AM OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
THE PEOPLE Of AMERICA ARE FOR
LEAGUE, SAYS PRESIDENT WILSON
THAT IS WHAT WIL
SON WILL TELL PEO
PLE ACROSS OCEAN
H« Wont Com· Back Till It It
Orer, O»·*· There
HOPES IT WILL BE SOON
Na Party Iiim toi Ne Party Will,
In *V· Lm| Raa, Dara Op
It
Nat» Tot, March 4.—Présidant
Wlteoc apoke before an audience bare
toUght that completely filled the Ha
MpeDttt open boute trfaflc thou
•Anda trbc wlihed to bear the Preai
dant apeak Id the league of nations
on tbe nt of bis departure l|ihl for
Europe, ware unable to (ala admit
tance TSa Preaider* wee ftvcn an
enthualastic reception.
TEXT or ADPUU OF THE
PRESIDENT IN NEW YO*K
Prealdant Wilaon aald:
"My fellow cillions, I accept tho
intimation of the air jtiat played. 1
will net cone back till lu or ex, ever
tbere' and yet I pray God, in the in·
tereaU of peace ana of tbe world,
that that may be aoon.
"The ftrat thmx 1 am (olrif ta tall
the people on the other aide af tha
water, la that an overwhelming ma
Jortty of the American people ia In
faiar of the league of natiooa. I
know that that ia true. I have had
unatietakable intimations of It from
afl parte of the co entry and tba voice
nnf> true in every caae. I count
■ayaelf fortnrate to apeak here under
the uaaaual circumstance of thla
evealax 1 em happy to associais ay
aelf with Mr. Τ aft In thla rraat cause.
He baa displaced an elevation of
view, and a devotion to public doty,
whfc» ti beyond praiae
"And I am the more happy becauaa
thia maana that thia ia not a party
laaue. No party has the right to ap
propriate this iaaae, and no party will
in the long run dara oppoae It.
"We have listened to ao clear and
admirable an explanation of many of
'***- Qf th^ropoyd
itMUK
laiinni then by the confmncc· of
the eommiaalon Mt up by the coafer
wn of pttti to draw · covenant for
the league of nation·. The repr«
santativee of 14 nation* sat around
that board—not young men, not men
Inexperienced in the affair* of their
own countrlaa, not bm inexperienced
hi the politic· of the world; and the
inspiring influence of every meeting
«II the concurrence of purpose on
the port of all thaae men to cotne
to an agreement, and an effective
working agreement with regard to
this league of the civilised world.
"There was a conviction in the
whole impulse ; there *u conviction
of more Utan one sort; there waa the
conviction thai this thing ought to be
dene, and there waa aleo the convic
tion that not a man there wo s Id vec
tor· to go home and aay that be had
not triad to do it
"Mr. Taft has aet the picture for
ten of what a failure of this great
111 puss wonld mean. We have been
Muiil for all theae weary months
that thia agony of war has lasted be
cause of the sinister purpose of the
central empira, and we have mads
maps of the coure* that they meant
tMir conquest· to take. Where did
the Hne* of that map lia, of that cen
tral Une that wo mod to call from
Bremen to Bagdadt
•They lav through these very re
gion· to waioh Mr. Taft has called
attention, bet they lay then through
united *m ρ ire, the A oatro-Hungarian
empire, who*· integrity Germany wai
bon ad to reapect aa her ally lay ir
the path of that line of eonqueet ; th«
TÂfaA empire whoa* Intereeta *h<
frrafeeeed to make her own lay in the
direct path that Λβ Intended to treaA
"And now what ha» happened* The
Aostro-Hangarian empire has gone u
piece· and the Turkish empfre hai
fcctad tfcat Ml rvmtt—for It »"
a rwalt of lihaiiUuB—«r· m» f
»>llll>.U M the UtatM· of the umU
of tkoM fteat nattea·. You not onlj
would hart weak »»tlon« lying tn lfc«
path, tret ron woeld kt«t nation» I»
wMek that old potaernoo· >M<j 0f i*
Ul|» «oaU bo planted wjth Um ttt
tatoty that U»· crop would ha abvnd
ant S and on, of th· thin*. tKat th.
leafU* *f nation* la InUndad u> »ttel
U the coeja. of tatri*»· '«tiii
caaot ««»d PuhUotty, eed Jf ««· ha
|W of ?·«·»· war· BOthta* bet ,
craat dabattn* Mchty it wo·» kn
"It I» oc· of th, .(τ··»·"** Ζ
Ula corcnant that H [7 th.
rifk* of nui "îî,e,'1*a«ebaf
iMfoa, u can •tj^t'ea to anytfctal
Aat H think· «IB th. p·*
of the world, t» wfc.rc the
·«-,»«
tha p**ea af tha worW whl«h la «1
'suvir
will ■€**· with a· that Carman
would aaw hav· mi to war if rt
Si ÏÏÏÏ21
waa at larâa, tka
by m· ta ma» U
Germany had thought for · moment
that Crest Britain would go in with
Franc· and wiht Ru··!· «h· mt\*r
would have Undertakes the enterpri··,
and the league of nation· i* meant sa
m notice to all outlaw nation· that not
only Great Britain, hut the United
State· and the reat of the World will
to in to (top eaterprises of that aori.
