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VOL. CX1I, NO, 133.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1 920. SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
LITTLE SHAKE UP
MAY URGE SEIZURE
OF COAL INDUSTRY
HOST OF MR. HARDING
AND MRS. HARDING
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SHOOTING AFFAIR
IN GASTON COUNTY
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STATE "CABIHET1
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TOO MUCH TALKING
KITCHIN THINKS;
HARMONY NEEDED
MAZE OF CHARGES
MYSTERY SHROUDS
COLBY WILL REPAY
VISITS OF RULERS
OF TWO REPUBLICS
EXPECTED IN HEW
AGAINS
SHIPPING
BOARD IN REPOR
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Womanhood of State Will Be
Givei) some prominent
Recognition
RANKIN AND BEASLEY
fe WlLL BE RETAINED
Com Or MoOnUoch Will Be
Prison Superintendent,
Wood and Langston Presi
dent and Attorney of North
Carolina Eailroad and Xetts
Adjutant General
By R. E. POWELL,
(Staff Correspondent.)
- Charlotte, Nov. 9. When - Governor
lset Cameron Morrison amargea from
tho festivitie that will attend his in
neural aa tha fifty-fiist chief xeeu
tiv of North Carolina, ha will aettla
down on the job of picking cabinet
to erve with him during the fonr years
beginning January 11 or thereabout.
- FolkewhohavebeeaexpVetingahak
np in tha part of the State Admini
t ration holding office by gubernatorial
appointment Tre certain to ba dieap
pointed in more than one instance.
tWf new'-trot frSiiW-
different from any preceding one,
The womanhood of North Carolina
ia going t play more than the usual
minor role in the neit adminiatratioa.
That mneh of the Morriaon policy hit
been agreed upon and about the only
other matter the governor-elect ia
adamant on ia the aubjeet of roads.
- North Carolina ia going to build roads,
real hard-aurfaeed roada running from
the coastal plains to the mountain val
leys, if plana sow shaping pan out.
When The Roll la Called.
The chief appointment! falling to
the lot of the new governor when he
takes offlee will be tha aelection of a
prison superintendent, president, at
torney and secretary of the North Car
ollna railroad, adjutant general, sup
erintendent of health and hygiene and
a privste secretary, the latter largely
a personal appointment.
When he reaches the first, his prob
lem will be to -choose between the
present superintendent, J. K. Collie,
and Chiet Clerk E. F. MeCulloch. Both
are his political friends. Superintendent
Collie has made a great record aunng
tha Bickett administration and nnless
he retires voluntarily he may serve
another four years. If he docs retire,
ua it is freely predicted he will, Me
Culloch will be appointed to succeed
hint and the new chief clerk will
anis-htv ant to ba a woman.
Greater interest, pexhapt, attaches
to tha selection of the officers ef the
North Carolina railroad than to any
other appointor Thi ia true be
cause tradition 10 made it Word
H. Wood, of tujvlotte, the present
head ef the road, will in all probability
be re-appointed and Colonel Jonn v.
Lnnaston. of Goldsboro. will succeed
Colonel P. M. Pesrsall, of New Bern,
aa attorney. The present secretary,
R. Bruee Whiteis likely to be sup
planted.
Two Almost Certain To Stay
Colonel J. Van B. Metts, the present
adjutant general, will be retained in
! office unless all the "sign of tha
(tinea" are wrong. During the election
campaign there was quite a bit of talk
that Colonel Jonn iangsion was cum
in to Balaio-h anyway and would sue.
eeed Colonel Metts with the advent
of .the Morrison administration but
this was rather fsr fetched talking.
T nniUmtnnd that Colonel Lanrston
prefers the attorneyship of the Bute
railroad and that Governor-elect Mor
riaon nrefera not .to disturb Colonel
Metta although frieada of former Ad
jutant General Laurenee Young are
pressing hia name for the place.
Health legislation and matters per
taining to the publle welfare will have
a prominent part ia the Morriaon pro
gram and it ia a pretty safe prediction
that Dr. W. 8. Rankin, present secretary
of the SUte Board of Health, and Bo
land F. Beaaley, Btate Superintendent
f publle welfare, will continue to func
tion after January 1L Officially and
personally, Dr. Bankin and Mr. Beaaley
are held inhigh esteem by the governor-elect
and while neither appointment
would be made directly by the governor
no appointment to the twe boards un
der which they serve will be made to
cause friction.
