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VOL XXV. NO. 29
THE CLEVELAND STAB, SHELBY, N. C. TUESDAY APRIL 10. 1917
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
1 800 SCHOOL CHILDREN PARADE
AT FIFTH ANNUAL COMMENCEMENT
patriotic day and salute of the fla Fully 5,
000 people here for great Educational
Rally Exhibits unsurpassed List of win
ers in various contests.
Th- fifth annual county
school
.irmeneemeni a tiu uaiuiuoj,
i. ltJ Cntnolnif
Iqif from pvprv stand-noint.
' ,;ti 1 800 school children taking
in the trreat parade which en-,
;rcl,i two city blocks. According ,eracy Medal for the best essay on the y of men and munitions, but of food
,o the estimate of Supt. J. Y. Irvin subject of Cleveland' County was a- luppiy. The South can furnish men,
.'here were over 5,000 people present, 'warded to Miss Juanita Mauney of land) to a certain extent munitions,
he larpe number of adults indicat--Kings Mountain. The Row-Peterson 'out jn the matter of food supply we
'-p the preat educational interest . medal for the most progress in En- iare helpless, unless there is a heavy
throughout the county, while the ! Rl'sh composition was awarded to 'jncrease of food crops at once. We
bright faces reflected the intelli-i Clyde Jones of Beam's Mill. The se-',i0 not even feed ourselves. As mat
inee of the rising generations and cond prize, given by the Row-Peter-ters now stan(jt we are fe( from the
-he orderly and well dressed crowd son Company was awarded to Jane nog pens and the stock farms and the
registered the prosperity and pride i Kennedy of South Shelby. 'granaries of the West. Many people
that abounds throughout every sec-. 108 7th Grade Diplomas I in the South have felt it necessary
tion of the grand old county of 0ne hun(re(j and ejght seventh i to deny this or gloss it over. This
Cleveland. . . , , Grade diplomas were awarded as, may be all very well in times of
Even the weather which has been compared t0 93 ast year xne f0. peace, but when this war comes the
exceedingly against occasions of iowjng received diplomas: .truth will be exposed. We will be
his nature for three years, lent its j Double Springs: Ethel Wright. face to faoe witn absolute want. Not
assistance in making the day a sue- pam jTee: Fitzhugh D. Duncan .only will we be unable to furnish
ess. ine auenuance possiuiy uiu
did
not reach the record of 8,000, but this
can be accounted for bythe fact that
mcasies nas rageu in pracucaiiv ev- Horne, Marvin Hughey, Marvin Bail- Nation, because the isation win nnn
,ry section of the county and where ey ' it necessary to supply us with some-
it 'did not break up schools, it broke j Poplar Springs: G. p. Allerii j. M. thing to eat.
:nto the attendance and cut down the TurneFi puschia Moravian Costner, It has been estimated that $600,
reeords and the work considerably. 'Kathaleen Dedmon. Spurgeon 000,000 of food stuffs, including ani-
The first event of the day was the(VaUf,hn ' mal products, are brought into the
.arade which formed on North La-( r0jijnK Springs: William Glenn South each year in addition to what
Fayette street, marched to the cor- j octree. we, ourselves, produce. When all
r.ti of Graham, across to S. Washing- Cabaness: Helcnc- Blanton, Cora .this food is needed for the armies and
on and back to the square, where jgtta Brook5 ' for the civilian population in other
-evera! thousand people rallied a- Cedar Grove: Era Hopper, Faye sections of the country, to say noth
ruund mammoth Old Glories and sa-'jicgwain ' ,ing of the exports to Europe, how
luted them. Patriotism was much inj' ,'f H 'cnrinirs- Wnnhra Mcfraw 'are we to be fed? There is but one
.VKHiue arm in view ui wiu nnin'im-
ir.g conflict with the German Gov--inmer.t,
it was well to teach the
uiunccr people, and some older ones
1 1 ..: u.. : j '
w. ,1. that we owe our loyalty and
ur !,ye to the red, white and blue
.iucn n ine aisappoinimeni 01 me
r.iiilmi the .3,000 nags which were
rucr.M I'V the county board of edu
, , . . ,
..t..ir: for free distribution did not
..rrive. hut the boys and girls bought
... 1 1 . 1 1 . 1 . V '
litr 1 ai aur
The Piedmont High School band
mailed the procession and dispensed
nvjic as they marched. The band
m 1.- pieces and is an excellently1
- h. i children man
.i .iforms. At the head of each school
the school committeemen or teachers
urried banners on which were print-
Hi the names of the schools and they
followed in this order and with this
number in line, as best as could be
.....1.1 I it.. l. i" .L.
