MTIOIUl GUARDS
NOW 11 FRANCE
MEN FROM EVERY STATE IN THE
tJNIOM NOW WITHIN
WAR ZONE.
IDENTITY IS NOT DISCLOSED
All Thoee Who Sailed From Unit*
States Arrlvtd Safely and Soma Are
Alraady In Training?Franoll Popu
' ? atlon Give Wal?ome.
With the American Army In Franca.'
?-National guardsmen from every
^.?<%?e te_- U?4'_'0teon taws arrtved in
France, it" is * permitted' fo be aa
nounced-. They are amoeg the troops
now training, or lately arrived.
While it is not permitted to dis
close the identity of units It may be
said that aD those which sailed from
the United States have arrived safe
ly and that soma already are In train
las within sound of the guns on the
battle front.
ftey are stowing a spirit In peep
ing with tie purpose to make (he
American expeditionary force a ho
mogeneous American army in which '
eadb division, whether regular, na
tional guard, or national army, cannot
be distinguished in efficiency from
the others. The former state troops
are MUeted over a wide area and are
pronounced excellent soldiers.
The guardsmen have been arriving
in the American lone for many weeks.
They are scattered somewhat, but as
far as possible the units from the
same state have been kept close to
gether. They found the regular army
had made good preparations for them,
and while many are billeted In hoopes
in French towns, others have been
quartered.in low wooden barracks
specially erected., ' * i
The troops from the various states-'
have been recognised by the French
population and have been welcomed
enthusiastically. Many of the units
wore the French red, white and blue
' cockade pinned to their campaign
hats. Attar a sufficient time to rest
from the journey, the troops have
been set to work training tor actual
service at the front. In all quarters
they are declared to be moat enthu
siastlc and their soldierly qualities
have drawn high prMse from the
? French instructors. a
For the information of the rela-i
tires and families ot the men, every 1
one who sailed from the United I
States has arrived safely In France. !
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
SOUND NOTE OF WARNING
Against Too . Hasty Condemnation of
tha Bolshavlkl.
Washington.?Realisation of the
great dancer of causing a reaction In
Russia favorable to the central pow
era by later,*entlhn in the political
affairs of the new democracy has
canaedeadmlnlstration officials here to
sound a note of warning against hasty
condemnation of the Bolsheviki.
Back of what is described as a .tol
erant policy in dealing with Russia
apparently not only Is a purpose to
demonstrate faith In tha ultimate
stabilisation of the democracy, but
a faint hope that the extremist fac
tion, which Is for the moment in
control of the seat of government at
Patrograd, will refrain from violat
ing Russia's treaty pledges to the -en
tente allies tnd make a separate
peace. So long as Uere Is a possi
bility that these overtures will fall
because of the apparently Irreconcil
able difference between the Bolshe
vlkl peace scheme founded on "no
annexations and no Indemnities" and
the German demands for compensa
tion and "adequate safeguards for
the future," it Is regarded as bad
policy to exert any pressure from tha
outside at this stage.
An additional reason for maintain
ing an attitude of watchfulness and
reserve In Washington Is found in the
fact that to meet Just such a situa
tion aa Is developing in Russia .is one
of the purpoaee of the Interallied con
ference assembled In Parla.
WOULD TURN FACILITIES
OVER TO GOVERNMENT
Detroit, Mich.?Approximately 1(0
automobile manufacturers at a meet
ing of the National Automobile Cham
bar of Commerce here today pledged
their support to the government and
expressed their readiness to tarn fa
cilities over to the government as
.Hl(3dly as required. In the mesn;
time. It waa decided, the manufae
tarers will keep their organisations
intact to conserve the greatest pos
sible strength.
GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO AID
IN ADJUSTING LABOR SUPPLY
Waahington. ? Preparations for
greater governmental lU In adjusting
labor supply to war needs were put
?ader way by the council of national
dsfenae with the appointment of L. C.
