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r ' n hi ill xxi i,iu ir; : i i. I i ri ii ii Somarhit colder Sunday..": ; I 'i,- -Jj 14 L2 CENTS TODAY JCSXJBSB 07 THS ASSOCIATED P2XSS VOL. XLI. NO. 291. GA5TONIA, NI C.; SATURDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 4, 1920. single co?y cz:; : RMAfE ART I!MUGED::I;;ASSffl A : i illLP VJ1L ill 1, V; L: GALLANT DROPPED DEAD THIS AFTERNOON a-. isiccumtied Jf of Acute 1. Wlllrir.. to Sudden Attack Indigestion- After Walkiac Home From' Up-' 41? Town One of Gastoni&'s K OIicst nd BeU Knovra Cit 'izen No Funeral Arrange JmentrYet Made.' C M WtTfc Gallant, one ot Gaatonia'a fldent and best' known eltizena, dropped fead at'l e'dock thia afternoon at Ida lome, at ' the eorner of Marietta street ind Fraailia arenae. Aeafe indigestioa eaueed hl death, according to physicians who were immediately summoned. Mr. 6al!ant had been op town and had just talked in at hia home, when the atunmons eune suddenly. He had been unwell for She past Several days. Deceased was a Confederate veteran and had been a real ient of Gaitonia since its early days as town. V No funenral arrangements have as yet een made. A aketch of Mr. Gallant wiD appear in Monday's Gazette. iBIATOR HARDING ARRIVED 1 :lAT6:30THISI.!ta;iG Fastorea Comes In Two Hour I Before She. Is Expected No Officials or Airships to V AVolcomo Him. ( I. (By The Associated Press. ) NEWPORT NEWS, VA., Dec. 4. - Preaident-eleet Harding and party land e4 here at 10 o'clock thia morning, the teanuhip Pastores docking at one of ' he Newport News pier. Mr. Harding and party will spend the morning in this ity and from here will go to Norfolk for the afternoon. J -NOBFOLK, -VA4 Dee. 4. The ateanuhip Pastores, bringing President- sleet Harding and party from Panama, arrived -off Cape Henry at 6:30 a. m. and passed in an hour later, proceeding to Old Point.' ' The Pastores slipped up through the 4a wn, more than two hours before she was expected. Mr. Harding and mem bers of hia party were atan'ding on deck as she approached the cape. The Hard ; lng ship was recognized by men at the lighthouse, by whom the first demonstra tion of welcome was made in the show ing of flags. '. There were no official or other boats to meet the Pastores, as had been plan ,ed. Airships from Langley field, which were to join in the welcoming, by drop ping news bundles to the ship's deck, al so were absent. The Pastores waited off Cape Henry for an hour before proceeding to Old . Point, None of the air fleet or other : vessels which' were to meet her showed jpv during the period of wating. C3 ' -T AYS COLORED PEOPLE .. --IN SOUTH ARE ILLEGALLY ' ; h DISFRANCHISED & IMPOSED UPON j " .!-" , By The' AssociateLPress.) A. 'NEW YORK, Dec. 4. Investigation of alleged violent, illegal and unconati tutional disfranchisement of colored peo H "pie in southern atates,' looking toward "reduction of congressional representation . - in such states, as provided for ia the fourteenth amendment 'to the United ' States constitution, was rged upon the louse committee on he census by the Na tional Association for the Advancement . ' f Colored People in a letter to Eepro - eentatlvo Isaae filegel, chairman of the ' committee, made puhlie today. -JarseS W. Johnson, secretary of the . organization, who signed the letter, re ;4neted that representatives of the aaso eUtlon, "ia behalf of 12,000,000 negroes of the United States, be allowed to ap pear before the committee In Washing .. ton next week to present facts. The association, the letter said, "is prepared to place before the committee evidence showing that eolored people who desired to register In the oonthern state, wero ; twnte4 fromr, Tegistarinf bf' force, or by chicanery, or by unjustiflalbe !ay, and that eolored people who had rrjrigtwd we by the same means, pre vented from easting their ballots." v " " " COLBY AND HARDING PASS IN NEWPORT NEWS HARBOR (By The Associated Press.)' ::EWPOBT NEWS, Ta, Dee, 4-Tho 7 ' f. iff, with 8ecreUry of 6Uto Colby i , rj aboard, came down. the Poto c from . Washington, reaching Old I ' t $ t S : 30 o 'dock this tnorninav - . r f t It a salute from the battleship, . ;i ss-shs passed to sneei the 1 :n Florida, tying farther " ia t r -. 's, to which the secretary 5 ' .'rrred for bin trip or an t Fouth America. -' - Ce arrlTal of the Ifay. -u, with tie jjardlr,- . r r.n comfn? ijitd l!RS;MURIElMACSWi;iElfa ARRIVES III AMERICA Hundreds of Men and Women Greet Widow of Late Irish JLordMayor. f - iNEW-YOBKDe.'