VOL. 15. NO. 40.
A (Elratt Inral Nrompiuirr If or All El;r IFamtlij
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY. JANUARY 3. 1918
1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
EARTHQUAKE WIPES
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AWAY GUATEMALA
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125,000 F'.HSC.'JS ARE REPORTED
I.N THE STREETS WITHUOT
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M'ADQO INSTRUCTS
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AS TO TASK OF OPERATING FOR
THE PRESENT TIME AT
LEAST.
OEEP FliEEtS ARE mz INSTRUCTIONS ARE WIRED
Many Killed by Violent Shocks That !
Completed Work of Destruction '
DeQun Christmas Day.
Washington.- Guatemala oily, ta;j
tal of the little Central American r- j
tnh,..r of Oua-.uniuia, baa be 11 lui I .
by a srlM' of earthquake b. '
,;.iminsii Christmas day and culiiiinu'
.iK In fulfill shocks which comple
ed the work of destruction. A cable
gram to the navy department said
U.i (1.0 people were In the stioels
... .oit shelter and that a number
V.-.UO killed by railing walla.
l.ivul vcssela In Central American
' !n hate .been ordered to the
wi. ci illy to render all possible
fch.'UHl:' 'It P.
Fol. owing in the brief dispatch
wnl a brought Hie news of the oatus
tropho:
' Dad earthquake finish the work of
othets. Kvery hlng in ruins and be
yond description an a result of the
' liui k. One hundred and twenty-nv
lK;.jaml people are In the street .
Paris of the country are tery cold and
wind Tents are needed badly. Quite
i .umber lulled by falling walla"
Hut shocks probably occurred be
tween 5:57 and 7 o'clock. Violent
makes were recorded at that time by
'ha selsmogtuphs of the Georgetown
''nlverslty observatory and the dis
tance was estimated at 1,900 miles
from Washington.
INHABITANTS IN PANIC
HAVE FLED FROM CAPITAL
San Salvador, Guatemala City, cap
ital of (lie republic of Guatemala, ban
been completely destroyed by an
-.'srthquake. Many persona were kiil
"d In the disaster, some In their
'ionics r.:'d others In the streets.
The Colon theater, which was hlle 1
ifh people, collapsed. There were
many rcsitaltles among the audlem
Va,frus hospitals and asylum-'
'tin prisons were badly damaged and
' any patients and prisoners Wet
' Pled.
The re li read depot, sugar mills
-os'ofTlee, the American and Rrilish
-''ions, United Slates conciliate an I
-'i (, churches in the city have bee:i
levelled.
The foha'dlants In panic hate' fled
(nm the capital. More than 80.000
persons ere homeless. The stock of
provisions In the city is scant and aid
Is 'Boul "d prnmntly.
The Salvadorean governpvmt has
suspended the official New Yea' f-e''-bra'Io"
"1 entered Into mourning In
sympathy with Guatemala
UNNATURALIZED GERMANS
ARE TO BE REGISTERED
Washington. The week of FVit
srv 4 whs set aside by the deiTit
of histke for registration of the ha'f
million iP"ntui'RM7Rd Germans In con
tinental Hulled Statfts by nn'l-e and
"Ks'maters In pursuance .of President
vvi'on'-1"-. eilen enemv proclamation df
meilng this artion as a means ofmln-in.i-'iF
the danger from enemy sym
ratii'zeri In the United States
Farller plans for adminfe-ing the
Registration will involve the gath.
erlng of detailed Information con
'erning the business, relatives and
habits of everv German, toire'her wyh
h's phnnrrnoh and finder prints. Af
ter registering he must carry a cer
tificate card and may not chance hh
nlkee of residence without apnro-'al of
the police postmsster. Violation
"f the regulations will be punishable
I v Internment for the war.
Ttio orders do not apply to German
-'pen, ror to anv persons under 14
"ears ot ", because these are mi
''assed as alien enemies by law. Rub
'ects of Austria-Hungary are not re
quired td register
PROVISIONAL AGREEMENT
BY PEACE DELEGATES
Brest-Litovsk v'a Berlin and Lon
don, Dec. 30). Provisional agreement
on a-series of Important points." in
cluding liberation of war nrtsnners
and resumntlnn of commercial rela
t'oni was reported by delegates of
Puss's and the central powers in rlis
cnulrn of Issues which', .in the event
rf t reneral peace, would hate to be
settled among the nations represent
;.d In the negotiations. This provision
al dlicins'on was terminated
Traffic to be Moved by The Moat
Direct Route Now Open Way for
Traffic Pooling That Was Hereto
fore Impossible.
