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LINCOLNTON HAS CHANCE TO SECURE
NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL FOR BLIND
THE JOINT LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE WILL VISIT LINCOLNTON
WITH A VIEW TO LOCATING STATE SCHOOL FOR BLIND AT
THIS POINT LOCAL COMMITTEE HAS OFFERED FREE ONE
HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND SITES WILL BE INSPECTED THIS
INSTITUTION HAS ANNUAL APPROPRIATION OF $80,000 CO
OPERATION OF CITIZENS SHOULD BE GIVEN AN INSTITU
TION OF THIS KIND IS WORTH DIGGING FOR.
All who are interested in seeing the
State School for the Blind located at
Lincolnton are requested to assemble
in the Chnmber of Commerce rooms
tonight (Tuesday).
There is a chance for Lincolnton to
secure this institution here. The Joint
Committee from the Legislature will
be here Friday or Saturday of this
week, to inspect the sites offered at
this place. The committee is composed
of 9 members.
Every citizens not only of Lincoln
ton but the surrounding country is re
quested to meet with the local commit
tee in the Chamber of Commerce
rooms tonight. If this institution is
secured for this place it means the
expenditure of near $300,000 for build
ings fid equipment, besides the annu
al appropriation of $80,000 from the
state. This is worth hustling for. The
interest shown in the meeting tonight
will perhaps tell the tale whether it
can be secured. Help swell the crowd.
During the present session of the
State Legislature the matter of mov
ing the State School for the Blind
from Raleigh to some other point in
the Slate, has been considered, and it
is understood that it has been definite
ly decided to move the school else
where. The present location in Ral
eigh is not suited to the needs of the
school. It is the plan to build cottage
for the inmates, and it will take con
siderable land for this plan.
The legislative committee on the
School for the Blind, has been in
structed to look out for a new location.
They have already visited Salisbury
and reported to the Legislature.
At a meeting in the Chamber of
Commerce rooms recently a committee
of Lincolnton citizens were appointed
to get in touch with the committee of
the Legislature and endeavor to se
cure the Blind institute for Lincoln
ton. The committee is composed of
R. S. Reinhardt, chairman,. K. B. Nix
on, John K. Cline, J. B. Johnston and
H. E. Reid. Chairman Reinhardt has
already visited Raleigh twice to inter
est the Legislative committee in Lin
colnton as a location.
The legislature has authorized the
joint committee to visit Lincolnton and
Rockingham to inspect the sites ' for
the institute. This committee will be
here Friday or Saturday to in
NO FOODSTUFF SHORTAGE,
DECLARES GOVERNMENT.
Washington, D. C, Feb. 1.7. Assur
ance that the United States ' in no
danger of a shortage of food, despite
enormous exports to Europe, was giv
en tonight in statment by-the De-
' partment of Agriculture. The surplus
of wheat above domestic needs, on
hand February 1, the statement saw:
would permit the exportation of nearly
1,000,000 bushels daily about the re
cent average until the new crop Is
available. Moreover, there were larg
er supplies of corn and other grains,
meat, animals, dairy products, pota
toes and fruit at the opening of 1915
than for many years. Incidentally it
- was pointed out that the average price
of meat animals was 7 per cent low
er in January than a year ago; bu;
ter 2 per cent, potatoes 85 per cent;
applies 37 per cent and the price of
chickens slightly lower!
"The 1914 wheat crop of the United
States was estimated to be 891,000,
000 bushels, reads the statement. "The
estimated surplus carried over from
' the 1913 crop was about 76,000,000
bushels .making a total available sup
ply of 967,000,000 bushels. As the
normal annual per capita consumption
of wheat in the United States is about
6.3 bushels, 620,000,000 bushels should
meet our normal domestic requirements
"for fopd; 90,000000 bushels are re
quired annaully for" seeding.' There
fore, 610,000,000 bushels sTiould sup
ply the normal domestic demand. This
would leave surplus of 357,000,000
bushels.
Austrians Mutilcte Wounded, Declare
Serb Eyewitness. "
London, Feb. 17, One of the most
ghastly collections of photographs in
existence was shown today by Nicholas
Vladau Georgovitch,- secretary of
Prince Alexis, of Servia. They were ta
ken by official photographers in the
district ravaged by the Austrians dur
ing their advance into Servl.
