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A Home Newapapar. Published in the Interest ofv$&& People aad for Honesty in Governmental Affairs
VOL X7 N ). 23. FOURTH SERIES
SALISBURY, N. C;, WEDSDAY. MAY 28TH, 1919.
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TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEER A HERO OF WAR.
Killed 20 Germans, 5aptored tS2 and Put
: Over 30 Machine Guns out of Action.
New York, May 25 Sergt
James C York, of Pail Mall
Tenn., a little cross-roads com
munity in the Pall -Mall Valley
of Tennessee, attended-, Jiis firt
metropolitati banqnet '.in New
York Friday niM The TVn-
tessee mountaineer wore a uni-
form which' had -gone lastly
through the Meuse Argonne of fensive.
On his immediate right
was the president of the Tennes
see Society of New York, then
Maj. Gen. George B EUican, com
manding the 82nd division and
next Admiral Albert Gleaves and
wife, the former re rescuing
that branch of the navr which
transported overseas thousands
of; American troops . , r
On Sergeant York's immediate
left was "Congressma-n Cordell
Hull, of Tennessee, in whose dis
trict lies ren tress county. To
the left of Con pressman Hull
were other members
s or the Ten-
nessee society.
In front of Sergeant York in
this fashionable hostelry the
Waldorf-Astoria were many
women1 in evening dress arid as
many men in evening clothes. It
was all new to Serjeant York
and yet even one jnesent had
cme to pay hoijur io this Ten
nessee mount;: -eer who had been
originally a conscientious object
in tiie war itud et came out of
the conflict with the greatest in
dividual honor.
.lust by. the way of introduc
tion, Sergeant York killed 20
Germans, captured 132 Huns,
and disabled some thirty odd ma
ch"ine guns in the Meuse-Ar-gonne
in October 1918 He wore
at this banquet the croix de
guerre and the congressional
medal' of honor, the letter being
the highest award within the be
stowal of tne United State gov
ernment. Sergean. York is a typical
mountaineer. His f ice is red as
though it had long . een subject
to the rays oi the sua beating on
a mountain top. His ears are
outstanding as though catching
some sound of opposing gun
ners. His neck is red and also
"wrinkled. His eyebrows are al
most white sunburned and with
steel blue eyes underneath. Like
wise his hair is red and pompa
dour, although his hair never
knew the touch of a metro
politan barber or hair dresser.
It is just naturally so. He wears
an incipient mustache a shade
lig-hter than the aubuurn hair
above.
In physique Sergeant York
stands more than six leet tall.
When something was said at the
banquet which amused htm his
lips parted an revealed an even
row of white teeth.
Such was the picture of Ser
geant York presented at the
unique banquet staged in New
York Friday evening when this
heto of heroes of American ex
peditionary forces came back
bourne to receive the plaudits of
his countrymen.
It is seldom, ii ever, that a com
manding general of a division
meets with others to do honer to
a sergeant in his command Yet
the tribute of Major General
Duncan, commanding the 82nd
division, was probably the more
fulsome of all tributes accordea
to Sergeant York at this dinner
in the heart of New York.
In response, Sergeant York
said just enough, and re
sisted the appeal of the crowds
for a recital of his exploits. His
simple response to all the toasts
that had preceded from generals,
admirals, members of Congress
and members of the Tennessee
society was as fellows: .
"i am just a soldier ' and no
speaker, it would be a great hon
or if I could entertain vou by
giving you a speech tonight, but
1 cannot. I appreciate what Gen
eral Duncan and nthers have
done for me and I appreciate the
honor which the Tennessee so
ciety has done me here" tonight,
and I wish I could make. a speech
but I cannot, I am a soldier. I
never shall forget you and I
thank 3-ou very much."
The large audience expected
something more from Sergeant
York but his innate modesty con
tinued to the end, As he sat
down there were cries from all
over the hall.
In his tribute to Sergeant York
General Duncan, commanding
the 82nd division, told how a
staff officer had cone to him and
asked if there had been a full
investigation of the feat per
formed by this backswoodsman
from Tennessee.
"This officer," said General
Duncan,, "said he regarded Ser
geant York's feat as the most
out standing act of individual
gallantry ? the world has- ever
heard of. I started an investi
gation and the result of this
investigation was the award of
the congressional medal of hon
or, of which I had the honor to
place upon the. breast of Sergeant
York. As a tribute to his mod
esty, I need only to say that all
of his decorations are entitled to
be worn around the neck with a
ribbon. Sergeant York had neg
lected this and has placed it in
conspicuously among his other
decorations."
At this there was another vol
ume of applause and. Sergeant
York again showed the embar
rassment of his primitive rearing
and his unacquaintance with the
adulation which comes with
i f tor dinner speeches and mid
night banquets.
