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AFTER WOFOR
BAPTIST HOSPITAL
:. FOR SALISBURY
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' Committee Appointed By
r thA rhnmhp r nf Com-
; mnt-nn and OViot- Htaron.
1 KlttVV UIIU
: ; ' izations Are Working
Hard.
; r At meeting of the Chamber of
) Commerce and representatives of
; other organization! Interested In
locating the Baptist hospital in Sal
isbury, it was decided to raise $50,
000 to offer for the hospital in addi
; tion to ' the liberal offer of the
' Whitehead Stokes Sanitorium.
T Mayor W. B. Strachan was ap-
. pointed to hsad a steering commit-
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ico which win present ,u, every im-
, ternal and religious organization In
,the city facts concerning the hos-
pital and request financial and mor
. a backing. The committee ap
i pointed consists of: Dr. W. D.
Choate, Dr. H. L. Monk, J. K. Dor
l sett, W. M. Ruth, P. S. Carlton, T.
i W. Summersett and H. M. Cooke.
-' The committee etarted to work
immediately and had subcommit-
appoint, to appear before frater
nal organizations. They will have
la representative at every meeting
f to be held during the week if pos
i tibia. -
1 , proposition presented to the follow
, ing organizations which meetr on
Monday, night; Patriotic order of
' tne bona ox America, Cordon Lodge
number 168; I. O. O. F., Rowan
t,i inn r .1 ii i l-
Salisbury chapter of Royal Arch
Masons.
. . The committee waa well received
and expect to raits the money
trrllll Mllflf A Jama a mKawA-
- nuivu SUUOV W UVIIC 1(1 OllVlt. tunc
. The unusually good offer of the
city ought to put Salisbury in the
running, strong, provided every or--.'
ganization shows that it is willing
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, iu wkii vw uuByuai iiiiaiicwiiy hiiu
morally, t No city so far has" so in
viting an offer to make the com-
mittee which is to decide upon the
' location. ;
i;. The Rowan lodge of the K. of P.,
L, pledged themselves to raise $1,000
dollars from that organization and
Subscribed nearly three hundred
dollars from, the few members
. present. A committe? was appoint
; ed from this lodge to canvass the
, members. The following men com
; pose the committee: W.- M. Ruth,
chairman, T. C. Enniss, J. W. Flet
cher, J. C. Deaton, F. W. Fuller, J.
n. naaen. ine loatsre also nasson
the following resolution:
i x 1, That the Rowan lodge". No. 100
K. of P. most heartilv endorses the
'movement now underway to secure
J Al . 1 ? a. .
, iur me cnjr oi aansoury tne nosp;
? tal to be established by the Baptist
state convention and pledge to the
local and state committeas its good
jWill and moral support.
If 2, That this lodge appoint a can
' vassing committee for the purpose
; Of soliciting its members for vol
: untary contributions and undertake
I to raise not less than' $1,000 to be
' offered as a donation from this
.lodsre. -
u The following resolutions 'have
? been adopted by fhe local lodge of
s Resolved: that Cordon lodge, In
) dependent Order of Odd Fellows,
No. 163, of Salisbury, pledge its
, hearty support to -the general hos
: pital and that each member will be
live wire for it, as one of the
great principles of the order is car-
Ing for the sick.
Resolved, second, that financially
Uve propose to support it with a
j Very nice donation, the amount of
5 which will be announced at a later
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committee was appointed: A. B. Si
leeby, chairman: R. M. Leonard, G.
M. .Lyerlv. W. C. Odell, J. W.
. White and G. A. Yarboro. "
f The committee reports enthu-
for aid from tha citizens and are
Verp hopeful of putting the thing
over, : .
AIDED MURDERING.
