VOL.8
Ellin, N. C. Thursday, June 2G, 1 11 D
Mo. 19
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German mattleiih's
SUNK UY THKIIt CREW
On the very (lay the German
minister under Promi r Schcid
cmann was giving way at Merlin
to a rii-w minister under the premier-hip
of Ik-rr Mauor, for the
ptirpo; i! of meeting the allied de
mands with respect to the pea -e
treaty, the German officers and
crews of I lie Herman warships
interned at Scapa Flow opened
the .seacocks of the vessels.
Many of tin larger vessel bat
tleships and ci 'iii.sers wore sent
to the bottom. .Some of 1 he
smaller craft Here beached. On
ly a few remained afloat.
Under the terms of the armis
tice, according to the Mritish ad
miralty, the.se interned vessels
were manned only by Hermans.
When the ships were settling
deep, the Herman took to the
I oats, some of which, refusing
to surrender, were shelled and a
number of the Hermans killed
or wounded.
1 he New derm. in cabinet in
eludes Dr. Eduard David, for
nierly president of the assembly
Malhias Krzborgcr, head of the
armistice commission, and Gus
tav Noske, minister of national
defense.
Peace conference circles view
the .situation with optimism ant:
pians i or me signing ot tne
treaty are being carried into ex
ecution. The conference h;is
not received any official commu
nications or requests from the
Gei mans.
Reports from Merlin, however,
say Mathias Er.berger, head of
the Herman armistice commis
sion, is .sending the conference a
request that C.-iviauv be admit
ted to the league i f nations, that
the puino.se to try the foimei
emperor be not pi e . ed and tb.it
the Herman indemnity be plan-d
at one hundred billion marks
gold. There is no official con
formation of this, and a pkii1
from Weimar received in Copen-
h:iren says it i; not in accoi
d;ince with the actual facts.
The Herman government lead
ers at Weimar, after an unsuc
cessful ntterr.pt to form a cabi
net favorable to signing, on Fii
day announced that they would
wait H hours before making an
other attempt. Lite Friday
night, how ewe. the lead, is went
into .session again.
A state of siege- has hem de
clared in the legion of Man -tor,
east of th Rhine in West-
phalia. Sp.utacan ditui banns
nre reported to have I J to the
proclamation.
The Italian r.-'.'-inet situation
l..i.s not Jet In t il la an d lip.
Fianccv.co Nitti. foiini'i- minM-i
of llll.ilie i-, ,j i ol! i.-. Colitiliii-
ing his effort., to fin in ;i loiiii.,
try. It i.s reported that Tomas
s Tittni wiil i.snm' his .ld
pnt lis finiM;" minister.
WI.olcs.de Sinking of Ships
Planned.
Indon. June 2L--(My the
Associated Pres.) The Her
man officers and sailors, farm-
inn the complement nf the Her
man ships interned at Scapa
How, hank most of their fa ct to
day. All the big ships, the bat
tle cruisers, excepting t lie Mad. n
and numerous smaller craft,
were Mink, !! others went
ashore in ;i half Tunken condi
tion. Eighloeeii le.-trove is were
Iw-ached by tugs; four are still
afloat, while the remainder went
und-r.
The wholesale nuking of the
German ships, which Mere sur
rendered under the terms of the
nrmistice, was carefuily ariang
ed by office. ami crews. All
explosives had been removed
and therefore the only means of
destroying the fVot was by open
ing the seacocks. The ships went
down slowly, with the Herman
flac, which the crews had hoist
ed, showing at the masthead.
Only Hermans in Crews.
The crews, composed entirely
of Hermans, under the term of
the armistice, which did not per
mit Mritish jruard nl-oard. took
to the Ixiats when the vessels bo
pan to settle. While making for
shore, the I mats were challenged
and called upon to surrender.
Some of them ignored the sum
mons and were fired upon, a few
casualties resulting.
