North Carolina Newspapers

1 No- h Carolina! rlr Taarssay and Friday; ne change la tem ' aerator. ' Sara kia,a iru.n su ataxias a sissis epr. VOli CXII. NO. , 57 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH,-N. G, THURSDAY MORNING, AUGUST 26, 1920 : SIXTEEN PAGS TODAY. - " PRICEs FIVE CENTS ; ( 4 m4 4 'li, 'ill 11 'AMIS LOSE FIGHT JO RESTRM COLBY MOM PROCLAIMING VICTORY Justice Siddons, of District of Columbia Supreme Court, Refuses To Issue a "Show ' Cause" Order OPPOSITION TO TAKE xNO FURTHER STEP TO -V: STOP PROCLAMATION - . . , m ' . Official Certification of Tennes- " 'see's Ratification "of The . 'Amendment v Expected In Washington Momentarily and . Secretary Colby WiQj . V Probably Issue Proclamation As Soon Ai He Recetres It; 1 Antis To Take light To Uni ted States Supreme Court at Once To Tett Validity f The 19th Amendment; Early Ac V tion On Legality To Be Urged Washington, ; Aug. 13.-AnU-suffragt force received aaothe setback today whea Justice, Siidess of th District ef Columbia Supremo Court, refused to -"issue a ."show1 cause" ordor agaiait Bee rotary Colby preliminary to the is- suaaee af am iajoaetioa to restrain that official from proclaiming the 19th amendment a law of tha land. The order would hare required Ma Colby to show eauaa why the in juaetioa should, not he issued. The 'action wss brought by Charlea 8. Talrehilde, an " omeial of the Americas Constitutional League, on behalf ef himself and the ' organisation. (V ,N Farther ,?fo further ffort.w Iffert ill be mad to prevent the issuance "of -Jthe proclama tion, Alfred D. Smith, attorney for Mr. Faireh)Mi, aaiQV " Tha . official - certification of ; Tennes see' ratif ieati: a of the amendment was expected to arrive from Nashville some timet tonight and Secretary Colby in- ' d ieatod that he would issue tha procla mation a toon aa he received Governor Bobert's certification. ' Te V. B. Sapient Ceert . ; , the eampsign ef the anti-suff rtgt foreea would now be directed at aa effort to obtain early actios in the United State 8uprem Court on the question ef the ealidity of the Tennes see ratification, Mr. Smith announced. He said that he would ask a formal order of dismissal from Justice Sid ritrV trfnTil in order that he might ap peal to the District of Columbia Court t Appeals at one with a request that the ease be certified directly to" federal Supreme Court and wet ' 'for early trial. Expected After Midnight ' . Official aotiee, of Tennessee's ratifica tion was expected to arrive at the State Department after midnight tonight, ae- '. cording to euffrag leaders, who have been following th document ainee K was placed in th mails at the ee of Governor Roberts, in Nashville. Sec retary Celby was reported -to have promised to wait at th Department to night until a late hour and large dele gation of suffragists announced their intention of being en hand whea the certificate arrive. ,. ' . INSURGENTS RAT LEGAL , , REQUIEEMENTS NOT MET. - IW.I.i Alattama Alio 5 WaliS.a. ' tioa ef the woman' suffrage amendment by th state ef Tennessee has not beea .properly certified to Secretary Je State - Colby, acsordiog to Representative Hall, of Nashville, leader ef th insurgent-legislators, who have come her to break the quorum in the Tennessee Bona. J Mr. Hall declared that Governor Bob efts had merely "certified copy af the house journal. Th legal requiremente, he - stated, . i i . i . . ... . nave s sks nnpim vim, ana me document sent te Washington by the governor will aot be sufficient to war rant a proclamation from . Secretary Celby, he added. - ' Other members of th party expressed doubts that the ratification could, be ef ' '..fected. j; - .'' . ,y; QUARTER MILLION SOLD ON LUMBERTON MARKET . S A ,-r ' 1 ' . Lbmbertoo, Aug. 15. Today witnessed on of th biggest "breaks" on th i-, Lumberton tobacco market thia eeasoa, over a quarter millioa pounds at the . golden weed being disposed of, at prices which ranged higher than they , have been for several days. I ; At the opening of th season, th ' ' t rices paid for leaf tobacco were about the earn as last year, pad on) somt grades they wCr slightly lower. ; Bow. ever, there haa beea a gradual climb sad prices today- reached the highest i neak touched thia year. Farmers were; .'greatly plessedr deelaringv the sales to lie the most satisfactory this see son. Tobacconist and warehousemen are ecpeetiog heavy sales tomorrow tad A FHd,y- v v- :J. t . GEORGIA'S POPULATION ANNOUNCED AS 2,898,900 , Washington, An. 85....