Chatham ESTABLISHED SEPT. 19, 1878. PITTSBORO, CHATHAM COUNTY, N. C. OCTOBER 23, 1919 VOL. XLIIV NO. 12 IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS GIVEN Ti! r I H! NEWS OF THE SOUTH What l Taking Place In The 8ouU land Will Be Found In Brief Paragraphs F.';rei$rn r"he American mission headed by - V,pn. James G. Hobord, on his vrival in Kars, found the same un ruled conditions as throughout 'lur- s except for less intensity oi law i."cns and fighting. A Stockholm message says a ter rific bombardment by the British fleet In the Gulf of Finland preceded the capitulation of the great Russian lor ... , nnH naval base at KronsadL .n official Russian statement con j the capture of Gatchina and Kiasnala Gorka on the coast of the .f nf Finland by General Yudenitcn. Keports of the capture of " Petro-era-1 and Kronstadt by northwestern p.wi:in forces have not been con finned, though the reports are gener a in- edited in Sweden. r.r-tish authorities have received no confirmation of thereport of the en- tiv of General Yudemtch's forces into thP suburbs of Petrograd. Reiurn of railroads to private own ership not later than December 31, lf'iy. is urged in a" resolution adopted by the National Association of Rail way and Utilities Commissioners at the closing session of its anual con vention at Indianapolis, -Ind. A gang of seven men traveling in an automobile robbed the First Na tional Bank of Roselle, N. J., shot a policeman in a duel in which one of the robbers also was wounded, and es caped with about $7,000 of the bank's cash. Six German merchant ships have wn rantured by the British torpedo boat destroyer Westcott, which took them to Reval, says a London dw- naTfh. Allied cruisers are aiding in the de- fpr.f of Riea against German - at tacks, which for five days have been incessant and stubborn. Riga is be- in b- bombarded by the enemy, ne Germans are bombarding the unforti fied town of Riga. Cruisers belonging to the allied powers are participating In thp dpfpnse. A military convention has been con cluded with Esthonia, the effects or which are already to be seen in the assistance of the Esthonians at Riga A wireless communique from Gene ral Denikine claims further victories against the Bolshevists in the direc tion of Orel. A dispatch from Berlin says that so ooo Letts have been landed at Li- bau from British warships andill at tack the flank of Col. Avaloll-$er mondt's troorjs. Riea has suffered considerable damage from the bombardment of the German-Russian troops, especially in the district near the railroad, ine enemy's attempts to cross the bridge were repelled. The World cotton Pmfirinfn nnri into permanent organization in New Orleans when a report submitted by the committee on organization was adopted. ; Resolutions requesting con gress 10 piace - ?i,uuu,vuu,uuu at- the disposal of the war finance corpora tion for purchasing foreign securities against debentures to be issued which would lengthen credits and stabilize rates of exchange were passed unan imously by the general committee. itecommenaauons oi me growers, em bodying fourteen points, were de feated when the British spinners ob jected to the condemnation of selling cotton on call. Opposition to this point killed the other thirteen. The recommendation by American members of the world's cotton confer ence that congress place at the dis posal of the war .finance corporation sufficient funds to permit the corpora tion to finance the exportation of at least one million bales of cotton, was adopted. It was pointed out that the government had authorized the exten sion of $1,000,000,000 of credit to finance experts. Julius H. Barnes, United States wheat director, gave public notice that he would oppose any attempt to ex tend to another crop the present gov ernment policy of a guaranteed price on wheat. An embargo against the export of sugar for the: next six months under uenaltv of ten years imprisonment and $10,000 fine was proposed in a bill introduced by Representative uailin ger, republican, Massachusetts, in the national house of representatives. Military authorities in Chicago are continuing their investigation into al leged radical activities in connection with the explosion of a bomb in the Chicago postoffice in September, 1918. RATIFICATION IS FIRST ESSENTIAL NO PARTICIPATION VVILL BE TAKEN BY UNITED STATES UNTIL SENATE ACTS. CANNOT ACCEPT INVITATION Opinion Is Privately Expressed That This Decision Will Hasten Final Roll Call on the Question. RECESS IS BLOCKED BY RAILROAD BILL PROSPECT" OF ADJOURNMENT OF THE CONGRESS BY" OATE OF NOV. 10 ARE SMAUL.V , ANOTHER MEET