MR. POU ON WAR PREPARATION.
Claims Phis Nation Is Preparing To
Overwhelm Germany. Country Is
Building Up a Powerful War Ma
chine. Makes Speech In House. Says
Time Has Arrived When Party
Lines Must Be Laid Aside Tempo
rarily. Discusses German Acts.
Washington, Oct. 3. ? Representa
tive E. W. Pou made a patriotic
speech in the House today in which
he said the time had arrived when
party lines must be laid aside tem
porarily. Mr. Pou declared that many
Reputjicans have reached this con
clusion. He pointed to E. C. Duncan,
of Raleigh, and Judge Jeter C. Pritch
ard, of Asheville, as being two Re
publicans of great power and influ
ence who are standing by the Presi
dent and the country in the great
crisis without regard to politics.
"For the time being party lines
have disappeared. The hour came
when men on this floor must vote for
America or against America. The
hour came when men must stand for
America or with America's enemies.
The hour came, it is here now, when
there is no middle course. Men who
a*e not for America are against
her."
Mr. Pou reviewed the courses Ger
many might have taken without mur
dering American citizens or sinking
American ships.
He said that under international
law they could have followed steps
that would not have plunged the two
countries into war. "Justice, self-re
spect and consideration of self-defense
all demanded that we join the forces
of righteousness, civilization and hu
manity. We are in the war because
the war came to us; we did our best
to remain outside but Germany com
pelled us to either fight or to abase
ourselves in the dust. Having entered
the contest we will not withdraw until
Germaiiy be d< i isivejv beaten. We
will accept no compromise peace. This
Mar must never be repeated. It will
have to be fought again if we do not
completely win this time. We will
fight to a decisive issue, to the end
that there shall never be another war.
Such a result will be worth fighting
for. If the peace be a compromise
peace, all the blood spilt and treasure
spent will have been wasted and we
will have to prepare for a renewal of
the war as soon as Germany can
prepare."
Preparing To Overwhelm Enemy.
Mr. Pou said this country is prepar
ing carefully to overwhelm the ene
my with the least possible loss of
me. To this end, he declared, it is
building up a powerful machine and
taking the time to get thoroughly
prepared before jumping into the
thick of the fight.
'"Men con give aid and comfort to
the enemy by what they say as well
as wh;}t they do," Mr. Pou said. "It
is a lamentable fact that at this time
some of America's most effective ene
mies are men who call themselves
Americans. I impugn the motive of
no man, but I say this: the man who
now attacks the constitutionality of
the selective draft and above all, the
man who slanders the President and
Congress by declaring now that we
went to war without cause or griev
ance against Germany, whether be in
tends to do so or not, that man is
serving the cause of the kaiser and
stabbing his own country in the back.
The man who says we went to war
without a grievance against Germany
in effect charges his own government
with the crime of murder. Men who
bring that charge now not only serve
the cause of the kaiser, but they slan
der every man in uniform who wil
lingly risks his life for this republic.
Men who feel that we have no griev
ance against Germany after all the
crimes she has committed against us,
might at least keep silent. Their talk
does harm only, even if they are sin
cere. Freedom of speech does not
carry with it the right to slander, or
to commit the crime of libel. Men who
bring such a charge now, and print
it, I respectfully submit are guilty of
both crimes. They cannot hide their
disloyalty to America by claiming un
lawful suppression of free speech. No
line in the constitution, no line in any
law, gives to any man the right to
commit libel, or to utter slander.
Pou's Political Forecast.
"Recently we have heard from cer
tain sources threats to form a new
party. Every Republican leader and
every great Democratic leader and
almost every leader of every other ex
isting political party is loyally sup- ]
porting the government in prosecuting
this war until complete victory is won. '
There is no place in the Republican
or Democratic party for the peaee
at-any-price voter. Where will he go?
The answer is the threat to form their
peace-at-any-price party and I will
tell you what will happen.
"Loyal Americans will forget they
are Democratic or Republican. They 1
will raise the American flag and adopt
as their platform 'No-peace-at-any- <
price' until Germany is defeated or
until she makes full amends for the
intolerable wrongs and crimes of
which she is guilty. Let the German
sympathizers form their new party I
and loyal Americans will unite in sol- :
id nbalanx against them. Can any 1
man doubt the result of a contest be
tween t ?vo such parties?"
"Here and now I predict there will
not be elected to the (56th Congress in
the campaign next year a single sen
ator or representative about whose
devotion to America there is any
doubt at all." ? Parker R. Anderson,
in Greensboro News.
