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Volume XLIV
LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 4, 1919
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TWIT ENDJID WAR
They Affixed Their Signature to the
Document Saturday Afternoon;
Some Details of the Signing;
China Wai Left Out
Dr. Hermann Mueller, foreign
minister in the new German cabinet,
and DrBell, chief of the colonial of
fice, designated as German's signa
tories to the momentous peace terms,
arrived in Versailles late last Friday
night in order to carry out the prom
ise of the cabinet and the national as
sembly to seal the compact. That the
Germans still are dissatisfied with the'
terms of the treaty is indicated by re
ports that Dr. Mueller and Dr. Bell
left Berlin for" Versailles secretly,
fearing attempts on their lives.
The peace terms were signed Sat
urday afternoon at Versailles by
Germany and the allied and associ
ated powers, thus ending the world
war that lasted 37 days less than five
years.
The ceremony of signing was brief.
Premier Clemenceau called the ses
sion to order in the hall of mirrors of
the chateau of Versailles at 3:10
o 'clock. The signing began when Dr.
ilermann Mueller and Johannes Bell,
the German signatories, affixed their
names. Herr Mueller signed at 3:12
o'clock and Herr Bell at 3:13 o'clock.
President Wilson, first of the allied
delegates, s'fgned a minute later. At
3:45 o'clock the momentous session
was concluded.
Incidents attending the signing are
thus described by the Associated
Press :
' "World peace was signed and sealed
in the historic hall of mirrors at Ver
sailles this afternoon, but under cir
cumstances which somewhat dimmed
the expectations of those who had
worked and fought during the long
years of war and months of negotia
tions for its achievement.
The absence of the Chinese dele
gates, who at the last moment were
unable to reconcile themselves to the
Shantung settlement, and left the
eastern empire outside the formal
purviews of peace, struck the first
discordant note in the assembly. A
written protest which Gen. Jan Chris
tian Smits lodged with his signature
was another disappointment to the
makers of the treaty.
But, bulking larger, was the atti
tude of Germany and the German
plenipotentiaries, which left them, as
evident from the official program of
the day and from the expression of
M. Clemenceau, still outside any for
mal reconciliation and made actual
restoration to regular relations and
intercourse with the allied nations
dependent, not upon the signature of
the "preliminaries of peace" today,
but upon ratification by the national
assembly of Germany.
To M. Clemenceau's stern warning
in his opening remarks that they
would be expected, and held, to ob
serve the treaty provisions legally
and completely, the German dele
gates replied after returning to the
hotel that, had they known they
would be treated on a different status
after signing than the allied repre
sentatives, as shown by their separate
exit before the general body of the
conference, they never would have
signd.
Under the circumstances the gen
eral tone of sentiment in the historic
sitting was one rather of relief at the
uncontrovertible end of hostilities
than of complete and unalloyed sat
isfaction. The ceremony came to a dramatic
close in fact, reached its highest
dramatic pitch with the wild, enthu
siastic reception to President Wilson,
M. Clemenceau and Mr. Lloyd George
by the crowds outside the palace,
who ignored or disregarded the minor
discords of the day. They tore the
three statesmen from their escorts
and almost carried them bodily in
their progress through the chateau
grounds a part of the program
which had been planned as a digni
fied state processional of all the plen
ipotentiaries. All the diplomats and members of
their parties were conventional civil
ian clothes. There was a marked
lack of gold lace and pageantry.
There were few of the fanciful uni
forms of the. middle ages, whose tra
ditions and practices are so sternly
condemned in the great, seal-covered
document signed today.
A spot of color was made against
this somber background by the
French guards. A few selected mem
bers of the guard were resplendent
in their red-plumed silver helmets
.,and red, white and blue uniforms.
As a contrast with the Franco
German peace session of 1871, held
in the same hall, there were present
today grizzled French veterans of
the Franco-Prussian war. They re
placed the Prussian guardsmen of the
previous ceremony and the French
men today watched the ceremony
with grim satisfaction.
