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' 'Sit . INVEST SALISBURY MONEY I SBURY TO HELP BWLD UFSffilE VOL. 9, NO. 20. 11.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT. SALISBURY, NORTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, JAN. 3, 1919. 11.50 A YEAR AND WORTH IT. PRICE TWO CENTS. -r IBM SAL! H1MJLI0) mat A i A-1 r 4 MUCH DISCUSSION STILL PREVAILS , . GEN OVER THINGS TO HELP SALISBURY Some WrHersvSuggest Things That Would Bp Helpful During the Year Several Opinions That Commission Form is Proper Thing, Others Suggest Other Things' We Should Strive for During the Year Negroes De sire Better School Housing. Out of all this discussion, only a small porton of which is carried on in these colufns, the people of Salisbury may be directed to either change their form of city government or decide that a change is not desirable and ad here to the present form. In any event the mudh talk has not been to no purpose, and good will Anally come out of it. It is an open question whether or not this city wants com mission form of government, it is an open question whether we would be . improved, but the facts are being dis cussed and out of the multiplieity of talk, argument pro and con "fur and agin" will result in arriving at the proper iplace to get off. Let us again remind the people en gaged in thinking of "what is best for the city during the year" that there are other matters than city govern ment to discuss. We have need of a good many things that will help us, tend to improve the city and make it a more desirable place in which to live and to invite good people and invest ment. ' Salisbury needs more , houses, that X V' rtt I"" people m&Y move in and occupy Jf;theW There has been little building if'i- Icf-'rf-flUW vww year uu iiicic wb good reason, too. But now these hin dering conditions will steadily pass away and the way will open for build ing and improving. So that this ques tion is one to consider. ' Street paving has been almost at a standstill for-Dome months, thre have been, no doubt, good And sufficient reasons.4 Why not resume this good work T , The chamber of commerce has been neglected for months, is it not our duty during the year to rally to this organization and make it more helpful! There are so many ways we can help Salisbury during the coming year. Let us discuss these matters and under full steam ahead make 1919, the banner year for thiscity and Rowan county. , Coming now down to reference to the replies since the publication of yesterday we find severaljn hand. First, there is one from W.1CC Maupin, who says he favors commission gov ernment and wants it pushed now. Re ferring to Commission form, Mr. Mau pin says: "It has proven a success at other places, so it should prove a suc cesses in (Salisbury. Most any form would be preferable to the one we, have." Mr. Robertson Writes Favorable to Commission Form. Here is a letter from Mr. J. H. Robertson, local manager of the N. C. "Public Service Company. He says: "I wish to say Jhat i most heartily favor a change in city government from the aldermanic to the Commis sion form. ''' "Judging from, the experience other cities have had with the Commission form, it seems to me that this is the proper form of government for a city of our stee. -The government of the city should be in the hands of men who make it their -sole business to look after the needs of and transact business for the city. "In this form of government where meeUv of commissioners , is held every day Jt is much easier to have a ' definite answer within- a short while to -any proposition which might come un. where as under our present sys tem, it would, probably take several, snontha longer to nave a matter a is- BIT! JTokeiuoIlcrm 8sid to Be Confined 4 u DiAM a A.l ! NfcV JIM IVUUH HHU wansj "F" msw jiDMislist and Attendants Permitted to 6ee Him. - '-- (By Associated Press.) " Amsterdam, Jan; 2. William Ho henxollern, the former German em peror, is very ill, according to advices from Amerongeo. He cannot leave his room, it is said, and is suffering from a bad cold. It is stated he has high fever. ' : : . ' . . An imminent specialist from VI-. recht is in constant attendance and only the former empress, the special ist and two attendants are permitted to enter his room, it is reported. - . : FORMER