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©be Atlanta ©rMUeekfo Sonviial 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.