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VolmneXLlV S LlnoS Jft SuiffijJ ffil h Consolidate April l. 1919 LENOIR, N. C, FRIDAY, JULY 18, 1919
Price, Fit Cent the Copy
No. 42
STATESVILLE DISTRICT
Convened in the Lenoir Methodist
Church Monday Afternoon with
Presiding Elder W. A.
Newell Chir
(Reported by Rev. H. G. Allen)
The Statesville District Conference
convened in the First Methodist
church of Lenoir Monday afternoon
at 2 o'clock, with the presiding elder,
Rev. W. A. Newell, in the chair. The
conference was opened with an old
fashioned experience meeting, fol
lowed by the Lord's Supper. The
conference was organized and Dor
on Thompson was elected secretary.
The roll was called and the majority
f the charges were represented eith
er by laymen or preacher in charge.
A license committee was appointed,
composed of Rev. W. 0. Goode, Rev.
L- D. Thompson, Rev. J. W. Williams
and D. Matt Thompson. The elder
called for reports from several of the
charges and the reports showed evi
dence of much progress during the
year.
The sermon for Monday night was
delivered by Rev. R. M. Courtney,
our missionary secretary, of Thomas
ville, N. c. the speaker spoke from
Isaiah 60:1, "Arise, shine." He gave
a condensed outline of the contents
of Isaiah and showed that the words
of the text were addressed to the re
deemed because the prophet saw the
Need and work which these should do.
Mr. Courtney told of his recent visit
to the Cent-rnarv celebration at Co
lumbus, Ohio. He said American
Methodism had pledged $164,000,000
for the cause of missions. This, he
declared, was not the most important
work our church should do, but that
unless this money was followed by
consecration and prayer we have
missed the main object of the Cen
tenary movement. The supreme need
of this hour, he continued, was a last
ing revival of the Christian religion
in all of our churches.
The presiding elder opened the ses
sion Tuesday morning with a conse
cration service which was inspiring
and impressive. The reports were
heard from the remaining charges. It
"was shown that Granite Falls and
Race Street church, Statesville, had
more tithers per membership than
any of the other churches of the dis
trict. The pastor of the Lenoir First
church stated that they expected to
complete the payment on the church
ebt at an early date so that it could
be dedicated in September by Bishop
Darlington. It was reported that the
district had pledged its allotmert for
the Centenary. Rev- L- T. Rogers of
Salisbury reported that $250,000 had
been pledged for an endowment for
worn-out preachers in the church of
the Western North Carolina confer
ence. Miss Grace Bradley of Canton
spoke in the interest of the Epworth
League, and Mr. O. V. Woosley rep
resented the Sunday school work of
the conference in a rapid-fire ad
dress. He said that every 100 people
we get into the Sunday school 50 of
them are lost. Both Miss Bradley
and Mr. Woosley declared that the
cry everywhere was for leadership.
Mr. Nt.wei surprised Mrs. M. M.
Courtney by asking her to preside for
25 minutes while the woman's work
was presented. Upon request Mrs.
W. A. Newell gave us a most interest
ing talk about the work of the Wom
an's Missionary Society. Reports
were then given by Mrs. Mock of
Mooresville, Mrs. A. D. Abernethy of
Granite Falls, Mrs. A. N. Corpening
of Littlejohns church, and others.
Rev. L. A. Peeler, Rev. J. W. Walker,
President M. T. Hinshaw of Ruther
ford College, Rev. Mr. Clegg and
Rev. E. N. Joyner were presented to
the conference. A young man, Mr.
Adams of Mooresville, was granted
local preacher's license. The follow
ing wer eelected delegates to the an
nual conference: R- L- Snow, Dor
man Thompson, L. H. Phillips, Mrs.
W. A. Newell, Mrs. Cocke, G. F. Ivey,
A. M. West, Horace Sisk; alternates,
D. H. Warlick, A. N. Todd, J. S. Kee-ver-
J. L. Nelson.
The laymen's meetin gon Tuesday
was presided over by Mr. Dorman
Thompson. This was perhaps the most
interesting meeting of the confer
ence, when the laymen told what they
thought about the various departs
ments of the work of the church.
