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IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINQB OF THI§ AND OTHER NATIONS FOR BEVEN DAYS GIVEN fHE NEWS J)F_THE SOUTH What It Taking Place In Tha South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Foreign Advices to Helsingfors, Finland, re port Nikolai Lenine, the Russian Bol shevik premier, has been placed un der arrest in Moscow. Lenine is said to have ordered the arrest of Trotzky, but, like Haman, found himself in the toils. A reign of terror against the Bol sheviki is reported in full swing in Moscow. The German government's appeal to General von der Goltz's troops to withdraw from the Baltic provinces has proven successful. The troops have declared themselves willing to return. The British steamer Sizerga Castle has been sunk a', sea. The Afel re ports she has taken the crew of the British steamer on board. A Helsingfors dispatch says the Bol shevik government is willing to begin peace discussions with representatives of the Baltic states at Dorpat, Livo nia, it is declared by the Soviet for eign minister. A French major and three soldiers were wounded in a riot at Sarrebruck. in occupied Germany. The riot is said to have grown out of a labor demon stration against the high cost of liv ing in which the Spartacans joined From one labor difficulty the Brit ish government passes to another. No sooner is the railway men's wage cri sis surmounted or deferred than the miners' demands for the nationaliza tion of m.nes confronts the cabinet. Denial that the Japanese threaten ed t3 back the Cosascks against the Americans in the recent incident at Iman, north of Vladivostok, or that any apology was demanded by the Americans, is made a statement is sued by the Japanese general staff at Tokio. Frequent introduction of anti-Japan ese legislation in the legislature of California is .one of the reasons for irritation against the United States in Japan, said Baron Yoshiro Saka tani, financial adviser to China, speak ing at a meeting under the auspices of the American-Japanese societies at Tokio. Domestic Forty-seven airplanes, piloted with one exception by American military aviators, started from Mineola to blaze an aerial trail 5,400 miles across the continent and return, in the great est speed, endurance and reliability contest in history, while from San Francisco fifteen planes took the air for the east. Eight accidents in which three per sons were killed and one injured had been reported to the headquarters of the American Flying Club at Mineola, which is co-operating with the army air service in conducting the great trail-blazing aerial contest. Judge Elbert H. Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation, a represen tative of the unsuspecting public, has unconsciously projected into the na tional industrial conference the issue upon which the pai'ley between capi tal and labor promises to function or fail. The great national steel strike offers one of the fundamental dif ferences between employers and em ployes which must be dealt with be fore any material progress can be made. The employers and organized labor have come to grips over this is sue. Married folks paid by far the larg est proportion of the revenue derived from the income tax during the calen dar year 1917, but single men who are "heads of families" and other single men also contributed a considerable amount. A national budget system complete ly reforming the existing financial plan of the government has been fa vorably reported by Chairman Good of the senate committee on budget. The measure provides that the presi dent shall submit a budget to the con gress instead of the present system of "estimation." Federal control of commerce in sugar until December 31, 1920, to pre vent increased prices to consumers, is proposed in a bill sent to the sen ate committee investigating the sugar situation by W. A. Glasgow, counsel for the food administration. Cincinnati, by defeating Chicago the best 5 out of 9 games is champion of the baseball world. The Cincinnati pitchers were too strong for Chicago, and in many respects the greatest baseball machine in the world was sent "to the bushes." Hundreds of persons, headed by Sheriff Hicks and his deputies, en gaged in a hunt for a man and wom an, who, it is charged, killed A. J. Elkin, Bibb county, Georgia, farmer, and attacked his brother-in-law, Tom Sawyer. Sawyer is in a critical con dition. The forty-fourth tri-ennial conven tion of the Protestant Episcopal Church is in session in Detroit, Mich. The convention will last three weeks, and many of the most prominent churchmen of the country are in at tendance. Important prayer book re vision will fee made. The Southeastern Fair, an annual event at Atlanta, Ga., threw open its doors Saturday, October 11, and will remain open until October 18. Every one of the big exhibiL buildings was ready for the opening, something unique for fairs. The Republican leaders in the Sen ate boldly claim that 49 senators will support the Johnson amendment to the peace treaty. This is the amendment designed to give the United States an equal number of votes with Great Britain. Gabriele Hansen, self-styled psycho analytical detective of Memphis, Ten nessee, who has brought about the arrest of three persons in connection with the murder of Robin J. Cooper, appeared at the office of the district attorney at Nashville, and the district attorney makes the statement tbat the package contained convincing pvi dence of the detective's power. The district attorney says that Hansen is a genius, and has given the best prac tical analysis of a baffling case which the police had given up that he has ever heard. Joe Turner of Greenville, S. C., killed