BKEVAKD NEWS, BREVARD, N. 0. 0N6RESS TO RUSH LL FISCUL BILLS EMBERS RETURN FROM CHRIST MAS VACATION PREPARED FOR RUSH. THEIR PEACE TERMS SPECTATOR OUTLINES DEMANDS ON CENTRAL* POWERS BY EN TENTE ALLIES. ILLING TO WORK overtime'^ BRIEFLY SUMMARIZED allroad Legislation and Revenue De ficit Are Unusual Issues—Army and Navy Supply Bills and Military Training Demand Attention. Washington.—Members of Congress eturned to Washington from their hirstmas holiday, propared to pret : own to hard work on th»? aociiniuln ion of legislation that must br ealt wi|h before adjournment on ^ arch 4. , With railroad legislation and revo- | ue deficits confronting them as un sual issues, the rank and file deter , ined to labor with a will to clear he way of routine business, particular y the appropriation bills, which must compheted before the actual reve nue needs can be definitely establish ed. Estimates on all these measures. Including especially the extra heavy my and navy supply bills, are in d giving the House ways and means mittee enough information upon h to frame revenue legislation at ppropriation measures will be nsidered in the Senate, immediately, e Indian bill probably being the “t taken up. while various commit- 8 are engaged in paving the way or consideration of railroad meas ures, a corrupt practices bill and other general legislation. The House, which already has passed five appro- 1 priation bills, still has nine more to ' work out. and will approach that task I vigorously with night sessions in pros- \ pect for the near future. | Returning members who were re- ' elected do not look on the talk of an | extra session and declare they are will- , ing to work night and day to avert | one. They insist that ncne will be | necessary unless action by Congress ; on the railroad legislation proposed by the president should be held up. Even i In that event all are not satisfied that ! the president would call an extra ses- ! slon for this purpose. THOUSANDS OF GUNS NOW BEING MADE BY TEUTONS. Every Available Skilled Mechanic Taken From Trenches—Prepare Big Campaign. Berlin, via Sayville.—Many thousanl guns per week is reported to be the measure of the mighty maniifacturing effort which Germany is now making for Ihe campaign of 1917—an effort upofr which tiiK manhood force of thf nation wliixli tfiii be spared from the front and their rcgulai* Ot- cupation Is being concenterated un'* der First Quartermaster von Luden- dorf universal labor service law. Counting four m.mths before the probable renewal of the world war In full vigor on all fronts, these fig ures mean a new imnionse supply of cannon of all calibers from field guns up to the gigantic howitzers, to meet the admittedly gigantic effort which the Entente Allies are expected to make in this the third year of Kitch ener’B prophecy, to tur^ the scale of the war. Along with these guns the German factories are turning out correspond ingly stupendous quantities of am munition and the production of ma chine guns, each of which virtually replaces a platoon of men. has been placed on a scale far beyond that of the past year. The campaign of 1917 will, it is already evident, be fought as a wide extension and development of the Somme battle, w^ith even a heavier conception of artillery over a far wider front and with lines literally briatling with machine guns. Con fidence that their opponents will be unable to break through this wall of steel and fire is not only expressed by the higher commanders, but also Is manifested right down into the ranks of the common people. Peace Terms Are to Start From Status Quo Before the War.—Must Give Up Much Possessions and Change Gov ernment. London.—The Spectator devotes thf. greater part of Its issue to answering PrcFident Wilson's question as to what arc the praie l«rms of the entente al lies. Hriefiy summqrized the principal demands as outlined by the Spectator follow: "The peaie terms are to start from The status quo before tlie war. tluis in cluding the evacuation of the whole of northern France. Belgium and Luxem burg. and of all lands taken from Ser bia, Rumania. Russia and Montenegro. “Alsace-Lorraine is to be restored to France. The Danish portion of Schles wig-Holstein is to go to Denmark and Posen. Polish Prussia and Austrian Poland are to be added to the new sub kingdom of Poland which the Czar has pledged to create. "The Slavs of Bosnia. Herzegovina. Delmatia. Croatia., etc.. are to be created into a new kingdom. "Bohemia is to be an independent Ftate. "The