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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. FEBRUARY 20, 1919
VOL. XL NO. 29.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
HE NEWS JIFJfHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South,
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph
Domestic
A decision which is expected to end
;he strike of eastern textile workers
was given by the war labor board
when a temporary working basis of an J
pight and a half hour .day and a five I
day week was announced in Chicago. I
Fire driven by a wind almost reach-1
Ing the proportions of a gale, swept I
Hutchinson Island, the site of the Sea-1
board Air Lane terminals, at Savan-1
nah, resulting in a loss of three mil-
lion dollars. No loss ot nie is re- a general insurrection Is in prog
ported. I ress throughout Roumania. according
The state-wide prohibition law has
been held unconstitutional by the court
of criminal appeals and constitutional
by the court or civil appeals, two nign the royal family. Working men block
Texas courts of equal jurisdiction. ed the roadway from the royal palace
J. S. Swartz, cashier of the Park
bank, Pittsburg, Pa., is being closely
guarded m a hospital. When he re-
f Cr - ' 1 211 1 I
covers sumcienuy lie win laseu
before an alderman to face charges
preferred by the bank officials of per-
jury, fraudulent entry and embezzle-
ment of $250,000.
Final legislative action on the war
revenue bill at Washington levying
six billions in taxes this year and four
billions yearly thereafter until revised
has been taken by the senate without
a record vote. After the bill is signed
by the president of the senate, and
the speaker of the house it will be
sent to the white house for the ap
proval of the president.
At a meeting of the South Carolina
farmers at Columbia, the capital, ev
ery farm organization in the state was
represented, and the South Carolina
Cotton Association was formed. A res
olution modeled after the Liberty Loan
drives to secure the reduction of 33
per cent in cotton acreage was passed,
The governor of South Carolina has
been asked to designate Washington's
birthday, February 22, as "reduction
in cotton pledge day.
Major General Enoch Crowder has
been appointed and confirmed to suc
ceed himself as judge advocate gen
eral of the army for another terra of
four years
Visibly ill at ease, George and Deca-
tur Crawley and Blaine .Stewart, the
three remaining members of the Un-
ion county gang charged with the mur-
Her of United States HeDtuv Marshal
Ben F. Dixon, near Blarsville. Ga.,
arrived in Atlanta, Ga.. recently.
Secretary of the Treasury Glass has
skPd rnrpss to increase the amount
f T.iwtv RnnHR authorized hut nnis-
i!Pii to annrovimatelv ten billion dot
lars and to give him" broad powers to
riotomiinp thP intPrPRt rate and other
terms of the Victory Liberty Loan, to
floats latA in Anril He also asks
permission not more than ten billion
dollars of treasury notes, maturing
within five years, and asks that the
war finance corporation be authorized
for one vear after the declaration of
peace to make commercial loans on
exports, to facilitate foreign trade.
It is announced that the Susan B.
Anthony constitutional amendment
will be re-submitted to the Sixty-sixth
congress, and.it is freely predicted that
It will pass, as s.outnern senators win
not then hold the balance of power.
European
Rioters in the streets, of Bucharest,
Roumania, are openly demanding the
overthrow of the dynasty, crying
"Down with the puppets! Long live
the republic!
The Havas' (Paris) agency gives out
a statement by Viscount 'Chinda, the
Japanese ambassador io Great Brit-1
ain, who is now representing his coun-1
Iry at the peace conference, declaring
the reports to be untrue on China to
restrain the action of the Chinese del
egates to the conference.
President Wilson is to sail from
Brest for New York, February 16, ac-
coramg to inionnauon giveu wul vj
the London papers. Evidence or fres
meni Wilsons imenuuu l
don the peace conference upon the rat-
ification of the society of nations plan
was found in the disclosure that he
plans to return from Washington to
Paris by March 1$.
ru , .cWv haa
LrtPd Priedrich Ebert president of
.-.h, o na of 277 out
u xvdr. thA ioh
lie WLVU j i
, - I
Count von Pdsaddwsy-Wehner receiv-
- ' . .
ed 49 votes. Tne annual salary oi
Mf-r normn state will
iwed to one million marks. The
.president will reside in Berlin.
The food and economic, situation in
Roumania is- rapidly growing worse,
and the country's finances are com
pletely demoralized.
ICIng George opened parliament In
semi-state. Much of the usual cere-
monial was dispensed with because the
court ia in mourning for Prince John,
The king, in his address, insisted on
the stamping out of all abuses. He
said a new era had dawned with allied
vwn onH tht th- nnni. demanded
hotter crwiai nrrfir- tK Qtamnin? out
of poverty as a crime ad the improve-
motit nf th mi hit r. health.
