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I - VOL. 15, NO. 30. SALISBURY, N. C, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1920. PRICE TWO CENTS UPHAflfl QUOTAS CHEF WITNESSES BEFORE COMM.! G. 0. P.s Are After Three and Quarter Million. r wiTimrl 77xt h 4 mTn : 10 mrn to (lult work on Ley'8"'! G. WHITE ON HAND; liners loading for London. ! -After all of the longshoremen Ashamed to Testify, Dem-!r,n the Nniin were out the wom- ocrats So Poor He Savs. (fly The An.iociaU-ii Pmsi Chicago, Aug. HI. Denial under oath that he ever had seen, heaiV or ordered made ud n list of cam paign quotas assigned to various ! cities aa charged hy Governor Cox in a speecn at nu.sourgu was made today by Fred W. Uphani, treasur er of the Republican national com mitter in testimony before the sen ate committee investigating cam paign expenses. Chairman Kenyon of the com mittee called attention to the list, saying it totaled more thun $S, 000.000. "The first time I ever saw this was in the newspapers tlte day af ter the speech," said Mr. Upham. "Furthermore, no one in my office made up such a list with my knowl edge or consent," said Mr. Upham. Although denying flatly that the official bulletins issued from his office to field workers to engaire in raising Republican campaign funds were secret or counselled secrev. he pointed out that the only pro hibition in that respect referred i Jiublishing-lists of contributors in ocal papers. On demand of Senntor Reed the committee sent Mr. Unham back to his office to produce the much dis cussed "quotas sheet," showing the amount eah state was asked 10 raise for both national and state campaign purposes. .-.Chicago,. Aug. 3L Wilbur W. ' Marsh, Democratic national treas urer, and Fred W. Upham, Repub lican national committee treasur er, were the chief witness today before the committee. Several hundred thousand dol lar, was added to the Republican campaign figures presented yester dayHby Chairman Hays when Mr. Upham repeated that Republican and 'congressional campaign com mittees are to raise t he snm. G. O. P. Has Secured Over Million. The Republican national commit tee, received 1,017,255.32 in con tributions for both national ami state campaigns between June 14ti and. August 20th, Fred Upham, na tional treasurer of the Republi cans, told the senate inrestigating campaign expenditures today. Of this sum, he said, $018,013.54 was for; national campaign purposes and $399,241.78 for state purposes. ; With the report, Mr. Upham, presented to the committee the names of 12.598 contributors to the'fund which fixed the average contribution at $82.11. Mr. Uoham also presented a budget showing' that the commit tee planned to spend $3,259,037.20. White On Hand. Chairman George White was on hand today to supplement the in formation given the committee yes terday toy former Chairman Hom er S. Cummins. Democratic cam paign contributions to date tootal onlyv$07.000, Mr. White said, he would tell Jhe committee "Actually tha Democrataic com-!men mittee is so poor that I almost hate to confess," Mr. White said. "We have already spent most of the . $67,000 subscribed. "I have 'come into my place so recently' that I have no final cam paign cost or estimate at present." ' Farmers in the provinces of. Al berta. Manitoba and Sasketchse- wari, Canada', own 25,00 Otractors. In India, chaplains are maintain- ducks" would treeze to death, ed to minister to British subjects 1 The descent from the "peak" n subjects as in the army and navy, titudo was mode in 17 minuted. PREACHER GOES ACTER THE DEVIL ! AND GETS HIS FROM "MERMAIDS" New York, Aug. 31. The Rev. Fdederick Kopfman, pastor of the Methodist church at Titusville, N. J., . motored to Washington's Crossing yesterday afternoon to evict, the devil, who, he says, has been spending his vacation there among the bungalows of the select summer colony, , .. Instead of encountering the lord .of the underworld, the clergyman came face to face with several hundred broad-shouldered, deep, chested members of the younger set, who wrecked the minister's au tomobile, punched, mauled and oth erwise manhandled him, attempt ed to duck him in the- Delaware river; and desisted only when a constable, with drawn revolver,, held the mob at hay while the par son escaped,; V v!.. ;A While the riot was in , progress some one reached into the car and strut k the clergyman s blow, un