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0 - cr?7 Ml LENOIR, 'rf'C,f FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1917 .Voltna XIX PubluW Taosdays aid Friday Priaos Fir Cent a Copy No. 51 1 . mm "OA- 71 V f IT w ifrn'finii' inin;Tnn flUNSHHY "To Win tho War tl PrWdeat Org aa CoB(tu to -.Concentrate , ItMlf m tho .-' Taak " . A definite statement to the. 'world ef America's war aims and.ef Ihe basu upon wnich peace will be eon , "tidered wu made Tuesday, by Pres " ident Wilson in. an .addess ,td Con vpess m which ha urged immediate ' 'declaration' of a itate of war between v .'the United States and Austria-Hun- gary German's vassal and tool. As to Turkey and Bulgaria also tools of . the, enemy he counselled delay because "they.. do , not yet stand in the -direct path of our necessary ac- 'Won.1' ' " To win the war, the President declared in emphatic and ringing stones, is the immediate an4,unlter , Table task ahead. Re urged Congress, -'Just beginning its second war session, -, to concentrate itself upon it' The President sharply : dismissed the possibility , of jiremature;jpeacft I and debated here by men who under? 'stand neither its nature nor the way '.it "may be attained. With victory - -an accomplished fact, he said. pea?e :wm be evolved based upon "mercy tod Justice" to enemy and friend With hope of a partnership of nations , . llo guarantee future world peace. , The war will be deemed won, he declared, "when the German people say to us, through properly accred Ited representatives, , that,, they are ( 'ready to agree to a settlement based Upon justice and reparation of the 'Wrongs their rulers have' done;1 'Terms of peace, he added, would not Include dismemberment, robbery or "punishment of the enemy,, but would !be based on . justice, defined, briefly Iss .follows: "Freedom of nations.. and, their . ipeopIea .from autocratic domination reparation to ' Belgium, relinquish ment of German power ever the, feo Ies of Austria, Turkey, the free Balkan states, as well as evacuation fef Prussian territorial .conquests in Belgium and northernFrance!! 9 Emphasizing the purpose of the C ' 4he internal affairs of any nation, the President asserted that no wrong against the German empire", was in tended and that there, was no .desire to rearrange, the Austro-Hungarian empire. He said when he si eight months" ago of tKe right "of na 'lions to free access of the seas he had Austria, f as well' as the smaller and weajcer nations in mind. ' ' t Appearing before Congresi in joint session for the first time since he asked for the war declaration against Germany last April, the Pres ident was more thin'' usually warmly greeted and his speech was received Witli- enthusiastic 1 " applause' which grew tumultuous when he reached the recommendation as io Austria. Diplomats, Justices of the Sdpreme Court and other high officials' assem ' bled on the Hoof joined In the 'dem onstration. ' . i0 ' 4The dennition or war ' aimr and peace terras, the' most explicit ever - voiced by the head rof.Tany"W the great warring powers, was ' accepted Ml 0 i (Ceatianed ' oit" page two) . ... .j "' " . 1...: nc EVERY LOCAL BOX WILL T$ BE ALLOWED CHIf' CLERK ..In. the brganiiation .,of .-the . new draft' classification systemt. Provost Marshal General . Crowd ert has, an- nounced due Regard was had for the f aithf ulservice of the men who com' poseifjhe aiptiict and local hoards of the country' and their ; ' tasks Were made lighter than under the old gyg. y. "It is net intended to impose cler ical' duties on the .board -members." said Geh. Crowder, ' '"and a .'chief clerk is authorized at $100 a month for eyery Doara naving over i,uuu reg istata,J.:litothmg',wl3I' be ; asked, of local boajrds .except an investigation efdbbuicaseB.'and'' epjnibn ' 'pf tfye classes " ' into Which their iTegiBteaiijon fould: j be pieced, and a general iupervisibn'bf the ee l" wds' of t their 'jurisdiction Xm? each , new draft army may be called. "The . wdrr 6t ibeing pfesent at n physical examlnaUons haa.peen taken '' front the .local hoard, While w work . ef "mobiliiing is luch that' its "reDre- ) ientatve can readily carry but the ': Instructionssubmittinff papers to lo gical, boards, for their signature, when IM!lf!IT CEASE Carman Praas Says Inactivity I Due to th Weather Couldn't Break Through -Another Of fa naive Soon An officials dispatch 'from Rome says' Austro-G'erman attacks on the Italian front have ceased entirely. ' Although the Teutonic invasion was launched, under rain and snow the German press explains thev sud den inactivity to be due to unfavor able