Administration leaders in the house
wnn thPir fi-rht for a declaration bv
rnntrrPKK of a nolicr of national ex-
pansion unless limitation of world arm-
anient is agreed upon at the peace con-
ference
Three thousand three hundred and
eWt.,o TTUor1 Ct-itoe snlrliprs are
niAijr-iivc wuivv.
.
buried at .Brest, rance, accoraing to
an official report made by the Ameri-
can expeditionary forces at that place.
The figures include the men who died
after being taken ashore at Brest from
transports before October, the month
vd wiueo influenza was at ltg nightest,
Baron NobuakI Maklno, hos:l of the
Japanese delegation at t'us peace con
ference, has been instructed to dis
close all the unpublished treaties be
tween China and Japan.
Th Chinese delegation to the peace
conference has been advised that there
have been many interpellations in the
Chinese parliament from members rep
resenting both the northern and south
ern provinces, demanding fuller infor
mation concerning Japanese and Chi
nese relations, as laid before the con
ference.
The Chinese delegates say they are
ready to submit all secret agreements
with Japan to the council of the five
great powers.
'The agreement by the commission
on international labor legislation of
the peace conference to accept Arti
cle IV of the British draft of the
measures to settle the future status
of international labor, marks the pass-
ing over safely of an obstacle which
the labor leaders expected ' would pro-
voke a bitter contest. This article pro-
vides that at the proposed internation
al labor conference the representa-
tives of the government, the employ-
ers and working people shall be enti
tied to speak and vote independently.
to a dispatch from Vienna. King Fer-
dinand has been wounded slightly in
attempting to flee from Bucharest with
wen the royal family attempted to
flee to Jassy and the king and his fam-
ny were forced to return
Italian troons and hankers have he-
gun rem0ving from a bank in Vienna
and securities valued at one bil-
u fl ve hundred million It ronen. which
had originally belonged to the city of
Trieste.
Some of the accepted stories of the
happenings of the momentous days
just prior to the war, it is understood.
are shattered in a book based on of
ficial documents and personal notes of
diplomats and officials. The Potsdam
conference of July 5, 1914, according
to the book, was not what has been
generally accepted. The meeting took
place.- Emperor "William and. the Ger
man imperial staff were present, and
Germany then definitely decided for
war.
The British import restriction con
trol board has modified the proposed
embargo on American products, which
wl11 oe remipuwu uu me nrsi ui iviari
to allow the importation of American
doois ano snoes to tne extern oi za
per cent of the number imported in
1913
Washington
A Paris dispatch says: The exeeu
tive council of the proposed league of
nations, as outlined in the covenant
reaa Dy i-resiaent vviison, win consist
i representatives oi me umiea auii.es,
Great Britain. France, Italy and Ja-
a". w"" v"
our other states- The council shall
meet as often as is necessary, but at
least once a year at whatever place
may be designated. Any matter with-
in the sphere of action of the league
or affecting the. peace of the world
will De aean wmi. x ue presmem ui
the United States shall summon the
first meeting of the body of the dele-
I , -m . i j- ;i rrT
gates ano tne executive council. xUe
leagu? will have a secretary under the
direction of a secretary general, who
shall appoint the other members. The
secretary general snan aci m iui
pacity at all meetings.
President Wilson has accepted the
resignation of WTilliam Graves Sharpe
as ambassador to France to take ef-
fect as soon as his successor quali
nes
t , President Mar-
shall breaking the tie, the senate de
feated a motion by Senator Johnson
(Rep.) of California, to proceed with
his resolution proposing an expression
bv the senate for the withdraw of
tne American troops iruiu nuia
The government loss is given out
as $202,135,602 as a result of the first
year of federal operation of the rail
roads. The operating expenses were
very much heavier, but the service and
rolling stock greatly improved.
a "cablegram from the headquarters
of the American expeditionary forces
in France gave the total casualties in
American forces in Siberia up to Feb
ruary 9. as ten officers and 314 men
kiled- aied Gf wounds and disease,
wounded and missing in action.
mmeniieH hv Sec
Daniel3 for gallantry displayed
when the ship was torpedoed by an en
emy submarine September 5 last.
Anthony Caminetti, commissioner of
immigration, says that reports of pros
pective wholesale deportation of aliens
are "uniustitieu. umy aouui six iuuu
isand win De ueponeu
... ,
. i . x 4-V. . -mmm wm n nil hal.
' ine totai cost oi iu
lLonnti inoiiiiliTiP-thf central Dowers.
U6. -- ,
is placed at one hundred and ninety
three billion dollars by Secretary Ba-
ker.
Secretary Baker says that had the
war gone into the fifth year, the cost
would have been twice as much as the
total cost of the four years, due to new
inventions both by the allies and by
the enemy.
