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, WEATHER J Cloaey Thnrsday, rebanly ! cal rlasj friday (tir. ',.- rver Best Advertising . Medium in L North Carolina VOL. CIX. NO. 37. 3 RALEIGH, N. C THURSDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 6, 1919. PRICE: FIVE CENTS JUUDI I UI MUUMi) RATHER KNOTTY PRLEIl Question Complicated By Wishes of Smaller Nations For Full Equality , -COMMISSIONS-HELPFUL- AID TO CONFERENCE Give ive" Great rom ik, stuay oi xne re tails of Complicated Second ary Questions Which Are Later To Be Submitted to Full Meeting -- (By the Associated PraM.) , Taris, Feb, 5. Although the five great allied ami associated powers which arc directing llic --peace conference have turned ovev much of tho work to com missions, tho society ' ofTBSltooff qne !tisaiii&sass& kuo.t,- problem. . ' The smaller nations, it ij declared, want full equality in n society of nntiou , a ready outlined give to .Ucm. ,ine feat fritters, on the ofher hand, arc fr.cct with a situation that if each state i- '"r a cue riieuiTH'TTftli'a ssnretrre fOurt IJIm f , Jl t' on ,t Ue jn glif " t ii'3 llicni selves in 1h minority although their interests might be much greater and probubly would be. ' . - 'it is not believed tho grest powers or-rrtcmisentte an arrangement-of-tlii m aad.ayitiiatina aimiiajtQjjp)Jjt. the second Hague peace conference ap . , pears to tie in the making. Jhe experts m the society of nations question are hopeful of finding a way to get the smaller states to agree to the-plan so 1. '.-jhpLJL. Will, jaot . 1 'ailas Eliha Hoot's scheme for a supreme court of nations ""failed of approval at the second con ference at The Hague. The directing (oreC of the peace coa , fcrenrc, which resides in what now are (fi ncrally called the "Big Five" allied lud associated powers, it Hading great relief from tb study of the details of ; nmpikated Jary-ejueetloee throng the commission which bave been ere " tJ for these special problems. In this ;tegory falli the subject of the eon- L Hictihg claims of the smaller nations of the catente to territory which U likely jj be taken from enemy countries. This , )urstin takes a great deal lf "time to ' rtndy. --"-- H is the design of the supreme coun til, or "Big1 Five" that such questions . os these be ultimately adjusted in har mony with -the principles of the society tit nations, it is explained, but pending , the completion, of the organization of that society it has been found expedient to arraiiKe for a full hearing of all llicsc claims. ""ThnTeomiiTes 'isuel tttft ' clcims of Greece, not only to enemy . tecriiury, but to sections ah elaimcd by other friendly Htfitci, after being "Mm?dtiy lreirrier Veniiel(r weret-jre rv f erred .to a committee of experts for further examination, leaving tho su- - prcme council free to take up other citestlons. The report of this commit " tee probably will not be acted nr ua til a aoeiety of nations is iu being and ' the principle established on which all inch claims will decided. It is expected ihe sumo course will be followed with the claims of Italy to territory beyond the Italian Irrcdcujs proper, which are to be heard next by the supreme council. This method Tf work givrs the mem bers of the society .of nations commit ter a better opportunity to hasten their 4l'OXkfcvt.'.i-rf:1iiij-j.-.wiff;.'v!ii.v'; . i.