atmospheric conditions. The truth is, according to the dispatch, that the Italian army, reorganised after the crisis, is now holding the line. Another offensive by the enemy on a still i larger scale is believed to be imminent, however, and the Italians are preparing to meet it "The enemy has tried to break through ou. line at every point," says the' message. "It appears clear ly now that Boreovic's division hoped to push the Italians beyond the Piave by systematic violent attacks, which were regularly repulsed. "Later Gen. Conrad tried to make the most of the advantage gained on the Asiago plateaupwhile our troops were retreating to our line of resist ance, but when the Austro-Germans attempted to break our defensive barrier at Meletta and Magnaboschi they Buffered staggering losses with out gaining any ground. Numerous divisions were sent out in vain as sault against the positions desper ately defended by our soldiers. Ital ian aviators have reported continual transfer of Austrian troops from the plain to the mountains to fill up the gaps in their decimated ranks. The eaemy is very actively preparing elaborate defensive systems. It is believed that the recom mencement of the offensive on a larger scale is imminent It is ex pected that Gen. , Conrad will strike in the direction of Vicenaa, aiming at an encircling movement against the fourth and first Italian army cprps. Such alternate blows on the right, left and : center recall the method against Verdun, and it is trusted it will have the identical success." BATTERY, E GETS ENTIRE HEW SET OF OFF Capt. Waiiami and Liauta. Richard. oa and McBrayar With H.ad quarter CaBipaajr -Liaut. Jonaa la Piwoiotad A general reorganization haa taken placed among the commissioned offi cers at Camp! Sevier, according to some of the men Who have been home on furlough during the past few days. All batteries organized with local men aa commissioned officers fell under, the orders of this reorgan ization scheme. The local officers have been placed . With some other company or battery and their places have been, supplied with officers from other companies or batteries. . . .. Capt B. F. Williams, has . been changed, to the. headquarters depart ment with the commission of captain adjutant first Lievtenaiit8 .Richard son and ilcBrayer have also been transferred -V the headquarters, de partment with their same eommia- siona. , gecond. Lieutenant Eugene P, Jones has. been promoted-to first lieu tenant in Battery F. MANAGEMENT OF ELK1N A ALLEGHANY REORGANIZED General Manager Penny of the El kin & Alleghany railroad was in Ral eigh this week to take up with the council of state the matter of a re orgahiaatibn of this company, in which the State of North Carolina holds a nice bunch of stock and is acquiring more by the use of its Con victs. "' v- a The reorganisation - wa referred to as a routine affair of scant inter est' to the public ; but necessary by reason of a sale of stock ' by New York stockholders. CbVBicKEtt PARDONS, ,i Another burke retailer v Gov. Bicke.tt has granted a pardon to. Buster Lane, convicted in Burke (sounty." iot- retailing and sentenced to the ; Guilford county toads for eight months. 1 ', V ICER i.-tf E SAM EHTERS : EAT E Thrift and War Svtnf SUmpe Ar New on Sal amd Everybody . Can Help tha Cv .'.I ; irsniMl . ' J. ' ' ' War savings r 'stamps and thrift stamps went on -sale yesterday in the Lenoir postofflce and H- W. Courtney was the first customer to buy a thrift stamp. Postmaster Guire .was . the first person to buy one of the, war, savings stamps. , . ?: Postmaster Guire said he antici pated considerable business in . this new merchandise of the government, inasmuch aa the stamps provide a way for the man of small means to help the United States in its finan cial budget in an easy manner that the Liberty bonds cannot furnish The small investment required to get a thrift stamp, for instance, is not burdensome to anyone, and yet the aggregate of such sales will' be sig nificant. . -i , The war savings stamp is to be sold for $4-12 any time during De cember of this year and January of 191 8. Thereafter the stamp ad vances one cent in cost each month. The stamps are redeemable Jan.!, 1923, or five years from issuance, at 1 5 each. An investor who bought stamps during this month and next could spend $82.40 and get stamps which will be worth an even $100 at maturity. His interest would amount to $17.60 in the five years. ; The thrift stamp sells for 25 cents. When the purchaser collects $4 wortif of them he can pay the difference, jn cash and exchange for a war savings stamp at