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VOL. 15. NO. 88.
SALISBURY, N. C TUESDAY, NOV. 9, 1920
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MIIIIEIS MEET
Big: Rochester Wholesaler
Cuts 33 1-3 Offered
Cheaper at Chicago
Convention.
(Br Tbt AitbalaOd frri)
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. . A re
duction of 331-3 per cent in the
wholesale price of clothing ii an
nounced by one of Rochester's
largest clothing manufacturing
concerns.
The reduction is effective from
November 1 and applies to all suits
and overcoats. It is said, the re
duction which is in addition to the
usual cash discount of 7 per cent
represents a cut of from (33, the
opening of the fall wholesale prices,
to approximately $20.
.Men's Clothing Cheaper
Chicago, Nov. 9. Men's clothing
for immediate delivery was offered
buyers today at prices from 10 to
50 per cent below the present
prices. The prcie for which the
goods were shown were approxi
mately 10 to "33 1-3 per cent under
those of a year ago, and men's
shirts and similar articles were
shown at greatly reduced prices at
the opening of the 13th semi-annual
buying convention of the Untied
Clothiers. The convention is be
ing attended by retail clothing dele
gates from 17 Middle Western and
Western states, and takes the form
of a huge display of made up gar
ments. "The public is not buying; manu
facturers and dealers are over
stocked," said W. L. Mohr, treas
urer and general manager of the
association today. "The price must
come down, we have passed the
peak in the high price of wearing
feppared. Men's clothing will be
considerable cheaper from now on;
the retailer can afford to sell for
less for costs are becoming lower."
SOVIET AGENTS
MAY COME HERE
Precautionary Measures Taken By
' State Department to Block Influx
of Russian "Missionaries'
i ' Washington, Nov., . 9-Prfeau.
tlonsry measures' Hive been 'rake
by the state department to block
what American diplomatic' agents
in Europe characterize as a deter
mined effort on the .part of Russian
soviet agents to send "mission
aries" and agitators to the United
States.
Consuls at European ports it is
said at the state department today
have been instructed to vise the
passports only of persons about
whose intentions there exists no
shadow of doubt.
. State department officials said
that while reports reaching Wash
ington that certain Russians were
making persistent effort to enter
the United States conclusive proof
was lacking that a concerted move
ment had been undertaken by the
Soviet regime to flood . America
with propaganda.
wPILL UP SECOND DIVISION
Orders Sent Out By War Depart-
ment to Recruit Second Division
to Full Strength.
(By The AnoeiaUd Pkm)
Washington, Nov. 9 Telegra
phic orders were sent today to
army recruiting stations to recrurt
the second division to full strength
, immediately.
It was explained at the war de
partment that under the provisions
of the natiional defense act one di
vision of the army must be kept
at full strength and the second
had been selected by the general
staff as the unit to be maintained at
full strength.
RECORD COAL OUTPUT.
H -New Maximum of 12,338,000 Tons.
CTBru VWI X I uuui.ilvu mucmfli
' Washington, Nov. 9. Soft coal
production for the week of Octo
ber 80 was 1238,000 tons, a new
maximum for this year, figures
made public today by the United
States Geological Survey show.
For four consecutive weeks the
daily output has averaged better
than 2,000,000 tons, the longest
period on record of sustained out
put at that rate except during the
summer of 1918.
V Anthracite production during the
dame week was 1.698,000 tons, an
increase of 219,000 tons from the
preceding week. This was due, it
was said to observance of the Mit
chell day holiday, October 29, com
memorating the settlement of the.
great anthracite strike of 1902.
MAY CUT! REPRESENTATION
National Association for Advance-
; ment. of Colored People Would
Reduce South's Congressmen.
. Bv Tha AmocIbImI Fhm)
' New . York, Nov. 0. Charging
. "open and flagrant disfranchise
ment of negro voters in a number
of States in the presidential elec
tion of 1920" the directors of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People today
' telegraphed to Representative Isaac
Seigel, chairman ox the house com
mittee on census, urging the en
foreement of the 14th amendment
and "consequent reduction of repre
sentation In the Southern States in
which egro voters are disfranchls-
ears
SUGAR TAKES A TUMBLE TODAY
ALONG WITH OTHER COMMODITIES
NEW YORK, Nov. 9. Sugar dropped to 61-4 cents a
pound, a new low ground for the season, in the sugar market
h,ere today. The price reflected a heavy slack iu the demand
and is a loss of more than 17 cents from the highest of the sea
son's quotations last May. Trade was dull.
