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! pr yr r -yr yr - A CAUCASIAN, VOL. XXIII. RALEIGH, NORTH. CAROLINA, THURSDAY. DECEMBER VI, 1905. NO. 51. n tbc flRorning of Christ's MattvntE I I Thii ihe "month, 'and 'thi the 'happy moinf Wherein the 5on of heaven' eternal. Ring, Of vedded Haid and Virgin Mother born.; Our great redemption from above did bnnpv for 50 the holy 505 once did ync,; That he our deadly forfeit" should release, And . with H15 Rither.worl'. 115 0 perpetual peace. Tnat plonou5 form, thatiiht'unufferable And that far-beaming blaze of majety., Wherewith he wontat. heaven htoh council table " To yX in the mid5t of Tnnal Unity, . He laid aide, and here with 113 tob: forsook the 'curf ojeverla5iinp day.. And ihose 'th us a; darksome "'ouseof 'jr.ta;,.'' SOJeVlIE jolly, potbellied, roister- ing !1 Santa Clans is in OjO hot water. Preachers and J( R parents are rising up V&S against liiin, declaring that 1 lie is a fraud and as such, ought to bo suppressed. Thank heav en, a sporadic agitation like this can have no serious results. Recalcitrant parents, and preachers will pass away.c Santa Claus will endure until the end:7, as ho lias endured from the beginning. -No one can say how old he is or at what period he made his first appear ance among prehistoric men. The name of Santa Claus, by which, he is known in America, is the Dutch pet j name for St. Nicholas.- The name Criss Cringle, by which he is known in England, is a corruption of Christ Kindiein, or the Christ child. But the festivities that distinguish Christmas existed long before Christianity, and a Jolly god of good cheer appears as the personification of the period from the earliest pagan times. Now, the Santa Claus of to-day is simply that old jolly god soliered up, washed and purified. The Dionysia of the Greeks, the Sat urnalia of the Romans, the Twelve Nights of the oid Norsemen and of the Teutons all celebrated the coming of the winter solstice. People then gave themselves up to all sorts of revelry and excess. In the Dionysia the repre sentative figure xvas not the young Dionysus or Bacchus, but tile aged, cheery and disreputable Silenus, the chief of the Satyrs, or the god of drunkards. In the Saturnalia it was Saturn, in the Germanic feasts it was Thor. both long bearded and white laired gods like Silenus. Now, although the central figure of the Christian festival is the child God, the Christ Kindiein, the influence of long pagan custom was to strong .within the breasts of the early Chris tians to be easily superseded. The tra dition of hoary age as the true repre sentative of the dying year and its at tendant jollifications still remained smoldering under the ashes of the past. It burst into new flame when the past was too far back to be looked upon "with the fear and antagonism of the church, and there seemed no longer any danger of a relapse into pagan ism. At first, however, the more dig nified representative was chosen as more in keeping with the occasion. Saturn was unconsciously rebaptized s St. Nicholas, the name of the saint MOTHER AND CHILD. K. ttarabiao, a Living Italian Painter. r BSwgaEsSSja -HiiTon whose festival occurs in December, and who, as the patron of young peo ple, is especially titled for the patron age of the lestival which has come to be looked upon as especially that of the young. At first St. Nicholas did not supersede the Christ child, but ac companied Him in His Christmas trav els, as. indeed, he still does in certain pral neighborhoods of Europe where modern spirit has been least felt. '"'St. Nicholas, according to the hagio logists, was a bishop of Myra, who flourished early in the fourth century. He is the patron of children and school boys. t It is strange that everywhere St. Nicholas is most honored and his feast day most observed the most pious and instructed among the common people know little of the legend of the saint. Christmas Eve la Brittany: When the average visitor arrives in Brittany for the first time he generally rubs his eyes to find out whether he is asleep or awake, for he discovers a land so novel in its aspect, a people so quaint in manners, customs and clothes, that It all seems like a