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VQUJXXIV -HgajQ WARRENTON, N. cZlFMDAYVjULY 2519T9 (Friday) , Number 58 JTaYEAR v - , 5c. THECOPY - ; : : , nsrs wi STfifl PBS PROHIBITION LEGISLATION SHIFTS TO U. S. SENATE ghort Delay Will Occur In Sen ate; President Denies Forcing Issue; $34,000,000 Agricultur al Bill Passes Senate. Washington, July 23. The battle wound in Congress over prohibition enforcement legislation today shifted from the House to the Senate. The biH passed yesterday by a majority of almost 3 to 1 in the House, today was transmitted to the Senate and refer red to the judiciary committee. Considerable delay in Senate action cn the bill generally is expected, al though prohibition advocates are ex pected to urge all speed possible. The bill will be considered by the judiciary coirmitlee next Monday at which time the subcommittee, headed by Senator Sterling, of South Dakota,, which has i ?i l tt " been working on a similar araic, nopes A Chance orld Peace W Despite Arguments League Of Nations Is World's Only Hope Against Future War President Wilson's return to Amer ica bearing the world's greatest peace treaty, together with the covenant of the League of Nations, has started the battle that will decide whether the United States will make possible the most ambitious and only practicable attempt to keep the world at peace. Although the Senate ha debated and wrangled over the League of Nations for months these affairs are now con sidered merely as skirmishes and at tempted ambuscades. Then the op ponents of the League were learnedly discussing a matter ofwhich they had no official knowledge and little inf or mation of an unofficial nature. That situation permitted flights of fancy, such as the prediction that Uncle Sam would have to patrol the world and walk a beat in the Balkans or Kam chatka, or be governed by the black, brown and , yellow races. Now these Republican "non-partisan" enemie i of the League have the official treaty u. T,n, n before them and must discuss itspro- to report the Senate measure. Wheth-J . . . er me nuuc iiu w m cuuiituitvi for the subcommittee draft will be de cided at that time. A supplemental brief criticizing the House enforcement legislation w.as re ceived by the -sub-committee today from Samuel Untermyer, who recently appeared before the committee. Mr. Untermyer reiterated his request that manufacture of beer containing up to 2.75 per cent alcohol be permitted and declared that with the war ended the war time prohibition provisions should be eliminated. Washington, July 23. President Wil son today denied published reports that he had told Senators he was re sponsible for the Shatung settlement in the treaty with Germany. An official statement issued at the White House said the President had "exerted all the influence he was at liberty to exercise in the circum stances" to obtain a modification of the Shantung provision. The statement follows: "The President authorized the an nouncement that the statement car ried in several of the papers this morning that he originated or formu lated the provisions with regard to Shantung is altogether false. He ex erted all the influence he was at liber ty to exercise in the circumstances to obtain a modification of them and be lieved that the ultimate action of Ja pan with regard to Shantung will put the whole matter in its true light." Washington, July 23. The Senate Iate today passed the .$34,000,000 Agricultural appropriation bill, which recently was vetoed by President Wil son because of the rider for repeal of the daylight saving law. No effort to restore the rider was made in the Senate. Senators made no criticism of the Resident's veto and the only refer nce to the daylight saving question as an amendment by Chairman Tfia, of the Agriculture committee, the veto and the reiterated refusal 1 the House to override it. HA he bill will be returned to the eoUse toiorrow with a single minor bvirittee amendment approved today tern a providinS relief for wes the' Ugt sufferers by suspending lr homestead residence require ments tt ' ned' t House may concur im- the hMiy n S amendment or send fore J0 Conference- Enactment be adjournment tomorrow is believ 6(1 to be aSSured. Way Be Enacted Today. K?'