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t " , - cm-u;;a i:;to cocd ciily;c:i German people and rulers appear tto be grad- Pub'.uh Evry Day in tha Tear at Boath Church It. uaJly rec0Verng from the shock and settling down rrt..imh Yar f FnbUe&tlM. EaUbllihed U IMS.1 to a conservative and saner consideration of their Walter n. KbIIItm OWKERS Cortl B. Jahasea. , Walter II. SuIUtm. Prtldot. Wae n. Harr!a. KIitor. J. A. rm, Mag. Edltee. MtMBER Off T1TE AJSOClATt rS. .v. Tha AawKlatea Preas li awlualvalr enUtwa to the eee. for rai.utlcation at all haws alapatchae credlte ta It ar not etlurwtaa aradltad a this ppr ana ate the leeal ? w. pOO'ih.d harcln. ' - . ' Th- n Kiptcr ralvaa camstate rwrtj at the Aaaa t rru an atsa Maintains arel earraapanaanee buraaua Ip Waahlnstoa. the Bute Capital end , at ether , important Stata nawe aMn. , condition, so It la no surprise to learn that wiser councils are prevailing in new governmental agen cies and that the future policies are being shaped more In accordance with the plana the Allied Pow ers would Insist upon when it cam to passing on the form of Government -these rulers would offer for acceptance. Last week,' or Immediately after the armistice was of forced acceptance, It was announced from Berlin that one faction of Qer mans known as the burgeois, would not have rec- v . so-rid CBcrBr. fcottt at the prtnfai labal on raw aaaar. ognltion of any sort In the new Government " It Tne eat is now said that under the revised plans, the bur- rot-ware , thwaon ahowi whan the ubaorietioa ' geois are to have proportionate representation In timr meter la ample tlma for ranawat Notice gate M " .m. ' v. vj. . ai rfoii-r. and if eat emraet pi. a, notify as at enee. ill governmental affaire. There has been a modi- . . 1 1 . . - -1 I . I - ,iaB UMM llBnaaa - - n . . n . . . - Vm. t ... iiw new iornu- . v. nhrrib- aslrt tha addraaa of tbtlr paear ehans cvr.. trtntf (a thalr rnmmenteatlea hath tha OLD ana' EW aMraaa. .. - . . ... . ieatrff4 at the Peatafllea as Weeowg Ctate Mall Matter. l ftrKmP10X MATHS rajraMe ! A4ranea)l ; ; ' V- rtaJljr Oalr. , . Hallr u4 ndaf. 1 frtnih. ......... ...I . 1 Vonth...,. ...I .Tl I Months. ',... ..... LIS t l Months............ Months..... I.M I Month!........,... . t Toar. .............. : 1 Taar.v,... ......... Kandar Oaly. Paml-Weakly. t Mnfh.. .......... I .1 t Moathi .. . I Months. ...... ...... !. Months.... .Tt I. Tear. ....... I.M "1 Taar...... ......... l.ll ; ' RrprenratatlTaa Fortn AdVarHalaa't Mary. Brock rtnley, Maw Yorh, Chlaage. rhllaaotphlav EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE Convincing Facts Showing Char K ' lotto's Growth and Resources. Charlotte Is tha Capital af Mochlonhorg Cesnty. and cantor of tha histast hydra-alaetrlcal lavelep neat In tha Vnltad aiatea, It has four railroads, sttty-twe dally paasangar trains, dlvare-tna ta alsht tnront dlroetloaa. : la tha home af tha Boatharn Ball TelaphanS Company for tha Pladmoat Bactlon, wKh ear lt eparattvas. trgast talephoaa eicheage . hatwoaa Waahlnfton and Atlanta. . . ..... Charlotte has aa aatlroatod population af MM and thers ara 4(,S pooplo within a radlam af It aallaa. tnaklaa a total population of Itt.SOt poopla. BIht Lanka with loans af orer 1I.M.M. Watar aupply ana of tha flnaat In tha warld, with a reaarve eapaetty of M.aO,IO gallona por day. ' Annual pay .rolls of cetUa mills alona, aaarly Charlotte hiaa fonr Building and Loan Associa tions; and tha ireatast fcomcownlnr community la tka t'nltod lUtMi payo lowast Uxatlon of any rlty la tha State proportionate to Its slia; and, a coo rains ta United Stato atatlatlcs. Is tha cheapest toveraed city of the United States. Charlotte has splendid educational facllltleai one military achool; twa echools for bays; Queans College for Women. ' ,.iji ' Charlotte haa a large number of aplendldly stocked hlh-claaa retail starea and from their varied stocks s'nyona can easily aupply hit or bar moat par ticular requirement ... Has alsty-oryen mllea of paved sad maradamlied atreeta. Orer 100 mllea macadam