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j- -v .: . .1 v - ..-i .; . . LOCAL COTTOT. s v; j 14 1-2 CX5TS TOPAY ; Rain toaft&t, colder. ' Wed . aetdsy Wider. ; ." J- '-; . y5 MfcMbJCtf Of THE ASSOCIATED PUM GASTONIA, N. ' C. TUESDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 7, 19?0. V fiNCJuc cart csnrt CORK CITY HALL WHICH WAS DAMAGED BY FIRE DURING RECENT . DISTURBANCES. TT a r y -v r : : - r TT A I. " r II l l I fl . .A . I II fX II H IV LIBERAL CREDITS FOR FAR r.IEKS SEEA1 PROBABLE ' . '. . . . .ri: , v- PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE -DELIVERED TO COiRESSi I- I V ,V,v.x'.v, -. V -.,4 -. v. v Senate to Give Immediate Consideration to Leg islation Looking to Financial Relief for Farm- 5 er - War Finance Board May Be Revived -v eg Made Heavy Loans' on Agricultural Products H Up to Time of Its-Dissolution. . (By The AuoeUted Prat.) VaSHINGTON. Dee. 7. Immediate ' J; Uef legUlation 1 mi . ponsidered proba- fv'l today with the report of a joint res ' , lntigu by the agricultural committee re iTinir the war finance corporation, and ;.." i directing the federal reserve board to permit axtenaion of "liberal" credita 'to farmers. Senator Oronna, chairman f the committee, announced he would 5rg immediate action on the resolution mi members of the committee expreas pi confidence that sufficient rotes were in tight to insure its adoption. ,:, The war finance corporation, which the . teaolutlon would revive with a view to . aecuriiig greater sales of surplus farm : jproducta abroad, had made total ad r ,f Tancei . of $353,061,404 up to May 10, rv t Isatrwbea its loan activities were bus 'Jfj'? Jiended by the secretary of the -treasury, aeeording to the annual report of the ;;" jiMrporatlon,-jnade public today. Re-'J-.; payments of 1235,334,580 up to Novem-y'-'het 80 had left a balance, outstanding of .J V;- 117,728,824, the report showed. - During the past year advances made V-V by, the corporation have been principally to aid in financing exports, it was said, '.th total of such loans amounting to 46,347,654, f which $424,012 has , been repaid, leaving the outstanding a ' " balance of $42,023,641. Summarising its . export advances "he eorporatron showed WORKING OH PUNS FOR ORGANIZATION OF COUNTRIES NOT MEMBERS OF LEAGUE. (isoi,. pdjspossy oqj, Xg) GENEVA, Dee. 7. Plans for co-op-ration on technical organizations of the league ot nations by representatives of Armenia and former Bussian states, though those states are not admitted to full membership in the league, were dis cussed by the assembly of the league here today. This was the principal item ri the agenda, having been brought in to prominence by the decision yesterday of the committee on admission of new states. The assembly also continued the work of laying, a working basis for the league which would enable it to function as ef ficiently as v possible pending the time necessary to get a clear interpretation of various matters and note the practical effects of the intricate system by which the assembly and council dovetail into each other. The most enthusiastic supporters , of the league now admit there are problems in tne covenant which seem for the mo ment, at least, beyond solution, since it '' is Impossible to tell how present arrange- . meiits are going to work out. The gen eral policy adopted seems to be to let time work out a solution of some prob lems. Decision was reached by the com mittee on relations between the assembly nd council last sight to apply this poli cy to the contested point as to whether the word "exclusive' should be elimin ated from the second of the four general principles enunciated by the committee as a working basis for the league. ; This sentence reads at present: iThe assembly has no power to mod ify decisions coming within the exclusive competence' of the council. " - The eotimittee decided to recommend that the.' "whole paragraph be dropped from the report rather than prolong a 4ieussion which might be fruitless. f."Work io the typhus campaign now go- : lag oa ia Poland and plans looking to t tie welfare of - children ia Europe wen . ' also discussed today. : One of the early acts of the assembly .,- this morning was to approve the decision - Of the eOmmittM m Mlatlnna lutfwium the assembly aid the council for the elim ination of the entlr j report whiek provided that the assembly : i power to take op qnesUons withia - the exclusive jurisdiction, bt the eoonefl. c v'Delegale Bowell, of Canada, who made the report, pointed out that the elimina ; tioadid not change the present situation. ; The report being merely interpretative, ' eould aot change the relations betweea "me eouaeU. ana tae assembly, he remark ed, but was merely explanatory of the . a iv . . fro visions ex me eoveaanx, .....