Marshall, dean of the school of com
tnerce and administration of the tTnl
varsity of Chicago, as chief of a newly
created section on Industrial sorvlce.
Tha section will undertake prelimi
nary Investigation of the Increasing
' number of lafor problems
It will have four main objects:
To determine present and probable
future demand, for labor In war In
dustries. '
To determine in contraction wl't
the priorities committee of the war
industries board the relative priorities
the labor demand.
* arrange for the supplyng of the
' through the deportment of
other governments! or clvl
V'and
e the heeds for dilution
'* the introduction el
^ fy. and to racom
INTER -ALLIED MS
BOARD BEGINS WORK
' CONFERENCE HELD ITS PIRST
8EMION IN PARIS THURSDAY
MORNING.
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M. CLEMENCEAU PRESIDING
I ~T*? * ?
Delegate* Lom No Tim* Getting Down
to Work, Subdividing into Commlt
t*?a.?Many Americans Were Pro?
ant.
Pari*.?The inter allied conference,
? whU-h hat Me oalltd for the purpose
r.9t discussing closer unity in the proa
ecution of the war and coordination
of resources, opdned in the ministry
of foreign affairs shortly after 10
o'clock Thursday morning, with lit na
tions represented. The French pre
i mler, M. Clemence&u, presided and j
welcomed the delegatee.
The Italian representatives were the I
first to reach the conference hall.
They were, followed by the envoys of
Japan. The American war mission,
augmented by Ambassador Sharp, Gen
e^l Pershing and Vice Admiral Sims
conferred at their hotel headquarters
before going to the foreign office,
which they reached promptly at ten
o'clock. The British delegatea came
right on the heels of the Americans.
'There were large crowds outside'the
hotel where the Americans and Brit
ish are quartered anad also In (root
of the foreign ministry, T>ut Were waa
no cheering new demonstration of any
kind. "
Meetings of the supreme war coun
cil la which only Prance, Great Brit
ain, the United States and Italy are
represented, will follow the interal
lied conference. This war council la a
permanent body and will deal only
'with questions relating to mlllitary
operations on the western front,,which
now includes Italy. Col. House and
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss will represent
the United States at the drat meeting
of this council.
' IHHtHUftHW IIHUM
:; General Who Smashed
;; the Hindenburg Line J;
n 11111 > I III i nt
Lieut. Gen. Kir Julliin <Kjrng, com
mander of the British Third trinj lo
i France, who ha* miashed a?grent gap
through the Hlndenhurg line between
St. Qoentln and the Scarp*.
I
JACK TAR LOSES LIFE
TO SAVE HI 8COMRADES
j Washington.?Osmond Kelly Ingram,
of Pratt City. Ala., the gunners' mate
( lost overboard when a Qerman sub
| marine attacked the American de
stroyer Cassln In the war Mm on Oc
! tober 1(. deliberately sacrificed his
' own life to reduce the risk to hi*
meeamates.
HEAVY SHELL STRUCK
AMMUNITNON WAGON
With the American Army in'Prance
?The killing of two American sol
diers and the wounding of St* others
several days ago, was due to a heavy
German shell ,whlch kit a laoded am
munition wagon. Some of the men
were on the wagon and others were
nearby, when the shell, r.nlch was a
chance shot, struck. Some of the
I wounded are In a serious condition
and all of them are In hoapital*
SOLDIERS ARE USINQ ?
SHORTER OVERCOATS
With the'American Army In Prance
?The uniform of the American soldier
, la undergoing a further change. A
large number of troops have turned In
J their long overcoat* to receive In ex
change coats qf the same material, but
much shorter In length. Because of
; the perpetual mad It was found the
ions coats soon became caked and
. heavy. They Hopped about the lega
? of the soldiers, hindering the free
^ movement of the wearers.
