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fOL. XL MO. ID DR.ALEXANDER NAMED . TO SUCCEED HIMSELF. I Loyalty R—ulU in HU Union Hm4. Winston-Salem, No*. 16^- Not w»th out opposition, Dr. H. Q. Alexander, of Mecklenburg, wh« attained rnnsid arable notoriety una weak* ago he cause of hi* speerhea dealing with the war which *ome person* styled un patriotic, was today re-elected prael ident of the North Carolina Farmer*' anion anembly in annual convention in tfcia cHy. Dr. Alexander'* name wae placed in aomination thia morning with one op ponent T. H. Parker, of Raleigh. When the vote wa* taken, however, the doctor'* lent I wa* apparently so great that the friend* of Mr. Parker sagga*tn<l that the nomination *hould be unanimou* and thU was done. Perhape the most potent factor in the choice of the Mathewa physician to aucceed himaalf wan hi* evident patrio tic attitude manifested throughout the covantion. It is said that he had mada declaration* hare which convinc ed his a**ociataa that he was whole heartedly supporting the war program It waa he who introduced the resolu tion indorsing the government and pledging the loyalty of the organisa tion in support of war measures. Other officers elected were J. M. Templeton, of Cary, Vice president; E. C.Fares, of Aberdeen, secretary-treaa urer; J. Z. Cireen, of Union county, organiaer and lectuiar; G. M. Glover, of Rowan county, county conductor; J. H. Iiendren of Wilkes county, door keeper; G. M. Duke, of Franklin coun ty, chaplain. | IH itr aimmiltw mi eewewl _ «|7flw Mtowta'r mentoi: W'.'B.' Gibson, of Statesville; C. T. Weatherly of Greensboro; W. H. Moore, of Bruce C. C. Whight, of Hunting Creek; R. £. Dixon, of Wilson. Those as dele gates to the national convention which will be held i Jonesboro, Ark., are Dr. Clarece Poe, of Raleigh; W. G. Lnid sey, of Madison; Orlin Crews, of Rowan county, and Mr. ' Bailep, of Davidson. Before adjournment of the conven tion another "ringing resolution of loyalty" was adopted unanimously and without discussion. The resolution follows: "Confirmed the action taken by the North Carolina Farmers' union in passing resolutions of loyalty to the government, in its opening session, and for the purpose of defending our country against its foreign foes, the Farmers' union of North Carolina, in convention assembled, hereby in structs its executive committee to em power and direct the secretary-treas urer of the State union to invest, for the union, $10,000 in liberty loan bonds when the secretary of the Uni ted States calls for the third loan." / i' A can Party You have often heard the remark "There is no such word as can't," but we all know and realize there is such^a ward as "can," but did you •ver hear of a "can party?" Issue invitations to all members to "Come to a "can" party, co»,ie when you can, bring what you can any stay as long as you can. Admission a can of veg etables or fruit." You should have seen the mem bers tripping along on their way to • fhilathea party, each with a happy ■mile, carrying his or her can. Their names written on the cans, and piled on a table fixed for the purpose. (These may be packed securely In • box and sent to orphanage, county1 koine and poor or (old, using the proceeds for claaa funds.) During the evening, can guessing frames, also matching "can" cut from ads, pro duced mock merriment. Candy «U given as prises. Altogether it was » very enjoyable evening and rather • "candy" affair—Barwa Pbilatbea Herald. i' NO THOUGHT OF PEACE BEFORE THE YEAR "Gwmm tn Mt Wins in | Um War, but Neither art we," Say* Medill McCoriMtk. Chicago, Nov.IS.— Ruaaia'a collapaa and tha unraadineaa of the United Statu makaa hopelaa any thoofhli of paaca bafora 1919 in tha opinion of Madill MeC'onaack, rongrenaman at larga of Ullnoia, who baa juat raturned from a viait to moat of tha important fronte of tha European liattla Una. Mr. McCormick, in a >tatement to night, naid: "Tha (iarman* ara not winning tha war. "Naithar ara wa. "Tha war preaenta a stalemate from which we ara unable to extricate our aelve*, Iwcauao of tha collapaa of Rua aia anil the unreadinea* of tha United State*. Nowhere in Europe did I And an in formed aoldiar or public man who be lieved that a military deriaion could be achieved before 1919, when tha United Etatea might add effectively to pressure on the central empires. There ia practically no hope that Rua aia can be uaeful during 1918. Russia ia ao diaordered that she cannot maka war. Happily in all probality, neither can ahe make peace. IIIC icnuiI1CC3 Vl biiv rciunu |WW* era have b««n energetically spent. They are bleeding terribly. But they act "With prater energy, unity and skill than their onemiee. Thus they made a seemingly successful drive into Italy The raal object of their political foray into Venetia was partly to make cam ouAage, to conceal their steady looses from Verdun to rtwachendaele, and partly to provoke revolution in Italy. .,r; zbtzst But even so they would not have been driven back as they were if two or three divisions, debauched by the spy system of Germany had not thrown down their arms. "The French and British have a moderate preponderance in gun*, and man for man they