Chatham
EEOED
ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878.
PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. OCTOBER 9, 1919
VOL. XLII. NO. 10
IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIt
AND OTHER NATIONS FOR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN .
THE NEWS JFTHE SOUTH
What Is Taking Place In The SoutI
land Will Be Found In
Brief Paragraph
Foreign
Complying with suggestions made
lv various members of the supreme
council, the Jugo-Slav government has
civen special instructions to all the
jugo Slav, officers to avoid clashes
with the Italians.
The Socialist delegates in the Ita!
parliament just dissolved have
addressed a manifesto to the country,
strongly condemning the war, which
ms lpft behind it a threatening pre
ponderance of professional militar
ism." Far from serving liberty, war
is death to all liberties," they declare.
Advices received by the peace con
ference from Rome, Italy, have per
suaded the members of the supreme
(ouncil that Italy will ratify the Ger
man peace treaty by royal decree. The
treneral opinion in the council is that
' . ,. ... i , 1 J lineal
such a ratiiication win ue vanu
he Italian constitution, as the treaty
does not involve any Italian territ
rial changes. . '
Fconomic negotiations between
Luxembourg and Belgium have been
broken off by Belgium as a result of
-ho referendum in Luxembourg un
der which France became Luxem
bourg's financial ally. The Belgian
minister in Luxembourg has been re
called. . ,
George Tchitchenrin, Russian Bol
shevik foreign minister, in a message
ent broadcast by wireless, says: Our
intentions regarding peace remain the
same as when the Bullitt mission ar
rived We are ready to make peace
at anv moment, provided military op
erations are stopped immediately and
the blockade is nrtea.
imposed and do not wish to Impose
Communism on anybody.
Finn troops, it is reported have
broken the Bolshevik lines and cap
tured several divisions.
The Italian steamer Epiro, with 200
r. and some United States
omrers on board, bound for Cattaro
is declared to have been shot at by
Jugo-Slav regular troops.
The French chamber of deputies
ratified the German peace treaty by
a vote of 372 to 53. It now goes to
the senate. .
The blockade of Germany, which
was threatened by the allies in case
the troops of General von der Goltz
were not removed from the Baltic re
gion, will begin at once. No food
win v Twrmitted to start for
Germany until further orders are is
sued Vessels now on the way to Ger
man ports, however, will be permit
ted to proceed to their destinations.
Major General Graves, commander
o fthe American forces in Siberia, has
demanded an apology from General
w,aff in command of Russians
(not Bolshevists) in Priamur province,
for the arest of Capt. L. J. Johns of
the 2t7h regiment, and Corporal Ben
jamin Sperling of the 3-st, and the
flogging of the latter by eossacks com
manded by General Kalmikoff. This
is one of the most serious incidents
since the allies landed in Siberia.
King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of
Belgium, on their way, via the U. S.
c fj0r,re-P WashinKton, sent a wireless
message to President Wilson, express
ing regret over, his illness.
Experts say that the live stock in
dustry and dairy industry are going
ahead so rapidly that it is only a
question of a few years until the South
will be the leading cattle, hog sheep
raising section of the United States.
Because of the illness of President
Wilson, King Albert of Belgium has
decided to cancel all his engagements
in connection with his tour of the Unit
ed States after those in Boston and
Buffalo up to October 14.
From October 18th to the 31st an
intensified, safety campaign to reduce
nersonal injuries to employees and the
public will be conduct by the Amer
ican Railway Administration. The
idea is an outgrowth of the "no acci
dent week" observed by the railroads
in the southern region in January, and
every one in railroad employ from
president to office boy will strive dur
ing this period to avoid injury by ac
cident to himself or in any way en
daneerine the safety of others.
The South is building many good
roads. Large areas of fertile land are
being prepared for cultivation Dy
and clearing. Progress is
being made in the clearing out ot
cutover timberlands and all softs of
new methods are being introduced.
The United States gunboat Wheel
ing, for the last five years operating
chiefly in gulf waters, has been put
out of commission at the naval station
in New Orleans. The Wheeling was
caught in the recent tropical hurricane
and was badly damaged in a collision
with a Mallory line steamer.
Health bureaus throughout the en
tire South report that health condi
tions are splendid and getting better.
The whole South is beginning to wake
up to the fact that good sanitation is
the first requisite for good health.
EAST CHICAGO NOW
L
HAS
MARTIAL
AVf
WILSON'S C0IIDITI0I1
I5K
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD WITH
1.C00 REGULAR TROOPS GO
TO GARY, NEAR3Y.
