North Carolina Newspapers

Hickory' Daily : Mecqrp n jSfiTOlM' TUB WEATHER Generally fair tonight and Wednesday, not much change in tem perature. tHMl!KU of Vol. V. NO. 284 HICKORY, N. C, TUESDAY EVENING, AUG. 24, 1920 PRICE FIVE CENTS GOV. ROBERTS CERTIFIES SUFFRAGE AMENDMENT Mails Copy of Legislature's Av .mi to Secretary of State Colby Following: Nev 'rit Obtain ed by Advocates of Suffraj, Thing Was Done a c,. the A"'1" iu'ed Press. '.a,hillc'. ''"" 21 " Acitml' ,' . miiK M. rhcmpson attorney .1' Ti'tiiif ', Governor A. II. Hi 111 ' " KnhtiNi'' I":-" o'ch.tk this morning Jiiili'tl 'I.MinrsMi-'s ratlluiitioii of lMiral suH ra;: amend men, neml ,(. n-rtiticalion to Secretary of Mate Ct'll-y m:,i, A.NOTUKi: ANGLE d ,w ..sm"i:ited Pres.. 'I'-r.n.. Aug. 2-1. Chief l.'itlSlk'll of till' SU i.f Tennessee today Jii.-t.-r .i h i t it I t of certiorari in.l wrHiH!ra- iii I!'' Injunction vatic j.Jj by- iinti iatti.t:.-.(nsts to pro Vei,t the u'i'tlii'atit.n of the legisla tisiV iutii-n tn Washington. Tin- j.tvtion wis tiled lnfi.ro the su-prunit- foiut u' the stato 1).V the ut tuinty general, .''rank M. Thompson. Juv I .iUiM ! fi ordered all records i the l.roiivlit befote the su pirH ivint f-i' heining. The case : hrcti ticard in the lower (,111'tst. Tb" .ii''' :i.Iiri7 for an injunc- ti.riV.;t Iii"'1 huh..i,-. .mil y.iiurii. Anuuxivl hill w.H tiled yesterday in tl,(. -Hint' rutin and a second injunc tion Kiiitit'Ml by .Indue l.angford. It was erwtfil th.it a hearing would be si't for thi-i week. The petition f"t' n writ of certiorate . I ll...l I,.. A ltn. IIIHI .nipci 'lit iv uieu i-mJi- tv F i auk M. I'. Thompscn. who ar- j'lwl it before Chief Justice Lansden it his residence last niuht. After ar aumnit l-v the attorney general, it In ,aiJ the chief justice granted the Mention, whit h Attorney General Thumpn said vacated the existing iniwitii.n, '1 he attt inev general this nuiimutt iiilfiu'il the governor tria It prieci'ilinir lift the matter en- tircIV oDfti utnl ttie ceruiicaiion was rhwi intnlc, (iiipoii.'iits of certification charge that tt.f tiii eee'liiii.; violates the rules ( tin- nupi-ctne court in that the itl.tn' ' ai tv was riot uivtn a chance 'i' be h-ui'il, (BY MAX AUKRNKTHY.) Llwh. N. r Aug. 21 Work- inir t'AvrmN a li'uirnmcnt. the sen- Hotmliv f.t of the municipal .inane net, the constitutional amend "Wt bill anil adopted the bill of Srrutor Humphrey providing for u Wfiv.luM t' thw statewide primary law, Anif-ndtiicnt -! were made to the c',n tiftitinnal amendments bill which jmi,vM fn,i,i the discretion of the i.'iditiir(. th." liirlit to tax the in- 'm on Hi.lvnit credits un to 20 net r,r't Hither tium let this kind of Privity take its course with other 'W'r'v. ' hit amendment ottered 'V S.mit-r ( la via. Republican of fomitv, on Monday niirht. was ytni down then St.iator Gray to 'v, hriA-ovcr. mM ho was afraid the li'ii.n ami.ni;" the Democrats theni H.M wmi, jcoiiiirdize the income ix imiHrnent and other amendments J "I'M k the Ml! and moved . a ''n.Hi,,.rati( n. This was done and njotion offered n'rain. The vote ,': to i, rhri'to voting aeainst the ,'"rf': Senators Brown. Long of ,. , i-1 -( i ti , lews, rca;e.v m e e'lio 1 r .1 W.W. . d..i. Sint !i a ii.;,,. " i iiam.s, wiry inenaiois y mm arid l,na f Monteomerv Tains the amwImenU as '7 W'ti; finally amended. jy m ima- v rcfWndnm lnw hud r "nt)(.vt0n in the senate, but I,."1.'11"" that it would be killed 'in house, Br hi" ,i,u'r''in'' the fees of the . """ also rmsve-d Us final reading is now cn ;.."r.t0 law books, having readings in the GATORS KKACH NOME rM X HV YORK TODAY 3v . . anHnriftt.d I'nif. V,,as"' A"- 24. The four cob. v U1,i , i.ue: airplanes from Min- fr.,m t." 1 ,0 Nome, arrived here 'Jay . 0. ai ii'i'nn.ti rr - - v t rn ,; : " 1,16 actual tiying C r ,N,'W York was r,r, hours, on th : aiir" "ni''d. The hop off Wdav, n trii) wiU b mad in a ICE AGT IS PUT THROUGH SENATE Y -How Miss Lois Long, i who has been spending the summer i here with her parents, County Sup erintendent of .Schools and Mrs. Geo. E. .Long, left today for Cleveland, Ohio where she holds a position in the city schools. The section of Main street leading toward Hickory to the incorporate limits cf thetown of Newton, which has been under construction for sev eral weeks was completed today. Pine street and other streets in the city will be paved at once. Contractor Stanley Martin of Salisbury, who has charge of the work, says it will take