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ESTABLISHED SEPTEMBER 11, 1915
HICKORY, N. C, THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1920
PRICE FIVE CENTS
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nociak'd Pros.
;p, Ohio. Oct. 11. A now
Utaik uiiiiii former President
i .ition upon the league of
.v.!H iiKni;' here today by Uov
ix in h'-.t 1lnr- dnys' cain-
hU home state cf Ohio.
I.Yom rirvv to lu.l.v T..fl.'rf stale
i.u.i! i ; in ovl'iu of Governor V :'
. !, ,-ti n, I here vt 1,1.1 roar. in c'iuu:i,'!i
; hi !(.',;;. ir to iicfo.it the
it ,. !(',' 1 ( intn'raii. cntulidate ue-y.u-
(hi.; i:tiUaUtt a ;U t to tuwurt
will of the voter;'.
' hi .-an !r,o:;n only on-. thing,"
, ,1 ;! .orn'n Cox. "tlat wltvr. I a:n
'. , u I t i' a t r:t i-v 1 . !;.. I'.u- pU'lfo.nt
.nt:y, : '.) U'acia , ii is lit purpose
i i iic In,' ti ot :i -piiv.t i s in iho
. !. i' ti'oi.t t!u i.iar.tbto of th
n r w'.Vn e.t'it'Mr.t't and tun
'. ''a the i ,);"':is'ji! will of t iie
! )' ! . "I'll i.- is in the first r-lac-.'
. -Ii- an,! in lit" soond
:' . K" 001 mltled. for after ail
i,, , ; ,i ',uVO'',IUi'.0.1'i 1 IV" t!lO iVOlllo.
tl. ether hand." tlio govcr-
"n' inu 'd, "if the candidate of
.: 0' 'i:ii nliirau hv v,( ;v to 1)0
!'ri' u.-i iio favors tuyim; out
. aTV,' ami after ho i elected
i'l'ii abrul and nroiV).'i' ontor-
lra.";':. v. it.it aivut iho pio;)
';!.(.' a:v: referendum then?
"u!l Mt" count vv think then'.'
, .Iihtisi n and Borah say?
time i now to rciuird toir
, i f nin'v "t i ious'y of tii" fact
h ivi nr.w-Pt of t!ic Fniioi
is a u''voi!i:'icnt of the pe
ARGUMENTWMME HARDim iN APPEE to south
ATTACKS PRESIDENT WILSON
in
no
the
V i i 1 ; i :
'.' r Hardioir mar
:i '.' o !i aii'Uo hut
,i!o aro nt wjllir.tr to Itavo
i fv,,, r,f i-ctapiT'd hv a b:iii'l
I t'' "i !k !)! ors,"
.'tnr ( v;'it en ! rd that h"
i ','.-, x into tiio ioairue with.
'.!",!; ri'i'vation.-; or any
are in irood faith an;l
T.tu.'h'd to clarify America's
noaeo treaty.
ECTING HARDING
JSk Tifiin pniiMiiTrnl
m UUIVII9IU I LU
1 1 IIJJw I tWi
I vr ; James M. Cox.
! SATS BANKS HELP
lysiissiu.
him '
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OT PUT
HER
:. it. oh v tit
HERS . FAVOR
REFEHENDUH
. , -. i!o T'ro;ri.
r.i, :., o(-t. i.-i.-Tho sir-.tc
.' I'riion, which o; ;.',(! it
, i:a! c r vt ntion vestordnv, cot
i I'cal work tod-iy. Th" va
r .ivn ii toes were appointed bv
'i. V.', .-'ton; of rireonshoro lr c
lv and hcu:.;r. makin,; tl-ir
this nn.rni'i.
m.hv .'p.' iuii ilxy :vl t ' '(
drra '.uniro; roinii'.il.'ory tv.ii!-'r:-i,:
hi,'. I t i ; r i -1 i . t t a i'"f-':-oit
Wf,r. ilotnantiintr ivdo::u
I I ' rty bonds at l'a' iniiv.-di-
!il i'cli"t' to farmo;', (;';ven
1 tO'r:-hip of raih'')ad:t. mor-
i : s .' 1 1 i 1 1 f r nnd paokiu; plants
i;i o'i i.ic iocs and a c.oitai
MfB STILL
m
liO ill PCI I
SO 111 b-LU
ociatod Press.