LARGE PARADE OF STRIKERS
Federal Troops Were Sent to Gary in
Motor Trucks Immediately Upon
Request of Governor Goodrich.
DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED IN
PERSUADING THE PATIENT
TO REMAIN IN BED.
RESPIRATION WAS AFFECTED
That Mr. Wilson Was Able to Eat and
Sleep with More Regularity Was
Considered Very Promising.
uoL-oi n warred, for the past 18
o tmstPd teller in the Chatta-
iooga, Tenn., First National bank, con
fessed to a shortage of thirty-live muu
a iiiaT-B hut was not arrested.
a CI. Hll UVwwiUf - t .
v(,mq imnrovements in rural
schools and other conditions of the
schools are reported all over the South,
tat out that the rural
clUU 1L lfl F"l"v , . ,
school' teacher is being better paid
than ever before.
r, TToi states' trade with lor
x lie vui1" ,
noHnn has erown enormously
and has reached ten billion five hun-
j j ;ii;r rtr11ars a vear.
ureu iiiiuiuu - ... ., ,
The Belgian royalty m the United
States to voice their gratitude and
r ta. TtPieian people for the gen-
erous aid given them by this country
iu their time of direst need spent
their first hours quietly at their hotel.
j.: nar thftir vovaKe across the
rpy Li Life cxa. i,- -
ocean and celebrating their nineteenth
wedding anniversary.
mi.- oiHnp- over of the Bulolch home
at Roswell, Ga., by the Roosevelt Me-
5i a nfiation is now an assured
mux iai umwv
proposition, dependent only on Geor-j.-o-
it allotted share in the
Kia S - , ,
national campaign for ten million dol
of the interest oi tne
state and its people in the Perpetua
tion of the memory ana iaei3 U1
The destroyer Greene, which was
disahW bv a boiler explosion, was
towed in port at Key West, Fla. James
Joseph Quinn of Philadelphia, fireman,
was instantly killed, two other men se
oaiHcri and several others
slightly injured. The explosion was
in the port boiler.
T r.i the United States Supreme
court reverses the Ohio state courts,
the action of the state legislature in
federal prohibition
amendment will go to popular refer
endum at tta coming NovemDer eiei.
TWutat legislature has ratified
iae suitrage amendment to me uuu
stitutinn rf ko united States.
With 800 troops from Forts Omaha
and Crook, Neb., and Camp Dodge,
Iowa, on riot duty, and with 500 more
soldiers due to arrive later, Omaha,
officials were confident ' there
would lie no further outbreak of the
race rioting which resulted in the
death of two nsranns. injuries to sev
eral .ft .r, -- . ; . . i aHomilf tO
" i-o u l uLiicra, - - x-
lynch Mayor E. p. Smith, and partial
uesu;;euon by fire of the count
court house
Washington
Ttndtes of all American soldiers in
terred in Germany, Belgium, Italy,
Great Britain and Luxembourg and in
northern Russia will be returned to
the United States as soon as neces
sary transportation can be arranged.
Secretary Baker announces that he
has issued instructions to the pur
chase, storage and traffic division of
the general staff to take charge of
the matter and to hasten it as much
as possible.
Oficial information bearing on me
reported disappearance in Ukrania of
Brig. Gen. Edgar Jadwin, representa
tive of the American peace delega
tion, had not been received in Wash
ington. Major General Churchill, the
chief of military intelligence, cabled
the American military attache at War
saw, Poland, to thoroughly investigate
the report. ,
President Wilson's condition is re-
oakoiI imnr ovine slowlv.
i Admiral Knapp. commanding the
American naval forcesin European wa
ters, says that intervention by the
American naval forces at Trau, Dal
matia, prevented bloodshed "which per
haps would have resulted in a state
of actual war between Italy and Jugo
slavia." The Russian ambassador has inform
ed the state department that that the
superior Russian commander in oiue
ria has appologized to the commander
of the American forces in Siberia for
the incident at Iman, Siberia, involv
ing the arrest by eossacks of an Amer
ican officer and enlisted men and the
flogging of "the latter.
Investigation has been started by
the bureau of internal revenue of the
complaints made by jewelry men
articles taxable under the luxury
clause of the revenue act are being
sold in tobacco and stationery boxes
without collection ofthe tax.