-, s ... i' . ......... .ll tnako it possitil.e to gel me socicry oi BaJtioris4ila.oj8!iJofeorji:ttee and be fore the plenary conference" within thT tea daj?s remaining of rrcsident's Wil son's stay in France. The .smaller nations are beginning lo show a disposition to revolt against . inv plan that does not recognize their ' full equality in a society of nations with greater powers. Th4s,a situation ilmilar to that at the second peace con ference at the Hague at which he plans of Elihu Boot, and American delegate " for a supreme court of nations was frustrated threatens to" develop " TI greater, powers, it is supposed, would not conseut to the admission of the court of a member for each state regardless of. its sixe and Importance, fearing lhcy might be found iu the I mino.'ity notwithstanding their greater 1 ' interests la every great Issue. H is I ; hoped the experts, profiting from the I experience-at the Hague conference I will And a way ta secure the adhesion r. tki. .mnll. tlHliAB. A ill tllBB which is liemg perfeeted-rapidly, MOUNTAIN COUNTRY IS rrr-r STRONG-f OR ROAO-BILL ' Kepresentatives of a .;uml)er of mouivtain counties are here in the in terest of the? Bcales-Stevens road bill Two of the' most ' enthnsiastit; -- are Messrs. C. B. Walker and J. H. McCall, Df Cherokee. Mr. Wajker brought with him rintins rcsolntions-sdopted. by a ..Mass meeting at Murphy: in,. fav6f the Scales-Stevens measure. The reso- Intipns urged that steps be taken to en Us able this State to participate in the good roads appropriation- which will probably be n.sde by Congress. - Lucius K. Morse, of Hendersontille, 7 ancLX. Bucknar, of Asheville, and other ' western good rnnil enthusiasts here in V1 Ik. ZT .I.- Tl.. XI. JvlcCTUon.-rejorU'j -.tii-t ' resolutions ""5-iimilKT tn thit..t(lov4 at Murphy were also adapted at, Aadrewt ana Marble. .. 4? Not Enough Devits in Hell To "MakeYor StiriJnle-TOU Want To, Says Evangelist , T: ... RESPONSIBILITY RESTS UPON INDIVIDUALS Can Turn Your Fast Into Door mat and Wipe Sin of Pail- , ure Off Feet, He Declares ., (Special Is Tb News tad Obaerver.l Richmond, Va . Feb. 5. "Don't blame in hell to make you tin if you doa't want to . sin, and there an not nngcli enough in !:cavea to make you decent Bi gun(lav u tit ,ltre thi, Billy ,vening(to the audience which packed the auditorium. "T'wiTI (ell yoii wliat to do. "Golioiue, IttokflBtft tin fiiirror and" ary- Hlod, thew fs the old lobster - in- there that is lo blame. There is the wop that fcl low right there!' "Sou say, 'I had a bad start in life.' I am sorry. "Ton say, 'I wasjhora with the devil in' me. All i tKht, you "can ' be born airatvttH"the (lcvtl-tyt- you- in- ttva minutes if you' want to be. "Jly friend, Kaufman says, never mind if the ranis were stacked against you at birth, you caa triumph over your ancestry. Oh, you can turn your nasi into a doormat and tou can wine tie sin of failure off from your feet. Never mind a bad start it doesn't count if you end right. Never mind what kind of a start yon had. if you will only end right, that's all. Forty-three boys from the Auierie&a Expeditionary Forces west -over the top 'or Billy Sunday last nlchW Bawblji- forward ia a body. The niprtjaf was j full of enthusiasm as Usual, wbea soldiers jumped up to lead the way, the whole congregation stood up and cheered. Mr. Sunday was' presented with a gi gantic basket of roses from the ushers and doorkeepers at the beginning of the service. Judge Ernest H. Wells, of South Richmond, making the presentatioa speech. "We want to thank Billy Sun day, for the good he has done ia Rich mond, the judge said. He preaches true gospel and we have not beard it for a lour time. Billy answered Oa That a pity Ma isn't here to enjoy them. r:ed Hutier, former operatic singer 7TrrAnce"cns saered songs, sang "Harvest. Is Passing to the air of Armorer a song f rom Bobin Hood, and was greatly applauded. Mrs. William" Asbcr aho-sang in n ri -for soldiers, with Rodcheaver and Air. Brew ster. Two thousand railroad men at' tended the service, with ;t50 of tilen Allen community. Mr. Bandar s Sermon. The following are extracts from Mr, Sunday's seimnn. This evening in the Second Book of King, the fourth chapter and the Iwenty-aixth verse: Ms it well with thee? Is it well with thy husbandl Is it well with thy clujdr " Fifty-three