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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. JUNE 19, 1919
VOL. XL NO. 46.
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS QFTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The South,
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph
Domestic
The main offices of the American
Railway Express at. Norfolk, Va., were
destroyed by fire. Several explosions
occurred.
That he had traded wives with an
other man and had given a half pint
of whisky and 25 cents to boot was
admitted on the witness stand in the
court at Smithfield, N. C, by Iredell
Wheeler a white man, testifying in a
case in which four other white men
are charged with conspiracy to kill.
Kelso Hailey, former prominent so
ciety and clubman of Chattanooga,
Tenn., wo pleaded guilty to operating
a distillery in the basement of a fash
ionable apartment house, was found
guilty and sentenced to a year and a
day in prison at Atlanta.
With a bullet wound near the heart,
John Henry Green, an aged truck far
mer, is dying, his wife is suffering
from a bulet wound in the right hand,
and Luther Wiliams, a bailiff in
Cook's district of Fulton county, Geor
gia, who is charged wit the shoot
ing, and who was slightly wounded
by the farmer is being sought by the
county police. Williams went to tha
home of Green to execute an attach
ment for several pieces of furniture
Which Green had bought in Atlanta,
and the difficulty ensued which re
sulted in the shooting.
The second stags of the Commer
cial Telegraphers' strike was reached
on June 15th when raiJroari operators
at 23,000 points in America were order
ed to discontinue handling commercial
messages.
Launching a movement for the
erection at Hampton Roads a sister
monument to the Statue of Liberty,
the ordering of a cablegram to Pres
ident Wilson to express their confi
dence in him at the peace conference
and the adoption of resolutions con
demning Bolshevism and favoring
that Count von Bernstorff be brought
to the United States for trial, were
the outstanding features of the Trav
elers' Protective Association on Amer
ica, in session, in New Orleans.
Toy Gon, former director of air ser
vice and Chinese member of a special
commission appointed by the govern
ment, has purchased a number of
Haviland airplanes equipped with lib
erty motors at Dayton, Ohio.
Representatives of the joint legisla
tive committee appointed to Investi
gate the activities of radicals in the
state of New York, guarded by sev
eral members of the state constabu
lary, raided the offices of the Rus
sian soviet government in New York
City and took possession of books
and papers found there.
Both sides concerned in the country
wide strike of members of the Com
mercial Telegraphers Union of Amer
ica, expressed satisfaction over the
results. Officials of the Western Un
ion and Postal Telegraph companies
said the strike was practically at an
end, while President S. J. Konenkamp,
international president of the Com
mercial Telegraphers' Union, declared
that between eighteen thousand and
twenty thousand operatos throughout
the country had already quit work and
that more would follow.
The two-masted schooner Oyster
Plant, with 186 cases of whisky esti
mated to be worth $22,000 on board,
was seized early at Herron Bay, 27
miles south of Mobile Ala.
'Washington
i
, An account of the mutiny of sea
men of the French Black sea fleet at
Odessa in April was told in the cham
ber of deputies by . Deputy Emile
Goude, a Socialist. During the trou
ble a red flag bad been run up on the
battleship France. On April 20 a zeal
ous young officer ordered a machine
gun fired against French soldiers and
sailors fraternizing with the Russians
jand several persons were killed and
.wounded. After negotiations the de
mands of the sailors were met and
4t was agreed that they should not be
(punished.
; Out of a whirlwind of developments
the senate got a copy of the peace
treaty and, after a jlive nour fight, or
dered it printed in the public record
by a vot. of 47 to 24. At the same
time it got under , way the investiga
tion of how copies have reached pri
vate hands in New York.
Gen. Candido Aguilar, who is now
in Washington, came to the United
States to enlist the aid of the Amer
ican government in obtaining admis
sion for Mexico to the league of na
tions. In the naval appropriation bill just
submitted, in accordance with the
wishes of Secretary Daniels the big
navy plan was entirely eliminated.
By a vote of 305 to 4 the house
Jassed the bill authorizing an appropri
ation of $750,000,000 for the railroad
administration's revolving fund. Dem
ocratic members urged a larger
amount, but did not press any amend
ment for an increase, while Republi
cans declared the fund would be suf
ficient later in the year when future
needs would be known. The meas
ure has gone to the senate, where
early action is planned.
The last units of American troops
on the fighting front south of Arch
angel, Russia, except engineers, have
been withdrawn and sailed for home.
They include the remaining compa
nies of the 339th infantry and the
837th ambulance company and a medi
cal detachment.
Return to Germany of about two
thousand former officers and sailors
taken from German vessels when the
United States seized enemy shipping
at the outbreak of the war will begin
about July 13. Those to be released
now are being held at Forte McPber
wt and Qgletberpe.
