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VOLUME II.
Greenville, N. Monday Afternop December:, 1918
Peace Deleg
NUMBER 151
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of A
The Powers Expected.
Paris Im Week
.Reacfe
(By The United Press) " J
Aboard Liner George Washing a President1
Wilson has given no indication of his views con
cerning the disposition of the former Kaiser but
he is expected to be consulted by the international
law experts in regard to his views. In view of the
fact that the British officials favor placing the
Kaiser on trial the President's attitude may be
most important.
HERE WEDNESDAY
Paris The Peace delegates of all the powers
are expected to reach Paris by the end of the
week. v '
The date of the opening of the inter-allied pre
liminary conference however, will not be set until
after President Wilson arrives.
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London Phillip Scheidman member of the.
present German government has declared in an
interview with the Berlin correspondent of a Lon
don newspaper that Germany will have six dele
gates to the peace conference and that they will
be backed by the NaJiprx&X Assembly.
PRESIDENT WILSON'S
CHRISTMAS
RED CROSS
ROLICALL I.IESSAGE
UlJJLl3
WAR DEP7 WILL ASK CONGRESS
TO AUTHORIZE PEACfTANOlNG
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AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN
COBLENZ AT REQUEST OF THE
'T IT IS
Arthur Burgess, leading comedian in
the big musieal comedy sensation, "The
Million Dollar Doll" at White's Thea
tre, Wednesday December, 11th.
HUN GOV
ANNOUNCED
Rev. W. Patten
Closes First
Year As Pastor
over u thousand dollars has been st
aside for the erection of Sunday School
rooms.
The work of Mr. Patten has been of
; THE WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON.
i. . NOVEMBER 26TH, 1918.
TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE:
One year ago twenty -two million Americans, by enrolling as members of !
the Red Cross at Christmas time, sent to the -men who were fighting our bat-
ro worsens a MiHwimuig uKsage 01 cneer ana gooa win. 'iney maae w (gy Txn United Press)
clear that our people were of their own free choice united with their govern-' .
ment in the deteniilnation not only to wage war with the instruments of destruc-; Washington -The War Department will SOOH v
tion, but also by eyery means in their power to repair the ravages of the in- ask CongTeSS to authorize the Peace time StancU
vader and sustaui and renew the spirit of the army and of the homes which , -, , , -i it it 7
they represented. The friends of the American Red Cross in Italy, Belgium, m the army.tO be One halt million men aCCOrd
and France have told, and will tell again, the story of how the Red Cross in g" to the present planS.
workers restored morale in the hospitals, in the camps, and at the canton- rrvi DeDartment does not OOTltemnlatP rPPOm
ments, and we ought to be very proud that we have been permitted to be of j. ""WIJ UOtJb IIOL CUIlCeilipid-te reCOm-
scrvice to those whbp sufferings and whose giory are the heritage of hu- mending universal training. These are the two
manitJ- outstanding features of the departmental reor-
Now, by God's grace, the Red Cross Christmas message of 191 is to be a j. l ji mi i ji
message of peace as well as a message of good will. But peace does ailii0atlulA JJictiio ct& Uiey Will &UUI1 UC tdllieu UtJ-
uot mean that we fold our hands. It means further sacriBce. Our mem- lore tne XlOUSe military COmmit tee, it WaS leamed
bership must hold together and l increased for the great tasks to come. We f rQm S0Urces Cl0Se to both Secretary Of War Baker
must prove conclusively to an attentive world that America is permanently , , . j Ci. fl! P ' 1 TVT l
aroused to the needs of the new era, our old indifference gone forever. dllU Vlliei U OLclll VJCllClctl lVlcllUll.
