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;: I V. .. - - -! 0i -. r "-L-" ' -4- i ;. K -V yUNTY SCHOOL 2STEWS , SuptJ Uppard; Annotmces ; Plans fflr As; previously announced, the sey- fenth:, grade examniation- for; the Co ;unty Certificates will ; be jheld at J;he City, High School'rConcorii, N. CV on March 31; and April ,7 1 1917. Nt Vtude- V . c s iii -be "given theyuestions .'for - two suoiecis t tne same time. Jbacn idiU'cpwted;, to t bring the te ft 'J; gular- size examination ' r paper and pencaMessri ReXaiitenhpTir wiu examine ine papers ana piace ine , names of those fully, passing the 'ex amination," in . the ;. county, papers . di? , ndayfofiApril preliminary"! cpnte in I Recita- v f : T tiori and - Declamation "will . be . held in '0r f eachtownship on V'iYiday v evening, I f"? MarrT" tliA 2S1 . for 'the'? htirnnsA nf :';:; 4 ' selecting contestants for; the ' County Av' " -Commencement chairman " of each . township - contest is required to report i to ie t County Superintendent, ; , March the 31st, the names (with sub jectsiofiali (awr:ented6en i. terlf 'fuiti Declama- UbnCpntest islimitd, bstof the : j 7th grade." lb . speech can, exceed 10 Btjdnutes'iXTlie RecitatioitxContest is s ' limited to grils of the 7th -grade. No' ", recitation can exceed ' iO :minutes. , the cpurt house, on Eriday at 9 o'clock . ; ; - n- the day of the county 'commence ; V c cient. 4 This contest is limited to boys and ; girls of the iaixth : and seventh fcradestEachbol 'ia .entitled ; to one contestant. iSpeiung.wiU be writ. n;5iwbjrdsv?fll be. selected 'from - Reed's VWord Lessons' One hundred tf -t-i words will be given but. Should there :X:VleL a tie, twenty-five 'additional word " : VsiW e given until the tie is broken, ; ViA; gold medal .will lw'gfyen to the contestantmaking the.'iiighest 'grader VThis contest will be in charge of the i ; . ffollowing teachers : JMisses u Mary iPeck V Iva Townsend, Fannie; Bogtraiid Mes- - rs. W. M. Crook. D. P.: Grant and i if' ;H;VRidenhourl::; I ;:';SI?iThe Istory; telling contest is limited f :"to, boys and. girls of the.firs second and third. gradesV. -.iach school is .en- rl' 1(itled; to one : coniesnt. ; The.:.8tory need not be- originat::)Poin considj y eredake'p; of theitoryand the imitaW will' W - Each schaalprimaiy tc6i1 ; is urged to enter a contestant" .The - contest, for the Certificate of Merit for Perfect "Attendance and the the ; Certificate! of Merit f or ' Perfect Speliingj," will! -cl ?Priday e'Vening April the 6th. Any" teacher having students entitled, to either' or both of these certificates,' will4 send T their naines to the ofiice'on Saturday; April the 7th.. A list Of the successful coii " - testants will be published by ' town ships in the county' papers on Mon day the 9th of April. ; - The Athletic Contest will be,imi lar to the one held last tyear, with : the exceptidnthat girls will not be ' entitled to enter." The following tea chers have been appointed ; to ' look after this work: Messrs R.F. Pace C. L. Smithy C. O. RitchieVD W. Moose,' .G E. Eindley and A. . H f Pen inger. AThisxomnuttee.l'vmbetat a; early, ;4atevandrarrange "for the different events,1 also . : the prizes. Scores will be kept of all athletic events to find out which school leads in athletics. These points added" to the scores made on literary' work, win snow tne scnooi tnat.raniss nrsti : as "All around Schooi."- ;" A Contest in Songs, or ; Glee Club WJork will be .held, -again this year. Training; the ifthfldren: to! sing is a feature that is well worth while. In order to encourage, this. line. of . work, wewill offer,- a suitable prize. We trust ! that ;: quite a number of the : schols will enter - this contest Each ; school r wwill ; be allowed two nuin " bers.' Sweetness of tone, expression, and enunciation .will be 'considered. Theorize las-. yirjwas wotk' by the cPat&rsbn Mill school. This School v has neither ah 'organ or' piaiio and : goes to show what people can do when p ar littlb effort is made. -The following . teachers will- form . a cimmittee to ar - range7 a programme for this contest: . : Misses Mary Gourley, Mary Pharr, rv'-v'--' Etbel Hudson, Carrie .EmeT8bn,"E, isX-yzifoetti Smith, Addie Cline Mary Isen" ;; ::' X ! hour- and Nancy Williams. . 