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GASTON1A, N. C. MONDAY AFTERNOON, JANUARY 23, 1922.
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VOL. XLIIIi NO. 19.
WXKROUT SENTENCED
TO SERVE TEN YEARS
IN THE STATE PRISON
Check Flasher Found Guilty
anil Given the Limit of the
Law, Ten Year at. Hard La
bor . Give Notice of Ap
peal and Is Placed Under
Bond of $10,000 Jury Was
' Out Only 45 Minutes. j
Unless tho Supremo Court of North!
Carolina-should reverse the decision of. i
the Gaston Superior Court, as rendered .
Saturday night by Judge 'l B. Fiuley,
W. C. Krout, on trial here Friday and
Saturday on tho ' charge of uttering I
forged chocks, will serve a sentence ot'j
ten years in the State prison at hurdl
labor. The case, went to the jury at 6:20
Saturday veiling at the conclusion of'
more than ix hours argumeut by attor
neys for the State and for tho defendant. '
The verdict of the jury, after being out
about 43 minutes, was "Guilty." Judgu
Finloy was notified of the verdict and
returned to the court room. Attorney
Csrnonter for the defendant, made a
most impassioned plea to the judge forj
a light sentence reading to the court
tho .witnesses which had not becu lire-1
sonted as evidence, in tho case. Before;
parsing sentence Judge Fiulcy spoke of
the seriousness of the offense with which
which a jury hud found him guilty after
a fair ana impartial trai. siaien
that the eircuuistauces did not justify
jiim in 'taking any other course than
pronouncing the heaviest sentence allow
able under the statute. Tho judgment
of the court therefore was that defend
ant be eon lined in thu State prison for
U term of ten years at hard labor.
Defendant's attorney gave notice of
"appeal and the court announced an ap
peal bond of $30 and an appearance
bond of 10,0(JO. It i presumed that
Krout, being unable to put up so large
n bond, will bo compelled ' to remain in
tho Huston county jail until his case is,
heard on appeal by the Supreme Court,,
which 'will probably be at the April term.;
His attorneys announce that tho light,
for hia acquittal is just begun. In the'
review of his-case by the Supreme court
it i to be presumed that documentary j
evidence which wns offered by defend-
ant's attorneys and was kept from Ihu
jury by objection of State's counsel,'
will bo at least read and reviewed by tho'
court, which lias final jurisdiction as to
the rulings of Judge Fiuley in sustain-;
ing objections to the introduction of i
such evidence. !
MR. KOFFMEISTER TO SPEND
THREE WEEKS IN GASTONIA
Community Concert Will Pre
sent Many of the Most Beau
tiful and Famous Sacred Or
atorio Numbers A Big Op
portunity for Gastonia.
Tlie Executive Committee, of lias
Ionia Community Service wish to an
nounce to the people of (iastonia the
coining of Mr. Hoy'!;, HofTmeistcr, well
known chorus lender and conductor, win)
( will eome to Gastonia for a putjo'l r
' three weeks starting January 2th for
the ourpose of stimulating and arousing
u (oinmiinity interest in music.
Mr. Hoffmeister comes to the people
of Gustonia frco of charge, a courtesy ex
tended by Community Service, Jnc, of
1 Madison Avenue, New York, and his
entire time will be taken tip in-the prep
aration of a Coiumuaity Concert to be
given by the pcoiflc of (iastonia. The
concert will take the form of a sacred
concert and many of the oldest ami most
beautiful as well as the most famous of
oratorio nuiniiers will be used by a Com
munity Chorus hud augmented by a Com
munity Orchestra.
This is a wonderful opportunity for
tho people of Gastonia to get some of
the world's best music under a specially
trained and successful lender, as well as
to make a name for the musical prowess
of Gastonia.
Aw Mr. HoiT incist er's stay is abso
lutely limited to tho allot ml time of three
weeks it will bo necessary for concen
trated work on the part of the musiis
lovers of the city. It is the earnest hope'
of the Music Committee of Community
Service that all those interested, and who
can niiig, (no matter how little they may
think) to eomo out ami get together
a!
big rousing chorus.