- 8tat of Georgia (revised- JM.100. Previously nnoun-ed :93,901. ' " ' Georgia's missing census enumeration iistriet has turned up -adding 29 more " to the state's population recently an nounced and -soaking the revised. total i ' f,9300. The missing district was Uclntosh county but ita addition to th previously announced total population ;f the atate doea not amount to suffi-S- r lent to change the tate's percentage ef increase which still remain at 10 3 " aer ttuU ;. man scrsptXTrxD or BEI1TO EUGENE tfkOY IS ARRESTED SJe iaaeir, Aag. S-(By th As. aeeUtodf rres)y-Whea the British, ateeaaer Drydea arrived her y ester day from New Jerk ese ef th erew wae aiaeed ander arrest at the r jacet af the, United States antheri tia. He t aapeeted. ef being Ea gea Letwr, wanted by the police af Detrwit, Midu. la eonneeUoni wlU the aaarder ef Mrs. Kathsriae Low Jackson. Vfceeb aaUUtedhedy wan feaad la aa aaeUlmed traak Im n baggas warehoaa la Now Tark several weeks ago. ' The awapect fct eeaSaed la steel cell aboard tha vessel. He had shipped aboard the Drydea undo the name af Morris Fes. "I know ahsolaUly netklag jbeet Ue death ef Mra. Jackaeai In De troit. I har never keea la that dtyV'- he said today t--v , - - W!LL GIVE FIGURES . IH SPEECH TONIGHT I. . . ' . - ' Governor Cox PromiseTo Sub mit Evidence On G. 0. P. -Campaign Fund WILL SPEAK TONIGHT TO PITTSB0RG CROWD When Size of Republican Slosh Pnnd Is Understood, Demo cratic Nominee Says, Tho "Sensibilities of The People Will Be Staggered"; Attacks 1 Senatorial Oligarchy " :"K ' Evansville, lad., Aug. 23. tvide of "a deliberate conspiracy to buy presidency" was promised today by Governor Cox U addresses rallying southern Indiana Democracy. Amplify ing his charge" that aa enormous Be fublicaa eampsign fund ' was ; being raised, the Democrat) presidential eaa eiidate declared that lw..hi address to sorow night at I'iiUburgh wnld produce evident, "regarding tb Be publican leader that convicts every mother' son of them." f When the lis of th campaign fund is nndorstood," he said, "the aensibili ities of jth people will be staggered. You know what my charges have been. Tea know what reply Chairman Hays (of th Republican National Committee and his associates have given. I. ask yen only to wait until tomorrow night and I will produce evidence that con victs every mother's -son of them evidence ef a deliberate plot that has beea carried into every' county of America, in a plot and conspiracy to buy th presidency of the United States. But it cant be done." . Beiterateev Declaration, J, Governor Cox's declaration was made late today at Princeton, Indiana, and reiterated agan befe tonight. It was cheered by sndienee of thousands of persons in a tumultuous day of cam paigning. ' Prefacing his new promise to ex pos Bepublieaa finances, Governor Cox Stated that he was aot th "apostle of disaster," adding "but I am hers to lesve in your minds the moat firm and deep-rooted impression that I eaa that th most dangerous symptom that haa teea manifested ia America in, th mat fifty years is the attempt of the sena torial oligarchy to reach out and take r-oeaeesioB ef onr government." Be publieaa campaign financing, he said, was quit as dangerous. ' . Flaya Senate Oligarchy. ,Th "aenatorial oligarchy" was flayed ensparingly by Governor Cox also for its oppoaitioa to th lesgri of nations and he reiterated charges that it had selected the Bepublieaa nominee, die anted a meaaingleaa platform and It was "trying to snpex the, presidency." - 'Another large audieae spplandeA him tonight at the Soldiers' snd Bailors' Memorial Hall her. Parades at bpth cities, luncheon aird a banquet. In formal receptions and handshaking' ga tor kept the Governor busy until bis train left tonight for Pittsburg. , The league again was prominent In the Governor's eddrese. He denounced the nlleged proposal ef 8enator Harding his Republican opponent, for separate peace with Germany aa "monstrous and nathinkable," and urged th league to "keep faith with our American soldiers aa4-.ta.Uiee.. V r Ampllllea Leagae Views. . Governor Cox also amplified his views on league reservations. The Democratic platform, he ssld, doe not "assume an unbending attitude.'' I "W will' accept any reservations that will work to the eaune ef world? peace," ho enid, "but we -will reject ny- that will