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- i?i ill Jo J IE (3 .v. ftJT in VOL XVL NUMBER 29. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND HBOK, N. C, FRIT-AY, JOLT 21, 1922. TE'S MILL AH POND TO BE DAMMED T lb e B e a its Off I 1 i. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 'Rail Strike eairaimce h Fight The iv will be a meeting on the 24th of July, which is next Mon dv. at five o'clock at the May or V office for the purpose of or- anizinff an association to build; a dam at White 'sMil! pond in! order to provide a real tishmg pond for those interested in that pastime Every man who loves the rod and reel is requested to be at this meeting and help build a fish pond which will be a pleasure to ftiose who really love fishing. Those sponsoring the move ment are: N. B. Josey, J. A. Kitchin, W. II. White, C. S. White, S. A. Dunn and Ashby Dunn. BDYETTE-5MELD5 CD. OPEN SAND 10 CENT DEPARTMENT 1 5 AFT BRINGS PROSPERITY TO PALESTINE 15 v Associated Press) Jerusalem, July 21. No-" one v. lio knew the Holy Land in the days of the Turkish regime can fail to note the great changes tiiat have taken place through out the country since the close-of the' war. Boyette-Shields Company, en terprising merchants of SCOT LAND NECK have opened a 5 and 10c department beginning today, and the large assortment of articles usually found in exclu sive 5 and 10c stores are found there. This will make quite an addi tional attraction to SCOTLAND i NECK as a trading, centre. I These gentlemen state that the3r "1 vuiij Cl ouiupicic -line at Cll L times of such things as are gen erally found in regular stores of this character in addition to their large stock of dry goods, ready-to-wear, gent's furnishing, and general merchandise, making of this a regular, modern de partment store where practically anything can be ' purchased from a needle to a tractor s' By Associated Press) Chicago, 111., July 21. The strike of the railway shopmen today bore an increasing exter nal appearance of a finish fight I ucihccu uuiuu men aim rail heads, and sT?fnifiiallv tnmp n to what might be the next step of the Federal Government to keep up transportation. 5 CENTS PER COPY PIlAQfi lift MM Chamber ouniiu U V UUHL a Jl TED . C IB I ft nilTV nd Potato Lr I II I II L UU FRANCE CLAIMS TO LEftD WORLD IN LOWER Mf COSTS I (By Associated Press) Columbus, O., July 21, Nat ional gnardsmen were stationed today at Cadiz and Lancaster, two strategic points in the coal producing districts ready for any emergency which may arise in connection with the carrying but of the President's protection plans for the operation of the eoal mines. mt Meeting of irectoirs uomniinnieirce wers RESOLUTION PASSED ORGANIZING WAEEHOUSING COR PORATION WITH SAME DIRECTORATE AS GROWERS ASSOCIATION. The Turkish army stripped Palestine of its animals to such a decree that when the American! lied Cross arrived in Juuo of 1918 there were many . villages without a single ploughing ani mal, and neither sheep nor goats were st-en-vn thir" hillsides. :J To Jay it is not uncommon for an automobile to come to a stand still on the principal streets of Jeiuaiem to allow a flock of hundreds of sheep and goats to pass by, and out in the coun try ili. grey hillsides are cover ed with thousands of these ani mals. Italy gets a large amount of her glove material from th kids of Palestine . Wnereas much still remains to he done, a great'' improvement already has been made in the character of the work animals. The army left behind it tens of thousands of horses, mules and donkeys, but even better- than this the natives seem to have learned valuable lessons iu the (are and feeding of stock, so that today the horses of the pub' lie carnages in Jerusalem are far sleeker and finer than eve they were before the war. rain: produce of all kinds j nnirs a much better price than ionm-i-Iv: hence the villagers are rrospemns and indulge in lux uries undreamed of in pre-war days. The markets of Jerusalem were never before supplied with such a wealth find vnripfv nf rle- DETROIT PAPER BRINGS 10 (By Associated Press) Paris, July France "in spite of the heavy burdens which the care of ensuring