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E ERGEfiCY TARIFF GIVEN RIGHT OF WAY Advocates of Fordncy Measure Conffdenl lt Will Win' Easily : in the House v:: WASlilXGTONVibec Fofdney emergency' tariff, measures designed to . . ..OTA.wntv.rHlrt farm nreducts prwyrvu bviiiv j, . .,, T . by.vlrtuaJlx stopping, their, importation through heavy duties Will be called up fit the"hOU8e tomorrow unuer a. ejjcviai rule girins it, right of way, and limit In jr debate. . ' '! ' - - ' : ' . Although a- hard flsht I" expected, proponents of the bill declared tonight its passage ' by the house was certain. Its fate, however, !n the senate is re garded ft.r somewhat doubtful, v' ' Tn the first test vote today advocates of the special tariff legislation, won a signal victory by 'adopting 206 to 16. a motion to" suspend the business of tha-ealendar Wednesday eo as to bring the bill to. a vote tomorrow before ad journment 'where there will be no op portunity to" in;mde other articles ly amendments. , . - - ' The bill was denounced in the house today as "special legislation" by Rep resentative Madden. Republican, Illi nois, who declared that its unw'sdom must be manifest to. everybody." The purpose of. the . measure,. Mr, Madden aid,"was to legislate on a few article? and to eliminate frora consideration inany other articles "In the hands of thousands of dealers.- -The only othr reference to It on the floor was by Rep "resentative Ixnrworth. Republican. Ohio, who said It was needed to save Important agricultural interests "from stark and certain ruin." - ' Wide differences of opinion have de veloped among southern members re garding the Ford ney tariff proposal, ' CAm momhr unions' thpm ReDresen- tatlve Dominlck, Democrat, soutn -ar-; olina, are flatly opposed to the bill in its present siaie. ; 1 Daily! conferences are being held In j an ercort to reacn, an agreement r ' act'on upon that section which place? a tariff of T.even cents a pound' on long staple cotton." "While some members ar x of the opinion that the bill will proba tblv E-ive temporary relfef for long sta- pie cotton producers, they, f ear a Re-J . publican "trick" to put tnem on recora as favorlng'a high tariff. . v" Representative Dominlck. in a stater . ment; declaring his opposition to the "bill 'stated: . v f,' "I refuse to sacrifice a principle for a so-called temporary measure,.' refer '! ring: to the proposed tariff on long sta ple cotton.; "We should be more inter- stea now m gening iumsn for .our producers than in. building i tariff -wall around us." , :Z Senator Smith, Democrat. Georgia, declared that if long staple , cotton, pea niitQ neflniit nil and cotton seed oil remain in, me ui .i'nuv.iiD v. .' the senate did , not propose to delay the measure when it gets to the senate but will let it come to a vote; Senator . . a i. tit .. a , a V were eliminated, the situation would be ' aifferent. , - Governor-elect Hardwick, of Georgia, "who appeared before the ' house ways Vand means committee which, is conduct Hng hearings on the'Fordney measure, ; aiscussed the plan for "a sales tax which Is known to have the support' of.sev- oral RepublJctm members of .the com tmittee, i'ncludWg Chairman .Fordney. T. Mr, 'Hardwick,! representing bottlers of carbonated beverages, told-the commit--loc that in hH-opinloiy a sales tax , should not burden the consumer' to' the . extent that an excess profltsor a tar ' Iff levy would. . ' ' , - - - STATE SCO&ES IN TRIAL - OF MUNICIPAL JUSTICE Woman Declarjes She Witnessed Killing of Kagy : , 1 CLEVELAND. . Dec. 21. The ; state . scored, at this afternpon's session of me stcuuu uegree muraer inai oi wil .liam IT. McGannon, chief justice of the A municipal court, charged with slaying Ffarold S, Jvagy last May.- when its r;hICf .witness. Miss. May E. Xeely, a nurse, for sixteen years the friend of ' McGannon, "tooklhe witness stand and . sworo; she saw McGannon. ' shoot Kagy and also swore-that the judge offered : her $500 to "keep her mouth shut about the shooting and go to County Prosecutor Raskin and retract what . she had told him and the grand jury regarding the case, i ; . She testified that her' sister, Mrs, . Lours Webb, was concealed In a closet in the room at the time and heard the offer of $500. '. j , ' "I aw: McGannon pull sonething from his pocket and simultaneously shot rang out. Then , Harold - Kagy '.urched forwardT Miss Neely testified. v-Seven -days after the shooting, she testified, she went' to the judge's pri vate office and told him to make public the facts, advising him to say-the shot '"cu nuciuemauy, ana also ofiered to take the blame for the shooting. " . "It is too late now," she testified Mc Ganjion replied. . ': ; '. -- :- . -.:.'.. , ; - These were the features today in Cleveland's most sensational murder trial. ' f , ; j K'U : '.'v-.