CONGRESSMAN INDICTED
ON CONSPIRACY CHARGE
Madison. Wis?Congressman Jno M,
Nelson and his son Byron were Indict
rt) by'a federal grand jury on a charge
of conspiracy to violate the registra
tion laws. The son previously had
been Indicted charge^ with failure to
register. They will be tried in De
cember Congressman Nelson was
charged with advising his son not to
register Young Nelson now !? on hie
i father'' ranch In Canada Congieea
man NelsM la In Washington
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WHERE GREATEST VICTORY WAS WON
?mashing Forward on Front In an Unexpected Quarter General
Halfl Surprised the Foe and Won Britain'* Biggest Victory of tha War.
The battle line (1) extended from ftie Klver Scarpe to Sun Quentln.
The entire German Hne from Hapaume Cainhrol road (2) to the Canal da
Nord (8) ??? captured. Noyellen (4) ?*? one of the advuucvd poaltloaa
reached hy the Euirtl?h. . ? s
? : ? . ? V.
STRATEGIC POINTS GAINED1
BRITISH AND FRENCH TROOPS <
HAVE REINFORCED ITALIAN
? LINES ALONG PIAVE.
Italian* Hqve Held on to All Poaltlon* '
Sine* Drive Ended and In Soma
Place* Have Puehed Enemy Back?
Supplies Arrive.
Apparently the peril of the Italian
trdo|? guarding the Plave line and
the hill country In liorthern Italy
against the Teutonic allies Is at ?n
end. Large numbers of British and
French reinforcements. Infantry and
artillery, at last hare arrived upon
the scene, after days of anxious wait
lng. in which the Italians have borne
the brunt of terrific lighting on both'
fronts aolely on their own shoulders
and kept back the enemy from a fur
ther Invasion of the Venetian plain.
Although faeed everywhere by su
perior numbers of men and gun pow
er. tfie Italians have valiantly de
fended every foot of ground In the
hills and along the Pla.ve, and In the
former region In recent days actually
have taken the offensive against tfce
invaders and pushed them back tram
strategic points of vantage they had
gained under terrific sacrifices in
Uvea. * ?
For eight days, ^4? allied reinforce
ments marched to^he rescue, bring
ing along with them large numbers
of guns snd huge Supply trains. An
[the troops are declared to be,In fine
fettle aad eager to test their strength
against the enemy.
Just where the British and French
force* will be thrown into the tray
has not been made known, but doubt
less large numbers of them will be
used to strengthen the Italian front
on the nortk from Lake Oarda east
ward to the Plave, where the Austro
Oermans have been making their
strongest efforts to pierce the Italian
line.
At last accounts General Byng'* ,
British troop* before Cambral were
holding In their entirety the Bourlon
positions west of Cambral.
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RU8SIAN SECOND ARMY
ALSO WANTS ARMISTICE
Appeals to Soldier* Not to Support
K*r*n*ky/
Petrograd. Saturday.?A congress of
the second army, with on* dissenting
vote, has adopted a resolution approv
ing all the measures promulgated by
the council of national commlaalonera.
Including the decree for an Immediate
armlitlea and peace and favoring the .
government of the workmen's and sol
diers' delegate*.
T'-e resolution appeals to all sol
diers not to support Premier, Keren
airy and the provisional government
'generals "against th* people." The
most striking passage In the resolu
tion follows:
I "On onr paat we are taking all
measure* for the removal of counter
revolutionary elements from the com
manding personnel of the army, for
the Immediate democratization of the
'army and In particular for the trans
iter of the higher authority in the army
to elective bodl**."
FRENCH CSSTOW HONOR
ON AMERICAN SOLDIERS
With th* American Army in Franc*.
