North Carolina Newspapers

: r '3 f1 r 3 ... n ' nmm or m amactateb prkss r , i r -3 - The Aaaociatad Praw b xclixitvtir entitled U tha m for publication of all new dMateba cratlltad to i it or not etharwiaa eradlted I this paper and ala 1 the loral nawa pabliahad. THK 8ALIHHURY KVkJ- 1 1NQ POST ia awmbar of Tha AamlaUd Prwa a4 1 FAIR AND WARMER TONIGHT. ; t ; SATURDAY CLOUDY V I - get tM aturnoon raporta, , ... VOL. 15, NO. 148; EVEil COLLEGT HIS ! DOLLAR,!! ESAYS Say Charges : of Abadie Are Maliciously False in Testimony Before Sen .- ate Committee. - 1 . i By Tha AMoclatrd tnu) ; , M Schwab appeared before the Walih congressional committee and tie , nied testimony given yesterday by voi. C. ii. Aoaue, iormer contrac tor of the United Statei shinnim? board, to -the effect that. Mr. Schwab's personal expenses which were $260,000 were charged to the shipping board. ; ' , v" : Air. Schwab declared the state ment was "absolutely, unqualified ly and maliciously false" and that he personally .paid all of his own ; expenses during his term of office as .director general of the emer gency fleet corporation... -V ' ' Mr.- Schwab said that altho he was supposed to receive a dollar a year, salary, 4ie did not even coir' lect that and for , bis travel from shipyard to shipyard while head of the emergency fleet corporation, he asserted, he had never received any compensation and did not want i any. ' , ' '- :.r7 . , , Mr. Schwab admitted that such a voucher as that charged ; by Colonel Abatie may have been paid to him but declared it was not for the purposes charged. He accepted the position as head of the fleet : corporation, he told the committee, only at the urgent -request of the chairman of the board and Presl- dent. Wilson. i 'n ,' -'.'.- .;.. : In accepting the pdsltion, he declared, he insisted that all mat ters connected with hie own ship building company he , handled by other members of the board., --Colonel Abadie, who again took the stand, said he regretted the ne cessity of connecting Air. Schwab with the voucher and said lie hooed It was an error-and 'that Mr. Schwab would be cleared. Asked further concerning the voucher Mr. Abadie reiterated his previous tea. timony that the information con cerning it-had been given him by 'Mr. Morse of Perley, . Morse & Company, accountants employed to audit the shipping board books. He saad the charge waa entered as "overhead" in Jhe main, offic of -k-rhe-4kthlenem company and that $100,000 waa charged to ship con- eiruruon. fie witness In rpnlw in mm tiori admitted that Mr. Mnru nA now the other $160,000 had what had hppn tnM. hnt aail f - - - -- - . v . tt VWll" cerned the Rethlehenx corporation oniy. . Mr. Schwab, wiho was sitting nearby, spoke up and said: "You are at perfect liberty to give that information if you desire.'! Colonel Abadie, however, said it was given to him confidentially and he would n4 repeat it. WHOLESALE STORE ROBBERY OCCURS Mercantile Establishment of C. D. Plyler at Misenheimer Loses $600 in Goods. , r RoblTerS last niirh mnAa m haul , at the general merchandise store of Mr. C. D. Plyler at Misen heimer, a station down the Yadkin railroad, between Salisbury and Albemarle. Mr. Plyler was in the ; city early this morning notifying officers here and telephoning to the authorities at bthtar points and making an effort to locate the rob bers or any part of the stolen goods. " .,r : .-v :. ;. ji.;r Among the articles enumerated by Mr, . Plyler as having been stolen were live do'ven pairs of overalls, several , cases of snuff and tobacco, a large number of automobile tires and numerous other goods. The robbery occurr ed about one o'clock this morning and the goods were carried away in an automobile truck. A party liv ing close to the Plyler store who was up with a sick baby shortly after one o'clock heard an automo bile start off and thinking possibly some one, was stealing his car hur i ried out just in time to see the rna ' hno, leaving from in front of the Plyler store. It was tracked some little distance early jthis morning and is said to have head ed toward Salisbury, altho there Is a belief that it might have back tracked or turned off toward Con- cord. . ' v".--f.'v"-.