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V - TUT !' V VOLUME XVI-NO. 50. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. C TUESDAY AUGUST 15, 1922. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5 CENTS PER COPY S S3 n renin V aroomied. raveleirs H tt i The Birth of Two Babies; Seridus Ill ness oi Children; The Torrid Helat, Among The Trials cf The Rail Travel ers Deiserted By T he Trainmen iW Associated Press) Angeles, uai., ug. o. ot tour other cinL- among tlie hardships T' i 1 i 1 some oi tne mice The bin rioii-5 iiiness ..mi ii rod b iiamUvu puengers arriving last jit t'-oiu seiisrman, Anzoua, i'i ur days under the torria -at ure in Southwest on the 1 bv the tram in temp rnin crew. iiioneu REPORTS DAMAGE BY BOLL WEEVIL I THT n i THE NNK MUCH LK OF TO B A G C ETSCREATE CI LET!The President To Offer Railroads Full Protection f The Government POTATO HQU SE WORK HAS ALREADY . MENCE0V AND WILL FARMERS IN SEVERAL EAS TERN COUNTIES COMBAT PEST BY DIVSRSIFI. CATION EIG FOUR BROTHERHOODS ACTING AS STRIKE MEDITATORS Washington, Aug. 15. The visible activities here in the rait shake situation were confined today to continual mediation ef forts of the Big Four Brother hood organizations in whose hands the striking shop crafts men have placed their case. L osAngeles, Cal., Aug. 15. All passenger trains stalled on the lines of the Sante Fe by the walkout of the memrs of the Bijr Four are runnir. today, it i.s reported. Efforts are being niacin to move all freight tied up from the same cause. . ' ' England Doubtful Market Ftfr U. S. Radio Sets INTEREST COMBE PUSHED TO COMPLETION Tiir n i nr h a a w iOPERAT OFT COAL S AID The opening North darnl inn markets in the Eastern aie btate attracted Bright of . the Tobacco part of unusual at- orgamza Goldsboro, Aug. 11. Boll wee vil damage will average from 10 to ti) per cent m Robeson, Scot- 1iie land, JtJiaden and New Hanover counties, according to E. W. Gait her, distrirt demonstrator for IS counties, who returned to the city yesterday after an ex tended trip of investigation throughout this territory. Heavy rains continue in 'many localities to aid the boll weevil and to re tard the crop, while all through) the cotton section of Wayne county water is standing in the tention, because of th tion since last season of the To bacco Growers Cooperative As sociation, claiming eighty thou sand members in V lrginia and (By Associated Press) London. Aug. 10. American and other foreign wireless .appa ratus vi 1 be excluded irom use !.,. ij.-i.-i. i ,,.", .j.: . .e ;? 1 u mmu uroaujcisiing iiiilus n a recommendation of Postmaster General Kellaway is adopted by the Cabinet. Air. Kellaway ur jres that for a period of two years; licenses for broadcasting should contain a provision that ;nly ritih instruments be used. Following the example of American journals, the British newspapers and magazines, are devoting columns and pages to wireless topics. But broadcast--'.x in this country is in an al most nebulous stage, and wire less; receiving by the masses has not attained anything like the Popularity it enjoys in the Unit ed States. The government is i how mi inaugurating a 'adjusting scheme. 'Some newspapers are anuiie.u's to be careful about "ap receiving sets some of them of American and Frenek ovjgin which are being" widely general warning nered. lv If tii'oadcasting were official-' -Stallisti(I in T?r.-lovM 1t r vdi'de position would becomcr-(-paver." y. Y Drury, manag-dnvetnj- of the ' Marconi G)mpany. rt.(i(M1tiv. "HoW- -'!;-! coni Companv anti large demand in the r'TM'iy irM'- t arc it. eyer. tin' spates a illtur..' foi many thousands of -"I'M- and ;o:.l VT(.r i"r-i oo!e want to sit at, h-ten to the outsia- tliere will be'; a great ' iu tlie demand." middle of the rows, said B. G. Thompson,, and this report is verified ; h- Mr. Gaither and County Farm Demonstrator A K. llobevt'son. But down in Columbus, Edge combe ' and Halifax counties the iaf&ifcrs&are . ;noii ?thiU&g-t much about the boll weevil. They are thinking of the hogs they are shipping, Mr. Gaither says. The boll weevil day have the cotton and crops may be spotted but it is not interfering with the shipment of hogs. Co lumbus