't: ' : While the commericementis primary ily f or Grammer Grade students, still alt High Cchool ; students should be y interested, ; In order.to "arouse the : interest of High! school students we are planning to add'adeb'ate to the programme for -County r Comnierice . ment day. As soon as we : have the ; plans completed for the debate, a full Itanhouncement will :-be;mader:.-;3;-!.' ; AT)isplay Contest in "drawing nee-, li dleork and, wood wprkwill ,beh5ld . thisyear.v jLas.t commencement! was J? the" first aattempt made n this line -' . of work. Since Hthe quitet a num-. ' ber: of the cWldrn;ahaYe expressed WILSON SIGNS -j BONE DRY ' BILL Wilson" VtbnigpJtJ signed theVpostffice appropriation' bill carrying the"; Reed "bone dry" amendmentust the bill was -sent to the white 'house the house by a vote t of 284 1 to'; 86 passed ? theCv joint ' resblution-suspead ing unil July 1, the operation of " the "bone dry") provision The ' resolution now -goes' to the senate Vand if . that ody does not pass it before adjourn nient -the One dry''; clauie 'which J bars . liquoraud f liquor advertisement from- entering states;; minterstate cOmmercVioij: operate frbthe day the- president affixed - his ' sigha-. ture.- Vv'p .;;;: .-Q -vy: Atlanta, ; Ga.,"March 3gf MlerV press , officials and their 1 attorneys late this af temobnyit was announced that they considered the, Ree(f amend ment , to the . .postoff ice appropriation bill valueless so far as aiding in mak in prohibition : states -"bone dry.' ;. is carefully 'considered in every detail at thej cciiferehce ;ter:wliieBj;'.tfaLe above opinion was given out. V 1 ':: It js understood that the exnres company will conunue - tneir ; liquor depot in Atlanta. It.' was announced earlier in the - afternoon that the company 1 would ' receive shipments which had been ordered Drior. toxthe signing of ? the ; bill by the president and would continue to deliver con sigments of liquor in .Atlanta. .Chattanooga, Tenn.. , March 3. I Fifty mail- order' whisker housese in Chattanooga, i having is a C combined lion dollars, were put out of business by: a stroke; of .the pen this afternon when Reed C amendment became law. "Under . theprovisions of .this statute tiie. local houses, can not ship intdtGeorgiaor any-other ; dry I state of even use the mails. . .The Tennes see J law had allowed them to remain in, business until; July 1 to dispose of tiieir stock." The.', passage ; of the lReed amend ment, however, will-amount to a con fiscation cf the liquor ; stocks in local warenouse as as.; Deen- asserted Vpy some.' ' , The r dealers can :ship their goods - to distilleries xor warehouses in any wet state,- attorneys for, the dealers -declared -this )wfte?Siaon.-; RMED NEOTRAUTY MEASURE IS BEATTEN ' 'Wangtoh Marchj,4-TweiverSen 'atorsled by. Senator La" Follette and encouraged by Senator Stone," Demo- cratie chairman "of the Foreign" Rela tiohs Commitee in a fllbuster "de nounced by , President's spokesman as the most reprehensive in the his tory of any civilizgd "Nation, defied the will of an overwhelming major ity today, and denied to the President a law aiitharizing him to arm Amer iea merchant ships to meet the Ger man v submarines mertace. , ; ' ; Unyielding throughout the twen ty-six hours of continuous session "to appeals ' that their defiance to. the President -', would - be humiliating to the country;? uncompromising in a cricisjdescribed to the at the most serious to the Nation since , the War Between the State's. LaFollette and his grouT) of supporters refused a ma jority of their colleagues an , opportu nity to vote, on " the armed neutral ity bill ; and . it died with the sixty- fouTth Congress. To. fix responsibil ity before the countrty: 76 Democrats signed a ? manifesto proclamation to the wworld tha; they favored passage of the measure. " 1 J - Furr Remanded to Jail for .Killing .