This stroke apparently was nn
k entire surprise, and the fust
news readied London through n
correspondent who was infomi-
CLERGY OF MOUNT AIRY
SHAKI LY OPPOSE DANCE
Mount Airy, Juno 22. The
bare announcement by the en
tertainment committee of the
big fourth of July celebration
which is being planned by the
bed Cross, that a street dance
would be one of the attractions
of the program, has precipitated
a i ight lively row. Preachers and
teachers, soldiers and sailors,
business men, women and almost
every creature have some re
marks to submit anent the mat
ter, and it has become one o
the chief topics of conversation
A storm of protest has" broken
loose and apparently has no
reached the crest of its furv.
The preachers are all mightily
again it. Rev. George D
Herman, pastor of Central .Me
thodist church, in a sensationa
deliverance from his pulpit to
day, declared it was a misappro
priation of funds for the officers
of the local Med Cross to spend
money in this way, when it was
raised for war relief. He declar
ed that officers of the loea
1 . a .
cnapter had flatly refused to
contribute any of the money to
help relieve the suffering dur
ing the epidemic of influenza.
and now purposed to insult the
very people w ho gave the money
by using it to stage ft dance. The
preacher created sensation bv
charging that the soldiers of the
country did not want to dance
and that it was U-ing staged to
try to build up the political for
tunes of three or four men.
"The I (oldest affront ever of-
feied the church in this section
was the way P.ev. T. II. King
put it at the First Maptist
church. Dcclarinir that the
lurch in this county had organ
ized and kept up the Med Cross
chapter, the preacher considered
it an insult to the Christian peo
ple to put a dance on as part of
the nrogi am.
Mcv. W. p. McCarter. pastor
of Uie Second Maptist church.
thinks the street hop will Ik? out
of place and an insult to those
who have died in Fiance. His
congregation took a vote to have-
not hi ng to do with the celebra
tion unless the dance is called
elf.
Mcv. Tom P. Jimison. pastor
of Mount Airy circuit, eharae-
tci ied it as a "piece of amazing
imprudence and colossal gall for
ittSe handful of dancing de
votees to show themselves oil
efore the public and get offi
cial recognition from the Med
Cross." Continuing, the circuit
id'-r d'-cl.o.'d that if thoso hav
ing the ntnihgements in hand
even tH-rniitted the street dance
it would "kill the Med Cross in
this seition as dead as Hector.
J4iid they miitht as well write
clubod over its tomb." He ad-
u.-ed liis tm miters to stav invfcv
from town that da v.
ed by farmers in the neighltor-
hood that they had seen the Her
man ships sinking, with their
flags aloft.
The admiralty at fust denied
the iciKirt. but later confued it
and issued an official statement.
The Herman officers and crews
lave l-oen made prisoners. None
f the officials tonight would of
fer an opinion as to how they
are to be dealt with.
Nh (in man Cahinrt Formed
t'ndfr I la iter
Meilin. June 21. My the As
sociated pros) A Herman ca!
inet has been formed under the
premiership of Heir Mauer, for
merly minister of lalKir, Avith Dr.
Iermann Mculler. the majority
(xii.list leader, as minister of
foreign affairs.
The other nienik'is of the
cabinet are: Minister of the in
terior, Dr. Milliard David; minis
ter of finance and vice-premier,
Mathia fazberger; minister of
conomics, Hei r Wissell; minis
ter of lalmr, Herr Schlicke; min
ister of the treasury, Hei r Mey
er; minister or posts and tele
graphs, Hei r Cicshcrts; chief of
the colonial office. Dr. Mell; min
ster of national defense, Cus
av Noske; minister of focnl, Dr.
Schmidt,
No appointment has leen
made to the ministry of justice.
lerr Meyer, the new head of the
trcasurcy department, is a na
ive of Kauflcurcn, Mavaria,
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AMERICANS AND REDS
IN SKIRMISH IN SIMERIA
Vladivostok, Thursday, June
19. (By Associated Press.)
Walter Kellerman, of Cricago,
was killed and C. II. Matcheler
of Kansas City .and Chester
Muit, of Antigo, Wis., wei e cap
tured 111 a fight between 2
troops and Msheviki June
IZ, 1U0 miles to the north of
Vladivostok.
