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A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWEllL QOUbTTY.
ESTABLISHED 1896.
'MARIpN, N. C, THURSDAY,. DC. 5, 1918
VOL. XXIliNO.15
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PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS ;
Gives Formal Notice of His Inten-
, tion to Go Abroad Reviews
Accomplishments of Wari
WaslilngtoiL, Congress in joint ses
uston heard President Wilson an
nounce formally his purpose to attend
the peace conference and giye Jiis
reiws on the part - the government
' should play in dealing with reconstruc
tion problems.
Democrats of the house received the
announcement wtih cheers in which
some; senators join.ed; the Republi
cans were ' silent almost throughout
the address, - except when the presi
- dent referred to the valor or efficiency
of American soldiers and mentioned
the names . of Pershing and Sims
Threatened interruptions by members
who disapprove of the trip , and of the
. president s lallure to Include a sena-
totr. among the peace delegates, how
ever, did not materialize.
During the first hour of the new
session, Senator Cummins, of Iowa,
Republican, introduced . a resolution to
send a committee of eight senators to
Paris to keep the senate" advised of
the progress of the peace conference,
and in the house, Representative Ro
denburg, of Illinois, Republican, had
offered a resolution proposing that
the vice president take- over the func
. tlons upon j the departure of Mr. Wil
s6n from the -country. Senator Sher
man, of Illinois, Republican, announc
ed iater that he would submit a reso
lution similar, to that of Representa
tive -Rod enburgr except that It would
declare the office of president vacant.
'. The president's annual address was
read before- a crowd that filled the
house chamber. JHe reviewed at length
the country's accomplishments in the
.war, paying tribute to the armed
forces' and to loyal workera at home.
HeTdlsclosed that- he thinks the prbb
' lems ;pf . read justment is taking care
of itself without government aid.
Or the railroad question, Mr. Wil
son said "that he. had no solution to
' offer. .. -
. Recommendations included a re
newed appeal for. woman suffrage -in
recognition of woman's work .in the
warj a request for early and favor
able action on the unratified Colom
bian ; treaty, and a suggestion that
. authority should be given the swar
trade board or some other body, to
continue control for a . time over ex-
; ports. : ,
. TheVpresident concluded with the
announcement of his forthcoming trip
overseas. He said since the associat
ed t governments had accepted princi
: spies' enunciated by him as the 'basis
for peace, h6 regarded it as his para
mount duty to go.
REGULAR ARMY OF HALF
MILLION MEN PROVIDED FOR
- 'r, Washington.-A regular , army of
approximately - half a million men is
; provided " for specifically in: estimates
; , submitted to ; congress for , the fiscal
year 1920,: beginning next July 1. De
; tailed items on the pay - of the army
'. show that in; the total of $l,92a,000,000.
asked ; for, exclusive of the fortinca-
ithe payment of only 21,259 off icers and
" 382667; nieri of the line , and approxi
mately : 130,000 ion-combatant troops
with the requisite staff officers
. The inclusion in the estimates, how
ever, of five items ol pay with a nom
nal appropriation of $100 eac,h asked,
, shows that the whole question of the
strength of the army after the con
clusion of t peace has been deferred
and that supplemental estimates are
to be expected .under these 'headings
when it. is possible to present a com
pleted project. j ; The -: items thus held
In suspension are those providing for
1 the pay of reserve and national guard
officers and men.
UNITED STATES DIVISIONS
.EXTEND MARCH INTO GERMANY
American - Army V of - Occupation.'
Three or -four days willN be required,
it was estimated, : for the four first
line divisions to complete their cross
ing ; Into ' Crerman : territory, although
the start was made eoon after; day
light. Clouds threatened rain, but JLater
the sun ; hroke through 4 the : haze, - but
hardly long enough to relieve the;dis
imal . atmosphere ' of the ' Gennan nvil
Xages : through V which the Americana
passed. ' :, , ' V.:
" New Officers Take Control.
