XVI. NUMBER 53.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. 0 FRIDAY, AUGUST -18, 1922.
TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
5 CENTS PER COPY
jUSIHESS MAN
SHOT TO DEATH
II BANDITS
Sh
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WILLIAM B. NORSIS KILLED
AND BOOKKEEPER, WHO
4CC0MPANXED HIM BEAT
EN INTO INSENSIBILITY"
AND ROBBED OF PAY
BOLL.
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(J-Jv Associated Press)
iJaliimore. Md., Aug. 18.
JJ. Xorris. Secretary
TKiin1!' of Hicks, Tase
Xorris. Inc.. building contrac
tors, vus shot to death at tli-3
cti-ner of Park and Madison
Avenues today by unidentified
bandits and robbed of the com
pany's pay roll of approximate
ly seven thousand dollars.
' Frederick Kuether. a book-
keeper, who accompanied Xorris,
was beaten into insensibility'.-
Y.
ettled At
Conference
HE BO
S
...
REPORTS
LL WEEVIL
CHIEF OF THE BROTHER.
HOOD OF RAILWAY ENGI
NEERS WHO IS DIRECTING
NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE
SHOP CRAFTSMEN, CONFI
DENT OF SUCCESS.
By Associated Press)
NEW. YORK, Aug. 18. The
strike of the railway craftsmen
will be settled here, Warren S
Stone, Chief of the Brotherhood
f Railway Engineers, declared
today, as the committee of five
railway brotherhoods finiiio.4
ana i several informal conferences be-
n
T
RUSSIAN
C
IT DIES WITH
BOOTS ON
(.By Associated Press)
Tcunboff, liussian, Aug. 1$.
Alexander Antonoff, whom, his
followers considered in the light
of a reincarnated Robin Hood,
but wrumi the Soviet government
classed as a Jesse James, fought
to the last when surrounded and
filled by the state police at his
hiding place in a tiny village
near tambnff late in June.
xuuuuuii iiiL-e was in Tiie oiti
.thissian army. When the Bol
hevikl t.M,k power lie opposed
'.em -diiO.. gathering about him
itl;ousands of followers fast
horsemen from the Stennes he
tiarrasseit'the Red army in the
south of Russia for several vears.
Last September Antonoff "s last
nand was broken up by the Reds.
'fr months the state poli&f
fuj-'ut out his hidinir nlace. Fin-
n
illV sunk! (
rates ven-
:M oetraverl him
Early une June evening eight
u n le,l by Policemen Poknlu--ffl
came t. tke hut of a peasant
-Marie Katosanova,
"fl"e name will ro down in the
tore meeting the rail
to continue the work
tion.
executives
of media-
Washington, Aug. 18. Presi
dent Harding was told by Sena
tor Watson, Republican of In
diana, one of his rail strike ad
visers, that a long distance tele
phone conversation with the
brotherhood chiefs and represen
tatives of the rail executives at
New York disclosed that both
sides are hopeful of a settlement
of the strike today.
TARBORO AND ENFIELD
TOBACCO WAREHOUSES
MAKE GOOD RECORDS
AID
C
OtDilOIS
ARE
TRUE
Fires,,
Joint
Going
iQSS
res;
PHES
LOCAL MERCHANT RETURNS '
FROM TRIP WITH FIRST
HAND INFORMATION.
Reports have. been. received In an interview yesterday, Mr.
irom auction sales of the Tarboro Robt. C. Josey, Jr., who has
and Enfield tobacco warehouses, been spending" sometime in the
which make anexcellent show- mountains of Western - North
mg compared witn last year. Carolina,- said that everything
The Farmers Warehouse at which has been written and said
larboro, ot which Foxhall and about the boll weevil and condi
"y1"1 "it; mauaj;cis rcpun iuhl f nuns re-suiiing xroni its ravages
this year their opening price j m any community are all true
averaged $24.00 per hundred from first hand information
against $16.00 per hundred last! which he has from residents of
New York, Aug.l8. Warren
Stone,, head of the engineers, on
leaving the conference between
the brotherhood men and the ex
ecutives expressed the belief that
no definite agreement for the
settlement of the shop crafts
strike, would be reached today.
He said that whatever plans
they had have been referred by
both sides to their constituents.
year. ,
Clarks' Warehouse at Tarboro
reports that it sold 65,000 pounds
for an average of $24.00 per
hundred.
