A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNJY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 21, 1918
VOL. XXIII NO. 13
TO DEMOBILIZE TROOPS
Two Hundred Thousand Men from
Camps Will be Coming Home
Within Next Two Weeks.
Orders have been issued; General
March announced Saturday, for the
gradual demobilization of all troops
nmxr in this onnntrv.
Demobilization will be in the f ol
lowing order. First, development
battalions, 71 in number and com
prising 98,188 men, second, con
scientious objectors not under ar
rest. Third, spruce production divis
ion; fourth central training schools
for officers with some modifications;
fifth United States guards, now
numbering 135,000 men; sixth, rail
way units'seventh depot brigades;
ight, replacement units; ninth,
combat divisions.
There are now in the United
States 1,790,000 men under arms,
General March said. Orders which
will result in the immediate de
mobilization of 200,X)00 men are al
ready issued, and these men will
be at their homes in the next two
weeks.
When the. reduction plan is un
3er full operation, the chief of staff
explains, 30,000 men each day will
be released from the army.
Regarding the return of the
troops in France, General March
said the order in which the divisions
will be withdrawn is being left to
Genera! Pershing. It is the in
tention of the department, how
ever, so far as is practicable, to re
turn each division to the locality
from which the majority of its men
came, and to parade the division in
adjacent cities so that the people
welcomes.
Orders have been cabled to Gen
eral Pershing to begin the return
at once of all casuals, sick and
wounded who can be moved, and
convalescents. A steady stream of
these men should begin immediate
ly to cross the Atlantic.
Camps at home will, be cleared
out to prepare for the return of the
expeditionary forces, and the gen
eral indicated that the process
would be expedited. A unit of
regular troops will be left at each
camp to guard police it in prepara
tion for the arrival of tbe overseas
units.
Because of its unusual composi
tion, General 'March said, and its
brilliant record at the front, the
42nd (Rainbow) division will be
given special consideration in the
demobilization plans. The purpose
. ui iuo uuparfauieui was uuiuutuucu
specifically, but the impression was
gained that thedivision will be
paraded in Washington before it
is mustered out.
Steps already have been taken
toward the organization of the per
manent army. All, men now in the
army have beenor will be offered
an -honorable discharge from the
: emergency enlistment and an im
mediate re-enlistment in the new
v forces. A furlough of one month
will be given as an incentive to re
ehlistment. .
It was announced that congress
would be asked to give each man
discharged f rona the'army, regard -
less of-- whether he re-enlists, a
bonus of one month's salary. Gen-
. era! March pointed but also that all
soldiers are entitled, under, law, . to
wear' their uniforms for three
months after discharge. This will
make less difficulty the immediate
task of supplying civilian clothing
to tbe demobilized army.
The return of commissioned per
sonnel of the army to civilian life,
General March said, will be effect
ed by dividing the present list' of
officers into three classes, those who
desire commissions in the regular
army, those who desire honorable!
discharge from the service.
Instructions have been issued to
the army staff corps to carry out
reduction in their commissioned
and enlisted personnel lists, keep
ing pace with the reduction of the
line forces.
Serious Riot at, Winston-Salem,
There was a serious riot in Winston-Salem
Sunday night in which
several were killed and injured,
white and colored. Saturday night,
it is alleged, a negro held up J. .
Childress and his wife, white,
forced them to give up what money
they had, $2.03, shot Mr. Child
ress, and at the point of a pistol
forced Mrs. Childress into the
woods and criminally assaulted her.
The mob first formed Sunday
afternoon about 3:30 o'clock, and
the jail. Three shots were fired,
seriously wounding the negro
charged with the crime and also a
white prisoner. Town officials suc
ceeded in quieting the mob for the
time being but when the report got
around that the wrong negro had
been shot the mob again became
active, going to the jail, which was
surrounded by the home guards,
about nightfall. Hardware stores
were broken open, guns and pis
tols and ammunition were taken
and when the mob reached .the jail
it numbered several thousand.
When the mob broke for the jail
the fire companies turned the water
on it and the firing began. The
home guards returned the fire but
the mob soon overpowered it and
got in the jail, but failed to find
the negro wanted.
After an hour or more the mob
left the jail, manshed through the
business section of the town and
finally scattered in grouos. Gov
ernor Bickett was appealed to for
aid and the Greensboro home
guards and troops from Camp
Polk, Raleigh, and Camp Greene,
Charlotte, were ordered to Winston-Salem.