"Wounded Sorbs," said Vladau
Georgovitch, "were usually finished off,
spect the sites at this place.
The local committee has secured op
tions on several sites of 100 acres
each around Lincolnton and when the
Legislative committee arrives they
will be shown the sites and advantages
offered by Lincolnton.
The citizens of Lincolnton and Lin
coln county can well afford to do ev
erything n their pover to secure this
State institution for the blind. The
annual appropriation from the State
is $80,000. In carrying out the plan
of the State for building brick cottages
there would be perhaps $300,000 or
$400,000 spent in this community.
The local committee has promised
100 acres of land free to secure the
State institution. The money to pay
for the land will be raised by the citi
zens of the community.
This is an opportunity worth while.
To secure this great institution would
be a leap forward for Lincoln.
Speaking of the removing of School
for the Blind from Raleigh the Concord
Tribune says:
If a town has anything of value and
is not properly caring for it there is
great danger of losing it. There ap
pears to be an organization that is
looking out for opportunities to take
something of value away from what
ever section it is found and found not
to be in itg greatest state of efficiency,
and that organization is the Salisbury
Industrial Club. Several times recent
ly there was talk of moving certain
schools in the state. Salisbury was
immediately on the job.. A represen
tative of the booster's club led his
committee to see the interested par
ties and liberal offers were immediate
ly made. A few days ago there was
! talk of moving the school for the blind
from Raleigh. Salisbury stared aft
er the school immediately. The town
made a liberal offer, in fact so liberal
that it looks as if the state would
jmake a mistake in not accepting it.
The town is in the race for the insti
tution and in the race to stick. Con
j cord, not having a booster's club could
be pardoned for being a little envious
of our neighbor's live organization.
It will be seen from this that Salis
bury is making headway, but the local
committee learns that the Salisbury
offer did not meet the annrnval of
ithe committee, and for that reason
;it is firmly believed by the local com-
mittee that Lincolnton has a good
show to secure the school. It is worth
trying for.
if found lying on the ground, by Aus
trians, who also amused themselves by
practicing mutilations.
One photograph showed a corpse
dressed in a half-tattered uniform with
both eyes put out The body showed
marks of bayonet thrusts that - had
passed through both cheeks, and noth
ing was.left of one hand but bones ,al!
the flesh having been cut away. An
other prostrate Botdier, who had been
shot down by a bullet in the back,
grinned up at the sky without any "ves
tige of a mouth. A large pile of muti
lated and tangled corpses were shown
in haphazard heaps all over the floor
of a cellar. Four murdered youths of
14 or 15, dressed in civilian clothes,
were photographed as they lay on a
hillside. .One had empty eyesockets
and the head of his neighbor had been
mashed in by a rifle butt. The brother
and father of a woman were standing
by her lifeless body, in a garden, just
as It had been left by the marauders.
Both her legs were broken and her
breasts were cut away.
A special from the Newton to the
Charlotte Observer dated February
16, says: One man who received the
advance in the price of flour with open
arms was D. M. Brittain, owner of a
farm in the western part of the county
and large dealer in grain and provi
sions in Cherryville. He was. in town
today and smiled while he told of hav
ing placed an order for six cars of
flour or 600 barrels, just before the
price advanced, the same netting him
$2 a barrel in war profits. - .
SOW WHEAT IN FEBRUARY.
Chatham Record.
What do you think of Chatham far
mers Bowinf vneat in FeDruaryT Ana
yet that was done here last week by
several who could not sow all they
wished last fall. We hope that they
will meet with success in bountiful
harvest
Lots of secrets are disclosed by the
mails. Also by the females.
BY LARGE MAJORITY
HOUSE ADOPTS THE
GRIER ANTI-JUG LAW
Vote Was 100 To 6 Anti-Saloon
League Bill Prohibits Delivery Of
Whiskey In This State Senate Will
Likely Amend Law Passed By House
Raleigh, Feb. 19. After strcnous
argument of nearly three hours the
House this afternoon voted iuu to t
for the Grier bill for the prevention
of. shipments of intoxicating liquors
from points without the state to
Doints within the State and delivery
within the State, the bill for which
the State Anti-saloon League has been
working. The final vote passing the
bill wag preceded by a vote against a
referendum amendment that was of
fered by Williams of Cabarrus for the
act not to be operative until ratified
by the people of the State at the
polls, lhis vote was 31 to 80.