EIVIPEROR U SERIOUSLY SICK posed of. I am not in a position to say when the proper time to push this matter would be. "I .think one of the most helpful iV : . .V ... .1 j. 1 J J Mings iuruie city, wat w tuuiu uu, would be the establishment of a Tree bridge across the Yadkin river near Spencer. This matter has been dis cussed several times and I can see no more opportune time than the present for some definite action in this matter. "I think that our city is now suffi ciently large to support two or three first-class apartment houses and I think at least one should be built this year." The Only Kind to Have, Says J. C. Deaton. (Register of Deeds J. C. Deaton thinks the Commission form is the only one to have. Mr. Deaton says: "I have been in a-number of cities which (have tha commission, form of government aifcx.the people generally were more than plerted In,my opin ion it is th-only kind-of city gov ernment." . i New Citizen Inject a Few Thoughts. A citizen whtt!-:.icntly-5' came to Salisbury contributes the following .to this discussion: " "In response to your iditorjat Ift t'ftei last issue, allow me to make a f? . marks in regard to" 'wtatU8iJ done for Salisbury. I lived m a town. eight years that gained in popula. tion from 19,000 to 35,000, and in the first six years it reached- 26,000, the last two of the eight, it gained 9,000. Here are the steps it took: It had a board of trade, 13 in number, for the first six years, and increased it to 500 at the beginning of the last two years, making every member an active one, working in conjunction with the municpal officials. They made laws and rules to govern the city in a cer tain number of blocks from, the square. If a lot be vacant they de manded a house on it, if the owner was not able to build, be was forced to sell to some one who was bound to build in a certain length of time. Nol man was allowed but 100 foot front age for a resident, unless it cost over $50,000 then allowed 200. Any street that was blocked by property of an individual, said sroperty as con demned by the city and eght disthvq guisnea men as a committee nxoa ine price on the same. They adjusted the -ent for the entire city at a certain per cent, based on the cost of the building. Men were forced to tear down, old buildings and replace them bv new ones. ThlT would organise capital and start new industry that' would never have gotten togetner otn evwise. Lots of real estate changed hnnds through them, " they fished after floating capita), and offered all inducement they could. Thejr would find a man who had a few hundred dollars to loan and some other -could tell of another and so on until it would all amount to enough to organize a company and up would spring a new industry. What Is the" matter '"with USal:sbury it has the railroad facilities. but there is Mr. Smith, he owns those three (vacant lots and a five - acre garden behind. He also owns five va cant lots over there on a certain street. The house is a very nice old colonial one. but get busy and- notify. Mr. Smith he Is only allowed 100 feet and Tnust place five buildings on the five lots on the other streets, or sell. Then have your board of trade consisting of 600 members of your own citizens rsthering this capital, making! trans fers, and organizing companies and in two vears' time with, this in full force Salisbury will be increased thousands and you will be .surprised at what can be done." ' , - -Mr. MeCaO Mentions a Number, Of "Good Things" for the Year ? Mr. E. D. McCall takes the time to set forth several things that we should give attention to during the year in which ws have entered. Mr. McCall's letter should be interesting to all of as. Tt follows: : , "Whether Salisbury has a Cora mis it ion form or City Manager or whether it remains under the present form of government, I think a whole time man should b in chanre of the city's af fairs and give his time to the admin istration, improvement and - better ment of civic conditions, and act as chairman and active representative of tha chamber of commerce; thus com bining the two offices. The interests , (Continued on page, 7.) Tfli DIET GITOTMnil) TA TO DID I. GAIEA WHIPS BOLSHEVIKI ARMY Captures Perm in the Ural Moun tains and Takes 31,000 Prison ers nad Much Material LENINE SPECIAL ARMORED TRAIN ALSO IS TAKEN Five Thousand