And M the leajrue of nations U noth
ing more nor less than the anvenant
that the world will slways maintain
(Continued oa page β)
FARMERS ÂGRÈËT0
REDUCE ACREAGE
North Carol la· Celtoe Amriiliee
U Spleadid Work
F«i mm ■ laUrwiaJ.
Raleigh, Marrk eth The move
ment to hold the present crop of
cotton and to raduce the 1919 acre
age by one-third which ha· boon in
augurated by the North Carolina Cot
ton Association, U making coaeider
eble headway. Mr. C. D. Orrell,
Chairman of the eiecuttve commlttec
of thi· Aaoocistion, utatei, "We art
receiving excellent moral «apport,
end some money contribution·. The
State aa a whole Mem· to be
thoroughly aroused over the »1 tac
tion, with many farmer· In conns uni
ties voluntarily pledging tbeoieehree to
hold tbeir present crop, and reduce
thia year'· acreage.
The organisation meetings which
ware held in all of the cotton growing
couaUaa law. week succeeded in arou·
ing considerable Interest, and, while
the attendanoo la all of the aoentiaa
wa· not aa desirable y It might have
bean, (till a good working organisa
tion era· formed by thoaa who had
the interest of their county at heart,
and who attended thi· moating. At
this time, plana wore made and pat
Into operation for pledging every
farmer In the respective eouatiea.
This ara· don· ia lomrcaie· by divid
ing the coanty into school districts,
and other· by the towaahlp plan, with
whichever way being adopted call lag
for a paraoeaf boaae to bouae nsnvss»
by ike cowrmltt··
It I· planned t oho Id an additional
meeting in moit of the counties dor
iMMMiMÛHÉMMM
«π-Κ τΚ»Μ al'ilul id· ht
futur* activity
As yet, there ere β few people who
do not realise the importance of Urn
movement- "Some of tho bosiaaea
men and many et Ike farmere are
lethargic," ktutea Mr. Orrell. "If
they could realise the consequences
attendant upon a big crop of cotton
be my produced this year, and coald
eec the danger in which the · a tire
bueineee atrurture of the State and
Sooth would be placed by thia big
crop of cheap cotton, they would
realise at once that tnla movement
calls for the concerted action of ev
ery single Individual in the State.
"The moral effect of the movement
through the future yean ts immense
ly more important than protecting
this present crop, or the next, though
It haa for it apurpose the protection
of both."
Mr. Orrell rslli for the farmers of
the 8tate to rally around this move
ment, te organise their eommuaitiea
so that tho acreage on every cotton
farm will be reduced at least ooe
third. and the economic freedom, of
the cotton fermer assured for the
the coming years.
BAN ON EXPORTING
PORK IS REMOVED
ActW. Will Frehahty K_.lt U
High·' Frleee el Hege
and Perk
Washington, March 1.—Rraotil of
pork and pork product· from the
export conMnatin Hot waa announc
td tonight by tho War Trad· Board,
affective tomorrow. At tho- eaa·
time the board rescinded the regu
lation» by which all application lot
■iconaeo to export thooo commodities
to Ruropean destinations wore ip^air
•d to boar a certificat· fro· lh«
Pood Administration showing the ad
ministration had approved tho wis
price.
*0od Administration. In a·
annoaneoment I se* ad si ta a 1 ta noon sly,
■aid thia action would destroy It.
ability *· further stabilisa the price
of Uj· h··* and. that it probably
1 Γ*, I» tho price of hwi
I and po« '"Crsaal*, beyond the staV
; 111 sea . wVek «ho administration
had deeiTod to be contlnaed to Marcl
> The War Tj·* Board announce
; «çent alao bM adviaed
, £· allied prorisloas sapon
. ··■ had boon 4'—e'T*i ·»<> purchase·
•f foodata*» <·* U ara*
El**1· ι Κ ranee ««'.J'·"* wonld n<
^ kÎ.U>*1 ββΡ»«-«οη
Tnis tonsiiidon +*» organtaei *«rh
1 in A· »*r and *11 foodatoffa for nj
ΪΐίϋίΤΕϊ^ ta A"*ri" "·*· »■*
J dia-ed through It.
