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DISPATCHES FROM COLUMBIA
uoinga and Happenings That Mai* the t
Progress of 8outh Carolina People, x
Gathered Around the State Capital.
Columbia. '
W. A. McSwain at Newberry was j
elected insurance commissioner of (
South Carolina to succeed P. H. McMaster,
resigned. Only one ballot was
taken. Mr. McSwain receiving 100
votes. II. G. Coker of Columbia 19. J.!.
R: Fulmer of Columbia 12 and S. L. I
Mller of Columbia two. Mr. McSwain I
will enter upon his duties as soon a.x |
lie can arrange his private business. a-??.
it is Mr. McMuster's desire to retire i
so soon as his sucessor may quality. .
The name of S. M. Grist was with- ,
drawn by Mr. radford and that of W. <
A. Burton by Mr. Long. ,
''-e now official is a resident o' <
Newberry and Is 4<> years old. He i
has had much experience with insu*- !
ance and trust company management,
being now vice president and munugcr (
of the Security I>oan und Investment j
Company of Newberry. He la a natlv; j
of Cross Hill, bnf has resided in New- . s
berry 18 or 19 years. He holds a hign j (
piace in the esteem or the residents <
of his community and is an active i
participant in all efforts for cone 1
munlty upbuilding. He Is a brother i
of Capt. John J. MeSwain of Green- <
vjlle, recently commissioned in the c
National Army. ?
August Kohn of Columbia and Dr.
W. E. C. Bates of Columbia were
elected members of the board of trus- 1
tees of the University of South Caro- 1
Una to succeed themselves. B. A. Ha- '
good of Charleston was eloctod to sue- '
ceed J. Q. Davis of Wlnnshoro, retir1
Ing voluntarily after rendering the institution
faithful and distinguished *
service. 1
r?? t a j _.. j tit i t?-j 1
&/i, *. \/iawiuiu mm yv. J. I
dey of Rock Hill and D. S. Henderson
of Aiken were elected truRtees of
Winthrop.
Senator J. G. Padgett of Walterboro
was elected trustee of the Citadel.
Two vacancies are to be filled and
four names were placed before the
Joint assembly. Mr. Padgett was the
only one to receive a majority on the
first ballot, the result of which was:
J. G. Padgett, Walterboro. 95; Col. E.
M. Blythe, Greenville, 5:1; D. A. Splvey,
Conway. 57; the Rev. A. N. Rrunsoti,
Columbia, 59. .
Agitation to declare vacant the seat
cf Victor E. Rector In tho lower house
of the general assembly from Darlington
county was effectively and pns- j
siblv finally laid when tli? in,H..i??o I
committee made an unfavorable report
*n the Kelly resolution, which report <
was accepted by a vote of 76 to 4.
Those who voted against the committee's
report Justifying the retention of I
the seat hy Rector were: Railey of I
Beaufort, Boinest ftf Newberry, J. O. I
Kelly of Darlington, the author of the '
resolution, iwtd W. L. Piekens. Mr. '
Rector is also a menther front Darling- 1
ton courtty. The resolution was ttfbled '
immediately thereafter. A similar report
was rejected by the honse one
week ago. (
Members of the house passed to J *
third rending the resolution to ratify ! ,
the federal prohibition amendment hv j
a vote of 66 to 28. Prior to taking ; '
this ballot the house refused by a vote j '
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the primary nett summer. The motion
to strike out the enacting words
of the resolution was lost by a* vote
of 31 to f?8. |
Severn! hours of continuous debate i
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was indulged in nguin, during which , i
time the martyred ghost of sta'e !
rights was again widely stalking ! (
abroad, accompanied by its phantom ' |
rival, negro domination or equality. ' i
Champions of the violated "Issues" exhausted
their "munition dumps" ?
against an invincible war machine <
The hosts hnd come, not to pruise, but i
to bury Caesar. The gnllaries were <
filled with enthusiastic spectators, who t
occasionally slipped the clutch, ramped
the floors with their feet, yelled in 1
response to sarcastic repartee and fol- 1
lowed the arguments with resounding 11
applause. Those voting against pan- | i
sage of the resolution to third reading ?
