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Welcome#'# FARMVILLE The Busiest ? Town in U. 5. A. FORWARD" WATCH FARMVIIXE OLTNA, MAECH 13, 1?20 FAKMVTLLE. PITT COUNTY, ption $1.00 a Year In Advance Wl. 42 VOL. X WILL 4000*000 GALLONS WHISKEY ARI STH.L IN GOVERNMENT BOND ED WAREHOUSES IT WCilLB AVOID TEMPTATION f ? * * - ? ..... , s . . ] After Purchase, the Stuff Should fee at One* Converted into Denatured \ Alcohol to Supply Demand. - Westervttle, Ohio.? Purchase by the lederal government ' of all liquet stocks in bond la urged by the Ant 1 Saloon league In a statement Issued here at the league's national headquar ters b7 Bra est H. Cherrington, secre tary of the league's execntive com.* mlttee. The statement says: "Now that prohibition has gone Into effect everything which the govern ment can do to make it easy to en force the law should be done. "With over 60,000,000 gallons, of whisker in bonded warehouses there is a constant temptation to devise ways and means of utilising that li quor In spite of the law. "The government of the United States should purchase that whiskey at a price to be fixed by a federal com mission, which price should represent the actual cost Of producing it. Upon purchasing the whiskey the govern ment should convert promptly into do natured alcohol for which there ia an ever increasing demand. "By, such an arrangement the dis tillers win gat an they actually have invested in the whiskey. The great eat temptation to break the prohibitory law will be removed. The inventivs to spend vast sums of money to se cure repeal of prohibition or a seri ous modification of the law will be eHnriaated." TAX OF FIVE DOLLARS ON CANARY BIRDS 18 PROPQ8ED . i Washington.? A reaolution propoe ing to place a tax of |fi on eacb I canary bird Imported into the United States wee presented to the house by Representative Clarenca^r MacGregor, of Buffalo. HERBERT HOOVER Wl 8*n Pranclsco. Herb< " . pen# We am* Convention Sondo Telegram to Lodge Commending Republican Cause in * Matter of Treaty and League. ?reenobore.? Jala Morekaad Ma* rien Butler and ft. Carl Duncan com pleted the organisation at the repub lican party of North Carolina. The .onnahtiwfi ware gone through with at tfce state cooTentica of the party and i* me two theasand delegates eadoned the now n'flpimiw by oheetffeg vo> eiferously while the three shook hands en the stage of the Municipal theater hart. frank Llaney, unable to attend thd convention on aecou&t .. of sickness, was included with Morefce*^ Butler and Duncan in the "Big Four," who win attend the National oonreatlea at ChieAgo as delegates at large. More head was rn-elected as national com mitteeman without opposition and Frank Linney succeeds himself as state chairman. John J. Parker of Monroe was nom^ inated for governor, and A. A. Whit' ner, Hickory, for United States sena tor. Judge Pritchard was endorsed as a candidate for President The oonventiien sent a telegram te Chairman Lodge, ef the senate foreign relations committee, commenting hkn and bia eolleftates "who hareTprerent ed the confirmation of the l?agne ol nations unamended as a tempted to be forced on tlio American people by j President WHsen." . ? ^ *-v W" Iff" Jsfc"TTl ORGANIZATION COMPLETED IN SHORT' ORDER BY MOREHEAD, BUTLER AND DUNCAN. "BIG FOUR" INCLINES LINNEY CANADIAN PREMI*R VlilT*? CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROL If i '?