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THE FAYETTE FALCON,, SOMER7ILLE, TENNESSEE til l III'; DIG IS CALLED FOR DEC. 1-8 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE RECOM MENDS COTTON ACREAGE BE REDUCED. CONVENTION IN BLUFF CITY Banking and Business Institutions In Cotton-Growing States of South Expected to Attend Memphis Convention Memphis. What bankers and busi ness men of the south say will be the, most Important meeting held In Memphis for years will be the totton convention called for Dec. 7 and 8 to pave the way for a radical reduc tion In the cotton acreage of the 8tates In which the product Is grown. A call Ins been sent to all clearing liouse associations, chambers of com merce, banks and banking associa tions, officers, directors and mem bers of the American Cotton associ ation, farmers and merchants' asso ciations, and all allied interests. VIen from these Institutions will tut together to consider all the phases rf the cotton situation and formulate 1 ins for a reduction unequaled in the 8 ith In so far as the growing of less cotton is conceme1. In bringing about the reduction In cotton acreage the executive commit tee appointed by the Memphis Cot ton exchange are not unmindful of the farmers' interests. At the convention there will be a general discussion for extensive campaigns in every south ern state to carry on diversification on the farm. What the committee wants is to see that the farmers of the south" grow more live flack, more poultry and more of everything else but cotton, and to bring this forcibly before them a campaign will be launched that will reach every land owner's dosr, giving them to understand that the cotton committee Is ready at all times to aid the farmer in carrying out this agrl cultural activity, WILL HELP CUTTHE ACREAGE Georgia Will Send Big Delegation of Bankers and Business Men to Convention In Memphis. Atlanta. Georgia will send a big delegation of. bankers, business men and cotton growers to the cotton acreage convention to be held In Mem phis Dec. 7 and 8, with a .well thought out plan whereby the cotton situa tion can be", controlled, according to 1 B. Jackson, director of the Georgia bureau of. markets. Mr. Jackson said that recently the attention of the state association of bankers in convention at Macon was called by the state department of agriculture to the question of reduced cotton acreage. The association after going thoroughly Into the subject adopted a plan which Is now well un der way throughout the state. Under this plan the agricultural chairman of the bankers' association In each congressional .district of the state Is organizing the counties In his district. These agricultural chairmen of the association are themselves bankers, and each subchalrman . ap pelated In a county Is a banker. Through these chairmen and subchalr jnea the business mm and the cotton growers are reached and interested and wherever possible a pledge is se cured that acreage wflJ.be cut. ; Later these pledges will be followed up la cases where there is any loubt that the cotton grower may falter in his ' determination -to stick by all the other growers. In such cases, which Mr. Jackson believes will be very few, the banker chairman will, if need be. resort to rather strenuous argument, aucn as inability In future on the part of the man who violates his pledge" to eecure credit to handle his crop from any bank affiliated with the state as sociation. x JURY EXCUSES MRS. EDISON. Wife of Inventor Escapes Giving Serv ice Because of Husband's Cold. Newark, N, J. Thomas A Edison lias a cold and Mrs. Edison has been excused from Jury service because of it. The wife of the Inventor was to be foreman of Essex county's second feminine Jury. Her place was filled fcy Mrs. Edith Colby, wife of former United States Senator Everett Colby after the Judge had granted her re quest to be released so she might re main at home with Mr. Edison. Nobel Peace Prize for President Stockholm. President Wood row tTllson will be awarded the Nobel peace prize for 19:0, according to the Swedish newspapers. Pershing Gets $21,000. Washington. Gen. John J. Persh ing, as long as he remains la active aervke as head of the American amy, will receive pay amounting to $21,009 a year. It was disclosed here. s 1 . To Enable V. S. to Join. Geneva. The "fifth commission" of the League Of Nations is making a special effort to formslate program that mill enable ihe United States to -Join the league. Tomasso TIftonL