der the right eye. . Then some of the men and women produced sev eral .packages of overripe toma DEIS LIST OF ASSIGNED VARIOUS CITIES LONGSHOREMEN IN BOSTON WALK OUT Irish Sympathizers Succeed In Spreading Strike of Longshore-1 men to (he Massachusetts City. I By The AiiocIiiIkJ Prtr Ronton, Aug. 31. The strike of longshoremen ne-ainst marine com panies steamships under the Brit ish flag in protest against the British attitude toward Ireland was extended to this city today when three women induced the crew of I'm iih iui biitr Viyuc tint; pier in 1 an attempt to have the dock crews Sat work on the Leyland liner Cale donian join the strike. lIKiM COURT HAS DEFINED BOOTLEGGER AM) TIGER iSixriiil to The Kvenine PiKtl 1 Atlanta, Aug. .11. Do you know the difference between a bootleg ger and a blin dtiger, or in your ignorance did you imagine they about the same thing Weil, the Supreme court has de termined and defined the differ ence in a decision handed down. A bootlegger si "a person who isells intoxicating liquors unlaw fully on the sly, not from any par ticular business location, but car rying his wares in his pocket or somewhere else about his person. "But when a person establishes himself in a definite place of busi ness, where ne may even pretend to be selling othe rthings but where he really sells liquor unlawfully then he is a blind tiger." LINOTYPE OPERATOR KILLED A. T. Yoder, Operator on Hickov Record Falls From Motor Truck While On His Way Home. (Siu'cial to The Evening Post I Hickory, Aug. 31. A. T. Yoder, 52 years old, a linotype operator on th"e Hickory Record, fell from a motor truck while on the wav to his home in Newton last, night and received injuries from which he died later. He was never married and leaves no family. CORK MAYOR WEAKNENS. Terence MacSweeny Growing Weaker As His Hunger Strike Is Prolonged, Sister Says. ,H The Associate Pre--.! London, Aug. 31. Terance Mac Sweeny, lord mayor of Cork, who has been on a hunger strike since August 12, was still alive today but his sister, Mar. who visited him said he was rowMg weaker and "the end may come at any mom ent." FROZEN IN TEXAS IN MIDSUMMER! FACT! San Antonio, Tex., Aug. 31. Frozen in South Texas, in Augus:, with the mercury touching 92! Sounds impossible! But Lieutenant Harry L. Wett dington with Privates Maddig.in, Dowd, Bentley, Cruz, Jewell and Brown, of Kelley field, stand as living proof of its truth. All seven are under treatment for frozen noses and ears in the U. S. army hospital here. It happened like this: Weddington wented to establish a world passenger carrying alti tude Tecord. He selected the six privates "little ducks," as they are knowr. in army aviation lan guage, for his companions. In order to cut the weight the 'lieir uniforms. Two were IseahJd in the cockpit in" front of the rudder bar, while four were tucked in on the floor of the rear cockpit. During, the climb, which lasted 57 minutes, the plane was covered with ke and the "little ducks suffered agony from the cold. Weddington reached 19.071 fen,. "I could have gone 1,000 feet higher, but I was afraid my "little toes. Pelted With Tomatoes -The first tomato, tossed by a golden-haired young woman, caught the minister flush on the face. The tomato burst with a jucy "plunk," and its remains dripped down Mr. Kopfman's face and over his collar and clothes. Other tomatoes,' of course follow ed ,and as each of the missiles found its mark, the crowd howled in derision. A broad shouldered young giant leaped into, the automobile ana tore off the parson's collar. lie said that the collar,' before the Close Of the day, would be hailed tOn,t eneearacad by the aharp break the public bulletin- board at the en trance to the town, on which, for the last two weeks, the following inscription, in Ted paint, has met the gaze of passersby: i Washington's : Crossing, : made famous .by -George Washington, in famous by the . Rev. Frederick Kopfman, t5 the serpent-tongued, cheap notoriety seeker. . CAMPAIGN COX OMSK STATEMENT FALSE Maintains That G. O. P. Seeks Large Campaign Subscriptions. IN EXCESSTOF $5,000 "Quotas' Were Arranged So As to Raise a Minimum of $3,000,000 in Cities the Size of St. Louis, Cleveland and Detroit lily The Amoriattd Pre) Columbus, O., Aug. 31. Gover nor Cox, Democratic presidential candidate, in a statement today de clared "a's asoblutely false and un true the statements