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? * I '? ? Vol.7 NO. 14 Anti-Liquor Bills Flood Two Houses of Congress Washington, Dec. 15.?Legis lative measures aimed at destruction of the liquor traffic continue to accumulate in Congress as both houses are deluged witl* petitions from all of othe?anti-liquor measures in -jogmiufacture and sale of liquor in the District of Col umbia. The House Postoffice Committee opened the door to an^ 1 ? 1 t ? ? umei puase 01 me proDiem IOday in reporting: favorably a bill designed to close the mails ab solutely to advertising of any intoxicating liquors and to deny mail order houses the right to go into either "wet or dry" territory to solicit sales through the medium of the mails. No move was made during the day by prohibition leaders in the House regarding the constitutional amendment reported yesterday from the judiciary committee, but Representative Webb, chairman o??the committee plans to ask the rules committee, for a special rule to < got the resolution before the HnilCP crtpn oftnr tlio Krvlirln.-r. U?v. ."V, uuuuaji), The consensus of opinion in the House seemfed to be that the resolution cannot get the necessary two-thirds majority in the Sixiy-fourth Congress. Even Representative Webb is not sanguine of the success now, but he is confident that the amendment will receive more votes than it did in the last Congress when it had thirteen votes more than a majority. By the time the next Congress has considered the is sue, he believes the victory can be won. Bloodhound at Cheraw Policeman Jacobs has bought ? U1 II 1 '?M_ 1 u uiuuuiiuuuu. I ue UOg IS it fine specimen und is said to be well trained. Hereafter there need be no long wait for the dogs to be brought from Colum bia or other points to run down law-breakers.?Cheraw Chronicle. The busy old lady was calling ing at the wounded soldier's home. "How did it happen, William?" she inquired, "Shell, mum." "A shell? Dear me. Did it explode?" "Explode, mum?" replied William wearilv. "Oh, I wouldn't say that, mum. It just crept up quietly be'ind me?and bit inc." Everyone could see that they were Newlvwcds, and as they sat at adjoining desks in the big hotel and wrote post cards to all their friends anil relatives their lovey-dove> questions and ans wers provoked an old gentleman near by almost to apoplexy. Soon the bridegroom left the room. Unaware that she had been deserted, the little bride got stuck on a word and asked: "How do you spell Cincinnati, honey," she asked. "C i n c-i-n n-a t-i h o n c v," re sponded the grouch. x I p PAGEI Germany Offers to Make Peace New York, Dec. 13.?It was learned in this country yesterday , that Germany had submitted ( certain terms of peace and while no official account of these Jferms have been received vet, jjjfl|j^pllowing, it is claimed this fifcmng, is the substance of the i jffoposals made to the Allies by Germany: for the complete restoration of Belgium. For the evacuatfon by Germany of all territory captured in Northern France during the progress of the war. For the establishment of Poland and Lithuania as independent kingdoms. rur me reienuon. oif,berbia by ' Austria Hungary, aDd the restoration to Bulgaria of|all territory lost by that country in the sec ond Balkan war. For the restoration to Austria i of territory captured by Italy in the neighborhood of the Adriatic sea. For the restoration to Germany of all her calonial possessions in Africa, the far east and other parts of the globe. For the retention of Constantinople by Turkey. This information was obtained today* ?from an untiuc?tionable authority close to the German embassy. , Accordingito'embassy officials who have kept lully advised of the situation, the terms laid down represent ihe united power of all the central powers and were drawn up after full exchanges of view between the Teutonic capitals. There's Hope for the One Horse Farmer "What hope is there for a one horse farmer, if any?" asks a reader. It all depends on the 1 kind of man he is. While having only one work animal is a handicap, there are worse. For instance, we'd rather risk making a paying crop with one I mule on rich land tha.i to try it on poor land with a dozen mules. Peas, beans and the clovers can be grown as well by the onehorse farmer as by the larger, and crop rotations that will build uu the land are just as easily possible with the same fellow. Get out of the one horse class as soon as you can, of ('Olirsi1! but ltl<? I ?... |>IV IIIVIV. II1CI lli.lt vou are a one-horse farmer by no means shuts the <ioor of hope. One of the most successful farm ers we know, a man rated at $300,000. started thirty vears ago with a single gray mare and an unlimited supply ot spunk. Yes. the one horse farmer has a chance, and a good one.?Ex. The tirst Christmas was