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VOL. 16. NO. 2.
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1918
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
GO GETS OUT OF UNION
Is Not Congenial With President's Hostile Attitude Toward
The Government-Strong For Rural Organization
, J. Z. Green of Marshville, N. C, has resigned hit position at Organ-lir-Lecturr
of tha Stat Farmer Union. In submitting hia resignation
to tha axaeutlva eommlttaa Mr. Qraan makaa hia rsaaona for. ao doing
olear In a document which would make naarly a half page In tha Herald.
Aa tha manuscript ia too lengthy to publish in full we quote a few of the
moat salient polnta. In a nutahell, Mr. Green hae been the backbone of
tha Farmer Union In North' Carolina for the past sight years arid is
realgnlng on account of the hoatlla attitude of H. Q. Alexander, Its presi
dent, toward the government In the preaent crisis. Mr. Green feels that
the union la being dragged into politico and dote not want to belong to
an organization that ia voluntarily committing suicide.
Excerpts from Mr. Green's document of resignation:
"At the laat annual meeting of the 8tate Union at Winston-Salem I
accepted a unanimoua re-election as organizer-lecturer for the ninth time
with misgivings, and only under the hope that the universal condemnation
by the press of North Carolina of the State president's disloyal attitude,
In the greateat of all world struggles for human freedom, would at leaat
make it undeairable on hia part to receive further odloua publicity and
that a sufficient amount of official alienee would prevail to make It pos
sible to proceed with the legitimate conatructive work of the organization
without a further humiliation of Its loyal members who are keeping their
local unlona alive and active In community co-operation under their own
Initiative and independent of the political activities of individual State
officials who have built for themselves a political program over which
they became exceedngly enthusiastic and over which the rank and file of
a remaining, membership are profoundly and admirably indifferent.
"My efforts from the beginning have been concentrated along con
structive lines under the predominating Idea of perpetuating the organ
ization, making the local unlona vital and active agencies, under strong
and efficient community leadership, such as wolud make them strong and
potent factors for the promotion of better farming, better business and
better Hving in the country. There are a few local unions of this kind
existing now In this State, but they exiat only under efficient community
leadership, which, in most Instances, Is active only under ita own initia
tive and Independent of any counsel, political or otherwise, from State
o'fflclals.
' "In view of the recent renewed repugnant activities of the State
preeldent and hia part of the 'advisory council,' in which a hostile attitude
ia maintained agalnat the Governments plan of financing the war by the
aale of-bonds, having usurped to themselves the privilege of repudiating
the action of the State Union In Ita substantial endorsement of the Gov
ernment's plan by instructing that ten thousand dollars of the State
Union's funds be Invested In Liberty Bond, thus inviting more odious
publicity through the press, I would not be frank with you or true to
my conscience if I should not declare to you that It la not humanly pos
sible for me to conscientiously aak any man to become member' of the
Farmers Union under Its present treasonably active State leadership.
... "This severing of my official connection doea not imply that I have
any personal grievances whatever, or that I have In any way loat faith In
the ultimate possibilities of rural organization directed along practical
lines, or that my services, as far as practical, will not be available to com
rrmnltlet interested In rural organization. There has probably never been
a more opportune time to begin to organize a successor to the 'Farmers
Union,' which should retain most of Its finances in the local organization
and under a plan, that will make the structure stronger at its foundation
as It should bs."
KAISER LEAVES
WEST COMMAND
HIS DREAMS OF AN OVERWHELM
ING AND COMPLETE VICTORY
ARE SHATTERED TO BITS.
VITAL CHANGES IN
DRAFT IS URGED
PROPOSAL WOULD PUT POOL
ROOM LOAFERS AND GAM
BLERS TO WORK.
