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VOL. XIX NO. 230.
GASTONIA, N. Cv FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 24, 1920
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS
OEY OPEWS CAE
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WITH BRILLIANT SPEECH
ft
Congressman Clyde R. Hoey, of Shelby,
opened the campaign in Gaston eounty
' rforthrfUemocratie party Thursday night
in Gastonia la s speech, that waa atrongly
typleal of the eloquent Cleveland orator,
' JPlala and direct, straight from the shout
v der, eloquent in his irresistible marshaling
. of fjsts and undisputed argument, the
-' .epeech-was ft wonderful presentation of
. the ideals of Democracy and a terrifio ar
raignment ;of Republican tactics. , .
' Many women were present despite the
lown pour of rain. v There were several
' , Republicans also in hearing, chief among
whom was' JtAV Newell, of Charlotte.
congressional aspirant to succeed Hoey
air. Newell was in the county, it is re
' ported,' to speak at an neighboring com
n unity, but waa rained out. This was un
mistakably the hand of Providence direct
ing Jake, said his Democratic friends, in
the effort to get him to see the light. He
tearLthe last 25 minutes of Mr. Hoey's
-speech. After H was over, he eongratu
lated Mr. Hoey on its excellence "as a
v Democratic speech. ' ' They were ' ' Jake ' '
and "Clyde" with each other oa the
- streets after the speaking, as they stood
. la the center of an admiring and hero-
worshipping knot, of friends and---told
jokes until train time.
' Talis to Woman.
' Mr. Hoey opened with a direct refer
ence to the women. He explained the
tl process of registration to them. Said he:
The women are naturally democrats.
... They belong to the democratic party of
right and the party belongs to them.
During? all these years they hare been the
'. 'r apodal wards of the democratic party. - Id
".. the south, where democracy has always
. tteea in control, the interests of Women
have been so carefully safe-guarded and
a wisely protected that they have not
- felt the need of the ballot. However.
J sunee this privilege has been conferred
upon them they will exercise it with the
highest wisdom and with that same Judg
ment that at all times characterises our
southern women. I repeat they are born
. democrats. They believe in justice and
equality. They stand for the idealistic in
. government as well aa in the home. They
'. ' have vision. They believe in advancing
, and promotolng the common good. Ap
peals to selfishness find no ready response
in Jheir natures.; They are in harmony
with the principles and policies of -the
democratic party. They need the demo
cratic party and the party needs them,
And they will prove both an inspiration
nd a bulwark of strength to the party in
Ibis year's contest in state and nation.
Defends the League.
After reviewing the several taVcom
filiabmenta of the administration, Mr.
Hoey entered into a vigorous defense of
the league of nations. He declared all
' opposition to it was the result either of
"criminal ignorance" on the part of Re
publican senators or of jealousy and
hatred of Woodrow Wilson and the Demo-
, cratie party, fighting for it. The United
fcStates, by far the richest country in the
: world, owes it to God and to mankind,
J aid he, to align itself with the other
world powers to keep the world at peace,
and this the league of nations will do.
Informed Republicans know this, he said,
and yet they, make the amazing statement
that the league would promote wars. As
matters now stand, he added, America is
oa the outside with. Mexico, Turkey and
"Russia. Even Germany will join the
. league aa soon as ahe eaa get on her feet.
. By their manifestation of hatred for
"Woodrow Wilson and their jealousy of the
achievements of the party of which ha is
leader, the Republican senators have writ
ten the most infamous page In American
t ' "history, declared Mr. Hoey. .He doubted
not that had Henry Cabot Lodge written
'the league covenant, the Republicans
. would have pronounced itbe greatest
.document ever penned hjr the hand of
man. Lodge once favored a league, and
' ao did Roosevelt, but the former,, rather
than see any credit reflected oa the Demo
cratic party or its able chieftain, is will
ing to fight Jt now with all his might,1 ;
' t ' -' Condemns Republican Senators.
: Mr. Hoey declared that wnile in Wash-i-
- "Sngtoa he frequently went to the senate
"' ' 'chamber to hear the league discussed and
jeaid he was utterly amaxed to hear some
, of the argumeata made against it He
Ktrongly. condemned what ha said was a
plot hatched in the brain of Lodge to
defeat the peace treaty before' it waa ever
' - drawn. The Massachusetts senator, he de
clared, while Wilson was in France work
ing and fighting, day and ' night for a
peace treaty that would protect- the whole
world, was going aboat secretly la the
. senate lining p 39 republicans, who
pledged thmselves to vote against the
treaty should Wilson bring it back for
. ratification. ' This, said Mr. Hoey, before
they knew any of the pact's provisions.
