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ESTABLISHED 1876 LINCOLNTON. N. C, MONDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 22. 1920. 5 Cents Per Copy, $2.00 Per Year. ONE ROBBER KILLED AND TWO ARRESTED IN A BATTLE WITH POLICE Roanoke,. Va., Nov. 19. The Bank of GlasgowV Glasgow, Va., 40 miles north of here, at 2 o'clock this morn ing was robbed by three l,andits of $160,000 in liberty bonds and currency according to an estimate of President Vaughan of the1 bank, and three hours later, Roanoke police, having receiv ed the alarm, blocked the three roads leading into the city, halting the rob bers who were speeding in a seven passenger automobile on one of the thoroughfares, killed one of them, took the other 2 prisoners in a pitch ed battle, and recovered the loot. In the battle Patrolman O. L. Hendrix, of Roanoke, was slightly wounded. The dead man, according to the po lice, is James B. Rodgers, 26, of Phila delphia. The men under arrest gave their names as Charles Carter, 36, Cincinnati Ohio and William Porter, 47, of Washington, D. C. Chief of Police Rigney expressed the belief tonight that the trio is re sponsible for robberies recently in North Carolina Georgia, V' giniii -id Tennessee. At the local r-.uraio rrt $200 v.'t , U 'nd s'vv' .i in Kodjre; s coat and $: 0 lUaaa; of his under wear. 0 i of '.ne loot, which includ ed smaii amounts of jewelry as well as liberty bonds and currency, was found in a barracks bag. Carter and Porter, at the local jail, declined to talk, other than to give what they said were their names and addresses. SIX CHILDREN TRAMPED TO DEATH IN A THEATER New York, Nov. 14. Six Children between the ages of three and ten years, were trampled to death during a panic in a nEast Side motion pic ture theater late today, caused by a false cry of "Fire"! Ten other child ren were injured. About 300 persons, a large number of them children, were in the audi ence, when smoke began to pour from the basement of the theater. The janitor was making a fire in the furnace and the smoke was caus ed by paper and other rubbish he had thrown into the furnace to get the blaze started. As it grew in volume, some one shouted "Fire"! and instantly there was a mod rush for the exits and in the fight among the frantic men and women to reach the street the little ones caught in the rush were thrown to the floor and trampled . WILSON IS ALERT OF MIND Cabinet Members Say He Accepted the Result of the Election in Good Humor, and in Entirely Capabl Washington, Nov. 11. President Wilson is entirely capable of handling problems which will come before him during the remainder of his adminis tration. Though still suffering from the illness which first became appar ent more than a year ago during his Vestern trio, he is as brisrht of mind A nd as quick to understand and make decisions as he has been at any time. This is the impression gained by cabinet member who conferred with the President for more than a heir the other day. The fear that the President might suffer disaster to his health as a result of the election has been unfounded. The cabinet mem bers said he joined in a personal ban ter with them over the election, handl ed every volly sent his way good naturedly by the cabinet members and returned in kind without fail. It was in fact a very pleasant cabinet meet ing, with the President the leading spirit, indulging constantly in ani mated discussions over the problems of the hour and turning seriously thought now and then to humor with his sallies. According to one members of the cabinet, the Presi V Tit was seated at hit accustomed place at the head of ViiV Willi. TT 111 II l I II. IIIIIIIIIV lO V ' official ramily entered. He sat through out the meeting, used his rignt arm ' frequently and vigorously, but his left arm and leg were not moved, indicat ing that he still suffers from the in firmities which came with his illness. Though there was no discussion of the matter at the cabinet meeting, his official family is convinced that the President will not submit the Ver sailles treaty again at the coming session of Congress. The cabinet members and they may reflect the attitude of the President take the position that nothing could be gained 1 y submitting the treaty again, and that until the influential pro-league Republicans give some evidence they can conquer opposition within their party, the Presid ent would only suffer further