two policemen and got away, but a searching party is hot on hi 3 trail. To encourage the building of homes, a federal system of home-loan banks is proposed by the department of la bor. This is a measure which was warmly advocated by the Progressive party, which died in Chicago in 1916. Washington The country's enormous corn crop has run unharmed the gauntlet of dangers that it faced during the doubtful days and nights of Septem ber, and lays into the lap of mellow October 43,000,000 bushels more of ripened ears than it could promise at the beginning of the month. Slow but continued progress over a period of several days has brought such an improvement in President Wilson's condition that his physicians announce that he is much stronger. Southern senators are closely watch in gthe developments in the disposal of surplus sea island cotton now in the hands of the government. Sena tor William J. Harris stated that a great many inquiries were being made of the director of sales concerning the special cotton, and that a good price was expected to be secure dbefore any more sales were maded. Much excitement in political circles and extended comment in the press has been caused by reported receipt of warnings from Great Britain and the United States to Italy with re gard to the situation at Fiume, says a Rome dispatch. Legislation designed to put into ef fect the famous article 27 of the Mex ican constitution against which Amer ican, British, Dutch and rFench gov ernments have protested on the ground that it would lead to confisca tion of foreign owned petroleum de posits, has met with a check in the Mexican senate. That body refused to pass the bill. The United States has granted a credit of $15,000,000 to Ukraine. This money will be used for the purchase of United States goods. Concentration of practically all available army flying stations along this country at the air stations along the southern border has been announc ed by the war department under "rec ommendation of the director of air service." Heavily Increased use of sugar in candy, soft drinks, ice cream and oth er luxuries in the United States dur ing the first nine months of 1919, it is announced by the United States su gar equalization board, means that such over-indulgence in sweets "must r.ow be curtailed in some sections of the country for the next three months." Drawers of checks who have no funds in the bank to cover them are going to find much harder sledding after the new banking law goes into effect on January 1, 1920. The new law makes the drawing of a check without funds to cover it prima facie evidence of fraud. All that the so licitor will have to do will be show the bad check. Then it will be up to the accused to show that he wrote it without criminal intent. Col. Rudloph Medek, chief of the mu reau of military affairs and represen tative of the Czecho-Slovak ministry of war in Siberia, who is in Wash ington, charges that the Czecho-Slo vak army is the prey of speculators, and is seeking the aid of the United States in getting the soldiers back home. Inquiry into reported cases of haz ing at the naval academy at Annapo lis has been ordered by Secretary Daniels. The secretary's action fol lowed the reported attempt at suicide by two midshipmen, which reports have said was a result of persecution by upper classmen. Secretary Daniels says: "I would have no hesitancy in expelling a hundred midshipmen from the academy if I found they had been implicated in hazing of any descrip tion." The senate military committee has unanimously recommended the appro priation of fifteen million dollars for army aircraft construction. Mrs. LaSalle Corbell Pickett, widow of Gen. George E. Pickett, the fam ous Confederate leader, is slowly re covering at her home in Washington from an attack of nervous exhaus tion brought on by overwork during the world war. Mrs. Pickett had in tended to go to the Atlanta reunion, but her physicians would not permit her to make the trip. Complying with suggestions made by various members of the supreme council, the Jugo-Slav government has given special instructions to all the Jugoslav officers to avoid clashes with the Italians. THE COURIER, FOREST CITY, N. C NEW BUREAU OF MINES LABORATORIES IN PITTSBURGH j i An elaborate program was arranged for the formal dedication, September -9 to October 1, of these new laborn tories of the federal bureau of mines in Pittsburgh. Inset is a portrait of Dr. Van H. Manning, director of the bureau. Answering Censes Questions Will Help Out Farm Profits Full and Fair Replies When the Enumerator Calls Are Likely to Aid the Farmer to Success —Every Question That Will Be Asked Is an Essential Question —Not Too Early to Get Facts Ready tor Census Man. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) Washington.—When the census enu merator conies around to the farm shortly after January 1 next year, he will ask some questions that may sound like prying into the purely per sonal affairs of the farmer. Now, the farmer, like every other self-respect ing man, dislikes having his private affairs peeped into and, unless he thinks about this thing in advance, may have a disposition to be unrespon sive if not actually resistant. In actual fact, every question that the enumerator will ask is an essential question and has a direct bearing on the personal welfare and prosperity of the individual farmer as well as upon the advancement of the agricul ture of the nation as a whole. When the bureau of the census de cided to take the farm census in Jan uary instead of in April, it did so upon the advice of the United States department of agriculture. The farm er is less likely to be very busy In January than at the spring planting and