Such action, he declared, made them un
. worthy of the name of Americas senator,
and he waa confident the day is coming
-. -when they will be fittingly rebuked by the
peorle f the country. -
- . Another atta k on the Republicans by
. the speaker was for their alleged hatred J
of the souths '.. ' i- - . - - 's .
' The Republicans had. gone so far as to
- In'rtere a bill to put a tat on every
poun 1 of tobacco and every pound of cot-
PA GN
STATE UNIVERSITY OPBfS
IVfTH 1,122 STUDENTS
Freshmen Number 390. Con
gestion is Greatest in History
of Institution, Says President
. Chase.
CHAPEL HILL, Sept. 23. Springing
forward into the second quarter of the
second century of its existence, the Uni
versity of North Carolina today flung
wide its doors to receive the largest num
ber of students ever gathered at Chapel
Hill. Although cusses were started this
morning and the formal exercises f the
126th" opening were hold today, lines of
incoming students are still besieging the
registrar's office and the Y. M. C. A. is
still busy finding rooms for late comers
who could not crowd into the dormitory,
where many rooms are housing four stu
dents each.
, The first two days of regiat ration,
President Chase said today, showed that
1,122 students have already entered the
university. Of these 390 are freshmen.
The figures in both instances are higher
thaa at this time last year and the final
total figures are expected to surpass the
record-beating session of 1919-20.
Student organisations, beginning to
function even before the university was
formally opened, joined hands with the
authorities to relieve congested condi
tions. The campus cabinet in its first
meeting projected plans whereby claas
rooms will be kept open at night and fit
ted so that students may have quieter
places for study than in the crowded dor
mitories. Members of the faculty and
citizens of Chapel Hill who have never
rented rooms are this year turning over
apace for students.
"The congestion is worse than ever be
fore," said President Chase, "but we
hope that no student will be unable to
find room." '
The opening exercises were held this
morning with addresses by president
Chase and Francis Bradnhaw, new deau of
students, and tonight the new men were
welcomed by student leaders who de
scribed various college activities.
At the opening exercises President
-Chase told the studeuts that "this acre
is face to face with the question whether
the destructive forces created by modern
civilization shall gain the upper baud over
its constructive achievements. Bolshevism
and industrial unrest and moral con
fusico and red radicalism and city slums
are just as truly creations of modern civ
ilization as are the achievements of
-tfflence or good roads or public schools.
LEY6UES WILL BE
MILLERAND'S PREMIER
PARIS, Sept. 24. Georges Leygues,
minister of marina in the Clemenceau cab
inet, has cecepted a call to the first pre
miership under President Millerand's ad
ministration, it was announced this after
noon. He will likewise act as foreign
minister.
Georges Leygues, who became minister
of marine when Premier Clemenceau
formed hia cabinet, in November,
1917, a few months after the entry of the
United States in the war. served in that
post throughout ( the remainder of the
world conflict, contributing notably to
the success of the allies in the long strug
gle they waged toward the curbing of
German submarine warfare. He retired
from ministerial office last January with
IV. : . a . r frt
utr Trsiguauon or M. Clemenceau.
M. Leygues began his political eareerav,
a member of the chamber, which he en-
tared da 1884. Subsequently, be held
posts ia the 'cabinets of Dupuy, Rrbot,
Waldeck-Rouaseab and Sarien. He ia a
lawyer by profession, and a writer of
prominence on historical, political,' eco
nomic and literary subjects. Hia political
affiliations have been with the grdup of
the republicans of the left He will be
62 years old in November.
TRAVELING MEN TO MARION.
NEW YORK. 8ept. 2 Three thou-J
sand travelling saleeraea from eastern
cities planned to leave here late today oa
a special" train for Marion, O., to join
the pilgrimage of the Harding-Coolidge
Travelling Men 'a League, to be address
ed tomorrow by Senator ..Harding, the
republican candidate for president. It
ia estimated 10,000 "Knights of the
Grip" from every state will hear the ad
dress. - . ,
ton, to hart
speaker
the south,
asserted
the
'They hate the south and everything
that comes from the south,'., said Mr.
Hoey. . : - . -.
.Among other things in the course of his
speech Mr. Hoey. eaid: " . '
' The difference between the democratic
. . - .
(Continued on' page 7) " -. "
HAS THE BOLL VEVIL
. STRUCK 6AST0:i COUNTY?