embarrassment by submitting tive months generally showing net the treaty. j iosges 0f 90 to 115 points during the There is no doubt the President and early afternoon his friends hope that William Howarc. J , Taft, EHhu Root and others will com- Macon, Ga., Nov. 18. John Cox, a pel Harding to travel along a path fa-! negro, was sentenced to serve four vorabie to the league and treaty. With ' years on the chaingang today by this accomplished, the time would be Judge H. A. Mathews, of superior more opportune to precipitate another court, when he pleaded guilty to steal treaty fight I ing an automobile. " SCHOOL NEWS (Reported By School Pupils) Mr. Johnson has just received a Baloplicon lantern with six hundred slides, and eight steroscopes with six nunarea views, inese win ue useu m teaching geography, history and and science. On Monday morning Mr. Rowe, who conducted the revival at the Reformed church led the chapel exercises. He made a strong appeal to the boys and girls to complete the high school course. He urged the boys especially, Lthat thev continue in school, and r - . . advised every one to make an effort to get a college education. At chapel exercises on Wednesday morning, Mrs. J. T. McLean made a talk on the importance o' education. She stressed the necessity of train ing and culture in the making of a home, and said that in the days when opportunities were limited ignorance was not so noticeable, but now when every one has a chance to improve himself, he should mak"e use of his ad vantages. She said, "Do not leave school in fne middle of a term nor ever before che high school course is completed. There are ways for every ambitious boy and girl to go to college. Some may work their way through , and some may borrow money to defray their expenses and pay it buck later." Mrs. McLean's talk was very much appreciated by the students. They want her to come again. The pupils of the primary buildinj are enjoying the use of a new piano. Evelyn Nixon spent the week end at home in Lowesville. , Ruby Hallman has been absent for several days on account of a wedding in the family. Tenth Grade. Cootie garages are one the wane; bobbed hair is the thing. We held a double Armistice celebra tion, all the Caesar class passed. When "Bishop" found that he had acquired the dignity of being an uncle be became so elated that he did not come to school for two days. It is not "Climax" with 'Cap' it is tooth ache. Ninth Grade. Miss Mac. ":Define the origin of the word "apprentice.'' Murl "It's some sort of mediaeval city or something like that.'' Eighth Grade If there is any truth in th,e idea that cold storage keeps things fresh, the eighth grade wil' certainly have prepetual youth. Compared to our room, a refrigerator would make com fortable quarters. All the boys in section one, have suddenly commenced talking; Miss Mac threatened to make those who talked set on her lap. Our room held a very interesting de bate Tuesday. The subject was: Re solved that the labor unions have done more good than harm." The speakers for the affirmative were May Wil liams, OUie Maie Crowell, and Paul Gabriel. On the negative were Cath erine Harrill, Jessie Gamble and Bes sie Stamey. After deliberating for some time, the judges decided in fa vor of tbe negative. Thelma "Is this the sante world that we were studying about 1800 years B. C? Alda "Yes, I guess so, but it seems a mighty long time ago, doesn't it?" Pauline "James, what are two bits ?' James "Two times one bit." The high school in its Red Cross Drive raised $165. COTTON IS STILL LOWER New York, Nov. 19. More active and general southern selling was the feature on a break of approximately a cent a pound in the cotton market today. January contracts sold off to 15.32 making a decline of 113 points from the closing price of yesterday and a new low record for the seaso:i, but there was a good deal of cover ing at this figure and part of the loss was recovered in the late trading. Jan uary closed at 15.93, with the general list closing firm at a net decline of 45 to 52 points. The market was extremely weak and unsetled during the earlier tratW ing. First prices were unchanged to 33 points lower, owing to weakness in Liverpool and bearish overnight spot advices from the south. After show ing nat losses of about 30 to 40 points, prices rallied 15 or 20 points from the lowest on covering and some buying was also reported for trade accounts .This