M BAILY QA2E TTE Weather: 'Rain Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XUII. NO. 18. GASTONIA, N. C, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 21, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS WITNESS DECLARES MRS. jKrout Case Will Go To The HOPE TO CLEAR AWAY LOWE WAS WITH ANOTHER MAN BEFORE M HOMICIDE McDuffie Says He Saw Mrs. Lowe With Man Who Had on Army Shirt State Wit ness Declares He Heard Thomas Say He Had Killed Allen, Just After Tragedy. COXtXlRD, Jan. 20. The defense iu the trial of U. U. (Red) Thomas, on trial Lore for the murder of Arthur J. Alien, rested its case this morning at 11:17 o'clock, after offering testimony bine Tuesday morning. A number of wit nesses were introduced during the morn ing by the defense, the principal wit ness being Mrs. Thomas. Court was , held up for au tour while she underwent medical examination, sue having suffer- j ed a nervous collapse shortly after court j opened todity. the testified principally j as to. the friendly relations octweeu the j Ixi we family und Thomas family, and mated that she hud heard of the various I rides and swimming pur-tics her husband! had been "bn with ilrs. Lowe, and diil 1 not object in any way. ! A feature of the rebuttal evidence b.v the State was the testimony of John McDuffie, of Kaunapolis, who testified that ho saw Mrs. Robert Lone in a Ford fcSedttu with a man with "an army shirt" on several minutes before the shots which killed Allen were fired. On direct examination the witness stated that ho was going to the store of L. K. Lawing when he saw the Ford stop in the road near him. lie saw a woman, with light hair, fair complexion, wear ing a light colored coat, get out of the cur. He was near the rear wheels of the car when the car drove off. lie heard 'he woman any, "1 will wait for you." Jury Late This Afternoon1 Case of Check Flasher Is Attracting More Attention in Gasto nia Than Many a Murder Case Has Ever Done Many La dies Are Attending the Trial Krout Is Putting Up Strong Fight Through Attorneys. unvn fiMRfiP npriARP? that kpuiia DIFFICULTIES IN WAY OF uluhul ULULniiLU lllll ULllUtt THE CHINESE PROBLEM MNFFRFWfF Wll I HP! P FIM Al I IV Apt UUIU LI1L11UL II ILL IILLI L11U flLL llrtllU Hot since the conviction of 'he notorious yegg, "Irish Jimmy," here some ten years ago has there been manifested such a general in terest in a trial as is being shown in that of the case of the State vs. W. C. Krout, of Gadsden, Ala., for forgery. Since the trial began on Friday the court room has been crowded at all time a and today hun dreds of people have been turned away, with every inch of standing room taken up. A remarkable fact is that to audience contains a very large number of ladies, something unusual in Gastcnia. Just what feature of the trial has proved such such an attraction to the women is not apparent. At th conclusion of the taking of evidence at 10:30 o'clock this morning the attorneys began to speak. Solicitor George W. Wilson and Mr. Mebane spoke before the noon recess. When"Tourt re-con-ver.ed at 2:30 this afternoon Mr. Stonewall J. Durham opened for the prosecution. He was speaking when The Gazette closed its forms short ly after i o'clock. He was to be followed by Mr. John G. Carpenter for the defense and Mr. A. E. Woltz for the prosecution. It seems prob able that the case will go to the jury late this afternoon. Further examination by his own coun sel brought from Krout an explanation f how the police secured his picture. He was ut one time accused of raising checks in Baltimore and confessed, and Final Action on Proposal As Presented in Resolution by Secretary Hughes Is Post poned at Suggestion of Japan. WAHUXTOX, Jan. 21. spite I as to other dates except the one under I consideration. ' Mr. O. L. i-tamps, father of Mrs. j Xrout, testified that he held a long dis-1 questions raised us to the practicability . tnnre conversation with his son-in-law, I .f 0""' of i,s provisions, fun her disvtis- pi,. i, .. i i- i i ii , ! s"" today by the arms conference of tlie .the defendant, at a Gadsden, Ala., on v i.. , , -,, .. . I far r.astern committee nt the American I Xovemlx'r Lllth. On cross-examination, ,lfpoHa )()r publication of nil Ireaties tasked how he touid so positively deter- and understanding relating to China mine the day of the conversation, hu stated that he had gone to the telephone oftiee and looked ui the record of the ! call and had brougjit th original tilcket with him. It was not offered iu evi ! dj'iue. Van F.vans, who married an ' other daughter of Mr. Stamps, testified 1 that he was vyith Krout on both Novem ber -H and L'l'tli ami 1 rought him to the Millard in his cur about (i p. in.. No- were expected in American quarter to clear-the way for its formal sdopti m. Agreed t ''in principle,'' fin.