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I 1 ,11 1 "toy-. ESTABLISHED 1871 LINCOL.NTON. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, MAY 22, lOlO FIVE CENTS PER COPY $1.50 per year e -0 Yf I :. t i I I r i I is v' j i . nil. k . p i i f-y W V V 3! PRESIDENT WILSON'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Rcccommends Early Return of Rail roads to Private Ownership First Message By Cable, -,'. j Washington, May 20.-President Wil son, in his mesage to congress today, recommended repeal to the war-time prohibiticn law so far as it applies io wine ana neer only; announced def initely that the railroad systems and telegraph and telephone lines would lie returned to private ownership; ur ged revision of war taxes, particular ly to abolish the manufacturers and retail sales excises; and outlined gen erally a program respecting labor. These were the "high spots" of the presidents message cabled from Paris. Besides that he again, urged enact ment of the woman suffrr.ge constitu tional amendment; recommended that the tariff laws be supplied with teeth to protect American industry against foreign attacks; spoke for legislation to facilitate American enterprises through the expansion of shipping, and backed Secretary Lane's program .for land for returning soldiers. Of the Paris peace conference and the league of nations, the president merely said it would be permnture to disci-M them or express a judgment. Ho also avoided discussion of domes tic legislation, at length because of his leng absence from Washington. Congress heard an unique document; the only one of its kind ever trans mitted across the ocean from a presi dent on foreign shore. For the first time in six years it heard a presiden tial mesage read by a reading clerk in steed ot assembling to hear the pres cient deliver an address in person. The recommendations Tor the repeal of war-time prohibition and for re turn of the rail and wire systems, while not unexpected by some, con tained the greatest element of sur prise and provoked tho most wide spread comment of the many tasks Bet before congress by the president. In his reference to prohibition,: the president did not enter extensively in to the consideration involved. Demob ilization, he said, merely "has pro gressed to such a point that it seems to me entirely safe now to remove the ban upon the manufacture and sale of wines and beers." This ban, laid several months ago to become effect tive Julyl, could only be removed.the president said, by conrcsional enact- nnnt.. - His recommendation' regarding re turn of the, raliways and wire lines was the first authoritative declaration by the administration, of its future policy and greatly surprised many members who had interpreted the dc velopemcnt i f the past few months to mean that Mr. Wilson eventually would propose Eome form of perma nent government operation. On the contrary, the directness of the presi dent's declaration on that point left no doubt that he was through with any possible scheme of permanent re tention. VThe telegraph and telephone lines." said the mesage, will, of course, be returned to their owners ns soon as the transfer can be cffo:ta'i without administrative conf jsion. The railroads will be handed over to their owner at the end of the calendar year." In the case of each the President ask ed for legislation to make easier the readjustments necessitated by the change. In his recommendation for readjust ment cf taxation the president made it clear that he did not t;:pect a fun damental readjustment of the demo cratic tariff rates that have been operative-for the past five years. ... He asked for tariff changes only to pro tect special new interests like the dye stuffs industry. Some reductions were advocated in war time excess profits taxes and the present t'txes on retail sales the president thought could be dispensed with entirely. What will be the reply of the re publican congres to these proposals, became at once the topic of discus sions everywhere about the capitol. In returning the railroads, it gen erally was conceded, the "republican leaders will readily give thn president their co-operation. But r.s to prohibi tion and tariff and intern al taxation, the case was more dobtfrl. These Are problems on which no very clear sentiment apparently has Leen formed in either of the great parties. '...' - . The recommendations regarding" la bor were general, but the president called attent'on to the nee j for a part, nevship between capital r.nd labcr and a genuine "democratization of indus try." On tariff revision the president said the United States should have the means of properly protecting Itself vhen there was danger of descrinina tion against it by foreign nations. "Though we are as far as possible from desiring to enter upon a course of retaliation," he said, "we must "frankly face the fact that