•1.M FBI YBA* Of
ADTAMCIL
ADJOURNS
USUAL
RUSH
' Tka rl«N at the i
bf mm of tka kartfc rnak
alty attend. a i*u»ay C«
tke i>*oal applaudtn*
In tke
OMrtfi
for tk* first \rmg
>aa had itnrc the
OiM Ititn entered tka war.
Tka Kouaa tlnnii up ita work «arly
kr tka day and twiee raneaad ta await
■anata action on pending
Tka aanata remained in eoa
taaion and aa a reault of a
flHk»>tcr tkara, tka bill to eetaS
Hak a national budget ayatem failed of
_ ilpaarfcee UfUaf.
liona of botk hnum paaaed
tkc pletfiora at political
apaaihia which had haan expected by
BMUiy :inca Cangraaa wu quitting on
tka are at tke national political con
vention* Juat at the finish in the
house, Repreaentative Mondell, of Wy
aainy, tka Republican leader, deliver
ad an addraaa praiamg Congress for
tka work aeeooipliahed at tkia aeaaion.
Representative Garrett, Democrat, of
Tawnaaaaa. replied, declaring that tkia
Congress had been a "humiliating- fail
The nearest thing to • political
»>wdi in the mate mi m attack by
Senator Poaavene. Democrat, Ohio, on
utkt contingent expense committee for
■May in reporting hia reaolutian pro
paiinf an invest!ration by the eiec
tin* committee into expenditures hi
the /ourthcocning Presidential andcon
•paigns He declared
the Be publicans nor the
D«|M tared to say to the
*
funds came from
they were expended. The reaoln-j
waa adopted without a record
President Wilson's critic turn of Co»v
grees in hia telegram today to the
heada of the railroad brotherhood?
alao paaaed without comment, in either
AanM Budget Bill
Practically the only action by the
hooae daring the day waa to pas* the
budget bill after amending it to meet
the Praaident'a objection that it took
from the executive authority to re
move the comptroller general and aa
siatant comptroller general, officiate^
appointed by him under the meaaure.
■•publican leaders abandoned their
plan to call for a vote on the resolu
tion refusing Prraident Wilson's re
quest for authority to accept a man
date over Armenia. The measure al
ready had been adopted by the aenate
Chairman Porter, in a formal state
ment, said Democratic members of the
hooae would hare blocked transaction
of all other business had the resolu
tion been brought up.
While Congress was winding up ita
affairs President Wilson was devoting
hia entire time to aigning bills. Some
measures enacted, however, were not
reached by him before the hour of ad
journment and automatically became
dead under the law prohibiting the
executive from paasing on legialatkm
while Congreas ia not in session.
The exodus of senators and repre
sentative* began almost immediately
after the adjournment and will con
tinue tomorrow and Monday. Many of
the Repu>>li<-ans of both houses are
heading for Chicago to attend their
party convention there. Some of the
ether members alao will attend that
convention, but most of them will re
turn home to await the time for go
ing to San Francisco for the party
convention there.
Te Ml of town kmarlmpfri—When
you Mnd or com* to town buy your
, »elf l supply of N. R. G. Your neigh
[ ion will gladly relieve you of all you
can (pare. Price 15 rente per box.
Enough for 5 wamhingv for family of
•Ix. 6-11-e.
Mrs. UMa Hor rod Endorsee Cham
berlain'* Tablet*.
"I Buffered for yearn with itoaiach
trouble and triad everything I heard
of but the only relief I rot waa tam
C57n"&fis ssfc-fts:
' urad a bottle of tiieea from our drug
fiat. I got immediate relief from that
dreadful h. »vine«a and jmin in Ule
HUlll after rating. Since taking
twp Hotllo* 1 can eat anything I want
without dtitreaa" write* Mr*.
Horrod Ft. Wayne, lad.
MICH SCHOOL COMMENCE*
Wwln—it»y iviniaf June 2nd. the
■idi aako«l piay wtitW -t»« Boa
ilaa" Ma pfw«nt«H at tha Broadway
theater inid«r Um .iireetien U Mia
Late HaywortK tearher at Knciiah.
Promptly at • o'clock the Mount
Airy ir<a»lr» rendorad amnl aaloc
Han after wfcirfc tka c-urtow ro»e a*
tha ft rat lima, am Ifea town at Mr*.
