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THE CHATHAM RECORD H. A. London EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR Terms of Subscription $1.50 PER TEAR Strictly in Advance lutllutm tmtA THE CHATHAM RECORD Rates of Advertising One Square, one insertion - - $1.00 One Square, two insertions - $1.50 One Square, one month - - $2.50 Far Larger Advertisements Liberal Contracts will be made. VOL. XL. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C, NOVEMBER 28, 1917 NO. 17. mkt IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN THE NEWS 0F THE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Washington. An officer of the British admiralty to decorate certain officers and men of two American destroyers for their services in combating Gtrman subma rines has been declined, Scretary Dan iels announced because the laws of this country prevent soldiers and sail ors from receiving decorations from foreign governments. Man power exerted on the field of France will bring victory in this war Provost Marshal General Crowder de clared in a statement of the aims, ac complishment and future of the select ive draft system addressed to mem bers of the local boards and made pub lic. Rear Admiral Washington L. Capps, general manager of the Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet corporation, was relieved from duty in that posi tion by President Wilson at his own request because of ill health and with expressions of deepest regret by the chief executive. The interstate commerce commis sion announced that it would hold a hearing December 7 on the application of express companies for a ten per cent increase in rates. American army officers in France who have returned to Washington knew the British were planning to use tanks on an unprecedented scale in the Arras offensive and kept the se cret. Following the proposal made by the Bolsheviki government in Russia for an armistice, a reduction in the Rus sian army has been ordered by Nikolai Lenin, the Bolsheviki leader, to take ef fect immediately. Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki foreign minister, in an interview, announces that the Bolsheviki are against a sep arate peace with Germany, but desire a universal peace with the European nation. Food dealers who have failed to comply with President Wilson's pro clamation placing them under license must obtain license immediately or face proceeding aiming at suspending their trading operations. No shipments of supplies will be permited to go from the United States to Russia until the situation in that country clears according to reports issued by the government. It is stated that the cessation of shipments to Russia is only temporary if a stable government is formed so the United States can recognize it, oth erwise it will be permanent. The Provisional Russian govern ment was given credits amounting in all to 3325,000,000 of which $191,000, 000 already has been advanced and spent for supplies. Regulations to enable close govern ment watch over Germans will be pro . mmgated in a few days by Attorney General Gregory to make effective President Wilson's restriction impos ing proclamation issued recently. By means of new regulations the de partment of justice will be able to round up Germans who are believed to navp directed campaign of sabotage v& propaganda against the United States. ITr.der a proclamation unnaturalized ,y.niale Germans are required to register ith the police or other authority and to report periodically. Under a proclamation Germans may not .travel. 'jja the United States with out a iermit nor approach within 100 yards of pp wharf, pier, dock, ware house or other establishment the at torney general may designate. Robert P. Skinner, the American consul general, has received a telegram . W the American consul at Moscow ying that he and other Americans !n Moscow are all safe. President Wilson in his own theater, Passed the: hat in interest of the Y. M. P-.A. campaign for a $35,000,000 war fund, while the audience applauded. Domestic. Oklahoma coal operators operators were, threatened by Fuel Administra te GarfiM with government seizure and operation of their mines if they ;'."nni.t production to alt pending ac 'n on their. demand for higher prices. A concerted, country-wide effort to und tip "fake" British army officers ho, it is said, have imposed on the? Am en can people, is to be made by Kli' sh officers now in New York. At an investigation it was disclosed, Saidvth.'at at least fifty men are posing as British army officers