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ROANOKE RAF IDS HERALD, ROANOKE RAPIDS, N. C. IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS AND OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN DAYS 6IVEN IKE KEWS IjFm SOUTH What l Taking Place la Two Seta taad WiU Be FnH la Brief Paregr Domestic Foe the trt time id in preeBt generartoa toe aurora soreaii was visible la Uie northers sky from Tam pa. Fla. Owe report had it that IWe City, forty mile aorta of Ttc.pa. wa afire, tut this was error R--pon from a auaiber of other citiee and towns throughout the I a. led States describe the lights a of aniasual aril liaacy. Burton Huriburt, Royal Flying ton cJ tboM another Iivm at Prewott, Ontario, wa killed ahea he tried to snake a landing at Fort Worth, Texas II U the thirty-auth cadet killed at Fort Worth. Indications that a number of Fr-nrh ami; ofScer itav be implicated with FYank, J G4dsoll, under arr-? m Washington, U C, ia his alleged lar rny of betaeea three and a raillHa and ait anllioa dollar of French government fund paid him a coruoiisM'on pa purchase of automo biles la the l"Bited. ha." beea found ! aa examination of paiw-rs Mixed in a raid on the New Yoik office of the Alliance Motors coronations. Enual suffrage, nation aid prohibi tion aad radical legislation favoring farmer and laborer, are the rhiet plank of the platform of the nat.onal party adopted at Chicago at a con vention attended by about two bun dred delegate, bolt re fioro the Pto gresaive. Prohibitionists, Socia'ists and Independent. Pirtial centralijation of the pur chasing of between one million and two mimoa aoiiare worth of railroad j .ignrd with Mnlan.l show that from supplies and euuipnunt this y.ar n th, AtMtc ocean to the liUik sea tha der government supervision Is involv- jGerniaa power is complete. Semiofn d In a plan for ornuiiing the rail il reoorts from Ret l,n also r'aim that road administration's division of finance and purchases, announced bv Director General MrAJoo. While a large number of men will b called out during the prrsent yar to fill up the army aud complete Its organiiation. it has ben learned that war department plans do not call for the creation of any additional dm sions In IMS It is stated that leas than one million aien -probably not n?uch in ejeess of eight hundred thou eand-are to b summoned gradii;i'y during the year to complete the exist Ing organiiations. IVlay in the announcement as 'o the crt draft Is understood to be due to uncertainly as to what will be the method of allotting quotas to the various atatea. A high tribute to President Wil ton was paid by Karl Reading. Great Britain' special mha.sador to the Vnlted States, m an address m New Tor k City to the Merchants Associa- Control of the house of represents live was regained by the Democrats when they elected their candidates from four districts in Greater New York at special elections ca!t-d to choose surcessors to four membtrs of that party who had resigned their entg In congress. It 1 significant In the national elec tion In Greater New York that out of a total of 71192 votes the women cist 31.H58 rotes. They voted early, seem ed to have made up their minds what they were going to do before they re ceived their ballots and tlicy asked few "foolish questions." Exact subscriptions by states to the second Liberty Loan tabulated and made public by the treasury depart ment at Washington show that New Fork led all the states. Texas led all the Southern states. Senator Tillman of South Carolina, veteran Democrat of the senate and chairman of the naval committee, has announced his candidacy for a fifth Washington. I'nder the commercial agreement between the United States and Spain, the formal signing of which In Madrid was announced at the state depart ment, not only will General Pershing get the supplies from Spain which he desires for his troops, but a French credit in Spain is ananged, and the panlsh government permits, free ex port to the allies of pyrites, minerals and manufactured wool. Dry nines five miles wide. Irrespec tive of Incorporated cities and towns within those limits, are placed around seven permanent naval training posts and the naval academy at Annapolis. Md., in a general order announced by Secretary Daniels. Altogether more than eight milea of trenches are now being held by Amer