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UIHID IN THE BEST TOWN ,ffne TIIL . '""" - UU" " ' ' " 1 1 ........ ' 1 1 1 " i linn i i nin nmimrn nTirn - tt ; : r ITANAN OTIIftTMN IC WB UUAIHHIilUtVUUPIWIN IR ANXIUUSLY AWAITtD r a-a ar a a ra r m - - - Lloyd George And Clemenceau Don't Approve Wilson s Plan LwFVRR THEY ARE HOPEFITT, THAT AH AmVABLK ADJUST JEM CAN SOON BE MADE (By Associated rPess ) wasmngion. April i. rue uanan iituauon in mo yuuue ueguuuuoaB is "i eanne rauiuiv. uuuutuiiik tu jrans Tney siaiea me action oi me rresi- ieni was endorsed every wuere. First Test Case League of Nations (By Associated Press.) London, April 26 .A : majority of yesterday afternoons newspapers WUWUUCU MX UIUi'J kUUU IVdUtUK Ul hum tn a : Ataftiigflinn . r.r wiisnn'B statement on. the ;'. Italian situation The West Minister Gazette thinks it It the first test case of the League of Nations. .''" C .. Orlando Given i Big Oration (By Associated Press.) Turin, April 26. When Premier Orlando reached hern yesterday en- rouie rrom Fans to Home; ne was reeted by an immense throng. . Ad iresslng he crowd, Orlando said he had been defending Italy's rights but Ills responsibility had come to an end with a "no.' - Asking how he should tare answered, a great united "no'' irose and the demonstration lasted tor ten minutes .; '' v Watching Developments In Rome (By Associated Press ) Paris, April 26. The peace confer- mce'is watching with Intense interest the result of today's developments in Rome, where Premier Orlando will arrire this morning and where events of the day are expected to disclose whether the hopes of reconciliation can be realized. Reports from the American embassy at Rome are some hat ominous . Confer at 2 P. M (By Associated Press ) Paris. April 26. All members of the American peace delegation will meet Wilson for a conference at 2 m. ...., Not Accurate ' (By Associated Press ) Park Anrii 90 Ttin ronnrt that Premiers, Clemenceau and Lloyd George approved President Wilson's statement . on the Adriatic problem m declared an Inaccurate state ment today. The statement was read to them and they were anxious that Publication be postponed in the hope tt an arrangement might be cached. " - - Wnswi Street N longer tn Rome (By Associated Press.) Rome, April 28. A demonstration 'a protest against Wilson's attitude tulminated in changing the street wmed tor him to Flume street. Italy Calls on Clemeneeaa (By Associated Press ) Rome. April" 26. Minister of the 'nterlor Luzzatti, has telegraphed Premier Clemenceau asking him to exert his best efforts to obtain the satisfaction of Italy's demands, and, including, "All Italy in this our of TaSSlon. trac In mil " parts. Aprli 26. Orders have been Rear Admiral Andrews, com anding the American naval forces !c the Adriatic to Uke exceptional '"'ecautions and avoid possible dis '"rders. itstrians Pleased at Break (By Associated Press ) Vienna, April . The withdrawal rf the Italian delegation from the e.-2prenc0 wts received here lumm IN THE BEST papt nrT; with elation, people generally being glad to see the allies in conflict with each other. Italian Delegation Left Today Paris, April 26 . -Foreign Minister Connino and Former Premier Salan dra of the Italian delegation, left at 2 p. m. for Rome. A large crowd of sympathizers gave them an ovation at the station. Swiss Recognize Czecho slovaks (By Associated PreBS.) Berne, April 26. The Swiss Feder al Council has officially recognized the Czecho-Slovak republic. QUESTIONS TO BE DECIDED MAT 8 (By Associated rPess ) New York, April 26. Colonel Theodore. Roosevelt, referring to the acceptance of former Confederatoe as members of the American Legion, said . all questions of eligibility will be decided at St. Louis May 8. sc. FIRE TODAY (By Associated Press ) Greenville, S. C, April 26. Fire of unknown origin destroyed tho Colonial apartments with a damage of $200,000. There were no casualties (By. Associated Press.) New York. April 26. The South will be represented at the first na tional conference on lynching here May 5 and 6. It was announced today that Governor O'Neill, of .Alabama, has accepted the Invitation to speak, and a number of other southerners will be present. Coblenz, April 25. Maurice JJallly, 16 years old. of Quebec, arrived in Coblenz recently from France to "join" the IT. S. Marine Rhine river police patrol. Until recently Maurice had been with the 26th division as a mascot. Young Bailly wears two ser vice stripes and one wound stripe and says he was gassed three tmes in the engagements of the 26h. In 1917 Maurice left home with hie father, Victor Bailly;' the two going to New York where the elder Bailly was born in Keene, N. H.. bocam$ a