NATIONS AWAITING ABfUUCA'S ENTRY INTO TH1 LEAGUE Lm lw earth. Tha League cannot work ■tfraclea, but It la an aaaociation of peoplea and govemmenta who desire riaeerely to prevent war, and who aauat aucceed 1f civilisation Is not to ga down. "We cannot change old metho Is in tke twinkling; of an eye, but we can strive to make more efficient machin ery to regulate disputes between na tions without recourse to the arbitra ment of arms, and strive to scatter! good will in the world. America ia absent," he went on. "I do not desire te say anything that could be inter preted nu interfering with the affairs at America, and I am afraid noma ob servation* of mine about Article 10 were exploited in a Way I did not In tend. But I must aay that we should all rejoice to see Ameriea taking her tarunensely Important place in the oauncil of the nations. The Empty Chair "There ia an empty chair. It re maim there empty. Never hai It been ft' removed. We have aat, eight of na, in the Council meetings of the Leag-.u. v Ttee ha* alw«y» bean the ninth choir waiting for Ita occupant That chair hi America, and I would net allow it ta be pl»ead against the wall. The cfcair la allent, but It la then. One day w« truat it will apeak. We are Ilka a famly which haa loat a aon. But the . Aair la ready against hia return and * wa llaten for the lifting of the latch, ■ad Us entry into the fold. "On what condition* will America came in? Are we prepared to make aaodiflcationa in the Covenant? Wa are," he laid, apeaking very deliber ately, "prepared to roniider any pro poaal that America may make, and to 4a everything in our power to aatiafy the sentiment* of America. But it la aat for ua to make conditions. It ia far America to make known what Laague ahe require*. She haa hitherto aat made such a communication to ua. Wa wait it with the assurance that it wfll come In her own time. When we are informed what America demanda, we will then endeavor to conform to her wishes." "It haa been reported," aaid the eor reapondent, "that you are making aami-ofllcial approaches to the Presi dent-elect, aaking him to send a silent abaarver to Geneva. Ia this exact T" We should do nothing that ia not atrictly proper," replied Mr. Bour geois. "We should not be lacking in aaartesy and respect toward President Wlsoa or Mr. Harding. It is not our business to engage in such negotia tfan*. The whole decision must be fj- 4 lrft to America, in whom I have a reasoned confidence." Attitude to Germany "And Germany?" was the question "Can you say anything about the atti tude of the French delegation ?* "I ssust exorcise reserve," replied Mr. Bourgeois. "J do not wish to appear to he a propagandist in advance of Geneva, either for or against the idea. I desire that the arguments should be brought forward loyally. Premature speaking in undesirable, hut' soon it wfll be time to speak plainly. We have not been ineffective. We live in troubled time* and unpleasant inci dents have doubtless arisen. We have gradually to instill the motion of the League to ensure peace into the public political conscience, ha a living farce. But the very fact that aome 4# nations are meeting in congress to «tady the problems of our day and the progress of humanity proves that Mm world ia becoming animated by Ike desire of a working association, to which all difference* can be re ^nd \ fere " A A _ What Learae Has Done I "The international spirit ia awake. We have aettled the Aland Islands dls pate, and Although complications have In the Polish-Lithuanian quae we will settle that dispute also, all partiea are learning to . ' to us in their diffleoltlea K%A 4m net forget tint the financial MrfMMN of Bra seels «h tailed Vf 4m T mm "Whatever may be the piaitlwl re ■alt, you tun • cooperative mfcawi to restore harmony, and that eoopara tlv# endeavor la tha Moat hopeful sign. It la not that we havs dona title or that but that wa have fostered tha Interna tional aplrit. Realization of tha truth of International solidarity la thegreat aat thing of our time. M Intake* win parhapa ba made; there may he fail ures; hut wa ara striving for peace and Justice, and nothing ran now de my, nothing ean now arraat, the on ward march of tha Idea of universal solidarity, universal cooperation." Big Lumber Company Cloaca New Bern, Nov. >0.