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l'El 111 COItFEROfCE TOMORRQV
IS THIRD SESSION OF GONFEREHIS HELD
HE-COMPOSED OF ELEVEN DISTRICTS
Clerical Membership of Conference is 280 and the
Lay Membership 88 .Much Interest in Appoint
ments To Be Made Tomorrow Will Ap
point Editor of
(Bjr MAMIB BAYS) '
The Western North Carolina
Conference, of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, South, which will
convene in its 31st annual session
tomorrow morning, in First Metho
dist church this city, is composed
of H districts, 253 pastorial
charges, and has a total church
membership of 114,808, including
102 local preachers, according to
the latest otatiatics available. Th:.
will be the third session of this con
feronce to be held in Salisbury, the
first having be on held here in 18,
the second in 1907. The late Bish
op Charles B. Galloway presided
over the session of 1896, Bishop
Henry C. Morrison over that of
1907, and Plshop U. V. W. Darling-!
ton will be the presiding officer this "not a member of the Senator
year. Rev. William I Sherriit, iai niin-rrhv hnt nnlw . .....!(
who lias been the efficient secretary
of the conference since the session
V - held at Statesville in 1894, will be
reelected to this office this year, in
all probability. Following the
' opening devotional sfrvlces, con
ducted by Bishop Darlington, the
roll of the conference will be call
ed; the secretary for this aessrjn
will be elected immediately after
the roll has been calledr and he will
nominate the necessary assistant
secretaries to be elected.
'"The rlorf(i1 mamkantiin n ttio
conference numbers about 280 ana
- the lay delegates number 88, there
' being eight . lay delegates elected
t to represent each district.' Several
, of the lay delegates' will be women,
. the women being eligible for lay
membership in the conference. In
- addition to the number of clerical
and lay members of the conference
named already, this nnmbnr is in
creased to a considerable degree by
, the emmbers of the various boards
of the conference who attend the
conference session for the trans-
action of important business con
; nected with the body..
The number of members added
to the church in-this conference last
year, on profession of faith was
f .223, an average of a fraction
moiw saan 20 additions on each of
" the 253 'pastoral charges during the
year. ". During the same time 487
members were added to the church
"by certificate, this being an aver
age for the year of attraction more
than 19 on each pastoral charsre.
Last year this conference contri-
buted to foreign missions, $22,938;
, to homo 'and" conference missions,
129,762; to church extension, $14,
, 002; to education, $24,874; to con
Terence claimants and superan
nuate endowment fund, $1712; to
the American Bible society, $1,939;
to general conference expense $664;
,,to the support of bishops, $5,819; to
the support of presiding elders,
": $28,406; to the support of preach
ers irt charge, $283,5S3; this being
i a total of $102.648 contributed
for all purposes during the year
. and of this amount the women of
the conference, through the wom
an's missionary society, contributed
$51048. ;
- Appointment of Preachers.
preachers to be made at the session
of the Western North Carolina con
ference tomorrow morning? about
which interest of a special natura
centers is that of commissioner of
if education. The names of several
members of the conference have
I; been mentioned in thl connection,
; hut nothing definite will be kown
. ; regarding, who will receive the ap
. nointment until the conference
v. board of education submits its re
port, in which a recommendation
will be made Which the presiding
j binhop and the daibiret of presiding
cldora probably will approve. Thin
V apnointment will cary with it a
S salary , of $4,000, a yehr exclusive
1, of traveling , expenses, ' and the
T g work of the one receiving the ap
' j .pointment will be ; in connection
' " . with the campaign in the interest of
M I Christian education which is. being
f. launched in the Methodist Episco-
Pal church, South this year, , to
5 cover a period of two years, the
financial goal of which will be $33,
, ..s 000,000 for. the entire, church and
a quota to be distributed among the
eleven districts of the conference
v and distributed ' by - the districts
among the 253 pastoral charges of
' the conference, ' :.x ' ' y---,
ii The quota of this conference for
f the educntional campaign' will e
,; almost equal to that of the Centen
- ary campaign of two years ago, the
latter having been $1,750,000 for
; tha conference and $35,000,000 for
.""the entire xhurch, the amount
s . ' pledged having gone to $53,000,000
or nearly $20,000,000 above the
. Among the names mentioned iff
connection with the appointment of
V conference commissioner of educ?
