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EDITORIAL AND MAGAZINE PAGE
Convincing Facts Showing Char
- lotto's Growth and Ecsonrces.
Chartatta to tha Oavttat af Maaklaaaorf Caaatr
Ml aantar af tha b(ftt r4ra-altrtcat aala
. aMftt In tha Cnlta4 fltataa.
It baa four raUrea4a. ttf-twa llr aaaaa(ar
tratoa, dlvarnnf to alabt 4IBrat 4lraotlona -
to tha ,homa of tha aMthara Tatapbona
Caaaaaar for tha rMmaat Saetloa. with ear 104
wmllm Urf t talapboaa tschaaia katwaaa
WaahlatTtaai aad Atlanta. .
Charlatta haa aa aatlmatad papatatlaa t '.'.
al (hara ara 4tt.tt aaopiawjthla a radian af M
aUlaa, maktat a tatal popwlattoa) af lOO.Mt popla.
CHtht aaaka with loaaa af arar 1I.M.(.
Waur aupply of tha flaaat la tha warl. wtth
a raaarva capacity af lt,0,4 gallaai par 4ay.
Aaal pay-rolla of aattas BAllla alaaa, saarly
faar Bntldlav an4 Laaa aeala
ttaaj: aa4 tha aaataat boma-owolnf eammunlty la
taa Ualta Statna; par lewaat taaattoa of any elty
la tha Stata preportionata to Its alia: and. aeoordlaf
U Ualtad Btataa atatlatloa. to taw ahaapast cevaraad
tty af tha Ualtad Sutaa. . ,.,A.
Charlotta haa apln4l4 adacatlanal faallltlaat aaa
Kllttary aehaal; twa aehaala far karat Qnaaaa Caltof
Charlatta haa a larta am bar af aplandldty.
ataekad hlchass ratail auraa and from thalr yarted
stocaa aayana aaa aaally aapply kla ar nar aaaat par
Usvlar raqnlramaatai -
Haa alatyavaa Mttaa af pavaad and maaadacaliad
atraata. Ovar inllaa macadam la tha aaaaty. y
Ona af tha largast talraphlo rantara aouth af.
Waw Tark City. Tha Waalara Union Talaaraph Com
paay warka 111 elroalU to 111 points ant of Charlotta.
Thar ampley 111 paepla and hara a monthly payroll
af II Ml. Charlatta to tha principal alay palat. and
tha haadanartara P tha Sixth District which ambracaa
(ha Caxollaaa.
TUESDAY,: DECEMBER 31, 1918.
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THE WOUNDS OF THE PEN
, It might be ald that Preejdent Wilson vas
oomlngly Inspired in his chapel address at the
homeplace of his grandfather, Sunday. However
reluctant he was to break precedents on that oc
caitlon, he proceeded In a manner which establlsh
. ed Justification for what hU revered ancestor might
have regarded as the commission of a rank im
propriety.: It was an occasion when the President
houid nave been expected to establish some new
"Wilson quotation," and this he did when ho de
clared that moral force claims a large (ehare with
physical force In the accomplishment of the great
victory over Germany, and that in the bringing
atout of this victory, "words have cut as deep as
swords." The American reader naturally will cast
about in his or her mind for the words the Presi
dent might possibly have had in mind, and the
most incisive they will be able to recall are the
words president Wilson, himself, had, during va
rious stages of the diplomatic correspondence, ad
dressed first to "the Emperor of the Imperial Gov
ernment of Germany," and later on to the Swiss
Ambassador for delivery to the head of "the pres
ent Government; of Germany." Those were in
deed words that cut like a sword. , It was In the
President's parting letter in which he plainly
told the Kaiser that he and his companion War
' Ixrds were lying1 and that "no . confidence could
be placed in any promise they might make' that
pressure of the moral force was most effectively
'exerted. Verily, in the diplomatic utterances of
both Great; Britain and' France, coupled with those
of the American President, the public has had
abundant evidence of the great part the pen play
ed in the winning of the war. '
COTTC" t'.'.D CCC 3
Ordinarily a hfadir.j of that sort to n editorial
would be productive of mirthful sensations, but
the cotton bale and the hen nest long since be
came recognised, by the publlo as omewhat of a
combination of serious possibilities. The war has
knoeksd them out of balance, ana with cotton on
the ground and the egg in .the air the economic
conditions of the country have been far from eom
forUble, The reversed order which has been main
Utqed has operated to the distress of the Nation,
tor cheap cot-ton 'find high eggs is productive of
an influence that pervades every nook and corner
of the country. When the cotton market is "out
ut whack," the commerce of the world U Injurious
ly affected, When dggs have reached the altitude
attained In recent months, the Nation, is made to
mourn. Let us take up the egg first. It was not
so long ago that 20 cents a down was regarded;
aa & high price. At that time the popular word, '
"profiteering," had not come Into vogue, putLthatj
is what they were doing in the egg market at the
time eggs were 'selling at 19 cents. How must
we describe the operation of the market men who
have boosted, the tgg to 75 cernta, at which price
it has been stahllUed for weeks past and above
which It has occasionally broken -the price, not
the egg because many people had to pay 80 cents
for their fhrlstmas eggs? The egg Is a : small
thing, but it has been contributing Its Influence
toward the country's, ruination. It might' not have
been so bad it cotton had gone up in proportion.
