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[TOXT OF GERMAN"
L NOTE TO ALLIES
LGIVES OUTUNE OF GERMAN
I COUNTERPROPOSAL?
TEXT OF NOTE
Washington, June 1.?Germany,
[ althoug h realizing that she must
I make sacrifices to obtain peace, is
f convinced that the executions of the
peace treaty as drawn "are more
than the German people can bear."
Count Von Brockdorff-Rantzau, j
L head of the German peace delegation, {
thus sums up the attitude of the Ger-1
man nation towards the proposed
| treaty of peace in a note to the Al-1
L lied ard associated powers, outlining
W various German counter ^-oposals. |
* The German note, delivered to Premier
Clemenceau, president of the
peace conference, last Thursday, was
made public tonight by the State
Department.
Says Terms Impossible
The German delegation note here
in its note asserts that it will refuse
to sign the present treaty, but declares
on behalf of the German na
tion that "even in ner neea, justice |
for he- is too sacred a thing to aliow
her to stoop to achieve conditions
which she cannot undertake to carry
ott"
Exclusion of Germany from the
league of nations, the note asserts.
means that in signing the peace
treaty Germany would be executing
a "decree for its own prescription,
aay, its own death sentence." ?
The German people, the note says,
^ have been disappointed in their
"hope for a peace of justise which
had been promised," and stand
"aghast" at the demands made upon
them by the "victorious violence of
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our enemies."
What Germany Agrees To.
^ Outlining its counter proposals
the German delegation agrees to reduction
of Germany's army and navy j
on condition that Germany be admit^
ted immediately to the league of naftl
tions; to renounce Germany's sover-1
eagn rights in Alsace Lorraine and
Posen, but as to all other territories
which Germany is called upon to give j
up the principle of self determina- j
tion effective at once, is asked; she
also agrees to subject all German
colonies to admission by the league1
of nations, but under German man-!
datory and to make the indemnity ,
payments as required, but in
amounts that will burden the German
taxpayers no moreheavily than
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burdened State among those represented
on the reparations commission.
The gote declares Germany is willing
to put her entire merchant marine
with that of the associated
powers, neutral participation in the
inquiry as to responsibility ior me
. war is asked.
Would Mean Slavery
Although the exaction of the cost
of the war has been expressly renounced,
as yet Germany, thus cut
.i? pieces and weakened must declare
herself ready in principle to bear all
the war expenses of her enemies,
which would exceed many times over
the total amount of German State
and real assets. Meanwhile her enemies
demand in excess of the agreed
conditions reparation for damage
suffered by their civil population anii
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in ttiis connection Germany must also
go bail for her allies. The sum to
be paid is to be fixed by oar enemies
unilaterally and to admit of subsequent
modification and increase. No
limit is fixed save the capacity of
the German people for'payment, determined
not by their standard of
life but solely by their capacity to
wit the demands of their enemies
by their labor. The German people
would thus be condemned to perpetual
slave labor.
Economic Life Impossible
In spite of the, exorbitant demands
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(be reconstruction of our economic
life is at the same time rendered
impossible. We must surrender our
I merchants fleet. We are to renounce
L aH foreign securities. We are to
r hand 'over to our enemies our property
in all German enterprises
^(broad, even in the countries of our
' allies. Even after the conclusion of
pfece the enemy States are to have
the right to confiscating all German
/ property. No German trader in their
countries will be protected from
these war measures. We must completely
renounce our colonies, and
not even German missionaries shall
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have the right to follow their calling
therein. We must thus renounce the
realization of all our aims in the
spheres of politics, economics and
ideas.
Internal Affairs
Even in internal affairs we are to
give up the right to self determination.
The international reparation
commission receives dictatorial power
over the whole life of our people
in economic and cultural matters.
Its authority extends far beyond that
which the empire, the German federal
council and the Reichstag combined
ever possessed within the territory
of the empire. This commission
has unlimited control over the
economic life of the state of communities
and of individuals. Further
the entire educational and sanitary
system depends on it It can keep
the whole German people in mental
thraldom. In order to increase the
payments due by the thrall, the commission
can hamper measures for
the social protection of the German
worker.
