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THE BOLSHEVIKI BADLY LONDC
BEATEN BY AMERICANS THI
I
They Suffer Heavy Ijosscs, Being Scheme I
Driven Hack in Great Cok
Disorder.
Archangel. Feb. 10.?Heavy losses Londo
were inflicted on the Bolshevik! by nounceni
the American forces Tuesday and the council '
enemy was driven back in disorder by the T
from the village of Vistaka, on the lndlcatio
Vaga. The American casualties was the futui
five killed and several wounded, tending
Many Bolshevlkl soldiers were taken tion.
prisoners by the Americans. i "On t
The enemy early In the morning Times sa
began a bombardment with field ed State
guns and howitzers and under cover They are
of a shrapnel and pompom barrage cumstanc
essayed a frontal attack with in- Btored te
fantry in the Arctic twilight at 3 monstrat
o'clock in the afternoon. The Amer- colonizln
lean troops, who were rested after possessio
their retirement from Shenkurask Economic
and were now established in a good lands, an
position. poure<} a heavy tire from advantag
artillery and machine guns into the was ruth
charging Bolsheviki. whose ranks and her
broke and fled into the woods. lishment
Captured Bolsheviki declared the "The r
enemy had planned a flank attack east Af
simultaneously with the frontal cruited h
movement, but this was abandoned tives of
when the Vistavka attempt failed. .boast. S
Ch neso and Manchura troops are in her h
now included in the Bolshevik forces sion to tl
opposing the Americans on the Vaga. to Europ
So far these have been held in re- turn ther
serve but the Americans are prepar- as it won
itig a warm reception for the yellow The T
soldiers if they appear in the fight- tory syst?
ing line, in view of stories reaching transfer ;
them of the Mancliu treatment of tion of tl
prisoners in the Baltic provinces. inating c
The defeat of the enemy on the plied in
these soldiers art- of such morale "
that they hardly will he availnhle for "
nenses in
operations ot anv extent. The num- .
. , been $2
her of men in the army reports
eii!ated
reac hing foblenz suggest is derreas- , ,
. ... ono loani
ing rapidly.
The new volunteer army numbers arpv
between 10f?, 000 and 300,000 men
SK
of doubtful morale, as they have not. '
yet been organized fully nor tested N'ewpo
fairly. The volunteer army which in dred at
being organized for the purpose of wounded
stopping Polish and Holshevik in- rived he
vasions of Herman territory has 4 0.- on speeii
Otto men in the region of Frankfort ar,d hosji
on the Oder Many volunteer bat- country,
talions also are reported moving tween tli
eastward. Fort Me
The organized German army eon- Fort Mel
sist8 of the classes of 1838 and 1833, Twelve
less some men discharged because who hav
they live in occupied territory, less time recc
large numbers of deserters and less aways, \
some men discharged according to Franee o
demobilization plans. of them
Rv id en re Is said to he conclusive the shipi
that tho troops now In the depots arated
have assumed tho attitude of draw- which tl
Ing their pay and doing as little as will he
possible until they are discharged, of deser
\ ak? . in^einrr witn ins iaiiure on i?n?
the Dvir.a, typifying the spirit of the for the r
American and other allied troops system,
who are fighting with the utmost de- bodies a
termination to hold their position principles
until reinforcements can reach them, system a
These defeats have considerably ceptance
lowered the enemy morale, but the meet is
Bolshevik! are being constantly re- tribute t
Inforced, and while their offensive of the B:
has been temporarily checked, there
are indications that it will bo re- NO MA
newed when fresh Bolshevik forces <
reach the line. j
Details were received at headquarters
of the bravery displayed by * OHt to
a little suuad or about 15 French- ifi,fit
men, who were victims of an enemy [ ^
raid on the village of Bolshole'
Oiera. .Mistaking the enemy for re-,
turning Russian prisoners of war | Washii
the French detachment permitted nRar'V
the Bolshevik to advance close t since tin
their position. Then they found Ante
themselves suddenly surrounded by Pen8es si
a force of 150 of the enemy, flailed n,ateriall
upon surrender the Frenchmen re- 'n
fused and tried to fit-lit their way about $
out. Two were killed; three were wai oxP'
wounded ami ?ix were unaccounted '?ans? or
for. for a time. Four of these six 'n
turned up. two of them wounded ap- 'n P?oven
parently having escaped from their "::m 'n
raptors. onu-ial
The situation is unchanged on the taken
T)vina and railroad fronts Allied l'"n
troops were again forced to rutin- in ,r
the faro of Holshevik attacks alone m,,n"is a
the I'ineea river, hut tho positions Pi?sentin
of tho Americans at the town of P^Mnent
Pinega havo not boon attacked ions ago,
^ expenses.
