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VOL. XXII. NO. 138.
Russia and Poland
Agree to End War;\
Truce Is Reported
Weakened by Revolts at
Home, Bolshevik Forces
■; Are Anxious -to Stop Hos
. utilities t
PARIS, Oct. 6. —Dispatches from
Warsaw and Moscow today announced
that an armistice between Soviet Rus
sia and Poland had been signed, ac
cording to the Havas Agency.
BY ISAAC DON DEVINE
(Special- Cable to the Chicago Daily News
Foreign Service, by Lensed Wire to
The Atlanta Journal.)
(Copyright, 1920.)
RIGA. Latvia, Oct. 6. —Last night
ft peace pact was concluded between
Jan Dombski and Adolph .Toffee
binding both sides to sign an agree
fnen for a preliminary peace armis
tice between Poland and Soviet Rus
sia before October 8. It was a per
sonal triumph for M. Domkski
Whose moderate policy prevailed. In
the last few days Dombski and Joffe
have had a number of meetings as
Individuals and these interviews
paved the way for an understanding
despite the serious difficulties en
countered by the Polish envoy in his
Own delegation. *
Most of the foreign observers
here doubted the sincerity of M.
Dombski’s peace professions because
his record was not generally known.
It is now permissible to disclose that
he was a member of a secret com
mission of five statesmen appointed
by the Polish government in Febru
ary last to considere the soviet peace
proposals. M. Dombski then was the
only one among the five favoring the
acceptance of Foreign Commissar
Tchitcherin’s offer for the conclusion
of a permanent peace with Russia.
When at the en dos last week it ap
peared clear that no results were
possible at the formal sessions M.
Dombski resolved not to let the con
ference collapse but to seek confiden
tial interviews with M. .Joffe.
So great was the factional strife
Within the Polish delegation that
Stanislaw Grabski. when M. Domb
ski went hunting last Sunday, intro
duced a number of provoking pas
sages in the Potfsh reply to the
soviet peace proposal without Domb
ski’s knowledge. XJ. Grabski, repre
senting the militarist element, thus
sought to wreck the conference but
he only succeeded in provoking
Dombski and hastening the latter’s
Understanding with M. Joffe. f
The basis of this understanding
is the' minimum Polish line indicated 1
tn previous dispatches, name- i
17. the Branovitch-Luninetz railroad. |
Only six days ago M. Posse in a pri
vate conversation, assured me that j
the soviet* government would not
make any such concession but ap
parently personal contact accom
p’ishcde what seemed unattainable
•t the formal meetings.
-Yesterday morning when the soviet
ten-day ultimatum was about to ex
pire M. Joffe announced to the Poles
that his mission was finished and
that, the conference would be ended
if no tangible proof of a Polish in-|
tention to conclude peace were not ‘
given immediately. The soviet dele
gates actually began preparation's to
depart from Riga. ' Confronted bj’ j
this abrupt ultimatum, D. Dombski
took the decisive step on his own in
itiative, signing an unusual docu
ment Which decifired that the chair
men of the Russian and Polish dele
gations. after arriving at an under
standing as to the basiq principles
Involved promised to sign within
the next three days «« armistice pre
liminary to peace.
M. Dombski was enabled to do this
because of the heavy allied pressure
brought to bear on the Warsaw op
position. This foreign influence, it
is claimed here, was responsible for
the victory won by the progressive
Dombski party and it makes possible
the rise of the progressive elements
in Polar d to permanent power.
RIVER niemen crossed,
SAYS POLISH COMMUNIQUE
WARSAW, Oct. 6.—“ Our advance
guard has crossed the river Niemen
ou the eastern front," the Polish com
munique said today. "A Poleslan de
tachment has occupied the entire
line of the Lida-Rovno railway."
Russians holding poles,
SAYS MOSCOW REPORT
LONDON, Oct. 6.—Russian troops
nave stemmed the Polish advance in
many places and made important
Sains themselves, a Moscow wireless
•aid today.
Eastward from the river Niemen.
it was admitted, the retreat continued
"according to plan.”
McSwiney’s Sisters Ask
Cox and Harding for
Sympathy Expression
LONDON. Oct. 6. —An open letter
If-Governor Cox and Senator Harding
ttom Lady Ma.y oress Maebwiney’s I
<»Mters. Annie ana Mary, made public
coday asks of the presidential candi
dates some “message of hope for Ire
land."