dream from which he will presently awake to the nineteenth century he certainly leaves once the confines of this land are passed. Think of a low, flat coun try, with a strange growth of gnarled, queer-looking trees, of great stretches of plains with dark, surging grasses, only now and then a low hovel of a thatched stone house, in which the na tives and their live stock, particularly the pigs, dwell together. It Is a place of little joy of living, for the land is ungrateful, and it re quires all the energies of the husband man to get even the smallest return for his work. The poverty is appalling and beggary is on all sides. The peas ants rarely eat meat because of its cost. They live mainly on a soggy black bread, which is broken up into He is treated with that mixture of seriousness and frivolity which be comes a dying myth. One masquer ades in his dress in the evening and prays to him in the morning, and so fulfils a duty without spoiling the fun. Yet even the mumming has an educa tional purppse. THE GERMAN SANTA, "LAUS. In Southern Germany and Austria a youth possessing the necessary relig ious knowledge is masked, dressed iu long white vestments, with a silk scarf and furnished with a miter and. cro zier. He is accompanied by two an gels and a whole troop of devils. The angels are dressed much like the choir boys in Anglican or Catholic churches. Each carries a basket- Tb devils blacken their faces and add horns of plp snouts or such other fantastic de vices as the ingenuity of boyhood can devise. They are girt with chains, which they shake or rattle furiously. It is thought much better fun to be a devil than an angel, hence the number of the former Is only limited to the number of boys who are able to com mand the necessary regalia. In the twilight of the evening of December 5 the good bishop and his suite ingin their round of visits. It is the season for juvenile parties, and almost ail the children of the village are collected iu a few separate houses, each of which St. Nicholas visits in turn. He enters with the two angels, while hi swar thy followers are left to play their pranks outside. A great silence falls upon the children, and one by one they are called ifp and examined by the saint. This part of the evening's busi ness is carried on with the greatest se riousness and decorum. Simple relig ious questions suited to the age of each child are propounded, after which it has to sing hymns and recite pray ers. If th'? ordeal Is successfully passed the angels present it with nuts and apples. If it fails it has to stand aside. When the examination is ended the devils are called in. They are not allowed to approach the good children, but may tease and frighten the naughty ones as much aa they like. They do this at first as a matter of duty. Duty is followed by the pleasures whose anticipation had caused them to enlist pleasures which consist in strange dances and antics, and in pursuing the larger girls with the attempt to blacken their faces. Their whole appearance is intended to be grotesque and farcical. For the en tire evening they are allowed full li cense in the villages, though in some of the towns the festival has, for good reasons, been prohibited. For weeks before the eve of St. Nicholas a devil may occasionally be seen at the win dow of some cottage where the chil dren are supposed to be naughty or thelT elder sister is known to be par ticularly attractive. It is proof of the sound nerves of the children that no harm comes from the ordeal. "When St. Nicholas has left the chil dren return to their own homes, but they do not believe that the generosity of the saintly bishop has been ex hausted. After saying their prayers and going to bed they place dishes or baskets upon the windowsill, with their names written within them, and in these their parents deposit small presents, which tbeir little sons and daughters fancy he has brought. In many places the bugbear over shadows in importance both the Christ child and St. Nicholas. He appears under different names and in different guises. In Lower Austria he is the frightful Krampus, with his clanking chains and horrible devil's mask, who, notwithstanding his gilded nuts and