hostile le gislation by other nations is not be yond the range of possibilities, and that it may have to oe met by coun ter legislation. "Although the United States will gladly and unhesitatingly join in the program of International disarma ment, it will nevertheless, be-a policy of obvious prudence to make certain of a successful maintenance of many strong anU well equipped chemical plants." : Overpowering the - sheriff and twelveMuputios, a : 10b of 800 to 1,000 persons broke into the jail at Vicks burg, Miss., took Lloyd Clay. 24, a negro, from his sell, marched him to the heart of the city end hanged him with a rope to the limb of an elt.i tree, at the same time placing bonfire un der him, after saturating his head with cil. The negro died while a fusilade of shots wre being fired into his body. M. G. CockriU, a dep uty, was internally injure! with a raidroad iron, which the mob had used to batter down the doors of the jail. Clay was charged with assaulting a white girL '.,.,.',.. ;.'X31 i GERMANS GIVEN 7 MORE DAYS A Paris dispatch pub'ished today says that a period of seven days. of grace has been extended to Germany by tne representatives ot the allied and associated government in which the German peace plenipotentiaries may conclude their study of the peace treaty and formulate such replies to the various clauses as they desire. The extintion of time, which orig- inauv was to nave expired at noon inursday, was set forward to Thurs day May 29, at the request of the Germans, yho advanced the plea that more time was required in order that they might formulate argument of mueh importance. Almost simultaneously with the re quest by the peace plenipotentiaries i or more time comes from Berlin statement of the German cabinet that; uerranny is unwilling to sign the peace treaty. The document is a re iteration, although in stronger words oi tne vievs of the foremost states men in Germany th:i the sealing of the compact would spell the ruin of ine iormer empire. NC-4 TO START FLIGHT TO LISBON AT DAYBREAK. Punta Delada, May 21. Lieuten ant Commander A C. Read announced tonight that the omrino trouble which cnused postponement of the flight of the NC-4 ;or Lisbon this morning has been remedied. The piano will start at d:.ybrcnk to morrow, weather permitting, he said. ' The wrecked plane NC-3 Imn b .-en broi-ght into the beach where it is being dismantled, prenarntnrv to shipment of the Ibitid States on the tender Melville. Commander John H. Towers es timated today th-t it would take one hundred machanics three months to put tho machine into proper flying condition. -; PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET IN CHARLOTTE NEXT YEAR New Orleans, May 19. Charlotte, N. C, was elected today as the meet ing place next year of the sreneral as sembly of the Southern Presbyterian J inurcn, in nuy-nrnin annual session here. The assembly late today decided to postpone until tomorrow action on committee recommendations for fed eration with the Northern Presbyter ian church. Rev. W. R. Dobyns, of St Joseph, Mo., announced that in event the as sembly rejects federation with all Presbyterian bodies, he proposes to present a plan for organic union with the Northern Presbyterian church. This anuoncement was made follow ing receipt of dispatches from St. Louis telling of the rejection of fed eration by the Northern church. BATTLE DEATHS 1, 652. NUMBERED "Old Hickory" Division's Casualty . List Revised Total Caaualities In American Forces Aboard During War 286.044. Washington, May 15. The war de parMno.'.t issued a statement today showing the "battle deaths".'-- and and wounded bv divisions. The figures for the 27th, a New York division, and the 80th, mnr.e i'p of Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina troops, are interesting. The 27th sustained 1,791 battle deaths, and the 30th 1,652. The 27th bud 9,427 wounded, and 30th 9,429. The total deaths ond wounded in bat tle were: For the 27th, 11,218, and for the 30th, 11,081. Revised figures made public by the war department showed that the total casualties of the American expedition ary ;-,r s duripg tl.o Wf.rwas 286,044. Battlo deaths numbered 48,909, and the total of wounded was placed at 237,135, with the explan'io .hnv this represented a duplication of about 7, 000 by reason of the fact that many men were wounded more than once. DOINGS AT THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE. Associated Press report of the Paris peace conference says that before Thursday of present week shall have passed the German peace plenipoten tiaries at Versailles are to make known in full to the delegates of the allied powers on what points of the peace treaty they acquiesce and what points they object to and desire mod ified. . Thursday is the time limit for the Germans to make known their views on the peace treaty that has been handed them. No extension has been granted the Germans, who are expect ed to present to the members of the peace congress a voluminous record of objections and of acceptances of the clauses of the document. Marshal Foeh is taking nothing for granted as regards probable action of the GeVmans r.t Versailles. He has made visit to the occupied area and has informed the council of four of the military preparations that have been mode contingent on the Germans refusing to accept the allied peace terms.:-- '.:;;- .. v.'