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-I i j p r ! i M I. :, 4 WM 4(1 H '1 VOL 8 Elkin.N. C, Thursday, March 13, 1010 No. 4 ERITT PEORARLY MOST EXPENSIVE P.y 11. E. C. liryant. Wadiington March 8,-Representative Henry T. Rainey, of Illinois, in a Irttr to Represen tative Weaver, asserting tliat former Representative I'.iitt was the iiio;-1 expeii-ivo rcpre scnt.Mtivc that cV'T rorved Con s. gross and that his one vote de " feated tlie Lane proposition for farms fen- soldiers and sailors. Refore starting for his home Mr. Rainey wrote Mr. Weaver to fall his attention to the only ro- sult obtained lv the .'eating of Mr. I'.ritt. "Owing to the absence of t'vo or three democrats from the house Saturday, March 1," said . Mr. Rainey, "your oppom lit was seated. There lemaineil only one more legi dative day in the last session of th' fl'th Con press, to wit: Monday, March '5, 1010; for his .services on th.-.l one day your opponent, Mr. I'.ritt received a oompen -at ion of 1 something like SIK.ikhi n I am advised, and I do not think this includes the : olicitor's fee,-; which will hereafter I"' awarded him. Mr. Rritt i undoueted'y the ni- t expcii-ivc Miue-cnta-tive we have had in Congress in recent years. It. then lore, becomes inpoi t;.nt to - -e what -ervicc Mi-, lli ill i' iic! i 1 hi : district and hi; state on the third day of March h c tuin f o the very large romp' !i Mien he received. On the thin! day of March you were not entitled to vote in the home of representa tives. Iitc in th" evening of that day a filibuster m I., i n jr conducted ly the republicans foi the puipo.se of defeating ati consideration of the Liii" land bill. This was an exceedingly important iniM-nie. a treat re- construction measure, the ob ject of t lie lull being t pi oxide farms and fain: homes the young soldiers who pa! licipatcd in our war with (Icinuny. The district he represented in ('un cross was undoubtedly for this bill. I f-- jTi one of the v-j iru7cts in the I'n.tod f.i district which fin ni di es full quota of men and of noy. Nildiers lnm vour ehs- trict fought gloi i'ti-!y on the battlefields of northern Fiance. It is inconceivable that the sen timent in our ditiiot .should be against this bill. I was pres ent in the house through the en tire day of March ". and dm inn i the entire night of March ".. As we nppreoarhed the coiisiilera tionrpf the I'ine bill the filibus- -ler on the republican side nun-! rVncod. led by Rcprr-i nt.-itho MooiT, of Philadelphia, who is prominently mentioned as the republican floor leader in the next Congress. At that time the house was in committee of the whole ami was considering a bill which I myself had charge of and which ought not to hae " cupicd over live minutes of time. As soon s the filibuster ,-m. menced I tried repeatedly to rise in older to abandon my bill and ih go back into the house again so that we could go ahead with the consideration of the Ine measure. Finally, at an early hour of the morning of March1 1, I Micoee'doel in getting iceeg nition for that purpose and I moved that 'the committee do now rise." I'pon that motion there were tellers appointed and I wn.4 one of the tellers. You. ' of cour.st, at that hour was not a member of Congress. Fortu nately, however, for the telith district of North Caio!:na. join services as representative from that district commenced again 10 hours after the incident 1 am alKiut to relate. "In response to the demand for telkrs there were 0i men passed betwen the tellers and were counted as being in favor of rising and going back into the 4iouse in order to consider the Lane bill. There were OH members in the negative who passed lctween the tellers anil your opponent, Mr. P.ritt. was one of the OS. If you had been a member of Congress at that time you would have voted aye and the vote would have stool in this motion, 07 yeas and 07 nays. This would have left the casting vote to the chairman of thecornmittee of the whole, who was in favor of the Lane bill, who would have had the right to TIIK SFPRE.ME COUNCIL TO SEND TO GERMANY ALL Till; FOOD NEEDED Paris, March 0- (Ry Asso ciated Press). Stephen Piehon, the French foreign minister, in his talk with the cone1 pondeiits today, discussed the hearing of the food situation in Germany on the speedy conclusion of peace. He said that the urgent need of supplying Germany was recognized bv ..II governments represented at Pal i.