firmer I'alian foreign minister, la lotmti the as??mb?y. PRDPEBfY U.S. ASCftPITAL TWO BILLION DOLLAR EXPORT UNION URGED AS SOLUTION OF WORLD TRADE. New York. A special to the World from Washington says: "President Wilson is in a position to permit the immediate inauguration of a plan that offers the only possible solution of the existing precarious state of world trade and also rehabilitation of the rapidly disintegrating Industrial fab ric of the United States." This was the assertion made by one of the leading financiers of the conn try and a close student of world eco nomic conditions, in discussing the proposed plan of a coterie of Ameri can bankers to utilize Jthe approxi mately $450,000,000 of German prop erty now held by the alien property custodian to establish a credit In the United States of between $2,000,000. 000 and $5,000,000,000 for Germany. Under the plan cT the bankers, who propose establishing an export corpo ration under the provisions of the Edge law, the credit is to be used ex clusively for the purchase In this coun try of cotton, wheat, copper, corn and general provisions of which there is a surfeit, but for which Germany Is starving because the present low rate of cxchiinte on German marks pre cludes the possibility of Its accept ance In trade for export and Import goods. ' . Officials in Washington, who are la a close touch with conditions through out the country regard the present condition of financial institutions ex tremely precarious because of trade decline in the marekt price of cotton, wheat, corn and other commodities They believe that the solution pro posed by the group of bankers is the only practicable plan to relieve the pressure on banks caused by the necessary outlays in the form of loans to produce tie crops. Appeals to the president toslgn a decree permitting the utilization of the German property In this manner have made plain the delicate condi tions existing generally and It has been specifically urged that establish ment of the credit would be In the nature of a direct and immediate panacea not only for 'conditions In this country but for the trade ills of the world. . MURDER TOLL CLAIMS TWO Robberies In Different Sections of Memphis, Both Bald and ' Brutal. Memphis. Two hour after Daniel W Murdock, 60, watchman for tha Pioneer Pole and Shaft company, was found Saturday night at the com pany'! plant In South Memphis brutal ly clubbed to death with a scantling, three masked negroes walked into the grocery and meat shop of Israel Evans at Mbple avenue and Woodlawn, shot him down in cold blood and then rifled the cash register. Evans wife was forced to stand with her hands up and. watch her husband die. , Bloodhounds were trying to pick up a scent of the Murdock murder when reports came of the murder ia Chel sea. Both were brataL Murdock was evi dently alone. It la believed vthat rob bery was the motive since $35 was gone from his pockets. ' -' ' The Evans murder was more than brutal. He, with his wife 'and chil dren, came to America a short "time ago, 'after he had served three years In the Russian army In the war ag.nst Germany, The family lived In the back of the Btdre or house at the corner cf Maple and Woodlawn. About 10 o'clock Evans was sweep ing up the store before locking up for the night Three negroes enter ed. They wore handkerchiefs" over their faces as masks. Evans was told to throw up his hands. He did so, and ran. Two shots were fired at him. Both struck him In the back. He fell alongside the meat block at the entrance to the living room. His wife hurried In. The negroes turned their pistols to her. With remarkable . composure ahe begged to be allowed to . give her dying husband a drink of water. They forced her to throw up her hands. One of them locked the front door and another proceeded to rifle the cash register of about $50. They then made their escape, and Mrs. Evans gave the alarm. Evans was about 45 years old. He leaves two little children. Jumps to His Death. Detroit One roan was killed when he Jumped from the third story win dow of a burning building and four others, overcome by smoke, are In a hospital in a serious condition. Find $75,000 in Bonds. , Fredericksburg. Va. Liberty bonds and other securities valued at a p. proximately $75,000. taken from the Bank of Mineral, Va, by "robbers the night of Nov. 6. were found In the woods near Aquia creek, ia Stafford county, by a party touring la an auto mobile. The tourists had stopped by the roaflIde for lunch