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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. MARCH 6, 1919
VOL. XL NO. 31.
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS POR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
IKE NEWS JIFJHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The 8uth
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph
European
The German national assembly pass
ed the national army bill on third read
ing. Ground was broken for "Pershing
Stadium" in Paris, -where the great
inter-allied games will be held in
June. The stadium is to be situated
at Joicville, near Paris, and will have
seating accommodations for 22,000 per
sons and standing room for 40,000
more.
The Jugo-Slav delegation to the Con
ference for peace has presented their
terirtorial claims, asking that the
Isonzo be made the boundary between
them and Italy, to which Italy raises
serious objection.
The workmen's and soldiers' coun
cil of Munich has sent a wireless mes
sage to all countries announcing that
a dictatorship has been proclaimed in
Bavaria.
Prince Leopold, former commander-in-chief
of the German armies on the
Russian front, has been imprisoned
at Munich on suspicion of being one
of the instigators of the murder of
Premier Eisner of Bavaria.
One ef the German long-range guns
which shelled Paris at intervals dur
ing the last few months, of the war,
aow is on its way to Paris, and will
be placed on exhibition in the Place
de la Concorde.
The . approximate dates of the de
parture for home of two National
Suard and two national army divisions
comprising half the American army of
occupation, have been announced at
third army headquarters at Coblenx.
Domestic
Before an audience that crowded the
immense auditorium to the doors and
applauded him to the echo time and
again. ex-President Taft delivered an
addressing Atlanta in defense of the
league of nations as drafted at the
Versailles conference and brought back
to the United States by President Wil
son. A telegram from Augusta, Ga., says
that it is announced that General Oli
ver Edwards, commander at Camp
Hancock, has received orders to dis
mantle Camp Hancock with the ex
ception of a small auxiliary at the re
mount station.- -
Capt. Elsberry V. White, survivor
of the Monitor-Merrimac battle in
Hampton Roads during the Civil war,
died at Clifton Springs, N. Y., accord
ing to advices received by relatives at
Portsmouth, Va., aged 80 years. He
was a member of the Confederate en
gineer corps, and was assistant engi
neer of the Merrimac. -
Henry B. Gray, former lieutenant
governor of Alabama and, prominent
capitalist, died suddenly at his home
in Birmingham as he sat down to din
ner. He had been down town and
was apparently in the best of health
and spirits. He was born in Georgia,
and had at one time been;a reporter
on the Atlanta Constitution.
As soon as Mrs. Stella Abbott, who
shot and killed her husband, a fireman,
in Atlanta, Ga., makes bond of five
thousand dollars, she wil be released
from the Fulton county jail, where she
has been confined about two months.
All the charges against W. B. Cody,
chief of the Atlanta fire department,
were dismissed and his administration
as head of the department foufid to be
efficient by the board of firemasters,
before whom his administration had
been thoroughly aired, and against
whom certain charges of inefficiency
had been filed.
The Texas state senate has gone on
record as being opposed to a reduction
in the cotton acreage.
The mysterious death in an Atlanta
hospitatl of J. W. Hickman, who said,
before his death that he was from
Brunswick, Ga., was cleared when G.
A. Black, an employee of the American
Shipbuilding company at Brunswick,
surrendered to Chief of Police Burgess
of Brunswick, announcing that he was
the man who struck Hillman the blow
that produced his death. He said that
in a dispute over a missing planer,
he struck Hillman. A later difficulty
ensued.
A Mitchell Palmer, the alien prop
erty custodian, said in a formal state
ment that the resolution of Republi
can Senator Calder calling for infor
mation covering the operations of the
custodian's office was fully answered
in his report now ready for submis
sion to President Wilson.
Mayor William Hale Thompson, Re
publican candidate, was nominated for
re-election in the municipal primary
by an indicated plurality of forty-five
thousand over Chief Justice Harry Ol
son of the Chicago municipal court.
R. M. Sweitzer is the Democratic nom
inee by over seventy thousand plural
ity. ' ' '
More than three hundred girls were
rescued by firemen, a score overcome
by smoke and a dozen injured in a
spectacular fire which destroyed the
building occupied by Duff's Business
college in the heart of the business
district of Pittsburg.
An invitation to attend a conference
at the white house, March 3 and 4,
to discuss- "vital questions affecting
business and labor," has been sent out
by President WJl3on to the governors
of all the states and to mayor of
more than one hundred cities.
One person, Mrs. Fay Thornton, of
Weogufka, N. Y., is :dead, while twelve
others were injured to a minor degree
as a result of a collision between a
southbound Louisville and Nashville
passenger train and a Central of Geor
gia freight train, near Sylacauga.
