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IN DEFENCE OF FORD PEACE PLAN. CORRECTION OF ALLEGED MISSTATEMENTS CONCERNING THIS NOTED ENDEAVOR. Washington, D C, December SlrIn an article under date of December 25, Mr George E Miller, WashAnrwcnnnripnt nf the Detroit IllgllSil VV/ll^opvuuvM* V ? News, calls attention to the deliberate, concerted effort upon the part of many big newspapers of the country to cast odium upon the trip of Henry Ford to Europe in an effort for peace. The Detroit News is one of the few big papers in the United States that haye shown a spirit of fairness in the matter. There is missing from the News the spirit of malicious misrepresentation, coloring and deliberate falsehood so much in evidence in certain New York papers and in papers uf smaller cities that ape the big city's news methods? , all apparently set upon a determined effort to plunge the United States into the great war, and to discredit any effort that might shorten the conflict. Mr Miller's story tells some of the motives behind the attacks on Mr Ford. The article says:?A persistent one could say wilful misconception and misstatement of Henry Ford's peace expedition is carried in the press of the east and also brought across the ocean in the British censored cables. . Ford has deserted and the expedition is a failure, is the statement, accompanied with editorial comment in which Mr Ford is patronizingly characterized as a generous soul, but ignorant. The kindest thing some of these publications find to say about him is that he is a rainbow chaser with a good purpose and a poor plan for its accomplishment. The New York papers almost without exception misrepresented the character of the Ford enterprise from the first. For this Mr Ford was himself to blame to some extent as he failed to issue a comprehensive statement of his plan in the beginning. Newspapers disposed tc be hostile towards any step to end the war took advantage of this to ridicule the expedition and their example has been very largely followed on both sides of the ocean. The -ll-J L... i.U? papers conironeu uy mr aim emu munition interests have been thi most persistent in declining to print the facts at/but the nature of Mi Ford's project. Yet it would not have been diffi cult for them to asecertain that this big body of people carried abroad or the Oscar II was not the real peace commisson to carry out Mr Ford's purpose. Though stated over and over again that the ship was chartered to attract the attention of the world to the peace plan, and for nc other purpose, this fact has been studiously ignored. And because the boys did not jump out of the trenches the moment the ship arrived in European waters, the whole Ford enterprise was and is denounced as a farcial failure. That the Oscar II was the advertisement of what is to follow has never been stated in the eastern papers. That there is to be a commission of responsible men to undertake the peace suggestions after the Oscar II passengers have returned to the United States has been carefully omitted from the papers which exhibit such apparent fear that Ford may bring about peace. ao it. D ) 4 Ur Course me ruru eiut-i prist? uia> be a failure. Of that Mr Ford freely acknowledged cogntzance before he sailed from New York.# But it is not fair nor just nor honest to dedounce it as a failure before it has failed, and it hardly can fail until the commission which is to operate has tried. It is Mr Ford's purpose to have this commission sit for months and even years if that be necessary. It is to be a body that will ever try for peace until peace is secured. This was stated specifically to the eastern papers, but is ignored by them in their attempts to rush the announcement of Ford's failure to the world. Again much is made of the assertion that Ford has abandoned the peace expedition. Yet the eastern press was informed repeatedly that he did not know whether he would go to Europe in the first place nor wheter he would remain long if he did go. There was doubt in Mr Ford's mind as to whether he would be of any service in Europe. He did not believe that his personal presence would be of aid. He finally was persuaded to go, but if he is returning now his friends who have understood his views will not that for an admission by him that his peace plan is a failure. On the contrary they will understand that he can do more on this side the ocean than on that. The people of the world will get their best opportunity to judge of the calibre of the Ford enterprise when they learn the personnel of the real peace commission. That An Old Ken Since I Began Taking Peruna I Weigh 120 Pounds for the First Time in * * * \ >r__ My Lite, iviy former weight was 102 lbs. My Mother who is 76 Y ears Old J Had Grown so Weak She coul< She also took Pe ier and looking v The above splendid woman Is Mrs. Hat She recommends Peruna to all housewives Ohio, lor a free copy of the "Ills ol Life.' has not been announced and cannot be until the crowd from the Oscar II has made the rounds of the neutral countries. When the expedi" 1__ J- -X. rnu. lion nnany lanus m me ua^uc mc composition of the commission will be determined. After that, perhaps long: after that, will come the time to judge as to whether Mr Ford has failed. DARLINGTON MAN SHOT.. Curtis Byrd Seriously Wounded. Hope For Recovery. Darlington, January 3:?Curtis Byrd, a young white man employed at the lumber company's plant at Lumber, in the lower part of the county, was shot this morning at an early hour by a negro, Sam Wilson. | Mr Byrd was shot three times, the weapon used being a .44 calibre revolver. The bullets were made for a riflle. The