VOL. 8
Elkin.N. C, Thursday, Plarch 27, 1919
No. 6
RFDAPIIST COYFRNMFNT
SIGNING PROCLAMATION
WAR AGAINST K.NTKNTK
Undon, March 2:i.-Tho Uiid
apost government is reported to
signing ;i proclamation ac
know lodging ;i state of war be
tween Hungary and the entente,
says a dispatch t.. 'io Exchange
Telegraph from .una.
The dispatch adds that the
Czechoslovaks government is
preparing to issue a mobiliza
tion order.
Older being Maintained
Ry the Troops and Guard.
Copenhagen, March 2). A
dispatch from Budapest dated
Friday said that at that time or-'
der was being maintained ly the
t loops and the national guard.
The revolutionary government,
it was stated, has i-siiod a pro
hibition against the carrying of
arms making the penalty for dis
obedience live years penal servi
tude and a line of .'O.(MM) kronen,
Other di.-patches announce
that order prevails in the coun
try districts around Budapest.
Socialists and Communists
Will Administer Country.
Amsterdam. Saturday, March
22. (Ry Associated press.)
When the Hungarian cabinet
headed y Count Karoly, as pro
visional president resigned late
in the week. lh" gnwrning party
comprising socialists and com
rmmi.sts, proclaimed martial lav.
throughout th" entire country,
according to a di-patch from
Rudapt'st.
Fnder the title of "Hungarian
socialist -party" the .-odali.sts
and communist-; have com
I lined and will administer the
country.
Will Kffed an Alliance
With Russian RoMieviki.
Copenhagen. March 2'': (Ry
Associated Press.) The new
Hungarian oit government
intends to Hied an alliance
with the llusi;.!i I'.oKIh vil.i.
according to a idegram wb'di
the Reilin cone pond- nt of the
Rudnpest Poti-NV.plo mi) - he
li a received from that city.
According t thi-s telogr; m
thr,'i'ian envoy ahoady in
est declare that a Ku--i an
j army is now on
a lilt" liom
"iSrody
to Stauisl.-ti aid U ad
vancing on limbing, rppioxi
mately 7") miles dt i.u.t. This
army, the tclegiam continues, i
exported to ; 1 1 i in Rudapost
within a foi tni:1d.
Ill publishing the f'Ucgnihg
reports, the T.M'eh'aU expl'e is
the greatest skcpici-tn. om
p.n'ng them to vii'.'l.ir lipoid
pre. id throiivhout Geim.iny.
Imitation is lixtcndcd
1 To Woik mm and Peasants
Palis. M.mh "J". (II.iv.i .)
Th" procla'Ti! lev of t'e new
Hungarian go. 1 1 1. !;! mv :,.--
tl. ' W ill l.tr.d! . !! ! pe.-;f. , of
Rohonti.i. Rumnma. Scihi.i and
Croat i.t to for man ainud al
liance against the aitistoera '.
I.uidowitet ami d,v iia ties. It
requests al -o that ti e woik
men of Aiistii.i an I Geimanv
follow the lead of lltmgaiv III
breaking Oil Illations wi'h the
Pal is eace roiifci e
Tltev aie Icqileted i rally
with the Moscow i'n 1 1 nmeht
and tomlittito a soviet lepubhc
and to loist, aims in h tml, the
"impel lall t Co!,.,U. I el s."
The piod.tmatiou ,t s tin
government will oig.mie an
Himy which w id enforce th pin
letaijat's dictates aga;n-t Hun
garian l.tiidow net s and capital
ists, the Rumanian ai t i-tf-i .iev
and the (Visit hoingeois.
The document ends by uiging
each woiknien and pea-ant to!
woik in Older to piodiice or to
cnltst in tlie aimy.
Pimlainw Solid.iiitv With
Rtis.si.tn Soviet Government.
Copenhagen. March 2 (llv
Associated Press.). -The new
Hungarian government ha; pro
claimed .-.ohd.uily with the Rus
sian soviet government and an
armed alliance with the pmle
tajdat of Kiissia. according" to a
dispatch fiom Pudapest datcil
Saturday.
