tn,
jrreat array. Speaking 01 tne com
plete mobilization of industry and
men they were then enthusiastic in
thoir reroiciiur. It remained . for
uninformed Americims, or disappoint
EXtfcM
(By Josephus Daniels.)
xt Friday, whether in ordinary
lions it is lucky or unlucky, is to
holy day in America. As the pre-
lude to the gatnering 01 io uninformed Americans, ui i""-"
ment Conference, the President of the Ld ones or small-bore partisans, to
United. States it to march at the head set on (oot criticism of what America
of a distinguished procession uirwugu
the national captial while all America
uncovers and does honor to the men of
the allied forces, whose sacrifice ana
valor terminated war at the eleventh
hour of the eleventh day of the ele
venth month of the year 1913.
I wonder if the people of America
had not done to light the fire to the
flame of lack of apreciation abroad
which was never felt until the United
States refused, to do its part toward
world stability. If the men under arms
crossed the seas because "they were
afraid not to fight" and if the slander
fiifl nnt exnend every
and other allied nations also can ever ener5y from the day war was declar
forget the thrill and solemn thanta-Ld to hasten the winning of the war
riving- when the knowledge tnai wai if these things are true uie
wan nvpr tullv dawned upon them? It
seemed too good to be true. More
than four long years it had gone on,
with the cost of 7,354,000 men who
were killed in battle or died of their
wound and not less, than one hundred
and fifty billion dollars in money.
This was not the whole cost, tor n is
tht war m disease and
rnnHiH."
famine as well as in battle demanded
the lives of thirty million men, women
and children, while six thousand
ships, including two hundred warships
were sunk.
Hnr. of Armistice Day DV wnra
calls for putting in sackcloth instead
of holding the head high witn con
sciousness of full partnership with all
allied people s who wnoieneanemy
gave their all in the struggle.
I was in Europe in the early days
uf ter the signing of the armistice. Not
only was there sincere gratitude ana
a feeling that America had done an
that was Dossible. and far more than
any military men thought it could do,
but there was a depndence upon tr
United States to lead m bringing sta-
fro. n fe tw swent over ihilitv to the world. They did not be
the world on November 11th, 1918 was lieve peaceful conditions could be re
heightened because It came sooner stored unless the United States took
than military leaders dared to hope, the lead.. It was not until we turned
r , j .- i. hn . nnvbodv WW. after Duttine our hands to the
I WODOuy in v I - j a
j .Atih. onH of war be- Ulnw. that Europe listened to Amert-
' - i veniureu iu jicvw r- - ' - ,
A FINE OLD HOME PAPER the Summer 0f 1919 and most of can partisan slanders and began them
A rii". vw I1" : . .. ioon I i. i-h,, nrrr,Ntallc. VOlceii
them feared it mignt run w smvca w r"- -
It is well on this Armistice Day cele- Joy George Harvey, that we were slow
bration to remember that the hopes of i going in, slow in getting over, and
concluding war in the late Summer 01 that we had not muc, hand ml the
1919 rested upon the knowledge of victory, .
America's ability by that time to put Whence came these two organized
. ,: fho tiwhtinir line I nronairanaa 1 " v "
lour iniiiwii v w tw ir . - ,
, i-j iv. -.... mitv, iT-fta nm minds OT Darusans wuu tmcu ""
and siuu m mo - , .
mines to destroy the submarine men- for trying to oiscreaiL ...e
ministrauon man iui nmci no.. ........
Rut. next Friday, when men of all
lace.
(Tune-A Fine Old EnglLh aentl.nuuU
These magazines with gravures and
all these works of art,
Are very well for city folks who Uvt
by dint of mart;
But give me first and roremosi,
It Is the prime
That fine old home town papei-ne
of the good old time.
The println" Isn't perfect, the tok'a
not uniform,
The type Is set by hand perhaps,
considerably overworn,
The dear old pres-I know It well-it-.
,vuororl n'er with grime
it - 1 add irreauy to ,0- m.
But It prints that old .home paper- B munitions. All they had was was signed on that glorious day. They
..... ,t th irnA iJd time. 1 snjjjE, v, , I j. . u tV,o In the pnminL'
- . enlisted, of men and women and pos- see m !v "i -
I look for it each week aa regularly
drop all other chums,
I drink It in, from start to fin, ridicu
lous and sublime,
That fine old home town paper, one
of the good old time
I ine lour yeaia "a i
f i Bviain nBrties and creeds and tongues, march
1 such losses m man tj" ir v
j ,..1.. .v it. in honor of Arm st ce Day. the whole
and France ana iuy - "I V . "iis - ,..m
impossible for those noble people to people wiu rejo. ... ."J
Ljj f h.ir man nower or great allied leaders that the armistice
At one moment idling-
at the next the full power load
it
I now atrenirth in overshadowing num.
. . ,
bers dependent upon a momnzeq
America. The glory of it was, too
in 1914-1918?
Many of us believe that the suffer
in.? and chaos and disasters of the
that America was fully mobilized and past year would 1 In most part hav,
11 Wn averted if the United States ha.l
mlth'g cat may have some kittens; the early Summer of 1918 tne wona inP, V "
gmltns cat ww j. mn. " ,;innB. sail es and entered the League of Na
Jones is puius w
My girl chum has got married and the
kids have got the mump.
t-j, wntwv'a built a lean-to, Jonn-
saw there was no huhl cj , , ---- - .. ,
ness and ability. It was that know- tions. In my opinion that failure by
ledge that seeped into all minds m tne e-eiaxe OI me - -
LL, in the Fall of 1918 that sponsible for most of the wor d drf.t-
IT IS fine to be sur of quick
response when you want to
jump your ear ahead. It is
just aa necessary to be able to idle
on a low throttle.
is not so difficult to make a
soline that will do eitner i
these things well. But to produce
a balanced gasoline that does
bolh, that combines power, econ
omy, clean burning and big mde
age, took years of experience m
refining, experiments with crudes
from every producing field, in
numerable tests in chemical and
physical laboratories, and with
thousands of automobiles of all
tid under all conditions of
types an
service.
Xliis balanced motor fuel
c..wW.1 Motor Gasoline
is
of
surpassing goodness. It won
derful in volatility, flame speed,
coinmVleness of combustion mid
jnileage. It assures quiek starts,,
rapid accelciation fcm! unusuaj
pulling power up heavy grades.