TO CONSIDER STRIKE NOT MUCH HOPE ENTERTAINED STRIKE IS CALLED OFF. - HOUSE TO PASS BUDGET BILL LEWIS LABORS UNDER STRAIN Important Committee Activities Are Planned in Both House and Senate Reopen Strike Investigation. - Domestic Siberia is threatened with one of history's greatest typhus epidemics. The cases of typhus among Siberian troops since January 1 have aggre gated 120.000. and since July l 4u,uuu. New cases now number thousands daily. The Cuban congress convened in ex traordinary session to consider -the question of ratification or rejection of the Deace treaty with Germany. Both senate and house referred the docu ment to their committees on foreign relations. The German government's reply to the demands of the allies concerning the evacuation of the Baltic provinces has heen handed" to Marshal Focll. The reply points out that General yon der Goltz, the former German1 com mander in the Beltic regions, has been recalled and repudiates any warlike intentions. British merchant vessels lost through enemy action during the war totaled 7.759.090 cross tons. It was offciallv announced. Submarine ac tion was responsible for the loss of. ,635,659 tons of this total. The loss of 14,287 lives was involved in these sinkings. Austria's national assembly met for ron si deration of the peace ; treaty framed hv the peace conference at Paris and signed at St. Germain Sep- tomher 10 last. Tne: treaty was re fprrod tn a snecial edmmittee.'the gov ernment program being carried out in an uneventful session, the permanent railroad legislation of a provision to penalize strikes of railroad employees was de cided upon by ' the senate interstate commerce committee by a vote oi it to 1. Col. Rudloph Medek, chief of the mu reau of military affairs and represen tative of the Czecho-Slovak ministry of war in Siberia, who is" in. Wash ington, charges ' that the Crecho-Slo-vak army is the prey of speculators, and is seeking the aid of the United States in getting the soldiers back horns. -Weds of American fanners, includ ing recognition of the right of the tarn.Sng class to remuneration on the fcasri of the number of hours per day ot work, will be laid before the international conference when It reconvenes in Washington. Judge Elbert H. Gary, of the United States Steel Onrnnrat.ion. a. represen tative of the unsusDeetine Dublic. has unconsciously projected into the na tional industrial conference the issue upon which thfe nariov hetween capi tal and labor promises to function or lau. me great national steel strike Offers OT1P r,f jr. J no1 Ait. ... iUUU(UU7UMk ferences between employers and em ployes which must be dealt with be; fore any material progress can be made. The employers and organised tout uv i grips ever tuis Washington While America "talks and talks some more," opportunity t' fulfill her duty to the small states created by the war awaits the formal re-establishment, says Secretary Redfield of the department of labor and commerce. From the elevation of the spirit of war times, the secretary says, we have reacted , into an apparent orgy of class selfishness varied by mod vio lence. He says it seems that Amefifia has made up her mind to let Europe "go to the devil and tne devil taise the hindermost." ' Secretary of Commerce Redfield says Europe can't pay us ;what she owes now. and urges .extension of the time for payment. . We have the means of paying ourselves ipr tne goods we ship, : nd they have not the means of paying us how." Foreigners who withdrew thejr first ritiTfnshin naners to escape service in the army during the -world war are protected against deportation by the United States by treaties wun their countries. Secretary of State Lansing has informed congress, which is trying to deport all men wno evaa ed the duty required of every Ameri can citizen. A nrovisional division of 5,000 Unit ed States" regulars, assigned for serv ice In the AmmcaB army or occupa tion in Germany, sailed from Hobo ken on the transport President Grant. Ravine to the government of a bil lion dollars a year will result from the passage of legislation providing for a national budget, the house appro priation committee thinks. Thp French eovernment is wrought up ovr the strenuous wooing by the American soldiers of JtTencn gins, ho tvio TTnitoii . states eovern- cLUU una ' . - w ment "to spank , its ; children and make them a - little mor.e genue. The lone-debated Shantung amend ment to the peace treaty, was rejected in the senate with a majority oi an even score against it. In the yote-of thirty-five to fifty-five, fourteen repub licans swung over to tne pro-treaty forces," while three democrats linea up with those supporting the proposal. Of the six senators absent, two re publicans were put on record as In favor of the amendment ana one re publican and three democrats are opposing it. . While favoring universal military training, Henry L. Stimson, secretary of war under President Tart, toia tne senate military affairs committee that the peace-time army of 676..000 officers and men proposed by . tne war ueyan.