member of the 42nd division. Soon afterward the father and son wefe separated and never saw each other. again. Recently the boy received new that his father had been killed last Eummer while fighting on the Marne. GERMANY MAMPERS PRESS Zurich, April 26 According to. re ports reaching here from Berlin, the rniAM of new Germany have.. re- .nivAd to surpass all the efforts of their predecessors In the exercise of official Influence over the press. immediately opposite the German Foreign Office stands one of the pal aces of the Royal House of Prussia, Mrh of lata years has been occu- nid bv Prince Frederick Leopold, a i- tha tnrmpT Emoeror. This VVIUIUU UL tw. nalncA la to become the headquarters of th new press bureau which the crnvpmment will create soon. It will t more than a mere government ae- partment, for It also win contain a rluh for journalists. One part of the palatial building. a Berlin dispatch says, will be do- voted to the offices of officials whose work will be that of inspiring the ' IiACTtiAin nonnn B.,T ftPPTf, ftff fflf 1ft. 141 ranif $200,000 FIRST NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON L'fNClNG Eve - HIE SOUTH (By Associated Press.) Atlanta. April 26. Confederate Memorial Day is being generally ob served today throughout the South, with patriotic exercises, parades and decoration of graves of soldiers. Many communities held Liberty Loan drives. ' GREAT SOCIAL EVENT TO TAKE PLACE Washington, April 26. The most interesting social event the capital has known for several moons !s to take place outside the capital! The double wedding of the "Over man girls." daughters of Senator and Mrs . Lee Overman of North Carolina, which is to be celebrated April 30th will be at the Overmann home stead in Salisbury, North Carolina. The two youngest daughters of the distinguished senator from North Carolina have been leaders in the younger set of official Washington so ciety for several seasons. Then, both n Polk County Phosphate Mines Closed Today When General Strike Called 1,000 Men Strike For Better Wages And Shorter Hours 0 TROUBLE BREWING FOR 8EYERAL MONTHS COMES TO HEAD WHEN MEN WALK OCT; EVERYTHING QUIET AND ORDERLY About 1.000 phosphate mining op eratives in Polk county are idle today and three large plants are shut down as the result of failure on the part of the men and the management of the mines to arrive at an agreement as to wages, hours, and other mat ters under dispute. For some time there haB been dis satisfaction among the men and the War Labor Board has been working to reconcile the existing differences. When the management of the Tigor Tiav Phosnhate Co. declined last Tuesday to accept the offices of the War Labor Board, the dissatisfaction culminated In a strike of about 100 operatives employed by that plant. Today the employes of the Prairie Pebble Co., at Mulberry and tho Phosphate Mining Co., at Nichols Joined in the strike. The numtcr of striking employes at each of these plants iB about 400, there being at this time a much smaller number of men employed at all the mines than under normal conditions. The operatives are demanding bet. ter pay. Bhorter hours and Improved working conditions. It is under stood that the War Board upheld them : in substantially all their claims, recommending that they be eranted the concessions asked for. At present our information is that the rate of pay averages about $2.65 a day of from eleven to twelve hours- It ia very much to be hoped that an amicable adjustment of the differ ences may be reached In a short time, n the unemnloyment of so many men is very much to he deplored and the effect will also be felt by railroad imployes. a number of whom are en gaged in operating the phosphate trains. nress. and the remamoer wm m Hi Vj transformed into luxurious clubrooma. There will be a library, writing- rooms, reading-rooms, amoiuuB rooms, billiard-rooms, a restaurant, an American "r. lounge rooms and a. gymnasium, with ft telegraph office coaventiently attached i i. Every conceivable device, stated, will M empioyeo. w llUD0i tlie ith Infantry. New York's "Oil and retain the sympathies or ewsjxty-N!nth" of the Forty-Secona m paper men. vision. B008T-REMEBMER THAT SATAN LEDGER DISPATCH BUG AT niKVA. JESiRiMD (By Associated Press.) . Norfolk, April 26. Fire completely wrecked the Ledger-Dispatch build ing. causing $200,000 damage. became engaged about the same time and decided on a double wedding and in their old home town. The eldest sister, Miss Kathryn Overman, will marry Mr. Gilbert Foot Hambley of Salisbury, North Caro lina, and her young sister, Grace Ov erman, is to marry Mr. Edgar Norrie Snow of Greensboro, North Carolina. Their large circle of friends ' In