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KINGS MOUNTAIN, Nrb.7THURSI)AY,MAY 15," 1919"
VOL. 17.
NO. 35
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15,000,000 PEOPLE
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OFFICIAL TOTAL OF AMOUNT8
PURCHASED WILL NOT BE
KNOWN BEFORE MAY 26.
HEAVY OVER - SUBSCRIPTION
Complete Return of Sales by Bank
Will Be Made to the Treasury
Department by May 24.
Washington. Fifteen million Amer
icans bought Victory Liberty notes in
the campaign according to estimates
received by die treasury from federal
reserve banks. This compares with
about 21,000,000 purchasers in the
Fourth loan, 17,000,000 in the third,
9,400,000 in the second and 4,000,000
In the first.
A few additional reports of sub
scriptions came in but no attempt was
made to tabulate them and the treas
ury announced that the official total
probably would not be known before
May 26. The total as compiled still
stood at $3,894,000,000, but late re
ports emphasized the earlier indica
tions that the loan had been heavily
over-subscribed.
Hanks will have untl May 20 to re
port their subscriptions to federal re
serve banks, and the federal reserve
banks will report to the treasury by
May 24.
"Reports from all districts indicate
(hat practically the entire quota was
taken without material assistance
from the banks," said a treasury an
nouncement. PERHAPS LAST VISIT PAID
OCCUPIED AREA BY PERSHING
Ooblenz. General Pershing, com-
mander in chief of the American ex-
peditkmary forces, arrived in Cob
lens for wthat may be his last official
visit to the American occupation area.
During hs visit he wHI arrange with
Lieutenant General Hunter Liggett for
(he complete final withdrawal of the
American forces as decided upon soma
three weeks ago at general headquar-
' . .
General Pershing confirmed
Washington announcement that all. or
at least nearly all, of the Americans
would be out of Prance and Germany
by September 1.
PEACE CONDITIONS ARE NOT
HARDER THAN EXPECTED
Berlin. Maximilian Hardin, editor
of the Berlin Die Zukonft, writing' on
the peace treaty, says:
"Tiis peace conditions are not hard
er than I expected. They were un
pleasant to the greater part of the
people, but could on have readily
expected "tltem otherwise?
"The 'allies' ' bars been threatened
boat Germany wouM Join the bolshe
vik I. But that would be suicidal. The
only -way to rescue the country is
by openness and honesty. The revo
lution has been a great disappoplnt
ment." ,
THE TWO GREAT POLITICAL
PARTIES HAVE EVEN BREAK
Charlotte, N. C. Thomas R, Mar
shall, v4ce president of the United
State, who spent the night at the
Selwyn hotel, . said there is no doubt
that the Germans win sign the peace
treaty and the United tSates senate
will ratify It -with the league of na
tions agreement Included. He also de-
i chared the democratic party has an
"van break' with the republican par
ty for a vctory in 1920. He expressed
himself of the opinion that tbe immi
gration laws of this country should
and must 1m "revamped" and remain
tight "for a great many years." Un
der the present laws too many men
have fceen admitted and have sworn
allegiance to the United States who
have been Oerman secret service men
ha said, and who, tn all probabilty are
still In the par of German reaction
arts .who are seeking to create trouble
among certain elements of our popu-
.latloa."
PRESIDENT WIL80N TO REPLY
PERSONALLY TO THE GERMANS
t , Paris. President Wilson will per-
aeaally direct such answers as may be
- decided upon concerning German in
qairie ' in the peace treaty differing
.Worn the president's 14 points,
a, Ttof iraa announced In high quar
1 ' iejfs in connection with the instruc-
' h)a Iffan the Oerman pienipotenti-
, , arte at Versailles to address a not
to the allies compering the terms of
t B.a traatry with tbe 14 point. . -
"r'"V'i"-.r i'
FEELING RUNNING
HIGH IN HUM
ANARCHY PREFERRED TO SLAV
ERY IS THE REMARK HEARD
ON ALL 8IDES.
ITALIAN MATTERS UNSETTLED
Drafting Commutes on Peace Terms
to Be Presented to Austria Have
Begun War on Document
Peeling apparently is running high
In Germany over what Is termed the
severity of the peace terms and a
review of the opinion in Berlin says
that the people arc discussing the
consequences of a possible refusal to
sign the treaty.
"Rather anarchy than slavery is
the remark heard on all side, the. to
view declared.
One newspaper credits Herr Gios
bert, a member of the German delega
tion at Versailles, as asserting that the
only Immediate solution is a peace
with Russia ami the employment of
bolshevik troops by Germany.
