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VI. NUMBER 62.
FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION
SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. TUESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1922. TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE
5 CENTS PER COPY
BOARD
MENTION
Gil: LABOR
ST IAN
(Dv-
The President Thinks
Congress Should Grant
im Authority To Take
Over The Railroads And
Mining Pr bp er tie s
H
nr Tiir nnnuin
ur ml dunud
Associated Press) .
Auir. 29. The Rail-
i t ..v,.-,.- RamhI todav denied
-.ma i-i i I
.1., r? m of A . tett Lauck. a!
labor statistician, that the boards
immediately define the principle
0f a livinur wage, in case tha
Maintenance Way Employes, who
arc seeking increased minimum
rates pay.
At the request of E, P. Grable.
preident of the maintenance or
ganization, hearing then adjourn
t& until tomorrow morning.
PHOGRESS-PflOSPEHITY
PORTIONS OF GZECHQ
SLI
HE ASSURES CONGRESSION
AL SPOKESMAN THAT ON
LY THE GRIMMEST PUBLIC
NECESSITY WOULD MOVE
HIM TO EXERCISE SUCH
POWERS, IF GRANTED.
(By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 29.
President Harding still believes
that Congress should grant him,
immediately, the authority to
take over the railroads and min
ing properties, it is said today at
the White House.
But he has assured the Con
gressional spokesman that only
the grimmest necessity would
move him Kb exercise such pow
ers, if granted.
DECLlSo 10
INTERVENE IN
- (By Associated Press)
Washington, D. C, Aug. 29.
The Senate consideration of the
j bonus bill neared the end today,
but some Senators doubted the
final vote before adjournment
tonight can be reached.. K
-Half - dozen or more amend
ments remained to be acted upon,
and a number of Senators desire!
to deliver addresses.
"Give Them Everything
But The -Railroad."
Vice-Pres. A. P. Titus
2
COTTON
ivilll
S
AT GREENVILLE,
S. C, CLOSED EOR
VIC2T-PRESIDENT OF CHICAGO-ALTON
ROAD SAW
FIRST TRAIN IN SIXTY
HOURS LEAVE ROOD
HOUSE WITH TWO PAS
SENGERS ABOARD FOR ST.
LOUIS.
THE LAG OF FUEL
jVAK A
(By Associated Press)
Prague, Czechoslovakia, Aug.
24 Although the Czeehoslovak
ian Kepublie is only three and a
half years old, it is the one state
in Europe which has set its house
in order and hasavoided the
evil-; of the printing press.
J tie Lzecns or tsonemians are a
BOTHENBURG EXPOSITION
EXPECTS INVASION
0E AMERICANS
THE DUPRE CASE
EXECUTIVE LETS ATLANTA
YOUTH TAKE DEATH PEN
ALTY. HE WILL BE HANG
ED FRIDAY.
Girl
Scouts
(By Associated Press)
Gothenburg, Sweden, Aug. 29.
So many Americans, many of
Swedish birth or parentage, am
Lard-working and plucky race, planning to visit the Jubilee Ex-
sense, and thev I position at liotnenburg, Sweden,
next year that a full-sized ecean
liner will be needed to carry the
travelers from Chicago alone.
Thesa. will, include 7soh.. e repre
sentative citizens as the ex-Governor
of Minnesota, Adolf Eber
hart; Harry Olson, Chief Judge
of the Municipal Court of Chica
go, and United States Senator
Medill McCormick.
i'ull of common
kave built up an economic and
industrial fabr.c which has made
the country one of the most pros
perous -ir. OeiK-rel Europe Its
industry today is beyond the
needs of it own population. - The
Czech crown, which until last un
iimm had followed the fluctua
tions of the German mark, has
now established its independence
in the world's exehan?es.
,
Since the creation of the re-i
(By Associated Press)
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 29. Gover
nor Hardwiek today refused to
commute the death sentence of
Frank B. Dupre, an Atlanta
youth, convicted of the murder oi
Irby Walker, a private detective,
last December.
Dupre is under sentence to bn
hanged Friday.
Pass Through
Town Today
The Girl Scouts of Roanoke
Rapids and Rosemary passed
through Scotland Neck this morn
ing enromte to Washington, N.
C, where they will camp for a
while. They came in on the
train from Weldon this morning
and came up the street to wait
for the train that backs in from
Hobgod, which they took for
their destination.