HER 2 HUSBANDS
Mrs. Lillian Woodlock, 36 Years
Old, to Face Trial at St. Louis
. Daughter Implicated Abo. .v
St. Louis, Dec. 7. Mrs. Lillian
: Woodlock, 36 years old, under two
first degree murder indictments for
' the deaths of Thomas B. Broderick
. and Joseph F. Woodlock, her first
and second husbands respectively,
'went on trial in circuit court here
. today on second degree charges. :
, '; Both men wer shot and kiHod by
Ursula Broderick, the defendant's
daughter, who is now out on $50,000
; bond pending an appeal to the : su
preme court from a ten year peni
tentiary sentence for the killing of
" Woodlock. WoodlocTt was shot In
April 1919. the girl testifying she
was defending her honor. Broder
ack met his death October 6, 1916.
and Ursula, then' only 14 years old,
was acquitted by a coroner's jury
on her testimony that she shot to
protect her. mother, whom she as
serted Broderick was beating. '
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WILL BE
CONFERRED
Is the Third American to Receive the Prize Left By
the Swedish Inventor of Dynamite. ; .
' ;' (By Associated Press.)
COPENHAGEN. Dec. 7. Announcement is
made here that the Nobel
ferred 'on President Wilson, of the United States on
December 10th. ; ;
The Nobel peace prize
about $40,000 which is one
est on about nine million dollars left for that pur
pose by Alfred B. Nobel; the Swedish scientist and in
ventor of dynamite, who died in 1896.
- The only two Americans who in the past received
the Nobel peace prize were Theodore Roosevelt in
1906 and Elihu Root in 1912.
NO REPRIEVE FOR
THE BREWER BOYS
Davidson County Men Must Serve
Out Penitentiary Sentence for
Aggravated Assault ,
(By The AmkUU1 Prm) !
Raleigh, Dec. 7 The petition of
attorney s for the reprieve or
Charlie, Harvey and William Brew.
er. convicted in Davidson superior
court last august of an aggravated
assault on Robert Hudson oi
Hanestown. Forsythe county, and
sentenced to hard labor in the state
penitentiary, is denied by Gover
nor Biclcett, wno waay wirea n
private secretary , that he would
not interfere with the Judgments of
15 years each against inarue ana
Harvey and 10 years against Wil
liam Brewer. -
The appeal of the case to the au
nreme court for a new trial has
been dismissed. ' , ,,
BRITISH INSURED
AGAINST IDLENESS
London, Dec, 7. Eight millions
of British workers become auto
matically insured agamst unem
ployment iMurance - act ox uiu
which has just come into opera
tion, f ' - : ' ."'..' -i :
This new act extends compulsory
insurance against unemployment
to practicallp all persons in receipt
of enumeration act ' exceeding
250 pounds a year. , '
After a "waiting period oi tnrea
days of unemployment, beneficaries
become entitled to 10 snuiinga por
week for men, 12 shillings for wo
men, sevn and one-half shillings
for boys under 18 and six shillings
for girls under 18. i
To nraliiy for benent an insured
person must must not quit his or
her job without good cause and
must not have been discharged for
misconduct or have gone on strike.
There must also be no refusal of a
suitable job offered, and should a
dispute arise on the question of
"suitablity," the insured person may
aopee: to a court of referees.
Not more than 15 weeks' bener.t
may be drawn in any one insurance
year. 'v--v :,. '.. ;';'.';'.
Employers are free to set up In
surance schemes of their own
giving equal or greater advantages.
The state rate of contribution to
such special schemes or contracts
will not exceed 80 per cent of the
amount paid to the general scheme,
as it is taken for granted that in
industries with insurance systems
of their own, the rate of unemploy
ment will be lower than in other
trades.
OA. TO PENSION v
VETERANS OP 60
Atlanta, ' Dec. 7- Much interest
is aroused here and in other sec
tions of the state by the provision
of the constitutions lamendment
adopted last month that all soldiers
who fought in the Confederacy in
anv state in the unoin and wno
happenedo live in Georgia on the
first day of January, 19Z should
receive a pensOin from Georgia.
In recent years the proof of serv
ice in Georgia for purposes of get
ting a pensoin has been made lest
strict and the length of service has
been lessened which entitles one to
a pension.
