North Carolina Newspapers

■ I . • DUNN FAIR OCTOBER 12, 13, 14, 15, : : : : PREPARE AN EXHIBIT lHHOTHE DUNN OISPATCH a Volume VII Dunn, North Carolina, September 28, 1920, Number ^9 UUMIN RECOVERS ITS CALM AFTER A NEAR RIOT Crowd Wanted Page For Alleged Brutal ity MAYOR PROMISES FULL INVESTIGATION Chief of Polico Arrested And I« To Be Tried In Lillington wWi!h £u>: n-1' by SberiiT , 'V Turlington’s entire force of deputies Dunn passed * quiet Tuee d»y night d. spite the many wild .u f'rculetcd to the effect that a mob or Haminunian* would letorn f p° r” *2 ■*u*"'pt to run Chief j>f Police V. S. Page out of town for Ida .Meged brutal atsault upon Knoch wllnon while he was unde, arrest hu/uVaSo* We‘P0,‘ C°nrw“rd ‘» Twice Wilson’s friends came to town Monday afternoon to demand ?■** * dismissal, and Tuesday morn 1%^i**,o Whf* *a>0T J Lloyd Wade d Ms Board of ( ommitsioiirrii were ifolng to do about it Beyond the as. sorane.- that the board would fully investigate the matter and hold their division until the finding* of the in vestigation were reported the crowd r»en little salisfaction. The oSclala refused to be ruehid or bluff ~ «ciu»n iino took *r*ry »r«cAuUon lo Ku*H the j.*ac< • rxl dimity of th* town und to nre vent ftrriou* troobU. Whrti the mob made it* Mpprar amt- Monday afternoon Mayor Wade communicated with Governor Bick Mt, making tkat troop* be held in raa dinej* to corn* to Dunn in the event of troable. Scorn of cilixeni volun leered to guard City Hall and .pent • .?*** P*rt of thr night there By midnight most of those who had come from the country end dispersed, ap parently satisfied with the aasmanrr that th« town would deal justly with all concerned. Tuesday morning Sheriff Turling ton cime lo town with all of his de puties. Ilr and thry remained on guard until thr town wa. quiet lair Into th# night Pag., who had remain ed In town during the trouble against the advice of some of his friends, left late at night for Raleigh, whore he was due lo appear In an aototnobile case the day befoie. Whatever rise may lie said of the chief he certainly *»* not scared away by the threats ***7or Wade has announced that he will carry out hia promise to g.-t at the bottom of thr matter. If Pag* ** guilty of wrong hia rvsignaller will bn askrcl for. If he Is not the town will not submit to any demand that he be dismissed at this time. Such is thr determination of town officiate. In nuking this announcement May or Wade also expressed his thank, for and appreciation of the fine spir it shown by the cooler heads among both town and country people With" out their counsel it is probable that oerious harm would have come to many. He wants justice done tn all but point, out that justice cannot come through mob violence. He re alises that the crowd thought it had ■ just grievance, but that the justice of has not yrt been determined. Thr many rumor*—many of them Him ware calculated to inflame tK* friends of young Wilson. The mayor knows this and has desired at all times to deal as leniently as possible with those who came with threats. A warrant chanring assault upon Wilson served by Sheriff Turlington on Paga, who it now umlrr bond lo appear at the next sreaion of the county recorder’s couit in Lillingtoii. Warrants have also been issued for men who arc alleged to have attempt, ed to incite the crowd to Hot. These and all other wrinkles in the situa tion will be ironed out in due time. VIOLENCE NOT FAVORED BY WII.SON'S FAMILY Neither the Wilson’s nor thair close friends arr in sympathy with any ef fort to cause rioting in Dunn, it was xiaicu couay oy jcir rinni.n wil »on, great unde of Enoch Wtleon and anoc-iated with John Rob Bag gett a» private counwl for the proac cution of Page in the cane now pend ing again it him far the alleged a* vault on the boy. "Our nole dcaire,” tald the lawyer, "la to eec Juxtice done We do not favor the mob aplrit. We are confi dent the law will protect the right* of tho people and wc are willing that It take it* courw." Thin view, Mr. Wil ton aaid, I* the urn* a* that of the boy'r father, a reeported and well to rlo Sampaon county farmer, end all the cooler -headed relative* and friend* of the young man TENTH OF NATION LIVES IN THREE CITIES Final Cantu* StaUttle* Expected Ta Shaw Oaa-Quartae Dwell in €7 Cemxnunttiea Wa*hfnKton, Sept 27.