milium Hum me ranns 01 me .spec-
tators
Boiling Springs 30; Sharon 23;
Mount Pleasant 33; Trinity 34; Ce
dar Grove 28; Ellis school 18; Earl
48; McBrayer 32; Patterson Springs
42; Grover High School 102; B. B. B.,
'19; El Bethel 20; Oak Grove 38;
Stubbs 28; Waco 75; Elizabeth 58;
Ross Grove 36; Shanghi 37; Hicks
SO; Beaver Dam 62; Shelby High
School 466; Mooresboro 40; Caba
ness 24; Double Springs 30; Palm
Tree 24; Grassy 'Branch 10; Round
Hill 16; Kings Mountain 50: Lawn
dale 44; Belwood 70; B. G. S. 60;
South Shelby, 250.
Waco and Grover each made such
sood showings in the parade that
friz.es in the shape of a set of maps
were awarded to each school.
After the school children assembl
ed on the court square they repeated
v concert the following:
e Rive our heads, our hearts and
our lives to God and our country,
ne country, one language and .one
nag. 1
'he 1 ledmont Band played several
'patriotic airs, then as hundreds of
voues sang My Country 'Tis of Thee
r'l Star Spangled Banner;,, every
head was uncovprpil anil a salnto civ-
Tl lV raisincr tK ;,V,t ti.mil .i Vin 1
f'''"ead, passing it forward toward
,hag. then to the aide.
supt. Irvin made announcements as
the program and the crowd dis- '
1.11V. llfUl, 1IU1IV1 111 H11. !
Koing to the places where
various contests were to be held.
'immencement Exerciss
ommncement exercises were held
:' 'he Court House with Prof. I. C.
,,:t"ii master of ceremonies: Af-
;'r the invocation by Rev. Mr. Goode,
"y. Lee McB. White delivered his
, rcss to the graduating class, the
W'ject of his address neinr. "A Vov- 1
ee of Discovery." He said every i
.r''iund Eirl is fortunate who discov-
L at he has body, that he has a
Wu-l nat ne nas 8 soul- Mr-
"lite urcro.l 1 : 1:
l , mcuitai iiisueiLiun ui
t rl cmidrpn, urged the proper
raininj; of the mind ' and quoted
w li" ; .w'lson in writing his fath
a i 7 8 latest discovery while
far a at DaviJson college was the
cnn!i 7, he had mind- Mr. White
ncluded hi8 able address by urging
s . trainin a th most nec
Ssary of all school training,
.nai tne stores nan am. cameo inefflf0fki Lavage Blalock. Piccola Bin
" ,lunnK thl'la- . iock. Hoyle McDaniel. Julia McDai
Medal Winners
For the commencement exercises
the court house was Dacked. evpn tho
.windows being full. After the ad-
dress the Daughters of the Confed-1
Hovle Lee. Georpp Blanton
Ellis School: Floma Covington,
Lattimore: Anpmn Kaninp. Vprt.ip
1 P.elwood: Gazzic
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Short Fannie
Belle Norman.
Beam's Mill: Clyde Jones.
Earl: Honson Austell, Broadus
Wrj M I(a McSwain
M j M c
I.ul
Ross,
Mabel
I
I.nttie
tri;uu. r'i.. vinn,,.
I., 1 n,.;.i aii
'. - vilfll, 1'avm rtiicii.
Woodrow: Lylian Beam.
Susan Beam.
B. B. B.
Annie Dixon, Cora Han-
iei.
I Broad niver: Celia Champion, O!
; -1
lve Marrill.
Wares: Tuia Belle Harmon,
. tri 11 j t n,i..
Eno,a Herndoni Eary 0aV,sse Mc.
- rle riiuia ut'lliuuil, uuraw -- 1
Tjien came thelgw . Samud Common DyP) Lesley, the Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
y of whom woreWak( McSwain. 'called a Food Conference for the
Plonk's: Ruth McGill, Vivian Southern htates in Atlanta on inurs
Wolfe, Lovd Wolfe, Lee Wolfe, Mof- day of last week.
feU Hovle" I Several Governors, Commissioners
Union: Dewev Mclntvre. Selma
Maunev.
ri wfi,i. 1 nia Sims Marv Ttrad-1
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Beaver Dam: Mildred V. Ham
rick, May Weast, J. Newton Bridges,
Minor McSwain.