The conditions of 1871 were exact
ly reversed. Today the disciples of
Bismarck sat in the seats of the lowly
while the white marble status of Mi
nerva, the goddess of war, looked on.
Overhead on the frescoed ceiling
were scenes from France's ancient
wars.
An hour before the signing of the
treaty those assembled in the hall had
been urged, to take their seats, but
their eagerness to see the historic
cremony was so keen that they re
fused to keep their seats and crowded
the spectators had either seated
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VON BETHMANN-HOLLWEG AS
SUMES RESPONSIBILITY
Dr. Theobald von Bethmann-Holl-weg,
former German chancellor, has
formally asked the allied and asso
ciated powers to place him on trial
instead of the former emperor, says
a dispatch from Berlin. The former
chancellor says that he assumes re
sponsibility for the acts of Germany
during his period of office and places
himself at the disposal of the allies.
The request of the former chan
cellor was made on June 25 in a
communication to Premier Clemen
ceau, president of the conference.
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg, it is said,
desired to take this step on May 20
but refrained at that time on the ex
pressed wish of the German govern
ment. The communication asks Pre-
Kmier Clemenceau to bring the follow
ing document to the knowledge of
the allied and associated powers:
"In article 227 of the peace terms
the allied and associated powers pub
licly arraign his majesty William II
of Hohenzollern, former German em
peror, for a supreme offense against
international morality and the sanc
tity of treaties. At the same time
they announced their resolve to ad
dress a. request to the government of
the Netherlands for the surrender of
the former emperor for purpose of
trial.
"With reference thereto I take the
liberty of addressing a request to the
powers to let the projected proceed
ings against his majsty the emperor
be taken against me. For this ob
ject 1 hereby place myself at the dis
posal of the allied and associated
powers.
"As former German imperial chan
cellor I bear for my period of office
sole responsibility, as regulated in the
German constitution, for the political
acts of the emperor. I believe I may
deduct therefrom the claim that the
reckoning which the allied and asso
ciated powers desire to demand for
these acts shall be demanded solely
by me.
"Being convinced that the allied
and associated powers will not deny
international respect to the legal po
sition fixed by public constitutional
law, I may express the hope that they
will be inclined to yield to my urgent
request."
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg was
German chancellor from 1909 to July
14, 1917. He succeeded Prince von
Buelow.
The definition of the treaty guar
anteeing the neutrality of Belgium as
a "scrap of paper" was made by von
Bethmann-Hollweg in an address to
the reichstag shortly after the be
ginning of the war. The former
chancellor has blamed the militarists
for starting the war, while he, in
turn, has been blamed.
Last February the former chancel
lor offered to go before a tribunal
to give an accounting for his stew
ardship as chancellor. It was an
nounced in Berlin on May 27 that
von Bethmann-Hollweg would be
among those who would b'e tried by
the German court which would inves
tigate responsibility for the loss of
the war by Germany.
He has been mentioned several
times as among those who might be
tried by the allies for political of
fenses in connection with the origin
of the war.
Dr. von Bethmann-Hollweg is 62
years old. Before becoming chancel
lor he was Prussian minister of the
interior and imperial treasurer and
vice-chancellor. He held the rank of
lieutenant-general in the German
army.
EXTRADITION OF THE KAISER
IS NOT TO BE REQUESTED
A dispatch frbm Amsterdam says
the allied and associated powers will
not ask for the extradition of the for
mer German emperor, the Paris cor
respondent of the Telegraaf says he
learns, but will ask the Dutch gov
ernment in the name of the league
of nations to see that Herr Hohenzol
lern does not escape the moral con
sequences. It is expected that as a member of
the league, he adds, Holland will in
form the former emperor that he
must appear before an international
court or leave the country. A highly
placed French authority on interna
tional law told the correspondent
that the proceedings against the for
mer emperor would be on moral
grounds and the sentence would be
of a moral character entirely. There
is no question of a death sentence or
imprisonment, the correspondent was
told.
