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lIILSOII DELIVERS
IWUHDRESS
CONSECRATES INAQURATION
WITH MESSAQI OF HOPE
FOR PEACE.
■ i
Washington. Woodrow Wilson,
with the major part of the world at
war, and America poised on lta verge,
consecrated bis aecond inaguratlon a*
President of the United Statea with a
message of hope for peaca.
Standing In the shadows of the Na
tion's Capita!, with his face turned
toward tha Eastern war seared skies,
the President renewed his oath of il
logiance to the Constitution, praying
to Almighty Ood that ba might be
given wisdom and prudence to do his
duty In the true spirit of the Ameri
can people.
While trumpets blared and martial
accoutrements rattled prophetically
about him tho President pictured tha
deep wrongs tha United States pa
tently bad boroa In the conflict of i
other peoples without wishing to
wrong or Injure la return.
Assarting that the of an
other continent had removed provinc
ialism and made American citizens of
tha world, and that the principles of
this Republic should be applied to a
liberation of mankind, ha resolutely
voiced tho determination that Ameri
ca. standing "Arm In armed neutral
ity," must demonstrate her claim to a
"minimum of right and freedom of ac
tion" in world affairs.
r Making no attempt to review the
legislative record of tha last four
years, tha President said this wan no
time for retrospect. Tha time wis
ono to speak of thoughta and pur-1
poses for the Immediate future. To'
be Indlfforent to the Influence of the
war upon America, or independent of
it, he said, was impossible, and he
was Arm : ln the conviction that the
part this country wished to play In {
the vital turmoil was tho part if
those "who mean to vindicate and
fortify peace." 1
These ware the dominant thoughts '
of tha President as be addressed the i
cheering multitude In the broad plaza I
Of tha Capitol grounds. In the as- 1
aemblage before him American el *I- j 
sans of all Nations had sung«"Amer- j
. ica" with a mighty voice while wa't- j t
Ins for his appearance on the lu-1 
augural stand. Ano in the procession : i
Which followed him to the White j ■
House and passed In review "s com- [ t
poslte and cosmopolitan people" gave 
graphic evidence of loyalty and pa- ( t
pF „ trlotlsm. I i
Peculiar Interest and significance t
In the light of hla rebuke to Bonators ■
Who prevented passage of the armed ■
neutrality bill were attached to that
President s assertion. Even more In- 1 c
tereet and concern were aroused when t
ha added: _ I i
"We may even be drawn on, by t
circumstances, not by our own pur
poee or desire, to more active as
sertion of our rights as wa see them
and a more Immediate association
with tha gr«at struggle itself. Bat
nothing will alter our thought or our
purpose. We desire neither conquest
nor advantage. We wish nothing that
can ba had only at tha cost of an
other people. We have alwayapro
feaaed unselfish purpose and wa oovet
tha opportunity to prove that our pro
fessions are sincere."
"We are American ciUseas" flared
from banners borne by once alien
hands. "We are ready to fight and
die for America," was the stirring
meaaage biasing from a standard wav
ing over the heada of new American
cltlsens from Poland. Men of many
'"foreign ancestries hald to the breete
as they marched paat the Chief Ex
ecutive other Insignia of patriotic
Americanism, and the words "Amer
ica First," embraton*l from counties*
streamers aroused tbe throngs elong
Washington's broad thoroughfaree to
continual outbursts of patriotic fer
vor.
Triumphal Course.
Prom the time the President left
the White Houso until his return, his
course was triumphant. Sharing wl'h
him the plaudits was Mrs. Wilson,
who accompanied him to tbe Capitol.
iStood by bis side on the Inaugural
stand as Chief Juetlce White admin
istered the oath of office, and Joined
with him in acknowledging the trlb
• Utes and acclaim In the Journey to
the White House.
No lees impreeslve than the Inau
guration of the Preeldent was the
inauguration of the Vice President
juid tha swearing In of new Senators
li> tha Senate chamber, In which tbe
!•., President participated. When mem
bers of the Senate and House had
been saated. the diplomats of foreign
Nations, In their official regalia, werj
ushered Into the chamber, followed
by tha Chief Justice and Associate
Justices of the Supreme Court In the*
somber robes, officers of the Army
and Nsvy and members of the Cabi
j net Then the Sergeant-at-Arms of ,
the Senate heralded the approach of
Aha "President of tha United States."
