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4 K2, 'ft ii . v r ii is- a. 5 I I I 'f ' .i. r . -.WEEKLY EDITION , OLD; SERIES-VOL. LXXXIII-NO. 4,648. FAYETTEVILLE, N.'C., WEDNESDAY, OCT, 8. 1919. NEW SERIES-VOL. XXXVI-NO. 2,473 I V- I Ml III II "W I Hill 111 D 1 1 I I I I 1 1 y Jfc VV U I "J III I II I II Jl II I II I III ll' - v r - 4 . ft Kill Inciting the Negroes ARE PLOTTING IN AKRON Police of the Ohio City Claim That They Have Discovered That the In dependent Workers of the World Are Endeavoring i to Induce the Negroes to Take Action Against Law and Order. (By The Associated Press) Akron, Ohio, Oct, 6 Evidences that the Industrial Workers' of the World organization is ateraptlng to arouse Akron, negroes to action against law tmi order were uncovered, police say, the arrest late yesterday of number of organizers and the seizure of in flammatory pamphletsi A Strict Ruling on Divorce By an Episcopal Commission , .(By Tne Associated Press) De.trpjt, Mich., Oct. 6. Clergymen of( the Episcopal Church will be pro hibited ..fjom officiating at the marri age of any person, who has been di vorced, -M the General-Convention of the; deiwj&iflfction, Jo? $a,ftar -"9cta ber 8th, adopts the report of the, joint commission of bishops clergy and lay men. The report, signed by the Bishops of "North Carolina, Chicago, Long Isi land, Lexington and Vermont, propos es a new canon, which reads: "No marriage shall be Solemnized In this church between parties either of whom i has a husband or wife still living, or who has been divorced for any cause arising after marriage." A minority report would' make the canon read: "No minister, knowingly, after due inquiry, shall solemnize the marriage of any person who has been or Is a husband or wife of any other person then living, frcgpi Whom he or she has been dlvorcea." A Substitute Bill (or the Increase Postal Employes (By The Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 6. A substitute bill for the House resolution provid ing pay Increases for postal employes aggregating $38,000,000 effective July 1 last was ordered reported favor ably today by the Senate Postofflce Committee. In lieu pf the flat raise of $150 proposed by the HouBe, for each employe, the Senate committee adopted a plan of graduated increases. For letter carriers, clerks, railway mat! employes and third class post masters, the Senate committee pro poses raises ranging from $100 tor employes receiving U.tOg to $240 for those In the Sl.Oofl group. For rural carriers raises would range from $75 for those with shbrt, Intermittent routes,' to $200 for those w.th long daily routes. Budapest Placarded With Calls to Rally to Monarchy 7 " ' - (By The Associated Press) ;.. . Budapest, Fr.day, Oct. 8. The city has been . placarded" with large .'post ers summoning the .people, .regardless oi race .or creed, to rauy to tne, mon- arcny ana aemanaing an lrameawus meeting of the National Asembly for the purpose of bringing about a mon archy1. This Is the first open monar chal manifestation sine October of last year, , -The Government has Just made pub- .. ,,( (.. ,, ,, Jlc flyuresjhowlngjthatttie Soyiet yule In Hungary cost the country thirteen billion, six hundred and seventy five , thousand crowns. RAILROAD WRECK IN MEXIC0j6Q KILLED A TRAIN WAS DERAILED Sfjxty. Perelomu Reported Killed, and It Is Believed That Complete Survey of the Wreck Will Divulge That at Least 15 More Lost Their Lives-r-Fatali-ties Chiefly Among Second-Class Passengers' (By The Associated Press) Mexico City, Sunday, October 6. Sixty persons were killed today in the wreck of the Laredo-Mexico City pas senger train which was derailed be tween Venagos and Saltlllo. The be lief is expressed that a complete sur vey of the wreckage will show that at least 16 more were killed In the acci dent. ' .The train left Laredo Saturday and was heavily loaded, especially with second class passengers, among whom all the deaths occurred. Senator Johnson Will Not Be Recalled from His Tour (By The Associated Press) Washington, Oct. C Reports that Senator Johnson, Republican of Cali fornia, has been recalled here because of the treaty situation in the Senate were challenged today by Senators McCormick of Illinois ana Borah of Idaho, Republicans, who issued the following statement: , "Senator Johnson is not going to interrupt his schedule to return, to Washington, - -uere.l no reason lflj him to do so, and we are quite certain him to do so, and we are quite certain him that no one has called him back." Embargo Against' Vessels to England Partially Lifted (By The Associated Press) , Washington, Oct. 6.