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A Family Newspaper: For the Promotion of the Political, Social, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the People
VOL. XXXII.
SCOTLAND NECK, N. t, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13. 191.
NUH2ER 2.
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ISCVSSES
GERMANY AGREES
IN LUSITANIA CAS
BRITISH CYCLE CORPS AT SALONlKI
ALLIES WITHDRAW
WILSQH ADDRESSES
PAN-A1UIS
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN
ClDENT TO EUROPEAN WAFi
ARE BROUGHT UP.
:0 DIVISION PARTY LINES
crc To C-ovr rrnent to Permit
i;?m-:i;t of fti!-.ltiors. Lodge
C-2fz;tis Administration Policy.
f:hi"sfon. Bond3 of restraint
j'-bt public discusslou of interna
: . relations oi the raited States
Meat to the European war were
'mU in the senate avA for mora
an hour the cession was enliven-
y debate over the Rcvernmont's
ality policy .escorts o? war ruu
i jTiB aiid travel by American ci.i-
HAS MET DEMANDS OF UNITED
STATES. ASSURANCES ARK
GIVEN.
CONTROVERSY IS NEAR END
on belligerent-owned siiii
re was no division of the do
rlong party line.-,. Senators
m of Washington, Republican, de
cjr .ed as "unpatriotic" American
Sirens who imperilled the nation by
passage on bellige. ent vessels.
:'ia.or Works cf California, Repub-
asserted that the government
:o Ur.ired States was "hypocritie
claiming to be neutral when it
in fact participating in the war
n":. :'!! the sale ef mu::if'ons. Sea-.'"-
Lodge, ranking Republican mom
j" of the Ft?br Pe' .dons Com
i:tee. declared thai, to place an em
rvo on cms row won't! he v.-orlh
-'re to Germany than a million men,
.ui it wouid he a "grossly unneutral
:" rnd would, in fact, make the
"i-i'.'.-d States; the ali of Germany.
1' : Loi.rre. in w-A: .dding the
Hioa of the United f;tatc as to
.e shipment of munitions, engaged
' a ieiCfT.hy colloquy wUU Senators
Termer?. 1 1 ictchc'-.ck a:l others.
l:'cr.ator Hitchcock asked Senator
' e whether it was u ..neutral for
L!ei;!nnrk, Sweden and Kol
'id to place an embargo on rouni-
o-ii- after the - war herein. Senator
: o ' .- said lie thought wjt, because
l".:; -t act did not change: a condition,
"Suppose," Senator O'Gorman ask
' I after the discussion warmed up,
1 Tva belligerent, that is teiic
I eneficiary of our "piTfsent-policy: with
lespoct to exportation of munition!
ere to disregard our right as a r.eu
i.al nation, does the Senator think
e would be justified in placing an
ir.bargo on munitions as a retailia-:-vy
measure?"
Will Not Torpedo Shins of Any Char-
Ciittr Without Warning. Pay For
American Lives.
Washington. Two communications
l iioa Germany have reached the Uni
i ted States one containing a proposal
I to pay an indemnity for the Americans
i lost in the Lusitania disaster, which
may bring negotiations on that sub
i ject to a conclusion and the other
t on 'eying assurances that German
submarine commanders operating in
the Mediterranean would not torpedo
non-ecmbatant ships of any character
without warning then and according
safety to their pas ,ers and- crews.
The communicat .s were delivered
to Secretary Lansing by Count von
Bernstorff, the German ambassador.
The secretary immediately sent them
to Pivsidnt Wii.scn.
Otilcial Vashington considered that
America and Germany at last were
near a final agreement regarding the
conduct of submarine warfare. Offi
cials made no attempt to conceal their
gratification at the attitude Germany
apaiei tiy has assumed. It is con
sidered to be virtually in harmony
with the American viewpoint.
Tension regarding the entire subma
rine question seemed to have lessen-
NATIONS SHCuLD GUARANTEE
EACH OTHER POLITICAL IN
DEPENDENCE, HE SAY,
UPHOLDS MONROE DOCTRINE
ALL FORCES HAVE ABANDONED
POSITION ALONG THE ?
' !
"'-v. PENINSULA.
N - X
4,
ONLY ONE MAN IS WOUNDED
ed co-tsiderablj. Austria, in its re
ply to the laat Aneona note, having as
sured the United States of its inten
tions to operate submarines with due
regard for international law and the
principles of humanity; Turkey and
Bulgaria, it is understood, next will
take steps to feive such guarantees.
