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m The Chatham Record ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JANUARY 30, 1919 VOL. XL NO. 26. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN i'HE NEWS 0FTHE SOUTH What Is Taking Place In The South land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs Domestic To solve the problem of unemployed discharged soldiers, the war depart ment has ordered that no man be dis charged from the army against his de sire until such time as he can obtain profitable employment in civil life. The annual agricultural appropria tion bill, carrying $31,691,500 appropri ation and providing for continuation of government coo-peration with states in employing more than two thousand county farm extension agents, has been favorably reported to the house. Joseph B. Eastman of Massachusetts has been appointed to be a member of the interstate commerce commis sion, which appointment has been con firmed by the senate. A dispatch from Bordeaux, France, says that Misses Gladys and Dorothy Cromwell, sisters, of New York, leap ed from the rail of the French steamer La Lorraine as the steamer was in the Garonne river, bound for New York, and that both were drowned. Their bodies have not been recovered. After a week of spirited debate, the senate, by a vote of 53 to 18, passed the administration bill appropriating one hundred million dollars for food relief in Europe and the near east. The measure now goes to conference for adjustment of minor senate amend ments, but leaders believe final enact ment will be accomplished before the first of February. During uie course of an address by Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood before the Kansas legislature for a system of uni versal training for national defense, he frequently quoted the sayings of the late Theodore Roosevelt, and as calmly referred to "the next war" and the necessity of getting ready for it as if he were talking to friends at the dinner table. The general said his plan was to train the youth not more than six months. Secretary of Agriculture Houston made an address to the American Na tional Live Stock Association in ses sion at Denver, Colo. He said: "I've got beyond the point of arguing about regulation of stock yards. We do not want the distribution of meat from the time production is planned on the range until the finished product is de livered to the consumer left in the hands of a few men." Referring to the charge that he is a "paternalist," he said: "For my part I want less of paternalism and more freedom." Former United States Senator Geo. T. Oliver died at his home in Pitta burg, Pa. The Mississippi Valley Waterways Association has launched its cam paign to urge a government appropri ation of approximately four hundred million dollars for the development of all inland waterways. The plan of the association contemplates a 12-foot channel from St. Louis to New Orleans and a 9-foot channel from St. Louis to St. Paul. European Sergius Sazonoff, the former Rus sian foreign minister under the old regime and now representing the gov ernment of Yekaterinodar and the Si berian government at Omsk, declared in a statement that he would not par ticipate in the conference proposed by the supreme council with the Bolshe vik representatives. Germany, under the draft of the new proposed constitution, is divided into several federated republics. These political divisions include not less than ten republics. The new German constitution pro vides for the election of a president by a popular vote majority, and the term of office shall be seven years. The chancellor will be appointed by the president and be responsible to the chamber. The proposed German constitution contains the provision that as soon as a league of nations shall have been formed, all treaties between Germany and states in the league shall be ap proved by the reichstag. The women took a prominent part in the German elections. Even nuns went to the polls in a body and voted. The German elections clearly proves that the development of a republican form of government interests the en tire German nations. One hundred thousand cotton mill operatives in India are on strike for a larger war bonus. Germany, Austria and Bulgaria will not be admitted to the league of na tions until they have proved their fit ness for such participation. Lord Robert Cecil says the league of nations should be all-embracing for all trustworthy nations since it Is or the good of humanity. Premier Lenine of the Bolshevik government of Russia is reported to be in favor of surrendering to the al lies. But Trotzky, Karl Radek and Foreign Minister Tchitchein oppose him vigorously. Lenine's plan barely lost by only twelve votes out of two hundred. Authentic information received in Paris concerning recent developments ii Russia indicates that the strength aid prestige of the Bolshevik govern ment at home has