Rumanian section of Transyl vania to be added to Rumania. "The whole Austrian Tyrol, plus Triest. Istria. and the other portions of Austria which are Italian in blood or feeling, to be added to Italy. "Turkey to yield C'onstantinople and the straits to Russia. "The Armenians to be put under Russian tutelage. “The Arabs to be freed, while Syria. Asia Minor and Mesopotamia are to be under external protection guarantee ing tranquility. “The German colonies to remain in the hands of the entente. Moreover, a money indemnity for the ruin Ger many has done in Belgium. France. Serbia. Montenegro, etc. “As regarding shipping. Germany to make reparation in kind for all ships of commerce destroyed ton for ton, neutral shipping to be replaced only after all the demands of the allies have been satisfied. "The German navy to be handed over and distributed among entente nations. "As a guarantee against future war. the allies are to insist upon the demo cratization of the German govei nnieiit. "The Kiel anal to be neutralized under an international non-German commi.'ision including the entente rountries. thf» United States and other neutrals " CARRANZIl APPEALS WILL ASX LAW FOR E ’IRST CHIEF SENDS OBJECTIONS TO PLAN FOR MEXICAN BORDER CONTROL. WITHOUT IT STATE CANNOT CLAIM.$114,000 FEDERAL ROAD APPROPRIATION. NOTE IS NOT MADE PUBLIC COMMISSIONERS MEET JAN 8 Latest Suggestions For Changes In Agreement Will Be Considered by The Three American Representa tives, Lane, Mott and Gray. Washington.—One more appeal for modification of the protocol providing for the withdrawal of American troops from Mexi o is made by Gen(>ral (’ar- ranza in a message delivered to Sec retary Lane by Luis Cabrera, chair man of the Mexican members of the joint commission. Th^ Mexitan first chief replied to the insistent Ameri can demand that the protocol signed by his spokesman at Atlantic City be ratified with an eight hundred word document in which he failed to ac cede to the demand, but refrained from writing anything that could be construed as a flat lepudiation. The latest suggestions for changes in the agreement now will be consid ered by the three American represen- tative.s- Secretary Lane. J. R. Mott and Judge Gray. Secretary Lane ad- vis,ed his colleagues of the character of the reply and asked them to meet him here as soon as they conven iently could. A joint session of the Mexican- American commission will be held at which the Americans will give the Mexicans their answer and on its na ture depends the future course of the commissioners. It was learned that tlie Mexican commissioners were confident that no inseparable barrier had been raised by Carranza. . The chief insistence of Carranza has been that the American troops should be withdrawn unconditionally which the American commissioners would I not consider. It was indicated that I Carranza’s insistence on that point I was less pi;onounced now and that the i change in his attitude had been ! w’rought largely by the altered mili- i tary situation in northern Mexico. BANK DEPOSITS INCREASE Over Twenty-Five Mllllona Gain at Compared u/|th Year Ago.—in crease in Resources 34 Per CenL State Highway Commission Will Con siders Plans For New Years Work and Report to Legislature. ADAMSON ACT CONFERENCE SPLITS OVER WAGE ISSUE GEN, HAYES, ONE TIME N. C. GOVERNOR, DIES IN N. J. Verona, N. J.—Gen. Edward Lewis Hayes, a cousin of President Ruther ford B. Hayes, and at one time Gover nor of North Carolina, died at his home here. He was 97 years old Fri day, December 28. At a celebration in honor of the event he insisted on cutting the birthday cake himself and seemed better than for some months. That night, however, he suffered an attack of indigestion and grew stead ily worse. General Hayes was a prominent Re publican and was a delegate to the convention which nominated Abraham Lincoln for the presidency. He serv ed throughout the Civil War, enter ing the service as a major in the One Hundredtl) Ohio Volunteers. He was promoted to colonel of that regiment wid later became a brigadier general. He took part in 30 battles, although ll« was a prisoner in Libby prison for 11 months. During the Reconstruc tion period he was Governor of North Carolina for about nine months. REFUSAL OF MAKERS TO TALK STOPS PAPER PROBE, Department of Justice May Be Asked to Take Hand in Investigation. . Washington. -- Hearings reopened here by the Federal Trade Commis sion in its new’s print paper investiga tion came to a sudden end when paper manufacturers