Parrtafftan-muKat country Imm. A
numbtr of (inat< at tha In Early
and hia little eon, "l.ittlo Hemwhue"
preeent* Nr. Barly wtt% an ancient
Egyptian urarab, -a>d to krkif to )ta
nWMf tha fa*or of 'ha graat H
•*0»irie" prw»tded It la bariod far
twenty-four hour*. IAttar trouble de
valopa for the groom and in act II
•rtral of tka wedding piaaanta art
miaaing. Evidence point* to Mr. Billy
Jackeon a irurnt, who ia alao accuead
of being marnad. and tka fatker of
■•van.
In art III Mr. Jarkaon rida ftimaelf
of nuapirion by discovering tha raal
Wflar and about midnight he and
Dori* Ruffle*, whom he rlaijna to have
loved an entire afternoon, elopa. \
The participants is tha play, about
eighteen in number ail acquitted them
elve» admirably. Much credit ia Joe
to Miaa Hajrworth. who worked tire
!a**ly for aevaral week*, not only di
recting tha play but eeeing to it*
advertisement a* well.
The number attending probably es
rerded five hundred for tha entire
theater wa* packed and the net pro
ceed* were more than had ever been
raalixed from a High school play in
the hiatory of tha aehool.
Dr. Brook* Spooks,
The rrsduatinir exerriaes opened tt
the Hifk school auditorium Thursday
evening with the mnf America in
which the entire audience took port,
fion. W. F. Carter, the retiring chair
man of the school boord introduced the
speaker of the even in*, Dr. Brooka,
State fcywialntot of Sehoola with
A-flMte i^pffepHMv spfaelr hi wMMfi
he paid a graceful and wall doeerved
tribute to Dr. Brooka.
Dr. Brooka' addreaa waa enthusias
tically received, he ia an Interesting
and forceful speaker, there waa not a
dull moment in hia ipeech, Dr. Brooks
advocates a well paid and a wed pre
pared force of teachers in every
school in North Carolina, he believes
in paying teachers the same salary
their ability will command in a busi
ness office, and he insists that a
teacher xhould have a chance to ad
vance if she studies and works to
make her services more valuable, he
also thinks that the claaa of teacher*
who never try to improve themselves
from the time they secure the first
school to their last day as teacher get
all they are worth and do not deserve
any advancement.
' He advocates a school system that
will reach out a helping hand, not to
bqys and girls from 6 to 21 years of
age. but of every age, a system that
will instruct any one who needs and
will take instruction, that will give
instruction to the people in industry
who can devote only one or two hourj
a day to study, letting them have in
struction in any one branch if they do
not have time for all of the preacribed
course.
At the conclusion of Dr. Brooks'
address Prof. Epps made a brief re
port of the work of the school during
the put year. In spite of the time
lost on account of influenia the work
of the school has Seen kept up to the
hirh standard set for the work. The
patrons responded nobly to the call
for Saturday school in order to m-Vr
up the time that the school was close 1,
and in many other ways the parents
have heartily co-operated with 'he
teachers. Much improvement has been
made in equipping the school grounds
with swings, horizontal bars etc. hut
there is at present a real need for
other playground equipment A base
ball diamond being one of the things
' suggested by Prof. Epps as an aid «'n
j developing the physical nature of the
I boys. W. J. Byerly, a member of
1 the school board presented certificates
to the boys and girls who were pro
moted from the Grammar grades to
the High school and then presented
certificates to those who had neither
been absent or tardy during the entire
term. The names of the children were
then read by Mr. Byerly, who received
honorable mention for missing only
one or two days or having had only
one or two tardy marks which were
unavoidable, and satisfactory excuse*
given. • *
Dr. Brook* then presented the .diplo
mas to tike graduating claaa, those
natad." The moat rtrikigf
in the lowering at the
w Chrtl m
diMflit. So ia 191U
our |w«rnm«rt mat
for har officers and
waa by thia that our army
practically fraa
ever sines.
Wa believe in oar government aa
vna do, wo wa indorse vaccination
against typhoid fever through it* ef
fwthromi, and urge avary ana to pro
tect them valval against this diaaaaa.
Your State ia preparing the vaccina
frwe for you, and your >tat* and coun
ty ha* made it poesihle for you to
««cur* the vaccina fraa through the
County Health Department.