were: Bclley, Barnwell. Bolnet, Clink ji
seal?r. Crews. Davie. J. E. Duncan. ; *
Faddy, J. J., Evans. H. II., Fromherg. 11
Hall. A. Jr.. Hammond. Hughs, John- I
son. W VV.. Keenan. Kelly. H.. Kelly, i
J. O.. I.eseane, Don*. Mason. Mc- '
Cannts. Moore. Rivers. Scott. Sea?'
brook, Season. Summers and Young. !1
The senate passed and ordered sont
to the house a hill exempting strictly '
local building and loan associations, j
which are purely mutual and whose
sole business is the lending of money
for the building and repairing or 1m- i
proving of houses. The present tax '
laws bear so heavily on such lnstltu- j *
tlons that many of them are going out j
of business. As there are no other j <
financial agencies through which the 1
poor man or the mar. on salary may j
secure loans on such advantageous |
terms the passage of the bill means :
much to that cla?s of cltlsep* 11
The
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Mr. Moor* of Abbeville led the fight
n opposition to the measure, which he
characterized as a "shackle." It was
regarding every man as a grand rascal.
His observation was that men
vere "better when put on their honor
han by circumscribing them. * The
Killot was a God given right and voters
should not 1* held In duress.
Mr.' Hughes of Oconee agreed that
voters should not be held In duress,
'but If the provisions of ths bill are
luress, Ood knows we need more of
it."- Its chief objent was to protect
he voters from "bootleggers" and
jthers who voted those unable to
nake out their own ticket, "often lynx
to the voter and seeing that the
vrong name is scratched. How often
loes the will of the bootlegger go into
he ballot box and not that of the man
vho casts the vote."
Mr. Llles of Orangeburg made an
earnest appeal for the passage of the
jiJl.. "We have heard much about the
iesire to protect the white man in the
3allot. If this doesn't protect him.
hen he can't be protected."
Mr. Young of Charleston led the deoate
with an explanation of the successful
working of the law in Charleaon
and of the smuli amount of money
necessary to introduce the system.
The members of the senate unanimously
joined the forces for eonserva.ion
which are led by Herbert Hoover,
I'nited State food administrator. A
resolution was adopted indorsing the
work and the policies of Mr. Hoover,
rhis means that the members favor
wheatless days, meatless days, leae
consumption of sugar and pork products.
The resolution wast proposed by
Senator Beattie of Kershaw.
The Stnte senate In one hour passed
and ordered ratified four bills, and
massed and sent to the house nine bills,
utd then began the consideration or
tecohd reading bills. When it udjourn?d
to meet with the house to elect
cortuin State officers, it had under
consideraton a bill to put boon the
aonor roll all bona fide Confederate
soUUeu M J * J
luiuicm auu attnurn ii:iu WUIOWS Ot
Confederate soldiers and sailors and
ouipcnsate them for services renderd
from 1861 to 1865.
Adjournment sine die when the
ounty supply and appropriation bills
ire disposed of was proposed in a
resolution introduced by Representative
Moore of Abbeville. Immediate
consideration was Objected to.
Asked to Pay Full Time.
The house accepted a resolution, reluesting
Industrial and manufacturing;
plants in South Carolina suspending
operation for a five day period under
the Garfield order, to puy their employees
full time during ttie period of
suspension. The resolution was offerad
by Mr. Moore of Abbeville.
Prior to the acceptance of this resolution.
the house was thrown into a
considerable turmoil by a resolution
tjy Messrs. Toole. Duncan.' Keenun and
Hamer, authorizing the speaker of the
House to telegraph Mr. Garfield the ??:?
tional fuel - administrator, to rescind
>r modify so much of the order "as
lpplles to and affects the manufacturing
plants in this State engaged in
making cloth and other products for
the government of the United States
md the other allied countries."
This resolution was rejected practically
unanimously in that the house
liad pledged its loyaly, and such action
would give cotufort to Germany and
Herman sympathizers.
Wanted to Recess.
Considerable effort was mude to
liave the house adjourn for 10 days
in view of Iho pressing coal shortage.
Investigation rAvnnlcwt ?lia? ?? m
supply is now on hand and that two
idditionul cars of soft coal have been
diverted. With this information in
hand, the house adjourned until next
ruesday at 1 o'clock.