—About one-tenth of tho people of the United State* live in the rifle* of New York, Chicago and Philadelphia, while more than one.quarter live In ilvty-eight eltlek having a population of 100,000 or more, final itatietio of the four teenth retteua are exported to *how. The throe eltlei with population* of 1,000,000 or more—New York, Chicago and Philadelphia—have a combined population of 10,146,621, •bowing an increaee of 1,044,337, or about lfi.fi per rent. In the ten year* eincr 1010. Citki having 600,000 to 1,000,000 have Inrreaaad from flee In 1010 ta nine thl* year, Detroit, Lo* Angelea, Ban FreiwUco, and Buffalo having advanced Into Uii* claw. There we* a net Increaee of two In the eltlae of the 260,000 to 800. 000 rla** with a total of thirteen, al though aix rtUeU advanced into thle rlaiedflration. They ar* Kanaan City, Ma., Seattle, Indianapolis, Rochcater, Portland, Ore., and Denver. BILLIONS SAVED 1 BY PROHIBITION; So Says Governor Milli ken of Maine in An Address Waahington. Sept. 21V—Prohibi tion »a.. entiled with producing a i saving of two billion dollar, for the] nnr iiia In lh» last year hy Governor I Millikan, of Malna. in addresaing the' doing sea-ion tonight of the fif-1 irenth International Congress Agum-t Alcohol rm. “Prohihitinn." hr deflated, “hasl made mn-t kind, of kasin'vi better: anil haa injured no legitimate busi ness rar.'pt that of the undertaker. | “The three outstanding results of ( prohibition,” he declaim!, “aie the saving of about two billion dollars of ' wa«ti m expenditure, a tremendous . inrrpajc in the alTieienry of tabor and j a startling decrease In crime with its . attendant poverty and wretchedness , Neat Generation Untainted ''From thr standpoint of practical j government, however, the most im , portent rontiibutlon that piohlbitton : has made to the welfare of the nation i ia to be found in the simple fact that a new generation will he growing up jntnintrd by the )i<|U»r habit and un- ' nsmpertd by the renditions of «qus- ' lor and wretchedness which the liqu- j or habit has imposed upon no manyi* thousand innocent children In the |«st. "The »upi»mr aipor-lance of pin. slihiiicin lies in the fact that it civet,, the averace bey and jri) in America |. •i b'*uei chance to mow up into a! wnviraumv, ouu man Amen can cilitcn, and becauar ihe very e*. iatcncc of our form of grtvrrnmvnt , depend* upon the development of ( :bnt tort of eilnu.*n*hip in the com.ng j jrcnrratiun, prohibition i* entitled lo t rmnW a* one of '.hr great safeguard* of national life M Wiped Oat Drink Bill Referring tc ihe economic bene fit* of prohibition. Governor Mllllkrn declared that the ruiton’i drink bill formerly amnuoied to two billion dol- J lari annually, and thir money, he ile- . dared, now find* it* way into the noimal channel* of legitimate trade. 1 ”Tht* gr.irera. the clothier*, amuse- . menl proprietor* and the bunk.*.” he * added, “aie getting the raon<r that 1 formrilj wont for drnk. Hotel* that fancied th< m>elve» dependent on lire J liquor bavlneat arc doing the beat ; buftineae In their hiatory without it” J CLYDE HOEY OPENS i CAMPAIGN IN DUNN * FOR DEMOCRATS * Tells of States Progress1! Under Democratic j1 Party j ATTRIBUTES GROWTH ■ TO GOOD GOVERNMENT , Talk, of Revaleatiom And The Effort . To Ho Ip Peo PU t North Carolina ha* made wonder- j ful strides under the gvod govern ment given the Statr l>y the Demo erotic poiiy in the lost twenty yeoro, it wos pointed out Tuesday night by j R. Hoey, Congressman, of . Shelby, when he spoke before 400 . mm and women voters in Ihe Metro- j politan Theatre hen. Mr. Hoey iwiewed lh« progress | 'hat he* eome to the old common- I wealth i!rn the dty when Charli.v II- Aveock ushered In the era of on- I lijrhtmcnt in '. hove sun No th Caro- < lira ha* basked for two decs h a. Mar i relott* It had been in eveiy line of . mats rial endeavor. Illiteracy was br ing wiped out, disease wa, being ban ished, land values hnd gone up. ag ricaltoral production had muitiulird ‘ manifold, industrial activity had in frtihfffl until f arnlina e'.itml nru ■ Ikn top of thr