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KORY BADLY
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ill NO.
HICKORY, N. O, SATURDAY EVENING SEPT. 15, 1917
PRICE TWO CENTS
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IS SPECULAiiNG
OVER KORNILOFF'S FATE
He-
,I of Rebellion Prisoner of Provisional Gov
, ; k nt -Meantime Russian Armies Continue
Fight Germans Near Riga-Little
Doing on Western Front.
KORIOFF
ARRESTED IN
RUSSIA
BEEN A P 0 LOGIES
PAYING FOR
VESSEL
FOR INN
'iO
. a'ed 1YCS9.
. jV's rebellion has
; . ;;;!, t-iul with his nr.
, i !h it t'f General Lo
of the northeru
, I the deposed coni
;ntn:il details are
f.iio of the urresteu
wide discussion ami
:;.-at Russia.
,n m t-:i: y on the Riga front
!.i a lighting spirit
1 ;;dv advances. Three
v . ha vi- been occupied
..: -. one of them being
: . the defeat of the
,.-x made by the Ger
; the Caurieros wood on
V,.:t yesterday netted
..rantage. Paris re
:'r.:it they were ejectei.
: i the major part of the
,.,,
attack launched in the
i ., the Germans were re-
r. I. rs front the Britisn
, , ,,:,ail their lines east
They hell the ground
s-, . .lul:.n from the Ger-
POPE'S PEACE TERMS
PPM BY TEUTONS
:. Si.pt 1." The reply oi
au i s to the peace note
: ..iii't, says a Vienna dis-
Tij.i. begins by declai
v r.'ard the papel pro-'-.r
table basis for peace
r the exchange of occu-
res, aribtrations, disar
i similar proposals, declar-m.idi-,
the dispatch adds,
';. to th eiiealism of the
V and their sincere desire
1 which will insure hap
! nations.
ry declarations are also
t r: the settlement of the
?;. n. Poland and the res-n-l.'ium,
but emphasis is
..: litios that the allied
..No give serious evidence
fur pence by a joint Iks-.-
w-ii-n of the questions
-p;iratc the nations. The
t: i, will bo published as
consent of the papal
na is obtaimv
CHANGE LOCALS
TO ANOTHER
SECTION
By the Associated Press. By the Associated Pres.
Petrograd, Sept. 15. General Kor- Amsterdam, Sept. 15 An inspired
niloff, leader of the recent rebellion article in the German press says the
aaginst the provisional government, sole ground for granting compensa-
and Beneral Lokonsky, the comman-Jtio for the Argentina steamer Toro
der of the northern front who refuseu was that she was sunk outside the
to take command of the Russian ar- barred zone
mies after Kornlloff was deposed, hav
been arrested.
News of the arrest of General Kor-
niloff was first conveyed in a telegram
received by Premier Kerensky from
General Alcxieff, chief of staff, in the
following:
"At 10 o'clock last night General!
Korniloff and Generals Lokonsky and
Romanos were arrested."
CONFEREES
BUSY
ON 1R TAX BILL
Letters received in Hickory frotn
members of Company A say that a
well defined rumor is in circulation
at Camp Sevier that Companies A,
15, C and D, first infantry, North
Carolina troops, are soon to be trans
ferred to the engineering corps and
that the members of Company A will
to be put to driving motor trucks.
A k'tter from Major Lyerly earlier
in the week stated that some chang
es were to be made, but at that time
he did not know what they would be. It
is believed that the four companies
will be attached to the transport ser
vice and that they will be among
the first North Carolina troops as
signed to service at the front.
A letter from Camp Jackson ai
Columbia states that Z. T. Setzer
has been assigned to the transpoii
and it is assumed that he will be in
charge of a squad of repair men.
BRITISH
STEAMER
FIRE IN S. AMERICA
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 15 Senate and
house conferees today continued
their deliebrations on the war tax bill
after tentatively disposing of all ma
jor points of dispute except the war
profits and postage sections.
The conferees today gave consid
eration over points in which there is
no dispute.
CUBAN SUGAR PRICES
By the Associated Press.
Havana, Cuba, Sept. 15. Announ-
By the Associated Press.
South American Port, Sept. 15. A
t? :u t , ,. u : 1 i -f , xtv.
American nort to rt, African nort nut, cement was made today follcwmg COl
American port to an Aincan port pu Ajren.es between President Meno-
cal and a group of sugar producers
that a committee of three had been
named to confer in Washington with
Herbert Hoover regarding the price
of Cuban sugar
in here today with fire in her bun
kers endangering the lives of manji
passengers, several of them Ameri
can missionaries.
r t
SUB MARINE
REPORTED IN
ATLANTIC
IS
TO LICENSE EXPORTS
FOR CANADA ALSO
OCENT, SAY!
