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Y PI P"iTV alt of I La I L..i Nil Gaston County is $1,611. ' Popula tion 51,242; total wealth,' J82.S73.749. ' .. plOTp-fl A city f. CikdlbttMt - fne tome, good" schools And churches A good place to live. Popu laton 13,871, 123.5 p. e. jrsin OF TEX ASSOCIATED PRESS VOL. XLI. NO. 241. GASTONIArN. C THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 7, 1920 '; . SINGLE COPY 5 CZllTZ M ::.:u3E.:Errrs will ee a ' v FLKITIFUL AT FAIB In Addition to Keystone Expo sition Show There Will be Aerial Stunts by Gastonia Aircraft Corporation, Cho ' : Cho. the Health Clown and Many , Other Entertaining ' Features. ) ,,V fi- Amusements will bo plentiful at the 'Big .Gaston County Fair next "week,, it was announced from fair headquarter . ,; this morning. . A:- .CyAyP-Ap'A''"";"? Contract has been closed with the Gas ton!' Aircraft Corporation , for thrilling aerial stunts dally in the late afternoon. These will bo pulled off just to one side of " the grounds so- that nervous people 'need. not worry and so that it will be asy to watch Lieutenant Shealey in his . -death-defying stunts. lie has promised to. give absolutely everything there is in , ' late aerial stunts. . , : ' . The-' Keystone Exposition Shows will ; Siave charge of the midway' Contract was only closed with this organisation After going over the list of available ones J dean shows and a clean midway are as " wared. '. ; X -AA V5 ' A ' ' With' the splendid cooperation of the , local Bed Cross officials, both Junior and Gaston County Chapter- Cho-Cbo, the Health Clown has been secured for the school boys' aad girls ' Thursday and ' another attraction of like desirability for . Friday A ;.;;.; "AA: ' :AP?::A i-' Andthen there 11 be the old timeVsing- ing Friday night. "' '- j And Wednesday night the fEed Men will pull off s stunt that will delight the ':rowda..: '-, A. ' A' A-A "V.' ;'" A - ; sA A ' There'll bo something V. doing every eniaute in the line of good clean amuoe ' anent,' " remarked one fair official this " morning. ,,-, ,V -' ' - ' 'OH'oosjmfv- t CrOO FITGHERS TODAY 1 - NEW YORK, Oct 7. Going into the " third game of the world's series at En lists : '' Field ' this afternoon Cleveland. 'JiB.mpions"of the American League, "and , Brooklyn.' champions of the National League, were on even terms, each with ; ne . victory . chalked; up.' ; The game was in the nature of a "rubber," Managers Hobinaon' and Speaker being particularly nxiaus to win in order to hav ethe ad- Vantage when the teams, after today 'a t battle, ;, resume hostilities at . Cleveland Saturday. - A.A-A 'r""A:": v-':': ' The contest itt all probability ' will be a " battle between C left hand pitche'rs , i Sherrod femlth .and Walter Mails.. The ' latter joined the Cleveland club late in : August and by winning six games in a row lifted a big ourden off the shoulders j.Bagby and Coveleskla in the final dash lor the flag. ;. : ; Speaker has made the Brooklyn play ers bat against right hand pitching in the two games , played and because of tli is Mails is likely to get his chance - today".; With the teams traveling tomor row . it ; will enable Coveleskie to have . three days' rest, which should put him in first class condition to pitch Saturday. ; Sherrod Smiths the big left bander, voagenerally considered to be Manager ; Uobinson's choice. He warmed up with Crimes yesterday and it was not until Just before the game started that primes was finally - selected. In the event of ' Smith " proving ineffective against the Indiana Manager Robinson can switch to aright hand pitching, using either Mamauz r Cadore, both of whom did well in the last three innings of the opening game.' Behind the masterly . pitching of Bur leigh Grimes yesterday the Superbas , howed to better advantagrthan they did Tuesday. The players appeared to have confidence ' In one another, especially - when .Indian' runners got on the bases. , "With a lead of one run Grimes had reason to trust in his teammates, and thelatter were 'confident that" their pitcher, work ing as he was, was unbeatable. Vf . . -. . . ' TWO KILLED IN WRECK. ? . HUNTINGTON, W. Vs., Oct 7 An engineer and a postal clerk were killed and a passenger, injured slightly' early t his morning x when Chesapeake k Ohio train No. 5 was derailed at Dixon,' seven 'ules east of Bonceverte, W. Va. The dea'd. vtv?i;:A- B. D. Womack, of Hinton, W. Va., ngineer . ' ' : AA r". 