North Carolina Newspapers

--r-.ir:- ;.--f.- - -5 . !; " .' The it':" The News of Business ia Car; ried in. the Advertising Columns of the Morning Star-Read arid K . . .,--. '.-,. ': - - Int.;-:. rartly ..cloudy cooler Saturday, probnbly shower o the coast Sanday cloudy; inoderate .vanakl.lada. . r. itaee of river lit TayftteTtnetreiter- dny 8 -A..v,- ?i gyS - -v.-s ,-.s"-j--v. t-.--.- 1 VOL. CVIIL No: 24. SIMMONS ASSHIiJM mi I AC nDAl'HiTAIfl-Q Rill AS DRAWN TA! CARE OF ULTRA niGli Offers Substitute Aimedv Equitable Distribution of The Tax Burden at SALES TAX URGED Smoot Proposes Three Percent Manufacturers Tax as 7 General Substitute . A WASHINGTON, Sept. 30---Tw.O Jsepa- rate tax most of progrrama as substitutes for the levy provisions 4Jn .h pending revenue revision bill were pre sented today to the senate one from the Republican -side ' and 'one from, the Democratic side. . , Senator Smoot, of Utah, proposed: ; A manufacturers sales .tax oil 3 per cent on articles as nnally.cflniBhedor produced for consumption -or use. 1 Repeal of all of the c&ecial-Ji'wkr taxes, of whatever nature, ineluding: the excess profits and transportation levies. - ; - Retention of the existing -". 16 per cent income tax on corporations.5 Senator Smoot proposed no change in the committee plan with regard to individual income taxes or the existing tobacco, liciuor and inheritance taxes.. Senator Simmons, or North Carolina, proposed : . A graduated income tax on corpora tions, ranging irom is x- 10 za.per cent in lieu oi ine excess proms wi, ; Restoration of the income surtax rates to a maximum of 52 , per cent on incomes in excess of 500,000. i Repeal of the transportation - taxes on ireifrni, passenger ana i-unman ac commodations. ' - ; Retention of the corporation capi tal stock tax. -. Repeal of $2,000 exemption allowed corporations. V That individual exemptions .be .con fined to incomes below $20,000 v Slight reductions In the normal rates on incomes below $20,000. ' ' ' ? Senator Simmons told the senate. that if there could be an agreement for an equitable readjustment of the taxes so that the several groups or taxpayers would be on a parity as proposed in the Democratic program; ha personally would be willing ito -givasejrtoBieon slderation to a manuiaeturers saae or consumption tax, properly? "safeguard-?' ed, as a substitute for all of the mis cellaneous taxes imposedi under the present law. '- - v " ' ." ' The North Carolina senator appealed to parties to get . together in an effort t0 work out a bill meeting the require ments of the present situation and conditions. -' .. .. . y- ' Senator Simmons offered the Demo cratic tax program to. -the. senate atj the conclusion of a three-aour aaaress, in which he vigorously assailed; the senate finance committee ' bill " as one providinir for tax reductions "in. be half of the corporations and the "ultra rich." I "Taking the bill from the beginning to the end of it," he said, "there is hardly a tax that is touched where the little man is not forgotten and ignored and his rights: trampled upon while the rich man's ' slightest " whis pers for relief are heard and taejnoney of the people lavishly rebated and re mitted to these men who. have grown so mighty in this country-.that they can fix the prices of my pfoductB when it is one of their raw materials: and then fix the price that I 'shall - pay for the finished product after they have manipulated it." . r ; y .-.'. Senator Simmons took - a r flinjg . at Treasury Secretary Mellon for recom mending repeal of the profits taxes and the high income surtaxes and - at the same time suggesting- new levies, such as increased rates on first class post: age. a bank check 'levy and a license tax on automobiles. ' " , The ways and means committee, the senator said, accepted' the secretary's proposal- to reduce the levies on . the wealthy, but had "too much - political sagacity" to attempt to put on the. lew taxes proposed. Assailing the committee proposal' to retain the taxes on freight, passenger and Pullman at half the present rates, Senator Simmons said if there .was any tax "that ought to be taken, off n the interest of business so that we may have a speed return to f normalcy In this country, it is this tax." Senator McCumber, of North rDakota, ranking Reoubllcan" on the -, finance committee, in replying, declared J1 the "orth Carolina senator" had not off ered one word of constructive thought.? "I can t help but contrast the dlf lerenc. he declared, "between - the support given now by the senator from. -yjrin Carolina and his adherents-sand tne sunoort which rlvtn. htm In 191S hen. as chairman of i the finance committee, he was in charge of the lev enue bill. There was no partisanship then. anri the senator had . the ajnre serveri and patriotic support of all-senators, i regret that since the obllga "ons forced upon us bjr, the. war must b