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Hav You Registered For The Tuberculosis Hospital Electibn? rOMA DAILY GAZETTE "Weather: Warmer Local Cotton 17 Cents VOL. XLIII. NO, 21. GASTON I A, N. C WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. JANUARY 25, 1922. SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS OAS' ARMS CONFERENCE, SPEEDING UP, MAY ; DISPOSE OF BUSINESS WITHIN A WEEK Siberian Question Disposed of Satisfactorily! Conference Moves Toward an Early Adjourn- ment - Naval Reduction flan r radically Com plete. (By The Associated Press.) WA8HIXQT0X. Jau. 25. -- The work of the arum conference up poured to j be moving rapidly toward conclusion to-j day as the far eastern committee, having I disposed of the Siberian question at the I same tlmo that u virtual agreement was' being roached ou the solo remaining is- j auo of the naval reduction plan, metj again to begin the final win a up of less er problems. Yesterday's high speed .developments wero regarded by some of the delegates today as having eleared the way for final adjournment of the conference possibly within a week. Satisfaction was expressed in both , Japaneso and American quurtcrs today; CONCORD, Jan. 21. Presentation of over the outcome, of the Siberian discus-1 evidence in the case against O. O. (Rod) sions, which ended by adoption in H'O. 'i'lu,mas, on trial here since Monday of Far Eastern committee yesterday of a , kim of Ar,hur j brief resolution, proposed by Secretary, Hughes, providiug that the pk-lges giveu: Alien. was concluded this afternoon at by Japan -as to the policy under which 4:10 o'clock. Tho State concluded its he is retaining troops in SiU-ria and ; evidence at 4 oVlock, and the last do tho Secretary's statement of the Auieri-; r',,ie witness lift the witness stand at cao position on the question be spread i 4 . iu on the conference record, me secretary expressed "special' gratiiicaiiou witn the Japauese pledge against terntonal designs in Kussia, whilo reiterating the , hope of bis Government that Japan1 would find it inipossiblo to carry out "in the near future" her expressed in-1 tention of withdrawing troops from Hi-1 beria. The committee then took up a; proposal by Elihu Boot to create an in-' ternational commission to study the question of wireless communication in China which went over for further dis ! eusiion today. Settlement, of the Pacific fortifications' question Uy substituting for the British! ..l..n ,rf .lofittttirv o In itiulrw'i ii.l. lonirit ode I ' UVUH'" .. I. t - - -.-- iHiundary for the status quo .one the 1 Japanese suggestion taut tlie islands to; which the prohibition against turtneri fortification is to apply be specifically j listen, mil oniy us lormui aj.pini m , text by the .laiianese viorernmeni neeoesi to finally complete the naval treaty. 1 ho 1 Japanese agreed that the Japanese Homn , group slioul'i ue iBfiunen unner rue vr"-, iKUiTiou. tj in r it she was waiting on someojii. Another agreement wa reached yes-( Wu, replied that she was not waiting lor torday reversing the previous lufonual limi for if sll0 liui )ccn ano WOuld hie understanding of tho delegates regard- ,.act ,jm. ai,u aiM) told the witnets ing the Pacific, four power treaty au.l!tll t wrm ut a ,,,.,,1 i,x w;th J'. V. providing that 1t sliall not he construct as aim vinir to t ir major Japanese 1 lands. The formal agreement took the form of a series 0! notes, aireauy signen,, and to lo formally exchanged for I record before tho Naslitngton contcrenro ndjoiirus. While tho Shantung negotiation wero adjourned until tomorrow, there were in- j !ications of increasing activity outside. 1o aid in bringing about an agreement on th Tsingtao railroad issue, and con-! iereuce officials in close touch with th rnmpromiso effort of the Americans and llritish predirted that a settlement was yery near." ; 'MELLON SAYS THE BONUS r(X. r:,, Wn Crhfmp o . some 'fOdyism rear a former etoro he 0 yu U- KonductV several years ago. Grant was ray soldiers a Bonus - mis Rivin ;i ni,,iling ,-ross exiimination, dur- Amendment to Debt Refund-! in!, w hi,h he denied that he bad ever; : n:il C : .' 1 .. Pls Of.! ...01 11. .1 "if n mnn nn not sntisfv the1 ing uhi . -v- : fered Last Year. (By The Associated Press.