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THE NEWS AND OBSERVER. THURSDAY MORNING, DECEMBER . 11, 1919. REVALUATION ACT GETS CONDEMNED 1 State Farmers' Union Conven tion Gets Down To Business By Opposing It , Greentboro, De. 10. Mc Mine this afternoon to discos th revaluation act ni largely attended by both delegates to th Farmer' Caioa convention and farm! of Gail ford ooanty. It mil ob servable that at Guilford farmer in at Undanr th majority ara Republicans la politic. At tlia close ef the meeting President Alexander naked all who favored the repeal of tba reriluatioa act to alaad, and about two- thirds of the crowd stood: oa fall for those who favored it none atood. ' It wet evident from the flrit that the crowd wai predixpoeed against tha act. ;, Kd Long, of Graham and others tried jfo prevent a vote, though it cee, hardly ' ea faid that the revaluation act had any strong champion in the meeting. It wai nnderatood that the meeting wai for thoiie opposed to the act. Dr. Alexander led in the assault upon ' tha act i he declared it wis tba first etap toward a eapitalistio ridden country. J. A. Hmitli aim -made a vigorous aiwecu agnlust HrVaiiwtioa and painted the ftt- tur in lurid eolors. The necessity of pnying pell tax before on ran vote was -declared to be an infernal thing. J. I- Burgess read a three pug letter frbin r Josiuh William Bailey, in which the writer guve it as his opinion that the art would be amended or abniKloaed when tha legislature meets. Mr. Burgess tuid another in tha crowd said, "thati right' lr. Alexander, speaking again, predict ed thnt the lnud waa to tnkeii from the formers. A delegate, hy the name of Jenkins, mildly defended tha law. lie thought the old system waa rotten ami tha new one could lie no wome. The discussion went along this way for some time ontil the vote was taken and the meeting ended. Tonight it it being tald that Alexan der will be urged to accept the presi dency again. '- Only Ott "BROMO l ININE" To get the genuine, call for full name I-AXATIVE BROMO QUININE Tnhlets. Look for algnarnre of E. W. (WOVE. Cure a Cold in One I)uy. 30c. adv. OIL SITUATION IN MEXICO DISCUSSED (Continued from Page One.) world and was not limited to the nar tow bounds of the United Htates. He enld Mr. Wilson was opposed to capital in Mexico and everywhere else, no mat tef to whom the capital belonged, and thnt in expelling the Americans from Mexico, tha constitutionalists would re cwive the sympathy of tho American gov ernment. i Buckley assailed (he attitude of the tjil companies In Mexico. "The Mexican situation haa been raecte too much of an oil question," he told the oommittea, "and haa been coa fused too mock with oil, Tho oil companies have " u (Tared and are entitled to relief, but their suffering lint been nothing ns com pared to that of the American of smaller mesne." Tha oil eominnies, Buckley charged had pursued a weak and vticcilluting policy "very similar to thnt of the Am rleaa government In handling the gen ernl Mexican situation. ttfV)ii)aioBienpiirtureo) enstr pnoq ' "The oil company, able to tight. Buckle an id, ''haa not had the courage to do so and had fallen fines: en tne on alternative bribery. There la not no of tha foreign oil companies doing business ia Mexico which baa aot from on to one hundred Carrantlstoi on Ita payroll. In adopting this contemptible policy the oil companies have not only oatriimted to their presnt pellgrit but they have failed to sell that leader ship in tha fight for American rights in Mexico to which they were nrged by Ireumstaaeet and ia so failing they hav done Incalculable ham to the American of small mean and to the American people and to American pres tige." armed intervention the only solution Buckley Insisted he did not believ B suggested the possibility ef this government giving It unqualified tup port to some one representing the oil order, or, a an alternative withdrawing recognition of the present government and patiently await until a better gov ernment might bo established. ATTENDED DRY RALLY HELD IN GREENSBORO Col. John 8. Caninghtm returned to Baleigh last night from Oreentboro, wher k had represeated the office of Btat Federal Prohibition Director Van derford in th eonventloa of the World Prohibition and law Enforcement force. Director Taaderford was called by other business to Charleston, 8. C, Colon! Caaiagham was appointed nu gent t the convention. II says th meeting waa largely attended by rent. aeaUtiv men of th Stat and that ex cellent apeeehr were mad. Wayn B. Wheeler aad Bishop Jam Can, f Biehaead. war among th speaker. Greek realdent of th IsUad of Pat mo live anoatly by ashing for tpoage. Indoor Heat Wrinkles vTlt Skh. the Remedy As the earn toM te oaa I a warm aaaare. eseaka an shin te tag ana wrraiiUa te