- - " Likewise General Pershing, the American commander, is wide awake to the possibilities of the situation. A trip to London planned bv'him for the present week, where he was to be the guest of the British nation, has been indefinitely postponed, and he will re main on the Rhine until all is settled at Versailles. The majority 'of soldiers who en tered the army from farms are re turning to that work immediately up on being .discharged, according to an announcement by the department of sericulture. Careful surveys made by farm-help specialists were said to refute published statements mat irom 75 to 90 per cent, of the farmers in the army were seeking other occupa tions. In one camp alone the special ists found that 98 per cent, of the soldier farmers who had been dis charged actually had returned to the land. ... i.,.1 1. 1 .'H GAS AS. MEANS. OF WAR. While Germans Began Using It April 22, 1915, It Had Been Used As Early As 431 B. C Was Germa- ' ny's Main Cause of Defeat. Lieutenant Claffey, of the United States army medical corps now sta tioned at Kenilworth hocpital, tells the Asheville correspondent of the Greensboro News that "the thing that Germany hoped to win the war with iras-was the main cause ot her de feat.". Ho gave the correspondent this statement: The use of gas, as a means of war fare by the armies of Lurope. 13 noth ine new, as we sec by the reading of history. The hrst record of its use as ntciiiis ts over:omi:itr the enemy is found in the wars o"' the Atheniuns and Spartan". (431 and 404 B. C.) About this time the Spartans used wood whk-h yas saturated with pitch and sulphur when besieging the cities of Pletea and Delium. The wood so saturated was burned under the walls of those cities in order to choke the defenders, thus rendoring the assault less difficult. The Greeks under Con stantine used what was then called "Greek Fbe" to destrov thi Saracens The Saracens retaliated by using it us a means of ilcfensc against tho Chris tiano during the cruc-.dis. The na ture of this f;as (Greek Fire" was sul phurous dioxide, a blinding smoke of an asphyxiating character, : Its use in modern warfare was by tho Germans on A-jvil 22, 1915, at Ypres, ngninst the sector of trenches defended by the Jfrench and Cana dians. The surprise was so complete and unexpected that t.ie cas.ialtie; were scmething enormous. It was next used against an attacking French battalion on the 2bth of April, and broke the assault completely. The character of gas at this time was chlorine. The method used was by means of tans containers, which were filled under pressure. Attnched to these containers were tubes with a pit-cock, which carried up over tho parapet and through tkem the gas is liberated. The gas in the containers Was m a liquid state, but it was rapid Iv volatilized upon being released, and formed a dense cloud.'-.. The gas being heavier than air, when released under proper atmospheric conditions, rolled along the gror.nd in tne torm of a dense greenish yellow cloud. When this cloud reached the front line tranches of the enemy it settled down into all parts of them, penetrating even the dugouts, where it remained sometimes for several days, Th3 success of these "gas clouds at tacks" was entirely dependent on the first has to be in the direction of the enemy. Its velocity should be be tween three and fifteen miles an hour. Gentle rains and a stronger wind dis tributes the gas too quickly and also diminshers its effect :n tne gas, out a heavy rain washed it down. This method was found uhsucessful after a while, due to proper watchful ness,, first on the direction of the winds, and weather, secondly, to a low whistling sound on the cstape of the gas from the containers, which was frequently the vcrninc; that the ene; my were making a gas attack. Soon after this gas shells began to make their appearance and when the United States entered the war in April, 1917, the gas eheil was being uced in all the armies . The Germans, with all their boasted efficiency, did not understand the ef fectiveness of the fiendish stuff they were usin?:. If they had, the United States might be defending its shores today from the blood-thirsty . Hun. For instance, the chlorine gas which they used first is probably dissipated within 35 of 40 minutes after its release.