Even in cold weather, vhen less
perfectly conditioned gasoline la
alugbh, you can operate on n
lean, clcon-burning, ono,mifr!
mixture of "Standard" Motor
Gasoline. Why try your temper
with, others "just as good"?
- son's roses upward climb Germany n aIld depression and unemployment
GKO. Hi.
the Sunday before this
Armistice globe. But, maify good Armericana
Back to Town Crier
"K T ' . L,7d nt wish that ratification and
Day. Two notions, wnnoui s .
Ifoundation, have been dinned into lTZ.
foundation, nave oeen mnncu nvv .. -
tounoanon, n 4 ... L. were ininlr to the chance.
ears ol the worm, w - and
1 ley UUV,IW llfim .
sufferine that have come.
But. whatever the mistake of the
who was rig'ht
And uhen you need oil any POLARWE. Made the
same care always right .
STANDARD OIL COMPANY
(New Jersey)
America's dead and America's fight
.. . .. .jiii I in men who came back. They are:
How many residents - I"' . . mistak, to have
,nity have ever eonsiaereu w . 1. v " " 'T.T7w. Last, and no matter
Zl v " if tlwrp were uo new- signed the armistice, mm uw r . .
Biglit happen if tlrej sign inconcm.ive and who was Vroflg, It is the duty of
oaDers? Just prevwu on toe iruiu vyy 1 . . f. future and act in
wribe for Your Home xown ending of the war, and tnat 11 me - -
scrihe tor j. nherved the en . ' B . . , ... t-s- concert to bring about a world under-
Weea, wnicu
our noma ending of the war, ano tnai u hk - -
h is to be observed the consuHed thejr vote concert to bring about a world und r-
November7-12,lsa80od . een ,.on to Berlin" no standing which will make competit.v.
Z-aU-tbe plight of Macon
ni,, ninnt ,.ayi oc imnpfpssarv an;
As we prepare tluatl,c"v - ,
. . 1 on aironnv whrohv In- 1 i tA AdmiraltV. made
.. . . ii.. .:n ;a it nar Will nuviuc u wv.ivj t.." --- 1- rst ijiuu ui - -7.
for tms a""t3rm onceotlons Uernational difference, are settled like Uhis proposition: "Now, we say to our
wise to remove these misconceptions m 4.nH.r9t,Hlnp.a. .A :v.w fimanv. "If vou will
Prd X ulkedtSerYX ATt oe o your wo ships for
eanda ? 1 have talked to soldiers wno f nrdinarv date
were on the front that day to emm whQse made .fc .wouU have beKun aVem, we
ent commanders and to P'- Mm berinning our four ships,
"There wan no such feeling, saia vne
1 . .
1 iw.ftnT whur tne cose, vs we plcm,v- , , , ,
.Mo,' not long ago when n e uu - ration is it not will provide an agency whereby n
f!hmlele-Herattt out. . . , .. frnatinna ( fferences are settled um
Acconling to The Publishers' Aux
iliary, the 'old town crier, relic of
many wars back, was yanked from
his hiding place, Ousted off and put
back on his Job, with a jangling bell,
a megaphone, and a fog-horn voice only
a little worse lor long u-
ohleat nf the vouneer Generals. "On
mtia worse lor ions ,
it may have been a novelty fer two the other hand there wa thankagiv
u Tint Hlinfc Ot a CIHHU1UU...J
without printers' ink, compelled to get
Its announcements of auctious, sales,
court session, births, marriages,
deaths, epidemics of sickness, dog or
dinances, board meetings, commence
nntices. advertisements
of help and situations wanted, acci
dents and the rest, through a shouted
word lfke that of the ordinary train
announcer in a city depot. The town
rier was a romantic figure In his day,
but few towns would like to return to
his ministrations now.
When one thinks of the temporary
, -.0 Monnn and that It might
become the permanent handicap of
many towns, It Is well to think of sn
iportlng the local paper.
He Knowa Hif Folk
Here are some random observations
lot a man who hae visited and studied
a good many small communities:. H
voa read your local paper you will
not miss much .hat is nappeo.u
around home. There Is no use saying
that you wish your town had a paper
like one in the other town, for the
other fellow there is saying the awae
thing. The man who reads his local
paper thoroughly Is usually a pretty
'.good citizen and has it all over the
fellow who does not. Local papers,
when alt is said and done, do more to
uphold the Institutions of this state
and country than any other known
contributing force in the world's work.
ing beyond word! to exjras. The
men were ready to go forward if ne
cessary to win the American demands
possible. It calls for wisdom and gui- w;n put off beginning our four ships,
.. i-1 . i..4..s,.a,u on. I . ',.., j f;tv, fnr oifftctlv the
peal to the arbitrament of the sword'. same jjeriod." Urging a larger and
First of all. there has grown up wjder policy I wrote as Secretary of
f V,o mni men rhn Li. xt..,., 1Q1S "It. is not a vaca-
. . . j , . 1 .. .11... n na,mnniint nnlicv
served in me army ana iwy, n tion we neeu, uut a r"""" r -
Mk.'b4 (1m ttav. Keen fnvtfntten and ,..! T n.nnnl4 a world conference f ot
that the services they rendered are no reduction of armament. In the early
1 ;.t Tho ritticers ot .t f 1Q1J Freaioent vubou n
longer flpicviBwwt ..- ; pnMl ui . . - -
the American Legion complain that Col. House to confer with the German
rirH nr nut of v.- ka Rritiah and French au-
nUI'virr-UB aim vvMfc-'" - - - nainci
employment deniedthem, that their thorties. tp secure such understanding,
promised compensation and hospiiA The big navy .building program pro-
cessary to wir , the that thev have been forgotten and any propsed a world conference for
But they would have felt hey were thev ..ndered are no to of wmment. In the early
ordered to be murdered If their lead
ers had persisted , in war when the en
emy was ready to accept fully the con
ditions President Wilson had imposed
and which the allied nafcons had en
dorsed as the Joint demand."
