LACK OF COAL WILL
CLOSE FORD PLANT
If CmI Situation Continue*
C>—t Rib Loa|*r TIub
Soplmibor 1M.
Detroit, Aob 2d.—On* hundred and
ftae thousand employes of the ford
Motor Company throuhgoot the coun
try will he without jobs after Sep
tember 1«.
In addition. severpl Hundred thou
<and other worker* rmployed tn In
luatriaa furnishing material* for the
ford plant* will be affected.
•Hnry Ford gsr4 these figure* to
tay in aanowttiag that hi* three bit
motor plant* located In Detroit sub
urbs and hi* aasembliag plan*
throughout the country would be eloa
«d on that date because of the coal
•kortac*.
The announcement waa the moat
seven blow that induatrial Detroit
ha* sustained nine* the industrial
4epr*e*ion of two yean ago. It
a**an*, according to Mr. Ford, that
7^000 men employed In the Highland
Park, River Rouge and Dearborn
plant* of the company her* will he
without work. Thirty thouaaad now
•irking in the various aaaembling
plant* scattered throughout the
-ountrjr al*o will be thrown out of em
ployment.
How long the machinery in the
Ford plant* I* to be stilled will depend
•ntirely upon the coal supply of the
futur*. the Detroit manufacturer said.
The iUteroent iaaued by Mr. Ford an
nouncing the propooed shutdown wa*
the story of hi* loaing fight during
the last few month* to insure a fuel
•apply sufficient to keep his workers
st their machine*.
Mr . Ford Mired he "had not the
remotest iden" when the plant* could
T* re opened. It W*« announced that
the normal daily consumption of coal
m the Ford industrie* was 3.R00 toha
■ nd officials aaid It would be impossi
ble to do more than keep the furnace*
»nd oven* warm.
Only * cotnfiitrnHvefy *mall number
if the employe* of the Fort plant*
will be retained in service daring the
•hut down, it wai announced. Crew*
sufficient to keep the furnaces warm
will be held, however.
Effect of the Ford shot-down will
be felt on induitrjr In t\afy part of
the country, according to official* of
the company. The number of work
er* employed by firm* *upplying the
Ford Company with varioai part* and
raw materials, including iron and
»teel, was variously estimated at from
"several hundred thousand to three
million."
Announcement was made recently
that Mr. Ford had installed oil-bum-,
ing furnaces at one of his plants as
an .experiment, and th? hope was held
by many workmen that the Ford com
pany would weather the coal shortage.
It developed today, however, that only
the furnaces in the machine shop* had
Seen converted into oil burner*.
The Ford plants, in the aggregate,
constitute Michigan's greatest indus
try. from the standpoint of employ
ment, and as such are among the
largest in the country. Business men
tnd manufacturers here were unani
•nou* that the closing of these plants
might have far-reaching effects on
-he national economic *ituation.
Pardon* Are Sought
For The Allen Clan
Richmond, Va., Aug. 84*—'Thomas
O. Mo**, a lawyer of thia city had •
conference with Governor Trinkle
Tuesday regarding the matter of
presenting the petitions for the pard
on of the members of the famous
Allen clan. The men are now serving
terms in the penitentiary, four of
them, two having been executed. The
parpoee of the visit was to arrange
for a date for the hearing, when there
will come to the city many lawyers
and others interested in the case.
The governor has agreed to fix a
data, but he has engagement* that
wtll carry him over to the middle of
-September, and between that datq
and the ten days ensuing he will take
np the case.