The farmer then miM have afforded the extrava
gance of occasionally buying a doien or two of
the product of bis own hen, roosts, but ; as eggs ,
went one way, cotton receded the other, and while
the .farmer would cackle as he merrily came to
market with basket of eggs, he would feel any
thing W elation as he would haul in his bale. : So,
With cotton nd eggs going by contraries, the coun
try has been kept in a bad humor, but there are
sure indications of a return to normal. The proc
ess may be slow, but Jt it under way. ; , '-,;'.
The Observer flnde the week opentnf , with a
rising tendency in the cotton market and an easing
down of the egg basket Cotton, through the work
ings of its always mysterious ways,: haa been sell
ing ''below cost," for weeks past, when it should
have been enjoying flight In the higher regions.
Everybody counted on cottpn. "going up" when
the war. should end, and U the operations of the
law of supply and demand had "not become un
geared. It would have done no. There have been
so many things to look after,' however, since the
signing of the armistice, that it is only within the
past day or so that the cotton world has come into
a realization of the fact that the war Is over and
that the day when cotton should come into de
mand is about at hand. The first knock at the
door of the Charlotte commission .merchant indi
cating the opening Pt ordrs, came yesterday, when
"wires" arrived In from Rotterdam and other Eu
ropean ports making Inquiries, for cotton and ask
ing of the probable amount that could be qutokly
gathered up for export'. This Indicates that . the
European markets ara opening up, and when Eu
rope Is In readiness to resume spinning and comes
into the American markets for supplies, the country
is pretty sure to see the prices begin moving up.
Not only that, but the home consumers are be
coming interested in supplies, and The Observer
knows of one order that was placed in Charlotte
yesterday, by one Pf the big mlHa not far away,
for 15,000 bales. It is of further encouragement,
that the local markets opened at 80 cents, this
giving evidence that cotton Is about to begin the
upward movement. Any authority who would sug
gest the probable price cotton may reach would
be quite careless of his reputation, but It is safe
to say that cotton is now on the way to figures
much more satisfactory than those which have
lately obtained, If precedent in the course of
cotton are followed, we may shortly hear of a
restoration of the once popular figure of 85 cents.
If, then, cotton should make a spurt for "thirty-seven-and-a-hatf,"
It Is not improbable that the
40 cents notch will cut on the, scale.
Returning to the egg that is not quite so com
plicated a matter, The holidays and the unavoid
able demand created by the season, have passed,
and with it, market' people say. the day of the prof
iteered egg. The people are simply going to quit
buying the extravagant egg, because for the pres
ent they will not be obliged to buy. " It is merely
by lack of trade that the artificial condition of
the egg market Is to be broken. It may be some
days before the egg gets down to the 80-cent
mark, but it is as surely, headed that way as cotton
is now going upward to meet it in its descending
flight. Who will now say that cotton and eggs
do not form a fitting subject for editorial dis
cussion ?
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Crrc"r.-:, . rr;r.i T;.i CI.
Perhaps rr:v.:cr C i U rot q-:'.:e so
much la accord with t:. M.,s cf Tit iJent Wil
son on the League of Nations' proposition as he
has represented himself to be. If we have un
derstood the Premier, he has favored a league
composed of the victorious countries of the United
States, Great Britain, Italy and -France, to the
exclusion of other Nations, probably the Presi
dent had this in mind when he made a declara
tion, about the meaning of which. there could. be
no possible mistake. The President declared, as
plainly as he could And words in which fto make After mwi mu uuu a ven.ury of
the declaration, that he is in f.vor of a Leag ue ! ft1" ltJt.J"
of Nation, in fact-a league in which all K.tlona. I SSSbJt d.ed
big and little, shall be partners, That, In fact, id; Monday morning at Belmont. The
what a League of. Nation would mean. It could j eonducud yeeterday af-
be organise no' other bael and the under-1 Jijgg m
stood contention of the Premier ia one of the sur-i Miss Myrtle Drewry, of Griffin. Ga..
prises of the day. But if he had misunderstood !.hd Mr. John Bachman 8hlrer, of
'Z r;:, !i cf C i::::'.3 ci 1
rv;r tt TCi Cx'.:, fr.J 1i:
TZU YCAT.3 ACO
the position of president Wilson and of the Allied
representatives on th - subjeet, that mUunder
standlng ha been removed.