a jewelry Christmas-A Jewelry Christmas Vj A. D. - 1 * * AGFLA .AND, S. C., WEDNESDAY Line From McBee to Monroe Will Be Built Chester, Dec. 15.?It has been officially learned from an official high up in Seaboard Air Line railway circles that the new railroad surveyed from McBee to Monroe, N. C., will begin construction at an early date. As is well known this line has been run by surveyors several times, and it is a fact that the last line made will be the established route. It ic rplinhlv ctofo/l vaaM^aj UltllWl 1 11 <1 I I 1 1 Seaboard will have a controlling interest in this new line. Sever al stations will be established on this road. It will enter South Carolina via Pageland. It is understood that the road will be under construction early in the year. Work will probably be started at McBee and Monroe simultaneously in order to facil itate the rapid construction of the road, it is stated. The coun try to be traversed by this new South and North Carolina short line is rich not only m farm products, but timber as well, and has long needed transportational facilities. Stop "Matching" for Drinks Monroe Enquirer. Down in Lumberton the officials are trying to stamp out that form of gambling?matching coins for soft drinks, cigars, cigarettes, etc. That species of gambling is going on around every soft drink fountain and cigar stand the country over, Vint n/u.iwli' ........... t K/ui wv/i/uuj occuid iu puv any attention to it. If a nigger shoots craps he is up against it in the courts, hut every day here and in every town in this State gen tlemen whose names are on church rolls walk un and gamble for drinks or cigars and nothing is done about it, when if a little nigger in the barn loft stakes a nickle on a crap game all the machinery of the law is put in motion to arrest him, and he is brought before the court and is fined or sent to the chain gang. It is just as much against the law for the gentleman who has his name on the church roll and who stands in with the preacher to match coins for soft drinks and cigars as it is for the nigger to stake his money on a "skin" game, but at the hands of the law the little nigger gets it in the neck while the respectable church man goes on his way and nothing is said about his gambling. "-os ' s%?( ^" / ' .; **' ^l H / ND JC r MORNING, DECEMBER 2C Zeb Vance Fought Monroe < Chinches Monroe Journal. ( Bryan's visit to Monroe caused an old timer to recall an in- < teresting conversation he over- f heard nearly fortv years ago be a tween Zeb Vance and the late \ Bill Trctt, who kept the old ho c tel which used to stand on the 1 entire site now occupied by the Loan & Trust building. Vance N had spent the nieht in the hotel. . and on descending to the office next morning, he was met with v solicitous enquiries from his ' host regarding the manner in 1 which he slept during the night, g "Didn't sleep much," respond- j ed North Carolina's War Gov- . ernor, who was always willing and ready to tell some waggish * tale. J "What was the matter?" asked his host in an an anxious tone. 1 "The chinch hugs were on a J1 raid in my loom," retaliated the Governor, "1 fought them sin- . g!e handed until midnight, when J I went after some reinforce- f menis. c 1 got a gallon of molass es and poured it in a circle 1 around my bed. Thinking I 11 was iirmly entrenched from the * enemy, I fell asleep. But along about two o'clock in the morn- s o inp^ T was_ disturbed by them ? agivifT They had out rnJBtuiv- ^ erei| me by climbing up the ^ walls and dropping on my bed from the ceiling." J Charged Against the Moon v a Below is a comment by Prof. -] Massey in the Proprossivo r<irm_ ? ? r er with which a great many of v our readers will not agree. Tell ^ Mr. Massey what you know e about such matters: j "'One of my neighbors says j that if you kill hogs when the e moon is increasing the meat will ^ not turn out as much lard as it would if you kill on the decrease of the moon. What do you think?" ? -1 - ? " * i i unnK mill it the hogs have |a plenty of lat that no stage of the N moon can rob them of any. c The amount of lard depends en- 5 tirely on tlie condition of the 1 hog, and the state of the moon r has nothing to do with it. Get ! the hogs into good condition 1 and kill them when the weather suits, without any attention to 1 the moon, for if the fat is there, the moon cannot make it any less. The feeding has more to s do with it than the moon It is '' time thfr K the intelligent men were getting rid of these old e superstitions "AMD THE WISE MEN s PRE^NTED INTO HIM * h GIFTS OF GOLD" s MATT. 2-11- tl ^ A Jewelry Christmas ^ A. D. -- 1916 r< ItllV I MOM H. It. Ell BANKS.