-I i-v, ' Thp Jutle ,)lt of territory marked "Luxemburg."
r-ubiia EvryDa In tn Tr at JJ South Cimrc St. confined within ova! shaped lines between lower
" Belgium and Germany proved a source or consia-
erabla speculation by students of the war map.
(Luxemburg did not figure in the. war reports and
!yet there it was, right Jn the midst of the battle
ran annarnflv all unconcerned, and now being
Wad n. nawto. Tdltmr. 9. A. Tvdvum. H. ; ' lm
rartr-altrtk Tear t PaMleatlaa. KstalUa4 la
Waltr B. talllTaa OWNERS Caw B. Jehaaea.
x Waltee B. aaillvaa. rraalaaat.
4. A. PaahM. Ma. K41IW.
MtifBRit or Tim Assort A TED ruin. ' lied arm lea. Luxemburg was on of the smaller
' Jt-.r.tt .'-VSteaS t"T Principalities supposed be rating insecurity
not athuwiw eradite i this paper aad ai tn ! under the Uv of neutrality. It la a German
";;.:t,p.V' .i.f rt.Vtk. As Duchy, long under German domination and Gr-
that it waa possible to make. It is aa naturally
Belgian territory, a Alsace-Lorraine . la French,
though' Its divorce from native land and people
dates much further back. Luxemburg was torn
T?Aiitim kv tin nifnaria In 111?, or II veara
st'sV before llr fate overtook the French Province.
pi.. tn their enmwsnieaiiea . bt ta OLD ul on(j ti,e Luxemburgers have remained a faithful
vrw .areas. - . t0 the mothar country as have the French. They
have never been reconciled to German authority
and they are now seeing In the coming treaty of
bureau t" WaWntn. th fitats
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EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PACE
Convincing Facts Showing Char
lotte's Growth and Resources.
Charlotto to tho Capital of lloeklonberf Couaty
sn oontor of tho Mfiwt ar-'0'1 s,
rnonl la tho United lutoa.
ft has toar railroad. lty-tw dllr m"l
trains, dlvarslng ta lht dllloront dlroetlony.
U ths homo of tho Boathorn Boll Tolephoao
Company for the Wodmont Soctlon. with sror IM
oparattvas. Larfeat tolaphon seobsbss bstwaoa
Wtihlnaton ancl Atlanta. ......
Charlotto has an eattraato population 1 ef 'sS.tts.
snd thoro ara 4.S pooplo within a radium of
mllva, maklnt a total population of .0 pcopls.
Elfht bank with loan of ovar 11.00.00.
Water supply ono of tho flnoat In tho world, with
aroaorv capacity of IM0M0O gallon par day.
Annual pay-roll of cottoa mill slona. naarly
It.tss.ioa ....
Charlotto haa four Building and Loan Associa
tions; snd tho grsataat homo-owning community la
tho Unltod Btato; pay lowoot taxation of any elty
la tha Stato proportionate to It alxo; and. according
ts UBltod State tatltlca, I tho chapt governed
city of tho Unltod Blate.
Charlotto ha plendld eductlonal faellltlc: ono
military achool; two ochool for boys; Quean College
for Women. . . ,
Charlotto haa a large number sf splondldly
tockod hlh-slss retail (tore snd from their varied
tifcks anyona can easily supply his or hr roost par
ticular requirement. ...
Haa lxty-vn mil of paved and maradatmi
troota. Over I0 mile macadam tn the county.
One of th largoat telsgraphlo center aouth of
New Tork City. Tho Wtrn Union Telegrsph Com
pany works 118 circuit to 111 polnta out of Charlotte.
They employ 1H people snd have a monthly payrsll
of lit Iss. Charlotto Is the principal relay point, snd
the headquarter sf ths Sixth Dlotrict which embrace
the Caroline.
peace a possible deliverance from the hateful rule
under which they have existed for nearly 80 years.
They had no protection from neutrality at alL
Their country waa ruthlessly invaded, over-run and
subjected to the deprivations of war and they want
no more of it. The people of Luxemburg will ask
to be reunited with Belgium in the adjustment of
peace and the Belgians will join' in this request,
for, although this Province was lost many, years
1 ago, the Belgian hope of its restoration had never
'completely died. The Grand Duchy ever fought
for this end, because In the Belgian and British
armies were hundreds of officers and many men
fighting under the Allied olors. Unquestionably
the hope of Allied peoples will be that In the re
shaping of the map of Europe the expectations
and desires of the Belgian people in this respect
will have reward. It may be safely assumed that
whatever the final disposition of the Grand Dachy
affair, that Province will be once and for all
brought from under any future German influence.