weakened in the last few months, although Premier Lenine an1 his associates have succeeded in strengthening their armies and gain ing considerable military success in western Russia. The Bolshevik government of Russia control the food supplies, and have a fairly well-equipped army of three hun dred thousand, which Is maintaining discipline, due to good pay, and at trtotint recruits. The land-grab game got a black-eye In the meeting of the council of the great powers and military command ers on all the fronts. The council issues a solemn warning to the world that the possession of territory gained by force will seriously prejudice the claims of those who use such means and set up sovereignty by coercion. This declaration was framed by Pres ident Wilson. The strength of the forces to be maintained during the length of the armistice will be determined shortly by the council of the great powers and military commanders on all fronts. The Omsk government, headed by Admiral Kolchak, is rapidly increas ing its authority, both east and west of Omsk. The Omsk govfiernment has appoint ed Admiral Kanine commander of the Russian Black sea fleet. Leon Trotzky, the Bolshevist minis ter of war and marine, did not escape from Narva after the defeat of the Bolshevists by the Esthonians, but was taken prisoner, according to dispatch es reaching Basel, Switzerland from Libau. Advices received through Switzer land state that owing to the interven tion of Finnish troops in northern Es thonia and Livonia, the country has been completely rid of Bolshevist sol diers and sympathizers. A dispatch from Archangel says the Bolsheviki are continuing their shell ing of the American positions at Ust Padenga, thirty miles south of Shen kursk, and the American artillery is replying to the enemy fi ". Punishment for the k .ser and his associates was formally u:s cussed by the supreme war council i. Paris re cently. The belief prevails in certain quarters that the council will adopt some form of the program suggested by the American delegation. It Is expected that the various forms of punishment will be taken up simulta neously with the trial of the culprits. President Wilson has ordered limit ed quarters for his personal party when he returns on the George Wash ington so that hundreds of soldiers may accompany him. Revision of the Chino-Japanese trea ties of 1915, signed after the presenta tion by Japan of her twenty-one de mands, will be asked at the peace con ference by the Chinese delegation, ac- A wireless message from Stockholm says a notatble success has been won by the Esthonian troops operating against the Bolsheviki northeast of Lake Peipus. The Sinn Fein assembly met at the mansion house in Dublin. The as sembly stood while a declaration of independence was read, announcing the establishment of an Irish repub lic and demanding the evacuation of Ireland by the British garrisons. About half the Sinn Feiners elected to membership in the British parlia ment are participating in the Irish as sembly, the other half being in vari ous English prisons charged with se dition or merely held on suspicion un der the spacious and elastic provisions of the defense of the realm act. A royalist revolution has broken out in Portugal, but it is over the pro test of ex-King Manuel, who has pub licly reproved the attempt. Washington A dispatch from Paris says: "Led by President Wilson, the supreme council of the great powers moved to unite the factions of distracted Russia and bring them into the peace con gress. The joint commission of the associated governments will be an nounced as soon as the Russian fac tions accept the proposal which was communicated to them by wireless." Gen. John J. Pershing, the American general has been called to Paris, and it is expected that he will be the mili tary member of the American repre sentatives of the joint commission. Means of enforcing prohibition after July 1 are under consideration by of ficials of the department of justice and the internal revenue bureau, but steps to create a special enforcement agency will not be taken until congress has had time to act on pending legislation giving this function to the revenue bu reau. While the peace congress is getting into action the question of President Wilson naming a fifth delegate to act on the American mission when he him self departs for home has again arisen and the names of William H. Taft and Elihu Root have been mentioned. There is no doubt in the minds of those "in the know" that President Wilson hopes to avoid the necessity of making a return trip to Europe. The war trade board announces that race has again been added to the list of restricted imports. All orders for the requisition of coal or coke have been cancelled by the fuel administration. In honor of the memory of Theodore RoosevMt, the Argentine chamber of deputies adjourned for one day. The American peace commission is depending upon its