the current price of that larger investment 'at the time of the exchange. . The government provides that no one man shall buy more than $1,000 worth of the stamps, and he cannot purchase mor than $100 worth at time, Postmaster Guire called, attention to the fact that revenue stamps are required on parcel post packages upon which the postage charge is 25 cents or more. No stamp is neces sary on a package which can be mailed for less than 25 cents, and the regular, postage is sufficient For 25-cent to 26-cent packages one cent additional is required; and from 26 cents to &u cents the revenue stamp must cost two cents. These stamps are on Bale at the money order and registry department of the postofflce. POSTMASTERS TO AID HUNT FOR REGISTRANTS Postmasters have been instructed to make every effort to insnre the delivery to registrants for military service of the 9,000,000 question naires which will be mailed out by the local exemption boards, begin ning Dec. 15. In an order issued Tuesday by the postoflice. department postmas ters are informed, that. in ease of non-delivery of the questionnaires placed in their hands return must be made to the local exemption heard with the postmaster's endorsement, stating the reason for non-delivery. "In no instance, says the order. ''must these letters be returned to Washington or sent to the dead let ter office." Another son of mil joe e E'STES DIE6 At CAMP, SEVIER Private Walter Estes of the ll ith infantry. Camp Sevier, diect Monday afternoon in the company hospital of bronchial pneumonia.' Private ' Wal fet'Estea wan a brother of Private Claude Estes, who died7 at the same camp last Friday. They were the sons of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Estes of Cbllettsville. , His ' body passed through here Wednesday en route to Collettsville for burial. ' Private Walter Estes was married early in the spring. n ..' , 2. B. VANCE CHAPTER ; U. O. C ELECTS OFFICERS An important and .interesting ses sion! of the ,2 B. Vance chapter of the, United Daughters of we. Confed eracy, was held at the home of Mrs, H. ,& Martin Nov, 27 and the follow ing officers were elected for the year Presideni Mrv W, H. Craddock ; first vice-president, ,Mn H. C. Martin second . vice-president, Mrs.- M. E, Shell: secretary,; Mrs. W L. Mlnish corresponding secretary, Mrs, J. W Self ; treasurer . tMrs. L. K Rabb registrar, Mrs. R. L Gwyn; historian, Miss Calson. "-,"' mm NCES I IE WILL RUN AGftlN H Will Kep BitUrMM Chit of Uia CampaifB, and , Will - Dapand Meatly oa friamda Who Ara At Hem Representative Doughton gave out tn Washington Monday that he had decided definitely to run for Con gress again next year, and that he would enter the June primaries for renomination. , This announcement ef Represent ative Doughton was not unexpected by his friends here. Mr, Doughton was here several weeks ago and vis ited other counties in the Eighth dis trict at the same time. The proba bility is that this trip over the dis ' trict was a sort of feeler and it was upon this that Mr. Doughton has made his decision. ; In making this announcement Monday Mr. Doughton said that he would endeavor to conduct the cam paign without bitterness against Wal ter Murphy of Salisbury, whom, it is ' known, intends to contest with Mr. Doughton in the primaries, and; should Murphy be nominated he would then be in a position to go out and work for him against the common enemy. Mr. jjougnton s statement follows : "Unless some unforeseen circum stances, over which I have no con trol, forbids it I shall enter the next primary as a candidate for renomi nation by the Democrats of the dis trict "If I have opposition, which now seems certain, air. Murpny naving announced his intention to run, I shall endeavor to conduct a campaign free from criticism or animadversion so that in the event another should be nominated I can go out and con sistently support the -nominee, who ever he may be, without embarrass ment "From the many assurances of sup- pert that have eon& to me, unsolic ited, I have no fear whatever of de feat; and, in fact, would not, under any circumstances, have consented to ran if I had seen any evidence that the nomination of a new man was desired by any considerable number of Democrats of the district Per sonally, I preferred not to be a can didate at the next primary, but un der all the circumstances and in view of the manner in which the matter has been presented to me I consider it a duty to take the course I am taking. "I shall remain at my post of duty in Washington, as I have no doubt that Congress will be in session un til long