?The French war crocs has b*en con
ferred on'the fifteen American olfioef*
and men who ware cited with their
company by the French general com
mandlng th* sector In which the
Americans were stationed on the night
of November !-t The men were dec
orated today and were Informed that
they may keep the medals In their
possession, bnt mast not wear them
until Congress gives It* authorisation. '
INSPECTORS ARE NAMED
UNDER EXPLOSIVES ACT
Washington. ? Inspectors for 43
state* to enforr* the federal explosives 1
law undvr the supervision of the bu- 1
r*au of mines were appointed by Pres- 1
i ident Wilson Thoe* of the other states i
| will be named soon. Today's appoint '
ents Include: North Carolina. Daniel i
A. McDonald. Carthage; Tennessee. 1'
Albert M Leach. Clartsvllle; TlrptsU, I
Martin Wllltama. Pearlshur* Smith
j Carolina. William Banks. Columbia Jl
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WEIGHTY MATTERS ARE AHEAD
CONGRESSMEN EXPECT SECOND
SESSION TO RIVAL FIRST IN
IMPORTANCE.
Member* Returning to Waehlnfltan
For Another War Seeelon, Decem
ber 3?Ma/ Not Adjourn Before
Campaign Tim*.
Washington.?Member* of Congre**a
ire beginning to return to Washington
or the opening of the second session
>f the war December 3. Most of them
txpect the new session to rival the
ast In Important action, and few
hlnk It ?lll end before the general
?ongressional campaigns next fall, i
Appropriation* for the war prom
se to require much time and there
* much as well as unfinished war
eglslation to be dealt with. Preal
lent Wilson's opening message soon
kfter Congress reconvene* Will de
termine. In great measure, the pro
tram of new legislation. Many do
mestic matters, including prohibition
ind wonun suffrage, are promised at
tention. 'Future relations between
this nation and Germany's allies may
he determined early in the (essloa.
President's opening address to deal
?ritti the qaeatior of whether war
?hall be declared againat Austria,
rurkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment In
tavor of such action Is general among
members now here.
Work on the appropriation bllla for
the next fiscal year already haa be
pin by tlfc House appropriations com
mittee, jrhich will have a constant
itream of the supply bills to go
through the congressional machinery
Appropriation estimate* are being aa
tembled at the treasury department
tor submission.
More bond Issues probably will be
authorised but actnal consideration
of new or amended war tax legisla
tion Is not anticipated until after the ?
session Is well under way.
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WHERE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT
^I
y^Knaui c'
evtite I
Z.
Mhi> kIiowIiik the ('muurtu itntrlct la
reintlon to the general burtl* lis*.
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BOMB EXPLOSION W
POLICE STATION KILLS TEN
Milwaukee. Wla.?Ten person* were
killed and several Injured when ?
bomb, iMlfttd to destroy the Italian
evangelical church. In the heart of the
third ward, an Italian settlement, ex
ploded In central police station. where
It had been carried for examination
Seren detectlTes. two policemen snd
on* woman were killed. The bom'i
was found In the basement of the
chnrdr
AMERICAN STEAMER TORPEDOED
IN MEDITERRANEAN
Washington.?1The American steam
er Schuylkll has been torpedoed and
sunk id the Mediterranean. The navy
department was advised that 40 men
nf her crew had beet landed at a
Mediterranean port There was no
naval armed guard aboard. Whether
there was loss of life was not known
tiere. but It was assumed that the *0
men rescued comprised the Sohuyl
kill's toll complement. .
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ALLIED WtR MISSION
'ASSEMBLES III PUIS
AMERICAN, BRITISH, FRENCH AND
ITALIAN. MISSIONS ARK AL
READY PRESENT.
DISCOSS PROSECUTION OF W
Questions for Unified Action Will Oc
oupy Attention?Th* Situation In
Russia?Houaa and Lloyd-George
Among Those Present.
The representatives ot the chief na
tions at war with the Teutoaic allies
are aaaembllns la Paris* tor the Inter
allied conference at which are to be
discussed momentous questions (or
more unified action on the prosecution
of the war.
' The American, British and Italian
missions already have reached' the
rrench capital. They are led respec
tively by Col. B. M House, David-Lloyd
George, the British prime mlnlater, -
and VUtorio Orlando, the Italian pre
mier.