specialists in inter national law for the preparation of the American view of important ques tions raised in the agenda adopted by the peace conference at Paris. Railroads in 1918, under government control and unusual war conditions, earned about $718,000,000, or $250,000, 000 less than in 1917. Receipts from freight, passenger, express and other transportation by rail during 1918 amounted to approx mately $4,373,000,000. The war department anounces that the three famous National Guard di visions the twenty-seventh (New York), thirtieth (Wildcat), and the thirty-seventh (Buckeye) has been or dered to prepare for embarkation in France. This will require several weeks. The internal revenue bureau an nounces that it has 500 agents who can be assigned to liquor violation detection. There are now 300 partial ly engaged in running down illicit liquor distillers. So far no Bolshevik representative has put in appearance at Paris, but the other de facto Russian governments are sending men. The peace confer ence so far has recognized none of the Russian representatives. The homeward flow of American fighting units which had the opportun ity to distinguish themselves in action will soon basin. PEACE CONFERENCE IN FULL COHESION PLANS FORMULATED BY GREAT POWERS AGREED TO BY THE SMALLER NATIONS. PROGRESS ON MAIN SUBJECi Cambon Pats Little Fellows on the Back and Soon Brings Order Out of Threatened Chaos. The peace conference made a dis tinct gain when the 19 small powers gave full adhesion to the organiza tion formulated by the five great pow ers at the outset of the work of the main subjects before the members of the commission. This was largely due to the skillful direction of Jules Cambon, French delegate, who was designated by the council of th? great powers to preside over the m meeting of the small pow ers. M. Cambon, in opening the meeting took occasion to allude to the part Belgium had taken in the war. He then paid a tribute to the part played by Serbia, Rumania, Greece and the others. This dissipated any lingering shadows of disagreement and the meeting proceeded with entire har mony to designate the membership of the small powers on the commission. In the meantime the council of the great powers held two sessions dur ing the day, resulting in the forma tion of two new commissions to deal with financial subjects and the ques tion of private and maritime laws. Henry White, the American dele gate on the waterways commission, also established relations with his colleagues of that body. Thus, real progress on all the main subjects is becoming apparent as the commissions are beginning to formu late detailed projects for presentation to the conference. DEMOBILIZATION WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF TROOPS POSSIBLE Washington. Return home and de mobilization within six months of all the remaining 1,800,000 troops over seas is possible under plans worked out by the war department and laid before the senate military affairs committee by General March, chief of staff. Should the President decide upon a force of approximately 10 di visions as an army of occupation, General March said the task could be completed in less time. At the same time General March announced that plans of the war de partment contemplate the demobiliza tion within 30 days of every one of the 785,000 men in the home train ing camps except a small number re tained for "overhead duty." General March indicated that the return of a number of the veteran divisions must not be expected soon. SPRING OFFENSIVE PLANNED BY 2,000,000 BOLSHEVISTS Christiania. According to The Bergen Tidendez, an entente officer just returned from Archangel de clares the bolshevists are preparing for an offensive in the spring. They wDl try to collect an army of 2,000, 000 men, starting the offensive in south Russia. SOUTH HAS BEEN ROBBED OF MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS Washington. Representative Hef lin, of Alabama, announced in the house that he had asked the depart ment of justice to investigate the New York cotton exchange, which he charged had violated the cotton fu tures act "in driving down" the price of cotton from 27 to 24 cents a pound. "The south has been robbed of mil lions of dollars by this unjust specu lation," Mr. Heflin declared. "At a time when the world demand for cot ton is greater than ever before the price has been forced down and down." MASSACHUSETTS MILL PEOPLE ' DEMAND AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY Boston. The movement among textile workers for the inauguration of a universal eight-hour day in the industry was extended to comprise approximately one-half the mil- indus try in New England. In additon, announcement was made that other centers of the mill industry would be asked to join the movement at meetings to be held during the week. NO DECISION REACHED AS TO I SIZE OF OCCUPATION ARMY i Paris. A- The committee appointed by