Washington. The railroads of the
t'nlted States passed Into government
possession at noon Friday as Secre
"fry MtAdoo, designated by President
VVtisiui as director general of rail
roads, was delegating to the railroads'
war hoard the task of operating them
for the present.
The war board, comprising flte of
he country's foremost railroad execu
tives who have been In supreme
harge of the roads for the last nine
months, were called Into conference nt
1 1 o'clock to discuss plans for weld
'g all transportation lines into a sin
"le government-operated system. They
'eft the treasury department two
hours later under instructions to con
'time their functions and submit Im
mediately a plan of operation to the
lireetor general.
Mr. McAdoo Issued his first formal
"der designed to speed up freight
wyements. telegraphing all railroad
--esidents and directors instructions
'o move traffic by the most convenient
and direct routes. At the same time
he ordered them to continue the oper
ation of thetr lines In conformity wltn
he President's proclamation putting
'hem under government control.
There was no indication wlintliT
Mr. McAdoc intended eventually to
'Untnce the wai hoard with an orgaiv
'lon of his own or to continue its
organization for the ouration of thi
war. It was made clear, however, th it
't will continue the function until the
director general decides that a better
'ysteni can be devised.
The order that freight move by the
mint expeditious route opens the way
"nr a pooling of traffic ImnosslhM
"-etofore by reason of statutes dr1-
-'ned to n'event the practice by car
1rs onca'ed under private direction.
' taUes from the shlnner the right to
itc his freight as he wishes, and
'Ives to the raliroa'd traffic ms.nn?er
'he task of sending it most d'rect'v
nd where there is least congestion.
TEUTONIC TFRM8 FOR
PEACE MOT SUFFICIENT
Great Britain and France, respect
ively, through their prime minister
and minister of foreign affair-, have
made kncw fo the wn-M tVit tiie
erms under which the Teutonic all!"
seek a genera! peace ire not suffl
"lent. And hacking their prime minis
f.er, the British proletariat, represent
H h latlonal lnbor confrnce, hap
rafTirmed without equivocation -'hat
it Is the determination of laboi
'o cont'ni'R Hie war.
Fortified the known attitude oi
"resident Wi'rn as to th" rnu1re
ments of the 1'nlted S'ltes If th war
's to end and a peace cch' hided, the
I'terances of Pi-eni'e- t i-.-d c..--.
-id Foreign Minister Pic hon and the
"'most, unaii'mous sentiment of the
British wcrkers seem'nir'v make cer.
'nln that the Teutonic i"les' proffer..
f"eti tp ret'- to "ie r',pH-. '.o'. ',.
"ikl proncsels. nrll! iri for n-mrM ft-.
'ess it Is mater-ally added ami hi-mitrht
'ptb line with the demands that the
United States and the entente allies
'ave laid down as the concrete basis
for the d'scusslon of pence.
Nevertheless the bolshevlVi ele
ment In Russia apparently has not
'oat hear that something miy com- '
'rom the Tzerpin prono-.l fo the
BrestLltovsk peace conference at
which It was made has taken n recosi
nntll Jaminrv 4. and meanwhile Trot
sky, the bolshsvlki fore'rtn minister,
"iirpnses to send a note to the entente
'Hied embassies In an endavor to
have thera participate In further
eace parleys, and also Is draping a
note to the peoples of the world. '
ROHIP.TION FOR TROOPS IN :
FRANCE BEING CONSIDERED
Washington. Prohibition of the
nle of Intoxicants of any description
'o members of the American exnedl
Monary force Is under discussion he
'ween General Pershing , and ; the
French sutboritles. The war depa't
ment announced it had been eo ad
'ised by General Pershing, who In
irder to clear up mtsnnderstand!v
'nliled the text of his order forbiddln"
merlcan soldiers to buy any Intoxl
-n other than light wines or bee"
THE BANKHEAO HIGHWAY.