-. The hun ger v. ith w Inch Germany was cenf noted, he added, was a bad counselor. No one could be dead to the inhumanity of continuing pre cut conditions there and the cpremo council had resolved to send to Germany all the food that country required. On the other hand, however, this could not be done if the Ger man . ceased working and did nothing to make certain that the cxpcii -e coined to the entente countries by the destruction and di.mage of the war should be fuel. In signing the nuislice he l .J.muaiy, Germany agreed to hand our Iot commercial fleet, to li.- i:.-e(i in re ictualing I!u ropo g"iiera!ly, and Germany partieuiai ly. Yet, continued tlii' minister, at a recent meet ing at Spa the German deieg.ite.s declared th; t the at ('augments weie i:n-atisf.ictory and that they would "absolutely refuse to part with their ships." The allies were willing, M. Pi. hon w ent on. not only to sup ply biod, but to accord credit to Germany, but Germany must fust de!ai e her willingness to live up to the conditions of the lanuaiy armistice. The foreign minister defended the jx ace conference against the charges that its work had been slow, .saying: "It ni.iy have seemed slow at first, but there has been much progress during the last few days. It should be Ixune in mind that tin- instructions to the commissions to rejtort on March S lid not apply to important commissi,. ii which have been a Mediated since February L" and which have Urn granted another week's time." As soon as the terms of the German peace have been con cluded. M. Pichon .said, the coun cil would take up the Austrian peace which would involve the future lound.tiies between Italy and burner Ai(sln-llungarian territory. The .subject had al ready Im-ch discussed recently, but had not yet come In-fore the ((.unci!. The council ha- adopted Pre ni er Lloyd George's plan for re gulating the future military st length of Germany, according to the minister, who confirmed the fact that this involves the abandonment of conscription in favor of a small professional army. ote under the rules and would have voted aye. The house would then have assumed its session and the Lane bill would h ive been in order and would have been considered. As a re sult of the fact that your oppon ent had hem seated, the filibus ter went on until the hour of 7;"() o'clock on the morning of March I. The gentlemen who were opposing the Lane hill at that time abandoned their fili buster, knowing that it was too l ite to do anything with this most important measure. There remained at that time only four hours and " minutes of the life of the d."th Congress, and there fore, as the result of the fact that your opponent was stated, 'he Lane bill was defeated. This was the only vote he cast during the few hours he was a membey of Congress. I am won dering if your district thinks it was worth $18,000 to defeat the consideration of this soldiers' measure. You will find the re port of the tellers as to the vote to which I called attention in the first column on page 5210 of the temporary edition of Tht Congressional Record for March 4. 1010." "T I !, ir. 'if. i ' " '-'Ol "' ' " '" 11 ''I TO TAKi: 1 1 FN YLSSLLS IN PAY.MLNT FOR FOOD. Pa i i-. Saturday. March X, Tin. plans adopted b the su preme war council tonight under which icgoliations with the Ger man authorities regarding the tin ning over of the German mci'ihant -hipping will be re sumed, a'ter lh"ir re ent inter ruption at Spa, provide for the holding of the m imi of (he ne gotiations ;,t P., u sVis. The al lied delegate-; v. 11! leave Pali; uet Wediie.