Attorney General Palmer has asked
congress for a special half million dol
lar appropriation to carry on a hunt
ior- anarchists, bomb throwers and
enemies of law and order. ;
Information is betas given out at
the war department to those innnir
ing as to passports for relatives of of-
ncers overseas that no wives or other
members of families of officers now
being detailed for service abroad will
accompany them.
The naval aDDroDriation bill, carrv-
ing $598,668,768 for he nex fiscal vear.
has been reported to the house by the
naval commisttee. This is a reduc
tion of $377,234,856.40 from the origi
nal estimates submitted by Secretary
Daniels and $122,024 395.45 less thai
the bill reported to the last session
of congress.
The senate foreign relations com
mittee by r. vote of eieht to seven or
dered a favorable report on the Knox
resolution to separate the league of
nations covenant from the . treaty
proper. The resolution if passed by
the senate would notify the world
that the United States reserves the
right to delay its decision of member
ship in the league of nations until the.
senate and the people have fully de-
determined whether they wish such
membership or not.
Holland has notified the peace con
ference that the government will not
participate in a blockade against Ger
many in the event of the refusal of
Germany to sign the peace treaty.
According to all indications' the re
ply to the German proposals will con
tain the following main points: First,
the allies will refuse to fix the amount
of the indemnity, but the reparations
commission will do so within a few
months; second, the question of up
per Silesia to be resolved bv a Dlebis-
cite; third, Germany will be admitted
to the league of nations after the pay
determination of the total indebted
meni of her first installment and the
ness; fourth, the period of allied oc
cupation of the Rhine territory de
pends upon the fulfillment of the pre
ceding conditions; fifth, Germany
must signify her intention to sign
or refuse to sign within five days.
During the absence of the president
from the country for a period exceed
ing 24 hours, the duties ot th'e office
would be performed by the vice pres
ident under provision of a joint reso
lution introduced by Representative
Walsh of Massachusetts.
European
President Wilson told representa
tives of Irish societies in America he
would do what he could unofficially
to bring the Irish question to the at
tention of the other peace commis
sioners. Movement of war material by the
Germans from territory beyond the oc
cupied areas continued, according to
German newspapers. The beginning
of this wthdrawal was made several
weeks ago.
The British admiralty announces
that a British submarine operating in
the Baltic sea has been missing since
June 4 and is presumed to have been
lost with all hands.
German army and police authorities
in the unoccupied territory opposite
the Coblenz bridgehead have been re
quested by American intelligence offi
cers to keep a lookout for an Ameri
can disbursing officer who has disap
peared with 485,000 marks. Intel
ligence officers have reported to the
third army headquarters that this
missing officer was suspected of en
tertaining German sympathies and be
lieve he went in the direction of Ber
lin. There are reports from Coblenz that
German civilians are insolent to boI
diers of the United States army 'and
that they seize opportunities to way
lay soldiers. There have been a few
cases where a handful of Americans
left as a rear guard in a village after
the division departed for home have
been maltreated by Germans who out
numbered them.
Hostility between the American
soldiers and the German civilians in
the occupied region, which has been
increasing recently, has resulted in
additional clashes during the last few
days. In one instance an American
was killed and in other encounters
in various parts of the occupied zone
several Americans were wounded. At
third army headquarters it is said that
at least six Americans had been killed
by civilians since the American army
reached the Rhine. German officials
say that so far as their records go, the
number of Germans killed by Ameri
cans in fights during the six mor.ths
of occupation are five.
The frequency of encounters be
tween United States soldiers and Ger
man civilians at Coblenz has caused
General Liggett, the third army com
mander, to order the military police
to take measures for preventing sol
diers from attacking Germans. Spe
cial measures also have been ordered
for dealing with soldiers caught mal
treating ci ilians.
The United States battleship Ar
kansas sailed from France for New
York with Admiral W. S. Benson,
chief of operations of the United
States navy, on board. Several French
ships escorted the Arkansas out to
sea.
Admiral Canto Castro, president of
the Republic of Portugal, will remain
in power as a res alt of the recent
legislative elections in which the
Democrats were victorious.
Three thousand peasants, including
women and cl ildren, have been shot
or nanged - by the red army as a con
sequence of revolts in western Hun
gary around Oedenburg, according to
news sent out from Vienna. The en
tire village o. Kolhof was burned. The
massacre took place after 32 villages
surrounding Oedenburg had refused ti
go over to Bolshevism. They desired
to join Austria. -.
A contingent of American Infantry,
which has been serving in northern
Russia, havo boarded a transport for
he iourney to the United States. These
are first American troops detailed
sail for home. The detachment will
go to Brest. Six companies of the
339th infantry, aggregating x.ouu men
or approximately one-third of the
American force on the Archangel
front, comprise the first detachment to
leave. They embraked at Economia.
the winter port ol Arcaargei.