A lilfC numocr m ppiiuorb «rr
rwdy for praaactation, and th* taw
T*rw and other* will make a pica tor
th* freeing of tlx men. TW record*
In th* run art complete, and . per
hapa the free teat fifbt iwr wagaa
for the pardon of man will be made
at thla time. The fow man now in
the prison ware aiamhaw of the Allan
elan that ataot up th* riicilt euuit of
Oarrell county mm tan yaan afo,
whaa the JtMhr*. two jaror* and m or
twa other* war* killed. The priaoe
raeardt of the man are perfects
EIGHTH WEEK OF
RAIL STRIKE
Linnay at SpMetr to 9m Law
OWytd by Railroad* and
JUIHTI
* Spencer, Aug. a*l.—The eighth week
of the *hopmrn'» strike at Spencrr
closed today with a number of h>-1
te resting feature* umi| which w»*
• rigid investigation being conducted |
by United State* Diatriet Attorney j
Frank A. I.inney now on the ground. J
He declared hi* ml**ion here Is 16\
keep tab on every bit of evidence,
every act of violence, and erery vio
lation of the law by either itrlkar* or
railroad official* if *uch to found. H*
declared he will prosecute in the
United State* court* ovary person
against whom evidence ia found. '
Mr. Linnoy gave unqualified en-'
(Wnement to the action of Governor
Morriion In sending troops to the
strike aone and declared that the
quietude found at Spencer I* due to
the cloae proximity of the soldier*.
He also said he ran find no reason j
why former employe* of the Southern
should not return to work at one* on
the ba*i* of their own nuking, which
have been accepted by the Southern
Railway.
in going vnrougn w snopa ar. i.in •
n*y found high officials of the South
ern from Nfw York and Washington,
men who have not worn overalls for
a «cor« of year*, clad In work In* garb
and doing their boat to heap traffic
moving.
Another feature of the day waa a
rigid Investigation of th* hqplth and
itanitary condition* in the shop* by*
county health officar, Dr. C. W. Ann
•Imiil, acting upon pcraiaUnt report*
that there waa much aicknesi and
one death among the 600 or more
men housed in the shops. Tha health
officer declared the health of the man
to be good and every man at work,
with no due at* among tha big bunch
of workers. Dr. H. U Monk, one of
the Southern Railway physician*, veri
fied the «tat*merit that there is no
tickneas ia the shops. Th* Irispar
ftOia Wtn lie mad-' every two days by
the health officers.
Incoming train* today brought
forty new employes for the shops.
Most of the men came from some of
the big roads In tha north and east,
men who have been on strike tinee
July 1st, it is said and are skilled
worker*. On Friday. Augu*t 25. new
men were received from the same
source. These men walked Into the
shop* without being molested and
were as*igned to duties at once.
A speculation feature today was
IS of the new men leaving the shops
for their home* in the north.
To pickets on duty the new man
declared they knew nothing about
railroad work and could not do It and
therefore wanted to go home. Nona
of the men were interfersd with.
Southern officials here confirmed the
report that 86 had gone but declared
most emphatically that they had been
dismissed on acount of incompetency,
that the unskilled men w»r* sent heme
and the *killed workers kept on th*
job.
State Save* Money By
Borrowing Large Sums
Ruleigh. Aug. 26.—The state today
borrowed 15,000,000 at 4 per cent to
pay off short term notes that had
been hearing 6 8-4 per cant. A taring
of approximately (100,000 is thereby
affected.
At the urn time this loan ws»
made Governor Morrison, Treasurer
Lacy and the state council sold
t2.S00.000 of 4 1-2 per cent school
loan bond* at 102.
The 16,000.000 loan procured hy the
governor, treasurer and state council
from a syndicate of New York bankers
(foes to take op the short term notes
sold last year. tA the time of (Ike
sale the state reserved the privilege
of taking these notes up October 1 of
this year. These short term notes
have been bearing 6.71 par eent in
terest. With the 4 per cent money
they will be bought back at 101, the
' saving in interest running something
| over #100,000.
The money derived from the aale
of the school loan bonds goes into the
building fund of the state denartasent
of education to be loaned by appor
tionment to counties to aid in erecting
new school buildings. It la paid
1 back to the sUto in annual payments,
! and thaee payments will be need to
{retire the bonds.
The last legislature authorised a
t6.000.000 issue lor school loans, and
the counties to take up the full
New York beakers ware the pur
chasers of today's quota for
NEW MILLIONAIRE
WILL QUIT WORK
N. Mora Mill WWW. For
JoMpli Browning After
OcloWr Firat
Graensboro, Anf. M.— Joaaph
Buwnlng, cotton mill workar km
who l« quit* Mr* that he will Inherit
one-tenth of • 1150,000,000 eclat* left
by ■ great-ancle In Texa*, ho* <icld«d
that h* will ault work, after all.
