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jffliai mm w i a VOL. XVI- NUMBER 8 (- Associated Press Washington, June 27. Busi ness organizations affiliated, with the Chamber ot (Jominerce oi thej I'niteu (States were caucu upuu to i;v by Julius Barnes, Presi dent of the Chamber, to lend their cooperation in. an effort to prevent a runaway of the coal market by setting up machinery for the coordnation of distribu tion among their local individ ual customers. Kacb of the fourteen hundred organizations affiliated are urged to appoint a fuel committee to make an immediate survey the local coal situation. on BRITISH AMERICAN METHODS OF Loudon,-June 26. British gov ernment officials are giving close study to American methods of wireless broadcasting and grad- ually are adopting s- ?ie O! While the wireless ctnpnone is not as popular in England as in the United States, due largely IV ' ' V- 1 II 111 11 1 IlVjlvll'JllI 11 JlA V- V. trol the people are beginning to show intense interest in it. Some of the big London depart ment stores have established wireless departments and are selling widivino cats ffir a aw, a itadio 'terminals are" n jred up on their roofs, and crowds j of shoppers are entertained each; day with wireless concerts, j speeches and weather reports.! Direct contact with Arlington: and other American stations is j easily established. Nothing written on the sub-, ject of wireless broadcasting hasj brought it home to England SO; vividly as a recent New York dis-' pa reli to the London Times. lie United States," savs the eorrespondent, "there are al ready halt a million home-maaej receiving sets for listening-in j ajui a million manutacturea set have been sold." "By the purchase of the sim ple and inexpensive receiving Nets as used in America," con tinues the writer, "there is no village in the British Isles so poor oi unfriended that it will not be able to afford, or find a patron living er and should to give, the necessary r- instrument. The village every remote farmhouse j receive everv niirht ass tfood singing, as good opera." as; jrood dance music, as good a lec- J tare, oi as good a survey of thej news a", any millionaire 'in Lon-i FOR FUEL SURVEY I GOV ADOPTING WIRELESS DISTRIBUTION don ean buy." 'pianos. That, he says, would In answer to a published stats-j only be following the excellent ment that wireless broadcasting j example set by the music trade in of concerts would hurt the musi-j America. "It would makethe cal and theatrical industries.! fmA snrf of a disDlav advertise- huiis Sterling, President o a; large American nhonosrraDh com-! lanj lias said that in the march', m science there never yet was a srro?it invention that had , not been zi incalculable benefit both to the industry with which it wa? -mmediately concerned and ti indred industries. ""when grapjionones were in- vented.'7 said Mr. Sterling, "peo Ple said they would kill pianos;: hie (inenva was full expected. 10 ?iv the quiteus to the legiti- jmite stage; vaudeville was -.at; looked upon as the death' dance of musical comedy. j "None of these things has' "applied. The new has in every fae benefitted the old. The 5 Jjore good pictures the people see the greater their taste for the or clm.a ry stage, and the more music jjjey Itave on the graphophoue that greater their desire to exer-. Jise their creative powers upon their own niano. Annntitn crows UP0n What.Jf fporle an'A tbr more Krood music the people get from Wireless broad ra stint the they will want from their Pianos' FOUR O'CLOCK "EDITION trunck Yesterday afternoon Carl Fitz pa trick, a well known character about town, while workiiJg on the streets, was struck by an auto mobile driven by Mrs. T. D. Tem ple, knocked down and badly shaken up and bruised. It seems that several cars were passing at the time and that Mrs. Temple was driving closely behind another car and came up on Fitzpatrick unawares and struck him without seeing him. From all accounts, it was purely an unfortunate accident and ; no one knows just how it occurred. The Virgi Cases Fight (By Maxwell Gorman Raleigh, June 27. Expiration of the 90-day period during which the carriers agreed. to pu$ into effect a new scheduie" of freght rates ordered by the Inter state Commerce Commission June 7, 1921, known as the "Virginia Cities Rates," with no action on vhe part of the carriers, may re sult in a move on the floor of the United States Senate to have the orders of-the I. C. C. put into ef fect. s Exchange of telegrams between M. B. Beamon, secretary of the North Carolina Traffic Associa tion, and members of the North Carolina delegation in Congress indicate that such action may