Suspicious Looking Bus, Hay-
in all Appearances of This
V Pest, , Found on Roy sterns
i Farm , Near Gastoma
County Agent Gowan Sends
Specimen to Raleigh.
. Has the boll weevil struck Gaston
countyf
This is s question which is puzzling the
eounty farm demonstration agent, Mr. C.
Lee Gowan, today. -.
A very, suspicious looking bug, which
apparently haa all the appearance of the
boll weevil, was brought to Mr. Gowan
this morning by Mr. Q. E. Heffaer, who
lives on T. 6. Royster's farm. between
Gaston ia and Bessemer City. Mr. Heff
ner found several of these bugs in his
cotton field and immediately came to Mr.
Gowan 'a office with one of them. 'He dis
covered these bugs boring into the cotton
bolls in a manner similar in every way to
the boll weevil.
Compared with .mounted boll weevils in
Mr. Gowan 's office the bug brought in
today matches the others perfectly except
in that it seems to be a little bit larger.
This, however, may be accounted for1 by
the fact that the mounted weevils have
dried up and consequently have shriveled.
This specimen was sent todsy to State
Entomologist Franklin Sherman at Ral
eigh and Mr. Gowan expects to have a
definite answer from Mr. Sherman within
a day or so.
All cotton farmers in the county are re
quested to examine their fields and, in the
event any suspicious bug is discovered
boring into the bolls, are asked to bring
specimens in to Mr. Gowan at once.
This ia the season of the year, Mr.
Gowan states, when the boll weevil mi
grates. Just how near this pest had
already approached this section is not
known. They have been previously dis
covered in lower South Carolina and in
the eastern part of North Carolina. They
have been known to migrate as much as
fifty miles in one season.
WILMIGTON MAN FACES '
CHARGES IN WASHINGTON
Is Chanted With Attempting to
Get Diamonds by Imperson
ating Wealthy and Promin
ent Men.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24 Patrick
Paul Frederick, who gave hi home ad
dress as Wilmington, N. C, was arrested
here today in connection with an alleged
scheme to obtain diamonds valued at
nearly 20,000. When taken into custody
Frederick was at a hotel, rejeistered under
the jiame of Walter D. Denegre, a wealthy
resident of New Orleans.
According to a written confession which
the police say they have obtained from
Frederick, he has operated by ordering
diamonds from a number of jewelry con
cerns throughout the country, using the
name of some man of well known financial
responsibility, and impersonating this
man and claiming the jewels when they
were delivered.
Frederick entered a plea of guilty when
arraigned before a United States Com
missioner and was remanded to jail upon
failure to furnish hail in the sum of
15,000.
The particular case upon which the
hearing was held concerned an alleged
attempt September 6 to obtain diamonds
valued at $7,000 ordered from the George
T. Brodnax Company, of Memphis, Tenn.
Frederick will be taken to North Caro
lina for trilal as it was from points in
that state that the bogus orders for gems
are alleged to have been mailed.
AMERICAN GETS INTO
TROUBLE IN LONDON
LONDON, Sept. 24. Solicitors repre
senting Mrs. John Sprockets, Jr., of Cali
fornia, have instructed the police to inau
gurate extradition proceedings for Wil-
Iiam 1
06
Barrert. an American who is reported
under surveillance of the police of
Los Angeles, Calif. A warrant charging
Barrett with the theft of a pearl necklace
valued at 16,500 pounds sterling was is
sued on the application of Mrs. Spreckels
in the Marlborough police court Septem
ber 17. She is at a West End hotel and
has cancelled her passage on a liner sail
ing tomorrow for New York and will
await the return of her husband, who is in
Norway. Her secretary said today that
Mrs. Spreckels met Barrett, whom she has
known several years, at the 8andown race
course some months ago and as she was
not acquainted in London he offered to
introduce her tojiis friends. The secre
tary declared Mrs. Spreckels requested
him to attend to some dealings for her
with jewelers and gave him the necklace,
which she wanted cleaned and re-strunc.
Time elapsed, but Barrett avoided discus
sion as to the whereabouts of the necklace,
the 'secretary slated, and eventually he
left London. His continued! silence deter
mined Mrs. Spreckels to inaugurate pro
ceeding.', which resulted in the issuance
of the police court warrant! - -
t LOOO STUDENTS.
- PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24.--The Uni
versity of. Pennsylvania opened its 171st
year today with the largest enrollment in
its history. More than 11.000 students
have- enrolled, approximately 1.000 more
thaa last year." " , " ,
NORTH CAROUHA A!!GLE
' TO SENATE INVESTIGATION
Involves Expenses Delegates to
San Francisco Large Con
tributions to the Republican
t Made by Manufacturers, it is
'Alleged, to Organize Mill
Women of This State.
(By Theodore Tiller, in Greensboro Daily
News.)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. A North
Carolina angle to the senatorial investiga
tion into campaign expenditures became
assured today when a memorandum was
supplied Senator. Reed, Democratic mem
ber of the committee, alleging a large
contribution to the Republican party to
"organise" the mill workera of that
state.
Shortly afterward a North Carolina
feature cropped out again when the com
mittee learned that several employes of
the department of justice and department
of agriculture had attended the Demo
cratic convention in San Francisco and
the treasury had paid vouchers for their
expenses. The committee signified its in
tention of going through all the depart
ments, and Senator Kenyon, chairman,
said tonight that among the government
employes to be called ia Edward E. Brit
ton, private secretary to Secretary Dan
iels. When called Mr. Britton may be able
to show that he paid his own expenses,
or that he was on the Pacific coast on gov
ernment business. Nevertheless, since the
committee is going through all the depart
ments the North Carolinian will be on the
subpoena list.
The committee is yet to develop whether
employes of the department of justice and
agriculture who were at the convention on
government exienses were really engaged
on government work or whether there ia
a political scandal behind it. Republican
members of the committee scented the
possibility that boosters, for Attorney
General Palmer snd Secretary Meredith
had been carried along for political rea
sons, but this is yet to be followed up.
Secretary Daniela himself attended the
convention, but he stopped off in 8a u
Francisco while on a tour of inspection
of .naval yards and before going up In
the Alaskan oil fields. The secretary,
traveling by way of a naval vessel, prob
ably will show that he was engaged on
government business, hut theenmmirteft
wants to see if Mr. Britton wy likewise
so engaged and who paid his excuse.
Chairman Kenyon said that accordingly
Mr. Britton woujd le called.
Plan to Organise Mill Workers.
Meanwhile, the committee dug up
vouchers today showing that quite a num
ber of government employes were out in
San Francisco about convention time, and
the treasury had paid their bills.
E. O. Saunders, editor of a newspaper
at Elizabeth City, furnished Senator Reed
with the memorandum alleging a Republi
can attempt to orgauize the mill workers
of North Carolina. He informed Senator
Reed that at. a convention of Republicans
of Pasquotank county held last February.
C. R. I'ugh, at that time Republican cam
paign manager for the state, made a
statement.
In this statement Mr. I'ugh was alleged
to have said in sulwtance that he had out
lined a plan to Chairman Will Hays of
the national committee whereby North
Carolina might be carried for the Repub
licans by organizing its mill operatives.
Mr. 6aunders said the Pugh statement
was made in the presence of a score or
more of men, including "ol. I. M. Meek
ins, Wm. H. Keatoh and J. W. Johnson,
all of Elizabeth City.
At this conference Mr. Pugh was al
leged to have said that he told Chairman
Hays there were 40,000 unorganized work
ers in his state and they could be organ
ized for the G. O. P. In the memorandum
filed with Senator Reed. Mr. Pugh was
quoted further as saying at that time:
"Mr. Hays declared my idea was fine
and took me in his auto to the office of a
wealthy New Yorker who owns a chain
of mills in North-Carolina and whose
name I will not call. He explained our
plan and the manufacturer was elated and
gave his check for $50,000 to Chairman
Hays, together with a list of mill superin
tendents snd told us to get busy organiz
ing the -state."
With this memorandum in bis posses
sion. Senator Reed said he would demand
that Mr. Pugh and probably others men
tioned be calleoXbefore the investigating
committee.
MacSWINEY EXHAUSTED
LONDON, , Sept. 24 Terence Mac
Pwiney, lord mayor of Cork, was in a
very exhausted condition this morning
at Brixton prison, according to a bulle
tin issued by the Irish Self-Determination
League. He spent a very bad night, the
bulletin declared, and the severe pains in
his head, of which he haa complained fre
quently, began again this morning.
KNOXVILLE WANTS 30TH
. REUNION NEXT YEAR
' GREENVILLE. S. G. Sept. 24. An
invitation from Knoxville, Tena, to en
tertainthe next annual reunion of the
members of the 30th division, A. E. F
was receiveI.here today at the office of
Culonel Holmes D. Springs, president.
GREENSBORO-GETS 113 M0EE.