MINISTER TO
MEXICO
By the Associated Press.
M'exito City, Sept(. 15. )Heinrich
von Eckhardt, the German ministei
to Mexico, last night made a state
ment denymg everything m connection
with (disclosures irom Washington
that he had been employing a former
Swedish charge d'affaires to convey
messages from Mexico to Berlin.
Von Echarkdt declared that he
had never sent any communication
throuhg Folks Cronholm and that he
never wrote any communication re
commending Cronholm for a decora
tion. Von Eckhardt declared thai
he did not know Cronholm personal
ly, only having met him through a
diplomatic reception or at a social
function..
Von Eckhardt makes a formal deni
al of everything in connection with
the matter and then makes a state
ment that this was merely a Wash
ington fabrication to injure Ger
many.
IS VISITED
BY A HEAVY RAINFALL
Streets of Tenement District Flooded in Three
Feet of Water and Much Damage Reported
to Crops Brakeman Killed at Rose Hill.
Four Inches.
yn nnironrfcino
mn si Hi; arrml.i
B I 1 1 Bl fa? W i tt& VI bllUV
SEVERAL ARE KILLED
IN EARTH SHOCKS
Bv the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 15. Official dis
patches today from Bogota, Colom
bia, say the earth shocks which, bt..
gan there August 29 continued inter,
mittently until September 13. Sever
al persons were killed.
SWEDISH
MINISTER
GOES TO CONTINENT
Mrs. Jones Hostess
Mrs. E. Bryan Jones entertained
yesterday afternoon with three tables
of bridge. Table prizes were given
to Mrs. Horace C. Lutz, Mrs. A. A.
Shuford, Jr., and Mrs. E. Rowell Holt.
A salad course was served after the
game. Mrs. Bruner Stewart of
Jacksonville, Fla., was a special guest
for refreshsments. Those playing
were Miss Ada Schenck. Mesdame
E. Rowell Holt and guest, Mrs. S. By the Associated Press.
London, Sept. 15. Count Arthur
itn i ii o, 1 : -1-
tit oi .-11 T A m.r,a T tt I vvnaugei. me oncuisii
port to other countries, under a new I, t Wm-H n M TTntfr... Great Britain, and the Countess
ftilinr Kir ho zi'vnvrf aHmimcTifirm I J ' . 1 .
A. A. Shuford. Jr.. and J. H. P. Wrantrel left London today tor the
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Sept. 15 Shipments
of wheat, flour, bi'ter and sugar to
t 1 1 XT 1.1 J 1 J 1
fx if u ,UU"U1 . v" 1 M. Englehardt of Montgomery, Ala.,
acinic: iictcocat y iui lutu t--v
rulinc: by the export administration
The new ruling, it was explained,
was not to restrict shipments tol y'
Canada.
Mjr. J. B. Duke, president of the
Southern Rower Company, arriveu
in Hickory Friday evening from the?
western part of the state and spent
the night in his private car Dorift.
lie speno the greater part of today
inspecting his properties m and m
the vicinity of Hickory.
Mr. Duke had gone to the river
when the reporter called at his car
this morning and it was said there
that he would remain in Hickory un,
til late th--. afternoon.
This is the second visit of Mr.
Duke to lHckory in a little more than
a year.
SOME NAME THIS
By the Associated Press.
By the Associated Press.
Goldsboro, N. C, Sept. 15 As
n rpsillt. nf tho wrofocf ra info 11 in
! - - b'"""
the history of Goldsboro and Waym,
county the tenement house settle
ment of this city was flooded by three
feet of water and two bridges wcu
washed away by a stream which pass
es through the lower end of the city
flooded its banks last night.
'The rain which started at 5 o'elock
ySoerday afternoon ceased at 7
o'clock this morning.
Reports from the county are that
the crops have been badly damaged
if not totally destroyed in some sec
tions. Dams in several parts of the
county were destroyed and bridges
over small streams were washeu
away.
At 10 o'clock this morning many
sections of the city were still flooded
and many dead animals could be seei
in the ake of the rushing waters.
Street car traffic was paralyzed.
Reports from nearby towns say
that the damage to crops was heavy.
While no deaths are reported many
people had narrow escapes, and many
persons were forced to leave their
homes in .the eastern part of tht.
state. Men carried their wives and
children through water up to theft
necks to places of safety.