0. n." Gurley, Staunton, Va., postal cl.'rk. ! : . .'-. The official report of the accident re ceived here did not give the name of the tfiwenge who was hurt, nor the cause cf th derailment. - -A - ! VIATOK GIVES UP. , PANAMA, Oct . - e - Lieutenant rles Dl Austin; United States army or, who, left here this morning en t tempted flight to .Washington, e 1 at 5 o 'dock this afternoon after nearly 11 hours in the; air. 'He itered a terrific storm and a heavy In addition his engine- began to' p trouble. '.'.".. : ' srs: Jno. G. Carpenter and Ar 'xon will -speak at the Seminole - TriJay night at 7:30.' They t " ; '.'n and j irty is- ' f-rs c f 1' ffclion. CEiSUS EUHEAU WILL - '? OOE THE FGPOLWIKI , .: OF UNITED STATES TODAY Indications Are That ' Census Figures Will Show Approxi mately 105,000.000 People Cities and;' Industrial :: Centers Have Grown at Ex pense of Rural Sections. -;.';: i ': The population figures, for the' Unifed States to be released thia afternoon at 4- o'clock by the Cen sus Bureau will not be received by The Gazette in time for publics 'tion in today's paper." However,' the figures will be placed on The Gazette Bulletin board as soon as received. Phone inquiries to this office , will also receivr"attention. : A WASHINGTON. Oct. 7- The bulk of its work completed the census bureau at 4 o 'clock this ' afternoon will , announce the total number of inhabitants in eon- tinental, UnHed SUtee. ' .A- ' A Indications are that the complete eon sus, the 14th in the country 'a history, wm show a total population for the United Htates,, exclusive of Insular possessions, of approximately .: 105,700,000. ' Nearly 1230)00 ' persons are estimated to ' be living; in island possessions, making total of 117,950.000 persons under the protection of the Stars and 8trim. - These estimates are based on a recent official announcement i that . the " census when 85 per eent'oompleto, jrave a popu lation of 9086,742' for . that proportion of the country. . ..-, -AA. ' The relative growth of the nation from 1900 to lfllff was 81 per cent, but this rate la expected to be eut to at least 15 per cent this year, chiefly, census bureau officials say,' through, atoppage of immi gration during the wear, ' and by the heavy, emigration during that period. ' One of , the striking development! of this year's census was the relative growth of cities and industrial centers as com pared with the farming regions. Sural growth in the last 10 years was only one third as great as It was in the previous aecaae, wniie lae , cities nearly main tained their 1900-lBlO rate of growth. The census bureau to date has spent forty- weeks in supervising the enumera. tion and tabulation of, the country 's mil- lions. A. similar period elapsed before the eountrys population was made pub lic in 1910. 1 This year, however, all minor civil divisions ana .,' incorporated places of each state will have been made public with the announcement of .the United States total, while in 19 JO the census bureau's 'objective was to arrive at the total as soon. as. possible, leaving five states and their county civil divisions to be announced later.. The work of the 13th census did not begin until April 5, and ended December 10, 1910. On January. 1, this year, 85,000 enu merators began counting the men. women and children of the country and collect ing certain information concerning the nation s resources, unaer tne OirectioiL of Sam L. Rogers, chief of the census? bureau, enumerators collected data'en farms. manufactures, forests and oil pro duction, and it is this work, which will occupy the attention of the bureau from now on. A large force of statisticians L and clerks will be retained to complete it. . r. -; .' CENSUS FIGTJSES. WASHINGTON, Oct: 7. Census fig ures released today include: r"! - . Florida.' 