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ONLY 3 MORF. SHOPPING DAYS 'TIL CHRISTM AS: HOP EARLY AND AVOID THFRUSH. WEATHER REPORT : Rain tonight and Saturday. Warmer tonight, .farmer Saturday in east porti n. N. E. to East wincL. V! MM AFTERNOON DAILY VOLUME VI AFTERNOON DAILY SCOTLAND NECK, N. C, FRIDA DECEMBER 20 1918 TELEGRAPH SERVICE NUMBER 17 QQ PRES. WILSON VISITS MANCHESTER GUARDIAN SAYS HIS SUDDEN TRIP IS TO CONSULT BRITISH GOVERNMENT REGARDING RUSSIAN SITUATION. WILL VISIT PARTS o- (Bv Associated Press") i Paris, Dec. 20. The det-ails of President Wilson's trip to London is being worked out by the pres-! ident in consultation with Colo nel House, Carjtain Andree Tar dieu, French high commissioner to the United States and the mem bers of the American embassy staff; in London. The president will start for Lon (1,011 immediately after he has had. Christmas dinner with the Ameri- can troops in the field and will not returndirectly to Paris but. it is expected, "he will visit the devas tated regions of northern France and Belgium. It is expected he will be back m Paris about January 4, on the eve of the first meeting of the inter allied conference which will be held January 6. The opening o the meeting or the interallied conference will be confined to representatives of the allies and United States. I hey will arrange o common' has is of action for the formal session:-; of the peace congress which wili be opened toward the middle or latter part of January, it is ex pected the" German delegates will then be present for the first time. Paris, Dec. 20. President Wil sin's plans for visiting London while not yet positive, contemplate that he will leave for England on next Thursday, December '2G, and probably remain in England four days. I London. Dee. 20. A eorrespon ; dent of the Manchester Guardian suggests that President Wilson V udden determination to come to England,, is due t hb s desire to consult the Hritish government re . , gaidinir me liussian siruaTion oe - fore the preliminary meeting to the peace conference. -------. JAPAN P! SUFF STEM , , , . . Tokio, Dec. 2( -Audressing tiiej Ijrefectural governors of the Em -1 ir Takejiro Tokonami the Home .Minister in the Xew Hara party cabinet, indicated the other dav what the government would bring aoout a revision or me suiirage system so as to promote constition - al government in Japan. The pre- sent suffrage in -Japan is extreme h- limited. Loral self-ii-overnment MOT SY lie Said, also WOUld eXtTl(iel. M'aimcl sardines The minister paid a tribute tot domestb- .":; 1 -: r'f the patriotism and devotion of the : Hrie-.l fn. its raisins : l .-. li., I said: "If is a remarkable fact; that everv nation has. on aceomi4 of the war, solidarity so well ae ! hieved by the Allied nations hav j been accomplished by the virtue j if iniviua.1 initiative n the part of : n r ill v. i ; . in the people. The urgent nee for us is that the amirable qualities -inherent to our national eharaeter j-''M,HI:41.v be fully developed through the a-;Man"h -wakening of ea'-li individual: thusi : v - wili the noblest traits of our na- tional life be joerfeetJy realized . OF EUROPE SOON I ISTMAS RED X. ROLL A telegram -has been received from Mr. P&felack, in charge of the Universal Membership to the Red Cross, urging a, speeding up of effort on the part' of Scot lam Neck and Halifax county inJErzberger, centrist leader: ; order that this section mav show! up well in the final accounting. Quite a number have responded to the announcement in The Com monwealth to voluntarily call at the Scotland Neck Bank and sign -the Roll Call and it is hoped that a great many more will avail them selves of this opportunity in the next day or two. FOOD ADMIK'TN SETS PROFITS Mr. Lunsford, of the State food administration, representing Mr. Henry Page, was here on Wednes day and instructed the publication of the following basis of fair food profits, stating that specific mar gins had been fixed on food com modities and that these margins; will tie entorcea without any ex- ceptions. j Mercier would visit Canada and Maximum Margins Cash & Credit &the Unit.ed States. He has offi- For Merchants Carrv Delivery . . i ,w, .,1 ' iciallv advised that tne Larumai r lour (Wheat, barley $1.00 .no-;-; si.120 roiin .oi "i1 j n,mnr,y and grits .02 v (Sugar .01 Oatmeal (l)ulk .) .01 J .. T .1 . 