In addition to determining a basis
for stronger Joint action against the
enemy countries, the conferees doubt
less also will dlscuas at lepgth the
anomalous situation In Russia, where
the Bolaherikl factions are In control
and where German staff officers are
reported to be acting aa military ad
visers to the Lenlne government. Pos
sibly a most pertldent point In the
discussion will be the future attitude
of t*?? allied countries toward Rusata
?whether the situation as It liow
stands aoes njt place the Bolshevlkl
government and It* followers in the
category of allies ol the central
power*. . t
Inside Russia the unsettled condi
tions of affairs dally seems u> be grow
ing more serious. All communications
now ha* been severed between north
and sooth Russia, even the foreign
embassies In Petrograd being unable
to got In touch with Odessa dnd other
points to the south. Unofficial advice*
are to the effect that the Russian
northern army 1* in dire* traits.
DIFFICULT FOR REGISTERED
MEN TO GET COMMISSION*
Problem to Head Off Young Man Try
ing to Avoid Taking Place* In Ranka.
Washington. ? So-called "slacker
commissions." by which men of draft
age aeek to eecape service In the
ranks and set officer*' places in non
combatant branches of the army, have
struck a sn&tf in two general policies
laid down by Secretary Baker.
Theae are, first, (hat no men of
draft age be commiesloned onlesa it
i* shown clearly that they are better
fitted for the special work of. which
they are called than any civilian be
yond the draft age whose services
can be secured; second, that no funo
tlon of the army that can -->e can-led
on effciently with civilians shall be
placed on a military footing by com
missioning the men needed to super
vise the work.
The problem of commissions in thei
various staff departments of the army
that have to dp with the supply lines,
transportation, construction snd a
hundred other non-combatant func
tions of the service Is a difficult one.
There have been numerous eases of
young men of draft age who have ob
tained commissions In those services
and therefore are exemgt from the
operations of the setectlve service law
under which the fighting troops are
being mobilised. It ia the deaire 6f
Secretary Baker, apparently, to keep
this element of the commissioned per
sonnel of the army at minimum, in
justice to the great body of drafted
men and to prevent any suggestion
j that men of draft age have found rfhel- '
ter in the commissioned grades of the
non-combatant branches of tlje service
from the liability of service- at the
front
HUNGER-STRIKERS ARE.
RELEASED FROM JAIL
Washington. ? Twenty-two hunger
striking militants of the woman's par
ty were turned out of the district of
Columbia Jail with the explanation that
their aentences of from 16 days to sev
en months had been commuted to ex
pire at once. No official atatement a*
to the cauee waa to be had, but the
women were jubilant in the belief that
they had rftacceeded In demonstrating
that the Jail was aot big enough for
both them and their keepera.
GYPSIES AND BOOTBLACKS
REGARDED AS IDLERS
Baltimore.?The status of Gypsies
and bootblacks waa established as
Idlers and they will come under the
provisions of the Maryland comnul
sory work law. Following a confer
ence between Police Marshal Oarter
and George A. Mshone. state director '
of the. work bureau, a number of Gyp
aiea were rounded up. Th-y declared ,
they had work and ItateA that aome
weeka they earned *S00 aa horse deal- I
ers and coppersmiths.
BOLSHEVIKI IS REPORTED "
TO BE ALLY OF KAISCR
* Washington.?Official confirmation j
of the news from London that Cer- ,
man staff officers are In Petrograd
acting as military advisers of the L>e- ,
nine faction probably will be- followed
protnptly by action of the part of |h?
United State* and the allla* deftni'JMy
to place the BoUhevlkl regime In the
llit of Oermany's allies. It the aer
mans are there all doubt aa to the i?im
pose Of the BoUheviki la moved
MCLURE STIRS STtftltNTS
HI* Address at N. C. University to,
Powerful Indictment of Germany'*
War Metho^a. *
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('hapel Hit! Before an aadleae* of i
student* and townspeople that more
than taxed the capacity of Garrard
ball. S. 8. McClure made the moat '
' powerful indictment of Oarman math
oda of waging war that tiaa ever been
given hare. Ha ahowed conclualveJy |
, that Germany and Germany alone waa
raaponalble for the preaaat war; that .