-da.v for the P. l giu'ii capital and the I'nst sc.-sion in the reximplion of the nego. tiatioils will probably he held Thursday in one of the govern ment palace.s there. The plans determined upon by the council, as alieady stated, provide for taking over the Ger man mei chant ship; in letuin for a food supply for Germany until the nevt harvest. The chief diiliculty thus far has been over the manner of payment for the food supplies, but new pro posals are expec ted to meet the former objection . It is uiidei stoc d that the pay ments will come fioni three sources - lu st, in the form of products such ay coal and ot ;tsh p second, from credits which Germany has in neutral coun tries which thus far have leen unavailable because of the finan cial blockade; and. third, from foreign securities held by Ger many. It is estimated that these three sources will readily yield almut ?"iiH),(MMl.O(Mi, which is the sum required to pay for food re lief to an extent considered ade quate to carry the Germans until the time of their harvest. From the nature of the ex changes dining the negotiations at Spa the allied delegates have reason to expect that the new propo:ils will be accept alli to the Germans, and the belief gen erally prevails that an adjust ment will be reached under which German ships will soon become available to move Amer ican troops homeward. One of the main influences in bringing about the decision of the supreme council was said to be a letter read by Premier Lloyd George from a P.ritish general setting forth the ex treme seriousness of the food conditions in Germany. It was also stilted that P.riti.sh soldiers in Gennan tenitoiy were pn tevting against seeing women and children about them dying of starvation. Marshal Foch, the allied commander-in-chief may not attend the Unissels session, but all the other delegates cd the allied and associated powers appointed to conduct negotiations will be present. The 1 lavas agency's reHirt in Saturday's meeting of the supreme war council says: "The greater part of the ses sion was devoted to the discus sion of the situation created by the interruption of the Spa ne gotiations. It was decided to notify Germany that she must execute the conditions of article 8 of the supplementary armis tice signed Jit Treves on Janu ary 16. which stipulated that in ordec to insure the provisioning of Germany and the remainder of Europe, Germany must place 1 -' u ' 1 1 .nr In fiir's r. l:,f I ..f CVI r.l, ' p. v- "'''' 'I "" ' ' I'l .'! S'.l.- II , lil' ii'l .. 'j i, .;.v, v ,., j, j., , I,., i-,. i s. Ainiv not to m: iir.ui i r,i iihl.uw ..'i:i.'.i('!M Washington, ManlK- Peten lieii witloii tie- ;,i!iy of about UuiiOH tii.-h. abiaincd originally thi( ugh the dralt - and by tj an li r f rut.-, th" national guard, i plaiin d bv the war department ill building up the temporal) e-tabii -ho ent of th" !. tion. Thi . w.k t L : : ? i t !v end- ki our today by Geli :! Macli. c hief of -tad, who anrioun-rd the de li' ion of th" win- department thiit the army would "not he re duced under any circ uin.4aii( os" In-low ."iii'.i.lioo until some law was passed liin:r the permanent ; force. "Ail the li.iutaiv problems that confront Us have ! n care fully considered dele-mining the ! mimher of men ncc-ssai v," Gen- I era! March vi'd. ",-nid . cannot get along wiuiout thai nui'ibei - :.H.Mlil thev W ,! le held." I'nder exi.