The keynotes of the entire discussion
was that the time has come, when the
minister must give the laymen and
women a work to do in the church
and they would gladly do it. It was
declared that the work of the Cen
tenary would probably have failed
Tiad it not been for the laymen. Mr.
Horace Sisk was invited to speak,
and he gave an interesting talk about
bds experiences while district director
for the Centenary. Mr. Dorman
Thompson concluded the discussion
with a strong plea that the laymen
be given an opportunity not only to
help with the finances, but to be of
use in the spiritual work of the
churches.
The session Wednesday morning
"was given over largely to the hearing
of reports from the various commit
tees. The report on the general state
of the church was read by Rev. H. G.
Allen, and after a rather heated dis
cussion on the meaning of a revival
and pastoral visitation the report was
amended and adopted. Rev. R. A.
Swarringer read the report on fi
nance. This report requested the
Statesville district to make an appro
priation of $3,000 to the various
churches of the district for Daven
port College. The question was dis-
BETTERMENT ASSOCIATION IN
ANNUAL MEETING
The Xenoir women never do any
thing by halves," and this meeting was
a great success.
Friday morning, July 11, was a
beautiful morning. The ladies on the
committees of entertainment were
out early to welcome the county
members as they came from their re
spective communities: Owing to the
difference in the sun and government
time and the inability of some of the
delegates and visitors to get in for
the morning session it was considered
the part of wisdom to have an early
dinner and run the business of the
day and addresses into one session.
This decided upon, Mrs. R. L.
Gwyn and Mrs. E. F. Reid used the '
intervening time by giving the "early
birds" delightful automobile rides
over the beautiful little "Town of
the Hills," or, as it is sometimes
called, the "Athens of North Caro
lina." During this time the commit
tee on refreshment was busily en
gaged opening lunch baskets of golden-brown
chicken, fried ham, sand
wiches, deviled eggs, jellies, pickles,
cakes and goodies too numerous to
mention, and arranging them on long
tables covered with snow-white cloths
the attractiveness of all beine- in
tensified by a floral decoration of
nasturtiums. The dinner was served
in cafeteria style and a most delight
ful social hour was passed.
Promptly at 1 o'clock the second
annual meeting of the Caldwell
County Association for the Better
ment of Schools was called to order
I by our president, Mrs. W. H. Sher-
I rill, and the following program was
i i .
en joyeu :
Prayer Rev. J. E. Hoyle.
Song, "Carolina" Misses Ger
trude and Alice Courtne.v, Sarah
Wakefield, Dinah Reid and Mary Wil
lie Ivey.
Welcoming addresses by Rev. E. N.
Joyner, Mrs. W. H. Craddock and
Mrs. E. F. Reid.
Response Mrs. J. A. Bojdin.
Canning demonstration Miss Car
oline Goforth.
Address, "Illiteracy and Commu
nity Work," Miss Elizabeth Kelly.
Words of Hearty Appreciation
Mrs. W. H. Sherrill.
Talks "Farm Demonstration,"
Mr. D. W. Roberts; "The Coming
Fair," Mr. H. W. Courtney.
Reports.
Round table discussions.
A remarkable amount of ground
was covered in this program. Thj
addresses were all good and worthy
of high praise. "The one of "Illiter
acy and Community Work" by Miss
Kelly was the central feature of the
day. This address alone would have
been amply worth the sacrifices of
the trip to the meeting. Many were
of the same opinion in regard to thj
canning demonstration, while observ
ing the cold pack process, by Miss
Caroline Goforth. "The Hats Off to
the Ladies ofthe County," by Mr.
Courtney, was indeed flattering, and
his request for help from them will
surely be responded to.
In spite of the unusually busy sea
son fifteen communities were repre
sented and the reports were good,
with Cottrell Hill still in the lead.