General Duncan, concluded by
saying that
'I have attended' heretofore
dinners and banquets,
in honor of officers of the army,
but I am glad to give credit to
the Tennessee Society of New
York for the establishment of a
precedent- which I hope will be
followed by other societies of
giving honor where it really be
lengs to the mn who carries a
gun and goes over the top like
Sergeant York. "
Report of Hold up on the Southern at Landis
js Fake.
A report was current Sunday
night that train No. 43, south
bound; had been held up and cut
in two, it being presumed that
robbery was the motive. Inquiry
developed the fact that express
train No. 47, southbound had
been parted, while passing
Landis, between Salisbury and
Concord, and that the engineer
did not discover that a part of
his train was missing until the
next station had been reached.
No hold up occured, i.t was said
It was the opinion of the offi
cials interviewed that someone
had been beating a ride and cut
the air connection and then pulied
up the lever severing the cars.
The air was immediately ap
piied to the rear cars, bringing
them to a stop and the air having
been cut, tHe engineer was un
aware of the fact that he had
been bereft a portion of the train
until 'he pulled into the next
station.
It is said that people beating
rides frequently adopt this meth
od of halting a part of the train
when they reach the point they
desire to leave the car.
j THE SOPWITH MACHINE FELL INTO SEA.
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; Crowd of Yitafs Near SurbitOH Gathers and
Showers Mrs Hawker With longratulations
London, May 26. Missing for
six days and virtually given up
as lost, Harry G Hawker and his
navigator, . Lieut. Commander
MacKetizie Grieve, Brittish air
men who essayed a flight' across
the 'Atlantic ocean without pro
tection against disaster save
what their frail airplane afforded
are safe aboard tonight a British
warship off the Orkneys. To
morrow they will reach the main
and and proceed to London
where thev will be acclaimed as
men returned to-life.
Some 1,100 miles out from
Newfoundland and 800 from the
Irish coast, on Monday, May 19,
the aviators making the best of
an engine which was failing to
function properly, were forced to
alight on the water. The little
Danish steamer Mary bound from
New Orleans and Norfolk for
Aarhuus, Denmark, picked the
wayfarers 4up and continued on
her northward voyage.
Lacking a wireless outfit, the
captain of the steamer was ob
liged to withhold the good tid
ings of the rescue until he was
opposite Butt of Lewis, where
the information was signalled by;
means ot flags that Hawker and
Grieve, were aboard his ship.
Immediately word was Hashed
to the British admiralty, which
sent out destroyers to overtake
the Danish vessel and obtain con
firmation. This was done and
one of the. destroyers took the air
men off and - later transferred
them to the flagship Revenge.
From this safe haven Hawker
sent a rrtessage tonight 'that his
machine had stopped owing to
the blocking ot the water sys
tem. When the airj lane sped away
from her starting point Pilot
Hawker let loose his wheels and
undergearing, thereby lightening
the weight of the machine by a
considerable amount, but making
a possible landing on the soil of
Ireland a more hazardous ven
ture. This, however, probably,
proved of much advantage when
it became necessary to alight on
the surface of the water. The
airplane remained afloat without
difficulty during the hour and a
half it took the Danish, steamer
to come up and effect a rescue.-
London, May 25. Hawker has
sent the following message, from
the Revenge to the Daily Mail.
"'y machine stopped owing to
the water filter in the feed pipe
from the radiator to the water
pump being blocked with refuse,
such as solder, the like shaking
loose in the radialor.
"It was no fault of the Rolls
Royce motor, which was absolute
ly perfect from start to finish
even when all the water had
boiled away.
"We had no trouble in landing-on
the sea, where we were picked up
by the tramp ship Mary, after
being in the water for 90 min
utes. We leave Thursday at 2 p
m Monday, arriving in London
Tuesday evening.
Mrs Hawker, wife of the avia
tor, received the news from the
Mary early this morning at her
home near Surbiton,and posted a
notice outside her horne, reading:
"Mr Hawker has been found.
He is on the boat Mary bound
for Denmark.
A crowd of the villagers soon
gathered and showered Mrs
Hawker with congratulations.
' London, Mav 25. The London
Daily Mail, which offered a purse
of $50,000 for the first flight by a
heavier than air craft across the
Atlantic ocean, will give Hawker
and Grieve a consolation prize of
5.000 pounds.
SALISBURY NAMED NEXT MEETING PLACE.
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Sails and Daughters of Liberty Elected Offi
cers and Concludef their Business.
v-iThe election and installation of
new officers -followed, by the se
3estibn of Salisburyas the place
for th'e next session to be held on
the .last Thursday in May, 1920,
Daughters of Liberty -in annual
conrerence at- Lrreensboro.