Wheat Under $10, First Time in Four Years
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 9. For the first time in four years
flour sold under the $10 a barrel mark at the mills here today.
Quotations on family patent broke 35 to 75 cents today, making
today's ranges of prices $9.65, asked $10 a barrel. Yesterday 'b
sharp decline in wheat was given as the cause.
Milk Sells for 16 Cents a Quart in St. Louis
ST. LOUIS. Nov. 9 Reduction of 1 per cent in the price
of milk was announced in St. Louis today by local dairies. The
price dropped from 17 cents to
Grand Chancellor R. S.
McCoin of Henderson
Guest of Honor Large
Class Take Degree.
Grand Chancellor R. S. McCoin of
Henderson Guest of Honor
Large Class Take Initial Degree.
There was a bis meeting of tin-
members of Rowan Lodge No. 100,
Knights of Pythias, in their castle
hall last night at which Grand
Chancellor R. S. McCoin of Hender
son was the guest of honor. Other
grand lodge officers present were
W. M. Lyles of Charlotte, grand
keeper of records and seals, and dis
trict deputy J. A. Blackwelder, ot
ConcoraV. Tha grand chancellor U
not only an enthusiastic Pythian
but is one oi he owners of t:ie
Henderson Dispatch ad a member
of the newly elected State senate. -
At last night's meeting, which
was also attended by many mem
bers of Salisbury Lodge No. 24 thir
ty six new members were given the
rang of Page, the initial degree of
Pythianism, and anotner big class
is on the list for initiation at a
later meeting.
Grand Chancellor McCoin made
a splendid talk to the followers ot
Damon and Pythias and was beard
with considerable pleasure by all
present. The other visitors also
made talks and at the e lose of the
busbies aeision . ad the addresses
the members of the local loCge
were host to all present and a
splendid repast was served. It was
one of the most enfoyaole Pythian
occasions held in Salisbury in a
long time.
U. S. GOVERNMENT
STUDYING PLAN
Triparite Agreement Between
Great Britan, France and Italy is
Receiving Attention of America.
(By Ths AmocimcA Prn)
Washinsrton. Nov. 9-The Amer
ican government, it was said today
at the state department, was giving
careful study to the tripartite
agreement between Great Britain,
France and Italy in which those
countries undertake to support each
other in maintaining their "spheres
of influence" in Turkey.
Whether there is ground for a
formal protest by the United
States has not yet been determin
ed, official said.
The treaty between the three
countries which was signed at
Fevres last August 10th was offi
cially referred to as a "secret" one
and it was stated a copy oi it naa
not "officially" 'been transmitted
to the American governemnt.
FATAL CONFLICTS
OCCUR IN MEXICO
Clashes Between Socialists and Li
berate Result in Numerous
Deaths in Yucatan Districts.
(By Tht AnorUtcd Pnw
Mexico Citv. Nov. 9.rFreauent
armed conflicts resulting in numer
ous deaths are occurring between
Socialists and Liberals in the Yu
catan district and a dispatch from
Merida declares a serious situation
which has developed in the last
week continues.
After receiving a detailed report
of the disorders from Gen. Mange,
commander of federal troops in
Yucatan, Minister of War Calles
ordered that "all necessary meas
ures be taken to giv security to
all the inhabitants of the disturbed
area.
Holland Guards German Frontier.
(By Tha Aaaoeiatad Pnm)
Rotterdam, Nov. 9.olland has
established a great cordon along
the German frontier to prevent the
influx of a large number of Russian
Bolsheviki agents from Germany.
Colby to Go to South Ameriea.