When ha found that h* was in tin*
for (11,000,060 ha did not throw ay
hi* job. Ha kept on rolling cloth in
th* White Oak mill bar*. Evan
after bk lawyer* assured bin that
by nert October b* will bar* th*
money In bia hand*, laaa of coano,
th* lawyer's fa**, he *tay*d at work.
H* la *tlll at work, bat whan ha gate
hi* money, ha aayt now, ha la going
to quit going to work by any mill
whiatl*.
Mr. Brown In*, who ha* had to r*ar
right children on th* nut largo wagr
of a mill worker, ha* bad to work a
long tima b/ a whistle. Th* whist la
summon* him from bad aarly hi tha
morning, blow* him oat for a briaf
dinner parted blow* him in again, and
out again late in th* afternoon. Bat
It'* going to be different after Ortobar
1, if all goa* well. He'* going to
quit than, ha *ay*.
A home la what ha want*, on* in
Groensborn or thia (action. Than he
ran hear tha whiatl* blow, turn over
in bad and sleep for a faw more honra
if he wlahea and disregard th* tooting
to hi* heart'* content. Other thing*
may come later, but he want* a house
of his own and a yard of hi* own flrit.
He i* tired of living it other people's
house*.
r*rww hi nmrr nivwuinjjp o<»rn iivt,
disturb htm. One from Fayetteville
came to m him this week getting
into town and out to the White Oak
mill village before breakfait, bat
Joseph Browning doe# not think the
Kayetteville man ha* any claim to
the fertOM. Neither doe* ha think
that IF. .ptruwntao. an Anderson
County farmer, who ttxie into Ander
son one day this week and announced
that he waa an heir and knew nothing
of the Greensboro Browning. The
('•reonshoro Browning .doe* not know
anything of the Anderson Browning.
The latter mav he a kinawan of
"Uncle Tom," but not a descendant
of a brother or tiater of Uncle Tom.
the man here hold*.
He plan* to go to Texa*. where the
oil wella left hy Thoma* Browning
are, in the near future. •
The Browning* are South Carolina
people. Thoma* Browning, the I1B0,
000,000 oil man, teft there in ISM,
going to Texa*. He fought in the
Civil War. wearing a Confederate
uniform. After the war he returned
to Texa* and* took up a section of
government land. He did not know
ita value; he wanted it for fanning
purpose*. Later, oil was found on it,
great quantities of oil. When he
died, six years ago, he left no will. He
had never married. The state of
Texas would have secured the fortune
buf advertisement for heir* was a
legal necessity. That done, the South
Carolina Brownings busy.
The mill man here came originally
fp.m Greenville, S. C. He workid at
Danville. Va„ for n ;ounlo of years
before coming here. Ha is about 40
year s old, plenty yotmr enough to
enjoy his money. «
Bnecnlation here places him a# the
third of a trio of the richest people
in the state. That is a far Jump
from a mill worker, with neve- a
thought up until lately that he wnvld
ever be able to have more than a very
few dollars at one time. He cannot
read or write and there stretched be
fore him only the prospect of long
days of hard work, the struggle con
stant to make a living for hia large
family.
38 Shopmen Guard Jimison
Horn*
Salisbury, Aug. 22.—As • result of
threatening letters wwlwd by Re*.
Thomas P. Jimtaon, Method 1st minis
ter, who was assaulted. It Is alleged
by a postal employe Monday morning,
a guard of thirty-fire shopmen went
on duty outside the minister's house
at 10 o'clock tonight
The special guard authorised at a
mass meeting of the shopmen today
will work in three shifts of eight
hours each.
The alleged aaaault on Mr. Jtmiaon
by • postal clerk Monday morning
waa the begtnning of action which
led to the ssovesMht of troops from
the Sslisbury fair grovod to the
Spencer shops and to the Salisbury
postoffkse, where the alleged ssesll
ant of the minister was sssplsytd
STEEL WORKERS
ARE GIVEN RAISE
NmHt 300,000 Mw> Grt Pay
Increase of *0 Per CmtH.