A temporary milittary establish
ment Df 28,579 officers and 509,909 en
I listed men is provided for in the an
nual army appropriation bill reported
to the house Dy me mmuuy "'".
tee. The measure carries a toiui
$1,117,289,400. The committee said an
armv of the size recommended would
be necesssary "dring the period of
demobilization. '
A program embodying inclusion m
the league of nations of a special body
to deal with international agricultural
questions was adopted at the closing
sessions of the semi-annual conference
at Washington or tne wauonai noara
of Farm Orgaaizations.
I t now Tnilitnrv hill nasses con-
I . it c '
I -in . nr. mnro rliatinft.
i eress. tucic wm
- !Ma strines or stripes for
service at home, but the increase of
War nay for enlisted men will be con
I tinued and promotion of officers and
I men recommended for such before the
I 6igning of the armistice will be concur
r4(f jB,
GERMANY ACCEPTS
NEW GONDIIIOIIS
AVERTS WHAT THREATENED TO
BE SERIOUS SITUATION FOR
ALL PARTIES CONCERNED.
NEW TERMS ARE WITHHELD
More Important Results are Expect
ed to Take Form Sh-rtly When
Foch Returns to Treves,
Paris.. Marshal Foch informed the
supreme council of the acceptance by
the Germans of the conditions for a
renewal of the armistice.
Marshal Foch appeared in person
before the council of the great pow
ers and announced the acceptance and
the signing by the Germans of the
new conditions of the armistice.
This averts what promised to be
rather critical situation, as it had
been reDorted that the Germans
might persist in carrying oft t heir in
timations of a refusal to sign.
The new terms, while still withheld.
are understood to restrict German
operations against Poland within cer
tain fixed lines, thus removing the
danger of a military clash, and at
the same time opening access between
the interior of Poland and the Baltic
sea.
But more important repults will
take form shortly when Marshal Foch
returns to Treves for submission of
the details of the disarmament and
demobilization of the German forces
which are be.ing formulated by the
military, naval and economic dvis
ers of Foch. These are of a nature
amounting in fact to a preliminary
peace agreement.
BLOODIEST MASSACRE WOULD
FOLLOW REMOVAL OF TROOPS
Washington. Roger E. Simmons,
who recently returned from a mission
to Russia for the bureau of com
merce, told the senate committee in
vestigating lawless agitation in this
country that if the American and al
lied forces were withdrawn from
northern Russia the bolsheviks would
engage in one of the bloodiest mas
sacres the world had ever seen.
The witness said he was surprised
at the " demands made for the with
drawal of the American forces and
told the commtitee every time the
American and allied soldiers had
found it necessary to give up ground
in northern Russia, the bolsheviki had
swept in and inaugurated an orgy of
murder of peaceful citizens. He said
that, before leavnig Archangel last
November 3, he had found that the
American troops were well supplied
and had performed great acts of hero
ism.
PROTECT WILLIAM II IS NEW
CRY LAUNCHED AT WEIMAR
Weimar. "Protect William the
Second," is the new cry launched in
Weimar as the rallying cry of the
Germans and a new attempt to re
vise the national feeling. A league,
described as the "league of German
men and women for the protection
of the prsonal liberty and life of Wil
liam the Second," has been formed
and issued its first appeal as a big
advertisement in a leading Weimr
paper.
The paper is a warm supporter of
Ihe new government.
The new cry appears to be another
move along the same lines as "Out
with our prisoners," which the gov
ernment has adopted. The proclama
tion is not worthy, as it admits that
Prince Henry was asked to become a
patron of the league.
SERIOUS DISTURBANCES
ARE REPORTED IN SPAIN
London. Reports of serious disturb
ances have been received from Spain
A hostile demonstration occurred in
Granada as a protest against the ac
tivitv of government political agents
there. Dispatches from Portugal say
that monarchist efforts of Portugal
tnally have collapsed.
TWO NOTES ARE HANDED
TO FOCH BY ERZBERGER
Paris. Two notes were handed to
Marshal Foch by Mathias Erzberger
xrhen the renewal of the armistice was
taken up at Treves. One note con
cerned the employment of the German
mercantile marine for various pur
poses, while the other was longer and
contained several requests including
the release of German prisoners and
maintenance of economic intercourse
between Germany and occupied fer
etories. PORTRAIT OF WILSON TO
BE PAINTED BY ORPHEN
Paris. The : peace conference por
trait of President Wilson is is to be
painted by Sir William Orphen. the
British painter. The President is un
derstood to have promised to give Sir
William a sitting as soon as he returns
from the United States. Col. E. M.
House also is to be painted by Sir
Willaim.