A di.spatch icceivcd fiom Hud
apest dated Saturday gives the
proclamation of tin new Hun
gailan government as follows:
"The proletariat of Hungary
from today has taken all power
in its own hand. The decision
of the Paris conference to oc
cupy Hungary, the provisioning
of revolutionary Hungary lie-
comes utterly impossible. Cnder
i,om:i.v okitcku waits
I'OK TI.Mi: TO CO HO.MK.
Coblenz, Feb. Id. In a jurat
castle on a hill and with a count
and countess and their four
daughters as his nearest neigh
bors dwells today the lone
somost American in all the occu
pied territory of (lei niany. He
is Lieut. John W. Scott, of De
troit, commanding company K,
H'.Hh infantry, on outpost duty
at the ".stepping off place of
the Coblenz bridgehead where it
skirts a beautiful valley stretch
ing away toward Herlin.
.In 4 across the hallway from
the quarters of the lieutenant
on the second tlood of the castle,
Count and Countess von Walden
dorf have been allowed to re
ma j,by courtesy of army ofli
ccr'5" But the Ccrmans kce) to
themselves, looking upon the
Americans as invaders, and an
army antifraternization order
prohibits I.ieiitenant Scott from
visiting them.
On the first floor of the castle
American soldiers have their
beds and mess and a large living
room where they play cards and
enjoy each others company
during the long winter evenings
and t"ll i f their war experii nee
and of all the wonderful things
they intend to do when they get
home iga'n. Lieutenant Scott
pends hi; evenings, alone, de
o"iing book after Ixiok.
Visitors are few at this fur
thermost outpo.4 across the
Lhine 'J't miles fiom Coblenz.
Hilling the day the lieutenant
make., hi. rounds, visiting one
sentinel after another, always
alone. At the f.M.t of the hill
crowned by tin- catli' of
Molsbi-rg, is the iIIageof Mols
beiy t,( ulrch Lieutenant Scott
i. mditaiy commander, but he
tail s to the townspeople only on
questions oi business;. And SO,
day alter day. the lieutenant
meets no oi e excepting his sol
di' i am! ti e civilians on routine
mattei ol duty.
The meals of this loneliest of
Ann i icans aie served in hi
quarters w heie he dines alone
with giddy green warrior tapes.
try iigures g.mng town on mm
flot'i thi'ir places on the walN
just wh"i thev were hung
so'sn-5 lung like .am years ago.
The figures of one panel picture
a gay and joliv party anil a!! the
others suggest companionship
m oMe form.
I n o;in el II I ; a telephone
which i etches to .Mont.d.aur. the
in t iiiioit headquarters, but
A - Use is rot i id cd to business
i -. .
"'V. Il'.fie rue o'her rnmi-N.
! !H'i'-, too, inc!':d:ng electric
lights and i tinning water and a
wondciftil stov,. reaching half
. i t i.i
w av in uu eumg aim at the
lxtto-i the o.d (ieim.sn makers
lia're and th-d..te l?d. lUtt to
the lonely lieutenant even tin
lite III the sfoe suniet ones
sc. almost colli.
Lieutenant Sott's neatest
Aim i a an nfiicer iieighlior i s live
or si miles awav ti t acioss the
s immi acies owiieil by the count
fti r daik visits are out of tin
question. An-! o when over
'';; by lone someness, ain
n raiinos fmm reading, tin'
lautcnaiit tumbles into a 17th
eenturv bii which stands in the
same posiuon I', lias iM-ell ai
tin-so years. .Ami within easy
reach u the telephone bv which
he Know eveiuuailv wnl come
.i.i i
'lie Wi'leome new s lor Which so
long he has been longing
"We've be, ii ordered homo."
inesi ciicum' lances ttie mio
mcitfis'ojien for the Hungarian
goeinmec.t is a dictatorship of
the piolctai iat.
legislative, executive an
jiidlrial authoiity will be exei
cisd by a dictatorship of tin
woikers, ieasants and soldier'
councils. The voluntary gov
eminent council will begin forth
with woik for the realization of
communist scuialistn.
