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Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
$500 REWARD

LOST.-Two ladies suits in the vi eImIty of either Danielson Dayville or t'oodEeaf. Finder return to Patriot Office and receive $5 reward.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
MONDAY, TUESDAY AND
 WEDNESDAY
 July Sth, 9th and 10th

From Q. m. to 12 noon and from l p m. 10 p. m. on each of said days. Dated at Putnam. Conn.,, june 25 1918.
 ALFRED BONNEVILLE, Collector of Taxes of the City of Put
 nam. 2627
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
CALL 6O6-3

On phone and have your gas stove put in shape and be shown how you can do the same. I7-tf
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
FOR SALE

Residence of the late Edward z " slsls. Apply at , CHAPMAN STREET. 27t9o
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
WANTED

Ash and Elm Logs. 8 inches and up in diameter. by P and IS inches long. Address P. O. BOX 24l, Put nam, Conn. If
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
HELP WANTED

Kitchen and office help wanted Ap ply at PUTNAM INN.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
FOUND

A poeketbook containing sum of money. Owner may have same hv Identifying and paying cost of adyer, tlSIng. Apply any evening to 29 LIV- FRY STREET. 27
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
STANDING HAY

Standing Hay for sale. Inquire NELSON KING, 153 Grove street.
 26-2T
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
PUTNAM, MONDAY. JULY & ,e1s
 The Second Monday in July

At 10.30 A. NJ, to examine the list of Jurors nominated from each town in said County, and to erase from said list half of those so nominated. Any person may appear before said commissioners at the time and place named. and be heard with refer ence to the names upon said list. Each of the said commissioners has a list Of the Jurors nominated. which can be seen by any person interested be- fore said time.
 Dated at Putnam, this 2nd day of July, 1918.
 CHARLES H. BROWN
 CHARLES s. HYDE
 EDGAR N WARENR.
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
LOST

A bunch of keys. between the Brad ley theatre and Providence street. Finder please return to The Patriot office
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
AUCTIONEER

Everybody tc know J. K. Talbot k Graduated Auctioneer and will ge you the highest prices for your eo5 $. Just give him trial and be convinced. Residence. 209 Grove St, Putnam. Conn Tel 89=5. I3-39
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05
TO LET

Furnished rooms to let Inquire at Elm Inn, Elm street. Putnam. FRED GAGNoS, Proprietor. l0-tf
Putnam patriot., 1918-07-05

Beginning June 21, consumers of fuel gas will pay :160 per thousand feet, provided that the bill is paid be- fore the tenth of the month: other wise 1t will be $1.70. The price has been $1.35.
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