--The embargo against the sailing of Shipping Board vessels to Great Britain was partially lifted today by the Shipping Board as the resulj; of the ending 6f the rail road sti'ike there. Agents of the Board at Atlantic and Gulf ports were instructed to clear and dispatch immediatelly all vessels now completely loadedt and to proceed with the loading of vessels for which cargo Is now at the docks or booked. The agents, however, were Instructed not to resume beyond committments already made. Republicans Claim That They Will Make Inroads in South ; (By The Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 6. Interpreting Ijhe recent election resultIn the 7th Alabama 'Congressional District as a Republican victory although the Dem. ocratlc nominee, L. VD. Ralner. was elected, Representative Ftess, Ohio, Chairman of the Republican Congres sional Committee in the House, assert ed that further inroads would be made in the Democratic vote, of the "solid South." Democratic members greeted his prediction with laughs and jeers, and , Representative Caraway, Arkansas, replying said: "There is, no 'more chance of the South going Republican than for the Republican party growing patriotic on the League of Nations." AIDE FOR MILITARY PARADE. Mr. Jack Mcpherson of 8eventy-flrst J : Named by Major Lamb. ;. Mr. JacK McPherson of , Seventy- nfts . Deen appointed , aide for Cumberland County oh the staff of Major Robert J. Lamb, grand marshal of the military parade to be held In connection. wl0i the Cape Fear. Fair.- Elaborate plans are being made Tor the fair ball, ,t under the direction of CoLTerry-Lyonr-asslftted- by vLleuW Robert McNeill and -Charles, Marsh. An orchestra ; from . Washington ; will furnish the . music. , ' ' . Confederate Veterans Meet! ATLANTA IS FILLING UP All Incoming Trains Bring ing to Atlanta Hundreds for Annual Reunion of Confederate ' Veterans Which Opens Tomorrow Acommodations Have Been Provided for 10,000 Old. Soldiers. (By The Associated. Press) Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 6. Incoming trains continued to bring their hun dreds to swell the crowds gathering here for the annual reunion ofhe United Confederate veterans, which will be launched tomorrow. All arrangements for housing and caring for the visiting veterans have been completed. Because of the lack of houses, a tent city has been pitch ed in Piedmont Park, where accom modations have been provided for 10,000 old soldiers. Decorations for the reunion are the gayest In the history of the city. Eighty-five blocks of city streets are decorated with flags and bunting, the stars and bars of the old Confeder ate flag being liberally mixed wth the Stars and Stripes. L;; Condition pf Cotton Crop Up to the 25th September (By The Associated Press) Washington, Oct. 2.-The condition of the cotton crop on September 2f- wa3 54.4 of the normal, forecasting a yield per acre of about 158 pounds and a total production of about 10, 696,000 bales, the Department of Agri culture announced today. Conditions by states include: Virginia, 64; North Carolina, 61; South Carolina, 61. The. indicated yield" per acre, and forecasts of production by states in cluded: Virginia, 200 pounds and 16, OOtt bales; North " Carolina, 224 pounds and 651,000 bales; South Car olina, 211 pounds and 1,127,000 bale?. Today's report includes forecasts oi production by states for the first time in the history , of the cotton report ing by the Department of Agriculture Denikine's Troops Victors Over Bolsheviki Troops (By The Associated Pness) Copenhagen, Oct. 6. General Den ikine's troops are within thirty miles of Orel on the road to Moscow, and the Bolsheviki who have been Oppos ing him are surrendering In great numbers, according to a wireless dis patch from ' the Cossack anti-Bolshe-viki commander, received here. COL. HOUSE SAILS FOR HOME. (By The Associated Press) Brest, Oct. 6. Col. B. M. House sailed for New York today on the transport Great Northern. He arriv ed in Brest this morning from Paris. " REMNANTS FOR SALE ' We handle, all kinds of overall goods, remnants, and pound goods. You will be interested 'in our line. Write for price lists. Mail Order Department, PROXIMITY 'MERCANTILE COMPANY Greensboro, Nj C. LABOR CONFERENCE CERTA1QBEHELD ON THE 29TH 'OF OCTOBER This Is v. Regardless of , Whether Any Additional Nations Ratify the Peace Treaty-Coiif erence Call ed to Meet in Washington by President Wilson Un der Authority of Treaty. ' ' rr (By The Associated Press) Washington, Octj 3.