Sovereignly A bo I lifted
In other spheres also Germany's
sovereignty is abolished. Her chief
waterways are subject to international
administration. She must
agree to treaties, the contents of
which are unknown to her; to be concluded
by her enemies with the new
States on the east, even when they
concern her own functions. The German
people are excluded from the
league of nations, to which is entrusted
all work of common interest
to the world.
Thus must a whole people sign
the decree for its own prescription,
nay, its own r?cath sentence.
Germany knows that she must
make sacrifices in order to attain
peace. Germany knows that she has
by agreement, undertaken to make
these sacrifices, and will go in this
! matter to the utmost limits of her
j capacity.
What G?r?any Offers
' One?Germany offers to proceed
with her own disarmament in advance
of all other peoples, in order
to show that she will help to usher
in the new era of the peace of justice.
She gi^fes up universal compulsory
service and reduces her army
to 100,000 men except as regards
temporary measures. She even renounces
the warships which herene'mies
are still willing to leave in her
| hands. She stipulates, however, that
! she shall be admitted forthwith as a
I State with equal rights into the lea|
gue of nations. She stipulates that
: a genuine league of nations shall
come into being, embracing all peo|
pies of good will, even her enemies
! of today. The league must be inspirI
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I wards mankind.
Two?In territorial questions Germany
takes up her position unreservedly
on the ground of the Wilson
program. She renounces hersov;
ereignty right in Alsace-Lorraine,
but wishes a free plebiscite to take
i place there. She gives up the greati
er part of the province of Posen, the
district incontestedly polish in population,
together with the capital,
i She is prepared to grant Poland, unider
international guarantees, free
j and secure access to the sea by ceding
free ports at Danzig, Eonigs!
hp?r and Memel. bv an agreement
! regulating the navigation of theVisItula
and by special railway conventions.
Germany is prepared to insure
the supply of coal for the economic
needs of France, especially from the
' Sarre region, until such time as the
i French mines are once more in work|
ing order. The preponderantly Danish
districts of Schleswig will be
given up to Denmark on the basis of
a plebiscite. Germany demands that
the right of self-determination shall
also be repeated where the interests
of the Germans in Austria and Bohemia
are concerned.
She is ready to subject all her
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i community of the league of nations
if she is recognized as its mandatory.
I Three?Germany is prepared to
jmake payments incumbent on her
i in accordance with the agreed program
of peace up to a maximum
sum of 100,000,000,000 gold marks?
20,000,000,000 on May 1, 1926, and
the balance (80,000,000,000) in annual
payments, without interest.
These payments shall in principle be
equal to a fixed percentage of the
German imperial and State revenues.
The annual payment shall approximate
to the former peace budget, i
For the first ten years the annual
payments shall not exceed 1,000,000
of gold marks a year. The German
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taxpayer shall not be less heavier
burdened than the taxpayer of the
most heavily burdened State among
those represented on the reparation
commission.
Germany presumes in this connection
that she will not have to make
any territorial sacrifices beyond
those mentioned above, and that she
will recover her freedom on economic
movements at home and abroad.
Reconstruction Work
Four?Germany is prepared to devote
her entire economic strength to
the service of reconstruction. She
wishes to cooperate effectively in the I
reconstruction of the devastated re-!
gi ons of Belgium and Northern
France.
To make the loss good the loss in
production of the destroyed mines
in Northern France up to 20,000,000
tons of coal will be delivered annually
for the first five years and up to
8,000,000 tons for the next five years.
Germany will facilitate further de-j
liveries of coal to France, Belgium,
Italy and Luxemburg.
Germany is, moreover, prepared
to make considerable deliveries of
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monia, as well as dyestuffs and medicines.
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Five?Finally, Germany offers to
put her entire merchant tonnage into
a pool of the world's shipping, to
place at the disposal of her enemies
a part of her freight space as part
payment of reparation, and to build
for them for a series of years in
Germany an amount of tonnage exceeding
their demands.
