North Carolina Newspapers

1 ; ' 1 i: ' . i--' ' VOL V. NO. 265 HICKORY, N. C, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS SI II INTEREST (I HtAKINb PROBLEM 1 TA.,.n,v.ii' Ih-I business men re nlvinx " MU'-ftioTUiaire sent out by , .afiul tlu-ir interest in an k. L'u 1 tmeiit lu'ue capable of taking ilia ' ,,f ;,vend families and operated i,.r ,i board of directors to be se- luJ I'V llu' stockholders,. President I'llik M HH) CUI'ilil sent out und al ly niDif ease been returned iTrh friable replies. Y.'.-ii nfiv le cue of .several ways f sol v iiii thu housing problem in l'lU. M v families, as the. cir (fOIll JlUkulV t-veiv mnijiy W Jtnlr 1 MI Ol I Ill-Ill ll 'I' i. mi' m i : ; -r in1 rommuiin v nun 11 Hi kurv i. t thrive ami if new in iU'.rri" welcome everywhere, are to lu-ie m iiumu-rs tnai win nwn IHIIW I" l . I ml. . f lil.v rciuiim aneau. iiw iner- Nj'ntV '.W-uciutiori letter follows: uiinudi as nil! una mess oigan- :,;a!ii,n v1 Hickory are constantly ,i,Tipt Vf iimuirie.H from people ire are constantly in om ex- ;hti' yitiuii.-i or me country, minsr th'-ir desire to come to Hick- ' . l. ... IV... , li&. iMii'ttnuj it elumil- r,k tin- Sf-aon ot with a view to le- tjijil vnur attention to the fact that tlu-kurv w lomceiieki to discourage 111', I.'HIIIH I f Illll'i.V L"IUU."H- Ul IIU1 r.ibiii'v tn take i-are of them. It u i;n t ib:U with which you are i , . ...... I.. --..I ,j ,) ijmitrt :u nuairneu, uuu wui uuuui- 1fl)1' lua..f facilitie can not handle nr il.c" oi tiutle, arut until we can p,k" proisioii for them. Hickory u ,uvf t lofe the chance of ssecur 7 rt.e'i? pryple as permanent citl- Mi " Ni.w ii lw I'eeu siikfirested that a It lOniaiioM t'o rorriieu tor tne pur- c.f huildinvi' and equipping a niod- W'ii hou. to L operated under the BnaweirMinit of a competent boiird of t.re'Tr,c. Tliose who have considered e matter from nrierni angles oe ve that it would be a paving prop- I'itlt-n ami at the same time solve he piublwn that is constantly con- dfitifio- U' . What is vour ida of it nd wmilil you be interested, in some- hlnir ( thi- kind? Would you like to let i!5 or 150 new families come to lirkoiv? am enclosing a card and wish i 'k thar you fill this out and re :m to Us indicating your opinion of hU plan. We shall bo glad to have frank kxpress'ion from, you and lull ttpormate vour co-operation. jBy tli A-tiUK-iirted I'ress, loik. Aug. 2. Hulks of live jfnrmer Cttnian warships allocated to m uited state. for expeniv.entation r to edtroved within one year He dun to ltrrive in 'we Yolk thj? VUii-nooii. Four of the war crjft took an ac- f-ltf pttit in the battle of Jutland. Only one. tli drtadnauvrJit Ochsis- hm, able to i-ros4 the ocean jfroiit Brt-.t. Krwite. under her own Jpcwer. Tlit others were towed. h Associated Press. -wwluiiRton. Aug. 2. The popula tion of New Oilcans, according to ',T,'l ngures Issued by the census WttniHit today, U C87.219, The Population luevlou.slv announced was plication. P0 KU.I.KU IN AUTO ACCIDENT KPlltariUrir. S C. Amr. 9 Tn an nut. . : - - - - -miiiie ncciiient at Mavo, a sta " on the C. C. & o. dlroad. 12 "' north of Snartanbure. last af w!r' !'' men. Custer Hunter nnd "mdn Muni imni., i. m ,.i , n, nrif llliniiviv nil , " n Mx other pusseimers in the car "L"'wi v in lured. fVv a "n visiting friend.' near nutbnrg when the car plunged ofT tl ,7. nnchficM road just at the ta JJ. falhrur thirty feet, demolishing uii i'a5i arul c,'udng its occunarta M" N FA' ELL PREACHES. 'lev. W. A v......ii ct.i ni rS,; "Jf '1,l,r of this district, ot- bl at L r-'i'iv vi mc rtlMl iUCl.ll- "l" Ilh4l.li... T.... up r l who . i . .l "lv V u- Voou.c th. in'' opening service in Melhwllst church at Lincoln- tiiK..k i warnngion H i s,'rn"n there. Mr. New W.ui'' ."'wavH Htrong and plain- crl . r" ' "'o". wan unusuiin.v rw, Vrt,ny and he went after the fiihi., :tlf,a conventions for their Ron, 10 8llOW interest in prohibi mm n fj ;tW POPULATION PERCENTINDECADE '. nr iinii nni rimn . ur iilvv unLCHiia CHALLEN8E CAUSES StlMb BIB INTEREST Hv the As & Press. New York. 0 .