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-.1 ; " i ' 'TltiE '-. NEWS-HERALD : " published by the Estate of T. G. Cobb The BMrllrgamn 7 SSSi Consolidated November 29, 1901. SubscriDtion Price $1.50 per Year in Advance OL. XXXIV. MORGANTON, N. C, DECEMBER 5, 1918. NO. 27 WILSON ADDRESSES CONGRESS AND ANNOUNCES j aged and respected PURPOSE TO ATTEND THE PEACE CONFERENCE! CITI2EN passes away Will Attend Solely As Representative of United States Gives Views of Government's Reconstruction Is Ready to Re lease Railroads at Any Time Appeals For Equal Suffrage. j Mr. A. F. Somers, After Long I Illness, Died Monday Night. After having been in feeble health jfor several years and extremely low :for a number of da vs. Mr. A. F. Somers, aged 83, passed away Mon- NEW COUNTY BOARD ' SWORN IN MONDAY. OLD LANDMARK IS j AMERICA'S REPRESENTA- ORDERED REMOVED i TIVES PEACE CONFERENCE Congress in joint session Monday j justify our great pride that we were day night "at his home here. He suf heard President Wilson announce for-, able to serve the world with unparal mally his purpose to attend the peace l lelled energy and quick accomplish- conference and give his views on the ! ment. part the government should play in Not Physical Scale, dealing with reconstruction problems, j "But it is not the physical scale Democrats of the house received the j and executive efficiency of prepara- f ered a stroke of paralysis . early in the fall and since that time his re covery had been despaired of. Mr. Somers was k native of Iredell county, coming to Burke many years ago. i'or a long time he was in bus New Commissioners Begin Term Town Board Has Condemned and j President Wilson Heads Ameri- of Service Largely Routine Ordered Ray and Tate Corner i Business Transacted. j Building Torn Down. The new board of county commis- j At the meeting of the town board sioners elected November 3 took' the j Monday night notice was ordered can Representation With Lan sing, yhite, House and Bliss as Members of Delegation. The representative of the United oath of office Monday and held their served on the owners of the old build- j States at the peace conference be. announcement with cheers in which ;tion, supply, equipment and despatch ineSs in Linville townshin a WW. i some senators joined; the Republicans, that I would dwell upon, but the now Noblitt's store. A number of! were silent almost throughout the ad- mettle and quality of the officers and I years ago he moved to Morganton dress, except when the President re- men we sent over and of the sailors1 and before his health failed was in f erred to the valor and efficiency of j who kept the seas, and the spirit of j the mercantile business, associated America's soldiers and mentioned the the nation that stood behind them, i with Mr. R. E. Roper, names of Pershing and Sims. Threat- ' No soldiers or sailors ever proved j Mr. Somers married a Miss Spen enetl interruptions by members who -themselves more quickly ready for the cer, aunt of Messrs. C. A. and W. sapprove of the trip and of the: test of battle or acquitted themselves A. Spencer. She with three sisters and and a brother survive. The sisters di President's failure to include a sen- with more splendid courage ator among the peace delegates, now-jacnievement wnen put to the test. are Mrs. T. W. Noblitt, of McDowell ever, did not materialize. Those of us who played some part county, Mrs. John Brown, of Hills- 0f the railroad question Mr. Wil-;in directing the great processes by boro, 111.,' and Miss Mary Somers, of son said he had no solution to offer. ;wmch the war was pushed irresistibly- Stony Point. The brother, Mr. P. F. He said he was ready to return the forward to the final triumph may now Somers, lives at Stony Point. Anoth- lines to private control whenever a torget ail that and delight our er brother. Rev. J, N. Somers, who first meeting. Mr. S. Huffman, who ing known as the Ray and Tate cor was elected chairman, was the only j ner, occupied by J. R. Taylor and the member holding over from the old City Restaurant that unless the board. Mr. B, C. Bright, of Glen Al-i building is torn away within 90' days pine, was appointed to fill the place from that date, December 2, a pen made vacant by the death of Mr. D. alty of $5 for each day would be B. Garrison. Other members of the! charged the owners after the expira bbard are Messrs. W. J. Alexander," ition of the time given. It is. pre- C. F. Wellman and William Wall. All sumed that the owners, the Tate heirs the members are Republicans. land Mrs. Ray, will.. comply with. the!Frir1av niVM f . , After being sworn in and the elec-; order and will erect a new building! jn . . . Al , . , . , . - A, 6 1 ln the absence of any official ex turn oi tne cnairman ousmess trans-; on tne sue. planation it was assumed that the actea was . largely oi a routine na- Preidcnt Wilson, Robert Lansing, secretary, of