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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1919
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IMPORTANT NEWS
THE WORLD OVER
IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OP THIS
, AND OTHER NATIONS POR
SEVEN DAYS GIVEN
THE NEWS jT THE SOUTH
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Foreign
. General Pershing, who was the guest
at King Victor Emmanuel left here
tor Venice, on bis way to Trevlso,
where he will start on a visit to the
Italian batlenelds.
A decree declaring Admiral Kolchak
nil tha all.Rnaalan roihlnAt At Omsk
to be outlaws has been Issued by the
soviet government, according to a
wireless message from Moscow to Lon
don. The Bolshevikl have been driven
trom Odessa by the populace of the
olty, according to reports received by
the British war office.
It Is reported also that the soviet
forces are evacuating Kiev and the
entire Ukraine.
It Is reported. that the non-Bolshevik
Ukrainians have Invited the Poles to
help them capture Kiev, promising to
pay them with crops which the Bol
shevik would get otherwise.
Herbert Hoover has left Warshaw
tor Lemberg, Plnsk and the eastern
districts to take stock of the harvest
prospects there. The outlook for the
food supply of Poland is, indeed black.
Week after week rainy weather has
ruined crops and the estimated harvest
; will be 20 to 30 per cents below nor-
' mat.
To recover more than $3,000,000 In
gold, part of the fortune of the late
Oom Paul Kroger, once president of
the Transvaal, which Is believed to
be cemented In the hold of the. bark
Dorothea, sunk on Tenedos roof, off
the coast of Zululand, is one of the
projects which may be reclved as a
result of Improvement In science of
salvaging sunken ships.
. Washington -
t The American passenger liners Fin-
land, Kroonland and Louisville, form-
arly the St. Louis, will be released
; from government service as soon as
:l survey for repairs have been made,
the shipping board announced. All
have been used as army transports, i
They are owned by the International
Mercantile Marine.
President declared he could not
and would not declare peace before
treaty ratification. ,
One of the (wo American soldiers
sentenced to death for sleeping on
outpost duty In France and subs
quently pardoned by President Wil
son was killed In the great Alsne of
fensive in July, 1918, and the other
was twice wounded and finally hon
orably discharged.
' The department of agriculture esti
mates that the depredations of rice
birds, also known as red birds or
bobolinks, cost the rice growers of
North Carolina, South Carolina! Geor-
' (la and Florida approximately $150,
000 last fall. Investigations conducted
by the biological survey revealed' this
loss and the department anounces It
has taken steps to protect the rice
crops. The secretary of agriculture
: under authority of the migratory bird
treaty act, baa authorised the shoot
ing of bobolinks, under restrictions.
; A bill to stop all immigration for
two years and to deport all aliens who
" withdrew their first papers in order
A to eseape military service during the
war, wag introduced by Chairman
',, Johnson, of the house immigration
. committee. It is regarded as the most
; drastic measure of the kind ever pre-
X tented to congress. :
t Repeal of . the daylight saving act
- was accomplished the senate voting-
'4 ' ' measure over - the president's veto.
$ ?r The vote j 67 to ID. The repeal
it ;: of the law, which now takes lbs place
'i ' among the very few which have been
1 passed ovr a presidential veto, be-
i: - COmea flUDCUVQ uisr viuvaks mo
k '( turned back to normal in October. .
' After a lengthy conference with
the representative! of the tlx shop
crafts Director General Hinea went
to the white bouse to discuss with
President Wilson the problems fac
ing the railroad administration:
-C While no announcement was made, it
r was understood tnat tne enure ques
tion wat reviewed, including the'obvi
..' out necessity lor an increase in rates
' or another - congressional appropria
- lion to provide fund tor any wagt in
crease advances that , may be made,
since the administration baa been in
curring a deficit every month thltj
year due to tht tailing off in business
and' the higher cost of labor and materials.
Without amendment, and with prac
tically no opposition, the house voted
to .amend the Lever food control act
to extend its provisions to include
clothing, containers of food, feed or
fertilizers, fuel oil and implements
used In production of necessities, and
to penalize profiteering by a $5,000
fine or two years' Imprisonment
Five hours of general debate pre
ceded passage of the food measure
the first legislative step In carrying
out the recommendations of President
Wilson in his recent address to con
gress on the high cost of living.
.Cotton growing it destined to be
come an important industry in China
In the opinion of the British consul at
Nanking who, in a government re
port, says cotton cultivation la being
extended In northern KiangpeL and
experiments are being made in Hal
chow, partly with American seeds.