- ment was too large. .. : .. rtfriMaU nf hoth the state and treas ury departments emphatically denied reports from London that the United States' had made a loan of $15,000,000 i. n. Ttvroiniiin eovernment. ui me $9 656,119,494.84 in credits established by the United States in behalf of for eign nations since April, ian. has gone to Ukraine nor any other government. Secretary Glass put his name to a ,wb for $2,648,309,171.53, said .to have been the largest ever drawn. It was made ryaDie to iub c9 hut did not involve a . transfer of that amount of money. ? .It was made necessary to acuuuui iV f tions of cerificates of indebtedness and Lother obUgations in June. Doctor Grayson says mat cue au dition of President Wilson Is" very hopeful, and the treatment las been simplifiea ior tue pa-ncuv. -- Rodman Law is dead at the govern ment hospital at :Camp Sevier." He was noted for his "dare-devil" .feats on wa a brother of Ruth Bav, the aviatrlx. Law was 34 years' of 'ake. He has been a patient at tne umieu States public service hospital tfor sev eral months, having been sent to Greenville from Keiiy ieia, p,n,.r of the eovernment cotton report, issued some time ago, to rec ognize the at)anQonmeni ur .u:,. blamed as causing aa raum.K of more than ten mmion uaiea.v n hlei year. " ' ' Quick action by congress olution ordering the agricultural de partment to issue a new cotton report on November 2, showing ; the crop condition as of October 25. was prom- ised by house leaaeio. live Byrns, South Carolina authorof the resolution, announced that he x Scted to obtain bourse consideration Snder a unanimous consent agreement. Such action was delayed by other leg fsution "olding .the rightof Y9t MM9B t ?6f'. Washington. Taking notice of re ports, that the United States might aid in carrying out provisions of the peace treaty in advance of the trea ty ratification by the senate, the ad ministration announced that Ameri can diplomatic and military participa tion in certain of these provisions must wa-ttuntil the senate has acted. At the state department it was de clared this government would not accept the invitation of the supreme council at Versailles to take a place immediately on the international com missions set ud bv the treaty, and at the war department it was made clear that no .American troops would be used without senate sanction to po lice districts where the treaty pro vides for plebiscites under the mili tary supervision of the great powers. The two announcements were made simultaneously and generally were accented in the senate, where the nossibilitv of premature American participation in the treaty has been one of the storm centers of criticism, as amounting to an administration declaration of. policy on the subject. SenatoijenAJ)pthvaide3 ,et tne treaty controf)i4ip,!4ssed' tQe oPinion priyatBffat the administration stand Hv"omoV aid n hastening the fi nal roll call, on ratification. Washington. Pressure from ad ministration sources for enactment of parmanent railroad legislation may block tentative plans of congression al leaders for adjournment of the ex traordinary session about November 10. Leaders were of . the opinion that unless consideration of the German peace treaty is expedited action by the senate on the railroad bill prior to "November 10 would be impossible. The railroad bill as completed by the senate Interstate commerce com mission is to be in position for con sideration immediately after the rati fication of the peace treaty. While the senate treaty fight con tinues, "the house expects to pass the budget bill. Many important committee activi ties are planned in both senate and house. The' steel strike investigation of the senate labor committee will be reopened. SENATE SHAtlTUHG A1UENDMEHTS FAIL A VOTE IS FINALLY REACHED AND MEASURE IS DEFEATED BY A DECISIVE VOTE. CONDENSED NEWS FROM THE OLD NORTH STATE SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO CAItOLlNlANS. VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL TO BE KING ALBERT'S HOST. BRITISH DELEGATES TO THE CONFERENCE DECLINE AID. Atlantic ""cjity, N. J. British finan cial , de'iegates to the International Trade conference, which opened here, told- theit American conferees that they sgught.'no special credit arrange ments," or government intervention, but simply asked that business trans actions go on as before. . This, an nouncement came as a srpnse . to the general body of delegates, espe cially as sub-committees of many for eign missions asked for American fi nancial assistance, and set forth that extension of credits is vitally necessa- in nrHor that thev might success fully meet the reconstruction prob lems of their respective countries. 