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. Congres sional leaders preparing to carry out the Administration's plan to put through a soldiers' bonus bill were analyzing to day tho statement of the Treasury V reasons for continued opposition to the bonus as transmitted in a letter from serrtnrv follon to Chairman Fordncv of the llouse Ways and Means Commit-1 Mrs. Carrie Lipe Kimball just south ct pe I Kannapolis near some pines. He re ' .. . . .. . 1 . . .1 - .i.i..ii f Writing to ir. Forduey late yestenlayi in res)onso to an request for nn expres-! eion of the department 's views, bocre- j ilown mere at mis Time a iay. oupposc, tary Mellon declared that any attempt: she is waiting for some man as that 's to provide for tho bonus through use of j her general reputation." .The fait that the principal and interest of the foreign he remarked about seeing Mrs. Kimba'l debt to this country would be "futile as j was corroltoratej by Joe Cadger, who well as unwise," and that an attempt toj was his companion at the time. Guilger do 80 through new Government borrow-j stated that he did not sec Mrs. Kimball, ings would bo "dangerous in tho cx-j Ten speeches are to be made by cone treme.' sel, nniii the arguments are expected to If there is to br a bonus, however, the! consume all of tomorrow and the greater secretary eoid it must "be provided for' part of Thursday, unless a night session through taxation, through taxation in is held tomorrow. addition to the taxes imposed by existing Most of the morning rssion of court' law." Estimates of government rc-jwas devoted to the testimony of several, ceipts ami expenditures for tho fiscal , defense witnesses who last i'riday and, rears 19-2 and 192:1 showed there would j Saturday nights made tests near Law-, .'"more probably" be a deficit than aling's store and on tho Beth page road ! pnrplus, he sahL, and thero had been 110! They testified that they took a positimC allowanco for such additional cxpendi-' near Lawing 's store, where John Me j tur.i as would b involved in a sohliers'j Puffie and E. E. Lawing were standing! lionns for the first two years. On the! when they uaid they saw a man aud most conservative estimates, ho paid, thu would probably b not less than fol'.- 000,000. PRE-WAR DOLLAR IS GETTING BACK TO NORMAL. iBv The Associated Press.) CHICAGO, Jan. 25. The pre-war dollar now is worth 72 cents when s nt for meat and fiS cents when spent for other foodstuffs, according to a state ment made public today by J. T. Kus dl, president of the National Associa tion of Meat Councils. Eighteen months ago, Mr. Russell paid the pre-war dollar wo worth f2 cents' iu the reail meat market and a jear ago 62 teuU. . ITAKIWR OF TFQTIMnMY IIIIIUU Ul IMJIIHIUI1I IN THOMAS MURDERTRIAL AT CONCORD HAS ENDED Argument Before Jury Started Today Jury Visit Scene of Homicide, Carrying Maps and Photographs An Ar ray ff Ten Lawyers Is to Be Heard. Arguments will begin in the morning ; at .;iu 0clock with II. S. Williams, making the first ttpeoeh for tho State, lie will be followed by John J. Parkerj requirements of good dancing as follows: for tho defense. "Dancing is an active physical ex- Tbe jury this afternoon visited the, ercise, it should make for good physical scene of the homicide. They were uu-' development, and should not require der escort of Sheriff Carl Spears. They 'strained or distorted positions which carried maps aad photographs of the country surrounding the scene of the tragedy and wsro allowed to speak to uo one. Eighteen witnesses were introduced "Jt should not express affectation or dining tho afternoon, none of them of-1 self-consciousness, or empliasize tho phy fering any new testimony with the ex-j gi(.al attribute of the dancer, ccption of W. O. AJlcn, last of defense 1 "It should bo rythmical, aud be per witnesses. Allcu stated that he talked, formed with lightness and beauty of mo tu parry Kimball near Concord n,out munti, il2Q uj that Mrs. Kim- 0(i i.;n, at.e w,.,.t t0 Kannatiolis ou tne nglt 0f t)lu shooting with Arthur j Allen. During the conversation ilrs. Kimball "iilso told the witnejs, bo tcsti-. that, ghe. was landing near Law, iK 3t0re on the