Hurt later was released, hav
iiiji uecn given a note saving
that Matcheler would be freed
only upon the release of all hoi
hevik pnsoncrs. Mint said
Matcheler was U'ing well treat
ed.
News of the death in action
of the fiiit American in Silcria,
was received at headquarters
June 13, but a few hours later
communication with American
detachments vus broken
when the boMicviki attacked the
Japanese n-ctor at Nikolsk and
Spaskole, where the raiUof the
railway were hwsened and the
wires cut.
Communication was re-estab-
islu-d June 18, but there have
n-en no ivjiorts from the Amei i-
icans, except news brought lv
u Japanese courier that the Jap
anese and American troops were
making a determined effort to
prevent the Ixilsheviki from de
stroying the railroad.
Kellerman met his death on
the skirmish line, while Mint
and Matcheler were cartured
while making a jKsitioii map. Iu
addition, one American was
wounded.
The Udsheviki lost eight men
killed and four taken prisoner.
n another fight at iVpankn vil-
ajre June 1 1, four Americans
were woumlt'd and t-tu bolshevik
was ki!kl aiul two were wound-
I and four made prisoner.
Tianspoitation is l.-mora!ied
etween Nikolsk and Khakiro
vsk, where railroad wrecks arc
requent. The bolshcvik'i are
topping trains and firing on the
cars, un June II. near Smtskoie
a train, including American hos
pital cars, .surgeons, was fired
on for two hours. The Japanese
finally relieved the situation.
On the lr.th, in the American
sector the Mshcviki attacked a
train. Three civilians were
kil'isl and IS others, includ g
women nr. a child!"" w--p
wounded.
The small American force i
experiencing difficulties in its
work of protecting the railway,
upon which the Mshcviki arc
able to dash at unprotected spotf
remove the rails and cut the tel
egraph lines and make their es
cape, American patrols fre
quently furpriso the lnlsheviki
and olfer battle, but the reds us
ually run away w.thotit fighting, i
They vanish into the villages
and hide their arms and pre
tend to ih peaceful peasants.
There have I wen a nuniter of
disturbances to tin (Tie on the
sectors of the Amur line guard
ed by American and Japanese
troops.
P.ETTER RELATIONS ARM
EXPECTED WITH MEXICO
Washington, June 22. Rela
tions between Mexico and the
United States art expected by
officials here to be greatly im
proved by conferences to be held
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LARGE CROWDS WATCH
WII.LARD AND DEMPSEY.
Toledo, June 22. With the
return of coed weather, the lar
gest crowd that have seen Jess
illard and Jack D mpsey in!
training today packed the camps
of the heavyweight rivals. Forty-eight
hundred persons
paid $2,400 to watch Dein
psey lx four rounds, and while
the attendance at Willard's camp
was not announced, the .crowd
was nearly as large.
Dempsey boxed two rounds
with the "Jamaica Kid," and two
with Mill Tate. Wili.ud l-oxed
the usual eight rounds and did
three of -dmdow boving and oth
er exercises. Jack Heiiion, t)e
Chicago heavyweight, quit the
mp becaiHe of .nr. injury to hi..
neck received when his head
struck the unpadded edge of the
ring when Willard knocked him
out for the third time Frid.tv.
With the arrival tomorrow of
Maj. A. J. Drexel, pn -sident of
a l ...
u.e army, navy ami civilian
board of Using contitd, definite
announcement in regard to ref
eree question i-5 expected to le
made. There was an unconfirm
ed report that Jack Welcii. a ve
teran 'ring official of San Flan-
Cisco, was under consideration a
the final choice. Jack Keains.
manager of Dempsey, is net t-
.o.-.st to Welch, and U illard, ;s
underwood to favor him because
of his work in judging Willard's
chan.pioii-.bip battle with Jack
Johnson in Havana.
Wili.ud was advi.i j that he
had been granted the fir. t pro
fe.ssion.d Uixei's license bv the
oard of Inning control. Demp
ey was granted licence No. 2.
