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Gaston Da Gazette TOT1 WEALTH is $S2,373,749. KAaia 7th in the state. A treat county fox farmer andinveator. ' GISTO"! 5I'34, Vrtu I uii people, represent ing an increase of 38.3 per cent, a fain unequalled by any other county in Stat. MEMBER OF. THE ASSOCIATED PSESS "VOL.XLI. NO. 19 GASTONIA, N. THURSDAY AFTERNOON, AUGUST 19, 1920 SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS A LY SAYS NATIONAL READJUSTMENT DEPEND ON SUCCESS Governor Cox Declares Success of League Will Determine Financial and Economic Readjust ment of World. SOUTH BEND. Ind., Aug. 19 Na tional and international financial and economic readjustment, as well as the high eost of living, are bound up in the auccess of the league of nations, Gover nor Cox, democrat ic presidential candi dates, declared "here today, in addressing a large publie gathering. "Our safety, our economic readjust ment and our prosperity" all are in volved in America's making the league world force, Governor Cox asserted, charging the republican "senate oli garchy" with resiwnsibility for delay in economic progress and belated reduc tion of living costs . The democratic can didate came here today from Columbus via Chicago, and will speak tonight at the Indiana democratic editors banquet. ' The position of the democrats is def inite and affirmative," said Governor Cox, charging "the reactionary republi can leaders" with being "evasive, am feiguous and hypocritical. " "With the least possible delay after March 4, 1921, our pledge is to enter the league, making such additions as are re Assuring and helpful," he continued. 'This will legally end the war; it will help to re-establish credits. A call will be made upon our mineral wealth and our productive skill. We will have the ships to sail every sea; the supply of life's essentials will be equal to the de mands; living costs will be reduced. What i wnnlii otherwise he snendine for guns and powder and ships, will be ap plied to our war debt, and above all, we will be happy in the consciousness that war is practically impossible. "The opposition offers nt the very best a prolonged delay. What project it has as a substitute for the league of na tions, no oneNtnows, or at least no one has ever ever attempted to descrilie it, or to name it. "The question of the league of na tions therefore becomes increasingly the issue in this campaign for the very reu aon that it involves our safety, our economic readjustment and our pros pCrity. The air is clearing; the smoke screen of hypocrisy thrown out by the senatorial oligarchy has been pierced, and every day between now and Novem ber will witness the gradual retreat of the forces of reaction. The tide of moral thought is floating against them. There is not enough money in the world to stop it, and the resnlt, which I con fidently predict, will not only be a great help to the impaired agencies of man kind, but it will carry a lesson that po litical leaders, present and future, will have little trouble in understanding. " Reiterating his charge of "reaction" against the republican leaders, Governor Cox added: "If they should follow their own steps backward, and they are so used to moving in that direction that they would not need a compass, they would fiud that every con dition against which they inveigh is of their own creation. They discuss the high cost of living without apparently realizing that in a large measure they are responsible for the belated settling down of conditions which have continued the high livingosts. The demand for food tuffs has exceeded the supply. Europe has been compelled to buy because she is not producing, and production in America has not moved back into its atride because things economically are -disjointed, not only here, but every where. "If the league of nations had been ratified months ago, exchange would have been stabilized. Europe could have started its work of rehabilitation; its countries would not have made a drain pon our food supply. In fact, Europe would be buying the things which we can spare. The result of this would be self- evident. War taxes which should have been modified or repealed when the war .iwas over, were not touched, and the re publican oligarchy in the senate is di rectly responsible." Senator Penrose, of Pennsylvania, Gov ernor Cox declared, was instrumental in preventing reduction of war taxes "on the theory that the people would blame the executive rather than the congression al administration ' ' for failure to abolish burdensome taxation. Much of the national debt of all coun tries, Governor Cox said, was caused by .xne race in armament, adding: "If the world does not proceed tot arm itself to the teeth, if the eost of armament is diverted to the payment of interest and sinking fund on the bonded deDt, when there is more than a hope that civilization can work its way out to a sound, footing financially and econom ically, if this is not done, then no one . SAFETY AND OF TOE LEAGUE knows what will happen . ' ' In the face of these things it is hard to believe that the senatorial oligarchy continues its. opposition to the league