throughout the country. recommendation has been made . ashington, whereby all subjects 'eat Britain, reported as undesir able by British officers, will be deport- lQotl Jabr aPProved the attitude of b r VQompers in working hand-in-and wfth president Wilson in placing tneneefe o, the nation above all oth iS 5r;0nS at the vention in -brS. T)Wiggi' New York bond Parsed aSt6d MontSme Ala., fra,,H USinS the mails to de held inn n f Uberty Bonds' was nel(i hi. $00,ooo bail in New York. The safe in the state banfc at Fran cesville, Ind., was blown open by rob bers and about v',000 in Liberty beads, $500 each of the Y. M. C. A. wa' und, and $8,000 of the bank's cash were taken. Thousands of unnaturalized Ger mans were forced to move from their homes near docks, piers, railway ter minals and other establishments de clared barred by President Wilson. Thousands of unnaturalized Ger mans will lose their jobs as a result of President Wilson's barred zone pro clamation, where they were employed within the forbidden areas. Mayors of eastern seaport cities were asked for the co-operation of their police departments in the regis tration of alien enemies under the president's proclamation, and a few early replies to. the department of jus tice indicated that the police would willingly undertake the task of en rolling thousands of German adult males and soliciting data on their oc cupations and habits for future ref erences. William Green secretary of the Unit ed Mine Workers, announced on the floor of the convention of the American Federation of Labor at Buffalo, N. Y., that a telegram had been received stat ing that a verdict has been given against the mine workers for $200,000 damages in the action brought by the Bache Coal company for damages to their property near Fort Smith, Ark. Announcement was made that attor neys for the United Mine Workers of America would appeal direct to the United States circuit court of appeals from the verdict returned by a jury Tn the federal district court at Fort Smith, Ark., awarding the Bache-Den-man mining syndicate $200,000 dam ages in its suit against the mine work ers' organization. Jeremiah A. O'Deary, president of the American Truth Society and editor of "The Bull," a publication recently barred from the mails, was indicted on the charge of violating the espionage act and the postal laws in New York. James Hamilton Peabody, governor of Colorado during the "Cripple Creek strike" in 1903, when there were a number of clashes between the state troops and the strikers and their sym pathizers, died in Denver, Colo. Mr. Peabody was 60 years old. The grand jury inquiry into the finan cial operations of the recent army and navy bazaar, which netted profits of only $750 out of receipts of about $71, 000, resulted in the indictment on the charge of forgery and larcency of C. Donaly Fox, described as chief pro moter of the war charity. Herman Bose, an aviator, was killed when his machine became unmanage able and plunged into the bay at Pen sacola, Fla. European. Sanguinary battles are in progress between the Brenta and Piave rivers where the Germans are trying to break through the hill counry to the Vene tian plains. West of the upper reaches of the Piave where the enemy is endeavor ing to gain the valley leading into Ve netia, the Berlin war office claims the capture of Monte Fontana and Monte Spinaccia, but, according to the Rome war office, except on the former posi tion, where a few advanced Italian lines were reached, the enemy every where have been repulsed. Colonel E. M. House and the mem bers of the American mission which he heads, arrived in Paris from Eng land. The latest American transports to reach France had an exciting trip. The first night in the zone two of them collided and the second night they were attacked by a submarine. An official wireless from Petrograd says General Dukonin has been depos ed by the council of the people's com missiaries for "refusing to obey their orders by offering an amistice." It was officially announced that Ger many has paid compensation for the sinking of the Dutch steamer Bloom ersdijk and for damaging the Dutch steamer Rijndijk. Of interest in view of the British victory achieved through the tanks is a Berlin Taggeblatt quotation: "The role of British tanks has been played out. Our artillery mows them down." The makings of a German govern ment scandal are contained in an arti cle written by Dr. Heim, leader of the Bavarian peasant party, attacking high officials of the government purchas ing and distributing