la the county. One of tha largest telosraphle tenters south of Now York City. The Western Union Telegraph, Com pany works 111 circuits to 611 points out of Charlotte. Th"y employ lis people and htre a monthly payroll of III too. Charlotte la the principal relay point, and the headquarters af tha Slsth District which ambrscas the Carolloaa. ficatlon in the all-SociaVlstic plana. era In Germany appear to be coming around in fine shape and it is not likely that th? peace con ference will have any protestation of consequence involved in the final deliberations. The present spirit of Germany is for acceptance of whatever may be coming, because Germany has come Into ft realisation that matters have ' been r removed from the possibility of controversy and It only re mains for dermany to hope for the best .. - :t ;:: ;:v : ; V A COMING EVENT FOB CHARLOTTE. ' The State Is being "billed", with some attractive advertising matter in connection with the exhibi tion and ea!e of breeding animals by the North Carolina Livestock. Dairying and Poultry Associa tions, scheduled for Charlotte during the week of December 10 to 11. The sale of stock Is to be a particularly attractive Yeature, as this gathering will enable the farmer to "stock up" with the standard breeds of blooded animals at cheaper prices than would be otherwise available. : We have the assurance of the managers that the dis play of livestock and poultry gives promise of being1 the best, and most elaborate the State has yet known and we should think.' that the coming event will bring farmers to the city from every section of the Bute. The hogs, cattle, and sheep are to be disposed of at public sale,' and excellent opportunities will be afforded at each sale. Some of the leading experts In livestock breeding will i be here and the occasion will call for a general ! gathering of the county agents. The farmer boys and girls will also be given ft part and altogether i The Observer is anticipating great things from the Charlotte meeting. saasBsnKaaanaBasvnssaasBaBacasassaBSBnnssi THK PRESIDENTS DFXTISION. I President Wilson has et speculation at rest. , He has made frank statement of , his plans for ! attendance .on the opening of the peace confer- i ence, at the same time Intimating that he will re main no longer than to see the machinery put in smooth running order. . He takes the view, aod : the country will be in agreement with him, that his presence at the outset Is necessary, to save the waste in time and delays that would be In curred by undertaking to conduct the opening pre liminaries by cable. As soon as the outlines of the peace conditions are finally adjusted he would be free to return to his dfftles at Washington. In view of the atose connection President Wilson has maintained With the conduct of the war and In the framing of Initial terms, it would be hard to conceive of the organisation of the peace body with the President of the United States absent The attendance of the President had not only been expected but solicited by the Allied Nations and we believe the people of his own country will feel a greater degree of satisfaction In his announced determination to give personal aid in the Inaugu ration f the peace proceedings. .Mr. IUri: unjustly an of low-prlc strlctlons o: ships to cs should be Hon and.lt i ten the reU vice. The j would bring status and ) the festorat prices for t in the belle j j cf 'c. -j Circ::.-s,.rr:ni Hi CI: :rv:r vSz i: .:: :.. j tf l.'..:r;;t C, .... 