Before the special order-hour ar
rived for the bill to be taken up, Rep
resentative Cameron moved that the
special order be displaced and set
for Wednesday 6f next week to give
the Senute time to develop its amend
ments and substitute the bills, the In
dication being, Mr. Cameron said, that
the Senate would considerably change
the measure before it could get
through that body. Displacement and
postponement were strenously op
posed by Mr. Grier, who said he en
tertained the highest regard for the
Senate but that the House should pro
ceed to vote its conviction on this
issue without reference to the Sen
ate. The House refused to displace
and continue the special' older.
Argument on the bill began at
12:30. Mr. Grier opening for the bill
and arguing that the measure is con
stitutional, that it will not in any way
operate to the detriment of the Dem
ocratic party in passing of it and
that it should not be referred to the
people for ratification, the people hav
ing, he said, already spoken.
lhe bill now goes to the senate
where it is the expectation that it will
undergo very considerable change, if
the House will be able to recognize
its handiwork.
Vote in Detail.
Following is the vote: .
Ayes: Allred, Bailey Barco, Battle,
Bell, Bennett, Blue, Bowie, Brockett
Brown. Bryan. Cameron. Capchart.
Carawan, Carr, Camp, Carroll, Cherry,
Llark, Uayton, Uollins, (Jonley,
Coughenhour, Currie, Durden, Davis,
Dean, Deaver, Denton, Deyton, Dough
ton, Du'la, Douglass, Dunning, Ebbs,
Ethcridge, Eure, Faircloth, Fostei,
Freeman of Mecklenburg Freeman of
Richmond, Galloway Catling, Gibbs,
Grier, Hall, Haynes, Hendrix, Hewett,
Hoover, Inscoo, Johnson, Jones Kent,
Killian of Catawba, Killian of Clay,
King, Kittrell, Lnughinghousc, Leon
ard, Long of Halifax, Long of Union,
Macon, Mason, Mauney, Mewborne,
Mickle, McBryde, McKay, Nettles, No
land, Norman, Page, Pcgram, Puett,
Phillips, Renfrow, Roberts of Bun
comb, Roberts of Rockingham,
Seawell, Sellars, Shepherd, Small,
Smith of Cleveland, Smith of Orange,
Smith of Watauga, Somers, Stacy,
Swain, Thomas. Tnucker, Valentine,
Vann, Vernon, Walden, Wall, Wilson,
Williams of Yadkin, Winborne, Wins
low and Witherspoon.
Noes: Bost, Bynum, Hutchison,
Meekins, Whitford and Williams of
Cabarrus.
Absent: Speaker Wooten, Alexan
der, Benton, Bowman,- Grant, Harri
son, Mayo, Mintz, Scott and Smith of
Wake.
Members Explain Votes.
A number of members explained
their votes. Mr. Clark said if the bill
reduced the Democratic party to
scraps he decided to be one of the
scraps. Mr. Deaver said that he had
been told that it would kill him po
litically but would take the risk. Dr.
Kent voted for the bill but let it be
known that whiskey' was good medi
cine in some cases and he did not en
dorse the stand taken by the North
Carolina Medical Society that it eould
be dispensed with in the treatment
of sickness. Mr. Whitford said he
thought the act too drastic and should
be left to the people but trusted that
if' it passed it would be the means of
putting the present superintendent of
the anti-saloon league out of a job.
Seawell, Small, Valentine and Win
borne. '
Lambasts Superintendent Davis.
Mr. Hutchison was given extra time
to explain his vote against the bill and
took occasion to lambast Rev. It. L.
iavia, Dupciiiikcuuciii ui kite siuti-tMi-
loon League, in words that could not
be misunderstood.
Senate Killed Suffrage Bill.
Raleigh, N. C., Feb. 18. Senator
Hobgood's bill to confer on the worn
en of North Carolina the right to vote
on an equality with men was discuss
ed in the senate for two hours this
afternoon and tabled by a vote of 37
to 11.
Crowded galleries heard the debate
which at times sparklod wi,th humor,
and many women stood up to listen.
Frequent outbursts of applause greet
ed speakers for the cause.
Nearly three-fourths of the senators
explained their votes, only a portion
of those explaining themselves oppos
ing the ballot for women on any other
ground than that the women do not
want it.
