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ROCKINGHAM POST -DlSPATOfc, BlOHMON,, OOLNTf, N C
AG 1 SIX
GLYNN ENGINEERED
PEACE CONFERENCE
BY REQUEST OF THE BRttlSH
PREMIER, NEW YORK'S EX
GOVERNOR ACTED.
THE STORY TOLD IN DETAIL;
Work on the Matter Started in Rome
in Meeting With Bishop Mannix
of Australia and Others. .
Albany, N. Y. It was my good for-
tune to be honored by Lloyd George, j
when I was in London last May, to j
extend to Mr. De Valera the invitation ,
to come to London and discuss a set- j
tlement of the Irish meetings. That
invitation led to the meetings between
the prime minister of England and
President De Valera which have
brought about this settlement. All
the details of my conference with
Lloyd George 1 am not at liberty to
divulge.
As long as the proposed settlement
of. the Irish question is satisfactory
to the leaders in Ireland, it will be sat
isfactory to the Irish the world over.
I believe any settlement proposed by
Collins, (iriffith and their fellow com
missioners will be greeted with ac
claim everywhere.
My work on the matter started in
Rome in a meeting with Bishop Man
nix, of Australia, aad others. Bishop
Mannix and 1 also were together in
London and worked together there.
Archbishop Hayes, of New York, did
great work for the cause in Rome.
Some day I will write the details of
the mission, but now is not the time.
But this will say:
Through me Llyod George invited
De Valera to come to London and try
to settle the Irish question without
exacting promises or making condi
tions. He said that if Mr. De Valera
would accept the invitation on these
terms, the Irish question could be set
tled, not in one meeting, but in a
series of meetings. Mr. De Valera ac
cepted and it turned out that Llyod
George was right.
The prime minister held that a se
ries of conferences would lead to a
settlement without Ireland going out
of the British empire and yet taking
its place among the nations of the
world.
When I told Bishop Mannix the
terms of Lloyd George's offer and the
invitation he could hardly believe his
ears. He said that if it had only been
made two years t-ooner the question
could have been quickly settled. Now
it would take more time, but he be
lieved that under fair discission, with
a reasonable spirit of give and take
and a mutual desire to reach a solu
tion, the proposed terms, would bring
about an end to the age-old fight be
tween Ireland and England.
TOYS
We offer the f ineot selection
toys that has ever been shown
North Carolina.
A visit to Fayetteville and to our store will
convince you that the man who said "this is the finest
display of toys south of Philadelphia" was right.
WE OFFER:
Automobiles $ 8.50-$25.00
Velocipedes - $ 3.00-$25.00
Wagons.... $ 1.50.$15.0O g
Electric Trains $ 6.25-$75.C0
Mechanical Trains $ 1.00-$- 5.00
Humptv-Dutnpty Circus 15c-$b,50
Rooks - 3c-S2.00 SB
Games 10c-$2.50
Drums 1 40c-$10.00 Sjl
Hobbv Horses $ 5 00-$18.00 ggj
Character Suits $ 2.25-S 6.00 0
Dolls - I0c-$20f00
o i An ron ir 4B& i
carriages p .ww.vw
Balls - lc-$ 1.00
Tool Chests 60c-$35.00
Chemical Sets $ 1.25-$10.G0
Blocks... 15c up
Doll Furnishings all prices S
Stoves 60c-$ 2.00
Hond Cars $ 2.00-S10.00 gj
Kiddy Cars $ 1.00 $ 2.00 0
Shoofly $ 1.00$10.00 g
and a thousand and one joyful toys, useful, developing, M
snH mnrWarplv nrirprl tn rlpHcrhr anrl rlpvplnn rhilrlrpn !
Ull.i i.iv,.v..v.; - " - O'" , 09
which limited space prevents mentioning. We will be SR
glad to have you inspect our line. The sight will be worth
while, and besides we will save you money
Gifts for Grown-ups
too are plentiful, beautiful, useful and reasonable at our
I St0ie- 1
Huske Hardware House
Fayetteville, N. C.
A Christmas
Joke
By MARY GRAHAM BONNER
FINAL ESTIMATE
OF COTTON CROP
SB
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Copyright. 1911. Western Newspaper Union.
'4K u-hsnvmina?
bride. Every
present she
had received
was very wel
come. She had
depended on
present to
furnish her
new home.
When she ha'd
received d u -
plicate which were not Initialed she
hastened to the place from which they
had been purchased and picked out
other articles of beauty and of house
hold necessity.