GERMAN ARMY GREATRY ,>aym?
al>oiit i
REDt'CEI) IN STRENGTH wio-,, th.
ed, the
OrKiinixril Arm> Viimhor From :too.- turning
OOO to .">00.000 Men?Vow \?>|- credits to
unteer Arin> \liotit 200,000. actual ]
around ?
Coblenz, Feb. :i. ? According to ^,lP "
nrosont c
intimates mailt? hv inf??P<tnr
.> . . 1 phasize t
cers of the \merican third arinv
. . , war loan
based upon reports trorn til parts of
^ , .... in April.
Germany, the oiiinnized (iimati ar.
. . paid larg
Piv rov located in various d -pots
haul's ar
nil in hers trom flOn.OOO to aUh.uon
... ... govrnmi
men o i?-poits 1 dicate that
'if I'lnllf
es; her civil administration this week. Miss Fish has
less and barharious tyranny Mrs. Joe Nims left d
political aim was the estab- past week for Radin. N.
of 'militarism.' she will join her husband i
nan eat'ng tribes in German her future home,
rlcu from which she re-. Rev. G. W. Cheek, of /
er soldiers, are the only ha- N. C., was the week-end
whose good will she could Mrs. James D. Fulp. He
he has proved that colonies pulpit or the local Pr<
lands means brutal oppros-j church at both the moi
ifi inhabitants and a monacoi cvoniim services,
e and to America. To re-! Rev. J. W. H. Dyches. Pi
n to her would be as unjust Fort Mill Monday morning
ltd be fatuous." ! mond, Va., where he wil
imes compares the mnnda-' guest of R. D. Garland.
Mil with the system of direct i0f the state mission hoard,
and says that the true solu- attend the services being i
le problem is in the discrim- by Rev. Hilly Sunday,
hoice of systems to be ap-, ideut. A. R. Hutzlgor,
different cases. It adds: horn. Mass.. was the guest
> is everything to bo said nf Mr. and Mrs George Fii
(inception of the mandatory bieut. William Ardrey s
The principles which it em- ,>ral days of?the week vli
re nothing 111010 than the parents. Mr. and Mri
i on which our own imperial Ardrey.
re based and the wide ac-j
with which those principles JUDGES RECEIVE
really the hlghcet po?.ible| RAISE IN S
0 the fundamental doctrine
ritish empire." !
m j Solicitors and Stenograph
TERIAL DECREASE | vkkd for u. Moi?e mil?
THE WAR EXPENSES Majority Approve.
Nation for January Was Columbia. S. C., Feb.
i house Friday by a vote of
| passed to third reading t
onk Than December. bill providing liberal in<
. salaries for Rupreme am
ngton. Feb. 3 -^Although oourt Ju?lge?. state offlcen
iree months have passed c'ud?d 'n salary Inrrea
1 signing of the armistice, ^r8t week of the general
rlcan government's war ex- n,,(' also l?r solicitors a
tiow no signs of decreasing stenographers. As the bil,
y. except in loans to allies 'hird reading and as it wl!