"The council dot res the sot ia
li.ation ol large estates, mines
leg iiiifiisti ies. banks ami trans
port lines, and declares complete
solidarity with the Russian sov
let government oilers to contract
an armed alliance with the pitv
Idariat of Russia.
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OK AIT0.MOI5ILKS SAYS
FORI) ON RLTI RN' HO.ML
iVtroit. .March 21.--Plans
were outlined bv Henry Ford
for the manufacture of his new
at'.totnoible. which is to cost
'! Ml or !?:'.M), and fiunish em
ployment lor iHi.tiiiii men lmme-
liately after his arrival in De
troit from Los Angeles, Califor
nia, where announcement of tin
project was made.
"Jidsel. my son. and I are go-
in." to give- the people something
F
ew jn the way of an automo- f ,,, lVMnt j.on . u,,.,
i!e." said Mr. Ford. "Not j j t. m.w ni,M,.. H ill h.iv t
n!v are we going to give them).,,, ,.ti,-,.v new motor and new
I hi, lad product which will be ' -,.;itui iini . iUst what the
s nhin the reach of almost every i
'iimily. but we shall give them as j
well the last wonl in a motor .
i.r. The pliNludioii of the new
itilomobile will Ik- by the Ford'n . v .,1,.,.., 1;.,ilt aWaV
family alone. We are going
o the thing on a big. scale, and
it is our intention to have plants',
i!l over the Fnited State .. The
x.ict liK-atioti of the first unit
i.i.not hern do;-i.ed. The pic-
nt Foul Motoi' Company's em-!
I
i!oe, number alM.ul oO.i in 1
tie
actual manufacture of cars, j
Our new company will olfcr em
ploymeiit to four or five times
that number."
"The new company will lie an
nlirely se ate and new under
taking. io shall in no way In
tel f-re with tin present Fold
Motor Company. None of our
sto-k is for sa'e. and we have as
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Furtheimoie. we are not in the
market tor a shale owned by
other .stockholders.
i..iu wi:i rcmam a. presi.iem
of the Foul Motor C.:r.pany. toLui Wr t ri
io'.chI our interests ami the in-
tere. ts of thou and s of em
ployes. We shall do everything
issb!e to take tare of local b-
ligations. The cottit thtiMon
which d "i.l'd t'lts tmdci taking
is one of the best thing- that
1 o'.ild ha e happened. It v ill
mean much go.l for. the people.
For ur tuideitaking will mean
more w 01 k.
"Cotllt tlecisioiis never hinder
pi-ogress. iey siinply cl.ange
the coiir-e of action. The pro
posed lA-ague of Nations would
be nothing more than a Supieme
Coui t. and no matter what its
derisions might be thev would
always lender the people of the
woild a gieat semco., I fully
li'!lee in this Cleat del idilii'
ImmIv.
'Take my own rase. The re
cent court ruling will result in
the' win Id fitting a better rar.
a cheaper car. and one more ful
Iv tip to tl.de than those now on
the market. Th.it is why I fa
vor the league of Nations idea
as a find rouit of tin woild an
International Court; its deci
sions would always render the
Iwotld theWst nerxice and there
by the iM'sf service to the people.
"As to the !sp,,i0().(Mti d.i.
sion. it caused me to make this
move because of my rule to have
plenty of ready ra h to do busi
ms with; if you have ready
rash, you discount your bills, you
draw interest, and its mcie pres.
ence enables you in many ways
to reduce the cost of produc
tion and thereby make profit and
pay U tter wages. Of that $10.-
000.000, I have to distribute to
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till- lltll'ltlll II ! 1 1 Mltlf, ',-
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"f " .i'' !. I!i:'-nj itiitl Mrs i ,
myself about $12.0fM,(MM, but I
cannot in justice to my.self put
it back in the business because
I have no .vay to oblige those
who own the other portion to
employ it.