The official picture of the peace con
ference which Sir William is painting
is progressing well.
SUBMARINE TAKES WRECKED
MRPLANE MOTOR ABOARD
Wilmington. The 12-cylinder Liber
ty motor of he hydroplane wrecked
off Wrightsville beach several months
ago and which was later washed
ashore on Figure Eight beach and re
moved to Buena Vista farm, nearby
has been taken aboard submarine
chaser 198 and will be turned over to
the factory to be worked over. The
engine, said to have cost $10,000. was
half buried in tbe sand when it wm
COUNCIL ADOPTS
DRAFT OF LEAGOE
THE COMPLETED DRAFT READ
BY PRESIDENT WILSON IN
PLENARY SESSION.
ADOPTION DPAWS HUN FANOS
Great Triumph for the President In
the Virtual Adoption of All of
His Fourteen Points.
The following is a synopsis of the
adopted draft of the League of Na
tions read by Presdent Wilson ia Ple
nary session of the Peace Conference
at Paris. The full text of the docu
ment is voluminous and very interest
ing, but the matter given below covers
practically every item of importance
in the completed instrument:
Paris. The executive council of the
proposed League of Nations, as out
lined in the covenant read hy Presi
dent Wilson will consist of representa
tives of the United State, Gre-t Brit
ain, France, Italy, and Japan, togeth
er with representatives of four other
states.
The council shall meet as often ls
is necessary but at least once a year
at whatever place may be designnted.
Any matter within the sphere of ac
tion of the league or affecting the
world will be dealt with.
The President of the United States
shall summon the first meeting of the
body of the delegates and the execu
tive council.
The league will have a secretarist
under the direction of a secretary-
general, who shall appoint the other
members. The secretary-general shall
act in that capacity at all meetings.
The representatives of the high
contracting parties and the officials of
the league shall have diplomatic privi
leges and immunity. The building oc
cupied by the league or its officials
shall enjoy extra-territorial benefits.
The admission of states not signa
tory to the covenant shall be with the
assent of not less than two-thirds of
the states represented in the body of
delegates and shall be limited to fully
self-governing countries.
No state shall be admitted unless It
gives effective guarantees to observe
international obligations and unless it
shall conform to conditions prescribed
by the league in regard to its naval
and military forces and armament.
The high contracting parties under
take to respect and preserve the
territorial inteerity and political in
dependence of all states members of
the league against external aggres
sion. In case of any such aggression
or any threat of danger of such ag
sression the executive council shall
advise upon the means by which the
obligations of the members shall be
fulfilled.
Th ft hiirh contractine parties re
serve the right to take any action to
safeguard the peace of nations in the
case of war or threat of war. In the
case of disputes arising between them
which diplomacy cannot adjust, the
high contracting parties will not re
nrt to war without submitting to
arbitration or to an inquiry by the
executive council and until three
months' after action by the arbitrators
or the executive council.
The executive council shall formu
late plans for the establishment of a
permanent court of international jus
tice.
Concerning armaments, the cove
nant says that the maintenance of
peace will require the reduction of
national armaments to the lowest
point consistent with national safety
and the enforcement of internation
al obligations by common action, the
geographical situations and circum
stances of the various states being
taken into account.
The executive council shall fix the
extent of armaments and these shall
not be exceeded without the permis
sion of the council.
It is agreed that the private manu
facturers of munitions and Imple
ments of war "lends itself to grave
objections." Tbe executive council is
directed to give advice on the state
ment of this evil.
The contracting parties undertake
not to conceal their ability to pro
duce munitions and armaments and
agree on a full interchange of infor-
mtion as to military and naval pro
grams.
PRESIDENT HOMEWARD BOUND
ON THE GEORGE WASHINGTON
Paris. President Wilson and party
are now homeward bound on the
steamer George Washington, the same
ressel on which he made the outward
rovage. His departure was without
peculiar incident.
PRESIDENT SAYS THAT ALL
HAVE IDENTICAL THOUGHT
Paris. President Wilson, in ad
dressing a delegation from the French
nccnfin Hon for a society of nations
said: "I appreciate very deeply what
has been said and I take it
that the kind suggestion is that some
time after my return we shall ar
a nnblic meeting at which, I
am quite confident, we may celebrate
the completion of the work, at
any rate up to a certain very far ad
vanced stae.
BERNSTORFF WILL NOT ATTEND
CONFERENCE AS A DELEGATE
Weimar. Count von Bernstorff will
not go to the peace conference as a
German delegate; Germany plans a
neonle's army on the basis of general
conscription; Germany will announce
within a few days her intention to
rprrv nut comnlete disarmament and
demobilization and a commission
made up of the center, democratic and
ru-ialist narties is now discussing de
tails of the new governmental prog
resa.