S.
e officers chosen f of the en:
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suing year were: state council-
or.J B Craver of Winston-Salem.
aian. f assutidio -ucuui,. - ivirs
Ethel Huffinesi of Winston Sa
lem; v;ce councilor, A L Jarrell
of Sajisburv, state associate vice
councilor, Miss Lena Shephard
V bite Oak; state council secre-
Lary,. t. vv oie, rjuriington;
state council associate secretary,
i a. otarrord, or Burlington;
treasurer, A P Hartline of Salis
bury, state associate treasurer;
Mrs Elsie Sink of High Point
state guide, Miss Fannie Richard
son, of Mayoden; state council
inside guard, W H Wren, of
White Oak, state council outside
guard, G H York of Raleigh
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lNatiouai representatives are
Mrs Norma E Browing, ot East
Durham, Mrs R U Moser of Win
ston-SalemT E E Russ of Wil-
iuiuiob, ana i :s tanorci o
Burlington.
Othefofliccrs will be appointed
within the next few days by the
state councilor
More than 150 delegates, rep-
resented approximately-50 coun-
cils, were bere .fop theJjtdLax
session, wchifcllideitte
esting business and social pro-
gram, i he Revolution council
Violet No. 33, won the banner
for the largest net attendance, of
which thev are justly proud
RESULTS TELL.
There Can ben3 Doubts About the Results in
Salisbury.
Results tell the tale.
All doubt is lemoved,
The testimony of a Salisbury
citizen
Can easily be investigated.
What better proof can be had?
Mrs W P Cauble, 4z9 N Long
St., says: 'My little boy had a
bad spell of kidney trouble some
time ago. He complained of his
back hurting him and he was
yery weak. His kidneys were
also weak and he seemed to
have no control over the secre
high colored. I was told to give
him Doan's Kidney Pills and got
some at the Smith Drug Co.
After giving him a few doses his
baek became stronger
and he
acted ilike himself
atrain.
His
kidneys were regulated, toe."
O'Jc, at ail dealers. Poster
Milburn Co. M fgrs, Buff alo, N. Y.
Faith Reformed Church Has Changed its
Name.
The name of Faith Reformed
church in Salisbury has been
changed to First Reformed
church
A special meeting of
the North Carolina classis was
held in this church Friday, for
the purpose of examining two
candidates for the ministry.
These were A R Tosh and S A
Troxler, both recent graduates
of the seminary at La'ncaster
Mr Tosh will take work at Mt.
Pleasant and Mr Troxler at Rock
well.
Dr P M Trexler presided at
the meeting of classis in the ab
sence of the president.
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days
Druggists refund money if PAZO OINTMENT faii
to cure Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles".
Instantly relieves Itching Piles, and you can get
estful sleep after the first anolkatiou. PiiceGOu
manced tne ciosmgxeriot the ana happiness, of . the German dent C W Johnson, of the High-tyro-day
sessionoesta.tl coup .people;, but t,hat ey.ene thietn land Parks - toills, one of the
cih North Cagf, Sons and nant. Iwtd been destroyed by" the plants affecfed, was rouhlv
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Rantzafl Says He Won't Sign Sc01f;bjar.
Berlin. Mav 27. CMft ivnn
Brockdorfe Rantzau,. ftbe
German peace delegation irr- an
interview1 with the Versailles
correspondent - of Vorwaerts,
said he. went to Versatile with
the hrm intention of defending
( what remained for the welfare
peace Meaty. The count said ii
was a question. therefore whether
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tt could not be better saved bv
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reiusjnj? to sign than bv sub
4i?jfg, as was the desire of the
inaepeuueni socialists.
The chairman of .the German
delegation he 'wMd:xertainT,'''s,trikeT-are determined
ly fight.to "the last in order to that no one-shall work in thfl
bry to improve the lot of tin
work i n.,g pe o p l e b
negotiations, hut that the dele-
ates would be, sinning again si
one interests of the workini
eople if they signed condition
vhich signified only "perpetua
ramme and unemployment."
I O 1 1 .1 x
towuuiu j., unuer pressure
from our own misled country
men, sign this sentence of death"
istfed Count von Brockdorff.
Kantzau.
Questioned as to whether h-
feared the demonstrations of th
independent socialists would b(
successful, he said they would
oe. unsnw.M"; n in tho oor i
moving him to abandon his re-
solve not to sign what he Ibeliev-
ed would be tantamount to the
destruction of the. natinn
Referring to Herr Hasse's
statement lhat Deace must, hp
ed and that the coming
Volu fcion .would -make -it -a scran
of paper, he said:
"When I came to Versailles I
had the firm hope that the time
of scraps of paper had finally
passed and thit a new ag? would
ti in which only treaties
would be signed which would be
respected by both,sides. I have
not abandoned the hope of attain
ing healthy international moral
lty. A mere scrap of paper will
never bear my signature."