-ii nc tiou on the proposal as presented in a resolution yister.iny by (Secretary Hugh es was pastponed at tha, suggestion of Japan after an extende.l debate on the provision to include in the pulilished list of commitments the various cemimrciui cgreoments entered int.i between Chin ese authorities and private individuals a- MAINE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BAN FAST WAYS AUGUSTA, MAINE. Jan. 21. Girls of Conel High School in this city adopted resolutions today plac ing a ban on the use of cosmetics, immodest dress, and dresses made of expensive and elaborate cloth. Skirts must come foui inches or more below the knee, petticoats must be worn with all l-Rht skirts and the girls mut abandon the wearing of fancy rt;ck:ngs, Fiench heels, fancy garters below the knees or rolled down stockings. Says That If There Had Been a Conference in July, 1914, There Wculd Have Been No War in August, 1914 - Peace of World Depends Upon Good Understanding Between United States and England - Prime Minister Is Believ er in League of Nations. BKS0N FOR ll!G!l RAPvK OF NORTH CUOUM iCE IS A RARITY IN LOS ANGELES, CAL. LOS ANGELES, CALIF., Jan. 21. Freezing temperatures today caused what is believed to be the on ly accident of its kind that ever oc curred in Los Angeles. A woman tipped and fell on an icy pavement and broke her wrist. vember Mr. tf. Fleetwood King, I broad. The Japanese sucgi now manager of the Quality fountain in de that i! The Ford drove on to Lawmy's store while being held on that charge his pic- and headed back tovVard the Cabarrus i ture was taken. mill, from which direction it had cmnej rju cross examination by Solicitor Wil a another road. He walked bv the worn-1 Son the witness stated that he was born an about 23 yards and saw that she wasj aI:d raised in York, I 'a., where he clerk walking toward the store. He turned ed 1U a department store. At about "I iiatk und walked to within three fcetjv0;lls f Uil ie Vll.,,t ,3 Detroit, whero or her and said: I he worked for four years. He then -'Who are you waiting for?" she re-. w-cnt t(, ;re"cnvillc, . C. Iu December idled: "If I was waiting for you 1 j 1917 R. went into the army where he would have called you." tShe told him to go on about his business, and he did. Savs Woman Was Mrs. Lowe. "Do you know who the woman was.'" Solicitor dement asked. "I do," the. witness stated. "Who was it?" "Mrs. Hob Lowe, to the best of my .judgment.": The last answer was given after some liesitation. The witness further stated that he knew Mrs. Carry Kimball, v.m stayed till March, If) 1J. He then enter ed the- employment of the Detroit Aut uatic (Scale Company, for whom he hud worked previous to his enlistment. lie the .1. 1.. Adams Drug store in this city i testified that he knew .Mr. (Stamps and ' Mrs. Kriut and that their character was good. Did not know the former hus j ban I of Mrs. Krout. Knew her as Car i rie Lee stamps, although lie had heard ! of a former 111:1 mane. K. Stevens, in charge of the Atlanta office of the company for which Krout ! works as a salesman, testified as to the defendant being an employe of his firm. Offered originals of written orders which Krout had sent into the Atlanta i office. These were marked as- exhibits, but were not admitted as evidence. Mr. , George W. Howell, of Gnstonia, also a ' scales salesman, testified to the good character of witness (Steven-. The last witness for the defendant at Friday afternoon's session was Mr. 1'. M. tSligii, nircnt for the (Southeastern! Kxprcss Company, of Gadsden, Ala., who! testified that he delivered an express package to the defendant on Xovemjier L'it us show n by the original delivery j sheet, which he had with him and which counsel desired to offer 11s evidence. There was sharp debate between oppos- j ing counsel as to the admissibility of this j record as evidence. Witness was vigor ously cross-examined as to other persons to whom lie had delivered shipments on the same day, and ns to dates on which son SSr remained with the firm until 1-ebruary. lw , , ,,, , ,, , ,,,., ., ,, . ,. .. , he had had other dealings with the de 1DU. lie then weftt to the Mctiograph ,winnt linglil lie 'lillieiilt tor the foreign govern , ments t(fviire a comjdete 1 ir-1 i f su h ', understandings, since they were not themselves parties to them, and iudica i ted that they desired to