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ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19,
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THE WORLD OVER
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The dramatic escape ol Pierre Lent-:r
from death at the hands of a fir
ing sijuad in the Vincennes woods is
the subject of lively conversations in
poi;;;Lal circles in France. Lenoir had
t r m tried with Senator Humbert and
other defendants on a charge of. hav
ing Lcnimunicatc military intelligence
to iae enemy and was sentenced to
death. The firing squad already had
taken its place and preparations were
being made to escort Lenoir out to
meet death when the condemned man
begired to be confronted with former
Premier Caillaux, who is under charg
es similar to those on which Lenoir
was convicted. The execution was
suspended.
Five masked men bound and gagged
the mail clerks on the Ocean Limited
Express of the Canadian National rail
way near Harlaka, Quebec, and rob
bed the mail car of $75,000 in paper
and silver. The money was being
shipped from Montreal to Halifax. It
is believed the bandits had an auto
mobile hidden near the scene where
they dropped from the train, and that
they made a dash for the American
border into Maine.
Queen Wilhelmina, in opening the
Dutch parliament, announced that the
Dutch government would propose join'
ing the league of nations.
The Mexican secretary of the treas
ury has been ordered to make imme
diate payment to the United States
government of ten thousand pesos,
presenting the sum paid to obtain the
ransom of two American aviators who
were captured by Mexican bandits in
August.
The British empire put 8,654,467
men into the war. Of these England
recruited 4,006,158.
The present world unrest means that
the old order of things is in its death
throes, says Arthur Henderson, sec
retary of the British Labor party,
Class rule in politics, whether British
or American, is bound to disappear,
The main problem now is to restore
popular confidence, he 6ays.
Martial law is being r.gorously en
forced in the Shantung province by
the Chinese governor, three leaders
of the anti-Japanese movement hav
ing been summarily executed.
Washington
Further details of the negotiations
which resulted in a settlement of the
Adriatic and Fiume issue acceptable
to all powers, obtained in Washington,
reveal that Italy will receive conces
sions of territory in Africa from Great
Britain and France.
Informal exchange of views between
the Chinese and Japanese govern
ments in regard to the Shantung set
tlement is now in progress, according
to statements made in a well informed
Chinese quarter. Formal negotiations
have not yet begun.
Cable advices to the war depart
ment from the commanding general
state that the approximate strength
of the service of supplies in France
of the American forces at midnight,
August 31, doing full duty in foreign
countries is 53,705.
The Turks have resumed their at
tacks upon the Armenians and the
very existence of the nation is in dan
ger, says the American committee for
the independence of Armenia.
"I take pleasure in extending your
excellence on this anniversary of the
independence of Mexico my cordial
felicitations and best wishes for the
peace, prosperity and progress of the
Mexican people," wired the state de
partment to the president of Mexico,
at the direction of President Wilson,
on the occasion of celebrating Mexi
can independence day, September 16.
The house declined to exempt farm
and labor organizations from prose-
cution under a $200,000 appropriation
in the pending deficiency bill for en
forcement of the anti-trust laws. The
vote was in committee of the whole
house, and is not final. Another vote
will probably be demanded with roll
call. - ,
Practically the entire file of cor
respondence between the Mexican
and the American governments will
become a part of the records of the
senate foreign relations subcommittee
investigating the Mexican situation.
The Red Cross announces the dis
patch of two special army trains car
rying emergency supplies and a large
detachment of relief workers to the
hurricane-stricken district between
Brownsville and Corpus Christi, Tex
as. The United States has asked the
Japanese government to fix a defi
nite date for the return of Kiao Chau
to China, according to cable advices
received at Honolulu. The Japanese
government has not answered the
communication.
Acting Secretary of State Phillips
has received a dispatch from London
stating that as a result of the efforts
to raise the German vessels scuttled
it Scapa Flow, the battleship Baden,
tte o-uisers Frankfort, Nuremberg and
wnd&a and fifteen destroyers have
en floated and three other destroy
ers probably will be raised.
f p hingt011 officials in the absence
1 res"lent Wilson will not comment
upon the report that the United States
fnr Japaa t0 set a definite date
lor the return of Kiao Chau to China.
rtl f Tral impression in official cir
vriof,a t the report is wel1 funded,
various Japanese officials have stated
I , au Would be returned, but
a time was never set
President Wiiscm Vas begun a six
day tour of California in the interest
, in ?hfhnetreaty- m California he
s m the home state of one of the bit
terest opponents or the le q
tions.
1878.
President Wilson has signed an act
congres". incorDoratlnsr th AmoH.
can Legion, an organization of veter
ans oi the world war.