The Round-Table discussion result
ed in securing a promise from Miss
Kelly to visit our county in the near
future to help in organizing more lo
cal associations. Get ready, ladies;
there's a treat in store for you.
The officers and executive board
named are as follows: President,
Mrs. W. H. Sherrill; vice-president,
Mrs. J. A. Boldin; secretary, Mrs.
B. H. Dula; executive committee,
Mrs. M. M. Courtney, Lenoir; Mrs.
ohn Bowman, Cottrell Hill; Mrs. B.
B. Hayes, Hudson, Miss Dora Ander
son, Granite Falls; Mrs A. D. Aber
nethy and Miss Cora Greer, Grandin;
Miss Flora Greer, Patterson; Miss
Annie Anderson, Pisgah; Mrs. Lefe
ver and Mrs. George Laxton, King's
Creek.
This board was appointed to serve
as a county committee for the county
fair and is called to meet in the Le
noir graded school building Saturday
of next week, July 26. Come out,
ladies, and do your best.
MRS. B. H. DULA, Secretary.
Card of Appreciation
In behalf of the county and the
local Betterment Association we wish
to extend our most hearty thanks to
all the women who aided in any way
the success of our annual meeting,
and especially do we mention those
who served so ably on the different
committees. Ladies, we thank you.
MRS. W. H. SHERRILL,
MRS. E. F. REID,
MRS. B. H. DULA,
Committee.
cussed and amended to read that the
churches of the district promise to
try to raise in the future $50,000 as
an endowment for the college, and
that the churches of the district try
to raise $3,000 a year until this $50,
000 be raised. The report was adopt
ed. Mrs. Cocke then read the. report
of the woman's work and it was
adopted. A resolution of thanks to
the DPftnlp nf T.annir njtia -nnA ,r
jRev. W. O. Goode. The conference
voieu to go to trranite f alls next
year.
From beginning to end the confer
ence Was filial nrith intal-oof V
i kindness of the pastor, Rev. R. D.
1 rl Ml ... ,
snerriu, ana nis memDers, everything
possible was done to make the visit
ors comfortable. We go away feel
ing that it has been good to have
been here, and pray God's richest
piessingB upon tne people of Lenofr
in me great WOrK mey are aoing in
their new church. !
in PASTORS ARE
TO
They Call on the Young Folks of
the Town, Together With Their
in a Lett Dangerous Way;
Parents Appealed To
We, the pastors of Lenoir, are
grieved to learn of the outbreak of
dancing among some of our young
peoule, and, being thoroughly con
vinced of the evils in and dangerous
tendencies of the modern dance, out
of our pastoral solicitude for the pro
tection and well-being of the highest
interests of our young men and wom
en, boys and girls, do hereby urg
the parents of the town to exert their
parental and godly influence to dis
courage and discontinue this practice,
warning them of the extreme danger
of the modern dance.
We also beg our young people to
seek their pleasures in practices less
dangerous to morals and more in
keeping with Christian ideals as rec
ognized by the best people in every
community. It is not a matter of
small import that Christian ministers,
almost without exception, together
with the very best people of every
community, disapprove the modern
dance. Just at this time, when Ashe
ville, Charlotte, Raleigh and other
cities of the State are taking a defi
nite stand against the dance, why
should we not do likewise?
As pastors we do not wish to de
prive our young people of any inno
cent pleasures, but, on the contrary,
we encourage these, and hold our
selves in readiness to assist them in
planning for such social gathering.
t. .V JU 1 .Nt.K,
J. E. HOYLE,
R. D. SHERRLL,
A. S. PEELER,
L. D. MILLER,
A. A. M'LEAN.
WISE AND OTHERWISE CLUB
CELEBRATED FOURTH
The Wise and Otherwise Club glo
riously celebrated the 4th of July at
a meeting of the club, entertained by
Mrs. E. F. Reid in her spacious porch
parlor, which was appropriately dec
orated with flags large and small and
patriotic pictures, A red, white and
blue floral pyramid decorated the
center table.
There were several honor guests
who added greatly to the interest of
the. program and pleasure of the oe
casion. These guests were Mrs. W.
