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ffHE REVIEW COVERS ROCKINGHAM LIKE THE MORNING IEW AND SURROUNDING COUNTIES LIKE THE SUNSHINE ON A ULEAR DAY. Ctf W?) V C If 11 QtfD if i phi IlflmlHll milllto - VOL. XXXII. NO. 12. REIDSVILLE, N. C , FRIDAY, APRIL 18TH, .1919. i ' , , , . . i GERMANY MUST PAY 100 BILLION MARKS Plus, Other Billions to be Determin ed by Special Commission on Which Germany is to be Repre sented;. Final and Definite Con clusion Reduced to Writing. An Associated Press dispatch from Paris says: One hundred bil lion gold marks is the amount Ger many must pay the allied and asso ciated governments for losses and damage caused in the war, plus other billions to be determined by a special commission on which Ger many is to be represented. Tills . Is the final and definite con clusion which has been reduced to writing after weeks of negotiation which took a wide range and in volved frequent changes and modi fications. The payment of the 100, 000, Q00, 0000 gold marks is to be divided into three distinct amounts as follows: First, twenty billions within two years. Second, forty billions during thir ty years beginning in 1921. Third, forty billions when a com mission shaU determine how It shall be done. . In view of the factions through which the negotiations have passed, an authoritative statement was ob tained today concerning the final terms of the settlement This sums up the conditions as follows: Germany is at the outset he. generally responsible for losses aiid damages in accordance with Presi dent Wilson's 14 points and the al lied response at the time the armis tice was concluded. To determine the extent of the payment under this responsibility a commission is set up to take testimony, assemble data and arrange all details of the payments from the enemy and dis tribution among the allied and as sociated powers. t , , "While the commission will admin ister the details of the payments sufficient is known to permit the de termination that an initial payment will be required of twenty billion gold marks, payable In two y -irs without interest. It has also leen determined that forty billion gold "marks shall be payable in bonds extending over a period of 30 years, "beginning 1921, with a sinking fund beginning in 1926. V These forty billion marks draw two and one-half per cent interest from 1921 to 1926 and five per cent ; interest after 1926. . In addition to the foregoing pay ments Germany also will be re r -quired to deliver . additional bonds for forty billion marks when the commission determines that this shall be done. These three pay ments of twenty, forty and forty billions, bring the total to one hun dred billion gold marks. Beyond this total j the Joommis ioa is empowered to fix anything further that may be required to fover Germany's indebtedness. It is in the gold mark that all payments are expressed in the final terms. SPECIMENS OF THE BOLSHEVIST "DOPE" A special from Washington says: Specimens of the Bolshevik propa ganda, which is believed to have contributed to dissatisfaction amoug the American soldiers in Northern li u-ssfa, were submitted to the war department today by military intel ligence officers. They were leaflets taken from letters written by sol diers on the Archangel front to rel atives and friends in this country. The general suggestions of the leaflets are that the American sol diers "as fellow workmen should Hot be fighting against true liberty, ref.'esented by the soviet govern ment." They declare that the pur pose of the a)lled expedition was to pteal the great natural wealth of Hussla and that the soldiers were sent through the intervention of capitalist clashes in the United States, who were working with the former rulers of Russia to restore rzardom. Victory Liberty Loan. Thousands of men who entered the fight perfect physically are now cripples for life. These men will tie t3Ught a method of earning their living by the government. They must begin all over again. The gov ernment merely asks ou to lend your money at a fair rate of inter est to help pay the expense. Wifl you hesitate to subscribe liberally to the Victory Liberty Loan? A PROCLAMATION BY GOVERNOR T. W. BICKETT Honor Is finer than honesty,' as sentiment is higher than thought. There is scant virtue in merely keep ing within the law. 