coiuoiuu ie;i to 'furl her with Tokio before finally iu capling this jirevisioe. The resolution pnn,ed by hecrc tary Ilughes provided that a 'I the pow ers fife Willi tlie (Seiretan General of t'e conference at their eariies eouvi nience all existing cfiinmitne nt regarding China to which they are parties or of which they hae knowledge and aK,. thereafter any new agreements within sixty days niter consummation. An a-, nieiidment was pioposcd by Secretaiy1 Hughes during tile debate b.v which the Chinese Government, on its part, would undertake to give prompt notification f all existing and future agieemints of which it has knowledge. j Ac-ejitance of the sub-committee plan for another inter -nntiona I gathering in the near future, probably to convene in Washington, to dinss the ipiestion of, revision of rules of warfare, appeared to be assured today by the favorablye sen timent manifest among the variuus dele-, (rations. ! Though 0:1 the agenda of the present conference, the sub-committee was iid,th to have concluded that there was ncil In r of tune nor nitlieient material for iu a quate consideration. Tar Heel State' Agricultural Crops Rank Fourth in Value PR0CRAM LILlJl9hh Cotton and Tobacco Are Largely Responsible. WEEVIL CONFERENCE Of the North Carolina Seed Imnrove- KAI.Kl'.ll. .tan 1 ; . 'Ph . eiai ible rank of tc uilh .11 v.'!i:e of .North Caro lina s 1 iu, 1 i ;i u : , h. c alls for 1 he rea .r half of the IrL'li, tot , raps Im longs to cot- the ole but Ke tin- slate and federal g riciilt ure, this state i mnnher of different d a i i ! Illicit ies haw tr iliaa is almost 'ton and tobacco, 1 o oiierat ie 'ion oinpiiiiy, of (St. Louis until January 1, tflil. Then employed by the Detroit Mitomntic Scale Co., until they eonsoii- nate with another firm and then con-, findnnt When court convened at i:o0 Satur day morning the tit ate introduced other witness, largely corroborative of previoo Tiuu Tiie woman who goi oui. ui mc i om tinned to work with them was not Mrs. Kimball. He went on toU(.rvjce llial)( 0oiit.eting deliiupif nt. ac the Lawing store and told l. K. La wing counts in Virginia, North und (South alKUlt seeinK and talking to the woman. Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama Mississipi-! Ho said he told Mr. Lnvving she was a Georgia. Florida and Louisiana. A- "Iront Btreet woman but did not tell. ;,ut tl(. middle of August 1D21 he left, is iiidito- and testimony, i.utlier Anthony, on re-direc examinalion as to the testimony ol .Mrs. Lewis at the liearinc before Goxcrnor llardnick, stated that Mrs. Lewis testi fied that Krout was at the Mallard on November I'Mli, but was not positive as THERE ARE SOME CHICKENS ' ON FARM OFMR. W. N. DAVIS Lim who it was. i!. enmlnv i.f th.. utoMo.tie K..,.!,.. Con;.' his whereabouts on November 2Hth. In a few minutes a big car came along ;,u;lv .in,j visited his liarents at York' H. K. Caldwell, on redirect ixamina down Leonard street and headed around I p,,., was also in Washington and linlti the street leading to the ball park. A- more.. Was married to Miss Carrie Lee bout tliro minutes later the Ford sedan ptump :it her home in Home, (ia., on cauic back, picked up tne woman and j August Di, 1DJI. went on down Leoiuinl si root. When I ;,()scv ,s,iom, , . the ear passed jn front of 1 'inch and i ,, .,,: .,; ,,.,,,!. ant went into detail to the transac tions in Daltiiuoro which caused his ar rest there 4 and o. ! 1 ' moil 'Trust Company and $l,L'.jl) fronn A new I th.' Maryland Trust Company, on raised ' lastonia ! checks, in each case he presented what purported to be certified checks on other i banks. The certification wis genuine, as j he had deposited small amounts and se cured certiliedVheck for .ill', which he raised with a check-writing machine in one case to $.'!,10(). When questioned as some minutes. Mr. T. ..I,, ;-., I,,. ,. I, I-. ,..li, f , f ed tr. I,,,i,l,,r ...., (I,. y- V'VIl i:,,.,-;.lr,n V., I '1....1. ...I..,, Davis store he saw two people iu it. a man ut the wheel and a woman on the back scat, lie had walked a short dis tance from the store when he heard three tibots. On crows examination Mi Dufiie stuck to his testimony, lie stated that fie "felt sorry for Mrs. Lowe" and s. in jiathued with luer and all other persons connected with the caw. He stated, un ler examination bv Mr. OnnsW that he wan certain the woman he saw was Mrs. Lowe. I Miss Beululi Barber and Mis-: Bcrthn Overcash, who lived at Mrs. cash's at the time of the shooting, were nlso important rebuttal witnesses. Their testimony was practically the same. The fcoine of