86896; increase 213,677, or 28.4 "per cent,'', vViy. Virginia,', 20661 ; increase 244,749, or 11.9 per cent " A y Arkansas, 1,75095 ; increase" 1 76.546, or. 11.2 per tmt.A-A v cA'?A - ' , v'': Pennsylvania,: 8,720,159; increase 1, 055,048. or 13.8 per cent . .Vp:';'. Ohio; "5,759,368; increase 992,247, or 20.8 per cent. :AAx-aA: - Michigan, ; 3,667.222 increase 857,049, or 30.5 per cent. -,Iowa, 2,402630 ; increase 178,859, or R.0 per cent. . . 'Ja- ..' Detroit, Mich "(revised) 993,678; in crease 527,012, or 113.3 per cent. Pre viously, announced, 993,739, t A. Tampa, Fla (revised) 51,608 ; T in crease 13.826 or, 36.6 . per cent. Pre viously announced, 51,252. ; ' - Key West, na. , (revised) 18,749; de crease 1,196, or 6.0 per cent. Previously announced, 19,039. '- " ; A 5 , MAtJ VERY WEAK. LONDON, Oct." 7. Terence MacSwi- ncy, lord mayor of Corkwhb thia horn ing began the fifty-sixth "day of his hun ger .strike at Brixton prison, passed a fairly good night, out did not. appear very much rested early today, according to a bulletin issued by, the .IrjaS . 8elf Determination League. .He , was., very weak, but otherwise there was nA par ticular change in his condition, the bul letin, added. " .' v " y ".' ' ' - mil VT15 4V . tji - - J . loe uuua uuiiciw vi uiv league rvcui ; "Except "that he is very -tired," there la no .change in Lord Mayor MacSwi nry 's condition.' The doctor who visited him ;( his inorning says he ' finds the mayor's body in a shocking state of ema ciation and is unable to state how long he will live.' A-A":- KITERESO ITET.1S FROM EAST GASTGII METROPOLIS Ganoca Camp Firt Girls to Give Play st ) ' Behnont Friday Night . v " The Ganoca Camp Fire Girl; of Gas t'onia,'' are planaing to bring .the play, 'Any 'GirLV, which they receutly pre gduted in Gautonia,? to Belmont Friday night, the performance to be given at the Central School auditorium , at 7:30 o'clock.. The." play, "Any GlrLV was first given by the Camp Fires of the. YN W C A. in Los Angeles, Calif. A mem ber of the board "who saw the perform ance said if every , business man ' would see it conditions for .a store girla would h bettered. It i supplies . the need for something that will represent the Camp Fire movement 'and at the : same time gives entertainment. " fiynopsls of play : UA: A,AAAr.ACT I. :i ' Scene: in the woods with city girls on campbg trip. They meet ""country girl and , become, friends', asking her to cit for xisit. , V'. "A ' -'"!' S ; 'ACT'IL . ' ticene ia parlor, with city girls at home holding ' an .exhibit . with : 4 ' Any Girl M (their eountry friend) as a 'guest, j '. ;-- act in. ;-;'; : -a . City girls and their ' country friends hold a meeting together,' introducing a number of songs with 'motions and' also bringing : in two attractive folk dances. Miss Pickena and Miss Harvey will give a number of ;songswith banjo and, guitar, accompaniment, after which. 5 the .'girls listen to a piano duet by .: Virginia and Rachel Henderlite and all join In singing "Mammy Moon." . '-, ; The Uamoca Girls . are coming - here under the auspices of the Behnont chap ter; the Loaeha Camp Fire Girls, half of the proceeds going to the local camp fire. The patronage of the entire community is asked to assist the girls in making this a huge success. ' Admission is: .Adults 35 cents,1 school children 25 cents. ' A; ; Primary Department to Stage "Show", ;"V: . Fridsr Moraine. ' , a :. ' The primary department -of. the Cen tral school will stage ''show" at the opening of . school Fridsy morning, at which the little folks will perform some interesting " stunts. " .The patrons of the school are cordutUy invited to attend, A small admission fee' of, ten cents for adults and five for schdal children will be charged, the proceeds ; to go for the benefit of the new school piano fund. , Athletic Association Organised at High ::.