"As I do not believe in sub
sidiary companies. I cannwt re
stint to that method. My only
recourse is to design a new car
w iiich w iil be up to date.
"I am ini.sitive that there will i
be a demand for Mich cars we
sh.ill build becau-e they w ill em-1
ImmIv every thing iiece -sary to a j
,.,..,1 'amjv automobile. Nothing
.,1,1.1;,. M ,..(
..Jt ,av ta'M. a year befoie I
, lV l. ,. ,.u t! ,n i'n!U- .,i ; . .l
I,.... nm,in.'r I :nn '.-nlm' In
in-jani .,, t ,u,v. We expii t to
st ,lt ,. v.'.,u the eailv naitlbe rejected, .simi-lv becau-e thev
, sl Vl... ali, lt j, ,. ,,iWArt. msos .ibe." It wi;s the
to locate as many po,,ibie i;
water-jHiwer Mti
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,-,.m,i,M. tH. tw.i Mheme
III one
.ready puichaM .I tw.ij
big sites, one on C.retll Island.
New Yolk, and the other in
Hamilton. Ohio.
"More automobiles will mean
bett.-r loads for the I'mtcil
States. That is on.' thing I am
strong for, and the one way to
get better roads is to make the
people want them and then make
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1 .t or them to own an
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"Another w.sy to get n,oe
comfoit and happiness in this
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at
the
woi k we can foe th m and make
it a pleaMitc for them to do it.
Have them fed they are p.ut
ners in a mamifactui ing scheme
which is promoted for their in
P i est and enjoyment. When
they aie making automobiles
which thev themselves will !
able to buy, they will have the
necessary interest in then-woik
to make it a pleasant task.
Mr. Foi d 1 ef Used to tlisctiss
the statement of Fiiiott C. Ste
riisii:i. attorney foi Dodge Rio
titers, who are stockholders in
th" Fold Motor Company, that
he would imt l" permitted to
stait a new ci-.qany in ron,e
t it ion with the present com-
jpany.
..KRMWS COMPLAIN AT
DFL.VY IN CLTIINC FOOD.
StmkhoSm, Man It 22.--The
official announcement published
in P.eilin that the convention of
the allies for piovisjoning Ccr
many had hut sielH., j j'.m,.
s Is was received with geneia!
satisfaction but not without
gitimblmg over why this icstilt
was not achieved liefore. The
Roisen .citiing remarks that
the allies have granted what has
Ihcii regarded as itbolutelv
neres.sary to meet the wants of
the fasting Oerman stomachs.
This paper says:
"We may ask why was this
unnecessary delay which strikes
us as doubtless ciuelT"
The (icrman organ avoid, ex
amining the causes of delay for
which those representing the
fasting German stomach", were
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ttlinfrlitidH nf h,. Ki-i.Ht n,!lji sl iiltiii In
ii'l v It ii It. i, I I..,i,..,ii,I,.i ri t.,i- il... . ,,v.
i .. i utiiiM.i ml r if i, SitiimiI
I'll- tl "ii ill. l it' I ', iin-u u In
chielly responsible. Once more
it would have been found that
haggling and bargaining were
not conductive to lapid practi
cal settlements.
The same .system is being fol
lowed now as to conditions of
peace. This organ if the I'.eiiin
moneyed classes, commenting on
the preparatory di.-cu.-simis of
the Ocrman peace coinmi-- ion,
-ays a great inajoiity of the
commi-sion members believe
from information reaching them
that the intention of the allies
is that the peace terms will not
be di-riis-rd but dictated. It j.
tlimecessai y to emphasize, the
paper add , that too commis
sion will it 1 'is,, to accet a p"i-ce
imposed in this lashuui. sain,r:
"IniKssibIi' cond;tioiii mn,,t
1 , 1 , ,i,,ij ,1 ... ,.
"niq.Te.t negotiation
iei de-
liwi y ol the Cei m.,n m.-rt h.mt
(ships at the List meeting ; t Spa.