CAN'T PUT T
INGE
NTERNATIONAL ARMY SOUGHT,
NOT FOR PURPOSES OF WAR
BUT TO PRESERVE PEACE.
TAKES WORD FOR NOTHING
Lust for Power and Dominion Will
Return to Huns as Soon as Strength
Has Been Recovered.
Paris. "There has never been any
disagreement on the fundamental prin
ciples of a league of nations between
the French delegates or other "pow
ers," sadi Professor Ferdinand Lar
nadue, dean of the Paris law faculty
and one of the French delegates on
the league of nations commsision. .
"We do not seek an international
army for the purpose of making war,
but for the purpose of preventing it.
"Further disturbances i f the
world's peace will come from Ger
many alone. German's unsatisfied
greedy appetite, her lust for power
and domination, will return as soon
as she feels strong enough to renew
her aggressions. Inasmuch as Ger
many ome day will be admitted to
the league of nations, what Mr.
Bourgeois and myself objected to was
the necessity . of being placed in the
position of taking Germanys' word
for anything. The German people
have not progressed along the lines
of sincerity."
INTER-ALLIED FINANCIAL
ALLIANCE IS ADVOCATED
Paris. An inter-allied financial al
liance is strongly advocated by Ed
Mund Therry. the French economist.
in The Figaro. It should take the
form of a special organization, he
says, to receive for joint account all
sums paid by Germany, Austria-Hun
gary, Bulgaria and Turkey, which it
would transform into liquidation
bonds "to be distributed among the
allies.
Mr. Therry points out that after the
signing of peace the richest entente
nations will seek to improve their
monetary situation and consolidate
their financial situation as rapidly as
possible on a gold basis. Such con
solidation would augment the diffi
culties of the less favored allies in
converting to gold, sterling dollars or
francs, the claims they recover from
the enemy, on which they count to
pay the debts they have contracted.
either with the wealthier allies or with
neutrals.
MANY MORE TROOPS RETURN,
GENERAL DAVIS COMMANDING
New York. The United States
cruiser Huntington and the trans
ports Matsonia and Louisville have
docked here .debarking 7.101 officers
and enlisted men of the American ex
peditonary force. The steamers Dan
te Alighieri with 1.88 officers and
men abcard and the Sixaola with 47,
reported off the coast by wireless.
WAR-TIME REGULAITONS OF
COAL WILL CEASE MARCH 1
Washington. The last of the war
time coal regulations of the fuel ad
ministration still in force will be sua
pended March 1, if the present com
paratively mild weather continues,
said an announcement by Fuel Ad
ministrator Garfield. These prohibit
the shipment of coal for reconsign
ment and require all shippers of coal
moving to tidewater at New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and Hampton
Roads to consign such shipments to
the Tidewater coal exchange.
FEDERAL AID FOR ROADS IN
NORTH CAROLINA, $374,000
Washington. Under the federal aid
act, 32 good road projects have been
approved by the Washington govern
ment for North Carolina. The total
mileage Is 437.66 and the estimated
cost $1,112,580.95. The federal aid is
to be $374,000. One of these projects
has been completed. The mileage
completed amounts to but 8.01.
FOUNDATION O.F LEAGUE
PLEASES ITALIAN PRESS
Rome. The whole Italian press
greets with joy and satisfaction the
announcement of the foundation of
the league of nations, and praises
Presdent Wilson for the evidence he
has shown in settling a concrete basis
for the league before leaving America
All declare that the war has not been
in vain if there arises from it a so
ciety which will forever prevent a re
currence of such a conflict.
HUGH C. WALLACE NAMED
AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE
On Board the U. S. S. George Wash
ington.; Presdient Wilson has nomi
nated Hugh C Wallace, of Tacoma,
nmhasaador to France to fill the va
oanrv ransed bv the resgnation of
William Graves Sharp.
This was the first official act of the
President on his homeward journey.
The President also despatched tele
grams arranging for brief ceremonies
in connection with the speech which
he expects to make at Boston Feb. 24
LARGE PARTY SAILS TO AID
THE DESTITUTE IN HOLY LAND
New York. Sailing as an "argosy
f life and hone" to the 4.000.000 des
titute people of the Holy Land and
nthpr reerions of the near east, the
steamship Leviathan left this port for
France with the largest contingent oi
misionaries, doctors and relief work
ers ever sent overseas at one time on
aiifth n mission.
Tha nnrtv romorislne 250 members
chiefly women, has been preceded b)
equipment for 15 not pitan.
RMANYSWQRD
fACE HOST, THEN
L LEAGUE
PRELIMINARY TREATY SHOULD
BE INITIATED AND SUBMIT
TED TO THE PEOPLES.