WASHINGTON. Sept. 2. Greens
boro. N..C, (revised) 19.S61; previously
announced, 19.748.
GOTTON INDUSTRY OF THIS
COUIvJRY NEEDS A10REEXP0RTS
ROTTENNESS OF BASEBALL
SHOCKS JURY FOREMAN
"Rube Benton Cires Startling
Testimony; Involving Some
Big League Players.
CHICAGO, Sept 24-Inveetigation of
a report that George M. Cohan, actor,
and Mont Tennes, of Chicago, had lost
large sums bet on last year's world
series was understood today to be un
der consideration by the Cook county
grand jury, which next Tuesday will re
sume gathering testimony of charges that
the series was "fixed" so that the Cin
cinnati Reds would win. Published re
ports place Cohan's losses at $30,000. and
Tennes at $80,000.
The inquiry into the ' ' fixing ' charges
is to be pushed to the limit, according to
a statement made by Henry H . Bingham,
foreman of the grand jury, who declared
thaj he was "shocked at the rottenness
so far revealed. " He added that "Chi
cago, New York, Cincinnati and St.
Louois gamblers are bleeding baseball
and corrupting players . ' '
8tate 's Attorney Hoyne, according to a
statement received from him in New
York, declared he "had no doubt that
the 1919 series was crooked and that at
least one Chicago player waa crooked . ' '
He added that a report that Cohan and
Tennes had information regarding al
leged baseball crookedness would be
thoroughly investigated by his office.
Jacob C. "Rube" Benton, New York
Giants pitcher, who told the grand jury
yesterday of being offered a bribe to
lose a game, naming "Buck" Herxog,
Hal Chase and "Hein" Zimmerman in
connection with the alleged offer, in a
statement published today, stated four
White Box players as having been named
to him by an alleged member of a base
ball gambling ring in a discussion of al
leged "fixing" of the 1919 series. These
players, Benton declared, were. Eddie
Cicotte, pitcher of the first game; Claude
Williams, pitcher in the second; Chick
Gandil, first baseman, and Hap Felsch,
center fielder. According to Benton's
statement the players were mentioned by
a Cincinnati "betting commissioner"
named Ilahn.
Benton said that Ilahn told him five
White Hox players demanded $100,000
for "throwing" the series and that this
was paid to them by a group of Pitts
burgh gamblers.
Benton said he was sure Cicotte could
name the Pittsburgh gamblers and would
be glad to give the information to the
grand jury.
fScjiton, in his story of the alleged
inif" of the world's series lat
" fix
fall. said :
"Last fall, after the scries, a niau
named Hahu, who hails from Cincinnati
and is known as a betting commissioner,
vitdted me at my home in Clinton, N.
C.
"One morning while we were out
hunting, I asked him about the world
series. He said the series was not on
the square.
"He said the deal to fix players to
throw the series to Cincinnati had been
engineered by a syndicate of gamblers
from Pittsburgh for whom he worked in
Cincinnati as betting commissioner.
' ' He said certain players on the White
Sox team had visited Pittsburgh before
the series was played and made arrange
ments to throw the games for a price.
He said that the players demanded $100,
000 to 4 lay down' so that the Kox would
lose and this was the price paid them.
"We discussed various players on the
team. .Buck Weaver's name was not
mentioned, nor were the names of Jack
son, Eddie Collins, John Collins, or Ray
Schalk.
"Within the last few weeks," the
statement says, ' ' it has been hinted more
or less openly that the White Sox would
not dare win because the gambling syndi
cate would tell wht they knew of the
conduct of certain players in the Cincinnati-Chicago
world's series games in
1919."
In the same statement Mr. Johnson is
quoted as saying:
"The per centage of dishonest baseball
players is very small, but we have some.
We have been at fault in the past by
placing too much faith in the integrity
of all players. I am determined that
baseball shall be divorced from gambling,
and that the black sheep shall be driven
from the game. y
" Unquestionably tnere was a lot of
money, bet on the Cincinnati-Sox games
last year. A New -York man said he won
$170,000 in two beta, taking $100,000
from a stock exchange man, and $70,000
from" a race horse man. J
Charles Buck',' Herzog, who waa ac
cused yesterday by "Rube" Benton' of
offering him money to lose a game; an
nonneed today that he would appear be
fore the grand jury and demand that
Lj 1 . 1 ir l. ITenog has not beeu sub-
" I 1 i " eIed Bfiitou," Iler-
MAPLEWOOD, N. H, Sept 24. Ike
seedier export trade ia the cottoa tadaa
try of this country wk urged today by
speakers at the semi-annual meeting af
ua national Association of Cotton
nfactorera. '
Daniel E. Douty. of New York,
ed that "America should distribute cotton
foods to the world ia place of raw eat- ''
ton," aad added that "tha Una aa
pabsed when tha cotton manufacturers caa -hear
with indifference tha appeal af the
southern planter for a fair price wkkh. .