5,000 EMPLOYES OF BIG MILK COMPANY ON STRIKE. Washington. Owing to the illness of President Wilson, King Albert and Queen Elizabeth of Belgium, and their son, the duke of Brabant, will not be entertained at the White House during their stay in Washing ton from October 27 to 30. They will be the guests instead of Vice Presi dent and Mrs. Marshall. Operators Must Change Stone-Wall At- . titude and Indicate Willingness to Fram Another Agreement. ' Washington. Failine after an all- Jay conference to avert a strike . of nearly half a million bituminous, coal miners. called for the very eve "of ihtejr,; Secretary of Labor Wllsonin vltttd miners ftnd operators to "seno: .her"-full -scalev committee ' tor Wash ington when another effort to bring about peace will be made. Both. sides accented the invitation. This did not offer any great hope, however, for representatives of the op erators stood firm in their determina tion not to negotiate any demand for a six-hour day, and not to deal with tae unions unless the strike, set for November 1, was called off. John L. Lewis, acting president of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica, whose word probably would swing the unions one way or the other, showed that he was laboring under a terrible strain when he left the" three-cornered meeting. Speaking to a group of reporters, he said he had told Secretary Wilson that the 32 members of " his wage scale committee would be here to meet an equal number from the other side, but that it would be useless to reconvene the joint inter-state wage conference "unless the operators changed their stone-wall attitude," and indicated a willingness to frame another agreement. FOURTEEN REPUBLICANS BOLT Of Senators Absent Two Republicans " Favored; 1 Republican and 3 ,. Democrats Opposed It. URGE ADVERTISERS TO SUPPORT PUBLISHERS. AMERICAN RED CROSS IS ASKED TO REPLACE DANES. Vienna. The Danish Red Cross, having notified the Austrian govern ment that it can no longer supervise the care of Austrian prisoners of war In Russia and Siberia, the Austrian government is asking the American Red Cross to look after these 200,000 men. 8TRENGTH OF AMERICAN ARMY GROWING STEADILY SMALLER New York. Resolutions recom mending that the advertisers through out the country pledge their support to the publishers here who have de clined to grant the demands of the atrikine workers in the printing i trades were adopted at a meeting of the board of directors of the audit bu reau of circulation. The organization, Is composed of advertisers, advertis ing agents and publishers of newspa pers and periodicals in the United States and Canada. Two hundred and fifty employing Drinters met and reaffirmed their de- i cision to hold out against the strik- , ers. Washington." Thelong - debated Shangtung amendment the peace treaty presented; by Senator.. Lodge and. approved by the foreign relations committee, finally -vas Rejected in the aonate wittr a m&joflty- ol an even.; core against iL In the vote of 35 to 55, 14 Republi cans swung over to -the pro-treaty forces while three Democrats lined np with those supporting the proposal. Of the six senators absent, two repub licans were put on record as in favor of the amendment and one Republican and three Democrats as opposing it. The roll call, which came at the end of another six and a halt hours of sharp debate, in reality swept away six amendments instead of one, each change in the treaty text having been numbered separately by the committee in its decision to strike out the word "Japan" and substitute the "China" throughout the sections re lating to the province of Shangtung. By unanimous conse.it, however, the six changes were debated and voted on as one. Only three 'of ' the committee's 45 amendments now remain to be acted on by the senate, 36-previously hav I ing been rejected. Of-.those remain ing, one relates to American repre sentation of the reparations commis sion, and two to equalization or . vot ing power in the league of nations assembly. Wallace. At the instance of th Wallace board of trade Senator Sim mons has had up with the railroad administration the matter of a more adequate supply of freight cars in which to move the tobacco crop in this section. Washington (Special.) On. recom- Ommendation of Kanatnr SimmonJ and others the comptroller of .the cur rency has annninttrl I'liarln V. Rrown of Lumbertoh, a nationU bank -exaiu- iner assigned to duty in the third fed eral reserve district. .'