county which got a taste of the boll weevil la.st year, did' ii ox want any more of him this year,so instead of growing 6,000 bales of cotton this year they are growing only 600, but they ship ped two car loads of hogs last week for $2,600. The car they shipped to Richmond sold for an average of 10 1-4 cents per pound and the "car to Kinston for 10 and 7-10 cents per pound. Halifax county has just shipped the first car under the cooperative sys tem. Mr. Gaither said but the returns haven't been received. Two carloads have just been shipped from Speed in Edge combe county, according to Mr. Gaither 's report, but no returns have yet been received on" them. A car shipped a little earlier net ted llents gross. In. discussing the cotton situa tion, Mr. Gaither said" he found many of the farmers were think ing of diversification wThile there seemed some who didn't believe anything they were told, but seemed to think they could go ahead raising cotton just as. they alwavs had. The warehouses at -Rocky Mount, Greenville Wilson and other large markets opened for sales at auction . Reports from Wilson are that about a million pounds will be handled today, and about 350, 000 pounds at Rocky Mount. These reports also state that the price on good ' grades is about the same last year's open ing, while the lower grades are bringing better prices. The Directors of the Sweet Potato Growers Association have lej a. contract to a local contrac tor. Air. Jere Bunch, for the con struction of the Sweet Potato Storage Warehouse, a lot at the corner of 12th' Street and the railroad having been secured Work has already ' commenced and will be ; rushed to completion.- The building will be avail able to receive potatoes when! the crop "is harvested. The capacity will be for the bushels and l is five thouand of the building storage of 10,000 built in units oi bushels each. Additional units can be added as demand requires.' GERMAN AIRSHIP CMflS DECLINE News From Capitol State NERS RATIFY CM-EMEU SOME MINES EXPECTED TO OPEN WEDNESDAY. MIN ERS RETURN TO WORK AT SAME SCALE EFFECTIVE WHEN STRIKE COMMENCED. The for coal pros- mines (By Maxwell Gorman) Raleigh, Aug. .15. Although ,v,5 1 -i struck, and the new contract I1PPT1 ;1 n n lfii-VPT hoiTifi1 eovmnc r 7 . . I uinuiuc umii uca L April tirsc. lhe agreement also pro- (By Associated Press) Cleveland, O., Aug. 15. wage scale is ready today the signatures of the soft operators and miners, and peers were tnat some would open Wednesday. The formal ratification is set for this afternoon. The settle ment provides that the" miners re turn to work on the same scale as was effective when thev is BRITISH PROPn SALS Berlin, Aug. 12 English in terests have failed recently in efforts to enlist the aid of Germany's-three-largest airship con structors in the establishment and maintenance of an aerial service between England, Egypt. India, and Australia, under Brit ish auspices, according to Direr toTr Johann Schuette of the Schu-ette-Lanz. works. Herr Schuette has recently returned from the United States after concluding negotiations for the founding of a German-American company, to conduct a European-American air line. mterferred with by the lack of transportation facilities, due . to the railroad Situation, the plans for continuing the work are go ing ahead, f? i j . Twenty-nigUjprojects. schedule V. VL lUi. 1. C llUg -lU HOI V j VJL LI f I - aggregate mileage of 186.02 miles will bring the year's letting of roads by the State Highway Commission to 1,114,25 miles, or more than a hundred miles be yond the "1,000 miles in 1922" program, and the total obligation for new construction for the year to more than -22,000,000. vides lor the appointment of an advisory fact finding commis sion, a part of whose duties will be to consider the future settlement of disputes ki the coal fTStrtt-eSr Virginia; Pennsylvania, Indiana, Michigan mines with an annual production of sixty millions of tons. PLANS TO GO BEFORE CON GRESS WtTK FULL AND comprehensive state ment of whole rail strike situation, and . to qite rebuffs which government has met in its efforts to settle strike: (By Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 15. Presi dent