-- -: ''' " Mr. Snuggs. -Wadesboro,' March 3" r- ; Sheriff Blalock,'- of Stanley ; county, .. came down here today and carried Kirk Furr, who is. alleged to have killed Policeman Snuggs sometime ; ago,' to Norwood where he was given a pre liminary hearing. Furr was, remand ed to jail without bond , and was brought ; back here and placed in ." jail this afternoon. . - . :--'f::'M.:'' a desire that this contest be held- again this. year. . The following tea chers will compose ''. a committee -i to have charge . of this wbrk : Mrs. E.13. Ervin, Misses Mattie Miller,. Mary Lou Morris Annie B. Goodman, Mary Beaver, iElla Rumple, Dora Flowe. Carrie Harrelson, Maye Fisher, Ethel Mose," Lula Sooke, and ? Messrs , J. A." Suther and H.C. Hepler .This com- mittee will meet in my office I on Sat urday, March the 10th .at 1 p. nt. to arrange for this contest , . " f f ; Other, announcement will be made from time to' time; through tiie co unty papers." : Each; teacher should be aTsubscriber to our lbcalvpapers, so that you may. be informed - and that you ' may intelligently . instruct your pupils in regard tothedifferent school : events, . as they appear from date to date. V-D. SLIPPARD v .V" ': Superintendent. CJNGRAtSCHOOtHOUSE ITEIVIS . Thel small"; grain ; crops -is looking w--- -: .: . 4 . i'- . . tine through - nere ; since the freeze occurred ome.time ago, ; ;h , x - V 'Mr,'fRIat to Moore county j nbat Jlqffmani N C where ;;he; jvilt; f arin h thist:sun)mef . '0 Miss Alice: Shepherd lhasreturne(l iibmev;from;Palest rshef has been v working in a central office ior. Mr. C6gginSrvv.v-T;?(:? i'Mr.Ed "Latton; oiiiQhdicounjt wa$ in this community ;some time ago on '".,.'''.1: i , Mr, iFeariey;;Sprihger : visited horce folks Saturday night v: : r V, '-i f ressMills find other parties of this section Nhas joined together in Building ! aVtelephone ltneri 'rom here to Albemarle which 'we hope twill t be great benefit to the" community.; : a rfMriW. H,i'and E.TDvMorton"has been cutting: cross tiea" for- Mr-"E. E. Snuggs of Albemarle, ; N. C. ' ? . The - Shaver ;. Bros. : will ove their saw mill outfit to "Mr.''G. A. Mortons scon where they: willv sawi a, location :Mr Earnest Mortoiif visited Mr Sam Mills Saturday night -0.::;J- On ; last Sunday morning .at 10:30 o'clock Mn. John A.r.Morton ' died at tne ncme of. his son llr. W. H." Morton where he had been for' some time, as Mr; Morton, was getting very old he has' been stayiner ? about ; with? his hilareh: for, twb or Jhree vyears.;5 " : Mr, ; Morton was : bom xMarch 21st 1835' and died Feb 5th lyiv ; wnicn maie : him 81: years'.llC monthsand davs -old. f He" 'leaves to; mourn him six ? children vtwo -sbjis- anuf our dau ghters sixty threegrand, children and forty nine great grand children -and a wide, circle of friends." He : was laid to rest last ; Monday in the " Anderson Grove cemetermy where ' there was a great - audience to pay .their last tri bute! to the deceased. J : " - "'E SOUTH FACING FLOOD DANGER X Five- Southern States. Tennessess Alabama,' Georgia North Carolina and Vireinial. are ; threatened with r disas- trous floods. 5 "ni.;: :, :':'':r'0 Riversv already are - oVer Ntheir bankSvin east I ?Tennsse, : r suotftcrft; Georgia ;and. eastern Alabama wth considerable property" damage .'and hundreds homeless in Tennessee So ar no-loss of lif et has been reported. : Chattanooga and Knoxville in Ten nessee, ' and MJontgomery ;and .Tusca, locsa, in! Alabama are the cities most directly -threatened. Lowlands arpund the-two Tennessee towns already have been - flooded and 1 in ' Chattanbog many, residents have been driven from their . ,homes. Suburbs ' of Knpxville are cut off by flood waters. ';,;. ' -7 - -Besides the - Tennessee River, the Cumberland in that State is, expected to reach the -flood stage tomorrow. Pigeon . River - has overflown its banks. ,f. . 