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V. iilisffl A CUm Coral IfmapapttT Jar All dip jFanrtlg VOL. 17. NO. 39 KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1919 9 ' - S1.50 A YEAR IN Anvawr-w . - lOMWU c. is j LOST AIR MEN ARE ED UP AT SEA HAWKER AND GRIEVE RESCUED BY LITTLE DANISH STEAMER HAVING NO WIRELESS. MIES OFF IRISH COAST Aviators Are Taken Off the Steame by Destroyer and Transferred to Flagship Revenge. London. Missing for six days and virtually given up for lost, Hurry G. Hawker uud his navigator, Lieutenant Commander Mackenzie Grieve, Hr.t ish airmen who essayed a flight across the Atlantic oceun, without protection against disaster save what their' frail airplane afforded, are safe aboard a British warship off' the Ork neys. They will reach the mainland uid proceed to London, where they will be ucclaimed as men relumed to life. Some 1,100 miles out from New Foundland and 800 from the Irish coast, Uio aviators, nuking the best of an engine which was falling to function properly, were forced to alight on the water. The little Dan ish steamer Mary, bound from Xew Orleans and Norfolk for Aarhuus, Denmark, picked the wayfurera up. Lacking a wireless outfit, the cap taiin of the steamer was obliged to withhold tlie good tidings of the res cue until he was opposite Butt of Lewis, where the Information was sig nalled by means of flags, that Haw ker and Grieve were aboard his ship. Immediately word was flashed to the British admiralty, which sent out destroyers to overtake the Danish vessel and obtain confirmation, This was done and one of the destroyers took the airmen off, and later trans ferred them to the flagship Revenge. IE DISCUSSES TREATY AND LEAGUE RESOLUTION CALLS ON 8TATE DEPARTMENT TO FURNISH COMPLETE TEXT. DISCUSSION ON In Couru of Debate a Bitter Attack Wat Made by Sherman of lllinola on President Wilton' Course. BILL IS PASSED BY HOUSE PARTISAN CLASHES BETWEEN MEMBERS BROUGHT OUT IN BRIEF DISCUSSION E Annual Report Of Treasurer Of East Kings Mountain For The Year Ending May 1, 1919 i LACK OF ACHIEVEMENT SEEEMS TO HAVE HAD DEPRESSING EFFECT ON ITALY. Receiptt. To balance ou hand .. ) 1 J 1 (V 4110.71 HAD NO TROUBLE LANDING SAYS HAWKER IN MESSAGE London. Hawker has tent the fol lowing message from the Revenge to the Dally Mail: "My machine stopped owing to the water filter in the feed pipe from the radio to the water pump blocked with refuse, such as solder and the like shaking loose in the radiator. "It was no fault of the Rolls Boyce motor, which ran absolutely perfectly from start to finish, even when all the water had boiled away. . Washington. The peace treaty with its league of nations covenaut was debated for three hours In the Senate, and at adjournment the resolution which furnished the vehicle for the discussion went over as unfinished business. The resolution merely calls on the State department to furnish the sen ate with the complete text of the treaty, but as the debate progressed discussion shifted to the merits of the league and treaty themselves. A doz en senators, Including the leaders on both sides, were drawn Into the dis cussion and sharp exchanges presaged the bitterness of the fight that is to come when the treaty actually comes up for ratification. Senator Johnson of California, au thor of the resolution, started the de bate with a short speech charging that the treaty supporters had "some thing -to conceal." This assertion drew an Indignant reply from Senator Hitchcock, of Ne braska, ranking Democrat of the for eign relations committee, who de clared the President was following well established precedent in keeping the treaty text In confidence, and that for the senate' to request him to do otherwise would be "a gross breach of International proprieties." In the course of the debate a bitter attack on the league covenant and on President Wilson's course in the peace conference was made by Senator Sher-. man of Illinois, who earlier in the day had presented a resolution declaring it the sense of the senate that the treaty and the covenant should be con sidered separately. A SPEED RECORD IS MO IS BEING ' LEFT IN THE COLO Measure as Reported by Appropria-1 rrom Date of F tions Committee Authorized lowance of $45,044,500. Al- irtt Process, Treaty Will Come Into Force Between the H;gh Contracting Parties. .WITH ONE CONCESSION HUN PROPOSALS ARE REJECTED Paris. With the exception of one minor concession, all suggestions and counter proposals by Germany for the disposition of the Saara basin have been rejected by the reply of the al lied and associated powers. Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau's appeal for an oral disposition of the points at issue on this subject was ig nored. The concession agreed to is that Germany might create a prior charge upon her assets or revenues tor the payment of tbe mines In the Sure region, If the plebiscite goes against France. MODEL TOWN OF TRUXTON BUILT FOR NEGROES ONLY Portsmouth, Va. A model town constructed by the government, ex clueively for negroes, was formally opened with appropriate ceremonies, and Truxton, Va., as the new town is known, took Its place on the map a a suburb of this city. Built primarily as a war measure to aid the great Hampton Roads naval base, the 224 buildings in the little town will not be sold immediately by the government but will be rented from $18 to SIS monthly. The town is one of the 24 housing projects the United States Housing Corporation is rapidly completing throughout the country for the gov ernment, representing a returnable value of more than $25,000,000 and consisting of 6,000 houses and 64 apartments. THREE AMERICANS SLIGHTLY WOUNDED IN TRAIN ATTACK Vladivostok. The first casualties la the American expedition force In Si beria were experienced May 21 when three Americans were slightly wound ed. They were pursuing through the bills 'bolshevlkl who had attacked running train, guarded by American! forty mHet northeast of Vladivostok. naareShkotova, at the head of Uswuri bar In tbe Maritime province, which Is seething with . disorder and revolt ' .-.-"v iMe'-'.-. --" ..--'.'.' . NO INTERRUPTION TO 8ALE AND MANUFACTURE OF BEER New York. Uninterrupted produC' Hon of "war beer" until the courts have passed upon the claim of the United States Brewers Association that the beverage, containing 2 3-4 per cent alcohol, is non-intoxicating, was assured when Federal Judge Mayer granted an Injunction restrain ing government Interference, The court declared that hlB decision had been Influenced by President Wil son's message to Congress recom mending repeal of the war-time pro hibition act in so far as It relates to beer and wine, and by Federal Judge A. N. Hand's ruling last week, that the law placed a ban on the manufac ture only of liquors that were. In fact, intoxicating. Although United States .District At torney Gaffey, representing the gov ernment, opposed granting an injunc tion, Judge Mayer said he believed such action would contribute to a fair settlement of the questions raised by the brewers under the emergency pro hibition act. The Injunction, a tempo rary one, would be effective, the court said, pending review of his decision by the circuit court of appeals or, if the government should decide to let it stand, until the brewers' suit per manently to enjoin prosecutions for manufacture of the 1; 3-4 per cent brew could be tried in the district court. NAVY BOARD TO DECIDE ON CAPITAL 8HIP TYPE Washington, The navy jseneral board took up the tusk of formulating specific reoommeda'.lons as to types of capital ships congress will be asked to authorize. Secretary Daniels and his three chief technical advisers. Rear Admirals Griffin, Taylor and Earle, were present at the board meeting to tell what they had learned while In Europe as to the direction naval de velopment was taking abroad. Washington. I'assage by the house of a deficiency bill urovidine unrent appropriations of $45,044,000 for war risk allowances to soldiers' and sail ors' families and civil war pensioners made another speed record for the new house, which adopted the woman suffrage .resolution! The lirst sharp partisan clashes of the session between Republicans and. Democrats occurred during discussion ofihe deficiency bill. Tho 'measure, hastily reported by the appropriations committee, auth orizes appropriations of $9,;io.0o0 tor allowances due May 1 and June 1 to about 700,000 families of soldiers sailors and marines, $3,000,000 for de layed civil war pensions and $2,429. 