-V--"C George R Foster, of the fiad1ait " delegation, stirred the assembly by an . eloquent appeal for aetioa against typhne : ia Poland and the near east ia geaeral. i v -- -' -'- -,'--, ,' j . -. A 'portable wood sawing ""'Mitt to be stounted-e- and coplied with power by aa automobile cuts eaca . -piece of eord wtKl ino four pieces and can drop them 2s to a waiting vehicle. . ' .-. that $1229,000 was loaned to send grain and floor and foodstuffs to Belgium. A total of $10,796,537 was advanced to export electrical equipment and supplies to Great Britain, South Africa, Austra lia, France, Belgium and Italy; on cot ton to Czecho Slovakia $9,322,117 was loaned; on condensed mi'fr to England and France $5,000,000; a like sum on locomotives to Poland and $4,000,000 on agricultural implements to Great Brit ain, France and Belgium. Except to carry out commitments made prior to November 30, 1918, the report explained the signing of the armistice caused the corporation to discontinue advances necessary to the prosecution of the war. During the past year, the report de clared, the corporation had made every effort to liquidate its outstanding cattle loans without entailing undue hardships upon borrowers. At the beginning of the year the amount of these loans out standing was $1,459,244, which was re duced through repayments to $793,096, while the total advanced on these loans was $7,827,278. The corporation listed its other ad vances as of November 30 as $5,268,377 to banks, bankers and trust companies all repaid; $204,794,520 to railroads with $21,132,995 still outstanding; $23, 814,674 to industrial corporations with $948,881 still outstanding; and $25,211, 500 on warehouse receipts all repaid. MILLS BACK ON OLD SCHEDULE GREENWOOD, S. C, Dec. 7. The five cotton mills in Greenwood county are now operating on foil time after having curtailed pro- duction several weeks. With one exception the plants have day and night shifts. . LOUISVILLE DISTILLERS PLACED UNDER ARREST (By The Associated Press.) LOUISVILLE, Ky., Deo. 7. O. H. Wathen, secretary, and W. F. Knebel kamji, treasurer of W. E. Wathen & Co., Louisville distillers, were arrested here last night on warrants charging violation of the prohibition enforcement act. The arrests resulted from an indictment re turned in Chicago recently by a federal grand jury implicating Wathen, Knebel kamp, "Mike de Pike" Heitler, and other persons in a "whiskey ring." Wathen and Knebelkamp were charged with transporting 1,000 cases of whisey from the Wathen distillery at Hobs, Ky., to Chicago, on a forged permit. Both men denied having known the alleged illegal nature of the permit. They were released under bond of $3,000 each and required to appear Friday in federal court at Chicago. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA TO MAKE BIO BOND ISSUE. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. Th Cen tral ot Georgia Railway Company appli ed today to the interstate commerce com mission for permission to issue $60,000, 000, in refunding and general mortgage bonds, $11,000,000 of which would be used to reimburse the treasury of the road and for additions and betterments ; $31,462,300 to refund a like-amount of par value of prior bonds and $17,537, 700 for' the purchase of new equipment. The bonds will be dated April 1, 1919, and mature 'April 1, 1959.' MILLION DOLLARS. TO AID IN FORESTRY WORK (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dec 7. A appro priation of one million dollars, to be used in co-operation wita;,the states in forestry work during the next fiscal year was asked of Congress Joday by the de partment of agriculture. ' Secretary Meredith also asked for legis lation which would 1 authorize him to recommend the essential and standard re quirements to protect timbered and cut ever lands' from fire, in reforesting de nuded lands and, where necessary, to aid la the proper methods of cutting and re moving timber for the best promotion of. eontinnouf production -v -': '' . " 1 ' After long1 experimenting an English scientist aas developed a way to remove the' gam which permeates ramie fibre, which may be extensively used aa a sub stitute for eottoa. ? . . v i y ' M ? ' ! " ' ' m-.y :.--yy i ; " "' :-.r-r-U :"-:- ' . ,f - - - ; If :-',. ... - ' ::. y v a . y m .v.-. a v t i! .1 ; 1 TEXAS NEWSPAPER MAN CLAIMS HE HAS TALKED WITH ALLEGED MURDERESS San Antonio Reporter Arrest ed After Refusing to Divulge .Information as to Wherea bouts of Miss Smith, Charg ed With Slaying Hamon. (By The Associated Press.) 