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\\ EBB AND DORTCH TO (;et another term. Senators Simmons and Overman Jointly Recommend Tarheel Appointments. NO LIMIT ON ST A 'IK TO RATIFY DRY AMENDMENT. Secretary Daniel* Gives Opinion of the Mmt Learned Constitutional Lawyers in America; He Relieve* State* Will Ratify Amendment Within Five Years. W. shintfton, D. C., Dec. 18. ? Sena tors F. M. Simmons and Lee S. Over man today jointly recommend* d the re-appointments of Charles S. Webb, of Asbeville, and W. T. Dortcb, of Golds bo ro, as United States Marshals from the western and eastern North Carolina districts, respectively. Their renominatioru; for another term will be confirmed soon -after the Christ mas holidays. Their service to the government ha^ been lof univ?fl'sal satisfaction, and the two North Caro lina Senators heartily approve of their renominations. "Congress lias no power to limit constitutional amendments, and there fore the specified limitation of seven years extended the states to ratifythe prohibition amendment is inopera tive," declared Secretary flf th ? Navy Josephus Daniels today as he ex pri ssed his gratification over the en actment of the national legislation. "I have talked with the most learned constitutional lawyers in America and they are of the opinion that no time limitation* can be placed up'in the constitutional amendment. Of course, the temperance workers should be en abled to negotiate the rutificatii n of th<? amendment by the several btntcs I within five years." V Time Limit in Resolution. Section 2 of the joint resolution us enacted by the House of Representa tives and the Senate reads: "This ar tic'e shall be inoperative unless it shall h.ve been ratified :>s an amend ment to the constitution by the legis latures of the several States a3 pro vided in the constitution within seven years from the date of the submission hereof to the States by the Congress." The constitutional amendment was today signed by Speaker Champ Clark of the House of Representatives and Vice President Thomas R. Marshall of the Senate. President Wilson will not be called upon to sign the epochal paper, but the resolution will be sent to him for transmission to the Depart ment Str.te. The resolution was maneuvered in the United States Senate today by Senator Morris Sheppard, co-author with Representative E. Yates Webb of the amendment. The Senate con curred with the House of Representa tives by a vote of 47 to 8 for adoption. No demonstration marked its passage. The News and Observer representa tive learns on the very highest au thority that Congress cannot pre scribe the time limit of the measure, and that this interpretation will be borne out should the test come. How ever, thirteen States could withhold ratification and render the document null and void, which is an almost im probable feat. ? S. R. Winters, in News and Observer. BENTON VI LLE NEWS. ? Listen for the wedding bells. The little folks of our section are talking about Old Santa nowadays. Mrs. L. G. Flowers is at Peacock's Cross Roads this week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Pias Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. N. T. Flowers spent the week-end at Holly Spring school, the guest of their daughter, Mrs. John Morgan. We are witnessing one of the hard est snowy winters right now we have for several years. The snow fell in this section last Tuesday night to the depth of 6 inches. The groiyul being dry and frozen, the snow has melted comparatively none. All work and most travel have been blocked for a week. We are sorry to note that Mrs. J. M. Masscy is very sick. Her husband, Mr. J. M Massoy, is at Camp Sevier, S. C. Mr. Charlie Crusenberry went to Smithfield Saturday in answer to his Country's call. Mr. Harvey West*>rook, who is at tending school at Ruies Creek, is at home for the holidays. Bentonville, Dec. 19tli. Secretary Baker has moved for ward the organization of his newly created war council by relieving from their present duties three of the five officers assigned t<f that body. This will leave them free to devote all their time to the council's task of co ordaining all war department activ ities in such a wry that the time here tofore believed to be necessary for the seniing to France of an aftny of sufficient size to insure the defeat" of Germany will be materially reduced. Nine-tenths of getting aread con sist* of laying sometrir.g aside. CLAVrOVfi LIVE NEWS BUDGET. On Account of Sevt re Wflllwr and Lark of I uel Shrool Closed .Monday Until January 7th. Rev. Mr. Syke* (Joes to Franklinton. Many Per sonal Items. Clayton, Dec. 19. ? Mrs. S. D. Ded ham, of Selma, visited relatives here this week. Mrs. J. D. (iulley spent a few days recently with h<*r daughter, Mrs. W. K. Smith, at Selma. Mr< Warren McCullers, who is in training at Camp Sevier, Greenville, S. C., spent a few days this week here with his parents. Lieutenant Kenneth Ellington, of New York, visited his sister, Mrs. 15. A. Hocutt, this week. Mrs. Paul Duncan returned today after a visit to Rocky Mount. Misses Karen and Mildred Poole came home from Anderson, S. C., Sun day to