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(■ J 'r ■: fiomrrv jotmfM; *T r^ 'j ' - ,^. r.„^.,‘r‘ * . -rl i ' 'irr''^'.. ^ ?^’_ »■ i' ^T’'-'^ i?i,. .3 i? - - J’i ^5^ h?..- "^ECIFIC DATES MUST BE OB- •CRVCD IN MAILING TO THE ' BBVERAL L0CAS>TIES. DECEHBER. FIFTH IS LATEST Fadcagas for Germany Not to Exceed Baven Pounds Weight and Seven- ^two Inche: Length and Girth. f Washioeton.—Christmas packages for Azoericaa troops in the Rhine ter- rttory must reach Hefooken by De cember 5 to insure delivery before Clifislmaa day. the War Department announced. They should be sent care of the general ^superintendent, army transport service Hoboken. Parcels for men stationed in Hawaii and the Pihillippines should reach the depot Quartermaster, Fort Mason, San Prancisoo, not later than De- conat>er B, while those for shipment to the Panama canal zone and Porto RJeo should be in the hands of the general superintendent, army trans port service, pier 3, anny supply base South Brooklyn, N. Y., by Novem ber 20. GIMliEITrS HEIRT JI lAST JT SEST CELEBRATION CEREMONIES OF ARMISTICE DAY IN PARIS AND . LONDON IMPRESSIVE. CENOTAPH TO 6L0RI00S DEAD Three French Marehallt—Joffre, Foch and Petain Stood by Opan Grave of an Unknown French Soldier. Packages for Germany must npt ex ceed seven pounds in weight and 72 inches combined length and girth. Those to men on duty in the canal BOne and insnlar possessions arb Urn ited to 20 pounds in weight and two cubic feet in volumne. Hun-Poland War Possible. Warsaw.—The declaration that war between Germany and Poland would be inevitable if the plobi^te to be held in • upper Silesia gives that re gion to Germany is made in The Gaz ette Poranna in discussing the pleb- leclte. The, newspaper predicts that another world war would result with Pranoe and Belgium joining Poland and Great Britain siding w:ith Ger many. To Fight Wage Reductie^. Washington.—Plans for resisting reduc^n in wages, at least until the coet of living is'mater iaHy lowered, were discussed by the executive coiun- cfl of the Amarian Federation of La bor at the opening conference of-its regular fall meeting. Germany’s Entrance Opposed. Paris.—The French government is unalterably opposed to the admission of Germany to the Deagub^ Nations a^ this time, it was slated at the for eign ^ffice. Some “drastic action'' would be a consequence if the Imgue voted to admit Germany. Wide Discretion Given Japs. Tokio.—Japanese delegates now In Geneva to attend the meeting of the assembly of the League of Nations have been sent cabled instructions firing them wide discretion regard ing race equality proposals says Th« Asabi Shimbun of Osaka. Washington.—Impressive ceremon ies were held in London anxi Paris, the people of the French and British nations celebrating the second anlver- sary of the cltfsJjjK of the world war and jitying tribute to tthe men who sacrificed their lives during the ti tanic struggle. The body of an un known British soldier was buried in Wesmlnister Abbey, King George, governmental chiefs and relatives of missing soldiers witnessing the inter ment. In Paris, the body of a French soldier, taken from a nameless grave at Verdun, was laid at rest under the Arc de Triomphe. President Mlller- and and three French ^rshalsWof- fre, Foch and Petain— stood by the open grave. ' King George ^unveiled In White Hall, London .a permanent cenotaph dedicated to "The Glorious Deed,” and in- Paris the heart of Gambetta, the French statesman wrho was virtually dictator during the troublous days surrounding the' collapse of the sec ond empire in 1870, was de^sited in the Pantheon.' No ceremonies of a national char acter were held in the United States, but the men wbx) served the country during tSie war observed the day, which, in some states, was made a holiday. The United Stdtes naval deipart- ment observed the day by awarding crosses and medals to men who dad heroic work during Uie war. Sylvia Sets Bad Example. London.