It is stated authoritatively that Ger
many and Austria-Hungary will use
men- jnhuenee to accromplish this end.
The Lusitcuiia controversy, except
for the wordiiig of the agreement to
be entered into is considered in Teu
tonic circles here virtually ended.
It was made clear at the state de
partment during the day that the posi
tion of the United ttiates in
Members of the British cycle corps are here shown leaving Salniki in the midst of a snowstorm to make a
reconnoissance. Elaborate preparations for the defense of the Greek city have been made by the allies, and additions
to their forces there are being made constantly by both the British, and the French.
OVER THE OLD NORTH STATE
Brief Notes Covering Happenings lit
This State That Are of interest to
v All the People.
The postoffice at Boone has been
raised to a presidental office.
EDWIN Y. WEBQ
4 -
The state national guard associa-
i tion met in Greensboro last week.
An epedemic of grip is reported
from a number of places In the state.
The 28 members of the Boys Corn
Club in Catawba county made an
average of over 50 bushels per acre.
Garland Hoover reported 125 1-2
bushels.
Members of the Ashevllle Ministers
Association are up In arms as the
result of their discovery that whiskey
is advertised in the Asheville directory.
regara i
to Americans having a right to travel The contractors are busy at this
on merchant hips regardless of ; time putting iu an extensive and
whether they wprc armed for defense 1 complete sewerage system for Kings
had not been changed the eiigLtest. I Mountain. This contract also in
cludes quite an extension to the city i
w 1
K,3 '
At this point senator stone, chair
man of the IPdreign Relations Com
mittee pointed out thfct tba dflbate
was out of order and ended it by
moving an executive session.
"I have not objected up to this
time," he explained. "I thought it
was very well to let it run & Uttio
while by way of feeling out and get
ting an index to the senate."
Banks Show Better Business.
Washington. Continued business
improvement ove ithe country is re
flected in monthly reports from the 12
"Federal reserve districts just made
public. Trade, in almost all lines in
the -Richmond district has been satis
factory in the past month with no ret
rogression from the advances of Octo
ber and November. A decided ten
deficy has developed to store seme of
the cotton crop because of softening
prices . but that has not prevented
liquidation of debts due
United State Will Maintain it en
Her Own Authority. Attitude To
wards Others.
Washington. The United States Gov
ernment's Pan-Afiserican policy was
revealed in detail by President Wilson
in an address before the second Pan
American Scientific Congress. He
explained the proposals submitted to
South and Central American diplo
mats here last week by Secretary
Lansing a a basis for an effective
agreement between ail the republics
of the Western Hemisphers "not only
for the International peace of Afljer-
ica. but the domestic peace of America,"
This program, as outlined by the
President, proposes that all the Amer
ican nations shall take concerted ac
tion as follows:
Guarantee to each othei absolute
political independence and territorial
integrity.
Agree to settle all pending boun
dary disputes as soon as possible, by
amicable processes.
Agree to handle all disputes arising;
among thorn by patient, Impartial in
vestigation and to settle them by
arbitration.
Agree that no revolutionary expedi
tion shall be outfitted against or sup
plies for revolutionists shipped to
neighboring states'.
He said the Monroe Doctrine al
ways had been and always would be
maintained by the United States on
its own authority, but that the doc
trine did not disclose what atti
tude the United Sfcites would assume
towards other nations of the heniis
phere, and consequently the other
nations had been distrustful of it.
I Henry Pofd for President.
Lansing, Mich. -The name of Henry
, ford, who recently returned Irom his
: i.'w'ywLr-aeace'' mission, ; will appear
- -- v i-.i: . . .- . i , "
on me - xiepuimuan jji wsi-jeiiLiai pri
mary ballot in Michigan this spring.
LINER HAS MOUNTED GUNS.
Italian Liner
RIOTING AT YOUNGSTOWN.
water plant.
"We should have a right to impose!
etalie.tory embargo but I thing it! Sevcral Nu.-.iber Wounded ar.d
an
I'd 1
.-.;achusctts
unneutral act,'
Senator rev, lied.
the !
Town Set On Fire.
Young&town, O. Three men were
At ihis point Senator itone, chair ' Kllte. is" persons, inciuaing a woman,
in of the Foreign Relations Com-! vere wounded, six city blocks were
-i. tee. pointed out that the debate I burned with a loss estimated at $800,-
out of order and ended it by i 000 aucl state troops were called out!
sig an executive session,
have not objected up
to restore order as the result of riot-
to
Work on a new steel bridge over
Neuse River at Kinston, has been
commenced. The new structure will
replace the famous Parrott bridge at
Caswell street. The cost will be
around ? 10,000.