night of the trage. UIl, tD;l1 a Illa CJlU10 Ui, tu hvr and a Mnumim M-lnitl fit'll Jliitu U'l'IV flll'lJ Most yt tne oincr ptrsons intioiuu'i tw, .m, rliara,.tcr itiiesscs. j Delliuger stated that he worke with P. M. Mangum. and that the lastl time In- saw Munguui on tho night of the tragedy was about 7:M o'clock iu the machine- shop of the Cabarrus mill. John liutledge, A. L. Brown and Mr. Johnson testified to Herman Cline's gooil reputation. S. A. Perkins, U. L. Sloop and Mr. Pojk- gave John Harbeo a good reputation. Kugeuo Demnrcui", W. C. Punch and Floyd Overcash said the reputatiou of E. K. Lawing was good. Kev. D. P. Grant. II. O. Smith! and John Lisk stated that the rcputa-j tion of Mr. Lawing was "not desir able." They further testified tliit his1 reputation for truth and honesty was good, but that they had heard some cri-l tieim of him because there had been -' - -- -; ": ""'V3 D . ; ,,7,T natural desires of a wife, she ought to go where she pleases. He not on:y did not. make such a remark, he said, but he did not remember hearing such a re-1 mark. He said that he had not known; anything about Mr. Lawing for two years, but had h?arj his character dii- Clls'd. Hazel Allrcd stated that about .":.".0 or ti o'clock on the night of the homicid" hi was iroin? to Kannapolis and saw marKc.i as ne passe.i nai u-m- ..o.v. Lipe woman. Wonder what she is doing woman pass the store on the night of the; homicide in a rord sedan, ami watciicu, a sedan pass three times. Each time ilifTeronl vnm -i in ilirt ..or Tliir ' . 1 , " couhl uot recognize either the driver or the other occupant on cither occasion : Tbey also stated that they drove past ani Oakland sedan standing ou the Bctbpagsj road and could not tell who was in the sedan. One witness stated that he rc ognieed tho man at the wheel, but none of the witnesses could rficognize the other ocrupant, nl only this one witness rec ognized cither of the occupants of tho sedan. Lee Martin and Sam Braswell, of this city utatod that they saw Allen in tho new Souta cafe hero on the night of the, TELLS GIRLS WHERE TO LOOK FOR REAL BEAUTY Pass Up the Photogravure Edi tions of the Sunday Papers and Turn to the Sporting Page, Says Mrs. Storrow toj the National Girl Scout Council Has no Use Fori So-called Aesthetic Dancinj (By The Associated Press.) SAVANNAH. C.A., Jan. S.-p find real beauty of pose or motion plas up the photogravure sections of the Sunday papers and turn to the sportilig page, Mrs. Januv J. Storrow, of Host advised the National (iirl Scout Cou cil here today. "Any goose, she said, "can take 0 her (it is only women who interpret shoe and stockings, and armed with silk scarf or dagger, canter around in terpreting' the whole gamut of human emotions, or pose in would-be c loads at titudes with the most unclussie figure. If our scouts are to adopt these types, do at least let us first we that they have not acquired the debutante slouch before exhibiting themselves in too revealing garments. ' ' Mrs. Storrow, who is first vice presi dent of the Council, spoke, on the subject f "Darning For Girl iseouts." She i outlined her idea of what should be the might prove harmful. "Dancing should give pleasure both to tho dancer and to the onlooker and should express joy or at least enjoyment, j tion." Mrs. Storrow sai Mrs. Storrow said the ballet, "and its nniieniic. da imliter. tlie aestlietic. ilallce.s. Wl,rv? foUn,le,l on distorted position and .Pr fui f aflVetution FAMOUS ORATORIOS Tn nr nrtmrnrni' hooi in rniimtown, oiuo, at achu IU UL nLNUtntU riairsvilh, in the same State I He "(n' I w'o years in Krskine College, "The Hallelujah Chorus," "Gallia" and Other Noted Productions Included in Choruses to be Given by Community Chorus Under Mr. Hoffmeister First Practice Friday Evening, the 27th. The music selected by Mr. Roy L. ! 