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"kIffMf- .,;r',' : V" - : : Greenviilr N.- 'C. .Saturday. Aftemtikmi Ftbrmry. 21, . 19201
NUMBER 207
Report
'v,:.?f :
1ST YEAR
P.G9 S!f !CE OEG; IT
v i
CE TREATY STJJ
. - . i.v.. . .. (,;:. I?.-.
NATE, WEBKGT
. .....
(Bry Associated Press)
-Tht many tiays
of
n-c!r"ll2ton
o,,..i.'Hr ovi-r the peac
P n-Ive wav today in
n, i . ss towards a disposal
JflUJ' 1
ii!i niot.
'., ju ;l yoar since the 4leUate
ihvl. A v.)u-
:it tho last -sea .uoii m' ex
rleJ to be reached today.
0
With PivshU-nt Wil-
) tb(; Allio.1
,ht t.i t!-o note
hemiers on t!ii' Auriaiu.- iUVu
t r0:i,ly for I'.isparc.i. iue ujuvrjaia
it bt known tb:: tlioy io not
as acute nor do
'ii':ltlf.T WTll
Urd die situation
I. 3,.r th.-ir t ho neei:y
such a mm tnat tne uuitea
will '-' cntorc-eti to cmsuier
uglier it oiir.1.1 become a party to
j Treaty of N't'rsaiUfS. The reply
Ujo forward r "lay.
HUES IN JAIL
LATER DECIDES
10 WALK OUT
warn 1
fipliitflv
WOULD KOCN
FEET OF
UNDER
MAN
DECLARED
(By Associated Press)
London. The .German- government
is rushing preparations to try; those
Germans accused of the violations of
law. of war and the examination-- of
(By Associated Press)
- London. Bishop Welldon, ' Dean of
Durham, declares in a interview that
'society is threatened by forces which
reputljates ; tbe Christian faith.' The
RisllOTl' h.1S ll'St. rptlirilPd.frnm.fi finn.
ferenee-on Christian "reunion at Ox
ford which -was attended by moth con
formist and nonlconformist ministers.
mere was a general agreement, he
stated, as to the necessity- of drawing
churches together.
"Tho world is rocking amder men's
f'Et," lie said. "Society is. threatened
by forces which repudiate the christ
ian faith and the christian .moral code.
ESSAY CONTEST j
JDDQES HAVE
: BEEN WED
RUG STORES Tl
NOT SELL BOOZE
Announcement Is made -today from;. - Raleigh. Attorney General James
the District ) KtecrultJng " ..oflice at' s. Manning, pending answer to" an in
Greensboro that the judges for the! tcrrogatory, to Attorney General Mit
Kational Essay Contest havd been sel-' ehell Palmer, relative to the stains
of booze as a medicine to be Vended, iri
drug 'stores ,is advising against the
sale of the preeioH3 stuff in Notth
witness nnd flreTimpn?j will hp A n nt. .',..,..
t " " c-.nuii.-ji suus a crave riSK oi nsin?
next week according to a Central news . her influence upon national ife, the
oisR-iicn, . decadnnce of regular church coinir baa
Thy pleadings will open before the ions been a cailS(, of ty" Tllp sta.
Uipic court wrthin the next month tlfo of divorce are alarming and
ected for North Carolina. Those elect
ed are Dr. E. C. Brooks State Sup
erintendent of Public Instruction,
Colonel Fred A. Olds. President North Carolina.
Carolina Historical Commission nad', Two drug stores in Raleigh had
Mr. R. B. House, State Historian, all joined tffe innumerable caravan of
of Raleigh. These are the judges that- apothecaries who had begun . to pass
will pass on the hundreds of essays : the oil of gladness overtheir--counters
mat wm oe written Dy rne .cmuisen oi j again, but these stores did not actually
North Caroina oh "What Are The sell Thev had the linpnse but de-
Beneuts of an-Enlstment m: the U. S.! cined to sell unaer the terms imposed
Army." Tiw essays are t i be written by influenza. Judge Manning has not
in the school rooms all over the coun-
. given
an- opinion for his, oflfe
he
try to !;. In cases where tiic local' merely writer the head of the lega
it is said.
