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THE GREENVILLE DAILY NEWS
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- CQXRA T.AOTn, Freldet; 3TAS. C MAYO, Secretary Jl Manager
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WEDNESDAY AFTERNO ON, JANUARY 31918.
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r 1 Mrs. J. . E. Dees, of th'.s-city recentl-
received the following letter from he
fense as that of Which she had been acquitted,
knowing that a second trial would probably, re?
suit in conviction. She therefore Left the beer and
whiskey except the amount allowed her by law m
the nossession and custody of the City officials.
'Hi m-e amiears't have been an agreement be
tween her and some of the officials whereby the brother, Lieoteant 'Samuel Parker wh
officials might dispose of the booty a best pleased j. jgJZ
them. The result was late one night an automobile wf"away ' i
truck wascofamandeered, ordered driven to the 1 wrote yim a letter a few days a
City Hall wben:the beer and whiskey was loaded Z?JZ2L.
on andTlater delivered at the houses 01 the Mayor t0 muaie ot h9 Wg gheiis as th
of Greenville and two of the policemen and for passed" orerhead-but i had no Piac
months thereafter the thirst of some of the offi- 'StU
cials, who have the enforcement of the laws of naek ln the reserve ime where on
Greenville in their hands was quenched by the hears on
beer and whiskey which had been secured bv tem ILL "JLn hear the wnwe
Oil OF THE BOYS IM TRENCHES
I'MES SISTER OF LIFE THERE
REFORM IS NEEDED; BEGIN TODAY
(By James L. Mayo)
With, the beginning of the New Year we should
take the necessary time to consider what our lives
have been during the past year. Have we got
ten a full measure of the joys and happiness which
we may obtain through right living and right
thinking?
Each individual is in a large measure respon
sible for the salvation of his or, her soul and our
lives is the thermometer by which we are judged
by both man and God. Have they been such, dur
ing the past year as to inspire confidence and gain
the good will of the community at large?
There are duties which we owe to our country
and to our city. Have we performed those duties
according to the dictates of our conscience? This
question each individual must answer for him
self. We as citizens are responsible for conditions as
they exist whether it be in City, County, State or
Nation. We control the ballot which elects the
officials who enact and enforce our laws. Have
those officials performed their duty during the
1; past year to our satisfaction and to the best in-
v-, terests of our community at large.
There are some conditions which have existed
in Greenville during the past year which should
be wiped from the slate and a new page begun
'w in the history of our City which will not only re
4 . fleet credit upon the officials but upon its entire
: citizenship.
There have been numerous efforts made to curb
the liquor traffic in Greenville, but as each move
ment developed, a stumbling block was rolled in
the way by some of the city officials. There is a
r: reason for this and the motive has usually been an
ulterior one. We are agoing to give some concrete
: illustration of this and let the citizenship of Green-
ville who stand for a higher moral standard than
t hat in which we have been living, place the re
. 'Xsponsibility where it belongs.
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-I otsverai montns ago tne iNews m a small wav
wic iccmmg ui vjieeii villt; S red llgntl.
in4'Ai 1 J.' J i 1 i J 1 T . li
uidtuct ciuu we uiu not ao it: witn a aesire to see
I the inmates of those houses persecuted because
; xney are maeea untortunate ancl to be pitied. As
a result of the sentiment which was aroused a raid
; was made on a number of the houses of ill fame
vand in one was found about 1000 bottles of beer
and several quarts of whiskey. The woman was ar-
' K. 2 rested and tried in the County Court. A verdict of
w swxxuj iciujncu vy uie jury, ine wnisKey
ii ,and beer was ordered returned to the woman. She
failed to assert her rights and take the intoxi-
cants into her possession again. Her failure was!
