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.
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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,