Charlotte, were married at th home
of the bride Wednesday afternoon.
They will make their horn in Cbar
lotte. . ..
Agitation in regard to the new city
charter ha resulted in the stopping
of almost all municipal work. The
policy or eurtaument nas peen prae
ALL OVER AND MAX Y t'WHIJNU.
Price control by the Government ia to exnlre
with the beginning of th. New Jar twi'Jf th.r. '.figg & &g. J ."rU.S
are any Industries or trades that believe the wayfwjn b U known.
will be open to a return to old methods of com- I Rome The immensity of the dls
blnations, they will And themselves mistaken. The ? ,nJ,tuth.!:rnaI5,?wm.a?w?71.
situation wUl revert as h was before the war, and
measured by the faot that th death
the law against combination "in restraint of in Meestna and Revalo alone. Forces
M 1 HI'
T llst haa increased to 110,00 peraona
' : In Messina and Jltxalo alone, Forces
trade" will baeoma ODeratlva aa before. It must that destroyed the cities also destroy-
be admitted that In many ca,e. th. Oorerent
was not altogether a uei In keeping down ym, tor lack f7attentlon. ieventy
prices, but th. regulations drafted and. nforod
at the outbreak of the war wer unquestlona"bly
of material benefit to the country. Nevertheless,
the entire Nation 1 aa full of unhung profiteers
as dog's back Is of fleas. May b. a strict en
forcement of the anti-trust jaws will restore con
ditions upon rn a better basis for th consumer
than existed under Government war-time manage
ment.
THE FREXCH MEANING.
The French Government will make no request
upon the Peace Conference for "annexation," but
will reserve the right "to fix th Alsace-Lorraine
frontiers so as to guard against future attacks."
Th. meaning of thla is that Franc, doe not re
gard Alsace-Lorraine aa proper territory to come
under annexation discussion; that it was auto
matically annexed and removed from th question.
Th re-arrangement of the border which i to be
asked for la simply the re-arranglng of a border
within the established territory of France. There
Is no occasion, in the mind of the French Govern
ment, for discussion over the matter of annexation
of a territory that is already annexed. With that
view of th matter, th. Allied Powers will no doubt
be In full aocord. - That is the meaning of the
French determination to "ask for no annexation."
Th. Department of Justice will be urged to de
port the Germans who have been Interned in this
country as enemy alien. This will he Ilk sen
tencing them anew to , prison. Th. larger part
of thla body of prisoners want to be given their
liberty In thla country, to live among us and par
ticipate In th fortunes of .a free people, and the
only way to send them back to their native land
would te to drive them.'
,s TUB PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
- It seems that the public schools of the city have
got bonder way again, a little bit slowly at the
start, to he sure, but with indications of Boon
m being again In full swing. The attendance at the
resumption' of business after the quarantine sue
'pension averaged 00 per cent, and the prospect Is
that with the week's progress there will be a re.
turn to . normal, The decision to , continue th
long-Interrupted! school work reflects the course of
wisdom,: Danger from influenza is about passed,
end with no further outbreak the troubles recently
experienced will be forgotten. The, course of the
" ecl.ool authorities from beginning to end has been
f one worthy : of commendation. Interruption of
regular work ha beeh of provoking duration and
, the loss of time has not been Immaterial, but the
t safety of the ; chlldten has been established and
the best Interest of the schools have been con
served. Time tost may be made up; life lost could
' never b. restored, and o well has the echool sys
r ten been held in band that smooth sailing is again
at hand and none Of the drawbacks that would
have . arisen from demoralised conditions , U to
' he encountered.
UNBALANCED BY POLITICS,
Mr. Ford was not so anxious to be elected to
the Senate that he was willing to spend a dollar
to gain that end, but he appears to be so much
concerned about his defeat that he Is determined
not to relinquish hopes. He base, these' on the
outcome Of a contest In the Senate, which 1 still
further evidence that Ford is no politician. He
has not the slightest chance in the world in ousting
Newberry, and he ia going to find himself entirely
without sympathy in his undertaking. Ford'
candidacy for the Senate has unsettled his' poise
as a business man. This Is manifested In two de
partures he has made in the two new businesses
he has gone into. He has become a newspaper
publisher and a contester of elections. Ford has
lost his balance, and all by going into politics, for
he is Into it,J however he may claim otherwise.
