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WEATHER REPORT Pair tonight and Saturday. Moderate ;co iiithwest to west winds c OMM u - SLOGAN: "EVERY ONE FOR EACH OTHER AND ALL WGETHER FOR SCOTLAND NECK. VOLUME THREE AFTERNr AILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C. FRIDAYJANUARY 25 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE. NUMBER 61 AUSTRIA b PREMIER j inberun iRE'AWAKMHfy i!' wmB rrowMRFQ PFAfF VTCWS! ,., L WILSON'S ftM imm W .VIVRH 15 H A ft l B SI Ei Jff HLJTILI V 211sUfl 3 6 I - ! xctiuxau, - - CZERNIN SAYS AUSTRIA AN D UNITED STATES AGREE UP ON GREAT PRINCIPLE OF THE WORLD AFTER THE WAR (By UNITED R1:SS) Amsterdam, Jan.. 25. Severe rioting on Wednesday and Thurs day in Berlin are reported in dis patches received here. r 'IJv I nited Press. ,ietrograd, Jan. - 25. Confid ence is coming to the assistance of the western proletariat was ex pressed by Foreign Minister Trotsky in a speech before a con- IPC WER OF rw ynrt Sprt.R that mobes ! gress of Solviet deputies today. ( marchine through the streets ?The western proltariat can onh ' demanding peace. -mean people of Germany. Tf ia Tfrv1p1 as of creat S1ST FIRST FOUR POINTS CAN BE AGREED UPON! nificance that Thursday's news- riKOl rVUiM j papers had not arrived from Ber lin as usual By United Press.) Copenhagen, Jan. 25. "Austria-Hungary and the United States not only agree upon the great princciples of the new ar rangements of the world after the war, but our views on scyoi concrete, question," declared Count Czernin, the Austrro-Hun-garian foreign minister in a speech reported in, Vienna dis patches. - The address was a frank and open bid for discussion of differ ences between Austria-Hungary and the United States, looking to a possible adjustment. The foreign minister reviewed Presidents Wilson's fourteen points outlining America's war CONTENDS ENGLAND AND AMERICA OFFER CERTAIN AC CEPTABLE PRINCIPLES THAT GERMANY IS AGREEABLE TO DIFFERENCES NOT TO PREVENT DISCUSSION (By United Press) Owing to the shutting off of j :ower this morning to instal a! new generator at the power plant thrnno-h which The Common-1 - - " r- HmroqioAlJm KbrLi ill! I HAMKKKLAIN i 4 AMERICANS IN ; i mm. fight C0AL IS CL A&VA i a-s . iTr n c re i s Tt ? i a a lui mm wealth was unable, to set type iox , . OhamberHan-formaWy-W three hours, we are producing the , ; niftvtll v to make a state-1 Georgetown, Illinois. news in somewhat abbreviated before the senate military The action between the Ameri- form, and trust our readers will comm;tpe n OV(-eV to give a com- can forces and the Bodies on Sun take this into consideration and RUTnmarv of what has been ' day was reported but no details overlook any typograpmcai -. , Amm-iea in the war (By UNITED PRESS" Washington, Jan. 25. Seere- ofi War, Baker, 'today asked Washington, Jan. 25. Earlv this week American forces on the "57? 1, iTi- i- Qii ATI CXY several occations, according to the report of General Pershing re ceived here today. Four were killed on January 21 and 22, three being previous ly reported, the fourth being ate ei.iIsThompson, of (By United Press.) Amsterdam, Jan. 25. German 'Chancellor Ilertling told the main committee of the Reichstag that j the speeches of Premier Llord j George and President Wilson fcon- - tained certain acceptable pnnti- North Carolina is being organ- pi to Germany. , i Cnneretelv the outlines were ized into a wood-chopping aggre- omiMciy int. tit i . unsatisfactorv the (Jerman Liian- gation for work on Monday next, jUnsdiiM.ii.iiH j 11 i -i -n t,o rln into n eellor asserted. He demanded which will turn the day into a . if i e th-it enemv leaders set iortli new dav of profit instead of a day of ulxl tm,nJ . ' jprosposals. loatmg. , commPnting on President Wil- Beino- the second Monday of l- ,h , . snn's snoech the chancellor wn- the ten in which no business en- ; suneu nidi t . rors, which could not be reset. Tomorrow, we are assured, normal conditions will maintain and full . ,1 nnwr rejidered to the different Jims n much the same spirit as; power renaeitu German Chancellor Hertling, after plants m town. explaining the views of Austria Hungary and America approach ed near to same ideas, and de clared that the differences are not great enough to prevent dis cussion which would clear up matters. MINN FLOUR GOVERN'! TAKES In a letter to Chamberlian, Secretary Baker held that justice demanded that a statemen be made. He pro? oses in a bis way to answer Chamberlian 's charges a gainst war administration, and suggested ''the people were en titled to full answer. Ihave been forwarded to the war department. of the agreement might be o)- terpnses are a l. "i j l 1 Am burn tuel, ana tins rim- mut ,i;ffiH O,, ih obeyed if the lesson it is to teacch ; . i in i ii nine Jiiiiii- .