German forces on ite JLstnoman
front are reported to bo giving aid
to the BoleuevKM.
TIE
PASSED
FOR NEGOTIATIONS
EXTENSION, OF TWO DAYS IS
GIVEN GERMANY TO SIGN
REVISED PEACE TREATY.
BUT FEW CHANGES ARE MADE
Covering Note by Clemenceau Severe
ly Castigates Germans for Ground
less Protests Against Treaty.
Versailles. The reply of the allied
and associated governments, to -'Germany's
counter proposals to the peace
trety and a revised copy' of the peace'
treaty are ia- the iands of Count von
Brockdorff-Rantzau, who is on his way
to Weimar, there to present to the Ger
man national assembly the final word
of the victors in the war,
Few changes have been made in the
revised treaty. The original conten
tions of the allied and associated pow
ers have virtually been maintained in
tact. Five days was the allotted period
originally fixed for the Germans to an
swer yes or no to the demands of the
allies. But two days additional have
been granted because of the insistence
of the German delegation that not suf
ficient time had been allowed for
proper consideration of the revised
terms. This will extend the time limi
tation to Monday, June 23. If Ger
many's reply' is yes the treaty will be
immediately signed; if Germany de
clines to accede to the demands, the
armistice will be automatically ter
minated and the allied armed forces
will take whatever steps they deem
requisite to the occasion.
With the revised treaty, containing
interlineations In red Ink, where
changes had been made in it, was a
covering note, written by Premier Cle
menceau, president of the peace con
ference. It had been impossible to re
print the treaty in time for its presen
tation. The covering not severely casti
gates Germany for protesting against
the treaty on the ground that the
treaty conflicts with the terms of the
armistice. M. Clemenceau says Ger
many fails to understand the position
she occupies today in the estimation
of the world for being responsible for
a war which was "the greatest crime
against humanity and the freedom of
the people that any nation, calling it
self civilized has ever committed.
Without ostentation Paul Dutasta,
general secretary of the peace confer
ence, placed the revised draft of the
treaty and the note in the hands of
German Legation Secretary 'Simon and
Baron von Loersner, with whom M.
Dutasta held a conversation lasting
for several minutes, explaining the na
ture of the instrument and the length
of time allotted for the Germans' re
ply. Herr Simon protested against
the short time given Germany to make
known her intentions.
ALLIED ARMIES ALL READY TO
ADVANCE THROUGH GERMANY
Paris. The announcement made
here that the supreme blockade coun
cil "met for final consideration of
measures that might be rendered nec
essary by certain eventualities," places
again in the forefront the discussion
of what is likely to happen in the
event of Germany's refusing to accept
the allies' last word. For if anything
can be regarded as certain in these
final days of the peace conference de-1
bates, it is that the reply to the Ger
man counter proposals will be in the
nature of an ultimatum obliging Ger
many to say yes or no in a period of
seven days.
Brtish fleets are ready to begin a
bombardment of enemy ports, and Bel
gian, French, British and American ar
mies have everything In readiness to
start through the fatherland.
AMERICAN TROOPS INVADING
MEXICO RECROSS THE BORDER
El Paso, Tex. American troops that
participated in the punitive expedition
against the Villa rebels in and near
Juarez were billeted in barracks and
cynps on the American side aftef' 24
hours of campaigning.
KING AND QUEEN OF THE
BELGIANS TO VISIT U. S.
London. Information received from
Brussels is to the effect that not only
Cardinal Mercier, but the king and
queen of the Belgians will visit Amer
lea this fall.
President and Mrs. Wilson, with
Rear Admiral Grayson, will reach
Brussels Wednesday morning. They
will also visit the Ypres battlefront,
Louvaln and Malines. At Malines
they will be the guests of Cardinal
Mercier.
19 STEEL CARGO SHIPS
SOLD BY SHIPPING BOARD
Washington. Nineteen steel cargo
ships aggregating 128.472 dead weight
tons have been sold at prices ranging
from $210 to $225 a ton to New York
ship operators by the shipping board.
Chairman Hurley characterized the
deal as the greatest sale of steamships
in the history of the shipping industry.
The total consideration involved was
$27,821,120.
Names of the purchasers were not
made public.
RAINS THREATEN DAMAGE
TO THE CROPS IN TEXAS
Dallas, Tex. Reports from points
in central, southern and eastern Texas
indicate extensive rains are threaten
ing to damage crops in some sections,
particularly cotton and truck gardens.
Lockhart, of Caldwell county, re
ported 3.5 inches of rain in the past
48 hours, with some damage to cuttup.