-- Winston-Saiem. It Is estimated that the production of wheat in Forsyth county this year totalled 200,000 bush eU. Only 39 of the 53 threshers nave made reports up to this time and these show a small average per acre, the amount being nine and one- fourth bushels. Fayetteville. Sale of the Fayette ville Observer, an afternoon newspa per to The Press Comnanv. a new publishing organization, was announc ed by Maj. E. J. Hale and Sons. The nurchaser. it was stated, will con- tinue the publication as an afternoon newspaper and later will issue a morning edition if circumstances jus tify IL Asheville Suit for 100,000 as dam ages for the death of B. H .Allen, al leged to have been killed In an acci dent last May, was instituted in su perior court here by Ellis C. Jones, administrator of the estate of the de ceased against the Andrew Manufac turing Company of Andrews, N. C. FAIRLY FAVORABLE BULLETIN AS TO PRESIDENT'S HEALTH. Wilmington. Editorial announce ment is made in the Wilmington Even ing Dispatch to the effect that the paper has been sold by Parker R. An derson of Wilmington and Greensboro, N. C. to R. S. Carver, formerly own er and business manager of the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. Now York. About 5,000 bookkeep ers, stenographers and other clerical employes of the Borden. Condensed Milk company went on strike in New York city and suburbs, having recent ly formed the Bookkeepers, Stenogra phers and Accountants' union, 12,646, American Federation of Labor. Ac cording to union officials, some of the strikers have been paid as low sb 13 a week. A wage increase of 40 per cent and shorter hours are soughL FITZPATRICK SAYS HIS MEN HAVE UPPER HAND Washington. The army is now well below the 300.000 mark, an oniciai totomra't eiving the strength as 290,- 477. The net reduction since Novem- h 11 last, has been 92 per cent. American forces abroad total 35,000, Including the 8,000 in Silesia. LESS THAN 15.000 U. S. SOLDIERS NOW IN FRANCE. FATE OF LENINE-TROTZKY REGIME IS SURE IF SLOW Tjhrh The steel strike was reviewed by the national committee for organizing iron and steel work ers at an extraordinary session. Chairman John Fitzpatrick. of Chi cago, declared that the beginning of the fifth week of the struggle found the strikers in better position than ever before. . GARY REAFFIRMS STAND, WHICH IS NO COMPROMISE. Washington "The final crash of th Trotzky-Lenine regime may be de weks but it is inevita ble." Official information received here thus summarizes the situation in rkiw th "inertia 'of the anti-bol shevik groups has permitted the present Moscow government to re main alive beyond September 15, one official who has made a special study of the situation said. Paris The actual number of Amer ican troops now in France is less than 15.000 and is rapidly diminishing. General W. D. Connor commanding the American troops in France, said. Within a month, he stated, virtually all of the soldiers will be gone, as the task of repatriating the German pris oners is now completed. Washington. Further indication of the steady improvement in the condi tion of President Wilson, who entered the fourth week of his illness, was given in a statement by White House officials that the vote on the Shang- tune amendment to the peace treaty. was imported to him within & few minutes after the senate roll call. The President, earlier in the day, it was learned, was advised that an important vote in the senate peace treaty controversy was near. As the new.s did not seem to worry him, Rear Admiral Grayson, his personal Dfavsician. gave permission for the sending of the vote to the sick room when recorded. In a bulletin issued at the white house. Dr. Grayson said: "The President had a fairly satis factory day." Henderson. J. E. C. Bell, former 'sheriff of Vance county, who was re cently indicted by the Vance county grand jury on three counts charging embezzlement of more oaan $40,000 of county, state and school funds, arriv ed in Henderson, from the eastern part ot the state and gave bond for $10,000 for his appearance at the March term ot superior court. Manson. Paul Writtenberry, a white man, was instantly killed by Seaboard train