- The Germans waited for 24 hours before following up with their bayonetB attack. It is very possible that tho Germans would have taken Calr.is that day if they had attaclicd within an hour. . The French and English were very reluctant to use these poison gases, as they deemed it inhumanitarian Our own government suffered from the same indecision early in the war. However, there came a time when we had to resort to it, as did the French and English. ' ' . ". When we once decided to give the Hun n taste of his own medicine, we began to make tho terrible weapon of modern warfare on an unprecedented scale. To what a degree this had gone may be grasped from the following. The English witn every iacuuy ior the manufacture of toxic gases never reached a higher average than 30 tons a day. The French did not attain even this average, un ine uuy mo , mistice was signed the united states was producing nearly 200 tons a day, with 1,800 tons stored ready for the filling of shells. It is very doubtful if the Germans ever averaged more than 30 to 50 tons a day. Knowledge oi wnui wu m store for them is believed to have in fluenced Germany's surrender. The plant where the United States was making tne gas on sucn a scaie was a out 22 miles east of Baltimore. The tract of land was on a peninsula be tween the Bush and Gunpowder rivers. This tract comprises about 350 acres of land. Here, hidden away on this Maryland farm land on the day of the armistice was located the largest poi son gas factory in tho world. It is an investment of close to $60,000,000 to our government, and now lies idle and silent, but ready to oprcate at a mo ment's notice. This vast plant is n city of kilns, chimneys and buildings. It is laid out in independent units the chlorine, the chloropicine and mustard units, each with their ovn filling stations. Each of these units are fitted out with ma chinery of the finest type and most perfect installation. The plant is covered with miles of railway and cle vated pipe lines. - To a visitor the plant looked like a large mill of the Bcthleham Stee company . or one of the large munition, plant in Connec ticut. - , -' - Probably one of tho most remarka ble thirgs about this plant is the fact that when th government started to build it there were no existing models for some of the machinery needed. Some of the machinery literally had to CONGRESS OPENS WITH BOTH HOUSES. IN HANDS OF REPUB, . LICANS :.'" '; Washington, May 19 The 66th, or "reconstruction," Congrets.called into extraenrdinary session by President Wilnn frnrw Pnrio mnvlniw) nf nnnn today and Republican 'majorities in senate and house organized both bod ies.. . - Representative Gillett, of Massachu setts, was elected speaker of the hcu.se '.-'over. Representative Champ Clark, of Missouri, Democratic candi date and former speaker, by a vote oi zzi to in. i Senator Cummins, of Iewa, the Re publican candidate, was chosen pres ident pro tempore of the senate over Senator Pittman, of Navada Demo- imt J7 tn AO So,.n-ol t - namw.n.. were absent but all Republicans were in tneir seats,- two witnnoidmg their votes. - ! . Thp RenuM so elected full slates of Other officers and thus, for the first time since 1911, returned to control of the American national legislature. j, Legislation dealing with railroads, tCileprnnhs nnrl t.plpntinnna nrnmon. suffrage, prohibition, repeal of the iua.uij' LUAi-a mm uuier (iressing. SUD jects are promised in thd.vart of im portant prnnnmif nnd rwnnnti-iinftnn nuestions. This legislation its expected Dy leaders to nold congress in session nimor.t rnnt.imintiKlv unttl . lUn nmai dential convention of 192C Investiga tion planned by Kepublicans of num erous administration aets tileo are ex pected to begin in the near! future with innufrnratinn nrnhnhlo In ika lim,.A ; connetcion with appropriation bills. When hmmp mumlw,, wnro c.n.ni.n in. Representative Victo&'BergerV of Wisconsin,: the lone socialist member, who was convicted of violation of the eSDlOnnn-A law. wn nrofontarl taking the oath, upon obiptcion from chusetts, chairman of tne committee. He was ordered bv Speaker Gillett to stand aside and was iiui iuiuwpu io auuress ptne house, which adopted unanimously a resolu tion authorizing a commjttee to in vestigate his right to membership: -. No objection was raiscM from the senate floor to the seating of Sena tor Truinmi H Mmuhtr, nf M;..u: Ban, Rcprblican, whose cidction is be ing coniecreu by Henry ffcrd, Demo crat. Formal notice of renewal of the Ford contest, with - a refracts for a committee investigation, vjas filed. - :- T LENOIR COLLEGE COMMENCE Lencir College Commencement Hi.. May 29, to June 2. Following is the program: Thursday, May 29. 8:30 p. m. An- nun! concert. : ' - Fridr-.y. Mav 30. 8:30 p. m. Juniors Oratorical Contest. Saturday, Mav 31. 11 a. m. Suh- Freshman Declamtion Contest. Saturday, Mav 31. 8:30 n. m. Dra matic Entertainment. Sunday. June 1. 11 a. m.