-r-Mr8, Muriel MacSwiney, widow of the lord mayor of Cork, who died on a hunger strike in Lon don's Brixton' prison," stepped quietly Jbwn the gang plank from, the big grey J jUner CelUo this morning, landing; here on her long journey to, testify, before the committee of One . hundred investigating conditions in Ireland. 1 , ; '"" ' The Htle woman, clad in mourning, was accompanied by Miss Mary Macbwiney, sister of the late lord mayor. Outside the. entrance to the pier, hun dreds of men, women and children wear ing mourning bands and carrying flags of the Irish republic were massed to greet the women, but they appeared from a dif ferent exit than was expected and stepped into a waiting taxicab and were well started before the crowd knew they had landed. Immediately efforts were made to form a parade to escort Mrs. MacSwi ney to a Fifth avenue hotel. Quiet marked the reception of the two women, who were the first to step ashore when the Celtic berthed. A reception committee surrounded with the tri-eolor bunting of the Irish republic, greeted them. The taxicab had reached 23d street, seven blocks from the, pier, before it was halted, and welcomers fell into line. A band struck up the Star Spangled Banner and "Irish republic" airs, eheers were raised and the parade cot under .way after the confusion whieh had marked the unexpected exit from the pier sheds of Mrs. MacSwiney. The city officially welcomed Mrs. Mae Swiney through Grover A. Whalen, com missioner of plants and structures, repre senting the mayor. Down the bay J. L Fawsitt, "Irish consul " at New York, and personal representative of Bamon de Valera, "president of the 'Irish repub-' lie," accompanied by Oswald Garrison Yillard, of the committee of one hundred, met Mrs. MacSwiney, going out to the Celtic on the coast guard cutter whieh put customs and newspaper men aboard the liner. Passengers on the big steamer said Mrs. MacSwiney remained in her cabin much of the voyage from Liverpool. The pohre boats "Patrol" and "John, F. Ilylan ' ' carried welcoming delega tions down the bay with representatives of a number of organizations of Irish sympathizers. Mrs. Peter MacSwiney and Mrs- Annie MacSwiney Dixon, cons ins of Mrs. MacSwiney, shouted a wel come from the Patrol. An extra coast guard cutter was pressed into service to carry the unusual number o4 reporters and photographers. V.. MacSwiney and her sister-in-law, howpver, made no statement to reporter, and declared they would have nothing to iv until they tad talked to the Commit tee of One Hundred. REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL MEET AT COLUMBIA DEC. 13. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 4. Dates for the remainder of the 12 regional con ferences on education arranged by the bureau of education, the first of which waa held at Chicago November 29, were announced today by the bureau. In ad dition to a conference scheduled to open at Portland, Ore., today, others an nounced for this month include, Colum bia, 8. C, December 13, for North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. The purpose of the conferences, as an nounced by Commissioner of Education ClaxtoT'. ia to disetiss the "most import ant and pressing needs of education from the standpoint of the citizens who own, support and use the schools rather than from that of professional educa tors." MUCH AMERICAN COAL ; BEING SHIPPED .TO EUROPE. ' (By The Associated Press.) PARIS,-Dec. J. Large arrivals of American eoal at French ports are caus ing much comment in the eoal trade of France, especially ' among the English eoal interests hero. " . . - . . "'England, ia losing her privileged po sition in the world' as a coal exporter," the Paris edition of the Daily "Mail quot ed 8. Samuel, of Instone 4 Co., a eoal linn, as saying- with reference to thia situation. s " ;. ; American deliveries, says the newspa per, are sow being made at $14 a ton, against $29 two months ago. It sums the situation Bp thus - .T. "England is theatened in the. world's eoal industry. America is aiming at ob taining control,' and foreign consumers will benefit from this free competition.' Amerieaa eoal can be imported bow at about ten shillings a ton lower than English eoal of eorrespoadiag qualitief. ;Mra. ESa'Boper has as feer guest for several days her son," Mr. George B. Ro