The Rowan County commissioners
have taken a, forward step in the mat-
Congressman Edwin Y. Webb
N rth Carolina, as chairman of the
h U3 judiciary committee, helped the
Ci'Jse of woman suffrage to the extent
of granting a hearing on the 8usan B.
Anthony amendment, before his committee.
British Losses in Battle of Loss.
London. The British casualties in
of ; the battle of Loos, France, last Sep-
tember.totallea z,378 orncers ana 57,
238 men. according to an announce
ment c-ide in the house Of romas
by Harold J. Tenant, parliamentary
under secretary for war.
. I ing in East Younastovn following a
in hp nlainwM "I tVimiyit ft v """-" "t"-.cu. tiuvm ui otnivo oviu- ic ui luau uuiiuing auu maintenance.
. v.ry well to let it nin a little Wt and armed guards at the
by way of feeling out and get- i ?a,nt "f th stown Sheet &
, . . i iribe Co Two troops of United
:T an ii:uex to tne so.-ate. , . . , ,
States regulars from Columbu3 are re-
The county has been divided into four
districts each to have a supervisor
and a force of hands.
FiRE CAUitS EXC I i i M -NT,
Dspartmpni
::sed minor
. v.'ar pnd Navy
Vu:,-x)-.q G-lshtiy C:
:-iiiusou. Fire ca
- : in ilia basement of the yreat
'.y.S that hour. es ike state, wnr
navy tlepartments. The loss i3
icaly 'orfined to oci-is and ends
1 iu the basement l y ftie bund
jar.:; or service was estimated at
. $2.."t, but lieforv the flaeies
;eer. brought under to iiroi dense
:sr- of smoke were pouring thronjeh
jner corridors aul out of the wia-
i ported to havo been ordered to East
Youngscown because of the looting
and burning of the postoffice.
The trouble was the culmination of
a strike which began at the plant of
the Republic Iron & Steel Co., a week
a;o and spread to the plants of the
tuba cjrnpn.iiy, the Youngstown Iron
& Steel Co., and the Brier Hill Steel
Company.
Manly Tyree of Raleigh, for several
terms secretary and then president of
the National Photographers' Associa
tion and photographer to the North
Carolina General Assembly for a
number of years, died a few days ago.
Italy Paid to Stick.
Berlin, via wireless to Sayville.
The Neue Zurieher Zeitung has re
ceived reports from reliable sources,
fays the Overseas News Agency, that
. j the London treaty providing against
i:iorie3 of incendiarism were circu-i the conclusion of a separate peace,
b it officials said after investi-; signed by Italy, contained a special
lien spontaneous combustion gen-' clause under which Italy received 2,-
000.000 lire for giving her adherence
to the agreement.
DISCUSSIONS IN SENATE
Republican Committee Meets Jan. 24.
New York Charles t. Kiiles, chair
loan of the Republican National com
mittee announced that the committee
' n arrangements for the convention
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS IN- ftt Chicago, will meet in that city on
CIDENT TO EUROPEAN WAR
ARE BROUGHT UP.
Monday, January 24.
::Ted in a pile of old rags started the
Valuable diplomatic documents mill-:
! ' records. a;ul other p'riceless pa-j
!.s, including the original copies'
i t..e Declaration of Independence
i the Constitution are stored in
e i i.ilauig M i.i se.-.. -a.'-ed from
: White House by only a narrow i
:rvet.
Concord is to have a .moonlight
school for women. The men's school
has been under way for some time
and has proved such a success that
several women -of the city have de
cided to answer the need of a school
for women.
The Rowan County Board of Edu-
' cation has decided to replace the
schoolhouse which was burned at
Gold Knob several weeks ago by a
larger and more up-to-date building.
j The new structure will be two stories
j and will cost with fixtures In the
i neighborhood of $1,200.
Henry Ford for Pric'ent.
I-n"u-injr. Mich. The na'ne of Henry
j 'l. who recently returned from his
urepean peace mission, will appear
i the Republican presidential pri
i::y ballot in Michlcan this spring.
Robbers Make Big Haul.