1 1 1 O- 1 a? i'iUU !,UM ou11- tnt.-s (hulk) .0.1 i , , , ... i Liinl ana lanf substi- j tutesd.arkages.. ! Breakfast ba-.n Me er TT may be ai.lei .04 .e." for slicing: .07 .06 .07 -OS . .07 .00' .OS .ol V, :;oc :kc. v baeori 1 Ham ( 4- per Tt may b :!lieil for sliriiiir) . U heese ! Butter .06 . .07 .o; . ."5 - .07 . .01 . .(K! Butter substitutes Potatoes Onions Kvaporatei ini'k Oatmeal (ia-kHges Hi re '2.1 c Beans -9 ; Kffihlo starch ,('om syrup j banned corn, ie.- to- Jliatoes ("a Tined .-aluiuii. . . -) j in.ms : iiinks and red 1 prunes pefiehi ''1 " c-f . i - 1 .f- WI.M-at feed .-iiid ittm seed meal o.OO All feeds otber ilsin pure wlitat 1'ro COTTON MARKET Otxxi TIU Low Co? 27.H5 2H.M1 27.05 2S.:il Y..5o 2i.!2 2.rxi 2ti.02 25.52 25.S5 25.52 25.K5 '2s4 25.0H 24.i4 25.0?: -!!b" I lUo,a) Market 26 cents NAT. ASSEMBLY MEETS JAN. 19 Br Associated Press Berlin, Dee. 20. The congress of Soldiers and Workmen's coun cils here have decided that the na tional assembly shall be held on Januarv 19. PEOPES LEAGUE BEEN ORGANIZE! By Associated Press London, Dec 20 The "People's League" has been organized in Berlin, says a Central News Copen hagen dispatch. The league committee includes Prince Maximilian, former Ger man imperial chancellor; Hugo Haase, independent socialist, Von Bernstorff, former ambassador to the United States and Mathias VON HINDENBURG INTENDS FORMING NEW DEFENSES Paris, Dec. 20. Field Marshal Von Hindenburg has telegraphed the Berlin government advising it of his intention to form a new front six mile! behind the neutral zone fixed by the armistice, accord ing to a Zurich dispatch todav to Le Petit Journal. CARD MERGER WILL NOT VISIT (By Associated Press. Ottowa, Dee. 20 The Belgian consul general for Canada todav; dnil the wnnrt that Clarrlnipl ! 'is uo intention ot leaving rei- j gium. FRENCH PREMIER GREETING LAON JUST FREED S & m Premier ( lentenceau. despite his years and the weight of kis la bors as bead of the French government, always kept in 'dose touch i v jfj, the fighting front, lie. is 1 he cliihhen of La on just after the French ;.ntl American forces ha I j driven the Germans out in their last big drive. The Huns had op- pressed Laon for more than four AIRCRAFT MET'G. MAY BE HELD ft (By Associated Press) London, Dec. 20. The British air board has drafted articles for an international air convention which will be submitted to the al lies it is announced today. The draft is accompanied with the'uggestion that an internation al atr conference be convened. S APPEAL I lit . ': Bv Associated Press Washington, Dec. 20. An ap peal for protection from the Bol sheViki was received bv the state department from the Lettish gov eminent through the American del egtion at Stockholm. Tjhe Lett representatives said thsgw the German troops were not regaining to maintain order, as the armistice terms permitted, but wefe leaving the country at the meiev of the Bolsheviki. AMERICAN G.H.Q. AT CHAUMONT jphaumont, France, Dec. 20. (Correspondence of The Associat ed! Press) This little city of the Hinte Ma rue is the home of the General Headquarters of the Ame- idli&iJtoje ..Forces. .Un til now its mention has been taboo and the whereabouts of "G. II. one of the secrets of the war. Here lives the Commander-in-Chief and in the buildings of the French garrison is housed the of fices if the Central staff and all the auxiliary organizations thai j Uro with it the nerve center of the Arm v. A citv of normally a- bout fifteen thousand inhabitants. Chaumont lies on the Eastern Rail i;,w.o ifi-i nill ' P..v5o It was formerly the capital of Fas signy and is now the capital of the Department of the Haute-larne. CHILDREN OF FROM GERMAN BONDAGE shown here affectionately greeting years. B LETT 3 THIS MORNING SPENT BY THE ITALY'S POSITION WITJH MINISTER WILSON H1S NOT COMMITTED HIMSELF -o HREE N. C. ME .2 ON HONOR LIST The commander in chief, in the name of the President, has award ed the distinguished service cross to the following North Carolinians for acts of extraordinary heroism as described after their names: Pvt. (first class) Herbert Cham pion, Sanitary Detachment, lOoth Engineers. (Xo 1328377. Fo: extraordinary heroism in action Julv 16, 1918. Whei i an enemv airplane dropped a bomb in the camp of his organization killing one soldier and wounding seven. 