miles north of Jerusa lem, ejglrt. miles from Tabor, aud. four and one-half from Jrzreel, there once stood the famous and ancient city, if Mkuwaut, situated in one- ( IM ntoat latif itti aad v-'rrw . wots ever kiiown' oH "tue" gliitie ;' surf6u'iiiled tJIiirrUaEdfMdJeJd waving gram, with bnhbling springs and hah IdMig brooks and shaded groves an ideal' place for an ideal home And in this city there was an ideal home presided over by one of thefa- mous women of her day, Elisha, the prophet, used "to pass by this home on his journeys to Mount Carmel and. bark again to the school of the prophets at Jerkbo, of which he was the head, and there was something In his actions and conduct lbat led this (Coatlnncd" on Page Three) FEBRUARY FIELD TRIALS NEXT WEEK Pinehtirst. Feb. 5. The second an aim I Field Trials of the" Pinehurst Field Trial Club will be held oa Febru ary JO. and 11. , The. judges are to be. Dr. J. S. Brown, Mr. Leonard Tufts and "an alternate judge to be named later. There are two slakes!. The first dar a memliers' sweepstake with three tro by Ir. Brown. The second day there will be a high elass'smwtitig dog, open sweepstake with prises distributed. SIVERS AND HARBORS CONGRESS BEGINS TODAY . W.-ishington, Feb. 5. Delegates from five Ktates here for the 'annual na tionj.1 rrvers, and harbors congress, be' ginning tomorrow -formed today a pre liminary organization to support the p'au for a lakes to the sea-ocean carrier waterway. Urgaaizauoa committees wUl xenort. tomorrow. J --Thrco-wembers cf the cabinet e retaries ' Baker. Wilson -and Daniels, will SI'fak tomorrow at the opening ses sion of; the congress, bona tor nans- doll.: of Lnoisisna. president ,.sf. the fongreis,' wil 'jprcsca"i': fcTs anfeuar -re- yAuwiM if lCfe7! President Wilson as he leaves the meeting: of peace delegates in the Palaise D'Orsay, without his customary'smile and to a friend and Bonar Law, holding his arm, as they leave Lloyd Paasy for the meeting place of tatiyejsent, tq Paris to inform Fl IVEI ON RIFLE STRENGTH War Department Reveals How Germany's Power Waned and That of Allies-Gained - GERMANY. HADJEACHED HER PEAK JUNE 1, 1918 Teutons' Strength Began To Wane July 1 ; Nov. 1 Condu dition Hopeless (Br the Amrist4 PraM.l Washiugton, . Feb. 5. The. story of Germany's supreme effort for military victory in the spring of 1018, of Amer iian intervention on the western front and of the ultimate crushing defeat of the enemy and the apparent annihila tion of nearly one-half of hi fighting force was graphically told in (inures msde public today by, the war depart ment. They dealt wiih the 'rifle strength'' f"ttw sllieit -smd-the -Germaa. periods from April i io .miv. j, uiiu re prepnred by. lln..Jjui:Uijejii- vision of the genernl staff of Ibe Amer ican army in Frnm-e.' ' By rille strength was meaut the num ber of men stnndii'.g in the trench ready to go over with the a,vonet." When Germany struck its great blow last spring,, it had a million and a half men so classified, ngiiinst an allied total of a million and a quarter. By June 1, the Germans reached their peak with 1.639,000 rifles buj despite the ter rinV pressure- they were eteniug against the aliled liaes, American aid was overcoming the handicap and mnue possible the counter blow delivered in July. .... The allied strength on June I ns 1,498,000. Hhortly afterwards the allies reached a total of 1.547.IW0 com. osed of 778,000-French, 513,000 British and 254,- 000 American. America s ' contribution had risen from 65.000 in April. On July 1 Germany's power had begun to wane and for the first time it was definitely inferior is rifle strength with 1,4-12,000, compared to lVt.OOO for the allies. tp to Septemlier 1 the allied strength ate counter-attack winch vn bemst driven forward all along the ' line, In mid-October the American strength had risen to