ι vicrroirX^AN >ili. mcnid
• Wsshinctoa, March S—Praaida«y
1 WHs"» *?"·«(»» Signed the "Victor]
» Loan bUL «oth5C« the Tteaaur,
to ta··· if-MOMo.000 h» Aort-tom
- (oration ta *wwlattag Uie country''
» foraign cofmsre»
' The ·<*!»· "ff hâân't the· U
J Worry evOT troublée
! .THrlfT Tartar
* ι^*»Ρ· PO» Wft4.^!!îîr" V1 »»A. DOS*'
■ rwv*»Tua«K W* *·** * grow.
GODWIN ITEMS
The community tu Uiocked ti
he»r of thr ud death of Mr·. <5ao
Htmainiptay on lut Thuraday mom
intr. She had only Veen rick far ι
few day*. In the death of this foo<
•'l'un the rhorch ft·· l«»*t a irn
feith.jl member, ϋκ· red ctOM a mn*
activa worker. Our (ympathy nci oa
I·· Vh« family la tj.'it tad bereave
m»nl.
I ho t mc of lit. Herman Stail'iH
»«· \'4< ted twic * in m week and Ihi
time the mother waa taken wbic)
make· It all the more aad. Aha «ιι
■ victim of indurnxa and leave· |
hUKbend and ·Ιχ mill children. Thi
funeral «ai conducted by Rev. Α Β
McQueen, and the bitcrmvnt «ω ai
Old Bluff Church eematery. IV
sympathy of the catiru commuait]
gomm out to the family IB this theii
freatoat sorrow.
Mr. William Tillman and dau*hUi
are visiting hia water, Mrs. Α. M
Khodaa.
We hear that Mr. J. M. Melntyn
has pnrebaacd a Kord roa6ater aiu
when a certain echoul teaehar rwturw
he will us* it more frequently.
Mr. J. I. Jonc· ι· recovering fron
as attack of tflfluenia
Ml»i Delta Dean· ha· been cuoftn
ed at home for a few day* with >
•light cold.
Mr. Paul Starling epent a tow day
In Godwin after vleitin* friend· li
(h.rlnll.v.ll. V·
Prof. J. C. Linaey made a Aylaj
trip to Dann Saturday.
Mr. C. B. Maaoo apent the wc«i
«nd with hi» aister In CWspVl H1U
Or. John A. Jerninn and Mr. Em
mrt C. Edgerton of Dunn, motoret
to Godwin Sunday aftcraoon.
Mra. Bernard Stafford «pent tb<
wHk^nd In FayeteviUa with friand*
Mra. W. K. Lucaa (pent a few boon
Saturday in Fayotte«#IIe with hel
brother, Mr. Jaekaon, who 1* in High
amttfc Hoapital
Mr. ιηα Mra. C. W. Spell and Dr
i. W. Me Lear motored to Dona Mon
day afternoon.
REPORTER.
Cod win. Mar. 4th.
KITCHIN VOICES
HIS APPRECIATION
la Ac.pt.c Cil» Spaalu ./ HI
FHiaiifcip Fer Member* tf
Waahington, March ( «I chariel
the Biowjil that here oa both aidai
of the aiaie. many ara the friaadaMkj
made from whkh aothine, even aid
the conflict· of rival ambition·, wfckl
Ron. Claude Iltehta, of Notth Quo
Una, in making the apeacb ef accept
• nee of the lilver aerriee conferred t>]
the Hmiec of Reprraenativae aa ι
testimonial cf hPprMSation of hii
aervicei aa leader of the majorrq
party and chairman of the Committe<
on Wayr and Means.
The epeech Waa a gem in consrtae
neaa of thought and tn contenta wher.
ladneaa, ainccnty and even mirtJ
were evenly proportioned The dia
languished Tarheel Coogrcoinan whi
haa been the taryet of presa am
public for his unyielding attitude 01
public question*. spoke feelingly o:
friendships formed in Coagreaa an
the parting of the waiya aa floor laade
and chairman of the Committee 01
Waya and M cane, Referring to Uu
Swodiah philoaopher who eaid, "Wbei
one'a achool day· are over the day
for making, genuine frtenda are al»
over. Thereafter all friendehipa ari
selfish." Claude Kitchin declared
"My aaeoeiation with yon compel* m
to reject that phaleaophy.
Fall ef E^IU.
