VOL. 15. NO. 47.
A (Elran Cnral NrtDapayrr Jfrr All dlu-JFamtlij
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
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AMERICAN
ON THREE SECTORS
ARE PROVING THEMSELVES TO
DE FIGHTERS OF THE HIGH- j
EST CALIBER. !
HARD TO HOLD IN RESTRAINT
Stories of Their Intrepidity Comt 1
From the Front li Their Desire to
Be Up and at the Enemy.
American troops in Franca now are '
In battle on ttiree sectors on their ,
own line cam of St. Miliicl and wiiii 1
the French in Champagne and on one .
of the most famous buttle fronts 'n
the world, where ruined villages and
tho devastated country generally tell j
the talo of hard-fought battles when
th Germans pushed forward their line
and ultimately wre driven back by ',
the French.
And everywhere Hie Americans are :
proving themselves lighters of tho !
highest cl!:'.l er. winning onconiums
from higli French officers for their
business-like methods of warfare and -especially
their skill In the use of ar- I
tlllory. Already the men are veterans,
for nothing the Germans have in stock
remains to be shown them except a
great mass attack. Thus far every- '
thing has been tried by the enemy '
against them has been discounted, and
In some instances doubly discounted.
Stories from the front by the Asso
ciated Press tell of the Intrepidity
of the men in trench riadlng opera
tions, of their coolness under fire and
In returning Ore, the accuracy of aim ,
of the gunners and the Intense watch-'
fulness at observation posts to see
that the enemy obtains no undue ad
vantage a sm prise attaek. I
Hard to Restrain. 1
The only criticism that far heard -regarding
the Americans Is their de-"
sire to be up and at the enemy. Like
their brothers of the north the Ca- '
nadlans they are hard to hold In re-J
stralnL As one distinguished Frnch
officer expressed It, "they are too anx- j
lous to get at grips with the enemy."
The Meaning of W. S. S. ExPiantion of
r- i it l
rood Kuies
"V. !S. S." liictilm War Savings Stumps. Thesi! stumps)
art; on utile at poslolTicc, (milks ami stores all uver tlie I'ni
leil States. They are hemf? sold hy the noveiiiineiit to help
raise money to carry on the war. The stamp is the kov
eminent 'k acknowledgment of deht to you. It shows that
the government owes yott money and how much. The frov
crnment is simply borrowing money from you ami i;ives
you the stamps as its note with interest. The stamp is just
as safe as the government itself and just as good as the
money for the government. These stamps are being sold
in small denominations as low as 2"c. They are in reach
of even the poorest of us. They give the humblest peasant
tin opportunity of helping to run the war. Many could not
buy a fifty dollar Liberty Howl but most anybody can buy
a 25c stamp, liead what the postmaster has to say about
these stamps below. Another advertisement of the
stamps appears on the next page in further explanation.
Head them carefully. We hope to give a great deal more
information about the stamps next week. (Kditor.)
OEMAND THAT MEN
TO
HUTCHE80N IS GIVING ,
THE ENEMY: COMFORT
President Wilson has wiled William
L. Hutrheson, president of the Car
penters' and Joiners' Union now out on
a strike, as follows:
"William L .Hutrheson. general
president, United Brotherhood of Car
penters and Joiners of America, New
York: I have received your telegram
of yesterday and a,ni very glad to note
the expression of your desire as a pa
triotic citizen to assist In carrying on
the workj by which we are trying to
save America and men everywhere
who work and are free. Taking ad
vantage of that, assurance. . I feel It
to be my duty to call your attention
to the fact that the strike of carpen
ters in the shipyards is In marked
and painful contrast to the action of
labor In other trades and places. Ships
are absolutely necessary for the win
ning of the war -. No one can strike a
deadlier blow at the safety of the na
tion and of Its forces on the other side
than by Interfering with or obstruct
ing the shipbuilding program.
"AH the other unions engaged In
this Indispensable work have agreed
to abide by the decisions of the ship
building wage adjustment board. T.hat
board has dealt fairly and liberally
with all who have resorted to it. , I
must say to you frankly that It Is your
duty to leave to It the, solution of
- your present difficulties wHtr " your
employers and to advise the men
whom you represent to return at once
to work pending the decision.
"I do not see that anything' will be
gained by my seeing you personally
until you have accepted and acted
upon, that principle. It Is the duty of
the government- to see that the best
possible conditions of labor are main
tained, as It la also its duty to see 10
It that there 1b no lawless and con
scienceless profiteering and that duty
the government has accepted and will
perform. Will you co-operate or will
you obstruct? :
"WOODROW-WILSON." v
JOE MARTINEZ PASSES.