Henee And Senate "Whine."
With a program that must necessarily
call for some far reaching legislation,
tha choice ef legislative "whips" In the
Senate and House of Bepresentatrrea ia
perhaps the moat important matter the
governor elect will be confronted with.
Stranger things have happened but
few abler men will be found In the
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course or awe a events nu u. n. imwi
ef Lain barton, law partner ef National
Committeeman Wilton McLean, - wn
comes to the Senate after one of the
meet heated local eampeigaa of two
decades. Upon him Mr.- Morriaon will
lean largely for championship of hia
measure ia the upper branch of the
General Assembly while on the ether
side of the rotunda that Chesterfield
ef lawmakers, W, N. Everett, of Bock
iughanv wOl be the administration
.-leader. I - S i-"sit. "
- The twe will loom large in the de
liberations of the colon. .On ia aa
experienced legislator who count more
friends and fewer enemies than any
single legislator returning. The ether
ia, apart from his ne ability aa a
practitioner, gifted with a stage pres
ence at enee commanding. . ... - ,
Of Blghwaya and Bach Things. .
". ' There ia quits a bit of speculation
among the politician aa te prospective
resignations and new appointment en
the Btate Highway Commission, a body
'that during the Morriaon era will take
rank with the Btate "Tax Commission
under the Bickett administration. -
There are ne visible indications ef
a -shake np here, though it ia highly
probable ttie personnel ef the eomml
sion will be changed either prior, to
the maaguratioa ef Mr, Morrison or
(Ceatlaaed Oa Page Twe.)
Notice has been served on the eoal
trade of the country by Senators Cai
der, of New York, and Edge, of New
Jersey, that unleaa the price of eoal to
the consumer ia materially reduced
within a month, they will recommend
that the government take over control
of the coal industry. Both are mem
bers of the Senate reconstruction com
mittee. The above photo shows Sen
ator Walter . Edge., of New Jersey.
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Bloodhounds Trail To Home
Of Henderson Man Who Is
Held By Coroner's Jury
Henderson, Nov. 9. When B. Ia Ab
bitt, age 00, owner of a country store
near Henderson, wa awakened last
night shortly before 11 o'clock by the
squealing of a pig in his back yard he
found a fire of incendiary origin un
der the store building. With his son's
help he extinguished tho blaze and then
started to Henderson to secure blood
hounds-
Two hundred yarda south of bia home,
he was knocked down and brutally mur
dered by being beaten over the head
with an eight-pound wrench. An hour
later hia dead body waa found on tha
highway by a party of motorists, who
immediately notified (he police depart
ment nere.
S. A. Nichols, of Baleigh, arrived
here this morning at 4 o'clock with his
two bloodhounds. One or the dogs was
turned loose wnere tne dead Dody was
fdund. Trailing down ths road to
Henderson, the canine want to the
home of N. W. Thomas, an electrician,
who waa found in bed. At the horns
also wss found H. C. Cruteber, private
i. the army recruiting aerrice, who was
also taken in charge by the officers.
Tha ufln A no ataa furnad Iaau at
thj store building and after trailing
up the road to where the body waa
found returned to Henderson and also
went to 'Jis Tbumaa home, Mr. Nichols
at tea. No further efforts were made
at trailing.
After deliberating for a half day and
hearing sueh evidence as was availulile,
tne coroner s jury this afternoon recom
mended that N. W. Thomas be held for
(Continued Oa Page Two.)
ANOTHER SHARP BREAK
OCCURS IN WALL STREET
Some Sixty-Odd Industrial and
Special Issues To Tear's
v Lowest Price!
New Tork, Nov. 9. The Block Mar
ket broke sharply again today, soma
sixty odd issues of the industrial and
special varieties falling to lowest
prices of the year.
united States Steel declined oa very
heavy dealings to 83)4, the lowest for
that stock since 1B17.
Further liquidation of securities
was unattended by any development
ef happenings, other than those which
have long pressed en the market. Thss
were represented principally by the
steady reversal of trade and commerce
unsettlement in the leading eommodl
tie markets, light money and acute
condition abroad.
foreign exchange recovered slightly
from yesterday's low record, although
the rally still left most remittances,
ether than the British rate, close, to
lowest quotation.