"I win h it wero uoaaible that
eo α Id take from my boaowi my hear
and lay Η bare before yoo, ao tha
you could seo, without expreaeioi
from me, how yery, very Wl It « ο
the amotiun* of KTatitude and appru
elation and thank fol noes for thia go η
eroua manifeelation of your regard
Thia and other memoriae of your eon
■tant kfadneee and consideration dar
ing my four yean of majority leader
fthlp will e»er be Invoked to ehee
and comfort me m all tha years Urn
are to cooae. In the remlniacenre
of ray older age your friendship an
comradeahip will be my happiest rc
ΟμΗλμ
"I with Η«τ« to acknowledge m
profound tkula and grateful appri
ciatioa of whole-heartod support in
cooperation which both aid·· of thl
chamber have giren me daring th
two critical ytam joat petted
"My frienda, if you ceobt the «in
eerity of the utterance· already med<
in conclueion, I beg you to be)i*v
ma alneara wban I iqw the hop
that two year* from Bow I win b
given tha èpportanttjr to «nj jy th
prMlo*· and the happincu of jolni*
in ceremoniee Ilka tait to 4iM retlrli*
chairman of tha wiji anil meana com
mittoe and tha retiring ipeakor ο
the «tsty-eixth Congrcta. W'th -J
my baart I thank jrou a cam an
HI· remark» ware ^iwetod wit
load apptoote and tha member» c
the Heuae of BopraacntatMi ro«
In a body.
REPUBLICANS PURCHASE
THE ASHEVILLS TIME
AihovQ)·, K. C., *«eh t—Tk
A therm* Timet, afternoon paper, wa
today aold by Chariot A. Web* to tfe
Tribune Company, and win MiUrni
publication under tha tamo name ι
aa afternoon Republican newipapai
Chart·· J. Harris, of Diltobero. I
proeident f the Tribune Com pat;
ajMl the following are director!
Brown low Jackaon of Ilenderaonrilh
Jamee I. Brltt. Fred W THaataa aa
Ç. RrewrUr Chapman, of Atherllb
1 '■ β Rntley. of OllUbere; Mr. Clar!
of Bendor^arlDe
. .7*î* Sente 11·, ia blainaea manaj
' 1 .. .·*· »ew organisation and M
"Jilt to elated to be editor or eei
tribu tint editor The Tlmee win a,
! tomorrow order the new mai
I »■*·»·"». Hit detail· af iter will |
ι tnnotaeed ,fUr , dircctert meeil.
aext weak.
. FILIBUSTER IN ION ATE MARKS '
THE ENDING 49 THE GREAT j
WAR COMGUSS.
Washington, dJ?C.,· Mareh 4,—A
I bittrT controvereyibetwMn President
Wilson and the tftA* over the Je»,
iru* of nation· aM a Ulibueter by ι
,ifew rUpubllca* il*UfS mlrini· to
iorco an immetliaOactra aeaaion mark
•4 the puMi| at%*M todar of tha
• esth or ffrcat wér Coaerrae.
(Tailed h» Aprft Wl'i to Umw
America'a wei*)d..|>te th· conflict
I overseas, the Code™· kald three
momentous and hlSlk sessions. Par
liaanahip lav 2*Mnt during th·
war, but It broke feeth la th· Wat
•onion to caiminjli in a Anal filibus
ter which aut«3ilj Mocked pau
se? of half uf iktdi rccmlar approp
riation bill·, IncfSàc »· 1760,«00^
flOO railroad admSetraLiofi rtvoMn·
fund, and tha biX >1*7· navy ana
merchant mai inelâdcata.
LaAt't I j>r|■■ r<Ult.
AKhotfk ansoMfffol in their ef
fort· to recorrl (it wist· in favor
of amendment of tb· constitution of
th« league of ntthmt aa now draw·,
tha Republican sJMton left ie th*
record a r«aoletio# acceptance of thv
charter ia its prajpnt ferm. Kepnb
licaa Leader today aad other eaokaa
men (aid this waa aatira to the Praai
denl and peace eaaferaiwe that the
aeeeaMry two-thfe# atjtrity in the
sew senate for the ratification of
the preaaat |tlaa a·aid aat be ob
tained. Democratic taadera privately
expreaaed belief miaitir— would be
made ion alter A· Ptaaldent reach
CM
President Wile·· spent an hoar et
tb· canito! hcforo adjeernment Let
•r ht fonuNf lAMUcid dctmU tke
<i»ath in the fiUWMar <rf the railroad
and other M lb, would sdhtr* to
hi· refuaml to eaS tfc· ntw Comrrwe
before hi» r«t*rn from Franc·, and
criHeaH "a |η„ »f «m" for their
oWtrMrtéoBL As . rHUlt of the filibus
ter. which held MuU tn conUn
ou* MMion for A ho"», the Pr**J
d«t had litti, to 4· at the c*p.tol
«ic.pt MgT> the 11,000,000,#00 wheat
guarantee bill ' £4 aschanga leave
telnnf* ^tb t+Lfnjm
BeeeuM of the freekienf· decxeion
on the extra aaarfoo, member· who
crowded outgeU^ train· tonight felt
Mtured Conor«£w»uid net (fun as
semble much imiar% J one I, loader»
predicted then h would remain in
conunaoo· M<àîe> astu the 1020
politicalewéàbea. Deito* the ro
buiineee W virtually
pendod. ««·»< for resumption to
morrow of U»ft«an committee'·
η
lepubUoan<
lation and
Imued by
and Republican·
bllity for falsi· of ImpottMt
urea. Moat Republican members urg
ed the caQinf M as early extra aee
alon.