Ala.
The members of the Boys' Pig Club
in Georgia, of whom there are more
than eight thousand, are going to play
an important. part in the coming Dixie
national power farming demonstration
to be held in Macon the "week begin
ning March 10. It is expected that
several hundred of them will attend.
s- W. Peek, a prominent private
banker of Hartwell, Ga., as well as
a pecan grower, accidentally shot and
killed himself.
An industrial commission for con
trol and operations of industries; es
tablishment of a state bank with
which to finance industries; home
builders' act by which the state will
engage in construction of homes for
residents on a building and loan asso
ciation basis, are some of the Socialis
tic plans that, will be ' tried out by
North Dakota, such features having
been enacted into law by that state.
The senate public lands committee,
sitting in Washington, recommends
that one hundred million dollars be
made available to purchase farms for
discharged soldiers and sailors. This
measure provides loans to men who
served with the armed forces during
the war.
Thiriy-nine per cent of the army of
ficers on duty November 11, 1918, and
33 per cent of the enlisted personnel
had been discharged by February 19.
Washington
President Wilson has denied the
published story of his views on the
Irish questions. John Sharp Williams,
Mississippi senator, says the presi
dent, when asked about Ireland, re
plied that the league of nations had
nothing to do with domestic ques
tions. 'Differences between Democratic and
Republican leaders over the legisla
tive situation; echoes from which have
been heard daily since President Wil
son made known his determination hot
to call, an extra session of the new
congress until his return from- France ,
may be forced to an'issue in t;he sen:
ate with the calling up of the ""victory
loan" bill. The Democrats are quoted
as being resolved to push the loan
measure.
A London dispatch says: "It is nec
essary to hold the Dutch army ready
against any effortytqf annex Pttfeh ier;
ritory, the Dutch minister declared
in an address to the second Chamber.
He said disarmament at present would
be dangerous." .-'"- . . X
A Paris dispatch says:. "It would be
difficult to exaggerate the success of
President Wilson. -vfirst . speech pf
home, so far as' its-Paris audience Is
concerned. Presidenf"Wnsori accurate
ly, forcefully and courageously put be
fore the American people the condi
tions in Paris, and it is further felt
that he is fighting in America to save
all the best possibilities of the Paris
conference."
News comes by way of Copenhagen
that Norman -Hapgood of New York
has ben appointed American, minister
to Denmark in succession to Dr. Mau
rice Egan, who resigned . on account of
ill health.'
Nomination of Hugh C. Wallace- of
Tacoma, WTash., to be ambassador to
France,- has been confirmed by the
Senate. . , .
Authoritative opinion of American
navy" officials apparently is. definitely
crystalized against any proposal to
sink the surrendered German fleet,
An outline obtained of the views held
in Washington ' pointed out that such
a course would represent sheer eco
nomic waste for which there could be
no possible excuse. ,
Special "allowances "for , travel and
subsistence . are classed as compensa
tion on which men in the military or
naval service are not required to make
income tax returns or pay taxes, pro
viding the total . does not; exceed $3,
500 for 1918.
Representative Frederick H. Gillett
of Massachusetts was nominated on
the first ballot by the Republican con
ference as the party candidate for
speaker in the next house of represen
tatives, i - Vy h, "; ; : -.. w.
The administration bill appropriat
ing one billion dollars to fulfill the gov
ernment's guarantee of wheat prices
to the farmers for the 1919 crops was
passed by the senate, without material
amendment, and now goes to confer
ence. Uncertainty over the status of rail
roads in the immediate future has been
largely removed by Director General
Hines announcement after conferring
with President Wilson that the gov
ernment would not turn the roads back
to private management until congress
had more opportunity to consider a
permanent program of legislation.
Homer S. Cummings, of Connecticut,
has been re-elected chairman of the
national Democratic committee and
the committee voted a complete reor
ganization for an aggressive campaign
in 1920.
Three additional cases of soldiers in
this country sentenced- to be shot by
courts-martial for military offenses and
whose sentences were either remitted
or commuted by President Wilson,
have been made public by the war de
partment. Major General Crowder, judge ad
vocate general of the army, appearing
before the senate military committee
at a resumption of hearings on the
courtmartial situation, said that all im
prisonment sentences imposed on men
of the army during the war and found
upon review to be too severe would be:
mitigated through the president's pow
er of remission.
It will cost the American people
about a billion and a quarter dollars
a year for the next twenty-five years
to pay off the war debt, in addition to
interest of $765,000,000 a year.
President Wilson will not call an ex
tra session of congress until his re
turn from Europe.