While in the city, the young:
ladies took a joy ride through
? town witn several ot tne young
! men here.
(By Associated Press)
Greenville, S. C, Aug. 29.
Two cotton mills have closed in
this vicinity because of th lack
of fuel. Ootkers will ' probably
follow.
.. (By, Associated Press)
Roodhouse, 111., Aug. 29. Af
ter promising the trainmen who
quit last - Friday to "give them
everything but the railroad,-1'
Vice-PresidentA. P.. Titus, of the
Chicago-Alton Railroad, this
morning" had the satisfaction
seeing the first train in
hours- leave Roodho"'
AV
two passengers tc "-fifi Xm
GRAFTERS WON'T QUIT
T
WITHOUT FICH
.
tuneu rares is gaming an in
creasing share of it. According
to official figures, 47.7 percent of
Czech imports in 192 lcame from
Germany, the latter country tak
ing 36.2 percent of Czech export.
Every Czech realizes that the fu
ture of the country's trade is in
Central Europe, but he is anxious
to avoid as far as possible any
vemiomie dependence on Ger
many. Like many other European
--'Wiirifs. ( zee hos ovakia. s most
Vital prnbh-ms concern the mucli--leeded
reduction in production
tnsts ih(. f.ust of living, the re
traction (,f taxation, and amelior
aon of hr thousing situation. At
present Prague is one of the most
expensive cities in Europe. One
the causes is the tremendous
This announcement is made by
Charles S. Peterson, a business
5 come to
special
Tuililir. thn Lull- y.-P .... I 1, U .
iiit 'iin ui. ti auc litis uccii ' n . -i
n t jraan of Chicago, whojias come tr
uith Germany. although the Uj.j,- Zt' -
iovt-u.e iu maive sneiMai an allure
ments for this invasion of Amer
icans. In connection With this
news Dan Brostrom, ex-Minister
of the Navy .and a well-known
shipping man in Sweden, has an
nounced that the Swedish-American
Line, of which he is presi
dent, will find it necessarv to
purchase a third liner to be
be
placed in the direct service
tween the United States and
Sweden.
The Exposition at Gothenburg
celebrates the 300th anniversary
of the founding of that city un
der the famous kin-, Gust av us
Adolphus. It will illustrate
Swedish history, industry; s and
culture, a special section beiug
allotted to the exhibit from the
former colonv in America, now
jiation.-il budiret, which-is swollen j the State of Delaware, which was
J.v heavy military expenses. j settled by expeditions from Goth
UmpariNl with Vienna and j enburg in 1938.
hurlapost. Prague presents anap- j
Pnine.. of prosneritv and alter-!
pair, iiucertaintv and indecis-
the American travel erj
s u; Vjenna. While other
iuropaii capitals suffered by
, Grtt Win. Prague was
bjn'iV-ct.Ml until the revolu
or I!!"!;, when she awoke
(1-july r0 finif herself one of
Uh' ,! 1 : . . i .. n t
Saw Mills To
Invade Polish
Virgin Forests
Port-Au-Prince, Haita, August
2g. The recent attempt to
shoot Edouard Mangones, the
mayor of this city of 150,000 peo
ple, followed within 24 hours by
either the suicide or murder of
the city receiver, have created a
sensation unusual for Haiti. The
resort to firearms, "together with
tales of a mystery car with three
gunmen operating at night, are
new symptons for Haitian poli-i
tics. In the past crimes of viol-l
11 ft -i )
u'c si were usuany accompiisneci
by the secret use of poison or
ether methods. Since the oc
cupation there have not been
more than six murders, and
what may prove to be a crime
wave is an unusual manifesta
tion.
Absoluetly unknown in a cen
tury' of Haitian local government
is the determined campaign of
Mayor Mangones, backed b- the
influence of President Borno and
the American-officered gendar
merie, to prosecute local officials
charged with shortage of funds,
falsification of tax receipts, and!
gratt. Mangones, a man of
means, an aristocrat and a busi
ness man, has created consterna
tion among the politicans.
PCetaoin shrdlu etaoin etaoin n-
ijast. Mav lie loreecl tne resig-i
nation of . the cominunale receiver
for a shortage of $5,000 in his
acounts, the receiver claiming
that his safe had been robbed of j
that amount three months before,
although he had not reported it.