Formal reading of the German near a
treaty vfor amendment has been be
gun m the senate.
A strobe undercurrent of mt.t
w uUfll-
tion in the house to presenting Gen
eral Pershlug a $10,000 gold sword re
sulted in eliminating .that item from a
resolution extending thanks of con
gress to the military leader.
The state department has hon nt.
ficially advised that China has issued
a mandate declaring herself now at
peace witn uermany.
President Wilson, stumping the na
tion in behalf of the peace treaty, rat-
ucation. arrived in Portland, Oregoa,
to -make one speech and spent the
rest of the day motoring and resting.
Domestic
Five thousand waii-trwin phhoIi
women determined to obtain Ameri
can husbands soon will arirve in the
umiea states, according to a warn
w -w vvu;isi 0 UJ Jflia. S3.
C. Seymour of Camden. N.r J who
una jusi returnea irom Jfiurope, where
Sh8 Was emnlfivod hv tha mftitarv ail.
thorities to supervise the transports-
wun ui me war oriaes or. American
soldiers in different parts of Europe.
Recovery of ninety-eight additional
Dome along the north shore of Nue
ces bav broueht tha knnwi AaaA as
a result of the gulf storm to nearly
M J V v .
iour nunarea ana causea tears that
the total death roll might reach dou
ble that number. The message is from
Corpus Christi.
That the Spanish steamer Valbane
ra, carrying three hundred passengers
and a crew of one hundred and fifty,
went down in the huricane that swept
Key West, Fla., ten days ago, appear
ed to have been made certain by the
statement of Ensign L. B. Roberts,
commanding officer of the United
States sub-chaser 203, who stated that
he plainly saw the nameplate of that
steamer on the vessel found in forty
feet of water near Key West.
An extract from a magazine article
written in 1914 by Theodore Roose
velt was read by President Wilson
in an address at San Diego, CaL, in
favor of the league of nations. "I am
glad to align myself with such utter
ances. Here in concrete form is the
fulfillment of the plan they advocat
ed," said the president.
The president in San Diego, CaL,
spoke from a glass-enclosed platform,
and his words carried out to the dis
tant rim of the stadium by means ot
an electrical device. Only part ot
those present could hear him, how
ever, and before he finished there
were many empty seats.
Notification that President Wilson
had selected them to act as repre
sentatives of the public in the labor
conference he has decided upon to
meet in Washington, October 6, next.
are in the hands of twenty-two men
residing in all Darts of the country.
The notification was sent out em
bodying an expression of the presi
dent "sincere hODe" that the recipi
ent might find it possible to "under
take this very important service.
Tiooirtoa th representatives of the pub
lic, twenty-two representatives of or
ganized labor and organized laDor em
ployers are to participate in the con
ference.
A new world's altitude record is be
lieved to have been made at Mineola,
N. Y., when Rolan Rohlfs, test pilot
for the Curtiss Airplane company,
soared 34.610 feet above sea level.
Ba(velt field, his starting point, is
no foot above sea level. Rholfs ac
tually climbed 34,500 feet, according
to the barograph. His altimeter reg
istered 34,400 feet.
The total grain crops of the South-
otott for the oresent year will
show a gain of about three hundred
and twenty-six million busneis over
ih. rrnr of last year, while in the
res't of the country there will be a
decrease of about three hundred ana
fifty-seven million bushels.
A thorough survey oi the aemoiisnea
section of Corpus ChrstI by newspaper
correspondents showed block after
block of the beach residential bbuuuu
without a vestige of the former beau
tiful homes.
T?nr.rtn to the department of Jus-
frnm twelve states indicate that
there has been a decline of 10 to 15 per
cent in food prices since tne time
the fair price committee began their
work.
Clothing is still high, and the fair
price committee, operating out of
Washington, are not on we u
the clothing "privateers," both whole
sale and retail.
The engine of a nortnDouna ireigni
i..n rtn thn Louisville and Nashville
railroad blew up at Hygeia, Tenn., kill
ing the fireman, injuring tne engineer
and setting fire to the station and
train.
Rapid growth of the death list re
sulting from the huricane and tidal
tht sweot Corpus Christi and
nearby points caused the belief ta
prevail among the relief workers and
rr oc fiffiriaift that the total dead
would approximate five hundred per
sons.
T?oahiner its climax in a scene in
the house chamber at Washington that
drew added dignity from the simplicity
of the setting the nation's welcome
to General Pershing came to an ena
when the thanks of congress ana ot
the American people were extended
to him and the army he commanded.