* j >URNAl >, 1916 3bserver Building at Charlotte Rum* Charlotte Observer. Fire of unknown origin visitxiThe Observer Building at >:30 o'clock Saturday morning vith the result that the greater >art of the plant of The Observ;r Printing tiouse was completey destroyed and the property of The Charlotte Daily Observer vas so seriously damaged, chiefy by water, that for the coming veek the paper will be issued rom the presses of The Charotte News, President and Gen:ral Manager W. C. Dowd hav ng very generously tendered he use of his plant pending the ime when The Observer will >e able to restore its equipment, t is hoped that this will be byhe latter part of the week, everv neans having been invoked to lasten the time to the end that )bserver readers may suffer ust as slight inconveniences as >ossible. The fire was discovered dur tig the early hours Saturday rtorning in the rear section of he third floor of The Observer milding, this being the five torv structure behind the Oberver building proper, in which lepartmentst^r,fi^^cfiaT^? )aily Observer and The Observer Printing House. Harold ^ewis, a 12 year-old carrier boy vas the first to detect the blaze ind he quickly gave the alarm. Hie night shiftjin the composing oora had just finished their vork of getting ready for the >ig Sunday issue and the city idition of Saturday's paper had ust been run off from the press n the basement. Everything and ivervbody were about ready to :o home. A Thought for the Week Do not let us wait to be just :nd pitiful or demonstrative tovard those we love until they >r we are struck down by illness >r threatened with death. Life s short, and we gave never too nuch time for gladdening the learts of those who are travel ng the dark journey with us. )h! be swift of love, make haste o be kind ? Amiel. Dear Santa Claus?I am a boy ix years old. Please bring inc i c ip, canny and some fruit. <emember sister and little brotlir. Merry Christmas to you James Lee Baker. Jefferson, R. 1. Jim Smith was notoriously low pa3*. He owed quite a bill it the grocery for pork. One lay, as his credit was becoming trained, he walked calmly into lie grocery and said: Mr. Black, want to pay you for the pork I lave had, and I want some aore." l?rtQinl V coirl flan J v/viihii M*J 1 OU1U (1IU UCIl^lllt'U roprietor; as he hastened to /ait on his customer. Taking the package of pork, im Smith started to go. "Wait a minute," said the prorietor "I thought you wanted 3 pay for the pork." "I do," remarked Jim, as he zsunied his homeward wa\< >ut I can't."?Ex. $1.00 per year Peace Note Fixes Terms Say Teuton Diplomat!-t Rorlin r>??r" 17 \-i i v , . . . "Some sections of the en press and especiallv now 1 in hostile countries," sa\ th Overseas News Agencv, ins declared that the < Powers ought to have definite peace proposals to !'.< peace offer, the Oversi :s .\< < cy asked a distinguis e.\! ?; n u< diplomatist for his opinio : <> this point. His answer v. a "'The German note linn--, Governments contains i vet definite communication roil spirit of the peace condition which the Central Powers won: ! bring to the propose negotiation-. "'The Central Powers base these proposals on the conviction that their own rights and just claims today are not in con tridiction to the rights of otliei Nations. In addition, the ( en tral Powers declare the\ do not want to annihilate or destroy anybody and that the peace pro posals will be of such a nature as to guarantee the establishment of a lasting peace. Mr Taylor Building at Mt. Croghan Mt. Croghan, December IS. ^od}S is especially the sm;rTl children, all of whom are looking for Santa Claus. The ovster supper at the school building rccenth w.is fine, nineteen dollars being raised for the school. Mr. J. O. Taylor is building a fine brick building near the corner, and it will help the looks of Mt. Croghan vers much. The Mt. Croghan boys and girls are beginning to ;ii ri \? home from college to ^p -ml the holidays. Mr. Arthur Crowley who has been in the navy returned lumu several davs ago. Miss Bessie Cadd\ teacher, and she is a go . She tries to treat ail a all like her because ^ kind. Abe .111*1 iahHe was scorching ti on country at a mile a im Round a bend in 111* : ?. sped straight into a l?u. fowls?and a ten inu a told him that som. wrong. lie pulled glanced back. I wo dead in the toad, tw < nth. : were fleeing, scpiaw l.in home, and a bin l\ m.,11 ;n ovn alls was striding tow aid t automobile. " That'll be twelw doiln lb ?... ....VV uvdlliu ll|'IV ( I I * ' | III*. 1 Ml1, said the man. "Four!" gasped the mult> "But I killed onl\ t\\<> "That's ri^lu," agieed the owner; "hut them oihei two w A never lay a blessed e;;;; .tin i this." "I'm sorry," said the moton>t as he handed <?\ <-i the mem "Due to the triehi I ciimhhc.. The countryman shook his head as he pushed ihe hills min his pocket and started a\va\ "Partly fright," he agreed slow lv, "hut maitilv it's h? i uis? 11m > ain't liens!"