—Announcement is authorized by official* of the John L. Roper Lumber company, operating one of the largest law milla in the south, that on Friday morning their plant here would ba closed down for an indefinite period; that all of the men employed therein would be laid off; that the office force would be cut down to a minimum and the logging would be laid off, making a total of more than 1,00 men who will be thrown out of work. A lack of demand for lumber and the low price that .■ being paid for the little That ia being (old 1« given aa the reason for the shut down. Crews in alt the logging ramp* In'this terri tory will cease operation* and will ■>e ulkiwed to seek em) loyment else where, the logging crew* being un neivrsary during a period that the >-»w mill* ar> not operating. Just how long the plant will remain idle i« a matter of conjection. Officiala say that there ia no market for their product, that the coat of operation ia enormous and that there ia nothing left for the company to do but to close down and remain closed until condi tiona are more favorable for Lumber operations. Coal Mine* May Suspend From Lack of Order*. Roanoke, V*., Not. 8.—In a re port leaned her* today by official* of th« Norfolk and Western railway, relative to the coal supply from field* covered by the Norfolk and Western, eoal operator* in the Pocahontas field were quoted aa fearing that nine* will be compelled to close down by the firct of ths year becauae of lack of order*. According to the report, the eoal market is "settling down fast" snd is now about normal. The market for high volatile and low grade coals is Mid to have dropped to a "very dull condition." The trade, the officials point out, has for the past five months been so inflated and there has been such heavy stoking of fuel by large consumer*, oven at high price*, that there la some fear that there may be a consi derable shortage of order* the firat half of next year. At present there is no spot market in coal, the officials say. The west is described as being "very comfortably supplied with fuel; New England's stock is plentiful and the Great Lake*, though still taking coal, have been for some time receiving moiV tonnage than they were able to dump. There is not much sport or speculative business at the tidewater, it is said. Champ Clark Bekten By Majority of 3,912 St, Louis, Nov. 6.—Complete unof ficial fiprures for the ninth Missouri congressional district show that Champ Clark, member of each Con PTess except one since 1893, lost his seat in the house of representatives to T. W. Hukriede by 3,912 votes. Republicans tonight were confident that Representative,Rland of the fifth district had been defeated by Ellii (Republican) but so few votes separ ated the two that the result will not be known until the official count. In the second district, which the un "fieial count gave to Rueker. Dem ocrat, by a small majority, the Repub ''cana claimed a change would h< shown and that Beaiell. Republican, would win. Gasoline Coming Down. Washington, Nov. 9.—"Ov»r-pro duction" in the United States is thi reason assigned hjr British oil com panies for an unexpected reduction of six cents a gallon jn the price oi irnaollne in Oreat Britain after a mid den increase of 14 cents a gallon Ir August, according to advice* from tlM American Chamber of Commerce ti London to-day to tha dapartmant oi n la Jua* hmr Iniril jmn iIm the tertaf firtiiww Miter, Perdia •ad Magallaa, by paaeing from the Atlantic to the Pacific round the soa tkrm and of America, proved that tha I world could ba circumnavigated. HI* nd pay tribute to his great quslities of mind and character. No Tne* of Slayer of Demo cratic Registrar. ^nWsvHle, Nov. 10.—Not • trace or clue ha* been discovered as yet by the Yancey county authorities of Walt Buekner, who laat week shot Mid Willed Joe Waycaater, Democratic re gistrar in the Cane river precinct, following a dispute regarding the dis appearance of some paper*. Buekner, who is the son of the for mer sheriff of Madison county, e» caped following the shooting, which took place in Wilson's store and haa not been heard from since. A diligent search However, has bean made and is being made throughout all that mountain secion for the man and the Yancey officers believe that they will be able to land him shortly. Hunger Striker* Enter On Ninetieth Day Cork, Nov. 8.