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VOLUME XL, MO. 217
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OLINAWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1922
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People of Oklahoma Give Mandate
To Their Legislature to Assemble ;
And Review the Governor’s Acts
(By Associated Press)
Oklahoma City, October 3.—The
people of Oklahoma today gave a
mandate to their legislature to as
semble and review the official acts
of Governor J. C. Walton it was in
dicated by an overwhelming vote in
favor of an initiative measure ac
cording to early scattered returns
from the larger cities. Returns from
rural sections where Walton is said
to be the strongest were not included
^ but the city vote was about 6 to 1
against the governor’s position.
The citizens of the state ignored
the decree of the executive postpon
ing the election and every announce
ment "of the first returns throughout
the state bore out the previous unof
ficial Indications that the amend
ment to permit the legislature to as
semble in impeachment session with
out the call of the governor would
be carried by a substantial majority.
The courts probably will be re
quired to pass upon the legality of
the election.
A Sweeping Victory
With virtually one-fourth of the
state heard from at 9:30 oclock, it
was indicated that the constitutional
amendment had swept to victory
with the greatest majority ever re
corded in an election in Oklahoma.
On the basis on returns up to that
hour compiled by four newspapers
of the state it was indicated the
measure would carry by approxi
mately 260,000 majority.
Six hundred and fifty precincts out
of 2,837 on the proposition gave;
Yes, 76,361; no, 17,611.
It is estimated that the total vote
will be approximately 460,000. Par
tial returns from 38 out of 77 coun
ties in the state indicated that the
measure had won in each. In two
counties no votes were cast because
election supplies did not arrive.'
In a statement issued tonight.
Representative W. D. McBee of
Stephens county said that such an
overwhelming majority has repudi
ated Governor J. C. Walton’s admin
istration that it is no longer can be
representative of a small portion of
the people.
Representative McBee is a leader
in the impeachment movement
against the executive.
Oklahoma City, October 3.—Tht
opponents of Governor Walton scor
ed a sweeping victory yesterday in
the most spectacular election ever
held in Oklahoma. Constitutional
amendment empowering the state
legislature to meet on its own call
to consider impeachment charge:;
against the Governor was passed b>
decisive majority. Despite the exec
utives proclamation postponing the
election and his threat to block it by
armed force opposition was negligble
and balloting proceeded peaceable
except for minor instance throughout
the state. Indications were that the
heaviest vote for refereudum elec
tion in the history of the state had
been polled.
Oklahoma City, October 3.—Op
ening his expected assault of legality
of election Walton through his coun
sel today filed application for an in
junction |in the state district' court
to restrain fne state election board
from certifying the returns. Tern
porary restraining order was issued
by the court. The state Cpitol was
again under guard of troops. Frame
Carter, chairman of the corporation
declared it was his understanding
the guards ware under orders to pre
sent certification of returns. No ex
planation was forthcoming from the
adjutanf "generals office.
CITIES TO FURNISH EXPENSE
FOR SUSTENANCE
(By Associated Press)
Dusseidorf, October 3.—Six cities
in the occupied area have recognizea
legality of Franco-Belgian occupation
of the Ruhr by agreeing to furnish
their quota of expense for susten
ance of occupying armies. Hitherto
these municipalities have refused to
furnish money on the ground that
occupation was contrary to the Ver
sailles treaty. Cities are Dusseidorf,
Essen, Dortmund, Witten, Hoerde,
and Bochum.
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DIRIGIBLE ZR-1 LANDS
SAFELY AT LAKEHURST
(By Associated Press)
i Lakeniirsf, N. J., October 3.—
Completing the record trip to St.
Louis and return the naval dirigible
ZK-1 nosed her way out of a bank ol
clouds at the. naval air station and
. landed at 6:48 this morning, covering
: 2200 miles during 46 hours actually
in tne> air.
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Mr. and Mrs. David McGinnis and
daughter are attending the Winston
Salem Fair this week.
BANKS FORBIDDEN TO ENGAGE
IN BRANCH BANKING
(By Associated Pre?av|
Washington, October, 8.—fBanks
are forbidden by law from ehjfaging
in branch banking business evien in
cities in which they are locate® At
torney General Daugherty hotels in
an opinion explained to the joinj con
gressional banking commissions by
comptroller currency Dawes.
