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VOL. XVI& NO. 5
KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1919
$1.50 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
I'M.
IT S
CAROLINIANS LOSE
ON FOREIGN SALES
8TRIKINQ EXAMPLE 8HOWN OF
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST
TAR HEEL COTTON.
BUY AND THEN RESELL TO US
Georgia Buyers Pay 2 Cents Expenses
on Cotton from North Carolina and
Then Return It At a Profit
Raleigh.
The fact that North Carolina cotton
has been unjustly discriminated
against in favor of the Georgia pro
duct has never been better Illustrated
than this year, says 0. J. McConcell.
former cotton grader for this state,
and warehous superintendent, who is
now in the cotton business in Fay
etteville. "The cotton crop In Georgia this
year Is unusually short," said Mr. Mc
Connell, "and the Georgia buyers are
coming into North Carolina, purchus
ing the cotton from Tar Heel farmers,
shipping it to Georgia, having it
compressed and reshlpping this same
cotton to North Carolina manufactur
ers and selling It for more than the
North Carolina farmer can possibly
sell his cotton for. This is due to the
fact that the Georgia cotton has a bet
ter reputation among buyers than
Carolina cotton. The Georgia pro
duct is supposed to have a little bet
ter staple. :
' This theory Is exploded, however,"
Mr. McConnell says, "by the expe
riences of this year, when the North
Carolina grown cotton has been sub
stituted for the Georgia cotton and
the buyers and cotton experts have
not detected the difference and are
willing to pay a little higher price for
cotton shipped from North Carolina
to Georgia and back again. The Geor
gia buyers are paying about three
quarters of a cent a pound freight
both ways, and a half a cent for com
pressing. Even with this additional
cost they are able to sell the cotton to
North Carolina mills at a profit.
Ashevllllv Secures Next Reunion.
A most refreshing chapter In the
peace history of the immortal Thir
tieth division has been the first re
union just closed at Greenville, S. C,
and, written in such a manner, the
association promises to live on and
on, adding new laurels to its name for
service to mankind. The action of
the association paves the way to an
other chapter equally as interesting
at Asheville, N. C, next year, this
city having been selected as the place
of the next reunion.
State Gets Asphalt Plant
As part of the surplus war material
which is being distributed by the War
Department to the different states,
the State Highway Commission has
Just received a huge asphalt plant,
valued at approximately: J20.D00. The
plant is capable of laying 1,000 yards
of cement per day. -
Distinguished Service Corps.
R. B. House, collector of war rec
ords for the North Carolina Historical
commission, has Just completed the
compilation of North Carolina men in
the world War who have been award
ed the Distinguished' Service Cross.
There are 164 of them.
Promote Health of Women.
Washington. On a mountain top
overlooking Asheville, N. C, the Unit
ed States training corps for the pro
motion of the health of women Is
planning to open a big' camp next
spring to which women of all South
ern states would be permitted en
trance. Increase In Car Fare.
The North Carolina Corporation
Commission has filed an order per
mitting the Asheville Power and
Light Company tojncrease Its charge
for stree railway passenger' service
from Ave to si cents except' for
school children- who will pay two and
one-half cents.
Appeal for Co-Operation.
A special committee from confer
ence In which Governor Blckett, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Brooks, and representatives of the
leading educational thought of the
negro race in this state, participated,
agreed on a basis of co-operation de-
'elred to be country-wide and design
ed to keep down the baneful race
feelings and misunderstandings that
give rise to race riots'. This commit
tee will issue as appeal to the people,
w1m, and colored. J '
Aiding 8outh Carolinians.
The records of the North Carolina
Historical Commission are being cal'
ed Into frequent service to enablt
Confederate veterans, formerly of
North Carolina, now residents of
South Carolina, to secure pensions
from the latter state. A recent act of
the South Carolina legislature liberal
izes the Confederate pension law of
that state so that any Confederate
veteran, resident of South Carolina,
no matter what state he enlisted from,
is entitled to a pensien if he can
prove his service from official rec
ords, or by the affidavits of at least
two other Confederate soldiers.
For this purpose, a large number of
Confederate veterans who entered the
army from North Carolina, hut are
now cltlsens of the Palmetto Btate. are
calling Into requisition the war rec
ords in possession of the North Car
olina Historical Commission.
Speaker for Cotton Drive.