Virginia pays only $762,000 in
pensions, while Georgia pays $1,
700,000. The last Georgia legisla
ture ; aDDTonriated $476,000 to
cover the new beneficiaries and it
now appears that this money can
not be delivered until the end of
1921 because of ft lack of funda.
The Question is one of general
Interest as to how Georgia will gov
on increasing its pension appro
priations and liberalizing its pen
sion laws with the effect of invit
ing people to come to .-the state to
receive the benefit! of the pension
system.
GREENWOOD MILL
ON FULL TIME
By Th AwodRtcd Ptcm)
Greenwood, S. C, Dec. 7. The
five cotton mills in Greenwood
county are now operating on full
time after a curtailment of pro
duction for two weeks. With one
exception all are running dij and
nighf . ;,. :V; w. .
ON WILSON DEC. 9TH
peace prize will be 'con
'':..
carries with it a grant of
- fifth of the annual inter
EFFORTS TO FORM
TRUCE IN IRELAND
' (By Th AwotUtod Pnis)
London. Dee. 7. Efforts to ar
rive at truce in Ireland waa the
dominant topic ; this , morning ' by
newspapers which ' printed many
rumors gathered in Dublin and
London. They ehew intense inter
est in the situation and there is
widespread hop for definite results
from the exchange of views now
underway. J
i One' Dublin dispatch declared
there is no chance of truce while
Arthur Griffith and the MacNeil
brothers; prominent Sinn Fein lead
ers, re kept in prison while an
other took the view that the irre
ooncilablea" of the Irish , republic
brotherhood really were in control
ef the situation and would be able
to prevent any settlement which
did not recognize their full' de
mands. V . 'V. A '
It is pretty generally conceeded
that the conversations have not as
y reached the stage of definite
negotiations. v( !
WAREHOUSES V-v
Am ft'reautt of Low trietZ X
; Warehouses la .Eastern Carolina
Association to Suspend , r
8r n AHMiatd Ptm) '
Wilson, N. C, December ,7.
As a result of the low prices
paid for tobasco all - warehouses
controlled by members of the
Warehousemen's Association of
Eastern Carolina will be closed De
cember 17 and will remain closed
indefinitely, it was decided at a
meeting of cepreaentatives of the
association held here last night. '
Practically every . big - tobocco
warehouse in Eastern North Caro
lina is affiliated with the associ
ation, t; ' . .
, The association will meet in Wil
son January 5 and discuss the situ
ation prevailing at that time and
probabljt decide when the ware
houses, will be reopened. '
The price of tobacco has gradu
ally declined since the opening of
the Eastern Carolina market in
September. On the opening day the
average price her was around 24
cents a pound and the average last
week was slightly over 18 cent.'
TEXAS TOWN HAVE
, EPIDEMIC OF FIRES
One life Lost At WkhiU'Fall
Nino Fire Winthin Two flours.
v Losses Heavy C
Dallas, Texas, Dee. 7-Fire In
several Texas towns Saturday and
Sunday eansed the loss of one life
and nronerty damasre totalinr up
ward of a quarter million dollar.
At Childress. Osear Ledbetter
was burned to death warn als homo
was destroyed.
: The meehaaieai Uaeratery as
Agricultural and - Meehanieal eel
leg at Staunton was destroyed.
The lose was tiaiat4 at about
175,000.
At Harold, near Wichita Fall,
flame of undetermined origin
swept nine business establish
ments, causing a monetary loss of
between $50,000 and $75,000.
At Breckinridge, Saturday, tire
completely wiped out a business
block. The loss is estimated at
$200,000. This blase is reported to
have originated fro man oil well.
which had been -shot," :
At Wichita Falls .Sunday nine
fires broke out within a period of
two hour inp ; widely ' scattered
section of the city. The prop
erty loss was not large. Offi
cers working on a theory of incen
diarism are holding five suspect.
EX-TWIN CITY EDITOR
. . LOSES WIFE IN LONDON
; Winston-Salem, Dee; 6. A mes
sage was received her today an
nouncing the death of Mr. John
Byrne which occurred several days
ago In London, England. Before her
marriage, Mrs. Byrne was Miss
Louise Long, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Vernon W. Long, of Birming
ham, Ala. Mrs. Long was with her
daughter when the end came. Mr.