and on arriv ing here1 reported to the authorities that they had "seen some papers which might be of raise. Officers visiting the scene searched the rkln'ty snd round t!i fcosds. LxeflD n nnrn Tidings of T( ennessee Tersely Told News Happenings About Four Neighbors From All Sections of Tht Vol unteer State DLxmrngrD WILL ORGANIZE LAYMEN. Methodists at Conference Form Broth erhood Movement . Martin. A meeting of conference of wide Importance was held here last week. Representative laymen of tho Memphis conference of the Methodist church were present from west Ten nessee and west Kentucky. The meet ing was called by the Memphis con ference lay leader, Prof. G. L. More lock of this city. Probably the thing of greatest im portance which was acted on by the meeting was the definite plan to or ganize the laymen of the conference along the lines of the . brotherhood movement This movement is gaining rapid headway, throughout this coun try and Europe, which was attested by the fact that practically every na tlon was represented at the World Brotherhood Conference, held recently at Washington, D, C. Tho committeo3 appointed to draft plans for this or ganization reported tentative plans and was continued to further perfect them. J. M. WTay, of Nashville, the associ ate secretary of the Laymen's Mis sionary Movement, was present and addressed the meeting. Lexington. S. E. Deere and Miss Vara Richardson were married at Warren's Bluff, this county. Milan. Mrs. Duck Andrews, 83, diqd of Infirmities incidental to old age at her home near Gaus. Milan. Arlle'Wren, a prosperous farmer of near Gans, six miles north of Milan, and Mrs. Lela Swindell were married. Milan. Oren Balnkenshlp, a well-to-do farmer, and Miss Opal Mullins, were married near Gaus, six miles north of here. . Nashville. With , but few patches of skin upon her entire body not seared by flames, Mrs. Homer Tippet of Nashville died at a local hospital of burns sustained three hours before. . McKenzfe. Frank Qulnn is McKen- rie's new chief of police, succeeding R. V. Mitchell, resigned. Mr. Quinn has served the city before in the same capacity. Chattanooga. T. J. E. Yocum, held here as the noted bank swindler, has been identified by A MlcMillan, cash ier of a Schenectady bank, who ar rived here, as the man who swindled three banks of that city out of $1,000. Memphis. The first Sunday of ev ery December is observed by the Elks everywhere as memorial day and, as has been the custom in the past, Memphis lodge. No. 27, B. P. O. Elks, will hold their lodge of sorrow Deer 5. . Cleason. Sweet potatoes are begin ning to move-now, after being a little quiet for tho past few weeks. The demand from the eastern markets' is a great deal better and some cars are .being shipped from this section." Atwood. -The gin owtied by McKIn nej ;& Bramley of Mcl-emoresville, buried. The origin of the fire is 'un known. No cotton was burned. It was a new plant, having been e'r&eted this fall. The loss was .estimated at $6,000, partly, covered by Insurance. a Nashville. Maurice Hays, Knox- vllle- negro sentenced .to electrocution for the murder of Mrs. Birdie Lindsey In August, 1919, was granted a new trial by the supreme court on the ground that the verdict of the trial Jury convicting Hays failed fo fix the punishment for his crime. Nashville. August Olson, 60, promi nent planter of Grenada county, Miss, died here following an operation at a local hospital Mr. Olson was a native of Sweden and came to this country as a boy of 12 years. He sottled, with his father, at Elliott Station, Miss. Ills father died a short time later and he was adopted and reared by Capt A J. Ftaser of Elliott " Jackson. IL 6. Nichols, district demonstration agent returned to Jackson after making a tour of West Tennessee and attending the various meetings being held lo completion of the corn and pig club work of his district The county agents of each county are holding their club shows a&d awarding prizes to the winning members. After visits to the Memphis and Covington rallies, Mr. Nichols states that both were a great suc cess. Chattanooga. Attorney General George W. Cbamlee Issued formal summons to a number of local coal dealers to appear before the graad Jury of criminal court to show cause why Indictments should not be return ed for alleged profiteering. Dresdaa. -Dresden was visited by burglars who forced their way Into the baildlsg of the Peoples bask, blew the fire door oa the vault, but made no attempt on the safe co&tila