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U; S. WANTS LESS ARMAMENT. AND NO ' . -. ,: " - s ' ,- 5 ' .-. v ' Harding Delivers Address at Opening of Conference for Limitation of Arms. AMERICA FREE FROM GUILE AMD UNWORTHY DESIGNS Executive Voice Hope and Warning In His Address A Hope That Out of This Meeting May Come Interna Clonal Peace and Better Understand ing Among Nations, and a Warning That These Things Cannot Be Ac complished by Secret Intrigue, That Has Defeated Aims of So Many In ternational Gatherings. - Washington, Nov. 14. America took active leadership today In the first movement in history for the elimina tion of International menaces that threaten civilization with future war. . Reduced to simple terms, the United States seeks: . First To prevent competition among- the great powers in the construction of war machinery naval, land and air. SecondTo remove sources of inter national friction in the Pacific ocean zone that may lead to future con flict Recognizing the general belief that the Far East is the new danger spot, America has sought the co-operation of eight other powers with vital interests In the Orient to allay the danger of a "next world war." i ' This is generally regarded' as the greatest humanitarian crusade in the history of mankind. But It is also a practical scheme for material relief from the overwhelming burden of taxa tion and debt. Meeting Is Unique In History. The veteran diplomats of Europe who have participated in every impor tant international parley for the past half century characterized this meet ing as unique in world history a meeting called in advance of war, de signed to prevent war, and a voluntary coming together of the great nations to limit the size of each other's armies and navies. Text of Harding's Address. President Harding delivered the fol lowing address at the opening of the armament conference here : Mr. Secretary and Members of ' the Conference, Ladies and Gentlemen: It Is a great and happy privilege to bid the delegates to this conference a cordial welcome to the capital of the United States of America. It Is not only a satisfaction to greet you be cause we were lately participants In a common cause, in which shared sac rifices and sorrows and triumphs brought our nations more closely to gether, but it is gratifying to address you as the spokesman for nations whose convictions and attending ac tions have so much to-do with the 'weal or woe of all mankind. -Will Influence Human Progress. .It Is not possible to over appraise the importance of such a conference. It Is no unseemly boast, no disparage ment of other nations which, though not represented, are held In', highest respect, to declare; that the conclu sions of this body will have a signal Influence on all human progress on the fortunes of the world. ,: ... Here Is a meeting, I can well be lieve, which Is an' earnest of the awak ened conscience ofv twentieth-century civilization. It is not a convention of remorse, nor a session of sorrow. It is not the conference of victors to de fine terms of settlement. Nor is it a council of nations seeking to ; remake humankind. It-is rather a-coming to gether, from all parts of the earth, to apply the bitter attributes of mankind to minimize the faults in our Inter national relationships. ):t, n Call of War-Wearied World. ' j Speaking as official sponsor, for. the Invitation. I think I may say the call Is not of the United States of America alone, it is rather the spoken word of a war-wearied world, struggling for restoration, hungering and thirsting for better relationship ; of humanity crying for relief and craving assurance of lasting peace. , It is easy to understand this world V wide aspiration. The glory of. tri umph, the X rejoicing, in ; achievement, the love of liberty, the devotion of country, the pangs of sorrow, the bur dens of debts, the desolation of g ruin all these are appraised alike in all lands. Here in the United States, we are but freshly turned from the burial of an unknown American soldier, when a nation sorrowed while paying him tribute. ; Whether it was spoken or not, a hundred millions of our people were summarizing the inexcus able causes, the incalculable cost, the unspeakable sacrifices and the unut terable sorrows, and there was the ever-impelling question: How can hu, manlty justify or God forgive? - Hu man hate demands no such toll ; ambi THE "ALLIGATOR PEAR." The earliest mention of the man ner In which the name "alligator pear" was first applied to the avocado, the true name cf the fruit, is found In the writings of James