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r to mi r M VOI. XIV. NUMBER 91. FOUE O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. C , FBIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1922. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE PICTURE PLAY j SPECIAL DRIVE TO BE MADE PC E WOODWORKING PLANT, CAN- "KTT'T? V L Lull Y3Sm A mATi fimt-n a r-t -. - -n v. n -m . 1 ritUDUUIS JMLflLN Ul'AUTUfiB TUT ILL STREET SS INTERESTED I THE EARNER ! B B m IK EM a irv n ii nm I ! m m ZttM iu.1 n a m m ia m h m bi m ataavai m a lb zc mm m I I City I I BBaili I I I III I I 111 711 I BE 1 I Iff 1 r I IE (TBI B.BBI11E-B" B1 r IV1 fl . V Its MM M 1 Hal E UK! 1 B Bfill I B BuBIRH III I 111 I I. IB I 111 B B B hllllkkiyil UUIVI L.I ILIIUL i XtMV (By Associated Press.) Irork, Feb. 3. Wall Street's (By Associated Press.) Los Angeles, Gal., Feb. 3. Revenge interest in Washington events drifted rapidly from has jealously, hate and unanswered love (By Associated Press.) Washington, Feb. 3. China 's reply to Japan's offer to give up group International ;all were considered by the poliee in affairs tc the Agricultural bloc and i continuing the search for the slayer i the position of the farmer in the not William Desmond Taylor, Motion country's social and economic scheme, picture director , whose Jnidy was Almost every recent utterance of the j found yesterday in his apartments leading In ulcers lias ft welt with em- .here. uli a si 3 f this situation. I Every person known, to have been tin or near the apartment had beon j WEATHER REPORT 'closely questioned. These persons For North Carolina: Generally fair, ranged from Henry Peavy, Taylor's tonight and Saturday. Somewhat negro house man to Mabel Normand, vt Idf-r lonigl.t. Fresh westerly winds. Motion Picture ae tress, while others C " .'T' 1 I prominent in the film industry whose names were brought into newpap us in connection with the director's death Shortly after the first of the year several times and to get near the raw the Chamber of Commerce was reor- material and have plenty of space ,ganized and new officers were elect- with ample labor. The body feels five of its famous twenty-one demands ed. At that time it wps determln01 that this eoneern snouJd be brougnt is expected to end the Arms Confer- to advertise for manufacturing enter- here by all means sand after making MS Washington, Feb. Senate ence 'for Far Eastern, negotiations. , . . .. laiuenament to the allied uebt refund . i'xoaf auu , "cucriia auverugemem a moroura investigation tnrouen The Plenary Session tomorrow is ex pected to end the Conference. was run in several of the leading Biadstreets and otherwise have asked dailies of the country with the result the President of this Company to that thirty-six replies were received, come down and open negotiations ing bill wa s accepted b ythe House. The" measure now goes to the Presi dent who is expected to appoint soon isome oi which were promising and person. It is shoped by the directors ! . iniiny with a ;tai h .itifa nnrmnmiT pump nnw riiLillliril I llHI I iT 11 1 1 II ptaurs were nox- -metiers were writ- that tins gentleman will be ncre ion to all ot these prospective indus- shortly, a? -he: had indicated his wib-j iUIGl OIL OPERATOR!) INTERESTED Ifl GER MAN FIELDS included Edna Purviance and Mary j j Miles I'.Tniter, also' Motion Picture l 'actresses.. ERKMENT OFFICIALS TO RE CLUE INSTRUCT! Ill ECONOMY .tries and financial statements and re- ingness to come at any time. 'ferences asked for. To these letters After many . meetings and thorough! !?;. number of replies were received au-l consideration the directors of the j J those who were not open to investiga- Chamber of-Commerce have determin-! (tion. were eliminated and those who ed that the following things should ! ( C5 CD were in earnest and willing to be in- be worked for exclusively as an ob- ' vestigated replied; with the necessary jective for th year: woodworking j information These were considered plant, cannery, sweet potato storage j (.ree ias jiiinounce.1 that hr'" GOVERNMENT WILL ONLY ACCEPT LARGE NOTES :i)y Associated Pre.s.) Moscow, Feb. 3. A government d 1'iy Tne Associated Press j Berlin, Feb. 3. The increased coa i sumption of crude oil and need of a corresponding increase in the world 's product ion has focused attention of American interests upon European fields, and renewed efforts are being NAT. MANUFACTURERS WAHTR. R.SUPERU1S 10N UNDER ONE HEAD j (By Associated I'ss.