list in many manufactur- . iptt activities. All of th.s had come with thr low ed In* rave of the nation. It coat a North Carolinian lota for hi/ govern ment than Ihe citiaen of any other Pin to pay*. he declared Meantime t'.tr State had paid Into tho Federal I t va.ury from taxer on lu tobacco, 1 rxccia profit/ ami incomet more mo- i ncy than all other Southern State* i combined. Piotperity that had come to thr ' State waa in a large measure doe to , it a government and the governmen tal arthritic*. Scientific farming it , taught by the State, at wall aa ia in- < du/lrial engineering. School* and col- i lege* are fottcml and supported by , the State government and ft is from , these that tho foundation of thia great progress waa formed. I In every activity of Ufo the State , government toucher |u people. For tunately thr govrrnmcnt under the Democratic party haa liven good. ; Program ha* folfowcd. Mr. Ilony spoke at length about the revaluation act, pointing out the , Democratic party waa making an bon- , •tt effort to make evory action ahare , hit Just hunlen of the governmental , expenaoa, In the beginning the Re- ) publican* piofcaned to ba with thorn ] in tho matter. They had drrlaicd for such a syztem a* the Democrat* have adopted. They helped to adopt, but | ■Inc* It* adoption they arc trying to I mUlead the people that It if wholly i Democratic meaaure and therefore an , evil thing. Revaluation mty have tome fault*, , h* pointed out, but It ha/ none that | cannot bo remedied and it I* belter to continue to trust thr party that id honoatly trying to do th* boat for the state than one that ia concerned only in destroying everything Uir Drmo IcraUe party hat done. I Mr Hocy dlaresard aatlonal m*e> and paid glowing tribute to the ad 'ministration of Woodraw Wilaon. His hearer* lietanad with fin* at-1 Motion to hit addrea* and received! rt with much anthusiaam. He waa gra tlfied M mi to many women out and NEGROES CARRIED TO STATE PRISON FOR SAFEKEEPINC Wild Ride From Smith field Saves Seven Prisoners SHERIFF-' MADE MMMILE RECORD IN 40 MINUTES Pursued By Angry Citia.as, Baal Oa Lynching Sh.riff Massey Lanas Prisoner* I New* anti Observer.) Breaking all the law* ihnt have >rt n pa*vd u. regulate tha driving •' •otomhilia. Sheiiff Massey of inhnrlon county drove the 30 miles ieiween Kafri,;h and Smithfkdd in 0 mtn-itc* |a;r Friday night, bring ng will him wv.-n r.agroes to save h»m from a crowd of auycral harv trod angry citisens who had fath- , rv«l in SmithAold with threats of . ynrh.ng. The negroes, charged with , nth inciting a race riot, were placed n Ihc Stair Prison for safekeeping r'iday. , Fo. a distance out of Smithllcld the hre« high-powcrral automobile* com- I nand.-ered by the vherlTf ware pur- | uod by membrr* uf the crowd, but | i.ng boftnv he reached Raleigh h« lid -ihaken them off. After tha party rrived here several auu>moilca drove nto the city, wev. sounds of pistol j i, e on thi road lcwtlim; to Snithlifld. t could nut be Mdvcrtfcinrd whether I hoy wore of iK>- naraainif I ontingent- i Shot Out Deputy's Eye The arven negroe* were arrested i nurtly after midnight ycatmday nomii.i* following the shooting of i i I*. Ma.*<engiil. who had volunteer- i d In go with officer* to the eirru* i ’'ound* to help put down disorder , preart ng ajirr an altercation ba »'Cen a nstro atai h white mar.. Ma»- , enj-ill'i r.ght ryo war shot out. and , hi- oir.rom returm-d the fire, severely .■ founding one n«gio. Ilnth men ware i i ought to Ra'i igti early yetterday ( or medics! attention. Uurimr the day yeaterday there , rere threats of violence, both on ; hr part of negroes, who declared heir Intention of attacking Ute jadji ml l-berating the »<vcn prisoner*, i nd un the part of friend* of Masvn ili who wnr intent upon lynching ■ e negroes Last night at 0 oclock ponderable crowds gathered on the | tieet* of Smithfield, the member* ‘ ring, it IS said, mostly from IngTam I rwnahip, where Masecngill lieea ‘ hen. were open threats of violence, rom both white* and blacks. I Mob Cave Chase Fuseful of eertoaa trrwbtwwwf the oeaibihty of racial outbreak. Sheriff "a*»e> mails preparation to remoee itr ntgroe* to Raleigh. Committment1 •apei's lo the