In tha general trlmminjr-of Germany the sltua-
tion of Luxemburg cannot eacape the favorable
attention of the peace-making Powers and Ger
man control over the people of the game little
country will be undoubtedly put to an end forever.
In the fence-lowering process by which lines that
have separated people of the same blood und tra
ditions for many years as" a consequence of Ger
man greed for power and conquest, will be 1
obliterated, there Is rejoicing in store for Belgians.
French, Poles, Italians and for all the smaller j
kingdoms, by way of putting Ihe tlnishlng touches j
to the program of "liberation" so finely prose
cuted by the Allied armies and that was making j
such Inspiring progreHS when the signing of the
armlstlc put a stop to It.
. Th High School bu::i:..i commutes does net
know whether to suggest en election on the prop
osition of purchasing the old Presbyterian Col
lege for remodeling; whether to go ahead and
build on the plans long since drawn and adopted
and call on the pepolo to make up the deficit
for it has used some of the former bond isauo of
$250,000. In the erection of the third ward graded
school or whether to simply do nothing at pres
ent. Bu It will scarcely be the Inclination of ths
town to let matters stand, idle, now that the build
ing embargo Is removed and ; encouragement is
given especially to the erection and equipment of
schoolhousea. As to the Presbyterian College
proposition,, it win be recalled that there was a
full-grown row over the matter aforetime and the
board, before there was any possibility of tha sue
cess of tha bond election, had to make promise
that If the bond Issue should carry, it would mot
purchase that property. Ths argument Is that'the
building now on the lot could be remodeled Into
an excellent High School building for about I IS,.
00ft or 120,000, and that the city could thus come
Into possession of a . centrally located property,
with large grounds, and have some money saved
up to apply to other much-needed school im
provements. The suggestion of an election on the
matter, however, is likely, to Indicate possibilities!
s aw -a ji .e. . . -, M
ia inn. uirccuoui j , - , . -
I DAILY nEHlNDEj
XO OCCASION FOR QUIBBUXG.
There has been a good deal of discussion over
the supposed fact that President Wilson could not
leave this country because there is no constitu
tional authority for presidential absenteeism,
Against this it might be argued that as ther is no
suthorlty In the Constitution for the President to
visit a foreign country, there Is by the same token
none to prohibit such absence. But leaving con
stitutional questions aside, the President will at no
time be outside the protection of the flagecause
the flag, having been a factor in the winning of
the war, made the soil on which ths war was won
to all Intents and purposes American soli. This Is
one of the "precedents" of history that tha war
has broken down. The acts of the President under,
the flag in France' or England Or in Germany
would be as binding upon his country as his acts
in the White House at Washington. This war was
too tremendous In its consequences and the issues
growing out of it too momentous in nature, to
permit of quibbling over the technical rights of
the President to leave the bounds of the United
States on a mission that concerns the future peace
und welfare of the entire world.
THUP.SDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1918.
THE HARVARD PLAN
That is known as the Harvard Plan of enter
tainment is being tried out in Charlotte this week,
In connection with the gathering of the Confer
ence delegates and visitors, and both church people
ind laity will tu Interested in the, degree of sut,-
lactlon "that, be established in the experi
ment. This plan has been under discussion by the
large religious bodies In North Carolina for several
years, the Baptists having been first to take it up,
and We believe to give It Irlnl. Under this plan
the people of a town are hosts to the gathering
only to a limited, extent. They provide lodging
snd breakfast for their guests, allowing them to
care for themselves the balance of the day to pick
up dinner and supper wherever and how they
choose. The Baptists based their argument largely
In favor of the plan on the ground of Independent
. pride. They wanted to pay their way and lessen
the "imposition" on a community. But all denom
inations that gave the matter consideration dis
cussed it from the standpoint of the proper and
the practical. It seems that it is both a good time
and a bad time to give the plan experimentation
In Charlotte. Conference comes on the heels of
the war, when war-time conditions have not been
removed from the price lists of the country and a
meal at restaurant or hotel Is not a trifling matter
for the pocketbook, to sny nothing of two meals a
day for a week. Then ihe average country parson
.fould not buy more than half a dozen battleships
at prevailing rates and have enough left of his
salary to live on ' comfortably. To many of the
members of Conference to many of the young
men who come to gnln their credentials the ex
pense account is 11 matter of serious consideration.
Instead of having free accommodations during tho
sessions, they are required to pay what would
amount to at least one-half. As there is no Con
ference fund from which members might draw us
xistunce In meeting this extra expense of Confer
ence week, the plan entails a burden of a charac-
ter to cause a knitting of the brows.