icans on the western fighting front of En rope. American troops now have taken up another position en the front In France and with their usual business-like methods says a Paris dispatch, have frustrated an attempt by vne Cer-j mana to raid their trenches. The new puaitiou la somewhere In Lorraine. A London, TCngland. dispatch, says thai John E. Redmond, the great Irish Nationalist leader, died there. He had undergone aa operation and had pass ed a fair day and apparently was main taining tha progreaa shown earlier, bttt suddenly he passed into the great unknown, whence no traveler has yet returned to tell the story. The at at us of the far east now, so far aa can be gathered, Is that Ja pan has learned that her allies heart ily approva of her entry Into Siberia Ift hat should be necessary to carry out her obligations. So far as the United States government is concern ed the officials apparently believe that it Is not necessary for them to five any formal assurance on the subject It Is learned, however, that this course can be owiUned to Japan In a way to make It perfectly clear that there la no took of understanding of Ja U-S BXWltaBw. A3 exceptions to the fd ai2.la-.a-rratioa ru requiring the parvfcije of aa eqaal aaiouat of sihsutu-es ana each purvfeas ot wheat flour have beea revoked by the food aiaiitustra l:oo because of lb necessity of con serving wheat fur the allies. The en ure country is thus put oa a hnT in regard ta buying wheat 8.r Kxiep tions to the rale had beea allowed la pertain localities where substitute are little kaowa and hard ta ofctaia. Increased aVmaads. for breadstuff by the ailie bad been annoum-vd soeae thue previously, and this eruer ' t result. German submarines dtd not fsV Bfl Italian hia dunax the aeefe ending March I la the week end.ng Mans I 54 merchant sh'ps of every nationality repre'"''" a total tonaaae of ; en't rej prt. Grrtuany has aeotia'ed a ! c trvaty with the republic of IBlaad by which the latter are no ta cede any'terrttorr or , ant )errt tonal njiits without the .-. nt of Geroiany. ahtch, in wiiMi mna ftr this ct'BcesfioB. covenants to eiert her iniiiente to ecur t-ci;uuia of the Fmnij-h soTernment trota other aathn, Lt!-latHa aab!lng the (oeraneat te place ia Aiuet icaa bands perma--ni'T aiany frvat tier man roniawr ri..l and ladu.-irial cri-ra ta tni wun'ry. which haye been iustnutents in ;'rdln the rtp of German kul ' nr. has bivn fattMably rvportid lb the senate by the appropriations rtta niittee It la ia the form of aa au. nd- ha'f.ment to the iwnJint ataent deficteacy bill empowering the alua iroperty cutod.aa to any enemy pro)erty takes oer by hi office. Eurofrfan. According to Captain IVarve. who ia a Biembtr of the Red t'ros, ay a MeltoHjroe di.-patcb. a British gunboat surprmed a German pnie crew aboard tb Krltish vessel Tuntella wbtla they were laytug mine on! IVrtia. The Ger mans took to small boats and blew up the TurnteKa while Chinese were ta the hke hole and enine imoui. The gunboat captured the Germans whs were recently tried at thmibay for murder The last details relatiye lo thr peai a Germany has acquired a direct free route to InJia via Husia, IVrsia and Afghanistan. It is reported that Finland das ask ed Kmperor William to place his son Oscar on the Finnish throne. This, as as indicated a few ditys sen, ab solutely deprives Kusslft of tnith shores of the Gulf of Finland and makes IVtrograd virtually an inland city, so far as commerce is ronc rm d. In his address to the Pritish houe of commons Andrea lioiur lw. speaking of the military situation, s.ud that the dropping out of ISu.-sin deep, ly affected every theater of war ex cept that in the German colonies, out of which the Germans bad been com pletely driven. Kleven jursons were killed and for tysix others were injured in an air plane raid on tandon. says n offl cial announcemnt. Great Britain's loans to her allies up to February 9 totalled f Mitil.tWO,. cod. This has been announced in the i Knglish house of commons bv Andrew Ilonar Ijtw, chancellor of the ex chequer. The Germans have transferred thir ty divisions from the Russian fronL The allies still have a slight superi ority in men and guns on the western iront, but there is a possibility that ! , . . . . the appearance of Austrian there would change this. More troops may be brought up from the Russian