demand was soon supplied how ever, and the list weakened again dur ing the middle of the day owing to in creased southern offerings and re newed liquidation. December sold off lto 15.o0 nd jjafch to 15.33. with ac MADDRY NAMED AS STATE SECRETARY OF BAPTIST BOARD Asheville, Nov. 17. The dav has begn featured by unpal.aneled unan . .. . t. , t. Rotilt Stt convention .. Tu!n ; ith . .11113 lllUllllIlKi Wlbll OlII- gje Fallot, without a single nominat- spcech and w,th geven nomineeg in the fieW eected Dr char,es Mad. dry q &s u succegsor CorreKpondmg Seeretary Walter N. . H .,rfpH hv &rlTe p,urality and a fair majority and the convention "made it unanimous in a flash and everybody was happy. The convention then adjourned. This afternoon, when Rev. Dr. .Lu ther Little, speaking for the commit tee, urged that the Baptist of North Carolina proceed at once to build a hospital, or the first of a chain of hos pitals, and announced that splendid of fers had been received from Raleigh, Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Salisbury and High Point, the convention with one voice, authorized the appointment of a commitee of seven men, to whom is given the power to not only select the p'ace, but begin the work of con struction without delay. Concerning the hospital, three cities, I Raleigh, Winston-Salem and Charlotte each make an offer of $000,100 mcash and a suitable attractive site, and Salisbury offers a hospital already i built, equipped and in operation (the Whitehead-Stokes,) to the convention for the nominal price of $50,000. High Pnint nffora a hnsnital alreadv built and ready and at a price to be agreed I on later, but it is said that the price will be merely nominal. North Carolina Baptists are keen ly interested in the Thomasville Or phanage and the report made by the board of trustees gives the following condensed statement of facts: Number of children at Thomasville 440, at Kennedy Home 87, total 527; children received since November 15th 1885, 2,010 -.daily cost for support of each child, 55 cents; monthly cost per child, $16.43; annual cost per child, $197.14; daily cost for support of 527 children, $289.85 farm products ma(',T and consumed, $9,457.95; dairy prod ucts made and consumed $21,565.59; milk; 47,532 gallons at 40 cents, $191, 012.80; number received 69; profit from Kennedy home farm $5,065.63; profit from printing office, $7,910,01; improvements $20,651.76; general re- THE TRAGEDY OF SUNDAY NIGHT. Loray Weekly News. The Greater Loray News is no to th( able to speak with authority as f tho tmcnuW of Sundav night on the Gastonia-Bessemer City road but we are ready to speak with authority in regard to one thing that the management and officials of our Loray community did not begin too soon that drive to protect our woman hood from the too promiscuous use of the other fellow's automobile, against immorality and all public violation of the law. We were considered a little over zealous and hasty by some, and the girls didn't understand or smypa thize with the viewpoint of the auth orities. But now they do. Now that the sting of law violation has entered a neighboring community we ask the people of Loray, is it worth while to enact 'aws and enforce regulations necessary to protect our citizenship and especially young women from the sin efimmorality? Go to those two mothers who sit yonder weeping their hearts out, and wringing their hands in agony and pouring out their souls in prayer. Ask them if they think it important to have a clean villiage in which to live? Ask any true father or mother of this village and they will tell you that the present crusade to enforce the law, to remove from our midst houses of question, and charac ters of question, and make our village a safe place for our boys and girls is the mo3t important crusade ever undertaken. Fathers and mother of Loray; min isters, community workers, doctors and all those who have oversight of our young, we cal l,on you to help make Loray clean and honorable in every way. Let U3 rid ourselves of and slurs that might be cast upon us in regard to questionable houses, char acters, gambling, Sabbath violation and other evils, and make our com munity safe for both boys and girls, men and women. Charlotte, Nov. 18 The six plants of the Chadwick-Hoskin chain of cot ton mills, five of which are in r.eck lenburg county, have been closed down for an indefinite period. Lack of or ders of sufficient