Railway Cars, Field and Machine Guns, Ar mored Trains, -Horses Taken. (By Asscociated Press.) Vladivostok. Monday, Dec. 30. In Mfll,, p in f t,. IT,1 mnnntilnii Cr' " V V- CIZa Vi.. VrciiCIcal 'Viamc at aivcau vi mm Czecho-Slovak and Siberian forces ivirtually destroyed the IBoIsheviki third army from which he took 81,000 prisoners. . General Galea's troops also cap- tuTed an armored train from 'which Nicholas (Lenine himself escaped but several members of Ibis party were taken prisoners. In addition to the 31,000 prisoners reported General Galea captured 5 000 railway cars, 120 field guns, 1,00Q machine guns, 30 automobiles, an en tire waeon transport, several armored trains and several thousand horses. WEST POINT CADET SUIQDES ' West Point, N. Y Jan. 2. Cadet Stephen Bird, of Galveston, Texas, died last night in the academy hos pital, the victim of a self inflicted wound. . .jk'o . iSvrafpfntly suffering from a tem- rjsryuental derangement, oniciais theJa1 ' lemy said. Bird, who was 19 Keartishot himself through the To Force the War Revenue Pill to a Conference Without Holding It Up For Debate -Few Scattering Nega tive Votes. .'; t (By the Associated Press) Washington. Jan. 2. House leaders restorted to special rule ' today to force the war revenue bill to confer ence without holding it up for debate on demands for votes on session of Senate amendment. The rule was unanimously reported by the rules committee and was adopted without roll call and only a few scatteringnegative votes. Congress will tx:gin work on tne bill at once and it is conceded It will have a lonv tack ahead. The senate virtually rewrote the measure after it passed the House, reducing the' total levies in ltfia to aDout six uuuon dol lars and adding a provision for levies aggregating four billion dollars in 1920. - STATE JOURNAL SUSPENDS? Weekly Paper Owned By Ale Fields and Leased By W. TV Boat Ceases to Exist. , '" (By the Associated Press) ' Raleigh, Jen- 2- The State Jour nal, a , weekly newspaper published here and owned by J. A. Fields, now of Pennsylvania, and leased by W. T Bost, suspenaea puoiicauon tnu weea, pending arrangements for another management ' . . It is announced that Mr. Bosrt lease has expired and Col. Field's du ties keep him with the emergency fleet corporation in Philadelphia.'. , The paper was founded by Mr. Field and R. F. Beasley in. 1913. If you want to sell that car, put tha facts about it into a classified ad. PAYS 200 PER CENT Foot Mniioir Dollar to Bo Distrib a ted BetweVa : Seven- Stockholders (Within the Next SO Days. , Bv Associated Press.) " Detroit, Mkh-j- Jan. 2. A 200 per cent dividend was declared by the di rectors of the Ford Motor eompsny at the annual meeting December J I, it was announced hers this afternoon: " The dividend which represents a dis bursement of $4,000,000 among seven stockholders is payable 100 per cent January 1 and 100 per cent Febru ary 1. - f HOUSE RESORTS TO A SPECIAL RULE FORD AUTO STOCK ttUrmlNim WW Um NCREASE NUMBER E Likely That 4he Great Nations Will Have More Than Five s Representatives Each. ADDITIONS WOULD TAKE UP ONLY SPECIAL MATTERS Movement for Increase in Num ber of Delegates Launched by Foreign Secretary Balfour. (By Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. 2. The number of dele gates representing each of the great nations at the coming peace confer ence is likely to be increased beyond five, the number previously consid ered probable, by the inclusion of sev eral delegates who may exchange places with the others, taking part in tfhe conference only when special sub jects upon which they are authority are being considered. British Foreign Secretary Balfour favors increasing the number of rep resentatives and his proposition ap pears to be receiving favorable con sideration. ' , Mr. Balfour made his desire known during a conference with Colonel House Tuesday. Representatives of the Allies Will Talk Over Matters Immediately 'Upon Return of Clemenceaa , to Paris. - .'