; , tion are those of Rev. E. K. M
U Itarty, now pastor of Central
. church, Asheville; Rev. 7. H. Barn
" hardt, now; presiding elder of thi
) Oreenaboro district; . Rev, H. K.
Boyer, presiding elder of the Char-
latte district;' Rev. C G Weaver,
who is. to be received fnto this in
ference by transfer from the Hoi
: ston conference: and- others. The
i guess work indulged regarding this
appointment is of coarse nothing
(Continued on rige 5)
Official Organ.
ssNssssyssarfaaa
Don't Belong to the Sena
lorial Oligarchy, Cali
fornia Senator Tells
Kentucky Audience.
' (Br Th AwortattS Pi-cm)
Cincinnati, Oct. 19- Senator
Hiram W. Johnson, of California,
addressing a Newport, Ky., au-
of the last Republican party con
ventton." ,
He said Harding's view on the
league is made increasingly plain as
the days of the campaign pass and
added:
"The Democratic -candidate says
that if elected the United State
will join the league of nations; the.
Republican candidate says: 'If I
am elected I won't have anything to
do with the league of nations.'
"For that reason Senator . Hard
ing is cntitkyi to the vote of every
red blooded American."
POULTRY SHOW TO
ONE OF MAGNITUDE
Plana are Being Pushing for the
Show to Be Held Here in Con
nection With - the Live Stock
Show and Sales In December
At a meeting of the Rowan
Poultry Association last night
plans were advanced for the poul
try show to be held here December
8, 9 and 10 in conjunction with the
live stock show and sales. This
poultry show will probably bo the
largest that ever has been- held in
this section of the state. .Con
tracts have been let for coops suf
ficient to take care of 1,600 birds.
The premium list is very attrac
tive and will no doubt bring to the
show fowls from other states and
from every section of this state.
There will be numerous cash prizes
and 20 silver cups are to be given.
There will be no admission
charges. This will offer a fine op
portunity for local breeders to
show their birds and to see the best
from other yards. Just where the
show is to be staged is not yet
fully determined, several places
being under consideration.
Rowan Is Snow breeding some
very fine birds of numerous, breeds.
This section of the state is' breed
ing some fine fowls and the show
will stimulate breeding of the best
blooded birds to no small extent.
TAMPA women Vote
FOR FIRST TIME
New Voters of Florida City Pass
ing on Form of Government
Tampa p to Have in Future
(By The Auociatcd Proa)
Tampa,' Fla Oct. 19. Women
voted in Tampa today for the first
time in Florida. Taking part in
the city election to determine if the
councilmanic form of charter shall
be superceded by the city man
agerial form, drawn up by a char
ter board under the laws of the
state.
A total of 2,462 white women 1
and 1,298 negro women "have regis
tered and indications are that the
vote will fee large.
CLAIMS FOR DAMAGE
DURING BELFAST RIOT
, (By Th. AMoelatcd Pna)
Belfast, Ireland, Oct. 19.
Claims for damaire caused in the
Belfast riots in July and August
amount to : $7,000,000 while' Lds-
burn's orgy of destruction resulted
in claims for $4,075,000. Lisburn
is a town of 12,500 population and
owes its name curiously to its de
struction by fire in 1707. Its towns
people are taking t the situation
phiiosophicaly and remark that
"when the Sinn Feiners pay the
government for destroyed court
houses and barracks we will pay
and not till then." -
MACSWINEYIS .
UNCHANGED TODAY
(By Th AMoelatcd Pros)
London,- Oct' 19. The condition
of Lord Mayor , MacSwIney was
generally unchanged today. s the
68th day of his hunger strike, ac
cording to the bulletin issued ty
the Iran self determination league
this afternoon. v ,The Lord Mayor
passed a fairly good night without
any further developments of yes
terday's disqulsting symptoms.
1 ' Swanson Recovered.
(By Th Auoci.tvd Pkmj '
Roanoke, Va- Oct. 19 United
States senator Claude A. Swnason,
of Virginia, who last ntght suffer
ed a heart attack 'while speaking
here before a democratic rally was
sufficiently recovered this morning
to be able to leave on the 9:20 train
nn
for Washington. .