B. Ramsey of Hickory, Miss Margaret
Reid of Wake Forest, Mrs. Richard
Harper of Charlotte and Mrs. J. E.
Mattocks of Florida.
An interesting feature was the
reading of letters from the club wom
en of other states regarding the
council meeting at Asheville. Most
of them seemed to be struck with the
State loyalty of North Carolinians.
A sket of Mrs. R. R. Cotten, or
"Queen Cotten," as she is known in
clubdom, was heard with interest.
Several selections, wise and other
wise, read by Misses Reid and Go
forth, Me.sdames Mattocks, Harper
and Covington, were immensely en
joyed, A patriotic game taxed the
memory of all present. Mrs. Ramsey,
however, carried off the prize and
was presented with a flag and thus
made "color-bearer." ' This contest
was written on patriotic postcards on
which was printed "America first,
last and always, as they say it in
Lenoir." The "cards were gotten out
by Mr. Grist of Lenoir at the begin
ning of the war, just before leaving
for France, where he was terribly
wounded.
A refreshing ice course was served
to the accompaniment of patriotic
music and animated conversation.
Mrs. Reid is always a gracious
hostess and this was one of the most
delightful meetings ever given by the
club.
MRS. GARD'S GIFT TO THE PAT
TERSON SCHOOL
The Patterson School is to have a
new dormitory for boys, to be known
as Gard Memorial Hall. In the July
issue of the Patterson School News
the principal, Rev. Hugh A. Dobbin,
says that he hopes soon to begin lay
ing the foundation of the. new build
ing as soon as they get through work
ing the crops, and adds:
"This is made possible by a gift of
the widow of the late Charles E.
Gard, of Lenoir, $10,000 of which is
now available. Three years ago Mrs.
Gard gave the school $1,000 as an
Easter offering in memory of her
husband. This enabled us to equip
our workshop. Mrs. Gard has been
in touch with the school, visiting fre
quently and spending a week with us,
sharing our common fare, and ob
serving the progress and needs of the
school.
"This building will greatly enlarge
the capacity of the school, as thirty
boys crowd our present quarters. We
hope to put up a building to accom
modate fifty boys. The saw mill,
blacksmith ship and wood shop, with
all necessary timber on the farm, will
enable us to build at minimum cost.
"In behalf of the Church and
School I thank Mrs. Gard for the
magnificent gift and its wiselyrdirect
ed purpose. Her strong endorsement
is an encouragement to me. to press
forward."
A PARALLEL RISE
(Charleston. News and Courier) t
The report comes from all over
rhn onnntrv flint nricOH ire rinincr!
i' and we don't have to. Ibok at there-
pons m oraer to Know? mat uie tem
ptr of the people is rising, too.
House Refuses to Pass Repeal Over
the President's Veto No Fur
ther Effort to Be Made Now
to Repeal the Bill
The daylight saving plan, under
which the clocks of the country are
This was assured Monday when,
turned forward an hour in March and
moved back in October, will be con
tinued indefinitely.
This was assured Monday when,
following President Wilson's veto of
the $33,000,000 agricultural appro
priation bill because of its rider re
pealing the daylight saving act, the
House refused by a vote of 147 to
1 3," to pass the measure over the
President's veto. Strength mustered
by the repeal advocates was eight
votes less than the necessary two
thirds of the members present.
Party lines were disregarded in the
voting, members from agricultural
districts the source of most of the
opposition favoring passage of the
bill as originally enacted, with repre
sentatives from the urban districts
opposed.
House advocates of the repeal said
after the agricultural bill had been
sent back to the committee for elim
ination of the repeal provision that
no further effort would be made at
this session, perhaps not in this Con
gress, which continues in existence
until March, 1921, to wipe out the
daylight saving act. There was no
indication, they said, that they would
be able to strengthen their forces.
Senate leaders also indicated that
no action would be originated in that
body to repeal the act, and failure
of the House to pas the appropria
tion measure over the presidential
veto will prevent any action by the
Senate on the repeal rider.