J oh nson-Penny.
This afternoon at 3 o'clpck was
solemnized in the Methodist church
here, one of the prettiest marriages
that has ever been witnessed in this
town. It was at that hour Miss Ruby
Penny became the wife of Reverend
George Henry Johnson, pastor of the
Baptist church at Enfield, N. C.
A thirty minutes program of music
was rendered before the hour appoint
ed for the marriage, which was as
follows: The organ selections were
beautifully rendered by Miss Ada
Shearin, of Rocky Mount, Grand
March from Aida by Verdi; The Gold
en Wedding, by Gabriel, Marie, Hymn
of the Nuns, Lefibure, Wely, Humor
esque by Devarak, Berceuse Spinny.
Miss Pauline Griffin, of Wilson, de
lighted the audience with the follow
ing vocal selections: Silent a3 Night,
by Baum; The Dawn, Ashford; One
Perfect Day, Ashford; Believe Me If
All Those Endearing Young Charms,
by Moore.
As the clock struck three the or
gan under the masterful touch of
Miss Shearin pealed forth Lohen
grin's wedding march, and the bridal
party entered as follows, all coming
down the left aisle of the church: The
ushers, Messrs. Watson Sherrod and
Harry Shaw, of Enfield, came first,
and were followed by the dame of
honor, Mrs. T. R. Rand, of Raleigh,
wearing green satin and carrying yel
low roses: maid of honor, ^liss Bertha
Loomis, of Binghampton, N. Y.,- gown
ed in yellow satin, carrying yellow
roses; the ring bearer, little Miss
Ruby Averitt, niece of the bride, dress
ed in white organdy, and carrying yel
low roSes.
All eyes were then turned to the
left door to see the popular bride as
she came down to meet the man of
her choice and to plight her troth to
him. She was beautifully costumed in
Midnight blue suit and hat to match,
with beige shoes and gloves. Her
flowers was a huge muff of Lillies of
the Valley, and always attractive, she
was *never quite so much so as she
was this afternoon when she became
the wife of Mr. Johnson. She was
met at the altar by the groom who
came from the Ladies' parlor leaning
on the arm of his brother, Mr. B.
Howard Johnson, of Saint Pauls. The
contracting parties ascended the steps
to the pulpit platform where stood
Rev. A. C. Hamby, pastor of the bride
and with a beautiful and solemn cere
mony made the happy couple husband
and wife. The ring ceremoney was
used.
The groom is a young minister of
the Baptist church, a graduate of
Wake Forest College, and is one of
the most promising young men of his
denomination. He is at present pas
tor of the Baptist church at Enfield,
N. C.
The bride is one of Clayton's most
popular young women and is cultured
and accomplished. She received her
literary education at Meredith College,
Raleigh and finished her musical stud
ies at the Conservatory of Music, Bos
ton, Mass. Her friends are only num
bered by her acquaintance, all that
know her are fond of her because of
her winning ways and sweet disposi
tion.
The newly married couple left on
the 3:29 train this afternoon for Ashe
ville and other western points to spend
ten days or a fortnight. They will
then return to Enfield where they will
be at home to their friends. ? Clayton
News, 4th.
NATION'S HEROINES HONORED.
In New York Red Cross Nurses March
in Gigantic Parade Down Historic
Fifth Avenue. Mrs. Daniels a !'??
rader. Secretary Daniels, Surgeon
General Gorgas and Other Men ol"
Note In Reviewing Stand. Davison
Heads Procession.
New York, Oct. 4. ? Fifth avenue,
which has cchocd the tread of many
marching fret through tempests of
L'heers since America shouldered arms,
paid homage today to the Nation's
heroines, the nurses of the Red Cross.
It was the first great parade of the
American Red Cross and although the
20,000 marching women did not pre
sent a martial appearance they march
ed amazingly well. They appeared as
representatives of the first, second
and third lines of relief back of the
battle line enlisted to serve and to
succor the Nation's fighting men. The
hundreds of thousands of men who
?
had gathered to do them honor paid
a tribute of respect all the more im
pressive because it was less boister
ous than that accorded the regiments
which have swung down the avenue
on their way to training camps.
The procession took two hours to
pass the reviewing stand at the pub
lic library. Heading the line in their
trim traveling uniforms of dark blue
were the nurses who have been mobil
ized here under orders to sail for
France. Back of them came another
division in gray crept uniforms made
up of those awaiting orders. Another
detachment wore rubber slickers for
service in rough weather. Others wore
dark blue ulsters and still others blue
serge dresses with military capes
thrown back to show the red flannel
lining. In fact, spectators saw every
type of uniform known to the branch
of the service. Banners they carried
appealed for recruits and support.