outfight the Ger mans. "While there are still excellent Ger man divisions in Flanders, there was an appreciable diminution in the mor ale and the physical quality of the German troops on the French and British fronts. "The issue of this war will he de cided in Washington, and by the furnaces of America. "The splendid little American army which already has crossed the sea rendered a great service when the echo of the first American feet on the soil of France carried to every home the promise that strength and still more the industrial genius of America would bring succor to France. "France is fighting with heroic and dogged courage. Her steady thought ful soldiery arc ready to spend their blood and die, in the belief that Amer ica will forge the weapons to win the war." Congressmen Abroad Barely Escape Death. British Front in Belgium, Friday, Nov, 14.—<By Associated Press.)— Five members of the party of Ameri can congressmen and private citizens who are visiting the Belgium war zone had a narrow escape from death or in jury this morning when they were caught in a sudden burst of German machine gun Are wmle inspecting the front line trenches near Dixmude. • The Amuricans in danger were Con gressman, 0. C. Dili of Spokane, Washington; Congressman Charles B. Timherlake, of Colorado; Congreeman J >hn F. Miller, of Settle, Washington; Congressman Albert J oh on son, of Washington, and Former Kepresenta tive Btoat, of Montana. Nobody was hit but it was one af the peculiar freaks of fortune which soldiers call hark, because the shot came In s show WOMEN AT ASHEVILLE REFUSE TO SIGN CARDS. Ara Given Such Good Food. Washington, Nov. 16.—BmiMI Um Ulted SUUi government la not prme Using what It preachea in the matter of food conservation many of tha houMwivaa of Aahavilla and vicinity hava refused to «ign the food pledg* cards presented to (ham by acenta oi tha United Stataa food administration, Attention of tha food adminiatra tio waa called by tha Daily New* cor raapondant today to tha fact that a large numbar of woman at Aahavilla, aroused ovar tha treatment accorded tha Germans interned at tha camp lo cated at Hot Spring* have become dis gusted and have refused to join in th« movement for the conservation of food stuff* which can be uaad to fad tha al lied nations of Rurooa. And the women of Asheville have evry justification for their action. It wii learned today that the govern ment ia furnishing food to the enemies of this country interned at Hot Spring* fit to grace the table of Gen eral Pershing or any of the other warrior* now combatting the com mon enemy on the frontier in France. Nothing i* too good for these alien enemie* and their appetite* are un restricted from every standpoint. There is a va*t waste of food show ered upon them, according to the North Carolina women who have en tered a protest against r.uch consider ation being accorded the "guesta" of the nation, aa they are termed. past, ha* been .studying food condi tions at the various internment cam pa throughout the country, especially at Hot Spring*, with a view to determin ing what course he should take to eon serve the supply and put a stop to ex travagance in the various camps. The Daily News correspondent learn ed today that Mr. Hoover a r.hort timi ago, recommended to the war depart ment, whose officials have charge of most of the interned Germans, that they be given the same puality ami quantity of food seved by the Ger man government to its pri.-ioners of war. If reports reaching this coun try are to be believed, any one who falls into the hands of the Germans is given barely enough upon which to ex ist. Roth the quaility and quantity art limited to the very minimum and only sufficient food is supplied to keep life in the body. But not with thus government. Ger mans are given all the food and the highest priced food that their appe tites can crave, and yet, the American public is called upon to conserve food stuffs in every way possible. Hence the uprising amount the good women of western North Carolina and vicin ity. The war department has taken no action regarding the rei oenmeri Jation of Mr. Hoover. The official* there nay the German* are fed on the same ration* given to our own soldier* and noth.-ig more. The food ad ministra tion i* a difficulty in educating the women of North Caiolina into the br ief that a (ieiman interned in thi* country i* a* good and de*erve* th* name consideration and treatment m an American aoldiej or sailor. In thi* connection it may be inter esting to know that every m^nber of the military or naval force of Ger may interned in thi* country receive* the an) salary aa ia paid to our own officer* and men. For instance, a Ger man private who at home would pro bably receive but Ave cent* a day and not any too muck food, U paid $30 a month by thi* government during th* period of hka internment la thU coun try. Officer* of Germany are given the corresponding pay ef officers oi the United State* amy and nary. CAPTAIN ALLEN WHO DID HIS BIT. Survivor of Priacmi Pat'* Light I Mian try DiicriWi tha Mod arm Wirfu* aa Eahibited a. the Was tarn rront, Whara ha daclarua tha ultimata Bat tla Must ha Loat ud Won. (jreenaboro