—Reports from, the | Cork jsil today described the condi | ton of the nine remaining Irsh hun ger-strikers there as precarious. AI tho this was the ninetieth day of their strike the emaciated prisoners were I declared to be still determined to re ' fuse food. There were originally eleven of tha 1 Cork hunger*strikers, but one of them, Michael Fitzgerald died October 17, and another. Joseph Murphy, on October 26. within a few hours of the death of Lord Mayor MacSwiney, of Cork, fti Brixton prison, on tha 73rd i day of his hunger strike. Four-Year-Old Die* Tryinf to Save Baby Sitter. Marshall, Tex. Nut. 10.—Imprison ed by flames, four-year-old Frederick Murphy today vainly sought to save the life of his infant sister Ma»y Vir (finis, 17 months old, and himself per ml ed in the attempt The child's heroism was disclosed with the discovery of the :wo bodies under • bed after th* fire had been ex tinguished, the boy hugging his sister closely in his arm*. Their bodies were buritd this after noon as they war* found, clasped la aach other's ansa. FOR A NATIONAL TREE Hm Yoa Vfd for T«r Tmv oriu? Ham b IwiHihn A Wat tho Hickory Yon May Not Know. HldwifM in tWictorltlic Ameri can trees closely related to the wal nut#, says the American Forestry As sociation, of Washington, which ia tabulating a nation wide vote to find a national tree. Rend in your vote at onc^ to The American Forestry Asso ciation. Washington, D. C. In marji place* the vote ia being taken by schools. The name hickory I* derived from the Indian "Pawcohiccora," a dreaiing eaten with nomlnjr and made from the milk of the pounded hickory nut*. "Tough aa hickory" ia a phrase sug gesting the peculiar strength and elas ticity of the hickory wood and it mry be for that reaaon your favorite. Gen eral Andrew Jackson was endearingly called "Old Hickory" by his soldiers because of his tough, unyielding .lis position. This nickname may have been bestowed during the war with the Creek Indian* In 1813, when he fed hla men on hickory nuts over a period when they were short of ra tions. Twolve kinds of hickory are found in the world, eleven of them indige nous to the United States, east of the Rocky Mountains, and one Mexicai. *pccie*. Previous to the Ice Age, ex pensive forests of hickory existed in Greenland. The area in which the hickorlea irrow covers about one-third of the United State*. Various kinds have distinct regions, but all of the im- j portant ones m^y be found growing' in western Tennessee, northwestern Mississippi and eastern Arkansas, nays The American Forestry Maga zine. The hickories are picturesque j and have been called " artist trees." In winter the annor-IIke bark, gnarl ed branches and stout twigs suggest tall, well-pro Qortionedsthsletesof Iron strength. In the springtime tke tinted bod scales er dainty leasee and tssselled flowers make these tree* aa beautful aa many that bear more gorgeoua blossoms. The summer foliage casts dense shade and outlines the tope in graceful symmetry. When Nature colors ths autumn landscape, the cleat yellow of the hickory Is conspicuous for a brief time, and, though the leaves are shed suddenly, they retain their bright color long after they fall. It is an old belief that if the hickory leaves are brilliant yellow In ths au tumn, the next harvest will be a rich one. Send in your vote to the Amer ican Forestry Assoc-^tion. German Gun Given to Salisbury is Unveiled Salisbury, Not. 11.—Armistice di; h«r* was featured by the unveiling of a German gun and accompanying exercise*. The gun was a gift to ths city of Salisbury from the French government and the presentation speech was made by Captain Lombard a representative of ths French embas sy. The gun was received by Mayor W. B. Strachan. Both speakers re conuted incidents of the world war and referred to the friendship be tween America and France. Senator Overman introduced Captain Lom bard, referring to the fact that the captain was in the battle of Verdun, where this particular gun was cap tured. Songs by school children and a choir and martial music by a band were on the program. The exercises were largely attended. On account