Daylight Saving Law May Yet Be
Repealed
A later dispatch from Washington,
sent out Wednesday, says Republican
leaders in the Senate have agreed to
attempt repasage of the agricultural
appropriation bill with its daylight
saving repeal rider despite the Presi
dent's veto. Provisions of the day
light saving law authorizing the in
terstate commerce commission to fix
standard time zones, however, would
not be discarded under the proposal.
In line with this decision and after
assurances had been obtained that
the rules committee would authorize
the daylight saving repeal being in
corporated in the appropriation bill,
Chairman Haugen late Wednesday
re-introduced the agriculture bill.
EASTERN EUROPE IS A FIELD
FOR PESTILENCE
"In the codnition of chaos in
which eastern Europe is at present,
famine and fatigue have produced a
condition of lowered resistance to in
frction which favors the reproduc
tion of the epidemics of the middle
ages," says a writer in the Lausanne
(Switzerland) Gazette.
"Prisoners are wandering in east
ern Europe on the way to their
homes, innumerable Russians on
their way to the east from Germany;
Germans, Austrians and Hungarians
passing from Russia to the west;
Serbs and Croats are striking south,
Poles going to the north, crossing one
another in indescribable confusion in
Poland, the Ukraine and Hungary.
The absence of linen and clothing
forces these prisoners to clothe them
selves in rag; or skins in the same
way as the civilian population.
"The fight against typhus consists
mainly in bathing the men and ster
ilizing their clothing. The Hunga
rians possess ovens, but no coal; the
Czecho-Slovaks have coal but no
ovens. Soap and body linen are ab
sent everywhere. Linen when put
into the oven is so wretched as to be
unwearable afterwards and the own
er has to be sent away clad in his
sheepskin. Prisoners and wandering
civilians know this so well that they
take every means to avoid disinfec
tion more than anything else; to
avoid being stopped at a station they
get out of the trains when they stop
at the smaller stations and enter the
town in small, scattered groups which
attract less attention.
"The ordinary mortality of exan
thematous typhus in endemic regions
before the war in Silesia, Poland,
Russia and Galicia was from 6 to 7
per cent.; at present is over 20 ptr
has not yet assumed the proportions
of epidemic cholera in ndia, where
in the town of Bombay alone there
were 2,295 deaths from Jan. 12 to
25, 1919; but there is a great danger
for Europe. All eastern European
states realize this, and though they
were at war with one another, yet
they sent their delegates to the Buda
pest congress and decided to place
their resources in common."
MONUMENTS TO AMERICANS
IN THE ARGONNE
Monuments to commemorate the
achievements of the Americans in the
battle of the Argonne are being built,
details of the work being attended to
by different army units. A series of
concrete monuments adorned with
' yerman machine guns and rifles has
been put up to mark the front line
of a division advance or to tell of the
capture of a certain village by some
regiment. Most of the monuments
are. 'being placed in prominent posi
tions near the main roads, when pos-
! sible, so that they will serve as guide
posts for tourists visiting the scenes
where the Americans fought their
greatest battle on 'French soil.
PEOPLE OF U. S. CAN TRADE
WITH GERMANY NOW
The council of five raised the
blockade against Germany last Sat
urday. The decision was taken after
receipt of the report of the legal ex
perts declaring the official document
notifying the council of ratification
of the treaty by Germany to be in
due form.
With the lifting Saturday of the
trade blockade against Germany
trading between that country and the
United States began, under govern
ment regulations.
Trading in all commodities except
dyestuffs, chemicals and potash, con
trol over which will be exercised by
the reparation commission set up by
the peace treaty, will be unrestricted.
American firms doing business with
Germany must send their agents into
that country without passports, how
ever, as these cannot be issued until
the proclamation of peace. Payment
for the goods which this country
sends to Germany must be made un- i
der a system of credits to be ar
ranged later through private capital.
