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MEMBER 07 THX ASSOCIATED P2TSS
VOL. XLL NO. 2S1.
GASTONIA, N, C, TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 19, 1920
SINGLE COPY 5 CENTl
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TO APPROACH 1. HARDING
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HvisnfMGTOK. ' Oct. 19 Awur-
k- aec karo toea tiv the atate-depart-
mentment Vy Count ' DeBearn, - French
v ; hart here, that the Trench government
"aad ot giwh attthority to any one to
.approach Senator Harding with .augges
' tiona that, the republican preaidential
rBomiaea take the, lead in forming a new
world aaaocUtion. -
'. Calling the attention to an official di-
mial issued by the French foreign of-y-
tilo yesterday, the French charge told
''' Under-Secretary of State Davis tha't he
"mt assured that the French government
' ks4 delegated no spokesman to aet for
it in negotiations with Senator QarOing
either 'formally or informally, offioially
WuMffielally. " 1
- - The anouaeement of the visit or the
.'Trench charge to the state department
l yesterday afternon waa made today by
Vt. Davis who said that while Count De
; lBeam 4ad delivered m formal reply to
rthe American note of inquiry, to the
French government diapstched jresterday,
he supposed that the assurances given by
the charge were. the' result of previous
womnurakaUona with his government.
. Hr. Davia said be did not know
. whether the French government . would
eon tent itself with the denial issued
formally yesterday at Paris and the as
uraaees given the state department
rtlwtiais thn French charge or whether a
if ormafl . reply would be made to the
: iifonnal note of inquiry sent by the Amer
ilea government . at the. direction of
'President Wilson.
It was farther stated at the depart
ment that, the American government had
i never had any intimation of a desire by'
, the French government to ' ' scrap ' ' the
', present league of nations or to revise it .
.110, DEMAND FROM WASHINGTON.
PARIS, Oct 1-The French foreign
-office'- stated shortly after noon today
bat it had 'not as yet received any de
tnand from Washington for information
regarding' the , subject referred to by
Fresideat "Wilson in his letter to Senator
' Harding, telegraphed to the press of
France, from the United States.
JThe only statement authorised by the
'foreign office in this 'connection up to
'this time is that no official ommuniea
't ion of any nature had been made by the
'French government regarding a substi
Hute for tha league of nations.
XO MHT FROM HARDING.
WASHINGTON", Oct. 19. President
.Wilson had not received a reply today
to his InQuiry directed to the French gov
ernment regarding. Senator Harding's
ttiatement that a spokesman of France
had approached the senator informally
and asked that he take the lead in form
ing an association of nations.
It also -was stated at the white house
that Senator Harding's reply to the
president's letter of yesterday had not
et reached the DresidenL
S"r-. j- i ..., .
rSINATOfc SWANSON STRICKEN.
'BOANpKE, Va Oct. 19. United
States Senator Clauds A. Swanson, of
'Virginia, who last night suffered a heart
"attack while speaking here before a dera
' ratio rally, had sufficientry recovered
'this morning to be able to leave on the
Slit train for Washington.
'-. The aeaator, who said he. had got op
'front sick bed to keep his appointment
'here, characterized the attack as being
fnimilar te on he suffered while speaking
iin the senate last AprO. ',.
X news Hems saya the Sing Sing riMa
is slerty jfftafded. It might be well for
- the sea&tt to appoint an investigating
osnmlttee to find out why.-OkIahoma
COaheaaaa. :. . . '
: TO TKE DB:0KUTIC V0TH1S,
O LIB. OF 6ASTDTI CfflTlTY
You are respectful v urged to Register for . the Election to
be held on Nov. 2nd- The coming election is a most important
REGISTER AT ONCE. DO NOT DELAY
. ' The Registration Books dose on Oct 23rd, you
j&egister on or before Oct. 23rd. . . .
. .Especial attention Is called to the new precinct in Gastoma
rknWn Gastonia No, 4. The territory which formerly be
. r longed to Gastonia No. 1, West of South Streeet and West of
Norffc York Street, in lhe city of Gastonia has been placed in
i the new precinct Gastonia No. 4. The territory West of the
C'& NW. Rt beyond the trestle south of the city limits,
r whUhwas formerly in Gastonia No. 1, has also been placed
Hhrthis new precinct. An out-and-out New Registration has
been -ordered for this new precinct, and ALL WOMEN AND
'MEN-WHO LIVE IN THIS NEW PRECINCT KNOWN AS
-GASTONIA NO. 4, MUST REGISTER FOR, THIS EXEC.
