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p If It and THE LENOIR TOPIC Volume XLIV LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1919 Price, Fice Cents the Copy No. 29 SUMMARY OF THE HE- If I States May Withdraw, But Mu.t 6Have Discharged Obligation and Mutt Give Two Year' No tice; Members of League An official summary of the revised covenant of the league of nations is sued Saturday night makes specific mention of the Monroe doctrine with respect to its bearing on the future activities of the league. The official communication on the work of the league of nations com mittee says that "except for the tech nical task of bringing the French and English texts into accord, the cove nant is ready for the plenary confer ence. It will therefore be made pub lic in the course of a few days." The following official summary of the covenant of the league of nations was issued last Saturday afternoon, according to a dispatch from Paris: 1. The league of nations is found ed in order to promote international co-operation and to secure peace. The league wiM include: (a) the bel ligerent states named in a document annexed to the covenant; (b) all the neutral states so named, and (c) in the future any self-governing coun try whose admission is approved by two-thirds of the states already mem bers of the league: A state may withdraw from the league, providing it has kept its ob ligations to date, on giving two years' notice. 2. The league will act through, an assembly comprising not more than three representatives of each of the member states, each state having only one vote, and a council compris ing for the present one representa tive of each of the five great powers as selected from time to time by the assmbijy. The number of powers of each class represented on the council may be increased by the unanimous con sent of the council and a majority of the assembly. Other powers have the right to sit as members of the council during the decision of mat ters in which they are especially in terested. "in the council, as in the assem bly, each state- will have only one I vote. Both these bodies are to meet , at stated intervals (the council at least once a year) and at other times I if required; both can deal with any matter that is of international inter est or that threatens the peace of the world; the decision of both must be unanimous, except in certain speci fied cases, matters of procedure, for instance, being decided by a majority vote. j "The (league will have a permanent secretariat, under a secretary-general. The secretariat and all other bodies under the league may include women equally with men. A perma- nent court of international justice and various permanent commissions and bureaus are also to be estab- lished. . , 3. The member states agree: (a) ; to reduce their armaments, plans for ( such reduction being suggested by i the council, but only adopted with , the consent of the states themselves, and thereafter not to increase them without the concurrence of the coun cil; (b) to exchange full information of their existing armies and their nil- val and military programs; (c) to respect each other s territory ami personal independence, and to guar antee them against foreiign aggres sion; (d) to submit ail international disputes either to arbitration or to inquiry by the council, which latter, however, may not pronounce an opin ion on anv dispute whose subject matter fall's solely within a states's domestic jurisdiction; in no case to go to war until three months after an award, or a unanimous recommenda tion has been made, and even then not to go to war with a state which accepts the award or recommenda tion (e) to regard a state which has broken the covenant as having com mitted an act of war against the league, to break oft all economic and other relations with it and to allow free passage through their territories to the troops of those states which are contributing armed force on be haOf of the league. The council is to recommend what amount of force, if any, should be supplied by the. sev eral governments concerned, but the approval of the latter is necessary. (States not members of the league -will be. invited to accept the obliga tions of the league for the purpose of particular disputes, and if they fail to comply may be forced.) (f) Not to consider any treaty binding till it has been communicated to the league, which will then proceed to pubQish it, to admit the right of the assembly to advise the reconsidera tion of treaties and international -conditions which do not accord with present needs, and to be bound by no obligations inconsistent with the cov enant. A state which breaks its agreement may be expelled from the league by the council. 