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'.'tr' -. V : ' ;-.V- . T; i..r... r. ,,.i.-. ... '.'-.- J: t: iiiityytft'rt the i?rl'r rHl wore i j',Vjt Hi 40 cenfs, ,1920 tr CENTS, f MMiffi c COUNTY 1MB yum T-i I.! V't. -"-' ' ' , ". COMMISSIONERS PlJIPft n t ;:ljiLL:lIM'II(iEO UHDERFOUBFLRGS Major Stehlin of,' Brooklyn Qcfes To Riga To 'Enlist V Under Lettish Flag . j FORMERLY A LIFE CUARli . AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY .;. r:',p: '.. . , (By Associatd Press) ."., Warsaw, April 5v Major Joseph C. Stshlia, a twenty-three years old aviator of Brooklyn, N. Y., who al ready has fought, in three armies, his gone to Riga to enlist undsr . the Let tish flag ia the war against the Rus sian Bolsheviki. H iis services, are accepted'he will' have' served; under four 'flags in four years. The colors of France .America, Pojand and Let via, in jturn, have won hia allegiance. J Since last fall Major Stehlin has been fighting in jthe aviation branch of the j Polish ,Bmy and" in that ser vice took part in the Polish drive which. threw the- Bolsheviki -out of Dvinsk. -i i : Stehlin,- who was formerly ,a life guard at Sheepshead Bay,; Broeklyn,-, wento France in January, 1917, and I where he -won two, citations and was promoted to be sergeant for aiding fellow aviators attacked by German planes'.. . , ; When the American army caSAe over to France Stehlin transferred his allegiance to the American rf lag, received a commission as ( first lieu tenant of "aviators and totk part in actions in the -Champagne, : Verdun and Soissons sectors. After the' ar mistice he returned to" the United States and is aid to have joined the aviation section of the , New York police as a captain., 1 : ' Last September, ha joined the Pol ish forces recruited inNew : York, was commissioMCd as captain, camje jto Poiand and was assigned to duty (on the northeastern fronts He -spent four months with a " Polish flying i squadron, the' only American with f the : Pales on':, that particular f rwjt and participated in all the aviation work preceediitg and during the Pol ish attack on the Bolsheviki in the region of Dviaisk. ' . '. ! v Stehlin has flown over, parts of France, Belgium, .Spain, Russia, Po . land, , Lithuania :and the United s Stages and. has hopes soon of seeing ; Letvia and Riga from the air in his " service with the Xetts. ' '. . Major Stehlin says he has no idea what vocation 3ie will take up if the j; -war should end overliere but he feels I certain that tie .can -never go back to I -the prosaic duties of a life guard at j the beach. That game is not exciting (enough for a man not yj: 24 who ). lias. fought under four flags. THE PUBUC LIBRARY Is Tarboroto have a Public Libra ry? This is for the citizens to 'say. It is a ninstitution that is not to be considered a luxury , -as much " as a necessity for any town," and Tarboro is .as desirous of Staving rthose things which are for the betterment of the community as any other progressive city in tie state. The Public Library is for the public, to the public and by fibe, public, and therefore each- and earery man, woman and child, iri a city that has suck an 'institution is a steels holder. If Tarboro is to, nave the library it Is vp to the citizens to make it a certainty. There will be a meetirlg in the rest rooms of the First Na tional Bank tonight at 7:30 o'clock for furthering the plana for suca an institution in our city.. It is b oped that there will be such, an attendance that the "S. R. O." sign will Jure to be put up. , ' ' SPRAGUE-B AKER The following announcement will be of interest to the Tarboro people : '"Doctor and Mrs. Julian Meredith Baker announce the" marriage ; of' their daughter, Elizabeth Howardi to Mr. Curtiss Sprague, on Saturday, the third of April, one thousand, nine hundred and twenty, in -the City of New York. . Mr. Marion Burnette spent Sun day with friends in Wilson. - V ' v- " ! i ; vt V-'.' r. '' Air Train Service-. IkjT District Is Practically Demoralized i More Men Out : SY'-. (By "Associated Pressjf; ' ' V-TtCaicago, 'April' 5. Train service hert; is virtually demoralized today as: the result oft. the" unauthorized, strike of the