—The girl employes In the office of Sylvia Pankhurst’e commu- nlst'jc paper, The Workers' Dread- na«ght. In Fleet street, were thrashed and the offices upset by an angry crowd. The leaders of the party which raid ed the offices alleged that during the two minutes of solemn silence in hon or of ihe fallen dead, as provided for in the armistice day program, some of the women In the office were "sing ing, dgneibg -gqd banging >tba cans.'’ ^ MIITERI) OF TOE ANNOUNCEMENT MADE THAT 17 NEW CHAl>TER8 HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED. '•’‘U AHACK MADE DN TEXT BDDKS The Pageant, “The Making of Ameo lea," Presented by Chlldrein of Robert E. Lee Chapter. Asheville.—North CaroSlng, with seven new chapters, leads entire South in the growth of chajptm of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, it was announced by the prmldent general, Mrs. Roy W. McKinngy, at the business session or the 27th gen eral conference U. D. C., In session here. The tota’ number of chapters te 1,175. During the.past year there were 17 new, chapters organiz^. An attack was launched on the text books published by Beard ft Bagley when the delegatee voted unanimous iy to declare the books of the above named firm unfair to the Sbutih. in regard to the civil war and both so cialistic in tendency and pro-German in regard to the worl'S war. They urged all teachers to use fiheir in fluence to keep these btstorles of the United States out of the schools. The pageant, “The Making of America,” presented, by the dhildren of the Robert E. Lee Chapter of thit- city, was enjoyed. Kl A REM yEllOICT The Congress of The Durham Hosiery Milts Believ* Cbartging CondiUone Warrant Taking off Raise. ru 12,000 Satisfied Workmen. Baltimore.—Twelve thousand work men, memibers 'of building trades in Baltimore have declined to accept an increase in wrages. At a meeting of representatives of the worttteirs a mo tion to acept a wage advance from 90 cents to $1 an hour was tabled by an overwhelming vote. One year ago, the union rate for carpenters was fix ed at 90 cents witlh the understand ing November 1 this year the Increase would be effective. Conditions Are Improved. » Mexico City.—Gonditions in Yuca tan show improvement, Mipistex of War Oalles declared to newspaper correspondents hero AH memibers of the. socialist and liberal iparties in that state who have -been engaging in irmed conflict for past two or three weeks, have been disarmed, he said. Durham.—£hq;>reeshig the belief that dianglng conditions warrant their ac tion, t3te congreae of the Durham Hos iery MiUs has voted to remove a 10 per cent increase in wages granted last May, it has been announced. It was alsro announced that the industrial deniocracy congress has voted to close down the mills during Thanksgiving week, planning to resume operation December 1 witti the reduced scale of wages in effect. ‘f.j The action of the industrial democ racy government followed sfnillar re ductions in man}f* manufaeturing plants of the country, and did not come suddenly. The matter has been discussed in meetings of the house and senate during fihe past few weeks. It was a voluntary action of the con- giAess, although officials have advised thiat_^changlng Industrial condltionr hod made it necessary tlhat eome steps be taken to reduce the co®t of opera tion. When the last increase in wages was ordered by the congress in May, condition^ were then uncertain. With th'is in view the congress passed the bill granting an increase, but attached a proviso that it would be taken off when conditions so warranted. The decrease in wages, it ie stated, will go into effect December 1. It will apply to the employes of all plants of the big company, about 3,000 being affected. JUDGEMENT INVOLVES A 1>RQE TRACT OF LAND SITUATED IN WATAUGA COUNTY. UEiin; cniiTil, m SAUUtYDF PRESK ELDER city of Winston-Salem le Mulcted In ' Neat Sum df Five Thousand, On# Hundred and Fifty Dollars. Labor Spent $51,988. Washington.—ContrlbutionB of |53,- 174 and expenditures of $51,988 were reported by the American Federation of Labor’s non-partlean political cam paign ommlttee In a statement filed today with the clerk of the house of re pros en tati vee. Hie Fishing Interrupted. Point Isabel, Texas. — President elect Harding’s tarpon fishing was in- terruipted by a 85-m'Jle nortber thai churned the Point Isabel, fitfelns grounds into a tumbling field of foam tnd drove the temperature down to the shivering point. Protecting 40,000 Orphans. Oonstantlnople.