Wnkr rounly jail wete* mini liy Judge K A. Ilruoka, of the ohnatnii recorder’s court, nod three i wift automobile* held in rcadincaa I or the trip. The crowd falling mo teniarily quiet between 11 and 12 o’- i lock the negior* were taken from he jail and the trip begun Within i vi minute* the new* of the depar ure rpnaH 'hrnup.h the throng gath- i tul in thi town, and other automo i ilea act out in pursuit. Forty m.nutc* laid Ute throe auto tnbilcs. two Studebakera and a Peer- I Df*. swung into Payottcvillr' street nd slopped at the ja>|. Some little - e!ay *mm«d imminent in Uansfering he prisoner*, nnd the Sheriff thought i brat not to wait for formalities, wo minutes later he was palling up i ifO'C the great gmtci of the State 'risen and Warden Bus bee was br ig yanked from hi* slumber* Uc aid nn commitment, but he waived uimalitiei and allowed the seven i t fan ft* tiae le* A atvav (ri llin aftl iltljfa f the death chamber, where all pria-1 ncr* for safekeeping are kept. American Legion Has Served Country Well Commander D’Olier Say* Graakaat Service Hat Baca Standing Foe' Law Cleveland, Sept. 27.—The greateot ingle service American legion mom ier* hare rendered their country It heir "virile aland fur tha mainten inre of law and order" Franklin D’ >leir, national Irommander of the American legion, told the aerond an >ual convention of the legion at ite ipcnlng aeaalon here today. "Wr <|uick!y aerved notice In no inrtrtain term* upon thnae wild rndl <ila who would by fmre attempt tu njurc thnee very inatltutlone wr had irked our liven to protect." C ion man let U’Olier aald. "Wc atated plainly we wuro ready or them ar.d could meet their force nth far greater force sufficient to top them inatanUy. "Daring there prewnt daya of un eat and readjustment, the American rgton and the rtand of the ea-ooe dee man fo> law and order la the !raate»l puanibli- nuiaunce pope* our ountry could have, and the only lo re ranee premium the vn-eervice man 'Xpert* in return la limply fair play rom that government with which he me played an fair.” Commander D'Olier aald In part: "Tha rapid growth of the legion itr been phenomenal. Such a thing me never hnppencd hefoie In either hla or any other country. Thin great rrowlh haa been due firm to the fact hat our ideal* a* laid down Isat year ire now proven to be not only right, >ut alao pmcllcal and aacond, to the ipontancoua de»lre of nearly every icleran of the world wm to keep ilive hi* wonderful rpii it of *erviee o hla rnuntry and aerviea to hla com. ra* aurc tbaf ihey would vote right uhan they cant their firat ballot Ihia roar. While In town he waa entertained in the home of N. A. Torwrwend. who Introilurvd him to hi* Tuesday night'* ludicnee. radee, and third, to tha sound and WOMAN CHOSEN TO PRESENT MR. DANIELS AT FAIR Mrs. W. J. Jones, of Sa lemburg Accept* Invitation y.ANY HORSES ENTER FOR BIG RACE MEET Li.’*»n C r**H Lilt]* Poter Are Anoai TrotUnSK"1^ By GoldtW* Mrv W. J. Jonva, hcdl the Pin* and School for Oirla,' mcretary of ha Koanokr and SaleatuiT Kailwny :«m|ian> and an ard^t euffrngixl, rill introduce Josephus Da»i*l*. tec -etary of the navy, wp*ji he apraks ie,c Wednesday, October H> *l the Dunn Fair. Decision a loeite Mr., fonea »M made In a iVarl tnevtlng if the executive cornnfltt**- H,r ac rptanct haa Ju.t been raeeivad by Secretary T L. Rlddla, •* the liar icll County Ag> icultural Fair A no vation. f The choice of llrx. »Jooc« to in. roducr the secretary jin line with hr Fair Aaxori.tien'i 3t*f to make he Dunn event one mgtaentative of hr entire Dunn DltuSk *t wax prompted alao by a ri.Se to rccog die the equality of wtV1 with man n the public affairs ogdw comma ilty. Mrx. Jonra will §m introduced iy Chxrlea Roaa, of Llfpgton. Preparation* for the feP'* opening in Tueaday, October 11 »** going ilong nicely. Elite OaWtrk, oun iraa manager for the »■*"****" ■*’ indau tke> a — a ■■silPahl Kutlrr Brother*, local hardware, urnilure and auaiml instrument lustier*. have cstabllfbtd * large irar.ch nort at Varina- F ■ L. Wilson, o. ftvr year* axsoclatdl with the eon rm bare, Ia manager lie and hit amity have already *DVe-d to their irw home. The new itore will cairy the name lai« of atock at that •fried