8 AN ANTONIO, TEX., Dec. 7. P. M. Rose, a local newspaper man, who claims to have conversed hear San An tonio last night with Clara, Barton Smith, sought in connection with the fatal shooting at Ardmore, Okla., of Jake L. Hamon, was taken into custody by police detectives at his home early today. Ross was detained as a material wit ness at the request of Russell B. Brown, county attorney at Ardmore. Rpss was escorted to police headquar ters, where he refused to make any state ment concerning the woman 's wherea bouts, or discuss the case with the police. TI was immediately taken into confer- l ence with police offisials and detectives. Boss, according to information here, had claimed to know the whereabouts of Miss Smith. The alleged interview with Miss Smith is said to have binn sent from here last night by Ross iu news dispatches . According to police information, the newspaper man asserted he found Miss Smith near here after her motor car had broken down. He is said to have claim ed that he repaired the motor car and that she gave .hira her statement con cerning tha shooting at that time. While detectives were quizzing Ross at headquarters, other ' detectives -were con ducting an investigation in one of the leading hotels here in an effort to con firm a report that Miss Smith was in the building. After a lengthy questioning by the po lice, Ross was released. At the conclusion of the conference, Captain James Duncan, of the police de partment, stated that he was inclined to doubt the newspaper man's story. Ross, according to .the police, refused to tell the whereabouts of the young wo man, asserting that he would go to jail first. Officials said that, when queatioped by them, he declared he became acquainted with Miss Smith while working on a newspaper in Oklahoma. Later, they said, he denied knowing uer. He told his questioners, it was stated, that he firsf encountered Miss Smith on the streets of San Antonio and that she tried to evade him by driving away in a large motor car. He said that he pur sued her in a smaller ear, but being on able to overtake her, hired a large serv ice car and resumed the chase, catching her just outside the city limits. Following the questioning of Ross, po lice officials said they were inclined to abandon the search for Miss Smith here, especially after detectives had made an investigation at one of the leading ho tels and failed to find any trace of her. A teport from Oklahoma City hinted that she could be found at the hotel. It was emphasised at police headquar ters . that further investigation of the ease' locally would depend upon the wish es of the Ardmore authorities. 'I The story told by Boss of his inter views with Miss Smith, according to po ficftT, followed somewhat her statements tow W. 8allie,'af DaDas, the ehauf feurJwho drove Miaa Smith from Dallas tO CISCO. . .', - Boas, who is an employee ef The Ban Antonio News, said he kid heard ia a ..... 1T.ypyr N. & Tt w 1 1 5 - COUNTY FATHERS HEAR PLEAS FOR SYSTEM OF RURAL POLICEMEN Only Thing in Way is the Cost Called Meeting to Be Held Next Tuesday to Fur ther Proposition. Bepresentaitves of the Chamber, of Conrnjterce, the Rotary Club, the Kiwanis Club, and the Ministers Association ap peared before the board of county com missioners yesterday afternoon and pre sented to that body a strong plea for the establishment of a system of rural po licemen over the main roads of the county. Facts as to recent outrageous, occurrences on unpolled country ruuds were brought to the attention of the com missioners. That immoral practices are carried ou to a drjilorabio extent and that they are increab.ng all the time ws. impressed upon the county fathers, as was also the fact that highway robbers in fest unprotecteed pla e.i along the roads. There were present irany citizens who are vitally interested i:i the proposition to establish a system of rural police. The commissioners were mot1, "favorably im pressed with the proposition; in fact are heartily in favor of it, swnl were deterred from taking immediate artion only be cause of a lack of fund. 