American aid for (Armenia soon
be unnecessary, says James W. Gerard,
former United States ambassador to
Germany. He says there will be no
Armenian problem Because an iub
menians will have starved io ueau.
in a month.
Breaking a three weens" oeauiocit,
senate and house conferees have at
it roafhsH an agreement on the pro
hibition" enforcement bill. Quick ap-
proval of the conferees report ia ex
pected.
At last reaching the stage of action
in its consideration of the peace trea
ty the senate has swept aside 36 out
as amendments which had been
written into the document Dy iue .u
miatinii!) committee.
In the absence of a definite agree
ment, senate leaders tninK tnai iue
debate on the remaining amendments
to the peace treaty will run on for sev
eral days before another roll call vote
is taken. .
John W. Bennett of Waycross has
been nominated by the president to
be United States attorney tor wo
southern district of Georgia.
A dispatch from JUi raso, ia, j-0
American' aviators flying into Mex
ico will be fired upon by Mexican
ThS rtisnatch states that Ig-
nacie Bonillas, Mexican ambassador
at Washington, had been instructs tU
convey this information to the state
department. .....,
Ten thousand emergency umi-cio
relieved of their commissions
between now and the first of No
vember, and warning is given that
men retained in the service, both reg
ulars and emergency officers, will un
doubtedly sufer reduction in ran m
numerous cases.
Brand Whitlock of Ohio, now min
ister to Belgium, has been nominat
ed by President Wilson to be ambas
sador to that country.
o,tt,pm states business interests
,, tn have immediate government
aid in fostering larger participation in
foreign' trade and in the development
of their ports. Trade Commissioner
Garrard Harris of the department of
commerce left Aasningion ior dh
mingham and later will go to Mobile
and New Orleans to inaugurate the
work. Temporary headquarters wiU
be established first at Mooiie.
corretarv Lansing returned to wasn-
ington after a vacation Of several
weeks at Henderson nwuui,
Shipping in American pon,
. '-:.vinnjn linnrd vessels
as It concerns auivvo " -
with cargoes consigned to ports of the
United Kingdom, was at a standstill
because of the strike of British rai -
way workers, suspension oi mo .
ines of all vessels under its control
to ports of England, Scotland Ireland
and Wales has neen auuuu ,
hoard throueh the making
pubirof an order issued when the
railroad striKe ubmiu.
tainty.
Chicago. Martial law was declared
within a radius of five miles from
East Chicago, Ind., by Adjutant Gen
eral Smith, acting under-authority of
Governor James Goodrich and Maj.
Gen! Leonard Wood, commander of
the central division of the United
States armv. arrived at Gary, nearby.
with 1,000 overseas regulars of the
Fourth division to prevent trouble as
a result of a tense situation in the
steel mill strike region.
No violence occurred, the only out-
bieak taking place before state troops
were sent into the field: but a large
parade of strikers, including 200 for
mer soldiers in uniform in spite of an
order against parades and meetings,
was held, preliminary to a meeting of
strikers in a park at Gary.
The federal troops sent to Gzry
were dispatched in motor trucks by
rioneral Wood immediately after he
had received a request for aid from
Governor Goodrich. General Wood
announced that he would assume per
sonal command or tne troops.
Oh arrival of the federal troops, the
state units were withdrawn from
Gary and concentrated in Indiana
Harbor and East Chicago.
SUGAR
QUESTION
IS A 11 ISSUE
RISE IN PRICE OF SUGAR BEFORE
JANUARY NEXT IS A CON
FIDANT PREDICTION.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION NEEDED
The Necessity oF the Continuation of
8ugar Equalization Board Pointed
Out As Possible Remedy.
Washington. The favorable trend
of President Wilson's condition con
tinued and there were ' indications
that those attending tha President
thought he might" be definitely on the
road to recovery.
After 'thn heat nieht'R sleen he has
had since he was taken ill. the Pres
ident was in such good spirits that
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his
personal physician, bad difficulty in
persuading him to remain in bed.
That Mr. Wilson was able to eat and
sleep with more regularity was con
sidered perticularly promising since
these are the two most important
requisites for cure of the complica
tions which followed his attack of
nervous exhaustion. His digestive or
gans have been sensitive for years
and his resniratorv system, weaken
ed by an attack of influenza last
spring, is said to have interfered
during his present illness with his
ability to sleep soundly.
THE PRESIDENT IS
A VERY SICK
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CONSULTATION HPLD BETWEEN
PHYSICIANS WHO AGREE ON
LINE OF TREATMENT.
