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k I ,MMM^Mw^UiyUiua,b|MMUi|^pJfcmiuu,MBMMM,,^,MBM???iw? T-"^mr??? ?g?? M?nirmn i i " ' " " n : ???t^?tamMM??ptjutm3?jmM?? nai 1 ?p?ma??c? I !! Wi^aa^j. 111 ? 1 1 11 sama???a??c?em????????,?r?^????i^???MM^ v/ VOLUME LVI., NUMBER 75. .< . * NEWBERRY, S. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1920. . TWICE A WEEK, $2.00 A YEAB Exceptions Fih By . Methods of Federal Reserve Board j ^ Sharply Attacked in Meeting at j ? Washington, Condemning and j | Deprecating Methods. Washington, Oct. 20.?While a . * survey of the financial policies of, the government by Secretary Hous-j ton drew the attention of delegates ; i < today at the general session of the American Bankers' association convention, state bankers in their section meeting which followed brought administration of the federal reserve I c j system under fire. They adopted j e Tocnlnt.inns "condemning and de- {? precating methods employed by the j" board" in its relations with state | ^ banks which are not members of the j11 V reserve system, although the board i d did not lack defenders during the dis- j * cussion. / Is Indignation against the board's * regulation compelling the collection * of checks and remittance of the face & amount at par was freely expressed: t Governor Harding was styled a "usurper" of authority and a com- ^ mittee was named to seek amend- s ment of the reserve act so as to J a '"guarantee to all bankers the rights j? and nrivileees" of fixing a charge on j o the handling of checks drawn on all j i< excepting local banks. ! v Par Clearance System. P Speakers declared Governor Har-11 ding had employed "force and coer- t cion" by enforcing the use of the par n clearance system untfer which many state banks were said to have been t compelled to enter the reserve sys- fc tern or lose certain classes of bus;- f ness. This was "not only unfair but n without basis in law,"- it was as- f serted. Charles Ds B. Clairborne of New Orleans declared the scrvice render- ? ed by the banks in the transfer of checks was legitimate and the banks * were entitled to compensation. He i ^ asserted that the arrangements or-j q dered by the reserve bokrd for par | ,j clearance "does not make every j t * check worth 100 cents on the dollar je because there is nearly always an ex- j.,, change charge so the merchant who | supports par clearance does not gain j s anything." If the merchants hava j a benefited by the system, Mr. Clair- j t borne contended "the public has nctj^ been able to see it deflected in rc- j 0 duced prices." i ^ The reserve board's staunches: de- j p fender was 0. Howard Wolfe of j n Philadelphia, who asserted that; v . . abolition of the clearance and remit-! s tance charges and establishment cl ci the countrywide gold settlement e saved bankers and commercial in- n terests ?135,000,000 last year. This I amount, he said, would have been ]i exacted as "tax" on business had not t the board organized a system to clear J. all exchanges of bank drafts. v Strong for System: c Although he joined in the protest 1 against the par clearance regula- L tions, E. C. McDougal of Buffalo who c was elected president of the state * banks section of the association, ex- a , pressed unqualified approval of the 2 principles of the reserve system. He * declared it had "come to stay" and: n urged the state bankers to work to-; * gether for its growth instead of \ 0 "complaining about it all of the j v time.'' !v i "Manv countrv banks are much in-! . censed," he continued, "against the j federal reserve banks bceause of their policy of forcing; par collec- j tions from banks which are not memi v bers of the system. Personal feel-1 ings of the officers of .these r.on-1 C member banks is also a factor in! ^ keeping them out of the reserve sys-' * tem. The question of collection i 1 F charges is one thing; the question i of proper mobilization of reserves is j v another and entirely different thing.; t However resentful country bankers | c may be on the question of collection { , charges, they, in common with all! ^ banks of the country, contribute their fair share towards the expense j of maintaining our gold reserves." j j. Mr. McDouglas warned the bank- j ? ers that "the fool's paradise through, c which you have lived for the past j two or three years" would not al-j< ways continue. He urged restoration i ( of the conservatism which prevailed j ( in banking circles prior to the arrival j t 1 ?d State Bankers STATEMENT OF R001 CHALLENGED BY COS -EAGUE POSITION NOT AS OUT LINED. , xrmer Secretary of State Quotec as Having Said