Herzegovina to Serbia, is the only al
tentative, but it seems hardly an al
tentative after the RECOGNITION all the
Allied states have given to the Czecho-
Slovaks and several of them to the Jugo-
Slavs.
AS to Turkey we in America have no
legal right to enter into any discussion
OF the Turkish and Bulgar questions, be-
cause we have not made war upon either.
But the solutions to be expected are
simple and logical. We may expect to
see Bulgaria get back her Thracian prov
lnce, north of the En9s- -Midia line. won
IN the First Balkan War and lost in the
second; we may expect to see her receive
from Rumania some portion of her old
Dobrudja province also lost in 1913, but
unnecessary to the safety Of a Rumania
now become really considerable state.
The decentralization Of the Darda
nelies and Of Constantirople. which is
part of Mr.. Wilson's programme. is
equally part Of the programme of the
Allies The restrict on Of the Turk to the
Osmanli- peop ed regions of Anatolia ex-
lists in both programmes, as does lib
Grated and protected Armenia AS to
Mesopotamia and Syria, the French and
British who have liberated them are like
ly to stay, with the full approval of the
inhabitants; Palestine may be an inter
natiCnalized state and the balance Of the
Arabian districts have already achieved
independence under their own SOVEREIGN.
There is left the question of P land.
and it is the most difficult of all. IF Won
give to the new Poland, which VIII in
dubitably include Ru san and Austrian
Polish districts and IS become a state
of upward OF $4,000 900 people. those
German, or rather Prussian. circles in
which the Poles are clearly a majority.
you will deprive Germany Of much of
Sllesla, all of Posen and considerable
fraction of both East and West Prussia.
East Prussia viii be isolated frcm the
main German mass by strip of terri
tory extending down the west bank Of
the Vistula to the Baltic at Danz o: a
hostile frontier win be carried almost r.
Frankfort -on-Oder, and this within
s'"iking distance of Berlin itself.
But, by contrast, without Posen and
Slesla, so far as it is Polish, the new
Poland viii be incomplete, and there will
survive a Polish question. And without
Danzig and window on the sea the new
leland viii be economically and indus
Wlally at the mercy Of Germany. exactly
as Serbia was at the mercy of Austria
hungary in the evil times before the
present war And the Serbian grievance
was one OF the causes OF the world CON
migration. Finally, nowhere in Eurone
mas the persecution of a subject raca
been more brutal than in the Polish cir.
cles OF Prussia. To turn the pruss:an
Poles back to the cid slavery wou]d fhns
be to. do violence to all the spirit of tbe
PRESIDENTS declaration.
Such, briefly, is Mr.. Wilson'S nro-
eraflhe OF peace, as modified by events
WIN nave occurred since his January
declaration. It divides itself into the
'edress ng Of the immediate wrongs Of
'ne present conflict expressed in the c n
quest and devastation of countries at
'@cHed by Germany and Austria, the
a0oAu of certain wrongs surviving
from 1866 and 1871, in the case of. ItsIy
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