attributed to Will H. Hays, chairman of the Re - publican national committee before' the senate sub-committee investi- gating campaign expenses that it was not the policy of the Republi can committee to obtain contri butions in excess of $1,000. Governor Cox referred to what purports to be the official "docu ment issued by the Republican committee to prove his allegations. The document referred to by the governor is alleged to have been issued by Treasurer Upham two days after Senator Harding's nom ination at Chicago. The document, Governor Cox savs, shows by its presence that subscriptions are to be sought in excess of $5,000, that the "quo tas" should be so that a minimum of $3,000,000 was to be sought in cities the size of St. Louis, Cleve- , land and. Detroit anti-bolsheviki are Annihilated Those Landed in the Province of Juban East of the Azob Sea Meet With Death, v I By The AtsVted Pre. it London, Aug. 31. Anti-Bolshe-viki forces landed in the, province of Juban east of the sea of Azob by Gen. Wrangel have been "com pletely annihilated," says a state ment issued here late last night by M. Kameneff, head of the Rus sian Bolshevik delegation in this city. The statement was based on a .telegram received from Moscow earlier in the evening. Riot Casualty List Grows. Belfast, Aug. 31. Nine persons are dead as a result of rioting in this city, another man being killed last night and two of the wounded in yesterday's disorders dying. The revised list of casualties sine? the rioting" began Wednesday show that 20 persons have been killed. Germany Dumping Goods Here. ;Washington, Aug. 3h .Germany is dumping her surplus imperial goods in the Uniied States and England and is marking its exports to Great Britain "made in Amer ica" and those to the United States "made in England," official advices received here today stated. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARK CONGRATiULATES MISS PAUL Washington, Aug. 31. Chief Justice Walter Clark of the North Carolina supreme court, has writ ten Miss Alice Paul, of the wom an's national partq, congratulating her on the suffrage victory. He said in part: "When in the1 days of your persecution and when you and your followers were under illegal sentence to Occoquan jail, I wrote an article for the press of this state, stating that- what you were doing for the cause of human ity and predicted that the day would come when you would stand in monumental bronze in the city where you were perescuted in the capital of the nation." ( "I see now that that day will not be distant and I trust that" your statue will be placed somewhere near the spot where on the side walk, at the President's house, at the head of your intrepid few, I saw you stand your banner with the legend, 'Mr. President, how long must women wait for liberty?" The .monument should carry to later ages that banner with that inscription. "The band which you led,' and the steps whihe you took, were not al ways agreeable to the other and larger organization which stood for the enfranchisement of women; but history will recognize that, tut for you and your followers, success, final success, would still be many years in the future. - "Your place in the history of the great movements for. humanity is assured, and your fame will last thruout the ages." - COTTON MARKET New York. Aug. II. Th cotUm market ahowel renewed weakneu durin today's earl ytradinf. Lirerpeol anore thaa Met jrkaterdar'a f i areak here while earlr this snorninc. First prices were easy at a decline M U to U aoiata and active Hmths sold It te 72 points be lew last night's eleaiac Sevres with October touch wit 2. and December, 2S.lt. , i Cettaa Oaena Easy New York. Aa. il.-Cottoa futures pened easy:. " . . .. October Z7.4:" : Deeenber - X 25.40 January J4.7i ': March , .... UM ? May .. .. ..' Si.ll HARDING ON 1 U. S. RESOURCES Senator Would Conserve Natural Resources. IS A WONDERLAND Nominee Would Provide Homes for Former Service Men od Re claimed lands firest Value in Present Food Shortage. (By The Amociatrd hre) Marion, Ohio, Aug. 31. More federal aid in reclaiming and con serving the nation's natural re sources, particularly in the West, '. was advocated by Senator Harding , today in an address here to a group of Republican governors. The nominee pictured the we.i rrn count rv .is a vvomlorlnml. Imlil ing many undeveloped possibilities ! of great value in the present per iod of food shortage and suggested j that as a part of the agricultura! , and industrial reconstruction pol- ' icy former service men might lie furnished homes , on reclaimed western lands. 