It is probable, the correspondent
continues, that the crimes of the for
mer emperor against international
morality in starting the war and in
violating Belgian neutrality will be
condemned severely, the Hohenzol
lerns will be declared forever deposed
and it will be. made impossible for
the former emperor to do further
harm by assigning him a place of res
idence from which he must not move.
BOLSHEVIKI ADD TO CRIMES
AT PETROGRAD
The horrors experienced in Petro
grad during the last fortnight surpass
the worst previously imagined, ac
cording to a special cable from the
London Times to the Greensboro
News. An immense drive has been
made by officers, ending in Balluo,
in which 800 were massacred in one
day and 3,000 hostages deported to
Moscow. Wherever the slightest evi
dence of arms is discovered in a flat
the whole family is shot. The result
of the bolshevist system of shooting
officers' wives is that divorce has be
come a common, means of self-defense.
-TIME P
IN FORGE SINCE TUESOHY
Beer Saloon and Breweries, How
ever, Remain in Operation Un
der an Eleventh-Hour Ruling
of the Attorney General
As war-time prohibition took effect
Monday night the department of jus
tice announced that its agents
throughout the country would not at
tempt Tuesday to stop the sale of
two and three-quarters per cent beer.
This eleventh-hour development, a
flat reversal of an earlier ruling by
the department, was due to the un
certainty as to how the Federal dis
trict court of New York might rule
on a pending claim by brewers that
beer containing that much alcohol
was not intoxicating.
But while this uncertainty existed
as to beer of lighter alcoholic per
centage than that sold generally
heretofore, full warning was given
that with respect to whiskey and all
beverages as to whose intoxicating
powers there was no doubt every gov
ernmental agency would be set to
work in a determined effort to pre
vent their manufacture and sale,
How long the sale of two and
three-quarters per cent beer might
continue would depend ordinarily
upon the speed of the courts, but
Congress meanwhile will step to the
fron tin an effort to complete the. ef
fectiveness of the war-time law.
Exactly what they have refused
heretofore to do prohibition members
of the House now will attempt
passage of a straight, clear-cut bill
for enforcement of war-time prohi
bition. When word spread Monday night
that the attorney general, by his rul
ing, had permitted beer saloons and
breweries to remain in operation,
members of the judiciary committee
counted noses to find a sufficient
number ready to go to the front to
demand separation of the enforce
ment measures so as to stop -the sale
of all beer containing alcohol.
Congressional leaders, it was said,
refused to abandon plans for a recess
to put the bill through as an emer
gency measure, and the whole ques-.i
tion of prohibition will be held up until-next
Monday, at the earliest.
There were indications that a hard
fight would be made in behalf of an
amendment to be offered by Repre
sentative Igoe, Democrat, of Missou
ri, which would permit the President
to set aside the war-time act in so far
as it relates to light wines and beers.
While the attorney general's staff
was wrestling with the questions of
intoxicating and non-intoxicating
beer the judiciary committee sent to
the House its report in which the
bold assertion was made that any
thing over one-half of one per cent
alcohol was intoxicating within the
purview of the general law, and that
Congress, and not the court, should
fix the alcoholic percentage of all
beverages, sal eof which is restricted
by prohibition statutes. ,
But while the milder brew of beer
was accorded unusual honor by the
joyful throng, a long, dry finger
moved across the map Monday night
at midnight and blotted out of exist
ence a man's legal right to buy or
sell liquor. Sale of these intoxi
cants again will be legal with demo
bilization of the army, date of which
will be determined by the President,
and until Jan. 16, 1920, at which
time it will be prohibited for many
a day by constitutional amendment.