apples, gingerbread and toys, which he carries in his basket, is the terror of the nursery. In Hanover, Holstein and Mecklenburg he is known as Clas. In Silesia his name is Joseph. the Little Carol Sins3rs. a soup made of a piece of suet stewed in boiling water. When the sardine is in season it is added, although this fish is generally eaten broiled, and when the chestnut comes all hands stuff at all hours of the day. The children dress just like the grown folks, and for both a single dress is kept most of their lives for the best, while on every day their collection of garments, save with the better classes, is remarkable. But there are interesting customs that happen" there, and have happened for, Io, these many years, since there is little change in Brittany. That of feeding the poor is. a significant one, taking place on Christmas Eve, as well as at other times. Here comes the lit tle ones of the poor to get their pieces of black bread and the bonne of the good cure distributes without preju dice to all comers. The clank of the sabots is heard along the stone streets as these unfortunate children tramp up to the rectory, and the picturesque ness of the scene is emphasized by the opera bouffe clothes the suppliants wear. Sometimes the bugbear was a fe male. In Lower Austria she was called the Budelfram In Suabia it was the Berchtel.who chastised chil dren that did not spin diligently with rods, but - rewarded the industrious with dried pears, apples and nuts. The female bogie survives, especially in Russia and in Italy. In the former place she is known as the Baboushka, in the latter as the Befana. Befana is a corruption of Epiphania or Epi phany. For it is on Epiphany, Janu ary 6, that the Italians make presents to their children in commemoration of the gifts given by the three wise men to Christ on that date. New York Herald, NORTH STATE NEWS Items of Interest Gleaned From Various Sections FROM MOUNTAIN TO SEASHORE Minor Occurrences .of the Week of Interest to Tar Eeels Told in Para graphs. Charlotte Cotton T!iee figures repress to wagons: Market. t prices paid J 1JU 11U flood miiMling Strict middling Middling General Cotton Market. ( ialve-t'ii. liiu1 New Orleans, steady Mobile, M rrr. A Uw .. ..ll"s 1 1 1 ...11 .VI (i ...11 .-.-io ... ..11, .. ..li-'U 12 12 ....12.25 , ilT's Ilrl8 ..llLMo IIT'8 T T 7 Savannah. 7eaiy. . .. . Charleston, linn.. .. Norfolk, steady I'altimore, nominal . . . New York, quiet Boston, quiet Philadelphia, steady .. Houston, steady .... Augusta, steady.. ..' . Memphis, firm St. Iniis. quiet Louisville, linn 8 Dead in Shad Eoat. Elizabeth City. Special The bodies of Leo Jarvis and Carrol Cox were brought here by (ijt. P. W . Midjrctt, of the schooner Irene, who found them near Long Shoals. Hyde county. Tliey were in- a shad boat, which was half tilled v itli water. The men met their death in Sunday's storm, which was a terrific one all along the Carolina coast. Money to the amount of 'fy7 a purse, match case, photographs of a young lady and several letters were found in the pocket of Cox's coat. The letter was from Miss Mary Cnt rell, of Wysoeket, llyda county. The young men were both very good look ing, a.es about 25. Parties at Swan Quarter were communicated with. They ordered the bodies sent to Bel haven, X. C. Death of Rev. J. A. Westcn. Shelby, Special. Kcv. James A. Weston, of Hickory, who was stricken with paralysis in the Episcopal church one week ago. jtist as' he hrd an nounced his text before delivering the opening sermon at the Convention, which was convening here, died Avith out having at any time shown that he was conscious of his true condition. For several days his condition was that of one in a deep stupor, but dur ing the latter part of his illness he seemed to be conscious when aroused, and not being able to articulate in telligently would ask for paper and pencil and thus express Lis thoughts. Defendant Wins Suit. Winston-Salem, Special In the Su perior Court the suit of Geo. F. Mc Coy, of New York, against W B. Ellis, a former tobacco manufacturer of this city, was concluded by the jury returning a verdict in favor of the defendant. The plaintiff's claim was for $2,:00, the same