The only real bitterness I have ever
heard soldiers expre--or mothers in
America was in" regard to the Amer-
i-- nliA ej tVtev thmirrht,
tY-eetment and rehabilitation have
been denied or delayed. It .will not do
to ienore these direct statements 01
America-was in regard to the Amer- -
ican soldiers who, a tney tnougnr . me who were toll,
"unnecessarily" lost their lives in ne - VnythillV
engagement, on the mommg of the to you Th
eleventh before eleven o'clock, The 5H;viHl citiaen is to
fact that, this deep feeling of resent jj. thp
ment exist, i. the strongest proof that sodjer he man,fested on the
it was civilian., far removed from the - , hed twn
peril of death in battle, who begar 1 and hg Jeopardy to save the
engmeereu uk ,,,v,-.m- t ( mankind. The people
was error in securing by the nU . It j, ahown
All that could have been .secured oy 1 .
co in ifllS included in its terms
.hat the President should seek to se
cure an agreement' to end competitive
h.illdinff. and if secured the
, ,
niofir pnntracxeu 101
it"" ,
would not be constructed.
The conference which opens iNovem
u. 11th nnws that the United States
now proposes the realization of what
for nine years' it has been seeding
bring about.
Can it be done?
The PMitinual asking of that ques
tion presupposes the possible thought
that the nations learned ,noinm
from the tra-vedy of war and that it
is possible for the world to lapse dbch.
into the eld alliances and ententes
and competitive navy building,, and
big standing armies and secret treat
ies which had crushed the peopie iui
centuries. . ,
r- ... a innrref ask "can it ne
donet
Bather let all Americans ask only
"How can it be done Jjest and quick
est," and lei; the conterence m
ington feel that Armistice Day is a
sacrilege unless it ushers m tne reap
ing of the sacrifices of the men who
fought and died by the adoption of a
workable plan to bring a warless era.
Qoldsboro, Nov. 7, Edwin Burke,
iim who came here last summer
as a salesman and after a brief court
ship married Miss Mabel blarney,
thinking she was rich and then desert
ed her, and was arrested m wasmng
tof, D. C." November 1 was found guil
; rourt this afternoon and
ententes j given 18 months on the roads at hard
labor.
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THE SURRENDER OF GEN. LEE TO GEN. GRANT
Random Observation.
rpv.lt tim'1 11 country nublisher talk
i i,V the editor of a farmaper:
rrv.1 ,..f r .nuiiuan dally will bring to
one' .loorsten n new. of the worl
ti,i..h the snectacles of the city
h,,t is the editor who live
i .k..' r the community Who Is
able to reflect the sentiment of the
Iteal group. He alone Is the true
interpreter of events as 4hey affect
the wn'. town and the farming com
munity that immediately urrunl the
town.
CARRIES CHRISTMAS ltIL
Washington,
tier Alameda
Nov. 8. The Navy
, carrying Chrktmas
iges to United State
F.nroDeiii) waters, will
going on to Berlin and all the loss of
life and destruction of life which con
tinuation of the war would have in
volved. Foch wa. inexorable m his
demands upon the Germans, but his
words and actions give the attempt
tn reflect uoftn the actions of the al
lied on Nov Uth, 1918, not the least
shadow of encouragement. If the
German, had not met the conditions
inncod erniivalent to surrender, as
it indeed was the allied armies would
not have paused, no matter what the
cost until victory was secured, nut it,
was a blessing to the world that tne
German civilians, seeing the inevita
ble forced capitulation rather fian in
vite destruction.
2. On this Armistice Day, it is wen
also to recall the facts to confound the
well oiled propaganda of minimising
what America did in the war. Nobody
anywhere minimized America's part
in 1917 when its money ano maienm
and ships stayed the tide until its
man power could be poured into
. ... the r.t of 300,000 a
rrance .
month in 1918-. In the early part of
1917 the Europeans felt that it
America could finance the allies that
atl that could be expected in the
I fit mar after it entrance. But we
I t in with every ounce of power on
l6" . ,QIVi w as hjman energy
every emergency. But that is not sui-rir-ient
. Thev should be made to fee!
its and this Arnjistice Day is agood
time to call back the sentiment that
dominated each one of us when these
lads were overseas or making ready to
man the trenches or fight on the sea.
Government red-tape mast be cut.
Hospitals of the best provided with
the het nurses and doctors. Much has
been done but the government as the
instrument of national gratitude must
leave nothing undone to give every
comfort and every attention and tne
het treatment to the fcrave youn
men "rounded or shell-shocked in bat
tle or undermined in strength or
health by their service in the war.
Armistice Day should be a dav 01
resolution on the part alike of indivi
duals and" officials that no soldier or
sailor Jwho served" his country in tne
world war can have ground to ever
inspect that he is not given first place
ti.ove all other Americans.
This done, public opinion should
mr-We itself felt unmistakably upon
the Disarmament Conference in
Washington In 1913 the United
States began the agitation for an in
ternational conference for reduction
of armament.
On October 1 1913, in a speech at
Manchester, Winston Churchill, then
',, ... .
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COMMISSIONER LAND SALE
Under and by virtue of the power
and authority in me vested by an or
de of sale by the Clerk of the Super
ior Court, Lincoln County, N. C. of
nto herewith, in a special pro
ceeding therein pending, entilted "K.
. 1 , .... 1 nr Aa.
B. Nixon, plantm vs. u v.,
fendant" same being a proceeding to
sell land for partition among tne ten
ants in common, the undersigned Com
missioner will sell to the highest bid
j ot nnhlic auction, at the Court
house Door, Lincolnton, N. C, at Noon
on ...
MONDAY DECEMBER lKUWi
the following tract or parcel of land,
lying and being in Catawba Springs
Township, Lincoln County, N.' C. ad
joining the lands of Same i,ucK.y es
tate, Robert Nixon Estate, John Nix
on Estate and others, ant bounded as
follows: -
Beginning at a Pine on tne nonn
side of the Public Road leading from
Triangle, N. C. to Tucker's Grove, S.
M. Luckey's comer and runs tnence o.
77 W 69 poles to a stake or stone at
the forks of the road; (one leading to
Lincolnton, N. C, and tne otner w k
Plaeel thence S. 24 poles
Jnv",BU" ' ,
to a stump on West side of ttie Road-r
thence with John Nixon s line o
44 1-2 poles to a stake; thence 88 1-2
E. 32 1-2 poles to a stake; thence N T
W 34 poles to a Black Oak Stump;
thence N 2 E 34 poles to tne Beginn
ing, containing 25 acres, more or less.