There were no military Danas or
ranks of soldiery, and but one flag,
that draped on the wall back of the
speaker's chair, was displayed. The
V . 1 m TITO Ct VA
orfly other toucn ui -
uniforms of the high officers of the
army and navy gathered to see a
comrade given highest honors.
rr,nrht in some sections of East
Tennessee has reached a serious stage, i
Springs and cattle ponas nave gone
dry and farmers are being compelled
to water stocks Irom weus. una.mS
water is also becoming very scarce,
and it may become necessary to ship
fnr drinking purposes in the,
near future unless there is a rain.
The suit of Robert Thomas against
the Methodist Book Concern, publish
ing house of the Methodist Episcopal
church, seeking to recover damages
to the extent oi ,o,v.
cetled lor $3,st.
I
SO FAR III STRIKE
COMMANDERS OF LEGIONS Or
LABOR CONCEDE THAT LONG
STRUGGLE MAY BE AHEAD
CLAIM 284,000 MEN ARE OUT
Steel Corporation, Against Which th
Main Opposition is Directed, is
But Slightly Affected.
At the end of the opening day of
the economic war between organized
labor and the greater part of the iron
and steel industry of the country, both
sides rested, apparently satisfied with
reports received from the far-flung bat
tle line, reaching 20 states and affect
ing directly or indirectly half a mil.
lion workers. After the first test of
strength, Industrial leaders and com
manders of labor's legions were will
ing to admit that they faced a struggle
which might prove long and bitter.
Grim evidence of preparations made
for the industrial conflict were seen
in the armed guards surrounding all
the mills, but the first day of the strike
ended with no signs of serious disor
der, except in New Castle, Pa., where
seven persons were shot in rioting
following an alleged attempt to pre
vent workers from entering a plant.
Until the first smoke of nattle rolls
away, an accurate estimate of the
number of workers who marched out
in obedience to the strike order and
the number who remained at-their
posts is not obtainable.
From strike headquarters In Pitts
burgh came claims that 284,000 men
had taken their places in the ranks
of the strikers, but, although no state
ment was forthcoming from the steel
corporation's headquarters in New
York, company officials in the zone
of action hastened to challenge the
estimate of labor leaders.
The steel corporation, against which
the main offensive is directed, was
able to operate most of its plants in
the Pittsburgh district.
ALLIES ARE APPEALED TO
TO DRIVE D'ANNUNZIO OUT.
London. The Italian government
has appealed to the allied powers ti
send an allied force, exclusive of Ital
ians, to drive d'Annunzlo out of Fiume
according to a report here, which ii
considered reliable.
It Is understood the American na
val authorities here, who control the
operation In the Adriatic have declln
ed any assistance whatsoever, pend
ing the final decision from Washing
ton or the peace delegates in Paris.
NEGRO CITIZENS ENDORSE
LYNCHING OF OBE COX
Athens, Ga. A number of negroes
residing near Lexington, Ga., have
met and adopted resolutions approv
ing of the action of whites who re
cently lynched Ohe Cox. a negro, ac
cused of assaulting and murdering
the wife of a white farmer, it became
known here.
The resolutions condemned In
strong terms the crime that aroused
1,000 men and set them to a 24 hours'
search of swamps and woods which
was concluded with the shooting of
the negro and the burning of his
body. At the time the crime as com
mitted Cox was under indictment for
an attack on a negro woman. He is
said to have confessed before death
to the crime.
SENATOR OVERMAN STANDING
PAT FOR TREATY OF PEACE.
Washington. Senator Overman re
turned from Salisbury where he had
been to see Mrs. Overman, who was
sick. He brought back encouraging
reports.
"North Carolina," said he, "is for
the league of nations. Here and
there you find men opposed to it, but
I found no serious oppposition to it
among the people I saw."
NO TRACE SO FAR FOUND OF
THOSE LOST ON VILBANERA.
Key West, Fla. Search for the 400
passengers and 88 members of the
crew of the Spanish passenger steam
er Valbanera, lost off Rebecca shoals
light, 40 miles from here, continued
without results.
Cuban Consul Milord, who directed
the work of the divers who identified
the sunken hulk, wired a complete
report of his investigations to offi
cials of the Penellie line, which own
ed the steamer.
SOUTHERN CONSIDERING
THREATENED CLERK STRIKE.
Chattanooga, Tenn. The board ol
adjustment of the Southern railway
system opened a three-day confer
ence here, among the important mat
ters to receive attention being the
proposed strike of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Clerks, strike ballots foi
which were distributed a few days
ago. Southern railway clerks have
been instructed to refrain from bal
loting until the present conference
has considered the question.