will yield him a just return.' A tariff
wan will protect our domestic markets, tha
speaker continued, but will sot secure far.
eign trade, and will assist in tha cam.
petition ia foreign markets only by taxiag
domestic consumers in order to aeQ at
lower prices abroad. V Vi ' V.
Pointing to recent movements la Eag-'
land and Japan toward eonsolidatkm of -eotton
interests, Mr. Douty said that in. '
the manufacturers' association, "lay tha
foundation for the type of mutual organ
ixation which can produce for the Assert- .
can cotton industry the results which ww .
desire." v ; . .
Oscar K. Davis, of New York, secretary ,
of the National Foreign Trade Council,
said that the cotton manufacturing indaa
try of Europe is rapidly approaching ita
pre-war output and soon America will bar
faced by the fiercest competition ia titer
cotton buying markets of tha world,'.
Great Britain, Japan, Italy and Germany
are devoting their best energies to secur
ing 'the trade. and only a systemaJtio ,
campaign laid out on broad lines eaa sue-,
cess fully meet the competitive condition
that prevail in foreign markets. ' -
' ' We have reached the period of Indus- '
trial development in the United State
where foreign trade has become distinctly
and incontestably a matter of national
service. We shall not enjoy stable oondi-
tions at home, we shall not maintain do
mestic prosperity unless we maintain oar
foreign trade. Wo have attained the de- .
gree of production where we must either,
rell largely and continuously abroad, or
endure stagnation and disaster at home'" ,
The foreign exchange situation was die-
ussed by Dr. B. Anderson, Jr., of New e
York. He said that continued violent
fluctuations in the exchange rates were:
inevitable because of the abandonment of .
the gold standard in Europe The
speaker pointed out methods .by which ex
porters and importers could avoid these
risks, either through insisting . on eon-... .
firmed dollar credits in the United States .
or 'through "hedging contracta." by
whidi exporters sell foreign exchange for
future delivery at the moment they make
their contracts; or by which importers
purchase foreign exchange for future de
livery at the time they make, their eon
tract to import gools.
CHxCAGO RESTAURANTEURS
SUMMONED BEFORE COUNCIL
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. Managers of
five leading hotels and of two restaurant
chains have been summoned to appear '
today before the city council V committee:
on living costs. An announcement by
Chairman Max Adamski said that they
would be asked to explain "why their ,
prices have not been reduced in propor
tion to the drop in wholesale food
prices."
At a conference last night. Alderman
Adamowski added. E. J. Stevens, manager ,
of another big hotel, had promised an '
"immediate downward revision in
prices."
"We have the facta and figures to :
prove to these gentlemen.'' the alderman
added, "that they have been profiteer
ing. I believe that they will agree that
the war is over and reduce their prices..
If they don 't they face a withering com
bination of prosecution and pitiless pub
licity. . H -j': ' , .
"Potatoes have dropped from $9.50 s.
hundred pounds to $2.50, yet sa order of
potatoes still costs from 15 to 40 eenta.'
The same can be said of tomatoes, eora
and beans. If these prices are put down
where they belong, lees meat will be eaten
and the public will get relief from that
source.' Food prices are due for a drop
and food purveyors will, accept the situsr
tion gracefully i if they sre wise."
Mrs. Agnes Curlee Fayssoux, of
Winnsboro, 8. C, is spending a: few
days with Mrs. L. C, Davis on West
Main avenue . r 1 " . , '
eog said, "and thereby grants him im
munity from prosecution, notwithstand
ing the fact that -he admitted oetting
on the world's series, as my witnesses
have charggsL following a tip from Hal
Chaae. :-;. ' . .
Herzog said be would file a waiver of
immunity when he demanded to be heard .
. " I f any evidence to warrant prosecu
tions is uncovered those involved may 1-e
charged ; with obtaining money in ' -falsa
pretenses, conspiracy or opern'"
a confidence." II. L.J?epIoe, : '
state's attorney iu r! n- - of ?'
jury investigation, annm ' '
same secrecy t' . t f
jury proeei' . ; ;
gation, L? 1.
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