-, Nwa Alexander C. Koss. 'n yacht ing enthusiast, had -..a knee to the- New YorK yuv in 1922 aroused great interest in ht inp circles, but the attitude of th club i.s not known. It was stated that no action could be takifn, until he chaSengjD was n-eeivel. The formal challenge was said to be in the mail. GREAT INCREASE By the Associated Press. .Washington, Aug. 2. Increase of more than a million bales in the prospective production of cotton over the indicated yield June 25 was fore most by the census bureau today. A total of 12,500.000 bales as estimated from the condition of the crops of July 25, while 11,450,000 was fore cast from the condition of June 25. Good growing weather during July caused much improvement in the prospect of the crop, the condition having :dvanced from 70.7 po cent of a riovmal on June "25 to fl.l per cent on July 25. The condition of the crop was a little better than 7 noints than it was a year ago and a little below the 10-year July 25 av erage. A production of 11.450000 bales was forecast from the condition June 25. which was 70.7 per cent. Produc tion last year was li;t20,77r' bale? and the condition on July 25 a year ago was !7.7 per cent. Condition of the crop hy stateV on Jidv 25 included: Virginia, 74; North Carolina. 77 South Carolina. 77. IN FEIGTH BATES By the Associated Press, Jackscnville, Fla., Aug. 2. The FhyiuYi railroad commission this morning announced that it had set August 18 to hold a hearing on the proposed increase intrastate freight late. . VUGTONLOST 45 IN TEN YEARS By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2.Cen3ua fig ures announced today included: Washington. N. C., 6.1G6; decrease 45. or .07 per cent. By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 2. State or Georgia census: 2,893,601; increase 284.480 or 10.9 per cent. I Incomplete because of omission oi one enumeration district.) KILLED IN AUTO WliECK. Dennison. O., Aug. 2. J frank Hanley, former governor of Indiena, and candidate for president on the prohibition ticket in 1916.' ar-i Dr. and Mrs. C. M Bakerfi of Kilgore, O.. were . killed ; six mites from here early Sunday when a Pennsylvania freight train struck the automobile in which the party weie dr ivies to Kilgore. , , All three suffered fractured fkulls and crushed bodies and neither recov ered consciousness after being brought to a local hospital. Mr. nan ley died at 9 A. M.. Mrs. Baker at li:',50 and her husband at 6:30 P. M. Dr. and Mrs. Baker had met Mr. Hanlev In Dennison at 0:35 o'clock Sunday morning and were driving him to their home in Kilgore, twenty miles from here. The automobile drove across the Pi.nnavlvnnia tracks back of one freight train and directly in front of another. The automobile was strucK squarely. . ' A Mr. Hanlev was en rouie io iar- Tollton. where he was to deliver nr address today. He had mtenaeu upending the day with the Bakers at their home in Kilgore. WAS 4 tjt 6. The statement in last week's Rec ord in the West Hickory items that the hall gamo played .between the West Hickory team and the Hickory team on Saturday evening the score was 4 and 6 in favor of Hickory in stead of 4 to 60. INDICATED IN COTTON HEARING cFimcu CAiniFn io ROBINSON WILL HEAD DAYTON PARADE By the Associated Press, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 2. Announce ment of the formal program for next Saturday notifying Governor Cox of his nomination for president was made today. A parade headel by Senator Rob inson, chairman of the Democratic national convention, will precede the notification and ac-euptance speeches. The committee was unable to get in touch with the senator today. Governor Cox set aside today to corfer with the notiiication iommittee and with