her safety and of fulfilling her internation al obligations has imposed," ? leadging the world in the pro portionate reduction of militarv expenditures, according to an official memorandum respecting the military budgets of 11 lead ing countries, compiled by the French government and submit 40 YEAR OLD QUESTION BETWEEN TWO RATIONS TO RE ARBITRATED 1CHIIN PROTECT MB (By Associated Press) Harrisburg, Pa., July 21. Pennsylvania cavalrymen and (By Associated Press) ted to The Associated Press. . Italy, with an increase of 390 percent, in her war budget over the year 113-14, stands far aneaa on tne list, tne memoran dum points out, while France, with t.n increase of but 52 per cent is at the bottom. Other I countries, the compilation shows,, j range m tne ioiiowing order: J Japan, 290 percent, Spain, 275 percent, Norway, 195 percent ," j ed States 174 percent., Sweden,! cent., Denmark, 12o percent and Switzerland, 73 percent. Elaborating upon the French : (By Associated Press) Washington," July 21. In en vironments already rendered his tory by the achievements of the Arms Conference, representatives of grat and small nations came together here today in the Hall of Americas- in , the Pan-Anjeri- caii Union building to the consummation of ample of international concilia tion f uraished by Chili and Peru in their agreement to arbitrate a forty year old controversy over Tacna-Arica. witness a new ex- WHERE RID THE GUARDS GET THE PICTURES? A joint meeting of the .direc tors of the Chamber of Coni- merce and the Co-operative Sweet Potato Growers Associa tion was held this morning "in the director's room of the Scotland Neck Bank, with practically a full attendance. The potato association report ed that a lot had been selected and an option secured at the ' corner df 12th Street on eadt side of the railroad. They also reported that a 10,000 bushel ca pacity warehouse could be built for from $3,140 to $3,250, mak- macmne Sonera are moving inio warehouse about $4,250.00. Cambria, W ashington Somerset stoves, trucks, and other Inci and other counties of Southern , dentals wiu run fhe total and W est em Pennsylvania Joday . slightly higher than that fi to prevent disorders whefibitu-1 however. Fa- 'will ! ' e reopenea. j qUiret to arrange for own pack ot the state jages. The agricultural agent re- r- seventy acres planted, '''will be sufficient to fill warehouse first year. A storage'warehousing corpora tion will be formed and will sell at least $5,000.00 in 8 percent pre ferred stock, which will be retir ed at the rate of one-fifth each year for five years by the grow- i I firs ' Association enmmnn satnolr I being issued in its place to thus individual meinjbers of the grow-, ers association. rainous mines are The whole power government is beinsr massed be hind them. THE IRISH NfetlJSTS SHELL CITY T - .4- A f4 ,1- T,.l 01 rni,. "e"uu' ' ?J t reduction, the memorandum adds purchase of the Detroit Journal -i, -inio u to the Detroit News was annmn ced by both papers today. Both are in the afternoon field and will be merged immediately, the Journal ceasing publication today, The total purchase price was in excess of two mil lions, it was announced. (By Associated Press) Berlin, July 19. A theft of valuable paintings which occur red four years ago has beeffan- that in 1913 the military branch nounced by the Frankfurt po- absorbed fully one-thirdv of thejlice issuing a proclamation to general budget, or 1,657,574,736 he effect that " a collection of francs from a total of 5,066,000,- pictures were stolen from a rail 000. In 1922. with the military! carriage of the Second expenditures increased by various PRESIDENT'S COMMITTEE international obligations such as the maintenance of troops on the arm required but one-fifth of the general appropriations, or j 5,056,000,000 francs from a total of approximately 25,000,000,000 namn i for tne entire government. Ffl Ml Tfl flRTfl N Rfltl lli The mUitary expenditures of I n!Lu IU UUInlll UnUlU I the five great powers, based on n gold franc standard, are set forth in the memorandum as fol lows: " TJnited States, 6,100,000,000; Great Britain, 4,300,000.000; Ja nan, 1,900.000,000; France, . 