Following that three officials
were arrested tor alleged iaisi
fication of tax receipts to the ex
tent of several thousand dollars.
FAMILIES STILL;
dlinMEULJrUAT
i! nn i in i ii hi
AN OUTBREAK AMONG
REFORMATORY II
NECESSITATES STATE
POLICE PROTECTION
(By Associated Press)
Faionia, Mich., Aug. 29.
State police have been stationed
at the State Reformatory here this
morning, as a result of the out
break among the inmates late
last night, which were suppress
ed only when tear gas was poured
into one dormitory where the
rioting centered.
COLE B LEASE
SEVENTYPOUR THOUSAND
WOMEN VOTE POR THE
FIRST TIME
GERMANY IS MAKING
REMARKABLE PROGRESS
STILL ALIVE in standardization
(By Associated Press)
Cokimbia,- S. C, Aug. 29.
Voters of the State went to tin?
polls today to nominate candi
dates for State officials in the
Democratic Primary. About
seventy-four thousand women
vote for the first time.
Chief interest in,the six-corner
ed race for Governor, in which
Cole Bleas, two-times Governor,
is seeking another term.
(By Associated Press)
Jackson, Cal., Aug. 29. Fam.:
liess and friends of forty-eight
miners, imprisoned since Sunday
midnight nearly a mile below tha
earth's surface by fire in Argo
naut Mine today, clung stubborn
ly to the hope that they are stili
alive.
The chief hope today is to
reach the entombed men within
eighteen hours.
FUNDS AUTHORIZED BY
T
PRESDEN
R
ON
TRUCTON
WORK
MUSCLE
SHOALS
AT
ALA.
t
strictest
i ;By Associated Press)
m w !..,..... A .4. Warsaw. Auff. 2b. The enor-
'u- principles, her polievjmous forests of Bialowieza, con
m? v -f innovation and evo- taining many thousands of acres
!a,lf'n alr,n.-- i.r,i.i?o of uncut timber, are engaging
the attention of British concerns,
who are negotiating for leases.
At the same time American bisi
Xo
"n .
"rastir
' '-nir republican lines,
-in ns. been crushed.
l:'-i)d reforms have been
1 fi i t if'i v ill- Jiirii-aiiii -ii
n, . , n :i i note i-nim'Pas havft sent an asrent
(Bv Associated Press)
Washington, D. C.: Aug. 29.
Funds totaling six hundred thou
sand dollars have been author
ized by President Harding to t
enable army engineers to begin
New York, Aug. 28. German
standards as the word is ap
plied in manufacturing and not
in philosophy will some day be
the standards by which Ameri
ca will have to furnish materia
to most of the countries of tho
world, according to Oscar R. Wi
kander, an American engineer
who has just returned from Ger
many where he represented the
American Engineering Standard
Committee.
"An example of the progress in
standardization which Germany
has made since war time condi
tions began," says Mr. Wikander,
"Is the recent story of Russian
locomotivves. Nineteen German
iand one Swiss manufacturers
i built 700 locomotives for Russia,
! and every part in every one of
I them was interchangeable with
1 the corresponding part in any of
the others.
1 "Because of this standardiza
tion, every locomotive which was
disabled became a store of spare
LONDON WEATHER HARO
EVEN ON GRAVEN IMAGES
London, Aug. 29. The outer
walls of the Houses of Parlia
ment are crumbling. Hundreds
of carven images, mostly of imag
inary royal figures, have bee:i
unable to withstand the ravages
of the weather, combined with
the smoke-laden London atmos
phere. They suffer also from
the lack of respect shown them
by hundreds of pigeons which
roost on the scptRs and sharp
en their beaks on the noses of
':ings-
Scarcely a day passes but a
monarch's hand or toe falls into
Palace Yard. Not long ago a
king's head was found in frag
ments on the terrace.
During the coming recess scaf
folding will be erected and many
workmen employed, at a cost of
parts for the others of the same. j 11,000, picking off the loose bits
type. Standardization work ss
being forced by Germans bo
. -i , a i ..
cause tnev want to niirouuce
their standards in the great im-
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construction work on the Wilson i1
dam at Muscles Shoals, Alabama,!
the great Ger
man deliveries in kind to Franc
llius inav one man m a (lav uu-
crown scores of kings.