-) j Washington, (Feb. 3. President Harding has called nearly a thousand jgovernent officials to receive instruc- lity here, such as wood working plants leave no stone unturned until tion in connection with the adminis-j were asked to go further into details objectives are attained. Advertise - -worth oiily half jtrations policy for securing economy land others were ad wised that their ments are now being run to attract Jn0ney. carefully and those industries which warehouse and a peanut products t street railways and other ' v , were thought would find an opportun- manufacturer. They are going to institutions will accept x:l"--i:"'ies j 1 It a ii a thousand ruble-f''.; "Inch are i$ . i in American in expenditures? (By Associated Pit;ss.) made to secure long time contracts-1 Washington, Feb. 3. The National for the development of the industry i Association of Manufacturers pur j poses tne i-onsonuation or aJl govern Iment activities with relation to rail-, URGING AMERICAN VALUATION PLAN particular line would not find here those interested in peanut products the opportunity they were looking for. manufacturing. ;rt-i However, the Chamber is now in The directors seem deeply interest hPT P A I Pfjl IPF TP TlflP negotiation with several woodworklntj ed in their work and determined to. uuut iwwlllllll Iconcerni, and particularly one wliicli make the present year "the greatest inj S4j lfljAY I Li L L 11 j now has a pay roll of one thousand a industrial development the town has' lUI liitiLViifil 111 L 1 I U jweek and which wishes to expand yet experienced. on o the Standard Oil com pa a; iiiost active and are report- ; have secured virtual mou- i g'-'-.r,. -hs-e bee ! hrr - i?polic-i of oil prospecting and well ! linking in a number of smaller Cen t ra 1 E u r op'f u at at es Gern an capital has been watching the operations of the Americans with considerable concern, and it is predic ted iti ouarters close to Hugo Stinnes, the most powerful of the German cap- (By C. . Pr,ss) 1 fll 1 Washing-ton, Feb. 3. The fight .for ; Jy roads into on. tribunal as a remedy -for the American valuation plan in tne ithe present situation. tariff bill now in the Senate is be "-iBONUSLEGISLATIIILL CARRY PROVISION FOR RAISING REVENUE J coming somewhat heated. American (manufacturers are championing taej jplan for American valuations, while ERI AMA GRANGES GOV- WHOLESALE AND RETAIL mnn n rn hiput , no pro u nrprunrn 11.19 1 uiiLn ; rniuLO in ululividlr '; the "interests engaged in" j foreign products into the bringing j Unite (I j Tirana, Albania, Feb. 2. Turbulent Albania has a " summary "way ot" (By TJ. S. Press) Washington, Feb. 2. According Moscow, Feb. 2. Thefts of goods from Russian -railways are ho ext-.'n-sive taht M. Djer )iusrf', the Pole who now directs the railway administration , asserts ihat it Avill be necessary to es tablishment a special, police force to stamp it out. Djerjinsky first cam 3 into international notice through his hanging 'governments The j States are putting up the strongest j arguments possible in support of their Jplan. Spokesmen for the Ameri.-nn j italists, whose commercial enterprise? mauuiact urmg concerns are arguing xtend to all Europe, that American i 04v Associated Press.) Washington, "Fob. o. The soldiers . . i - niterests soou "will hnve a monOBOt? iinna bmciotim, ,.n-nr n nrmno. i ,,i '. ; law is essential to the country n. i-i-.vriau " , ion zor raising tne revenue necessary;. nut of the whole earth." jto finance it, Chairman Fordney an- The Standard Oil Company has se- jnounced. after the , conference with that the. adoption of an American j standard of valuation in the tariff ir it is to be saved from "the cheaper cur rencies c.i' the world saddling us with Tie refused. other information gathered by the united ' organization known as the Cheka dur ing the Red terror period in the sunv mer of 1918. I!e recently denounced the railway ! jnp;oy?s as speculators and trafficeri ; ! :o sliouid 1)0. jailed However, it. i difficult to uiilcrslaiid how the. railroad men can be expected to work without stealing for trainmen hav3 day, when the regents got tired of .States Department of Labor through tlie administration of Pendeli Evan- ; the Bureau of Labor Statistics tTiere geli, Prime Minister, they told him was no change in the gene-nil level of to resign or there Avould be bloodshed wholesale prices from November to December. The Bureau's weigTite-I ! He was given 12 hours in which to index number, calculated from the 'choose between the loss of his position 'average monthly prices of IY27 commod or the Joss of his head. At midnight .St.ios or series of quotations, stands at to his hotel to deliberate o.i tlie saine ratio for Ioccmber as it dn! :c went EW WO i-i:re.l control of important fields ' in president Harding. Northern Rersia on a 50 -yea r lease, I i but the action of the Persian admin- , ;:-;t ration in granting the concession has been protested by the Russian gov , eminent, and also by the Brtish mm- ister, as incompatible with the R-us- I ian-I'er.iaa agreement of February j -(, 1921, which it is claimed gave i i'-ussia prior right?. j I economic stagnation. 