Grainger, a, Scotch physician and poet, who went to, the West Indies in 1759, and died Jhere at St. Christopher, December J.0, 17G8. Grainger produced a number of works, tocludln essays, and among them. ;rrhe -Sugar Cane," published In Lori n In 17G3, In which he says. In tion and greed must be. denied it. If misunderstanding must take the blamed then let us banish it,: and let under standing rule and make good will reg nant every whereC ' -'y'i 'V; 2 "' All Demand Liberty and Justice. All of us demand liberty, and justice. There 'cannot be one without the other, and they -must be held the unV questioned possession- of all peoples. Inherent rights are of f God and the tragedies" of the world originate In their attempted denial. The world to lay is Infringing their, enjoyment by arming to defend or deny, when simple sanity calls for their recognition through common understanding. Out of the cataclysm of the World, war came new fellowships, new con victions, new aspirations. It is ours to moke the most of them. A world staggering with debt needs its burden lifted. Humanity, which has been shocked by wanton destruction, would minimize the agencies of that destruc tion. Contemplating the measureless cost of war and the continuing burden of armament, all thoughtful peoples wish for real limitation of armament and would like war outlawed. ; In so berest reflection the world's hundreds of millions who pay In peace and die In war wish their statesmen to turn the expenditures for destruction into means of construction, aimed at a higher state for those who live and follow after. . ' War Growing More Cruel. It Is not alone that the world cannot readjust Itself and cast aside the ex cess burdens without relief from the leaders of men. War has" grown . pro gressively cruel and more destructive from the first recorded conflict to this pregnant day, and the reverse order would more become our boasted clvlllz tlon. , , Gentlemen of the conference, the United States welcomes you with un selfish hands. We harbor no fears; we have no sordid ends to serve; we. sus pect no enemy; we contemplate or ap prehend no conquest. Content with what we have, we seek' nothing which Is another's. We only wish to do with you that finer, nobler thing which no nation can do alone. We wish to sit with you at the table of international understanding and good will. In good conscience, we are eager to meet you frankly, and Invite and offer co-operation. The world de mands a sober contemplation of the existing order and the realization that there can be no cure without sacrifice, not by one of us. but by all of us. No Pride Need Be Humbled. I do not mean surrendered rights, or narrowed freedom, or denied aspira tions, or Ignored national necessities. Our republic would no more' ask for these than it would give. No pride need be humbled, no nationality sub merged, but I would have a mergence of minds committing all of us to less preparation for war and more enjoy ment of fortunate penqe. The higher hopes come of the spirit of our coming together, It Is but Just to recognize varying needs and pe culiar positions. Nothing can be ac complished in disregard of national ap prehensions. Rather we should act to gether to remove the causes of appre hensions. This is not to be done in in trigue. Greater assurance is found In the exchange of simple honesty and directness, among men resolved to ac complish as becomes leaders among nations, when civilization itself 'has come to Its crucial test. All Want Less Armament. It is not to be challenged that gov eminent fails when the excess of Its cost robs the people of the way to happiness and the opportunity to achieve. If the finer sentiments were not urging, the cold, hard facts of ex cessive costs and the eloquence of eco nomics would urge us to reduce our armaments. If the concept of a better order does not appeal, then let us ponder the burden and the blight of continued" 'Competition. It is not "tojje denied that the world has swung along throughout the ages without heeding this call from the kindlier hearts of men. But the same world never before was so tragically brought to realization of the utter fu tility of passion's sway when reason and conscience and fellowship point a nobler' way. ; r; . , I can speak officially only for the United States. One hundred millions Xrankly. vvrarit less of armament and none" of" war. Wholly free from guile, sure In our own minds that we harbor no unworthy' designs, we accredit the world with the same good Intent. So I welcome you, not alone in good will and high purpose, but with high faith. j Service to. All Mankind.