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ESTABLISHED 1896.
GERMANY GETS A POSER
" G ermany M ust Evacuate .
Territory Before America Can
Discuss Armistrce. - -
;The complete withdrawal of the
troops of the Teutonic allies from
; occupied territories is essential ; to
- the'cominebcement of. any rpeace
' discussions- with Germany. , This
fact has been made known to.Ger
many and Austria-Hungary '.by
President Wilson in answer to He
recent appeal ot the, German im
perial chancellor for aa.. armistice
. on land and sea and in the air and
the tJiscussion- of possibie .means
; ; ; ' for endin'ff the ' war. r 'rf '::ff';,. '7: .
: In' addition President Wilson! ! is
' desirous of knowing, and" has di
rectly asked the question for whom
the imperiarchancellor .was" speak
; ing when he advanced his proposal
whether it was for the constitu
: ted authorities of the empire who
have been conductingthe : war of
for the whole, German people. The
:t ; president also desires to know ; if
C Germany in seeking peace accepts
'the terms already laid down by the
'.. president as a "basis :f or' the ending
of hostilities. ' ; V
Meanwhile the entente; allied
forces eyerywhero-k'ro defeating
" the armies of the Teutonic allies.
. In France, they are fast carrying
forward maneuvers w hich ; are . re
r suiting in the enemy's vjine-giviDg
iand Verdun, v Likewise in ";MaceV
, ."donia and Turkish : theatres: the
cleaning up process continues tfu?
i abated.':'- l": ? ' '
7 Spread of Epidemic Has Not Been
; 1 ' : Ch ecked As : Yet. J . ,
JvWashington (t. 8. While a
- continued decrease in the number
!: of new cases of Spanish influenza
at. army camps was shown in re
- ports ' tod ay to the office of the
surgeon-general of the' army, the
; spread of the malady among the
civilian population oyer the coun
try apparently still is far from be
. ing checked. , ' :. , . .
1 Beports to the public health serr
vice showed that the disease : was
. - spreading rapidly in the; south. ;
The. total number of cases of .in
v , fluenza, reported 'from, - all army
; r camps - since .: the disease became
V; epidemic last month is placedAat
more than 182,000 while pneumo
; nia cases total 19,283 and deaths,
v.-'l;5,67l:VrV-.TH..;;U
HrJ.VV Pfess Admitted to" Su-v'v'.-;
rpreme'.Court Practice. :
s Washington; ; Oct. T.- On; mo
: tiqn of Senator Overman two North
Carolina attorneys, J; W. Plessi of
- Marion, and J." Snead 'Adams, of
: y'; Asheville, were admitted to pracr
tice before the Supreme' court qf
'" the United States ioday. Mr. Pless
is here to argue a case as attorney
for the Black' Mountain railway. -
i 1
Ir I CaihounrWillis.
Mr., Glen Calhoun of Poplar,
N. C, and Miss Pearl .iW'iliisi of
Spjuce Pine, : were married near
r Garden City on' Friday evening,
Sept. 27, Key; W. ; H. McMahan
officiating. The ceremony : was
witnessed by Mr., and ' Mrs. Keid
McCurry, who accom panied j the
- couple from Clarion. : Mr. Cal
houn is foreman and shippingclerk
.'-at the Carolina Hosiery Mill.
See that your subscription is
pid in adv,
r r ir
Board of : Health C loses : Sch ob I s
d Stops Public Gatherings.'
Upon the suggestion and recom
mendation of the' State v Board of
Health, the Governor, and State
Superintendent of Public Instruc
tion', the County Bparof Health
of ''McDowell ; County at a l call
meeting on last Mondays ordered
all schools, churches and'allpublic
meetings discontinued until further
notice." This action of the Board
of Health was taken after 3 uecon
sideration of the 'epidemic of Span
ish influenza, which is raging over
the entire country, i ; - ; - ;
" It is said there is at present about
ten thousand cases in the States and
that the disease continues to spread!