The senate committee having voted
unfavorably on the AntU Saloon
League liquor, Senator White today
submitted a substitute providing that
not more than one quart shall be de
livered. Raleigh, Feb. 17. The House
passed by a large majority the Sea
well insurance bill to give the State
Commissioner of Insurance the power
to raise or lower the fire insurance
rates after the manner of the law in
Kansas, as reccommended by the leg
islative investigation commission.
For the first time this session the
Republicans of the House who were
present at the roll call lined up in
solid phalanx and helped put to sleep
the Giles-Mintz bill providing for uni
form examination and certification , of
teachera which came up as a spceial
order at noon yesterday. One Repub
lican is not recorded as voting and
Killian of Catawba is out of the city.
The bill was defeated by a vote of 70
to 40.
, Objects to Fertilizer Bill.
Bill requiring source of ammonia to
be placed on fertilizer bags passed sec
ond reading, objection being made to
third reading bill went ovei.
Carter-Abernethy Affair.
Mr. Davis of Carteret, presented a
letter from Solicitor Charles L. Aber
nethy, also a resolution of inquiry
relating to the Carter-Abernethy af
fair in Craven court where Judge Car
ter placed a fine of $50 on the solici
tor, holding him to be in contempt.
Mr. Whitford of Craven, presented
a copy of the resolutions of the Craven
county bar and others endorsing the
course of Judge Carter in the a.fair.
Mr. Clark of Bladen, introduced a
resolution empowering and directing
the Speaker to appoint a committee
of inquiry to investigate into and re
port on the acts and conduct of Hon.
Frank Caiter, judge of the superior
court of North Carolina, and Hon.
Charles L. Abernethy, solicitor of the
fifth judicial district of said State.
Both the Davis and Clark resolu
tions, the Abernethy letter and the
copy of the resolutions of the Craven
bar and others, were referred to
judiciary committee number one.
Sampson Stock Law Remains.
Huckleberries and razor back hogs
politics and preachers, cattle ticks
and thoroughbred Holsteins, were a'w
mixed up together in the Sampson
stock law hearing before a joint com
mittee in the House yesterday after
noon. The bill was killed in the commit
tee. The question of stock law or no
stock law will not be submitted to tiic
people of Sampson.
The delegation from that militant
county filled the House, the aislc3, the
galleries. Their demonstrations Curing
some of the talks were so whole
heartedly enthusiastic that Represen
tative Whitford was moved to move
the crowd" be '" excluded from tie
House and that only trie speakers be
allowed before the committee.
The motion wasn't carried, how
ever. It would have taken a; regiment
of the State Guard to have curried it
into effect. Those farmers from
Sampson certainly a , prosperous
erergctic and fine looking crower of
North Carolina citizens Knew what
they wanted and were going ko stay
right there until they got It.
It wag the biggest crowd save
only the suffrage and the Bryan
meetings, gathered in the House this
session.
Raleigh. N. C. Feb, 20. The prin
cipal bill introduced today was one by
senator Bnllou providing for the re
moval of the State prison to the Hal
ifax farm and the conversion of the
penitentiary here into an asylum for
the insane.
The legislature will adjourn two
weeks from today and night sessions
will be held, beginning next week.
The Hobgood-Weuver primary bill
was set as a special order in the sen
ate for Wednesday night.
THE BILLS COST $40 PER.
Raleigh News and Observer. -
It costs the taxpayers of North
Carolina about $40 to pass a law
like this: " ' '
"H. B. 459, S. B. 42G: To prevent
the depredation of domestic fowls
in Davidson county."
That is to say, there have been
1727 bills introduced so far in the
Senate and House. The estimated
cost of the session up to test Satur
day is $47,000. Therefore it costs
about $30 for each individual bill
dropped into the hopper and probably
something like $40 for each bill
actually enacted into law. That's
about the average cost.
STATE WIDE PRIMARY BILL.
Raleigh, Feb. 17. The subcommit
tee of the joint committee on Elections
has about completed a substitute for
the Hobgood-Weaver and other State
wide primary bills pending in the Leg
islature, and it is probable that it will
be reported in the Senate tomorrow.
The revised bill provides that there
shall be effective on and after ratifi
cation a State-wide primary system
that shall include the legislative and
the county tickets together with town
ship officers, if the county board de
cides to include the township officers.