about a year to finish the contracts already let by the board of town com missioners. When completed Newton will have more paved streets than any town its size in North Carolina. The Y. M. C A. Educational Unit, which has been operating in the coun ty since August II. has met with fav oiable success. The unit has put on a two days' meeting at Abernethy and Allen Five high sehoci's. The people came out in late numbers at Abcrncthy's regardless of the threat ening weather. The people at the Allen Five school came out and swelled the ranks to ,large audiences and were no less appreciative of the work of the Y. V. C. A. Unit. Har tin Franklin, of Avery county, has charge of the sanitary and social hy giene work and Oscar Ilaynes of Greensboro, the agricultural work. The revival meeting which has beer, in progress at he -4ifrmel church at Startown closed last night. The pastor, Rev. Harvey Fesperman, was assii'ted in the meetings by Rev. G, E. Plott, pastor of the Winston Salem Reformed church. -m) i tm t m GREEK MINISTER TO TURKEY By the Associated Press. , 'Washington, Aug. 24. Georges Roussos. (ircelc minister to the United States, has been appointed (lif-omari? re? lesentative of his country at Constantinople. (BY MAX ABERNETHY.) Raleigh. N. C. Aug. 24. Repre sentative Stanley Winborne of Hertford, sponsoring a pill providing sleek law for three townships for htf county, secured its passage at last night's session of the house, follow ing sham debate in which Matthew? of Bertie was the principal ob jector. Amendment to the Winborne bill was submitted by the Bertie rep resentatives seeking to compel the Hertford county people whose lands :uli in Bertie to erect fences. Repre tetativn Winborne had the better of the argument and the amendment was voted down. A substitute bill providing for the fees of solicitors of the judicial dis tricts of the state was passed with v.nf vorv littlp opposition in tne vorv with little discus - mi. - v - Dnn.ocnnto! ivn TlJlWSOM Of IjC muu. mMwv.i..- ,T i 1 1. ..u r.oir leading the fiffht for the sub ?titute bill. , . ; TZrrT CO tl ON. By the Associated Press. New York. Auv. 24. The cotton market showed continued nervous d earlv fluctuations vtre extremely irregular. After opening barclv steady at an advance of ten noints to a decline of five points the market sold about 2ft to 20 points net lower during the eariy ...wiiniv but ihen reacted. Open. Close. October 25.80 27.30 December -24.80 26.00 JamiTrv -! - -24 00 25.40 March 23.90 25.17 May.. -- -- -- --23.75 24.77 CITY MANAGER PETERSBURG By the Associated Press. Washington, Lewis Brownlow, a commissioner of the District of Co lombia since February. 1915. resign ed today to accept an appointment as manager vof Petersburg, Va. i Mriirrnii in nnnnn iti r nil i nil in rn iiii UU I IHU III I I I I I I 1 1 I.I i n uin iiuuii Newton Auir. 24 MS STORK LAIN EOR PART OF HERTFORD CLAIMS GERMANY HAS UMIM ffffplGULSllN SHIPPED SUPPLIES flflj FflGfNG CONFERENCE TODAY By the Associated Press. London, Aug. 24. Germany has shipped supplies and ammunition to soviet Russia, according to a corre spondent of the London Times, who insists that Leon Trotzsy. bolshevik minister of war and marines, visited l.ast Prussia seme time ago in spite of denial frorn Moscow. REGULAR BATTLE ES BEFORE E (BY MAG ABERNETHY.) Raleigh, Aug. 24. Cumberland county eitizius, for and against a board of audit and finance for their county, staged a .free-for-all hst h'e'ht in the senate chamber of the capitol yesterday afternoon when former Representative A. S. Breece called m'esent Representative George McNeill a liar at a hearing before the committee en counties, cities and towns. The Cumberland county folk had letn granted the opportunity of pre senting argument for and against n bill which would provide a board of audit composed of three members yesterday afternoon by the senate k-onnnitlee Wfter fhe preliminaries had been arranged providing for 30 minutes' argument from each side the discussion was opened by Rep resentative McNeill, who stated that while a candidate for re-nomination ho pledged the Cumberland voters that in the event lie was returned to the lower house a bill such as he had introduced would be enacted if his efforts could be counted upon, following this pledge, he stated, the court house ''ring'' immediately ar rayed themselves against him and succeeded in defeating him bv a 'M ivow ."margin, a second pfrimary being