state. Henry White, former ambassador to France and Italy. E. M. House. General Tasker H. Bliss, represen tative, of the American army with the supreme war council at Versailles. This announcement was made last ture. The office of county farm agent was unanimously abolished; Mr. G. W. Sanders was appointed' road supervisor in Lower Creek. ORDERS NOT GIVEN YET FOR RETURN OF 30TH. township in place of Mr. M. S. ney, resigned. Ar- ANOTHER BURKE BOY GAVE LIFE FOR COUNTRY satisfactory arrangement was offered; thoughts with the story of what our! died sometime ago, at one time served Were Withdrawn From British and Turned Over to Pershing Those Coming. General March has corrected an.er-;0.f v . , 1. Dart in tn mspiissinn nnH cotf lomonf roneous impression that the 27th and;of the main features of the . President goes as President of the United States and that Secretary Lansing, Mr.. Whit e and Colonel House and possibly also General Bliss will be delegates with ambassadoral rank. It was recalled that he would go to France "for the nuroose of takine- to prevent a return to the old sys as Methodist preacher on a circuit in men did 1 J i. li-l. "T'Vl?'. 11-wll.C.4-r5 "U ' AT- 2 terns under private management wim-, "cu unn-cio uuucisiuuu gxim uiis county. out modification and asked congress and exacting task they had undertak-, Mr. Somers was a man of fine bus to study the subject. '.en and performed it with an audacity, iness sense, conservative, level-head-Recommendations included a re-! efficiency and unhesitating courage 'ed and always thoroughly dependable, newed appeal for woman suffrage in; touch the story of convoy and His name was synonomous with reli recognition of woman's work in the battle with imperishable distinction at ability. He was a faithful member war; a request for early and favor-; every turn, whether the enterprise ' 0f the Methodist church. The funer able' action on the unratified Colom- j were great or small from their great a services., at . the home Wednesday bian treaty; and a suggestion thatjehiefs, Pershing and Sfrns, down to - morning 'wVe conducted by Rev. C. authority should be given to the war j the youngest lieutenant; and their! M. Pickens, of the Methodist church, trade board or some other body to J men were worthy of them such men j Burial was made at the cemetery. continue control lor a time over ex- "- ""uy vuuwuanucu , iir. A. comers, oi cstony foint ports 30th divisions, the latter comprising ; Ellis Buff, of Valdese, Died:1'1 ana C50lKn aro"na ana Aen" oj4 r u i?1 nessee troops, had already been order- October 3rd As Result of jed;home PTiese troopsf after being Wounds. 'withdrawn from the British, were sent In Sunday's casualty list was the ; back to General Pershing's command name of Pvt. Ellis Buff, of Valdese, who died of wounds. We are inform ed that relatives in the county re ceived a message recently stating that yorng Buff died on October 3 of wounds received September 27. He and on orders have yet been issued for .their return. General March said as fast as divisions can be spared they will be sent home and announcement made of the. orders. Four divisions in their entirety and was in 'the "Old Hickory" division, ! major units of eight other divisions of undying fame, the 30th, a mem-1 of the American army in France, have br of Co. ,A, 120th Infantry. His J been designated by General Pershing ,go to tneir ternoie acventure ontneiy.a nephew, was here to attend the mnm(, wili ftVer stand amomr the first for an earlv return home. These on Burke's honor roll. He died for! troops, with other special units, Gen- The President concluded with the j and .with the quick intelligence of funeral. announcement of his" forthcoming tripjthose who know just what it is -they overseas, lie saia since me a&suciii,-1 ed governments had accepted princi-j "I am proud to be the fellow pies enunciated by him as the basis i countryman of "such stuff and valor, for Deace. he regarded it as his para- i Those of us who stayed at home did rrnrnt dutv to B-o lour lutY- the war could not have been , tv f PreiHnt Wilsnn'ft Mes-iwon or the gallant men who fought l UJI VII M. M. v j . leral March, chief of staff, announced, '.total 3,451 officers and 79,663 men . jthe sake of freedom. Death of Mrs. Nancy Team! ' Patton. - Mrs. Clarence A. Johnson. i . The complete divisions which will After an illness of only a few days! .The news that Mrs Clarence A.iretur.n a, an rlyfte' J?6"61 chief belligerents was to send had Mrs. ' Nancy Teem Patton. widow pi peace," said that it was not likely that he could remain throughout the ses sions of the peace conference and that he would be "accompanied by delegates who will sit as the repre senatives of the United States throughout the conference." The white house announcement "It was announced at the executive offices tonight that the representatives , of th United States