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AMERICA WILL . JOIN
no aluaIeIsave
UNIVERSAL LEAGUE
Resident Says This Nation
Favors Only General
Brotherhood -
- T :
workmen-applauik
Chester Visits Mother's
Birthplace and Speaks in
Church' at Carlisle
Cheered by Crowds '"'
' Manchester, Dec. 30. President
Wilson today gave .-. warning that
America would join no combination
or alliance except a league of all na
Hons. Addressing jfAty workmen at
Free Trade Hall,,, tie. declared that
the league of nations must be a great
covenant by which-"all nations will
unite for the, rhaintenance and tri
umph of tight. The statement was
gTeeted by wild applause.
At Mother's Birthplace.
At Carlisle yesterday the Presi
dent visited his mother's birthplace
and saw relics of her father.' He reg
istered at an old Congregational
cnurch and attended a service. Ask
ed by the officiating minister to ad
dress the congregation, Mr. Wilson
hesitated a moment and then com
plied. He spoke of his mother and
her English connections, and showed
emotion when he had concluded. ,
The weather at Carlisle was rainy,
but large crowds braved the down
pour and cheered the American-lead
er.
,
New; York, Dec. 27.. Success
,otjthe jwacAcaBfaeaciidk tb
safeguarding of civilization
against another world war will
be assured as a result of the
preliminary conferences Presi
dent Wilson Is holding at London.
There is no longer reason to
doubt that an agreement on all
basic essentials concerning the
- league of nations can be reached
by the democracies of the United
States and Great Britain.
London, Dec.-,27. Great strides to
ward an amicable ... settlement and
highly important peace preliminaries
were made when . President Wilson,
Premier Lloyd-George and Foreign
Minister Balfour conferred today at
Buckingham Palace. This was the
d5sti.net, understanding at the con
elusion Of the convention.
President Wilson met the .British
leaders in La apartment. The' ses
sion lasted an hour and a half. The
league of nations, freedom of the
seas and possibly the Russian situa
tion are known to have been sche
duled for discussion. . . y
As the President and British min-
isters came down the steps of the
palace shortly after noon they Were
' in high good humor. -They departed
at once for Downing Street, where
they lunched with other British
statesmen and American Ambassa
dor Davis.
President Given Great Ovation.
When the American executive ar
rived here late yesterday he was
greeted by million. Probably no
living man has been accorded such
an- ovation by London. More than
1,500,000 persons lined the two
miles of streets through which the
President passed.' At Buckinham
Palace he delivered a short address.
RAN PURLOINED CAR
INTO POLE, ESCAPED.
An unidentified., man Saturday
evening appropriated the car of B.
B. Sugg when a 'son of Mr. Sugg left
it standing, in front of. the Lenoir
Drug Store at Monument Corner and
drove it to Heritage- Street, where
Patrolman, Frank Uforsell, w"ho
thought because, it had no lights that
the machine was conveying a iilind
tiger and his goods, gave chase. Near
the corner of. Heritage and King the
car collided with a - telephone' . pole
and was capsized and the driver leap,
ed out and escaped.' The damage to
the jnachjne. was "heavy,, aggregating
several hundred dollars.
THIRD VICTIM AT -"SCHOOL.
Louise McGehee died at the Cas
well .Trair.:ng,,cchoor Saturday morn
ing at 9 o'clfljLkr the third to die of
influenza there. Sha,was( nine years
of age and. the .daughter of a Reids
ville physician. The general situa
tion at th school continues to im
frov - "' " " ' - '
Local Health Dope ; - '
Adopted for"WorId-';:j
iiiue jisinauuon
'.Intetnational Health Commis
sion' hs adopted two'atriktng posters.
ot the local wreau -f Hearth jo-he
circulated in eyer? -country , in. which
(physician are-, JtatianediV? Of
ficials it' headquarters in New 5ork
say. they are he test on the su&deets
With whka. th deal that" hav bea,a
presented. v Cppies , nave been ; Ktho
graphed for ", distrabntipn; .'in rS'outh
AmerWr?C!hina, Africa , and "elsewhere,.-ps;
well aa,,'$hroighoutr;this
country. ;, :. '''.