agencies for pri vate profiteering at the public expense. Attacking over a front of 32 miles, extending from the Scarpe river east of Arras to St. Quentin, Field Marshal Haig, with his English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh troops, has made one of the most rapid and sectacular drives of the present war, catching the Germans completely by surprise in the on slaught, capturing numerous positions which were regarded as impregnable, and taking in addition thousands of The rumble of guns is heard in Ven ice by night and by day as the fleet and the Venice coast batteries shell the enemy at the mouth of the Piave. A Copenhagen report says that a Berlin correspondent learns that the German government has received in formation that the Russian maximalist government has declared Russia out of the war. According to a London report, Field Marshal Haig has shifted his offensive and delivered a series of attacks agains the Germans in the region be tween St. Quentin and River Scarpe. A French prisoner at Copenhagen admitted firing the commissary at Augsburg, Bavaria, containing hay, straw, and flour from last year's crop to the value of nearly 1,000,000 marks. SECOND SESSION OE CONGRESS DEC. 2ND CONGRESSMEN EXPECT SECOND SESSION TO RIVAL FIRST IN IMPORTANCE. WEIGHTY MATTERS ARE AHEAD Members Returning to Washington For Another War Session, Decern- ber 3 May Not Adjourn Before Campaign Time. Washington. Members of Congress are beginning to return to Washington for the opening of the second session of the war December 3. Most of them expect the new session to rival the last in important action, and few think it will end before the general congressional campaigns next fall. Appropriations for the war prom ise to require much time and there is much as well as unfinished war legislation to be dealt with. Presi dent Wilson's opening message soon after Congress reconvenes will de termine, in great measure, the pro gram of new legislation. Many do mestic matters, including prohibition and woman suffrage, are promised at tention. Future relations between this nation and Germany's allies may be determined early in the session. President's opening address to deal with the question of whether war shall be declared against Austria. Turkey and Bulgaria. Sentiment in favor of such action is general among members now here. Work on the appropriation bills for the next fiscal year already has be gun by the House appropriations com mittee, which will have a constant stream of the supply bills to go through the congressional machinery Appropriation estimates are being as sembled at the treasury department for submission. More bond issues probably will be authorized but actual consideration of new or amended war tax legisla tion is not anticipated until after the session is well under way. GERMAN U-BOAT SENT TO BOTTOM BY DESTROYERS All Members of Crew But One Taken Prisoner. Washington. A German submarine captured recently by two American destroyers was sent to the bottom by members of her crew opening a cock 5elow while their shipmates stood on deck with hands raised in signal of surrender. All of the crew were taken prisoners. One of the Germans was drowned while being transferred to a destroyer and another died. The later was buried with military honors. Secretary Daniels announced the capture and sinking of the submarine in a formal statement which made no mention of prisoners nor of the reason for the boat sinking. The details leak ed out at the department later, but the secretary would neither confirm nor deny them, saying he had issued the statement in agreement with the Brit ish admiralty and cou!.T not add to it. There was a report in naval circles that approximately 40 men, including five officers, were taken off the sub marine. If this were true , it was pointed out. the vessel undoubtedly was one of the largest of the cru:ser type known authentically to be oper ated by the Germans- The action occurred in the war zone several days ago and the submarine went down while one destroyer was attempting to tow her to port. Al- SAMUEL GOMPERS AGAIN . HONORED BY LABOR Buffalo, N. Y. Samuel Gompers, president of the American Federation of Labor for 35 years, was re-elected virtually without opposition and with him every officer of the federation ex cept John B. Lennon, treasurer, who was defeated by Daniel T. Tobin, president of the International Team sters' and Chauffeurs' Union. EASTERN ROADS TO BE OPERATED AS ONE SYSTEM Washington. Operation of all rail way lines east' of Chicago as