Several base hospital units wore in
line with stretcher bearers and am
bulances ? grim reminders of the work
that is to come. Many of the ambu
lances were driven by women as were
motor emergency kitchens. One of
the motor service units represented
the District of Columbia. At the
head of this division marched Mrs.
Josephus Daniels.
Many of the marchers carried serv
ice flags denoting that sons or hus
bands are in the service of their coun
try. As these flags passed the
reviewing stand they were saluted by
Secretary Daniels, Surgeon General
Gorgas, Governor Edge of New Jer
sey and Major-General Hoyle, com
mander of the Department of the
East, almost as punctiliously as were
the Stars and Stripes when they went
by the head of -each division.
Marching at the head of the pro
cession was Henry P. Davison, chair
man of the Red Cross war council, and
several of his aides.
WE ARE OF WORLD POLITICS.
Declares E-President Taft. "That
Which Affects the World Also
Affects Us."
Niles, O., Oct. 5. ? "We could not
keep out of politics if we would. That
which affects the world affects us. The
Monroe doctrine is becoming a more
serious limitation upon European ac
tion than ever before."
This wes the declaration of former
President William H. Taft in the prin
cipal address here today at the dedica
tion of the big marble memorial build
ing and monument erected to the
memory of the late President William
McKinley, wo was born in this little
northeastern Ohio town.
Ohio's martyred President was giv
Vn credit by Ohio's living ex-prcsi
dent for being "the man who saw most
clearly when others were blind to it,
the real position of the United States
in the world."
"Wera McKinley alive today, how
his patriotic heart, his broad vision
and his vibrant words would be united
in supporting the government in its
constructive measures to carry on the
great world struggle to victory.
"With what firmness he would re
ject all propositions to compromise by
proposal of a batched-up peace. Ho
would not fail to see that in the pres
ent issue no peace is possible uptil se
cured by victory ? that no solution is
worthy of our history but a defeat of
militarism"
Mr. Taft declared that it is better
to fight Germany in company with the
allies than to fight her alone later.
Remember the Johnston County
Fair November 7th, 8th and 9th.
AT THE CAPITAL OF BEULAH.
"The Farinrs* Hank of Kenly" is Nairn
Given Its New Institution, l.iter
ary Societies Making Nice Start.
School Enrollment Increasing I'ris
cilla Flub Entertained by Mrs. \Y. T.
Bailey. ,
Kenly, Oct. 6. ? The members of the
two Literary Societies of Kenly State
High School have started ouf to do
some pood work this year. Friday
afternoon, the members of both socie
ties debated this interesting question:
Resolved, "That school teachers should
not be allowed to whip pupils." Mucb
"interest was manifested in the debate,
so much so that it has been decided to
select two boys and two girls and give
the same program before the whole
school during the chapel one morning
next week. The subject for debate
next Friday is, Resolved, "That mili
tary training should be given in all
American schools and colleges." The
material for our debate programs is
taken from the large number of splen
did magabines which cbmo> regularly
to the Library and from printed mat
ter sent to the school by the State
Library Commission.
Notwithstanding the fact that there
are several cases of whooping-cough
in the community, the school enroll
ment hne incrensed from one hundred
and fifty-seven to one hundred and
eighty during the present month.
The Priscilla Club gathered around
the cheerful hearth of Mrs. W. T.
Bailey, last Thursday afternoon from
four to six o'clock. The guests arriv
ed laden with all sorts of fancy work
for with the coming seasons of church
festivals and holidays it will be need
ed. Each member applied willing fin
gers to the daintiest of articles, while
ready wit and amusing incidents were
related to add to the enjoyment of our
already pleasant afternoon. Assisting
Mrs. Bailey were Mrs. P. D. Grady
and Misses Allye and Adna Lee Bai
ley. Mrs. Grady and Miss Adna Lee
Bailey served a salad course, after
which delicious ices were Served. Miss
Allye Bailey presided at the punch
bowl. Those present were: Mesdames
J. R. Sauls, L. Z. Woodard, H. F. Ed
gerton, R. A. Hales, W. T. Hooks, C.
F. Darden, H. M. Grizard, R. A. Tur
lington, J. G. High, A. J. Broughton,
P. D. Grady, H. P, Johnson, Misses
Allye Bailey and Adna Lee Bailey.
