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rItL DEBATE
RESOLUTION TO DECLARE
PEACE
With Request of Senate to Ratify Peace Treaty
Senator Knox :Will Introduce Resolution De
claring State of Peace ; With Germany - Re-
publican Leaders Expect Some Such Measure
to Be Passed.
" - (By Th Assopiared I'ivm
, Washington; ; March 20 The
"treaty, of Versailles mi ' returned to
- . " President WJJson today by the senate
si ter it fcad failed of ratification last
vaight for a fourth time; Z'i' J
.Tnere was no intimation as to what
- ."President Wilson would, do with, the
treaty. White house " officiate said the
rGtual procedure will be to send it to the
state department for burial" is the
archleves there.' The document which
: -was delivered to the senate by the Pre
:'ident in person last July 10, was taken to
.the white house by George At' Sander
"son, secretory of( the senate ; He was
accompanied by two senate clerks and the
rjarty was received by Rudolph Foriter,
executive clerk of the white house. Hr.
rorster did not accept the treaty, how
wt the visitors being referred to See-
retary Tumulty. .u l., .A,i. ;
Mr Tumulty .was with the President
..at the. time and when ha returned to the
executive offices to receive the treaty he
said there would be ao statement from
. th President. . ; - ;-, -1
The senate was not in session "today,
but when the house met, Bepreeentative
TTinkhara, republican, Massachusetts, of-
' feted a joint resolution declaring a state
0 f peace between the United 8tates and
- .- Iermany. ; . : .. .. 1 -. ? , '
; .Under the resolution Germany 'would
w ;recognle all riarhts which the tTnltl
states might have had tAder the . Ver
' aallle treaty , Should Germany fail'to
. .agree to this, the president would be au
. tborized to prohibit resumption of trade
jrelations or the extension of loans or
redit..' .. ,, '-v.--
. " WASHINGTON, March 20With the
peace treaty en its way to the white house
today, accompanied by.notification to the
. president that the senaie had finally "re
. fused to. advise and consent to its rati
; Nation' Senator Knox's resolution to
'declare a state of peace with Germany
will take its place on the senate floor.
Consideration last night after the ad
verse vote on ratlflcftion, was blocked
y adjournment until Monday. ,
Bepublicaa loaders expect some such
measure to be passed.
Suggestion that President - Wilson
anight return the treaty to the . senate
brought emphatic statements from the
majority that it virtually would be pigeon-
. baled in the relations committee. la any
ase, the treaty question waa ' regarded
as already injected into the presidential
,;ampaign as one of the main issues on
'which .republicans and democrats will
fight for national endorsement this fall.
V Batification was defeated test night
by a vato of 49 to 35, the liae-up being
28 republicans and 21 democrats for,
and 23 democrats and 12 republican
against. The net result of four months
f compromise negotiations was tho.ad-
; iiUoa of 17 democrats to those voting
.for ratification. .-. ;.V
v After the voto was . takes, - Senatot
T
1911 COTTON CROP AI.1CUIITED TO 11,329,755 .
Hf BAIESUCCOMG TOCIfiHG REFOBT
. WASHINGTON, March 20. Cotton
' production amounted to 11,329,755 equiva
lent 500 'pound bales ia the 1919 crop, J
, 'the' final ginning report of the census
bureau issued today announced. ' - ;v ,
V The crop of 1918 amounted to 12,040,
SiZ equivalent 500 pounds bales and that
' of 1917 was. 11,302,375. The depart
' . taent of agriculture ia December esti
mated the 1919 crop at 11,030,000 equiva
lent 500 pound bales. .- 'A
Included ia the 1919 production are
174,629 bales which glaners estimated
would be turned out after the March can
vass. Bound bales included are 113,857
, for 1919. compared with 154,204 for
1918.' Americaa-Egyptiaa included was
42,374 bales, compared with 38,187 for
1918, and sea island 6,907 bales, com
pared with 52,208 for 1918. "Snapped"
and "Bolly" cotton Included amounted
ie 579,934 bales.' The average , gross
weight of bales was 503.2 pounds, com
pared with 505.8 pounds ia .1918. Gin
neries operated numbered 18,804, compar
ed with 19,259 for 1918. ' ;
Ginnings of the 1919 crop by states,
faquivalent 500 pound bales;
Alabama 711.048.' - '
Arisona 60,081. . ,-A
Arkansas 882,768.