-.".' . ? i: School !j.'il.M'fi The Athletic Associafioii of . the IBel niont High School. students has been or ganized with the following: officers: President, Marcua Beesef Patrick ; . vice president, Isaae Howe; secretary ' and treasurer, Manley BroWft T cheer leader for girls, Laura; Hall;; cheer leader for boyr George Gaston- Young Folks, Have Camp Supper. - A large ninnber of young people from the different young 'people's societies of the various denominations, the Junior B. v: P. IT.. Christian Endeavor.' Epworth n d Sunbeams, enjoyed a pleasant camp supper Monday evening. . Besides the sandwiches and' other prepared edibles, the. children enjoyed tosutting marshmal lows. ba?on, weiners. etc., before a blas- Nmr cmn (Ire. 1 Miss Blanche Monroe and Miss Melva Gullick chaperoned tne a fifty or more young folks present. ORDERS WITHDRAWAL : A, WHISKEY FROM BOND WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 In an ef fort to cheek illegal liquor sales, Prohi bition Commissioner Kramer has order ed withdrawal of whiskey from bond tem porarily suspended in New York eity and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, ' i Mr. Kramer disclosed today that the ban had been on for a month, and .that he had received a request from A. '.it. Dalrymple,. district prohibition agent in Chicago, fot an order of similar nature to be placed in the Chicago district. He said he had not yet determined on a poli cy for that section. : A . '- The ban has- been in. effect for more than s month. ', ' ': - . -The effect of the order on illicit sales of. whiskey has been undeniably great, the commissioner said ' He added, how ever, that it had failed with respect to alcohol, withdrawal of . which could not be suspended because of its use for in dustrial purposes. The commissioner indicated that the or der probably would be withdrawn soon, but he declined to indicate the date or to give details of the bureau's plans which brought about suspension of with drawals. : Secrecy has surrounded the refusal of prohibition , agents in the communities affected to approve applications for with drawals from bond. ' Prohibition. agents were instructed only to hold in abeyance all such applications. : Mr. Kramer said the order had re duced outstanding stocks of liquor, that is whiskey in the hands ; of druggists and others, to' Vthe very minimum. " Oother officials in the prohibition office estimated that illicit sale of whiskey had been reduced about 75 ier cent in New York. They were without definite re ports as to its effect in sections of Pen nsylvania and New Jersey. !'. " - ; ROTARlJL'iS HEAD ABOUT :gasto:i county fair ' Yesterday's; luncheon of the Gaatonla Rotary Club was. a Fair luncheon, the program ," being , devoted largely to the talks ,ou the ' approaching , county fair, which is to .be. held next week. . Mr. C Lee Gowan, county farm demonstration agent.' ' . and . Miss Nell. PicVens, home demonstration agent, were the principal spi'akers.':,' They ' discussed thO value of fairs.to a community as a general propo sition ami of the Gaston County Fair to our own people la particular. ' The ed ucational side of . the county fair was stressed., As a stimulator '' of " better farming methods, better methods of cat tle, and nog raising and of better meth ods of housekeeping, the county fair has done, wonders- for the ' county. Both speakers were heard .with great Interest by the club members and visitors. A pleasing feature of the luncheon was the music. . Mrs. Harry; Butter and Mr. J. Holland Morrow rendered . two duets, while Messrs. P. H. Thompson, J, W. Watson, J." L.s Kendrick and E. B. Denny rendered a quartet,' all of the se lections being greatly enjoyed and highly appreciated by the Botarians. Miss Mary Ramsey presided at' the piano.' Mr. J. L. Beal was in charge of the program fot the day and presided at the meeting. ' President Myers appointed a commit tee composed of J. H. Kenedy, chairman, J. W. Culp and W. B. Morris to' make preparatioas for Gaetonia 'a representa tion at the next annual district meeting, wliich Is fo be held in Norfolk. Va., in March. , ' : 'A : BIG WOOL EXHIBIT TO . ' : ' BE FEATUHE OF FAIR County Agent C Lee Gowan ' GeU Fin Exhibit of Wool For County Fair Shows -Every Stage In Manufacture i From Clipping fto Finished BlankeU. , . One of .the finest wool exhibits' ever shown at a southern fair and one that will feature the State Fair at .: Raleigh week after next was secured for the Big Gaston! County Fair ; by' ,County Agent C . Lee Gowan