To Replace Rher Boats
Six?In order to replace the river
boots destroyed in Belgium and
Northern France, Germany offers
river craft from her own resources.
Seven?Germany thinks that she
sees an appropriate method for the
fulfillment of obligations to make
reparation conceding prompt consideration
in industrial enterprises.
Eight?Germany, in accordance
with the desires of the workers of
the whole world, wishes to see the
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workers in all countries free and enjoying
equal rights. She wishes to
ensure to them in the treaty of
peace the right to take their own
decisive part in the settlement of so
cial policy and social protection.
Nine?The German delegation
again makes it| demand for a neutral
entry into the responsibility
for the war and culpable acts in conduct.
An impartial commission
should have the right to investigate
on its own responsibility the archives
iof all the belligerent countries anu
all the persons who took an important
part in the war.
I Question of Guilt
Nothing short of confidence that
the question of guilt will be examined
dispassionately can have the
peoples lately at war with each other
in the proper frame of mind for
the formation of the league of nations.
These are only the most important
among the proposals which we
have to make. As regards other
great sacrifices and also as regards
the details, the delegation refers to
tfhe accompanying memorandum and
the annex thereto.
The time allowed us for the preparation
of this memorandum was so
short that it vas impossible to treat
all the questions exhaustively. A
fruitful and illuminating negotiation
could only take place by means
of oral discussion. This treaty of
peace isffco be the greatest achievement
of its kind in all history. There
is no precedent for the conduct of
such comprehensive negotiations by
an exchange of written notes only.
The feeling of the people who have
made such immense sacrifices makes
them demand that their fate should
be decided, open, unreserved ex?iion?Mo
?f ii)om nn the nrinciDle:
"Quote covenants of peace openly
arrived at, after which there shall
be no private international understanding
of any kind, bat diplomacy
shall proceed always frankly in the
public views." 1
Hie Votes of the Victor j
Germany is to put her signature
to the treaty laid before her and to
carry it Even in her need, justice
for her is too sacred a thing to allowj
her to stoop to achieve conditions
which she can not undertake to carry
out. Treaties of peace signed by
the great powers have, it is '.rue, in
the history of the last decades again
and again proclaimed the right of i
the stronger. Buf each of these treaties
of peace has been a factor in
originating and prolonging the
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A REAL FIGHTING MAN
A Tribute to CapL W. L. McCutchen
by a Comrade Who Was Wjfh __
Him in Battle
On the Way Home.
May 1, 1919.
Dear Mr. Osteen:Some
of us have had the idea for
quite a while that when "Daddy
Mac" started home, we wanted to tell
you a little about what we think of
him, but we have put it off until I
find myself now on the way home
with him. He doesn't know that I am
writing anything like this, or he sure
would be as sore as a boil, for if
any one talks less about what they
did than he does, I'd like to find
I him.
I met a Miss Ryttenburg on the
! way down here, and she enlightened
| me as to the name 01 your paper, as
well as your own name, so I turst
that this communication will reach
you 0. K. And we hope from the bottom
of our hearts that when "Daddy
Mac" comes home, you all turn out
the band and run a parade up from
the station. We only wish the "Thirtieth"
could be there to help make
the parade.
I'm a newspaper man myself, when
I'm out of the army, and I ought to
be able to write what I'd like .to say.
It was for that reason that they
stuck the job on to me of saying
what we all would like to say about
Daddy Mac. But it couldn't be written
as you would say it and couldn't
be said as you feel it, for when I
say you can't describe the place that
Daddy Mac holds in the hearts of the
Thirtieth, I mean it from the bottom
of my heart But I trust that you
good people of Sumter will appreciate
in some measure the love that
we have for one of your very finest
and greatest citizens, and that you
will know you are welcoming home
one big-hearted, whole-souled fightin'
man, when Daddy McCutchen
gets off the tram.
Sincerely,
William W. Hague.