!.: :" x(By Associated Press.) Paris, Jan. : 2,Conversation ameng the representatives of the al lies will begin at the French foreign office immediately upon the return to Paris of Premier Clemenceau which isexpected to be about Januay 6 or 7. The premier is taking a brief rest in La Vendee. President Wilson is expected back in Paris at the begin ning of next week, . while Premier Lloyd George will arrive Saturday. NOilNllHC Constant Pounding of Seas Aralnst The American Transport Off Fire . Island Drives Vessel Hard on Sands. Troops Not Removed. ' v (JBy Associated' Press.) h... New York, Jan. 2. The constant pounding ojf the seas against the American transport Northern Pacific, stranded on Fire Island since 8:30 o'clock 'Wednesday morning, has driven the ship higher on the beach during the forenoon; swinging er bow so she is only 250 yards from shore.. The waves are heavier than those which wedged her tightly In the wndbar yesterday and are breaking over the .transport wltha stiff wind blowing unfavorably from the southwest,- -- So long as these conditions prevail navy officials here said no attempt would be made to put ashore or trans fer to other vessels the 8,000 troops, civilians and nsivy crews who sailed inthe transport "from France Christ mas Day. '-- a" ; ;-' v - At o'clock this morning the opin ion was expressed that there was lit tle prospect of the troops being re moved until late in the day. The ves sel has worked so far ashore . that there is doubt she can be floated jeven with a clam sea. . . Unsuccessful Attempt to Drag Ship. New York. Jan, 2. After an un successful attempt had been made t drag the American transport North ern - Pacific from the sand . bar on which she grounded near' Fire Island Wednesday morning navy, officials here announced plans for removing 2,480 troops to vessels standing by at 2 o'clock this afternoon after weather conditions became favorable. : . Namber of Soldiers Taken Off. : Fire Island, Jan. 2. Three officers and one soldier, . all wounded, were landed just before noon, today front the - transport Northern Pacific, stranded off Fire Island. They came ashore in a coast guard boat. Four more life boats filled with soldiers ar rived from the Northern Pacific soon afterward, while four, other boats, all belonging to the transport and filled with, members of the crew, left the ship for outlyinjr rescue ships. .As (Continued oa Page 7.) PEA E A ALLIED MEIERS HOLD CONFERENCE POLAND N DESPAIR OWING TO INVASION Presence of Bolshevik! Troops and Apparent Indifference of Allies Causing' Unrest TELEGRAMS SENT BSOQINO , ALLIED INTERVENTION Situation is Made More Deplora ble on Account Internal 'Trou bles and Army Return Urged. (By Associated Press.) Jjondon, Jan .2. Poland is in de spair owing to the invasion of Bolsh vlki troops, and tha apparent indiffer ence of the western powers to the plight of the country, according to a Warsaw dispatch to the Mail. "Telegrams ars being sent begging intervention bv the allies," tha dis patch states, "but no reply comes. The poles admit the immensity of the numerous problems absorbing the al lies but complain they do not receive the least sign of attention or a word of guidBnce."v ' After dealing with the Bolshevik! menace to Lemberg, Vilna and other places tne correspondent says the sit uation is mads worse by internal dis orders in Poland. Factories in all in dustrial towns have been destroyed by the Germans and thousand of , Poles sent to Germany during the war are returning to find there la no employ ment for 'them, they are taking the law hi their own hands? is. Is said, and terrorising their former, jem ploy era compelling them to give C ., jnoney. Lods is Jn : the hand ' c; the red toards. Tha .eorre(f"otidenl conclude!; by urging tha Imitif ate r"turn,of,the Polish army from. $e.-tis Build Fire In Washtub in Front of White House and Say It Will Burn llrBttl Senate Acta Favorably on Woman Suffrage Resolution. (By Associated Press.) Washington. Jan. 2. Several menv bejui of the (National 'Woman's Party, wearing seaman's slickers,Vtood in a iriving rain on the sidewalk before the White House today to keep burn ing in 1s metal washtub their "watch Ire" which they saywilUbum until .he senate acta favof ably on the wom in suffrage amendment Relays of women had attended the fire since it was lighted in the tub last light after a crowd of citizens and men in uniform had extinguished one itarted in a decorative urn in Lafay ette square. ' :''.'';.'.':. y - Half a dozen women arrested dur ing the disturbance and released without bond did not appear in police, ?ourtthis morning.