No. 3, near Manson. He was driving a horse and buggy and was struck by the train when he attempted to drive across the track. Lexington. Sheriff Tussey afid Deputies Greer and Randall hauled to town about sunrise "the biggest still in captivity," one which the sher iff has christened "Daddy RabbltL" LEAGUE NOT TO BE HINDERED BY ANY ACTION BY SENATE AVIATOR IS KILLED WHEN PLANE FALLS AT ST. PAUL. St. Paul. Lieut. Cameron Wright, In charge of the landing field hre fof the transcontinental air racers, was Instantly killed when an airplane in which he was riding as apassenger went into a tail spin and dropped 200 feet. PHYSICIANS ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS OF THE PRESIDE i INNOCENT PARTY TO DIVORCE MAY REMARRY IN THE CHURCH Washington. While no official dec laration can be made in advance of the action of the senate on the treaty of Versailles, it was learned unoffi cially that plans were being laid for bringing the league of nations Into existence almost immediately upon the Dublication in Paris of the ratifia- tion of the treaty by Great Britain. France, Italy and Germany, which will put it into force. Washington. In his first pronounce ment before the national industrial conference. Judge H. Gary, chairman of the board of the United States Steel corporation, representative of the public, reaffirmed his position that the steel strike "should not be arbi trated or compromised." ....c.uuent ASKS PERMISSION TO PARTICIPATE IN APPEAL Washington Owing to the. import ance of the question invoiyeu. eovernment. in a motion filed by Solicitor General King.- asked the su pnnrt for permission to par ticipate in the oral arguments In pro ceedings appealed from North Caro lina involving constitutionality of the revenue act of 1919 taxing profits derived from products of child labor. The motion was taken under advise ent to be decided later. .ATIFICATION OF THE PEACE TREATY URGED BY PETITION Washington A petition signed by 445 persons circulated by the na ional committee on churches and th i aim nf the war. asking for the 111 VS """ - immediate ratification of the peace treaty, without reservations or sucb amendments as would necessitate it eing sent brk for consideration was tranmitted to Vice-President Marshall, who presented it in the senate. Among the signers were former -President Taft and Alton B. Parker. vivru TO PREVENT AN ABNORMAL PRICE FOR SUGAR stens to prevent an abnormal increase in the price , ol sugar because of snona -inst.ice. ' Attorney General Palmer notffiei . . who have been oeet suKai ' . , th. . . amiib i i7H clan uuftiu Siaies BUar - f aeurmmed that ten cent, wti , t W. Washington. Having obtained re lief from the prostratic condition, which retarded his recovery last week, President Wilson was the victim of slight digestive trouble. His condition otherwise Doctor Grayson announced, was unchanged. Tr Grayson issued the ronowing bulletin from the white house: "The president had a slight digest ive disturbance today. Otherwise his condition is unchanged." ANTI-STRIKE PROVISIONS IN RAILROAD BILL DRASTIC Detroit. Mich. Through action of l the laymen of the Protestant Episco-, pal church In the 1916 general con vention, sustained by both clerical and lay delegates, the innocent party to a divorce may be rewedded in the church. Amendment of the canons to nrannt romarriaee bv an Episcopal priest of a person who has a divorced husband or wife living, by many oi the clergy and a few of the laymen was defeated. STEEL MILL OFFICIALS SAY STRIKE IS VIRTUALLY ENDED NEW YORK WILL BE PUT BACK ON WAR-TIME RATION BASIS. Washington. Containing one of the most drastic antlstrike provisions ever approved by a senate committee, the Cummins railroad bill virtually ready to be offered to the senate. The interstate commerce committee went event further than the original bill and added an amendment which will make it a crime to "am, anei, counsel, command or induce railroad employers to strike. DEMANDS MUST BE GRANTED OR MINERS WILL WAi-n. i ww York. Arthur Williams, fed eral food administrator for New York, was perfecting plans to place the city on a sugar rationing basis similar to that during the war. Increased use of sugar for "soft" HrinVn resulting from the enforce ment of prohibition and the shortage in receipts of raw sugar resulting frnm th strike of longshoremen, which virtually stonoed shipping, were blamed by Mr. Williams for what he termed the most serious sugar short age since 1917. Chicago. Steel mill officials at Gary, Ind., expressed the opinion that th strike was virtually ended, and made preparations for