-:'j,' i-Vi It has become a practice to make a general raid on stores inthis ... section of the State and the officers believe there is an organized band connected with these robbrls in whinch the booty is carired away in automobiles. A RUNNING FIGHT WITH BLOCKADERS ' Br Tha Aanriatad Freu) Anderson. S. C. LTan. 91 aTn running fight last nieht near ScsJak bridge on the Seneca river .10 miles west of this ctiy between ru ral (policemen and alleged block aders two automohilnR. fi2 callnna of whiskey and four men were cap tured. One of the men, William Miles, was shot and seriously wounaea oy ouicer, . nir ';qp e n at fflmm G in Head of Federal Reserve f Board Telia Winston - Salem Chamber of Com incrce Danger is Past. ' (By Tl Auoiatd Praaa) ' r Winston-Salem, Jan. 21j Gover nor W.'G. P. Harding of the fed eral reserve board in an address here befpre the ' Winston-Salem Chamber of Commerce today aid he .believed developments of (he past thirty days had convinced even those wh-are never so happy as when miserable that-not Only has all danger of a great financial cris is or money panic passed but that business generally was safely over the most critical and trying stage of the readjustment period. . . - "Heretofore,' Governor Harding said,, f following periods ' of artifi cial expansion the reactions that have come have usually been sharp and sudden, accompanied by money panics - Nothing of this sort has occurred during the present read justment period. While many pre dictions were made that an old fashioned panic was inevitable I never once doubted the ability of the federal reserve system to pre vent any such condition. 1 ,1 The decline in prices was neces sarily disastrous to producers who had gone heavily in debt, expecting the level of prices which existed a year ago to be sustained or even advanced and in many individual caseo great losses were suffered, but so far as the community As a whole is concerned there is no ques tion ox solvency. . v "Ia working out the situation It Is necessary that those who extend ed credit should exercise patience, moderation and ? forbearance. In cases where debtors show . them selves worthy. -of confidence and are willing to meet reasonable re quirements I have observed there was no disposition on the part of the banks to force, collections by foreclosure or other drastic means, except as a last resort. There are signs everywhere of a revival of business," declared Governor Hard- Two Women On Wav From Omaha, Nebraska to Washington, Delayed at Des Moines, Iowa. .;-,'."V '. (B Tht Aaaoclated Praia) Des Moinps. Inwa. Jan 91 Weather conditions this morning were unsatisfactory for the start a Hff TT - TT nri . vi , lurs. n. n. nneeier ana Mrs. Draner ' Smith An tholr .imliix trip to Washington to deliver Ne- 1 t 1 A . .a k . DrasKa s eieciorai vote, it is plan ned to resume the atr journey as soon as weather conditions ' will permit. ' Left Omaha Yesterday Afternoon. Omaha. Neb.. Jan. 20 Mr. u H. Wheeler, of Lincoln, and Mrs. xraper amitn, or umaha, electoral college delegates and alternates, respectively, left here this after noon on an airplane flight to Wash ington to deliver the atata'a Wtnr.. al votes at the national capital. m Ittl. a aa. . ? . jura, wneeier is oo ana Mrs. Smith is 66 Tears old' Rnth ant o-Ntv?. mothers. Their denartura marV attempt to deliver a state's elec toral vote by airplane. The women expect to reach Washington Sat urday. Stops will be made at Des Moines, Chicago, Cleveland, Brook- vuie, u., jjeiieionte, u, and Har risburg, Pa.', '::; Arrive atrDes Moines. Des Moines. ' Tnwa .Tot. on i Mrs. H. H. WhaeW anit Mr. ,rw.. er Smith, going from Lincoln, Neb., to Washington, landed here at 4:20 p. m., They will remain here MOTHER BURIED WITH 3 CHILDREN ""mvowij t., wbii. 4 If -ilia) body of Mrs. ' Mary Glenn Hicks and three; of ter four children were w wiay m one casxet. Mrs. Hicks believed mentally i.deiinged three children Tuesday and then nuicu nerseu. - an VOB mother S arms was - placed Stewart, jijred PIiMhm : il.j 1 - M A. 1 aa kicv, vno uauy 1 me zamuy. The placed on one side and that waa of iuju Karet, agea o, on vas other. SOCIALIST MEET I BOLTED BY REDS , B Th Aaaoclated Praaa) Lefirhorn. Itv. . Jan 01 tv. communist faction of the Italian socialist party defeated in its at- bv the Tinrtv nt ths TVitrvl T.t.,. tionale, of Moscow, bolted the So cialist convention tiere this morn ing. ' v-.. ELECTOR!! VOTE BY AiR ROUTE SIMM IK 11 TO CAUSE A FIGHT Introduced - by Johnson, Drafted By McGirtr- , Heads of Institutions to Testify. 