1 April .. He c,mue, Ten , Hoffmeister, who comes to Gastonia , Kirst Presbytery ot the A. h. 1 N Communitv Service to dirwt an.l present nn-l ha.l charge of th- nns-mn a t har a communitv concert bv the people of1 lotto for one year, an, I ns ordamed at Gastonia, includes some of the world's ! Charlotte. V (.. in Jully, Ism. In ,. most famous music. Especially in the spring of 1!. he was ca le.l to Mm lino of oratorio music has he made :1 ! church at, Chester, S. ., ami was mst;.ll splendid selection, using "Tho Heavens ed iu the summer of the same year. 1 n Are Telling." from the oratorio "The der his pastorate at this place, te work Creation" bv llaviln, and th".! famous has, greatly pror-pcrcd. fh.: congregation "Hallelujah "Chorus" from the oratorio I has built an elegant new chunh, and "The Messiah" bv Handel, as well as I '"' lus a short oratorio ''Gallia" bv Gounod.! Mr. Moffatt was married at Due West. Among the oratorios the Messiah ranks S. '., November 1M,, to M !";,''"" first, and the "Hallelujah Chorus" ,aj Moffatt Crier t laughter ot fee Itn. stirred people from the Jirst ren.lition, I Dr. W. M. Grur and Nannie McNIorrie--. when the King and tluw present with i She was born at New berry, S, ,;teue one accord rose to their feet t.o enthusi-! ''r :- ni tW ,m'"" '' '" MX astic wero they over this wonderful children. ... , ., astic were chorus. I It is the hope of Community Service that an orchestra may be arranged to take care of the accompanying. That things go off in a fine manner it 1 is necessary that everybody co-operate I and conic out not only to the first meet 1 ing oh Friday evening, January 27th. at I tho Chamber of Commerce, but to all other rehearsal as well, as the time of Mr. lloffmrister is necessarily short and the numbers selected will reipiire some earnest work ami study by the choi us tft lx.mrr tn,,m j,, Mf ijoff,,,,,;,. , cre-litable fas-h.on ; li iusl comoieiintr a. sph nilid period of choral wirk in States ville. giving their Community Concert j there ou Thursday evening of this weok.j when they will use the oratorio "Gal-j lia " bv Gounod with a chorus of more than seventy voices. ! Remember the date Friday evening, ! January 27th. at the Chamber of Com- mercf. . MRS. ROSIER WANTS TO Ailiau BuaDAnua luatsftL (Bv The Associated Press.) PHI LADKLPH1A, Jan. 25. Re Ouest that sh"' le I'erniitteJ to attend the funeral of her husband, or at least view his body before it is buried today, has Ihcii made by Mrs. Oscar Hosier, held without bail for a coroner's inquest on charges of having t hot and killed him ami his stenographer, Alililreit er- i,i;ni, Keckitt, in Hosier's private office Saturday afternoon. enroiie s limucst. which will de- I. .o M l.wi., I lerillllLC wiieiiier .'ira. jo-h 1 m ,cn for nctinn of the grand jury for tne dimMc kiiling, will be held Friday. ' . "Sth nf 0.-tol.er -llMint 7 or 7:o0 o'eloek . . . ... . i -was not certain as io me o.,cv . our. Tho rest of the morning period of I court was taken up with introduction of j less important witnesses. Interest throughout the trial has been' at fever heat anl the courtroom has I been packed at each session of court Much loai interest nlbo t-cutcrs iu the arguments of counsel. MUST PROTECT MARRIED MEN FROM SEA VAMPS ST. PETERSBURG, FLA., Jan. 25. Mayor Frank Pulver today had a request from the St. Peters burg purity league that he appoint a bathing suit inspector and ordet women to wear stockings, skirts and sleeves while on the beach, a formal communication from the secretary of the organization stating that "the league intends to protect the married men from the wiks of be sea-vamp." The mayor said he would investi gate the charge that the bathing suits in use here are immodest and person ally would visit the beach and look 'em over. 4 R. !S. MOFFATT FORMEI PRESIDENT OF FRSKINi COLLEGE DIED TODA Was Pastor of First Associat Reformed Presbytem Church in Columbia Sin Election of Rev. R. C. Grtf to Presidency of Erskine Ct lege Last Summer. COLCMHIA, H. C, Jan. . J"r. S. Mnfl'att, until a few month ag.j presi dent of Krsliiiic College, at Pur' West, S. C, and one of the prominent nun of tin' Associated Ueformed Presbyterian Church of the South, died here today. 1 after in illness of several weeks. He victim of cancer. Has a Dr. Moffatt was pastor of the Aso (dated Ueformed Presbyterian Church here, having taken tho pulpit vacaled re cently by Kev. R. C. Grier, who was elected to succeed Dr. .Moffat t as presi- dent of Krskine. . His widow and several sons and daughters, living in various 1 parts of the country, survive the .lis-' tinguished educator. .1. S. Moffatt, Jr., is a professor at Washington and Lee I nivcrsily, Vir ginia; another son lives in .Brazil, where he is an educator, and sti another live in Minnesota. 