The temporary refusal not to pro
ceed against those selling 2 per
cent beer although evidence against
them will be obtained with a view to
their prosecution in the event the
court decided against the brewers
does not mean that persons offering
it for sale in territory heretofore dry
will be exempt from arrest and prose
cution. Saloons selling 2 per cent
beer will take a gambler's choice and
stay open at their own risk, it was
announced.
The bureau of internal revenue,
upon the bulky shoulders of which
will fall much of the great task of
breaking up liquor selling, Monday
issued regulations governing the sale
of alcohol for medicinal purposes.
These regulations are so strict that
it will be next to impossible, bureau
agents said, for a man to obtain whis
key for general drinking, because at
most he cannot have more than one
quart a month, and he cannot get it
then unless he is ill and it is pre
scribed in an effort to restore him
to health.
There is no restriction, however,
on a man's right to "use" the liquor
stored in his home, nor are govern
ment agents authorized to obtain
warrants and seize 'his stock so long
as it is not offered for sale.
Contending that no cour tmay say,
as a matter of fact, what percentage
of alcohol in liquor makes it intoxi
eating, the judiciary committee, in a
report Monday to the House on pro
hibition enforcement legislation, de
clared this was a question of fact and
not law, and as such was clearly
within the province of Congress.
The committee held that the right
of Congress to define "intoxicating
liquor" as a beverage containing
more than one-half of one per cent
alcohol was in full accord with its
i constitutional powers, and that every
(state, in dealing with alcoholic liq
, uors, had named products of that
I percentage as intoxicating and had
, either prohibited use of such liquors
or subjected them to heavy tax.
; "To define what is .intoxicating
does not trespass on the province of
TO BE HELD IH RALEIGH
Caldwell Men and Women Are Urged
to Attend, the Dates Being Aug.
27, 28 and 29 Club Boys
Also Are Invited
Mr. D. W. Roberts, County Agent,
Lenoir, N. C:
The farmers' convention will be
held at West Raleigh, as you will be
advised by the secretary-treasurer,
Mr. W. F. Pate, Aug. 27, 28 and 29.
You should interest as many men and
women as you can to atten dthis ses
sion of the convention. This meet
ing is held entirely in the interest of
the. agricultural betterment work and
the farmers of the State should be
urged to take advantage of it,
On the week preceding the conven
tion, beginning Aug. 20 and running
through the 22nd, will be the meeting
of the club boys at the A. and E.
College. At a conference of the ex
tension workers in Raleigh last week
it was decided that the county agents
should encourage all boys of 14 years
of age and upwards to attend this
meeting. The boys will leave their
homes in charge of the county agent
in time to reach Raleigh on the even
ing of Aug. 19, and go directly with
the boys to dormitories at West Ral
eigh and remain in charge of them
through the 20th, 21st and 22nd, and
see them safely started for home ',
the evening of the 22nri r the morn.
ing of the 23iu, so that they may
reach home on the 23rd, which is Sat
urday. Please make no mistake
about this. You are to reach Raleigh
on the 19th. Be prepared to take
charge of your boys for the three
days they are to be at the college,
ana see tnem safely started for home
by the morning of the 23rd.
The county agents will hav'a noth
ing to do these three days but to as
sist in handling these boys. Begin
ning with the morning of the 23rd
and during the 25th and 26th of Au
gust the county agents will be in
session at the college. Every county
agent is urged and expe'cted to be
present at the boys' meeting, through
the county agents' meeting and
through the State convention, which
embraces the 27th, 28 and 29th.
This is a rather ambitious program,
but the extension division feels that
it is worth while, and you are di
rected to give these matters your
earnest and hearty support. Try to
arrange your work so that it will not
suffer during the two weeks' ab
sence. You should make it a point
to let your people know that in the
interest of the work it is necessary
for you to be absent from the coun
ty during this time. Urge upon the
parents not only the importance of
attending the meeting themselves,
but of allowing the boys the time and
money necessary for this trip. You
will be advised from the Raleigh of
fice regarding the expenses. The
agents will be quartered in the col
lege dormitories in order that you
may take care of your club boys.