Her friends had really been remark
ably kind. She had been surprised
to And how ready the shops had been
about taking back gifts and substitut
ing with others, or 'in engraving pres
ents which hart not already been en
graved. Only one had charged for
engraving the gift had been purchased
at "wholesale rate" and so engraving
was not Included.
Altogether from the poult of view I
of presents as well as from the point
of 'iev Of n in.ite she had done re-
mnrkably well. This would enable
them to make a very good appearance j
In their home without hnving to draw j
from the none too plentiful saving1;.
She viewed everything over afSl'n I
one evening, pre: cuts and those vvllicti
were exchanges. There was Just one
thing among them that was not nec
essary anil not particularly pretty. It
was a gravy-dish. She knpw of no
particular use to which she could put
it she had one of the kind she really
liked.
She could not exchange It. It had
a monogram In the center.
"I know what I'll do with It," she
said to her husband. "I'll give It to
Molly Stevens for a Christmas pres
ent. She has been so good to us and
I'd like to show her how much I
appreciate It..
"You know she Is going to get mar
ried in the spring that Is her en
gagement Is all but announced.
"Don't you think it would be a good
Idea? She was so helpful about my
wedding and she lias told me, quite
confidentially, that the wedding will
be In the spring.
"It would be a good Idea to give her
THIS YEAR'S COTTON CROP 18
8,340,000 BALES, SAYS GOVERN
MENT'S FINAL REPORT.
1,800.000 OVER LAST FORCAST
"Persistent Wide-Spread Propaganda"
is Blamed For Low Estimates
Early in the Season.
CONDENSED NEWS FROM
THE OLD NORTH STATE
SHORT NOTES OF INTEREST TO
CAROLINIANS.
Foch Bids Capital Farewell.
Washington Ferdinand Foch, mar
shal of France, bade Washington a
final farewell in a fleeting 15-minute
Tisit.
Jailer and Son Killed.
Jackson, Ky. Jailer Albert Allen
and his son. Deputy Jailer Robert Al
len, are dead, and Mrs. Margaret Al
len and Mrs. Mary Allen, wives of the
Jailer and deputy jailer, respectively,
are perhaps fatally wounded following
a mob's attempt to take two convicted
murderers from the Breathitt cjunty
Jail.
Expenses of Veterans Increase.
Washington. Government expensed
for vocational training of world war
veterans increased by two million dol
lars between the months of Septem
ber and November, according to a
statement issurd by Director Forbes
of the veterans' bureau.
Quadruple Agreement Announced.
Washington. A new quadruple j
agreement to preserve peace in the ;
waters of the Pacific was announced !
to the world by the United States,
Great Britain. Japan and France.
N"? cs in Fight.
Managua, Nicaragua. Four police
men were killed and one wounded
while breaking up a street fight here
between several American marines
and a party of civilians. Two marines
were wounded. The Americans were
off dutv at the time.
Shorter President Dead.
Rome, Ga. Dr. A. W. Van Hoose,
president of Shorter college, died at a
local hospital, following an operation
ten days ago for an abscess on ' lie
liver
Mob Gets Negro.
Port Worth, Texas. Fred Rou30, a
negro packing house employe, who
hnt twin strikers, was taken by a inob
from the city-couny hospital, after
overpow jrrag Miss Essie Slaton, the j
Announcing
REDUCED
RATES
during the
Christmas Holidays
via
Jiry Consumes Evidence.
Lorkrort, N. Y. A, jury deliberat
ing on the case of Mrs. Anderson,
charged with liquor violations, drank
the c.t,sr- bottle of whiskey whih wa
held as evidence and returned a ver
dict of not guilty.
i
Seaboard Air line Railway
effective
December 22nd, 1921
Reduced rates at a fare and a half
for the round trip. Tickets will be
on sale for all trains on December
22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, with final limit
midnight January 4th, 1922. For
rates and schedules call on
J. B. DICKSON, Agent
JOHN T. WEST,
Division Passenger Agt,
Raleigh, N. C.
Washington .Lack of travel funds
prevented personal checking of acre
age planted and forced acceptance of
"growcr'3 reports of acreage reduc
tions which were biased by propa
ganda and generally believed," the
crop reporting board of the depart
nient of agriculture declared in a
statement in announcing the final fore
cast for this year's cotton crop of
:!, 340,000 bales, an increase of 1,800,000
bales over the last forecast;
Favorable weather conditions since
the last condition re;iort on September
27, permitted maturing of late cotton.
the board said, while redaction of fer
tilizer reported earlier in the sep-un
was offset by residue remaining ij
the ground from last year. Boll wee
vil and other insect dnmage, the state
ment said, was v..'. as ctreat as ex
pected, the' hot dry weather of the
early fall hastened the maturity of
the crop and prevented much of the
damage which otherwise would have
resulted.