500 for administration of the war risk insurance bureau. It was passed with out a dissenting vote after consider able partisan discussion. Republicans and Democrats making counter charges of responsibility for delay in payment of the family allowances. During the partisan skirmishing, Representative Mann charged that President Wilson was responsible en tirely for delay in the appropriations and the hardships of soldiers, fami lies due to failure to receive their May 1 checks,. He added that the president had neglected or refused to oall congress sooner because of fear that the league of nations would be discussed. Democrats sharply retort ed that the senate Republicans' fili buster, which held up the war risk ' funds, and not the president, was re sponsible. The speakers were ap plauded according to their partisan affiliation as the political points were made. In explaining the object of the bill, Representative Good stated, in reply to questions, that so far as he knew the resignation of former Director Lindsley of the war risk insurance bureau was not responsible for the deficiency in the bureau's funds. EXPERTS APPEAR BEFORE INTERSTATE COMMISSION Paris. The question of Fitime ar.d the Adriatic remains where it was. Since the return of Premier Orlando and Sonnino from, Rome, the matter has not been again taken up by the council of four. but, in the unofficial discussions which have taken place, it is impossible to say any progress has been made. The proosal to ap point a small committee of experts, such as that which worked out the scheme for the administration of the Saar valley, to try to find a modus Vivendi lias been abandoned. This lack of achievement s-jeias ti have had a depressing effect in Italy. Her omission from the alliance which is to guarantee France's security, com ing on top of the failure to settle the status of Fiiitne. has evidently con tributed to the feeling that Italy is being left in the cold. Italian circles strongly insist that there wolud have, been no doubt that Italy would have accepted the invitation to Join the al liance had she been asked. Another point which has affected public opinion has been the discovery that the peace treaty has a provision for ratification without the signature of Italy. This is provided in article 440, which says: , "A first process verbal of deposit of the ratifications will he drawn up as soon as the treaty has been ratified hy Germany, on the one hand, and by three'of the principal allies and asso ciated powers, on the other hand. "From the date of this first process the treaty will come Into force be tween the high contracting parties who have ratified it. For the deter mination of all periods of time pro vided for In the present treaty this date will be the date of coming Into force of the treaty." Ji.ne : j June 1 Jaly 1 : July 1 Aug. 1 Aug. 1 Sept. 3 Oct 3 Nov. 2 i Dec. 14 Dec. 14 1919. Jan. 2 i Feb." 3 Mar. 6 Mar. 6 Apr. 2 Received regular tax, A. I,. Painter... Received special tax. A, L. Painter Received regular tax. A. L. Pnlnter Receive,) special tax A. L. Painter Received n-fiilar ux, A I.. Painter Received special lax. A. I.. Painter Jieceiveu regular lax. A I.. Painter 149.28 ju-i-eiveii regular tax. A I. Painter Received regular tax. A. 1- Painter Received regular tax. A. J.. Painter Received special tax. A. 1, Painter 10 00 16.00 9 tig 3 00 5 02 200 S3 17 114 08 664 47 600 Received regular lax, A. I.. Received regular tax. A. L. Received regular tax. A. L. Received special (ax, A. I,. Received regular tax. A. L. Painter. . Painter. . Painter. . Painter. . Painter. . 36 74 2.r, 48 24 5 5.00 666 Z? r,'i'"s .....$1,508.8 .Disbursements . 1 111" 95 Balance t Approved May 2. 1919. $ 345.91 SECRET SESSION IS HELD BY COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION Raleigh. The hearing for special representatives of the interstate com merce commission In the suits of the North Carolina corporation commissH-.i and the associated North Cbrolma shipping points. In which relief ii ought from apieged. discriminatory freight rates for these North Caro Jxna points, ia comparison with more favorable rates from Virginia cltiei began wKh indications that two ot hree days will be required to com- plete the investigation here. MRS. HAWKER AND DAUGHTER RECEIVE DAILY MAIL'S $50,000 London. Lord Northcllfle authorli. ed the Daily Mail to pay Mrs. Hawkei $60,000 for the benefit of herself and her baby daughter, and to Commander Grieves next of kin, in the proper tlon which the airman and his navi gator