Washington, Sept. 15 C. W. L. F.
C. Van Rappard, the Netherlands min
ister, is today preparing to return to
The Hague following his recall by
the Dutch government. It is ex
pected he will be given a European
post, possibly in Holland.
$y the Associated Prss
An Atlantic Tort, Sept. .T- estate belonging to the National Rail
ritish steamship that arrived herb I v . M4, tint, notnallv in use
TURN BACK REAL ESTATE
By the Associated Press.
Mexico City, Sept. 15. President
Carranze today ordered that all rea
CAIN
SENTENCED
ur.tisn steamsnip mat u f M j not actually in use
"Sbs y" G Uy the government, which is operat-
I 1 1 IJ I 1 1 1 1 1 Li LL VMltitCa KJ W .
IS
TO ELECTRIC CHAIR
continent on a few weeks leave oi
absence. Count WWigel yesterday
had a long conference with the fe.
eign secretary, presumably in regard
to Swedish-Argentina affairs.
COAL FOR HOLLAND
BRAKEMAN KILLED
ed that the ship from which the mes
sage came was being shelled by a
ing the road, be turned back to th !
railroad.
By the Associated Press. Salisbury, N. C, Sept. 15. Al-
iTmidon. Sent. 15. A disnatch from though it wTas reported here that
Salisbury. N. C. Sent. 15. Baxter The H'aerue states that information Judge Clme might issue a bench war
CaimL convicted yesterday of the has been received from official nuar- rant for the arrest ol Gaston Means
By the Associated Press.
Wilmington, N. C, Sept. 15
Brakeman Thomas Moore, white, is
believed to have been killed when an
Atlantic Coast Line freight was da
railed at Rose Hill, 35 miles from
here this morning, owing to a wash
out caused by high waters.
The track was considerably torn up
This is the only accident resulting
from last night's storm when only four
inches of rain fell doing big damage
to roads bridges, crops and property
on the beach.
GENERAL IN SOUTH
German submarine, bo mues nortn-i ,i-at7xt omoi-p ixt ihtih ir I AKol Harris was spntPTu-ed ora tmt pyrwirf. of fifirinan coal to at Concord, no action had been taken
I hp I Vtlrll llVSJIIUii oiiiunu m a uiikiv h'uiuv. vj. iiv,. , i v.. - -r- i - - . ,
A VICTIM OF
l I i -INI I.1CTKD INJURIES
Pt
13 General
nnef nf T:ntucektt lizht shin.
word of the shin beine: attacked waa New York Commercial
not learned though "Abbey" was Internal revenue taxes on cigars,
mado out. It is assumed that this cigarettes and other tobaccos pro
was the Iat part of the ship's name, ducts amounted to $103,201,592, a
Additional information that a sub- gain of $15,000,000 in the last fiscal
marine was in the eastern Atlantic year. 'The increase in the consump-
was brought by another English li- tion of cigaretts was phenomenal and
ner which arrived here today. the official treport attributes jt to
The place where the ship reported the spread of the habit among wora-
she was being attacked G5 miles east en.
of Nancuckrtt, is in the vicinity In New York and other large cit-
which the German submarine' U-53 ies, women smoke in public who could
. 11 i i 1 1 ,1-,J As-, rv ra
sank five merchant ships last iaii. nox nave n uc u tu R- thft Associated Press.
i .r onmmnnH nf T.ipii-lvears aco. At tnac xime very lew -'; . o it
todav bv Judsre Cline to be electro- Holland has been resumed.
cuted on Friday, November y.
WAR CREDITS BILL
TO PASS BY NIGHT
PLANS TO HELP REJECTED
Solicitor Clement earlier m the day
indicated that this step was not on
the program.
'f'There are two classes pf per.
sons, out one m particular, wuu
shouVd be cared for just at this time,"
savs Dr. L. B. McBrayer, superin
tendent of the state tuberculosis san
atorium. "The first class is com
prised of those young men who were
MEANS' BROTHER IN FIGHT
Concord, N. -C., Sept. 15 Brandon
Means, brother of Gaston Means,
last night engaged in a wrangle with
special representative of the New
York American, sent to Concord for
examined for service m the army and Lh purpose of reporting the Meanv
The U
;,'! tenant Rose appered in Nantucket on hotels or restaurants would permit,
who were found to have tufoercu-
wkfciWtnTi Spnt. 15. Passaee by losis. The other class are the boy
war wno
to sea. The next report was from saloon-keepers frowned on it m their the senate today resUmed debate on class," emphasizes Dr. McBraye.
