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KID eessu U 111 : .1 I I Sentiment Grows' in Favor of Very Short Session Until Peace Settlement Is Conclude! , Special to The ObienW. Raleigh. Nov. il With the nearer approach of the session of the North Carolina general assembly and the indications that the world peace readjustment will scarcely be mors that ha enacted for adjusting; ths affairs of ths state to ths settled new condi tions. This view . of ths situation was heartily Indorsed today by 8tate Sen ator Holderness, of Edgecombe, " who will bs In the next senate and will head, as heretofore, the legislative finance committee. Numbers of the other members-elect of ths legisla ture are voicing the same views .and bills that always burden the session, the war department. ......... a 3 L i 3 I . e ! . LLQ Li".......i FliLJIIul CF 13M .IKE Swinging Northward Into Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, They Are Enthusiastically Received Everywhere. American w ' than barely under way by that Urns Nov. JO. (By the Associated Prsss.)- Rnd w(th Crt4jnty tht the post- The Americans had another iriumpa. war conditions that will develop witn al day Wednesday In ths forward, the conclusion of ths peace negotla ai aay w'""""' Hon - I tlons and consequent readjustments inarch of the army, of occupation. rquiro far-reaching readjust- Crossing the old German ironuer 01 - ment ot state laws governing taxation ltl4 into Lorraine and swinging , and all the legislative matters northward Into the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, the Americans were en thusiastically received everywhere. On ths left the American marines oc cupied the town of Arlon. (Belgium), where the day has been proclaimed a holiday. Thousands of civilians greeted the Americans who entered Arlon early in the morning. To the south the Americans went Jnto Fontoy and Vitry in Lorraine, and several villages to the northeast of Vitry. - ' Swinging nortnwara irom men. m American first division crossed Into Luxemburg Just before noon today, -entering Esch. ft mining town of 20,000 inhabitants. The civilians ex pected the Amerlcsns Thursday but When the vanguard appeared. tht news spread quickly. The whistles at ths mines were blown, bells were rung, children . were excused from schools, stores wers closed and the afternoon was proclaimed a holiday. In ths store windows and public buildings along the principal streets, there were pictures of President Wil son drawn by an artUt of Esch, who had worked night and day to com plete by hand as many drawings as possible. Pictures of President Poln eare, Marshal Foch and King Albert also were prominently displayed. To the first division fell the honor of crossing the Lorraine line, the ad-1 vanee guard entering Aumets soon after t o'clock. For three days the civilians of Aumets had been looking for the Americans, expecting them every minute. . There had been no school all week and the children had hen drilled) In singing and flag waving to receive the advancing army. Two hijndred pupils, attired In fancy dress, those of the srlrls being , of the colors of France, and boys car rying ths red and yellow colors of Lorraine, a home-made American flag and trl-colored bunting of France, met the troops at the archway over the road entering the town from Audun-Le-Roman. By the time the marching troops reached Each, the civilians were ready to receive them. The children tossed flowers at th soldiers as they passed throuarh the Ktreets. The Esch band which had been called to assemble In a hurry led the march of the civilians to the city hall, where the mayor and of ficials received the military officers. After mid-day even the mines closed in order to give the workers, many ,of whom are women and girls, an op portunity for assemblings In the square, where formal ceremonies were - held. . ? .: ". Ths- advance guards later a&yanoed on beyond Esch, but division head quarters was established there for the night. . At, Fontoy, a railroad center, the streets were decorated and .civilians , were out In force to receive the Amer icans. Here the Americans found St locomotives In good condition and a yard full of passenger coaches, flat cars and freight cars. Ths round house also Is In such condition that it can be used by the Americans. - In Aumets, a number of Htragglers from ths German army were disarmed and made prisoner. Everywhere the Americans found excellent roads. German tractors were found abandoned alonar th mart .at various places, having broken down 'luring the haste in the withdrawal. Nowhere are the Germans Inten tionally damaging property, so far as Is known. The army retwt