Back there in Sumter you all call
him "Bloody Bill McCutchen," so
I Wall lrnmr him bv
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many names too, bat to all of as who
have known him in the Thirtieth Infantry
he is and always will be
"Daddy Mac." For "Daddy" McCutchen's
place in the Thirtieth Infantry
cannot be measured with
words, any more than could be
measured the love that the Thirtieth
has for him. Bat since "Daddy Mac,,
is on his way back to Sumter now,
the Thirtieth would like to tell Sumter
a little of what it knows about
; him.
| He came to us soon after we came
to France?way back before the
fighting started for us. And he has
stayed with us every minute until
now his chance has come to go home.
! He wears a wound stripe but he
j never missed a moment with the out;
fit for all of that, and of three offii
cers who were with the regiment
i through every bit of fighting, Daddy
was one, and when they finally pulled
the outfit out of the scrap at the
tail end of the fighting in the Argonne,
it was Daddy McCutchen who
was commanding the regiment
There isn't a man who fought with
the regiment at the Me rue, and from
Vo Wnmp tn the Vesle. and up
I through the StMihiel "hike" and
I then through the long wearing grind
of the Argonne, of whom Daddy
wasn't a familiar figure, because
everywhere the fighting was, there
he was. He isn't as young as some
of the rest of us, when you count up
his birthdays, but there wasn't a
man who had any more "pep" and
I "sticking qualities" than our Daddy
j Mac.
J If you were to hunt around among
the men who followed "Daddy Mac"
from shell hole to shell hole and
from trench to trench, you probably
wouldn't find a man who could remember
any time when he had ordered
a man to a certain place. Bej
cause he didn't handle his company
1 that way. With his outfit, you'd see
v:_ ?nl. olinij in t)iA thiclf of the
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machine gun fire, and from the position
ahead that he would reach, back
would come the call, "Come on I
Company," and I Company would
come on, to a mam Back at the
Mame, after the terrific bombardment
of the fight of the 14th of July,
it was Daddy Mac, who, finding a
messenger trying to reach division
headquarters, took the message,
, went out into the hail of shell fire
world war. Whenever in this war
the victor has spoken to the vanquished
at Bresl-Litovsk and Bucharest,
his words were but the seeds
of future discord. The lofty aims
which our adversaries first set before
themselves in their conduct of
the war the news of an assured peace
of justice, demand a treaty instinct
with a different spirit Only the co1
operation of all nation, a cooperation
of hands and spirits, can build
up a durable peace. We are under no
delusions regarding the strength of
liatroH nnH hitterness which this
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war has engendered, and yet tie
forces which are at work for a union
of mankind are stronger now than
ever they were before. The historic
task of the peace conference of Varsailles
is to bring about this union.
Accept Mr. President, the expression
of my distinguished considera
tion.
(signed) "Brock do rff-Rantzau.
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and captured a riderless horse, whose G
j rider had been killed in the storm of
i metal, and after delivering the mes'sage
to division headquarters took
the message to the reinforcements,
j and then himself made his way n
through the woods in the thick of sl
the German attack, and reorganized s
leaderless elements of his command t
and held the point there until the p
reinforcement came. He was a cita- ^
tion for Croix de Guerre for the r
things he did that day, but it would p
take a string of citations to take care r
of all his exploits. It is A Company a
that talks about what Daddy Mc- c
Cutchen did at the Marne and I j
Company that talks about following f
him up through the Argonne, and c
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best captain they ever want to see, c
up in the Army of Occupation. But c
to all of us he's the same "Daddy E
Mac" and we're mighty proud to be j,
able to say that we were with him a
in the "Thirtieth." c
He's on his way home now, and (
we're just letting you Tcnow how we r
feel about it,)so that you will know ^
whereof you people of Sumter have s
reason to Be proud, when he gets E
back home. They don't make 'em j
any better fighters, and they don't .
make 'em any better friends, than E
Daddy Mac, and so we'd like to shake t
you by the hand and tell you that
we've a part interest in him too. We (
feel as if we know most of you folks ;
pretty well, "Doc Dick" and lots ,
more of you for we've heard so much j
about you from Daddy Mac. For he's j
mighty proud of Sumter, and Sum- ,
ter has mighty good cause to be j
. proud of Daddy Mac. The Thirtieth j
congratulates you on getting him ]
home again.?Sumter Item.