—The Rev. Dr. Bm •at Yarnow, a missionary stationed in TurUah Armenia, telegroi^ from the Caucasus that eight Americans at Kars^are protecting 4O,QQ0' ort>han8 and the stores there. Call Hunger Strike Off. Cork.—The hunger strike of the nine Irish prisoners in the cork jail wag called qff, the ninety fourth day of the strike. barge of Fraud. SL Ixralk.—Three republican and three demcctetic precincts electlor officials weie\i«dicted on charges of having made a telse count and return In the primary jelectloD of August ? Three of the men werh arrest^ and three eurrendered. Fdrt Worth Banks Subscribe. FV»rt Worth, ^ Texas.—Fdrt Worth banks at a meeting sabsertbed 1ihre9 per cent of their capital stock tq the Soutbem Export Corporation, recent ]y organised in New Orleans. ‘ Campaign Coet $3,416,000. Freoch Lkk, Ind.—‘The republican iMtfoaal gampaign cost $.1,416,000, ac- gordlag to figures by Fred W. Upham, trenanrer of the fepabUcan aational eonunlttoe, who la hen tor a brief f Heme Brewing Banned. WaaMagton.—Home brewing wna Boengltt actively ander the ptchllM- IloB ban when K wna leaned that en- Invemeot officials had nrled agaloet ^ agle of bops and malt to others lita bakere and oosfeotknert. Penrose Will Recover. Philadelphia".—Senator' Boies Pen rose will be in a condition "to take his seat at the opening of congress in Wafllrlngton on December G, acordlng to a statement Issued by Dr. Herbert Carpenter, who has attended him since the beginning of his illness a year ago. Dr. Carpenter branded rumors of a relapse as false and said that the only present complaint was an attack of neuritis about the legs. Harding Contributes $2,500. New Yoric.—President-elect Hard ing within 48 hours after election day contributed $2,500 to the Literary Di gest child feeding fund for the relief of 3,500 destitute and staying child ren in Europe. His contribution was anounced ns among the first in $163,- 000 collected which the Literary Digest Btart^ with its own subscription of $25,0oo at the urgent appeal j>f Her bert Hoover. -- Back of'Car 8hort«g«' B Washington.—The ba^ of tHb car shortage has been broken, Clyde B. AltcJieson of the Interstate Commerce Commission, declared before the an nual convention of the National Asso ciation of Railway and Utilities Com- tnissloners. 61 For Depoitetion. New York.—Sixty-one undesirable aliens, traveling in two special cars heavily guarded by immigration offi cials, arrived here from Chicago and the far w^^ and were laken to Ellis Islaqd for deportation. Lands His First Tarpon. Point Isabel, Texas. — President elect Harding landed his first tarpon and came back from the Point Isabel fishing grounds looking prouder than he did when just '“a we^ ago late election figures oonfirnlW his overwhelming majority for the presi dency. Oldest Man on Earth III. Constantinople.—Turkey’s 146 year old man, Zora Mehmed, reputed to be the oldest man In (he widrld, is ill wtith indigestion. This is the floret time Zora has ever been 111. He com plains that it is because of a set of false teeth. Another Sugar Break. New York.—There was another break of 1-4 cent a pound in the price of raw sugar with Oubas selling at six cents, Cost and freight. £iweet Potatoes Dovwgi. Macon, Oa.—Sweet .potatoes sold on the streets of Mlaoon for 60 pemts per bushel, have droppesd Car beflow any price quoted sjnee 1914 and to a mark b*k>w wklcb the price has sel dom ever gone. In 1918 the some grade of potatoes retailed here for as high as $5.50 per buchel. Between Nov. 20 and 25. , . Washington.—Secretary Jf State. OcHby plans to eall for South America on Ms visit of state to the govern ments of Bnazll, Urguary and Argen tine between November 20 and No vember 26, it wna learned at the State Department. Engage In Bklrmlshea. Peking-—Chlneae troops hare been engaged In seiaaldRntsbM with floroes oompoeedi of Rnaeians Mqngdla and JapoMM near Urga. northern Moo- folia. Mordlag Id ilDpaMiiD. ’Posaums Were Plentiful. Columbus, Ga.