FOCH BIDDING HIS TIME
PATTERSON SPRINGS HOME
.': WANTS LESS COMPANY
We are always glad to see you
come. In fact company la a pleasure
to all of us, but Patterson Springs Is
ao well-known as a summer resort,
and pleasure seeking place, that com
pany has become monotonous. Easter
Suriflay morning tor an example there
there were no-less than a dozen visi
tors here before breakfast. Our help
was so obtnptetely occupied with com
pany that no a child get to Sunday
school that day.
I 'have heard that pleasure seekers
scarcely ever go to Sunday school or
church. Now I do not mean to dis
cuss that part' of the subject but, but
please pardon me for asking you one
question; If you do not go' to Sun
day school, do you think you are treat
ing ofhers right by keeping them en
tertained Sunday morning so they
can go? -"'.
I have, asked several friends of the
'Home" what to say or do with our
company. One brother suggested that
we cut out yisitlog. Saturdays, Sun
days and Mondays. and: the other days
admit visitors from two to five. This
plan would se fine for -our help, and If
the company continues to Increase, we
may be forced to do something of that
kind, but we will not; cut out Visit
ing entirely vet on Sundays aid Mon
days, uf pleiae Observe, and tell your
f rlendi that our help Is busy . Satur
daya.fiom rhiing in the morning, ttjl
bed' tin at night.;. Therefore our
door will t open to Visitors from 2
till t every day In the week except
. Saturday; '.... ,i. . '
Agalp.may say- .that Patterson
Sprite; ls pojonger! summer resort
but an Orphanage Home for the Moth
erlea Child.
' . -Very truly yours-.-"'
k ' JH.SPAULDINO.
can's Idea that soldiers rode the
horses away as a Joke on the officers
nut dldn t care to go into headmiai..
ters mounted and give themselves
away. .
DEMOCRATIC COUNT YCONVEN-
TION.
The delegates from the various vot
ing precincts of the county met In the
courthouse at Shelbj Saturday morn
ing In democratic county convention.,
J. P. Mull was elected countv chair;
man In place of D. Z. Newton. Mr.
Newton being on the county exemn
tlon board didn't think he should be
mixed up. In politics and, theregore,
would not stand for reflection. p.
Spake was elected secretary. -D. Z.
Newton and Lee B. Weathers" wero
appointed as a committee to draft a
resolution endorsing the government's
war, program. Delegates were ap
pointed to attend the state convention
at Raleigh yesterday. J. B., Thpmas-,
sun wus sent irum me mngs moun
tain precinrt. It seems to-have been
the complexion of the county conven
tion to make no political fight this
year unless forced into It. It seems
to make no political fight this year
unless forced into it. It seems that
the democrats will only fight pn the
defensive as they feel that winning
the war is the great problem for pres
ent consideration.
Meeting Assaults with Powerful Re
sistance and Here and There
"Conforming" Lines.
Tfie second phase of the great bat
tle along the Somme has died down.
It lasted less than three days, and
the fighting has resolved itself into
n:ore or less isolated engagements, In
which the French and British allies
have more than held their own.
The attention of the Germans for
I he present Is mainly directed at the
lower end of the battle zone, which
apparently they are attempting to en
'urge for the purpose of getting elbow
room In whirh fo move their vast
masses of troops.
Meanwhile. Gereral Forh, the commander-in-chief
of the allies, .is bid
l.ig his time, meeting the German as
saults with powerful resistance, and
here and there conforming his lines
to the necessities of the battle. It is
confidently stated at Paris that Forh
will not he drawn into any false
move where each move Is of such
vital Importance- but will strike with
Ms reserves at the moment chosen
by him.
There may be some significance In
the report that the German emperor,
after a conference on the western
front on Saturday with his chiefs. Von
Illudenburg and Ludendorff, Intends
to proieed to Rumania. At the out
let of the great German offensive,
hen It was sweeping the allied forces
'tcfore it. notwithstanding their ten.v
'.ous resistance. Kmperor William, it
n-as announced officially from Berlin,
Vvs in supreme command. That an
nouncement was regarded at the time
as e idence 'hat thiv emperor expect
ed a complete and decisive victory.