On the other hand, Conference comes at a time
when two-thirds of the Charlotte householders are
"out of a cook." That Is 11 complaint more preva
lent over the State than Is the' Inftuang.a, and no
' where Is It deeper-sealed than In the city that Is
row playing the half-way host to one of the big
gest religious bodies in the State. To these serv
antlesS and cookie? householders, the Harvard
, plan is an unquestioned success. But the town Is
, not holding by any hard urid fast rule. There
are man yh 1 qs ts u n d Jiojsia.sj5aK :ho-w Hi-hot- iwntt Hr
their guests to stray off in seared of piovendpr.
r There are some households whose larders ate
i stocked with the fat of the land and which have
- an adequate equipment of servants, und such
, "households make a complete and thorough test of
the plan Impracticable on the first round. The
vote on the Harvard plan, tike the vote on woman
suffrage." is going to be divided, .but The Observer
- (i not apprehensive that it 'will pome to the Bishop
, for the voting off of a tie. It will not be so close
as an thut. : ' r .
XKY, THK SCHOOL TEACHER.
The pj-ess dispatches tell us that when General
Petain entered the historic city of Jifetz. "he stodd
before the statue of Marshal Xey and reviewed the
troops." Sure as fate, that incident is going- to
revive the Marshal Xey discussion in this part of
j the country, for there are yet people living who
"went to school" to the Marshal when he was liv
ing in this section. Older readers of the paper are
familiar with the story of how the Marshal was
not executed, tha firing squad using blanks; of
how he was spirited away and how he turned up
In this country In the guise of school teacher, his
identity having been established later through ac
cidental circumstance. It was the same Marshal
to whose memory the Mets statue was erected.
The Observer has heard interesting narrative from
the Hps of one woman now living, who was a
pupil of the Marshal and at whoso father's house
the Marshal lived for th'mbnths cftirlhg wh'lch he
taught, school. These Marshal Xey narratives It'
yet hopes to preserve In print. The Melg incident
would seem to make it particularly apropos.
AFTER-THE-WAR FIGHTING.
Information from Archangel Intimates that the
war is still going on in that far-off section of the
country, where American and British detachments
are yet facing the amiable bolshevlkl, and Inci
dentally bringing their military career to a finish.
Conditions revealed somewhat resemble conditions
In certain parts of the country after the surrender
at Appomattox. Onr the high seas,- Confederate
raiders were pursuing their usual work -In some
instances, as in the case of the north Pacific raid
ers, weeks after the surrender, and in North Caro
lina, where the last Matties of the war were fought.
It was the intention of Jefferson Davis to retreat
into Mexico and keep on fighting, and It is known
that he had a strong following. But Davis' cap
ture put an end to any such Intention. The pres
ent war, however, Is over, regardless of the expir
ing activities of the bolshevlkl.
DRIVING BUSINESS AWAY.
In imagination one can yet hear the occasional
growl against the old Southern Express Company
In the matter of rates, and we are wondering what
Is going to happen when express patrons read of
ihe Increase just ordered In Uncle Sam's express
business, whereby as much as $20,000,000 in ad
ditional revenue will be created 1 The plain ad
mission Is made, however, that one reason for this
raise is tho hope that It will drive some business
from express to freight offlce. It is desired to
transfer some of the short haul express traffic to
motor truck lines, and this would appear to indi
cate a friendly attitude on part of the Government
to the development of good roads and truck lines.
If high express rates could drive the country to
that, then it will prove a good day for the people
when these high rates went Into effect.
HON. THEODORE F. KLCTTZ.
Mr. Theodore F. Kluttz was one of the few sur
viving representatives of the fine old type of North
Carolina cltlienshlp a citizenship founded upon
principles of the chivalrous and finer perceptions
of honor In the sally walks of life and of Integrity
in public and private service. He was true to. the
herbler Ideals which governed the generation from
which he sprung and his record both as private
cltlxen and public servant Is one which may well
be cherished with pilde both by the Intimate family
connections that survive and by ths friends be
OtClPATIOX INCIDENTS,
One of the first acts of the people of Mats on
gaining independence from German rule was to
pull down the statues which had been dally re
minders of their subjugation. Only the statue of
Emperor Bill was left temporarily standing;, but
there was a reason. The people wanted to place
whatever of measure of Indignity it was possible
to put on it, so the hands were bound with rope
and the statue Itself made to bear the blush-producing
placard; "Sic Transit Gloria Mundl."
"Occupation" incidents cohtinue to afford the Al
lied public much satisfactory reading matter.
A MISSING FIGURE.
A figure familiar to the annual gatherings at the
Methodist Conference that will be missed In the
Charlotte meeting this week Is that of Rev. S. M.