an extra stenographic force to clear his desk of state and per sonal matters. PEBSlOEMS Newton. Aug. 2. Mr. Ivan Stew art, who holds a position with the Du Pont Powder Company, of Passaic, N. J., is spending his vacation with his parents at Blowing Rock and his brother, Mr. J. F. Stewart, of this place. Miss Jeannette Trexler of Salisbury is the guest of Miss Katherine Cur tiss. Miss Trelxer will be accompa nied home tomorrow by Miss Cui'tiss who will spend several days with her. Miss Estelle Hinshaw spent the week-end at Hiddenite Springs with her sister, who i3 spending some time there. From Hiddenite Miss Hinshaw will go 1o Winston-Salem to visit her narents before going to Baltimore to huv millinery for the P. O Carpen ter store. Mr. Woodford White was among those to spend the week-end at Hki-di-nito Springs. Mr. Arthur Johnson and Misses Annie and Sarah Witherspoon are visiting the parents of Mr. Johnson at Pilot Mountain. Miss Annie Witherspoon, who j holds a position at Shelby, lias been the guest of her mother, in, this city. for several nays. " Mrs. Ernest H. Yount has returned from a stay at Chimney RocV. smd other points in Western North Caro- lira. Mr. Carl Reynolds, of Charlotte, is spending a week here with the family of Mr. R. L. Smith and other rela tives. Mrs. Jean Cor.ne.hy. after snend ing several weeks at the Piedmont Hotel here, has returned to her home in Florida. Mr. Clarence Ervin has returned from a business trip to Ilenderson ville and other points in western North Carolina. Mrs. Roy Anderson, formerly MioP Daisy Stamey. writes her mother that she reached Honolulu, Hawaiian .Islands, safely and had a most ue iightful voyage. Mrs. Anderson "min ed her husband at San Francisco, Cal. Mr. and Mrs. George Todd of Paw Creek, were week-end guests of Mrs. Todd's sister. Mrs. W. I. Woodward m North Newton. Miss Mary Woodward, who holds a position in Charlotte, spent the week end here with her parents. Mr. and Mrrs. W. I. Woodward. Misses Sallie Lohr and Laura Mc Donald of Lincolnton, are uests of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Murray at the:r home on North Main street. Miss Mozelle Trollinger left a few days ago with a party of friends for a pleasure trip to Colorado and Cal ifornia. Miss Trollinger is a sister cf Mrs. W. A. Stamey, of this city, and a former resident u? this place. For the past year she has been teach in near Raleigh. Mrs. B. B. Bible has returned from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Dr. Ed wards, in Asheville. and parents at Burnsvillc. Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Lesser, of Ohio, were guests of Miss Alice Sum merrow, at the Piedmont Hotel, this week. Mrs. Lesser before her mar riage was Miss Mamie Summtirow. a former resident of Newton.. Prof. M. S. Beam, superintendent of the Newton graded schools, made a business trip to Lincolnton Satur day. -. Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Petuel and son. W. C. Jr., Mrs. J. M. Howell and Mr. W. C. Jordan, of Athens. Ga.. are Newton visitors this week. " Mr. J. W. Hendrix left yesterday for a visit to friends in Asheboro. Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Person of Charlotte, were guests of friends here Saturday. READY FOR MEET By the Associated Press, Paris, Aug,. 2. Polish plenipoten tiaries appointed to negotiate an ar mistice agreement wir,h representa ftivse of the Russian bolshevik gov jemment have arrived at the place where the conference will be held, acocrding to advices received here from Warsaw. GATHERED AT NEWTON POLISH MEMBERS SOCIETY The Young Woman's Auxiliaiy of the Reformed church, win mee!. this evening at 8 o'clock wul Mrs. Geo C. Warlick at her home ou Twelfth avenue. Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Abernethy and children. Mi. and Mrs. Edgar Eolick and two children of Conover, Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Yount and Mr. Claude Abernethy, spent Sunday m Eridgewate.-. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Fort and daughter of Gastonia spent several hours in the city yesterday with rel atoves on theiv return home,, from Morganton where they were guests of Mrs. Fort's sister, Mrs. John Regan. Miss Katlierine Clement arrived Saturday from Washington. D. C. where she visited Mrs. II. L. Bushon and spent Sunday with her n. ether Mrs. H. L. Clement, before returning to Charlotte after a two week's va cation Mr. and Mrs. I. W. Moor of. G-s-tcnia spent the week-eno ii the city with Mrs. Moore's grand urett Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Miller. Miss Kate Miller, who has been in Gastord:; for the past two weeks, accompanied j them home. Mr. Walter Tucker of Gastonia and sisters, Misses Ethel and Mary Tuc er, of Conyers. Ga.. who were e-uest? over the week end of Mr. and Mrs. J E. Walker, retui-ned to Gastoi:;a yes terday afternoon with Air aa? Mrs I. W. Moore. Mr. and Mrs. W- M. Bagby and children have returned from Monte zuma, where they spent ten days with his father. Rev. W. M. Bagby. All the Bagby children and grandchild- i en gathered for a family reunion and the stay in the mountains wrj a delightful one. Miss Mary Rowe has been retained by the directors of the fair to give part of her time- to advertising. It in the county between now and the opening of the gates. October 5 Miss Rowe is so well and favorably known in the county that her selec tion is bound to be of much benefit Mr. John Burns bought the house and lot adjoining Ed Hammond's store in West Hickory Saturday af ternoon, the consideration being $2, 000, and Mr. R. T. Hines bought for $510 several building lots on the rail road. The sale was conducted by Mr. G. P. Campbell and was regarded- a:; a success. A new shoe repair shop has been cpened on Main street between the Union Lunch and Tea Room and Mo-retz-Whitener Clothing Company Mr. A. H-i Setzer has purchased and installed modern equipment that will take care of any kind of shoe repair ing work. Mr. M. P. Stamey, who has to his credit 36 years of shoe repair work, will have charge of the shop Barger-Rogers. . Married Sunday night at the home of Squire G. T. Barger in West Hickory. Miss Sallie Rogers and Mi. Will Barger, both of Hickory. The couple today are receiving the con gratulations of their many friends. They will makethejr home in Hickory. Do As You Please Club Entertained Miss Rose Martin entertained the Do As You Please Club informally Friday afternoon in honor cf Mis? Magdaline Monroe of Greensboro wht stopped over for a day or so with Miss Martin on her return to Greensboro from the mountains. Af ter an hour or more of interesting conversation the hostess served an ice course. An Open Meeting. The Ladies' Aid and Missionary Society of Holy Trinity Lutheran church will meet tomorrow evening at 8 o'clock at the home of Mrs Fred Jones with Mrs. Jones and Mrs J F. Burns as hostesses. This will be an open meeting and the husbands of ttie members are invited to be pres ent. ' This will be an unusual meeting and an interestingtime is anticipated. LARGE RATTLESNAKE PUT ON EXHIBITION HERE Mr. H. E. Clay had on exhibition Saturday 'afternoon a Rattlesnake that measured four feet in length and was as large as a man's wrist. It had eight rattlers and a button. indicating that it was nir.3 years old, Mr. Clay said. ; This rattler was one of seven killed near Mr; Clay's sawmill 10 miles southwest of Morganton Friday af ternoon. It :was one of the two larg est in the bunch and was a? uah and venomous a sp -cimen of one cares to see. All seven snakes were found in a small ciumj -f ". l-rusb Mr. Clay said that about two weeks ago Mr. Burton Ftar.'o was walking across the mountains with a bird dog belonging to Lawyer Mull of Mor i sranton. - Suddenly the .dog yelped in 'distress