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GOSS IDENTIFIED AS
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WOMAN’S ASSAILANT
(By Associated Press)
Raleigh, N. G. October 3.—Accom
panied by her husband and a deputy
sheriff from Mitchell county, the
aged white woman of near Spruce
Pines who is alleged to have been
attacked by a negro last week pre
eipitating in the deportation of ah
the negroes from Mitchell county id
entified John Goff escaped convict
now held at the state prison as her
assailant. Goff said he never saw
the woman before.
! INCREASING NUMBER NATIONAL BANKS ARE
QUITTING THE R USER V E SAYS CRISSINGER
(By Associated Press)
j Washington, October 3.—National
j banks in increasing numbers are
withdrawing from the federal reser
ve system and obtaining state char
ters so as to engage in the branch
i banking business. Governor Crissin
ger of the federal reserve board tes
tified today before the congressional
commission inquiring into the rea
sons for the failure of state bunas
and trust companies to join tne fed
eral reserve system.
Unless Congress authorizes na
tional banks to engage in branch
banking Mr. Crissinger said the na
tional and federal reserve banking
systems will be further weakened by
withdrawals. He proposed that such
branch banking be confined, to tne
cities within which the national banks
are located but Vice Governor Platt
told the commission these banks
should be authorized to establish
branches throughout a state where
state banks were permitted to do so.
Governor Crissinger also urged
that national banks be allowed to do
a general departmental bankin',
business like that engaged in by
trust companies and savings banks.
but under a requirement that
savings accounts be separated./
Platt recommended an amendment to
the Clayton anti-trust act to per
mit not to exceed three banks to have
interlocking directorates asserting
that the present law against such a
i-Bctorates were operating to the dis
| advantage of the federal reserve sys
l tern.
Governor Crissinger said that
win/, some state banks remained
outside the reserve system because of
insufficient resources to make them
eligible many others remain out be
cause by doing so they can receive
interest on their reserve distribute
larger dividends and obtain all de
sired accammodations.
Mr. Crissinger also testified tha.
one result of the failure of state
banks and trust companies to join
the federal reerve system was to in
crease the cost of credit to original
borrowers particularly in the agr:
cultural sections. He explained that
i'ne small banks are obliged t.- ob
tain credit from the larger member
banks which in turn draw on the
federal reserve system with a result
that there is a double discount
charge.
Twelve More Negro Deportees Return
To Spruce Piiic Guarcedby Soldiers
(By Associated Press)
Spruce Pine, October 3.—Negro
workmen who were driven out of ibis
|community last Wednesday by arm
ed mobs are beginning to return and
to take up their jobs ur> highways
and in the mines. Twelve of the de
portees reached town this afternoon
from Winnsboro, S. C. bringing the
total of those who have returned
during the last 24 hpurs to 23.
Only a small crowd of mountain
eers were' at the railway station this
afternoon when the 12 negroes step
ped off the train. Troops under com
mand of Major E. P. Robinson quick
ly surrounded the negroes and they
were accompanied by calvarymen to
their ’camp near Spruce Pine. They
wfS, resume work tomorrow morning
on a highway leading into town.
Wqrk on the roads was abandoned
last week when between 150 and
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negroes were driven from the com
! munTty.
Military and county authorities
j were somewhat surprised today
when they learned that the impress
j ion had gotten out in the state t
! the negroes run out of Mitchell
• oi.ity were prisoners engaged in
highway construction.
They declare that none of the con
victs were molested by the mob, the
negroes deported being wage ear
enrs employed by the concerns build
ing roads in laying a sewerage sys
'tem for Spruce Pines and in the
' mines.'
The aged white woman who was
' attacked by a negro left this after
■ neon accompanied bV her husband
1 iftid a deputy sheriff for Raleigh
where she will try to identify tV
man held there on suspicion as being
her assailant.
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GASTON OFFICERS FIND RUM
IN BASEMENT OF CHURCH
Gastonia, October 3.—There are
divers and sundry places for the
hiding of liquor. Officers in their
search for contraband booze run up
on the stuff in many out of the way
places. Gastonia's first experience
at ifnding whisky in a church build
ing came Saturday night. The de
tails have just come to light.
