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HICKORY BaiEf lECQED VIL V. NO. 273 HICKORY, N. C, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUG- 11, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS ANTI-SUFFRAGE BROUGHT Senator Warren Present n From Mary- land Legislature Urging i. :on of Amendment House Considers Con stitutional Amendments Bill (y Mav Abernetliy) N. I .. Auk', n. fonaior Wan tin morning prc HitiiHi fn in tilt legislature l.ii;.l-i'.v 1 1 Utiul aiv" ; , milcmlllH'" Tin- petition was uoi i...: fiUt . ,..,.! this wUl be done i"' . ... Wurren will aicr, ut 'iM-iiti' together with a bill 1 . ...... i.. vindication law llltie.IlM''! I.v TtI . ., ., , r im , .. Senator Stacy featured ,iuu of .the senate which i.l until tuimn'lLAsr. V , (,lv i.tln-.' measure of general u il(,(u, (,,Mcd in the, ,,u,H,M!M.n to aopnpnate $o0,0C ... tii,. fumpli tiuii of the ortno tlw ImfMii"! Uastoti county. l.ti u- numU'i- if petitions were Hfirr.tet Hi the house for repeal or uiiid m-i''l'nt f tlie evaluation RATIFICATION Th )S WhlU 8tatt Hv RaUflad the IE FOR TEACHERS The (it v of Hickory will rent a Hrbideru o, C(uip it with furniture MiJ fumishifijjs and have it ready lur the teuvlievs when they come hut for tlif opening of the fall term "t !nioo!, A matron will be placed in thurue df the iu rne and it will be "Wilf us hontclike anTl attractive to Several Hickory housewives, having tn' conifdi-t of tlie teachers in mind, l)v ,su'Ke:,ted eotitributioiw of fur nituit fur the living room or library JJid it i.4 believed (uite a few vaJua-iiii'ie- will he donated. Some may prefer i lend tne furniture. Wonitn know better than men, the vaiWi urtVJi-H f furniture that M'ptitl to dt her women an J the idea ' jfi'od thttt council will pass it aluntc to the frieruh of the teachers 1 n 1 1 i i ' . . . ... ii.u i,ene.r tliut it will bring re sults. ... IV KY NKWS NOTES Wfst Hickory, Aug. 11. Th Ivey ri;"l sti.pi.e.l Saturday August 7, to . - wi'en u os io give me ,li,rl a week's rest during the hot Weutlier. This rest was needed by tne ciiiplnyiM and" will be appreciated ''.v alh the help. The baseball team of West Ilickorv ''r'VH the Highland team in West Mwkory Saturday evening. At the t'11'"" t the ame the score was m id jt, fuV(U. of wJflt nit-kory, it.'fiHrM, Alex h MiU-s Huffman u K1Ulk,' county ttpent Saturday and aunUy here with Mr. T.J. Leonard. mr; ttnl Mrs. VV. C. Kincard are Wmnx beveral davs at nrescnt with jwutive. an I fiiemls in Buike coun Mr. ami M,s, a. F. Cook of Pear. I'm "l"it th week end here with 1 1 '. .r' ,' ('''"vvell an J family, also V . , U'e Sjintl4 campmeeting. fii,!' ' A- ('ui'nenter of Bessemer ;7 M'Hit several days here the pat vt V1' ,v'tiven and friends. ti'. It. (' ... ..,. r.. J.. , .-. HUUKK9 ui ' viusLUiuu in Hevendl days here wii Supt. J. L. Scruggs. ith his ed to uniiay evening. SOVIKTS (JAIN HERE. OV I fib A . . i , ".-"'naTeij tress. . '"""". Aug. It Tnedav' offi. t id I jj i '" irom iviohcow carries hyi ,'iV I,hia'?,"pli with regard to the tl-J 2 on nean front where fcy,! "l',a Wrangel. The statement in0,!' Crimean front the fiirht vcrabl to fr('nt continue ,a' 'Lil ii.ii... k i . . . . a I0ANO WYft y I Htv- UTAH. COL. r KAN. ff!"'' 5 FIGHT INTO SENATE act. These bills were presented 'jj members by requert. It is understood that most of the petitions, were from farmers. The house today plunged into a dis cussion of the bill fur submitting tht constitutional amendments and the bill is being adopted practically ir the same snape it wa t presented by the committee. The amendments lim iting the constitutional rate of tax ation to 15 cents was adppted with the proviso that special emergencies in any county could be met if there was application to the general as sembly. The Republicans and some other? made an effort to leave the proposi tion, of increasing the county tax rate up to the county commissioners without appealing to tne legislature but the house voted agaist itj, feelinv that the sentiment in the state war strong for safeguarding the interests of the people against taxation. MAP Federal Suffrage Amendment. LUTHERAN CONVENTON In view of Rev. C. R. W. Kegley being in Dallas attending the Wom an's Missionary convention of the Tennessee synod, there .vill be no services in Holy Trinity church tn night. Mrs. A. C. Hewett is also c',50 attending the convention as a delegate from Holy Trinity. SCOUT NOTES. At n recent meeting the Hickory bcouts decided upon Edgemont as the place for thejr camping trip. They expect to leave Hickory August 17 to.be gone from 8 to 10 days. Sev eral overnight hikes have been plan ned. Lum Olsten has been secured as cook. Final arrangements will be made Friday night at which . meeting ai1 numbers must be present. GOES TO RALEIGH Mavor J. D. Elliott leaves this evening for Raleigh, where this week he will attond the good roads conven tion there and also represent Hickory at the meeting