ing the money. The poslofflce waa lso entered surf the safe bbra. RUMMAGE SALE WORTH WHILE Occasions When Things of Greater Moment Than Old Clothes May Be Disposed Of. Did you ever attend one? nere on a table is old Brown's silk hat that he wore to church many years and now that he's gone it has been sent by his family to the rummage sale to be disposed of for the benefit of the church. And there on the counter is an old china pug dog that used to guard the mantelpiece In somebody's house. And on a rack hangs the Prince Al bert coat that some fetlow wore when he was married and which bis wife kept as a treasured thing through the years; now she has given It away be cause the sentiment that attached to It Is dead and has fluttered away like last year's leaf. They are handy Institutions, these rummage sales, enabling one, as they do, to give away for good purposes what he no longer needs or wants or cores for. He holds on to such things a long time and then one day be gets tired seeing them around and away they go to the rummage sale, the sec-ond-hund store and the rag shop. But the rummage of minds and characters most people hold on to and cherish forever. To their dying days they keep old and wornout prejudices and fight hard for them. They hold and feed cankering hates and envies as things of great value, worth treasuring In their heart - They keep fast to habits, knowing they are bad, but lacking the will or the courage to throw them off. Tliey cast off only, good resolutions and Intentions because they Interfere too much with comfort. The next time you gather together your old clothes for the rummage sale and you have packed It all In one bundle, suppose you say to yourself: "Let's see, what have I left out? What else Is there that I ought to get rid of? What passions, prejudices and habits are Uttering up my mind and character?" . Tou will not be able to get rid of this rummage as easily as you can dispose of your old clothes, but once having taken stock of It you will know yourself better. Tht? first step to self Improvement Is to become acquainted with your defects. "I know everything except myself," said the celebrated vagabond, VHJou. Detroit Times. ' Monkey Convicted a Killer. A monkey was brought Into the court at Constantinople In connection with the murder of the manager of the Ackermann circus, which had been .giving performances for a season In the Turkish capital. A married couple named Starr, who were members of the circus troupe, were suspected of the crime and ar lested, but no evidence could be dis covered against them. The Judge thereupon resorted to a reconstruction of the crime. The circus manager had been murdered at a moment when he , was feeding an Indian monkey named Scamp. Starr and his wife were conducted to the cage. The Instant the animal, which had previously shown much affection toward them, saw the couple, It broke Into a furious rage, throwing Itself against the bars of Its cagt In Its attempts to attack the, Starrs, At" a subsequent sitting of the court, the monkey was led In and had hardly caught sight of the Starrs when It again flew into a paroxysm pf rage. The spectacle produced n great Im pression on the court and, notwith standing their emphatic denials, Starr and his wife were Judged guilty. North China nerald. Pocket Radioe. -During the war radio outfits were made so small and light that they could readily be carried in a small aeroplane. An even more compact ap paratus has now been devised which Is trundled about In a wheel chair. The antennae consists of a network of wires forming a square of about a foot, which Is not even raised Hbove the level of the seat. The receiving apparatus la tucked away under the seat As the chair is wheeled about the boardwalk by the sea. messages are picked up from ships many miles at sea. The operator sits In the chair "swept by ocean breeze" and listens In on all manner of radio messages transmitted from the ships to the shore stations, or the other way about or from one ship to another. It is possible to pick up messages from ships thirty miles or more at sea. The same apparatus may be carried by an automobile or even a bicycle. Boys Life. Safety First "Ah I Good morning, Mr. NayburP urbanely saluted J.. Fuller Gloom. "Too bad about Rev. Adonlram Jud son, wasn't It? ne was eaten by can nibals, yon know." "Really, Mr. Gloom, you surprise me. Tardon me, but don't you knew anything newer than that?" "Tes; several things. In fact Bat I have learned by painful experience that the result of offering Information or criticism on subjects of. contem poraneous Interest is often unpleasant and sometimes dangerous. I bare dis covered that people are prone to bo prejudiced one way cr tbe other on current matters; therefore, one can not be too careful In bis selections of topics for discussion. For Insr.