England, Under Lord Orey'i leadership
had done all that any nation could do
tb keep the peace of Europe and that |
America could not do otherwlaa than
throw la her 4bt with England and
France In helping to make the world
aafe tor democracy.
Perfect attention nu given to Mr.
McClure for an hour-and a half, de- '
spite the fact that large number*
were forced to aland la the back of
the room and tn the gallery When
he had cloaed the applauae waa tu
multuoua and. aa the atudenta gath
| ered outside the .building, college
cheers war* given for the speaker
"If we ha4 stayed out of thla war.
this would hare been the saddest of
all Thankaglvlngs in our blatory," aald
Mr. McClure. "Now that we have
gone In, thla ahould be the gladded
Thanksgiving In our history."
Continuing, he aald K once seemed
so hopeless that we really would act.
the war waa ao terrible a thing; it to
a terrible thing for our boy* to gc
over there, bqt It .would be more tar
rible not to go.
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Editor* Pledge Support.
Winston-Salem ?The newspapers of
North Carolina ar* solidly back of
Cel. P. H. Fries, director of the North
Carolina war savings committee. Thla
note waa expressed in do uncertain
'erms at the meeting of editors held
'n thla city at the call of Colonel Erie*
: (or the purpose of preparing to wage
. ? campaign for war savings certlfl
1 -atea. There were present editors of
morning and afternoon dallle*. week
lies, i*ml-wceklles and monthly pab
'Icatlons.
The aentlment of tae papers of the
itate was expreaaed by Santford Mar- ,
tin. president at the North Carolina
Prees Aaaoclatlon. who officially an
nounced that "there la not a slacker
aewspaper In North Carolina." Mr.
; Martin'* addreaa was received with
much enthusiasm
Colonel fries announced that be
had called the meeting for the par
pose of getting the suggestions, sup
port and co-cperatioa of the newspa
pers of the state, and, whHe the at
tendance was not so very large, the
enthuslaim and spirit waa such that
Colonel Prise expressed his great ap- 1
i prerlatlon of the evidence of loyalty
| to the cause.
Write* About Interned Germane.
Sallabury ? In a tetter received" by
Senator Overman Crom Secretary of'
War Baker, the aecratary aaya Gar
naq prisoners held at Hot Spring*. ?
N. C.. and about whom there haa been
ao much aaid recently, are under the
Jurisdiction of the department of la- ,
bor and that the war department fca*
no Jurladiction or official knowledge
concerning them. I
The aecretary denlea the current
story that private German prtaonera
are being paid MO a month or any
thing like that amount, and aaya that
what la being expended on them and <
alao the amall amounts being paid l
commissioned prtaonera Is tp be paid i
back at the conclualon of the war by |
the prlaoners' own goyarnmeitt. This i
rule of International law I* "being ob- ,
served by all preaent belligerents. |
aaya tbe. secretary. Including Oar- ,
many. I
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Hoalary Mill for Charryvllle. I
Cherryrllle ?Application has been ,
made foi?a charter for a hosiery mill ?
for Cherryrllle. The authorised cap- i
Ital stock la 1)00,0*0 bpt the company ,
may begin boalneaa when $10,600 haa (
been subscribed, and of this the full |
amount haa already been taken by |
Messrs A. B Cook, of Gaatonla. J. W. (
Kendrick. N. B Kendrlck and M L, ,
Maiiney. of Cherryrllle. The name ,
given the enterpriae will be the Gaa- ,
ton -Hosiery Company. Machinery haa ^
hoped by the promotera that within (
' <10 to to daya they will be In opera- .
tlon. , #
NORTH CAROLINA >RIC*?.