New York, A■>«. B^-TkfM Uf UmI
rorporaUona, employing normally
Marty W)0.000 worker*, today an
nounced a 90 pit cent wag* Increase
for all day laborer* tn their wan
facturing plants. Tile United Sutaa
■. i corporation took tk< Ua4 but
waa quickly followed by tke Midemle
Stoel and Ordnance company and tke
Youngatown Sheet and Tubs eeafiiy
In the abeenee of Ckartaa Schwab
and Eugene Once, of tke Ssthlsksm
Steel corporation, no other official of
that company would commit kimeetf.
Secretary grown said, however, b
did not know of any action that had
been taken on tke wage question
President Matthew*, of tke Crucible
Hie*I corporation, aaid hi* company
had taken no action "a* yet." It waa
generally believed in financial circle*
that all important independent eteel
firm* would announce increase* witk
ht a few day*.
New* of tke increase came aa a
■urpriae to tke financial district, pro
bably because wage adjustmanta in
other industries have been generally
downward. It waa followed by slight
receaaions in the prices of stoel
shares.
No explanation of the increase was
given by the steel corporation*. How
ever. it la known that the immigration
law has cut off tha supply of unbill
ed laborer* which formerly drifted
to the Iron and steel center*. When
the labor shortage laat apring became
acute and the steel industry began to
show signs of rehabilitation, tempor
ary relief was afforded by the em
ployment of men thrown out of work
by tke coal strike.
lu-iumption oi coal mining and the
increasing demand for laborers in
other industries, combined with the
expected business revival this fall, la
reported to have caused apprehension
smang mill magicf!*. who fraud
that the higher wares elaewhere
would causf sufficient desertions to
hamper their operations, at a tim*
when there was every prospect for
heavily increased orders.
The United States Steel corporation
employes approximately 220.000 men,
»f whoa 164,000 arc affected by the
wage increase. The highest rate paid
by the company for day labor was
47 rents an hoor. from February to
May. 1020. On May 1«, 1820, a re
duction of 20 per rent was announced
and in July of the aam< year over
time was eliminated. On August 19,
1921. day labor waa reduced to SO
centa an hour, the rate now In effect.
The increase will bring the rate up
to 36 centa an hoar.
The average day pay roll of the
corporation during 1918, the banner
year was over $460,000,000, but It
dropped to about WS2.000.000 in 1921,
when there were approximately 190,
000 men employed.
A forecast of what ia to come is
seen in large orders for rolling stock
recently received by railroad equip
ment companies. The demand in
other lines is also growing and there
is much rush work on hand, which
calls for forces in many pianta in
excess of the number now available.
In this connection, it Is reported that
little success hu been obtained thus
far in irJwtr? men laid off in the
dull period a year ago to return at
the wage prevailing before the in
crease just announced. Many of
these men have left the steel center*.
Browning* Popping Up
To Claim Oil Million*
Gaatonia, A off. 2fl.—With mem ben
of a Browning family in OTeenaboro
nnd Shelby claiming they arc kin*men
of Tom Browning, an oil Ring of the
Wert, Gartnn ooontv come* forward
to meet all comer*, in the person of
J. W. Browning, an employe* of the
McAden Milk of McA<ten*iIk.
The local Browning calima that hi*
father. Martin Van Buren Brownnig.
had a brother named Tom Browning,
who answered the rail of the Golden
Weat year* ago. Mt Browning la
alao patting forward a claim for hia
ohar* of tha 1150,000,000 Mtate of
Ten* land* and oil walla. The
Graamboro Browning had put hia
claim* through attorney* and tfca
Shelby Browning Iwd taken airaOar
action. Tha Gap ton Browning will
take action Immediately hi m rfhrt
to gat hia aha re of miUiatu that Mm
late Tom Browning Mil.
The eatata la *aU to he worth mil
lion*, tha Income being 4n tha form of
royalties from oil well*. The a* well*
war* found on a Taxa* homaatand
fiwn'ad by Tarn Browning.