•Instantly the crowd In the galleries ]
and dignitaries on the Senate floor [
.rose to their feet and applauded as i
. jis President walked down the aisle ,
I:
to the seat In front of the Vice Presi
dent's dlas. If any bitterness had
been caused by the President's state
ment to the public declaring that a
"little group of wilful men" had made
tbe country "helpless and contempt
ible" before the world. It was burled
In the ac«talm which welcomed his ap
pearsnco to the presence of some of
the men he had rebuked.
After the administering of the t-a'h
to the Vlco President, President Wil
son, with Mrs. Wilson at his sldrt,
was sscorted by tbe committee on ar
rangements to tho Inaugural stand.
' It was the first time in history that
the wife of a President had partici
pated so promlnontly in inaugural
ceremonies, and gracing them also
was Mrs. Marshall, wife of the Vl'a
President, who sat with her huwbii 11
In the Inaugural stand and rode be
side him In the parade.
President Wilson's luauffurul Ad
dress was as follows:
"My fellow citizens: The four years
which have elapsed since I stood In
this place have been crowded witii
counsel and action of the most vital
interest and consequem-o. Perhaps no
equal period In our hi«lory has been
so fruitful of Important reforms in our
, economic and Industrial life or so full
' of significant changes In the spirit and
purpose of our polltlcul action. Wo
have sought very thoughtfully to sot
our bouse In order, correct tho gros
ser errors and abuses of our Indus
trial life, liberate and quicken the
processes of our national genius and
energy, and lift our politics to a broad
er view of the people's essential In
terests. It Is a record of singular
variety and singular distinction. lint
J I shall not attempt to review It. It
I speaks for Itself and will bo of Increas
! Inflg Influence as the years go by.
This Is not tho time for rotrospec*.
It Is time rather, to speak our thoughts
and purposes concerning the present
j and tho Immediate future.
| "Although we have centered counsel
and action with such unusual concen
tration and success upon the great
problems of domestic legislation to
which we addressed ourselvos four
| years sgo, other matters have more
and more forced themselves upon our
attention, matters lying outside our
own life as a nation and over whl !i
we bad no control, but which, de
spite our wish to keep free of them,
have drnwn us more and more Irresis
tibly Into tlislr own current and Influ
ence.
"It has been Impossible to avoid
them Tbey have affected tbe life
of the whole world. They have shak
en men everywhere with a passion and
an apprehension that they nover knew
before. It has been hard to preserve
calm counsel while the thought of our
own people swayed this way and that
under their Influence. We are a com
posite and cosmopolitan people Wo
are of Iho blood of all the nations thnt
arc at war. The currents of our
thoughts as well as tho currents of
our trade ran quick at all seasons
back and forth between us and them.
The war Inevitably set Its mark from
the first alike upon our minds, our
hi, . f** 1
Woodrow Wilson.
Industries, our commerce, our policies,
attfl our social action. To bo independ
ent of It was out of the question
"And yet all tha whllo we havo beet
conscious that we were not part of It.
In that consciousness, despite many
divisions, we have drawn closer to
gether. We have been doeply wronged
on the seas, but we have not wishej
to wrong or Injure In return; have re
tained throughout the consciousness
of standing In some sort apart. Intetot
upon an Interest that transcended the
In-mediate Issues of the war Itself. As
come of the Injuries done us have be
come Intolerable, we have still beeu
clear that we wished nothing for our
selves that we were not ready to de
mand for all mankind —fair dealing,
justice, the freedom to live and to be
at ease against organized wrong.
"It Is In this spirit and with this
thought that we have grown mora and
more aware, more and more certain
that tha part we wished to pl«y was
the part of those who mean to vindi
cate and fortify peace. We have been
V. ■
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ot!ig d to anil ourselves to make good
our claim to a certain minimum- of
right and ot freedom of action. We
stand firm in armed neutrality since U
teems that In no other way we caa
demonstrate what It la we Insist upon
snd can not forego. We may evc;n be
drawn on, by circumstances, ncrt by'
own purpose or desire, to a more
active assertion of our rights as we
see them and a more Immediate asso
ciation with the great struggle Itself.
Bat nothing will alter our thought or
our purpose. They are too clear to
be obscured. They are too deeply
rotted In the principles of our na
tk-iial life to be altered. We desire
n*ilb»i conquest nor advantage. Wo
, wish nothing that can be had only at
tb; cost of another people. We havi*
always proteased unselfish purpose and
we covet the opportunity to prove
that our professions are sincere.