The world will expect the new pres-
Jderff to make suggestions to Europe
for world peace, the letter said, and
it is appropriate that the candidates
how make some suggestion as to Ire
land./ Thd letter especially ‘ asked a
statement on reprisals of British po
lice on the Sinn Feiners.
' MacSwiney’s condition was only
slightly changed, according to
last bulletin from Sinn Fein head*
quarters here. MacSwiney began his
fifty-fifth day of huneer striking.
200 Bales of Cotton
Destroyed by Fire
WILLIAMSON. Ga.. Oct. 6.
Williamson warehouse owned by
Hutchinson & Glass, together with
about 200 bales of cotton, was de
stroyed by fire early Wednesday
piorning. the origin of the fire is
unknown. The loss is estimated at
about $25,000, partially covered by
insurance
GINS FIRED AND
WARNINGS GIVEN
IN COTTON BELT
ATLANTA. Ga., Oct. 6.—(By the
Associated Press.) —Destruction of
several cotton gins and business
houses in the cotton belt after anony
mous threats had been received or
dering operators and business men to
cease activities while cotton was
selling kt what many farmers termed
a price below the cost of production,
■ has resulted in the placing of armed
guards around several gins and the
closing of business in at least one
small community.
Burning of the second gin in the
Stamford, Tex.^territory within two
days was reported last night and the
general mercantile establishment of
Taylor & Barnette, at Hanceville,
Ala., was destroyed yesterday after
the proprietors had ignored orders
to close their place of business , until
cotton was selling at 40 cents a
pound and had withdrawn guards.
Business houses at New Hance
ville, whose proprietors received
similar warnings, closed yesterday,
but stores at Garden City and Hance
ville and gins in the vicinity remain
ed open under armed guard.
Threats also have been received by
business men in Georgia and South
Carolina, the sheriff of Ander
son county. South Carolina, yesterday
was appealed to for protection after
gin operators had received additional
warnings. In Anderson county tl)e
gins have been given until October 7
to suspend activities.
The Rowland gin at Anson Tex.,
was burned Sunday night, and the
Luders gin. near Stamford, was de
stroyed Monday night. In each in
stance the fires apparently were of
incendiary origin and the owners pre
viously had been warned to close the
plants until cotton reached 40 cents.
Feeling among citizens was reported
running high.
Warnings posted on gins at Bow
man, Ga., read: “We, the citizens of
everywhere, kffidly ask that this gin
nery be closea until November, 1920,
unless further' notified. Please take
notice .’*
i $250,000 Corporation
Considered to Ship
Cotton to Germany
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Oct. 5.—A com
mittee of cotton factors is consid
ering Tuesday the organization of a
$250;000 corporation here for the
purpose of sending short staple cot-
I ton to Germany to be manufactured.
• Under this plan Germany would
j not buy the cotton, but would be
I allowed a profit for manufacture,
• most of the goods to be sent back to
1 America for sale. The scheme is
proposed by Gerald Fitzgerald,
i Clarksdale. Miss., lawyer and bank-
I er. Such a corporation has been
formed in Clarksdale with $50,000
I capital.
i If the local corporation is formed,
branch ofices will be opened in New
York and Germany, and an effort
will be made to have similar corpo
rations organized through the south.
Strong opposition is expected from
American cotton mills.
1
Farm Products Shrink
! $1,750,000,000 When
Prices Slump Sharply
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6.—Reduc
tions during July and-- August in the
prices 6f various farm products cost
the farmers of the country $1,750,-
000,000. it was estimated today by
George P. Hampton, managing di
rector of the Farmers’ National coun
cil. The estimate was based on the
prices producers received for wheat,
corn, potatoes, apples, Lcottoon and
beef cattle..
Can’t Write, Telephone
Or Speak to His Wife
A temporary injunction restraining
her husband. W. L. Kittrell, from
speaking to her, writing to her, tele
phoning her, or communicating with
her in any manner, has been grant
ed Mrs. Grace Kittrell Bell in the
Fulton superior court in Atlanta.
The petitioner charges that her
husband drove her from the Kittrell
home, and that when she went Ao her
mother’s home he followed her and
“parked himself” in front of the
house, so that she was forced to go
to the home of her brother in West
End. #
Mrs. Kittrell asked for a divorce.
