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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29. 1019.
McWHORTER & HERN,
Proprietors and Publisher*.
i. B. McWHORTER. Editor.
THOB. H. DENNIS, Associate Editor. !
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NO PEACE OF DISHONOR.
Four of the twenty questions rela- 1
live to the treaty of peace which |
Senator Fall submitted to President 1
Wilson, after the conference with
the Senate Committee at the White
House on Aug. 19th. are so remark- j
able that they deserve reproduc
tion as an index to the mental op- j
crations of an opposition Senator: i
1. In your Judgment have you not j
the power and authority by a proc- '
lamation to declare in appropriate j
"words that peace exists and thus re- j
store the status of peace between
the governments and the peoples of
this country and those with whom |
vre declared war?
2. Could not in any event the !
power which declared war ? that is, j
Congress, Joined by the President,
as you affixed your approval of the '
declaration of war ? by a resolution J
?or act of Congress, declare peace, as :
Germany did not declare war upon |
us?
3. Is not the pending treaty, aside ;
tram the League covenant, merely
m set of agreed rules and regulations
to be observed after peace is estab
lished, and is not the state of war
terminated merely by the tiling of the
first proces-verbal?
4. The state of war being thus
treminated by the filing of the pro
ces-verbal, although we may not yet
liave. ratified the treaty, Germany not
liaving declared war upon us, could
you not appoint <or reappoint consu
lar officers and agents in Germa'ny,
And by a proclamation of the status
of peace authorize our citizens and
without further delay resume gov
?rnipental relations with Germany?
And would we not then be off a war I
iiasis as to business?
As it appears, therefore, to Sena
tor Fall, the war with Germany was
not a war at all, but merely a tem
porary misunderstanding- There
having been no war, the President
can issue a proclamation declaring
that peace exists, or if the Presi
dent cannot issue such a proclama
tion Congress can adopt a resolu
tion, or if the President cannot is
sue a proclamation and Congress
cannot adopt a resolution, other
governments by ratifying the treaty
of peace can ratify it for the United
States too, and thus business can
resume as usual without any action
on the part of the United States
Senate.
President Wilson's answer to this
amazing proposal to make peace by
running away is scalding:
I feel constrained to say in reply
to your first question not only that
in my judgment I have not the pow
er by proclamation to declare that j
peace exists but that I could in no |
circumstances consent to take such ,
a course prior to the ratification of,
a treaty of peace. I feel it due to
jierfect frankness to say that it would !
put, a stairp :upon our national honor i
?which we never could efface if. fater J
sending our men to the battlefield !
to).fight the common cause, we should '
abandon our associates in the settle- '
ment of the terms of peace and dis- |
sociate ourselves from all responsi- j
fcility with regard to those' terms. |
I respectfully suggest that having !
said this I have in effect answered
also your second, third, and fourth
questions so far as I myself am con
cerned.
Senator Fall's theory that, the
?war having been won, the United
States should now crawl under the
bed and hide lest it assume any re
sponsibility for what has happened
in the world is not conlined to th#>
gentlemen from New Mexico. Other
Senators have shown an equal dis
regard for the honor and dignity
of the United States and a willing
ness to make the United States the
most cowardly and contemptible
of all the nations rather than see it
discarge the moral obligations that
it incurred when it entered the
war.
There is a way to make peace.
It is an honorable way and it is a
constitutional way, and it involves
nothing more than the perform
ance on the part of the United
States Senate of the duty that con
fronts it. Failure to perform that i
?duty is the only obstacle to peace- |
Continued failure must inevitably ?
leave the United States a moral !
bankrupt in the society of nations, j
? Xcti> York World.
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Two shares of stock of Hank of i
Lewishurg for $27 2 each, and seven
Khares for $270 each.
100 acres near Hughart, ..$.000.
A nice little farm and godd mill site.