of mayors and other municipal officers at a meeting before the finrance problems. The propo sition to give the towns and larger cities larger taxation powers will be gone into thoroughly, and every in corporated place in me siaie piuu ably will be represented. IN BURKE COURT. John Donald was convicted of simple assault and his fatner-in-law. Malaki Childers, was found guilts of assault with deadly weapon in Burke superioi court this week. The trouble occurred near Hildtnnand severa' weeks ago in which Childers was al leged to have shot Donald.. Judg Shaw declined to pass judgment un til he had ordered a summons issued for Mrs. Donald to fird out why shf was not living witn her husband. COTTON. Bv the Associated Press New York, Auff. 11. The early cotton market was influenced by higher Liverpool cables, a more care ful view of European conditions ana complaints of too much rain in the south. Open Close 31.85 30.62 29.23 29.00 28.38 October 32.25 December January .. March May ..31.25 30.10 -29.50 28.87 TWO BUNKS MEN YIELD TO OFFICERS By the Associated Press. Asheville. N. C. Aug. 11. Gav and Carl Banks, brothers, charged with the fatal shooting of Bryson Uensley, his son Eugene and daugh ter. Prudence Banks, surrendered tc the sheriff of Yancey county yester day, according to information Beach ing here today. They admitted the hooting which resulted fatally in three cases, but declared that it was in seii-ueieuse. . TAX RATE IS Catawba county will have a tay rate ef 40 cents on tne hundred iu 'ludihig the ten per cent increase for all state and county purpose? combined, according to the report of the state tax commission to the gen- i " ii r erai assemuiy yesteruay. i-ersoii!-' who know at what figure their prop erty was assessed can multiply the amount bv the rate and get the total amount of their taxes. If a house war listed for $5,000, say, the amount of state and county taxes, for all pur poses would be .40 times $5,000. or $20. ' Scotland county with 28 cents, ha? the lowest rate, and Clay county A'irn $1.30. has the highest rate corsvth county, wiSi . $147,021,232 ias the greatest amount of taxable Property and Mecklenburg and Guu ford come next in order. Alexander county ' has a revalua tion of $'J.00G,180, is given a rate cf $1.01. Burke has taxables of $19, G55.G19 and a rate of 58 cents; Cleve land has taxables of $42,752,740 for a irate cf 44 cents; Gaston, $82, 575,749 for a rate of 45 cents; Calj well. $18;428,215 for a rate of 59 cents; Iredell, $44,959,184 for a rate r.f 55 cents; Linccjn, $19,250,057 rate of 79 cents; Watauga, $11,642, 4'Jl, rate 52 cents. Under revaluation, Catawba will raise at a rate of ' 40 cents revenue of $89,788.41. This includes the ten oer cent increase. TO NOTIFY LEADERS By the t Associated Press Germantown, 0.. Aug. representatives from all ountry expected to be 11. With over the in attend- unce Dr. Aaron S. Watkins. prohi oitiorj candidate president' and Lee II Caibin. his running mate, will be for mally notified here today. Dr. Wat uns is Ohio's third presidential can didate. The ratification ceremonies are te take place at 8 P. M.. preceded dur ing the afernoon by a parade at 3 o'clock. By the Associated Press. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 11. The first move in the fight for ratifica tion of the woman's suffrage amend ment was made in the lower, house shortly after it convened today with the introduction of a resolution pro posing that it he deferred until the oeoplc cf the state could hold mass meetings August 26 to make their choice. The resolution was introduced bv Representatives Hall, Bond anf Mil liken. An amendment providing that the of'"ospd mass meeting be held the third Thursday in September was tabled. .Debate on the resolution be an immediately after the speaker had reported a rollcall. . THESE WERE ANTI-WILSON It's surely a lengthening mortality list of Democrats who fought the president in or out the senate Var- daman of Mississippi, Hardwkk of Georgia, Cole Blease of South Car olina, Thomas of Colorado ami Gore of Oklahoma, all beaten by Demo crats. Shieilds of Tennessee has been repudiated by his party at home and so has Reed of Missouri. Hoke Smith of Georgia polled fewer votes even than Attorney-General ftflmer in the presidential primaries. Spring field Republican. CATAWBA NT 40 GENTS PROHIBITION FOLKS IULDP0STP0NE SUFFRAGE If TENNESSEE TO FINANCES OF CITIES (By Max Abernethy.) Raleigh. Aug. 11. The joint com mittees of finance from both houses have undertaken to solve the difficult problem of financing cities whose treasuries are somewhat depleted by the 10 per cent pledge -f the reval vation act. The committee yesterday held a conferense with the mayors and finance ofheers of the cities in an erlort to find some means of solving this cimicult problem. Mayors present, including McNinch of Charlotte, Ramsey of Winston Salem and others, told the commit il. i rj , i