One ef the outstanding feature of
the stock market for many week past
ha been the lack ef pnblia interest
This is due aot ensy to the stringent
money market but else to the fact
that merchant and ether former
speculative interests, a well a inves
tor, have been using their eaah re
sou roes for more legitimate enter
prises. , ,. ,...rajX
- ' " 'V, SaaeUae Priesa Fall
Washington. Nov. 9. "Over-produe-
tioa" la the United States i the rea-
aoa assigned by British oil companies
for aa unexpected ; reduction ef six
eent a gallon in the price ef gaaolln
ia urea Britain after a sudden - In.
era ef 14 eent a gallon in. August,
according to advice from the Ameri
can Chamber ef Commerce in London
today to the, Department ef Commerce.
Christy Msthewsea Reeeveriag.
New York, Nor. A dispatch re
ceived her from Havana Lake de
clare that Christy Mathewsoa, former
star major leaguer, ia recovering from
hia illness. After more than a year'
fight aganat tobereulosis, -which set In
while th diamond 'favorite waa with
tha army in r ranee, he ia making prog,
reas toward health and phymeiana, now
declare there i a toed chance for hi
VAriUt It Mm
Clubbed to death
full recovery. r
North Carolina Congressman
Believes In Letting Well
Enough Alone
COX'S PRE-CONVENTION
VISITS" IN WASHINGTON
Judge Moore Opposes Filling
Minds of Democrat! With
Discontent Oyer Defeat;
Says Ohio Governor Still
Dominant figure In. Party;
Knox Por Secretary of State
The New and Observer Bureau,
803 District National Bank Bldg.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Nor. 9. Representative
Claude Kltchin, minority leader in the
new House, would stop all tola talk
about the re-orginization of the Demo
cratic party. He said today that he
was out of patience with the voluntary
suggestions Of would-be leaders that
the Democratic party should be re
formed because it sustained defeat.
''If some of these near leaders, would
be leaders and self appointed advtaera
would keep their months shut, he saidj
mony in the party, xne nrst tning
the Democrat must do i oo get to
gather again. Let n hav leaa talk
about leadership and more action tow-
arda harmony in our ranks.
. H. Moore, Governor Cox s pre.
eonventioa manager, who is ia Wash
ington, is also opposed to filling- the
minds of Democrat with discontent
over the party's defeat. Mr. Moore
aaid the Ohio Governor is still the lead
ing figure in the party and should re.
main so- He disparagea the idea of
turning to William Jennings Bryaa
again as the leader of th parry. He
would let the opposition party show its
hand in the White House' and in Con
gresa. The policy and eonduet of th
new administration will eoon show ths
defeated Democrats what to do to get
together.
Knox Slated for Cabinet.
Bepublieans are now expending; most
of their energy in choosing a cabinet
for Harding. It is said hers that who
ever compose the new' President of.
fieial family, the fact should never be
overlooked that it character will be
largely determined by the on man who
la most responsible for the nomratioa
of tha Buckeye Senator at Chicago.
That man ia Senator Penrose. Propped
up by pillow in hi siek bed, Penrose
dictated the nomination over a long; dis
tance teiepnone.
And though Pensose ia still a siek
man too weak to shoulder th whole
rburden of chairmanship of the Senate
iinance committee he will according
w reports nave Harding appoint Sen
ator Knox as his Secretary of State.
That ia the appointment will be made
if Knox ia not too ill himself to take
the office.. Knox wa Taft Secretary
of State, he i a very wealthy eoroora.
tion lawyer, and personally a very in-
aoieat man. k
There are two reports eoaeernin
him. One ia that he ia (till the bitter
league of Nation irreconcilable that
ne was in the Senate. He waa reeo
nixed aa the brain in the opposition
to the League. The other report is
mat ne nas cnangea bis mind and would
accept some sort of League of Nations
for th United Bute. But it ia gen
erally believed among irreeoueilables
that if he ia chosen he will be a etrong
bulwark in Harding'a cabinet against
me enona or Tart. Hoot and Wicket-
snam to stage a league such aa ths
senate might ratify-
Knox is too intellectual, too detached
from ordinary party politics and too
independent for Penrose. Penrose
want a mors flexible and malleable
iriena as a colleague in the Senate.
jrenrose is aiso a League of Nation ir
reconcilable and while an Old Guard
of the old guards, he would fight Boot
anil nil on IB Kin, Tka hnl.
wague iaea raise hi ire.