1;. s- - , 'y Rivers at flood-stage in Alabama are the, Alabama, Black Warrior, Tombigbee ", and ; Chattahoochee. - In Georgia, the Qcenee, 'v Ocmulfiree and Chattanhbochee. are to be at flood stage tomorrow. .. In . North, Carolina, the ' Roanoke and" Neuse Rivers are Rising rapidly and may overflow to- corrnwr while the upper . James . in Virrim'a is threatening to go put , of its banks. : . : ' s .r"'" ""-',-;. 'f The . floods are the result of heavy rains -for , : the v past several days throughout the South. Flood stages in the 10 rivers are predicted on the present rainfall, and "disastrous re-, suits" are expected should thej ram-! fall continue. ; Generally rain or snow is forecasted for tomorrow in the five States aff ected,i but fair, weather is promised for Tuesday. ; ? A 'tr The threatened floods I apparently cover a wider - area tnan rany .noous recorded in the South in recent years and all indications are .that, in ? some places, particularly m eastern Ten nessee, f they will be .the most dis-' astrous in - niany years. :- y Tr ;'; ;f WILL NOT IMPEACH - I 7 THE RESERVE BOARD Washington. M arch r 3 Thefederai .reserve board will not be impeached Without a: record vote the -house' to night laid on the' table the impeach- mnt articls-ipiesented to'thejnouse hv Reoresenative f Lindberffh,- of Minnesota, charging thef reserve board frith conspiracy to 'wreck the coun lirys finances and to manipulate prices. The house accepted a report of the' judiciary ;Committee;which; re-4 ported that no evidence' had been sub mitted ' to ' justigy V the Lindbergh ,Y-..i: .-:;r;:: f; .:-... 'r ;. .; '' ' ; charges. ; . . - 7 : - u;. ' ;z -, ;. K Dr. Fi C. Robert will be at the W. C.f Qorrell Jewelry Store Wednesday Match? 7th ; Go have ihini, . examine your eyes. See ad in 'this paper. . ;E6aifldeheri'Badi siftmC time go tb rWXw&i PRESIDENT HAS NO. AUTH- i-dOTTfABk SHIPS r' .t '':;;.- ;-.;..-'::! -x-Washington;! March . i.4President Wilson tonight informed, the country, in statement, that he;.may be with out power to arm merchant ships and .take jpther stes to meet the German isuDmdii&e'm of authority f roni. Congress: ; An : extra session of Congress, Vthe President" ;says,tis reqiiired to. .clothe him ,',vith authority, but it; is useless to cali 'one : while thei Senate works untie S the present rules which" permit asmall - minority '' .'tof. keep ahoveri whmlnt; majority fromactirifi .VHie? President proposes therefore I that tfee special, session of the Senate which he- has - called to ; meet tomor- i row, "revjse the rules, to . supply the means of action and save the country f iromisasterVi? -l littlergroup. of wilful men," says the) President in " his; statement, ' "ref preseiEifihgf no : opinion but their own, hayejandered the great Government of the.l.lJnited States helpless 'land con. temntible.' ' ' -'l V ; ;s,-; r .Tli? president's i statement ip f ull of ; the Sixty-fourth ; Congress by con stitutionali lfanitation discloses a sit uation unparalleled: in the history of the" country," perhaps unparalleled in the hfstory of any modern Govern ment4 Ih' the immediate presence I of a crisiV fraught with more substle and far-reaching possibilities of National darigef 'than any other.the' Govern nent.Bias known within the- whol4 history i of its international relations, the i jtCfsgress has been unable to aci either to safeguard ; the country "or to vindic te the "eleniehtkry rights of. its citizers. ; " ' :-- iVjlP'i-1 f'M than 500 of the 531 ', mem bers; tf the two houses "wereV ready and snxious jto act; the i, House J of Repres erttatives - had-1 acted "S by an byerwKelmihr majority, but the - Sen' ate was unable to act because a little grbupl of ' veleveri" Senators had deter- minpd that it "should not. ' . J ,TI(e, Senate has, no rtdes by which debate an,.be? limited or4rought ; to no cti';tfan Idndean be'crevenW 7 -a klrr-l-L-jv-2:ir 'i-.--'-jf--r isiprie' TiiemDer . can stana m . xne way of action if h have buf thepvr'- wiciai enuurance.