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Iri IDH t VOLUME' XVL NO. 83. FOUR O'CLOCK EDITION SCOTLAND NECK, N. O. FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1922 TELEGRAPHIC SERVICE 5 CENTS PER GOP? iTUM PE1ITTUBKST0 INVADE THRAGE rjR!The Turks On Point ur demanding 1 he Evacuation Of Thrace (Bv Associated Press) Ithens. Greece," Sept. 22. 4-reeee will never permit the Turks to invaae lurauc, muuj insiders part ot her nomo- i.m.1 the retention of which is an essential preliminary condition to anv peace conference, accord In to a statement to the Assj ciated Press by the Greek For eign Office. GONGKESSTODAY . ADJOURNED SINE DIE SITUATION A LITTLE MORE HOPEFUL OF PRESERVING UNITY OF ALLIES. Kft KnftnhflHFiCotton Growers Cooperative IIIHkllUIIUU IIIIL A TV T a- s m-m Association lMow Keady 1 o Receive Cotton In Halifax Go. MICH REPUBLICAN ASKS CONSTANTINOPLE NOW m AFTER MIDNIGHT (By Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 22. The adjournment of Congress at 2:00 o'clock today was arranged definitely, when the Senate, soon ifter 'reconvening, adopted the House resolution providing for a sine die ending of the session. (By Associated Press) Pans, Sept. 22. The Near East situation seemed-a 'little more hopeful from the viewpoint of preserving the allied unity" although disturbing reports con tinue to come from Constanti nople. It is reported that the Turkish Nationalists are on the point of issuing an ultimatum to the Al lies demanding th evacuation of Thrace within forty-eight hours. (By Associated Press) Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 22. With the working forces of the rail road, shops of the South rapidly assuming normal, the railway officials confront a new problem in the hostility and outbreaks I between the returning strikers and the employes who took their places during the walkout period. (By Associated Press) Constantinople, Sept. IS. Since the taking over ot the Constantinople Police by the Al lies, great improvements have been effected and the capital is; beginning slowly but surely to assume the aspect of a modern town. ... New regulations concerning the hainals, or streetporters. andj the street vendors have been put into force with the result thatj anvjiamal who now walks with! his burden along the pavement, whethher it is a piano, a plank, or a basket, in such a way as to interfere with the rights of oth er pedestrians, is arrested andj fined. The hamals and street vendors had a habit of flopping A FEELING OF DELIEF PERVADES BUS ESS AID Constantinople, Sept. 22. A pessimistic view of the present situation is taken in Turkish Nationalists' circles here. It was declared yesterday that unless the Kemalists received assurances of guarantees from the Allies that within forty eight hours the question of the disposition of Thrace would be settled in favor of the Turks i it would be impossible to res train the forward march of their army. WEATHER REPORT For drth Carolina: Pair mght and Saturday. Rising AMENDMENT TO PERMIT THE SALE OF BEER (By Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 22. An agreement to the Constitution, which would permit a nation wide leferendum upon the sale of five per cent beer, the tax receipts from which to be ap plied to the payment of the sol diers' bonus, was proposed in a temperature Saturday with dim-1 rdsolution introduced by Repre hwhing northerly winds. sentative Brennan, Republican, of Michigan. LABOR CIRCLES (By Associated Press) A-r L J. V-i -A..