breeding season, and his products and live stock are in better shape for statistical treatment. Also, every new question —and there are a number of them —inserted in the agricultural schedule was placed there afler con sultation with the department of agriculture and for the purpose of clearing up some specific situation in which the department of agriculture is trying to aid the fanner. Here are some questions that will be asked: "Do you own all of this farm?" "Do you rent from others part but not all of this farm?" "Do If You Aim to Climb This Ladder, Tell the Census Enumerator All the Facts About Yourself So That the Government Can Help You. you rent from others all of this farm?" "If you rent all of this farm, what do you pay as rent?" "If you own all or part of this farm, was there any mortgage debt or other en cumbrance on the land so owned on January 1, 1920?" "What was the to tal amount of debt or incumbrance on land on this farm owned by you, Jan uary 1, 1920?' Pertinent—Not Impertinent. "What the Sam Hill," you may in quire, "has the government got to do with how much money I owe on my laud?" Well, two of the things to which the department of agriculture has been giving deepest thought dur ing the past several years are farm tenancy and rural credits. The past three censuses have shown an in crease in the number of tenants. Alarmists have felt —and said —that the country is going to the bow-wows by the landlord route. The department of agriculture, however, looked into the matter as well as it was able, and refused to be alarmed. Where it was able to make surveys it discovered that while the number of tenants 25 years old was greater in 1910 or 1890. the number of tenants 45 years old ivas considerably smaller in 1910 than in 1900 or 1890. The inference is that tenancy is a step toward ' ownership, that the young fellow who becomes a tenant farmer when he marries, say, is likely to be a farm owner before his first child is grown—the farm paid for and the money that used to go to pay off the mortgage available for sending the children to college. Now to the department of agricul ture that looks like a thoroughly nor mal, healthy and beneficial process. To just the extent that tenancy leads to farm ownership, it is a good thing for the country and for the individual. Full Answers Essential. But it has not been possible to get a complete, nation-wide survey of the situation. The forthcoming census offers the opportunity for doing that. If every farmer will answer the enumerator's questions fully and fair ly the department of agriculture will have the data from which to analyze the situation accurately and to deter mine what things can be done to best advantage to. help the tenant in his aspiration to become a farm owner. One of the directions that aid may take is encouragement of rural cred its finding all of the ways possible of helping the young farmer to get the money that he needs to borrow. It is necessary, therefore, to know what proportion of farmers who advance from tenants to owners have to bor row money to make the change, and how much, in proportion to total value of the farms bought, they have to borrow. The road toward ownership does not necessarily start with tenancy. A great many farm owners were first farm hands, then tenants, then owners with a mortgage, then owners debt free. The census will show, if the questions are answered fairly, how many years, if any, every farmer worked for wages; how many years he was a tenant; and how many years he has been an owner. The depart ment of agriculture will have the basic information it needs to help men to success in farm ownership. Other Important Queries. Here are some oilier questions that will be asked: "Has this farm a tele phone?" "Is water piped Into the operator's house?" "Has the opera tor's house gas or electric light?" Now that looks like an effort to find out whether or not the farm fam ily has the modern comforts—and it is just that, but it means something more than mere inquisitiveness. Sev eral months ago, when the bureau of farm management was in process or reorganization the secretary of agriculture called a conference of heads of schools, social workers and others from all over the country. When the people were assembled in Washington, he asked their opinion as to the most useful thing that could be done by the offiee of farm manage ment. For a whole day those people discussed the matter. Just before night, with a score of items on the ballot, they took a vote. The work of promoting the comfort and con venience of the farm home received an overwhelming majority of the votes. That, then, is one of the things that the department of agriculture is try SEEK JOBS FOR CONVICTS Dr. E. E. Dudding, founder and head of the Prisoners' Relief society, and his assistant. Miss Evelyn Abbott. The society has organized a campaign to raise a million dollars from n mil lion people. One of its chief activi ties is the placing of ex-convicts in suitable jobs, 5,000 having been placed last year. The headquarters of the society are in Washington. Doctor Dudding is himself an ex-convict, who has devoted his life to prison relief work without pay. ing to do in aid of the farm popula tion of this country. In order to do the work intelligently, the depart ment needs as full information as possible as to how the farm homes of the country are equipped for com fort and convenience. Another Way to Help. Every farmer will be asked how many acres of drained land he has and how many other acres of land there are on his farm that could be made suitable for cultivation if they were tile-drained or ditch-drained. When these questions are asked you. remember that they are asked every one of your