per, of .Jacksonville, Fla. - . ; . ' GOVERNOR .HARDING SAYS . . BANKS WILL DO THEIR . PART BY FARMERS View of Other Government - Officials Will Be i Sought For Relief of Farmers. ' (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 4. Views of other government officials . on . possible means of relief for Jhe nation's farmers from the affect of falling prices were sought by the joint congressional com mittee considering the problem on re suming hearings here today. . There had been no advance announcement, however, of the officials listed to appear. In discussing the question before the committee yesterday, neither Secretary of the Treasury Houston nor Governor Harding, of the federal reserve board, were optimistic that any specific solution of the problem of falling markets as it affects the farmer might be found. Sec retary Houston expressed the opinion that establishment of the war finance corporation alone would not insure in creased exports of surplus farm prod ucts to Europe, unless there ..waa an in crease in the purchasing power of Euro pean countries., Denying that the federal reserve board has urged any restrictions on the re-discount of agricultural paper, Governor Harding declared the farmers could ful ly rely upon the banks to do their part in carrying over loans on staple crops for which there is no market, provided they would make a fair statement of their condition to the bankers. INVESTIGATING HIGH PRICES OF CANDY. (By The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Dec. 4. The high cost of living committee of the city council to day turned its attention to candy prices, disclosing evidence that sugar retailing at nine and 10 cents a pound ia being sold at from 65 cents to $1.60 per pound when made into candy . "One store charges $125 for a box of the same goods sold at the other store for $1.50, while still another sells one brand for 65 cents that retails at 85 cents at the fourth place," said Secreta ry E. J. Poole. Candy makers are paid $55 a week, said one manufacutrer, in explanation when on the examining stand. LIVING COSTS WILL FAST Government is Determined That No Artificial Meens Shall Be Resorted To In Effort to Keep Up Prices, and Predicts Quick Drop in Cost of Living Business Must Take Its Losses and Prepare For a New Era. (Davicf Lawrence, in Greensboro News.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 3. Practically every class of business or agricultural en terprise which has been hit by the drop in prices has appealed to the government at Washington ' for aid in some form or other. And while proposals for relief are being urged upon Congress through the political influence of the various business groups affected, the executive branchy of the government has taken a determined position, viz., that intervention by the government to stop the fall in prices means a maintenance of the high cost of living. The government view is that business of all kinds had been warned repeatedly since the armistice that a crash in high prices was coming sooner or later and that caution should be exercised. Those who refused to heel the admonition and hsve been holding their goods for. high prices are suffering the consequences. Opinion in government eircles inclines to the view that in most commodities the bottom has been reached in the price curve but that the consumer has no felt the'drop in prices materially because so many retailers have naturally enough sought to get rid of their goods at prices somewhere near their original cost. Retail Prices Coming Down. Nobody in the government blames the retailer for his human desire to get back what he paid for goods on his shelves, but at the same tims officials point to the strike that the consumer himself initiated against high prices. For months people have been refusing to-buy until prices came down to reasonable levels. Govern ment officials think the Christmas shop ping win naturally help out the retailer in clearing hia shelves for new purchases after the first of the year.. In order, to promote business next year, buying is expected to-be resumed after New Year with intensity yet with eon terratisnu Manufacturers who bare had ordefs cancelled because retailers were holding their goods ia a vain effort to compel the consumer to buy are expected to adjust their prices to fit the new con ditions and the prediction hers is that the eoet of liring will eume down even more in the first months of 1921 than ever be fore. - . .. , ; . While there is sympathy for the farm REPORTS BIG ORDERS -. C0.'