- A V. 4-1. V ' X. feeling of relief pervaded busi ness and labor circles as the; down their burdens on the three largest ihTstrialrlants ot pavements, tnus compelling pa-jthe Ford Motor?crapany resum- lake a detour into ttioje(i operations after v week s ARRESTnMO MEN inn a wniui in (liliftj 11 vyumiiii hi A WANT C0NSTIT0T1I TD MU mm m i MAKES THE ISLAND POPULOUS raU I til MINOR Field Agent, C. E. Pierce was here this morning and stated that the North Carolina Cotton ; Growers Cooperative Association was ready to handle the cotton for its members. The receiving agents in Hali fax County are: J. W. Cotten, SCOTLAND NECK, Edwin Cop pedge, Halifax, Geo. L. Hayes, Rosemary, B. B. Sherrod, En field, S. L. Johnson, Tillery and L. G. Shields, Hobgood. otton may be delivered to any of the receiving agents. any day during the week. The flat advance will be $50.00 per bala for each bale weighing 400 pounds and in good condition. The bonded ' V "houses in tb.3 County are 7 .ed at Weldon, S. L. Dix' Manager, and at Littleton - ih Mr. Daniels, a .manaj" . J AMINO o nous ers-bv to m; street. Ihe ciuei troubie-gzyer.si.43k.ness, Approximately seven in this respect were the sellers jy thousand employes were af of fruit and ice cream. They ! fected. usually selected a busy corner to j , sell their wares, and the crowds; had to swerve into the Street.) This was particularly annoying! in narvdw tvAPt mfWt ff til'? streets in Constantinople are PflMTPni PUII fl II very narrow and at corners, ! LI U 1 1 I MUL UlllLu LI where one ran the danger of be-! CONNECTION WITH LOSS OF (By Associated Pre3) Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, Sept. 21. With a ratio of three births to each death, as shown, by vital statistics for the first lix months of 1922, Haiti is rapidly increasing in population and is free from race suicide. A striking phase of this increase is RE50L0TI0N OFFERED TO REGISTERED! (By Associated Press) Cairo, Egypt, Sept. 21. There! are two important questions up-j permost in .Egyptian politics at! the present time, the representa tion of minorities in Parliament and the future of the Sudan. The new constitution makes no provision for the former, and vigorous protests are being heard from the Copts, the largest Egy ptian religious minority; the Syrians, and the ews, who all de-, ti,o the rHfferenee in male and maud full guarantees and the J female babies is negligible. The right to be represented in the j gradual adoption of American government. j Unitary methods, the improve- The countrv is divided intoimellt o the agricultural yield., two camps. One side argues j and the cessation ot Haitam rey- - dutions with their considerable - i luk; icpicocmaiiuii ui. alii:- , . riTiiaia line nvonofl I-toll of deaths a nci tut nnC . ir nnat milieu m tyntr r Po-or, oo . , ins generations, "ii i i oni 1to oil t-.-v ; . . t lor tne regardless of creed, should show!turalv PVollflc TeVQ- L Q ! vear the ratio was two to one. n,,.ai nr.ri vQr,i o; I Haiti's native population. lar. and hardships succeed are responsible a i marked increase m in? struck In ear. a tram or mot ',v Among the dangers from wheel ed traffic was the habit of the people to ride on the footboard j of a crowded car. Where the i (Bv Associated Press) Washington, Sept. 22. A con siitutional amendment giving Congress the power to regulate child labor in various States was nronosed in a resolution' in- tram lines are close to the pav j triuce( Representative Gra ment, thee limpets" frequent-j ham Republican, of Illinois, ly projected their person over; the pavement, and in many cases collided with pedestrians walk ing peacefully along where the have a perfect right to be. That custom is now prohibited. JACAMEL IN HAITI BECOMING PROSPEROUS Another trrt-at improvement eT-j fected by the Allied authorities; (By Associated press) . prohibition ot-tne aitei- jacmel Haiti. Sept. 22. Haiti midniffht ones of street vendors,! h fast wrestin from the island such as fruit and ice-cream sed-; of Curacao, in the West Indies. 7s. who prevented people fromithe .nonopoiy in tne exportation sieepm- m peace. The oniyjof smir oran?e peei useci for the proper exceptions to this .nevr S flavoring of Curacao, Amer Pico order is the bekdji, or mght-j and other iiqueUrs made m Wchrnani whose warning cry Franr.e Holland and Denmark, "t a fire everyone listens to 2 j j y Jacmel exported 180, with mtfrrst md sometimes witn ! nnn . i;uu (By Associated Press) Denver, Col., Sept. 22. Two men and one woman were ar rested here and held in connec tion with an investigation of the theft of registered mail variously valued at from fifty to a hun dred thousand dollars at Trini dad, Cal., last Mav. On the other hand spokesmen a gams- TRANSATLANTIC AID TRAVEL (By Associated Press) Berlin, Sept. 22. Will the air over the Atlantic shortly be roar ing with giant floating palaces capable of making the trans oceanic flight in 60 hours? Some enthusiasts, who claim definite plans are under consid eration for the monster trans Atlantic air liners, are described in other quarters as mere "pipi dreamers," dealing in just ordi nary "castles in the air.' The proposed ships would eh "TiaVe ,lira1smelVv-'6Flltl.