1ZU YCA"3 AC 3 TWZNTY AGO ports would would, In U bring about THE KAISER - ;";i':'7"' ; Vndoubtedly the possiblties of trouble from the .former Kaiser's domestication in Holland are of a nature to justify the apprehensions of the Lon don papers. He was born In the household of . intrigue and was bred on that doctrine. If he should be given undisturbed refuge in Holland it would not be long until he would be engaged in the formulation of a menacing movement of some sort and he would be worklng'under the cover he kn6ws so well. It would not bp Impossible ' for him to organize a reactionary movement that would spring up some day to disrupt the peaceful conditions established by the Allied Powers. The Kaiser would remain In a way a possibility of danger to a world1 at peace. One of the London papers appears to' have confidence In the event uality that if he should surrender to the new Ger man rulers, they would "execute judgment on him and so doing would be only acting as fining In struments of justice." It is a little surprising to I find an English paper so early, after the war ex- J pressing mis inaicatea aegree oi connaence in tne new German . regime. In America It would.be trankly regarded with suspicion and the understood willingness of the Emperor to place himself in the hands of this Government would be. pointed to In Justification of this suspicion. By no means Would American' sentiment agree to the handing over this arch criminal to German hands for trial and punishment, and It is not probable that the peace conference has any such Idea in mind. The London papers fall to shed any light upon the probable disposition of the Kabser and the Crown Prince and along with them the large string of officers bearing responsibility for, the many in stances of outrage against civilization. They con tent themselves,' so' far, with discussions of the questions, sprung out of the possibilities of his return to Germany. They profess to fear the formulating of plots to trick the Allies, but with out giving any clear Indications of how this might be done, although they freely hint of kalserism lingering in the persons of Hlndmburg, Maximil ian: and Ebert, a crowd, indeed, in which there is no occasion to repose confidence, but for the curb ing' of any designs 'they might nourish the Allies "are "ho' doubt prepared. " 'The question as to wharis to be done with the i Kaiser remains unanswered, although If the feel ing against his refugeelng . in Ho.'land Is growing among the people at the rate Indicated, we may 'boon expect his precipitation upon some other country willing to play host, If such country can be found. As. an alternative, the Kaiser, may give a new turn to the' discussion by coming out and ' placing himself in the hand of the Allied Pow ers, thus anticipating an event that must sooner or later come to. pass. The Kaiser Is scheduled for punishment. and the, public may rest easy In that assurance. POINTING TO BETTER THINGS. The wedge has been Started In, as witness the action of Postmaster General Burleson In ordering a reduction in telegraph rates on night messages. The public might see a. faint hope, also, for the coming of lower passenger fares In the exhibit made-of the lowering of losses in guarantees to abput (200,000,000. from the $600,000,000 loss which had been anticipated. Indeed, Secretary McAdoo' sees so much encouragement In the sit uation that he is promising to begin on the Pull man end of the line and lop off the half-cent-a-mile extra. He confesses at the same time that the effect of this would be to Increase Pullman travel to the relief of pressure on the day coaches, and it might be argued. that this would operate to the benefit of the very class of travel that can best afford to pay it Maybe the Secretary might allay discontent by withholding the paring down process until he could apply the knife to a hori zontal cut, shaving down all rates alike. But the public will be thankful for these faint indications of the cracking of the ice. First thin boys who w about a yeat lotto to say these boys the greater the front, a that the dt brought hon load will be! will be on t a war IS over people but turning sold! , The Moth found the C evidence tod! Western Col Church, Sou over by one the Method behalf of th news assura homes, and pleasant a s the Charlottl play the pa The Mord paper the vine, presurf less they haf paper to be next cam'pa be on the suf lis an expen by time th would not party forturi to the Rep cash In tKl for a consed The prese the German tlon later on Triumph will occasion PrJ ment of Am em p ted, and all . the Alllel pan, PortugJ great days