supreme council to consider how many allied and American troops shall be kept on the western front held a meeting and received reports concerning the situation on the Rhine and in Germany. i Progress, it is reported, waa made in clearing up the situation, but much remains to be done before the com mittee is in a position to make a final recommendation. CONFEREES OF SENATE AND HOUSE HAVE COME TO TERMS TXraaTiinorfftTi A hnsis frvr rvimnletc agreement on the war reverue Din was reached by the senate and house conferees. Senator Simmons, chair man of the senate managers, announr ed that virtually all important ques tions remaining in dispute, including the war excess profits rates, had been agreed upon. Announ cement of the conference agreement on the -war profit and other baalf dleputee wm deferred THE SENATE PASSES FOOD RELIEF BILL STARVING MILLIONS WILL BE FED THROUGH BOUNTY OF THE UNITED STATES. ALL AMENDMENTS REJECTED The Creation of This Fund is Partly Designed as One Means to Check the Spread of Bolshevism. Washington. After a week of spirited debate, the senate by a -"vote of 53 to 18, passed the administra tion bill appropriating $100,000,000 for food relief in Europe and the near-east. The fund was requested ! by President Wilson as a means of checking the westward spread of bol shevism. The measure now goes to confer ence for adjustment of minor senate , amendment, but leaders believe final i enactment will be accomplished next week. Senator Martin, of iVrginia, the Democratic leader, and Overman, of North Carolina, and Warren, of Wyoming were appointed senate con ferees. NO REPUBLIC IS WANTED BY GERMANS OF THE RHINELAND Coblenz. The results of the elec tions in the Rhineland can be sum med up in a few words. More wom en voted than men, and the triumph of the centrist party is complete. The monarchists voted with the clericals against liberal tendencies. The so cial democrats were badly beaten and the extreme radicals received little or no support. Reports of results in Germany proper Germany beyond the Rhine tell a different story. It is said at Leipsic the social democrats met with success, but as far as territory occu pied by the American, French and British is concerned there can be no doubt of the sentiment of the people. They want no political upheaval. They want no republic. MONARCHIST CAUSE GAINING MANY ADHERENTS AT LISBON London. According to dispatches from Lisbon the situation is develop ing adversely for the government. The monarchist cause is gaining many adherents in Lisbon and is rap idly extending the field of operations to the north. The monarchy having been proclaimed at Louza, Sao Thia go, Villa Doconde and Barcellos, it is feared that nothing can now avert civil war. OTHER STEAMERS ARRIVING WITH RETURNING SOLDIERS New York. The French steamer Rochambeau from Bordeaux, arrived here with more than eight hundred American officers and men, bringing the total number of arrivals during the day to more than 6,000 and the number of arriving troop ships to eight. The other ships were the bat tleships New Hampshire and Louisi ana, the transports Calamares and Goenoer, the American steamer Ac comac and General Goethals, and the French steamer Chicago. The 883 soldiers aboard included seven officers and 303 men of the 337th field artillery, 19 officers and 533 men of the 339th field artillery, 20 casual officers and one casual enlist ed man. EX-CROWN PRINCESS A VOTER IN RECENT GERMAN ELECTIONS Berlin. Ex-Crown Princess Cecilia appeared at a Potsdam polling booth Sunday with a gentleman companion who asked if she might give her vote without waiting. No one obeotjed and she entered the votnig compart ment anad afterwards handed her vot ing paper to the presiding offcier say ing aloud, "Crown Princess Cecilia, Neugarten." OMSK GOVERNMtiMT rapidly INCREASING ITS AUTHORITY Omsk. Sbeiria. The Omsk govern ment, headed by Admiral Kolchak, is rapidly increasing its authortiy both east and west of Omsk. During the last week the Omsk government was advised of the adherence to the au thority of General WDenikine, the leader of the Omsk forces west of the Urals, of General Krasnoff, the het man of the Don Cossacks and Gen eral Filmionoff, hetman of the Kuban Kossacks. TROTZKY'S CAPTURE RUMORED WHILE LEADING HIS TROOPS Stockholm. A telegram from Li bau says that Esthonai and northern Livonia are nearly freed of the bol shevist invasion. 1 Hindenburg has been taken by the Esthonian volun teers, aided by a Finnish corps. Nu merous prisoners were taken and a rumor is current that among these was Trotzky himself, who was lead ing the bolshevist forces. This is un confirmed. Libau still is threatened by the bolshevist advance. PEMBROKE JONES DIES FOLLOWING OPERATION New York. 