i ji , ites mat it was lmpossioie lor them to keep within their means if the 10 per cent limit were applied to citv revenues. They wanted the legisl ture to make some provision whereby cities could raise more money thar 10 per cent over what was raised last year, provided the people of the city were willing to pay these extra taxes for the extra service and im provements. The mayors liked the suegestion of the governor in his special mes sage to the legislature. This sugges tion was that municipalities which found they could not make ends meet on the 10 per cent increase over last year's revenues, advertise this fact in the local press, with the request that the governing authorities be allowed to levy a greater tax rate. If 10 per cent of the people filed a pro test or asked for a referendum with in a stated time, let the governing body call an election to decide the point. If they did not ask for the election, then the city under the amendment suggested by the gov ernor to the revaluation act, would have the right to go ahead and levy for the increased revenues needed It. is expected the committee wil1 work out some such nrocram for the relief of cities and towns. Suffrage has not vet come up on the floor of either house, but the hotels, the lobbies of both houses f.nd every 'place where members of the legislature have gathered, has been agog with talk of the ratifica tion amendment. The result of the amendment in Tennessee is being watched with the keenest interest The governor will, in all probabil ity, send in a special Message or Thursday, possibly later, in which he will recommend the ratification. The prevailing opinion here, now is that the chances are against the oil' for ratification, unless it will be pos sible to whip the reactionists into line with the political expediency argument. The state wide primary will come in for a struggle for its existence on the floor of both houses this week i the committee can return- the bills introduced in both senate and house on the first day, which provide for amendment to the primary ac?.; and for its repeal. The house bill, intro duced by Neal of McDowell, provides for -amendment in order to allow any county desiring the primary to use it. and the repeal of its use for nom-, inating state officials. Senator Brown's bill provides for an out and out repeal !of the measure. Indications now are that the con stitutional amendments bill, intro duced on the first day. will hao easy sailing through both house.-. This bill provides for three amenu ments to the constitution: 1. Lowering the constitutional limit of taxation from 66 2-3 cents o nthe hundred to 15 cents. 2. Pi'ovide an income tax on un earned incomes. 3. Separate the grandfather ..lause from the literary test in the white supremacy amendment in or der that the failure of the grand father clause to stand the test of the courts, will not kill the literacy test for suffrage. ' Representatives from about half the counties in the state gathered here today in a good l-oad conference. The meeting was called by .T.-,Lerny Kirkpatrick and W. A. McGirt of the Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington highway. The good roads people brought two bands with them and stirred up great interest all day. Members of the legislature seconded the evening session of the conven tion, when Cameron Morrison and John J. Parker, candidates for gov ernor, spoke on the subject of a road policy for the state. The convention favored a state wide trunk system, connecting: every county seat in the state with a sys tern of either hard surfaced or im proved roads. The convention asked the legislature to work on this prob lem through committees of a com mission for the purpose of making some definite and positive recom mendation to the next session of the "rreral assembly in January, when the good roads folks will ask for changes in the road building policy which will look to the spending of considerable money annually than is being spent this yean Mr. and Mrs. Z. B. Buchanan re turned Tuesday night from a two months' trip to the Pacific coast coast where, they visited friends and relatives, attended the san Francisco convention and had a fine time. Weather For North Carolina: Showers 'and thunderstorms probably tonight and hursday: gentle to moderate soutn and southwest winds. TRYING HAYS ASKS FOR By the Associated 'llress. ; : Marion, Q., Aug. 11 Immediate ratification of the woman suffrage amendment in order to clear the po litical atmosphere and to stabilize conditions was urged today in a tel- gram sent by Chairman Will H Hays to Republican members of the Tennessee general assemhlv . ThP telegram was sent after a consults uon with Senator Harding. By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. . 