Terms of Sle-One tniro caan,
balaree in equal installment 01 six
and twelve months time, deferred pay
ments to notes with approved securi
ty and to draw interest ataix per cen
tum per annum; titl reserved untu
the payment of the purchase, money
in full.
This the 8th day of Nov. 1921
B, P. Costner, com.
Nov. 10 6w.
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'LINCOLNTON. N. C, MONDAY APTBRJfOON, NOVEMBER 14. 192J.
S Cents Per Copy, 42.00 Per Tew.
NAVAL HOLIDAY
OF TEN YEARS
THIRD ANNIVERSARY
ARMISTICE DAY
And Scrapping of 66 Capital War
ships by Three Nations Propolf
by the United States at Opening of
Washington Conference.
describes
Washington, Nov. 12. More drastic
and far-reaching than the most ar
dent advocate of disarmament dared
to hope, America's proposals were
suddently laid before the arms con
ference today at its first session by
Secretary Hughes.
A naval holiday is the proposal, in
short that the United States, Great
Britain and Japan shall scrap 66, cap
ital ships aggregating 1,878,048 tons.
Within three months after the con
iusion of an agreement, the United
States would have 18 capital ships;
Great Britain 22 and Japan 10. The
tonnage of the three nations respect
ively would under such a plan be 500,
650, 604,450 and 299,700.
Ships when 20 years old might be
replaced under the plan, and the re
placement scheme of 500.0W) tons for
the United States, 500,000 tons foe
Great Britain and 300,000 tons for Ja
pan. No replacement ships could ex
ceed 35,000 tons.
The United States would scrap 30
capital ships aggregating 843,740 tons
Great Britain 18 'aggregating 683,375
tons and Japan 17 agregating 448,928
tons.
The figues include old ships to be
scrapped, ships building or for which
material has been assembled.
Characterized by Baron Kato, the
chief Japanese delegate as "very dras
tic" but probably suitable as a basis
for discussion, and by Mr. Balfour,
head of the British delegation, as "a
statesmanlike utterance, pregnant
with infinite possibilities jind most
hopeful of satisfactory results," the
American proposal, concrete and dt
taile i, fell un the opening moments of
the great conference like of bomb
shell. The foreign delegates were
stunned. Nr other word
their feelings.
The princkal features of the Ameri
can plan proposal:
That for not less than 10 years,
cor-rctitive naval building cease as
between Great Britain, the United
States and Japan.
That all capital ships building or
planned be scrapped and a few recent
ly placed in the water be destroyed
within three months of ratification of
fhe agreement.
That the older ships of each fleet
also be destroyed reducing the British
forces to 22 battleships, the American
tV 18 and the Japanese to 10, each
ship to be retained being specifically
named.
That during the agreement, no cap
ital craft be laid down except under
a detailed replacement scheme includ
ed in the proposal which would pro
vide for ultimate equality of the
British and 'American fleets and foV
Japanese force at 60 per cent of the
strength of either of the other two
That all other naval craft be sin
ilarly provided for in the same ratio,
specific figures for aggregate tonnage
in each class being laid down.
The naval aircraft be disregarded
in the scaling down processes as
, problem incapable of solution owing
to the convertibility of commercial
aircraft for war purposes
That no naval building of any char
acter be undertaken if any of th
three countries on foreign account
during the life of the agreement.
That no capital ships hereafter laid
down exceed 35,000 tons.
That the life of a 'battleship shall
be fixed at 20 years and that ships to
he replaced be destroyed before the
.eplacement vessel is more that three
months passed completion
That no battleship replacement what.
ever be undertaken for 10 years from
date of the agreement.
That no combat craft be acquired
except by construction and none
so disposed of that it might become
part of another navy.
That regulations to govern conver
sion be drawn up, because of the
importance of the merchant marine
"in Inverse ratio to the sise of naval
armaments."
Those are the outstanding features
of the sweeping challenge Secretary
Hughes presented and representatives
lof all other nations received the pro
posal enthusiastically.
Lincolnton Observed The Day Quietly
and Fittingly Engage in Prayer
And Thanksgiving at Church
Patriotic Exercises by School Chil
dren and Address by Dr. Lingle of
Davidson.
LaSt Friday, was the third anni
versary of Armistice Day and was ob
served in Lincolnton by tolling of the
Methodist Church bell in the spirit of
thanksgiving, while at the same mo
ment the assembled congregation of
people of this community within the
Church engaged in silent prayer of
thanksgiving, and for the success of
the disarmament" conference which
began its sessions in Washington last
Friday. During the bell tolling the
school children stood in silence in thi
school room for a period of silent
prayer and thanks to the Giver of All
Good. The business houses were
closed during the services and most of
them all day.
The services at the Church were
conducted by Rev. S. R. Guignard,
while other ministers of this city, Rev.
J. T. Mangum, Dr. W. S. Wilson, and
Rev. J. A. Snow, occupied seats on the
pulpit. Rev. Guignard stated the ob
ject of the gathering and made a short
talk in reference to the conference to
limit armament, and offered prayer
for success of the conference and for.
those in authority in the nation and
world.
The scripture lesson was read by
Dr. Wilson. A large choir and the
congregation rendered several songs,
opening with "My Country Tis of
Thee." The congregation and preach
ers had in -mind throughout the ser
vices the hope that the nations rep
resented in Washington assembled in
conference will devise some agree
ment by which there may be proclaim
ed an armistic that would have no end.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
. TO CLUB MEMBERS
The time is here for the making of
your report. When you enrolled as a
member of the club, you prpmised to
keep a record and to make a report of
your work when requested. This is
important. We must have these re
cords so as to show what has been accomplished.
I am required to make a report.
This report is due on the twentieth of
this month. I cannot make my report
until I have received your report. Re
cord books were furnished you. Fill
out and forward to me at once. A let
ter is being sent you relative to your
report.
I will expect each of you to make a
report, regardless of whether you
have made a great success or not.
Please report your work.
A Free Trip to Washington.