front, but, of necessity, they will be of In-1 ferior duality. I German reinforcements continue to ' be sent up behind the lines in Bel- j glum and France. At present the Ger- mans have sixteen more divisions than th allies along this front, but the allied troops are numerically stronger snd also hold the uper hand In ri fles, guns and aircraft, but this su periority Is diminishing. From Flanders to the Swiss border artillery duels of more or less vio lence ore flaking place on various sectors. A preliminary peace treaty between ' Rouuania and the centrsl powers has 748 44; Mitchell, 31.2 dsys, $4,005.20; been signed, t'nder the terms of the , Montgomery, 15.2 days. $2,473.80; agreement Roumania cedes the prov-1 Moore, 15 2 days. $3,957.70. ince of Dobrudjs as far as the Danube Nash. 15.2 days. $4,660 70; New Han- to the central powers, and undertakes over, 15 2 dsys. $4,112 M; Northamp- to further the transport of Teutonic ' ton. 15.2 days, $4,081.20. troops through Moldavia and Bessara-! Onslow, 15 2 days. $3,878 40; Orange. bis to Odessa. j 132 dsys, $3,325. Official announcement is made by I Pamlico. 47.5 days. $1,210.62; Pas the British admiralty that the Brit-' quotank. 15.2 days, $2,234.70; Pender. Ish armed mercantile cruiser Calgarl-1 15.2 days. $2,707.12; Pereulnians, 15.2 sn wss torpedoed snd sunk on March ' dsys, $2.97$ 80; Person. 15 2 dsys. $2,- 1 off the Irish coast. Two officers and 4 men were lost. There were 1 610 persons aboard, nearly five hun- j dred of whom have been landed at an Irish port. The CalgariAn was struck by four torpedoes. In Little Russia. It is announced that the Aostro-Hungarian force are sulil going forward against the Bol - sheviki troops. Japan Uliot only ready to take vig. orois steps in Siberia, but has inti mated that she woofd welcome the a- sistante of the Chine, in operations wh.r.h will ha-, tor their objective the sategnarig -I ..e.. ,'liea teru la the Far EaM. Again the Germans in Lf.rraine have attacked th American troop ar.' again they have met with defeat. Not withstanding the heavy snow and the previous repulses they had met with in their effort to penetrate the Ameri can positions, the enemy in the Toul sector essayed a snt prise attack ia considerable force. It is reported that China has discov ered that Germany planned to arm tha Chinese soldiers held prisoner In Si beria and to send them against the Chinese northern frontiers. Advices from Petrograd Indicate that the Bolshevik! council's purposa to use the time Intervening between the signing ot the peace treaty with Germany and tho date set for its rat ification, March 12, to evacuate tho capital, destroying all stores of provi sions and war materials which cannot bo removed and possibly to orgsnise'a red guard to defend the country eealnat the Invaders HERALD'S REVIEW of NORTH CAROLINA A Record Of Important Events At The Capitol And Throughout The State, Reported For Herald Readers STATE EQUALIZING FUIID APPORT MONEY DISTRIBUTED TO COUN TIES WHEREBY SCHOOL TERMS ARE LENGTHENED. DISPATCHES FROM MM Dvioaa aa Happaainaa That Mar ta Praaraaa af Narta Carliia Pa la. Cathra4 Arawta tba luti CaaitaL na.a-a. The apportion aiettt ol the 47.t32 1 State Equalising Fwaa among the count lea of th State te brine the achool terms up to tha Iirait required was approved by the State Hoarw ol Edacatloa. The apportioBnt was worked eat by Mr. A. 0. Hrower, sta tistical kwa clerk of the State Depart ment ot Education, t'arh county was apportioned sufficient fuuds to bring Its school term up to tour months and then each county, including those with less thaa four auouthi term aad those with a four months term or more were apportioned aa amount suf ficient to extend the term for IS! days. The apportionment thus arranged, showing the number of tiayu by which the term was extended follows: Alamance, lit daya. tl.Tg; Al exander. 42: daya. 7.4J.; Alle ghany. 43 Si day. $4 S7 45; Anson. 15 2 days. $3.4450; Aahe. 43 9 daya. Sit M fw; Avery. 50 7 days. K.4U.S5. Reautort. 15! day. $5.5:550; Ber tie. 15 2 days. $4.35190; Bladen. M l daya. $5.512 .12; Brunswick. 15 2 day. 2.f0; Buncombe, 15 2 days. 15,140 3, Burke. 15 2 days. $:.15 $0. Cabarrus. 15 2 days. 4 63? ; Cafd well. 17 2 day. $4,153 S; Camden. 2S7 days, $I.8vO:; Carteret. 15: daya. $.' t44 80; Caswell. 15 2 days. $J. 135 S; Catswba. 