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Taft and Rnrkaa T. r I..
Some of those who nmf... v.
Inside information say that Harding' will
iua vutu 'ait ana ungues oa the an-
preme court bench. Tha n PMMt
m likely to have two and possibly four
ipuuunen 10 BUS In tha hi a-heat
court. Chief Jnstiee White i bow 75
ana ns is almost sure to retire within
the next four years. Associate Jn.ii.,
Day is ven older, and Justice McKenna
ana .Holmes, all BeDubllcana. mrnt
the chief Justie, may elect to retire,
bow that a Kcpublieaa executive ia ia
the White House. Speculation i that
Taft would be appointed Chief Justice
and Hnghea given hi former place aa
associate justice. The court now atands
nv jccpublieani and four Democrats.
tm sepublieaa majority ia almost cer
tain to be increased with! a the next
four year. '
Utile Hope For Tar Heaaa.
North Carolina Berjublieana wha are
beginning to flock to Waahinrton are
wondering whether the party in th
tob wiu receive any nrst elan ap
pointment outsid ef th State. The
Tennessee Sepablieaa are countinea
big thing, eve a possible cabinet ap
pointment. But North Carolina ia a
respect met Chairman Hays' test, which
wa to carry th Ninth aad Tenth con
gressional district. It ia understood
that Hay told John M. Morefaead and
his lieutenant that if they carried the
twe diatrleta, th party might ret a
second alas ambssssdorahip.
Chairman Morshead ia reported ax-
wu to get a berth la om foreign
country for ex-Senator Marion Bntler.
Mr. Butler ia on hia farm at Elliot.
N. C, and has mot been ia Washington
for twe months. Hi-law partner, Mr.
Vale, aaid today that he did not knew
the ex-senator's plana, but h waa abso
lotely certain Mr. Butler would aot ac
cept any appointment abroad that th
Harding administration would be likely
to give him. But other-. Bpabliens
here say Mr. Butler is not so particular
a all that. But outsid ef tha Stat
Co4tTicd Oa Pag Tw4
Former Employes Of Board
Allege Corruption, Graft
And Waste Of Money
BENSON DECLINES TO
COMMENT ON REPORT
Report Chargei Gross Waste
Of Fonda, Improperly Drawn
Contracts, Padding Of Pay.
rolls And Wholesale Theft
Of Supplies And Equipment
Prom Board's Ships
Washington, Nov. 9. (By The Asso
ciated Press.) Corruption of employes
and officials of ths Shipping Board
Emergency Fleet Corporation, graft in
purchasing supplies for and ia repair
ing government-owned merchant ships
snd the ase of political or other in
fluence in obtaining contract for ship
construction and the allocation of com
pleted, vessela to operating companies
are among a naase of charge mad in
a report submitted to the House Com
mittee oa Shipping Board Operations
by A. M. Fisher and J. F. Biehardson,
former employee of the board.
Barfi lerMeurnt toiscuMrie
report, Declaring that any statement he
might bars to make would be made to
the House Committee, which now
continuing its investigation of the
board's operations.
Gives By Committee.
The report waa made public tonight
by the committee, of which Kepresen
tative Walsh. Bepubliean, of Maseaehu
setta, is chairman. It covers more than
100 printed pages and deals exhsus-
tively with many phases of Shipping
Board operations a observed by the
committee's investigations over a pe
riod of more than a year.
Mr. fisher, who formerly waa eon
neeted with the Federal Trade Commi
sion, made a survey for the Shipping
Board a to record-keeping systems in
the erne of the lumber administration
Mr. Biehardson, for twenty years
newspaper man, waa employed for aev
era! years in the board's department
of investigation.
Ia presenting the report. Mr. Fisher
explained that it was designed to deal
only with problems which could be
solved wholly by the Shipping Board
itself and "left antouehed fouru
general cubjeeta ia connection with the
board' ope ratios. Among these were
enumerated organisation of the board,
technical error in the. construction
program. German-American deals, as
sumption ef diplomatic funetiona y
board officials, enforcement of the new
Merchant Maria Act and evasion of
the Selective Service Act
Charge Groan W
Taking up in detail seven general
phases of tha board's activities, the
report charged gross waste of gpvern
meat funds, improperly drawn eon
tract, which cost the government large
sums, and failure of the varioua di
vision of the board to co-operate effi
eieatly and the almost complete failure
of come of th divisions to function
properly.