Tbe recently elected county of
ffcials took the oath of office last
Monday and immediately entered
upon their duties. . Those elected
for the first time are as follows:
L. W. Getty s, I. W. Davis and
J. M. Gibson, county commission
ers; W.yfi. Hawkins, clerk of
court (formerly served as county
treaserer; Joseph 'M. Mashburn,
sheriff, and Thos. L. Epley, regis
ter of deeds. Millard Poteat, of
course, succeeds himself as treas
urer L. A. Haney was also sworn
in as surveyor.
Quite a crowd came to iown to
witness the going out and the com
ing in. It looked for a while as if
Marion was going to witness a
regular - inaugural day exercise.
Friends of the newly elected offi
cial were, somewhat disappointed
to learn there would be no demon
stration or speech making of any
kind.
The neW county commissioners
seemed anxious to waste no time,
aod got down to business early in
the day. Mr. L. W. Gettys was
elected chairman. He dispatches
his official duties with as much
ease and expedition as if he were
no novice at the business. Mr.
C. G. Lisenbee was made legal ad
visor to the board.,
On Tuesday the 'question of an
auditor to succeed the late K L. G.
Tjibson was brought up for dis
cussion, the retiring Democratic
oard having failed to appoint a
man to fill out the unexpired term.
The new board decided that the
office of aod i tor is essential and ap
pointed Mr. William Sweeney to
the vacancy.
The bridge work will be con
tinued for the present, at least.
and Constructor Moody was ad
vised to go ahead with the work
already begun.
The board was in session two
days. The regular ' monthly bills
and claims were examined and or
dered paid.
Sheriff Mashburn will have as
jailer the present incumbent, F. A.
Curtis. J. P. Ray was sworn in as
deputy and B. L. Bobbins as con
stable. The jury for the January term
of court was drawn as follows:
First week C. Y. Banning,
B. T. Daves, Thomas M. Davis,
F. S. Price, T. B. Faw, B. M.
Steppe, J. H. Morris, W. P. Artz,
R. H. Hennessee, R. Williams,
W. A. B. Garrison, W. E. Gardin,
C. A. Morris, C. R. -Wilkerson,
Samuel Brown, Jr., W. H. Mc-
Mahan, H. S. Quinn, 'J. H. L.
Miller.
Second week 33. G. Gofortb,
Geo. F. Rhom, T. C. Patton, J. O.
McDaniel, W C. Flinn, J. Q.
R. B. Clark, W. R. Garrison,
B. P. Hensley, G. C. Freeman,
A. R. Byrd, C. L. Morgan, S. W.
Cannon, E. K. Hild, J. H. Walker,
Ed, AllisonD. M. Gibson and
W. Ii. Allison,
Our Peace .Delegates.
President Wilson, Bobert Lans
ng, Secretary of . State, Henry
White, - former: ' ambassador to
France and Italy", Col. M. House
and General Tasker H. ' Bliss," rep
resentative of the American ; army
with the supreme .war council at
Versailes, -will .represent the Unit
ed States at the peace conferences
NEWS FROM THE COUNTY
Brief Mention of Some of the Hap
penings in McDowell bounty
Items About Home People.
DYSARTSVTLLE
Dysartsville. Dec. 2. Floyd Satter
white and f amilv of Spencer spent
Thanksgiving with Mr. and Mrs. T. E.
Satterwhite.
John Mangnm is home for a few days
after spending several days at the plant
of the Southern Power Company at
Bridgewater.
Jake Walker of Spencer spent the
week-end with his family here.
T. B. Lrandis made a business trip to
Nebo last Saturday.
James G. Uoforth opened school at
Laurel Hill last Monday.
Cronje Laughridge has gne to Ma
rion to work fof W. O. Ledbetter &
Brother.
H. B. Brackett has moved his saw
mill from South Muddy Creek to a point
near the Heunessee mill, where he will
saw timber for Frank Daves.
Lance Goforth , of Vein Monntain
spent Thanksgivings with home folks.
J. L. Spratt and J. A. Taylor made a
trip to Nebo last Monday.