1<M? Arrow near Organ Cave. The
Leonard Williams home, brick house i
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Buy at once if you want a good farm
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KM) Acre* one inile from White
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Nice home in Honceverte owned by
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this good residence Just as soon as
you can.
.'MM) Aero* of timber land three
miles from Alderson. belonging to
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H. A. MURR1LL,
Hank of Lewiwhurg Building. j
Lewlsburg. W. Va.
TAFT OUTLINES
LEAGUE PLAN
Puts It Into Flain Language Free
From Legal and Diplomatic
Verbiage, in Response to Re
quest.
MANY ARE CONFUSED
BY PRESENT DEBATE
Danger That People Will Lose
Sight of Basic Principles Dur
ing Discussion of Complicated
Details and Technicalities.
(By ex-President William H. Taft.)
The plan for h league of Na
tions Is based on n few simple
principles, which are not hard
to understand when lifted out
of t lit* morass of technical discus
sion and freed from legal nnd
diplomatic language. As the
one authority best able to pre
sent these points without par
tisan bias, ex-President Taft
lias been asked to put the
league idea into a few plain
words for the benefit of millions
of Americans who desire a bet
ter understanding of the plan
but find themselves confused by
the debute in the United States
Senate. In response to this le
quest he has written the follow
ing article.
Purpose of the League.
The chief purpose of the League of
Nations is to keep the world in a
state of peace. Another way of ex
pressing it is to say that the league
is designed to prevent wars.
We have just finished the greatest,
which Is to say the most horrible, of
fill conflicts between nations. We
have won a glorious victory. But that
victory will be wasted unless this war
has made the nations ready to
put aside their differences and co
operate to end war forever.
It Is not enough, however, to pro
vide for the prevention of wars and
the settlement of disputes after they
have arisen. We must foresee causes
of trouble and remove tliein before
they have reached an acute stage.
Hence there must be provision for fre
quent consultations of members of the
league for exchange of information,
for agreement on common policies and
f??r the gradual formation of rules of
international law which at present are
uncertain and incomplete.
The representatives of the great
free nations which won the war have
met at Paris and, after long consulta
tion, have drawn an agreement which
they believe will accomplish these j
ends. At the very least it will set in
motion great changes which will re- j
stilt in universal benefit to all man
kind. This agreement is called the
Covenant of the League of Nations
and it is a part of the pence treaty.
There will be no league worth talk- I
ing about, however, unless the United
States is a member. The decision as
to whether the United States shall
Join rests with our Senate. The Sena
tors, chosen by the people, will in the
emi vote as the people desire. For
this reason the people themselves will
decjde whether or not the United
States will join the league. In this
question every citizen should have a
voice. He or she can express opinion
either by writing direct to Senators,
by letters to the newspapers, by
speeches in his lodge or local union or
In conversation with friends.
Methods of Maintaining Peace.
Since the prime object of the
League of Nations is to preserve peace
? ? and to reap the benefits of peace ?
let us see how the league will operate
to accomplish that purpose.
In the first place it will seek to re
move the main causes of war. By the
formation of an international court It
will create a means for the peaceful
settlement of disputes between na
tions. Then It will seek to compel the
nations to make use of this court.
'I'h is is nothing more nor less than an
application of the rules and customs
governing private individuals In civil
ized communities to the relations be
tween nations.
Secondly, the league will seek to re
move a great temptation to war by
the general agreement to reduce the
size of armies and navies. This will
halt the race for military and naval
supremacy which was largely respon
sible for the war Just ended. The
amount of armament any nation may
maintain will be strictly defined.
Thus it will be Impossible for one
country to overwhelm its neighbor by
unexpected attack, in the way that
Germany rruahed Belgium and would
have crushed France had not the other
democratlc nations gone to her aid. The
idea is Hint each country may keep
an army and navy large enough to en
able It to fulfil lta responsibilities as
a member of the league, but no larger.
The United States, for example, prob
ably would be exj>ected to keep a
check on Mexico and the state of con
stant turmoil fVi that country would he
taken Into consideration In deciding
how large an army we should need.