spend the holidays here with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Poole. Mr. Coy Thompson, who holds a position with the American Tobacco Company, and stationed in New York, spent Monday and Tuesday here with friends. Mr. Thompson graduated from High School here two years ago, and has many friends who are glad to see him come around. Among those who went to Raleigh Tuesday to see the play " Every Woman'' are are follows: Mrs. G. T. Smith, Mrs. B. A. lloeutt, Mrs. L. T. Rose, Mr . Bennette Nooe, Miss Bar bara (iulley and Dr. V. M. Barnes. Mm. M. G. (iulley left Tuesday for C:iry to visit relatives for a few days. Mr. N. J. Allen made a business trip to Raleigh Monday. Ovving to the intense cold weather here there were no services at either church last Sunday morning or even ing. We hope that by next Sunday the weather will be better and we can have Be r vices. ^ The m; ny friends of Rev. T. A. Sikes regret very much to see him leave. He and his family leave today for their new home at Franklinton. We hope for them much success and happiness. Rev. 0. I. Hinson will arrive soon from Durham as pastor of the M. E. church. On account of the severe weather we are having and the lack of fuel the Clayton school closed Monday and will not open any more until January 7th. Mrs. Joyce Finlator, of Greensboro, visited relatives here this week. Christmas is almost here. It seems too as if wc are going to have very un pleasant weather. While our soldier friends, brothers, and sons cannot he with us to help us enjoy the good eats of Christmas and spend the pleasant hours with us, let us not forget them whatever we do. May each of them know that our best wishes go out to them and that each boy is greatly missed in his home. Mr. Paul (iulley is here today on his way home at Nashville to spend the holidays with his mother. Iiickett to Open Campaign. Governor Bickett has accepted the invitation to open the war savings certificate campaign for Col. F. E. Fries, chairman, of Winston-Salem, and the first date will be the gover nor's home, Louisburg, Friday morn ing, December 31. The governor makes his first speech on this phase of the war. He has made many relating to the war itself. North Carolina has $50,000,000 to raise by this method, and Colonel Fries has undertaken the biggest campaign of them all. He has six months in which to do it, but this understanding is robbed of all spectacular character. Christmas Music ?>/ \fl out, yc crystal spheres/ Once bless our human ears, If ye have power to touch our senses so. And let your silver chime Move in melodious time, And let the bass of heaven's deep organ blow, And with your ninefold har mony Make up full consort to the angelic symphony For it such holy song Inwrap our fancy long. Time will run back and fetch the age of gold, And speckled vanity Will sicken soon and die, And leprous sin will melt from earthly mold. And hell itself will pass away And leave her dolorous man sions to the peering day. Yea, Truth and Justice then Will down return to men Orbed in a rainbow, and, like glories wearing, Mercy will set between, Throned in celestial sheen, With radiant feet tissued clouds down steering, And heaven, as at some fes tival, Will open wide the gates of Tier high palace hall. ? John Milton. WANTS CONGRESS TO IM POSE TAX ON CANINES. Sheep Growers from Far Wes tern States Asking Legis lation. TO HUGE ADOPTION AS WAR EMERGENCY PLAN. Shipimnt of Purebred Cattle Into North Carolina Attracting Atten tion; CensuH Bureau's Figures On Cotton. Washington, Dec. 18. ? The thous ands of worthless dogs in North Caro lina may he subject to a tax imposed by the Federal government. Sheep growers from far Western States are in Washington championing a mea sure to levy $1 or more on each of the 10,000,000 dogs in the United Staees. The champions of the measure are going to urge Congress to adopt the proposition as a war emergency issue. E. J. Farlow, a member of the Wyoming State Board of Sheep Com missioners, and A. J. Delfelder, one of the largest wool growers and stock men of the West, will present detailed plans for the consideration of Con gress. The measure will be presented in the light of fi;od conservation in asmuch as the revenues from the pro posed dog tax will be utilized in the extermination of predatory wild ani mals of thes lieep ranges of the W^st. These sheep-killing animals now de stroy 2,000,000 sheep yearly. Fine Cattle in North Carolina. The shipment of pure-bred cattk into North Carolina constantly, moves a cattle journal of nation-wide au thority to remark: "North Carolina prides itself on the rapidly growing interest in beef and milk production in that State, evidenced by the intro duction of foundation-stocks of ster ling character. The establishment of pure-bred cattlc is progressing satis factorily." The Jersy Cattle Club of Harnett County has purchased 27 Jerseys as a foundation herd for the community around Coats. Twenty-five Jersey | heifers have been bought for farmers of (Jaston County by J. A. Arey, of the North Carolina dairy field office. He selected them in Kentucky. Two of the heifers are granddaughters