refused to discuss the reasonableness of news print prices. Both publishers and jobbers had been heard. The manufacturers declared that they had not had time to study tables prepared by the commission’s inves tigators purporting to show huge prof its. Members of the Trade Commis sion announced that despite an appar ent unwillingness by the manufactur ers to co-operate in the investigation, the commission’s report would be is sued probably in about 10 days and that such recommendations to Con gress w^ould be made as were thought necessary. At the same time it was said the commission would soon be in position to announce whether its con sideration of a paper distribution plan showed an actual paper shortage and a need for distribution under super vision of the commission. End Comes Abruptly—No More Meet ings Until Supreme Court Passes ' On Law Xew York, ('('nffieiices between representatives of tlie railroads and (he four brotlierhood. of railway em- ployps at which were discussed the possihilitips of a settlement of the eiylit-lKHir contloversy. were dicron- tinued abruptly today when it bf^aine apparent an apn'crnciif cotild not be j reached. It was annonni ed by both sides that there would be no more niec'tings until aftpr tho T'nitcd States Supreme Court hands down its decision on the consti tutionality of the Adamson act. * The break came, it was learned, when the rairoad representatives re fused to concede the demands of the nt'w wage schedule fixod by the Adam son law. which goes into effect Janu- J ary 1st. j j The brotherhood chiefs held, it was . said, that their men had the right to , begin drawing wap:es according to the scale rovided by the Adamson law’ Immediately after the law became ef fective. irrespective of the suits brought by the railroads to test its validity. * Raleigh.—Unless the State Highway Commission can get from the General Assembly legislation providing for the maintenance of roads constructed, the state cannot claim $114,000 of the Fed eral road fund already apportioned among the counties of the state. The commission will meet here on January 8, when it will consider plans for the new year’s work, and also settle upon the requests it will make of the legis lature. For one thing, the commission wants its appropriation increased from ten thousand dollars to fifty thousand dollars. Already its work has extend ed to more than three-fourths of the counties of the state, and the possibil ities of further extension are only lim ited by the finances. Mr. W. S. Fallis, state highway engi neer, stated that the commission’s work has succeeded thus far in every instance where the commission has supervised county work. In saving be tween 25 and 30 per cent of the cost as estimated by the lowest bidder. And with the road work in North Caro lina aggregating five million dollars annually, he declares he is perectly safe in estimating the saving of one million dollars annually on highway construction, if the commission were put in charge of all this work. As to the federal aid, the stipulation which now holds North Carolina from its benitfits is the one requiring main tenance provisions in the state. Under present conditions, the county c jmmis- sioners in the various counties have maintenance authority for only two years. The federal law requires some thing permanent. And that $114,000, which is due to increase from year to year, will remain idle, so far as this state is concerned, until that mainte nance provision is secured. The highway engineer hopes it will come through the use of the entire au tomobile license tax for maintenance purposes. This will be one of the things the commission will ask of the general assembly. It will ask that 60 per cent of the tax be turned back into the counties in proportion to the taxes paid in that county, to be used by the coujity authorities under super vision of the Highway Commission for maintenance. The other 40 per cent the commission wants turned over to it for use in it3 discretion wherever it is needed over the state for highway upkeep. Raleigh.