Highway Commission to deter- ' ;mine the location of roads under its jurisdiction" was attacked in injunctio i proceedings brought by the road com missioners of Halifax and Edgecombe counties yesterday, seeking to restrain .the Commission from changing ii:" route of the Tarboro-Halifax road i originally routed by way of llo-oo '. Court action was begun before .Judge ; Thomas II. Calvert 01. Tuesday at Halifax and a temporary rostra '.nine; ; order obtained, returnable be 'a:--Judge Calvert Xovember 28. Sorvh- ' of summons was made upon each mem ber of the Commission here yester- b'ay afternoon. Xo plans have been announced for defending the action but the Commission intends to resist the injunction with every resource at its command. f'If this order stands, the work of the State Highway Commission is fin ished we will have the State road law administered bv the courts,' de- i dared Chairman Frank Page yester day afternoon discussing the effort of Halifax and Edgecombe citizens to prevent the building of the road on the location determined after the mat- mortality statistic.-', sued sho! tly, sloe, ha ving ore r : 1 " .; i; rate of 1 '!.! ! . . ompa : e 1 with id.1 the low::-', r: ; ; 1 ! i e tie . e . ' ' : . i : ! i : i ' e 'in) i "deli v, "1 be is- ' t ! ..17 -lea hs a s 1.- .' ': ; ' '. r deat h ; at on ;i "d; . w.dch was . '. a:.y year : : "a v. as estab- de.idi rate from hoai 123.5 er d ' i . p.: o P 7.3 in H20. For u.' the heart the rate o to 141 0: for enn- ' to 3.. Some of the so.: for which the rate in- whooping cough, measles, e'Morrhage. congenital de malformations, puerperal scarlet fever and appendicitis. The fatalities caused by automobile accidents and injuries show an increase from 0.4 per 100,000 in 1010 to 10.4 in 1020. n.c (,, reased f !'', frm s ' 1 1 e r i I i v r 1 i - e-! a : i c .ei.r,! I ' ' e t v ,) !i i fever. A marked docn rate ivo:u a ise is shown in the ;:' .eia-a o-. ; which was at.-: in j;h as coinvtarcd witn 1 d m 101!: ::.: 5 i the death rate from influenza, 71.0 in li2o as against '.s.s the vear before. The death rato from suicide declined from 11.4 in 1910 to 10.2 i nl020. There was a decline also in the rate for typhoid fever and in that for accidental drowning. (By Associated Press.) Baku, Azerbaijan, Xov. 10. A new. tor had been thrashed on at hearings Id here several weeks ago. Kit-chin Leads Fight The fieht over the location of the 1 Kight miles west of llobgood, and Oil direct lino between Scotland Xock and Tarboro is a prosperous farming settlement that is now without a road. ;be fired, to be followed immediately ibv public singing at the Cenotaph of from them has apparent- ( .. in past tllls OT omph'tely with t lie nn the new decentraliza even before that w:ic being accompanied by the bands of the Guards. The massed reveille will be funded by buglers and ui -eromonv will be completed. die troo ' t ' : 5 5 THE FEDERAL fun n td TV. : ! i J. P. Press) t ::?, Xov. 11. l?euirei5K?nts f.'K-h State shall select its : roads constitute the prin teaii.re of the federal high-reM-taient of which has just 'eetedj ;is differentiating will then march off and the general public in Whitehall will be n;a'rshalled into processions moving from Whitehall towards Westminster, o that they may deposit wreaths on Cenotaph as thev pass. It is hoped that the two m silence 'will lie observed throughout the "United Kingdom, and that all ve s-10 000,000.000. While the process of; lending our billions to Europe was so' simple that, the public knew little about it at the time, it turns out that the process of making collections is most difficult. One Congressman ex plained to his colleague than "in the j debts now due the United States there! probably lies tPe germ of more diffi- j culties, dissensions, differences and ; irritaton for the future than anything: that has ever arisen in the history of the rnuntrv. There is but one way' , . .