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SIM tOUK MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 19302- THE GASTOMA DAILY GAZETTt rt " 'V 3 . Y 1. UsTONiA Daily Gazette Issued Every Aftemooa in the Wk ttzeept Sunday t 336 West Main Ave. ESTABLISHED 1 S80 . 236 WEST MAin At., PHONE 50. ' ' GAZETTE PUBLISHING CO., Pnb- : .-.' : : lishert, . D. and J. W. ATKINS, Managers. HUGH A. QUERY, Editor. ; 3KS.' ZOE KINCAID BROCKMAN, i v " Society Editor. Attted Into the mails at the Post - Jffics at Gastonia, N. C, at th pound -.rata f Postage, -April 28th, 1902. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE: ByCarrier or Mail in the City: : -,ae Tear t &x Months v'--iCaat Months ' jOw$ Month $5.00 $2.50 $1.25 50 . - By Mail Outside of Gastonia : Jne Teat-,. , M.00 ;aBa Months V. 200 tfcree Months 9i oo - rae Month . 50 Payable Invariably in Advance. XTEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED ?RESS The Associated Press is ez rfusively entitled to the use for republi latioa of all new dispatches credited to t or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the local new published therein, in tights of republication of special dis satcaes are also reserved. AST0NIA, THE SOUTH'S CITY OF v SPINDLES. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1920. INFLATED LAND VALUES ADD TO SOCIAL UNREST Speculation and recxless inflation of land Tallies has been much in evidence . during the last year or two, and unless this movement is checked it will result is conditions which are highly detri mental, not only to the farming interests of the country, but to oar entire eco nomic structure. If farm lands are per mitted to attain to speculative market prices in excess of their actual value, based upoa use and productivity, it be comes relatively impossible for the land less farmer to acquire a farm of his own. Furthermore, to the extent that renters purchase farms at prices which are dis proportionate to their actual value, such purchases art almost certain to result in a large percentage of foreclosures. It is perhaps neediest to point out that fore ' closures, involving as they do, the loss f a or a large part of the capital which hard-working dtiient have accumulated by year of toil, will tend to aggravate aodacl unrest and add strength to forces that are Inimical to the orderly progress f society. Sec. of Agr. E. T. Meredith. i GYPSY SMITH. .'-.-'; . . .Gypsy 8mith, Jr who leaves ftastonla today after a two weeks stay in the city, leaves with the good wishes and benedic tions of the entire community. His stay with us has been altogether too short. We would 'have had his winsome, mag etie personality longer if circumstances had permitted. No man who has been in Gastonia in . . ....... recent year, has had the drawing power - Jiat is possessed by this man. He is an attractive, forceful speaker. Throughout j 31 lis' sermons, lis wonderful personality I stands out supreme. , ...rj w i- ' The evangelist confessed to a feeling of disappointment in one of his latter sermons that the people of Gastonia had failed to respond as he had hoped. How ever this may have been, the outpouring . of the multitudes on 8unday to hear him gave evidence that the people are inter ested. The service 8unday night was scheduled to begin at 7:30. As early rs ! o'clock the church auditorium was filled, at 6:30 nearly every available ; eat was taken -and many were turned way. It was a tribute that is seldom . accorded any speaker, political or re- : ligiousv , Mr. 8mith 's visit to Gastonia has , been a blessing and the prayers aad . gratitude of many Gastonians go with Vim wherever he goes. ?UT TOUR COTTON UNDER COVER. -j, - A series of experiments to determine Aow baled cotton is affected by weather v was recently conducted by the Bureau cf Markets, United States Department of -Agriculture, at Jefferson, Ga. In one in . stance a bale of cotton placed out in the $ "pen, flat on the ground, with no rover r ing, was damaged to the extent of 370 pounds at the end of eight months. An other bale placed on edge with no further attention lost 167 pounds. A bale on . -edge and turned over once a week lost 110 ' pounds.' A bal placed on timeber off the ground and turned once a week lost . 49 pounds, and a bale placed on timbers and covered with tarpaulin lost but 14 f -ounds. ' A warehouse bale of cotton dur ing the same period lost only one pound. Other , tests have been conducted that corroborate these results and prove that th. ideal conditions, under which cotton msy be held by growers before market ; - L are &Soidciy properly ruu&UucleJ, - ", 'iency operated, monded warehouses. ."i'.h an enormous over -supply of low "'tds cotton in the South at the present the necessity . for protecting the f rr-m weather, fire,' and other loss . r than ever before, say special- ' e Buresn of Markets; The po- tential weather damage and other rh-ks to which exposed cotton is subject in crease in direet proportions as the time that cotton remains in the hands of the growers lengthens, and if the cotton growers are not to los millions of dollars ; very safeguard against loss niusi im , ,,ived. In weather damage alone it has I I..