1,- 623,000,000; Italy, 970,000,000. (By Associated Press) Cork, Ireland, July 21. Two civilians were killed and four injured at Waterford as a result J passed ; ot the shelling oi the city by the Nationalist forces, according to official bulletin issued by Repub iiean , Insurgent headquarters- The following resolution Resolved : That WEATHER REPORT For North . Carolina : Partly cloudy tonight and , Saturday.. Little change in temperature. Gentle to . moderate variable winds. , nc u SETTLEMENT OF RAIL STRIKE FROM THE RAILWAY EXECUTIVES (By Associated Press) COTTON MARKET TODAY'S MARKET July Jl ----- 21.98 dry stores find and English, and to a les- American goods, for ieotahh- lenifi thrivui- business. In the goods, clothing and shoe the wu fastidious can rrene! ser decree Wnien thev did nnt pvpii InnTr n Pre-war days. It is interesting to note the cliniLo-; in the villagers. Form erly ilev nearly all walked to Jerusalem, even from a distance that took them four and five coins. ky,w pUDiic automobiles Iln out into the country for 10 inilcs and have largely monopo- tr j ride is 50 cents, formerly'. lIie !)! !0t. 0 a rays Work. The jUs are now almost deserted "v Pedestrians, but Amerie nn ftotor ears pass frequently. The ed Pnand ink-horn of the edu j'ated villaj?er has been scrapped JJ ' tli modern American self JilllTiM- f Washington T -i 01 ml WLUUi , . .hllv til Thf. t i - ctt nn !,ar'iilend,erS !! Resident was advised today yaW--::.r il 75 ".f iuu ice-cream iau ' Wtia pmnri i 'nmm Tie nnd Spnfltnrs liuards division enroute from! Brussels to Germany November j 8. 1918. Included were a or trait of the Spanish Infante by Valesquez, two works of Rubens, a Van Dyck and other old mas ters. A reward of 1,000,000 marks is offered for their ro- ' No explanation is given as to l why the-pictures were on the way from Brussels to Germany or to whom they belonged. POLICE MAY FORCE TRE GERMANY WILL PAY AMERICA FOR COST OF WAR IH DYES TURKISH WOMEN TO DRESS ALIKE ounta m tipti H -m -a ',ft Inho have risen several hun percent, and srood mechan l f now rlcT,i u: -1H ( - mt liiaiiu nve tioiiars ; ay. The hours of labor used to hlu'()-n sun-rise tilKsun-restbut J th organization of laborun ns tley now ha j jaffa aD Vio-htJi,-.,. .1 aou dary. Lack of organ (Chairman Cummins and-Senators Watson and Kellog, of the In-' terstate Commerce Committee of unavailable efforts made by them in conference with seA'eral lead-i ing railway executives last night ; to obtain a basis for a settlement! u the railroad strike. The sen-t ators declined to discuss their re-i ports prior to presentation to the President- . ' - On leaving the White House j they said that they had merely made a report and that future conferences ' 1 probably ' would be- held. ization throughout the country is the only thing that retards the change in other places. The quality of workmanship has not kept pace with' the rise in prices, and whereas in carpentry- there are found some excellent me chanics, most of the trades are carried on by very mediocre ar tisans. A prominent educated Syrian Christian recently expressed the view that the Zionist movement "was a good thing for the Syrians as it would prove a spur to great er effort and improvement, March - 21.71 YESTERDAY'S MARKET July - 22.42 October 22.38 Decembeer 22.34 January -. . 22.14 . March 22.10 English Actors Will Pro'duce Plays (By Associated Press) Constantinople, July Of (By' Associated Press)" London, July 21. Dissatisfied with the returns they have re ceived from theatrical producers and managers, a group of Eng lish actors have formed a co operative producing company of thir own. They will launcn their new venture at one of London's popular playhouses with ' 4 She Stoops to Conquer ' 7 and other classical comedies. The actors will be their own managers and will, finance such plays as seem good to them. A number of prominent actresses, probably will be admitted- to the enterprise upon equal terms with the men. " Some optimistic and determined Turks are attempting to persuade the women of the land to 'adopt a standard form of dress. On i - I timistie, because Turkish women j seen no more