Debate on the Toole resolution occupied
a large part of the first hour
if the session. It read:
"Whereat, Dr. Garfield, fuel administrator
of the United States, has orlereu
the closing of all manufacturing
dents of this State for a period of five
lays and subsequent legal holidays;
ind
"Whereas, the manufacturing plants
if this State are engaged in making
sloth and other products for. the
French and United States government
in furtherance of the success of the
*ur from standpoint of the allies; and
"Whereas, the said order will work
i great hardship upon the laboring
[ieople and the operatives in the said
manufacturing plants; .end
"Whereas, the production of the
mid plants will be considerably lessjned
and the labor of same domorlllzed
and the pjyigress of the allies'
cause thereby endangered and cuused
o suffer great injury;
"Be it resolved by the house of representatives.
that the speaker of this
louso be and is hereby authorized
ind instructed to immediately telegraph
to Dr Garfield, fuel adminisrator.
entering our soleipn protest
igainst his said order and most
jn iivoi.ijr itM|iif?uiiK aim 10 rescind or
modify so much of his order as applies
to and affects the manufacturing
plants in this State engaged in
milking cloth and other products for
lie government of the United States
md the other allied nations."
The Australian ballot bill, introduc*
f?d *by Speaker Cothran last session
was passed to third reading in the
house of representatives by an over
whelming majority. A stubborn tight
was made to postpone consideration
until 11:15 o'clock this morning This
was rejected by a vote of 51 to 42
On the motion by Representative
Moore of Abbevlle to ntrtke out the
enacting words, only 29 members vot
ed to kill the bill, with 6ft voting to
save it. The bill was then sent tc
third reading and the parliamentary
cllncner applied to proven* reoonstA
eration of the vota
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LIEUT. PATRICK O'BRIEN
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Lieut. Patrick O'Brien, an American
> member of the Brltlah flying corps,
; who was brought down in a one-sided
battle by the Germans, and who had
been taken into Germany on his way to
a prison camp, Jumped from a train
which was going 30 miles an hour, and
by many heroic and clever moves managed
to get Into Holland, and then back
administration asking for a ruling.
While reports to the fuel administration
told of an increased movement
of coal to householders and to ships
under the three days oper'ation of tho
five-day factory closing order, severe
weather held back the clearing of
freight congestion, which was one of
the chief purposes sought. At th.?
office of the director general of railroads
it was said that there was little
hope for material improvement in traffic
conditions until the weather mode,
ated.
Moving Empty Coal Cars.
Efforts were centralized on the
movement of empty coal cars hack to
the mines, and to the transportation
of bunker coal to tho Atlantic seaboard.
A total of lfiO.OOO tons of hunker
coal had arrived or was en route
for North Atlantic ports while 100,000
tons had been delivered on the south
, ern seaboard and 200.000 tons more
was on its way. At one southern port
"0.000 tons was delivered to ships that
have been lied up for more than a
week.
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STRIKERS IN AUSTRIA
OPENLY ANTI-GERMAN.
London.?A general strike is cn
, throughout Austria, according to an
Exchange Telegraph disntcah fr*
Paris, which reports 100.000 men qui'
ting work in Vienna and Neustadt,
closing down all the war factories.
The strikers are described as openly
anti German and the movement is
bolh political and economic nnd eap*"iAlly
aimed at securing peace.
Public demonstrations, it is added,
have been held in many places.
NEED 30,000 MORE WOMEN
IN ARMY NURSING SERVICE.
Washington. ? Enlisting of 30.000
more women in the military nursinrr
Bervloe will be required if prospective
needs of ihe Rovornment are to met.
the American Red Cross announced It*
an appeal for volunteers.
In order to meet the Increasing demands
of the army and navy nurse
corps, the Red Cross has modified
somewhat it sformer requirements for
I enrollment. The aRe limit has been
I lowered to 21 year*.
tc England.
MOVING EMPTY GOAL GARS
ALL RETAILERS EXCEPT DRUG
AND FOOD STORES TO
CLOSE.
u v/urmtiuc rur i cn mongayi.?u?r*
field Requests That Office Buildings
Be Not Heated.?Conditions Better.
, The eastoi.. half of the United
States observed Monday generally
as a holiday,the first of 10 houtless
| Mondays decreed by the government
1 to conserve coal t nd to clear conges|
tion from the railroads.
Although the closing order, promulgated
by Fuel Administrator Garfield,
goes no further than to forbid the use
of fuel for heating, fuel administration
officials expect business to cease and
Director Garfield issued a direct request
that nil retail establishments,
except food and drug stores, close
their doors for the day.
