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TJME XVI. NUMBER
23.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
DEPUTY SHERIFF Ana
SERIOUSLY HURT P
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1922.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
rcMst Fired On
residential Party
B!5
TRIKERS
I5v Associated Press)
, July 14. A Dep
as today seriously
one of a crowd of
( '.'liit'iJgo. HI
utv Sheriff v
men attempting to prevent woik
crs from entering the Burnside
Shops of the Illinois Central
railway.
(By Associated Press)
j i a ris, July 14. Considerable
excitement was caused during
vav return 01 ine Presidential
cortege from a military review at
Long- Champs today when an un
identified man fired twice at th
carriage of Armand Naudin, the
Police Prefect of Paris,' which
preceded, the carriage of Presi
dent Millerand. The man, who
appeared demented, was arrest
ed, after being beaten bv the
crowds.
News From
State Capitol
Hy Maxwell Gorman)
Jnlv
Paris, July 14. The prisoner
later was identified as Gustave
Bouvet, an anarchist, well known
to the police,
It is stated that he fired on
wtiuuu in me oenet mat it was
President Millerand at whom he
was firing. None of the shots
look effect. The assailant fired
i from behind a woman as the Ras-
i 1 7 I 1 A J. I, . I . I "V l
uaicma, fjuiv -ivs iue; tut' uay paraae . was nassmc:
Greensboro Aews correspondent along the Champs Elysees.
at Raleigh, the Rev. Tom Best, Marshall's baton's; were pre-
has dazed tins writer by chasing! sented by President Millerand
5 CENTS PER COPY
SENATE TODAY
CONSIDER!!!
DYE EMBAR
G
(By Associated Press)
' Washington, July -14. The
Senate turned to the dye embar
go provision of the tariff bill to
day, putting aside the cotton
schedule, with prospects of' u
vigorous fight before the embar
go section is finally settled.
Under announced plans it will
be held before the Senate con
tinuously until it is disposed of,
A -
COTTON MARKET
IftUSE FLOOD
GETO
DAI
LIFE
AND
PROPERTY
Another Strike of R. R.
Employees Called For
eventeenth
July
Th
e
STRIKE CALLED IN COM
PLIANCE WITH A RECENT
VOTE
. - -. . i .... ,M
t (By Associated Press)
Richmond, Va., July 14. Sev
eral persons were injured and
property loss estimated at a half
million dollars as a result of
heavy rains which, last night,
sent Shoekoe Creek here over it?
banks, inundating- East Main
Street.
liiniM'lf up a blind alley, I take
this much pleasure in helping
him to scale the wall. The next
issue nf the Raleigh Union Her
ald I am well informed, will car
ry the following editorial, as an!
easement to Mr. Bost's political j
perplexity, which seems to have
1 A
been brought about by earsful
of the spoken word which he has
undertaken to digest (whether
he relishes it or not) uttered by!
jaw-jaws who are impotent to do J
what Bost assumes they may try.
The editorial (the Herald being
only a one-horse weekly) which
that paper will carry this week
as follows :
''The Raleigh correspondent of
the Greensboro News is inform
ed that the editor of The Union
!lfr;ili is .nntiin nf mrnl
soul by the trrace of God. As
a man and as a writer he
genera 11 v been able to follow his
conscience with safety, and hi
sense of penetration often has
enabled him to serve any good
cause he has stood for by guard
ing it from pitfalls digged by
false or time-serving "friends"
who v.-ore properly left in the
round-up to fill their own holes.
"As Mr. Bailey recently char-(
acieri -ed a distinguished brother
lawyer who essayed to put over!
' his candidate by insulting and in-
vitin- the opposition of labor, j
so w'. -ay to Mr. Bost, whosnj
uislik" of Mr. Bailey is surpass-j
ed by no other newspaper writer I
in North Carolina you are thei
V'01"St ion ennl !tir -TrrfT in i
North Carolina. .
a(t that the editor of
Tin- Vnion Herald, after 40 years
of hard work, has been unable to
procure enough sheckels to even
own the humble home his family
lives m fwhen he might have
owned sever
to Generals Foyolle and
diet D'Esperey.
Fran-
A FORMER RESIDENT OF
SCOTLAND NECK TO BE
E
HERE TOMORROW
M iss Pattie Cotten, a former
resident of Scotland Neck, and
relative of a number nf Sftotlanrl
Neck people, died last night at
her home in Suffolk, Va. The
ix.-dy' will be brought here to
morrow afternoon, arriving on
the four-thirty train from Wel
don. The train will stop at the
ag-rttiuLery, where thecasket Will
' : be taken off, and interment will
immediately follow.