'Pembroke Jones, a former member of the war trade board, who was prominently identi fied with rice and shiping interests in the south, died at a hospital here following an operation. He was 60 years old. Since severing his connection with the war trade board Mr. Jones was vice president of the Carolina Ship Building corporation, of Wilmington, K. C engaged in government work. WILSON AND HOUSE AMERICAN MEMBERS DELEGATIONS FROM GREATER NATIONS TO PEACE CONFER ENCE APPOINTED. SIGNS OF DIVISION APPEAR Clemenceau Fully Satisfied That The Larger the Committee is the Less Work it Accomplishes. Paris. The peace conference unanimously adopted the league of nations program. President Wilson and Colonel House are the American members of the commission thereon. The delegates of the great powers of the league of nations will be: For the United States, President Wilson and Colonel House; for Great Brit ain, Lord Robert Cecil and Gen. Jan Christian Smuts; for France, Leon Bourgeoise and Ferdinand Larnaude, dean of the faculty of the law of the University of Paris; for Italy, Pre mier Orlando and Viterio Scialoia; for Japan, Viscount Chinda and K. Ochiai. The delegates of the small nations will be announced later. The first signs of a division in the conference was when it proceeded to consider the four resolutions framed by the council of the great powers, providing for committees on labor, re sponsibility for the war, reparation for damages and ports, railways and waterways. Camille Huysmans, in behalf of Belgium, asked for two members on the committees of labor, reparation and the league of nations, and one each on the other. Siberia made a similar request. Brazil was more emphatic, declar ing against "a cut and dried pro gram." M. Venizelos said that Greece was entitled to membership on the com mittees of reparation and ports. M. Bratiano, for Rumania, and Dr. Benes, for Czecho-Slovakia, as well as the delegations representing Portu gal, China, Siam and Poland, also asked for places on the committees. M. Clemenceau finally, in a good tempered speech, said that the coun cil had not imposed its decisions, but had simply convoked the conference to consider the plan. "After 48 years of public life," he said, "I am satisfied that the larger the committee is, the less it accom plishes. BRITISH TITLE WISHED ON . GENERAL JOHN J. PERSHING New York. "The British Who's Who," a copy of the 1919 issue of which has just been received here, lists the commander in chief of the American expeditionary forces in France as "General Sir John Joseph Pershing, G. C. B." On July 17, 1918, King George awarded the grand cross of the Order of the Bath to General Pershing and in August King George during a visit to France personally gave the decora tion to him. The award of the grand cross of the Order of the Bath to a British subject automatically makes a knight of the recipient and gives him the right to prefix "Sir" to his name. The decoration given General Per shing, however, was an honorary one and it was said at the time that the American commander would not re ceive the title of "Sir" as he was not a British Subject. GR5AT NUMBER OF AMERICANS YET IN FOREIGN HOSPITALS Washington. An official report from General Pershing, made public by the war department, shows that on January 9 there were 105,753 men of the American army in hospitals in France and England of whom 72,642 were suffering from disease and 33, 111 from wounds or other injuries. The report said that the number of hospital cases is steadily decrea sing, there having been a reduction of more than 15,000' since the previous week. AID IS EXPECTED TO BE GIVEN BY GERMAN SHIPS New York. German ships allotted to the United States for the transpor tation of troops aggregate a total of 50,000 tons, including4 the giant Hamburg-American liner, Imperator, it. was authoritatively learned. Great Britain also will receive 540, 000 tons, the total representing vir tually all the tonnage held in German parts during the war. The United States, it is understood, however, will receive the larger vessels. POPE BENEDICT HAS MADE REQUEST FOR INTERVENTION Paris. Pope Benedict has request ed intervention by Monsignor Ratti, papal delegate at Warsaw, Archbish op Biloeszki f Posen and Archbshiop Szeppyoki, of Lemberg, to end the conflict between the Ukrainian and Polish troops. It is said that General Petlura, head of the peasant army of the Ukraine, will send a subsidiary of 1,000,000 rubles to the Ukrainian troops fighting the Poles in Galicia. ROYALIST MOVEMENT IS STAMPED OUT IN LISBON Lisbon. The royalist movement in the north which was restricted to Oporto and Braga is now being put down by the concentration of republi can troops. The movement has been completely stamped out in Lisbon, where some infantry, cavalry and ar tillery occupied the two forts of Mon santo Hill and Duque and hoisted the royalist flag. These forcea surrendered alter a prolonged bombardment POWERS RECOGNIZE RO OLUTON jgOVES MADF. BY GREAT POWERS TO UNITE THE FACTIONS OF DISTRACTED COUNTRY. PERSHING MILIARY MEMBER First Time United States Haa Taken