Long Is a native of Chapel Hill, this
state and C3 years ago was editor
ta da?,f r ef the T7etrn Sentinel
here. Ls is taw ViJ ef ft tij lim
ber t-ic; la L.:zif3 ' : :
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BELIEVED IIE1
Relief for Agricultural
Eelement Propo sed
War Finance Corpora
tion May Be Reeved.
- , : (Br Tht AmocUU4 Prm) .
Washington, Dec. 7j Immediate
.consideration by the senate of far
mer relief was considered probable
today with the report of a joint res
olution by the agricultural com
mittee reviving the war finance
corporation and directing the fed
eral reserve board to permit the
extension of "liberal" credit to
farmers. . " ,.
Senator Gronna, chairman of the
committee, announced that he would
urg immediate action on the reso
lution and members of the commit
tee expressed confidence that suffi
cient rotes were in eight to insure
ii- i -
us aooption. .. .
The war finance eornoration.
which the resolution would revive
with a view of securing greater
sales of surplus farm - products
abroad, had made total advances
of $353,061,404 UP to May 18th
last when its loan activities were
suspended by the secretary of tlje
treasury, according to. the annual
report of the, corporation made
puplic today. Repayments of $235,-
334,580 up to November 80th had
left a balance outstanding of $117
728,824 the report showed. During
the past year advances made by the
corporation had been principally in
aiding tne nnanclng of. exports, it
was. said,' the total of such loans
amounting to $46,347,654 of which
tA. in j mo v.. k. i
WV.jVAb HUB PIUf CaVU
an outstanding balance of $42,023,-
641. Summarizing its 'export ad
vances the corporation showed that
I1Z,22,000 was loaned to end
Igrain, flour and foodstuffs to Bel
gium A total of $10,796537 waa
advanced to export electrical equip
ment and supplies to Great Britain.
South Afrfoa. AlMtvHa.--Fir?n-
eigium ana xiaiy; on cotton . to
Czecho-Slovakia $922417 Was
loaned; on condensed land, and
000,000 on agricultural implements
to ureat Britain, trance and Bel
gium.' : v . i , ( ' ;
BLOCKADE PLANT
AT UTTLE YADKIN
Plenty of Evidence That It Had
Been Turning - Out Moonshine;
No One Near. ' .
Winston-Salem, Dec. 7.A big
blockade plant was cesrroyer Sun
day morning' about 11 o'clock in
Little Yadkin township, just' over
the Forsyth county line, by Deputy
Collectors Shugart. Dunnigan and
Sheriff Moxley, of Yadkin. The
anil showed signs of .having been
operated recently, in fact, the offi
cers believe that the last "run" had
only been finished a day or two be
fore' their arrival.;,': '''-'J;'.i:-':j
' There were four large fermen
ten, two wooden stills and various
ITS
tubs and other appliances used insurance to sell stock in North Car
tne operation of th plant All
Wer destroyed; The plant was de
serted and - no arests have been
made in connection with the opera
tion of the plant. .
ATWELL FARMER DEAD
Jo Smith Died Monday ndiCWnpUel th. ' . j Vs i
Buried Today at Enochville There is.no objection to grant
Mr. Joe SmUiTTwell to do fara-'l?? &L& lfc. L??li tZH
WinwIsterT
had been sick for some time. He is
ZilS-gft
aren.. He was a member of the
The funeral and burial will be this
afternoon at lEnochville at 2
o'clock.
AUTO DEMOLISHED
'BY TRAIN NO. 46
Several People Slightly - Injured
When Northbound Afternoon
iPaaaenger Train Hit Car
An automobile in which Moses E.