one cen tralized system was decided on by the railroad war board to obtain a maxi mum of efficiency in traffic movement. Cars and trackage facilities will be pooled regardless of ownership or the railroads' individual interest. This almost revolutionary move was an nounced after an all-day conference between members of the war board anS government officials. BOMB EXPLOSION IN POLICE STATION KILLS TEN Milwaukee, Wis. Ten persons were killed and several injured when a bomb, designed to destroy the Italian evangelical church, in the heart of the third ward, an Italian settlement, ex ploded in central police station, where it had Veen carried for examination Seven detectives, two7 policemen and one woman were killed. The bomb was found In tha basement of the church. " Var. : BRITISH PENETRATE HINDENBURG LINE SMASH THROUGH GERMAN FRONT FOR DEPTH OF OVER FIVE MILES. ! ALONG THIRTY-MILE FRONT Success One of Greatest Achieved on I Western Front During Progress of 1 War. Capture 8,000 Prisoners and Many Guns. London. Andrew Bonar Law an nounced in the house of commons that eight thousand prisoners, including one hundred and eighty offcers have been taken by the British in their present operations. At one point the British penetrated five miles behind the German lines and several villages in addition to those already announc ed, have been taken. Germans Are on Last Line. British Army Headquarters in on their last line of defense at one point of the British attack. Nearly a score of guns is reported to have been captured. , I The British are pushing on towaard Cantaing. three miles southwest of Cambrai. Northwest of Marcoing, the high ground known as Premy Chap pelle has been fought over, and the Germans have been forced to with draw. i The advance of the British army against the .Germans was continuing. The towns of Masnieres, Marcoing, Ribecourt, Havarincourt, Graincourt anad Plesquieres all were behind the British advancing line and the cai alry, which is co-operating with the tanks and rendering valuable ser vice, was drawing in toward the Bour lon wood, west of Cambrai. Paris. The French troops attack ed in the region to the north of Cra onne and Berry-au-Bac on a front of about two-thirds of a mile and pene i trated the German positions to an average depth of about 400 yards, cap turing strong defenses and taking 175 Germans prisoner, according to the French official communication issued this evening. UNNATURALIZED GERMANS LEAVING BARRED ZONE Compelled to Vacate Under Presi dent's Proclamation. Washington. Thousands of unnat uralized Germans were forced to move from their homes near docks, piers, warehouses, railway terminals and other establishments declared barred zones by President Wilson's alien enemy proclamation. For many the new regulations meant not only the actual moving of the place of resi dence, but the loss of jobs in the for bidden areas as well. To those without work, including many with dependents, the federal employment agencies were open and officials were emphatic in explanation that the help of these agencies in finding new employment for the alien enemies would not be withheld. This was only one evidence of the govern ment's anxiety to treat law-abiding Germans with courtesy and consider ation, while applying drastic rules to detect the few with harmful intent. Mayors of eastern seaport cities to day were asked for the co-operation of their police departments in the registration of alien enemies under the President's proclamation, and a few early replies to the department of justice indicated that the police would willingly undertake the task of enroll ing thousands of German adult males and soliciting data on their occupa tions and habits for future references. Along the Atlantic coast, where danger from alien plotters is consid ered greatest, the registration enter prise will be undertaken first, and will be followed later by registration in the interior. John Lord O'Brian, special assist ant to Attorney General Gregory, in alien proclamation, expects to com plete regulations for the registration late this week, and to put them into effect next week. BOLSHEVIKI ISSUES WARNING TO WEALTHY Petrograd. The Bolsheviki have is sued a warning to the "wealthy classes and their servitors" who are accused ! of inciting strikes in state and mu j nicipal services. The warning says: I "You are playing with fire. You will ' be first to suffer from famine that is j threatening the country and the army. I You will be deprived of the right of I receiving products. All your