'The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where you feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border." In the call to buy Victory Bonds honor grips hard. To achieve the victory we pledged our lives, our property, and our sacred honor. The pledge of life has been fully redeemed. The blood cost of vic tory was paid with solemn pride. To fail or falter in meeting the money cost would immediately brand us with infamy and ultimately mark us for destruction. Our sac red honor drives us to offer our property as freely as our soldiers offered their lives. They "fought a good fight." We must "keep the faith" or wither in fires of self-con tempt. The Imperial German Government asserted that a solemn obligation was but a scrap of paper, and that government has been consigned to the scrap-heap of civilization. "God is not mocked," and this nation will surely become as Nineveh and Tyre If we keep back the price of our redemption. No nation can sur vive that advertises to the world that It holds money dearer than. manhood, that while it was willing to sacrifice the only son it cannot spare the firstlings of the flocks. I beseech . all ministers of. the Gdspel and all men and women of everyA class and condition who have faith in the final perseverance of moral values to enlist In the great Victory Campaign to the end that our national honor may be redeem ed and our destiny secured. Done at our City of Raleigh, this the 3rd day of April, In the year of our Lord one thousand nine hun dred and nineteen, and in the one hundred and forty-third year of our American Independence. ; T. W. BICKETT, Governor. By the Governor: Santford Martin, Private Secretary. THE HUN SLOPS OVER IN FRIENDLINESS TO YANKS Vichy, France. The following as tonishing communication' was received here by Mr. Lee Shippey, Y. M. C. A., from American prisoners who have Just '.arrived, there from the Villingen camp. They and other prisoners from the camp at Rastatt have little faith In', the-change of tone of the Germans and treat the communication as sim ply another insincere and treacherous piece of propaganda. It consists of a message of the commander, of the prisoners' camp of Villingen, Badon, to the American officers on their de parture t(v France, on Tuesday, No vember 2G, and is as follows: "Sooner than you existed, your day of liberation has arrived. In a short time you will be back again with your own dear people in Ameri ca. Tell thein that the German peo ple has no more ' grievance against them. Germany does not consider it self us conquered but as conquering, as you can see by the troops coming back from the front, because it has now its own liberty. ; "Now It Is your turn to give the German people a just peace in the peace terms which will give them lib erty, to live justly and. peacefully with the world at large and which will leave us no hate to again disturb the peace of the world. "We hope that you will reach your home safely and find everyone in good health. "I again request you not to part from Germany with hatred against us and to influence your people to look , upon Germany as it is now, not as It has been judged, perhaps justly, up to the present time. "The new Germany has the desire to live lu perfect peace with its recent 30 enemies, but in the same manner claims an honorable peace which will give her the possibility to live as promised by President Wilson. "Again hapy returns home." HEAVY. FIGHTING RAGES v IN STREETS OF MUNICH A Berlin dispatch says: The la test news received here is to the effect that the communists in Mu nich have, not yet been mastered and that heavy fighting is agug in the streets o Munich betweii reJ guards and troops loyal kil'ea oi wounded. The central railway gtaMor. , the postoffice and telegraph offi?e and several other public buildings again are In the hands of the communists, who used heavy mine throwers In thetr recapture. A number of persons hare been killed or wounded. E CALLED TO VERSAILLES President Says the Questions Will Now be Quickly and Finally Drafted. Hopes Questions of Italy Will be Brought to Speedy Settlement A Paris dispatch says: A state ment by President Wilson in behalf of the council of four says that the questions of peace are so near com plete solution that they will be quicikly and finally drafted. This announcement was contained in an official bulletin, which added that the German plenipotentiaries had been invited to meet ' at Versailles on April 25. The President hopes that all the questions of Italy, especially rela ting to the Adriatic, will be brought to a speedy 'government agree ment. The Adriatic question will he given precedence over other questions. - The settlements belonging espec ially to the treaty with Germany, the statement says, will thus be got out of the way, and at the same time other settlements will be com pletely formulated. The text of President Wilson's statement follows: . "In view of the fact that the questions which must be settled in the peace with Germany have been brought so near a complete solution that they can now quickly be put through the final process of draft ing, those who have been