1 INCREASE IN U. S. TONNAGE SINCE '11 1 II . S. Apart From the Great Lakes Increases Over 500 Per Cent Since 1514 London, Aug. 13. According to Lloyds Register of Shipping for 1920-21 just issued, the seagoing tonnage of the United States apart from Great Lakes shipping, has increased since 1914 by over 500 per cent and now stands at 12, States comes second only to the United Kingdom which has '18, 111,000 tons. Japan, which in 1914 took sixth place, is now third, with 2,99(5,000 tons, closely followed by France, with 2,903,000 tons. Including sailing ships, but ex cluding tonnage on the Great Lakes, the United States now owns 24 per cent of the world's tonnage, as against 4.7 per cent six years ago, the Register states. The figures shown for the for merly belligerent countries include a considerable amount of enemy tonnage provisionally allocated to the countries. Germany, which in 1U14 ocoupied, after the (United Kingdom, the first position with over 5,000,000 tons of shipping, now only owns 419,000 tons. The steam tonnage , owned by the principal maritime countries in June, 1920. totalled 53,905,000, an increase of 8,501,000 tons as com pared with June, 1914; but it is complted that the world's net loss in shipping thru the war, taking (M n akAMn elA lAh Hi An in had 1 .v.iK,.ii; i.,ifi. nit-. on ii-u iiu'ii avvi v juvflf amounts to 3,516,000 tons TkaA im e in .nii.ntinc Qirect result 01 nooseveit s ny- tonnage since- pre-war days of ! infi tri th ,wt: 614,000 tons, a much smaller de-1 ..Ihre K lul,1 ., crease than in any previous six-' The raUroed men have decideJ to year period and doubtless account-."" th,3'r u T Rlmii ed foV, says the Register, by the;," ... , uh an?t iheir threL: shortage of other tonnage having J ,u Ro8velt, Reason and given new life to the construction v . of sailing vessels. The United!, Throughout the trip, I have SUtcs, the only country whicb has j found, many men who said: ' I had incresed sailing tonnage nnce 1914, now owns over 43 per cent of ! the world's sailing tonnage. : . HOLLAND TO HONOR PILGRIMS TODAY Memorial Service Begins in Leyden Where John Robinson, Their Leader, Lived Rotterdam, Aug. 26. The Hol land Pilgrim Fathers' tercente nary celebrations begin today and will continue to September 2, after which others will be held in Plym outh, London and Nottingham, says the Times. A memorial serv ice will be held in Leyden on the spot where John Robinson, the leader of the Pilgrim Fathers, liv ed, also, in the English Reformed church, in Amsterdam,, and the Scots church, in Amsterdam. On September 1 the delegates will assemble in Amsterdam, for which occasion an impressive pro gram is compiled. On September 2 the members will make a boat trip from Leyden to Delfshaven along the picturesque canal, as the Pilgrim Fathers went in canal boats, spending the night of Aug. 31, 300 years ago, in prayers in Delshaven. On arrival in that same little place, which forms now part of Rotterdam, a memorial service will be held inthe church and some other festivities will take place in Rotterdam afterward. Del egates wil lthen leave for the cele brations at Plymouth the same day. - CAPTIVES UNHEARD OF. American and Englishman May Have Escaped During Baattlc. Mexico City. Aug. 31 United States and British Consuls at( Guadalajara Lrc -ignorant as to the whereabouts of "Sandy" Gar diner, an American, and W. J. Johnson, British subject, who were kidnapped by Pedro Zamora, at Cuale on August 20. Press dis patches' received from that city state the consuls believe the two men could easily have escaped during the recent fight between Za- mora's ' band 4 and government troops. Zamora is fleeing and is report ed to be in the vicinity of Zen sontle, state of Jalitseo, with a few followers. Soledad Gomez, a girl who was kidnaped by Zamora dur ing the attack upon the town of Autlan, has been ransomed by relatives. , , -. Born to Mr. and Mrs. John Black welder August 30 a girl. wmmass'W!iWfM 50- CANDIDATES 55'; :mmrm!!mi in some places V',- H UUn ,Mf 1 IWWAv WESTERN RAIL MEN UNITE TO AID F. D. ROOSEVELT "Threw 'R' Club" Will Work For Victory of Democrats. With Roosevelt On Tour, Chey enne, Wyo., Aug. 