, The first meeting with Mr. Hoffmeis
ter will be held oil Friday evening of
this week at the Chamber of Commerce
at which time the music to bo used will
be. on bund and woik will start in
est.
earn-
THE WEATHER
!
unsttled;
North Carolina, cloudy and
tonigbt nd Tuesday with probably rain
on the coast ana rain or snow m uic us
teritor; colder tonight
COLD WEATHER GENERAL
OVER UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. The
weather Bureau's forecast today
aUted that cold weather ia now gen
eral over the United Sttates except
tthe South Atlantic and East Gulf
States. Killing frost is reported
from the interior and northern and
central CaHfornia and light frost
from San Diego, Calif. In the smith
Atlantic and east Gulf SUtes the
forecast said, the weather will be un
settled and colder with probable rains
tonight and Tuesday.
Of Webber, Long Staple Cotton;
Seed For Farmers of The County
i
i
Will Be Distributed From Plant of Southern Cot
ton Oil Company This Week Those Who Or
dered Seed Are Urged to Come and Get Them
as Early as Possible.
The shipim-nt of one thousand bushels
of Webber long staple cottim seed, strain
Xo. 4!), the best that lias been devolood
from the Coker podigre'd seed farm at
Hartsville, 8. ('..ordered : onie time ago
by the Gaston County Webber Long Sta
ple Cotton Club, h:is arrived in Oast on tu,
anil is ready for distribut ion among the
farmers of Gaston county who ordered
seed. The car of seed has been priced
at the plant of the Southern Cotton Oil
Company on East Main avenue, ami
those wlio have ordered seed may obtain
them from Mr. J. Flay lies, manager.
The price is as was stipulated when the
campaign began hist fall, two dollars per
nifnn nn IIPln
CAMPAIGN FOR NEAR
EAST RELIEF FUNDS
Gaston Conty's Quota Is
Over
S7.nnn Rv P. R r.;ilni!
to Address Workers.
, 'UALEIUH, Jan. 2:1. Kev. George '
K. Gillespie, chairman for Gaston
i county of the .Near Kast Kelief, -will!
speak at the state conference of that
I organization here Wednesday, according i
I to an niinounci meiit today by Col. Geo. I
11 . liellamy, state chairman.
I Mr. Gillespie is one of the most ef
; ficient organizers and campaigners in '
the state organization ami will be asked'
1 to speak for the benefit of other chair-j
i man who have had less campaign expe
rience. '
' lieports from Gaston county indicate
'that the Near Kast Itclicf campaign is I
progressing nicely. Gaston county and!
j Gastonia city are jointly raising 9 7 j
to feed, clothe and educate 3 it: orphans j
of ArSnenian martyrs this year.- Kev. I
iJ. II. Hemlerlite, 1). )., of the First j
i Presbyterian church, Gastonia, is city :
i chairman .
; Mass meetings are being arranged at ,
Belmont, Gastonia, Bessemer City, Mt. j
Holly. McAdenvilU', Lowell. Chei ryvillo, I
Dallas, High Shoals and Stanley. !
j A two-reel educational film, "Alice in
Lllungei land, " depicting actual scenes in
1 the stricken Bible lands, will be shown at ,
the Meal Thoalre, (iastonia, January .11, ;
i (lastoninii Theatre, February I, at Mt. j
I Holly, February 2, ami at Helmont, Feb- i
, runry .'!. This is the first picture to be j
j taken in the Near Fast since the war in j
Kurope began . !
! North Carolina is raising $20(1,0(10 this ;
I year, which supports .'!,:!:; t of these
i helpless tots in their orphanages at Tre- j
' higond . Many of these children were
'made fatherless dring the great war,'
when .",(1(1,0(10 Armenian troops were '
. killed in the defense of the ast ' Baku '
oil fields. j
"KxpeitH agree that Germany's fail-;
lire to get this oil shortened t In war by j
uuclv months. -declared Colonel Ucl
lame. "If the war had lasted six !
month', more there are many of .North
Carolina's bows back home today who i
would now be sleeping beneath a wood-
en cross in Frame. North Carolina can- ,
not see children of these heroes starve or
freeze to death. "
Others of these children were inad(
'orphans when their mothers and fathers
were murdered through Turkish depreda
! Hons because they refircd to renounce
Christ and become Mohammedans.