bo resorted to in order to secure , obedience to the commission's ruling in the matter of rates to the state through the Virginia cities. The matter will probably ! come to a head during. the ween. v craer issued oy tne commission more than a year ago, but the carriers secured an extension of time In which to put the new rates into effect. Wearied of the delay, the North Carolina Traf fic As'ocation on March 25 ask ed that an order be issued ex-( nresslv directing the new rates to be put into effect. Conferences between the ship pers and the carriers brought the promise that something would be done to relieve the situation within 90 days. The period has expired, and still nothing has been done to relieve the. situa tion, and move has been made by tVio narviers to carrv out the agreement, or by the cominis sion to compel its observance. TO BOOM BRITISH MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS London, June 26. The Federa tion of British Music Industries has been discussing the best means of starting a boom for Riitishj musical instruments. Joseph Riley, of Birmingham,! thinks-the best waywould be to, litrlit 'a hns-h bonfire of old menC he adds, "for it would, ohow the country that the old; pianos with which we are over- stocked, are not worth having. "We could easily collect ten; liftm 7 he said in rivvipw,, and nobody would, miss them. Such rubbishly i hnndles ofdiscords do incalculable harm to the music, taste of the .public. A child taught on one of them has all his ; musical instincts outraged and( allv sneaking, a Si 1 U T M Yf -m.s - IT V to his prematurely aged sorrow parents. COTTON MARKET .By Auato TODAY'S MARKET JULY 21.26 OCTOBER - 21.25 DECEMBER 21.05 JANUARY ...I 20.86 MARCH 20.76 YESTERDAY'S MARKET JULY --- 20.97 OCTOBER - : 21.11 DECEMBER 20.93 JANUARY "20.79 MARCH 20.66 SCOTLAND ITECK, IX. Q., THE10UND ED HERS ABE Herrin, 111., June. 27. The re moval to safety from ' bloody ' Williamson County of the woun ded non-union men -now, in 'tha hospital is one of the problems following in the wake of last Thursday's mine massacre. Twelve wounded survivors of the band of nonunion workers are still in danger, according to information reachiner State and ederal investigators GOVERNMENT PREPARED TO OFFER COMPROMISE fBv Associated Prew) Washington, June 27. Realiz ing that a deadlock existing be tween the mine operators anrbthe union miners would not be volun tarily abated by either party :o the coal strike, the adminis tration was prepared today, res ponsible officials intimated, to offer a compromise plan for ne gotiating differences, which it is believed couldnot be rejected by either faction to thestrike. The coal situation in all its ramifications is understood to be one of the chief topics to be tak-J en up by the President at the regular cabinet meeting. HI STILL 111 DANGER America Should Accept Leadership In Near East Chautauqua, N. Y., June 27. ! America should accept her pres-j ent magnificent opportunity fors leaaership m the in ear ijiast ana not. take shelter behind a mis taken xlea for isolation, Dr. Ar thur E. Bestor today said to a large audience of American clubj women now gathered together at Chautauqua. j "Our home problems are not si cnmnl ifatfd ar( difficult. the speaker declared, "that we I have not enough strength, enough i -l -i money or enough men ana women to continue our influence andi our leadership where it is so much needed and so much de-; sired Dr. Bestor, who is president of j iiiv uuduiaiqua liiBMiuuwu, T " ( sneer eiy want peace ana tne op addressing the biennial conven-, p0rtunity of working out their tion of the General Federation of political, social and economic Wnmon's Hlnha TTfc snppp.b bad to do Avith a recent trip through, Europe and the Eastern Mediter ranean He dwelt at length upon the high estimation . in which Americans are held in the Near East, and praised the work of the Young en's Christian Associa tion, the Young Women's Chris tian Association and the Ameri can Relief Administration. Referring to the political sit uation. Dr. Bestor said : "There are certainly many v. " leasons for pessimism. As yet there :s no peace in Europe or m Asia. Everywhere one sees tarv "establishments and mili- great numbers of soldiers. Then there is the loss of men and ff produc tidty. In the Lebanons alone over 300,000 people deid of star vation fcnd typhus and other re .iHc nf the war. Onerhalf of nil 1-1 a TY1 qIoC ID S Arhia. between 18 and 60 died during the war. -very where there are untilled fields and devastated areas be- ,.on nrp nnt available for vauot v ""v their cultivation ana their ciear- ing. There is every where uni- versal debt and men and women world- not whether they will dens but whether their children uent . 