being the fees of two New York lawyers, employed by the defendant. The jury iu answer ing the issues said that Mr. Ellis was insane at the time he made the con tract with two lawyers who later sold their claim to MeCov. Flagman Killed. High Point, Special. Belated No. 30, a north-bound train which passed here Wednesday afternoon at L30 o'clock, struck and instantly killed Burton Green, white, of Pilot Moun tain. Green was flagman on a local freight and was near as witch, with his back turned twords the approach ing train, ivlien the accident occurred. Deserter Confesses Robbery. Winston-Salem, Special. Geo. Me Mahan. a young man who enlisted in the United States army a few months ago and later deserted, returning to his home in Davie county, surrendered and confessed that he was a member of a band that robbed the Southern Railway depot and several mercantile stores at Advance a few dajs before he entered the army. $2,500 Jewelry Packages Disappear. Houston, Texas, Special. Three packages containing jewelry, watch cases and works to the value of $2,500 disappeared from an express wagon The packages were left under the seat while the driver stepped across the street. When he returned they were gone. ThejT were consigned to jew elry firms in Houston and were about to be delivered. A similar event oc curred last week when a package val ued at $1,100 disappeared. River Steamer Sunk. Pittsburg, Special. The steamer Twilight sank in 20 feet of water at lock No. 2. in the Monongahela river the crew of 12 men escaping with their lives by hurrying to the roof of the boat and being taken off in sniffs. A charter was granted the Lumber ton Sanitarium, capital stock $25,000 S. C. Lawrence being the principal stockholder. DIVERSIFICATION VS. OVERPRODUCTION. Th Sillir:i ',,tti.M Aci.l'k: will n't asU th fanners of the South to rtdue th" cotluti ;:ri-:itrr !-r W-ss tha'l thai planted !U 1 Tlir Association dot-, a-k and iHci-t v. itli all the futtf at its command that the average pbnt.il i:i cotton throughout the belt in l'.H-a b not uu n-ucd dur ing the planting --.-: -a of VMki. Ixt the watchword of eViy .Southern tar nicr be IivriM!itioti, and through that agency prodiwt' an abinidam-e of food supplies to maintain each f.iim. I'ennauent -j':'ejn'ndeucc. thiift and proscrity ea;i only b e!ijed by Southern cotton grower: through th adoption and maintenance 4' a sys tem which will make each farm self sustaining, it In the o'.lv licedtur.t through which the preent iniijtut km credit system which has x. long held our peojle in bondage, can be effec tively broken up anil icl. -ated to the past, it is the only nudium thnc.fh which the great masses of cotton pro ducers can ever liojK to control the sale of their cottoti in the market. of the country and force eonsiiM.ei-s and buyers to pay them lair and jut prices for the staple. Any system which forces the producer to market his crops rapidly in ord-r to meet ma turing obligations to pay for. supplies that could be more cheaply raised at home will ever tend to make a .slave of the prowtr, minimizing the riilit-' jf manhood V.hich every Southern cot Ion raiser shouhi enjoy, to the fullest extent. jZ " "izf Over-Producticjn a Serious Menace. In spring, lf)').. a crisis serious and potential faced the cotton growers i tlie South by reason of over- iod ac tion of cotton in 1!4. The Southern Cotton Association at that time waged m active and cflVethe campaign for a reduction in ihe cotton area of le planted in lMt"i. The advi'C of the Association was loyally supported ry, cotton growers throughout the en lire cotton belt and a reduction of fully rive, million acres was stricken from the cotton area for 1!K)5 and planted in other crops. The result of lliis disphw of good judgment on the part of the farmers is today seen iu hringing the production of cotton with in the legitimate demands for con sumption, good prices for the staple md well-filled coin cribs an.i smoke houses from North Carolina to the Bio 'Jrande River. The agricultural, com mercial, industrial and financial intcr sts of the South are today enjoying n era of prosperity far in excess of any period experienced within the past half century. To