most constantly in conference about them have decided to advise that the German plenipotentiaries be invited to meet the representatives of the associated belligerent nations at Versailles on the 25th of April. "This does not mean that the many other questions connected with the general peace settlement will be Interrupted or that their con sideration which has long been un der way will be retarded. On the contrary, it is expected that rapid progress will now be made with these questions so that they may also presently be expected to be ready for: final settlement. "It Is hoped that the questions most directly affecting Italy, espec ially the: Adriatic question, can now be brought to a speedy agree ment. The Adriatic question will be given for the time precedence over other questions and pressed for continual study to its final stage. "The settlements that belong es pecially to the treaty with Germany will In this way be got out of the way at the same time that all other settlements are being brought to a complete formulation. It is realiz ed that .though this process must be followed, all the questions of tho present great settlement are parts of a single whole." The ,cci:i cil of four did not meet tLla afternoon but President Wilson conferred with the American peace delegation, respecting the program of work still to be done by the peace oonferece. FIVE WERE KILLED IN 7 A GEORGIA RACE RIOT A special from Millen, Ga., says: The latest developmets in the race riot here, "'which. 'was, precipitated Sunday following the killing by blacks of two county officers, Is the firing of every negro lodge building in the county, Not a one remains standing, It Is reported. The fifth victim of the riot has been added to the list, Madison Bland, a negro, being shot to death. It is said the authorities are making every effort to avert further trouble. Tlhe race clash at Buckhaad church in this county yesterday, resulted in several deaths, it was learned today When news was re eived of the lynching of a negro ta ken from the jail here. The victim, whose name is not known, had been arrested in connection with the troubles at Buckhead, where County Policeman Wm. N. Brown, Night Marshal T. N. Stephens and four negroes were killed during the afternoon. OLD MAN FINED FOR HAVING YOUNG IDEAS "Such young ideas will cost you $10." said Maeistrate Sweeney at Pittsburgh to William Creacy, GO, accused of annoying two hotel ele vator girls. '.He called me snookums and sweetie," said one girl. "And he said 1 was a cream puff." said the other. GERMANS HAV BEEN IHE LEGAL ADVISERS ; L To Determine Who Is to Enforce War-Time Prohibition. Fail to Find Legal Authority by Which the Internal Revenue Bureau Might Act. A special from Washington says: Legal advisers of government agen cies Interested in liquor regulation examined statutes and executive orders without finding specific legal authority by which the internal revenue bureau might enforce war time prohibition after July 1. President Wilson, under the Ov erman act, giving him power to transfer functions from one depart ment to another, might delegate the authority to the revenue bu reau, some lawyers declared. How ever, this still would leave the bu reau without adequate funds to pay the costs of maintaining a large federal nolice force, unless there is some legislation at an early session of Cogress. Suggestions received today did not change materially the air of un certainty over the question of how prohibition is to be enforced after July 1, as caused by Internal Rev enue Commissioner Roper's an nouncement that his bureau had not the authority nor the funds to carry out the enforcemet measures properly. Many telegrams received at the commissioner's office today reflected keen interest by individ uals and organizations throughout the country in the status of war time prohibition. Mr. Roper added nothing to his statement in reply lng to these queries, It was said. Legal advisers of other agencies today discovered that an executive order of the President dated Sept 2, 1917, issued under authority of the Overman act, delegated to the revenue bureau and the customs di vision the enforcement of the nro- Tlsiorii8r' the food conservation act of August 10, 1917, which prohibi ted the use of food materials in pro duction of whiskey, and paved the way for. restriction of beer brewing: These agencies, acting under the treasury',--' were authorized by the President to employ such additional assistants for this work as the sec retary of the treasury might deem necessary.. . The amendment to the agricultur al appropriation act of November 191 S , by which war-time prohibition effective July 1 was established, did not become law until long after that executive order was issued, and consequently the order Would not apply, to the prohibition measure.