Robeaon farmers have gone "over !
the top" fhia year. A- change that |
seems almost Imposalble has . coma : -
about among the people of the rural ?
districts since last spring. Many of (
the farmera grew tobacco and recelv- ,
ed unheard of prlcea for their crop and ,
they all grow cotton, which mean* j
that thay have all got money. Thera ',
are hundreda of farmera In the county j (
who never had a dollar in a bank ha- 1 ,
fore who now have good alsed bank |
accounts
"Chatham rabbit* are fat, but they
are scarcer than uaual." said Mr. A. C.
Ray. a Plttaboro lawyer and member
of the House of Representatives from j
Chatham, who Is In Raleigh attend .
Ing court "The Chatham rabbit." Mr .
Ray added, "haa acquired a reputation
atoat equal to that of the Smlthfleld j
tfotwlthatanding the fact that Dr 1
Frank Slier has been appointed preaM- 1
Ing elder of the Wlnaton-Salem dl*
trlct of the Methodist church. Mrs. ''
Slier will remain aa dqan of Oreena
boro College for Women nntil the end
of the present tcholaatlc year.
Monroe haa made more progress In
the last year than In any two years
previous. When Secretary of Agri
culture H As ton was thera aom* time J
ago. he remarked that Monroe had j '?
made more prograsf in th* last there j1
years than any other town in the 'j
Onlted State* the aame slse.
The Rocky Mount tobacco marke' i
haa paaaed _ the elgt^een .million ,'
pounds mark and *11 *%Je? iVord* ! ?
for Rocky Mount have again been '
broken. The total sale* to dat* for ' <
tha^ aeason have been lS.Mn100 |<
pounds at a price average at $2*.t3 "
par hnnlred. 11
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gIfebenge hi
KINGS Mill
BISHOP HUGHES READ* APPOINT
MENTS OP PASTORS' POM THI
COMING YEAR.
MEET NEXT IT ASHEVILLE
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Blue Rldga-Atlantic Methodist Con
fsrsncs Hoars Strong Addressee
* at King* Mountain.
Klaga Mountain?At the doling
mm Ion of the Blue Rldge-Atlaatlc
Methodlat Conference, Blahop Hughes
road the appointments- for the coming ?
year as follows:
Ashevllle district?J. U A. Bumgar
nor. auporlntendent, AaberUlo; F. W.
Stanton. AahevlUo; C. T. J. 8. Qreen.
Bakeravllls; T H. Blarney Boone;
Ray P. Jones, Canton; W .C Matney.
Canton; C. T. W. H. Plesa, Clyde; T
1. Freeman, Creston; W. A. Patton.
Pulbertson; W. T. Clark. Rtawah;
Otis Praley, HayesvlUe; J. H Fine,
Uiealnf, W. * Oraybeal, Leicester;
A. B. Dennis. Montxuma; K. L Haga.
Plagah; D. L. Earn hart, Pond Moon
tain; Sal Tin Sexton. Sylva. O. N.
Sloan; Unafca, O. W William.
Coast district?W. 8. Mooe, suparin
tendent. Chandlora; C. C. Wall/ord.
Elizabeth City; M Warden. Him
lot; W. L Carter, Harklna Island; to
be supplied. Hftteras Ho be supplied.
Marshall burg; to be supplied. More
head City;- D. W. Hayae, Moerhead
CUy; W. Q. A. Graham, Ocracoke; W.
F. Hitler Parmels; P. A. L. Clarke,
Pembroke; W. L Moor*. lPnebluff;
0. 8. Deland. Blnners; A. B. Pry.
Rowland; D. P. Lowery, Troy; C. L.
Hawklna, Waahlngtoa; John Chaaoy.
Whaleyvllle; J. M. Smith. M. O.