Livfldon Persons living in Great
Britain, Franco and Belgium who are
witnesses against: Germans accu3ed
of ar crimes, will not go to Germany
to testify an exchange Telegraph Com-
I ""J " 1 j . , .
Sncn witnesses it is tlated will be ..f...
eexanliiied by commissiones . ent to
senoois are closed on accourr or tue department under President WiLson
infuonz i e-.'deraic the essay may be' ana it will be several days befove tbere
turned over to the teacher. ' ;3 anj repy.
. ..... nvi v...of no,n.o .:ii i. .... . ... '. . ...
it my if necessary to reuuiiu unman 1 r'jf 1,1 auiu num xu? supply or lqnor wmc-n was
morals from the foundation. . i ouc'a school by the teachatf ;iid thi available for drug -store us,, had been
Mijeriiit--n!ent of school foiveach city . jrua rd-.nl bv the irovernmeut for mnuv
" - . ..- ... "
'Meanwhile the church is disregard
ed li ause she is divided It is too t wil1 appoint a bxai board to award moritns. ';. Ilundmls and "thousands of
local prizes. Thy best from each school gallons liave been poured out during
i to be forwarded t; the IMstrict lle-
lauth to expect that the world will list
en to her when she speaks with many
discordant voices. Unity alone wyi
.'-tne 'epihemie. Hereafter it is uroba
... . . . . i f
t-ruitmg umcer where the three judges, ble that revenue officers will hold on to
unentioncd above will award the stale
.the countrise named.
Aneg:o man wearing a suit ot overjj
2? wa:kt-'l iiito tlie jail day before
pstenlay and stated that the ,boss
K the chain an,' had sent him to
iim as he was not feeling well. This
teg an unusual F-roeeiIure the Sheriff
s notified but before he could visit
jail and investigate the negro had
to it upoa himself to depart and
S Las not feen seen since
It turned our that the negro escaped
ram ihi comfy chain gang at work
boat eight mile from dreenviHe.
en tie convict were turned out of
pea ea?e for work this negro in,
pie way managed to remain behind.
fto the rest under guard went
fceir work he took advantage of
iiags an-1 walked out of tbe cage
JJ to freeing The negro bails from
Sen and wus sentenced to the chain
tior a ici-in of one vear. Everv
-St-is boii:- wad
e bv the
Jorlties fy .-iii.rehend him.
county
Xur ruling passions -are apt to re
main with us to the end. The last
movementa mule makes is a kick.
The epigrams of the Greeks were
good and hence we- know their women
were not.
need which has driven political parties
to coalition, drives reformed churches
to federation. The opportunity has
come with the necessity. It is now .or
never. If ecclesiastical statesmanship
does not avail itself of the spirit ex
cited by war, the chance of Christian
leunin of Jhri.tau intercommunion,
will 1k lost and may not recur in the
life of the living people."
PRINCES ISSUE RIO PAPERS GO
MANIFEST
o -id
wmm
THE PEOPLE RATE, REPORT
prizes and select the essay which is"'
tobe sent to Washington to compete
for .one 'of "the National Prizes. There
are three handsome National Prize?,
a loving cup, a jgold medal, and a
free trip to Washington for the win
ner and one of their parents- offered
by the sick soldiers of Walter Reed
Ilosiptal. There are a numberof state
prizes and these are likewise supple
mented with local prizes in many com
munities, all of which has ereated
great interest in the contest and en
thusiasm is running high, A paper
from, one child jnay ctvmpt to f jr. all
;v;zes and there :xiii ixaa
'imotwaT&-flie iiomea
of tlo Echool children and schools this
cTaJe' " :
what, .rhcy jiave until there is .final
ajud lent ion of old booz;'s standing
i;s. ; mmicine. Meanwhile the' -.depart
ment idi. reyc i:e iias many gallbae for
use and. is" waiting whiie tht authori
ties think and act. .