of Noble of Oaklands. At the Guernsey sale at Burkeville, Va., Bruce Ander son, demonstration agent for Forsyth County, bought four head for farmers in his county. The Rowan County ! farm-life school purchased three; W. ! E. Cropland, of Rockingham, four, and 1 C. E. Hrrris, of Person County, three for his neighbors. Samuel L. Rogers, a North Carolin ian, who is director of the United States Bureau of Census, has pub lished his preliminary report rs to cotton ginned, stored and consumed in the United States. The cotton con sumed during the month of October, 11)17 .amounted to 595,332 bales. Cot ton in storage in consuming establish ments on October 31 was 1,085,770 bales, and in public storage and at compresses 3,0v0,455 bales. The num ber of active consuming cotton spin dles for the month was 33,570,922. The world's production of commer cial cotton, exclusive of linters, grown in 1910 was approximately 18,305,000 bales of 500 pounds net, while the con sumption of cotton for the year end ing July 31, 1917, was 20,180,000 bales. ? S. R. Winters, in News and Observer. Ten Killed and Seventy Injured in Tuesday Night's Air Raid Over England; 1(5 to 20 Enemy Air Machines in Raid. London, Dec. 19. ? Ten persons were killed :.nd seventy injured during last night's raid over England. Outside of London five persons were injured and one of the aircraft was brought down. There were from 1(5 to 20 air machines and these were divided into six groups. All of these endeavored to reach London, but only five succeeded in dropping bombs on the city. It is believed that another of the hostile aircraft dropped into the Eng jlish channel. Moved 116,000 Carloads for the Army. A total of 116,000 carloads of freight have had to be hauled to the National Army and National Guard camps; and up to the time of the latest report over 17,000 carloads of freight had been handled for the the shipping board. The railroads arc still moving a total freight traffic surpassing any ever known before, and it should be borne in mind that they are doing this with almost no greater facilities than they had "two years ago and under conditions which prevent them from materially iocreacing their facilities, j ? Railroad Report. The Governor of Jamaica has issued a proclamation asking the people to ironsumo as little sugar as possible owing to England's great need of it. The Government is planning to limit (the amount of sugar used in restau : rants. I NOTES FROM CAMP JACKSON. jSome Idea of How Large the Camp Is. How the Soldiers Fare and Other Matters of Interest to the Folks Back Home. There are now in this camp men from every section of Johnston Coun ty. Not only is this true of our county, but the whole of North Carolina is similarly represented here. The folks at home are evidently thinking of us who are learning to solider here, for constantly men from Johnston County visit the camps, and hardly a day passes but the mail brings from some mother, sister, or sweetheart some thing good to eat or something com fortable to wear. This letter is inten- i ded for all who have loved ones down here and who are eager about the con- ! ditions and surroundings under which j we live. Since October 10th I have been svs- . signed to the Military Police, and the duties of this company have caused me to do some work over the entire camp, and I feel that I can give some pretty graphic ideas of the camp. It would take a man as long to walk from one end of Camp Jackson to the other as it would to walk from the Court House to the Selma Graded i school building. It is a3 wide as from the Ivanhoe cotton mills to Turner's j Hridge. The length extends north and south. Company streets are usually about GO feet wide, and barracks are about 00 feet apart in rows. Each barrack will accommodate a company of about 130 men. Each barrack "has for it a modernly equipped toilet, which is kept scrupulously clean at all times. The soldiers sleep on iron cots, which are bedded with a wheat-straw tick, three army blankets, an army comfort, and whatever bedding from other sources the soldiers can procure. The soldiers eat usually from mess kits, and but few of you can imagine 'what a mess-kit is, but some com- ( panics have real cups, plates, saucers, knives, forks, etc., as for instance, the Military Police. The kitchen is pre- j sided over by a Mess Sergeant, the ! cooks, and the Kitchen Police. A sol dier had rather do anything in army life here than do " K. P." duty as it ' is always called. , Each squad room, hall, kitchen, bath-house, and office is fitted with ( good stoves; and coal and wood are plentiful. The Army Y. M. C. A. now has left t the barracks and is now in quaint J looking buildings of its own. These, buildings are usually painted green. ; These buildings have big, old-fash- 1 ioned brick chimneys to them, and on the mantel of each chimney is a very friendly looking clock. The chief busi- , ness of the "Y" is to dispense cheer and comfort to the soldiers, and so are filled up with writing benches and , tables, ink-stands, pianos and so forth. | Another dispensary of such com- , forts is the K. of C., Knights of , Columbus, building. This of course is directed by the Catholic church. | It was a priest who gave me the paper . upon which I write this. I The camp is now entirely surround ed by a reek and gypsum road, which is known as the Boulevard. It is fine for any use from that of a bicycle to that of a Kelly-Springfield motor truck. The Remount Station is the place where the horses and mules are kept, i If any other visitor from Johnston hails here, he should by all means , see the stock at the Remount Station. They say there are ten thousand mules and horses there, and if you could see them you would think there are more than that number. The camp at this time is quar antined by the civil authorities over in Columbia. This was caused by a fear of meningitis, which has created some concern upon the Gov ernment health officials at the Base Hospital. The quarantine works dreadful inconveniences upon us sol diers, and during our confinement, many ways of amusement are re sorted to. chief of which is "Crap shoot inp." When our sergeant wants the lovely game to commence, he shouts out much like the court-crier, "Oh, Yes! Come on, all ye old-time Crap-shooters." And then the bones begin to dance. , Communicable diseases are now well under control. On Friday of last week there was only one case of meningitis in the camp and only a few cases of measles. Pneumonia is claiming more victims than any other disease. The impression that the activities of the camp leaves upon us it that we are war-bcund and soon at that. From 7:30 a. m. to 11:30 a. m., and from 1:30 p. m. to 4:00 p. m. of every day, Sunday included, we see soldiers marching, marching, and hear the drill -masters shouting, "Squads ? Ritrht, Squads ? Left," etc. Several companies passed my post one night last week, snowy as it was; ancifrom 7:00 p. m. to 9:00 p. m. the Captuins kept them at drill. There are several French officers here now and one or more Scotch, of ficers. The French officers are not so noticeable, but the Scotchman is at tractive. He is dressed in full Scotch costume, and his legs from the knees to half way the calves cf his legs are as nuked as a duck's foot. If ever I do go back home, I shall be delighted to see some of the old Confederate soldiers. I am now bet ter prepared to apprecia te their war tales than ever before; and, to use a word that I think grew out of this camp-life here, I am having a "skimp tion" to what they had *in their war. H. V. R. Camp Jackson, Dec. 15th. WARTIME ACTIVITIES IN KENLY. Addresses Before the High School By Prominent Speakers. Y. M. C. A. And Red Cross Work. Canvass for Food Pledge Cards. (By M. B. Andrews.) Every energetic country boy loves to climb a tall tree- and get a vision of his surroundings. Every thoughtful man in each community in the United States should climb an imaginary tree and get a glimpse of the work his own community is doing to advance the interests of his nation in the present world war. Kenly is so small and appears so insignificant to the outside world thdt I frequently have good-natured friends in adjoining counties ask me this em barrassing question: "In what section of the State is Kenly?" Yet, when one gets a vision of the war work in this community during the last three months, a feeling steels over him that is very closely akin to pride. The community school was opened on tho tenth of September with an inspiring and able address, chock-full of common-sense, delivered by the State Superintendent of Public In struction. The content of the great man's message may be briefly para phrased thus: "Each community in the land must do its part in winning the war. I do not mean to i?inhnize other activities when I say that the j most important thing you can do is to see to it that every child in this com munity takes advantage of the op portunity to seeuro a practical educa tion." The school had hardly opened when J a farewell supper was given to the couple of dozen brave drafted boys who wore to leave next day for c%mp. Among those who left was the star athlete of tho school, the son of a member of the school Board. Almost immediately a troop of jovial and yet serious-minded young women made a house to house canvass | of the town in an effort to sccure two hundred names for membership in a proposed chapter of the Red Cross Society, which chapter is to be organ ized Tuesday night, December 18th. While the girls were making their canvass, the business men of the com munity were working earnestly in be half of the Young Men's Christian Association. A sum totaling nearly a thousand dollars was subscribed in one night. Nor have the needy at home been neglected. The various religious de nominations and Sunday schools of the community have, it seems, almost vied with one another to raise money for the support of orphans. Two Sunday school classes are totally sup porting an orphan each; each of the four Sunday schools in the community has recently contributed to some or phanage by special collection enough money to support one orphan a year for each school; and a one-hour pro gram rendered recently by a singing class from a fraternal orphanage net ted