of in- i clement weather a portion of the pro trram was rendered in the community ; building. A number of former ser- j vice men in uniform were in attend ance. American National Red Croa* Southern Division Atlanta, Of Oct. 25, 1920. Mrs. A. H. McManus, County Nurse. ! Surry County Unit, Mount Airy, N. C. My dear Mrs. McManus:— Thank you for those clippings about ' the Fair. It is certainly a valuable: exhibit that you Rave and t think the Right and Wrong way* of caring for ! children must have created a great | deal of interest. This brief not* fails j to convey how very interesting we i found the account. We always feel enriched by hearing the details of the work in the field. I wish that every Fair in the Division might have had such exhibits and demonstrations as yoort. Vary eordially, Jane Van De Vrede. Director Nursing Department. BmmH* tmmm he UH «• get thia par1! citp pi»wl) euhi fiM «M harreatadt m la ■ aah Ject which la engaging the nnau of la ana Ohio city J.ooo boetnaas and profeeaional man hare anaotmced that they win fftra ona day's aarrka each waah to farmers. City mm ara being nrcad to apand thair raratloaa aa farm hand*. College man and bigh school itadanta arc being ee pecially urged by tha nawapapara to fftoa their Ion* cummer vacation* to farm work. Tha members of Col gate University's crack football taam, la baa baan announced. will do their rammer training In tha cornfialda and potato patches of central S<-rr York. In Michigan an organization baa been formed to recruit man In indua trial center* and place them on aoma of Michigan's eighteen thousand aban doned farms. In Massachusetts tha Legislature ia preparing to maka ap propriations to encourage the organi zation of farming campa from which students and others can be sent where they are most needed by the farmer*. In addition to thia the Governor of Maasachusetts has railed upon the people of the State to cultivate peace gardens, to supplement the production of the farms and to bring down the coat of living. The Boston Chamber of Commerce has lent out an appeal to every oae in New England to have a home garden this year. Such ap peal* are being made by the newa paper* everywhere. There i* great er need for a garden thi* year, *ays the Rochester Timea-Union, than the a wa* during the war. 'i"he farmer ha* never received a fair measure of profit; hi* work must be recognized at its full valoa, and If farming doea not yield a fair return and if farmer's children are not given a fair chance compared with the children of the citlea, then trouble is ahead, says Tha Manufacturers Record. Hie farmer, in tha opinion of tha Los Angeles Orchard and Farm, Is determined to place himself opon aa sqnal plane with his city brother—to have good roads, good schools, hoasa convenience*, an automobile, and an Income for hla labor sufficient to hay the things that other men buy.—Tha Literary Digest Road Took Fir* and Burned His Auto up. Sargent, Neb. Oct. 29.—Ed Beck er, ranchman from over in the Mid dle Loup country, has hired a law yer and proposes to find out if a peaceful autolit muit assume the risk of having his machine burned under him just because the road catches fire. The sandhill region of Ne braska is one of the few parts of the country where the danger of • road burning up confronts its users. That is because the only way to make a sandy road that has gone bad fit to drive over is to put straw or ol< hay onto it and work it in. Before it is safe for an auto to travel over, after this has been done, it must b« subjected to wagon and team travel, which pack it in. A sandhill road after a rain is a fearsome thing. Using a plow and scraper on a sano road makes it worse than before, anu to clay it to a depth sufficient to make it worth while costs too much. The material to grade into the roads is the same as the roads themselves, and putting more on makes them worse. Becker drove his car onto the un packed straw, and the farther he went the more difficult became the going. The speeding up of his en gine caused the straw to catch on fire. He tried to pull out the burn ing straw, but this only caused the air to get into the remainder and it bumed more freely. In about ten minutes Becker's $2,600 car was gone. The county refuses to pay because It insists he should have known better than to drive onto an unpacked straw road. Republican Party Spent $3, 318,000 in The Campaign French Lick. lad. Not. 11.