Mrs. Oven-ash is just below the home of Os Overcash. On the night of October Sio they were 'in the house sew ing. They heard a car pass the house iind stop just below the house. About ono minute after the car passed they heard a door slam. In about 3 minutes they heard three shots. Their cross ex amination was similar. Miss liarbee stated then she believed she .could tell when three minutes had passed and Mr. Cnnsler asked the jurymen to test her. She missed the time just a minute. Mrs. Bronchia Daves said she lived just across the street from the "Frank Ketzer home. (She was sitting at the win dow of her home on the night of the Uoth and shortly before 8 o'clock she heard a car stop in front of Roger's 1...,,.. TI,o nn l.n 1.., nl,r,t three or five minutes when she heard ! U,m',fl,n' Iur wl,uln three shots. (She did not hear another car and did not see a car. Mrs. Chal Torre nee corroborated this testimony, ntatinjr that Mrs. Daves told her about it just before Christmas. The women were given a tedious cross examination by Mr. Canslcr. ion, stated that at the Atlanta hearing ' Mr. (Stamps was called to the stand, but , did not testify, and mad; some state-1 meiit to the effect that he knew nothing i about the matter. Witness heard Mrs. I Lewis testify in Atlanta and staled that she wns positive as to Krout Is'ing at home on November '-'Sth, but was not Was there about August .'I. I'f,s"lv' "8 ' h '"''"U' tnere on Govern-' Obtained 1, .")()() from the l,,r -!,t1'- Gfs'.rnia Poultry Raiser Has Moro Than Thousand Chick ens and Over 4,000 Hatch ing in Thousand Dollar In cubator Little Chicks Arc Carefully TendedWill Sell on Local Market as Broilers. witness, Mrs. M. I. Duffcy, of testili.il tli.it the defendant was the man who on November "!', came into her office on the second floor of the Schneider building and iislf :! if she would be interested in biiyiiij; n type writer. He asked about other offices on the same floor, and remained in the room H. llargett testi defeiiilant on the (S. C At- same date, Krout lu.ving conic to the he confessed that he door of his ollice and asked for the of fice of some other party, l'olicemau W M. I'arrish testified to having si en Krout alight from an intcrurban car on the morning of November That defend ant inquired of him where the office of U. O. Crawford A: Company was. Chief Joe 1. Orr was called to the stand and lanta and Norfolk had pu ked them up iu the oiiices of these firms while no one was looking. He tried the same .sciieine on two other Baltimore banks but it tailed to work. Was ar rested while in Washington while on his hoiiey-inooii about August and taken Lack to Haltiiunre. He still had the "renter part of the money, and will) the corroborated other witnessei as to Mrs help of his father, repaid all he had Be-. Lewis' testimony at Atlanta, bhe was cured from lialtimore banks and put upj positives as1 to November L'S. but not cash liond to appear there for trial later, positive as to November -!tll. He testified that he had u check-writing1 At about lo:;;o o'clock the taking of machine of his own, which he had used testimony was concluded, and acijiiment for some time. Testified that he worked to the jury began with t-oliiitor Geo. W. for the Todd 1'rotectograph Company, Wilson speaking for the JStafe. He wa i for about two weeks at one time. After followed by Mr. Mebane. of counsel for i his release in lialtimore, realizing the defense, who spoke for the defendant. At I sad mistake of such n course as he had conclusion of Mr. Mebane 's address to I followed, witness said he went to Oads-j the jury. Judge Finley ordered court ad i den, Alabama, with his wife and return- jcurned for the noon recesc. ; ed to the employ of the Automatic (Scales formerly CONCOKI), Jan. 20. The State to day resumed its drive against the life of Red Thomas, on trial hero charged with first degree murder. It introduced a witness to prove that Thomas knew just a few minutes after the Bergerburg auto slaying tliat Arthur J. Allen, the Concord plumber, was the victim of his revolver. It also sought to show by another wit ness that there was an interval of about a econd and a half betweem the first shot and the last two report. The defense rested its case at 12:lo he had worked. The second witness for the defendant was his wife, Mrs. Carrie Lee Krout, t( whom he was married on August Hi, H'L'l. (She is daughter of Mr. O. L. (Stamps, of Koine, (ia., wholesale fruit dealer. (She testified that she and her husband boarded at the Mallard hotel or apartments from November (it li to lie cumber lit