- , SCHOOL OPENS . t .. NEXT MONDAY After Long Close Down Period the Public Schools Will Resume Jan uary - ,:. The public schools will open Mon lay, the 6th. '' (Announcement is officially made hat the city schools will again get iown tostudy Monday, the enforced vacation having extended over a pe riod of several weeks, being the second time during the fall term that the in fluenza situation forced a closing of the schools, pupils and teachers alike having been smitten. with the disease. - The bells will ring Monday' at the usual hour and the boys and girls will take up their march to the school house for a long, hard, steady pull f several months. !, . , ' Polieh Troops to the Number of Thir ' ty Thousand Said to Be Advancing - on German Capital. , (By Associated Press.) Copenhagen, Jan. 2. A v Polish army of 30,000 men is marching on Berlin according to a dispatch receiv ed here quoting rumors at the Ger man capital. . - , Gustavo Noske,- member of the Eb ert cabinet in charge of military af fairs, is said to have ordered the Fifth German division to meet the Poiies. . ARM ATlUliTO Representatives' of Eastern Dis ,triot Met , With Muter Me chanio McBride. MB. BUNOH O0ES T6 ALA. UNDER PROMOTION Well Known Spencer Man Gets Deserved " Promo tion--Looal ' and Personal Happenings. (By A, W. Hicks) , Spencer, ' Jan. i; 2-The I Master Mechanics of the Northern andi East ern Districts of the Southern Railway under Superintendent of Motive Pow er E. C, Easser held a get together meeting with Master Mechanic B. Me Bride in Spencer Monday with all points represented. While the busi ness transacted was routine the meet ing was one' of much Interest. The work of the past year on the Southern Railway system waa. reviewed' and the line up for the new year waa gone over in detail, the various officials taking a keen interest in the immense task before the railroads of the coun try. The lines under Supi 8asser in clude also the CCA 0 C N. W., D. A W. and C. A O. Those in attend ance Included the following . master mechanics, in addition to Mr, Saaser who presided: B. - McBride, Spencer t v if c v..wtn.. r.uJ Asans, At lanu; . u, .fewer, uomm- mia; J. a. ttrewer, Charleston; JL. rni ler, Alexandria; 3. J. Robinson, Rich mond; C. F. Shull, Erwin, Tenn., and Ired Simpson. BrstoL , An interesting feature of the meet ing was a dinner given by Supt of Mo tive. Power 8asser in his private car. This was a sumptous affair and in thorough keeping with the holiday season and was greatly enjoyed by the master mechanics. - - i Effective January 1st. Mr. C. L. Bunch, for many years shop superin tendent for the Southern at Spencer, the same company at Sheffield, Ala. the same company at She)lield,' Ala. This change came as a promotion for Mr. Bunch who haj made a good ree on with the Southern at Spencer. He is regarded by his superior officers as a good man and the promotion was a deserved one The entire force at Spencer regret to see him leave here but are glad to see him win a nice pro motion. ji. To fill the vacancy caused bv the transfer of Mr. Bunch Mr. M. D. Stewart, for soms years erecting shop foreman at Spencer, was promoted to shop superintendent ' He Is' a Snen cer man, was made In Spencer shons and has a host of friends who will be pleased at his promotion. , Still an other change waa made when Mr. Ons. Summers, for a long time the efficient tool room foreman, was ap pointed erecting shop foreman and has already entered upon his new du ties. , Mr. W.- E- Shuping was also made tool room foreman and has re sumed the duties of this position. , It was stated today at the Southern nhons that all these promotions are in keeping with the jreneral policy at the Southern Railway to promote Its own men and make its own foremen. The employes s on Fownceh yard presented Gereral Yard. Master G. fl. Parkinson with a handsome chest of silver on December 2.1th as a token Uf their Wrh esteem for him. In ac cepting the gift- Mr. Perkinsnn ex pressed himself as being gratified n as mucn as .tne gtrt expressea me nitrA wU of the terminal emnloves toward him and that they were all h' friends and that it. waa not v much the value of the gift which he had re ceived but that he appreciated far more the spirit in which it wss given end their daily co-operation nd friendshlo, and wshng each one a Merry- Xmas nd Prosperous Nw Year and that all