-'" 000 to 150,000 cubic meters. They would tear through tho clouds at the rate of 140 miles an hour, uidess there was no ur gent demand for speed, in which casse they would slow down to 100 miles. Such a vessel would be 27" meters long, 35 meters wide at its greatest diameter, and '9 meters high from the top of the gas-bag to the bottom of the body. The power would be pro vided by five motors of 800 horsepower each. dread. Mm. Xo one wants to suppress! v , pounds of the dried pe- ud at $42,000 to 11am bur Contribut ions To Bishop Fund when she revolted France in 1791, was slightly over i tc :n: nVv1 . t ic? oci. - r nan a muiion. xunt n j- lor tne minorities argue mat; mated at 2,500.000. a steady and Egypt presents a situation, in this ! normai increase, regard, different from what ex-i priQr to the American occupa ists in the countries of Europe,-) tion no xita statistics were col f or here large groupss m the!ltcted j)V the Haitian govern civil life of he land are under j ment. Estimates of the pnpula special laws; he Moslems, for! on were made by the French msance, under tne ioran; . tne :ests anj o-enerallv accepted Jews unde the Christ dial laws, and these differences ,.oori in hv the Haitain send do not make the nation less unit-j prmerie, is beginning to yield ed. . I results of growing accuracy. Tn 1fis: apntp i flip mips;! ifin nh'l Tl. -Pivot iv mnntllS of thlS 1 - y v I V ' ' i v. v J i v . - l ' - j I III Xll'Jl ' - ' the Sudan. This came first toirv showed an increase of the fore when the commission Vpreent of the framing the constitution includ- ino- reports, as compared to ten equipped witli -all possibh year. ?r the Mosaic laws, andj A system inaugurated by the ians under the Patriar- j merican Sanitary Service, eo- f0 mak- The Bishop Relief Fund con tinues to grow from day to da, since last report three donations having been made. ONE AMERICAN DOLLAR WORTH 4,000 00010 RORLES BOLD CHURCH FROM THE I FEEDING THE HUNGRY By Associated Press) Mosi-ow. Sent. 21.- gold Five and hun-2.500 j from which it is in turn shipped j in the European markets. This ( amount is sixteen times greater I than the total for any one month I in the last nine months, i Sour orange trees grow here with practically no care, and the j Jacmel district is especially pro ! lific in the type held in such high .depute in Europe. The priea f paid jo the peasant averages bd I tween two and three cents a j pound, and for each pounci tne peasant must pick and peel ana drive into market 50 oranges. In Hamburg the selling price, f. o. b is 22 cents a pound, and Ja r a boom m her ed the Sudan within the bound-- percent-last aries of Egypt, and gave Fuadj the title of King of Egypt andj of the Sudan. ! To offset this Lord Allenby, the British High Commissioner,1, went to Khartoum, capital or! tlie Sudan. Hhere he met a I group of 30 Sheiks of Sudanese j tribes who. according to the re-; Previously acknowledged $255.00 j p0rts given out of the confer-: Mrs. 1. F. Heaver l.ddj ence, took advantage of the oe- lvW!casion to express their loyalty to; 3.00i T..;n-:i, .fnv0,.T1i110n -anri : ( Bv Associated 1 ress) the same time asked for assur-i Constantinople, Sept uU-w- 260.00! tht thpv wonhl never be1 Ver Pasha, before his death in f rtinn,i r. Rvitich vnle Turkestan, was without mono) i )lClCK-l U"UV.l iv.v.. , . 1 l n(,iK(ifiiipTit v issued laiiio 1 rsiiiiie rjrvuiiriii new :iiir ci n : niivt uvovs.