1 The Centennial History of the As sociate Reformed Presbyterian Church, published in 1D0.1, says of Dr. Moffatt: Hev. J. S. Moffatt is the son of Kev. William S. Moffatt and Martha Jane ! Wilson, and was born at V. hreliiig. r a: ; ton county, Ark., July 17, 18(50. He 'ained the rudiments of an education ; 1111 hi mother, and afterwards attend and two t ars in Muskingum t oltege, New Cimeord, Ohio, graduating a! Musk ingum in 1SS;l, He was roccncil as a Student of theology in the autumn of 1.HS4, by the Western Missouii Presby tery of 'the P. P. Church, at Mulberry, Mo. He graduated from the Allegheny P. P. Seminary, after taking the three vear course. In the spring of lw" he . .1 11- i : : ! was license"! uy me esiern .uii-soon j Presbytery at Greenwood, M . lr. .Moltall s ianui aim 01s .eom-i -fath.r and. itran.lfatlier w're niiiiisier- father, grandfather, freat fratnllat In r and great great grandfather were a ho miilisters of the A. K. P. Cliur.-h. BILLY SUNDAY SPECIAL LEAVES AT 11:30 THURSDAY p t urn:nSr .Train Will Leave Sartanbur at 10 O'clock Stops Will be Made at Belmont, Lowell, Cramerton, Etc. R. H. Graham to Ac company the Train. Leaving Gastonia tomorrow morning a) j .;i0 " Mock the Ga-touia Hilly Sun ,.lv Special will carry a largo unwd to the services being held ul Spartanburg )v t(i(1 f .,, evangelist. The train -. ,,.1V(. Spartanburg on the return at ,,, ... S,.,.,H ,n n M, mario 11 Ii go ing and omiug ut Belmont. Cramerton, Lowell. Bessemer City and Kings Mouu- tail". Passengers from the points :nt of Gastonia will have lo pay the local fare to Onstonia in addition to the round trip fare of .2.S from Cast aula . Th' Southern Railway will advise its a fonts af-t.he ioits mentioned this al- .,.,.,. c ,i, .. hedii stoos there. li. H. Gr.ahntii, livision jiaswug.-r agent, of the Southern Railway, will per- soually column tne par, m;i&iiig ine trip so as to sec that everything is ban died most conveniently for the members of the party. The services start at 2:.'50 o'clock in ; 'the afternoon and at 7 :''') o'clock iu the , levelling Thus those going will get the. tunit , Ll,ir Mr, sun.lay twice 11 J Till 13 C I T IJ T D Hfc II t A I li C K ' " " " North Carolina, cloudy with snow or sleet late tonight or 'Thursday, rising temperature Thursday.' to Co-operative Marketing In The South Has Come To Stay Says; Williams, Pres. Cotton Growers Handled Fifty Million Dollars Worth of Cotton This Season - Shortens Route Between Pro ducer and Spinner. HENRY GENTRY, COLORED, SAYS HE SAW NEGRO MAJOR PRIVATE For Refusing To Help Cook Shot Him Cut Bread Savs Nepro Was Sent To Hospital And Never Came Back Cclunil Barney Describes Court Marti al Composed Uf Seven Negro and Five White Officers Who Hanged A Negro oaiuier .i 0e.1t v lie. nance. ,, . .... . . . . ., '""""' 1 "'' Vi AMI I Mi TON, Jan. - lies,,,,, - in;; its ni.imy ml,, .-liarg.s of alleged illegal ei ul i.iiu of American soldiers oveisens. t ie soecia .Sena!, invest lrat tur pei i' investigating by lleiir.vj.ien Kas., that in ) Phillips, of shoot William commit 1 t ry, ne Kraiie Orang . nas In id tod; ro of Lawrence. saw Ma jer .losi N. J.. 11 negro, Paltirsoii, a negro private, for refusing to help a cook cut bread. Gentry, who test died while an ambul ance Maid d outside tho Senate ollice building to take him to a hospital to bo operated on for appendicitis, said Pat terson later I iff I . according to general reporls ami that so far us he knew the negro major was not fried. " Do you know of voir own knowledge that Patterson .lied.'" Gentry was a"k ed. "No -ir. but he went to the hospital, and never came back." 1 I he hanging of a negro soldier at Hollo Ville, Fiance, was described by Colonel Janus I'. Harney, of the army war col- I h g"', win j cuniposcl ! white olli said the court martial was of seven negro and five vis. with a negro as judge ad ! Vocale. I'll oMior w as eonv i'ted of 11s- ; fault ing a French woman : age. he said. Titiinouy of Charles sixtv years i f I". Green, a i former service the committee, shot and kill.