While Germany has large quanti
ties of goods ready to be exported, it
is doubted that there will be any
great demand for them in this coun
try, and consequently the trade bal
ance in favor of the United States is
expected to be large. Germany is
said to be in immediate and pressing
need of raw materials of almost all
kinds, particularly cotton and copper.
In order to rehabilitate her industries
large amounts of food have been sent
into that country under direction of
the inter-allied relief commission,
but it is believed the demand for
grain and other cereals will be great.
Clothing of all kinds also is needed.
Three ships for Germany wore
loaded in American ports, one Wita
cotton, and two with general mer
chandise, ready to move when the
blockade was lifted.
Steamship lines to Hamburg and
Bremen, Germany, will be established
as soon as cargoes are available at
American ports, the shipping board
has announced. Lines will operate
from Boston, New York, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, one vessel to be al
located to the line between Philadel
phia and Hamburg at once. For the
shipment of cotton lines also will be
started from southern ports to Ham
burg and Bremen.
WAR COST TO COUNTRY ESTI
MATED AT $30,177,000,000
Secretary Glass estimates that the
war cost the Unite dStates $30,177,
000,000 up to June 30, 1919. Taxes
and other revenues than borrowed
money took care of $9,384,000,000,
or about 29 per cent, of the war cost.
The remainder came from Liberty
and Victory note issues and savings
stamps.
Further issues of bonds, Mr. Glass
said, will not be necessary "before
the maturity or redemption of the
Victory notes," which have four
years to run. While it is impossible
to estimate the expenses to be in
curred during the present fiscal year,
the secretary is confident that treas
ur ycertificates supplemented by
short term notes will provide the nec
essary funds to pay the government's
debts.
In calculating the war cost, Secre
tary Glass made no deduction of ex
penditures for loans to the allies,
i which amounted to $9,102,000,000 on
June 30, or for other investments,
such as ships, stock of the war finance
corporation .bonds of the Federal
1 land banks, etc. The gross public
debt June 30, without deducting such
j investment, was $25,484,000,000, a
net increase for the war period of
;r '3,043,190,340, representing the ex
1 cess of disbursements over receipts,
i Recent disbursements have been on
i a steadily decsonding scale. Expen
ditures in the fiscal year just ended
amounted to $18,514,000,000, vir
, tually the estimate made by treasury
I experts last November when the ces
sation of hostilities necessitated sud
den revision of the government's
plans. In June the expenditures
were $809,000,000, the smallest
' amount in any month since Septem
ber, 1917.
I The floating debt June 30 was $3,
: 643,000,000 in the form of treasury
I certificates, of which more than
! $008,000,000 matured or were re
deemed July 1, leaving slightly more
I than $3,000,000,000 outstanding,
which is roughly the amount of the
' deferred installments of the income
and profits taxes for the fiscal year
1919 but coming due this year, and
1 of the deferred installments of the
i Victory loan subscriptions.
REPEAL OF SODA WATER TAX
. IS DECIDED UPON
I Repeal of the soda water tax was
decided on Wednesday by Republican
leaders of the House, says a dispatch
from Washington. . The decision,
which was made by the Republican
! steerin gcommittee, will be referred
to the ways and means committee,
i which will draft a repeal measure.
' Some leaders predicted that the tax,
I which levied an impost of 10 per cent
I on soft drinks and ice cream, would
be repealed within a month.
GERMANY URGES HOLLAND NOT
TO GIVE UP THE KAISER
The Dutch second chamber has re
ceived three telegraphic addresses
from Germany requesting it to de
cline to surrender the ex-kaiser. The
first came from the league of former
artillerists, the second from the Ger
man officers' league, and the third
from the league for the protection of
personal life and liberty of Wilhelm
II. It was said that the cognizance
taken of the receipt of these ad
dresses was a formal non-commital
expression.
E
KNOCK OUT 2.75 BEER
Amendment to Permit Its Sale I
Sale Beaten By a Big Vote; Pro
pools to Mala Laws Less
Drastic Defeated Easily
Prohibition forces took full control
in the House Monday, refused to per
mit a vote on a straightout motion to
repeal the war-time act, defeated
overwhelmingly an amendment pro
viding for the sale of 2 per cent
beer, and stood solidly against all at
tacks on the general enforcement
measure.