"There are many thing* still to do
at home, to clarity our own policies
and give new vitality to the Industrial
processes of our own life, and we shall
do them as time and opportunity
serve; but we realibe that the greatest
things that remain to be done must
be done with the whole world for •»
Btage and In co-operation with the wll;
and universal forces of mankind, ami
•we are making our spirits ready for
those things. They will follow In the
Immediate wake of the war Itself and
will set civilization up again. We aro
provincials no longer. The tragical
events of the thirty montliß of vital
turmoil through which we have Just
passed have made uh citizens of the
world. There can bo no turning back.
Our own fortune; as a nation are In
volved, whether we would have it so
or not. '*
"And yet we arc not the less Amer
icans on that account. We shall be
the more American If we but remain
•rue to the principles In which we
have been bred. They are not Ahe
principles of a province or of a single
continent. We have known and*boas f .-
ed all along that they were the prin
ciples of a liberated mankind. These,
therefore, arc tho things we shall
stand for, whether in war on In petfen.
"That all nations are equally Inter
ested in the peace of the world and In
the political stability of free peoples,
and equally responsible for their main
tenance;
"That the essential principle of
peace Is the actual equality of na
tions In all matters of right or privi
lege;
"That peace can not securely or
Justly rest upon an armed balance of
power;
"That governments derive all their
Just powers from the consent of the
governed and that no other powers
should be supported by the common
thought, purpose, or power of the fam
ily of nations.
"That the seas should be equally
froo and Hafe for the use of all peoples,
under rules set up by common agree
ment and consent, and that, so far as
practicable, they should be accessible
to all upon equal terms;
"That national armaments should bo
limited to the necesslt! s of national
order ond domestic safety;
"That the community of Interest and
power upon which peace mußt hence
forth depend Imposes upon each na
tion the duty of seeing to It that all
Influences proceeding from its own
citizens meant to encourage or assist
revolution In other states should be
sternly and effectually suppressed and
provented.
"I need not argue these principles to
you, my fellow countrymen. They aro
your own, part and parcel of your
own thinking and our own motive In
afTalrs. They spring up native amongut
us. Upon this as a platform of our
purpose and action, we can stand to
gether.
"And It Is Imperative that we should
stand together. We are being forced
into a new unity amidst the fires that
now blaze throughout the world. In
their ardent heat we shall. In Ood's
providence, let us hope, be purged jf
faction and division, purified of the
errant humors of party, of private in
terest, anil shall stand for the days to
homo with a new dignity of national
pride and spirit. Let each roan aee
to It that the dedication Is In his own
heart, the high purpose of the nation
In his own mind, ruler of his own will
and desire.
"I stand here and have taken the
high and solemn oath to which you
have been audience because the peo
pie of the United States have chosen
me for this nugust delegation of pow
er nnd have by their gracious Judg
ment named mo leader In affairs. I
know now what" the task means. I
realize to the full the responsibility
which It Involves. I pray God I may
be given the wisdom and tbe prudence
to do my duty In the true spirit of this
great people. I am their servant and
can succeed only as they sustain and
guide me by their confidence and their
counsel. The thing I shall count upon,
tho thing without which neither coun
sel nor artlon will avail, Is the unity of
America—an America united In feel
ing, In purpose, and In Its vision cf
duty, of opportunity, and of service
We are to beware of all men who
would turn the tasks and tne neces
sities of the nation to their own prl
vste profit or use them for the build
ing up of private power; beware that
no faction or disloyal Intrigue break
the harmony or embarrass the spirit
of our people; beware that our gov
ernment be kept pure and Incorrupt In
all Its parts United alike in the con
ception of our duty and In the high
resolve to perform It In the face of all
men. let us dedicate ourselves to the
great la«k to which we must now sot
our hand. For mvself. I beg your tot
erance. your countenance, and your
united aid The shadows that now lie
dark upon our path will soon be dis
pelled and we sffnll walk with the
light all about us If we be but true to
ourselves—to ourselves as we havo
wished to be known In the counsels
of the world and In the thought of all
those who love liberty, justice and
the right exalted."
AMERICAN OFFICER
KILLED IN EUROPE.
Home, via Prals. —MaJ. Elvln R. Hel
berg, American military attache here,
was killed in a fall from his horse
while visiting tha Austro-Itallun front
Major Helberg Y ns 00 Bn excursion
with a platoon of Italian cavalry, when
bis horse became frightened, lie was
thrown, his hand struck a rock, and
died shcrtly afterwards. The" body
Is being brought to Rome, whence It
will be sent to Ue United States.