and Mr. Pearson went quick- l. to the rescue. A large rattler was coiled near the path. After killing the snake. Mr. Pearce looked for the dog and found it dead The snake's poison had killed it in less than three minutes. Weather For North Carolina: Local thun dershowers this afternoon, generally fair tonight and Tuesday, - gentle variable winds. TRIE TO MAKE ! DEiiS ACCEPT FREIGHT RETAILERS BED withdrawal INCREASE AS , Dlly By hc ASSociatss III f P C Q A D V Mill v.cnna, Aug. 2,-Rmani., has S- , 191 II I hlH M By the Associated Pi 'PS? Washington, Aug. 2. Howard T Figg. special assistant to the attor- . ney general m the enforcement of the Lever law agajinst '.profiteering, cnarged today that rwanufacturers and jobbers of wearing sroparel, through carefully .. prepared .nroTV.-v- ganda were attempting to stampede icraners ana the public isto buying at higher prices. The public is being auviseci ot the effort, Mr. Figg said. in a tormal statement, Mr. Figg charged, that the manufacturers nm) jobbers were circulating propaganda similar to that used to mulct the pub lie during the l'ecent speculative con ditions. SOME CHURCH NOPEI A number of Hickory people at tended the opening yesterday of the new $60.GG0 Methodist church at Lin colnton of which Rev. D. M. Litaker formerly pastor of the First Mat ho dist church ogf Hickory, is pastor. It was largely through the efforts cf Mr. Litaker that the handsome edi fice was erected and it is one of the prettiest churches is this section and is uniquely arranged. The sermon was preached by Bish op U. V. Darlington of West Virgin ia who used as his text "On This Rock I Will Build My Church and the Gates of TM1 Shall not Prevail Against it." One of the most im pressive features of the service was the reception by Bishop Darlington into the church of 30 new members and 12 baptismals of young girls. Another impressive feature was a beautiful solo by Mrs. George Bailey of Hickory.. Seated on the platforirP and as sisting Bishop Darlington in the ser vices were th nastor, Kev. u. ivi Litaker, Rev. H. H. Jordan, presiding elder of the district, Rev. i j a former pastor. Rev. L. D. Thomp son and Prot. Matt D. Thompson oi Statesville, and Rev. W. O. Goode of Hickory. Every seat in the church and Sun day school room was filled, chair:.: were placed in every available place in the aisles and back and many un able to find seating room stood dur ing the services. Among the audience were representatives from Gastonia. Hickory Charlotte, and other nearby towns and the county who wore in terested in the new church. Those going down Irom HicKory were Bishop Darlington, Rev. and Mrs. W. O. Goode, Mr. Arthur Cpurtney, Mr. and Mrs. George Bailey, Mr .and Mrs. A. M. West and Mr. and Mrs. w. C. Thompson. By the Associated Press. Warsaw, Aug. 1. (4 : E M.) Doubt was expressed here in diplo matic circles as to whether an agreement - would come as a result of the negotiations with the soviet commissioners. It was thought the soviet author ities would likelv insist on terms loo severe for the Poles to ac- LPThe Polish delegates carried into the Russian lines a portable wire less outfit which they proposed to use. Officials said it might be sev eral days before work was received from the Polish delegates. TURKEY TO SIGN TREATY THURSDAY By the Associated Press. Par.f:s. Aug. 2. The treaty of non hptween the allies and Tur key will be signed inursaay, ac cording tcnews papers nere. FIRE AT NORFOLK Tttr ifno Associated Press. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 2. Fire oi un- Itrrmined origin earlv this mormngr destroved one of the barracks at th army supply base. The mess nan was one of the structures that had been used as a hostess house. COSTA RICA RECOGNIZED. ?v the Associated Press. Wiisliinp-ton. Auc. 2. Recognition of the government of Costa Rica bv the United States was announced to day by the state department. IS Ml DOUBT ABILITY ! SIGN WITH RUSSIA By the Associated Press. Vienna, Aug. 2. Rumania has ser ved an ultimatum upon soviet Russia giving the Soviets three days to with draw their troops from !Rumani:?rn territory, according to a telegram re ceived here today. In the event of Russia's failure tn comply, it is added. Rumania will de clare a general mobilization.. Newton, Aug. 2. This section was visited last night about 7:30 o'clock by a terrific wind and rain storm. The storm lasted for more than an hour, the ir.,in coming clown in tor rents. Lightning strack a wire and ran into the building of the North States Roller mill setting the build ing on hre. Tne hro was extinguish ed, however, before' much damage was done. The management of the Union cot ton mills at Maiden gave their em ployes, about 200 in number, a most delightful picnic on Saturday on the lawn of the mills.. Mr. W. C. Feimster of Newton was present and spoke to the employes. Mrs. Ed Whittle was ca'lcd to Charlotte Saturday on account of the illness of her daughter-in-law, Mrs. Zeddie Whittle who is in. a hospital in that cit, having undei-gone an op- . eratjon for appendicitis. Rtev. vance Havner, the boy preacher,v eft for Bicksbiug, S. C, where he will assist the pastor of the "Baptist churxh thene in a se ries' of revival meetings. Mr. Hav ner, who is only 18 years of age. has held Some very successful meetings in South Carolina, West Virginia and this state. When only 11 years of age fhe spoke in the ccurt house here to a packed house. iROOME BROTHERS ARE MEMBERS OF BIG FIRM It is now Parks-Eelk-Broome Com pany. Messrs. iv. vv. anu ii. vv Broome having been taken into this well known family of merchants in North and South Carolina, Mr. K. W. Broome' is manager and Mr. K. W. Broome is assistant manager. Manager Broome has been with the company for the past 12 years and has assisted in opening number of stores in the state. He i;! a young man of tact ai-d ability knows the Beik business and system from top to bottom, and was made manager and associate here because of the confidence reposed in him by the company. Mr. H. W. Broome has been with the company for several years and also is an able storeman. It is the policy of the rarks-lieik Company to develoo hustling young men and in every town where a de partment store is opened, some voung man who has begun business with them and has made good i. given membership in the concern. The electric cable cash carrier sys- pm is being1 installed in the 1 arks- Belk-Broome store this week bv Mr E. Davis of Baltimore, and vvnl be the only system of its kind in the. county. The salespeople wi-.l do oy electricity what they have been doing with baskets in the past and tne el.;.: tric cable carrier , system will be a oted, improvement. By the Associated Press. Snarta-nburg. S. C Aug. 2. rcur persons are dead, two are dving and two injured aS a result of their au tomobile bein c crashed over the C C and O. bridge at Mayo, S. C, yes terday afternoon. The dead ai-e John Wilson Morris. Custer Hunter, Samuel H. Clark and Miss Ha Gilmer. Miss Marion Rogers and Miss Callie Reel ar yfinz in a local hospital with fractured skulls S. Hutton. who was driving tne automobile, has lacerations on the scalp and a broken arm, and a young woman was injured. Mr. Hutton was returning from the northern part of the state when the machine trundled from the bridge to the tracks be low. COTTON. By the Associated EJress. New York. Aug.2. The cotton market showed renewed weakness at l he opcung today, first prices beine lower htifSer a continuation of last week's 'selling movement. Open Close October 31.00 31.53 December -30.00 30.69 January J- 29.05 30.00 March 38.80 29.75 May ,28.45 "29.52 BY SEVEREED FOUR ARE KILLE IN AN AUTO ACCIDENT c Gca'WCaWWflllIl: Bv the Associated Pre?,s. Washington. Aug. 2. "Reasons requiring an advance