FREIGHT CAR SHORTAGE
DELAYING ROAD BUILDERS
Washington. Road building cffl
ialc renreaenting southern statei
told the railroad administration th
shortage of freight cars in whlcB
rrvel. sand, and other road making
materials can be moved is threaten
ing to hold up their years work.
m t. Cunningham was chairmar
.! the committee, which included W
T. Fallis, state engineer, North dar
ollna .and R..T. PennelL state engi
baas, flnnth rmllBl.
NOTHING
DECISIVE
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. SEPTEMBER 25,
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COAST IOUR ENDS
AT LOS ANGELES
PRESIDENT'S PLEA FOR EARLY
RATIFICATION OF TREATY
'IS HEARTILY APPROVED.
IS INTRODUCED BY A WOMAN
Mrs. Cowlos Tells the Audience That
"Political Partisans" Are Out of
Place in This Discussion.
Los Angeles. President Wilson
completed his week of speechmaking
on the Pacific coast with a monster
mass meeting here at which tfaous
ands shrieked approval of his plea
for early ratification of the peace
treaty.
"Welcomed to the city by a crowd
which densely packed the downtown
section, the President was cheered tu-
multuously everywhere he appeared
during the day. Along the line or a
10-mile parade he rode in a din of an-
plause and later at a public dinner
cheers greeted his declarations that
the treaty should and would be ac
cepted. I
When he entered the auditorium
for hi? night speech he was cheered
for more than two minutes by a crowd
estimated by the police at 6,000. The
ball was jammed and outside were
thousands waiting since early morn
ing for the doors to open.
At the auditorium meeting Mr. Wil
son was introduced by Mrs. Josiah
Evans Cowles. national president of
the General Federation of Women's
clubs, who told the crowd that the
league must and will become the bul
war of a war weary world for all
time. The "political partisan." she as
serted, had no place in a discussion
of the peace treaty..
GENERAL PALMER RECOMMENDS
AN ARMISTICE OF 8IX MONTHS,
Freeport, Pa. An absolute indus
trial armistice for six months was
urged by Attorney General Palmer
here to permit the solution of econom
ic problems arising out of the changes
wrought by war
Such a period of freedom from un
rest, he declared, would result soon in
increased production which would
bring about an era of "easier living
and better times" for all. On the
other hand, the attorney general
warned, selfish demands by any one
class cannot stimulate the national
prosperity or permanently benefit even
those obtaining such demands by
force.
CORPUS CHRISTI LOSSES
MORE THAN 20,000,000.
Corpus Christi, Texas. Fuller re
ports received from devastated storm
area of which Corpus Christi is the
center, swell the death roll of last
Sunday's hurricane and confirm esti
mates that the property damage will
exceed 120,000,000.
Little progress was made in the
recovery of bodies floating on the bay,
despite that there was no let up in
this work.
LABOR AGITATOR IS SHOWN
THE WAY OUT OF SAVANNAH.
Savannah. J. C. Sullivan, former
member of the Macon fire department
was taken into custody here by Po
lice Chief Woods and will be placed
on board a train for Macon. Chief
Woods said that he apprehended the
ex-fireman upon direct orders of
Mayor Stewart. 1
Sullivan, it was stated, had expect-
to call a meeting of firemen for the
purpose of explaining the advantages
of unionism.
Mayor Stewart in a statement de
clared that "there will be no unions
In the Savannah police or fire depart
ments, and any man joining a union
will lose his job immediately."
TREATY SHOULD BE RATIFIED
AS IT READS WITHOUT DELAY.
Watertown, N. Y. "The treaty
should be ratified without delay and
without change," declared Secretary
of State Robert Lansing here in the
first public utterance made by him
since the statement of Wm. G. Bul
litt before the senate foreign rela
tions committee, in which it was al
leged that the secretary of state on
May 19, in Paris, said that if the
American people knew what was 'in
the treaty they would defeat it
RANCE PROPOSES TO HAVE
PEACE ARMY OF 350,000
Paris. A peace time army o
350,00 men and reduction of the term
of military service from three yean
to one are recommended to the mili
tary committee of the senate in a re
port by Paul Doumer.
Under his plan 200,000 men would
be called to the colors annually to
Aonscrintion and 150.000 others re
emitted through voluntary enlistment.
This system would make the French
army on a war footing total 4,000,000.
OFFICIALS INTERESTED IN
THE ACTIVITIES OF VILLA
Washington. American officials ars
greatly interested in news Indicating
that Villa is planning a new campaign
against Carranza which accounts for
the activity he has displayed during
the past few months. It is said that
i contemDlates a drive south from
his recent headquarters and will keep
away from the border so that by no
act of his can the -American forcea
he sent across the r Grande as wai
tne ease at Juarea.