Since then, however. British and
French and American reinforcements
'lave come up.
West of Xoyati a German detach
ment which had gained a foothold In
he French lines was forced out by
i counter-attack. Another attack at
flrlvesnes was repulsed, but the Ger
man eKorts along the Oise to enlarge
their previous gains were continued
in the' sector between Chau-ny and
Crisis. Here the French commander
teemed It advisable to ... withdraw to
-lositions previously prepared, and
they. are. being held strongly.
GENERAL PFRSHING SENDS
A-'STIMULATING MESSAGE
80LPIERS PLAYED JOKE ON OFFI-
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Throe officers from the Kings Moun
tain ej-tiUery range rode their horses
Into Iowa Thursday night fend hitched
them, .lav the- back' yajd. When they
wereiremdy-t return two Of the horses
were , missing, Chief -Duncan tell on
the eta fiat they had "been 'ridden
back'to the reservation ' by .soldiers
but trpon arrival at, headquarters, 'the
horses' were not found. Search was
diligently made during;. Friday morn
ing and over' ui . the afternoon the
horses wore found strolling on the
NO BIG CHANGES AT KLOTHO.
There were ho material changes la
the personnel of the management of
the Klotho mill made April 1 when
the new owners took charge, except
that John Mason took charge as su
perintendent A. E. Cline remains as
secretary jtnd p.. C. Green as assistant
superintendent'.' MrMason, of course,
relieved C. E. Neialer, who acted as
superintendent of the mill :in- connec
tion with the Bonnie, The Kings Moun
tain Mfg. Cot apd itls -own mill, tha
Pauline. Mr. Mason will move his
family from Salisbury her aa soon aa
a suitable house can be bad.
i - -. -
"On the Stump." ,
..In early time tn this 'country It was
the custom of campaigner In a polltl
1 canvass to travel through the coun
try and make open air speeches. Pub, -
lic hall and platforms were rare ana
the stump or trees - were numerous
and furnish M'tonvefflAit llace from
vrhlch to speak. Bene the words,
"stump speaker," "stamp orator" end
Washington .From. headquarters of
the American expeditionary force In
France cam? a Liberty loan message
f.-vjn Genecal; Joshing.
' "Every- dollar; subscribed to the
Liberty loan Is a dollar Invested in
American manhood." cabkdrthe gen
eral. "Every ' dollar subscribed as
the result of self-denial means partner
ship in the hardships and risks of our
men in the trenches. Every dollar
KttbsVWe will cBnflrm Wdeprmtna-
lion oC.iMr,Deopun horned stand by
Its army to a victorious end. An over
whelming subscription to the third
Liberty loan will be a patriotic ex
pression of confidence In our ability
as a nation to maintajn all that we
hold dear in civilliatlon "
Nearly 60 communities reported
they had exceeded their quotas In the
first day's, work, and thereby, had .won
the right, alonk with 160 announced,
to fly .the Liberty loan honor flag.
. IB- statement on behalf of the loan.
Secretary Lane said:
"The year of war has crystaliied
the spirit Wf. our peoples. We know
why .we are. fighting and Xo what eno.
From a standing start, we have In
on year mad progress at . which .wer
snouio in D awwurKeu. ' i lie -pur-
chaa of Liberty bond. Is the on ef
fective wax ln which most f 44 'can
flght ' v ' C :
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COUNTER-ATTACKS BY
, BRITISH SUCCESSFUL
CAST SELFISH DOMINIONS
"DOWN IN THE DUST"
BY A NEW CLASSIFICATION
Plan Submitted by Provost General
Crowder's Office nad the De
partment of Labor.
Washington. Drastic modifications
of the draft classification lists which
would affect in one wuy or another the
status of everyone of the millions of
registered men Is proposed In a plan
submitted to President Wilson by ot
clals of the provost marshal general's
office and the department of labor.