Continuance of rain in that section
would result la flooding of lowlands,
it vat said
AMERICANS INVADE
t . - ;, t
SOIL OF
J.600 TROOPS GO OVER Iff TEN
MINUTES AFTER ORDER.TOR :
INVASION IS GIVEN-
TROOPS PATROL WATER FRONT
An Additional Battalion and Two Com
panies Were Ordered to Entrain at
Douglas, Ariz., for El Paso.
El Paso, Tex. The twenty-fourth in
fantry, fourth battalion, crossed the
internatloiytd: border to Juarez. The
Fifth and' Seventh cavalry regiments
crossed at three fords west of El PSfSo.
A battalion of the Eighty-second ar
tillery crossed east of the stockyards.
There wore approximately 3,600 Am
erican trpops on Mexican soil 10 min
utes aftor they were ordered to make
the crossing.
Troops patrol the entire El Paso
water front to prevent Villa raids.
An additional battalion and two
companies of the Nineteenth infantry,
one battalion of which now is here,
was ordered to entrain at Douglas,'
Ariz., and proceed to El Paso.
Col. Selah R. H. Tompkins, of the
Seventh cavalry brigade which cross
ed at the fords and Colonel Hadsell
was in command of the infantry. Two
armored motor cars crossed the inter
national bridge at 10:55. The reason
given at military headquarters for or
dering the troops to cross was to "pre
vent firing from the Mexican side on
El Paso."
SAYS EX-KAISER BELONGS
IN PATHOLOGICAL WARD
Berlin. Former Emperor William
"belongs in the pathological ward"
and is not wanted In Germany, declar
ed Herman Mueller, majority socialist
leader and whip in the national assem
bly, in a speech delivered before the
majority socialist convention.
Herr Meuller, who is one of the
most conservative of the socialists, re
ferring to the rumor that an attempt
was to be made to bring about the re
turn of the ex-emperor, warned the
Prussians said to be Interested in such
a move that a majority of the German
people would not permit his return.
The speaker declared the former ruler
was dangerous to the country, and
blamed his verbosity for Germany's
misfortunes.
GERMAN REPLY IS LARGELY A
LONG SERIES OF COMPLAINTS
Paris. The German reply to the
peace treaty submitted at Versailles
on May 7 maintains that the enemies
of Germany have forsaken the peace
of justice to which they had pledged
themselves in the armistice negotia
tions for a peace of might.
The reply protests against the pro
posed terms individually and collect
ively, and demands a return to the
original agreements. It presses for
verbal negotiations and states that
Germany expects justice on a basis of
equality and reciprocity.
(The reply follows the lines of the
summary of the German counter pro
posals given out in Berlin at about the
time they were presented.)
The document covers 119 pages and
includes a covering letter by Count
von Brockdorff-Rantzau under date of
May 29, which has already been pub
lished, and a second section of com
ments following the main outline of
the original draft treaty. Two sep
arate papers on legal and financial
questions are included as part of the
general reply.
WILSON EXPECTED TO
SAIL BEFORE JUNE 25
Paris. President Wilson probably
will remain in Paris only three or four
days after his return from Belgium.
He will then embark at a French port
for the United States.
AMERICAN ARMY ONLY
TWOTHIRDS DEMOBILIZED
Washington. The army is only
two-thirds demobilized, the war de
partment announced and it will take
more than three months to complete
the work at the present rate of 357,
000 discharges a month.
On June 10 the strength of the army
was 1,232,25 with 644,000 in France
and Germny, 83,000 enroute to the Uni
ted States and 406 000 in the United
States. More than 2,500,000 men have
been discharged.
EIGHTEEN DROWNED AND
FIFTEEN OTHERS MISSING
Tuscaloosa, Ala. The fiO-foot. pleas
ure launch, Mary Francis, with 63
persons, mostly children, on iboard
turned turtle in the Warrier river
three miles above Tuscaloosa. Eigh
teen persons are known to have been
drowned and 15 others are missing.
Most of the victims were women
and children, as are practically all
the missing. An over-crowding of
the launch is given as the cause of
the accident.
GERMANY TO HAVE ARMY OF
200,000 FOR THREE YEARS
Paris. Germany is to be allowed
an army of 200,000 men for three
years. This is one of the changes in
the peace terms which has been sedii
lously kept secret.
Tie reason given for this doubling
of the previous number of effectives
is the Impossibility of adjusting "the
armies of Austria, Poland, Czecho
slovakia and other new states propor
tionately to the previously arrangei
100,000 for Gormany,
CONFERENCE ONE
ON ALL QUESTIONS
TERMINATION OF THREATENED
DEADLOCK IS GRATIFYING TO
FRENCH AND AMERICANS.
IT IS NOW "THE BIG FIVE"
Admission of Japan to Inner Circle
Based on Fact That Its Government
Must Concur in All Matters.