HFTY THOUSAND
HEAR PRESIDENT
BOTH ROOSEVELT AND LODGE
QUOTED AS ENDORSING IDEA
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
EFFICIENCY OF ARBITRATION
"Would be Death Warrant of Children
f Country" Said the President,
Should the League Fail.'
San Diego, Calif. An extract from
i magazine article "written 'in 1914 by
Theodore Roosevelt was read by
President Wilson In an address here
as an argument in favor of the league
of nations.
Speaking to a cheering crowd which
filled the great San Diego stadium,
the President also quoted from Sena
tor Lodge, one of the most bitter op
ponents of the treaty in its present
form, and declared that in framing
the league covenant, the Versailles
conference and followed the advice of
these and other republican statesmen.
"I am glad to align myself with such
utterances," said Mr. Wilson, while
the crowd cheered. "Here in concrete
form is the fulfillment of the plan they
advocated."
The address was interrupted many
times by applause from the crowd,
which local officials estimated at more
than 50,000.
Emphasizing the arbitration feature
of the covenant, the President said an
example of the efficiency of discus
sion was shown in labor controver
sies. He asserted that whenever eith
er side to such a controversy refused
to discuss its case the presumption
was that it was on the wrong side.
It would be the "death warrant" of
the children of the country, declared
the President should the league fail.
NEW POLICY INAUGURATED
FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
Washington. A new rate making
policy for the protection of water
transportation was urged before the
house interstate and foreign com
merce committee by ex-Chairman
John H. Small, North Carolina, of the
rivers and harbors committee. Mr.
Small asked that the Esch bill be
amended so that railroad lines com
peting with water lines may not de
stroy water traffic. This should be
supplemented, he said, by legislation
permitting cities and towns along
streams to erect terminals.
RETAIL PRICES FOR FOOD
INCREASED DURING AUGUST
Washington. Retail prices of food
increased one per cent in August, as
compared with July, nd reached the
highest point in the nation's history
despite the government's campaign to
reduce the cost of living.
The increase probably already ap
parent in the consume was revealed
when the department of labor s bu
Teau of labor statistics made public its
monthly report.
The foodstuffs increasing in price
were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork
chops, butter, cheese, coffee, sugar,
dry beans and bread. Prices declined
for sirloin and round steak, rib and
chuck i oasts, onions, bacon, flour, cab
bage and canned peas, corn, beans and
tomatoes.
RECOMMENDS DECREASE IN
NATION'S WHEAT ACREAGE
Washington. A reduction ta the
acreage to be sown to winter wheat
this fall of approximately 15 per cent
from last year's acreage was recom
mended by the department of agri
culture. This reduction, which would
mean a total of about 42.000.000 acres
this year, was recommended, it was
said, on the basis of prospective con
ditions of world supply and demand
as judged by specialists of the depart
ment who were sent abroad to report
on the crop status of European coun
tries.
STOCK OF RAW COTTON SMALL
IN HANDS ENGLISH SPINNERS
Washington Present stocks of raw
cotton in the hands of British spin
ners are very small, probably no mill
having a supply for more than two or
three weeks ahead, according to a re
port from the American agricultural
trade, commissioner at London on the
cotton situation in United Kingdom.
Labor conditions and the high price
of cotton, together with the uncertain
ty of exchange, have made the spin
ners cautious.
DRIVE IS ON TO ORGANIZE ALL
EMPLOYES IN NEW YORK CITY
New York A drive to organize all
ntnnloves of New Yor City, including
policemen and firemen into one union
t be known as the "central union,
affiliated with the American Federa
tion of Labor, was well under way.
Work was being directed toward ob
taining a age increase to meet the
increased cost of living and to organ-
ing city employes who have not yet
Inined anv union. Increases of as
much as 65 per cent are discussed.
STEAMER VALBANERA BEING
SOUGHT BY TWO GUNBOATS
Havana Two Cuban gunboats are
learching along the northern shore
of the islands and in the Bahamas ior
ome trace of the Spanish steamshiE
Valbanear, which is nine days . over
Ana Th teamer. with several hun
dred passengers on board, arrived off
Morro Castle on September , wnen
great tropical hurricane was raging,
and, being unable to enter port, put
out to tea to await 'or the storm to
abate.
1919
SOUTHERN GAINS
IN GRAIN CROPS
i r
ESTIMATE OF PRODUCTION IS
THIRTY PER CENT OF THAT
OF ENTIRE COUNTRY.