There is being offered a free trip to
Washington, D. C, for a weeks stay
at the Capitol City for the boy who
makes the lamest yield of corn. Lin
coin, Catavba, and Burke counties are
elegible for this contest.
The trip is being offered by Con
gressman Bulwinkle. Other counties
in the Ninth District are also compet
ing for a trip. Corn club members
should sent in their records at once.
We stand a good chance of winning
this trip. Send all reports to me.
W. L. Smarr.
MORE PRIZE WIN
NERS LINCOLN FAIR
WILSON APPLAUDED
AND GIVEN OVATION
THREE MEN ARRESTED;
CHARGES AGAINST FOUR
FOR FAILURE OF BANKS
PROGRAM BY GRADED SCHOOL
CHILDREN
Friday afternoon and Friday night
a combination North Carolina and
istice Day Program was given at
The demonstration for former
President Woodrow Wilson on Arm
istice Day h Washington, xwas shar
ied in spirit, in all parts of the coun
try. On inauguration day the retir
ing President was of more interest to
the assembled throngs than the new
President. Wilson is of interest not
only because he has been President
but because he has revealed himself
raoetTTchool Auditorium, tne af
ternoon program being directed by
Supt. Johnston and the evening pro
gram was presided over by Sheriff W.
B. Abernethy. Both programs by the
school children were appropriate to
the day and large audiences enjoyed
the exercises' and said so by applause.
The music was especially inspiring
under the direction of Miss Fultoo, of
the school faculty.
The feature of the evening program
was the address by Dr. T. W. Lingle
of Davidson College, who was intro
duced by Mr. A, L. Quickel of this
city. Dr. Lingle spoke on the confer
ence for Limitation of Armament. By
his discussion of history of the
world and nations, covering a long
period, he showed to his hearers that
the -human race has and is undergoing
changes for the better, this transfor
mation coming gradually; empire
have passed, states taking their place;
the idea that might makes right is
passing from the world, and tribunals
of justice have and are being substi
tuted. Dueling as a settlement of
differences has passed, and he saw no
reason why war with all of its horrors
will not pass as a means of settling
differences between nations, and in its
place will come internationl court3
for the settlement of differences be
tween nations.
Afternoon Program.
v America Audience.
Invocation Rev. J. T. Mangum.
American Flag Recitation by
Frances Padgett, Margaret Vanstory
and Lucile Lineberger.
When Betsy Ross made Old Glory
A play given by the elementary
grades: General Washington, Sully
Lawing; Colonel Ros,s, Sanders Guig
nard; Robert Morris, Bennett Allen;
Capt. Anderson, G. W. Connor; Betsy
Ross, Elizabeth Hoyle; Helpers of
Betsy Ross, Anva Sudlow; Marie
I Helms; Margaret Merrttt, and Emily
ho I Hunter; Indians, George Lynn, Mar
"e 1 . .. it .mi
snail onives. out nimu, vmrws
Ramseur, Ruffin Self, Douglass Sig
mon, Baxter Childs, and Hugh Mc
Coy. The Thirteen ColonieB, Bessie
Turner, Franees Bodenheimer, Evelyn
Sherrill, Lucile Costner, Nellie V(ar
lick, Nancy Caldwell, Elizabeth Shu
ford, Mildred Hovis, Juanita Saine,
Virginia Hoyle, Sibyl Costner, and;
Frances Mauney. Dancer., Twelve
small children. Cast will conclude
play with Star Spangled Banner in
which they will be joined by audience.
How the World War Came to the
United States Donald Jonas.
Our Record in the World War
Helen Reinhardt.
North Carolina's War Record
Grammar Grade Pupils.
Welf.we Work at Home and
Abroad Pauline Honeycutt.
Patriotic Song Audience.
In Flander's Fields and America's
Reply Robt. Robinson and Annie
Zed Griffith Gives Bond in Sum of
$10,000. Bond for Denton Man
Thomasville, Nov. 10. Zed Griffith,
cashier of the Bank of Thomasville,
which failed in August, was arrested
here yesterday on charges' of misap
propriation of bank funds and requir
ed to give bond of $10,000 for his ap
pearance at a pjreriminary hearing to
be held November 18.
R. T. Lambeth, president of the
Peoples bank, Thomasville, which fail
ed in April, was arrested today on the
stem thatfge and -BoTW of ?5,W0 was
required. W. E. Boone, cashier of the
Bank of Denton, Davidson county,
which failed about the same timthe
Bank of Thomasville closed its doors,
was also arrested and required to give
bond of $5,000. Both of these men
will be given a preliminary hearing
November 18.
The warrants were all signed by
Clarence Latham, state bank examin
er. J. L. Armfield, president of the
Bank of Thomasville, was made co-
defendant with Zed Griffith, but of
ficers have been unable to find Arm
field. It is thought by many Thomas
ville people that Armfield has left the
country and Governor Morrison will
be asked to offer a reward for infor
mation leading to his arrest.
DEMOCRATS CARRY MARYLAND
BY INCREASED MAJORITIES
Baltimore, Mr., Nov. 9. Virtually
complete returns from yesterday's
election show that William S. Gordy,
Jr., Democrat, was elected comptrol
ler by a plurality of approximately
18,000 over State Senator Oliver Met
zerot, Republican. The Democrats
are also assured of control of both
branches of the legislature by an
increased majority over the last ses
PRIZE WINNERS IN THE LIN
COLN COUNTY FAIR IN THE
HOME ECONOMICS DEPART
MENT Special Canning Club Exhibits.
, Girls. 1st prize, Miss Elizabeth
Coon, Lincolnton Star Route, $25.00;
2nd nrize Miss Prue Leonard, Lincoln-
ton, Route 1, $20.00.
Special Group Display 'for Club
Women. 1st nrize. Mrs. J.Kw. Hoov
er, Crouse, Route 1, $25.00; find prize
Mrs. R. C. Carpenter, Ijbcplnton,
Route 1, $20.00; 3rd, priw Mrs. Ja
cob Ramsaur, Lincolnton, Route 1,
$15.00.
Snecial Groun Display for Club
Girls and Women 1st Pri, Mrs. J
R. Goins, Reepsville, N. C, .00; 2nd
prize, Mrs. J. T. Delane, lincolnton,
Route 4, $2.00.
Exhibit of Preserves.
