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T70L siV. NUMBER 97.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. ; C, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1922.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
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SITUATION
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OF THE COUNTRY THEHOTELFIRE I?
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t.i
orney NowlTRffllCQ jn Rf
nvepgatmg 1 He JJeatli
e Picture Director
(By Associated Press,)
i .4 vr-.-r.. X'.l1 irk T- 1
tlie farnii'is hero tliat "the gener.il
iisdustrial ami business . situation now
is such ;is to justify eonf idenco that
v.!- arc veil past the worst phase of
REACHES 5
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the agricultural crisis.
TUP UIAYQ AMI! MFANQ
1 1 iil. iiniu nuu iiiLmiu
COMMUTE REACHES
FML AGREEMENT
ON THE ROUS
WIRELESS GDMMUN1CA- TAXPROGRAM
HUM 11 L 1J R P n N
l!UlllLLTimj UUVil'
REyOLUTlDH
J (v Associated Press.)
"Mexico City, Feb. 9. Wireless bonus' tax program, which was
telegraphy lias contributed great y to made public.
keeping down revolution in Mexico '
and Tne overnmenr, recognizing ic:?
value, is establishing stations ui
every larg city in the republic.
(By associated Press. )
' By Associated Press.)
! Washington, Feb. 10. The House
Ways and Means sub-committee da-
leided against a tax on bank checks in
'reaching a final agreement on soldi;r
not
(By Associated Press.)
Los Angeles,,, Oal.j Feb. 10. After
a beginning, pronounc satisfactory,
j district attorney lis expected to con-
Eichmond, Va., Feb. TO. With six tinue his investigation into the slay-
known dead, efforts are being made jing .of William. Desmond Taylor, with
to find the bodies of nine gueszs of ,a possibility that?. a iiumiier of perswns
the Hotel Lexington whicli was lurn- 'prominent in the; motion j)icture world i
ed. Today the' police believ6 - that ,will be examined,; inclutEng Mary Miles
nine persons unaccounted for perish- Mintr, Mabel Normand, Neva Gel
led in the flames. -The part of a toily jbea, Clarie . Windsor and Edna Per
! found vesterdav has been unidentified, -viance. There as no confirmation oZ
p.... . jthe rumor the Miss Minter as closeted
Ealeigh, N. C, Feb. 10. C- B
JEberly, of -Pennsylvania, a traveling ; hours last 'Tuesday.
salesman, appeared in a local news!- - '
i paper office and asked that his name
be removed from the list of niissimr
in the Hotel Lexington Fire at Rich
mond. Said that he left Richmond
Sunday.
APATHETIC CITIZENS Al
LETHARGIC OFFICIALS
HI
NDER
LAW EN
FORCEMENT
PRESOT TO
,CiESS
Columbus, Ohio, Feb. 10.
By The Associated Press
Washington-, Feb. 10. President
Harding expected to present in person
to the Senate laie today the treaties
National , resulting from the Arms Conference
with the District Attorney for rwo
Prohibition Commissioner Ilaynes do-
i
clared "the apathetic citizen and leth
argic public official" are to outstnml-
ing difficulties in the ay of prohibi-!
tiou enforcement.
The Fa
Loan
Bonds
The Blind
I '
MEX CAN D O AT ON
rmir v-rji im i inn
' WW KVtlLLIUn
Offici.ils assert that by using the
wireless the yaro able to communicate
directly and immediately with mili
tary headquarters and thus are able
to head off many incipient uprisings
which li-.ig1 ; grow into serious revo
lutions if. not promptly checked.
Mexico City
May Vote Dry
IGNORANCE
(By Associated Pess.)
