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VOL. V. NO. 20
HICKORY, N. C, oATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 4, 1919
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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CONDITIO! TODAY
IS SON
President Had Good Night, but Physicians Will
Try to Keep Him Away From Work-Gifts in
Europe Not Large or Costly Plans Are
Made for Labor Conference
the Associated Fresa.
... . A T ! J
Washington, ucc. iresiuem
V Non's condition was more favor
v ;,. ..;,,) today, the president hav
! i.l 'a irood nitrht's rest, said a
l-,i!Utiii issued
at the
white
house.
bulletin
follows:
White house, October 4, 1919,
in r.i! a. m. The president had a
.'on! night's rest and his condition
'lS '.note favorable- (Signed) Gray-
.-0:1 "
! lie president's temperature and
I i;U are normal and the president
. . heerful, though becoming some
v.imt restless about being compelled
!o remain in bed, it was stated.
Tau specialists have been summoned
ti the white house.
They were Dr. Dercum, neurolog
.t, aiid Dr. Deschweinintz, an eye
niialist, both of Philadelphia. They
1., 10 to have a consultation with Dr.
(,:im!i and Drs- Stitt and Ruffin,
v, in h:ive been assisting the presi
,:,i;t's physician.
I'iins fur the labor conference on
,!,.i,!iiiay are going forward and the
jn Miient. through Secretary Tumul
tv, lias asked Secretary of Labor
U
son to appoint two women as
".i-ates.
ecretary Tumulty has prepared
answer to a resolution offered by
Ml
i:, pi't tentative Rodonburg regarding
the alleged $1,000,000 gifts received
ly the president in Europe.
The 1 .t-t will be included and it
.-as -aid at the whte house the gifts
, re very insignificant, li fact, it
. ;i - said they would not be large.
in every case, it vai sa-d, where
-. was about bo made, the
,,,, ;, int con: ulted b-jcv:tiiry Lnns
,ng and Attorney General Gregory
'.-, 1, 11 advised him as to taking it
.1 i:VS PRAY V'Oii WILSON
. the Associated Press.
Pittsburgh, Oct. 4. Prayers for the
ojvery of President Wilson wei
tVre.! today at services held in
a ish synagogues at Pittsburgh in
-crvance of atonement day.
PRAYERS SUNDAY
3y the Associated Press.
Yv York, Oct. 4. Bishop-elect
Van h of the New York diocese of
in- Protestant Episcopal church an
1. mined today that special prayers
.,11 he offered in all the Protestant
l urches tomorrow for the recovery
f President Wilson-
With a parade of soldiers, sailors
j nd marines of the civil, Spanish
American and the world wars, the
( ahlwell County Fair, interrupted
two years on account of abnormal
conditions, will get under way
Tuesday morning for four days of
treasure and profit. The service
'.mm are urged to wear uniforms
;md free dinner will be served all.
Another feature of the first day
will bo an address at noon by Cam
eron Morrison of Charlotte.
Airplane fligts will be held daily
Let ween the hours of 12 and 2
. ,V1, ,eL-
Wednesday and Thursday will be
ven over to live stock parades, atn-
Jetic contests and the like.
Fridav will be children's day
and
all school children under 15 year
of aire will be admitted free.
There will be free attractions,
rliniirif' the old plantation show-
in-
Tno grounds will be open day
i.i"ht.
Catawba people will attend
ahlwell fair in large numbers,
iast was very creditable.
am
the
The
FAIR CLI
SPLUTTER IF
' GLI
Wit
the C
close
most
1 a grand display of fireworks,
itawba County Fair came to a
last night after one of the
successful seasons in its his
A tremendous crowd went to
-'iry.
'lie grounds tO See i.iajjiajf, V
.included about everything in lights
iimi shadows.
shadows, candles ani tancy ami
Thunderous boomers
It .was a
; j lendid exhibition.
1 shnwiir late in ihe after
i-oon settled the dust and meuJo it
more comfortable for visitors. Threats
f rain at night may have kept a
number of people at home, but their
absence was not noted in the dense
throng. AH parts of the ground
were crowded.