H ORATORS TO
STRESS ADOPTION
TJMEtl
O. Max. Gardner Charges
Republican Congr ess
With Forcing Present
Depression Price of
Commodities.
" (By MAX AMEBNfiTKY)
Raltiarh. Oct 19. With assur
ances given them that there is no
lender any misunderstanding or ob
jection to the revaluation act
Democratic speakers will during
the rest of the campaign stress the
importance of making certain the
adoption of the income tax amend
ments to the state constitution on
November 2.
Commissioner A. J. Maxwell of
the state tax commission is au
thority for the statement that there
was no-political chicanery in plac
ing tne income lax amendment on
the same ballot with the conatuu
tional amendment to reduce the
constitutional limit of taxation to
15 cents, because as he points out,
it Would have been foolish to sub
mit the two amendments m any
other form. One amendment is a
proposal to reduce the power. of
the state to collect taxes on gen
eral property, while the other al
lows the state to raise virtually
the same amount of revenue from
a different source.
Had the legislators at the special
session proposed a constitutional
amendment which took from the
state the right to raise a part of its
revenue needed in carrying on the
progresive work undertaken with
out providing the other amend
ment to take care of the situation
it is readily seen that condition
that would exist in the event that
the income tax amendment failed
of adoption. For this reason the
amendments will be voted on as
one.
Ratification of the proposed
amendments to the constitution
there are fiv is summed up as
folows:
1 Give authority to the state to
tax net income from all sources
above exemption of not les3 than
$2,000 for married man or widow
or . widower having dependent mi
nor child or children, and to all
other persons not less than $1,000.
. 2 To limit poll tax' te Sot ex
ceeding $2 for state, and Joe .mu
nicipalities, $1.
8 . To reduce tax on property
for general expenses of state and
counties from 66 2-3 cents to a lim
it of 15 cents on each $100 worth
of property.
4 To substitute a rule of one
instead of two "years residence in
state and four months in precinct
as qualification for voting.
5 To abolish payment of poll
tax as qualification for voting.
Because of previous engage
ments fcoth in Raleigh and in
Washington the state corporation
commission will not hear the re
port of H. O. Garmon, gas expert,
representing various cities . of
North Carolina in the matter of
increased gas rates on Nov. 10 as
has been announced.
The exact date for the hearing
has not at this time been set but
it was learned today that the hear
ing will be postponed at least a
week or 10 days. Increases of a.
temporary nature granted Raleigh
and Durham and other cities in the
state by the state commission will
not be changed, hotyever, until the
hearing is held. The action of the
state commission in granting the
temporary increases, which were
authorized several weeks ago, came
at the request of the cities who
desired to conduct the investiga
tion as to the cost of production,
expense, etc., of the gas companies.
The report of Mr. Garmon for
the cities will be made to the com
mission and will, it is understood,
cover the North Carolina situation
in detail. No indication has been
given, however, at this time as to
the nature of the report.
Speaking here last .night in the
first Democratic rally in the cam
paign Lieut-Gov. O. Max Gardner
charged the Republican party with
having forced "the national and
international depression of today"
in the falling prices of cotton, to
bacco, grain, wool and other com
modities. Answering the Republicans and
John J.. Parker, candidate for gov
ernor, specifically that there should
be a change in. national affairs, Mr.
Gardner said that we have al
ready had a change" from condi
tions under a Democratic president.
and a Democratic congress to the
firesent conditions under a Kepub
ican congress. - "This Republican
congress," he said, "had adopted
the policy to throttle, bankrupt and
destroy te administration of a
Democratic president, regardless of
the unutterable ruin this policy
ma v bring to the country."
Mr. Gardner was heard by sev
eral hundred who packed the Acad
emy of Music. 1 -
HARDING TO. TOUR OHIO. .
Republican. Nominee Will Wind Up
His Campaign in His Home State
Next Week.
', (By Tha Associated Prm)
'Marion, Ohio, Oct. 19. Senator
Harding will wind up his campaign
next week with a four day trip thru
Ohio during which he will make
night addresses at Cleveland, Ak
ron. Cincinnati and Columbus. :
Mill
SOUTH FAVORED v
EN MATTER OF
EXTENDED CREDIT
Governor Seay of Federal
Reserve Bank of Rich
mond Says No Section
of Country So Liberally
Treated.