Direction in Concert of Powers on This Most Serious Question. Paris. Led by President Wilson, the supreme council of the great pow-r ers moved to unite the factions of dis tracted Russia and bring them into the peace congress. They unanimously adopted a prop osition brought forward by President Wilson asking 'all the Russian fac tions, including the bolshevists, to meet the allied and associated gov ernments at Prince's islands in the sea of Marmora on February 15, the contending factions meantime declare a truce and suspending all military operations. General John J. Pershing, the Am erican commander in chief, has been called to Paris, and it is expected that he will be the military member of the American representatives of the joint commission. Aside from the importance of the conclusions reached, it was especially notble as being the first time that the voice of the United States had taken the direction in the concert of Euro pean powers on the most serious Eu ropean question now presented. OUTBREAKS AND OUTRAGES INCREASING IN IRELAND. Dublin. The Sinn Fein parliament provided only a one-day sensation. Its members held a brief meeting at the mansion house, but behind closed doors. Afterward Count Plunkett told reporters a statement of the busi ness transacted would be furnished to the pyess later. A group of a hundred young men gathered outside during the secret session, bat there was no excitement. The public was far from interested in the r.iurder of two policemen in Tip perary at the time the parliament was meeting. This is taken to signify the beginning of a new period of terror ism, which veteran, Irish politics ex pect will include other assassinations and attempt to destroy government property. The extremists are exceedingly anxious to get explosives. Two po licemen were guarding a cartload of I gelignite which was being taken to a mine when they were surrounded by masked men. The policemen were shot dead and the explosives carried off. RENEWED AND MORE ACTIVE PERIOD OF POLISH UNREST. Paris. The fresh and more active period of unrest in Portugal, antici President Paes, the only strong man in the country, has begun. It has taken the form of a monarchist move ment which for the moment seems completely to have got the upper hand in Oporto, where Paiva Conceiro has proclaimed Manuel king amid great popular enthusiasm. According to telegrams received from the government of Ponteeved, the monarchist revolt was also crown ed with success in Lisbon also. AN AUSTRIAN ORDER FOUND COMMANDS BOSNIAN MURDERS. Serajevo, Bosnia. When the Aus-tro-Hungarian general sfaff was about to withdraw from Serajevo all im portant papers were put on a railway car and the remainder burned. The Bosnian national committee succeed ed, in the general confusion, in seiz ing the documents that had been re moved, among which was found a sec ret dispatch from Vienna ordering the massacre of the population, regard less of age or sex, should the Austro Hungarian army be obliged to avacu ate the country. . DEPENDING ON SPECIALISTS FOR PREPARATION OF VIEWS. Paris. The American peace com mission is depending upon tis special ists in international law for the prep aration of the American view of im- j portant questoins raised in the agenda adopted by the peace conference. These are, first, responsibility for the war, and, second, the framing of a policy for internatoinal cooperation in legislation directed toward the in terests of labor. Wide differences exist at present. NUCLEUS FOR INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF TRADES UNIONS. London. An adjourned conference of leaders of British labor with Sam uel Gompers and other American labor delegates in England has reach ed an agreement to form a nucleus for an international trades union con gress. A committee of five will be appointed to represent British labor and to aid in organizing it Mr. Comp ers will confer with the British com mittee in the next few days to formu late plans for the congress. MAJOR NATIONS MISSION TO LOOK INTO POLISH AFFAIRS. Paris. The supreme council of the peace conference took up the Polish question when it assembled. Marshal Foch, the allied commander-in-chief, was present and was consulted on the subjectj. The discussion resulted in a decis ion by the council .to send at once to Poland a mission comprising eight delegates, one military and one civil, from each of the United States, Great Britain, France and Italy, BRONZE TABLET FOR BATH Oldest Town in State to Commemo rate Its History by Erection of Tablet of Enduring Bronze. Raleigh. The bronze tablet to bf erected at Bath, t&e oldest town in North Carolina, to commemorate its htistory for future generations, has been received in Radedgh before ship ment to Bath. It is now on exhibition in one of the windows of Mahler Sona. It te being erected by the North Car olina Historical Commission and board of commissioners of Beaufort county. A