Davis, absent for the first time In CO years. It was
In 1868 that Brother Davis joined ths Conference
and next to his pride in that event Is the fact that
It was in the same year hd cast his first Democratic
vote.. Entered upon the land of the lengthened
shadows he finds-much pleasure)-in contemplation
of his half century services as Methodist "preacher
and record as Democratic citizen and voter. The
return of Conference this year finds him too feeble
for the journey to Charlotte, but we may well know
that "Uncle Davis " "heart IS hare.
" V." JV,1' 11 ' 1 '' -A
THE OPEN FORUM
Germany Is surrendering her submarines in
bunches 'of 20. the British having divided tha cere'
monies up so that there will be thres days of It,
at least, this week. After that qther subs will
come out for transfer to Allied ownership. Pretty
good Idea on part of the British to make a six-reel
affair out of it.
It will be the 'American Telegraph Company
after December 1, when the Postal and Western
Union Are to be consolidated under the manage
ment of Mr. Burleson. Along with the consollda
tion. It Is a reasonable hope on part of th public.
Will come a telegraphic transmission of business a
little mora expeditious than tha mail route.
Within less than thres weeks from the time
some of the prophets were talking of another year
of war, the United States has 'sent a ship loaded
with 200,000 tons of foodstuffs for the people It
has licked. Ths rapidity with whloh things have
happened the past few days Is ? necessarily confus
ing to some of them. X ,
- " ' " r-
The American invasion of Qermany is now an
accomplished fact and It was (appropriate that It
Was the American loot (that flrst trod ths soli of
the Hun. ' . i; - .
NEWSPAPER SENTIMENT
POSEX. i
V From The Philadelphia Record.)
With Polish soldiers in control of Posen and
American troops marching toward the Rhine, Ger
many Is now experiencing Invasion from , each
Side, As Posen is principally pecupied by people
of Polish origin there Is not llkfely to b any great
resistance there, serious as this dismemberment
will be to Part-Ge:-niun and Juakel- dreamers, Un
jdoubUdly the Peace Conference Will restore this
part Of Germany to the' heW Republic of Poland,
to whom It rightfully belongs. Present opposition
would, therefore, be largely iiitlle. This seems
to be the view of the situation taken by thd new
Government tn Berlin. ' ,
made throughout his IonBlcaveerrA5prieiatlorrTf
mental equipment and poise in statesmanship had
; been manifested by the people of his home section
j In his retention through three terms as Congress
1 iimn, and to this would have bsen added fourth
J term, but for his insistence upon retiring to 'the
I practice of his profession. Mr. Kluttz came of a
family whose name Is connected with , ths beat
traditions of Rowan County, and his passing re
moves a figure around wh,ich the admiration of hit
people, had long been centered.
. ' Germany .wu "brash" euough irt all conscience,
butvAutrla seems to be going her one better. The
Austrian idea is that the Allies should not only
provide her. people with food, but furnish coal
, wherewith Jhey m keep warm as Jf the Allied
troops had not given tbein warmth enough to last
at least a year; , ' ,
President Wilson is. going over in o'ne of the big
hhfps confiscated from Germany, and one which
performed such splendid service In carrying Amer
- lean soldiers aeroa, ion.4nwayi-!'rul.
blng it , . -- - - ,v.
'The United Press, has shifted responsibility for
the armistice report that prematurely set the coun
try Wild to the shoulders of Admiral Wilson in
deed, that official of his own accord had assumed
full responsibility. As for the incident, Itself, the
public, in the after-delirium of rejoicing,. had for
gotten it. There Is no profit in raking around in
cold ashes. ; , 1 '
Ths return. of Burgomaster Mai to Brussels was
mad the occasion for great rejoicing. -The re
turning hero was mad the recipient of .unbounded
honor and4i Jica worUiy.fah.iulLiuoasur..of
Belgian nols -v - . ' ...-
: EXTERMINATION Otf MPERdIMr
(Krom The Houstoa Post.) -v'
This war has been unfortupats for ' emperor.
There were four of them when the fight began.
There is not one left. Emperor Nicholas was put
to death by his Russians. Emperor Francis Joseph
and the Sultan of Turkey died. Emperor William
is a refugee in Holland.. So passes the reign of
absolute monarchy. Never will th world see a
ruler with the power to declare a war ' of greed
again j r ' . ' ' , . '
' NOT TO BE TRtJfeTEI).-
(From The .Kansa: dtp Journal.)
The fact that, the Huns, un to th very last,
took advantage of every opportunity to kill, malm
and torture the innocent and? helpless! makes it
necessary to watch them wltl a suspicious eye.