Mexico City, Feb. 10. The "wets"
in Mexico are frankly alarmed. They
OFL
PONISHED RY
TENCE TO S
WS
SEN-
HO
(By YTJ. S. Press)
j Washington, Feb. , 10. The twelv3
I federal land banks of the country
have just offered $75,000,000 of 5 per
cent federal far loan bonds at the price
of 102 o-8; and accrued interest, at
which price .- they will yield approxi
mately 4,70; per cent to callable date
ropuiat
(By U. S. Press)
Moscow, Feb. 10. Political illiter- aml 5 per ee thereafter
sav there is a real possibility tliatiacy Is a worse crime than bigamy in j s ;
Mexic'City, at least, may-go dry " Soviet Russia. Cupid's error are pain! Secretary of the Treasury Mellon
. - - . -. .v.ww ;ff ri a isaid: 4This is the largest offering of
ueiore me enci oi xne year ana inai lujtautauuuujy emu. iucajjcu
- - , - - "
tsXjtli'xl'' Cltr A cb- 10 Thev popula-
l'4V":-''i "uil i'i-An:u j.3 u nine mure imm
JiVj'Ai ! 1 1 AAft on,,.!;,, ,T
ly compiled by the census bureau
which has just completed its enumera-
Washington, Feb. 10. The Bureau itiou- This represents a loss of ap
o f the Census, announces that 52,617 proximately 1,000,000 since the last
blind persons were enumerated in th? itcnsus was taken in 1910. The de
census ,f 1920. In" I91t tlie'"-number is ascribed to emigration of na-
Althoush this decrease I tivt's tinl foreigners during the periods
was
revolution.
of 4,65"i, it is said,, mav be in ssmc;OT
degree ihc result of a change in the j Officials here assert that there are
method of reporting the blind, it pro-jlum more than 4,000,000 Mexicans
ably indicates at least in part an ai'.- .iivi,,;- in the United States.
bi'.nd of rebels did was to cut all tele
graph and telephone -wires, thus 'isola
ting the region of revolt. :
In its station at Chapultepec Park
here the Mexican government has o?ie
courts. j farm loan -bonds ever made, but m tual decrease in the amount of pre-
the entire republic arid of alcoholic , but ignorance of Bolshevist laws is ,ew of the generally favorable trend , rentable blindness, consequent upon
r x l ii t it i' . il
i n rue oiu ii vs me iitsl 1111111 .t.. , tit... '.;,.i y.,- -rii,
beverages.
President Obregon does not
sav
punished by sentence to courses in
Communist schools organized to cu-
of the investment market and the eon.;, the' improvement in, medical knowl-
tinued strong showing of the federal eiTge and the education of the public
that he is a prohibitionist but within n
liuhten those untaught inhe wavs of I loan banks is believed tliat ,it viH regarding the possibiility and duty of
ind
best equipped
continent. During the
the past few months he has given his
unqualified support to certain legal j
measures which, aim to cut down drink-
be readily absorbed and as the funds : preventing blindness.
twill go direct, to the farmers of the &
Ivan Ivanovicli Linsky was recent V j countlVH should-lo much to improve ' WEATHER EEPOET
the Soviet Republic.
ef the largest
plants -in the
lripnsnrps wnii'n ?i t tti to i i i nnwn nrniw- -. i , i . -
Carran.a administration the station -"cea in a iuoscow court oy two wivea agricultural, situation.
. 1 S J 11 A. X. X. - x 1 .
II f V HI Lllil I I V I.fl DHL I II I IIX ll-.-i II 1.3 i j?. 1 ! n
idle but during V . the -; " " . rau xive cmiuren
i rsn nnns. rnins ann r.aTir,iTias navtj
dailv bv the gttvernment in
Shipping Board
Advertising
For North Carolina: Rain, late to
or
M'.e, ri:i .-.t ic:i 11 v
past few months sit has been used , j,v -:IL: iVZ'ft: todar for v
I I I II I 1 1 X I'l IIIN Mr II I'HI .IIIMN i I II. V XTZ : t ' r -r- v.i-. - ,j . . . - ,-- . .
sendin" " i ' . - . - ,M ...'-' Fresh south anfl -southwest wmrts
' i. . ,..c,i sary to get a divorce and thought my Williamston to visit friends for a ; ' .
uccii uui uaiinri muic A-jiin cot'-vb-ux-u , . i ;
(liy- If. S i'r.--ss!