Chicago' Yardmen's-Associa tion. r The' strikers claim'' that over 9,)00 men wilfe'out by tonight, t ' Police Chief i Gharrity- js holding his entire reserve., forces "rteady fpr immediate -calj jA,i the fear olT serir Qus, rioting, and states that the situa tion 'is so sfcious that he fears ''he may have, to call in the aid of - the military. It ha ; been said j that "switchmen oh jQtheu roads are joining the Chicago district men in spite 6f 'the - fact that officials of , the1" big unions, have ordered; the men .'back to work, v " - '- : AVIATORS TO LEAVE ';lv;4.5f."; s i.TV. -. - i ' - Lieutenant Jack Marri3, and Ser geant Merle Moltrup expect, t leave Tarboro""' Tuesday4 or Wednesday. They "wWr make a olfe stop flight in tQ Pisb ;,: ane from Tar- BAKER-HUNNING Mr.1 ,Elmos Bfeker and Miss Rilla Hunning were quietly -married Sun day t the : Baptist parsonage, the Rev, J. E.v Kirk 'officiating. Im mdiately after the ceremony the young couple 4eft for Vilson. The CiBeantiM". Taking an faster walk out St. Patrick street a representative of The Southerner began to realize just how nrach the citizens were takng anjn terest in the 'City Jieautiful'1 : pro gram. Messrs, J. - D.. Woodley and W. I). Bryan have plaited their large lots in white blooming clover and it ia to be a beautiful sight indeed in the near future. . The lots have been f planted in such a way that there is no (dividing line, and it will be one huge expanse of beauty. A good ex ample is well worth following. Judge Lindsay TV Speak In .Scotland Neck April 7 Judge Sen Lindsey, the. famous Blinder ' f the ' juvenile couift : at Denver, Colorado, who was seat to; France by the American government ta 'study social, fconditions and re habitation plans la the war zone, will speak in .'Scotland Neck on .WeAnes iay .everiinjr,' April 7," under, the .ans paces .of the RedpatH Lyceum. ,' f Practically evfery jjavenile coail in existence . owes its ''inspiration -to Judge Lindsey. RayaTJ commisscpns from European Countries have been seat to-DeVerTo learn' his methads of dealing with .youthful delinquents and Japan was so filled with She wanders of im that lie commiacina ers from that country took piott graphs of h'a court room. 'so that it might be exactly copied. , , Ib recent ''years Lindsey hasdtp: deeper to find the reasons behind the wretchedness of mothers' and chil dren arid this was the beginning off a hard fought struggle with the. in treacled interests of commercialized vice. lindsey has won, for lie has been able to jmake people see that the fight for the children ' is after all the iight for the fathers and mathers as welL ' ' ' , ' r Interesting Exhibit An interesting lobby display was offered at the First National Bank nn Katunta-v. . It was a fine, tmre- bred Jersey cow. The purpose of the display was to interest the . farmers pf the county in "Better Family Cows." Mr.1 Kimery of Raleigh, was in charge of the exhibit and explain ed to the fanners Jhe value of mills as a food. '' ' 1 xfm rim,ra..nj M ft Mr.n! expect to'go to Ohio about the first refuses to implicate his', associates to six inches deep covers all of week in May to purchase a carioad of. , . ' . ' I M,cb'an ? vtote "e pure-bred family cows for the farm-' ia tbe-oMest gold-producing registering for the presidential pref ers of Edgeiombe.' ' ' country in the world.: , erence primaries. f V j ' The county commisBionera met-.i il reffulaf'lfafesaion at 'the,vcouit': lioiis ouse j this morning called tooftierrby' Chi& mim-Cfark. All members' of the board were present forv the r,egi;lar session. , Upon the Completion" of thn new Court house there was a k. jirmot e" ef one Appointed to notify--1 in -entire county that pictures of deet ised citi zens could, be "placed in the court bouse''by their1 friends, arid families tby thqpa.ying Qf ;the 'expense by' the parties so desiring MtJ Henry: Gil lianl Jiyka appointed, as thia. commit kee.. Sincethe appointment has been Jvacattt since"the death of Mr. Gilliam the board,thii moriiing appointed Mr. jW. Q.Hjowardrtev fill: the vacancy;": Messrs.. Bullock and Moore appear- d bcforj the board to ash payment or the killing of sheep and' goats by Uogs.ji.a.