( irt,. '1 1.---Ten'on;rj Tn?-
d mayor ,f cork, pasacl
i'i I nic;lit, says a bill lot in
th-! Irish iiclf-tk'tci'mina-
i'.i"
i. !
;ic o:!rd day of the lor(
tin;?. '
E KILLED. 01
inn r miui
ti." Ai f'ciatcil Trofs.
I ri , (. 1 .Civiiiaiv-i r.t
1 !'"d ;i'i Ciiirjii'd cr.r on a rr.ad on1
l;uMiit this r-tot niiii'. JKiriiu
" ('lilinjr oTio yi Idior wps vport
i'ljuicd and a civilian killed.
By the Associated Prcs
Now York, Oct. 1 1. James S.
Ahxand'T. presich-nt. of the National
Dimk of Contnorce in New York, told
American exporter:; at the annual i 'v
convent ion of tl-e American; Manu
freturer.s Export Association hero to
day thar th.- bar.ks J;':d not f.iilcd to
cooporato with bus:v.-?s .nvn to thr
fullest fiitent in th- business e:-a.
If business mm f-' l there had ben
anv tendency on the part cf the
tanks ;t was duo to a misconception
or a failure to rive vekrht to funda
mental facts, ho paid.
Mr. Alexander said ho desired '
answer the charge ma le by the pres
ident of the expo! l association that.
the hanks "cooperate; readily with
Raleigh
ctt linon rntiirninir t-o his nffiVn
terday afternoon commuted the death ' Vi
Fenteneo of Ed Alexander. Iredell
jtiayer of Jim Rayle, to life imprison-
nient.
'my governor in writing 'the com
mutation evils the names the men
who think the condemned man is in
sane and who have uriled that the
st nu nee ho dinged, four letters com
.r.g front supreme court iustices. one
from 'tn alienist, tho attorney gen
eral and Iletjot Clarkscn' and E. T.
Oanslcr. dishileretcd lawyers. Gov
ernor Jiickett writes into the commu
tation that his opinion is that should
he have been a member of the iurv
ie would have voted as the jury, and
that h thinks tha prisoner was
mopciiv cpnvicted of first degree
murdev.
"Ail cf tho above evidence does not
ch.-ir.';e mv own nersonal belief." sav?
the goveinor, "that the prisoner was
nroperly convicted. However I lay no
claim to infallibility, and in defer-
crce to the opinion of the able., hon
orable and highly conscientious and
disinterested men above mentioned J
commute the death sentence of E
Alexander to life imprisonment."
Alexander was convicted at the
January term of court in Iredell
county. His life sentence under the
governor's order begins October 13.
Kinrlair Connor, who with bis
brother, Raiph Connor, Iredeil coun-
negroes. were convicted in Octob
3!)li). of slaving Deputv sheriff
L'oyd f States vilJe, will not die in
iho o'ectric chair but must serve a
Taking the students and faculty of
Greensboro college und members of
the local chapter of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, who
accompanied her to the college, bv
surprise Mrs. James Longstreet. of
Washington. D. C. delivered an ad
dress at the college yesterday morn
ing at 10:o0 o'clock in which she
Oct. 14. Governor Bicli criticized the league of nations. Presi
rind the far
a boomerang, lm nediatelv followino-
Vilson. and tho Demorratic nav
nd the fact that she did. proved
her roir.:iiks nrnbablv A-.nr 9nn n-mm
" v, V ini.,in j
hers of the student body went to the I
corridor iust cutfidc the chapel hall I
gave a demonstration pledging
!o I'rflllf'tlf A ,i i onrl
stie had just de-
times
times
of prosnerity but
come they with-
iiusine-'s m
when hard
oraw their a:.-'.stanch.