At the same time office buildings
were requested to observe the spirit
as well as the lrtter of the order and
operate no lights or elevators except
to accommodate the few exempted
persons who ar<? housed In their building.
Food stores, which in the original
order were permitted to remain open
only half the day. were grntaed a special
dispensation under which they
may sell goods throughout the day.
It was said that the use of fuel foi
lighting buildlugs and for operating
their elevators probably could be prevented
during the remainder of the
Monday holidays. In drawing the or
der this was overlooked and thousands
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LOOK FOR NEW
FLOOD JHRAFFIC
j ADMINISTRATOR 6ARFIELD URGES
EMBARGO ON ALL BUT
| nici Akin cnnn
IS OPPOSED BY MCADOO
Placing of Embargo Is Urged by Garfield
at Once. Owing to Deep Snows
and Intnese Cold, Which Is Tieing
. Up Traffle.
Waahiugton.?An urgent recommenidataion
that an embargo be declared
for a few days on acceptance by the
railroads of any freight except coal
.and food was submitted to Director
General McAdoo by the fuel administration.
This action is imperative. Adminis(Vator
Garfield said, to assure ade
quale movement, when the general
transportation situation oast or the
Mississippi throatens to become wors?
daily, owing to the prolonged strain on
railroads or deep snows and intensely
cold weather.
The five-day period of industrial suspension
ended Tuesday, amh with the
'resumption of manufacturing, railroad
vofficials look for a new flood of traffic
which the railroads cannot handle
i until normal weather is restored.
Director General McAdoo was no:
! inclined to look with favor on the em
bargo proposal. He held that under
government operation and consequent
pooling of facilities and short haul
'routing, the railroads would be able to
clear all freight offered for transportation
without priority und without
embargoes. Coal and food already
have preference over all other classes
i of freight, lie pointed out. and are bej
ing moved to tidewater and to localities
where domestic needs are greatest.
as fast as Is physically possible.
NO SIMILAR BODY HAS
EVER LED CLEANER LIVES
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to Reports About United
States Soldiers.
Washington?There has never been
a similar body of men to lead as clean
lives as the American soldiers in
France. General Pershing said in a
' cablegram to Secretary Baker in replyto
inquiries us U? the truth of reports
of immoderate drinking among the
men.
General Pershing's message was
made public- by Mr. Baker in his letter
to Governor Capper, of Kansas.
"You may recall writing to me coni
cernlng 'persistent reports' as tp the
i immoderate sale of liquor among our
1 forces in France. My impression was
I that these rumors were not well founded
in fact; but I felt it my duty to
i convey their content to General Pershing.
and rto ask him to communicate
with me as to the facts. You tfill be
glad to know that I have Just received
the following words from the comi
j ntaniier of the American expeditionary
I forces;
" 'There has nevei5 been a similar
I body of men to lead as clean lives as
i our American soldiers in France. They
have entered this war with tho hlohnu
; devotion to duty and with no other
j idea titan to perform tVese duties in
' the most efficient . manner possible
i They fully realize their obligation to
their own people, their friends and
i the country.
I " 'A rigid program of instruction is
carried out daily with traditional
i American enthusiasm. Engaged in
healthy, interesting exercises in the
open air. with ample diets, officers
! und men. like trained athletes, are
: ready for their task. Forbidden the
use of strong drink and protected by
stringent regulations against sexual
j evils, and supported by their own
: moral courage, their good behavior
1 is the subject of most favorable comi
ment, especially by our allies.
I " American mothers may rest assured
that their sons are a credit to
them and to the nation, and they may
well look forward to the proud day
when on the battleflelri these splendid
men will shed a new luster on Amerij
can manhood.' "
SITUATION IN AUSTRIA
GROWS BUT LITTLE BETTER.
While the hitter internal political
stiuation in Austria-Hungary seems
ro have abated somewhat In intensity,
the latest Indications are that benoa'h
the surface the tire of discontent is
merely smouldering and that at no
distnnt date it again may break out in
a veritable conflagration. The politicians
apparently with optimistic utterI
nnces have quieted a situation that Is
, fraught with grave possibilities so far
as the dual monarchy ie concerned
PLANS FOR CONDUCTING
PROPORANni IN 9no?i?