Investments are being made in cotton
In cotton spinning factories. One
establishment at Pootung represents
an investment of $1,000,000, and anoth
er at Cbangchow $5,000,000.
American forces which will re
main In Germany alter Septem
ber 30 are . the Eighth inran
try, Seventh machine gun battalion,
Second battalion of the Sixth field
artillery, Thirty-nfth signal battalion,
First supply train. First mobile ordan
ance repair ahop, Field Hospital No.
13, and Ambulance Company No. 28.
The aggregate of these units will bo
nearly 7,000 officers and men. The
Infantry regiment comprises 3,000, the
machine gun battalion 776, the artil
lery 760 and the engineers 250.
With the approval of President Wil
son, Acting Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt sent to secretary Glass for
transmission to congress estimates for
additional naval appropriations total
ing $m,00,000 to "permit of expert
tfnusiv niacins: and maintaining in a
proper stale of repair all of the light
ing ships oi tne iieei.
Meeting the committee In a round
table discussion in the rest room of
the white house, in contradiction to
the nrecedents of more than a century
and with the whole nation listening
through thamedium of a relay of pub
lic stenographers, the president went
Into many of the details of the peace
negotiations and touched on all the
hotly debated questions which have
divided the senate in its consideration
of the peace treaty. '
The president revealed that Japan's
promise to return Shantung province
to China was reduced to written form
In the minutes of the peace confer
ences. He asserted he had every con
fidence that the promise would be car
ried out and told the senators it was
"the best that could be gof out of
the negotiations, Japan having given
notice she would withdraw from the
conference if her demands were re
fused.
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In Newark, N. J., an airplane landed
on the roof of a building then made a
flight from the roof. Edwin E. Bal
lough, formerly of the Canadian avia
tion service and now in the employ of
a local dry goods firm as an aviator,
carrying one passenger, circled the
army quartermaster stores building
from a height of 700 feet and landed
on the roof, which is 987 feet long
and 80 feet vide. The machine then
was wheeled to one end of the root,
taxied a short distance and took the
air.
At Caldwell, N. J., Lieutenant L.
S. Spooner, of Portland, Ore,, a mem
ber of the American expeditionary
force rifle team, won the individual
pistol match on the navy range there.
Although Andrew Carnegie, steel
magnate and philanthropist, declared
during his life-time that he expected
to give away his hug fortune and
"die a pauper," his estate to be dis
posed of In a will which will be filed
tor probate, wat several times $6,
000.000. The first bale of 1919 cotton grown
in Pike county, Ala., was sold to the
local board of commerce In Troy, tor
$3.50 a pound, the bale bringing $1,
750. The cotton was grown by James
Powell. Claim is made by the board
of commerce that the price sets a
world's record. ' '. ; ; ;.' ?
. Four Mexican bandits were killed
by American troops In Mexica, Cap
tain Leonard Matlack, who arrived by
airplane, reported. They were sur
rounded in an adobe blockhouse that
the Mexicans had constructed in a
mountain pass.
Thirteen passengers were injured In
the derailment of Norfolk and Wes
tern passenger brain No. t near Boyce,
Va., according to an official report
received here. Five cars left the
rtack, including two Pullmans en
route trom southern points to New
.York. '.;"..' ' - w ..,'' -,v
Demonstration of the progress made
in the cattle Industries of the southern
states and the opportunities afforded
.ham in tht Mtptlnn will ho made at
the -National Dairy show In Chicago,
October t-U, according to plans sow
being worked' out co-operatively by
the ' National Dairy association and
the Southern 'Settlement and Develop
ment Organisation nd Its affiliated
organisation. . , t . -
Presbyterians Visit
As a part of the set program of the Linwood conference the ministers
and delegates of the great A. R. Presbyterian assembly spent a major portion
of the afternoon Saturday at the Kings Mountain battlefield. The outing
proved a most interesting one as it was the first visit of most of the-visitors
to the hisoric spot while all had a historic knowledge of the battle and
lonfrud to walk over the almost holy ground and gaze upon the monument
erected to the valor of that noble manhood whose blood drenched the ancient
hillside for the cause of religious and political freedom. Dr. K. M. Stevenson
of Due West, S. C, presided over tht ceremonies which consisted of two
songs and three addresses. The main address of the occasion was mada by
J. Rian McKissick, editor of the Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S. C. Mr.
McKissick recounted in their order the movings of the opposing armies lead
ing up to the battle and gave a very vivid account of the fighting and the
aftermath. Before Mr. McKissick's address Mr. Emanuel A. Patterson was
called to the stand to give a lay of the land and the fighting and handed
down from his grandfather who participated in the battle supplemented
by illustrations in Draper's history of the battle. After McKissick's address
Dr. White of Chester also gave an outline of the battle with reference to
Presbyterian participation and pointed back to a monument erected in Scot
land to men who died in a Ilice struggle for "religious and political freedom"
ninety years prior to the battle of Kings Mountain.