REPORT OF COTTON
GINNED PRIOR TO JAN. 16
Seven Million Bales Ginned
Compared to Twelve Mil
lion Last Year.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. Cotton
ginned prior to January Hi, amounted to
7,91:!.t7l miming bales, including 1
"ili'.l round bales, :2,:!0.'l bales of Ameri
can Egyptian, and :i,lllu bales of sea
island, the Census Dureriu annoumed to
day. Ginning? to January l(i last year a
mouuted to 12.01 1.742. ruiiuiug bale-.
including 0-1,507 round bales. 7.l.(i!i"
ltflcs of American-Egyptian and 1,32.')
bales of sea island.
Ginnings by States to January 1(! this
year were:
Alabama. ".", 1 4V! ; Arizona, :'.s,:;s7;
, Arkansas. 7M.27S; California, 2!.7 :
f Florida, 12,117: Georgia. Sli,i(2: I.ou
lisinna. 2S2.202; Mississippi. Nl.!,."iii7;
I Missouri. G7.9H0; North Carolfna, 7!o,
imO; Oklahoma. 476.7WI: South Carolina.
7 7.",25:, Tennesson, 29(i,224 ; Texa?, 2,
121,161; Virginia, 1fi,.'54!. All other
States
,fi21 , The final ginning report
of the season will in' issmsl in March.
FINGER PRINTS ON DOOR
! ARE BEING EXAMINED
j (Bv The Associated Press.)
! SAX .FRANCISCO. Jan. 2.!. Fur
ther explanation of finger prints upon a
door of the suit occupied by lloscoe C.
jArbuckle at the hotel St.. Francis was
'in prospect in the trial of tho "comedian
!ia Superior Court today. E. O. Ilein
1 rich, professor in criminology at the Uni-'
; versify, of -California, was to cemplctfe
his testimouy on that seore which he be
igan last Saturdax- It is the contention'
of the prosecutor that fingW prints up
ion the doors are those of Arbucklo and
i Miss Rappe, made during a struggle ou
the purt of the girl. to escape him.
The gtnte is exjxieted to eonclude its
case when the examination Of Mx. Ilein-
'rich has been (completed. '
j bushel plus the f r. i u ! t charges. Signed
j orders for' flume .s.iii or i(i(J bushels of
; seed were obtained before the shipment
was authorized. All these orders will
' be filled first of course. If there are
i ray u'C'l left they Will !c distributed
I uinong those who desire some, but who
, failed Iff give in their order.
It is urged by Mr. Bins that all those
! who haye need ordered get them as quick
' iy as possible in order that demurrage
! charges may he kept as low as possible.
The arrival of this shipment of l.ium
i bu.-hols of need murks the culmination of
a campaign proMvutcd by Th1 Baily (a
(Continued on page o.i
HIGH SCHOOL MEN
TO MEET AT BELMONT
Second Meeting of SuDerin-
tendents and rnncipais to.
Be Held at Home of Supt.
F. P. Hall in Belmont, Janu
ary 27.
The seciml banquet of the Superin
tendent's and Principals' Association
will meet ut the home of County Super
intendent F. P. Hall in Belmont Friday
evening, January 27 at 6 o'clock. The
members of the association, some 2.") or
:i(l, will be entertained at dinner by
Supt. and Mrs.-F
F. P. Hall, after winch
4i ; :m i
the program tor the evening
',.,,1 ,,,,( w,,,. w 1 fin,,, t,n f.u-
tonia city schools, is toa.stmastcr for the!
occasion.
The program prepared by the execii-
live committee for this meeting . is usj
follows:
The Junior High School. Discussion
led by Prof. Ray Armstrong.
ikiunty Literary Contests. Discussion
led by Supt, K. A. Thompson.
it 4.. u.,..... i..4 44.....i -
nun lu ihtiim- i lie i cm aLii-iii,iui i-
; Kl.if-ti., -villi iwd.aion 1i..,.,.l
sion led by Supt. A. ('. Warlick.
Report on Athletics. Supt. A.
lard.
Address. Prof A. T. Allen.
S. Bui
SIBERIAN QUESTION IS
BEFORE CONFERENCE TODAY
Far Eastern Negotiations Are !
Advanced Well Toward Con
clusion. WASHINGTON. Jan. 2:'.. With the
Far Eastern committee facing the final'
topic of the arms confereiKe agenda to
day the probleins of Siberia this I
week's sessions promi ed to advance the i
Far Eastern negotiations well toward
conclusion, although several of the pro
posed Chinese (niestions sti II remained to
bn finally disposed of .