necessary to do so., Petition? asking for a board of audit for the county was. circulated and present ed through the press. Representative McNeil! stated. Leading the fight against the nassape of the bill was former Rep lesentative Breece, who told the committee that there was no popular demand for a board of audit, that the - voters ti the county had ex pressed themselves as opposed to the bill in the recent primaries when Representative McNeill was defeated r-nd he urged that the bill be report ed unfavorable since only the mi nority faction was sponsoring it. He waf? .supported by C. J. Cooper in his contention?. At the conclusion of Mr. BreeceV address Representative McNeill ask ed permission to propound a ques tion. The permission was granted and then came the question: "Didn't you serve as registrar in the primary?" "That hasn't got anything to do with this matter. I refuse to an swer." "Didn't you register twenty-nine voters between the primaries?" Representative McNeill queried. "No. I didn't." "You told me vou did." "You're a liar!" , The fight was then on. Represen tative McNeill rushed across the chamber to the center of the aisle nrd struck Mr. Breece with his fist somewhere in the general direction of the face. The men grappled and p. I though' out-weighed considerably the Cumberland representative up held his side of the battle remark ably well. Supporters of the- two champions joined in the melee, at first appar ently for, the purpose of separating the contestants tbt the task was more than they had anticipated and within a dozen seconds the riot call was sounded by Chairman Tobe Connor. Principals "in the mixup were Capt. Jas. D. McNeill, father of the representative, and Bob Mc Neill's brother and several other sympathizers of the proposed piece ot legislation. Mr. Breece was ablv supported by another Breece and three or four anti-McNeill men. f While Chairman Connor pounded the desk for order disinterested par ses managed to hold ' the contest ants apart and order was finallv re stored with ' the assistance of the sergeant at arms. Senator Stacy moved that the argument be stopped and that the committee go into ex ecutive session. The motion carried and the chamber was cleared of all persons except members of the cm mittec. With the smoke of battle cleared somewhat a substitute bill was drawn providing for an audit for Cumberland county, the board of commissioners to have authoritv to employ the auditor or auditors at a cost not to exceed $5,000. The audit must begin within 30 days and will cover the period beginning with De cember. 1918. By the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 24 Census fig ures announced today- included: North Wilkesboro. N. C. 2,363. GOMMTTE NORTH W LKESBORO POPULATION By W. S. ..MANN. (Copyright, 1920, by The Washington Star.) Washington, Aug. 24. A 'real test of the new Cummins railroad law will be made within the next few months and upon the results of this test will depend in ' large measure whether there must ba further leg islation by congress in the aid of the railroads. If the- railroads do not PiiSs the test fav rablv. it mav re sult, too. ki further talk of govern ment ownership. 'The test -wili lie ir, the manner and measure in which the investing public subscriber, to the cr.ew issues cf railroad securities. The railroads must have money. They need millions for equipment and extensions to meet the increased traffic demands and to replace old stock. They must get it largely through the ""Issue of securities. The loads have been waiting until the interstate commerce? commission should fix the new freight and pas senger rates as provided in the Cum- j negro problem and suggesting some wins law. The commission has now j remedies he would like to see the : cted. It is reported tnat the issuf1- i i , , . . of new securities by the roads of the; ""'slature make. The message fol- country in the next three or four Mf'"vvs: months will reach a total of $400, 000,000. This is only part of the amount which the roads red. But it is a round sum. The securities .will be sold to the public and the public must purchase these securities if the roads are to get the money they need. If the public does not come forward, necessarily the roads will be in a hole. It has been suggested that if the public does not invest readily in the railroad securities wljn they are; offered, the government f may have to "et behind the roads with its