-Regardless of whether any additional nations ratify the peace treaty, ;jn the meantime, there will be no. postponement of the International Labor' Conference called for October 29 In Washington by Pres ident Wilsont, .undpr autWn-lty con ferred" by the treaty. This announce ment was made tpday by E. H. Green wood of the Department of Labor, who is In charge of arrangements for the meeting. Republican Leader Lodge left to day for Boston to attend the Repub lican State Convention tomorrow, and arrangements were made for an afl lourament of the Senate until next Monday. No developments other than speech-making -were scheduled for next week, When the Shantung amendments are to be taken up. LAWYERS IN WRANGLE. Excitinj Scene During Hearing of Case In the Recorder's Court. An exciting wrangle between two attorneys occurred In the Recorder's Court Friday during the hearing of the case of Jose Shaw, who was chargHlHttrwfeIi'tia automobile which D. H. Beard, of Beaver Dam, claims was h"s property. During the testimony of Bfl F. Ray, of Hoke County, who testified that he had paid Shaw $475 for the car giving him a check, Attorney W. C. Down:ng. for the prosecution, asked Mr. E. G. Davis, counsel for Shaw, where the check was. He said he wanted it turned over to the court as evidence. Mr. Dayis refused to tell anything about the check and said he would not allow his client to answer queries about it. Mr. Downing then asked if It was not true that Mr. Davis had negotiat ed the check and intimated that Mr. Davis', purpose was to use it as col lateral for the amount of bond that some one else was to furnish. Mr. Davis jumped to his feet and declared that any one who made such a statement was a liar, whereupon Mr. Downing rushed over to the, table where Mr. Davis was and asked what he meant by that. Sheriff McGeachy and others present, rushed and seized both lawyers. Peace was soon restor-1 ed and the two attorneys apologized to the court. As Mr. Davis still re fused to hand over the check a duces tecum was issued at the request of the prosecuting attorneys. Mr. Davis then remarked that the check was in the pocket of his client and he sa'd he would tell Shaw to keep it there. Later before Shaw took the stand the check was turned over to the sheriff and handed to the court.. Mr. Ray testified tljat he bought the automobile trom Shaw and gave him the check. He said that when Ire saw Mr. Board's ad for the car in the Observer. g:ving the license numbw and a description of the car, he be come convinced that he had boughi the car Mr. Beard had missed. He said he brought the car to town and reported the matter-' to the police. Shaw was arrested late that night. Shaw, who for some time was em ployed as a guard at Camp Bragg testified that he bought the car from a man who, he said, was a memDer jf the same regiment with him during the 'war. He said he had seen this man overseas and met him in ay ettevlle last Friday,; This man, ac cording to Shaw, offered him an auto- saying he Vanted to sell it and he bought it,, he said, paying $395 for it He testified that he did not know this man's name. Shaw ,was bound "over to the Su perior Court, with bond fixed at $400. .iThe Japanese silk cocoon crop this year is estimated In excess of 17,400, 000 bushels. ' . The Budget System Pet of Taft WAR MADE IT NECESSARY Former President Tells House Special Commit tee That Every Great Na tion Except the United States Has a Budget Sys tem, and Could Not Live Without One. (By The Associated Press.) Washington,. Oct. 4 Enormous war expenditures have forced the atten tion of Congress to the question of adopting a budget system, former Pres ident Taft today told the House Spe cial Committee investigating the pro posed changes in the Government fis cal affairs. "Every great nation except the Unit ed States," declared Mr. Taft, "has a budget