NEGRO ; REGISTRATION
URGEEBY:REPUB
WHITE WOMEN MUST ROLL AWAY THIS "DARK CLOUD," AS THEIR VOTE
- IS ',THE ONLY, COUNTERACTIONS-THOUSANDS SHOULD REGISTER
V. " -V-T SAVE THE SITUATION GOVERNOR COX IS FAVORITE. 1 , .
BANKERS TO BEET;
-FARMER PHOBLEW!
"Washington, Oct. 22.-r-Financing
-ithe farmers of -the country: in" the
marketing of their crops demands a
new method of extending credit so as
to prevent unjust price depreciation,
Henry M. Robinson, a banker of Los
.Angeles who was 'chairman - of the
'United Stales Bituminous Coal Com-
: ..... "s " , i, -. . . .
mission; declared today In addressing
v the convention of the American Ban-
Kers association.. ,,- cnange in me
bankers' 'point of view and the estab
lishment by producers of cooperative
1 i " A - 1. . . -
marketing agencies were suggested as
means' for improving present condi
tions. . - . '
"There are many evidences," de
V clared Mr. Robinson, - "of growing
dissatisfaction on trfie part of'the pro-
ducers of many . commodities j. who
claim that "they are being discrimi
nated against by bankers or those in
control of credit facilities, and there
, is constant agitation by such produc-
of cooperative, marketing- to remedy
or at least relieve the situation. :' i
- ,.- "Bankers, must meet this problem.
There must bea modification of. the
old attitude. Whether this should be
done through banking machinery r
through proper c:-iperative market
ing remains to be decided. However,
some method must be devised for re7
' during the pressure on the producer
which forces hint to dispose of his
crop, either at the moment the Mr-
manias uiiuer way, as mis nas Deen
too often used as a means for price
xlepreciation Methods also must be
- J. .1 i
' IllrMTIJ Vrl nil Jill' III W I If If I.MU fflUT fiT
financing him."
SWEDEN IS SUFFERING
l - FROM MONEY SHORTAGE
; Stockholm, Oct. 82.--Sweden is
..suffering from- a scarcity of. money
and an abnormal economic situation.
This is reflected in the rerort of the
" tate" bank for September.
The monej shortage depresses the
stock exchange where prices of bonds
and shares have touched a very low
level,, even old established industrial
enterprises whiclr pay dividends of
;1Q to 18 per cent.being quoted below
par. - ' " . f
Causes ' to which Sweden's unset-
k. tied condition ,is attributed here in-
,. elude the socialist program, emanat
ing from the present government,
such as the investigation whether so
cialization of industry and. commerce
lies within the borders of possibility,
heavy taxations, an increasing de
mand for higher wages and the labor
unrest.. : .A , : :
. . Adding to this, the growing debts
of foreign countries through unnec
sary, imports, and decreased produc
v tion ascribed by many to the eight
'hour day, one obtains a. picture of
the vpresent economic position of the
country , ' -. , ' v
IACKI1T1S
Dublin, Oct. 22. In many parts of
Ireland friendly relations prevail be
tween the soldiers and the people, and
nowhere are they regarded ' with the
bitter hostility displayed toward the
police, and particularly toward the re
cently imported English police known
as the Black and Tans. ' But a change
has been noted of late. .. ' '
, At Omagh a, dance was being held
ht which several men of the King's
Royal Rifles and the Inninkilling Fu
siliers had .paid ,for admission and i
were enjoying themselves when a
.to the effectthat, if any English sol
dier was allowed to take part ia the
dance, drastic steps would be taken.
The soldier took the mittap in
nis..-i i- a..
ay unpleasantness.