of Tues day said It appeared everywhere the Germans were observing the terms of the armistice. CONSTRUCTION WORK ON TANKERS IS STOPPED A mos,. r,t is ci foot to get f -thin? of a poll tt the members ot t:.e leyimature as to this matter before the assembly meets. to develop cq:.::.:erce of port of wilmington South Atlantic Maritime Corpor ation Organized for Benefit of Five Porte. fT fi;: Euttz, sn. dy UiJ U n;st In Chestnut Hill Cemct:ry, Beneath Bank ef Flowers. Savannah, Ga., Nov. IL Plant to develop the commerce of Wllmlng-j n ton, N. "C, Charleston, 8. C, Savannah j pastor, Rev. Dr. Byron Clark, and the and Brusiwtek. Ga and Jackson- body was- laid to rest in Chestnut Hill , Special to Ths Observer. Salisbury, Nov. 11. The funeral services of. ths late Theodore F. Klutts, prominent cltlsen and well- loved man. was held from the First Presbyterian church this morning at o'clock, being conducted by tne and Brusiwlck. Ga., and Jackson vllle. Fl,' through organisation f the- ZYovlZ South Atlantic Maritime corporation x feature of the funeral service were announced today following the' was a solo by Mrs.'F. P. Smith. "One final meeting here last night of bust-1 Sweetly, Solemn Thought," a special ne.Mi men fsom the five south Atlantic favorite of the deceased. The other ports. Through the organization. . hymns were also fa vorites ot hlsr headed by Mathew Hale, vice . prest- Theodore Franklin Klutts was born dent of ths Liberty Shipbuilding 00m-! October V 1841. in Salisbury.- N. C, cany of Savannah. It Is planned that! h son of Caleb and Elisabeth Moose affect the industry and civic life of -the five cities shall .work togrether , Klutts. both of Salisbury. His fath the people, the sentiment is growing through the corporation to obtain . er was sheriff of Rowan county for that there should be merely the! broad and scientific development of ; many years, a whig in politics, a man briefest possible session in January their harbor and port faetllltles, to'0j (trong character and convictions with an adjournment or recess sub-1 acquire and operate ships under gov-! ad great personal popularity. At an Ject to the call of the govsrnor w.hen j ernment control and ownership dur ; wy ge Theodore F. Klutts was left he and his aavisers aeem ne urns xorpng mo war in irnso w aQ orpnan ana tnrown aimoex enure- leglslation of a permanent nature to 1 to operate them after the peace terms jy upon tB own resources. He sn are sisma, man i uTiuf imjiwi - terea ut arug store or uenaerson export trade with ths east and west j Enniss as a clerk, and before he was coasts ef South and Central America 31 purchased the Interest of Mr. El t,m nut Ikim . I .v. nm. Duiucieiii minis u miauiv nvi- poratlon to begin Its work have been pledged," It was- announced. " jr. tiiuiu vo. v In 1880 he began the study of law under Hon. James M. McCorkle. of Salisbury, with whom upon his licen sure he formed a partnership which KILLED IN ACTION. Chester, 8. C, Nov. II. A former j ena;ea 0nly with Mr. McCorkle's death. well-known Chester county farmer. Tn 1R0 Mr. Klutts was district the sentiment among the state offl-! Private William H. 8tewart, infantry, I presidential elector oh the Hancock cers Is much the same. The only was killed in action October t In ticket. In llll he was chairman of trouble will be to hold the legisla-; France, according to a telegram re-j the North Carolina delegation at the ture down to. two or three weeks , cslved by his father, Hugh Stewart, national democratic convention at work and shut on the grind of little of the Rowvllle section, tonight from Chicago and eeoniea the nomination , 11 1 a. m I . . . . . I a n i m m snrvsii 1 T . S 1 uv. '1 t:...t at t i. . .t t j r ot t.-.e co- . 1 i .1 f- t praiaa t r t 1 .-. Z. t - t . :i8 year, 1 s 9 3, ..r. . .:t vsi a c. o fratie preslfierrtUl elector ci Uie Bryan ticket and made a canvt 1 cf the seventh district which is memor able for eloquence and effectiveness. In Hit he was nominated for Con gress by the democrats of the seventh district, and was eleoted to the 6tth Congress by the largest majority ever given a candidate for Congress in North Carolina. He was re-electedJ to the ITth Congress from the seventh district and to the 6Sth Congress from the eighth district, defeating Repre sentative E. Spencer Blackburn, then regarded .as the most popular repub lican in the state. Mr. Blackburn and Mr. Klutts had been thrown into the same district by a redisricting of the state. In March, 1101, Mr. Klutts voluntarily retired from Congress, a distinction then regarded as almost unique. He declined renemlpatloa, TWO ARMY AIRPLANES ARRIVE AT CAMP SEVIER Special to The