-. . i i;ioi nf iTiUTir.i-HiT in niMT.tities of paper currency. ii - . mi ,ii,4- 1ti mIo oiT-nc mpflsnreu in vaitiv I inis move. liiev aiieue mat i sheikh were coerced into false' against the Russian ruble. I pvurpssinns of lovaltv. and oth : the result that it - . . ; .. , 1 er-wise and motives. Its carrying eai)aeitv would be 90,000 kilograms, of which 40,000 would be required for fuel, food, etcetera, the remainder - being for mails and passengers. The estimated passenger accommoda tions would allow for 100 fares in addition to a crew of 50. The mammoth airships would be coin- forts and conveniences, resemb ling in comfort the great ocean steamships now in service. B J F. W Weaver . Madry Total German gossip on the aerial posiointies ot the near luture does not rest, however, with the chennels over the Atlantic. A prophecy is made that many vears will not pass before the United States will have inaugu rated a service between her main land and the islands she holds in the Far East. A FRDGAL QUEEN WEARS LAST YEAR' CLOTHES MiriiU of silver, part of the ae Uiiiiion hv the Soviet govern-i mel is enioym as j-esult of confiscation' rapidlv-expanding industry. ttenorts-from Hamburg trom a ; ctimmDTi marie severall would . - t l i J V V'111JII1"IJI1 I 1 A i - fhp effect famine relief, according to of f that the Jacmel peel was super- 31 announcement ;l f'liurcii treasures, have been ((-' bp th & ATI this ior to the Curacao peel. and more, it is stated, is Jacmel's exportations of the e concerted into cash for neel to the United States, where eiviiase anro-' -n suppnes it is usea ior uaviuiug c-vu.----J.'r the hungry of Russia. Thej and medicinal preparations, also ,rst cash realized bv the sale of more than doubled last year. uTCh OTolrl nnrl cilvor wsic tv- Tlilo -i-pnf' firrnves will show a ago. 1 75.596 Dounds shipped in 1921. souths (By Associated Press) Bucharest, 'Sept. 21. Queen Marie of Rumania has decided to put off her long-contemplated trip to the United States. Tho chief reason is Rumania's acute financial position. We are very poor," says the Queen, "and It not be right to ask: the government to meet the expenses of such a long .journey. I am trying to set a good example of frugality and economy. 1 have cancelled the orders for my cor onation gowns. My daughters and I are wearing last year's clothes, and we are saving every penny. Hence I must give up the idea of going to the United States.'" with took 1,000 .jtn.V Rr turn met horisi Knverist ruoies iu wu. : .;ov, iWp With tne America SLEEP WALKER AWAKES TWO MILES DOWN THE ROAD bringing 4,000,000 Russian worked COTTON MARKET The BritisV attitude in the: dollar CI? n ! . m nltM line t f hppi! vnhlps Enver 's money made clear, the Question being! out at the ratio of 4,000,000:OOJ reserved for future discussion' for a dollar with the Egyptian government, i British silence has led to Egyp-j tian deduction, which are thatj England- ultimately contemplates! declaring the Sudan a Sultanate separated from Egypt; appoint ing one of the sons of the Mahdi to rule it, and placing it under British protection. Effvnt has put forward also the fear. that England, m control: of the Sudan, would cut off j Egypt's .supply of water for ir-j rigation, but England is ready to, guarantee sufficient water from. "! -1 if 1.11. vr:i I the upper ana lviiauie ue "i all such purposes. TODAY'S MARKET October 21-01 December . 21.15 January 20.97 March May 20.98 20.87. YESTERDAY'S MARKET October 20.81 December January ... March May 21.0 20.88 20.83 20.78 (By Associated Press) London, " Sept. 22. An extra ordinary" case V)f slfcepAvalking is reported from Fleet, Lincoln shire. A Norfolk man was cy cling through the country, and arriving at HolbeaaClose upon midnight, was unalTi? to find lodging. Placing his bicycle against a gate, he lay down ex hausted by the roadside and went to sleep. On awakening he could not find his machine. He aroused the village constable and learned that he had walked to Fleet, two miles away, in his sleep. The 1i cycle was later found where he had left it at Holbeach. i i ! !
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