in the nair atore. hat on a «naU*r scale. The Butler atore b*r* i* one of he laigeat of ill kind in Eastern forth Carolina. Starting « few years hid m the old wooden building in rhich M. F. Gainey did business b* ore hit death, the concern has had ematkablc growth. »-*it year it noved into the large brick building it the corner of Bread Street and Vilaon Avenue. Opening of the new *°v« ,* in line *ith the cohbem'a profremlve policy. Sventually Marion C- Butler, head of he establishment, hop** to have a iranch store in all tb* town* around Junn. \PPEAL IS~MADE TO SISTER CITIZEN Mrs. Biclcett Wants Wo men to Measure Up Under the new order it U as much he duty of the worn*® North Car iltna to vota for the r«nt a* it la to irav 1e*T tks. rishL “^Clirfii Mrs r bo mas Walter Bkk*W' wife of the 'overnoa. in a statement and appeal weed to the woman the State. Though never her**" an advocate if Woman Suffrage, never a be liever that the worn*" of America needed the ballot. Mr*. Bk'kett baa icceptcd the new day. and with It :hr obligatinna that Is with a place n the political Hfe of w« State. She call* upon the wornn " the Stale to be not negligent of ***** duty. The statement in aa fulloese "The women of Worth Carolina bnvs> never failed t* nnarwer every mil to aerviee. "1:1 the rit'.ie*. when the men end (Continued on P*«e 7.) oner I fish leadership * t the little troupe of willing worker* in every community who appreciate ths amount of work nec«*aary to maks a emcees of this groat movement. "To the American legion there is no caat or want, no north or aonth no Jew or Uentlla, no Protestant or Calk die, no capital or labor, no sm tfloys r or employe, a* Republican ei on.-... - every good element *•» Ihc entlrs rountry. It la the nearest attempt a1 orga liming public opinion and wa al know that whan public opinion speak: It sp ake with authority. And so dor Ing I his past year, y*k have playes fslr with every elomest in the Ingisi and have Ulna gained the support o public opinion, and *• the cK»er w stick te aosnd publk opinion, Ih greater will ho our Mrvico to bn country and the beV»r able sec wil bo to look after our comrades need Ing onr help." NEGROES TO VOTE IN THIS ELECTION IF FLANS CARRY l Fvidence Of Intentions Disclosed At Ra leigh FORM A COMMITTEE TO i FOSTER THE CAUSE I SUamn.. Confidant of B.« Majority I <'ot IT.. Omoctali In ( We„ u (Special Cori'wponiicnre I tt„o! <S'*S7JN c- »»PC 27—Adili tionol evid.-nc,. i* dl.clovd hem of the Intention of ncgroci to Hirun morc actively i„ the faction in Nonh Carolina Uiii yo»r than in many ng of the ntgro Re-1 BUhlidw executive committer held I »rf. “ ^eW •(«>* uro th* membenhip I or the commuter w»> inn raced from; ft-Uion to thirty-ftvr. and an addreaal *** prepared to be lasurd to the re i rroea of the now “calling on them UckH”** by **“' E,P'lW‘t-n Of rourac the committee will ex- I pact them to “'.upport” the Rcpubli-I can Itau ticket alao. The new chairman of the nagro' Hrpoblican committee, 8. H. Virh, ia an Old a eg ro Federal oSci holder, oaviag held a pooition n poster actor 0 , • town in thto atate, with a good “•laiT attached, for twelve yean, w.th the election of llarding, Vicki and many oihrra would n.ituially cx-i pect to get the'r unoulr into fhc Fed-1 ,’rml pp'itical meal tub «gain. ' Oatlaak Continura to laiyrmt jl ... ampman, »»o na* jmlli (■turned from a tour that took bim'i nv**' ibr Tenth Congreaaional District j and into n-vvial town* and counties n other wv-trrn districts hung; lid- I >n*t of much joy about the pro.peru \ "• moe ntic tucc*** ir> those ill*- , rietx Ha .ay* lh« party i« lining . •V in t-T-nt shape and that if the Rc ouhlienn* really believe they will be to ta.ry cither of tho*« districts . hey «;t headed for a rough jolt of | d •'appointment !. Mr. Mon ..on, who reluctantly can- | celcd two appointment.-' for last Fri-1 •»y and Saturday becauac of tbt ter-1: 'iblc weather in Aahe and Watauga m • ountlo, will open ha weitern casa-|t paign at Sparta today and carry i through the other appointment, of 11 hia itinerary na Bervtofere announ- 11 cod. _ LbatciuuiPOiirwhor Gardner and Congreaaman flync Hney are the II— ng the wood, in that aectlon alto , SerreUry Daniel* will be heard at! kaheviUe Wtdnctday night, Bulhei-1,) p. m., and Greensboro Friday, 8 p. m.. nf th.