A BINDENBURG DELUSION. ... '
The Imperialistic faction in Germany which
thinks it still survives, is organizing a movement
whereby it hopes to clear the Kaiser" pf blame
for tho war. It la engaged in a hopeless under
taking, It ia proposed to organise " league for
the protection of the personal liberty and life of
the Kaiser," and appropriately enough, Hlnden
burg is suggested as head of this league. It would
be a fine spectacle, that of the Kaiser's tool ap
pearing before the Peace Conference In an effort
to safely pass through it hand a brief for hta de
throned client. The better possibility 1 that Bin
denburg will find himself in the council' chamber,
not In the capacity of attorney, but a defendant.
Some of these former German War Lords still have
queer ideas circulating through the cranlums.
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4 v. '' - .is von A FiTLii Trcmr ' 1
, Information 1 wired Tho.Observer from Raleigh
' that, reports to the contrary, every Stat official
"V .Jexc.pt on I bitterly opposed to any proposition
'for a 'postponed or unduly shortened leglalativ
session. Governor Blckett,, himself, - Is outspoken
' against . interference with,, a regularly Instituted
and conducted business term, and points to the
Importance of th legislation which should engage
the attention of the General Assembly, It Is evU
dent that the members may go tber. in full ex
pectation of entering upon a 00-days' term and fn
the wellfeu.ided understanding that it wilt be 60
days before they get home, unless they break prece
' v i.t anj get through the legislative calendar, ahead
f Itme.. '
A DELUDED STATESMAN.
Mr". Erzberger would have the neool. believe ha
Is under the Impression that all such trifling mat
ters as that of indemnities have been settled be
tween: Germany and the United States, becanaa
there was no such stipulation' In th armistice by
th t American, representatives. , He argues that
Germany la obligated to make stood jvith th no.
cupfed territories of Belgium and Franc., but
uiil ia as tar. aa aaj is pound to go. : He Overlooks
th fact that Great Britain was unrepresented by
"stipulation" In the armistice. Just aa in the
of the United 8tatea,v If he thinks th term under
wiuvn tne : armisiicL,wa. esiaoiisnea ar. to be
taken as the -terms ,tpon which peace is to be
based, Mr. Erzberger, Is goljng to And himself a
saaiy deluded statesman. , ' , . t , , .
Next thlncr we know tha mttmaA tai.r,nva..
a'ndrstatlbn agecU.wlirbechipplngTln with the
Bt. Louis boys In the ralslng.of Mac's salary; ' .
IN THE WORK TO A FINISH.
The President will round- out his aerie of cour
tesy calls in Italy, thla week, and afterr that he
will be in position to give personal attention to the
launching of the Peac Conference. His manifest
expectation ia to see the matters before that body
so far advanced a to permit of his return horn.
before the expiration of th. six weeks originally
allotted to tho trip, but at the same time he ha
made no concealment of his determination to as
sist in the proper formulation of peace terms, even
if his recall to Europe might become an Involved
necessity. The president ha the matter of peace
in hand with the Intention to see It settled accord
ing to the promises h. has given both Allied and
neutral countries. ,
All that China seems to want ia the return of
the Province of Klo Chow, th. same which was
taken away from Germany early in th war by the
Japanese Arm). It might appear to be China's
proper course to ask Japan to make this request
in China's behalf, for Kio Chow Is Japanese prop
erty, if there la any meaning, to tt rule of war,
Wilson's Manchester speech really appear to be
the greatest he has yet delivered In Europe. Per
haps the democratic atmosphere of hi surround
ings placed him entirely at ease. At any rate, he
spoke there aa If he wer. standing, on homo soil
and surrounded by horn, people.
It will be seen that detachment of the North
western boy ar on the way home, but none is
assigned to Camp Greene, whereat this commu
nity Has ground for a righteous kick against the
War Department. "
NEWSPAPER SENTIMENT
thousand persona of Messina's 80,000
population ar. dead. and 40,000 were
killed at Regglo.
Mrs. H. U Adam ntertlned a
number of her friends at her home on
North Tryon street yesterday after
noon In honor of hr gueeta.
Mis Hannah- Conetable Informally
entertained at her horn on . North
Church street last night. .
Mr. and Mrs. H. M. Wad. .nter
talned at a course dinner last evening
at their horn on North Church street
in honor of Mrs. , J. B. Tarvr and
Mra. J. T. Fletcher, of Columbus. Ga..
guests of Mrs. H. L. Adams. Mr. and
Mrs. Charles W. Tillett, Mr. and Mra
Walter Brem, Mrs. E. L. Buseey and
Mrs. Adams.
Rev. p. R. Law Is visiting In
Greensboro. H. will return after a
few days. -
Thla Is th last day of Leap Tear.
A word to the wise Is sufficient r
Th funral .of Mr. K. K, McKay
was held at th residence. IIS North
Graham street, yesterday afternoon,
conducted by Rev. J. A. Smith, as
sisted by Rev. A. R. 8haw. r.
