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Farmvilte Community Fair.
At a recent enthusiastic meet
ing of the Farmvifle Community
Chamber of Commerce it was
unanimously decided to again|
hold the FarmviUe Community
Fair, the date being fixed for
Thnrsday, October 25th, which
is now only four weeks off.
This year it is the purpose of
the Chamber" of Commerce to
have a much large? and better
fair than that of last year, how
ever, the fair last year was a
great success, to say tlje least.
The new officers elected for
the Fair this year are as follows:
Mrs. D. HotIod, president
J. W. Holmes, vice-president.
W. G. Sheppard, sec-treas.
At a meeting of the officers
Wednesday night the following
committees were appointed:
Executive Committee;
T. C. Turnage, chairman; J.
I. Morgan, R. H. Knott. R. L
Davi?, C. R. Townsend, B. A.
Joyner, J. Y. Monk, C. L. Hardy,
R. A. Fountain, J. T. Dixon,
J. M. Barfield and W. M. Smith.
Farm Products
R. R. Cotton, chairman; Frank
T. Carr, Alfred Moore, T. E.
Barrow, J. T. Harris, A. J. Moye
and J. T. Lewis,
Live Stock:
W. A. Pollard, chairman; G.
t Tv?nn fosnpr flnwee. O. L.
Mrs. J. A. Harris, chairman;
Mrs. Myrtle Byoum, Mrs. J. I.
Moigjn, Mrs. C. R. Townsend
and Mrs. S. T. Moyle.
Poultry:
Richard Tugwell, chairman;
Leun A. Joyner, A. A. May,
Miss Addie Bynum, and Mrs.
Jennis MoirilL
Culinary: v ^
Mrs. Ed Warren, chairman;
Miss Blanche Lewis; Mrs. T. E.
Barrow, Mrs. J. R. Lewis, Mrs.
M. L. Moye, Mrs. S. W. ErWin,
Mrs. II. F. Morton, Miss Beulah
Flanagan, Miss Laura Wingfield
and Mrs. G. M. Shirley.
Chamber of Commerce Holds
Anneal Meeting and EHects
New Officer.
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The Farmville^ Community
Chamber of Commerce met io
annual session Monday night of
this week and elected new
v . ' ? * " V- ' ?
officers for the ensuing year,
which are as follows: :
T. C. Turn age, President.
Dr. Paul E. Jones, Vice-Pres
Jno. T. Thome, Treasurer. -
W. G- Sheppard, Secretary.'
The Directors are composed
of the following:: W. H.^foore,
J. Y. Monk, B. A. loyner, T. E.
Barrow, R. L. Joyner, W. A.
Lewis and G. M. Shirley.
The Secretary made his an
nual report, reviewing the many
things accomplished by the
Chamber for the year just closed,
and gave an outline of several
things on foot that looked prom
ising for the future.
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WASHINGTON DIZZY
WITH AMAZEMENT
boldness ^
German embassy.
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- Investigation Demanded.
Given oat as an official document,
the specific evidence linking Count
yon Bernatorff with the ramifications
of German intrigue and propaganda in
the United States provoked congress
men to clamor for an Investigation.
To clear Confess immediately of
any snspecion of the state depart
ment's revelation may fiare directed
unwittingly at its members, Secretary
T Aiming dictated the following state
ment:
"If there Is any misunderstanding, I
?rlsh to say very emphatically I do
set see bow the Bearnstorff message
In any way reflects upon Congress or
any member. Apparently It was the
purpose to employ agencies to influ
ence them of which they would have
no knowledge and In case they were
influences would be entirely innocent. ]
do not know what the organisation'
Was. This expose is apropos of -Ger
man methods of peace propagk^da,
and there is no intention of casting
suspicion on -members of Congress."
The state department tit 'it be
known, also, that a congressional In
vestigation would receive its assist
The state department, it was
watit* Ml publicity for
intrigue, propaganda * and
in this couutiyr-^A^ ^V^
of their unnsoar ver
bid place ob their pro
icteristic
when given wjtlr aire
Powerful" pxploslves
e?or?fod on" Lotion at Bucharest
for Oe.tructJve Use In Unlted8tat*s
?f Llyaa MM fc
Washington. ~ H o w Germany
"shamefully abused and exploited"
the protection of the United States
by secreting ^bi the German legation
at Bucharest after the Amfeean gov-]
eminent hsd taken charge of Ger
many's affairs at the Rumanian cap
ital, quantities of powerful explosives
for boa& plots and -deadly microbes^
with instructions for their use in de
stroying hprees and cattle, was re
vealed by .Secretary Lansing. . ?
It was another of Mr. Lansing's se
rles of disclosures of German intrigue,
made public without comment in the
same manner as the von Luxburg tel
egnuas which" lu*ve - brought Argen
tina on toe, verge of war with Ger
many, the Ton Eckhardt letter from
o?testor;authoriisaCon to spend $50,
000 to influence Congress.
The latest story Is told in a report
to the state department from William
Whiting Andrews, secretary of the le
gation aichaxr#t, and a letter
lair concession wag' aa^ iB aie iil*
"The protection of the United States
was in this manner shamefully abused
md exploited. In tills instance, at
toast, the German government cannot
hvtve recourse to its usual system Of
denial."
Fifty-one boxes were taken from
the ground in the garden. Fifty of
them contained each a cartridge filled
with trinitrotoluene saturated with
tnonomftroltoluence, among the mosi
powerful explosives known, one fifth
of each being sufficient to tear up ?
railroad treeA Huthe otheT box were
bottles of liquid found Jo be cultta'
tfons of the microbes of. anthrax and
glanders. It bore a seal showing tt
came from the German consulate at
Kronstadt, Hungary, and Inside were
found a typewritten- note la German
tayln gi-y--'-;
For Horat* and Cattle.