But the application of this principle
goes little further and is expressed in
the demand for the "righting of the
wrong" done to France and the cession
to Italy Of her unredeemed provinces
and cities. Now, | do not purpose in
this place to discuss again the question
CT Aiaace-Lorraine CT that of Trieste
and the Trentino. If Germany AMI
Austria are not prepared to evaeuate
Metz and Strassburg Trieste and Trent
as a condition precedent to any armis-
tlce, tlen it is inccnceivable that there
should be any armstice
II Germany can preci ptate a debate
between the United States and Great
Britain, on the one hand, and France
and Italy, on the other, as to the neces-
slty fer a return to each of it's own. then
there Is an end of the alliance against
Germany; there is a reopening of the
war, with every prospect of losing it;
Tor neither France nor Italy will con-
sent TO an armistice in advance of the
restoration of what is rightfully theirs
1t seems to me that all of US Americans
should from the very outset of all peace
discussions insist in our own minds ana
thought that three things are imme-
dlately necessary to demonstrate Ger
man good. faith: First, the evacuation
Of territory taken during the war. Sec
ond, the evacuation Of certain other ter
rtcry, specifically Alsace-L Lorraine and
the Trieste and Trentine districts, which
are quite as properly bases for an evac-
uatlon as Champagne and Venetia.
Third a pledge to restore ravaged and
ruined provinces and cities, this pledge
to be accompanied by proper guaran-
tees, of which the occupation of the west
bank of the Rhine is the most essential
With this brief statement | shall dis
miss the questions which involve France
Italy and Belgium. If Germany is not
prepared to comply with the irreducible
minimum which l have indicated. not
one of the Western European nations
VIII consent to an armistice. and I do
not believe that Mr. Wilson will become
the proponent Of any armistice. I do
"ot Vhliih lhat there is any more reser.
Vatlon IN his declarations with respec-
TO Alsace-Lorra.ne than to the Italian
lrredenta. do not believe that there
Is an American who can read into the
Fres dents demand for the "rightinp of
the wrong done France in 1871" anv
ether meaning than that what was theu
stolen shall now be returned Nor do
neileve, in the wholly remote contin-
gency that such reservation did exist
that the people of the United States
would agree with the Chief Executive
On the question of Alsaca-Lorra. ne tho
mind of the American people is made
up and it is made up in the sense
which the French mind is made I'M An
the prime pies which Mr.. Wilson has sub.
scrlbed to and eloquently championed
IN recent months would go into the dis
card II the wrong of 1871 were pernet-
uated in 1918, or, for that matter. in
1919.
We have, in addition, to consider the
PRESIDENTS demands as to Russia.
Austria and the Balkans. Here he ;s
plainly moved by the same underlvinc
notion. He means that the varions ma.
uonalities shall be assured the r;oh+ ~
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20
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Germany we shall discuss only the de-
tails of the application of those terms
after we have agreed on the terms them
selves. This is where Mr.. Wilson and
his fourteen points" come in, not a mo-
ment before.
We must be clear about all this
Terms of peace settlement have nothing
IN the world to do with an armistice
They do not become matters of discus
sion until the fighting is over and the
military decision had. They cannot be
mentioned by the enemy until he has
conquered or surrendered Two con-
testants may agree to a truce to endure
while peace is negotiated, but this is
neither an armistice nor the condition
which now exists. There is no question
Of negotiated peace to-day. We are
all agreed as to this. We mean to have
military decision and then an abso-
lutely untrammelled application of Allied
peace conditions. Therefore the matter
Is still in Foch's hands and must re-
main there until the military phase is
disposed OF. After Foch, Pesident Will
son can participate, but obviously, un-
less Foch's work is done completely
there will be no chance for the Presi-
dent or any one else to begin the con-
struction of peace.
We may for moment assume that
Foch has completed his work and that
the Germans have agreed to surrender
Internationally, to evacuate the regions
they have occupied, and have consented
to an Allied occupation of the left bank
of the Rhine. Then we come to the ques-
ton Of peace; then the terms of perma-
nent settlement must be fixed by all the
Allied nations in conference, each with
equal right to be heard and to have its
will accepted. Here is the point at which
Mr. Wilson's fourteen" conditions at
last arrive.
But of these fourteen conditions we
shall see at once that not less than five
nave no bearing in a peace conference
We are to meet to fix the conditions which
are to be exacted Of Germany; they
are conditions based upon the deeds of
Germany and her allies; they have been
summed up as conditions which must in
clude restitution, restoration and guar
antees. But five Of Mr.. Wilson's
points" concern the organization of in
ternational society after the war; they
deal with open covenants, freedom Of
navigation, the removal of economic bar
riers between nations, adequate guaran-
tees for the reduction of armaments and
finally the constitution of a league of
nations.
These are not matters which are prop
erly before conference engaged in the
task of making peace with beaten
enemy. We cannot impose any of these
things upon Germany; they have no
value save as voluntarily accepted prin-
ciples--and we have to impose on Ger
many at first many things which will
not in the nature of things be accepted
voluntarily. We cannot reorganize
world relations at the same time we are
llquidating this war. To undertake this
would be absurd. One more condition
included in Mr. Wilson's fourteen. that
dealing with colonial readjustments, is
equally out of the discussion, and for the
same reasons. We can discuss what dis
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