work harm or Injury to the cause of world-wide peace." - Governor Cox declared for conditional entrance into the league f Germany, Itussia and Turkey. .... f - "The league. Governor Cor declared, already ia st work and functioning "W knd Germany, Russia, Turkey, Meaieo and Henry Cabot Lodge only are standing outside," he said. ' ' G. O. P. Platform Insincere. : The Bepublienn platform, th candi date continued, "is a piece of deliber ate bad faith, hypocrisy, trickery and insincerity,," snd so framed, he charged, to keep Senators Johnaod of California and Borah of Idaho . from forming a third party.. He aaid that the Lodge reservations had beea dropped sines the Chicago convention. . , Disarmament ander the league means stopping the carrying of "internation- f. (Conllaaed a Pag.TsV) . SPECIAL SESSION " .WILL WRITE FIIIIS LABORS TODAY Noon Is The Hour, Fixed . .Joint Resolutioh For Adjournment In TWO HOUSES RUSH BILLS THROUGH FINAL READINGS , ' ' : . Senate . Passes , More Salary 2 Bills .and . Sends .' Them To ,. Honse With Sharp Words; , Honse Pnts Znd To Her : ring's Workmen's Oompen- , sation Act ' ' - C ; Both houses of ths GenersI Assembly, with1 tight sessions last night, put oa high-epeed and took a mighty spla to ward adjournment today at boob, the time f xed whea th Hons concurred fa th Senate's amendment to .a joint resolution setting th hour for th s4 of th special sessloa of 1920. , - To this snd, ths company, of alsrkt and assistants sngaged ia potting bill ia thap for ratification was onlarged last Bight and in th Senate as wsll as ia the House the mill ground' ao more rapidly than did the clerks speed 'through the mass of legislation piled oa them ia the last hours of th special session. " J Even at that, a mass' of . legislation, selected as that which may await a mor leisurely body in January will die ob the calendar, and many pet local bills win go 6y the boards. la th Senate last night th edueatioa bill got through it final reading, and in the House the members put th final touch, on Herring's workmen's compensation act. . : -: , A aa aid to the hard pushed elerks, the Senate shortly after 10 o'clock ad journed until 12:01 a. m. this morning, pushed the hands of the clock around and went blithlely en with roU eall bills that require their reading ob August t27. With th roll eall calendar cleared th Sonat recessed until 10 o'clock this morning. .-...-.,-:.,'-,.,; ,-.. . Th . Housed following a likn' policy, began at fiv minute past 12 this nihrn ing oa th "final roll call bills and s short whils later recessed until 10 o'clock this morning vrhen everything psssed will be ratified and thy special session wilt be over. On of th first sets last Bight vat th tabling ef th bill amending, the municipal finance set. Most of th others passed wer purely local relating to bend issues for school and road par. poses. ' 6 . - ;;! .; A bill amending the Juvenll eourji act psrtnitttng th counties Bad. elties to co-operate ia th admiaistratioa of th law passed with bo objections. Ia the midst of its grinding out of local measures ths Senate stopped with a resolution offered by Senator Warren providing, for a fiat increase ia saury of every State efflcwr exetptthe gov ernor and another' bill by Stacy provid ing authority to th council of But to raiao th salary of elerks ia even 8tate department to a sum not exceed ing $1,800 per year. Boh bills wer psssed by th Senate, with, but little dissent, and sent to ths Honse. During the afternoon th Hons" had again, howled down ail Senats measure providing for th increase of salaries to anybody. Beaentmen of tho atti tude -of the House flamed op to. the Senate and from all over the floor mem bers arose to denoune th parsimony of th Stat ia denying to its aorvanbj a living wage- Only two voice wer raised ia' protest s gainst th measure!, Senators Connor and Wright declaiming against tha measure. When roe ese came at a:) Bow era n0 com zrom ui House as to the disposition mad of th Senate' third attempt to lift ala ries. . - - -:;, -Breaks Bill Passes. Ths Brooks educational bill, subject of a stiff fight ia ths Hons, passed its second rending in the Houif last Bight without a dissenting vote, without offer of amendment, aad without a word of discussion. - It was read again whsa .tht Senate, convened at 12:03 o'clock this morning and passed to Ita third read ing and ratifieatioa'withoifb a flicker of