' One of 4he posters deali.with san
itary installations In ruraF localities..
W -points out; thiji'Ui. davjees. fllus
trafced prevent trohoidJ,lnd several
otherkvldely prevalent, diseases. Sta
tistics as given. The other is em
bellished wnh pictures of the trouble
some, hookworm. "and facts concerning
the . ;Bet'a 'artrfeties. It sets ( forth
that -for-, eight.'. drae. . before starting
on dts -life's work' tflWworm "trains,"
exejc$9iftg'.6n;' the grond "and. fat;
teningj' .'ftniyhat .twice, (taring ! that
ocrfodt it ehed it skin likexa snake.
This" fenithal is more deadly tnn all
the -yjpfcrine serpents n this
the "o.ux)try, 40 per cent of adults
70 per cent of children were in ,i3
clutches 'the, last tinie the health bu
reau took a census.'
InternatioftaJ; and State health of
ficials have.-omplimented the local
department tipon'the posters. They
were designed hy Dr. James S. Mitch
eneryh&ftd the bureau.
. '-,: Mi .'. '- - " .
at but the Cuckoos
da JTrains; Here's a v
; Passenger Wbo Kicks
4 -.'
y the United Press)
Iiinston, ; Dec 30. "Pas-.
rs'.'doVjnotnjoy . the pre-
i "oi i alarms ana cuckoo
aboard . trains,?
v '" the fiutden of. a lct-
itr ri-ct'iveu louay oy mu Dureuu
of suggestions and complaints ,
of the Railroad Administration.
The letter explained that every
15 minutes during a trip sf nine
hours on a Southern! Railway'
train a (cuckoo clock ' sang out
the time. .. ', '
An alarm clock also carried by
the owner of the ' cuckoo time-
' piece broke loose once at 3 a. m.
i . 4 ;".'.. '
AMERICAN ARMY HAS
BEEN REDUCED MORE
THAN HALF MILLION
, (By the United Presi)
Washington, Dec! '?8. Over half
a million men have been dismissed
from army camps to date" and over
1,000,000 are booked for early dis
charge, here hind abroad, Chief of
Staff March announces.
General ... Pershing, has assigned
for early convoy a total of 6,321 of
ficers and 168,239 men. In this coun
try 937,000 men are booked for dis
charge, 37,000 more than last week's
total. .' To date discharges at 'Ameri
can army camps number over 500,
000 men and nearly : 40,000 of ficers.
FRENCH LABOR DEAD
SET AGAINST WAR
Paris, Dec. 28. The workmen
France are determined to ';
future wars and will insist upol a
peace based on President Wona
program, Albert l nomas, minwer oi
munitions, told the United nfess to
day. He based this statemit on m
fnrm'ation obtained fromitliousands
of French soldiers.
NEW PASTOR IN JfULPIT
QUEEN STREET CHURCH.
Rev. O.-.X. Reed,, new pastof of
Queen: Street Methodist Church, oc
cupied the pulpit .Sunday morriing for
the first time: He preached-again
at night Large congregations beard
him.. The parishioners in large -num
bers were introduced to Mr. Reed fol
lowing ioth services. ' " The - new
bachelor . pastor has not .dided
whether She will occupy the parson
age or board. The church -residence
wa vacated by Rev. M. .H. Tuttle
and f a'p. Hy, -who-went to Lenoir, last
pamofl
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PnRTIIfillFSFSTAn;i(lT.'flF;',flRK
WITH UNCLErSAM OiN
PSAILLESPRSIS
V Paris, jDoc,:,2S.-Tpo.:titiga'l jrfi
port t:resideo Wijson.g :plan' low
leagve of.nations the limit,. Bijas
Momt.' loreiirn mmister M . Fert&irtu
states. . M6niSs has. thus aligned pHy
self with. iheErench: Italian, '-.an
Sipanls statesmen, whorrf the""JrQs':i
dent, since' his' Arrival. has. arrajc in
favor of the" league..! .: 1 5V
1 V ' ' r '' ' ;f ? 1 ,
l. 11 . T i -
. jvioni,!!, neaaa ine roriugTienei pejice
dclegatOnv which iside .'from.,Jh
United ' State's i'd. tho ' oofy' le'lliliur.
ent tq date 'reody to: feegmthecpnif
VOTE
BY FRENCH CHAMBER
(By the United Ptesi)' .' ?