for conscientious reasons." COX STOPS IN CHICAGO. CHICAGO, Aug. 19. Governor James M.y Cox stopped three hours in Chicago this morning on his way to South Bend, Ind., where he will speak this afternoon. The governor was met at the station by members of the Iroquois Club and George Brennon and Dennis Egan, Illinois demo cratic leaders. A MOTHER TURNS VOTE OF YOUNG TENNESSEE SOLON By H. E. C. BRYANT NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 18 Ten nessee, a child of the Old iJorth State, set an example for her mother today. The lower house of the general assem bly, following the favorable action of the senate a few days ago, voted to rati fy the suffrage amendment. Instead of passing the buck, as the North Carolina senate did, the Tennesseans stood up and were counted . The fight here was close and dramatic. It was full of thrills and dangerous inci dents . The contest is not over yet, for Speak er Walker, as a last effort to prevent ratification, changed his vote from "no"i to "yes" and moved reconsideration which gives him the privilege of carry ing the measure -in his pocket for twt days to be called up any time he sees tit. It is believed, however, that he will never succeed iu changing the results of today's vote, and that after 48 hours the secretary of state can certify that Ten nessee lias ratified the suffrage amend ment . A letter from an aged, mother to her son, one of the youngest members of the legislature, gave the deciding vote to day. Harry Burn, a republican from McMinn county, was the legislator that took the advice of his mother and reach ed the eleventh hour decision. He looks like a schoolboy. His vote was listed with the opponents of the measure and Speaker Walker expected it, but as the clerk reached his name he answered "yes" and made' possible a majority. To your correspondent young Burn said: "In regard to suffrage, my mother caused me to take the view I did. I have always been for suffrage as a mat ter of moral right but had planned to vote against it, thinking that I would thereby represent a majority of my con stituents I felt that way until I had the letter from my mother, and I have changed and voted for it, casting the deciding vote. I expect to stand firm for it. Here is the letter: "Dear Son: Hurry and Vote for suf frage, and don't keep them in doubt. "I notice some of the speeches agains the resolution. They werevery bitter. I the resolution. They were very bitter. I but have not noticed anything yet.- " Don't forget to be a good boy and help Mrs. Catt put 'rat' iiK ratification Ah, ah, "YOUR MOTHER. " If the action of the house stands, and leaders here think it will, Tennessee will be the 36th state. Mr. Walker is a courageous fighter and he may take the suffragists unawares and call the roll on his motion to reconsider when some of them are out of the house. But the women are on the alert and will watch for trickery. "We have won this fight fairly and hold what we have, "said Mrs. J. M. Kenney, one of the Tennessee leaders. "We cannot be defeated by tricks "r side plays. " t The situation in the house looked very sad for the suffragists this morning Lobbyists did effective work last night. At least a half dozen railroad attorneys were here fighting to defeat ratification . Speaker Walker had pledged to kill the ratification resolution ana lie would have done so had it not been for Harry Burn. His .first effor, continued for some time, was an attempt to table the resolution. In this he failed, the rote ending 48 to 48, three members being absent. Then eatne the vote on the resolution, whkh would have stood, 43 to 48 had not Rep resentative Burn followed the suggestion of his mother. FERRIS. NEW SENATOR FROM OKLAHOMA Scott Ferris, representative from the Sixth District of Oklahoma who defeated Senator Thomas P. Gore by more than 25,000 votes in the race for Democratic nomination for Senator. FENGE AT SOUTHERN STATION TO BE REMOVED BY END OF WEEK Supt. Hungerford After Con ference With Chamber and City Officials Gives Order That Fence Will Be Remov ed Southern's Attitude One of Co-operation. Gastonia people bound south on the Southern Railway will not have to stand out iu the weather any .more to catch their train after this week, as a result of a conference held with the Traffic and Transportation Committee of the Cham ber of Commerce and Mayor K. G. Cherry at the offices of the Chamber of Commerce this morning with (reneral Superintendent II. L. Hungerford. Before the close of the week the South ern Railway will remove the fence at the local passenger station and will fill in the tracks so that passengers can wait in the station until a train arrives and then hoard it. This will afford temporary re lief and will eliminate the standing out in the rain and general ha. I weather. The Oiamlier of Commerce has had the matter of securing sheds up pried i ally ever since the double tracking was done, but without result, as the government allowed no funds for the improvement and it was deemed a dangerous ' measure to remove the fence. Since government con- i trol has ceased the company has as yet been unable to finance any new work of