interest or discussion. Th bill puts into effect th program of reorganisa tion oz tne scbooi system t u hum advocated by 8uperinMen E. O Brooks, and carries with it the lew of sufficient tax to operat Ik schools tor tne coming year oa th jiew salary basis. . . , Ceauasadoers Assistance. .Speaker Brummitt began th sessloa last night by commandeering a num. ber of members to assist th carolling offle in reading tie aeeumulaUoa of bills end making them ready for ratifi cation. . t r The first message that came over from th Senate announced ' that th upper hous hsd reconsidered Its actios of the afteraooa in declining to nam a con ference committee on th Montgomery Court house bill. A broad smile passed over Governor Doughton's face and, the Speaker named the House conferees. Governor Doughton, subsequently an nounced sgreement of the conferees oa ths tax amendment bill. The Sonat amendments fixing act instead of gross discrimination and . segregating the Sute and eouaty tax for general pur poses. The Senate receded from some minor amendments and th bill, car rying the bulk of, the work of the spe cial session, was sent to the carolling office to be Anally prepared for ratifi cation," '-''-' ' - . , Grier Tskes Up Cadged. Grier' chaperoned ' the resolutioa carrying on the Governor's suggestion! regarding the appointment' of a com mission to look into th' feasibility of teeommending to the- regular session legislation for the benoflt of the negroes of Nsrth Carolina. ' ' Cpicsitioa to' the resolution, w'jleh reached the point of a eall of "divisioa" melted away whea a majority of th House voted for adoption. J.' Frank " 1 ' ''' ,. (Coatiaaed ea Page Two.) John Jeffress, Negro, Shot Te Death By GrahanvMob For . Raping Little Girl . JUDGE ALLEN PLEADS , FOR SANCTITY OF, LAW Perpetrator of Crime at Eon ' OoDege Pays Extreme 'Pen alty As Victim of Hob Law; Law-Abiding Citisens of Ala ' mance County Outraged B j Deed of Irresponsible Hen : Graham, Aag. 23-While.Jadgw Oliver H- Allen, of Kinjton, waited thia after soon 'to have the prUoner arraigned ia Superior ouH for th raping; of a 7-yarold girt near Eloa oUgw this morning, an angry crowd of Alamance eltisen .seised John Jeffress, a negro, from Sheriff C. D. Story ia, tho court house yird aad shot -him to death ia th woods a mile cad half south of her oa th Belmont road. Tho officers wer overpowered oa almost tho iden tical spot whers James Kay fell mortally wouaded ob July 19th, whea the Dur ham machine gun- company was guard ing the jail. - . - . Th 7-year-old daeViter of Loo Budd, ho lives a mils aad a half east of Eloa college, went to the field thia morning to-'take her father a drink of water. John Jeffress, a negro from Wake for est, jumped from the buehee aear the homo and raped tha little-one. Boon s posse ef 25rtitens, headed by Presi dent W. A. Harper, of Eloa college, wer on hit trail, and th news ef th crime was broadcasted- i Negro Arrested by Clttseas. When the negro appeared at Oraham statioB at 1. o'clock Ma j. J. J. Bender son, prominent Graham sttornoy, and J. A. Dickey took ,h'tn in custody and placed him in the . county jail- The negro admitted the attempt, H is stated, bat denied completing his purpose. , Alanune Superior court ia regular session was ready for ths negro's trial, and Judge Allen, of lUnston, aad Solici tor Sam If. Gattis immediately decided to put the wheels of justice in motion. Th father and mother aad Uxe little girl wer summoned, the'stago all set sad everything put in raadmesa. i . - Cssrt Addresses Crowd. , Qaiekly th bows had spread and tiont everywhere th. crowds had gath ered. Every inch of space ia the court room was taken while outside tho people jostled each other on every street. If there were thoughts "of i lynching they ware not discussed publicly.