(By Tha Attoclatcd Pran)
W..1hifiAlAn Mnv ft XiwretarffOI
Daniels and Colby conferred today
regarding jar. uoroy s coniempias-
A twtrt ft finntli Amarwa Tha na.
val secretary formally tendered the
secretary oi state tne use ox a war
ship for the trip;,
Mrs. Nellie B. Van Slingerland,
of New York, president of the
Dauhters of Michigan, advocates a
movement for a political party to
nut the United States under
"matriarchal" form ef government
with a woman tor President and
women at the head of all important
LOCALPYIIKS A N .C. SOLDIER
HAVE BIG NIGHT SIGHALLYHONORED
departments.
16 cents a quart
Edgar Hallyburton of
Taylorsville Wins D. S.
M. for Work Performed
While Prisoner.
(Hy Tha AwwcUUd Pim)
Washington, Nov. 9. Edgar N.
Hallyburton, of Taylorsville, N. C,
who during the world war was a
sergeant in Co. F, 16th infantry
enjoys the unique distinction of
having the distinguished service
medal awarded him for service per
formed while a prisoner in Ger
many. Sergt. Hallyburton's cita
tion, made public today by the war
department, says:
"Sergeant Hallyburton while a
prisoner in the hands of the Ger
man government from November,
1917 to 1918 voluntarily took com
mand of . different camps in which
he was located and under difficult
conditions established administra
tive and personal headquarters, or
ganized the men into units, billited
them systematically, established
sanitary regulations and made
equitable distribution of supplies
and establishe dan intelligence
service preventing our men from
giving information to the enemy
and prevented the enemy from in
troducing propaganda."
GERMAN OFFICERS
imUNEMPLOyEDi
Berlin, Oct. 21,-Many of the
50,000 former German officers dis
charged since the signing of the
armistice have joined the great
army of unemployed in Germany,
a few have gone to work at hard
labor and others are trying to
make small pensions pay for the
expensive necessaries of mere ex
istence. Officers belonging to old, aristo
cratic, once wealthy families are
in no better situation than their
comrades who relied for a living
upon their army pay. They have
long since disposed of most of their
personal property and it is not un
common to see one of them, sup
pressing his pride, and offering to
some foreigner a family neirloom
for enough money to pay a grocery
bill.
Those who are doing hard labor
must work half a day for the price
oi a pound of meat and all day for
a pound of butter, a number or
them have been unable to buy civi
lian clothes and are working in uni
forms thin and frayed by much
wear.
The wives and sisters of some of
these men have gone into the shops
where they earn 350 marks a month
a sum which a guest at any one of
the international hotels frequently
pays for a single meal. The widow
of a colonel who was killed at the
front is supporting four children
on a pension of less than 700 marka
a month.
Former soldiers, and particularly
the wounded whose pensions are in
adequate to supply them with food,
have been hardhit. Day and night
they may be seen standing on tie
streets with cap in hand, begging,
or selling- matches. They still wear
their uniforms, or parts of uniforms
and some of them, to incite pity, ex
hibit their wounds.
A party of Americans walking
down Unted den Linden one night
saw a former soldier stagger and
fall to the pavement, unconscious.
City physicians who examined him
said he had fainted from hunger.
Later it Wus learned that, too nroud
to ask alms, he had gone for days
without food.
When a purse of a few marks
was collected for him he acepted tt
and thanked the donors.
GUARDING N.Y.
FINANCIAL DIST.
Large Force of Extra Men On
Duty to Protect Financiers and
Also Financial Headquarters.
(B Th Anoafatcd Praia!
New York. Nov. 9. Twenty-five
additional oatrolmen, personally
selected ' by Chief Inspector Lahey
after a conference with- Police
Commissioner Enright, today,
were distributed . throughout the
financial district to guard flnan
tiers and financial institutions.
While official announcement was
lackig at police headquarters it is
understood the action was taken
because of threats alleged to have
been made at recent secret meet
ings of radicals. -
At the same time the detective
force in Wall Street district were
greatly increased.
S.C.
MURDERER
CAUGHT HERE WILL
PLEA SELF DEFENSE
Three Greenville, S. C. Of
ficers Come for Young
Ex-Soldier Charged
With Murder.
Deputy Sheriffs C. R. Bramlett.