IRSH
BE
'(By LftEWXAM) ' ' :
-A Raleigh, Oct." 22. Beaten
at their own game, hydroxy,
of carrying the state and na
i tion through the registration
and voting, of negro women
in th e Southern , and those
Jborder states where theVe is
a large number of negroes, '
the - Republicans "are . trying ,
" to throw the blame of the,
"negro issue" in politics this
year on the Democrats, when
every' intelligent person, now .
knows that the negro women
registration issue was precip
itated and is still being urged
f. by -the 'negro "newepaper at
Raleigh, edited by the secre
' tary of the negro Republican
' state committee, and that the
.movement has been secretly
encouraged . by some of the
' leading white Republicans of
the state'and of other states.
: All the white women have to do
now' is to register Saturday and
vote November second and we will
have , this "dark cloud" rollec away ,
again and to say that it has not
been threatening is nothing short
'of ignorance of bald-headed lying
on the part of any who assert it.
'As the final hour for registra
tion approaches the "Democrats find
.-much, to encourage them; But there
are thousands of white women who
ought to get . their names on the
books by Saturday night, to swell,
the victory so that the negro wo
men, issue will, be buried out of
sight. - Men in Raleigh from other
states today-r-and there are many,
some from Ohio, attending the big
State Fair-say that the negro is
sue has permeated the campaign in
Ohio to such aYv extent that thous-,
ands of whife -voters of 'both sexes
will knife Harding on that issue
'largely. - '
Frank Linney and Ike Meekins,
who came out in statements that
they want the negroes to stay out.
of politics, came too late to ; con
vince any one of their-carncstness.
Besides, it is not a question of
what Linney and Meekins or .any
other white Republican wants, but
of what the negroes themselves in
large numbers want, v The state
" "organ" of the negro state Re
publican committee at 'Raleigh is
telling that in every issue."-It -is
calling yet upon every negro man
and negro woman to vote.. Some
will not take its advice, but that is
not done in deference to anything
Linney or Meekins or the rest of
, the white Republicans want. '
: It is- the prevailing belief here
now among visitors from' many
states-that Cox will be elected. The
change has been most remarkable
. within the last month. . r , -
AMERICAN ENGINES ON "
THE FRENCH RAILROADS
. . . . .
Saint Nazaire, France, Oct. 21.
French railway stock will shortly be
increased by' 176 American heavy
freight locomotives. -,They were ship
ped from America, dismounted, just
before tKe armistice. ' They have now
been set up and soon will be ready
for service. - ' '
GERMANS RELIVER PLANES
- TO THE ALLIED NATIONS
' Berlin," Oct. 22. Delivery Iy the
Germans of aircraft to the Entemte
in accordance with the Versailles
... . - s
peace treaty has been completed. ,
Delivery of arms and munitions
and other war booty to France and
Belgium now, .therefore, remains to
be carried out ; ',
. ONE YEAR AGO TODAY.
Riotous demonstration in New York
over the presentation f German op
era. U. & Senate Foreign Relations
Committee adopted new set of treaty
reservations - . '
Charley Weinert, well-known Jieavy
weight pugilist, wos born in Buda
pest, Hungary, 25 years ago today.
"Augusta Victoria, lormor German
Empress, was born at Schloss Dolzig,
62 years ago today.
LIC&NS
DANGEROUS
REDS
IE
RICH
Budapest, Oct. 22. Bolshevik doc
trines are spreading among the Rus
sian, Polish antl Magyar workmen in
the United States, says Charles Hus-i
zar, former Premier of Hungary, who
recently returned from America after
a visit to induce his -countrymen to
contribute toward the repatriation of
Hungarian war prisoners still ' suffer-
ing in Siberia. v '
' "The American workers seem to be
largely free from the bolshevik in
fection," gaid Mr. Hus2ar,V'but there
is a certain influx of dangerous bol
shevik from Prague and Vienna,
On the ship in which I crossed" the
Atlantic, I met some notorious reds
going over to the United States. I
saw indications that there : will be
trouble from immigrant workmen but
I believe the American government
will be able to localize; and suppress
it." '. .. ". ;
I N C H A R L 0 T T E
Charlotte, Oct., 22. America is
synonymous ' with service," declared
Governor Coolidge in an address here
yesterday brimful of allusions to the
honor and dignity of work. , He said
he spoke of service in the spiritual as
well as the material sense, and con -
tinucd: "That people" will fail which
devotes itself exclusively fo the ac
cumulation of wealth and which
makes property the chief end of man.