QNACCT.FIU
AUSTRIANSTO
(By Associated Pres7
Cairo. The- six princes of the Sul
tania family, who have issued a inan-
(By Associated Press)
Rio de Janeiro. Jhe fpurteen daily
newspapers of this city which on Jan-
ifescto to the people asociating them- uary 1 lobed the price of their pa-
(By Associated. 'Press. "',
ciiii3l. yiuutcei-
Jamaica. British West Indies,
Income so wiiip.n,i
. ... v . (i ' i L. lit I I L1C
Pi
govermneiit has,
egislation $:
peering Act.
iasJrt'011 askerl tn
P legislation sin.f- t.. tm ,..
Ww i,uv, UigllOU
selves with the demand for the. com
plete independence of Egypt, hare alsoH
i sent a note to Lord Milner, head of
the British Mission investigating con
of the -Egyptan nation bntrare solid
they "not onlypprove.lBi demands
ly with it for the formation of a single
united body claiming the right of our
country and demanding absolute Inde
pendence." - v
The noze is signed by Kamal-el-Din,
Hussein tmar Toussoum, Mohemed
Ali; Ibrahim Youssef, Kamel Ismail
and Mansour Daoud.
RVE NOTICE THAT
mm ehi oni m
w UM TULIII
OS
ft i a ( nrv, .
.i
tho
of
up a
seven prom.
inizarion leaders tn
Platform". thp A.
dc rPry--. - . j ,
totice vo- . . '":-aT:on, serv-
tive ?' n prese,lt and
Sewi, . utn,iai candidates
in Z C"Uo 'Pate ar-
4e ' , U4'"K out unmistak.
tetter A 0f eath candidate
Li Diir ,,-.. . con
t Fat"' PrCSid6nt
Chaman of ! Un'n-
i'i
(By Associated Press.) '
appoimt- Horace Pliinkett as representative of
Irish farm organizations, that a dele
gation be appointed, to attend ah in
ternational congress on agriculture at
N del Z aPPOlntluet of an
bz ittoA ,nt-
rceed 1 AHure 'at
f I th V19 avid Lu'
VnKtof CatperWewn
S buvi, Ter: the 'i?ht of
T Mission - he Fe,ieral
tinent ; " Section with
r and "."Kation of
i. fh 'Via
that
congress to
on $10 000 to
e tevitatiQa from
STUDY FARAIINO
SWITZERLAND
Even vthe lines of a. poor poet are apt
to be cast in pleasant places when be
goes lishing. . . , -
MOVEMENT IS
ADRID CITY
IN
(By Associated Press.)
pers because- of the increased cost of;
tfl Material, especialy newsprint pa- '
per, entering int- their production, '
have restored ' their old price of 100
reis. (about 2 1-2 cents a copy. One J Vienna.--Arangements have been
paper which had concluded an advan- made with Switzerland permitting the
tageous contract with a Scandinavian' sending there of large numbers of
firm for paper annulled its agreement' Austrian youths to stddy Swiss" inton-
wun tne otner papers to maintain tne, aive farmin-. -methods. The dairv in-
price at 200 reis.
dustry, particularly, will be studied
In announcing their return to the as the .Austrian government is endeav-1
old price, the newspapers stated that oring to induce the farmers to im-
100 reis did not cover even the cost, prove and extend this branch of agri-
t.f the white paper.
Dubiu luring the present year,. was
accepted.