(By Th Anarlmtod Prm)
Greenville, S. C, Oct 19. De
spite reports there has been no
curtailment in the amount of bank
credit extended to business but on
the contrary there has been a con
tinued extension not only on com
mercial loans among banks of the
Federal reserve system but loans
for. agricultural purposes, accord
ing to an address by George J
Seay, governor of the Richmond
Federal reserve bank, read before
the 'So nth Carolina Cotton Manu
facturers Association here today.
The paper wa read by Charles A.
Feeple, deputy governor of the
bank, in the absence of Mr. Seay.
"No section of the country has
been so liberally treated in the
matter of extendedcredits as has
been the South," said Mr. Peeple,
"and yet in that section of the
country we hear the loudest com
plaints and the most complaint.
Perhaps she is suffering most at
the moment. Whatever complaint
she may have she cannot complain
of the curtailment of credit, and
she has, in fact, been treated more
liberally than any other part of
tho country and capital has been
drawn from other parts to lend
her." i ... '
Mr. Peeple, representing Gov
ernor Seay, quoted freely . from
statements recently prepared by
Mr. Seay answering vigorously and
in detail current criticisms of the
Federal reserve banks.
Favers Certificates of Indebtedness
Washington, Oct. 19. The issu
ance of certificates of indebtedness
to the amount of at least $250,
000,000 for the purpose of facilitat
ing loans to farmers was advocated
today ly George P. Hampton, gen
eral manager and director of the
Farmers National council, who said
he had written to President Wil
son seeking his co-operation.
WRANGEL'S FORCES
BEATEN BY SOVIETS
f -. - - j- . in '',, "'
- (By Th"Aw!iaUd Pro.) V " '
Sebastopol. Oct. 19. The efforts
of general Baron Wransrel. antl-
bolsheviki leader of south Russia
to take the Kakhovka bridgehead
have resulted in failure with heavy
losses to his forces in killed and
wounded and in material captured
by the bolsheviki. The killed In
cluded the general commanding the
Barbovitch calvary corps.
General Wrangera troops nave
been backed into the Tnurida aret
behind the Dneiper which they still
control. ,
CONDITION HUNGER STRIKER
Those in Cork Jail Become Worse
As Result of Death of Michael
(Fitzgerald.
iBr The Auoclatad Prau)
Cork. Oct. 19. The condition of
the Irish hunger strikers in Cofci
jail has become worse as a result
of the depression caused by the
death Sunday of Michael Fitzger
ald, the first of the eleven to suc
cumb. "
Jonpnh Mnmhv. whn wn vprv
low Sunday, rallied as a result o:
medical treatment but - is still re
garded as most critical. A severe
colltpsc was suffered by tvo strik
ers, Donovan and Kennerly early
this morning. " Hennerssy, Reillcy
and Upton are also in a critical
state.
West Being Taken to Atlanta.
(By The Assoc iat4 Pres.)
Richmond. Ma.. Oct. 19. Ivy W.
West, wanted in Atlanta in connec
tion with the $300,000 mail robbery
of September 9th, is being taken
to that city to.iay, United States
Marshall blliott leaving with him
this afernoon. West will be placed
on trial in Atlanta along with two
companions, arrested a few days
ago. -
Bank Messenger Disappears
, (By Tha Anociatod Prs)
Camlen. N. J.. Oct. 19. Altho
several new theories have been ad
vanced the mystery surrounding the
disappearance and death of David
a. raul. Camden's bank messenger.
no- new clues have been discovered
to sustain them, according to au
thorities.
HON. CLYDE R.
Popular Member of Congress is To Make An Address
in Court House Tonight.
Hon. Clyde lloey; member of congress from the
9th district, is easily one
this state. He stands in
and as a man of ability and thought, too, he stands
among the leading men of the State. Mr. Hoey is
regarded by a good many as the best public speaker
in the State, surely he is one of the best if not the
very best in North Carolina.
-Mr. Hoey is to speak
and"he should beiheard by the voters of the city. The
ladies are especially invited to hear Mr. Hoey.
FRANCE SENT NO
ONE TO HARDING
STATE Off. T010
None . Sent Informa,lly
Formally. ; Official, or
Unofficial the French
Charge Says Today.