Ross Grove: Novella Hester Ded
mon, Vera Elsie Blanton, Iva Mar
garet Sperling. Thomas Weathers.
Rock Cut: Wray Dedmon, A. V.
Dedmon.
pff Rm-ino-s- F.nniep Falls,
Ava Hamrick. Addie Hamrick. grain crop has been greatly damaged
Pleasant Hill: Roscoe Peeler, Guy by cold.
Warlick, Essie Willis- Cleveland county has been spend-
South Shelby: Ryburn Hamrick, ing thousands of dollars every year
Mary Whisnant, William McMurry, in the purchase of food for man and
Jane Kennedy, Horace Kennedy. beast from the West. In the event
Grover: Landis Ellis, Burris Keet- of war this Western supply will go
er, Maynarfl Randall, Aline Mullinax, to the armies and will not be avail
Odessa Moss, Gladys Malone. Edes- able to us. If we do not immed.ate
sa Moore, Verdie Hardin, Annie Mae'ly plant crops sufficient for this pur
SheDDard 'pose a ser'ous calamity is impending.
pSeck's: Bertha Cook, Sarah By prompt and concerted action the
Worfman. Cleveland Buff. Lanas food crops may be largely increased
t..r rM,i rttc Am, Wort man.
Amanda Cook. Hattie Cook.
Powell
nrait.. Hrum'tv flvde
T illian' 'Powell. Audie Powell and
Vester Crowder.
New House: Blomma Gold.
Pleasant Ridge: Osa Putnam.
Trinity: Merl Bridges.
Fallstoit: Alexander Hoylc, Wil
lie Mae Cline, Bessie Gantt, Annie
acey-. iaiin anri Decla-
Seventh GradC Uec:ta,,on and UeC'J
mation
Thi seventh erade recitation and
,wiamation contests were held in
Central Methodist Church with Prof.
Frank Orr of Kings Mountain pre-
siding. There were seven contest-
ants in the recitation contest and six
in the declamation contest. Miss
cRuth Plonk of Kings Mountain won
first in the recitation while Miss
Mabel Allen of Elizabeth won second
nlare.
In the declamation, William Mc
Curry of South Shelby won first and
'Howard Gold of Round Hill school
won second place, n was impossiuie
u ..mm nf nil pntrants
ito secure tuc immto
these contests. Judges
were:
Supt. J. S. Wray of Gastonia, D, Z.
Newton and C. B. McBrayer of
Km
Hiirh School Spelling
The winner in the High School
spelling match was Paul McMurry of
(Continued on Tage 4)
SHALL WE SUFFER
FOR FOOD?
WE MUST RAISE Ol'R OWN
FOODS OR BUFFER OF WANT
ARMIES WILL BE FED FIRST
APPEAL TO SOUTHERN
FARMERS.
"Shall the South suffer for food?"
Startling facts disclosed by the emi
nence of war v
To the Committee of Public Safety:
We call your attention to tHe cal
amity which threatens the South.
t wtlr thp nrnhlpm is nnp not koIp-
.food tor the armies, but we will be
.unable to feed our people at home.
We will become a burden Upon the
answer to this question. We must
take immediate steps to produce up-
on our own farms something that will
support man ami Beast, or vve snau
suffer. This issue can be avoided no
longer. We must face it and face it
at once.
Every well informed man knows
that food is scarce the world over.
and food crops under these conditions
are sure to bring high prices. Corn
is selling at the highest price ever
known in the history of this country.
To the citizens of Cleveland County
Acting upon warnings received
from Washington as to the serious
Car-.conauion wnicn win coiuium.
Smith prn States if war is declared.
Southern States if war is declared,
ot Agriculture, rarm uemoiisiruun
(Agents, ana representatives 01 hiuuj
business and commercial bodies at-
. . 1 r .
tended the conterence
... .