live their own lives in accordance with
their own customs, faith, language. But
since January, 1918, there have been
many changes in the east and south Of
Europe, largely the result Of the Rus
sian revolution and the German actions
expressed in the treaties Of Brest- Litovsk
and Bucharest. We have ourselves sub
scrlbed to the freedom of the Czacho-
Slovaks and this nuliies the ancient NO.
tlcn of preserving Austria Hungary as a
federation of autonomous races. More
than this, in the Balkans Bulgaria has
surrendered and there remains no prob
lem for settlement between the Balkan
states which is properly before any world
conference
AS to Russia, evacuation of all cf Rus
sia now held by the Germans dis, 9ses of
the first problem; the creation of free
Poland, including all of the Polish-speak
ing tribes of Austria. Russia and Ger
many erects barrier between Germany
and Russia and eliminates the Russian
phase from immediate discussion. We
may assume that it will be the mission of
the Allies not of Germany, to aid in the
restoration of Russia to SANITY and pros
perlty; but since we insist upon the re-
tlrement of Germany from all Russian
territory, Finland, Lithuania, the Cour
land, Poland and the Ukraine this phase
IS not OF immediate moment.
Actually the question now arises. What
shall be the verdict of the Allied world
with respect to Austria? Shall we still
act IN the spirit Of the President as re-
veaied IN January, or in the light of the
subsequent action of our government and
all other governments since? Obviously
IN the latter fashion, and this means the
absolute destruction of Austria. If
means the erection of a Czecho- Sloval
state, including Bohemia, Moravia and
the Slovak regions of Hungary. 1t
means the creation OF a Jugo Slavic
state, including all the Austro- Hunparjan
territory between the Drave. the Adri-
atlc and the new frontiers Of ItaN east
OF Trieste, this state to be united with
Serbia and Montenegro on the south
Instead of one nation there will then
De tour, the Germans spealIng provinces
OF Austria, the Hungarian-speakjng
regions of Hungary, Juyo-S ava and
Izecho-Slovakia. In addit on. the Ital-
lan-speaking districts will fall to Italv
and the Rumanian-sp speaking regions. in
the Bukowina, in Transylvan and posi-
bly, III the Banat will be united with Ru-
mania, to VIII. ch Bessarabia, a Rumanian-.
speaking province Of old Russia, has al
ready by voluntary act united itself.
Finally, the Polsh-speaking regions Of
Galica will naturally go to that po'ana
which Mr.. Wilson has already outlined
as incluaing all indisputably Polish bands
What remains, the Ruthenian portion Of
Gallc.a, could most properly be assjgned
to the Ukraine, to which it belongs ra-
caily and linguisticany Roughly sneak.
ing, then, Austria falls into seven PARTS
four constituting Independent states
three being united to the Italian. Rp-
manlan and Polish states, which adioin
modified solution, which EXTENDED no
further than the cession Of The Ir-
redenta to Italy, the Polish districts to
Poland, the Rumanian regions to R,l-
mania, the Serb pso~Saces of Bosnia and
New-York tribune., 1918-10-20

position we shall make of German colo
MES, certainly, and we shall; but this is
another problem entirely
Now, there are left of Mr.. Wilson'S
points" eight, which are indubitably to
be put before the Allied conference
which makes peace terms. These are:
% The evacuation of France and the
righting Of the wrong dcne in 1871;
(2) The evacuation of all Russ an terri
tory; (3) The evacuation of Belgian ter
ritory and the subsequent restoration of
Belgium, which means its indemnifica.
ton; (4) The reimbursement of the from
tiers Of Italy to include within them the
Italians now under Austrian yoke-and
by analogy, this must include the evac-
uation of Italian territories now in Aus
trian hands; (5) The bestowal of au-
tonomy upon the subject people of Aus
tria-Hungary; CO. The evacuation and
restoration of Rumania, Serbia and
Montenegro, with the assurance to Ser
bia Of free and secure outlet on the
sea and q readjustment of Balkan from
tiers on proper lines; GU The bestowal
upon the Turkish fraction of the Otto
man Empire of a secure sovereigntv.
and upon the other subject nationalities
OF security and the opportunity for
autonomous development; (S) An indie.
pendent Polish state should be erected,
including all regions indisputably Polish
and possessing secure access to the sea.
Now, through all these terms there
run sev"r"l G ear prime pes. The Presi-
dent demands that the Germans shall
ret.re lrom All their conques is, and by
Germans he means the Central Powers.
he asks that in all cases the conditions
OF July, 1914, should be restored Now,
there is no longer any need to debate
this point; the Allied victories have
settled the fate of Belgium, France,
Italy Serbia and Montenegro so far as
they existed in 1914. We may dismiss
from the reckoning all claims cnce ad
vanced by Germany, and still pressed,
last January, when Mr.. Wilson made
his momentous declaration.
But the President supplemented this
demand for evacuation by claim for
reparaticn in the sense of restoration
so far as Belgium is concerned. Here.
too, no debate is conceivable, and there
is revealed in the German press a full
recognition that Belgium must be in
IDENTIFIED But what of France? When
the President spoke there had been Nd
such recurrence of destruction and vio-
lence as has now turned Northern
France into cinder heap. Certainly
there must be an indemnity for all this.
and the Presidents words indicate his
belief that wanton damage should be
paid for.
We may, then, place at one side as
beyond debate the two principles of
evacuation of occupied territory and in
identification for wanton injury OF all
sorts, whether the territory be Belgian.
Italian or French. We may accept as
fundamental facts in discus ing peace
the determination of Mr.. Wilson, speak
ing for this country, to compel the Ger
mans to make restitution of stolen ter
ritory and re toraticn in the case of
property and wealth either stolen and
removed from Germany or laid in ashes
by German "terribleness."
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30

