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'WATCH r FABMTILLB. pn)T COUNTY. Welcome to FARMV1LLE The Busiest Town in U.S.A. ' ' . . ' . -v ? , JRWARD" Subscription $1.09 a Year io Advance ' ? ' ' 1 . ? - ' ' ' UNA, FEBRUARY 20,1920. <? ? Ji X-.- ?' ?'*'? NO.. 39 70L. X Published The Rouse Printerv LANSING ABRUPTLY LEAVES HIS POST ^ __________ RESIGNED BECAUSE OF BEINfl CHARGED BY WILSON WIT# USURPING POWERS. -i ? ii- i RELIEVED OF EMBJUHMSSMEK1 Secretary Is Glad to Give Up Plaor to On* Whose Mind la Mors Nearly Avained to That of President Washington.? Robert T.snsing ended hit career as secretary of state alter President Wilson had accused him of usurping the powers of President by calling meetings of the cabinet during Mr. Wilson's illne Mr. Lansing answered two day* later? saying he had called the cabi net conferences because he and others of the President's official family ^f^t' that, in view of the fact that we were denied communication with you, It Wise for us to confer informally to gether on matters as to which action could not be postponed uhiU yoar medical adviser permitted you to pass upon them.". The secretary concluded by saying that if the President beliered he had failed in his "loyalty" to him and if Mr. Wilson no longer had confidence In him he was ready to "nUfte yon of any embarrassment by placing my resignation in your h*nds." The President replied that he was "much disappointed" by 8fr Lansing's letter regarding "the so-called cabinet meetings," and added that he "must frankly take advantage- of your kind suggestion" to resign. - "I must say,'* continued the Presi dent. "that it would relieve me of em Mr. THIRTEEN THOUSAND ON STRIKE AT TOKIO, JAPAN. 1 ' ' 1 ?! Tokio.? Thirteen thousand workmen a the government iron foundry her* rent on strike without warning. ^ " MEWS OF KOLCHAK KILLING ,4 IS OFFICIALLY CONFIRMED. London. ? Ktwt of the execution of idwlnd Kolchak, former head of the \11-Ra?8ian goverhment, ha? been of Jclally confirmed. milium PHiLUi>i it to it MINISTER TO NITHfftU 52 [LARGE VOLUME OF [ lie DECEPTIVE WILLIAMS WARNS THE PUBLIC AGAINST A PROSPERITY IN BANKING FIGURES ONLY. 08|S NOT MEAN REAL WEALTH No Country Can bo Enriched by Sim* I tfy Raising Prices on Its Own Pro duction*, told to Own People. ' - v ' > . * . , , ? Washington. ? Warning that tie proa parity and activity indicated . by banking figures may become artificial and deceptive was given by John Skalfeon Williams in his-anpual report ' aa comptroller of the currency. Remarking that in 1918 there was not a national bank failure involving loss to "depositors and that the hank ing power of the country has ' in creased 900 per cent in the last thirty years, Mr. Williams added: ^ "A large voliftne of money cannot mean .increase of production and there is decrease of production and the accumulation and movement of securities and Currency represent ab- J normally inflated values put on dimin ished supplies of essentials. "It is clear that no country can be enriched by merely increasing priceB of products produced and consumed by its own people. All t^e gold in the world, aside fropi 13,135,000,000 held tiy this coun try, was estimated by the comptroller at f 6, 000, OOP, 000 or only about 40 per cent of the credit balance at- thif country in the last six years. OIL PRODUCTION HERE IN 1SW WAS 3M?6MU BARREL*. *? ..m?H RAISE IS THE WAGE OF CHICAGO TEACH ER8. 1 ? ' . Chicago, HI? Teachers in the Chi \ cago elementary ichors obtained a salary increase of 9460 fc year and ' high' school teachers \n increase of M00 under a decision by the board of education.. NO CHANQE8 ARE TO BE MADE ... IN QUEBEC PROHIBITION LAW.. r? Quebec.? The present legislature wHt jrot change the Quebec prohibi tion law, which- allows the sale o t ilght wines - and beers, Walter Mitch ell, provincial treasurer, told.a.