J. C. Beck and Jones Pa i kins, all
of Greenville. S. C, came to Salis
bury yesterday afternoon, arriv
ing here about 5 o'clock by auto
mobile and left shortly afterward
with Waiter Salmon the young tx
soldier who on Sunday night gave
himself up to Chief of Police Ros
ier, he being wanted at Greenville
on a charge of having murdered
another white man by the name of
Asa Fllckenshelt, a half mile out
side of Greenville.
Shortly before the officers came
for Salmon his wife, who was for
merly a Miss Drury, of Morgan
ton, a niece of Mrs. J. W. Kesler,
wife of Salisbury's chief, and who
has been visiting in 'Salisbury and
Rowan, went to the jail to see her
husband. She was accompanied by
Chief Kesler and on this visit Sal
mon gave his side of the affair. He
said he had gone to the home of
Flickenshelt the night before the
killing and bought some liquor;
that he got with a woman the next
day and they drove back to the
Flickenshelt home last Friday af
ternoon to buy more hquor; that
he went into the house and got the
whiskey and paid for it. He then
recognized the man as one who
had shot him whule he was in tne
training camp at Greenville and
the man also recognized him and
said: "Didn't I shoot you one
time J" When told that that he
had Salmon says Flickenshelt re
marked: "Yes. and I'm going to
shoot you again," and grabbed a
snot gun and nred twice at mm
but missed him and that then it
was that he shot his assailant five
times with a pistol.
Officers who came lor baimon
said his victim was a man of un
savory character, and had a repu
tation as a bootlegger. They said
the wife of Flickenshelt testifies
that Salmon killed her husband
for the purpose of robbery and
that it was a brutai murder. The
woman that' was with Salmon at
the, time, i kain,r-liejd4ii .Green
ville and ahe says, eo the omcers
say, that two gunshots were fired
at Salmon just before he shot but
she could not say for certaiA
whether they were fired by Flick
enshelt or a negro whd was there.
However. Salmon's defense will be
that he shot and killed his victim
in self defense.
An Evening Post representative
called at the jail yesterday after
noon to see Salmon but at tnai
.time the South Carolina officers
were awaiting in the jail lobby be
low for him to be brought from his
cell, and he had nothing to say,
awaiting the employment or coun
sel when he gets bacK to ureen-
ville.
The three deputy sheriffs with
their chauffeur and prisoner left
shortly after 5 o'clock on the re
turn trip to Greenville and ex
pected to arrive there aooui u
o'clock. Salmon's wife will go to
Greenville within a few days to
see him again.
OLDEST MAN IN
WORLD IS ILL
Constantinople, Nov.x 9. Turk
ey's 146-year-old man,xZora Meh
med reputed to be the oldest man
in the world, is ill with indigestion.
This is the first time Zora has
ever been ill. He complains that
it is because of a set of false
teeth.
Zora has always been a hamal
that is a carrier of heavy weights,
ranging from 200 to 1,000 pounds.
When he was 45 years of age, that
is during the Napoleonic wars, he
tried to lift, on a bet, 500 pounds
with his teeth and ruined them.
He went along until about 1850
without any teeth and then he ob
tained a set which has worn out.
About 20 years ago, he got another
set. He claims these teeth have
given him indigestion which has
finally landed him in the hospital.
"When J get a new set of teeth,
I shall be all right again for an
other half a century," he said.
Until his present illness, Zora
was employed, as a hamal, at Vie
Turkish naval base. He was born
at Bitlis, in Turkish Armenia in
the year 1774. just before the
American revolution but does not
remember that event. Zora has a
son aged 90 and a young daughter
aged 60. His heart and eyes are
still good and he looks like a man
of 70. He offers his passport as
proof of his age, as well as the
birth records of the mosque at Bit
lis. To Serve 25 Cent Meal.
(By Tbt Anociated Prn)
New York, Nov. 9v jHotel pro
prietors attending the fifth national
hotel men's exposition here -will
partake of a 25 cent meal on Ellis
Island this week on invitation of
Frederick A. Wallia, immigration
commissioner. Skepticism on the
part of the hotel men that the is
land chief could concoct e meal for
that sum and still claim a profit is
said to have prompted the invita
tion and also its acceptance.
PRIVATE CONTROL
OF R. R. FOREVER
ENDEO CLARK SAYS
May Not Go To Govern
ment Ownership and
Operations, But State
Will Always Regulate.
