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VOL. XVIII. NO. 3
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. 0., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 251919'
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OF COTTON
SEED IS TOO LOW
DR. POE ASK8 THE GOVERNOR
TO TAKE SOME ACTION TO
REMEDY THE SITUATION.
REFERS TO SOUTH CARQLI
Alabama Oil Mills Too Have Agreed
to Pay I Much Higher Price Than
la Offered in, Thla State.
Raleigh.
A chief executive of North Caio
Ina and as President of the North
Carolina Cotton Association, Gov. T,
W. Dlckett was asked to remedy the
situation in this state brought about
by what Dr. Clarence Poe, editor of
tlie Progressive Farmer terms, ''the
snameruliy low prices offered our
North Carolina cotton growers" for
:otton seed.
The appeal was made to Governor
Bickett by Dr. Poe who declared: "I
I do not .know Just what the price of
aotton aeod should be, but I do know
that it is inexcusable that North Car
olina growers should be getting $10
per ton less than growers, just across
our boundary line in South Carolina."
His letter to the governor follows in
part:
"In many sections our North Caro
lina farmers are complaining vigor
ously about the low prices they are be
. ing offered for cotton seed.
"In contrast to the shamefully low
prices offered our North Carolina cot
ton growers, lot me call your atten
tion to the fact that the cotton oil
mills of Alabama after a conference
with the representatives of the far
mers last month agreed to pay $75 per
ton for "seed during" tHC month ot
September; while the South Carolina
oil mill Interests altar a similar con
ference a few days ago, agreed to pay
$70 per ton in car load lots, or $67 per
ton from wagons, and South Carolina
farmers are protesting that even these
prices are far too low. '
Wholesale arocers Organize,
The North Carolina Wholesale Gro
cers' Association, to have Its home of
f.ces at Goldsboro, was chartered by
the secretary of state. Among a num
ber of prominent wholesalers in the
state T. H. Holmes, Qoldsboro; F. E.
Hashagon, Wilmington, and J.. T.
Barnes, of Wilson, are Incorporators.
The association is a non stock cor
poration and In its .Application for a
charter sets forth as its object "to fos
ter and promote the feelings of fel
lowship, sociability and good will
among the wholesale grocers of North
Carolina, to eliminate or minimize
business methods contrary to good
morals, and to promote a high stand
ard of business ethics."
The Golden Rule
Portrait of First Governor. .';
For many years there has been
search among the widely scattered de
scendants of Governor Caswell tor his
portrait. It is probable that at last
one has been found. Col. William Cas
well, of Knoxvifle, Tenn., the only de
scendant df the governor who bears
the Caswell name, has written Chief
i Justice Clark that a kinsman df his,
1 Caswell Sanfley, of Kentucky, wrote
' him a few years ago that he had found
a portrait of Governor Caswell at Phil
adelphia and had a copy made. The
Historical Commission of this state
has taken up the matter and will pro
cure a copy If It proves authentic.
Governor Caswell was the first gov
ernor of this state under our republi
can form df government, and was six
!lmpn Alerted .governor at the annual
l elections by the legislature whieh was
the method under the Constitution at
that tint. ' ,' . '
V
8tate Board Changes Plan.
The six members of the state board
of examiners and Institute conductors
have reached an agreement whereby
each member is assigned : a special
group of counties In which that mem
ber will he in entire charge of the
board work in at group,' with A. ,T.
Allen looking alter only five counties
aronnd Es,iefgh and being in charge
of the headquarters here. Miss
Mattle Parrott gets 21 northeastern
coun'ies, D. F, Giles 23 extreme west
ern counties. . Dr, Hlghsmith will have
charge of 19""countles, east central,
end Mrs'. Johnson 18 west central
cSV'"es. , " , . , .
; Session of State Historians.
R. B. House, collector of war rec
ords for the North Carolina Historical
Commission, has Just returned -from
an important conference of state hls
' torlans in Washington, where lie rep
- resented the North Carolina Historical
' commission. - This conference was one
called by Dr. James Sullivan, state
historian .of New" York . to consider
plans and -methods for preserving war
( 'records in the various states of the
union. .'''( .
Short Course for Salesmen.
A short course for fertiliser sales
men and sales managers of North
Carolina and Virginia will be held at
State College, beginning September
29th and running through October 3rd.
The school will be under the direc
tion of C. B. Williams, Dean of Agri
culture. A very thorough program has been
worked out, covering during the Ave
days, practically every phase of the
relations of commercial fertilizers to
the farmer, his soils and crops.
..'' ' , - . . '. (Malt. 7:12 .