Deepite the djath of Congre··, con
troversy over the league of nation·
constitution promisee to he ifitotW
continually by advocates and ο ppen·
cnu. Prominent Democratic and Re
publican cottfUMmeo already have
speech making itineraries planned,
w.th Sena ton Borah, of Idaho, Re
publican, and K«ed, of Mtaaosrl, and
l'homaa, of Cwnd·, Democrats, to
•peak soon at N*w York, Beeton and
other eitlca la cmieU·» of the league
cenititation. Republican Leader
Udn doe* not Phf, to ansae· In tha
speech making
Chief Inlnw* at the flniah centered
in the lenate iBViater and the loogae
of nation· controversy. The filibuster
continued fro· 10 o'clock yecterday
morning until Π -i0 o'clock today,
with Senator* Sherman, of IlUsola;
J/eVrlleUe, of wlaeonala, and Franc·,
of Maryland, occupying moat of the
time Λ the !#"·> •■•ion. It even
prevented the customary exchange*
of courteay at the flaWi. In the
bouse, howovtr, the usual riotous
■cc<4l marked the clot > .if the session
llie flick eras f^'PPe I a few minute»
for Ant.1 fiHrf'tion·, and for an
honr after .· liournm »nt house mem
bers ex :han*oH good by ·· wiu. music,
•onf. and tajtaepia speeches
Merry Tt— I· the Hem
Dnr'ng the flea! hour ta the huu*e.
an effort was made to naaa λ bi" ea
—ι inning u β»"·!*? r<«rri lun ■
bi the war I* i.«uranoe kma
n.vi p-rmlttln* '*«Ηρ*·ί1·η of ptnoni
other than ia*»ediate rtlMira of a
Killcyholder M> beneficiary. The
Ν had puwd the aenate, bat Repro
■«nUtiTu Putat, of New Jeroey,
and Knrdney, ·* Michigan, oppoein*
•t, talked nntfl near adjoarnaeant,
and Κ«ρη·ηΜ»ν· Raytan, of Te*
», withdraw * from farther consi
deration.
Merrymaking continued for an
hoar and a half after th« formal
adjournment. After patriotic and pop
alar nnn had been tunc by mem
ber· and the VOctater· la the ral
1er»··, a content waa held between the
Republican and Bemocratk member*
to aee which &· of the hooae could
«in* beat "Keep the Home flrae
Burning."
The Democrat· mf the Λ ret vim
I of the aoag a ad were vigoreaaly ap
Mandod. Led by Mlaa Jeaoette Rankin,
I the Republican» «ang the lecond τ era·
ao well that it waa called a draw.
To celebrate the pu—rr by the
hewae of the resolution which failed
the Aaeerlean
conference to
(η lur mpv "vvndeace of Ireland,
Irtoh member· of the hew demanded
"The Wearing of the Oroen." Rapro
■entatlve (lelHvan, of Maaaarhoeetta.
aad Repieaeatatire Donovan, of New
Jeroey, aang tfet and were repeated
ly encored. -
(ilea LreovU* J one·, of FMfcuM
fhla, waa called from the gallery to
t*e tpeaker'· aland to sing aev»ral
aoloa. Member· of the preea gallery
were called upon to tin· *Tt'· a Uu
Way to Tlppirarr," and Albert Τ
Stofer, do— of the eorreaBondenta,
■au "The Watermelon Mod."
la rloeing, th· member· aad the
. HflMlea, at the reqoeet of formel
10. Ineeker Oaanon, joined In atngina
* "Ood Be With Vo« Till Wo fled
Again."
in the aeaate reTOeetlnf I
delcgatea at the peace c
urge for the iedepoadw
DEATH AND DAMAGE
IN ALABAMA STORM
Nearly Every RwiJww 1» Em·
fala Appear* To ft·
DuMftd
OTHER TOWNS ALSO
SUFFER FROM CYCLONE
llm KsMra Te H·*· C«H«d Oh
DmIK P—« Ibty OtWra
KilM
Eufala, Ala., March 6.—A tornado
irhlcb ·track Eufaula lata today caua
cd on· know· death and n«iwt|
laaaaca Htlnitad la Aral rrporu at
ι half aaillioB dollar·. Nearly every
-emidanea in the city appear· to ha»·
«a damaged aad a number of bon
κ» bouae· war· railed.