Sena-tor Poindexter of WashihgtOW;
addreslsing the conference at the f
ternooi - session, characterized farm
ing as the greatest industry of the
nation and congratulated thehation
al board upon : its dceision to erect a
permanent home in, the capital where
its members could keep in close touch
with the government; ; . Any experienc-
ed farmer shoula be Selected .to head
the department ijof agriculture, he
said, . and .farmers ; ould.die feiven
that freedom ctlonnec
obtain the greatest, possible legitimate
results." ; S1.':.J;; ' , -""',.
Maurice McAulife,':president. of the
farmers', union of 'Kansas said ;,the. co
operative ' venture., of farmers in - the
United States already: handled, busi
ness . of $1,000,000,000 afihuf lly and
should easily. Increase to six times that
figure ' withina decade He and oth
er' gpeakerg warned of the ob3truetiVe
tactics which Wuld bemade whenhi
activity - began to ."makeV aV "dent ln
AN HONOR TO
TRY THE GUILTY
ONES HE SAYS
(By Associated Press.)
Berlin. Preliminary proceedings in
the number of cases of the -Germans
i accused of violations of the laws of
war i3 already begun and- progress
is being made in collecting document
ary material Minister - of Justice
Schifer told ' the newspapers.
The accused persons 'will be tried
Leplsic by a . court of seven judges. The
government he said, regards it as an
affair f honor to punfeh those really
culture.
TO BE MARRIED
IHISWINOi
REPATRIATION
HUN PRISONERS
(By Associated Press)
Paris. Repatriation, ef the German
war prisoners in Siberia was author
ized by the Council of Ambassadors to
day. . The disposal of the various enemy
warships was taken up anditheir al
location decided upOn.
(By Associated Press)
London. Miss Chrystal Macinillan,
Brjtish suffragist leader, who has re-
cently returned, from Madi-id JsayS
the- woman's suffrage movement is
making rapid progress in Spain.. "A
nnmber of women iiold imrwrtanKdu
cational positions and others are work
ing as journalists on eaiding newspa
pers, but as yet: there are'comparatlve
ly" few women physicians. The Inter
national Women's conference is to be
held" in Madrid May 2 to next.
, The women of four Spanish nations,
in
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MAriDEIDSi
TRANSFER FILE
I Illl IlLlilfSliJ
II ilLU
NG
Ate4 Frets.)
4 Washington .Assuranc . w glten. ' '.
the RaUroad"; anizatW today .W ,
the Ra ilrpad rAdminlstra tfoii, that the , ; -
return of tb'e'Jrbadiri ;ftrclirit
would not affect : the negotiations now Im
pending is ? tv othe interpretations of T' '
the various wage" . agreements madfe ; A ''
with the : labor groups during the'Fed-,
eral eoutro ". :Vi;'"4';--!;v?
it'"'
Wasliington. The ' opposing factions -; : : '
of ;th3 aRijoad reorganizaticm.(vbiU:
lined up"-for .the last stand iii 'the '
The following, deeds' of transfer :
hnvp hepTi filed in t.hp. Ttpffisfer of
rx i r j, i . 7- . : 31use of llepresentatives toliyMvith. -tf":
Deeds office foi" registration, since the , . , - " . 3 , -' :
last report.
j the lnal vote on the Esch-tmmins:
Jennie W. Proctor to R. D. Edwards, j
Consideration $3,000. j
D. Elks to Levi MeGowan. Consider-;
ation $2,000. " " - '
B. B. Besden and wife to D. Lan
caster. Consideration $3,000.
J. O. Cox and wife to J.J. Lyoii
and wife. Consideration $300.
P. C. Harding and wife to Noah
Worthingtcn. Consideration $8,500.
Charles James and wife to Louis
Ayers. Consideration $4,000.
ii. A. Tripp and wife to Mary M.
Moore. Consideration $500.
compromise measure, scheduled: to be 's
cast before adjournment. v ..: ".
The indications are -that' the vote
wouldn't be reached before evening: .Vy;.
In addition to a majority of the", 'j'
till. because of its financial ' uprovisionSr.":!
