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7YY gup VOL. 17. NO. 48. KINGS MOUNTAIN, N, 0., THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1919 $1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE IMPORTANT NEWS THE WORLD OVER IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF THIS ANO OTHER NATIONS FOR SEVEN OAYS GIVEN THE NEWS 0F THE SOUTH What li Taking Plsee In The land Will Be Found la rltf Paragraph Domestic Trade routes reaching every quar ter of the globj have been established y the shipping board as a part of Its program of converting the new Ameri can merchant marine fleet from war to peace work. ';" A complete Investigation of Post . master General Burleson's conduct of office will be held by - the house com mittee on expenditures in the postof fice department. President Wilson favors promoting Hear Admiral wiliam S. Sims, com mander of thi American naval fores overseas during the war, and Admiral Wliilnm S Rnnann. chief of naval oper ations, in recognition of their serv ices during the war. In the absence of laws governing th mu criminal orosecution is be lieved to be unlikely to follow the fcalttd Inquest into tne inineen ttha maultlni from a fall of a blaz ing dirigible through the roof of the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank, at Chicago. President Wilson has signed a Joint resolution authorizing him' to Invite others nations to send representatives to the world cotton conference to be held in New Orleans October 13 to 16, inclusive. '.-.: fnttnn nrndncfll-S will nOl ODPOSB the -world cotton conference to be held In v Orioann In October. It naa oeen ...,nrad tha association was suspl tk. ..nnforAnca. . The efforts v ..... -w ot the organization are devoted entire ly to organization ana not pumwai ui economical. , n-rinAahv nraaldent Of CUda- by Brothers Company, packers; of Cudahy, Wii., died suddenly from apo Tv.oh nrcurred in Milwaukee, yw.j - where he was endeavoring to recuper ate. He had retired, but assumed ac tive charge when his two sons went Into the army. There is no reason or excuse for re .... .!., nt ut kind In the sale bt near to consumers. In this country .Am la an hundance ot refined su gar, and in Cuba there is on hand iAttf nt thA raw nroduct Cuba will produce this year the larg est sugar crop in tne nisiory m uio i-i.-j m nna nhould nay more than 11 cents a pound now tor the product, and It will probably go lower. " The prosecution ot the persons re cenly Indicted in connection with the mobbing of Frank Foukal, a prisoner in the Baldwin county, AiaDama, jau, 92 aenred Dractically complete auccesa when trial of 28 men Indicted came to an abrupt end. Confessions a ouiir wnni accented by Assistant At torney General Wilkerson from all but two defendants. . When the national house passed the drastic prohibition bill, a broad smile v spread over the faces of the prohlbl . tinn leaders, for they realized that . i.i. wnrk in the lower house was ' ended, and the measure was ready for the senate, where maty of tne restrict tlon may be modified or stricken out A plan whereby" Alabama,would an- nex all that part of the state of Flor ida west ot the ApalacblcoU river, in Panisarola. la being worked out by a number of leading citizens ot both states. The South's peanut crop this year promises to be a million ousaeis larg er than last year's Alabama laada the South as a pea nut producer, growing more than one- quarter of tne country s output wai year, but her crop this year shows a decrease The known casualty list In Washing ton's jace war is ton, Including two - Oeatbs and two men probamy aymg. .. nt h dAOii ana was a city detective. hot through the breast by a negro Si". . - - . . WasMntrfnn Senator Harris of Georgia introduc ed a resolution for an Investigation ot the packers, which was passed with out debate. . ' " ' ' ' '': Tea happy commanders of the Amer enn expeditionary forces returned to 'the United States upon the Cuuar - line steamship Aouitania, wnicn aoca- - a Tha nartr was headed by Lieut. Gen. Hunter Liggett, commander of tne flist army corps, and MaJ. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, who commanaea . Amariran arm of OCCUDattOtL At what was virtually an all-night session, the British bouse ot com mona completed ita consideration ot both the German peace treat? ana w Xnglo-FiT-ach convention- , President Wilson has informed the senate that the presence of American troops Is a "vital element" In the restoration and maintenance of traf fic on the Siberian railroad and that under the agremeent with Japan they could not be withdrawn only when the United States experts operating the road were withdrawn. The president says Siberia can be protected from a further period of chaos and anarchy only by keeping the railroad open and that the people there are looking to the United States and the allies for economic aslstance. Major General Graves, says Presi dent Wilson, has been directed