(By "Rev. B. A. Oulp, Grace M. E. Pastor)
In these days of world upheaval, when many devout people are In dumb
despair, wondering what law or order will adjust the problems. of the new day.
the great musses seem to have forgotten the Golden Rule. Whatsoever as a
fair and righteous man, ye would have from .others, that do to others. What
you leel would be right for you in their place, that concede yet to them In
their own place. .Make their case your own, and think then what you could
fairly demand. This Is not a new hut an old rule, the Law and the Prophets.
It is a condensation of the principles of the Old Testament.' It Is a divine
ratification of the law -written upon the human heart. It Is Indeed, the central
axiom of right, the divine concentration of human morality, the test of social
Justice. When the sons .and 'daughter of -America, from prophets, priests
and kings, to the private citizens obey this law the unrest and troubles of our
fair land will come to an end. ''
Ride forth, victorious Conqueror, ride
Till all thy foes submit, ,
'" And all the powers of hell resign,
' Their trophies at thy feet.
AT L0S1NGELES
PRESIDENT'S : PLEA FOR EARLY
RATIFICATION OF TREATY
IS HEARTILY APPROVED.
IS INTRODUCED BY A WOMAN
A Study In Soft Pork.
The Animal Industry Division will
shortly begin a'new series of experi
ments to determine the effect of pea
nuts in softening the bodies of hogs,
Mr. Dan T. Gray has Just closed a co
operative arrangement with the bu
reau of animal industry at Washing
ton for some Joint work of this kind.
The object of the experiments will be
along the same line as previous ex
perimental work at this Btatlon, name
ly, to determine exactly how rapidly
peanuts make the bodies of. animals
soft and""tntactly how rapidly these
bodies can be made Arm after once
being made soft as a result of eating1
the peanuts. :
(Rev. H. B. Schaeffer, Lutheran, next week.)
Mrs. Cowles Tells the Audience That
"Political Partisans" Are Out of
Place In This Discussion.
FiFTY THOUSAND
HEAR PRESIDENT
DOTH ROOSEVELTAND LODGE
QUOTED AS ENDORSING IDEA
OF LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
EFFICIENCY OF ARBITRATION
A RIGHTEOUS JUDGE AND A SEN
. BIBLE SENTENCE.
Gives Up Health Work.
T)T. J. R. Gordon, for the past Six
years chief of the bureau of vital sta
tistics, has tendered hli resignation
t the State Board of Health and sur
renders a state Job for a stock farm
near Richmond. The bureau that he
leaveB "will be co-ordinated with the!
bureau of epidemiology and both will ! from the oil truck
Recorder B. T. Falls received much
eommmend ition for the manner In i
which he disposed of the case here
Thursday for Ed Gilbert shooting Ar
thur Taunt and seriously wounding
him In East Kings Mountain August
5th last. This and the case of George
Ferguson for carrying a concealed
weapon were the only causes to
come before Judge Falls Thursday.
George Ferguson was fined 75 and
taxed with the cost of $4.55 for pistol
toting. He failed to raise the money
and was taken to Jail at .Shelby.'
Ed Gilbert, 16-year-old' son of John
Gilbert, was arraigned on' the triple
charge ot the larceny of a pistol from
the oil truck of the Piedmont Oil Co.,
for carrying a concealed weapon and
for assault with a deadly weapon on
the person M 3-year-bld Arthur
Tauntt, son of G. C. Taunt, on August
5th. The Piedmont Oil Company was
not disposed to push Its case and did
not appear at the trial, The fatheri
of the wounded boy was not vigorous
In his. prosecution as the whole affair
was looked upon as a boyish act and
accidental as to the shooting of A
thur Taunt. Both boys -told practi
cally the same tale to the elTeqt that
on Saturday Gilbert took the pistol
and carried It
be in charge of Dr. F. M. Register,
who recently succeeded Dr. A. McR.
Crouch as state epidemiologist. -
Before becoming deputy state regis
trar of vital statistics, Dr. Register
was for twenty-flve years a practicing
physician at Jamestown, Guilford
county. He represented that county
Iri the legislature of 1905, 1907, 1909,
1911 and' 1913, and was active in the
passage of several health measures.
Conformity In Electrlo Control.
Emphasizing the Importance of con
forming strictly with state and local
regulations governing the Installation
of 'electric .service wires and other
equipment. State Electrical Inspector
N.; E. Cannady has returned from
Greensboro, where he Bpejit a strenu
ous week In getting that city in line
for a "standard status" of electric ad
vancement. Inspector Cannady has
several cities in the state to visit with
the purpose of securing conformity
with state and local laws. ,.-."