Washington are disappointed by t he bride's decision to be married back home, but as one groom is a Salis bury man, and the other also a south erner from a neighboring city the choice of the North Carolina home wedding is both sensible and sent! mentally satisfying. Southern hospitality will be in Its glory when Washington's smart set Journeys south for the wedding. ABILITY TESTS ARE AUTHORIZED (By Associated Press New York. April 26. Ability tests for discharged soldiers seeking exec utive or clerical positions have been authorized by the War Department for the 22 large demobilization camps. Sherwln Oody, managing director of tho National Associated Schools of Scientific Business, announced here today. ; , The tests, to be given only to men requesting them, will be instituted by Mr. Cody, with the co-operation of the educational department of the Young Men's Christian Association, and classifications of candidates will b filed with employers through the United tSates Employment Service, the Y. M. C. A. and local Chambers of Commerce. In addition, the men themselves will receive certlfld copies of their records. The Cody tests, applied by the nonprofit-making Associated Schools to Heveral thousand office workers and high and grammar school pupil? in New York and other largo cities, were adapted to army conditions by the committee on classification of person- nlc of the War Department. Tholv use in connection with the demobili zation of the military "forces, it was declared, would give employers defi nite information regarding the capa- bilKfes of men opplylng for buslncwi positions, as against the general ap peal of the war work and employ ment agencies for places for former soldiers on the ground of patriotism. The army tests. Mr. Cody said would require only. 30 minutes' time and would be given to applicants for positions as clerks, bookkeepers, of fico managers, correspondents and Mlesmcn. Authority to introduce the clan generally Into the cantonments, he atated. had followed a favorable report by army officers on an appli cation of the scheme to a group of 46 men at Camp Upton. N. Y.' PRIMITIVE STONE MILL USED TO SECURE OIL FATS (11? Associate Phm rwteti. Anrll 26. One of the sights in Remagcn for American sol diers quartered In this section of the r.nmntaAi area Is a Drlmltlve stone mill nsed by the Germans for th pro duction of a vegetable substitute for animal and mineral oils and fats. An oil was made here from the seeds of beech trees and the foddr plant, rape These seeds were mixed in equal parts and ground in the stone of the old m11 Twelve pounds of reed yielded about one quart of oil and left a highly nutritious cattle fodder fELEGIAM STAYED IN HEAVEN UNTIL HE BEGAN TO KNOCK HIS HOME TOWN WOMAN A!ID THRtE TO DEATH Hll, II. C. (By Associated Press.) Reidsville, N. C April 26. Mrs. Alfred Galloway and three children were burned to death this morning In their home here. $650,000,000 Is Subscription To Victory Loan Up To Today (By Associated Press ) Washington, April 26. A little more than $650 000000 has been sub scribed to the Liberty loan and offl claly tabulated at the Treasury to day. Long Delay Now Expected By Airmen (By Associated Press.) ' St.' Johns, N. F., April 2G.-The British airmen, who have beeri wait ing favorable weather for two weeks to attempt a flight across the Atlan tic apparently have resigned them selves to long delay. REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS The following real estate transfera have been made during the past week: M B Stephens Jr et als to F C Thompson; O V Tillman and wife to i W Warren; C M II Eycheanimer and wife to Mrs. A T Eycheshimer; W B Coarsey and wlfo to C B Ander son. J C Decker to J L Moore; John Logan, sheriff, to Hugh W Wear: Edna L Cox and husband to James Shaw and wife; B E Webster and wife to Hugh W Wear; Joel Sllkett and wife to Jtfrs. Peter Peterson, Liz zie H Dunn to W D Nydeggar; Henry nanson and wife to John F Was- mund; Rev P Tecklenberg and wif9 to W B Dunkman; H C Keith and wife to Chas A and Lula A Lucus; Eliza and James Tillman to M L Mor riBon; Malloy & Miller to Netle ?loan Ramsey; Ida and W J Smith t3 R J n'Berrv et als: D H Sloan and wife to Mary R Culpepper; J R Klrby and wife to J R Snyder. Walter Graham to J C Holbrook; H M Wear and wife to W J Smith; N D Robnett and wife to Marie Arenson et als; John Logan, sheriff, to WeekB Fielding Co; Lycur- guB and Isabelle Burns to Myrtle Farms Co; WD McRao et al to w .1 Whlldon; Ella F Bruce to J A Suit and wife; F S Perrln et als to Minnie C Gatrell et al, Carolyn T Hopkins and husband to Emelle Bartlett: N B Yarwood and wife to Mrs Lou Ayres; A F Austin and wife to Bertha Aus tin; Roger B Lyle