However, if after the ratification of
the act a certain percentage of the vo
ters in any'county petition for an elec
tion on the ratification of the act as
to their county officers the elction shall
be called and the State-wide primary
law shall not apply to nominations of
county officers if the people of the
county vote against such applications
at the polls.
There were strong advocates oT pre
ferential system of primaries on the
committee, but it wat considered that
it would be impossible to get such a
regulation, the revised bill, however,
provides that: second primaries shall
not be held except There the second
highest man make3 application for it
within five days after the publication
of the results of tbe first primary.
FIRST AMERICAN
SHIP BLOWN UP
The Evelyn Hits Mine in North Sea
War Carrying Cargo of Cotton
Nationality of Mine Not Known.
Bremen, Feb. 21. The American,
steamer Evelyn which sailed from
New York January 29 with a co.ton
cargo for Bremen was sunk hy a mine
yesterday off Borkum Island in the
North Sea.
... The vessel's captain and 27 of her
crew were saved.
The nationality of the mine which
destroyed the Evelyn has not been es
tablished. The Evelyn i trie first American
vessel to meet with disaster as a re
sult of a sea warfare of the European
Nations. She does not sink within the
war zone included in the German Ad
miralty's decree. Borkum Island lies
directly off the German coast at the
mouth of the Ems River nnd is Ger
man territory.
Five More Brilish Boats Sunk Off
South America By Germans.
London, Feb, 18. (Delayed by cen
sor. The British steamers Highland
Brae, Hemisphere and Potaro and the
sailing ships Sumatra and Wilfred
have been sunk in the Atlantic, pre
sumably by the German cruiser Karl
sruhe. Crews and passengers were
landed at Buenos Aires by the Ger
man steamer Ilolger, '
The sinking of these five vessels
and, in addition, the British steamer
Viscount Humphreys was reported
from Buenos Aires Februray 18. The
Buenos Aires dispatch, however, said
that the German auxiliary cruiser
Kromprinz Wiihelm and not the
Karlsruhe, sank them. This version
probably is correct, as it was given
by men on board the Ilolger.
London, reh. 21. A German sub
marine, described by some as the U-
ls and by others as the U-zl, oper
ating in the Irish Sea yesterday found
another victim in the little Iris'i coast
ing ster.mer Downshire. The Down
shire was sunk not far from tha spot
where the British steamer Combank
was torpedoed a few hours eirlier.
The DownSiiire's crew, however, were
given time to escape in their boats,
and, instead of wastcing a torpedo
the Germcats used a bomb,'
German Cruiser Sinks Four Ships.
Buenos Ayres, Argentine, Feb. 18.
The German steamer Holger, which
has arrived here, brings news that i
during January and February the Ger
man auxiliary cruiser Crown Prince
Wiihelm open: ting on the northern
coast of Brazil, sank the British
steamer . Hemisphere, ' the ... British
teamer lotuaro, the sailing ship Su
matra nnd the sailing ship Wilfred. .
Germans to Make Good Threats.
London, Feb. 11. Aiinough no re
ports have reached London of German
submarine activity during the first 24
hours after the war zone decree !e
came effective there arc . increasing
signs that Germany is bending every
effort to make good her threats against
Britisn shipping.
Zeppelins airships suddenly have be
come active in the North Sea. Two of
these air Vessels have been lost, but
a fleet of them is reported to be con
tinuing to patrol. Emperor William
and Admiral Von Tirpitz have gone
to Wilhelmshaven, where it is said
they hope to give impetus to the ma--chinery
designed to clear the waters
surrounding the United Kingdom of
all merchant shipping.
Time Limit in Germany's Water War
Zone is Up.
The time limit set by Germany for
neutral shipping to take measures of
safety expired Wednesday -night and
Germany is expected to put into op
eration nt once her declared inten
tion of employing submarines and
mines in the waters around the Brit
ish Isles, which she has proclaimed a
war zone, with the object of cutting
off food supplies to the British peo
ple. ... . . .
GERMAN SUBMARINE GETS '
ONE SMALL IiltniSH SHIP
London, Fob. 20. 1U:40 p m. A
German submarine appeared in the
Irish Sea early todav and torpedoed
without notice the British coasting
steamer Combank, of 410 tons regis
ter. Three of the crew were killed
and a fourth was drowned while the
men were taking to the boats.