maintain our present position, and forge ahead in the achievement of greater success, it is imperative that no serious mistake 'ic made by the planters who are now making tLeir arangements for t lie? spring planting of VMij. Let even man pause and calmly consider his future even while enjoying the flush of a victory which has been the most marvelous ever won in modern times. Present Acreage Sufficient. The preset: t estimated twenty-seven million acres planted in cotton is sulli cicnt under normal climatic conditions to raise enough cotton to meet the de mands of spinner for the American staple. Any material increase in llu cotton acreage for 1 !)( will tend to stagnate the col ion maiket and de press prices below heir legitimate value. The legitimate Jaw of supply and demand is the only true medium of regulating fair and legitimate prices for our great staple product. The Southern Cotton Association thro all its sources of strength and co-operative mediums of dissemuating infor mation to its loyal and patriotic sup porters with an eye single to the fu ture prosperity of all cotton growers and business interests of the South, earnestly makes this appeal for broad ening the splendid advantages that are to be. gained by diversified agri culture on Soulheri: farms. Plant an abundance of small grain, corn aud side crops. Raise more hay, cattle and hogs. Peace znd Plenty. Let well-filled corn cribs and smoke nouses be the great bulwarks of safety between the farmers ai:d the world of trade with whom they have to deal. Rotate your crops, intensify your ac reage, fertilize liberally, cultivate well produce plentifully on the ac reage planted and enjoy those rewards which should be the fulsome portion of those who till our Southern soils. Studay the jxjssibiiitic-s of our soils and climate and learn to appreciate and develop the1 wonderful resources at our command in the field, garden and orchard of Southern agriculture. Become depositors in your banks rath er than borrowers. (Jet on a cash basis as rapidly is possible and break up the ruinous credit system wbicli in ihe past has Wen so fatal to cot ton growers. As Southern farms be come each year more self-sustaining under the adoption of a diversified and intensive system of culture and proper rotation of crops, the growers of the South s great staple can quek ly regulate its market ing to jneet the legitimate demands of consumption and maintain its price at such figures as will always give to the producer a profit n its production. Build warehouses with your surplus money, and secure adequate fitorae facili ties .for the proper haudlinti of your cotton in the markets of the country. Let us reach out and broaden the markets and uses for American cot ton. Let us bring abort direct trade between the producers and the spin ners of the world and in safeguarding our magnificent and w'nable staple from the greed of speculative interests enjoy the blessings of its monopoly and through co-operation rapidly de velop our beloved Southland into the t,H:r-xn;i makr !- fatal mrMal- i i rtni; rp- : tbr ;i-r rr p ujr for '.-. The un of p3rt a-td jjruty v biu:n on the loyal aud jc?!rio!jc he;! of Southern i!snt-iv todav. iruvnif n" ha Mcx-d our country Th? rlo!! may ilnrLrn and darken our Uuritmi in the spring if ?nm he die .f our duty. The NotitLem tun A station sound it rote of wanim; and ii!e it ap;al to tl j-plc. Your I ml v. HARYli: JORDAN'. Pres. Southern Cotton A-ociat o ITEMS Or STATE NEWS. Supreme Court adjourned at Ral- ijih ort Friday for the term, having filed nine cases Dor.e of which air of jK-cial iuiHtt. The State Labor Coimriisoner rinds that there ere 22'. mm? im-l-laut-ou factories in the State this year than there uere last jcar. The secretary of State Lud that the total number of corpoi at inn chartered is 697. The In-nrd acted uj--!S the Migj. s tioii of ( iovcrr.or C.'.enn. that an exhib it be mad. at the xarioii lairs in New Lnglaud next autumn. Mr. Clarence H. McKay su.o Mr. Win. Vandctbilt of New Votk at rived at .Jamestown war iiiii Point lor a ten day's hunt at Mr. MvKa;. lodge between here and .lauaslov. u. The Si hearing acme Court ha !' argument al finished a tin tCliil. Attorney Mineral Cihi.cr sutd he thought it uoaid adjourn for the term about Wednesday or Thursday of next week, as it is well up with itn opin ions. A nuo.it. cement v.