The last of the exhibits and at
tractions got out from the grounds
today. Some of thewi were pulled
down yesterday afternocn and last
night, the exhibits in particular mov
ing homeward early. Th wheel
games remained open until the last.
T?ie Record expects to publish the
"premium awards as soon as they can
can be copied from the regards of the
CALDWELL READY
FOR FAIR 01
TUESDAY
OSES
EWHAT B ETT EF
HARD SURFACE IS
DIRECTORS
Greensboro,
Oct.
-The News
today says:
Adoption of resolutions favoring
the early construction of hard sur
iace road from Beaufort Harbor to
the Tennessee line, following tiie
course of the central highway, feat
ured yesterday's meeting of the
trustees cf the Central highway The
session, which was held in the assem
bly rooms of the chamber of com
merce, was attended by men from
Morohead City on the east and
Ridgeerest on the west, as well as
a large number from intermediate
po'nts, all of whom were evidently
mbued by a common purpose: To
press unwaveringly for real high
ways and not to be parties to the
wasting of public funds for the con
struction of top soil roads in sections
where the heavy traffic will quick
ly render them valuless.
Chairman Henry B. Varncr was
nstnicted to appoint one or more
Central highway "boosting commit
tees" for the purpose of making a
tour of the Central to stimulate in
terest in the movement for a hard
surface pike from the mountains to
the sea. According to present plans
the boosters will start at the Tenn
essee line Monday October 27, pro
eeding eastward to the seacoast. If
practicable, the same party will
make the entire tour; otherwise, the
trip will be made in sections. Gov
ernor Bickett and James II. Pou, of
Raleigh, the latter referred to as
founder of the Central highway, wnl
lie asked to make the tour. The
other members of the party have
rot been agreed upon-
The chairman also was instructed
to appoint coram ttees to present
plans for improving the Central
highway to county officials through I
which the road passes, with a view
to procurement from the latter of
indorsement uy proper resolutions
of the construction of such roads and
their pledge to pay their one-fourth
of the cost of same."
"We hereby affirm," the resolut
on unanimously adopted by the
trustees yesterday set forth, the
justice of the principle' of construct-1
n 1 t 1 1 .
ion ot naru surtace roaas upon tne
same financial terms as sand-clay
and gravel road construction; that
. . 1 1 n p a.1
is, tiie payment 01 one-iourtn ay uie
county or road district, one-tourth
by the state and one-half by the
federal government.
The trustees were mindful of the
fact that the pi-esent state highway
commission has regularly declined to
lend to hard surface construction the
same degree of encouragement giv
en to topsoil construction. On top
soil projects counties have been pro-
l- . 1 1 1 1
curing tu per cent 01 tne iunas
from the federal government, 2o
per cent from the state, while the
remaining 25 per cent of the cost
was Dome Dy tne counties, on nam
surface road projects, however, with
o0 per cent available fi-om the fed
eral government, counties have been
forced to defray the remaining one
half of the cost, no state funds be
ing provided. In effect, this plan
has greatly encouraged the building
of topsoil roads and penalie the con
struction of hard surface highways.
Manifestly displeased with such
plans , members of the conference
here yesterday repeatedly insisted
that some definite plan for hard
surf acting the Gen Ural "lighway in
its entirety be evolved and it was
in response to this sentiment -that
James A. Wellons, of Smithfield,
finally introduced a resolution call
ing for consummation of thtt pro
ject. Mr. Wellons also wished to
have lecetric lights along the Cen
tral highway as well as sewer fa
cilities, while he proposed creation
-of special road districts extending
vtf mile on each side of the Central.
Chairman Frank Page, of Raleigh,
of the state highway commission, in
formed Mr. Mellons that his resolut
ion was "a beautiful dream," but
im practicable. Prior to delivery of
this pronouncement Mr- Page had
declared himself anxious . to see all
of the Central highway hard sur-'
faced; in fact, he said he would like1
to see hard surface roads all over
North Carolina.
Resolution is Adopted !