Volunteer speakers, including some
of the leading men in North Carolina,
will campaign for the North Carolina
branch of the American Cotton Asso
ciation, according to announcement
from Mr. T. B. Parker, chairman of
the Speakers' Bureau, who is assign
ing the speakers to various meeting
places in the state. Among the head
liners will be Robert N. Page, Biscoe,
candidate for governor; W. O. Saun
ders, Elizabeth Gity, candidate for
Congress; State Highway Commis
sioner J. E,: Cameron, Klnston;' ex
Senator Frank Cough, Lumberton;
Senator W. B. Cooper, Wilmington,
candidate for lieutenant-governor.
Honor Dead at Gettysburg.
Washington (Special). Senator
Simmons has taken up with the chair
man of the Gettysburg Battlefield
commission, Gettysburg, Pa., the mat
ter of securing permission for the
erection at that place by the North
Carolina society of the daughters of
the revolution of a monument or
marker at the particular place where
our North Carolinians made possible
our slogan, "Further at Gettysburg."
Mrs. Marshall Williams, of Faison,
North Carolina, regent of the North
Carolina society, D. A. R states in a
letter to Senator Simmons that as di
rector of the Gettysburg Monument
fund, she now has in hand approxi
mately $500 for this purpose. Mrs.
Williams also states that some Vir
ginians question our history facts but
that, "We know North Carolina dead
were found furthest In the enemy's
line and we want to designate the
spots."
Urging Race Harmony.
While leading white men In North
Carolina are devoting time and energy
toward cementing friendlier relations
between the races in the state, lead
ing negroes are counseling members
of their own race for peace and har
mony without agitation.
C M. Eppes, of Greenville, has Just
addressed a letter to the negroes of
the state in which be advises his peo
ple against "thoughtless leaders In
side and outside the state." In like
connection, Rev. B. F. Martin," one of
the most prominent and best known
negro preachers In the state writes
Col. James H. Young here congratu
lating him u(on his safe leadership.
To Invite 30th to Raleigh.
An Invitation to hold its 1920 reun
ion in Raleigh will be extended the
30th division at its meeting in Green
ville, S. C. Col. Albert L. Cox was
requested by the directors of the
chamber of commerce to invite the
division here next year. ,
Counties Plan Warehouses.
Farmers, bankers and other busi
ness men In at least eleven of the cot
ton growing counties of North Caro
lina are planning to build co-operative
warehouses for tho storage of cotton
and other produce, reports Mr. W. R.
Camp, state warehouse superintend
ent and chief of the North Carolina
division of markets.
Meet of Historical Association.
After an interval of two years since
its last session, the North Carolina
State Literary and Historical Associa
tion will meet this year in Raleigh
with one of the most varied and in
teresting Droaxams since its organi
zation! The dates for the session
have been fixed at November 20-21.
Government Rates Necessary.
Officials of the Southern Bell Tele
phone company appeared before the
corporation commission and gave tes
timony and argument In support of
their petition for the commission to
order the continuance of the Increas
ed telephone rates and charges, ex
change and lone distance, that the
government put in force during fed
eral control. -; ;.:
The urgent necessity for this was
stressed through preaentationof evt
Anne nf further Inemasad tf of
operation and decreased revenue.
A Prophecy
(By Rev. Fred J. Hay, Presbyterian.)
Very little of anything we run across in life is wholly bad, and it is
indeed an 111 wind that blows no one good. It is quite popular today to
cast slurs and epithets at that weird spirit called Bolshevism, now that we
are resting from heaping up maledictions against the Hun. I am no Bol
shevist, or lover of the Bolsheviki, but I am frank to say I believe whole
sale execration of the movement is unjust. Once in a while a few little
hints trickle down through the fourth sheet columns of the newspapers that
make a fair-minded person sit up and take notice, and want to take an
inventory of his own judgments. For instance, in a very inconspicuous
space of a daily paper some weeks ago, was a news ituni from Russia that
the Bolsheviki had taken a hand in that foul Greek church of the kingdum
of the great bear, had put some of the lazy priests out of a job, had abol
ished some of those tri-weekly saints' holidays, and inculcated that most
wise principle, "Who works not, eats not."
On the heels of this lead I wish to venture to make a prophecy. It is
always dangerous to prophesy unless you project the event far into the
future when contemporaries are gone. 1 shall play safe, in surmising that
at the end of one generation, or two, the much-laughed-at Plumb plan will
be the order of the day: that it will be the plumb by which all business
will be tested. I will grant you that Glenn E. Plumb is something of ar
visionary, an idealist, else he would never have stmng his surprise at this
stage of the world's ethical development.