I of the defeat! out In. histo inclined to The progrt the America) stratlon In til vember. Dt launched. T making goo States the bilaw , f . THE BREWERY' MONEY. It now appears that the investigation Into the matter of German ! m?n?y and The Washington Times, just taken up, l to-be In the acuta) nature of t, preliminary. The scope has been broadened IhrMtA Information? Jodged 3 by " Department of Justice agents so as' to cover the whole field' of German ) brewery Interests - In the ' propaganda. These agents have been active since the revela tions in connection with The Times were sprung and the .'evidence they have ' collected Is before Senator Overman's committee,, it was intimated at the beginning that Interesting developments might be expected should the case be. gone Into extensively and the statement of Intentions by the 'committee) 'would scero"'to g1ve''exp6ctatronrTor t!;e fulfillment of that promise, ' ' . THE LAW AND THE MOB. A number of arrests have been made in Win-ston-Salem of people suspected of having had part In starting the recent disorders there and the fact Uiat their bonds were fixed at $5,000 gives encouragement to the belief that the arrests are not of the matter-of-form order, but that there Is a firm intention to sift , the responsibility and to punish the guilty. There seems a good prospect that this Instance of mob outbreak in Winston Salem Is going to afford a square test of anti-mob (entiment In thfs State. It would' certainly appear that the authorities have a good chance to estab lish In that particular community a condition of more wholesome respect for law and order. GREAT BRITAIN'S LOSSES. The figures bearing on British losses in the four years' war with Germany are coming out officially and' they besrmple testimony to the heroic' part the soldiers of Great Britain took In the mighty struggle. The casualties In their entirety totalled 3,040,991 men. - In officers killed, wounded and missing the losses footed 142,(34 and in men 2, 907,167. In the fighting on the western front blone the losses were 2,7li,64z. The total British wounded was over 2,000,000. Quite . likely the greater number of British casualties were devel oped during the fighting of 1916-17, as the en trancev of the Americans Into the war served to relieve the' bfunt of the pressure which Great Britain had been bearing in a way to have ex cited the admiration of the world. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. The London Express Intimates that arrange ments for the peace conference are about com pleted and we may anticipate Information in a day or two on place and time, as welt as upon the personnel of the Important body. It may be set down as a certainty that two Americans who will figure in it are President Wilson and Mr. House. London counts on Lloyd George and Bonar Law, Secretary Balfour and Earl Reading, lately of the United States, as certainties,.' while labor and the Dominion Interests will have due representation. The Paris note Indicating the countries that will be participants In the ceremonies on the State occa sion at the Arch of Triumph 'might be takerr as. a pretty'good "tip" as tor the bodies, that will con stitute the peace conference? , The demobilisation process at the camps begins with .the Annlston institution and the Initial move ment covers 7,000 men. , Orders of a similar na ture tuny be expected daily out the country, " V ) they want flrom the Government, is a free hand and they will AH every civilised port on the globe with bottoms tinder the Stars and 8trlpes. The German troops are stripping themselves of the once proud iron crosses and are disposing of them, for a cent each. Time was when to offer one .of these decorations for, sate would have been regarded lese majeste and the offender would have been shot with the rising of the morning's sun. Verily, .times are changing in the former dominion of the Kaiser. .;';, m.m , "; ; .v, " We have had the unusual, spectacle of "the lit tle German band" .parading the streets of Berlin playing the French National air, They must have given Germany a thorough licking while they were at It , . , . ... It Is now estimated that, the war will cost the sum of $200,000,000,000. This simplifies the work of getting at the exact indemnity Germany must be required to pay. It was a war "made In Ger many," and Germany should be made to foot the bill. These are moving days for the German Navy. Long processions of battle ships and submarines are on the way to the rendezvous at sea for trans fer into new hands and consignment to a fate not yet made public. r .'