met. the senator from North Caroli na can not find it in, his heart to "dis card Partizanship and help getAhe'best Possible revenue bill through congress." -enator Reed, Democrat,. of Missouri, to the defense of Senator Sim, mns with tho HMnrAHnn v-that "anv accusation that the sinatoTfrbm North- ",UUM has been playing politics is "ot only unkind, but wholly unjustifl-1 - - ne contended that Senator. Sim ons had offered a constructive pro rani. and insisted that it was, the tuty i every member of congress ."to do 1 in his power to pass a wise. revs- LrMRER INTERESTS MERGE ' IN BIG MUL.L AT GOLDSBORO DSBORO, Sept SOPlans Ywere tern ted here today whereby the Eb LurnKSe Lumber company; ' WhitiVille tr .?f coinpany, and -a number-of oth- mms win consolidate and' build large ' piant hei-a nn :h(lijwlt m 0 hundreds of people- Capt. Nathan Pinv 1 1-JJO neaa oi ... tn newwiu IRIlfAD IfilfltATinM hr nririiirn UWIflJIUN'Ut miER In Business-Like Note De Val- ejraJAgrees to Meet British m ionrerence lJNDpN, Sept. 30. (By Associated ea-)--In a brief, businessrlike mes sage, iEamon de Valera this eyening Informed Premier Lloyd-George of his acceptance of the premier's lnyitatioh ror a conference in London October 11 ok rthe ,,; Irish s question, thus clearing the way for' A momentous attempt to settletHecenturleB-oldi problem be tween -'Ireland and, Great" Britain. - ; A Relief .was expressed " Ih officlai cir cles here -tonight that the difficulties, which ..for; some, -time -seemingly threatened to prevent another, confer ence,', apparently had been cleared away by the message of Mr.: de Valera. Th 'reply praised no question' as to the status br- the-Sinn Fein delegates, and no further correspondence between the premiere and the Irish leader is ex-pected.,1-,;,..,;t.;. .. - , 'Onr: respective positions have been stated- and understood, and - we' agree that conference, jiot correspondence, is the most practicable and hopeful way to.ancunderstandlng," said Mr. de Va lera's, message. In announcing that the Irish, delegates would meet .Mr. Lloyd George on the date th premier has set. POSTOFFICE REASON FOR Action unsatisfactory President Made Order and They .'';; Go Around It ' 1 peIal te The Star) ! WASHINQTON, Sept. 80. Represen tative Weaver received this letter from the - first assistant postmaster-general todajr; ; . j ; . , .--.'';-. -wish , to advise .you that it" was decided when : the executive, order; of May: 10;': 1S21,J was Issued. -.to 'make, no appointments ; from .eligible registers submitted 'prior' to. that .time. How ever,1 it was later determined iff an ef fort to s help relieve the congestlon'i In the -c'vil : service 'commission to again take up - these old registers and . make as many appointments as , possible 'for them,,-' - ?'?;'. v-': .;' .r--"'.: "-k '-J-'A i";- v "Mr. -4yde vH. TJarreC iwhosa name was on the old, registers,. was appoint ed Upestmaster at Andrews ' In. accord ance with the order, mentioned,, which provided 'that the name of one of the highest : three, ellgibiesmay h. submit ted? for- appointment as Is- deemed.most advisable for the interests of; tM po- f o'r:.an aliswer. y He - denjads hErii before, aj - senate committee; .;Jir - -..'t c," - -. .. - r.... ,- .;. ... 4 'J. i .; , . ' " 4i HOWATaND DORCHY GO TO JAIL FOR 6 MONTHS Miners Officials Refuse to Give Bond ' - Columbus, Kan s., Sept. 30. Alexan der M-.Howat president , of the Kan sas mine workers ' union, and August Dorchy, vice-president went to the Cherokee county jail today . to begin serving, sentences of six months each for violating the criminal section, of the Kansas industrial court law by calling a."" strike. Tonight announcement was made that the Kansas mine workers union membership would meet Sunday at Franklinto discuss a voluntary strike throughout, the field. . Announcement also was made that no strike, .vote had, been taken but that ', It'.'jwas expected the meeting Sunday would reflect the views held in ; thefleld " on Ho wat's- and ' Dorchy's imprisonment. i - ; The two men went to jail after they had appeared in court and declined to furnish bond of $2,000 each that they would call no more strikes in 'the Kan sas coal "fields. The proceedings were witnessed by hundreds of miners from all parts of the district. ' There were demonstrations as the two men were taken in custody by Sheriff William Harvey., who took them -out by a s'de entrance,' to avoid-the crowd. - , TBSTlMOBTir AGAINST iAWYER JOHN H. POPE STARTS TODAY JACKSONVILE. Fla., Sent. 30. Hearlna' Of testimony will begin to morrow CJn" the trial of John H. Pope, local -attorney, charged with first 'de gree murder. The selection, of a jury. which i had taken up the greater part of the two weeks proceedings and ex hausted ; more than .100 veniremen was completed" with dramatic abruptness today.' C:-... . ? - '' . , The--itate' will- rely principally it' is understood on the testimony of Frank Rawlins." awaiting trial for the killing of George : H. -Hickman, local - theatre manager, '-when Rawlins robbed, the theatre ,on its ' opening night, Septem ber 4. -lAn alleged Confession by Raw lins implicating Popef brought him to trial as the alleged "master-mind" in the robbery, .