Cam. Morrison Speaks For Salvation Army.
Cameron Morrison of Char
lotte, was the principal sneaker
at a Salvation army meeting
held here Sunday afternoon in
the Chautauqua tent, at which
meeting reports were heard from
some of the eleven counties mak-
ing up the district in which Row
an is located. Avery and Cald
well counties reoorted P-oino-
Ii o o
over the top was scheduled for
the chautauqua tent Tuesdav
evening.
Mr Morrrson 'spoke eloquently
of fcthe work of ihe Salvation
army, both in peace and war,
and urged support for them in
their big campain of endeavor
now under way. Later in the
day Mr Morrison addressed the
people of Spencer cn the same
subject.
Do Your Best.
Everyone should do all he can
to nrnvido fnr hio familn :
order to do this ha mnh i
his physical system in the best
condition possible. No one can
reasonably hope to do much
when he is half sich agood share
of the time. LE you are consti
pated, bilious or troubled with
indigestion get a package of
Chamberlain's Tablets and fol
low the plain printed directions,
and you will soon be feeling al
right and able to do a day's
work.
No Worms in a Healthy Child
All children troubled with worms have an un
healthy color, which indicates poor blood, and as a
rule, there is more or less stomach disturbance.
GROVE'S TASTELESS chill TONIC given regularly
for two or three weeks will enrk-h the blood, im
prove the digestion, and act as a General Strength
ening Tonic to the whole system. Nature will then
throw off or dispel the worms, and the Child will be
in perfect health. Pleasant to t-ke 60c per bottk.
STRIKE SITUATION AT CHARLOTTE IS OGLY
President of Highland Park Mills is Roushly
I'MieU Dy bjXmg Element.
. Charlotte, May 26. The cot-
ton mill strike . situation . here
which has been steadily grow-
ing worsA for days, reached the
ugly staged today when Presi-
treated by the striking elemftnt. .
Esres were thrown Xat Mr Jnhn-
I " ' T , l w w- u
son as he was entfirin his an in-
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mobile and' abusive lnntrnao-A
hurled at him. The police
were canea but there was not
sufficient to control tho p.tvWL
highland Park mills.
. The Louise mill owned bv A J
Uraper. was closed todav. Mr
Draper will not emDlov union
njen and the men continuing to
?Jm the union until there were
io operatives left, the mill was
forced to shut down. The situ-
ition is the worst that has ever
existed in the inillsi here.
Little Change in ths Situation at Concord.
"Concord. May 26. There is
ittle change in the local labor
situation. Kannapolis mills are
running full time and .giving a
50 per cent, bonus which is al
nost up to the war scale of 66 .
2-3 percent The unionized i
mill at Mooresville is paying
only 35 per 'cent, bonus. The
other mills here are closed no
new developments announced.
A representative of the depart
ment of justice at Washington
recently made a special, investi
gation of the situation here, it is
said. Union meetings are held
almost nightly and thousands
'are joining. M G Led ford, of
the national executive council, of
the Textile Workers of America,
and a national organizer, has
been on the ground for, weeks.
He says that the entire mill
population of the south will be
unionized sooner or later.
So me of the mills here are
paying each week those who re
fused to join the union $20 for
families of four and $10 for fami
lies of two and $5 for each one
during the close down.
The union people distribute
daily food necessary ' to their
members who cannot work and
are in need. Many have gone
to the farms and to other work
but a. large number are moving
away to other mills.
To Whom it May Concern.
The reports that are being
sent out. about the Holstien bull
belonging to C G Propst and C R
Menius are false. This bull has
been tuberculiue 'tested and
proved to. be in perfect health.
For further information call C G
Propst and see his test ticket or
H S Miller veterinarian or write
the Federal Department and ask
about No. 166,179.
G, B. Kesler is Seriously Hurt.'
G B Kesler, who lives near
Granite Quarry, is unconscious
and in a serious condition as a
result of an accident several
days ago kr Kesler is 81 years
old. He was thrown from a
wagon when his horse shied at
an automobile that was passing.
In some manner the back of
his head struck and the skull
was fractured, causing uncon
sciousness that has continued.
Mr Kesler is the father of T
M Kesler, a Salisbury merchant
and a half brother of Dr J C
Rowe, presiding elder of the
Salisbury Methodist district.
On account of his advanced age
thereis little hope th:ii, he will
survive. Although he is some
btltui L.day.
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