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Volume XIX Published TMtdtfi sad Fridays LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 1, 1918 Price! Fit Cents a Copy No. 72 IS AS TO BIGKETT'S PLAN ' Tka Congressman Thinks the Cam-.J.- PfB Might Be Eliminated ia Counties, But ia Dis tricts, Never Many local people are interested itbe announcement from Waah , , isagtoon in yesterday's Greensboro Dairy News of the stand Represent . ative Donghton has taken in refer ence to Gov. Bickett's plan to elim inate politics in North Carolina this .year. Representative Doughty, says the News' Washington correspond . -ent, has given a partial endorsement to Gov. Bickett's plan to eliminate politics in North Carolina this year and devote the time usually taken up with political discussions to an effort to solidify the people against Prus sianism. Mr. Doughton thinks the govern or's recommendation is a splendid theory, but, like many others, he doubta if it can be worked out. He thinks possibly the plan could be worked out in some counties where there is Republican or Democratic i -control for the opposition party to .allow the party in control to keep the places without a Democratic or Republican fight. In so far as congressional candi dates are concerned, however, Mr. Donghton does not believe it can be . ' worked out He thinks it impracti cable and does not believe the pow ers that be will agree to such a plan. "I read with interest the govern r'a recommendation that the present Campaign in North Carolina be con - -octed without partisan politics," V . a&M Mr. Doughton. "I think it splen did in theory, but doubt if it is workable or practicable. The mani fest disposition of both parties should be to subordinate everything v to a successful termination of the e- war, and the great patriotism mani fested on all sides may make it pos sible to work out the governor's plan in some localities. "For instance, take a locality or -county that is safely Republican; the Democrats may consider it wise ' j not to run any candidates for offices lin that county, and where a county r is safely Democratic the Republicans could pursue the same course. "So far as candidates for Congress In doss districts are concerned, of -course It would be impossible to get either side to agree to this plan, as undoubtedly a desperate fight will be waged by both parties to control both the Senate and House. The margin in the House is so close that a single congressman may change the control from the Democrats to the Republi ' -cans and vice versa. So far as I am personally concerned, I would ap prove any plan that would bring the m -war to a successful and honorable end at the earliest possible date." Statesmen and visitors from the state discussed the governor's plan with more or less interest, but Mr. Doughton apparently is the only one at the present time who cares to be pqt on record regarding the plan. Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re publican national committee, told newspaper men tonight that Gov. Bickett's plan, or one Bimilar to the one suggested by the North Carolina governor, has been put up to him by a number of Democrats, but that he had not gone into the matter to the eittent where he would be able to render an opinion as to what his par ty's attitude will be should the plan get far enough for the national par ty to advise with the state commit tees. . 4 In his first Statement to the press in Washington tonight Mr. Hays said there are to be no factions in the Republican party from -now on. He does not care, he said, how a man voted in the last campaign or what faction he belonged to. There will be no such word as "faction" in the new organization. Mr. Hays said 'Aj' both Col. Roosevelt and Justice .-. f . Hnirhaa called on him in New York o - 7" today and that he received a nice note from former President Taf t. He will visit Mr. Taft at his home early next week. If anyone thinks the Republicans are not preparing to play politics he is mistaken. The party machinery 1 ,of that once great organisation has , never been in better shape for a real . political campaign, nor have the members of the Republican organi sation aver been so enthusiastic as hey art now. They are in tor a v sight, patriotism or no patriotism RUSSIAN RESISTANCE TO GERMANS IS STIFFENING London, Feb. 26. A Petrograd dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph Company, dated Monday, says: "That resistance to the German vance is growing is shown by the reports of fighting which continues the vicinity of