<leleg*j tion wWch celled upon Mai. '*? V" -W ? ? IDAHO IB THIRTIZTH STATE special sepadon ratified ,th?l woman's' suffrage amendment to the national constitution by large majorities in both house*. Idaho li the 30th state He-Alaska Range A, whose l.bTto p^Alasta* ifcetism, mmi of the. leg aaures Governor Thomas of that territory, Is .iuj ton?e'> :<V . ....... . . .. , REPORTED STATEMENT tN THE SIM8 HEARING DENOUNCED IN SCATHING TERMS. ? . POST FUILY CONTRADICTED u- ' '? V '? '?? ' ? ? ?' ! ? - " ' ? *? ^ H "Wilful, Deliberate, 8h?mel*ss, Veno mous Perversion of Truth," Some of the Adje'ctlves Used. ? J Washington.? In The Washington Post, Albert W. Fox, a special writer, had a report of the Sims hearing, which was branded by Representative Claude Kitchin, of North Carolina; be fore the house as "a wilful, deliberate, shameless, venomous, malicious, in corrigible perversion of- the truth and tie facts." Heading the headline*? "Attack of Daniels answered by Sims; admiral in dicates secretary's policy - as def?at 1st; is cheered at hearing; vigorously denies charge that he is . pro-British; upheld by Senator Glass, etc." Repre sentative Kitchin said: "I read carefully accounts of the hearing in other newspapers. Not one of the correspondents of -theM news papers sustain in the least these statements in The. Washington Post; but every single one of them say that Messrs. Glass and ftfrnes flatly con tradicfed Admiral Sims, which they did, and that Senator Glass confirmed the statements of Hr. Byrnes. "In three of the newspapers correspondents 'agree with my or that Senator Glass went further contradiction of Admiral SUqt did Representative^ Byrne*.* i - ^ > TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND . 8TACHE 8TRIKE IN ITALY. ? Milan, Italy. ? Two hundred thous and men smployed In chemical fac tories, Including 60,000 workmen in pharmaceutical plants, vent on strike for higher wages and a week's annual recatlon. : CITY TO .6 ? ? .?Washington.:^ :ennial it boll ARRANGEMENT WHICH Western revenue ^displeases: . light' Per Cent Collected In > |?& Lbcai agHatle* >d to hare the western 9 district re-established Winston-Salem. Mnent that all revenue ? centered In the office alley at- Raleigh hat b from all porta of the *. It 1* the opinion ?olun^;v?? busing state Is l|? great for s Winston-Salflm" Board iging to appeal toCom r.at Washington to re office in the western *e it here. ; reisonB why Winston Aave this office a^e ays 58 per cent of the En North Carolina, 7fr< i? the tobacco taxes in 1,1-3 per cent of all the jgtfd the federal ' ioy ytfded here' in the Mg February 20, to decide on the loca tion of Chowan college. Elizabeth City will aend a delegation and con fidently hopes the college will be > ?sated het?; v ' ? '<? ? ?! & ' Hunterjvlle. ? Miss Annie Alexsn U1 with nervoaB^MWitration. ' ^ r>.v ... t.S'.r'j'i wblcb he wasdrirtas backed down a K2!rx:srsj .tor aad .uaJlcg erect. ' . U?0!pton.-Li.ut. Cot Warren A." i&rr'^'La^ W? tt thla Kaor ?l?n ? ? ??"? DISAGREES strongly tn thb ? PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OP ADRIATIC QUESTION. _i_ ' r HEPLY TO N9TE 15 0RAFTE6 * v', S&i Another jfr fay in tht Adriatic Setti* merit, as Result of the Inolclent 'x - Foreseen in French Circles. - , . ? . ? Paris.? Hugh C. Wallace, the Ameri Mlbajnbaflsador, delivered to tie for eign office a memorandum from ' Pres ident. Wilson, according to The Temps, in which ,tj?e president aald he could approve of Premier Iioyd George's " * of the MjMB nil u, ien submitted to the Jugo-Slava The Temps says President Wilson allowed it to be understood that the United States would find it impossible to continue in conference if the al lies settle the Adriatic uestion with' out consulting the United States. The premiers hare drafted a reply to President Wilson's note on the Adriatic question; which will be trans mitted through the American ambas sadors at London and Paris, , accord ing to a member of Premier Millar tad's staff. ?' * ' . ? ? 