-he superintendent ;..cf the lieoi'ga HoIdcrfie33 farm also appear ed with Uhe same request. There nav.o beensabout a half hur-dred sheep - 4;ir.hd as judge of i the Recorders and goats killed by stray dogs and -court. Attorney H. H.' Phillips was the board authorized" the payment of 'appointed city solicitor, and J. A. the value of the animals killed from Weddle auditor. .. the. special tax fund which provides! . The sheriff anJ recorder of.deeds for such payment. The value of the sheeD and. Croats killed is to h rU- Clared bj' the neighbors of those who have lost animals. ' ' A committee from the U.' D, C. Tenhesseo River Is 'Still At Flood Tide (By Associated Press) i; Chattanooga? April 5. The ' Ten-, i,ora delivered verity pigs of the nessee river was still rising . this ' best " Hampshire ( breed to the ihem morningbut, it was thought .that by bers 0f the First National Bank. Pig this evening a noticeable receding of club on Saturday '; These pigs were the flood .would" be in evidence. purchased through Mi. Walter Bul The sudden fall in temperaturevjiock . cne of Edgecombe's most en brpught on a heavy snow which drove tbusiastic young farmers, who is him several hundred inhabitants from ; Beif greatly interested and a firm their bomes. , These homeless 'inhab- believed in the Hampshire pigs. Hants are being well cared for by the Mr. Kimery of the 'state igricul city and citibensand it is believed tural : Deportment at Raleigh-stated that the city has the situation well in that he never g v finer'"h0gs ftan " , COPENHAGEN CONFERENCE . CAME TO END THIS MORNING - (By Associated .Press) Copenhagen, April 6. -An agree jnent to end the general strike which secently forced the king to dismiss his entire cabinet ended the confer ence of the employers and employees here this morning. JKICHMOND BUYS HURLER' MCWHARTER Richmond, Va-i. April 5. Guy Mc Whorter, rigkUbanded pittjje?, was nnirChased front Milwaukee ay the Richmond club of the Virginia Jeague. TRANS-ATLANTIC PIONEER : IS DECLARED OBSOLETE , (By Associated Press) . Pulham, Ung, April 5.-The diri gible ' airskip, Jt-34, which crossed the Atlantic ocean to America, a-l ready is declared to be 90 obsolete type, although she was not complet ed until after the w.' r had ended. It .announced tthrft this transatlantic .dirigible; bar sister ship, the R-33, 1 and the K-32 are 'to be used here after only for experimental purposes. The Globe savs that reoorts that they -may be used for commerce or. .1 " 1 passenger-carrying are untrue and that they could m be used with any success' for such, purposes. , Tie R-34 fa 640 feet long and was that information was now beinf col expected to hare a cruising raiius of JVcted here for foreign governments isady 6,000 Tniles. v 1 - ' (and bat thia ought to be stopped for HAD STILL ENCASED . IN A BRICK WALL . - Oxford, N.T C, Ajail 5 A fiuor still ingeniously concealed between the' brick walls encasing a boiler at the -White Furniture company was discovered and. seized here yester day. The plant was of 100 gallons) apaoiy u w,w. bhu.jiu.c.... valued at $15,000. ; 1 J. B. Bocbe, manager of the fac- tory, was held, in default of $2,500 bond. He admitted his guilt, stating " i'that he needed the liquor for per'- sonai meoicmai uses, ana ior tsai. reason manufactured it himself. He ''i f ' appeared before the ; 'igS-'A ti ' increst the- pommissioners a.a'a'hpardin the proposed niemorial td jiM;Wqil-ld War Veterans. The, boihd took n odefinite. action upon ; Boat Overturns the question today otherwise than toe - : .' exps itself , in sympathy with the ; (By Associated Press) proposal, and to agree to discuss the Anderson, S. C, April 5. Ten question at a later': date when' more young people who were out for East definite information could be gained, er picnic Sunday were drowned when Dr.: Otttiandeoun health ' officer i big boat in which they were en nreaented hia renbrt for the " . bast 1 joying a sail' overturned on the Sa- month. It was accepted and order-1 ed filed. y.