-; The act of November 21 , 191S, provided "that after Juno 30, 1919, until the conclusion of the present war and thereafter until the termi nation of demobilization, the date of which shall be determined and proclaimed by the President of the United States it shall be unlawful to ."sell for beverage purposes any distilled spirits." The act also specifies that in this time "no beer, wine 'or other intoxicating maid or vinous liquor shall be sold for bev erage purposes except for export." The distinction between this act and other war-time liquor restric tions, as pointed out today by offic ials, is that it relates to the sale of liquor, whereas the others related to manufacture. Consequently It was explained that the revenue bu reau will not have power to take action against illicit sale, but will retain Its present powers to prevent iliepal production of liquor. THIRTEEN MILLION CHILDREN HAVE PHYSICAL DEFECTS Fifty per cent of the 26,000,000 boys and girls of school age in this country have physical defects and ailments which Impede their nor mal development, according to the annual report of the executive com mittee of the National Physical Ed ucation Sftrvice given out at Wash ington this week. The estimate was made following numerous Investiga tions conducted by members of the co .sun it tee. A lack of proper physical educa tion, such as play, athletics, work and gymnastics, was attributed by the committee a? the cause for the physical disability and a broad prog-am of State and Federal legisla tion for the required education was U'-rfd as a means of bringing the children to the proper standard. The Victory Liberty Loan will be a fst of cennlne patriotism. A SEARCHING m COMING AND GOING OF THE PASSING THRONG Mrs. SaJlie Penn of Baltimore Is a guest of relatives here. Mr. Clifton Rascoe of Mebane was a Reidsville visitor this week. Mrs. Mollie Sharp of New Bethel was a recent visitor to relatives here. Mrs. Point Winifred Barnes of spent yesterday here High with friends. Miss Hassle Kennett is visiting at the home of Mr. J. II. Laster, near town. Mr. Johnnie Baynes of near Summerfield was in town one day this week. Misses Sara Watt and Helen Penn of Salem College are spend ing the week-end at home. Miss Viola Garrison of Caswell has returned from a delightful visit to Frankllnvllle and Greensboro. Miss Esther Alcorn of Monticello High School 13 spending a few days with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Alcorn. . Mrs. Mollie Deaton of Charlotte and daughter, Mrs. Mabel McLel lan, of Norfolk, Va , are guests of Mrs. S. E. Alcorn. Mrs. J, F. Smith has entered 'a Baltimore hospital for treatment. She was accompanied by Mr. Smith and Mrs. Sam Porter. Mrs. Tom Whittemore will have as her guests for the Easter holi days Misses Joyce Henley of Winston-Salem and Minnie Lee Whitte more of Reidsville. Corporal Julius C. Mills arrived In New York Tuesday with a com pany of casuals from '?". !.?y. He is expected to reach Reidsville within the next few days. Editor D. F. Crinkley of The Tho niasville News is a delegate to Orange Presbytery here this week. He is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Penn on Main street. Mrs. C. J. Delgado and daughter, Miss Margaret, of Route 4 ', spent Wednesday here, the gties'ts of Mrs. J. W. Lambeth on Lindsey street. The Review Is indebted to them for a pieasant call while here. Messrs. " Jim Robinson, J. II, Grogan and Will Laster have re turned from the Eastern part of South Carolina. They report cot ton and corn looking fine consider ing the recent cold snaps. ROCKINGHAM PHYSICIAN FACTOR IN HEALTH HELP (Bureau of Infant Hygiene.) There was a time when physi cians felt that women need know very little of the physical forces which control their being, and fear ing some misunderstanding on the part of their patients, were wont to give as little direction as possi ble, It is even of later date that physicians took cognizance of food and diet as controlling factors in disease. But times have changed, and the doctor who knows nothing of diet is sadly behind the standards of today. Hhysicfis are welcoming greater knowledge for the woman , as. they see in it a loree tor combatting the unnecessary waste of life. Dr. H. If. Harrison of Mayodan Is one of the progressive physicians who are availing themselves of the service of the Bureau of Infant Hygiene, State Board of Health, in the edu cation of the expectant mothers In the hygiene of pregnancy and the care and feeding of babies. The Bureau of Infant Hygiene sends out to all women who are interested, literature regarding pregnancy in the' form' of' a set of .nine letters. Intended