That Ohio Governor Demands League Just as Mr. Wilson Negotiated It. Bridgeport. Conn., Oct. 20:?Gov rnor Cox of Ohio today sent a tele Tam to Elihu Root, asking him t< 'correct" what the Democratic can iidate declared was a "false*' state nent in Mr. Root's address yester lay ' regarding the governor's pes: ion upon the league of nations is ue. The governor denies Mr ioot's statement that he demand! he league "just as Mr. Wilson ne otiated it" and called upon Mr. R->ci or a retraction. ? In making public his telegram t( Ir. Root, Governor Cox issued z tatement declaring that Mr. Roo nd SO other prominent Republican: igned the recent statement in behalj f Senator Harding, Republican ncm ness "were attempting to deceive th( oters, they are permitting theii lartisanship to rise above their pa ? * - ? ? J J-***-?? ~ v* /< ^ rioiism <inu trusting pemaps mc*. he las; wobble of Senator Harding lay bo in their direction." Governor Cox restated his propcsa' o accept any reservations "helpful' o the league and contended, thereore that Mr. Root had made a sta.C; lent "which the records show h alse." Telegram From Cox. The governor's telegram follows Elihu Root, New York City: "I have before me a quotatijr rom your address on the league oi aticns delivered in New York ciiy: )ctober ID, which reads: 'Mr. Co eclared that he will insist upon the reaty just as Mr. Wilson ncgoti.itJ ^ T ?>?> ? nrtrJyOJCl'ri'V " C* i U iv. 1 (till UUUKUl.i^ J vu espcctfally with recognition of yen: ategrity of purpose and the signa! eivice which you have rendered us public man, mindful of the fad hat you may have fallen into eivoi hrough ignorance of the situatior wing to your absence from the Jnited States during a part of the residential campaign. Your statement, however, is not in ' keeping trith the facts \Vhich you are ?s: umed to know by perusal of ^ the aily papers. I have invariably stat d in my addresses, and restate here ly wholehearted desire to make the Jnited States a member of the ?ague of nations, and that, to secure hat consummation of the purpose o1 imerica when she entered the war, ] yill accept reservations that wil larify, that will be helpful that wil eassure the American people; a:u hat, as a matter of good faith, wil learly state to our associates in the eague that congress and congress .lone has the right to declare war ,nd that our constitution set ui imits on the legislation or treats tiaking beyond which we can not go i i -l - i -t? t nave staten iurmei uiul i win ?<_ ept reservations frcm any source irhich are offered in sincerity anc ;ith a desire to be helpful. I have Iso stated that if I am elected pres [lent my election ca nbe construct nly as a mandate of the Americar ieopie, and that to secure ratine i ion of the treaty and the league J could sit down with the members c> he United States senate; I wouh onfer with Mr. Wilson and with you h\ Root, as wel las with Judjrc Taf; nd all others, who have a since** turpose and whose service in tlx last equips them as advisers in thi: vork. You know and know full wel hat Senator Harding very recent!} aid: 'I am not interested in clari ' T 4-,- *.? r? 4 ^ ,1 Mt . vniiJH lt'UllUIi; i ciiil in it'i vaiiu in ion.' As I have stated at the be )f the "seller'- market when any >ody could make money, because 'immunity from losses" can r.ot n >n indefinitely. The state bank section elected K 5. Hecht of New Orleans vice presi lent and Fred Collins of Meniphi hairman of the executive commit ee. \ \ . " I "SCARE IN COTTON" ^ ' . DECLARES HESTER 5 / l' * ISSUES STATEMENT OF EN- V COURAGEMENT. c P r f I 1 In Ten Weeks More Than One Mi!^ . C r lion Bales cf Cotton Have Litera!, U ^ ly Been Thrown Overboard 1 i ?! Without Rhvrr.e or Reason, * 1 Ci j Says Statement. | , i :h : M ! xr? ? on Tv, ? 11 j i.\ew unctius, v/^l. ?n j I j statement prepared at the instance of I . the New Orleans cotton exchange <li- i. rectors -and made public tonight,'11 1 w Henry G. Hester, secretary of the ex change and for 0 years regarded as an international authority on matters i pertaining to cotton, marketing, de) | clares there is "no reason for rush- j a "ling for federal financial aid" and as-j "iscrted there was "nothing the matter j -1 with the South beyond an unreason- j ^ i able scare in cotton." j A " j The statement, prepared "for the jyi j benefit and encouragement of these j U 3j who are not.fully informed," follows:) '*The drastic decline that has oc- K rjcurred in cotton since the first of j August, amounting to nehrly $00 a > bale, or about 48 per cent., has been Si 1! mainly clue to the pressure to sell or 7' Ma shrinking market, undermining ; confidence on both sellers ar.d cor.