'the stern ultmatum. For- the month before. ,ru rwrnn.a.lOSCdwNoW A iflLB LALHblDt! WideQiieai K hH r rHflR H Sr ! MOSCW' Feb- ;3--This Iias b- rcHon. The emissaries were ag ompare(1 with No MlUll I UP 1 I IIIIIIUIIIUL. veinSicr. i come a wiae open town tor the lirs- :aceoniT)aiiied bv soldiers with rifles i Stockholm, Feb. 1. Less than half time in its modern history. It is 'and machine guns. They explained if ; f the women of Sweden entitled to open for business, for thefts, for hold-ie ,lidn?t get out blood would be spitl ote exercised their newly-won f ran- i ps, for fun, for disease and disaster, innoncent people killed, and n hise rights at the 'polls in the elec- I for speculation, for drinking, for any j revolution might ensue. So he quit. tnut concessions in Jugoslavia, Ozeeho- :tiorta of 1921, the first year of full ;f'-d nil things man, or woman, may; jtg was succeeded by Hasan Pris- ; Slovakia and Rumania, under stipuia- ; suffrage for women, according to a 'de isc. ; tine, who is described by Americans m -t lions 7rovidiiU'- for investment of sev-; report ot the Swedish Central Bureau ine oid timers ot tlie stain pre-war Albania as an adventurer and a sorn Americans also have secured impo S -ml miibens of American dollars iujof Statistics .just made public. How- I regime can't recognize anything but .intriguer. Hasan's regime was short- dcvelcioaont work, which these couc- jevcr, the official report of "the 1921 j the snow. It used to be, before the 'lived, too. His administration was a j 'us c.'tMnot udertake. Ne-jfotiiitions have been lections give the O Ui. iiciLlO V' leaders ;wa,a sort lipo-im !.- hit least; two cans;'; for reioicinr. told the correspondent that tiieir pay '.amounted to -only 5.)0 Soviet rubles An hour later a group of representa-; Thc retail food index issued by tne s month. This is equivalent to 20 Itive Albanians, among them several VntCil fetateS Department of Labor Americnn cent,, less than the price of : members of the government, called j showR thflt there .was a decrease of 1 '& Hin 1omui of blaek hyvn,L jupon the Premier and told him thosi eeut in the retail cost of food to; The American Relief Administration ;m authority would brook no delay tu U) fhe avere f;im3Iy in Decern ter -nr()tected afrainst theft bv sriecial J. . - - - ,. guards and the Bolshevist government makes good all losses of American i udstuffs. Hut even the knowledge that detection probably will mean di ath ha '3 not prevented thieves from stealing American supplies. The railway administration, asked for G!:,w!iO,.:'t gold rubles for main tenance of transportation In 1922; but the government allowed only 45, ftiO OAO ir the biid'fet. However, Jt iiudud:'! a iirovisioji tunc every !e- THE OIL SUPPLY OF THE UNITED STATE! (B U. kj. Press) Washington, Feb. S. A review of probable, and possible . -i ween the Americans and Russian '. The men did not show a much bei repreentatives for leasing the Russian ;ter record than the women, and the oil-bearing region;- in the elates bv a joint committee United of country, family town, p.iiiire. ITe suffered the same fate t he proJucin as. fcompared to the gayer skylariwTngs ;a& his. predecessor. although Tii- -- - -: i"-','uip- ; terms or nis i esjgiuiiioji vvar '- v ."" - for -mli--. jts freight .During the revolutions, it lost "tlris juite so peremptorv or unconventional .ed of members of the Anicfican Asso- ompo i- f Petroleum Geologists an'; partment of the government .iliall pay. ,;..i:. .....I T,iiiti.i tt.m nnriii a. nrn- ciimoer ot women voters exceeded the , rriemi !v aspect or ciuiet and, as tn?!,,.- those of Eva nee n. Tne regents are, latum ot niviiv.- basis At tlie same time thejmale voters in the capital of Stock- j Soviet bottled down here, it became j,lOW casting .'about for a new chief or of the United States Geological Snr X?.tissiaiis are seeking to secure Gemrm liolm l.y more than o000 voters. - strictly moral and severe, with only , f- ;,tc. . vey has resulted in an inventory esti- macliiuery for their oil fields, with--! The official report shows that -17. 1.. the grand opera to lighten the load There has since been a revolutionary mate that nine billion barrels ov oil ...j vv!:i.'