—On the pretense of hunting ’possums, a deputy aheriff, wltih a pack of ’possum dogs’ captured three large stills, 65 gallons of whis key, worth $1,000 and confiscated a truck worth $1,500. Charlotte.—Two unrecognized negro men held up an automobile party of two young men of Ltncolnton and two young girls of Gastonia, killed one pf the men, John Ford, and criminally as saulted the two young women, about three miles from Gastonia on the Gas- tonla-Bessemer City highway, accord ing to information received in Ohat- lote by long distance telephone from the city hospital in Gastonia; where the girls were taken for treatment. At the point of revolvers, it is said, the girls were dragged from the car and carried some dls-tance into the woods, where the negroes apomplished their puropse, acording to the inco herent statements of the prostrated girls given to medical attendants. One of the girls was shot when she at tempted qffer resistance to the ne groes. Her condition is reported seri ous. Chapel Hill.—With Impressive cere mony and in the presence of a large g&thferinjfe the body ofL .^Sergeaht Charles B. Wills, of Battery’C. 113th field artillery, who died In France on Christmas Day, 1918, was laid in its final resting place in his own town of’ Chapel Hill. Plnehurst.—The sixth annual Sand hills fair and Berkshire hog congress will be, held at Plnehurst on Wednes day, Thursday and Friday, N'cyveifiber 17, 18 and 19. Over $6,500 will b awarded in promlmuis to exhibitors and an nnrivalled enterta'nment pro gram has been drawn up to cover the three days of the fair. Ruga and Carpetq Cut New York.—Price reduction* rang ing from 25 to 36 per cent from Oc tober figures were neted at the open ing of a sale here of 45,000 bales of rugs and carpets, valued at several million dollars. Many Thrown Out of Work. New York.—Nearly 160,000 mem bers of the United Hebrew trades In New York state have been -Uirpwn out of work In the last three weeks of “steady business recession.” Ry. and Utilities Preeldent Washington.—A. Perry, of Georgia, was elected president of the National Association of Railway and Utilities Commissioners for a one- year term. Bulgaria Would Enter League. GonDva.—Bulgaria’s request for ad mission to the league of nations was received at the headquarters of the league here. Wilson and Cox Elected. New York.—The National Derocra- tic club at a meeting of the board of governors elected President Wilson and Governor Cox honorary life mem bers “for conspicuous service render ed to thte world." This election is the first of its kind since that of Grover Cleveland. > Itecon Man Named. Macon, Ga.—Oeorgq S. Jonjss, prom inent Macon lawyer and bank direc tor, bos been selected a senior vice president of the Guaranty TruDt com pany of New York Veteran Newspaper Man Dead. Blmvinglham, Ala.—WIMlam Ryan, vet^mn Southern aQwspaper man, and for. the past 22 years aseodated with the Age-Henldi has died hers. Mr. Ryan him fo.'meriy prestdent of Hm Daflg Etote of Rlcbmond, Vig. High Point.—Robert Hale of this city, was instantly killed when he came In contact with a live wire in the boiler room of a local furniture plant where he was employed. Nn one was near Mf. Hale When he came in contact -with the wire and complete details of the accident were unavudi- able. Greensboro.—The voters of Guil ford county will vote on the question of a $2,000,000 road bond issue on De cember 14, the county commlsoloners having decided on that date. All tihe special seaaion of .the general assem bly this summer a bill was pMsed granting authority to the comnids- ■ioners to order the dectlon. Rocky Mount.—Blowing open the safety deposit vault of Abe Olt'zena ^ank of Spring Hope, a small village llDcated in Naah county, 20 miles'from tkts city with nitroglycerine, unknown robbers got away with Liberty bonds, securtlae and Valuables eetimaited at between $75,000 ann $100,000- Colonel Falrbrother Returns. Greensboro.