That people will become strong and
vigorous whose work U measured by
the ideals of right and jusiee and
liberty." '
. The Republican party, he said,
"cherished no - delusions that any
scheme of government or any change
in the organization vof society could
relieve the people from the necessity
of work. The rules of nature cannot
be set aside. Observed they point the
way to success and character." Suc
cessful democracy, he said, can be
achieved only at the price of "con
stant effort." It is a law to disregard
which, he continued, "is to invite d
structionand anarchy" and to ob
serve, which, is to "develop power and
government." . '
The American people, the governor
went on, have always exalted -labor,
whether of the' head or hand. The old
Europe, he said,' sharply differentiat
ed between its people and established
their rank and social position by the
kind ' of work performed. "We shall
have no such artificial standard here"
he said. "To us the tiller of the soil
and the skilled mechanic are measur
ed by the same regard as are the doc
tor, or lawyer, or banker. ' We de
mand that each of us shall 'o his work
and do it with all his skill and might
and energy. And we can demand
promptly in return thaj; the conditions
under which the work is done shall be
fair and decent, with adequate re
ward for accomplishment." v
WOULD PLANT MISSIONS
Washington, Oct 22 Theplantinfi
of strong missions in the large cities
in charge of capable men is advocated
in a report to the convention of the
Lutheran ehurch ,
BEGINS BASEBALL PROBE
Chicago, OctJ 32. The grand jury
began inquir into baseball pools.
. - (
Eleven indictments against baseball i
players and gamblers will be voted on
today and reported to the criminal
co art. - . -.. ' .
BUILDING TRUST PUT OFF
New York, Oct. 22. The legisla
tive committee investigating alleged .
building trust adjourned until Nov. 4
to give the council a chance to study
the evidence obtained In the raids,
CONDEMNS HOARDING
Washington, .Oct. 22-The bank
ers association today condemned the
speculative hoarding in agricultural
and other industries. , ,
GOOLK
SPOKE
ATTEMPT ON LIFE
OF KING ALEXANDER
' Rome, Oct., 22. Th phytic
tern attending the Greek Kinft
Alexander, tatoj that the mon
kpy Vhich bU the king wa auf-
' faring from rabies, artificially in
qculated in order to aatastinate
the Greek monarch.
SAYS ELBERT GARY
HEAD OF STEEL CORPORATION
v BELIEVES CONDITIONS
ARE GOOD.
EUROPE. IS RECOVERING
New York, Oct. 22, Elbert H.
Gary, head, of the United State
Steel Corporation, said, in an ad
dress here today, that business
prospects were . unusually bright,
both in the United States and
abroad.
He admitted that prices had been
outrageously high, but the present
tendency was toward a lower and
fairer relative basis, '
, In Europe,1 he said, conditions
were rapidly assuming a more nor
mal aspect' and only the determina
tion of the people in this country
to reject pessimism was needed for
a general .betterment to be imme
diately apparent.
TO WOMEN'S KISSES
Etampes,' France, Oct. 22. The
victory of Sadi Lecointe'in the air
plane races for the Gordon Bennett
Cup was very popular, every one on
the fluid, whether American, British
j ov French, joined in cheering
the
!, winner
One young Woman, however, seat
ed in fin open car alone, wore a dis
idt'fleed Expression on her preety face.
She was Madame Lecof nte. Slightly
ill she had been unable to join in the
crowds that mobbed her victorious
husband as he landed and which was
impeding his' progress toward the au
tomobile in which his wife was seated.
Madame Lecointe grew angrier as the
moments passed: ,.