'ui . . , - may ever expect to oe iree. fn,i 9r Hi-nstie tariff harrier3 svery where. Except in England there" is hardly a balanced bud- .. . - ! get in any country which was TUESDAY; JUNE 27, 1922. at Mexico City, June 27. Manuel Barcena, a Mexican lawyer, who was kidnapped together with A. brucer Bielaski, near Cuernavaca Sunday, has been released and news-is momentarily expected of Bielaski's release. The latest reports from Cuer navaca said that IBielaski waa j safe land -that negotiations with the bandits were under way. ! Associated Press) Bridgeport, 0., Jun 27. One minef was killed and another wounded this morning when they j were if jred on from the hdls ; while" on their way to work at the Catharine Coal Company at' Uniontown. The victims were In automobiles when occurred. the shooting WEATHER REPORT ' For North Carolina : Unset tled ivitb thunder showers to nighty or Wednesday. No change in temperature. Gentle to mod- eratef southerly winds. engagea m difficulties the war. There are over reparations. The exchange is x in such a chao tic state that it is either so high1 that no one can buy from you, or so low that you cannot buy from anyone else. Yet there are 100, 000,000 people in Europe who must live by the export trade Whe none analyses and reviews these conditions there is every reason for a feeling of discour agement and pessimismf or " tne immediate outlook. .But this is only one side of the picture. Thera are manv indications of a .sincere desire to find a better way of settling these difficulties between nations and, peoples, These DeoDles are wearv of war: anci 0f economic struggles. They I rl L1II1I. The speaker then explained why Great Britain and France, in his opinion, could not give education and inspiration to this part of the world anci keep orz der in these unsettled areas, and he laid emphasis on the idea that he was not advocating mandates for the United States. "But Europe has confidence ;n the unselfishness and good faith of America," Dr. Bestor went on. now . recognized as it could not possibly have been recognized in 1914. It s true that that the war could not have been won without us. We are recog nized as the one nation which is disinterested and unselfish. "We have no quarrels with any other nation,, no harmful ambitions, no imperialism as that word ought to h defined, and no fear of any other nation. We should parti - cipate in all matters connected with the settlements in Europe f?Tid the Near East because of our " . . peculiarly iavroraDie posiuou;. because of our disinterestedness and because of our tremendous investments in educational enter prises and missionary endeavors En rone and Asia are almost as Europe and Asia are almost as . , , i . m aispensaoieo us as we x tu them. There can oe no return .... .., . to normal conauions wnuuut 1 : m a. w m nt. naHiAinstiAn- and there can be no reconstruction without us," ffiA i bbb' liil 1 S bJ MOTHER CASUALTY ADDED IN CUE FIELDS On TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE tampico Washington, June 27. -The lives of forty American employ ees of the Cortez Oil - Company, near Tampico, and destructive property valued at a quarter of a million dollars, are being held by a rebel general until a ran som of fifteen thousand pesos are paid according to a message to day from the American Consul at Tampico to the State Depart- ment The dispatch stated that "Reb el General Gorozave" and a com- mand of two hundred and forty well armed men were holding the property. Revolution Isi Russia Predicted SON OP THE LATE COUNT LEO TOLSTOY SAYS REVO LUTION TO OVERTHROW PRESENT BOLSHEVIK REG IME WILL FOLLOW INEVI TABLE FAILURE AT THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. Chautauqua, N. Y. June 27 A revolution in Russia which will dispose of the present Bolshevik regime will follow the inevitable failure of the proposed Russian economic conference at the Ha gue, was the prophecy of Count Ilya Tolstoy, son of the late - . . : T . . . i A , . ir author, in an address here tp niht before the convention of the general Federation of Wom en's Clubs. Inability to pay soldiers and other government employes, who have not been paid for months, will bring about) the downfall of the Red gov- j ernment. Count Tolstoy declar ed. "The Bolshevik leaders prom- isea to return irom tne uenoa 'inierence with money to pay the soldiers," Count Tolstoy said, "but they returned empty handed.,, Now they have one more bundle of hay to hold in front of the starving horse the Hague conference. But I am certain they will