The third Important safeguard
which the Lenguc will set up Is a sys
tem of penalties. This will make an
outlaw of any nation or gronp of na
tions which goes to war In violation
of the rules of the league. The, out
nwpn iintion will l?e boycott*';] by nil
lit- other members of the League and
vll I find itself rut off from l*>th busi- ,
fusts um'.i social communication with t
the rest of the voiMd.
How It Wi'.l Prevent Wars.
It is not cla.ined tliat the U'licue of
Nations will do awjiy with war alto- !
got her. Kvery possible provision that
human intelligence can devise will he j
:ii:m!o to settle international disputes
peaceably. I'ut Should ull those uaas- j
ures fail and two nations go to war, i
th.s is what will happen:
If both panics to the dispute have 1
observed the rules of the league, the I
other nations will stand back and let
them fight it out. War under such
< Iicwi stances ;s difficult to Imagine.!
however, becausw before the angry na- 1
.has will be allowed to t'.ght in ac- ,
cordanee with the tules of the League,
so much time must elapse that in all I
probability their anger will cool and !
they will reuch an amicable under- '
standing.
What we have to fear Is that some !
nation will go to war In defiance of ;
the league, and every precaution has j
been taken to suppress such a nation j
by the immediate use of the united
power of t he other nations. If inter
national boycott failed to bring her
to terms she would luive to face a
combined international army and
navy. The founders of the League be
lieve that the mere possibility of such
a situation will prevent any nation
from violating Its agreement. Does
anyone think that Germany would
have begun war five years ago If she
had known that nearly all the other
A real powers would combine against
her?
Doing the World's Work.
In addit ion to settling International
disputes peaceably the League of
Nations will provide means for doing
much of tht* world's work more sys
tematically and effectively than chu
l?o done now when each nation is !
working only for itself. The people |
you know host ami like host are those ;
who work with you on the same joh. j
It will he the same way with the j
nations of the future. The more they '
work together, the sooner they will j
come to understand and like earli !
other.
For example, the League will estab
lish an international organisation for
the bettering of labor conditions in
different countries, for the protection
of women and children and the native
inhabitants of civilized and seinl-eivil
ized countries. One of Germany's
greatest crimes has keen her barha
r<^s treatment of the helpless peoplo
in some of her colonies. One of the
chief tusks of the League will he to
lo(.k after peoples that are not strong
enough to protect themselves.
The Loague will appoint commis
sions to take charge of various inter
national undertakings so that they
| may be carried on, not for the benefit
of any one nation, hut for the benefit
; of the whole world. Provision will be
j made for promotion of fair and equal
| trade conditions.
| These are only a few of the benefits
the world will derive from the League.
As time goes on we shall find more
and more tasks at which the nations
can work in common and a greater
number of opportunities to remove
causes which stir up jealousies and
animosities between races and peoples.
Objections Answered.
Of course we cannot hope to make
the great changes such as the League
of Nations will bring about without
opposition. Fortunately the war has
taught us the great advantages of
international co-operation. It was
only by good team work that the free
liberty loving nations were able to
whip Germany. ?
The treaty which the United States
Senate is debating obligates the mem
bers of the proposed League to pro
tect one another against attack from
enemies outside their own boundaries
bent upon conquest. Although (his
agreement (Article X of the Cove
nant) Is vital to any arrangement
which seeks to prevent war, it lias
been attacked on the ground that It
would 'draw the United States into
wars in various parts of the world and
force us to send our boyR to fight In
quarrels which did not concern us.