- We are met for a service to man kind. In all simplicity, in all honesty and all honor, there may be written here the avowals of a world conscience refined by the consuming fires of war, and made more sensitive by the anx ious aftermath. I hope for that under standing which will emphasize the guarantees of peace, and for commit ments : to less burdens and a better order which will tranquillze the world. In such an accomplishment there will be added glory to your flags and ours, and the rejoicing of mankind will make the transcending; music :of all succeeding time. ; ; v, t,'v ' i v:n allusion to the corruption of the, name avpcaao: -The avocato, avocado, avl gato, or as the English call it 'alliga A. m mm ' d . ... - Phrase Hardly Justified. The Three Tailors ot.Tooley Street were three worthies who held a meet lng In Tooley street. Southward Lon don, for the redress of popular griev ances, and ; addressed a netitlon f . to the house of commons, while. Canning was prime , minister, beginning rYtt, we people or Inland." a r ... VICTORY KiEMDRIfiL CORNERSTONE LAID IS A GATHERING PLACE FOR AMERICAN MINDS TO MEET IN FRUITFUL EXCHANGE. ' ; U WILL OF GEORGE VASHIflGTOH The Less Well . Known Attributes of George Washington Were Analyzed ' by President Harding. Washington.--peaklng at the exer cises attending the laying of the cor nerstone for the new victory memorial. President Harding dedicated the struck ture as "a gathering place for Amer icans where American minds can meet In fruitful exchanges," JErection of the building, he said, would begin the ful fillment of one of the striking provis ions of the last will of George Wash ington which sets aside a bequest for the founding of "an institution to dis seminate learning, culture and a proper understanding of right prin ciples In government" . The President's address was devot ed largely to an analysis of the less well known attributes of the first Pres ident which, he said, made Washing ton "on his private and personal side, a very model of good citizenship." "It is an Impressive fact," Mr. Hard ing said, "worthy of our especial thought, that, in. the century and a half since' Washington became the leader, the heart and soul of its strug gle for independence jmd unity, this nation has so many times found occa sions to; record devotion to the pre cepts which he laid down for its guid ance. Profiteers Plead Guilty. - New York. Seventy corporations and individuals, composing what is kpown as the tile and mantel combine, entered plea of guilty of violation of the Sherman anti-trust law In federal court They were indicted last Au gust as the result of an investigation into the building trades industry. Mississippi Law Upheld. Washington. The Mississippi law, which prohibits the manufacture of cotton seed oil and its products and those operating cotton compresses from owining and operating a cotton gin or selling cotton bagging or tie's, waa sustained by, the supreme court Horrible Massacre of Jews. J Kishinev, Bessarabia. Hundreds of Jewish families have been shot down while attempting to cross the Bessara bian frontier to escape an anticipated clash between the forces of General Petlura and the Soviet government, according to unconfirmed advices. Haynes Off on Survey. Washington. Prohibition Commis sioner Haynes left Washington for De troit to make a personal survey of prohibition enforcement, especially with respect to conditions on the Ca nadian border. Conference Makes Cotton Jump. New York. Better feeling, inspired by the armament conference in Wash ington, caused the cotton market to jump about $4.00 a bale. January con tracts advanced to 16.92 and March to 16.95. ' . Reward For Bank President Raleigh, N. C. Governor Morrison authorized $400 reward for tle appre hension of Jesse L. Armfield, former president of the defunct Bank of Thomasville and Bank of Denton, now in the hands of receivers.' C. C. and O. Wants Big Loan. Washington. -The Carolina, Clinch field and Ohio railroad asked through the interstate , commerce commission, for a government loan of $6,000,000 to refund existing indebtedness. 5,000 Bales of Cotton Burn. Little-Rock, 'Ark. Five thousand bales of cotton and warehouse number one of the St. Louis Compress com pany burned here with a loss approxi mating $530,000. V Imports and Exports Increased. i Washington. Both , exports and im ports increased 1 during October as compared with, September--the form er by $21,000,000 and the latter by $4, 000,000. . ' ' ' Incomes of Railroads Improve. Washington.