1st prize, Mrs. J. W. Hoover,
Crouse. R-l. $3.00: 2nd, prize Miss
Rosa Goins, Reepsville, $2.00.
Exhibit of Jams.
1st, prie, Mrs. J. W. Hoover, Crouse
R-l. $3.00; 2nd prize, Mills Gladis
Hoover, Crouse, $2.00.
Exhibit of Picklesv!
1st. prize Mrs. J. W. Hoover,
Crouse, R-l $3.00.
Canned Fruits and Vegetables.
Peaches. 1st, Mrs. J. R; Goins
Reepsville, 75c; 2nd-Miss Bettie Goins
Reepsville, 50c; 3rd Miss Ruth Robin
son, Lincolnton, 26c. i
Pears 1st prize, Miss Mamie Hov
is, Lincolnton, R-6, 75c; and, Miss
Annie Hovis, Lincolnton, R-9, B0c; 3rd
Mrs L. A. Willis, Lincolnton -4 Hoc
Berries 1st prize, Mis. Margretta
Seagle, Lincolnton, R-l, 7Bc; 2nd
Miss Annie Hovis, Lincolnton R-6
50c; 3rd. Miss Vivian Biggerstaff, Lin
eolnfnn P.i OK I
Cherries lat prize Misa" Luzelle
flhilders. Lincolnton R-l. iliOO: 2nd
Miss Bettie Goins, ReepsviBe, N. C
75c; 3rd. Miss Rosa Goind, Reeps
ville. N. C, 50c.
Fig-- -1st Miss EliaabctVSfloi'n, Lin
colnton, N. C. R-l, 75c;.
ADDles 1st prize Miss Luzelle
Childers. Lincolnton R-l. 75c; 2nd
Mrs. J. W. Hoover, Crouse, R4 50c
3 rd. Miss Margretta Seagle, Lincoln
ton, jn. u. zoc,
Huckleberries ilst prise Mrs, J, W
Hoover, Crouse, R-l 75c.
Plums 1st prize, Misi Edith Del
linger, Cherryville R-6 76; 2nd, Miss
Annie Hovis Lincolnton, R-6, 50c.
Beans. 1st prize, Miss Margretta
Seaele. Lincolnton, R-l, 75c; 2nd
Mrs. J. W. Hoover, Crouse, R-l 50c
3rd. Mr. Marcus Hovis, Lincolnton
R-6 25c.
Soup Mixture 1st. prize Miss Sal
lie Warlick, Lincolnton, N. C. 75c
2nd, prize Mrs. Rt F. Hauss, Lincoln
ton. R-l 50c; 3rd. Miss Prue Leo
nard, Lincolnton R-l 26c.
Tomatoes. 1st prise, Miss Rate
Mosteller, Reefmville, 76c; 2nd, Miss
Elizabeth Coon. Lincolnton, Star
Route, 50cj 3rd Miss Sullye Brown,
Iron Station, 26c,
Sweet Potatoes 1st prise Mrs. J.
W, Hower, Crouse R-l 76c,
Kraut. 1st prize, Mrs. T. A. War
lick, Lincolnton, R-l 75c.
Baby Beets 1st. Prize, Mrs. J. W.
Hoover, Crouse, R-l, 75c; 2nd Miss
Lincolnoh, R-l, 50c;
Crowds Along Funeral Procession
Warmly Cheer Him Half Hour
Demonstration Staged at his Resi
dence, with Repeated Applause.
AMERICA'S STUPENDUOUS RE
SPONSIBILITY IN THE ARMS
CONFERENCE
01: .u-i.
t, , , 0. . , 3rd Vivian Biggerstaff, Lincolnton, K
throuffhout the State was les s than "V" 68 '
CO per cent of the registration. I4'6,
in Baltimore, electing the entire city WWers, Lincolnton R-l 75o, 8nd.,
. ,..-.,..,.. jAjaJZ Mrs. Jno Seagle, Reepsville, N. v.,
aim legislative LiLtvein.
Miss Luzelle
50c.
the ' Corn 1st prize Miss Beuian itauss,
Winston-Salem. Nov. 10 At
closing session of the district Odd Lincolnton, R-l fl.OO; 2nd Mrs, John
Fellows meetinir here last nieht. an- W, Hoover, CrouM R-l 76c; 3rd Mrs.
nouncement was made that the grand W. G. Rinck Lincolnton R-2 50e,
lodge, I. 0. O. F., would meet in this 1 Lima Beans 1st. prize Miss NeL
city next May, and that "Cyclone He Beam, Cherryville, R-l, $1.00 jt 2nd,
Mack." the evanirelist. has ac- Miss Prue Leonard, Lincolnton, R-l,
Washington, Nov. 11. Former Pres
ident Wilson made his first public ap
pearance Friday since he left the
White House riding in the funeral pro
cession for the unknown dead soldier
and later greeting a crowd gathered
at his home. .
Everywhere Mr. Wilson was given a
demonstration. When his carriage
entered the funeral line at the foot of
the capitol hill he was greeted with a
fluttering of handkerchiefs and then
with handclapping and cheering which
continued until he left the line after
passing the White House, where he
exchanged salutes with Pres. Harding.
The demonstration at his home was
of great proportion.. It was arrang
ed as a non partisan affair by a com
mittee of seven women for whom
Hamilton Holt, of New York, was
spokesman.
"We congratulate you, a wounded
soldier of the world war, on your re
gaining health," Mr. Holt said to the
former President, who had come to
the front portico of his home to re
ceive the committee. "We pledge you
our nonor and respect, lour worn
shall not die."
When the. cheering which greeted
this statement had subsided, Mr. Wil
son made his first public utterance
since he was taken ill more than two
years ago.
"I wish I had voice enough to reply
to you," he said, "I oan only thank
you from the bottom of my heart. God
bless you. "
"Good bye and thank you," Mr. WH
son responded. Voices started up "My
Country Tis of Thee" and at the end
of the first stanza Mr. Wilson kissed
his hand to the crowd, while Mrs. Wil
son at his side wept silently. A min
ute more and Mr. Wilson had re-entered
his home, but it was half an
hour .before the crowd dispersed, the
former President appearing at a win
dow on the second floor in response
to repeated calls.