Mr. Joe Marlines died here Friday
atfer a few days' Illness at the age of
81 years. The remains were burled in
Mountain Rest cemetery Saturday aft
ernoon, Kev. G. L. Kerr conducting the
funeral. He was a member of the A.
R. P. church at Bessemer City.
Mr. Maitinei was of French extrac
tion and was born In Kingston. Can
ada. At the age of ten years he went
to Genoa, Italy, and served an au
prentlfeship in the painting trade.
Graduating fnun there he took up trav
el and pairite'di to pay expenses until
be had covered a lage portion of the
Eastern Hemisphere; And many islands
of the sea. Before middle life he land
ed on the American continent and had
traveled It will over before declining
old age caused him to settle down to
"smaller compasses. For the past sev
eral years he lived at Kings Moun
tain and In Bessemer City. He' is said
to have been a good painter, which
trade he followed down to his, last
days.
He was quaint and somewhat eccen
trk' but harmless and exercised good
will toward everybody. He was al
ways reminiscent and took great de
light In relating his experiences to
any who would listen. He was four
times married and Is survived by his
last wife. Two daughters, one in Vir
ginia, aud one in Gastonia. and two
step-sons at Rutherfordton. also sur-.
vlve.
The Piedmont and Northern Inter
urhail lines between Charlotte and
Gastonia have been under government
control sinec the railroads of the coun
try were taken tner r-.ome. weeks. ago,
said Vice-President W. S. I.ee, of the
P. & N. lines Press dispatches about
the time the government took over
the steam railroads stated that inter
urban lines probably would not be
taken over. Hence It was not consid
ered that the P. & N. lines were in the
hands of the government, and it Is ex
pected that this announcement will oc
casion considrable surprise.
Bullet Holes Still There.
The old Buckrann Tavrn in Lexing
ton has much the appearance It had
when It was the rallying place of ths
Minute Men and the "shot henrd round
the world" was flred many years ago.
One may to this day see in It bullet
holes mode hy the British soldiers
who were flred upon from this tap
He Didn't Know.
. In a murder trial six experts were
examined. Most of them had a na
tional reputation. A hypothetical ques
tion of LD.Oi HI words, which It required
two hours to read, was asked of Doc
tor Jelley, a Boston expert on Insnnity.
The learned doctor uuswered the ques
tion In three words : "I don't know."
A frank answer, but rather perplexing
to counsel. Case and Comment.
SEABOARD CLERKS GOT
20 PER CENT INCREA3E
Washington. Details of an arbitra
tion agreement giving all Seaboard
Air Line railway clerks 20 per cent
Increase In salaries and a basic eight
hour day were made public here. The
agreement was signed here after ne
gotla'dons since last September when
the clerks went out on strike. They
returned to work after being out three
weeks pending the negotiations just
, completed hjronzh Jtoterrentlyn ot the
dep'xsmiMit of labor.
The national board of officers of the
Junior .Order of United American Me
chanics has. revoked the charter of the
Trinity Council 307. Trinity, N. C. and
charges have been preferred against
the Tar Heel council officers because
of their activity In rebelling against
the increased tax for the support of
the National Home at Tiffin, Ohio.
Monks Carved Church Seats.
Church seats carved by monks ar
to be seen within the walls of the an
cient church at Clodock on the borders
of Monmouthshire. The' edifice was
built some eight centuries ago and for
many years It had Interesting relations
with Lanthony Abbey while It was the
monks of the adjacent monastery that
did much of the beautiful carving with
n its n ails. The fine tower Is now so
dilapidated that It must be speedily re
stored If It Is to be saved from ruin.
Sm C. Lattimore, Food Administra
tor, Makes Plain Rules and Regula
tions Regarding the Hoarding of
Food.
I I wenl lo Raleigh to attend liie
slate food administrators' nieiiiiK.
hoping to get some except Ions made
to some of the new rulings but I found
that Mr. Page was unmovablo
Tlie following are some of t lie new
j rules that must be carried out:
1. All flour must be returned in
excess of one barrel. ""on pounds
It does not make any difference
wmn you bought the flour If you have
in your possession more than one bar
rel you are guilty of hoarding.
You wHl be given until the 15th day
of February to return this flour, or to
sett to some one and tell what disposi
tion you have made of It.
2 ALL merchants MI ST SKL1.
I."-.t-.r . 1 rtT- ..,!.. ....
real with wheat flour, this does not In
clude potatoes, beans, meat. etc.. as
'some merchants and grocers think, but
ift must Ih corn meal, oat meal. rice,
grits, etc.
I granted a temiwrary except ion to
this ruling thinking it unjust to the
farmers and hoping tn pet It amended
but I found myself in the hopeless mi
nority as they voted 85 strong against
5 of us.