—The Republican national campaign eont 13.316,000, according to figure* given out here tonight by Fred W. Upham, treasurer of tiie Republcan national committee, who ia here for a brief rest. He itated that the deficit amounted to fl ,360,000. Fer a Disordered Stemaah. When the atomach falls te perform lie function* the bowels become de ranged, the liver and kidneys congest ed. The important thing is te restore the stomach and liver to • healthy condition and fbr this pwpuee Cham berlatn'a Tablet* arc excellent. 1 Amrican immlgranta called these bills "dicks," and, • vfntoalljr, "dixlea." Mississippi, Texas, and north aloof tho Mississippi River, Louisiana, and particularly New Orleans, becamo known as tho "Land o' tho Dixtso," and Kradually the word "Dixie" can* ; to be applied to the State, and as ha~ migration to the Gulf Coast tocreessd the name was applied to all tho South, i first as the "Land of tho Dixie" and then as "Dixie Land." In 18B9 Daniel Decatur Emmett composed the sons: "Dixie Land" as • "walk-around" for Bryants Minstrels. He frequently had heard the worda, "I wish I were In the Land o' tho t&Xies," and to meet the demands of meter and rhyme converted It Into the line of the son*, "I wish I were in Dixie." This son* afterward was re written by Gen. Albert Pike, who grave It the dash of a thrilling battle song. It went all over the United States, and the nickname of "Dixie" thereby waa fixed forever on the I .and o' Cotton. They were looking down Into the depth* of the Grand Canyon. "Do yon know," asked the guide, "that it took million* and million* of year* for thi* great abya* to be carr ed out?" "Well, well," ejaculated the traveler, "I didn't know tkii waa a Government Job"* * NOTICE The County Commissioners win seB at public auction to the highest bid der in front of the court fconaa ea the first Monday in December, at It noon the following. All bed*, bed clothing, mattressea and springs now located in the court house, belonging to the eopnty, ex cepting the jurors beda. This Nor. 4th, 1920. By order of the Board. Henry Wolfe. Clerk to the Board. NOTICE By virtue of authority contained in a deed of trust, duly registered in tha oflce of the Register of Deeds of Surry County in Book 76, page 188. executed to me by W. R. Cornelius to secure a debt of Seventy Five Hun dred (87600.00) Dollars, of which debt there remains due and unpaid Fir* Thousand Seven Hundred and Seven ty Fiv- (86776.00) Dollars now there fore, on application of the holder of the note* secured by aaid deed of trust, I will sell for caah to the high est bidder, at the terminal of the Mount Airy and Eastern Railway, Hi Mount Airy, North Carolina, on the 7th day of December 1920, at twe o'clock, P. M. the following described personal property, to-wit: One narrow (86 inch) gauge, 20 ton, class B. locomotive; 8 8-4 * 12 Inch cylinders, shop number 1617, lettered Buskirk-Rutledge Lumber Company, Cincinnati, Ohio. Sale made to satisfy said debt with interest and costs. This November 6th 1920. William Gravea, Trustee. PROMINENT COLUMBIA POLICEMAN SAYS THAT RE-CU-MA DID WOND ERS FOR HIS MOTHER At Present Feeling in Better Health Than She Ha* Had For Years, and She Expect* to Keep it in the House Always. Mr. M. 0. Tortwville, residing st No. S Haskell avenue, Columbia, Souht Carotins, and whose duties as policeman keeps him guarding the public's interest around the State House, is glad to tell folks about the good that RE-CD-MA has done tor his mother. Mrs. Torbeville suffered for years from Rheumatism In its most intense form, with particularly severs pains in her shoulders and hack; also In various portions of her body. She was confined tn her M most of the time. She received a bottle of RE-CU-MA; took It as dir ected; It was but a very short time be fore she could feel the benefits. She is at present feeling better than she has for years. RE-CU-MA to sold with a guarantee tha* year money will be refunded If you ds not feel benefited after taking it four day*. RE-CU-MA sells for fl.W. plus war tax sad can ha had at Mora* Airy Drag Go. ami all good drag *W». —*Tnr