Paris. A complete accord has been
reached in principle on all questions
connected with the reply to the Ger
man counter proposals .
French and American peace -conference
circles are highly gratified at
this favorable turn after the prolong
ed differences of the past fortnight
verging on a deadlock. The accord in
cludes the Silesian question, the pro
posed admission of Germany to the
league of nations, and reparations,
which were the chief subjects of dif
ference among the delegates.
No time has been fixed for Ger
many's entrance, but if she conforms
to the conditions, it is expected that
she will be represented at the first
meeting of the council.
The Silesian settlement is based on
a plebisite for the disputed Polish
German region.
It has been decided to incorporate
the reply in the treaty itself rather
than present it as a supplemental
document. It will contain about 25,
000 words.
Baron Makino, Japanese delegate,
joined President Wilson and Premiers
Lloyd George, Clemenceau- and Orlan
do. and the council, known as the
"Big Four" will hereafter be styled the
"Big Five." '
The decision adding Baron Makino
to the council is explained by the fact
that his government must be given
an opportunity for full concurrence,
if full adherence is expected. His en
try into the council meeting today ne
cessitated rearranging the entire re
ply, artiole by article.
SISTER MONUMENT PLANNED
TO THE STATUE OF LIBERTY
New Orleans Launching of a move
ment for the erection at Hampton
Roads of a sister monument to the
Statue of Liberty, the ordering of a
cablegram to President Wilson to
express their confidence in him at
the peace conference and the adop
tion of resolutions condemning bol
shevlsm and favoring that Count von
Bernstorff be brought to the United
States for trial, were the outstanding
features of the Travelers' Protective
Association of America in session
here.
The following cablegram was adopt
ed by the association and ordered sent
to President Wilson
"The Travelers' Protective Associ
ation of America, representing 38
states, (by a rising vote, do hereby
declare our supreme confidence In you
personally and also in the measures
which will have to do with eternal
peace for the world. God bless you,
Woodrow Wilson."
FRANCE IS MUCH PERTURBED
OVER ITS LABOR TOUBLES
Paris. Coincident with the renais
sance of old political intrigues in the
chamber of deputies, there is formid
able activity "being manifested by the
socialist party, which has traveled
far to the left since 1914 and which
seeks In every incident, whether in
dustrial, military, or naval, an oppor
tunity of attacking the powers that be.
Today they have got a double bar
reled gun with which to go sniping.
Economic conditions thorushly justi
fy many of the demands made for an
increase In wages and nothing the
government has been able to do yet
has interfered with the steady Increase
In the cost of living. The application
of the eight-hour act has also led to
great friction. These two questions
are the main sources of the labor dis
content. TO ACQUIRE AMERICAN
CEMETERY IN FRANCE
Washington. Without debate or
amendment, the senate passed a bill
authorizing appointment of a commis
sion to acquire an American cemetery
In France in which would be buried
the bodles of American soldiers who
lost their lives in that country during
the war. The bill appropriates $500,
000 for the establishment of the cemetery-
Its maintenance will be provid
ed for though not mentioned.
IRISH UNIONISTS RESENT
ACTION OF U. S. SENATE
Dublin. The standing committee of
the Irish unionists alliance has resolv
ed that this committee of Irish union
ists, representatives of both the north
and south. Indignantly resent the in
tervention of the American senate in
pressing the Irish problem on the no
tice of the. peace conference, as ques
tions of Irish government and admin
istration are purely domestic ones for
the decision of the imperial parlia
ment. NORFOLK & WESTERN HEADS
ANNOUNCE FREIGHT EMBARGO
Portsmouth, Ohio. Norfolk & West
ern officials here announced here that
an embargo on all freight, except per
ishable goods would go into' effect at
once on all divisions of the roads, due
to the Inability of the company to
operate freight trains because of a
strike of the federated crafts. Rail
road officials admitted that virtually
all freight traffic had stopped and
that only an occasional train would
tt ram.
PLAN TO BUILD A
SAMPLE PAVEMENT
SEVERAL KINDS OF MATERIAL
TO BE TRIED OUT ON SHORT
SECTION OF ROAD.
FROM CHAPEL HILL TO LINE
Four Mile Stretch Selected is Said by
Commissioner Page to be Ideal for t
Experimental Purposes.
Raleigh.
Building of four miles of sample
pavement, as an experiment in high- J
way engineering, from Chapel Hill
to the Durham county -line, is project-
ed by the state highway' commission. ' show an average of 456 pounds of fer
The idea was that of Commissioner tilizers used to the acre, with an esti
Frank Page, and it was approved by mated cost of $12.50 per acre. The
the commission. The road to Chapel amount being much the same as last
Hill is in poor condition and has been year, and the cost somewhat more,
for some time. Durham county hasj The 1918 cotton crop for" this State
agreed, with Federal and state aid, to shows an area of 1,601,000 acres pick-
pave from Durham to the county line
and this will complete the road to
the State University.