iuary the treasury paid out ,',rnllK'1 'he house it pri
1.600,000.000 for ordinary ?n increase of the salary of
rnsos, exclusive of allied pame "arden and the super
only $70,000,000 less'than of ,h<* 8late Penitentiary frc
iber. ,000 leas than to *2.500. Tho salary oi
ilier and considerably more perintendont of the state
any month theretofore. charities and corrections w
s explains! this was not to a* was aiso int- cru
as indication that produc- ,hP s,a,p fnx commission.
ivar materials is continuing '',p Mil provides for a s
emendous rate of several "1P chief Justice of the
go. Manufacturers now are court of $4,500; supren
g their hills and receiving judges, $4,000 each; ciri
for materials delivered Judges $4,000 each with
however, and this keeps up vision of $500 for travelii
ses, passed last year, repe
nts to the allies fell to ouit solicitors $2,000; at<
1190.000,000 in January. (,rs $1,800. The provision
?se loans were first institut- ographers does not appl,
government contemplated stenographers of the fifth
over about $500,000,000 enth circuits, as these clrc
i the allies every month, hut created by special acts and
payments ordinarily ran provision is made.
1.280.000,000* monthly.
easury cited figures on the ALLIES TO TIGHTEN
;osernment outlay to em-' |T|i ON THE C'E
he necessity for another big
of five or six billion dollars , , ...
hxperteo War ( ou mi I V
< urrent expenses now are
;ely out of borrowings from Measure to Make II
id other | urchasers of the Toe Mark.
>nt's short term certificates
ednoss. [
i Paris, Feb. 10.?The a
overnment s aggregate ex..
, A. . niters, who met Friday aft
the months of the war have
r .,rr . i t,|p supreyie inter-allied w;
6.25f?.onn.0i)u, it was car
, , , w'll fix new terms to bf
riiis includes $7,875,000,nd
to allies ' Upon (5prmanv- whose tact
_ 'affliction and recrimination
to have reached a climax ii
\vor\i>ki? tkoops , . ,
made at Weimar by (
nt to ( ami* hospitals p;|,orl tH;it Germany would
rt News. Feb. fl. -Two him- negotiations with the alii
ad twenty-two sick and The feeling In peace <
soldiers, who rece.ntly ar-1 circles if that the Germans
re from overseas left todav' nn<i more forgetting theii
*1 hospital trains for camps nm| it is expected that tlx
litals In various parts of the War council will take mc
They will he divided he- bring them to a sense of
e following camps: Gordon, tj,.s.
I'herson, Greene. Fremont.| Marshal Koch will go
lenry and Meade February 17. to fix the corn
? general prisoners, men n third renewal of the arm
e arrived here from time to ,1 scussion of the conditl
mtly on transports as stow- imposed probably will tak*
vlll leave tomorrow for ()f the time of the supreme
n the steamer Aeolus Most r|| session,
claim they stowed away on; it is understood that tl
* because they became sep 'will fix a brief time witl
from their organizations the Germans must carry on
ley could not locate. All ditions they have only f
court-martialed on charges part. In this respect, it
tion upon reaching France that none of the German
?* LANCA
>N TIMES FAVORS !
2 MANDATORY PLAN * ^ ^ ^
Kbr Disposal of the German! fort Mill, S. C.. Feb.
? , ? ., February meeting of 1
>nles Rvokes Favorable . ?
chapter. Daughters of the
t oinment. Revolution, was held Ti
ternoon with Mrs. Ellzabet
n, Feb. 3.?The official an- as hostess. A paper rea<!
ent issued by the supreme: Thomas B. Spratt on the w<
rhursdav night 1s welcomedi ?nrwnn* nnd nhvaiciana a
'lmes, in an editorial, as an war was listened to with i
n that the controversy over discussion was entered it
re of the German colonies is^ ways and means for en
toward an agreeable solu-i the returning soldiers of
J Mill light Infantry, which t
he first capital point," thejhome about March 1.
ys, "the allies and the Unit-j The monthly meeting o
is are absolutely agreed. rent-Teacher association wj
i unanimous that in no clr-j the school auditorium Thi
;es can any colonies be re-jternoon, when an interest
> Germany. She has de-j gram was carried out. Mi
d her unfitness to be a Lee Garrison, county dem
g power by her abuse of the'made an address,
ns she had before the war. j Mrs. George Fish was
?allv, she exploited the the bedside of her daugl
id the people for her selfish j Dorothy Fish, in Pawtuck
STEM NBWB, LANCASTER, S. C.