CONFINED TO BED ALL DAY
There Is Much Speculation in Capital
As to the President's Real Con
dition and Concern Expressed.
BRITISH RAILWAY STRIKE
ENDS THROUGH COMPROMISE.
3UEEN ELIZABETH CHARMED
WITH THE FALLS OF NIAGRA
Rnffalo. The aueen of the Bel
gians was enthralled by the mighty
cataract of Niagara. The cordial
iemi-military greeting given the Bel
gian rulers by Buffalo was dengot-
fnl to them but it was the memory
at the great falls her majesty will
rvirrv with her longest, and ot wnicn
3h exclaimed most often to those in
her entourage.
NORTHERN LITERATURE GIVEN
AS CAUSE OF NEGRO RIOTS,
London. With dramatic sudden
ness it was announced to a knot of
people waiting in Downing street, that
the great railway strike, which ap
oared to havo brought the country
r
almost to the brink of revolution, was
settlsd, and that the strikers would
resume work as quickly as possible.
The terms of the settlement are m
the nature of a compromise. The Na
tional Union of Railwaymen agrees
to call off the strike, and the govern
ment consents to a renewal oi tne
negotiations, the continuance of the
existing wage scale for another year,
instead of six months as previously
offered, and the establishment of a
minimum wage of 51 shillings, while
the cost of living is 110 per cent above
the pre-war level.
Washington. Told by George A.
Zabriskle, president of the sugar
equalization board, it was practically
certain that unless some legislation
action was taken immediately sugar
prices would increase after January
1. the senate committee investigating
the sugar shortage requested W. A.
Glasgow, counsel for the food admin
istration, to formulate legislation de
signed to alleviate the situation and
to make possible negotiations for pur
chasing the 1920 Cuban sugar crop.
The committee made its request af
ter Mr. Zabriskle had testified that
despite urging by the sugar equaliza
tion board President Wilson had fail
ed to authorize purchase of the Cuban
crop, and after he at Chairman Mc
Nary's insistence had presented his
eorresDondence with the President.
The Cuban government withdrew its
offer of the sugar crop September 23,
Zabriskie said. He added, however,
that means might yet be found to ob
tain Cuban sugar if legislative ac
tion could be had Immediately. It
would be necessary also, he said, to
maV nrovision for continuation of
the sugar equalization board, which
automatically goes out of existence
December 31.
REPORT ABOUT COMPLETE OF
FEDERAL RAILWAY COMMISSION
Washington. President Wilson is
"a very sick, man," and 'his' condi
tion is less favorable," it was said by
Dr. Cary T. Grayson, the President's
physician, in a statement issued at 10
o'clock p. m. from the White House.
The following bulletin was issued
by Dr. Grayson:
"The President is a very sick man.
His condition is less favorable and
he has remained in bed throughout
the day.
President Wilson's condition was
not so favorable and Dr. Grayson, his
personal physician, held a two hour
consultation late in the day with a
nerve snecialist and three other phy
sicians at the White House. Also for
the first time since the President re
turned from his interrupted country
wide tour in the interest of the peace
treaty, he was compelled to keep to
his bed all day.
It was explained that this did not
necessarily mean the President had
received a serious setback, as he was
to be expected to have bad days from
time to time with the nervous ailment
from whtich he is suffering.
The decision to call in a nerve spe
cialist, Dr. Grayson said, was made as
a precautionary measure.'"
There is much speculation in the
capital as to the President's real con
dition, and concern is generally expressed.
Tax Notice
To the tax navera of Chatham coun-
v: I will bn at thn following nlaces
ya the dates mentioned below for the
purpose of receiving the taxes for the
year 1919 which will be due cn Oc
tober 1st
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.
Rlggsbee (Coles Store), Saturday
afternoon, October 11th.
Brick Haven, Harrington's Store,
Monday morning, October 13Ch.
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.
i Haywood, Walden Thomas' Store,
Wednesday morning, October 15th.
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.
OVER THE LAND OF
THE LONG LEAF PINE
SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Beals' Mill, Saturday afternoon, Oc
tober 18th.
Morganton. Site for Morganton's
new $100,000 hotel was selected and
purchased, the owners selling the
property for $10,000.
Rutherfordton. Forest City is to
have a new cotton mill. At a meet
ing of prominent business men plans
were gotten under way to build the
mill. Over $200,000 worth of stock
was subscribed in a few minutes.