system and could nt live with out one. The United States has been able to live without one because its I revenues have been so large that lit- tie need was felt for economy, and the consciousness that if the revenues were not sufficient new fields of taxa tion were open that hadViever been touched before, gave an unsafe sense j of freedom to legislative and execu- tive branches of the Government in matters of expenditure. It is true that the issue of extravagance was always more or less a subject of controversy between (he 'outs'and 'ins' but the arguments. generally were not directed to totals 'or to 'a' comprehensive view of the deb't side, but only to certain j items which might attract popular at j tent'on and be made the subject of po j litical attacks." Mr. Taft recommended a change of House rules so that cabinet officers will be required to come before the ; House to justify estimates of proposed i expenditures contained in the budget. VIENNA NEWSPAPERS ON WILSOfTS ILLNESS (By The Associated Press) Vienna, Sunday, Oct. 5. Vienna newspapers contained today for the first time editorial comment on the lllneps of President Wilson. The Volksblatt sffys: "The spirit nf the Master walked through the world, but he from whom we hoped for sal vation did not see Him, nor did hc grasp His mantle. He now is stretch ed on his bed, where he has ample time to reflect on bis lost opportuni ties." Recounting the sacrifices made by America on entering the war, the Neu Fiei Presse comments on Mr. Wilson's high ideals at the beginning and his subsequent action. It them says that if his illness forces him to abandon office "It will be an iiupor tant political event, because it would then become doubtful if the peace treaty with the League of Nations would be ratified by the Senate." Speculating on world politics a? they would develop in such an event, the newspaper predicts: . "The whole peace of Versailles would totter; the peace is as sick as Mr. Wilson." Itemized List Presents to President and Mrs. Wilson (By The Associated Press) Washington. Oct. 6. Acting upon "the express d;rection of the Presi dent and Mrs. Wilson," Secretary Tu multy today made public .a -statement containing an itemized fist of presents received by them while in Europe. A suction dredge has been built in Holland for use fin $oUth Australian rtreihat-lfiirippeirwlt!ia"TotatT cutter to loosen, had c)ay so that It can be pumped from depths of as much as 43 feet..-' .vi RAILWAY STRIKE IN ENGLAND IS ENDED LABORERS SATISFIED The Herald, the Organ in England of Union Labor, Says ;That the National Union of Railway Men Express Satisfaction With the Settlement Made Got as Much as They Asked for. (By The Associated Press) London, Oct. 6 Leaders of the Na tional Union of Railway Men, who di rected the strike which was settled yesterday, declared iheir satisfaction with the arrangement In messages to the Herald, organ of union labor. C. T. Cramp, president of the un ion, says: "While we did not obtain the formula we set forth in the strike resolution, we obtained terms equally good, which will give the railway men the same thing in effect. Our men have broken the back of the first at tack made upon the entire, working class, and no doubt this splendid stand will save workers from a de graded standard of life." London, Oct. 6. Great Britain', railway system was again in opera tion today as a result of the settle ment yesterday of the great railway strike, averting what threatened to develop into an ominous spread of the nation's labor trouble. Virtually ev ery man engaged in railway work in London returned to his duties, before 9 o'clock this morning. The railway companies promised today that vir tually regular service would be in op eration on all lines tomorrow PRESIDENT WILSON CONTIN- UES TO IMPROVE. (By The Associated Press.) Washington, Oct. 6. President Wilson continued to improve and passed a satisfactory night, said a bulletin issued at eleven o'clock, and signed by Rear Admiral Gray- son, Rear Admiral Stitt, head of the Naval Medical School, and Dr. Sterling Rufiin of this city. The bulletin follows: "White House, October 0, 1919, 11 A. M. The improvement in the President's condition noted yes- terday is continuing He had a sat sfactory night." "GRAYSON." "RUFFIN." "STITT." " This was the first time Doc- tors