after the primary, and will be entirely satisfied with whatever verdict is rendered by the Democrat ic electorate ofv'the district" ADVANCE OF CORN- GROWING IN THE SOUTH The advance in corn production in southern States is a matter of inter est The comparison of the yield in several States this year with 1900 tells the story. Seventeen years ago North Carolina and Alabama report ed an average yield of IS bushels to the acre and this year the average was 20 bushels in North Carolina and 16 in Alabama. In 1900 Geor gia, South Carolina and Florida re ported an average yield of less than 10 bushels and this year George re ports IS. ; bushels, Florida 15, and South Carolina 19 bushels to the acre. Seventeen years ago Tennes see, Virginia Mississippi and Arkan sas went below an average of 20 bushels. This year Tennessee reports 28 bushels, Virginia 29, Arkansas 24 and Mississippi 20. x In the entire United. States the average yield this year waa 86.4 bushels to the acre The South will soon come to be rec ognized as the ''corn belt" PRIVATE COOKE HOME FOR FATHER'S FUNERAL Private H C Cooke of Battery E 118th field artillery, arrived at his home between Rhodhiss and Connelly Springs Wednesday i night, having been called, there by the death of his father, Mr. P. M. Cooke, Private Cooke, ia Well, known here in Lenoir. He was one among the first to enlist with the local battery. According to hte department of agriculture, , rata and 'mice destroy each yea property worth more titan $zvu,uuo,qoq,;, equaling , the ; gross, earnigs - ef an army bt '.200,000 men.-of'':';gv;..j-vi: IT BONE FnnaraJ Sarricea for Ranell Taafae To Sand 300 Bathala of Applaa to Boya Road Bonds laaood Sunday afternoon the funeral ser vice of Russell Teague, the first one to die of Battery E in the camp at Greenville, waa held in the Baptist church at Blowig Rock. Mr. W. E. Shipley, one of Watau ga's most enterprising and biggest hearted citizens, is pushing a plan to get up 300 bushels of apples to send to the camps for the soldier boys. A meeting was held in Boone on Saturday, Dec. 1, in tie interest of the railroad. Mr. Lindsay Patterson of Winston-Salem was here, and he, with Hon. F. A. Linney and Dr. H. McD. Little, contracted to sell large boundaries of timber to the Whiting Lumber Company if the road is ex tended to Boone. The lumber com pany is largely interested in the road and the prospects are now that the road will be built at once. The good roads bonda were issued at the meeting of the county commis sioners Monday. We may expect that the funds will be available as soon at least as the weather opens in the spring so that work can begin, It is generally conceded that there is more money in this county than usual at this season of the year. While the corn crop was seriously in jured by frosts the other crops, cab bage, potatoes, apples, beans, are selling at a price to more than make up for the short corn crop. The farm ers say that they can get more gro ceries, even at present prices, in ex change for, their own produce, in eluding the above, with butter, chick ens, and eggs, than they could for merly. FORMER RUSSIAN GENERAL .IS HILLED BY A MOB Gen,' Dnkehonin, who took over the post of commander-in-chief of the Russian armies after the over throw of Kerensky, was thrown from a train and killed as a result of lynch law after Ensign Erylenko had cap tured Mohilgo, it has been officially announced. RED GROSS Committaaa Ara Appointed Meat inf Thia Afternoon To Can Tats the Entire County for Membera One thousand new members for the Caldwell chapter of the Red Cross is the goal set for this county, The members must be secured before the first of the year. Rev. E. N. Joy ner is the campaign manager and the following make up the executive committee: W. J. Lenoir, chairman E. M. Hukill, secretary; J. L. Nel son, H. Sisk and Fred H. May. A meeting of the executive com mittee was held Tuesday afternoon and the following, campaign commit tee was appointed: J. C. Seagle, chairman; J. W. Whisnant J. Beall) E. D. Pulliam, Mrs. W. Craddock, Miss Eliaabeth Randolph and Miss Margaret Harper. BURIAL MR. WALTER BALLEW AT FAIRVIEW YESTERDAY The funeral services over the re mains of- Mr. 3.' Walter Ballew were conducted yesterday afternoon at o'elock from the Ballew residence on North Main street The services were conducted by Rev. D. M. Lata- Wer ef the First Methodist church; Interment followed at Fairview cem etery. Mr. Ballew died Friday night at his home at Davis, Okla. His body was immediately prepared for ship ment here and held until the arrival at Davis of Mr. E. B. Davis