-. 1 ' If there is to be the same sort of Winter we had last year, we would not object' to having one of the outfits our soldiers in Siberia have been provided with. , " . ' ' .'"" All hall to. the new Marshal of France! General Petain deserves as long a handle to" his name as they care to give him. ' ' . NEWSPAPER SENTIMENT CONDITIONS CHANGED. (From The Springfield : RepiibUcan.) : . Bismarck In 1871 insisted rudely on ' talking German to the French negotiators, knowing that they could not understand him; Herr Enberger addressed Marshal Foch In French. : . ',. ' ' e 1 ,. ''''":'' ':,"":..,v ' . ' ; ..A NEGLECTED DUTY.; (From The Roohester Herald.) , It. will long be a piiszling problem that the 500. 00d German reservisu in the United States did not warn the homefQlk against trifling with this couhtry, '"-''.," ' ' . ( From The Philadelphia Record.) , ': ' ' The I proposal to send the former? Kaiser and Crown Prince to Helgoland to remain for life, the Island: to ' revert to Germany ' after their death. tacks merit. - The Island Is too near Germany foWterday with very their place of confinement till England ceded It in extremely friendly, relations between . England and tral school. Rev. T..W. Gault at West Germany. 'It wai for' a long time av fief of 'the End and ,Rev. J. M . Hamrick at dl upon by radical socialists all over the world as a renegade from social ist Ideals and an Instruments of Ger man autocracy. . , '. TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES, v 1741 Christopher D. Ebeling, a Ger ,. man scholar, whose books and .maps became a valuable do nation to Harvard's library, born. Died in Hamburg, June 80...1817. - ISIS France coded to the kingdom of The Netherlands whatever It' f stui retamea oz tne Austrian V Netherlands. , 1843 Ferdinand Hassler. first super- lntendent of the United States coast survey, died in Philadel phia. ' Born In Switxerland, October I. 1770. ' 1868 Queen Victoria received the Chinese embassy headed by Aa son Burllngame. - 18J4 Port Arthur was taken by the Japanese from the Chinese. . 1899The German emperor and em press and their; sons arrived at Windsor - castle on a visit to Queen Victoria. ' J 1914 Russians checked the German invasion of Poland en the ' Warthe-VIstula line. . T 1915 Vigorous bombardment of Os tend by: British warships. 1918 British, announced capture of .62 prisoners In one week. V YEAR AGO TODAY IN .THE WAR. British opened one of the greatest offsnsivea of the year on west front Frenoh chamber of deputies gave a vote ' of confidence to the new pre mier. M. Clemenceau. - Official announcement of the sink ing of the United States destroyer Chauncey by collision with the trans port Rose, - ' 1 TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS. Sir Wilfrid Laurler, former Cana dian premier, born at St Lin, Quebec 77 years ago today. ..; . . . Dowager Queen Margherita, moth er of King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, born 67 years ago today. .'; Selma Lagerlof, the most famous of Swedish women writers, born in the province of Vermland, 60 years ago today., , -j ' 1. . , Kenesaw M. Landls.- the federal judge who presided over the I. W. W. trials in Chicago, born at Millville, Ohio, B 2 years' ago today. . , ' Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Hayes, -who is mentioned as a possible successor to the late Cardinal Farley as archbishop of New York, born in New York city 61 years ago today. . 1 - James, M. Curley, former mayor of Boston and one-time congressman, born In Boston. 