Mr. MeCutchen is a brother of .
Messrs. D. E., Hugh, Tom and J. G. ,
I MeCutchen, and a native of this j
county.
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VOLCANO KILLED 16,000
Kalat, One of Java's Active Craters,
Wiped Oat Thirty-One Towns
The volcano of Kalut, one of the
14 active craters on the island of Java,
has burst into eruption, wiping
I out 20 villages in the district of
Brengat and 11 in tLe vicinity of
B liter, and causing deaths estimated
at 16,000. Kalut is in Eastern Java,
South of Surabaya.
Java, rated as the largest of the
East Indian islands, has more volca- ,
I noes than any other country in the
i world. Kalut's last serious eruption
' was on May 23, 1891, when 181 perI
sons were killed
In the latest eruption, on May 20,
Kalut literally poured death and de1
struction upon the natives, giving
! no opportunity to escape.
I In August, 1883, much of the isi!
land of Java, was laid waste by
eruptions and earthquakes. The loss
of life was estimated at 85,000.
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Anarchists ?t Work Again
Another attempted reign of terror, i
directed chiefly against public offi-1
cials who ha a been active in their I
| prosecution, was launched by American
radicals shortly before midnight
Monday night. '
A bomb explosion which damaged
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me residence ux avwuicji uvucim
Mitchell Painter in the fashionable .
Northwest section of Washington1J
bat which apparently resulted in j 1
the death of the bomb planter, was |
followed at iritervals by similiar ex- 5
plosions in seven other cities extend- <
ing from Cleveland to Boston.
| Besides Washington. Cleveland (
and Boston cities in which there were 1
| bomb outrages were Pittsburg, Pat- 1
erson, N. J., West Philadelphia, New <
York and Newtonville, Me., West *
Philadelphia and Pittsburg were sub- i j
j ject to two separate explosions. !}
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U. S. Had 740 Planes In Action t
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America had 740 aeroplanes in ac- j <
tion on the Western front when the Ir
armistice was signed, according to 11
official reports. On November 11, the . t
aeroplane strength of the Allies ex- 1
ceeded that of the Germans by more I
than two to one. In balloon strength <
the Germans had 170 craft, but the <
latter would soon have surpassed) I
this number. (
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Moonshjnjng at JohnSonviHe
Moonshiners have been at work in i
the Jahnsonville neighborhood re- 1
cently. Only last Friday A. E. Bruce, *
j formerly of North Carolina was ar- t
rested by federal officers for operat- i
ing a distilling plant there. The ap- t
| paratus was crude, a copper gaso- *
line tank, probably from a worn out j
automobile was being used for a e
j still and a piece of galvanized iron t
pipe cioled served as a worm. After d
i Brace and his plant were in the F
fangs of the law Bruce, we are in- p
formed, told the officers where there n
'was another plant located. This was F
located and taken in charge by the t
officers. . o
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Mr nnH Mrs. Dave Silverman ex
pect to leave next Tuesday for the
North. They will spend sometime in e
the Adirondacs before returning ^
here.
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. Deathbed repentance may do as a
war measure, but in times of peace
it will hardly pass for face value. c
GERMANY'S PLEAS FOR MODIFICATION
NOW UNDER DISCUSSION
OF COUNCIL
There is a probability that Geriany
may secure as a result of her
trong counter proposals some lee- '>
ening in the severeity of the peeee
erms of the Allied aod^Asociated
owers. Germany's pleas that it will
ie impossible to fulfill the ^financial
equirements of the Allies nd her
rotests against certain temiorial
elinquishments have been headed
nd are being discussed by the
u of four. Fans reports nas it
a certain quarters of the peace con-^^
erence the German viewpoint is reeiving
strong support
A full discussion of the German
ounter proposals, especially conerning
reparations and other eco-* t
lomic features of the peace treaty
tas been held by President Wilson
ind the staff of American experts
f the American peace delegation.