of Mor ganton, a nephew. The corpse, ac companied by Mr. Davis, left there Monday morning and arrived here yesterday morning. vMr. Ballew ia survived by a sister, Mrs. B. F, Davis of Morgan ton; half sister, -Miss Mattie Ballew. of Lenoir, and two half brothers' Mr. J. Gordon Ballew of Lenoir and Mr. J R. Ballew ef Detroit ' Mr. Ballew' was an eld citisen of Caldwell.' He left here for the west about thirty-five years ago and made hie home at Davis, Okla. . Y HAS TAH HEEI FOLKS IN BAD FIX Mr. J. C. Cairo Has J oat Ratnrmaal From a Meeting of Food Man aad Floor Mill ars in Raleigh - Flour millers, wheat growers - flour consumers of North Carolims find themselves in a rather uncom fortable and somewhat ridiculous sit uation as a result of the, action fx the Federal grain corporation in tak ing at its faee value the estimate as? the wheat production in North Caav . Kna, and determining that, sinefe North Carolina was producing mom) than sufficient wheat to take care sT her needs onder war conditions, ma wheat for milling should be fanporteji into the state, and the farmers ef the state should be paid the govern ment price minus freight charges in stead of the government price pisjt freight charges. Further, unless such action can be headed off.r an embargo on flour shipments into tide state may be looked for in the im mediate future because of the se riousness of the transportation aitav ation, according to Mr. J. C Guire ef the Lenoir Mills, who attended '.Ji meeting in Raleigh last week of ihe ; flour millers of North Carolina wiSa ' . the state food administration.'; I-'r- ' State Food Administrator . Henry " Page has been working toward A solution of this knotty problem ifjr the past several weeks, his activity resulting from the evident injustice- , to North Carolina farmers thatwoali l result from any ruling by which the flour mills of the state were forbid- ' den to pay anything less than fhr price fixed by the grain corporation , at basie points. Mr. Page has ffc that North Carolina farmers aftenSI , receive for their wheat the; govejEsv ' ment price plus -the freight from fib nearest government purchasing pois. Thia price would be around 2.40 m , been adjusted, but Mr.-Tag is dK , ' termined to push , the matter Jset ' satisfactory tetUememV. In 'digging out facta to support Jun , - contentions to the Federal food , ministration Mr. Page's office has lao- ' certained that the rollet. mills Ji? -t North Carolina' import from AejtSar' , states approximately 8,000,000 hmm- els of Wheat year whilo the 3- . , port in the form of ik)urtnot mbae , than 600,000 bushels of wheat-1 Jim ' leaves a net importation of wheat vf ( 2.500,000 buaheia. it a mwsr , recognised fact that North Carolms : imports considerably more flour .than it does wheat, 1 nt -estimating sibe , ' importation of flour ' aa the-. ea,dta- ' ' lent of only 8,000,000 buahebl fjmT wheat North Carolina normally iaa ports 5,500,000 bushels of wheat With a very large proportion .f its population, white and .bfenuc. (Continued on page two) " " . . M . WILL LIFT QUARANTINE AT ' ' , CAMP SEVIER TODAY It was announced at hdqweTtew of the Thirtieth division at CeP ' Sevier early in the week that' quarantine, which was put uso'CaV feet Saturday, Nov. 17, wotid e lifted today, provided no nf otfaeoja V) developments took place. Th antine which was put into effeei".. prevent a Widespread epidamle Of measles, has served its prrpee m n very satisfactory manner,' thelanv, provement In disease cotdiflOi-lit , the camp having been rapid ahnewt from the day the -quarantine irae ma-- hounced. The medical althoriteea at the camp have handled tho 'eitWa- tion' In' in' admirable 'mannot,' naye a report from Greenville. ' . . A LENOIR BOY IN THE - ? ' ' HOSPITAL CORPS OF. MATY Frequent mention is made' oJemt' Caldwell soldier boys fat-onr colomnn,, but one of "our Lenoir boy a haa been overlooked, land he b Earl GThoaei aa,Hson of Rev. I. W. Thomas. ' Ejb nOW in his fourth year ef aeirviktf kk the hospital corps of tke-avyi V2IVy - $ was graduated at Newport, at W ' spent n year or more on Pari IsJarnt '.,, I between Charleston andSavanaalu - He was assigned to the battfeenrji V , Castine and did patrol fay aionaif 'u . Vera Crux, Galveston and New Or leans. He haa recently bee' fom : ' , ferred to the ; Bridgeport' kra tK " Aaatrian ship interned t ii sonrn jaf our waters at the bgiiiHi M -e war and which now; in Boston kar borWinfteittodehd nt had a furlough in' nearly two years. t V - r V 4 1 3t Y i:"t .M'-'iV:, " -' . 1-'V", I
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