P.ul this condition l can e quite
ace
ptabie a few da - l:.t r
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P.iilssel.s, The Reihn pros, is a).
readv viewing it in a tb;Ttnt
hht.
The chasm In-twvi n t!.. n a-
1 !i ity . iK iahsts ; -nd i:.di p n-
th-n! s an I Spai t. ci t w ha h i
divid.iig moiiein (',. nn.-.nv- i cm
to glow wider ttiy day. An
tojtoiii.m and bitterness vveie in
tensiiied ley the le.cnt iii ts and
their t'!!M siqipii', l.y a'''"'i
force. The radicals and y, m
!v.i r.t parti aie :..a is;,;
a-' !l oir.cr oj t l: le.ivni :;u' to
establi 't a leig't of tenor and
the relH'ls on one side and the
aimy on tit" other aie taunted
with having Had mthod of
b.tibalie severity and bloml
thii stiness,
W hih' ill official l-oi:i geoi-.i-t
ii les t-ne luui l ,ii 1 ifymg
stories of n 1 n I atitn ities. the ra
dical journal Republic, publi hes
a piotfst signed by "ml rititi-n .
among others Mtximiliaii Hu
ll n. Professor St hem ken an. I
Osf.tr Fried, dulaiitig tho., e
cusations of baib.tiity gns,!v
iX.icgei atcd. Tiny a-seit, how
ever, that tin- triM'jis cannot Im
exonerated fnmi excessive se
venty and in many instances of
downright ferocity. Midi as hav
ing shot piisiiiit'is without tnal
vvhen taken nd -landed. Tin
was denied by Heir N'oike and
I itoio is no doub the pi.ictue
was fiequently followed by lo(h
si. Ies. though the T rcencss tf
the struggle was cxa;"eiated by
Uth.
During the eight davs t!,
fighting in Reilin lasted the to
tal nundier of casualties, ac
roiding to official computation,
did Hot exceed Ii0 kilh-d and
100(1 wounded. Th joint c;tm-
paign against the riajmi'.y so
rifthsts now in power is nmie
than ever acute. Tin- radical '.
hasjng their influence pi incipally
on (hiss hatred of the masses.
can hardly W said to have lost
giTtund by the defeat of the in
surrection. The government i
prepared to meet renewed at
tempts fiTim the same direction.
Troop concentrated in Reilin
are taking efficient precaution's.
ROLSHLYISTS TRYING
TO alFND THL1R WAYS.
Archangel, Salurilay, March
I-'.. - (My Associated Press.) -
tivuil uevclopivicnt.'. in the
I'wina rivtv sector indicate that
ih" I'ol. ivvini ary tr in;r tc
:haii'., the conduct of their tin-
onlioiled del.a: hliicnts who
.lave been acensi-d of killing ;;nd j
maltreating pri. oiu rs. An
American oriiccr, who ri.iMiiicd
'o Archangel today, alter a long;
stay in th" Tulgas legion, de
.dared that the campaign tlhTe
is at the present tine' "civilizedj
a ;ii I are,"
On a P.ol.-.hevik prisoner re
cently captured by th" Anuri
cans, he .said, was found a copy i
of an order directing that all
prisoners .should be treated kind
ly .especially the bounded, as in
many instances they were the
source of valuable information.
In this set tor where t he pa
trols traverse the .same paths
of the foi e. t i s a hollow .stump,
which is the battle zone pustof
lice tor the exchange of informa
tion regarding pi i. onci s. Let
t is ha" been phicetl there from
some scouts taken by the Rol
sheviki saving th.it thev were
We!!.
A former I'.ol.sheviki nur.se
v. ho fleeted to stav w itll the
Ameiieans after valiantly carry
ing her wounded lover, a liolsii, .
ik officer, to a ho pital mi the
jpl'"r Ti:gas in the Nov u ber
llth battle, and who had pre
. iiei !v );-,. ,-nt. il ;,.l 1,,. ik M,I
la i s from maltreating Anieii-
.'i ai d Ri iti h wounded in tin
'i" pita) there (i, ja.r he In ief
.loin . the Rol.sheviki oct tqiied
the to p. ha ; w ritten to th Rol--ie.v
iki auth ii ities that P.dslie.
vik pii-ti'iej . K.;. by the aMtes
il All li..ll; v'l aie Weli tleiit-
I and well fed.