TlOrl. The vtinv p!ce for this new precinct is at . the
.-COUTHCUr. I !.!-. E. D. Denny, the Registrar, will bo at
f -r t - ' 1 t"
i ONE AUTHORITY
EXPANSION OF, CREDIT,
NOT CUHTAIIUENT IS
FEDERAL RESERVE POLICY
So Declare) George J. Seay,
Governor of Richmond Fed
eral :' Reserve Bank in Ad
dress Before South Carolina
, Cotton Manufacturers Asso
ciation Today.
' GREENVILLE; 8. C, Oct. 18. De
spite contrary reports there has been no
curtailment of the amount of bank credit
outstanding but, instead, there has been
a continuous expansion not only of com
mercial loans among the banks of the
federal reserve system, but of loans for
agricultural purposes according to an
address of George J. Seay, Governor of
the Richmond federal reserve bank, read
before the South Carolina Cotton Manu
facturers' Association here today. The
paper was read by Charles A. Peple, dep-,
uty governor of the bank, in the absenee
of Mr. Seay.
, No section, of the country has been so
liberally treated in the matter of extend
ed credits as has been the south, Mr.
Peple said, f.'and yet in that section of
the country we hear " the loudest' com
plaints and the most complaints. Per
haps she is suffering most at the moment.
Whatever complaint she may have, she
cannot complain of curtailment of cred
its and shehas, in fact, been treated
more liberally (Can any other part of the
country, and capital ha been drawn
from other parts Co' lend her. "
Mr." Peple, representing Governor
George J. Seay; of. the Richmond reserve
bank, quoted freeTy from a statement re
cently prepare3 by - Governor Seay an
swering vigorously and in detail current
criticisms of the federal reserve banks.
The criticisms discussed and the answers
given were thus summarized in Mr.
Peple 's address today;
"First, that' there has been such a
marked curtailment of bank credit in
recent months as' to amount to a cam
paign in restraint of trade. The truth is,
however, that there has been an almost
reckless expansion in bank credit during
this period, anf that the volume of both
agricultural and commercial loans has
continuously increased. Moreover, on
June 30, last, the funds of the member.,
banks, Toaned and invested, were actually
f2,500000,000 more than their own re
sources available for such purposes. Two
things made this great expansion possi
ble, namely, the concentration of reserves
in, and the note issuing power of, the
federal reserve banks.
"Second, H is charged that the south
particularly has suffered atj the hands of
the federal reserve banks. On the con
trary, no section of the country has' been
dealt with as liberally as has the south;
the three reserve banks of Richmond,' At
lanta, and Dallas have been able, by ex
hausting their own resources and borrow
ing more than $100,000,00 from other re
serve banks, to lend their members almost
three times their respective deposits. To
sneak neciteallr of South Carolina, the
member banks in his state have borrowed
continuously for the past fifteen months
twice their equitable share from the fed
era! reserve bank of Biehmond.
: "Third, it is said that the federal re
serve board has sought to dominate the
banks of the country. In answer, I em
phasisathat six of the nine directors of
eaehfedejaLrejerve bank- are elected. by
the member banks nq are representative,
sncessfuL active men of affairs, eon
sUntly5 intimate touch with the busi-
aess conditions of the district; that the)
federal reserve board has Tory little di-
MUST
- o 5rcrrv, to Imter the
71113 liuV IJ-GIiTilATION.
BOTH PARTIES MUST
SOT COMPLETE RECORD
of ca!.:paig;i FUNDS
Senate Investigating Commit-
' tee Calls on Both Democrats
and Republicans to Submit
to Public Complete Records
of Collections and Disburse-
: ments Five Days Before Elec
tion. 8T. LOUIS, Oct. 19 Five days be
fore the coming election, on Thursday,
October 28, complete records of the col
lections and disbursements of the repub
lican and democratic parties will bo
submitted to the public.