j any kind. The original double tracking I plans proviile For many desirable improve I ments at the local station, inchidi;: suit- I able sheds, and it is the hope of the offi- eials that the time will hasten when the ( company may proceed on the work. As a temporary measure the fence will be removed, the entry of trains into the station being well regulated. However, the public will be expected to realize that the steps taken are temporary and solely to afford relief until tile permanent work can be done am! to assist all possible lif preventing any accidents by exercising proiwr care. None of the officials con ferring with the chamber have ever in any way opposed the real improvements, but have been hampered entirely by lack of funds. , Suprintendetit Hungerford expects the fence to be out of the way by the end of the week. Under the existing circum stancs the plan met with the favor of both the committee representing the Chamber of Commerce and Mayor Cherry, representing the city. N. C. SUFFRAGISTS DETERMINED TO TAKE NO CHANCES RALEIGH, Aug. 19. Suffragists were determined today to put North Carolina in the column of states that have ratified the federal suffrage amendment Possi bility of the Tennessee House reconsider ing its approval of the amendment or of an effort being made to invalidate Ten nessee's ratification on the grounds that it was unconstitutional spurred the cham pions of suffrage to greater activity here. Suffragists and their opponents were prepared for a vote today in the North Carolina house on the ratification resolu tion. Representatives Neal and Grier, anti-suffrage leaders, claimed 70 of the 120 members of the house would vote against the resolution, thus defeating it Mr. D. O. Moton and son, Lawrence, Mr. John Devine and Carl Moton mo tored to Charlotte Wednesday afternoon. Miss Ollie Weaver, of Bessemer City, is spending the week with her uncle, Mr. D. O. Moton. Mrs. G. L. Ellis, of Charlotte, afc rive! in the ciy Thursday afternoon to spend some time with Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Richards at their homejm South Oak laad street ".'- RUSSIAN SI1VIFT FflRfFS FIFF tivvvsiii i wiaui UI1UUU I LLU 111 lillllU LFLs FORE RUSH OF POLISH COUNTER OFFENSIVE NORTH CAROLINA WILL LEVY NO PROPERTY TAX FOR STATE PURPOSES For First Time in History of dtate duch is the Case Result of Revaluation Rufe Doughton Announces It. (By W. T. Bost, in Greensboro News.) RALEIGH, Aug. 18. Introducing the revenue bill tonight as it makes its six- day start, Rufe Doughton made the an nouncement that for 1920 there will 'be no tax levied on the property in the state for state purposes. He dreams emancipation of property from the state 's taxing power and as cribes to revaluation this miracle. In presenting the bill tonight every member of the committee including the xiepubli- cans, voted for it and when he asked pas sage of the bill on the first reading he said, ' ' When the finance committee of this general assembly completed their draft of the revaluation act at the regular session ia 1919 we found the pleasing sit uation that this act, of such far-reaching importance, met the approval of every member of the finance committees in the house and of the senate and met with a like unanimous approval on its reading in this body and in the senate. "After some two weeks of careful con sideration by the sub-committees and about 10 days by the full finance com mittee, and after having gotten the view point of many members of the general as sembly not members of the finance com mittee, we have succeedecWtu drafting an other revenue bill, adopting and approv ing the valuations made under the revalu ation act which met with the same unani mous approval, including members of both political ' parties, upou a roll call vote before a joint meeting of the finance committees this afternoon. " For the first year in the history of the state, save one, there will be no tax levied upon property for the use of the state in tne year lieju, and with the approval by the people of the income tax amendment submitted by this general assembly, 1 an ticipate that in all probability the state will never again levy a tax for its own use upon the property of the state. I stated that this hail not occurred before in but one year iu our previous history. Some of the older members may remem ber that about IW) the state sold its in terest in the Western North Carolina rail road for SOO,000 and for that year this capital asset was used to defray the ex penses of the state government, and no ;ate taxes were levied in that year. "The happy point where the state sur renders its power to tax the property of the state has not been suddenly reached, lni is the culiniimtiou of policy that has been pursued by the finance committees j of the general assembly during the last- six years, working in co-operation with the state tax commission in developing our sources of revenue other than the property tax. "Six years ago it was my privilege to participate in a thorough revision of the revenue act, looking forward to this end. Our experience in this direction has in deed been fortunate. A former deficit