ARE WE "SCOOPING THE POOL"
Premier's Promise of Indemnities to
Be Kept By Conference, or vsome
One Has Sold the Pass."
London. The view that the terms
of peace with Germany should be set
tled before the organization of a so
ciety of nations is dealt with was ex
pressed in the house of commons by
Horatio W. Bottomley.
The preliminary treaty, he said,
should be initiated and then submit
ted to the peoples of each country.
Mr. Bottomley said he was not sure
that if that were done, President Wil
son would find that he spoke with
such absolute authority for the Unit
ed States. He said he supposed that
In any case President Wilson on his
return to America would find Amer
ican idealism taking a very practical
form in securing food contracts
throughout the world and "scooping
the pool while we are talking about
a league of nations."
If there had been no disagreement
at the peace conference as bad been
said in the king's speech, "r. Bottom
ley added, then the question of the
freedom of the seas had gone, the do
minions were to be supreme regard
ing the German colonies and the
premier's promise as to indemnities
were to be carried out, or "some one
has sold the pass."
ANARCHIST REGIME VIVIDLY
DESCRIBED BY REV. SIMONS.
Washineton. The bolshevik re
gime in Russia was described by Rev.
G. A. Simons, in testimony before the
senate committee investigating law
less agitation in the United States, as
a minority military dictatorship sup
ported by terrorism. Dr. Simons, wno
for many years has been head of the
Methodist Episcopal church in Russia,
said most of the bolshevik leaders
were Jews, many from the Eastside
of New York, and that they had set
aside laree sums for the spread oi
their doctrine in all the countries of
the world. I. W. W. movement in this
country, which the committee has in
cluded in its general inquiry, was
3aid by Dr. Simons to be identical
with bolshevists' system.
FIVE LEADING PACKERS WILL
CONTROL THE FOOD SUPPLY
Washington. Francis J. . Heney,
former counsel for the federal trade
commission, testifying before the
house interstate commerce commit
tee, declared that within 10 years and
probably within five, the five" leading
meat packers would control the entire
food supply of the country and Would
be able to charge whatever prices
they desired.
Mr. Heney said the packers had ex
tended their activities into so many
fields they had become a menace to
the country- They now control the
cheese, oleomargarine and butter mar
kets, he said, and rapidly are obtain
ing a monopoly of a large number of
other food products. -
ARRIVALS OF TROOPS FROM
OVERSEAS TOTAL 215,749
Washington. From the signing of
ihe armistice to February 8, 287.332
American troops in France and Great
Britain had embarked for the United
9t.at.es. while up to February 10, 67.454
officers and 1.069,116 men had been
demobilized in this country. Total ar
rivals of overseas troops up to Febru-
jrv7 were 215.749.
These fieures were made public by
Secretary Baker, together with others
rplatine to the number or sick ana
wounded now in France and the num
ber returned home. Men in France
heinir treated for disease on February
1 totalled 62,561, and those suffering
from wounds were 24,484.
ITALIANS GETTING BACK
TREASURE FROM VIENNA
Vienna. Italian troops and bank
ers began removing from a bank here
tnnir-not.es. bonds and securities
valued at 1,500,000,000 kronken which
had originally belonged to the city
of Trieste. The money was brought
here for safekeeping during the war.
Military trucks were backed up In
front of the bank, the entrances oi
which were guarded. Crowds of cu
rious onlookers watched the treasure
being removed.
CONFERENCE HAS NOT MADE
GOOD WITH FRENCH PRESS
Parish The conference has not by
any means made good wjth the press
of France and from .. ejfery: side a
chorus of complaint is rising at the
lafV nf method in its labors and the
lafV of coherency in its ideas. Many
Frenchmen were more than surpris
ed that the conference ; should be oc
cupying itself with the affairs of the
Jneo-Slavs. the Czecho-Slovaks ana
other newcomers and not with the
frontiers of Germany.
IDLENESS ABOUNDS THOUGH
LABOR IS VERY SCARCE
' Vienna. The financial situation
is being given profound attention by
the bankers while Ithe newspapers!
are printing long articles concerning
it. Labor is scarce, though idleness
abounds. Recently an advertisement
for 5,000 men 'to clean the streets re
sulted in only 800 men applying for
the jobs. The governments o the
small republics lately have adopted
the policy ot grantfug Indemaitie 4
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NATONA
USTERH I. H. C I CENTER
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rogram of Reconstruction Has Been
ituted in Twenty Counties of
Eastern North Carolina.