Pskov. This town i changed hands several times. The German detachments which first en tered Pskov were very small, but they have since been reinforced. "There is a general belief that the Germans are moving forward hastily because supplies of ammunition worth 400,000,01)0 rubles are concen trated in the neighborhood of Pskov. The Russians, however, are taking measures to guard the railway and are sending more soviet troops to Pskov." Later advices say that the soviet armies are now everywhere resisting the invaders. At Narva the garri son and workmen have formed an army of 10,000 and gone to Reval. ft. There are similar reports from Walk. Great activity is manifested at the Bolshevic headquarters in Petrograd and arms and ammunition are being distributed. GERMAN CHANCELLOR LAYS DOWN BASIS FOR PEACE Speaking before the reichstag Monday, the imperial German chan cellor, Count von Hertling, made this declaration, says a dispatch from Amsterdam : "I can fundamentally agree with the four principles which, in Presi dent Wilson view, must be applied in a mutual exchange of views, and thus declare with President Wilson that a general peace can be discussed on such a basis. "Only one reserve need be made in this connection: These principles must not only be proposed by the President of the United States, but must also actually be recognized by all states and peoples." MR. ABERNETHY HAS BOUGHT THE ELKIN DRUG COMPANY Having bought the Elkin Drug Company store at Elkin, N. C.. Mr. J. G. Abernethy will leave here about April 1 to take charge of that busi ness. Mr. Abernethy is a registered druwist and. aside from bein? a stockholder in the Lenoir Drug Com pany, has had charge of the prescrip tion work of that store for several years. He has been connected with that store seventeen years. Mr. Ab ernethy is a specialist and a thor ough worker in his line. Elkin is for tune in attracting him. MR. PRESTWOODS BUYS THE WATSON PROPERTY Mr. R. M. Prestwood has bought the new J. K. Watson bungalow on the Hickory road, the sale being made through Mr. J. W. Self. HillNlED Train From Asheville Crashed Into Rear of Train from Greenville, Near Columbia, Telescoping the Steel Smoking Car Twelve persons were killed, many seriously injured and 100 more or less seriously hurt when train No. 42 from Asheville and Spartanburg ran into the rear of train No. 18 from Greenville at 2:30 o'clock Monday afternoon near Frost's station, five miles and a half from Columbia. Both were Southern railway trains. The dead and injured were all pas sengers on train No. 18. There were no injuries or casualties , among the passengers on train No. 42. The rear coach on train No. 18 was a steel coacn and toe iorce oi the collision telescoped this coach half way through the coach ahead, which was wooden. The dead, all white men, are said to have been occupying a smoking compartment. None of the train crews was hurt except J. O. Meredith of train No. 1 8. who is reported seriously injured A special train took the injured to the hospitals in Columbia, all of which were taxed to their capacity State Factory Inspector Bonner is reported among the seriously injured W. C. Tomlinson of Durham and Raleigh, traveling salesman and brother of Mrs. Cameron Morrison of Charlotte, died of his injuries in the hospital at Columbia Monday night. A STHIOE DEBATE Only Sevan Counties in the Entire Stat Have No School in the . Debating Union Other University Note With oalv a month before the tri angular ojebates over the state, the North Carolina Debating Union is hard at work preparing for the final event. Secretary E. R. Rankin re- orts a great amount of interest in this year's contest, and also in the athletic events which will be held at the same time during the high school week, April 11-12. So far 300 separate high schools have entered the debating contest. Many of the counties have many schools entered. Robeson has 11, Mecklenburg 10, Buncombe 9, Guil ford, 8 Alamance and Wake 7 each, Davidson 6, Durham 6, Gaston 6, Iredell 6, Johnston 6, Moore 6, Pitt 6, Rowan 6, Scotland 6, Union 6, Wayne 6, Bladen, Duplin and North ampton 5. The following seven coun ties are the only ones without any representation: Brunswick, Hertford, Jackson, Jones, Madison, Mitchell and Watauga. Preparations are being made vig orously in the schools for the ap proaching contest and the indications are that this year's contest will be one of the most successful in the his tory of hte union. The Tar Heel, student weekly newspaper of the University, cele brated on Feb. 23 the twenty-fifth