1 . ' ( MAX ABXXNXTflTl ' Raleigh, Jan. 21-SUtewide tick eradication is provided for in a bill introduced in the (house today by Representative Johnson and over which a har dfVght will be made at the commute hearing and when thel measure comes back to the floor for final consideration. The bill ia understood to have been drafted by W. A. McGirt, of Wilmington, pres ident of the North Carolina Land Owners Association. There are 22 counties in Eastern North Caro lina known as "tick infested coun ties" and to rid this section the bill it laid before the legislature. According ' to Representative Matthews of Bertie county, who is chairman of the committee named to investigate expenditures and de ficiency in the matter of tfhe state architect the first hearing will be held . Thursday of next. week at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Witnesses are now being summoned to appear before the committee, among the number of being uotin Sprunt Hill, of Durham, member of the board of trustees of the university,, and the heads of various other state insti tutions, who complained they were unable to obtain plans for proposed buildings. . NEW BOOK CLUB IS NEW ORGANIZATION Spencer Ladies Organise a Book Club Marriage surprises the Friends of Young Couple Who Were Married Bj Methodist Pas tor . . (B A. W. HICKS) Spencer. Jan. 21. A beautiful book club was organized one even ing this week at the home of Mrs. J. A. Cooke in Spencer. Among those present who enrolled as members were Mesdames W. C Slate, G. S. Lane, R. H. Strayhorn, B. McBride, J. A. Cooke, J. K. Dor. sett, G. L. Burke, B. L. Young. An other meetirur was held at the home of Mrs. Buke and the bookJ under jiiseussion was "The Rivers Ed Jandn. which the members took 1 keen . interest ' Refresh), ments were served by the hostess for the evening. : A number of ladies interested in the library fund of . the - Spencer schools nave arranged for a Relief Display in the school building from 8 to 6 D. m. January 28. There will be a fine collection of things from foreign countries including Japan. China, Korea, Panama, Af rict, France and other countries, also numbers of interesting relics from the war. These things have been loaned by Salisbury and Spen cer citizens and it is honed the public attend the exhibit. ;v ispencer people were nirht much surprised Thursday by the an nouncement that on Wednesday night Mr. John Vaughn and Miss Hilda Hohman had been married. The ceremony was performed in the presence of the 'immediate family of . the bride and a few otner close friends by Rev. E. E. Wililamson, pastor . of Spencer Methodist church and the young couple left at once for a trip to Washington and points in , West Virginia. The groom is a valued employe of the Southern and has many friends here. Th bride is the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. tlmS. K. Hohman and Is creatlv admired .by all who know her. After a brief honeymoon the young couple will reside in Spencer. A. CI L. Flagman Killed. Fayetteville. Jan. ,2L R. C Murray, a flagman on the Atlantic Coast Line, was killed early today at Rennert, near here, by being run over by a freight train. His home was at Rocky Mount and his body will be taken there for burial. One Thousand Three Hun dred Take Advantage of Free Meals-100,000 Out of Work. - (By Th Aaaoclated Sraai) ' Toledo. O.. Jan. 21-The first free meals to be served to unem ployed men in Toledo was taken advantage of by more than 1,300 applicants, it was announced at the social service federation headquar ters which gave .out 1,600 meal tickets.. The meals were served in a public market place. There was also issued 1,000 pounds of fish and 1,000 peckes of potatoes for the men. to take to their families. John R. Crowell, city emergency labor commissoiner, today reiterat ed his statement that "at least 100,000 people in Toledo : are mighty . close to the starving lines v. i ,.": Nearly 200 more were added to the list of unemployed today when a reduction of the forces of the Pennsylvania Railroad . Company went into effect ' ARE SERVffi FE MEALS IN.TOLEDO SALISBURY, N. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1921 COOLIDGE WILL SPEND VACATION I IN ASHEVILLE,. ARRIVE JAN. 31ST jBy. Associated Press.) , . ASHEVILLE, Jan. , 21, Announcement was made here today that VicePresident-elect Calvin Coolidge and Mrs. Coolidge have chosen Asheville as their winter vacation place and will arrive here about January 31st coming f ronv.Atlanta where they will attend a conference Januar.27-29. , ; V The Vice-President-elect was invited by Mayor Roberts and the Asheville Times and in reply Mr. Coolidge announced that his party would consist of himself, and Mrs. Coolidge and Frank Siern, his sec retary, and Mrs.' Stem. He leaves Atlanta on the night of January 29."'--' ' Y - Mr. Coolidge expects to leave Boston the first of next week and go to Atlanta for several days. He will ifemain in Asheville known where he will go Enormous Burden of Debt Every Country Makes Disarmament Indispen sable He Says. ' Hamilton, Bermuda, Jan. 21- Former President William , H. Taft, who is spending a month here, said in an interview today that "the enormous . burden of debt of every country makes, it almost indispensable that the nec essity for armament be removed. You can only do that by joint ac tion and joint agreements and, by promises of settling all differences without ghting." . .. "They are already discussing seriously in the United States an agreement for . disarmament or the limiting ; of armament and strangely enough this comes in part at 'least, from men who have been vigorously opposed , to any league at all,", he continued.,' ""I am very hopeful that under Mr. Harding we shall reach a con clusion with other leading nations for an association or league which shall mark the advance ' brought about fay the war toward reason able machinery for the avoidance of future conflicts. This will in-volve- the slttimr , around ftt.be council table of aff important na-' trons and .will imply the taking of Joint measures to compose differ ences and to restrain a resort to the unsatisfactory and bloody ar bitrament of war.- : ' .' "Lately I have often been ques tioned as to the attitude of the' United States toward Great Britain. :: Of course , the r United States consists of some : 110,000,- 000 people with- many ' different currents of thought permeating. the mass. Many different group- ings too will be found and there are some of these groups, more vocal than representative of real puDiic opinion Jwno imamiesT. on- Lr v,iin RWfMn Rut when an important question arises, when a real issue comes before us, then the sober public opinion of the United States asserts itself. "I never have had the slightest concern over the gelations of the tm- countries. We. : form the strongest union for peace between nations that exist in theworld to day. We have got into the habit of settling all our differences by means of negotiation and arbitra tion. The great body of the people in the United States cannot con ceive of war between the two. countries because they are confi dent that any matters in dispute can and will be settled either by negotiation or by. the judgment of a court as with people in arty ao- mestic jurisdiction where law and order prevail.'' Speak ng of business conditions DISAlANIEtlT in the united Mates, nesaia tney . woud not gurprl8e ny one here were not Ularming. 'Ve am who s in touc wlth the political Jiut! both " lt wrdi repub our way out, hesait. Congress... . if Camnbell is attempting to help in tne mat-; ter of credits." BOLSHEVIK! FREE BALTIMORE WOMAN : n , 1 Baltimore, Jan. 21.Mrs. Mar-. guerite Harrison, of Baltimore, newspaper correspondent irnws- 1" lS I Moscow. has been released, accord ing to letters received yesterday by Dr. Hugh Young from the secre tary of Lord Beaverbrook, owner of the Daily Express, of London. Her release from the prison does not necessarily mean she can leave the country but her friends hope that she will be able to leave. 