Raleigh. Governor BIckett granted
pardons to two notable prisoners, Hu
bert E. Wilson, Mecklenburg county,
sentenced to 18 months for bigamy,
and Thomas Faucette, Granville, two
years for abducting a married wo-man.
Chanel Hill. The current of stu
dents which for the past few days has
been flowinu Into Chapel Hill tor tne
opening of the 125th session of th
University of North Carolina, sweuea i
into a full tide when 428 men regis
tered. '
Salisbury. Alex Yantsios, part
owner of the Piedmont cafe and one
of Salisbury's most popular Greeks
was almost instantly killed when his
automobile turned turtle while he and
a party of friends were returning from
China Grove.
Washington. Southern congress
men have reported to the department
nf instice that I. W. W. money and
representatives are behind the move
ment to incite negroes to not ana
massacre.
The attorney general and the post
master general have been asked to
annlv the esDionage act to certain
New York and Chicago publications
that started race hatred by cartoons
and editorial attacks on whites.
Thprn is aDorehension in Washing
ton that bloody race wars will break
mit in some of the states largely pop
ulated by negroes, if the papers that
print inflammatory stories are not
suppressed or barred from tne mans.
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS
SUGGEST A NEW REMEDY.
New York. The present industrial
unrest is due to the system permit
ting "the acquisition of wealth for
which no adequate service has been
rendered," according to nine "indus
trial engineers" who express their
views in a letter made public here
addressed to the labor conference in
Washington.
Washington. With the cross exam
ination of W. Jett Lauck, counsel for
the Amalgamated Association of
Street and Electric Railway em
ployes, the presentation of labor s view
of the difficulties of the nation's trol
ley systems was concluded before the
federal electric railways commission.
Kttnr hearinz Jl few additional wi
nesses who have expressed a desire
to clear up previous statements, the
commission expects to adjourn and
begin preparation of its report based
on hearings covering all phases of the
situation.
rmai Tamination of Mr. Lauck de
veloped that the Amalgamated asso
ciation favors as "a living wage" not
less than $6.40 per day for all electric
railway' employes, including clerks
and stenographers.
BELGIAN RULER COMES TO US
TO EXPRESS HIS GRATITUDE.
New York. The king and queen of
the Belgians, with Prince Leopold,
Leir apparent to the throne, are the
guests of the United States in New
York. They have come, as his ma
jesty expressed it, to voice their grat
itude and that of their people ior tne
generous aid given them by this coun
try in years of direst need when their
nation was threatened with extermi
nation. The king expressed great regret at
th( state of President Wilson's health
and sincerely hoped for his complete
recover" adding that the President
was very precious.
36 OUT OF 45 AMENDMENTS
TO TREATY ARE DEFEATED,
NEGRO STRIKEBREAKERS
t KILL A UNION PICKET.
TO ENTRU8T THE STATES
WITH WORLD WAR EMBLEMS
TURKISH SITUATION IS
CAUSING APPREHENSIONS
Paris. The new situation in Tur
vv which has arisen through Jht
resignation of the cabinet is regarded
in French circles as confronting the
forence with another gTave
nroblem. The downfall ol
.he government is attributed to the
occupation of Konich by nationalist
fm-PM under Mus tapa Kemai, wno
according to some estimates, hai
300,000 men.
eivr WOUNDED IN RIOTS
AT OAKLAND TERMINAL
Washington. While the United
States government will retain title
to the colors, standards and guidons
carried by North Carolina, South Car
olina and other national guard troops
during the world war, they will be en
trusted to the several states or donors
for safe keeping. ,
India Arbor. Ind., Oct. 3. Rioting
broke out at the Universal Portland
Cement plant and a union picket was
shot by one of two armed negroes who
with nearly 25 other negroes attempt
ed to return to work. Several shots
were fired by the two negroes who
were arrested and placed in jail, ine
other negroes were chased -into the
woods by nearly 300 strikers.
i
BELGIUM BREAKS WITH
DUTCHY OF LUXEMBOURG.
Washington. The senate swept
aside in quick succession 36 of the
45 amendments which had been writ
ten into the peace treaty hy the for
eign relations committee.
The smallest majority recorded
against any of the committee propo
sals was 15. and the largest was .58.
All of the amendments considered had
been introduced by Senator Fall, re
nnblican. New Mexico, and were de
signed to curtail American participa
tion in European settlements result
ing from the war.
OMAHA WILL MILITARIZE
DEPARTMENT OF POLICE.