Wasnington Th. army tnvesttsat
lng committee made publlo yesterday
a report from Major Daly in which it
was stated that the army In Cubit was
fed on embalm. d beef. Th beef was
preserved like a human body. He waji
shown one quarter f beef that was
apparently untainted after an expos
ure of 10 hours to th. sun. On. thou
sand and five hundred pounds of th.
tuff was dump.d overboard from be
Panama. Th. beet looked well but
had an odor Ilk that of a dead hu
man body af tar being InJeoted with
preservatives. -
For the benefit of thos who ar.
disposed to doubt th .xlsteno. of a
rabbit ordinance, her It Is in full:
Section HI, city code If any person
hall set free any rabbit or bar. in
th. streets of Charlotte for th. pur
pose of having a race, on conviction a
Density of 850 shall b. imposed.
Th annual .Lotion f directors of
th Touns Men a Christian association
last night resulted in th. re-election of
tn following named gentlemen: w.
F. Dowd. Oeorre H. Brock.nbrough.
Jam A. Ron and J. A. Biven. The
nw men lcted wer; F. C Abbott
ana or. m, m. strong.
A lode, of Knuthta of Prthiaa. with
It charter membere, was Instituted at
Huntereville Thursday night by Grand
unanoeuor xnomaa s. rraaaun. a
lsted by night from eeveral lodge, in
thla vicinity. Th. following Pythlans
(rem this city assisted: George a.
Hall. J. Q. Baird. W. M. Lylea, W. C.
Wilson, w, c whit.. A. c. port.r,
Charles H. Dudly, A. W. Harry, F.
Mi Bhannenbou.. H. A. Cathay, f. j,
C. D. Purser, R. J. Wants, H. 8. Ham
ilton, c r, Alexander and Dr. w. k.
Reld. J. B. Garriaon. J, M." McCorkle
and T J Smith- from th Plnevllle
lodg Th. offlcero .leeted wer.
follow!: Chanoellqr commander, Dr.
c is. waixer; vie. cnancetior, w. B.
Caldwell; prelate, w. M. Houston: M,
of W, W. B. Blythe; K. of R. 8.. &
P. Mecoyi M. or F.t John m. wilaon;
M. of E.. C. L Barnett; M. at A., W.
8. Mayes; inner guard, W. A. Nesblt;
outer guard. A. H. Barnett
J. W. Cobb goes t. Chapel Hill next
week to .nter tho University Law
school. . - -
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V. t w J WllUOll fSwWWII.M.-i
Wcr.dcrful Wcrk, Figures Show.
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Capt, D&rne'!, at Cam? Greene,
Condemns only 9,337 of 1 30,
.'., 565 Articles of Clothing.
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DAILY REMINDER
1
HARDEST NUT IN THE WORLD. '
(From The Christian Science Monitor.)
Before the, war the cooone, which grow freely
in th. Southern Americas, on large tree of the
palm family, was literally such a hard nut to
crack that its vegetable oil had no place in com
merce, and the tree was known chiefly as a both
eration to banana planters when they wieffed . to
enlarge their plantation. Eighteen hundred
pounds' pressure Is required to crack the cocon
nut, and there was no machinery for doing it
Then Government experts said that nothing els
In the world would provide suoh good carbon, for
gas maskai as the cocone nut. and the United
States financed the creation of ' machinery' for
cracking it, thus starting a new and Important
industry. '
- , , WHY SOLDIERS DESERT. "
(From The Toledo Blade.)
The nearer the soldier get to th. firing 'line,
the less is his incentive to desert. '"An official re
port to Secretary Baker show that convictions of
enlisted men were fewer , in 1811 than in 1817, al
though th. Army had grown enormously In the
Interval. " ; Thla makes good th. ' contentions that
soldiers desert to escape th. monotony of camp
or barrack, but that active service " hold them
In cheerful allegiance. They would rather be shot
than grow stale. :' ,. . .
IN THE DATS NEWS."
Dr. James L. Barton, who ia to
sail from New Tork today at th. head
of the American commltteo for relief
in th. near east la a veteran In th.
service of th. American board of com
mlsaloners for foreign missions and
one of the best Informed man in th
United States on conditions In Tur
key and the Balkans. He la a Ver
monter, was educated at Mlddlebury
college and at Hartford-Theological
seminary, and went to Turkey In 1186
a a missionary etatloned at Harpoot
In tha course of tints h became a
professor In th. . missionary college,
and later It president In 1884. be
cause of his proved administrative
ability, he waa recalled to Join the
secretarial staff of the American
board, which bad its headquarter in
Boston. He haa traveled much, and
haa the international mind point of
view, .