Mr. Wellon's resolution was refer
led to a special committee for re
drafting. This committee was com-v
posed of G. D. Canfield, of More
head City; N. C. Mulligan, of Lex-'
inerton: H. B- Craven, of Ridgecrest;
R, P. Coble, anil G. G. Dickson, of
Greerisbor), and F. II. Brooks, of
I Smthfield.
As nrenarfd nni adopted bv the
committee the resolution received
the sanction of the trustees, the
document being as follows:
' "Whereas the Central highway is
the principal thoroughfare the state
dof North Carolina from east to west,
therefore, bt it rtsolved by the
board of trustees of the Central
highway, assembled in the city of
Greensboro, N- C, this the 3rd day
of October, 1919;
"That we favor the early con
struction of a hard surface road over
the Central highway, stretching
from Beaufort harbor to the Term-
me 01 noi less inan ju it-ci,
in Width, to be constructed under the
RuAervisioH of the state highway
amission, each county.
ELAINE NEERDES RISKED HIS LIFE
ORGANIZED Ti DEMI
LODGE PAGKAGt
By the Associated Press.
Elaine, Ark., Oct. 4. This little
town breathed easier today than at
any time during the week since the
race trouble burst out Sunday with
out warning. Reports where the
troops are stationed were favorable.
Generally the people believe the
worst was over.
The authorities expected to obtain
additional information regarding the
alleged banding of negroes in this lo
cality through further questioning of
Ed Hicks, said to be one of the ring
leaders of the "negro's progressive
farming and household union."
The object of the union, as stated in
the pamphlet, was to advance the
negro educationally and industrially.
The constitution authorizes ipass
words, door woi'ds, grips and signs
which were to be changed every three
months, and provides for a fine and
expulsion for divulging the secrets
of the organization.
Any excluded member was not to
be allowed to join in 99 years.
The number of negroes known to
have been killed by soldiers and poss
emen was placed at 14, but author
ities believe the number is greater.
I1 lve white men are dead.
HUH
IKE GAMES TODAY
By the Associated Press.
New Brunswick, Oct. 4. Added
strength was given to the Rutgers
football. team for its game with North
Carolina here today which was expect
ed to bring out the real power of the
scarlet eleven. Garrett, the 1917 all
American star, returned to his back
field position, and Gardner to his
place at tackle. It was the first ap
pearance of the southern team here.
A. AND E. PLAY NAVY
By the Associated Press
Annapolis, Oct. 4. Navy will meet
State College of North Carolina in
the first football game of the local
season with a team that has been
vyhipped into condition in the last
two weeks and navy's coach said the
team was as good as in other years.
inn Tininn AD t ' i A r
IS FORECAST BY ZABRISKIE
Washington, Oct. 4. Told by
George A. Zabriskie, president of the
sugar equalization board, it was prac
tically certain that unless some legis
lative action was taken immediately,
sugar prices would De increased alter
January 1, the senate committee in
vestigating the sugar shortage re
quested W. A. Glasgow, counsel for
the food administration to formu
late legislation designed to make pos
sible negotiations for purchasing the
1920 Cuban sugar crop.,
The committee made its request af
ter Mr. Zabriskie had testified that
despite urging by the sugar equaliza
tion board, President Wilson had
failed to authorize purchase of the
Cuban cvrop, and after he, at Chair
man McNairy's insistence, had pre
sented his corespondence with tiMe
president. The Cuban government
withdrew its offer of the sugar crop
September 23, Zarbiskie said. He
aded, however, that means might yet
be found to secure the sugar if leg
islative action could be had immedi
ately. It would be necessary, also,
he said, to make provision for con
tinuation of the sugar equalization
board, which automatically goes out
of existence December 31.
Miss Knox Bess and Mr. Kennetn
Bess of Hendersonville are guests
for a few days of Miss Norma Ed'
misten.
Mrs. W. T. Sledge is in Charlotte
in response to the message that her
brother, Mr. Will Elliott, was ill
Mr. Elliott is in the Mercy General
hospital. ,
Mrs. George Herman left this
morning for enderson to visit her
daughter, Mrs. Frank Powell.