in both jnter- iuii anu mira-siate ireight rates are very conclusive," says a report issued by railroad commissions to day. "When all matters are considered." says the report, "and ri-rneriiberiiig that where 13 men are con:;idi.ring controverted questions and pro nosed policies, their differences of opinion must be composed or decided bv the majority, we believe thatthec oiiciu sion, considering all things, must he considered fair and meet our ap proval. "The increase in rates prcbabiv will go into effect September 1. Op eratting revenues are regarded by all persons as influential. Increase in in trastate rates must be made possi ble." The report is signed by William B. Daney. chairman of the public service company of Pennsylvania: Toyal C. Dun nof the Florida railroad com mission and a menrber of khe Idaho commission. Ve participated in the conferences in th same manner as members of the commission," the state commis sioner's report declares, "bein in vited by thmn to take part in the; oliscussicn and express our views with full freedom. The members of the commission gave much time to it in order to reacih correct conciusSsns for thro public and roads. "The quistions presented were very numerous, 'involving the commerce of the whole country ami the entire rail transportation system of the United States. Any decision of the case looked to the observance; of the statute effects in some way every rate structure in the country. "Speaking generally, every con troverted c;uestion concerning a.ll classes and commodities and all rater; of carriers and theories and carrier!; and shippers were given thorough consideration; The commission was hot of one mind in all cases,' and it was recognized that there must be some surrender by each member, be fore a conclusion was reached. On some of the questionss our views were no in fv ,-or 1 itn and in some o-ases we did not agree among ourselves.' By the Associated I'ress. Marion, O., Aug. 2. A claim ot complete Republican unity behi.'i.l Senator H.-irdinc on the lea true of na tions was issued hy Harding head quarters here today. "Chi-m-man White ot th; Demo cratic national committee, the state ment said, "has undertaken to an swer some questions addrereo'd to Governor Cox. His answer is chiefly ji enriir.-b bit thai: both firmer Presi dent Tafto; and Senator Harding en-. dorse Mr. Harding's position. Y'lt is easy to understand how such evidences 'of Republican unity, are displeasing to Mr. White, buiit is a fact nevertheless. '. "Inasmuch as Mr. White has thus publicly and handsc'y acclaimed that all elements in the Republican narty are supporting Mr. Harding, it may be added that he has sensed tlu ruali'n with admirable perspicacity. Republicans of 11 sections and gr-i are solidly in favor of Senator liar-, ding's attitude. This was proved ;(y thousands of letters and telegrams from ever?,' state, among which let ters from men who sav thev had votod the Democratic ticket all their lives. "Chairman White has made a cor rect discovery that the Repubiican party is unified. The Republicans are 'ouallv satisfied in iotinr t'" af-orfl between Candidate Cox and President Wilson." REDS COOTIE TO By the Associated Press. London, Aug. 2. Hot fighting along the river Narow in the region northeast of Warsaw is reported in Sunday's officisL communiiue as received by wireless in London today. OO'I fl COTTON. By the. Associated i'ress. New York, Aug. 2. The govern ment reno'-t making the oendition 74.1. and the condition of the crop 12-519.000 VPS a lio'nw pyrP" tations and was followed by a wava of covering which sent the priee ui October up to points net higher. December and January advanced GO to 70 points over Saturday, but transactions were restricted owing to nervousness and the ttock market and Unsettled European conditions. D RS NX INREPUBLlCflN WIN ROM PIES ; r I i i " t ! V Li It; 4 III I, t I"