at Hickory' Wednesday .fterndn." He conferred there , with the representatives of the. extension Mr vice having charge of sheep production and as a result secured the promiseof the exhibit which will .interest everyone who raises sheep or eonsidvirj raising thim. It shows all the proee.ses from- the first clippings to the finished blankets. . t HIGH SCHOOLS ABE - r , A v INCREASING RAPIDLY. Rate Has Been an Increase of One School a Day for Past 28 Years. WASHINGTON, Oct. 7. New 1 high schools have been atdded to the American educational system at the rate of at least one a day during the last 28 years. Statistics compiled by the Federal Bu reuki of Education show that there are now more than 17,000. such schools,, an increase of 452 per cent, over the num ber in 1899. Attendance figures from 14.000 of the schools give a total of 1.736,619 scholars, indicating . in effect that one-tenth of the population is get ting high school education, the bureau states. , ' . Only 632 of the schools reporting to the bureau enroll 500 students each and 278 "enroll over l)00," while one-half of the 13,951 schools tabulafted have an enrollment of between 27 and 100 stu dents. City, high schools constitute less than 10 per cent of the total. They en roll 52 per cent of all students. Almost 85 per cent of the high schools are rural with 40 per cent of the students. 'As 65 per tent of the' schools offering a four-year course have terms of only 180 days during the year, a longer school term is "unmistakably foreshadowed," ac cording to burealu officials. The schools eost thousands of dollars to erect and to utiuze the property for only 18Q days a year is "bad judgment" the statement says. ' " The number of high school graduates has increased from 21,882 in lew to 224,367 in .1918. Considering the in crease in population during this period. it is found that American youths are be coming overr six times as well educated as they were. . . v The state of Texas leads in percent age of high school graduates who con tinue their studies in preparatory school or college. North Carolina and Kentucky, are second aaid third respectively. The average high school principal, the statistics show, receives f 1,272 a year, or about $100 a "month for the entire year, principals oi me iiairic ui w lumbia, California,, Arizona, Msssachu setts and New York receive the 'highest salaries in the order named, while Ne-i braska pays'the lowesf average salary. : In 1918 there were 81,034 high school teachers, as compared with 9,120 in 1890, Since 1902 there has been a steady in crease of. Tf omen entering, the profession and today only, 34 per cent of all high school teachers are men. - . A A':- The largest high school in the United States is tha Polytechnic Evening High School, Los Angeles," California, with an enrollmerl of 8.449- : ' ' . COX ERI.'.'GS LEAGUE AA ' ?J TO FORE Kl KENTUCKY Democratic Candidate .Will End Tour of Kentucky and : Tennessee at Louisville Fri day Night. . ; ENROUTE WITH GOVERNOR COX, Oct. 7 With ;- a number of speeches through Kentucky and Tennessee, ' Gov ernor Cox, of Ohio, today resumed is personal speaking campaign,' to continue virtually until election day. y : . ' Opening his' Kentucky, campaign with an early moruing address at Elisabeth town, the democratic presidential candi date was to spend several hours, for an extended address, at Bowling Green, this afternoon, and be the central figure of a mass meeting tonight at Nashville, Tenn.' Several rear- platform addresses , today alsowere contemplated and tomorrow the governor will visit more Kentucky cities, ending his tour of the "Blue Grass' state tomorrow night at Louisville. - The league of nations was. brought into Kentucky by the. governor as the pre eminent issue ; to, be championed by democracy and thrust at the opposition. With its moral aspects uppermost, ma terial Interests also were to be .outlined by Governor Cox. ' " Accompanying Governor Cox through Kentucky were a number of prominent democrats, beaded by former . Senator Johnson Camden, national committee man.' : ' Ay . t" A'v. TUMULTY. SAYS THESE IS V ' - ' NO STENOGRAPHIC RECORD WASHINGTON.