Rocky Mount The Young Men's'
Christian Association has instituted a.
program of reconstruction In twenty'
counties of Eastern North Carolina in
the inteerst of the National War Work
campaign. C. R. Rigler, of Charlotte,
director for this district, has arrived
here, and will make his headquarters
in Rocky Mount for the next six
months. Mr. Rigler will have charge
of the reconstruction in ( the twenty
counties, including Nash and Edge
combe. The plan is to secure two or more
influential citizens of each county,
send them to the "Y" training school
at Blue Ridge, near Asheville, for a
week's instruction, so that on their
return they will be better prepared to
begin the work assigned to them.
Noted educators will be at the train
ing school, and will expound the re-
constructon pilan.
Mr. Rigler states that the Red
Triangle went with the soldier from
the camps to the trenches, and even
over the top, and that it was well vers
ed in the soldiers' habits to do the re
construction work planned. It will
consist chiefly of re-adjusting the re
turned soldier to civilian life, securing
employment for him, and looking after
his moral and spiritual welfare.
Indorse Bankhead Highway.
Charlotte. Letters asking the North
Carolina commerci secretaries to in
dorse the Smith-Bankhead bill, to be
introduced in Congress, providing a
fund for the promotion of education of
native illiterates and fore'gners un
able to. understand the English lan
guage, have been mailed to all secre
taries in the state by E. N. Farris. as
president of the State Commercial
Secretaries' association.
This bill, would appropriate for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, the
sum of $5,000,000 and for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1920, and annual
ly thereafter the sum of $12,500,000.
This fund would be used in co-operation
with the states in the education
of illiterates and foreigners in the
English language, the fundamental
principles of government, elements of
knowledge pertaining to self-support
and hon making and such other wis
dom as will assist in preparing illiter
ates and foreign born persons for suc
cessful life and intelligent citizenship.
Presbyterian Drive in March.
Raleigh. The progressive program
of the general assembly, known also
as the beneficence drive of the South
ern Presbyterian church, will be init
iated with a three weeks' intensive
drive during the month of March.
This drive will be church-wide and
.will reach every member in every
;congregation in southern Presbyter-
'ianism. The financial goal of the pro
gressive program, which is to cover
three vears. is $12,000,000 for the bene
volences of the church, $3,500,000 of
this amount to be secured during the
year 1919-20, $4,000,000 during 1920-
;21 and $4,500,000 during 1921-22.
Decries Hun Publicity.
Cherrvville. One of the most enthu
siastic nublic meetings of the year
took nlace in the school auaitonum
of the Cherrvville graded school. The
sneaker of the occasion. Mai. tidouara
Dupont, of the French high commis
sion, was greeted by round after
round of aDDlause as he presented
Dresent European conditions ana cau
tioned his hearers against German
nrnna eanda.
He brought his hearers to an active
realization of the interdependence of
e allied nations in the military
strueele which had just come to a
rlose. and cautioned patience with the
apparently slow demobilization or tne
armv. Verv significantly be remark-
It "It is much easier to wait a few
months, longer for the return of your
husbands and sons than to have them
recalled to France."
Large Sales of Tobacco.
TCinston. Sales on the local tobac
co market to February 1 totalled 23,-
649.386 pounds, acording to the
monthly statement of the tobacco
hoard of trade. The value of the leaf
was in excess of $8,000,000. The sea
son's totaly is expected to reach the
24,000,000-pound mark.
Three Outlaws Captured.
Asheville. Alone and unaided S.
Glenn Young, special agent of the
department of justice, in the Big Ball '
mountain section of the Tennessee
mountains, between Murphy, N. C.
nd Knoxville. captured George and
Decatur Crawley and Blaine Stewart,
wanted in Georgia to answer charges
of murder or desertion from the army.
He took the prisoners to . Knoxville,
and left that afternoon for Atlanta,
where he will turn them over to the
federal authorities.
To Form Housing Corporation.
Rocky Mount. First steps toward
the organization of a housing corpora
tion in the city were, taken at a special
meeting of the Board of Directors of
the Chamber of commerce, held for
the purpose of taking some definite
action toward relieving the present
acute shortage of houses here.
A substantial block of stock was
guaranteed, and a strong committee
was appointed to complete the plans
for organization, and arrange for the
sale of tbe remaining stock.
Booze in Wrong Grip.
3alisbury. A young Granite Quarry
man who with others came in a day
or two ago from Quantico, Va., where
they had been at work picked up some
one else's grip when he left the train
here and the mistake was not discov
ered until a policeman took charge of
the grip and found a large quantity of
liquor In it. The grip and its con
tents are be ine held by Captain of
jnUfm va1r for the nresent. In coun
ty court the young man convinced the
trial judge that the grip was not hi.
CAN A POLICE!,1
IAN
DELAY 0. 5.