building up a new organization. They' declared there was a surplus of labor in some dAnartments. Union leaders disputed the accuracy of the claims made by 'the steel officials. They also began an effort to establish the independence of the union forces from the radicals GREAT PROFITS ARE MADE IN CEREAL AND BREAKFAST FOOU Washington. The Armour Grain Company, a factor in cereal and breakfast foods reported surplus undi vided profits for the year 1917 of $5,426,830 after deducting a o p cent dividend on capital stock, the report says: "The year's net earnings amounted to $2,908,912. or 29fr per cent on the capital stock and 67 per cent on the ,th f tn company, including capital, surplus and undivided profits Goldsboro. The Goldaboro Housing Corporation chartered tn get some sort of relief from dearth of rental property there. The capital is o, 000 authorized and $20,000 subscribed. rA;.viiin The town commission- ers have ordered the laying of 12- ;Mn niiw water mains witnin mo city limits, and the piping is now be ing hauled Out. T,.ham Lace Gibson, a local con tractor, was killed and Jim Potts, a carpenter, seriously injured wuu -dividing wall between two buildings on Parish street collapsed. Asheville. Clarence Ledford, who recently surrendered to local military police on charges of desertion, has just escaped from camp for the fifth time. . . . rtavldson county it x fart that Miss Ethel Terrell, lately elected superintendent of schools of BuncomDe couuv,, in the state and possibly in the south to hold such a position, is a native of this county. Lumberton. Investigation proves that meat prices are even nignr Lumberton than in Charlotte. ic market men say Lumoenon vv demand the best and give this as a reason for the higner prices. ; Newton.-Belton Barringer and son. . . . n.u.r were convicted In cTunrcourt ormanufacturing block- adBothqmen were bound over to the next term of superior court which convenes here on October 27. their bonds bing fixed at $400 each. Tax Notice To the tax payers of Chatham "coun. ty: I will be at the following placet on the dates mentioned below for tb purpose of receiving the taxes for ?h year 1919 which will be due cn Oc tober 1st J. I. Lindley's residence, Friday morning, October 24th. Donnie Clark's residence, Friday at ternoon, October 24th. Slier .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, ... ,,' . . : - - i Sharp's- MilL 'Thursday morning. October 30th.- , . ,. i Gulf: Russell's Store. Thursday at- I ternoon, October 30th. Carbonton, Dismukes' 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 5th. Bennett, Bank, Wednesday after noon, November 5th. R. L. Welch's Store, Thursday morning, November 6th. J. M. Jordan's Store, Thursday at 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 nhnvH number of places tor your con- venience. Please come forward and settle. Py your dog tax and get the tag number. It is a misdemeanor if not paid before December the 1st. Th law nrovides that on all state and county taxes paid in the month ot October and November that you are entitled 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 ot January a penalty ot One per cent per month shall be charg ed arid collected: that is to say, that on all taxes paid in the month of Jan uary after the first day of January, a penalty of one per cent shall be added on the taxes paid, and in the month of February and after the first day of February, a penalty of two per cent shall be added andean additional penalty of one per cent for each addi tional month ot delay in the settle ment of same. I sincerely hope that all the tax payers understand the law and will come forward and settle In due time without having to pay any penalty. Yours very truly, LEON T. LANE, Sheriff Chatham County. September 17, 1919. It Ain't Mine. Tonrlst Tve come 3,000 miles to nee your beautiful sunset?" Alkali Ike "Someone's been stringing ye stranger. It ain't mine." Rocky Mountain Scout. Atlantic 16,000 Feet Deep. The average depth of the Atlantic i estimated at about ie,uw reec Have an Elephant Stew. An elephant's foot takes longer to sook than any other meat. To make it tender It must be boiled for thirty six hours. ORDER GIVEN TO CEASE THE PRODUCTION OF COAL There seemed little hope of averting the strike of a half million bituminous coai mwer v-"- ed for November 1. of conferences witn labor leaders here, and telephone talks with others In tne central ,; Jihn L .Lewis, president oi the United Mine Workers of America. announced that they would go ou unless all demands, including the five day week, were granted. .... ma rilrQ nriSON ' "FOR QUICK RATIFICATION . . . .