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rOL XV. NUMBER 29.
Foxnt o 'cloche EDinon scoiL.in.oK n.
High
Team
School
Debates
Williamston
Tonight at 8:00
The Regular Annual Triangular De
bate to Be Held at School Auditor
ium on Query: Resolved. That The
United States Should Enter The
League of Nations.
NEGRO IN
OF LI FOR
X lie
regular annual triangular do
bate will be held tonight at
oVuM-k at the School auditorium.
The ytuestion to be discussed is: Re
solved, that the United States should
.'liter ti. League of Nations.
The Si ol kind Neck team will be
Miss Mary Hayes McDowell and Mr.
CHECK3
TOILS I THE ! BOMSBII
i PASSED
-1 BY A L
6c per copy.
tiRfiliniTfi FtlTFRlPSCHflO
: u i in u
HOUSE
J.RGE .
HOME.
Sometime ago Bellamy & Co., mailed
a cheek with envelope addressed 4o
J Frank Clark with check payable to
8:00 'same person wit hmeniorandum o?
cheek that it was for 1921 taxes. The
enecK i. net letter should have been (
addressed, however, to Irwin Clark, J
clerk of the Board of Commissioners
Four Billion Dollar Measure
Goes Through By a Vote
33a To 70
Of
i
The biter with check enclosed was'
receive I by a nesrro named Frank
CLOUDBURST
(By Associated Press)
WASHINGTON, March 24.
-Pasi-
La u don Whitehead, who will represent
,, i Clark, who proceeded to cash it. He;
the affirmative, while Messrs. Bryant!
Oarst.wpI.cn and Frederick Hoyt, of
Willi ir-if'tcii will uphold the negative.
At thr? same time the negative team
r.f ; oral High School, Miss Loi3
Speed aud Mr. Charlie Herriug will
debate against Williamston 's affirm
ative team in Williamston. It is un
derstood that both local teams have
orked earucstlv on this interesting
n and it is hoped that an mi-
;rtre audience will greet the--
rs.
Jiad the honor
took it to Burroiighs-Pittman-Wheeler
Comp?tnv who gave him the cash for it. j
When Bellamy & Co., received their j
statement from the bank the cancelled'
check Avas enclosed, but in the mean-f
time they hau been asked to pay their j
taxes. , o one apparently rememoer-i
ed the negro or knew just where any)
CAUSES CREEK
TO FLOOD CITY
(By Associated Press)
ed by Ojc House, 333 to 70 the Soldier
Bonus-".' Bill was made ready today for
the Senate, but what will happen to it
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there is; problematical, although tho :
Mouse proponents proposed to use
every effort to prevent it being shelved
1 Party lines disappeared both in the i
general debate and on the final .roll J
call, 242 Republicans, 90 Democrats j.
and one Socialist supporting the bill;
L SMUTS
pnirn nnnnnTiuiiTu Tn
ii I I inmr uivlii urruniumii IU
mLLIlub nniuiPi nr rim mm
UUIIll LL I L I Ull I HILL
Raleigh, March 24. Junior and sen,
ior high school students in the 549 highs.
iu iorm v.aronna win be giv-
en au opportunity to compete for
i $2,000 if. prizes donated by Henry
IMorgenthau, former United. States Am
jbassador to Turkey, the' contest open-
inK wt' once and closing June 15, ac-
to announcement Wfr.npsr.. v
of Owen McMahon, lined seven mem- !,E CoL George H. Bellamy,
j hers of the family against fhe wall ami Tlleso rrizcs be given for the
jriddl-l them with bullets, believed best eiisav or oration on the economic
j to be in reprisal for the -shooting Qr -iuternatioual conditions which
a constable on the streets yesterday. )have to do with thc present dcploratm-
conditiorf- of this peoples in the Near
East wiic:Nhave for centuries been pe.-"
seeuted by the Turks in the name or
Mqhaivr ,isra. Col Bellamy is
st?4;., 'German for the Near East Re-
SEVEN WIEPilBERS
!
m i mi- tu Y
Ul JUL. II1IVIILI
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(By Associated Press)
BELFAST, Ireland, March
24.-
i
t
band of armed men entered the homo BOrin
The city is greatly stirred
1 V.
tiOii X la.
r
is enn
Neck liX
team 5et a
:'U.-3l if not better it. j
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BUIILINGTON, KAN., March 24. and 42 Renubieans and 28 Democrats S
1 it.l t.j.-l i '
u ixxat name mea, so a uttie or Four persons were killed and prorv votinr nffainat it
Sherlock Holmes' tactics were resorted Lv, ..n-o. fnmtiA f ' kn ' 5- a , , ' TT ,1
citv ttanuige estimated, at seven nun- As. passed bv the House, the Douus i
io. a registerea letter was mailed to dted and fifty thousand dollars was kUj
one Frav k Clark with request for riv caus3(1 IieTe by a cloudburst
turn er.rd. It was signed for the sig-jsent
1 .