Paris, Dec. 30. The chamber of
. . - . . - .., 't..
utics loiiowmg an auaress oy
ier Clemenceau today passed ,. a
vote Tf ' confidence ih the govern
ment Sat. to 93. s ' ' '
WHAT
WE NAME " i .
THE
AL WAR BABIES?.
London. Dec. 12XiBy. Slain.-rln
connection with the pwaoosal to. tdi
ido the surrendered GeTafen battle
raft among the Allies and Iw; Unit
1 States, it is suggested hfM;ha,t
the battle cruiser Hindenlburg belj
en to i ranee - -ana renamoa
Marshal Fo.-h." ' . ' , ' :'l
This Is- on the theory that :-smce
Germany named the baltleshii "af tr
her greatest soldier," the ship should
be given to the: nation which really
produced trie greatest sojaier. r
It also is suggested that the Sey
dUtz,.' the::.:Ge'r1nah.'ifIagship;. bajallo
cated to England and recnristenea
"Beatty ' after the aumiral com
mandinir - the : fleet to which she
struck her flag. ' . ' . ?
FOOD "SURVEY FOR DECESIUEU
SHOWS A GREAT INCREASE.
V Special to The Free Prest)
Washimrton. Doc. 30 The corn
mercial stocks of wheat aqtnary re
Iorted in a survey made by the De
nnrtm'ent .of Asrriclttiure for . Dese-m:-
ber-1, : 1918r-amount4d to -219,1213
bushtla. ! These,. holdings," by . 10,069
firm s elevators, " warehouses," . grain
mills- and wholesale' dea'lers-Aere
more than1 twice as large ' as, .the
atpcKS new oy ne,aametnrin a-yer
earlier, the actual percentage .own
206.1. per, ceht.5 of 191!?. stodk A
The Commercial stockS'-ot'pther.J1-
reals ; reported - f or December I, 1,
according to the epanment A.wte-
ment. wcre as follows:, Corn,JK,f93k-
789 bashtl: oatsOl.CJOr i ' buslii
els; bar'ey, voo.s Diri-ts: 4 r e,
i;j.yOT.ui Dusneis ii . i .xc" '
represent the followihfierc?
OI Tn C.OJ TKSI'OtlUlIlg MiWVmB .ill 1JV-
j:- - 'It.. .1.1 i ..-J-n--
oats, 94.6 pfr eajarleyvHt;r
cent.: rye, -1;4.J .'At cent
L ABOR ADMwISTU "iTORS
EA DIED ARIZONA.
An increnw of Arizona 191 8 cop-
per proTirdjfbw- oSUQ,pK),pQ0 pounds'
over 191 7 " X
Not ashifT "hrmino, mill or
smetofiron "November' 1, 1917, to
Oetobft 21, J318: ...
Tse'ure the result3 of the wnk
hef lar(adiiiViti.-to''"i' appoint
for1 Amorfsl. -ijy -"tne-- Presitlext'-J
iation commission "tnth fall of
1917, as shown in the annual report
of William B. Wilson, Secretary of
Labor.
The situation in Arizona in 1917
was one of the chief causes leading
to the appointment of the cpmmis
sion. About 8 per cent, of the cop
per output of . the Urited States, is
produced in four copper disticts of
that State. In the early sum -.er of,
1917 there were widespread " strikes
in those districts, resulting in three
months in a loss of output of 100,
000,000 pounds. '
N
Nev Y6rk .futures quotations; were:
.' Open. Close.