to encourage, instruct and advise mothers-to-be. Many , physi cians send in the names of patients for this literature and Dr. Harrison In a recent letter says: "Your letters are highly appreci ated by those who are receiving thorn and are particularly helpful to the young primlpara. Assuring you of my further co-oieration, etc." This letter Is one of many of a ter, and the Bureau of Infant Hygiene Ls most anxious to extend thLs service to every physi cian 1n the State. Work of the army is done. The navy must bring the army home. You must help the navy finish Its work by finishing yours with a lib eral subscription to the Victory Liberty Loan. Gonuine patriotism is patriotism of ppace a well as patriotism of war. A true patriot will do his best during the Victory Liberty Loan campaign. The Review Want Ads Will Brin RpnH. ISSUED TUESDAY AND FRIDA- cf 120TH PARADE WAS A SPECTACULAR SCENE Witnessed by Thousands, Including Many Reidsville People Com pany G, Which Participated, Will Probably Arrive at Home Satur day of This Week. That "Charlotte Does Things" was evidenced Wednesday when unquestionably the best town In North Carolina was host to tha 120ih infantry of the 30th division and perhaps 75,000 visitors from all parts of the country. Reidsville contributed its quota to share in the festivities, Company G (Reidsville) of course being the main drawing card for our people. The first contingent left here Tues day afternoon, among the number being the following members of tha local Red Cross who were given a prominent part in welcoming tha returning heroes: Mrs. J. C. Mills, Mrs. Eugene Irvln, Mrs. N. C. Thompson, Mrs. S. N. White and Mrs. J. 11, Mobley of Reidsville, Mrs. Hampton of Leaksville, Mrs, J. T. Taylor of Madison, Mrs. W, T. Turner of Mayodan, and Mrs. Harrelson . and Miss Cora Harrelson of Ruffln. Scores left on later trains Tuesday night and early Wednes day morning, while quite a number made the trip by automobile. The Reidsville and Rockingham boys were looking fit and fine, and delighted to again set foot on home soil. They stated that they expect ed to receive their discharges to day and hoped to reach Reidsville some time Saturday. It Is barely possible th.it Capt. T. B. Bird, their commander, will accompany them and stop between trains en route to his home in Richmond. No doubt many of our people will be at the station Saturday to welcome the valiant fighters. They ask that nothing, however, be done to ; de- lay thorn them" from reaching their -respective homes. The Review in its next issue'will have something to say of the movements of the company since Its dqparture from here for the front. FUNERAL ON WEDNESDAY OF MRS. J. F. GREGORY The funeral services of Mrs. Jy S.- Gregory were postponed from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock in order that her1 eldest son , Sergt. Joe Gregory, of Company G, 120th Infantry, who received bis honorable discharge Tuesday at Camp Jackson, could attend the services" v. The funeral services were con ducted at the residence of Mr. J, D. -Gregory on Arlington street by Rev. E. N. Johnson, who came from Concord, where he is conduct ing revival services, for the occa. si on. He was assisted by Rev, Mr. Mayhew. Mrs. Gregory was born In Georgia, on Doc. 24, . 18.r)5. She died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. M. H, Fitts, in Stoneville Sunday night. She is survived by two sons and one daughter. The remains were brought to Reidsville for interment at Greenvlew cemetery. The pall bearers were J. T. Rich ardson, R. M. Gillie, R. W. Hutcherson , I. R. Humphreys, D. L. Blackburn, G. E. Crutchleld. The flower bearers were Mrs. J. T, Richardson. Mrs. J. M. Tesh, Mrs, Gilmore Strader, Mrs. J. W. Walk er, Mrs. Cora Bennett, Mrs. Chas. Wootton. Mrs. Gus Clark, Mrs. J, F. Covington, Mrs. Cabell Davis. COUNTIES ASSIGNED TO ROAD COMMISSIONER NORFLEET Mr. J. K. Norfleet of Winston Salem Is away from home for sev eral days In connection with the activities of the State highway com mission. An effort is being made to make a complete survey of tha needs of the various counties of tha State, with an eye to maturing a complete system of highways in North Carolina. A number of coun ties have been assigned to the mem bers of the commission and they will proceed at once to make an in vestigation of the conditions In tha counties assigned. The folldwing counties appear on Mr. Norfleet's list: Alleghany. Sur ry, Stoke. Rocktgham, Caswell, Yadkin, Forsyth, Guilford, Ala mance. Davie, Davidson, Randolph, Rowan, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, Car barrus. Person, Granville, Gaston, Vance, W'arren, Orange. Durban ar.d Franklin.
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