-rirwin . Novltsky; whom a granu jury investigated in connection with the case, but. found no true. bill, is being" held1 also as a material witness. h 1 ' ' ' '" 1 :r ) COAL MXIfERS REFUSE TO, i - fApfO REFUND OF SALARIES " ." . i '."-:" :' ' - . INDIANAPOLIS, Ind.,; SepV 30. By an overwhelming . voter' the convention of the United Mine Workers of Amer ica killed a motion to, require officers of the union ; to repay a -part of their salaries Which were increased in July last-year, ? President jonn u. xowia, m asking , rejection of the i motion; said its adoption Would brand the- officers In the - public mind as - a -'band of thieves7,;' :' '.' ''-':: : :'''- , '- .' ' -V- The defeat of the motion was - by a vote ot ;j,896-toa.B4o. J v;;- ;; y i Completion of the roll call on the officers salary question was ? the only work done today by the convention:. " f l'' gOLDIEBi FOR FAIRS -'r. '::: ? 'Washington. Sept.. M-V-Brig. . Oen. Berroby. of Camp Bragg, notified Senator-Simmons today that, he . would. nd?ary first; to the inston,. Roi.wt-Kn --to the -Greensboro .fair. H .wilJ ls6 iairran .WI01INGT(VN r.Si&X FOR THE UMEMPLOYEniRY GERM . " . ' - - m p. mm m aw IS COMMUNITY AFFAIR Conference . Places Responsibil ity and Leadership on His Honor, The Mayor ASK LOWER PRICES ShWProitPandQuik Sales Urge on Manufacturers and Dealers WASHINGTON, Sept. 30. Formula tion pf an emergency program design ed to effect the Immediate relief of the nation's idle, variously estimated at from 3,500,000 to 5,500,000 persons, was completed today by the national con ference on unemployment with the adoption of specific measures recom mended by committees. The conference then adjourned un til October 10, when it will consider a permanent unemployment policy and suggestions for the return of business and. commerce to normal. Meanwhile Its committee's will work on details of- these subjects. The: conference found the task, of meeting the unemployment emergency was primarily a community affair, with the responsibility of leadership and Its solution resting on the mayors. Fed eral, state and .municipal aid, however, was urged. Particular reference was inads by :the conference ta the connec tion between prices and the solution.' of the country's .economics questions, rf: "During the period of - drastic eco nomic:, readjustment- through which we are now, passing," the' emergency pro gram said, "the -'continued efforts lof anyone to profit ; beyond the require ments of safe business practice or economic consistency, . should be con demned; One of the important y obsta cles., to a", resumption- of- norma, busi ness activity will be' removed as prices reach replacement values' in .terms', of efflelent ; , producing, and .dlstributln cost Plus reasonable profit. ' -; !We,; therefore; .strongly urge all manufacturers and- - wholesalers who may, not" yet -have adopted this : policy to do so, but it is essential to the suc cess of these measures whew put lnW effect 'that retail prices -shall 'promptly and .fairly, reflect the price i" adjust- ment --thenroduceri"': manufacturer f jMlie .-OiesalerlWheTi thessHhrti lnt. '.KMrTKA.n'VAArirM'iA 1f f . - w -vva va .. w recommendations;omplied with, we are "-confldentt that the public will . iu oreas their purchases,- thereby iri creasikg the -operations of the mtlls; factories ahd transportation comba nles, - and consequently reducing tho number1 of. unemployed." -Specific recommendations adopted by the conference by - emergency relief were:.1 . . - ..- -.; Emergency committees"1 representing the various elements, of the committees to establish public- employment agon- leies and co-ordinate the distribution of -work.' ; ' ' Publication by the. committee of "the numbers dependent upon them for. em ployment and the prevention of unco ordinated solicitation of fund.-- Private houses, hotels, offices' rstc, to contribute by doing their repairs. cleaning and alterations during the winter instead of in the spring when employment would ' be more plentiful. Municipalities to expand their school, street, sewerage, repair work, and pub lic buildings to the - fullest volume compatible -with - existing - circum stances. "Governors to unite all state agencies in support of the mayors and expe dite' construction of roads, state build ings, etc. , : Federal authorities.: including the federal reserve banks, to expedite the construction of public building and works covered by existing appropria tions. ' " r. j Congressional appropriation at the present session for roads to make available employment. ! To speed up constructural work it was recommend ed - that governors of states summo.i committees to determine the facts and to '-organise -.community ' action in get ting adjustments in cost, including re moval rof ; freight discriminations, cam paigns against combinations, restric tion : of effort, and - unsound practices where they exist to the end that build ing may be fully resumed. -' The greatest area for the immedi ate relief of 'unemployment was found by the conference to be in the .con struction industry with a shortage of more than- 1,000.000 homes affording nftthilitv . of employment of more than Z.OOO.UOU peraouu, were resumed. ; - ": - if construction AMERICAN FARMERS LODGE A PROTEST TO WAR STUFF TAX . '. '" ' ''. '.'