January ........... 30.25 29.35
March .......... ' .23.80 .; 27.87
May . 2S O0 2f..2
July 27i5 36.03
Local receipts to' 3 o'clock were
about 20 bales,' prices ranging from
CONFIDENCE
sirfix
ofJt
Viied
29 12 downward. j "
TO BE'JOIINi
nnKFr.FflKmNfiRFsS
HiCAflTiPS
Mttst Pass ftcVjcnue Bill arid
Xlhes fliflportant 4we,a
.. - vms if'MVsl Wnrbinii
. i t. " . . .:
;(By fne '.United Prewl
rWrfiShingtn, ffeec. " 30, Gpngrjess
bVeTil'.more AViJJ'kipg days 1efore Uie
sorae oi -th& morfe Important things
it, must do o'.Uiatj time jf an extra
session, is, td be..widod: '.. . '
?a3i the ,feya)ie bill; frame and
nnss nearly scofo. ot -appronrratjion
bais: deoide ppttflo army reorgam
fcatianpoicyfihc future naval
Dolfcy; .iVldC-t'l Und. for tho pay-
jjient; 'of; thrv a - bashd.' wheat
guarantoa a'atl "jncans. of dispensing
the fund.'. ' .
11
STEAMER ,ON ROCKS.
-rlondon, Dtci 30. The Ameri
can Liifl piaamshii) Ialedyeu is
on rocks ff te English coast.
Lloyds , annoiinyes. The rescue
of passongf has been com menc
f rd. No 8teame,Ialedyeu is.reg
. istered inlodi' register. , '
POLES PEFY' gIrMANS.
London Doc(:S0. Machinegun
hiirg rayedTpJl Friday after-
.,nrt at, -J'fiwi vt tor lgnace Jan
' PadwjiMkii' fjr"i)us pianist and
' PolishJoade fead; defiwl tle
'T' Germany" Sbjw paused America
and Allied jCJi to be hoiirtd
according o;fc dispatch
AGAIN yNPREPABKa.
-- a, isjunpwpard todf'V talie
;va.r.V(-tii4 Mr''Bo'dlSk as'
- she was a; yar. ,to exOwe
their departure'' France, SeK$k
;ator, ChambetWwi, chairman oi
thei, militaryfcommittce, today
. declared, ill . i
COLITIOTjyrvICTOIY.
Londo Dec. " 28. The first
J jnnijup.-?iienti of a( result in -the
, . paflifjpehtary' ielections of De-"
-,..Whjrtr.'-14i .ni ado .public today,
victory , for a coalition
aL . MarrB.on," coalition candi--fyiljiteforthe
Bouse of Commons,
Vwon 'over Sirs. Dcppart, labor
Ikandidatc, 7,25U to 5,634.
WARNING TO PRESS
MEN OF A HUN COUP
Borl.n" ; Dec, 28. -Tho . German
group whirtiifavdrs.- Allied occupation
of Bcrlia as a rlittcal coup phils to
force--this mow by , arresting all
American, and Pricjsh-netvspnperman
n the .tHy.r .-.:Police, Prefect Eichorn
so -wnrnefntsie unrtea rross corre-
spcndent today, , - v . ' . '
Iiohorn( siated; that j)oliteians be-
liRved the. arrest of the .correspond
ing, would drnw 'Alljed troops into
Km-apitab limnedifltely, thus -chang-
di tn; entire complexion oi tne po
iticul situatron And probably result
n' in th-overthrow of -the-radicals.
UP TO SECRETARY
BAKER, SAYS DENT;
WILL IIAVE TO HURRY
. Wash,tngton. Dee. -28. Congress is
growing restive " over the War De-
partmont's'' delajt in announcing Its
plana'-for the army -reorganization.
Chairman Dent of the House- Military
Committee today . told Secretary
Baker and other officials that unless
the' department ects- quickly if will
be t impossible to pu' through an
army reorganization billat this ses
sion of Congress. ".-; -.
So far, Dent spys, Baker has giv
en no bint as to. what he expects .'to
io- to raise a force to. T3pls;e the
present army, which is being d ticd
ilfzed at the rate of 200,000 a week
nd which will ip. discharged even
faster if presenl? plans : to get more
ships are carried out. .-' v
Win ,
HINAMAN:
spxii ;in
w v;at
ARMIES 'IN ? RUSSIA
-Washington. Doc.' 27. The Russian
t'tolshevlki" 'have dra w ' into ' their"
army 500,000 citteens.mtttt of Vhom
fear ,J or , their lives through violence
ef jtarvatipn if they refuse, to, serve.