Holshoiiser, Coller Holshouser and
A. K Clay, all of Granite Quarry,
were riding, was struck by incom
ing local passenger train No. w
about 4:30 o'clock yesterday after
noon at the crossing near the Klu-
mas cotton mills, the machine be
ing almost entirely demolished, but
fortunately none of the occupants
were - serojusly hurt. - Tne train latter were presented to the State
backed up, took on board the ia Corporation Commission yester
jured men and brought them to the 'day. The commission took the
Salisbury station and. they wer
taken to the office of Dr. W. W.)
jocKensie where tney were given
medical attention and later wer
taken to their homes. All of the
parties work at Spencer and had
been in South Salisbury before,
starting home. .
It is said th driver of the car
saw the approaching train and ap -
plied the brake but they failed
to work satisfactorily and he was
unable to stop his machine befor
it reached th railroad trfcks,
TODACCO FARMERS
CALL Oil COIUESS
TO PREVENT III
Are in as Bad Shape as the
Cotton Farmer Leyis
latiye Highway Com
mittee MejnToday. .
(Br MAX ABEKNKTRY)
Raleigh, Dec. 7--Findlng them
selves ui virtually the same con
dition of cotton , growers North
Carolina -tobacco farmers last
night called upon member of the
senate and house of representa
tives In congress from this State
to either nnd or make way to
save the farmer ' from financial
ruin. - . .,--' ' ' i
The appeal was made through
the executive committee of the
North' Carolina Tobacco Growers
Association which is in cession
here this . week. Financial relief
for the growers 'of tobacco urged
through the revdval of - the war
nance board, re-establishment of
oreign trade and credits and by
deferring payment of income and
excess profit taxes. Members of
the committee signing: the tele
gram are J. Y. Joyner, J. Brayn
Grimes, E. G. Moss, B. W. Kil
gore and Clarence Poe.
The telegram follows: ,
"The tobacco farmers like cot
ton grower are facing (he moat
disastrous situation in their his
tory. W urge financial relief
Lthrough revival of the war finance
board, reesUblUhment ox foreign
trade and credits, making available
alien property funds. Using profits
of Federal reserve board, and de
ferring payment of - income and
excess profits taxes. ,' r
"The congress, the 'treasury and
Federal Reserve Board must find a
way, or make one, to save the far
mers from financial ruin.''. .
The. legislative' committee of
the .Ciiitens. Highway AisHaflotl
is meeting here today, for the purr
pose of cohsWering and dftlng
tentativ road bill to baaumnitted
at the regular session of the Gen
eral Assembly; which , meeV : en
January 5. ' ' ' ' ' '
- Heriot Clarksori; nof Charlotte,
chairman of the committee, who
called today' meeting plans to
give any and all good roads advo
cates a hearing before any recom
mendations are made to the 'legis
lature. Miss Hatti M-, Berry, of
Chapel Hill, secretary of the
North' Carolina 'Good Roads As
sociation, has' been invited by") Mr,
ClaTkson to, meet with the com
mittee and give her -views ' as to'
State-highway legislation. , v
The. Citizens Highway. Associa
tion was organized here on the
opening date of the special session
of the legislature last ' summer,
more than one-third f .the coun
ties in the State being represented,
colonel T. Lb Kirkpatricic, w. a.
MicGirt and others interested in a
moderit system ' of . bard-surfaced
highways were .instrumental, in
perfecting the organization. , .:
License has not yet been issued
to the Ameman ' Export Corpora
tion by the State department of in
olhla. The newly formed coroor
ation, having for its purpose the
protection of v Southern farmer
by selling cotton direct on the
European markets, contemplate
putting the stock . before North
Carolinians, but before this can be
J lL. Ol.l. 1 II. 1 . A. . I
,n nrnKahiiifv ha A wifhi. thm
" repreent.iv.
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necessary for meeting the recraire-
ment of the North Carolina law.
Former Governor Manning ' of
South Carolina is president of the
corporation. r " ;
Wake county record of marri
age for - the last even month
total 1,048 and of this number
596 are white and 642 are colored.
These figures break all previous
records, the largest number for
any year having been in 1919 when
a total of 926 license wer issued
by the register of deeds.