'By Th AuortkUd Pru)
'Washington, Oct. 19. Assur
ances have been given the State
department by Count DeBearn,
French charge hero, that the
French , government had not given
authority to any one to approach
Senator Harding with the sugges
tion that the Republican presiden
tial nominee take the Inad to form
a new wprld association.
Calling attention to an official
denial issued by the French foreign
oflloe yesterday th trench charge
told Under Secretary Davis that he
wo assured tho French government
had delegated no spokesman to act
for it in nefjotintlng with Senator
Harding either "formally or infor
mally, officially or unofficially."
The announcement of the visit of
tin French charge to the State de
partment yesterday afternoon was
made later by Mr. Davis who said
that while Count DeBearn had de
livered no formal reply to irne
American note of inquiry to the
French government, dispatched
yesterday, he supposed the assur
ances given by the cnai-ge were tne
result of previous communication!
with' his government. 1
LEGALLY DEAD; '
RETURNS RIGI
Farmer Who Disappeared for 15
Years Was in Alaska.
Goshen,. Ind., Oct. 18 Noah
Blough, -a wealthy farmer of La
Grange county, missing for 15
years and who three years ago was
legally declared dead, an adminis
trator dividing his property among
his brother and two sisters, appear
ed at La Grange as though from
the grave He explained that he
had Been in the wildest parts of
Alaska, going as far North as San
Miquel, and that he had prospered
to such an extent that ven tho
his relatives had received his exten
sive La Grange ' possessions, he
now has more resources than any
of them.
MASSACHUSETTS TO K '
- ; USED AS TARGET
, ' (By Th Awlud Pnra)
Philadelphia. Oct IS. - Th
battleship Massachusetts which
fought in the battle of Santiago in
1898, will toe towed from the Phila
delphia Navy Yard to Pensacola,
Fla., to serve as a target in a
rial f the nation's coast defense
artillery against an armored war
ship, it is announced.
The old warship s armor plate n
18 inches thick. Her protection
nearly equals that of present day
warships. The ship will be anchor
sd off shore at a range of three
miles from the bombarding battery.
SYLVIA PARKIIURST
ARRESTED TODAY
(By Th Aaaoelatar! Pram)
London, Oct. 19 Sylvia Pank-
hurst. daughter of Mrs. Emmalinc
Pankhurat was arrested today
charged with publishing seditious
literature. .
WAGE INCREASE OF r
70.2 PER CENT YEAR
(By Th AaaoetaUd Tmt)
Pittsburg, Oct. 18--The average
daily wage of every person employ
ed in Allegheny County, one of the
country's greatest iudustrial cen
ters, increased 70.2 per cent in
three years, according to James Y.
Woodward, State Secretary of In
ternal Affairs. The per capita
daily wage for 1919 was $5.08,
while that of 1916 was $2.85, Mr.
Woodard said.. He used the latter
year for comparison because he
said it was "fairlv normal." where
as 1917 and 1918 were abnormal,
owing to the war.
Although production valuation
during the war years was gretter
than in 1919, Mr. Woodard'a figures
showed wages had increased stead
ily from 1910 to $3.53 daily in
1012. and, $1.71 in 1816 to $5.03 in
1919. v.
Production value in 1919 amount
ed to $1,900,226,400 - as compared
with 51.619.322.200 in 1916, an in
crease of 17.3 per cent In 1917
and 1918 production value reached
well over the $2,000,000,000 mark.
The per caputs wealth of the
country was $2,580, or twelve times
the average per capita wealth of
the United States. v ; :
HOEY tfONIGHT
of the leading speakers of
the front row as an orator,
at the court house tonight
MIDI ASKS
BANKERS TO LEND
FARMERS MONEY
The Farmer Will Receive
$2,500,000,000 Less for
Crops This Year Than
in 1919 Bankers Hear.
(By Tha Aaaoclataa' Traaa) '
Washington, Oct. 19. Shrink
age in farm products so far this
season will result in tha American
farirer receiving $2,600,000,000
less than he would have received
on tho 1919 basis, Secretary of
Agriculture Meredith said -today
in an address before the American
Bankers Association convention
here.