GOALSTKlKEWlLli
mum r
St bHUy&T
IM HIQTnRV
IW
would provide for immediate cash
which payments to veterans Whose adjust-.
;..n North Carolina and Josephus
-Paniels honorary state chairman.''
The prizes will be given for essays
from arious states in" the union ani
I three will be given for the best essay?
, submit ted tfcjj the nation. NA first prlzo
jof $500 in cash ivill be aAvarded the
winner cf the national contest follow-
ed by $200 for the seeond bosf and
$100 for the third. In each state a
of
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.one casing tlie check. Uttieers were ' houg0sl Kft
(By Associated Press)
. 'LEV ELAND, O., March 24. The .prize ci: $15 will be given for the bet
bock Creek swooping down on ed service pay would not exceed; $50 j general poliey committee of the United j essay or oration, $10 for the second au.
twenty-five -ind would five to other veterans rtieHnno WArtni-o mof linm n.inn r. ' in.
" o j ' v x ivv. x o uit V uvi v liUttl T V . U O. W t iV I 11 J- i
washintr
distntched to arrest the' offender aul !
awav
causing the caving in ol
; several blocks of torc fronts.
.a in the toils of the law.
t
option of these four plans: , complete arrangements for the putting; According to the annoncement by
Adjusted service certificates, switV j into effect what President Lewis tie-, Col. Bellamy the oration must nave
provisions authorizing loans by banks j dared would be the greatest strike'! a 'as its theme some phase of the prese-a
bov: -HDmnsDH appeals
10 SCHOOL TEACHERS
FOR AID
COLLEAGUES WILL GIVE
1iTPUiu nriiiriisnniiiipr.
attle Died Ieinilum -nuBtmonmibL
::i OII BIRTH ANNIVERSARY
?T ;iiTnsu
A ;. m; :;',! iji)ieal frrun Governor
Morrisn., to every rural school teach-ibe married the second tim
;r ia. North Carolina to cooperate ear
vttectivelv in the "
f
Dr. Kemp B. isattie, prominent citi
zen or lialeioh and widelv coimecte.l
i
i throughout the ' state, died yesterday
i
at a Philadelphia hospital, vhere he
Iliad ?.ocn for sometime for treatment
.lie will be buric.d tomorrow at Raleigh. House rem North Carolina have pre
Scotland Nek people will recai that pared a little surprise party for him
.WASHINGTON, March 23. Friday
will be the fifty-third anniversary
lef the birth of Representative Claude
Kitehin. He was .born in Halifax
County, near 'Scot-laud Neck on March
24, 1S)0, and his colleagues in the
He visited his office today and the
ill
to Mrs.
George V. Strong, who was,, before
Live- ; her fir?t marriage, Miss Sally Hall
:.Mr.-me' campaign is being mailed t Smith, . 'daughter of the late Alex. II.
this w-iek. The Gorernor declares i Smith, ' eon of the late Richard IT. floor . leaded He was
that probably no other individuals in-j Smith, cf Scotland Neck, who sur- 0n all s'des on looking
North (Carolina members, as well as
other Democratic members, called to
pay thtir respects to the Democratic
complimented
to be in goo'T
the State are in rpuite so advantageous s vives him.
jiositiu to render effective service in i
!
this vi'ovement for economic indepeu- j
. i
'lenvf. a: are the teachers, and prob- i
.iblv :o other class of our people is j
in better position to realize the appall- j
ing need from a standpoint of health
.'is will us economic independence, ms
i
:re frii- teachers.
b
Tin
rvs ' to
('Overner apteals to the teach-
jiut be four your pupils effee-
V( v Mid continuouslv the advantages
HILLMAN MAKES STil
APPEAL TO CHURCH
" MEHERSJGAIN,
HIS SUBJECT' BEING ' 'FOIiLOW-
S health and that he had only occasional-
jly had slight returns of the dizziness;
'.which has given him trouble.