Stitt and Rufiin, who have assisted Dr. Grayson, had signed the bulletin, which was issued af- ter a consultation between the doctors. The Cotton Mill Business .., Is Growing Tremendously (Cy The Associated Press) Pnston, Mass., Oct. 4. Fully two million new cotton spindles are un der order for delivery to United States mills at the earliest practi cable date, and foreign countries ar seeking new machinery here despitf the abnormal high prices asked fo mill machinery and for general mil construction, according to reporU from the New England mill machin ery centers. New Jersey and Rhode Island mills will add half a millior spindles in the next fifteen monthf if they - secure deliveries. The demand for cotton mfllma'. chlnery iff The South ls considered mpst remarkable by men of longes experience in the business, who say there appears to be a superabundant of money in that section awaiting In vestments in new mills or addition? to old ones. EYES EXAMINED GLASSES GROUND., "DinDT.IUSTHAFFER 218 HAY 8TREET Fayettevllle, N. t ElaineTown Breathing Easier WORST OF TROUBLE OVER Authorities Seeking to Gain Additional Information in Regard to Banding To-i gether of Negroes Ed. Hicks, One of Negro Ringleaders, Being Ques tioned. (By The Associated Press) . Helena, Ark., Oct. 4. Confronted with evidence pointing to the exist ence of an organization adaptable as an instrument of insurrection, the Helena "Committee of Seven" today renewed efforts to determine beyond a doubt the source of agitation in the negro uprising twelve miles south of this city last Tuesday night that has caused intermittent rumbling through-, out the week. Declaring the disturbance to be ' pronouncedly on the wane, except for the rounding un of scattered bands af blacks, a few of whom are said to oe roaming the canebrakes and un derbrush, military authorities at Elaine, the scene of the' riot, announc jd an unconfirmed report that four or iive negroes "weTo killed- Just night kt Lambrok, seven miles distant. The mnouncement added that a machine ;un squad of infantry were known to ;e operating in that locality. . Two negroes were brought to jlaine last niglit by the sheriff of Pesha County and turned over to mil itary custody. Ten others, including me wounded, earlier in the week, vere taken to Elaine and jailed. Fol owing a report that a number of ne ;roes had been seen near Oldtown leaded toward the Mississippi River, our squads of soldfcrs have been couring that section since last night. Elaine, Ark., Oct. 4. This little own breathed easier today than at iny time during the week since ace disturbances began without wani ng. The relieved feeling was due lar ;ely to the fict that all the reports from districts where Federal soldiers iiitl civilian officers are on duty con inued to be of a reassuring nature, jenerally the people here believed 'he worst of the trouble was over. The authorities expected to obtain additional information regarding the alleged banding of negroes in this lo cality through further questioning to day of Ed Hicks, said to have been 1 of 'he ringleaders of the negro organ ization known as "The Progressive farmers and Household Union." The jbject of the "union" as stated in the pamphlet Was "to advance the inter sst of the negro mentally and intel 'ectualy and to make him a better -itizen and a better farmer." Tho constitution authorized "pass words, loor words and signs, and grips," which were to bo change every three nonths and provided for a fine an ex pulsion for -disclosing secrets. Any excluded member was not to be al owed to rejoin in 99 years. The number of negroes known to lave been killed by soldiers and posse nen stood today at fourteen,, but offi cials believed the total number of lead might double that., While cas ualties are five dead and six wounded. Norway Holding Plebiscite On Prohibition Issue Today "s , (By The Associated Preps) Christiana, Oct. 6. A plebiscite to letermine the question of national orohibition of alcohol in Norway was begun throughout the entire country, l.oday. ', : ' LonSon, Oct. 6. The opening of ( an organized prohibition campaign was iet' for "today J In '"Liverpool. Cower- inces throughout the week are on the , irogramme, and many American loc turers are announced to take part. r r
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