13 2 days. $5.447 10; Chatham. 15 2 day. $4,1308; Chero kee. 13 2 daya. $2,530 K0; Chowan, 15: days. $1.7.27; Clay. 15 2 days. $".: 40; Cleveland. 15 2 days. $6. 117 24; Columbus. 15 2 days, $5 43 20; I Craven. 15 2 days. $3.83; Cumberland, i 13 2 days. $4.5; Curltuck. 312 days, j $4,175 2. ' Dare. W 7 days. $8,520 60; Davidson. 15 2 days, $5.445 40; Daviefl 15 2 days. $2 271.20; Duplin. 152 daya. $4.31M; : Durham. 15.2 days. $6,177 OS. ! Kdgecombe, 15 2 days. $4.277.8; jorsyth. 15 2 daya. $3,240.44; Franklin. I 15 2 days, $3,733 50. Gaston, 15.2 days. $7.2580; Galea, i 117 days. $2.703 82; Graham. 15 2 day. $845.60; Granville. 15 2 days . ,, ' j . . ' i ii.jw.jv ureene, is. uavs, ii.zva.sv; ;..,..,., .,,.. Halifax. 152 daya. $4.19510; Har nett. 15 2 days. $4.753 80; Haywood. 15.2 dsys. I2 S33 60; Henderson. 15 2 dsys. 2.75$ 80; Hertford. 16 2 days. $2. 667 M; Hoke, 112 days. I1.S03.CS; Hyde. S3 2 dsys. $4,382.40. Iredell. 15 2 dsys. $(.471. Jsrkson, 1S4 days. $3.210 70; John ston. 15 2 days. $6.472 54; Jones. 15 2 days. $1.787 0. Lee. 15 2 days. $2,2870; Lenoir. 15 2 days. $4,411.80; Lincoln. 13 2 days, $3.504 36. Macon. 152 days. $2.03.$0; Madi son. 13 2 dsys. $3,028 (0; Msrtin. 15 2 days. $3.062 80; McDowell. 13 2 days, W.17J.70; Mecklenburg. 15.2 days. $10. 648 60; Pitt. 15.2 days. $7,144; Polk, 2 2 days. $2,744.45. Randolph. 15 2 days. $4,507.5 ; Richmond, 15.2 days, $3,515; Robesou, 15.2 days, $7,660.80; Rockingham, 15.2 days. $6.75260; Rrwsn. 15.2 dsys. $7. 06$; Rutherford. 15 2 days. $5,318.10. Ssmpson. 15.2 days, $5,236.40; Scot- ; Und, 15 , 01TI $2.37,'.20;' Stanl'y. IS 2 days. $4.039 90; Stokes. 212 dsys. $7.' :4S71-0. SllrryU 2 d.y,t $s2,.7g'; Swain. 15.2 days. $2.310 40. Transylvania, 181 daya. $2,045.20; 1 Trrr,n ., olniio I TT"' ".V '. M JS4 M ; !;nlo' d r e. ! Z dT' A35.7?' Wake. 15 2 da- $10,347.50: War- rer. 15 2 dsys. $32 40; Washington. 15.2 days. $1.6760; Wataugs. 22 7 days. $3,387 7; Wayne. 15 2 days. $5,83350; Wilkes. 281 dsys. $11,784 73; Wilson. 15. Mays. $4.77.50 Tadk'.n, 32.2 days. $5.1(3.18; Tsncey. 41 95 daysfi $8,418.35. Total $447,432 15. New Enterprises Authorised. Donnell Farm Company, ft Wash ing on, to do a general real estate business. Authorised capital $120,000 with $10-900 paid In. Incorporators N. L. Simmons. H. C. Carter, Jr., and Harry McMullan ot Washington: R. R. Grant, of Swan Quarter, and J. W. Ferrsli, of Petersburg. Vn. Proctor Long, of Cornelias, amends Its charter by -cancelling $1,90 of treasury stock snd thereby redaelng tho capital stock ot taw corporation from 15.9M to 14 Jaw . ?SMtt at ku I Ne nattoa it tt to eBdare ape tfcia 1 earth which toe bk stand ready te jo" tt aa of todjv apoa, the altar tomorrow Mid Cover tor Rkkett ta a war addr av-r. lluwdrwds of a ctvwd wau a greeted him were turned away. Several of the bearer aad wo14 be auditor were wvtmea. Tae giMerwor. apeak iag for ever aa hour, touched upoa the alas of Ger many, the step this aa'loa has take tor the proaeewttoa t the war, tH debt te France aad ether phases ot the "great enterprise" He told of whet kind of soldier North Carolina ta far Bishiag aad wet-bred he ia proud of them. He characterised the selective draft as the fairest iking ot Its kiad ever conceived, tt Is aot right that aa? man should demand equal rights aad oppose eo,aal dutie. he asserted. When the coming draft is laiahej there will a4 be a loafer bet wee a th age of 21 asd 21 left ia North Car llaa. He issued aa Invitation te wom en claiming worthies ausbaads lo no tify him e the eu'et. guaranteeing that any such women should Imme diately face to the work! "another chance." Maternity Deaths Reduced. Three hundred mothers aad three hundred new horn babies ssved last yesr as a result ot a public health nursing service among policyholders. I an accomplishment to which a large ! llfe Insurance company points with ' pride. According to Miss I -en R i Foote. fleld supervisor ot the nursing ' service for this company, the mater ; aity period tor the avetage woman is J one fraught with many unnecessary danger. On ot the rhiet sourrea ot danger, according to Miss Foots, conies from rarelesaness and Igno rance on the part ot the mldwlves In many sections ot the country. Where physicians are In attendance, accord ing to Miss Foote. many of the dau gera, complications and 111 effect fol lowing child birth never occur. As