-tii.g legislation, the niiiximuin ;u strength of the permanent aimy is aiotmd 'J'.'S, ("in. The exact figure, ofiiccrs explained, cannot be .stated -ince some ot the stall' coip-, t Iio quartermaster coips. for in stiince, aire permitted wide hiti tude in their expansion. Voluntary enlistment to fill the regular army has Uen rein auguratcsl Ixith in I Ids country and in France, Genera! I'ei -h-ing Inning been ai:thori;ed to tiaiisfei- renuits obtained from Hie eVeiii!iliiiiiaiy fones to the legtilar oig.iiii.itiolis and In le lejise an eii 'vali nt number of drafted men. Theie will lema'n. however, a d. ' rieiicv of 'JiMi.nou Horn the tot .1 dei l.ued by the military lei'horiMes to be the minimum cc ;, 'stint with the ie .sponsihihtic. of the I'nited Stales. These men. theivfore, will hae to come finm the for cos which the war drpaitmcnt bin! planned to demobilie. Secretary Paker, seveiid chiys ago, in explaining the jMi-itioitof the war department as a result of the failure of the Sixth-fifth Congress to pass the army re organization and appropriation bill, said his glealcst legiet whs a "large number of men will hae to be ictaincd in the ser viee." Tin selective service act under which many of the men to bo re tained were inducted, fixes four months after the presidential proclamation of peace a the maximum for the retention of members of the temporary for ces. -Military authoiities foresee no complication as a result of this limitation, however, feeling certain the final ponce treaty cannot lie agreed upon before May, at the earliest. This will extend the enlistment period of the draft contingents to Septem ber, before which they feed cer tain, Congress will have acted to relieve the situation. her merchant fleet under control of the allied and associated pow ers for the period of the armis tice, this arrangement to have no effect upon the final disposi tion of the r-hips." f- i s. L Y 1 7 V v u ,. ,.!., (.,! , f ,, ;. f,.i,- ,. ;. ,1,1., :.i,tl;l, hj ,f ,. ,., i,',.,, I scarcity of food a SLKIOrS PROJM.KM. I'iiiloii, March . - Di.-ciis.-ing the lood situation in centn.l liu rope in the hotiM of oi; today Marquis Litii-iiov ne asked leev long th" proci s . of "turning the sCleV Wils to COIitill'le. I siiid he reg.ud.d til" po -it ion of central Lurope -- jth di -i't ." ,.i- ... e .se- ui"i it rap't."" ap- I'lea' h'ng l Cali.strti,lie v. Mil.". p;o,e lh mo-1 di a-t ill the lii-toiy of the v.oi Id. de-.laied. "If th" bl.irl.a. dot lelaxed," sai I I'.iiion nioiii', "famine will s.-j,,. people of (el)ti.d 'u, ope ieh he i the Uld that wot'li! be th.' mot b.tr f til ci ime in hi- lory." Tile II, 1 1 of Ci.iv. foul, chan ."i !!oi of the Duchy of L, m as ter. iepl. ing for t!." g'iM i n ...i l.t, .-aid lliat llie piol.lcui is in the hands of the iipieme ei ono- mic iviini il iit Pin i - v. hich ha taken s tc j-s to .se nd food to Gee many. "The tonnage ileiiiai.d il fiov. Gel manv by (ii a!!:e. h is not Im n foi tin o O'iig. hove eer." h,. said, "and this is signiliciint." He m;id" in) i.M-mpt t i expi;i:n the failure of Gormnu t tuin over the ship. asked for. but s.aid he hoped jhat within few ue-eks inea-iiies will be tken to stave oif th" in.H ndiiig ilUas. e-r. Analysis of I'niosi. Pieihn. ednesl.iv Mauh The present unn-. t. ten or ami crime are ili-eii-ei of the (rial Inidy, which it is unable to re-ist berai; e it liiis brcome w i iike ned till U plialion and !o-- of bit m. SilVs the North Ge llll.ill Gae tte. ""I he German people c in t et u perate only when it receives raw pro.hi'ts that will permit it to wm!; and food and and in oiil-r that it may live. "Our ciiemie, ;.ie d- ti ing Us Imth. The ir attittale is the real cause of the pusint ciids and Ihe prevalent eiimiual activity. In view" of tin-so events they should loalie it is contrary to ihe inteiiiiilioti.il law of human ity t'i permit ii fallen foe to lie helpless on thi ground. The should not oveilMik the fact that the successive weakening of Germany al o reduces also it resisting po vers against Pol -he-vism and that it is a (hingei-ous thing to le a neighbor to a house in which the plague is raging." OXE KEG1MF.NT OF THE THIRTIETH MAY PARADE Washington, March 6. A promise that at lca-t one i , gi ment of the ."nth division v,!l be pei milted to go to Riileigli for a parad" and lionn-coming te ie bralion Wiis given by Secretary Raker today to Senators Over man and Simmons. The secie tary of war wrote IhiUi seiiiitors that the department would ar