VALUED AT $3,000,000,000
Cotton Must This Year Give Place in
Size and Value to the Three Crops
of Corn Wheat and Oats.
Baltimore.-r-The total grain crops
of the southern states for the present
year, according to statistics compiled
by The Manufacturers Record, will
show a gain of about 326,000,000 bush
els over the crops of last year, while
in the rest of the country there will
be a decline based on the September
1 estimates, of about 357,000,000 bush
el". The south has thus, by the enor
mous increase in its grain crops, sav
ed the nation from a disastrously
short crop.
The total grain crops of the south
this year will aggregate about 1,645,-
000,000 bushels, while the rest of the
country will have an output of about
3,831,000,000 bushels. In other words,
the south this year will produce more
than 30 per cent of the entire grain
crop of the United States. The value
of the south's grain crops this year,
based on September first prices, would
amount to nearly $3,000,000,000, or an
Increase of $935,000,000 over the value
of the grain crops of the south of
1918.
,The value of the corn, wheat and
oat crops of the south this year will
aggregate, based on September first
figures of prices on the farm, about
$4,775,000,000. The three crops, corn,
wheat and oats alone will exceed by
probably half a billion dollars to three
quarters of a billion dollars the total
value of the south's cotton crop.
STEEL WORKERS REFUSE TO
LONGER PUT OFF STRIKE
Pittsburgh. The steel workers na
tional committee made public a letter
it has drafted and sent to President
Wilson giving eleven reasons why it
could not comply with Lis request to
postpone the steel workers strike
called orf September 22. The letter
also recites the history of the move
ment to better the conditions eX the
workers and expresses faith in the.
President's "desire to bring about a
conference with employers."
"We regret that for the first time
ycur call on organized labor cannot
meet with favorable response," the
letter states. "If delay were not more
than delay, even at the cost of loss of
membership in our organizations, we
would urge the same to the fullest of
our ability, notwithstanding the men
are firmly set for an immediate
strike. But delay here means the
surrender of all hope."
NO PROFITEERING IN COTTON
AT PREVAILING PRICES HERE.
Washington. Director Phillip S
Kennedy, of -the bureau of foreign
and domestic commerce, writes Sena
tor Simmons that he does not think a
price on cotton of 38 cents at Liver
pool indicates profiteering when the
price is 30 cents at Shelby. He was
replying to a letter from Rush Stroup,
treasurer of Cleveland county.
FOOD PRICES FALLING
ACCORDING TO REPORTS,
Washington. Reports to the depart
ment of ustice frojm 12 states indi
cate there has been a decline of 10 to
15 per cent in food prices since the
time the fair-price committees began
thoir work.
From four states have come reports
on wholesale prices Indicating a de
cline of 2 to 5 per cent Virtually no
reductions in clothing prices have
been noted.
The reports pn retail food prices
were said to have been from cities
ind counties well distributed through
out the country.
TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY-SIX
DEAD HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED
Corpus Christi, Texas. The death
toll in Corpus Christi and vicinity
as a result of the hurricane and tidal
wave, stood at 256, according to re
Dorts from burial squads. The gener
ally accepted estimated was that the
final figures would reach 500.
The official figures of casualties are
Cormis Christi. 54: White Point.
96; Recoita and Portland. 80; Port
Arkansas, 5; Odem and Sinton, 11 ;
Arkansas Pass, 2; Rockport, 8.
STEAMSHIP AND RAILWAY
CLERKS VOTE ON STRIKE
Louisville. Kv. Two hundred thou
sand railway and stamship men, mem-
hrs of the Brotherhood of Railway
and KteamshiD Clerks, freight hand3.
f.inress and station mployees, have
been ordered to take a strike vote it
van an nounced here by J. J. Forrster
J of Cincinnati, president of the Broth-
ernooa, to emurue uemtuius uiau w
'the railway administration.
Orders have gone forward to every
lodge In the country, it was said
PRESIDENT SAYS THAT THE
U. S. CANNOT BE OUTVOTED
San Francisco. Replying in a
statment to a list of questions put to
him by a San Francisco league of na
tions organization, President Wilson
declared Great Britain could not out
vote the United States in the league;
that foreign governments could not,
under the covenant,- order American
trrvona abroad: that the league would
have a powerful Influence toward res
toration ot Shantung to China.
Tax Notice
To the tax payers of Chatham coun
ty: I will be at the following places
on the dates mentioned below for tbe
purpose of receiving the taxes for the
year 1919 which will bo 'due cn Oc
tober 1st.
Pittsboro, Monday, October 6th.