It, during nil of which time, defendant was not absent a single night and only missed two meals. (She ex plained that his territory as a salesman was near enough to Gadsden so that he could return home every night. TMie third witness, Mrs. M. T. Iloel.e!,' manager of the Mallard apartments, stated that Krout was in Gadsden with his wife on November -Sth. (She re lated an incident of talking with the de fendant and his wife on the above Cotton Market CLOSING OF NEW YORK FUTURES MARKET N'K'W VOKK. Jan. IM. The New York futures market closed barely steady as follows: January 17.JU; March 17.70; May I 7. '.4; July d;.s:l; Oitober l((..'l(l; Spots lM'.j. WEBBER COTTON SEED ARRIVED HERE TODAY The solid car load of Webber Long If Gazette readers wish to .see some chickens let tl.em run down to the farm of Mr. W. . Dais, a few miles south of town near the Uankin mills, and tl.i.v will see them. Iu scores of pens, jards and houses on Mr. Davis' farm thcie are beautiful, prize winning chickins. White Leghorns and Wyaii lottcs com 1 prising the great majority of the feather I ed flock. Mr. Davis and the manager of his poultry faun, Mr. Trent, estimate that there are one thousand grown chick ens on the farm. And the sight of one thousand pure White Leghorns and Wvandolte hens and cockerel's gathered , together on one Gaston county farm in , unusual. That is not all. (Sometime between Saturday and Men day tiiere will be 1 .."'Mi dowry white chicks added to the popii'al ton ol the chicken farm, provided ail the eggs placed in the incubator three weeks agtf hatch. ' That, of course, is an iiuprop ability, but it is expeiti d that at ha-! ,Vi per cent of the l.'i"') due to hatch today and tomorrow will conn forth. And a wis k from today another l.oli'J are due, a lid two weeks Inter another l,."iUd in !iort, Mr. Davis has in a inauinn t l Huckejc incubator (.tins eggs, approxi- ; mutely one-third of this total having i been set at inlcnals of one week, ginning three weeks ago. This imuha tor, the best and most model nly iipiippcil to be had, was purchased by Mr. l)avi this pnt wiutir and installed in a specially built brick coin rete lions','. Ilk rapacity ia 1. 0os egg-. it is hca'ed iy a specially designed oil stove and i ice trie devices arc provided tor the circii h. lation of warm air. Automatic regain-, tl ting devices control the heat. Fi'oin Ihe d incubator room it ij but a short tep to 11 the brooding houses where the youngs chicks are rai.scd. The-o houses aiso just completed ;ire Moored with con crete covered with warm straw and shavings and are heated by stoves de signed for this purpose. For several eais Mr. Davis has been raising poultry on a limited scale. He has Used h vi ral brands of incubators and primitive no thuds of hatching hicks with more or less suci-Css. This year lie has rme into the poultry busi nes on a large scab1. One of the b , Hi 'Oil . hie of :i Ion and 1,,1,,-u , ;, M :i n y s! a ' : s a n idea that orih I l. g . , 1 1 over to i ai eel. I'.llg to the porting Service of dejei rl nieii I s of a I'liideces as great cops on a i oiiimereial basis as any slate in I ie union. Coin is valued al ovei ts laiih'Oi dollars; hay al It millions; Mveet potatoes at alinosl tell, and Irish petal", ., near i millions, while peanut i s'.'ind at over seven millions, iu value. Soy beans eipial over four, sorghum cane and ecu e.i. each over two million dol lars. Tiuit and truck run into the mil lion-, aisn, although the western rugged coiiii'i.s .1 . not produce many of 1 hose ciops in gnat ipm n i i I ies, the fanners up theie j t i .. i in-.- valuable prodints from their mountain ole pastures in the folia hve-toik. both doinest ieated a n d tourists. lli-- several crops mentioned and the livestock product ions ale ample evidence that North Carolina has diver sified farming interests. It i interesting to study the fate"s diver.-iiv of leioliiigs clop, and the per ci nlage of their total acreage which fol lows: torn .;.!.."; per cent; cotton "t)., all small grain lo.il; all hav !' . ti : nas I lilies cleared I s dl; tobaici ti..'l; soy luaiis .'!.:;; cow peas I'.!; peanuls -.); shi el ut. lines I..'!; velvet beans (alh I.O; s.'ighniu and Irish pelatnes . li i.ich. Seveial h ssi r field ciops and the f i uit a re not im haled . ' The pi, ill re Value of clops ale: In ; b.'u eo .1l"i7. white potatoes if I L'li ; sweet potatoes it-PS; soighuni il'7a; peanuts '"l .''; lotton ."."; soy bians . .7; cow ' peas i' I ; hav .:.'u; corn l.i; oats .'.O; v heat . lo.ii'i, and rye for grain So per acre. The average value of all crops, exclusive ol' liuil, t reck, and pas tan s, is if); )-, r acre for the year l!'