News, lHth. Captain J. Stuart Allan told last night of tha condition* along tha dif farant battla fronts, of tranch war fara, of attacking parties, of gaa at* tacka, and many oUrar detail* of tha graat war, in which ha haa taken an active part. Captain Allan made an addreae at tha maw meeting of tha Municipal theatre, in tha intareat of tha Had Croaa. Other apaakara of tha avan ing were Mra. Joaephua Daniela and Miaa Amy Smith, tha Y. W. C. A. South Atlantic field aacratary. Tha meeting was opened with tha Hinging of "America" by tha audience, folow ed by a aolo by Fielding Fry, "Keep the Home F:res burning." R. L. Thompaon who preaided over the meeting, introduced Mra. Daniela as • woman generally beloved by all in Raleigh, when he fiad known her as Miss Addia Bagley. ar>. uameis was giaa to d« re membered as Miss Bagley, and said *he fait that she waa talking to peo ple who knew her, and could talk in her own way. She made a very short address, and said she only wanted to bring a little word of what she had seen in other places, and what the needs are. She spoke of the work of women in Washington, who are mak ing Christmas present* for the sailors. Mrs. Daniels feeia very much interest sailor, and her son a marina. She recently returned from Ogle thorpe, and while there Hhe asked one of the boys what message he wanted to send about the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. work, and he said, "Tell them ill is the most wonderful thing in the world, and it is saving our lives." We will not go down in history as oldiera," said Mrs. Daniels, "but we *il go down as having helped the boys tn the fight." Miss Smith, who did much work ,in the different lampx. and knows the needs, made as hort address on the ways that the Y. W. C. A. can help the Red Cross. One of these ways la to keep the boyr out of the depths, to keep them from immorality. The Y. W. C. A. must help the boys, so that much of the Red Cross work will be unnecessary, she said. "The fruit of democracy is undivid ed freedom," said Mr. Thompson, who introduced Captain Allen. "Autocra cy rests on the servility of the people. We recognixe no autocracy, we main tain our own individual manhood." He *id that America is the first great democracy, and that the government has grown more rapidly than the in dividuals who make up the govern ment. There are many among us, he said, who do not feel patriotism as a duty. "The duty of those of us to whom Rod has given the vision, is to teach others, and unless we art! suc cessful in this duty, our cause will surely fat!." said Mr. Thompson. He aid that nothing would help people more than to hear the words of one, "whose actions represent the utmost that human manhood can do for its fellow man." "No body of men has ever made a more glorious record than the Princess Pat's l.ight infan try," he said. He introduces Captain Allen as the man who went to France as a private, and came back a cap tain, who suffered from wounds and is for the time being unable to fight, and is taking advantage of his rest. He said Captain Allen has come to make Greensboro people understand the things to which they aspire. faptain Allan Mid that bafora ha hagan to kU paraonal ax parl ancaa, ha wan tad to axpbtfn tha con dition* on tha virion a-fraaU. Ha •poll* ftrat of the Canadian troops, of thorn, who ware sent to >t tho outbreak at tha war. Thoy war* inauffleiently trained ud remained ka England only flva waaks far training bafora bainf aant to tha fighting lino In franca, to (111 the Ha told of tha flghting of tha Eng. Hah and Austrian troopa in Turkey, naar Conatantinopla and of tha apian did flght which thay made thara, whan they stayed in tha tranchaa from two to thraa weeks at a tima. and war* driven liack hacauaa thay wara not ■trong anough. Alio of the faiiura of tha roope In Meaopotamia whan thay wara once within two railea of Bagdad. Then ha told of tha hopeleaa situa tion in Ruaaia, which country ha de scribed aa being more of a drawback than a help. Of how the runt and food failad to reach the troopa which he ■aid waa tha direct cauae of the Run •<ian retreat. The Germane, knowing of tha wealuieaa in Ruaaia, are able to take 1,000,000 troope from the Run man front to throw against tha Ital ian!. Alao he aaid the Gorman pris onera in Ruaaia will be able to go bark to Germany, making 1,000,000 more men against whom the allies will have to flght. Captani Allan told an interesting story of Harry Lauder, the Scotch singer, who was singing in a perfor mance for some soldiers when the news reached him that his son had been killed. Ha vent through the performance, and after it was over colapeed. He afterwards went to his son's grave and some one heard him :ay, "for my country, not for my self." Some soldiers raw him there and asked him to sing for them, and He did. and so cheered then that they went hack to their trenches and fought the flght over again. Captain Allen represented the pre sent struggle as a peaceful valley, at the top of which is a dam holding back fierce waters. He represents the French and English as the dam, but dreads to think what would happen if the dam should give i 'ay. Canada, he said, lias sent 