1 he Archangel newspapers
piibll h many citations of decor-
ilioos awarded to t In new Rus-
in troop, of the provisional
o. ei orient for biavery in ac
tion. Tic mobilization conduct
"d at .it h.an;e ha been a sue-
ess I m- tiii-l all exceptions, ac
i'l. ling to the Russian stall, and
-iaa troops ;,e in the fiont
.ires in neai y every .sector
'i'ht'ng be id.- th.- Aieeiican.,
Rnti b and Fithili.
The woman's patriotic union.
ig:.r.ie. at Ait h t'lgel. is at -..ni'ieg
to 1 !i, women woikers
He' fiont to cue for the Riis.
i.m tiot p..
He id !lal t. I -, lep e. ts that the
;t'.:atio!i in all s. j,,, , v. .s t ith-
tit h.-ne toil. tv .
PRF.SIDKNT SPRNDS )
ON OLD P.MTLFI IKI.IK
Pal is. Match 2.".. President
Wilson, aei'oUip.tliictl by Mis.
Wilson. Mis, Renham. Mi s. li
on's mti etai v . and Rear Admir
.i tit. tv son, spi nl tlie day v 1 it
ng s.i-snu . in th' Chemin ties
Dam.',. Cimey ! Chateau,
Chatiitv, N'ttyon, Moiitdidn r and
the itoighhoi ing regions. The
Piesident followed with the
greatest ll.teli'st the movement
of amis in those legion., and
incived a Vtiv vivid impn
sion of the haviw that had been
wi ought thcle. On his letuin
to P.,i 1 s he said :
"The day has been vciy in
stui tive to me. It hits Iki-ii in
many ways exceedingly painful,
U-eattso what I saw was deeplv
distiessing. Rut it has enabled
ne to have a fuller conception
than ever of the extiaoitlinai)
tol 1 tug Mini haidship of the
people of Fiance in the baptism
of cine! fire through which they
have passed."
At one place a p!ea..ant inci
dent occurred. The President's
rar stopjted to get oil and a lit
tle group of people of the village,
together with some who had
driven out from Montdidier.
gatheicd around the rar and
chatted. The President and Mrs
Wilson were presented with sev
eral bouquet i'f (lowers Li-ought
by children.
The paity had lunch nt a half
repaired inn at Soissons, where
a great crowd of Poihi.-t gather
cd to meet the President. The
parly also visited the file of the
"nig Pioiiha," which a year ngo
opened fin- on Pans,
FINLAND RRACIIRS Lt.RT
WITH FIGHTING !1Ki OF
OLD HICKORY DIVISION.
Newport News. March 2:',.
More troops of the Old Hickory
n r.icii-the ,"(ih, which in
indcs men from Tennessee,
s'oith and S011M1 Cirniina --ro-
U! lied home (fifty I rem the ba.t-
llt field of Franco 011 Hie trans-
'rt i'mlaiul, 1'ieh ; ; ; J v t l here
hi 1 i trii ill", over' a I .".-days'
vo ;: from S, Nav.-.ice.
n bo.-.rd Hi-' big '. "- ( !, foi-.
" i'l;, i!i ' led l-i hue tcans
tlantie serv iee. there v,, re al
llot o.-'tOO ofii'-i ;:h I n en of
1 he lighting: foi-:
s, i!i"!i'i
tin
I Uh
;u tii!c,-
1 eg 'iient.
' 'ol. Luke Lea' . i o:i'i'i;.in'. and
he 1 1'ilh machine een bat 'alion
omplcie and det ichna i. . if the
I loth field aitiili r i, ;- ment
t in I tie- 1 1 lt ma. h:ne i 1 1 bat
talion.