The Japanese staff at Vladivostok
has requested Col. Henry D. Styer, of
the American army, to turn over-tc
the Japanese the arras," horses and
equipment of the Cossack troops ot
General Kalminoff, who mutinied late
in January, and surrendered their arms
and horses to the Americans.
Deaths from disease among the
troops in the -United States totaled
32,737 and from other causes 1,756,
giving a total for the tnta in thir
country of 34.49a
PEACE SETTLEMENT
E
SOCIAL AND NATIONAL LIFE OF
GERMANY IN DANGER OF
COMPLETE COLLAPSE.
PRESSURE OF HUNGER GREAT
Allies Intend to Exact From Germany
Every Cent of War Indemnity
She Can Possibly Pay.
London. Necessity for a prompt
peace settlement was emphasized by
Winston Spencer Churchill in the
house of commons. All information,
he said, showed the great privations
the German people are suffering and
the danger of collapse under pressure
of hunger of the entire structure of
German social and national life.
To delay the peace settlement, de
clared the war secretary, would in
evitably be to run the risk of having
nobody to settle with and of having
another great area of the world sunk
under bolshevik anarchy.
Regarding the amount to be recov
ered from Germany, Mr. Churchill
said it had already been announced
the allies intended to exact all Ger
many possibly could pay. There
would be substantial contributions for
the upkeep of the army on the Rhine
in addition.
' The secretary closed by speaking of
the necessity of safeguarding civiliza
tion against bolshevik anarchy, and
likened Europe to a liner sinking
gradually, compartment after com
partment filling and threatening the
great vessel, and ail pasengers.
QUESTION OF LEFT BANK OF
RHINE LOOMS UP LARGELY
Paris.' The question of the left
bank of the Rhine will figure in the
Uprelipiinary ; peace treaty, according
Ho the Paris edition of The London
pauy 'Mail. . In certain quarters, it
addsV there is serious consideration of
the formation of .an independent Ger
manjipublic on the left bank of the
Rhine. The allies, it is said, would
continue to hold the present Rhine
bridgeheads until Germany completed
her indemnity payments.
In discussing the indemnity regula
tions as fixed by the peace confer
ence committee on reparations . the
newspapers say Germany will have
to pay a certain sum before the end
jf 1919 and the balance during a pe
riod of from 20 to 30 years. The al
lied powers will decide on measures
to supply Germany with raw material
and the manner in which commercial
relations will be resumed. -
"PANDORA'S BOX FULL OF
' EVILS' SHERMAN CALLS IT
Washington. The constitution of
the league of nations, as presented at
the peace conference, was pictured to
thei senate by Senator Sherman, of
Illinois, as a "Pandora's boxful of
evils, which would empty ' upon the
American people the aggregated ca
lamities of the world." i .
Senator Sherman sharply criticised
President Wilson, asking who author
ized' him to "rear above the republic
an autocratic power." He added that
the authority was not to be found in
he constitution of the United States,
nor was it implied from undefined war
powers, and gave it as his opinion that
the president has been acting either
as "a usurper or a dictator."
WHEAT GUARANTEE BILL
. . READY FOR SIGNATURE
Washington. The administration
wheat guarantee bill was completed
with tile adoption of the conference
report by the house, and is now ready
for President Wilson's signature.
The measure appropriates $1,000.
000.000 as a revolving fund. for the
purchase of wheat and authorizes the
president to create an agencv or agen
cies for purchase of the 1919 cron at
the guaranteed price of $2.26 a bushel
and to repose, in the agency or agen
cies the an'hor't.v' o rnTitrv pll
merce in wheat and wheat products
PRESIDENT. WILSON WELCOMES
NEW ENVOY FROM ARGENTINE
In welco"i'Tig the new Argentine en
voy. Mr. Wilson exnreessd apprecia
tion for the friendship of the South
American republic and promised all
possible assistance for the' mainte
nance of harmonious relations " be
tween the twq countries.
Among the hills signed by the
President were the rivers and bar ,
bors appropriation nil nnd the meas
ure validating $2,700,000,000 worth of
informal war Contracts.
GOVERMMFITv SHOtM O scpvc
INTERESTS OF THE PEOPLE
Wsbinrton, Gov-nrv of States
anr mavors of municipah'tfes; meetingr
to discuss alluvia t" on of nnm'pliv-'
mytt. -j$9ir& -president W'Isop in a
brpf address emphasf-" the "pr"ic;pfp
that gnverntpapis should ser-"-p in fe
'rterests- of the- .common non'f. In
'th's spirit be nrwl thot fh fHor-vl
?5'f-!t ftrfi local rvernments work toe-ether
"in steadvip!? a-nd easing and
fooMUnt'ne tb whole labor processes
of the United States."