*:? J Charleston, "ST C.? Sir Robert B den, "accompanied by "fleerettey Ji- ! Pugaley of the Canadian department railroads ara visitors hare for a -to night. FILE THEIR REPORT. MICE AND HOPES SERVED \ Uncalled-for inhumanity Toward* In mates la Charged by Committee Making the Investigation. Washington. ? John Beasley And Walter Clark, representing the Ameri can legion, were here to demand the dismissal or transfer Of army officers lft charge at the hospital at Oteen. The; charge poor management, bad food and mistreatment of men. . """ ? desire a public investigation, and At least three of the "officers in be turned onL Is is a military * prison," said Mr. Clark. I . The Oteen hospital is supposed to have about 1,300 tubercular patients. Affidavits that eochroaches were of ten scrambled in thd^egga and lived In multitudes overthe- bread, through the halls and dining rooms at Oteen tuberculosis hospital for service men; j that on one 'occasion - a mouse was served in the beef stew and numerous instances of insufficient and poorly prepared food. In addition to instances ? of treatment oi tubercular patients |n a manner both imoalled-for and in humane, are included in .wjpWE( of Walter Clark, Jr. ' ' ?* ?' ' t 1 ? if ITALIAN GOVERNMENT TO BUY NO MORE^TOBACCO FROM US. i ????? > I London.? The Italian government has decided to i>u> no more toba from the trnited states, Bgypt or PhiHppfces, says a Rome f tha<^to?l.K?w?. IN 8ECUMITIB8 ?RE STOLEN LAST 000 worth U ?rty *onds, n t;1? PRAMlNQ *mMm V""':"; -'V ?Cleveland, 0.-TH. HMIi MATE BILLION DOLLAR* EDUCTION IN -TAXATION IS THE 8UGQE3TI9N. By Discontinuing Purchases of Lib erty Bonds for Retirement T.-eae ury Would bp Greatly Relieved. ? ' Washington.? An immediate billion lollvs reduction In federal taxes was suggested in a statement issued hero by William G. McAdoo, former secre tary of the treasury. The present tax burden Is too great, 06 said, and is "having an injurious j effect on business:' i Mf. McAdoo proposed that c^loo- : tion of a - tax to establish a ainkinc I tuia for retirement of the war debt. ch/waa recommended fry former retary Glass to begin with thefts ^efc* 1920, postponed for two European interest be funded until ?ope la in position to pay its inter cfcarires VUHTftVO. * ? ?? "" i ? ' ?' ?> ? By discontinuing purchases of 1A r honds for retirement unAer pi*, on^ttistiniriaw the treasary ild be relieved of a large burden r reflected in the floating debt and Ich otherwise Will have to he made by taxation," laid Mr. MCAdeo. . ? ERICAN AVIATORS RECEIVE OROER8 TO LEAVE MEXICO. 3 Paso, Tex.? instructions have n transmitted to Lieutenants ?>. It tf and M. E. Uu&er, American avla* ?:who have been to Sonora, Mexico, to *? ANY TO BE ALLOWED Tt&X JNCH INTERNATIONAL LOAN P I r )? -11 i '?! Vi ? |<mi--The Dreeing Jtmrfsrd that the allied supreme counofl Midei' to allow sienna**; , to L?A?U* r . a,;ti iarfBUml iCKaKBIESii strike of wvith African MINE WORKERS 18 SETTLED. .. <?$ ;? y ?} ' Johannesburg, Union of flouth Afri aa.-rTho strike among tit* native "? ? v*. PRESIDENT GOES ABROAD FOR FIRST OUTING IN SEVERAL ? . . ^ ^ ?' " .<>?: t? ? LONG AND WEARY MONTHS. ' ' , "?'?? U GREETINGS OF MAUI "BellgKted and Greatly Benefited by tiie Extrcfae," Was Remarked by D oo tor Grayeen on Return. Washington, Lured by balmy spring weather, the first of the sea son, President Wilson want on a mo tor jaunt about the city. It was the first time he had left the White House grounds since he was put to bed "a very side man" Bvo months ago on his return from his interrupted western speaking tour. far more than an hour the Presi dent drove along the speedway and through the city stxeets and the capi tal grounds where be wared a friond jy greoting to Senator Borah, of ldahe, one ef the chief opponents to the peace ! treaty. Hie President Was recognized by aauy retDra?i tteir greetings as the White Hei&e limou sine rolla4N3eng.j4t an easy gait, es corted by -another machine carrying the secret service men. .4 - . "Delighted and much benefited by his trip," was the way Dr. Grayson characterised the President's atti tude when he returned Jp the Whk* House. W h*ro _ tions to th-s bolshevik gov la. ?