Unofficial advices from Paris de
clare that the controversy over Italy's
claims to Flume and the Dalmatian
coast is far from being settled. Pres
ident Wilson, according to these ad
vices, is not in agreement with the
compromise plan by which Italy would
he given a mandate to administei
Flume until 1923. and then teke pos
session of the cltv.
The peace terms to be presented to
Austria are rapidly taking concrete
form. It Is announced from Paris that
the drafting committee has begun
work on the document as a whole. The
naval terms as completed, wiping out
the entire Austrian navy, the surren
der of every ship of the Austrian naval
arm being demanded, The allied and
associated governments will decide
later what disposition shall be mMe
of the vessels, No hint has yet been
given as to the other conditions of
the treaty.
Meanwhile the German peace dele
gation at Versailles continues its for
midable task of digesting the peace
terms handed to It Wednesdsy by
Jremier Clemenceau. According to re
ports originating from a high British
source in Paris, the delegates are di
vided in their views on the drastic
conditions laid down.
CONDITIONS MEAN DEATH
TO GERMANY SCHEIDEMANN
; London. An Exchange Telegraph
dispatch from Berlin says that after
a five hour session of the German cab
inet, Philip Scheidemann, the chancel
lor, delivered a speech to tbe commit
tee appointed to consider the treaty.
After comparing the most Important
conditions laid down by the allies In
connection with President Wilson's 14
points, Scheidemann is reported to
have said: -
"These conditions are nothing else
than death for Germany, but the gov
ernment must discuss this document
of hatred and madness -with so
briety." WILSON EXPLAIN8 PROPOSAL
FOR ALLIANCE WITH FRANCE
Washington. In response to an in
quiry from Secretary Tumulty. Presi
dent Wilson cabled that he had prom
ised France to propose to the senate
In connection with tbe peace treaty
"a supplement In which we shall
agree, subject to the approval of the
council of the league of nations, to
come Immediately to the assistance of
France in case of unprovoked attack
by Germany."
"Happily there- Is no mystery or
privacy about what I have promised
the government here," the President
said. "I have promised to propose to
the senate a supplement In which we
shall agree, subject to the approval of
the council of the league of nations,
to come Immediately to the assistance
of France In case of unprovoked at
tack by Germany, thus merely hasten
ing the action which we should be
hound by the covenant of the league
of nations."
STRIKES INCREASE; GERMANS
MADE IMMUNE TO HORRORS
nerllnJ The neonle.. though fairlv
Mtrli-iren riiimh hv the neace terms, are
now recovering sufficiently to declare
that Germany cannot and will not
sign the compact no matter what
comes. .
fltiHIrofl are tncreaslna and bolshe
vlsm and spartacan uprising have. If
anything, made Germans immune to
nnlMa horrors which are to be
anticipated It they are again plunged
tfcto war.
A lifelong Friend Of Herald
Readers Is Silenced
Poor Old George Will
Speak No More
Poor old George, he had passed
away. He bad no soul but Is of
blessed memory. He has .gone from
our sight. We shall see him no
more unless we bebld him in tran
sition as a plow share or a cannon
or the like. He took more cussing
and bore it more patiently than
most of us could have done. He
was faithful and wrought nobly
during his quarter of a century In
Kings Mountain. He has gone
from us to act as spokesman for
this community no more. He serv
ed his day and served it well. Many
Herald readers kaew his face but
mora of them knew of his works.
Will you not drop a tear for a de
parted friend ? H was your friend.
And while he remained aear and
dear to many, his friendship began
to frazzle with others. Some even
assumed to pronounce epithet
upon bis unholy, yet Inoffensive,
head when he smeared ink over
their choice sheet or left it so dim
that it strained thslr optics to ex
tract the facts. Ha bore the name
of the father of his country and as
did his godfather, the original
George Washington, stood for truth
and righteousness. While he was
not able to retain th reputation of
the first George, he strove even as
hard. He was just as pur at heart.