- 0 ^ sumers, accentuating the'fears of the former and increasing the reluctance! 3; ^ of the latter until they practically l* abandoned the market except at con-1 " stant concessions, which in the ag- j sv ^ gregate probably constitute the a{ ? greatest drop that has ever taken 0j j place in the staple in any like period. _ ' J In the past ten weeks, more than fj] I 1,000,000 bales of spot cotton havo +c " j literally been "thrown overboard" jr "'without rhyme or reason. Nearly (j( 5! three-fourths of ^the Texas gfrminys j p. I ro September "J, have oeen rusnei: iu |c ; market and while other sections have re : j sold more sparingly, the reported b, : sales at three leading Texas centers ;0| 11 have mounted to mcr^ than 8'">0,000! u. 1 - j I** ? j bales. Futures have perforce fol- i a, j i lowed spots, the pressure having i :' been accentuated by sales to hedge Sl , I spot. rc - j Various T^^orics Given. dl : j "Various theories have been given qi "j for the 'scare' mainly the question tii I j of financing, unfavorable attitude of > | the federal bank and tight money. fc ;; Neither of these., however, should I b< j reasonably have precipitated a prac- n< ihtical panic. Calm thinkers consider is ij there was no reason for asking for i federal aid than during the 'buy a j , baleSiieriod of 1914. We marketed!^ rMfc.it veaavmcre than was ever | kefed in^ny year in the history cf j ^ trade and if we did not get as'much aj jfor our bales as we should have, we >: laid the foundation of an uoward , i h< ; trend and brought more money into gc ;jthe South, fairly earned, in the years: i I that followed, than had ever before -! | C( : i been obtained in our history. Why j 11 then^ should we after four seasons in i: P( 1 j which our raw cotton including tne I i seed has exceeded in value $7,970,'j 000,000, balk at carrying a few mil- ^ ' j lion bales pending a temporary lull 1T-Tr? not that very luil j ill UWUiUilX! ; j been lengthened by the senseless and > i unreasoning fears of producers. Of w > course, everybody knows that the' 7 government's efforts to lower the! ^ high cost of living has exercised, ^ some influence but that has been by' '; no means entire! yresponsible for the j '.cotton panic. Let us look at ^3js] government's figures for the months! 'of August and Sentember, 1920. In j ai i * I I j face of ah' 'he talk about reduction Jq Iof Consumption, we find that the| j mills North and South consumed of! j cotton from August 1 to September j ' 30, 884.000 baies against 04:3,000 for | v 1;, . Winning I am placing a charitable' i ^construction upon your statement;; w J! that perhans your partisanship has ,, -j prevented your reading my addresses! v< 3; and your prejudice ha> prevented j e? II you from realizing the destructior:st. " j attiv'ide of your own candidate, or.', j s? - j you have made a statement concem-. j1; -; ing me which the records show is -"false, and I firmly bat respectfully g | call upon you to correct this s'.ate-; r.u-'it at once. ?.Ir. Root, you have - arrived at honorable station in lifv. r r?Iany people trust you. You have no ; right to deceive them. They want the truth in this campaign. Your d: - conscience will tell you that duty to j a s it should be superior to duty to yourj'si - j party." h j (Signed) "James M. Cox." ci , * he same time ?n*f year, a decreasa f only 59,000 bales. This then was ot where the shoe pinched as far as omestic consumption was concerned. Hien the mills became informed of le growing fears of the Southern roducers of a decline in values they ell back on their supplies of raw otton and during the two months sed up 430,000 bales of their rc3ive stock?. Thus, on July 3]. the ensus said mills North and South eld 1.203,000 bales of American nt cotton while on October 1, the ime authority gave them a total of nly 770,000 bales. In September i face of the panicky feeling th.it as spreading m tfte spot marKet tne outhern mills consumed 281.000 ales of lint cotton and tney held relaining but about 28.3,000 bales or bout a month's supply. Comparison of Figures. "Comparing the situation now with aly 31, the showing is: Stocks, morican mills, Nortli and South, of mcrican lint cotton, July 31, 1 (.)2'J per census), 1,200.000 bales. "European port stocks and alroat >r Europe, July 31, 2,312,000. "Today, July 31, 2.312,000. "American mills stocks, North and outh of lint cotton, October 1, 1920, 73,000. "T'uroocan nort stocks and afloat. ctober 1, 1,001,000. "Decrease lint cotton since July L, 788,000 bales. "Totals, 2,124.000. "In