A Home Newapaper Pnblished in the Interest of thrPeopie and for Honesty in Governmental Affairs
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VOLrXIV. M 51. FOSTH SEEIES SALISBURY, N. C WEDNfJ; DECEHBI& 4m UM8.
ESTABHSBEi) 1832
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THREE IHERICM FR174TES DID IT. j AEREEHEHT BIS BEEN REUSED IT BERLIN "Catflj Lj.se , TWrWl
Giy8 French Ctvillians of Thiacourt i Between the German Saldfers and Work-
Greatest Thrill of Their Li:es. mens mm ana in whiuun
With the -'American Forces in Copenhagen, Nov. 25 - An
France, Nov. iT-It was three agreement has been reached be
American privates who gave the tween the German Soldiers and
French Givilhans of the German.
occupied village of Thiacourt
the creates t thrill of their lives
For four years they had been
waiting, and then the Americans
came.
When the three privates an
advance srtiard of SWarms of
the government, it is officially
announced inBerlin.
The agreement provides:
1 All political power is to be
mi the hands of a German socia
list republic, and the Soldiers'
and Workmen's Council.
"2 Their aim is to defend and
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other Americans in their wake develop wua u uu vW
-- :u- a- viliao-e by the revolution, and to sup-
of Thiacourt, not a soul was in press all counter revolutionary
4 Via o foof o Rut rxri tViin a few activity.
5-n.il amonirthe -3-Pending election of r epre-
ArA Avians that the sedatives of Soldiers' and Work
& . it.. a I man Council to an executive
Americans were me ,auu wcu . ..
a a .v.ir.ri it, council of the German ' rep ubhc,
droves from the cellars where the executive council in Berlin is
i,0nv,Ka0 initio- in tP.rror to exercise its functions.
- , , aJ '4t.h-Thfl arroomtment and
lor two aays ana mgnis auu "
'1,11. and na-nnm dismissal of all members of var
4v,.,mo c;v hundred Herman ious legislative bodies of the re
tidier who were delighted with public and until final constitution
Investigate Their
Al though the gelation of the
act of chewing the cud to the
natural process of digestion in
cattle improbably guite generally
understood, the United States
Department frequently receives
inquiries concerning proper treat
ment for cattle which have Host
fiimV ttA " ViP imnrcasion ao
parently being that the cud istcow;
something which can mecnani-
cally disappear, and when so lost
must be replaced, m order to re
store the animal to health.
Rumination lof cattle chewing
their cud is. a natural orocess in
the idea of giving up.
The offensive of the first Ameri
can army, which wiped out tb"
St Mihiel salient, began on a
Thursday morning and it was a
Saturday afternoon when the
wearv Americans reached Thia
court, hungry and fatigued from
fast walking in their eagerness
tokeeooace with Abe fleeing
t iT
i . 1 8 T"k ! . i. n
is estaousnea, or trr ussia, are iv
be made by the central executive
council, which also has the right
of coutrol.
5th Before the cabinet ap
points assistant ministers, trie
executire council must be consulted.
6th A convention of depu-
ues drawn irom soldiers ana
workmen's councils is to be sum-
As the Americans poured into moned as sooa Posslble"
the village and the French real
ized more and -more that again I Keen Young.
Thiacourt had come into her own Peopled with bad backs and
men stood in the streets and wak kidneys are apt to feel old
cried openly and women sat at sixty. Many old folks say
about on doorsteos and bits of Doan's Kidnev Pills help them
wept until near exhaustion. Anc case:
in the contusion the children N. Dunham, retired farmer,
children cheered but even some 523 Park Ave., says: "1 suffered
of them, the older ones realizing with my back and other symtoms
what it all meant, cried too ano 0f kidney trouble. 1 nad a auii,
kissed the hands of the officers heavy ache in my back that took
and men. th 5 life out me, and when I tried
What food they had :on hand to bend, sharp, cutting pains
the French turned over 'to ithe wuld go through me and it was
Americans, the villagers insisting I almost imoossible for me to
upon the Americans taking all I strighen. Black specks ap
they wanted of what they had. J peared before my eyes and I
Som the streets and in the hous- was so dizzy I could hardly,
es. some of them occupied only a stand. My kidneys acted irre-
few hours previously by German gularly and the secretions were
nffirartftanrl men. the Americans hi hlv colored and nainful in
made themselves at home, for alnassase. I was advised to try
short breathing spell, and ibe Doan's Kidney Pills and got some
"Prtirli nnnulation of the village I at t hp Smith Drusf Go. Doan's
endeavored to satisfy the appe- fixod me up in tine shape, entire-
tite of their deliverers. ly emoving every symptom of
From the time the Germ?s kidney trouble. Doan's finally
reached Thiacourt in September, cu ed me."
iqu. until a few davs after the 60c. at all dealers. Foster-
village had been retaken by MilburnCo, Mfgrs, Buffalo, N Y.