'o carry it on. It was estimated that at least $15,000 per year would be required for this pur pose. A called meeting of the board was set to be held Tuesday, December 14, for the specific purpose of taking tiiis mutter up again. All citizens of the county who are interested in rural police protection and the curtailment of immoral practices are urged to be present at that meeting which will be somewhat on the order of a mass meeting. Anyone who desires to be heard will have an opportunity to give his views. The new officers for the coming year were sworn in. They were Mr. Howard R. Thompson as register of deeds and Mr. E. L. Froneberger, commissioner from Crowders Mountain Township. R. L. Stowe, of South Point, and D. B. Mauney, of Cherryville Township, were both re-elected commissioners and began their new terms with this meeting. Jurors For Regular Term Court. Jurors for the regular January crim inal term of court commencing January 17th were drawn as follows: First Week: Ed C Ray, G rover Beam, W J T Styers, R S Ahernethy, F Sara pie Hager, D A Gains, H A Rhyne, W B McKee. A A McLean, Sr., Claud Beid, B G Garrison, 6 J Rhyne, George H In gle, L E Kincaid, D L Abernethy, B L Forbes, F A Cat bey, 8 A Robinson, L A Campbell, C B Craig. G K Derr, A H Guion, W R Fite, R L Davis. Second Week: Olia Carroll, Worth Anthofty, J T Smith, W 8 Painter, R D Friday, D Lee Rhyne, J P Allen, J J Gamble, J L Clemmer, W S Wells,- A R Anders, Amos Morris, Avery Ballard. Joe Douglas, J Anthony, W H Benfield, J HtRatchford, S S Morris, C R Cato, A B Putnam, Charles Gfigg, Luther Nims, (Continued en page 8) hotel lobby, last Saturday that Miss Smith was in San Antonio and through acquaintances daring his previous em ployment in Oklahoma, recognized ber. While a companion fixed two flat tires on Miss Smith 's automobile Boss said he took her te a nearby farm bouse and, there he said, she told him aba had killed Hamon ' for the sake ef their son, JackT." According to Boss she declared she was williig to face any just judge or any jury ef wot Not Known This Forenoon Whether Mr Wilsoir Would Appear in Person or Send His Message to Be Read Senate to Debate Regulation Meat Packing Industry. PYTHIANS ELECT OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR Officers for the coming year were chos en last night by Gastonia Lodge No. 53 Knights of Pythias at the lodge's regu lar meeting. They will be installed the first meeting night in January. Follow-J mg is the list: C. H. Pugh, chancellor commander ; George A . Gray, vice chan-. 11 T 1 TT 1 -M cenor; ieonaru iioou, Keeper oi records and seal; W. G. Gaston, prelate; A. B. Goforth, master of work; W. H. Leath ers, master at arms; W. A. McGinnas, inner guard; outer guard, Leonard Cur ry; master of finance, E. B. Denny; master of exchequer, James Bracey; captain of drill team, Otto C. Duncan; director of degree work, W. B. McKee. PEACE PRIZE TO MR. WILSON ON DEC. 10 COPENHAGEN, Dec. 7. (By The Associated Press.) Announce ment is made that the Nobel peace prise will be conferred on Presi dent Wilson of the United States on December 10. The ' Nobel peace prize carries with it a grant of about $40,000, which is one-fifth of the annual interest on about $9,000,000 left for that purpose by Alfred B. NobeL the Swedish scientist and the inventor of dynamite, who died in 1896. The only two Americans who have in the past received the nobel peace prize were Theodore Roosevelt in 1906, and Elihu Root in 1912. ! I i: BANKERS AND FARMERS WOULD CUT COTTON ACREAGE ONE FOURTH; RAISE MORE FOODSTUFF. HARDING TAKES LEAVE OF WASHINGTON T00.W (By The Associated Pres.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 7. President eeh t Harding faced a busy round of con ferences today before leaving Washing ton a. 4 o'clock for his home in Marion. The program arranged by the presi-dent-elect was not made public, but it was understood that during the day he would discuss domestic as well as inter national issues with a number of mem bers of the senate and house. Neither was it disclosed whether Mr. Harding would call at the white house to see President Wilsou and the best informa tion seemed to be that the president and the president-elect would not meet as did their wives yesterday when Mrs. Harding accepted Mrs. Wilson's invitation to tea at the white house. The president-elect in his conferences today wa expected to reiterate his re quest made yesterday to congressional leaders that the 'federal law making body lay aside partisanship and endeavor to clear away all routine business before March 4 and lay the basis for the con structive legislate m to be considered at the extra session which he announced he probably would call soon after his in auguration. He named revision of the federal tax laws, as one of the measures he would like to see considered at the extra session. On leaving Washington late today Sen ator Harding will take final leave of the senate, although he wil retain his seat and title until between January 10 and 115, when, he said yesterday, he plans to resign and allow the incoming republican governor of Ohio to name a republican, probably Senator-elect Willis, to succeed him. . BUILDING COSTS HAVE ABOUT REACHED BOTTOM (Bv The Ass-Dinted Press.) DETROIT, Dec 7. Shortage of skill ed