MARTIAL LAW IN MADRID
AND BARCELONA RESCINDED
Madrid. All persons arrested as a
result of incidents late last week in
Barcelona and Madrid have been set
free, now that martial law has been
rescinded.
At a mass meeting at the People's
home here a resolution was adopted
protesting against the adjournment
of parliament and demanding the res
toration of continual guarantees in
Barcelona- I
should com
oo
LOAN BILL IS
PASSED BY SEHATE
HOUSE HOLDS BRIEF SESSION
DISPOSING OF CONFERENCE
REPORT ON HOSPITALS.
MANY RILLS DOOMED TO FAIL
No Matter of Sufficient Importance to
Require the Calling of -an' Extra
Session Expected ito Arise.
Washington. The sixty-fifth con
gress entered upon its last full work
ing day, facing an unprecedented mass
of legislation, but with the contested
"Victory loan" bill' out of the'Way.
The senate remained in session all
night to pass the loan bill, the key
stone measure of the calendar, while
the house held a business session,
disposing of the conference report on
the hospital bill.
Passage of -the loan bill without a
record vote and in the identical form
In which it came from the house defi
nitely marked the course of future leg
islation and gave assurance that
President Wilson would not find it
necessary to change his plan of defer
ring a call of the new congress until
after his return from France, prob
ably in June.
. Most Republicans favored an ear
lier extra session, but after Republi
can senators at a conference last night
failed to reach any decision as to the
advisability of obstructing the loan
bill no filibuster was undertaken.
Although many important bills, in
cluding the $720,000,000 navy appro
priation measure with its anthoriza
tion of a new three-year building pro
gram and the 1.215.000,000 army bill,
apparently are doomed to certain fail
ure, administration leaders believe
that none is of sufficient importance
to require an earlier ell of con
gress, and that the president will ad
here to his original plan, announced
after he arrived from Paris.
Passage by the senate of the "Vic
tory loan" bill, authorizing sale by the
treasury of- $7,t00.000.000 of new
short term notes and $1,000,000,000 for
advances by the war finance corpora
tion in extending American foreign
commerce, came after a bitter con
troversy, a threatened Republican fil
ibuster.
COAL AND OIL LAND LEASING
BILL IS TALKED TO DEATH
Washington. The oil and l-nd
leasing bill virtually was killed whn
obstruction led by Senator LaFollette
of Wisconsin. Republican, prevented
a vote on the conference report which
had been adopted by the house. Mana
gers and opponents of the fii "rre-:H
that there now is practically no
chance of securing action on the bill
before Congress adjourns.
Senator LaFollette sooke fcr three
hours and & half nad only yielded
.ho floor to Torm! ho inrji . T -
bill being laid hefre the senate with
the understanding that if the oil hill
was again brought up. he would not be
barred from speaking again.
The Wisconsin senator devoted
most of his address to an attack on
the senate rules giving conference re
ports priority over other matters and
on the practice of v-;"R3ne in pnrh re
ports on important bill late in the ses
sion. Washington. Forty per cent of the
total known oil supply in the United
States, exclusive of oil shale depos
its three states, has been exhaust
ed, according to estimates transmit
ted by Secretary Lane to the senate
commerce committee in compliance
with a resolution presented by Sena
tor Ransdell, of Louisiana.
Up to last January 1. Mr. Lane said
a total of 4.5908.000.000 barrels had.
been produced, while the known avail
able oil resources, not counting the
ohale deposits, in the ground and in
fleld storage were estimated at 6.
740 400 000 barrels. Distillation of
"hale deposits in Colorado. Utah and
Wvoirvnsr. however, would produce
70 000.000 000 barrels of oil, the sec
retary said.
LAST OF COASTWISE SHIPS
RESTORED TO THEIR OWNERS
Washington. Ships of the Mer
chants and Miners Transportation
Company, engaged in Atlantic coast
wise traffic were turned back to pri
vate management by the railroad ad
ministration. Officials of the company
accepted the relinquishment whiclf
heretofore they have protested.
This action 'restores the last of the
coastwise steamship lines not owned
by railroads to private management.
10,000,000 RUSSIANS ENGAGE
IN EFFORT TO SAVE COUNTRY
Paris. "Forty - million Russians in
organized governments are now co
operating in a movement for a re
united Russia. These Russians are
working and fighting, dying by hun
dreds 'and even by thousands daily,
in an effort to savs Russia from com
plete destruction; and all this is being
ione without a thought of political
ambition,." said Sergius S3zonoff.'min
;tser of foreign affairs in the Denikine
government.