-ux-e, I can get a row In a minute t I br ing for or aea'nt the Lent .Va lletta, but when I refer to th ! pud of he late Reverend Jodson 1 find si most everybody ready U agree with tee." If L PUT S!l El TO LAWLESSNESS MEMPHIS MAYOR CALLS CONFER ENCE OF ALL LAW ENFORC ING AUTHORITIES. WILL PROTECT MEMPHIS Members of City and County Commis sion, City and Criminal Judges,' . Sheriff, Chief of Police and Detectives to Meet Memphis. Mayor Paine called a inference of the law enforcing, au thorities of Memphis and Shelby county to discuss the best plan of concerted action whereby the inter ests of the law-abiding citizens of the community may be served and mem bers of the lawless element taught that this Is an unsafe field for their operations. Aroused by the series of daring crimes which have been committed here recently, and fearing that the crime wave which has swept the country may grow to dangerous pro portions in Memphis If "unchecked, the mayor has arranged a meeting of city and coifiity officials In his office. Included In the number were Mayor Paine, Commissioners Edgar, Alien, Johnson and Shannon, John Brown, E: W. Hale and Luther P. Jones, all mem bers of the county commission; Sheriff O. H. Perry, Judge Richards and Judge Harsh of the two divisions of the criminal court; Attorney General Sam O. Bates, County Attorney W. T. McLaln, Chief Burney of the police de partment and Inspector Griffin of the detective department. This waa the first step in a big of fensive against the vagrants, the crooks, the thugs and the thieves, who are menacing the lives and prop- erty of. law-abiding citizens and harassing law enforcing officials here as they are in cities in many parts of the country. That the mayor's call will meet with a hearty response from all the law enforcing agencies 2f the citytmd county was indicated by comments of several of the officials. These com ments were made before the mayor had issued the call. Every means will be brought to bear to rid' Memphis and surrounding ter ritory of all undesirables. 100 BALES OF COTTON BURN Fire at Lepanto, Ark., Causes Loss of . $40,000 Gin Valued at $20,000, Partially Insured. Lepanto, Ark. Nearly $40,000 loss was caused by fire here which de stroyed the gin and press of the Por tfs Mercantile company, 100 bales of cotton, many tons of seed, a Frisco fox car and the pump house of the Frisco railroad. The cotton was owned by farmers and was not Insured. The gin was valued at $20,000 end was partially insured. It will . be rebuilt In the spring. The fire originated In the press Saturday night while the plant was still fn operation. By heroic work on the part of volunteers," the Crigger hotel, which caught fire two or three times, was saved. . The. cotton destroyed wg3 on the platform. Practically all of It had been ginned. The gin was one of tho most complete In this section. MAY SEIZE BREWERIES. Analysis Being Made of Beer to De termine Alcoholic Content Washington. All breweries manu facturing beer containing more than one-half of one per cent of alcohol will be seized by the federal govern ment, It was indicated at the bureau of Internal revenue. Officials of the bureau said an analysis of beer brewed in a number of places was now being made and that where the product was found to exceed the legal limit In alcoholic content the government would act to enforce the law. . RACE IN SNOWSTORM. Falier of Boston Wins Six-Mile Cross country Run. Boston. Fred Falier of the Dor chester team of Boston won , first place in the annual cross-country senior championships of the Amateur Athletic union over the Frank Park course, between fire and six miles. run in a snowstorm. Faller's time was 29 minutes and 1 second. Willie Kftola, running under th colors of the Finnish A. C of New York, fin ished the course in 29 minutes and 39 seconds, with Pat Flinn of the Taulist A. O. taking third place in 29 minutes and 46 seconds. FIRE LOSS IS $2,005,000. New Orleans River Front Is Scene of B g Biaie. New Orleans. A river front fire here, believed to have starUd from a spark from a switch engine, caused property damage estimated ia ices cf $2,009,000. . Included in the destroyed profit y was a' new $19,003 cra&e, cr. 1 tr the United States goveramciX Tbe f.re was stopped wlit.ii !