While the primary purpose of the new
program is the "purification" of the
second, third and fourth classes of
registrants who are not engaged in
any productive Industry, attention also
would be given to lower sections of
Class 1 and the effect. Its framers be
lieve would be to solve the nation''
labor problem and largely increase the
output of the necessities of life.
The proposal would utilize the draft
machinery for putting Industrial
, 1 slon. Wa csn aot mistake what they
! hav done In Russia, In Finland, in
: the Ukraine, In Rumania. The real
I test of their Justice and fair play has
com. From this w may judge the
rest. They are enjoying In Kussiu x
cheap triumph In which no brsve or
gallant nation can long take pride A
great people, helpless by their own
act, lies for the time at their merer.
Their fair nrnfpnafnnH am fnrvntten
nation Is awake. There Is no need 1 They oowhere set up Justice hut ev
to cell to It. We know what the war : erTwhere impoM. their power and ex
must cost, ourt utmost sacrifice, the poit erylhing for their own use and
lives of our fittest men and. of need aggr,ndliement; and the peoples of
be. all that wa possess. The loan wc cor.awTt,A nrovinees sre Invited to
SAID PRESIDENT WILSON IN
DARING ADDRESS BEFORE
BALTIMORE AUDIENCE. I
The President spoke as follows:
"Fellow citizens: This Is th an
niversary of our acceptance of Ger
many's challenge to fight for our right
to live and be free, and for the sacred
rights of free men everywhere. The
London. Successful British counter-attacks
were launched against the
Oerman In AvAluy.wood, on the west
side of th Ancr Wvs north of Al
bert The war office statement Issued
says the British recaptured all their
former position. ; IA German attar
ob the railroad linea opposite Albert
was-repulsed and another Teuton as
sault south 'ot-HhnitenVas"earT
pletsly broken up by the fire of the
Brlt!h artillery.
are met to discuss Is one of the least
parts of what we are called upon to
rive snd to do. though in Itself it is
Imperative. The people of the whole
country are alive to the necessity of It
and are ready to lend to the utmost,
even where It involves a sharp and
daily sacrifice to lend out of meager'i
be free under their dominion.
"Are we not Justified In believing
that they woudl do the same things
at their western front If they were
not there face to fare with armies
whom even their countless divisions
cannot overcome?
"If they have felt their cheek t ) lie
batfon and contempt upon those who
can and will not. upon those who de
mand a higher rate of Interest, upon
those who think of ft as a mere com
mercial transaction. I have not come,
therefore, to urge the loan. I have
come only to give you. If I ran. a more
vivid conception of what It Is for.
"The reason for this great war, the
reason why it had to come, the need
to fight It through, and the Issues that
slackers to work. Every registered j hang upon Its outcome are more clear-
earnings. They will look with repro-, nnal ,hey ,hould pr0po,e favorable
man who nas neen granted aeierrea
classification would be given to under
stand that such deterrent Is not a
legal right, but a privilege and that if
unfair advantage is taken of that
privilege, it will be summarily re
voked. It is proposed to make a most care
ful survey of the lower sections of
Class 1 and of other classes to Iden
tify those men who are Idlers or who
are gaining their living through un
desirable br "harmful" pursuits. Un
der the latter head, officials suggest
might be listed gamblers, bookmakers
for races, poolroom touts and others.
Formal notification would be served
upon these men that, unless within a.i
specified time they obtain employ-j:
ment in some useful Industry, they
would have their classified statusj should be ashamed In
changed so as to send them into mill-' of affairs so grave, so fraught with
tary service immediately. " j ! the destinies of mankind throughout
: The plan is hot designed to inter-ail tne world, to speak wltn trucu
fere in the slightest with the so-call- lence, to use the weak languages of
ed non-essential indusrties. These hatred or vindictive purpose. Ws
may be affected to some slight degree, j must Judge as we would be Judged. I
but officials say such Injury would be I have sought to learn the objects Ger
offset many times over by resulting I many has in this war from the mouths
national good to be obtained from the I of her own spokesmen and to deal as
ly disclosed now than ever before. It
Is easy to see Just what this particular
loan means because the cause we
are fighting for stands more sharply
revealed than at any previous crisis
of the momentous struggle. The man
who knows least can now see plainly
how the cause of justice stands and
what the Imperishable thing is he Is
asked to invest in. Men in America
may be more sure than they ever
were before that the cause Is their
own, and that, if it should be lost,
their own great nation's place and
mission in the world would be lost
with It.