They can't be trusted even Jrl peace. v f
c "IN Tirn BAVS KEVTS." .. .
"Belgium will be restored. It stands
before the entire world a nation er
heroes." Four years ago these pro
phetlo words were uttered by Cardinal
Mercier, the heroic Belgian prelate,
who was' born 7 years ago JoAvr la
a little town near the field of Water,
loo. From the commencement of tne
war nothing, perhaps, raised the ire
of th Germans against the Church
of Rome mor than th brav stand
mad by Cardinal Mrcier, champion
of Belgian liberty. The Huns arrest
ed him, mad him prlsonsr. pr.
vented him from attending divine ser.
vice, and in many ways endeavored
to enc Belgium's heroic priest.
"Prince ofth Church in Paew and
T.inn at Rav" are th . descriptions
which hav been aptly applied to the
champion of Belgian liberty, who. no
longer at the mercy or nu nen,
Is now Ire to return ta hla church
In Malines and to hla beloved Uni
versity of Louvaln.
TODAY'S ANNrVER8ARlE8.
1815 Csar of Russia Issued an order
abolishing the University of
Warsaw.
1140 Empress Frederick,, daughter
of Queen Victoria and mother
of the laat German emperor,
born. Died at .Cronberg, August
" 6. 101. " :vV
IS68 Bishop Guy "Ignatius Chabrat,
.of Kentucky, the first Catholic
priest ordained in tho west,
died In 1 France. Born there,
December 28. 1787.
1893 Jeremiah M. Rusk, governor of
Wisconsin aiid secretary of
agriculture of th Unltd
States, died at Vlroqua, Wis.
Born in Morgan county, O.,
Jua IT. 1830.
1900 Fifty lives were lost In a hur
ricane In Tennessee. -
1911 Violent suffragette riots In
London led to the arrest of 220
women. , .
1914 Allied aeroplanes bombed Zep
pelin sheds at Frlederlchs
hafen. 1915 British advanced along Tigris
river to within 18 miles of
Bagdad.
1918 British hospital ship Britannic
sunk by a mine In Aegean sea.
ONE YEAR AGO TODAY IX THE
WAR.
British army In Palestine advanced
five miles northwest of Jerusalem.
. House of Commons voted in favor
of disfranchising .conscientious ob
jectors to war.
British broke Hlndenburg line,
taking 10,000 -prisoners and forcing
Germans back three to six miles.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS.
Hla Holiness Pope Benedict XV.,
born in the village of Pegll, near
Genoa, 14 year ago today.
Sir Arthur T. Qulllr-Couch; popu-la-
English novelist born In Corn
wall. 65 years ago today.
Frederic C. Howe, commissioner of
immigration for the port of New
York, born at Meadville, Pa., SI years
ago today.
Mary Johnston, author of ndmerous
popular novels, born In Botecourt
county, Va., 48 years ago today.'
Frank L. Kramer, long the world's
champion bicycle racer, born at
Evansville, Ind., 39 years ago today.
Clark Orlfflth. manager of the
Washington American league base
ball club, born at Nevada, Mo.. 50
years ago today.
World. Wide) Good Cbr. -
To the Editor of The Observer!
The are days of peace and- the
promise Of prosperity. All sides of
this earthly life are bright, and tri
umphant righteousness is tn sight
Yet I have a few friends who, by
searching, find so many evils in the
World they almost loss faith In God.
We are not- apt to find much wrong
In other people unless we search for
It I tell these friends that if they
cannot improve . moral conditions
around them they can look to them
selves and keep personal character
clean and pure before men and
angels; and If weeds are kept out of
their own gardens, the gardens of
others will look better. After all
evils and obltactes, this Is a much
better world than the world Christ
came to two thousand years ago. If
the key to which word of democracy
Is liberty personal, social, civil and
religious future generations will live
irt a world that Christ Intended
should be occupied; for democracy
will be dominant in the earth. We do
not refer to the democracy of a po
litical party, but to the democracy
that delivers from all forms of au
tocracy, personal or national.
The first great Bible democrat Was
Moses, who led a nation, out of bond
age Into glorious liberty, and the
leadership of Moses for wisdom and
power has never been and never will
be - equaled. " ' '.-'t-' t
. Our democracy; Upon Which the
English throne has always rested,
and which William Pitt and Mr. Glad
stone embraced and proclaimed, was
J tented In American soil by Thomas
Sffersoh, And by. him written into the
Declaration of Independence. Mr.