Washington, Fob. 3 0. Th Shipping
I'oard is advertiing heavily, and in
Saturday." Warmer tonignt etitor Iu
drnininirg-up- tra.l0rl for: its- ships.-
official news letters to Central and
South American countries and in keen
ing its ministers and consuls inform
ed of affairs at home.
It has been announced that the
yoveru.nent expects to open the sta
tion shortly for commercial work.
It has also been found that the sta- ;
living apart from my wife whom I j f ew davs.
and. onlv a tew weeks aero, a mesiuen - j i
tial decree increased the federal love any longer was proof that ;
revenue tax on alcoholic drinks 100 didn't want her," was Linsky a de-"j
. . rrn o -.. mnriT' Tiimnr, fense. , - I
tion here can be used as a supplement
tor the land wires throughout the re-
vv -i- "1 i
that these taxes will be" automatically j "ue wumafl -vva8 guteu r.
increased unti lthey become prohibi- Linsk was instructed to enter;
4-1. caHaaI fT thn linniilo t i nn nF nnTTt'l- I
lve. , t
cal illiteracy at the government print- j
Urgeis The Deep-
WaterwayS Rout,
GERMAN TRARE MARK
MAY AGAIN BE USED
Nationwide protest was heard sev-
ing office, where he will be taught
public and congestion on the latter is
often relieved by the Chapultepec
plant.
Ignacio (Jalindo, who
-ears
eial davs ago" when the newspapers u
said that President Obregon contemp- .'that wives-may be disposed of only by
(By U. S Press)
Washington, Feb. 9. Senator Mc-
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin, Feb. 10.- The trademark
It is calculated that a million dollarss
will be spent in Shipping Board ad
vertising this year. Recently an at-t-.
mpt by Representative Byrnes of
South Carolina, to limit to $500,000
the amount the Shipping Board could
spend during the coming fiscal year
on advertising, was defeated by a
, f outvote margin. During discussion,
of the Shipping Board's advertising
policy, certain Congressmen proposed
for
; planting and cultivation oF the mag
uey plant which is the basic ingre-
cdurt that one does not want them .in tjip Senate in favor of tne
and paying a fee of 10,000 rubles. ! construction of the St. LaVreuce riv '
stamped again on
It's much easier than the.
treatment and Moscow should become ' for fhe growing inadequacy" of
' ! 4.i. i it's muen easier tnan uie..:. ivcu;(,r deep-waterwav nroieet as a rem
iiii'riL Lilt in ii? ii I'uwuiiii i. i
ias been identified with wire- -
i i
. ... . (irinKs.
less activity in Mexico, will, represent . uev Avhieh iS a g?eeies ot .a popular resort for mismated foreign- transcontinental freight carriers. AT
the republic at the radio-tciegrapn j rs aftfer Soviet Russia gets the recog-
vonveution to be held in Rome
April.
NewU.S.
Marshall
tion in that it produces a valuab'.e
Raleigli, Feb. 9. The new IT.
Marshal, R. W. Ward, of Raleigh, just
confirmed by the Senate as successor
to Ceoige II, Bellamy, will bring tie
offices of the marshal back to Ral-ei...-li
r:,.sh:.l Bellamy moved th?ri
i t , .. or, sive process, make cheap
t(1 Lis home town when he was, ap-
Wai-fl is a w
-i i. o o
rl-refi forbidding the making declaration oeiore a ov,uiKmlcy ot Illinois, has opened tin- , , n,r,, w.
i.. - - C3 1 - j .lldlM ill KtlilUtiLy .11MMI Mill 1 ' .t I'll A. ' 1 -.1 A
I Hill 11 Ul" 1U1U1UUIU LJ HYYaiU M,l..