.- CaliornU 52,000." SA '
- Florida 15,923.
eorjia 1,6C3G3. . , ,
Iffl'S
WITH GERMANY
Robinson, democrat, Arkansas, moved td
re-consider but was ruled out on a point
.if order.' j No sppeal from the ruling
wns taken, leaders ' on . both s.ides being
conviurttt that it-was hopeless to expeci
affirmative aetiou with the senate mem
bership constituted as it now is.
. The final, adverse vote was the fourth
by which the sens to has refused to ap
prove, the treaty, three others having
been taken in November.
k Action by the house of representa
tives would be necessary, to consummate
a declaration of peace by : resolution, as
contemplated by Senator Knox. :' His
resolution proposes iat unless Germany
notifies the Unitbd States of its accep
tance of all undertakings contained la the
treaty of Versailles, the president would
have the power to prohibit by jtroclarna
tioa commercial intercourse between, the
two nations or the giving of any; assis
tance to Germany. (
l When . the Knox resolution was ' put
forward last December considerable op
position to it became manifest in the
bouse. There is a question whether th
two legislative branches could get
gether on an acceptable draft of t'
resolution, or if Itesident Wilson wotd
aocept it, if passed; His signature is r
quired to make a joint resolution ,eff
tivc j" ';' . ,. '
Senator Fall last summer .submitted, a
series of questions to the President, re
garding the peace question in whick.be
asked if congress , and the president
could not declare peace by a "process
verbal," such as a resolution. Presi
dent Wilson was emphatic at that time
in his disapproval of such a course.
'I felt constrained to say," he wrote
the New Mexico senator, "not only that
in my judgment I have not the power by
proclamation to. declare that peace ex
ists, but that I could in no circumstances
consent to take such -a course prior to
the ratification or a formal treaty of
peace. " " - . '
"I feel it dne to perfect frankness to
say that it would, ia my opinion, put a
strain upon our national honor which we
never eould efface, if t after sending our
men to the battlefield' to fight the com
mon cause, we ahould abandon' our
sociates ia the war in ths settlement
the terms and dissociate osrselves'l
responsibility . with regard . to
terms.' ' ' " ' : -
ALLIES MAY ADVANCE Vv
TS00PS TO STSASBC
USG.
LONDON, March 20. Thei
many indications, according to a
from Cologne today, that the
preparing ; to advance their r com
Con of troops at Strasbourg and
farther ' into' Germany,' if . the . co
does not quiet 'down soon, the Exchange
Telegrsph correspondent at 'Amsterdam
reports. ., !r" '; ' ,
Ixmlsisna 296,858. v '
Mississippi 52,446. , .
. Missouri 64,005. r V.
North Carolina 82865. 1
Oklahoma 984,111. , ; , .
v ' South Carolina 1,422,C2." v
Tennessee 308,746. '
Texas ,06497. r r , f ?
Virginia 2278. ' r
All other states' 4.947.
Ginning of sea Island by states werei
Floriad 2,779.
' Georgia 6S3. . ?" - ; "
South Carolina 3,445. - '
The cost of picking and ginning the
1919'eottod crop was about $32.75 per
bale, according to the bureau of crop
estimates. ' By states the cost was as
follows: ' .
Virginia '$376. '' ' -
North Carolina 128.17. -
South Paroliaa $21X8.- - '.
Georgia $251. , I
- Florida $22.71.
Alabama f22J8. 1 . i 1
Mississippi $30.41. ; ;
Louisisna $285.
Texas $427.
Arkansas $346.
Tennessee $362."" "
Missoori $448.
" Oklahoma $470.' "
South Carolina, Oeorgia aad Florida
sea island $45.10. y
FORMER DIRESTOR OF a
BANGING INSTITUTION
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Dr. Karl von Helfereieh, former. Di
rector of the Deutsche Bank, the second
largest banking institution in Germany,
and Minister of finance' during ; the
world war who looms large in new crisis
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cur ui7.!BEB mm v
IS OBGAKIZEO FOB BUSINESS
New Lumber (
Com
rn Head.
ed by Rufua M,
ohnaton
rrancit A. Wl
tesides Sec-
WtlTAIso
Onrat
iant in iins Mountain.
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e City LumberCompany, with an au-
horized capital f lock of $150,000 and
fw.ooo paid yr, is Gastoma's newest
eoneera for th handling of lumber and
buildingsupies. :Ataa organization
meeting fthe stockholders - held Inst
night, . MfV. Jtuf us M. ' Johnston was
ilected president and treasurer and Mr.
Francis A. Whitesidcs. secretary.
new firm is located in the north
ern section of the city on the C. A N.
w. railroad near the box factory ; They
wiD . operate plant' here in Gastonia
and one in Kings Mountain "formerly
Known as the Kiser Lumber Company.