anniversary of its establishment. It has been an important force on the campus during these years in pro moting proper school spirit and fur thering athletics and other student activities. The Tar Heel was estab lished just after Carolina's first foot ball game with Virginia and has giv en proper encouragem ettnoal shr en proper encouragement to all ath letic efforts since. The paper has also numbered among its editors some of the most distinguished citizens of the state to day, as Well as many well known newspaper men. Dr. Charles Bas- kerville, now a distinguished profes sor of chemistry in New York, was the first editor-in-chief, while Hon. Walter Murphy of Saliaburg was the first managing editor. Judge Craw ford Biggs and Dr. Howard Rond thaler were frequent contributors during the first year. The paper has had among its many editors Presi dent Graham, Prof. N. W. Walker, Ralph H. Graves of the New York Times, Qulncy S. Mills of the New York Sun, R. D. W. Connor, C, P. Russell, Victor L. Stephenson, W. T. Bost, O. J. Coffin, Whitehead Kluttz and others equally well known. The issue of the paper for last week gave a thorough review of its interesting career. Two extension centers for study have already been organized by the University, and applications have been made for others. The ones al ready established are in Winston-Sa lem and Raleigh. The Raleigh group has taken up the study of Russia, and last week the first lecture was given by Prof. Edwin Greenlaw of the University. Over 100 people have joined. At Winston-Salem the gen eral subject is "America and Her Al lies." The method of work contem plates the visit of three members of the faculty of the University at in tervals of about three weeks. REV. C. T. SQUIRES HAS TENDERED RESIGNATION Rev. C. T. Squires, for seven years pastor of the Presbyterian church L L- i J J VI. ! nr, n wnuereu u uewviiic cuoewve ajiiu i, iw BLitrpi a can to uturens, . i. a conier ence is called for Sunday morning to consider the resignation. A dele gation of four men from the Laurens church was here several days ago to confer with Mr. Squires on this mat ter. AMERICAN SOLDIERS ARE "GASSED" BY GERMANS With the American Army ' in France, Feb. 26. Three American soldiers were killed ami nine badly "gassed" in two formidable gas at- tack made by the Germans on the American positions." In the' Toul sec tor early this morning with' projec tors. The enemy also 'heavily bombard ed the Amtricin baths' with shells, but without -result. THE GRAND JURY MEANS mm td mis Some Roads Not Worked in Twelve Months, Says Report Submit to Judge Cline Will Get Law After Overseers Complaint of road conditions over the county and the fact that some of them have not been worked within twelve months brought a strong rec - , ommendation from the grand jury, which handed in its report to Judge E. D. Cline Wednesday morning. The report recommends that all overseers shall work their roads and report to the supervisors, who in turn will report to the county commissioners on the first Monday in April. The report of the grand jury fol lows, in full : "To His Honor, E. B. Cline, Judge: "We, the undersigned grand ju rors for February term, 1918, of Caldwell Superior Court, submit herewith our report to the court, as follows: "We have investigated all bills of indictment sent us by the solicitor, with the result that we have found several true bills and a number of biUs ignored. We have examined the county jail and find same well cared fjofNuid inmates in good physi cal conation. We find one of the flues ab W top needs repairing at once at would .suggest that the sheriff fiiavtf'same attended to at once; arao one ofthe cells needs a bar, and outside door to prison de partment is in bad repair and needs attention at once. We would also recommend that some steps be built to side entrance. We tWnk it ad visable to paint the jail roof and that scnens to doors and windows be put in. "We find that the county home was visjd at the NoveiRoer term and thatia number of our tody have passedL&reard fttfmtt ilsuing this term and 'find that same is in good condi tion. We all examined all the offices in the court house and find same well kept and in good condition. "We find that all road overseers shall at once work their roads and report to the supervisors so that the supervisors may report to the county commissioners not later than the first Monday in April, and upon fail ure to do so they will be reported to the solicitor. We hear a lot of com plaint about the roads over the coun ty being in a bad