« week. Uubett N. Pago, one of I hr on-.n-cisaful candidate* 'nr the gubcraatoi ial nomination, i» .1*0 on the huating* putting in tome good lick, for Morr-.on and the .tale ticket. Thr.c apeak era and othor canvass er* find all apathy flf It ever really »x!st<-d) ho. disappeared among Dcm ktoU, and that we are all not only on* in heait and hand for the whole date ticket, bat there I. a growing admiration for our preaidential non ,n*« among the voter* all over Noith Carolina. Dtyicndahlc report* from llher slate* concerning the fine and , growing popularity and chance* of j Mr. Cox »r« most rca.suring. Why Labor Wool. Dwecr.lk Ceagrose On th* night of November 2d, af ter he has gaffed his figurehead op- j ponent into .ubmisaion, you will hear the victorious rrow of the Democra tic chanticleer give voice to that Cnx ftjrr campaign prediction all over the United Slate*. The Republican (Continued on page 8.) ^umberiana '-»amea in: Population, Cook Says Census Supervisor Calls Atten tion to Parts of Country Be inf Added to Two Others Fayetteville, Sept. 27.— Cumber- ( land county did not lose In popula tion during the Iasi census period. | Judge H. L. Cook, census soporvlsor lor the sixth district, today wrote to] th« director of the census In WaiH ington calling hi# attention to the, fact that the records of hi# office ] show that the population as taken | by the onumemtors Is 36.249. instead of 8S.064 as given out by th# census bureau Saturday. This shows an in crease of 98J over the I BIO figures for the county. But the increase is in reality 'sneer than that. Judge Cook is requesting Ihr cen sun director to call attention, in case a revision of Cumberland's figures are mad* to the fact that since the 1010 census Holtc county has been created, largrly from Cambcrland, while part of one townehip he# bee* added to Harnett county. It is esti mator! that the population taken front Cumberland and added to the ad ja ceht counties will total about 4,6001 This 4,000 subtracted from the 1010 populetton of the entire county gives 81,284 as the total population of the territory now comprising Camber-1 land rounty. Supervisor (look's fig-1 ores for the present population are >0,299, showing an actual Increase of 4,0*It. This le on Increase of 18.7 per cent, e very vredltable showing. Judge Cook stated today that ev ery township in tho county showed s gain with the exception of two Car ver's Creek end Kockfi*h Wight de rremsee in these twe townships are ae I counted for by tho fact that large ' lumber m-tt# which operated there before 1910 have bee.i closed down after #• *>ing sp all material and per • sons employed by these industries ’ hove gloved elsewhere compared with 628.000 1*«< r ■■ ■ ~ September 0«h vuj celebrated ' throughost California a* tho eovoa ■ tieth Mnnlvcrsary of the admission af that state to the union. U. S. TO REJECT JAPS PROPOSAL Officiale Decline To Dis cuss The Situa- ^ tion Washington, Sep*. 27—Adminis ration i.flT.rials continue In decline to dl'L’utfv for publication uny of tho ^ phases of vlic negotiation* with Ja pan trowing out of the proposed an- _ ti-Japanese land law in California. 1 bo: the Imp c-aainn has gone oat that a nrupoml from Tokio that the ques tion, be refcirod to a joint actnmls • ion for ibiutinn would be unarri-p« [bit. The coiiYcr.atinii'i repaid rg the ‘ 'alifmnui law which h.ive In er. gnii.g 1 >n between Amh.nuado: fOiil-fcnrn ■ if Japan, and state d:-|>r -Imer.t offs n •’it » aiv continu.pg n -d jo far ai ha- -< >v* r. learned the proposal fur a joint j •Cl.-minaicr. ha. lint been fo roa.ly icinnaunicatc.l lo Washington by tha y| lap.ire-, eoi crmncnL ll ••'hat prc.jreA*. if any, has bi rn p nade In ihe negotiations has not been c iiscloiad. The attitude of, the state « k part men; is dcsciitit-J as one ealeu t atid to prcY«»t the development of j i fcilli.g of alarm >n tha United i'.atas that might approach avan ap- 3 iroximalely that which appear* to b, u trowing in Japan. r, Co: flirting opinions *f both Amcr- ) can nnd Japanese authorities on In- *| •motional law arc sold to have made ha task of the state department of "I li'ials and the Japanese ambaasadoi -1 r.orc diClcoll. Proponcats of the Cali- J nrv.ia law -ay that California is rn si cling a menu:: bai-ring the Japa .