TODAY'S ANNIVERSARIES,
1491 Jacques Cartier, th French
navigator, who was the first
to explor the 8t Lawrence
river, born at St Malo. , Died in
1684.
15 SO Henry of Lorraine, third duke
of Guise, th. "King of Parts,"
born. Died December 28. 1888.
17 8 S Lord Cornwallis, th. ablest of
: the British generals varying In
th. American revolution, bom in
London. Died in India in 1801.
1858 Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria revoked the constitution
of 1848.
1877 Imperial Order of the Crown
of India for woman Instituted.
J 8 88 Three hundred persona perish
. ed in a fir at an annual fair
held In one of the publlo parks
of Madras. " "" I ...-.,'.'
1614 Rusetins held th. Carpathian
from Bukowlna to Ussok Pass.
1818 'Turks In Mesopotamia asked
armistice from British to bury
deed and aav th wounded.
1818 Berlin , claimed that. British
force operating near, Kut-el-Amara
waa repulsed.
. .
ONE YEAR ACO TODAY IN TOE
WAB,..,,-v.w.:,:,
Cathedral in Padua seriously dam
aged In a third air raid by the Ger
mans. f-7 ..''?'.'. ''"'' '"' --.'-;'.'- .-
, United States war. department took
over the great pier and warehouses
of the Bush terminal In New York
city. "j ' ;." :. ' ' :,':"'; ' :"'t"
TODAY'S BIRTHDAY'S..
Gen. Tasker H. Bliss, U. 8. A re
tired, one of the American representa
tives in the coming peace conference,
born at Lewisbrug, Pa.,. 05, year ago
today
Albert Sevigny, former minister of
Inland revenue of Canada, born in
Quebec, 88 year, ago today. : '
Col John T. Thompson,- V. S. An
who rendered valuable services in the
war as chief of th small arms divi
sion of the ordnanoe department born
In Kentucky, 58 year ago today.: .
William Folger Nlckle, M. P., who
advocate th abolition of hereditary
titles In Canada; born at Kingston,
OnW 4 yeara ago today. -
- Dr. Ralph D. . HeUeU president of
New Hampshire college, born at Mer
rill. Wls 80 yeara ago today.
1 0QTH ANNIVERSARY OF ,
f,1
' ' '''aaataMsaaVaawsatew -''
v': ' ... a .. jvv Oi' i-'
Clover Woman Reaches Century
. Mark lit Good Health and En
. - tertalhji Friends.
J
- Socciat to Tho Oboerver.
' York, 8. C, jDec. 80. An event of
interest to hundreds of relatives and
friends was th. celebration today of
the one hundredth birthday of Miss
Susan Pursley, at her ' horn. ' near
, '., SURE TOR MEDALS.
' . . (From Th. Houston Post)
Colonel Whlttfesy, who. told the German offloer
who demanded hU surrender toiQo to hell!" waa C16' About 160 peopU gathered
publicly decorated with the congressional medal for. the occasion, which was marked
nn nnalan, Pnmmnn IKa fhar rlflv . Tf atralo-tik taiv. bv an old-fashioned' basket Dlcnla.
otthatcharacterwin.
Colonel who 1 apt to com. back from Franc, with w. p. Grier presided and read an in
a wheelbarrow full. " ' , ( teresting history of v MIsa Purslef
' . ONE RESULT. ...
M From The, Rochester Herald.) ! tj;
jAtotal of44,700 German' offleere ktlled" makes
t certain "that ther. will be fewer Vomen"crowdd
Into th (tttUr In Qcrmaa cities.
family., much of th data for ' which
ehe had been able to furnish aa a re
suit . of her, retentive : memory., -An
! appropriate ' talk . was mad by Rev.
j. lu oaten, a letter was read from
ReT- R. ' M. -Stevenson, Mf - Due-Weet,
B. c, ror x yeara Miss rursiey's pas
8tatlstlca showing the value of the
work of th reclamation division of
th. Unit.d Btatse army war. mad. :
publlo yesterday by Capt D. B. Bar
neiu in charge of salvage work at
Camp Greene, the figures being from
th. reporte for th. month of October
not only for Camp Green, but for all '
army posts, camps and cantonments
in th continental United State.
These ar th latest available figures. .
i Camp Oreene during that month , "
had a strengtjh of 15,615 men. : -'
Th. report for Camp. Or..n. show- -d
that a total of 100,013 pieces of
clothing were on hand from Septem
ber for renovation and 80.668, were ,
received -during October. Of these
8,887 were condemned and 8,837 were
repaired, and 84,833 wer designated
tor re-issue, with 'M,!t article on
hand November A to be returned foi -r.-lasu.