—Col. A1 Falrbrother returned 'home a few days ago from OaWfornia, where he has been spend ing -the past several months. While In OaWfornia the colonel met up with his old friend, WaJt Mason, the cele brated poet of Broporla, Kas. Mr. and Mrs. Mason have been spending the summer in California and express ed a deeire to spend a part of next year in Greensboro provided a suita ble oobtage may be secured. Colonel Falrbrother is going tc procure a cot tage at all costs. Work on Three-State Road.' - Ahhevllle.—Work estimated to cost $220,000 has been started on the' Three-States road, that will lead from Mountain Beat, Ooonoe* county South Carolina, to Highlaude, Macon county, this stale. Thfi road wiH lead through part of South Carolina, will cross Into Georgia and' then bring iihe traveler Into North Carolina. At Highlands where the road ends ID the highest in corporated town east of the Mlsslseip- pi, that town being 8,822 feet above the sea lev«L Winston-Salem.—A record verdlot Hot Porsj^k'superrior court was enter ed in the case pt the Elk Creek Lui» ber company vs W. J. Grandon and the Grandon Lumber company. Judge ment involves a large tract of land in Watauga county, comprising several ttk>usand acres and -vailued at hund reds of thousands pt dollars. The verdlot file^^ declares that fihe Plain tiffs 'are entitled to recover $1,488,50(1 from defendants ’^th Interest fnoon Novem-ber 24, 1911. At the annual meeting of the Wln- ston-skleim dfstrict stewards M. E. church, south, here the salary of the presUding elder was increased to $3,- 600 and he is also allowed all rents derived from district parsonagee. Judigements agalpot ihe city total ing about $5,150 were entered tn su perior court. The cases grew out of alleged damages suffered by 16 citi zens residing in the northwestem sec- t'on of the city by oper^kxn of the city abattoir in their vioinlty. TTiis is the third series of Judgements en tered against the city upon practical ly the same basis of complaint. Asheville.—The matter of opening fire upon prohibiten agents in this eecti/on is becoming a habit with blcckaders. G. A. Hampton and his chauffeur, Charles Qwenby, were made the target fay , bullets from a blocfcader’s rifle five miiles west of Canton, after they b»d broken up ft still. Firing from ambush, the biock- ader put a bullet throug Hampton's hat, and two others close over his head. Monroe.—^Jlm Roberson.^ negro man about 40 years old, was placed m jail here and is being held without bond for a preliminary hearing on the charge of attempted assault upon Mrs. Jody Richardson, white woman and widow, living abbut three tnUles south west of Monroe. yo^Mlll feel weak and sick and natt- tietKl. Don’t lose a day’s work. Take • spoonful of harmless, vegOtabte Dodson’s Liver Tone tonight and woke up feeling great. It's perfectly harm less,- so give It to your children any time. It can’t salivate so let them eat anything afterwards.—^Adv. Some people marry for love and »■ main married for spite. MOTHER! ^‘California Syrup of Figs” Child’s Best Laxative V 'X .-15 Accept “California" Syrup of Figs only—look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child Is having the best and most harm- lle.ss physic for the little sjornach, liver and bowels. Children love Its fruity taste. Full directions on each bottle... You must .say “Cnlifornla.’’-7-Adv. If you are looking for a swell job stir up a hornet’s nest. • GREEN’S AUGUST FLOWER The Remedy With a Record of Fifty- four Years of Surpassing Excellence. Those who suffer from nervous dyspepsia, constipation, indigestion. ( Sanford.—'yhp Sanford tobacco ,mar- j^tfirpld liver, dizziriess, headaches, keit 'has taken a ^decided upward ten-" coming up of food, wind on stcim- derrey. More than 62,000 pounds were offered on the market here which average a little over $30 per hunderd. E. C- Rockwell of near Joneeboro, sold a lot of faice tobacco averaging 62 cents per pound. Another inan averaged 46 cents. New Bern.—Declaring that tha tele- pih'one servee rendered the people at New Bern is extremely poor and that umles* th^B is improved immediately they notify the general manager at Henderson to this effect. City Aider- men expressed the opinion that the service now 'being given is Intcfleraible. Greensboro.