"Clearly the situation demands
the best thought and sympathetic
consideration of the bankers , of
America and, in fact of all the peo
ple of tho country," Mr. Meredith
said. Mr. Meredith estimated that
the fall in corn prices has involved
a billion dollar loss to producers
while the decrease in cotton would
amount to another billion.
"The situation was further made
hard for the farmer," he said,
"because the labor and material
necessary for the crop production
had been supplied during the high
price period.''
"The American people must see
to it that the farmer secures credit
sufficient for his needs," Mr. Mere
dith said, "only then can he supply
the nation with food. I think that
if the farmer is to continue to pro
duce food to meet the requirements
of the nation he must have credit.
"I do not think that you can fail
to see that the farmers' problem
is your problem and that your ulti
mate prosperity depends upon the
right solution of the difficulties
confronting the farmer."
UNIVERSITY MUST
QUADRUPLE SPACE
President Chae Says 'Accomoda
tions Must Be Increased in Story
of Crowded Conditions., - ; ,
Chapel Hill, N. C. Oct. 19. A
story of overcrowded and, almost
impossible living conditions at thr
University of North Carolina and
of pressing ' needs to handle the
present students and those-.eom-
fma in the future ha-9sTrmfola.
ed by President H..W. vliase in a
preliminary survey of, the , univer
sity. - ' .
"With dormitories built to accom
odate 4C9 students , and actually
housing 738, not counting students
in private rooms; with a dining hall
for 450 actually feeding 725: with
only 19 class rooms available, not
counting the professional and scien
tific buildings which cannot be used
for other purposes: and with tne
faculty teaching all the students l!
can teach, the present situation ts
one that cannot possibly last," says
f resident Chase. ,
As immediate' relief.: says the
president, the university must
quadruple- its dormitory space,
auadruole its feedina aranerements.
treble1 its teaching and office space,
more than double its faculty, and
oflioe force, and increase its sal
aries in accordance with standard
at other institutions. .
Registration figures show that M
1879 when the university reopened
after the civil war it had 171 stu
dents. Eleven years later, in 1890.
it had 200. Another 10 years and
it had 821 in 1900. Another 10
years and it had 821 In 1910.; An
other ten years and it had 1,406 in
1920. Figuring on the number oi
high school graduates which from
the four year schools has jumped
400 per cent in the past 5 years,
r fj a. j-ii - . i
rreaiueni vnase can see no piace
where the university or any other
colleee in the state can take care
of them. v.
The Tar Heel, tho student news
paper, devoted almost its, entire last
issue to describing how student;
lived at Chapel Hill. - It prints a
picure of a wood house in the back
yard of a citizen; of Chanel Hill
which has been fit ted, over to. take
care of six students.'' "Thi fa -the
only dormitory that has been pro
vided since ' 1913," says the Tar
Heel. ;;. .; !:,.,-;t;: ,;
In the college dormitories four
students ' hsve 'to ' live in r, many
rooms, . ihey nnd ea space by
piling one bed upon another.
doubledecker 'style. A Tar Heel
cartoonist drew a picture of a dor
mitory room, with beds piled Alga.
with trunks stacked on each othef.
and with a student on the floor call
ing to his ,room-nate in the top
ed, "Hurry up, Bill: it will be my
turn to sleep in a minute." '
"When the university is over
whelmed by its very success," says
President Chase, "when it is crowd
ed beyong its capacity, no longer
capable of opening its doors to the
youth of the state who ask admit
tance, pit fire with a passion for
service that must of necessity t
repressed and restrained, what U
the answer of any man who be-
flieves it is the duty of the state to
educate its youth?"
- 93-Year-Old ; Horsewoman ?v
; (B Th Avbtlat-d Praaa) ' .
. Senatobal, Miss.. Oct. 19. Mrs.
Mary C. Sloan, 93 years old, the
enly livinar mother of a Confed
erate soldier in Mississippi, won
first prize at the DeSoto county
fair yesterday for being the most
accomplished horsewoman. L .
BANK ASSOCIATION PliESIDEIIT
' URGES REDUCTION OF FEDERAL :
Urges Co-Operation of Bankers in Solving the Rail
road Problem and Reducing Private , Expend!-1 i
hires An Address 'Be fore 46tv Convention. ,
BIAIN'SCOAL
STKSE1US
Premier Lloyd George
Expected to Make An
' nouncement of Govern
. meat's Plans to Meet
the Situation.