-- WASHINGTON. Sept. . 80.-rOpposition to the proposed tax of 90 per cent on American war (material re-imported in to this country was expressed v today by the' American Farm Bureau federa tion, which : said that adoption of the tax - would prevent - its : members and those of other farmer organizations front taking 'advantage of low prices on necessary i agricultural equipments offered by importers., v., . Great quantities i of 'American farm machin-iry and building material; has been offered to the federation at 50 pericent of the wholesale price In this country, .it: was said, .the Oklahoma's Farmers union and State Farm Bureau f ederation beips : mentioned as among those i which already have signed con traets;;' :ImpdsltlOn,'of the atx, -;the statement -said, would mean that-. the great saying would go to foreign farm ers; . ' .;' -. : N.v V:Vr'V-' '' .:--..'' " -. '.v. .'t WILSON.' TOBACCO SALES. - WILSON; Sept. .30. For the week ending September 29 "official sales of tobacco on -the, Wilson :market reported by H. B.. Johnson, secretary .of the to bacco board of--trade are:: , - Pounds 2,390,620,whicb sold for $681,. KS9.31 orr S28.51 per , hundred pounds. incjrease. in- aveTage).'of $3.24-per .Hun dred over sales tor, previous wee, . - Totals to date.; '9,297,898-' pounds. whlch-br9ught42,310.966,9 anU-round ai-iil Mir w - - VI - . - 1 te- One Lone m Makes Speech Agai AUUtner Factio eemS : . BERLIN, Se OBy- Associated Press'.) App tfie : peace 'tres,ty with , the: : nnf .- JtesVCwiis. vbedi by the reicnsta 'f0PkiBhX9. bill ratlfmg?aty-i(ras dispensed with, iy agreementpf except the ceromunists,'' and , thus but a few-1 mlnuils' we'ref required f dr." tie procVedtojXil':' ' f-x ' " Whefi .thbjtteaty. -as1 Veachedon he day's ' calsndayj H"rr Loebe, president of the reichsta 'asfce'i any objections ;to the-blli, whereupon Walter Stoeckernihijant,.. rushed . to the speaker'srstand .and for five min utes Indulged In' a d'enunciatlon -of ' the treaty, decr1bIn-iMV$fnickery- Jet President Wilson's .fourteen points" and as having bett- .'ucatid by .Anjerican capital." - ti'v- ' :;V.f As none" of the- other parties -desired to speak, the iiU:passed'all. three i readings- by a rrisrng Irote, ; which -'showed an overwheliningly. majority. -. The na tionalists casjtf their -votes- for ' accept ance. : .. .i. , ' . ' '; V .. V- Herr Loebe .thanked .the . house -for promptly disposing of the issue and ex-, pressed gratification ;byer - the' impend ing resumption tef friendly relations with the "last drVGermatiy's 'numerous foes." . '. ; -'"'.- '. v.. 4'By virtue of fhiresolution;' normal relations' between; the ' two 'countries will be restored je said. ' "I gladly take occasion jtc express satisfaction that further - pendmg-' matters -can now De setuea uy negotiations. ; believe J x voice me vrews or n.-grat majority of the - house perhaps f- of . all, - In exprees Ing the expectation that fr-iendJy rela tions between the United States and Germany which? were- int'errupted ' b v the; war, will .heaeeforth- and for all time 'remain 'undlsturt id." ' Loud cheering ?gree!ed Herr Loebki. ' FOUR RAIt; UNIONS NOT VOTING LIKE TRAINMEN H Put per in Com- foTirrailro&dvbrdtSetWod using1 the joint ;striki balft wiji; .no place the power: to,8trike An the hands of the organizations various grievance counted. Warren S. Stone,;grartd Wef of h. TtMt.t4.n inH w! of the Brotherhood of Locomotive 'JEh glneers, said tonight. Vs -- v : : In this respect Mr. Stone's organiza tion ana . tne Bronernopd of .Locomotive Enginemen and Firemen, the ' Switch- men's Union -of North America and ihe" Order of Railway Conductors differ from the Brotherhood s. of Rallroad Trainmen, which Is balloting Separately, Mr. Stone called attention . to that portionf the joint ballot .which reads;, "I have personally read the foregoing and hereby authorize the. "chief cxocutlves and general chairman to act as my agents and-attorneys -In. dealing for a settlement of these ques tions and if the said, .chief executive's" and general chairmen are -unable -otherwise to effect a, Settlement satisfactory to them, I hereby cast", my vote fdr (against) a strike" ' ' '" ..'