American troops, the civilians
W$ ir Forecast, lit December, 1918.
vjfom 3 to 10 rain, some change
able, some stormy south, west
'a!4Wth.
j35om 10 to 17, colder,- threats
emng snow, and rain, some bliz
zard! cold-along.
rim 17 to 25, cold with snow
and jcain aloner snow storms
northwest to north eest, cold
wlnHs along, threatening hard
:&ffam 25 to Janurary 3, 1919,
f a&rith rain and snow alonff be present
inia otii rnM rrsntrU The President said he will be
w&ner along. in close touch by cable and
December shows more rain and wireless and that Coagress will
Quasi ((an T o of m rn f Vi atlfl ffA I know all that he does on the
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Ansmceiflis Intentian to Go to Paris Fer Adspts Resubt! C;;:j tfes tnpzi
the FeacfiGonfansnce. . v. Chances U CiUf s Earcrdix to py .
Washington, Dec. 2. In an ' Salisbury. Nov. 20, 1918.
address to Congress-ttf joint ses- Whereas certain interest A and
sion todays President Wilson influences are being brought to
formally announced his intention bear upon membership of ; the
to go to Paris for the peace con- Farmer's Union throughout
ference, saying the allied coun- North Carolina, and in view of
tries h'ave accepted the princi- certain proposed changes in the
oles enuciated by htm for peace, laws governing this body to be
and it is his paramount duty to brought up at the forthcoming
annual session of the state orga
nization at Wilson, and
Whereas we believe a great
gams is
the state
connection with the digestion hatdl weather with some warm otner sine, xveiernng w ni an-
.f - iii j 4. I Ai-, xrrt4t, romiitia Inouncement tnat the v rencn ana
mals In ruminants the tood wi sudden changes, mis "uau .8wuuiw
t?ttt moved all cable restrictions on
wnen nrsi.. ia&ea iuiu iuc oiuw iruiuw xiaai i
arii i imnerfectlv chewed, and R 3-lSalisburv. N. C. transmission ot news or tne con
i returned to tho mouth for re-' - ifcSte this all who are liviner in ference to America, the Presi-
mastication. This returned vafWus localities will witness dent said he had taken over the
ball of food is termed "the cud." fheat storms and heavy hails American Cable systems
v'qtt 9ft v a Tntia 9.nth. on exoert advice, so a3 to make a
Denartment exolains. is simolv a m in North Carolina and unified system available.
He exoressed the hooe that he
Suspension Ol CUC WlUg t iicucui- I vvm: vaiunuai afauMaAjr jw"v i j 1
WnnenftVie first indications ot rou&h. Februarv fair and clear, woum nave vine co-operauon 01
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sickness in any kind of ruminant cold. March, some rough the public and ot Congress, sav-
c; rnmiti a f general- Xrird wet month. Mav drv to the inff tnrougn tne caoie ana wire
ly stop chewing the cud when 2&U 1919. Showing up to me less constant counsel and advice
feeline- out of condition. Any bv' atoon chauere times along. would be possible.
Ak.'. nronoroi I Tsfiro iiie rarii npnnif'si Mucn ot uis aaaress was ae-
health of cattle mav result in attention, not knowing-how much voted to tne rauroaa prooiem,
for which the President said he
wnwi ii-ti w i i r i fit aril-" w i iijj . f uu 1 1 1 1 . l u i ijulli oj uaLuaic v-w w vv &a w ma w i - -
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is almost certain to oe an inter- inis ,ovemoer i tu.
ruption of this process when
there is any pronounced disturb
ance of digestion.
Placing wads of hay in the
mouth, the use of all salt porks
and similar methods for restoring
the cud are the outcome of local
superstition and a lack -of
knowledge concerning the diges
ivoe&-oe-o;mr-Itts.tead
of such treatment, an effort
should be made to determinethe
exact nature of the illness affect
ing1 the cow with a view to ap
plying proper treatment.
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fflisMy'sMtter. - -
Tri a recent letter Mrs D W
I4ejfi of Litchfield, 111,, says,
l,iave used Chamberlain's
'fatfits for disorders of the slm
achflnd as a laxative, and' have
tdatji them a quick and sure re-
If vou are troubled with
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mdif iestion or constipation
tabh js will do you good.
machine for personal
about to be formed in
union, therefore
Resolved that Mulberry Local
No. 451 Farmers' Union places
itself on record opposing: :
1 The increasing of yearly dues
from $1.00 to $5.00 per year.
2 The increase in salary of
state president to $3,000 per y;ar
with expenses. s
3 The increase in state secre-
ary-treasury's salary 2,500
jer year with all expenses.