Tha body of K. J. Saarcy waa ra
ovarod tonight and II it thoéckt thar·
»u mora loaa of life.
The city, with a populetioa of
toarty 4,000 waa loft ta daikntu
tnd It waa not thuotkt there wo aid
>« any reliable accoonline of tha
aaa of lif· uatil daylight Tluaa
nan, Dr. W P. Dickinaon, Dr. 4.
L. A dan a aad 8. P. Lawtoa. a travel·
«Mr inturance man. won «aid to have
Mra baried under the debrie of the
McRaa building from which the body
Λ Searcy waa ntncalW.
Th« Catholic cbturch, Umpky'n
■hree-etory building ud an autemo-1
bile wuikMH appeared to hare been
otally ilMUujtJ and a number of
ether building* badly damajrrd, in
rladlng the Bluff City Ins, a large
frame hotel.
Telephone connection vu cut off
uid Dm only telegraph vira working
tonight waa «M rail rood lint. Dark·
una and confusion caused by treaa
lad debri» atrvwn grar the atreeta
made work at acarebing the ruinod
building· difficult
Damage at PoUard.
Mobile, Ala.. March i.—A cyclone
which «track Pollard, ■ tow* of 3,400
population, TO mile* froaa Mobile tht»
afternoon, did considerable damage
lo the buaioaaa eectioa, railroad depot
uid other build in ga, tnclading a
chuck. The cyclone, which came
Γrooa a aoutbweeteriy direction. taraa
accompanied by a Weary downpour of
rain. AU wire Leading to rollard
ware drostrated. The aaly town
kaeerd from here waa Wnmalon, Alt
arhtch it la resorted had a eeveri
wind atom No Ητββ ara known
Ma blown off ita
Boat completely wracked, all wtreal
into it being down. "
M JSTSr. wind
■tornu accompanied by heavy rain
late today caoaed damage to tele
phone and telegraph wire· tat Booth
western Georgia, many tow*» being
cut off from communication tonight.
The atom appeared to canter aroand
Leeebnrg and America», where South
A ration field la located No Uvea
were reported levt and damage ap
peared to be confined chiefly to wiraa.
GREATER INCREASE
Ν THE UNEMPLOYED
Soetkeaat Lout Affected Of Any
Swtioa im Um Ceaatry
Waahington, Mareh i.—Reporta
for the current wwtk. ahow a greater
increaae in the number of unemploy
ed and the area of unemployment
than for aevarnl weeka peat according
to the weekly bulletin of the United
State» Employment Service made
pobtic today. Daring the week the
□umber of citice reporting heavy on.
employment increased two-third· and
the total η ember of unemployed from
340,(01 to M0.4Q0, almoet one-third
of which i· In Ohio.
The Southeast utai to be the
leut affected of any nectioa of the
country.
Conditions in the Southeast were
.. (nil»».:
Birmingham report» · ahortage «I
labor Wet ne «attoato. Mobile re
port* aa «quality of Labor and de
mand «Hk (areata of itrflua. A 1am
nember of common and aMBed work
men reioaeed from the nitrate plant
at Xtmcla Shoal» are airplareable and
lom of thean Have been traaaferred
lo other 3 ta tee.
JiekaonWUe. Peneacola and Tampa
report eUcht durtuM. There la a
general ahortece of common and
farm labor throogbeiit Florida. Skill
ed mechanics ara plentiful.
geraanak reporta a ahortage of
314. Atlanta reporta · nralui of
Allied and anakllbd white labor and
a alight ahortage of negro common
labor. AUaata aleo reporta etrihea.
Kew Orlaana reporta aa apparent
.aalltr of labor aupply and demaad
with «arpenter» «till oa etrike. There
ia a alight demand for negro laborer·
and railroad worker*.
Wilmington reporta a ahortage of
I»0. There la an equality of labor
•apply and demand In Balaigh and
Wlnaton
NaahriDe reporta a aorplea of t.·
«00 with a loehoot of karaeeemak
r*. Meenphla reporte a ahory^a o(
,•0 negro farm laborers, bare m»
line of white labor. Chattenoogi
.sport· aa apparent eqaality of label
demand and espslr.
r.harleaton and Columbia both re
port alight shortage».
Norfolk reporta a abort»ire of 1,
500 while Baehmond reporta a ear
plue of 1,50·· I. y nab bo rg reporta ai
eqaaHty ol labor aupply and demand
No ectiritieo ia the baitdng trad·
In Virginia are expected in the nea
future end a heavy labor «arplas I
anticipated.
Do your fall doty by holding tb
War Saving* (Rampe after yea be'
them. The gevorament raealvae ai
beneSt if yea laaanlletely dmaai
redemptiea. Bay eB yea aaa. Bee]
what yen hay.