German export . , . ,
tisinff. contracts on which the compan-
wares, foi' the agitation to revive this . .. .
. . ' ies were to receive more than 5 per
trademark, which was known; in three" . . ,
.. r 1 cent commission, but an amendment
fourths of the market cities of th- , Tnnntr
to this effect was lost. Declaring
i ' that ocean travelers were refusing to
r,,r.t.1,9. rr.at be renlanted everv seven KJ"VV reauy several speecnes uave urcu .-.,. ;,lf1nafr5nl nnA (.nmm(,T,i;1
Bfxt ' . ! :i.i ow ' moi-a -Rnsaifin ; 1j i x n un make bookings on American vessels on
cv cciotti , maim 111 suiiuorL ox tne nit-usuj u in .
which no licuor was sold, Reprcsenta-
I Arguments that the anti-German tive Gallivan of Massachusetts, said
sentiment , which resulted in wide- the Shipping Board, in advertising
spread boycotts following the war is worked, under tremendous handicaps,
subsiding and that many merchants The Board, he asserted, has been
"haTnstrung by Dr. Volstead," anil is
... . l.
have had? noticeable influence with suffering loss ot business as a ruu,.
now are invest!-. ; 7"'
j gating the probable' result of its re-
The maguey, which is a species
! . , , . . . ers after Soviet Russia gets the recog- ,.(,oflv soverfil sTiopehns have
vears and a decree prohibiting its..."1"1 neeeasaiy " - , made in support ot tne measure in tne
cultivation would mean its extermi- jvorees waterproof abroad. 1 here are . ouse of Representatives. j
! . , , ... .. v . ,. no residence requirements and rdif-
' nation and with it the elimination ot."1'. . 1
; ti'iiiiil.T. mescal and nulerue. drinks
j - u i '
'undisputed potency.,
i Planters of maguev rushed numer
Obregon
iius petitions to President
pointing out that the plant is a part
y of the agricultural wealth of the na
0f ferencc of political views" is the
j -round cn . which many divorced are
! granted.
i Alimonv has not yet come into fash-
E
MSSARV
FR
ion in Russia. TTnder the old Com
munist ideal nobody had anything,
theoretically, and everybody worked
"EQUAL RIGHTS"
;--a.rain would welcome the trademark
; manufacturers, who
. n and was supported by the stat
fiber. 3Urar. a base for paper and a an;i n j
medicine that is said to be a specific With the reversion to capitalists ways)
for kidney disease. It was also " saw the rccogn.tton
(By U. S. Iress)
Washington, Feb. 10. The National
of the rights of ! Woman 's Party has decided to send '
newed use.
It is almost certain the words will
u r,np trp.ite.1 bv an inexneu- r- 1'" i
and excel-."'"J' s00n be tinSed by JU.amm.on
.s an equal rights legislation in Wiscon- .shortly be used for
articles
whien
PACKERS ANR THEIR
'IRELATEO LINES"
)(: n ei
tvell phonograph needles.
President ObTegon has not yet issu- pi"
, i - 1 J. 4-1. Al m iA I"l
. . iii Tito uecret un iur uiuia u. .
an of Raleigh, and his appointment .
still wornea anu so au- i-cnuiu
known and highly esteemed business
sn it af action. During
gives general rai.ii..v vwu, , (
Mi. ln rso',s-
! mi 1.
, t ..,!- AX.,--! The weTS' nave cm
Ward was deputy marsnai uuin.-i
Roo.sseveJt 's administration
j
numerous i
tot
RMAN FOREIGN TRADE
SHOWSlBALiGE
By U. S. Preusi
Washington, Feb. 10. The resolution
of Senator LaFollette Wisconsin, de-
' Ti , .. meetings within the past few weeks
shal iin.l 'r Marshal UJauti jliocki iv . J I
... n -, orsranize their campaign against pv
therefore, familiar with tne aunt :
is.
he now nsssumes.
hibition.