St. Paul, Minn. Approximately a
million dollars worth of internal rev
enue stamps and several thousand i The county commissioners of Dav--.!?.
rr. in. c?s?h were stolen by rob- idson have appointed a committee
bors who blew open a vault in the composed of a number of the leading
old edcral building here. j do lors and citizens of the county to
inspect the county home, property and
Country's Most Prosperous Year. report with recommendations as to
Washington. Secretary of Com- ! the advisibility of establishing a
merce Redfield, in a memorandum on ; county sanitarium for tubercular
business conditions transmitted to patients
Fresid.?nt Wilson pictures the coun-
Br-tish Looses in Battle of Lost,
'.i.-.dcn.- -Ths British casualties in
'r.;''-; of Locs. France, last Sep
e , totalled 2,373 offic ers pud 57,
j men, according to an annoanee
j . made in the bouse of commons
y liarold J. Tenant, parliameatary
. -k'i ? teexfitarv for war.
Canks Show Better Business.
W; sliinKion. Continued business
i nprovement ove rthe country is re
fected in monthly reports from the 12
;T ederal reserve districts just made
1'iblic. Trade, in almost all lines in
t'le Richmond district has been satis
factory in the past month with no rot
r .;rRFsion from the advances of Octc
1 iv and November. A decided ten
i ncy has developed to store some oi
t e cotton crop because of softening
j ices but that has not prevented
i qulclation of debts due for eettie-
try as in the most prosperous state of
its history. The warning is added,
though, that war's inflation of com
merce will laat only until war's end,
and, and that business foresight alono
will prepare the Uniied States for
peace. The slump that will follow
the wur mail Cud Americans ready to
take their share of the world's trade
unhampered by provincial notions.
Wrong For Government to Permit
Shipment of Munitions. Lodge ; compulsory bill by the overwhelming
Defends Administration Policy-. t majority of 1,998,000 votes to 783,000.
- Hostility to the government's meas-
Washington. -Bonds of restraint ure was uncompromising and necessi
ogainst public discussion of interna- tated the resignation from the coali
tional relations of the United States tion Ministry of all three labor mem
incident to the European war "were bers. Arthur Hendarson, William
broken in the senate and for more Brace and George H. Roberts. The
than an hour the session was enliven- labor coneTO"!: was lft many ways the
ed by debate, over the Bovernwent' most important body of the kind ever
neutrality policy .exports of war niu- assembly
nitions and travel by American citi
zens oa belligerent-owned ships.
Thero was no division of the de
baters along party line Senators
Jones of Washington, Republican, de
nounced as "unpatriotic" American
citlzenq who imperilled the nation by
taking passage on belligerent vessels.
Senator Works of California, Repub
lican, asserted that 0 government of
the United States was "hypocritic
ally" claiming to be neutral when it
was in fact participating in the war
through the sale of munitions. Sen
ator Lodge, ranking Republican mem-
bjer of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee, declared that to place an em
bargo on arms now would be worth
more to Germany than a million men.
that it would be a "grossly unneutral
act" and would, in 'fact, mako the
1 United States the ally of Germany.
Labor Opposes Compulsion Bill.
Loudon. Organized labor of Great
Britain, sitting in congress in Loudon,
decided against the government's ! til fhe four-inch sun it carried -was
at New York With
Mounted Guns May be Interned.
vttrasiSjjagiM1Tho Italian liner. Gjut
seppe Verdi . which arrived at New
York with two three-inch rifles aboard
manned by gunners of . the Royal
Italian navy will be refused clearance
papers until the guns have been dis
mounted and removed. Moreover iho.
state department officials said an in
vestigation will be made to determine
whether the liner is armed solely for
defense or is a ship of war liable to
internment.
This action will be taken to insure
against violation of the general rules
enforced by the United States defin
ing the status of armed merchant ves
sels entering its ports.
The state department probably will
take up informally with the Italian
government the question of removing
the guns, acting on tne precedent es
tablished in the case o" the Wairoa.ua,
an armed British vessel, which was
denied clearance papers recently un-
Pritish Battleship, Edward VII, Hs
Been Blown Up By a Mlne Ns
Developments hi West.
London. The remaining position
held by the Allies of the Galllpoli Ten
insula have now been abandoned
with the wounding of only one mail
among the British and French, a
ording to a British official statement.
This news has been expected fov
several days by the keener observers
of the Near Eastern campaign for
the retirement of the troepg from
Anzac and Suvla Bay three fttta
ago left no strategic advantage to the
retention of the tip of the peninsgia.