-.we.av is learned, there seems no waj , (.(im.(.nls more nsefu. than wilson,s ,ro- town or fccoiiami t-.:iv i j"" )RGAN'S AIDE MUNITION C1E1 tfiffpt hpr witn a win aim g t for the COLORED ARMY 75,000 STRONG (By United Press.) Washington, Jan. 25. Eigh per cent of the 9,586,508 men reg istered under the selective-ser vice law are colored. Of these! nearly 209,000 have been called and more than 75,000 have been certified for service. Out of every 100 colored men called 36 were certified for ser vice and 64 were rejected, ex empted, or discharged, while out of every 100 white citizens called 25 were certified for service. 'By 0 nited PresO Minneapolis, Minn. Jan. 25. Thirty per cent of the wheat flour milled here will be taken over bv the government in order to assure sufficient supply for export for the allies the state food admin istrator announced Washington, Jan. 25. Edward R. Stetinous, of New York, J. P. Morgan's aide was today appoint- Baker's request was made with j ed surveyor general of all army Mie direct sanction of President Wilson. Baker will delve into topics heretofore untouched by purchases, and becomes virtually munitions director in the war gov ernment, announced Secretary the senate committee and will 5aK:er. give testimony to prove his con-1 Mr. Stetinous will be in charge ention that a vast work has been j of production and procurement of done on a broad guage scale with j supplies for five army bureaus, the least possible delay or friction ordnance, parter-njaster, signal, under the circumstances. engineers and medical. EMPEROR WILLIAM VISITING HIS ALLY, THE SULTAN OF TURKEY The Food Administration for bids sale of Pork meat tomorrow. COTTON MARKET Open High Low Close' Jan. 31.35 31.35 31.00 31.00 j Mar. 31.03 31.03 30.44 30.47 j May 30.70 30.70 29.98 29.98 July 30.07 30.07 29.55 29.65 Oct. 28.60 28.60 28.28 28.28 Local Market 29 Cents. COTTONSEED MARKET. $1.08 per bushel in wagon loads. prsaSJ .i : 1 "r 1 U Th kaiser paid meeting. i-.- t visit to his all the sultan of Turkey, recently, and this most unusual photograph shows their the woods and chop housewives to burn. The solgan of the wood chop ping campaign is, "Coal is scarce there's wood to burn-cut wood. Would it be in keeping for this ! community, which has always been known as doing all things needful, to stand back when the horn, the wife and children, call for fuel, and if not now, at some time in .the near iuture uie v.y will be theirs. The extensivve plan for cities calls for a form oi organization, with g-eneral staff, registration officers, engineering corps, ord nance transportation, quarter masters and medical departments. J but in this community it would seem best for men to agree to I join together in a spirit of hearty co-operation, and, as tney orieu go hunting together and enjoy themselves, make this also a day of good-fellowship and enjoy ment. Men we know, will come for ward in the right spirit and do their part, and we shall be much surprised if a large body of men do not fall in line with this idea, for surely there is herein the true ring of him who would do "his bit" regardless of what it may be. We trust ere tins is printed that some one will ve suggest ed a bit of woods that is not too far away that can be cut; also that someone may have a good suggestion about transportation and another idea would be the nomination of a head, or captain, to have ccharge. Don't above all things let this thing seem too small, or beneath the notice of any man . posals could be taken into consid eration respecting the colonic demanded by Germany. The sixth concerns only Rus sia and the central powers, and the seventh can only he semea by vpeace negociation. but fVi' many has never demanded the in corporation of Belgian territory bv violence. Germany, he said, cannot talk of the cession of. Alsace and Lor raine, eighty-seven p'er cent of whose population speak German. "Regarding the fourteenth point Germany will be ready, when all other questions are dis cussed, for the league of people," concluded Ilertling. FRENCH G RESERVE OLD GREAT Paris. Jiiti. 25. When the mo ment C(:jaw. for settling accounts, whatever trumps Germany may hold, FiM-nce is sure of holding tbe Ace of trumps the greatest gold reserve of any country in Europe The go!-,1 reserves, which every country l.s been busily accumu lating, rank as follows: Frarre ft ,'.',26 millions of'frwi';S Englan I 1,409 44 Italy 835 " " ; R..!:,ia -V53 " " Ritrrmnls 493 " " Oftrti'.in :,005 D-nmnrk- 267 Spain 1,949 Holland 1,419 Sweden "286 Austria, Bulgaria and Turkey do not figure in the list, for the simple reason that since the war began these states have published no information, regading their, finacial status. : i i i
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