The senate committee appointed to in
vestigate campaign expenditures, meet
ing here, yesterday directed the Muir
nian of the national, senatorial uni ou
gressional committees of the two parties
to file such reports at Chicago on that
date. The reports are to cover all ac
tivities since the party chairman 'testified
at the committee hearing in Chicago sev
eral weeks ago.
In telegrams addressed to Will II.
Hays, republican chairman; George
White, head of the democratic national
committee, and the heads of the other
party organisations, the committee asked
for complete lists of subscriptions in ex
cess of $1.00; detailed figures on ex
penditures, and also a list Of all pledges,
promises, or underwriting. Senator
Reed specifically asked for the latter in
an effort to learn whether any arrange
ments had been made to . meet the de
ficits which it has been reported both
parties will face after the election.
The senatorial committee recessed af
ter yesterday 'a session and does not ' ex
pect to meet again until after Novem
ber 2, provided the party chairmen agree
to file the information asked for. In
event they refuse or fall the senators de
cided to meet in Chicago prior to the elec
tion and subpoena the chairmen of the
committees.
Investigation of all senatorial cam
paigns wai deferred by the committuo un
til after the election. Breckenridze
Long democratic senatorial nominee iu
Missouri, who had been subpoenaed, was
dismissed without being heard.
A lengthy report on the activities of
the league to enforce peace, of which
William Howard Taft is president, intro
duced into the record before the sena
tors left here last night may be followed
by further' investigation of the league
and examination of its officers, members
of the committee indicated last night.
Don M. Hunt, attorney for the commit
tee, who prepared the report following
investigation Of the letter files of the
league, suggested in his findings that
some members of the league had, in his
opinion, violated the Logan act, passed
in 1799, to prohibit private citizens nego
tiating with -foreign governments or
their agents in matters of controversy in
which the United States is interested.
Mr. Hunt cites a supreme court de
cision in treason cases during civil war,
when American citizens were tried for
proposing to English officials that Great
Britain recognize the confederate states.
WL1ERS IN STOCK JUDGING
CONTESTS AKNOinCED
Secretary Allen Makes Known
Winner in Stock Judging
Contests Held at Recent
County Fair.
Winners of the Boys and Girls Stock
Raising Contest held at the Big Gaston
County Fair last week, under the auspices
of County Agent C. Lee Go waa, were an
nounced by Executive Secretary Allen
Tuesday. Much interest waa taken in
these contesTs.
In the pig judging contest, Shala Ba
ser, of Bessemer City, route 2, earned
off first honors with Kemp Kiser, of the
same neighborhood, second, and Howard
Rhyne, of Gastonia, route 4, third.
In the beef cattle .judging contest,
George Morrow, of Bessemer City, route
2. was first; Russell Stroup, of Bessemer
City, second, and Kemp Kiser third.
In lhe dairy cattle judging contest,
Luther Kiser, of Bessemer City, route 2,
was first snd Kemp Kiser second, and
George Morrow third.
In the poultry judging contest, Miss
Irwin Lee, of Mt. Holly, route 2, ranked
first,' and Kemp Kiser second, and Miss
Ada'Neill. of Bessemer City, route 2,
third.
Generous premiums were offered by the
Fair Association for this work.
reet power over the federal reserve banks.
and none over member banks, in. the
granting of eredit; and, in fact, that the
reserve Xahks lend their member banks
less than IS per cent of their total mans
te their" customers. " , '
Pointing out that the federal reserve
banks had gone through ' successfully a
period of marked expansion, incident to
financing the government daring the war,
and that 'they re how facing the more
drmcuit task ox a retara to normal con
ditions, Mr. Peple emphasised the seed
for clearer understanding of the flts
in the ease and for snntnal ooaJdeaeo
Uti part of bankers and business-
DECLINE Kl PRICES OF .
FARM PRODUCTS HAS COST
FARMERS A BIG-SUM
Declares Secretary Meredith
Before American Bankera
Association at Washington
Demands Consideration of
Bankers, He Says.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 19 Shrink
age in the value of farm products so far
this season will result in American farm
ers receiving $2,500,000,000 less than
they would have secured on the 1919
prices basis, , Secretary of Agriculture
Meredith said today, addressing the
American Bankers' Association annual
convention . He classed the resulting
situation as one "which demand the
best thought and. lympathetic consider
ation of the bankera of America, and, in
fact, of all the peopje of the country. "
Mr. Meredith estimated that the fall in
corn prices had involved a billion dollar
loss to producers, while the decrease in
cotton amounted to a third of a billion.