500,000 POUNDS SOLD IN WINSTON . Winston; Jan. 2LT,o b a c c o prices showed , a 'decided advance fcr vesterdav over rrricea nre- viously, advancing (3 per hundred, wer nair a i minion pounas were sold. Bright grades sold as high as 70 cents per pound. One Hundred New . Express Cars .irnniraiiu -,T.nn T.n of . T .uiivAiuni diu.,. ..d Mr cal Southern rail wav official nounce completion of 100 new ex - nresa cars for service on tho South - em system by the Southeastern Express' company.' , - . for. two , weeks. It is not after leaving this city. DOnOiMIORK HEJ1E COMPLETED Will File Reply to Dr. Campbell's ICh a r g e s , This Weekis Returning to Washington. ': '. Congressman R. L. Dough ton, who has been here for several days, preparing his reply to Dr. J. I. Campbell'scharges filed last month protesting the election in Novem ber, completed his work .today and Mr. Doughton and his attorneys will leave the city today, Mr. Doughton returning to Washing ton to resume his duties in con gress. ' ... ' "Mt. Doughton denies all the main charges .made by Dr. Campbell and will serve his reply this week. The next step in the contest will be up to Dr. Campbell, he has four days in wRich to name a date for the hearing of testimony,. . , ; ' Mr. Doughton lhas conferred with leading Democrats in every county of the district and is confident that he will retain his seat in con gress. Dr. Campbell charged ir regularities in Rowan and Iredell and Stanly counties, with the ex ception of Aleghany county, Dr. Campbell carried all the ot&ersY Alegfiahy Is Mr. Doughtotfs home countjrnffTJt: Campbell niade no charges, of irregularities in' that county. "' : Campbell Fails in His Promises. In connection with the above story Is this one from Washington by Parker Anderson relative to the contest in the Eighth district: Information obtained today by The News' correspondent from sources usually reliable, is to the effect that Dr. Ike Campbell, wno is contesting the election of Con gressman Bob Doughton ; in - the eighth district, has failed to make hl promises to the republican congressional committee ana mat he will be advised, indeed if word v- .im.j o-nnA forward to has not already gone lorwara, 10 either drop the charges or make good. . It is certain on the showing he has already made the commit tee is convinced he cannot unseat the present congressman. r Too much Butler'! is said to be responsible for Campbell bringing: the charges. Butler, who had tne republican congressional aspirant in tow while he was in Washington, painted a very bad condition, poli tically speaking, in the eighth dis trict. According to these repre sentations, Campbell had been de liberately robbed of his seat and the committee was told that ample evidence could and would be pro duced to show that Campbell was really elected and . that Doughton got in thru fraud. He has utterly faiied to convince even a political committee that such is the case. , Under the circumstances ft , . . . :. A T , WUU1U Urvp 1119 bVUWBIn ' Al o v.. tain that no more financial aid will be extended him by the republican congressional committee unless he . is able to produce more, and better " evidence that fraud was commit- ted by the democrats in the eighth. 0ne prominent republican said today tJJBt: ne had never thought h f tft contegt Rfter hs Baw Dr.; Campbell taking counsel and advice from the former North lr- olina senator. I realize that But ler has considerable following but I also know that he sometimes al lows his bitter partisan feeling to get away f rim his usually good and soand judgment -i "So far as I am concerned I shall cast my vote to drop the contest and I shall urge other members of the committee to vote likewise. 