The exact nature of the future service of the Red Cross will depend upon
the program of the associated governments, but there is immediate need to- WaoViinrrfnn TVia Qorvofo PAmmiffoa frloTr
day for even heartening word and for every helpful service. We must not Ml,i.U6 . . . Z, V
forget thst our soldiers and our sailors are still under orders and still have SUmed its investigation Of the German prOpa
dutis to perforin of the highest - consequence, and that the Red Cross mem- gffmda
bership means a great deal to them.. The people of the saddened lands, morover. tttUu . 4-A A T
rehirring homo today where there are no homes must have the assurance that v 1111 ,1U1 wlCI. CAyuauica CApctlCU LLVLli ry. 131 uC
the iiearts of our 'peole are with them in the dark and doubtful days ahead. Dielaski, the Department of Justice hints that
Let us, so far as we ran. help them back to faith in mercy and in future hap- army intelligence officers may disclose Startling
' as president of the Kcd ws, conscious in this great hour of the value secrets as to the schemes used by the German
of sufh a message from the American peopJe, I shoHld be glad if every Amer .aSTentS tO 2fain the SUPPOrt and Sympathy of Amer-"
i,an would join the lied Cross for 1919 aiul thus send M fl t t fl t() Merest
fpj nily the Chr'stmas greeting for which its waits and for which it stands m 1 l " - -. 17
the greatest need. -
in the hearing.
WOODROW WILSON.
Sheriff Dudley
Captures First
Whiskey Stfll
Let's Helgilake
Soldier Boys'
Happy Xmas
The Jarvis Memorial church has just
; finished its first year under the pas
(By Webb Miller) jtorate of Rev. Walter Patten. Thb
1 Tv,if Di.noci Q-J-oflP Pv.Wnr.rlf , has been a most successful year for the
A I church. Many members have been
Ihe American troops are in Coblenz. A smairaikUHl ;he chuh- "r
rWo- l,n so,Hl shai,e- of lts obligatmus
uv.LaLiiuicilL ctt tilt; I tJU UCSl Ul Llie Jreilllclll aUlIlUl l-. have been met in full and a fund of
ties went ahead of the main body of the third army
for the immediate occupation of the important
Rhine city. ,si
i'ol fvoin dvrl io rlno fr qwhtq: ver-V high order. He has been quite
t , , helpful to our people at all times and
especially during the Epidemic of In
fluenza. His work was untiring for
all who needed his help. We hope
republican Cjruam were ordered under arms last him to this charge. He has made a
night in Berlin to quell the rioting there according ' most enviable place f?r him"Glf in the
lu uispatcnes receivea nere irom tnat; cii.
PILLAGING STILL G0II1ING
Sheriff Ernest Dudley pounced down ! I have just received the following
upon his first '"Monkey Rum" still letter from -Mrs. Buckner, General Sec-
"Saturday night and as a result of his!retary of North Carolina Baraca
efforts. he now has three negroes injPhilathea Union, and am publishing
jail and an up-to-date 60-gallon still; same feeling that there is in the city (By The United Press )r
all complete, safety locked up in the' classes and individuals who will want T1-fcrrl
jail. ia part in making this entertainment JliljlliJvl
Saturday night Sheriff Dudle.v ac-: for our soldiers at these hospitals a Pqvici P.rlrippllnr "RViPrt.'cj crn Vm TY PTI t IS brinC-
coiupanied hv Deputy Sheriff B. F. success. Any one who would like to , , -r np-j. lrtW1r,'U
Buck, Constable A. J. Jackson and ' o.-ke a contribution of anv of tnejmg neW trOOpS mtO Berlin Ul an. effort tO CHlSh
Russell Corbetr went to three and a r things asked for. or would like to give; the mOVement Which nOV Spreads thrOUghOUt the
half miles below Pactolus and locatel oney to help in 'this. I will be glad jjqJj SUbUS aCCOrdmg tO information re
tlu: above still. They had no difQ.-ulty to receive same and send it to thei . . . . . . . , -i j. , i
in finding the plant and when dte- vi.id aodiud jennie congleton ! ceived here. Pillaging is continuing the Qispatcn
covered it was doing duty to its fullest!
at Cablenz at noon.
Copenhagen Ten thousand members of the
Among them it is said is Lenine. It is not known
whether this is Premier Lenine of Russia or not.