"This Is still the smallest croji
grown in the United States since
1895," the statement asserted.
"The yield per acre for the United
States is estimated to be 1219 oounds,
which compares with 118 pounds fore
cast on October 3. The acreage pick
ed Is estimated at 31,427.000 and
abandonment 2.8 per cent. In July the
acreage in cultivation was estimated
at 26,519,000 acres. Tlfe harvested
acreage last year was estimated at
66.683,000."
The production last year was 13,
439,603 equivalent 500 pound hales, in
1919 it was 11,420,763; in 1918 it was
12,040,532; in 1917 it was 11;302,375;
in 1916 it was 11,449,930; in 1915 it
was 11,191,820 and in 1914 the crop
was the largest ever grown, 16,184,
930 bales.
The average weight per running
bale this year is estimated at 497.8
pounds groBs. compared with 506.4
pounds in 1920, 505.6 pounds In 1918,
and 505.5 pounds, the average for the
preceding live years.
"I'll Give It to Molly Stevens for
Christmas Present."
she
buy
something for Christmas that
could have for her new home,
"We reallv can't afford to
another thing Just now and that will
do beautifully."
"But the monogram?" her husband
inquired.
"Oh, that can be taken off" you
know, and another one put there in
Its place. I heard some one ordering
thnt to be done In one of the sliver
shops the other day."
"Tes, that's a splendid idea," her
husband heartily agreed.
"I'll go down-town and attend to It
tomorrow. I haven't much time.
Christmas is alm(t here."
"Our first Christmas," said tin
young husband as he clasped his
bride to him,
"Our first Christmas," she mur
mured. The next evening lie asked her If
she had arranged about sending the
gravy disli to Molly Stevens.
"I couldn't send it." she said.
"Why not?" he queried.
"Because of the monogram in the
center," she said.
"But yon told me that that could
be erased by the silversmiths and a
new monogram placed there" her
husband persisted.
"I know I did," the young bride
answered, "but you see they told me
today at the shop thnt it wouTd he
possible to do It were it not for the
fact that It had been done so often to
this grnvy dish thnt they wouldn't
dare take a chance with 1t again.
They'd not be able to avoid boring a
hole this time! It has been given
away ence too often fur me to put to
any use," she sighed sadly.
"And T shall just send Molly a
Christmas card. After nil she did no
more than any one else!"
Denby Submits Navy Report.
Washington. Secretary Denby, In
his first annual report, announces that
he has "no recommendation to make
at this time relative to the naval es
tablishment." A proposed future pol
icy for the navy is embodied in the
American proposal to the arms confer
ence, but Mr. Denby omits any refer
ence to this. His only statement as
regards the conefrence is a recogni
tion of "the arduous and excellent
work" performed by the navy general
board and individual naval officers in
the preparation of information prelim
inary to It.
Tho naval hudeet for the next fiscal
year already has been submitted to
congress. It is based upon the old
policy of "a navy second to none" and
contemplates continuation of the con
struction of nine battleships and six
battle cruisers, which would be scrap
ped under the American proposal for
the limitation of world naval forces.
The total of the budget, $431,754,000,
Is $264,000,000 less than -the original
estimates, Mr. Denby's report dis
closes, the reductions having been
made as a result of conferences of
naval officials and budget officers.
Lumberton. Leonard Brown, 15
ye .r old son of Mrs. Belle Brown, a
wWjw who lives near Fairmont, Robe
son county, was killed by the acci
dental discharge of a gun.
C bson. Lander Quick was shot
am. instantly killed oy Columbus Cross
on he street in front of the Bank of
OiL on. The direct cause of the
sin. ting is not known.
C apel Hill. It has been announced
that Grady Prltchard, of Chapel Hill,
was elected captain of the 1922 unl-1
ved: ty football team while the squad
was on route home from Jacksonville.
Dvrham. Dr. Plato Durham, of Em
ery i.aiverslty, closed the greatest re
viva: ever held at Trinity college.
Duri !:'g the week thai the services
were in. progress practically every
man ind woman of the college recon
StKM ed their lives to Christian ideals.
W: -nington. Clyde P. Mon'gomory,
whiti seed SA. is heinc held in the
keW lanover county jail without bond
pent! lg a preliminary hearing on a
char: of attacking a 12-year-old white
girl i.oar here.
Lenoir. Organisation of another
big mirror factory for Lenoir was ef
fected at a meeting here of furniture
manufacturing interests of Lenoir,
Hirkorv and .Moraantcn. Tho new
plant will have an authorized capital
struck of $200,000.