The known dead are Rachael
Levi, a young woman bystander,
and Robert Young, a fireman.
Order was restored Monday af
ter a night of rioting. Governor
Bickett announces that a . full in
vestigation will be made of the
trouble.
Expl"0ss Taken Over.
Saturday President Wilson is
sued a proclamation taking over
the consolidated express business
now carried on by the American
Railway Express Company and as
signing the operation to Director
General McAdoo. This action
serves to clarify the express situa
tion which heretofore has been
based on the understanding that
the express combination operated
privately as the agent of the di-
f rector general. No radical changes
will be made in the methods of the
express company, it was said at tbe
railroad administration.
It is expected -that the graded
school will re-open next Monday,
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief. Mention of Some ofthe Hap
penings in McDowell County
Items About Home People.
CROOKED CREEK.
Crooked Creek, Nov. 18. C. L. Lytle
spent last Sunday with Lorftile Bargin
Allie Y. Lytle is improving after a
serious illness of the "fla."
, Bethlehem Sunday School re-opened
last Sunday with a very large attend
ance. W. S. Melton is ill with the influenza.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Davis are serious
ly ill with the influenza.
The people of Crooked Creek, are very
busy gathering corn this week.
C. L. Lytle and John Lavender made
a business trip to Old Fort Monday.
N. Vess has moved to the Marion Cot
ton mills.
C. B. Harris and A. E. Wilson went
hunting the other night and caught four
big opossums.
Baptist State Convention Dec. 3-6.
Raleigh, Nov. 20. The ap
proaching session of the Baptist
State Convention at Greensboro,
Dec. 3 6, gives promise of being
the most notable one in the long
list of its 88 annual sessions. The
Convention will face the many and
multiform problems growing, out
of our new relationships to the
world, chief among which will be
that of training leaders to help
shape tbe civilization of the future.
The educational question, there
fore, will occupy tbe center of tbe
stage at this session, one whole day,
in the middle of the Convention,
being devoted exclusively to a dis
cussion of its various phases.
It is expected that tbe Million
Dollar Campaign for tbe Baptist
schools in the State, which was
projected a .year ajjo at its session
in Durham, will be brought to a
successful conclusion at this time.
However, on account of the con
tinued distressing conditions in
some sections of the State brought
about by the influenza eDidemic, it
may be necessary to extend the
time limit for a short period uutil
the churthes can resume their regu
lar work. However, from the
mountains to tbe sea most encour
aging reports are daily coming to
the central office. In every case
where any thing like a thorough
canvass has been made, the church J
es have 'gone over the top" with
an increase of from 50 to 100 per
cent over their allotment.
President Will Go to Europe.
Washington, Nov. 19 President
Wilson will go to France early in
December to take part in the dis
cussion and settlement of the main
features of the treaty of peace.
His decision to accept the invita
tion of -the allied premiers was
made known last nigbt in a formal
statement from the white house.
The president plans to sail im
mediately after the opening of the
regular session of. congress on De
cember 2. How long he will re
main abroad is not known.
President Wilson's purpose in
going to France in advance of the
meeting of the peace congress is
understood to be to discuss with
the allied -premiers at Versailles
the program to be laid down for
the guidance of the peace delegates
when they -meet.
Charlie Chapman and Fatty Ar
buckle in the same picture at the
Grand Theatre on Monday. Don't
miss the chance to see these two
great film stars. ad
War Stamp Workers Plan forDrive
iff Marlon District.
A meeting of workers in the
war savings stamp campaign was
treld at the court house id Marion
last Thursday. Representatives
from the counties of Avery; Burke,
McDowell, Mitchell, Rutherford
and Yancey met with Judge GiU
bert T. Stephenson, State director
of the service of the war savings
committee; Miss Kate Herring,
director of publicity, and John L.
Gilmer, State chairman of the re
tail merchants' division.
Plans for nutting the six coun
ties comprising the Marion district
over the top were outlined and
figures showing the present stand
ing of the various counties were
furnished, showing McDowell has
sold 39.81 per cent of her allot
ment, leaving 60.19 per cent yet
to be sold. McDowell has sub
scribed 63.55 per cent of its allot
ment, leaving 36.47 per cent to be
subscribed. McDowell stands 67
among the counties of the state in
subscriptions, and 26 in sales.