Prig. Gen. John W. liillireth,
Jr., commaniler of 11.- .i.'th
u'igade of field artillery, was the
ranking officer aboard and with
lint the brigade lieadqu: i ters,
consisting of eight nlliceis and
men. who will go In ('a, p Lee
Va.
Officers and men of the Old
Hickory dividon aboard niini-
icn d more than luu and each
f tht'iu i, anxious to get to his
home. Thev will be .sent t var
ious dt mobilization camp'.
Hi.' number of officers and
n i of the various unit s follow:
Four officers and Id:! in- 11 of
'lattery A and hatla'i'ei heatl
piai tors' of the 1 1") regiment of
1 ai tiller y ; assigned to camp
L. '.
Twenty-eight officers an I 7:'.'.
'lien of the Hath nia.liine gun
battalion, complete. asigp d as
Twenty-live eis
and til Ml men to Coup I ane
officer and I'J men to ( uttiii
Sherman; two officers
men to Camn Tav l u .
.1 H.1
1. ".l.'.l
Folt.V-sIX oltlCtls ;,,i
UH It of the 1 I Itll rcgimi 1 of
'dll ailiilcI V, COitete. a -igll-
d as fallow s: I'm t -i,. ( . ntels
and l.I'fi men to Camp I a - iwo
officers and PJ'i mm to C imp
Taylor; two officers and s. ion
to Camp ( lordoii ; one ol !i. 1 1 and
11 men to Camp Di.
One ,f licer a in I men the
1 1 Uh machine gen b, tt.-,l . .de
tachment, assailed to 1 amp
i 1111 ton.
Other triH.jis alMMid th Fin
land in hid. d all Ohio t a.siial
.onp..n,v of thiee offici 1 . and
I'JImililan Aikitiis.is c.-.ual
company of two ot:ieeis ; nd lt:'i
men; six St. N.t.:ane couv.tle.
cent tleliichmeitt .. Nn-. 0. and
I I'l. col's i qi.);' t f C2 ofli ors.
ii;i'2 me'i and (w e 'i- Id e'e) I. s. and
:v i:a da ..! tl !.. I i t of . ix of-
(ii et s and ! tin n. Fight (astial
ofiii ers weie ai. o abo.tid.
AMFRICANS ham: rig
IIFN Jl liNIIMLlFR t.FN
Cobleli. Feb. 2.i. tv'.ilti mII
donce of the A-s miit'.itl Press)
One of the big J centim. ter
I a i man gun . w hu h in 1 '. I 7 la ed
strw '.v'vp .lojjt: Ai-p vitd", ladn
turned over to the Ann i icahs le
t entlv by th-Gorman debveiing
,-omnisson. The Ypres gun
with four otheis. all Mounted
upon railroad (tucks, eventually
may In sent (o the Fnited States
as a pail of the war in; tdial
w hit It has Ik'cii taken thai go of
by the Aioeiican aimy of occu
pation. When the five lai'ioad guns
arrived at Cohletu fiom unoc
cupiid German v (hey were in
charge of Lieutenant Ftidoliih
Gotr.ti ten, of the German army,
who told members of the Fnited
States receiving comuiis: ion
that h had been in command of
the crew which manned ciie of
the guns of the shipment tint
ing the time that it was fiimsf
tilHiti Ypres two years ago.
The State Siip-'i lut-nlcnt of
Public Instruction Imn iM com
pleted the p;torlioiii) til , (
.:.(MM)m t f tl,o State s, hu,,!
fund to tli ibiferei-,1 eotiiitios.
bit of tliis 8U111 the svuri y hcliudn
get ?-w,ii.',7. Wilkes get Np.'.L'.'.t,
and Yadkin Rcis jd, I'.'.'. W,tko
county (jett ho kuiii of j I D.Tii ''..
ami Ashe e-pU ?10. h. The ap
M)i liriiiiiienliii made r t npit.i
tmonRail the countiei nrcordintc
to school population.