Poor Old George, h wa finally
the connecting link between two
regime. He performed one of his
greatest acts as he was passing
from the Herald office to the Junk
heapdreadful day. The under
takers were emphatically unholy in
their task of removing the old press
from its corner in the shop where
it had been stored since it gave
way to more modern machinery
two years ago. As they tugged at
the huge weight tbey .cussed and
swore vehemently. It made us sad
to think that such a faithful serv
ant should come to such an unholy
end. But we refused steadfastly to
see the sledge hammer put to its
anatomy. It was dissected at the
Joints and no more. It went out
whole as it came la. Its blood Is
not on our bands. -
Old George, as he was so famil
iarly called by Roy Hunter, who
one time gloried in pulling ita tail,
was the - old Washington hand
press on which the Herald was
printed for nigh on a quarter of
a century. It gave way to a power
press ever two years ago and since
that time had been stacked about
la the shop until the motor express
took it away to a Junk pile in Char
lotte Wednesday. It It could have
eaten grass we would have provid
ed It a pasture. Or if it could have
enjoyed any sort of luxury we
should have striven to make him
happy in his reward for faithful
service. But it was only cold cast
iron and had no capacity for enjoy
ment and had to go the way of its
kind to appear again in a more
modern state. Les McGinnis cuss
ad when we set it aside. Others
said it was all right. But it had
served ita time just like politicians
do and just had to step aside to let
the world rusk on. It was Benja
min Franklin's Invention and If the
same Franklin had not reached up
into the clouds and chained light
ning and made-it a commercial ser
vant the old press might still have
occupied two full half days each
week in this shop to this day and
for many days to come. But as
many Inventors do .Franklin killed
one good Job with another. Old
George just would not take to elec
tricity and had to get out. : But the
old Washington hand press will be
remembered kindly. . .
DURHAM . ADDRESSES SOLDIERS.
There was quite a good representa
tion of the old soldiers present at the
memorial exercises Saturday. There
were also a number of the soldiers
of the recent war present but not as
many as we had hoped to see. The
exercises were conducted in the usual
manner, closing with a . very .. fine
spread on the A. R. P. church cam
pas. The address of the day was de
livered by Mr. 8. J. Durham of Bes
semer City and was pronounced a
most magnificent address. Capt. F.
DilHng arose at the close of the
speech and Introduced a resolution
of thanks to the speaker and, the res
lution wa passed by a rising vote.
Mr. Durham's theme was "God in
the War." He sought to correlate the
ideal of the two wart and to show
that ideals and purposes of the civil
war were vindicated thoroughly by
the motives prompting the recent war
the aim of both being to grant to
humanity the privilege of self-deter-
mlnatiun, of right and righteousness
In the world and Justice to all man
kind. He gave a summary of some of
the things accomplished by the recent
war eradication of the whiskey busi
nesspoliticals rights of women In
disputable evidence of the mastery of
Jesus Christ in the world.
At the close of the address Rev. U.
L. Kerr, presiding officer, arose to put
Capt. Dllllngs' resolution before the
house and endorsed the address very
emphatically and espVlally that part
relating to equal suffrage.
$104,000 IN VICTORY DRIVE.
As usual Kings Mountain went way
over the top in the Victory Liberty
Loan. In round numbers our people
subscribed to bonds to the umount of
$104,000 against a quota of $?0.M.
Look on fourth page for list of sub
scribers not already published.
CAPT BELL MEMORIAL.
Announcement of organization of
the W. T. R Bell Memorial Associa
tion will come as good news to the
many friends of the late educator who
conducted a military school in Kings
Mountain a number of years ago. Tbe
organization was formed last week
In Charlotte. Membership will con
sist of graduates and former students
of Capt. Bell.
Officers elected were John F,
Schenck, of Shelby, president; R. L
Kirkwood, of Bennettsvllle. S. C, sec
retary and treasurer. The meeting
was held here Wednesday.
The next meeting of the association
will be held the first Tuesday of Au
gust at the school building, at Kings
Mountain, when definite plans for th
carrying out of the work of the society
will, be made.
Besides those elected officers, the
organization meeting was attended
by J. W. Watson and S. N. Boyce. of
Gastonia; Charles E. Piatt, of Char
lotte; John J. Crow, of Monroe; R. L
Stowe, of Belmont; D. M. Kirkley. of
Kershaw. S. C; Paul Jeter. S. V.; W.
H. Jeter, and W. F. Bates. Carlisle.
S. C; W. J. Dunn, Camden, S. C; R.
J. Patterson, R. L. Kirkwood and W.
H. Kirkwood, and Misses Anna East
erling and May Emmanuel, all i. Ben
nettsville, S C.
Baptist Drive Recommences.
"Back on the main line again." i
the word that comes from the head
quarters in this city of the million-dollar
campaign for the Baptist schools
of the stat.
For the past two months the edu
cational campaign has been side
tracked in order to give the right of
way to the big mission drive to raise
in this state by May 30 a quarter of a
million dollars for state, home and
foreign missions. During this period
of inaction moat encouraging receipts
have continued to come into the of
fice of the treasurer of the education
al fund 3. Dr. R. T. Venn, among them
being aglft of $2,000 by J. H. Moore
of Madison,' with which to endow a
scolarshie.