was rapidly converted into a surplus, suf ticieiiT revenue has at all times been pro vided to take care of the annually increas ing expenditures by the state government, ami when al : tie last regular session we were confronted with the necessity for providing for the six months public school that had been approved by the vote of the people in 9W of the 100 counties of the state, we found that the tax levied by the state for its own use could be reduced from 23 2-3 cents to 11 2-3 cents. After making largely increased appropriations and after cutting this property tax rate in half we come back at this special ses sion to find that ample revenue had lieen provided and that a substantial surplus is in prospect at the close of the present fiscal year. "It should 4e generally understood that in providing for the revaluation of property it was the purpose and expecta tion that by the meeting of the general assembly in January next and with the adoption of the income tax amendment, the state would not tax property for its revenue, and would leave property valua tions under the revaluation act for the use of the counties and the public school fund, it having always been intended that when revaluation was complete larger rev enue woul.l be provided for the state from other sources. ' ' We are happy now to find that with a prospective surplus fi the treasury and that with the additional revenue provided in the bill which I now present to the house upon franchises of all corporations, domestic and foreign, industrial and pub lic service, with the increased listing of salary Tncomes already on the books, and with additional revenue from privi lege taxes provided for in this trill, the state will be able to meet the demands upon it during the coming year after n- (Continued on pag &.) Tanks, Airplanes, Armored Trains and Artillery Used in Great Number - Bolshevik Retreat Re sembles Rout at Some Places. TOM WATSON IS JAILED FOR HAVING LIQUOR IN HIS POSSESSION Charged Also That He Wai Guilty of Indecent Conduct - Happened in Hotel Where Watson Spent Night. ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 19 Thomas E. Watson, candidate for the democratic nomination for United States senator from Georgia, spent the night in jail at Buford, Georgia, near heri-, on charges of "having liquor in his possession" and of public "indecency," according to a statement by Sheriff J. R. Shadburn. He announced he would get out in time to make an address near here later in the day. He refused to leave jail during the night. Arreft of Watson, who has represented Georgia in the1 house of representatives and who was populist candidate for president years ago, followed charge? that he had created a disturbance in a hotel at Buford. . Watson appeared in the hallway of the hotel and hurled a book at a group of traveling men about 9 o'clock last night, the sheriff said. The candidate shouted that they were "paid" by his political opponents to disturb his rest, according to Sheriff Shadburn. More words by the candi date followed while Miss Sally Wiley, proprietress of the hotel; Winfield Rowe, a Buford merchant, and others sought to quiet him. Iu the struggle in the hallway and dur ing the attempt of Night Marshal L. 1). Dawson to arrest Watson, a mail whose name wan given by the sheriff as "E. H. Miller." also was arrested, it being alleged that the man drew a pistol and threatened the officers. Search of Watson's room after he had been removed was followed by the liquor charges. Sheriff Shadburn and others denied there was any reason for Wat son accusing the men in the hotel of dis turbing liuu. Watson's bond, was fixed at -toOO in each case and the other man arresteil was held cm $1,00(1 bond.. Several Buford men offered tci make bond for Watson, but be declined to quit the jail last night, the sheriff said . AMERICANS WELL IN LEAD IN OLYMPIC ANTWERP, Aug. H Despite the un exectcd victories of European athletes yesterday in the shot putting and broad jump events of the several Olympiad, the American team went into, the fifth day of competition at the Olympic stadium to day with such a lead that it seemed they were assured of victory, unless some dis aster overtakes the entire team. With 11 events finished, and only four teen, including the decathlon, the modern Ientathlon and marathon remaining to be run, the Americans have amassed a total up to date of KM out of a possi ble 242 (Kiints. The rest of the oints are so widely distributed that, even it' the Americans make only a fair showing in the remaining events, they apear to have a great advantage over all oppon ents. American entrants for the marathon race will probably be taken from the schoolhouse where the team is lodging to Ostend or the outskirts of Brussels today, in order that they may secure rest and quiet foi the next two days before entering the Olympic classic on Sunday. Coaches consider the noise at the school house and the enthusiasm of winning team mates fresh from the stadium to be not particularly productive of good train ing conditions for the men in this event. The Americans ran five miles at dusk last evening at the stadium and