State . Dopai'tnipnt advices, give this
mformation, aaaing tnax uiere is a
'considerable number of Austro-nun
gariari priconers and Chinese work
men in -the j?ed arm.' Food is ra
ported to, ba extfemelj . Scarce both
at Petrograd. and .Moscow and, army
membcrsbrp is about tjia only chance
for Ynany 'itiiens to .; obtain even
slight sustenance. . ; .if','
Workers- loading a iSwedlsh steam
er at Petrograd were 'reported by
the captain to be emacialcd and weak
and so hungry that they stole gar
bage. The important cities, of Odossa
and 'Kief f are in dang! of -capture
by tho bolsheviki, acoor.diing -to, other
advices. 'Press reports of an, at
tempt to kill General 'Semqnon," anti
bolshevik, at Chita are confirmed
a department message; - A bplsh
MUST PAY MAOES
(By thjfUnited Press)
Amsterdairiy Dec.r SO. Mathias
Eniberj-or,Jf hairman of the, Gorman
arows'ti (wcqm.m-isajon, "; declared in a
speech Berlin that'-'Go'rmaSiv will
pay J damages caused iif Belgium
ani orttiern i ranee.- actorainir. to a
a" . . . . - :
itch rencived here. l& said the
ies and Germany, haye agreed on
ylie general question of war damages.
FARM 'BUREAU WORKf ; h A
! AMONG ARIZONA PXNES.
Justjback,
peaks, in Locon
there is a. productive Jittle farming
community -,,ftriow- ''tt'J Kendrick
Prk; 'Twenty-six homesteaders
have past, therrj'Jot ; in tha placp. to
battle with . the . elements at an ele
vation of 8,500 feet." .Although at
a high , eieyabion excellbnt crops of
BtSi, barley, and potatoes are grown,
tMtdry-land m'etnod of farming be
ingsed. v-At-a meeting called last
June iWvthe county agent, 24 of the
farmersltxere r;.-esent, the other 2
being awlAfrcm home.: "A vacated
lumber campus used as a meeting
place, the forfijgr dining room serv
ing as an 8uditS"Jmv It, waa plain
ly seen at once Bfet theso farmers
were by no, means (raickwoodsmen,"
alt'hought they lived irSfc, timber dis
trict on farms surrounwd by tbi!
pines and 20miles from ttfi. Com
mittees were appointed to nCVv out
the farm-Imreau plan.' This "flnced
the community on an organize ba
sis with several committees in cha
pi tjie (tiperent prooiems. it gav
them a common interest and feder
ated then! with the other farmers of
the county through the farm bureau.
Former Negro Member
Congress From This
District Dies North
" , George White, former, congress
man from tho Second North Caro
lina' District, died Saturday at hi;
home in Philadelphia.
Wh'ta was a negro lawyer. He was
twice elected to the House of Iicpra
sentatives at a time when Craven
County, now in the Third District,
wa in the Second. . '-
The past 12 years WTiite livel at
Philadeljw'd. He had a considerable
law practice there..
At one time, duriiig his residence
in East Carolina White was the so
licitor of a judicial district. "He wa?
native of the State. . His political
career ended "when the amendment
wis. passed depriving negroes of th-rr
vote. -;; '' .
A .MERE PREMIER.
Paris, Dec. 2 (D Mai!). A pol-
shed, well-groomed -man appeared at
the door of the House mission dur
ng the Versailles conference? lie
bowed deeply, "almofit apologetically.
He asked a few questions, ."'bowed
deeply again and went away.. ' -
"And who a-as that?'' a secretary
was asked. : . : . -"
Oh, that was just the premier "of
Roumania," SnJ he went on to1' "his
work, having seen only a half '-dozen
or go other premiers during the last
REDS
r
jhalf hour. - , ; -' : . .