credit. Although this would not necessarilv lead to government ownership there seems little doubt that the ad vocates of government ownership would take the opportunity to urge that the government go the entire route and acquire and operate the roads. Can Make 6 Per Cent. Under the law the roads are en titled to make a return of not more than "3 per cent on the aggregate book values of the group. The strong roads will benefit under the policy but the weaker may have difficult v with their securities. It is necessary to the commerce of the country that these weaker roads obtain the assist ance thov require. Some of them do i very important part of the business of the country, though they may not be financially strong. Go to Bankers. It is expected that the railroads will go to the bankers for assistance in floating them loans, to a areat extent. The bankers buy for l'esaie and for quick sale. The business is done on a small margin, out of which must come the selling commission:; to the dealers throughout the coun try and other expenses, and the bankers' profit therefore is compar atively email. The banker, too. must i'se good judgment in purchasing securities from corporations, whether rticy be railroad or industrial cor porations, else he stands to lose. The financing of corporate securities is very-, different from the financing cf crovernment securities. In the case of erovernment securities, there is a definite security, which can be offer ed under the provisions of the law authorizing the issue, to the public for purchase. Banks Must Buy. With the securities put forward by the corporation, it is practically impossible to sell them, according to financial experts, through com petitive bidding by the public, es pecially in times like the present. It ic" necessary, therefore, to make ar rangements for handling the securi ties through the banking houses iv large part, or at least it has bei so in the past. The banks must make their arrangements, it is said, prac tically simultaneously wdth the an nouncement of the issue of the se curities, and must know in advance if they can buy them and in what quantities. In this way they are able to make all arrangements for of fering them to the public. In this way the railroads are able to ge' their securities off their hands in bic blocks. . and the banks distribute the risks attendant : upon the transaction through their syndicate. By the Associated Press. New York, Aug. 24. Baggage was piling high at railroad stations here : today as a result of the strike of baggage men of the New York Transfer and W'stcott Express Company. The strike for more pay and shorter hours began at midnight and maRaeers sav they are 'unable to meet the demands.- Taxicab drivers haye called a meet iT g. for tonight to , decide whether they will . call a strike in sympathy. COMPLETE JOURNEY. By the Associated Press. , Vancouver. B. C. Aug. 24. Amer ican aviators have completed their continued. iflight f rom New York to Nome, according to a dispatch -received' here. : r NEW YORK BAGGAGE By the Associated Press. New York, Aug, 24. Republican leaders , of 14 eastern states were here today to attend a two days' con ference with Will H. Hays., chair man of the national committee, to eiscuss campaign matters. Included among the members of the national committee was John M. Morehead of North Carolina. SANATORIUM I S URGED FOR NEGROES ' (BY MAX ABERNETHY.) Raleigh, Aug. 24. Governor Eickett last night sent his seventh special message to the general as sembly, this one dealing with the Gentlemen of the General Assembly: Last year I heard a negro bishop say in a public address that the regro had accepted the white man's God and knew no other. We owe it to that God and to the civilization we have bailded en His will to deal iustly with a tribe of His children less fortunate than ourselves. In North Carolina we have defi nitely decided that the happiness of both races requires that, white gov ernment shall be supreme and un challenged in our borders. Power is inseparably linked with responsibil ity, and when we deny to the negro any participation in the making of the laws, we' saddle upon ourselves a peculiar obligation ita protect til? negro in his life and property and to help and encourage him in th pursuit of happiness. In the discharge of this obligation the state owes it to the ngro just row to provide: 1. For the establishment of a reformatory where delinquent negro boys mav be sent and trained in the same way that the white boys are trained at the Stonewall Jackson Traininar School, at Concord. 