' ships which were to have been i
to certain allied ports has yet t
1 handed over.
lft The French opinion considers that
Knanawha occuDatlon of Kssen Is of first
American ! e88lty' al,les are to 00,1
lesdny af-1 Germany'8 principal war factoi
h M Hoik Publ,c opinion France also is ;
I by Mrs ,n* " tbG 8UJ>rem* war council is
tirk of the ,nK to a,,ow Field Marshal von 1
urine the dnnbur8 to establish himself
nterest A Hrombt'rK and prepare a campi
lto as to a*a,n8t Poland, which can only
tertainlne 8Upplled thr?uPb I>anzig.
the Fort ThG 8upreme war council alBO
. fix the size of the contingents
11*m u i _ ^
. France. Great Britain, the Un
# *. .States and allied nations In the
r xhe Paw
. 1 mie8 of occupation, both In Em
is held Ini , , ,
. , and Asia,
irsday af-' _ ,
?Ml?Pl"| WANTON WASTE IN WA1
onstrator. j EXPENDITURES CHARG
!
called to Congressman Says $2,134,004) i
iter, M'sa Spent on Morrison Aviation Fie
. ' Cater Found Unsuitable.
influenza.
urtng the
C.. where WaahinKton, Feb. 10.?ReRpre
and make tative Dillon, of South Dakota,
publican, in a-speech In the h<
ilbemarle,'c,ted 8onie war expenditures w]
guest of he c^aracterized as "a reckless
filled the wanton waste." He said his st
isbyterlan mont was Promoted by a personal
ning and sP?c,,on of military camps r
Newport News, Va.
h. D., left Tho Morrison aviation field,
for Rich- 8a,d. was located on low gro
1 Is* the and abandoned because unsuited
secretary aviation purposes after the govi
and will nient had spent $2,134,000 on
conducted provomonts. He also said that
modern houses In the Hilton vill
of Attle- housing projects. near New]
this week News, were occupied by only a
nh. workmen engaged in construe
pent sev- work. Although the buildings v
siting his erected by the Emergency Fleet
s. \V. 11 poratlon. for shipyard workers
! Newport News, he said it was doi
? (ful if any of them would ever
|in Hilton.
ALARY Representative Dillon decla
(many valuable tractors and sev
^ jimiKM wera sianning "in open
" I storage" In a part of Camp Ale:
der. Hp also criticised the war
partment for Its demobilization l
gram, saying he found many oth
10 The at Newport News who could be
61 to ^ charged, but "they go marching
ho Moise cashing their monthly pay chec
Teases inj Representative Tilson. of Com
1 circuit ticut. Republican, member of
s not in- house military committee. askec
se of the Mr. Dillon had learned that
assembly.! gro soldiers, who he said had t
nd court denied ine privilege of applying
I went to discharge, had been placed in a
1 be pass- serve labor battalion and worked
>vldes for side civiliari laborers receiving $
the chief day.
intendeni Mr Tilson referred to the m
?in $1,000 soldiers as "another lost battall
r the su- (hat Is somewhere in Virginia,
board of Dillon said he could not give
as left at nny information.
Airman of, ^
SOCIALISTS DISCUSS BIO
(alary for oilccftinvu at mppti
- ? ui r i v/ilt < ."KB iHlili 1 I
supreme!
hp court .