size and worth to justify the operation of the mills are understood to be the reason for clos ing. Something like 1.200 workers have been thrown out of employment ...:tL tu -U..i. s ,.,li 1 1 vm.11 viic Biiuuiunrii, iu - - The Chadwick-Hoskm mills have been operating on part time. The system controlls the largest sp.ndleage in th.s section of the country. It's a cold, cruel world, but don't get hot about it. REMEMBER THE ORPHANS THIS YEAR VIUIUWU UllU I linn It will make life sweeter if you give one days pay, at least, to the orphan- 'aire of vour choice this Thanksgiving, The number of orphan Homes is large and everybody can find in the " list one that appeals to them. How - .... , i can any one fail to remember to do List of North Carolina Orphanages. Baptist Orphanage Rev. M. L. Kesler, Supt. Thomasville. Methodist Orphanage Rev. A. S. Barnes, Supt., Raleigh. Presbyterian Orphanage Rev. E. McS Hyde, Supt.,. Barium Springs. Methodist Orphanage Walter Thompson, Supt., Winston-Salem. Thompson Orphanage Rev. Walter J. Smith, Supt., Charlotte. Methodist Protestant Home H. A. Garret, Supt., High Point. Christian Orphanage Chas. D. Johnston, Supt., Elcn College. Oxford Orphanage Asylum R. L. Brown, Supt., Oxford. Cdd Follows Home Chas O. Baird. Supt., Goldsboro . Pythian Home C. W. Pender, Supt. Clayton Elcida Orphanage Rev. Lucius B. Compton, Supt., Asheville. Children's Home Society W. L. Brewer, Supt., Greensboro. Nazareth Orphans' Home Rev W. B. Wernar, Supt., Crescent. Nazy.reth Orphananv. Rev. George A. Woods, Supt, Raleigh Falcon Orphanage Rev. C B. Strickland, Supt., Falcon. Mountain Orphanage Rev. R. Smith, Supt., Asheville. Free-Will Baptist Orphanage Rev. L. H. Wetherington, Supt., Middle sex. St. Ann's Home Sister Mary Clarie, Supt, Belmont. Alexander Home MVr. J. A. Hous ton, Cor. Sec, Charlotte. Orphan Home (colored) Rv. W. J. Poindexter, Supt., Winston-Salem. Orphan Home (Colored) Henry P Cheatham, Supt, Oxford. THE GASTONIA TRAGEDY Yorkville Enquirer. There are no new developments in connection with that shocking affair that occured at Gaston ia recently; but the excitement connected with the tragedy has about died down. Sheriff Quinn, of York county, was in Gastonia last week and while in contact with the officers and others, gathered some impression of the whole situation. He says that while some of the of- fi and fjood many people profess to believe the "negro story", there are other officers and also many people who take no stock in the story at all. While there is no one about Gas tonia who openly professes to know just who killed Ford and wounded the Beatty girl, there are quite a number who have self-satjsfing theories as to just about how the tragedy occurred and why. SIX LIVES LOST OF 17 MEN ENTOMBED IN BURNING MINE Earlinprton, Ky., Nov. 18. With the sealing this afternoon of that part of the Arnold mine which has been burning since yesterady after noon when 17 men were entrapped, the death toll of the disaster has been definitely established at six. Rescuers early this morning found the entombed group of miners, with the exception of a negro youth. A thorough search wa3 made in all parts of the mine for him today and when he was not found the conclu sion was reported that he had been buried under fallen slate in the affected area or that he had burned to death. When all hope of finding alive had been abandoned, the fire been him fire was scaled, to remain so for a period of from thirty to sixty day. The entombed men, found early this morning, were not taken from the mine until noon today. The j 1 j a- il .: . i ueau were removeu to ineir nomes and undertaking parlors, while those injured were taken to the company's hospital here. Of the injured , only two are thought to be in a serious condition and physicians tonight ex pressed the opinion that they would recover. ifl According to the story told by the men who survived, two desperate at tempts were made by them to run the gauntlet of flame and smoke and make their escape. They also endeavored to escape their almost certain destruction by means of the main airshaft. All the news from Mexico seems to indicate that that country is on the eve of one of the happiest eras of its ; dickered existence. There seems to a, satiafaction over the choice ftj General Qb ho uke8 offlce December L and hisl utterances since his election have in- a,c'lea ne P081 Jgemeni nd tact. - .1' i 1 .1.1 