44 years ago today, ." QUARANTINE LIFTED AT , CAFFNEY; SCHOOLS OPEN ' - Special to The Observer. 1 Gaffney, Nov, 1. The quarantine, which has been in evidence for some weeks, has been suspended, and there were servicer at all of the churches Sunday, and the schools opened yes- good attendance. "You may think there is nothing for the legislature to do but you just wait until It meets." Durham Herald. ' At the morning bridge party given by Mrs. Henry B. Fowler in honor of, Miss Hal Moroon. of Ra'tclgh. guest of Mrs. R. 8'. Busbee. the priae for the highest score was won by Mrs! K, il. Miller, Jr., and the neuond prise by Mrs. H. L. Adams. '''. Mr. Walter Halladay, the popular photographer of Durham, was In the city yesterday ' oa . business ; - 2- j Mr. L'. C. Caidwell, of Sutesvllle, spent yesterday In the city. ' - For the first time Charlotte .last night heard CampanarL the greatest of living baritone. ; Assisted by Miss Clarkson, pianlat, he gave a concert in the Academy okMucIs an4 - - ean person who, heard him .wis soon key ed up to concert-pitch enthusiasm. He' took the house by storm as those who had heard. him In New fork and elsewhere, knew that he would. His voice ta simply superb. Fdr powerr it is wonderful; for softness and sweet ness Incomparable.-and for vocalisa tion perfect He bandies It with ease and, sureness of the lire-long artist that he is and in his torrents of mel ody to the point ot forgetfulnesa ot all things saye him and his gift- Mr. 1 N. weDeter, or I'ayetteviiie, is In the, city stopping at the Selwyn. Mr. Webster was formerly a icltixen of Charlotte. -,wf -, -.i The many frlenda in thla city and section will regret to know- that Mr. W. Pressly Robinson, a, prominent young attorney ot Lancaster, S. Chi has been brought to 8t Peter's hos pital for treatment . Columbia. 8. C, Nov. 19. A special to The Columbia Stkte from Bamberg says: Fire today destroyed the gin house said crushing mill of the Bam berg Cotton Oil company causing a loss. of approximately $76,000, partial ly covered by insurance. . Mount AJy. Nor. 19. The twin ba bies of Mrs. Gravley, of thla city, only about four months old, were found dead t in bed' November 16. It Is a mystery what caused the .death of both children at the same time. On arising the mother noticed nothing wrong, but on returning to them after other duties was horrified to discov er both little ones. dead. Ir. Gravley was killed by lightning when the twins were only a few hours old. - Boston, Nov. 19. Rash orders for the severar war vessels now being re paired at the Charleston navy yard were received today. Three vessels, the monitor Amphltrite, the cruiser,, Detroit and the gun boat Castlne. were especially mentioned In the order. Annlston, Ala., Nov. 19. A riot is ' Iminent here. - Negro soldiera Inter fered with the white provost guards as they were arresting a drunken negro soldier. Th negro was finally landed in jail, which - is now sur rounded . by an' angry mob of white soldiers. 4 i:? i -'-" .-v.?' ' vgpringfleld. ; III , Not. II The mother, of .Charlotte : Crane, tha) ac-, tress, resides In Springfield. She said today that the report 1 that v her daughter was to marry Coxswain Pe- terson, or th united states navy, was without foundation. - Cotton receipts yesterday, 621 bales. The merchants will be opening up their . Christmas ; goods, this week. Lieutenant Chal Halt of Hickory.? sails for Porto Rico this week. He will be gon several ysara, '- 1 The old courthouse u putting on airs In its otoTage. It has a telephone. Scrogglns is the bell boy.