/
Hotel Boarders Stage .
Newest Strike Idea
BAYBORO, N. C.—The -latest
things in strikes is credited to this
little town.
The boarders at the only hotel
quietly walked out one day and went
over to an old maid’s cottage and
there set up an establishments of
their own. They gave no reason for
striking (or leaving) except that
they wished to help the old maid.
But that is questioned and one
wonders if this was not a strategic
move to get the woman’s vote.
High Cost of Dying
Also Shows Decline
GREENVILLE, S. C.— Due to the
decline in the price of coffins and
lower wages for grave diggers one
may die and be buried at cost of
15 to 25 per cent less than a month
ago, according to reductions in em
balming and burial expenses an
nounced today by the leading under
- taking establishments here.
STOPPED HER FITS
Mrs. Dellia Martin, a resident of
Wurtsboro, writes that she stopped
her fits with a medicine that she read
about in the paper. She f says she
has not had a fit since she took the
first dose, and that she wants every
sufferer to know about this wonder
ful medicine and what it did for her.
If you, a friend, or relative suffer
from these dreadful attacks you are
advised to send name and address
at once to R. P. N. Lepso, 13 Island
Ave., Milwaukee, Wis., who is gener
ously offering to send a bottle of the
same kind of medicine he gave Mrs.
Martin, free, to any sufferer who
writes him.— (Advt.) 4
WEST MBS ID
LEffl TO HfflfflG
AT PRESWT STAGE
Perspective Total of Cox
Only Slightly More Than
Half of What Wilson Got
in 1916
BY DAVID BAWBENCB
(Leased Wire Service to The Journal.)
(Copyright, 1920.)
CHICAGO, Oct. 4. —Senator Hard
ing, Republican candidate for the
presidency, has a fairly tight hold
on the electoral vote west of the
Mississippi but by no means one that
could not have been unloosened by
effective organization and a press
more friendly to the Democratic
cause. The-, writer saw the west a’,
a time of lowest ebb for the Demo
crats and highest tide for the Re
publicans.
The month of October will see the
Democrats struggling desperately to
undo in a month the work the Re
publicans have accomplished in near
ly two years of campaigning, foi
Will Hays began in March, 1918—
about eight months before the war
ended—and has established probably
the most complete and effective po
litical organization in the history of
the United States. He was taken to
task by Colonel Harvey for starting
in the midst of the war but he has
done the job, and Republican victory
will be as much due to the Repub
lican Organization as it was to the
restrictive conditions of the wai
which have made Republicans out ot
Democrats.
To understand why the majority
of the western states will go Repub
lican one must revert to the 1916
campaign. The west didn’t like war.
and voted to 4>e kept out of it. Once
entered into the fray, the west con
tributed brawny soldiers and all its
money and crops to win. But, it
didn’t acquire any affection for war.
It resented war conditions and chafed
under war restrictions. The Repub
lican presss of the west, at first
friendly to the League of Nations,
still favors the principle of a world
association, but says the present
league is Wilson’s league and means
war, entanglements in foreign trou
bles and all sorts of responsibilities.
Being more anxious for Republican
victory because of domestic issues
like taxation, the tariff, andr other
matters closer home, the newspapers
friendly even to the Wilson league
are. submerging the controversy over
the kind of league America is to en
ter and convincing their readers that
Senator Harding will do the right
thing at the right time, whatever it
is, but*that the important task is to
put thfe Republican party back, in
power and restore normalcy.
Press Largely G. O. P.
Most people are so irritated over
the high cost of living, the high rail
road rates, the congestion of freight
and the whole after-the-war mess
thatzthey want a change. They think
the Republican paj-ty will bring it.
matters can’t be any worse
than they have been and perhaps
they will get better. That’s about
as far as the big mass of voters
have gone in analyzing the issues of
the campaign.
Except in a few states. President
Wilson’s plea for a solemn referen
dum on the election has signally
failed. The mandate of the election
will not be a repudiation of the cove
nant or any other part of the peace
treaty. Groups here: and there will
vote •on foreign subjects such as
Irish freedom or Italian war aspi
rations but generally speaking. Re
publican victory will mean a desire
to change from one set of political
leaders to another.