inclined to wear a : x' i,i xi a uiiiiur.'u uictii wuuiu ineir sisters of London, Paris and New York..: .nd determined because the Com-1 mittee de la Mode is thinkinsr of ( v pflllincr nnnTi flip nnlW fnr liplrn' Stockholm o " L' " x - jr j in carrying out its plans. ', ; 4 "Where are the women- who' would consent to have imposed upon-them an antique and strange Costume found today only " in museums?" is one of the ques tions hurled at the, reformers. "Where is the woman who would recommend such a costume to an other? Can a Turkish woman of old world Stamboul dress like a modern hanoum of aristocratic 1'era ? Nationalist fanaticism is an excellent thing, but only 'within limits?" The committee, in answer- tg these and sundry other attacks, has announced darkly it is working on a scheme to put over its project, the application.; of whicn will b 3 placed in the hands of the municipal polic- wss tllA Board of Directors of the SCOT LAND NECK Co-operative Sweet Potato Storage Company be in structd to apply for a charter for the organization of a co-operative warehouse corporation, and that as soon as charter is secure id the said Board meet and elect themselves as directors of the I warehouse corporation j A committee was appointed to t solicit subscriptions to stock ?n ! the warehousing corporation. The Directors of the Chamber ' of Commerce then went into exe- cutive session and instructed the Secretary to spend not over $50, 00 in additional copies of the last issue of the Eastern Carolinian, the organ of the Eas tern Carolina Chamber of Com- merce, printed ana aistnoutea tr " j various business houses here -with it quest that they enclose (By Associated Press) j them in all -outgoing mail. Paris, July 21. The Americau Tne Secretary was also instrivj government would receive its , te(l to prepare cuts and material quota of German dyes amounting for ths publication of a booklet to three millions annually as on SCOTLAND NECK and vicin part payment for maintaining nx ; the Army on the Rhine under terms of a plan now being work- Mr. C. E. Littlejohn, agricul ed out by American government; tural agent, reported that he wav I ".t n " a with the aid .of the reparations, arranging ror nve communuy tairs :n tne territory around SCOTLAND NECK and that the best exhibits from each would ba selected for a final showing at Scotland Neck on Armistice Day. -The agent also reported that he had signed up 23 farmers for his hog breeding program and that he expected to make the list at least 30. He also reported that he had found ohe of the fin est pure-bred boars he had ever seen on the farm of Mr. Noajj. Whitehead, in Roseneath. Mr. Littlejohn stated that as soon as the hog program was well under way that he would 1 ake up the development of the poultry industry and hoped to e sure the cooperation of the banks in putting that program over. MrrN. G. Bartlett, Vice-President-Manager of the Eastern Carolina Chamber of Commerce was present-and made a few re marks. He complimented SCOT- commission. SWEDISH PREMIER SEES DECLINE OF BOLSHEVISM (By Associated Press) ..July 21. Premier Branting of Sweden believes that a permanent peace has settled over northern Europe : that . is Scandinavia, and that Bolshe vism will never make any inroads in this part of the world. " - - "Certainly hot, ..for, according to my opinion, the Bolsheviki have already seen their best days, and Bolshevism may definitely he said to be on the decline." Asked whether he believed in LAND NECK on the wonderful lasting peace in the North, the ; cooperation shown m every un (Premier said: - j dertaking and on its splend?d J "I. have reason to believe so. J team work. He said that he Wo iiflvo nn cansp'liprp fnr mili-' had been ensrasred in similar tary adventures." . - (work for six years or more anrt The Premier doubted that the had never seen a better - spirit nationalist movement- in the displayed anywhere than that Scandinavian countries would developed here, and that it it ,.tvi imrp nntinued it woula resuu p fr r 1 1 h i - irsrr i ii au ai uxtvi. vv" v - v flict. lta unbelievable accomplishments. - v
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