The situation was further made harder
for farmers, be said, because the labor
and materials necessary to the crop pro
duction had been supplied , during the
high "price period.
"The American people must see to it
that farmers secure credit sufficient for
their needs," Mr. Meredith continued.
Only thus can . they continue 'to supply
the nations need for food. I think you
gentlemen fully realise that if the farm
er is to continue to produce, and to meet
the food requirements of the nation he
must have adequate prices for his pro
ducts. The farmer is not the only one
who would be adversely affected if he
fails to secure a reasonable return for
his efforts. I do not think you can fail
to see that the farmers problems art
your problems, "had that your ultimate
prosperity depends upon a right solu
tion of the difficulties confronting the
farmer."
The marketing problem, Mr. Moredkh
said, was the greatest on facing tbe
agricultural interests. He urged thai
bankers assist cooperative fanners enter
prises, and acknowledged that bankers
had already given "very great aid" to
agriculture.
COX CARRIES LEAGUE -
ISSUE INTO NEW ENGLAND
EN ROUTE WITH GOVEftNOR COX
Oct. 19. Into New England today, Gov
ernor .Cox carried his league of nations
fight. The candidate, who concluded an
effort in northwestern New York last
night at Buffalo, opened a two days .cam
paign with t brief "morning address at
Worcester, Mass.
'Governor Cyt had three large New
Hampshire meeting! oil his program pre
ceding a night meeting at Boston
The governor was to motor from Con
cord to Boston, expecting to arrive in
the early evening.
The governor today was prepared to
pound away upon the league as the pre
eminent and very exclusive issue and to
emphasize his advocacy and the various
positions which, he alleges, his republi
can opponent has taken.
HARDING GOES TO CITIES
VISITED BY COX
. MARION, O., Oct. 19. Senator Hard
ing had today his first real respite from
campaigning in several weeks. No
speeches were on his program and al
though he had several conferences and
considerable correspondence before him,
he hoped to get away early for a ride
and if possible a game of golf.
The front porch campaign virtually
ended yesterday with the speech to first
voters.
Tomorrow at 7 a. m. he will leave on
his last campaign trip outside the state,
carrying him to Rochester and Buffalo,
N. Y. No further dates have been an
nounced, but it is understoJsthat he will
make several speeches in)hio during the
final week of the campaign, probably in
eluding Columbus, Cleveland, and other
large cities in his itinerary.
COOLIDGE GOES INTO HEART
OP KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS
ON BOARD GOVERNOR COOL
IDGE '8 8PECIAL TRAIN, Oct. 19.
The special train bearing Governor
Coolidge and his political associates oa
their campaigning tour of the border and
southern states in behalf of bis candi
dacy aa the republican candidate ift vie
president, today penetrated the heart of
the Kentucky mountains.
Governors Coolidge, Morrow, of Ken
tucky, and Lowden, of Illinois, addressed
the audiences from the rear platform.
EYES OF ALL BRITAIN
CENTERED ON PARLIAMENT
LONDON, Oct. 19. The eyes of all
Britain were centered today upon the
first session of parliament after the sum
mer recess, the entire nation looking
anxiously to the legislators for action
which might open a way to end the coal
strike. - , : : v -, ' . ..
The interest ia the,- Irish question,
which otherwise would have bees the first
topic of discussion Today, waned in the
present of a situation - menacing the
prosperity of the whole country, and the
members assembled with the idea of de
voting their jeatira" fmmodiata Attention
NEGRO
DEAL WITH B.
Major Bui winkle Has Photographic Copies of
Letters Passu. Between Will H . Hays sand W.
Lee Person, Negro Political Leader of Hick
ory - Letter Says He Hopes to Share Rewards
of Victory - Intimates That He Will Speak
. For a Hundred a Week - Wanted to Begin in
Bleeding Kansas and Wind up in New York
City on Night Before Election.