Half an hour before the committee
of women arrived, four wounded sol
diers from Walter Reed hospital drew
up in front of the home in an auto
mobile A few mjnutes later the form
er President appeared. There was a
cheer apd the crowd rusid from all
sides, scattering police iiirj Bqy scquts
Until the street was choakad,
Mr. Wilson doffffed hi hat In re
sponse to the cheers and then was as
sisted as he slowly descended the
steps. He shook hands with each of
the wounded men in turn as the
crowd continued its cheer'e and wav
ing of handkerchiels, flags and (low
ers. Returning to the steps, a few feet
away, the former President received a
group of little children, shaking
hands with each. Several bunches of
chrysanthemums were presented by
the children and by women who rush
ed to the door from the crowd.
Mr, Wilson was astir eftrly today to
take his place in the funeral proces
sion for the unknown soldier. To a
group of correspondents who were at
his home when he returned he said
that he was glad to pay homage to tha
unknown. Of the demonstration which
he received on Pennsylvania avenue,
he said:
"It was rther embarrassing be
cause it was given in a funeral pro
cession."
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, Mr.
Wilson's personal physician, visited
the ' former President soon after his
ride, and later said Mr. Wilson ap
parently had suffered no ill effects.
cepted an invitation to deliver the an
nual sermon on this occasion.
Womack.
The Story of President Lincoln
Ollie May Crowell.
A Doughboy's Own Story Ben Mis. Janle Brown,
as one of the
.history.
very greatest men in
Willis.
Kiffin Yates
Rockwell, Thelma
75c; 3rd Mrs. L. M. Seagle, Lincolnton
R-l, 50c.
Field Peas 1st prize, Mrs. J. W.
Hoover, Crouse, R-l, $1.00.
English Peas. 1st prize, Mrs. Cora
Pellinger, Iron Station, $1.00; 2nd.
Iron Station, 75c;
Watts.
Our Dead Overseas Laura Mac-
donald.
Star Spangled Banner Audience.
Benediction Rev. S. R, Guignard.
The evening program was as fol
lows:
America Audience.
Invocation Rev. J. A. Snow.
How the World War Came to the
United States Donald Jonas.
Blue Stars and Gold Stars Gene
veive Dellinger.
North Carolina's War Record
Grammar Grade Pupils.
Our Dead Overseas Laura Mac
donald. Taps J. W. Proctor.
Solo Mrs. J. R. Gamble.
Introduction of the speaker, Hon A.
L Quickel.
Address Dr. T. W. Lingle.
Star Spangled Banner, Audience.
Benediction Dr. W. S. Wilson.
3rd, Mrs. Beulah Hauss, Lincolnton,
R-l, 50c.
Okra 1st. prize, Mrs. J. W. Hoover
' Crouse, R-l, $1.00; 2nd, Miss Eliza
; beth Coon, Lincolnton Star Route, 76c.
Pimentoes 1st prize Mrs. J. W.
Hoover, Crouse R-l, $1.00; 2nd, Miss
Beulah Hauss, 75c; 3rd Mrs. J. T. De
Lane, 60c.
Carrot 1st prise, Miss Luzelle
Childers Lincolnton, R-l, $.00j 2nd,
Mrs, Jacob Ramsaur, Lincolnton, R-2,
76c,
J Pumpkins-4st, prlae, Mrs. J. t,
DeLane, Lincolnton, R-4, $1.00; 2nd,
Mrs. L. A. Willis, Lincolnton Star
Route, 75c; 3rd, Mrs. J. W. Hoover,
Crouse, R-l, 60c,
Squash 1st prise, Mrs. Jacob Ram
saur Lincolnton, Route -2 $1X10 2nd
j.Mrs. Jacob Ramsaur, Lincolnton, 76c.
Spinach Is prize Mrs. J. W. Hoov-
COTTON GINNED UP TO NOVEM
BER I, AMOUNTED TO 6,645,136
BALES.
Washington, Nov. 9. Cotton gin
ned prior to November 1 amounted to
6,646,136 running bales, including
11,150 round bales, and 11,7775 bales
of American-Egyptian, and 1,886 bal
es of sea island, the Census Bureau
announced today.
The average gross weight of bales
this year was announced as 502.5
pounds, compared with 511.2 pounds
last year.
List year to November 1 there had
been ginned 7,508,633 bales, including
159,058 round bales, 23,028 bales of
American-Egyptian, and 540 bales of
sea ieland ,
(Continued on page four)
Ralelg'i, Nov, 10, Conferring
with t'.e state highway commission
today, Governor Morrison urged tho
use of federal appropriation money
on particular projects, recommend
ing that the commission not under
take to smear It over several roads.
This is proposed to that the peoph
may know what roads the state has
built and those the government mon
y will build. This money will be used
on interstate highways, in compliance
with the federal law.
(By David St. Clair.)
Washington, November 12. How is
the arms conference to clear away the
cause of war and limit armaments ?
America is now expected to answer
that question, to solve the hardest
problemever put before the human
race.
The foreign delegates arriving in
Washington have brought here no def
inite proposal for the solution of the
problem, so we are told. They have
come here to learn of the men who
hav? initiated the conference how the
conference is to find one, if possible.
They have come in the spirit of men
who have advanced a plan which the
men back of the Washington confer
ence have rejected.
"You would not have our plan ,but
we are ready to accept yours it it
seems as good as ours, or better. Ws
have suffered far more than you have.
We know a great deal more about the
actual horrows of war than you do.
We greatly need your help and will
accept it on almost any terms you
may offer,"
One has only to read into the words
of the delegation arriving here to di
vine that is the true spirit in which
they approach the conference. The
world has come to sit at the feet of
the most powerful and apparently the
most fortunate nation on the face of
the earth to learn from it how to save
the world and all its work from com
plete extinction.
No nation in history ever assumed
such moral responsibility as America
now takes upon herself in this confer
ence, because this conference is the
outcome of America's rejection of the
league of nations by a 7,000,000 ma
jority at the "solemn referendum."