.members, of both sides were ready :tbv.7&
attaeis it im cause or the objections. on
the part of organized labor :i
The in!'.' effe'-tiv-w t tj convince . a
contrary Trin 11 at ho is wrong, is. to
igfee with hi-i.- .,-
i rarieft'nii
..v 'v::
The. younger a man is the more he
knows' about the women he - thinks."
-;; ; V I?;' an -official: .tableof 'figureaico
4 i recdto;;-brnary; 4(pijat:$:
oy'tne.:r$tattica:ibran:.ofjth&gen-
izJ9Wiir: xepartm entrinet autn-r ' -rs ; a
mm
. v.
(By Associated Press)
Hangtnng, China. The inf uenza epi
demic in this district has caused so
many deaths that there is a shortage
icof caskets and :thfetr. price has risen
400 percent in recent weeks.
.-.-.-'".-'
III immmmsm$m:
Division leads . Bll other :;dlvis!
the A E. F, $h the number,' of Medals Iv: -
v V
of Honor awarded. -This number;: la '.
twelve, while the 89th division comes
next with nine,. Th second Division r'S -leads
in.; the total' number of awards, ; i
093. . l'. -ineiu.Pihed' set-y ? , 'V
vice Crosses and' Oak Leaf Cluster .V,'' ;A
as well as the Congressional MedAl
of Honor, but doe3 not include foreign .t
decorations. The ' First Division tak
e$ second place with &0 decorations -l'l
jkAwu vile iiaitu u. uic Auieiicmi lfuv r "i-r.
Because of this many bodies have Umenf and thp tWutl, ntVn VvS&'r 7
es fourth nlace with 319." Thfl wntw V
seventh-Division which was the; hWsg
uig , raaie oi ine oven, gets vh : . "
' the large number of awarfs'iheCyi S."v -second
Division 386 went ..to Marines; ;:
-4.'-
been hurled iri shrouds only, a prac
tice '.common even among;the poorest
Chinese. Another departure that has
been : forced upon the people by the
existing situation.: is that Feng Shui,
or the praetieevof geOmancy in con
nection with funerals by which grave Division. Of aU the-awarda niade ty
sites and times of burial and other j the Army 2d per cent made 4 to Ofli-
details are determined, is being ig- cers .and 61 ner cent ta nHstfi mtt ;
Spain, Argentina, Uruguay and Cuba,f ; r- ixuuy w
have now an;ld fov atRliation with tice be taken of lucky or M &Mon was madtf-farrtoM'inr;.:
tbe international Women's Suffrage lucky das f 0r holding funerals. Whole and before the award was made : :
Alliance - i ..w a - - . .ucu u vw ia iuumi omu ujucu
epiaemic. .. I the commissioned personnel.
WILL BE HOME
COMPOSERS OF
SONG, STATE!
-Vv'V
...... y-
BOLSHEVIK:GOVERIESflliip
; -. .. .: . . -
(By Associated Pres's.)
WAR YET
FRAN
nirn ist b .nninnaT '
nn rt n t urn mmi v
'Rumor is current a quiet-way
this - afternoon just before the Daily
News'goes to. press 't;--?!?.
ilii's nopULar; y mihg lilies
prominent "tobacconist will . be , united Later he. was appointed: American Con
in iiolv 'wedIock before ; the .day" Is snl -at .Xeweastle and Cardiff. fajor
over If is Understood that the. JieeHgife 'Jones was -member of Parliament "for j
'" (By Associated Press)
London. -Major Evan , Rowland
Jones, an American war veteran and
a personal acquaintance., of Abraham
Lincoln, has just died in-London. Born
in Wales, he went to- America at the
age of 15, enlisted the following year;
. in- the 5th Wisconsin Infantry and
jaftained r the: rank ? oif; brevetta jorf
Lhg, than a unneutral service-perhaps .;-v ;
rit-; casus belli aiida reason'tOvStrikeiat' v7-'
arV the re-ipus of-' Turkesian.!' lies, pre- -. ,vv ; '
(By Associated Press.)