. . NEBO
"Nebo, Dec. 3. No influenza in school
but pupils in the dormitory are still
quarantined on the school grounds to
prevent the epidemic being brought in.
All old pupils may return at any time
provided they have not been exposed
within a week.
Miss Zelda Hensley of Marion entered
school Monday. ,
Miss Edna Brown of Marion visited
her sister, Charline, at the dormitory
Reid Bird re-entered school Monday.
Mrs. Masters spent Sunday in Marion
Miss Virginia BaUenger of Bridge- , contained the Dame of J. R Hobbs
water visited Virginia Rust Sunday. I . m , , , ,
Prof . Penland was called home last of Marion, who is reported as bav
Friday to attend the funeral of his sister, liogeen killed in action. J; T.
The teachers have decided to offer
three medals this year a scholarship
medal, a recitation and a declamation
medal.
Mr. Gihbs has been making things
lively on the hill this week with his
gasoline saw and has tickled the boys
who chop wood with the fall of- the ax
by cutting it for them.
The Nebo district went "over the top"
with the war fund by raising $317.65.
The school paid $46 00 of this amount
Frank Wilson won the prize of one dol
lar offered by the chairman for securing
the largest subscription.
Glenwood High School News.
The business class is progressing nice
ly under the leadership of Miss Elsie
Stacy. Two new students have joined
in the last few days.
The Literary Society which has been
suspended on account of the influenza,
had a call meeting Friday afternoon
and elected officers.
The student body is preparing two
basket ball grounds.
Miss Faye Morris, of Forest City, has
been a visitor here, for several days.
On last Wednesday the boys, under
the leadership of Mr. Hensley, cut down
trees on the school ground and convert
ed them into stove wood.
Who Can Tell?
If the folk of Ireland are Irish,
Are those of Switzerland Switish?
Or if a good American,
Went to England would he be English-
an?
If the ''people of Belgium are Belgians,
Are those of Jerusalem Jerusalians?
If we had a lot ot N e w Yorkers,
Go toCork, would, they then become
Corkers?
If Bulgaria's soldiers are Bulgars,
Why are not Hungarians Hungars? -
I And so on please what is the rule, 1 . -
Most of us couldn't learn it in school.
Is there anyone who knows if ' '
How. they ever named Eskimos? . "
But-Wait Uncle Sam's boys are nn-
, .furlin' ; - - " (' -----The8tars
and stripes in old Berlin.; r :
We then can rejoice with the Frenchies,
The soldiers are out of the trenches. ;
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Lieu.t Artz Located as Prisoner.
.After being given op for dead
by his family and friends comes
the announcement that-Lieutenant
John Artz, son" of Mr. and Mrs.
W. P. Artz, of Old Fort;" is alive,
and has been located in a German
prisorf camp rit Lembrug. Word
to this effect was received last Sat
urday nigbt from the American
Red Gross at Paris, and it was
further stated that Lieutenant Artz
had been released and was on his
way to the French capital. .
Lieutenant Artz was reported
missing after making an aerial
flight over", the German lines on
September 12, the first day of the
famous American drive at St.
Mihiel. Several weeks ajjo W. P.
Artz, father of the young lieuten
ant, received a letter from a mem
ber of the Eighth Aero, squadron
wherein the writer expressed the
fear that Lieutenant Artz had been
killed in aerial battre, but Mr. and
Mrs. Artz continued to entertain
the hope that their son was living,
believing that he had been taken
prisoner by the Germans. Sub
sequently inquiries, however, fail
ed to briog the longed-for news
and the worst was feared. Persis
tent efforts by the American Red
Gross and other American agencies
to locate the yuung officer resulted
in the happy tidings received last
week.
lPe asua,ty LiSW
i The casualty list of last Thursday
Holland, of Nebo, is also listed
among those who died of disease.
S. E. Pyatt, son of Sam Pyatt, of
Nealsville, is reported as missing.
Tuesday's casualty list contained
the name of Weldon Willis, of
Marion, who is listed among, those
as severely wounded. Mr. Willis
is a son of Mrs. Saliie Willis of
this place. He -held a position
with Ttie Progress s verti years
ago.