—Not in all the history of North Carolina banking has the record of growth of total resources of the state banks been anything like that of the past year as shown by the summary of the condition of the banks at the close of business Novem ber 17. The increase in total re sources for the year was 34.9 per cent, the figures being $118,212,308 this year and $87,660,524 a year ago. There are 437 banks and 25 branch banks included in the summary. The increase in bank deposits for the year was $25,575,099. Of the de posits reported this November $48,- j 091.W56 are subject to check; $7,680,- I 381 (’ niand certificates of deposits; I $ll,4fi4.354 time certificates of de- j posit, and $19,874,981 savings deposits. ; The capital stock of the banks aggre gates $ll,57:i.795. a gain of $773,000. The surplus fund is $;;.688.722 and the undivided profits $:?.749.397. Boll Survey of Cleveland. Shelby. - K. S. Vannaia. represent ing the F’ederal Agricultural Depart ment, and F. N. McDowell, represent ing the state department, have just completed the soil survey of Cleveland and left for Orange county, where they w'ill carry on a similar work. The report on the soil shows that Cleveland ranks right at the top in soil adapted to cotton, corn and grasses. Mr. Vannata. who has made many surveys in the south, says that he has not found a superior soil in any county in the south. While it is espe cially adapted to the growth of cot ton, the survey indicates that the farmers are not as yet making the proper use of it in growth of grasses. In the course of 18 months a colored map will be issued by the department showing the various kinds of soils found over the county and in this way the farmers will be able to determine what their soil is best adapted to. SOUR, ACID STOMACHS, GASES OR INOIGESTIOIt Each “Pape’s Diapepsln" digests 3000 grains food, ending all stomach misery in five minutea Time it! In five minutes all stom ach distress will go. No indigf^stion, heartburn, sourness or belching of gas, acid, or eructations of undigested food, no dizziness, bloating, fool breath or headache. Pape’s Diapepsin is noted for its- apeed in regulating upset stomachs. It is the surest, quickest stomach rem edy in the whole world and besides it is Imrmless. Put an end to stomach trouble forever by getting a larg» fifty-cent case of Pape’s Diapcpi-da from any drug store. You realize in five minutes how needless it is to suf fer from indigestion, dyspepsia »r anj; stomach di.sorder. It’s the quieke.st, surest and most harmless stunact» doctor in the world.—^Adr. Slow in Getting Start. According to Dr. Simon N. I leading ccoiuunist at the Univcr ly of Pennsylvania, only per cent of thb graduates in law at that instiiution folhtw the practice of law aftci they leave the university. The .stawstjcR also .show that 7.5 per cent of tlw luw students, after the long course :ini at heavy expen.se, go into other lii!: of work. “It requires ten years for a man to earn as much as the unt man of business,” Doctor Patten adiltfd. “While college men require ten y*'or» to get on their feet, the high s- hool graduate usually steps at once into h paying busines.s. But it must not he overlooked that the trained mar. fur overleaps his untrainel competiio- nf- ter ten years." P>uilding For Furniture Exposition. High Point.—Active campaigning is to be Etarted here within just a few drys to raise 'unds for the construc tion of a $50,0:?3 furniture ezpoeltion building in which to display the wares of High Point manufacturers. At the present time a large amount of the showing of High Point products Is done in Grand Rapids, though there are three show rooms here. It is plan ned to construct a building with not less than 200,000 square feet of floor space. It is believed by the manufac turers of the city that this amount of space will be sufficient for all needs for year to come. I Tetterlne for Ring Worm and Skin i Disease. I Varnville, S. C., July 17. 1.T08. I My wife uses your Tetterlne for Rlns- , Worm, also uses it In her family for ^ { kind of skin diseases, and she thinks it a good medicine. There is no substitut*. I Ia R. Dowline. Tetterine cures Eczema, Tetter, Rinr I 'Worm, Old Itchini; Sores. Dandruff, Itch ing Piles, Corns, Chilblains and ever|r form of Scalp and Skin Disease. Tetter Ine GOc; Tetterlne Soap 25c. At 6rag» gists or by mall direct from The Shup- trine Co., Sevannah. Oa. With every mail order for Tetterine w* give a box of Shuptrine’s 10c Liver PiUs free. Adv. Ancient iron Mines. Italian guns are being made of iron taken from mines in Sardinia which w’ere utilized 2,000 years ago by the ' Romans as a source of ore to help arm I their legions, and the guns are being j used against nations whose tribal for- I bears the Romans often, fought. Big Hotel For Greensboro. i Greensboro. — The long-hoped-for 'big hotel” for Greensboro will prob ably be a fact before Christmas. 