Time for departure came all too soon;
and the guests, upon taking their
leave, proclaimed Mrs. Bailey a most
charming hostess. The Club will
meet next with Mrs. J. C. Bowman.
That the Kenly community is in
the center of a thriving business" sec
tion is evidenced by the fact that
about fifty prominent business men
here have just completed the organi
zation of a new bank called The
Farmers' Bank of Kenly. The capi
tal stock subscribed amounts to fif
teen thousand dollars, and more than
fifty thousand dollars is already on
deposit. The officers are: Mr. II. F.
Edgerton, President; Mr. L. Z. Wood
ard. Vice-President; Mr. E. O. Mc
"Gowan, Cashier.
The Automobile Danger.
Everywhere people are crying out
against the menace of the recklessly
driven r.utomobile. A reserve army of
ficer writing in the Washington Post
expresses the fear that he will not
live lonfr enough to fighY for the Unit
ed States unless he is relieved of duty
in Washington soon. He tells of sev
eral occasions when only his extraor
dinary agility saved him from serious
injury. But if he were to be transferr
ed from Washington to some other
point he probably would find condi
tions just as bad, though, to be en
tirely fair, he says that he knows
cities where automobile traffic is reg
ulated.
^he automobile is an ever present
danger. It takes its toll of life cer
tainly if not regularly. The average
community may go along a few weeks
without its automobUe horror, but
about the time it settles down to what
it thinks is going to be a period of
calm some new tragedy comes along
to remind afresh of the omni-present
danger. .
The laws that we have should be
rigidly enforced and as a rule mote
drastic laws should be passed. The
automobile danger is not one to be
reckoned with lightly. ? News and Ob
server.
The aeroplane which is coming to
Smithfield Fair Week will be the feat
ure that will attract every one.
CONGRKSS HAS ADJOURNED.
Closes Ueeord of Achievfment That
Piobably Has No Parallel
In History.
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Washington, Oct. (?. ? A record of
achievement probably unparalleled in
world-wide legislative history, was
closed with adjournment today of the
session of Congress. Written into the
nation's statues in six months are
#
laws in numbers, scope and unanimity
unsurpassed. 1
Called April 2 by President Wilson
(within a month after his second in
auguration) to enroll the United
States among Germany's foes, from
the passage of the war resolution
April (?th until tho President's signa
ture of the last law today, Congress
has worked incessantly on legislation
of vital present and future import in
national and world development. It
now secures a two months' respite,
returning December 2 for the regular
session and facing another stupendous
programme of war and domestic ac
tion.
Marking the session passing into
history were its war prep: ruton pro
vision for quick and large increase in
the nation's fighting forces on land,
sea and in the air; appropriations of
more than $20,000,000,000; measures
of taxation and credits to meet the
financial drafts, and vesting the Pres
ident with vast powers.
Looming ahead for disposition at
the December session are further
enormous appropriations for this and
next year, great tax and bond bills
and a mass of other war and domestic
legislation, with Congressional pri
maries and elections closely follow
ing.
Among the most important meas
ures enacted were:
The Army Draft law, two war cred
its measures, authorizing loans to the
allies and sale of domestic bonds'; the
war tax law, appropriation of $640,
000,000 for airplanes, the espionage
act, control of foods, feeds and fuel;
the trading-with-the-enemy act, in
cluding authority for the President to
embargo exports, the sailors and sol
diers' insurance act and the war bud
get bills.
The principal disputes of the session
were on The draft, food i-nd war tax
bills with opposition centers in the
Senate, Cloture was restored to there
? on the food and war tax measure ?
but its actual imposition averted after
a month was spent on each bill.
During the session six allied mis
sions appeared before Congress, ad
dresses being made by Lord Balfour,
of the British mission; Premier Vivani
and ^larshal Joffre, of the French;
Prince Udine, of the Italian; Baron
Moncheur, of the Belgian; Boris Bahk
meteff, of the Russian, and Viscount
Ishii, of the Japanese.
Congress also found time to take
important action oil two important
domestic maters ? prohibition and
woman suffrage.
Besides prohibiting further manu
facture or importation of distilled
beverages and authorizing the Presi
dent, in the food control bill, to stop
or curtail that of beer and wines, the
Senate by a vote of 65 to 20 also pass
ed the Sheppard resolution, proposing
a national dry amendment to the Fed
eral constitution. It is pending in the
House for action at the December
session.