-'l. C.uiipa i a I i '. e fig, ins for ot ;u r stall's an fu,t vet a v a i la 'ee . VI, -egh vve do have I I ciops grown ment Association N. C. State College Auaitonum January 24, 1922. '.CM Address of Welcome -I're.s. W. ' lliddiek. ICI.i The lioll Weevil Damage and Control Measures Franklin Sherman. 'l"n- KfTects of I'ho'-pliatcs and Otlur I'ei t i!i.ing Materials 1'pon the i:ar!v Matiintv of Cotton V . F. I'ale. liclo Cultural .Methnils for Cotton and tlie Place for Supplementary Crops I'lld. r lioll Weevil Con. litious Dean C U. Williams. I'l: Id ':i lit ii'N of Cotton for Weevil Condi) ions, ICS. Curtis, ' Shay and J . A . An y . I 1 : I i Dinner (Slut,. College Dini Hall. I 1 : The North Carolina S I lm:'' pii..en,eut Assis-ial ion and Its I'urpost - elm Moore. I :L'd 'e 1'o.ssibililies of n Seed Im provement As.soeint ion- K . V. Gnither. Discussion by I'rof. C. L. .lwmati. L'tiMi Kioniiiiiic Adjust incuts I'ltder lioll Weevil Conditions H. F. Drown, and Di . C C. Taylor. Mv Kxperienci the lioll Weevil N . K . Doll W. nig LONDON. J.in. 21 An sppeal to the nations to establish a real peace by which international . confidence . and world trade might be restored wasmade by Prime Minister Lloyd George in a lengthy speech before the National Lib eral Conference here today. He lauded the achievements of the Washington con ference, declaring it had played an es pecially notable part in restoring .the understanding between Great Britain and the United States and said the task of tho coming Genoa conference would be ' to end the constant wan and rumors of wa rs . Mr. I.lovd George said he looked to the Genu gathering to restore peace In the east and lie pleaded for a reduction iu the cost of arnianieiit , Nations must be prepared to take risks for peace," he declared. ' Much of his -peechd ealt with domes tic economics und policies, As was ex pected, he declared for continuation of an alliance of all elements of the eoali-.. tion government in order to insure tho fullest an a si i i e of co-operation in the work of F.uropi an construction and home economies. Mr l.lov.l George dealt at sumo, length with thelrishsettlemcllt, pointing- t length with the Irish settlement, point ing out difficulties which must still bu met before t he Iri h fri'e state cau bo coinph t ly set up. ,. . . " V I II I in ill r lghling I-, , , ... " , 1 he conf Tc i, unci. i. .on a commercial 'cnlc, the fact that some of them yield the producers a gross av erage of less than 1." per acre after a whole vein 's expense mid effort, means that something is wrung. Itread is re ciignunl as our principal food common ly called the "Staff of Life" and the last crop of wheat brought the average North Carolina farmer only III. tin an .o re. The production cost included fall preparation, fertilizing and drilling, ear ly siitn'iici harvesting and threshing, the use of valuable laud, expensive machin ery, teams and overhead expense. The total vain-' of North Carolina's crops is but half their value of two years ago, and many farm products are below the l'.'ld prices. j The fanner is up against it und pros perity cannot return until these esseu 1 tial producers get an eipiitable business like deal. They cannot trade without1 money or iiclil. A little human inter est Vv ill help too . I LONDON. Jan. 2 .Premier Lloy.l Ceoige, addressing the national liberal conference today declared that, nil tho . nations of Kuropc, without distinction, l.ad been invited to the Genoa confer ence "beiauso we want to put an end to coi'stimt wars and rumors of wars.'.' Discu sing the Washing-ton conference, h.' sn'J: "The peace of the world large ly depends upon good Ulidcl'Ktandine be tween the I'nitcd States und mirmdvna. nee hud done more than anv- Ihing else to restore that understand ing. " The tional Renter's Dispatch Announces That Pope Benedict Is Dead LONDON, Jan. 21 A Berlin dis patch to Renter's this afternoon said word had been icceivcd there that the Pope was dead. LONDON, Jan. 21. An Ex change Telegraph dispatch from Rome savi that the consultation held by the physicians this forenoon owing to the fact that the Pope ap peared to be sleeping caused a re port to be circulated momentarily that Pone Benedict was dead, but ths was officially denied. LONDON. Jan. 21. A Berlin .dispatch to Reuter's this afternoon says word has been received theic that Pope Benedict is dead. l;n1lv .1: p.- for I ho lb; pap: tl i . '.'I -lL! CJ". p. in . - All leroyeiy of Top. Hell, diet labnied, I a r-1 in i i ia spat i i, letarv of s'ate. declared 1,11 lllii r l"d: y . I'ol'e Ie'!' li.