DON'T FORGET CHE BEST PLACE TO
stop hunger is at the Olympia Cafe, Elm
street, Lumberton.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30

Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Jackson and two
children, Susie and Frank, of David
son, spent the holidays here visiting
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Chaffin.
Messrs. w. H. M. Brown and Hay
wood Marcum and Masters Frank
Humphrey and Totten Hall, all of
Philadelphus, were Lumberton visitors
last Tuesday.
Mr.. S. J. Webb, formerly superin-
tendent of the Lumberton cotton mills,
now superintendent of the Statesville
cotton mills, was a Lumberton visi-
tor Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. C. Spaulding re-
turned Thursday to their home at
Wendell after spending several days
here visiting at the home of Mrs
Spaulding's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c.
B. Townsend, Elm street.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. King left Sat.
urday for their home at Princeton, w
| Va, after spending some time here
Visiting at the home of Mr.. King:
brother and s;ster-in-law, Mr.. ano
Mrs. A. S. King, Second street.
Misses Estelle and Virginia Hamil
ton of Charlotte spent part of las
week here visiting at the home O
their uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs
E L. Hamilton, Second street. The,
left Saturday evening for Hamlet
where they will spend a few day
visiting relatives before returnin,
i home.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30

HIGHEST MARKET PRICES PAID FOR ALL
sorts of furs, hides, scrap iron and rul&l
Blacker Brothers, Chestnut street, Lumb~2
ton, N. c.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30

REGULAR BOARD AND LODGING SIS
month. Meals so cents, rooms so cents.
/ Fillyaws Boarding House. First street.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30

MONEY TO LEND ON IMPROVED LAND
in Robson county on long time. Rates as
good as any can give. Stephen Mcintyre
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES
December Meeting of Lumbee Re.
search Club.


Reported for The Robesonian.
The Lumbee Research Club held its
December meeting at the home of
Mrs. w. A. McPhaul December 18th.
The course of study for this year
is "A series Of Outline Studies on the
Historical Background and the litera-
ture Of the Great War, prepared by
university of North Carolina
The following program was rem
dered:
Subject: Russia and the Decay Of
Autocracy. II
Paper: The expansion off Russia
during the Last Century, by Mrs. Irwin
Jenkins.
Paper: The World War and the
Conflict Between Throne and Duma
by Mrs. R. E. Lewis.
Subject: Switzerland, the Home Of
Democratic Institutions.
Paper: The Evolution of the Swiss
Republic Universities Of Peoples, Ian.
guages, Religions, etc., by Mrs. E
K. Proctor.
During the social hour the hostess
assisted by her charming little daugh.
ter, Miss Shirley, served delicious re.
freshments in two courses
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30
PERSO N AIS