The attitude of the Japancsi
Govern-
meat as to withdrawal of Hoops from
j Siberia was regarded by the Japanese I
Mm (:iv :iw leiviliir lieen ilefinilele deter !
I ,.,;, I.i ;,, ., 4. .!.,,. mi si..i,,r.l.,,-'..f i.',,r. I
! eign Minister I'chida, In fore the Diet,
' that such action could be taken only
! when a stable government had 'been es
tablished tlure. Tlie foreign minister,
1 whose speech was made public by the
Japanese embassy here, said his country
had "no territorial ambition" in Sibe-
ria but that her own safety compelled
j the retention of troops in the maritime
j provinces for the present. With no in
fdication that this stand will be disputed
i by any of the other powers here, it was
', expected by must of the delegates that
j the Siberian situation would not lead to
) a long discussion .
I Meantime, the Chinese and Japanese
l delegates resumeii tlicir Miuutuug discus
! sious today with prosM'cts that it would
I require only two or three more meetings
to reduce I he points of difference to a
stage where a compromise on the Tsing
' TaO railroad issue would bring the
whole contrdversy to an end.
i Although tle Pacific fortifications
j section of the naval treaty still remained
; unsettled today, it was predicted by all
the delegations that a final agreement
: would be worked out without serious
I troub'e. It apiK-'ared to be the prevail
' ing opinion that the treaty would be pre-
sonted in final form at a plenary se-siou
I this week .
SKULL FRACTURED IN
PLAYFUL COLLEGE PRANK i
(Bv The Associated Press.) j
I'TICA, N. Y., Jan. 23. His skull j
f niclured when he was playfully tipped t
out of bed by a fraternity brother at !
Hamilton College, William Duncan San-1
ders, died tonight in a L'tica hospital.
Tlie young man felt uo ill effects at first
from failing on his bead, but later be-
came unconscious. j
500-Mile Auto Race j
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2:1. Plans!
have been announced here for a 500-mile J
automobile race on next November 11,
Armistice Day, at tho Greater ' San I
Francisco sistvlway at San Carlos, Cali-1
foruia. A purse of toO.000 and lap pri
es of at least $25,WM) will be offered.
TO ELECT SUCCESSOR TO
, PPE EARLY IN FEBRUARY
ROME, Jan. e.. The meeting, of
the Sacred College in conclave to wlert
a successor to the late l'o)c Benedict
will open February 1 or 2, it Has stated
today.
iZ
OF HISTORIC ST. PETER'S
Thousands Pass Reverently Be
fore Bier of Noted Church
Dignitary Who Died Early
Sunday Morninz Body Is
Attired in White With Red
and Gold Furnishings.
I ROME, Jan. 2J. In the Basilica el
SI . Peter's historic church of his faith,
the body of Pope Benedict XV lay in
; s'ate today while vast throngs puss.-d
reverently before the catafalque.
! Early in the tiny all thai was mortal
of the late Pontiff, whose death in the
! early hours of Sunday plunged the
'chui'th throughout the world info chi p
est mourning uiis taken to (lie Sistiue
chapel from the throne room of the Vat
; icau where it hail been placed on Sun
day, shortly after his death. Then at
!!:) o'clock it was solemnly carried to
I St . Peter's, attended by a solemn pro
i cession of Cardinals, priests, members of
'the diplomatic corps and dignitaries of
! the Vatican, and placed on Jhe eala
j fahUe, surrounded by votive candles.
Word was given that the public, of
, Koine would be admitted to St. Peter's
I up to 11 o'clock", and immense crowds
immediately began entering tne vast edi
1 ficc and filing by thobodv ,
; The body is robed in white, with stole
land cha eublo of red, embroidered with
gold. The head, wearing the pontifnal
mitre, reposes iiikjii cushions of red and
i gold velvet. The hands, wearing lie
j pontifical gloves of purple silk and hold
ing the rosary, are clashed over tlie
breast .
'The body, as it was brought into-St.
Peter's was borne upon a red covered
bier by ushers, clad in medieval cos
t umes of scarlet. Tie.1 proccsiou was
headed by the gendarmerie of the Vati
can, the pontifVial police wilh Hieir
elaborate uniforms of blue and white,
walking with draw-,, swords. Following
them were the Palatine guards, in dark
blue uniforms and plumes of black
fathers standing erect .