condition. Some of them have not been worked for a period of twelve months. "In conclusion, we wish to express our thanks-to his honor, Judge Cline, for his patriotic charge to the grand jury, as we all feel strengthened by it. One member of the grand jury, after asking to be released, after hearing, the charge decided to re main on said body, as it was his duty to serve his country. "Respectfully submitted, "W. L. ERNEST, Foreman." THE LENOIR FIRE COMPANY ELECTS SIX NEW MEMBERS Six new members were elected to membership in the local fire depart ment at a meeting Tuesday night. The membership for the past year numbered only nine. The election of the new members brings the 1918 membership up to sixteen. The first nine names on the following list con stituted the 1917 membership. The six added make up the total for the present year: G. C. Courtney, chief; J. L. Cottrell, assistant chief; J. D. Matheson, captain; O. D. Heffner, secretary; F. T. Sherrill, C. W. Hai ley, F. D. Blackwell, Tom Seaboch, Fons McDade, driver; L. F. Stine, Dave Bower, Wade McGowan, J. A. ' " " Rnox, M. I. Cloer, C. C Stimson, . g Miller BRITISH FORCES IN PAL ESTINE CAPTURE JERICHO The British forces in Palestine have captured the city of Jericho, Australian troops entering the city last week. Aside from its historical and sentimental importance, the cap ture of the city gives Gen. Allenby, the British commander, control of a number of strategic roads over which to move his men and their ' supplies. Within twenty-four miles from the present British position is J the railroad from Damascus to Mec- ca, which has been the artery which has fed the Turkish forces operating against ' the Arabian tribesmen. If thW road were cut it would give the iribeKmeii tkreai advantas-e in their '.truggie. AMBASSADOR FRANCIS IS FLEEING FROM PETROGRAD Washington, Feb. 26. The state department was advised by Ambassa dor Francis today that on jescerday the German army was only eight hours' march from Petrograd and that he was preparing to leave the Russian capital with his staff. The message, which was dated yesterday and sent by way. of Peking, said Mr. Francis would join the Chi nese and Japanese diplomats, also preparing to leave. It did not refer flto plans of the European diplomats. Mfc Jt was taken for granted at the state department that the ambassa dor has abandoned an idea of follow ing the Lenine-Trotzky authorities to a temporary capital ajiaV that the route chosen is that over the trans Siberian railway into China. No instructions have been sent by the state department to Mr. Francis, who in all his negotiations with the de facto government in Petrograd has used hiafown judgment. An abandonment of Russia will be construed by officials here as an indication mat tne ambassador re gards the situation of the Bolsheviki government as practically hopeless. MR. M'CONNAUGHEY LEAVES R. R. TO MANAGE FARM Lure of the farm has been too much for Mr. Joe McConnaughey, who for some time has been jticket agent and cashier at the local Caro lina & Northwestern office. Mr. Mc Connaughey has accepted the man agement of a big cotton farm and store near Rocky Mount, N. C, for Mr. Will Ervin, a big cotton mill man and farmer of Edgecomb and Nash counties. Mr. and Mrs. McCon naughey and the children left this week for their new home. Mr. L. L, Pipes succeeds Mr. Mc Connaughey with the Carolina & Northwestern. GERMAN REVOLUTION IS FORECAST IN REICHSTAG A "'rsfitiniTOny :"TH dieted by Dr. Cohn, independent so cialist deputy, in an address to the reichstag last week, the Volks Zei tung of Cologne says, according to a dispatch from Amsterdam. Dr. Cohn's address, made during the de bate on the peace treaty with Ukraine, threw the reichstag into an uproar. "It is not correct to say that the people of Russia's Baltic provinces are longing for German rule," he de clared. "The treaty with Ukraine is not the first step toward general peace. I see the day coming when revolu tion will reach Germany, and the people will take the fate of their rul ers into their own hands." The independent socialists cheered the speaker. From other parts of the house came shouts of "Traitor!" TWENTY CALDWELL MEN ARE CALLED TO ENTRAIN They Will Leave for Camp Jackson Next Tuesday to Help Make Up the First Quota for the County Twenty men have been called by the exemption board to report here Tuesday ready to leave for Camp Jackson. This number is to help fill out the first quota called last fall. Caldwell county is due about fifty men on the first quota, which, if ev ery one of