1917. W’hen the needed $75,000 in common stock was all subscribed at a meet ing ine the Chamber of Commerc rooms a sigh of relief went up from those who have been working on the proi>psition for some time. The site is to cost $20,000 and the building $300,- 000. First mortgage bonds to the amount of $160,000 will be issued, and ; second mortgage bonds will be in the ' amount of $85,000. The first bonds and $65,000 of the second class bonds I have virtually been placed, so that of all the stock and bonds, only $20,000 yet remain to be placed. Woman Accidentally Killed. Greenville.—Mrs. J. C. Buck, of Chicod township. Pitt county, lost her life from the accidental discharge of a gun. There were several t)oyp at her house getting ready to go hunting. They were loading their guns and as one of the boys started out of the house his weapon in some way dis charged. and the shot took effect in her head, killing her instantly. Mrs. Buck had been married twice, and her last husband and several chil dren survive. Granulated Eyelids, Sties, Inflamed Byw relieved over night by Roman Eye One trial proves its merit. Adv. No Alibi. [ “We should all leave footprints la the sands of time,” quoted the Parlor Philosopher, j “They would only show that some of I tis were going backward,” objected the Mere Man, Two County Agents Appointed. Raleigh.—Recent appointments to the field staff of the Agricultural Ex tension Service are those of Mr. W. J. Brockington, who has been selected to be county agent in W’^ilson county, and Mr. Donald McClure, who will be county agent in Halifax county. Both of these men were obtained by Mr. R. W .Freeman, who is the district dem onstration agent in charge of ths eastern section of the state Whenever You Need a General Tonk Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove’s Tastelea chill Tonic is equally valuable as a Gen eral Tonic because it contains the wall known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drivt;s oat Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Bttilds np the Whole System. SO cents: NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. CALIFORNIA PRESS TO INCREASE RATES FOREIGNERS IN MEXICO MUST RESIGN RIGHTS. Mexico City.—A decree has been is sued giving foreigners holding title to real estate, mining and oil properties and timber lands until April 15 to re sign their treaty rights in so far as the properties In question are concern ed. Formal renunciation of such rights must be made in accordance with the decree issued more than four months ago which provided that such foreigners must become citizens in so far as their property was concerned. NATION-WIDE RAIL STRIKE AGAIN RESTS WITH ORDERS. New York.—Special circulars put ting up to the 400.000 members re sponsibility for the next steps to be taken by the railroad brotherhoods in their controversy with the railroads over the application and interpjjeta- tion of the Adamson act, were sent broadcast by telegraph after a confer ence of the four brotherhood chiefs. Announcement of the action was made by William O. Lee, president of tha Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen. Sacramento. Cal.—An increase in subscription and advertising rates as a means of fighting the high cost of newsprint paper is favored by mem bers of the California Press Associa tion. according to a report made by a special committee of the association. PRESIDENT WILL VETO PUBLIC BUILDINGS BILL Washington.—President W^ilson told callers that he would veto the $28,000,- 000 public buildings bill If It comes to him in the form in which it is now pending in the house. Its advocates plan to seek to obtain a rule for con sideration of the measure by the house soon after the Christmas recess. The president lias reached no decision on the rivers and harbors bill laid before him recently by Chairman Sparkman of the Rivers and Harbors Committee. Another Dam at Badin. Albemarle.—That w'ork on the sec ond big dam to be balit by the Ameri can Aluminum Company at the falls ol the Yadkin about three miles below Badin is to commence upon a big scale is evidenced by the fact that a double track of railway is to be con tinued down the river from Badin to the falls. It is reported upon good authority that the final survey for this road is now being made and that states are being driven preparatory to aotive construction work of the road. 128 VESSELS SUNK BY ONE SUBMARINE CAPTAIN Amsterdam, via London—Announce ment is made In the Berlin newspa pers that the Order of Merit has been conferred on Captain Valentiner, cap tain of a German submarine for sink ing 128 ships of a total tonnage of 282.000. Included among the boats sunk are a French gunboat, a troop transport, four steamships loaded with war material and a French submarine convojrlng 14 coal steamers. Craig Issues Election Papers. Raleigh.