It was clearly shown that the small
surplus of food stuff in this country
will be needed by the armies, and it
will be impossible to make up any
deficiency from abroad as the Ar
gentine Government and other gov
ernments have already placed an
embargo on the exportation of wheat
and other food stuffs. Our own
'It is understood that some farmers
I 1 : u: -..
are planning 10 increase uii-u lunun
'acreage this year. Such action will
bring a calamity upon our citizens
and distress and suffering may fol
low. The attention of every citizen of
Cleveland county is most earnestly
directed to the following report just
issued by the Committee on Food
Supply, under date of March 31, 1917:
A man in position to know predicts
that no wheat will be available in
this country by July 1st for any pur
nose whatever. It will be well nigh
criminal for our farmers, and for the
'men who control the great planta-
jtions, and for the bankers who fin-
ance these men, and for the merchants
who have been accustomed to supply
them, to follow out their present
plans and put every available acre
in cotton. Our grain rops were
practically destroyed bythe cold a
few months ago.
It is understood that farmers have
determined to plant all their oat and
wheat land in cotton. Every means
should be exerted to prevent this.
Tho big' fanner and the little farmer
throughout the South ought to be
shown that it is his patriotic duty to
Shel-igrow sufficient food stuffs upon his
.farm, not only to ieed his own la
mily and his own stock, but to give
some assistance at least to the Gov
ernment in taking care of ' the men
in the army and the navy. Let it
net be said that in these critical tim-
es the South has become a . burden
upon the Nation, is unable to sustain
itself and unable to be of any seis
vice to the country.
SHELBY BOARD OF TRADE.
SOCIETY NEWS
Daughters Meeting Today
There will be an important meet
ing of the Daughters of the Confed
eracy in the Court House this after
noon at 4 o'clock.
All members are urged to be pres
ent as arrangements are to be made
for the old veterans dinner in May
and delegates elected for the district
meeting which convenes in Charlotte
this year.
Miss Elizabeth Ebeltoft wishes to
meet the children of the Confederacy
also Tuesday afternoon, at 4 o'clock
in the court house.
Thursday Afternoon Club
Entertained
On last Friday afternoon at her at
tractive home on West Marion street,
Mrs. A. W. McMurry was a delight
ful hostess at the regular meeting of
the Thursday Afternoon club.
The home was prettily decorated in
bright spring flowers and a delight
ful afternoon was spent in playing
the club's adopted game, rook.
At the conclusion of the gam the
hostess, assisted by her sister, Miss
Amos Willis, served a tempting two
course collations consisting of a salad
course, almonds and cream, the latter
fashioned in the simititude of Eas
ter lilies. Miss Foy Moore, and the
hostess' mother and sister, Mrs. Wil
lis and Miss Amos Willis of Ky
were the only outside guests.
A Parade of
Handsome
Cars
Chalmers
One of the most pleasing features
of County Commencement day was
the automobile show and parade of
Chalmers cars which W. J. Arey &
Sons pulled off on Saturday afu-riiooi:
at .'!:;!() o'clock as a final to the day's
program.
Arey & Sons are sole agents in
Shelby for this popular car and the
eleven cars which formed the par
ade, filled with some of Shelby's
handsomest maids and matrons, made
a fine display, With the exception of
one or two of these, all the cars had
been sold to private individuals by
this firm since last fall.
Play at Patterson Springs
There will be a play titled "Es-
meralda" given at Patterson Springs
school building, Saturday night at 8
I11, A n.:i 1t1i 1Q17 Pi.ni.nmla
U tlUiA, AJJlll llkli, 1 iwiiuo
to go to the benefit of Sulphur
Springs Methodist church. The pub
lic Is cordially invited.
The Call of the Flag at Fallston
.A play entitled, "The Call of the
Flag" will be given at Fallston Sat
urday night. April 14, at 8 o'clock,
p. m. This play will quicken the spir
it of the Patriot and lull to sleep the
Pacifist. In thw play, the Patriot
and the Pacifist are sharply contrast
ed. The Pacifist wants peace at any
price, whereas the Patriot wants
peace but is willing to pay the price.
O Jackson, whose posessions were 1
. I
washed away in the flood at Chimney
Rock last summer, moved tt Salis
bury. A few weeks ago measles broke
one in his family and three of his four
children have died of pneumonia. The
fourth child is ill and the mother has
been ill.
James Osborne, a white man. was
found dead lying between street car
tracks under a Southern railway
trestle in Charlotte, Saturday night.