- Karen - laureate Sermon by Rev. Charles ; S. tsausnn, i). u., general secretary Board of Education United Lutheran church in America, Harrisburg, Pa. Sunday, June 1, 8:30 p. m. Ad dress before the College Luther Lea gue, by Rev. John C. Lietz, '98, Pastor first Lutheran Church, Gastonia. Monday, June 2, 10:30 a, m. Grad uation Exercises, Annual Address be fore the four Literarv Societies, by Senator Dorman Thompson, Atty, Statesville. Monday. June 2. 4:30 to 5:30 n. m. -Business meeting of Alumni As sociation. . - Monday, June 2, 6 to 8 p. m. Alu mni Banquet and speaking. ine public cordially invited. BICKETT APPEALS TO TAX AS SESSORS. Asheville, May 19. in an address here this afternoon before the countv and district tax supervisors of West ern North Carolina, Governor Bickett made an appeal that they comply to the most minute detail with the new tax system. The Governor went into the history of the new tax law and gave the reasons for its enactment. He stated that the real purpose of the new law is to have the tax books teU the entire truth instead of having only a part of the truth. Former Governor Locke Craicr also rpoke to the tax commisioners and su pervisors claiming that it is now in the hands of the tax men cf the State to work out the destinies of tho State and throw off his coat of hypocritical pov erty. He attacked the former tax sys tem and stated that it was unjust and antique. ALUMNI DAY. West Raleiirh. N. C. Mav 20. Mnn. day, May 2fith. has been especially set as Alumni Uav of the commence ment at the Nor'.h Carolina State Collcg.?. tho dates of whi-h are May 2.ri and 30. It is planned to make cemmencement week a big after-the-'.ar home-coming and many of State's 200 service men, the majority of v hom h'.ve returned, are expected to be on hand for their class reunions and to renew the mnaorics of college life and acquaintances. be invented while the plant itself was under construction. Ground was broken on this vast plant ii Novem ber, 1917, and by June, 1918, gas was bein;: manufactured. When the ar mistice was signed a year later, it was running to its full capacity. . Probable one of the most essential parts of this undertaking was the fact that the plant was manned by soldiers boys who for $30 a month worked he- roically here without a chance for honor or glory. At 1 one time there were 14.000 of them employed there. These boys here risked their lives day by day for a mere pettance. Noth ing but patriotism induced them to do it. Every man knew that every time he went to work he stood in imminent danger of serious iniurv and of losing his life. In fact, if the figures are finally published it mav appear that no division in France has a higher casualty list than that develoiwl this plant. . . , u l'AmZSiEZZl WISEMAN'S APPEAL TO BE HEARD IN NOVEMBER RllplllV RnfWMfll f A TllA Tll-taArvAi Mav 19. Arnn Wineninn nf Avprv ! county declared guilty by a Cleveland county jury Vor the killing of Dr. E. ! A. Hennessee at Glen Alpine stoutly flnniua hia cnilf aa.ro .d.AifF W 11 ....... u ...u gu.ib, aa.a .J 1 1 I 1 I IT, 1 I . Lackey. Judge B. F. Long set the date for his electrocution on June 20 but an appeal was taken, consequent ly his execution will be stayed until the supreme court taes up the cases from this judical district in November next. Wiseman was to have been taken Satm day to Raleigh, but urgently in sisted on the sheriff permitting him to remain in the local jail until the last of the week so he could see his wife, children and brother. The latter part of tho week he will be taken to Raleigh by Deputy E. W. Dixon, where .he will awiit the outcome of his appeal to the higher court It was published that on first bal lot When the jury had his fate under advisement that the jurors stood nine for acquittal and one for conviction This is a mistake and the reverse is true: On first ballot the jury stood nine for conviction and three for ac quittal and on the second ballot eleven toy conviction and one for acquittal. RAISED $1,000 CASH BOND AND MAKES DEPARTURE. Gastonia Gazette. William Quarterbum, One of the two men arrested here Tuesday with 140 quarts of whiskey bound for Agust, Ga., yesterday gave bond in the sum of $1,000 for his appearance at tho May term of superior court and left the city on r.n afternoon train fcr his home, was sentenced to 10 months on the county roads two months of the sen tence being for carrying a conceal weapon and eight months for trans porting and keeping whiskey for sale. Following1 hin nnival fmm T, Jones' sentence he was brought back to tne county jail from the county roads to await trial and through his attorneys a telegram was dispatched to or.o who he was sure would come to his rescue. In a very short time his $1,000 cash bond had been placed in the hands of Sheriff Carroll and he was released from custody. The big Chalmers roadster tho men wore riding at the time they were ar rested is