workers in the building trades prom ises to hold buOdin? costs at about their, present level, notwithstanding decline in the price of lumber, in the opinion of speakers before the Maaea; Contractors' Association of the United States -und Canada, ia eonTentioe here: f One, rem edy suggested was the teaching of ma sonry and other building trades courses in high schools ef the country. A resolu tion embodying that recommendation baa been frame 1 for presentation to the con vention, f - '. . V V ' liv. The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Dee. 7. Receipt a President Wilson's annual message wae the principal business before congress to day, although the program in both tie senate aid house called for the inaugura tion of actual legislative work. Whether the president would send his communica tion by messenger to be read separately in the two branches or would appear la person to read it before a joint session had not been definitely settled early to day, but the gt neral impression was thai the former course r. mid bo followed. Ia conversation with members of the eons mittee which called on him yesterday t notify him of the convening of congress Mr. Wilson stated simply that he would "communicate with" that body today, leaving in doubt the method he proposed to follow. The senate calendar today called for debate on the bill for federal regulatioa of the meat packing industry, left orer from the last session, but there was a possibility, it was said, it might go over until some future date. Senator Kenyon, republican, of Iowa, one of the framera of the bill, in reply to a request from Senator Sherman, republican, of Illinois, for a postponement, said he would agree to the delay provided unanimous consent could be obtained for a vote on tha measure by January 8., In the house legislation for the restrie tion of immigration was expected to be taken up, the bill prohibiting immigra tion for a period of two years bavins; been reported out of committee yester day. Numerous committees of beta houses were expected to get down to work that would keep most of them busy ve to adjournment. Among these were sev eral charged with investigation of the conduct of various governmental estimates. By The Associated Press ) MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec. 7. Measures to make effective 50 per cent reduction in '.he acreage planted in cotton and a limilar increase in the acreage devoted to food crops and live stock raising were under consideration at a meeting here today of representatives of banking, cone- -, mercial and farming interests in all of ' the southern states. Leaders in the movement declare that action to be taken at the meeting would insure a cut of at least one-half in eottoa acreage next year which, fhey declare, imperative as a means of stabilizing the market and to restore the price to a fig ure that will give the farmer a reasonable return for the 1921 crop. Committees were named at today's ses sion to perfect a plan of campaign and report at the final session of the cosran tion tomorrow. The meeting was called by a joint com mittee representing the Memphis Cotton Exchange, chamber of commerce, clearing house association and various other com mercial organizations. WILL ASK CONSTANTINE TO RETURN TO GREECE. (By The Associated Press.) LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND, Dee. 7. Former King Constant ine, whose return to the Greek throne, was voted fe by the Greek people in Sunday's plebis cite, said today be was expecting that the government would notify him to re turn to Greece as a result of the vote, but that he did not expect the notifica tion to come today because of the Greek, superstition that Tuesday is an unlucky day. "It is like your Friday," he remark ed to the correspondent. "No matter what happens they will not telegraph to day. " -ATHENS, Dec. 7. Invitation will be extended former King Constantino te return to Greece following the announce ment of the result of Sunday's plebiscite which is expected to be made tomorrow. Plans for Constantino's return content plate bis sailing from Brindisi on board the liner Patris, which will be accompa nied by the cruisers EoUus and Lemnoa and .a number of destroyers, when tha squadron reaches Phaleron, it will be met by 500 officers of the Greek army, wba will accompany Constantino to Piraeus. From that ' pert - Constaatiae will be brought to Athens. Three days of re je icing win follow his arrival here.' : The Greeks are maintaining a i t friendly attitude toward fore' j - though women conducted a C tion before., the French en.! ?, .. t I i- dT. ;
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