-UlSe nf fV, -i i- Le funds in thp hill fni- Ta Dp- of much lurid "patriotism" and fire works of "pure Americanism." The President has reported to the Senate briefly, telling of the high ideals that actuated the framers of the treaty, reserving his heavy am munition -for the real battle to corns. Confident of eventual success he has challenged his opponents1 to summon him for first-hand knowledge of the "inside" doings at Paris, and, with the reluctance born of chagrin, they will do so. The "getting from under" method of complete surrender is now working nicely. Many of those anti-Wilson choristers known . to history v as the "round robins" are perfectly well aware that they will vote for the rati fication of the League covenant event ually, even without amendment or res ervation. So, paving the way for their submission to the mandate of the nation at large, they are prepar ing mattresses in the shape of "reser vations" to. break their fall on the day the final vote is taken. If each and every reservation fails the alibi of the hopeless fight is at hand, and further consolation will be found in the probable announcement that "the business interests of the country de manded that peace should be formally declared." Woodrow Wilson has proved his ability to arouse thevpeople by tours cf the country before this. He is the avowed crusader for the League of Nations, and when he couches ; his lance in rest for the combat, with his gift of idealism deftly melded ! with practicalities, many a partisan enemy in the Senate will roll in the dust of public condemnation B. Y. artin, tivit; ent of Agriculture's mnnv ac 'es and salaries held up since July k;.. QLe CuSCUSSinn rvf tVio WTO a JI Tit " - roJ ;estern Senators particularly funds f PSSlble haste hhtl the forestry rest fires. frmedrS temPerance society was read; W Enffland and its pledge to provide service in the "We the undersigned, believing in ere e evil PtT "'6"cu, ucneviiit bv ect of strong: drink, do h hon:: ?ge ourselves on our sacredi and provisions for the journey. than "L we will not set drunk more fWi. r .tlnies a year: Muster T)av. m of t i 7 stma!" 7' Thanksgiving and P. U. HOLDS VERY EN JOYABLE SOCIAL AT WISE A most enjoyable evening was spent on Monday July 14th when the mem bers of the Baptist Young Peoples Union of Sharon Church gather in the church grove for a social hour or two. Slipper was served spread out on the grass, picnic fashion, just before dark, and eaten with much sociability and merry making. Iced tea and lem onade was served by the refreshment committee. Seats were x arranged around the trees and the light of the moon was augumented by, several lan terns hung in the branches.- A little music furnished by Mr: White's graphaphone kept things from get ting dull. When the hour for home going came, all felt that it is a good thing to get together in this informal way and that another social should be given in the near future. r; t i - INDIANA SENATOR AND HIS FAMILY - - MOVING PICTURES PLEASE AND GAMES FURNISH FUN State Representatives, County Agents and Assistants Spend Four Days Profitably At The Graham High School. Senator and Mrs. James E. Watson of Indiana and family, photographed recently. From left to right : Kathryn, lator Warson, Capt. Edwin G. Watson, Mrs. Watson, Josephand James E. Watson, Jr. Facts About Article Ten Of The League of Nations Treaty News Portland Ore., July 23. The shades of night were falling fast when Ser geant E. L. Todd of the U. S. Ma rines finished a climb of 11,225 feot up Mount Hood, near here, and nailed the colors of the Marines to a building that crowns, the summit. It took the sergeant just seven hours to make his way through a blizzard to the highest peak in Oregon. The Mg he carried was a four-by-ten foot standard, and his pack was loaded down with a hammer, nails, a blanket, Todd was once a great admirer of Lone-fellow. He says now that the New England poet had the wrong dope when ne wrote Mtcisiui. Washington, D. C. The most note worthy bugaboo used by opponents of the League of Nations to scare the people Article X of the covenant was proved a straw man by Claude Swanson of Virginia in his keynote speech opening the real fight in the Senate for President Wilson's world peace provision in the" famous docu ment, Senator Swanson closed with this tribute to the united work of the best minds of 22 nations of the world: "It is one of the world's greatest documents, marking the beginning of a new, and better order:-in the world affairs, separating a past dark with war and strife, from the sunlight of a future right with peace and internat ional consideration and conciliation. Out of the Revolutioary War, won by American valor and sacrifice, emerg ed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States, the two most precious parch - mets yet conceived by human mind. The Constitution when proposed was assailed with virulence and encounter ed prophecies of dreadful calamaties to follow its adoption, exceeding any thing that has been directed against the covenant. "The patway of our duty is plain.' We should neither hesitate nor halt. but firmly align ourselves with the forces thatyare working -for world bet terment. With strong arms and brave hearts let us faithf ully i discharge our responsibilities as the world's great est; power and fearlessly face a future which beckons a us to a greater glory and usefulness." Prefacing i his analysis; Senator Swanson pointed out that the 22 na- tionsr that framed