All grades of lumber, rough and dress
ed, sash, doors, blinds and building sup
plies or every sort will be handled.
CITY UNO UNO INVESTMENT A
COMPANY ORGANIZED
1 MESSRS. J. WHITE WARE.
W. W. Glenn and A. C. Jones
Form Land and' Investment
Company to Handle Recent.
fVACauired fraw Pranortv
ana utner Holding. .
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'Application hsybecn made by Messrs
W W. Glenn, J.
White Ware and A. C
Jones for a carter for the City!, Land j
and Irraeetmt Company, a crnoralion
formed lor J!ie purpose of handling real "e lac to and figures In the ease to pre--esUto'holan'nuiilv'aintifMi
tt.u. I wnt the Spartanburg authorities. In
men. The soecifie- nuroose la i.1
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we nanoung or we uray. propertyj -on
South, aad 'Franklin streets? -recently
bought iy Messrs. Warn and Ciena for
a consideration of . $150,000, j although
other real estate holdings will; be; ia
volved. f . - - , -A -:
OHO K1VK , SWOLLEN.
. CINCINNATI, O., March 20 Because
of the water' from swollen streams and
rivers overflowing its tracks at several I
hub, me xaterurDan stauway ana 1
Terminal Company was forced last sight
to suspend operation of traction ears be
tween Cincinnati aid New Richmond, O,
. .The rise continued ia the Ohio river at
Cincinnati this morning at the rat of one
tenth of a foot an hour. Ia view of
dear weather and lower temperatures
predicted for the Ohio valley, however,
river men' believed the erest would be
reached today, at approximately 56 feet.
Bailroad and postoffice officials have com
pleted arrangements to vacate the Cen
tral Union station ahould 'the river rise
above 53 . 5 feet, at which stage the tracks
leading to the Central union trainsheds
are submerged. ,
ENTENTE CONGRATULATES j
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BERLIN, March 20. - Bepresenut-
tives of Great Britain, Italy and Belgium
in this city visited Vice Chancellor Bchif-
fer yesterday and congratulated the gov
ernment oa the ''speedy removal of the
Kappist usurpers," according to a semi
official news agency aanouacement.v ' :
xney assured 11 err HcJuffer, it is said,
that entente representatives bad not reco
gnized the leaders of the revolt, bnt bad
remained sympathetic to the coastition-
el government aad expressed . the
hope the new crisis caused by the genera
strike might be quickly overcome.
Lord Kilmaraeck, British charge d'af-1
fairs here, is quoted as saying the grant
ing of supplies aad raw materials - to
Germany would be possible only if con
stitutional conditio oa prevailed aad there
eould be as suea assistance if peace and
order were disturbed.
MSTOIl'S CUIMS
HRE QUESTIONED
Spartanburg County R e a 1 1 y
Has Moat Producing Spindles
Outside? of New England
' State Says . S. Tennent ; .
;The recent publication by the Gaetonia.
Chamber of Commerce of Gaston county's
unprecedented rise in the textile world
is beginning tocall forth denials and
doubts from other Southern 'textile cen
ters. TTnder the caption heading of this
article The, Spartanburg Journal ' of
Marti 12 carries the following story in
which the claims of Gaston county are
questioned -' - ':-'-
,. :..' The much-pfinted claim of , Gaston
county, N. C, to -more srnndles than
any other county of the south is .based
on a new meaning for the word "spin
dle" in the opinion of B..S, Tennent,
purchasing agent . In counting the
strength of cotton mills in any section,
said Mr. Tennent, it is customary to
disregard . eptifely what are known ; as
"twisting spindles," a bit of machinery
which twists ' the thread - into : yarn.
Most bf the . mills in Gaston county, he
added, produce yarn and the figures have
been padded by including the twisting
spindles in the count.
There are between 70 and 75 small
mills in the North Carolina section which
la boasting of its strength,' declared Mr.
Tennent, 'none of which hns an exeen
tional production. For instance, the
Loray mills the largest in that dis
trict have, I am certain, but J6,000 pro
ducmg spindles. Yet Gaston county sd-
vertises this milt as having 90,000 spin
dles. To do this they .must include the
twisting spindles, and it is hardl fair.