4. The covenant does not affect the validity of international engage ments, such as treaties of arbitration or regional understandings like the Monroe doctrine, for securing the maintenance of peace. 5. The former German colonies an dthe territories of the Ottoman empire are to be administered in the interess of civilization by states which are willing to be mandatories 1 (Continued on page four) CALDWELL BOYS FALLEN FOR FREEDOM MECHANIC HESTER C. M GOWAN Machine Gun Company, 119th Infantry. Died Dec. 23, 1918. Buried in Grand Cemetery, Le Mans, Sartha, France. Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. McGowan The following extracts are from letter's received by Mr. W. W. Mc Gowan from Maj. John A. Nelson and Lieut. L. L. Shamburger. From Maj. Nelson's letter the following is taken: "The great heart of America grives for her faWen heroes and goes out to one and all of the brave wear ers of the golden star, who far away from the din of battle, have given their all that justice and humanity shall rule among the nations of the world. The complete victory to which this boy's valor and fidelity have so gloriously contributed has assured for all time a new era of right anil prosperity. Great tribute is due him, for he cannot enjoy the fruits of the victory he heflped to win, but he will forever live in the grateful hearts of his countrymen. " 'For our tomorrow, they gave their today.' " Lieut. Shamburger, to whose com pany Mechanic McGowan was at tached, writes as fpllows: "There is nothing that I can do or say tha twill lessen your sorrow for having lost a son over here. You have had to suffer deeply for not having him at home at the time of his burial. I hope, however, that it will be a consolation to know that his contribution in doing at all times the best work of which he was able was an example to the men of the com pany. "I was attached to him, for he was one of the best men in my signal ptta toon. The men never tired of his wit that was dropped in between work hours. His air was always unassum ing anil the records will show him to have been a good soldier. "May I extend to you and the en tire family my deepes tsynipathy?" Other Billions to be Added by Special Commission Must Pay 20 Bil lions i n Two Years; 40 More in Thirty Years One hundred billion gold marks is the amount Germany must pay the allied and associated governments for losses and damages caused in the war plus other billions to be deterniined by a special commission on which Germany is to be represented. This is the final and definite conclusion wh'ch has been reduced to writing after weeks of negotiations which took a wide range and involved fre quent changes and modifications, ac cording to a dispatch from Paris. The payment of the 1 00,000,000,000 gold marls is to be divided into three dis tinct amounts, as follows: First, twenty biClions within two years; second, forty millions during thirty years beginning in 1921; third, forty h;i)ions when a commission shall de termine how it shall be done. In view of the fluctuations through which the negotiations have passed, an authoritative statement was ob tained concerning the final terms of the settlement. This sums up the conditions as follows: Germany is at the outset held gen erally responsible for losses and damages in accordance with Presi dent Wilson's fourteen points and the aQlied response at the time the armis tice was concluded. To determine the extent of the payment under this responsibility a commission is set up to take testimony, assemble data and arrange all details of the payments from the enemy and distribution among the allied and associated pow ers. While the. commission will admin ister the details of the payments, suf ficient is known to permit the deter mination that an initial payment will be required of twenty billion gold marks, payabOe in two years without interest. It has also been determined that forty billion gold marks shall be payable in bonds extending over a priod of thirty years, beginning in 1921, with a sinking fund beginning in 1926. These forty million marks draw (Continued on page four) NEWS OF BOONE AND THE TRAINING SCHOOL (By J. M. Downum) The seniors continued their excel lent stories from the Bible during a part of the past week, much to the enjoyment of the school as well as its instruction. Profs. Greene, Greer and Downum of the Training School visited friends on Cove Creek during the past week. Mr. Russell Hodges, who recently was discharged from the naval camp in California, was a week-end visitor to friends in the Cove Creek section. Miss Fay Greer of Mabel is visiting friends in