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DAILY PR THE HOME PAPER Tody' New Tods jr." "Head It First In" THE FREE PRESS 11 ill VOL. 23. No. 190 FIRST EDITION KINSTON, N. C, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 12, 1920 SIX PAGES TODAY. PRICE TWO CENTS PRESS L-d TURNS COLD DOWN AT POINT ISABEL; A ROUGH MM GULF Harding Has Stay Off Wat er Because of Strong j TOBACCO PLANTERS OF THREE STATES TO HAVE ASSOCIAtrN ARMISTICE DAY IS KEPT BY DISCIPLES AT G0LDSB0R0 MEET W. C. Manning Again Pres ident of Convention Ad ditions to Board of Trus tees of Atlantic Christian College SPECULATION AS TO WHO WILL SUCCEED COLLECTOR BAILEY LEGION CELEBRATES ARMISTICE DAY; AN INTERESTS PROGR'M Lieutenant Allen and Dr Parrott Speakers Med als to ex-Soldiers Patri otic Songs First Armis tice Recalled NEW SECRETARY OE MILLION AND HALF IDLE IN EUROPE; A UNION DRIVE HERE ARRIVES IN CITY North Wind STAYS OUT OF MEXICO Unofficial Members of Party Cross to Matamor as. Where They Find f r Perfect Order and Na tives Anxious Extend Glad Hand (By th United Press) Point Isabel, Nov. 12. Whistling north winds kept Harding off the water today, it being too rough for small boats. A sharp drop in the temperature and overcast skies drove away the semi-tropical aspects of the little fishing village. Unofficial members of the party received a welcome on the Mexican side of the border, the town of Matamoras, just across the frontier, being thrown open. The Mexican hospitality was of the warmest kind, and those who crossed found excellent order preserved. Harding cabled that he would be unable to accept the offer to cross, but expressed admiration for the har monious relations prevailing. Y. and Dancing Philadelphia Presbyterians Oppose New Movement. Philadelphia, Nov. 11. Terpsi fchoreans here are manifesting a great deal of interest over the con troversy on dancing that is raging between the Y. M. C. A. and the iPhiladelphia Presbytery. The Young Men's Christian Asso ciation has announced that it will Include dancing in its varied curric ulum, inasmuch as "demands have been received from large numbers of Christian people asking that we or ganize a dancing class," The local Presbytery, however, who say they represent a large num ber of the Christian element, "felt called upon to object strenuously to a Christian organization conducing a class of dancing in its walls." .INSANE PRISONERS RETURN FROM THEIR . SENTENCES IN RUSSIA. Stettin, Germany, Nov. 11, Ev ery contingent of German war pris oners arriving here from Russia con tains a number of ragged, unshav en, haggard bien who have been made insane by. suffering during many monbhs in Russian prison camps. In three weeks;the German gov ernment sent 200 of these men to insane asylums and sanitariums for .treatment. ; One of them, who had lost a leg and ah arm and who, it was learn ed, had been taken prisoner early in .the war, shook his, fist at a German .flag when he arrived and cursed his country, his people and all other countries and peoples. "To with Germany," he yell ,ed. "That is not my flag and Ger many is not my fatherland." BIG INCREASE IN NUMBER MISSIONARIES. New York, Nov. 11. Tha. largest number of new missionaries ever sent to foreign fields in any one year in the history of the Methodist Episcopal church left the United States during the fiscal year ending November 1, 1920, reports the Board of Foreign Missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church. There were 275. .. The largest previous year was 1917, whoa 96 recruits went abroad for the Methodists. Of those sent this year, 80 were assigned to South America, 69 to China, 60 to India and Burma, 30 to Malaysia, six to Mexico, five to Japan, two to Korea and two to Eu rope. The list does not include relief workers in European war areas. The 1920 increase marks the first year of the five-year Centenary pro gram of the Methodists which includes the expenditure of $115,000,000 in war reconstruction and general expansion of church activities. Home Brew Stands to Get Knock Out From Kramer Outfit. . (By the United Press) Washington, Nov'. 