Padding of par rolls by firms repair
ing Shipping Board Vessels, ownership
by companies operating government
vessels of stock in companies furnish
ing supplies to those craft at prices
ranging anywhere from 40 to SO per
cent, above wholesale costs, wholesale
theft of supplies and equipment from
ship aad the loss of million of dot
lars through Improperly secured loans
made to contractors building govern
ment vessela also were charged
1 ed Mack Money.
The investigators alleged that in
some ease the fleet corporation loaned
money to contractors and accepted as
security bond issued by companies in
eorporaied by the contractors, "which
bonds have aiaec been found to be
worthless. The charge also was made
that in many cases ((upbuilding plants
with materials which are going eon
cerna are turned hack to contractors
aa sal rare propositions and the eon
tractor tana reap large profit at the
expense of the fleet corporation
Another allegation in tha report was
that many arm holding construction
eon tracts inaugurated Liberty Bono
selling crusade ia their plant aad
eharged to ship construction 10 per
cent, ef the money thus secured a the
cost for selling th bond. It was fur
ther eharged that ia com ease the
fleet corporation, authorised contractors
to tax from their appropriated
funds" sum to purchase Liberty
Bonds aad that subsequently in some
eases these bond were sold or hypo-
theeated at a Iocs aad th money thus
realised used "for plant purposes.'
"They (tha ooatraetors) then put in
a claim against the United Btate
Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Cor
poration for th losses tha incurred,
declared the report;
BARUCH SPENT $40,000 .
TO HELP DEMOCRATS
AJbaav. W. Y, New. 9. Bernard M.
Barnes, ef New Tork, former chair-
ef the war industries Board.
pent 940,000 for the product! oa ef a
motion sieture la support r tne item
oeratic party aad the Learn e ef Na-
ia the election a week ago, a
notified the Secretary ef Btate today.
Mr. Barach wrote he wa not a can
didst for pablis effiee la the recent
election and wa not certain that the
law reauired him to fll a personal
campaign statement, adding he waa do
ing so to aneet the requirement of
tha law if they covered expenditure
iasilar t ala. r
..' Flea Priesa Bcduced. '
Bcenoho. Va. Nov. 9 A redaction In
tha price of flour ef SO cent a barrel
has been announced by a local mill, ea
ef the largest in th South. Thi i th
second redaction which the mill has
mad sine November L, The wholesale
prise ef flow new hi noted here at
H.T3 te UN a barret,7
John Ford Told Friend of Re
ceiving Letter of Warning
Recently
STORY TOLD BY GIRLS
AGREES WITH KILLIAN'S
Struggling" Between Life and
Death, Essie Beatty Gives
Fragmentary Account o f
Sunday Night Tragedy; Lin
coln ton Man Buried Prom
Methodist Church
Gastonia, Nov. 9. Th condition of
Ernie Beatty, one of the victims of the
alleged murderous assault made upon
an automobile party three miles from
here Saturday night, wss said by phyr
sician this morning to be practically
unchanged. Although struggling be
tween life and death, she told a frag
mentary story of the crime this morn
ing and H waa substantially the came
as that given the coroner's jury by both
Hanson Killlan and Effie Grace, the
other two members of the party of four
which was attacked.
John Ford, of Lineolnton, the. fourth
member of the party, which, according
BIO CROWD AT FUNERAL OF
VICTIM OF MYSTERIOUS TRACED!
Lineolnton, Nov. 9. The funeral of
John Ford, age 22, who was killed Sun
day night near Gastonia, was conducted
this afternoon in tho Methodist church,
of this city, by his psa)or, Bev. J. T.
Mangum, assisted by Her. W. 8. Wil
son. A large number attended the fun
eral from town and country and the
floral offerings were numerous- The
remains were buried in Hollybraok
cemetery in this city. He is survived
by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Ford
of this city, and three sisters and three
brothers. He waa manager of the mov
ing picture chow here and ia thia ea
pacity wss widely known and had num
erous friends.
Nothing new has developed here tend
ing to show who killed the young man.