Raleiah. Despite his threat not to
be taken alive, Tom Clayton, who es
caped from the State prison while
sarvlne a 20-year sentence for mur
der, surrendered without protest when
he was surrounded by a radmg party
headed by Superintendent Pou of the
prison, nine miles west of Raleigh.
Lumberton. James Brayboy, In
dian, aged 100 years, died at his home
near Lumberton, death resulting from
the infirmities of old age. Deceased
was one of few centenarians in this
county.
Washington. (Speck )-Tt.a three
eligibles for the Bakersville postotflce
job are Brnest H. Poteat. Geo. M. Ba
ker and Madison I. Wilson.-
Mount Airy. Lightning struck the
home of .1. M. Chilton, of Westlield.
The bolt almost demolished the home
and for a time it was feared it would
cost the life of his a year old son.
T,aininhure. J. C. Birmingham,
aged 68, a merchant here, died from
a stroke of paralysis at his home He
was digging a ditch in his yard for a
hedge when the attack came on.
Celery and Banana Salad.
Cnt the bleached portions of crisped
celery. Into half-inch lengths, Mix with
It an equal quantity of diced banana.
Arrange In small mounds in lettuce
cups, dress with mayonnaise and gar
nth h English walnut meats, or.
If novelty is desired, serve In btinana
America and Jaoan Agree.
Washington. The American and
Japanese governments have composed
their differences over the Pacific is
land of Yap, and are preparing to sign
a treaty by which Japan retains admin
istrative control over the island and
the United States secures the cable
and wireless privileges there for
which she has contended since the
Paris peace conference.
British Delegates to Leave.
Washington. All of the British del.
egates to the armament conference,
with the exception of Sir ArcKiana
Geddes, British Ambassador here,
have arranged to sail for home De
cember 31 on the steamer Olympic,
feling that the main Issues of the con
ference wtll have been disposed.
Win Bicycle Race.
ia, vnrV Manrlen Rooceo and Al-
1 U,
fred Goullett won the six day bicycle
race which ended at Madison Square
Garden.
Carload of Whiskey Is Seized.
Philadelphia, Pa. Local police turn
ed over to Federal prohibition agents
a Philadelphia and Read'ng Railway
freight car containing 1.000 cases of
liquor, hound from Wilmington, Del.,
to Jersey City.
Must Get License.
Albany, N. Y. -Dr. Adolf Lorenz,
Austrian surgeon, who has been hold
ing dally c'lnics in New York city, has
beea :.Ued that he must procure a
state license to practice If he Is to
I continue work In New York.
Hickory. Patrick and company,
with J .H. Patrick as secretary treas
urer, opened a wholesale grocery busi
ness In the Home Canner building,
making the eighth wholesale house for
Hickory.
Ooldsboro. Edwin Burke, who ap
pealed from 18-months sentence on
the roads, drew two years when he
faced Judge E. H. Cranmer. He was
convicted of abandonment.
AahAvilln Mrs. George W. Vander-
bilt and her daughter. Miss Cornelia
Vanderbilt, leave for Washington,
where they will spend the winter sea
son. Lenoir. Charlie Helton, who was
sentenced in 1918 to from two to five
years in the penitentiary for larceny,
escaped from the state farm near
Raleigh.
Klnston Mack McDaniel. a negro
youth, is dead here as the result of an
unseen accident on a railroad parallel
ing the Elm Grove highway, south of
here, now under construction.
Kinston Mrs. Annie Dail, a widow,
and Miss Bertha B. Dail, her daughter,
will face trial in superior court here
on charges of shoplifting as the re
sult of the finding of probable cause
by Recorder Guy Elliott in municipal
court.
Salisbury. Salisbury will have five
women added to her city school board,
according to plans of Walter Murphy,
representative in the legislature, who
took with him to the special session
an amendment to the local sohoo: law
that Increases the members.
Hickory. Persons reaching Hick
frora Mount Holly say that work has
begun on extending the Carolina and
North-Western railroad three miles to
Mountain Island, where the Southern
Power company Is to build a mam
moth hydro-electric plant.
Charlotte A total of 57 couplos
were granted marriage licenses by the
stater of deeds of Mecklenburg
county during tna month of Noveirber
according to statistics compiien at. me
courthouse. By a singular coinci
dence, the same number of licenses
were issued during October.
High Point Henry W. Dwlre, of
Winston-Salem, editor xt The Twin
City r.entiael, was the chief speaker
at a meeting of the High Point Rotary
He spoke on the. subject, "Rotary
Principle.