Y. W:C. A. Services
At E. C. T. T. School
Much Enjoyed.
Mi Sallie Joyner Davis conducted;
" V. V. c. A., services at the. Train-j
Over 6 Hundred
National Guard
Officers Removed
(By United Press.)
Washington Over six hundred na-
School on Sunday evening. She tional guard officers have been re
several war poems read by mem-j moved from the service after the effi
'" is df the Senior Class.' .These poems j ciency board had examined them the
the exception xf two were written military bureau's annual report shows.
''V the soldiers themselves making
,tl(,"i very effective.
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Miss Davis explained each before it
w':s read: one big thought ran through
"f them ; that is, that-thif war hais
liuiiie the yound men realize ttft
;"'i r all. death is not so bad ; they had
'""isc to turn from worldly things, and
'""' into tli face of God.
'''lie poems were as follows :
"The Song." hy Miss Ina McGlohon.
What Did You See Out. There My
read i,v Miss Vera Bennett.
"A :inve in Flanders," Miss Eliza
''"'li Wapstaff.
' Ve That Have Faith," .Miss Alice
I'-i:ike.
"A ii old Time Melody," by Miss
''iMi Whitfield. .
" . j it.
I " V. S. Who Died ia Battle.".
1'iayer of a Soldier in France," by
M's Blanche Kilpatrick. ' -
Died Early Today
( By United Press.
Richmond Information has been re
ceived here announcing the death early
this morning of J. Paul Stephens, gen
eral "mnaager of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway at Covington, Ky., fol
lowing an attack of influenza. -
Mr. Stephens was forty years old
Land wasa son 01 uwrgt; owryucuo,
fht Chesaneake and
erai uiaun1 1 1
Ohio!
Annual Music
Recital E. C. T. T.
School Tonight
The annual musical recital will take
place at the East Carolina Teachers
.Training School this evening at 8r30
o'clock. Everybody .in Greenville has
a most cordial invitation to attend.
For years these recitals-by the stu
dents have been more thnti attractive
and those attending have always been
benefitted and highly entertained.
Those who contemplate being- present
this evening have quite a treat in store
for them. The program for this even
inffis said to be one of the very best
yet .presented.
capacity. There were four men at the Christmas Trees For Sick Soldier Boys
still at the time the ofheeis arrived., At Aralea and WaynesvUle Hospitals
When seeing that they were discovered ,
they immediately boarded the gravel
train and endeavored to make a get
away. The officers captured two on the
spot, they being William Langley and
Fonnie Brown, both colored. The two
others succeeded in getting away but
the sheriff recognized them and so last
night he went to the home of Jim . aud jg
Price and brought him to jail. The
other distiller is still at large.
North Carolina Baracas and Phila
theas have been honored with the re
quest to open the new Y. M. C. A.
House now nearly complete at Azelea
Hospital Christmas night. A Christ
mas tree with presents for 400 men
will be provided with ice cream,. cakes
An appropriate program
of songs, music and recitations will be
triven. too. in a measure make up for
The officers not only captured the the absence f rum home and loved ones
still which was of 60-gallon capacity at Christmas-tide.
but six gallons of rum. About 150 gal- Fm. tne gake of the bQyg awfly from
Ions of beer was poured out. home mother aud loved one8 for tne
j sake of the mother, "home and loved
! ones, and for the sake of Baraca- Phil
i athea. to which this event fs a signal
honor and privilege, we know, you will
be glad to help make this entertain
ment a big success.
Please send us candy, nuts, fruits,
cakes or small articles which boys
awav from home will appreciate, and
Red X Workers
Meeting Called
For Wednesday ir
savs especially in the most populous quarters.
One confused dispatch received here from Ber
lin declares that Karl Liebknichts followers have
organized a revolution throughout Germany.
The Reichstag building is reported to have been
taken. The trouble appears to have spread-to
Munich and Pilsen. Bloody riots continue.