form, a td alui Lu hm aa shs a the wenao wke k raw KMfc Mmh Umm ear. DaaaKa mce .1 aura MWIH aaaalft k M ef wrtck ImmL Hat the n Uiv ilr vrrlr Wf.rv reselrtii (w, efce ata eul fa theatre Aast eum eeclal affair, 1 M letkM, which Of eeen It swferUr Hmlai, mrrm alaMat htii,ill.M nailn n.li wriBkha a sakniMa tne afefct 1 sm.1 raMTMMr, iao faee a fuiif irrh an reJevM to tt Be sore to aik the njiet far swaiel euatttov A4.) abeerfher ar reajaeaUa' to ' phono J2T befer a. at. If tho Now aad Observer fall to ar rive oa time. Another copy will h sent y apeclal meeeenger, BUNCOMBE REPUBLICANS WILL HOLD A CONVENTION Athevilie, Iec. 10. At a meeting f the Bepublieaa oxeeative commit tea held here today, decision wai reached to call a i avention in Aibevilta on Feb ruary 7, for tha purpose of aeleetiag a candid te for Cong csamun from tha Tenth Dittrict. The convention also ia for tha purpose of selecting two dele gate and two alternates to the &cpb liraa national Convention, and a Preai tlrntiol elector for the Tenth District. The caucus today was called by Brown low Jackson, chairman of tha district central committee, who presided over the aeaaioa held in the Like building. Following a lengthy Jisensaion over tha advisability of calling the convention, a motion waa made by Janice J. Britt that the meeting bo called, and a unani mous vote resulted. 1 L. Jenkins ia the only candidate who baa opened permanent headquarter! ia tha city, but others considered ia the race ara Thomas J. iiarkiae. Brown- low Jackson, aad probably J. J. Britt. Indications at present are that Mr. Jen kins hxi a long start In the race, and probably will be the choice of the con vention. II r. Britt ia recovering from a serious illness for which ha recently waa operated upon at tha hlayor hospital and ia aot strong enough for a cam paign. -4 To Heal a tough. Take HAYES FIEAUNU HONET. tt-'&fmtfkPlrMlTb-r : s APPLY FOR WRIT HABEAS CORPUS FOR ANARCHISTS Washington, Dec. 10. Deportation of Km run Unldman ami Alexander Bcrk mau, to "White liu:inl," Hiissia, would be equivalent to pronuiiucing death sen tence upon the hi, Harry Vveiabergcr. counsel for the two radical leaders, aa- aerted in a brief filed today with the Supreme court in a final effort to pre vent their removal from tne United Htates. Th highest court was asked to receive an appeal from the action of Federal Judge Mayer in New York which dis missed an application for habeas corpus writs, louusel both for the accused and the government were permitted to submit briefs. Weinberger, in hit brief, admitted that hit clients were anarchiata. but contended there wai insufficient evi dence to warrant deportation and charged that th Secretary of tabor ''ex ceeded his jurlndMion and discretion" In issuing the deportation order. in granting Weinberger permission to seek nn nppenl for error, Judge Mnyer guve him until 4 p. m. tomorrow to per fect hi writ and it waa believed the Huprenie Court would take notice of this in reaching a decision. STATE SOPHOMORES INDULGE IN SMOKER A most liapiry nnd enjoyable smoker was pulled off by th Kophomores of Htato College yesterday evening. Th event was un entire success and good fellowship und old-time college spirit prevailed throughout. Th event had been prepared for for the last two week and aot for a long time has so much mirth and gladnett been among tne eiaas of X.'. i ne meeting was caned to order a T:V by President E. O. Kingleterry and tho ice wai broken by a few well chosen words of welcome. Hot chocolate and inko not served and soon the affair was well under way. With rara and racy anesdotrt and game played more courses were nerved and eigare served At 8 o'clock President biugleterrv In' trod need th prepared speaker of th evening, M. 8. Kadis. Mr. Kadis wai Intending to give speech on "Woman BiifTrdge' but apologized for not being prepared and spoke Instead an "Th Hilly Goat aad Hi Part ia th World War, then joke wer told by Bobcrt- on and Kadia. . Mr. C. Taylor gar cumber of beau tiful selection on th cornet. A quar tette com pee j or Atmr. quinry, Le mends, Kister and Foey furnished muck enjoyment for th bunch. After another half hoar of frolic. President Hingleterry called th meet ing to order and yells wer given for th elasa nd th forthcoming dance, The meeting brnk np with th volt of the grand old alasa of '29 still ring ing in me oia j. m. c. A building. MINERS ACCEDE TO PRESIDENT'S WISH (Cntld from Peg On.) fat, orderly and lawful adjustment of industrial dispute. A supplementary statement lamed this evening follows i , Th miner at their meeting thii at- teraooa accepted- th Presideat'a sro. poaal exactly aa written, and I ndr. ttand th operator eommitt bar an- Pors Is tent Coughs are ejatarmus. Oet rWe. fitoaa tfrttanMw; a4 aafs for jrouag aad Oft a Mlh toi