12. Prohibi ten enforcement officials 'are studying the Volstead law to determine whether they can reg ulate the Bale of malt and hops to discourage their use in making home brew. Dr. Joyner of Lenoir Coun ty Temporary Head of Virginia, North Carolina and Georgia Growers Permanent Organization Soon (BY MAX ABERNETHY) Raleigh, Nov. 12. With the idea of ultimately fixing the price on their own product representatives of tobacco growers' associations of North Carolina, Virginia and Geor gia at a meeting here laid the foun dation for what will be known as the Interstate Tobacco Growers' As sociation. Prior to formation of a tempo rary organization the growers went on record as favoring one-third re duction in acreage next year to an ply to aH farmers of the bright leaf whose average acreage for 1919 nad 19i20 totaled more than three and one-half acres. This proviso was approved as a means of taking euro of the smaller farmers and was passed without a dissenting vote. Organization of the proposed as sociation of the tobacco states will be perfected not later than January 1, 1021, when a committee with three members from each state de siring to enter gets together and submits its recommendations. Until that time Dr. J. Y. Joyner, chair man of the executive committee of the North Carolina Tobacco Grow ers' Association, will act as tempo rary head of the organization. Approval was given by the repre sentatives of the three states to the plan now under way to have sepa rate organizations in all of the to bacco growing states. This work will be pushed and then the states will be merged into a federation with a central governing body similar to the American Cotton Association and other farmers' organizations. One point that will be stressed by the state organizations is cooperat ive marketing. Seventeen of the tobacco-growing counties in North Carolina now have local organizations with several thousand members enrolled!. Chair man Joyner thinks that 90 per cenr. cf the growers in the State will altgn themselves with the organiza tion. " Contention of the plaintiffs in the case of the Public Service com panies 'of Greensboro and High Point air'ainst the Southern Power Company is upheld by the Supreme Court in an opinion written this week. Tlu defendant, therefore', will not be permitted to present the case to the Federal Court. The court holds that the Southern Power Company in notifying the smaller companies that it would not furnish them current after the' first of the year denies its obligation and in so doing vioiaies me spun, w aw. The mandamus as granted by Judge J. Bis Ray is applicable to the 'ase. This opinion was written by Justice George' H. Brown, who holds that the proceeding was in tna ua Hire of a. mandamus rather' than an injunction and within the jurisdic tion of the State courts. A dissenting opinion, written by Justice Walker, takes the opposite view in that a mandamus, can b. is sued only where there is a breach of contract or violation of such, and that since there has been no bie;.di or violation of contract and would not be until after the first of the year the mandamus is not the proper proceeding. The Rutter Case. L. K. Rutter was fined $500 and the costs in Wake County Superior Court yesterday on two charges of assaulting a female, the woman be in" his former stenographer wha ws the main witness for the prose cution. She charged that Rutter whipped her. with a peacr tree switch on several occasions. Details cf the whippings are not printable. Th eyoung woman, Mrs. Laura Wright, charged that she was beaten, by her former employer 10 or 12 times, punished until she cned. He threatened to "make it bad for htr if she made known what had occurred. ' , , Rutter was severely arraigned by the prosecution, who likened htm to Harry K. Thaw and other sexuai DurVi the month of October there were '202 registrations with the Ral eigh and AshevUIe offices of the Federal Employment Bureau and of this number 103 were given work in the State, according to Director M. L. Shipman. One hundred and eleven weve skilled workers, 39 were unsk ukd and 18 were either clerical or pro fessional. . (Subscribe to the Free Ttwa) (Special to The Free Press) Goldsboro, Nov. 12. President W. C. Manning of the convention of Dis ciples of Christ halted the program promptly at 11 o'clock Thursday morn ing in honor of Aniiistice Day. Mr. Manning had given no intimation of his intentions, but simply took the floor find announced that the hour had struck for celebrating the great event which transpired two years before at the same hour. Ho called to the plat form Rev. W. P. Shnmhart of Green ville, who in a few well-chosen re marks paid tribute to the occasion, and Rev. J. E. Stewart of Wilson led in a brief prayer. President Manning himself paid eloquent tribute to the memory of the boys who gave their lives on the foreign battlefields. The convention adjourned Thurs