Republican newspapers friendly to
the league already are preparing
their readers for that verdict and
trying to prevent Senator Harding
from misconstruing the verdict by
deciding to stay out of the league.
The Republican press in the west
outnumbers the Democrats at least
two to .one, and in some) states four
and five to one. The pro-league
press is about evenly divided among
the Republican .press, but you can
count on the fingers of your hand
the Republican newspapers that fa-'
vor even the Wilson league who' have
dared to make that the paramount
consideration and tell their readers
that they ought to vote for Cox or.
that account.
The most striking thing about the
whole western campaign is the utter
lack of enthusiasm by Democrats or
Republicans of the rank and file for
either Cox or Harding. Plenty ot
applause and cheers were given Gov
ernor Cox on his trip but the mass
of the people are not impressed with
the personality of either nominee as
reflected in the press. Both men
.were unknown, to be sure, before
the two conventions. But the real
reason, in my own judgment, why
neither Cox or Harding have captur
ed the popular imagination is that
they have failed to point out clearly
a reconstruction policy. They have
both been more interested in the
politics of their campaigns than eco
nomics of the» country.
Plucky Fight Made by Cox
The one has carried on a destruc
tive campaign of criticism and the
other has expressed himself in such
generalities as to evoke no particu
lar hostility from any group or
class. But the truth is more than
one editor complained that neither
candidate really is producing “front
page stuff.” , . '
Perhaps Governor Cox’s criticism
of the western press is partly due
to the foregoing thought. For it is
true that even the dispatches from
Marion have not been conspicuously'
displayed all the time. On the other
hand, Governor Cox has a rightful
cause when he complains that ■ in
some western cities his speeches
were not even printed or that trivial
portions were given prominence and
a decidedly prejudiced twist”carried
in the headlines. It is true, that
Governor Cox had to be caughn.in a
railroad wreck to get on the first
page of one San Francisco newspa
per, which all but ignored his visit
to that city.
The Democratic nominee has made
a plucky fight. He haft made votes
in the west and stimulated Demo
eartic organization everywhere. It
was a splendid thing for him to go
west in September, but lacking funds
and a friendly press, the Democrats
of the west face an almost hopeless
task.
As matters stand today, it would
appear that Senator Harding will
carry every state west of the Mis
sissippi with the exception of Mon
tana. Utah, Nevada, Arizona, New
Mexico, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas
and Missouri. Strangely enough
(Continued on Page 7, Column 6)
ATLANTA, GA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1920.'
NO SPEED-LIMIT HERE!
STATEMENT ON
RUMANIA DENIED
BY PRESIDENT
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—President
Wilson today wired Senator Spencer,
of Missouri, that his statement that
the president had promised military
aid to -the Rumanians and Serbs was
“false.” r , .
Senator Spencer’s address was de
livered in Missouri and when, it was
called th Secretary Tumulty’s atten
tion, Mr. Tumulty gave out a state
ment to correspondents of St. Louis
newspapers declaring that the sen
ator's statement was "absolutely and
unqualifiedly” false. Senator Spencer
in; turn issued a statement . saying
that he did not believe the president
had authorized such a denial.
The president’s letter was in reply
to this, statement. It follows:
“Senator Selden Palmer Spencer, St.
Louis, Mo.
“I have just been shown your state
ment that my secretary’s denial of
the previous statement by you that
I had promised American military
aid to Roumania and Serbia was is
sued by him without my knowledge
and sanction, and that you did not
for a moment believe that I had
made any such denial, or that the
matter was ever called to my at
tention. I wish to state that your
statement was called to my atten
tion. by Mr. Tumulty and that I re
quested him to issue a denial to
which you refer. I reiterate the de
nial. The statement you made was
“WOODROW WILSON.” #
No Connection Shown
Between Suspect and
New York Explosion
PITTSBURG. Pa., Oct. s.—Fldrean
Zelenka, Brooklyn, arrested here on
suspicion of connection with the
Wall street bomb outrage, probably
will be held on a charge of illegally
transporting dynamite from one state
to another, justice department agents
intimated today. Hours of question
ing failed to disclose any connec
tion betw'een Zelenka and the Wall
street tragedy. •
NO CONNECTION IS
FOUND IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. 5. —Investiga-
tion so far has failed to disclose any
connection between Florean Zelenea,
Russian, arrested in Pittsburg with
dynamite in his possession, and the
Wall street bomb outrage, operatives
of the department of justice said to
day. Further interrogation of Ze
lenka and questioning of -his ac
quaintances here may reveal a con
nection. but the hope is slight, it
was said.