- Oct. 7. Today's contribution from the 'whits house in the controversy, between President Wilson snd Senator Spencer, of Missouri, who charged the president with having defi nitely promised the aid of the American army, and navy to Rumania and Serbia athe peace conference, was a statement by Secretary Tumulty that the president ut no stenographic report of the eighth plenary session, at which the promise, is alleged to have been made, and that so far as the president knows there is no such report in this country. . Senator Spencer called for the record. ' The statement, which the Missouri Sen ator his' charged to : President Wilson and which is leing. nsed - as part of .the republican campaign against the league of nations, is said, according to various published reports, to- have been, made by the president at & session of the council of four on May 31, 1919. Mr. Spencer, however, referred to . it as having been made at the eighth plenary session 'of the peace conference. . " President Wilson tells me there ia no stenographic" record of the proceedings of the conference in his possession, ' Mr. Tumulty said, "and so far as the presi dent knows there is none In this conn- try.v ':-- ' ' ' , ' Mr. Tumulty adde4 that "it was up to those making the charges" to produce the proof. CITY OF CHARLOTTE - V ; - HAS NEW MAYOR Charlotte News. ," John M. Wilson, city clerk and treas urer, has been named mayor of Charlotte to fill out the unexpired term of Frank M. MeNlnch, who has resigned to take up community service : work . Mr . Wil son will assume his duties at the close of this week. .;. - Mr. Wilson has been connected with the city administration since May 8, 1908, first as .tax collector, then with the introduction of the commission form of government as clerk and treasurer. Mr. Wilson is a native of Mecklenburg coun ty, having been born in Deweese town ship. He has been a resident of .Chart lotte more than 20 years' and befdre tak ing np municipal work he was connected with Long-Tate Clothing Company, i Mayor McNinch'will conclude his du ties with the city Saturday night,, de parting Sunday for northern cities, to en gage ia a tour of work for the communi ty service. He announced some weeks ago that he expected to present his resig nation early in October. - THIS BIRD IN AMERICA 3 HAS THE LORD MAYOR ' . . V SKINNED A BLOCK WASHINGTON, Oct 7. WBile Ben jamin J. Salmon, a conscientious objee tor, continued his hunger strike which began July 15, when he was sdmitted to St - Elizabeth's ' military hospital here, attorneys for Salmon today sought to obtain his release from the institution through habeas corpus proceedings. The Civil Liberties League, of New York, is aiding in the efforts to obtain Benja min's release.'', . - ' V Immediate upon being brought to St Elisabeth's from Fort Douglas. Utah, Benjamin, whose home is in Denver; re fused to eat and despite partly success ful attempts at forcible feeding, he haft maintained his attitude for 84 days.; WABASH R. R. COMPANY WILL .' K ' A I ' DROP 525-EMPLOYES - DECATUR,1; Hl.r ' Oct. .7,-Announcement' was made here today by the. Wa bash Railroad Company that $2.5 em ployes oi - ita '. mechanical, department would be taken off the payrolls Octo ber 12. . . - : . A general slump in business was as signed by officials as the enusa for the lay-off. - ' nii thri l.'-r r given as r - - ' a f i ' 1 r : HAROIa'6 SAYS HE . FAVORS STAYG OUT . OF LEAGUE C0YEI11T Says President Wilson Has AI ready Scrapped the League Declares That Proposed League Strikes Deadly Clow ' at Constitutional Integrity.;, ' DES MOINES,' Iowa., Oct. 7 A. direct issue of ratfying or rejecting tne league of nations was accepted by Sena-: tor Harding in a speech here ' today : brushing aside the problem of clarifying reservations and declaring he weald 4 ' favor staying out '. of . the covenant : written .at Versailles, Af : Pa AA . a, a The candidate aaid he wanted no ae- ceptance of the league with reservations to clarity American obligations, but that the proper course jvouldjbe. to reject those commitments altogether. - "I do not want to ebtrlfy those obli- . gatlona," be said. "I want to turn may back on them. . It is not interpretation ' but rejection that I sm seeking. ' . ' : The senator also re-stated Lis program of a world association based on princi ples ia harmony wits ' the constitution, .' snd .