"Spartanburg for some time has had
a real claim to being the greatest cot
ton manufacturing county iu the .south.
me JMortb Carolina claim looked im
pressive, but there is no reason why this
eounty should retract We own more pro
ducing spindles and they are all work-
ing -than any other" locality outside of
the rew England states." ;
"xw nr. xenneni was more wor
ried about a statement issued ' by the
Guaranty Trust company of New York.
than he is about the bold claim of the
Gastonians. This statement was" built
about the claim of the North Carolinians
and credits the boasting eounty with
more than 1,000.000 spindles. The de
tailed statistics concerning spindles
throughout the country failed to mention
Spartanburg. 'Mr. Tennent thinks the
error was inadvertant, ' but an error it
was, nevertheless. The statement, which
has received wide publication, names the
14 counties which lead the country iu cot
ton manufacture. Spartanburg should
be in fourth place, lead only by two
counties jn Massachusetts and one in
Rhode Island, says Mr. Tennant, but the
uame appears nowhere in the list.
. it A It ii .
- nvKuimng 10 me uuaraniy eora
pany's figures, Bristol county in the
Bay state has 7,294,221 spindles. Spar
tanburg eounty has 847,620."
When brought to the attention 6t
Executive Secretary Fred M. Allen, of
the Chamber of Commerce, the story was
discounted by him,' and he iav preparing
" -.iemt the following
leiier to a no journal:
Gastonia, N. C. March 20, 1920
rxutor bpartaaburg Journal i
I notice in youf issue of March 12 th.
just received from a friend, that s gen
tiemaa ia your city questions Gaston '
sgures ia Spindleage and makes the as
sertion that we counted ''twister spia
dies." - ": ; . ... -
It seems" that be should give a countv
wmca oas come to the tore as Oaston has
ereiit f more sense than to make any
, -. vum aiu nut count
twister spindles. We counted elniDlv
producing spindles and if the gentleman
desires he can get all the proof he de
sires." ' ',.,"
The Loray Mill, which he cites, has
90,000 spindles. 4 He states that it hss
56,000, It did have that number but the
new owners have sold the looms and established-
the new spindleage. If he or
any other doubter will come to' Gastonia
it will be s pleasure for the Chamber of
Commerce to substantiate - the claims
made. Can anythinff be fairArf
I fail to see the need of aav eon-
troversy. wycaa prove what we have.
We can prove ; that we have in.i
fourth place ia America. As 'a matter
of truth we have more spindles than
were claimed in the article referred to.
8partanburg has enough to boast of in
her splendid weaving industry. I have
never heard a knockinc word for tH
city here and fail to see why Gastonia 's
eiauna snouid be questioned. If. von
want the proof come sad get it.
very truly yours, '
, GASTONIA. CHAMBCB OF
. COMMERCE, - .
2,000 PERSONS KILLED. ' ; '
LONDON, March 20. Two thona
persona have been killed to dato in th
lighting incident to the German revolu-
uoaary movement aad disturbances of the
past week, it is estimated ia Betn:
eordiag to the Exchange Telegrapn eor-
lesponaeat ia taat city.
Jforwegiaas use about 112 rvounJ r
oats for food per capita aan jay.
IIV3I1D NAjlBll
Messrs. Henderson and V. E. Long Sell fwd
Store Buildings onlVIain Street For Approd
mately $3,000 a Front Foot Property Will
Furnish New Home For Third National Bank
Has Quadrupled In Value In Last Five Years.
BATTLESHIP MAHYLA7.D . v
IS LAUNCHED TdDAY
NEWPORT NEWS, Vs., Msrch 20
The battleship Maryland, one of the most
powerful wsr craft in the world, was
launched at the plant of the' Newport
News Shipbuilding is Dry Dock Com
pany today. Mrs. E. Brooks Lee, wife
of the comptroller of Maryland, was the
sponsor. . . .' vy. l
Secretary of the Navy Daniels, Gov
ernor Richie, of Maryland, and a large
number of officers of the aavy pnd army
were present, as whs a large official del
egation from Maryland. .
' The battlt-ship went off ,T the ways
smoothly, while hundreds of whistles and
bells joined i.bcering thousands in ap
plause. The wi-ather was ideal and
more than 12,0t0 people witaessed the
launching: The weather was ideal and
more than 12,000 people witnessed the
launching, the first public event of its
kind here since the United States de
clared war oa Germany. ' - '
The Maryland is the largest battleship
yet built for the United, States navy.
She is six hundred feet . long, 97 3-4
feet wide at the water lines r has a mean
draft of 20 1-2. .
The Maryland ; has 1 two funnels, two
cagcUKtu, is heavily uriore4 l$Iow and
above the waterline, will 'mnkti an s
timatejj "speod" of 21 iaots an hour, and
has normal displacement of 32,000 tons.
JJisplaeenient loaded is 23,490.
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COMMUNITY G0NFERB1CE
IS IN SESSION
WASHINGTON, March 20. The na
tional conference on community organiza
tion, which was called by Franklin K.