One Way to Be Safe.
"May we have some more crullers,
grandma? I'm sure they won't hurt
us If we're careful not to enjoy them."
—Life.
Treat Virtue With Honor.
The greatest offense against virtue
la to speak 111 against it—HaxlltL
TWELVE SENATORS DEFEAT
VOTE ON NEUTRALITY BILL
Washington.—Twelve Senator*, led'
by Senator LaFollette and encouraged
by Senator Stone, Democratic chair
wan of the Foreign Relation* Commit
tee, in a filibuster denounced by Pre*«
ldent Wilson'* spokesmen a* the moit
reprehemlble In the history of any
elrlllted nation, defled the will of an !
overwhelming majority in dongrei*
up to the last minute, and denied t J
the President a law authorizing him
to arm American merchant ships to
meet the German submarine menace,
j Unyielding throughout the 26 hours
; of continuous session to appeal* that
, their defiance of the Preildent woull
; be humiliating to the country; uncom
, promising in a crisis described to them
, as the most serious to the nation
I i since the War Between the States, La-
I I Foilede and his group of supporter*
, | refused a majority of their colleagues
, ] an opportunity to vote on the armed
' j neutrality bIH, and it died with the
' Sixty-fourth Congress. To fix respon
| j nihility before the country, 76 Sen
ators, 30 Republicans and 46 Demo-'
| crats, signed a manifesto proclaiming
; to the world that they favored pas
sage of the measure.
This declaration, embodied in the
record of the Senate, referred to the
fact that the House Thursday night
had passed a similar bill by a vote 1
of 403 to 13, and also recited that the 1
Serfate rule permltlng unlimited de-1
bate gave a small minority eppor-1
tunlty to throttle -the will of the ma-1
Jority.
Thirteen Senators declined to sign
the declaration, but one Senator, Pen
rose, Republican, of Pennsylvania, an
nounced that he would have voted
(or the bill had opportunity been of
fered him. The 12 who went on record
with the 13 members of the HOUR*
against granting to President Wilson
the authority In the crisis were:
Republicans Clapp, Minnesota;
Cummins, Iowa; Grorina, North Da
kota; Kenyon, Iowa; LaFollette, Wis
consin;" Norris, Nebraska; Works,
California—7.
Democrats —Klrby, Arkansas; Lane,
Oregon. O'Qorman, New York; Stona,
Missouri; Vardamanr, Mississippi—6.
Dramatlo Close.
Hours before tha end, Senators who
fought throughout the night to break
down the filibuster conceived a way
to thwart LaFollette's plans to oc
cupy the center of the legislative
Btage at the climax of the bitter fight.
Its execution brought the session to a
dramatic end, with LaFollette fight
ing for a chance to deliver a speech
on which he had worked many days.
He saw friends of the doomed legis
lation inflict the death blow he plan
ned.
Instead of LaFollette, Senator
Hitchcock, leader of the majority In
favor of the bill, talked out the wan
ing hours of the session. He timed
his opportunity to the minute Sen
ator LaFollette entered the Senate
chamber shortly after 9 o'clock In the
morning, prepared to take the center
of the stage for the last act of the
tragedy. When the moment he had
chosen arrived, he addressed the chair,
but Senator Hitchcock prevented his
recognition.
The forensic struggle which en
sued seldom If ever had been equalled
in the history of the Senate. Voices
were strained to shrieking, and
threatening fists were shaken at tha
presiding officer while the crowded
floor and galleries looked on breath
lessly. But the incident soon passed
without violence. The chair recog
nized Senator Hitchcock and LaFol
lette's opportunity was snatched away.
Tense Moments.
The closing momenta of the session
were tense and Impressive. Ten minu
tes'before the end. Senator Hitchcock
had made his last appeal for unani
mous consent for a vote on the bill.
LaFollette objected. The Nebraska
Senator, prefacing his closing remarks
with a portion of President Wilson's
address to Congress affking for the
authority about to be denied, solemnly
said:
"It is unfortunate, and deplorable
that 12 men In the Senate of the
United States have It in their power to
defeat the will of 75 or 80 members
by one of tha most reprehensible fili
busters aver recorded In tbe history
of any civilized country."