.'-" '-!; "Reports ; emanating - f rom ! 'Chicago' concerning the general ; raihroad - situ ation are a-bit--misleadingr"Mr.-;.Stpne said, "and do .not "tend to clarify the matter In the -minds of : theJ-public Our men are not .voting on . the ques tion of placing the power of negotiat ing in the hands 6t the. executives and the only point In; the controversy , is the matter of wages." v . f ,v The trainmen, according to . reports from Chicago, have voted overwhelm-, ingly -in favor of a strike. ..The actual power to strike. President 'W. G. Lee said, will be placed in the hands - of the .grievance1. - commi ttees next ; week. DR. BELCHER IS ACQUITTED ',' k. OF MURDER OF- MISS TURNER Wv ' 'u' .'--..; v-r -?;'- CLEARWATER, FlaA J Sept.-, 3 Ol--Ur,-I. J. Belcher," Tarpon Springs1 : phy-r siclan on . trial 'for manslaughter, n connection with the'" deaths of his .cou sin. Miss Virginia Turner,, was "foiimd not guilty by . a jtjry in circuit " court early tonight. .. The jury: deliberated f 6t about an hour. . The - physician, was found not guilty of either of .-the two counts of an . indictment, returned against hint. ':--;.';;:'; T'V-t T"' The body of Miss Turner was found floating In a creek by two small boys on September 27. A coroner's Jury held that she had died sis a result of: a crim. Inal operation The body exhibited a stab wound T above the .heart and - a broken arm, ; , . NEGRO KILLED ; BY. NO. 81 . NEAR WRIGRTSBORO; STATION A negro whose, name could not .be learned was run -over and .. killed ; j?y No. 91, A." ,C. IT passenger - from the north, early k this rnornlhg, near Wrightsboro stations-it was learned -on the arrival of. the train at '.Tinion;' sta" tlon. ' -The man's head , was", servered. from his body," The bodjr 'Wis HI eft" for; the' coroner to vieAV'at today-; V ' ',";' '--' - ?; . WILL ACCUSE-XRBUCKLE" OF 5 . -' POSSESSING VERBOTEJT-FLUID SAN FRANCISCO, aept. 8Q: Robert ' H. Mccormick special :asSlStanto Jtie United States' attorney getferal.V an nounced .' tonighthe wouldffile .shortly a federal informationchargingRos:6oe Arbuckle wlth unlawful -possession Tjf liquor. .,-,, wxtm:.xmm ' PENSIONS' FOR TAR HEELS ' : ' i t ' NEW; POSTMAf TEH; T MTV OLIVB-t :WashlngtonV-"Sept:; 30.-Penslonr.are granted as follows:- - James 'M.Raney Nealsville, $15; David; Cqrt Raleigh; Horace L Pendleton. ; -Hickory, - $12; Fiorehco-;-Av;Jettersqn ,wuuam:.fe UQwers..w . nominatea :"T.'- .:: - J GHSTAGiCAUSESlVERYDEGIDED 'f:' . -'.'..-.-'"--v.- - - .-, J mr iunr ill minmrnri i AU VANUj: : m : OUdlliCdd i Federal Reserve Rpvfmur for -: September Is Optimistic and 4 ; ttlAIXE LOOKING UP Distri&UtOrY -More Active and Industry Is Well Sustained " Washington, Sept. -30. American business conditions " improved decidedly during September: in the view of the federal reserve board which made pub lic tonight a ; distinctly optimisttepti view of conditions for the month'lm-' portant changes for the . better 'Vere seen in' the cerdit situation, "distinct encouragement" in many gasic: ljusi ess lines," and strong liquidation .in dicating 'increased- ability- of business to ' settle Its accounts. . .The "wholesome improVement", which the board's correspondents found in ' almost 'every - section,.1 appear ed: to have been based largely "on the advance In cotton prlces.i;'As a ' re sult of the higher cottoir values liqui dation has 'taken place and " wholesale and-retail trade has-been--buoyed up, the . reports . said. . . "s. i v ' -. . Marked improvement In the credit -I aivuiiH--w-5(,-j(TO djt -me review as the ooteworth'ifsiturie of business dur ing the montthe board declaring that "taken all' in alC from a- finan cial standpoiiJC;the month has been is the main a period of distinct encour agement'V ' . - - - The board noted, only -a slight In crease in employment in the thirty days,, but added that while the end of the harvesting and --crop -movement season. , might tend to increase -.- the number of unemployed, this was' like ly to be offset'by a growth In' demand for-labor- on ithe part of manufacturing. luuuoii ies. . j -.. .f .,", "Railroads 1 have begun to, increase the number of their embldves to 'soma Extent, especially In the 1 far ' west". tne , review, continued, . rand , the " fact that . building contracts i have . reached a record figure 'for. thisyear' prdmiges partial. . employment inl- that service" during , the autumn?; r j ; There has been -'a steady and Veason bly J.heavy movement .agrlifiture products '- to distributing' 4 niC?xort centers, jaei Doara- reported , '.prceft- WQtRTheW;iavt tent, aitnougn .a drop in K quotations ;was : seeh.'VattrOted?; lqcaiv maketing. c6nditions.;.;iy; , ieiiie manuiactu.ring,,Jaafi.; De en well """Hi .'oard s: agents', said, adding, that-the boot, and shoe Indus try t had, "no tably active". . ---:'tter??.''';'': Some hesitancy still aicSioted on ine -parp. qistriDUtors iOiPlace large targe oraers, out xorr-oreeet tills, large seasonal - biisinesfih- jrirtaih 'x lines of nied -Wi-h: nrria "zrfni- ctr.ir ' wBoiesaie-. iraaers ; wepe reportea, eou ment.