WOMEN OF QUEBEC ARE j
AGAIN DISAPPOINTED '
(By The Associated Press.) 1
QUEBEC, Jan. 23. Women of this'
province who demanded thu right to
vote on terms of equality with men have'
j been disappointed. The Government ,
. i ' . . I
lias jusr announced inai no suurngc inn
.
lU U1' introduced at the present scssioif;
of the legislature.
In Quebec the woman voter occupies
m unusual position. By the Federal
inchise law of Canada;, she may cast
,. ."'it in dominion elections, but there
is ii, revision for vntiig in provincial
election.. In the recent Canadian gen
eral iM'etK a a heavy women's vote was
recorded in many Quelx'c districts, par
ticularly in the cities.
It is intimated, however, that a refer
endum may be presented to the people
at the provincial general election, to be
held next slimmer, in order to obtain
the views of the people on the ipicstinn.
TENNESSEE RIVER IS
RISING AT CHATTANOOGA
(liv 1 ne Associated Press.)
CHATTANOOGA, TKN'N., Jan. 2.:. -The
Tennessee itiver reached a stage of
.'il.ti feet at S o'clock this niiriiing and
is rising at the rate of .12" feet an hour.
The forecast calls for a rise to .".."i feet
by tonight and the crest of ;!'
dav night. Much lowland is
feet T lies-
a'ready ni-
umlati
I and many families alreadv ha i
driven
from their homes and sevii'al'
are alreadv submerged and some
streets
.sections lire surrounded so the only egp-f.
is by boat. The Kossville boulevard is
under water and the street car line has,
been put out of coinmissioe. This i-,
the only line so far iiflVctrd but others
arc threatened by night. I
GE0RGIA SOLICITOR GETS
THREATENING MESSAGE :
WATKINSVII.LE, OA.. Jan. 2::. - -j
"You'll be (lead before Monday night"
was a message Fred Gillon. county solici
tor for Oconee county, said he received
yesterday on the eve of the convening
of the grand jury to probe the lynching
0f
three negroes ill this county several
weeks ago.
The nherifT of this county and one of
his. deput its, who have been engaged in
working up the casts against persons
charged with the lynching, have also r"
ceived threatening messages, they said.
POPE'S DEATH CERTIFCATE.
ROME, Jan., 2::. - I'he certificate of
Pope Henedic 's death was1 registered nt
the city's bureau -of deaths today. It
reads :
"The undersigned physician hereby
states that at li o'clock, a. m.. January
22, His Holinesn Pope Hencdict XV,
Gi.ii-omo Delia Chiesa. expired following
an attack of broncho-pneumonia brought
ou by influenza.
(Signed) "Dr. Haffacle Battistin
i
GERMAN CHEMISTS TRYING, i
TO TAKE POISON OUTi
WASHINGTON, Jan. ,2'!. Prohibi
tion authorities are on the trail of two!
German chemists, allcgi-d to Ik- working;
with a bootlegger organization in New
York, in an effort to nullify the'poiron-
I on character or denatured alcohol, ac
cording to a statement issued today by
Hon Alkius. of the industrial alcohol li
vision of the prohibition bureau. The
tiootlcggers. he said, had been engaged
in the wholesale treatment of denatured
alcohol and the Germirn chemists had
been. brought to this country to aid tbem.
-XKW YORK, Jan. 2:? Ralph A. .',
Dav, prohibition director for New York,
today a n ii qti need that he was aware boot-
loggers in this city were rxiH-rimciiting
with denatured alcohol in an effort to
extract the poisons which cause death to'
drinkers. ,. lie derdrsj. hownver. knowl-'
elgc that German chemist ( had Tiecu im- ,
ported by the bootleggers. I
FARMER MUST
SAME BASIS
j SOUTHERN COTTON MILL
MEN WATCH WAGE CUT
Cut of 20 Per Cent in New Eng- j
land Leaves South's Work-;
ers Better Paid Lower I
Living Cost Here. j
CHAKI.OTTK, Jan. 21. Southern!,
cotton mill men are watching with inter- ;
ct t':e '.v;igc and labor situj'iim in New, '
Ktig!:;iul. v. here announce meat has been '
mad" d-jiiiiy the past few days of a cut,,
of 20 per cent in the wage scale in a-i
ii : r in I ,i-1 of textile plants and where other j '
mar.tif.ii tiireis declare thai there must j '
be a further readjustment of wages. It ,
Is n. ( e.pecied. however, that any dif-; s
lieu I tics in New England would affect '
li e iinhlsiry in tins section. Wages in 1
l he texiiie industry in the south are still 1
approximately I'J11 per cent higher than
tliey were liefnrv tin; War, it is said, but!'