- Ane result in tms fiaset is comnlete : paralysis alike :bf tbe,.TegrilatiVe and executive branches of the Government. ' "This inability of the Senate to act Has rendered pome f the most nec- essarv legislation ofthe essior nossible. at a. time when the need'fbr 5t was ost ,.ressin c and nost evi dent.. The t b'll, ' w Vh would have nftrrnif-fed JKh combinations of capi ta'1. ?Tid of o-rrnnizat'o- in the export fd .import trade . of he countrv a the-, circumstances nf international petition hav : made imperatives a H;I1 rwhich the business judgment of .the whole country ; approved and de manded has failed. . ; 1 ; WHEN COTTON WAS 12 CENTS In an average year with cotton sell mg at 12 cents a pound," says -the Moultrie Observer,, a sixty dollar bale of cottcn bpught any one "of the fol lowing staple necessities, 'in the a mounts indicated' ' ' ' - ! ' ' 89 bu. potaeoes at 70 cents a bu. 750 lbs lard at 8 cents a' lb. 13bbl, flour at $4,50 a bi; 375 lbs, bacon at 16 cents;a h ' " ;60 bu. corn at $1.00 a bu. fMJ .W 6 tons hay at $10.00 a tori. . '; 20 pairs of shoes at $3.00 a 'pr. :t T . ! 720 ; yd. cotton goods at ? l-2c .a yd. ' v77 7mhen Cotton Was 20 Cents- 0 . But this seasbn witheotton selling at 20 centsj a hundred dollar bale bu ys less than ever of any one of hese things,, as- follows? ' ; ' fV: ; 44 bu. potatoes at $2.25 a bu. v 555 lbs. Jard at 18 cents a lb.. . .; . 10 bbl. flour at $10. a bbl. . - 333 lbs, baconVt 30 cents a lb. 'r.' 7 70 bu.v corn at $1.50 a buv- i ; 7. ' f 5 tons hay at $20 a.ton.'.-'.. ;." - 20 pair shoes at $5l. a pair. -; ; ' ;y 666 yds. cotton goods at 15c a yd. : tTh3 farmer whor raises i his ; own "supplies and hks surplus food ,.crops to sell ?is in clover this year. . But the. farmer who has 'to buy ? flour, meal, corn, lard, and bacon npw-a-daj jj is headed for the poor house. . i. lfi8v5 bents - ".w etaoin shrdlu cmmf i Mr. James Laffertyis . manager, of the cigar stand recently installed at the St. Cloud Hotel by the Pearl' Drug rCo. 77":7 77M7'77,07 yS:. - WANTED: A load of wood' on sub scription. ' v- j v . Mrs, J. G.; Parks, who accompanied Mr Parks north has returned home, Mr Parks will return in a-few days. VILL NOT CALL EXTRA SESSION .; .Washington,' March 3. The republ1 can A senators - were,, determined ; to block ; the enactment of " the big army SUnary .Civil, anu generui rueucaexicy bill1 aoDroDriatincr'?moJce than jhalf a billion dollars for routine government and preparedness . expenses- it becanie apparent : late, tonight. ; Repres entative Fitzgreald, chairman of thehouseap'- f propnation t committee, presented to the : house airesolutionlmalng' WO, 000 available' for' the constpctioiof thV Alaska raoadHurg:inmi diate action on the: measure declaring that he had information, that'the-jpro- visiori for the "Alasgan" road "in-.the 1 sundry ciyil bill would " not; pass at this sessionThis f measure Witbth army arid general deficiency bills' jare tne mas tnrougn wnicn ine senaigjer nublican- erbup demanding an ' - extra session hoper-to force icall forSniim mediate meeting of . the " new fifth congress. v s. "The miormation .. comes to ,: me, said ; Representative- Fitzgerald - to: the house,- "that the 'senate ; can. not pass the sundry civil bill, the army bill or the general deficiency; bill.-attthig'ses sion.; We have hopes that the senate might approve a separate' bill for this Alaskan railroad funds.". - ' . The joint resolution proposing, an appropriation of $3000,000 for - the continuance r of wrk- on the ' Alaskan railroad passed both house and 'senate late tonight. ; This made "ft. clear that both - house ; and ) senate f leaders had abandoned hope of putting through the big appropriation -fbilis'howi pend ing, before, the " congress; diei . at noon tomorrow. . - ,. ( : r . " f ' . There will be'fno immediate ;extra session of the' : sixty-fifth, congress. This was the edict ; that .went; forth from the whwite house tonight despite the obvious efforts being- made iir cbh- gress xo tau 1 iraperauve supply: legis lation in order to force the president to call the new congress together at once. : It was stated that, even - if im portant appropriation bills- failed the president would delay calling an extra, session: until : the last possible 'm'b: ment. . Thie funds now available 'for the various gbvernment f departments run until July 1 and ah extiisessibn- would havetime to supply i.needsi of deficiehcies.