BURNS BUILDING
TO PAY GRUDGE
Ignite* CihIIhi 5*ilrtd B wild
ing ; Dump E*ti mated
Wifiston-KaUm. A Off M,—WilHam
t Chatman. >|W U, la to Jail la
default ot a 110,000 bond. waiting
trial at tha nasi lam ot Farayth
auparior court an tha ihatji ot mma*.
■Mar ts tha Nlaaan Maah an
Natth Mala atraat, at an early tear
e*tlmatad total laaa af MMjMO.
Chatman. who waa aiiaatad aa ha
waa laaving tha building, after ha
had *aturatad tha aaeond ftea* wt»h
gaaolina and than aat It aflra, modo
a fna and fall nafaaalai to tlta afft
eara, hi* plaa balng that ha M H
hatrauaa ha had a grudge agalnat W.
W. teoak, awnar af a hanwaa (hop
on ana floor of tha banding. Haw
Chatman eacapad with lha Ufa is a
paiila to thaaa arte hart invaatigated
the affair. Tha iiyhihn which
followed whan tha jroong man Ignited
tha gaaollna waa haatd all orar tK«
down town diatriet. Tha flwman
did gnnd work inaavlng aararml ad
Joining buDdlnga.
ft (• hallarad by tW who attend
ed Chatman'* preliminary haarfng
thia morning that at hia regular
trial ha wilt pot up tha inaanltjr plea
HI* atory waa that ha intandad
to light a fua* in a five gallon can
of gaaollna and maka hi* aacapa ha
fore It could avplodc However, ha
sajra tha gaaoline in the an baeame
iimited from tha match intandad to
net fire to the fu*e and tha exploalon
"crtirreH hafora ha could gat out.
The loaa to tha harneaa bualnaa*.
wholesale and ratal), la cathnatad at
>100,000, about two-third* covered by
insurance
The Crawford Milt Supply Comi- |
pany, whirl) occupied two stores on,
the street floor of the building. suf
fered a low e*thnat< <! at 120.000.
about two-thirds covered by Innur
aiwe. The damage to the stock ofi
1Mb concern wan (mm water.
TV building to the north of the
.' r»wfsrd Mill Supply Company, ,
which wm occupied by the Yerke* ,
Chemical Company, wholesale and |
manufacturing druggists. wa* alao
damaged hy water. The office furni.
ture auffered the greatest da ma ire
The building* in the i.tme Mock, I
facing Liberty itreet, occupied by \
the Newark Shoe Store and Teich- (
man Brother*, dry good* merchant*
wera flooded with water and much,
damage wa* done, probably about
$10,000 to each atore.
Attempt Mad* to Rob
Office Yadkin Sheriff
Yadkinvillo. Aug. 18.—Considerable
excitement wa* created here Sunday j
morning when it was discovered that;
an attempt had been made to rob the
sheriffs office in the courthous*.
*ome time during the night.
The would-be burglars tried to get
in by boring around one of the locks'
In the door, but the sheriff has two
locks on the door and had both of
them securely locked. After boring;
out one they either became frightened i
or gave up hope «.nd left It unfinished.'
The work wa* done during the night.'
Sheriff Moxley says he came home,
about 2:30 in the morning, and this.is;
probably what scared the visitors
sway from tbair Job. Mr. Moxley.
when questioned about the Matter,
stated that by a chain of iHreamstan
res he is almost certain who did the
work, but would not tell anything else.
A three-fourth of an inch bit was
used and seems to hare been stolen
from the D. A H. Motor Oo.' Mr.
Dobbons, the manager, says the bit is
gone, perhaps slipped out during the
day. The remainder of the outfit
waa taken from the workshop of MUea
Martin; he discovered that it was
gone Sunday.
The object of the robbers, the sher-1
iff thinks, was to secure possession of'
two large copper stills he has III the
office and which have been cut up
since then.
NOTICE or SALE
Under artd bt virtue of a aortnn
executed by Warren Nowlin to J. A.