- - ,:j--k - . . - - - w-hv-w y . wn. a . a SOUTH AMERICAN CONDITIONS SHOWING : MARKED IMPROVEMENT ; WASHINGTON, Sep V-' 30. Business conditions, in South America - were marked during September bysteps, to wards -a recovery which were, regarded as having the earmarks of permanency; apVsordlng to advices to . the depart ment ,of commerce, made public to nlght. . t , . ' As an important feature- in'the Im provement, agents of the department -cited- practically complete withdrawal of the large amount of general mer chandise which - had accumulated" in customs houses. Slight improvement in . exchange conditions aisp had a bearing on. the situation: ; . . Although labor unrest was reported' as a disturbing f actorVln . some lobali" ties, the department "summary vieived the situation so ' hopefully as ' to ; sug gest that v North --'American, export houses "could inake valuable usej of their time' by strengthening their ex port organizations." i The statement added that, the exporters here should be ready to handle "efficiently, the bus- iihesa which they may property expeet 'from Sbutb-America;" ' .5 - U ; . ' German competition -was '.said to e at work in Argentina, forcing lower prices. Fewer salesmen , from North America also were said to be in evK dence, ' and little ' foreign investment jjcapitat is entering the country. Greater StOCfCS Ot.iexporia.Die cominoumca w.eto reported on . "hand than a 'year, ago, while exports ' of hides and , wool - to AMERICAN METHODISTS; TELL BRITISH DRY LAW IS 0(KE1I v: London, " Sept. SO. A committee f five American delegates,-; headed, .by Bishop James .Cannon - of Yirgihia, - who were : appointed A by ." the- Methodist ecumencial J conference, has issued a reply to Lord' Northcllffe's recent- al leged statements concerning ' prohibi tion - in the . United " States.; - , - , - , ? The committee; reviews the history of the. prohibition;, .movement" in the United States - and cites statistics ?of its results. :::A-V'tt - It quotes - President , Harding . , and other prominent ' Americans as having Indorsed prohibition .and says; -; .': : . V "We insist,':: iudged by the- usual standard . of. results,", that the' prohibi tion law has been beneficial - to .the people of the 'United . States. . We. as sert; ? as a: committee , represenyn'g .ev-- tat. ncludln-sr bankers. manii- factnrers.l' merchants, farmers, -editors. college pfotessor...pastQrs .and. bishops. that we know rfrom personal obserya tlod that' the prohrbifibn "law has been a great benefit to the people . among wjibh-wenivev" :f -i sMPfA '.j., - ""' " . , ; " - j ; ; '. : , iWlRELEgS ? jDVTERESTS :; ittERGED; -':' Paris, Bept- 30.-r-(By -The Associated Press). An t internatibhal - j wireless c'ompany. for the control .and develop ment of the greater, part of the world's radio. Taciilties ; Is 7 in, process of ?.or ganizatidn here by- representatives' of the vwirelefis " interests Xof Great.vBri tain,' France, .Germany and the United held. by the , delegates, ,whoexpec$. to LIMIT TIffireDEBATE TO tiOURlPESlSENA Prohibition Leaders Get Expli cit Understanding' as to The ' Beer Bill. WASHINGTON, Sept. 30v An agree-: ment was reached by ; the senate late today to impose a debate time limit of one hour on each senator in considera tion of the peace ; treaties with Ger many, Austria and; Hungary beginning l in order jo expedite a vote on ratification. : ; Under the agreement it is expected- that the vote will be reached on October 14 Vr IS. ' ... The original plan for an .agreement I to vote on October .14. was abandoned iftfter Senator . JCjbdge,-? the -Republican leader, and Senator 'Uridetwood, the I Democratic .leader,. .. had found that i -unanimous consent would noVbe given for a epecifloda'y oh which to take final action. Leaders tonight expressed the opinion that the"; debate would not be protracted after, the hour rule goes into, effect. The agreement; also 'provides that senators shall be limited to ten minutes for .consideration of reserva tions. . . .. 'v' ; '. '- v -: i: - The voting, agreement - was held up temporarily and almost rejected today by. managers of the anti-beer bill who, fearing this measure" might be side tracked, forced Senator Lodge- to delay presenting the agreement.. ' Speaking later for- the prohibition group, - however Senator Sterling, .Re publican, South ...Dakota, 64id his fears for- the anti-beer , measures had -proved unfounded. V'- , '-"," ' ; " ;. ' . "In : fact, in conference, with Repub lican leadersj he saldV"'! have secured an even more. distih'cand expltelt u'n derstanding thatt he anti-beer bilLwlll be taken up and that there will .be no adjournment of. thie.sesston of congress until the conferenee report ' (on the pro-1 hibltioh raeasureir-is disposed of.