Boone this week. Mr. J. B. Horton recently pur chased a car fload of young Holstein cows from Michigan. These are finely bred stock and will add much to the milk-producing capacity of the coun ty, as 85 of them came to Watauga and some dozen or so go to Avery. Rev. M. A. Adams conducted ser vice at chapel in the Training School a few days ago. He also preached in the Baptist church. Mr. Adams has been in the county for some days ar ranging the work to which he has been assigned in the Three Forks and Stony Forks associations in this coun ty. He has been at Canton, N. C, for more than a year, but has been em ployed by the home and state mission boards of the Baptist church to do general associational work in these associations. He will enter upon his work here the first of May. His head quarters will be in Boone, from which place he will work the surrounding territory. The nam? of the school magazine has been changed from "The Pines Echo" to "Appallachian Training School Magazine." The fourth and last issue for this school term was given in the school auditorium Mon day evening under the auspices of the first year. The following is a brief outline of the program: A fore word by the editor-in-chief, Miss Ger trude Alexander; a play written by the freshman class, entitled "Early Scenes in American History," well given; two school songs by the se niors and sophs respeceively ; edito rials, "Th eVaiue of a SchooQ Maga zine," "School Spirit," "Easter," "The Victory Loan," written by Ger trude Alexander, Ernest Comer, Ina Mae Baker and Emma Lemly, re spectively; story, "Dorothy's Gift," by Sarah Banner; essay, "Thomas A. Edison," David Mast; four original poems, "Camp Life," Ernest Comer; "Our Flag," Mary Beach; "The Brook," Cessie Culver; "Mother," Maud Ashley; story, "The Precious Gift," John Howell; songs by the ju niors and freshmen; jokes concluding the program. OFFICERS GET THREE STILLS IN ONE DAY Revenue Officer J. P. Hampton, Sheritf Triplett and Chief of Police Sherrill located and destroyed three blockade distillery outfits Tuesday. Two of them were above the Rich lands on the Yadkin river near the Bailey Camp section. One of these stills was made from a fifty-gallon gasoline drum. The second was some what snrii'.ler and made of galvanized sheet iron. Still No. .'i was located about three miles northwest of the city on the old Henry Coffey place. This still was made of galvanized sheet iron and was of about 100 gal lons capacity. About (HI0 gallons of : beer was poured out at this place. I The officers brought in the caps to two of the outfits. One of the caps 1 was made from ordinary one-inch boards about eight inches wide. The box or cap was about IS inches long, with the top end covered. The o'her cap was an ordinary two-gallon paint bucket. GERMANS ARE INVITED TO MEET THE ALLIES APRIL 25 A statement by President Wilson in behalf of the council of four says that the questions of peace are so near a complete solution that they will be quickly and finaMy drafted. This announceemnt was contained in an official bulletin, which added that the German plenipotentiaries had been invited to meet at Versailles on April 25. The President hopes that the ques tion of Italy, especially relating to the Adriatic, will be brought to a speedy agreement. The Adriatic question wilQ be given precedence over other questions. The settlements belonging espe cially to the treaty with Germany, the statement says, will thus be got ' out of the. way and at the same time 1 other settlements will be completely ! formulated. LOCAL SCENES AT UNIVERSAL A number of local street scenes will be ihown at the Universal The ater tonight. For several days Pho tographer Earl Hardy has been tak ing snapshots of crowds and scenes on the streets and in the city. He has made arrangements with the show management for producing them on the screen tonight. IMPORTANT NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS Watch the label on your paper. It shows the date to which your subscription is paid. If possible send in your renewal at least five days before the time is out. This will prevent your missing a single copy. ' Positively this paper will be stopped when your subscription expires unless your renewal is received in time. ANOTHER CALDWELL BOY GETS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS Sergeant William J. McDade, Co. B, 117th infantry, is another Caldwell young man to be award ed the distinguished service cross. Sergeant McDade is a brother of Fletcher McDade of this place. The announcement of this has just come from Washington in the following newspaper dispatch: "The commander-in-chief, in the name of the President, has