Airplane Police Spot
Speeders From Air
DENVER, Colo., Oct. s.—First air
plane observation of speeding motor
ists in Denver was pronounced a
success today following a flight made
over the city by Louis Uland, chief
of the traffic squad. Uland declared
it was easy to “spot” the speeders
from the air.
Aunt Julia’s “Journey’’ Begins Monday!
As announced in Tuesday’s issue of The Tri-Weekly Journal, a
brand-new and wonderful feature awaits the thousands of friends and
admirers of “Aunt Julia,” who conducts the popular “Letter Box” twice
a week in this paper.
“A Journey With Aunt Julia” is the title of the feature and The
Tri-Weekly Journal takes pleasure in saying that it will begin next
Monday. •
This will be the first opportunity our readers have ever had to
get an insight into the real, human personality of Aunt Julia. Her
story is going to be an enjoyable, personally conducted trip a place
hundreds of Tri-Weekly readers are already interested in. A generous
installment will be published in every issue until the whole wonderful
narrative is finished.
Watch out for next Monday’s paper! And make sure that your
subscription doesn’t expire either before or after “Aunt Julia’s Journey”
begins!
Yeggmen Smoke Cigars
And Enjoy Lunch While
Tapping New York Safes
North Carolina Has
First Lady Sheriff
PITTSBORO, N. C. Oct. 6—Miss
Myrtle Siler, of Pittsboro, re
cently was appointed sheriff of
Chatham county by thfe board of
county commissioners to succeed
Sheriff Ledn, T. Lane, resigned.
Immediately after her appoint
ment, Miss Siler filed the neces
sary bond and the oath of
office, the first wtwnan to hold
such a position in North Carolina.
SHIP SINKING IN
GULF LAST WEEK
MAY BE PROBED
* - - -
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. s.—Details
clearing up the uncertainties sur
rounding the sinking during last
week’s tropical hurricane of the
steamship Speed-well in the Gulf of
Mexico were expected today from
two sources—from steamer Lake Su
perior, due at Santiago, Cuba, and
the oil tanker Sunoil, expected at
Tampico. Mexico.
Interest was added to the case last
night when George W. McDuff, father
of Mrs. Edward M. Richardson, be
lieved to have been the only white
woman on board the vessel, tele
graphed to the secretary of state, re
questing an investigation of -what he
suspected was foul piny among mem
bers of the crew. Mr. McDuff stated
he was unftble to reconcile nimself
to the fact that negro and Mexican
members of the crew’ Were saved in
such lar(?e numbers, while the only
white wqman aboard, probably per
ished.
The Lake Superior, a United States
shipping board steamer, sailed from
Pensacola September 30. She picked
up ‘thirteen survivors, including one
passenger. The Sunoil, a'Pacific and
Orient tank-er, has been variously re
ported en route for Tampico, Balti
more, Philadelphia and ' Hampton
‘Roads.- Shipping authorities here as
sert she is bound for Tampico am.
should arrive there toaay. Aboard
the Sunoil are four survivors. Five
dead persons were in the boat which
she picked up. two of them women.
Captain Johnson, of the Speedwell,
was reported to have gone down w’ith
his ship.
The Speedwell, with five passen
gers and a crew of nineteen, sailed
from Belize, British Honduras, Sep
tember 25 for New Orleans. In an
effort *to dodge the hurricane, the
vessel ran directly into it. and was
abandoned in a sinking condition
September 29.
I These Genteel Bandits Wear
Rubber Gloves, Use* Elec
tric Drills and Take Things
Easy While Busy
NEW YORK, Oct. 6.—Safeblowers,
wearing rubber finger covers and
working with electric drills, nitro
glycerin and soft soap, blew' three
safes in the Jewelers’ Crafts build
.ing, at 45 Lispenard street, late Wed
nesday night. A fourth safe found
open was robbed of a box of cigars.
Despite police secrecy, it became
known that the total thefts amount
ed to slightly more than $20,500.