ONE MILLION DOLLAR8 LEFT
TO GREAT BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
VftHhville. Tenn. Through the will
nf J Thomas, wealthy layman of Dal
las, Tex., who died recently, the Bap
tist $75,000,000 campaign receives
$1,000,000 from the Thomas estate.
i
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
SOON TO LEAVE OMAHA
ntBla. Economic negotiations
between Luxembourg and Belgium
i have been broken off by Belgium as a
nit of the referendum in Luxem
bourg under which France became
Luxembourg's financial . any. me
Belgian minister in Luxembourg nas
been recalled.
SUGAR 8HORTAGE HITTING
PEOPLE OF THE SOU i M.
Oakland, Cal Five men, including
Police Captain W. F. Woods, wer
oiip-htiv wounded in rioting conse
quent upon the attempt of the San
Francisco-pakland terminal railways
to resume' street car traffic at the be
ginning of the sixth day of the strike.
SENATOR M'COMBER CHARGES
DECEPTION BY OPPOSITION.
rMeaea Within a few days Gen-
eral Leonard Wood will relinquish
Triintarv control of Omaha where a
mob rioted, lynched a negro, attempt
ed to hang Mayor Smith and Burnea
the court house.
i nnCF'S CONSTITUENTS
WANT TREATY RATlr icu
Washington. Denying that Great
Britain and her colonies would have
six votes In the league of nations tc
one for the United States, Senator
McCumber, republican, of North Da
kota, charged in the senate that sen
ators advocating the amendment by
Gonotm- Johnson, republican, of Cali
fornia, proposing to limit the voting
power of the British colonies wr
fanning popular prejudices with an un
founded appeal.'
nmcDcwsKI HAS FORGOTTEN
HOW TO PLAY THE PIANO.
Tar,-a Interviewed after the signa
ture of the Austrian treaty. Ignace
Jan Paderewski volunteered tne in
, fhat h had auite forgotten
lUlllianwu - t -
how to play the piano. The journal
ist, after asking the Polish premier
n.,aHnii!i relating to the
political situation in Poland, finally
queried: "And your art, mr.
4 v.r rm ariven it UP?"
"Yes," replied the former artist, i
have forgotten it.
.......is am ftMPVIKI SURRENDER
TO GEN. DENEKINE'S TROOPS
General Denikine'a
troops are within thirty miles of Ora ,
on the road to Moscow, anu -
h.i rr hove been opposing him
are surrendering in great numbers,
according to a wireles s PJr
the Cossack anti-bolshevik comman-
(Orel is 200 miles directly south o
rry.a ritv has a population ol
about 70,000 and is an important rail
road and commercial center. j
Wo.Mneton. The sugar shortage is
hitting the south. Members of the
North Carolina delegation are trying
to encourage their constituents to
worry along. It looks now as if Tar
Heels would have to resort to "long
sweetening" this winter.
ITALY TO RATIFY PEACE
PACT BY ROYAL DECREE.
Omaha, Neb. In response to rec
ommendations of Maj. Oen. Leonard
Wood, who was assigned to quell the
rioting in Omaha following the lynch
ing of a negro and the burning or tne
courthouse, the city council voted to
appoint 100 new policemen and carry
out a proposed semi-military organisation.
Two machine guns, 30 riot guns and
motorcycles, and automobiles for
emergency use will be secured at
once. A competent military instruc
tor will be engaged to drill the reor
ganized department. '
fiMieral Wood said there was- no
evidence of further trouble and all
parts of the city were quiet.
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AUGUST SURPLUS RAILROAD
EARNINGS 'SIXTEEN MILLIONS
nnatnti. Mass. Prompt ratification
of the treaty of peace without amend
ment but with "unequivocal and effec
tive reservations" was favored in tne
Dlatform offered, at the Republican
state convention.
The resolutions as presented en
Mm efforts of Senator .Lodge
"to bring about prompt action on the
treaty" and also voiced appreciation
of the services of Speaker Gillett of
the house.
SEEK TO EXPEDITE N. C. '
CHILD LABOR LAW rrcL
Paris. ifdvices received by the
poace conference from Rome have per
suaded the members of the supreme
council that Italy will ratify the Ger
man peace treaty by royal decree,
thus assuring prompt exchange of rat
ifications which will make the treaty
wn-- Tho rnneral ODinion in me
CUOVitiw. " a -
council is that such a ratification will
be valid under the Italian constitu
tion as the treaty does not involve
any Italian territorial changes.