3. ALL WHEAT mills and jobbers
must take out license at once. It
makes no difference how small the
mill or business, they must have li
cense. White to the L'. S. Food Ad
mlnistrator. License Division. Wash
ington, 1). C.
Now the question i oflen asked:
"Must a farmer wtio has his own corn
buy meal?"
Yes, But he has the privilege of
selling his merchant corn or meal, and
Is hard to the farmer Is intended to
get much corn meal on the market.
None of the above rulings have any
thin gto do with the farmer who has
his wheat ground. You can have all
the flour you want ground if you
have your own wheat.
It Is not my Intention to make It
hard on anyone, but the law must he
enforced. Anyone who makes you be
lieve that I will not enforce this law
is deceiving you. I have taken an oath
to enforce this law and I am going to
enforce It without fear or favor.
Any man who has in his possession
more than 200 pounds of bought flour
had better return some at once to his
merchant. And any merchant who sells
flour without an equal amount of oth
er cereals will wake up to find him
self out of business and his name on;
the blacklist.
Merchants will also please bear in
mind that they can only sell 100
pounds of flur to the man in the coun
try and 48 pounds to the town man.
Hoping and trusting thut' the peo
ple of Cleveland county can be relied
upon to do their patriotic duty as they
have always done I remain.
SAM C. LATTIMORE,
Food Administrator.
SHIPPING BOARD DESIRES THAT
SHIPYARD WORKERS RETURN
PENDING ADJUSTMENT.
PROBE INTO SHIPBUILDING MAY
LEAD TO A CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.
LEADER IS DEFIANT: SERIOUS FACTS DISCLOSED
Local Draft Boards Begin Calling
Striking Worken Who Would Re
turn to Work But for Hutcheson'a
Refusal.
WasliiiiKtuh A ffiu-wfd domain,
hut Wllliurn I. HutrhoKoii. nn'sidmrt
)f l hr I'Mitt'il Hrotherhimil of rmpfn
rs tinri Joiners, Mend hi rikitiK tthtp
van! wnrkrn in easl-nm plum hai k to
Aurk pending an adjustment of their
jrievaiu h was made by t'tiainnuu
tlurli-y. of the shipping hoard.
Kurlier In the day Huti-hemm had
iimwHred a previous appeal with
:-otnniunirutloii docluring ft would be
impossible for him to act until he had
-tome definite proposition from the
shipping hoard a bio workiUK ondi
:lona Hutrheson's virtual defiance of the
ihlpping board presents a situation on
whirl, oleiuls declined to comment.
Mr. Hurley's request that the men
be put hark to work immediately car
ried no threa-t and shipping board of
ficials would not say what stepn they
have (n mind.
Reports that local exemption boards
are preparing to call into the military
service striking shipyard workers
within the draft age prompted the
shipping board to aend telegrams urg
ing that no such action be taken. De
ferred classification for shipyard work
ers has been put by the provost mar
shal general's office In the charge of
the Industrial service section of the
shipping board desire that all drift
questions be decided In Washington.
President Wilson Is known to be
given personal attention to he labor
situation and Is following every move
in the shipyard strikes.
Tn tils communication to Hutrheson.
Chairman Hurley points out that the
heads of the carpenters' and joiners'
union were (he only ones who declin
ed to leave adjustment of difficulties
to the shipbuilding liilwr adjustment
board. Kven the carpenters' locals, de
spite this attitude. Mr. Hurley de
dares, have asked to be Included in
the agreement.
CENTRAL POWERS STILL
AT WAR WITH RUSSIA.
Our Government Requests:
That some of us shall go into actual service leave our homes, our work
and our dear ones to go across the water and offer our bodies in the
supreme sacrifice. To others of us it asks that we SAVE and lend our
money in War Savings and Thrift Stamps giving us the best of secur
ity and paying us 4 per cent, interest
ich Is The Greater?
Wh
Our boys leave with a smile and a display of eagerness for battle. They '
must be supplied with guns, food and clothing. War Savings Stamps
will furnish these things. The boys are "over there and at it" wait
ing. Shall we. be found wanting?
Thrift and War Savings Stamp for sale at all banks, the postoffioe and
stores.
Space donated by A. HUNTER PATTERSON, Postmaster.
Trotzky Declares. However, Russia's :
Withdrawal and Declares it Real, j
Although reports of the conference
at the Impprlal German headquarteis
between Emperor William and the j
military and political leaders have In- j
Heated the probability of further fight
ing between the Teutonic allies and .
the Russians, the holsheviki govern
ment's withdrawal from the war hat
been reiterated by I.eon Trotzky. the
foreign mnilster. A wireless com
munication from Petrojirad sasy Trots- ,
ky Informed the All-Russian Work-
men's anil Soldiers' councils that Rus
sia's withdrawal was a real one and
that all agreements with her former
allies had been vitiated. The councils
dpproved Trolzky's policy.