The burglars apparently worked
quietly and at ease. The remains of
a lunch and Humerus’ cigar butts
were strewn about the floor.
The building is used exclusively
by manufacturers of costly jewelry.
Entrance was made on the fifth floor
byway of the Are scape. The thieves
entered the rooms of L. Jabner, Al
fred Schickerling and Green & Mel
doff. From the "burglar proof” safe
of the Jabner company they
$15,000 -worth of diamonds. Tne
Schickerling safe yielded $3,500 worth
of pure gold and platinum, and the
Green & Meldoff safe $2,000 worth of
diamonds and other precious stones.
The employment of nitroglycerin
by New York yeggmen has been long
discarded because of the noise made
by the explosion and general de
struction incident thereto. This point
p uzzled detectives working on
the case, wlro believed that only men
of unusual knowledge of the explo
sive were implicated. No noise was
heard by many passersby, and the
holes blown in the safes were clearly
cut without, the slightest wreckage.
The robberies w'ere discovered
when clerks arrived at the offices at
8:30 o’clock. Commissioner Enright
visited the scene and detailed the
best detectives on the force to the
case. ■
Lock Up President
And Rob the Bank
BUFFALO, N. Y., Oct. 5. —Four
auto bandits today entered the bank
of Depew'. New York, a suburb of
Buffalo, held the bank employes and
patrons at bay at the point of re
volvers, locked the president of the
bank in the vault and escaped with
SB,OOO in currency.
Clover Cotton Mills
Resumes Operation
GREENVILLE, S. d.. Oct. s.—The
Clover Manufacturing company,
Clover. S. C.. which was closed last
week because of "market conditions,
resumed operation Monday. The man
agement was quoted as saying that
the mill is forced to run °n part
time because of the inability to sell
its cotton goods products.
Atlanta Meeting Is
Called for Friday
To Discuss Cotton
GEORGIA VOTERS z
ELECT GOVERNOR
ON WEDNESDAY
As this edition of The Journal Tri-
Weekly went to press the voters Os
Georgia had finished casting their
ballots for governor of the state in
the run-over race by Thomas
W. Hardwick and Clifford Walker.
The indications were that after all
the votes had been counted the re
sult would show that far feljwer bal
lots went into the box despite the
keen interest that has marked the
contest. .
The two candidates led the field in
the regular primary-'&n September 8.
In the first race, ex-Senator Hard
wick ran first, with 190 county unit
votes, just four less than enough to
give him the governorship. Mr. Wal
ter ran second with 174 unit votes.
The Neill primary law requires that
a majority of county unit votes be
given any candidate in order to win.
Complying with the law. Speaker
John N. Holder, who ran third, drop
ped out of the race and the two
high men fought it out.
Both contestants carried out en
ergetic campaigns, each making a
number of speeches and issuing;
statements concerning their view's as
To the fitness and ability of the oth
er. Both expressed confidence on
the 1 eve of the election as to a vic
torious outcome,
A reasonably complete crew of
volunteers to serve without compen
sation as election managers at the
voting places had been organized
among the friends of the two candi
dates, thereby saving them the ex
pense employing election manag
ers, which w’ould have cdst them at
least SIO,OOO apiece. The Neill pri
mary law is deficient in this vital
particular, that while it requires a
run-over primary for governor and
senator where no candidate for these
qfiices receives a majority of the
county unit votes in the first pri
mary, it makes no provision for the
expense, of such run-over. At the
outset of the present contest* it look
ed as if it might be necessary for
Messrs. Hardwick and Walker to
put up the money for a second pri
mary, but they figured out a plan for
volunteers among their friends, and
it has worked out well. .
TO SELL PROPERTY
OF WILLINGHAM
CANNING CONCERN
MACON, Ga., Oct. 6.—At a meeting
of the creditors of the Willingham
corporation held Tuesday, an order
was passed authorizing the sale of
canned goods, live stock, automobiles
and other personal property of the
R. F. Willingham corporation. The
property includes canned goods val
ued at $9,000. J. N. Talley, referee
in’bankruptcy, presided at the meet
ing.