—Election of officer* and tihe appointment delegates to the general assembly whicU meets in Birmingham, Ala., December 8, featur ed the morning session of the south ern division of the Southern Bell Beil Telephone Bmployes Assoclattaa which convened at the O. Henry Ho tel for a two-day session. Raleigh.—Secretary M. R. Beamaa, of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce annouiited that as soon as revised tariffs now in hand* of the printer are received the American Railway Express Company will 'begin the free delivery of packages In the area re* cenrtly annexed.^ the clt^'. ■W^adeshora—A niHriber of Wades- boro people went to Charlotte to at- tend the funeral servtoe* of T. W. Austin who was burled to the ceme tery there. Mr. Austin waa much be loved and hi* passing has brougtrt great sadness lo this city and com munity. V Opening of Golf Season. Plnehurst. — Plnehursfs winter golf season opened when a flejd of 60 contestants took. part In the qualify ing round of the annual Carc^ina tournamenL E. L. Scofield,-,pf Stam ford, Ckmn., won the qualifying medal with a roupd of 83 and five-eighths, qualified for match play.. Niorth Caro lina will be represented in the first eight hy Wimderly Bowman and H. J. Blue, of Aberdeen and by Howard G. Phtlllps, of Moore county^ hnth of whom are rated as among the beat of the crack player* of the game. Health Precaution Taken. Charlotte. — It will Be unlawful for railway carriers to bring through the city box cars loaded with fish scraps, hides, and other material* which emit an offensive odor. An ordtoance to that effeot was paesed at its third end final reodtog. The railroad must obtain a written permit from the city health officer to bring the cars through the cKy and the health officer can not give the permit if the materials in the car are Hahlc to impair the health of thD, 9ommunlt7 Never run up' a bad down a good nc'lghhor. bill nor run WOMEN NEED SWAMP-ROOT Thousands of women have kidney and bladder trouble and never suspect it Womens’ complaints often prove to be nothing elM but kidney trouble, or the result of kidney or bladder disease. If the kidneys are not in a healthy condition, they may cause the other oz^ gsns to become diseased. ' Pain in the back, headache, loss of am bition, neivouBness, are often times symp toms of kidney trouble. Don't delay starting treatment. Dr. Kilm^i Swamp-Root, a physician's pis- scription, obtained at any drug store, may be just the remedy ne^ad to OTerooma ■uch conditiona. Grt a medium or large size bot^ im mediately from any drug store. However, if you wish first to test this CTMt preparation send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer ft Co., Binghamton, N. T., lor a sample bottle. When 'writing be eurc aid mentioi^ thie paper.—Adv. Many a shrewtf man has purchasiid 1/ tl a gold brick ence. f the form of experl- USE "DIAMOND DYES” Dye right I Don’t risk your material in a poor dye. Each package of “Diamond Dyes” contains directions ^so simple that any woman can diamond-dye a new, rich, fadeless color Into old garments, draperies, cover ings, everything, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods. Buy “Diamond Dyes" — no other kind—then perfect results are guaranteed. Druggist has “biamond Dyes Color Card”—18 rich color*. Adv. A man's idea of a silly woman is one who laughs at some other fellow's jokes. - Acid - stomach..' Heartburn, and Hsmsa qoiekly disappear with the use of Writht’s Indian Vegetable Pllla. Send for trial box to 111 Pearl St., NeW Tork.-nAdv. In trying to win a girn heart a ■ften loses bla head. T on ach, palpitation and other indica tions of fermentation and indiges tion will find Green’s August Flower a most effective and efficient assistant In the restoration of nature’s functions and a return to health and happiness. ‘ There could be no better testimony of the value of this remedy for these trou bles than the fact that Its use for, the last fifty-four years has extended Into many thousands of households all over the civilized world and no indication of any failure has been obtained in all that tlige where medicine could effect relief. Sold everywhere.—Adv.
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