An anonymous letter is said to have
been received by Ford about three or
four weeks before his death. A local
citixen stated today that Ford ahowed
him this letter. In substance he says
th letter warned Ford to be careful
where he went and what he did. that
he wa in very great danger, it he did
not act very cautiously. Th writer
of the letter stated, according to the
informant, that he was a stranger to
rora out attended bis picture shows,
Th latter wa dated High Shoals but
the envelop did not show the High
Shoals postmark. Search ia being made
lor wis letter.
It is thought this was la the dead
man'a pocket book but the book eould
not be found today it being supposed
mas toe rooDers secured the pocket.
book. It is said that Ford did not
think seriously of the unsigned letter.
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ana mac ne oeiieved it mailed in Lin
eolnton, owing to the hour he got it
irora me postornee box-
Theories and opinions aa to the final
outcome of the affair fly thick aad
ioai imi a considerable number be
lieve ths itafnmenf nt Dim. Vlli:.
u w a wiiiwi!
the other young man with the girla on
the night of the tragedy, who ia in Gal
lon ia today testifying ebfore the eoro
ner jury. .
Twe Suspect Released.
union, b. c, Nov. 8. The two
negroes arrested here yesterday as
suspect in connection with the killing
01 jonn rord and wounding of a young
woman ounday near Uastonia. N C.
were released today for want of evi
dence against them.
PARTY LEADERS PLEDGE
THEIR MUTUAL SUPPORT
Jackson Political Leaders On
Both Sides Determined to
Preserve Order
Aafaeville, Nov. 9. Following confer-
ereec with Governor Bickett here thia
afternoon, both Democrats snd Kenuh.
llcans left f it their homes at Bvln.
Jackson county, determined that when
tne county cmvassing board meet to
morrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, th
worn of counting the vote will proceed
in an orderly manner.
Governor Biokett held senarata en a
ferences this afternoon with Cbairmaa
J. J. Mason, Democrat, of ths county
eanvasaing board and with Geom W
Sutton, Bepubliean attorney, and than
conferred with the two tcanthcr. They
agreed, the chief executive stated, that
each would do all la hie power to get
u sides to won in harmony aad finish
tne work which, falle to the board.
The governor aaid that he would not
visit Sylva unlea th unforeseen hap
pened, and he doe aot expect that to
take place, for he believes that the eitt
fn of th county will insist that law
aad order' be enforced. He gave itt
struetionate th Jackson county efSeiala,
nowever, to swear in a many men ef
both parties a necessary as deputy
inarm ana instruct them to be en duty
during the count.
Chairman Masoa wa urged to take aa
Asheville lawyer and a stenographer
ana anuoune to th crowd in attend.
ane that verythingi said aad doa
weuiu oe tuea uown. in case uere
a disturbance the governor urged the
cbairmaa te take the name of every
man guilty and he would see that they
re jailed.- If by chance" anything
should happen that the vote could , aot
be counted, then the governor - urged
that the board move to another county.
' - -' - Milk Prices Drop, '1
St. Louis, Nov. 9. Th reduetioa of
one Ceat la tha twice of milk in BL
Louis from 17 to 10 cent a quart wa
announced today by local dairies. Th
reduction followed a drop, from tSM
to S3 JO per, hundred pound ra the
wneneeaie pvcee.
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President-elect and Mrs. Harding are
now at Paint Isabel, Texas, where they
will pead two week in Melusiou be
fore going for a week of sightseeing in
the Panama Canal Zone. At Point Isa
bel they are the guest of Mr. F. E,
Bcoby, prominent Bepubliean of th
Lone Star State, whe wa a leader of
the Harding pre-eoavention campaign,
and ha been a personal friend of Mr.
Harding for many years.
LEI
Governor Bickett Brings Wei
come From State To Gen
eral U. D. C. Meeting
Aeheville, Nov. 9. With greetings
from Governor Bickett, of North Caro
Una; Mayor Gallatin Boberts, of Ash.
villet Mr. O. F. Harvey, of Kinaton,
State president; Mrs. W. 0. Spenee,
Btate regent, 11. A. it., and local reprs
sentatives, the 27th annual goneral eon
vsutioa of the U. D. O. opened here
tonight with nearly 000 delsgste in
attendance. Mrs. Josephus Daniela was
unable to be present and her place
ha been taken by Mr. 8. T. John Law.
toa, Stat president, of South Caro
lina,
' By noon Tuesday there had been reg
istered at headquartera about 480 dele
gates from th following State:
North Carolina. South Carolina. Mis
stssippt, Louiaiaaa, Ohio, Massachusetts,
alary lan a, Texas, Pennsylvania, Ala
bama. Florida, Oklahoma, West Vir
ginia, Virginia, Missouri, Kentucky,
Georgia, Mew York, Connecticut, Col
orado, Arkansas and th District of
Columbia.