niM.'r ot the
ii'...!! sent to
officiav new agency
uc'ii tn nil rn tne '" v - , irne ineasuru, an iuuku itn.iv ui uuv
"as a"oweJ 10 '"gtr .
utviow wan itcuhit
to war and )re sreturned
ll' tt b iw .'!'. m. v - w i ... 1 i tiirrnr fix i.n m .t . riirjvj ywi i vv iv;
. i i l a i , K.i,rt ,vtn oviri I '"h xx v . . l , . , - . i t- i l YJ
attiiwk , Uw-iooer ami .luUia u. - "r , " -.. credits bill seemea very certajn wio wim uie uieaOC. u, " 0f one of the Means girls, that tnfc
King affair. It is said that Brandon
M''eans charged the New York re
porter with snapping a kodak picture
By the Associated Press.
Wtashineotn, Sept. 15. The distur
bance in the south Atlantic coast was
central today on the North Carolina
coast, accompanied by excessive
rain. The general rain area covered
the middle and south Atlantic states'.
Storm warnings have been ordered
displayed from Nantucket to Charleston
SCHOOL ORDINANCE
the
L. ..v. ----- vt;; " . i. , y wr hmt-Vi oltJie seiraie tuuay isu.mcu uca wn v.,a t i reports uenieu uie aieutiun anu.
amci.can situ mu v-. . "--"AoA -- the measure, althougn iacK oi quo- -cnat neus out a.Kuuun that the matter ended m a hghu.
v.! t
I;,c preini.r receiveu
ii'll' at tht- winter palace
r' the fate that await
ryriK.fr returned to his
M..t himself. It was
i.-L that his wound
i!
Clement ha returned
visit to Charlotte.
Chanter to Meet
The Abel
the U. D. C,. will hold its icgu.ar
meeting Monday afternoon at 4
o'clock with Mrs. Charles Menzies.
All the members are asked to bring
their thimbles with them.
belonging xo a
in polite society.
! X U I ; I K K A( lilHTTEl)
ON MUDKU CHARGE
;'!'t. 15.--Ector E. Ricn,
v. had been on trial
'it three days on the
;i-.i..r for the killing of
a national guardsman,
-''I. . ago, was acquitted
''fiirt iurv. after an ab-
court room
of two
L
ANIG'S
RED
Now smoking is
i iu -- . I r U1 tVsr.ifnro roono
4 (11 r , T,,I- I lilSIllUIiaUlC OliU unitiun- vv.
bacco smoke as fast as their stom.
ach will permit.
A newspaper is responsible for
this strange and sudden change in
the manners and customs of Ameri
can women. Some four years ago
this newspaper, which is subject to
fits of Anglophobia, denounced tht.
alleged English management of a
New York hotel for permitting wom
en to smoke in one of its dining rooms.
As the hotel and its guests were re-
;t,t vo raispd. The actual nunr- To render this service, Dr.
ber present yesterday was less than Brayer has endeavored to get
Mc.
in
Means is said to have knocked the
reporter down. It was learned today
that the New York representative
a dozen
touch with those men that through h t attempte(i to take photo
ATHLETIC
DIRECTOR
SISTERS
AT
COLUMBIA
CAMP
CROSS
NURSES
Mr. C. B. Wsst, formerly instruc-
' . I i x nn :;4-,, Trt-1 XJinct QyVrl onn
t f 1. 1 nffriA O I I.I IT" Ml. I II II 1 L V XdJ.tV KJViivui
davertsed the fact that some society director of athletics t Tnmty 1- at
the tuberculosis department of the
R-nt.ft p-overnment thev might find
aid. and by intelligently resorting-
to treatment and proper advice how-
to be restored to health.
'To this end he has asked the gover
nor of the state for the names and
addresses of these boys, to be fur
nished him through the various ex
emption boards. This the governor when tnp case is reopened
has requested, ana personal ieueis
and literature impressing these young
men with the importance ot the
and treatment their condition
this time are being sent
graphs of any of the Means sisters,
as charged.
Concord is full of newspaper rep
resentatives, at least four being herb
from New York, and others come m
from time to ..time from other towns,
It is expected that a dozen reporters
will be here for the hearing betore
the coroner Monday, September 24.