The States wide campaign organisa
tion which did such effective work
last fall and winter, despite the se
rious handicaps occasioned by the In
fluenza epidemic, will now again get
into action more rigorously than ever
before, and round up the million dol
lars at the earliest practicable moment.
Delegate Are Appointed.
Goverfnor Blckett appointed sixteen
delegates to represent the state at the
National Conference of Social Work
which meets at Atlantic City June 1-1
and six delegates to the National Con
gress of Mother and Parent-Teachers
Association to be held in Kanea City,
Mo., May 8-10.
The delegates to the conference for
social work are:
D. F. Wooten, Kinston; J. R. Barrett,
Lillington; R. L. Brown, Oxford; A. S.
Macfarlane, Winston-Salem ; Miss Ae
neas MeNaughton. Saamarcand ; Dr.
W. L. Poteat, Wake Forest; W, S.
Blakeney, Monroe; Mrs. R. L. Justice,
Greensboro; Miss Amy Sheldon, Golds
boro; R. B Babdngton, Gastonia; R. R.
Clark, Siatesville; Dr. Cyrue Thomp
son, Jacksonville; Mrs. B. H. Griffin,
Raleigh; Mrs. T. W. Llngle, Chapel
Hill; Mrs. Walter F. Woodard, Wil
son: Mrs. J. W. Pless. Marion.
The delegates to the Mothers and
Parent-Teachers Association meeting
are: . ' ' -
Mrs. R. R. Cotten, Bruce; Mrs. Lucy
Robertson. Greensboro; Mrs . Ed
Land. Goldsboro; Mrs. A. H. Powell.
Oxford : Mrs. Charles E. PlaU. Char
lotte; Mrs. N. Buckner, Asheville.
To Direct Employment Bureau.
Mr. J. A. Robinson, of Durham, wa
sworn in here as manager of the bu
reau of the United States employ
ment bureau In Durham. The bureau,
will open there Monday In aa office in
the Elks building. Considerable work
in the way of connecting tbe man
with the job has already been done In
Durham under Chamber of Commerce
auspices, but with a regularly organ
ised branch of the government ser
vice in operation it Is expected that
the acope of the work will be consid
erably enlarged. .
IN STATE'S RIGHTS
VICE-PRESIDENT DELIVERS A
STRONG ADDRESS BEFORE
T, P. A.'S AT CHESTER, S. C.
E IS
Talk of Going Back to Our Ancient
Neutrality Under Present World
Conditions Is Idle Talk.
i Chester. S. O Governor Robert A.
1 Cooper at the Chester theater Intro
; duoed Vice President Marshall, who
. made one of the ablest and most elo
, quent addresses ever heard In this
j city. He was warmly greeted and
I throughout his speech received Rreat
applause.
i "Nobody in South Carolina." he
said, "ever believed more sincerely
in the doctrine of state's rights than
I believe In It. I have recognized
what other state's rlcht men have not,
that with states' rights goes the
states' duties. So long as the states
of this union will not look after them
selves and demand the fostering care
I of the general government, the doe
I trine of states' rights will be dormant.
I "I am hoping for a revival in the
hearts of citizens so that each state
will discharge its. duties and tell the
general government to only look after
the powers delegated to it. hut until
states do this there is no hope for this
ancient democratic doctrine.
"I wish T could put our country
back to the good old days of 1840. I
would be willing to do with less
money for more manhood. I had
nothing to do with adopting the colo
nial policy of our government, but
with our soldiers In the Philippines
and our sailors in the North sea talk
about going back to our ancient neu
trality. It Is talk In favor of an Idle
dream. .Neutrality consists In more
than mere hands off. . It must also be
minds off and opinions off; for the
most potent' things in modem war
fare are the moral opinions of man
kind touching It." ,
COMPETITIVE BIDS WANTED
FOR 200,000 TONS OF RAILS
New York Walker D. Hines. direc
tor general of railroads, announced
here that the railroad administration
will ask immediately for competitive
bids for 200,004 tons of steel rails.
Mr. Hines' announcement was made
after he had been Informed by repre
sentatives that they had been unable
to induce representatives of the large
manufacturers at a conference here
to agree on a reduction of the sched
ule of steel prices approved by the in
dustrial board of the department of
commerce. Mr. Hines declared it was
his settled purpose to Juy steel ma
terials on the competitive bidding ba
sis, as rapidly as they were needed.
POSTAL TELEGRAPH SY8TEM
ADOPTS (-HOUR DAY FOR ALL
New York. Charles P. Baruch. gen
eral manager of the Postal Telegraph
system, announced that, effective
June 1, the eight-hour day and time
and a half for overtime had been
adopted for all the system's employes
In SI large and small cities in th
United States.