1 1 seen nothing in it for the republi cans. We have' all the members we need and we are not going to foster a contest unless there is a real evi dence of fraud. So far I have riot beeq convinced that there has been any viuiauon qi me iw. Spinners to Meet. Spartanburg, S. C; Jan. 21j ThA RntnnAr'k . DiviRinn nf the . r ,, , , ... Southern Textile association, will , meet here today for a conference 1 on matters pertaining to their work. More than 150 delegates jare expected te be in attendance.: BETTER SCHOOLS 1RID CRM FOR SALISBURY DISARMAMENT ERDORSED TODAY PLAH SAYS VH1TE Kiwanis Club Hears In estering Story From E. v P. Wharton Endorse Chinese Famine. At its regular weekly luncheon today at Hennessee's cafe the Ki wanis club endorsed the drive of the Red Cross, the Chinese famine relief aad a movement to build a high school building in the ctiy and increase the facilities of the other public schools here. Mr, E. I. Wharton, of Greensboro, ' was a guest of the club and made an in teresting talk; ,; Mayor Strachan said in regard to the high school and school .im provement that Mr. Andrews was in Raleigh talking to the state architect who is expected to come ttere soon and map out plans for school improvements and estimate the cost, and then if the voters of the city wanted snore schools they could get them. . - Mr. Wharton, predicted that gal iisbury could be made the best shopping district in the south. He told of a 60-mile survey made re cently in Greensboro Which. showed that Salisbury had the best shop ping district in the state, Greens boro and other towns, he said, had competition. with the 60-mile radhre but Salisbury had none. He said that payrolls within a 60-mile ra dius of Salisbury was around $35,. 000,000 which, he doubted, no other southern city could boast. ;This did not include the payrolls in the city. : Mr. Wharton said he believed ha walked the streets of Salisbury be fore any man at the luncheon ex cept one, whom he would not men. tion. He came here, he said, on the old North Carolina railroad, on a free ride given to the stockholders and friends each year. , He saw tha first solid brick block of stores Sie ever saw in Salisbury; From Innes to Fisher streets, he said. Greensboro at that time had no such sight and he said he thought it a wonderful place at that time and still thinks so. He expects to get improvements planned for the property he recently bought' here under wsy this spring, tie said. jf Mr. Heck of Raleigh-, spoke in the interest of the Chinese famine. He is circulating a petition to be ent. congress andhveays- North Carolina is drawing nationwide at tention dor its work in behalf of the starving Chinese.- Mr. Heck showed that the famine relief was a good economic work for the Unit ed states. - Mr. J. II. Kerr won the prize, a box of candy. Albert of the Cobb Mack Candy Company, presided over the meeting. v t , . HARDING TROUBLES PACKED IN A BAG " YBy Tht Aaaorialad Frail) ' ; ' On Board Harding's Train, Jan. 21. With his troubles packed in a kit bag that he intends to keep tightly locked for two weeks Pres ident-elect Harding today turned his thoughts to golf t sticks ' and fishing rods as he journey south ward to spend a vacation in Flori da. '";'. ' ' ''.v -:,'jv V:;...:.'" . The association of nations, tax reforms and choosing of a cabinet and all other subjects that have been long hours with (him the last six weeks will be put as far away from his mind as possible until ha has had a good rest. v v 1 Mr. Harding's private car which left Marion last midnight 1 was speeding southward attached to a regular passenger train and will pass thru Chattanooga late this afternoon and reach Atlanta this evening. He will arrive at St Augustine Saturday. , 'widespread Graft System. , New Yrk, Jan. 21. Discovery of a widespread system of graft in which law abiding citizens and business houses are required! to pay for police protection, was announc ed Wednesday by former Governor COITTRACT HOLDS . "tii itj ..V" ' Knows No Reason Why William Brady Used Cochran's Name in Say ing Bout Was Off. (By The Awoelatad Prcaa) , London, Jan. ; 21JThe original contract for the Carpentier-Demp-sey bout is considered still valid by Charles B. Cochran, the English boxing promoter, a party to the agreement, it was declared in a statement issued authorized by .us office here this ' morning. Mr. CoJhran had no knowledge for the authority of William A. Brady, of New York, to speak in Mr. Coch ran's behalf. : The statement read: ' "A far as Mr. Cochran is con cerned the original contract for the Dempsey-Carpentier fight holds If William A. Brady or Ricard have withdrawn that ia beyond our control, but if it is true, Mr. Coch ran offers 100,000 pounds sterling to stage the fight in London. in But He Wants France and Italy Included As Well As Great Britain, Japan