Moses Clark's store. Tuesday A. M.,
October 7tb,
Aaron Wilson's Store, Tuesday af
ternoon, October 7th.
Thraikill's Store, Wednesday morn
ing, October 8th.
Kelley's Store, Wednesday after
noon, October 8th.
Council's Shop, Thursday morning,
October 9th.
Fearrington, Diggs' Store: Thursday
afternoon, October 9th.
Henry Cheek's residence, ' Friday
morning, October 10th.
. J. C. Blake's residence, Friday
afternoon, October 10th.
W. A. Allen's Store, Saturday morn
ing, October 11th.
Riggsbee (Coles Store), Saturday
afternoon, October 11th.
Brick Haven, Harrington's Store,
Monday morning, October 13th.
Tom Buckanan's Store, Monday af
ternoon, October 13th.
Merry Oaks, Edwards' Hotel, Tues
day morning, October 14th.
W. M. Goodwin's Store. Tuesday
afternoon, October 14th.
Haywood, Walden Thomas', Store,
Wednesday morning, October isth.
Moncure, Lambeth Bros., Wednes
day afternoon, October 15th.
Dock Burns' residence, Thursday
morning, October 16th.
Colon Williams' residence, Thurs
day afternoon, October 16th.
R. R. Segroves, residence, Friday
morning, October 17th. -
Jim Knight's Shop, Friday after
noon, October 17th.
T. B. Bray's Store, Saturday morn
ing, October 18th.
Beals Mill, Saturday afternoon, Oc
tober 18th.
Rieves Chapel, Monday morning,
Octobe 20th.
Kimbelton, post office, Monday af
ternoon, October 20th.
Bynum, Atwater & Lambeth's Store,
Tuesday morning, October 21st.
Taylor Henderson's Store, Tuesday
afternoon, October 21st.
T. E. Williams' Store, Wednesday
morning, October 22nd.
Thompson Bros.' Store, Wednesday
afternoon, October 22nd.
Henderson Bros.' Store, Thursday
morning, October 23rd.
Silk Hope, Thursday afternoon, Oc
tober 23rd.
J. I. Lindley's residence, Friday
morning,, October 24th.
Donnie Clark's residence, Friday af
ternoon, October 24th.
Siler City, Hadley Hotel, (all day)
Saturday, October 25th.
Teague's Mill, Monday morning, Oc
tober 27th.
Teague's Store, Monday afternoon,
October 27tL.
Ralph Johnston's Store, Tuesday
morning, October 28th.
M. W. Duncan's residence, Tuesday
afternoon, October 28th.
Bonlee Bank, Wednesday (all day),
October 29th.
Sharp's Mill, Thursday morning,
October 30th.
Gulf, Russell's Store, Thursday af
ternoon, October 30th.
Carbonton, Dismukes' Store, Friday
afternoon, October 31st.
Hilllard's Store, Friday afternoon,
October 31st.
Bear Creek, Coggins Fitts' Store,
Saturday (all day), November 1st
Harpers Cross Roads,, Wednesday
morning, November 5th.
' Bennett, Bank, Wednesday after
noon, November 5th.
R. L. Welch's Store, Thursday
morning, November 6th.
J. M. Jordan's Store, Thursday af
ternoon, November 6th.
Ore Hill, post office, Friday morn
ing, November 7th.
Brewer's Store, Friday afternoon,
November 7th.
Siler City, Hadley Hotel, Saturday
(all day), November 8th.
The law requires but one tax round
to be made and I am making the
above number of places for your con
venience. Please come forward and
settle. Pay your dog tax and get the
tair number. It is a misdemeanor if
not paid before December the 1st.
The law provides that on an state
and county taxes paid in the month of
October and November that you are
entitled to a discount of one per cent.
ah tTM naid in the month of De
cember shall be paid at the . net
amount charged and from ana aner
the first day of January a penalty of
one per cent per month shall be charg-
ann orvllficted: that is to say, that
on all taxes paid in the month of Jan
uary after the first day of January,
o ruinaitv of one per cent shall be
added on the taxes paid, and in the
month of February and alter tne nrst
a,t t iTohmarv a Denalty of two per
cent shall be added and an additional
r,onnitv of one per cent for each addi
tional month of delay in the settle
ment of same.
t Ginrnr.lv hone that all the tax
payers understand the law and will
come forward and settle in one nmu
without having to pay any penalty.
Yours very truly,
LEON T. LANE,
Sheriff Chatham County.
September 17, 1919.