" Th. shoe repairing report .
stated 25,838 shoes wer. on hand at
th. beginning of th. month, and 630
shoe vera receive-!, f 7 wo; et.
diiii.d. 11.873 wor. k shipped foi
whatever reclamation poaeibte, anj
J. Tito repaired.' 1,048 , weri
turned to original owner and 4.S&I
wre Ostgnated tor ' ro-lue Ol ,
ov. coatn, 11,701 were on band at th'
beginn-ng of the montiv for rrpaii,
114 v. rt e received du. H month,
8 rn condemned, i.til were turn ,
0 over U the quamrmastar for re
Insuo und 1.153 remained for"d'iv.r
for re-lHiu. - ' : y - v--:
A 'J-e beginning of th. month 3 4
117 wji fvocoat wer. on hand nl
V Vih received, vil of this nuntter,
M'l W designAtid for ro-Hsuo.
81 Ufln: condemned. Two thousand
eight hundred and i eighty pairs ot
w i-i bmchee war. on han4 ami C9
Wr- jtrelved during th. monib, 4
pils wer loondemncl, 437 were re
paired, 440 wer designated for -re
LiiK and 3,7 85 wr to to prepared -for
re-laaue. Proportlonat. salvag.
ot cotton coats, denim joata, cotton -breeches,
denim trousers, flannel
shirts, undergarments, l.ggtns, bln
kets, sweater, and artlole. of all other
descriptions. -
' The summary for th. collection and
distribution of garbage a V Camp
Greene during October ahowa that
th strength of th. camp was 15,584
men, that 17,830 pound. of bread
(38.5 pounds per man) and 286.833
pounds of other garbage (614.1 -pounds
per man) - was collected, glv -ing
a total of garbage of -308,811
pounds, or 653.8 pounds, per man. '
The sale, brought 1337.84. Th total ;
Income from- garbage sales for all
camps, cantonments, posta and sta
tlons in continental United Sutes waa
fiven aa $84,033.63. '
One Item In the report was that
$833.63 was receive from the sal. of
dead animals. w
Every tent and cot received tor r .
pair at Camp Green, waa again mad
suitable , for service, the report
abowed.
Th. summary of tho report, for '
October of those In charge of salvage
work throughout th. United State
army within continental United Stat. ;
contained the following Total piece .
of working stock, 12,811,177: total re ,
eelved during month. 8.108,607; re
turned to point of origin.. 40.858: '
turned over to quartermaster for re- ;
issue, 4,883,803;. shipped for reclama
tion, 1,351,687; total found unfit for
repair, 440,808; to go. to -organba
tlons. 1.758.9 8; to be turned over to
iiannaittnn ami I Quartermaster ror re-issue. iz,4,oi
calni temperament her friends ara j repaired oy government snops, i,ae..
able to be present Dr. Stevenson is
til. .dltor ot Th. Associate Reformed
Presbyterian. After th exercises had
bean concluded dinner .wa served in
th. yard.
Sitting by h.r coxy fir, Miss P re
ley received her guests and chatted
pleasantly with thm. Time has
dealt leniently with her, as despite
her 100 year, ahe la mentally alert
and enjoys fairly good health. Wide
awake and chaerful, ah. was an in
spiration to her guests, who wer. de
lighted to see th. Interest she takes
In Ufa. ,Wlth her older friend ah
exchanged recollections of th. long
ago, though, of course, her memory
went far beyond that of anyon. pres
ent. i-.Jy: .-,.r .i.:-rr;:'
Several member of Miss Pursley's
family have been noted tor . their
longevity. Her father reached 83,
Whil her mother lived to b. 88. Of
th.lr 18 children, she ia th. sole sur
vivor. Counting children, grandchil
dren and other generations further
removed, including those dead, the
deseendanta of Mis Pursley's parents
number 823.
Miss Punier waa horn in northern
York, and when five year, old moved
to the alt. of h.r present home. Th.
house in which she lived tor the
greater part of & century is standing
a ' short distance from her present
residence. She lives with her nephew.
W. F. Ervin. -
Mum Pursley 1 one of the oldest
white residents of York county.. .Tak
ing into consideration her present
strength, cneerfui
hopeful that she will live to enjoy
many more birthdays and that her
life will be aa tranquil In the future
as it has been In the yeara that have
gon. by.
T
But Denies Positively That He Is
Any Sort of Candidate
for Marshalshlp.
BY H, E. C. BRYANT.
Washington, D. C, D.. 30. -Frank
A, Hampton rturnd her from the
tat today. H. denied the story to
th effect that h la slated for the
marshalshlp of the eastern district
H ald he was not a candidate for
th. place.