ilrltisb Delexnte at Internal i<
ruit cour,
the pro- <'onference Talks on I/coguc ol
IK expon-j Nations,
a led; clr- ______
mograph- p?>rne, Feb. 10.?At the nine
for sten- jjjj, International socialist and
> to the l)0r conformed. J. H. Thoma
and Hov- delegate, complained that
1 n 11 r vv pro
much time was beinK waster
adequate fruitlonn debates. He addressed
! conference on n plan for a soclet
nations and on the principles
j President Wilson. Other speal
RMANS were Mueller, of Germany; Wib
of Hollhnd, and I.ocker. of Palest
Oil Take The conference committee on
snonsibllftv for the war met fro
tins
o'clock Tuesday nlKht until 5 o'c
this mornliiK without agreeing to
resolution to be presented to tbe
llled pre- ference Tbe committee wai
ernoon as meet again at 11 o'clock this m
lr council 'n*
> imposed TJalmar Brantlng. of Sweden,
ics of ob- sided. Other members present v
i arc said) Konaudei and Douguet, for Fra
i a threat f Henderson and Bunting, Tor I
""haneellor 'and; Eisner, for Bavaria; Wels
break off Kllenhogen, for Orrmany; Seltz
ps. 'Names.
conference I
are more, ,lKI , SRS KUfHT-HOI'lt
r position' Columbia. Feb. 10.?The te
e supreme ' vote of {>0 to 23, refuser
asures to ?fant textile operatives an el
the real!- ,10,,r ??v.
i A hill of Interest to Charle
to Treves waN ,fiat offered by Mr. Hrockln
litlnns for Prov'dlng for the Issuance of $2
list Ice and in bonds to construct pei
ions to he m'nt >?ds ?nd build bridges.
*. up moHt I "
war coun- JkYEURALGIA ^
.. or Hitdichi?
^uncllji^ Rub the forehead ??1
ftln which 9 and tempi** with l^ll
linn' i'T T ftvour ft63v3uarclf<fe^
infilled In % W u'u
is noted \w i M trBri' >i.lj Hftj
merchant NEW PRICES ? 30c. 60c. $1 .*
"? ? ?i m i| .. ^
TU
' '
eut| HAD BIG PART IN VICTORY THE
>een
Wertd Likely to Aipazed Whwi It
the l Learna What the Aircraft Really .. >
ner_ I Accomplished. Form
itrol ^
We have become so need to stories
8 ef wonderful feats accomplished by
ask- aircraft during the war that everygo
thing we hear nowadays leaves us al- Ne
Uln- most cold. The things that, before that
In the war, would have furnished bold p(1 R,
lign headlines In the newspapers and have
be been a topic of discussion for days In | "oc e
the place# where people congregate facto
excite no more than passing notice, ard 1
w" It Is scarcely surprising, then. tha? the enfor
1 story of how touch has been maintain- the j
lted ed for more than two years between Qf na
ar- the allied armies of the Near Kast and feC(jv
rope gallant remnants of the Serbians .
I inH ... K ? ...... KI.M..1,
?? - -" *? . . I
among their mountain fastnesses. and
of how they were supplied with arms ^
and cartridges by airplane, has hardly clllat
ED attracted attention. There has been quest
i nothing hut the barest mention of the plan
fact. We are not told how and from wju
where the machines carried out their agen(
Id, mission, of how many were engaged (
in the task of supply, or of what effect
their wonderful performances SOl,>
may have had on the situation by keep- P?opI
b?|'- Ing up the spirits of the gallant few taken
He- who have held out against the eneiny shout
)use' for so many weary months. We are carry
hlch "Imply told that the Serbian army. In ,^0 1
and victorious advance, has obtained whi(.j
touch with those bnnds, who "since
a ' the Austro-Rulgurlan occupation hnve 11 mr
n" been holding out among the moun- ^r
Jear tains and hnve been continuously sup- be re
plied with anna, food and cartridges that
h,, | by airplane." Now that the tplsode la ted e
und ' blstorlcal, concludes Flight, imd the mpmt
I Pfiomv Pli n train nn nnaulKlo a<lir.in?a<*A
nr from knowing how it was done, it Is
,>rn a pity thnt some official commentator an^OK
with nn imagination ennnot tell us
Sfto, the full story, which must he a real alMar
ace | epic o? war. throu
port ko hi
few JUST WHAT BILLION MEANS are b
tion ? have
,ere Probably Few People Have Right Con- Ha
ror. ceptlon of What an Enormoua dvko
, at Amount It Represents. amon
nht- cress
We hear of billions these days, hut
"vei it is probable that very few persons 8 on"
have any notion of what an enormous
ired amount of money a billion represents,
era! We do know, however, how rapidly
ajr an expert c??unter of coins manipulates the s
them. You can scarcely follow the lems
tnn" motion of hit fingers as he shifts the Rivet
coins from one pile to another and Thun
I>r(>- counts them. The experts in the ijUth?