—Governor Craig has made out and delivered the certificates of election to the federal and state of ficers elected in this stata at the No vember election and notifications for the presidential electors to meet in Raleigh January 8 to elect from their number the messengers who shall go to Washington at the appointed time and cast the North Carolina vote for Woodrow Wilson for President. The utmost care is being exercised to rig idly conform with evvy detail of the election laws. 35,000 Autos in State. Raleigh. — Automobile licenses in North Carolina have passed the thirty- five thousand mark for the first time in the history of autos in North Caro lina. On Jime 30, the end of the last fiscal year, the total number of auto mobiles recorded in the office of the secretary of state was 24,000. This ■hows an increase of 11,000 machines in six months. If the percentage of increases continues, at the end of the present fiscal year will see the number of autos doubled in this state. Cumberland county's cotton crop was 1,000 bales shorter this year than last. The Federal Reserve Bank ot Rich mond declared a 6 per cent dividend for the period from January 1. 1916, to November 1, 1916. During a dense fog George E. Green ran his auto off the bridge near Cliffside. The car turned completely over and was partially demolished. Its occupant was taken into the home of a man named Pargett, nearby and Doctor Allhands summoned. His right shoulder was dislocated. I One Way Out. “My wife wants me to go shopping with her. I don't see how I am going to get out of it.” I “If she • were to send you back to , your office after le.ss than an hour of ' shopping and told you she would never j take you on such an expedition again, you would consider yourself well r»> i paid for your trouble, w’ouldn’t youT* I “Certainly. But how am I going to ! do that?” “Let her catch you flirting with a fascinating female clerk.” Because of the railroad facilities and their accessories, power in abundance, climate, labor and all the advantages necessary to the establishment of an armor plate factory. Forest City is the ideal place for this enterprise. The board of Trade, and a goody part of the citizenry of Forest City, cam« to gether in mass and awoke to the ad vantages this town has to the estab lishment of the armor plate factory. Committees were appointed to draft the necessary resolution and appear before the committee in Washington at once. Dr. J. H. Scarborough, a native of Montgomery county, has just ended a visit to his old home at Mount Gilead and with relatives at Troy. He was a delegate frona the state of Missouri to the Southern Commercial Congress held recently at Norfolk and delivered an address before this meeting on the subject of good roads. The statement is made on what it considered good authority that there will be another cotton mill organized at Cherryville the first of the year, Hiftkinr the seventh for ths town. THICK, GLOSSY HAIR FREE FROM DANDRUFF CirUl Try Itl Hair gets toft, fluffy andl beautiful—Get a 25 cent bottle of Danderine. If you care for heavy hair that gii» tens with beauty and is radiant with life; has an Incomparable softness and is fluffy and lustrous, try Dandertnc Just one application doubles tha beauty of your hair, besides it Imm^ diately dissolves every particle of dandruff. You can not have nlca heavy, healthy hair If yon hara dandruff. This destructive scurf roba the hair of its lustre, Its strength an4 its very life, and if not overcome It produces a feverishness and itching of the scalp; the hair roots famish, loosen and die; then the hair falls out fast. Surely get a 25-cent bottle ot Know'lton’s Danderine from anj druf store and just try IL—^Adv. The Ruling Passion. “Be as h"ht as you can on roe, Judge.” “Twelve months.” “Couldn’t you fix It so I could ba out in time to see the world serie-3 next year?” MOTHER, ATTENTION! Gold Ring for Baby Get a 25c Bottle of Baby Base Cnm any drug store, mail coupHt: as dW rected and gold ring (guarjanteei), proper size, mailed you. Baby flaaa cures Bowel Gomplainta and TeetMas Troubles of Babiea.—Adv, } - 1 . The 48 states are now spe^ng $280^ 000,000 a year m good roa^

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