We should remember, however, that
the main purpose of Article X is to
frighten nations tempted to wars of
conquest from yield.'ng to the tempta
tion, by the certainty that they will be
crushed if they begin such a war by
a universal boycott and a union of
l forces of the world against them. If
a big war breaks out again, the United
States will he forced to take part in
it whether we have a League of
Nations or not. We tried hard enough
to keep out of the war with Germany
but found we couldn't
A little war contrary to the League
rules could be handled by the powers
close at hntid. Certainly It would not
be necessary to send American troops
to suppress an uprising in the Balkans
when prompt action by the armies of
Italy or some other nearby powerful
fiat ion could suppress the fracas be
fore American troops could even get
started..
Great Gain for Small Lost.
We had to muke many sacrifices to
win the last war and we made them
I willingly because we knew they were
j worth while. It will be the same In a
stuiller degree with a league of
Nations. When men form a business
partnership each one has to inakt
concessions to the views and opinions
rf the- of her members of the firm
When we enter the league ol
Nations we may have to give up Ver
tain privileges, but the losses will b?
small compared with the profits.
The United States will not have tc
sacrifice her Independence or right U>
make her own decisions.
The council, the chief governing
hotly of the l<eugue. cannot take j
uetion without unuulmous decision cf !
its mcuihei s nnd aiiae the United j
States will htive a represent uti\ e ir. ,
the Council our interest will he pro- '
t ???i there. We I. ear It *a'?l tl.nt the j
Leu? ue Ik formed for the benefit of i
(ircat Britain or .lupnn or scnic other i
one tuition. This is uot true. AH ihe I
nut ions will gu'n by It. not only the 1
gnat nutlons sueli us the United i
States. < i reii t Britain, France, .la pan
and Italy, luit the little nations whieh
in the |>ust have been oppressed by
tl.elr hi? neighbors. The iiiteruutloua!
court will give an opportunity for the
settlement of oid grievances which
luw.e Ion? troubled the peoples cf the
world.
It h::s been said that the Lenpue ;
will Interfere with the Monroe 1 ?oc
trine, but the League Covenant ex
pressly protects this Doctrine. In fact,'
through the Covenant the Monroe Ik?^
trine reeeives recognition throughout
the world ami Its principles become
forever estahlishedi
WHY SAUNESS IN OLD AGE?
Too True That the Two Things Are
Frequently Associated, but
Should Not &e.
It is a common belief that bs a per
son advances in years he becomes not
only u wiser hut a sadder mun. Thut
one should gain knowledge as he grows:
older is thoroughly In order, hut that
he should become Increasingly bur
d< nod with the cares of life uud sad
dened because of hopes that have uot
bet it fulfilled is not u necessary condt- 1
tlou.
It is true that the clouds that gather
about the setting sun do take u sober
coloring from an eye that has kepi
watch In man's mortality, to para
phrase Wordsworth a bit. and that the
thought of constantly lessening activi
ty and prospects which age entails is
enough to make one pause and consid
er. Hut consideration that goes far
enough will reveal that all time, wheth
er of this world or another. Is an un
ending opportunity for progression.
After all. the whole matter of age Is
something that has to do with the mind
rather than the body. And when the
body begins to fall, when gray hairs
appear, the step becomes less springy,
sleep more difhcult and Joy in things
that used to please an impossibility,
sadness should not be the result.
The mind is a great crucible which
receives and- transfuses In some fash
ion impressions from all the objects
and facts of life. The will is the mas
ter which determines what the trans
fusion shall he. A man can let his will
relax or he can keep it active, regard
less of age. Ne can make of his ex
istence a heaven or a hell, whether he
be old or young, rich or poor. In a
favored spot of the earth, on desert
soil or fallen on evil days.
Exercise of the will cunnot at last
stave off death, and It may not Induce
prolonged health or material welfare.
But It can aid In all these things, and
entirely regardless of its material ac
complishments, the will that is kept
properly on the alert ci?n lead him in
hope.
"Oh, well for him whose will Is
strong."
For hlin whose will Is weak, or rath
er allowed, to become weak, there is
Joy neither in a sunset nor a sunrise.
And even the bright light of noonday
will only dazzle and bewilder, rather
than encourage and Inspire.