day night after having enjoyed one of the most profitable sessions in its history, Resolutions were adopted thanking Goldsboro for the splendid manner in which the convention was mtertained and many speakers in .he closing session commented on the fine spirit that had prevailed. The 77th annual session will most probab ly go to Wilson, which extended an ur gent invitation. The old officers were reelected as follow: W. C. Manning, president, Willianiston; C. W, Howard, vice president, Kihston; P. A. Hodges, re cording secretary, Kinson. L. J. Chap man, treasurer, Grifton; members of executive committee, J. W. llines, Rocky Mount; J. E. Stuart, Wilson; B. P. Smith, Kinston; George Hack ney, Wilson; F. L. Voliya, Belhaven, and regional superintendent of Bible schools, E. B. Quick, with headquar ters in Atlanta. The following were added to the Board of Trustees of the Atlantic Christian College: Clarence Cannon, Ayden; W. K. Hooker, Greenville; C. S. Eagles, Saratoga; W. A. Davis, Washington, and J. C. Richardson, Garnett, S. C. ' Expressions of appreciation of the fine manner in which President Man ning presided over the convention and. of his constant interest in the work and of the untiring and efficient seiv vices of the state secretary, C. C. Ware of Wils on, were given on the floor of the convention and rising votes of thanks were tendered these two popular officers. BULLETINS (By the United Press) BREAD DROPS.. Washington, Nov. 12". Bread yielded to the decline of wheat prices today and a decline of one cent in the price of ordinary loaves was announced by one . company. The city Department of Markets said it had been as sured others would follow the example. BENT ON BARRING GERMANY. Paris, Nov. 12. French dele-; gates to the league have been Instructed to withdraw if Ger many is admitted, according to Echo de Paris. FLOUR'S DECLINE. Minneapolis, Nov. 13 Hour has declined $5 a barrel at the ' mills since June, according 1o northwestern millers. HARDING GIVES TO HUNGRY. New York, Nov. 12. Herbert Hoover today telegraphed President-Elect Harding his thanks for a contribution of $2,500 to the fund for feeding the starv ing children in Europe. COAL EXPORTS. Washington, Nov. 12. Coal exports so far in 1920 were 8.5 per cent, of the total production, according to the Interstate Commerce Commission. This js a larger percentage than in otii er years. The commission did not excuse high prices taking the country as a whole. Probably Lost Men on Missing Seaplane Couldn't Withstand Blizzard. (By the United Press) Great Lakes, Ills., Nov, 12. Fleet airplanes today continued a , , search f,,r a missing navy 'plane which left here Wednesday morning with three aboard and was last seen riding the waves off Sheboygan. Hope than any thp crew is alive has been aban doned, aviators saying it would be impossible for the 'plane to stay afloat in the swirling snow storm and 70-mile gale. . t Newspaper Men Nominate Parker, Meekins and Jenkins Not Likely Change Will Be Made Be fore. End of Next Year, Said (By MAX AP.ERXETHY) Raleigh, Nov. 12. Josiah William Bailey, collector of internal revenue for North Carolina, will in all prob ability not be supplanted by a Re publican until late in 1921 but there will be radical changes in the person nel of his department soon alter Sen ator Harding is inaugurated on March 4 next. Deputies under the collector are casting about now for employment to take up when the word conies down from Washington that members of the Republican faith are to take their places. They have' set the date of their departure from the federal de partment on the fourt hof March but it is unlikely that they will be relieved until from 30 to (i(J days after that time. It is learned unofficially here to day that the changes from a Demo cratic force .to Republican will be made gradually rather than overnight, and some of the most efficient men may not be turned out provided they are desirous of continuing in the service. Similar course was followed eight years ago when the Republicans were given a national licking. Speculation is rife as to who will he Collector Bailey's successor. The correspondents have their own way of selecting him and generally they do not agree. Among others the names of J. J. Jenkins, of Siler City; John J. Parker, of Monroe, who made the race for governor, and I. M. Meekins, of Elizabeth City, have all been plac ed in nomination. Governor Bickett has called a meet ing of the State Budget Commission for- MoiuHty, November lf, when