4 Tho increase in salary of the
rganizer lecturer to $2,500 per
ear with alt expenses.
The re-election of Dr HfQ
Alexander as state president.
Resolved further, that copies
of these articles be mailed the
dififeKt locals in this county,
witlf'tie "requt ttfaKiay. take
similar action, that copies be
furnished the ddegatesJroni
this county to the state union,
and that they be requested to
fight these proposed changes,
that copies of- these resolutions
these
President said he
Suppoi k the County Paper.
RvWnbli&hinsr the man v notices hoped to see a formal declaration
jr nig iuici ii&aiiukubi t
It may be confidently expected that$Lre being seut by different of peace by treaty "by the time
with an c-pproacliing return of tiovrnmenc aepartmenis xo toe spring naa come.
: i A f conflW naners. the uubhshers No definite program of recon-
health, there will be a restora- are flying the public information struction can be outlined now
: c j.t c iv, whinfl ithA Government desires Mr Wilson said, but as soon as
lion oi me process m mc uiutcaj i 5 - i , .
of digestion, including the func- tbemto receivo in the only pos the armistice was signed tne gov
a 1 VlKS tVV ,y iu vCku w o givciu niiuvun ciuuicui wutui ui u mj ia-o-j uuv.
putting the Government to an industry was released as far as
enorfious expense. The publish possible. He expressed the hope
ot rile.AivAs not.hinsr but sr rati that fiontrress would not obiect
tudelfroin the Government for to conferring upon the, war trade
his services, and that is all he board or some other agency the
experts from the Government, right of fixing export priorities
But ijie publisher has a right to to assure shipment of food to the
expo; it the support o: nis com starving peoples a oroaa.
mun y the"same as a soldier at
has no solution to otter He re-
commended a careful stuay by
Uongress1. saying it would te a
disservice to the country and to
the railroads to pet mi t a return
to old conditions under private
management, without modifica
tions. . 4
The President declared he I be released to the press of Hhe
stood ready to release the rail-1 state;
KAnila frrt tki' orrtverrtment Wn- 1 ' PaaaAr! at a Aflriiiai", meetinff, of
trol whenever a. satfaxtorypt
of readjustment could be worked Union held Tuesday night, Kor
vember 19; 1918.
T. D. BROWN, Sec,
out.
The
lion of rumination or cud chew
ing.
Holds Socialists to Blame For War.
tfew York World
At a meetiug of pro war So
cialists recenlly. in New Star
Casino, Frank 3ohm, one of the
leaders of the party, declared:
'If any group of people is re
sponsible for every criminal act
committed during this ,war, that
crowd is the Socialist majority, Stat L down to the ofiacers of
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ieaaersnip or uermany.
Few Escape.
There are few indeed who es
cape having at least one cold
during the winser months, and
they, are fortunate who have but
one and get through .with it
quickly and without any serious
consequences. Take Chambe-
Iain's Cough Remedy and observe
the directions with each -bottle,
and you are likely to be one of
the fortunate ones. The worth
and merit of this remedy has
been fully proven. There are
arvmg peoples aoroaa. f amilieg whQ faave
As to taxation, the President 1 .
were entirely without fresh meat
of any kind excepting now and
then a chicken or a rabbit which
was raised in cellars without the
knowledge of the Germans. All
the cattle in the region of Thia -court
" were taken by the
Germans, but the cows being
left to furnish milk for the babies
Until the United States entered
the war food was sent to Thia
court by way of the Netherlands
hv the American relief commit
j
tee and later by a 'Spanish relief
committee. This consisted prin
cipally of bacon flour, sugar rice,
beans, peas and some cocoa. Two
boxes of condensed milk were
received in Thiacourt. each month
and now and then a shipment of
salt meat. Twice several boxes
of American shoes arrived for
the inhabitants and at long inter
vals there were small shipments
of clothing-
During the four years occupa
tion by the Germans none of the
civilians was allowed to leave
the t wn. ' However on one or
two occassions individuals were
permitted to Visit atacarby vil-
lage to attend iae luneral oi re'a
tives 'accotapamed by a
guard.
Mtm Catching Blockers.
Revenue Officer Talbort,
Sherriff Krider and Deputy
Skerriff Rankin, confiscated a
car and about five and a half gal
lons of booze last Thursday near
E lis Cross Roads in Franklin
Township. After they has shot
Bohm said American Social-
ists exoected the Kaiser to act
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like a Kaiser- expected Prussian
field marshals to live up to their
titles. "But we expected Ger
man Socialist to be Socialists,
and in that we were greviously
disappointed. All the leading
politicians and writers of the
German Socialist party acted
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up the rear tires of the fleeing the miserable vermin they
au'omobile. the three men in the
ca? got away. Officers Kennedy
and Talbort captured an automo
bile and a quantity of whiskey at
Concord, and on the same day
made out a case against a Cabar
rus drug store on a charge of
manufacturing whiskey, and al
so destroyed 3000 gallons of beer
at a place in Davie County where
blockaders were preparing
tojnake a run. The shack in
which they were operating was
also destroyed. The 'officers
have i he names of those in the
cases, but are withholding them
for the present.
were and still are.