That negro Republicans ia North Carolina are confidently expecting "to aharo
the victory which assuredly awaits" the party In November, that Wilson fa the
greatest autocrat since time began, that his cabinet ia mediocre, etc. art some -of
the facts thjt Major A- L. Bulwinkle, Democratic candidate for Congress far -"
the Ninth district, has in his poasosison as gained' from a photographic copy
of a letter written by W. Lea Person, a negro fish market dealer in Hikrv
to Thoa. W. Miner, Eastern director of the Republican National Committee
The Reverend Person was sit one time State Senator and oostmanter. H b
dently been a leader la Republican campaign circles before, for hs says that -he
spoke for Hughes in 1916 for ' 'an hundred a week." But, "let your 'con- '
science and the plaudits of my hearers be your guide," he writes t Mr. Miller
A complete record of the corresponde
nee between Witt H. Hays, national
chairman, and the negro. Parson, of It
ickory, baa come into possession of Major
Bulwinkle, who baa photographic copis
of the letters.
These are concrete evidence that the
Republicans are come into North Caro
lina with an appeal to the negro vote,
says "Bed" Powell in the News and
Observer, who remarks further:
Following on the heels of the publica
tion of the sensational letter sect out
from Greensboro to the negro women of
the State, these letters, which are in the
possession of the Democratic executive
committee, leave little doubt as to tbe
purpose of the Republican party to cap
ture North Carolina and any other doubt
ful states or congressional districts by
the votes of the negroes, males and fe
males, if possible. ,
Reverend Person is a former cam
paigner of the party.. He spoke from the
hustings, he says himself, for Judge
Hughes. He describes Wilson as "the
greatest autocrat since time began,"
proving beyond per-adventurg that the
former "State Senator reads Colonel
George Harvey carefully. But, perhaps,
Die most striking thing about his tedder
of stumping services to Hays is not the
mention of a hundred per week. It is
his frank statement that he expects 'to
ghare a victory which assuredly awaits."
The Reverend is pushing the Harding
band wagon boys for scats and a col
lectorshtp or something of the sort might
be his. The Reverend Person evidently
wrote to Xatiouttl Chairman Will Hays
some time during July for ou the twen
tieth of that mouth Hays, addressing
"my dear Mr. Person," said this to the
elf confessed itatesman of Catawba:
"Jest a word of very cordial apprecia
tion lor your kiud letter of the four
teenth. Your1 suggestions are timely.
Let me have them fully and freely at all
time. With" very cordial good wishes, I
am, aincerely yours, etc." The letter is
signed in Chairman Hays' own handwrit
ing. Referred to Eastern Director.
In the meantime, it may be supposed
that the Reverend Person communicated
at length with Chairman Hays. Anyway
Hays wa impressed with what Person
said about the negro vote in North Caro
lina and his ability as a speaker in
"Bleeding Kansas." Hays communi
cated with Thomas W. Miller, Eastern
director of the Republican national com
mittee, and on September 1, Miller, ad
dressing "Dear Mr. Person," wrote:
"Congressman Slemp has written me
about your services as a speaker in the
present campaign. Will you please let
me. know under what conditions you
-would be willing to speak and upon what
subjects you are best versed and also in
what locality you could be most useful
As tho-xampaign gets under way, it is
possible tEat I can utilise your services.
Sincerely yours, etc" To which Rev
erend Person replied in two pages of
closely type written paper. An hundred
a week, he informed Mr. Miller, was his
price and three or four speeches a day his
peed. He had done it for Hughes and
Oleott and wss ready to do it for Hard
ing and (Coolidge. But the Reverend tells
It himself :
Person 'a Letter.
"Pursuant ts your letter of tbe first,
instant, wherein yon informed ma that
Hon. Bascom Stamp, of Virginia, bad
called your attention to me with a view
of ntflising my services in the present
campaign- I appreciate very much, in
deed any word that may come from him.
I bad hoped to be on tbe hustings cr
this. I wrote Chairman Hays that I de
sired i begin in. bleeding Kansas abort
September first, and end tbe day before
election in New York City, going into
Iowa, to Chicago through Indiana, West
Virginia, Ohm, to New Yerk snd special
ly J each denbtfal sr dose congressional
district ana ts put tn a lew speecnes in
the Stat sf New Jersey. , v
"I sm sure that you realise that the
trend is republican," the Tar Heel
negro r-- tj rMor UU'er, "but the
new c. ' i 1 K.--e"r s-.ev.M
taiari : " ; i" V w:r. i v:?