- THe;Jast of May .or some time during June was fixed! tonight as the earliest probable date for an extra sessiOtf call. . x ' , I ; It" was ' recognized however, th'at'a grave 6lash between the' United States and Germany might force the presi dent to alter his' progranir A declara tion of - war1 by Germanw f blip wipg the" arming - of; American merchant "ships would make - it practically imperati ve, ii- " 1 1 At . . .1 ill'.- 1 fc1, ' Jt .t-,'ii ' "? 1 mar x tnev presiaent snouia nave con gress on hand. The destruction of an American . armed merchant" ship - by a German submarine might create - a similar situation. ' ' ; ' :yr -f " ' i. - . - - -- " - Tonight as . the congress drew to ,a, close nearly a billion dollars in ap propriation TSills was 1 held up;; in va rious stages of enactment. A group of republican' sena-i:.' anxious for an extra sessin were apparently , deter-. mined to delay a large part of this legislation and e ? bill authoriziiig tKe; president to m' ships ;wil 1 be used as a vehicle of delay." v ? ' JIow far theso. senators would go in hcldij g up the ; supply vbillf's a master that cbu A nV;be det .neld nlessUhe clock '"stipes twelve on thc unless the clock strikes twelve on the dying, gasp of the . congress . atl noon tomorrow. :; '-' ;;-:;;iC Tonight in an eff ort to ? break the blocking process.' in the senate admin istration leaders let it be known that ' Ml 1 1 .' - ',Al do .war move, win pe maae oy me presidentaf ter the adjournment i;of; the present congress ; without cal'm?? congress ;in extra J session It"? was stated that ; the president ' would ; nt involve the country in actual hostili- jes. r.irou?gLying -congretis an opport unity to, pass on tne iratter. The ccnees'sion had no effect en the b . r t k ado of legislation, however. ' ".v GERMANY HAS BASE IN K ; THE GULF OF DARIET Nanama,, March 2. Germany has" established f a submarine base in the Gulg of Darien, is the belief of Pana- main oflicials : here. .The :results. ,of their 7 investigation haveV UpeenA re ported to officials at- tVashington It was asserted today by officials here that what they believe to be.perman submarine ' activities in these .waters was a part of the German plot-in von- 7 nection with Latin American affairs. i The Gulf of Garien is "o nthe north coast of the isthmus between Panama and! Colombia, having access-,to the Caribbean sea and thehce to the At- lantic ocean : . c -.: ; v. 1 FORM - DEVISED." '- V ik. A--4.-..-,r ---"-:.-t;''f -C WashingtojnV ;Marchi 4Woodrow " C Wilshon ; is the - tenth f President be-' ' , : elected lot a second, term. The: other ' : nine ' were ashingtoh.--' Jefferson. Maaison - Monroes Jackson. Lincoln Cleveland and McKinley. Thomas Riley . Marshall is the- first Vice; President : to. be -inaugurated a second time" sinpe the .present system ' v ' Actuaiiyhe isthe fourth: man" to hold :f the office a.second'tiniel ' iJohn Adams, wai twiceelectVice - President: toservV with Ge :Z. r; "fi ington, . Daniel D.l Thompkins " served : : through two terms with ' . President ; : Monroe, John, C.r Calhouu was twice V i $ 7 ; electelric President ra a" ticket yntK JohnQuincy Adam and served l" untii 'HignationineaVthe his , second terin'in 1832. " ' ' " - "- -iMarchU has fallen on Sunday, three : ' times in an-inouguration year; Presi- -. -dent .Monroe, acting on the advice' 6f ' Chief Justice. Marshall set a:prece- ' -: dent and took the ath on' Monday, :March 5V?;;.; I'''Z 'y ! - r A enV' Zachaorf followed this precedent when he was inaugurated in ;; 1849. March 47 again, fell on a 7, Sunday and ; lie ' postponed taking the oath ;tmtil -the following Monday. M, , President Hayes, ., however,: took ; precautions ?against any opportunity for charge of irrigularify. The final r vote . of the ; tribual which :: gave 'to him the Jhigh " office and thus ended the Tilden-Hayes ; controversy, was knnouncerf;-on Saturday, ; March 3, 1877. , Mr.' Hayes ; at once took the bath in the Red Room of the White 7 House. 