Mr Bohm declared that Ameri
can Socialists should accept the
ideals of President Wilson, as
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the font expects and deserves it. endorsed the plan for levying
H?1isrh Government officials, t6.000.000.000 in 1919 arid for
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fro ritHe President of the United notifying the public in advance
otat v aown to tne omcers oi that ths iy2U levy win oe
the I Hate, have expressed tiieir 000,000,000,
than, ks to the county publisher The new three vear 'naval
"Thr countrv publishers are building program was endorsed,
t-, - o m. o ' r o
doinJ more to win this war than because the president said it would pershing,
any i(ther class of mon," is a be unwise to attempt to adjust he Ameri
statement often made oy nign the American program to a tu
officfUs. ture world policy as yet undeter-
Aliost everv reader of the mined.
courfry paper and every adver Paying tribute to the people's
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use ;is aomg an ijo ua.u xux- kuo conauct.in war, ne spoKc parucu
boyjat the front. We are sorry larly of the work of women, and
to sf:-v there are a few who don't against appeal . for woman
app-eciate the service rendered suffrage by federal amendment,
by o jir soldiers.
used it for years when troubled
with a cough or cold, and with
the very best results.
Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic
Declaring he had no "private
Almost everv reader of tho thought or purpose" in going to
the working classes of our allies country paper and every adver Europe, but that he regarded it
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nave uuue. uc nuvutaitu -"v t tisek is aoinK suLuptuiuii uu as ms mgeiesi uuiv, ine xrresi-
ShOUld SUStain the j' -.- fV,Q nntr-ir mnor Rllt L4. AAaA. Tf ia nnm mv Anrr
Socialists
President of the United
States
Pershing CarapaifQ Formally Launched.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 25 A
campaign for election of John J
commander in chief of
the American Army Expedition
ary Forces in France, to the
presidency in 1920 was formally
lauched in Ohio today by an ap
plication to the secretary of state
for incorporation of the Pershing
Republican League.
Former United States Senator
Chas Dick, of Akron and four
teen other prominent Republi
cans of Akron and Summit
County are sponsors of the move
ment. Mr Dicks name beads
the list of fifteen names who
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ame l naa improvea in every, i suij t
a I A . ' J . T T A M..1.-J
BOiaierl gL.T.jggtb blood. Yai oksx tost, feel tu Strengthr I y f A.
imn.Iaviaatin4 Effect. Price 68c I JetterSOtt Llty, MO.
JK -1 i - ' , tne list oi niiieen names
and vote "in the highest inter- H4iOBU7 -,J lo ,1v iMil ?? - . signed the articles which were
ests of the international working arelso a few who don t appre good what they, American sold- presented the secretary today ,
glass ciatS the service rendered. Ren iers offered their life's blood to
ncxiiowa; ximes. obtain. I . - A
...i-i i. i - . ... 1 limited to tne democratic side.
...... 1 1 m iriu, riiiL ue at uiioo jusui n.Mn0fij rArwocn a ti i i -
SfOniaCn lrOQBie, varf?.n Qt inst how to snnDort , ' Tnterruotion of the address for
"Rpfnre T used CKamherlain's voir home oaner. Thi is done arose ana dppiauaea. voci erous y . t,scll had vn threat -
- : when the President announced, ri w" " ,
T1V.14-o T Anf4-rraA o rrf on f riaol I Vtt (.llKon ninT TOT it. Stlfl. What 1 ' - ' - t : 1 J V. Bn.tx T?or11 Vlllf-a rl mom.
,ov, A,iKi f0it is rf;ore important, paying for it. his intention oi going m person ;
Vinn oo Ai tint tna.
, ol1 f- To vake apaper, groceries or
vous and tired all the time. clog,f;onr another without
These Tablets helped me from rjavcrig for same, cannot be con-
t he first, and inside of a week's I sidred as help or even friend
to the , peace , conference, ihe
Republican side was silent and
so were many of the Senators on
both sides of the chamber.,
sThe President concluded after
I speaking forty-two minutes, and
bers of the house did
terialize.
The Quinine That Does Not Affect the Heed
Because of its tonic and laxative effect. LAXA
TIVE BROMO QUININE is better than ordinary
Ouinine and does sot cause nervousness nor.
, - X , h, 7l , BnrinsrinbeiuL KemessberCne fnU name ana
u; War Savinga Stamps left the chamber amidst applause SXtoilke itwfrroi b.w.gxovb. aoc.
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