;:no doubt based upon the assumption that she
and unresponsive, the attnosphere of
the only room- accessible; to . visitor s" is
conductive of anything but a pleasant
impression. -
in a raid made while m the performance ot t puiiet nn shons tm th r
doty and which should have been either returne d l.
to the woman or destroyed, line. I was stationed in a Brit' b c
This supply must have been at a low ebb jm f "
. i.i 1 1 T x ? e-rlar ocer of the trneh-'s.
prior to the Holidays, as the police were crnte Tn - x CM1 nw. as ? c
lant in their endeavors to detect shipments of t on of the pe6i? in i on ion
liqu8r coming into Greenville and their eor'n ZZl.l
wei?e rewarded by the capture of a few trunks and the trench I beard one of oat,.(th-
-nortlorrcxj wriiori nnrfoinorl TxrViiclrv TViPQP WPTP British) aeroplanes coming. It sailed rt(r
' -m ..toot --tit nvnr m T nonn 0
trol shells, . high explosives ' shells and
smoke. I don't see how anything
could come through such a barrage
alive. It is wonderful it is hell in
the true sense of the word. j
You" people of America little realise
what the war means. . The three thou,
sand miles of water between- us serves
as a barrier in spite of the literary
geniuses. Print is not like the bare
facts. You talk of thousands and not
millions in regard to cost, in both
lives and dollars ; buf your minds do
not realize what, it means. The-cost
is too large for a, person to realize
until he has ' had actual ' experience.
Until the people of America see" the
streets of Paris blackened with mourn
inar, until they see the griew of the
mother as fhe tells" . her son good-bye
as he is leaven? for the front, until
thv see the eager faces searching j go:
J each uaegerbv at the stations waiting!
He
fame
Near
Killing Bend
(By United Preu)
WITH THE AMEBCAN EXPEDI
IONABYARMY FRANCE (By
ail) One German aviator doesnft
ow how near he same to killing the
th Bend sergeant who fired Ameri
ca's first gun at the Boches.
perfect sunny afternoon after the
rican batteries had been in about
eek, a Boche plane scooted over for
ick look around before' the French
es could chase him back.
e Boche rolled right over the-
otuflaged gun-pit, so low that he
d see that a gun was there. Thp
fired. Sinmutaneously the aero
plane swooped, with its machine--
tae-a-ta"c-tac-a.tac. The bullets
ed through the bower of dead
for the loved , one to return from the leavts into. Dit narrowiv misBitijr th0
front, until they have crossed miles crew
nl miles of battlefield where a little j Tlfey dropped into a dugout and laid
white cross, is planted every few feet low ill the Boche was chased off.
st-riifvin? the death of an ally sol-
shot directly
Oenvan- line,
la'te 1 lack
tnt fnc
head
for stron
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O'.Vfl-
circle 1 in
no nt it
tyii then ni'
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,i , i ii i i n j j i J trnv:-nt over mv
promptly taKen xo tne city nan, connscaieu au
divided up.
In their efforts to prevent everyone except t1
favored few from having their Christmas jov, to aerop?ai. m i
police were most too vigilant ar d larded or a sH
ment which they should have left alone, as it is re
ported that One Of the hfeh Officials 3rd SOe the world. Several enemy m
chine gun spottei our ie- opian m
n it nr n ane
st von :
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until the casualty rott- in the
TJunted States beeins tQ be a realty,
fand mourntng -of the streets of New
Yo-k Oitv is as evident as on the
street of Paris then, and not until
tbn w'll our people realize the cost
the war.
'Hie aiMp hivp suTerel terribly,
jd mv onlv regret is that we did not
come to their rescue' long ago. This
is not only a war for Democracy,
it is a war for humanity, and the
tents tnereoi, ana tne omcers were 1 ar a os : away safely. At aim b ti Bo-ches out of commission as psi-
render their nrize and it was delivered into the . air flght 1 was lmmediat v uu e bie. so i hope our country wi send .
lroMnfr rk-f if a frlnr,Ac our machines part of the time and over trooos as fast as it can and draw
Keeping OI ItS XTienaS. 'German shrapnel was bursting ar ,t to , close.
tt .t j j jy r- ?n i j , .....
. now can tne eaoa citizens 01 v. reenvnie noue to aoove me..auu, iw. our Pmu Tnere is the burie for supper, so
improve the moral atmosphere in whi tev l.v rT", Z Tta Z, ,'""t
so long as such conditions exist among its officials7 bren exposed to shrapnel fire" ani a
Hnw win fViPV AYTiAf tn not lnwo anfnrpH wifVimif English say. " tends to put thr
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wmu up.