and U. S. (By The AMoclattd ?rau) . Washington, Jan. 21 Stagger ing burdens of taxation as a re sult of the world war has caused the people of all nations to favor a world agreement for disarma ment, Henry White, former am bassador to France and a member of the American peace commission at Paris, declared today before the house naval committee hold ing hearings on the subject. "I think the world is crying for some Oarreement." said Mr. White. "but I am not in favor of the Un ited States being the only nation to disarm. The United States," he added, "should take the initia tive in a disarmament move and the conference should be held in this country. ' Any gathering look- inz looking to genera) - disarma ment should include France . and Italy as well as the United States, Great Britain and Japan," the former ambassador said, "but dis cussion to a reduction of naval building should only be limited for the present, at least, to ureal Britain, Japan and . the United States." . Florida Sheriff KHJed. . . "' 1 - , (By Tha Aaoelatcd Pratt) Defuniak Springs, Fla.J Jan.' 21. Sheriff J. M. Summerill, of Oka loosa county, and William Bishop were killed and Frank Bishop and Fern Barrow were seriously in jured when a passenger train on the L. A N. railroad struck the automobile in which they were rid ing, at a roa crossing today, ; ; KBiClff.DB All of Central Kbtuclsy is Trying Prevent Bank ruptcy of Thousands of Farmers. " , Lexington, Ky., Jan. 21. Central Kentucky is trying to save thou sands of farmers from bankruptcy and banks and business houses from serious em harassment, according to statements of tankers, growers and others who have been active In the movement to force prices for the 1920 crop of burley tobacco to a point that will not be far from the 1920. record. They assign this as the reason for the nervous sit uation that has torn the burley to bacco region for the last several weeks, resulting in all markets, but a few, being closed, threats being made against buyers, a run on one bank and an agreement to "cut out" the 1921 crop, and hold the 1920 crop if financial arangements can bemade. - ) .,.';,: I- -:; Banks in Central Kentucky loan large sums to farmers to finance their crops. Just how. large the total of these loans this year is no guess has '. been, ventured. The question of how long the bankers can carry the farmers, however, was one of the foremost in the meeting of farmers, growers and warehousemen held here recently. It is claimed that if tobacco does not bring a satisfactory price these farmers will lose their lands, and many financial institutions will he hampered. . ,i-(;.; r r ; i Buyers of tobacco are silent as to why prices are not higher. Far mers claim that in view of the fact that prices rose gradually over a period of four years from 1916 to 1919, they should drop gradually. They assert that labor costs during 1920 season were the highest in the history of farming in Kentucky, Stories of farmers who paid ts per day for common labor in the tobac ro fields are common among large growers who visit the offices of the Burley Tobacco Growers' Associa tion here. , Stripping tobacco- taking the leaves off the stalk and tying them into "hands" or bun dles cost from five to eight cents a. pound, according to statements of officials of the growers' associa tion who have been traveling thru out the district. ' Kentucky produces one-fifth of the tobacco of the world and almost one-third of the crop of the United States, according to the yearbook of the United States Department of Agriculture. The world nrodue tion in 1915, the last year for which statistics are available, was 2,153.- 395.000 pounds. The United States in 1919 (correct) produced 1,463,- 325.000 pounds while Kentucky pro duced a total of 498,000,000 pounds of all types. The estimate for the totaM920 crop in the United States, just made public by the De partment or Agriculture, is ifiox, 064,000 pounds and Kentucky 467,. 