an estiiiintejt-rtrrce-of -SjO.QQO, Oa Sentember l the allied" line was at its greatest at reugtti with l,ftS2,000 asainst Germany's l.:i9.000. While the allies lad shrunk in rifles to 1,483,000 oa -November 1 Gcrmany'l last hope was gone as she faced that army with only WWjOtWJiayonet. The sudden decline "of the German forces beginning In Juno and again ap parent in the awift drop during Octo ber .was accounted for by the fact that she had drawa into the lines dming the spring every available reserve, ex poeting to amnh her Way l to victory before winter came.""'Tucst! YcEervi : wre Mcd jin. in AM " German. Sttaek . iCmUsbW am Psae Twe.1 "' IGURES G I apparently in deep thoujrht. the peace congress. in the circle, arrival of German represent thedelegates t4v.pjidRiorts In Gefmany. - - . SUGGESTS OF TO TAKE CENSUS Recommendation Contained . in Gen. Crowders Report On SelecfiveService System DRASTIC WORK OR FIGHT PLANS ARE REVEALED How Great a Part American Selective Service Played in The Drama of The World War History Alone Can Tell, Says The Provost Marshal General (By h AModatnl Prru.) - Washington, Feb. 5. While the sec ond and probably the final annual re port ou the selective service system prepared, by - iiajwr- livBcjai ituuch , H. maiiu iiubhe- today i-uinauu-d iiiity' oUL1 suceiBe recommendation that the draft machinery be used to taiinhe decennuil census the si hundred page document gave the first iuUing of dras fic extensions of the work or fight regulations .which hud Keen planned just before hostilities ended. The. repWt showed that -specific 'plans were lieforc Secretary linker last Ko vembcr under which a niiiiiiuuin work ing week for the essential industries would have been fixed in order that ''indusrrral-sliwkers'-' migltt-be -reachedi and that plans vyere shaping for the mandatory deferment, of registrants in esscutial industry, denying them abso lutely the right, of military service. A scheme for supervising lubor distribu tion through mi industrial furlough system also was being evolved. ' As to the accomplishments, of 'the se lective system, . credit for Ii h wss given to the initriotic devotion of "thousands Uob thousaudx" of Ameri can men and women who uided, Gen Crowder saifl : ' . '. ' Wo, are. too close upon the events accurately tb assess them. How great 4t,w-AuMti.JWsrviifie cd in the drama of the world war, his- 4ery alone can teil. . "Taf enroll for service over 24,000, 000; to mobilize a selected , aruiy of "moro tliim 200,000, a million of tliem within the spitcrf of ninctr-da.vsj to bare presently available for military duty 2,(KK),msi additional -fighting men; to classify tins last group of miinpow er in-tlie order of its .military and in dustriiil importance -so as to preserve tbjs (lomestie and industrinl life of the nntionr to ':aprwt up war time activities. te maintain them in a status of man mum efficient production,' and to pave the way for a speedy return tat normal peacfr time pursuits, "while" recruiting the full flahtlnfr strength of the na tibn fhiso arc result which would be In st a u 1 1 y .. . rf jf c4 as' inipossibla did E DRAFT filACHNERY CeaUawesI Faf Eight.) . ' i. ..mmiii iiminiiiswmm ', "" ' Lloyd Geortre, wavinsr his stick George's house in Rue -Nitot Senator Warren Severely Con demns Present Method of Appointing Members THINKS VOTERS CAN LOOITAFTER SCHOOLS Senator Scales Game Loser in Piht Resnltintin Defeat of Seduction Amendment Election of s liool boards by the peo ple H provided for iu a bill iptrnduecd in the Senate yesterday by Senator LimUay H. Warren, who asked that "no dilatory t.-w-lu s be iimhI - Iu obstrurt its passagr." S,x louuticj in North Carolina nnn have t hut privihgo and me in-auiori senator luXcl with earn est directness "what sunerior. right have the people of "Biitherford or Cleveland eour(Jis,,.ivcj-., , the:.p!hcr.91..countir ja ttir.4h,tC(rAlliit.tirthWA4w-,A'. AohWrj.siauUiu sfanj t."