- v At 4 o'clock' the court announced lU readiness to begin with the trial and 8hriff Story and his deputies twent to the-eonnty ja(l a hundred yard away to get the prisoner. Judge Allen in his fatherly manner talked - to ' th crowd ia th court-room, urging them to be calm and to ee that justice took its course la aa orderly ana law ful manner. He spoke ef th great provocation to violence under which they labored snd declared bis ,-aym-pathy with it but felt it would few ex tremely unfortunate to yield to it. especially since the court was all ready to administer justice. . -r When the efficers had gono a few yards from the jail, a mob of angry eiisons, variously estimated la aliat-. ber appeared, and quick as a flash overpowered the sheriff and his assist ants. - The negro was whisked awsy la a big automobils to a section of woods on the" Belmont road and there shot to death. The mca declared res pons ibis for the killing are said not to bo natives ef thia county snd their names are akaowBl here tonight. - It is claimed that they came in a big automobile. Creed Jury Betara Bill. The grand , jury 'had already re; turned a true bill against th negro and all was ready for ths trial. Ths father and mother of the little girl had identified the negro as tho maa they sew run away to ths woods. The little girl had said he waa tho negro. . Physicians had testified before the grand jury that aa examination of Ihe victim of the tragedy showed that ths negro . had ' aeeomdlished his purpose. Tho girl is said to b a few days toa than sevea years eld. , . After the negro was shot'dowb, his body was left beside the road and thou sands ' ef people from the surrocsd. ing country visited the place late this afternoon. . . , Solicitor Much Chagrined. It was a determined set of men that pursued the negro from Elba College thia moral ng, but they had bo ether thought than to let Justice taks its course. Tresidnt Harper was one. of these men, aad was ia the courthouse pa, appear aa a witness. The father ef the batragea girl had bo other thought than ' that the negro would be fairly tried. j - . - ,- Solicitor 8. M. Gattis i wae ia the court -room this afteraooa ready to Srocecute ia th Bam fo the Stat, is feeling over the outcome was oa of extreme disappointment. Not a Shot Fired.: There was not a shot fired ; not even k. rub) , drawn during the minute scuffle between the mob and officers. 8hriff Story said tonight that re-' sistanee would have been folly as the mob was made up of between 5 and SO determined men. There were at least ISO additional men nearby whose sympathies were with ths snob, he ttated tonight. : i Answering a direct question. Sheriff Story declared that he did not knpw say one ia the mob. The maa who led the mob and took the prisoner away, the sheriff said, muat have just moved into Jthe county and was not known to kirn. There kav been no arrests, In connection with the negro'e ; death Whether there is a likelihood that there will be arrests the sheriff did sot know. Sheriff Story said tonight that Ora ham is quiet. There sppears to be no race feeling. The negro was aot a resident ejt Alamance county. PROCl Ar.TATIOII OF RATIFICATION f.1 TAKE PLACETODAY Colby Ready To Issue tt Provid " ing Antis Do Not Secure Injunctjon i o SUFFRAGE CELEBRATION AT WASHINGTON TONIGHT Interest In Situation Between Two arty Candidates Grow " ing "Proving t of "CbafgeS Made By Got. Cox As To Ee J pubucan sinsn runa wiu Jte Big Victory For Him - Washington, Aug. 15. Th eertifl ca tion . papers ea womea suffrage from Nsshville, Tena it was announced at the State Department tonight, would not reach Washington until midaight Secretary Colby will bene his proela matioa tomorrow provided the satis ere unable to secure court iaju? tioa to prevent him. Tha reception- to sirs. Catt and tho celebration ef the vic tory of suffrage st Poll's Theatre to morrow night arc expected to draw tea tints. K; m mm mmm fca uaWJ moisted. Th womea are hoping that tho President will be st the theatre. Secretary and Airs. Baniela will oeeupy a box. Ataay ether aotablea will be present. ' Iaterest la Ces Sesechw ' Aside from the auffrae battle trans ferred from Tennessee to Washiagten there is keea interest among all poli ticians her today in what Governor Cox wit! say at Pittsburg ea Thursday Bight and in what Senator Harding will say from his front porch st Usrioa oa Saturday. It is believed ths speeches of the two candidates oa these occasions will ia a Urge measure be fateful in tho election in November. If each can didate disappoints his respective Bart and the American people, the miatakn or ue one may counter-balance the mis take of the othsr. j Dramatic Slteattoa. Governor Cox has created for himself and the Democratic party a dramatic situation. If he can shew with facts. ngures sna names that the Bepuhlieans are raising aa immense sunt af money for ths nurposc of attemntins? to de base snd corrupt the natiea'a electo rs, w, we revqiatioa will go far to make Mra the President of the United