A number of death have been '. re
ported; - ; . l-'c " 1
- There are a number of cases in
different parts of McDowel jcoun
typThe County Board ofHeaith
Is; doing everything 'possible to
keep downt an epidemic in Mc
Dowell, and to this end passed an
Order," as follows: -
' "Whereas, at the. present time a high
ly contagions epidemic of "Spanish in
fluenza is raging all over the State and
entire country, and
--"Whereas, said epidemic is a great
menace and is dangerous to the public
health of the country: ' ,
The County Board "of Healthy at a
call meetiog on Monday, Oct, 7th, 1918,
passed the following order:
fThat alT8chools, ; churches, moving
picture snows, ana an pu duc gatnerings
he ordered closed and remafn closed un
til such peri6d6r.in;i
Board of Health considers it safe for the
public health that such public institu
tions and public gatherings "be permitted
to reopen -' V p .
-' '1t is recommended'' that , municipal
pfiacers prohibit public gatherings" on
the streets, around depots and ? in. all
public places It is also recommended
that the parents of children see fchat the
'children do not frequent public places
and that, the children remain at home
until such time as maysbe safe for them
to go in public. V.
This order is made upon recommenda
tion of the State Board of Health, Gov
ernor of the State; and State Superin
tendent of Public Instruction, and goes
into effect as of this October, 7th, 1918.
It is also approved by the leading citi
zens and the medical profession of the
State and Countyl The full co-operation
of the'public If Requested in this
matter . The teachers of. the county axe
requested to give full publicity to this
order and to instruct the school children
and the public of the necessity of ob
serving same.' . ., -v.' .
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The Crawley's Purchase Twin Oaks.
11 who remember. "Miss Corrie
Camp as a popular teacher of music
at Greenlee. Academy some' years
ago, will be interested in the" fol
lowing ' item from the; Charlotte
Observer of October 3rd:' ;';V
; :5 'Mr: and Mrs. J. T. Cra wley
haye purchased : Twin Oaks, the
Ii3anthe7multi-millionareJ owner
of The Washington Postr a JLees
burg. There are more than 400
acres in the tract and it is well
equipped with baildin.'Mf.tc;
Lean used it for a race-horse farm,
but Mr. Crawley will grow corn,
wheat and grasses, as well as cat
tle 'and hpei-:
"i Mrs. Crawley was ! ' Miss", Corrie
Camp of Rutherford county. Mr."
Oraley.isa well-known engineer
and contractor.. . -He was . born ; in
South- Carolina The' Crawley's
havei also," an attractive - home r in
Clevelancl yPark, where : theyr will
nvanM tkn nrinfnv . .: :.'A
' Put Your Dollars into Khaki 1
Buy Liberty Bond3
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NEWS:FR0M TH E -COUNTY
Brief f.
penings in McD
I terns About Home Petpie. U
"DAETSVILiiE v llA
iC. pysartsville, Octi 7-T-Miles PJ Flack
and family were visitors here Sunday, e
Misses Lillie Landis and Lucy Boper
folks here. ' ': c. y: mim:-: c v
, y. Crawford Landis of Newport News
Va , is home for -.a"' month's furlow to
help his father do up(the fall work. "
Several wVnt tq Marion last Monday
to hear ; Gov, Bicketfc speak. .' His ad
dress was well worth the trip, v : :? :
r Mrs; EcU Foster ah aged lady of this
community died' last week. ;v.v k
-, T; B. Landis made; a business trip to
Nebo last" week. f '-v fKfi
: Presiding Elder Holmes, of the Marion
district, preached three fine sermons
here Saturday and Sunday. r: . :; v";'
,W. Taylor attended the commis
sioners' meeting in Marion today.
" - The Baptist revival has been postponed
from the second till the third Sunday in
this month." Rev. Mr. Bennett is- ex
pected to be here for the services.
' : . NEBO ' ,
Nebo. Oct. 8.- The revival services
at the Baptist church closed. Tuesday
night. , The meeting was a great suc
cess, being attended by large . crowds.
There were nineteen , additions ; to j the
church. . Rev. Reese won the hearts f
the people by . his strong messages of
Divine: truth. , -r- - .f -. .-f; : -irt '
Misses Estelle Wilson and Mamie
Stacy of Rutherford ton and Elsie Stacy
of Glen wood, spent the week-end with
homef oiks here. . - X r
Crawford Landis of Newport .News,
Mrs. G. p. Taylor.