ORGANIZATIONS OF FARMERS
AND LABORERS ARE EXEMPT.
waahinrtnn. Before passing the
-T.aii rtatinlenev bill the House again
exempted from prosecution under the
anti-trust laws all organizations oi
laborers and farmers combining to in
crease .wages .or maintain reasonable
prices for farm product.
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VOL. XLII. NO. 8
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
SHOHT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Sanford. The Peoples' bank open
ed its doors for business. The man
agement was well pleased with the
way money came in from tobacco
sales, 'as well as the general run ot
depositors.
This makes three banks for Sanford.
Lexington. Lexington is well repre
sented in the colleges of the state this
year, a large ; number of young men
and women leaving for Trinity, St.
Mary's, Salem, North Carolina Col
lege for Women and elsewhere. A
number of young women went to G.
C. W., and a large number of young
men will enter A. & E. college.
Charlotte. Meeting for the first
time of the fall season, directors of
the Charlotte Y. W. C. A. accepted
the resignation of Mrs. J. A. Durham
as treasurer and named Miss Kate
Stratton to that office.
Asheville. When 1 an automobile
left the road and ran over an em
bankment on the Asheville-Canton
highway Arthur May, of this city, was
Instantly killed and M. L. Lowe was
seriously injured.
Gastonla. At an enthusiastic meet
ing of citizens of Gastonia it was de
cided to go ahead at once with the
establishment of a Y. M. C. A., to cost
not less than $150,000.
Wilmington. Work will begin in
the near future on a handsome $100,
000 office building which will be oc
cupied on completion by Alexander
Sprunt k. Sons, Inc., one of the largest
cotton exporting corporations in the
world.
Rocky Mount Approximately 40
gallons of white lightning whiskey,
otherwise known as monkey rum, with
a total valuation, according to prevail
ing prices, of about $1,600 and a big
Mitchell touring car were seized when
police officers arrested L. J. Bridges,
a railroad man and O. D. Murray ,a
local plumber.
Gastonla. Frank I. Carpenter, one
of the most popular and best known
men in Gaston county, died suddenly
at his home in Dallas.
Kinston. Damage estimated at
more than $10,000 resulted from the
destruction by fire of a packhouse
owned by M. A. and A. L. Moore,
brothers, in Lenoir county.
Wilmington. "The Camp Bragg
News," the official newspaper for the
soldiers of the great field artillery
training camp at Fayetteville, will be
published hereafter in Wilmington.
Durham. Plans for the establish
ment of a large hosiery plant in this
city under the direction of the Gol
den Belt Manufacturing company, a
part of the American Tobacco com
pany, were officially announced.
Fayetteville. Charles F. Hackbarta
William Salisbury and John C. Davis,
charged with robbery of the postof
flees of Wagram and Rowland, were
discharged by United States Commis
sioner W. S. Cook for lack of evidence.
Asheville. Preparations are going
forward for the annual meeting here
this month of the southeastern section
of the National Electric Light asso
ciation. The members of this associa
tion with their wives will gather here
on September 17.
Rocky Mount In special session
the board of aldermen accepted res
olution under which an election will
be called - to determine whether the
city will issue bonds not exceeding
$30,000 to be used in providing an
other school building for the colored
residents.
Lumberton. Robeson superior court
for the trial of civil cases adjourned.
Ten divorces were granted during tbe
term, which was perhaps the largest
number ever granted at one term of
Robeson court
Apex. Following an illness of 10
weeks, Rev. J. M. Holleman, one of
the oldest and most widely known
Baptist ministers in North Carolina,
died here.
He had served one church 44 years.
Raleigh. As a special feature of
the state livestock meeting at Golds
boro, December 9 to 12, the animal In
dustry workers of the agricultural ex
tension service are now planning to
promote a series of big barbecues
each day at noon during the time of
the convention.
Raleigh. Civil action has been
started in Superior Court by Mrs. Sal
lie Clark Graham against her hus
band, Maj. W. A. Graham, state com
missioner of agriculture, for support
while they are separated.
; Lenoir. M. L. Cornwell and . L.
Stone, two local furniture manufac
turers, have bought tbe old Lincoln
Furniture comapny plant at Lincoln
ton and within the next 60 days will
begin manufacturing chairs at this
plant. They have already bought the
necessary chair machinery.
Hillsboro. The Belle Vue Manufac
turing company, which recently in
creased capital stock to $500,000 as
noted, will erect new buildings and
install additional weaving machinery
and spindles and looms.
Elon College. The Enrollment so
tar is In excess of any enrollment for
the opening days during the 30 pre
vious years since Eton's foundation.
The board of trustees have been call
ed to meet on next Tuesday to con
sider plans to care for the overflow
among the young ladle.