The first promoter's license was
awarded to Tex Mickard, piurno-
er of the Indeupciidence day
contest.
in New York this week b.-tween
Hen. Candido Auguil.tr, son-m
aw of President Carran.i and
minister of forcgn nirair.s in Car
larua's cabinet, and n preventa
tives of the oil companies oper-
nting in Mexico.
Heneral Aguilar, according to
official information, is empower
ed bv I'je.-ident Caraiua to make
any agreement liecessai v to ef
fect a settlement of the trouble-
ome oil (piestion. As a result
l eonUuiifi., U-twcti) Cuiui;.'
guilar and officials of the state
depaitnient last wee k, Heneral
rgui!ar is considered us having
obtained a l-cttcr view of the
reitsons behind the stand taken
y the American government in
its insistence of piotection of
American interests.
Mefore leaving Washington
ast Friday, it was learned to-
o,i, i.enerui Aginiar wrote a
long and exhaustive -report to
President Cunanz.i dealing with
the American government's alti
tude on'the oil question. It i-
not known whether ho made any
recommendation in this leport.
but it i believed in official cir
cles that the outlook is brighter
today than it has been since
February ID, 1 0 1 H. when Presi
dent Carranza issue d his first
d-cree aimed nt the c'l compa
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VESSEL ARRIVES WITH
MEN OF MST DIVISION
Cliarleston, S. C, June 22.
The transport Roanoke arrivec
nere toiay with. 1,071 officers
and enlisted men from France
The soldiers were sent to Camp
Jackson, Columbia, for demobi
lization.
Most of the veterans belong
ing to units of the 81st (Wild-
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u) uiw.sion. t he motor bat
talion headittiailers. medical d
tachment. ordnance department
and lour companies of the CCth
ammunitio.i tiain, and medical
d-tachment. headquarters de
tachment and three coinpaiiie."
of the Cloth field signal batta-
lain together with the divisional
military police, commissary unit
No. HI. tiie oOCth mobile ord
nance repair shop and a casual
company made pp the comple
ment of ::." officers and ;.l",r
men.
MRS. J. I. MYERS DIES
AT NORTH WILKESMORO.
North Wilkesboro, June 2H.
The whole communitv wa.
shocked by the sudden death of
Mis. J. I. Myers, who pan
away Monday. Mrs. Myers
aite in the monung enjoying
apparently good health. Short
ly after breakfast she became ill.
suffering from an attack of
acute indigestion. A physician
was called and though her condi
tion was considered serious her
death n few horn's later was en
tirely unexperted. her death or.
nirrir.g before
phy.ici.
cuu
lean lie r again.
t
.mm. .Myers was a devout
l hn.stiaii woman, was n teaclu-r
in the l.aptist Sunday whool.
misMonary counsellor for the
girls auxiliary and the Sun-
i i
oeani societies, also an active
meml-er of the Missionary and
Aid societies. She was also
president of the Woman's Chris-
tian Temperance union, and ilui
ing th xvi r loyal and patiiotic
in Led Cross woik. Mrs. Myer?
was "t I years old, and is survived
by her father. A. M. Church ;
three sisters. Mrs. II. II. Mobiiu t
f Tennessee ; Mrs. J. 0. Hi agg,
of inston-Salem; Mrs. L I
."ta.'ford. North Wilkcslmro;
three brothers. T. W. Church, of
.North i!ke--oro;R. L Church
Knollviiie; W. H. Chun h. Ron
d. Her husband and the fol
lowing children sumve: C. N,
Myers, f El I'aso, Tex.; Maj. A.
H. Myers, now in Fiance; Mi.
T. II. Pailier, of Henderson, Ky.;
Mrs. J. C.Fletcher, of dial lolte;
Mrs. T. J. Phillips, of North
Wilkc !oro; Misses M.tie and
F.nnis Myers. North Wilkes
loro, The funeral was held
Thursday afternoon at the Map
list church, in the presence of a
vast congregation of sorrowing
relatives and friend.?.
Maton Kouge, La., June 20.