Harding, having abandoned all efforts at mediation of the rail strike, was declared today, by his advisers, to, have virtually decided to inform the railroad executives that in operation of the trains they would be -" u the full protection and e government. v ' The President Hc ted as being deter- gjgtf .rtt the only course tv .ximent could now persu.3tf tne path followed i.i the coal strike through the ex tension of invitation to the em ployers to operate the property with the aid of the Federal gov ernment and with the coopera tion or the States, and that they would stand behind them in their efforts as far as they were direc ted to serving the public. Consideration was given by the President, it was asserted, of go ing before Congress within a few days with a comprehensive state ment of the whole rail situation, including ,the rebuffs that have met the government's attempts at settlement. Three projects included on the list reove the last unbuilt sec tions of the Central Highway! from Smithfield to Salisbury, a distance of 170 miles continuous paving. The Thomasville Lex ington link, the Ilillsboro-Meb-ane link, and the bridge over the Yadkin River between Lelxmg- toh and Salisbury are the important projects. Cleveland, O., Aug. 15. Both operators' and miners today rat ified the" .."'agreement to bring to pass a settlement of the soft coal strike. The formal signing went over until a. joint conferencethis afternoon . RAILROADS WARNED NOT TO CONFISCATE COAL Washington, Aug. 15j The railroads : have been warned - by the Interstate Commerce Com mission to ceasjr confiscating coal moving over tlieir lines un der priority orders for - delivery to consignees declared preferred under the Federal Fuel Admin istration Distribution plansl most NOTORIOUS ROBBEfiS 1 WEATHER REPORT For North Carolina : Partly eloudy tonight and Wednesday. Gentle easterly winds. COTTON MARKET W MINERS WILL AFFILIATE WITH SSIAH REDS , IT II . IcnFy Afseiated Press ' uv ,Au" 15--The British to Wft eratlon has decided W ; V; .with the oie fc,.- l,llcIiaiionar, or TODAY'S MARKET October 20.56 December . 20.61 January . . 20.47 March . 20.50 May - 20.35 YESTERDAY'S MARKET OCTOBER 20.23 DECEMBERT 20.24 JANUARY 20,18 MARCH . 20.16 MAY 20.05 meeting of the federation' by 883 votes to 118. ' 1 If we want to . . . , . -. ? save JBritisn traae unionism, fiviiri a Lomniunists or Bol-1 said. Frank Hedges,-general see affile;- potion calling aent was defeated fo With k T at a recent retarv ot the federation. we must wash our hands of the Red International. V ; . The director intimated that, the English project was launched in an attempt to divert the close connections which;, snow have been established between Ameri can and German undertakings and to substitute for them a Brit ish leadership in airship construc tion "which does not exist." ho says. According to Herr Schuette, British interests made proposals to three German companies look ing to cooperative construction, kout m each case the oifer was declined. i With the award of contracts at the end of the month, the com mission will have achieved mire than a hundred miles beyond the mark set in February foe 'twelve months, and will have set up a record that is without parallel in the records of road building in America. Since January 1, con tracts will have been let EN THE RALEIGH JAIL Washington Aug. 15. Presi dent Harding will place the rail strike situation before Congress and before the country within forty-eight hours, it was official ly announced today at the White House. The announce ment followed a cabinet confer ence, after the -railroads had made public their rejection of the President's last settlement . propose!. (By Maxwell Gorman) Raleigh, Aug. 15. After a le gal battle lasting over two3rejirs two of the five men charged with ihe largest postoffice robbery in the 'history of the United States, i from the standpoint of money for i unreeovered, have been loged in OR 568.31 miles of hard-surface road Wake County jail to await trial and 545.94 miles of gravel. at the regular. November term of the United States District Take Advantage of Time The Ausrust lettinsr will be thei CJ final big letting for the year, and