Corporation Commission Leaves. .
The Corporation Commission, with
Attorney General Manning as counsel,
haVe gone to Washington City to par
ticipate in the hearing before the In
terstate Commerce Commission with
respect to proposed Increased freight
rates between points in Official Clas
sification territory and points in North
Carolina and generally throughout the
South. . ' .
Stat Commission Named. . ' "
. Governor Bickett has named the
membership of the state reconstruc
( Mn commission as provided for, to
promote the '"'Industrial; commercial,
economic, sociological and military
needs aadV requirement of the. state
as produced by the world wan and the
readjustment of the state to peace
conditions. " ."."'..V . .. ' r, - -T
The commission la to make all need
1 investigations and take action to
at requirements for fullest develop,
nt and co-operate with other state
1 federal authorities' "-
Some New Corporation. .
Charters were filed with the Secre
tary ot state for the following corpor
ation In North Carolina:
Barnes-Harrell Co., of Tarboro,
wholesale and retail mercantile bus!
ness, with $100,000 authorized capital
and $30,000 subscribed. The Incorpor
ators are J. T. Barnes, W. N. Harrell
and W. D. Adams, all of Wilson.
Albemarle Coal and Ice Company,
of Albemarle, with $50,000 authorized
capital and $2,100 subscribed. The in
corporators are T.-M. Hlnes, Clarence
-Heath and J. E. Ewing, all ot Albe
marle. -- . , . - -i'
Death Sentence Commuted.
Commutation from death sentence
to 30 yearslmprlsonment was granted
by Governor Bickett In the case of
Will Davis, negro, who was scheduled
to die In the electrlo chair on the
charge of killing Charles White, elec
trician tor the Southern Utilities
company, "at r Wlnaton-Salem during
the race riot there some months ago.
A number of. good meiv including,
police and officials of city and county
and one "ot the prosecuting attorney
express jtkwtu.. ot, guilt and , recom
mended executive, cjtmency.
home and hid It Under the house. That
afternoon he took Taunt under the
house and. showed It to him. Monday
following the two boys together took
the pistol down In the woods to shoot
some. Gilbert fired the pistol twice
and handed it to Taunt Who fired It
once and handed it back to Gilbert
Taunt looked around and the pistol
went off, the bullet entering Taunt's
bnckl Neither seemed to know why
the pistol went off or why Taunt was
hit.
Judge Falls at first Indicated his
Intention of getting Gilbert into the
Jackson Training School, but Attor
ney J. G. Carnenter, of Gastonia, ap
pearing for Gilbert put in a plea that
the boy be given a chance at home
under supervision of the" count. After
some deliberation Judge Falls made
the following ruling for which he
was commended, by njany i ....
First, that John Gilbert 'be ren'ulr1
ed to appenr before the court period
ically and certify that,: Ed Gilbert has
been in regular attendance-at all' ser
vices of the church and Sunday
school. The: i cout suggested that
John Gilbert and family line up" -With'
the church of their choice, which was
indicated as, the Methodist. . ...
'Second, that Ed Gilbert 'Be put in
the city schools and that a report of
his attendance and application to hjs
studies, as given by His teacher,, be
presented to the court each month..
The father was required to give a one
hundred dollar 'bond for Yhe: perform
ance of his trust as pertains to Ed
Gilbert.. '
It was made plain by the Judge that ;
failure to comply on the part of Ed
Gilbert would be cause for taking him
again Into custody. It was shown that
Ed Gilbert could not read or write
and the wish of the court Is that he
be given a chance to make a man of
himself., u ' ,
It' was brought out In court that
John Gilbert had proposed to pay half
the hospital bill for , Arthur ,: Taunt
while tinder treatment for the wound
caused by the shooting. Gilbert also
paid tho cost of the suit.
Los Ange!es. President Wilson
Completed his week of speechmaking
on the Pacific coast with a monster
mass meeting here at which thous
ands shrieked approval of his plea
tor early ratification of the peace
treaty. .
Welcomed to the city by a crowd
which densely packed the downtown
section, the President was cheered tu
multuously everywhere he appeared
during the day. Along the line of a
10-mlle parade he rode In a din of ap
plause and later at a public dinner
cheers greeted his declarations that
the treaty should and would be ac
cepted. When he entered the auditorium
Charlotte -Meeting for the first ! or h,s n,Rht 'P"" ne peered
time of the fall season, directors 'or more than two minutes by a crowd
Iho rhnrlntlo V XL' P A pnlH "I l .. 1118
the resignation of Mrs. J. A. Durham
Sanford The Peoples' hank open
ed its doors for business. The man
agement, was well pleaBed with the
way money came in from tobacco
sales, as well as the general run ot
depositors.