a direc t result of only ons year's activity along this line, this company report a decresse ia the mortsllty ' ed his conclusion. He said la part: among policyholders who became "The Athenians were aot a peculiar mother of eight and on half per ' people la their fondness tor new soda, rent, while In the general registration j The Israelites revealed n trait of char area of the I'nlted States there has artsr common to mankind when they been found an Increase in the mortal ity of mothers of 1 per rent among such rases. Stirring Up Trouble for Themselves. The attention of the Food Adminis tration has been called to the fact that In spite of the high price ot rot ton seed during the past two or three years there are farmers In North Car olina who persist In th once profit able custom ot composting cottonseed with their manure. Farmers who pur sue this course this year may be stir ring up trouble for themselves in ad dition to refusing to hear the cries for 1 food from fsmished millions sbros 1. Th situation Is this: Cotton seed msy be exrhsnged for cottonseed meal i of three times their value for fertiliser purposes. Cotton seed rontalns Bp- j proxlmstely 320 pounds of fats per ton. This fat or oil Is absolutely worthless a fertiliser while It Is des- , perstely needed as fats by our ar- ! mles and by millions ot people who are famishing for fats and other food products tn Europe. New Insurance Company. ! ' lh won,M u f A new North Csrollnn flrs Insnrsnen ," h P"'1 r,ct '' compsny received Its chsrter. the an- SBfh Hlti- Uk " u lwlcw b,Mt thort d rnnlt.l of tb new mn. " Messes the womsn who believes - 1 i being $250,000. The company is Iha North Carolina State Fire Insurance Company, with Its homo off.ee at Rocky Mount. The authorised capital of $250,000 is divided Into 2.500 shares of the par valne of $100 each, the char ter providing that tha aharos shall be sold at $125 each In order to provide a surplus of $62,500 In nddltlon to th capital. Tho company la authorised tn begin business when n total of (00 shares of the capital stock Is sub scribed. Among the Incorporators are some of the leading business men of tha Twin-County city, these being Messrs. W. 8. Wilkinson, George L. Wlmber ley. Jr.. Frank Sw Sprulll. George S. Edwards. M. R. Braswell, Blake WI'H ford. W. H. Newell, D. J. Rose, Jsmos C. Braswell and J. P. Bunn. Charlotte Leads In Recruiting. The recruiting stations snd th) stated number of men ncrepted for the army at each follows: Charlotte. 548; Ashevllle. 62(; Raleigh, 275; Greensboro, 350; Oastonia, 296; Win-ston-Salem, 196; Hickory. 162; Dur ham, 181; Lnmberton, 146; Salisbury, 122; Kinston, S3; Reidsville. 14; For est City. 13.' Agent for Pamlico County, The county commissioner nt their meeting at Bayboro decided to employ a home demonstration agent. for Pam lico county. The Importance of em ploying such an agent was presented to the board by Mrs. Sue Hollo well. of Ooldsboro. ant) Miss C. C. Coble. of Edenton. working under the State department J. D. Dawson Company, of Bolkaven, authorised capital $50,000. with $7,500 paid in, to conduct a wholesale gro cery and mercsntn business. Th Incorporator ar C. P. Aycock, of Pantego; J. D. Dawson, of Belhavea; C. C. Jackson, ot Teatesvllle, and J. T. Bishop, ot Belhsven. - The Kenllworto Company, of Asho nn, amends Its charter reducing the guaranteed interest on preferred stock from seven to als nor cent, and pro viding that la tk erent of the liquida tion of tho corporation the preferred stock must bo paid Off Srat GOVERNOR BICKETT STRONG ADDRESS OECLARES DOUBLE STANDARD OP MORALITY DAMNABLE NATURE KEEPS BOOKS. hlD SIXTH IZ'l'i CEEO Mia Address Befwe Ceefereeee Social Service Wins Wide Cesasaeadatiee. "Tae double staadard of morality la ; damnable. The rokwaal tolly ot the I ages is the belief that a maa may sla against his body, aad then ahoat faro aad wipe II all out with a sigh aad a tear. Me cast do It Nature keeps books, aad with a heavy hand collects every debt contracted by sin or Tolly, la the economy ot nature there In no pardoning power; wo may look for merry beyoad the (rave; here there la bobo." 8o declared Governor Bickett speak ing before the North Carolina Confer- once for Social Service, hi subject he- Ing "State and National Efficiency." Expressing the belief that the object ot the Conference Is to get