BlrmlLghum, Ala . Dec. 19. The 1
Pulhtlnilers of the Bankheud National
Highway Assoriatlon, that - inspected
the routes from Washington ny the
way of Kri'd'iiitksiuii-g, Hlrlimond.
Uiilelgh. (Ireiimhoro. on to At
lanta, and also from Gieetishoro via;
Danville, Lynchburg, Charlotte, I'ul- j
pepper, Lack to Washington, are act- j
Ively going over the maps, data, and
the obsitrvatlons that they made on
their recent trip. Secretary J. A ,
Ruunlree Is In receipt of letters from
the Pathfinders urging him to forward I
(t oiuo all maps, data, nd questions'
propounded to the towns and cities
through which the Pathfinders passed
on their recent tour. Many counties
and towns on the Piedmont and East
ern routes have failed to send In data,
mails antl mileage fees. It Is Impossi
ble for the Pathfinders to hold a meet
ing to definitely decide and to make
up tbe'r report without this informa
tion. Just as soon as they secure this
data the Pathflndlng Committee, con
sisting of J. 0- LaGorce, chairman;
A G. Bntchelder and M. O. Eldrldge,
will hu d a meeting in Washington, go
over a'l the maps, data and Informa
tion and make a report to President
Plowiran who will announce their de
cision, call a meeting of the Board of
Directors to pass upon the same, and
designate the route from Washington
to Atlanta. When it "fs done the dis
tance of over twelve hundred iplleB
will have been dee ded of the Bank
head National Highway.
Just as soon as the decision Is
made ot the Washington-Atlanta Di
vision an effort will be made to have
Congreas take over this road as a
military road from Memnh's to Wash
ington. Thereare 17 military ramps,
aviation sihonls, etc.. directly on the
road, making It an Ideal military
road. The information from Wash
ington is that the camps that are now
established along this road will quite
likely be permanent, consequently the
great necessity for the Bankhead Na
tional Highway to be made a ml"'3ry
road.
The Board of Directors met In
Birmingham on Nftv. 21th and offi
cially designated the route from At
lanta, Birmingham. Memhis. Active
steps are nelng niade to have tills
road posted and marked out once. Al
ready offlc'al letters have been sent
out by Secretary P.ountree urging the
county officials to take active steps
In regard to the same, and commence
to build the road according to specifications.
GINNERB' REPORT.
There were 14. "115 bales of cotton
ginned In Cleveland county from the
crop of 1!)17 prior to December 13,
1017. as compared with 11.872 to De
cember IS. 19K1.
DR. J. R. SCROGGS DEAD.
Rev. J. U. Srroggs, D I) , a very
prem!-i!"'t minister in the Southern
Methodist church and one time presid
ing eklcr of the Shelby District, did
a few days ago at his home at Ma
rlon, N. C... where he held a pastor
ate. Dr. Siroggs was a well beloved
pastor and a most useful man. He
was 70 years of age. The remains
wefetnken to Shelby for burial.
REGISTERED MEN OF CLEVELAND
COUNTY, NOTICE I I
Information in Regard to Answering
Questions of the Army Draft.
EVERY REGISTERED MAN
WILL RECEIVE ONE
If You Don't Receive One Queition
aire, Notify the Local Board, and
You Will Get It.
To All Registrants of Cleveland
County:
Kach person who was registered
undeh the selective service act of May
18. 1H17, will receive a (luestionaiie.
Five per cent of these will tie sent out
each day until every person receives
one. And if you do not receive one,
notify the bourd and it will send one.
The board is not responsible if you
fail to get one. Notices will be posted
each day at court liourt heuse, show
ing to whom questlonatres have been
mailed. The answers you make to
the questions therein propounded,
and any additional affidavits that you
may desire to file with said question
aire, will determine your classification
In answering the questions you have
a right to secure advice and help from
the legal advisory board, without
charge. The members of said hoard
are: Messrs. John P. Mull. O Max
Gardner, J. H. Qulnn and any others
they may designate. The exemption
board Is instructed not to help any
registrant in preparing his question
aire. Be sure you get your questions
properly answered, or you may 'de
prive yourself of rights to which you
are entitled.
There will also be sent with each
questionaire a return envelope, which
you can use in mailing your question
aire back without paying any postage
And you must return sauie within
seven days after the date noted on the
questionaire.