A -OTAL OF $574,000,000
AVAILABLE FOR BUILDING
Washington. It was announced by
the department of agriculture that
r!th full co-operation of all states, ac
cording to the terms of the federal
aid road act, the United States will
have a . total of at least $574,000,000
for co-operative road building during
the next three years. The federal
oart of this fund is asured by an ex
tra appropriation of $209 000.000 in
the postoffice appropriation till, jus
passed by Congress -
JEW
LROAD HEWS
FEDERAL HANDS
CONGRESS MAY TAKE SOM AO
TION IN SUMMER SESSION IF
ONE IS CALLED.
WHS TO BE MAGE
The Railway Administration Decision
Not to Relinquish Control at This
Time is Not Reversal of Policy.
Washington. Uncertainty over the
status of railroads in the immediate
future was largely removed by Direc
tor General Hines announcement,
after conferring with President Wil
son, that the government would not
turn the roads back to private man
agement until Congres had more op
portunity to consider a permanent
program of legislation.
This was generally interpreted as
meaning that the railroads would be
under government management for at
least another year, and probably long
er. If, a special session of Congress
is called early in the summer, railroad
legislation might be taken up.
With the temporary status deter
mined, the railroad administration
will go ahead vigorously with the pro
gram for making improvements and
extensions, both for the sake of the
rail properties and to stimulate the
demand for materials and labor dur
ing the readjustment period. Another
effect will be the increased use of
waterways in accordance with Direc
tor General Hines expressed policy.
It was said at the railroad adminis
tration that the decision not to relin
quish the railroads at this time i3 not
a reversal of policy. The railroad ad
ministration has long advocated early
relinquishment, it was explained, but
not until Congress had had time to act
on the proposed five-year extension of
government control or to consider
other legislation.
DOG MEAT SELLING AT
TWO DOLLARS PER POUND
Washington. Additional light on
the situation in the portions of Rus
sia under bolshevik control is given
by a summary of reports secured re
cently from a number of refugees who
passed through Helsingrfors on their
way from Moscow to Stockholm.
"The party at Helsingfors," said
the summary, "was composed of
French, British, Belgian and Italian
citizens, most of them Red Cross
workers. The reports all agree as to
the excessive cost of all necessaries
and the scarcity of food. Dog meat is
quoted at four rubles (two dollar;?) a
pound, horse meat at 15 rubles a
pound, pork at 60 rubles and bread at
15 rubles.
SAYS FRANCE DOES NOT
WANT GERMAN TERRITORY
Paris. The peace conference plans
to reach agreements on the more im
portant questions between March 8
and March 15. Captain Andre Tardieu.
one of the French delegates, told
foreign newspaper correspondents. He
said the conference had four vital
problems to solve the Franco-German
frontier, the Adriatic situation,
the Russian frontier and the auestion
of the freedom of the seas. All these
questions probably will be completed
in a fortnight.
Captain Tardieu declared France
does not desire To annex the left bank
of the Rhine, but only wants guar
antees which will prevent Germany
from using it as a base for attacking
Franca.
EUROPEAN UNIVERSITIES
GET AMERICAN SOLDIERS
Coblenz. The American officers
and men who are going to British and
French universities as soldiers on de
tached service have been selected and
will proceed, immediately to the dif
ferent universities assigned them. The
number of applications for the British
universities was large, and naturally
there were some who were disap
pointed. BLIZZARDS ARE REPORTED
IN SEVEN WESTERN STATE9
Chicago. Blizzards were reported
in Minnesota, Iowa, Mi3Sou-i, Otfla
homa, aKnsas, Nebraska an i southern
South Dakota. The weather bureau
predicted zero weather for Chicago.
In Minnesota a 6tock train stalled
in the snow was struck by a passen
ger train,, two persons killed and a
number inujred. Near Wausa, Neb.,
a passenger train with 25 persons
aboard was stalled in the snow.
ANOTHER EFFORT ON FOOT TO
SUBMIT SUFFRAGE AMENDMEN1
Washington. Chairman Jones, of
the senate woman suffrage committee,
announced that before Congress ad
pourns another -effort wouid be made
to secure adoption of a resolution
authorizing su-mifion of an equal
suffrage amendment to the federal
constitution. In making the an
nouncement Senator Jones introduced
a modified resolution giving states ini
tial authority to enforce the proposed
amendment.
SERIOUS PEASANT REVOLT
IN THE NORTH OF RUSSIA
Helsingfors. 'The official Petrograd
Journal. Northern Kommuna. con
firms reports of the recent serious
peasant risings, in the northern ' gov
ernment, particularly in Novogorod.
Petrograd, Tues and Vologda. In dis
tricts the peasants were well armed.