reaalta rather than to confine Itself to the realm of purely academic discussion, Governor Bickett spoke straight from official reports. The nctivlties of the the shoulder In language that could contending armies have spread farther aot be miaunderstood. his address be-, south, earounters near St. Quentln be ing the outstanding feature of the first Ing mentioned for the Brat time In day of the Conference. recent weeks. For one ot the few times In kla ra- j reer the Governor read his speech I from careru.lly prepared manuscript, i WILSON EXTENDS SYMPATHY delivering the words slowly and with impressive forcetulness. the while his audience sat tense la silence unbroken until the round ot applause that greet - shifted their religious allegiance be cause as a war measure the food! ad ministrator ordered them to substi tute msnna tor onions nnd garlic. In ths presence ot discomforts and dis appointments tt Is hard tor man nnd nstlons to hold to ths faith that the sources ot power ard Joy are simple and the sac yesterdsy, today and for ever. To power add joy and there Is wholesome efficiency. The nnfntling I source ot this combined hspplness nnd force Is the homo bullded In th fear I of God nnd on the unselfish and on j bounded lov ot a good man and a ! good woman. The anchor and the ! hope, the sword and the shield ot civ 4 llliatlon are found In " The wee rott nnd the cricket's chirr. The lovo nnd the smiling far of her.' "Destroy or in nny way discount tha power and the Joy of the home, nnd the devil will And n world plastic to his touch. , . The most powerful Incentive to a conn to bo clean and strong, to bo nnd do his level best Is the perfect love nnd perfect fslth of ths woman who walks by his side, and the II nest force and tha maa who la bellefed In. Whatever tend to conserve and to Justify this boundless love nnd bound less trust, this relationship of mutual helpfulness aad mutual dependency between th man and th woman at th head of the home protects and pro motes personal and public efficiency. Any fact or fancy, reform or revoln - tion. that toads to discount this basic relation and sand the man and tha woman along separate ways In quest of happiness or of the fullest and fin est, expression of their lives under mines the foundations of all life, ot Iawa a tmwg mnA tm na1w aft nlid Double Standard Damnable. j sshlngton.-Tbe attempt of the "Every child has a Ood given right i railroads to recover from the govern to be the final expression of a great ; nient $40,000,000 under tho old system love, nnd not a mere by-product of a of weights compensstlon for transport heartless convention. Tho vigor and Ing mails wss defeated in the court of tho purity, physical and spiritual dy- 1 claims. The court reaffrmed a for nnmics of those who make marriage j mer decision In favor of the govern- vows fit the measur of personal and ultimately of n national efficiency. The double standard of morality Is damnable. Stat Convention April 10. The Democratic State Convention will be held In Raleigh this yesr on April 10, nrcordlng to a derision of the Demorrstfe Stats Executive Com mittee In session here recently. Tho session Itself wss n model of brevity. nnd except for the adoption of a few chnnges In th plan of organiiation mad nereassry by th primary law, th meeting wss devoted to the rou tine of selecting dates for precinct. I w,ull,:, ,nd 8t,t n-ntlona.1 March 30 was determined upon as Ihe dat for the precinct meetings. On Way Seventeen Years, Kinston. It took n postcard mallei at Dover, nine miles from here, nearly seventeen years to reach Mr. Lovlt Hlnes. whoso street addrees ia not necessary on his mail. Where th card was all thoso years Is not certain. Apparently it was lost In some crack or crevice of a postofflce or msll car. Tha writer did aot Uro to get a reply. Ho was Beth West Tha card con tained terms la a minor business deal la which tk twa men were intsrested. It was written March I. 101. aad de livered to Mr. Kla a taw day ago AMERICANS RAID GERMAN TRENCHES; DESTROY THEIR DEFENSES AND PICK UP MUCH WAR MATERIAL. Oil FEW OUS LOST Aaneetcaa Batteries Leveled Germae Trencfcee Before Infswtry MsOO At- coca. Uae Caa Sheila ERectivety. Americas initiative has asserted I itaett oa the Lorraiae treat la France. I Three savage raids oa the German lice have beea made by the Ameri- i ran, who swcreede4 la reai king the ' MH-oad It a of enemy treas-hea hetme , orderrd to return. 