This makes three banks for Sanford.
Lexington. Lexington Is well repre
sented in the colleges of the state this
year, ' a large number of young men
and women leaving for Trinity, St.
Mary's, Salem, North Carolina Col
lege for Women and elsewhere. A
number of young women went to G.
C. W., and a large number of young
men will enter A-. & E. college.
'Would be Death Warrant of Children
of Country" Said the President,
Should the League Fail.
as treasurer and named
Stratton to that office.
Miss Kate
Ashevllle. When an automobile,
left the road and ran over an em
bankment on the Ashevllle-Canton
high way- Art4iur--MayT-pf this city, -was
instantly killed and M. L. Lowe was
seriously injured...
Gastonia At an enthusiastic meet
ing .of citizens of Gastonia it was de
cided to go ahead at once with the
establishment of a Y. M. C. A., to cost
not less than $150,000.
DEFINITE DATE OF RETURN"
OF KIAO CHAU REQUESTED
Washington. Officials here 1 the
absence of President Wilson and Sec
retary Lansing, will not comment tip
on the report that the United States
has asked Japan to set a definite date
for the return of Kiao Chau to China.
The general Impression In official cir
cle is that the report Is well founded.
Japan's answer to such a . request J,Tea -divorce were granted during the
by the government wonia nave an im
portant bearing on the senate's con
sideration ot the peso treaty.'
Wilmington. Work will begin In
the near future on a handsome $100,
000 office building which will he oc
cupied on completion' by Alexander
Sprunt & Sons, Inc., one of the largest
cotton exporting corporations In the
world. :.
Rocky Mount. Approximately 40
gallons of white lightning whiskey
otherwise known as monkey rum. with
a total valuation, according to prevail
ing prices, ot about $1,600 and a big
Mitchell touring car were seized when
police officers arrested L. J. Bridges,
a railroad man and O. D. Murray ,a
local plumber.
Gastonia. Frank .1. Carpenter, one
of the most popular and best known
men in Gaston county, died suddenly
at his home in Dallas. ;
Kinston. Damage estimated at
more than $10,000 resulted from the
dogtruotlon by fire of a packhoune
owned by M. A. and A. L. Moore,
brothers, in Lenoir county.
' W'llmington.-i--"The Camp ! Bragg
New," the official newspaper for the
soldiers of the great field artillery
training camp at, Fayettevllle, wjll be
published hereafter In Wilmington.
', . Durham.Plans for the establish
ment of a large hosiery plant, in this
city under the direction of the Gol
den Belt Manufacturing company,
part of the American Tobacco com
pany, were officially announced.
Fayetteville. Charles F. Hackharth
William Salisbury and John C. Davis,
charged with robbery of the postof-
flees of Wagram and Rowland, were
discharged by United States Commis
sioner W. S. Cook for lack ot evidence.
. Ashevllle. Preparations are going
forward for the annual meeting here
this month of the southeastern section
of the National 'Electric Light asso
ciation. The members of this associa
tion with their wives will gather here
on September 17.
Rocky Mount In" special session
the board of aldermen accepted a res
olution, under which an election will
he called to determine whether the
city will issue bonds not exceeding
$30,000 to be used in providing an
other school building for the colored
residents. .f.
Lumberton. Robeson superior court.
for the trial ot civil cases adjourned.
nan was Jammed and outside were
thousands waiting since early morn
ing for the dours to open.
At the auditorium meeting Mr. Wil
son was Introduced by Mrs. Joslah
Evans Cowles. national president of
the General Federation of Women's
clubswhu-told the crowd that .the
league must and will become the but
war of a war weary world for all
time. The "political partisan," she as
serted, had no place In a discussion
of the peace treaty.
GENERAL PALMER RECOMMENDS
AN ARMISTICE OF SIX MONTHS.
Freeport, Pa. An absolute indus
trial armistice for six months was
urged by Attorney General Palmer
here to permit the solution of econom
ic problems arising out of the changes
wrought by war
- Such a period of freedom from un
rest, he declared, would result soon In
I increased production which would
bring about an era of "easier living
and better times" for all. On the
other hand, the . attorney general
warned, selfish demands by any one
class cannot stimulate the national
prosperity or permanently .benefit even
those obtaining such Jemands by
force. ' :
San Diego. Calif. An extinct from
a magazine article written In -1914 by
Theodore Roosevelt was read by
President Wilson in an address here
as an argument in favor of the leaguo
of nations.