GERMAN GOVERNMENT IS TO
INVESTIGATE OWN CRIMES
Liondon. The German government
is stairting an investigation into the,
German crinres in Belgium.
Among those held responsible, ac
cording, to an 'Amsterdam . dispatch,
are General von Sauherzwegi, - the
former military governor of Brussels;
General Baron Kurt con Manteuffel,
military commander At Louvain, and
Baron von der iTancken, civil governor
of Brussels at the time of Miss Cav-.
ell's execution
TRANSPORT READY TO SAIL
WITH WILSON AND PARTY
New York The American transport
George Washngton, sielected .by Pres
ident Wilson ot convey to Europe
himself and otler' members of the
Anfericaii dclegatloa to the peace con
ference, will be convoyed by the bat
tleship Pennsylvania and a :flet of
live - fast destroyers. , Th George
Washington is lying at her pier in
Hoboken ready to sail on her history
making trip at a moment's notice. "
-FAMOUS SIXTH REGIMENT
, : IS WITH' AD VAN CI N G ARMY
With the American; Army of 0;m.
pation, Treves. When the ; American
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army entered Germany flags were, fly
ing and bands playhig along the route,
the same as was taken -by. the. armiei
of the Prendh. repuhlic in ' 1792.' - - :
One - division had . passed one ; sidf
of the ancient city of Treveswhen th
Sixth regiment famous, in- American
history since the days of . the reTCl
y.onary.Var, made its entry. ,
STATE N EWS OF TH E WEEK
Items Concerning ; Events of In
terest and Importance Through
v out the State.
agreed to take under Federal ' con-
trol the operation of the Elkin and.
Alleghany railroad, which bad been
left out aloDg with other short lino
railroads.
Demobilization of the S. A. . T. .:
C. at the University of North Car
olina will begin on Wednesday
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the view of completion by tfie 10th.
Most of the students will remain
through the 18th, however, in or
der to stand examinations for credit -for
the term's work. Those who
have no intentions of returning to
college will Drobably leave as soon
as disbanded.
Mr. George Evans, SheenTielJ
uiau iur toe AgricuitaraiUjXtensiori
breeding ewes from New Mexico
to Spruce Pine in MitcheirCountyv
Two hundred of these go to farm
ers in ttie county, while 50 go out
to the sheep experimental farm
near Spruce ine. - The Experi
ment Station now has a total' of
175 breeding ewes on this. farm;
and under the direction of Mr.
xv. riaaioru, as oupermtenaent, is
gaining some important facts about
sheep and wool production. V
: in Raleiffh Dec. 17. "
N. F. Steppe, county, superin
tendent of schools, has received
notice from State Superintendent.
J. Y. Joyner that a special ; calL
meeting of all city and county su
perintendents of schbols in, the
s,tate will be held in Raleigh, De-;
stamKai 1 7 on a iq t- ;0 n1nnA)
to discuss the legislation in con
nection with the administration of
the six months school law now part'
of tbe constitution of the state.
Better payment for teachers of
the state will be one of the inter
esting things to be worked out at
this conference.. Tentative bills
for demonstration purposes only,
of course, have been drawn up and
the superintendents will be asked
to give their opinion regafding its
construction.
Waynesvilie and Azalea Hospitals
Made Permanent.
Government tubercular hospitals -at
Azalea and Waynesvilie are j to
be made permanent institutions. -The
hospital at Azalea will be fur
ther improved and enlarged and ;
the'Way nesville hospital : will be
retained. ' -
This information was made pub
lic yesterday by the surgeon gen
eral's office at WashmgtpD, accord-;
mg to a special - dispatch .received .
last night by The Asheville Citizen.
Must Have Return Address.
- No letter mail . for delivery to
members of the American Expedi
tionary forces will be accepted for;
delivery at any United States post
office unless1 it has are turn address,
on'it. . This crder is issued by the
Postmaster -General at the request
of the Secretary of War to insure
delivery of mail to the soldiers that
reaches France after they have left
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