Senator Hitchcock paused while
his words echoed through the cham
ber. LaFolletta stolidly glared to
ward the Nebraakan, who presently
added that perhaps he slmld apol
ogize for the violence of hls*orda.
•■You are perfectly safe," LaFol
lette returned without rising from his
chair. '"No one can answer you."
No na did, for the hour of noon
had struck, and tha Sixty-fourth Con
gress was ended.
All Ha Cared About
Harold la fond of fowl. One day
he came to the house breathless.
"Oh, mamma," he said, "Jimmy's mam
ma ain't going to have no turkey for
Christmas. Is we?"
"Well, son," answered the mother,
"perhaps we will have duck or goose,
or It may be Just chicken."
"Oh, that's all right," said Harold.
"Just so it's something with logs on
It"
Swiss Farm Average Inoreaaed.
Because of the war Switzerland has
Increased Its acreage under cultiva
tion in grains by more than 20 per cent
over the 1014 figures.
Noncombustlble Linoleum.
Kiuicombuslitile linoleum, invented
in Germany, Includes In its composi
tion a chemical which give* off a flume
qucnchlug gas should It be ignited.
Help For Girb Desiring Education.
We have on our campus an apart
ment house, a two ttoryb
of 25 rooms *»ith a fronta/e of
100 feet which may be used by
;irls who wish to form clubs and
live at their own charges.
Pupils can live cheaply and com
fortably in thia way, many of them
having their table supplies sent to
them from their homes.
For fufther information address
J M. Rhodes, Littleton College,
Littleton, N. C.
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children
In Um For Over 30 Years
Always bears r _ -
Manawreof
I
MAKING PROFIT WITH SHEEP
They Are Next to Hogs in Their Fa
cilities for Making Qalna From
aiven Quantity of Food.
Sheep are generally considered good
feeders, that Is to say that they have
adaptations for producing gains eco
nomically. Sheep are next to hogs In
thler facilities for making gains from
a given quantity of feed. They have
the advantage of hogs In that they
can convert coarse fodders and hay
Into gains. They can excel cattle In
this respect.
It requires 9 to 11 pounds of dry
matter to produce a pound of gain on
steers, according to Investigations.
Sheep on the same feed will make a
pound of gain on from 7 to 9 pounds
of dry matter.
It was found at the lowa station
that 1,000 pounds of cattle on full feed
ate 19.6 pounds of dry matter a day
and gained 2.14 pounds; 1,000 pounds
Purebred Mutton Ram.
of sheep ate 20.7 pounds of dry mat
ter a day and gained 3.73 pounds In
weight The sheep thus ate 48 per
cent more feed per 1,000 pounds Uve
welght and made 75 per cent better
gains than "tfcattle. But this was not
all the advantage In feeding sheep;
they will grow a fleece In addition
worth from 75 cents to $1.50 a head.
Sheep are close grazers and will
thrive on short grass or destroy weeds
that cattle will not eat. They will
thrive better on short pasture than
either hogs or cattle and when given
richer feed will make better gains
than cattle. ....
COMFORT IN STOCK STABLES
Best Results Not to Be Expected
From Stock Shivering and Suf
fering From Dampness. »
It pays to keep the stock comfort
able as well ns generously fed these
nippy winter montlis. It Is deplorable
when the stock shU'ers and suffers
from cold when by proper manage
ment It can be made comfortable
with little expense.
Tight stables nre not necessarily
warm stables. Good ventilation Is
necessary In order to have the air
dry. Dump olr Is more uncomfortable
than dry air of the same temperature.
A special ventilation system Is a pay
ing Investment
The covered barnyard or open shed
that faces the south and has three
tight walls, If well bedded with straw
and hus a straw stack close to ihe
south opening, Is a mighty comfortable
place for stock on a cold day. Many
prefer these sheds to tight stables,
where the cows are confined to stanch
lons. They have their llverty In the
shed and can exercise and keep warm.
IATE BREEDING SOWS EARLY
Many Advantagea Derived From Plga
Farrowed In February or March-
Best Pricea In September.
t There are many advantages In
breeding sows for early farrowing,
i'lgs farrowed in February or early
March come at at season when farm
ers can give them better care. By the
time fornge crops become available,
the pigs are of such size as to make
best use of them, and thus to attain
greater size for early fall market
Hogs are usually highest In price
during September. Early-farrowed
pigs attain marketable size by that
time. ...
Late-farrowed pigs do not reach
market weight until December or Jan
nary, when pork pricea are usually the
lowest
HORSE DESERVES GOOD CARE
Nothing Too Good for Faithful Animal
That Works in All Seasons to
Make Farm Produce.