NEWS OF BENSON I
■ANDCOMMDWn
Omtoi, Mtitk I.—Mr. Jake Cnm
thai baa been in BaMÎâtra fer th.
past several day· buying his stock «
Xm4 'or the itaair iW Wsitioi
hia paraata.
■r, and Un. J. H. GWvia tU
aona returaed the last of the week
from Florida, «kart they bar· baas
for the past atonth on a vacation.
Min Mary Jack»», who fa la school
at Bala'· Creek, returned home foi
the week-end Friday.
Mr. and Mia. Junea tenor an<
children are inndhf a few dayi
at Chapel HOI with relatives of Mia
MrT aad Mrs. Preston WoadaU aa*
dao«htar, Mfaa Clara W.idall. bm
Mrs. MUton Smith have boea la Nn
▼oik for the peat weak buytag goc4m
Mr. W. V. Cevsnawh returned laal
night from Maw York, where he ha
btea for aevtral days bayiag |mA
far C. T. Jehaaea'a rtoraa.
Mr. Loofa ftyafa, depety sheriff ol
Banner tosuhip aérerai years ago,
waa in tows for several day· recently
He fa BOW living at Petersburg. Va.
«41 ba ploaaad to bear that aba «il
fc· bon· thia week.
Mra. Ann· Creech k (a Bahiaun
b"jrt»* bor «prine mUliaary for Un
past f tw day·.
Mr. 1. Bifcatt Buteur, «bo Κ ι
railway paatal tWk. «M km M
cenUy arfar Η*αΛι* m tmw <Uy» wM
lût ralathTM mu bara.
Dr. W. C. Wickar, of E3oa ColUn
«aa bora yaotofday ·μ<Ιμ the dai
£», W. daocbtar. XÎm Αηύ. Laart
wicker.
Uwï· Moora, «W nantir r»
cumed irota rraaca, «sa km ior <
/w dan raeaady «itk hia brother
Mr. jTWlIh. Moorc.
Mra. T. T. laaJar and Miaa Blanchi
«U1 cira a leetara Tmaliy evaalai
at 7 Jo o'lelock at the Benao» Seboo
eaiitorium oa «ar «ock. Ma· Me
Conakk ia graatly lataaaam ta tM
«ork, and aa doabt bar talk «SI b<
«âajr and 3.
Wwd uimeil «M« ni Τ a The
CitiMia Beak aid Tnat Gmmmsv
timo utend afcd « (n atray* dai
m «MO anttnd akd « (aw *» 4
Un takaa from tk· M, *Wi M
kii been toft owitiaht. IW. tail·
cat Iom ww taffmtd by Mr. Waodafl,
from «Vim Iter· MWtnd »atta of
clothes war· takan. The entrmnc» at
each building wai mad* by breaking
out tk· giaaa front. Th» ta tk· MO
and time that Batwrnu· have had
■ter·· robbed ntMqr. Only a frw
night· act tfca poaMea wna opened,
tKe ami· Mown tad lU conteata taken.
Friday night of last week the atablaa
" A. WVfiot
•Ά. W. Bode·· were
effort wm Made to «et hi· NtMU
btte bot a· tk· key had been reaaored
trm the ante it eoald net be earriad
off. It ia itMralb ondentaod tkat
Ac putie* who c«ram«d tiw bor
otanee u»« in ar V7 Mar hem and
were a UtUa effort pot forth they
could he appretoeaded.
In. Ε. M. Han. pastor of the Meth
odtat ehurth, conducted lerrieea hen
yesterday. Ha ha· not yet moved Ma
family to Banian becanae no haaae
__ be Mearad la which to live.
Mr. and Mta. J. P. Dixon, ef Angler,
were here roeeatly for a few days on
i« understood that Beaaaoa will
•Ma hav· another physician, Dr.
OHva, who wai with tk· American
army la Franc·, kas dacUed to locate
here end will am héa family hare
aa won aa ha ran —lui a a heaaa in
which to Itr·.
Mrs S ». I*»y, af Stedathn, ««at
yaat«rday ia tawn with friends. He
will return home taday.
et BMt UM
Mi*. C. A. Barfeemr ««
to tha John Cknta McNeill Bookl
Club Tkinter afternoon at Ont o'-l
clock. The raertlTMt was pmlhi οτβτ
by the ymMit, flf». J. R. luten,
Lotto» nn rood froa the Aiaeri
1) Committee for Devaatatarf franco
•fid St·*» Women'· War Belief or
ganliation» Imploring the club to e·»
tinuo sending rappliea to tho der—ta
tod allied contHn. TMa roqueot
« complied with aad a box will bo
it at as early data.
Mr. A. T. UMaker*· coilertieB of)
cull eat «rent· *M an uaoally Γ
Ing aad inotrutthre.