stores j will be requisitioned and your proper ty confiscated." THREE OFFICERS AND EIGHTEEN MEN LOST Washington. Lieutenant Command er Walter E. Reno, the commanding officer, his two junior officers, Lieut. Charles F. Wedderburn and Ensign Harry G. Skinner, Jr., and 18 enlisted men were lost in the sinking of the American torpedo boat destroyer Chauncey in a collision in the war zone Monday morning, November 19, the navy department was advised by Vice Admirs' Sims. BOLSHEVIKI NOW SEEKS ARMISTICE ON BASIS OF NO ANNEXATION OR INDEMNITIES FOR EITHER GOVERNMENT. NOTE HAS REACHED EMBASSIES Proposal For Immeriate Opening of Peace Negotiations is Made By Leon Trotzky to all The Belligerent Nations, Petrograd, Thursday. The note of Leon Trotzky, the Bolsheviki minis ter, to the allied embassies conveying the announcement of the proposal for an armistice has reached the embas sies. The text follows : "I herewith have the honor to in form you, Mr. Ambassador, that the all-Russian congress of soldiers' and workmen's delegates organized on Oc tober 26 a new government in the form of a council of national commis sioners. The head of this government is Vladimir Ilich Lenine. The direc tion of the foreign policy has been en trusted to me yin the capacity of na tional commissioner for foreign affairs. "Drawing attention to the text of the offer of an armistice and a demo, cratic peace on the basis of no an nexations or indemnities and the self determination of nations, approved by the all-Russian congress of soldiers' and workmen's delegates, I have the honor to beg you to regard the above document as a formal offer of an im mediate armistice on all fronts and the immediate opening of peace nego tiations an offer with which the authoritative government of the Rus sian republic has addressed itself sim ultaneously to all the belligerent peo ples and their governments. "Accept my assurance, Mr. Ambas sador of the profound respect of the soldiers' and workmen's government for the people of France, which can not help aiming at peace as well as all the rest of the nations exhausted and made bloodless by this unexam pled slaughter. 'L. TROTZKY, "National Commissioner for Foreign Affairs." AMERICAN TROOPS ARE ARRIVING IN FRANCE Movement Keeps Pace With Expecta tions of War Department. Washington. Arrival of American troops in France has' kept pace with the expectation of the war depart ment, Secretary Baker said in the first statement he has ever authorized in connection with the progress being made in increasing General Persh ing's forces. Mr- Baker declined, however, to state the number of troops forwarded or to indicate whether he anticipated delay from this time. Movement of thee eforce, he said, depended on two elements, the training and equipment of he men and the availability of shps. "As fast as they are ready, ships and men will be combined," the secre tary said. "As miny American troops are now over seas as we expected in the beginning to have over seas at this time." Mr. Baker indicated that an official statement of the number of American troops in France was not to be ex pected at any time during the war. He caused an inquiry to be made of the military censor. Major General Mc Intyre, however, which may result in more liberal regulations as to publica tion of the designations of regiments, brigades or companies which are en gaged in action on the front from time to time. If there is no sound military reason for suppressing that information, Mr. Baker said, he desired to give it out. The secretary's attention was call ed to the fact that the British official statements have recently named at least by geographical designation the troops used in various offensives. Ap parently a new policy in this regard has been adopted in London and the war department may do likewise. CAPPS RELIEVED FROM DUTY WITH SHIPPING BOARD Washington Rear Admiral Wash ington L. Capps, general manager of the shipping board's emergency fleet corporation, was relieved from duty in that position by President Wilson at his own request because of ill health and with expressions of deepest regret by the chief executive. His successor has ndt been named, but Chairman ' Hurley, of the board, was known to 1 favor appointment of a man trained ; in the same service. LOOKS UPON MOVEMENT AS AN UNFRIENDLY ACT Washington. Officials of this gov ernment regard the Bolsheviki move ment for an armistice between Russia and her enemies and the opening of peace negotiations as an act that would place Russia almost in the list of unfriendly