Mr. L. V. Abernethy of Charlotte
spent yesterday here with his sister,
Mrs. Geo. W. Hahn.
one-fourth of the cost of the con
struction of such road, that one
fouth be paid by the state of North
Carolina, and that one-half of the'
expense of same be paid by the fed
eral government.
"We hereby affirm the justice of,
the principle of construction of hard
surface roads upon the same finan
cial terms as sand clay and gravel
road construction; that is, the pay
ment of one-fourth by the county or
road district, one-fourth by the
state and one half by the federal
government. 4
"For the purpose of carrying out
this resolution, the chairman shall
appoint a committee, or such com
mittees as he may deem necessary,
to present this matter to the road
commissioners,, or county commiss
ioners of the several counties
through winch the Central highway
runs, and procure their indorsement
by proper resolutions of the con
struction of said roads, and their
pledge to pay their one-fourth of
the cost of same, that one or more
'Central highway boosting commit
tees' be appointed by the chairman
to make a tour of the Central high
way . at an s early date for the pur
pose of stimulating increasingly aefc-
lve
sentirment ana lentnwsiasm lor
the early construction of
tamely important ; hard
this ex-surface
highway.
By the Associated Press.
Boston, Aug. 14. John Puree!!,
mail dispatcher at South Station,
risked possible injury last night when
he stopped the federal express to
Washington to expedite the delivery
of a package of medicine for Presi
dent Wilsofi. He had received the
package from a messenger . who
shouted "Medicine for the president."
The express was then pulling out
of the train shed and Piuceil rim
across a network of tracks and
stepped in front of the hed'-'ght.
The train was delayed two mhnues.
The parcel was adui-essed to Ad
miral Grayson and marked: "Urgent.
Special Delivery."
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sural i
nr mumpRP
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Till
By the Associated Press.
Helena.Ark., Oct- 4. Confronted
with evidence pointing to the exist
ence of anorganization adaptable as
an instrument to insurrection, Hele
na's "committee of seven" renewed
its effort to determine the source of
agitation in the negro uprising
whoch broke out in the city last Tucs
day.
Declaring the disturbances to be
pronouncedly on the , wane, except
for the rounding up of scattered
blacks still said to be roaming
through the neighboring canebreaks,
military headquarters announced an
unconfirmed report that seven
negroes were killed at Long I'ook
seven miles distant, last night. A
patrol with two machine guns was
known to be operating in the vicinity
ALL I1I0I R!
1KB TBEffl
v4 t'!,
London, Sept. . (Correspondence
of the Associated Press) "If man
kind is to move forward in step,
America, Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, South Africa, each in their
own sphere must contribute their
stream of effort and illumination to
the common pool," says the Round
Table in discussing the responsib.l
ity of the riations for the future of
the world.
"Wht that means in practice we
cannot now do more than mention,"
the editor continues. "That is means
'the acceptance of large mandatory
responsibilities tor America go 33
without saying. A nation of 100,
000,000 possessed of far greater
wealth than any other in the world
cannot continue self -centered in her
own home and grow to the full stat
ure of national manhood.
"America laid herself open to be
charge of selfish indifference to any
thing but her own interests by tne
slowness with which she recognized
ber duty in the war, and the con
sequently comparatively small sac
rifice which she made for tne causa
of human freedom.
"She is now showing a similar
rsadiness to try to escape from
practical responsibility for the un
fortunate peoples not yet able to
stand alone, and consequently leave
them to be exploited, and in some
cases massacred, by peoples in no
way qualified to have control cf
them- America will doubtless rise
rapidly to a sense of her responsi
bilities. But it is urgent that she
should not delay.
"The problems of the Dominions
is different. They pulled their full
weight during the war. Ail of
them except Canada have now as
sumed trusteeshsip for backward
peoples."
Mr and Mrs. Chas. Stevenson and
'small son have returned to their
home n Tavlorsville after a visit to
his uncle, Mr. R. W. Stevenson-
By the Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 4. The cotton
market showed renewed weakness !
during today's early , trading. The
market opened 10 to 20 points lower,
but" soon sold much under last night's '
close. The close was easy.