31. Not satisfied with .the intensity o the campaiga being miide by local Democratic committees for Franklin D. Roose velt, hundreds of railroad men thru the west have decided to form an organization of their own. The organization will work for the election ol Roosevelt as vice president and will be formed as I x 1 1. n n . u.,u, " , rc .uu.a.. "ket but I'vechanged my mind. f.1havT;n 1 suc" 9?x, yb he ' l:ke Roosevelt, he s all right for me. Kauroad men in aouincrn Cali fornia, Utah and Nevada were especially strong for the young candidate and one group took it upon themselves to notify towns ahead of his coming. Crowds Wait Late. Many times on his return trip thru the south and middle west he stayed up until a late house because a crowd was willing to wait to see him for a few minutes. The superintendent of dining car service on one railroad, who pre pared meals for Roosevelt under his personal direction, said when thanked: "It's an honor, sir. For I fee! that I am taking care ofjthe next vice-president and a future presi dent!" A. & E. REPAIRING PULLEN HALL Raleigh, N. C. August 31. The repairs and alterations to Pullen Hall atVStat.-! College are going forward rapidly and it ts hoped that the auditorum on the second floor of; the building, where most of the Work is being done, will be ready, for use early in Sep tember, y , The seating capacity has been greatly increased by the erection of side galleries. The seats are ar ranged in gradually sloping tiers to afford dn unobstructed view of the stage. TK? stage has been enlarged and provided with winys and commodious dressing rooms, and outside stairway at the rear of the building making it possible to reach these rooms without pass in? thru the auditorium. One of the. most pleasing effects that has been attained Is the great ly improved acoustics, -made pos S'ble bv the hanging galleries and specially provided panels. This feature received a great deal or favorable comment during the re cent Farmers' and Farmer Worn ens' convention which used Pullen Hall for all the joint orograms. The auditorium will also be re decorated, and hava.a new lighting system installed. Lawn Party Ladies of Circle No. 1 of the First Methodist church will have a lawn rarty Thursday eveninsr-at Mrs.,M. C. Red wine's. 406 N. Main street. Ice cream and cake will be served and the public is invited to patronize the party. w:j. hatley is bank president (By A. W. HICKS) Spencer, Aug. 31; The People'? Bank of East Spencer is the name chos?n for the new financial insti tution for that town, this being the choice of the stockholders at a meeting Monday night. The meet ing was presided over by Attorney R. Lee Wright who is looking after the legal interests of the new con cern. It was found that 58 out of the 61 subscribers for stock .were represented at the gathering which was for the purpose of organizing. It is stated that all of the $15, 000 in stock is available at once and the bank will open for busi ness as soon as a suitable build ing can be erected. The stock holders elected W. J. Hatley pres ident, and L. S. Cotter vice pres ident, and also el acted Mr. Hatlev as temporary treasurer to receive the stock now being paid in. The directors chosen! include Messrs. C. E. Fesperman. T. A. Howell. A. L. Nash, C. A. Long, W. S. Harkev. C. A. Sides, C W. Waller, B. W. Loflin, Tyson Terry, W. T3. Hatley and L. S. Cotter. A building com mittee was chosen at the same time including G. W. Isenhour, D. F. Straughn, E. W. Staton, C. E. Fes perman and A. L. Nash. It is the purpose of the officers to erect a modern twj story brick building suitable for a bank, drug store, of fices end lodge rooms and to push the work vigorously until finished. Messrs C. A. Sides and C. IW. Wal ler were sent to the market Mon day night to s'lect furniture for the new bapk. The people of East Spencer are taking great interest in the new bank and it is expected that it will be open bv late fall. The Southern Bell Telephone Co. is installing, a new iuu patr cable ucwweeii opencer ana aausoury 10 provide additional facilities with whichvservice will be made possible for 150 new phone stations in Spencer. The cable has been strung and the new lines will be cut in as soon as the necessary switch board equipment can be installed. This will require several weeks,! ino tne work is beinor oushed vie orously. The improvements were