had agreed to share the prize money between them. The Daily Mail nignt conditions and the old prize money are still open to world com- pernors. New Orleans. At a secret meeting here of cotton growers representing 400,000 acres of cotton producing land, the American Cotton Growers' League was organized, designed to combat what was alleged to be "a strong in fluence brought to bear and New Eng land manufacturers." and the pro ceedings of the conference assembled here to consider the organization of a $100,000,000 cotton exports corpora tion.. : A committee was appointed, com prised of A. Alan Breen. Bayminette, Ala.; George E. Haskins. Mobile; Har vey W. Swayne, Atlanta; R. F. Work. Heuston, Tex., and Justin Fair, Mont gomery, Ala., empowered to work out plans to meet the alleged "influence." Announceemnt tha t the growers had organized was made to the press by one of the members of the commit tee, who expressed the belief that "the death knell of the speculator In the cotton producing world may have been sounded," by the organization of the league. THREE INDICTMENTS LIE IN V. P. I. HAZING CASE Chrlstiantburg, . Va. Three mem bers of the sophomore class at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and one former student were indicted on charges of malicious assault by a grand Jury empaneled at a special ses sion of the Montgomery county circuit court, Jttdgs W. W. Moffett presiding. called for the purpose of Investigat ing the farts In connection with the alleged hazing of Jhn Fox, of Roan oka, a freshman, e May 15 and It, KILLED TWENTY GERMANS AND TOOK 132 PRISONERS New York. Sergeant Alvin C. York, of the S8th Infantry, who, at the head of a detachment ot Beven men, killed 20 Germans, took 132 prisoners, in cluding a major and three lieutenants, and put 3 machine guns out of opera tion, arrived here on tbe transport untoan wearing the congressional medal of honor and the French croix de guerre. Sergeant York's home is in Pall Mall. Tenn. GERMAN REPLY TO PEACE TERMS IN FIVE SECTIONS Berlin. The German reply to the allied peace terms will be in five sec tions dealing with political and terri torial ittues, the league of nations, and- financial and economic questions. The notes already transmitted to the allied and associated powers, the Ger mans believe, will afford a basis for negotiations on some of thee ques tions and also may serve as suggest, tug a way ever obstacles in the way ef aegotlatloos on tha peace treats'. AUSTRIAN PEACE DELEGATION HAS ARRIVED AT ST. GERMAIN Paris Karl Renner, Austrian chan cellor, has brought his peace delega tion andattendantn to St. Germain, near Paris, and at a later datfl will appear before tf e representatives of the allied and assnclated powers to receive the conditions which spell peace for the former empire. A notable feattir of the reception was the absence Germans., who had requested permission to greet the Ans trians, but had been denied this privi lege. The prefect of the department, M. Chaleil. met thi Austrinns court eously and although there was no offi cial handshaking. Many memhers of the party were greeted by unofficial handshakes from old arquantances. 19is: May 3 May 3 May 3 I .May 6 j May 14 May 20 May 2" May 20 May 31 May 31 June 3 June 12 June 15 July 1 July 9 Aug. 1 Auk. 1ft Aug. 10 Aug. 10 Aug. Ang. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. Aug. 30 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 Aug. 31 PepL 3 Sept. 13 Sept 14 Sept. 27 Sept. 28 Oct.e2 Oct. 2 Oct. 2 Nov. 2 Dec. 4 Dec. 14 Dec, 14 Dec. 23 Dec, 31 1919. Jan. 1 $ 24 24 24 27 J. P. ROBERTS, Treasurer. Disbursements, To A .1., Painter, police To Cora Cotton Mills ..... To G. G. Page, printing To B. A. Smith, pipe To J. L. Mauney. street work To W. R. Hnliimler. Judge '" To J. J. Riddle. Judge To Arthur Gantt, Registrar To A. L. Painter, postage.... ' To Town of Kings Mountain, dog tags To A. L. Painter, police , . To O. O. Page, printing , To Thomas Jackson. Work on tax lawks To A. I.. Painter, police To Will Whitaker. 'hauling.; To A. L. Painter, police... To Monroe Carico. street work... To Wadell Castells,. street, work To. E, J, Elliott, street work . . . . . . To Iee Elliott, street work.....,,.. To Monroe Carico. street work Wadell Castells. street work To E, J. Elliott, street work. .............. To Homer Hart, street work .... To Ralph Black, street work.... Tn r- : . . . muiinjr I UMl'U, SirCCl WOrK ....... 