The cause of the risings was agitation
agaiinst general mobilization, against
the requisitioning of food products
and discontent with the rural policy
of the soviet.
M
III
WILL DECISION BE
UNIVERSAL PEACE1
PEOPLE OF PARIS AWAITING
WITH ANXIETY RESULTS OF
PRESIDENT'S SPEECH.
PUCE TBUST 1.1 DEW
Boston Speech Regarded as Searching
Appeal to Hearts of the Plain
People of America. .
Paris. President Wilson's Boston
speech was awaited here with curios
ity and some anxiety. It was expect
ed to show how he intended to ' ad
dress himself to the task which is
regarded here as a tassk of supremo
importance for the result of the peace
conference and for the political fu
ture of the United States. That task
is to secure the support of American
public opinion for the work already
done in Paris and obtain a valid man
date for the work that remains to be
done.
As viewed from Paris, the question
at issue seems to be whether the pea
pie and the legislative bodies of tha
United States will hold fast to the
policy inaugurated by American in
tervention in the war and sanction
an organization for peace in the world
on. a solid basis or whether they will
prefer to revert to the policy of trans
Atlantic provincialism and call it
splendid isolation.
The best judges of the situation are
the most optimistic. They believe
that the strongest force in the Unit
ed States is the unselfish idealism of
the great mass of American citizens.
They think that President Wilson
has only to make plajn to the Ameri
can people their postion as co-sponsors
for the peace and welfare of civ
ilized humanity for them to give him
the support he needs in perfecting the
arrangements tentatively made for
the establishment of a league of na
tions and the ' formulation of a just
peace settlement. His Boston speech
is regarded as a very searching ap
peal to the hearts of the plain people
in America.
FREDERICK H. GILLETT IS
NOMINATED FOR SPEAKER
Washington. Representative Fred
erick H. Gillett of Massachusetts, was
nominated on the first ballot by the
Republican caucus 'as the party can
didate for speaker in the next house
of representatives.
1 Representative James R. Mann, of
Illinois, ran second with Representa
tive Philip Campbell, of Kansas, who
entered the race a few days ago, after
Representative Simeon D. Fess, of
Ohio, had withdrawn, far behind.
SOUTH CAROLINA PORTS
LOSE STEAMSHIP LINE
Baltimore, Md. Mason L. W. W'l
liams, president of the Baltimore and
Carolin Steamship Company, announc
ed that upon the return cf the steam
er Matilda Weems from her present
trip from this port to Georgetown and
Charleston, S. C, the line will with
draw from business.
Mr. Williams said the decision was
forced unon the company as it was
on the Merchants and Miners Com
pany, by the Tilling of the railroad ad
ministration prohibiting transferral of
freight between the steamers and the
railroads now administered by the gov
ernment. Mr. Williams added that the amount
of port-to-port freight would not be
enough to enble his line to meet ex
penses. WALLACE NOMINATION IS
CONFIRMED BY SENATE
Washington. Nomination of Hugh
C. Wallace." of Tacomo, Wash., to 'be
ambassador to France was confirmed
by the senate, sitting in executive -session.
At the same time nominations
erf a number of postmasters and offi
cers of th army to higher grades were
confirmed. - ' .
EUROPEAN EMBARGOES ON
COTTON CAN'T BE LIFTED
Wshngton President Wilson told
senators and representatives from
cotton-growing states it would be im
possible to lift European embargoes
oh cottcn until after the formal dec
laration of peace.
The president told the cotton repre
sentatives and senators that, under
the terms of the armisice. Germany's
status ct'o must be maintained, which
was a further discouraging indication
for the cctton situation.
A. MITCHELL PALMER IS
TO BE ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washington President Wilson nom
inated A. Mitchell Palmer for the cab
inet position of attorney general. Mr.
Palmer probably will take office
March 4 the date tentatively fixed by
Attorney General Gregory for his re
tirement when he resigned several
months ago to return to private prac
tice of law.
The resignation of Mr. Palmer as
alien property custodian has not been
announced.
TERRITORIAL ADJUSTMENTS
NOW ARE BIGGEST PROBLEMS
Washington. President Wilson de
sires conclusion of a peace treaty as
speedily as consistent with the great
questions involved, and, except for
adujstment of territorial differences,
he believes a .great part of the work
is approching final form.
It was learned that the amend
ment to the proposed constitution oi
the league of nations w'll ''.eal with
measures to be' used by the league in
enforcing territorial decrees.
CilP GREENE IS GIVEN AW,
Company Composed of Land Owners
t Site Acquire Title to the En
tire Property for $25,000.