Let us give labor credit for being at least as sincere as the general run
of mankind, and grant that it spoke through its organ, Mr. Plumb, from
the heart. Then sound out its two basic principles and see if they don't ring
as true as an American dollar. The first of these was that an institution
like the railroad be run only with a view to the rendering of service, not
for the enrichment of capitalist or labor. It seems to me that is a far st"p
in Christian ethics. Were the whole earth Christian at heart every industry,
however great or small, would have no other end. m
The second request was that industry be democratized "without which,
he added, "democracy in politics is a mere sham. Democracy merely means
that the "people" get what they wish, and that in an order.y, representative
Forget for a moment your laughs at the expense of the Plumb plan, and
ask if the plan may not yet be the one who laughs last, when all of us are
more perfectly ethicized.
(Next week. Rev. E. I. Kirk, M. E. South.)
RED CROSS MAN HERE.
Mr. E. A. Pound of Atlanta, repre
senting the Rod Cross, visited Kings
Mountain Saturday in the Interest of
the third Red Cross roll call. This
event will come during the first week
of November. Mrs. Connie Mauney
Is publicity chairman.
MEETING TO ESTABLISH HIGH
WAY is A FAILURE.
A meeting was held in Kendrick's
office here last Thursday afternoon
between State Highway Commission
er Page, State Engineer Fallls and
the commissioners of Cleveland and
Gaston counties. The meeting was
called by Commissioner Page for the
purpose of choosing between the two
proposed routes for the national high
way between Gastonia and the Cleve
land county line near Kings Moun
tain. There are two proposed routes,
one by Llnwood college giving en
trance to Kings Mountain by King
street, the other route is by Besse
mer City and would tap Kings Moun
tain by way of Piedmont avenue.
State engineers had already recom
mended the Llnwood route and the
street authorities here had carried out
their paving program accordingly.
But through somebody or other the
matter was prized open again and
Page and Fallls came he-c for a mu
tual settlement if possible. A big
delegation was here from Gastonia,
Cherryville and Bessemer City to
make a strong and united pull with
the Gaston commissioners for the
adoption of the Bessemer City route.
Hon. O. K. Mason was along and as
sisted Commissioner R, K. Davenport
and Mr. Andrew Moore to do the
spoaking for Gaston. Inasmuch as
Kings Mountain precinct has a road
commission of Its own the , county
commissioners of Cleveland, while
represented, did not take any stock
in the controversy. It appeared as if
the Gaston people didn't want any
body on this side to get in a word
edgewise but Attorney J. R. Davis fi
nally threw his hat into this ring and
amid a storm of protests presented
the claim for the Llnwood route. Dr.
Hood, street commissioner of Kings
Mountain, also got in a few words at
high tide. The meeting was never or
ganized and had no chairman. Speak
ing' began spontaneously when Com
missioner Page arose when the crowd
was assembled to state that he had
come to look over the disputed situa
tion and had decided that he could re
port tOj.a full session of his board.
He was brokea Into by Hon. O. P.
Mason and from then on the meeting
ran riot. After about two hours of
clash and clamor Mr Pge announced
that he was much disappointed and
that he had to go. Thus tho meeting
closed with nothing done except a
few wind bags being emptied. Gas
ton's claim to the Bessemer City
route was based on the belief that
some day soon it would be a cotton
mill town fiom Belmont to Kings
Mountain and that if the highway
were established along the Southern
railway it would aorve the greatest
number of people, Commissioner A.
T. Lindsar of the Gaston board fa
vored the Llnwood route but was per
fectly w Jim" for Mr. Page to decide
the Issue. - v '
Mnrcant-iri. Site for Morganton's
new $100,000 hotel was selected and
purchased, the owners selling the
property for $10,000. "
Rutherfordton. Forest City is to
have a new cotton mill. At a meet
ing of prominent business men plans
were gotten under way to build the
mill. Over $200,000 worth of stock
was subscribed in a few minutes.