being held bv the officials. It will probably be sold and the proceeds together with Quarterbum's bond, in the superior court, which officers think is very doubtful, turned over to the school funds of the county. Van Dyke, a companion of Quarter bum who was driving the car and who beinjj; held in county jail. Physical ly, he is in no condition to do the work that will be required of him in the con struction of roads in Gaston county. EIGHTY-FIRST DIVISION WILL SAIL DURING JUNE Washington, May 18. The 81st di vision, in which are included many drafted men from North and South Carolina. i.t nnw fmAnLA f Anna ture from France some time in June. The 81st has been assigned to early convoy, acording to announcement to day of the war department , No an nouncement is yet forthcoming re- garaing tne port at wr.icn the troops will land. The 81st division w:ll be the third division to sail in June. Order of de parture is given in the following state ment bv the vnr riVnnr'-mrmt hnaA1 am cables from General Pershing : ine sixth and seventh divisions were released May 8 and the fourth and fifth divininnft warp rploaapt fnt 10 to be prepared for return to United oiaies. "Following is probable order of de parture of divisions already released but not yet embarked: "May, 80lh, 36th and 88th. "June. 90th. fith. 81st i()th nth on.) 7th. ' ' "Schedules of departure, based upon lenrth nf hpi'vipp unA lima nf miLuuu have been necessarily modified due to increase in third army to necessity of avoiding delay in utilizing ships ar- rivinfT Af. ,liffprPnf TlAito an'l n nnAa sity of utilizing rail facilities to each ,j,i us mese laciuties oecome. avail able. These considerations mav mod- iblv order of departure ps nnnnumwl above." SAYS EVERY MUNICIPALITY SHOULD BAR FIREWORKS Raleich. Mav 9. That pverv mu nicipality in North C'.roli'ia, Including ine incorporated villages that have governing bodies, should lose no time in seeing to it that local ordinaces include rigid prohibition of the sale as well as the use of fireworks for Fourth of July or other holiday cele bertoions, is the urgent insistance of James R. Young, insurance commis sioner and fire marshal for the state. The world war rnnuivementu fnr every avoidable sort of munition for war service nas contributed largely the past two years at least, to the great reduction of this sort of celebra tion and the corresponding diminua tion of deaths or injuries to persons on these holidays. Manufacturers had largely withdrawn fireworks from the market. Now with the war ovrr nnil comnierccial exploitation of fireworks resumed by the manufacturers, local dealers will be induced to lay. in stock if the "municipal authorities do not definitely and finally prohibit their sale and do it in time to give fair no tice to dealers that they need not buy stock of this sort. The commissioners vould have the women's clubs, safety leagues and the civic organizations in the various North Carolina towns back up their town authorities in putting a perma nent stop to the sale as well as the use of fireworks, WEBB'S APPOINTMENT EXPECTED ABOUT JUNE 1 Washington, Mr.y 19. It is under stood that the appointment of Repre sentative Webb to the western distrct judgeship will be announced about the first of June. In the naming of a new man there is no reflection on the ability of Judge James E. Boyd. The work of the district has become tax ing, with the increase in the number of courts. Charlotte Observer. SUNDAY SPORTS AND AMUSE MENTS ATTACKED EY PRESBY TERIAN CHURCH. St. Lcuu, May 17. Reports of committees on various church activ ities, .including reor.imcidntions stricking at Sunday sports andamuse menti, t.nd routine b-.ihc-.s mark ed the third day's session - of the one hnndred end tlvity-f.i-Bt general assembly to the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America to- "av-' ' The ; question- of givi-i? full ap proval to the 'inte--c'-.".r -h world novjr.ient, vhich dcv?lor.ed as one of t.'e big issues of the assembly, was in the h inds of a committee to day and the proposition .'is. expected to be presented for i-.otior at - the general session next v, jk. . Unqualified condemnation - of 'cles -r.atic.n of the SabLth" through the legalization nf Sn-,,-1. . i,i...n amrmition picture was contained m u.u report or the sp"( ml commit tee. --on-- "Sibbath observa:ici,." w'lich recommended with a d-tcmred cam. paign be c.vricd on to bri g about a Christian 0"bba:::." The report rec.irrWl 'a.,:. approval of the Sijr.dav newspaper firm ii - i . ' ...... i M-v-u mne;res l3 c.iijvnate reci tations on Monday rio' ni s to re lieve. Stl'He-ita nf -K'.-:4. ' Sundry stud;:. The ros-hitious 'com mended President Wila : and Secre tary Daniels for climin:i'.i.u' a num ber of "oojcctipnahle Sa::dav n tivi-ties- in the army and r.uvy during THE CORRECT ATTITUDE . Colored citizens of Caldwell county in public-meeting, passed resolu tions condemning the infamous crime committed bv m,.mi,pr f i.: against a young white woman in (s- wanted it known, they said, that t! ev COlldeninei ciw.K : : . ,i ."