!i -it is reported manv of rne percent of the Swedish women voters lof propaganda and thousands of order3 'f.tmosphre in the city and trouble nas recoverable by methods now in us-3 works -ui.st close resulting in perma least their ballot while 61.9 per tent of j on how to live and prosper and nent damage to certain fields ami ' he men voted. The total women's 1 appy, notwithstanding closed snops, i however was guarded, by soldiers ana tr ii.n finvift. oovernmcnt. i vote in tlie citv of Stockholm be been momentarily feared. Parliament remained in the ground in this eoun- Jaaii: 1 in-- I'llO bullet in (- was lack of liread am medicine i'oi-o-.'r wealtliv o;l owners and pro- i 76,566, while vote cast bv an 1. machine ttuns. In the midst of their 'is?-v.:(i !y thc Geological Survey says men was 'clothes. relief work among the widows - ana that unlike our reserves of coal, iron. oiers row Russian exiles here, have . 71 .198. - ; A R-isshut Rip Van Wrinkle, wnb children, the American Red Cross ;:-id copper, which are so large tnat -,(.,. 1,jM:iicip;ltin' in these negotia- : The general impression throughout ..had slept during the pat three years, ;WOrkers are finding many thrills. They :?jprehension of their early cxbausr.ron jOM.. j the country seems to "be that tlie Swe- , wouldn t know the town these niguts. ; nre? however, in no danger, as thsir n.s - j.ot justified, the oil reserves of I Soviet Russia now has 1mm,000 ratl-:av:-!v employes and tne Ukrainian re public 2ft5,0(it "ireat reductions tn ;tieir number:. Iui-m been mt.de because 'of the inability ot the good com mi s-,:-irs to rovide food for more. In ;fact they are unable to supply what VI the iVi( nrombed to the reduced perouneft Tlie re is a great cry in Russia that the railways be put-on : paying basis. i dish .women have not fully realize. ij Church bells ring out for prayers. welfare crude oil the importance and significance of Communists an ;nd security is , the first 'the country, .-is the public has Bourgeoise, peasants thought of the Albanian and itaMan qnently been warned ,appear COTTON MARKET March is lior; May ilv The anr.ual production . o in the "United States was estimated their neiv privilege. It is believe 1 and princesses are all crambling for ; ., uthorities. - jquate to supply the demand for only b.y Ihe Fnited States geological survey that in the future they will make a 'move mney that they may not fall; it is generally felt among the for- a limited number of years. The an .n January IS to be now . almost better showing at Die polls. into the (abys of Irani ine. Cabmen :;iau colony that there can never vu- a nmil production of the eoun try, t..Vi i' i-.rt.-v -1 1 - 1. i.nnnrfs ffl. l..mi.t- -f.mmi 'vj i-o.-i ii Sl.nnV. o .n -f -rli t j n cr -Fr,T liirrhni- Tofpsi rvf1ll i,.tUn -rt;iii--nivr.Tit lir 1 Oil f ft'? nlmftsf. hfilf ' fl billion batTClS. tUt- tilC H! ' tare ' that the annual consumption holm, which is to a large extent an 'dealers for more rubles per 'busiioi, the regents are in power. It is said annual censumption, already well be- October already Is bevond that mark and is industrial, city, may indicate that the bakers for more per pound, candy and ;sfime 0f them cannot even rend yond the half billion mark, is MtiU growing. Tt added that for some -working women, especially women, cookery shops are blooming out on ' write. "Nevertheless, they are in rJ- growings For some years we .-.... n. , out V,-. l.r. fr lm- n,1n -ntiinn Tnpii-iViers o-rj.snei1 ITie nvrr pnrnpr. winp n?id vodloi :i re cnlntu r-ftvrnl tf the C-OUlltrv. had to imT)Ort oil, and Wlt! .v.(-.i fll. Clalu!' licin ''.nu i. nr.MV' - " v - ' ' j-j-i' - - , .... J - - - x. - - - A : Vort oil ;ii:d with the growth in do- opportuuity to register their . votes. 'old in millinery shops and the Z.l -: The most hopeful friends of the,Al- growth in demand, our dependence ;i TODAY'S MARKET 16.9 i 16.CG 10.22 15.7-$ still 1 rcember 3 6.fi nave YESTERDAY'S MARKET ?ne March irand. , its dependence on foreign oil However, other women cannot be saut policemen of the town have long since .banians sometimes despair of heir foreign oil has bo.-ome steadily gre.-d- .July 'has become steadily g.reater in spit t have neglected the ballot as a 'quit bothering with footpads. our c-wn increase fn output." 'whole. IN. J.i!C 1 i IS Git. ever developing into iin. orderly effi- er, in spite of our own jjicreas? 'cicnt, salf-governlzsg people, ?:- October -t Dec-ember 16.6 16.52 16.1 15 57 15.03 i
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