-'i;-; f -, ; - - . f - - The attorneys for the defense made every effort to nrevAnt" ATto. viinn , Ing the story of ber connection with McGannon and the reasons for her fol lowing him on the day of the shootlngi After cross-examination the defense excused her until tomorrow morning. :'( ' EDDIE' IUCKEXBACKRIt. WEDS f ; , ; BUT. WHICH EDDIE IS; ITJ JACKSONVILLE. Fla, Dec. 2L The marriage in ; St. Augustine Monday of Eddie , Rlckcnbacker to- Miss Frances H.'.Hannoh was. Verified tonight: by Rev. Barton B. Bigler of St. Augustln who stated that RIckenbackef was m . troduced to him as Eddie: RlckehbackVr of TeW Totk by1 Mrs'. James P; ttickev of Xew Tork city, who added: "The Rickenbackcr, w. Jt; Farans of New Tork " and others were guests' of a local afternoon ; by automobile for St' ; hotel here Monday- leaving in tho Augustine, ; where, the - - wedding cere mony1 was performed. ' . .. ' E4dJeJenbackfr. the American ace. of Columbus. Ohio. 1a no i.. California. . - -r- ' ' " " DIAL WOULD AMEM) 1 COTTOX FUTURES ACT WASHINGTON; : Dec. ? 2 1 .--Senator Dial ; of - South Carolina, stated todav t that. he thtends to- ask the committee on agriculture to take up after the c holidays amendnients to the cotto-n rfutures-. act " v ''iS:f' 4':-, ..4 y ' The amendments provide that "cottoh delivered under . contract "shall be of .. or within, - three crades I for which , standards are established by the secretary of agriculture except grades -prohlbitedfrom being delivered - on a Th;resent la wi iio Tsaidj allow A h. livery of cotton in one or niore grades At the . sole option of the seller, v Puts Merchant Fleet Earnings at Billion Benson Believes Private Owner ship Is . Better, . However. - ' XEW YORK, Dec 21. More than f 1, 000,000,000 in -gross revenue has been earned by the ' government controlled' merchant fleet 'sTnce-lt began ""opera tions. Chairman Benson, of the shipping board declared tonight ; in an"address here..,; '. " .-' ' .. ;i ' " While the board cannot show1 a. profit as large a would have been , the case if the fleet' Tiad been privately owned, Chairman Benson, said, this billion dol lars stayett; In this, country and but.for the ; possession of, a ' fleet built by "the government would have, been spent for the use of foreign bottoms- v "Had there , been no' nation . ble to take up Germanys position whei her maritime power was wiped -out, he as serted, "ocean carrying ;tonnage-would have beeh monopolized -by Great Brit ain whose trade needs naturally would have come first.' . - A great deal of dissatisfaction aris ing from recent developments will dis appear, the chairman declared, through realization that the country has a great fleet of -vessels profitably employed ! In spreading the products of America to all parts of the .world, . ' Chairman "Benson went On record, as unalterably opposed to government op eration of the fleeV and declared it was most encouraging : when congress laid down the law that the fleet should be privately owned and controlled.' ; ' XJSE PARDON POWER . EXPLAINED BY BICKETT 1 (Continued from page one) . during : his term of ".office, 'He already has on file as many ..appeals for par dons and commutations of sentence as he can possibly, attend : tq ,durlng the remainder of bJs administration. De spite this fact; .however,: the petitions continue to pour into .the office; every day. At the. present . time the governor is ."considering the .petitions of -thoso prisoners ; whose, sentence r will be shortened &s ' Christmas - presents ; this year. . It Is Jihjderstood that the ma jority of these . "Christmas presents;" will be In the form of commutations of sentences rather than in pardons.,-. This announcement does not close the door of hope to J. T". Harris. Ridge crest merchant, who killed E...W. Mon nish a tourist.in the mountain country, butthprobabilitles are that Governor BlCKetwlll not consider the .appeal for commutation of this sentence from death to' a term "of years-, Harris is in the state prison, and "has held a con ference with his ajttorhey since coming to Raleigh, but so, far as is known has not perfected his appeal to the supreme court. It is understood he Is taking the matter up directly with Governor Blck ett, but the fact "that the date of ex ecution is set for January 28 throws the matter into -he term of the new administration. Governor Blckett, it is understood, Will not '.consider this ap peal, since it naturally falls to the con sideration of Governor-Morrison. - , - v The negroes convicted in Goldsboro during the time when State troops had to be called to the Wayne county seat to prevent mob violence, have not per fected their appeals either. It is un derstoodthat at least one of the ne groes wilt ask "for an appeal eni the ground that the conviction was secured' in' the face Of a Anob, and that - M - IS entitled)' to a- new trial in -another coun ty, where the feeling is not" so strong. The governor. Is putting in hard work thele days in an