- viuuea un ine part of their race and they wanted tliu ..... iv miow tneir real atti tude. Unbiased whil-pa. l-. there are many good, hone'n colored peou e who rlstuct ., , .. ... -.vv VJ1C luimufl or till criminals of their race, but to -often af ' w,.,en- ' Particular y atrocious crime is committed, is con strued as an attitude of indifference, f not of sympathy for the offender. 1 MR IQ Minn . Ll. . - ... ..., uiijuKi, io tne cia:;s of colored people mentioned, but only bv fiaiuB, And there is anctner class of colored people all too large, who secretly sympathize with the criminals of their rare sole y for race reasons, and who d-- fpnl n ol....l.j i- , ,, , , This tends to bring -condemnation, unjustly, on the whole race and is nrnrtnrtlvp f p , i ; , .ync.ii.igs, oi race clashes and the unji.st treatment of me uoioren race. If tKp nnnj nnnnln c i.1. . 1 , vl Ui llle colore t race would always make clear their ei Ettituue, were alwavs outspoken in condemnation of the vicious ele- ....... i..,,!. maticiui ine-wnoic race they would help themselves and their iiuimuiiiif a oet'er teellnl; and a better understanding between , , . ca' an nnqerstanding that .. . .,,u.c u luiii,-, mensure oi jus tice. Statesville Landmark. CATAWBA COUNTY TO " VOTE ON ROAD BONDS The (TPllPMll aacnn.1.1.. X .. ... 1. ---- e. boiiuijj ut iNt-rtn Carolina instructed the ' board of commiR.m'nnpr nf rn. ,.,i... county to call an election for Hie purpose 01 letting the peop'e say bv their votes whptlio u..f. desire to have issued $500,000 in bonds, $100,000 to be used in taking uii ine cwton township hondit for roads and the rpnmlnm'ry tjni nnn be used for the constiuction of roads in Catawba county. The act call", for a new reciRtml-inTi nnH huq of the county wishing to vote in said election either for or acainsst he roads is required to register for this special election: The nrt nlcn .oil- r the appointment of a road cominis- oiuiiL-r i rum eacn townsnip. The elec tion will be hold on July 12. PREDICTS SENATE WILL NOT ACCEPT. Washington. Mm, in c- . , " ....... . - uriiuuil Lod?e. renii.ilienn 1p-sIai. man of the fnrpion rnlnKrtMD nvmw.'A . ' ..MHVIIO VUllllHlt,- tee, in a statement .tonight, .declared mat tne revised league tf rations "is umu-cptnble by th raajivilv of the senate without amendment. ' Cht.racterizin? the nant as incl-'Heri in thp r,nal. fof.. as "distinctly worse than -the "old and muro uangerous to tne peace of the world and to American rig! ts and in- teiostes," Sc-.ator Lodge declared that none of the cnn-restin w fvr.m thn cor, at? or from Elihu.Ro.t, has been car- l l.tl out, David Ijiwrnnpp ihn ' n.i.v.nnn correspondent who has made a trip tnrougn tne western States, says he round sentiment strong for McAdoo as the next npninnrn i- ranli.l.if a and General Leonard Wood, as the nepuoncan candidate. All the birr cotton mile ix Concord, N. C, are shut down, perhaps for weeks, and the city is losing $10,000 a day in wa-res. The trouble is a strike ordered by the mill union. The hands asked for arbitration but the mill O'Vners refuse. Many families are moving to other places. The 7,000 mill operatives at Kannanolis are ex pected to go on a strike chis week. V. J. Coleman, of Asheville, was shot and killed Saturday hy Carl West, about 15" miles from Greenviile, S. C. The shooting occurred after a disagreement between the two men. At last report West had not been cap tured. . .; :"-,-.:-. : Mrs. Thnmna S Rnllin. nf A.ki. ville. has been rprnmmpnrlpH aa Stnfn chairman of the Rennlil auxiliary cnmmiHpp whiVh mill ... uk nanieii uv rranK a. Mneny, Chair- uiuii oi me otate nepuDiican executive committee. It is part of the national nln. . U Tl 1 1 J 1 . . , I p.An u, wic ncpuuucn.i io ennst tne niu ana sympatny oi tne women in the Statu U'lipm fhttu .umt.., ......... . . . j .uii.iu. ,VVC 1 1 I is understood. SHORT NEWS ITEMS Thursday, a body of raiders, head ed by the head of the Cherokee In dian reservation, captured a still near Jackson sounty. One of the distil lers was a full-blooded. Indian: Two gallons of whiskey, whith had been poisoned by the use of galvanized pipe, wece taken. A lad of Jackson county, who made ' a witty remark when questioned by Henry Ford on his western North Carolina tour, will be presented with a "flivver" by the order of Mr. Ford. The railroad administration will scon put into effect special rates of two-thirds the charges for travel to relifious frater nal and educational meetings.' It is not yet Known the date when this will become effective. In a flight lastino- in hmii-' nn.l r. minutes, Lieutenants R:lh J. John son and Mark R. Woodward set a new world s record,-- making 457 consecu tive loops