range to send a part of the North Carolina troops to their state capital before demobiliza tion. Although definite advices have not been received since the flOth was told to prepaie for sailing the impression at the war de partment is that th1 division will leave Ilrcst within the next three or four clays. The final units of the 27th division are understood to have sailed juid DISCI! RGFD SOLDIERS TO KECEIV E SCO ROM'S Discharged Officers, soldiers, field clerks and nur es of the I 'niter! Slides army are now en titled to a bonus of fO), necord ing to section 1 (M' of the reve nue act approved February 21, w hich authorizes the payment of this amount. This applies to all who have been honorably sep arated from the service by dis charge, resignation or otherw ise. It is not payable to the heirs or representatives of any deceased solelier. Men now in the army will r' cvive the bonus on the .same roll or voucher upon w hich I hey art given their final pay. These who have been di.s i h Mged and have received their "lot! pay w ithout the !jT,o bonus, hollld I it" il letter to the zone linnnec o lifer, Eenioti building. Wa-hmgtrii, D. ('.. .stating their service since April 6. 1017, the date of hist di " harge and tfieir in e s, nt addre ... bv i. hu h liie.v lie ire their bond - checks to be sent and o rtilic; le or military onler for li .cliaige and both, if '."tii were issued. I'pon the receipt by the one Finance Officer, Wadiington. D. ('., of thi ; infni nation and the s.!, lii di. charge certificate, thi . ofli'-er will c iiti-e checks to be draw ii and mailed to the eh. i" in the i rd.-r in which th"'r claim- were received by him. Tin- di c!ia:g" cei t illrate W ill be rett I lied to the .soldier W ill 111" C e( k. It i '-ti n.-ited th.it ;it ! a-1 one million and a quaiter per '"!is !iae been di-( h.u ged fioni the ..ci v ice w ho al entitled to the benefits of thi-; act and while payments will b" made as ene!;tiousy m pr;i( tii'iible. it w ill nianife tly take con iderable time to v i it and mail this many checks. hips :ue ii ported ready to load the which is next in i:ii". Seeietary Rak'-i's letter to Seiii.tois Smmoiis and Over man reads: "With fintliir refeienv to '!' que-ti'.n oi ending .-.:. i,f .!, trirt.ps in' .'loth dii.-ion to !!. "Vigii, N. C.. lor a parad and levie.v, beg to inlorm yi u thiit e expect very tux t ly to re- ive a stiitem -nt from Fiance hich w ill give detailed ii.loi iioii concerning li e piesi-nt co'o !.sltion of the units of the .".nth division. "l'mn i c -eipt cf this in foi mil lion ii ftudy will be iniide of it .niel a piograni outline d for send ing Uliits to the Vaii.'lls place-" "Aliieh h i- qu. -tid p.lliide-. "1 ::':! g'ad to infolm Von th;:t ;i! lea. I one regiment of North Ciroiina troop of the ".nth di vision w ill be sent t" th" demobi lization camp via Raleigh and will be permitted to stopover in Paleieh fee the leceptio'l and pat He re. AMERICANS DISAREED IN WR PLACED AT Hui.mm Wii-hin;'!"!;. M. iicli . Pres ent etima?"s of military author ities put the number of Ameri cans disabled in the war at Inil,- m in. Of this number it is e-ti-niiiteel that s'l.doo vil be able o r"'.Uiii to th'ir old occupa tions, li'aving 20.Ctoi) vvlio r eed ii'-tiiiimng for work suited to their in., Hi. ed condition. The federal board for voca tional education appealing to the country today for aid in the campaign to make disabled .sol diers indepi'iidenl by making tliei self-supporting, announced that so fair l:5.(Ht(i injured nun have le gisteie d lor re-training. STATESMLLE FARMER HELD AS RLO( KADER Statesville. March 8. Will Roll, a well-to-do farmer resid ing abnut 12 miles east of Statesville on the Winston-Salem post road, was arrested Thursday afternoon by Sheriff M. P. Alexander and Deputy Sheriir 0. L. Woodsides while in the net of operating an illicit Ji" tillery near his home. Th of ficers came chi him while he wm at the plant and watched him from their hiding ;)!aee for soine time lie fore closing in, in the hopes that they (right appre hend others who were .""iippcsod to !e connected with the p'ant. Roll, had only been operatiiig FATHER RECEIVES SON'S II LEO .VERA!,. R:i!ei.