SPEAKER IN
0. P. LEADERS
must be corralled and they are so seats
mental we must make plain to them bad
we ratified the treaty as brought back
by Mr. Wilson our soldier boys would
be fighting today in Russia. . Of course
it is too bite to' emphasise the fact that
wo should have demanded the complete
abrogation of all secret' treaties aa to a
partition of Europe before going into the -war,
as we did not fight , for pelf or
glory, but for a righteous peace, based,,
upon right. We should not stand no fh? ,
Baar Valley steal German East 'Africa
West Bank of the Rhine or the; Pyflfwttr
to Japan or Shantung, . - -,
"A peace based upo force b not
peace," utters the Sfrkory oracle to his
superior campaigns ' and r America
should be left fie to take sides with
right wherv it is found." ' ' feel
able to- deal with , Democratic tetf-.
ficiency,' he ' continues, "Corruption,
wnt of vision, no fixed policy, waste of
publie money, a cabinet of mediocre, a
one . man - peace delegation, a one- man.
government, the greatest, living autocrat
of this or any other "day "
-''As to my ability to-make' good," he -wrote,
striking the matter of greasing
tbe palm, "I most humbly refer yon to
the Hon. Van Veebten Oleott of the law
firm of Oleott, Black and Company, Cons..
Exchange Building, New York City, aa I "
was employed by him to campaign for
him and ex-Governor Hughes , in : 1906.
He cheerfully paid me at that time a,',
hundred a week. I believe he win say
I earned every penny of it. Let roar .
'conscience and the plaudits of my hesr--
ers be your guide. 5
"Now I regret that I am not able t
tender my services gratis . I malttf no -special
charge, believing that the com- -mittee
will do tbe right thing by m be
sides I hope to share the victory that t
most assuredly awaits as. I am over '
anxious to serve my party. Hop the
campaign will be under way by the fif-'
teenth instant. Bill me wherever you
see fit for as many aa three or, fenr
speeches a day. I have the energy ami
the seal." '
The letter was signed "sincerely ywara,
W. Lee -Person, ex-state senator and ex- '
postmaster. " A postscript reads: "Have
each state chairman to bill me fonr or
five speeches at once in the clote Coa
gressional districts where there Srav col
ored voters beginning not later than tbar -twentieth."
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CRQ'Ul DOCKET U2EST
L'l COKITrS iiisrcr
October Terra of Court Beiaav
Next Monday Judge liry
son Presiding. , , '
Judge Thomas D. Bryson, of Brysoat'
City, who comes to Gaston next Monday
to Hold his first court in this county, wQT -fajee
the largest docket oa record imtbo
county's history. There are already 23S '
eases docketed for trial and this
will be increased some .before eowt
venee. It is a one-week term for
trial of criminal case only. ' ,l
The recent special session of the Gen
eral Assembly reinstated the October
term of criminal court for this oofmty.
By aa error, the Assembly, at tbe last
regular session m 1919, did away with
the October term of court for Gaston,
MRS. DANIELS IS '
ENTERTAINED AT XUNCHEIOlf.
Mrs. Joseph us Daniels who arrived m ;
the city this morning from Morgan ton
where she spoke last night was entertain- .
ed at luncheon today at, the Armiogtea
by the Demoeratie club committee, eosa
posed of the following ladies: Mesdame
T. C. Quiekel, J. T. .Thomson, C. B.
Armstrong, Miss 8ue Ramsey Johnston,
and Mesdamea 8. A. Robinson, G. IT.
Bagan, T. W. Wilson, W , B. Pu- 't $ '
Fred L. Smyre, representing the P. .
B., Woman's Club. TJ. D. C, :
Eual. Suffrage Lf-.
LC.T: . At f. -i- :
.... , , T
i i Lxti bn vtinr at the City
)ft ti ccuirnxousz. - v . . . -
generally. J ' , .-; ... ;
to this pressing topic - , ' - ; '