(By Tha AaaoclaUd Praia)
London, Oct 19. Premier Lloyd
George was expected to male dec
laration today at the opening ses
sion of the British Parliament rel
ative to the situation resulting
from the strike of coal miners
which began Saturday and . the
measures to be taken by the gov
ernment to meet the crisis.
The laborite members of the
House of Commons have been for
several days conferring with lead
ers of the miners' federation and
other great labor organizations and
London is hopeful they will reach
some decision which will tend to
bring about a solution of the ques
tion that brought about a walkout
of the coal diggers. '
Great Britain's coal mining in
dustry is almost completely para
lyzed b ythe strike. Reports come
of idle pits from all the coal fields
of England, Scotland and Wales.
Sharp autumn weather prevails
over the British Isles and the be
lief is expressed that this may have
an Important' bearing on the ef
forts to end the strike. J .
No announcement has so 'far
been made by the national union of
railway men and transport work
ers union relative to joining the
miners ifi striking.
HOEY AND WEBB
GUEST AT LUNCHEON
i "
Rotary Luncheon at Oat-Thin Af
: ternoon Heard Talks by Cong
1 r n-ssraan Moey , akd " Marsliall
! .'.Webb." -v, f'f.;v,iB,fv.'
" (Conigrcksman Olyde Hoey and
Marshall Charles. A. Webb were
guests of the Salisbury Rotary club
today at the noon luncheon held at
the Hennessee Cafe and each of thjt
visitors made very happy response.
when called for si talk by Leo Wal
lace presiding. The regular weekly
luncheon suspended all business and
heard the two visitors in short
talks. Marshall Webb is a member
of the -Asheville clus and his re
marks were rather of a family nn
turo,.while the speech'of Congress
man Xloey was along lines of high
est American vision and a gem of a
talk. The club was delighted with
the two talks, and found much of
great value ad pleasure.
HOLD PROHIBITION '
REFERENDUM OCT. 25
Toronto,' Ont, Oct 19. A ref
erendum is to be held in the prov
inces of Noova Scotia, Alberta, On
tario, Saskatchcman and Manitoba
on Oct. 25 to decide whether the
importantion of intoxicating liquor
into these provinces shall be for
bidden by law. All of these prov
inces now have local prohibition in
force. They are permitted under
the British North American act to
prohibit the sale of loquir within
each province but at present cannot
prevent its importation into the
province as interprovincial trade is
under the control of the Domin
ion government -
The Dominion parliament, how-
mr
has decided that control 01
linnnr Khinmonta into a nrnvinrm
.k.ii l. k.... j ,tkj
province has so, voteoi The pur?
cose of this
is to conier upon eacnr
province the . right to completely
carry out the will of the, people re
garding control rof,, the' 'sale of
liquor. This is "a concession made
by Parliament as an alternative to
national prohibition. ' A-
If the 'vote in-. either of these
provinces on'Octi 25jis jn favor of
taking over full control of. the
liquor business within the province
the importation of liquor .will be
prohibited. '
'New. Junket Planned.
Washington, , Oct. 19 A-At least
more Congressional . junket is in
contemplation before Congress
meets, t will make the sixth or
soventh since May, and about the
twentieth since Republicans took
charge of Congress May 19, 1919.
Members of the House Appropri
ations Committee are planning a
trip to the Panama Canal. Final
decision will foe left until after the
election. The trip to Panama is
planned on the ground that large
sums of money have been author
ized and appropriated for erecting
suitable fortifications and other
wise maintaining the Canal. - ,
Some of the subcommittees of
the Apropriations Committee are
planning to start work in Novem
ber on the supply bills. Members
of the committee that will handle
Panama Canal apropriations will
probably be chosen to make . the
trip.
TAXES AND ECONOMY IH GOV;
i
Washington, Oct. 19. Reduction
of federal taxes, cooperation of the
bankers in solving 'the problems of
tha railroads and economy in govt
emment anj private expenditures;
were urged in the annual, report of
Richard S. Hawes,' President of tna
lAmeircan Bankers' Association,
which was presented today at the
opening session of the association's
4Cth convention. ' - r
Other recommendations made by '
Mr. Hawes were that the Transpor
tation Act be amended so that
bankers and business men -could
become directors of railroads, that
agriculture and foreign trade be
encouraged and that steps be tak
en to relieve the present industrial
unrest. ., y ; :.'-. , ' .