500,000 pounds. Farmers in the "Dark" belt of western Kentucky tms year restricted their crop. LilTOHERS PRICE 2 CENTS REPUBliCA OFIIEALBILLFOR State Institutions Won't Ask More Than Given By Legislature, But Are Pisappointed. (By MAX ABKRKSTBT) : ' Raleigh, flan. zl-Kepublican members of the General Assembly who have scrutinized the.Neal bill to redistrlct the State so that the minority members will be gerry mandered out of five or six sena tors in the 1923 session think that the Democrats are trying to" pro tect themselves "from .the rapid growth of the Republican party by tferrymandering far worse than old man Gerrymander would have done himself. : Representative Ralph R. Fisher Transylvania, Republican in. the lower, house, thinks that there should be 50 senatorial districts in the State with one senator from each district. This is the plan the Republican members would 'sup port if given the opportunity. They are not satisfied with , the present arrangement nor with, the proposed reapportionment aa out lined in the1 ,Neal bill. - . 1 , "Afraid to meet the Republicans in the next campaign on the iasuo says Representative Fisher, tho Democrats prepare to avoid a 'dog fal in the upper house. -A few thousand votes 'spread according to Watts would carry the lower house for the Republicans. FuHy aware of these facts and appelat ing the forced cleanliness by tha women voters the Democrat are busy. ;; ,vi,' ."The most Intelligent koay of men comprising the minority, for several years, is now in Raleigh, Young, patriotia and , enerhetie, some' soldiers with many mont: of foreign service to their crc Jlt." Speaking for the minority me -bers Mr. Fisher thinks -that t "Neal bill proposing a re-d diet ing of the State senatorial d.. ' is a ravish- of two-nfths of tl white voters in North Carolira ar. ! is obnoxious to the fair i"in ' i citizen, and when properly cc .I ered by the fairer sex the w.-lr -action will display its banm r." 1 The Republican members 1 that if the Neal bill goes tlru . originally drafted "and "gerrym -dering" the minority party out t five or six senators in the l general assembly there will le a general reaction that will, in t end, result in Republican succ In the State. " -() Some Satisfied With Budget. State institutions dissatisf. 1 first with the recommendatioa the. State Budget Commission now said to be falling in line the recommendations as made s , they will, not ask for more t' -has been given them. , Senator R. S. McCoin, a me., of the commission and also a r - ber of the present 'senate, t authorized the publication of t (following institutions that (1 decided they will not appeal frc , the commission's recommendatio They are: . . State Hospital for the Insare ' Raleigh; State Hospital for i Insane at Goldsboro; Cas Training School at Fayettev.. : Negro Normal School at Winst -Salem; State Library Commissi... ; State School for the blind, at Ral eigh. . These institutions have writt; i in that they will abide by the d e cision of the Commission altho tl. were disappointed in the ar-r '' priatibns made. They thought t larger appropriations should I: been made but since the com sr. sion found it necessary to red all jejuesta they have decided t; i they will not ask for more monr r at this time.. . . . There are a number of State in stitutions that feel as if they ha i not been given enough money t . carry on their work during t:, t next two years but they will net insist since it is apparent that a'.i of the institutions have been re duced in appropriations on tha same basis. Some of the1 educa tional institutions have asked for a conference before the commission finally makes its report to the Gen eral assembly.: . The university' 53 one of this number. ' All indications- are . that there will be a bitter fight over the awo workmen's compensation acts a 3 introduced in the Legislature t y Senator DeLaney of Mecklenbur and Representative Young of V - combe. The DeLaney bill is said to ha--, the approval of the State Feder -tion of Labor while the Young 1 : was laid before the House with t understanding that unionize! 1 -bor had registered its most vi ous protest. The latter is tiar ! the Virginia act which has If i operation for several month1-, v the DeLaney bill, frame J tl. -Oklahoma and New Yc k r " understood to have to: i the request of r?ank 11 . V Unless both faction c I ruaded to come t?rc;! -parent that nc!'.' r L ceive enough vet: j ' i : back from the cc their passage. GERRYMA DER