the treaty repre sented nine-tenths of the world's pop ulation of one and one-half billions, that estimates are that 7,400,000 men were killed and 7,175,000 ?permonently disabled, and that the conclusion of the war finds the world burdened with a public debt aggregating 190 billion dollars, or one-third of its total wealth. The majority of the world's great wars "have beenr occasioned by a de sire of conquest ad to obtain addition al territory," said Senator Swanson, tin discussing Article X, and he summar ized the chief objections as follows: Explains Article Ten "Those of our countrymen who an -tagonize the League have directed against J;his provision their most per sistent and unrelenting opposition. They have insisted that the assump tion by us of this obligation would embroil us in interminable wars with all the attendant expense and danger. They have presented dire forbodinga of United States troops being sent to every part of the globe to settle petty territorial quarrels. They contend that in adopting this provision of the covenant the 'United States uses her great power without any recompense whatever, to bring about other nations repose and security. "It should be noted that this is an obligation assumed, not by the League as an entirety, but by each member individually," he . continued. ' ( , terns . From Littleton Mr. Henry Boyd has returned from Detroit on a visit to his mother. Mr. J. W. Baker, of'(Newport News, Va., was here Sunday. Miss Lessie Mae Coppedge, of Ral- "Each member of the League un dertakes, first,, to respect the territor ial integrity and existing political in dependence of all members. This is a solemn promise made by each mem ber that it will never endeavor to ac- eigh, is visiting Miss Fannie Moore. quire by conquest or aggression any p Mrs. R. P. Joyner and children re of the territory or-possessions of any ( turned to their home in Norfolk, Va., other member. In common parlance, ' Sunday. we would agree notto rob any of our Mr. Leon Baker, of the U. S. S. associates in the League and they ' Pennyslavania is here on a visit to would agree not to rob us. " 4 friends. r "If this League is consummated, as j Lieut- Harold. Smith landed at New contemplated it means immediately Port News Wednesday. . that four-fifths of theWorld, an even- 7 Ut- Walter Partin, , of . Rocky Mt., tually all the world, agrees to cease ,after " spending sometime here with from wars of conquest and despoil-, friends and relatives returned home ment. If adhered to it would elimi-! Monday' nto thp panSP whiVh hvp r.rndnr.p.1 i Mr- Mack Fugerson spent Tuesday most of the wars of the past. If ob served, there is not a member of tut in Halifax.' Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Pippin left Tues- I J -C TTi T U League, great or small, that ever ,uay XUV V"8U1W cxx. wM Wo irrii Miss Helen Roberson, of Roberson- existence threatened; and no more ville, is the guest of Miss Frances Sessoms. ' Mrs. J. B. Boyce and daughter Miss conquest. each member of the. League individ ually is to 'preserve as against ex ternal aggression the territorial in- would the history of the world be en cumbered with thf frichtful wrer.lc of people and nations through lust of',Sal!ie Boyce returned Saturday from a visit to otoKes, in. j. Mr. Ben Long Rieves and friends. of Robersonville, are visiting at the home of Mr. J. C. Sessoms. Mrs. Percy Norman, of New . York nji ' j.1 i j? n t tegrity and existing political inde-'' waa a V1S1LU1 nome OA 1VAC;" pendence of all members of th e , Wilton BownlnS this week. League.' This is a natural corollary I- MrS J5bn Thornton' of AurUa i from the- first. In the former we un- i Springs, spending some time with dertake not to rob our associates our i her grond daughter Mrs. H. A. House. I T T "V T Tl T 1 , 1 1 " 1 ,1 mit others to do so; each associate assuming a like obligation to us." 'who havebeen visitors at the home of returned - to Doesn't Prevent Revolutions There have been claims that under the League as proposed American sol diers could, be drafted for the quelling of rebellions in other countries. Sena tor Swanson conclusively disproved home again, this assertion by saying: j "It should be noted thalt this guar antee of territorial integrity and po litical independence is limited to those cases where they are -threatened or attacked by external s aggression, and does not apply to revolution within a ration. A nation's internal affairs are left undisturbed. A nation can re form, modify, or change its existing government according to the wishes of the people. If necessary to ac complish these purposes, force can be used.' A nation may separate and divide into several units, as her- peo ple may determine, provided no exter nal force is applied." . The maintenance of the Monroe Doctrine by the UnfCed States when it a comparative weak nation sJiowod the