"I call you to witness, my fellow
countrymen, that at no stage of this
terrible business have I Judged the
purposes of Germany lntemperately. I
the presence
augmented labor supply and the great
ly Increased production of essentials.
. Administration officials who have
participated In the preparation of the
plan declare that the next step would
be to obtain authority for the Indus;
trial classification of the man power
0 f the country up to the age of 60
yeats.'- ....
GERMANS. HURL MASSED,
' DIVISION AGAINST- ALLIES
In'a battle of utmost fury, the Ger
mans have been hurling massed divi
sions, against the British and French
lines from far north of Albert to a
shori distance north of Montdldier.
Probably there has not been a more
sanguinary . battle, fought: since the
beginning of the Teutonic offensive
March '!1 than this:" which' has" for
Its objective the driving of. a wedge
between the British and French .ar
mies, the cutting of the Paris-Amiens
rail road south of Amiens' and the
capture of that city.
'4 But, In spite of the power of the
attack and the desperatene'ss ' of the
fighting, the entente allied legions
have stood firm over the most of their
front; At only two points have they
been forced to give ground: and these
seem, on the m p, to be only , minor
successes when compared with, the
sacrifice of lives which they have cost.
Just to' the southwest of .Albert, the
British have withdrawn a short dis
tance, and the French have given up
the village of Oastel, west of Moreu'il.
Which has been the storm Center of
the German assauls for" the last "few
days. At this point the Teutons are
within three -miles of the' Parji,,'
Amiens road. , v -'. "'
GERMANS- TAKE BIT OF - .
TERRITORY FROM BRITISH
Hard fighting was proceeding north
and south' pf Albert ss the result of 4
heavy attack by the Germans on the
British lines.- along a 'front of'-ioov
yards . between' Avelur , and, PnAO
court. According to the latest -r
ports, the' Germans h3 succeeded In
rin a foothold on a smH -triangu
lar bit of territory, jtfSsttntltwst
Albert which brought the attacking
troops clos to the Albert-Amiens rall-
WT.
frsnkly with them as I wished them
to deal with me. I have laid bare our
own Ideals, our own purposes, without
reserve or doubtful phrase, and have
asked them to say as plainly what It
Is that they seek.
"We have ourselves proposed no In
justice, no aggression. We are ready,
whenever the final- reckoning Is made
to be Just to the German people, deal
fairly with the German power, as
with all others. There can be no dif
ference between peoples In the final
Judgment, if it Is Indeed to be a right
eous Judgment. To propose anything
but Justice, even-handed and dispas
sionate Justice to Germany at any
time, whatever the outcome of the
war,' would be to renounce and dis
honor our' own cause. For we ask
nothing that we are not willing to ac
cord. .
"It has been with this thought that
f have sought to learn from those who
spoke for Germany whether It was
justice or dominion and the execution
of their own will upon the other na-
ttons of the world, that the German
leaders were seeking. They have an
awered, answered - in unmistakable
terms. They have avowed that it waa
not Justice but dominion and the un
hindered, execution of their own will.
"The avowal has not come from
Germany's statesmen. It has come
from her military leaders, wne are
her real rulers.. Her statesmen have
said that they wished peace, and were
ready to discuss Its terms whenever
their opponents were willing to sit
down at the conference table with
them. Her present chancellor has said,
la Indefinite and uncertain terms, In
deed, and In phrases that often seem
to deny their own meaning, but with
it much plainness as h thcaght pru-
dent-that - h believed that peace
should be based upon the principles
which we had declared would b our
wa in th final- settlement.