.!IaG TO COTTOII MILLS Greenville Man Predict Sub stantial Orders and General Picking Up of Business Af ter December. (By The Associated Press.) GREENVILLE, a O, Dec, 3. Cotton mills in Greenville and other big indus trial centers of the south, which have ex perienced stagnant business several months, are beginning to receive substan tial " ordera that will enable them to resume full Operation after December, according to a statement issued today by W. J. Thackston, prominent manufac turer, based on reports he has received from leading manufacturers of the south and commission merchants. Substantial orders for cloth that have come to southern mills in the past few days is said by local manufacturers to bo responsible for the slight improvement in the cotton market. One manufacturer announced today that he had received and accepted orders for print cloths that would enable him to run his plants with out much curtailment of hours, but with a reduction of wages to something like normal. Another large manufacturer said he had some orders in hand whieh he could supply from goods already made from high priced cotton, that would show considerable loss, but the prices would be an even break on present prices of cot ton, and lower wage costs. As to the cotton situation, tf special committee of the state manufacturers' association today received a letter from Unied States Senator Dial, who reported that ' ' there is a tremendous demand for cotton' if the foreign parties desiring it could furnish the security." Senator Dial said he "had a call from a delegation yesterday from one eountry and they want to arrange to get three hundred thousand bales of eotton. They offered mortgages on their mills, he said, with endorsements of banks, guaranteed by the government to agree to hold the cotton in trust to pay the debt." HEAVY SUBSCRfPTIONS TO FRENCH LOAN. (By The Associated Press.) PARIS, Dec. 3. Unexpectedly heavy subscriptions from the provinces to the new French 6 per cent loans, which clos ed November 30, were said today to have raised the total beyond yesterday's es timates of something ovor 26,000,000, 000 francs. Unofficial figures today es timated the total at about 30,000,000, 000 francs. DROP EARLY IN NEW YEAR er, there is no disposition to help him maintain the price of wheat any more than there is to assist the retailer in keeping up the prices of his wares. Sug gestions of a farmers' strike were frown ed upon by the government when they were made, and there is a feeling among responsible officials that those who start ed the movement for hoarding or holding out for better prices are partly to blame for the larger losses that are being taken now. No Artificial Measures. If the advice of the government could be epitomized, it is. that artificial meas ures should not be resorted to in any business in an effort to keep prices high because the ultimate consumer is the largest factor in the whole thing and he will not resume buying until be considers that prices have reached a fair level. Members of the cabinet, for instance, re late in private conversation ' their own experience in the stores in buying wear ing apparel. It is true that the store keepers have bought at high figures and want to get back their cost, but those who know what the income tax bureau collected say the wise retailer will get rid of his goods at a slight loss now or a bigger loss later on, but that he must look to last year 's profits for consolation. As a matter of fact most businesses have distributed last year's earnings and there is no provision in the income tax laws bv which losses of one year can be ehsrged against that of a previous year. Nobody likes to take losses and gov ernment officials have steadfastly resisted appeals for intervention that might under other political conditions ; have swayed them. , There is bo reason now to fear the farmer vote or any other kind of rote. .The Democrats who are going out of power see no reason for further weaken ing the value of liberty bonds or other government obligations by straining the government's credit and the prediction is made by the Democrats .that when the Republicans get into power and have the full responsibility for setion they win; examine the facta "carefully before they will help the farmer