- n a i 1 1 tr I nnMlPERS . I 1I ET M I 1 h 11 M SWI lf fta w - LEWIS AND SECY. WILSON To tJA ai SOMEWHAT IMPROVED ....r.ni,ir rRi rnfil STRIKE . " liunrcnninvi - Samuel GBompers c,-Hnt of the American Federation of Labor, who is suffering from ner vous exhaustion, was reported some what improved, but his pnysici.n r dered him to remain in bed. Washington John L. Lewis, presi dent of the United Mine Workers of America, and Thomas T. Brewster, representing the coal operators, went Into conference with Secretary of Lo bor Wilson, who had invited them here in an effort to avert the threat-, ened strike of bituminous coal miners on November 1. The first session was expected to continue -several hours Washington. By an overwhelming majority the house passed the bill ex tending for one year war-time pass port restrictions so as to Keep raai cals and undesirable aliens out. ,to nc Dir.A tub OTP nr CONFERENCE MANY irnmin.i I " - r - ''nE.euT ,rmRT se KILLED BY BOLSMfcVirvi HANM U" rnwiii.i -. . Indianapolis. Ind. The order call ing all union bituminous coal miners to "cease production of coal at mid night on Friday, October 31. 1919." was Issued from the international t.o.miartera of the United Mine Workers ot America here. The ordet is signed by John L. Lewis, acting president .and William Green, secre. tary-treasurer of the miners. The official strike call permits local unions to assign "a sufficient number Tnn to remain at work to Insure the proper care and protection of all mining properties, in conformity with the provisions of district agreements." It also urges that fullest co-operation be glten "the operator to prevent Injury to property' 'and asserts that "under no circumstances should this rule be set aside-by local unions." Vienna The government's desire for speedy ratification of the peace treaty, carried'out by the national as sembly, wac actuated by wish to se cure legal standing with allies before presentation of government's pro gram The government's hand was strengthened by the VrelSen Dr. Otto Bauer on Ms retirement from the government that. whUj Jit would lead the opposition, he would set OfP 99 impwtan IflillMlWb at.w.vhnirri Professor Guido Echni- 0 IUH""" ,f Biir In a lecture here, stated that the bolshevik! shot 23,632 men, women and children in Riga. !.a intnxirated. were una- ble to aim straight, wounded their victims time and again, laugnmg wMth sometimes lasted a whole day and night, h. sa d-Jouai rlrli elegantly dresied. volunteered I . !;. Sers. and, praMiaf up tad dews with riflsi' Washington. The fate of the in dustrial conference hangs on the out come of the efforts of the committee of 15 to reach an agreement on "col lective bargaining," representatives of the three groups declared. Several conferees said that unless both capi tal ahd labor showed a spirit ot com promise the conference might te well announce frankly thtt ifreeanat eenld mane thi iirli nnh Mrs. Josephue Ashevine.-"-" - k S2SrT?wfS. A. hostess Souse ever erected at a government Cpfta! wL dedicated at Oteen. near here. . o.ii of injuries to S V 'n at the union station in E cS during March, 1918. -J ti T Vann are seeking $12,000 Xmsaes from A.he Southern railway. Sed States railroad administra Son and the Southern Expre.s company. Wilson -Arthur Lamm, while under .. f liauor. attempted sul- tn? cold drink Bland. The pistol ball passed his body. stnKing a uy now in a local hospitaL Durham.-Durham's housebuilding nlans are moving off In an admlra D!:nmann.r. U.H started on a roil, it s strength and enthusiasm as it goes along W is w inspiring move and liotild elicit the heart eo-operatleB LITTLE CHANGE NOTICED IN PRESIDENT'S HEALTH Washington. President Wilson's ,-on i tion remains mucl the same ai for several days said a bulletin issued by his physicians. Dr. Grayson said that while he would insist that the president re main quiet and not participate in at i fairs of state, some occasion might riit where he would have to give I bis consent to the president taking ex ecntlve action. He added mat in president's mind was clear. DISCOVER FOSSILIZED BONES OF THIRTY-TWO FOOT GIANT Mexico City. The fossilised r mains ot a giant measuring 32 feet, 10 inches in height, were, according to report recently discovered by work men near the little village of Nanaca, milpa, state of Vera Cms. The natives declared the giant was rU of their forefa- there. They erected a catafalque to the plasaTupon which the giant rest ed in state for many days, cowed tl prlet to entires ia ill

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