Yet in the face of this straggering re
sponsibility, the President said a few
week, ago that if the conference were
a failure, the United States would be
least affected by it. In other words,
this country could, more than any
other country, ignore the failure, That
is sure to be the plea set up, if failure
is seen to be inevitable. 1
la this, conference, PrOTrato Hard
ing' will have to meet a moral acid
test that none of his predecessors
ever had to undergo. There are qther
men more responsible for th condi
tions that made the conference a ne
cessity, but by virtue of his powerful
office, he ought to be able to do more
than any human being to bring suc
cess to the conference. No one desire
to do so, for the achievement would
immortalise him to a degree such as
few men have been immortalized.
But doe3 the President, does, the
Secretary of Btate, ' do any of the
American delegates a.nd advisors real
ly and truly visualize what the failure
of this conference would morally mean
to this country? When the President
announced his purpose of calling the
conference foiir months ago, there had
met in London representatives of the
British and Japanere government, to
consider the extension of the Anglo -Japanese
alliance. If the alliance is
t ot extended, it will lapse next sum
mer. The cai:.ng of the arms con
ference was hurried to forestall the
extension, for in the continuance of
the Anglo-Japanese alliance is seen
the seed of certain war between the
United States and Japan in the Pa
cific, The President's hand was forc
ed, for ha did not intend to call the
conference till a year hence.
England wanted the alliance with
Japan extended, because she fears a
nossiblv hostile Japan might drop a
bomb in seething India and blow up
the British empire, Japan wanted the
alliance extended because America
had refused to join the league of na
tions and ratified the Versailles trea
ty. Nothing has so widened the breach
between America and Japan as the
action of the Republican Senate on
Woodrow Wilson's work at Paris.
When England saw America make
a counter move against the extension
of the Anglo-Japanese alliance, with
the calling of the conference to limit
armaments, she called a halt. Then
there began a definite move in Eng
land for an Anglo-American alliance.
This movement had reached such di
mens ion by the aid of propoganda,
that the Harding government last
week instructing George Harvey, the
American ambassador, to warn the
English people that an alliance with
America was unthinkable,
During the last few months Ameri
can propoganda channels have been
working over time to make impossible
the renewal of the Anglo-Japanese
alliance. Two months ago, Lord
Northcliffe, the firebrand of British
journalists, called on Secretary Hugh
es and then set out for Japan as an
active agent to (undermine Japan's
hope of retaining England as an ally.
So offensive had he made himself in
Tokio, that he was refused an official
reception.
The campaign in England igainst
the renewal of the alliance and the
known hostility in America to the al
t (Continued on page four..
THE ADDRESS OF
PRESIDENT HARDING
PRESIDENT HARDING'S AD
DRESS AT BURIAL OF UN
KNOWN AMERICAN SOLDIER
AT ARLINGTON
Mr. Secretary of War and Ladies
and Gentlemen: We are met today
to pay the impersonal tribute.
The name of him whose body lies
before us took flight with the im
perishable soul. We know not
whence he came, but only that his
death marks hiin with the ever
lasting glory of an American dying
for his country.
He might have come from any
one of millions of American homes,
some mother gave him in her love
and tenderness, and with him her
most cherished hopes. Hundreds
of mothers are wondering today,
finding a touch of solace in the possi
bility that the nation bows in grief
over the body of one she bore to live
and die, if needs be, for the Republic.
If we give rein to fancy, a score of
sympathetic chords are touched, for in
this body there once glowed the soul
of an American, with the aspirations
and ambitions of a citizen who cher
ished life and its opportunities. He
may have been a native or an adopt
ed son; that matters little, because
they glorified the same layalty, they
sacrificed alike.
We do not know his station in life,
because from every station came the
patriotic response of the five millions
. I recall the days of creating armies.
and the departing of caravels which:
braved the murderous seas to reach
the battle lines for maintained nation
ality and preserved civilization. The
service flag marked mansion and cot
tage alike, and riches were common to
all homes in the consciousness of ser
vice to country.
We do not know the emineno of
his birth, but we know the n-kry of
hi. death. He died for his country,
and greater devotion hat no man
than this. He died unquestioning, un
complaining, with faith in his heart
and bopfeon Wa Jlipi, ttmt hie country
should triumph 1and its civilization!
survive. As a typical soldier of this,
representative democracy, he fought,
and died, believing in the indisputable
justice of his country's cause. Con
scious of the world's upheaval, ap
praising the magnitude of a war
the like of which had never horrified
humanity before, perhaps he belief,
ed his to be a service destined to
change the tide of human affairs
n the death gloom of gas, the
bursting of shells and rain of bullets,
men face more intimnteiy the great
God over all, their souls are aflame,
and consciousness expands and hearts
are searched. With the din of battles
the glow of conflict, and the supreme
trial of courage, come involuntarily
hurried appraisal of life and the
contemplation of death's great mys
tery. On the threshold of enternity,
many a soldier, I can well believe,
wondered how hia ebbing blood would
color the stream of human life, flow
ing on after his sacrifice. His patrio
tism was none less if he craved wore.
than triumph of country; rather, it,
was greater if he hoped for a victory
for all human kind. Indeed, I re
vere that citizen whose confidence in
the righteousness of his country in
spired belief that its triumph is tha
victory of humanity.
Thia American soldier went forth,
to battle with no hatred for any peo
ple In the world, but hating war and
hating the purpose of every war for
conquest. He cherished our national
rights, and abhorred the threat of
armed domination; and in the mael
strom of destruction and suffering
and death he fired his shot for libera
tion of the captive conscience of the
world. In advancing toward his ob
pective was somewhere s thought of
a world awakened; and we are here to
testify undying gratitude and rever
ence for that thought of a wider free
dom.
On such an occasion as this, amid
such a scene, our thoughts alternate
between defenders living and defen
ders dead, A grateful Republic will
be worthy of them both. Our part is
to, atone for the losses of heroic dead!
by making a better Republic or the
living.
Sleeping in these hallowed grounds
are thousands of Americans who have
given their blood for the baptism of
freedom and its maintenance, armed
exponents of the Nation's conscience.
It is better and nobler for their deeds.
Burial here is rather more that a
Ign of the Government's favor, it ist
a suggestion of a tomb in the heart of ,
the Nation, sorrowing for its noble
dead.
Today's ceremonies proclaim that
the hero unknown it not unhonor-
ed. We gather: bjm to the Nation's
breaat, withi the shadow of the
Capital, of the towering shaft that
honors Washington, the great fa
ther, and of the exquisite mom.
(Continued on, page twoi