(By Th AMeclaUd Tmi)
Washington, Nov. 9. America
never again will have private con
trol and operation of railroads un
accompanied by state and fnierat
regulation chifrman Clark of the
Interstate Commerce Comimsslon
declared today in an address to the
opening session of the 32nd annual
convention of the national asso
ciation of railway and public utili
ties commissioners.
"Even if we shall not come to
government ownership and opera
tions" added Mr. Clark, "the neces
sity for a separate tribunal with
jurisdiction to determine questions
of the reasonableness of charges
and alleged discriminations will be
present.
Referring to federal control of
the railroads, the chairman said:
"When the final balance sheet
shall have been completed, it will
be found that the American peo
ple paid handsomely for the use
and operations of the railroads dur
ing the war but as such use and
operation was essential as a war
measure, we must, then in fairness,
consider it as part of the necessary
expenditures of the war."
Chairman Clark declared that the
right of the states to regulate their
internal affairs was recognized
thruout the transportation act and
he urged co-operation between the
ataes and 'federal commission as
authorized by the law.
REPORT OF INCREASE
IS ALL ERRONEOUS
Vice President of the Southern
Says That No Increase Ratea
Will Be Asked by Roads as Ru
mored. (Rpcclal to Tlx Evening Pott)
Washington, :Nov) 9 -Statements
alleging that the Railroaus
of the United States are planning
to ask a further increase in freight
and . passenger rates are" entirely
without authority, aecordiig to Mr.
Ltncoln, Green vice president of jbe
Southern Railway system, irf charge
of traffic.
"There is not the slightest foun
dation for the surmise that the
Railroads are going to ask further
increase," said Mr. Green today,
"They intend to work out therr
salvation if they can under the in
creases already, granted by the In
terstate commerce commission, tna
it is believed that no further gen
eral advances in ratea will be neces
sary." j
AMERICANS CALLED
UPON TO FED POLES
London, Oct. 23. One of the aft
ermaths of the Polish-Soviet war
is that Americans will be' called
upon to feed and cWthe more than
1,250,000 Polish children this win
ter thru the American Relief Ad
ministration. (Up to. the time of
the latest outbreak of hostilities
destitution had been so reduced
that the Relief Administration offi
cials believed that Poland, with the
organization the Americans had
perfected, would be able to carry
on the work after this autumn.
That is considered impossible now
and preparations are under way
for caring for aa many children as
during the dark days of last win
ter. This decision came after receipt
in London of reports of a complete
survey of the country began imme
diately after the blosheviki were
driven back. Trained observers re-
Sort that the Poles themselves
ave not painted the picture black
eitough. After two armies had
fought over the ground there was
little left for the children, they re
port, and each requested immediate
shipment of food and clothing. As
far as possible, distributing agents
of the administration are comply
ing with these requests.
The organization by which about
119,000,000 worth of food and cloth
ing was distributed in Poland in
16 months at a cost of approxi
mately 180,000, is virtually intact.
It includes between 15,000 and 18,
000 Poles whose services are paid
for by Poland but who worked un
der direction ' of a few American
administrative officers. The Poles
also pay for transportation from
the ships, warehousing and distri
bution. In addition they supply all
flour received by them thru a izoo.-
000 credit granted by the Grain
Corporation.
Altho the distributing organza
tion was considerably disarranged
during the recent fighting, officials
here say they can get into work
ing order again very quickly after
rauroaa repairs navo peen com'
pleted.
COW KILLS A BOY
An Eight Year Old Boy Gored to
Death By Suppcaedly Harmleas
Cow Jugular Vein Severed.
' fB Th Aaaoalmted Frail
Eastman, Ga, Nov. 9. -An eight
year old grandson oz Burton Den
nis, a prosperous farmer near here,
wae gored to death by a supposedly
harmless milk cow yesterday after
noon. The boy's jugular vein was
severed and he wae dead when
found ' '
MANY GERMANS REPATRIATED FROM
RUSSIA SENT TO INSANE ASLYUM
Stettin, Germany, Nov. 9. Ev
ery contingent of German war
prisoners arriving here from Rua
sia contains a number of ragged,
unshaven, haggard men who have
been made insane by suffering
during many months in Russian
prison camps.