-.., .,,.fA,l -that in nnrm.il times $70, ! (KMI.000 worth of hilled c-otton is lost an ! . .. ii ,c imriiiirtiiisr cottoni to remain expo: ,1 t'nr months :it a time without i-overing kind. attention ol any NEW YORK EARNINGS DOUBLE t.,r,i,r.. .MrniiiL's iii Ni'i York's reiTcwntritivc trail." in Scpt.-iiil.cr Itt-'O, were iloulile what thev aeo. and ifciirrallv. were ix vears a uci-k tuiihrr than they were a year ko. according to a r..i.nrt nrcnarcd lv thr Industrial Hureau I of the Merchants' Association. The re IH.rt declare that, while the city's in diihtrial activity has receded somewhat I ruin the hiirh water mark established during the war. there is no indication uf a general slump in manufacturing, (.'harts giving the average weekly earn ings of workmen, combining both office and shop employe, for Septemler, 1914, 1919, am! 9.0, show, for the above named yea rs peet i ve ly : .Stone, clay and glass products: $i;i.9ti; $26. )h. &S5.1I. Metal, machinery and conveyance, U.5S, $27.21, .'H.67. Wood manufacturers, $12.49, $24.26. $28.42. Fur, leather and rubber goods: $11.77, $27.09, $2b4:i. Chemical, oi's and paints: $13.67, $24.79, ' $27.00. Printing and paper goods: $15.58, $27.. '10, .f.JI.XH. Textile-: 9.72, $21.03, $24.79. Clothing, millinery, laundry, etc: $12.40, $27.68, $26.46. Food, liquors and tobacco: $11.60. $2.'.40, $26.04. Water, light and power: $15.79, $30.91, $35.59. The generul average of these indus tries for the three years runs: $13 .06. $26.17 and $28.44. COTTON MILL CLOSING. The cotton mills of the country are showing the farmers how to reduce acre age. When the mills find that they are Stocked up with goods and the demand for goods is weak to the point in most eases of having no life at all, they do the sensible thing from a business stand point, they begin to reduce their output. Every cotton mill has regard for its employes and wants to hold its working organization intact. Local mills and other mills are slowly and carefully doing all they can to hande a delicate situation If the trade will not buy the manufac tured goods, how can the mils keep on making cloth f They eannos. There must be s revival of buying. The farmers talk. They hold Meetings. They pns resolutions and then go on planting every svailnblp square yard on the farm in cotton. Then they wonder why the price does not go up to fifty cents the pound. Each farmer has his own salvation to I u-nrb nut onA Yn muo4 J . n - ' " " win.. iit7 iiucti acri 'iun II lu Jt. of pri aftTr nhr5ltlnaB he should re.Iu.v hi cotton acreage and plant more food crops. Even now with oatl' nt verv- verv ,ow prices, not much ln has " 'ou ha1 P'nty of food stuff on i,j . , , .t . , . . "an! now, would it not be easier to hold cotton than it isf Take a lesson from the cotton mills. They arc run on sound business prinei i "lei. Firmer . f.uld profit by their example. 'Jronwood Tndex. THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER. Xew York World. On Armistice day a British soldier, one .if tims buried unidentified on the field ot honor and sacrifice, was re interred among the great of centuries. On the same day th body of one of the nameless herots who made good at i erdun with his life the i.Ia.W "They shall not pass,'" was brought to Paris in a special train and similarly rcburied, that his grave may be forever in tlm City of Light a shrine of patri otism. When Collins wrote his matchless ode, "How sleep the brave," he had no re cent heroisms to record sav those of Culloden against 8cots or Fontenoy j against Frenchmen. In a better cause, i "Freedom shall awhile repair" to the Abbey grave of an unknown soldier who fought side by side with Scots and ' Frenchmen that there should -be an end j of war lords. Nor has the lofty mauso- leum that Pans calls simply "The Tomb" that of Napoleon such austere beauty of significance as will surround me larer sepujcnre or Frenchman. an nnnamea j ne unraown soiaier is or every land . and race. He is the American who swore j to a residence in Canada to enlist He is ! Brazilian who went to fight for France. He is the Pole or Czech or Alsatian who slipped across the frontier to take up eager arms against the tyrant. He is the volunteer Greek of Veniielog, the Gurkha from the East. th New Zealand Maori, the American Indian. A plain man and lowly, he died to make the world better for plain people lik him self and his loved ones. It is well that shrine shall be reared in his memory. Better yet will it be if th statesmen of i he world do not forget the end for which he paid so dear. The wheat farmer is glad cotton is eoming down, and the cotton farmer Is glad wheat is coming down. San tHego Tribune. ' . ASSEMBLY TOUCHES' . oni'ossibiuty mmm aid for mmm (By The Associated Press.) (iENFVA. Nov. 28 The immobili ty of American aid for the Armenians was touched upon in debate lo.Uiy by , the assembly of the league of nations on ' resolutions denian.lin;: intei en. inn by the league in Armenia. SiipHirting 1-ord K.ibert Veil's di-- maud tl'at the assembly jii'ii.n: a 'om mittee to examine into means for end ing the hostilities letween the Tu.kish nntiim.iliMts and the Armeliiai', -M Hpnh-kjovitch. of the Serbian delegation. re-alled that the I inted Slates nate at one time ha.l approve.) tne use oi me American fleet to succor the Armenians. It whs recalled here in this r.nnvtion that Senator llar.l.ng w tlie senator who reported the r.'solutiou. (A reso lution requiring the ir'Siileiit to send marines to Itatnrtt was adopted by the senate May I.'