11. Great Britain, France and the other nllipc and the associated powers have been given copies of the American nnio to Italy m tavor cf the territoria ntegnty not only of Poland hut r.f Kussia as well. Meanwhile eflVirf- vill be made to sret tne note into cir culation in Russia. This is with the hope that the ex pressed views of the American gov ernment as to the future of Russia win have weight with Russian peo- The fact that the note was ad- dressed to Italy rather than u. Great Britain . or France was tne cause ot discussion. Semi-qfficially, the opinion war. ex- oressed that Italy in asking- for a statement of the American govern ment's views was acting in entire accord with its allies. Whether there will be a fuilher exchange of views between the "United States and the allies will depend entirely on devel opments ifi Poland. While the United States and the allies are in accord as to Poland the divergence as regards Russia in sufficiently marked as to cause com ment. The position taken by tnis country against recognition of Bal tic states was said in administration circles to be consistent with the past lolicy of the government. Thi? view, however, was not supported in other quratrs and by representatives of the governments affected. T GIVEN RAWS By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 11. Special permission to file bjanket schedules to make effective the new passenger program, excess baggage and milk rates recently authorized has granted the railroads today by the interstate commerce commission. Similar permission covering the in creased freignt rates already had been trranted and the roads are lrepariny; to put into effect all the ncreased rates on August 26. E TO 5,267 PEOPLE By the Associated Press. ' Washington;. Aug. 11. Population figures announced today inclnded: : Hendersen,.. N. C 5,267: increase. 764 or 17.0 per cent. SEATS GOING RAPIDLY FOR MUSIC FESTIVAL Asheville, Aug., 11. The "leading attraction' of. the scouth," the music week of the Asheville Music Festival Association.. August 16 to 21', is show ing a record sale of season tickets' over $10,000 haying been sold to date. Despite this exceedingly large num ber of tickets sold, there yet remains scores of good seats, owing to the large capacity of the City Auditorium, in which the festival will be held Orders are pouring into Asheville from sections of the south and it is believed that a large number,, of the music lovers of the southern states, in addition to the musicians them selves will be in attendance. The 50-'piece Philadelphia Sym phony Orchestra, under the leader ship of that great conductor, Thad ceus Rich, will play for each of the nine concerts. This orchestra is con ceded to be the very best in the country and the festival feels that it is very fortunate in being able to get at this season of tne year- In many of the leading cities of the couth- scores of people are arraying their vacations so that they can be In Asheville during the time of the fes tival. Already many people, now here for the summer, are writing home tc friends to spend a few days here ?rd to make it during the time the great musical feast of the south will be in progress. SUFFRAGE ACTION AMERICAN NOTE NATIONS u PERM T Ei R SDN GROWS RUSSIA IS CONFIDENT OF DEFEATING POLAND -- t"- , rr . iut Soviets Face Winter, With Food Shortage Real Over Large Territory Russians Oc cupy More Railroad Lines Near Warsaw. Poles to Launch Counter Drive Cm REGULATE C J B S City council last. night took steps to regulate the public subscription dances given in the armory. In ad dition to fixing 12 o'clock midnight as the time for closing up, the board imposed a license fee of $25 on all persons giving a subscription dance and limited the maximum charge of admission to $2 per dancer. In addi tion the city will be represented at each dance. Action was taken at the instance of the welfare committee of the Com munity Club, though members of council had heard that the public dances were not elevating and Chief Lentz, who was asked for his opinion, declared that they could be better. These dances are gotten up by men who come here for the mere purport of getting the money and they fel no responsibility towards this town or the young people, it was said. The request of hte welfare com mittee follows: "To the City Council: "We the members of t' committee of the Commu respectfully . request that t dance' be investigated and carried on in a proper manner they may be prohibited. "We are prompted to make this leanest from unfavorable reports of the dances. (Signed) "?.iTvS." GEO: BAILEY. "MRS. E. A. HERMAN. "MISS FRANCES R. GEITNER. "MRS. W. B. RAMSAY," "MRS. A. A. WHITE NER. "MRS. W. L. LONG. "MRS. W. II. MENZIES, "MRS. J. F. ABERNETHY. "MRS. W. 15. SPEAS." "MRS. B. M. SPRATT, JR., "MRS. K. C. MENZIES." On motion of Councilman Clark and seconded by - Councilman Aber nethy, section 6 of the city ordi nances was amended so as to require a license- fee of $25 for each and every public dance and so as to mae the .hours for dancing between i P. M. and 12 midnight. The section was also