In three weeks the German gov
ernment sent 200 of these men to
Insane asylums and sanitariums
for treatment. A few who have
spells of violence, and during these
nerkkds. must be kept under guard,
I but the majority present a listless,
woa-begone aspect. 1 hey look
about with dull, unseeing eyes, or
sit quietly weeping, unconscious
of the fact they arv home again.
The famlies and friends of the
insane soldiers are . allowed to
gieet thorn and to give them food
and clothes before the yare sent
away for treatment.
Nearly all the prisoners exhibit
the moat Intense bitterness only
toward Russia but toward the
German government as well. One
of them, who had lost a leg and an
arm and who, it was learned, had
been taken prisoner early in the
war and has been confined in many
Russia prison camps, shook his fist
at a German flag when he arrived
and cursed hie .country, his people,
and all other countries and peo
ples. "To with Germany!" he
shouted. "That is not my flap and
Will Lay True State of
Affairs Before the Gov
ernor, County Delega
tion Declares.
(By Th Aiioc ltd Prww)
Asheville, Nov. 9. Declaring
their determination to present
Governor Bickett with the true
state of affairs in Jackson county
where the board of election can
vassers were interrupted in their
work last week, the delegation
which yesterday came to Asheville
to see Governor ' Bickett today
awiated the governor' arrival.
Chairman J. J. Mason Has not
announced what action he will take
on the governor's suggestion that
ths board be movea o anotner
city for the canvas of the vote.
It is claimed that the discord
which stopped the board late
Thursday has been greatly over
rated and that it is not necessary
to send troops to protect , the :
canvasser. ,
The governor is expected tms
afternoon.
ANOTHER ASPECT
JACKSON CO. CASE
Are Illiterate Indian Squaws to be
(Allowed to Vote Never. 'Been
Decided.
(SpwinI t Tht Evtnlns Post)
Raleinrh. Nov. 9 Still another
aspect of the Jackson county elec
tion board trouble is brought to
the capital by tenth district lawyers
who say that tne oimcuuy arises
over the quesion as o whether votes
cast by illiterates and Indian
squaws, who can not speak the Eng
lish language, are to oe couniea.
Democrats ara or tne opinion
that under the existing law these
people should not have been per
mitted to participate in the elec
tion last week. An opinion hand
ed down years ago is pointed to by
Democrats that made it plain that.
the Indians in the western part ot
h ata vera urni-Ha rather than
citizens and were not eligible to
vote.
Altho the case has never been
carried to the supreme -court the
lower court's decision holds good
and it the reports with reference
to the Indian vote in Jackson coun
ty are correct an interesting situa
tion is presented.
TIMES ARE HARD
HINDENBURG SAYS
Hanover, Germany, Oct. 21.
Field Marshal von Hindenburg.
speaking at a demonstration of
students on the occasion of his 73rd
birthday, said:
"The timea are hard. We cannot
get away from that. But it is a
man's business to look danger in
the eye and discount it. God has
not yet forsaken the German peo
ple. Much has been taken from us,
but God will give it back to us
our fatherland. To that fatherland
we shall cling without respect for
.party divisions. I make this ap
peal to the German youths."
ABERICAN NAVAL
CRUISER STRANDED
(Br Tha AAetata4 Pra
Washington, Nov. 9.--The pro
tective cruiser Cleveland, attached
to the newly formed squadron on
duty in Latin American waters is
aground in the harbor at Cartago
na, Colombia, the navy department
wan advised today. .. ' t
The message said the ship' was
tandantaged but ' all attempts to
haul her off the bar have been un
kracessful and that part 'of h.er
equipment is being removed in or
der to lighten her. Meanwhile, the
commandant ox the Mare island
(San Francisco) navy yards has
bees asked to send tugs to the
scene.
JACKSON AFFAIR MISS ESSIE BEATTY
AWAITS BICKETT TELLS SAME STORY
Germany is not my fatherland."
He then turned to the other
prisoners and pointing to his
wounds said:
"This is what Germany has
done to me. This is what a kindly
fatherland has permitted. Why
didn't they exchange me? Re
cause I have only one leg and one
arm? I lost them fighting for
Germany and all the thank I've
had for it were the rotten years in
a Russian prison."