-" Senator Reed, Democrat,.?' Missouri, interjected that he and other opponents of the an ti -beer1 " blli - .wer e not to be bound by Mr;-' Sterling's' 'understanding wibhe, R'eubUjbiitt;ilee.L Stf ktAm BTIGMION STOPPED BY raoSECUTOR Probe iSuddenl. Dropped in l-..:'-.'.-v KCwiand ci- .''' i l'A:-jf.vtI-Opthto the i ac- m tivj.twtieiS:. jsto2$Bte;&fm$: :f lasdw -caiied offjyluntyrpfoseotr ter"-.Charl es f'WvJLovei.; grand gobljn : f or Ohio, 'Wisconsihi '?.ichigan-xv'inaiatia Illinois, ;-KhtUoky;f and Earl Hockaday flting ikeagle Vfor CWo, and Chester W Totten, .chief 'organizer for, this:: district voluntarily appeared forexaml8Atioja.'i''vr' .t:, .; -v '.:''---; The officers- werej?iermitted . to re turn i to tbelr- homes, promising - to re turn to. Cleveland any. time, Stanton r other officials 'tdefiired to renew, the 4 investigation.; . l "Only one side ot tn agitation, nas i . - ... -.. .. .. . peen; presented , to tne, county, prosecu tor's' office - arid ' no' evidence has' been offered - by anyone . unsympathetic to the Ku Klux Klan which would war rant taking ?the matter to the grand jury," Stanton stated Jh announcing that, for the 'present,, the Investigation is at an end.' .. J'v; WEATHER FORECAST BY STATES WASHINGTON, Sept. v 30. Virginia: Fair and somewhat cooler Saturdays Sunday fair with moderate tempera ture. - :.',,.1 , . - North and South Carolina: . Partly Cloudy; and cooler Saturday preceded by showers on the .coast; Sunday clou dy ;. moderate variabl winds. ' Georgia: . partly cloudy, In north; local showers in sQ.oth - portion Satur day; cooler Saturday, Sunday unsettled px obably showers Vhvsoutbe, portion. -Florida, extreme .'northwest Florida: Local thundershowei4Saturday and probably Sunday; ; ; , Alabama and Mississippi: Cloudy in interior; probably powers "near the coast Saturday and Sunday. ; Tennessee: Fair Saturday; Sunday cloudy somewhat warmer. 1 - Arkansas: . Saturday fair, warmer; Sunday, partly' cloudy.;- - y , V.. Oklahoma:- . Saturday fair" warmer; Sunday part clojfdy probably unsettled. East Tftxasl7. Saturday, generally fair, warmer; Sunday, . increasing clou diness. '.;V -'' . ' . West Texas:' Saturday, partly clou dy warmer; Sunday; unsettled probably local showers In north portion. ; Winds Hatteras to Key West: Mod- 4-erate variable winds; generally cloudy with showers saturaay.- East gulf : Fresh -east to "north, winds ; cloudy with local rains Saturday; west gulf: Fresh east to 'north .winds; cloudy with local rains Saturday. . . . s Hatteras to Florida- straits : - Mod erate variable winds; -generally cloudy with showers Saturday. - - Sandy Hook to Hatteras: Fresh- west' winds;: fair weather Saturday.' ". BURN WEEVIL INFESTED STALKS NEW ORLEANS,. Sept.- 40. Farmers in all weevil-Infested- -sections of the belt are. urged1 to- burn-or" turn under their cotton stalks; in ' ah appeal sent today by Edwin' S." "Bu'tlfer, president of the .New Orleans ' cotton exchange, to the otherexchang.es. in. the south. : . 'IThe campaign .. should . be. . started without delay," - says - the-. appeal, "as we understand ' that if ;the . stalks re main in v the 'ground,- imtil- frost -the -wreeVll will iiav ample food." - - r : -WEST HUNGARY. FOR .KING t VIENNA t Sept. .30.rr-(By. Associated Press.) Official: , confi-rmation. Is given by . the Austrian government"-to reports thai former Premier Fr'ediech?;of Hun gary, has Issued a proclamation estab lishing West-Hunsary as an independ ent state 'in-, the ' hame 'of the king." Budapest 'press '; dispatches,- however, deny the report. ' .'. '- :.'-' : - f- " ; ''. "" - V, -f -..." PROMIBTriON DIRECTOR" NAMED. ' - WASHINGTON, Sept- 30. Frederick D. Dismuke was appointed today: state prohibition "director, for Georgia. . The appointment ' is -ff ective upon' taking the oath of. oHpe.:'v Headquarters will OLDEST DAILY. IN: THE STATE. STATE! U SAYSP f lEAiliEillYi Short Term Notes Are Issued and Handled Much as Bonds Are Handled PAYS NO ' DISCOUNT On Maturity the State, How ever, Will Pay . One Percent Premium ;bn TOe Notes By JULE. P.. WARREN. -' RALEIGH, Sept. AO .-Treasurer B.K Lacy, back from" New Yerk, where he ( secured five 'mlljion. 