thereafter the commission will focus attention on- construction Herr Schuette divined in tho project an effort to reap the ad vantages of Germany's -experience in airship construction with the" object of ultimately taking over the German leadership in this".'" department. He declared its frustration signified the im- practieability of the entire plan. ! : now temporarily held up on ac count of strike conditions. Chair- Court in November. The robbery occurred at Ox ford on March 9, 1920, when the postoffice safe was blown open and about $34,000 extracted in cash, and government securities, none, of which has been recover ed. -X. T 1 I I -til jwas a better mustra- . C. C. HUNT, FEDERAL INSPECTOR IN SCOTLAND NECK man Page has pushed the work of getting roads mxler contract in anticipating of more widespread flpmanrl for contractors when 4.t r.o1 i.-tne vecrsmien wno were Trams underway next spring. I here, after having escaped from . Mail m Booklyn, !N. ., where urogram! lJley naa successturry resisiwu ; removal to New York for sevftxi- i ever tionfurnished Of the "long arm" of the law than in the battle with e2Trmen who were brought Altogether' the road AJ.J.r i.1 I.' 1 Zl J I ,, 1 vl l 1U1U 1C3 nz-klTT QTITIl-AY , : , i.m..i -,.: xi qi;' teen montns vmg to a nave repeaieaiy ianea to proauce imaieiv umuc. j , . , administration. the change in satisfactory results, he declared the English now have at their disposal only two serviceable Zep pelins built for use in the war, and that the cell-bodies of these are.no longer, trustworthy. These, he ;said, would not suffice even for a service between England and Egypt. Herr Schuette said that Amer icans have had their eyes open ed by the fate of the R-38, and that they will' now force a way for world advantages to accrue from the German industry which despite the Obstacles of the Ver sailles treaty, has built 80 first class Zeppelins and 20 Schuette Lanz ships. more man z.uu nines 01. iww i roads have been built, or are un der construction, or under con tract. In addition to this mil eage, the system includes many hundreds of miles of good roads built by counties before the state took over the system. . x United States attorneys in New York and North Carolina and the marshals and their deputies in both states who originally han dled the case are now out of of fice and the judge in New York to whom the case was first refer red and the attorney for the Dr. (j C. Hunt, Federal Inspec tor m charge of this district in the interest of hog cholera con trol will be in Scotland Neck be ginning Monday 14th of August and .will stay here as long as there is any work for him to do. In another year hogs will be one of our basis of credit and one of the first questions that the bank er will ask you when you apply for a loan on them is, "Have rhey been inoculated." Hog cholera innoculatlon has passed out 'of the' experimental stago and its merits-are an established fact. Itis then up 'to you to take the advantages that this service offers. Somewhat of the tremendous prisoners -are now dead. iioiy undertaking the '29 projects of-j ever, the same postoffice inspect f ered for August 30 presents may i tors who originally trailed the be gathered from the fact that j men to New York have remained that specifications call for the! on the job all the while. They Sparine? of 153 acres of land, ex-, j eiiectea tneir recapture m wciu- cavation totaling 1,349,450 subicJ phas? Tenn., ., about three yards of earth and rock, yeggmen brought here by Dep uty United States Marshals. C. L. Mc Waters and ef;I. Pfitton, of Eastern District of Tennessee, are' supposed to be William Dates and John' Murray. Each is known under a dozen or more aliases, "the most picturesque of which are ' ' California Bin" and 1 'Michigan (Shorty.' Murray is F7 rpnrs old and Dates 52. and the bridges on the projects will require 2,328,110 pounds of struc tural steel. V - - f.JS weeks and 1 a go, after prisoners had been at! each has Served time Jbef ore ana lare-since uciouer ou. ut, aob uulu die n , year' ' ' 'John Martin, "Portland Ned,"- TbV correct names of the two land other fanipus safeblowers j 1:
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