Open
October , .-30.60
.December 31.00
January ,., 31.05
March 31.13
JVIay 31.18
" L ;
k j J$
WW&y
kii&fi
sf'i
For North Carolina:
and probably Sunday,
ble winds.
Fair tonignt
Gentle varia -
,
NEW M GOTTDB
31.10
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OK UP Hi
HUNGARY
Bv the Associated Press.
Budapest, Friday, Oct. 3. The city
has been placarded with large post
ers summoning the people, regard
less of race or creed, to rally to the
monarchy and demanding an immedi
ate meeting of the national assem
bly for the purpose of bringing about
a monarchy. This is the first open
monarchial manifestation since Oc
tober of last year.
The government has just made pub
lic figures showing that the soviet
government cost the Hungarian peo
pie i:j,G75,000 crowns.
COBB LEADS AGAIN
By the Associated "Press.
Chicago, Oct. 4. Ty Cobb is still
the champion batsman, according to
complete averages made public today.
The Detroit outfielder,- hung up a
! butting mark of 381 in 124 games, one
point les sthan his 1918 record.
Re
ille
.-. R- M. Courtney of Thomas
is m the city today.
Mrs. R. S. Allred and little daugh
ter, Mildred, are spending the week
end in Granite Falls.
FOSe SUES VIEW
William Z. Foster faced the senate
investigating committee in Washing
ton yesterday and the iron and stee!
workers' organizer was asked about
much of his writings. He said his
views had changed, but did not indi
cate how much. The committee was
armed with books written by Foster
urging revolutionary socialism and
sabotage and had copies of "Solidar
ity," I. W. W. organ, containing arti
cles written by him from Europe in
J'JIl. lie was asked to explain.
Foster first attempted to parry the
questions, at the outset refusing to
answer until newspaper reporters
excluded from the room, on the
ground that "lying, prejudiced news
papers have misconstrued and mis
represented my personal Opinions
with the whole idea of injuring the
cause of 800,000 steel workers." He
was finally crowded into 'a declara
tion when Senator McKellar, demo
crat of Tennessee, reading many1, quo
tations from his works, demanded that
he say whether or not he still ad
hered to his beliefs.
"Those are not my views now," he
said, in a subdued tone, after listen
ing to his own words repeated, de
claring "the state to be a meddling,
capitalistic institution," and advocat
ing violence in strikes, and calm ac
ceptance of bloodshed as necessary to
the forwarding of the revolutionary
cause.
President Gompers of the Ameri
can Federation of Labor, broke into
the examination in irritated fashion
at one point, when Foster was stand
ing on his objections to newspaper re
ports of his testimony."
"Well, they cap's say anything
worse about you than they have," the
aged head of the labor federation ad
jured -him.
Foster would not, however, com
pletely abjure his old works, and
faced with one line to the effect "that
the syndicalist worker will not be
heid back from direct action by the
capitalistic code, of ethics, duty, hon
or, patriotism," he told the commit
tee: "Put quotation marks around some
of those, and I'll stand by them yet.
They'll show how the words are used."
Other excerpts, from later writ
ngs, stating that "government as we
know it will shrivel up and die," and
'industries now in the hands of the
state, municipalities and the nation,
will be given completely oyer to the
workers in them," he was quite well
prepared to defend.
"T have my own ideas about e-ov-
crnment," he said of the first, and of
the second:
'That's not so startling nowadays.";
j mvu, umo o siiuicauisiii pure itiiu
simple, isn't it." Senator Sterling
republican, of South Dakota, one of
his mo.-.t persistent interrogators", dej
niamlfd.
;'i think not,"- Foster said.
The witness endorsed his own ad
vocacy cf race suicide with the state
ment that "it is foolishness for work
men to undertake to raise big fami-
Wll l-,.,4-'t. r.v,;i; j
,lies."
y the Associated Press.
Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 4. Thomas
James, member of a prominent family
here, was arrested today on the
eun?4e v,i ueiii cui cttecaauijy tu Lilt: j
murder of Robin Cooper, prominent;
lawyer, on August Z4, the warrant
being sworn out by Gabriel rlansep,
the psychoanalytical detective from
Memphis. It is stated he will be
released on nominal bond.