examination of the records of prisoners whose sen tences he is considering for commu tation. A number of these : prisoners are men now serving long terms- linJ the penitentiary who have no outshie friends to make an appeal for thent. Included in the ' lot. of course, are a number of prisoners whose petitions have been in the hands of the gover nor for some ,tlme past. Since it will take as much JLime as he can afford to give to these 'matters during -the .re mainder of his term of office, the word Is sent out that no additional petitions can.be considered.' , , -,; Governor Bickett today issued a. par don for B. . TJ." Newsom,' Forsyth county man ch&rged with murder in the second degree and sentenced to thirty years in the penitefltlary in October, 1918. The governor cites the following reasons for granting .this pardon conditioned on the future, good behavior of ; the prisoner: v f 1 -.v,; "The circumstances connected with the death of the party the prisoner Is alleged to have killed are very peculiar. In the first place the prisoner had great provocation.; He had 'every reason .to believe the deceased had broken up his home.. In the second place, the '.as sault upon the deceased-was made uti-' der circumstances that strongly indi cate that at the time the-prisoner was decidedly unbalanced mentally. He had for years - been suffering from . high, blood pressure, ; and Dr. . Albert Ander-; eon' has recently. said, to, me that- he was '& witness in .the case" and testified that in his opinion the defendant; was not responsible for his conduct. " i . "At the time of the. assault he was not looking for the deceased, .but in a crowd the deceased, jostled against him. He ,turned tq see ; who it was and rec ognizing ?the man who nad broken tip his home, he instantly, struck him with a knife which he ralready had in hand. In-thiV third place, there Is grave . doubt as to whether or not the wound inflicted with the knife was 'responsible for' the man's death. He recovered; from the wpun d ;- afterwards had pneumonia, re covered front that, and had been ad vised by his physician that, 'he .was amply able . tp attend court on Monday, but on Saturday beforehand he sudden ly; fell 'dead. - '' ;;; - f : - "The hifrh blood. pressure of the pris oner has increased with- intensity and it ,1s. entirely possible .that, he may die at any time , Ho :has , made a model prisoner , and under all the clrcum- stances' a 'conditional pardon vis grapted.'1 " V, OP n. C. SCIIEDULK COLUMBIA, S, PJ T)ee;: 21. -The Uni versity of. South Carolina' . football schedule for ' next "'season-'announced last:n1ght.'follows:v.;;'-'; ''-'- ?'.' October i i-Erskins at Columbia. " October 8-Newberry at Columbia. October 15 University . of North Carolina at Columbia.., - : -; : : October 21 Presbyterians at Colum bia. 7 ,-. ' October 27 Clemson at -'Columbia' (South Carblifta Utate-; fair).' r :' ' ' November 5 Open.' g-fXM? ' - - ft- 5 November, 1 24-Purman at Greenville. November 19 University of Florida at Tampa: A-.-HyTr'yi "y :?;?-;. . .November 24 Citadel at" Columbia.' ! &.'? 1 tjr,,- ' I,,,- t , r.: i. - TO RETURN'IilPBJ-TEItMR t 1 MONTGOMERY.-ALa., Dec, 21 Armed with requisition papers -as well as the Bertillon measurement of .-tthe. escaped convict, J. W.' Pittman warden at th state penitentiary at Wetumpka; left tonight for Orlando, -Fla.i - to,rget Dr. Homer. B. Knott, life-termer who escaped "last August 6 and who has been at liberty until bis nrrMt in .Florida town yesterday, . . .; Finds Texas 1 ReadyJ J To Reduce Acreage Lone Star State Prepared to :, Join Movement of Cotton Farmers. -,- ". MEMPHIS. Tenn., Dec. 21. T. B. I King, director- of - the, cotton acreage commitee, reports,.. encouraging y news from Texas.TJIf. King is just" back frorn Dallas, where he attended a number of conferences While Texas Is taking the lead . in co-operative marketing plans and "also in '.pushing measures for warehouse system, these undertakings are far enough advanced, to pfermlt of concentration upon acreage reduction un.11 the planting season is over. Texas seems to be fully alive to the gravity of ' the situation and, as might have been expected,' is In line" with common sense measures to reduce the' yield ' of cotton i one-half. ,' Mr; King gives" the following account of hlsStrip to Pallas: :i.; have just returned from Texas, where : I appeared before the co-opera: tive : marketing' and cotton warehouse committee, representing the--Texas Cot ton Growers association, the Texas farmers', union and the Texas state farm bureau. , - . f'This;epmmittee had before it meas ures to be presented to the Texas leg islature for the levying of a "per bale" tax pn cotton grown in Texas for build ing; and maintaining warenouses, .and also, a v companion ( bill providing for. the organisation of a co-operative marketing-company. -These 'combined or ganizations : called - together