Petition of the Citizens Power
and Light Company and the Le
noir Electric Company, both of
Lenoir, for more revenue for the
former furnishing electric current
to tne town of Lenoir and for an
(increase in telephone rates for the
matter under advisement and will
make final disposition at a later
ate,
Today the Carolina Power and
Light Company, asking for an in-
crease of one cent in its street car
fares for the city of Raleigh is
being heard by th commission.
Seven cents is now being charged
! with four tickets for twenty-fir
cents. Th increase asked for will
allow th company to sell foar
I tickets for thirty . cents or sight
IcenU straight '
TO NOTIFY KING
ON FRIDAY, NO I
' (By Th AMoelatod Phh) '
Liuceme, uc. r ormer , A.ing t
Cbnstantine, , whose return 1 the
Greek throne was voted ior oy
' the Greek people in Sunday's ple
biscite, said today that he expect
ed the government would notify him
to reaurn to Greece as a mult of
(the, plebiscite, but did hot expect
the notification to come today be
: cause of the) Greek superstition
' that Tuesday is an unlucky day, .
1 Kit I. 111,. ........ TU,I. Wo M.
minded to correspondants, ' "no
Jmatter what hbppens, they , will
not telephone today" '
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linn
Newspaper Man Quizzed
By Police; for Interview
With Alleged Slayer of
Hamon. ' "
(.., - , .. .,.;..".' ."'.
(Br Tht AModsted Trm) . ' '
San Antonio, Tex., Dec. 7 P. M.
Ross, a local newspaper man who
claims to have conversed) near San
Antonio, with Clara Smithjought
in connection with the fatal shoot
ing at Ardmore, Oklahoma, of J&ko
Hamon, waa taken into custody by
police detectives at hi horn here
early today. : He refused to make
any statement concerning the wo
man's whereabouts or discuss the
case with the police.. He was im
mediately taken into conference by
police officials and aetectlve. v
Ross, according to information
here, had claimed to know whore
Mrs. Smith was.'."
The alleged interview with Mrs.
Smith was sent ' frcm here , last
night by Ross in newsMispatches.
According to police information.
Ross asserts he found Mis Smith
near here 'after ber motor car had
broke down. He claims to have fix
ed the car and sh gay him ber
story cncerning th shooting at
that time. ' ' .. .'. -wu i V '
Ufter being questioned by poll.
iUMU.wa released ; . '
Aft'! i'N ''" .
MARRIAGE SERVICE
i OVER DEAD BODIES
Atami, Japan, Dec. 7w A mar
riage ceremony has just been per
formed here over the ashes of two
bodies in the belief, that a single
young man and an unmarried wom
an who committed suicide would
have happy married life In the
next world. . . --
- The couple committed shin u, or
double suicide, for love, by throw
ing themselves in the sea from the
cliffs. JJoth bodies were later re
covered and cremated with the
Buddhist ceremonies, v The ashes
euaanisv ceremonies. Tne asnss
h. v. i. .
the girl' father and he performed
a mamare ceremony over them.
iAvnm4in n t Pi.Mviaf .uw
marriage contracted in this world
will carry over to the next
DISCUSS MEANS TO
REDUCE COT. CROP
. . . i .
xiZtTkuoeimtttT) xi
Memphis. Tenn- Dec. 7 Mess-
ure.tomak.ffertivea60percent!larie. nd robberie. her. city
reaucwon in me acreage planted in police commission tonignr aaopren j ht and mstice as toward ik -LLSJSS.
h f! "Peel! preventive ( yidual nations" V" " -
acreage devoted to food crops and
live-stock raising were under con -
sideration at a meeting here to-
day of representatives of bankers,
commercial and farming interests
in all the Southern states. -
Leader in the movement declare
that the action to be taken at the
meeting will insur a cut of at least
one-half for next year's crop which
tVlAV dwIaM la . (mnarattwj. a
mean of stabilising th market
will g Iv the farmer resonabl
return for the 1921 erop.
n'w"STit'w. ' "
R. IwWANTS TO
TITTF TryfaT0
'
(Br Th Auoelatod Fiw)
Washington, Dec
7.- The Central
or. ueorgia railway company an
plied today to the interstate Com
merce Commission for permission
to issue $60,000,000 in refunding
and general mortgage bonds; $11,
000.000 of which would be used to
reimburse the treasury of the road
and for addition and. betterment;
$31,000,000 to refund a like amtfunt
of par value of prior bonds and
$17,-637,700 for the " purchase of
new equipment. '.