'including himself. Pvt. Champion administered first aid to the oth er wounded, helped carry them to the dressing station, and there lit gave further assistance in dress ing and evacuating the wounded men, never mentioning his own se rious wound unfiT he knew thut all the others had been cared for. Home address, Dr. C. O. Cham pion (father), Mooresboro, X. Sergt. ( First (lass) Guy R. Han son, Company F. lOot.'i Engineer Xo 1329688. For extraordinary heroism m action August 27, 1918. cnargc I " a !?.. " 1 of a platoon, delivering a highly con centrated gas-cloud attack agaiusf The enemy, when the cloud unex . , n l l. . i ii i i '-rieui immi u-ick. .viier lean- ing his men to a place of safety, this soldier went back into the cloud four times at imminent peril to his own life, collecting and res cuing others who had been over come conducting his platoon thru heavy machine-gun fire, he pur them, in charge uf another sergt. with instructions to resume their mission, while he again returned to search for gassed men and found all but two. His excellent leadership unusual courage pre vented many casualties and at the same time effected the completion of. an important mission. Horn1 address. Mrs. Dela Hanson. 010 Fast Seventh Street, Charlotte. X. r. .Master Fngiuecr Albert L. Rust. Company 1). !0-"th Fngineers ( . LJ2S259 ) For extraordinary hero ism in action at Relfieourt, Franc September 29 U18. .Master Fug? neer Rust commanded a platoon of Engineers, following the first wake of the infantry for the pur pose of clearing a road for the artillery. Under heavy shell and I machine gun fire, he directed th" work with exceptional ability, it one time leading his platoon in ad vance of the infantry. By organ izing covering parties ami utili zing two automatic riflemen, who had become separated from their own unit, he kept his platoon in tact capturing prisoners and cleaning out three mfvehine-gun r.ests in the coure of the opera - tions. While making a reeoiinai-'- sauce ahead of his platoon he jer - tonally took nine Germans, afte.- wounding their officer. -Ah a rr PRESIDENT IN DISCUSSING PREMIER ORLANDO AND EONNINO 5 By Associated Press Paris. Dec. 20. President Wil. son wili .spend most of today con f erring; with Italian statesmen and considering the claims of. Italy which will be laid before the peace conference. Early in the day the president conferred with Premier Orlando and Foreign Minister Sonnino win, explained in detail their country's ambitions. The president has expressed hi-, warmest sympathy with Italy's aspirations but has not committed hi f fully as to his views. At. v.- the conference President Wilson went over the material pre sented and compared it with data collected by Colonel House who has spent some time in attempting to determine what, in his opinion, should be the status of Italy's leg itimate claims. Paris, Dec. -JO. President Wil son, in addition to conferences to day with Italian, .statesmen,, ah conferred with Captain Andrew Tardeau. French hiirh commissi', it er fo the United States, with whom he discussed relief work for lranee and ee(,nomic uuestions. iRCHFS HOLD ERVICE SUNDAY The iMfIi:en gi'eat'y in: pro v days th;.t the in (d.'lircl r- h.iVe ' service S, .;!,. oning. It ! r'-OJ ever not 1 o 'iu-: this coining S;j for another v' t -polemic luis. so i in the last i'ev, Asters of the loca ; terinined to hoh morniuu' and ev- boagnt best hovv--t.h:' Sunday school ,'!:iy but to delay : owiiiir to the na- merous convah-.-";'ent among tin' young pco'p'e. JAPAN AVOIDS RACIAL TROUf IE By As-.-Tokio. I)e-. next war will '. race pre.judi-- : kio O.aki, to!'- t. d ,i-e--.1 -Ueiicf that tl.'e the outcome ' : pressed by Yiu rly .Minister of Justice, and a -'ing memb oi the ( 'oust it i )zaki said tlu;r I'arry. .Mr. i;is opinion. 1 he h steadily "(!'" Ivlizril ion wouh' s tiiie t reat merit , and that th-.-: :."med eollisiioi riuenu'ed tlwit :it ;-"ee. -Japan o-t -M the Asi.-it ii ra ee. the racial and colored rac -,. developing 1 1 e: i demand finally r as the white ' result would . Mr. Ozaki I the Peace ('eif' ing on belialf ot ces should int V'j ' population que.-' J Oj unsi'ici'a Jtion, and if p..-. lotion. ' suit of his sk.i'e.'1 leadership aiiti gallant eoudue4-. his mission was . suceessJjnJly ?.-'-': out. Home rVldress. David L. Hust, father, Morgantoii, N. (5.
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