- . t A wagon load tot Thanksgiving geese came In from South Carolina last . '".evening. There were 84 In the wagon. Mr. Deweeso) was the vender. '"' ' ', t Another brilliant wedding s soon to be solemnised In Jewish circles. Early ; In January Miss Bessie Rintels.is to be married to Mr. E. N. Camp, of New York. Miss Rintels la the daughter., of the late J. Rlntels. ' She is one of Charlotte's , most gifted young women. " The social event or the week will be the marriage f Miss Nora Belle Baruch and 'Mr, Martin H. Well, of Boston. The ceremony will be per-, formed Wednesday the 2$rd at o'clock at the home of Mr. and Mrs, , H. Baruch. on East avenue. . Only a few friends wllUbe Invited to witness the ceremony. The wedding recep tion to follow will be largely at tended and will be one of the most brilliant affairs ever . known In the city. , Mr. C. A.' Moserey Is in Florida. Mr. Frank McNlnch ts home from Chapel Hill for a week., Mr. McNlnch is studying law. s ..'.-. Misses Fannie Barnett and Lillie Wray. of Shelby, will spend Thanks giving with - Mrs. Thomas Hudson. They, will come dowji Wednesday an t remain over Sunday.. - ';,' ' 3 1 , It wai neves GermLrThrM of . the ministers of the, town iiflft rr Tfindutd ch,Pel excises - a the 1890 on the ground of ,0penig. Rev. W. A. Hafnei-at Cen- at ether camps through Dukee-of Bchleswlg-Holstelnand .JGrean.BrUalB; f "T? k "."l; "JJlert J?mJ. a . . . m I. . - . , . few case of lnflaenxa,,,but the re " V ,, opk It from the. Danes in 1807. : - nt cases re outside of the iown. I TAR HEEL PRINTS 1 ' M t The Wagl - (From The MOoresvllle Enterprise.) ; - i tha imihI ramark of the waf I who jestingly stated "that be certain ly feels sorry ror tne aociors. em it ha been declared there will b no mnr man drafted, for the army." he said, 'all those fellows who have been havin fit a. heart trouble, consump tion, and other ailments, will be the healthiest men in the community, and the 'docs' who hstve been so terrlbl) " 'Good Work. . (From The Monroe Enquirer.) , An automobile excursion will be un from Monroe to Wadesboro at an arly date to inspect Anson county's lood , roads. - The excursion will be inder the auspices of the Monroe hamber of commerce and will be nade up of representative cltlxens of ifanrn and ITnlnn countv. It la to lie hoped that after the good roads or Anson are seen ana enjoyea mat our people will be prompted to follow suit,- and that' some plan may be evolved by which Union county's roads may be made better. ;v 'Daniels Program.''' (From The Statesvllle Landmark.) Secretary Daniels predicts that "no man now living will see, unless wis dom departs from us, the government depart from building end operating cargo-carrying ships." The govern ment, Mr. a Daniels contends, "will build ships,' pioneer new routes of trade, guarantee freight rates at cost to introduce American-made : goods and enjoy a fair share of the carrying trade ot the world." The navy, will also be kept at sufficient strength, the secretary says, to insure the freedom of the seas to great and small nations alike and to contribute our share to the police; force of the world. .The secretary;? program. The Landmark believes, will meet with general ap probation, The American -flag on American merchant, ships should be conspicuous on every sea; 45 NURSES ATM 0RGANT0N STATE HOSPITAL ARE ILL tnflutnza Quarantine - in Town Extended Indefinitely; Situa tion Still Bad. ' BELMONT GOES "OVER ' , TOP" IN CAMPAIGN '. -w School Raised Allotment in 20 Minutes Memorial Services Held. ,.,-t-.. Special to The Observer 4 1 Morgan ton, Nov- 19. The Morgan ton influenia quarantine which has been extended several times has again been extended Indefinitely. ' The situation is still bad end there seems to, have been no decrease with In the past several weeks. The peace : celebration started an other siege when -the -situation was apparently under control and over a hundred new; cases developed from the celebration, the disease getting a hold In many .families which had escapea.-V-'- '"ri.' i sv.-.i Forty-five nurses at the .State hos- plUl are ill and their work is being done ojr outsiders wno nave volunteer ed and employes from other depart ments being placed on the wards. So far three physicians, Drs, Phifer, Kibler and Walkjns, and Dr, Klbler, the druggist, havehad attacks. - HAMLET SERVICE FLAG , ' , CONTAINS 361 STARS " " -,' " e i . 1 'J Special to The Observer. 1 Hamlet, Nov. ll.