brief hiis'ory of this amdent town is emblazoned in large letters on the tabKet. It is as follows: "Bath, originaHy the Indian town of Pampta'cough. was settled by white men about 1690 and incorporated in 1705. It is the oldest town in North Carolina. Its first commissioners were Jbtin Lawson, Joe Martin and Simon Alder son. Here was founded in 1700 the first public library in the colony. St. Thomas' church, built in 1734, is the oldest church in the State. The General Assembly met in Both to 1774 and 1752." Tobacco Market to Close. Kinston. The tobacco market here wi5!l be closed for the season February 14. The season's totals of pounds will pass the 24,000,000 mark, and the mon etary value will be around $10,000,000, a sum several times as large as that for any pre-war season. The local market was congested at tames dur ing the first months of the season, and restrictions were imposed by the board of trade. Attacked by Pet Hog. Ashevi'He. Attacked by a pet hog, one hand chewed off and the other lacerated and finally dragged into the yard by the hog, was the fate of an infant chfld of Mr. and Mrs. Will Brlrdigeiman, living between Tryon and Land rum. according to a special des patch received here. The. mother had left the cSiPM in the house and hear ing it scream, rushed back, only to find ft lyinig in the yard where t bad been dragged by the hog. Popular in Mecklenburg. Charlotte. The sixth block of the Mecklenburg Co-operative Jersey Breeders' Association was organized by County Demonstration Agent Chae. E. Mflter at Matthews, a full member ship being taken by the farmers of ; that townsMp. "That interest is keen in the forma tion of the association in the county," said Mr. Miller, "is proven by the fact that, when I went to Paw Creek for the purpose of taking orders for nitrate, the farmers of that place re quested that a Jersey Mock be organ ized there, and before wight I had enough members In Paw Creek to add another block tq the organization." Traveling Bar Rooms. SnUisbury. A traveling bar room struck town and was evidently pre paring to do a good business when federal officers were put next and soon bad the stock in trade locked up in the federal buiMing. One C. W. Job son, of Baltimore, who was caught with the goods, was bound over to court by U. S. GammisisConer Ray and, being unable to give bond, is being held in JailL Jobson and two com panions arrived on the through train from the north with eight suit cases. Five of the suitcases, which were reg ular grips, were handled toy a hotel per tier, but three, which were fitted up With compartments each of which held a pint of whiskey, were handled by the traveling men personally. In the e'ght grips the (..officers found something like 30 quarts. Plan to Meet the 30th. LeooiT. A number of Caldwell county men are planning to go to Charleston. S P., as a reception com mittee from this county to meet the 30th division when it arrives. Bat tery E, 113th Field ArtiUery, of that drvJston, Is made up almost, wholly of CaHweH county boys. The battery was recruited here early in the sum mer of 1917 and trained at Gamp Se vier. The battery made an enviable record when the Americans made their first drive 1 the St. MihSel sa lient. L Citizens to Co-Operate. ; .. Salisbury. The Rowan county board of health decided not to issue a closing order on account 'Of .trie influ enza situation. Instead of closing up business and preventing gatherings, the board, it is understood, will issue an earnest appeal to physicians and citizens to co-operate in making suc cessful the present house quarantine which is admitted to have been a fail ure for lack of co-operation. The board's meeting was secret and it was decided to issue an official commu nique. Cotton - May Go Lower. Wilmington.-W. H. Sprunt, of Alexander Sprunt & Son, cotton ex porters, does not look for high prices in cotton during this season, and in fact wouldn't be surprised to see low er prices than now obtain, though he does not believe they will go below 20 cents. Bo(h , jiomastci manufac turers and foreign demand are slug gish. War coalitions still obtain in Europe and wffile the world is ter ribly short. Mr. Sprunt foresees small activity in overseas shipment until after peace is declared. To Work None Under 14 Year. Durham. Notwithstanding the fact that the laws of the state allow the working of children only 13 years of age, and there is as yet no federal law governing the age limit, the Dur ham Hosiery Mills has taken a for ward step in regard to the age ques tion. The workine of children under 14 years of age is positively prohib Beginning w . u January 1 no child who is unable to give documentary evidence that his age is at leant 14 ti allowed to work INFLUENZA BAD III FRANKLIN COUNTY POSTPONEMENT OF COURT IS' MADE NECESSARY BY RAPID SPREAD OF DISEASE. I FEW DEATHS BUT MANY SICK In Several Houses Every Member of the Family Has Been Stricken; Only