!, last. It was offered by .Senator Harding on behalf of ihe for eign relations comniuiee. ; A. .1. Itnlfnur. of C.reat Britain, spcakini? on the resolution, said that if the I'nit.d States had been willing lo take the mandate for Armenia, she had the nu n. money and Fpirit to make her . . rm 1 1 I an i.leal ma noaiory . i nc iragur nau Uteii unable tb accomplish anything with regard to the Armenian silnation, Mr. Italtour admitted, because the condition of Armenia, he argued, was not nuch that tie league wan organized to deal with. Mr lialt'our says an appeal must le sent to the 41 states of the league tor a united effort to save Armenia. Rene Viviani, of France, following Mr. lialfour, said all were agreed that compassion would not longer siimce lor Armenia . It is not the fault of France if ihe i ill . -.1 1 eague today is disarme.i neiore ine sit- uation in Armenia is righted, said M . Viviani. Virtually the entire assembly upplatided this statement. It was no ted, however, that the British delegation lid not applaud. 'If the conference had listened to France," continued M. Viviani, "we would have ha.l an international staff and an international force to deal with this situation. " M. Viviani presented a resolution in- iting the council of the league to con- ult the power with a view to the con stitution of a force sufficient to put aj end to the hostilities in Armenia. Dr. Fritfof Nansen, of Norway, esti mated that 60,000 men would be a force sufficient to deal with the situation. He thought that if the assembly appeal ed to the whole world, the United States, although it had refused the man date, would do its share. MERCHANT THE GOAT PROFITEERS PROSPER. Statesville Sentinel. This newspaper through its daily busi ness relations with the local merchants has had perhaps as good an opportunity to study how commercial conditions affect the merchants as any source for securing information. In begining we do not wish to n;iy that all merchants have been free from profi teering during the days when the finger of accusation was pointed at most every one and everything. We really believe and feel that some few merchonts did take undue advantage of the public. However it is equally as unjust to make a blanket charge against the merchants as ,i whole. The mere fact that we find m;r best citizens among our merchants is. enough to dispel any such idea ns his if such idea ever prvailed. Rut, what we started out to say was that the merchant during the entire pe riod of profiteering charges was being made the goat. The merchant is today being made the goat and this fact is very evident to the man or person who will investigate. I During the war the government allow ' cl the manufacturers ',i make profit?. ' world without enrl. Jut so long gas j those profits wer,. partially divided with j the government, it was all right. The merchant was ridden, gagged and .set-used of making too, much profit on everything he handled from 10 cent sugar io a yard of calico. The merchant whs the shock-ahsorU-r '.hat had to meet the miblic and take the jar out of the high prices that in mos instances had been ereated by the manu facturers who were mopping up. If a merchant made over two cents on a pound of sugar he was held up as a criminal. If he had made over o atinn. laed profit on calico he was subjected to trnnWo v .v ' on the manufacturer. The manufacturer has unloaded his wares. The merchant has bought his fall and winter rtocks and he purchased these from th, manufacturers whm prices were at their peak. Now that the merchant has these goods in stock the manufacturers are announc- mg great reduction cuts. The public . , swallow the bait The public demand to be shown and the merchant must meet those reductions or else he can't sell his goods. You can 't blame thP merchant for hold ing his prices up. We would all do the same. It is asking a good deal to ask that a man sell an article for sixty cents that has co. Vim dollar rind that is what the merchant is having to do today. If the manufacturers had been so so licitous of the public's welfare they should have announced several months thrit reductions wmild be made in prices and the merchants eonld have waited and taken advantage of these re ductions and then