Among ths arrival were noted the
following daughters prominent ia va
rious chapter of the U. D. C: Mrs.
J. H. Crenshaw, of Montgomery, Ala.,
president of the Alabama division;
Mine Annie Jean Crawford and Miss
Bailie Hay Holman, Btate pages' for
Alabama; Mr. M. E. Bryaa, of Hous
ton, Texas; Mr. W. 8. Coleman, of
Atlanta; Mr. W. D. Mason, Mrs.
Georgs Davies, Mrs. John W. Goodwin,
Mrs. T. J. Lee, Mrs. H. T. Hartman,
all of Philadelphia; Mrs. John Boberts
and Mrs. J. V. Wiggins, of Bt. Louis;
Mrs. C. M. Robert and Mrs. W. E.
Maaaey, of Little Bock, Ark.: Mrs.
Norman Bandolph, Mr. M. 0. Harris
and Miss Salli Archer Anderson, of
iuebmond, Va.
Th tor' at Grove Park Inn imme
diately following the recital, all the
pages will serve at the tea and other
functions under the direction of Miss
Mary 8umner, with five assistants.
These -are Mis AUeea Reynolds, Miss
Dorothy Parker, Mia Margaret .Cowan,
Miss Martha Chambers and Miss Jose
phine Carr.
The program for the evening in-
eluded not onty the automobile ride
and th organ recital to b followed
by - the tea, but th big gathering at
the auditorium. An elaborate ball took
place at Grove Park Inn after tha big
gathering in the auditorium. The busi
ness session will begin tomorrow.
AIRPLANE FRAGMENTS
ARE WASHED ASHORE
Fort Myers, Fla., Nov, 9 Fragments
of an airplans wsshed ashor at Saal
bel Inland, near her today, are caus
ing much speculation a to whether or
not they are mute evidence of om
tragedy ever the Gulf of Mexleo. Th
fragment were much waterwora and
all identifying mark have been ob
literated. The fragments consist of
th part of en wing and part of -the
fuaelag.
No airplane ha been reported miss
ing so far aa is fcnowa here.
BBAVT REDUCTION IN
PRICES OF CLOTHING
Bochaster, N. V, Nov. . A redue
tion of S3 1-3 per cent la the whole
sale pries of clothing ia announced by
rae of Rochester's largest clothing
manufacturing eoaeerns. . The - redue
tioa is cffeetiveV from November 1 and
and pplicc to suit and overt oata. It is
aid th reduction, which is in addition to
th aiutl cash discount ef T per cent,
represent a cut ef from 133, the open
ing fall wholesale price, to approxi
mately t20. -
ROCKY MOUNT WUL RUN
,- . TRAIN TO FOOTBALL GAME
Becky Mount, Not, Acting upon
tha,: uggetiou 1 f several , Carolina
alumai, the Bocky Mount Chamber of
Commerce, tn roues it secretary, Nor
man X. Chamblist, is endeavoring t
perfect arrangements for a special
traia to o operated between tnl ctry
and rlotUsvUl -Va Thanksrrvir
Day, ia order that the many Carolina
supports rs in this immediate Mctlou
may-be, given an opportunity to wit
a th annual Turkey Day Gridiron
clash between the University c Vir-
Ase
BIG
CONVENTION
jtaia gad tha Tar Heel eleven.
President Dlrects-That Secre
tary of State Visit Brazil
and Uruguay
HE WILL ALSO ACCEPT
ARGENTINE INVITATION
Colby Will Officially Eepay Vis,
f it of Prair1onta nt Vravtl
and Uruguay to the' United
States, . and Assure South '
America of Friendship of
This Nation ,
Washington, Nov. 9. (By th Asso
ciated Press.) President Wilson for
mally announced tonight that he had
directed Secretary Colby, of th Stat
Department, "on behalf and in my
stead," to visit Braxil and Uruguay in
acknowledgement of the recent visits
to this country of fh President cf
those two republic.