?e".. .by tile president liro frm oXJltt LET PEOPLE NAME THE SCHOOL BOARDS N-iiiite, there is going to be au energetic fight ia, committee' over his bill. He is not the first m.-m that Inn enme to Ral eigh with good intentions. S-ualor W. B. Cooper -sine up four years ago with election of school ho.irds by the people as one of the planks of his platform. Others lime hn-l like intentions and met with a' Waterloo ln'fore they got through. Scales Kept Flags Flying. - Sharing- wttrr Senator - Warren's bill in interest yesterday was the overwhel ming defeat of Senator Scale's propose'd amendment to the seduction law, mak ing it permiihle to take the unsup ported testimony of the womas ia rolved. The Guilford snafor went (!onn with has flags nailed to the mast, and his guns traiiic, cot ked nnd primed. Those , preferring to face defeat rather than .compromise 'with their sense of right Us they saw it, were Senators Lo trill,' Price", and Williamson. . Senator "'Coojrer. introduced the to educational nieusures, proposed by the Htiito Siiieriiitenileiit of 1'ntdie Instruc 1 wn.ahicb ,tcft spuuumrin jJieU,0usje several days ago by Kcprcsentutivc Mry aut', one of the' bills providing for a six months' school term and the o'he'r for a budget system, of accounts. Sen ator Cnrri'ut in one for the State Board of Health, whiih. if it becsme a law would require all soda fountsina and ice cream parlors to furnish individual drinking cups', spoons, saucers, etc. . Act Was (than and.Fraad. . "By a majority of more than one hundred thousandi the people of North Carolina ls-H Nottilef -ted for sit months' school term, every county in the Stwte giving a' majority save one," began Jienator Warren in bis character istie serious nnd emplmti Ames when h' presented hi n bill. "Thereby the dream of the immnrtat Aycm-k was- realiaed," he added "and yet only six of them have - 4Catiaae4 e .PaaVFswj " STATE WILL HAVE NO BOOZE MARSHAL Such Is The Decision of House, Voting Down Mull Bill 68To45 CLAYTON PROPOSES STATE OUSTER LAW Herring; Introduces Major OeorgeButJers Educa tional Vstc Marshal Bill. TXyes: Speaker Brummitt, Messrs. Ayrork, Bass, Bowman, Bryant, of Durham;. Chestnut, Coxe, of For syth, Darden, of Greene; Dawsen, Doughton, Eckles, Everett, Gardner, Galling, Gold, Graham, Grantham, Grier, Griffin, Balsey, Hcwctt, Ho cult, Hodgia, Holton, Jones, Kelly, Matheson, Matthews, of Bertie; Mint. Mull, MrCoin-McMullan, Nichols, IVnlaad, Pharr, Poole, Ray, of Chatham; Rolwine, Rent row, Haunders, - Stephenson, Tcagnc. Noes: Messrs. Boyd. Brows, of Pitt, Brown, of Bowaa ; Bryant, of Yadkin, Burnett Butt, Cameron, Clayton, Collins, "CjoiV, of Anson; Crist, IHiil, Imrden, of Halifax; Davis (reeorded)j l'ar'wh, Forrest, Fountain, Galloway, Garrett, Gettys, Grady, Herring, Hiatt, Jackson, Johnson, Kesler, Kizer, Little, Lloyd, Iovr, Lyday, Macon, Maguire, Matthew; of terklentinrtr"May, Mo6i,"TiIoTgan7''McrMBa1d,' McXellt," Xeal, Oliver, Ts, Powell, rritch ard, Propst, Bay, of Macon ; Bobrrts, Rose, Sayer,' Hellars, Shaw, Kmith deal, fSpesce, Stephenson, St roup, . 6libbs.Ai!m Bwain, Taylor, turner, Wilcjx, Wil- TlfmT-BfTtimnsrr W'rrHawrr-wf- Jobnston; Wincbornc, Wright and Young.. Nt voting: Burgess, Farmer, Grant, Moose, Shepherd, Wild, Wil son, of Burke. ' i . North Carolina wilt not have a Pro hibition Marshal during the next two rears. - The House so dctuled. yesterday in defeating the Wall bill by a vote of 8 te 43. seven member sot votiug. A little Jess thaa two hours of the best legislative debating of the session preceded the roust. Mull and Saun ders, aided somewhat by Bay, of Chat ham, spoke ia behalf of the bill while the opposition had more friends with Speaking proclivities. Stanley Win borne, of Hertford; Hswyer, of