wounded man is in an infirmary at Florence. The negro . has been arrested and is in jail here. It seems that Mr Byrd left Lumber this morning on the train from ; Bennettsville to Sumter, which passes Lumber between 7 and 8 o'clock for Montclare, to search for a negro woman who had seriously cut an' other negro on Saturday at Lumber. I On getting to Montclare he located ' the woman and went to arrest her. | Sam Wilson, who lived with her, II fnllnwpd rhpm back to the station. As Mr Byrd started back to Lumber with his prisoner he inquired of 1 Wilson if he was going with them 1 and received an affirmative reply. Mr Byrd told him to take the woman's suitcase and bring it along and to surrender whatever weapons he had with him. The negro then drew his revolver and began firing. Immediately after the shooting the negro fled. He was pursued by Robert Winters, who succeeded in ' overtaking him and arresting him after a chase of a fqw hours. The Sheriff was notified in the meantime and arrived on the scene shortly after the arrest. Wilson has told several incoherent stories of the shooting, at one time stating that he did not intend to shoot Mr Byrd, and at another that he did it because he was afraid. He and the woman arrested early this I morning at Montclare are both in jail. While Mr Byrd's condition is serious, hope for his recovery is entertained by the physicians. Baby Saved by Wireless. Washington, N C, December ,".0:? An unusual wireless message was picked up by the Cape Hatteras Station today and received such prompt attention that a baby in all probability was saved from death. The message stated that a baby on board a vessel several hundred miles away was critically ill and that the ship's physician had exhausted his skill without avail and appealed on behalf the mother to any physician who might get the radio to prescribe for the infant. With the symptoms given the operator at Cape Hatteras sent the message to Dr Sutton, two miles away; the doctor gave him a prescription and it was dashed through the air. A few hours later the operator received another wireless saying the prescription had been filled and that the child had shown immediate improvement, and was considered out of danger. Whenever You Need a General Tonic Take Grove's The Old Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic is equally valuable as a General Tonic because it contains the well known tonic properties of QUININE and IRON. It acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and ? Builds up the Whole System. 50 cents. I vs3& y^^HPSWio d scarcely walk, runa and is fleshveil. FIRE DESTROYS NEW HOUSE. Residence of M. E. Poston a Hemingway Destroyed. Hemingway, January 1: -The rei idence of Mr ivl E Poston was burr ed Thursday night. The fire ws seen by people living next door, wh immediately gave the alarm, but i was soon seen that it would be irr possible to save the house. Mr an Mrs Poston were away from horn* therefore the uoor had to be brokei into in order to save the furniture which was practically all removed It was with great regret that thi residence was seen to go up i smoke, since it had only been con pleted a few months, and was on of the prettiest in town. Some ir surance was carried. RUB OUT PAIN ? 1 ! 1. Tl . I with good oil liniment. 1 nat s | the surest way to stop them. The best rubbing liniment isj MUSTANG 'LINIMENT Good for the Ailments of i Horses, Mules, Cattle, Etc. Qood for your own Achest Pains, Rheumatism, Sprains, Cuts, Burns, Etc. 25c. 50c. $1. At all Dealers. / tie Hamilton, of 918 Glen Ave? i>atoru?, a>. . Address The Peruna Co., of Columbus, INFLUENZA COVERS COUNTRY Tbe Most Serious Epidemic Eve Known In America. Washington, January 3:? Ir.fli i enza is spreading over the Unite | States from coast to coast in th ! most serious epidemic ever knowr taking a large toll in lives and caui ing economic loss by incapacitatin workers in all walks of life. R< ports from public health service o! j ficers, made public tonight by Sui igeon General Blue, show that a i ready the disease has created ; grave problem for many of th j larger cities and is spreading to th rural communities. *T-.? \r?I. ? DU;i0^Qlr,t,;? INtW 1 UI ft, Ulliwa^u, x iiiioucipiiu I Boston, San Francisco, Seattle, Clevi ! land and Detroit reported the dii ease widely prevalent. Clevelan and Detroit each have propabl 100,000 cases. Of the larger citie; Buffalo, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Sa Diego, Dallas and Mobile reporte no signs of an epidemic. There is practically nothing th Federal Government can do towar aiding in the suppression of the ep demic. It must be dealt with fc local authorities, and they in turi it is explained, are almost helplei without co-operation from the pui lie. Surgeon General Blue said ti night he had called for reports froi all parts of the country, with th hope that publicity would tend 1 stimulate this co-operation. Statistics on influenza are difficu to obtain. t>ecause the disease is nt classed as "reportable" in mar CHItS. V^UIJSCLIUCIJ u,y lliwoi y? VI public health officers were oblige to send in information based I some extent on their personal oi servations. - - ^ Liven Up Your Torpid Liver. To keep your liver active use E King's New Life Pills. They insur good digestion, relieve constipatioi and tone up the whole system?kee your eyes clear and your skin fres and healthy looking. Only 25c i your druggist. Magazines am We have a full of the leading we Magazines and P( Subscriptions tj azine or periodic clubbing r^te. SCOTT D In Business For Phone No. 131 WHEN I r about whs Christmas ! 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