Speaking to, a cheering crowd which
filled the great San Diego stadium,
the President also quoted from Sena
tor Lodge, one of the most bitter op
ponents of the treaty in its present
form, and declared that in framing
the league covenant, the Versailles
conference and followed the advii " of
these and other republican statesmen.
"I am glad to align myself with such
utterances," said Mr. Wilson, while
the crowd cheered. "Here in eoncrele
form is the fulfillment of the plan they
advocated."
The address w:ir interrupted manv
tunes by applause from the crowd,
which local officials estimated at more
than 50.000.
Emphasising the arbitration feature'
of the covenant, the President sai 1 an
example of the efficiency of discus,
slon .was .shown in labor -controvert
sles. He asserted that whenever eith- .
er side to Biich a controversy refused
to discuss its" case the presumullon
was on the wrong side.
death warrant" of
declared
was that It
It would ho the
tho children. of the count
the President should the league fail.
NEW POLICY INAUGURATED
FOR WATER TRANSPORTATION
CORPU8 CHRIST) LOSSES
.-.'. MORE THAN $20,000,000,
Corpus Christl, Texas. Fuller re
ports received from devastated storm
area of which Corpus Christl is the
center, swell the death roll of last
Sunday's hurricane and confirm esti
mates that the property damage will
exceed $20,000,000. .
Little progress was made in the
recovery of bodies floating on the bay,
despite that there was no let up in
this work. " '
LABOR AGITATOR IS SHOWN
"THE WAY OUT OF SAVANNAH.
fterm, which was perhaps the! largest
number ever granted at one term of
Robeson cotut. : , . i ..' -
Savannah. J. C. Sullivan, former
member of the Macon fire department
was taken into custody here by Po
lice Chief Woods and will be placed
on board a train for Macon. Chief
Woods said that he apprehended the
ex-fireman upun direct orders of
Mayor Stewart.
Sullivan, it was stated, had expect
to call a meeting ot firemen tor the
purpose of explaining the advantages
of unionism.
.Mayor Stewart in a statement de
clared that "ther will be no unions
in the Savanaah police or fire depart
ments, and- any man Joining a union
will lose his job immediately."
Washington. A new rate making
policy for the protection of w.iter
transportatkn was urged before tho
house Interstate and foreign com
merce committee by . ex-('hairniau
John H. Small. North Carolina, of the
rivers and harbors committee. Mr.
Small asked that the Esch bill be
amended so that railroad lines com
peting with water lines may not de
stroy water traffic. This should be
supplemented, he said, by legislation
permitting cities and ' towns along
streams to erect terminals.
RETAIL PRICES FOR FOOD
INCREASED DURING AUGUST
Washington. Retail prices of food
Increased One per cent In August, as
compared with July, and reached the
highest point in the nation's history
despite the government's campaign to
reduce the cost of living.
The increase probably already ap
parent In the consumer was revealed
when the departmentof labor's bu
reau of labor statistics made public Its
monthly report.
The foodstuffs increasing In price
were eggs, rice, potatoes, milk, pork
chops', butter, cheese, coffee, sugar,
dry beans and bread. Prices declined
for sirloin and round steak, rib and
chuck i oasts, onions, bacon, .flour.' cab
bage and canned peas, corn, beans and
tomatoes. . "' ' ',
TREATY SHOULD BE RATIFIED
. AS IT READS WITHOUT DELAY.
Watertown, N. . Y. "The treat
should be ratified without delay and
without change," declared Secretary
ot State Robert Lansing here in the
first public utterance made by him
since the statement of Wm. G. Bul
litt' before the senate foreign rela
tions committee, In which it was al
leged that the secretary of state or
May It,' In Paris, said that 4f tht,
American people knew what was) is
the treaty they would defeat it.
RECOMMENDS DECREASE IN
V NATION'S WflJAT ACREAGE
Washington. A reduction in the
acreage to be sown to winter wheat
this fall of approximately 15 per cent
from last, year's acreage was recom
mended by the department of agri
culture. This reduction, which would
mean a total of about 42 000 000 acres
this year, was recommended, It was
said, on the basis of prospective con
ditions of world supply and demand
as Judged by specialists of the depart
ment who were sent abroad to report
on the crop status of European coun
tries. . ' , c
STOCK OF RAW COTTON SMALL
IN HANDS ENGLISH SPINNER8
Washington Present stocks of raw
cotton In the ha" of British spin
ners are very small, probably no mill
having a supply for more than two or
three weeks ahead, according to a re
port from the American agricultural
trade commissioner at London on the
cotton situation in United Kingdom.'
' Labor conditions and the high price
ot cotton, together with the uncertain-. '
ty ot exchange, havs made the spin
ners cautious. ' , -