Chailes A. Hutchin.son, planUr,
was shot and killed at his home,
20 miles from here today, by his
son. Chaiks Hutchinson, Jr. The
killing h said to be the result
of Hutchinson chastising one of
his daughters during which he
stabbed her. Mrs. Hutchinson
intervened, it is said, and when
Hutchinson began to fight, hi?
son picked up a shotgun and
shot him in the head.
'JIM CROW" POSTOI TICK
FOUND IN Tins STATE.
Washington, June 21. Some
thing new under the sun has
been found in North Carolina a
"Jim Crow" postoffue where ne-
lit i
gioes receive their mail from
one pigeon hole, and the white
people from another. One of
Minmons constituents
ii.i.i M ia 10 nun a picture, show-
1 4 1.1! . . .
ing the dividing me between
i. .. i .
uie wniie and colored races at
VLiKatoka, the Jim Crow office
lUanatoka is m Miunswick
county, located in an isol.it,.,i
section, known as the Hrcer
Swamp section, in the heart of i.
primeval forest of juniper and
cypress.
M A ' I ....
e,nii.siopner Little, who for -JO
years was the postmaster of that
community, no matter what the
name of the office was, recentlv
died at the age of 80. He was a
native of the Makatoka neieh
l-orhood and a republican in pol
itics.
Very few negroes w ent to that
out-of-the-way place. A few
years ago a western lumber com
pany i-ought timber l ights in the
forest near the Little farm, and
began logging it with swarms of
colore! men imported from oth
er sections of the state. When
the new-comers, the negroes, In -
.n , '
gan to call for mail the post
master put up this sum acios
the front pait of the postoffice
u. r. u., Makatoka. N. C.
(left side) colored and Oitrht
side) white.
Postmaster Little was an hon
est loyal man, with warm heart
and native tunning. Durintr
the Lust years of his life he was
surrounded by grandchildren
His arbitrary settlement of tin
nice question marked him as an
original character.
MIG "SCARE" C.U'SEI)
in CYCLONE" ROARING
Fityetteviile, June 22. When
a black cloud appeared in the
leavens and a roar the like oflmony of sijrninsr the enmnnrt
which they had never heard
fore smote their e:is, farmer
between Faytf .ville a:d Wo-
minglo'i swept the uai - 'rse i,ih
m anxious glance, hurriedly
niched their mules from be-
tween the plow traces and hot-
ooted it for their homes.
The mules were put away inlingtou. Melicf had U'en general
the stables, the doors liraced and I
all moveable obicLH a!out the I
armyard made secure.
Visions of a country-side
swept with min stared them in
the face, and it is said not n few
ervent prayers were whis-red.
The deafening roar in the
clouds I'lew lomler for a niinut.
then deerrased in volume an i vatelj at the outset of the n.
fir.ally died f.:i:;t!y away. Use ?'tiations with thn Herman del
black cloud floated away and the egstes that the ministiy headed
-un again gave light. by Phillip Schicdemann would
The mules were brought from
their places of security and lc-1
gan to walk l-etwivn the traces
igain. and the country people
weie glad they had escaped the
cyclone, but wondered what de-
strut tion it had wrought in the
sweep of its path.
Next day they read in the pa-
pors of the establishment of an
airplane route between Fayette-
ville and Wilmington, and air-
plane motors, a. you doubtless
Know have u way of making a
noise very much like a cyclone,
CRANK WRITES TO
SENATOR OVERMAN
H. E. C. HryanL writing the
Charlotte Observer from Wash
ington, says Senator Overman
has received the following letter
from a man signing himself
Elijah Du Norden, prrphrt of
v. M. .nose gn at,., giving nis
s I .... If ' I. I I . I
n.ui.ess as .mi. v.u-mens, .Mich.:
"Sir: You are one human be
ing that has been hatched from
Wade Hampton's and Jeff Davis'
make eggs of secessionism.
Why don't you roll yourself
into h I and get scrambled?
i on pui yoursei up as
" I
great statesman, I cause-
you 1
framed the seditio i law.
inaii
law is an infernal lie and I, the
prophet of God, will defy you
nnd all the h I Im-Howci s of the
south.