Each registrant, as soon as he Is
classified will be notified by mall of
his classification. If you desire to
claim a deferred classification on the
ground of being engaged in agricul
ture or some industrial occuation. you
must do It on the questlona're; and
the local board will forward same to
the district board for classification. A
"deferred" classification means a tem
orary exemtlon.
This board desires to put every reg
istrant in -the class that he is entitled
to be placed In: but cannot do it un
less It has the facts and nothing hut
the facts.
; The task 'is big: and its success de
pends Upon the willingness of the
people to help and not to mislead. So
it calls upon every citizen of the coun
ty to place patriotism and justice
above personal favor. And It feels it
will not call In vain."
LOCAL KXKMPTION BOARD OF
CLEVELAND COUNTY
RUN DOWN BY AUTO.
SHORT NEWS ITEMS
FROM WERE AND THERE
CoPrlfnsed fcr Best Herald Readers.
About Folks You Know and Some
You Dcn't Know.
Miss Lola Page, the twelve-year-old
dnpfhter of Rev. and Mrs. .1. M. Page
of Hamlet, N. C. was severely bun'
ed about the face a few days afro v.-neu
a cook s'ove exploded from lighting
kerosene to build a Are.
Stowc-Leeper.
. A wedding of Interest to a large
number of people over the county was
so'entnlTi-d at "a'-mont Chr's'mna eve
at 7:30 o'clock when Miss 7,oe Stowe
became tho bride of Lieut. Ned
Leoper.
Love-Ovsrcars-h. I
At the home of the bride's pn-cnts.
Mr. and M-s. John F. Love, In Myers
Park, Charlotte, Mr. Creasy Over
enrsh and Miss Ilazolinc Pttnn Love
were' united In marr'.ig' Saturday
evening. Decembe; 22nd. at 8:30
o'clock. f
Rhyne-DecK.
On Monday evening. Dor-ember 24.
at T o'clock Mr. Sylavnus Deck and
Miss Stella nhyne were united in
marriage at the home of the bride's;
arents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry L. Rhyno. j
near Bessemer City. j
Carpenter-Nantz.
On Saturday evening, December
12nd Mr. Robert Nantr. and Miss
Cora Carpenter were united In mar
riage at the eMthodlnt parsov.rvso in
ML Holly. i
Mill People Make Fine .Showing Over
A Thousand Dressings Sfirt to
Red Cross Warehouse.
. The Christmas membership cam
paign added eboul 22ii new nt-'fiiliers
anad renewals to the euro'lment of
Hie. Kings Mountain Chapter. We were
pleased to enroll the following num
bers fr.'i- i tli. various cotton mill com
munities: 1 a ii lino 41. Bonnie 27.
Kings Mountain Manufacturing Co..
17. Klotho 10.
The Kini.ts Mountain Red Cross
hapter shipped about two weeks ago
a hex of surgical dressings to the Red
Cress Warehouse In Atlanta, Ga.. con
tnln'ng the following:
100 compresses, exit i in lies.
2'0 com presses. 4x4 inche-i.
r,.i crino'ine handles, 3 in. x 6 yds.
10 -crinoline bandage's.- 4 in. x B yds.
30 four-tailel bandages.
2 frai-:ur 1 pii'tiws. ;
r T bandages.
9 muslin bandages 4 In. x 7 yds.
24 muslin bandages, 3 In. x 7 yds
48 gnuze -rolls 4't in. x 1 yd.
48 gauze rolls 4' in. x 3 yds.
The total linpiii'T cf dressings in
th" box was 10D1.
Mrs. A. H. Patterson lias charge of
the work room which is open on Tues
days pi Fridays. All the ladles are
requested, to come and help In this
noble , work.
Thi chanter has on hand a supply
cf wool for knitting. All ladles who
are wlilineio knit for the Red Cross
are asked to not'fy Mrs. Patterson.
( Miss I BONNIE E. MAITNEY, i
Secretary. !
YOUNG JOHN FALLS DEAD.
' Londcn-Boyles.
Married at the Methodist parsonage
at Clicrryvir.e Friday evening, Decern
ber 14, Mlos Yarle London and Mr.
itten Boylei.