The faithful horse that breaks the
land, tills the crops, hauls them to
market and relieve* his maater of
drudgery deserves better care than
some of them get What Is too good
for the faithful horse who works In
season and out of season to make the
farm produce?
Think of your horses when you are
fitting around the fireside or enjoying
the evening meal 1 Bee that they are
comfortable before yon rest for toe
night If you do this you will enjoy
your rest better, be a better master
and a good citizen.
English Spavin Linimnet re
moves Hart], Soft and Calloused
I,uin [>mand-Blemishes from homes;
also Blood Spavins, Curbs, Splint*.
Sweeney, Ring Bone, Stifl-s,
Sprains, Swollen Throats, Cough*-,
etc. Save SSO by one of one bo'.
tie. A wonderful Blemish Cure.
Sold by Graham Drag Com pa y
adv
A tract of land, a little less than
48 seres, in Litaker township,
Kowan county, was sold last week.
There were 41 granto-s, the owner
of the property—a young lady—
having died without heirs.
WE HAVE THE EARLIEST, BlU
gest, high cl.ias Strawberry grown.
Also the Best one or the ever
bearing kinds; bears the best fla
vored berries from Spring until the
snow flies. Free Booklet. Wake
field' Plant Farm, Charlotte, North
• Carolina. lTfeMt
PRESIDENT HAS 10
AUTHORITY TO ARM
MERCHANT SNIPS
4-: +-'.r . * ' - "
I
j SUCCESSFUL FILIBUSTER BY
i STONE, LAFOLLETTE AND
FEW OTHERS.
HBMEU'NEUTRALITY BILL
DEFEATED BY FILIDUSTER
Dramatic Scenes Enacted In Benate
Chamber at Cloalng Saatlon Continu
ing Throughout 26-Hour Bession to
Adjournment at Noon Sunday.
Washington.—President Wiljon in
formed the country, in' a statement,
that he may be without power to arm
merchant ships and take other steps
to meet the German submarine me
nace, in the absence of authority from
Congress.
The President's statement In full
follows:
"The termination of the last session
of the Sixty-fourth Congress by con
stitutional limitation discloses a sit
uation unparalleled In the history of
the country, perhaps unparalleled in
the history of any modern Govern
ment. In the Immediate presencs of
a crisis fraught with more subtle and
far-reaching possibilities of National
danger than any other the Govern
ment has known within the whole
history of Its international relations,
the Congress has been unable to act
either to safeguard the country or to
vindicate the elementary rights of Its
citizens.
"More than 600 of the 531 mem
bers of the two houses were ready
and anxious to act; the House of
Representees had acted by an over
whelming majority, but the Senate
was unable to act because a llttlo
group of eleven Senators had deter
mined that it should not.
"The Senate has no rules by which
debate can be limited or brought to
an end, no rules by which dilatory
tactics of any kind can be prevented.
A single member can stand In the
way of action If he have but the phy
sical endurance. The result In this
case is a complete paralysis alike of
the legislative and executive branches
of the Government
"This inability of the Senate to act
has rendered some of the most nec
essary legislation of the session im
possible, at a time when the need for
It was mpst pressing and most evij
dent. The bill, which would have per
mitted such combinations of capital
and of organization In the export and
Import trade of the country as jthe cir
cumstances of International competi
tion have made Imperative—a bill
which the business judgment of the
whole country approved and demand
ed —has failed.
-- Other Measures Lost
"The opposition of one or two Sen
ators has made it Impossible to In
crease the membership of the Inter
state Commerce Commission or to
give It the altered organization-nec
essary for Its efficiency. The conser
vation bill, which should have releas
ed for Immediate use the mineral re
sources which are still locked up In
the public lands, now that their re
lease. is more imperatively necessary
than ever, and the bill which would
have made the unused waterpower of
the country Immediately available for
Industry have both failed, though
they have been under consideration
throughout the sessions of two Con
gresses and have been twice passed
by the House of Representatives.
"The appropriations for the Army
have failed, along with the appropria
tions for the civil establishment of the
Government, the appropriations for
the Military Academy at West Point,
and the general deficiency bill.
-"It has proved impossible to extend
the powers of the shipping board to
meet the special needs of the new situ
ation Into which our commerce has
been forced, or to increase the gold re
serve of our national banking system
to meet th unusual circumstances of
the existing financial situation.