900 To Bud Henry, street work ..... j ....... . 4 00 10 nooeri Meeks, street work... To J. L. Mauney. bridge lumber .. ... To D. H. Homer, vital statistics To Lee Elliott, street work To Monroe Carico, street work To C. D. Redman, street work To Robert Meeks, street wor k To E. J. Elliott, street work To A. L. Pi Inter, police. ... ..: . ....... 6000 To Homev Hart, street work ...... . 10 w. A, Mauney Bros., pipe, .. . , To Monroe Carico, street work...... To Lee Elliott, street work.;...;, To E. J. Elliott, street work. .V." To A. L. Painter, police,. To Amos Roper, street work..,.,,.,.,,..,,,.,,;.,.. To A. L. Painter, police. . . . . ................ . . ; . To A. L. Painter, police..,........,....,.,,....,.. To Thomas Jackson, work on tax books ..... ...... To G. O. Page, printing...... t.. To B. B. Bridges, hauling. ................. . ... .... ; To Thad Meeks. street work. 60 00 345 1 SO 3.00 ii oo 200 2 00 2 00 1 00 1 00 no oo 525 3 00 50 00 3.50 50.00 6.00 6.00 1S.00 7.60 8.20 2 80 51 20 6 00 6 00 11.00 11 80 5.00 9.00 84S 200 300 11940 18 40 2.10. 3.00 39,00 60.00 5 00 60.00 60.00 4.00 12 00 2.00 1.35 Jan. Jan. Feb. Feb. Feb. Feb. Mar. 6 Mar. 27 Apr. 2 Apr. 2 To A. L. Fainter, police , To W. A. Mauney Bros., pipe ..... C. F. Stowe. hauling A. L. Painter, police......... To A. L. Painter, postage.. To Cora Cotton Mill, police suit.. To D. H. Homer, vital statistics... To. A. L. Painter, police. To B. B. Bridges, hauling... To A. L. Painter, police,.,.... To O. G. Page, printing........ ... 60.00 10.60 5.40 60.00 1 00 44.40 6 00 50.00 3 25 60.00 8.0 Total disbursements ......................... Approved May 2. 1919. J, R. ROBERTS. Treasurer ,$1,162.91 Gastonia. Fifty-seven marriage 11- Charlotte. K. N. Hart was convict censes were Issued from the office of I ed of reckless driving, transporting whiskey and keeping whiskey for WILSON TO VISIT BRUSSELS BEFORE STARTING HOME Paris. President Wilson was ron sMerincr sailing for the United States from Antwerp so that he might visit Rrussels on the way hut on lpnuMng.it dpveloneil that the United States transport George Washington Is of loo great a dnf. to enter the pert of Antwerp. Th' project, therefore. !ias been ahandor ed. The President will vls't Brusself however, before starting on his home ward voysgij. . Register of Deeds O B. Carpenter during the month of April, 1919, 43 of this number being to white couples. High Point Editors of republican newspapers in North Carolina will meet in this city May 30 for the pur pose ot perfecting a permanent or ganization of the Tar Heel scribes of that political faith. . Washington. Major Chas. M. Sted man. representative in Congress from the fifth district, has received from M. R. Doggett, now In Shantung Prov ince. China, a beautiful teak wood walking cane. Gastonia. The smallest baby born in Gastonia or this section, as far as can be learned, Is a daughter now living at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Culberson, at the Myrtle Mills. At the time of birth, the baby weighed one and three-quarter pounds. Wilmington. The spring term of federal court in this district will be able to convene In its handsome new quarters In the custom house, which Is not yet quite finished, though the court room la read for occupancy. sale by Recorder Jones. He was sen. tenced to eight months on the county . roads on the latter charge and enter ed an appeal. He was recommitted to Jail upon default of a $1,000 bond. Raleigh. While driving Into town. Just outside of the city limits Mr. B. L. Peacock crashed into a buggy owned by Mr. D. R. Jackson, Raleigh, attorney, demolishing the vehicle, breaking the horse's leg. and slightly injuring the young couple that had been riding in the slower conveyance. Wilmington. Heavy rains in the strawberry belt have damaged tha crop so that the berries are too soft for shipment to advantage. They are being picked up by manufacturers of fruit Juices at $2 and $3 the crate of 32 quarts. The best stock, however, is bringing $6 or better. Many cars of berries and of lettuce are going from this section. Hickory. Senator Dorman Thomn- son, ot Statesvllle. will deliver the ad dress before the four literary socie ties at Lenoir college on Monday. June t, President Frits announced. r ) til