A cloud of sorrow wm cast over
Hie Falls family during the holidays,
occasioned by the death of Mr. John
Falls, 10 year old son of Mr. John
Falls, who lives noar Bethel church at
l.awn.iale He was the oldest son of
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Falls. He was
operated on for apendii;ltls at the
Rutherfor.lton hosltal. He died Sun
day. Deo. 23rd and was burled Snn
day evening at St. Peters churcb In
No. 10 township.
Miss Louise Holland, of Fayette-villi-,
was run down on Hay street,
ilia! iity, Saturday before Christinas
li un automobile driven li a Mr.
I'f-arson of 71st township. Sin- was
rushed to the hospital and dlid la a
few minutes. She was one of the
most popular young women of Kay
ettevlile anil the tragedy cinl gloom
over the entire i ity. The affair was
pronounced an unavoidable accident
and no Maim- was utiiiihed to Mr.
I'earson.
SENT TO REFORMATORY.
RED CROSS CAMPAIGN
. ADDS 225 MEMBERS
OFFER PEACE TERMS
TERMS FOR AN IMMEDIATE AND
GENERAL PEACE MADE
KNOWN BY CZERNIN.
the Conditions insuperable
Ralph Crillin who h)io( an it killed
Huh Ab ronton, an account of which
we puhlishiHl, haw lK'tn at'nt by Mo
cordcr FhIIh to tho Jarknon Training
School at Concord. This In a reform
atory for wayward - hildrcn and in
perfecting a reformats -t. tlmy al?w
tfach a trade so that th InmatMB may
become useful citien.
REV. MR. SWOPE BACK.
!ltv. h. V. Swope's many friends
will be interested to know that his
resignation as chaplain In the service
of I'ncle Sam has been acenpted and
ho is coming hack to Cleveland coun
ty about the first week in January to
teach Bible in Hulling Spring High
School, fill (he pulpit al Molllng
Srings and New Hope Church. Karl.
D. A. R.'S ENTERTAIN SOLDIERS.
The Col. Frederick llamb-ight Chap
ter I). A. R, entertained Thursday and
Friday nights in honor of the New
York soldiers who are on detail at
(irover from Camp Wadswnrth. The
parties were held ft the home of the
regent. Mrs. C. K. Xeisler. About
s'xty-five soldiers were entertained.
OLD NORTR STATE NEWS
Crief Noter Covering Happenings in
This States That Are of Interest to
All the. People.
The Old North State Smoking To
bacco Company's factory at Iteidsville
was destroyed by fire. The fire was
discovered In the cutting room on
the fifth floor of the main plant. The
factory had closed for the holidays
and no one was In the building.
Two I'nited Slates army officers,
-Major Walsh and Major Brown, in
spected a camp site at Fay'ettevllle
for a proposed ordnance corps train
ing camp to be es:aiilislied at once.
The camp will he for permanent ot-.
.upanc-y and would be built for ir.oivi
-.or 20 000 men. ,
A large deal was consummated wiien
J. H. Scpark and associates, of , Can-
ton'a, bought the Daniels mill at Lin-.'
i-i lnton, fn.m I). E. Rhyne. The con
sideration is nrderstood to have been
'n the neighborhood of ?HMi.0o0; The
name will he (hanged to the Arrow
Manufacturing Company and t.lie main
oftk-fr will be in flastopia.
Medical Director Edward 11. Stitt
has been promote. 1 to rear admfral.
Doctor Stitt is a son of ths late Cant.
l-"dward Stitt of charolttn. He was
born In North Carolina', but entered
the navy from Rock Hill. s. C, Dr. "
Sitt Is eimsld-Ted the best diagnostl-
ian In the navy.
The prize of a ?SD liberty "bond of
fered by Mr. J. B. Ivey. state nvr
Vvpiifs' ri p.resn'ntive under the fo':d
i dniieistratlon. for the best nrri 'e
in l-'cod Conservation has bum award-
Itn Miss Kthfl Aliernc'liy of Char- .
'cue. Several score papers were
u'lm'ttd and Ihe ju.Iei-vg wris done
!: oifo 'iils i f the fend . adminis.'ra.
Mon at Kaleiph.
Walter nines, arrested and locked
In the jail .11 Cranile Falls for being
drunk, met a horrible death when the
!o.-k up from some unknown cause
aught fire and his body w,is burned
"i a crisp. Fines fcrmer'y lived at
Stony Po!nt. Persons were attracted i
to the fire by the call for help made
by the young ivan. The door wai
nroken down and he was carried out.
ile exn'red as soon as carri-d from
the building.