as against the Ulti mate consumer or the retailer as gainst the wholesaler and manufacturer or any other class. '- ' '' SENATOR CAPPER WANTS TO STOP GAMBLING IN -COTTON AND FOODSTUFFS Would Impose 'Tax on All ; "Future" Dealing In Cotton, . Corn, Grains, Etc. (By The "Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 4. Senator Capper, of Kansas, today made publie his proposed bill to stop gambling in foodstuffs and eotton. A tax of 10 per cent, designed to be prohibitive, on "future" trading in grain and cotton, except-by actual own ers or a limited elass of traders under federal license, is the basic feature of the Capper bill, which ia to be introduced in the senate next week by the author and in the house by Representative Tin cher, republican, of Kansas . The 10 per cent tax would apply to options and the measure would affect grain products as well as raw grain. "The bill will stop gambling in wheat, corn, eotton and other farm products," said Senator Capper. " It will eliminate the wheat pit and the blackboard. It will put out of business the thousands of wire houses and bucketshops by making it impossible for gamblers and speculators to deal on boards of trade. "The bill undertakes to preserve the legitimate ' hedge ' but cuts out all gamb ling and manipulation. " Farmers, dealers and manufacturers buying or selling grain or cotton for ac tual delivery would not be restricted by the proposed law, Senator Capper said . A penalty of 50 per cent of the propos ed federal tax, a fine of $10,000, a one year's imprisonment for violation of the bill's provisions are incorporated in the Capper bill. Sellers of grain, grain products and cotton who at the time of sale would be owners of the "actual physical proper ty," and traders regularly engaged in growing, dealing in or manufacturing and registered with the internal, revenue bureau would be exempt from the ten per cent tax . Such traders, however, would be limited in their dealings to three times their actual transactions during the preceding year, and would be required to report all dealings to the internal revenue bureau. PHI BETA KAPPA SOCIETY CELEBRATES 144TH BIRTHDAY WILLI AM8POBT, Pa., Dec. 4. The 14tth anniversary of the founding of the Phi Ben Kappa society, oldest and larg est of the Greek letter fraternities, brought many visitors to William and Mary College here today, including Sir Auckland Goddes, British ambassador, who will be initiated as a fraternity mem ber tonight and make the anniversary address. Secretary Payne, Rear Admiral Gray son, physician to President Wilson, and ii u alumnus of William and Mary, and Norman Davis, under secretary of state, were among the visitors from Washing ton. The initiates include in addition to Sir Auckland, P. P. Claxton, federal commifsioner of education; Don C. Seitz, New York World ; William Pulitzer, New York; Professor Charles L. Raper, Syra cuse, N. Y.t and a number of distin zu'shed Virginians. ' The initiation of Sir Auckland Geddes brings to fourteen the number of promi nent Britons taken in by the Alphe, or mother, rtapter of the fraternity. For mer British Premier Arthur Balfour and 12 members of the British mission who accompanied him to the United States after American entry into the world war, were initiated here during their visit. NEGROES ARE BROUGHT TO RALEIGH BY SPECIAL TRAIN (By The Associated Press.) RALEIGH. N. C Dec. 4. Following their trial in Wayne county superior court at Goldsboro yesterday on eharges of murder growing out of the killing of Heman Jones, a white man, five negroes, for whom mobs made two unsuccessful attempts to obtain possession, were brought to Raleigh by special ' train jruarded by members of the Durham ma chine gun eompany and placed in the state penitentiary here bite last night. FAVOR RE-ESTABLISHING WAR FINANCE CORPORATION (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec 3. Senators from cotton growing states met today ia the office of Senator MeKellar, Tennes see, and decided to support the resolu tion whieh will be introduced by Senator Colder, of New York, re-establishing the war finance corporation. At the same time Senator Smith, of Georgia, win in troduce, a bill to amend the federal re serve set regarding the rediseounting of cotton1 factors paper. : . r V ' Senators at the meeting Included: Sen ators Hoks Smith, of Georgia; Dial, of South Carolina T Owen, Oklahoma f Shep perd, of Texas, and MtKafcar,! of Ten nessee, j. v '. . r f - . . Senator-elect Hefiin, of Alabama, aaid that : tiers ' was enough support from southern and western senators to insure passage of the r Iz'lon ARGENTINA CEASES TO -PARTICIPATE III IE! (By The "Associated Press; ) : '!, '. GENEVA, "Doer' 4. An amendment to the covenant to the league of nation eliminating Article 7L, the most mooted section of the pact, was introduced ia the aaeembly of the league today by Charleo J . Doherty, , Canadian . minister -of jus tice. The amendment will probably bst referred to the committee on . amend ments. ' . a-;.