Cily Schools; Get Good
Mart at Keopemngja
; New Principal Hand
The City Scjitfols reopened Mon
day with an undsually "large first
day-aftcr-Chvistmas 'attendance. The
bright weather helped . the. classes
start away for a good winter's work,
The High School opened with
new principal -F. W. Curroll, whose
home is ot Winterville. He attended
Wake Forest, Johns Hopkins- and the
'.-University of North Carolina. lie
succeeds J. C. Boyd of Charlotte, who
will go to, another climate because
of throat trouble. George B. Lay of
Raleigh is an jid.lition to the High
School staff. Professor , Lftf will
toavh science. Ho is a Unersity of
North Catohna man.' V,
. Miss Ethel EvereT Annie . Laurie
Lang and LenorjKeeter, teachers,
were not on haffd at- the reopening
All three arconyalescing from, illr
ne?s : at iMir homes, at Palmyra,
Farmvinand Grover respectively.
, iThojywerq bbtween 60 and 75 new
puijjp an hand Monday.
'$ STARTED TO
' , ; ; ROOF OVER SEA
: (By, the United Press)
London, Dec. ,14 (By Mail). The
Germans built 'great 'trainsheds" ,in
tfte water -to shelter their submarines
at Bruges, Belgium', " from bombs
dropped from the air.'
The sheds have concrete roofs 11
feet thick, and arc of .massive ; pro
portions. From early in 1917 until
the" Huns were forced to abandon
Bruges .. 'altogether, 4,000 workmen
were employed! in' building the great
sheds for . the' undersea boats
Hundreds of concrete pillars, each
feet thick and 2" feet high sup
ported the heavy roof. Eight of the
shelters had been, completed and the
9th was jjelng' built when the Ger
mans decided to run along home. '
Jn the very early days of the war,
the Germans' clearly planned the har
bors at Zeebrugge and Ostend a3
permanentL'bftses and repair, sftations
,i the Ho looker
VqA:h, n.eir Antwerpv 1( The first
largo repair works appear io -haTe
been aitnated' afthe '.Ajtelier- e la
Martnai M Oaten d but itr is proibable
that the; docks at Bruges whicfc are
connected wUh 'eebrugge by a' ship
anal, were beit.g developed at an
early period of the war.
Way Try Bring Wiisen ;r
trChape!;HiirAftr
1920,:Ra!agb Hears
(By the Unfted' Press)
Raleigh, Dec. 30. It is re
ported here that a salary of $20,-0!-0
a, year has,' been offered
President Wilson to become
president of the University !of
North Carolina, to come ont of ,
Mrs. Flugler-Bingham'g bequest.
HIT OF THE MOUTHS OF ,
BABES COMETH FORTH.
on, Dec. 14 (Uy Mail). If
Gerrndtrai's-"" fato were left in the
hands osoung England, the Hun
would getfub quarter. ' '
SchoolchfiJen were asked to write
a statemcnt(f the' terms on which
they would nftke 'peace with Ger
many. This'isljbe response of,a.9-ypar-old
- hoyi Tjfc - ''
" 'My poace; tengjS with 'Germany
flrS:' -. "-. '. .'. " v:; -'
"That , Germany aguld give back
the two French prVlnices, tAlsare
a'nd 'Lorraine, to Francek ' -
"Tliat' they shonld Irestore the
minus, Villages, towns anf-cities, and
all the beautiful bu'ildingfethat once
belonged to France.. -
"Tliat Germany " should '(4give a
huge sum of money to eaclrof.the
Allies to pay for damages. :: -"All
- autocracies (wherebjr he
meant, "atrocities") on the -ssa, in
the air, and the land must cease.