Raleigh. Governor Bickett granted
pardons to two notable prisoners, Hu
bert E. Wilson, Mecklenburg county,
sentenced to 18 months for bigamy,
and Thomas Faucette, Granville, two
years for abducting a married wo
man. Chapel Hill The current of stu
dentB which for the past few days has
been flowing into Chapel Hill for the
opening of the 125th session of the'
University of North Carolina, swelled
into a full tide when 428 men regis
tered. Salisbury. Alex Yantsios, part
owner of the Piedmont cafe and one
of Salisbury's most popular Greeks
was almost instantly killed when his
automobile turned turtle while he and
a party of friends were returning from
China Grove.
Boone. September 30th was the
first kiHing frost of the season. The
thermometer stood at the freezing
point at 7:30 o'clock in the morning.
Most of the com is in the shock nnd
hence is not injured. Chestnuts seem
to be plentiful in this section and will
be in their prime in a few days.
Shelby. Col. J. T. Gardner, of Shel
by, is in receipt of a letter from Mrs.
C. J. Hinson Btating that the war de
partment has wired, that her husband,
MaJ. C. J. Hinson, is dead as a result
nf heart failure at Brest. France,
where he was awaiting return to the
United States.
Salisbury. A local post of the
American Legion has been organized
in Salisbury by District Organizer W.
C. Coughenour. It starts with 60
members.
Elon College. The .executive board
of the trustees held a very busy ses
sion here and elected Dr. Thomas C.
Amlck treasurer of the college to
succeed the late Rev. L. I. Cox, re
signed, who had served in this posi
tion for the past eight years.
Greensboro. Winston-Slem was.
selected as the next place of meeting
for the Eighth District Medical So
ciety, in session here. The meeting
was the best ever held by this organ
ization. Dr. Fred Hanes, of Winston
Salem, was elected president
Wilmington. Quo Vadls Wooten, a
girl 14 years of age, awoke from a
nap at her home in Jonea county and
found that she was unable to move
her body. Afterhome remedies had
failed, a physician was summoned and
be found that the girl had been shot
In the back by a younger sister the
22 caliber bullet penetrating the spi
nal column. The girl was not awak
ened by the shot and knew nothing
ot the occurrence. '
'S
IS
DIFFICULTY EXPERIENCED IN
PERSUADING THE PATIENT
TO REMAIN IN BED.
RESPIRATION WAS AFFECTED
That Mr. Wilton Was Able to Eat and
Sleep with More Regularity Waa
Considered Very Promising.
Washington The favorable trend
of President Wilson's condition con
tinued and there were indications
that those attending tta President
thought ho might he definitely on the
road to recovery.
After the best night's sleep he haft
had since he was taken ill, the Pres
ident waa in such pood spirits that
Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, his
personal physician, had difficulty in
persuading him to remain in bed.
That Mr. Wilson was able to eat and
sleep with more regularity was con
sidered particularly promising since
these are the two most important
requisites for cure of the com plica
tions which followed hi attack of
nervous exhaustion. His digestive or
gans have been sensitive for years
and, his respiratory system, weaken
ed by an attack of influenza last
spring, is said . to have interfered
during his present illness with his
ahllity to sleep soundly.
BRITISH RAILWAY, STRIKE
ENDS THROUGH COMPROMISE.
London. With dramatic sudden
ness it was announced to a knot of
pooplc waiting in Downing street, that
the great railway strike, which ap
peared to havo brought the country
almost to the brink cf revolution, was
settled, and that the strikers would
resume work as quickly as possible.
The terms of the settlement are In
the nature of n comp-omiso. The Na
tional Union of Rallwaymen agrees
to call off the strike, and the govern
ment consents to a renewal of the
negotiations, the continuance of the
exicting wage scale for another year,
instead of six months as previously
offered, and the establishment of . a
minimum wage ot 51 shillings, while
the cost of living is 110 per cent above
the pre-war level.
INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERS
SUGGEST A NEW REMEDY.
New York. The present industriul
unrest is due to the system permit
ting "the acquisition of wealth for
which no adequate service has been
rendered," according to nine "Indus
trial engineers" who : express their
views in a letter made public here
addressed to the labor conference in
Washington.
TO ENTRUST THE STATES
WITH WORLD WAR EMBLEM8
Washington. While the United
States government will retain title
to the colors, standards and guidons
carried by North Carolina, South Car
olina and other national guard troops
during the world war. they will be en
trusted to the several states or donors
for safe keeping. ,
ONE MILLION DOLLARS LEFT
TO GREAT BAPTIST CAMPAIGN
'Nashville. Tenn Through the will
of J. Thomas, wealthy layman of Dal
las, Tex., who died recently, the Bap
tist $75,000,000 campaign receives
$1,000,000 from the Thomas estate.