rers treasury department velll count 4,000 prftj
dta- diver dollars an hour and beep this
on up Kll day long, but that la their ty
" "ait. ' speak
K" I Working eight hours a day. then, so cHWt?
nec"l expert counter of coin will count S2,- Conn
the 000 silver dollars in a day, but bow incre
1 If long will It take him at that rate to merc<
no-1 count a million dollars? Thirty one : jn
>een j an(j
for' "nt that la only the herlrinlna of
1<>r' the measurements of great figures, roa('?
ro~ for If the same man were to continue wouli
to count silver dollars at the same ship
3 n , ?-# - --- - ? .. -
- -I rnir ui n|>eeu Kir ten years nf WOUI0 after
And that he had eounted only 100,* existi
?gro WO,000 of them, and that to count j,y
, .. 1,000,000.000 of them would require .
Ion ?' , , ni ent
102 years of steady work at the rate
' r" of eight hours a day during every
him working day of every one of the 102
years.
Or
Missouri Mule Always There.
The Missouri mule was In the war niora
long before the Missouri soldier en- I vlslti
tered It. The declaration of war was Wasl
,nu' made for him In 1014, two years and a Mr
r half before Perf Ing and the thou- ! daug
' tutnds of other Mlssourluns got their their
! orders to wheel Into line. He had mnde
a brilliant recon! there before their ap- '
ting pearance. Hut. according to the Lon- |
la-1 don advices, he seems to have felt the Houg
H j| I Impulse of Missouri behind him at the I'10
tool Isst, for It Is written: "The mule | Hose
I )n shared In the big HrltlsU advances on Mr
the western front this fall and proved i ret in
' lP his grit and worth by keeping right up I whlc
y ?H with the rapidly advanelng artillery."
That l? u Missouri eharucterlstlc.
kers ,.UK!
nut. Some Name!
Ino I According to the ramp poster at p.t
re-' Camp Lewis. American Lake, Wash.. ^ ^
m ci.tnp record blanks were found lnsutfllork
clent to accommodate the address of '
t(i(i an Australian who came Indirectly
assuming name of the Individual. Linn- to th
r" 1 falrpwllgwyngyllogogogorh In the conn
* ,r> ty of Anglesey. North Wales. When
nrn" he Joined the artny he held a residence
at Waenarlwgdd, Swansea roud,
pre- Ooverton, Sotith Wales.
vere "
nrr. Might Have Cracked Joke.
j, "If," Inquires the Pexter States- ,r
man. "her aerial chauffeur addressed
an Mrs. lfohrnzollern as 'your royal high If
an" ness.' J .At as the.v we're sailing through pa
a cloud, why not?"?St. Loula lie pa,j 1
public. . 1)t
^ ' kldm
f)U8e Their Revenge. Lc
1 to "The Ynnka in Ruaala must be hav- \f,
ght- Ing great fun."
"In what way?"
Hton "In he'.rlng Che Russian correspond "l*'
, ents worry owar the Rngllah and Aomt "
... lean aaraaa." n"rv?
!7f>'" , thou
ma- The Lang Arm. Jn,
The war haa furnished many strange
___ coincidences. Here Is another. A '
^ young officer came home on leave and "oar
* hroiieht his flanrvo ? i.ia.-a r.f - .k?o rurci
I flred by the Hermans. but which bad now
j evidently been among ammunition cap Pr
|C\ tured from ua He thought it would
MR/ Interest her. and It did for she wan
4fl' to 11 aa having coine
*VH from the munition works In which the
-JBB worked. It Interested her still more ^(l
> when ahe found her owq murk on It.