Lincoln - was -a republican .President,
but in his administration . he was a
democrat He believed in and fought
for the inalienable rights Of all men,
The greatest of the trio of great
American democrats, Jefferson, Lin
coln arid . Wilson, is our peerless
Woodrow. Under his world leadership
year by year, religious liberty, en
larged education, pure and happy
homes and advancement on every
highway of earth will receive abund
ant blessing : from the Christ who
came to set the whole world free.
V S It. n 41TTI1
Caroleen, Nov,
10,
Pleased With Observer Editorials
To the Editor of The Observer:
please excuse th liberty which 1
take in writing a few personal lines,
but' 1 wish to express' the pleasure
which I experiencedrinH-adlngjrOur
editorial, page on November 12.
, Your comment on Wilson thrilled
me, and I greatly enjoyed ou r story
of the war. . m
The public ought to feet grateful
to you, for using : your ' Study and
research, to give them such excellent
condeneed knowlsdg. . t
Thanking' you and anticipating the
pleasure of enjoying something from
your pen again, r
MI8S ANNIE McK. W. ROWLAND,
' Langren Hotel. Ashevllle, Nov. I
rtllNO THB TERMS. . . j
Brtttomct Should . Bo I: Left ...IVIUi
Those Who Know.' m .
to th Editor of Th Observer: . ;
After reading article in the open
forum as to the particular Justice the
Germans Should hav meted out to
them at the peace conference, I am
renjlnded of an article from a mag
azine of groat information.; t r-
Thli warns the people against this
1 propaganda tor a justice ttmn--
LOOKING eCKV.'ARD
cf InUrist Ccnccm;.--' Pec-rJj cf. Charbtta tni-C&rc'.;-uif
Frcm 'Th C-:;rvtKc? TI.'j Citv'UCO'C.r.J iZZZ.
TEN AGO
TWENTY AGO
J
Baltlmor. - Md., Nov. 80. At th
November dinner of hIorth Caro
lina Society of Baltimore, Mr. Charles
L. Abernethy, of Beaufort, N. C de
livered a stirring address on North
Carolina resources and progress. Dr.
Charles G. Hill was tonight elected
S resident of th soolety; . Professor
:obrt H. Wright, vie president; Mr.'
John N. Parker, treasurer, and Mr, E.
F. Nance, secretary. 1
Richmond. Va., Nov. 10. Joseph
Bryan, owner of The Tlmea-Dlspatch,
Srobably th bast known cltlien of
Jchmond, and on of th wall known
men of th south, died at his horn
"Laburnum" Jusf outsld of th city
tonight. Mr. Bryap had been danger
ously ill for several day with heart
troubl. 1 v . - .-
Washington, Nov. 10. Major 0n
era John F. Waston, now In command
of th Phillppln forces, haa been
assigned to command th department
of California, with headquarter at
San Francisco, vice Brigadier General
Fred A. Smith, who will be assigned to
other duties. Major W. P. Duvl will
succeed to the Philippine command.
Mr. and Mrs. I L. Llttl. of Anson,
spent yesterday in the city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. & Vaughn, of
Hooky Mount, were registered at the
fielwyn yesterday, - 1 '
The Athena Book club held Its
regular meeting of the season with
Miss Acton Latta,. at her home in
Dllworth. "Germany and her Litera
ture" is tjie general topic for study
this year. Three or four Interesting
paper wr read. ' After the meeting
Miss Latta Invited the guests Into the
dining room, where an elaborate
coura dinner was served.' The next
meeting will b held with Mrs. & a
Brooke. --U f
Mrs. Georg Phlfer Erwln. of Mor
ganton, is visiting her daughter, Mr.
Fred Laxton, at her home on Jackson
terrace.. . - .
Mr. and Mrsl Vernon Gault, of Un
ion. S. C, were registered at the
Selwyn hotel yesterday.
Mrs. J. A. Solomons, of Grand
Rapids. Mich., will be the guest of
Mrs. John M. Scott after today. In
her home Mrs. Scott will entertain at
bridge Tuesday afternoon.
The Davidson college football squad
left yesterday morning for Athene.
Oa., after spending the night at tho
Central hotel.
The Missionary society of Tryon
Street Methodist church will have a.
birthday sociable at ths . parsonage
Tuesday week. ' .
Captain T. K. Robertson expects to .
return Wednesday to camp.
Miss Daisy McDonald who haa been
In New York for some weeks will ar-
rive home Wednesday.
Ex-Bovrnor Thompson and wife,
of South Caarolina. who spent Fri
day in the city, left yesterday for
Columbia, 8. C They war enter
tained at dinner by Mr. and Mrs. B. D.
8prtngs.
Architect C. C Hook will bo out of
town for a week. He has business
In Ashevllle. During his absence Mrs.
Hook will spend several day 'with .