Secretary of Interior Calles is com-
nm,ji.hf0 fifnroo i ra mi ot ho inuTRTea or ior w nicn iutr
j II ? l ilU 1J LLKsK- X uvu.aX: xxulo Ktauvi? -
I Miss Gena Thompson of Wisconsin are no substitutes in other countries,
has been chosen for this mission and j Some of the reports said to hav:
will, this week. begin, a tour of the been received from foreign merchants
States of New York, Massachusetts, say many would welcome the sign fl T)revent modification of tfie
i Rhode Island,. New Jersey, Majiyland, again i fonly to prevent tradesme1 T.leral court decree requiring the 'big
'Virginia South Carolina, Kentucky from selling German goods at higner "five, meat paekers to relinquish their
and Mississippi. Miss Thompson is prices that necessary, under the rep-; irttlateu ines 0f business has been.
, 1-B.y 'U. S. Press) Secretary of the" Wisconsin Women's rescntation that they were made ri ;;i,iopto(1 i)y the Senate.
Washington, (Fel). 9. The Germai ; Progressive League, and a member or ownzenauu, ua,,, .
foreign trade figures for December, the Wisconsin Women's Party. She j elsewhere. ' - ,
according to advices received by the will. take with her the endorsements j vn0wn that immediately a fer 1
COTTON MARKET
ANR
THE PRESIDENT
THE EX-PRESIDENTS
ing in for a large share of the criticism 1)c grtmcnt of Commerce, show the ; of Governor Blaine of Wisconsin and
for the dry" wave, as he was- a fh.;f -favorable , bal.unce. -rw-orded -for ; other Stat ebfficials, and of Wiscon-
staunch --bone dry" advocate long be- ? for
fore he left the state of Sonora to
January to 'sin Congresj&rien,- all of whom hav
A.pril, inclusive, of last year have .written in -approval ot the results o. .boveotted.
Equal
tlte. war the German merchants and
; manufacturers made use of . the Swiss
to, market German-made wares wind
take a cabinet position, oecreiai.v bcen published. "In November ; six - months operation of the
: -i of the Treasury de la nuena is du a leciiease was noted in the prevail-: Rights 'law.
' ! ' .' i i t 01 iqoi nmr. manv" tr1emark also insist its ns
fBv U. S. Press) irujjj.uxvvMv. ing adverse balance, imports uemg : - xne taw, paaacu uiuib -x, 6""- .
Willi Hit 11 WOUiil pro 1 1? I t JlJ mail uiriv.iimu ... 1 -
TODAY'S MARKET
March 1 "1 2
May 1 - IG.S:;
duly 1M1
Octobec . 1 irAl
Advocates of the "Made in Ger- December
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
17 01-
--vi -WK- iniProsJdeut i,rt. -..lflna of thp memorial commission, valued at 12,278,000,000 -paper marks antees women equai ngnis
. .,i i-., .-'- - ': ' :V'!- tJ'Ja W...i Ao' . n oio'nnn ono wf?,,' nffr9.. freedom of contract, iury selves, for they - hope to revive rne May
Jiardin. former iresittcwc? "' ; rne special. ie i .n ij.uiv w " -' -;'' " ' -. r . ii:''i
. 1 . . . . ' . . , i.i- prt.v TitrTits resneet for this mark until iu nr. July fv' "
hief Justice T ft wilT'peah at tar two former Presidents appearing ; at the last montn oi tne year snow iu serMi-e, unn-c v . .
witnout attual favorable balance in paper guardianship of children, and m au marKet or .e .
- i ' x.n ; n f Vp nnptinnp(l. -' TJpMrih'r ,-'-
V. a-.:-:J;.toziJ May '30, according to preeedent in the history of the country, marks of 900,000,000. other respects. ' ' . oi int u, , ,
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