Attorney J. J. Lynch, of Chatta
nooga, representing C. B. Andrews
with a claim of $31,549.15, and At
torney P. W. Gidwell, Os Reidsville,
representing the First National
bank, of Reidsville, with a claim of
SIO,OOO, demanded that Mr. Willing
ham be examined as to his affairs
before matters were allowed to go
further. Other lawyers expressed
thei rapproval of this demand. In
reply to this. General Walter A.
Harris, attorney for Mr. Willingham,
said he would write at once to phy
sicians in charge of the sanitarium
in Philadelphia, where Mr. Willing
ham is confined, to see if he is in
condition for an examination. In
the event that he is capable, a hear
ing will be arranged at once.
When trustees are elected for the
Willingham Warehouse, they will
meet with the trustees of the R. F.
Willingham corporation to decide
what is to be done with the canning
plant. Referee Talley says the plant
will be sold, but whether the pro
ceeds will go to the creditors of the
canning corporation or to the credi
tors of the warehouse is yet uncer
tain.
First Two Games of
World’s Series Split by
Cleveland - Brooklyn
BROOKLYN, N. Y„ Oct. 6. —
Cleveland *and Brooklyn, baseball
champions for 1920 respectively in
the American and National leagues,
divided honors in the first two
games of the world's series which
opened at Brooklyn Tuesday. •
The Cleveland “Indians,” pilotted
by the Arlptnsas slugger, Tris
Speaker, won the opening contest 3
to 1 with Covaleskie pitching. /The
Brooklyn “Robins” came back Wed
nesday by a 3 to 0 victory.
Southern stars figured prominently'
in both games. Besides the bril
liant fielding of Manager Speaker,
Joe Sewell, young recruit who re
cently captained the University of
Alabama team, hetpod Cleveland in
the first battle.
In the second game, the pitchers
for both sides were old southern
league stars. crimes, former
Birmingham slabman, hurled for
Brooklyn, while “Jim” Bagby, form--
erly of the New Orleans, did the
tossing for Cleveland. "Rube”
Marquard was Brooklyn’s pitcher in
the first game until he wasrelieved
by Mamaux.
1920 Census Count
Gives North Carolina
2,556,486 - People
WASHINGTON, Oct. s.—Nineteen
twenty census figures given out to
day follow:
North Carolina 2,556,486, increase
350,199, ( or 15.9 per cent.
Arizoha 333.273, increase 128,919,
or 63. T per cent.
Kansas 1,769,185, increase 78,236,
or 4.6 per cent.
DeFuniak Fla., 2,097, in
crease 80. or 4.0 per cent.
Beaufort, N. C., 2,968; Morehead
City, N. 2,958.
5 CENTS A COPT.
$1.59 A YEAR.
Leaders Will Gather tp De
vise Means Helping
Situation Caused by Slump
in F’ric&S
A mass meeting of Atlanta bank
ers and business men to consider
‘ the alarming situation caused by the
sudden and heavy decline in the
price of cotton has been called for
1 Friday afternoon, October 8, at 8:30
o’clock, in the assembly hall of the
chamber of commerce. '
1 The call for the meeting was Is
’ sued by B. F. McLeod, a prominent
Charleston business man, and chalr-
1 man of the finance committee of the
■ American Cotton association. Simi-
■ lar meetings have been held in Rich
: monfl, Va., and Columbia, S. C. After
> the Atlanta meetings, others will be
■ held in the principal cities of the
. cotton-growing states,
I Governor R.SI. Manning, of South
> Carolina. Chairman McLeod, of the
finance oommittee of the cotton as-
• sociation, and one *or two others,
. will' deliver addresses. Invitations
, will be-sent to all Atlanta bankers, *
to wholesale merchants and jobbers,
to manufacturers-, and to all others
L interested in the mercantile and
, financial situation in Atlanta’s trade
territory as caused by the decline
in cotton.
( Sixty days ago the price of cot-,
ton was l£rty cents a pound. Today
it has dropped below twenty-five
, cents. This means that Georgia’* ex
' pected cash return from the 1920
cotton crop has been cut down in
5 round figures $150,000,000. It means
1 that Georgia’s circulating currency,
for the payment of current obliga
tions maturing in the fall, has
■ shrunk that amount in less than
. two months.