The bonds would be dated April
1, 1919, and mature April 1, 1959.
TROOPS FSCORT NEGRO
, FROM WISE TO ROANOKE
RoanoVe. Va., Dec. 8. A nerro
named Williams, charged with the
assault and robberv of . an ared
merchant at Appalachla, Va last
HturdaT was removed from the
fall at Wis. Va- late todav and
brought to Roanoke for safe keep-
in under the escort of two com-
nanies ef Virginia national euard.
The action was taken according to
county officials U avert possible
mob riolene.
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MESSAGE TO CONGRESS TREATY A11D
LEAGUE OF NATIOHS HOT MENTIONED
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Recommends Simplification of Income and Excess
Profit Taxes, Independence of the Philippines; a "
Loan to Armenia, and a Workable Budget ,;t .
SystemMessage Not Delivered in Per; . ,
son As Has Been His Custom. . ' '
' (By Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. President Wilson's
concrete recommendations to congress in his annual
message today were: ' t :
Revision of the tax laws with simplification of
the income and excess profits tax; '
. Independence for the Philippines; .
A loan to Armenia; ' ,.
Economy in government appropriations and ex
penditures and the creation of a Ct workable? budget
system: ''-'-'x s':--"':'- ryrJ'y:'"'-''-;
Cold storage and other laws affecting the cost of
living, and federal licensing of corporations as rec
ommended in previous messages; : ' .
Rehabiliation and training of disabled soldiers
and sailors.' '-:Vji.'': ' ;.-A,rvVv;;:vr '
wwwwwwwwiwww I No Direct Reference to League
CONSTANTINE GETS
AN IMMENSE VOTE
(Br The AMorWtMl TnmY
Paris, Dec. 7w Ex-King ConsUn
tlne receive 98 per cent of the vote
cast in Sunday's fleWscit on the
question of his return to the throne
of Greece, it is announced in ,an
Athens dispatch dated Monday and
received by the Greek legation here
today. The voter, Is is added num
bered. 800,000 more than the total
taking part in the recent parliamen
tary election.; :-"u
. Invitation t Return.
' Athens, Dec 7An inYltatlon
will be extended Constsntine to re
turn to Greece following the an
nouncement of the result of Sun
day's plebiscite and it is expected
to be mad tomorrow. Three days
rejoicing will follow Constantino's
arrival here. The Greeks are main
taining the most friendly attitude
toward foreigner altho women
conducted a demonstration before
th French embassey Sunday ,
THIEF ENTERS CHURCH
AND STEALS ITS MONET
Greenville, 8. C-; Dec S.--The
climax to a series of bold robberies
nm j.ama anrair H!u o'PinrK inin
. .a MA i i
" , " , V:. ,i
morning when a white man walked
Int.? Mary's Catholic chure Jt-
v. v. ---
! street of the city, and stole xrom,
, coIlMV" ""0
inaa oeen contriDuiea w im con-
"l" S. 1 TiT' V'-i
v Despita the fact that the church
burglar alarm system gave the
rmJn,theJrl4h hoUM-n?arby'
w uu , a-'-j
wr , . -
As a result of increasing bure-
. work and decided to ask council for
' permission to employ 12 extra offi-
cers during the emergency.
j
To Remove Don's Remains.
f Rio de Janeiro. Nov. 13The
' remains of the late Emneror Don
Pedro II and those of his wife will
be brouarht from Portueual to Bra-
eil on the battleship Sao Paulo on
Va wul'i mfnvn fmm (nrniu
according to sinnouncement by the
the family of th former Brarll-
,kn emperor are expected to return
i tn am time, this being mad
Ipossible through the recent act of
congress revoking the banishment
i decree against them. ' .