The prisoners generally agreed
they had been unable to procure
S roper medical treatment in the
;uian camps, and that ther food
had been very bad.
At the close tif the war there
were 250,000 war and civil prison
ers in Rusnia, and 2T0,006 Rus
sians in Germany. The German
government estimates that not
more than 5,000 Germans will re
main in Russian camps this win
ter. Before the Russo-Polts h hostili
ties began the Russians were be
ing returned rapidly but it is now
estimated at least 200,000 Russians
ere still in German camps, 60,000
of whom are the troop interned
when they crossed the East Prus
sian frontier during the Polish of
fensive. The German government has ex
pended 30,000,000 marks for
transportation of Russians home,
and 90,000,000 maxka to bring
'German prisoner out oi Kuswa.
German prisoner out oi Kuswa.
Gastonia Girl, in Critical
Condition, Coroborates
Effie G'rice and Ransom
Killian.
(Br The Awoelstad PrM)
tion of Essie Beetty, one of the
victims ox the alleged numerous
unit ti twin an automobile mrtv
three miles from here Sunday
night, was said oy pnysioans mis
morning to be practically .un
changed. '
Although struggling between
life and death Miss Baatty told a
f ragmentory story of the crime
this morning and which was ub
Btantially the same wi that f jjen
the coroner Jury by'Ransoflr XiT
lian and Effie Grlce, the other two
nt tu nartv of four
which was attacked, John Ford,
of Lincolnton, the fourth member
of the party which, according to
the survivor,' was held, up, and
fired on by two negroes, was kill
ed. ' ' '.'
Coroner Davis reconvened hit
jury at 10 o'clock . this, morning
without having any witnesses from
which the Jury expected to get
materially new, evidence.
D.A.R.OPEN 27TH
CONVENTION TODAY
(Br Th AmrUMl Tr) :
Asheville,' Nov. 9-With promi
nent members from many parts of
the United States present, the 27th
nnual reneral convention of the
United Daughters of the Confed
v hnorina hora inniirht with ad
dresses of welcome and response.
iM ttia mroaantntlnn of rjast and
present officers of the confederacy,
opening the rosmm.
Governor Bickett, Mayor Robert
and a number of other prominent
men and women are scheduled to
rfneak. Delegates are expected
from thlrtv six states in which
there chapters, probably 5,000 in
all. -
Admiral A. O. Wriirht, naval hero
of the south, dded interest tc thf
convention by his presence.
TO BREED SKUNKS
TO HELP MARKET
Washington, Nov. 8, Breeding
of skunks as a means of stabilizing
Via "ifonreaaari fur market" is the
latest suggestion of the department
oi agriculture.
Despite all the harsh things that
Kaon uniii ahmit this lowlv an
imal, the department describes him
as "the best wild animal inena
the farmer has." Thesshimk the
innniiMmOTt aava. ran be used for
destroying mice,, grasshoppers,
crickets, and white gruos, at me
same time furnishing the farmer
from 50 to 100 worth of fur a
year.
.a aeal H
AJl that is repuired or tne iarm
er, 'the circular says, is that he
"respect the animal's dens, keep
tiia noirltnr In akunktiroof iVards.
kill an old horse for them every
fall and be tactful when ne meets
them in the evening."
TENN, SPLITS 50-50
Five Democrats and Five Repub
lican; Congressmen Elected in
That State Last Week
(Br Tha Aawetota rroa)
Msmnhla. Nov. 9 jfTnmtiletition
of the early official canvass jn the
8th congressional district ; gives
London A. scon, Kepuoucan, a ma
jority of 638 in .victory over his
T)ainnmafA nnnnfiATit . ' Gordon
Browning, and fixed the political
alignment of the Tennessee delega
tion vi the house ox representatives
aw tha. far nf tha retnrna aa five
Republicans and Ave Democrats,, a
net Republican gam oz three mem
bers. '
ADVOCATES OF
STATE PUT
LAWTO BATTLE
Will Call on Governor
elect to Defend System
Which Gave Ilim a
Large Majority.