-The Hamlet service flag was 'dedicated Sunday aft ernoon at public exercises held at the opera house. Appropriate exercises were held, including ; addresses by Rev. A. T Young, Rev J. ,M. Tage, M.i W, Nash and Prof. C. & . Warren. The flag was received In behalf of the town by 8. W. Clark. 1 ' After .the ' exercises . at the .opera house the flag was raised in front of the pMiofflce.-; The flag conwlns 8(1 stars, denoting that Hamlet has sent to the army, navy and marine corps, 860 men, and one nurse. Miss Madge Duke has the honor of . being the nurse1 ''sS'---'':- " - The flag contained one gold star in honor of Private- John-- V Blalock, who was killed in action . Special to The Observer. Belmont, Nov. . 18. Belmont . has Tone over the top In the united 'war vork campaign. It was announced to lay by Chairman D. P. Bto we, Bel mont's allotment waf 4H.000 ant f2, tOO has "already bion subscribed. which sum will substantially .'.In creased when all return are. in. ' ' Belmont high school went over the top Thursday morning in a drive last- . Inly only 20 minutes. Every student in the high school pledged, to give at i least 8 to this causey and all the. pu pils In some of,the lo.wer grades con tributed. . Instead 6tM belrig difficult 1 to secure pledges, the pupils were.-' eager to contribute.- Memorial services were held Sun day at the Methodist chiirch for 'Pri vate Charles Stowe, who recently died on the battlefield In France. T'he aer- vices were conducted by . Rev. A. P. Ratledge, assisted by the ether pas tors of the town. Private Stowe was the first Belmont boy to be killed in action, and , the second to die in France., ' ' .-u'.'r .,... ; --., It has been definitely decided that, the South Fork Baptist ..association will-be in session with the First Bap- , tisti church two days, November SI and? 2!, Instead of only one day SPENCER PASTOR CLOSES ' SUCCESSFUL FOUR YEARS s' r.Kpeclal 4o The Obwerver, Spencer, 'Nov: 10. Central Metho- t dlst church closed its fiscal year Sun day and the pastor, Rev. C. M. Pick ens, rounded our four' years' service here, making a splendid report to the pongregatlon for his pastorate. During -the four years Just ended 171 new members were received into tne thurch and (46,868 was raised In cash r and subscriptions. ' A new house of worship costing : slightly more than $80,000 is nearing completion. The closing service for the conference year was the first bold in the new ' church for six weeks since the lnflu ensa has been epidemic in Spencer, ' Rev. Mr. Pickens will carry up a fine report to the annual conference In Charlotte this week. COL OLDS' KIDDIES PICK 60,000 POUNDS COTTON ; t -t Special to Tho Observer. " Raleigh, Nov. 18. Col. F. A. Olds . Is vert proud ot the record his com- . pany of school children are making in cotton picking: They the "the kiddie -r n pickers" of Raleigh and have - red in over 80,000 pounds ot t a thus far this season and they tun have much work ahead of them. . Besides the "good money" the chil dren have ..earned they have had the finest sort of a time in the fields and riding in trucks, wagons, automobiles ' and ' other vehicles to and from the city to get to the farms pn which they were' engaged. :.'. "v. .. -''.- - ' , - f c . . i , , ,,. t i, NEW RAILROAD BRIDGE ' ' . . NEAR SPENCER PLANNED , . Special to The Observer. Spencer, Nov. 1 .Government ln- spectors . in . 8peocer this week an nounced that a new, railroad bridge' will be erected at once across the big Yadkin river two miles north of this place. The "new bridge will take- the place Of the older of two structures; now in use, which was built some SO years ago soon, after a noted wreck when train went into the river. It rests on stone end concrete piers along side a new bridge built 11 years ago when the main line of the Southern wat double tracked, 'It ls estimated that It will cost about 875,000 and will take perhaps six months to erect the new bridge. The old bridge' has seen much' hard 'service, accommodating about 100 trains dally for many years, and many noted - persona, have erose- ed the river. at .this place.
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