The social features of the trip were as usual when a hundred or two
folks are turned loose in the woods. They rambled up and down the moun
tain side in search of Ferguson's grave and other points of interest while
R. S. Galloway and Dr. J. M. Garrison stood in a dumb of bushes near the
monument awaiting a chance when Mr. Galloway could try hit strength, at
throwing a atone over the 89 foot monument. Finally his opportunity
camt and he sent tht stone full ten feet clear of the top of tht shaft and
then boasted that he could kill as many rabbits with rocks as with a shot
gun. It was a much enjoyed trip to all.
Like a mighty army
Moves the church of God;
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod; .
We are not divided,
All one body we,
One in hope and doctrine,
One in charity.
Rev. G. L. Kerr, A. R. P. pastor,
IN UNITY THERE IS STRENGTH.
(By Rev. E. L. Kirk, Methodist
pastor.)
Our editor has shown a spirit which
every minister and church member in
Kings Mountain should very much
appreciate, tor to devote a double col
umn space (the very best space ,n
the Herald) to the local pastors each
week not only costs him money, but
hard work and more or less ot worry
and anxiety. In fact, he has manifest
el a spirit and Interest In the moral
wolfare of our town that should be
commended by every one. Such a
spirit should not only be commended,
but defended by every citizen' of the
community.
Thlt loads us to say thit when any
moral question Is at stake, every con
siderate person should be found on
the right side. The time was when a
great many American people were
neutral, relative to the European war.
But the tlmt came when we began to
realize that Amorica, with her Ideals
and the democracy for which our fore
fathers fought, bled and died, was be
ing imperiled. Then there was no
neutrality to be found with the true
blooded American. We were found
on the side of freedom, democracy,
and as almost as on man America
rose to defend tht high Ideal for which
she has been living. The armies of
England, France, Italy and America
became one great army against a
common foe. United they stood, they
fought, they marched, they conquered.
There are forces In the world which
endanger character, the chuich, and
the Kingdom of Righteousness. On
the other hand there are forces which
make character, build up the church,
and further the cause of righteous
ness. On which side are wet The
Master said, "He that Is not for me
is against me, and he that gatheretb.
not. with me scattereth abroad."
There are no neutral grounds between
sin and righteousness, or between the
kingdom of darkness and the kingdom
ot light. It Is an evident tact that
every person is helping to promote one
cause or the other.
Every reason tells us that we should
be on the side of right. With the right
we help to banish Ignorance, super
stition, heathenism, idolatry, and-vae
kingdom ot the darkness ot this world;
to make men and women, build char
acter, establish the church, and bring
the kingdom of God to this earth.
... Shall we not then, like the allied
armies, be united in purpose and ef
fort? As the early Christian ehurch
that prayed for the release ot Peter,
may we not be united in prayer and
faith for the release of souls from
tli bondage of alnT Harmony, unity
and effort on tht part of all churches
will bring this world to Jesus Christ.
In unity there is strength and power.
The spirit of those who name the
name ot Jesus should be such that
they can say in spirit with the poet:
"Onward, Christian soldiers! -Marching
as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on befort.
Chrltt, tht royal Master,
Leads against the foe; .
Forward into the battle, , . .
See hit banners go.
' " Kldd a New Yorker.
. Tht redoubtable Capt . KIdd tlvtd
about 200 yean ago In a house that
stood oal the. present sit at 119-121
Pearl street, Ntw York City.
Historic Battlefield
will till this space next week.
FARMERS INSTITUTE AT PATTER
SON GROVE.
The farmers and women folk of Pat
terson Grove community turned out
in goodly number Saturday for the
Institute for farmers and farm wo
men Conducted by M. J. Hendricks of
Davie county and Miss Bertha Her
man, home demonstrator of Cleveland,
and Mrs. McDowell of Mecklenburg,
all operating under the department oi
agriculture. Miss Herman m speak
ing of the morals of tht institute said
that It was ont of tht best she had
had the privilege to attend and that
her experience with Patterson Grove
folks was that they were among the
most responsive and progressive in
the county. Mr. Hendrieks met the
men in the ehurch and the ladles were
met In the school building by Miss
Herman and Mrs. McDowell. Begin
ning after eleven o'clock short ses
sions were held In each building be
fore dinner was served. A typical
Patterson Grove dinner wat spread
under tht shade of the trees and a
sumptuous repast was much enjoyed
by those present.