It is proposed to divide the four
.miles of road into eight half mile
lengths. One-half mile will then be
paved with concrete, another with
Warrenite, a third with sheet asphalt,
a fourth with asphalt concrete, and a
fifth with brick, and so on, until the
entire road is paved.
The strip of road from the Durham
county line to Chapel Hill is especial
ly suited . for experimental purposes,
Mr. Page said. In the first place, the
traffic is quite constant; anyone
starting from Chapel Hill will go to
Durham, so that one part of the road
any given half mile section will
be used as much as any other part.
Pyromanlac a Problem. -
Just how to deal with a young boy
who is evidently a pyromaniac, in
that he seems to have a mania to start
fires, especially in dwellings into
which his parents move, is a problem
that is just now confronting . Insur
ance Commissioner James R. Young.
The lad confessed, after Deputy Com
missioner W. A, Scott had gathered
evidence that seemed to lay the fires
at his door, that he had started three
or four fires, andthat it was possible
that paper that he had stuffed into a
stove flue . had started another fire
when it fell out of the flue alblaze. He
had confided to playmates that if hig
mother whipped him again he would
burn the house.
K The boy is only 12 years old and
just for the-present Is being left with
his parents.
Honor Flags Awarded.
Cities and towns in North Carolina
which were awarded honor flags for
oversubscriptions to their Victory
Loan quotas are as follows:
Ansonville, Asheville, Black Moun
tain, Candor, Canton, Charlotte, Dal
las, Davidson Elizabeth City Ellen
boro. Four Oaks, Garner, Garysburg,
Gastonia, Greensboro, Greenville Gib
sonville, Guilford county, Harrellsville,
Henrietta, Hertford, High Point, Hol
ly Springs, Jonesboro, Kernersvllle,
Matthews, Maysville Mt. Gilead, Mt.
Holly, Mt. Olive, Rich Square, Roa
noke Rapids, Rosemary, Roxboro,
Rutherfordton, Scotland Neck, Sparta,
Trenton, Troy, Wake Forest, Wax
haw, Wingate and Yanceyville.
Raleigh-Charlotte Link.
The Raleigh - Sanford - Albemarle
Charlotte road costing $300,000, be
came a certainty when the state high
way commission approved the plans
and announced its purpose to do it3
share toward this great highway.
The link from Sanford to the Yad
kin river gave the greatest concern
because the river has hitherto been
the greatst barrier to the direct road
to Charlotte, the shortest line between
the capital of North Carolina and the
home of the signers, the capital of $100,000 authorized and $26,000 sub
democracy. When a tourist starting scribed by J. A. Moore, John L. Pat-
soared north to Spencer or south to
Cheraw, S. C, result: He went 112
miles out of his way.
To Try Camp Bragg Cases.
Attorney General Frank Roberson,
of Mississippi, charge of all govern
ment condemnation proceedings in
and aJbout Camp Bragg terirtory, and
for the remainder of the year will be
special United States attorney, with
offices in the federal building.
The special attorney goes immedi
ately to Fayetteville to look into the
cases in which more than 100.000 acres
of land are involved. Sixty per cent
of this territory will be amicably ad
Justed, and such Issues as are con
troverted he will bring to trial.
More Recent Charters.
The Sauratown Manufacturng Com
pany of Walnut Cove is chartered
with $150,000 capital authorized and
$2,000 subscribed by Dr. J. W. Neal
and others for the manufacture of to
bacco baskets and other products. The
National Loan & Insurance Co., of
Roanoke Rapids, receives .a charter
witht $100,000 -capital authorized and
$6,000 subscribed.
Another charter is for the Bostic
Brick Company, of Bostic, Rutherford
county? capital $125,000 authorized
and $10,000 subscribed.
Reorganizing National Guard.
Assistant Adjutant General Gordon
Smith has gone to Washington for a
conference looking to having North
Carolina lined up for the re-organization
of -the. national guard just as
soon as Congress takes definite action
as to the general plan of the re-organization
that is being recommended by
the secretary of war. Applications
for membership in tHe North Carolina
national guard when re-organized ure
coming in to the Adjutant general foy
almost every mall from every part of
the State
Cotton Crop In State.