Taking up the tax question? Mr.
Hawes said the need was not only
for a reduction of federal taxes, but
also for a most careful supervision
of the expenditures of the proceeds
of the taxes. -' ,
"A slogan recently coined," he
said, "is appealing. 'More business
in government; less government in
business.' " , t -
Mr. Hawes declared that "no
tax itself should interfere with the
acumulation of wealth, ' or the
development of the industrial Ufa
of the nation. ' : , "'
"Any tax system 'which discour
ages savings, which discounts ac
cumulation of capital, ts to be de
plored." ho said, "for all capital is
used and enjoyed primarily by so
ciety at urge ana not particularly
by tho one In whose legal title its
ownership rests." .
Mr. Hawes hailed the enactment
of the Transportation Act as "a
distinct financial victory." Ho de
clared that a vast sum of , ' mon jy
waa needed for the railroads and
that this -could bo mado, available
only thru the cooperation of .the
financiers of the country, enccurs
ing the investing public and.yuid
ing their judgment, v
' "The passage of the Tiansports
tlon' Act" he said, "has taken rail
road securities out. of .the. highly
speculative field , and:' stafcilb;? l
conditions so that. Just returns on
lnvwtment may t- meivJ anj
proper service j'enderecl the na
tion."" ' : V ' , ; ''-;'
Hankers and business men,- iia
continued, should be permitted to
serve on the boards of directors
of the. roads, regardless of the 1 1
dealings with , the - railroads, but
they should be charged wuh full re
spJTisibility.in their duties. '
Mr. Hawes sounded an optimis
tic note regarding Industrial un
rest He expressed the opinion that
there was needles alarm - tha:
America would se ehanre In ::i
industrial society similar to thoa
undertaken in some other countries.
' "With a prospective decreise i;t
prices and increase In the di3po-i
sition of Industrial and labor les"'
ere to recognize their mutual ob! i
gations and duties, both to each
other and the publiqMrl Hawi ;
continued, "we map reasonably Joe "c
forward, without , alarm, to bet tat
adjustment of the forces -of labor
land capital.. ,
r- ur .1 . i m . . ,. . '
liftuur ujr xomenting seniles, cr
couraging disagreement with em
ployers is,, in fact striking at tr, ,
heart of its own future progre?
and impairing the prosperity of t..i
country. Capital should recogniz?
the results of the toilers and 'm
prove working ' : conditions ,; an 1
wages in ratio to the product
and investment. Every man shou .
be free to work out. his own salv -tion
and not be bound by tr
shackles of organizations - to ' hU
detriment." ; .' ' v - '' i . .
.Declaring that production in tr
country is now somewhat above tv
pre-war level and .showing, in .
i cations
of improvement tv". 1
I HaWes said the real, diffienltv 1
alnced production. T. .
certain restricted, channels demand
- ""?" rY,-" vo ,
ed by the, war stains having its er
fect, :he: continued, and the nat:
has ;not yet been able to re-all;
these forces sO that the supply ai
demand of goods abnormally uni
form. V ' V .
' "Increased production," ? I.:.-.
Hawes went on to say, "is not near-!
ly so much a cause for concern
is more 7"ec6nomkal wrasumptJo? ,
The orgy -of foolish extravaganer
the speculative' Consumption whk
has .prevailed in the.Onited Stat,
and is yet too largely evident, mu ;
cease if we are to obtain a perm -nently
strong position in wow.
trade." ',
In, recommending the encourair -raent
and development of agriet
ture. Mr. Hawes declared that t
bankers and bus!?es3 men shot
know that less than 30 cents
every $100 6pent ; by the govev
ment last' year was expended i
the development of agriculture.
"It is the .banker's duty as ;
citizen and financier to realize r
encourage this source of
wealth; to lend counsel and a
ance and to regard the farm i t
true importance to our ecor
existence."
dressing the importance
nation's foreien trade, : r. I
said that without han ; -requirements
of Americ i
and business, the i -
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