4Nebo High School Items a
Tuesday morning as - the school was
marching in for opening exercises a nor
tice was received' from Superintendent
Steppe to close the school till after the
epidemic of Influenza abates. ? -r
After reading Josh fillings' definition
of VA Hero", singing the Star Spangled
Banner and giving the different 'class
yells the school formed a circle around
the. auditorium, joined';; hands, sang
Blest be the Tie That Binds J and , then
all pledged, themselves ; . to return v . to
school as soon as it opens- again:
The -principal theu passed- around
blanks for taking subscription 8 for Lib
erty Loan Bbnds and five hundred dol
lars was taken a
-' The Boneria Literary Society of . the
High School bought a fifty dollar" bond;
We now have forty boarding pupils
in the club. 1 " , j;J'; -;i
" We are arranging for four more , girls
and. two more boysl If, you wanV a
room write the principal at once. One,
dollar will hold -the room, for you. 1
' Key Landis joined the navy last week
at Asheville. He will remain in school
The english classes are delighted with
their newt literature, "The Spirit of
Democracy." 1 .V
Notice will be given in .the Marion
Progress of the date of re'-opening of
school . -.c s:':-'
Oliver Arrested dn
v J. Oliver, mill ionaire manu
facturer, and itefi employes were
arrested at Knbxville, Tenn., . on a
warrants wprn out. a) military
intelliince ofilcer, xhargihg jcoh;
s piracy, fraud and 'sabotage in th e
manufacture of "shells, which the
worrant alleges did not - fi re true
and were dangerous to United
States soldierisilgMo
000 is alleged to have been obtain-
ed illegally; Tho gOTernment seiz-
thei,antof the W.-j. Oliver
Manufacturing CompanyVpf which'
the individual defendants areoffi
cers'"an:fbremen.fH
The condition of J)r. and; Mrs.
J F, Jonas' little ; child ; was i re-
portci yesterday to be improving
ientfori of ;SWe1oif thVrta'b
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LieutK KAUKirhvXQTATP MtfO nrTUCuccff
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"Sftm auha ral in fronnA IJ. ;
i wyiiiuniiyi w III ; J. I ailbQl
UManci Mrs. J Kir hae
receiving an interesting letter from
by, who is somewhere in France.
Tbeietterphlpartilpwl
'I hope you have received some
of, my letters by ' this time that
were written qh the boat and after
rfiretJandelWh
ed we inarcheii to, a rest camp ?f or
a short atl atel
trained and moyejd .a gain!ttii time
toourtraTSln
X; ani Jiuatanim
the different homes about the vil-
I lage. U I have a room i n achateau
owned by a very aristocratic old
'FrencKa3yl-Thehou of
stone
is co vered wi th slate;
Aroun(,the house there is a high
fence of stone ; and plaster with
vines growing all o veri it. My
room- is a wondeh s The bed ; is
built real lo'w and has two mat
tresses on it, the bottom one about
two jfeet thick with springs ihT it,
and the top one, x which is just as
Ihiclsymade of feathersjahj tfie
covering is of somekind Josof t
"flejr'stfiffSofyoh
nice comfortable be(; v The furni
ture is old mahogany ; There is
no such- thing as water or light
system, so we have ' a candle for
.wasning purposes. .
,"N6w as to the country- It is a
wonderful: place. v-- lre;?climate Js
ver much like bu r good old North
Carolina climateand tKe scenery
is fine. . On each sidefe rbads
aliovertbe
of tall Italian trees . and they are
kept trimmed i up allv the .; time.