According to the official cotton crop
report. North Carolina again has the
best condition forecasted of any of
the important producing states. This,
in addition to the absence of the boll
weevil, which has invaded other cot
ton states, gives us an unusually good
advantage. No adverse agencies have
occurred other than an abnormal
amount of rainfall and a subnormal
temperature during May. But even
this was not sufficient to greatly dam
age the young plants, and the month
ended with favorable conditions:
The figures released by the North
Carolina Co-operative Crop Reporting
Service, give a condition for May 25th
of 85. per cent of a full (normal) cot
ton crop prospect as compared with 84
last year, 63 in 1917, and an 80 per
cent ten-year average. The acreage
figures are not available until the
July 1st report, and so production es
timates are not vet available. The
foreCast for the United States is 75.6
per cent for May 25th as compared
with 82.3 last year, and 79.2 per cent
for the ten-year average.
Reports from all -cotton counties
ed yielding 268 pounds to the acre,
whicl produced somewhat more than
897,000 bales. The entire cotton belt
picked last year 36,008,000 acres, yield
ing 159.6 pounds per acre.
Would Bar Fireworks. ,
While believing that, the approach
ing Independence day July Fourth,
will and should be celebrated with
even more than usual fervor in the
general rejoicing of Liberty's triumph
in the world war, James R. Young,
insurance commissioner and state fire
marshal, would urge that there be no
let-up in the ban that lias beep placed
on the fireworks mothpd of celebrate
ing. He believes there should be no
suspension of municipal ordinances
against general sale of fireworks and
that if thee are to be any such dis
plays, they- should be under strict su
pervision of competent officials ' to
guard against carelessness and acci
dents and should be only" permitted as
a cwimunity display and not allowed
for use generally either in the streets
or in the homes.
More Recent Casualties.
Washington : (Special). Additional
casualties among North Carolina
troops, overseas, are reported by the
commanding-general, A. E. F. They
are as follows:
Killed In Action Robert Collins,
! Hendersonville. previously reported
missing.
Died of Wounds1 C. B. Davis, Ashe
ville. . "
Died of Disease Privates L. L.
Rich, Garland.and Charlie Edwards,
Walstonburg.
Died of Accident Private Samuel
Crews, Winston-Salem.
Severely Wounded Lieut. C. M.
Kephart, High Point; Corp. Paul Wil
liams, Morgonton; Privates C. G. Ben
jamin, Asheville; Samuel Ray, Char
lotte; Chas. Somers, Statesville; T.
D. Fowler, Bluff; Miller Harris, Sack
ville; Hugh Koontz, Lexington; J. C.
Sanders, Aurelia; Will Robinson, El
lerbe. Slightly Wounded Sergts. J. L.
cord; E. B. Ramsey, Gastonia; Colon
iinton; Privates D. M. Knowles, Con
Castlebury, Apex; T. 0. Ray, Frank
McPhail, Lillington; R. B. Burns,
Drexler; D. E. Hammett, Fletcher.
Railroad Chartered.
A charter was Issued for the French
Broad Railroad Company .of Stack
house, Madison county, capital $50,000.
The purpose is the leasing and opera
tion for the period of 15 years of rail
way line of the Madison County Rail
road Company, seven miles entirely In
Madison county. The line extends
from the station Reunion on the
Southern railway to Belvla, another
station on the Southern'. The incor
porators are W. ' N. Garrett, W. H.
Baker, Jr., R. L. Hutcherson, G. Y.
West, H. L.Locitt and A. G. Keely..
Another charter Issued is for the
Citizens Banking and Trust Company
. Qf Rosemary, Halifax county, capital
terson and others for a general com
mercial and savings banking and
trust business.
Venereal Cases Reported.
Fiftv-four counties of the State
'last month reported 692 cases of
venereal disease to the state board of
health.
Dr. James A. Keiger, director ol
the bureau of veneral diseases, releas
ed the report recently. It tabulated
427 cases of ' gonorrhea, 199 cases of
syphilis, 46 cases of chancroid, 10
cases of gonorrhea and syphilis, on a
case of all three, seven cases of gon
' orrhea. and chancroid, an ft two caset
of syphilis and chancroid.
This is the third report of its kind.
Academy at Highland Lake.
College Park, Ga. (Special). Head
quarters of the Georgia Military acad
emy have been moved this week to
Highland Lake, North Carolina. The
full military equipment, with band in
struments and other necessary mate
rial have been forwarded by special
cars, while Col. J. Q. Nash, command
ant, and Major Queensberry, with
Captain Noble and Sergeants Camp
bell, Piques and Harvey, have gone
forward to put Highland Lake In or
der for the summer camp and naval
schooL
Ruling by Tax Commission.
The State- Tax Commission made a
ruling that in listing taxes for this
year debts eaonot ha deducted from
cotton listed but where cotton is stor
ed in a bonded warehouse or In the
hands of a commission merchant or
agent and a certificate is issued there
on, the value of the cotton must be
listed as a solvent credit from which
the taxpayer's indebtedness can be de
ducted. The commission appointed E.