this will be their last workout, except short walks during the next few days. They will re turn on Sunday morning in time for the race. ANTWERP, Aug. 19. Only one Amer ican, Fred W. Faller, of the Dorchester Club, qualified in the two forenoon semi final heats of the 10,000 metre Olympic run here today. Another American en trant, C. A. Patasoni, of the Haskell In stitute, Kansas, a Zuni Indian, found the pace too hot and dropped out in the 20th lap tf the first heat. J. Wilson of England, and Guillemont, of France, "were the stars In their respec tive heats, with the Frenchman winning his heat close to s minute faster than Wilson's time. The races were run in an occasional drixzle. Wilson jumped the field in the first lap of his heat and toon opened up s lead of half a lap. Patasoni found the going hard on the heavy track and dropped out of the race in the twentieth lap after hav- IN PAWIf RF. WARSAW, Aug. 17, 11 p. m. Buaaiaa soviet forces are fleeing in a disorderly panic along the front between the Vistula and Bug rivers, where the' Poles are ad vancing with extraordinary success, sayw an' official statement issued here tonight. In their counter attack to relieve bol shevik pressure upon Warsaw the Pole are using tanks, airplanes! armored train and artillery in great numbers.- At Novo Minsk, east of here, and Serook, to the northeast, 3,000 prisoners, seven cannon, hundreds of wagons and vast quantities of supplies have been captured from the bolsheviki, the statement declares. The bolshevik retreat north and east of W arsaw, where the soviet forces are) closelv driven bv th Pnlps tnnlr ha mam' blance of a rout at some places, the com munique reports. On the extreme left of the Polish line, however, and in the region of Lemberg soviet advances are recorded. Northwest of Warsaw the Russian troops, who met resistance at Wlooawek- where they had designed to cross the Vis tula, bombarded Wloolawek for hours, tha shells damaging the Cathedral and the bishop's palace. POLISH SUCCESSFUL. WARSAW, Aug. 18. Polish successes on all fronts, with the exception of tha southern battle sector, where the Russian soviet forces are advancing in the direc tion of Lemberg, are reported in the offi cial statement on fighting operations is sued tonight. CRISIS HAS BEEN PASSED. WARSAWA ug. 17. The newspapers today assert that the military crisis has been passed ami assure the public that Warsaw is absolutely safe. The counter offensive of the Poles is announced in the news-papers in big headlines, and the council of ministers has issued a procla mation which has been posted in the streets telling of the victorious attacks against the bolsheyiki who attempted to outflank the capital's defensive, The newspapers say that northwest of Warsaw, where the Poles have shoved the reds to the northeast across the Vkra river, the Poles already have taken mora than 2,000 prisoners and much war ma terial. Radzytnin, which the Poles held three times, is now considered fairly se cure from their attacks. The town is be ing visited daily by residents of Warsaw who have permission to visit the front. The natives who refused to evacuate Radzymin say that the bolsheviki robbed the houses, taking everything of value they could rind, and also burned several buildings. FIERCE FIGHTING. LONDON, Aug. lt. Fierce fighting is continuing in the region of Warsaw and Novogei'rgievsk, the strong fortress about 1! miles northwest of Warsaw, at the con fluence of the Vistula and Bug rivers, ac cording to Wednesday's official statement issued by the soviet government at Mos cow. In the Crimean sector engagements are j going on with indecisive results, the state ment says. NORWAY FORBIDS IMPORTATION OF ARTICLES OF LUXURY CHRISTIANIA, Aug. 19 Importa tion into Norway of articles of luxury, such as automobiles, diamonds, laces, paintings, pianos, and phonographs is forbidden by a government order ef fective today. The list of forbidden imports also in cludes silk, jewelry, watches, furniture, furs, patent leather shoes and motor cycles. Th action was taken in order to halt the decreasing value of Nor wegian money, largely caused by over whelming imports while exports de clined. American uade is thereby re stricted, as the greater part of the ar ticles named have been inf ported front America . The high dollar rate had already re stricted the purchase of American goods. The rate today was 6.67 kroner to the dollar, as against the normal rate of 3.72. SAN FRANCISCO FIRE CHIEF SAVES 20 LIVES SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 19. Cap tain E. T. Courtney, of the San Fran cisco fire department, rescued a score of persons, including his own wife, from eight frame apartment buildings here which fire damaged to the estimated ex tent of $100,000 before "it was brought I under control early today. l ing bene lapped by Wilson lit the, 18th. : The day became more dismal4 as the morning's events progressed and at 12:30 o'clock the few little knots of spectators rushed from the rain into the Stadium res taurant for" eover.' The athletes, after finishing the trials, blanketed themselves speedily and made for the dresJnT r. .