Two Cases at College. Lou is burg. There has been no court in Franklin county this week o naccount of the influenza epidemic, which is rapidly spreading again all over the county. All schools have been closed for an indefinite period. At no time since the disease first appeared has there been as many cases in Lou isburg, and while there have been comparatively few deaths in the town, many are very ill, and in several homes every member of the family has been stricken. At Louisburg Col lege only two cases have developed. Six Bison for National Park. Asheville. Escorted by Martin S. Garretson. of the. American Bison so ciety, six bison, the gift of Austin Cor bin to western North Carolina, arriv ed and were turned loose in the Pis gah National park. The bison are from the famous herd in the Blue Mountains of New Hampshire. All the buffaloes are unusually ylarge, fine specimens, and are expected to be quite an addition to the attractions of the park. There is already a herd of elk at large in the park, and the idea is to stock it once more with big game. This country was once a favorite stamping ground for buffaloes and elk,- it is explained, and with proper care, may again attain this dis tinction, ' Another Plan of Government. Greensboro. The chamber of com merce committee to Work for the managerial plan of government for Greensboro has been increased to 100 members, and the first" meeting of the enlarged committee has been held. Within the next day or two it is ex pected that the petition signed by 25 per cent of the qualified voters of the city will be with the board of elec tions, and it will be the duty of that board within five days of receipt of that petition to order an election in the city for the voters to determine whether or not they will retain the present commission form of govern ment or adopt the - council-manager plan. The latter method is unani mously recommended by the cham ber of commerce committee. Sentiment has not developed yet upon the question sufficiently for one to make any intelligent prediction as to the outcome. The attitude of the citizens generally seems to be that the new plan is better, but at the same time citizens are open-minded and are willing to be convinced. Again Serious at Hamlet. Hamlet. The influenza situatian has again reached a serious condition in Hamlet. There are many sick. There have been a number of deaths, among them Miss Mary Louise Cul breth, one of the faculty of the grad ed schools. Her death occurred on Monday morning at the Hamlet hos pital, and has cast a gloom over the entire town. She has been teaching in the Hamlet schools two years, and made her home while in Hamlet with Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Nash. She came to Hamlet from Parkton. New Corporation. Raleigh. Certificates of incorpora tion were filed in the office of the secretary of state for (he following concerns to do business in North Car olina: Spencer Lumber Company ,of Gas tonia, with $300,000 authorized capital and $80,000 subscribed. Kincaid Swain Furniture Company, of Asheville, with $25,000 authorized capital and $6,000 subscribed. Charters of the Linn Mills Co.. of Landis was amended to increase the capital stock to $250,000 with privi lege of going to $500,000. Young on Trail. Asheville. Following the failure of regular army men to round up Geo. Crawley, army deserter and al leged murderer, S. Glenn Young, fa mous for his ability to track down de serters, has been ordered to take the trail of Crawley and his two com panions, Decatur Crawley and Plane Stewart, who are supposed to be hid ing in the mountains near Murphy. Mr. Young, who has rounded up 50 deserters here recently, will take the trail of the Georgia outlaws in his own way. Female Fire Brigade. Boone. There was a near fire at the Appalachian Training school in the old Academy building. By some means a spark got to the roof and when discovered a blaze had started in the garret. Fortunately the young ladies were at their domestic science class, and when informed of the fire they all came with various vessels of water, and the few boys who were available did their part well, and thus by the aid of the heroic girls the fire was extinguished before any serious damage was done. Highway Is Again Open. Asheville. After being closed for a period of three month.3 the Ashevlile Charlotte highway is again open to travel, the small iron bridge at Uree, between Bat Cave nd Rutherfordton having finally been replaced. The bridge was washed away several months ago, and the county is held responsible by roadbuilders here for the delay in construction. The bridge could have been put in , a,, week, .after it was washed away, it ' was pointed out, bad the authorities gone prompt kr to worV
The Chatham Record (Pittsboro, N.C.)
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Jan. 30, 1919, edition 1
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