'dollars for . tho state, declares that.' while he has borq rowed money at a smaller interest ratey certain phases of the new contract ar better than Jib " has ever befbrft. ee cured. ". i ' . ... f' '';' In the first' place, the rshort errri notes are issued and handled much aa bonds are handled There will be no discounting of the nbtes, for the treas urer got the .full Vive, million - dollars and will pay, interest' at the end of ev ery isx months " period. ' "' . ;i ' Four million dollars of the loan is ort a two-year basis, , and one million is on 21 months paper, but provision is made in the contract- so- that the state can pay back any, part 'or all of -he! money after one', year, ; provided natwo of the intention of the state ., to pay ,ia given 30 days pfior'to repay'rrtent. The notes, taken up' under this cause, wiil be bought in by' the'State at 10L The treasurer' declares that the statd will save money," oh that ' proposition, for should the boftd market Improve so that, bonds can' be; Sold one year from the date of the .'loan, 'the state will save money by paying thV one. pet cents premium rather than pay interest on the whole . loan, for another yeir, ot for the remainder of the time Hintll th notes mature. , V -' -. , :v No strings are' tied 'to; the loan. Thet( treasurer gets the' full face value of the notes, the majority of 'which; are datedi October, paysan'fer'e'st'at the end of ev- ery slix .months 'perldd,' and -will draw a large par of litfie -'Jlyie', million ; dollars! . ' oikt of the;New-Y6rkbahlVl inrthe im-i - , m medfatf dtu,rei1for''piiaclI ' is'-'needed.how;H.-y::-i;i"',:',:';"- V-y'V X?f&&'l lhremii'o jtuff'-n (V . Hawt v'wltlt'WBTTc- -riTSa " million : dollars .-.was , f borrowed for" buildings at vtheVvarlOus state lnstitu- tions which how have. work under con-i tract or are . ready to ask for - bids on work. Practically -'all-- .of - that one million, therafore, will1 be Used immedi-) ately: - ; The-otheriimiHion, making oub the five, was .borrowed for the school system. V This is the - mIH16n" dollars which becomes Cdue, earlier" than thej other, 'which runs for a full two-yean period. Some, clause ' in the law madW it necessary to agree to the maturity of these notes earlier . than the others. Mr. Xacy is better pleased with the .financial outlook since his .visit to NewH York.- -;.- . Governor Morrison tonight dispatch ed letters to the governors, of all cot-i ton-growing, states asking them to apj point a commission for .the, purpose of serving with a commission -from this state to study the economic conditlonsj growing out of. the cotton . growlngl business. The request is sent to re-1 sponse to a legislative resolution call ing for the appointment of a cotton, commission in North Carolina. R. O. Everett, Durham; A. W Mc Lean, Lumberton and Washington, and L.;J. Baker, are.. the three, commission era from North' Carolina, All have given '-considerable study; to the cotton problem. , r" . ' . . ; The governor suggests a joint meet-" ing of commissions, from all cotton-' growing, states at some central point, possibly Atlanta or New Orleans, to, try and work out some remedy for the cot ton problems. . , ' ... - --"V - V GEORGIA UNIVERSITY , PLANS . MAGNIFICENT, WAR MEMORIAL ATHENS, Ga., Sept. 30.--.As the first step in an alumni buildihg program for the University of Georgia,, which-calls for the expenditure of" $,500,000, a campaign to. raise', $1,000,000 as a war memorial to the 45 students of the uni versity .killed; in the World war will be launched in ' the south October" 11 and continue to. Armistice day, Dr. R. Pi Brooks, alumni secretary, announe ed'today. -., .' ,-'.,'.". , Sr;,:'. " According to present plans one of the finest war memorials in the south to. be known as i Alumni Memorial hail, will be constructed on the' university campus. ".i. '--r;,v..-'--"' ; ' "-' ':? "'' A quota of ' $315 has ' been fixed . of each alumnus," Dr. Brooks-said. "Public subscriptions also will be received, he ; added. - .-..::'..- :"tJ ''"' y -X'-i"-- Organizations - of " fund I committees has been completed in New' York, Chi- -cago, Washington, '- New Orleans, Mil waukee, Philadelphia and tin most of ine.Bouiiicrn . ana western- stales. WHITE MAN'S DEAD BODY FOUND IN A' SHALLOW POND Forsyth," Ga. Sept80i- -The body of C. H. Wlnh,; a carpenterwas found by small boys in a shallow pond near here today the : head;, crushed with an axe, down with " rocks - wrapped in a i'uilt a - sack over the f head ; aiid weighted and tied to; the 1egg,.v.'--;-".';C'.v: ..- : , l. The . man's arms --were sticking ' out of the water and tjie boys thought he was drowning! and called . a physician ,. who dragged - they body out. . After! a hurried : investigation - county, officials offered a $50, reward fpr Will Phlnney, negro. , '? v r . . . WW RATE , ON ORANGE BOXES MOBILE,. Ala.', Sept;, 80. The Mobile r and Ohio , railroad, will , publish': a rate of 2 1-2 cents -per box on orange boxes' returned, to producing point If ,the pro-.; posai is .approved r by the . southern' freight-yrate '.committee, according to ; announcement received here. Applica tion for permission-to put-the rate has f Xi 3 i 1 , TT .: ..U i' e neaa oi tne newcQi . . j ; :; n I average-of ,$2i.85 per. hundred-pounds.! today to be postmaster at Moun01ive.Jcemplete1 arrangements ; IntwO fweeks. J be in AUanta. :-';? -ft J h9tn-mel:&&t&r&i&&H i , fv;-w: "i-o-- vrii v.r--::":'r-;':.'-;.-: .-,'M:VI::::vv:y::r r:'?'-' '-' v.:"i'-i ':vf:U(vy3fr:-. - " t " - -s S .- ' " J