E. S. MILLSAPS,
District Agent.
It is so stated in Prof. Millsaps'
letter that our club boys' meeting
will be held at the A. and E. College,
Raleigh, N. C, Aug. 20, 21 and 22,
and I am using this method to extend
to all who are. interested a cordial
invitation to join us, especially our
club members and all boys who wish
to become club members, who are 14
years of age and upwards. I urge
you to see your county demonstrator
and make preparations to enter the
march, represent and wave the Cald
well banner.
I believe it the duty of the parents
of such boys to assist them in every
way possible in order that they may
attend such a valuable and educa
tional meeting as this will be, espe
cially when they are just at that par
ticular age in life. It will no doubt
be inspiring and may create in them
a desire, ambition and determination
to get an agricultural education. I
assure you that all boys in my care
will be well looked after.
D. WILLIAMS ROBERTS,
County Demonstrator.
NO REVENUE TAX ON COUNTY
FAIR TICKETS
It is announced that the revenue
deartmcnt has decided to eliminate
revenue tax on all county fair tick
ets, admission and grandstand, where
the fairs are notconducted for profit.
the court," said the majority report
prepared by Chairman Volstead. "No
court can say, as a matter of law,
what percentage of alcohol in liquor
makes it intoxicating, nor what toxic
effect is intoxication. These are
questions of fact and not law, and,
as such, are clearly within ihe prov
ince of Congress. An equal quantity
of the same liquor may make one
person dead drunk and but slightly
affect an I'hr,
"As some contend, there may be
persons who have become so tolerant
of alcohol that they cannot get
drunk on beer containing 2 per
cent of alcohol by weight, which, by
, the way, contains only one-half of
I one per cent less than the ordinary
beer. But we are not legislating for
a special class. This amendment was
intended to apply generally and to
prevent the sale of any liquor tha
will make anybody drunk. It is not
only intoxication which this amend'
ment seeks to prohibit, but the usi
less waste as well as the uncounted
millions in money that should go to
provide luxuries, comforts and con
veniences in the home"
IK
MEETING OF COUNTY BET
TERMENT ASSOCIATION
The annual meeting of the
Caldwell Betterment Association
will be held in Lenoir at the
graded school building on Friday,
July 11, beginning at 10 a.m.
Delegates from each Better
ment Association in the county
will be expected, and the ladies
from every district are invited
and urged to attend. Picnic din
ner will be served on the grounds
by the Lenoir Betterment Asso
ciation. Miss Elizabeth Kelley, one of
the State workers, will be present
and address the association. Mrs.
T. W. Lingle of Davidson and
Miss Celeste Henkel of Statesville
have been invited to address the
meeting, and it is hoped that they
will be able to come.
Each member of the Woman's
Betterment Association of Lenoir,
or any friend of the organization
who wishes to attend is requested
to bring lunch for herself and one
other, so as to have enough for
all the out-of-town visitors who
are guests of the Lenoir Better
ment Assocaition for the picnic
dinner.
All the ladies of the town are
especially invited to attend the
meeting in the afternoon to
hear the addresses.
Marriage of mr. goforth
AND MISS MYERS
The Methodist church at Waxhaw,
N. C, was the scene of an impressive
and beautiful marriage Wednesday
evening, June 25, at 7:30 o'clock,
when Miss Dellinger Myers became
the bride of Mr. George Mark Go
forth of Lenoir. The church, with
its beautiful decorations of ferns and
potted plants and soft lights, pre
sented a lovely appearance. Imme
diately before the entrance of the
bridal party Miss Meek Baird of Cor
nelius, N. C, sang "0 Promise Me"
and "0 Perfect Love," with Miss
Mary Myers, sister of the bride, as
accompanist. Then to the strains Of
Mendelssohn s wedding march the
bridal party entered as follows: Lit
tle Miss Virginia McCain entered,
carrying the ring in a basket of fern
and sweet peas. The bride, with her
sister, Miss Helen Myers, as maid of
honor, followed and was met at the
altar by the groom, with his best
man, Mr. R. C. Goforth. During the
ceremony, which was performed by
the bride's father. Rev. E. Myers,
"Love's Dream" was softly rendered
by Miss Mary Myers. Lohengrin's
wedding march was used as the re
cessional. Mr. and Mrs. Goforth left at once
for Lenoir, where they will make
their home.