Mr. Alexander admitted that in the
past th-'t'e had been some bacis for
ii h !n ficciisiition but b.' attiibuted
this to the fact that the banks were
no! then organized so as to support
cne another and cacti was compelled
1o protect itself by contracting its
loiins intiinca of stress. Under the
Federal Reserve system, however.
Mr. Abxnndcr said this fundamental
weakness in the American banking
itructure had been corrected.
"Dminr the neriod through which
we have recently passed," he went on
"the loyal cooperation of tno rxuiKs
th business maintained tno soura-
tn.ss of the business in a way never
before witnessed in this country. 11
':nv r.no ffels that the banks as a
whole have r.ot cooperated with busi
ness as they shounl. it is because ne
loo not fullv appreciate tr.e funda
mental involved." While the Amcn-
.an credit structure was msniv ex
!. the volume of gold
N.i ebi'unk- ;md it had become advis
able for the banks to conserve tne:i
positions with the id most c?re. I'e
regarded fhis as the best service the
banks :-ould render to business for
"weakened banks would have meant
disaster"
"Th; T.oak of credit expansion
must .oon pass," he predicted, but
foresaw that there must, be establislj
ed Htablo price level, "so that busi
..,.,,1,1 t riTii'iift.ed on the basis
of confident judgment rather than ot
iuess '.nd speciuatiom. ininu
,u(- t. nfti.oii;i o moduction auu
ii.. Hi cl-,,,01 t.n rnnsnrvpri so tnat
there wou'd le ample fundj for long
time invefitment for raiiroaci ouuums
prid vennir and for housing construet
tio'n." Mr. Alexander pointed to tne
dan ror U socking to stimulate by
ivtffieial measures the volume of
meric.n foreign trade and said the
i)"rks could not finance that trade
rn such a basis as to perpetuate
ovcr-exnansion in domestic banking
c red
1 hirt v vear sentence, the governor
having commuted his sentence a few
minuter, after saving the life of
Alexander yesterday.
The Alexander commutation saves
the negro since the governor points
out tint on the ciuestion of premedi
tation "Connor was las capable of
deliberation and premeditation thar.
was Alexander. Rack of Alexandot
stretches centuries of civilization
durinr vhieh his ancestors had been
taught self-control. A little back of
Connor lies, the jungle and centuries
of savagery, during1 which the an
cestors of Connor were taught to
lay any man who would dare take
them prisoners, and the man who
kilied the most was the leader of his
;i-:,he." He asks tho Question whether
the nerv.o shall he held to a higher
measure of responsibility than the
white man, and answers with, "Not
while I am governor of North Caro
lina."
"I believe with all mv soul in white
supremacy, the governor says, "but
it must be white in soul as well as
ir skin. .and at t-fv .-states mercy
sent th 'r is o color line.
I.-, ti e gcvctr.:r's hands there is a
ci i irssio t ft;-,,j liCvih Connor, who
w: c'.c. . t roc-utr-! for his oart of the
cv ;vlC. ovu!rati:i" bis brother wftc
j,, ,vff.-. f:, rr,t fire the fatal shot.
wpm Til QTiinY
LEAGUE OF 1TI0N!
a nd
iu., :.. i , i.
lii; ;r id v JJ IV
the principles which
(if.ijiii-ed.
1 he chanel service nni thr rlnmnn
st ration which followed proved to be
ouite a sensation, and the report of
what happened was a subject of lively
comment, on uic streets nerc yester
day afternoon. Members of the
United Daughters of Confederacy and
officials of the college, moreover
were 4 vei'v much embarrassed and
chagrined on account of the fact that
she delivered a partisjfn' speech when
they expected her to make a talk in
keening with the Spirit of the chap'3?
exercises. s
Mrs. Lcngstreet, vho is the widow
of the late General James Longstreet
fa incur, Cor.fc:l orate officer, of Geor
gia, had been rather extensively ad
vertised as a member of the United
Dairhters of the Confederacy who
was to de'ivci- an address especially
to women in the court house last
night.