"At Brest-Lltovsk her civilian dele
-fate pke.,lp similar terms;, prof ess
J their desire to conclude a fair
Mac and accord. to the people with
, Whose fortanes they were dealing the
rlst to cnoose .tneir own allegiance.
But-.acU00 accompanied and followed
the nrofessitm. Their military masters.
the men who act for Germany and
Thlhtt her purse In execution.
nnw-tilmed a Try different cenolu-
and equitable terms with regard
Belgium and France, and Italy, could
they blame us if we concluded th-r
they did so only to assure thnu.clv
of a free hand iu Russia and the !-:3st?
"Their purpose is undoubtedly to
make all Slavic peoples, all the free
and ambitious nations of the Haliic p9
nlnsula. all the lands that Turkey has
dominated and misruled, subject to
their will and ambition and build upon
that dominion an empire of force upon
which they fancy that they can trect
an empire of gain and commercial ?u
premacy an empire as hostile to the
Americas as to the Europe which it
will overawe -an empire which w'M
ultimately master Persia. India a:-1
the peoples of the Far East. In s;n-h
a program our Ideala, the Ideals of
justice and humanity and liberty, the
principle of the free self-determination
of nations upon which all thi
modern world Insists, csn play no
part. They are rejected for the Iden's
of power, for the principle th:t the
strong must rule the weak, that trade
must follow the flag, whether tlirie m
whom It Is taken welcome It or not.
that the peoples of the world c- 'n
be made subject to the patrontpe -i- I
overlordshlp of those who have tin
power to enforce It.
"That program, oace carried out.
America and all who care or dcrn :
stand with her must arm and p:--"T-
themselves to contest the mastery of
the world, a mastery In which thi
rights of common men, the rights ef
women and of all whe are weak. ::i!iu
for the time being, be trod under
feet and be disregarded, the old n-"-long
struggle for freedom and right
begin again at its beginning. Everr.
thing that America has lived for a-t
loved and grown great to vindicate
and bring to a glorious realisation w II
have fallen In utter rein and gates of
mercy once more pitilessly shut upon
man-kind.
"The thing Is preposterous and Im
possible, and yet, is not that what th r
whole course and action of the O-r-man
armies has meant wherever thnv
have moved? I do not wish, even l:i
this moment of utter disillusionment,
to Judge harshly or unrighteously. I
judge only what the German arms
have accomplished with unpltying
thoroughness throughout every fair re
gion they have touched.
"What then are we to do? For my
self. I am ready, ready still, res ly
even now. to discuss a fair and lust
and honest peace at any time that It
Is sincerely purposed a peace In
which the strong and the weak sha'l'
fare alike. But the answer, when I
proposed such a peace, came from the
German commanders in Russia, and t.
can not mistake the meaning of ths
answer.
"I accept tha challenge. I know that ,
you will accept It. All the world sV''l
know that you accept It. It shall en-pear-
In the utter sacrifices and se"
forgetfulness with which wo sh-'l-
give all that we love and all that wa ,
have to redeem the world and make It .
fit for free men like ourselves to live ..
In. This now Is the meaning of all
that we do. Let everything that we
say. my fellow countrymen, everythiwi
that we henceforth plan and accom
plish, ring true to this response till :
the majesty and might ot our concert
ed power shall fill the thought ana
Utterly defeat th force of tboaa who
flout and miaprlis what we honor and
hold dear. . Germany ha once mor i
aid that force, and fare alone, stisit
dcd whether Jostle and peace shall
reign in the anair 01 awn, wimnr.
right aa. America conceives it, or no
mlnion as she cencelTe It, shall de
termine th destinies' ot mankind.
There la, therefore, but one response
possible from us: force, force to th
utmost, force without atlnt or limit,
the rtghteou and triumphant force
which shall make right the law ot the
world and cast every selfish dominion
I down in the dust