States. ones a rsveutioa would now have greater effect oa the imagination af the public miadi than it hss had or could bnve U any natioaal election .withi the last generation. There are foreea of aestraetioB and diatntergraUon-at work ia this country that toad to maks the America 4 people peculiarly sensitive to the spectacle of the corrupt as of money in polities, i General Wood snd Governor Xowden Caa testify to the fact that ths sijfht of a big barrel was sever rar-more fatal to the success of a eaadi- oata laaa bow. - , . Caa't Prova Charms. The governor's charges may-bs true, Bumit mo nepuDucans privately, but he onuos prove taem. Wait, say the Dent ocrats. boweraor Cox is too rxperi- noic a poiiueiaa to make suen ehsrjee without the proof. What tho governor is believed to have in mind is tho immense fund the Bepub liesn party. National aad Slate, it rais ing. The national party is" eendaeting and concealing the raising of a vast tuna una ttate aad local agencies, It ie held.- For. instance, in a State like Pennsylvsaia the Beptibiieana noed comparatively little money to e.ndnct their campaign, 'bat they eaa raise a org smouat there oa the pretense that it ia needed and Iranafer it to State ageaeies ia New York, New Jersey r " "nern me election IS doabtfaL Local and State Faads. iNo record eaa be kept of moaev ramea and spent by Stats aad local agencies in a national election. It is certsin that local and State ageacletarc teing sllottea anheard-of sums to nice. They are told how to raise J: sad how so spend. (Governor Cox says the Demo crats have been the rorinient af a ling amount of sock InformsUoa and bo will show that th whole country has boon srsessed ssd leriefl npon with as greai a istrougnnees as the government assessed tne country in the tale of Lnoerty bonds. In fact, the Bepublieaa party ,1s using somewhat the same methods to get money and to traia its worker to get vote. It begaa to copy mriaoas or organizauoB aa toon as the Democratic ndminittratio had demonstrated their effectirenem ia the war.' ,, , . HaHlnea Pesiilsn. , Senator Harding's Position, thoueh not so dramatic as thst of Governor Cox, is far more difficult to clear up. Cox hat the aubataace of his startling cnarges. xuraiag ass taken a position against the League ef Nations to pre vent tne flivnption of hi party, lie bas assumed this position la direct op position to bis vote in the Senate la favor of the league with the Lodge reservations. He crossed himself and instead of healing the party it Hat made tne rut in its ranks all the wider. The Republican candidate is ia aa extremely embarrassing noaition. Mul titudes of Republicans are demanding that he return to the position he occu pied ba the league, in the Senate.' He bas already stultified himself and now h is Ssked to compound thst stuUifics tion of jeopardise his election. No can didate of, -either of the two great par ties was ever placed ia such a compro mising position en s :.rrt cjuestine ef principle. How Mr. Harding is to ex tricate himself, if be is sble te do se; 1 being swatted witb great lute rest. POPULATION Of NEW BERN ' . , IS ANNOUNCED AS llCS ' Washington, Aug. 15. The Census Bureau today .announced tho census ef New Born, North Carolina, aa 10,003. TIi is shows a growth in po pa la tioa by the Craven county city during the past ten yuars of 42, or 0.1 per ceut. - MEREDITH SAYS CUT . IN DEPARTMENT FUND " .WILL CRIPPLE WORIC HOW REDUCED FUNDS AFFECTS THIS STATE la kla address last night Vfr th Stat Farmers' Convention, Secretary Meredith pointed tat Sf teen ways la which the ret action of" the Department of Agrtcnltare'B apprepnatiea ay a supnoucan veaw gram will , effect ha aiealtaral work la North CaroUab. Hie sam asary foUewk:-. .-. - - ' 1. The co-opnratlvo dairy , oxteB steal week, whlek has been of Im. . SMaac value 4a th apkalldlng of the dairy Udaetry la th Ste, will have to he cartelled. i. Field wwrk la th arndleailoa f hog cholera will he curtailed SC TAn of th cotprrativ hf cattle extension work mast ho ahaa dosed. 4. It wlU ho striata ry to ahaa dea entirely tha xpertmeBtol work -ia the cnHare aad breeding of ee realc at Ue State Experimoat Sta. thta aad t0oahstolloaa at States siee and Swaaaaaea. - . Iavestigatlona la reforests- Ilea aad forest maaagement atadles ' la several parts of th United ' States, lacladmg th AppaUchUa hteaatela region, mast ho redaecd la srapei ' -,.