Mrs. Caroline McDonald In Concord. .
" The Ashevllle Gaxette stated m few.
days ago that Mr. Frank E. Robinson,
editor of The Cltusen, has gone (o
Michigan hla former home, to remain
permanently, and will engage in news
paper work ther.- ,
Manila. - Nov. 19. Three Filipino
natives last mgnt nirea a carriage and
afterward becam engaged in a dis
pute with the driver over th fare.
Some members of th American mili
tary polio attempted to arrest the '
native, but the latter resisted and
Sergeant Price, Jf a Minnesota -rsgi-ront
was stabbed and killed and
three other American soldier, Maher.t
Montgomery and Hoyt wera wounded.
Maher shot on natlv dead. The
other wer arrested.
Mis Fannl Gresham ia homo from
Hollln institute to have hr eyes
treated. ' .
Mrs. W..A. Foil left for Mount
Pleasant yesterday to visit her bus-
band's parents. -
Little Julia .Jackson Christian, who
has been sick, is better.
The new Pinevlllo high school
building will be dedicated Monday
night. Recitations, music and
addresses wilt compose the program.
The social as well as the commer
cial world of Charlotte will resret to
learn that Mr. and Mrs. Jo Baruch
will leave,here. They will make their
home In New York, going about the
middle of January, or as soon as Mr.
Baruch closes out hla business.
Miss Davidson, th returned mis
sionary, met with the "Not Our Own
society" at the Presbyterian college
last night, and gave them a delightful
talk on China. .
our peace plans and let the great
men who have had a personal touch
with these Outlaws gtvthem their
deserts.
I for one would be glad to see the
whole affair settled by Mr. Lloyd
George. General Foch. Premier
Clemenceau, General Pershing, and
Dlas.
Let us not forget that Mr. Balfour
know them when he said "that brutes
they were when thy entered Belgium
and brutes they remain.
L, T. TOWNSEND.
Lumberton, Nov. 18.
I
TAR HEEL. PRINT
The WUkae' Monument.
(From The North Wllkesboro Hust
. ler.) :;
Mr. I. O. Triplett, of Charlotfe.
offers 825 toward a monument to
Wilkes soldiers killed in battle, died
eka A SaaM V
In camp ana wn ' "mtfAlng wounded he was sent to a Con
or were In-the war the past year, inwr, hosnltal in Paris from which
l. a .aKiSi aktvki nmnii a - -
i. . hnhia mtm and deserves hearty
support Mr. friplett's letter may W
read In this issue of The Hustler. His
suggestion a to the people, furnlshlnej
stones for each soldier seems to us a
most appropriate Pl.
G. Ed's Idea.
(From The Wilmington Star.)
Discussing peace terms In The
Charlotte Observer, G. Ed. Kestler, of
Concord, says: "General Lee surren
dered unconditionally, yet the south
Was treated most generously." The
south lost billion in slave property.
Justified under the laws Until the war;
it lost the 'whole of Its securities; it
Was outraged by the republican par
ty's so-called "reconstruction," and It
has paid and will continue for year
to pay hundreds of millions Indemnity
in the way of federal pension. If all
this is G, Ed's Idea of the maximum
of generosity, we are perfectly willing
for him to settle with the Huns.
BURLINGTON DOUBLES ITS
QUOTA; -ALAMANCE "OVER"
Special to The Observer.
Burlington. Nov. 80. This city,
which went oven Its quota seven times
in the Red Cross drive and consider
ably beyond its quota In Liberty
bonds, now has something more to be
proud of in the fact that In the uni
ter war work campaign the county of
Alamance has gone 35 per cent overs
Its quota of $15,000 and the city of
Burlington has gone 100 per cent over
Its quota of (5,000, These figures
were given your correspondent by the
county chalrm&n, Lawrence S. Holt,
Jrof this city. Mr. Holt was also
informed by headquarters at Durham
that Alamance was the first county
in the district to reach its qduta. Of
course the people of this , city are
proud of this. The- reason that this
city has done so nobly in this mat
ter Is 'that people have pulled togeth
er In every drive that has been put
oh. First competent leaders have
bean selected, then the - canvass has
I been made systematically and things
have gone well, ''.:LH,;'..if-;-yVv
, WHAT IDAHO DID.
'. (From The Springfield Republican.) ' . .
Y n. ' Im km aVt. . J .a flaAMTkllaa a aa A
Demacraiuoutbe.tnued ftateV Eenateth. lUtoJJ?Z
I voters became the despal of the; party politicians, parities - of these brutes should hold
BELIEVE CAMP BRAGG
' V" WILL' BE PERMNlENT
Special to The' Observer, v '
V Faytttevllle. , Novt 20. That Canip
Bragg' ia to be a permanent institu
tion Is the indubitable impression
gained from an interview with Colonel
Maxwell Murray, newly appointed
commanding officer of the camp.