-renewed Ids pledge to initiate the formation' of such' a concert immediately . after ais"leetka'; ".71 :'':.' '" 'Our opponents, " he said,'are per--' sistently curious to know whether; if or, perhaps I might better say, when ' I am elected, I . intend to 'scrap' the , league. ; It might be sufficient in' reply , to suggest the futility - of 'scrapping' something which ia already'' scrapped. ; Whether. President . Wilson ' is to W b lamed or thanked .for the . Result, - tas ' fact remains that the Paris league has been 'scrapped' by the hand ot its chief architect. The stubborn insistence that . it must be- ratified wthout dotting am. M' or crossing. a 't', the refusal to ad- vise - that Is to counsel - with the i ate, in accordance with the mandate of the constitution,' is wholly responsible fox that condition " ; ' ' The issue, which our opponents are endeavoring' to befog, is . singularly simple and direct. . That issue, as made by. the democratic president and the democratic- platform, and the democratic candidate does not present to the Ameri can people the. question whether they hall favor., some form of association -among the nations for the purpose ef ' preserving international A', peace, .; but preserving whether, they favor the partie ular . league proposed by President WU-.' , son , Ay', '' A Ayf-fy-AiA t ': My position is that the proposed league strikes a deadly blow at our eon-' sSttutional integrity and surrenders to a , dangerous" extent our independence of action. j.The democratic platform ' re jects this - position, to quote . the exact words; .ss utterly vain; if not vicious. The democratic candidate in his speech of acceptance has said 'A definite plan has been agreed upon. The league A nations is in operation, x x x Benator, ' Harding as the republican candidate for the presidency, proposes in plain words that we remain out of it. As the dem-' ocratic candidate, I favor going in.' The issue, therefore, is elesrj".:---.-:..' . f J understand the view of the demo- . "Cratic candidate ' and he understands ' mine, as his own words just now quoted plainly show; notwithstanding' the recent pretense thai my position has "not been made clear. In simple words, it ia. that he favors going 1 into the Paris league and I favor staying but. w ' :;- ' ' 1 " We have been told that we' must - ratify the proposed covenant in order to : become a member of the league,' and -that, if we do not, we shall be obliged ' to stand with hat in hand and sue for admission hereafter. He who . presents such a humiliating picture is singularly blind to the facts. : Because we are not vitally . concerned in the conflicting in terests . of ' Europe, because we are in dependent, because we are able ; to ap- , proach the solution of the questions which ' continually threaten the pease of Europe ' :': as an unprejudiced empire rather, than as an interested party, the world will be glad to have us formulate the plan ant. point the way. " - r LARGE ENROLLMENT . - - ; AT STATE COLLEGE.'. Special to !The Daily Gazette, ... , WEST RALEIGH, Oct. 6 '- The ; Registrar's office at State CoDege an- . nounces that the enrollment to date is the highest in the history of the eoQego . for this season of the year,. Tho '& ' ures given out today show that 911 men are registered . ' ' Agriculture leads Cm? enrollment by courses with 297 students, -followed by Electrical and Engineering with 156 men each and Textile Engineer- ing with 153 ; -.'It is' expected that the numerous special courses given at the college will bring the total registration for the college year up to approximately It has been necessary for about ,350 students .to find rooms off the campus in the college community, ae the "'college dormitorks .can accommodate' only 550... The two new dormitories when eomplet-' ed late in the winter will provide rooms for 144 ien;but i1 nt even bogm t care for the present orerSow. The I.l.-.l : " T' T 'V