amended so that the maxi mum charge for admission shall not exceed 2. The section which was amended reads as follows: "No person shall give a public dance, where compensa tion is received, for admittance by the sale of tickets, refreshments or otherwise, without first obtaining written permission from the chief of police." By the Associated Press. Berlin, Aug. 11. Poland forced a war of conquest on 'soviet Russia and was. aided and aoetted by France, "which sought bv this means to make Germany's isolation defi nite and permanent," says Count von Reventlow, editor of the Tages Zei tung.. wriljng on the Polish appeal to tne league of nations in connection j with the peace negotiations withi the bolsheviki. "The Polish appeal," he said "equally illuminates the Polish gov ernment and the league with a touch of unintended drollery. Poland's note if examined thoroughly will show that France urged Poland to make war and that Great Britain had knowlerge of it." LUTZ FAMILY REUNION BE HELD NEXT WEDNESDAY A reunion of the Lutz family will be held the Dutch' Dailry Farms nt the home of Mrs. J. B. Lutz on Wed nesday, August 18 when all the Lutz connections and their friends are in- ited to come and spend the day bringing with them baskets for the lunch which will be spread at noon. At 11 o'clock Rev. W. A. Lutz of Charlotte, will give an historical sketch of the Lutz family which will be of interest. All the Lutz connections and friends from Catawba and surround ing counties are invited to attend. SCRIPT ON N COUNT Py the Associated Press. Viborg, Finland, Russian Frontier, Aug. 10. Fluh with success and confident of Poland's defeat, soviet Russia faces the winter with the grim problem of food as the supreme test !t its career. The sector of starvation stalks thre:.iening, as the far reaches give up the cry f;ir the necessities of life from the people whose hearts long for a new day iut. who are forced to go to war. The Associated Press ) respond ent just arrived here has observed thes',; conditions in crossing Russia all the way from Vladivostok through Siberia to Moscow and Petiograd. OCCUPY 21 MILES. By the Associated Press. Paris, Aug. 11. The Russiais now are occupying a stretch of 24 miles of the direct roadway line between Warsaw and Danzig and a large force is pushing aoross the DaHZie corridor to cut the remainhrg part of the road. The section of the main linu held between Hie Russians is between Ciechano wand MJawa. TO MAKE COUNTER. By the Associated Press. Warsaw, Aug. 11. A concetitia f.ion and rcg'n.uping of the Polish forces for an extensive counter stroke on Hie entiife Warsaw front is reported in today's newspapers. The. plans are. it. is said, to bei'in counter move within a few dayi. expres: opinion ouitious time for the tssLans By the Associated Press. Paris. Aug. 11. The French gov ernment has decided to recognize General Peter Wvangel as head of tlie de facto government of South Russia. Ir; making this announce ment, fhe foreign ministry said this implied rendering Geneial Wrangel all possible military assistance. France will send a high c mmis sienc to Sehastopol immediately, the foreign office stated. Two reasons were given by the foreign office for recognizing General Wiar.pel. Tiie first was his promise to as sume all the obligations of Ihe for mer Russian government. The sec ond Was hi.s promise to give Russia a democratic government. COMKiflGil ' POWER TO PR0CEE8 The cemetery commission recently organized was given authority by city council lagt night to proceed with its plans for improving and beautifying the eemfatery, to collect funds for the purpose and expend them and renier a report to the city authoi-itics. The commission will draw up rules and regulations governing the cemetery and work out a uni form plan of upkeep. Much study already has been given the ejuestion and the members have well defined ideas on the subject. The fullest cooperation is to be r-'vn hy the city and it is expected that the people of Hickory will ral ly to ?he support of the men and wro mon who will devo'e their time and energies to making the burial placo more beautiful. The commission is composed of Mrs. E. I). Yoder. Mrs. II. C. Menzies, Mr. K. C. Menzies and Mr. R. G. Henry, the latter city manager. A GOOD REPORT. The report of the secretary-treas-t'rer of the Farmer." Mutual insur ance association of Catawba and Eojtke counties. pi-ulhod today, shows the growth of this mutual company durimr the past vear and reflects ered;; upon the officers and policyholders" alike. Rev. M. A. Ab ernethy of Newton, secretary and treasurer, gh'es the. business his en tire tir.i ami hi" enthusiasm for the. policyholders is shown in work done. Mr. Abernethy is a faithful execu tive who knows the business from beginning to end and attends to it promptly. liry men express tin V'is iS ;i t" tmtT 'im itrassi , LEADER : 0 j
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