The House created a special com
mittee on woman suffrage, while the
Senate favorably reported the Susan
B. Anthony amendment to the con
stitution. The latter will be pressed
next session.
Several bills passed the Senate and
remain pending on the calendar.
Among them are the soldiers' and
sailors' civil rights bill, the day light
savings measure regulating killing of
migratory birds, and the national pro
hibition measure.
The proposed Columbian treaty,
for payment of $25,000,000 in satis
faction of her loss of the Panama
canal zone, also failed of Senate rat
ification and is on the calendar.
Meeting at Rains Cross Roads.
On account of rain the fifth Satur
day, the pastor and members of
Rains Cross Roads church put off
their yearly meeting until second Sat
urday in October. Let every member
attend if possible.
Mr. Geo. T. Whitley, of Princeton,
has recently returned from a several
days visit to his sister, Mrs. C. W.
Britton, at Rich Square.
U. S. Bl'lLDING 20,000 AIRPLANES
When Completed. Guns Will be Ready
for Mounting and Aviators for Op
erating. All Types Are Embraced.
Training Wanes, High-Speed Fight
ers and Powerful Bombers Under
Construction.
Washington, Oct. 3. ? Twenty thou
sand airplanes for America's fighting
forces in France, authorized in the
$(>40,000,000 aviation bill passed by
Congress last July, actually are under
construction.
The necessary motors also are be
ing manufactured, Secretary Baker
announced today, and the whole air
craft program has been so co-ordi
nated that when planes and motors
are completed, trained aviators, as
well as machine guns and all other
eijuipment, will be waiting for them.
"When this Nation's army moves up
to participate in the fighting," said
the secretary, "the eyes of her army
will be ready."
The types of planes cover the en
tiro range of airplanes ? training ma
chines; light, highspeed fighting ma
chines; powerful battle and bombing
planes of the heaviest design, and em
brace as well giant battle craft cap
able of the work of the Italian Sa
proni, the British Handley-Page and
similar types.
"Within a reasonable time, consi
dering the period for preparation,"
Mr. Baker's statement says, "this
country will send its first airplane to
Europe. This airplane from the tip of
its propeller to the engine, machine
guns and camera will have been made
in tlu; United States.
"There has been a remarkably
gratifying response to the call for
aviators. This country has an unlimit
ed supply of young men possessing
courage, self-reliance, good judgment
and decision ? the things required in
the air service. This service today is
fitting thousands of Americans for
flying."
Twenty-four flying schools have
been authorized, the statement re
veals, and besides the thousands train
ing here, students from the United
States are training in all the Allied
countries, while many of them are un
dergoing intensive schooling behind
several of the battlefronts. The men
now in Europe will be turned over as
finished aviators to the American
troops in France.
American machines also are being
built abroad, and Mr. Baker said that
approximately one-fourth of the num
ber soon to be needed will be made in
the allied countries. In that connec
tion stress was laid upon the neces
sity for greatly developing and ex
panding the aircraft industry in the
United States.
SELMA SCHOOL NOTES.
The superintendent and teachers
earnestly desire all the parents and
friends of the school to be present
next Wednesday, Octobcr 10, 1917, at
a Mother's Meeting at the school at
3 o'clock. _
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The Moser Literary Society met in
its regular session Thursday after
noon, October 4th. On account of Ed
ward Pierce, president of the society,
leaving town, Elmore Earp, the vice
president, was put in to succeed hinl.
Jennings T;<lton is to succeed El
mori Earp for vice president. An in
teresting programme was given. It
consisted of current events of the
week, an original composition, im
promptu speeches, a debate, and a
number of other interesting things.
"Resolved, thr.t the indians have been
treated better by the whites than the
negroes have been," was the subject
for debate. The debaters were from
the eighth grr.de. They showed their
, Ability to handle the question. We can
sec in the younger debaters the win
ning debaters for Selma High School
in the future. E. E.
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Since the playground was divided
into sections, and put under the direc
tion of the teaphers, almost all the
pupils have started playing. The high
school and seventh grade boys, under
Mr. Williams* directions, have started
practicing basketball. Miss Hand and
? Miss Adams direct the piny of the
> fifth and sixth grade boys. They are
very enthusiastic and will soon begin
. playing volleyball. The little children's
play is directed by the primary teach
ers, and they seem to be very intcr
, ested in their folk songs and games.
We are glad to have the teachers
. help us on the playground. ? R. K.
Selma, October 5, 1917.