ri i
He was asked by Major Stectmari I
!to be in" his office at 11 o'clock To- j
; morrow morning, the Congressman
ifrorn the fifth North Carolina district
j telling him that he desired to " see Tilm
Ion some verv important business.
iThat business is
- - asro f
the snmrise - rartv,
: last .juiv
i for Congressman Ivitchin will be pre-;
isented fcv his scolleagne's" from Nortl
in tlvj first three years after next i history
October 1 and by the government
thereafter, the. certificates to run for
20 years and to have a face Value at
maturity of the amount of the adjust-
. ed service credit at tne rate ot i a;
day' foi domestie service and $1.25 a j
day foi foreign sservice, increased. ty j
Wf plus interest -at- the rate r
i - - - - - )
of 4 1-2 per eent, compounded annually, j
Vocational training aid after Jan.
1, 192?,' at the rate of $1.75 a day, the
total payments not to exceed, how
ever, 340 per cent of the adjusted
serviee "credit.
Far .n and home aid under wlitcn
veterans, who purchase or improve
farms homes would be paid alter
July 1, 1923,-a sum equal to their ad
justed service credit increased by 25
per cent.
Land settlement, under which lan-.ts
would be reclaimed under the super
vision of a special board and farm
units established for sale to the vet
erans at a price fixed by the board, Jess
the irnount of the adjusted service
credit due the purchasers.
In only two important particulars
does this measure differ from tne
one passed by the House two years
and that shelved in the Seuate
The original cash bonus
HE MISSISSIPPI RISING
RAPK1LY, BUT IT IS
10
THOUSHTLEvEE
n
LI
:s
1 B LO
US'
(By Associated Press)
MEMPHIS. March 24. Although
! the Mi?sissipi River is rising rapidly.
and indications point to the highest
water since 191(5 the Government n-
g'mcers expressed 1 lie belief today that with tluir subject may write to Col.
the
i political, social, educational or indus
; trial condition in thc countries of the
,Near' East including Turkey, Syr!n,
ralestiui-, Georgia, and Armenia .ral
Imust contain not le-.s tliau 1.500 nor
i
more than 2,0 0o words.
j The oi:.tion or essay 'must be deliv
ered .ii a romiueueement exer'-ises, ora
tion contest or other public gathering
and ;t typewritten copy must be sent
.to th. Elate office in Raleigh not lat
Uk.jl -June 5. A committee of jud
'.s v.-ill be appointed shortly by the
'national office of the Near East Relief
to y.i -i on essays submitted by North
Cfirolm.i students-
All students vio csir,- to enter this
t oat !U -and to htm ilari.e themselves
system will hold.
BAPTIST PUBLISHER SAYS
YOUNG PEOPLE
MAKE LOVE 111
SB
OUL
CHURCH
Bellamy, 01 Citizens National Bank
j Building," Raleigh, and the necessary
j literature will be forwarded. High
school principals and teachers and
county superintendents of schools are
requested by Dr. K. C. Brooks, state
chairnmn of the educational division,
:NccrI!ast Relief, to render every as
's;st:i n-b possible to students who wisfe
to enter this contest.
Bv Associated Press)
SPOKANE. Wash., March 24. Dr. 'composed of
U. S. Commissioner
option was eliminated and the bank ,Owen C. Brown, Editor of adult jub
i ' !
vTlie national committee which ia in
charge of the Morgenthau prizes is
P. P. Claxton, former
f Education:
ING CHRIST"
iome.
j eople raising their living at, j
ard particularly 'the advantages rj-0
wel I balanced j p.ev
large and attentive, audience,;
1 Carolina with a handsome walking
cane ss an evidence of their esteem
loan provision of the adjusted service j Heat-ions of the Baptist Church,
'certificate title substituted.
,.-. John II. Finley, editor of the New
I.York Times; Prof. Frank W. McMur-
in;uenu ttns 'living
for
him, and as a birthday remem- ;
Tl -T TT 'I 1 . . . . . . 1 . . A I.I3T 1 ' !