- Net operating income of main line railroads "during Septem ber amounted to $87,174,000 accord ing to a statement from the Associa tion of. Railway Executives analyzing monthly reports to the interstate com merce commission.1 - ' California Has Richest County. Washington. The richest agricul tural county. in the United States is Los Angeles, Calif. ; The - value of its crops and live stock, per annum, is $71,579,899. High Value of Manufactures. . Washington. The value of products manufactured i at establishments con ducted under the so-called factory sys tem in seven Virginia cities with pop ulatloni of more tfian 20,000, Increased from ; approximately "$123,000,000 In 19X4 to $31K,000?)00 In 1819., 'e :r J , HEW STATUTE ON FINAMGE WANTED ANOTHER" MEETING OF MAYORS' ; EX EC UTI V E COM M ITTE E j 13 . . - A PROBABILITY. EMBODY ALL THE ESSEHTIALS Advocates of New Law Believe That If New Law wa Prepared Before Opening It Would Past Quickly. ' ; Raleigh Kow that consideration of the ci ties financial troubles by a special session of the legislature is asured, municipal government champions are advocating : the, adoption of, an entire ly; new, finance law for the cities in stead of repassing the old one. There has been talk here of calling another meeting of the executive com mittee of the mayors' association to consider the framing of a new finance act for submission at the special ses sion. This, act "wuld embody all the essentials necessary to insure proper legislation; for the operation of muni cipal governments for years to come. It is claimed that the municipal fi nance , 'act,v which the legislature thought it had passed at the last reg ular session, was drawn up and pre sented during the latter days of the session; and went through without J due consideration: being given to the merits and demerits of the bill. ' The repassage of the municipal fi nance act would be the quickest way of remedying the financial troubles of the cities, but advocates of a new law believe that ifthe bill was prepared before the opening of the special ses sion it would go through without delay- Road" Contracts Awarded. . Contracts 4were awarded - by the state highway commission for the con struction of approximately thirty miles of road' in the Fourth district, totaling $690,711,- bringing the road work under contract in the state to approximately eight million dollars in new work since the commission was reorganized. Seventy-two bids were submitted on the seven projects. Many additional miles of highway construction in the sixth district, in cluding 45 miles on the' Wilmington-Charlotte-AshevlUe highway, will be included in contracts to be let by the commission within a few weeks. I Our Males Outnumber Females. . "Washington, (Special). While the female voters in North Carolina out number the male voters, the total number of maTes in the state is slight ly larger, 'according to figures issued by the census bureau. According to the 1920 census, there were 1,279,062 males and 1,280.061 females a differ ence of 1,001. That the almost equal number of . males and females holds for both races is Indicated , by the figures 'showing 899,031, white males, and 884,748 white females. The total colored males were 373,965 and the total colored females-389.442. Enjoins Highway Commission. The state highway commission, meeting to consider new road pro jects, was presented with a notice of a temporary injunction having been obtained .by the highway commissions of Halifax and Edgecomb counties and the town of Hobgood, temporarily re straining it from abandoning what is known as the Halifax, Scotland Neck, Hobgood and Speed road without le gal right. Hearing on the injunction will be held November 28. Organize Jersey Cattle Club. A North Carolina' Jersey Cattle Breeders' clut wa& organized follow ing a banquet and meeting of the Mecklenburg County Jersey Breeders' association. ; ' - J. F. Diggs," owner of the famous Diggs farm in Richmond county and one of the ; largest breeders of Jer sey cattle ; in .. the state was elected president of the . new organization and J. E. Mcllwaine, of Charlotte, was elected vice president. Historical Movie Filmed. North Carolina's first historical movie, filmed under the direction of the ; Division . of SchooT t Extension, State Department of ' Education, with the Historical Commission : collebra ting, received , an enthusiastic . recep tion when It was thrown on the screen for the first time in the supreme court room. : , ' - iw':: -: -'--x : N Assembled there were a hundred" and fifty or more state" officials and others interested