EX-PRESIDENT TAFT CONFERS
WITH REPUBLICAN SOLON8
Washington. Business handled by
the railroads In August continued the
increas ebegun with the advent of the
harvest season, and the government
achieved a surplus approximately of
$16,000,000 over the guaranteed month
ly rental of the properties, under fed-
n1 nAntml
1tTl.-a.il. vuuwwn
" This was the second month of the
year in which an apparent surplus was
shown, the July net income having
Veen $1,968,453 greater than tne rental.
w..'MYi!rtoTi The supreme oourtJ
in a joint motion filed by both sides.
was asked to expedite conmBtuUu -appeals
from North Carolina involv
ing the constitutionality of the pro
vision of the war revenue act of 1919,
imposing an excise tu upon tne pro
ducts of child labor, so tnat u
decision can be secured. .Although
the government is not a party to the
proceeding Solicitor General King
joined In the motion. .".
STATE TROOPS ORDERED
TO GARY BY GOVERNOR
Washington. Former President
i-aft, who came here to appear before
a congressional committer consider
ing a national budget system, partici
.. i rewrite discussions of repub-
IfHLOU - . .
lican senators regarding reservations
to the treaty. Hen conferred with
several republicans, including so
called "mild" reservationists. and ex
pected later to see Senator Hitch
cock, of Nebraska, and other demo-,
cratic senators. ' . -f
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POISON TO boll
ARMS SHIPMENT TO RUSSIAN
GOVERNMENT NOT DELI VEHfcu
Omsk. Major General William S.
Graves, commander of American
froces in Siberia, in retaliation for
alleged scurrilous articles published
. iri.iirAotnV TKwsnaDer and hos-
tile acts of Cossacks in the Far East
has held up shipments of l4,oou ra
which reecntly arrived at Vladivostok
from America consigned to the all
Russlan government at Omsk.
General Graves declares he will
cause the arrest ofthe editor;
BODIES OF WATERHOUSE AND
CONNELLY. HAVE BEEN FOUND
Rieves Chapel, Monday morning,
October 20th.
Klmbelton, post office, Monday af
ternoon, October 20t.
Bynum, Atwater & Lambeth's Store,
Tuesday morning, October 21st.
Taylor Henderson's Store, Tuesday
afternoon, October 21sL
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. Llndley'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 27th.
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, Dlsmukes' Store, Friday
afternoon, October 31st.
Hilliard's Store, Friday afternoon.
October 31st
Bear Creek, Coggins Fitts' Store,
Saturday (all day), November 1st
Harpers Cross Roads, Wednesday
morning, November 6thl
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, pot 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 tor your con
venience. Please come forward and
settle. Pay your dog tax and get the
air number. It is a misdemeanor if
aot paid before December the 1st.
The law provides that on all state
on county taxes paid in the month of
October and November that you are
jntitled to a discount of one per cent.
All taxes paid in the month of De
cember shall be paid at the net
amount charged and from and after
the first day of January a penalty of
n nr rent ner month shall be charg
ed and collected: that is to say, that
on all taxes paid in the month ot Jan
uary after the first day of January,
a penalty of one per cent shall be
-jaa nn th taxes said, and in the
. t Vohmarv and after the first
lUVU(u v.
day of February a penalty of two per
cent shall be added ana u
penalty of one per cent ror eacu ur
ional month ot delay in the settle
ment of same.
I sincerely hope that all the tax
payers understand the law and will
VJ . j In Ana Mma
Indianapolis. Ind. Governor Good
rich has ordered 11 companies of
state militia to East Chicago and
Gary, where rioting broke out as a
result of the strike of. steel workers in
that district.
The governor's action followed an
appeal by Sheriff Barnes, of Laks
county, and Mayor Hodges, of Gary
The sheriff reported that
were inciting the striking steel
workers.
Washington.-A deadly poison to
the boll weevil, the insect hich
cost Southern cotton planters $100,
000,000 annually, has been discovered
In the form of dry powdered calcium
arsenate by the bureau of entomology.
Although calcium arsenate has been
used at the government experimental
stations since 1914 as an insecticide.
the department oi --
started only recently the campaign
tor wide application f the noison.
v.iao AriT The bodies of two
American army uni-
1UCU w
forms and with insignia oi me avi-
nnpn in their nockets. nave Deen
11UU V'W'i'" -
buried on the beach of the bay of
Los Angeles. Lower California, about
300 miles south of San Diego, and! are
believed to be those or Aleuts. rrui
ick B. Waterhouse.and Cecil H. Con
nelly T.WMiants Waterhouse and Connel
ly disappeared six w eks ago.
rome forward and settle in due time
without having to pay any peuj.