Washington.?Plans for conducting
a propaganda In Russia to acquaint
the people there of the friendship of
this country and prevent them from
falling under German influences have
been launched here by members of
Congress. As part of the plan, It was
! learned that labor organizations -1
:many parts of the country are nrcnar..
ing to hold meetings on Lincoln's b'rf'iday,
February 12. a' which ?n;>c?he'
[will be made end resolutions adopted.
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IKY 24, 1918
MISS HELEN D. M'COKMICK
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Miss Helen D. McCormick has enterod
upon her duties as an assistant
district attorney in New York city.
Hsr excellent work as state factory
inspector brought her to the attention
of District Attorney Lewis of Kings
county. Miss McCormick is thirty j
years old and is a graduate of the '
Brooklyn law school. She was admitted
to the bar five years ago. She has
always bcrn an active worker for worn- '
an suffrage, being chairman of the
Tenth assembly district.
I NO VIOLATIONS REPORTED!
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BUSINESS MEN OF SOUTH OB-,
SERVE FUEL OROER FOR
FIVE DAYS.
Cotton Interests Are Hardest Hit '
With Tobacco Following?Industrial j
Center at Birmingham Only Slightly
i Affected.
Atlanta. Ga.?Hundreds of industrial j
i plants In the south were closed for
a live-day period under the fuel re-1
i striction order and thousands of op- ]
i eratives were idle. No reports of vio- I
latlons of the order had beeu received I
and surface indications were that j
i both manufacturers and workers view- ,
ed the situation philosophically.
The South Carolina house of representatives.
in session at Columbia. \
"Voted down by an overwhelming ma- j
Jority a resolution asking Fuel Admin- |
! istrator Garfield to rescind the order I
, and the Atlanta chamber of commerce j
adopted a resolution approving it. At
Roanoke, business men in mass meeting
voted to observe the order, while <
the Norfolk. (Virginia) Retail Merchants'
Association asked merchants
to close all stores on Mondays during ,
the ten-week period.
Tliu !
, a taw iw>>u? v W IUIOIC91B |II UUUUI.Y WHS |
the largest outside of cotton to be af- j
fected by the order. Cigar factories !
. in Florida, Virginia and other states '
were closed as were tgjmeco and (
cigarette, plants in Virginia. North
Carolina and other sections.
The industrial center at Birtning-1
ham was only slightly affected, as most !
of the steel plants there are engaged ;
on government work and at the coal
mines extra efforts were made to get j
out coal. Shipyards, including the
navy yards at Norfolk, Charleston and ;
New Orleans and the Newport News
plant, were in full operation.
, Richmond apparently had the great-'
est army of idle workers of any city in [
the south, thirty thousand having been
, reported out of work there. Norfolk ;
and vicinity reported from 10,000 to
12,000 New Orleans some 16,;000; Ma-;
con. Ga.. 7.000; Memphis from 5,000 j
j to 7.000; Chattanooga from 15,000 to
20,000; Charleston, S. C? about 2,500, |
and Knoxvllle, about 3,500.
In the Roanoke district where about
2.000 workeiR were idle, the Norfolk & j
Western railway offered to employ i
hundreds of persons in repair and (
other work on its lines and in its shops ,
during the days of inactivity, including
Mondays.
FREDERICK SPOEMANN
AND ASCH LIBERATEC. ;
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f waniuivic.- ricuci 1VR II. * . fl|IOIT- j
Imnnn. brother of Walter Spoermann,
'alleged German spy. held In jail here,,
and Marias Ast h. both of whom wee 1
arrested in Baltimore shortly aft >r ;
Walter Spoermann was taken near |
Newport News. Va.. were liberated.'
Assistant United States District Attor- j
ney Latane said the two men had been j
arrested in order to get certain infor j
matlon and that such Information had
been obtained.
New Liberty Loan Plans.
Washington.?As the first financial
step in preparation for the third Liberty
loan. Secretary McAdoo announr
president of the New York Central. !
! who has acted as assistant to the di- :
rector general, with headquartersr in j
V, V..1. T? 11 - - I
limn iuia. n. ii /MniiKiii, president
of the Chicago & Northwestern, wan .
appointed regional director for terrt- '
tory west of the Mississippi with hen 1- j
quarters at Chicago. Southwestern
roads were assigned to C. H. Markhais
president of the Illinois Central,
with h<.adouarfers at Atlanta i
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AUSTRIAN CABINET
; HAS RESIGNED
SCARCITY OF FOOD AND GENERAL
DESIRE FOR PEACE BRINGS
RESIGNATIONS.