* ? ,vL . mfSLt ? . . m /- ? .*? - t* ? r- ? LSAGUE Oft: NATIONS COUNCIL TO MEET AGAIN ON MARCH 12. Paris.? The league of nations' coun cil will hold its next meeting in Paris, JHTarch 12. Organisation of the com mission, which is to Investigate condi tions hi Bnssia, will be taken up, it is uniartood. * .. , ,.v. > , s* %? r r-rr, 1 :^i i, va * ? . *>?.. . SUFFRAGI8T8 IT" OF PRESIDENT bring ratification fit :utional amendment tfcat Ofr ovincial PLOTI8CITE 38 RECOMMttNDKO f; TO PEOPLE OF SWITZERLAND Berne? Adherence to the learut ot flatloaa by^l^rlan* not* WB^^this coumtry t? eater the THE PRESIQENT 18 STRONGLY OPPOSED TO CHANGE IN COVENANT OF LEAGUE. * f f M HEART IS THREATENED No Escaping the Moral Obligatlonf ' Which Are Expressed in Positive Terms in Article Ten. Washington.? President Wilson re stated for democratic senators his opposition to any peace treaty reser vations which would weaken the full force of article 10 or otherwise mate rially Impair the provisions of the league corenant Without saying specifically what qualification he . would or would not accept, he wrote a letter to Senator Hitchcock, the administration leader, tittt almost all of the reservation# he had heard suggested were "in effect virtual nullifications" of the treaty ar ticles to which they appiie^ 1 1 hear of reeemtfoulsts and mild Djerfurv dUoalsts," the latter added, but I cannot understand the difference be tween a nulBfler and a mild hulllfier." Discussing article 10 particularly, the President wrote that there was "no escaping the moral obligations which are expressed in poeWve terms in this article," though there could he no objection to explaining in an interpretation the constitutional meth yls by which such an obligation would hfme to be fulfilled. The "veiry heart" of the covenant, he reiterated, would be imperilled by weakening aiticl* w, ? QUICK HEADS WINDING UP RED CROW COMMI88iOM? Washington. ? Herbert Quick of Wsst Virginia, -former memfcar <^the commission xOR .^wincing s?p - 1.. ... . -r \ 183 IAN SOVIET GOVERNMEI MUST NOT bOUH&V'tyl JAPAN Tokio.? The peace ofls* of sftan soviet government to Japan) to reported to include as one of Its terms fc stipulation to forego bolshevik pro paganda in the Japanese empire, ' V;. ? t ? L. ADHERENCE TO LEAGUE 18 CONFIRMED BY THE DUTCH. ?Bie Hfcgue? The first chsunV?| of the Dutch* porUameot voted, SI *> 1, tor tbp adherence of Holland to the League of Nations. The second c" bar cast an aSlnaatlve vote on '~7l\ NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS ARE ? ASKED TO REDUCE PAPER USE Washington.? Chairman JSteoneraea of the house postoffice committor, hu written newspaper publishers calling attention to the oommittw'a rtqueef that they reduce consumption of n.tw? print paper ten per cent because* th? acuta paper shortage. ? ' -? > .. i .i \i i " :?? *BONUS" WESTON MIGHTILY WORRIES HEADS OP LESION ' f' . bonltriUe, Kjr.^fWnWia DXMier, national commander, of the Amerieoi legion, announced here that a confer oreno*|of 'legionnalret.^of |B Htatel would he held in Wsuhlngton Mar* 22 (or reconsideration of the eo^M "bono*" question. DIVIDENDS ON STOCK *AY - NOT BE TAXED AS INCdMI
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