Nevertheless, th enews will be re
ceived with a pang of' regret by the
people of the British Isles, as well as
the colonies.
Another pang to the British public
will be caused by the announcement
of the loss of tho battleship King Ed
ward VII which has been blown up
by a mine. The brief official state
ment on this subject does not reveal
tbe scene of the action and merely
nays that the disaster occurred in a
heavy sea, despite which the entire
crew was saved before ship went down.
The King Edward Vll represented
an investment of nearly 1,600,000
pounds and was one of the finest Cf
the last class of pre-dreadnaughts,
corresponding in general to the Amer
ican ships of the New Jersey and Ne
braska type, and was only slightly. oM
fd than the Natal, which was sunt
by an internal explosion about tsrp
weeks ago.
On the West and East fronts there?
have been no developments of large
importance over the week-end. The
German communication announces
that the German have completed the
recapture of positions on Hartsmane
Weilerkopf taken by the French - ft
few days before .Christmas.
Scores Disloyal Hyphent;9
New York. An invitation to "hyph
enated citizens" who put the interests
of their native country before those
of America to "get off the face of
tbe eRrch' was issued here by Unit
ed States Judge Henry D. Clayton of
Alabama. Judge Clayton's remarks
were made in addressing the grand
Jury that was impaneled to resume
the investigation into the activities of
rierrari) o-gents in 'iV-a country. The
grand jury will continue the inquiry
fnto strikes in munition plants.
removed.
Cigarettes for British Soldiers.
Savannah, Ga. Twelve carloads of
cigarettes are here awaiting shipment
to England for British soldiers at the
front. They were shipped from Rich
mon, Va., and wiii be sent to Liver
pool on the British steamship E. O.
Salim&reh which will sail in a few
days.
SIX DIRECTORS ACQUITTED,
Disagreement as to Other Five Jury
Out Two Days.
New York. Six of the 11 former
directors of the Now York, New Ha
ven & Hartford Railroad, charge
with criminal violation of the. Sher
man anti-trust law, were found not
guilty by the jury that for nearly three
months has been trying the. . case.
The Jury disagreed on the five others.
Those acquitted were D. Newton
Barney, Farniington, Conn.; Robert
W. Taft, Providence, R. I.; James i.
Hemingway, A. Heaton Robert anA
Frederick F. Brewster, New Haven,
and Henry K. McIIarg, Stamford,
Conn.
Those on whom the Jury flisagre
wre William Rockefeller, New .Yorlr;
Charles F. Brooker, Ausonia, Coan.t
Charles M. Pratt, Brooklyn; Lewis
Case Ledyard, New York, an Ed
ward D. Robbias, New Keren.
The veridiet wss returned after SI
hours of deliberation and the Jury
was discharged. The final vote on the
ve defendants upon whom the jucore
could not agree stood 8 to 4 for acquittal.
Order for 50,000 Dozen Pairs Hose.
Montgomery, Ala. A hosiery manu
facturer of Tuscaloosa, Ala., announces
the receipt of an order for 50,000 doz
en pairs of hose to be shipped to
Amsterdam Holland.
The culmination of a lore affair of
more than 50 years ago occurred at
Kernersville a few days ag, when
Mrs. Malinda Ingram, aged 71 years,
was married to Mr. Zachariah Payne,
age 72, of Cana, Va. Mr. and Mrs.
Payne were sweethearts in tbeir early
NORTH CAROLINA NEWS BRIEFS.
Mecklenburg county reports in
creased interest among the boys in
corn, pig and poultry clubs.
Davidson county will be given soma
Republican Committee Meets Jan. 24.
New York Charles D. Hilles, chair
man of the Republican National com
mittee announced that the committee
on arrangements for the convention
at Chicago, will meet in that city on
Monday, January 24.
Should Ne4 Fear Competition.
Washington. Investigation by the
department of commerce has shown,
according to a report made to Presi
dent Wilson tbat there were m
grounds for fears expressed to Con
gress by American manufacturers that
a tariff reduction in knit underwear
would force them to cut wages .to
meet foreign competition.
Compulsory Service Says Garrison
Washington. Secretary Garrison1
told the house military committee at
a hearing that compulsory service was
the only really adequate basis upon
which to construct a military polled
compatible with the idea of democratic
government.