-, and taken to Chateau Koi;, denied by throi at the ho-'iilal man, previously heard by that nine soldiers were I by tho military police Late Hospital No. ! at iu Poi cinbei. 11MS, was medical oilic" is on duty at the time. A miuiiii r of men statiotud at N-Sur-1 Tille in l!M! wer, fulled to testify as to e.ei nitons at that post which War De partment reports show to have numbered two. but some ivi! nesses appearing here tofore have jiiac d at boul "ton or t IV1 Is.'. ' ' John Mc ll.'i'inft , of Indianapolis; h'us t'. oiipg. of I'liiladi'lphi.'i ; Jaiiifs W. I'.i'oun, of l.viiliook. N. V.; and Wait. 1 . M. A li . .if Copper Hill, Tff.'i.. 1 1 1-l:i 1 1 I onlv two soldiers were h.-i'igi-d ihere. - a '.viiito man and a lie oro ami all 1 n . i ,1 , 1 tliev liear.l ivi re ports of '' 11 hob sale executions." Senator Watson. Demoi-rat, Georgia, brought out tha the vwtnesses testify ing as to Is Snr-Tille had written tin m In is 1 f tij.. commit I ee, ex j n essing a do sile to be heard. . , . N,w i.uiK city, . tlie qiiiitermas- 1 at Gievres for? J.ia.-s W. Lattity. of who was a capta'ii in t . 1 s ' r"iio vva s si ::t io'n ite;Ml- ,v . 1 1 a i-s, tes'ili'd there was only one f-.iiutioii in that area, as listed bv th.- War 1 1, pa 1 1 meet. Desciiliing 'lis1 cipline at l.ievr.S as ::o'nl, I.aflpv sai"l t'inln nas a lot of talk an.l fi-elin,; at' ti r ;.M ;is-.ist.iiit S"'cietar of War whom he i.lriilili. I as "Mr. Ko-.. nv..il. I" ha-l mado.-i si i-iitlief.- in which h" as-wr!'. that nen 1 -oi'v niil'l be given 1" I ' 1 treat no lit a Iter t he w ar. 1 lie white I r. nips speech that hint: Rosen - re s,i t, r jiliuiit t In me ot them felt like lyn :!!,'' sail t he witneff". Cotton Market CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET. KW YORK, Jan. turn . losi ,1 steady. January 17.1'1; Ma Cotton fu h 1 '.i."; May .6S; fejiots i o ; -o a v October ! 1 "t TODAY'S COTTON MARKET Cotton Seed 45c Strict to Good Middling 17c CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CALENDAR i V 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 p. m. Rehearsal Community Service Play. 7:30 n. m. Chamber of Com merce Glee Club. reus WASHINGTON, Jail. 25. Gover nor Parker, of Louisiana, departed from his prepared address before the national agricultural conference today to take ; notice of the discontent which lias been xpressed in some quarters over the maimer in which tint conference dele g.iti-s wer.- selected. IWIuring tn.it he believed the Presi dent an. I .Secretary Wallace really want eil to helii agriculture in calling the eon ferenee, Governor Parker said, "yet yen hear it whispered all around that this is ' n handpirked, cut mid I ninnce. 1 hope there is djieir pert' ir - 110 foundation i whatever in that rumor." ; jov,.rm,r ,.rk,.r lwlart, ,. ,,. ( jieved the delegates were hero to solve ' intelligent ly and patriotically the proli ' agrieuiuire ami praised the President and the Secretary i of Agriculture for disregarding politics and "asking patriotic democrats from the South to sit shoulder to shoulder with the patriotic, republicans .from the North," in the confen nee to solve the mutual problems of the agriculturalists I throughout the nation. conference J lie Governor roused Th 111 Ku-yi applause w lien no calleit on them to put the welfare of the nation above every other consideration and' to work to the end to "restore th." peace, . happiness and prosperity to th.' whole j nation ami also to agriculture where people are now sorely tried." The Gov ernor was given 1111 ovation. WASHINGTON, Jan. L'.").