AD buainoM Wma dhytnl of audi
books exchanged. Aflat adjoon
the hoeteoi aoried a delicto·· eveet
Mia· Mary Cooke, of A «leader, was
ruo«t of Um chtb.
Next meeting win be with Mr·.
' D.
DEATH Or MM. BUIK.
eroaoway, aaar. I.—an. Barron
Bight, at tha edvaoced a*· ef M
I yean, lac!
For More
««wSttK?
byterlan ekareh, and reared
ίΡζ&ίίΙΐϊΐ
ïs'iïfcTJStMÎ
MM ST*"*
» ekareb, .M by ten graw
■he wm bwried at Mt Plaaah on
ΓΐΐΤΐ'ΐηΓ ΙΓΓμι' ilm A. Caligaa
GOVERNORS MEET
IN WHITE HOUSE
MAYORS Of MANYCrrnS
ATTEND THE MEETING
a. W LtW WIIm
Gntrtl *—«I
Waafcington. Xarrk
WhKa Houm coafcrtnca ίΓ„
and wqron ·■ atari Uma
«ad labor problème today, 1
W loon yremlitd that tka Pedaial
Government would eaaatdar ί
Servait» of Ac StaUe, ■■
and coontU· ia lolnu
«"». aad weald mi
ynblMu, aad weald perfore Ha date
«*!dad k? auaaatioa* af tbe
Tkm Preeideat aaid ka kepad
conference dlacoasian weald aan.
• wide tutt, iaetadinc it af
reatartu ÛSor conditio* ta a ear
eel baal* aa aeon at r—IHl "aad
ta effecting auk freak >|Γ*Γ
iajuy „ tfca. _
ιΐΐΐτ
Ρ*! feati
ti «Îtie· —Λ et
the ' m* and the îmcImUm to <
(•C ther en ikt mj
ter kav· la <"
'pTppU "h!*1ifcj*U1 [π[ιϊ?*μΪι1· ri
dut w» want to Hinn km, ef
ïot -e, fall· open th· «toi·· aad «B
>n «S· muxictpaliti·· u4 th· fiaae
tlet. of the M«r»l kww«*I *» to
do \ hat H ta vr*»* te 4e ta » m
firrUM of thta tort—drew th· mn
tivr mind» of the ceantTf
•o i:>mt th«r may proât by
tka! w» aay effet οβτ ι
ord ste their effort» in aay <
th* may deeta It wfte te ι
la c btr word» it η the |γΙ»··μ et
the :.dml an > ai « weal la acttMa ef
thlr crt to he the eer>aat» et tka ·*
eenUN-M e( the state· and ι
tier nsd cmbUh, and w· will
fem that dety «th the imle< 1
•m fjr« «m said· oa with
"I dheMdeM ef
Oii > »n/ereae« will take aa «(de a
■co;·* m yoe think n»r»a«ary. We
arc t.ot met to dhew aay d^le
or - arrow aabject. Wa ate Mat to
dtac -* the proper m«thed ef y*.
Hct'p· all toe labor coadMoaa of
th· rojntry to a ι
aa f« *iWe and to effect
aHcr <t e&> ef labor and liitwlif aa
Um ε .f—manr»· auqr L__„
anr. 1 think I eaa testify fx
I hi · aeon oa the «the* ι "
wa· that we an
the: tber natloaa ia ι
C* <llstorbod imI '
ore * 3*4 w f|i«nl with
λ try xriowl} Indeed.'
WOT 'i it not m «erlnuely ae M I
trie· of otkw eoantrUe; ud tt ι
te ι . therefore, that we ÉWM *>
•roi · S 0mm problem» that we are
a bo lo dacuaa with a im4 deal at
con' *. «ο—with a pod ImI to (M
Ad ι that If we have · mm
po ■ r* can realise that
|W(« a wMoM
tab AeuHy.
" ·»·! thin* that haa
■o t pentiemea, aot oaly ill
eon; week· when I km h" n ■
teetif .nee on the ethar * of the
wat but for Many laaeA· hafora
wat but for
I ».·«·, aeroae ι— A -
We ai ■: at laat leemJacthe* *e haal
f«r the ·'
at l> .· learntae that
to U take «own
in : .;sFEStfSSvs
.ad that 4· mm ef |wt
ho·, - i that * ooafar* aeea tho«
«So j the^aheeuio raiUa jlMlfe jwa
mrke .
-7t ■ heart· of tho «m M* wo
set ■ d ehtUroa of the «wM are
now la a way the* haa ae-ror
boe. own before They an wot
t f*e4 by their 1|Ï!Xeîtaa| ei*.
eora ι-.-.tea, but they are bo
U I . α of what the
m ?· -national
•eh·- v..4 r-ul—a
eoe* ι ct Γ
eor.l.· t of