"It would not cure the difficulty to
call the Sixty-fifth Congress In extra
ordinary session. The paralysis of the
Senate would remain. The purpose
and the spirit of action are not lack
ing now. The Congress is more defi
nitely united In thought and purpose
at this moment, I venture to say, than
It has been within the memory of any
man now In Its memebershlp. There |
If not only the most united patriotic
purpose, but the objects members have '
In view are perfectly clear and
definite.
"But the Senate cannot act unless
It* leaders can obtain unanimous
consent.
"Its majority la powerlepe, helpless.
Crisis of Peril.
"In the midst of a crisis of extra
ordinary peril, when only definite and
decided action can make the nation
sate or shield It from war Itself by 1
the aggression of others, ac^itfn^l^im-1:
possible. _ /
"Although, as a natter of fact, the
Nation and the representatives of the
Nation stand back of the Executive '
with unprecedented unanimity and 
spirit, the impression made abroad 1
will, of course, be. that It 1s not so. j 1
and that other Governments may act 11
as they please without fear that this j
Government can do anything at all. ,
"We cannot explain. The explana- ',
Uon is incredible. j,
"The Senate of the United States is ;
tha only legislative body In the world |
which cannot act when Its majority Is |
ready for action. (
"A little group of wilful men, rap- |
resenting no opinion but their own, \
have rendered the great Government
of the United States helpless and con
temptible. ,
"The remedy? That la but oni
remedy. The only remedy Is that the
rules of the Senate shall be so altered
that It can act. The country can be
relied upon to draw the moral. I be-
Here that the Senate can be relied on
to supply the means ot action and savo
the country from disaster."
AS an Encore.
My little nephew, Howard, two and
a half year* old, had just been taught
the evening prayer, "Now I lay me
down to sleep, etc." On coming to the
end of It he said, "Now, mamma, let's
have another little piece, Utile Fishes
In the Brook.'"—Cleveland Leader.
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HIS TREASURE WAS A ROCK
Overjoyed at Supposed Good Fortune,
■ Kentuckian Fainted When PloVv
Struck Hard Object,
For generations tradition has de
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inal days of Kentucky burled a pot of
gold on the farm of John Williams In
Casey county. A few days ago Mr.
Williams decided to Institute a system
atic search for the treasure, the Davls
ville (Ky.) Messenger states. His pow
erful team of mules he hitched to "a
strong plow and In the locality where
the gold Is supposed to be hidden he
began digging deep into the earth. It
always has been claimed that the pot
Is of gigantic proportions. After con
siderable deep plowing had been done
nnd numerous excavations made, Mr.
Williams' mules came to a sudden
standstill when the plow struck an ob
ject that could notbe moved.
So, certain that he had found the
traditional pot, he was overjoyed and
fainted. Passers-by hurried to his as
sistance and he was survived, and told
those present what he was seeking.
An excavation was made and it was
proved the plow; had struck a huge
rock. However, the search is being
continued.
There are a number of farms in
Boyle county upon which It is alleged
large quantities of silver and gold are
burled. In most cases It is said to
have been hidden by misers or fright
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a few early residents lost their lives
by keeping their money in their homes
and attempting to hold It against the
Intrusion of robbers. That was one
reason treasures were burled.
Some yearg ago some parties near
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I and are not altogether extinct even
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Each month It was washed In wine
and water and freshly garbed.
Another universal cure was to carry
a piece of mistletoe which had been
cot from a tree by a golden sickle and
caught In a white vessel as it fell.
Metal scraped from a church bell or a I
piece of the rope was supposed to have
a similar protective Influence against
disease, as also a cloth stained In the ;
blood of a murderer, or the rope with j
which he was hanged.
Death of Death.
The time may not bo far off when
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ly more than to hare him cross the
ocean; when our own passing will be
merely the happy setting sail for a
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great war, which has furnished an
orgy as the world has never be
fore seen, death as we have known It
In all Its agony of parting and un
certainty, has at least been glutted to
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O people of the world, all things
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Atlantic Monthly.
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Having qualified as executors of
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ed, the undersigned hereby notify
all persons Holding against
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authenticated, on or befoife the 6th
day of January, 1917, or tais notice
will be pleaded in tar at xheir re
covery. All persons indebted to
said estate are requested to make
immediate settlement.
This January lßt, 1917.
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S. E.VTATE,
Ex'rs ol Margaret King.
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