Senator Lodge, in upholding the
position of the United States as to 1 valuable advertising through a little
tho shipment of munitions, engaged j folder that will be distributed all
in a lengthy colloquy with Senators I over the world by the Norfolk &
O'Gorman, Hictchcock and others. ! Western Railway. The article in the
Senator Hitchcock asked Senator folder is republished from The Dia
Lodge whether it was unneutral for ! patch of December 29, and is entitled
choldhood days, being , in school to-; -Norway, Denmark, Sweuen and Hoi- "Davidson County, North Carolina,
gether, but were separated by the j land to place, an embargo on muni- Where Opportunity Awaits the Home
war, cvA had not seen each other for ! tions after the war began. Senator Eeeker."
Labor Opposes Compulsion Bill.
London. Organize.! labor of Great
Britain, sitting in congress in London,
decided against the government's
compulsory bill by the overwhelming
majority of 1,998,000 votes to 73.000.
Hostilitv to tbe governments meas
ure was uncompromising and necessi
tated the resignation from tbe coali
tion Ministry of all three labor mem
bers. Arthur Henderson, William
Brace and George H. Roberts. The
labor congress was In many ways the
most important body of the kind ever
assembly.
Brilliant Affair at White House.
Washington. A brilliant reception
given at the White House by Presi
dent and Mrs. Wilson crowned the so
cial attentions paid visiting delegates
to the Pan-American Scientific. Con
gress. In numbers present and ia
splendor the anatr surpassed any
thing of tbe kind seen in Washington
in recent years. Martial music and
feandsorne costumes lent (?olor to tho
scDne. More than 4,000 men and wo
men jLoolc hands with the president
and at times the carriage line outside
extended six blocks.-
more than
autumn.
50 years past until last
Adj. Gen. Laurence W. Young made j
Ledge said he thought not, because
that act did not change a condition.
"Suppose," Senator O'Gorman ask
ed after tjie discussion warmed up,
"the belligerent that Is the chief
an enthusiastic speech at Greensboro , beneficiary Cf our present policy with
before the National Guard Officers, cf j respect to exportation of munitions
North Carolina in approval of plans ; were to, disregard our. right as a neu
for the increase of the Army of the trul ration, does the Senator think
United States. He, however, advocat-;we -yf-ould fie justified in placing an
ed the fostering of the National Guard embargo on munitions as a retailia
rather than the development of a new trry measure?" '
continental army, and after his ad
dress the officers unanimously endors
ed strongly-worded resolutions e r
bodyins the ieaturea oi ii tal&
s "We should have a right to impose
a retaliatory embargo but I thing it
would be an unneutral act," the
Massachusetts Senator replied.
Large posters are just out advertis
ing the stockmen's meeting which ia
to be held in Salisbury on January
25-28. After changing the location of
the meeting from Raleigh where it has
been formerly held, interest has rap
idly developed until last year when
the meeting was held at Statesville;
more than 2,500 people were present
during the three days of the meeting.
The expectations, for the meeting at
Salisbury this year are ever greater,
larger inducements in the way of live
stock, rhows. premiums, demonstra
tions, and rromfnent. livestock srealr
-'rs jave "gaP provided
Scores Disloyal Hyphenates.
New York. An invitation to "hyph
enated citizens" who put the interests
of their native country before those
of America to "get off the face of
the earch" was issued here by Unit
ed States Judge Henry D. Clayton of
Alabama. Judge Clayton's remarks
were made in addressing the grand
jury that was impaneled to resume
the investigation into the activities' oi
Germf.n igents in this country. The
grand jury will continue the inquiry
into strike ia m:iJtifn. plants.
South Carolina May Quit Liquor.
Columbia. S. C Bills to makeUIe-
gal in South Carolina, employment ef;
children leas than 14 years of age.j
end to amend the new prohibition:
laws, so tbat only one quart of liquot-j
a month may be- shipped into - th,
state to any one individual, InstesMj
of one gallon, as at. present allowed,
are expected to come before the soutii
Carolina general assembly, which coa--pftid
Tuesday in annual session. It
was said also efforts might be made1
to make it illegal to. ship any liquoT
into tbe state.
Swiss Join Peace Party.
The Hague, via London. Assurance
was received that Switzerland was
apndine five civilians to joint those
,ot the other neutral nations in the
permanent board which it is pianneu
to form as a result of the. Ford peace
expedition. The Swiss delegates will
arrive at The Hague, as soon as the
interruption to traffic, due to the war,
will permit. Invitations sent to the
leading Ppanish pacificists to joint
tbe yeice board have not yet 'been
answered ,on account of the interrta-
t3 CC
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