the industry .vms To be pretty well nd-
justed t i this Ii.'ims and there is no indi-,
I cat nil I r 1 1 (it t he ,oi a I i
lie re yi!l I " any t art In
l ing as in.i it u t':i-t iiriny
1 d it ions cunt luue as fav
i.iid market con
irabie ae they are
at t he present I ime.
i : r is pointed out thai, all hough wages
j in southern cotton mills ivert increased
; -luring the ilusii period to a greater ex
I tenf i hit ii in the industry in New E'ng-
land, the licpiidat ion uf wages here was
i brought about within a much shorter
period. The result ii that, while there
I was sane disturbance In some mill com
munities when wages Were icduced, a
ii,ablc situation has existed since ami the
I textile worker-; iii tliis region are prob
ably in be'ter position today than the
worheis in this or almost, any other in
dustry ia oth.r section at tho present'
lime. There is practically no tinemploy- j
incut. j
J I h the tottnn manufacturer and!
the textile worker of this section have an
advantage over his fellow manufacturer!
or fellow worker of the north,'' today
declared a local mill iiiaii who is re
garded as one of the best informed manu
facturers in (he country. "The manu
faclurer h is advan'ages in the matter of
ciimale, poAcr and raw products. The
worker has ad ani ages in climate, rents
mid living costs ami living conditions
generally. ..As a general rule the workers
in New England mills live in homes I
which are owned and rented by people'
t,U look to the nifor reveiin. The I
southern ci Hen mill worker as a general
rule is proiided with a mat cottage and1
garden space at a rental which does not
more than take care of the upkeep and
deprei in t inn on the property, to say i
nothing of giving any return on invest
neut. In mi Ht instances light and water
are furnished free or included ill the
Hernial rent while most mills save their
employes 2" lo .Ml pi r ceil on their fuel
Gills' I; y purchasing coal or wood in large
iuant ilie-, and letting their employes'
have ii at cost. It has been estimated:
that the winter fuel bill of the average (
New England textile family is ''. In,
flu, south the average i about IS. All
in all, the southern textile worker has a
derided advantage over In.i northern
brother.
" Another J"at;ire of. the situation
v. biili doi s loit esiapc I he notice of intel-
ligeiit and ambitious texlil
I lie fad t hat much greab
ties for advancement are to
I In- industry in the Sjllth
industry in New England,
for this is that while the
workers is
r opportune
be found in
than in tint
The reason
industry is
practically at a standstil
in New Eng-
land.
it is developing
ami promises to
rapidly in the
continue this de-
south
i velopinent for many years, thus creating
i constantly increasing number of re
xpniisible position fer practical men
v. ho apply t hemsclvi ond prepare
then. seives for larger n sponsibililies.
""In this connect ion it is but just t
s!ale there is a wide gulf separating t he
Borl.i rs in the industry in the north and
those in the south. In the north most
n. the workers are foreigners who have
not yet absorlied ideals of Americanism.'
In the south practically all of the work
ers are native born Americuns, intelli
gent, ind pendent nnd ambitious. I be
lieve that the progrtss of the industry in
the south during the next few years is
going to depend very largely upon the
intelligence, the initiative and the iu-(lu.-!iv
if the workers themselves."
WOMAN AVIATOR PLUNGED
2.C00 FEET TO DEATH
r II Th Associated Pres.)
STiX'KllOl.M. Jan. 2.:. El.-.a An
ie !!'ii, the oa!y Swedish w.;oi,:iii to h dd
Hi avii'ol 's certificate, was killed at
A-i:i rslii.n yi sterdav . Four thousaml
spectators w re watching her make a
(light, mid were horrified when Miss
Anderson, in attempting a par.-ndiufe de
scent from the machine, fell like a plum
met to the earth. The parachute failed
to cpcti and she plunged 2,m" feet to
death.
SAYS BREATHITT COUNTY IS
MOST LOYAL IN AMERICA
CHICAGO. Jan. 23. Breathitt
county, the rcene of many Kentucky
fued killings, is tlie most loyal place
in America, Dr. William J. Hutchins,
president of Berea College, Berlin,
Ky., told the members of the Sun
day Evening Club here last night.