-- a, lass set ian work ro-jalrad for . N the Proper entoreeaaent l th feed ssd drags set wUI he restricted la ad the State Incladlng North Carolina. ' ", ' T. Tho prop sc ad extension af la veetlgstiene aad deaneaatr'aUoa la the proper methods' of handling, packing, skipping, and storing peal try, eggs, sad Ssh, to prevent spoil age, can not ha carried into ef fect. I. Decreased appropriation for aoibaarvey work will mean one lea ceaaty la North Caroltaa Included In the department' osefationa this yesr. - v - , S. The department wlU ho nnsbl to aid ia th control of th deatroe tlvs Sonthern pine beetle, ' which aew threateaa to aasamo pidmlc ceadittone. 1. It will he aaceenary to sae pend the , department'c Investlga tlens of track crop Insects aad to close Ita station-at Chadbonra. II. The spacUl crop reporting service oa cotton aad tobacco, tw crops ksvlsg aa annual vala la Nerth CeVeliaa of over ':M,M, CM. mast h dlscoaUnhed, a well as the spaelsl eat I mates aw tha eeva merclal p red set tea ef frnita and Vtgetahles. -. ' ' '-" ix, tbs vareaa or.ranuc no as hss hsd to sbsmdoa Its expcrlmea 'tat" work la the 'Back Swamp aad Jacob Swamp 'Drainage District, Bebeeoo ceaaty, N. C, which hsd for Its object the determlaatlaa of the heat methods and cost a af mala talnlag dredged dltcheet aa well as aa lavesHiatioa to determia the actiea of tile drains a Soils. - It. Th market new reports oa frails snd vegetables, which hereto, font hsve been sent oat from Elisa beth City aad Washington, N. C wlU probably have ta be limited to temporary service at ese pal at. 14. Diseeatlaaaaee of th spe cial breach office at tha Bareaa of Markets at Washiagten, N. C will delay' receipt, and thereby: redace the valye ef re parte en live stock sad meets dlssesalaated by the de partment.. 15. The department will, ho com pelled to redace the nsmboV af In spectors assigned to North Carotins In cenacetioB with tho general ser ve for pink hollwerm ef cotton. id!-) IUR0PEAN OUTLOOK Polish Victories and Attitude . of Leading Nations Clar i ify Situation Paris, Aug. 25. (By the Associated Prm) An optimistic feeling pre vailed st th French foreign, office today regarding the Europeaa situation. Tbs opinion waa freely expressed that th situation la clearer and that the allies are more eleaely united then at any ether time since the armistice. Endorsement of the Trench policy to ward Bussia, by the United States last week and by Great Britain and Italy yesterday is felt' here to have cleared p the atmosphere and the anxiety, which has beea evident at the foreign office the patt few weeks, haa- disap peared. - ' .' i X . r The Britiah offices at Downing Street arid also the Italian ministry of foreign ansirs hsve been sounded as to whether they could agree to advance tha meet ing of the supreme council to the first aeek ia September, instead of. folding it the middle of the month a scheduled. The French contention is that, lnat- arueh as Jthe allies are agreed npon th principal details, execution of them should be fettled without delay.- -It ia undent ood, that the first thing to be discussed "at the meeting of the supreme council is the drafting1 of a tote to. Poland, signed by all the premiers. - asking Poland to keep her armies within her ethmographicnl front ier. .-- - ,i -' ' TO SELL EQUIPMENT OP ' ' SHIPYARD IN SAVANNAH. Washisctoa. Auk. 25. Bidl Wert aaked today by the Shipping Board's Emergency Fleet Corporation for the parchasa of plant machinery equipment and shipbuilding 'materiiile located at the yard -formerly operated by the Na tional Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Com pany is Savannah, Ga, - MORE OPTIMISTIC SEES NO ECONOMY IN LAST CONGRESS Tells Farmers How Reduction , la Appropriation Will Cur tail Activities TOTAL REGISTRATION " OF 850 AT CONVENTION Secretary ; of AgrienlUre If Principal Speaker of Oonren. tion, Closing a Tull Dayi Program; Preceded By Her bert W." OoQingwood, Zditoi ' of Rural New Yorker Declaring that the United States Dei pertinent of Agriculture makes for fhf people of the United States a profit ci several times a thousand per scat ee the money Invested therein, Hoa. Edwi T, Meredith, Secretary of t Agriculture . last bight told ths Farmers State Coat vention that the rednetloa ia the d partmeat's appropriatioa by the Bepub, hcaa ' Congress will eerloualy ham pet the efforts of the department to aid; thafarmcrs ta the United