:'!,;,; Aliolome' 1h! ('u-h the tending !n5ght on the subject, " Following , )y Congrcssmau Stedmati. . j
f a ital garden, the keeping . of one j Christ." His sermon was well deliv- '
"".-. i
rv cows aim nu ample tiock ot jere an(i he held his hearers spe.u-
i"mij;v, and the raising of sufficient' bond throughout the discourse. j
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"ogs to provide the family with mea- ! fptlf, feinging which has been exceed-
rhe vear around.1"
COTTON MARKET
TODAY'S MARKET
March . 17.52
Mav - 17.72 j
dared m an address todav that youn:
people should be encouraged to mako ' of Columbia University; Wm. M.
love in church, to help make matches :vid,or of Pittsburgh; Charles W.
J. ! . - . I I TT li. - II ...1.
i in- the midst of good Christian in flu-rno" riWIU """
lUnrry ' dudson, president of Chicago
enct
RAILROAD EARNINGS
Washington, March 24. Two hand- July 17.21 i
red vif the 201 class oue American October 16.80
jingly good throughout these 3ervlee 'railr0lds 'earned $29,604,0755 in Jan- December "16.87
'If
every rural teacher in North
; was better than ever last night,- the
choir excelling itself in the
juary last, according to railroad com-
YESTERD AY 'S x MARKET
Carolina will do his or her part la jcnoir veiling eiL i -j "pilations of Interstate Commerce
matter we can not' only stop the
17.61 !
economic drain of $100,000,000 a year,:
v-hi-.;-It we are now sending to other 1
i-i'atc-s for food for our people and
ffdstiiffj for ouf livestock, but we ;
vould l.e safe in adding to this nnoth-1
' $100,000,000 a year as an economic j
g:u from greater physical efficiency
u,td L-itier health condition's as
'dr Mf more wholesome
''hires th,. Governor.
living," d
BOY DIED RATHER THAS
SUBMIT TO TEACHER'S
S EV Efl E TREATMENT
(!y Associated Press) ;
Com- March - -
mission reports. This' was said to show May 17.70 j
2.60 pe - cent capital' return on 235,389 July 17.24:
rail miles, compared with 3.4 per cent ctober I6.S0 j
in December. ' Decembe.- "- 16.77 1
Ameindmeiits To Four-Power Treaty
ion
By Seriators.
THE AMERICA
COTTON EXPORTS
S
.University; Ray L. Wilbur, president
of I.elai'd Stanford University; John
11. T. Main, president of Grinnell
Ccdlee; and Henry Churchill
president of Oberlin College.
King,
Voted Down In Rkpid Success
I. Mr. ?dorgenthau, often called "that
; Christ lv liearted Jew," was Amcrilan
ambassador to Turkey when the war
! broke old. He sa.v the horrible dea-itituti-j't
wrought iu Armenia by the
Turkisn butchers &od whs owe of th!
I few. foreign diplomats who refused to
j ' ' 'allow Turkish propaganda and lies to
.-?V' (By A-ssociated Press". -mill the wool over his eves. On Ids
j. WASHINGTON, March 24. Amen- virgeP.t. leqnest to Cleveland H. Dodge,
can Cotton exports, including linters, Xew Yoik financier, the Near East
;iu February amounted to three hundred jd.ef was first formed, ater being
HOW DECREASE
WASHINGTON, March
Lodge 'and thirty eight, thousand, four lain- incorporated by Congress.
The Governor is also addressing
iftter to each school committeeman in j
tli
one-crop""'' sections of this
24. The edT- Senators Underwood and
JACKSON, GA., March 2. Leaving proposed amendments and reservations opposing" the amendments. Opposed by jdred sna forty bales "(438,440) valued .
i at tmrty-one miljion aoiiars eompareu ,
four hundred and ninety-three
an in a note spying he died because he did to the our-power Paeific Treaty was few,irrec(mejiables and approv-j, y
state, not wish to submit to further voted down one after another in . the i . x-' - H"n?t,-V ox
i '. ed by a majority of sixty-seven ?o ,
o use : chastisement from his school teacher, Senate, today, approaching the final . r , nousaan
WXATHSEi REPORT
1:1 which he aipeals to them; to
their
farther5 the 1 Live-at-Home ' ' ' pro- mitted suicide today by firing a bui- was overwhelming and followed pertyed by a majority of seventy-three
and
twenty- ? For North Carolina: Fair ana
influence in every community .'Arthur Wall, fifteen years old, com- vote
on ratification. The
majority twenty-si. Article Four was adopts
1
let 'through his heart.
lines. Onlv a few Democrats follow- eight.
four hundred
million dollars during February eloudinesi moderate variable
becosiinj' southerly. .
bales valued at' forty- warmer tonight, Saturday increasing
win da
last year.
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