Sir John Gilmour, who rt-pre-soits
the government depart
men that looks after public
buildings, is of the opinion that
none of the kings or other dis
tinguished folk will be allowed
longer on
Then came an investigation oton an extensive scale pending
Ludovic Monplaisir, Director of j the use of seven and a haif mil.
Cemeteries, who Had Jong been aj liolls appropriated by Congress,;
V rr"rlu m3!" bt thm iHto that "I think the day wiUcomebefcro
11, -ww x i ursi, was uiiiuiaiiv amiuunucu
-i -i - r " ' v
tried to snoot iuangones, serious ,
T;n oo fo,. o0 nctihin hp mai p to stick it out liiucu ionrer
Hill, 1(U ti I'VJ." J
tne outer walk or r-aniameiL.
10 hold
ory? is
tion of the forest lands.
the
, , i . ,ui.
h.'.'V than Or,H l1tar,lC nf OYCT Here WHO, 111 COipairy wita
of 500 hectares of 1 H. H. Smith, Trade Adviser to
l0!t Ovvir,., nCnriithe American legation at. War-
tl... nio. saw. is now on a tour of msp
"""J-Taiile content. There
'U it H 1 1 run ril
. -. . jj; mii i Iliril
; s.!!l i t-.st other Euro-nean cit- tuallv suspended. Many of
.'the li.'.iising problem in Pra-S poorer nobility have nigrated to
jj t '' nt.-. Any owner of a
1 r --I'-i'is? iik liable to have his
inters commwnflf.or.od w h-r iho rate of exchange. Others'
state '
. -n site of th.
."Ht s fmdo j i i, : lnona TToon in the
' uis fo encouraL- paiaces vvxiiwu nave
H 0.i- L- r . ... p !
.. uon ot naw v.... in infra he i.nP':ifiTi at tneir iamines
C? 7 j JL . - . ... -
lv wounding one of his personal!
cabinet, Edmund Millet. j
The following morning the i
dead body of the new receiver.1;
found, i
WEATHER REPORT
ripinent Denize. was
v, 7 - 1
"ItTt. 1 . . . iTr.oTi woo tiia .'. i 1
Warmer m interior tonight. Gen
tle to variable winds.
C T
v iejna,
Mnnish. Berim, Poland
: '
or Hunirary, m order to Denetit
'mmandeered bv the br the rate ot. exchange.
?overn- i occupy a small corner ot the vast
thp .-savors po encourage . paiaces wmu uavc cw
uild; Diuidings, tne; possession
m? trade has remained-vir- centuries.
For North Carolina: General-
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I 1
murder or suicide has not been
established. Reports of a mys-
f t-p.Ai -io ontam n . . iT.f Yninr.1 . Oft t fd
the situation ando'ave rise to i Denize mystery ma yprove to be,l ing international standards.
the heorv of murder as part of j and the Americans and other fir-) "England, too, is working to
a T.lflTr.id camuaism of intimida-f eigners are delighted at this evi-j force the adoption of her stand-
. - i -i : . . I ,i -. o rvLAvlnm n .-.r vocnnnJ nvrl nti m anntac.turers ii er
country.
"Standardization in Germany
is the work of a huge committee,
which works in splendid co
operation with the manufactur-
rr .' 11 ,1 il. .
rrs. mis commmee caiieu
'Normenausschuss is most in- ?
Crested in American standard
ixation and is very anxious to
collaborate with us in establish-
lonf." he says, when all
statues will have to be
away. The situation does
agree with them."
COTTON MARKET
the
taken
no!
On the other hand an mvestiga-j sibihty. -bor more than a cen
tion of "Denize 's office had been tury local graft and malfeasance
ordered for the following day by' have been winked at, but Man
Man ones. gones, a man of personal eour-
Manones has gone relentlessly! age and honesty, proihises a con?
whatever' tne trutii or tncTimuaxio noi ui uipaiSu.
colonies and dominions, and it is ,
time fr America to plan to meetj
the coaditions which some day
mav force us to manufaeture
goods that, will contprm to tn
standards' 'made in. Germany' '
TODAY'S MARKET
Januarv 22.62
March' ".-I- 22.70
MaV ---- 22.58,
October 22.62
December . 22..)
YESTERDAY'S MARKET
oo 09
.!ninarv .. mZ.'Z--'
starch .--.
May
October ;
December
22.27
22,23
22.28