1. ... . , 1 SHORT NEWS ITEMS. Asheville, Nov. 18. The Carolina CeorKa rilihvav' m Andrews in Cherokee county to hayesville in j Clay, has been completed and opened to the public, thus opening up the last ' great section of the state without a , railway and giving a railway to what, is believed to be the last county in the ; .. ... .. .. state without a railway. i D , Vr... ,Q tu. ri,.. j j . Mount cotton irtills, which, since Octo ber 1, has been running on half time basis, today began to operate full time, the more than 500 employes agreeing to a 25 per cent reduction in wages. Douglas, Ga., Nov. 18. This city is quiet tonight following the lynching of three negroes last night, and no further trouble is anticipated. It was Deputy Sheriff W. R Wiggins win was held up by the mob last night while taking the three negroes prison ers to Ocilla, instead of Fitzgerald as first reported and forced to turn over the prisoners. Then the negroes were lined up and shot, according to re ports brought, back to this city. Richard Washburn Child, lawyer and write it is expected v. ill be namod as the secretary to Warren G. Hard ing. Child is practicing law in New York. He is the author of several books and is a contributor of fiction to several periodicals. Williamson, W. Va., Nov. 18. Private Ernest L. Ripley, of the state police, and William Hatfield, said to be a union organizer, killed each other in a pistol fight at Sands, 25 miles east of here tonight, ac cording to reports received by Cap tain Brockues, commander of the troopers on duty in the Mingo coal strike zone. Mrs. Z. V. Taylor, of Charlotte, died suddenly Thursday afternoon; funeral at Greensboro Saturday at 4 p. nx. Taxable income of the United States increased in 1918 by over 2, 272,000,000 as compared with 1917. Speakers before the American Petroleum Institute forecast oil pro duction sufficient for several genera tions. Harding sails for Panama, after speaking in New Orleans. He will not visit Mexico. George A. Wiseheart, Jr., ol Char lotte, acetylene welder, inherits more than a million dollars from a Phil adelphia estate. Denver, Nov. 17. Police are searching today for armed men who last night attempted to hold up and rob Union Pacific train No. 105 east bound at Sandov, 6 miles east of Den ver. Eighteen shots were fired by the bandits. All members of the crew since the Carlisle train robbery in Wyoming have been armed. Geneva, Oct: 31. An increasing number of funeral processions going across the border into Germany re cently aroused the suspicions of the custom officials who halted one of them that proved to bo a smuggler's parade. The casket was a false-bottomed affair and the figure in the coffin was stuffed with gold, silver and other contraband. Four mourn ing relatives, pretending to be mutes, were said by the police to be known smugglers. BICKET TO THE FARMER (From The Monroe Journal.) Governor Thomas Walter Bicket may not be the smartest man in the country, but it cannot be denied that he posesses an abundance of hard, common sense. In his State papers, as has been remarked more than once j to the old-time virtues of thrift, hon in these columns.he strikes at the root : esty and common sense. Mal:ing his of a problem, and he usually recom- j Recom formal speech since hie election mendshc adoption of a policy that is Mr. Hardins spoke in studied terms absolutely free from idealistic and ab- j and with a quiet earnestness betoken stract notions. A recent case in point ; jg a full realization of the responsi in his response to a request from J. j bilities ahead of him. But ringing b. Wannamaker, president ot the I Amprimn Pnttpn A annrinHnn tr rnll I j - ----- 8 session of the North Carolina legis- lature to consider the grave problems facing the farmer. After discouraging by resources never equaled before by abritrary legislation designed to close any people, and governed by a free re gins, and the agitation for the deferr- j presentative government, was the ing to tax payments, the Governor ideal the President-elect declared likens the farmer to an army cut off ( must be kept forever in view through from its base of supplies, and says : the time of transition. He said no one "It is an plain as day that if the far- desired that the old order should re nters of the cotton belt would produce turn, but he maintained that in build- j their own food an(i feed crops, then they would always be in a position to adequately deal with an emergency like the one that now confronts us, so long as cotton farmers line up in a fight of this kind with empty supplies, they are as helpless as the man wr.o goes into battle with an empty gun in his hands." 