- Pointing f" the handling of more than i(?Ci),(h)0,(lii0 worth of cotton this season bv four Stati cooperative marketing associations of cotton growers, Carl Williams, president of the American Cotton Growers' Kx , chaiige, today told the National Agricul ; fural Conf.'ienh' that these "orgauiza ' tions apparently are well ou the way to-1 ward lieiouiing permanent in situation in ' thf south." Ho predicted that thee' organizations would handle more of the l!)L'J crop and that at least eight State assof iat ions wjih more hail 2,0011,1100 bales pledged to them would be in bus iness. The associations already doing busi ' ness. Mr. Williams said, are tdtuatod in! Oklahoma, Texas, Mississippi and AH una, with "huge organizations" ready; for business iu Arkansas ami North Car 1 oliua and organization work under way1 in Georgia. South Carolina, Alabama,! Tennessee ami Louisiana. Mi . Williams declared it had been do- minis! luted t!iat id opera t ive marketing! ol cotton which began Is months ago,' iu Oklahoma, cuhl be made effective and :h.if growers would abide by long-term iioii ooiiini coniracis. ami that tliev . could be fiii. Hired a basis of colli- , i.oi.n.iiii io asHiire onieriy mniKiiing ;iu,i tor shortening the route; bitween producer ami spinner." The! associations, he addfd, are not intended ' lo hold the product off the market to in- , tluenif pliers regardless of supply and : demand. " In Mis i,siiipi and Arionn 1... ,,;.! i tK"' orgiini.-itions h.-ol sold long staple : rottou "at fn,m if In to 2o a bale a Imiv, ,.oillllrv market prices." "Th,- (iHohnooi ..n.l T..v, l.,..-i pie cotton ;isso, iat ions, whose cotton is of a loiii-i value." he continued, "have' developed a differential of from ." to .lo a hah', the first 2s,ihm) bales sold iu Oklahoma, as attested by the Pnite.l States Bureau of Markets, itself, show ing :in average margin over country pri ees of 7.ti") a bale, exclusive of waste, country- damage and under grading. " The real purpose behind the organi.a 'ions. Mr. Williams asserted, is an im provement in the standard of living in the rottou producing sections. The war finance corporation, he said, has boon "the greatest single aid" in providing funds from which the association could make advances to members pending sale uf their cotton. The corporation, lie iplili'il, nas loauo'l tne organization.- li wards of ''!, o'Mi.iiOi) within the last fn mi nits . ing was the general subject for discus sion at o lay's open session of the Na tional Agricultural Confluence, the sif:ik'! s including Governor John M . Parker, of Louisiana, Roliert McDougnl. president of the Clm-ago Board of Trade. G. Harold Powell, manager of the California Prtiit Growers' Exchange, and Carl William, pivident of the Am eruiin Cotton Growers' Exchange. Opinion among delegates was divided today as to the probable effects of Hie statement criticising the conference is sued yesterday by J. S. Waniiiiuaker, of South Carolina. Some predicted that, .nothing further would bo heard regard ing differences in the conference, while others expressed the opinion that Mr. Waniiiimaker 's protest was the first ap pearance of a wide divergence of opinion which might be seen again. The committees which were organized yesterday and" assigned details of their duties to subcommittees, were prepared to get down to work today following the conference session. Ilclegates expressed keen interest ill the sbjet of eommodit fiuaneing, which is in th hands of "the committee ou agricultural credits an4 in surance. This committee is expected to . make recommendations for providing farmers with working capit.nl on torRs of eipiality with financial aid available i to other industries. Some form of crop insurance also is expected to he included in thb committee ' mom mejidat ions. I ISy The Associated 'ESTONIA ROTARIANS WON LOVING CUP AT INTERCITY MEETING Trofjjssor" Cocker's Stunt Brought Down the House and Won Prize in Stunt Con test With Seven Other Clubs Separk and Henderlite Among Principal Speakers Gastonia to Try for Next Meeting. i.i onia Koinrians brouirht Back with tlieftjifroMi Charlotte Tuesday evening a handsome silver loving cup offered to the Rotary club at tending the Iuter-City Meting there yesterday for putting oil th.' I st stunt. This was won in compe tion with crack .stunt tennis from Con cord. Salisbury, Statesville, Mooresville, Hickory. Uo, k Hill and GafTney, 8. C.' Salisbury iion a handsome gavel for the largest attendance per rentage at tho meeting, having present. 2s out of a mem bers'iip of Gastonia came second in the a't, mbiuce cutest, having 42 mem bers out of sixty or a fraction over 70 : I"'1 cent present . 