No county in the Marion district
has yet sold anything like its allot
ment, 'and it, was brought out in
tbe discussion that some very hard J
work would have to be done
throughout the entire district be
tween now and tbe end of tbe year
to maintain the State's reputation
of 100 per cent on war work ac
tivities.
The Victory drive to secure the
balance of North Carolina's war
savings allotment begins November
27 and ends December 6. Every
effort will be made to put North
Carolina across but it is clearly
understood that some very hard
work is ahead of the solicitors.
Men Over 37 Not to Be Classified;
Stop Examinations.
The local exemption board has
received instructions to discontinue
the classification of men above
thirty-seven years old and tbe
work of filling out questionnaires
for men in that class is stopped.
Men of eighteen will fill out their
papers and file them with the
board, according to the original
instructions. All registrants who
have received questionnaires and
are abobe 37 years old are asked
to return them -to tbe exemption
board blank.
The provost marshal general has,
ordered the physical examination
of all draft registrants discon
tinued. Therefore registrants who
have received notice to appear for
physical examination need not re
port. Time Limit Extended.
The chairman of the Red Cross
chapter has received information
from headquarters that the time
for mailing Christmas packages to
soldiers overseas has been extend
ed to November 30th. Arrange
ments have also been made where
by relatives who have not received
overseas labels by Thursday, the
21st, may secure labels by calling
"on the committee in charge of the
packing and mailing of Christmas
boxes, at the store room in the
Marianna hotel 'building which is
open every day. from 9:30 to 12
o'clock a. m. and from!2 to 5 p. m.
B. A Kluttz, of .Hickory, - was
heredoring the week in the inter-
1 est of Brame's Yapomentha Salve.
STATE NEWS OFTHE WEEK
Items, Concerning Events of In
terest and Importance Through
out the State.
l, W. A. Gibson,! postmaster at
Bryson City.hanged himself Sat
urday afternoon. Ill health U
given as the cause of suicide.
The fid ministration building of
Yancey Collegiate institute at
Burnsville was destroyed by fire
Monday nighU Nov. 11. The struc
ture was a large one and the loss
is about $20,000, with small insur
ance. , '"'
Theodore FKluttz, aged 63 a
leading citizen and lawyer of Salis-
1 bury, died at his home in Salisbury
Tuesday afternoon, haying sec-
ness from Brigbt's disease.
David B. Garrison, a prominent
citizen of Glen Alpine, was struck
Monday night by a helper engine,
at Glen Alpine and instantly killed
Mr. Garrison was walking up the
track on his way home wben the
accident occurred. A large family
survives.
John R. Early leper, of Jryon,
is now in the lepers home at In
dian Bayou, La. Etrly escaoed
two months ago fromxtbe District
of Columbia and returned to his
home at Tryon. After spending a
time there be journeyed on to
Louisiana and was taken in there.
Jailed to Return Questionnaires.
Tbe following men between the
ages of 18 and 36 have failed to
return questionnaires to the local
exemption board. Friends and
relatives of these men will be do
ing them a great favor to notify
them vthat the provost marshal
general directs that all question
naires of men between these ages
must bfe made out and filed with
their local boards, or severe meas
ures will have to be used. TbosQ
failing to return questionnaires are:
A oner Clifford Davis, Charles
Wiofield ThomsLSoo, Roy. Brown
low Byrd, Benjamin Mc Falls, Al
len Carl Haney, Rajph Ray Sim
mons, Eck Lail, Ad rant Clyde
Corpening (colored). Buler Alex
ander . Smith (colored), Marion
Dewey Smith, George WJnfield
Lamb, Ned Osborne Jacquins,
Rtirrftnft Mrprs WlV TV1 TTirlre
Haney, Claud Franklin Curtis,
John Levi Bin g, John Knox Stacy
Robert Lee Jimmerson, Ralph An
drew Atkins, Walter Fred Wil
liams and Geo. Demey Sprouse.
War Notes,
The aHied armies hare Besuk.
their march- towards Germany.
The Belgian, forces have already
occupied Antwerp, which was evsc
uated by the enemy on Friday and
immediately taken over. Brussels
was expected to be free of German
soldiers Sunday.
The American third army has
been designated as "the army of
occupation." It will be under the
immediate direction of General
Pershing, the commander-in-chief,
who will be in command of the
American positions in occupied
territories"' -;
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There are about 270,000 women
working on the farms in Great
Britain &ndrl3,000 its volunteer
workers in the foodrod action do-