Sunnosed to have been knocked from
the railroad trestle by a train. He
ed in Charlotte and is survivet:
1 bv a
wife and three small children
A healthv man is a king in his
own right; an unhealthy man an Un
happy slave. For impure blood and
sluggish liver, use Burdock Blood
Bitters. On the market ;' years.
$1.00 a bottle. adv.
t KENDALL'S
Soda Fountain for the Pure Velvet
Ice Cream, guaranteed to contain 10
per ceat-Butter fat and IT IS PURE.
For Good Ice Cream and Cold Drinks
come to Kendall's Drug Store, adv.
APPLY
HI-KO to your Corns for five nights,
and have Toe ease. H1-K0 is sold on
a positive guarantee to remove the
Corns. Price 25c. Kendall's Drug
Store. adv.
Buy yourself a new Buggy from
Lineberger's, they are best, and we
can save you money now Hurry up.
Secretary McAdoo's three sons have
volunteered for service in the naval
reserve in case of war.
PRESIDENT DECLARES WAR AND
GERMAN RAIDERS ARE NEAR-BY
Cuba and Panama Join United States and
Brazil is thinking of taking the same step,
German interned vessels are taken aver
for American Government Financing the
War. y: ::::;y:.:r.' .
Following the affirmative action of
the Senate, the House of Representa
tives at 3 o'clock Saturday morning
passed the war resolution and the
United States immediately accepted
Germany's challenge to war and for
mally abandoned its place as the
greatest neutral of a world in arms.
President Wilson at 1:18 (official
time) o'clock Friday afternoon of
war and authorizing and directing
the Chief Executive to employ all the
resources of the Nation to prosecute
hostilities against the German Gov
ernment to a successful termination.
The act was done without ceremony
and only in the presence of members
of the President's family. Word was
flashed immediately to all Army and '
Navy stations and to vessels at sea.
By proclamation the President an
nounced the state of war, called up
on all citizens to manifest their loy
Wty, and assured Germans in this
country that they would be unmolest
ed as long as they behaved themselv
es. Orders were issued soon after
ward for the arrest of CO ring lead
ers in German plots and intrigues.
Complete mobilization of the Navy,
calling all reserves and militia to the
, co ors was ordered by becretary Dan-
.els. The War Department, already
colors was ordered by Secretary Dan
having taken virtually every tepjNewport naval distrift woul(1 take
contemplated before the raising of
a real war Army is authorized, Wait
ed on Congress.
The President went over all of the
great preparatory measures with the
cabinet, discussing what has been ac
complished and dwelling, it is under
uj...,. a. ...Kui:nu .."-"f
eration with the Entente Allies a-
gainst the common enemy Plans for
co-operation are said to have taken
very definite shape, though there will
be no announcement on the subject
for the present.
Cuba Enters With U. S.
Cuba has declared that state of
war exists with Germany.
The action of the Cuban Congress
was unanimous, and carries out the
proposal of President Menocal. Two
Republics of the Western Hemisphere
have proclaimed a state of war with
German in Xyo days, the action of
Cuba following within less than 48
hours that of the United States, Ger
man steamships self-interned in Ha
vana have been taken over by the
Cuban Government. It is reporfed
from London that Brazil on Monday
also will declare a state of war with
Germany.
Unusual aerial fighting has taken
place on the front in France and both
the Entente and German losses are
reported to have been heavy. For
two days and two nights, Thursday
and Friday, London reports, British
airplanes have been acti in raiding
German ammunition depots and rail
way junctions and in more than i7
different raids eight tons of bombs
were dropped. More than 1,700 pho
tographs of scenes and localities far
hack of the German lines were taken
T1 ! . t. .1 1 , .
y lintisn aviators, who also ha
rassed German lines of communica
tion. Forty-four Entente airplanes v.ere
destroyed in one day's fighting, Ber
lin says. Twenty-eight British ma
chines are missing, London says, and
46 German machines were driven
down, 15 of which were seen to
crash to the ground. Ten German
balloons also were destroyed by Brit-
ish airmen.
Field Marshal Haig's efforts to out
flank St. Quentin on the North con-
liv-jtine. Between Jeancourt and Selen
-
' nrmsn aavanceo ana nave
reached the outskirts of rresnoy-le-Petit,
less than four miles northwest
of St. Quentin and less than two miles
from the Cambrai-St. Quentine road.