The Alimighty Gol will
change the flag of the United
Slates to punish this nation for escaped with ?800 in cash. De
having such political beasts as positors entering the bank
you, Hoke Smith, the President, frightened the bandits away W
Murleson and others. fore thev could oo n the vault in
"The Lord of Hosts will burn
the sin-cursed State of North
Carolina in tonnar.t."
NEW HERMAN CAM! NET
ASKS AND RECEIVES A
MALLOT OF CONFIDENCE'
Germany's new cabinet head
ed by Hustav Maucr has asked
for and been given a vote of con
fidence by the Herman national
"ssenibly at Weimar, and the as-
sembly has announce! it ..-ilk
I "' "
ingness to sign the peace treaty
of the allied and associated
powers.
The offer has been communi
cated to the members of the
pe;ice congress in Paris, who
have discussed its provisions, in
cluding reservations made by
the Hermans against affixing
their , signatures to the docu
ment while it contains clau.se3
acknowledging the resnonr.ibili-
ty of the Herman people for the
war and demanding the trial of
former Emperor William.
As the requests of the Her
mans for Anther alterations
have been dofinitelv rejected bv
the a"' s u 1
xjerni.m nov
acq in i.ee o
'. i before the.
: limit Mon
must give hei
the tr- -1 . as it
expiration ci 1
day up
i on p ateedon of
having the allies further invad
her territory.
1 .f ,l " ' "s on th - p-ut
of the allied troon.-. n I ,.n.
ti . i
cupiefl areas. Morthan a half
million soldiers are concent r..ted
there and are only await in-r the
word to march eastwaid into
Germany if the Germans pH.vj
obdurate. Al-out I ')'.;'
Americans are included in this
force.
On the other hand, prepara
tions are leing made at Versail
les to hold a session of the peace
congress during the present
week at which the Germans may
iflix their signature to the
treaty in the famous hall of mir
rors of the Trianon Palace.
While the hall has been ordered
I prepared by Tuesd.iv. th.- belief
I prevails in Paris that the cere-
la-jwi!l not take place much befur
Thuisdav.
Witshington. June 22. Deci-
sion of the Herman national as-
un-lscmhly todiiy to sign the treaty
of teare formulatel bv the Ver-
sailles conference was in no wise
surprising to officials in Wa.sh-
in offieiid circles here since the
Germans were hnnded 1 1
terms that cventnallv th. (lor.
man delegation would ho in
stnicted to offix its signature's,
This feeling was much acccntu-
atcd by the fall of the Schcidi!-
maun cabinet.
Manv ofliciaU iredn-i.sl r.n.
give way to another cabinet be-
fore the actu.d signing ten k
place. Tin large majority ic
coided in the Weimar a- sr-mblv
tin favor of signing the treaty
was considered bv officials here
las an accurate reflection of the
dominant tie-sire of the Herman
people for peace at the earliest
moment,
The White HoiisO tonight had
received no commnuication from
President Wilson subsequent to
the receiving in Paris of News
of the German assembly's ac
tion. Consequently there was no
lefinite information obtainabta
as when the President would
leave France. It was thought
Dosssblc that rhould the actual
signing of the treaty take place
Thursday, the President might
cave Paris immediately so as to
arrive m the United states ny
Ju!y ., The pres5!rnt it jH
tMn.vn l1!4 mau i
arar liga
ment so that Mich negotiations
with the Hermans niter the
signing of the treaty as are nec
essary and the iormulation of
uncomplete-! portions of the
Austrian treat v may be placed In'
tho hands of other memlers of
1 ka Aniei irnn deletrut inn
Toledo,
O.. June 20. Two
bandits, after binding Miss Tes-
sicTrudeau. teller and cashier of
the Ironvillo branch of br Peo-
ple'a State Savings bank. East
Toledo, late Friday afternoon.
which was $12,000 in currency.
The roblcrs i-scancd in an au-
omobilj.