specifi cally not to Interfere In Russian af fairs, but to co-operate In rehabili tating the Siberian railroad, under tha direction of the inter-allied committee. Attorney General Palmer declares that the whole tight against him was conceived and carried on by Germans opposed to his work as alien property custodian In breaking up the German Industrial army In the United States. As Xo paying excessive fees, the attor ney general says that is all "bunco." The suggestion that congress au thorize the use of the powerful naval radio station for commercial mes sages seems to meet general aprpoval In the house. It is believed the wireless will prove a big factor in establishing much more satisfactory relations with the Orient. Messages across the Pacific are now delayed nearly a week. President Wilson is requested by the senate to lay the proposed Franco American treaty before the senate, In a resolution offered bySenator Lodge ot Massachusetts. Immediate sale of the $.20,000,000 surplus stock of foodstuffs held by the war department under a plan which will "insure opportunity for the peo ple of the United States to buy" is recommended by the ten Republican members of the house war investigat ing committee. The Hvj Democratic members withheld decision, pending a review of evidence taken bya sub committee. Two gigantic ocean liners, larger than any ships' now afloat and design ed to cross the Atlantic In four days, are to be built by the shipping board. They will be 1,000 feet long .and of 30 knots speed and will be equipped for use as commerce destroyers In the event of war. Foreign The German premier has Issued a imin n the country against hasty revolution. He admitted that the great masses of the people ban just grouna for discontent, and Baid It was the gov ernment's task to alleviate their suf ferings. Bulgarian oppressions In eastern Macedonia loom up as ominous as the Turkish atrocities in Armenia. Dur ing the period of occupation of that territory they reduced the population by almost one hundred thousand, of which thirty-two thousands were in death caused hunger and Ill-treatment This statement comes from the lnter-allied commission. Twenty thousand Russians, many of them barefoot, and without rifles and unsupported by heavy artillery, com pose the northern Russian army, the front' ot which extends from the Fin nish coast to Pikov, and which is driv ing back toward Petrograd a Bolshe vik army four times as large, says a .Paris statement, A new political party has been born in Cuba, formed by a coalition of the most prominent leaders in the Liberal and Conservative parties, the purpose of which is to prevent interference ot other nations in Cuban affairs. Sixty Germans from Cologne, Ber lin and other cities have been arrested at Coblens In connection with an al leged plot to defraud the government ot millions ot marks by eliminating competitions at auctions ot army sup plies.. A serious military revolt Is reported from Croatia, which is said to be tak ing the form ot a movement for sepa ration from Serbia and -the formation of a republic. The railroads and tele graphs are tied1-up from Casktorneys southward. It is possible that former Emperor William may; not be tried in London, It has been announced in the npptr house. ..: - : The house of Lords ot Britain has passed the peace treaty and the Anglo French treaty through all stages. King George I eager to show ap preciation of the services ot David Lloyd-George during the war. George will not accept a peerage, and It is stated that the king may create him a Knight ot the Garter, the highest gift the king can bestow. flanrv Mnrmnthan. fftrmar TTnltMl States ambassador to Turkey, haa been maae a commander oi tne Mgion ox Honor by the French government As a protest against the Increase of six shillings in the price of coal, which came Into effect following the refusal ot the English miners 'feder ation to accept a. compromise on the warn and nhr auMtJana. thntiaanda of miner, in the Mansfield district ot Nottinghamshire refused to go down into the pit EOF THE HOUSE COMMITTEE HEARS THAT MEXICO IS RULED BY OUTLAWS ABSOLUTELY. TESTIMONY MOST EMPHATIC Witness Statss President Wilson Wss Misled in Recognising Carrsnza as "The People's Champion. Washington. Carranza's rule ot Mexico Is "not a government, but a band of outlaws,' both technically and practically," and "today it is utterly Impossible, an enemy of Its own peo ple first and America second," William Gates, of Baltimore, an archaeologist, told the house rules committee In its hearings on the Gould resolution pro posing a congresional inquiry into Mexican affairs. Although asserting that President Wilson was misled In making his decision to recognize Carranza, believ ing the Mexican to be a "people's champion," Gates declared in favor ot leaving the solution ot the Mexican problem with the President. The President he said, had pot beon fully Informed of conditions in the south ern