Greenwood, Ind. With the dedica
tion of the Polk Community House
here recently, announcement was
made that it was to be the home of
the annual national
contest of song composers
wl8eh will be held here
contestants will be selected" each theory Bolshevism could not. r.eally-de- BItL; PROVIDES
year in annual state, contests ;wdien dare war upon a non-capitalistic coun-' ? " ; SUMv FOR CAHP; BRAGG!
Peking. Danger that the Bolshevik trates further to the East,. wiL con-,-.
government of ltusgia may make war? sider! that this ' is somethmg more ' T
on China is pointed out in the Peking than
Leader, Uy B. Lenox-Simpsom, writ
ing -unuer . tne pen name oi. .x-utnara , tne regions ot- xuriiesvan.: He., pre
WealeJ ile is the author-of several tic ts that Japan willattempt', to come 4 v;
works on China ana recently was re- to an arrangement with the? Soviet
convention andj "statistician" reporting directly to the v-pViee Japan ; wU
, the first of j President. ; ;, . ,
nevt June. , )Mr. .Lenox-Simpson says'" that in ' ' ' - : i-- Jl ' . '
;LARGEvS:MV;.Vs :;; .'
the composers! wilt compete . ior tne try wnere tne millions ton as niuca as . 7-- ; .;.-; .fvte-:
best American Folk-song and the best do the Russian milMons ; butf never-. W
Amerjcah ;Art;. song. ?Pyizes willbe tlfeless,, CJaina i cf threeyageray.campsarid
offered f roiit a f imd ppded by. Grncej intes.deepiya
writer. - The first sjfate competition! government, of the late
takes place in '-V Floiida - this month! olas have not "bsren' defini
The . Indiana contest. wilU ye .lield here niid also . "because Japan
in March. x'; . :' ;
; The. community house, . which 'ivas
ereedjiafcos
by James' T. Polk, contains , a - large
"gymnasium, swimming pool, showers.
Krolirit .i.nn-ni sTnnm f Avi a mlp and' tlXl
"auditorium ' wih a 'seating- capacity
SjTJiVidftUoro Community
agree- ta proytdoor fulf illmer.t of'wtir- tw' . '
th the" time ..contacts?
Emperor NMch quipment of numerous other military V. , '
tely cancelled posts was finally agreed .to .in; con- ' v .. ?
has
been s
ecured nd, that 'all that Carmarthen Borough'sT fromr--1892 to-lfousag
;,?jt ia TrlT Lilt mcavuri v-' .s-'' -uv . uuv luiwi u.; uwuiiry
stphg unturned to inherit
mlcnts 'ahd 'arrangemeri
iThe author- seC
a KdeHratipnl Of
me .ooisneY iii i
is leaving nilence conf erejic5-dfaf t -f
'apesfiMe"i&erfr, w days: , h-' . f 'e
' war - on X'hina". by!'. Among ; the . projects . for completloft . v:: . ,Sf , ;
old Russian, diplomatic and consular; alj e.ftateC; roan.tudiig3 at , ."'. v ;
estabilshmen.tHir Ciima has been sup-' BragN41.1,OOQ.3
ported-;:! Cihiese V . 'COTt -ilSTOTVTJi1 .
ttjic, father of .Grace Portal Boxer mdemnityaccount.t US' quite - ' - '" :--"'"? -; " ;:i,'a:';;;i;-;,r- "-g'; "
" field-Polk. whd originated the" Wea 'of 1 Kjtelr' " he asertshat ;!- Russian Cotton is sellintr iri 1 GienvnTAila-a---tT:vv
e'song contest- -. r : revolutio'iiaryijoveriiment, s it pene-1 f or C7. cents. - . - ; ' v ' t ; '- ' '
Sir
the business vol the . wholesalers.
J