Standing in the chapel of the state j
prison, before a Christmas tree, i
around which were groutied gifts. for !
each prisoner in the institution, CoV.
Bicketi expressed his whole-hearted
Christmas sentiments, wishing fir
them the '.pleasures, that ctrae' from
without, the hanpiness that 'comes
from within, and the blessedness that
comes from above. The occasion was
the celebration of Christmas at the
orison this year on a scale more, nre
tentious than ever before; Kntertnln
srs from lta'elgh were tfyere and the
Christmas spirit was contagious.
From Entente Standpoint No Annex
ations and No Indemnities Accept
able But Russia's Allies Must Guar
antee to Fulfill Terms.
I Terms under which the Teutonic
allies will be willing to make "an Inl
, mediate and general peace" have been
: made known to the Russian delegates
engaged In the peace pourparleys at
Brest Lltovsk. The terms have been
set forih in an address by Count Cier
ii I li , the Anstro Hungarian foreign
minister.
' As in previous Teutonic allied inti
mations of what will be required from
the Germanic viewpoint to bring
about a cessation of hostilities and
eventual peare. the latest terms are
j hedged about by conditions which
seemingly are Insuperable from the
standpoint of the 1'nlted States and
the entente allies.
The haslc principles of the pnace
terms of the Russian revolutionary
masses no annexations and no In
demnities Count Czernln said he be
lieved could be made the basis of a
general peace, hut that the Teutonic
allies could not bind themselves to
these conditions unless a guarantee
were given that Russia's allies would
recognize and fulfill them.
Notable omissions In the statement
Of Count Czernln connected with the
concrete demands ,of the United
States, Great Britain and France, as
already made known, are the nue-i-tlons
particularly of the rebuilding of
i Belgium and Serbia, the return of
1 Alsace and Lorraine to France and
the overthrow of the militarist gov
ernment In Germany and the forma
tion In Its place of a government that
can be believed the latter demand as
set forth by President Wilson in his
address to Congress calling for war
with Austria-Hungary
Pending the placing of Count Czer
nln's proposals before Russia's allies,
the Russian delegates to the peace
conference have asked -for a 10 days'
recess In the negotiations at BrestLltovsk.
WALL STREET APPROVES
GOVERNMENT'S PLAN
Sweep ng Advance in Securities Mar
ket Follows Announcement.
New York. Wall Street exressed
unqualified Indorsement of President
Wilson's plan for the government to
run the railroads by a swee.pinc: ad
vance in the securities market The
upturn was one of the most sensa
tional in years. The assurances of
net earnings and of the maintenance
of railroad properties were the factors
of the government program which
nleased Investors and dealers In
stocks and bonds.
The pessimism over the railroad
outlook gave way to enthusiasm when
the' rather unexpected news . from
Washington was read. Orders to buy
poured into broker's offices from all
over the country, and the market was
primed for a big advance long b"fore
It opened.
Railroad shares, especially those
under greatest depression in the wide
spread decline of recent months .re-.
corded ex'reme gains of 5 to ten
points in the representative group, 12
to IS points In the less u'dlve divi
dend issues and 3 to 13 po'.nls in nu
merous non-dividend stocks.
The bond market f;;r ra'li Vept mice
with the movement on stocks, various
underlying or junior issues advancing
3 to 8 1-2 points.
Industrials and the many related
stocks which figure In dally ma-ket
dealings were Ignored in the first un
swlng of prices, but were taken up
vigorously later on the theory fhat
every line of trade Will be stimulated
by the upbuilding of the, railroads.
MISPLACING OF CARS
CAUSE COAL SHORTAGE
Washington. President Wilson's
decision to take over the railroads will
keep the senate coal - Inquiry within
narrower limits than originally p en
ned. Members of. the manufe- tnr '-'s
committee, investigating .fceth coal
nnd sugar, are dlslrciir '-.i td go Into
the transportation dlffl'-u'tl'-s, now
that . they believe Improvement is in
light and in the hearing ton "he'd on'y
asually upon the lack of railroad a
fltti blamed for coal 'i -.rtage.