1 in sunn wiiieii won the cup was put on by Gorge Cocker, assisted by Zim mciman Waggoner and John h'ek." It was a veiitrilo.uist 's stunt with Cocker as tin- "professor." The droll humor pulled oil bv 'inker ami his mannikins brought douii the house. Gastonia alio ha.1 a very prominent place on the program, two of the best, ami most attention compelling addresses of the day being made by Joe Separk, who spoke at the morning session oil "The Ideals of Rotary" and by Jim Hendi -rlile at the afternoon session 011 ' The b'eiations of Rotary to Kindred i Organizations. " Tim Charlotte ew:, says of Separk s iiilO rcss ; The fea'uri of the morning popular meeting, beginning ut 1H:;!0 at the Sel ' vvyn, was the siddre s uf Rotarian J. II. Separk, of Gastonia. who spoke on "The Ideals of Rotary." Mr. Separk su'g suggested that "between the Alpha, and ! Omega of history, there have been three ' groat problems to challenge the tought of men, tic first was the early problem ; of the individual, illustrated in the life of isolation of the caveman; the second problem was that r.iitcd by the slow j movement into the group, tribal, family ' and National life of the people of the earth an.l the tiiird problem has to do 'with tl:r biotlnrhiod of man, the grea't 'concept of this century; "Man grows and develops in propor tion as he expends himself," said Mr. Separk ..ml proci e.e.j.ti apply the prin ciples of Rotary to the working out of this symmetrical manhood which, he said, was the highest ifleal of mankind. He "declared that Rotary instructs its members not about how they may gain more, but how tie v may give; not how they -hall appropriate to themselves, but how they shall expend of themselves, ill vest themselves in other individuals and thus lose themselves in the needs of so ciety "The idea is of Rotary," said the sp.iikei, "may lie nonprossed in a sin gle entem-e, - -to develop character', to round out m.inhrod. to bring life to its greatest possible uci ninpiisliments. i fi'iK s-opa i:s p rk declared that Rotary is ace, in the proclamation of if unselfishness, throughout ties, not only, but through e world where the big idea ieiencf is being emphasized, to the parliament in Wash-. eample of how tho times tdis gospel i the i-ommiiui out the viiiol of int. l dope II," refer! ed iugtmi as an are demanding that the nations bnug I In li; -i Ives into contact to be governed. not bv enl'y t-i f'd. will ,1 pO.-.Sl'li Ti e h i rinciples as might lndivid uch of them in becoming mus ic.' s.i' h other principles as liable tin m 1o be of the greatest ! s, i vice to one another, e ioMr, ..s of the Gastoiiin Rotarian de'iv.i d with rare einpha is and v. a s 1 i -d with marked euthusiasm. ( um ber iioeroii Morrison was a pi In on held in the cham-p-e dining room aud made brief address in which ho st I he i. inio and "'Vi made a of the I lit us plea for the co-operation riiiiis and members of sim iti.ms iu putting over an og ram he is advocating for iis" in farming and garden- in he State. He made a for a linger interest and a i. i' by the people of their in. nt . The federal and mu rtiiiii'iil", he sai'l, have this . the citizens and especially s takes nil his wrath out on 1 1.1 1" oi labor; a l:irg. a u: lef i uo ;o t . i ; : !, s'rong 1 ii a broad, r sup Si,te govc.' nicipal gov. support win the taxpnyc the Stat ove riituent which is, after all, onomically administered gov- the most iTiiiiirnt of the three. Former District Governor Buck Ferrin, of Spa 1 1 :in lii ra. was present, and made an excellent taik . There were probably loll visiting Ro tarians present and 125 Charlotte Ro ta iia lis. Tlds was the first of a series of In ter Citv mci tings which it is proposed to hold 'paarteriy. effort to secure Custonia will make an the next one. NEW YORK FIGHTING THREATENED FLU EPIDEMIC NEW YORK, Jan. 25. C3ty health officials were today taking atcps to block the further progress of a threatened influenxa and pneu monia epidemic. Dr. Royal S. Copelaad, city health commissioner, specking before mem ber i of the Queens Chamber of Com merce, last night, uttered emphatic warning. "Under present conditions," he said, "an epidemic disease might get such start in the congested area as to sweep the town and kill a million. New York is worst off today than it wa during the terrible epidemic ef 1918, because of the housing situa tion." j