Fletcher, preeldent, Washington Col
lege; J. M. Gambrlll. In school at
Athena. Ten a.; J. L Dennis, leld
agent conference clahnanta; perma
nent fund; J. M. Plower, conference
evangel tat.
8tatesyllle district? W. J. Pllnt. "su
perintendent. Ararat; B. N. Bumgar
ner. Caaar; aupplled by W. Footer.
Oastonla; 8. W. Johnson. Harmony;
J. M. Wall. Hickory; 8. A. Earnhart.
Kannapolls; T E. Pierce. King*
Mountain: B. A. Culp, Mlsenholmer;
C. M. White. Newton; M. A. Matheson.
Old Port; J. H. Gillespie. Thurmond;
T. W. Bryant, supply SlatearOle;
Austin Wilson. Tray Hilt; D. J White.,
supply. Zlon; P. C. West. Bessemer
CUy; J. M. Heath. Wlnaton-Salem; to
be supplld
The place of meeting of the nest
??alon waa called tor aad Dr. Stan
ion preeented a cordial Invitation
from the First Church at Aahetrilla.
which waa accepted by acclamation.
Dr. Parmer addreaeed the confer
?nee |n the inter*t of the boards at
home aad foreign missions.
Following thia the conference went
Into executive session to conaldar
tome matters of parely church iater
est. during which all except mem
bers of the body were erased
I' : ? I ttt:
War Subject Carolina Day. ,
Raleigh - 'The stale ?ipartmeot of
education la sending Into every pub
tlc school dUtricl In U>* state and to
private schools aa wall, the official pro
gram* the department haa prepared
Tor the observance of North Carolina
Jay on December 4. The program con
templatea that the people of thai
ichool c i mmunities shall be asseaiblad
For thU obaerrance and the slogan of
he programs la coavertstlon. patriot
ism aad serrlce. as Dr. 1. T. Joynar
?late superintendent, expresses It.
'Malta, sare and senre." The virions
features of the program Impress the
ranees of the war, the needs of th?
government and the means of service
that are at band for all the .people. Id
its conception the program la declared
to be moat opportune and H la bellev
?d that the county superintendents and
the teachers all over the atata wilt
itlllie It to their fullest- extent aa a
patriotic duty they owe the^r counties,
the achoola and the school communi
M.' ,
Conditions at Savior Improve.
Camp Sevier. 8. C.?the quarantine
>f the camp. Lieut. Col. A. M. Whaley.
llvialonal ?urgeon. states, already has
nulled In a marked Improvement of
llseaae conditions In th? camp. The
lumbar of cases of measles develop
ng dally has fallen botnr half what
1 waa whan the quarantine was In
itituted aix days ago. The number
if pneumonia cases have decrease!
ind deathe from this cans* have been
rary few for the last few days. On* ,
trw rase of msningltls developed dur
n? tha week. 9
Christmas Tree for Soldiers.
Southoort.?'The Red Cross chapter
if South port baa undertaken tha mat
er of providing a Christmas tree for
he soldiers at For* Caswell aad also
to provide a Christmas packs** for
ivery man In the service there. Owinr'
0 the fact that there are about 1,000
nan to ba provided for the chapter will
tak other chaptara in tha atata to as- j
list In thla matter. The cities f-om
vhirh the soldiers coma will eapeclal
y aaked to contribute. R*r. 1. Nr
Jynum is chairman of tha comniHta* J
n charge. W
Killed In Auto Accident.
Shelby.?-Joe Short, a farmer living
?ear SMIby on Avery McMurry's San
ation was killed when the automobile
n which he was riding piungud down
1 40 foot embankment at the Weaver
tridge of the Shelby-Sharon road,
rom McCoy, ownar of tho ear. a
nan who runs a local tlr? vulcanising
ilant. waa driving When he rounded
ha curve he saw he was about to
If at a farmer, James Champion, wl<o
raa riding la a buggy, and rather than ''
Itrika Mr. Champloa. McCoy staored
te car down tha easbankment.
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