She arrived in the city yesterday
morning; and presumably a repre
sentative of the local chapter tele
phoned to the college and arranged
for Mrs T.nnrrstreet to sneak nt
chapel, and it was thought she was
gc:ng to speak on patriotism. Abou
10 or 12 representatives of the local
chapter accompanied her to th'
college; and immediately foliowinfi
the usual short devotional -service,
sho was introduced. -
She stated that a few days ago r
committee on Americanism requeste;
her to cover North Carolina makinr
speeches in the interest of the Amer
ican party. She insisted that there b
but one Party, the American partv
which in her opinion, is the Republi
can party. After telling an anecdote
the purpose of which was to make
the point that the Democratic party
is dead, she plunged into a criticism
f President Woodrow Wilson. She
characterized him as the only Presi
dent who ever offered to give the
American flag to other nations.
Following her treatment of the
President, she attacked the league c4
nations, paym" most attention to ar
ticle X and VIII. After finishing the
main part of her speech, she invited
the students to join the Harding
Cooiidge club.
The students listened as courteous
ly as anv speaker could expect them
to. but their silence was the restless
-ort. The members of the chapter whe
escorted her to the college, morc
vcr. remained in their places
'hroughout the speech, although they
sav they were tempted to leave the
ball.
Evcrvbodv remained silent until the
-peech-inaking was over and the
benediction had been pronounced.
Then the Democratic students, who
were in the majority, gathered out
side the chapel in the corridor and
i-ave numerous hearty yells for
Woodrow Wilson, the league
),-nL. r.nvrnnr Cox. and the
Democratic party. Greensboro
News
t"
By the Associated Press.
On Board Senator Harding's Spe
cial Train. Oct. 14. Still on soil
traditionally Democratic, Senator
(Harding renewed in a series of rear
platform speeches today his assault
on the Paris league of nations and
"cne man government."
Traveling from Chattanooga, where
he spoke last night, to Loui?.ille, his
special train made five and ten min
ute sfops jand to each crowd he re
affirmed Ins allefijinfp tn a fonstit-u-
tional government and to a national
ity -that would leave the United States
free to act for herself.
As in his Chattanooga' speech, the
nominee made the record of the pres
ent administration the basis of his
appeal for Republican support in the
South. TTi also vlpplnrprl bis nnrf
Pi-e ached no doctrine it could not ap-
I 1 . 1 1 Ml ' 1 I. . 1 ' '
pi.v w an seciioiii wunout discrimi
nation and that it stood for protect
ion of all American products.
CALVIN COOLJDGE-
- - -- - .. nawu.""
Governor Coolidge will speak in Hickory next
ThursHav morninff at 10 o'clock. Hp will hp ac
companied by Job Hughes of New York and
Governors Morrow of Kentucky and Lowden of
Illinois.
m wars help
I IflY MATTER!
y the Associated Press.
Washington. Oct. 11. Cuba has
appealed to the American govern
ment for aid in its present financial
difficulties.' The anneal has been tak
n under consideration.
CARD1
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eiBDlS
AT HOT SP16S
CECIL IN FAVOR
POLICY
FRENCH
PHYSIC!
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bv ti.
Af',:;ochitcd Press.
iiit.'.ton, Oct. 11. Rumors in
that tin Peking government
'-'. that 1!k; iVking Gov.
!'bi here to he disposed of in a
ll' I ('('II Vl.il iyn wln'Aa Vifillao
rci i lie ,iosidftit of the Chinese
''!".lli:!''. The message
I ''King vsterdav and
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till
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was
elated
E0I1N
4t,o Acicnciated Press.
'iVoal.tnrrl-fin. Oct. 14- JOUCtt
it .pecretairv of the
treasury, has resigned, and his resig
nation effective- November 15 has
been accepted. . .