Wake; Coxe, of Anson, and Poole, of Mont gomery, were all against it and each had a different reason. From a. theatrical standpoint, the debate featured yesterday's session of tbcrnouse.. The diy also saw the- in troduction, by Representative Herring, uf the Republican Educational bill nhich is the embodiment of Major Ceorgr"ltWrerV-testirrearTitont uni fying the public school system. There is much ia it closely akin to the de partmental hill introduced several days ago by Id rv Br vast , of Durham, as we 11 inmar striking difference, it would provide for the col Iw tins of thirty-two rents on the hundred dollars valuation of taxable property and HJiOidi .crrii taxable poll to be collected for the State Public 8ekid fund." ' Waala Aa Oaster Law. Although Mr. Clayton ' couldn't get the House to suspend the rules aud put his bill oa immediate passage, he intro duced a proposed outer law yesterday. I'nder its terms, a petition of tjvfnty Bve per cent of the qualified voters would require the county commission era to investigate the eoadurt of any county official for the purpose of pas, rnf wpw-i--jwct'ira -sw ;aoa-rr lietition well grounded, it would "fiifcoriiS their ninndntory duty to nt the offt- cial ftom office and supply a succes sor. The Mull bill had hardly; been called on the calendar when au amendment, subsequently withdrawn to save a rrushing defeat, was offered by Mr. Crisp to . make the proposed marshal guardian of all criminal statutes. The author opened the debate-on" the bill with aa argument for the adoption of his ameadmeut predicated upon the theory : that a ..prohibition marshal would be somethiug of a .menace to the State's democracy. r Man Calls Classes. Twn lasses of pewfile," with- either ot which" he was uawilling, to align any of his colleagues, would le opposed to the bill, said Mr. Mull. The first is the Motksders who are caught but don't na..t their compatriots ia crime to suf fer and the second is the ma a who don't want his supply of liquor cut off. ' The vital aetcssity for a prohibition mar-thai, insisted Mr. Mull, lay 'in the i'(St violations of the prohibition: laws in North Carolina annually; In addi Kffa? be re'rlRatrrd" The rr8wetht-tfte Federal gov re n meat ia 1918 handled 7.13 pnwecutions. Oxer one-half , 746, of the l.rii illicit stills cspturea in the laited States in the last year were found in North Carolina, according to bis Rgutos, Illegally, be branded North Carolina as tie "wettest" StsfcVia the I nion. The Sheriffs Caatrihntioa. To this ignoble record Mr. Mull in sisted that not a few sheriffs of the State bad contributed, la tea years, since: the passage - of the. State-wide prohibition measpre. North Carolina had reached tke trip rung-of the ladder ia number of illiei stills. , ,The blocks dcrs'are tlannish, they fer iie and frighten and local officers fear their political influence. - . They'll chase a ehL-ken stealing nig. (CaatUaista Page Two.) ' DANIELS PAYS TE TO P BATTLE Secretary of Navy Had Known "Grand Old Man" Since - Boyhood CAMP JACKSON LIKELY Jd-GEI.30THd)iyiSI0N "Malarial Hysteria"-Is tnresqno Description -Pie? Em. ployed By Secretary Dan. iels in Suggesting; Peeling in Some- Quarters of Country' Which Reflects Depression 1 ' - '"'? . ; ' .''. A ':' if ,;- " Nn and OtucrrCr Bureitt. m UUtrirt National Bank Bids. r . B. W1KTEKS. (By gpwtal UaHd Wire.) . . Washington. Feb. 6. "Thousands ot boys he have gone through the insti HIGH IU KEM patriot to serrics but frlso by his devo- V . tion and real, his purity of purpose, cleeriiewfic,,M..M said Hecretory of tho Navy Daniels V when informed of the dath of ' Dr. ' Kemp Pliimmcr Buttle, the "Irand Old " Man of North Carolina." ' rWrctury Daniels had known .rreii- t ?"'' tot,'.Slsula;.1c;;4yhoo4l, thousands of other boys who had been blessed by the atmosuhere of 1.1. beneficent