in that time.. The flight was made at Calst Fla., in a two seated fighting plane. ' Mrs. Louisa Grove, of Hanover, Pa aged 60 years, died last week from a strolie Of aoonlexv ,whii-h' on by excitement and! joy when she icicivt-u u letter irom her son in France. lie wrote that by the time she -receivad his 'uttr ha 'nm,,!.! i... boarding a ship for home. She dieii wiuuii a iew nours atter receiving letter. Last week, rieniiti- .cimrifr ti m' Ulankenshiu. of Mrllmvpll nmnio' w' Va., was shot and killed near Blue field, W. Va., when a party of officer's' engaged in loading a still on a traiU was attacked bv threp nllnm.,1 .n,nnn -. Shiners. Blankenship, shot 'and serf- uli si ' wounueu Will Murray, a mem ber oi the attacking party," before he lost consciousness. A necro. James Waters sWncA.t assaulting a white hh in-. .Tninnn county, Georgia, , was lynched last week. He was being taken to Ma con, Ga.. by Sheriff O. L. Smith, when about. ISO men blocked his road de manding the neprro. His body was found later riddled with bullets. Wa ters, had worked on the fnrnv if ,i, parents of his victim. Officers said tnat ne confessed his guilt. Rev. A. M. Frazier. TV n nf Stnn. ton, Va., was elected moderator of the 59th. general assembly of the South rn Presbyterian Church, in session' at New - Orleans,- to , suceed ' Rev. James I Vance, D. D., of Nashville, Tenn. Union of the two largest bodies of Presbyterians, the Northern and Southern w;i tho Kin. i,.. the assembly. Tip nlninn .unuui 'wa3 piracifea'trr p A -special, commission of American cctton '.manufacturers, appointed bv the executive commission of the world conference to be held in New Orleans next fall, has gone to Europe to inves tigate textile, conditions and discus:? international relations liotwceii textile, industries. The delegation will be. in Europe two months visiting cotton manfacturing associations' in tho large cotton manfacturing centers. . According to the announcement from the bureau of markets, department of . agriculture, farmers who have order ed nitrate cf soda from the depart ment must have their orders for ship ment reach Washington by June 1. All shipping orders received after this date will, cancelled. The depart ment deems it necessary to 'conclude distribution of the nitrate of soda and close the arrangement with the war department through which the nitrate was secured. Serireant Jarncs E. Me A nail v- nt Souther field, war. court-iruirt.ialerl an charges .of participating irr descrat- inu- the Wirtz monument at Ander sonville, Ga., and sentenced to therce months hard labor at Fort McPhcrson and to forfeit half his pay durintr that time. McAnallv named two reeentlv discharged men', Lieut. Myrone Lack ey and his brother, Harold Lackey, ns actually committing the act of vandal ism, it is understood mat every pos sible effort will Le made to briiig the men to trial. Monroe Sheppard, .of Union town-"":' ship, Wilkes countv. who shot and killed Ambrose Darnell, last Sep tember over a game of cards, has been captured and is now in jail at Abingdon, va. lie will he brought t, Wilkes county by Deputy Sheriff.- Bumgarner and tried m the Au.-rust term of court. His victim died at' Longs Sanitoiium. Ed. Gunter, a : Buncombe coinitv convict , sent there from Madison county for selling whishcy, escaped from the gang last week for a period of three hours, and when he was re captured he told the officers that he had 300 gallons of whiskey buried in Madison county, which he intended to sell when he had served his ten months on the gang. Rvv.'C. T. Ro.-.ll, a Baptist preacher rt Dillwyn, Va., shot R'jert Spencer Sunday moriing and the wound is considered fatal. Beall met Spencer in the road end '-danam'ed that be many h3 19-year- eld daughter, whom lie claims Spenxr had betray ed. Spencer refused and the preacher oper.ed tire. Beall a".d his son, who was with him, are in Farmville jail. Three negro men, John Crowder, Paul Lilcs and Eli Bennett, have been arrested, charged with derailing Sea- : board Air Line train No.-IS on -the -night of May 2, near Lilesville; re sulting in the killing of Engineer R. B. Hill and Ellis Hammond, the negro fireman who died the next day. It is . believed that they placed a drawhead on the track and Chief Special Agent M. Welsh, of the Seaboard and his as sistants, are confident thdt they have sufficient evidence to convict the men. A. L Lawrence, an overseer of sec tion work on the Southern, was dan gerously wounded by a shot from a shotgun, Friday morning, near Bel mont. Authur Steel, a negro is the alleged assailant. He and his boas, Mr. Lawrence, it is said, had had a quarrell, after which the neirn left. his work and secured the gun. He ' shot the overseer from behind a box car and was seized by tvo by-standers before he could escape. Mr. Law rence was taken to a hospital at Gas tonia and is expected to recover.