It Is Relieved her. that Mr. Hamp
ton will b. a real candidate for lieu
tenant governor, as was predicted in
Th. Observer weeks ago. As to the
marshalshlp. Senator Simmons will
gtva that hi attention in a few days
now. He waited until the revenue
bill waa out of the way. In a formal
statement today Mr. Hampton said:
"It I am slated for the marshalshlp,
It ia entirely without my knowledge.
Senator Simmons, so far as I know,
ha never thought of m. In connec
Hon with th. marshalshlp. I know
he ha never mentioned auch an idea
to me, nor I, nor anyone for me, to
my knowledge, to him, Th. fact Is
there is n. elate. . When the senator
gets ready to take up the matter, he
expeota to carefully consider all the
applications and endorsements that
have been Sled, and then dispose of
th. matter. !f:.:7-w -
"I am not a candidate for the mar
shalshlp, active, receptive or any other
sort -of candidate. I am alncer and
candid lnthia statement I lik. my
position a secretary to North Caro
lina's great national leader and best
beloved son, and while the marshal
ahln la an attractive position. I con
sider th. post of secretary to Senator
Simmon in his great career ana work
her. mor. Important than the mar
halflhln. I do not . wish my good
frlenda. who are candidates for thy
marshalshlp to think I am opposing
them, and I shall be glad if you will
make my position clear."
, A to th. lieutenant governorship,
Mr. Hampton says the proposition
app4als to him, but that it is entirely
too .any 10 announue m ueumie posi
tion respecting It
MUST LEAVE TOWN'pR CO
.TO JAIL FOR 60 DAYS
Florence - Daniels, a young whit
Woman who, th police said, haa apr
peared in court on two previous oc
casions, waa notified by Recorder H.
C. Jones yenterdar morning that if
387: repaired by contract 230,586;
dry cleaned and pressed, by govern
ment shop, 78,73i by contract 866,
U, ,; i
. This summary shows, .regarding tha
more important Item and those
which, in th. past moat frequently
were scrapped, that th. salvage di
vision accomplished highly valuable
work. The summary ' Include, tho
following, as of all camps and ata
tlons: Working stock, 1,822,776; -total
received during October,-359,251 j
returned to point of origin, 202,456 .
turned over to quartermaster tor re-
issue, 820.31: shipped for reclama
tion, 268.834; total found unfit for re
pairs. 60,461; to go to organizations,
158,146; to be turned over to quar
termaster for re-issue, 82,127; re
paired, by government shop. 480,772; ,
i contract, 118,831. Tho figures re
.;nrd)nx th disposition of the shoes
which the soldlera turned In aa un
serviceable offer accurate estimation
of th. great valu. of th salvage for
all other of th 18 articles listed, and
ot thoM listed under th heading of
"all others." -. ' ;-''.
The summary, Which waa prepared
from reports from camps, ;. canton
ment posts and stations, by th. ad
ministrative branch of thia ; division
Sf th war department floea not give
a. total value of all articles sal
vaged nor the value of tho work of
th. dlvlaon In dollars and cant. That
amount however, apparently should
mount Into tho millions of dollar par
month, which, prior to th. .atabllshJ '
ment of this division, largely waa a
loss to the government - ," v,
CROWELL CLINIC HOLDS , ? ,
RECEPTION WEDNESDAY
Th annual reception of th. Crowell
clinio will b. given in th. office. 101 '
718 Realty building. Wednesday v-
nlng, from 8 to 11 o'clock. An oppor
tunity will be given at thla tim for
Charlotte physicians to meet Dr. Jos.
A. Elliott, who has recently been add
ed to tho staff. Dr. Elliott 'comes from .
th.. University of Michigan, whero he ,
was assigned by the medical depart'
ment ot the army aa professor of
diseases of th skin. Invitation was
extended to all members of the medi
cal profession in this section and .spe
cially ar. th. medical officers from
Camp Greene Invited to be present. , i
POSTOFFICE TO OBSERVE '
; NEW YEAR HOLIDAY
i 'New Year's Day will b. obsemd as
a holiday by th employe of tho
poatofflc. Offlc. hours for that day
were announced yesterday, aa follows:
Stamp, general delivery and registry
windows wlll. be open from 10 a., in
to 12 noon; the parcel post wlndo
from 6 p. m. to t7 p. m. Tha pi
carriers wui maxe on oeuvery.
MEMBERS OF RED FEZ CLU3
WILL GIVE DANCE TCNXHT 1
1r
tor,, expressing regret at not beinar of a charge of vagrancy,
Members of thv Red Fes club will
celebrate th passing out of the old
! year bv a dance at the club tonla-ht
sh. Is seen In Charlotte in the next : The dance , will end with a watch
two years ehe must serve lail sen- tartv.-All members of tho Rart .hvm m
fence of 60 days. She was convicted Aelub and Shrlners from Camp Greene
.ar Invited to th jdance.