Except for the loss of life, the
sinking of the Combank was not in
itself a. serious matter, but the pres
ence of a German submarine near
the route which the Atlantic liners
take to nnd from Liverpool and
along which , many steamers pass
daily, is certain to cause uneasiness.
Kaiser May Exile The Rich.
Copenhagen, Feb. 17. The report
is in circulation here that, owing to
the necessity to restrict food con
sumption, the German Government in
tends ordering 5,000,000 Germans who
possess independent Hieoniesr-and !
ineligible for military service to leave
Germany for neutral countries, and re
main there until the war is over.
It is planned, according to the re
port, that 3,000,000 of these persons
shall go to the Scandinavian coun
tries, 1,000,000 to Holland and 1,000,
000 to Switzerland.
Greensboro Record: Some time ago
a negro man sued a white man In
Granville county for alienating the
affections of his wife anrt ine jury
I gave the negro a verdict for $8,000.
Don't get excited. A similar case is
pending in this county right now, but
it is understood to be in a fair way to
' be compromised.
SEGREGATION BILL
WITH COMMITTEES
Curries Out Farmers' Union Demand,
Avoids Conflict With Federal Con
stitution; Rash Action Carefully
Guarded Against.
Senator Mark Majette has intro
duced in the Senate and Representa
tive R. L. Carr in the House the bill
for land segregation between the
races. In both houses the measure
was referred to the committee on
constitutional amendments. It was
this bill has been prepared after con
ference with eminent laweyrs and
Farmers' Union leaders and has the
approval of the leaders of the Union
charged with the duty of framing
legislation on this subject. The bill
calls for a constitutional amendment
to be voted on by the people at the
regular election next year, tne amend
ment being in the following language:
"Section 29: Relating to Ownership
of lands. The General Assembly by
regulations applicable to all races
may provide that by vote of the qual
fied voters or of the free-holders of
any prescribed district w:fnin a
county, the lands in such district may
be segregated to the ownership, use
or occupancy of a particular race.
But the percentage of the lands of the
State segregated to nny particular
race by districts shall not be greater
than the percentage which the pop
ulation of that race bears o the to
tal population of the State; nor shall
such segregation impair the vestea
rights of persons who have previous.
ly bought: or leased lands in such dis
tricts nor prevent a person of the race
to which such district is segregated
from employing persons or a differ
ent race as his servants, laborers, or
agricultural croppers or tenants and
providing homes for them on tiia
land. Provided also, that no elec
tion shall be held under the proviss
ions of this section except upon peti
tion of a desiginated proportion of the
freeholders with in the proposed ds
trict presented to a reviewing judge
or board of county commissioners ana
a finding by said reviewing authority
that the establishment of the propos
ed district will promote the geiierh.
Welfare of the people of ttie clsmct
after allowing time for counter peti
tions or petitions for change in the
boundary lines of the proposed dis
trict. Provided also, that no school
district or township in whiclv vne
land is wholly owned by persons oi
one race shall be included in any dis
trict segregated to any other race."
Dr. Clarence Poe's Views. ,'
In discussing the measure, Editor
Clarence Poe of The Progressive
Farmer said:
"This measure, in the preparatibn
of which some of the most eminent
lawyers in the State have been con
cerned, is brief and easily understood.
Eight, essential facts concerning it
stand out with perfect clearness:
1. It is a purely voluntary prop
osition and no dinstrict would . come
under its provision except by peti
tion of its free-holders and vote of
its voters.
"2. It will carry out the Farm
ers' Union demand for enabling wtilte
communitiies that wish to do so to
say that in future no more land in
such" communities may be sold to a
negro.
"3. At the same -time, ii&e our
suffrage amendments, it ts careful
ly safeguarded to avoid conflict with
the Federal Constitution.
"4. It is safeguarded in the first
place by providing that no race shall
segregate to its exclusive future own;
crship a greater proportion of the
State's land than its proportion of
the State's population. This is done
in fairness to the negro, but at the
same time it would not disadvantage
the white man because under the
proposed amendment it would be
extremely diffult for districts to be
segregated to future negro ownership
except in the cases of communities
wholly owned by them or where white
people did not object .
o. Ut course, any statute or
amendment would violate the Federal
Constitution if it attempted to inter
fere with persons who have already
bought or leased land. Consequently it
is made clear that this is not intended
"6. The demand arises from the
desire of white farmers to prevent
negroes from coming into white com
munities and Vying land as permar
nenl uhd , 1mmovable"residenls.