B. Atkinson, of Asheville, as county
tax supervisor for Buncombe countj,
Mr, VrAnf, flrit appointee, retlfnlnf
TREATY REVISION
WAS A NECESSITY
MANY OF THE CHANGES TO BE
MADE OF MINOR CHARACTER
BUT OF MUCH IMPORTANCE.
WILL NOT JOIN IN BLOCKADE
British Warships Are Reported to Be
Bombarding Base of Bolahevikl
at Kronstradt.
Paris. The council of four devoted
both of its sessions to revision of the
peace treaty, preparatory to its pres
entation to the German peace dele
gates. The rewriting of the treaty of peace,
as announced in Paris dispatches, was
rendered necessary by the discovery
of errors and inconsistencies in the
draft as at first presented to the Ger
mans. Many of the changes to. be
made are of a highly important nature.
But most of them are of a minor
character.
. The latter is particularly true of the
reparations clauses, which will be vir
tually unchanged in the new draft.
But the financial provisions will be
given discretion to allow Germany to
gather a working capital for the re,
sumption of her industries in order
'that she may meet the requirements
of the allies.
Holland has joined Switzerland, Nor
Norway, Sweden and Denmark in re
fusing to take part .in a blockade
against Germany should the latter re
fuse to sign the peace treaty.
British warships are reported in a
dispatch from Stockholm to be bom
barding the base of the bolshevik! at
Kronstradt. The dispatch intimates
that the bolsheviki are endeavoring to .
evacuate the base.
SECRETARY OF LABOR WILSON
COUNCILS AGAINST A 8TRIKE
Atlantic City, N. J. Secretary of
Labor Wilson, speaking before the
convention of the American Federa
tion of Labor, urged organized labor
to refuse to support the nationwide
strike which has been proposed as a
protest against the conviction of Thos.
Mooney. Mr. Wilson told the dele
gates that the government was inves
tigating the claim that new evidence
justified a new trial and that he him
self was devoting much time to the
case.
"But,' he continued, "for organized
labor. to participate in such a strike
as is proposed would simply mean
that labor was trying Mooney, without
the benefit of evidence. Very few of
us are familiar with all the evidence,
yet every working man is asked to
make himself a Juror. Justice cannot
be obtained in that way."
BRITISH EMPIRE IS SHAPING
COURSE FOR SOLITARY TRAVEL
London. From conversation with
public men and a close study of what
is between the lines of the latest edi
torial opinion in leading London
journals, I opine that the British em
pire, as far as America goes, Is slowly
but steadily shaping its course to
travel alone in world affairs "as be
fore." There is no doubt that such a course
is being regretfully considered. Inas
much as the British overtures for a
great alliance of the Anglo-Saxon peo
ples are being directly rebuffed in
the American senate no other course
would appear open. Great Britain
went an exceedingly long way out of
her habitual path when she extended
her open and friendly hand for future
partnership to America in the sincere
belief that her proffer of an English
speaking alliance was reciprocal. It
Is still outstretched.
200 MEXICAN TROOPS ARE
VICTIM OF RAIROAD WRECK
Laredo, Tex. Two hundred govern
ment troops were killed or injured
when the train on which they were
traveling to Chihuahau was wrecked
by sinking of the track north of Aguas
Callentes, according to a Mexico City
dispatch to The El Pervenor at Mon
terey and forwarded here. The troops
were under General Benterla Luvlano.
PREMIUM TO BE ADDED ,
TO BASIC WHEAT PRICE
New York. To preserve a natural
flow of wheat from the farm, periodi
cal nremiums covering storage
charges will be added to the basic
price at various guarantee markets,
according to an announcement here
by Julius H. Barnes, United States
wheat director .
The nremiums will not be introduc
ed durln July, when basic prices
prevailing for the last year will re
main in effect.
LINES ON KNOX RESOLUTION
BEING MORE CLOSELY DRAWN
Washington Senate leaders drew
Iheir lines more sharply for the next
phase of the treaty fight, aronni the
resolution of Senator Knox, of Penn
sylvanl, proposing to put the senate
on record against accepting the
league of nations as now interwoven
with the terms of peace.
After a series of conference and
much informal counting of votes there
were various predictions as to the
course the struggle would take.
"SWOPPED" WIVES AND
GAVE WHISKEY TO BOOT
Smithfield, N. C. That he had trad
ed wives with another man and had
given a half pint of whiskey and 25
cents to boot was , admitted on wit
ness stand in court here by Iredell
Wheeler ,a white man, testifying in a
case in which four other white men
are charged with conspiracy to kill.
Wheeler Informed the officers ot
the location of a Mockade dlitflllng
outfit which they Ml4ed oa April 11.