The Enfield warehouse reports
that it sold 30,000 pounds this
year for $60.00 more than it
sold 50,000 pounds for last year
on the opening.
Reports are that the Tarboro
market averaged $3.00 per hun
dred more than the Greenville,
Rocky Mount or Wilson markets
on th
area
opening.
the boll weevil infected
further South.
Mr. Josey said that he talked
to a wealthy land-owner of South
Carolina who told him that the
only way to meet-the situation
was to practice diversification in
farming, grow live stock and
get on a cash bisis. This gen
tlemen told him j that
chant or business! man
.SOUTHERN RAILWAY
RECRUITING HELP WITH
SKILLED MECHANICS
0 (By Associated Press)
Washington, Aug. 18. Presi
dent Harrison, of the Southern
Railway, announced that his
road is making headway recruit
ing skilled mechanical help for
its shops trom points
its territory.
outside of
aoe
day
TELLS CONGRESS AND NA
TION THAT HE IS RESOLV
ED TO USE FULL POWERS
OF GOVERNMENT, TO
MAINTAIN TRANSPORTA
TION AND SUSTAIN RIGHT
. .OF MEN TO WORK.
the president expressed
himself as deploring
"warfare on labor"
and recommends gov
ernment commission on
"Fair wage'
to do a credit business
ditions
con
any
who
mer-tried
under
would
WEATHER REPORT
For North Carolina : Local
showers tonight and Saturday
Moderate easterly winds.
boll weevil
certainly go brolje.
Mr. Josey saidJthat in his
opinion, the program which' is be-
mg pushed, m this community
( would do much toward meeting
the situation if it was followed
out persistently to its logical
conclusion. ;
HAN CONGRESS
r his former confed
promised amnesty
ntatie
hfe o
P m the th
fiver Voi-.m.,
.eiitius surrounding
f Antonoff. In this
k woods near the
Antonoff was hid-
Ihc police called to her
Nli!- i'ii il i t ii 1 r nr i Ti lmncn
'-'it ' ' 1 UH. 11UU-1
enyin- An'"Ho!f was there. No
'nei' nad
n
CUTS
SALARIES OFLEGISLATORS
(By Associated Press)
Havana, Cuba, Aug. 18. Con-!
gross has decided that the coun
try is being overcharged when it
ftays $30,251 a year for each of
its 24 senators and $12,000 a
year for each of its 120 repre
sentatives. ,
Under an economy program the
senate has agreed to reduce its
quota by $235,000 a year and the
house by $225,000 bringing the
congressional budget to $1,718,
000. This will bring the figure
for a senator to about $21,330 a
year and a representative to
-10,000.
PAINTS BRIGHT FUTURE
FOR POTATO GROWERS
V. E. Fountain Declares All-Year
Market For Sweet Potatoes '
Possible
lie
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VISITING AMERICAN
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WELCOMED
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V.d
run to the vil-
rmi'j the beUsi
l-'i'asants armed!
!h
sticks and stones
i'ton about the
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ViTii
ran
lie battle
night at
verv short
of them
STUDENTS
IN DENMARK
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Copenhagen, Aug. 17. After
a week's visit to Denmark, a
party of 18 traveling American
students has left here forNor
way and Sweden.
h'Hise ;iiil sot the The students are visiting the
As smoke began r Scandinavian countries under
1 he" windows, two! the auspices of the International
muse and ; Students Tours and m coopera-
inward the j tion with the American Seandi
! stei) thev! navian Foundation. James
iev(lvers at: Creese, secretar3T of tb.e latter or
had almost i conization, and Professor Bei-
v-'f'ds when they j son, of Columbia University, are
V' J. Th-ir bodies conducting the tour. After a
- it - v. u, ' ' 1 1 j j i i, jo i I, v s - - j -
France, the students here will
join the rest of the. 350 American
students, who arrived in, Europe
on board the Saxonia, and return
with them to the States.