HUNGARIANS ARE DISCONTENT
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Minister of Interior Will Form New
Cabinet at Once.?Count Czernin
Was Head.?Held Portfolio of Min
istcr of Foreign Affairs.
The crisis in Austria, arising from
the discontent of the people over the
continuation of the war, the scarcity
of food and a general desire for peace,
has *esulted in the resignation of the
Austrian cabinet.
For weeks there has been bitter opposition
to the government on the
part of the people and during the last
few days this lias resulted in nationwide
strikes and some disturbances.
The internal strife in Austria, apparently
due chiefly to war-weariness,
the high cost of living and the dislocation
generally of economic life,
contiiAies to be of absorbing interest.
Although the exact situation resulting
front the troublous times is not giv
on in the extremely meager details
available, the dispatches that have
crept through are indicative of a situation
that will require skillful handling
by the authorities again to bring
the dissatislled populace into a stat"?
of tractuhillty.
No newspapers in Vienna were permitted
lust Saturday. The only publication
allowed was a single sheet
bulletin, which told some of the dotails
of the nation-wide strike and the
developments in the peace discussions
at Brest-Litovsk. As usual the hand
of the German propagandist was *o
be seen in this one-sheet publication,
for the chief announcement in it was
from the German social democracy cf
Austria. This lav stress on last year's
declaration of the Austro-Hungarinn
foreign minister. Count Czerin. that ,
the central powers were ready to
make an immediate general peace, 1
without annexations or indemnities. j
Evidently, however, this statement
failed to placate the strikers in Vienna,
who sent a large delegation to
wait upon the food minister to inform
him of conditions among the working
classes and to impress on him that
their desire for peace overshadowed
and took precedence over all other
demands.
In Hungary also the people are
endeavoring to ascertain what are the
prospects for a cessation of hostilities
and a return to normal. So insistent
has been their efforts in this direction
that the Hungarian premier has
been forced to announce in the lower
house of parliament that the government
adhered to the principle of
peace without annexation.
GOVERNMENT MAY HOLD
RAILROADS AFTER WAR
McAdoo Says It Would Be Injurious to
Stockholders to Turn Them
Eack
Washington.?t'hanggs In the funda
mental prim-Heps of railroad operalton
under government control will
make it inadvisable to turn the roads
back to private ownership immediately
after the end of the War. Director Cleneral
McAdoo urged before the senate J
interstate commerce committee. I'nitl
"comprehensive and rational legisla- ]
Hon" to meet the changed conditions |
is enacted it woldu. be Injurious to the >
stockholders for the government to re- >
linquish control, he added.
.Examination of the director general
on the administration's railroad
bill may be resumed later by the committee.
but Chairman Smith announced
that the hearings, including
arguments, will be completed later.
The committee plans to begin work on
the bill and report it to the senate as
soon as possible. The chief questions
at issue are whether the measure shall
fi xu definite time for the return .of the
roads to private ownership and tlie
basis of compensation.
STONE'S SPEECH IN THE
SENATE STARTS A BLAZE
Washington Smouldering lire* of
partisan feeling were set ablaze in the
senate by Senator Stone, veteran Democrat,
with a long prepared speech
accusing Republicans of playing politics
in their criticisms of the government's
conduct of the war.
There had been plenty of advance
notice of the speech, which administration
leaders sought vainly to induce
the Missouri senator to abandon or
postpone.
TWO N. C. SOLDIERS DIE
OF DISEASE IN FRANCE
Washington.?Sixteen deaths among
members of the American expedition
aij miic, iu hup iu natural cauKcj [
and one from drowning, were reported
by Pershing, among them were:
Private Joseph Bonner, engineers,
January 10. pneumonia. Mother. Sa a
Bonner. Box No. 6. Ransomville, N. C.
Private Roiund F. McArthur, marines.
January 19. cerebro spinal meningitis.
Mother, Mrs. Irene Jessie McArthur,
Carthage. N. C.
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$1.25 Per Year. j|i%M
SATURDAY NAMED
US PORKLESS DAY I
FOOD ADMINISTRATOR PAGE ANNOUNCES
ONE DAY* TO CONSERVE
PORK.