"The brutes," she exclaimed, and
pointed to the surging crowd. Six or
seven, women were trying to kiss Sadi
at the same time.
SEARCH FOR BRINE
' ; IN DREWES MURDER
.. Philadelphia, Oct. '22. -A nation
wide search is being made for Will
iam FT Brine, University of Pennsyl
vania freshman, charged with the
murder of Elmer C. Drewes, a Dart
mouth College student. . ;
BANKERS CONDEMN
RECENT ATTACKS
Washington, Oct. 22,-Discussion
by the American Bankers Association
of criticism by the Comptroller of
the Currency against certain New
York banks results in the adoption by
the association of resolutions .con
demning: as "dangerous attacks" by
unnamed individuals on the credit
structure of the nation.
DISARMAMENT IS
COUNCIL DISCUSSION
Brussels, Oct. 22. The organiza
tion of an international court of jus
tice and the subject of general dis
armament was discussed by the coun
cil of the League of Nations today.
v '' ' '
BRIG, GEN BIDDLE
TO RETIRE DECEMBER 1
Washington, Oct. M. Brigadier
General John Biddle, commander of
the American troops in England dur-
1 ing the war, will be retired at his own
. n , 'Ml s , -.
re.ue" on "ecemoer i, :
three years' service,
POPE ISSUES CALL. "
Rome, Oct 22. As a result of the
war the Vatican is impoverished and
Pope Benedict has appealed to Spain,
Latin-America and the United States
for aid. '
The Knights of Columbus order is
, reported to have promised a million
'dollars. v '
LORRIES ATTACKED. '
Cork, Oct. 22. Two were killed
and five wounded when one hundred
Sinn Feiners ambushed the military
lorries near here. '
PROSPECTS
BRIGHT
m
OBJECTS
REFERENDUM
ON -CLOSING SCHOOL
HUNGER STRIKER '
'AGAIW BEING FED
. London, Oct. 22. Lord Mayor
MacSwiney, in hii momenta of
i?.eliiium, being fed by prison
authorities.
Liquid foods are continued to
be administered' to him and are
being absorbed in his system',
T
Nish, Serbia, Oct. 22. Sanitation
and preventive medicine are the most
important needs of Serbia today,
, With, the approach of cold weather
the country will be called upon to
combat her old enemy, typhus. Am
erican and foreign relief organiza
tions will aid the Serbian authorities
in this work.
, Human conservation is one of Ser
bia's great problems. War and dis
ease have sadly depleted the popula
tion, Bofora the war the birtljrata
of Serbia was higher than her death
rate.,, Ih spite of the inroads of epi
demics, her population was increasing
at ihe rate of 85,000 a year. Now it
is decreasing. Bereft of her man
power and with her women and chil
dren organically wasted, the question
of population to till the aoil and build
up the country is a most serious one.
F
Berlin, Oct, 22. Discoveries of
new gold fields in different parts of
Russia are reported by a German
trade journal, ,
In Buchara (Afghanfrontier) on i
the upper waters of the Amu-Darya
'and' its tributaries, rich placerTgold
deposits are ; reported to have been
located and further successful pros
pecting has been made on the Safeti-
Darya and Yatchan.
Placer-gold has also been discov
ered in the Ussuri district in the linen
Basin (Eastern Siberia).
In several other parts of Siberia
prospectors have lately found not
only placer-gold but rich gold-bearing
quartz, say the reports.
POSSES SEARCHING
FOR BANK BANDITS
Cleveland, Oct, 22. Posses are to
aay searching for tha remaining ban
dits who held up, and robbed the
Cleveland Trust Company and escap
ed after a battle wih the officials of j j
the bank.
One bandit was killed and three
thcrs wounded and captured.
Four escaped after the wounded
four civilians.
Fifty thousand dollars of the booty
has been recovered.