Artillery bombardments continue ir;
that region and near Rheims, into
which city the Germans are reported
to have fired 7,500 shells in 24 hours,
killing and wounding civilian!.
The sinking of the Belgian relief
.commerce steamer Camilla is renort-
ed. The Camilla was sunk without
warning off the coastc of Norway.
Two members of the crew were re
ported to have been killed.
Only minor activity by Russian
raiding detachments near Barano
vichi and Stanislau is reported from
tha Russo-German theater of war.
Unfavorable weather is interfering
with operations along the Austro-Ital-ian
front
According to a report received in
London, Brazil will declare war
against Germany on Monday.
A resolution declaring that state
Lof war exists between Cuba and Ger
many was unanimously adopted by
the Cuban Senate Saturday after
noon. The Housa was expected to
'act later. Refusing to surrender
their vessel to the American authori
ties, the crew of the German auxil
iary cruiser Cormoran blew up and
sunk the vessel in the harbor of Apra,
Island of Guam, Saturday, killing one
German officer and one enlisted man.
Twelve officers and 321 men were
made prisoners.
News of the sinking of the Belgiaw
relief commission's steamer Anna
Fostenes, with a 350,000 cargo of
foodstuffs, while on her way from
New York to Rotterdam, was receiv
ed at the office of the commission in
New York Saturday.
German Raiders Nearby
Advices from Newport, R. I., that
'a suspicious looking vessel had pass
ed near the Nantucket shoals light
ship caused shipping to be stopped
at many points along the Atlantic
coast today. Wireless warnings were
flashed that German commerce raid
ers had been sighted both off New
port and off the Virginia capes, but
later tonight nothing had been receiv
ed here to establish the identity of
the mysterious craft.
Destroyers, are on patrol duty near
where the supposed raider was last
sighted The N Department
nounced that the commandant of
an-
the
whatever steps deemed necessary
without orders from the Department.
German Vessels Taken Over
Washington, April 6. While a fin
al decision has not been reached, in
dications after today's Cabinet meet-
intr wprp thnt nnnrlu a Viiimlriil Cur.
nun merchant vessels taken over in
different ts toJ wiU be d.
1 as the rt 0 fthe Amprican
Government and paid for after the
war.
The vessels laid up in American
harbors for safety at the outbreak of
the war in Europe was seized early
today, immediately after the House's
passage of the war resolution. The
crews will be removed to immigra
tion detention stations, there to be
treated as aliens admissible to the
country if able to pass the ordinary
immigration tests. The fact that
many are Naval reservists will not
serve to bar them.
Plans for Financing War
Washington, April 7. Administra
tion leaders in conference today de
cided to unlock at once the Vast fin
ancial resources of the United States
to the Allies.
To the hard pressed Entente Gov
ernments a huge loan, of dimensions
yet undetermined, but not less than
$2,000,000,000 will be forthcoming
from this country as speedily as Con
gress can pass the necessary legisla
tion. Not a penny of profit, it was au
thoritatively stated, will be expected
or received by this country on the
loan. The loan will be America's im
mediate contribution to the Alliod
cause, with the promise of other
bountiful contributions of money, mu
nitions and foodstuffs to come as
needed.
An immediate bond issue, possibly
totalling$5,000,0000,000 is forecast by
today's action. The exact amount is
yet to be determined. Legislation pro
viding for the issue will be introduc
ed in Congress speedily.
At Hickory Saturday W. P. Bow
man was seriously hurt when his car
was strcuk by railroad cars being
placed on a siding by a freight train.
He received a scalp wound and num
erous bruises but is expected to re
cover. His car was wrecked and the
freight car that struck it derailed.
Dr. F. M. Registre, physician at
the state convict farm, has resigned.
He s.iya he cannot comply with the
new law which requires the prison
physician to witness all corporal pun
ishment inflicted on prisoners. "My
ambition," says the doctor, is "to heal 1
the sick and try to uplift the under
dog."
The Vermont legislature has passed
and the governor has signed a bill
permitting women who own property
to vote in "town meetings."
Congressman Montague of Virginia
would have the United States give
the French republic either a half bil
lion or a billion dollars or loan Frarce
that amount. ,
The provisional government of Rh
sia, arranging for the settlement of
the affairs of Poland, states that wom
en will be eligible for all government
al posts, including ministerial of
fices. '
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