The followinggentlemen have
been named as pall-bearers:
Messrs. L. M. Pittman, C. F.
Burroughs, W. H, McDowell. C
J. Shields, C. H. Smith and C. S.
Alexander.
MN
TODAY'S MARKET
July j" 22.50
October . ... 22.47
December 22.31
January 22.03
March ' 21.91
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
July 22.68
October 22.72
December 22.67
January 22.27
March . 22.18
Great Revival
Of Dwelling
Construction
E UNION OFFICIALS
TO ADVISE REJECTION
OF THE GOVERNMENT'S
PLAN OF ARBITRATION
(By Assoociatecl Press)
Omeago-Jll., July 14. A
strike call to eight thousand
sationary firemen, engineers and
oilers employed on railroads, has
been issued by Timothy Healy,
j International President, it was
Tlie strike will become effec
tive at eight o'clock on the morn
ing oi July 17th, the call having
been made in eomnliaTipp with
a recent referendum, which fav
ored a walkout, Healy said .
Members of the organizations
on several roads have already
joined in a sympathetic walk
out with the shopmen, Healy said
Chicago, 111 July 14. Rail
way Lnion leaders said that thev
expected to hold the mainten
ance of way laborers in chock
una prevent a genera J v Mikoff
in which four hundred thousand
mop and track laborers thr
en to join with the strik; .vt -men.
Disturbances ec to bo.
r')orted. Attorney Genera!
Daugherty has been asked t
Chinese Fire
Upon The
U- S. Flag
(By Associated Press)
Canton, July 14.--Two Stand
ard Oil barges, flying the Amer
ican flags, were fired upon in
the river two miles from here by
troops oi Yip Kue, an opponent
of Sun Yat Sen. ' About a hun
dred shots were fired, but t-hi
arges were not damaged.
Washington, July 14. It be
came definitely know today that
John L. Lewis, and other offi
cials of the United Mine Work
ers, are preparing to recommend
totheir associates in Union con
trol, that the government's
plan of arbitration to settle the
coal strike be rejected.
THE CHAMBER OF
AMERCE
LLiiilb
AT
furnish fourteen hundred deputy
marshal Is for
i thern Ohio.
strike dutv in Nor-
SXTDDAY
WEATHER REPORT ,
For North Carolina : Partly I
cloudy tonight and Saturday.
GERMAN PR
Tl
monopoiiz
IVATE CAPITAL
THE.
There will be a full meeting of
the members of the Chamber of
Commerce at 6:00 o'clock today
for ihe purpose of taking up a
number of ininortant mnasnros
Moderate to fresh rand reporting on nroarress mado
coast
'robably showers on the
tonight. Cooler on the south
coast tonight.
north and northeast winds.
E
Gov. Morri&op
GoWe Fishing
12. Governor
some deep-
1 bv this time") is
presenn-d to gritics as evidenco
of wlmt it sometimes costs a man
hrsve principles and foresight
l'"gh at hurdles. Or should, v.ummuij
Jt aid. that much have hi() th.e E?und; The?
iip.ueueinries appreciated him?" j
Ihiv'inu' done the editor of The;
nion Herald .this little favor, itl
to say that "Llew-
is m
xtm
heen
ed we
jrro (i
was ,
P.uth
(let
llaleigh, July
Morrioon is doing
water iishmg this week and he
is doing it not altogether for
pleasure. The Governor has a
hunch that it is possible to do
great things in propagating anew
the fishing industry of North
Carol ma in our ' eastern waters,
Dispatches from Elizabeth City
tell of the program marked out
for him his week-as follows :
The Governor and other guests
leave thiscity aboard three
yachts of the North Carolina
Fisheries Commission for a touri
will be en
tertained at Manteo, at the Duck
Island Club, 20 miles further
south, and at Morehead City, the
farthest south destination of the
London, July 13. Commod
ious, well-built dwelling houses
are going up at Feltham, a sub
urb of London, at the rate of one
a day. -Such speed in building
has never been witnessed here
before. It is all the more strik
ing because it occurs at a time
when complaints are heard on
every si$e that the Brish work
man js not what he usedto be,,
and that nothing will induce him
to get through any job at Hie or
dinary speed of an American
workman.
mi i n -i
ine explanation is louna m
the fact that the man who is
getting the work done learned
-1 .1 ii -lit -a
now to nustie ana now to nanale ha us
men on the other side of the At
lantic. He is J. H. Taylor, head
of an engineering firm here.