(Br MAX ABEHNTETHT)
Raleigh, Nov. 9-Govsmor-elect ,
Cameron Morison rs going to be
railed on by advocates of the State
wide primary to give battle for t!ie
system when it is attacked hi Jan
uary at the regular session of Ci4
North Carolina general assembly
And those jho iuvor the primary"
plan of selecting candidates will
find in the next goveiror a staunch
supporter of the system by which
he won the nomination for the gov
ernorship. Soon after the second
primary Mr. Morrison, in an inter
view with this correspondent at
Charlotte, said that he was an ad
vocate of the system and altho .
there were Home things about it
that he did not like it was, in his
opinion, much betier than the con
vention plan. Governor Morrison
will be found supporting the pri
mary when it is attacked. -
Already efforts are beiiur made
to create sentiment against the
system and its advocates will take
steps o offset what has and is being
done. With many new faces in tte
legislature next year at this time
it is difficult to analyse the situa
tion. Friends of then resent sys
tem are. however, confident that iW
repeal is going to be one ef 'the
hardest Jobs ever attempted.. ;.
In advance of his entrance lm
the legislative halls for a second
time reports are reaching the capi
tal that Walter "Pete" Murphy, of
Salisbury, representative-elect from
Kowan, can be depended upon to
lead the fight for the repealists.
Having seen the Sallsavry eentle-
tnan in action before when he rep
resented jus county In the upper
house of the legislature it Is con
ceded that a more formidable op
ponent could not nave been chosen
to pit againts the advocates of the
primary law. Nobody who favors
the law will admit that it la going
to be wiped : from - the statute
books. - v .
- Since the women have been given
the ballot a number, who originallv
opposed the primary are now wlll
ine to let it stand. TheV believe
that under it with all of the people
iarticipating, the will of the ma
ority will be more nearly express
ed than in a convention. : Friends
of the law today brought forward
the following f romGawrnor ,Locke
support: v;::'i':;iv;.!:"
"The -primary election Is already
a recognized institution in our "poli
tics. It is a logical evolution! of
our democracy. We have it in its
best possible form. Let us provide
for it tat law and let us protect it
bylaw." vvA'1
' Kate Hearing. . '
Pates for hearings of petition a
for increases in rates by the State's
public utilities tare announced a&
follows by the ' State Corporation
Commission: -"... -;? -
Asheville telephone company; for
increase In rates, November 23.
Southern Bell telephone company,
for increase in rates In North Caro
lina, set for 10 a. m. November 23.
Citizens Power and Light Com
pany. Lenoir, for increase in elec
tric light rates in Lenoir and Lenoir
juiecinc company lut upcasc .-.i
teiepnone rates, qm set jor Nov
ember 25. .J:V'';V-'""'
Citizens , of Snencer and East ,
Spencer against Southern Railway
for undernass or 4 overpass on
streets in East Spencer, November
26. v,v"---;-'' 'V;:A'v, :
The Mooresville Telephone com
pany wants higher rates and will
prevent Its case December
GOLF ANP FISUINQ
HARDING'S DAY
(By Tha Aanelatat TnmS 4yi ,1
Point Isabel, Texas, Nov. S-As.
a care free and happy member of
this:- little community, of fishermen
who are his negibbors here president-elect
Harding began today a
vacation in which he hopes to make
up in f uD f$r his loss of rest and,
recration durihg the campaign.
A Ashing expedition and a game.
day of the outing, before, noon the
president elect is set for 'a test of
skill with the rod and reel and this
afternoon he is scheduled ' for a
game of golf . at the Brownsville
Country club, 20 miles away.
HUNGER STRIKERS
ENTER ON 91ST DAY
Cork, Nov. 9 Reports from the
Cork jail today described the con
dition of the nine remaining Irish
Vi.w.iatiitraa thara a nramriniii).
Altho this was the lst day of
theirijtrike'the emaciated prison
ers were declared to foe still deter
mined to refuse fpooV . .;
There were brlginally 11. of XI
Cork hunger- strikers,-' but one e
them, Michael Fitzgerald, died Oc
tober 17, and another, Joseph !' -
phy on October 25, within a :
hours of the death of Lord I
MacSwiney. . of Cork in E
prison, o nthe 73rd day of h.i I.
gtt strike.
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