awarded the distinguished service cross to Eergeant William J. Mc Dade of Lenoir for extraordinary heroism in action. The citation reads: "Sergt. William J. -McDade, company B, 117th infantry.. For extraordinary heroism in action near Geneve, France, Oct. 8, 1918. While advancing with his platoon on the morning of Oct. 8 Sergeant McDade was seriously wounded twice by machine gun lire but continued to the objective sphere he materially aided in con solidating the position. He was then ordered to the aid station by his commanding officer and was later evacuated to the hospital. f,, m address, Fletcher R. Mc Dade, brother, Lenoir, N. C." INFORMATION AS TO SENDING MAIL TO BOYS OVER THERE Postmaster Guire has just received the1 following regulation as to send ing mail to the boys with the Ameri can forces in Europe: The inclusion of the address on mail for members of the American expeditionary forces in Europe of the name of the place where the ad dressee is stationed does not affect the rate of postage, provided the ad dress contains the official designation of the unit or organization to which addressee belongs and the words "American Expeditionary Forces" and addressee's army post number, if known; for example: "Private , Co. G, 181st Inf., A. P. O. 702, American Expeditionary Forces, Par is, France," or "Private , Co. 3, lilt) Field Battalion, A. P. O. 775, American Expeditionary Forces, Mayer, Germany." Such mail may be accepted for mailing at the domestic rate of 3 cents an ounce or fraction thereof, subject, of course, in all other re spects to the conditions under which mail may be sent to the members of the American expeditionary forces. Request of the soldier, approved by his regimental commander, is still necessary in order to send parcels to soldiers in France and those connect ed with the American expeditionary forces. STATE SECRETARY EXPLAINS LICENSES FOR WEAPONS The secretary of state is relieving the minds of the clerks of the courts throughout the state as to the provis ions of the act of the recent legisla ture to regulate the sale of con cealed weapons in Xorth Carolina, which became effective April 1, through requirement that every per son purchasing a revolver or other "concealed weapon" must have a li cense from the clerk of the court be fore the dealer can sell him the weapon. A printed copy of the act has been received by Clerk of the Court W. C. Moore, Jr. It prescribes t'lc form of the license and specifies that before issuing a license the clerk niu-, satisfy himself that the person i piymg is of good moral character ai, i ; fit person to be entrusted with sue a weapon. The fee chargeable '. ) the licensee is 50 cents. There is n- i.fement also that owners of such w ei us must specifically list them for taxes, and in listing must state their residence, and. if in town, must give their street and number. Viola tion of any provision of the act is punishable by tine or imprisonment at the discretion of the court. 105TH ENGINEERS ARE TO PARADE IN WINSTON-SALEM j The 105th engineers will arrive in Winston-Salem next Tuesday after- j noon for a reception and parade on i Wednesday. The invitation for the soldiers to go to the Twin City was formally extended by a delegation which went to Columbia Monday. Col. Pratt, commander, after an nouncing acceptance of the invita tion from Winston-Salem, stated that he would accompany the. unit with his staff and regimental band. He also announced that a detachment would arrive Sunday to assist the local com mittee in arranging details for the parade. Only three companies have, arrived at Camp Jackson. The remainder are expected to arrive at Charfleston Fri day. It is announced that the 105th engineers have voted for discharge as early as possible but have agreed to go to Winston-Salem as a unit be fore being mustered out of service. The Hickory company is with the 105th engineers. There are a num ber, of Lenoir and Caldwell boys in this company. CHEESE FACTORIES DISCUSSED i County Agent Roberts and District Agent MilOsaps are planning a meet 1 ing in Globe next Thursday in the ; interest of organizing and establish ! ing n cheese factory. Mr. Roberts is also to have soue of the cheese and dairy men from the department at Raleigh to attend the. meeting. The Globe section is excellently adapted to this industry, provided there is a sufficient number of dairy cows to support the industry. REV. C. A. MUNROE DIES AFTER A LONG ILLNESS Rev. Or. Colin A. Munroe, one of the most prominent ministers in the synod of North Carolina and for 20 years pastor of the Presbyterian church in Lenoir, died at his home in Davidson Friday morning. Colin Alexander Munroe was