I Mrs- E- E Abcrnethy of Lenoir,
! after spending a few days here, re-
turned home today.
I boro grared school iaculty is spend-
ing the week end with Miss Mayce
Blackwelder.
i
. Mrs. Kaymona Ji.amisten oi sai-
jisbury is the guest of Mrs- W. H.
Edmisten, i . .. , , . , .
ft, 3-1 if !"h F" nnn rh oiippr
B tmi ttl
mm iFD
I
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30.85 J
30.3.1.
1
FOREIGN WORKMEN
PLANNED TO RUN ILLS
Tin Worker Testifies Before Committee That
Foreign Element Would Substitute Soviet Op
eration of Plants Declare American
Workmen Were Beaten by Pickets
BASEBALL MONEV
By the Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 4. What the wor;d
series means in dollai-s and cents to
the baseball fraternity can be exem-
nlifiorl r tVip "atnti'impnl- t Visit. Vir-fm'P
the present series is completed the
gate receipts for such contests play
ed under the jurisdiction of the
National Commission will reach the
impressive total of more than $3,
500,000. Notwithstanding recent re
marks to the contrary it is doubt
ful if big league baseball would have
mounted to its imposing position with
out the aid of the world series.
The battle for the chamiponship is
the logical climax for each season's
pennant races and the fact that close
to two million spectators have paid
almost three and a half million dol
lars to witness such contests places
the stamp of public approval on the
play beyond cavil. Since 1905, when
the national commission began its
supervision of the world series,
fourteen have been played and the
Chicago Americans and the Cincin
nati Nationals are now engaged in
a struggle for the fifteenth cham
pionship. During the past fourteen 'seasons
the attendance totaled 1,915,41)4 and
as 78 games were played in these se
ries the average attendance has been
very close to 25,000 per game. In
the same period these spectators
have paid in at the gate about $1.80
each for the. privilege of watching the
play, the aggregate gate receipts for
Jthe 78 games being $3,429,720 in
round figures, which is an average
of very close to $44,000 per game,
Further delving into 1 1 h figu res
shows that the club owners have
profited to a greater extent than the
players for the sums divided among
the competing clubs and the leagues'
a; "?"ri
UUi" 6 "lx "a" 1UUUOT1 .via,s 1L"U1-
es the pleasing total of $1,715, 700
while the baseball warriors have col
lected $1,370,200. The plajers rep
resented twenty-eight clubs or teams
during these series and even under a
fifty-fifty division of the pool instead
ot the customary sixty and forty
split, the average would have been
better than $00,000 per team.
While it is almost impossible to
ascertain just how many players fig
ured in the division of the money
during the past fourteen years a fair
average would be in the neighborhood
of twepty-five per club. Using this
average as a basis it will be seen
that about 700 players have, at one
time or another, shared m the world
series pool. Until within a season
or two it has been customary for
the winning combination to receive
60 per cent of the pool ami the losing
team 40 per cent, On this basis
soine 3i0 players Jliave received
about $2,350 as winers and an eqal
number $1,500 as losers. The ia
tional commission's average per
game approximates $4,380.
Although it is quite likely that a
new record in gate receipts may be
established in the present nine game
series it is doubtful if the players'
share will equal the record establish
ed in 1912 since the new distribu
tion arrangement requires that one
quarter of their pool go to proceeds
of five games instead of four but
the deduction of 25 per cent of their
pool is likely to more than counter
.balance the gain from the fifth con
isz receipts
rri 1 1
Ihe club owners are
af required to shave more liber-
any tnis season vitn tne other mag -
nates of the league than in past
years for they will divide just half
of their- portion of the receipts with
the clubs that trailed them in the
pennant race of 1919.
RAIN LIKELY
By tl;e Associated Press.
Chicago, Oct. 3. There were patch
es of dark clouds in the sky this
morning, but no indication of imme
diate rain. The weather was several
degrees cooler, but still comfortable.