-this indebtedness can ultimately be : n mutes i 'road has been bitter, led on the on: This route was declared by the corn side bv Paul Kitchin as chief counsel, mittees that investigated to be shorter and by R. C. Dunn, of Tarboro, on the other. Hearings were held here early in September that consumed the bet ter part of a day, when testimony was offered by both sides, and the matter was argued at length by counsel on either side. The vote of the Commis sion was nine to one against the Hob good route. " ; On the first draft of the State road a n hicuhir traffic will be suspended, is not, however, deemed neceasarv stop rail and water transport. It 1 approp a le.ieral aid act of 1010. ac- th n analvsis of the bill bv t-.io nmst select a connected Toaaor t x''.'!..., :..,' i . -v. 1 ' f: nor writ- nf its fnn(TTP 1ms been manv moftths at i iiiu i,ui eau i i-ucuuiiiii. svsiem not c-viti uiiip v i"- - -. " " Caj'tain Simolov of the Soviet army had rigged up a flat car with a motor to drive a big airplane . propeller and built a Title triangular house on the car. At a. railroad junction outside of Baku, he tried to induce a conduc tor of a train to hitch his airplane car on behind. The conductor refus ed and the train went on for about three miles and halted. As the Tassengers in the rear coach were m iking tea, the airplane car map, the Tarboro-Halifax road follow- canie. around a curve going at about -d the present county road by way of . '- 1 a do miles an hour. Most of the passen- Tlobgood, and was approved by both v gers got out of the rear car by way county boards of road commissioners. lessimistie view of the situation was; of the windows and the captain - and . enter opposition developed in favor v - wn slimild !a o-ivl omi m 11 i on Ipaned from his flat ' nf iho U.i wrence Vllle TOUtO. I lie ma - (lie I ii y ti i i jr i t i - .- . - 1 - - i.' - not attempt to ''drive hard bargains or! car which banged into the rear coach, ter was brought before the State High-" iiy of the State Highway Commission tl-e.way Commision, and on two different . :o o-cate xne roaus mat are io w "uni, nations it rack, a mass of wreckage. Xobody ' times, committees were sent down to;..y the fetate, and its outcome will bo Both reports were in watched witJi Keen interest tnrougn- limitation of armament The e.intain said he did not see the Hobgood Has Road ,.,d'- ed. unless the nation voluntnr ilv pavs it, and that is by war.-'7 This 1 one that would serve a population - now served by an improved road. The plaintiff denies the power of the State Highway Commission to re open and re-locate a road that ha.s ! ecu finally approved by the county read governing body. Further com plaint is made that the letter of the law declaring that the 'principal e.u us" shall be connected by State roads is violated because llobgood, a principal town in the county, is left the State road. This action is the first that has been ed in the State against the author- " 'take any step likely to throw suspic- ! doubled itself np and jumped on friendly riated for road construction, for j(,n or mistrust ' . . - r ' - .-ti.-i -t" - l i. ,,..! ,vf i,e fUenl vear. a soon to nartieipate m tne couterence , Was hurt but tne proua indention ol . investigate. 4 i it i . .4 4-1. rt L - 4- TTnnv! n rr -W-ill T0 " Tl, l-,!,!,,,,-;'. t.iii l,V rfml to smash. fnrnr of the ,a wreilCeVUie route. J-tu ri uu. - ---- i jiuioii. l iv i ii ' iM " - ' - j-a v v ' ; Halifax two weeks from next Mon- part or all of its allotment '1,000,000 of federal -nt ire rad mileage for improvement ti-mpting to set up the machinery for train in time to stop but. he added., llobgood is on the railroad and al- day The defence of the suit will be funds v.dth fe leral aid. i i collecting Europe s T. O. TJ. souvenirs, anyway the brake does not work." ready has an excellent county road, prepared within the next few days.
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