Special police officer Adam Hord
found two gallons of blockade liquor
Saturday afternoon in the Methodist
young people’s building. It was hid
den in paint cans in a suitcase be
longing to one of the painters en
gaged in working on the interior of
the building. Following up the clut
the officer went to the room of C.
N. Parr in a local boarding house
where he found five gallons of the
same kind of “white lightning.” A
warrant was immediately issued for
the arrest of Parr but so far as he
has eluded the officers. Parr has the
contract for painting on the Metho
dist building naturally concluded
the basement of a Sunday school
building was the safest place in the
world for the liquor.
Rev. W. A. Lambeth is the popular
and capable pastor of this church.
His friends are having a lot of fun
at his expense.
CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT
ON OCTOBER 20
(By Associated Press)
Washington, October <3,—Invita
tions were sent out from the White
House to governors of 48 states for
a conference with the President on
October 20th to discuss law enforce
ment, particularly as applied to pro
hibition immigration and anti-narooS
ic statutes.
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100 CHICAGO MEN
TO FIGHT KU kLUX KLAN
Chicago, October 3.—Nearly 100
members of the Ragen Athletic club
with headquarters in the neighbor
hood of the Chicago stock yards have
' left for Oklahoma to give their sup
: port to Governor Walton in his fight
| on the Ku Klux Klan members ol
the club said today.
Between 400 and 500 members may
! go into Oklahoma to join the opposi
tion in the klan members said. It
was said the club appropriated $5,
' 000 to cover expenses of the mem
bers in their fight on the Oklahoma
. klansmen.
The club founled by Frank Ragen
former county commissioner and a
Democrat politician has a member
ship of 2,500.
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Alexander Richardson is leaving
today for the General Hospital In
Danville where he will have his ad
enoids and tonsils removed by Dr.
Robertson.
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FOOTBALL—LEAGUE PARK
Saturday O.tuber 6, 3:30 P. M. Dan
ville Military Institute vs Leaksville
High School. First game of the sea
son. Come out and see the greatest
sport in the world.
ADMISSION 35 cents children 25c.
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Oklahoma has voted but the gov
ernor had voted first, so the next job
is to find out who constitutes the ma
jority there.
Governor Walton refused to inter
fere with the balloting in Oklahoma
yesterday so no doubt a very pleas
ant time was had by all.
Is it true as charged that the gov
crnor of Oklahoma has supplanted
the legislature of Oklahoma. But
from this distance it appears at least
possible that he hasn’t supplanted
much.
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Spruce Pine appears to have
thought better of it and decided to
permit the negroes to go on about
their business.
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THE GAZETTE IN EVERY HOME
Ginniug Report Sends Price
Of Cottou Skyrocketing and
Crop Forecast Pull It Down
(By Associated Press)
New York, Oct. 3.—Feverish spec
ulation in cotton sent prices sky
rocketing 88 to 100 points soon after
the opening of today’s market on
publication of a bullish government
ginning report and strong Liverpool
cables.
Publication of the government con
dition report one hour later, how
ever struck the market like a thun
derboldt and prices crashed 155 to
185 points or as much as $9.25 a bale
below the earlier high level as thous
ands of bales representing long con
tracts were thrown into the trading
-ing.
Covering of short contracts
brought about a partial recovery lat
er so that closing quotations were 30
to 45 points below last night’s close
and 128 to 140 below today’s high
figures.
Roughly, the extreme break rep
resented a decline of $100,000,000 in
the quoted value of the crop, based
on the government’s estimated yield.
The early advance was based on
the theory that the government re
port issued af 10 a. ni. showing
3,215,304 bales ginned September 25
as against 3,866,398 bales on the
same date last year foreshadowed
a small crop report. Private esti
mates had led the cotton trade to ex
pect a condition which would point
to a crop of 10,500,000 bales, so
that the government’s crop condi
tion of 49.5 indicating a yield of 11,
015,000 bales took the market com
pletely by surprise.
The December contract one of the
mi ;t active traded m, closed at 28.37
cents a pound Monday afternoon and
jumped to 29.37 in the first hour,
broke to 27.60 cents before noon and
then rallied to 27.95 cents before the
close
FORT BRAGG SOLDIER,
EDDIE HURT, GOES ON
TRIAL IN U. S. COURT
He Is Charged With Killing Kanaria
Another Soldier
Raleifh, October 3.—Eddie IS.