Washington According to information from
abroad the Allies may enter Berlin because of , the
disorders there and because these disorders fails
apparently to take into consideration no such pro
vision contained in the armistice, officials pointed
out. -
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Appeals To South
To Respond World
Cry For Food
The meeting of the workers in the
Christmas Red Cross oll Call to be
held at the Courthouse on Wednesday
afternoon at 2t30, will be a most in
teresting and profitable meeting. No
worker ban afford to miss it. V: "
Plans will be completed for putting
on a -whirlwind campaign for "Uni
versal Membership" in the Red Cross.
The need for the work is as great
as -ever, though the nature of the work
has changed. Chairman J. B. James
is working night and day getting
things in shape for the drive. Pitt
county is going to keep up its record
fpr doing whatever it is called on to do.
(By United Press)
RAISED $96.30
money. The money will be used, for
the purchase of refreshments and pres
ents for the boys.
Gifts will be provided by the North
Carolina Baracas and Philatheas to the
boys at both Azelea and Waynesville
1600 of them away from home and
mother. Think what thig will mean to
the boys who are sick and away from
nome! Dr. Jockson and Mr. Beckett
of the Y. M. C. A. at these places have
stated that no one can possibly realize
the great good that has-been done Abd
the pleasure given by the Baraca and
Philathea classes of North Carolina
and the state Office, at Azalea, Waynes
ville and Kenilworth Hospitals.
Most Exclusive
Dances Going On
In The Capital
SHELTON MOORE DEAD
(By United Press)
Washington The most exclusive
dances in the national capital are now
being held at "the Walter Reed Soldier's
Hospital. 1 " Only men who have
left the army with a hand or foot In
France are eilgible. A mere uniform
is useless as a badge of admission and
ftoeial standing counts .as nothing.
WILLIAMS SINGERS COMING
A Basket Party was held as Mason's sary to make a success of this Christ
School House Friday night. Miss Jen- mas tree and Christmas entertainment.
RoiHmnr-. An anneal is made to the' nie Sandlin was voted the most popu
South to respond to the world cryfor lar young lady and Miss Ada Thomp- and ask your friends if they will help
food bv Charles L. Pack, president of , son the best looking.
In all probability the famous colored
Williams Singers who delighted the
large audience that heard them in the
ni. ,..-iwf rr tz-411 efner
Please send your contributions at once ; court nouse nere. u.m syg .
har Mfrain nn the aim insi. ah ci-
The prizes were in this most deserving cause. Send all
the National War Garden Commission , a. box of candy presented to Miss Sand- contributions plainly marked to Mrs.
in an address to the members of the j lin and a frttit cake to Miss'Wompson. N; Buckner, General Secretary. Ashe
Southem CommerciaCongrSvin ses-! The. snug sum of $96.30 wfealized ville, N. C. and help fcake a happy
fnAaxr ror tne oenenc oi. lue svuvui. i.urisuuaa iui iuc svuhci "'j
sion here today.
fort is now being made to secure them
for this date. Their entertainment was
one of the best ever given in this city
and if they do return they will be given
a packed house.
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yfs'ews was received "in the city this
morning announcing the deatl- of Mr.
Shelton Moore age 18 years, son of
Mrs. E. B. Moore, at his home in Wash
ington this morning at seven o'clock.
For the past several months the de-"
ceased had been a sufferer from can
cer of the throat. He was a nephew of
Mrs. R. M. Hearne and Miss Bettie
Warren of this city. Mr, O. E. War
ren of Wilson, his uncle an4jf.MJ
Bettie Warren leave this afternoon for.
Washington to attend the funeral
which will be held, in ttafewn to
morrow morning at. 11 b'clocfe b the -Rev.
D. H. Tuttle, pastor of the First
Methodist Church.
ACCEPTS POSITION
Miss Olivera Cox of Winterville,- a
daughter of Dr. B. T. Cox'r has ac
cepted a position with the H. A. White
Insurance Co. She will make her home
here with Mr. and Mrg.v O. H.i Cox,:
She has the best wishes of he friends.
Lieut. Herbert G. Waldrpp ha re
turned home to the delight of bis .many
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