I anaiaaaa Mtceim Old. Ml Railroad Schedules a"H sa aasrtss aS saakMaw laleB OaWkjk. it"kiisVwsiilleass I sn" "")" J'U (takers tt..w Tim) NoaroiK-aeuTHiaa iaiimi. tasvt )!,. N. WartlaakM, ' , arMMt S S. t. aarkHk. Waatliakjk. rMatlla , c rlM , . t.nnaa. WattlaakM. as a, si 1:11 a. Ok CharMM, Vafi't, W... rsranwdkj, XiHiaataa, re. wmaa ., I am a. St. arias, mar.j. tatka. tale, tt, ramwiiiW. LHu.r.a. r. an aaH.M. 4 taw arlaai. r.yaiama). tie wTeWMHia. Miiiama. at aarlatk, f. iAseR ai uni IMHtt, a rraai ! ,:. a. m. waaaaanaj m YL IMlast. till ., Vara ....... aait wa l a. a. istJK ''''" ''S J.t V flwM lmAr "TjT?!? :"" l"",m r-.ies.si. tas. O. . aa aaaaat aa kua Ma. 4 Irasi euiian aAaaaa uni. .tw rrra Lam TM s. a- a ltta m. i WwamWkj Sttls.Sk It a. a. barii.a te s. Ok twmtm .,..ra l is a. a. .!Jr; f"" ,.,"-! - . 4ss.sk t. " ""W nt.m Vkilio it. us hsUeot kOMiaieTaaiioki ooatoiiostt virntr orict Ifawik) push's nnunced 'their mieeptano of it. It pro vide! for the immediate general resump tion of ofiea-atioa in all district upoa th ttasi wbkh obtained oa October 31, 1019, xeerst a to wages, which ar to bo 14 per catnt higher than at that date. This means that tha men shall be taken back to work in all minei in the posi tions and nyon tho terms of their eon- tracts of enojiloyment then existing! and it ii. confidently expected that th mint owner will accede to th govern men earnest request that th (tatua quo of October 31 b promptly re-eitabliahed ia order that peaceful relation between employer sati employ in all part of th mining fields may b Immediately icsumod. I am arking tha Governors of all coal miigng rotates to co-operate in th effort to bring this about." Htateraaral From Operator. Expressing gratification that the strike wa euded a statement was given uut her tonight by local operators, with th announcement that it bad been ob tained by long distance telephone from the executive anmmitte of the National Bituminous Coal Operator' Association in Washington. Th staUunent follows! "W ar pleased that the miner htv voted t return te work and that tba public can be promptly lupplied with coal. Uealiring the imperative public need of coal in large quantities, th operator stand ready now, ai In the past, to bend all their energie toward a maximum production beginning at once." Two statement! were given out by in ternational officials of th miners, one of them hAving been prepared during the meeting this afternoon to announce f he r "d cfl TrtonvTmr x)thertatenreiit wi dictated to . newspaper men by acting .'resident Lewis. Miner Resits Reeeonslblllty. , , ... Mr. U-wis atatoment declared that the action of the general committee was taken with consciousness of the re sponsibilities of th minors to th na lion during ''this acute industrial r.risil and firm in th conviction that'- the word of the President of th United States will secure for th miner just consideration of their merited elnimi. He stated that th international conven tion of tha miners would be reconvened in Indianapolis and supplemental ex planation given the delegate from all or tne four thousand loeala. Mr. Lewis declared that th aetlon taken today "should demonstrate to the people of our country that tha United win Worker of America ar loyal to our country, and believ in th perpet uity of our democratic Institutions. No greater demonstration of such fact could be given than oar action hi ac cepting the proposal of the Preside at of the Uuited BUtei." Th statement given out tt adjourn ment oi ine conrerence announced th decision reached aad stated that it waa based oa th definite and cone ret pro visions in tha President plan. It Drougnt out that th commission In b appointed to fix upon n just wag teal and price for coal will hav powr t settl internal questions peculiar to etch district and declared thil featur "of very great importance to th mina work ers." It waa explained that differential! la wages ia com district haa bean a ubject of controversy for many yart. iiaiciaant aits) Brings oat that "neither th operators nor th miners win t allowed to ehana-a the basis aa1 no meerimlaatton by th eoal operators win do permitted. ' Statement by the Minora statement follow! Th United Min Worker renraaea- lauraw agra i accept tha JTMidtnt'i proposal as a bail of ettlemat of th oil strike. They did to bee ant It provide definite, concrete and practi cal method by which adequate ooi Ideration and proper Adjustment of their ewim for aa increase In wage aad Improved condition of mployment may be brought nboot. Th United Mine Workers hav full eonfidene in th Preetdent of tho United State and profound regard for hi will gad judg ment. J -To President' proposal dlfiV from any propocat heretofore prrrpooed in that it leave nothing la donbt o far a a plan of adjustment aad