-!i. Match 7. - F, om Hi" hand of ,aj. 0, neral I! -nry C. Sharp of Ihe Fmled Sl'it s army Mr. Janus li. Rlaclcwell, I'erson county Confederate vett. in ye; Iff lay ti . civ. "d the C ngros.i Medal of Hi r,; ", pi, til' llollsly awarded to hi , son, i'. jv;" e pol,. ert L. Ii!ack.ell, Comp: ny K, 1 ll'th iufaiilrv, "for eon ticiioii . gallantty and int ivpidity iibove and beyond tii" call of duty in iietion with the enemy near Saint Soiiplet, Fiiinee, October II. litis." The presentation tool: place in the office of Governor Pickett and in the pre.'"iice of sbit e officials and other promi nent citizens of North Ci olina. Major General Slrupe arrived in Raleigh from Chaileston S. C. where he j, st;it ioned' i.s com manding jenoral of the South eastern iliparlriicnl ye terday morning, with Maj. Thoi i.is W. D;"i Willi, 1 f.i.iid pe cf. i:i"ic-K- ;, and d the Ooi.ii in I i ;l' 111'" liti s ; i on"". i f his l.ntlv. d th' I'l d -. i I I'M ':,Ci..!l o '(,-, i , ; will, a -l i.a'l ( i; SeV, nt; far i I O l I ii::- tie !. the e ai d :i Civil W;..", i of ne, iicil Kcelll." Ml'!. -on. li" ic.-i 'i- iii!y h.i, ' I !. '-. fii-t Cong)" , Mid d of Honor coii!'..ired in.:.ii a 'ia;'i C: mliii.i .so'dier, v .th nil '!" a !i,t t liter I ". -oid. Aionnd tl;e ri o, i in ii "in1" for t"i,.,r..- w.-ee I ll.n -!ie i i "i .i e ii ' ie-i"d spectator-. Til" C-'l.itioIl iir-,,,, Ihe iiw.ud to I'm; -., p.. I . ,i E Rhukwell. follow-: "For coi'spic la tis g. '; n v rind intrepidity atnv e n s be vond the ra of Lit y in eel ion with the enemy o. ,.r Niirt Suii pl' t. France, oil Oeli ber 1 1. ;is w Ion hi ; .!a ooo x a a'mi t . Mil ion fid- d by the' ciieii:", . and his p'i.Ioon conn':. mil. r a-ked for vch.nteeis to carry a mes sage liiihng fi ( leinfoieemeuts. I'rivati Rlnkwill volunteered for tl.i. n i. -ion. w( !! knowing the et e;-.e el iHeei io;ia cted w ith it In i'l'i mining to get thin Ihe heavy -!.e! an! ma chin" on fire thi- r:.,!;.,t solelier wa. !. :- 1." sins tVkenhv MEIMCN I ORCK. Cob' : TI."o d.t. M..rc'i i., Tlie- di -t 'ii b..:e . s in P. I l.-i and other piirl ol liu-ope;,!! iscu pied Geimrmy h:. ie u.led in s'teh an tnen:' in the Mimher of civilians e, t' i ! e:ch Ihe' liridg.'head a: , a v here condi tions ,ue i.ioie t,i.ii,,..l th.iu the Aniei i ."in for, t .-. i f im equation h iv.' bee' coiiqi'lii'd to lake -lip. to plevetit Ge-llll.'lUs (loot id! pa: ! ; of the cotir'i over running ide iM-iipi.' from ?one al"0" I he R h" '", Within the la I f. w davs since the st i ;k " In giiii in Pei Im the I!. Ili.be'' oi ;i'p!ie ants desiring to reach Cii'ii. n.'. or i'l her pasts of ihe Ame iini'i district h is more than doubled tho.e of the pre vious week. To pivve'lit civil ians coming in nn-iely to take' adx.i'itage of the food ,'itu.ttion and to get away fio n the '"eider of dl-lllil'iiiu e (he Amciirau illl tlioiities have h.id to tighten up on the pi ivdeges. Only those desiring to Havel on urgent bus iness eir are roturr.ing to .their homes will be allowed to pass within Ihe Aiiieiieaii occupied area. The Germans within th" oc cupied zone are already laving their plain for Ho' davs after Hie Amori.'ans have wilhf'rav.-n. For instan"o, application were made recently for the privilege of holding public meelinTs hi urge th organization of volun teer forces to take over iffaio when tlie Americans left the dis trict. almut a week and h iel just ro i pleted his first "run." The v.ill w ;is of copper nnd cd "0 g dlons' capacity. More than Pi.OOO gal lons of beer were poured on the ground, ami in addition al! the other property around the place was destroyed. Roll was given a preliminary healing before a local magistrate and bound to the next term of court in "a ?"0u bond, which he readily gave, and was released.