In addition the President said he
would be ratified if Mr. Colby took
the opportunity also to visit Buenos
Aires in response to the recent invita
tion received from th Argentic Gov
might personally retnra the visits,
the President's statement, issued' at
the conclusion of today's cabinet meet
ing, said rsgarding the recent tour ia
thi country of President Brum, of
Uruguay, and Pessoa, of Brazil, and
I ean eoneeive of no worthier object
to which I eould dedicate my time and
strength, but I am prevented from
doing so and eannot longer postpone
the agreeable courtesy of their recip
rocation which this country is strongly
desirous of showing the governments
aad people of both Braxil and Uru.
guay,
President's Statement.
The President's statement follows: '
Th history of th relations be
tween the United State aad the
friendly republic in South America
were marked in the year 191S and
1920 by two incident of the most
agreeable character and outstanding
significance. I refer to the visit to
thia country in; August, 1918, of Hia
Excellency, Dr. Bsltasar Brum, now;
President of Uruguay, and at th tun
of bl visit minister of foreign affaire
of hi country r aad la the year IS 19 to.
the visit of Hia Excellency, Dr. luhr
tacia Pessoa, new President cf Brisk,
and at th tim ef hi visit Presidmtt
elect to that exalted offlee.
"Both the visit called forth Icbk
enst rstlons on th part cf th people
of th United State and ef the at
most cordiality and good will toward
the distinguished visitor and the
friendly nation whom they represent,
ed, and every thinking person ia this
country wa impressed with th pa
teney of sueh visit aa Instruments foe
cementing the sincere attachment aad
deepening the genuinA intimacy b.
tween the self-governing democracies
of th western hemisphere.
A Worthy Object.
'"It has long been my hope that, I
might personally return these visit,
and I ean conceive of no worthier obx.
jeet to which I eould dedicate my time,
and strength ; but I am prevented from!
doing so and cannot longer postpoa
th agreeabl courtesy of the recipro
cation which thi country is strongly
desirous of showing to ths govert
mehts and peoples, both ef Braxil aad
Uruguay.
"I have, therefore, directed the See'
retary of State oa my behalf aad 1'
my stead, to visit both Brazil aad Uru
guay and to extend to th peoples of -both
those countries, through their
respeellvec government, the most m
phatie assurance of the esteem and
friendship of the 'people of the United
State and of the deslr felt in thi
country for the strengthening of aver);
tie that binds our respective peoples 1
mutual good will and cordial inter,
course.
"I am also much gratified that K
will be possible for the Secretary ef
State, taking advantage of hia proxim
ity to Buenos Aires, to accept the very
courteous invitation of the Argentine
Governmen to visit Buenos Aires, aad
to carry to tha people of the Argen
tine confederation tha tarn assar."
anees of our high esteem and deep
good will"
Secretary Daniels conferred wim
Secretary Colby today regarding the
assignment of a battleship for tha
trip, which will be primarily to return
the visits of Presidents Brum, af .
Uruguay, and Pessoa. of Brazil. - ,
Details of the trip, including the
personnel of the party-ihat will aceom- .
pany Mr. Colby have been completed.
It wa learned that a seor ef attaches
Snd diplomat -will b in th party aad
elaborate plan hav been mad at Bis)
de Janeiro and Montevideo for formal
atat reception and entertainment-
FAMOUS RESTAURANTS
WILL REDUCE PRICES
New Tork, Nov. 9. Prices of food '
served at Childs restaursnts through
out th United State will be reduced ,
from 11 to 28 per cent as soon as new . ,
menu cards can be printed and dis
tributed, it wa announced today by A. '
W. Biley, head of th government's
"flying squadron ef profiteer hunter.
A revised menu given Mr. Riley by
th general management of th restau- ,
rants show reduction ia th price of .
staple dishes, aueh as roast, (hop aad
various meat and vegetable combine-
tion. , Ths ten cent cup of coffee, how
ever, will remain. ? - -
WW Haye Tahiag
-' flttlHvaa, Indi"Nov.' 9. Home-iofJt,;
who hailed him a "Bin," gave Will &,
Haye, chairman ef the v. Republican 1
jnanoaat committee, a nsarty weieeae
whaa h came to hi home her tod-r
for a sheet rest foTlewiaff tha easa-