-:. v.'V. ; Honorio Pueyrredon, the Argentine foreign minister, today handed . Paul . Hymans, president of the. league f, : as tions assembly, a letter announcing that the Argentine delegation had ceased ita participation in the league. ARGENTINA'S DELEGATION ' . FAILS TO SHOW UP. : (By The Associated Press.) GENEVA, Dee. 4. Argentina's del ' egation to the assembly of the league of nations did not appear during the Ixat hour of today's meeting. - . ' Honorio Pueyrredon, head of the daW -. egation, refused to deny tliat Argentine" - was withdrawing from the league. "I cannot discuss the matter at this time," he said to The Associated Press' at his hotel. The Argentine .representatives were in . conference when Senor Pueyrredon seen today. The Argentine foreign later declared he would probably go to the assembly meeting later, but up txat3 -noon he had not appeared. MARKET SHOWS A STEADIER TOIIE THIS 171 (By The Associated Press.) NEW YORK, 'Dec. 4'. The market for securities , displayed a steadier. 1 this week, additional elimination of ulative accounts strengthening the tech nical position and inspiring a degree of confidence among investors. This latter development was evidenced by the issuance of new capital offerings approximating $50,000,000, which war readily absorbed, but other credits . and loans, including several foreign negotia tions, remained in abeyance. Trading in stocks again was fairly en tensive and the further retrogression, in y trade and industry, as reported from virtually all sections of the eountry, ef fected additional depreciation of quoted values. . , Publication of the terms of the' much discussed Southern Pacific, "melon" as represented by the formation of a compa ny to take over its oil properties seemed to cause disappointment in speculative quarters, Southern Pacific shares being among the few high grade rails to react. The money market was relatively easy, but hoites of pronounced relaxation be fore the end of the year were dissipated by the announcement of the treasury de partment, calling to the government large requirements in the immediate future.' Foreign exchange again denoted the world-wide unsettlement of economia conditions and the low record liability reserves reported by the Bank of Eng land bespoke increased pressure, in that '. important quarter. ANTI-VIVISECTION GETS SWAT FROM THE DOCTORS. (By The Associated Press.) - -BUFFALO, N. Y., Dec. 3. Efforts of anti-vivisectionists to prevent experi ments upon animals by qualified sur geons was denounced at the first pubCe meeting of the clinical congress of the American College of Surgeons In seasioav here today. Dr. John B. Denver, pro fessor of surgery. University of Penn sylvania, said that vivisection is carried out aa carefully aa any human operation. "Anyone who promotes legislation de signed to hinder the battle against bn maa disease deserves to die a prematura death," Dr. Deaver aaid. Dr. Franklin M. Martin, seceretary general of the College of Surgeons, also condemned the opponents of the prao-' tiee. It is, be said, "either a ease of experimentation upon animals or chil dren. " - DAVIS AND MONTAGUE TO RUN -FOR SWAN SON'S SEAT (By The Associated Press.) . RICHMOND, Va Dee. 4. FoUowisg a atatenient by Governor Westmoreland Davis that he will be a candidate for the United States senate to succeed Clauds A. Swanson, who is to seek re-election, it is authentically announced.' today that former Governor Andrew ? J. J Montague win be a candidate for the aame position in case Mr. Swanson does not enter the race. Senator Swanson 's heahk is im proving and it la said he expecta to eon duet n most active campaign. The ela tion takes place ia K2. To refresh a wcsttt's rp ring has beea in. 1 ' " fo"u1oi,3 on mV: r y a
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