born in Fayetteville in 1844. He entered Davidson College in '61. graduating with distinction in the class of '72. After teaching for a year in Missis sippi he entered Union Theological Seminary, at Hampden-Sidney, and graduated there in '76. He occupied pastorates in his earlier ministry in Crystal Springs, Miss., Old Fort, X. C, and Huntingdon, W. Va. For quite a number of years he was pas- I tor at Hickory and later for 20 years at Lenoir. When he resigned here he I took charge of the home mission , work of Concord presbytery, acting as superintendent and general mis- ; sionary of the presbytery. j Dr. Munroe was the oldest son in a large family, in which three other I brothers were, like him, ministers of the gospel. His youngest brother is i Davidson's (now of Charlotte) great- j ly beloved physician, Dr. J. P. Mun roe. Dr. Munroe is survived by his wife, who was a Miss Stokes of Prince Ed ward county, Virginia, and five chil dren: Mrs. J. M. Douglas of David son, Dr. H. S. Munroe of CoCumbus, Gaa., Mrs. W. T. Hudson of Green ville, S. C, Mrs. I.. R. Clark of Wash ington, and Miss Mary Munroe of Da vidson. The funeral services of Dr. Mun roe were held Saturday afternoon. Among the beautiful floral trib utes, of which there were many, was one given by the faculty of David son College as a mark not simply of personal regard for Dr. Munroe and his immediate family, but in recogni tion of his faithful service as a trus tee for years of the college; another from the church in Lenoir and from friends in Hickory. Among those attending the funeraO of Dr. Munroe from Lenoir were Mr. and Mrs. John Bernhardt, Mrs. G. L. Bernhardt, Mr. George Harper and his son, Capt James Harper, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Beall and Mr. and Mrs. Simeon Smith. SOUTHERN AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS GO OVER ROAD Messrs. E. H. Copeman, W. N. Foreacre and O. B. Keister and other Federal and Southern officials, with Manager Nichols of the Carolina & Northwestern, went to Edgemont Monday on a special train, returning in the afternoon. According to Mr. Nichols the visit of the high officials was "just to look over the road." Other things of much greater import are being rumored, but no announce ment has been made of any future railroad development. HARPER PLANT TO START SOON Messrs. R. W. and I. T. Hedrick. have arrived home from West Point, Va., where they have spent the past several months in the employ of a shipbuilding company. They are at home to resume their former posi tions with the Harper Furniture Com pany when it resumes operations, which will probably be within the next week. Sergeant James Mar shall, manager of the plant, is ex pected to arrive within a few days. B. EP: Creelt Lumber Co., Town of North Wilkesboro and Citizens Buy the Road Will Begin Operations Soon The Watauga & Yadkin River rail road and equipment has passed into new ownership at a purchase price of $200,000. The new owners are the Elk Creek Lumber Company, the town of North Wilkesboro and the citizens who live along the line of the railroad. Fifty per cent of the purchase price was put up by the Elk Creek Lumber Company, while the balance was subscribed and is being subscribed by the other parties. This information was brought here Mon day by Mr. G. M. Icenhour, who lives at Grandin. Mr. Icenhour is con nected with the new ownership. The deal was consummated last week by Mr. C. C. Smoot of North Wilkesboro for the parties named, Mr. Icenhour said. The deeds are being made out now by Mr. Freder ick Fair of Oil City, Pa., who bought the road at the receivership sale last December. Just as soon as the deeds are de livered the new owners will begin immediately to make the repairs nec essary to put the road in operation. The engineer, Mr. Campbell, who will be connected with the new manage ment, estimates that this can be done within three weeks. With Engineer Campbell, General Manager H. C. Landon and Mr. Williams, agent at North Wilkesboro, are retained by the new owners. It is also reported here that Mr. G. L. Hadlock will be connected with the new management. The fact that the Elk Creek Lum ber Company is putting up 60 per cent of the purchase price of the Watauga & Yadkin River railroad is taken here as an indication that the lumber company will develop their interests at Grandin. No announce ment has come from the recent meet ings of the owners in Chicago, how ever, but their 1:iiic:' ! :r.t?resti in the purchase cf the railroads leads to this conclusion. TERMS Of THE VICTORY Amount, $4,500,000 000; Oversub scriptions Rejected; Less Than Expected; Rate 44 Per Cent, Convertible Terms of the Victory