'y recorded in Sm
certain personal
Atkini, duly recorded ia Surry county,
convey!®* •
mortgagor having
note eKQCJMted to the ratd I
in peywwilt of c«r, tt being: no
doe and unpaid; the aatd J. A- At
Idaa will Mpoaa the Mid ear for «a)e
at public auction for caah, in Mount
Airy, takftant of the u)m room a of
General Motor Co on Moore avenue.
""t'l XTtV"
made to aatiafy the laid note
Aacaat Ml
A. At
RAISING STANDARD Of
AGRICULTURE IN STATE
Work Acc^UU bf Suit
C»lfaf »• Set Fwtk by D*m
By Dmd c B. WIIHmm.
N. C 8utf roIWf. of AcrMfam
in wMMi of North CMiH to
kfct Hrt of iUtoi of ttM Otfeli
work of th» fltaU Cetb«* of Agate*
tor* aa4 filliiiill Mm* Hi
f*#M» b«(iruunf IS far* tn
i r»l»in| fNn« aon to K»lp MB *•
iirtwltw» W Um «Uto, thtas In
ko«i ii 'tfUr imhiihwh In «ar
wrtnltinl prartleM, until ttStf
North CmHui to known far ami mmt
u n Mat* that haa pruimnl a*4 li
moving forward rnpMly along afl
icnniltunl tbiM.
A* th* jf»tr» hair* iim sad gone,
young men trained la ifrfaattm at
thl college k**t (mm Mi Imw
into 4iff*r—t Ham of famine, aad
in doing good famine tllinihw
»nd in lending thetr effort* la my
■rays to help improve the afltari
luri and other condition* of th* eN
munities to which they kare IomM
In order that all of their Cam
neighbors may lire fuller and BMS
rniitful lives. Many are sen Ing the
people in ooanty agent work; la
teaching vocational agriculture to
farmer*' sons and daughters to raaai
high schools; aad in many other
way* they are rendering service to f
their fellowmen and to their State
which has had foresight to provide
facilities for their special education
Without the effort of flisas aM»,
nuch that it known and in paaatfce
it the preaent time with reference
.0 rail improvement; livestock feed
ng breeding and manageaMnt; hog
ind poultry raising; the valpe of
\>od seed of different crepe; proper
tardening and trucking methods;
'ruit growing; cultural methods; dis
vase pest* and thrlt control; rotation
>f crops; beekeeping; dairying; kind
>f fsrm implements best raited for
lifferent purpose*; use of commercial
erttimer* adn lime; marketing; crsd
ts, etc. Not only are these men
•pnderinsr valiant service bat are
'inding it possible to provide far
wttar for themselves and families
han they would otherwise have been
ible to do, because of their Imteased
worth snd earning power. They are
iot only serving the state mors effi
ciently than they could possibly
lave done without the special train
ng, but at he same time are receiving
nore nearly their Just proportion of
:hr comfort* and other good thing*
>f life.
An education that actually trains
m and for life's duties is alwaya aa
-fficient and common sense training.
Daugherty Anticipates Mere
Trouble at Spencer
Washington, Aug. 22.—Attorney
r.eneral Daugherty told caller* today
that he was watching vary carefully
the situation at Spencer and at ither
points on the Southern railway. Ha
indicated that hi* information from
the North Carolina danger point Is
not reassuring. It is plain from his
d marks that he experts serious trou
ble there.
The attorney general was very
iTitfcal of states that permit bad sit
uations like the dm that preceded
the massacre at Hvrrin, III. In this
ronnection he referred to the reported
conditions at Spenci-r.
As *n example of the disorder and
lawlessness which has resulted frost
the Herrin episode the attorney gen
eral cited the existence of vtnlsnss
und threatened agitation on the
Southern, with Spencer as an sspsdal
ly bad point. He ssssrteq that about
1,500 men were out at that place, and
state troops are being held in readi
ness, "but have not been ordend to
proceed to Spencer, according to tks
last reports reeshred by ths depart
ment of Justice."
He stated tlwt at Spencer train
rrrws are rspoi . J is have abaadsasd
their trains am. -boss trains that
sre running are being operated by of
ficials.