Mr Shouse wrote the president
under date of October? that he de
sired to emit his post in order to ael
hist hi-? nersonal affairs. The presi-
, t:,i ev,ot hi jiccented nis
By the Associated Piess.
Richmond, Va., Oct. 14. -Governor
Davis this afternoon issued an appeal
to the people of Virginia urging them
to set aside Sunday. October 24. as
"league of nations day," so that they
may on such an important subject
"act with intelligence and patriot--ism."
0 WITH BOH
SEVEN ARE KILLED
By the Associated Press.
Dublin, Uct. 14. oeven me.i
were killed and five wounded and
two are missing as a result of an
explosion teday in Trintin county
of Waxford, says an official report.
The statement adds it is believed
the men were experimenting with a
bomb.
PRESIDENT SAVES
NEGRO GIRL'S LIFE
SHOULD CONTROL
READJUSTMENT
DOWNWARD
By the Associated Press.
Athens, Oct. 14. The condition
of King Alexander was reported as
still critical as the result of an in
fection following the b ite of a mon
key October 2. " Last night Dr.
Vitel, the nqted French physician
arrived in Athens and examined the
king. Afterwards he expressed
the opinion that his case was of the
most critical, but was not bopeless.
a e
TO INVESTIGATE
STATE COMMISSION
By the Associated Press.
Asheville. N. C. Oct. 14. Cardinal
Gibbon '3 v.rd a party of friends ar
rived tcthv at Hot , Springs for a
short outing. They arc expected to re
turn to Baltimore tomorrow-.
CHICAGO WOMEN
ED OF JEWELS
ROOD
By the Associated Prsss.
London. Cic-t. 14 Dennnriation of
the government's Irish policy by the
liberal forces of the country empha
sized by the statement of Viscount
(jiey and Viscount Money seems
likely to grow into a formidable
movement. The latest recruit is
Lord Robert Cecil, one of the most
rosnectahlp unionist leaders, who has
joined Lord Grev in a letter to the
press calling for an investigation as
to whether the government is re-
pc-nsible for reprisal.
TO SEIZE SHIPS
WITH LIQUOR
ABOARD
By the Associated Press.
Chicago, Odt. 14. Six women,
wives of prominent marMacturfcrs
and business men, were held up early
today in a taxicab and robbed of
jewels valued at $4,000 ami, $500
in cash, but five of them saved
their jewelry by dropping it on the
floor of the cab while the bandits
robbed the other woman.
3y the Associated Press.
'Norfolk. Oct. 14. Ships bringing
smuggled whiskey into this port will
in future be seized and confiscated
by federal prohibition officers.
They vill be boarded at the capes
when the pilots take chai'ge or fur
ther up in Hampton Roads when the
Quarantine officer takes charge. The
federal officer for five southern
states is authority for this state
ment today.
lElisi
SEVERAL HANGINGS
By tho Associated Press.
"NT r r Ynrlf Oft- 14. -Mrs. Wood-
row Wilarn today contributed $100
as "one of a thousand to praech the
doctrine of the league cf nations."
, . ( cnt renucu uui j- ----
rday and was m TO-j . Mon with .very deep regret.'
congratulation from r ,nfj that he "appreciated your splen-
ii vii xuv iii.iumu;i v.
livcivarv.
'gram received by the As
Ve"s front Peking on Co.
, : ..
did SOI vitcn. . . ...
int.. ciinuen whoso home is in ivins
XT! I , ' -J 1 " ... ,
lev. Kans.. was appointed secretary
cf the treasury in 1D1I and has neon
ineharge of customs, internal reve
nue and war risk insurance.
TWoim Vans.. Oct. 14. The apex
nf tho hicrh cost of living has been
reached in America and from now on
prices will reach a downward., re
adjustment, Herbert Hoover declar
ed here last night in an aaarcss to
the Rotary Club.