«« in this county any rights or pri- * ileges which arc not refused by Ja- v ■near iov iv^raFr.v*nr id JRpio. Jape-. rofitendk that the California ■«'. which l.» to be voted on in No ■ mb or, is discriminatory becauw il or* not opply to all foreigner! alike ij docs the Japanese law Thu suit t/I iid hat boen made in Tokio that ilu-r th.' law .*i enacted it be lotted n the United State* supreme court itme Japanese authorities oa inter laiional law doubt that thii would >< rlTrrlive in the atate fraakiy that h' propored California law conflicts icithc r with tha conaritation nor with hc terms of th* American-Japancm reaty. 3EAR MOVEMENT PUTS KING COTTON 1 ON TOBOGGAN - t rlctW" SeU'me Cauaet fhe-IWirfcrt To ’ - DEDUCTIONS HAVE HAD BAD EFFECT ON MtlCE \utansobile Manufactu tr Start* Th* Downward Swing Ut Commodities Alexander ypront ft Sons hare ia >urd the followinpr letter: Ax war indicated in our letter of ast week, a somewhat more hoprfu' one in Certain direction! lad to more >r lc*» e icvering in the market and ailh a storm threatened the carl; rail «*f the week price* advanced u i bans of 26 1.2c for Drr*mb*r. The •ecevery (Jmvod abort lived. Th* idv-tncc i nrounterrd no mnrh telling 'rom the south that operator* brramc ■cn.'inrrd the advance had cuhninal •d and a selling movement idarti-d ihut broke near position* over 2c car rylri? lH-ci-whor on Thursday In 2t.il' l»i- v. ithin a few point* of the low Irv cl reached on the receipt of the lad liun-au. The market appeared quit* helf loa*. It is true a great <'.<•*■ of the cotton redd in believed *.o be of * speculative character on account of W»l| Street and Western Interests. rotion beiitfr avid on the theory that with a decline in com to below n dol lar a bushel, with the Ford Company •tailinit drastic ieductions in the Site of automobile! and th* Amos, cat; Company making a cat of 33 1-3 per cent in the prire of roitor gooJx, There wa* nothing but lover r price* in »tore for raw material. On the decline, It became evident that scale bovine O der* in dlftanl po* (inn* wr* a decided feature. Ai b r * j 11 while near meathe lost al on* lime over 2 I-4e, March coa trart* showed a decline of leu the 1 l-2c. The selling movement seemed to he centered in October and De rimber as those positions were rela tively (be Vghcel. A sharp break M> the prlre of spot rot ion in Texas as dated th* downward movement. Cot Lon i« opening rapidly in that por tion of the belt -asnl weighs on the maiket by reason of the fact I hat Lhv actual spot demand t» in r.o degree agg.'eewivo. Ae a more general move ment of new cotton will be oadrrwa) In all scctinra of the belt and trade road'tionv are anything bat hnpoful it is txtemely difficult to proven; 0(11**11 erlce*. I-itereet In th" forthcoming One erement Report on October 2nd. the last condition report of the sn-on, wilt soon become u fart nr. A private v«t*maiv isMied on Thursday pieced the condition at *».•. The aoarec of this report I* of rach a vi at ic rbamrivr and In neer.t year* ha* ap rxlmatrd the Govemimnt so dost* that than* i« Httlo doubt that the Govrrnment figures will indicate such a drastic reduction ia the >;•* hahlc yield that this year will fall under (he head of a small rather than a large crop year thus making thr sin'll in success ion. Rat foi the time novc attention it heing paid to inflasneee affecting consumption rather than the question of supply. The tabor ittuatloa throughout the world io anything hut settled. Hoth Italy and Rug land hare dlalurbaner* that prevent bustafw going on m anything like a normal fashion. If U not surprising that ex port* to date are only SM.MO hula* HARNETT WOMEN ENTER POLITICS AT BIG MEETING Womans Club Will Serve Dinner On Wed nesday ALL NEW 'DEMOCRATS INVITED TO LILLI NOTON Thousands Exported To At tend And Take Part Ie Proceedings Mi’uilxv* of :bu Womsn'ii Club of 'ini’ mill rrve dinner to the big ■inwd exp. I Led at the Democratic a •>' In Isn tv 1-dflc*day —to* nnc ow. Vrejwration* are bring made o emertsln at least 5.6110 people, It f mid. Thu will mark the entrance of famett women in politic*. Although h*r* Vert Irw who cared for the •allot end none who made afi active impairs for suffrage, the women I'C rl-vply Interested »nw and are >rrp»rinf to cast a big rotr in Aw uming...