AN UNUSUAL LEGAL POINT 18
GREATLY INTERESTING THE
PEOPLE OF WILMINGTON.
CBIBSE OF SPEEDING MADE
Postoffice People Say That Officer
Interfered With the Orderly De
parture of the Mails.
Wil'mington. .Can a policeman in
vade federal buildings, such as the
postoffice, and arrest a postal em
ploye while on duty and can he ' so
conduct himself as to cause the em
ploye to miss the train with the mails,
and get by without incurring the
wrath of Uncle Sam? Such are ques
tions here just now, following a po
liceman's effort to apprehend a negro
who drives the mail truck on a charge
of speeding. The postoffice people
aver that the officer pursued a course
which resulted in Interference with
4
the orderly departure of mails, while
the police department declares it has
done nothing beyond its rights and
that the officer did not cause the
mails to be missed. . Two bags of
newspapers were left off a north
bound train and the driver asserts
that the policeman was the cause
of it
Artillery at Camp Bragg.
Fayetteville. A force of artillery
men consisting of 205 officers and
men of the firing center at Camp M.c-
Clellan. Ala., soon will arrive at Camp
Bragg. This statement Is officially
confirmed by Colonel Maxwell Mur
ray, commander of Camp Bragg.- The
detachment which will be sent here
is now under orders but a week or
10 davs will be required to load for
transportation the equipment which
will be brought here, ana the aate or
the arrival of the troops here cannot
be foretold.
Much Progress at Yadkin.
Snencer. The first sermon to b
preached in the new town of Yadkin
will he delivered bv Rev. D. A. Bras-
well, of Concord, Sunday, February 23.
Yadkm has made considerable prog
rR in recent months, and scores of
comfortable homes have been erected.
while the Yadkin Finishing company
furnishes employment for several
hundred operatives. The, plant has
been equipped with two water sys
temsone for use in the mill ana one
for domestic or home use.
Dies In Train Wreck.
Statesville. In letters received
here by Mr. and Mrs. Fred E. Brad
ley, from their son, Jim Bradley, with
the Thirtieth division in France, the
first news was received of the death
ot Wagoner Robert Bruce King, s
Statesville boy. In the account of the
accident. Corporal Bradley stated that
the young Iredell soldier met his
death when a troop train on which he
was a passenger was wrecked, killing
him and 14 others and wounding
about 40. The accident happened as
the soldiers were being forwarded to
Brest for embarkation. 1
Sweetheart Claims Purse.
Winston-Salem. A local clothing
firm received a pocketbook which'
thev sold several years ago. It was
ent by R. Bartrup, of Essex. Eng
land, and in hia letter he explainea
that It was taken from the pocket or
an unidentified soldier after he was
killed on the battlefield of Ypres a
few months ago. Stamped on the in
Ride of the n'ocketbook was the name
of the firm which sold it and also the
address. A few hours after the pock
etbook was placed in the show win
dow of the local clothing firm a sister
of the dead soldier and the young:
man's sweetheart appeared and Iden
tified It by the kodak pictpres on the
inside as that of Private William B.
Johnson, of Stokesdale. Guilford coun
ty, who left home for camp last April
and who went to France with his com-..
nanr in July. He was killed August 8
by a bursting shrapnel.
Filling Up the Trenches.
Camn Greene. The fact that the-
war department has delayed announ
cing the final disposition of the gov
ernment property and leases on the
within Camn Greene was om-
clally declared as being almost wholly
responsible for maintenance of even
the semblance or a military posi ncrc.
Only about 3,800 troops now are quar-
tered
here,' of which about 1.500 are
soldiers who. for the present.
negro
en eased In filling up the great
are
trench system and dug-outs in the in
terior of the reservation.
To Sing for Soldiers.
fiactnnia. Miss Marie Torrence,
Gastonia's gifted young vocal artist,
has accepted a six months' engage
ment to sing for the American sol
diers overseas under the management
of the American Y. M. C. A. In order
to accept this offer, Miss Torrence
cancelled a number of concert en-
fratroment for February and Marcn.
and sailed on the steamship Cretic,
January 29. from New York with a
company of 16 artists and entertain
ers who go to take part In similar
work.
Editor Joe King Dead.
Durham. Joseph H. King, the well
known editor and until recently half
owner of The Morning Herald in this
city, died at his home in mis city ioi
lowing an illness with pneumonia,
aged 56 years.
Mr. King was one or me rounaers oi
Tk WomiH and until he disposed of
his interests some months ago edited
the paper. He was a man oi veraaum
talents. He usually "wrote" his edi
torials on a Mergenthaler typesetting
machine, wunoui using
typewriter. " He was auio a muicia
l ot ability.
MAIL