"If this price readjustment,
not based on a plan providing for
easy stages in its descent, it will go
down in a crash and result m tne
dpstrurtion of countless industries,"
Mr. Hoover declared. "America
needs a national program to con
trol this downward readjustment.
"Labor wages do not need to come
down with the high cost of living if
labor increases production."
i i i
Ry the Associated Press.
nr..v.iv,v. Oft- 14. Investitti-
tton of the failure of tne nuitu
Carolina state corporation commis
sion to authorize 20 per cent in
creases in passenger fares and bag
gate rates to determine whether any
unreasonable advantage has resulted
between intrastate commerce and in
terstate and foreign commerce was
ordered today by the interstate com
merce commission.
A hearing was set for November
12 at Raleigh, N. C, before Exam
iner Thomas Healy.
SET FOR CHICAGO ATLANTA CITIZENS ;
TO PROTECT LIFE
COTTON CONSUMED
HOUSTON STANDS
BY TREASURY
POSITION
By the Associated Press.
Chicago. 04t. 14. Frank Cham
pions and James H. Reese, murder
ers, were, hanged here today and
Frank Seagar, anofher slay&r. will
mount the gallows tomorrow. Ten
ether men sentenced to be hanged to
day or tomorrow for murder were
granted reprieves.
Champvone was convicted of tne
murder of a saloon keeper during a
robbery and Reese was found guilty
of killing hia wife with a hatchet.
Seagar was convicted of killing two
Greeks. Efforts to have him declar
ed insane proved futile.
REE SPEECH IS
By the Associated Press.
Washington. Oct. 14. secretary
TaBs
By the Associated Press.
White Plains N. Y., Oct. 14.-
-Su-
By Iho Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 14. President
Wilson today intervened to aaev from
the gallows Josephine Berrv. a, young
negrcss wh owas under sentence to
hfng hre tomorrow for the murder
of another negro woman. tier sen
tence was commuted to life impris
onment. v ...
DURING SEPTEMBER
By tho Associated Press.
Washington, Oct. 24, Cotton
consumed during September am
ounted to 457,647 running bales of
lint and 37,121 bales of linters, the
census bureau announced today.
Houston today reiterated to represen-' preme Court Justice Keogh today de
tatives of agricultural interests here unconstitutional the Moun
W . w v 0
. it i 1 J Wrt
that tne treasury wuum Tr ,i
party to the withholding ot any com-, vemu.., wlu...v.c
modify from the market artificially socialist speakers have been arrest-
to promote prices. I ed while attempting to speak on
Spokesmen of the delegation were the streets without permith.
frank in their criticism of Mr. Hous- The decision was claimed by tli3
ton's recent statement that prices had American civil liberties union as its
begun to recede, but the secretary . first victory in its naticn-wiele e-ara-toid
them frankly that his statements' paign for restoration of civil liber
properly reprsented conditions. (t ies. j ,..
Mount
Pv the Associated Prear
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 14 Eighty cit
izens were sworn in and ready for
duty today as voluntary policemen to
check speeding and violation of other
traffic laws. Decision to do this was
reached today as a result of two fa
tal accidents here and disclosures
that at least one person is killed a
weak in Atlanta by automobiles.
COTTON I
By the Associated Press.
New York, Oct. 14 Still Tower
prices were reached in the cotton
market at the opening today -as tne
result of the weakness in Liverpool,
depressing trade advices j continued
good weather in the ' belt and south
ern selling. An active demand was
encountered n the basis of 20 cents
for December deliveries and there
were sharfc) rallies with DeVember
selling up to 20.59 or about 10 to
27 points net 'higher on the more ac
tive positions.
Open Close
October 20.80 20.66
December 20.07 20.50
January 19.25 19.77
March 19.10 19.50
May 19.05 19.35
Concord cotton 22c.
Cotton seed 44c.
The favorite indoor sport of British
statesmen appears to be making
plans to give Ireland everything but
the one thing that she wants.' Wash
ington irosi, ,
A