-A bond Selection for the mainten ance of the schools of twonship num ber 9 was ordered called. f i'i e Piy of statistical registrars in t:vr.ship3 of the. country has in be r-'-V- beea 25 cents per name. The ya-d ordered an : increase of ten ceut3 per nameHofthis pay, making r tctfi cf 35 cents mer name. ; ' Judg e James " Pander ' was reap- were authorized to,' have the awijing trcmes of the courf house recovered. ,The meeting adjourned" at this point until called again by the chair man, i. . Fig Club ' Miinliers ' V Parchaje 20 Pigs 4- The Fast National Bank of Tar- i those that werefpurchased by the ciud members here Saturday. Each member accepting' a- pig obligated himself to exhibit his animal at the TOJffTtaTaTr.WeV'Vwlll look forward with much interest to the developments, in the next several months before the fair, to the prtf gress,of theVoung men who will have their Hampshire hogs on exhibit. VISCOUNT ASTOR HAS , BOUGHT ISLE OF JUIA (By Associated Press) London, April 5. Viscount Astor ha "bought part of the Island of Jura off the west coast of Scotland and plans to erect on it a mansion and same smaller dwelling houses, the latter apparently for the occupation of his friends. Lord and Lady Ator will reside on the island only during deer stalking season. Jura is about 125 miles long, is described as a range of mountains rising out of the wea and is a natural deer f OTest. . NE '-- ENGLAND HAS ADOPTED ANTI-SPY REGULATIONS . (By Associated Press) - Lbndon, April S The British sov ernment is taking steps to restrict the operations in England of spies Trom foreign countries. . The House i-of Commons has Justadonted nti- j spy regulations at the request f Sir 'Ernest Poflock, the solicitor reneral, rho told the members af the House the sake of the country's safety. "Spies are as act'rre la this coun try as ever,"said Brigadier General Corkerill, director of Special Intel ligence at the War Office. ; MAYOR'S COURT Sam Jenkins, speeding; $7.85. Tojb Hammonds, speeding; $5.' . W. E. Dawson, disorderly conduct; 90O with the judgment suspended upon good behavior. ' Lyman Jones, speeding; $12. 5. HEAVY SNOWS , (By Associated Press) Detsoit, Mich., April 5 Snow two Qnly One Person of Easter Pic. i nicers Escapes When vannah river . near Lowdesville. The j cause of the accident has been un explained up to the time of this re port. ' One man, ' Robert Bradshaw es-' caped after an exhaustive swim, to the Georgia side of the river. The liver is being dragged and searched by earnest workers. but no bodies had been recovered up to a late hours today. - '" ' - Seats Now On Sale For Howell-Murphy Concert The saie of seats foi the Howell Macnair's drug '""store. Aheady the Murphy ccntert 'are now on sale at rush for seats is g.ving promise that landing rocm will beat a premium before the seat chart is taken to the box office of the. Opera House next Monday, night. The management has reseyved.the gallery entire for white pcoplo as well ps the . lower floor. There are 89 seats , in the gallery iiicn will oe sold ior cacn. inis is done for the purpose of giving uvoiyone that ia. a lover of music to have seats on the concert night. The price of admission on the low er' floor is ? 2.5 9 and $2.00. PERSONALS Miss Cattie Cherry left today for Richmond,; Va. ' , Miss Lala Hussey ,has neturned from Norfolk. '., The many friends of Mrs. Mary T. Fountain will be pleased to learn that after several weeks' severe ill ness' she Is much improved in health today. Miss Delia Fryer returned to day after spending the Easter boli days here with her parents. Mrs. James Tilley is quite ill. The many friends of Mrs. Evans Sledge are please to welcome her home again after a long illness. t Mr. Benjamin Haven? has re turned to Gainesville, -Fla., after a few days' visit to his mother, Mri. Lucy Havens. - . MissAnnie Bass, of Portsmouth, who has been here in attendance up on Mr; Marshall Staton, sustained yery painful injuries yesterday. She was stepping out of Mr. T. P. Jenkins car, when in some manner, her dress caughtand she fell to the, pavement, striking her arm with such force as to cause severe bruises. Mrs. George Pender of Norfolk, is the gbest of Mrs. James Pender, -Mrs.ate Oates of Greenville, is visiting friends here. Mrs. P. B. Tomlihson and chil dren of Plymouth, are spending the Easter holidays with her parentsMr, and Mrs. F. H. Pender. Mrs. M. E. Fountain who has been jvery sick, is improving, her friends will be glad to know. Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Sanders and little son, spent Sunday with relatives in Wilsoa. Mrs. D. H. Hill and daughter of Wilson, are visiting her sister, Mrs. A. T. Nicholson on St. Andrews street.' Mr. Haughton James of Wil mington, was the guest of Mr. W. S. Clark and family Sunday. Miss Mary Bourne, who has been spendirg sometime in Asheville, is the guest of Mrs. Henry Johnston. HEAVY FOGS ARE SAID TO BE HANDICAPPING N. Y. FERRIES (By Associated Press) , .new xorK, Apni o.-rog .saoasy Tucgday night ,t g 0,elo . -handicappinge operation of - fer- re8t room8 of the rjm r.e. ne wn.cn "a. .' ' are now equ.pped with full crew. union represenutive. declare that the stnke of marine transport work- er. is gaming ground. - . PORTED. FOR EASTER TIME- Middle and Southwest Today Digging Out From Record Breaking, of Season EXACT EXTENT DAMAGE UNKNOWN AT PRESENT (By Associated Press) Chicago, April 5. The middle and (southwest section of the Uiyted States is today digging itself out from j record breaking Easter snow falls. Some cheer is gnined fiom predic 7 tions of the immediate return of bal; my weather though. . , Cattle In the south west 'opm coun- t try is reporteu . to nave suiicreu : greatly from exposure and extreme 'cold, though the umount or loss has l.not been reported. It Is hoped that the short duration of the blizzards will sho a final total far beloV what is at present feared. Some crop damage has also been reported though not to any great extent. Th annw drifts rfiin'riletclv cover. j eJ raiJroaJ track jn HOm; partfl l0f fhe coUntrVi caURillg trains both I .p(lssenciir to t.un hourfl behjna tneir. regular -scheduled time. Ci boulevnriiB ,im, counlr, road thrcUfrhout the uftect9A regions wtre ma(k, impoBl.;Uei and n,ay re. . . . . t- even tlurw the expected thw or. account .of tho heavy mud and slush. Telegraph and telephone communi cation ir many places Is completely, destroyed, and it is impossible to learn the, true situation in these sec tions. In some sc. tions the com munication ,vith the outMiie world is but crippled and it is hoped that within a few hours some news of the. snowed-in regions may be gained by the outside woriii. ' . '' The melting snow ut present are threatening another danger to the Bffected regions. That of high floods i j A i. , irom swollen streams ami rivers, ai. a late hour this afternoon no reports had . been received that this threaten ed dunger had .taken any definite, form, and it is hoped that the thaw will be so. gradual that no erioufl damage will be rendered in tho threatened districts. French Troops Are Ready To Move On Ruhr Basin (Hy Associated Press) Paris, April 5. French military measures for forcing the Germans to withdraw their troops, from the Ruhr basin is now in the hands of .Mar shall Foch, jt was announced at the foreign office today. The raarshall has his troops ready to move forward at a moments iotlce should the Ger mans refuse to immediately with draw, as demanded, says a Wcisbaden dispatch, , TZ MUSU; SLRVH.L Al inc. v. THE METHODIST CHURCH . Mr. John.N. Josey, foi'merly of Scotland Neck, but now of" Tarboro, gave a beautiful music service at tjie Methodist church yesterday after noon at 4:20 o'clock. The organ re sponded to a master's touch and for more than an hour the tones, some times soft and plaintive, sometimes voluminous, swayed the large audi ence. Mr. Josey was ably assisted by Miss Cattie Cherry, and Messrs. Dow Pender and H. B. Whitlark. Miss Cherry' sang with wondrous sweet ness, entering fully into the spirit of the song. Messrs. Pender and Whit lark were at th'fir host tiul Intmn). ed well their numbers. Of the whole service it might be said: "The music in my heart I bore . ' Long after it was heard no more." BUSINESS WOMANS'.CLUB There will be an important meet ing- ot the Business Womans'. Club Bank. .This is the first, meeting of thia anlzatIon ,ince Januaryfgan(1 ,t is urgentIy r d J' B0M intere8ted and Pb ,ake it a point to be prJent' l V.-
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