"that uormany must not keep a
tanding army.' ' ,''. -,-"'
"All ' the dominions jiiiroad .that'
Germany owns should be- given to
England. - - ' , . - ! '
"No more German kings or queens
hould be allowed to reign; .' ' '
"All Germany's ships, submarines.
afuns-, and dockyards ehCJuld ba given
to us. . r- rs'iMri,
No more ' . German .. language
should be taught in German schools,
but English , Instead.' ,-: : p
"All wonderful inventions, that are'
unknown to Ehigland should be tia tid
ed over'to- as. at once. C "-...t !:
That Germany ; should '.tasks no
Ni r German. -shonld"' tfver i possess
more than - ?21000, r,
!0F:V!EWSih
U11 lUlIIIlJ Ul TU1UL
Not Expected See Things
Through' President Wil
son's Eyes
FRANCE BLED 4 YEARS
And Old Tiger Declares Do-
vastated . Areas 'Must Be
Kestpred Will ;Be, Noth
ing .But c Harmony at
Versailles, Says ' ' ' '
. By Jl. J. Bender)
PiTh,,Dec;,30i "I would be lying
if I said I agreed with President Wil-,
son on all ' points," Premior Clemen
ceau .declared txluy addressing the
Chamber, of Deputies. 'President
Wilson's ideas are not the same as
those of a man whoso country ha.
been devastated for four years and
Which in - justice must be restored."
The "tiger!" declared 'President
Wilson had congratulated him on his
statement ,to Premier Lloyd-George .-
hat he would have no objection' to .
the British fleet rendering the same
service in the future that it did in
this war. ,
Clemenceau ; expressed confidence
that the Allies would enter the peace
onference in the same-united spirit
they displayed in the war. He said
present , conversations between Al
lied leaders are vitally important and
that , they will have to begin over
again if no agreement is reached.
BIG WAR GARDE1N,
BECOMES "PIGGERY."
donated for a community-garden pro
ject, proved "umveildy, and the Gkm
dalet Garden Club calledln the cpun-
ngent. He advised- abandonment .
of the garden project, putting the en- .
tire tract in corn and getting enough
pigs to provide a hoof 'market for
the crop' So the garden club turned
aver' HSsjnterest' to a, pew organiza
tion called the Glendale Piggery, A
farmer agreed to put the '20 acres
in corn on Bhares, and. from him tho
lub bought 40 pigs with the under- ,
standing that he would maintain them
until the corn crcn was harvested and
then feed them on the club's share of Al K (
the crop. The club 'got nonrly 500 t f . j '
bushels of corn as its share, and this
corn is beirg fed to" the pigs; -Vvfiirh
are making gains that promise a
substantial contribution to the club's
war-rel.ef fund. . .
THE MURDERERS AND
LOOTERS MUST REPAY.
. . .. , (Manufacturers' Record) w ..- '
The theory advanced by Secretary
Daniels thai we must , not demand
any indemnity from Germany would
be false to tho people of America if
we should adopt it. We went to war
to save ourfelves. frr-n a band of
murderers and "rubbers. ' At" an
enormous cost 'we and our Allies
have conquered , the ml Their cam
paign of murder was - long planned
and carried 'out with fearful fright- '
fulness.1- It would be the height of
folly to Say that through the years
American people shall bear tho
enormous burden of taxation and let
the scoundrels go free. So far as wo
are concerned, no form of altruism
could possibly 'justify ehsluving 'our-'
selves with .taxes'''' while hte murder
o'rs make no recompense.
RENEW AGITATION
FOR STATE EX II BIT.
. (Raleigh News and Observer)
Renewed citation .for a' North
Carolina exhibit- at -Madison Square
Garden or' at ; Young's pier, Atlantic
City; will follow the introduction of
a . bill in the General Assembly again
this session 't6 'move-the office of
the Department- of Agriculture from
where at; new stands, to the '-Stats
Cotleg'o 'property ih West . Raleigh.
A -meeting of the industrial commit
tee of the chamber ;of commerce cf
Rajcigk is scheduled if or.-the-, 'coming
wee"kf ,when the matter will be glvenr
further consideration. .. '-
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WEEKLY WEAUTER FORECAi.2; ;
Misuei by the '' WeHthtr '. Bureau ' !
Washington, for ;th&. -period p yjim-
ber 30 -Jo January Fan S"auth At'
lantic .and EX-t , Gult State-, Fair
weather will; prevail- with veiu;n 19' .
nonnal iemperAtore, ' . ,
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