-lei tion. Ckar.es Rum, chairman of the Oe nuc.u'.ic Executive Committer, took* o the women to make Barnett safe dr Dtmocrncv this year. Ur expects V m to greatly Incrraav the Do ma ns tie majority m the county. I. It .Williams has mailed ta ovary lemocrmJr woman in this cml of the ounty an urgent Invitation to attaad he rally. Hundreds tie uxpected ta craps. Every person who attends the rsllv ■ miu rated la carry a beakaL Bar ren* will be furnished by tba com nitti-r, but It l« intended ta have a ask cl picnic al*o. Clyde R. H**jr, eongumata*. of keiby. will be ihc principal masker f the occasion. Ha will go to LU1 log on from Dunn where ha spake ta itgrbL 3ox Following Ideas That Bryan Preaches lay. Ha Would Hava Support ad Bryaa If LaMar Had Omaha. -Nab., Sept. *T.—Cararaar ‘on. Democratic practical la I aaadl ■ta. tonight gave oat a atatamaat ■at ha wauld have aappeatod Will im J. Bryan far ihg presidency had ta ‘ former arerctary of atau haan .omlnatM and added that he «u ' lutuiiit picataiu .ideal gassed nirirtmUun of Attorney General 'almtr ami Postmaatar Gcaaral Bur :aon, was expressed by Governor 'ox in addressing a large audience >t ihe «ad*torHtm where a strenuous ■ebranka rampa'^n wra cloud Thu D-m->eeetic prca'dentlai can di late said i til a.though he believed .»• iv.u cabinet ofllcan bad perfotm ■I the *- dtiticr “whole hrartodly" led r.crr «.m.cM'nliou( men. he >lld o: indone matter* in both th -1r nd vtoi»;.*tioni. No ipecifie alf.-iir* were T.tod b,- th' governor. Governor (l«k replied to several lacht'oii* published in a local news 's r. a repetition largely of past ex perience* of the candidate with wta rn apposit on ptea*. In rwponav ta ■ qua-t'cif hi 1C as to whether ha in ’orseJ the Palmar and Durluaoa ad n .littral ons, tho governor replied: “1 :ert<d :n rnngreat with Doth of h w irr.’.tb men. 1 know them to be liyinn tint, c'-nwientiouj men and K-li* v* th-1 tbri' administration* vcrc whole hearivtlly p'-fosseed. Taf hvic are matters in both of thrlr ad ninistrationa whieh 1 do not indotve. Neither did I indorse the policy of ‘rank V. tchcock a* poatmaatrr grn al Mr. nilchcuek, yon will remem j'T, i< the gentleman who ran the vad roller over Rooacvcll in tho eon .’v.atlon of 11'12, and organ I and th* outturn delegates in 1OT0 for Gen . .1 VVV-d “N her do I endow the adminis tration of Philander C. Knox, a* at torney general. Mr. Knox, while an Sl« ji «t. ia ona of tho foromoit eartioi eric* in the United Staten and V.i d-civon# were colored biy hi* per ‘.isaa-S p. Tb>* i« merely a matter of I .'frm e ia personal opinion* and pci tail.* to thing* that belong to pad dmin'rtratloaa. Tho govoinot’o epeech bore wa* ho lith In Xcbia*Lu today, aao of .he boniest of hi* «c-otero trip. In all he itroared the league of aatiena, from a moral viewpoint and olao the mate, ial intern* .a of Ncbiaabana. l.ote lodey he rpoko to a large crowd at Lincoln in the auditorium and un overflow gathering outride. THIRTIETH DIVISION IS GATHERING IN ASHEVILLE Hundred* of Vc'orao* Retooling To The Poiaoo* "Old Hickory" Uoit Arm Aliuudiug Reuulai. A»V*d!le. St-r*. H,—Hind ed* of member* of Ike doth d hr talon arrived heir today for the accord annual re union of the famor.4 “Old Hiekory" unit of tho A. K. Y.. which hi accie dtted with the breaking of the Ilia, dtnbutg lint, and w.tv gfc eg a royal welcome by the committee* and peo ple of tho city. In on interview today. Col. H. B. Spring*, praaidont of tb. brvldoa 00 aoc.atToe, mid: "Thu welcome of year eitifiJt:* i« nv worm a* the ray* of tho &.m* of the awn weir d re wed ia khaki; toario were clad la “cita," aomo walked, aome rod*, aad wa* limped. I The bonorahle wwond* that placed three ooldhrn on crntcho* nerved te bring from there who witaoom 4 them a kindly, admiring maile, for tho peo ple regai ded tho «t«mfl«d log*, tho arm lew riccvca, aad the fra Vchea aa mule token* of tacrtflee. Tho oMctal program open* tomor row morning.