The strong will sees endlessly, "be
yond the sunset nnd the paths of all
the western stars." It strengthens a
man in iioj>e nnd leads him to see un
limited possibilities as the years pass.
Sadness is the last thing that ought to
characterize age. ? Kansas City Star.
Elephants' Picnic.
An act not down on the program
was given without charge the other
day In the old seaport town of Mar
blehead, Mass., when four elephants
of a small circus, named with fine al
lied patriotism General Foch, Gefieral
Pershing, General Halg, and Princess
Pat, Jumped .a stone wall, escaped the
circus, and took to the woods. The
personnel of the circus, acrobats,
riders, clowns and ca nvusmen, fol
lowed, and so did many of the towns
people nnd half a dozen policemen,
but the elephants made for the woods
first and there they spent the day with
a large and appreciative audience
watching on the outskirts. Peanuts
and bananas, usually a temptation to
elephants, failed to entice them from
their New England Jungle; but as twi
light fell, nnd habit suggested feed
ing time, the big beasts came peace
fully out of the woods and allowed
the trainer and his assistants to lead
them hack to the circus grounds. And
aH Mnrlilehead went home td belated
?uppers.
RHAMP.FRY NnilP.F.
STATE OF NVKST VIRGINIA, Green
brier County, ks.:
At rules held in the Clerk's Office
of the Circuit Court of Greenbrier
County, on the first Monduv in the
month of August, 1019.
Minnie O. Thomas, Coinpluinnnt,
vs.
J. Charley Thomas, Defendant.
IN CHANCERY.
The object of this Suit is to obtain
for the plaintiff an absolute divorce
from the defendant because of his
Wilful desertion .of plaintiff for
more than 10 years, and it appeal
ing, by afTiduvit tiled, that tne de
fendant J. Clvarley fhoiras is a non
resident of this State, it is ordered
that he do appear here within on-*
month after the date of the tirst
publication of this orcicr, and dr
what is necessary to protect his in
terest in this suit. 8-K 4t
Teste II. C. SKAGGS, ClerX.
Henry Gilmer, Sol.
Points of Superiority
in the Service of this Institution
have so appealed to many people
that regardless of the distance from
their hobnes they prefer to main
tain their accounts with Us.
This is made easy through our
comprehensive banking - by - mail
department, which affords out-of
town residents the same complete
facilities as local depositors.
Detailed information upon request.
Bank of Lewisburg
Capital and Surplus, $250,000.
CLASSIFIED COLUMN.
List your farms with H. A. Mur- '
2 iil. Office over Bank of Lewisburg. j
FOR SALK. ? Oak . dining roo2n j
set, Poster range, two dressers, one
chiffonier, iron bed, springs and 2nat- j
tress, and a few dishes. Reasonable '
prices. Pohne 123. MRS. R. M.
HALL, Lewisburg.
WANTED. ? Colored female help,
mangle girls, family ironers, clean
era. Learners taken ? girls and eld
erly people. Apply by letter to EM
PLOYMENT OFFICE, White Sul- J
phur Springs. Inc., White Sulphur I
Springs, W. Va. 22-2t '
FOR SALE ? About 75,000 feet of
oak timber, one good quiet family j
horse, cows, calves, hogs and pigs.
ALEX. R. THOMPSON,
Box 24, Meadow Bluff, West Va.
FIDUCIARY NOTICE.
The following accounts are before
me for settlement:
W. B. Hill, administrator of C. W.
Bryant. I
J. H. Conley, administrator of
William Conley.
Given under my hand this 20th
day of August. 1919.
FINLEY M. ARBUCKLE,
8-22-2t Commissioner of Acc'ts.
R. L. WRITTEN, ARCHITECT.
912 Qimrrier St., Charleston, W. Va.
Special attention given to designing
of Residences.
Graduate of an Eastern Architect
ural College, and have had four
year3 experience designing residences
in New York City. 2 14 19 8t.