-t tins hour is delirios and uncmi i: Jan Hai'istmi. on said at ot 'J I 1 :on p in . - Di . id I lie Pope 's physicians -he k that 1lie end wa ai- pi. -ti A; date. Similar testimony was given by immediately after Mrs. Thomas, the dc- Mrs. I), ii. Lewis, who also boarded at fendant's wife, had ttstified. Mrs.! the Mallard and whose daughter is a Thontaa collapsed during tho morning teacher in the Gadsden public schools. i or'" ' noiilt rv nieii ill the State. Mr. Trent, ha binplc otton seed from the farm of Dr.' rhurgc of the chickens, llu has designed , ii .. vu.-;ii., ic f ;.....! :.. ,k , . i ' '; "o l i.-i , a. !.. in nit r,, oiiin :i 1 1 i tie new equipment i n .Mr. city today and is ai vne yards or tne, ia vL ' faun. .Southern (often Oil Company on hast ln a few weeks t hew.' .young chk-kenn .vtniu Avenue. Air. ,i. r my ucs la in wj . placed on the local market as .a L. 1 rn.-irge oi on: mi. i "" mnu "Orollers . In Itie average thin se-.l are asKel to come ana ; uuninted oniv with the old r for Dope li.-nediet. being a id hours. '.o o'clock the pontilT' phsl ciar's i-saed a bulletin saying: "The condition of the llnlv Fat lor bi.'.'ina Worj-e durinjj the nigh', which was agitated and sleepier. The pneu moida has progressed. I ceiiiigrade, 1'ii'se l-J; res- J" eia pera t u re hly- l'-l fahreniieit piratiou tin. Since lariv tin, inor-niig a crowd, which w,. at first largely composed of I'V.sinier una. l.ad been gathering be person ac- r s.. Carriage and automo mother hen I--.. ,.,r;,lir i '..r.i ; ,, is .,d ilii,h,iieit and was under lhc care of a physician, fche stated that rIic fixed Uie elate. No-; ?' 1 ,n' hrst ot ",0 vn n I''bloi n,i i.r style of hatchiuK nnd raisii g , Ux:in u, .lrriv,. n, a sfrilt Court recessevl for one hour until she vember 29th. in her mind bv reason of ; ,n orulr ";" ",K .! -1 """"s chickens the ino.h rn methods used recovered imfliciiMit lv to take the Saiul.i the fact, tluit W .luiiuhfKr atfond,.,! uiimd storing the seed may The 8fate tlien began uresentinir re-i baiKiuet of the Winimn 'i 1uh on thatThe I'rice is $: on buttal tentiiuony. Frauk Brooks, of. date and. the-witness played cards in tliej "rv'it'ht. JvaunaiHiiia, was. me nrsr wiiness. i room or uereinlaut and liix wife while' ,, r , ,. n Breoke aaid be was ia the biuitn elruc, lier daughter wan out at the banquet.) IHt ll L A I 11 L K was tlu D.'ivis farm arc a revidat ion Tlie j r misiici jiius me mKt particular care is taken of the eggs store Blout 8 o" 'clock on the night of tlie tragedy and saw Thomas enter the B tore. - He bm Tbomitu said Ire hal juat (LWtiuutd ou ptgi three.) On cross-examination Ixdh of th.so wit nesses were asked if the could state; - - that defendant wan in Oadsden on any) North Carolina, cloudy in interior, other particular dates, as for instance' probably rain on the coast tonight, cold on Xorciubcr 13. .Could not be positive er tonight, Sunday fair and colder. ' rroin Toe time nicy are placed in the in- ,.,, cubator until they are hatche !. They tw.i are insKHtel and turned daily. 1 wo ( j, being kept en the Vatican doors. .' wer.' permitted !o approach the i is apartment lusi.le the Cardinals 'sick chambi r al (i : o'clock, and Card inal Ga-parri. papal secretary of stale, arrivid ten minutes later. Within fie minute ."IPr their arrival the iiiinnia,. iiulit a given (ml that the jmutiff was dying. Monsignor Migone celebrated mass in the chapel .adjoining the I'opeV room at I : I a o 'clock, the I'opo listening through the open door while the celebrant admin istered communion . Cardinal Oinfgi, who in the event of the Dope's death, will conduct the spe cial ceremonies over his body, as.vd the night in t he a t icon . According to Ihe invvspaper Messag giro, tin' Dope's mind was still char al :;;n o'clock this morning, when he -aid affect innately lo Dr. Ihitt isl iui, who was atli'iuliiig him: "What are you doing here at tnis hour.' Von are old; go an I s'eep. " I n his slight delirium during the noon hour the pontiff resisted the efforts of the physicians to listen to his heart ac - tion, and express ! a desire to rise and perforin his usual duties. Belief that the Pontiff's life might be prolonged until the late afternoon was expressed by the attending doctor. Immediately after the morning eon saltation of his physicians, the Pope had a ipiiet spell. His reiirat ion was les irregular, and after he had cxpros-ed a, desire tu re-it he turned on his i.le and tell asleep immediately. The physician were surprised at