^*Enj||S?ed four phials for horses and
'Your for cattle/: : To be ;rai?oyed a#
formerly aCNUBged. -''Eachphtal is suf-'
ficlent for 200 head. To be Introduc
ad, 1 t possible, directly Into the. ani
mals' throats; if not, tn thai* fodder,
Please make a Mttla report cm the
success obtained there; In case of
good results the presence of Mr. Kos
toff for one day hem would be deafr
documenta
jrt#e the orlgi? of tho boxes and
t3i$ir .content* ?? .
domeittc animals and In con
?population.
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Washington? Further disclosures ot
fais-eaohlng German propaganda, In
trigues and plots In this country
prioitto tjje diplomatic beak with Gen- ;
ipany, were made by the' committee
'on public Information.' .
v "in the form of letters, telegrams,
rotations,' checks, receipts, ledgers,
cashbooks, cipher cldes, list of spies
and other memoranda and record a."
the committee says, "were found in
dications ? In some Instances of .the
vaguest nature,, in othes of the most
laming .. . conclusiveness ? that the
Gemah Imperial government through
Its representatives in a then friendly
nation was concerned with:
. : "Violation of the laws of the United
ftatei.
"Destruction of lives anc property
In merchant Vesselte on the high seas.
- "Irish- revolutlonaly plotn against
Great Britain. HflfMHl
. "Fomenting ill feeling against the
U n 1 ted State# In Mexico.
"Subordination of American writer*
ar.d lecturers.
"Financing of propaganda.
"Maintenance of a spy syotsm under
the guise of a commercial Investlga
tto* bureau. ' -
"Subsidizing of a bureau for the
purpose of stirring .up labor troubles
1h munition plants. * ' ; -V ;
"The bomb Industry and other ro
lasted activities."
? The committee, of which Secretaries
.fjuuMng, Baker and Dlnlels are mem
bers, and Geroge Oreel, chairman, liai
this to say concerning Holland:
^ "It haa long been an open secret
ollaiuHa merely a way station
pments of coniraband^ into Ger
Here la official confirmation
Igel records which
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RETIRING major-general will
'? ??^?INT-TO FRANCE FOR
8ERVICE.
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IS SUCCEEDED BY T.H. BLISS
New Chief of SUff Will Be Retired Ini
December and Will Be Succeeded
by Joteph E, Kuhn, Former Head of
War Coliega.
Washington. ? Major-General Hugh,
L. Scott, who retired from his position
as chief of Btaff, will be sent to France
for active service. He will be fol
lowed there shortly by Major-General
Tasker H. Bliss, who succeeded him
as chief of staff. ~ Both will serve un
der Major-General Pershing.
General Scott reached the age limit
for retirement Saturday, September
22. General; Biles will reach it in De
cember. The war department, how
ever,\it was authoritatively stated,
proposes to utilize their experience
and ability by keeping them in active
service indefinltaly. Both men are
^ager to get to the firing line.
Whan Major-General Bliss retires
in December he will be succeeded by
Major-General Joseph E. Kuhn, for
mer head of the war college, and no*
commanding officer cf the national
army' cantonment at - Camp Meade,
"During the first two years 6f the war
General Kuhn was military attache at
the American embassy tn Berlin, He
saw much of German warfare.
declaration of war by
ARGENTINA POSTPONED
ige Received From Germany Just
- In Time to Avert Break.
Buenoes Aires, Argentina. ? JuBt aft
the- Argentine chamber of deputies
was preparing to vote on the question
of breaking off diplomatic relations
with. Germany, an offioial communica
tion was received from tile Betfin for
eign office. ? The note disapproved of
the idea expressed by Count voc Lux
i Not# Glvaa Satisfaction.
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Z-ondon.? A. dispatch from Btfer
Aires to neuter's Limited, says tl
Argentina has received a note from_ '
Germany whwich has given complete
satisfaction to the Argentine govern
ment.
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NO REASON TO ALTER THE
~ "UNITED -STATES' POSITION
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Washington. ? The complete texts of
the GeraauLand Astrian replies to the
papal peace note show that neither
lays down any- definite terms as a
basis tor peace. There .was no offi
cial indication that nuch exami- .
nation as had been made of the docu
ments revealed ho reason for altera
tion of the position of. the United
Stales, its aims or Its intentions.
CONVINCED HE WA8 '
TOOL OF GERMAN PLOTTERS
Chicago.? Jaapier T. Darling, one*
time president of the American em- ^3
bargo conference, aroused by ttye rev- ' -
elationS made by the state depart
ment regarding former Ambassador
von Bernstorff, In a signed statement
said he was convinced that he had
been made the tool of German plot
tars; - - . ??'''M.
Mr. Darling, long prominent in
German circles, said that he was con
vinced ihat he was selected and mis
led by the plotters because of his
reputation for patriotism.' He said
that the source of momfty was always
a mystery to him and that a great
deal of it passed through his hands in
opposing the export of munitions and
otiWr acts which he feared would
draw the United States Into the war.
HAS DECIDED TO REDUCE
NUMBER OF MEN IN ARMY
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Sjgir*"- . .?/? ? - '? - , ,
Petrograd.? The provisional gov
ernment has decided to reduce the
nmpher of men In the regular amy.
Thfi> decision - was reached tor two
reasons, firsts bactiwi It waa thought k
desirable to relieve the army of men
who are too old to fight or who '
been wounded, aad whoee flghtln_
pacity' therefore to mot great, tt
believed th? measure wBl have *
tant financial results by reduct
amount required tor dependents. -
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