During tlir stay in Copen-
the students, mostly un
saying j dergraduates from Various Amer-
BALTIC RUM-RUNNING
SHOWS LARGE PROFITS
the
Tarboro, Aug. 15. Y E. Foun
tain, president of the Edgecombe
County Sweet Potato Growers'
Associatioriand vice president cfjthat the 1926 meeting of the or
ganization will be held, m the
United States in connection with
(By Associated Press)
Stockholm, Aug. lu. Legisla
tion in Sweden againBst drunk
enness and consequent heavy tax
ation on liquor and beer has
resulted in very hi'gh prices for
alcohol of every kind. So much
so that smuggling of drink into
Sweden has developed all along
the coast, and it is asserted that
about 5,000 gallons from
Baltic are landed and sold
Sweden every day.
Recently a German ship was
said to be anchored outside ter
ritorial, waters with a cargo ot
sporits for sale. In order to es
tablish the truth of this alleged
rum-running, the correspondent
of The Associated Press decided
upon a personal investigation
With a friend he embarked on a
six ton cutter for this German
(By Associated Press) i boat, which was expected off
New York, Aug. 18. The In- j Sandhamn, and after a pleasant
ternational Union against tuber-j sail in the moonlight came up
culosis, which has just' closed its' with the vessels wheih was rid-
meetinsr in Bfrussefe. announces 1 mg at anchor with the usual
ANNOUNCES NEXT
MEETING
the Eastern Carolina Federation
assures the sweet potato growers
ox iorm Carolina tnat mere can
be established an unlimited de-
the SesquiCentennial of Philadel
phia. The next meeting in 1921
mand for tlie sweet potato in J will be held in Berne, Switzer
Northern produce markets. He j land. The president-elect for the
states that after having personal! American meeting is Dr.
interviews with several of the bald Smith, Director of
bio-srest Northern nroduce dealers 1 Rockefeller Foundation Animal
U(J - XT
he is convinced that the North- Research .Laboratory
thern neonle are especially anx-i'ton, N. J., and discoverer
X J. A 1
ious to secure,, sweet potatoes all
the year round instead of three
months only as heretofore. He
lights showing..
On hailing the vessel we were
requested to go aboard and were
received cordially by the CaD
tain. "Just waiting for some
body else," he said, "but you
are very welcome anyhow."
Theo-1 Asked down to thecabin, the
the 1 visitors explained they were
neither buyers of alcohol nor in
the service of the. customs, but
of J only wanted to learn something
the bovine tubercle bacillus. lirst liana about selling spiriTS
The National Tuberculosis As- on the high seas.
Th-'
at Prince-
iociation also announces that itsj
JORSOPENFORVALUATION
believes that the success of the! next annual meeting m wiii
sweet potato as a money crop de- be held in Santa Barbara, Cal.,
pends largely upon the organic- j June 18 to 25.
ing of the sweet potato growers.
it is especially essential that
the local growers build central
storage houses, organize a local
association and then join in a
State-wide federation which will;
market all the potatoes and gov-j
era the production as the demand
is established. He states that!
the Edgecombe county growers j
have already organized a co-J
operative association and nave
joined the Eastern Carolina Fed
eration and recommends that all
other growers in the State who
ha-e not organized do so and
make the swTeet potato one
the State's best money crops.
captain was a young Ger
man, about 30 years ld. "You
take me for a smuggler," he
said, '"or bootlegger out for bus
iness beyond the law, but you
are quite mistaken. My name is
Ludwig Wolff, formerly of the
German navy. I do no business
which cannot bear examination,
and would not for anything in
the world infringe on the provi
leires of Sweden. I am in inter-
j national waters, and am entitled
C, Aug. 18. j to trade here as much as I wish
the income tax ! with anybody who wants to do
RECOMMENDS AMENDMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION. ACT
-TO MAKE REC' T)A
TIONS OF LV isOARD
ENFORCE '
-associated Press
Washington, Aug. 18. Presi
dent Harding today told Con
gress and the nation that he has
resolved to use all the power of
the government to maintain
transportation and to sustain
the right of men to work.
Addressing a joint session of
the Senate and House on the in
dustrial situation he declared the
right of employees and employ
ers alike to conduct their busi
ness' and it must be recognized.
He deplored what he termed
warfare on labor unions.
The President declared for a
national investigation for con
structive recommendations as to
the conduct of the coal industry,
which he said was imperative,
and recommended .'that- a - gov
ernment, commission on fair
wages and on condition of labor.