-.s made to the IJaptist State Convention that the Papiist rni.ersity for Women would puhii-di, beginning next week a paper to be kno.wn u.s Tie P.ul'eiij:. This institution now has :;.n htudent. The State board of .vgricult an re jected ti;c resolution offered appro priating 7."0 sjK- iaijy for the pay ment of pn mi ln.-s upon ccitr.iu lield crops. For several years this dis bursements has been made on . count of exhibits to State fairs. A charter is granted the Atlantic Fire Insurance Company, of Palcigh. paid up stock, -f li'i.OMl. principal stockholders Charles L. .Johnson. .J. J. Thomas, Herbert W. .Tackson. James II. Pou, Thomas F. Womack. J. S. Wynne and Calvin IWUh. A lire insurance company is ortrani.ed at Kocky Mount, with .."( W 'K) capital stock. The insurance commissioner says that this is paid up and that there is also $12,")M) surplus. The feature of the annual State convention of the county superinten dents was a report by Superintendent McBride, of Cumberland, v. ho ajd some teachers under contract there had broken their contracts and gone to other counties to tench. He call ed on the State superintendent for a ruling, putting on the black list all teachers who do this, so their cer tificates will be cancelled. The boar I of education appoints what is kno'vn as the first :Khi."00 ap propriation from the treasury to the public schools at th" rate of fourteen cents per capita. This gives Wake county 2J'J. Mecklenburg, fJ,7S2. Iluneoinbe $2M('2. New Hanover $1. OKfJ and Craven 1,h;o. Lights on at Spencer. Spencer, Sjieeial. The electric arc street litrhts in Spencer were turned on for the first time Wednesday r.i'-'ht aud the streets, wlpcji 1 ml .Jive years ago were barreif fields, are brilliantly lighted. The electric system has been in course of construction since Aprii of tin's year. The water work sys tem now being put in by ihe Sjiencer Water Company is well under way. $10,000 Loss in Cotton Mill Fire. Albemarle. Special. Fridav morn- ing a lire broke out in or under the picker room of the Miscasett Mill.! xv he re there was about GO )ales of rotton oren at the tim. The total loss will reach $S.000 or .10,(KK), fully covered ly insurance. Salisbury's New Hotel. Salisbury, Special Salisbury's new hotel, at the corner of Main and Council streets, will be opened before a great xvhile. Applicants for the landlordship of this building with C'J rooms, have been numerous, out a yet its owners hax-e not leased it. Mr. V. S. Nicholson ha been swarded the contraet for beating it by steam aud will install this apparatus at once. Locomotive Works Doubled. Richmond, Special. Preparation? are beicg made to enlarge ti Rich mond plant of the American Locomo tive works to almost double its pres ent capacity. The plant is now work ing day and night with a force of about 2,400 men. It lias large order? for locomotives and will erect new buildings at once. Receiver for Railroads. . '. Cincinnatti, Special. An applies. tion for the appointment of a receiver for the Cincinnatti, Hamilton & Day ton Railway and the Pert? Marquette Railroad was filed in the United States Circuit Court here bx; Law rence Maxwell, Jr., circuit Judg Lorton immediately began hearing the application and appointed Attone General Jadson Harmon as receivei for both roads. Insolvency is admit ted. ' BANKRUPTED RULER ! Um I LU IIUII-I PLN MIGHTIER THAN HIE BOMB Russian Revolutionary Leaders Issiuc Manifesto Dedorms the Treasury Bankrupt Ordtrlfc Tfceix reUnren ; Oa: Payint Taxes in Order ".a Utterly r.uin Czardcsa Witidrswil af Ml Eink Dtptt.U la Oald Jrrcd Oav ersmfiit Said to be Csvenn; Up Dc:ts ty Proceed, cf TorcKa Loant Io Money ;o Tiy SU.tT.ns Scldierf Dccuaent a Said?a a.4 Terrible Blow. !. ! . -I -;fg. Sjw-r;.l, - T';" :' !rt i tat tv; :.v?,tioi. tfio-rj- !? - ! 1-! rile i i ;; t..t I " t s . . j !. :s :i t - Hit' i -i !n i 1 lit- i : " . . i t i,if!t 1 I aip. e o, , t! lssn i nr. - o I ? 1 du'!.sv it. lei..... I.,; t i.t J l.l ior v; io. !U f 1 '.. 