neighbors. Possibly you have a tract of land that would be the most productive field on your farm if you could get the surplus wa ter out of it, but you can not do it because, to be effective, the drainage ditch would have to go far beyond the borders of your own farm, would have to be a county enterprise, and the county has not seen fit to do any thing about it. If that be true, several of your neighbors have land that should be drained. If all of you tell the census enumerator how many acres you have that need drainage, the department of agriculture will have the facts to show what is needed in your community. When the oppor tunity offers, it will be in position to do what it may to secure for you what you need. Those things are fairly typical of the questions that will be asked in taking the agricultural census. In order to answer all of the questions intelligently, the farmer will have to think about the matter a little before the enumerator calls on him. He ought to give the enumerator the most accur ate information he can. What the indi vidual farmer tells the enumerator is likely to benefit any number of other farmers. It is not too early now to get the facts straight in your mind. Love for Hairless Dog Lands Mexican in Jail Dallas, Tex. —His love for a hairless' dog from Chihuahua, the home of his birth, got Jazza Morales in jail this week. The dog catcher hooked the Mexi can's canine and took him to the city pound. Morales went to the pound and demanded his friend. When he was refused he broke the gates down and attempted to take the dog. He was arrested. Morales' canine £ went the way of hundreds of £ others —the gas route. TO AMERICANIZE ALL FOREIGNERS 0 GREAT PERCENTAGE OF THOSE WORKING IN STEEL MILLS CANNOT SPEAK ENGLISH. HECESSIRR FOR LEGISLATION Many of Those Who Cannot Speak Language Yearning to Learn It and Only Want Opportunity. Washington. Americanization ot foreigners should be an immediate ef fort of Congress through legislation, declared Senator Kenyon, of lowa, chairm&n of the senate labor commit tee, which returntd from an investiga tion of the steel strike in the Pitts burgh dstrict. Asserting that about half of the steel workers are of foreign birth and cannot read, write or speak English, Senator Kenyon said one of the first aims of Congress as a result of the committee inquiry should be Ameri canization legislation. In a formal statement Senator Ken yon said: "I do not desire to discuss the steel strike, nor the reasons nor causes therefor at this time. The commit tee has not as yet completed their in vestigation. I think it permissible to say, however, that the committee re* turned from the Pittsburgh district strongly in favor of some Ameiicani zation bill. When you find that in some of these mills over 50 per cent of the workmen cannot read, write, or speak the American language; when it is necessary in these mils to publish or ders in all kinds of languages, it is time for the American people repre sented by the American Congress to givo determined consideration to some plan of affording these foreign citizens an opportunity to learn what the institutions of America stand for and to become Americanized. "Many of those who cannot speak our language are yearning to know it and want the opportunity to learn about our institutions. Most of them have subscribed for Liberty bonds but how can they know anything about Americr - institutions when they cannot speak America's lan guage. BOTH SIDES CLAIMING GAINS IN STEEL STRIKE. Pittsburgh.—Steel companies whose plants are operating in the Pitts burgh dstrict continued to report steady progress toward normal condi tions. No announcement of addition al mills starting up came from any where in the Pittsburgh district, but several in other steel centers were reported as having begun operations. Neither were there any claims made of large numbers of men returning to work in plants that have been work ing. LITTLE CHANGE NOTICED IN PRESIDENT'S HEALTH Washington. President Wilson's con«i:tion remains rruci the same as for several days said a bulletin issued by his physicians. Dr. Grayson said that while he would insist that the president re main quiet and not participate in af fairs of state, some occasion might arise where he would have to give his consent to the president taking ex ecutive action. He added that the president's mind was clear. ANOTHER TEST OF STRENGTH IMMINENT OVER PEACE PACT Washington—lmminence of another test of strength in the senate contro versy over the German peace treaty overtops in interest and importance all matters likely to come before con gress for several days. Leaders in the treaty fight regard an early vote on the Sfoantaung amendments to the past as assured and hope that with in ten days all other amendments can be disposed of. STRIKE OF LONGSHOREMEN IS DENOUNCED BY GOMPERS New York. The longshoremen's strike was denounced as a violatior of "the fundamental principles of the American Federation of Labor" by Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, in a letter received by T. V. O'Connor, president of the International Long shoremen's Union. The strike was unauthorized by the union and Mr O'Connor has endeavored to induce the men to return to work. CLEMENCEAU ANNOUNCES HE WILL LEAVE THE CABINET Paris. —Premier Georges Cl°mpnceau has declared to a number of deputies that he has made up his mind to leave the cabinet after the coming eleo tions. The premier, speaking on the con troversy which has arisen over th« government's plan, is quoted as say ing he knew fresh onslaughts wer« being planned against him with th« object of bringing on a debate at U the cabinet'* general policy.
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