other words, there was a irinkage in mill stocks at home and Droad and in the European supply l? about 800,000 bales of lint cotton -a vacuum that must and will be lied when the market is permitted ? settle down to normal conditions, i considerin gthese figures we are ?aling with the present, not with the :st. The 'upset' due- in large part i the scdVes of holders which have sacted upon consumers, unsettling >th ends of the line, can r.ot be - \ :herwisc than temporary and will irdly affect the year's consumption! ; a whole. The mills are quite as) zi.. j | 1X10US as xne piUUUCCJS mv u-| tmpticn of normal function. The J uncdy lies with the Southern pro- j iter and liolder, who should be-1 .lite ale to cope with the siiua- J on. "The retail trade, which is the real >undation, is, we are told by the >st authorities, "proceeding on a iarly normal basis so far as volume concerned. ''Confidence must be rezoved from | ;e producers' end. The wave of j lying or for the replenishment fori temselves with only a knowledge! .oi vnnrn ic iif t.hp tnn Jirifl not! ; the bottom. "There is nothing the matter with; z South beyond an unreasoning are in cotton. Our institutions *e solid, our banks are in splendid mdition, better than ever known, id they have been made so by the jople's money, resultant from the rosperity of the past few years, heir interests are the people's invests and we need not be forced to -l- nnm ca/^finri "fr?T* ;ei\ uui&iuc <jj. uui \j ??ii - I ie solving of our problem. The i orld wants our cotton, the like of hich can not be obtained elsewhere, he world must supply its needs cm our supply and a people who ould throw overboard their pro acts at 'less than cost' under exict- j g conditions would class nothing) ior'i of 'bedlamites.' We are not j rd have never .been that kind." OOD FOR THE WOMEN OF NEWBERRY COUNTY,1 I The women of Newberry county j ive contributed liberally to the do!-; r Don.ocratic 'fund but several of j :e chairmen from the dinerer.r j ards and townships have not re-; srled. As the time is drawing! :ry near a close please do this as, arly as you possibly can. We have 1 i - i. r> ? ! li CUIiV SC1U ivirs. L\. v ! . ate chairman, o'Md.sr, and n>w ;;ve on hand $tf, making a total of 352.83 to date. Can't wo make this 500? Mnggie Thomnsson, County Treasurer. Bonus to Soldiers. A bonus was given to British soliers ranging from $24.30 to $140.94 month, contingent on length of srvice on an increasing scale for igher grades. Major generals revived $7,290. % * < ? ! HARRIS BULLISH ! I DESPITE PRICES,!' i i i ! COMMISSIONER SAYS COTTON i FAMINE AT HAND. ! Closing Dcv/n of Mills Means Gain 1 for Farmers?Commodity Will Go Up. ? i * i ? - r i The State. *j "I am more bullish on th? cotton j market than I have been in the last | ten years, " said Commissioner Harris ^ j yesterday. "I hope that the cotton j farmers of the South will be bulls | from now on. Some of them have been helping the bears too much. The sooner will cotton go up if the G farmers stick to the bull side. No I j matter how much the interests jug- S j gle with the futures market, just ti remember they can't spin contracts, o i "1 maintain thfji, according to the f: flaw of supply anfc&tfiemami, we face e the most acute famine in sp I nr. able tl cotton in all history of cotton. The law of supply and demand can net be t< ! ignored indefinitely. It is the r.at- o ural law and should govern "he o prices of ail commodities. Now, o spots holders, don't get scared wiicn ti vou hear of a colion mill shutting k . I ! down or curtailing. If they are not ti ! making money now out of manufac j luring, God pity them, for cottcn is h : going higher. c; "By the way, I wonder if the pres- a ent status of marketing is what Ivlr. t< Harding of the federal reserve toard fr and Secretary Houston call 'orderly t< marketings.' 1 would fear to see the h i market when it becomes disorderly, h I according to their judgment. v "In many ways I consider ccndij tior.s worse now than at this time in :T 1914, when our people were the in- p nocent sufferers of a financial crisis n brought on by a war in Europe. I e find that some are placing the blame ^ I upon the secretary of the treasury jj and the governor 01 the federal re- r( seive board. I believe that there j ^ < 1- - . ?.i: ! was no provocation icr mtn ji . a,w- c. cal deflation of values as we have seen. No one seems to be willing to admit responsibility?but I ciaim t] this, it was not brought about by gl natural causes. h Farmer Great Producer. a "The farmer is in the vast majority in thic country, and yet he hr.s p the least