40,900 FIGHTING MEN MAKE
APPLICATION FOR HOMESTEADS
Washlngton.-r-JWIth applications al
ready received from mone than 40,000
soldiers and sailors who desire to
take np homesteads when discharged
from military service. Secretary Lane
and his advisers are revising the pro
gram originally presented to Congress
to take care of the increased demands.
It was said that the first estimate
of $100.000 000 for establishing dis
charged service men on "slacker"
lands probably w.ould have to be made
several times that amount, perhaps
$400,000,000. Secretary Lane's rlan
would not merely start a man as a
farmer or cattle producer, but would
"see him through" to success by as
sistance until he could begin repay
ments. BIGGEST WINTER WHEAT CROP
PRODUCED IN ANY COUNTRY
Washington. The greatest crop of
winter wheat ever produced In any
country Is in prospect tor this year's
harvest The forecast of production,
estimated by the department of agri
culture, placed its size at almost nine
hundred million bushels In exact fig
ures, 899,tlo.000, which would make
this year's harvest worth $2,034,000,
009 at the government's price guaran
tee of $2.16 a bushel.
IS
PLACED UPON HUNS
BY TERMS OF TREATY FRANCE
RECOVERS ALSACE-LORRAINE
AND POLAND IS MADE FREE.
ACCEPTS LEAGUE OF NATIONS
Kaiser to Be Tried by International
High Court for Violation of Laws
and the Customs of War.
I'arie. The treaty of peace betwe.-n
the 27 allied and associated powers on
the one hand and Germany on the
other, has been banded to the Ger
man plenipotentiaries at Versailles
Germany by the terms of th
treaty, restores Alsace-Lorraine to
France, accepts the internationaliza
tion of the Saar basin temporarily
and of Danzig permanently, agrees to
territorial changes toward Belgium'
and Denmark and In Kast Prussia,
cedes most of upper Silesia to Poland,
and renounces all territorial und piv
lltical rights outside Europe, as to
her own or her allies' territories, and
especially to Morocco, Egypt, Siam.
Liberia and Shannon;. She also rec
ognizes the total independence of German-Austria.
Czecho Slovakia and Po
land. .
Germany accepts full responsibility
for all damages caused to allied and
associated governments and nationals,
agrees specifically to reimburse all
civilian damages beginning with an
initial payment of 20.000.000.000
marks.
The league of nations is accepted,
by the allied and associated powers
as operative and by Germany in
principle, but without membership.
She also agrees to the trial of the
ex-kaiser by an international high
court for a supreme offense against
international morality, and of other
nationals for violation of the laws
and customs ;of war. Holland to be
asked to extradite the former, and
Germany being responsible for de
livery of the lstter. .
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRES8
18 TO CONVENE ON MAY 19TH
Washington. President Wilson is
sued a call by cable for a spe
cial session of Congress to meet Mon
day, May 11
President Wilson's proclamation
calling tbe extra session follows:'
"Whereas, public Interests require
that the Congress of the United States :
should be convened In extra sassion at
12 o'clock noon, on, the 19th day of
May, 1919, to receive such communi
cations as may be made by the ex
ecutive; '
"Now, therefore. I, Woodrow W1I.
son, President of the United States of
America, do hereby proclaim and de
clare that an extraordinary occasion
requires the Congress of tbe United
States to convene In extra session at
the capitol in the District of Colum
bia on the 19th day of May. 191$, at
12 o'clock noon, of which all persona
who shall at that line be entitled to
act as members thereof, are hereby re
quested to take notice.
"Given under my hand and the seal
of the United Statos of America the
7th day of May in the year of our
Lord one thousand nine hundred and
nineteen and of th independence of
tbe United States tbe one hundred and
forty-third.
(Signed) "WOODROW WILSON.
"By the President:
"Robt. Lansing, Secretary .of. State
CONGRESS MUST ACT Off
ALLIANCE PROPOSITION
Paris. Reports of an alliance be
tween the United States, France and
Great Britain, supplementing the
peace treaty, hare developed the tact
that white no offensive or defensive al
liance Is contemplated, yet the chiefs
of the three governments are discuss
ing such a pact or an agreement to
meet the French demand for military
security against renewed German ag
gression. Such a plan would, It for
mulated, be submitted to the United
States Congress,
AMERICA RECOGNIZES
FINLAND GOVERNMENT
Paris. Secretary of State Lansinc
announced that the United States had
recognised the de facto government ol
Finland. ) The statement said:
"In view of the tact that the people
of Finland have established a repre
sentative government, the government
of the United States of America de- ;
Clare that it recognises the govern
ment so constitute! as the de facta
Sorernment of an Independent Fi
lnd..