Just as fast as one "liberal"
amendment was offered by opponents
of prohibition it was voted down
without ceremony, always by a triple
vote, for the minority, fighting every
inch of ground, demanded a division
after the ayes and nays were called,
and then asked for tellers. Before
the House got through with the first
section of the three-part bill there
was more disorder on the floor than
at any time this session.
This disturbance arose first during
an attempt by Representative Blan
ton of Texas, Democrat, to speak a
second time against an amendment
which would have given a jury the
right to define intoxicants, and was
increased during an address by Rep
resentative Gallivan of Massachu
setts, Democrat,, in which he declared
his intention to offer an amendment
which would reqiure members voting
dry to print in the Congressional
Re'eord exactly how much liquor they
had stored in their homes and offices.
The real battle of the day, how
ever, was over the amendment to de
fine an intoxicant as a beverage con
taining more than 2 per cent alco
hol, instead of one-half of 1 per cent,
as written in the bill.
Representative Dyer of Missouri,
Republican, author of the amend
ment, did not ask for this definition
in the constitutional prohibition
amendment, but simply in the war
time law. In pleading for its adop
tion Mr. Dver declared it was what
President Wilson had recommended
to Congress, and would permit, dur
ing the remaining period of war-time
prohibition the sale of light wines
and beer, and might delay issuance
of a proclamation by the President
which would restore the sale of hard
liquors."
There was a round of speech-making
on this motion, and the hour of
it, with the "drys" assailing it as an
entering wedge, and the "wets" as
serting that it would merely permit
the very thing the President, as commander-in-chief
of the army, had said
was best for the country for the next
six months.
After 2 per cent beer had been
bowled over by a record vote of 151
t0 90 and this was about the rela
tive division on all amendments the
prohibitionists went after another
amendment bv Representative Igoe
of Missouri, Democrat, which would
have stricken out all definition of in
toxicants, killing the proposal, 128.
to 83.
There was th eutmost confusion at
times, despite vigorous whacks with
a gavel, and some of the prohibition
ists applauded every move in their
favor. The galleries, filled largely
with women and officers of anti-liquor
organizations, broke into ap
plause when the House roared its dis
approval of 2 per cent beer.
A man's right to keep liquor in his
own house, which stood the test be
fore the House judiciary committee,
must take its chance now in the
House. Notice was served Tuesday on
'the committee by one its members
:that when the House resumes consid
eration of the prohibition enforce
ment measure an amendment would
ibe offered to make it unlawful for a
person to rtain possession of liquor
stored nrior to ulv 1. '
The committee, in framing the
general enforcement measure, elimi
nntp1 the section which would have
imade home storage illegal, but the
ibig majority polled Monday by prohi
i bitionists was accepted in some quar
ters to mean that the bill in certain
'respects will be made still more dras
i tic.
Prohibition Is Being Effectively
Enforced
Prohibition is being enforced ef
fectively throughout the United
States, Attorney General Palmer said
Wednesday. Sale of "hard" liquor,
such as whiskey, gin and brandy, vir
tually has ceased, he aserted, except
for scattering violations of the law,
as are inevitable with any new re
strictive statute. Manufacture and
sale of beer also is prohibited except
in communities where the courts have
ruled against the contention of the
department of justice that 2.75 per
cent alcoholic drinks are forbidden
by law and in those jurisdictions
prosecutions will be instituted if the
supreme court finally upholds the. de
partment's viev.
FERDINAND'S SECURITIES IN
GREAT BRITAIN FORFEITED
Two million dollars worth of secu
rities in England, which were the
property of ex-Czar Ferdinand of
Bulgaria, have been declared forfeit
ed to the British government
A CHANCE FOR IMAGINATION
(Louisville Courier-Journal)
What would occur in the event
that a delighted prohibitionist should
make the. round of the bars and sam
ple all of the non-intoxicating bever
ages now on sale?