1 ESCAPED! (From The Rochester Herald.) What a howl would have r.one ui on account of those heavy reductions . 1 , . . ncwry iorces naa nr. elected. Cox been BATTLE WITH NEGROES BFTT" RESULTS IN ONE DEAl State ' n 1 officers Attempt To Arrest Two Des- ! peradoes and Woman Is Killed. LexjnKton) nov. 18. Minnie Dry, neKro woman, is dead and R. A. Ship- j lot. Southbound railwav conductor, ia suffering from bullet wounds in the Rroin and elbo as the result of an at-, r tempt to take into custody Joe Lowery , , and Mansrum Scott, negro desperadoes, at Reeves skiing, about 25 miles south .uj c ii. of here late yesterday. Lowery had not baen arrested and Shiplett, who was acting as special of ficer, was guarding him while Chief Early and another officer of Eadin were chasing Scott. The nero ad vanced on his captor, seizing the pis tol and shot him twice and also acci dently shot the Dry womr.n, at whose house they had taken refuge several hours earlier, the woman dying this I . . , , , , . afternoon. A telephene message late today said Shiplett's wounds are not expected to prove fatal. The two negroes entered the barber shop of a negro named Pearson at Badin Tuesday night, according to a Bad in officer here today, and one of them asked Pearson to change a $20 bill. When Person produced a num ber of bills one of the negroes grab bed the money and the other with a pistol held the patrons of the shop at bay until both could get away. They secured about $140. Yesterday after noon the suspicions of the conductor on Southbound railway train 63 were aroused by the amount of money car ried by one of the two negroes on his train and he notified Chief of Police Early of Badin, who was on the train returning from Greensboro. The of ficers went into the negro coach to investigate. The Lowery negro is said to have drawn a pistol, but dropped it in a scuffle with the officers. Ho jumped from the front end of the car. while Scott ran and jumped from thj rear end. The latter struck his head against an obstacle and is said to have crushed in a portion of his skull in front. Chief Early, Officer Mabry and Con ductor Shiplett, who operates the short line train between Badin and Whitney, returning to vicinity where the ne groes jumped from the train, which was between Newton and Tuckertown, points just north of the Yadkin river crossing into Stanly county. They lo cated the two negroes at Minnie Dry's house. Scott escaped into the woods, but it was believed that witih the wound in his skull he could not make his escape from the vicinity. A rather striking coincidence is that the two negroes involved are a large yellow negro and a short and rather stout black negro, Scott being the mulatto and corresponds somewhat with the description of the two negroes alleget to have killed John Ford and assaulted two girl companiens near Gastonia recently. Scott recently company, but was discharged some time ago. SOBER THINKING URGED BY MR HARDING IN THE PERIOD OF TRANSITION Asks People To Have Abiding Faith In the Republic And 'Keep Their Heads". New Orleans, La., Nov. J8. Sober thinking and an abiding faith in the!:ur ru,,e uurmp an" lne neavy c,otn-rc-public during the critical period of! 01 her peasants. With the German war reconstruction were asked of the American people today by President elect Harding in an address delivered here just before he sailed for a three weeks' vacation voyage to the canal zone. Some reverses and disappontments, he declared, must come as the after math of the world conflict, but he pre dicted confidently that all of them would pass away again if the people oniv i,cr,t their heads" ami helH f.ict through his address was a predomin ant note of confidence and unfaltering faith. "A confident America" buttressed ing for the new order there must bs no acceptance of strange cure-alls and! , fancy theories. Goldsboro, N. C, Nov 17. Failing to pliey the command to hold up his, nands given by one or hve negro desperadoes who called at the rear door of his home at night, Herman took out a $10,000 policy and the fa Jones, who operates a store 12 miles ther was named as the sole bene- east of this city, was shot and almoji mstantiy kiucu. reeling