At War Declares Kuehlmann.
Amsterdam. That Germany and f
Austria were still at war with Russia
was the belief expressed by Dr. Rich
ard von Kuehlmann. the German for- ,
sign secretary, at the concluding ses-
slon of the recent peace conference
at Brest-Lltovsk after Leon Trotsky. '
the bolshevik! fortfgn minister, had
made his final statement that Russia
was out of the war and her armies
would be demobilized, but that she
would desist from signing a formal
peace treaty.
The acts of war, Doctor von Kuehl- j
mann said, ended when Russia and ;
the Teutonic allies signed the armis
tice, but when the armistice ended
the warfare must be .revived. He
added that because one or two of the
contracting parties hjd' demobilise'
their armies, this fact would in no
wise alter the situation.
American International's Contracts foe
Building May be Cancelled by the
Government.
WaHhingtoii. InvcKligaiion hy tin
Ji'ltartment of Justin of the American
inleriiatiniuil Corpurat ion's construc
tion of the government's big futirtrat
iliM steel shipyard at Hog Island, Penn
sylvania, was ordered by President
Wilson witli u view to criminal prose
cutions If th" fa.t? develop more than
reckless expenditure of government
money.
At the same time chairman llurlev
of the shipping hoard, who had r
ipiested the move, Indicated that the
the yard and ships Involving many
corporations' co'iitacls for building
millions of dollars might be cancelled,
whcji was taken to meun that the
f-rvernnient ntigli' lake over the yard,
complete its construction and build
the ships Itself. This step has been
urged by members of the senate com
mittee investigating shipbuildng
Tho president asked for the invest
igation In the following letter tn At
torney General Gregory:
"Mr. Hurley, of the shipping hoard,
has called my attention to some very
serious facts which have recently been
developed with regard to contract
made In connection with the ship
building program with the company
operating at Hog Island.
"They are so serious Indeed that I
do not think we ran let them be taken
care of merely by public disclosure
and discussion. I would he vcrjr
much obliged if you would have some
trustworthy person In your depart
ment get into consultation with Mr.
Hurley about the whole matter with
a view to instituting criminal .process
In case the facts justify it."
Charges of mismanagement and a
reckless spending of government
funds at Hog Island have been made
freely before tlm senate committee.
Witnesses have testified that the yard
for which the shipping board- Is put
ting up all the money, may cost twice
the sum of t2t.nno.niNI carried In the
original estimates. The slow progress
made in construction of the yard and
reports of the . loose management
prompted Chairman Hurley three
weeks ago to put in full charge of the
work former Rear Admiral P. A.
Bowles, assistant general manager of
the emergency fleet corporation, who
is now on the ground.
PAUL BOLO PASHA MUST
FACE FIRING SQUAD
BOLO WILL APPEAL
FROM DEATH SENTENCE
Paris. Bolo Pasha, who was con
victed by a courtmartla! of treason
and sentenced to death, has appealed.
Bolo,- much to his surprise, was
dressed In prison garb and taken to
the death cell on his return to Santa
prison. He passed a restless night,
but was apparently hopeful that the
decision may -De reversed on appeal.
He said to the guards:
l am perfectly tranquil. I have a
thouaaod grounds toe appeal,"; U
Paul Bolo Pasha must face the fir
ing squad. .
The first man of the coterie ol
French and other propagandists fa
vorable to Germany, who by their
machinations sought to disrupt the
soldiers and populace of France and
bring about a separate peace between
the republlcd an the Teutonic allies,
has been sentenced to death by a
French court-martal.
Thorough lavish expenditure of Ger
man money, Bolo aided in a conspir
acy, which In some Instances met with
success to corrupt Frenchi statesmen
and political leaders and to subsidise
the French press into expression of
the idea that Germany was invncble
at arms awl that France should take
tme by tHie forelock and cease her
military activities against her enemies
In order to save herself from ultimate
vanqulshment.
The tentacles of the conspiracy
reached even the United States. Here
money was transferred to Bolo
through the Intermediary of Count
von Bernstorff, then German ambas
sador to this country,, and it was
mainly upon evidence of the opera
tions ot Bolo and several of his fol
lowers In the United States that Bolo
was convicted.
1277,732,000 APPROPRIATED
FOR AEROPLANE BOMB8
Washington. Principal items for ths
army In the billion dollar urgent defi
ciency appropriation bill favorably re
ported to the house Include $277,732,
000 for bombs for airplanes. JlOO.noo,
000 for quartermaster storage plants
on the sea-coast and at Interior points,
and t81,000,000 for mountain, field,
salge and other artillery In addl'lon
to the billion dollars already spent for
ordnance and contract authorisations
r 77,000,OOO additional.