Liberty loan have been announced by Secretary Glass. They are: Amount, $4,500,000,000; oversub scriptions to be rejected. Interest, 44 per cent for partially tax exempt notes convertible into 3 per cent notes wholly tax ex empt. Maturity, four years, with the treasury reserving the privilege of redeeming the notes in three years. The 34 per cent notes, to be is sud later, also may be converted sub sequently back into 44 per cent notes. The 4 4 per cent securities are to be exempt from state and lo cal taxation, excepting estate and in heritance taxes, and from normal rates of Federal income taxes. The 34 per cent securities are exempt from alC Federal, state and local taxes except estate and inheritance. The size of the loan was much smaller than had been anticipated by most financial observers, who looked for an issue of about $6,000,000,000, particularly in view of Secretary Glass' past statements that the loan would be five or six billions. This will be the las tLiberty loan. Secretary Glass explained, although there will be other issues of govern ment securities to finance belated war expenses. These will not be floated by popular sampaigns. In many communities the selling campaign already has begun actively, without formal acceptance of sub scriptions, said reports to the treas ury, although the official opening date is April 21, next Monday. The drive will continue three weeks, until May 10. "In fixing the terms of the issue," saiil Secretary Glass' announcement nf the Victory loan, "the treasury has been guided largely by the desire to devise a security which will not only prove attractive to th- people of the country in the first instance, but the terms of which should insure a good market for the notes after the" campaign is over and identical prices for the two series and should not affect injuriously the market for the existing bonds of the Liberty loans. "This will be the last Liberty loan. Although as the remaining war billls are presented further borrowing must be done, I anticipate that the requirements of the government, in excess of the amount of taxes and other income, can, in view of the de creasing scale of expenditure, bo readily financed by the issue of treas ury certificates from time to time as heretoforew hieh may be ultimately refunded by the issue of notes or bonds without the aid of another great jioula.r campaign such as has characterized the Libor'y loans." The terms of th". loan were ex plained as follows: The Vielorv Liberty loan, which will be offered for popular subscrip tion on April 21, will take the form of -11 per cent three-four-year con vertible gold notes of the United States, exempt from state and local taxation (except estate and inheri tance taxes) and from normal Fed eral income taxes. Tile notes will lie convertible, at the option of the holder, throughout their life into 3 per cent three-four-year convertible void notes of the I'nited States, ex empt from all Federa.l. state and (lo cal taxes, except estate and inheri tance taxes. In like manner the 34 per cent notes will be convertible into 4 :t4 per con tnotes. The notes of both series will be dated and bear interest from May 20, 1!US(, and will mature on May 20, 1923. Interest will be payable on Dec. 15, 1919, and thereafter semi annually on June 15 and Dec. 15 and at maturity. All or any of the. notes may be redeemed before maturity at the option of the United States on June 15 or Dec. 15, 1922, at par and at accrued interest. The interest rate of 44 per cent is the highest borne by any of the war issues. The coming loan is the only loan since the first on which oversubscrip tions have not been accepted in whole or in part. Compared with the $6,993,073,000 subscriptions of the fourth loan the aggregate of the Vic tory issue will be nearly $2,500,000, 000 less. Terms of the Victory issue may be compared with the following terms of past issues: First loan, $2,000,000,000 3 per cent tax, exempt, maturity 30 years. Second loan, $3,000,000,000 of fered, $4,617,000,000 subscribed. $3,808,000,000 accepted, 4 per cent, partiially tax exempt, maturing in 25 years. Third loan, $3,093,000,000 offer ed, $4,176,000,000 subscribed and accepted, 4M per cent, partially tax exempt, maturity 10 years. Fourth loan, $6,000,000,000 offer ed, $6,993,000,000 subscribed and accepted, 4 per cent, partially tax exempt, with special conditional ex emptions for past issues, maturity 20 years. The Granite Motor Sales Company, of which Mr. J. W. Hoke is manager, gave a plowing demonstration with a Cleveland tractor on Dr. Kent's farm near the fair grounds yesterday from . j 4 o'clock.
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