By the Associated Press
ne i-cw . . Wo fnr Q mw nf vears will leave demands
women smoked cigarexes, anu tVKlJ tw n to them.
other woman wb, could smoke a I .7 ni kT v m . It was the opinion of the governor
Bordeaux. Sept. 15. (A steamship r5racrette without strangling prompuy " rl ri that this was a most
ii i-ri vf
ing 15 American Red Cross workers ever and whenever she pleased. Ho
i'ii d a quick verdict,
' nf the time being
'rsg lunch. Rich plead-
!i:;on had both been
-Veil Blalock, and ac
'nts made by the
i i, she had been en
!"'r the past three
!' ng with Allison at
i i from carrying out
''. 'inst Rich.
10 PLACE SUGAR
who will be assigned to canteen sta
tions.
i otner wuiimu vvum 0.... . , , .n -tr
15. A steamship L-iraerette without strangling promptly mm'Qia. wnere ii " x. . . ,WOst important
1 1 : 1 . 1 i a j. . i .iy.-M 1 owrMi.ir i 1 1 1 ucl-iu 1 uncviui vx. 1
. I itfYlr o v H on nnn
uii aiiv un f
1 1 1 j.1 1, -.rt"U-T Tvnnf inn
Qw,f nnnn mPn. and a rart of his state Dy xne wai w .u?, &t. r
tn, bv from New York Drinc- ns etoi on her richt to smoke wner-
tel and restaurant keepers were fore, of about 5,000 men, ana a pari ; 01 . n s nr"ood corfA be done in fight-
Among the workers are three Ud by this pressure to permit the duties oe . g ma d;seas JIe d
ACTION
ON
URGED
NCE- BILL
Be it Ordained:
That any child or person, living
outside of the corporate limits of the
City or for any other reason not
entitled to free attendance to the city
schools, shall not be permitted to at
tend the graded schools of the city,
without first having obtained an
presented to the principal or other
person in charge of the school thai,
such child or person desires to attend
a written statement signed by the
! City Manager, setting forth that the
tuition for such child or person ha.,
been paid in advance for the current
month.
That, in the event a statement,
signed by the teacher in charge of
the grade to which such child or per
son has been assigned, setting forth
that such child or person during xnu
month immediately preceding wras
absent by reason of sickness for a
period in excess of five successive
school days, is presented to the City
Manager, he shall allow a credit foi
such time in issuing the statement
or receipt for the next month.
That the City Manager shall not
issue any statement or receipt until
he has received the amount of the
tuition from time to time prescribed
by the City Council.
That any parent, child, teacher,
school or city official, or other person.
violating any provision of this ordi
. 1 1 , i - 1 1 i . i 11
nance snail De sudjccx xo anu snaii
pay a penalty of twenty dollars.
sisters of Robert Lansing, American practice, and today the New York eat- teams, of Jnt oTsDortsu-Sase the exemption boards furnish
secretary of state. ing place that asks women not to LShTAt. information and give the work
smoke is set down as umasmonaun, --- -
irT consequence of which women wm, Mr. West returned last night fron
X-J Ul IICKUL W 11 v. 1 V. 11
SAMMIES
Chicago Tribune.
'History records that
this
ev-
1 i- 1 f TllrATI 1 'P 1 f .
do not siimiie ixuo v.r ... cfnidpr,f
American That newspaper's silly anti-smoking v. -
i pre assiSLdiice uuaaiuit.
WlesT returnea iasx nigni, um , . ; , wft , 4a nm,nPPT1i.
from the fact that one
By the Associated Press
Washington, Serft. '15. Presijdehfc
Wilson has communicated directly to
senate leaders his wish that the sol
diers and sailors bill be enacted be-
HMn
uiiULI IUUU
-Presidential
day the entire sugar
iaU-d Press.
.fi. Sent- 1 r.
... ,.v. J
Wl.il ,!.
in.lv,,.. .
1,.U.N- '-ho United States was
l" h. l!n'l,ir tho f,)fMl administration
'W.T1, '?l;:,,f'd under tho license
fu,'tui,. ')jhl;'1,wi11 c,,ntrol the manu
' ".hution and importation.
troops were first called Sammies in I crnsade was xne nne5, fg
r.VnnfP nnr Yu V trv has DUX nenmat "
fv4- in if. not for the first time. An head.