this twenty are accepted, will leave about thirty men to be sent later. The remaining thirty will be called later, and, according to Mr. F. H. Coffey, chairman of the local board, they will be allowed to make up this number with colored men. Mr. Coffey says that they will soon have things in shape to accommodate the negro drafted men, and unless new rules are made they will be the next called to camp. The men to leave Tuesday are: George Davidson Long, John Wes ley Knight, Harlie Abel Miller, Ray mond Collins, James C. Beaver, Thomas Lafayette Warren, Colum bus H. Kirby, Avery Oscar Miller, Thomas Jefferson Hudson, William Fred Haas, Alonxo Mott Joines, Clar ence Tuttle Coffey, Roby Arthur White, Joph Lail, John F. Ed monds, Roy Gerald Wood, William Harris, James W. Cloer, Jarvis Col He Tolbert, Charles C. Triplett. The annual expenditure of the United States for candy is approx imately 1400,000,000. JURY HIE ILL DIM Took the Jury About Two Hoars to Reach Verdict Other Cases Taken Up Criminal Court Over Wednesday The jury yesterday granted Mr. H. D. L. Clara" his petition for di vorce from Mrs. Mary Clark. Twe hours or more .were required for the jury to reach- a verdict and for a time it seemed that they would be held over night. Only two days were taken up this week to grind out the criminal cases slated for this term of Caldwell Su perior Court. Wednesday morning following the submission of the re port of the grand jury Judge Cline ordered Sheriff Triplett to adjoura criminal court. In order to take advantage of the balance of this week the divorce cases and some other civil cases were moved forward" on the calendar te be tried this week. The divorce cases were taken up yesterday with the rase of H. D. L. Clark against Mrs. Mary Clark. ' This case consumed al most the entire day. However, just before adjourning court yesterday afternoon the case of June Black bum against Mrs. Clare Blackburn, and the case of Mrs. Jessie Smithy against Charles Smithy were tried. Divorces were granted in both of these cases. The divorce cases of Mrs. Callie Correll against Will Cor- rell and Elijah Triplett against Mrs. Rebecca Triplett were continued. The remaining days of this week will be devoted to civil cases moved for ward. The criminal term disposed of the following cases: Pink Horton, larceny, 12 months on roads. Will West, Oscar Sides, Ab Trip lett, gambling; $25 and costs. ra Sn11 nd Frcd Coffey, affray judgment suspended on payment of " coats. Spencer Clarke and Clarence Clarke, affray; not guilty. John Pennell, abandonment; judg ment suspended on uayment of costs. Charlie Helton, larceny; two years in penitentiary. R. G. Coffey, abandonmnet; 75 and costs. Bert Bradahaw, larceny, 15 months in roads. Ham Hortoii, larceny and carrying concealed weapon; four months on roads. Avery Bean, retailing; not guilty. Allen Laws, forcible trespass; judgment suspended on payment of costs. RULING DOES NOT APPLY TO FARMERS GRpWING OWN GRAIN Farmers who have their own wheat are privileged to have it ground in any quantities and hold the floor made from it. The provision of the food control law relating to hoard ing does not, apply to producers, says County Food Administrator W. . Moore, Jr. There seems to be a misapprehension in the minds of many farmers on this point and some uneasiness has been expressed by farmers lest their wheat be damaged by weevils before they are able to use it Farmers who have wheat ground" into flour may not only hold as much of this flour as they need for their own consumption, but are privileged also to sell it to other consumers. In selling flour, however, they as sume the status of a retailer and they must sell only in combination with cereal substitutes or to consum ers who sign a certificate stating that they have produced and are using corn meal or other cereal substitutes at the same ratio as they us flour. Farmers selling flour are auto Jim- ited as toe the amount they may sell to consumers. ; S-S-S-SURRENDERT C-C-C-CERTAINLY NOT! About to be rejected at recruiting headquarters of the marine corps in New York because he stammers Solis Solomon O'Hanna said: "L-l-look here, d-d-d'you w-w-want a t-t-talking m-m-man or a f-f-fight-ing m-m-man T I'm a f-f -fighting m-m-man, b-b-but I c-c-can't g-g-get my words out q-q-q-qulck enough to s-s-a-say s-s-s-surrender if the whole d-d-d-d d G-G-G-German army's on t-t-top o' me." The recruiting officer was greatly ? impressed and took the case underr " advisement. v 4, 3 4 1 1 o '1. :
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