ungual. me improvements were made necessary, by the increased ' demands for telephone service in Spencer and East Sepncer. DISPOSING, OF INTERESTS. "Big Five" Packers Plans for Dis position of Stock Yard Holdings .As Per Arret nent. (Hy The Associated Press) Washington, Aug. 31. Plans of the "big five" meat packers for dis position of their stock yard inter ests unaer a decree recently en tered in agreement with the de partment of justice failed of such interest in fifteen cities as to L.. H. Price & Company of Boston, Mass. The charges were filed today with the Supreme court of the Dis trict of Columbia as required by the divorcement decree. It places the book value of stock to be dis posed of as between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000. LEFT SMALL FORTUNE IV TIV riVC Celina, Aug. io. While apprais- State Socialist convention at Win ers were listing cans of peaches, s ton-Salem Saturday afternoon, at tomatoes, ete., in the store of Den- which a vull state ticket was put nis Dixon, deceased, they found out to be voted for toy the Social two peach cans on the shelf, con- ists at the November election. r taining in gold, bills and securities,' ' Mr. W. B. Taylor of Winston a total of $53,000. Dixon was a Salem heads the ticket and Mr. bachelor, never was known to is- Howard C. Bueck of East Spencer sue a check and paid for everything holds second place being the nom in cash. Relatives had no idea of inee of his party for lieutenant the amount of his estate. - - governor. ' - '-- IF GIRL SUICIDES -IS HER LOVER RESPONSIBLE? Shanghai, Aug. 30. Can the suicide of a romantic girl be charged to the man with whom she was in love 7 Legal lights have this question to wrestle with in the interior of China. ; Here is the story of this Ori ental tragedy: Nineteen-year-old Tsang-kwe was betrothed by her parents to a man she had never seen. It was tne custom, sne wen knew, and from childhood she had accepted with resignation her future as mapped out by her family. Foreign Ways But foreign ways and customs came to her land with increasing force. She learned to read and write and to accept many of the foreign ways as good. Then came the man. He is Nyi Ah-sz, a handsome young Oriental, with charming manners and a past master in the art of love-making. He was more than fair to her sight and he swore she should be his. But she was betrothed to an other and the wedding day was rapidly approaching. "We will flee together," she cried. But he refused, pointing out the disgrace it would bring on her family. Kill Herself "I'll end my life," the girl cried, "for I don't lote the man I have to marry." Her lover thought it was an erripty threat but she carried it out. Now Nyi Ah-sz is under ar rest on a charge of having caused the girl to end her life. - The case has been remanded to the British assessor, who conducted the in- quest MR. MAUPIN'S CAR STOLEN Ford Coupe Driven Off From in Front of Salisbury Insurance & Realty Company's Office Mr. W. C. Maupin's Ford coupe was stolen from in front of the ; Salisbury Insurance & Realty 1 Company last night about 8 o'clock K . rfH,nvt.TeA oKut 1 o'clock ?s"n0Vf A? L.f having been abandoned near the express office at the passenger sta tion. Mr. Maupin's son, William, had driven the car home when he went to supper and had been instructed by his father to leave it in front of the insurance office when he re- I turned. It was not found there and later vountr Maupm arrived nom and Btated that he had left the car at the place designated. A search disclosed it near the express office. A measurment of the gas revealed that approximately a gallon and a half had been used by the party that drove the car off. BUECK FOR LIEUT. GOV. EasfSpencer Man Selected for Second Place on Socialist State Ticket 'Meeting - at Winston . Salem. Messrs. R. R. Ray, H. C. Bueck, B. S. Surratt and L. T. Brown, of !East Spencer, and Mr. A. J. Car- n.v -n Sali-.Snrv. attended tne HARD PRESSED Wholesale Repudiation in , Some Counties Claimed, i PARDON FOR TWO Corporations List Taxes Under Revaluation. 