La it year we had in North Carolina
437 death* from typhoid fever in the
Hate for ona caae oat of every tan die,
thin i( shown by atatietica. Wa shoold
ffllt have had had any raaaa of this
diaaaaa, much leaa deaths, for you do
not have to have thia diaaaaa, it can
be prevented. Through vaccination and
sanitation typhoid fevvr can be entire
ly eliminated.
Thoae desiring to be vaccinated can
receive same fraa af charge through
the County Health Department. Office
in First National Bank Bldg, Mount
Airy. , L. L. Williams.
County Health Officer.
GERMANS MARVEL AT
AMERICAN ADVERTISING
One Berlin Writer Thinks Hams
H«t« To B« AJmtiml Km
Before Anyone Will Buy.
Berlin. May 10.— German* marvel
at American mafaiinei, especially at
the advertisements. A writer in a
Berlin paper trll* of feaitiner his eye*
on the picture* of food in a populai
American weekly.
"Who ha* to advertise ham in order
to get rid of it in Germany?" he face
tiously asksy "But the unfortunate
American who has s ham to sell must
first boy, for a dreailfnl lot of money,
a whole pajre in a magazine and. at
another terrible price, hire an artist
to paint a picture of hi* ham."
The writer rhapsodises over that
picture, however. He tell* his reader*
what the ham looked like:
"A eroas section. White layers of
fat. Salmon pink flesh with ctreaks
of fst like the rays of the ran."
It smszed him to find that, in addi
tion to the picture, the owner of the
ham "finally ha* to *inr its praises in
*weet word*."
"How we pity," he exclaim*, "the
American who possesses a ham!"
Turning over the page*, the writer
rame upon an advertisement of rub
ber Rolen. Evidently he thought thev
were used for the purpose the Ger
man* make of their "sole-sparer*."
"Don't taurine," he goes on, "that
these American sole-sparers are the
kind we have in Germany, made of
iron. Not a bit of it. They are made
of rubber!"
An idea of how scarce and dear rub
ber is in Germany may be rathe red
from the writer's statement that "the
| cost of these American sole-sparer*,
commuted in our valuta, would be as
great as that of a trip in a railway
train from Berlin to Hamburg, with
; ne day in a hotel besides."
North Carolina la Rich In
Motor Car*
North Carolina today has 120,000
licensed motor vehicles and 1,110
i dealers. This is an increase of SO per
rent over the corresponding period
last year. In the number of ears. Of
the 1X0,000 cars registered, 10*.),000
are passenger cars and 10,500 are
trucks, while there are 1,860 licensed
motorcycles.
These figures show that the Ststo
during the first nine months of the
present fiscal year has registered
40,400 more motor vehicle# than were
registered during the whole of last
year.
oar duty to nf—i to wnmto awy
imn iwent in Maxiea wkick wtll Mt
•PM, by ny of • treaty, to Ik* mm
dttione if ramfntttMi Mt down to the
report," It was imiM. "IIiiwM any
newed notice should he »1»»a. and |
action should follow the wamtoff in
each and «»oiy eaae whore artton m
neeoaaary to preoei-re Ufa or Ik* prop
erty of an American (ttton.
"Following oaeh warning, U oHar
and paan are not raatorad, a police
force should ba sent into Mntn to
kaep open the linaa of communication
)>ets»eoii the City of Mexico and ovary
sport and ovary bardat port of Mex
ico.
"In facia(r the fact that a now gtrr
•■rnment i« btinf formed in Mexico
iinfl Chat wo should bo called upon to
deal with th:» new conditioo," the re
port aaaarta, "oar coorae should be
dear. We should first follow one
policy. Tlx:
Protection* at Amrlom
"jt) Wait before rKotniiiiif Gov
ernor de la Hoerta aa President of
Mexico until it shall be aararad that
hiii election ia aptwoved by the Mexi
can people and that hia administra
tion ia poaaeseea of stability to en
dure and of the disposition to ml ply
with the rules of international canity
and the ohHgationa of treaties.
"(b) We should let ovary one who
assumes to exercise authority in any
part of Mextro know m the moat un
equivocal way that we shall vigilantly
watch the fortunes of those Ameri
cans who cannot get away, and shall
feringa and looses to a definite reck
oning. That can he and will be made
plain beyond the possibility of a mis
understanding.