Therefore it is provided that no action
shall be taken under this section to
prevent a man from having tenants
or laborers of a different race. But
it is believed that when a white neigh
borhood once votes that in future no
negroes may buy land in such dis
trict, it will be easier to get white ten
ants into it and gradually maice that
section practically "all white" if the
people desire it.
"7. Rash action is guarded against
by providing that no election can be
had except upon petition of free
holders approved by reviewing au
thority and provision is also made
to prevent negroes . from havtng
GERMAN REPLY IN
FRIENDLY TERMS
Germany's Reply to Protest of United
States Against Designation of a Na
val War Zone About British Mes
Transmitted to Washington
Berlin, Feb. 18. Germany's reply to
the protest of the United States
against designation of a naval war
zone about the British Isles is couch
ed in the most friendly terms, but
firmly maintains the position of Ger
many as already announced.
The German note recommends that
the United States send warships to
England to convey merchant vessels
through the danger zone as security
against attack, with the understand
ing that vessels so guarded shall car
ry no war supplies.
The note which has been transmit
ted to Washington through the Amer
ican embassy, explains that Germa
ny's action is made necessary by
Great Britain's policy of attempting
to cut off the food supply of German
civillian population by efforts never
recognized in international law. Eng
land's course in ordering merchant
men to fly neutral flags, equipping
them with artillery and ordering them
to destroy submarines, Germany con
tends, render3 nugatory the right of
search and gives Germany the right
to attack English ships. Germany
holds that she cannot abandon that
right under the stress England has
forced upon her.
Germany argues that since she must
compel her enemies to return to the
recognized principles of international
law and restore the freedom of the
sea, the stand she has taken is nec
essary. Hope is expressed that the
American government will understand
the position in which Germany has
been placed and appreciate the rea
sons for her course.
The reply closes with expression of
the hope that the United States may
prevail upon Great Britain "to return
to the principles of international law
recognized prior to the outbreak of
the war," and in particular obtain
observance of the'Seclaration of Lon
don. If this were done, the note ex-.-plains,
Germany would be able to im
port food supplies and raw materials.
Germany would recognize in this, says
the reply, an invaluable service to
ward a more human conduct of the
war and would act in accordance with
the new situation thus created.
KILLED IN ALTO ACCIDENT
NEAR RALEIGH.
Raleigh, Feb. 19. Will Aycock,
engrossing clerk of the North Caro-
ina House of Representatives, and
nephew i of the late ex-Governor
Charles B. Aycock, was instantly
killed and Speaker Emmet R. Wooten
and State Senator Rivers Johnson in
jured in an automobile accident about
three miles from this city at an early
hour this morning.
Aycock was pinned beneath the
overturned car when the chauffeur
lost control.
Speaker Wooten and Senator John
son were rushed to a hospital where
their injuries were attended. Neither
s thought to be seriously hurt.
A good man never dies. Calliniach-
"shoestring" district laid off in op
position to the wishes of the white
people. Of course, there are not
many cases in which they would be
able to attempt it, but if they should
he able to lay-off a -district where
they had a majority of the free-hold
ers and . votes and propose action un
fair to the interests of the white peo
ple, it would be easy for white people
if they found their rights endangered
to get up a petition for a larger dis
trict in which white voters would be
in the majority.
"8. But at the same time in any
compact district in which the negroes
now own all the land, no effort snouid
be made to interefere with their con
tinued ownership of such district, and
so the last clause provides that if any
school district or township is wholly
owned by one race, it shall not be in
cluded in any district segregated to
any other race. And all this in ad
dition to providing that present own
ers or lessees shall not be disturbed.
and that no race shall set aside dis
tricts aggregating more than its pro
portion of the State'g-arearlnthir-form,
therefore, it is believed that a
safe and constitutional plan for land
segregation between the races has
been prepared and that it will be
possible, within these limitations, to
permit the voters in a white com
munity to offer the following petition
and enforce it by their votes:
"We hereby petition to have this
district set apart in future for the ex
clusive ownership, use an occupancy
of the white race, except that rights
of persons who have already bought
or leased hnds shall not be destroyed,
nor any man prevented from having
servants, laborers, croppers or ten
ants of a different race."
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