spirit, feels deeply grieved ovor Ins iiUKsinir. To hnvn k .,. Presideitt Battle, to have walked with htm aad eua'sele wUb biw on "a inur. ay-4lcwn(h-BHnlc-VpBrk,--to-tiitTCTe'- cenea ine cheery word of a life de voted to service and to have known In timately that familiar figure in his de clining years as he puused at tho post office for the noon mail this would have made a four years - sojourn at -Chapel Hill a rich heritage. "He loved the University and everv thing about it with a devotion that knew ao limit," is a sentence ia tin tribute of Secretary Dauink that r forda insight into a life service of mort thsa half a century devoted to an In stitution. From the early days ef bit ' life as a young msn coming from Franklin county to the University to the days when the evening shadow he- gan to gather about him, Doctor Bat- -tie's life was a labor of love for h. University. His two volumes of Uni versity bistory will forever live as tes timony of a University none knew so well as the author. Mr. Daniels' Tribute. The tribute of Secretary llnniela In full follows: From the time the Univeraitv NurtiiX'aroUna--c4usedita-d4iors in ths lark days of 1H68, until this ancient institution again nas opened to ths youth of the States, Dr. Kemp 1 Bat tle bad but BiitwioH in -bfr. He - concerned himself in other things only as a means of making it n incniiio and gaining a standing place for the idea nun dominated . him, L tliut idea being the re-oiienins of th l'nivori li was due to hiui-uiore than anv" other man in the State that the Lcgilutur made the appropriation which gave it uew life and enabled it tn rntur larger sphere of uscfulueas il.an ; had eiiievcd even in it m...t ...in.. lays. It was httimg, therefore, that he diould have tieeni chosen fl lit npoai. dent in the days bf its renaissanM.. "lie loved the University and every thing about it with a devotion thnt knew no limit. It was as dear Jn him as wife or child.- All his Jife it w.t tlie object of his souls' firsf-desire. He lived in Chspcl Hill a boy when hit Of law. Ill'' wna nun nf.tl,. . ws-'-'wlrrefwr'-.ma-mcfrTate6- fur relurucd to it in the prime of life to give to it all his lest endeavori and the fruits of all he had garnered. Thou sands of boys who have gone through the institution have folt the influence aad the State has leen blessed not only by his. patriotic rerviee but also by '' his devotion aud xeal, his piiritv of purpose, clearness of vision and purity of life. Gave Wise Admonition. "He ns permitted to Jive long' aid '" !i 1 ge lie gave a wealth of uccd ed and wise 'sd monitions to his suc cessors. . D takes a man of rare quali- ties to stand aside in siTvnriHg veart.'' and tak ynunger1nu.yJJy llujhfl ,; rejoice as they carry on his wuk Bad tie" happier when they hove rnjoved the fruits of it. This is the surest test -of Dr. Battle's noble spirit. He wat as proud of all that Winston, Alderman Venable and Graham did as if !hcj . had. been his own Iwys and they cher ished for him an ever-growing affertior and gratitude for hisiinfailing and wist counsel. . I had known him, since I was a bov went to Chapel Hill, even l'or a brief, period of time, a profound respect and lusting regard. He gave a -new dis- v. tinrtson to the nnma that will be ever 1 honored la Nortfc Carolina." v Likely to Ga te Camp Jackson. "If-is probable that the Thirtieth';. Division will be assigned to Camp Jack- -' son upon ite. arrival in ihe United States," says General Peyton tj. fllnfc, chief of staff. . 'The-men will then 1 . sent lo. Uia. tleniobHat.iqn center Jn at nearest tho State from which the men came from and discharged." General March has informed Sena-. " tor SiiivhTotrs-that CamT" Bragg, at Fay ' ctteville, is not one of our regularly designated demobilization lecnters. 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