at the peace con ference would be the President him self, the secretary of state, the Han orable Henry White, recently ambas sador to France, Mr. Edward M. House and General Hasker H. Bliss. "It was explained that it had not been possible to announce these ap pointments before because the num ber of representatives each of the sage. thejate Robert Patton, of Table Rock, died Tuesday night at 10 o'clock at " UK"l"'vk' i 1.1. ona ncux. ontrl, i Johnson has become a member of the iViarc" f ai(?' are,1" i lu' 7 ' 1 til a day or two ago been under dis- i. V VAAV I , Oil I J flOJ Tmnnvfanf olatvioritc nX thp force of women deputies in the office!"1" , cussion. White house - officials would add nntViincr f r the fnrma 1 sfn fpmpnf unrl tvtvvo hov fcnmable are the 31st, 34th, 38th, 40th. wofessine- to h in the can- " - " - . j . j IHlrClCOt 111 iUVlgttlHUii) ii : , Q li A QOf "U ! Rev. J. B. Tabor, were held yesterday town. She began her work this week,i84tn' bh 8tn an, . jfidence of. the Prsident would talk. t w hoods cheat) while anv sneaks th2f afterncon at. Mountain Grove-church, which consists of interesting people ' ZST"! .L ; 11;:; !There was only one surPnse m the it given their opportunity to win it , " " V , v . ", -" ruw 'tnnrtetion-facilities are avail 'ner nome at la Die kock. ine tuner- Younor at Kaleieh will be of much, . r-- - r ii wp sna ininK (i irsp vps awirspn wp , 7 , im-i vo v. ajuress is as ioiiows: The full text of President Wilson's 'otherwise; but for many a long, day j11 nvir7 wp shall think nnrsplvps "fltvursp.d wp;81 ana Durial s kuess is as ioiiovvs; . "flontlpmpn nf thp congress The WC1C tllclc Mrs. Patton had no children. She iave She was vtav tViat has elansed since .i i - v, foueht." with these at St. Mihiel or I r Thierrv. The memory of those davsa closely related to the Harbison Z?ZZ":oi triumphant battle will go with families of this county and was the and protection. il,JU1 - T 7 these fortunate men to their eraves-1 stepmother of Rev. R. L. Patton, Mr. state of the union has been so crowd-; these loi tunate men to their graef a ,v5th crrpat Pvpnts and ffreat re- and each will have his favorite ir w- patton, Mrs. urent itnyne ana ed Mth great events, ana great re . , . . !Mrs -TfatP Rpllmpr nf Mnro-nnfnn it Vicii. t raI,nftt v,onp f0 o-iVe vou memory, "uia men iorget; yet an - - " & its that 1 cannot nope to gie you, j ,.,...?' J . cvp woo io tvVi w5f0 nf iQfo adequate picture of its transac- shall be tought, but he'll remember " dUC l 1 : i i A - v 1-1 Rnnert Patton. to whom snp was mar- nr nf thp f nr-rpnphino- chans:es!wn aavantages wnat ieats ne aia i . - which have been wrought in the life of ;tnat day- nation and of the world. You j at we an tnanK uoa tor witn yourselves witnessed these (deepest gratitude is that our men went V i -.ill i 1 1 1 thino-s as I have. It is too soon to lorce into tne line oi oattie just ae-s' them; and we who stand in at the critical moment, when the the midst of them and are part of j whole fate of the world . seemed to them are less qualified than men of : hang in the balance and threw their another generation will be to say j fresh strength into the ranks of free- hat they mean or even what they ;dom in the time to turn the whole tide 1 U1IU SHCCJ) LU 111c jaiciui suuggic Outstanding Facts throughout the State in preventing fires and in showing them preventions casualties, announced by the chief of staff, which exceeds that made public statement the apperance of the name of General Bliss as one of-the tions our have a week ago by 28,000, covers all losses representative of the United State3 to November 26. The principal; turn it once for all, so that henceforth 'But some great outstanding facts;'1 a u" are unmistakable and constitute in allies, always back, never again for er1?e part of the public business with 'ward! After that it was only a scant v.hifh it is our duty to deal. To state -- wvo . them is to set the stage for the legis-jof the central empires knew. them-, lative and executive action which must' selves beaten; and now their very Ki-ow out of them and which weAliave ; empires are m liquidation! . yet to shape and determine. ' - ! And throughout it all how fine the .'A year ago we had sent 145,918 1 spmt of the nation was, what unity men overseas. Since then we have j of purpose, what untiring zeal! What each month, the number in fact ris-j elevation of purpose ran through all ing, in May to 245,951,.m June to! splendid display of strength, its 278,760, in July to' s67,182;:-and con-jtiring accomplishment. I have said tinuing in August .and September in that those of us who stayed at home August 289,570 . aW in September to do the work of organization and 257,438. No such move-across three PY will always wish that we had thousand miles of-' sea, followed' by;been with the men whom we sus adequate equipment aijd, supplies, and : tamed : by. our labor; but we can never carried safely through extraordinary : be ashamed. ,i . i Anrrar. winVh' It has been an inspiring thing to dangers of attack dangers wnicr .i -j . ... . - - , fiHplv: be here in the rmdst of fine men who weie alike strangers and mnniteiy; . - , , . . T q11 f.t,:i.had turned aside from every private nifneult to guard against.. In all this. 1 .f-j IIllCLCol Ul LlJCll unu ciiiu uiu uiv li whole of their trained capacity to the tasks that supplied the sinews of '4-1. ...lilsi rtn4- nnlorf ol-in cr y Tho 1 , , . r 1 J lilt; W 11U1C jiccil unutnunius. sunk near the Orkney Islands. , .... , llT . . x. i i,r ka,i, patriotism, the unselfishness, the I need not tell you what lay back, ' jrt: of this P-iPnt movement of men and j s 6 & 7 , material. It is not invidious to. say that hack of it lay a supporting or ganization of the industries of the country and of all its productive ac- ned about 16 years ago about 78 years of age. All who knew her spoke in highest terms of Mrs. Patton. She was a quiet, homeloving person, was ever kind and charitable. New Pastor Arrives. .Rev. C. M. Pickens and family ar rived Tuesday from Spencer and are domiciled in the Methodist parsonage. Mr. Pickens is the newly appointed pastor of the Methodist church, he and Rev. E. E.JiVilliamson, who had been here four years, having been given by conference an exchange of charges. The Pickens family consists of Mr. and Mrs. .Pickens and five sons, two of whom are in the service, and three at-home. They have been held in the highest esteem wherever they have lived and the" church here feels very much gratified in securing Mr. Pick ens as pastor. The family will be given a cordial welcome to Morgan ton. Mr. Pickens will hold his first ser vice here next Sunday morning. Mrs. Johnson is one of the best" i,uraT . "r. T ion the supreme war council would known club women in the State and'? J .T te e " take part in the discussions at Ver- tmn nf 13 100 mpn missin? in action. , , .1 -i- , 1. was at one time president of the Wo- " " " " . sanies, out tne previyng iaea naa man's club at Raleigh and in 1917 1 . A . . . . . 4.:il,T , j. , T - XT - consist largely of coast artillery bri- j .. - r . Igades and separate regiments, many!, varuiniii r euciauun ui viuiuciib , ,1. , , , , v,: " x clubs, the term of which continues battalions and batteries of anti-air-1 nt ag spokesman for thlavy been he would be attached to the delegation in a military capacity just as Admiral Benson probably will he until next spring. Watch Your Label. Due to the fact that a great deal of our office work has been delayed because of the "flu" invasion we have not yet worked out a plan for notify ing subscribers of the expiration of their subscriptions, as we had expect ed to do when we adopted the cash plan. Until we -are able "to do this we ask subscribers who do not want to miss a copy of the paper to watch their labels and send in their renew als before the time is up. Each label gives the date of expiration. Uanl9 means your subscription is paid until the first of next month. (v-itixL aiuii, to :i th great naval problems to he tions, including aero squadrons. Uolved Orders have been issued, the chief r The premierg of Great Britahl) of stall aiso. saia, tor tne uemuum- ,Fiance an(J Italy are expected to at tion of b49,uuu men in tne camps anu cantonments in the United States. Approximately 46,000 officers and men in the home camps have already been discharged. By the end of December, General March indicated, probably 150,000 to 175,000 members of the expeditionary forces will have returned to this couiitry. He said the war depart ment hoped in time to provide trans portation for 300,000 men a month. - 1 1 movement only 758 men were lost oy, enemy attack 630 of whom were on single English transport which was tivities more complete, more thorough m method and effective in result, spirited and unanimous in pur i'-c and effort than any other g '""igerent had been able to effect. profited greatly by the experience tinguished capacity that marked their i toilsome labors, day after day, month after month, have made them fit mates and comrades of the men in the trenches and oh the sea. And not the men here in Washington only. They have but directed the vast re&t achievement. Throughout innumer able factories, upon mnumeraDie farms, in the depths of r coal mines and iron mines and copper mines, r.f U , 1 - T- 1 A-.-, Vioon i - uie nations wnicn aueauy "1'-L 4-u . ,.flPc F ;netw.w tne , ... ' . 