and wife to Ber tha Austin: J D Clark and wife w Bertha E Austin; Stephen Skipper to Bertha E AUBtin; Bertha E Austin to Frank L Cody; Samuel T Fletcher and wife to R H Fletcher; E J Klemm snd wife to S J Dohmany; Guy Nlcherson to W O Boland; C M Wlg- rins. master, to August Jonnson. Norton A Simmons and wife to J t Miller: I D Dixon end wire to w m Hamoton: J H Strode and wife to Ma rie Arenson; Jolin ana rio-enct- cttaMa tft J H Strode: C B Mitchell and wife to S L Mitchell; Anna G Kcnney and wife to Harriet W Yon- ally; J Z Zebendon to C M Clayton; Mary L Wade and husband to Robt H Lloyd: Mrs Frank Sanford to Lu cille Porter; W C Lipscomb and wife to J C and T J Knight; Robt Hender son and wife to M O Waring. Florida Highlands Co to M B Mitchell. H G Stone and wife to Rachel M Erwln: Nsney C Keen to Gussle R Stephens: W R Hill and wife to Eleanor Scott; L F Gaskins to J D Clark; J R Best -.j if tn nr tt AniWson et al: W 0IIU nui: iv " " F Hallam and Co to Chas W Newland; Pessoms Investment Co to G V Till man; L B Burns and wife to Fred J MAten. Pant V. Flick and wife to tivtovut Elsie M Emanuel; Ellsworth Trus Co to R R Gresham; W A Hatchell and wife to R R Gresham: Valentine T Brantley and wife to C II WsSker; B F Boewe and wife to G II RedSeld: CHIffl BURN $2,000,000 DAMAGE TO OHIOfllT CROP PAST TV0 DAYS UNUSUAL COLD WEATHER CAUSE OF THE DAMAGE (By Associated Press.) Columbus, April 26. Damage to Ohio fruit by cold weather during the last two days Is estimated at from a million and a half to two million dol lars. MONTENEGRO VICTIMS OF INTRIGUE (Bv Associated Press London, April 1$ . Charges that Al.ntenegri, the smallest of the Al l es. has been a vlitim of intrigue ,; during the war, are made by Alexan der Devine of Winchester, a friend of the little Balkan country. In a let ter of complaint to Premier Lloyd George. Mr. Devine writes-. "The great feature of intrigue has been to ignore her existence as a separate country; , then to . protest that fraternal confederation with her was most desirable; and finally to deliberately attempt to absorb her J existence and nationality.", ) Mr. Lloyd George replied that he hoped and believed that the interests . of Montenegro would be amply pro tected at the Peace Conference. , WOMEN WANT WORI LIGHTENED (By Asscciatod Pro?i Wakefield, England, April 26. The women's section of the labor party in Wakeflold. Normanton and Rothwell, have adopted a resolution declaring that no government scheme) pf recon struction would be acceptable ttf the women unless it recognized ttf need. of lightening the hours of work for women In their homes,.!,;, ,,,, . Dr. Marlon Phillips declared that the government should InslBt that the hours of wage-earners should he ,re arranged to conform to normal family life. She demanded the abolition of night work except for the mainten ance of the public services. Chas H Walker and wife to Henry B Cody; C L Morrison and wife to W G Smith; L J Clyatt and wife to M E Lyle; J E Melton and wife to M A Patten; Almlda Friberg to Selma Peterson; R J Allen and wife to W F Hallam and Co O E Walker, master. -to 11 C Humphrey; J D Clark et als to Peace Valley Farms Co, Mary B Jewett et al to Anna Howard Shaw et al; W H Swan and wife to J A Griffin and wife; Bartow Land and Cattle Co to J P Moser; John R Pill ing and wife to R M Skinner; L M Uber and wife to E C Stuckless; D P Nunn and wife to L E Llllio and wife; P E Braddock and wife to L K Lillie and wife; II W Reld and wife to Annie Isaac; P W Ensinger to J B Brlggs; J B Brlggs and , wife to P W Ensinger; J J Hooper to A C Ny deggar; J R Hooper and wife to J J Hooper; L R Cleaves to Emily Mc Carthy; Janie and Isaac Cowles to ' David and Emma Jackson; Mariam E and M B Coe to W F Hallam and,Co; J W Keen And wife to I A Tamell; H D Nelson to Ii!a S Thompson : T A Goode and wife to W A Vara; Wra Vcrne Lyle and wife to Annie L Lyle jet als; J T Rhodes and wife to J E Mearns (2) ; Harry M Wear and wife to Albert E Brigham; tax deeds to E V Haynes; W C Foster (4; O Vanier and wife to J A Anthony; V S Col lins and wife to Mary R Caldwell; Mountain Lake Corp to Eugene A Yates; J E Mearns and wife to J T Rhodes; Lucius Mitchell to Ftonle Mitchell; Lake Alfred Fruitlands Co. to R D Smith and wife; Lake Alfred Fruitlands Co to W 8 Preston; W S Preston and wife to Irving C Page: K C Milton to State Bank of Lake land; Almlda Friberg to Peter M Carlson; Wm Boerboom and wife to Alexander Blanchard; Wm Boerboom and wife to Harwood Frost; Lena O "V.-nramn and wife to Chas O Brad bury; W H Keefe and wife to w M ,-- Hampton: I B nawk and wife to E r Durrawe. 1 r ,1 ' m t ' !' , J '.I s ' 'II J j ! 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