BIGGER SUPPLIES FOR ALLIES
AJI Food Saved By People of This
State Means More Food For Our
. Allies.
Raleigh.?A Porkless Saturday and
one wheatless and one meatless meal
each day of the week are announced
hy State Food Administrator Henry
A. Page as a part of the more intensive
program that must be followed If
the American people are not to fall
down on their job of supplying the
fighting forces of our Allies with
foodstuffs. In addition to the voluntary
co-operation, the Food Administration
nrnnoscs t o i-pnniro nil linkers
to use 25 per cent as much of other
cereals as of wheat.
Mr. Page and Mr John Paul Lucas. .
executive secretary of the Food Administration.
who have just returned
from a conference of Food Administrators
at Washington .are deeply Impressed
with the urgent necessity for
the co-operation of every Individual in
the matter of saving by economy and
the use of substitutes for these fool
products which are suitable for export.
Mr. Page does not hesitate to say that
the man. woman or child who refuses
to render the utmost service in the
mntter of increasing the supply of
foodstuffs available for export, is
miserably failing in their dttfjf to
their government, to suy nothing of
their absolute disregard of all humanitarian
sentiment.
"The situation." declares Mr. Page,
"has assumed an aspect as simple as
h is urgent. it is purely an lndivftrusi
proposition. The Food Administration
is gauging the quantity of foodstuffs
released for export by the available
supply and this available supply is
llxed by the conduct in his eating of
every man, woman child in America.
The exportable fbod that any individual
might save but does not will
surely cost the life of a soldier or the
life of some woman, child or old man .
in Europe. It is purely a matter for
the individual conscience and individual
action. There are no two ways
to it. There is no fence to ride. We
either line up with patriotic, wholesome
decent people and help feed the
soldiers and the starving civilian people
of Europe, or we line up with tho
selfish, mean, ignorant, miserly arrognnt
crowd which consinders its own
comfort and stomach above all patriotic
or liuinan^ sentiments.
N<v H
Major London Dead.
Piltsboro. Admiring friends
throughout the state will learn with
sorrow of the death of Major Henry A. *
London at his home in Pittsboro. He
had been ill for several weeks and
the end was not unexpected
vuiM>r i.tuir.oii whs iu years old anil
was the oldest nowspai?er editor In
th<* state, being editor of The Chatliam
Record. He served with disfinc.iort
throughout the civil war and ha.s ^
since been active in North Carolina
and rnlted ( onfederate veteran serv* 4
ice. being adjutant general of the
North Carolina division. Ho was especially
active in all public matters,
served a number of times in the state ' c
legislature, notably In the senate of
1001 and 100(J.
Major London leaves a widow and
several children including Lieutenant
Jack London, of the Knifed States
navy; Henry M. London, chief clerk
of the United States collector's office,
Raleigh; Ts??c London, of Rocking
ham. and Mrs. John H. Andorson, of
Fayetteville.
Major London was not only a veteran
editor, hut a lawyer and pollt
Irian. - -**5
Major London was a former prosldent
of the North Carolina Press Association
ar.U twice member of the
state senate. He was a Democrat Of
the first wat?*r.
Will Rebuild Railroad. . y \
Kenly.?Messrs. Wiley Narron an|
son. who live some Hftcen miles northeast
of Kenly. have purchased the rails
and rolling stock formerly owned by
ina iM?nn!n-?iminonn Luiranor company.
The property was bought for
$:$3.0f?ft. It Is the purpose of Mr. Narron
and his son to repair the railroad
track, purchase new equipment, and
establish In the very near future
freight and passenger service frotr xHB
Kenly to Narron's store. Thle ar / j
rangement will open up a large sec- ^
tlon of fertile farming land.
New Farmers' Paper.
Wilsons?The Farmers* Union Bttl
letln has made its first appearance
from tho presses of the Co-operative
Publishing Company, in this city. It jfl
wilt be published monthly in the interest
of the North Carolina Division /
of the Farmers' ^durational and Co- /flSHH
operative Union of America. Its edt- '>
inriai and nusinpRB otricft* are at Ab- >y* 1|H|H
errteen. George C- Leach I* manag- <
Ing editor and Dr. H Q. Alexander, .
associate editor; E. A. Denham,
ansa and advertising man???^ i