ERITAIN IS FACING
A POLITICAL CRISIS
London, Oct. 22. Britain is re
ported to be faced with a political
as well as industrial crisis as a result
of the. miners' strike.
Premier Lloyd George has con
sulted with his cabinet in an effort
to find a basis of settlement.
GUILTY OF MANSLAUGHTER
Gray, Ga., Oct. 22. Charles N.
Hudson, a driver of the automobile
which killed Miss Drusilla Develin,
was found guilty of involuntary man
slaughter and given a sentence of
one year in the state farm. , -
TODAY'S TOBACCO MARKET
Sales on the local tobacco market
today were again light, with prices
gradually climbing, some grades
reaching the high mark'of $81 per
hundred. All warehouses advise the
marketing of tobacco more freely, as
the buyers are all anxious for more
tobacco. -The better grades are sell
ing high, compared with prices they
have been bringing' this season, while
the lower grades show very good ad
vances.
Below we give figures for a
few piles noticed on the floor today
Harrison and Ruffin, 50c, 55c, 56c.
Ruflin and White, 49c, 50c,. 65c,
Several other 'piles fold equally as
high.,. V ;. '., ,
The residence of Mr. E. L. Daneh-
tridge is about completed and will!
soon be ready for occupancy. i
YPHUS
PROBLEM
CONFRONTS
SERBIA
GOLD
DEPOSITS
010
RUSSIA
LETTERS
PARENTS OF PUPILS IN GRADES
FROM SECOND TO ELEVENTH
ARE THREE TO ONE AGAINST
THE CLOSING OF THE GRADED
SCHOOLi 334 DEFINITE ANS
WERS RECEIVED.
. Answering a petition to close
the Tarboro graded school for one
month, so that the children might
id in picking cotton, a referen
dum letter was sent out yesterday
to the parents of( all pupils in the
grades from the second to eleyenth
grades. Letters could not he got
ten ready in time to Send to the
parents of the first-grade pupils.
When the replies were received
this morning the superintendent
discarded all those that did not an
swer definitely either "yes or no,"
as to the closing of the school.
There were 334 definite answers,
of which number 77 were in favor
of closing and 257 opposed to the
closing.
In the lower grades, out of, 279
answers, 64 were in favor of elos
ing the school and 215 svpainst
closing,
' In the high school, out of 55 an
swers, 13 were in favor of closing
and 42 opposed to closing school..
Expressing these figeree in per.
centagest
In lower grades, 22.9 per cent
were in favor of closing.
In lower grades, 77.1 per cent
were against closing.
In high school, 23.8 per cent
were In favor of closing.
In high school, 76.4 per cent
were against closing.
LADIES ATTEND
CONETOE MEETING
Mr". W. O. Howard made the prin
cipol address at the meeting held in
the school house, Conetoe, at three-
l-thirty yesterday afternoon, and a
very good crowd, including many la
dies, were present.
Capt. Paul Jones and Mr. Henry
C. Bourne also made short talks, im
pressing t!ie ladies with the necessity
of registering.
After the speaking all the ladies
who had hot registered did so as the
registrar was in the hall. , '
About fifty ladies altogether have
registered In that precinct- j
WOMAN ARRESTED
IN PLATINUM THEFT
V New York, Oct. 22. Florence Wei
ler was arrested today, charged with
being implicated in the theft of plat-
num from the War Department.
SIX POLICEMEN
IN WHISKEY RING
Chicago, Oct. 22. Federal war
wants have been issued for six police
men charged with complicity in the
whiskey ring.
5,600 BALES COTTON
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Earle, Arkansas, Oct 22. The
Earle Compress Company's plant and
five thousand six hundred bales of
cotton were destroyed by fire which
started simultaneously In several sec
tions of the building.
The damage is estimated at six
hundred thousand dollars.
A MAMMOTH CAKE.