the mem bers of- the Texas legislature, in Dallas, on ; the lTth Instant, toTgo over these bills and .? tentatively approve them before-they are introduced in the legisla ture, to convene In January. ' : "I found,-in talking, to the represen-, tatives of the various agricultural as sociations and state farm bureaus, that plans have ' already been put forth in that state, looking toward a, redaction of the cotton acreage in 1921, or ohe third as compared to 1920; ; " "Preparatory to this great undertak ing, the bankers of Texas met in Oc tober,? at , which 'meeting there were more than ope thousand present- They unanimously; decided ;they would not finance the-farmers unless they prom ised -to 'reduce the cotton acreage on the basis - before described, and -plant Instead gralri and other feed and food with which to take care of their own people. - -;"? ' - y';yy- -:'if'-- "Mr. D: E. Lyday,' who is in charge of the state farmers' bureau work, stated that over 25,000 letters had been sent to the farmers in. Texas, telling them of the plan of acreage reduction, and at the same time Calling on, them to ' re spond by signing the agreement to con form thereto. He expects now to make the campaign until at the time of plant ing of cotton, center on; the one idea of acreage reduction, as they had the warehouse and marketing bills out of the way. He, together with the repre sentatives, of the different associations named and the members of the Texas legislature, . agreed that ''the . plans adopted at the Memphis convention De cember 7-8, 1920, were the most equit able and the easiest of operation of any they had "seen, and thought . that the entire country would fall In line. When we assured Texas that the bal ance of the states In which cotton is grown, had adopted tWs. plan, and that it iwas :being religiously "carried font. kthey felt very, much encouraged' toicce- double - their erxorts in Texas lor tne anW'purp'ose.'' , -,7 Q "As a result of the bankers conven tion in Texas in October, and the fur ther efforts of tlfe American Cotton as sociation, the farmers union and the state farm bureau, already, mote small grain has been planted up to-thistlme ln iihat. state, than for', many r years rtn the: past. It shows the people are .tak- in'sr the acreage., reduction senousjjs. and are providing the fall and winter crop.asthey, should,.,-'1 y yy 'y ,." t . At a luncheon given- - in jaiias Thursday Judge W- F. Ramsey, dlrecH tor of . the federal yeserve banic of Dai las, - stated that - Texas had' over . two million bales ,of t cotton unsold; in the hands of farmer's,- and. that acreage re duction and dlverslfled-f armings onthe part of the farmers, was the .only sal vation for that state, as well as pr the south. He insisted upon the program being carried into effect and intimated that credit extension would be largely based 6n these plans. 1 "We find that the Texas forces not only Join heartily in the plan of acre age reduction and financing of the 1921 crop, hut are ready to lend aid through out the south in furtherance of "the plan. : I have never seen " the south so united on any one thing as it Is in the reduction of the 19 2 1 cotton acreage, so that not-more than half of the 1920 Crop will be produced, and that fact of fers hope to those who: are? trying to put Into effect; this movement. ' It ' is found "out Texas legislature arid the representatives of the state organiza tions: that we had a huge surplus of cotton,"' and to plant and produce an other 'large ';crop would mean -utter bankruptcy and hopeless financial dis aster to' the- entire southland.' . jf: TO ASK EXEMPTION FOR Vrl?. .t:i:-Li, : T. - .-1 ; ; - ' : - --, :r-; ' WASHINGTON, Dec. 21. Requests for i exemption'' for Cuba and Bahama Islands from -the proposed t immigra tion act will probably be ittsked e by Florida ; interests, Senator Fletcher said today. ; y- :-'-"J--rhf. - ' ; . 1 : ? Produce (growers : on the East Coast, principally in and, near Miami, Fla., .the senator said, import considerable labor from ; the Bahamas for planting and marketing the spring, crops to., eastern a. . rr i . .1. mtirive u. ; x. ills wuvr, iiu , auucu, '- uuuo not come t into; competition with other labor, f or "it is not possible to trans port laborers -from .-the northern Flori da or adjoining' states to Miami for a few ' months ; only. -: i '-"'X ":'T" ::t -1 Cigar manufacturers . of Tampa, the senator continued, want Cuba - ; ex empted because many, of ..the factory workers who recently went to Cuba are now', out '6f -work and wish ; to re turn. A PORl'l COLUMN News and Gossip of -the Wa :y ter ' front Movements -of J Craft. Reported Locally And : uy xeiecrapn. VESSELS Iir PORT Steamer f Hybert (American),1 9,600 tons,; Uni ted States Shipping Board. ' ? t i - Byros (American),-9,600 tons. United States Shipping Board.' 1 - . 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