, According to officials of the Amerl
c can Cotton association, and contirm-
■ ed by repotts which business men
1 and bankers are receiving, the heavy
drop in cotton has precipitated a
1 most acute and alarming state of
I ffiind among the farmers. Their cot
; ton' - this year cost more to produce X
' than ever before. They claim the
! present price is below the cost of
- production. All sorts of suggested
, methods of meeting the situation
have beenSput on foot by the drop
! in the market.
In many sections of Georgia »nd
. other states, there is a propaganda
among the farmers to pick their
cotton and store it in their houses
; un-gipned, to hold it there indefinite
. ly an*„ go no further, while the mer
-1 chant, and bankers wait on collec
tions. Any such movement if car
ried out to a widespread extent'in
’ the cotton belt would produce Count
less failures.
The American Cotton association
is urgently advising all of its mem- ■'-
bers, and all cotton growers whether
members or not, to pursue a differ
[ ent course. It is advising them, tol
pick and gjn their cotton, store it/
in warehouses, borrow vfthat- money
they need to pay their supply bills,
and hold their cotton for a favorable
; market. The money thus borrowed
t and used to pay debts would circu
, late from the farmers to the mer
chants, from the merchants to the
• bankers, itfrom the bankers to the
1 Federal Reserve bank, which is the
, ultimate source of erdeits. From
' there it would move back into cir
! culation. and there would be no great
. inflation of currency to handle the
, cotton crop.
It is for the purpose of enlisting
• the co-operation of business men and
bankers in this movement that the
. finance committee of the American
Cotton association has decided to
’ hold a series of conferences in the
■ principal southern cities.
, RESERVE RANKS WILL
REDISCOUNT COTTON PAPER
WASHINGTON. Oct. s.—Senator
. Smith, of South Carolina, issued a
, statement Monday night saying he
had conferred with Secretary Hous
-1 ton and Governor Hahding, of the
federal reserve boauL and been as
sured that the federal reserve sys
tem would “lend all legitimate aid
in rediscounting the paper based on
cotton sent in by member banks.”
The senator’s statement said his
conferences had been prompted by
conflicting reports as ,t(Wwhat had
transpired at a recent meeting be
tween representatives qf the Ameri
can Cotton association and treasury
officials. Governor Harding, it
> added, had reiterated to the senator
what he said to the cotton men while
Secretary Houston denied that he
was opposed to the formation of ex
port corporation by the cotton as
sociation.
“It was stated,” the statement ,
continued, ‘That there was an inor
dinate demand for cfe’dits from prac
tically every line of busipess in
America; that our export business
was being almost entirely financed
by American credits on account of
the unsatisfactory conditions of for
eign exchange, these conditions re
sulting in an unprecedented drain
upon the financial resources of the
country, the federal system,
included.”
Senator Smith suggested a lower
discount rate for farmers owing to
the time required tor production of
a marketable crop and said Gover
nor Harding had promised to take
the matter under advisement.
“Let the southern banks and mer- •
chants continue to co-operate with
the farmers as they have been do
ing,” the senator’s statement con
tinued, “and the problem will, be
solved. The world needs every bale
of cotton that is produced and more.
The south should not be stampeded,
but steadfastly demand her price and
get it.”
.WAREHOUSE SYSTEM IS
PROPOSED AS REMEDY
GREENVILLE. S. C., Oct. 5.
“For cold blooded, pitiless audacity
Secretary of Agriculture Houston
makes the ghost of Captain Kidd en
vious,” declares John L. AicLauri!!-.
former United States senator and au
thor of the state warehouse - sys
tem in South Carolina, in a state
ment to the press in xyhich -he blames
the federal reserve board for the
present low price of cotton and un
favorable conditions in the south,
which he says he considers an ‘‘out
rage of reason and justice.” He says
“the federal reserve act itself is a
grand conception, but it was never
expected that bankers alone should
dictate its policies, or that a man
who seems so totally devoid of
practical wisdom as Mr. Houston
should be secretary of the treasury.
Under his policy, the p rice of cotton
is not to be fixed by the law of sup
ply and demand, but by the federal
reserve board, through its power to
expand and contract credits.” 1
“What right have- either Secre
tary Houston or W. P. G. Harding
to say when prices are too high or
too low.” Mr. McLaurin asks. “The
people of the United States will
never stand for a policy which will
double .the wealth of the rich and
at the same time double the poverty
of the poor, thus repeating on a gi
gantic scale ‘the crime 0f,1873.