Observer. . Greenville, B. - C- Nov. Twp army airplanes from Camp Jackson arrived here yesterday to take part In Instruction . work for the senior and staff officers' school conducted by British and French officers. The planes left Columbia Tuesday morn ing hut were delayed somewhere by high winds and spent the night at Nlnety-8ix , . for President of William J. Bryan in a I N. C Adv. Frl Why should you feet all out ef sorts T T'ou have no ambition, your mind Is not clear, you. do not rest it night, and you have no appetite. Had it oc curred to you that your blood may be sluggish and impure t Better ask your druggist for Mrs. Joe Person's Rem edy today. Accept no substitute. Or write Person Remedy Co Charlotte, .yc:: Jjrry Cl'..:-. 'J..-.-ccn Cc-r.ty ta Cafe Keep!r;j. . . 1 f .... Y.'.i f:r 1. .. . H M rV.i-(? I'fi i t c , c. i" ' ' J r 1. ' the L'fii-efi and K V A. n'.iuo 1 -; tes. b c t . ; 1 i 1 . . ' 1 ! ...1 it I I i.a and t...atOl'S 1 1 ca . - tJ at ratals at Asalea Special to The OSiscrvcr. .AshevUle, Nov.. 11. Jerry Dalton, a young white man charged with the murder of a boy and a flrl In Maoon county, wai brought here today for safe keeping. ' Dalton Is alleged to have shot MsrrlU Angel and Miss Dora Grant, at Aquone, Macon countv. Bun day, November 10, shooting Angel throvih the. Windshield of the lattefe car . and the girl as she leped and ran for safety, ' He was eeheduled for trial next Monday, but the case, wai postponed,' and" becnuse of feeling in the county ' It "was deemed best to bring him to Ashevllle for sate keep ing. He is hela without hall. , Arthur WlUUtasv a toegrp, was r reated here today - charged with fob blag D. L. Boeder, a South Carolina, stock buyer,, of l l last nignt at a depot sectloti hotel. The etpek buyer ohargss that .; thd negro tela him whiskey and . while - under the In fluence of the Uttior went thlough his pockets. The. money was found on the negro, who claim he wag naklas tare of itfVietv Reader; Charged with killing Jim horeaT a negro, at Hickory. Alva Warren, a white man of that Dlace. waa arrested here early this morning and was taken back to Hickory thig afternoon. It Is claimed that he shot 'the eT0!.'-, ASHEVILLE CHURpHES TO t H rlOLQ SERVICES SUNDAY Ashevllle. .3KNoW .'Vt.4-Feltow-Ina the two weeks elose-up owing to the new flare-ub to the Inflyenaa epidemic, as 4 result ef the peace cel- -t - . .- vorth, TiCU,r here. Tho ntzt tezi ' ' v. '. 1 -. : alotabs .... - ;eesseee"e ( The purified caload Uot 1 lets that Jr entirely fre of all sickening and sali watinjefi ;;,,;; . KUbm1 vTrtsse eaidr ksareeel ; Caersattel If eVsntst. Sell . sablftsBsUiedagss. frlee SSe ' Concrete Shipyard at Wilming. ton to Continue to Build Smaller Cargo Carriers. m Special to The Observer. .Wilmington, Nov. 21. The Liberty concrete shipyard here, which had a government contract to build six tankers of 7,500 tons each, hits re celved orders to cense work on Huch contracts and confine its activities to building cargo carriers of 3.500 tons each. The change Is attributed to peace. It Is said that If government construction should at any time whol ly cease at this yard the company having so much Invested would con tinue to construct concrete ships -on privats contracts. CASE OF WILL CARTER IN HANDS OF THE JURY BIG . THRIFT. CLUB NEMMG Factory Allotment of 25 Story & Clark Players & 25 Pianos Nearly All Sold. END OF BIG SALE A MATTER OF HOURS If you intend to take advantage of the wonderful bargains offered in this great bargain event you must make your decision and come in at 6nce, as the factory allotment of 25 players and 25 pianos is run ning low. .Away over half of these fine! Story & Clark instruments have been sold. No more of them will be offered at these wonderfully low club prices. Compare them in tone, workmanship, construction and price with any other instruments sold in Charlotte. You will be astonished. I"" """I nrr--.-Trr I . I they last Club I ,; iji 'Jj $465 yjjfi: JT jf o '"jU !l J 7 5.00 plants I filfll I f It VhUo They j fN I HI zt. Club I II.. fcO, . . .T 1 - j--.. a m B m ssaa. : f . ssssW. II CAN play ruey "' Don't Delay. Don't Put It Off, Come in Today If You Want One of These Firib Guaranteed Imfekmeiritev Special to Tlie Obsorvor. Fayettevllle,, Nov. 21. The ease of WJ1I Carter, well-known white farmer, charged with the murdur of Evandar Bacon, negro, was given to the Jury by Judge C. C. Lyon In Cumberland tu , perlor court at 7 o'clock tonight. So licitor g. B. MacLean asked the jury for a verdict of murder In the second degree. The principal witness against Car ter was Richard Judge, one of the ne gro defendants indicted for the kill- ;. lng of Deputy