Mr. Hendricks devoted his forenoon
talk to a resume of the farming condi
tions between the present day and its
methods and demands with those of
our fathers. He showed that whereas
our fathers didn't make quite so many
dollars per aore they did not need so
much money, and that to meet the
present day demands for money and
at the same time account for the poor
labor conditions, farmers would just
have to make a higher production per
acre and cultivate less acres. He de
voted quite a little time to tht ex
travagances now practiced In clothing,
automobiles, etc., and said that he
was afraid that some of us buy more
than we are able to pay tor a danger
ous thing to do. In very apt language
ht preached the old doctrine ot soil
improvement by crop rotation, ana
the planting of leguminous crops
such as peas , soy beast and the
clovers.
The women had a most interesting
session and Miss Bertha Herman has
promised a report of it. If It comes
in in time it Will appear In another
column.
.MP. Hendricks, a practical farmer,
talked on "How to Improve Soils."
Mrs. Robt. McDowell of Charlotte
gave a practical talk on home nursing,
house decoration and the purpose ot
club work. She gave a demonstra
tion in making salads.
A Home Demonstration club was
organized in the community several
weeks ago with Mrs. Putnam as pres
ident One of the most enjoyable feature
of the meeting was the bountiful and
beautifully prepared picnic dinner.
COMPROMISE IS REACHED IN .
THE NEW YORK STRIKE MATTER.
New York. The strike which for
two days has paralyzed the subway
and elevated system of tht Inttrbor-
ough Rapid Transit company In Man
hattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn and
Queens, was formally called off by a
vote of the strikers to accept a com
promise offered them at a conference
of city and state officials.
Under the terms of settlement the
men will receive a wage increase of
25 per cent and it Is provided that the
question of whether they shall receive
the additional 25 per cent demanded
by them shall be submltt d to arbi
tration. The 25 per cent wage Increase was
made retroactive to August 1 and, ac
cording to Interborouga offltialt,
means an annual increase in tht pay
roll of $5,000,000. , -
OF WAGE
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PRESIDENT WILSON ANNOUNCES
POLICY OP ADMINISTRATION
ON RAILROAD MATTER.
AN APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE
'Duty of Every Citizen Is to Insist
Upon a Truct Until an Intelligent
Settlement Can be Made.
Washington. Postponement of the
settlement of wage demands until nor
mal economic conditions are restored
was announced by President Wilson
as tht policy which the administration
will pursue In dealing with such ques
tions, particular those affecting rail
road workers.
The President announced also that
it was neither wise nor feasible at
this time, when the most Important
question before the country is a re
turn to a normal price level, to at
tempt to Increase freight rates to pro
vide funds tor higher wages.
"We ought to postpone questions of
this sorj until we have the opportuni
ty for certain calculations as to the
relations between wages and the cost
of living," the President declared in
a statement to the public explaining
his decision as to wages. "It is the
duty of every citizen to insist upon a
truce in such protests until intelligent
settlements can be made by peace and
effective common counsel. I appeal
to my fellow citizens of every em
ployment to co-operate in insisting
upon and maintaining such a truce."
Mr. Hines' recommendation to the
President as to the amount of in
crease to be given went exhaustively
into the reasons advanced , by the
shopmen as to the necessity-for more
pay. He showed that the average
increase in shopmen's earnings was
in excess of the total increase in the
coat of living from July 1, 1915. and
August 1, 1919, due to the fact that
standardization adopted at the request
of the employes had given thousands
a higher classification and higher pay
than they previously enjoyed.
SERIOUS EFFECTS ARE 8EEN
OF BICKERING IN COUNCIL.
Paris. The endless bickerings in
the supreme council is having a se
rious effect The revival of many
questions In 'which the United States
is not directly Interested is making
the American delegation extremely
Impatient. The Americans are con
stantly called upon to act as arbiters
in Balkan and other questions with
the result that sections of the Euro
pean press, especially the French
press are assailing the American po
sition on questions in which the Amer
icans acted wholly without self con
sideration.! Herbert Hoover's denunciation of
the council's hesitancy in stralghen
ing out the Hungarian tangle and pro
tecting the rights of all the entente
nations in the matter of Hungarian re
parations is reflected in the attitude
of the entire American delegation.
SERIOUS STRIKE SITUATION
IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.