passed them on 10 the public at a like reduction. The charge has been made and it looks about right to us that the mannfaeturers are announcing these Wg reductions in order to force tte merchants to unload at gTeat sacrifices so that they can load r ,FOUR STIRRING SERMONS Continued from page 1) infiT, because of her life,- they wouldn't associate with her. fche had to go alone, and when the sun was well up, and it ' ; was no easy thing to walk four miles to and front the old well f Jacob; but here i sbo 1. th,. has a talk with Christ, then j leaves her wuter pot, and rushes back to . the city, and the first person that she meets is a man. Can you imagine a , woman of this character living in this , 'city and of her st-ipping s me man on ", the street and speaking to him about 1 Jckus Christ ami his soul's salvation? Po you think he would lake any stock ! ; ny,!,;, n,nt slid? I don't think . Hut the firs- nii ii this woman speaks to doesn't 1:mij1i sneeringly at lMr. or make a (heap remark, but ireme- , ,ii!lU,v .,iow. ,OT tl Jen Clirist. There I on)v -xnUnation for it. and that , is JlP a fhan , wom;in. Some- body ! had moved into her life, some- body else was gripping with her hands, throbbinf with her heart. s)eaking with her lips. It was Christ that was with her, and if you and I are going to reach our friends and loved ones for Jesus Christ, wo shall have to have this face to fare, heart to heart talk with fesus hris.'. I am speaking to you about the secret of power. It always comes in th wake of a Rsrrender, but our surrender must bo voluntary, not because I want it, or because the s-ene is strange, or because there is a thrill in the air, or because tlrs service is rather unusual, but because you know in your own heart that you are not tne man ana woman you ougni or want to be, because you realizp your own weakness, and want to step out of the place of weakness and into the place of power. Secondly, it must lie unselfish. No man can map out his own life. It must be God's will, and wo must take our hands off. m;10 Thirdly, it must be irrevocable. No iv"1S .1 A. T7 : man can tod uou anu win oui. iou say, "Will a man rob (iml.'' Yes, much quicker than rob his neighbor. And, lastly, it must be complete. To give Him ninety-. line parts and withhold one is to stand in the way of blessing. Will you make Him first; first before you make another dollar; first before you arrange another social; first before you prepare another lesson? I know some thing finer than making a great deal of money'nnd leaving it behind for children to fight over. ft is to live so close to Jesus Christ that some day when you are gone your 'boy or girl will go out to the cemetery where you lie, and, put ting some flowers on the grave with one hand, will wipe away tears with the other, and say, "There lies father or mother, and they lived closer to Jesus Christ than rfny it her man or woman I ever knew." Such a life will make it hard for a boyjr girl to do wrong, and easy for "them to do right. Make Him first. . ORTHOPAEDIC HOSPITAL GETS $566 DURING PAST WEEK The following subscriptions have been received from good friends of the North Carolina Orthopaedic Hospital during the past week. Other friends who read this and are interested in the early establishment and opening of this hospital and who feel inclined to make a free wil Thanksgiving 1 offering are requested by Mr. Babington to kindly remember this institution when : making your gifts, particularly at the ' Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons of the year. Gastonia : T. O. Plyler Goldsboro : Claude O. Baker New Bern: Local No. 801, I. C. of M., G T. Matthews, Roc. Sec Salisbury : W. F. Raltz 5.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 Clevelflnd, Tenn. The Bishop & Babcock Co 530.00 Total $566.00 B FRANK MATTHEWS IS FINED $80 BY COURT Charlotte News. B. Frank Matthews, manager of the Belk Brothers department tore here, was fined $80 Thursday afternoon by Judge T. D. Bhyson, presiding at the present term of criminal court here, be cause Mr. Matthews was not present as a witness in the case of the State against Herbert Thompson. Judge Bryson also directed that an ad testificadum capias be issued for Mr. Matthews, citing him to appear and show why he should not br held in contempt of eourt. Mr. Matthews was in New York Thursday. He was at the courthouse a considerable ssjst of the early part of the week, it is said,Nraiting for the case to be called. Whether Mr. Matthews had reached the conclusion of his own accord that the Thompson case would not be reached at this eourt or whether he had gained the impression from the so licitor that it would be safe to leave for New York on the chance of the cssc'tt not being called was not ascertainable. At the last term of criminal eourt. here before the present one Judge Bryson also imposed several $80 fines upon witnesses who did not answer when their names were called in court . In one or two eases these were remitted when it was shown that the witness was absent through some unavoidable circumstance. up again and bring business to the man ufacturer. Local merchants have already jut their pri.