1 ; iV. ito be obtamea ana prepared, in trie engaged for nearly three years m exigent and exacting business, their fcvery resource and every executive Proficiency taxed to the utmost. We tneir pupns. cut we K men haye viewed with each other Sickly and acted with a promptness lineb' "1CU -J shipyards, on the railways, at the docks, on the sea, in every labor that was needed to sustain . the " battle (Continued on third page.) New Clerk of the Court. The first Monday in December is the beginning of the county's fiscal year. The. recently elected county officers began their new terms on that date. Since the sheriff and reg ister were reelected the only new of ficer is clerk of the court, Mr. C. G. Hicks succeeding Capt. L. A. Bristol in that capacity. Crapt. Bristol had been clerk for 16 years, a long period of faithful service to the county. It may be said without exaggeration that few men in the county have more friends than Captain Bristol. Corrections. Th News-Herald was . incorrectly informed last week in regard to Mr. John Poteet'a marriage. He was mar ried to Miss Delia Beck, not to Miss Myrtle Beck, her sister, as was stated. Also the information we had that Derr Duckworth was missing in action was without official foundation, we are glad to state, the family not having received such notice. Musicale. A quartette from the State Normal, Greensboro, will give a musicale in the auditorium one night during the week of December 16-21. Full an nouncement as to the exact date, etc., will be made later. Rev. N. M. Modlin to Morganton Circuit. At the recent Methodist Conference in Charlotte Rev. R. F. Mock, sta tioned last year at Old Fort, was as- tend th peace conference as repre sentatives of this government, but like the President, may not remain through the conference. The gen- leral understanding here is that pres ent plans are to have the conf rence first agree to the board principals of the treaty and leave the working out of details to further sitting. This would enable the President and the entente premiers speedily to re turn to the capitals of their respec tive countries so as to give their per sonal attention to affairs of state. Secretary Lansing, who heads the delegation proper, became secretary of state in June, 1915, when William Jennings Bryan resigned rather than sign a note to Germany in . the Lusi- sie-ned to the Morganton circuit. Since Conference Mr. Mock has beenjtania case which he thought might sick and an arrangement has been made whereby Rev. N. M. Modlin, who was to go to Old Fort, will cime to the Morganton circuit and Mr. Mock will be left with the same charge. Jtfr. -Modlin, who has been at Cliffside, exchanges work with Rev. A. J. Burrus, who has been on the Morganton circuit for the past year. Mr. Modlin and family are ex- lead to war. During the three- and a half years that have followed Mr. Lansing has' conducted many difficult negotiations for the country as a neu tral and as a belligerent, and his name appears on all the historic doc uments telling the story of America's entry into the war as well , as. those answering Germany's peace pleas which preceded the downfall of the Union Service. A union service of the different churches of the town will be held at the Methodist church Sunday night for the purpose of extending welcome to the new Methodist pastor, Rev. C. M. Pickens. People who cease to fight do not cease to eat. Table Rock Circuit. There will be preaching at Fair view Sunday at 11 a. m., and Arney's at 3 p. m. Oak Hill the 3rd Sunday and Lin ville and Obeth the '4th Sunday. . , Hope all our people will come to church. J. B. TABOR. America's minimum food pledge is 20 million tons save food. We have promised to feed, the hungry millions of Europe the allies and the liberat ed nations U. S. Food Administration. nected to arrive here today, and the central alliance. At the time of his Burrus family leaves today for Cliff-i appointment he was counsellor of the side. j state department, after a ; career as ! I an international lawyer which had Death of a Child. established his reputation as one of , L. jthe foremost American authorities on Phifer McGimsey the 22-months-! old chiia ot Mr. ana lvirs. norace mc- . xxr... TOTVinllVnn nf thP. ex- of TT 1 " 1 -J monia. rie was Dunea. ounuay af ternoon at "Forest Hill cemetery, Rev. C. A. Caldwell conducting the ser-i vices. The bereaved parents : have 01a cnim ui j Mr.-" White, the Republican of Gimpsey, died at the. McGimsey homej .g & diplomat of long on "Sampson" last Saturday of pneu- j perifinee who as" secretary the. American legation in Vienna m 1884v He served as secretary of em bassy at various capitals, represented ttio TTnitod Stflfps at. several ereat much sympathy in the loss of .their ; international gatherings and in 1905 1 i 1 i . 1 1.1 ui.ii A - 1 bright and attractive little son. Put a new leaf in the "Common Table.". Many of. our new guests haven't had a square meal, for a long time and never had a square deal. was appointed ambassador to Italy by President Roosevelt. Two years later he was made am bassador to 'France, where he re mained until 1909. His .last public (Continued on fourth page.) ar'd a readiness of co-operation that
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