1 General Grant "and other no- I tables.; were present. The oath was administered by; Chief , JuticeT Waite; sfrhe;rmx of a , 'Pridehts-ihaugu-; ' ral .was' largely , devised by GeOrge .: "Washington," and ' like ' " nioht all V'his " y ox uas touu . uie xgsi, 01 um,. xne cerembny-, was conceived "when 1 'the; forefathers were In the Jthroes of a great ; revolution, and 2 they intended -it to ;t bef ? distinctively . r' American. Through .the lapse .of "more " than a'"-. century, rtaallynochan made ; ini the 2 actual remdnies " aP tnough ;elabbratef and beaotif ut ae-' c.orapaniments have1 been added. : f v pVorkyti XTSSTi f orchis - first term ta aim traveieu zrora moun. t vernon uy-. horseback and . horsedrawn coaches He crossed streams on ; eight-oared , Vi barges. , . Fr his; second term fWash- xiitoii . was .mauurata .m, xaiiaaei- phia in 1793. The oath of office was administered, by,. Chancellor Living ston and the .ceremony was about the same as it is now, . -The .Presiden was driven :6 he Capitol in la handsome -4 caph; surrounded; by. an; escort TJhere -v; was a procession, nd at. night a dis play of fireworks.' .. ' -V; '.. r CHINESE CABINET ? : -0 votes to break Pekin';- March ; 4.The . Cabinet today decided that ,China,.should join the United States in; breaking off rela tions with Germany. .This deefsion V was submitted ;tb the . President, who ;; refused to. approve the r Cabinet's.. .. action, saying such power rested en tirely ith him,: Premier- .Tuan t Chi Jui immedateiyi resigned and left if or Tien Tsin, accompanied 7 hy several otherl 'members -:f of the Xabinet.; The 7 resignation " of ; the entire Cabinet is expected. ?;;.' ;t-';C;--;.,-vV v. Parliament is virtually ; unanimous in favor of. the opinion of flie Cabinet. The leaders of all the political parties are v adversley' ,;critising the y Presi .dent's position. The vice : President . of ':. the Republic supports the Cabinet; s - ;Aa offical statement issuedj: f rom the v: President's office' says that the t break', between the President and the -Permiej, was . due to ;persbnal - differ, ences - rather. , than to the foreign -.; policy. ; President '.Li . Yuan Hung' has 77 a, ; sent representives ..to Tien Tsin ;to:;-- ;;-;;--induce r the Premier to r return 1 to - ' ;.' :-.; -l r-' : '' Pekingjv,: : According -to . the" Residents office, v - '7.-' the immediate causd of the break was . ' '' a dispatch -sent to the Chinese Ministe' ? " ; ;i at Tokio, commiting' Chinai to a ; rup- h ? 2 ture ;of - relation with Germany V and ' ; .;.i; ; union! with the-sEntente Powers under ..certain 'ycrinditiio V The president 'refused his approval because, he declared; Parliemat must sanction; all: measures contemplating war asK well. as: a" direct declaratibh . of war. - . President Li Yuan- Hung "justifies .:.-..; his position, by article 35," bf the Proyi-; siohal -'. Constitution, ; which reads -as.v'-.r ; .: :i 'f "i foilow:;". r; l-s,'; ;v;.;vv! M 7 lThe , Provisionai . President VshalL n - ; have . power, with the concurrence ' of e the National Council to declare war ; .h'd conclude vtreaties.M . v r - 'v r Mr:;Edwin ; Brower to Hope Mills after a (Folks here; ::'S - 7:S-'- has returned to hoine- :i.-; :r: '7 f ''ft Jy - '?ii7t :7ii 7; J . :.:t'7' V :-;-v;-.- -$- - i-'?5-.-:"4i. ,-r..). ; "'"S7- ??i; X i ,1 r7 r::
The Chronicle (Albemarle, N.C.)
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March 6, 1917, edition 1
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