Patrollng is very Important 'duty
his intimate friends owned an interest i e "o
1 Knew Hl Age. .
AU$n, on his second birthday, was
told his mother that he was two
years pld. . That same day his mother
Weighid him, and as she lifted him off
the 8Me she said:. "You weigh Just
thirty 'pounds." That evening, when
the little boy's father came home he
said: f'Well, Allan, how old are you?"
Allan lesitated a few seconds and then
replied j
pounds
"Two years and thirty
NOTICt OF SALE REAL ESTATE
burle for supper,
You aft, brother,
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fear or favor? You need not exnect to break un
vice so long as officials profit by it.
If it was unlawful for Ethel Lee to have in her
on the front TOtn out into No M-in':
land and securing InTormat'on of th"
pnenir nnrl fla4iMn- iinv pnmv im-
possession more than one quart of whiskey and trois tna you c8me across, a good
four dozens bottles of beer, then it was more un- j prisoner valuable in-
lawful for the guardians of the law to have more'tZE?
than a like amount in their possession. Anv offi -I my stay m the trenches i took oar
pinl wVin id Virmocf in fV ro-P-nr,ort -P Vn'o nftr, note of this very importair
av xtj uvuvav ill JK 1U1 iiiaiivu Ui ' ' lO UUv.Y
would not violate the law for the breaking
duty. One night while I was out ob
turned a mach'ne un on vtr T"
which he had secured the prosecution of an unf or tnnit?d machine gun on us. t
tunate woman, and any official who would partic' "JL! rTJZZ. nZ
pate m a transaction of this character is not en- barking directly in front and to see
titled to the trust which should be reposed in pub- the 8parks fly from the wire not ten
K flR:l i 3 l i u i i. i yards
iic uiiicictiB, aiiu ne snouia receive no consiaeranor 'utrikin-
at the hands of the public.
The eitizens of Greenville should demard and
force an investigation and compel those officials
who were in on the deal to resign from the posi
tions of trust which they now hold.
The enforcement of the penalty for such abom
inable action is in your hands.-as no official can
withstand the onslaughts of righteous indir
tion of an outraged public.
The News has performed its duty with the frll
knowledge that if it can not substantiate t1
statements it has made it is liable in a civil actio"
for damages.
away, cnused by the bullet
it. Of course we all threv
ourselves' on .the ground. I didn't
know I could hit the ground so quick
nor lay so flat and Btill. I got it back
on old Frits the next mornin?. -1 look
ed over the parapet and saw three
Germans unloading a cart at a place
which they thought was concealed.
I turned a machine "un on them. They
dropped out of sight. I don't know
whether I got them or not. but the
cart stayed in the same place all dar
and was not unloaded.
One of the greatest scenes I hiv
ever witnessed in my life wa an a
&ic!Qipfi Fmhassy
At Washington
Now In War-Time
(Br United Press)
WASHINGTON They call it the
Russian embassy that massive gray
tone "structure out on the Sixteenth
ifropt but fn realtv. it's the most
tvD'callv Irish diplomatic institution
'" w"rh!n"ton.
Rojiipv. Dorsey. Murphv, Shea, Don
nellv and Keeean are the, names the j North flft Wt
casual vivtor nears ortenest. Next in -Rmwn'a thnc Snnth
to these come-King. Roberts. Jones and' Went IflA ft to Reed v Branch
By vliui of a poww of sale con.
tsfned lna certain TxA of Trnt
ecnted delivered hv J. W. Allen.
Jr.. andwffe. Allfe Alln to T. O. Har
ding, trhntee: dated Anril 4. 1012.
as appears of record In the Renter's
Office In Pitt eonntv In Book T)-11. pase
W. the inrterslened trustee will, on
Monday, me 14th day of January. 101 S.
at 12 o'oWk noon, expose to nnhlic
sale heforV the eou't house floor In
Oreenvine.1 to the hfrrhest hjdder for
cash, the following described real proj
erty to witt
'TiVing aid being in Greenville
townshin. Pt eonntv. N. f. beginning
st an Iron ptn of the Allen Lane cor
ner between T). H. Alien fmd lnnl
'formerly knottn as the T. W. .Aiiftii.