J. B. T. CUMM3NGS, M. D.
Hinton Hospital
Specialist Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Fitting of Glasses.
Hinton, West Virginia.
FOR SALE.
I will sell, on terms to suit pur
chaser and at the right price, the fol
lowing:
1 Frick saw mill outfit, 15 h. p. boil
er and engine with mill, cut off,
belting, saws, etc. Good as new.
1 Geiser boiler and engine, 35 h. p.
Good as new.
Good condition.
1 Frick boiler and engine, 15 h. p.
1 Hench & Dromwold saw mill com
plete.
1 Metal frame, force feed, dimension
saw mill.
A lot of shafting, pulleys, etc.
2 Logging trucks.
A lot of 12-pound steel rail.
Also the following Farms ? in culti
vation :
1 Farm of 140 acres.
1 Farm of 75 acres.
1 Farm of 100 acres.
1 Farm of 32 acres.
125 acres of coal and timber land.
I will be glad to show any of this
property and will name a price that
will be interesting. tf
W. B. JONES.
Meadow Bluff, W. Va.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Sealed proposals will be received
by the Clerk of the County Court
of Greenbrier county at Lewisburg,
West Virginia, until 12 o'clock
noon, on the 16th day of Septem
ber, 1919, for the construction of
the following:
Approximately 20 miles of road
in Meadow Bluff district, as pro
vided for by the order of election
in the said district- To be graded
to a width of 26 feet, and paved
for a width of 9 feet, asfar as funds
available will permit.
Plans, specifications and esti
mated quantities may be examined
at the office of County Engineer.
Lewisburg, West Virginia, and at
the office of the Division Engineer,
Charleston, West Virginia, and at
the office of the State Road Com
mission, Charleston, West Virginia.
Proposals will be received only
upon State Standard Forms, which
can be obtained from Frank K.
Radcr. County Engineer, Lewis
burg, West Virginia, or from Divi
sion Engineer's Oflice, Charleston,
West Virginia.
All proposals must be accom
panied by a certified check or draft
equal to at least 5 per cent of the
full amount of the bid. Right is
reserved to reject any and all bids.
PAUL C. HOGSETT,
8-15-4t Clerk County Court
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ALDER SON. W.VA,
O. D. MASSEY, Cashier.
T. H. JARRETT, President.
JOHN HINCHMAN, Vlce-Prepldent
W. W. BTEVEN8. A*?t. n??bl?r
NOTICE
FOR SUBSTITUTION OF TRUS1 BK.
To Howard EIHr and Blanch Ellis,
his wife: ?
You will take notice that on the
12th day Of September, 1910, I will
move the Circuit Court of Green
brier county, West Virginia, to ap
point S. P. Preston as trustee in the
room and stead of John A. Preston,
now deceased, trustee in a certain
deed of trust executed by you on the
9th day of March, 1910, securing a
debt due the undersigned amounting
to $100.00 and interest, and record
ed in the office of the Clerk of the
Greenbrier County Court in Trust
Deed Book No. 10, at page 48. and
you may attend if you wish ?<> to do.
Respectfully.
BANK OF GREJ9NBKIKH.
8-22-4 1 Lewisburg. W VlL
Thoroughbred Berkshire pig* 1o[
nale. Male and female. Prices
reasonable. J. J. ECHOIC, Lewis
?>?rg, W. Va. ~
kAdER BROS.
Ofvll Engineers and Surrey or*.
Greenbrier Ban* Bulldlnf.
l/ewtebarRt W. Va.
The Dunsmore Business College
Incorporated.
STAUNTON, VIRGINIA.
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Will begin its 48th session Sept. 3, 19 1 9.
United States ^ndVh J nl?1^ ^ vt? oldest schools of its kind in
For cllltl 1 ?,dc8t m Vir?inia or West Virginia.
' ' e,t,rnon?l?. and other information, ..write
J. G. DUNSMORE, President.