1 Hiring their stay la German keid territory they deatrav- . ed craefully built defeases snd phk ed up much war aaateriaL The Americas artillery ably asait- ' d the Infautry la the eperatioa. A heavy hrarage Ire was laid dowa ia treat ot the advaa lag Amerkaas sad j Ut 0nsana had fled before the wave " airy reachra the hoatile ptwi tkHt. Ater the A merit am had beea la the German trenches for a tew mmntea. the German barrage Ire was I Wu luj turn . k.... . t. . 1. guua answered shot for shot, sad si lenced a Bumber ot batteries. The Amerk-aa artillerymen used gas shell with good effect Near Toul the Americas heavy guns have been in setioa. Threat riads on the British line have been attempted by the Germans la the Armentleres aot tor, but the British, la spite of a heavy Br frorm tha enemy's heavy gun repulsed the Teutons. The fighting hss spread a Ion the Flanders front, th Ypre and Paeethendaele sectors figuring In the TO THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE Pledges Any Aid Possibls In Driving Out Autocracy. ' Washington - On the eve df the gathering at Moscow of the Russian congress ot Soviets, which Is to pass Judgment on the German peace ac- i repted by the bolshevik! at Brest U tovsk. President Wilson has sent a message ot sympathy to the Russian people through the congress, with s pledge thst the I'nlted Ststes wilt svsll Itself of every opportunity to sld them In driving out autocracy and restoring Russia to her place In the world with complete sovereignty and Independen -e The President's messsge. telegrsph- ed to the American consul general a Moscow for delivery, follows; "May I not take advantage of 'lie meeting of the congress of the Soviets to express the sincere sympathy which the people of the I'nlted States feel for the Russian people at this mo ment when the German power ha been thrust In to Interrupt and turn back the whole struggle for freedom and substitute the wishes of Germany for th purpose of the people of Rns sis. Although the government of tho I'nlted States, unhspplly. Is not now In a position to render the direct and effective aid It would wish to render. I beg to assure the people ot Russia through Ihe congress that tt will avail Itself of every opportunity to secure for Russia once more complete sov ereignty and Independence In her own affairs and full restoration to her great role In the life ot Europe and the mod ern world. The whole heart of the neople of the United States Is with the oeonle of R....I. In . . . free themselves forever from suto - forever from suto- rratlc government and become th ' B1Mter ' ther own life. (Signed) "WOODROW WILSOX." RAILWAY LOSE MAIL SUITS FOR $40,000,000. i menL Th court nlso held for the government In the tults of New Eng land railroads who claimed extra pay for transporting parcel post. CASUALTY LISTS MAY BE WEEKLY AND SEMI-WEEKLY. Washington In discussions of ths , war department's new policy of an nouncing names only In ths casualty lists from Franca, It developed that de partment officials are considering 1 adopting the European custom of pub- llshlng casualties weekly or semi weekly, Inslesd of dally. This plan haa beea suggested on th ground that It would effectually conceal from the enemy the losses in particular en gagements or series of engagements "Unslnkabls" Ship Impractical. Washington. Naval exports antlri pat an unfavorable report from th board which has Just completed tests ot theformer Austrian steamer Lacla; which haa bean equipped with Interior "buoyancy boxes" designed lo make her unsinksble. That tha ship will remain afloat after receiving Injuries is conceded, but constructors are ot the opinion that tha "buoyancy boxes" would not prevent a torpedo dam aging the vessel to sack aa sxteat that sk would be of bo farther valuo. SECRETARY BAKER IS HOW III FRANCE HIS VISIT TO FRENCH SOIL IS PURELY MILITARY AND NOT DIPLOMATIC EJ15EB TO EO FE3SQ1CE Tainan Trip Witt Bettor Fit Hie for Meet teg the Many Neeew of te orai PweaMag. Paria. The American secretary ot war, Newton Ol Baker, has arrived at a French port. Waahiagtoo, I" pom hearing ol Sec retary Baker's ante arrival tn Fran through the Asewiated Free dispatch from Paris, the war department an nounced that the secretary's visit at