"(c) Repeat to the Mexicans now
what Evarts aaid in 1878: "The first
duty of a 'government ia to protect
life and property. This ia a para
mount obligation, r'or this, govern
ments are instituted, and governments
neglecting or failing to perform it be
come worse than uzeleas. This duty
the Government of the United States
has determined to perform to the ex
tent of its power toward its citizens
.on the border. It is not solicitous;
it never has been about the methods
or w|r«'in which that protection shall
be accomplished, whether by formal
treaty stipulation or by informal con
vention; wheth#- by the action of
judicial tribunals or that of military
forces. Protection in fact to Ameri
can lives and property is the sole
point upon which the United State*
i are tenacious."
Right* of Ministers mad Tdcktn
"Then, if satisfied as to rwocniu
de la Huerta (or successor) upon con
dition* plainly expressed and affirm
atively accomplished, that—
"Article ISO of the Constitution of
1917 shall not apply to American mis
sionaries, preachers, ministers, teach
ers or American schools or to Ameri
can periodicals, bat that American
missionaries, ministers and teachers
shall be allowed freely to enter, pass
through and reside in Mexico, there
freely to reside, preach, teach and
write and hold property «r.d conduct
schools without interference by the
authorities, so long as such ministers,
teachers or misak>;iar>es d<> not par
ticipate in Mexican politV. or revolu
tions."
It is further stipulated that Article
3, prohibiting ministers and religious
corporations from conducting schools
of primary instructions, shall not ap
ply to Americans.
In regird to the subsoil right--., the
report says:
i "That none of the provisions of
Article 27 of said Constitution with
reference to limitations upon rights
of property heretofore acquired by
Americans or which may hereafter be
acquired, shall apply to Americans,
except where the limitation is written
in the deed, lease or other instrument
of title; and particularly:
Miaiag Property ef Americana.
"The provision of said article to the
effect that the sub-soil products other
than the metalliferous Minerals shall
be the property of the national govern
ment of Mexico te be dispnssd of by
Americana.
That certain *ub-dtriaioma of article
27 afcall not apply to rtia pmpwlj of
any American* now u under
whataoaver title or which May here
mftar bo acquired, tictpt wher* <H»
tinct >«—i nationii arul limitation* ara
tfflrmtMy aat out in evidenca of
title or tranafer of «urh property.
(Thie ta the pmTtaior. under which
Sonora, through Mr. do la Hoerta aa
jwemor, tried to aab-dtride purely
*rm*inf paatnre, wholly unfitted for
cultivation, owned by Aaaaricana and
othera without judicial promt, and
in payment for which the owiieia ara
forced to accept what ia known aa an
agrarian bond of the itate of Sonora
known to be entirely worthleaa.)
Espalelea ml fanifwn.
"That Article 33 of aid Constitu
tion providing that "the enratn* shall
have exclusive right to expel from the
republic forthwith and without judi
cial process any foreigner he mmj
4rem inexpedient' ihall not apply to
American citizen*, who shall have ac
cess to their comular or diplomatic
representative, and shall have the
right to avail themselves of the assist
ance of such officials until after doe
judicial proceedings.
That sack sgrssunt should pro-'
a claims committee to paas on all
claims for damage to Americans in
Mexico or upon Ks boundaries, the
committee to be composed of Ameri
can citizens appointed by the Preoi
dent 1f the United States and a like
number of Mexican citizens to be ap
pointed aa that government may in
the agreement provide, the decision of
this commission to be binding upon the
respective governments.
"That a like commission should be
in such agreement provided for the
settlement of disputes concerning the
international boundary and waters of
the Rio Grande river and the Colorado
river, and particularly the Chamiseal
dispute and the Colorado river com
plication, with power to such commis
sion to rended a decision for the pay
ment of money and transfer of prop
erty."
Prut and Order.
The report cloaca with the wimmf
chat a police force will be aent if it
ia considered necessary to protect
American lives and property, adding:
"In the riving notice that we are
not warring upon the Mexican people,
we ahoald request their aaaistance; or
at least that they refrain from join
ing any armed banda in an attack up
on oar troopa or forces, whose purpose
would limply be the restoration of
peace and order; protection of oar
citisens; protection of Mexican citi
aens; restoration of American citisens
to their properties; the affording of
opportunity for the opening of mihe*,
fields and factories, and last, to afford
the opportunity to the Mexican peeple
themselves, in whatsoever manrer
they desire, to constitute a Mexican
government of aeriou i com Detent,
honest and honorable men, who will
m»et the chrilixe-1 worM upon a friend
ly rroi'iij and b:nd themsc!v*s to deal
with other people as they thfneelvee
would be dealt with."