TZIIZa^iirT
ESDAY, FEB. 11, 1919,
: MANDATORY PLAN
IS CRITICISED BY TAFT
??? ( /
er President Predicts That It
trill Prove Unsatisfactory In
League of Nations.
w York, Feb. 10.?Predictions
the plan of mandatories proposL
the peace conference for the *
:y of nations will prove unsatisry.
was made by William Howraft,
president of the league to
AA MAAAA ? * ?k? - KA. A
i c ?i IUU upcuiu^ nni u ut
Atlantic congress for a league
.tions. Asserting that to be efe,
a league of nations must
legislative, executive and Judibranches,
Mr. Taft added:
here should be a court of conion
to consider non-Justiciable
ions. While we may accept the
of mandatories, in the end it
prove unsatisfactory, and some
y of the league will have to be
n operation, governing with a
regard for the benefit of the
e in the colonies and countries
i under supervision. There
d be an executive council to
out the executive purposes of
eague, made up of the nations
1 contribute to the forces used
iking its decrees effective.
. Taft said all nations should
presented in the league and
the number of delegates allotach
should be fixed by charter
jers.
rinlng talk of entangling n 111"futile,"
Mr. Taft said:
fe are already in an entangling
ice and we must see the thing
gh. Those who think we can
ark into our shell of isolation
. . . . ;l . 1
una ana near io ino lossnns wo
learned."
inhrldge Colby. I>r. Henry Vnnand
Gilford Plnohot were
g those who addressed the ronat
the first of its two-day sesUK
KKAIMtOAD PROBLEM.
ishlngton, Feb. 10.?Plans for
olution of the railroad probwere
presented to the National
s and Harbors congress last
sday by Wm. Jennings Bryan,
i*r M. Walter, of Chicago, gencounsel
for the railroad securislders'
organization, and other
;ers. Improvement of port fa?s
was urged by Secretary of
nerce Red field as a means of
nsing the nation's foreign come.
presenting a dual plan of state
government ownership of raili.
Mr. Bryan predicted the roads
1 be returned to private owner
at the end of twenty-one months
peare on the same basis as that
ng when they were taken over
le government, unless the Prosshould
arbitrarily turn them
before 43
ItKAT r.\l,LS PKItSON A US.
eat Falls, S. f\ Feb. 10.? Mrs.
. Mebane returned home Friday
ling, after spending two weeks
ng friends and relatives in
lington and New York city.
s. Kunice Gouge and little
hter, Itoso, have returned to
home in Atlanta, after spendeveral
weeks here with Mrs. W.
uff. sister of Mrs. Gouge. Mrs.
e and daughter came here for
Huff-Mebane wedding, as little
was the ring-bearer.
\ and Mrs. It. H. Thomas have
ned from their bridal trip,
h included Washington, 1). P.,
several other cities
sKNTS \ It A IPS C\sh:
TO SCI'ltKMK t'Ol NCIb
ris, Feb. 10. ? Kmlle Faleal,
was commander of the forces of
King of the Itedjaz in Damnspresented
the case of the Arabs
e supreme council.
"IN A It AO WAY."
r Lancaster Renders Will Feel
Irateful for This InforiiiMtion.
your back gives out;
comes lame, weak or aching;
urinary troubles set in,
irhaps your kidneys are "in a
way."
an'a Kidney Pills are for weak
eys,
cal evidence proves their merit,
s. W. A. Robertson, Midway
Lancaster, says; "About a year
1 had the grip and it left me
weak kidneys. Headaches and
iuk spells bothered me and 1
glit I would go wild from the
?. My kidneys acted Irrepular'y
I felt miserable. After I took
i's Kidney I'llls, I was entirely
1 and my kidneys and bark are
In fine shape
Ire 60c, at all dealer*. Don't
ly ask for a kidney remedy?Doan's
Kidney I'llls?the game
Mrs. Robertson had. Foaterii
in Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Iv.