1 Council cf State Will Own pie te Work of Rawing Salaries of ,a Clerks-Board of Old Soldier Home Scheduled to .Meet Today. (By MAX ABEBNRTHY) Raleigh, Aug. 31. The entrance of women into the political life of North Carolina means that both Republican and Democratic nomi nees for county offices in some sec- lions of the state are going to be . hard pressed in their November election, if reports reaching Ral eigh ore to be relied upon. There is going to be a wholesale repudiation of nominees in same counties where for years the "ring" is charged with having its 1 own way in the selection of candi dates. This is particularly true tn counties in eastern North Caro lina, so the story is told by suf- ' ;. frage advocates. And John Palmer, of Warrenton, is authority : for the statement that such a can- dition exists in Warren county where the women voters, tired Onto death of the "ring" domination,' have set about with determination' to wipe the slate clean and begin, anew, signalizing their debut into the political forum by really start ing something. Already these first-year voters', . have heard from Attorney Gen- -eral Manning as to the legality of placing an eleventh hour ticket in the running after naming the can didates in mass meeting. The at-', ' torney general, himself a staunch Democrat and who would in all probability give his support to the . party's nominee should he vote in one of these counties, is quoted, as telling the ladies that vox poouli cannot be disregarded. If an elev enth hour ticket carries over both opponents there is no way under the sun of counting its candidates , 4ut. ' ' r . The author of the story, for years a suffrage advocate and who ' has tasted defeat in more thaa one political (fight because of his pro gressive ideas, thinks that 1 the j women generally will vote as their,., fathers before them,, but also, be lieves that there is an element ove;' the state that will not be held in line. They will do their own think ing and voting as welU So the . women are not to cut the political -throat of either Morrison or" Park er but some of their neighbors who have not pleased altogether. This is one of a series of "re- ;. valuations" promised as the result of Tennessee's legislature in! rati- . fying the federal suffrage amend- -ment, placing the ballot in the hands of the women,of the nation. Does Fast 'Work ' ; . Within, two days after the gen eral assembly had ratified the reve- ' ( nue bill the forms, made in quad ruple, for 25 separate corporations ' to list their franchise taxes under, the revaluation act had been print , ed and placed in the hands of the ' , taxpayers. This work was done by clerks in the? state auditor's office without additional assistance. The' work is steadily . being done and within a short time will be com-, pleted. "'.'-. 'i'j-j Council pi Cjtate jneeis Todav the council of state will complete its work at an adjourned - meeting ol Taising tne salaries 01 a number el cieras, typisw aim other employes. The increases are , provided for in a bill passedduring ; the closing day of the epecial ses sion of the legislature. Employes who now receive less than $1,800 , per year are eligible for increases if in the opinion or tne council 01 state they deserve it. Boards Meets Today -'. . A meetincr of the board of the nlH anlHiern home is scheduled to meet here today for the purpose ci conducting an investigation into , the affairs of the home. It is ru mored that today's session will match a similar one held several . months aero when dissatisfaction was expressed as to the manage- ' ment of the home under Supt. Dave . Milton. His resignation was ten dered at that time but the board -did not accept. Members of the ' loard seen here last night ad mitted that the meeting would in all probability furnish some inter esting and readable material but desired to hear the testimony be ;, fore making any statements. , Pardon Granted Two.. . Pardons were issued yesterday by Governor Bickett to Charles B. Plyler, Union county, and James Knotts, of .- Mecklenburg county. , Plyler was convicted of murder in th3 first degree 'in 1910 and Hen- tenced to death but' was--later com-, muted by Governor Jwitchin to life imprisonment Hfl record f has . been excellent, the governor utates, and the pardon is granted because the prisoner acted under' great provocation. 5 Petitions from thv solicitor, county officials and other Union county citizens' ask that tha pardon be granted. Knotts was convicted In Septem ber, 1914, for an assault on twa Charlotte policemen and was sen tenced to fifteen years in t: state's prison. The governor im (Continued on page four.)
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