Bv birth he is a Canadian. Ear
lv in his career he was a railwav
conductor. He helped to build
the Great Northern Railway, the
Canadian Pacific and .the Grand
Trunk Railways. Now he is in
England applying wliat he learn
ed 4ri Canada. -
Speaking of the British Avork-
AN
NLAND
WATERS
check bS mm
(Hiring the "past tew months,
it is hoped that a large attend
ance will be in evidence, as the
Chamber has a considerable pro
gram ahead and solicits " the
v-l hearty, .support.. o, every member
5 in its efforts.
:
Petrogvrad July 14. German
private capital and the Soviet,
government have launched a cor-j
poration which bids fair virtual-1
jy to monopolize tne inland wat
er transportation of "Russia,
Simultaneously with the sign
ing of the Russo-German treaty
STRATEGIC SURRENDER
at Rapallo, last April, an agree
ment was
signed
by M. Karak-
Moscow, July 11. Working
men who were induced to fight
for four years in the. Red Army
against the representatives of
the bourgeois class and who now
return to, Moscow to find white
han, assistant Commissar for for-! collared speculators dining m
eign affairs, and M. Leshava, ass-! luxurious restaurant while they
istant Commissar for foreign j themselves have difficulty in se
trade, acting on behalf of the i curing black bread, frequently
Soviet P-ovprrmiont with the ! feel like throwing bricks through
German firm of Robert
of Hamburg,
g ranting
Wenk-
the
Germans a concession for the
transportation of home and for
eign goods through the Baltic
the windows of these restaurants,
on Communist recently said to
the Associated Press correspon
dent. Only the party discipline
and the promise that this tem
porary strategic surrender to
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Governor
' Ralpbri, T.ota-e . li uii tne way,
s-vhu i,, Morrison will be given plenty ot
Kly since 1900, when ne-j lpominities to ivy his luck at
!i :it!(,ll m flOof-nriTi " a I it 11(2 . 1 vj. j..-...-,
Vlji
Sea, the Caspian Sea, and the
f . , . . .... Iji ;xi:j. !ii i l i. n
1 Maneensky (Janal system, wnicli m eapuuijts win not last ior-
Connects tne Dasm Ot tne VOlgl I t-vcr licivt uem mese uis.appuiu:-
with the Neva. e workmen in check, the speak-
Aecordiiiff to this agreement a I er explained
syndicate v.'ill be formed with a
If we would permit it the
- r m t "1 i 1 . , - A .
man iui rayior saia recently: j German capitalists. The tirm ot
MThey are fine when treated j Robert Wenkhaus undertakes to
and handled properly. I have ' provide the tonnage needed and:
never seen better nor more rapid) t;) arrange a loan for the Soviet
capital or zvUMuJ,JiJU goiu marKSj uniimixjisi pdJ L, uisimu ui nuui
tn ho talv'PTi 1171 in pnnal shares'! bering 500,000 persons would
by the Soviet government and j soon increase
bath
other
Many
many
ested
vided
v'Oiisr.i-1
ir;ii--:-
510 .;
1
aild s;. v ;
I ie-, (.,
dt;it ,
i'ver Inn!
nizi'vv
' a
and ! !!:.v;i:.
:n !-iv illing
was
- ! .,4- ,1 4-t 4- -- wurt ntlrtQ I I T7
and the Marion; i'1- U'!UUI1' iWi yj
of the Populists' every fisherman- memoer of the
d to the scrap heap. I 1(K'aL f )tarf m, W1U acco"!;
. vnKwi L, m ipany the party. The ropresenta-
't!nvvn
''h'lnent
work done in any part of
world than British workmen
dome: here."
the I
government through German
to this
r cnnrol TTiillinnc 1 '"CC at
111- milllilll
as many men want to get into
the government," the informant
of the correspondent - declared.
"But the party is being weeded
out and onlv those who can main-
AMERICAN TRAVELLERS
banks to the amount of 000,001),-; tarn themselves as . spartan com
000 marks. Part of this money i munists regardless of what is
will be" used for the organization going on aoout them will he pei
IN EUROPE CHARGED
of the proposed Asiatic Bank fori mitted to stay
1 7
i 'Oinoeratic ticket and
m North Carolina has a.
dd to stand up today ,
''1 am a Democrat!"
v messed myself up so1
1 1 1 -r-v
- trno-hiue iJemocrats
ny difficulty in reciff-
as one of the tribe! tl0n
all
nearby
lives-elect of
counties have been- invited to
this city for Monday, in order
that they may become personally
acquainted with Governor Mor
rison. It is indicated that most
of thorn will accept the invita-
As
That
f''ti;--
!"V
,ttemxted to jump;
racer hat I knew.