the twelve children something over sixty-five dollars. Just a few days r.go, the editor of perhaps the strongest agricultural publication in the South, delivered an address in the school auditorium in which he clearly outlined the work that the church should do in winning the war. The Sunday following, the pastor of one of the churches in the County, delivered a masterful address on the importance of winning the war, in which he ur?ed the financial sup port of the Red Cross Society. A little more than a week ago, all of the students of the high school, di rected by their teachers, made a house to house canvass of the community with the Hoover food pledge er.rds. The genuine support of the war in all of its phases by the people of the community was loudly testified to by the silent signatures that were affixed to the cards by practically every mother in town. * The spirit of service is felt so strongly here that even one of the high school teachers, two of whose brothers are already in training, is biting his lips in an effort to force himself to remain at his post rather than to volunteer his services as a boy of khaki to go to the trenches. In cidentally, it may be remarked, that he is teaching the boys in the elemen tary school the military salute. The work that the people in this community are doine is not excep tional; it is typical of the work, no doubt, that is being done by the peo ple of every community in the United States. Ker.ly December 14, 1917. The Deeds of Am Old Time German Waiter. In the tenth century, the Emperor of Germany claimed Italy as a part of his dominions. Several cities resisted his authority. When the Emperor, whose name was Otho, heard of it, he invaded Italy, and went to Rome. He took possession of the palace, and pre pared a magnificient feast. All the ~ great men of Rome were invited. The Emperor sat at the head cf the table, on a splendid throne. The invited guests seated themselves expecting to be feasted with luxuries. But they had not eaten a mouthful when Otho made a sign. Immediately the hall was filled with armed men. The Kaiser ordered them neither to move nor speak on pain of death, whatever might take place. They trembled and wished them selves away from the banquet. One of the Kaiser's officers stood up and read aloud the names of all who had opposed his authority. These unfortunate men had been invited to the feast and were now sitting at the table. The Emperor commanded them to be dragged into ftie middle of the hall and put to death. The executioner was in readiness with a broad and heavy sword. One x after another the heads of the con demned personsjrolled on the floor of the hall. No mcrcy was shown to any of them. When this dreadful scene was over, the Kaiser, or Emperor, turned his attention to the banquet. His stern and wrathful aspect became mild and pleasing. He endeavored to make the other guests enjoy themselves, but probably their appetites were not in creased by the sight of .dead bodies on the bloody floor. , This is a horrible stofy, and I only write it to show you the true charac ter of a bloody minded German Kaiser. Let me remark, however, that Rome was now totally changed from what it was in the days of Au j gustus. Not only was the Empire broken in pieces, but the proud city of Rome itself had lost its former glory. The northern invaders had completely overrun and subdued the once Mis tress of the known world.. This is from my school days of 1859. J. H. BROADWELL, Micro, N. C. GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER Has been used for all ailments that are caused by a disordered stomach and inactive liver, such as sick head ache, constipation, sour stomach, nervous indigestion, fermentation of food, palpitation of the heart caused by gases in the stomach. August Flower is a gentle laxative, regulates digestion both in stomach and intes tines, cleans and sweetens the stom ach and alimentary canal, stimulates the liver to secrete the bile and im purities from the blood. 25 and 75 cent bottles. Sold by Creech Drug Co. ? Adv. Sacks Wanted We pay 10 cents each for good Cotton Seed Meal sacks and 15 cents for Hull sacks. Pine Level Oil Mill Company . Pine Level, - N. C. Why That Lame Back? Morning lameness, sharp twinges when bending, or an all-day back ache; each is cause enough to sus pect kidney trouble. Get after the cause. Help the kidneys. We Americans go it too hard. We ov erdo, overeat and neglect our sleep and exercise and so we are fast becoming a nation of kidney, sufferers. 72 per cent more deaths than in 1890 is the 1910 census story. Use Doan's Kidney Pills. Smithfield people recommend them. A Smithfield Case. C. R. Turner, chief of police. Smithfield,says: "My kidneys were in a weak ened condition and at times they bothered me very much. I had pains in my back and across my loins ind my kidneys acted irregularly, causing me much annoyance. Doan's Kidney Pills relieved me of all symptoms of kidney trouble and I am glad .to recommend them." Get Dean's at Any Store, 60c a Box DOAN'S KTJY Foiter-Milbnra Co., ? Buffalo, N. T.
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