Yours very truly,
LEON T. LANE,
Sheriff Chatham County.
September 17, 1919.
TRAINMEN WILL WAIT FOR
HINES' ACTION ON WAGES.
Boone. September 30th was the
first killing frost of the season. The
thermometer stood at the freetlng
point at 7:30 o'clock In the morning.
Most of the corn is in the shock and
hence is not injured. Chestnuts seem
to be plentiful in this section and will
be in their prime in a few days.
Shelby. Col. J. T. Gardner, of Shel
by, is in receipt of a letter from Mrs.
C. J. Hlnson stating that the war de
partment has wired that her husband,
Maj. C. J. Hlnson, is dead as a result
of heart failure at Brest. France,
where he was awaiting return to the
United States.
Salisbury. A local post of the '
American Legion has been organized
in Salisbury by District Organizer W.
C. Coughenour. It starts with 60
members. '
Elon College. The executive board
of the trustees held a very busy ses
sion here and elected Dr. Thomas C.
A mirk treasurer of the college to
succeed the late Rev. L. I. Cox, re
signed, who had served in this posi
tion for the past eight years.
Greensboro. Winston-Salem was
selected as the next place of meeting
for the Eighth District Medical So
ciety, in session here. The meeting
was the best ever held by this organ
isation. , Dr. Fred Hanes, of Winston
Salem, was elected president.
Wilmington. Quo Vadis Wooten, a
girl 14 years of age, awoke from a
nap at her home in Jones county and
found that she was unable to move
her body. Afterhome remedies had '
failed, a physician was summoned and
he found that the girl had been shot
ia the back by a younger sister the
22 caliber bullet penetrating the spi
nal column. The girl was not awak
ened by the shot and knew nothing
of the occurrence.
: Salisbury. S. Benton was severely
injured at his home on West Horah
street when he walked from a second
story window while asleep.
Washington. The war department
will permit Maj. CharleB M. Hulvey to
remain as commandant of the North
Carolina College of Agriculture and
Engineering, at Raleigh.
Winston-Salem. J. W. Brown, his
son, C. W. Brown, and Arch Stevens,
all of Walnut Cove R. F. D. 3, met in
sunt death when a Southern railway
shifting engine struck a Ford auto
mobile in which they were riding.
Hickory. Deputy Sheriff Kennedy,
Police Sergeant Lentz and Fred
Jones made a raid on a blockade still
two miles north of Hickory and cap
tured five gallons of brandy and a
complete 50-gallon copper outfiL
wnnon. A distressing accident
happened at the Hackney wagon fac
tory. Mr. E. C. Parrls, recently from
Crews, Va., employed in tne macnine
room of the big plant happened to the
misfortune to have his right arm cut
off between the wrist and eioow ny
stumbling against a swing saw.
Wllminrton. W. T. Yarborough. 65
years of age. white yardman at a
hlnhiiildinc- nlant here, was arromeu
charged with attacking a seven-year-
old white girl. Yarborougn is new
without bail.
. oh in The sDecial com
mlttee of Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, who filed requests for in-
a and changed working
rules with the director general ol
ani who resented the de-
mands to Director General Hlnes at s
in July, will not recon-
vene for at least two weeks, instead
of on October 1. the dato tentatively
set at the adjournment of the July
meeting. ,
But Who'd Run the 8Mb?
r nrinn Times Personal James A.!
Please understand that were we the
two nersons on earth and I found
myself on the same continent that con
tained you, I should emigrate. Boston
Transcript. ,
npKam. The league of nations
ha ratlflad and people living
to America, who secretly sympathise
with other countries should be made
to get out of America and go to Ger
many or wherever their sympathies
lie. Dr. D. w. Daniel or i;iemon
lege declared in an address nere.
Durham. Members of the local Ro-
tarv club began a campaign to raise
relief funds for Corpus Christ! and
Its vicinity. The club made the first
subscription. An appeal from the
hurricane swept district is being an
swered. Wihnington.-William P. Emerson
was installed as chief collector of the
Wilmington division for the collection
of Internal revenue in this district,
which, comprises nine counties with
Cais city as headquarters.
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