(" ysr4 cf another fra;t wharf ed by the Vac- j ciro ccEfacy. i LEGJOH'S PflLlGY FOB IBB FORMED COMMANDER GALBRAITH DIS CUSSES AMERICANIZATION FOR COMING YEAR. Philadelphia. The policy of the American Legion for the coming year lias oeeu maue puouc cere, as out lined in an address by Frederick W. Galbratlh, national commander of the Legion, at a dinner given in his honor by the officers of the local posts of the Legion. The first object of the Legion, said Commander Galbraith, was assistance and a square daal for all . disabled men. In outlining the position of the Legion on the bonus bill now before congress, he said that disabled men" and their depend ents must be provided for immedi ately. "We believe that all ex-service men should receive compensation for the sacrifices made by them, but those who are in dire need must first be taken care of," he said. The Legion is In favor of a bill which will be presented to the next congress provld g for the consoli dation of the w' risk insurance bu reau, the publU health bureau and the board of volitional education. . "Such a consolidation," said Mr. Galbraith, "will do away with the un necessary delay that now attends ev ery request for compensation and as sistance. "One of the most important func tions of the Legion," he added, "Is A merles nlzation work among immi grants. We asked permission to send representatives of tbe Legion to" talk to the immigrants before they left Ellis Island. Assistant Secretary of Labor Post for reasons best known to himself, refused to allow us t& do this, but we must see to it that America ceases to be the melting pot of nations and becomes one united nation." TWO DIE IN AUTO CRASH Representative-Elect' Charles F. Va ri de water, California, and Hia Pri vate Secretary Are Killed. Pomona, Cal. Representative-Elect Charles F. Vandewater, Republican, who defeated Charles H. RandaaV, first Prohibition member of congress, and Miss Jammcss Leuvln.his secre tary, were killed near here when their automobile struck a motor truck. Mrs. Vandewater suffered a fractured skull and Mrs. E. N. Jackson was In jured slightly. They were returning; home from a meeting celebrating; election. NEWSPAPER MAN DIES. Managing Editor New York Tribune t Is Victim of Ptomaine. New York. George M. Smith,' man aging editor of the New York Tribune, died suddenly at his home from pto maine poisoning complicated with heart disease. Thirty years ago Mr. Smith, began his newspaper activities on the New ark, N. J, Advertiser, later serving the New. York Tribune and the Sun. In 1900 he became managing editor of the Philadelphia Press, returning to New York two years later as night editor of the Sun. He, Joined the" Eve ning Sun as managing editor in 1912. In October, 1919, ha becime manag ing editor of the Tribune..' He leaves a widow, a son and a daughter, v BOMB MUNICIPAL PALACE. Throwing of Bombs Caused Riot Which Killed t and Injured 64. London. The disturbances ' la tfie municipal council of Bologna, In which eight porsens were killed land 64 In jured, were started by tli throwilg of three bombs bef.e the municipal palace, says the Central News Bologna correspondent. ' Rival factions In the council soon were fighting and an unidentified man fired eight shots In the council chamber, killing two of the councilors lnsUntly." Confusion reigtsod 18 and outside the chamber for several hours. NO CHANCE FOR QUARREL. Paris. Differences between Great Britain and France do not amount to a quarrel, and the views of these two nations have In no way prejudiced tie alliance which held them together during the war, said Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain In an Inter view at London with the correspind- ent of the Petit Parislen. 5 . t Sugar Refineries Close. . New York. All six refineries cf the American Sugar Befinisg comapny have been closed as a result 'of slight demand for tbe commodity, it was announced here. SEIZE CHAMPAGNE. 200 Quarts Taken Off Ship Other ' Choice Beverajea Cj.ntwred. ; - New Orleans. rrellblLiaa official, found 2S five-gallon can f alcohol and 200 qaarts of cbtm;rrM rard oilier chc-ics - beveigej tonr8l?1 aboard iht tteamahip Ja!rt? of !!" ElttefkJda Fruit and SteanhVp- crra- fitxj, aacaorei !n this petti The tap-' taia and crew kr.r''U' of thi ownership nf th I'qisv, No arm's were cud--. TU Jaraica ar rived tere frens " i; . .