again be dis appointed, and then there may be a revolution. It is difficult to predict what from the ' new government mavi take. The j monarch istic party : is very ! strongly organized, I am sorry to say, and a revolution may re sult in the setting up of a new j monarchy for a time, but I am certain )that eventually there j will emerge the United States . of Russia ! This is what I hope , for." The unwillingness of British andj other European statesmen to . recognize the Bolshevik was de-l nlored bv Count Tolstoy, who ! lauded the action of Secretary of State Husrhes- and the admin - ist ration ;in withholding r-ition of the Bolshevik. recog- "Rec- ognition would only prolong Russia's agony," he said. "Thej Russian nation belongs to the people which the present rulers; do not represent. The Bolsh3- ; viivi nave not oeen eiectea or, otherwise legally empowered or ' entrusted with the disposal of Russian resources by the people, and they can offer for sale only stolen property, wnicn be attractive to careful tors. cannot inves- ; ."I am often asked what f ath-, , er, Leo Tolstoy, would have said. about Bolshevism," said Count , Tolstoy. "The answer-is given clearly in his teachings. He was 1 . , opposea to all who wanted to overthrow governments,, how ever despotic, by violence. Th' accumulated will of an enlight- have overthrown the despotism of the Romanoff's without viol- js iAca ivir folif.r ice iiu w was a nrm oenever m mc in m a j" .mm w MAni cr n n nrm urn . , . ... U ipe ol paive . ia in accordance witn me teuu ings of Christ, and of -all Held Rebel TUT IFlt 5 CENTS PER COP? OF THE S1EET POTATOGROWERS PERMANENT CO-OPERATIVE ORGANIZATION WILL BE PERFECTED On Friday afternoon, July 30 at four o'clock there will be a meeting in Scotland Neck of the signers of the growers contract guaranteeing sufficient acreage to warrant the establishment of a sweet potato storage ware house. At this meeting a perma nent organization will be perfec ted of the growers. This house is a certaintv for Scotland Neck" and it is desired Tiiat many tanners from Spring Hill, Tillery, Palmyra, Hobgood and, other communities of tlii3 section will avail themselves of this opportunity to see how thesp houses are oanized and opera ted. The ing, grading and curing,- ;ljC potatoes will be (liy'fy j also. ' Nearly Five Million Soldiers Are Now In Europe Washington, Juno 7 -(By The Associated any laid before ference figures there j:ro today Europe nearly a Press.) Germ- the Genoa Con showing that underarms in million more soldiers than there were when it i was on in the verge of the World statement which has just Washington there are Europe a grand total of German reached now in 4,736,000 men under arms com pared with 3,726,641 in the yeac 1913. While the misrhtv German ar, ; my of 760,000 men of 1913 shrunk to the 100,000 soldiers allowed by me v ersaiues reaty, the French army wheh in that year number- ? 0(j 883,000 this year stands at 880,000. Greece's army has in creased from 40,000 to' 300,000 and Belgium's from 54,641 to 113,400, the statement shows Russia's vast army, which in 1913 numbered 1,845,000, now is rated a i 1,600,000 men. Engian(i shows a slight increase from 248,000 to 277,000, while Italy reduced her' forces from 275,000 to 264,000. New armies appear in the Ger man statement. Poland, for in stance, an unknown power iu 3913, is now appearing with "an army of 300,000 men. Then there is Esthonia with 25,000, Finland with 28,000 Lettonia with 25,000, Lithuania with 25, 000, tnd Czech o-Slovakia with 250.000. all unknown nc milifaftr Finally it was shown to the Genoa conference that while in the year 1913 the German army comprised 20 ner eent nf fho tn. ; aj armies of Europe compared ' wu o 1 r. OT. i ac present the German percent age "s but 2 against 18 1-2 per cent for France. greatest sages of the world. Therefore about Bolshevism he t would born t have said: jthis thing is f war and evil and blood- shed, and no good i from. evil.' ' can result The Bolshevik experiment in Russia is one of the worst pol itical failures the world has known," the speaker continued. "By spoiling the incentive of the people to work, through repeat ed confiscation vxf the?-, product of their labor, the Bolshevik have destroyed thej creative energy that is the power for progress, the mosti valuable asset of any country.Those that enntinue to work in Russia do so out of fear for twjf.JivM, or Mit fn sheer necfSity in order VTwt out of love tn harelv exist, riot OUt for worlA which, theoretically, , h Com is the only basis on wnicn 11 1 ' 1 .thc.niuhism could succeeut
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