LThe forecast was "Showers and cool
er, indicating that the fourth game
of the world series may be interrupt
ed, By the Associated Press.
Comiskey Park, Oct 4. Typical
, baseball weather was in vogue herp
j again today. Two hours before the
Cincinnati Reds and the Chicago
White Sox were to battle in the
third game of the world's series OW
,fcoI was shining m all his glory.
ine prooaoie batteries were Rue
tn.er ana wmgo tor Cincinnati and
Cicotte and Shalk for Chicago.
I .
Miss Mav Rpttv nf
Morganton
this week
wno nas been spending
with her cousin, Miss Minnie "Berry,
- returned home today ..
BASEBALL WEATHER
IS FINE M CHICAGO
By the Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 4. Activities of
steel organizers in steel districts be
fore tne present strike was called had
all the elements of conspiracy, T. J.
Degies, a Newcastle. Pa., tin worker,
toid tne senate committee investi
gating the steel strike.
Foreign workmen in some cases, he
said, expected it 0 result in soviet
operations of the mills.
"These men moved mysteriously ar
ound the plant," declared Degies, who
said he represented the sentiment of
5,000 tin workers. "We kept hearing
that they intended to cripple the
plants and paralyze operations.
"The foreigners, when we asked
thmi. cvillii 'nrxl 11,., iU :
j to get a closed shop.
President Wilson and TVoeJAonf
Gompers," they said, are with us.
i7ou Ameneanskfan't get in the shops.
" 'We will get the check off sys
tem, they said, 'and collect all the
union dues.'
"Some of them explained to me,
'we won't need bosses after this;'
committees will run mills.' "
When the strike was called Degies
said he and other workmen trying to
get into the mills were beaten off.
"They whipped the city police, they
whipped the county police," Degies
aid, "and beat men trying to go to
work. There were 500 foreigners,
around the mill gates and until sol
diers took charge of the situation
there was a continuous fight."
Degies said his own wages were $7
a day as a roller. TTeadded that
during the war he was a Y. M. C.
A. worker in France.
Miss Gertrude Finger of the Statea
ville graded school faculty is spend
ing the week end with her mother Mrs,
Clara Finger.
Mr. Emery Miller left this morn
ing for Reidsville, where he will be
prncipal of a school this winter.
Mr. Robert Bonner of Marion is vis
itng his parents, Rev. and Mrs. T. P.
Bonner.
Mr- and Mrs. K. L. Flowers left
today for Asheville, making the trip
by automobile.
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.via., is the guest of Mr. and Mrs
.. Martin.
the Associated Press.
London, Oct. 4. Premier Lloyd
George's appeal for the formation of
"citizen guards" throughout the
country for the emergency in the
railroad strike and its possible
-pread met with prompt response.
The lord mayor of London acted
promptly and this action was fol
lowed by other municipalities the
country over,
Representative committees were
formed everywhere to receive the
guards whose duties will be to as
sist the police in preserving order
and protecting trainmen.
Meanwhile members of the cabinet
discussed plans throughout the fore
noon for dealing with the situation,
while the delegates of the trade ur.-.
ionists who are enaged in a medi
ation effort remained in constant
session in t!v endeavor to formulate
a method by which the strikers and
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f Mo;t of th(. eaders expressed the
l0pe that filiation would still be
knossible
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WH IS LIFTED '
SGfflSl FOODSTUFFS
By the Associated Presa.
Rome, Oct. 4. Orders that tfie
blockade of Fiume. be lifted have been
issued by the government and Italian
authorities in the vicinity of Fiume
have received orders to allow mail
and foodstuffs to pass into the city.
The military blockade against soldi
ers and sailors entering the city is
all that is being enforced, it was said.
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OH GREAT CITY
By the Associated Press.
New York Oct. 3. King Albert of
the Belgians ew over New York this
morning in a navy hydroplane piloted
by Lieutenant Commander Hasner.
When the king alighted lie? exclaimed:
"It was a grand spectacle.
.Worge Watte of TavlorsvHle were
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Mrs. Thomas" Watts and Mrs.
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