11 "i ' v*' I PREMIER LLOYD GEORGE IS NOT TO COME TO AMERICA >*; *r ' ? ..... London.? Premier Lloyd George is nut contemplating an y trip to Amer ica, it vwas stated, authoritatively in mMk ? ~ ? ' ? ? ? * ? ?? "na-u BIT <',? t ZEM8TVO REGIME RECOGNtEO H BY BUSS1AM OB6AMIZ*TIOH?; Berlin.? Severn w?a4her, blizzards, and show ntonhsin the last. few days bat? crippled (outdoor TerolHtioa&ry demonstration^ :A11 govornment-organl aationa are acclaiming their allegiano# COMBINATION Of LUMBERMEN i;V:- 18 RESPONSIBLE FOR PRICE? ? .,v ? - Memphis, Teritf.? The government moved to lo*?r Sthe prlce of lumbet whe?the deDMtment rtjptke filed a petition In the United States district, court here asking for an Injunction' against 333 soutfcftrn lumbermen. : ? : ? ? KEY TO OFFICIAL RESIDENCE . J OF LORD MAYOR IS RETURfoEO .'/? V.V > London.? Tim JJrge key of the doer of the l?ane^ *9?* offic^real denpe of tWlord mayor, wtfch was J missed last/aummer after an enter i taUfcaent ? ? Qrta to American saihirs ;fL>. " Jyfeaffig I OP THE EX-KAfSER pw TVVO LIVING WIVES SSi'SS J to Mile. Ina Maria Baa^ Princess Marie ingttrte i And it has never been re , ilther that his first marriaee] HOLLAND ANXIOUS TO COMPLY . . ? . ? , ' y y ' - v. ?;>? * . WITH ANY REQU58T THAT COMPORTS WITH DIGNITY. -7. DOOBN IS CITY SELECTED Situation Singularly Advantage* ua, Being Remote From Any Large Cltlee, Place Easily Guarded. and tie house which the ex-emperor haa bought is so placed as to be easily Warded. r ? ? * The Hague. ? The latest allied not* o Holland with regard, to extradition of the former German' emperor ife renaes the ^original demand for his aur y render and only , aaks hie internment, with tthe suggestion that the former monarch be sent, perhaps,' to one of the "Dutch Islands In the East* Indies, i It became known. - II la learned oh excellent authority that the Dutch government has al- . ready determined to reply with an of- ' fer actually to intern Wilhelm at ? Door n. Holland would accept the full -responsibility of preventing him from endangering the peace of the world, establishing a guard ovefhim and a strict censorship, Holland, it is pointed out in diplo matic circles, ia anxious to meet any request, of the allies which is com pat ible with her oWn dignity and' dees nbt conflict with the nation's laws and traditions of long . standing. More than anything else, as far as can be learned, she desires to bring to a close the Issues over the presence of the'JonMr emperor, which ha* been f.thorn In her sldeainoe the Hohen tollerns sought refuge here in 1918. the ex-ruler is undoubtedly to acend - thy rert^oEhls life ij CAROLINA, CLINCHFIELD AMD OHIO 8ECURE8 A GUARANTEE % ? ' Washington.-? The railroad admin istration signed a contract providing . for f 1,839)256 annual compensation to the Carolina, Clinchfleld & Ohio rail ppad under government control. * AMERICAN LEGION IN FAVOR -OF. COMPULSORY TRAINING: ' ; ? Washington/? A bonus for ex-aer rice men and compulsory military training were announced as the prin cipal aizrfs of the legislative commit, tee of the American Legion, members ' otwhieh were here for a *erie? of oon ferences with congressmen. : ____________ GEpRGIA FARMER PR00UCE8 COTTON WITH GREEN FIBRE. ' Daltoa,. Ga. ? C. P. O'Briant, a far . mety residing to the Plefcp?nt Grove district of this- county, claims to have produced cotton the staple of which .tea pronounced green i;. ' '? " The samples of this "Vlrldescent . . cotton" is of beautiful green color and i&r very fine, texture and fibre, resem bling iambs wool. ..
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