Washington (Special). The wai
ienartment has 'nrantip.allv madeN
Charlotte a present of Camp Greene.
It has turned over the camp, lock,
stock and barrel, to the company com
posed of land owners of the site, rep
resented by Mr. E. C. Griffith, for the
nominal sum of $25,000. Charlotte, is
to assume all liabilities that might
arise.
The papers were signed by the war
department authorities this morning
and the Camp Greene deal is officially
and finally closed. - There were two
other bids for the camp, but the de
partment was inclined to give Char
lotte preference.
Manager Griffith says he expects
the camp will be turned over to his
company by March 15. -
His plans for development of the
camp into an industrial and manu
facturing suburb are well advanced,
iome deals having been already clos
ed. Among these is one by which
the splendid laundry building com
pleted about the time the armistice
wsa signed; will be utilized as a spin
ning mill.
Public Incomes Tax Exempt.
Statesville. Officers and employes
of a state or a political subdivision
thereof, such as a county, city or
town, will not be required to pay in
come tax on their salaries, wages and
official fees received during 1918, ac
cording to rulings of the internal rev
enue bureau at Washington, copies of
which were received at the office of
Collector Watts.- In determining his
liability to file a return and to pay in
come tax, under the new revenue law.
any such officer or employe may omit
such compensation from his gross in
come. With respect to any taxable in
come he may have received in 1918
from other sources, he is subject to
all the provisions of the law, and
must file a return if such other in
come amounted to $1,000 or more or
$2,000 or more dependent upon his
married or single status.
Will Lift Embargo on Crabs.
Washington. Shipments of soft
shell crabs from Eastern North Caro
lina to destinations north of the Po
tomac river and points west of the
Ohio river can proceed uninterrupted
after March 1. The embargo of the
product that finds favor on tables
north and west will be lifted then.
To the Tar Heel who resides far in
land, the idea of a soft shell crab in
dustry big enough to invite an order
from the United States railroad ad
ministration may provoke laughter.
However, the industry brings into Car
teret county alone something like $75,
000 during the rush season of March,
April and May.
An Effective Liquor Law.
Morganton. Wilson's Burke county
liquor law has gone into effect with
a rush and during the few days it
has been in effect three alleged block
aders have been jailed. This being
equal to any month previous.
The, expense of being caught and
tried now comes from the moonshiner
and the fee, $50, for each man caught
in operating a still, is paid by the
moonshiner himself instead of a coun
ty or government expense, as hereto
fore. Registration of 789,813.
Washington (Special). A total of
482,463 North Carolina men and 307,
350 South Carolina men registered for
selective service in the four registra
tions, according to figures included in
the second annual report of Provost
Marshal General Enoch Crowder to
Secretary of War Baker, copies of
which were received by the members
of the local board for Charlotte. Of
the North Carolinians, 105.922, or
46.29 per cent, were unmarried, and
South Carolina had 65,733, or 45.43 per
cent, single registrants. This state
sent into the national army through
the draft 51,690 men, while South
Carolina sent 37,104, and of these 4,
517 North Carolinians and 3.653 South
Carolinians were rejected, leaving
North Carolina a representation of
47.173 men in the national army and
South Carolina 33,451.
Young Again In Trouble.
Asheville. Following a raid made
on the Langren hotel by S. Glenn
Toung. captor of the Crawlers. Guy S.
Lavender, manager of the hotel, had
a warrant issued for Young, charging
the government agent with assault
with a deadly weapon and false im
prisonment for the period of one hour.
Mr. Lavender charges Young with
threatenine to "fix" him (L3,vendr
following the payment of a hotel bill
wh'ch Lavender savs' h r""',',M t-
apnt to n,iv. and which Toung fl
nied he owed.
BrMce to Be Rebuilt.
Fayetteville. Plans already under
wav for the erection of a new con
crete bridge to replace the county'
bridge at Manchester burned, accord
ing to announcement made by F. L.
Holcombe, member of the board of
county commissioners. Mr. Hol
combe, E. V. Eden and Albert Wade,
commissioners, with an engineer and
contractor, visited the scene of the
fire and nlans for the new bridge are
being drawn now. Construction will
be completed in 60 days.
Christian Advocates Unite.
Greensboro. At a joint meeting
here of the two boards of Methodist
mihlications. the North Carolina
Christian Advocate, published at
Greensboro, the official organ of the
Western North Carolina conference,
and The Raleigh Christian Advocate,
the official organ of the North Caro
lina conference, the determination
was reached to consolidate the two
publications under the general desig
nation of The North Carolina Chris
tian Advocate which will be publish
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TAX ARE LIBERAL
MERCHANTS MAY DEDUCT FROM
RETURN ALL AMOUNTS PAID
OUT FOR ADVERTISING.