"When the war came," Dr. Hutch
ins said, ''every man and boy in the
county volunteered fof service; there
was no draft law down there."
HAVE WORKING
GRANTED OTHER INDUSTRIES
Musl ve a Generous
Business More Vital
Which Nearly Half the Nation's Wealth Is In
vested - It Is a Wonder, Says President Hard
ing, That Agriculture Has Prospered So Well
- The Farmer Buys in the Dearest Market and
Sells in the Cheapest.
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CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
CALENDAR
Monday
m. Rehearsal
5:00 n.
ity Play.
7:30 p.
Commun-
m. Community Service
Orchestra.
Tuesday
3:30 p. m. Girl Scouts.
5:00 p. m. Rehearsal Community
Service Play.
7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com
merce Glee Club.
Wednesday
7:30 p. m. Rehearsal Commun
ity Service Play.
Thursday
12 M. Gastonia Housing Cor
poration. 5:00 n. m. Rehearsal Community
Service Play.
7:30 p. m. Pythian Band.
Friday
3:30 p. m. U. D. C.
5:00 n. m. Rehearsal Community
Service Play.
7:30 p. m. Chamber of Com
merce Glee Club.
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NATIONAL CONFERENCE
Delegates to the Number of
325 Assemble in Washington
to Discuss Problems of Far
mer. ( By Th" Associated Press.)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2.1. Delegates
from all sections of the country, repre
senting ngiiculture mid industries de
pendent on agriculture were assembled
l.eie today for the opening session of the
national conference called to consider
the present situation confronting the
farmer ami to lay down a permanent
agricultural policy. Problem of finan
cing, production, didribiilion and mar
keting constituted the broad division of
the program to be considered during the
first five days of the conference ullofed
to s'udy of emergency relief measures.
About :;2"i delegates had accepted in
vitations to sit in the conference, 2(; of
: t lies-' being women .
, Today's program called for an open
, ing address by President Hurding after
the calling of Cie conference to order by
'Secretary Wallace. Then followed an
addrec by the Secretary outlining the
purposes of the conference and one by
.Chairman Anderson of th Joint Con
t gr: saimial Commission of Agricultural
liUuiiv, devoted to discussion of Hgri
1 cultural prices and the general situa
tion. Five farmers from the leading agricul
tural regions of the I'uited Stales were
on the afternoon program to give the
delegates a picture of the present agri
cultural situation and to suggest reme
dies. '
' Especially loud applause greeted thei
President s declaration for more ade
piate credit facilities and applause broke
; forth a bo when he made a digression
' to assert that the present condition in
'agriculture "is truly a national interest!
'and not entitled to be regarded as pri
ninrily the concern of either a class, or a
sect ion, or a bloc . "
The President was followed by Sec re- I
1 tary Wallace, who declared the confer !
once had ben called to consider the pros- j
cut agricultural depression and remedies
for it and also the laying down of a per- !
maneiit policy for the upbuilding of a
sustaining agriculture. Mr. Wallace!
told the delegates that constructive of-,
forts might properly be made in three
fields, which he outlined as follows: i
" First -what may be done properly
through legislative action.
"Second what mav be done through
administrative and educational effort,
national and state, by the various ageii
gencies charged with the .hity of foster
ing agriculture.
Third what may and should be done
by the farmers themselves individually
and through their organiatio.
"It is not my purMise, " the Secre
tary continued, "to suggest what you
shall do here. Realizing, however, that
you have come at our invitation and that
your time is precious, we. have made
plans to help you use this time to the
liest possible advantage. "
Tiie agriculture secretary went ou td
say that he had "assumed to set up com
mittees to deal with the various ques
tions which automatically present them
selves in. any gathering called to consid
er agricultural problems."
The agriculture of the nation, ' Sir
Wallace declared, "is in a bad state, And
our entire business and industrial life is
sulfcring in eonsequeuce. High pro
duction costs followed by ruinously low
prices have greatly reduced the farmers'
net income, and his purcliasing power
lias been still further reduced by the
disprojsirtiuatoly high cost o fuverytbing
he needs to buy." j '
CAPITAL ON
Supply of Capital In a
Than Any Other. In
(Ity The Associated Press.) . '
WASHINGTON. Jan. 2.!. berelori.
mi nt of a thorough code of law and busi
ness procedure, with tlm proper machin
ery of finance, to assure the farmer as.
generous a supply of working capital Oil
as reasonable terms as is granted to
other industries was advocated here to
day by President Harding in opening tho
national agricultural conference.