republic. Gatea said his opinions were based on a first-hand study ot Mexican con ditions for about a year beginning In July, 1917, during which time he visit ed parts of the country usually not seen by a traveler. Including the states of Yucatan,' Vora Crus, Pueblo, Mor ales and Oaxaca. Carranza's control Includes the main ports and the railroads, with ad joining territory for a mile on each side the transportation lines. Gates asserted. This control, he said, was that "of a body of soldiers who are ready to shoot at a moment's notice In a eountry where nobody else haa any gun." DEFENSIVE FRENCH TREATY 18 800N TO BE PRESENTEO. Washington. The special defensive treaty with France, which republican senators have declared President Wil son is withholding from the senate in violation ot its own terms, probably will be submitted for ratification with in a few days. To a group of democratic senators with whom he talked at the capital late today, the President Indicated that the treaty, which promised Amer ican aid to France in case of an un provoked attack Trora Germany, would be laid before the senate certainly before Mr. Wilson begins his country wide speaking tour. It was said he probably would not present It in per son but would send with K a written message urging its ratification. DAYS OF THE PRE8ENT GOVERNMENT NUMBERED. Warsaw. The days of the present government are numbered. A4 con certed attack has been made from all sides In the last week, and neither so cialists nor national democrats have spared the government It is certain that a vote of a lack of confidence could be obtained against It any day, but a vital division Is being postponed until the return of PaderewskL The government's chief virtue is that It succeeded in existing when no party combination could have stood. It does not consist of the ablest men available. tS ORPHANAGES HAVE BEEN ESTABLISHED IN ARMENIA Paris. Twenty-eight orphanages hare been established In the Armenian republic, acordtng to a report on the situation there made public. In the region of Erivan, In Trans-Caucasia, there were said to be 15,000 orphans and In Georgia $3,000 mors, all of whom are. maintained at the expense ot the American Relief Association. ONLY ONE BODY BROUGHT BACK TO ONITEO STATES Washlngton-As far as war de partment records, thi 1iody of one deceased member ot the American ex peditionary forces, that of Lieutenant Warren C. Harries, son of Brigadier General George H. Harries, has been returned from France to the United States. This was revealed through publication ot a report submitted to a house war Investigating committee by Major General George W. Burr, as sistant1 chief ot staff, , OVER THE LAND OF THE LONG LEAF PINE SHOUT NOTES OF INTEREST TO . CAROLINIANS. Raleigh. News comes to the state department of education that the Warren county school board and su perlntendency complications are now settled, and that the situation will he normal By the time the schools open this fall. Chapel Hill The Carolina Playmak ers presented for the second time two folk plays written and produced dur ing the past session by students In the University of North Carolina, un der the general direction ot Prat Frederick H. Koch. Large audiences of summer school students attended the plays. Mount Airy. Wesley Newman, far mer and saw mill man ot some prom inence in his community, was arrested at his home, a few miles west ot this city, by Sheriff Belton and Chief Monday, of the local police, upon a warrant charging him with criminal assault upon1 two daughters. Fayettevllle. The Cape Fear river reached a height of 40 feet here as a result of heavy rains on the Cape Fear watershed during the past sev eral days. This Is Ave feet above the flood stage. The river may rise: to a level ot 45 feet before It subsides. Greensboro. Establishment ot a sales agency to represent the Thomas Morse Aircraft Corporation in this city was announced'. The Morse Chain Company, ot which Geo. W. Prltohett Is ths southeastern representative, with offices In the Banner building, will handle the business. Lenoir. The pastors of the differ ent churches of Lenoir have put them selves on record as being opposed to modern dances. Wadesboro This section of the county for ths past few days has been visited by a downpour of rain, and work on the farms has been sus pended. Greensboro. This city wilt make an effort to be placed on the proposed air mall route through the south, ac cording to Garland Daniel, secretary of the chamber bt commerce. Hlokory-In spite of the fact that there appeared to be more misunder standing In the recent bond election bare than any other kind, the result ot the ballot shows that the good roads lost by IT1 votes. Wilmington. Tl)s body of 13-year-old Precllla Moors, daughter ot Sent and Mrs. Ashley Moore of Fort Cas well, who fell overboard and was lost In the Cape Fear River, was foand three miles np stream. Fayettevllle. Cumberland county authorities have