This Httl e fvil I age i h which we are
stationed is a; very old one. J One
ot the churches, the largest ybuild
ipg here, was built in the eleventh
ceaturj'. I went sight-seeing: the
other day and explored the ruins
of an Old castle which is; said to
have beehccupied by King(Iuis
XIV. It certain! v .) w as i h terest
ing. I also . went "inside the "old
church The statues and paintings
were grand. K. man X was buried
in the floor, o f the churchih j the
year 1500, So you see the build
ing is an old one alright.' : ;
: The streets in the village are
verry narrow and you" should see
kthe trams and .street cars. They
look like to vs. The passenger cars
are funny looking thi ngs; Ithey
on ly have four' W heels with spikes
in; them(fieseatS;face eacbother
like our summer street cars, vtwo
seatsjtpa compart
cpmpartmen ts to a car.. .The doors
open on each side of the com part
ment, ; making teVoprsa carV
I wishc X
VTo see the shepherds with their
sheep and dogs put on) the hillside
is; a pretty ight.lIt rmihdsjiie
of.an old Bible picture. - The dogs
are trained to know just ; what to
do andwhen to, do ffit. J, he f jsnep
herd keeps sheep;fpr all the village
folks- In the evening when he
comes in he blows an old horn and
the people come out and bpen their
gates)fprthe aheepj to go in. If
one goes" ih to ;a iplace whereit
does ? 2beong9Jthe dogs come
ran jt out. tr. r v t r:&ir
"When we were marching from
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XXIII NO. 7
wini t-:ii LiiO'Ur I 1 1 ti,iif rr u
Cfbncernirig:; Events oft In
ierestnolmp
gTynod Ipftb e;Appalachia
meetingJwhich was ? scheduled to
eeldnJshlBville
has be postpohed Indefinitely,
tinnie -Thomas, daughter of
ihojpasrof Mable, --iitao
ga county , was found dead in ) the v
.podslBearSfceS honied Death is t
reported toy have been caused by d
dyrjmiteapung paher xhest
and JBij.herown
llgistionjat lihe rrsity oft
rth-Gali& Has passed the o
thousand mark 1,067 students hav
ing beeii enrolled up to date. Ap
proximately ; 800 of this n
haetf-mductedf
dents ; Armjr Training Corps
bou t&thers NonS
A. T. C. men whose physical con
dition;or other - requirements hayo
prevented induction are takinc
tfiejreguto
The annual meeting of the West
ern North Carbliha conference of
the;:Methodist: Episcopal churchy
south, will be held -the week of
NoyembeV 6; at M
ference mcludes atout one-half thQ
stated t a)id t alibestern :NorthD
rplillpisnop IJyi ' Gar-:
HjpgynVjbfxW elected
last May,f has charge of this con
ference, and presides over the two.
North Carolina conferences and thci
two South Carolina conferences. r
J E :Shipmah Appofh Solicitor
; J; Shipman of Henderson villp
has lieen Spoointed by Gov, Bick-r
ettispHcftprgf
district, to succeed Major Michael
Schenck,;wbb hasentered'the judge
advocate general's department.-
r ' A' number' of applications had
been filed'with Gov. !Bickett, and
u pon his return from the- western;
section of Nortbi Carolina, he took,
tip the matter of appointing a suc
cessor to Maior Schenck. ' . "
Bulletinjon Spanish Influenza. -
.The Surgeon General '.of tha
United States Plibc; Health, Ser
vicV has just issued aps pecial bul
letin dealing with Spanish Influen
za' which cOntaihs all known avail-,
able information regarding this
disease. Simpler methods reJativQ
tmtsprenttbnV manherbf sprcad
And care Of patients, are also given.
Copies of this )ulletin , v?ill be fu r-
nished free bf charge upon request -:
4by writing to the State Board of
Health, Raleigh,; North Carolina.
According to a -French official
statement irbci Seiafember 10 to -September
3p;tbe,,allied; armies in I
France and lgium ; captured 2,-
88bfficersi02
cannon and mbre. than ,6,000 ma-;
chine guns. jFromJuly 15 to Ssp
tember 30 the allies have captured
518 office
cannon; more4 than 23,0(XVmschin2 ;
guns and hundreds of mine throw-
... . . , . .. . . .
ers. Kfr$xc&$:i 1 v -
ft Fridayf the YLmericans ' refsrcd
the attaclrwcst of JtheZIcuc3 end
advahccdltheirlihes' from -tTO; -to
fiye kilometcrs?Th6y csptarcd 1
Hill 210, north of Escrmont, end
thevillngcs of Gc-nb, FIsy ill :
Chchcry and lau ore-
Chchcry end LoFon