were working ,for the one end which 4s to advance the in terests of the company with which w are all associsted. . . " : . Spencer is gettintr ready for an in teresting basket ball came with High Point here Friday nlrht. Tie local team is one of the strongest ever nut up by the Spencer schools and a fine game is expected.' ' Tto Spencer graded schools opened Monday after several weeks recess caused by the Influenza. The attend ance e still affected considerably by th diesase but is increasing daily. -. Mr. and Mrs. Guy C Lane have re- W'neti from Princeton where they xnty were cauea on srrouu ot 'n' ath during the holidays of Mrs. Msriah Tsvlor, mother of Mrs. Lan. She was 70 years old and had been ill fnr several "weeks hirirv which t'me Mrs. Lane had been with her. She Continued from Faye Seyea.) rm Our Fighting Ships to Surpass Those of Any Other Nation Ow - ing to Eleotrio Machinery. WONDERFUL FEATS OF THE DREADNAUOHT N. MEXICO Developed More Than 31,000 II. P. Made Over 21 Knots Hour ' With Surplus Displacement : (By Associated Press.) Waahlngton, ; Jan. ( 2. America's capital fighting ships 'of the future will bo superior to those of other na tions because of the ! electrically driven machinery, Secretary Daniels told the house naval committee today in disclosing remarkable results at tained by the new dreadnaught New Mexico, equipped with electric drive which will be a feature of all the big ' ships authorise dslnce 1916V 4 The New Mexico's turbo-electric machinery was designed to develop WfiW none power at full speed and give the ship a.apeed of 21 knots. "She actually developed more than SI ,000 horse power,' Mr. Daniels said, "and maintained for four hours a speed of 21 Ui knots and this when the ships, was running a displacement of 1.000 tons sr eater than her deaiarn i called foe." , - , - , j ii,, , .tjAirsy STMPATIIETIC MESSAGE COlUS J UOa FRANCE, V. Profound Sympathy and Gratitude to , Amencaa ramUies W hose : Sons Fell Oa Preach Soil T.rsvei - As 8acrad As Those of French Troops. (By tha Associated Press)'' -Washington, Jan. 2. The State de partment, made public today the fol lowing mesage, under date of January 1st, received from the French govern ment. : t "The French government wishes to express Its profound sympathy and"' gratitude to the American famillies whose sons met a glorious death on French soil during the war. -It wishes to share in their mourning. The graves of these young soldiers of America are as sacred in our eyes as are those of their French comrades and it will take the necessary meas ures to provide that they shall bo re spected and tended with reverence and patriotic care." , WEEKS SCORES THE - . . WAR DEPARTMENT ( Blames It for Errors end Delays in : Reporting Casualties Among Over- ' aeaa Troo pe Letters of , Wounded Soldiers Delayed. ,"-,', (By Asseciated Press.) . Washington. Jan. 2v The war de partment was sharply criticized in the , senate today by Senator Weeks, of Massachusetts, Republican for delays . and errors in compiling casualtiea , among the expeditionary forces and for failure to co-operate with the . Red Cross In the matter of forward ing letters from woundedV sf iiers to relatives in this country. Senator (Weeks declared the war de partment's Information : corVerning casualties often had been wrong. It also was worth nothing, the senator continued, thst in sending reprfrts of essuskies to fsmilies the depritment simply ststed that the individual had been .killed or wounded without fur ther explanation and so fsr as he knew the department had no other in formation on the subject. r II I II ' If you ought to b earning mors money, and csa do some useful work . weu. "sav your say" in tne ctsssmea Icotumns. . ' . IMMLYW -TEKRACEOUE Weather Man at . WsMnsrtoa Far Cold Weather Will Orerprea1 Neariy AU PirU of Country lt cf Mieaisslppi With J8 Hour. Washington, Jan. "2. Cold o '' r will overspread nearly all ff r'.s cf t e country east of the M;si8-.'rni river during the next 58 hours, 1 n seasonsbly low tempe'-'r's i i T - ne?see and the Est Os'f f :s ? after tonight in the At'flrr..- : according to the weati er S . - general forersrt toiay. Ihere will te ram, rr' inp to snow, in the and rain tor-H ar.J I. South At!ar.t.c iUte'. AMERICA'S NAVY 10 BESUPERIOB
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