Hurt, *0«fBrSgfc fcblcBer %M>ie to
live down the reputation of a Uni.
versity of Chicago graduate, went
on trial yesterday afternoon at 2:30
when witnesses were called to detail
evidence against him following a
two hours wrestle for a jury.
The prisoner with his mother and
attorneys presented himself for trial
at 11 colock this morning. The jury
chosen from a special panel was not
nearly exhausted and the defendant
used less than half his peremptory
challenges. The government is lib
eral with defendants. It allows 20
causeless excuses for putting in an
objectionable juror. Sometimes when
the lawyers were dubious about their
tier General Albert Cox leading the
defense would say “Hurt how about
that man?” and Hurt would invaria
bly accept him.
formula With a Meaning
For once the formula juror look
upon the prisoner; prisoner, look up
on the jnror do you like him? had
meaning. This prisoner was partici
pating in the selection of men to pass
on his life or death. The govern
ment was forced to take several
men who showed an unmistakable
dislike for the death penalty. Much
sentiment against the gallows or the
electric chair showed in today's pro
ceedings. Men declined outright to
sit and condemn though most of the
conscientious objectors regarded the
law merely machinery with which
their objections would have nothing
to do. Editor J. T. Stainback of Roa
noke Rapids was one of these men.
He doubted the efficacy of the death
penalty but would not balk at in
flicting it if the evidence justified
the verdict. The government went in
to the case with the odds slightly
against it in jury personnel.
It is no secret that Judge Henry
G. Connor’s 30 years on the bench
has failed to convince him of the ef
fectiveness of executions. He has nc
way to put his feelings into the jury
box or in a charge
The federal jurors however can fix
the punishment. They can give Hurl
,if convicted a life sentence. The
Judge can put that suggestion in the
judicial mind if the attorneys leave
it out.
List Of Jurors
The jurors are B. W. Elliott, T. B
Holt, J. R. Penny, George W Nelms
J T. Stainback, H. H. Hawkes, W. F
Calahan, J. W. Chandler, C. F
Garnet. P. V. Budd, B. P. McDaniel
DANVILLE ROTARY WILL SEND
i GOOD DELEGATION TLESDAY
| Danville, Va., October 3 —Danville
1 Rotary Club will send a good delega
i tion next Tuesday to Greensboro
1 where an intercity Rotary club meet
ing it to be held. Danville will be
► the- only -etort>-wfro*j»5ihi»^sid« -of the
' line and the sole representative ot
| the 38th district. It is expected that
! 40 Rotarians will attend, the meet
ing. Other clubs which will attend
the meeting will be Reidsville, Leaks
ville, Lexington, Thomasville ana
Greensboro.
Mr. B. B. Bassett who has been
living at the Carolina Home for some
lime leaves today for Greensboro
I where he will m ike his future home.
Mesdames Lucile Reid, R. I. Smith
j Mrs. Foard, Vernon Godfrey and
Frank Flinn leave today for Greens
boro where they are sent by the
Chalmers Glenn Chapter of the U.
D. C. as delegates to the annual
State Convention of the U. D. C.
While there they will be the guests
of Mrs W. R. Walker on Bessemer
avenue, Fisher Park
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Clark have re
turned from a ten days stay at the
Biltmore Forest country club where
they have been having a jolly good
time playing golf.
and Hickman Allen Three of them are
merchants and the others are far
mers.
The government's first witnesses
were Sergeant J. B. Dudley and Lt.
W. S. Brown of Fort Bragg who de
tailed the circumstances under which
the body of Kanaris was found. Ser
geant Dudley made the discovery on
September 5 five days after the hom
icide and Lt. Brown went into de
tails for the court following the in
vestigation which he and others of
the fort conducted. Both witnesses
especially the well trained were very
intelligent men. The government was
.laying its foundation for introduc
' tion of the confession said to hava
been made by Hurt to the officer
■ who worked up the case.
While the witnesses were detailing
' the circumstances telling about the
! belt found about the neck of Kanaris
Hurt leaned over and talked to his
lawyers. The defense is not going to
offer circumstances in mitigation of
the murder buf will rely on evidence
to show that Hurt did not commit it.
, Little cross-examining was done on
1 the first witnesses because they did
not testify to facts tending to in
, criminate the~prisoner.