to say about the making of a the laws under which he lives. The c wealth of the world is produced p from the soil, in agriculture, miring, etc. The manufacturer takes the q raw material and adds a few dollars to its value. There is rot a bank in fc tne world tjiat has produced a new tl dollar. Money that is produced roes F through the bank and it charges percentage and interest and creatos wealth for the bank. tl "The merchant does not produce a v new dollar. Ke buys his goods, puts b them on the shelf and sells them for t( a profit. That profit is not a new e dollar mads, but a dollar 'turned c over.' / h "The new dollar is the only thing n that counts. Why, at this time, S should this great deflation come j d when producers have produced their j new crop, ready for Sale, at tlieir g own expense? I would like to exon- n erate the bankers of this state as far t< as I can. It seems that Mr. Hcus- b ton's and Mr. Harding's idea of or- b derly marketing is to pick the c rop and sell it as fast as you can, matters <S> not whether there is a profit. I "As a matter of fact, very little money can be had to keep it off the ~ market. Even in California and Arizona, they have their difficulties. A delegate from Arizona in Washing- J s1 ton last week made thi.-: statement, j o: | He produces a long staple, selling j w fcr $1."0 per pound last year. He s] had 200 bales, put them in a ware: house, went over to a banker ami w applied for S2">,000. The banker c asked him if it was for an acceptance tl or if the owner wished to hold hisjtl j cotton. When informed that thejn ; owner wished tc store his cotton, liiej r< i i i /r ' IT i banker sai<I. 'ion can i noai u <>ii i i t | the market." A I! the money that isj 1* [needed to buy eoti.cn is reported toi n' j be available, but none for warehous-j j in?. These orders appear to be uni-j ; form from Carolina to California in the cotton belt. J' "It is ?11 right, some seem to:Z{ think, for the manufacturer to ware- j house his product and hold for a pro-; a (Continued on page 2.) d .. . / Position of Lc Score 'ALMER ORDERS RIGID INQUIRY ;ALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF I SAN FRANGISCO REPORTS. Lcting Mayor Denies That He ] Said Attorney General Knew . of Whiskey. f IJ Washington, Oct. 18.?Attorney , leneral Palmer today directed the ] :nited States district attorney at . an Francisco to "make a full inves- j igation of reports" that 40 barrels ] f whiskey and gin were withdrawn rom bond at San Francisco for the rtertainment of the delegates to 1 tie Democratic national convention.1 At the same time Mr. Palmer, in al ?legram to Acting Mayor McLeran, j j f San Francisco, called upon "that) fficial either to produce the proof j* f or publicly rstraet a statement at-! ] tibuied to him that Mr. Palmer J* new all about the whiskey transac- j ton at the time. ] Mr. Palmer's message to the act- J ] ig mayor was predicated upon spe- j ial dispatches from San Francisco ! j ppearing in newspapers in Washing-! < )n and other cities yesterday mom-1 ^ ig. These dispatches said facts as j 3 the withdrawal of the whiskey j c art been disclosed by a grand juryi lvestigation. ! < Sacramento, Calif., Oct. 18.?Act-1j lg Mayor Ralph McLaren of San ; rancisco in Sacramento today de- j ied he had ever said "Attorney Gen-j ral Palmer knew all about the! transaction" whereby 41 barrels of;, quor were purported to have been J ^ jleased from bond in San Francisco j or use of delegates to the Demo- j ( ratic national convention. A telegram from Attorney Gen- J , al Palmer at Washir.tgon asking 1 lat McLeran submit proof of this < ] tatement had not been received by'i' im, McLeran said, but would be: 1 r.swered at once when it came. j j "I never said to any person that! aimer had knowledge of release J nd uee of liouor during the Demo-1' . j. 1J ratic convention. i never met: ! i aimer and have no means of know-1 ig whether he was aware of any li- j i uor transactions. i , "The matter was cr.e of general j ( nowledge among the delegates and j le attorney general was in San j rancisco at tne time. ; ij Sar. Francisco, Oct. 18.?Reports j lat 40 barrels of whiskey and gin j ] rere withdrawn from government i ' onded warehouses here for the cn-j1 srtainment of the delegates and oth- i r visitors to the Democratic national: ' onver.tion, "are being thoroughly! lvestigated," according to an an- 1 ouncement from the office of United ' tates Attorney Frank Silva here to- ' ay The federal grand jury is mvesti-: ating liquor selling conspiracies but | ( o information could be obtained as ! ' : ] ) whether the alleged withdrawal of i onded goods for the Democrats was j ' efore the inquisitors. t < ?