Charlotte, N. C Troops are on
their way to Charlotte to take charge
of the situation until the strike
troubles are over; Mayor Frank R.
McNInch is summoning citizens for
police duty until the troops arrive;
three men are dead and 14 wounded
as the result of a battle between
members of a crowd on one sde and
a squad of policemen and a large num
ber of guards at the car barns of the
Southern Public Utilities company, on
South Boulevard, on the other.
STEAMER STRIKES ROCK;
GOES A8HORE AT BERMUDA.
Halifax, N. S. The Royal Mail
Packet company's stamer Chaudlere
has gone ashore at Bermuda, accord
ing to messages received here. The
steamer struck a rock. She sailed
from here with nearly 1.300 passen
gers for Barbadoes and Dememera.
TEN TRUNKS OF ARMS
SHIPPED TO MEXICO
New York. Ten trunks contain
ing arms and ammunition were ship
ped from this city to Mexico on tht
steamship Morro Castle which sailed
for Havana, ProgresBO and Vera Cruz.
The trunks were shipped from a
Broadway hoteL The department of
justice and navy department have
been notified and it is expected gun
boats will be sent ont to Intercept the
steamship
DUESTtON
E
IS INTERESTING
HOW FA1 MAY THE PRE8IDENT
GO IN BACKING DEMAND FOR
TREATY ACCEPTANCE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL OPTIONS
Laughing Suggestion Made that Lodge
and Knox bt Appointed to Assist
In Negotiating New Treaty.
Washington. How far President
Wilton may go In bis fight for un
qualified senate acceptance of the
peaco treaty is a subject ot increas
ing speculation in official und diplo
matic circles.
Summed up, these discussions con
template that he might take up tht
question Of changes In the treaty by
diplomatic correspondence; return to
Paris and ask that the peace confer
ence be rtarsembled for negotiation
of a new treaty; send a new delega
tion to reopen negotiations; or pocket
the treaty and refuse to proceed fur
ther unless the senate recede from its
position.
The possibility of Mr. Wilson's re
turn to Paris to straighten out the
points raised by any senate qualifi
cations is one which some senators
say would be entirely in line with his
course thus far in the peace settle
ment. To send an entirely new set of peace
delegates also would be admittedly
within the President's power, and in
that connection republican senators
frequently have mentioned Senator
Hitchcock's statement that the Presi
dent laughingly suggested Senators
Lodge and Knox as possible selections
to negotiate a new treaty should the
present one be amended.
That tho President might permit
the negotiations to stand in a dead
lock by declining to take up with
other governments any changes sug
gested by the senate Involves perhaps
the most interesting possibilities ot
all.
OBREGON CANDIDATE FOR
PRESIDENT OF MEXICO.
Mexico City. General Alvnro Obre
gon, who is a candidate tor the pres
idency, sent the following telegram
to President Carranza;
"Although I have plenty of confi
dence that the government of which
you are In charge will find most ade
quate means of surmounting the dif
ficult International s'tuation through
which we are now passing, I am proud
to tell you that in the very remote
contingency under which this situa
tion might not reach a satisfactory
conclusion, I would be happy to give
my modest forces in helping our
government In any place that I might
be used."
PROFITEEP8 IN BRITAIN
'ARE FACING ROCKY ROAD.
London. The British campaign to
defeat profiteers received new Impe
tus when hundreds of people from
the surrounding districts poured Into
Oxford to purchase from the street
market organized by the trade and la
bor councils. The stalls were be
sieged for hours, and every class of
purchaser was there. Prices were
neaiiy 60 per cent below those In the
shops. All over Great Britain street
markets pre being opened to fight
pfflteers
PREMIER NITTI URGES
GREATEIt PRODUCTION
Rome. Premiei Issued a
proclamation addressed to all the pre
fects, urging them to cary on a cam
paign for greater profucttou In the
country, most frugal economy and the
prevention of strikes.
"A majority of the public continues
to live as heretofore," said the pre
mier. "Besides them Is a large part
of the people who Instead of work
ing more intensely lisist on working
less and demanding greater compen
sation," BYRNES THINKS F.ADICAL8 ARE
TRYING TO STIR UP TROUBLE
v Washington. Representative James
F. Byrnes, of Bouth Carolina, will ask
(or an Investigation of what he thinks
is a movement to excite the negroes
to revolution. Ho Is sure that the I.
W. W. and ether radical organizations -are
trying to stir up trouble In this
country. He will ask the house to
take action to bar from the malls a
number of negro newspapers that
carry matter to Inc.te riot or revo