600,1)00 men. The United States, to keep up to this proportion, should send be-; tween 13.000,000 and 14,000,000 men.! He said that at the present time the British are bearing the brunt, that the French have held out so long that they are no longer as strong as they were. He told of the way the Germans fight. There are eight men, one be hind the other, three lines of them, this is what is called mass formation. The first line is the line of resistance, or casualty line. The second line is much the same, and the third line are the machine guns. He told of the bombs, the gas, liquid fire, .and burn ing oil, and alt of the horrors of these. He demonstrated the gas helmet, one which he had used during gas at tacks. During one of these attacks, he said only 125 men out of 1,000 sur vived. If they didn't die from the gas, they succumbed to tetanus, which is prevalent in Belgium. Me s-poKe 01 tne trenches, of the [ ones in Flanders, where the men are in the water all of the time, because if they dig two feet Mow the surface they strike a well of water. lie spoke of the enthusiasm with which the men iro to the front, and of how they break and are sent back temporarily insane.: He spoke at length uf the equip-! ment of the men on march, of the pack that weighed about 76 pounds, the shrapnel helmet, "that stop* everything except shrapnel," and the heavy boots. Resides this they have to walk over the French cobblestones, so that thetr walk la merely a trudge. Captain Allen told of the Engtiah method of attack, whi.h is in three waves, with >00 men in each. The first is the attacking wave, the second the intermediate wave, and the third the consolidated wave. He spoke of tkebsnifi ire, the breaking of shells along tk* frene Una. Willi par tat of tk rauiualtte* of an attacking party la from tk* artillery behind, frtaa mU rmlculAtiotia. Speaking of tha way la which tha Carman* flght, Captain Allan nU, "you don't know what you ara light ing against, you cant truat than far anything, all that I hava keen." Ha told of how tha fiarmana mined tha ratdi, poiMmad tha watar and rieitroy ad tha orchard*. Ha told nf tha fighting at Vimy Ridga, whara tha lighting M dona arroaa rrater* IM> to 200 faad arroaa. Ha Mid that many panpla on raid In tha paper* about tha advance of tha alllad troop* a mile or do, winder why they didn't advance further, (npu.in Allan »aid there ia no une taking tha ■ievantated land, for it doe* no good. He wid the war I* fought with ar tillery, and will lie fought on tha wentern front. . ■ ' ■'. ; ",'■ Captain Allen made a few sugges tion* about the knitted work which the women are doing. He iiaid the sock* should be made longer, and rome above the soldier*' knee*. He alao Raid he believe* it in a mintake to make the xweaters without nleevea, because when a aoidier take* off his coat to work, cold aettlea in hi* arms and causes rheumatism. He said the wriitlet* don't do much good, aa sleeves pinned down are about aa ef fective. He believe* the muffler* to be the most comforting of all, and take* the place of the helmet, which ia tight and uncomfortable. J. E. Latham spoke for a few min ute* of the example of Captan Allen to all in doing their "bit." He asked if anyone could queation whether Cap tain Allen had done ala part, and sug gested what a wonderful thing it would be if everyone could hear such a Dan. Smith sang the verse* at Th» Battle Hymn of the Republic," with the audience singing the chorus, and the meeting was cloned with "Colum bia, the Gen of the Ocean," Misa Lulsdorffff, of the State Normal col lege, singing the veraes, and the audi ence* joining in the choru*. U. S. Soldier ia Shot For Ghastly Crimea Washington, Nov. 17.—An Ameri can soldier of General Pershing'* forces, found guilty by courtmartial of the rape and murder of a French wom an, ha» been executed by a firing squad. All details of this, the first death penalty imposed since the troopa landed in Europe are bein^ withheld by the war department. When a full report has been received from Genera! Pershing it probably will be published. a« officials of the de partment want the world to know how the American army deals with men who commit *uch crimes. Secretary Baker said today that General Persh ing had fall power to carry out tha sentence of the courtmartial without referring the case to the President. South Ha* Large Surplus of Feedstuff* tbis Year. Washington, Not. IS.—The south is in s position this year not only to feed tier own livestock, but to furnish enor mous quantities of feedrttuffs to other less favored sections of the United States. In addition to cottonseed meal peanuts and peanut meal, southern itates east of the Mississippi river have a surplus of velvet beans estima ted at a million and a half tons. The velvet bean, which is relatively a new rrop in the United Eta tee, can be frown successfully about as far n irtk as the northern limit of the cotton belt. It is a protein feed of kl|k value and can be used as a substitute for er to supple*wit feOiwiseed meal. It is particularly vatuaMe as a dairy feed, bat beef cattle fed oe it have brought top price* la Mm Hi* steak
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