> <s> <?> <5- 'v <$ <*> <?> <?> <$ < > -5> j ' I * ! Things We Don't Understand. *' ! M M ''v > -s> j Another thing we do net under-' ] i ' and is why good friends should so ! ften puzzle one another by their ' ords and actions. One frequently j leaks or acts in a manner inconsis-1 j ?nt with his general demeanor to- i ; 1 ar.l his warm friend. But life is a : . :>ntinuou? warfare. We battle with : , ic powers of darkness and we bat-. e with misunderstandings among i, ?en and women. We fight against' esentment when friends rub the j; rong way and we often suffer in si- j J :nce as the will power struggles for' . lastery over human weakness. I < ? i ! i The Beth Eden Pastorate. The regular fall meeting of the!, >int council will be held at the par- i anage next Saturday morning, Oc- j aber 24, at 10 o'clock. All members! j re urged to be present. j, L. P. Boland, j. Pastor. f j . . ..t Sj^> )dge d In His State Governor Cox Scathingly Attacks Senator From Massachusetts in Day of Active Campaigning, Concluding at Night With Large Meeting on Boston Common. Boston, Oct. 1.?Scathing attack jpon Senator Lodge of Masachusetts :nd sarcastic criticism of Senator Harding, Republican presidential nominee, were made today by Goverlor Cox of Ohio during his New England tour, embracing Massachusetts md New Hampshire cities, and end- ' ing with a large meeting tonight on Boston Common. Here in the home state of Senator Ledge, as well as to other audiences ;oday, the Democratic presidential candidate denounced Senator Lodge as "the arch conspirator of the ages" because of his fight against the lea jue of nations. Reiterating that Mr. Lodge headed "a conspiracy to strangle the treaty to death" through the "round robin" Governor Cox urgoi his Boston audience to "repudiate" Mr. Lodge's leadership and i-etire him to private life as soon as possible. To New Hampshire audences Governor Cox urged defeat of Senator Moses, Republican, because le signed the "round robin." Senator Harding was heaped with sarcasm and ridicule by Governor 3ox in virtually every address of the lay, with the incident between the ^resident and the senator regarding :he latter's statement of French overtures for a new association of na,ior.s as the basis. Attempt at Deception. "T'riA farts iustifv ther conclusion ;hat Senator Harding has stupidly, ;hough deliberately, attempted to dereive the people of the United States," Governor Cox declared. Reciting Mr. ' Harding's explanation of his Des Moines speech "rejecting" the league, Governor Cox idded: "He must think the American people very stupid. He continues to say :hat they don't understand him." Expressing belief that a French luthor and humorist was Senator Harding's source of information re warding French sentimeni upon a lew association of nations, and comnenting upon Senator Harding's let;er to President Wilson, Governor 2ox said sarcastically: "Poor Senator Harding has^ been misunderstood again. It is a pathetic " thing that he suffers so much from [he dullness of the American people, including newspaper editors and leaders among partisans and opponents." The league was virtually the exclusive theme today of Governor Hav av(] his Boston Common ad dress tonight made a total of ten speeches. The governor's denunciation of Senator Lodge was followed k>y hissing from his Concord and Manchester audiences. The heights of his attack upon Senator Lodge were reached by the. Democratic candidate jtonight on Common. Expressing happiness >ver speaking on the "first forum of America dedicated to free speech ind free assemblage," Governor Cox >aid he desired "to remove clouds <" md confusion," regarding the league. These, the governor asserted, vere "set up in a partisan plot, initigated and led by the archconspira;or of the ages, Henry Cabot Lodge >f Massachusetts." Ledge's Name Known. Stating that Governor Coolidge, Republican vice" presidential nomine, had introduced Senator Lodge n Boston as "famous everywhere," jovernor Cox continued: "I have just completed a pilgrimige from the Atlantic to the Pacific ind back again, visiting almost every state in the union. I can testify to ;hc governor's statement. Senator Lodge must be known to every man md woman in every city and village in the land, for whoever and whenever I have mentioned his name it las been recognized?and greeted, lot with cheers, but with jeers, not ,vith applause but with hisses and oud cries of 'Shame!' 'Shame!' Shame!' Judging from this continu* (Continued on ^age 6.) f'j;*. V; ..n. . J