the estimated income and expenses of the various State departments and insti tutions will be considered. The budgets as submitted by the de partments and institutions will be carefully gone voer and revised, up or down as the commission thinks best. Next year is the first time that the State departments and institutions will operate under the budget system. Hearing of the Southern Power Company's petition fo rthe right to make a general increase in the rates for electric current in North Carolina is set for November 22. This announcement is made by the State .Corporation Commission. The iiowcr company's petition was filed 10 days ago,' but the date for the hear ing was nut made public until par ties interested had been notified and given ample time to prepare counter petitions. BUY W. S. S. HinHiinilHrniHii CHRISTMAS SEALS TO BE SOLD IN CANVASS OF CITY; BEGINS SOON (BY D. T. EDWARDS) Mrs Robert H. Rouse, chairman, of the tuberculosis seals committee, will soon begin an active canvass in the city for the sale of the seals : to merchants and business people ; generally. It is hoped that in this 1 vay.a large number will be disposed j ol lor use on man uiai win r'. us- i patched during the days ahead of us. This year the tuberculosis oeal will not be handled by the Red Cross, as an, organization, although it will no doubt e found that the membership if the Red Cross heartily .endorse the sale of the seals and, by paMias ing and using them, will coutnbute very irrgely to. the success . of the campaign that the National Tuber culosis Association is now engaged in. It is through the sale of these Christmas seals that the association is enabled to provide the sinews of war for fighting the great white plaguethat greatest single scourge j !n Amerwan life. Every penny Bpent for a seal means that much contrib uted to the "war. fund" of the asso ciation and in' this way is dedicated to the performance of one of the most vital tasks known to human welfare workers, Tuberculosis is found practically everywhere and practically every where the great white plague must be opposed in its mad career fif death and destruction. Here" in North Carolina some three thousand deaths occur annually from its ravages ami the economic loss, alone, runs into millions of dollars. " ; ' Any Article Selected ' State Aid Must Be Supplemented. The State has made a , compara tively small provision for taking care of this problem. But tho rather mea ger facilities supplied through . the The American Legion and about 200 to 250 others celebrated Armis tice Day with an appropriate pro gram at the First Baptist Church Thursday night. A feature of the occasion was the presentation of the State service medals to those of the veterans present. The musical num bers included "Battle Hymn of the Republic," "America" and others. Ex.-Lieut. Robert H. Rouse pre sided and introduced ex-Lieut. Rey ni Id Allen, who made an excellent address. Impressions of the first Armistice Day in France were relat ed by the young offrcer. He describ ed the scenes along the Allied and German trench lines that followed the "death-like silence" that came with the eleventh hour, Dr. James M. Parrott, who pre sented the medals, spoke at some length, eulogizing the legionnaires and referring in tender terms to those "who didn't come back." The world may have to undergo another terrible war, he said, pointing out the menace of Bolshevism In the East and the manifestations of it even in America, France and Eng land. His address was replete with historical facts. Rev. W. Marshall Craig said the opening prayer and the benediction. The following are the officers of the local legion post: George T. Skinner, vice-commander, i:i com mand; William, A. Allen, adjutant; Reynold T. Allen, Vanco P. Peevy, Paul Howard and R. II. Rouse, exec utive committee. A Red Farce Berlin Workmen Give I'p Factories to Police. (By the United Press) Berlin, Nov.' 12. The German gov ernment was triumphant in the clash with radical workmen who tried to emulate the Italian factory seizures. Occupied metal factories were aban doned when the police surrounded them. Violence was lacking, the work men realizing they would be starv ed out unless they yielded. Muriel MacSwiney Wants to Come to Washington to Testify; Accepted. (By tho United Press) Washington, Nov. 12. Mrs. Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the late lord mayor of Cork, has offered to come to Washington to testify "before the American, commission on Ireland and her offer .has been accepted, it is announced. It is unknown yet whether she can get passports. State sanatorium for tubercular pa tients can cope with the situation on ly to a (uite limited extent. Though, (while the State's provision in the way of a sanatorium cannot meet the exigencies of the situation, by providing a scientif'C and thorough ly competent leadership in the strug gle to cope with the disease it has assumed a distinctly advanced posi tion. Cannot Give Quart"' But the fight niu.,v kn ui.Ul on, if waged at all, by private fundi supplied by private citizen",. It is unthinkable that an intelligent .citizenship- haul down the flag before the onslaughts of an cn"my of this character. Under no consideration can we afford' to give quarter to the deadly foe. And when it is consi terrj that there are at fcast 25,000 tuberculos is cases in North Carolina it re quire!! but small reflection to -see what we are up against. . To Provide War Chest The North Carolina Tuberculos is Association, a branch of the ra tional association, has accepted the challenge of the situation and will attempt to provide a "w.tr chest" from the accumulation of pennies through the sale of Christines seals little decorative seals to be placed on all outgoing mail along about this time" of the year and during the hol idays seals that will not only be found to be decorative and messen gers of cheer and good will, but a means of accomplishing a great hu manitarian and vitally defensive work. The tuberculosis seal committee, headed by Mrs. Rouse, is preparing at an early date to seek the public's cooperation in the fight. Will the cooperation be given? , Van Hervie (Jets Results Even Before Assuming Charge Unique Career. Likes and Lauds Long Leaf Pine Land Care! Heristal Van Hervie will be come secretary of the Chamber of Commerce here Monday. He is one of the champion boosters of North Car olina after a residence of three or four years in tho State, having resided at High Point, Mount Airy and else where. He came here from Mount Airy Friday. Mr. Van Ilervio was born at Hnsselt, Belgium, a few miles fi'i'i "-here the sail-driven canal boats M ' t'1 P'y 'he air from the sunk en ets of the towns bordering the dyked-up canals. He has been a trav eling salesman and a newspaperman as well as n commercial secretary, lie has lived at Gettysburg, Pa., and llag erstown, Md., among other places in the United States. Daniel Hollenga, the famous secre tary of the Chamber of Commerce at Kayetteville, bails from a town in Hol land 10 miles from Van Hervie's birth place. "Kiel" Van Hervie started boosting 'unston even before he arrived here to muke it his home. "The first fam ily from Mount Airy" will travel across tho State to locate here next week. J. D. Martin, of that town, is the head of the family. NEW TENNIS COURTS SOUGHT BY ENGLISH. London, Nov. 11. The English Lawn Tennis Association has auth orized the All-England Club to ob tain a new grounds to replace the famous Wimbletton courts. It will be constructed in the same district of I,ondon, and will provide ample ac commodation for the crowds. The laying out and equipping of the new .rounds will, it ia estimated, entail an expense of $375,000. Building Activities Figures for 1919 Gathered in 128 Cities of Country. Washington, Nov. 11. In view of the present unusual conditions in the housing situation a report just issued by the United States Geological Sur vey, Department of the Interior, on building operations in the larger ci ties of the country in 1919, by Jeffer son Middleton, is of interest. This report shows the number and cost of buildings erected in 128 cities, cclassi fied by the character of the principal material entering into their construc tion; also the number and cost of ad ditions and repairs and alterations to buildings in these cities. In these cities there were 186,933 new operations, costing $951,017,495; ir 1,729 additions, alterations, or re pairs, costing $171,024,832; and 20,- 846' miscellaneous operations, costing $15,240,422. - In 141 cities 365,972 permits were issued or buildings erected in 1919, representing a cost of $1,302,998,007. Approximately the same cities report ad 210,538- building' operations in 1918, costing $130,041,305, and the re cord for 1919 thus" shows an increase of 155,434, or 74 per cent., in oper ations, and of $872,984,242, or 203 per cent., in cost. The average cost per operation in 1919 was $3,500, the highest recorded. SUCH A NICE JAILER THIS LOUISIANA MAN. De Bidder, La., Nov. 