IMMUNITIES OF PHYSICIANS
Farmers Deductions Consist Partly In
Cost of Seed and Fertilizer Used,
and Harvesting of Crops.
Statesville. That deductions more
liberal than those embraced in any of
the previous income tax-acts, for bus
iness expenses, are allowed under the
new revenue law, is a fact that Col
lector Watts, of this district, is call
ing to the attention of the taxpayers
throughout his division. Discoursing
further upon this subject Mr. Watts
said: ,
"Business expenses are the amounts
actually paid or incurred during the
tax year in the conduct of a business,
trade or profession.
"A merchant may claim as deiuc -
tions the amount paid for advertis
ing, hire of clerks, and other em
ployes, the cost of light and 'fuel,
water, telephone, etc., used in his
place of business, the cost of operat
ing delivery wagons, motor trucks, and
incidental repairs to such vehicles.
Amounts expended in entertaining
out-of-town customers may be deduct
ed if the sole purpose is to cultivate
the good will of the customer and ob
tain an increase in trade. '
"A physician may claim as deduc
tions the cost of medicines and medi
cal supplies used by him in his prac
tice, a reasonable proportion of the
expenses paid in the maintenance ami
repair of an automobile used in mak
ing professional calls, the expenses of
attending medical conventions, dues
to medical societies and subscriptions
to medical journals, the rent paid for
office rooms, the cost of heat, light,
water, telephone, etc.. used in such
office rooms and the hire of office as
sistants. The same deductions are '
allowed a dentist.
"The farmer may deduct all
amounts paid out in preparing his
land for a crop and the cultivation,
harvesting and marketing of the crop.
The cost of seed and fertilizer used
and amounts expended in caring for
livestock are deductible items. The
cost of minor repairs to farm buildings
other than dwellings, and of fences,'
farm machinery and wagons may he
claimed, also the cost of farm tools
which are used up in the course of a
year or two and of materials for im
mediate use such as binding twine,
stock powders, etc.
Another Industry For Charlotte. .'
Arrangements are being rnede
which are expected to result in the
bringing to Charlotte about 10.000
tons of soapstone annually from
Hemp. 85 miles east of this city on
the Norfolk Southern railroad, to be
ground, and tate extracted by the Oli
ver Quartz company, which will be
shinned to northern points, according
to W. S. Creighton. of the Charlotte
Shippers and Manufacturers" Assoc'-.
ation. Soapstone is gathered at
Hemp.
Heretofore, the soapstone has been
ground by a plant at Hemti and ship
ped direct to northern points. Th
Oliver Quartz Company, since the out
break of the war. has been engaged
almost solely in the manufacture of
acid proof cement for the government
and war contracts having been filled.
the companv Is to turn to the grind
ing of soapstone and shipping cf tale
as one of its peace-time activities.
Webb to Get Judgeship.
Washington. President Wilson
said that he would appoint the f ederal
judge for North Carolina right away,
and added that he had made up his
mind to name Representative Webb.
This information is accurate.
It is believed now that the Presi
dent will act immediately after Con
gress adjourns. It will be a recess
appointment.
Teachers Are Poorly Paid.
Charlotte. The average salary paid
teachers in 1918 was $243 less a year
than the average wage paid to scrub
women in the United States navy
yard," stated a card received by Coun
ty School Superintendent J. M. Mat
thews from the University of North
Carolina education extension service,
urging general support of the new ed
ucational bill Introduced In Congress
bv Congressman Towner, of Iowa.
This bill, the card stated, provide
for the estahl'shmentof a federal de
partment of labor.
Boy Mangled by Dynamite.
Statesville. Herman Pharr. 17-year-old
schoolboy, had his hand bad
ly mangled while' en rout'? to school
with a piece of dynamite in his pock
et. Just how the accident occurred
cannot be explained by the bov ex
cept that he was fingering with the
explosive wh'le it lay in his pocket
and it suddenly "went off." His mo
tive for having had such a dangerous
piece of paraphernalia in his posses
sion could not be learned. Doctors
say it may be necessary to amputate
the wounded hand.
Auto Thieves Are Caught
WMm'reton. With the arrest of
four negroes, three men and one wo-
man. while attempting to get out. of
town with a stolen automobile, the po
lice authorities believe they ' have
rounded up the gang of automobile
thieves that - has been operating ex
tensively in the cltv recentlv. The
car stolen was an Oakland Six. As
soon as the theft was reported at po
lice headquarters officers were sta
tioned on every road leading nt from
the citv. and Pbont 11 o'clock ttu
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