given oat the con tract for the erection ot a conorete bridge over Lock's creek, three and a half miles from Fayettevllle, to re place the present wooden structure. Reidsvllle. The Reidsville publle school system Is rapidly being reor ganised to meet a rigid enforcement of the compulsory school law, and to give to the children of Reldslvlle a complete high school course operat ed on the basis of a standard high school. Asbevllle. M. K. Webber, tot tha past few years principal ot the high school, has been appointed by - the city commissioners to the position ot snperlntendent of city schools. Winston-Salem. Local ice dealers see an early end of the ice famlae now gripping the city. Broken ma .kiaarv in nna of the largest manu facturing plants hsre has crippled" production to such an extent tnat tne situation was beginning to grow alarming. . Raleigh. SInee the lilt budget pro Tided no emergency funds for any no ticeable municipal improvements the elty commissioners are considering the question of Issuing I10.SO0 of bonds for sewer extension. The extension would be made specially for the elim ination of sufface closets in the city. Fayettevllle. A' rise to, 53 feet Is expected In the Cape Fear river here, according to a warning received by Frank Glover local, weather observer, eased on eontlnied rains on the Cape Fear watershed. --, MINE OWN GOOD COUNTRY. (A Little Romance by the Editor.) The more I see of other sections, ths better I like my own. And ths more I see of other towns ths better I like Kings Mountain. I am writ ing from the great city of Atlanta, Ga. The average street in this big city is no broader than our own Kings Mountain thoroughfares and the pavement no smoother or better. The immense traffic squeezed into these narrow streets makes it almost intolerable ' for the pedestrian. Al though in a mountainous section you don't get that good old bracing at mosphere enjoyed in the smaller towns. But I should not draw unfa vorable comparison, with any city or hamlet or individual who is kind enough to give me a place to lay my unworthy head. But I was just try ing to say that Kings Mountain is good enough for me and that the more I sse of the crowded city the more I appreciate our own little town. I might carry this comparison fur ther and. say that the countryside viewed from the railroad does not of fer any inducement for a Cleveland county man to pull up and move. It is aaid that the impression gathered of a country from a moving train is never Just for the country. But al lowing for all that I am highly grati fied with a comparison of the agricul tural achievements of our own Pied mont North Carolina with anything I have seen through South Carolina and Georgia. The topography of the country is much the same. The red rolling lands with its hills and ravines, its rolling fields and hillside patches are much like we are accustomed to see about home. But the growing crops are much better in our section. I have traveled in daylight only and have made close observation and I have not seen even a small patch of cotton as good as Mr, M. W. Fronebergsr's patch on King street that I see every time I pass from my home to the Herald of fice. The corn crop ranks with the cotton. I mi at JnnoaVni-o, nn - of 'Atlanta, Friday. I had made a careful survey o tne crop u... ...c.i asked a farmer if they were up to the average. He replied that they were. I said to him, "I guess your seasons are two or three weeks earlier than over in Piedmont North Carolina?" "Yes, sir," he replied, "we have cotton bloom by the Fourth of July." Then the comparison was in our favor again as I told him that we had bloom in Cleveland county by July 1. The past few weeks, however, have been too wet for Georgia corn and cotton. The same is true of South Carolina. Fields show signs of run ning water and some have been sur rendered to General Green in tatters and rags. This, of course, is provi dential and it does not mitigate against the locality. The more I think about it and the more evidence I gather the more sin cerely I agree with H. S. Mobley that, all things considered, Piedmont North Carolina is as good a place to make good as there is in the world, and that a man who will not amount to something there would be no account elsewhere. Let us take heart and make the best of what we have and where we are. It can't be beat G. G. PAGE. SUMMER SCHOOL FOR CLEVE LAND COUNTY TEACHERS. The Bummer school for teachers will begin in Shelby August eleventh and sontlnue for four weeks. This school Is for prospective teachers, second grade teachers, teachers holding state term certificates, and for all teachers who have attended' less than two in stitutes. Tha state board will "have -this school In charge and' will not accept ilneteen days for the twenty, but will require you to attend twenty days if rou teach in this state. ' If you should miss one day you will be required to go to some other county and make np the