Jreat Britain is said to favor a
lumber of Concessions to Germany iut
France continues firm in her '
tand not to waver from the origilal
terms. On the \ other hand the
Americans are declared to ha not
iverse to minor concessions but are
lot in favor of going to the extent
hat the British propose.
The German Government is incensed
over the formation of a Rhensh
Republic. It has ordered the arrest
of Dr. Dorten, the President of
he Republic and also has protested^,
x) the peace conference and thdafln- ~
stice commission at Spa agamst
he behaviour of the French authorises
in the occupied Rhinelsnd
French support of the Rhenish Republic
is characterized by the Gernan
Government a high treason
igainst the Empire. Strikes by dissatisfied
Germans in the American
occupied area called in protest M
inrainof tkn fftrmatl'nn fit thp Bflnnb? fl
ic ended quickly when the American
commanders issued a warning
against the movement /^H
The supreme council has been re^H
guested by the Lithuanian deleg^^H
lions to the peace conference tohaiMH
in Allied commission investigate
eged pogroms and other illegal ac^^H
>y the Poles in occupied Lithuania.
An unconfirmed report has reac^^w
?d Copenhagen that Petrogrnd has^
>een captured by Finish and Esthon- J
an troops. A
The head of the Austrian peace M
ielegation has departed from SttflH
jermain for Innsburd^ carry
vith him the Allied peace treatj|^J
Counter revolutions are report^^B
:rom numerous towns in West^flH
Hungary. Hundreds of refugees
irriving at the Austrian fronti^^QI
towns seeking safety.
Sweden and Denmark have come
nto line with Switzerland and Norway
in declining to join a blockade f
igainst Germany in case Germany
refuses to sign the peace treaty.
Like Switzerland and Norway the'^
ilea is made by Sweden and Dennark
that such action would be > a
violation of their neutrality.
Big strikes have begun in Pajj^
Lille and other cities in France,
IN HONOR OF NEGROES
Commission Named by Governor To
Raise Funds
In accordance with the terms of a
dint resolution passed by the m&r- reneral
assembly. Governor Coqpdr
\Ionday appointed a commission of
seven members to have chaise qf the
irection of a Memorial building, dedcated
to South Carolina negro soliiers,
sailors, marines and citizens
vho rendered service during the
vorld war. The commission consists
>f trustees of the State Agricultural
md Mechanical College, a negro in- .
.titution located at Orangeburg, aiul-^*
Dr. R. S. Wilkinson, its president
rhe joint resolution provides that
he memorial building shall be upon 4
;he grounds of this school. The comnission
will have charge of the
:ampaignto raise funds to supplenent
the $100,000 made available by
he general assembly. The personnel
>f the commission is here given: Dr. William
R. Lowman, Orangeburg; 1
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L* U. noagc, aicuiu, a. u i/u&cd,
)rangeburg; C. E. Sawyer, Aiken;
3. B. White, Chester; C. F. Brooks,
-aurens; and Dr. R. S. Wilkinson,. 1
Jrangeburg. The following staienent
was made by Governor Cooper
n connection with the appointment
>f the commission:
"The general assembly in providng
$100,000 for a negro memorial
laid in mind, I am sure, not only the
tonoring of those who rendered war
ervice, but also the betterment otf
he race. This being true, 1 thought
t wise to appoint on this commission
rustees of the State negro college, /
or these men are best equipped to"'
arry out the full purpose of the
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rect a building that will preserve
he records of negroes' services, will
lo honor to these services, and also
ossess utilitarian features.
"This commission can, for pup- J
>oses of the campaign to' raise I
aoney and for carrying out other /
ihases of the duties laid down bf 1
he joint resolution, associate wiflk I
hem various committees composed
f representative negroes of this t
Itate." V
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Japan's annual production of coal J
Jtceeded 20,000,000 tons for the w
irst time last year. !
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An inventor has patented a mag- j
ifying mirror for the use of ma- .
hinists and tool makers.