this turn in th" case, and thought there might bo some hope for his holiness if he were able to sleep three or four hours. The Pope dosed from H until ft o'clock, when a cordial was administered to him. Today, lieing the fete day of bt. Agnes, Patron of a pria nica. College, in which he was a youthful student, the Pope ask ed to U' shown a small statue of the; saint with which the students of the col lege had presented him. The statue ; was -placed on the altar of the chapel,; where a number of masses were said. t premier in referring to interna '(inferences ill cone nil snid that if there had been a conference- in July, PHI, there would have been no war in August, Mil . ".No international conference ever set tled Fiii-ope's problems," he maid, "but they have advanced the cause of jieace on earth. 1 have profound conviction and faith iu the ultimate reason of man kind . ' ' Mr. Lloyd George wns (tret'tod with a storm of cheers when he np .eared on the platform In Central Hall, where the conference was held. All the coalition ministers ami liberal member of Parlia ment were present. Kcplying to an eu- j logistic introduction by the chairman of the meeting, Lord Leverhulme, the Prei i mier immediately began a discussion of the advantage accruing to the enipiro , from Ihe Irish settlement. , "D i the first time for a century,"; he said, "that we have had an Irish gov. eminent established with the wholeheart ed -auction of the people of Oneiit Brit- , " T Mr. Lloyd George said that the Irish settlement had enhanced the prestige of Great Britain throughout tho world and had deprived her enemies of "the forco of that taunt that we were always will-' ing' to give exalted advice to other TM' Mions, which we never followed our- seives . " World trade, he said, "was ill a worw pbgld than any one present ha'e ever 00 fore w ilnes,e. . He continued: ,4In-i telnet iuii.il confidence is the basis of in feiaa! ioaal tiade. The problem cort- froiilini; Gn at Britain and the Worl.l may be summed up in one phra :e rca loralioii of international confidence. ., "ip'. r will resiore confidence. We ' mi st edablish real peace in Ihe world." ' , M''- Lloyd George said he was look -i ing lo tin- (ieiio.i conference to restore 1 peace iu t he east . i! rma neiit peace is cstablivied there e-cst b - gnat reduction in tlin cost ,,f ; rinaiiienls, '' he added. "Thvi, , Bulls i aimy is being reduced to below, the pn war standard ami the navy and th" a'r f'ikiee was being reduced also. Th. nation-, must be prepared to take risks far peace . " The Prime M.nlslcf said he was a bo In ver iu the U agi.e of Nations, "and I wi-h some of its friends would not run it as if it were a m.rt of little party -how." he added. With reference tie Cinii.an reparations, la- said: . "I am one of those who think Germa ny ought not to lie let off from payment, but Germany is suffering from exhaust- . ion, like otiar nations, ami delay is ine itable. The sixiner, however, a settle ment is reached, the better. FREEZING AND FAIR IS NEXT WEEK'S FORECAST WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Weather predictions for the week beginning Mon day are: Middle Atlantic States: Changeable temperatures; mortly cold; considerable cloudiness and occasional mows. South Atlantic and East Gulf States: Temperature below noinial with general ly fair weather. Fretting tempera tures in interior and frosts on the coast probable. : PROTESTS AGAINST RETURN OF BULLOCK TO AMERICA. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31, The aa- rCl... -... ... ... U.. It I 1 1 i the night occurred just lofnre daybreak.! tional race congress of America filed te lle was extremely low t this time, gasp-1 y wun Ioe ieparxment a proiesr. ing for breath and apparently suffering ! 8nst the return of Matthew Bullock, L'i ...o. recro. from Canada ta North Carolina. trays, contaiumg S0 eggs each, arc turn-,trt. Pemano were permitted in the an-; ,..'.i,.i, ',' i, , r, v ' where he ia wanted to answer charges of the mists on tho Alban hills, shedding at vlu cirtn ii other dignitaries, aiol only newsj.ap'ti- in. u the representative Sfi faai Agelic and The Osserv.i- od over by a simple turn of a handle. Dep. cham'ier the brooiline houses every care is taken I The Pone's net. hew. the Martinis Delhi to keep the young cliicks from iHVomiiiji Cii-s.i, vvt:o aro-e from his sick bed yts-l (Contiauetl on pa;a tirj 'terday to v:it Ids uu ie, returned to the j (Continued on pa9 6.) The . ptotert aJlesre'i a Brother of BuUock was lyncici jfor the same act upon which request ot us earraaiuoa w o;a,