2. For the establishment of sanatorium for the treatment of tu bercular negroes. The negro is r' culiarly Susceptible to the mseo:--cf this disease. A consideration of cur own welfare, as well as that of the negro requires the establishment of such an institution where those rfflicted with the disease may be treated and may also learn how to keen from giving the disease to oth ers. 3. For the establishment of a strictly first class teachers training school that will compare favorably with the teachers training school for the whites at Greenville. Most of the optocs who qualify themselves for high grade teachers go to schools outside the state. This is unjust . to them and is a blunder room the white man's standpoint. If . the neero teachers are educated in the north thev will absorb the ideals of the north, some of which have a tend ency to unfit them for useful citi zens of the south. If we teach them in our own schools, they will absorb southern ideals, and will transmit these ideals to the youth who come under their charge. 4. For the amedment of our ransportation laws that will secure to the nagro safer and more sanitary accommodations when,, he rides on the trains. It is absolutely necessary to the peace and happiness of both races for whites and blacks to ride in separate cars. The question has been settled in. the. south and nc amount of agitation is going to dis turb it. But we cannot get away from the simple justice that require? that when a negro pays the same money for his transportation that the white man pays, he is .entitled to ride in a car just as safe and just as sanitary as the one the white man rides in. To the end that these matters may be brought to the attention of the next general assembly in an in telligent way, I recommend that this ereneral assembly appoint, or author ize the governor to appoint, a com mission of five members, whose duty it shall be to make a careful inves tigation and study of the several propositions above outlined, and sub mit their conclusions to the next session of the general assembly. NEWELL TO SPEAK AT Newten, Aug. 24. Jake F. Newell cf Charlotte, Rjj publican iJandidiate for congress in this, the ninth dis trict, will speak at Maiden on Satur day, Aup 28.. at 2 o'clock; atRockett's school house in Cline's township at 8 p. m., same day. Mr. Newell will also speak at Pleasant Grove school house in Jacob's Fork township, on Monday evening, August 30 iat 8 o'clock. All r the Republican county candi dates will be present. Ladies and gentlemen are invited to attend these meetings. ' IN POLES INCREASE NUMBER OF PRISONERS CAPTURED - - i Total Runs up to 6,300, With 200 Guns and Thousand Machine Guns Russian Soldiers Flee Across German Border Other ? Late War News Today ROAD SURMl ARE NOW NEAR MOUNTAINS Newton. Aug. 24 County Attorney! L. F. Klutz left Saturday for Ashe county court. On Sunday morning Mr. Klutz delivered an address before the Methodist Sunday school at Jahn scn City, Tenn, From Ashe county Mr. Klutz goes to Caldwell county court. The following Boy Scouts, Alex Warlick, John Herman, John Lan caster; Walter Long, Harvey Mc haffey, Paul Kopenhaver, left today on a big truck for the ountains of western North Carolina where they will spend ten days. They were chaperoned by Mr. Grover Furr, of this place. ii i iu m i i . ,, city a few weeks ago, has had the building redecorated and cleaned throughout. He has installed now machines and the latest picture screen on the market. Newton now has an un-to-date moving picture show. Major A. L. Bulwinkle, Democratic candidate for congress4n the ninth district, spent the week-end in' the city fn the interest ctfvhis candidacy. Prof, and Mrs. W-H. Thompson, after spending several weeks in this section visiting relatives and friends, have returned to "their hqme in Bost on, Mass. - -: President A.. D, Wolfinger of Ca lawun college: SftrtrSd from a visit to Gieensboro, High Point and other cities in the interest of the dollege which opens on September 7th. Dr. William T. Shipp, general man ager of the new electric line now being surveyed from , Mt. Holly to Blowing Rock, reporte that the sur veyors are now this side of Blowing Rock and coming this way. He has re ceived blue prints of 25 miles of the road this side of Mt. Holly. Gen eral Manager Shipp says it will take about two years to build the road after the survey is made. By the Associated Press. Dayton. O.. Aug. 24. Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candi date, today gave out a statement de claring that he would "prove" his charges that the Republicans are preparing to raise a $15,000,000 cam paign fund. He stated he would .present his information in his address next Thursday night at PittSjburg. His statement follows: - .."Senator Harding denies mv charges about the campaign fund, which the senatorial oligarchy is raising. I am prepared to believe that he knows nothing about a lot of things that are going on about him. This reveals the very danger ous symptoms which I have been dis cussing. In my Pittsburg speech this week I will advise the country as to matters of which the senator claims to he ignorant and I will prove my charges." G H By the , Associated Press. Raleigh. Aug. 24. The intial ses sion of the 18th annual convention of the North Carolina Farmers and Farm Women's Association, which opened here this morning, was de voted to addresses. President Riddick of the A. and E. College, Maior W. A. Graham, com missioner of (agriculture. Governor Pickett and Dr. Clarence Pee, pres ident of the convention, were among the speakers. Edwin T. Meredith, secretary of the United States department of ag riculture, will deliver an address to morrow night. GDX DEGEARES HE WILL PROVE CHARGES FARMERS HI El BEGINS I MEG By the Associated Press. London, Aug. 24. Great Britain and Italy wdl refuse recognition to the Russian soviet government if it does not withdraw part of its peace terms submitted at Minsk providing for a proletarian army in Poland. This was decided upon between Premiers Lloyd George and Giolitti of Italy who have been sitting at Lucrene. A statement issed by the pre-miei-s yesterday said ihpv wnl.l w.. j cognition cf tke soviet until it with- '!rew whit they de.yrlx'd as this ' sinister proposal." MAY CROSS BORDER By the Associated Press. BeivJn, AuJ;. 24. The German border troops are easing for more troops as they are unable to control the Russians who are crossing into the country. Among the troops escaping into Germany are many Chinese and Cir assians, the dispatch says. the commander cf the 54th Rus sian oijgade, accompanied hy the ;def -s tatf and ataff members, crossed the border, where troops of the Russian 18th division also are an iving. ,TAKE MANY PRISONERS.' By the. Associated Press. , London, Aug. 24. Official dis patches from Warsaw say the Poles i.ave captured 03.000 prisoners. 200 guns and 1,000 machine guns. Warsaw, Aug. 24. The capture of Prsasvnsz, 00 miles north of War saw, and; Mia wa on the Polish fron- . r-we8 ..oruiv -.-.t 02 iUv cub ital, is reported in the Polish official statement issued last night. The hulk of the fourth soviet arrnv and ihe entire third cavalry corps have been surrounded by the Poles, the .-tatem'jnt savs. COXWf IN NEW YORK FOR FEI By the Associated Press. New York, Aug. 24. Governor Cox, Democratic presidential candi date, will remain in New York over Saturday and Sunday, as the guest cf former Congressman Fitzgerald after his address at the national field day of the police department. The Democratic national committee announced today that Frankjh'n D. Roosevelt, the Democratic vice pres idential candidate, would visit Gov ernor Cox at Columbus, O.. on Aug. ust 31 and deliver an aeldress at the Ohio state fair. The committee also announced ap pointment of Reprcsontative JJ. C,. Cantrell of Kentucky as chairman of the organization committee of the Democratic campaign. jjpilsoiT TO RECALL CITIZENS By the Associated Press. Honolulu. Aug. 24. Recall by the Japanese government of all Japanese who have immigrated to the United States has been suggested by prom inent citizens of Tokio as a means of solving, the Japanese problem in America, says a Tokio cablegram to a Japanese language newspaper. The cablegram adds that the Tokio press is supporting the proposal. GERMANY RECOVERS SOME FORMER TRADE ! By. the Associated Press. Washington, Aug. 24. Germany is recovering some of heA pre-war 'rade. especially in toys, much to the di.-may of British exporters, it was learned today. Owing to the exchange rates Ger man toys undersell English products and manufacturers have asked the British government to take steps to check the imports. w i V 'ii l I f H A f i . -1 I v f 1 i Cf ii! J i 1 . i-, r m ft i m rr n m m iV i " s jr ' j i. m V