Mr.. w. T. Sledge of Fairmont was
in town Saturday.
Mr.. R. P. Stone of R. 4, Lumberton,
was in town Saturday.
Mr.. w. P. Britt Of R. 4, Lumberton,
was in town Tuesday.
Mr. Ed. Seasons of Alma was a
Lumberton visitor Saturday.
Mr.. j. R. Pridgen of R. 5 from
Lumberton was in town Friday.
Mr.. J. V. Faulk of Mcdonald was
Lumberton visitor last Monday.
Mr.. w. H. Edwards of Pembroke
was Lumberton visitor Thursday.
Mr.. H. C. Lamb of Orrum, R. 1, was
among the visitors in town Friday.
Mr.. F. S. Floyd of Fairnlont, was
among the visitors in town Thursday.
Mr.. J. B. Walters Of Fairmont, R.
/, was a Lumberton visitor Tuesday,
Mr.. w. D. McCallum of Mcdonald
was Lumberton visitor last Monday.
Mr.. ]. D. Walters of Barnesville, R.
l, was Lumberton visitor Thursday.
Mr.. R. C. Parnell of R. LIST. Pauls,
was among the visitors in town Satur-
day.
Mr.. Ras. Rhodes of the Blooming
dale section was a Lumberton visitor
Friday
Mr.. Walker Hodge of R. 1, Barnes
vile, was among the visitors in town
Friday.
Mr.. E. B. Stone of Mt. Elm at
tended the McLendon meeting here
Friday evening"
Mr.. S. T. Harrell of r. 2, st. Pauls,
was among the callers at The Robe
sonian Office Saturday.
Mr. M. F. Cobb returned Friday from
, Fort Mill, S. c., where he spent Christ
mas visiting relatives.
Mr.. E. 7. Tyson of Philadelphia
Pa, is spending some time here visit
ing relatives and friends.
Mr.. ]. M. Andrews of R. 2, Fair
1 mont, was among the callers at The
Robesonian Office Thursday.
Mr.. C. B. Hocutt left Saturday eve
ming for New York, where he will
spend a week visiting relatives.
Mr.. /. M. Cheek Of the staff of the
Raleigh News & Observer is spending
a few days here visiting friends.
| Mrs. Ed. Boone and children have
returned from Charlotte, where they
spent the holidays with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. j. Graham snc
Miss Julia Graham of Rowland were
among the visitors in town Friday.
MISS lax AIUTcWS, LOulc ucuiOH
stration agent in Robson, spent las
week at Mt Gilead visiting home folks
Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Starnes returned
Thursday night from Monroe, wher'
they spent Christmas with home
folks.
;. Mr.. w. w. Whaley of Wilmington
spent Wednesday and Thursday herr
visiting his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. L
:. E. Whaley.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Inman and chill
; dren, little Miss Thaida and Maste
: Horace, of R. 3, Lumberton,' were u
town Tuesday.
Mrs John S McNeill and two chill
dren went Saturday evening to Lau
: rinburg, where they will spend wee
!. visiting relatives
!. Miss Edith Courtney, trimmer TO
, Miss Josephine Breeze last season
: left Thursday evening for her hom
: in Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. C. II. Boyd and children, Mis-
R Kathryn and Masters Chas. and job
|. Robert, left Thursday for Gastoni
: and Gaffney, S. c., to visit relatives.
= DR.. w. A. McPhaul and son, Maste
& w. A., Jr, left Thursday evening fo
Bay Minette, Ala, to visit DR.. Nj
n Phaul's mother, Mrs. A. 3. McPhaul.
The Robesonian., 1918-12-30
Marriage of Miss Eliza Singletary
and MIR. M. Shepherd.

Miss Eliza Singletary and Mr.. M.
Shepherd, both of Bladenboro, were
married in the Baptist church at that
place Christmas Day at IL o'clock.
Rev. I. P. Hedgepeth of Lumlberton
officiated. A large crowd witnessed
the marriage: The bride is well-known
in Robson, having taught school in
this county several years. The groom
formerly lived at Orrum and is well
known throughout the county. He has
represented the county in the Legisla-
ture and has taken an active part in
the educational interests of the county
He founded the Orrum high school
He is now principal of the Bladenboro
high school.