tho details thereof 1 concerned. Th schema nre posed by Ir. Garfield left aa hop for ir: wwr - A ui Mium norun quit td& ut J 11 EAST HARNETT ITSEET Christmas GIFTS at Popular Prices for , LADIES and CHILDREN Fur Scarf a .... .S9.M n' Children' Furs, $3.BO up. sT 'ta . aa. - " suit voiwai Baca, 11.50 Up Manicurinff Seta Me dp Silk Clorea 7S up Toilet Seta ...... ,98c up Handkerchief, in bexaa. Priced ...25e up Comb and Bruah Seta iisiaiwmw sen , , , , ,49c Up DolL .29c up Knitted Cape -Kid Cloy, U VaUieret Purae Tort v Gamea and Jewelry At PRICES LESS THAN ELSEWHERE To Do Your Christ mas Shopping Economically Come To ; ELLISBERG'S El ELLISBtRGS "On The Busy Corner." eeptnnc of an inereis in mining price f 14 per cent. Th President's proposal provide that thil amount of advance is prelimiaary and that th tribunal which h will et ap will hav fall authority to consider further questions of wages and working eoaditloni well si profits of operator and proper prices for eoal readjusting both wagei and profit if it (hall ee deeid. It farther provides that th eomisstoa will hav authority t settl internal question peculiar to each district, all of which ar of very great importance to th min worktrs. Th commission will make its report within sixty day unless com Insor moantnbl dlfflcultie (rise which pro rent it from doing so and th aommit sioa will bar authority to fix th dat when any award it make will beeom effeettve. Conldenee In Wilson. "Th President'! plan further pro vide that upon a general resumption of operation, the ttsrus quo will be maintained, that It, that all min work ers will return to work with an Increase In wage amounting to 14 per cent, upon th same basis which obtained on October 31, 1919. Neither operators nor minora will be allowed to change the basU and no discrimination by thj coal operator will be permitted,. 'It was these specific feature! of the President'! proposition Which made it acceptable to the International officers of the United Mine Worker! when sub mitted to them through Attorney Gen eral Palmer and Secretary Tunulty ia Wnihiugton on Saturday, December 9. We are accepting the President at hit word, feeling confident that he wiil appoint -a tribunal composed of- fair- minded me who will give full and com plete recognition to tha justice of he mine worker' claims.. Besides, it is fair to assume that the public will not only insist that full justice be accorded :he mine worker but also will accept the finding of th tribunal appointed by the PresiJent of the United States as a fair and equitable determination of ill th issnei involved." - After adjournment of the committee, telegram wer nt to all local anion! instructing th miner! to retur- to work HI inanaa5ausassiaava.) .. jtssmc-j. .. -. mmmm.- - - . aa 0 " 5iSMaKjSiiXs.-; . . - rT"..".".. ". Jar""' II--- P'T 1 VktroIfj$2S to $950 Victor wsalers cmywbett ' immediately. The telegram follow! i "Conference of all district rcDreaent. rive United Min Workers of America decided today to accept proposition sub mitted by President Wilson providing for immediate increaa of fourteen per eeat ua mining prices, aay work and dead work and appointment of commis sion to deeid upon our demand for further lucres in wages and settle ment of other question ia dispute. In view of thi decision all United Min Worker are instructed and directed to resume work immediately. Circular eon taining full explanation and further in' ttructions fallow. (Signed) "JOHN L. LEWIS, Acting Pyei, "WILUAM GREEN, Bee-Tree." Attorney General Palmer, who came to Indianapolis primarily to advise at torneys for the government in their handling of eontcmpt proceedings against 84 official of the mina workers who form the general committee will leave Indianapoln tomorrow morning. He expect to ipend day at Prench Lick Springs, Ind., and then return to Washington. Will Not Push Charges. It wai Indicated tonight that th charge of contempt, bearing of which wa poitponed until December 10, when It cam up in federal Court Tuesday morning will not be poshed. Th gov ernment already bad Intimated that accepts nc of th Pretidnt'i plan by th general eomuiltte would b con sidered eompliine with th court' in- Sure Relief 6 BCLL-ANS Hot water Sure Relief BE LL-ANS rOR INDIGESTION I I aaaaaaaeaw a The one instrument with a worldwide reputation for supreme quality , v Public opuiion teased on the supreme quality of the Victrola, has made It the one standard talking machine of the world. The world's greatest artists have chosen it as the one medium worthy of their art. In homes of culture and taste the world . over, it is the Victrola you will find. 4 OTou cannot buy this reputation, this guarantee of supreme nrusical quality in tiny other instrument. 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