Jr.. land and Wins thence North 0-35
West; JW feet to an iron nin. ihen
' y4W feet to an iron rtfn
then
Kellv all of them prdud of their Irish ; Reedr Rranh with the windlnes
blood. Embassy officials say it is mere-! thereof to a ponlar. comer of TV S.
v a co'ficederce but the doorman Who
hMls from Cork, declares: "It takes
th loike av the rish to beat the
Dntch."
From an architectual viewpoint, the
hoe of the Russian embassy is per
hans the most imDOsin? of all th for
'"ti 'flcs in Washinrton. Ambas
sador Rakhnietiefr ( correct) occupied
it a few years and then virtually
strinned of its furnishings, the proper
ty of the rttoiomat. it was turned over
to T)r. Boris Bkhmateff ("correct), suc-
;;would again be arrested and tried for a like. pf-1 TRY.DAJLY NEWS WANT A DS FOR RESULTS
tack made by th British. One aftT- cVsor and reoresentative of ill fated
noon I was informed that a COTipan"'' ""ii-Vv reme.
Which occupied a sector in the line j Oddlv enoueh. yet withall- striking
very near to where I was stationed j v nnnroon'ate rh atmosohere of the
It is nOW for the law-nhlHl-ho- nifiVoQ -P Pwi C nl7ht at .- co,cdeS with its architec
t tne laW-aDldmg Citizens Of Green- a certain time-the very minute boforo tan. lines. The ma'n entrance, lead-
vnie to snow what they will do. Js tere need for tUa tot the atttek 1 a y into an e-centionaiiv large recep
reform? Will you start the New Year with a re ood ac ,ot 6b8etvatIon- At tne room, is flunked bv large white
5flw fhnf vnn irrill n-r oc ,,1 4-1, . . rer 8econd PPonted the barrage on- nillars. The waiting room, un-
soiye mat you will not cease until tere is an ir came down, ah the hosts of evan- Wnv ir-e and severely plain, im
provement in the Condition Of OUr CitV? gellstlc plreach-rs haSre not been able presses the casual visitor as appropri-
v ucbvuuc uisi b scene tneir neu ately suggestive of his conseption of
Are is not in it. The barrage was a j otnes of Siberia.
olid wall of bursting shrapnel, pa-. Cold, devoid of mural decorations
Hardee land. thnee South 72-SA "Rast
182 feet. thene 5?onth 4ft-K? T?at 1R1
feet, thence North -40 Wat 123 feet,
thence South 59 Rast 271 feet to a ce
dar tree on the said Allen Lane, anoth
er -corner of Ti. R. Allen's land, thence
North SS-20 ' FJast with said "Allen
T,ane 114rt feet to an Iron nin. the he
Hnnlnf. eonralnlne K7 S-4 acres more
or lesa and being lot No. 1. deslrnnted
and Tdotted an map of mrrer of the
T. VT. Allen land" fn Greenville town
shin, made hv!W. O. Treshaeh urvevor
on Febmarv '2rt 1017. and he1n th
Northern portfon of the tract of land
formerlv eonreved br D. H Allen and
Wife Mary P. Allen to J ' W - Allen.
Jr.. hv Teed dieted 1tb day of Teeem-'
her. 1WVI and recorded In the RHter'
o"ce in Pitt eohnty In Rook H-. page
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This sale Is made for the nnrpose
of comntvln? with the terms of the
aforesaid Peed of Trust.
This December 14. 1017.
F. O. Harding. Tmstee.
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Among your iW Year Resolutions make up your mind to put away a small sum each week. N This small sum regularly de
posited each week will amount to susprisingly large figures.
The way to secure this is to join our Christmas Banking Club. The saving of pennies means in the end the saving of dollars
which you will receive next Christmas by beginning to make a start now. Get the habit Come hand let us explain itsworkings.
FARM
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