time. ' The legislature has given" the state board all power and you must do as the Raleigh board says. Teachers who hold permanent state certificates can havs them renewed by ittendlng the summer school and do ing the work outlined for renewal. . ; J. J. IRVIN. EDITOR MILLER DIDN'T APOLO OIZE. . v . :, EsJitor Win. H. Millar failed to pub lish a public apology in his paper, The Shelby News, last week for say ing in that paper that "Kings Moun tain Is Opposed to Humanity.'' Well, we gave him a fair show, two weeks, to make some amends for so rash a statement about a neighboring town. He has sinned oat his day of grace and an apology now would toot savor of sincerity. We now understand that he meant what he said and intends to stick to it If he thinks we are "opposed ot humanity" because we assert our rights occasionally, let him so think. Ws submit the matter to the tribunal of public opinion. Search our record and make your compari-, son. The record will show that the good old North State never fostered a more loyal people than those who havs their rearing In the shadow of historic old Kings Mountain and tha blood of our heroea cries out a cho dus of "A mens" from that rugged hillside. "Ephraim has joined to his idols, let him alone." NATIONAL HIGHWAY 8ENTIMEN1 GROWING. Continued Interest la being mani fested and work done to establish the Bankhead National Highway that starts at Washington and ends at the Pacific Coast as an officially designat ed state highway by the legislatures and highway commissions through the states it traverses and also requesting Congress to take the same over as the Arst national highway to be built In this country. This highway comes through Kings Mountain. The legisla tures of Alabama, North and South Carolina have already passed acta es tablishing the Bankhead National Highway in those states and memoral tzlng Congress to take over the Bank bead National Highway In those states as a government highway. The Texas and Georgia legislatures that are now In session are expected during the coming week to pass sim ilar acts. Director-General J. A. Rountree of the United States Good Roads associa tion Is In Atlanta this week conferring with the Georgia legislators and the State Highway commission In regard to taking over the Bankhead Nation al Highway as a state road. The Arkansas legislature has rati fied the woman's suffrage amend ment. If it takes up good roads leg islation there Is no doubt that the Bankhead National Highway in that state will be taken over by the legis lature. Just as fast as the legislatures meet favorable action la being taken. The reports at headquarters show that wonderful work of building the high way is being done. J. B. RHYNE IS DEAD. John Blair Rhyna died at his home on Mountain street here Wednesday of last week after Intense suffering from cancer of the stomach. The fu neral was conducted by Rev, H. B. Schseffer at the Lutheran church Thursday afternoon and the remains buried in Mountain Rest cemetery. Mr. Rhyne was 61 years of age and leaves a widow and three chil dren, Claud Q. Rhyne and Mrs. M. L. Houser, of Kings Mountain, and Mrs. H. M. Heavner of Akron, Ohio. Mrs. Heavner was detained in Akron with an infant and could not come to the funeral. Mr. Rhyne was born and raised near Dallas, Gaston county, but had spent the last 89 yeara in Kings Mountain. He was engaged in some line of business practically all his life. For the past few years he had been local representative of the Shel by Laundry. MEXICAN NEWSPAPERS ASSERT WE PLAN ARMED INTERVENTION Mexico City. The constantly in creasing space devoted by Mexico City newspapers during the past tew weeks to the relations between the TTnitad States and Mexico culminated In the issue of an extra edition by Et Universal carrying the seven column headline, "Mexico and the .United at.iaa " Underneath Is another seven column headline In smaller type say ing, "United States press affirms prep erations continue for armed interven tion: General Dickman, chief ot southern operations." GREAT DIRIGIBLE EXPLODES; CAUSES DEATH OF TEN PEOPLE r iraan After crnsHnc back and forth across Chicago's loop district for hours, a dirigible balloon bearing five persons exploded, the biasing wcVu crashing through the sky light ot the Illinois Trust Savings Bank in the financial district, me notice fixed the Met ot dead as the result ot the accident at 10. Three of the dead were passengers mi hoard the dirigible. The others were employees of the bank. - , ' - ' ' ,. f PRESIDENT WILSON'S ATTACK OF ILLNESS IS NOT Evan Washington. President Wilson was i. a waakanad hnt no wise serious condition after having spent the day In bed with acute dysentery. Rr Admiral Cary T. orayson, nis person al k.,MiL. aald the nresldent had been In considerable pain during the day and had been very -aneomiorv able." (Admiral Orayson '. said ha would insist that Mr. Wllsoa remain In bed until he had completelr re covered. . ' 'v