-e to the quick. They have lost heav ily in many instances and it is tne con census of opinion that the bottom has been reached.- No further great reduc tions can be expected; we are reliably in formed,' before spring or early summer when the next buying season takes place. Prices then of course, will be ruled by the price the merchants have to pay. They may be lower and they may be highger. THE SUNNY SIDE ' fcvbfi Vuiliea, noted naragrayber and author,? . "isuUi lw :uift"'aew appearing!, the Saturday Evening Post, will contribsu s daily column of paragraphs for The Gatetts. The Gazette. this department will "be thoroughly enjoyed by its readers. v (Copyright 1920, Associate Editors.) Bv ROBERT QUILlW. John Barleycorn to 8eotland Et tuT White might be able to get a job pre dicting victories for WrangeL The American people will never warm up to a low villain or a highbrow. - And now Mr. Harding must glance through Bradstreet's and select some Ambassadors. Illinois will have a Governor Small. A great many states have had small Gov ernors. Martyrdom may achieve a purpose, but j in the present imperfect state of hu- nianity a club is more effective. The usual cold waves were no doubt j waiting until the tidal wave got off the front pages. In timtf party leaders . ill learn that a house divided against itself cannot stand the gaff. A lot of these fellows who go up to hunt in the Canadian woods never get far from mahogany. One judges from foreign press com ment that America wasn't the only country eager for a change. And the friction between an insurance All pictures shown in the ; lected by the manager, you are when you visit the Gastonian. I gastoNianI i a a l TODAY and TOMORROW MARSHALL NEILAN Director of "The Rivers End," "Daddy Long Legs," "In Old Kentucky," and other Famous successes, Presents A MATRIMONIAL MIRTHQUAKE "DON'T EVER MARRY" Starring MATT MOORE and MARJORIE DAW From Edgar Franklin's Humorous Story. Oh, it is a hor-ri-ble tale, it'll make your faces- all turn pale. A feller loves a gal an' she loves he but her dad won't have him in the familee. So the fel ler an the gal they git right smart an' her pa kicks the feller in you know the part an another gal an feller gits all mixed in an' another female with a reputashun black as sin. Oh, it is a horrible tale, a horrible tale is it. Prospective Brides and Bridegrooms es pecially urged to see this one. WEDNESDAY MARY MILES MINTER IN "SWEET LAVENDER" From the Play by Sir Arthur Wing Pinero. Added Attraction: The Anti Tuberculosis Society and the Local Red Cross Presents A SPECIAL HEALTH PICTURE This Picture is very interesting as well aa Edu cational. SPECIAL MATINEE WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE v BENEFIT OF ALL SCHOOL , CHILDREN FROM 3 to 5 P. M. All School Cchildren will be ad mitted for 10c regardless of their age,. this price will be from. 3 to 5 P. M only. THURSDAY and FRIDAY CHARLES RAY In His Latest Paramount Picture 'A VILLAGE SLEUTH" " A Good COTTON INSURANCE We are prepared to insure your cotton anywhere in the eouaty, either in the seeo or in bales. If you are going to hold your cotton for higher prices it will pay yotP to have same insured against fire before it is too late. ' See us when yoe need any- . thing la Insurance.' . '"' v"v- .-K REALi ESTATE FOR SALE We have several dwellings in various sections of the city at prices raagiag front. $2,000 up. Bee our list of offerings before you buy. "Everything handled itriet-; -ly oa eommiestaa basis. . , . -" . ' ;- .. S ' R. S. D ICIC50 N & company: v 228 W Main Avs v Pkoat 75 , Long Distaaot 991.. 1 Polity nJ failing prices causes a ' ber of mercantUe Area. , y 1 7 If a primary teacher can't teach as. child auything, ii is because she didnt begin with its grandparents. Concerning League revision, France i willing to concede any point except' the one that jabs Heinie. Every time the political be employe its sting, the world loses another good laborer. Jugal is the obsolete form of conjugal. The con' was prefixed to give point to the expression, "conjugal bliss." Doubtless you have observed that the man who is good at nothing else is a. formidable opponent in an argument. The reason a politician can 't hear the voice of the people after his election is because he thinks himself the big noise. Spending the next four months dodg ing job hunters will probably make Mr. Harding wish he did believe in one-man government. The question is, when the league is taken out of the treaty will there be enough of the patient left to justify sew ing upt A Boston convict refused to talk for a long time and lost the power of speech. There, Mr. Bryan, let that be a warning j to you Gastonia Theater are personally se- therefore assured of a good show Comedy.
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