Mrs. Goforth is a charming and
talented young woman. She is a
graduate of Davenport College, and
since her graduation has successfully
taught in the graded schools of Le
noir and Kinston.
Mr. Goforth is a graduate of the
A. and E. College of Raleigh and is
a prominent young farmer and busi
ness man of Lenoir and Caldwell
county. Their many friends wish for
them a long and happy life.
Among the. out-of-town guests at
the marriage were Miss Carrie Go
forth of Lenoir, Mr. R. C. Goforth
of Newport News, Miss Meek Baird
of Cornelius and Miss Annie Lee
I'lyler of Monroe.
CONTAGIOUS DISEASES IN JUNE
ARE REPORTED
Dr. L. H. Coffey, county quaran
tine officer, reports contagious dis
eases for June as follows:
Typhoid Fever Mrs. Lula Powell,
Patterson, child of Todd Cook, Mor
timer; child of John Green, Rufus;
daughter of J. P. Blankenship, Le
noir, Route 4; Juania Cook, Globe;
Herbert Dixon, Lenoir; Mrs. Elisha
Brookshire, Ellen Roberts, Mrs. Wm.
Roberts, Lenoir, Route 1 ; Virgie May
Heffner, Lackey Heffner, Hudson.
Measles Four children of Coy
Church, Patterson; Nelia Shade, Le
noir. German Measles J. B. Craven,
Jr., Lenoir.
Whooping Cough Ethel Holsclaw,
Irene Holsclaw, two children of Chas.
McMillan, three children of Robt.
McMillan, May Michael, Lenoir,
Route 4.
A SERIOUS COTTON FAMINE IS
EXPECTED SOON
J. Skottowe Wannamaker, president
of the American Cotton Association,
has issued the following statement:
"We are facing a cotton famine,
the most serious that has ever existed
since cotton was first cultivated in
America. Cotton today is the cheap
est commodity in the world. A pound
of middling cotton, selling for 33
cents today, run through an auto
matic loom, carl' be sold at wholesale
to converters for $1.08. On this ba
sis the raw material would be worth
68 cents. Cotton will be unobtain
able at any price and we will have
an enormous unfilled demand before
any cotton from the 1920 crop can
be secured. Prices have only started
to advance. Hold your cotton and
reap a golden harvest."
SENATE O. K.'S INCREASE JN
HJPBUILDING.FUND
f 'se in the shipping board
om $276,000,000 to $491,
for completion of the gov-
ejtiments autnorizea snipDunaing
program was approved by the Senate
with but one dissenting vote in an
effort to pass the sundry civil appro
priation bill.
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IH SILVER DEPOSITS
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Silver Mines. Which Were Located
Over One Hundred Years Ago
Are Reopened and Will Be
Worked Again
The News-Topic is informed that
Caldwell county may boast of soma
of the richest silver deposits to be
found in the United States and, in
cidentally, learns some of the early
history of silver mining in this
county.
Mr. J. A. Franz of Canton, Ohio, a
mining expert and prospector, who
for the past two or three years has
been prospecting in. Alabama and
Georgia, learned of the discovery of
silver in this county more than a
hundred years ago. About 1809, or
110 years ago, a mineralogist by the
name of Smaley and two other men
named Hartley and Robinson discov
ered silver at the foot of Chestnut
mountain and made a paying busi
ness of mining by the crude methods
of that date and smelting their ore in
the nearby blacksmith shops.