Lane,-as one -of his last official acts be-
fore retiring as aowetary r t;ie . interior.
met h.'re toduy. Mr. i.ane, wbo Had ex -
rertefl'TV' preside'' uh vfjairnindY Was us
onlc t rctura from Cal.furoia rn time to
deliver the address ue.liad planned ami
i.iste.id a mi-ssaRe which rai oad
by 1're.lcrick C. Butler, former ulrector
of AmerVrnization of , the interior de
partment,, who presided.
Speakers at the moraine 'session In
cluded Orrin C. Lester, of the treasurv
department; Wilbur .(i i'hiilipa, of tbe
national social anil organization, and K.
F. Lindmaa, Greensboro., ttX, , At M
luncheon following the mommg sessloa,
Mrs. J. B.rdeu Harrison preslfflng, wom
en's j-nrt in . the community movement
was on the program, for discusston, 't . ,
The afternoon sesainn .was to be .de
voted- entirely to a dUcus?lon of; what
rpecial . groups - caa do so, promote
' t.eijrbbor'- day'! sad ' the - Comajuni.y
inovemeut. Among the speakers on the
program Were Samuel Gontpcrs, prt-shlen;
cf tiic' American-Federation of oor;
Governor oCrnwell, of West Virg'lnla, and
ethers, .giving the views of tbe churches.
business,
farmers and various other or- '
fjuumjUouii.
Sufficknt po;&ssii:ut sal's nnve Ueea dis-
eovered in deep aalt. wolls ia China
promise a new source of polah.
LC3 TZZTZZXY AT C
FOR M OF $150,000
By the terms of a deal, the last de
tails of which were consummated at 'a"
directors' meeting of the Third Nation-":
at Bank at 11:30 this morning, the cor
ner at South and Main streets popularly
known as Kennedy's corner, and owned,
by Messrs. V. E. and Hendersonjkoag,
was sold to the Third Natdonatjtftnk for
a consideration of approxitely . $150,-
uuv. it is She lntenuon
t the offlcial
of the Thirl Nation
occupy this lo
cation as a
the bant uponthe
i of the present se-
expiration qf
cupants, K
s and the Standard
Hardware Company. The property bought
by the bank has a frontage of 50 feet oa ,
Main street and a depth of 110. It will '
tbus be seen that the property brought
the record-breakin g price for . Gastonia
real estate of $3,000 a front foot
This proiwrty was boTlUht by the
Mtsi's. Ii'iig some 4 Or 5 years ago for
tbe sum of $10,000. The deal $t that
time wsHetntsldered a big one for Gas
tonia. Toilay the same property '' has
been practically quadrupled in value. ' -
Two big $150,000 real estate - deals,
one' within s few days of the other Lave
pn the real . estate 'market tn .Gastonia
a-booming. s The other big deal was the
sale .of the Gray property'' a' few days
ago bthe heirs of the late O.'Ai Gray
to ,M.?-rs. J. Vhite Ware and W, ,W,
Gienil fftr $lo0.6(K). - " "
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WISCONSIN FACULTY 1 ;
x -, JOIN A. F. L.
... MAMSON. Wis., March 20 Twelve
members of the faculty of the Universt- .
'V -
ty of Wisconsin have organized a local
union which is to be affiliated with the
American Federation of Labor, it was
made known today - . V ;v '
The union. is ' not for t the purpose of
obtaining better pay or working eondi
tions for ourselves, ' ' declared Professor ,
W A. Ernst, "The organisation is of
men who are interested in the labor move
ment Ss expressed by tie America n Fol-"
eratioa of Labor.", . '-
MILLIONAIRES BLAMED FOR
i I V v.. wl HIGH COST OF RENTS
NEW YORK, March 20 War made
millionaires and wives of affluent-work -iagmen
i are .blamed for high rents ia
New York by EdrSrd P. Doyle, chair
mna ' of - the budget committee .. of the
New York real estate board. ?
, , Speakbig at a. dinoor . given .; by the
Bknbcrii of various legislative ' commits
tees considering tbe housing pro Mem,
Mr, , Doyle, declared: half.- the. sew mil-:
lionairee'ia tbe country have come
New York to live and are outbidding old .
residents, while '. women whose husbands .
now bring home a bulky weekly enve
lope no longer are content to live"tn tbe
suburbs and demand "a movie next door '
and a de4icatetsen across the street.
To enable' thfe bolV blind and deaf
to cvui'erso gloves harinir embossed let
ters on tiitf fingers and pahns hare been,
hivected. . ; ' -
:7t:i and iiain sir