The Sao Paulo carried King Al-
bert of the Belarians back io Bel-
gium after1 he had visited Brazil.
Probe "Increased Unemploymeat"
(Br Tha AMoetatad Trmtl :
Washington, Dee. 7. Congre-?
ional investigation of the "in
creased unemployment" to deter
mine what action, if any, relative
to the situation shall be taken by
the federal govednment was pro
posed in a joint resolution' intro
duced in the house today by repre
sentative Mason of Illinois. : ..
Wants Baker to Explain
' ' (By Tha AMoeiatad Praw)
. Washington, Dec 7. Secretary
JJaker was asked today by the
house military committee to ao
pear before it Friday to explain
why the war department has re
cruited the army to more than
180,000 men. '
New C and O. President :
(BT'fha AaxciaMI Praaa) ,
New York, Dec. 7. W. J. Har-
rloran nf Nnrfnllr tnrlaw ni Blx-t-
ed president of the Chespeake and 'Republican, of Tarsal,
Ohio and Hocking Valley railways, he would call the rules t
to succeed Geo. W. Stephens.
ine president did not endorse a
bonus. Nowhere did he refer to the
league of nations or peace treaty
fight, except, perhaps, by inference
in the opening when he quoted
Abraham Lincoln's "let, ' us have
fath that right , makes might and
in that faith let us dare to do our
duty as we understand It
At it close the President wrote
a paragraph which might be re
garded as a valedictory, saying:
."I have not so much laid before
you a series of recommendations a
sought to utter a confession, c
-Jfeithcf the faith of which I v
bred and wnicn it is my sx . .
purpose to stand by until my L '
iflghting day. I believe this h t
be the faith of America, the fail
of th future, and all victori. i
which await national action tyX '
days to come, whether in Amen, i
or elsewhere."' , '
"Democracy," the President 's ',
"Is being put upon Its final test.".
"The. old world' said he-"i i
Just now suffering from a wants.;
rejection of the principles of det:;o-
cracy; a substitution of the prir i
pies of autocracy as asserted in t
name but without the authority n :
sanction of the multitude. , TL:
is the time of all Others when ck : -
' vwtwtjr .uvuiu vivi tba yui
ocracy should prove its purity f;. .
s i . . - . v,
spimuai power 10 prevail, it
..i .u. jA.:n,. . i-
United statei to lead m the f
tempt to make this spirit prev-
n. -..- in -.ku v,a it,
t AhjAct'''. are outlined
s president. They were: ,
$ unnU B offerin? an examni,
n.i. 7. Xm .i,.
and power of democracy, to . 'e
and enforce Urws which are unqije ,-
tionably Just and which are eqTir.l
t- . ... ,
o
,'The United Stotes," , saicTr
president, "cannot refuse itsTi
of champion without puttini? t :
stigma of rejection upon the gre t
and. devoted men who brought th:.;
government into existence." s; :
The president's ; message ' w : s
transmitted to congress by messen
ger, the president adhering to hii
decision not to address congre
m penwn
LAW AGREES WITH WIFE,
- STENOGRAPRHER FIRr:
I; i t ,--. ; (
Atlanta, Ga Dec.; 7-You hav
got to-are tnat pretty stenograj
er, if your wif e insists upon j
There no use to argue for r no- j
wife now has tne law on her sui
If you kep that pretty Won
at your typewriter any longer i
the face of your wife's objectior
it i cruel treatment in the eyes
the law cruel to the wife, not t
the stenographer and . you r.v
find yourself in the divorce coi
The interesting point was m
in the divorce suit here : of I
Sallie J. V, Smith. . She char
cruelty, and to substantiate 1
charge told of her husband's t
stinacy in retaining the service t
a - particularly f beautiful st
grapher over her complaints. I
got her divorce. ,
Only Four Hours Debate
, (By Tha AwocUted Pre)
Washington, Bee. 7.- The 1
rules committee reported to1
special rule limiting to four '
debate on the Johnson bill
htbiting immigration for a ?
of two years. Two days for
aratlon if a minority rr--allowed
and Chairman (
Thursday.