States aad will directly result la a drastl-ur tailmeat ef co-operative aetivktec ll North Carolina. Secretary Meredith spoke before , esawd of farm men and farm womel that tiled Pullea Memorial Hall at Stat College, a good part ef the Shi delegates to the convention who hsv thus far registered at th eonvcrttios -headquarters. He waa preceded on" thl program last night by Herbert W. Coj lingwood, editor of the Bural Nc Yorker, who discussed aation-wida preb, lams of the farmers, assuring his hear ere that Bo maa eaa expect to liv , oa the - farm a he lived before th( war7 and that the next forty years wil see radical development in farming aai fsrm methods, i The trouble with the farmer todayi ha said, ia that he is getting a thirtyJ Sve cent dollar. He explained thll with an outlay ef thread, cloth, peat nuts, tobacco, which he exhibited, ai their market value, quoting at the sami time, the almost , ridiculous priee, bj ; compsriaoB, which these same producti broufht to th farmer in their ran state. : " " ' . Secretary Meredith, 'presented by Da Clareaee Poe, preddeat of the eonvn tioa, gv in some detail a report el ' the activities 1 of the United SUtet . DepertmeBt of Agriculture, - described its function and its results, and tpokc for its workers A greater measure el co-operation snd encouragement. - Strange Easiness. "Cbnsldsriag th Depsrtment ef AgrU rienlture st a Intinesi proposition, pay ing 1,000 per cent on its investment, can yon imagine the beards of directors of such aa organization In thia case the Congresss of the United States failing not only to support it with more fund but aetually reducing its spproprlation for ths next fiscal year by approximate' ., ly 6.090,000 Its than the estimate made , br the deparwneat as to its seeds, aad $2485,000 less than the amount pro- ' vided ia the appropriatioa for the cur rent fiscal year, the Secretary ssked. ' "Although the efeet of the reduced funds oa ths work of the department -was laid fully before Congress while the bill wsl under eonsidcratioa, this serious reduction hss been made appar. . x -m v ensiy on sue grnvuu n& vcuuuiu, . v . . : continued. . "I do not believe it is economy, however, because it will cer tainly hamper the department in ift ef. forte to aid the farmers of the country in doing (heir work of feeding snd clothing the people, and will also handl- , cap the department 'in sdmlaistering tome of the important regulatory laws entrusted to it for enforcement. The projects or activities to bo curtailed ot n discontinued in so far at the depart ment has any discretion in the matter have beea determined, only after a very thorough and careful view of the whole . situation, taking all the factors into consideration." '- - , In detail. Secretary Meredith poiatedl out how North Carolina will be effected by the cut In funds. -; Deprecates Criticism. . y Hs commented on. the romarlaMe progress of North Carolina in AgrieuU . rare, stresssed the efficiency of Suited States Department of Agriculture workm en, and deprecated published criticisms of the departmental work and chsrae- , terizatioB of it as a sinecure. Eight thoutand men and women quit the de Dartment in 1019. he said, and not one of them left tinder pressure. . ' But they lert, ne insisted, to -accept , posiuous -which averaged increases of fifty per , cent in sslary. There are ip stances, be declared, ia which the increases ran as high as five hundred per cent. "Now, there are instances of Ineffi ciency, bo doubt, in every department of the government, just ss there arc la other businesses, out why should we the stockholders get into the habit of emphasizing the very small items ef inefficiency and of overlooking the gen eral result," the Secretary asked. Ta . it well to emphasise small tnetucicncies and therabv discredit the whole! I think that kind of criticism is mighty poor advertising for our government. Aaa that, aner an, is sxaniy tne point our government. , It ia not the government of sny class. The Depart ment of Agriculture the branch of out governmentJto which I am devoting my time belongs equally to all the people , in this country. Boms times the eriti- citm of the goveramont is made bee jse j it has sews value. Some- times it is partisan. In the business of govern ment one stoud of stockholders or the ether that U, one or the other of the great political parties in national af- Continued oa Page Two.) ('