He urged for immediate legis-.
lation for the establishment of
a national coal agency with capi
tal to purchase, sell and distrib
ute coal.
Ilis other recommendations
were an amendment of the
Transportation Act to make the
Railroad Labor Board's decisions
enforcable against carriers and
employees alike. He, urged bet
ter protection for aliens.
GA LEGISLATURE KILLS
ROAD ODND ISSUE
APPROPRIATES NEARLY
TWO AND HALF MILLIONS
FOR CONFEDERATE PENSIONS.
of,
Washington, D
The collection of
becomes a complicated affair af- J business with me. f ean offer
ter it passes the point of figur-f.)U the purest and - best whis
ing the return of the average j kies, English and American
wage earner. That part, of j about $1.25 a quart. I have the
course, is simple. j best Danish schnaps for 3 krone
The technical staff of the Bu-; a .bottle, and many thousands
reau of Internal Revenue at! bottles of German brandy."
Washington is in need of valua- Wolff, referring to himself,
tion engineers in general mining, explained that he had been paid
lie
1 'tie. oils
chieftain, and
lather, Dimitri
the population
is never had been
authori-
Soviet
etf.iv i' l, s performed andili
' lS 1P ri .
-UI fV ,. 4. 1. 1 . . . . - - --
'Piwli,- n e Drothers ever Mean universities, have been en
r their tV nam worlv,! tertamed by tne American mi-
OSeonrn were sot llkcl ister. the Copenhagen Mumcipai-
9U nvn. xi T ima there wasjity. the -Copenhagen University
3 that til Vieir todies, show-! and-the Danish Students Union
J Ium led themselves i TKpv hve visited museums and
'-u at-
1-- . M.M. -A. A
ted themselves i They have visited museums
th . ' . " - -... . ...
L1ie in i 1 . ume when the; other Dlaces and institutions
Dianr f Vlllaes carried j interest under the guidance
om- ' first-class Danish experts.
or
of
MAY
PRODUCE
HER
OWN
PULP
i co.al mining, oil and. gas, and the
1 forest industry. The positions
I pay from $360O to $1800 a
ear. The United States Civil
j Service Commission will receive
lanulications until October 1.
No written examination will be
given; the ratings will be based
upon education, training, exper
ience, and physical ability.
The duties involve estimation
of quantities, market . values,
value of equipment, cost of devel-
(By Associated Press)
Melbourne, iAug. 18. Timber
for the manufacture of paper,
a long felt need in Australia, has
finally been discovered in Tasmania.
There important timbers from; opment, etc. '
that territory have been convert-! Full information and applica
ed into excellent wood pulp in j tion blanks may.be secured from
cordinorjti. United States Civil Service
to an announcement by G. 1
Knibbs, Director of the Common-1
wealth Institute of Science and
Industry. ?
( nm rn i sssi nil . Washinirton, D. C,
or the civil service, board at the
post i office or customhouse in
any city. .
off from the navy when the arm
istice was declared, and on hear
ing of the liquor trade with Nor
way, he decided to join in. "I
am not dealing for my own ac
count," he said; "this business
is organized in Hamburg by big
capitalists. Liquor in Germany
is. very cheap and Scandinavian
currency very big, so although
we sell much cheaper than do
registered dealers ashore the
profit for us is nearly 500 per
cent." He added he expected to
get rid of his present cargo witiw
in a week, and return for more.
He made1 ten trips last year to
Norway, and with the same
number to Sweden this year he
expects to clean up enough ' for
a five years' rer . -
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 18. The
nineteen and twenty-two session
of the General Assembly ended
at five o'clock this morning, af
ter an all night session punctua
ted with stormy debate.
'Many bills of more or Tess im
portance were crowded out at
the final session.
It appropriated two million
four hundred and fifty-one thou
sand dollars for Confederate
pensions for the next fiscal year
and wiped out "the" present s dis
tinction between old and new
pensioners.
The Good Roads' bond issue
for nine millions of dollars to
match the Federal appropriation
was killed by the House.-
A bill providing for biennial
sessions of the legislature was
killed by the Senate'.
COTTON MARKET
. TODAY'S MARKET
October . 21.66
December ... -21.63
January ; 21.47
March . 21.48
May 21.48
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
October. . . : .
December . . r
January
March .
Mtiy
21.77
21.75
21.60
21.61
21.60