eyc-and-ear witness of the landing
now reports that what the French
crowd shouted was not "Sammee. '
but "Nos amis!" pronounced "nose
ammee," and by interpretation, 'our
friends." Some bystandar caugni,
only part of the outcryl Hence
"Sammee." Hence in its turn "Sam
my." Our troops are not pleased with
the sobrinuet. They protest. Yt
foresaw their indignation and print
ed on this page several week.s ago
snniA nnratrrachs entitled "Nix on
Sammv!" .But the sobriquet
sticks We doubt if "Samson" pro
posed as a substitute, will manage
t,v cnnionf. i nor do we auite see
whv it should. Already the nick
nna become clorious". It has
the dignity of an honorific title. At
the same t'ne it has the endearing
iollitv of a s ap on the hack
IJear up. Sammy! T. Atkins once
Wed heincr a Tommy. Look a
him Tirtw1. There was a blunder ai
lour chastening. Admitted. But
wo e-uess that if "Sammy" ever
failed to reflect credit on you, are
flofinn- nbundant credit on
I T ,N V.S.y V. -
"Sammy." ! :
GERMANS WANT
10 CAPTURE
AMERICAN
examining ,. j;r.11T,TV,orif QTid it is nrar.tical
board has reported that 5 per cent of , t in his will be accepted
NEW
YORK
COTTON
the men examined had to be reject
ed on account of tuberculosis.
iMiss Lenore Sourbeer has arriveu
from Harrisburg, Pa., to resume her
duties as teacher in the high school.
ACTING PROMPTLY
By the Associated Press.
rNW Cork. Sent. 15 The cotton
market was nervous this morning
the nnemne- beine three to 18 points
- r - i
lower. The market soon rauiea,
however, and the active months ad
vanced about two to six poinxs nex
higher.
The rlrtse was Steady.
Open Close
October 20.30 20.28
TWemher '20.10 20.13
Tanuarv ZOJZ zu.uy
mS - - 20.02 20.23
May -V -H 20.30 20.40
ADMITS EFFORT
TO DEST
ROY
o Aaqiviflted RM.
British Headciuarters in France and
Belgium, Sept. 15. The German gen
andlintr the 11th reserve
division recently put a price of 400
marks on the first American soldier
brought dead or alive into the German
lines. ;
IMiss Mary Munroe has returned
from Charlotte, where she spent sev
eral weeks.
HICKORY MARKETS
Cotton ,
.20c
Wheat $2-20
WEATHER FORECAST
For North Carolina: Fair in west,
rynhablv rairv in east portion tonight.
Sunday fair, strong north winds on
.the coast . diminishing jxonignx
HOSES
By the Associated Press.
iMontreat, Canada, Sept. 15. Two
alleged confessions by Joseph Frem
blay admitting not only a plot to dy
namite the summer home of Lord
Altherxan, the Montreal publisher, and
also the summer home oi w '
den and other prominent Canadians,
were admitted to the record at the
preliminary hearing yesterday,
mblay refused to answer several ques.
tions. He was sent back to jail.
Unless debate js limited the senate
will not be able to adjourn October
10.
iMr. E. Bryan Jones went to Happy
Valley today to visit his mother.
Miss Sellers Hostess
Thursday afternoon Miss Amy Stl-
ers was hostess to the Do-As-lou
Please Club. Ten members were
present and Miss Evanegline Etley,
Miss Virginia Alien and Miss Doi
is Hutton were charming visitors,
Delicious cream and cake were serv
ed at the close of a pleasant hour.
Flags were given as souvenirs. The
next meeting will be September 20 in
stead of the 27th with Miss Louise
Jones.
Messrs. J. H. P. Cilley and J. W.
Shuford will leave this afternoon for
Greenville to visit their sons.
Mr. T. S. Keever has returned from
ru-pcnville. where he visited the sol.
diers vie wed the bis camp and
found all the boys well and hard at
work.
Springfield Republican.
Argentina acts with promptitude
and spirit in resenting the outrageous
conduct of Count Luxburg, who now
appears to have been envoy extra
ordinary and ministers plenipoten
tiary instead of merely charge d'af
faires as the early reports described
him. An extraordinary envoy ho
certainly was, and the government
did the only possib'e thing in prompt
ly handing him his passports; even
in the annals of German diplomacy
his case must surely be unique. His
calling the Argentine foreign mini-
ter a "stupid ass," through the gov
ernment emphasizes this insult in its
complaint to Germany, is of course
a trival matter in comparison with
his recommending the murder of
citizens of a friendly country who.
hospitality he was enjoying and the
perfidy revealed in his note gives Ar
gentina a chance to require from
Germany a more explicit statement
as to what it really means by its
promises in regard to. Argentine
ships. The German government of
course cannot be hefd directly respon
sible for what he wrote, and the Ar
gentine government appears indispos
ed to ero to extremes provided Ger-
Imany shows a conciliatory temper.
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