nations. Press dispatches telling of the peace movement were confirmed by a cable gram from Ambassador Francis re ceived at the state department. LLOYD GEORGE ASKS MORE 0. S. TROOPS BRITISH PREMIER URGES THAT AMERICAN TROOPS BE SENT AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE. DISCUSS WITH WAR COUNCIL Russia's Collapse and Italy's Reverses j Make It Necessary That Troops Be ; Sent Overseas Quickly .All. s De- pend on America for Food. London. Premier Lloyd Georee told the Anglo-American war council, in session for the first time, that the collapse of Russia and the reverses to Italy, "made it even more imperative I than before that the United States send as many troops as possible across the Atlantic as early as pos sible." "I am anxious to know how soon the first million men can be expected j in France" The premier explained that British shipping now was wholly employed in j war work, partly for the allies, partly j on the British account, adding: "As suming that the submarine situations i gets no worse, the easing of the posi j tions to the allies depends entirely i upon the dates on which the Ameri j can program for the launching of the I six million tons of shipping proi'ed ; for 1918 comes into practical effect, j I have no doubt that with the largest industrial population and an excep tional national gift of organization the accomplishment of America in the matter of shipbuilding will astonish everybody." Dealing with the airplane situation, the premier said: "Command of the air in the battle line is almost essential as command of the sea. The people of the United States possess to an unusual degree qualities of enterprise and daring necessary to the creation of success ful airmen. The American climate also lends itself to the development of the air service, because it is clearer and more equable than the climate of the British Isles. This is of special value because the training of pilots, the creation of flying units, and the building of air-domes are as essential to the creation of an air service as the building of airplanes themselves." Referring to food the premier said that the allies were becoming increas ingly dependent upon what the North American continent could produce and economic pressure to bear on the cen sured the mission that the most dras tic restrictions were about to be im posed upon the people of the British Isles, partly in order to assist the al lies, partly in order to leave more room for the carriage of men and mu nitions to the battle fronts. The pre mier said he regarded the tightening of the blockade as of next importance. "Close co-operation between the United States and the powers of west ern Europe can bring still greater economic pressure to bear on the cen tral powers during the war," he said. The premier then thanked the mis sion for the great services rendered by the United States navy. SHIPMENTS TO RUSSIA HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED No More Will Be Made Until Situation Clears Up. Washington. No shipments of sup plies will be permitted to go from the United States to Russia until the sit uation in that country clears. The ' American government before allowing the export- of goods already on the docks want to know into whose hands j they will fall on their arrival. ! The cessation of shipments is tem porary only if a stable government is formed which the United States can recognize. If the Bolsheviki gain control and pursue their program calling for a peace with Germany the embargo will be permanent. A pro tracted civil war also would work to keep the embargo tight, as the United States then would fear that supplies might go to the Bolsheviki faction. ANOTHER ISSUE OF " TREASURY CERTIFICATES Washington. In anticipation of huge returns next June from income taxes under the war revenue law, Sec retary McAdoo announced an issue of four per cent treasury certificates of indebtedness of indefinite amounts due June 25, 1918; the final day for pay ment of income taxes. This was the first action taken by the secretary to prepare the law for the great volume of receipts under the war revenue act. WAR WORK FUND WENT FAR ABOVE GOAL SET New York The National War Work council of the Young Men's Christian Association announced here that the grand total of the nation-wide war fund campaign is $49,209,411. This exceeds by nearly $15,000,000 the $35. 