Mr. Franz came here to investi-
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Kue aim claims uiiu uc uas jucaieu
no less than fifteen paying veins
vithin a radius of five miles, and also
the original mine which these men
worked more than a hundred years
ago, and from which ore has been
assayed in the past to run as high as
60 per cent silver. Mr. Franz sank
a shaft 24 feet deep and has struck'
the cap of a pay streak or main vein
which is thirty feet wide" and is pro
ducing paying ore. When he get,
his shaft through the cap and into
the better paying ore Mr. Franz
hopes to organize a company and
open up these various veins and work
them on an extensive scale, probably
building a large smelting plant near
Lenoir. If the plans of Mr. Franz
materialize we expect to hear more
of the Franz mines and Caldwell sil
, ver within the near future.
SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DAUGH
TERS OF CONFEDERACY
Scholarships in the colleges of the
State, offered the Daughters of the
Confederacy, are given below, and
any one desiring to secure ont should
communicate with one of the chapter
presidents:
Division Scholarships, 1919-20
Six at State Normal College, Greens
boro, at $75, $450; two loans, State
Normal College, $75, $150; one,
State College of A. and E., Raleigh,
$60; two, Trinity College, Durham,
at $50, $100; one, Fassifern, Hender
sonvillc, $100; one, Oxford College,
Oxford, $50; one Davenport College
(music), Lenoir, $00; one, Warren
ton High School Warrenton, $60.
District scholarships are offered in
the following schools, and application
should be made to the district di
rector: First district, one, Christ
church, ADrden, $50, filled; one, Dav
enport College (music), Lenoir, $60.
Second district, one, Davenport Col
lege (music), Lenoir, $60. Eleventh
district, one, Flora Macdonald Col
lege, Red Springs, $30.
GERMAN PRESS SAYS TREATY
IS BUT "SCRAP OF PAPER"
A dispatch from Berlin says the
pan-German Deutsche Zeitung prints
the following across its front page:
"German honor today will be car
ried to its grave in the hall of mir
rors, in which in the glorious year of
'71 the German empire was resur
rected in all its former splendor. Lest
we forget, in restless labor the Ger-
mnn npnnlp will ntrwin etriva tn ntfoin
that place among the nations of the
I world to which it is entitled. Then
'vengeance for the disgrace of 1919."
The Berlin Tageblatt says:
"The German people reject the
treaty which its delegates are signing
today, and it does not believe for a
single moment that it will endure.
Despite the fact that it is written on
parchment, it remains a scrap of pa
j per, because it is a mockery of all the
laws of reason and morals and the
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seum of civilization."
DR. LOGAN REID BUYS KNOX
VILLE PROPERTY
Friends in Lenoir will be interest
ed in the following item from the
Knoxville. Sentinel:
"Dr. Logan Reid has purchased the
property at 1310 West Clinch avenue
from Dr. Herbert Acuff for a consid
eration of $10,000. Dr. Reid will
make his home in this property. This.
is one of the most beautiful homes in
Knoxville, being an up-to-date two
story brick house with hardwood
floors and all hardwood finish. This
home is already in perfect condition,
stated W. G. Brownlow, who nego
tiated the deal, and will not need to
be improved. This home was built
by Judge Welker, a prominent citi
zen of Knoxville during his lifetime.
Dr. Acuff has transferred it to Dr.
Reid because he recently purchased
the old Briscoe home."
GOING TO THE DEVIL UNLESS
NEW METHOD IS DEVISED
"I have a very definite conviction
I that unless some means can be de
I vised for settling industrial disputes,
I other than by walk-outs and lock
outs, the whole country is going to
I the devil," said Gov. Bickett in a let
, ter to W. W. Smith, manager of the
j Fruit and Products Trade Association
I of New York, declining to offer any
I suggestion to the governor of New
; York as to the proper handling of
the situation, there, growing out of
the strike of porters and handlers of
1 perishables.
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