in the picturizafion of the outstanding . episodes . In the State's history, ' To Try Outr Ginger Plant Washlngtori ( Special) Represent atlve Bulwinklei has. secured .from the 4epartmenf of iriculturea'-Chinese ginger plait iotr thesecretam of ag riculture for North Carolina. It is the purpose of sate authorities to. try to produce ginger; as It is . produced ; in China. ; This and other plants will be tried; out -to counteract . the : damage dpne by ; the boll weevil' which is , nowl spreading ; through,' North u and . South Carolina,,v " , Former f Representative Godwin, ra htrt on-Jegal buslneai. Sex Census Made Public 7 There are approximately 3,400; more females over 21 years of ageln North Carolina thatf males of the same'age These fignires Ver the census - bureau atiWashingtoa and Include' botH : white i and colored resi dents ' of the Vtate. - .. Tlye total number of males about 21 years of ; age . is put at : 603,683 and women.'. 60,04.4. ;y.The negro, males in the state huniber 167,240 and ' the ne gro women 1175,516. over 8,000 advant age, for the females. . , . - Of the above figures," those4 of vot ing age number 605,921 women and 601,442 men. Of the same age the native-born' male ; citizens are given as being 599,516, the foreign born and naturalized at 1,907. . For the women the figures are, native born 604,502, foreign born and j naturalised, 1,359 Among the men , there are 2,488 In dians, 65 Chinese, 16 Japanese, one of the "all other" class. Of the women there are 2,341 Indians, 5 Chinese 2 Japanese. , , - U. S. Pensions Granted. , Washington, (Special). -These pen sions have been granted North Caro linians : "Tobias Sherrod,- Winston-Salem, $12; William M. Fox, Barnardsivlle, $12; George W. Shittle, Franklin, $12 Sarah A. Bryant Waynesville, $30; John T. Smith, Charlotte, $12; David Jones, Dellwood, $12; Candler C Cagle, Andrews. $15, and William M. Jones, Clyde, $15. The war finance corporation ap proved an advance of $300,000 for a North Carolina Institution for export ing tobacco. " The First National bank of Durham was granted powers to exercise trust powers. New Collector of Customs. Washington, (Special). President Harding nominated Alexander L. Mc Casklll, of Fayetteville, to be collector of customs for. district No. 15. The following were nominated post master:':' .Ot-;;';? ' : , j ; James B. Houser, Cherryyille ; Jno.' T. Benbow, Winston-Salem. : v Jno A. Clark has been appointed postmaster at Haw Branch. - Essie R. Wilson has been appointed at Eskotaj Yancey , county,, and William L. Fore ster, at Gospen, .Wilkes county. Charter; for. Dairy Issued r : . ; ; 1 The appointment of A. H. Williams, of Maiden as a deputy collector in the Charlotte division of the internal reve nue service was announced by Collec tor Gilliam Grissom. Several appoint ments for other divisions, were made known, and Mr. Grissom said the -field force would be completed within a few days. Charter for the Athol dairy, - incor porated, of Mecklenburg , county, was issued by the secretary of state with an authorized capital stock of $100, 000 and $19,600 paid in. Big Bond Deal Effected. The best bond deal negotiated by any southern state sfnce the recent war was perfected by the governor and council of state when they soldj $5,000,000 worth of forty-year, five per cent North Carolina bonds for a pre mium of five thousand and twenty-one dollars. ? Of this amount four and a half mil lions will go toward the carrying on of the road program and the remaining half million to schools and hospitals.! Two Millions to Loan Farmers" . The war finance corporation advised two lots of money for agricultural in stitutions. The sums were $100,000 and $300,000. - ' North Carolina banks get an addi tional $780,000' for farm loans; as the result of ., approval of applications by the agricultural loan Agency of the war finance corporation, bringing the total amount of money loaned farmers of - this state through the . banks to $2,030,000. Favors Graduate Medical Course. That Dr; Hary W. Chase, c presi dent of the University, of North Caroi lina, isv personally favorable to the ex tension of , the University medical school to include a graduate course; was learned at a special dinner called by Dr. Otho B. 