iSenator said, that the League of Nations could usually enforce its de crees without resirt to arms, for "reckless, indeed, would be that na tion which would issue a challenge pf defiance to so powerful a League atnd embark upon the venturesome enter prise of conquest," -.As' the council must unanimously decide the matter of larger nations acting as mandatories for weaker members of they League, there wa? no foundation for the hysterical claims that the jUpited States troops must patrol various out-of-the-way and barbarous countries, he said , Mrs. Mack Johnston, Durham Monday. - Mr. J, B. Latham, who has been in service , for sometime returned -Monday. ; Friends of Mr. Reg Cook, of Au- jrelian Springs, are glad to see him ' Miss Thorne Weds Mr. Carver J i. i - - Airlie Mr. and Mrs. Sam T. Thorne annqgne the marriage of their daugh ter, Lula, to Lieut. Gordon, Carver, of Durham, on July 22, 1919. Miss Willie Vassar, Entertains Miss Willie Vassar delightfully en tertained the Young People's Rook Club Thursday afternoon. , After sev eral games of Progressive Rook, a delicious ice course was served. MISS SESSOMS ENTERTAINS On Friday afternoon Miss Frances Sessoms entertained a number of her friends in honor of her house guest, Miss Helen Roberson, of-Robersonville. After, playing rook for some time a dainty salad and ice course was serv ed. The following were present: Mesdames Cole, of Washington, D. C, Wilton Browning, Walter Bobbitt, Howard Browning, Jack Johnston, Harold Smith, S. T. Allen, and Misses Bessie Harris, Willie Vessar, Carry Myrick, Annie Tuck Moore, Essie Mitchell; ; Agnes Norman and Grace May. : Did you. ever' notice that the coun try boy who leans heavily on a pitch fork handle usually gets a job teach in school and from that drifts on into the law? . ' - - Numbers of Warren county young people liave had a delightful outing and learned many valuable lessons concerning the problems of life from a camping trip at the Graham Acad emy this week. The rain- made the trip to Amos Mill, the camp site, an impossibility, but the program was carried thru perfectly here and every minute given over to one form of ac tivity or another. County Home Demonstration Agent Miss Annie Lee Rankin, Farm Agent J. W. Bason assisted by Mrs. W: D. Rodgers, Jr., Miss Lottie Bell, Miss. Dora Be'ck, Mr. W. A. Connell and sev eral State workers including Mr. J. C. Black, Mr. Sam Kirby, and Mrs. Mat tie Kenley have guided the activity of those present toward constructive cit izenship. Moving pictures by Mr. J. C. Black, Bureau of Community Service, were . the source of much pleasure Tuesday and Wednesday nights. Not only did the members of the camping party witness the films but many citizens of the town enjoyed this, distinctively educational feature. Tuesday night educational and comedy films were shown. Wednesday night was given over to a resentation of "America's Answer" and a reel of comedy. The girls of the party have been cooking and a word picture of the menu tells of fried chicken, ham, eggs cake and sanwiches. Watermelon and . ice cream have also been served. Each member ftHe party"-brought a chick en, a dozen eggs and a cake as well as two dollars in cash and this has pro vided a menu delicious and abundant. All the lecturers were delivered in the Academy except a talk and demon stiation of "Shampooing" which was given in the Sanitary Barber Shop by Mrs. S. J. Burrows. Interest in all the ; lecturers has been good and th occasion which ended Thursday, in the opinion of the agents, has been one much enjoyed and of great worth. Miss Dora Beck greatly pleased the party by giving several stories and Mrs. W. D. Rogers devoted her time and ability to teaching singing. Games of every description also camein for great popularity. A study of the program will be in teresting. . Monday July 21st. 12.00 M. Lunch 1.00 p. m. Getting Camp in order 6:00 p. m. Supper 7 :30 Welcome County Agent 1 8:15 p. m. Songs and games 9:30 p. m. Taps Tuesday, July 22nd 6:00 a. m. Reveille 7:30 a. m. Breakfast 9:00a. m: Chickens and cracked corn Mr. Mask 10:00 a.m. The Two Additional H's Mr. Mask , 11:00 a. m. Recreation 11:15 p. m. Manual Traininer Boys Bason, Mask, King A Study in Clothes Girls Mrs. Henley 12:30 p. m. Dinner 1:30 p. m. Good s Manners Miss -Rankin Recreation Supper A study in Nature Mr. 2:30 p. m. 6:00 p. m. 7:00 p. m. Kirby 8:30 p. m 10:00 p. m. Moving Pictures Taps Wednesday, July 23rd 6:00 a. m. Reveille 7:30 a. m. Breakfast 10:00 p. m. Our Sunday School Mr. JJ Edward Allen 11:00 a. m. Recreation -11:15 a. n Manual Training Boys Bason, Mask, Kirby Pine Needle Basketry-rr-Girls 12:30 p. m. Dinner 1:30 p. m. Why I joined he Club Club Members 2:30 p. m. Shampoo and care of hair Mr. S. J. Burrows - i 6:00 p.m. Supper VISITING NIGHT 7:30 p. m. Program by Girls and Boys. 8:30 p. m. Moving Pictures (Continued On Page Four)