1 ." i . ! to it ' ' . . ; Co. . e -.:S4 . it el Co sr . , it. t- . IU" i:; : V . ' . i s o niy It'p'cv t S the T ;;?. pl oh !,!!!. ,t; u.V eet . I.i to ; a , -irt o;, h or -;iei. - i: .nix ! j 1 1,'. I -, j a incut ol u .i end to with :a -. . dfo-it !nta ! .n i i, f:id. Tl i,:.Ui;!i '" I iv a tt .' til' i t .: li e m::iirier : t . bureaus !"iie iut brocgt l:.e to finaiuiai ram, a il!;e.- i go ei :in ,( in s.,s v.ji.ajjdeicd , t.i. . ti'iii-, s ll: t'i", i .;! tl. Ct' . el 1 ,e J. 1 Igll MM.t . o j;, fil tl.e ailitY and the Jle.t. It ;t i it t ... JKople Wit!..,.;! M-iiiiii. . ; 1'vi.-.,. No Kcncy u Feed Said tern !l i-- ild-hin .1 that th-;e . in i.i w v to feed tl.e shli.i .".id that c.rtv v !nie there i re instil reel ji.p ..! li.o beggar and a ved lrj,s and !!';. 'Ih' tram 1 1 o ccn -hai '. tie 'r.it.'icnt v ith iv' the o. o,.?.. pi tl.e goi '.;!.. i.i'. savin,- bank- t i -p-- cidn'e th- bieu -e a:i l w.f 'l ho ooveii.'. up its chronic dc'icil i i interest om 'lie immense debt lv proei ed of the foreign lo;n.s. v.l Ih .let, aie at las exhausted. The i i h, it i furt ho;- decl.urd. have already taken warning and arc enlivening their property i.sto securities and -.-! nod aie sciiiloijf thc(rt broad. The i?dv saiv.uio.i fi.- the country. :.ccirdiii' to the manifesto, is tie- orjthr-iw of the autocracy by a constituent a-' in b!y, and "the sooner the '.-ovci ism. ot fall l!ie b-Hr. Therefore ih last so iice of eis!i .ie" of the ,Id rc.'trnc, its fnianeial i o mi, nsurt hi- vf;.p. jKd' ' he iloMiiucnt is sigaett by t'ie okto bcis of lie Woi kinyra'-:. i'tt;iv-il, the coiiimitfc'.' of the 'aT--i;u,ta Fuioii nnd ?hc central vitnM:S fee f the Social Democrats, Ho.-i i Jf-v !u tionisis :t iitt Soeialist of Poland. Caught The Government Nsppiii? 'I his great 5cp of th'- rV i't'ion arics vhich t!.io.s thovu ihe flf battle to the e-o-.T mil ".:'. ; i -M.-.I-ed with s-.ich Mrtr"V tl a? t!;e U'tti tie, r.cre lake s; off tl.i i; ;!,; r! ,! lid not ecu tt"i:.pt fo p;cv:! i s pnidi catiou in ih" nc-,vpap i . The r ..do tionary hadcrs cxpeel that i v d! f followed by n piial and ar:- -' bnt a!I this l.-as been foresee.. '1 !? ers laid their plans (i ,-plv bef ir : !- J ing the lnanilc' to. The new ,ra?ait- ttc of tl.o varoi:s organt-ali .; !.avo been ph.el in th third a;.d o.:itii dete. It one set 1 eo:..r::. tc- j put belli. :d the bais. rluotiier v, ;!i tak its place and carry on tl.- v.o:k. The Lcatie of I'agiic, ,.- n.t a k d to join hi l!ie maiii;e;o. 'e-i'fg i gaided with wnie je.. ! !- by Ji - pr Ic'iariat organization whicls elaim to Jk bearing the brunt of th e, ultion and to Ik- entitled to the fruit th-'icof. The proletariat leaders I..r:i to have absolute knowledge that tlf .":-rn- ment has jit issued ? i 2-",t''')f'l.0 ir pajr money. I'ndfr the provision of the jjics law, the editor of every paper which printed the manifesto has. lendered liimx-lf liable to zUl month' itiiprbioiimeiit anl i0 Im. Nov.- must corae the test -f ti: meut j ower. 1 dv"Iop that among the papers of M. Krustiicff, the presidcrst f tlo executive committee of the Wo: km-n Council, seized' at the time of hi -ir-rest. v.eie dcumentH wbicu funr.! evidence of a well-plai.ne.l con;jiriey to seize and carrv off Premier Wit it. Dana gin j Slcot Stem. Greensboro, Special-Prafticaily Ls lated from the outside world, Greens ljcro on Friday and Saturday was. in the gTip of one of the worst tdcrt utonns it has experienced for yearn. Telegraphic and telephonic communi cation was cut off lor the Ixst part cf the day, due to broken wire ami falling pules. This damage was tem porarily repaired and all wire were? soon in fair xvorking rd?r. Inestim able damage was done to tree and folese crushed beneath the weight of icy tendril. Street car i-?rvice xra seriously hampered and a general dis comfort ure ensued. Lynchburg Nearly Cut Off. Lynchburg, Va., Special. Kxcept for a single wire to Danville aud an other to Washington, Lynchburg wc cut off hy telegraphic communication Satnrday morning with the North and South on account of a sleet storm. The 200 linemen at work here on the sys tem are restoring the circuits. Many of them went to Greenihoro, X. C, j where the worst of the storm appears I to have been experienced.