purely military and not diplomatic, aad ta tor norwoeea ot inspection nnd personal conferences with military ot ciala. Mr) Baker as orcompaaled by Major General Will tam M. Blaik. chief of engineers; Lieutenant CoL M. L. Brett aad Ralph Hayes, his private sec retary. No of trial report on the secretary's arrival had been received. The do depertojcBt Issued this statement: Sailed Fehewary 27. "A cable dispatch from Paris to the Associated Frees aanouncoa the arrival at a Freoch port ot tho secre tary of war. "For some time Secretary Baker ban desired to visit the headquarters ot tho American expeditionary force. He sailed from aa American port about February 17. "Secretary Baker haa not determin ed the length of time ho will remain in France but hia stay will ho kng enough to enable him to make n thor ough Inspection ot the American forces abroad aad to hold Important confer ences with American military officers. "It la expected that not only win Secretary Baker visit the American headquarter, but his inspection tour will rover construction projects. In cluding docks, railroads aad ordnance bases, now under way back t tho Ameriaa line. "The secretary's visit is military and not diplomatic. It la essentially tor Ihe purpose ot Inspection nnd persons! conference with military officials. Secretary Baker plans to spend a brief time in France, Inspecting in person the concrete results nlready , achieved in the efforts of his depart ment to place In tho field this yenr an army that will bo a factor in tho ! campaign On tho eve ot his depart- ure, Mr. Baker told members of tho ' press who bad been In tho habit of j seeing hltn every dsy that he did not I expect to be swsy for nny considerable length of time. The secretary and kla party left Washington iu,iiiw" nuuu, man - ! tempt to conceal tnelr movemenln than a request that the press refrain i from reporting his departure. Tho newspapers again worked In hearty I co-operation to maae tho Journey no i safe as possible from Germ in subma ! rlnes tor the party. No hint ot tho trip has been printed. TORNADO TAKES TOLL OP LIVES WRECKS HOMES Lima. Ohio. Flvo persons are known to be dead, several other are reported killed, scores ar Injurod. scores of homes were completely or partly demolished and hundred of barns nad outbuildings were rased by th tornado which traveled across nortwest Ohio. Estimates of property damage was one to v million dollars. No serious damage was don tn nny of the larger cities, most of tha de struction having been reported front country districts. The tornado began In Vsnwert county, on th Ohio-Indiana state line, and traveled In a ! -nnriy oireruoi northeasterly direction, lessening in 1 LBtW,,ily "nt" d!e4 on,"Mt of w nn. towns sunenng me most were VanwerL Mlddlepolnt. Convoy, Lima, Deshler, Hamler. Continental. Ottawa, Flndlsy Napoleon, Holgste, Miller City nnd Tiffin. SAYS WE TALK TOO MUCH INSTEAD OF GETTING TO WORK. Daytona. Fla. America's reason i or entering the wsr were outlined by j Vice President Thomas R. Marshall. I in nn address hero before the com- monlty forum tn which h criticised1 Americana for "talking too much In stead of getting to work and winning tho war. Dont talk about what you are going to do nfter the war," ha said, "but talk about winning It. I bo iler I am about th only man who has kept silent. DEPARTMENT STANDS FIRM ON CASUALTY ORDER. Washington.-Tli war department gives no Indication of yielding In Its determination to withhold the homo addressee of soldiers killed or wound ed, or who die of other reuses In France. Basing Its position on the objections tho French government made to General Pershing against th American method of issuing casunltr lists, the department Intends to mer' objections with the answer that th system betray military Informstlon. Two Hsnglng on th Barao, Some of th Americans la a listen ing post In front ot their Una north west of Toul discovered an enemy patrol Axing their own wire, and promptly opened fire. Th Germans retreated, leaving two of their number hanging on tha barbs, gome hour after daylight a party of five Germans, two Infantryman and three Red Cross workers, emerged from th raemy linn and started for their comrades entangled In the wtr. Th Ameri cans saw th Rod Croes brassards and M aot lr oa tk pertr.
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