'Ross, president of the Mecklenburg County Alumni . associa tion of . the University . of North Carci lina, and, attended by. about 20 Char lotte ; citizens at the Southern Manu facturers' club. V 4 Tennessee Hospital Condemned. ; Insanitory conditions, inhumane treatment and unreasonable indigni ties heaped ; upon insane and unbal anced former service " men of the world war at the Central . State hos pital, , Nashville Tenn., fare described iyx Charles L. Duenkel, a native , of Burlington, this state, who spent sev eral weeks, in vpcatiqnal ; training and hospital treatment, In T a letter v: dia patched to Senator Lee S. Oyerman. Senatorial investigation of the hos pital is asked in the letter to the seih ator, .--V r'-i- L; -v.:.;"'.: :ci''r I- v Cheering reports of KltchlnT 4 Washington, 1 (Special). Represes Utive Charjes Me ,,Steadman ,of the Jlfth Congressional .strict . of ; North Carolina, has received a cheering let ter, from Representative Claude Kit chin, who is in a sanitarinm ; at Al bany., N. Y., , where he was "recentiy subjected to an operation. V i V Mr, Kitchin stated that he was very muich better, and that his ' improve ment, had been sp,fgreat that he wiui encouraged to beliere he would nlti mately be restored ; to his forine good health; CONDENSED NEWS ldt ULD SHORT Mm-r- CAROLINIANS. T TO Trentrm . . ns.Q been ill for f: ceatly. J Red Springs. Doctor t T Lilian, prominent phvBiiLuth Mc geon died here. to his home for six m sufferer W heart troub beJ Kinston. Tho Q bacco here last month wasTg'6 10 M 7 T ' wv iu excess of that f "n tembeiv it was shown bv lforM suea Dy the tobacco board oi SJ Chapel Hill Z0lle Qf oacks, Fred Morris, is out forthe.rest of the broken collar hnno rn, . u withJ cuixed in the last Ave V. M. I. game in Richmond. 1 Asheville. Forney's Creek I shiD. Swain Inroadbona8forIVp; and TfiniiAo ri UckeaiegJ Citv to rhnh n, rom v wuuu W 1 CiiU, Raleigh.c! H. Bpinp the oldest Odd Fellnw in v.Jt. Una anH rto v, A n mmA uiauu r r i r a a a rt . : . - v u mi Carolina, ri ow .. lOWinZ an attantr . w : "v-uir inn iraeR..' Shelby. Albert Zimmerman u in t ; "uctw n. .Mia mm 111111. w iiHin no noo . . ' w wucii wiiririTif i- """5 Muic xie wits rnarttaA coroners lurv fnr th . . wuiucr fir j u xiuugiuB lorn, s. (j. - icawein Harding has appointed Raymond B. Wheatley postmaster at Beaufort, and Maine nan at Southport. enow nm.-Mr, l,. n. Shelton whili out flshfnsr was Htriflron wiii. : TTH1 m v - s " im JiOJaiSU and fell out of his boat in water about n a lb . uctp. wuou muau sometime a(- ter. nigntraii ne was conscious and clinging to the side of the boat for support. Elizabeth City Owner Landgraff of the Syracuse baseball club, has wired he will be here in a few days to look over the . situation and take up with those interested here the proposition of bringing his club for spring training next spring. Danbury.- The Stokes county missioners, in regular monthly i at Danbury, adjourned without elect ing a successor to snerin v. u. snei ton, who tendered his resignation 10 days ago. :; Pinehurst The seventh annual Sandhills fair will be held at Pine burst on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, November 16. 17 and 18. ' Salisbury Walter Bernhardt, six-year-old son of J. C. Bernhardt, con nected with the Salisbury postoince, was seriously injured when a male kicked him on the head, breaking the BK.UM. L . - 1 1 ma flOAif Durham. "Pledge day nas y at Trinity college and 29 young men of the college are started on their way to i membership in the various frater nities. Sigma Chi pledged 11 of the total. tTri--- c-1- i t -ho TTnion Baptist lYiuoiuu-uoicui, state convention, representing the col ored Baptists of North Carolina, ex cluded its annual session here, O. S. Bullock, of Raleigh, was re-elect ed president. Asheville. A monument to th memory of Dr. Elisha Mitchell. " coverer of Mount Mitchell, in " placed on top of the high peak if V mission can be obtained from state board by the Asheville KW club. Chapel Hill.-A drop in the aivtoj v.. " maan Phunftl Hill andDif ham makes the firt sizable W In - the high cost of living here breach which the population aev prays may be the first of many. Winston-SalemThe Forsyth way commission, in special voted to build thirty miles of M. face roads, the county to flnsnc proposition with the f w that the money would be retur the state. ' Van Hertie Hickory. Secretary an and Laurie DeGfBble, motion operators for a local picta are taking pictures of mountain srf be in the Blowing Rock reg w f shown .here and hlbitedj North "Carolina picture houses. liurinDurg.-Dr. N. P. Ca$ ofe leading Physicians cxp, was a member of the C dltionary force, while out hunting was accidentlKSitated & rightl hand, which necessity putatloA at the wrist Charlotte postof flee f ri" ,s. o month were v.J?tt dorW $5,14MoTer toul receipt u, rr ime period Ust year. Tne jV Mil during October. 1 47 4t -