Sheriff Frank Dees two years ago, but who was acquitted by direction of the court. Judge testified y today that he was with Bacon when the two met Carter crossing a mill dam, and that the defendant pulled $. pistol and shot Bacon. .Carter took the stand In his own de fense and denied the killing. He tea tilled that he met Bacon but passed hint and went on to a negro house, where he expected to employ a cook. ' He admitted that he was drinking and . stated that he drank more whiskey at the house but swore that he knew : nothing of the killing until he awoke the next morning. Arguments to the -jury were made by Solicitor MacLean. V. C. Bullard .' and D. M. 8trinKneld for, the prosecu tion and E. 8. Smith, of Raeford; N. M Aj Sinclair, R. ' H. Dye and John O. Shaw for the defense. DIES OP DISEASE I.V FRANCE,, Chester, -a.; CN . Nov. 21.-Private John Robert C. Cockerel, quarter master corps, died of lobar pneu monia In France, October If. accord-, tng " to'telegram-reeefvert v herer-to-- nlght from Adjutant General Harris. THE THRIFT CLUB PLAN MEANS BIG SAVINGS. Club sailing always means Quantity selling. Selling large numbers of pianos In a short length of time must reduce ths selling cost per piano. Our large patronage and small selling eost. Factory direct to Customer, and the fact that we are out of the high rent district all means a saving. Our club plan Is a great success, and the plano-buylng public benefit In being able to purchase the World's Famous Pianos and Players at our exceptionally low prices. I L,i..J ' " mii "''f These Highest" Grade rHHn llj 1 Pluycrs, Worth Fully 'j J J I $850, While They Last ! fyffit -EJL2 P ss& $495 -jiq rrJ NOT ONLY THE STORY & CLARKS, But every make of pianos we handle will be told at special club prices, mdudinfi such well- known makes as Mchlin, Mathuthelf, Packard, Lester, Smith & Barnes, F. Radio, Etc Etc We Tell the Whole Story for the Last Time. First We are going 'to place on sale 25 StoryA Clark Pi anos, brand new and commercially worth fS75.00 and 1415.00, respectively. These Pianos will be sold for $285.00 and 1)15.00, according to style. These two styles of pianos offered 'are mod els for beauty as well as construction and tone and cannot be duplicated In this City for many dollars above these prices, and we Invite comparison with any make or kind of pianos sold in this city or atate for from $375 to $425. We are also going to plaoe on sale 15 Beautiful Story & , Clark Player Pianos, commercially worth $575.00 and $860.00. These two styles of Players represent the very highest standard of , player building and are the very latest models. These play era will be sold for $485 and $46.00, respectively. With each player we Include fine bench and scarf and 1 rolls of latest music. With the pianos we will Include fine duet bench and scarf. ' ' ' With each piano or player we Include one's year's tuning free. , ' ' v., " v ' , A 10 -year manufacturer's guarantee will accompany each instrument as well as our own guarantee of perfect satisfaction. , If dissatisfied with any piano purchased at this sale after -80 days' unprejudiced trial yotf can fat your money back. Your are excused from payment during aicknesror death v; If your account Is, kept up to date during, othfcr-perioda, i. Just 25 Planoa, Just 95 Players will bo sold at the above v' clnb price. No more, no less. Come Early for iCnplete)' Satis ; faction. ' "' ' :' -:--) --,-'i ' Ik Story & Clark, a fine High rafl Pjalo Contrary to the false atatemcnta being made by competitors who are jealpus of our success, -we want to say thai the old famous ; Story & Clark Pianos are recog- nized by the best musicians everywhere as one of the world's leading high grade; pi anos. These fine instruments .havj been; ; on the i market fori 1 00,000 of them arti iwmiijn tome' of the best homes, conservatories and stu dios in the United States and Europe -.3: F. H. ANDREWS PIANO CO; " SECURES YOUR PIANO & $1SI INVESlKiATE OUR GREAT CAISH OFFER 9l- To those Who ,wt11 pay cath or as much as $50,00 Cash, we have a great premium offer. Ask about it v ; ' ' y 1 iJjf5 ' ;' These Highest Grade I - , I 1 iKoAoa, Worth JPnlly j Ill-' Jl ,S85.'While They f7?S Cr 'hi i ' Sict: , " $3 1 2 v--s' 11 1 1 r ''. ',r"' ' .t'gga, iu.ii.Lij OPEN EVENINGS F. Hi ANDREWS MUSIC HOUSE 213 NORTH TRYON STREET. ...t,A!ii;:.:i'iiji'iLuiuiuLj.tijBgs TRApE YOUR SILENT PIANO FOR A Vvk iX player. . . We will aQow you full commera&l Value for your sOerit piano or.Victrola to apply on ca " u'He ' r. - tr . . .. - k , , cr qur cue piayers. it no on piays at your . nqmc, nere u your cnance. .... ; , .
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