11. When N. A. Kinirrev was released from jaii hi.' realized what a pleasant time .e hu spent there, and out ot pure gratitude he paid for the following advertisement in the town papert 'l tiske this method to thank Sheriff Frazar and Jailer Woods for the kind treatment accorded me while a prisoner in the parish jail. The food was good and wholesome, the beds neat,- and everything about the jail is kept ia a clean and sanitary con dition." i ' Tumulty's Plans Private Busine.su Rather Than Cus toms Judgeship. (By the United Press) Washington, Nov. 12. J. P. Tu multy, admitting he had received the suggestion that he take a - Court of Customs Appeals judgeship after March, today indicated that he pre ferred to enter private business. Owners Meet All 16 Baseball Club Proprietors At . tend Session.. Chicago, Nov. 12. The third round in the fight for cleaner baseball was started today with a joint ses sion of the 16 owners of the Amer- 'ican and National leagues. The Am 'erican Leaguers anticipated an agreement. Federation of Labor Lead ers Plan Enroll Million More Members ANSWER TO EMPLOYERS Who Would Reduce Wages. Steel Men Get Together Great Britain Has More Than 400,000 People Out of Employment London, Nov, 12. Strikes have slackened business in Europe and left a million and a half workers idle, according to the estimate of tha Brit- sh Labor Ministry. Great Britain has 200,000 drawing unemployment pay from the govern ment, but many others are not re ceiving this. Iaborites report that 403,000 , are out of work. To Enlarge U. 8. Unions. Washington, Nov. 12. Organized labor is trying to add a million new members to its ranks, Vice-President, Frank Duffy of the American, Fpder- ation today said. The effort constitutes labors re ply to the challenge of employer who, labor leaders say, are attempt ing to establish the non-union shop and reduce wages. 0 The question of extending mem bership in the Steel Workers was taken up today nt n meeting of tho beads of tile 24 unions iduutified with ihe last steel strike. Buyers' Exchange To Be Maintained by the Merchants' Association. Overstocked local merchants who are members of the Merchants' As sociation may become wholesalers through the modluro of the associa tion under a plan announced today. From the association's headquarters bulletins will be distributed to deal ers whenever warranted, stating that certain merchants are "in the mar ket today" for certain articles. "If you can meet their . requirements u-om your stock call telephones at once, as they popose to buy else where if you cannot supply them." This will tie the message sent the overstocked storekeepers. "The asso ciation will be 'fflad to recejve a list of merchandise on which you are overstocked, and upon receipt of said Ust will hold same on file for in spection of other members who may ie Interested in purchasing from you. When in the market -for mer chandise call the secretary and no tice similar to this., will bo issued the members of the association who may be interested in selling you." The majority of the large dealers In dry goods, clothing, hardware, f ;cd. stuffs, farm supplies and some oth?r ines here are members of the association-'-'-, , ; . , '; LEAGUE SUPPORTERS AIM AROUSE PUBLIC FOR RATIFICATION Washington, Nov. 12. A prog am of publicity will soon be begun by league supporters in an effort to create public sentiment that will force ratification. Publicity is to go out through sev eral channels to declare that non ratification may result in Europe re pudiating tho ten billions it owes us, hurt business and result in the loss of the results of the war. to the Al lies and the United States. POLLY AND HER PALS" A FETCHING ATTRACTION.' 'Musical comedy has Improved a .lot in the last fow years, but "Polly arid Her Pals," the George Gatts production, is the biggest step for ward both from an artistic and mu sical standpoint that musical comedy , .. mi v . i nas. seeu in many niumns. - i ne uook 'was written by John P. Mulgrew, the author of many celebrated suc cesses lire scenery is the wors or Sosman and Larwtis. It was staged by Virgil Bennett Musical comedy depends on, first, a good book and then a good score, and in Hampton Durand, George M. Gatts secured a composer internationally famous. In "Polly and Her Pals" will be found: lilting airs that toow Broadway by storm, the lyrics of which are from the pen of Harry Hume,- and in clude , "Underneath a Southern Moon," "In That Quaint Old Town of A'fiiera" and a lot of others.