Eight hundred eggs, thirty pounds
of flour and sixty-five pounds of su
gar were among the ingredients used
to make a mammoth cake which was
presented to the founder it the San
Francisco local of the United Com.
mercial Travelersat the recent silver
jubilee celebration of that organiza
tion. The cake was thirteen feet in
circumference and weighed 364
pounds. ' '
COV. COX IN N. J. . .
James M. Cox is to carry his cam
paign into New Jersey today, begin
ning at Trenton this forenoon and
concluding with a speech in Jersey
City tonight. -
Waterway Commission Meets.
The' International Joint Commis
sion on the proposed Improvement f
the St Lawrence river, to form a
deep waterway outlet from the ureat
Lakes ia to begin a two-day hearing
In Cleveland today.
AILS FOES OF -
LEAGUE NATIONS
GOVERNOR COX CHARGES HIS
OPPONENT WITH
: REACTIONISM.
TAFT OR JOHNSON WRONG
Enroute with Gov. Cox, Oct. 22.
Governor Cox is campaigning
through New Jersey today, flaying
his opponent for reactionism and
wobbling on the vital Issue of the
campaign the League of Nations.
"It is the League of Nations or
no league; everyone who is against
the league is against me," reiterat
ed the governor to a" crowd who
came from afar to hear him retal
iate on the assertions made by
Elihu Root and Senator Harding.
"With ex-President Taft assert
ing that Senator Harding would
cause the ratification of the treaty,
if elected, and Hiram Johnson, of
California, assuring his hearers
that Senator Harding would reject
the league, with or without reserva
tions, it is very certain that tJf16'
faft of Johnson is wrong.
"If Senator Harding has not giv
en assurance to both men then his
declarations are so ambiguous that
Taft has interpreted them one way
and Johnson another. Has he mis
led both, or is he (Harding) so
weak that he is being mislead?"
THREATEN STRIKE
THROUGHOUT MEXICO
Mexico City, Oct, 22. A nation
wide strike is threatened in Mexico
as the result of a controversy over
the strike of the dock workers.
HARDING WILL REST
DURING NEXT FOUR DAYS
Marion, Oct. 22. The Republican
candidate has had so strenuous a trip
through the east that he has returned
home to rest for four days before he
makes a short swing through Ohio,
thus closing his campaign.
BRITISH SOCIETY CRAZE
FOR THINGS SPANISH
London, Oct. 22. A society erase
for things Spanish seems to be. immii
nent in England. Two Spanish plays
are running in London and Spanish
singers and dancers are in great de
mand. Many fashionable women are
wearing the high Spanish comb and
one sees tentative attempts at the
mantilla, or mantilla effects. All the
new fashionable dances are said to
show distinct leanings toward Span
ish interpretation.
RESPOND TO CALL
Capt Paul Jones spoke to two or
three hundred people of Pinetpps and
vicinity flast night in the moving pic- v
ture tent, which had been bought out
for the night by the earnest and pa-.
triotlc men of that town in order that
the women might hear the message
calling them into the political fold.
In his usual humorous way, Capt.
Jones made a rattling good speech,
forcefully portraying the duty of the
women to vote and the utmost need
for them to do so.. Finally he called
for a show of hand of all those whi
had registered, and it was found that
already seventy-five out of a possible
125 were registered. Then with the
call for hands of those who would
register lt appeared that rcnetops
will have one hundred per cent of her
women on the books, before tomor
row." .-'"'" '..'''", '
It was a fine audience, very enthu
siastic when certain phases of Capt
Jones' speech appealed to them, and
withall it was an earnest and attrac
tive crowd, notwithstanding a good
picture had been cut in two in order
to permit Capt. Jones to speak. That
ordinarily would have made an audi
ence displeased, but not so in Pine
tops, for the women there apparent
ly have made up their minds to do
their duty. '
TODAY'S EVENTS.
. P William J. Hutchliur will be
tonally installed today. as president
of Berea (Ky.) College. '
' Prince University today will ob
serve the beginning of its 175th year.
ASS
PIETOPS
MEN