A. B. Fall (R.). Senator from New
Mexico, was chairman of the commit
tee and the only one of the three sena
tor* composing it who appeared with
any regularity at the hearings. Hie
later ones were conducted by Franc if
J. Kearful, 'one of the attorneys for
the eommittae. It is stated that one
member of the committee traveled
more than 11,000 miles in making in
vestigations.
Reforms A seared. Sty Officials.
Officials of the de facto Mexican
Government, in Washington, said yes
terday, commenting on the report of
the rrsamtttaa, that they expected the
new regime in Mexico to satisfy the
investing interests in *e United
States and to be recognised in ttea.
Revision is practically assured, la
rnyaittaa ar Hm to Um llnim Qm
Not only win lk« facto tin n — af
piaeo >t—U in roll a«ort with tfco 4o
Mroa of foroqpi uiTMtorv, it io ufidir*
•tood. bot it will likowiM. ia all prob
ability. lift tfco disability at
anon from thia cooatry to aatar Kn
ica for tho pry—« of conducting ro
nnfMMito only Kaxteaa riorfywa
can cofKtwrt rtltfiaa »nnlca» ia that
country.
Too Ymamg, Yo«| Soya
Blowing oat the gas is not half so
•Ungerous as filltng a gesoltne tank
with a lantern, probably thinks young
Orval! Finrher. affd IS. and his nfcne
jrrar-old brother, of Xcddfnborf
county. Both are below the aft far
running automobiles, bat their father
evidently a forehanded famer. found
having two ears something of a eon
eolation last weak. And yet he ia prob
ably glad this week that he hasnt lost
both beys and is one ear short. "Too
young to run cars." said Initaraaea
Commissioner Young, upon - nading
the following m the Charlotte Observ
er
"Pouring gasoline Into a tank of an
automobile By the light of a lantern,
Orval! Fincher, 13-ysar-old sea of G.
A. Fine her, of Derita, was severely
burned in an explosion which followed
when a flicker of the lantern threw a
spark Into the gasoline can Saturday
night on Derita road. He was burned
on the leg and both hands, and but for
presence of mind in removing his coat
and attempting to smother the flamea
would have been more seriously burn
ed. He is at his father's home confin
ed to bed.
Orvall, m company with his nine
year-old brother, Woodly. left home in
the family ear to go to Derita to get
the mail, but a short distance from the
house the gasoline became exhausted
and one of the boys returned for more,
which he brought in an open can.
While the younger boy held the lan
tern in the foot of the front scat,
Orvall began to pour the "gas" in the
tank when the explosion occured. The
top of the car's gasoline tank was
blown off. throwing the flames over
tank when the explosion occurred. The
father of the boys saw the blaze from
home, rushed to the scene in another
car and finished putting out the flam
es on his son's clothing. The automo
bile was burned op."
Self-Whipping U Still In
Vogue la The Philippine*
Manila. P. I.,—The practice of setf
whippinjf in public to "ppeeae divine
wrath which flourished in certain
countries of Europe centuries ago,
still exists in the Pfeilipme Islands,
although in a diminishing degree each
year.
Advices from the province where
educational advantages are not enjoy
ed. show that the practice was indulg
ed in during the Easter holidays this
year though not by as great numbers
as in former years.
Hundreds of Americans and other
foreigners gathered at an open field'
a few miles from the center of the
city to witness the weird performance,
but only six appeared to do penance.
These beat themselves over the
backs with heavy flexible bamboo flog
ging rods. I,atsr they walked te MM
places in the field, denoting Ue sees*
points of the cross, where they wars
beaten by the master of ceremonies.
When the lashing is completed they
throw themselves Into a pool of mod
snd as they coase from the stagnant
water, their wounds are washeJ whh
purs water and healing medi-ines ap
plied.
180 Per Cent Dividend
P. A. Sabarting, president of the
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Cum pa ay,
Akron, Okie, announced that the di
rectors had declarsd a stock dtvtdyd
of ISO per cent payable to csMRN
stockholder* of record Jane 14- The
dividend totals SS1.ltt.2S0.