GENERAL LEONARD WOOD
SOON TO LEAVE OMAHA
Chicago. Within a few days Gen
eral Leonard Wood will relinquish
military control of Omaha where a
mob' rioted, lynched a negro, attempt
ed to hang Mayor Smith and burned
the court house.
LODGE'S CONSTITUENTS
WANT TREATY RATIFIED
' Boston, Mass. Prompt ratification
of the treaty of peace without amend
ment but with "unequivocal and effec
tive reservations" was favored in the
platform offered at the Republican
state convention.
The resolutions as presented en
dorsed the efforts of Senator Lodge
"to bring about prompt action on the
reaty" and also voiced appreciation
f th MT-vlnM Af flnenVer ftlllett of
QUESTION
IS A LIVE ISSUE
RISC IN PRICE OF SUGAR BEFORE
JANUARY NEXT IS A CON
FIDANT PREDICTION.
LEGISLATIVE ACTION NEEDED
The Necessity of the Continuation ef
Sugar Equalization Board Pointed
Out As Possible Remedy.
Washington. -Told by Oeorge A.
Zabriskle, president of the sugar
equalisation board, It was practically
certain that unless some legislation
action was taken Immediately sugar
prices would increase after January
1, the senate committee investigating
the sugar shortage requested W. A.
Glasgow, counsel for the food admin
istration, to formulate legislation de
signed to alleviate the situation and
to make pussihle negotiations for pur
chasing the 1920 Cuban sugar crop.
The committee made its request af
ter Mr. Zabriskle had testified that
dospite urging by tho sugar equallza
tlon board President Wilson had fail-
ed to authorize purchase of the Cuban
crop, and after he at Chairman Mc-r,
Nary' insistence had presented biev
correspondence with the President.
The Cuban government withdrew its
offer of the sugar crop September 22.
Zabriskle said. He added, however,
that means might yet be found to ob
tain Cuban sugar if legislative ac
tion could be had immediately. It
would be necessary also, he said, te
mak ) provision for continuation of
the sugar equalization board, which,
automatically goes out of exlstenoe
December 31.
REPORT ABOUT COMPLETE OF
FEDERAL RAILWAY COMMISSION
Washington.-Wlth the cross exam
ination of W. Jett Lauck, counsel for
the Amalgamated Association ol
Street and Electric Railway em
ployes, the presentation of labor's view
of the difficulties of the nation's trol
ley systems was concluded before the
federal electric railways commission.
After hearing a few additional wit
nessas who have expressed a desire
to clear up previous statements, the
commission expects to adjourn and
begin preparation of Its report baaed
on hearings covering all phases of the
situation.
Cross examination of Mr. Lauck de
veloped that the Amalgamated asso
ciation favors as "a living wage" not
less than $6.40 per day for all electrlo
railway employes, including clerka
and stenographers.
NEGRO STRIKEBREAKERS
KILL A UNION PICKET.
India Arbor.'Ind., Oct. 3. Rioting
broke out at the Universal Portland
Cement plant and a union picket waa
shot by one of two armed negroes who
with nearly 25 other negroes attempt'
ed te return to work. Several shots
were fired by the two negroes who
were arrested and placed in Jail. The
other negroes were chased into the
woods by nearly 300 strikers.
BELGIUM BREAKS WITH
DUTCHY OF LUXEMBOURG.
Brussels. - Economic negotiations
between Luxembourg and Belgium
have been broken off by Belgium as a
result of the referendum in Luxem
bourg under which France became
Luxembourg's financial ally. The
Belgian minister in Luxembourg has
been recalled.
8UGAR SHORTAGE HITTING
PEOPLE OF THE SOUTH.
Washington. The sugar shortage la
hitting the south. Members of the
North Carolina delegation are trying
to encourage their constituents to
worry along. It looks now as If Tar
Heels would have to resort to "lone
sweetening" this winter.
ITALY TO RATIFY PEACE
PACT BY ROYAL DECREE.
Paris. Advices received bjr the
poaoe conference from Rome have per- i
auaded the members of the supreme
council that Italy will ratify the Qer '
man peace treaty by royal decree,
thua assuring prompt exchange of rat.
mentions which will make the treaty
effective. , The general opinion la th
council is that such a ratification
bejf-Md under the Italian constii
tr' the treatv does not InvoV
air Italian territorial ehan
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