This impression Is gained despite
the fact that the commanding officer
committed ' himself to no statement
for publication except that no Orders
have been received from Washington
to stop work or reduce the scale of
construction, and the other as to the
need of labor. "Yo may say," he re
marked, "that , we need labor, more
tabor, and still more labor." The con
struotlon work Is ' proceeding well,
said ' Colonel Murray, and ; wonderful
progress has been made 'since he first
saw - the : camp a ;wek; age.'-.-f
;;, , -.,",,,, ' ,,. .
IS ARRESTED FOR GAMBLIXG.
. Bule. Nor. SO. Thirteen men, some
negroes and the rest Indians, were ar
rested near here Sunday evening by
Rural Policeman W., A. Smith. . and
other, on the charge of gambling,
they were arrested while In the act,
down near a swampx-w- .
PRIVATE HARRIS CENTER
'. OF INTEREST AT THE HILL
Students and Others Gather
About Returned Soldier to
Hear Stories From Front. 1
Special to The Observer.
Chapel Hill, Nov. 80. Victor Har
ris, the first Orange county and
Chapel Hill boy to return from the:
firing line In France with visible
evidence of his encounters with the
Boche, was literally forced to become
the center of attraction of curious
groups who gathered around him to
day when he mado his first appear
ance on the streets of Chapel Hill.
He was bombarded with questions.
Private Harris carries his hand in
a sling this member being paralyzed
for a time as the result of a shell
which exploded In the midst of seven
comrades and himself while on duty
in the front line trenches. After be
ne waa transferred to a hospital in
Washington, from which he has just
Veen discharged. He was sent back
In September, having experienced
four months of overseas' service. He
expects to soon be able to use his hand
freely.
Private Harris was a member of the
SOth Infantry, familiarly known as the
"Wild Cat" division, composed of
men from the two Carollnas and Ten
nessee. The "Wild Cat" division cov
ered Itself with, glory by breaking
through one of the strongest posi
tions in the HindenbUrg line. He wears
wound .and overseas' service chevrons
and a general service badge. Brigaded
with the British, Private Harris saw
only tnree boys that he knew while
In France, these being boys from
Durham county. - -.
BRING THANKS FROM NEW
f YORK TO SPARTANBURG
-
Special to The Observer.
Spartanburg, Nov. 20. George T.
Montgomery. W. O'.- Philllpesu,
Henry C Somers and Oscar F, R.
Treder, representing the grand lodge
of the state of New York, arrived in
Spartanburg yesterday for what is
probably the greatest event of the
year in the fraternal world for this
section. . The delegation ' from New
York comes to- Spartanburg to offi
cially thank the Masons of the city
for the attention shown the members
of the order of the 27th division
while at Camp Wadsworth last win
ter, v ' j -
NO INDICATION THAT CAMP
BRAGG 13 TO BE ABANDONED
Special to The Observer.
Wilmington. Nov. 20.-Dlstrlct At
torney J,. O. Carr states that the gov
ernment has never intimated in - its
official correspondence with him that
Camp Bragg at Fayetteville will U
abandoned or even curtailed. On th
contrary, he and Judge H 0. Con
nor of the eastern judicial district,
were called to Fayetteville today to
consult with war department official"
relative to the best procedure to fol
low in acquiring the 120,000 acres of
the. site by purchase. Orders hav
been received, also, to condemn o ' '
acres at ' Fayetteville for railroad '
purposes In connection with the cami' T
8. C. STATU POULTRY SHOW,
Clemson College, Nov, 20. The ex
ecutive board, of the 8.'- C. Poultrv
Breeders' association has decided to
hold the state poultry show at Bishop -vllle
November 20 to 30. The annual
meeting and. turkey banquet Will b"
held Thursday evening. The low enti v
fees; liberal premiums and lots - of
cash specials are bringing .entrif
which close November 26. Secretary
C. McLendon, 1 Bishopvllle. S. C ,
says the state show will be the great
est In the south this , year.
f&VA:,. C. TO BE 'CONTINUED
--6alem,'vVa;iNor.-20.-.-T--..Prenld.
Morehead has been' notified by
war department that although (;
ha-, come, the : 8. A. T. C. unit ;
Reanofc colleg will be contlnu
least until nxt- July. As ths vt -'
sldiera had . been very UnoertalnV '
to how their status wouldv b lutotea
by changed conditions, they have r'
cajved the announcement with much"
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