'oid to win without my
!d claim that my spurs.
1,1 cau; of his victorv j
;jd that this correspond
;'M S'd carry at this time in
' 1,1 the part I took as aj
;ind a writer in the con-;
the solicitorship and
''Hieials and members of
-: fi t are in the county
ic fact that I am hold-1
f!f k in the State- Denart--
of
To SimmoilS,
Friendship
i trade with Persia. The tonnage-;
! left over, after carrying out the!
' Soviet government's program of
.transportation, may be used by
i4 the 'syndicate for trading pur
! poses. " j
(Bv laswell Goimian)
Raleigh,
Re
'enue.
to the
ed not be
newspaper
readers of North Carolina beyond
saying. that I am as much entit
led to it as any man in the em
idov of the state government
and I do my work there faith
fully ad satisfactorily and earn
every cent I receive the first
and only 4 'job" I ever askedfor
or received at the hands of my
Democratic friends.
I am " free, white, and 21," Mr.
Bost, and I am not asking advice
from men who politically are
neither fish, flesh, fowl nor even
good red
SOVIET RUSSIANS ASKED
TO SUBMIT NEW PLANS
Tnlv
14. No
with
herring !
July 12. To Mr. J. i
W. Bailey, who furnished the ;
press oi" Monday, a "broadside";
in which he refers to me and mv .
correspondence, I tell him plain-':
ly that Col. Watts has never tlie - j
tated-to me with reference to my!.
. T,o T -i"qc? nnf o ."nifrlr itl'J XiaLTUt', 'J
vvrofc -fMN" on T iiifff.v- ther .ioint meetings
.;i. vr to.Iott in Tm Russians will be heid by the
iinnio r' til 11 PWSnflllPTS wT"; P71 Vl ft TerCCS Cll
i 1 1 J 1 1 1 0 V 1. t . . . ti i.wpviu ' ' - '
troc Qccnnltino- thp incftmfi tax UllieSS
n-..,nfint i.ti npniiinff for-; tives make known
raification. ! submit
As tn Senator Simmons, I dare it was
you to ask him whether he is myi
friend or not, or whether I have
been his "unfailing" friind for.
the last 22 years. , l !
DESCENDANT OF THE
ASP WHICH BIT
CLEOPATRA
HEAVY FEES
A number of citizens, headed
by -Mr. D. E. Henderson, have
interested themselves in provid
iitg an attractwe bathing placo
at Smith's Mill pond, and have
gone to considerable expense to
put the place in shape. They
l ave spent considerable money
and funds are needed to com
plete the work, especially the
placing of a top on the men's
house and providing an
compartment to that,
have contributed, bul
have not. Any one inter
in using the facilities pro
are asked to contribute
work. Everything is
the pond, however, and
the public is invited to use it.
DID
Russian
the Soviet
Mexico City, July 11. A des
rendant of the asp which hit Cleo-
I patra has just been found near
fur- j Jalaps T Vera Cruz, by a party of
the1 exploring naturalists. To con-con-'
firm their statements they ' have
affairs herebrought the reptile to Mexico
representa- ) City where it is on display at the
4i1Q,s- loiVo i p.,.jrt,,.pnt of Agriculture. The
I Ill.lL Oil. V vr -veJ-..v. r-;
Belgrade, Jugoslavia, July 13.
Collecting ten dollars gold
from American travellers every
time a passport is vised continues
'to be one of the popular occupa
tions of officials of the states, of
Central Europe.
- Any American who wishes to
visit one of these countries must
pass the frontiers 'of several of
the others, and at each frontier
the charge is ten dollars a head,
and ten dollars every time he
passes. One American business
man within the past three months
has pgjd nizu.
"But don't blame us
''blam
to submit new proposals, i make in question is distinguished your Stat(
decided this afternoon. I by having two horns and aceorrr- renrecn
xr-r, !T?,-,eo?oTt vArrPSPTitativAs in? to, local autiioruies ines.
plan to have a plenary session protuberances'' brand it beyond
A 0fKmi,.n thfl p.oTif erence rhuestion as some distant relative
Cl 1 Hi i. V-.! J v.-v" I
probably next Wednesday.
oi tne
asn of the Nile.
State Department. saui
tati'-e of. the Jugoswi'-
T-i f ff r i f -i -i o tti i t
h'An.llfMl I ITT CM II. J.. C
tcr o' reciprocity with us
f har-r-.? m3-r:1
es
we
too
I