"An industry." the President said,
"more vital than any other, in ' which
near half the nation's wealth is invest
ed, can be relied upon for good security
nu l certain returns."
Declaring that in the matter pf what
may be called fixed investment capital
the disadvantage of the farmer so im
pressed public opinion that the Federal
Farm Loan Hiard was established to
meet the need, the President sajd tho
farmer still needed some provisionvfor
supplying him with working capital.
"Compared with other industries,""
he continued, "the wonder, is that agri
culture, thus deprived of eashy access to
both investment and accommodation
capital has prospered even so well."
Lines on which financial support of
agriculture may be organized, Mr. Hard
ing said, aro suggested in the plan. of
the Federal Fiirm Loan Hoard and in
those rural finance societies which have !
been so effective in Some European coun
tries. ' , ; .
"The co-operative loaning associations
of Europe have; been effective incentives
to united action by farmers," lio con
tinued, "ami have led them directly into
co-operation in both production and
marketing, which have contributed great
ly to the stalulization and prosperity of
Agriculture. "
The President told the conference that
"concerning tho grim reality of the pres
ent crisis in agriculture there ean be no
; differences of opinion among informed
I people. " "..'.. . ! -
"The depressions and discouragc
j meats, " he continued, "are not peculiar
! to agriculture, and I think it fair to
, say there could have been' no avoidance ,
! of a great slump from war-timo excesses
i to the hardships of readjustment. We "
' can have no helpful understanding- by
assuming that agriculture suffers alone,
but we may fairly recognize the funda
mental dilliculties which accentuate tho
j agricultural discouragements, and men
j a ee the healthful life of this basle'"and
absolutely necessary industry.' ..
j The farmer, the President; declared, '
! from the very mode of his life' is indivi
dualistic and ttherforo' "because ho
buys ami sells as an individual it is his
fale to buy in the dearest and sell in the.
i cheapest market." Wo contrasted with
1 this the corporation which, he said, could
1 i (feet economies and acquire for itself a
power in the markets by combinations.
The President said there-was a.TiVbv-i-nnccptinn
regarding the financial status
of agriculture.
"It cannot je too strongly urged that
th" farmer must be ready to help him
self," he added. "This eonferenoe
would do most lasting good, if it would
find ways to impress the great mass of
farmers to avail thenselves of the best
methods. Hy this I mean that, in tho .
last analysis, legislation can do ; little
more than give the farmer the chance
to organize and help himself."
The President then referred to CO-opcr-ative
marketing. . .
"With financial sirppivrt, for agricul
ture, and with instrumentalities' for the
collection and dissemination of useful in
formation," he. said, "a group of co
operative marketing organizations woiiH
be able to advise their members as to tho
probable demand for staples, and to pro- .
pose measures for proper limitation of
acreages in particular crops. The ecr-
tainty that such scentilie distribntion of -
production was to be observed, would
strengthen the credit of agriculture and
increase tthe security on which financial
advances could be made to it. The dlsr
astrous effects which arise . from over
production are notorious.
"It is apparent that the interest of
the consumer, quite equally with that of
the producer TlNmtnila measures to pre
vent these violent fluctuations which re- '
suit from unorganized and haphazard
'productions.
"Turning to the subject of transpot-
tatioa, the President said that if broad
visioncd -statesmanship shall establish
fundamentally sound policies toward
transportation, the present crisis will
one day be Tcgardcd a a piece of good
fortune to the nation." "To this tinl
railroad construction financing, and
operation," be added, V have been un.
scientific and devoid of proper consider
aUon for the wider concerns-of the com
munity. To say this is simply to admit
a fact which applies to practically every
railroad system in the world." Water
ways have been too lonsr neglected, in
America, be declared, adding that wp
neeil a practical development of water
resources for both transportation' and
power,
" A lanre share of railway tounagw is
hoal for railway fuel," be said. "Tho
experience of railway eh'ctrincation lem.
oiistrules tho possibility of reducing tbi
waste and increttsinsr efBeiency."
Telling of the advantages which -'Europe
.enjoys, because of "its easy access"
fn the sen. tf he5 surest, nnd rheariest
trasportatitw futility, " tin Preside!