000,000 goal set at the beginning of the campaign on November 12- Presi dent Wilson on being informed that the fund was greatly over-subscribed, telegraphed congratulations to Dr. Jno. R. Mott, genera Isecretary of council. E AT BISHOP HUGHES READS APPOINT MENTS OF PASTORS FOR THE COMING YEAR. MEET NEXT AT ASHEVILLE Blue Ridge-Atlantic Methodist Con ference Hears Strong Addresses at Kings Mountain. Kings Mountain. At the closing session of the Blue Ridge-Atlantio Methodist Conference, Bishop Hughes read the appointments for the coming year as follows: Asheville district J. L. A. Bumgar ner, superintendent, Asheville; F. W. Stanton, Asheville; C. T. J. S. Green, Bakersville; T- H. Stamey, Boone; Ray P. Jones, Canton; W .C. Matney, Canton; C T. W. H. Pless, Clyde; T. J. Freeman, Creston; W. A. Patton, Culbertson; W. i T. Clark, Etawah; Otis Fraley, Hayesville; J. H. Fine, Lanesing; W. A .Grayfceal, Leicester; A. B. Dennis, Montzuma; K. L. Haga, Pisgah; D. L. Earnhart, Pond Moun tain; Salvin Sexton, Sylva, G. N. Sloan; Unaka, G. W. Williams. Coast district W. S. Mooe, superin tendent, Chandlers; C. C. Wallford, Elizabeth City; M. Warden, Ham let; W. L. Carter, Harkins Island; to be supplied, Hatteras ;to be supplied, Marshallburg ; to be supplied, More head City; D. W. Hayne, Moerhead City; W. Q. A. Graham, Ocracoke; W. F. Miller, Parmels; F. A. L. Clarke, Pembroke; W. L. Moore, iPnerluff; G. S. Deland, Pinners; A. B. Fry, Rowland; D. F. Lowery, Troy; C. L. Hawkins, Washington; John Chaney, Whaleyville; J. M. Smith. M. O. Fletcher, president, Washington Col lege; J. M. Gambrill, in school at Athens, Tenn.; J. L- Dennis, field agent conference claimants; perma nent fund; J. M. Flower, conference evangelist. Statesvilie district W. J. Plint, su perintendent, Ararat; S. N. Bumgar ner, Casar; supplied by W. Foster, Gastonia; S. W. Johnson, Harmony; J. M. Wall, Hickory; S. A. Earnhart, Kannapolis; T- E. Pierce, Kings Mountain; B. A. Culp, Misenheimer; C. M. White, Newton; M. A. Matheson, Old Fort; J. H. Gillespie, Thurmond; T. W. Bryant, supply Statesvilie; Austin Wilson, Tray Hill; D. J. White, supply, Zion; F. C. West, Bessemer City; J. M. Heath, Winston-Salem; to be supplid- The place of meeting of the next session was called for and Dr. Stan ton presented a cordial invitation from the First Church at Asheville, which was accepted by acclamation. Dr. Farmer addressed the confer ence in the interest of the boards of home and foreign missions. Following this the conference went into executive session to consider some matters of purely church inter est, during which all except mem bers of the body were excused- War Subject Carolina Day. Raleigh. The state Apartment of education is sending into every pub lic . hool district in the state and to private schools as well, the official pro grams the department has prepared for the observance of North Carolina day on December 4. The program con templates that the people of the school communities shall be assembled for this observance and the slogan of the programs is conversation, patriot ism and service, as Dr. J. Y. Joyner state superintendent, expresses it, "Make, save and serve." The various Matures of the program impress the causes of the war, the needs of the government and the means of service that are at hand for all the people. In its conception the program is declared to be most opportune and it is believ ed that the county superintendents and the teachers all over the state will utilize it to their fullest extent as a patriotic duty they owe their counties, the schools and the school communi ties. Christmas Tree for Soldiers. Southport. The Red Cross chapter of Southport has undertaken the mat ter of providing a Christmas tree for the soldiers at Fort Caswell and also to provide a Christmas package for every man in the service there. Owing to the fact that there are about 1,000 men tobe provided for the chapter will ask other chapters in the state to as sist in this matter. The cities from which the soldiers come will especial ly asked to contribute. Rev. J. N. Bynum is chairman of the committee in charge. Killed in Auto Accident. Shelby. Joe Short, a farmer living near Shelby on Avery McMurry's plan tation, was killed when the automobile in which he was riding plunged down a 40-foot embankment at the Weaver bridge of the Shelby-Sharon road. Tom McCoy, owner of the car. a man who runs a local tire vulcanizing plant, was driving. When he rounded the curve he saw he was about to meet a farmer, James Champion, who was riding in a buggy, and rather than strike Mr. Champion, McCoy steered the car down the embankment. M. E. C ERENC S MOUNTAIN
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