against the negroes arrested in connection with the crime became so threatening that they have been removed to the State prison at Raleigh for safekeeping, X1- LD AS TO ajiTON Schemes For Handling Brought Forth Editor of Memphis Paper Says Plans Are Under Way That Will Help the South. (By E. T. Leech, Editor of the Mem phis Press.) .RnmphnHv nnop rnllpd rnt.tnn "Th . . . uii lauriu ui civ mzttium. me wuc wus . . -ri" --"- v.. vital to civilization, the south, in par ticular and the world in general have for weeks been concerned over the most serious financial crisis in the cotton growing states since the civil war. A few days ago the united cot ton people of the nation threw up their hands and yelled "Ruin." For, right at the marketing season, cot i tun ut fii'tiwl o uii.Dim anil cViavMl ,. ., . . , ., . , . cline that carried the price down to 60 per cent below the prevailing fig ure of planting time. Committees rushed to Washington" and applied for aid; stories of hold ing movements and of gin burnings filled the telegraph wires. Northern manufacturers who sell autos, shoes, pianos pans and a million and one other articles in the south suddenly saw one of the nation's greatest mar kets menaced by financial depression. The same men who rushed to Washington are today sorry they did so. Those who yelled "ruin" will now optimistically tell you, that in spite of a tremendous loss, the south will "come through safely" and that the lesson it is learing will bear fruits in better financial and agricultural conditions in the future. From Pessimism to Optimism! In short the public feeling has ap parently run from abject pessism to optimism. , As for the so-called night riding and gin-burnings, they don't exist. I have talked to scores of cotton men in many southern cities, and I have yet to find a gin fire which was prov en to be incendiary. In fact cotton men claim the gin fires this year are not more numer ous than in other years. During the ginning season, numerous gin fires are not unusual, v , The country should forget night riding it exist only in the movies but the country should study the general cotton situation for cotton is America's greatest export crop; cot ton furnishes employment to hun dreds of thousands in the north, and the cotton section is one of Amer ican chief markets for manufactured products. Two Phases to Present Crisis There are two phases to the pres ent crisis. First the grOveTS say the 1920 crop cost 25 to 35 cents a pound . P se' ' prices is Deiow cost, eecona more than 5,000,000 bales remain in warehouses from the crops of the last three years on which millions of dollars have been loaned and there is no market for this cotton. These 5,000,000 bales of "holdover cotton" represent that part of the crop which is of low quality short fibre stained and filled with trash .which American mills will not use. Germany- alone, used to take more than 1,000,000 bales of this yearly I 1 1 Al- I 1 . II uim uiiiur ceriiai curopean mantel 3 closed by war and inability to pur chase because of lack of cash or credit this cotton backed up on the American market. Thus the south is trying to get rid of its old cotton and at the same time to secure a better price for its new cotton. The government early refused to handle the situation. The south then set to work for itself. Out of its dif ficulties have raisen a number of plans or export corporations, cooper ative marketing and changed agri cultural conditions which, while they may not save this year's crop promise tremendous improvement in future years. Meanwhile, bankers, buyers and cotton factors declare from 60 to 75 per cent of the 1920 crop will be held for some months and then marketed slowly, and that the south has the finances to carry out this program. They also expect a gradual rise in raw cotton prices and steadily im proving financial situation. NEGROES RECEIVES $40,000 Seaford, Del., Nov. 17. Prior to the World War, John Henry Selby, a Seaford negro without means, was the father of four sons. With the war the four were drafted and all were killed in battle. Today the fa- ther is worth $40000 through his sons. It came about through the war j risk insurance. Each of the four boys flciary. He will get the money in in- stallments of $200 monthly. 'A good party man's first duty is to do his best to kep his party good. ; Boston Herald. AM
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