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' ' . A CHARLOTTE BANK CLEAEECCS By Chamber of Commerce. Week of Awr. 17 ..$6,8WM.I1 Previous week' .....I. 15 Week Aug. 18, '20y.. T,4UjJt.0 K CAROLINA H0"E NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS," CLEAN ANO JRCLU3LE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. FOUNDED.1869. CHARLOTTE, N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1921. PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SEVEN CENTS, SUNDAY m , , M8HB M J. SIDIIET I DEATH OF M .:... s y ... ', . ... Could Not Clearly Remember 'Incidents of Fatal Night (DIDN'T INTEND; TO DO IT Evidence All in, Arupnent by 'Counsel It Begun; Case May Not Co to Jury Until Saturday. HpMlal to Tfc Obwrr; . MOROANTOX. Aug. . !. The ouutandlnc and dramatic feature ef the trial today 'of Sidney Kincajd, charted with wife murder. wa the appearance on the stand of the de fendant himeelf.- Evidence tn the ease wae completed at 4 o'clock thia afternoon and argument by counarl wa begun. The eaae prob ably will not go to the Jury before Saturday. , . Since the beginning of the trial it had been a matter of conjecture aa to whether the defendant would testify m hie own behalf. Though it urn, more of leee expected that he -would be allowed to tell the xtory or the fateful night, alnce It vat known that he waa more or lew anxloui to - do to. . there waa noticeable arprie In the crowded courtroom when at 1 o'clock he waa called a the heat wltneee for the defense. . He walked unateadlly to the wit nea chair, the eftecu of grief and conanemenl having had marked ef fect on a formerly robuat man. He is a man of fine appearance, weara good clothee and la much above the average fanner; in fact would appear, welt anywhere. His manner of tneekneae end humility doubtle elicited eympatby for him, and aa he talked there could be aeen here and there over the court room teara In the eyee of many who were merely apectatore. He to a man of more than ordinary Intelli gence, and hie anewera to attorney question were given with delibera tion, butja-ithout heetltatlon. Even tion. but with herniation. Even eonf used. At thnee hie voice drop , ped ao low thai he had to be asked . to repeat h la testimony, end occa I eionatly a he apoke of hla wife he 1 waa ao overcome that he had to wait to" compowr: hlmaeU before proceeaing. . Argumente wer made thle after noon by 4. il. Mull and & X. Ervtn. J. There are Ave attorney to apeak .4omoTrWKB. - J. Brvirtr YFt A,fetf "and CTX, Johaa, for the defense, J. K. jSpatnheur and Solicitor Huffman ' for the state. . ' v. Defendant on the Stand. Ther waa not a foot of vacant available space in the courtroom as Kincald gave hla testimony, and dur ing the two hour he, was on the aund there waa a death-like etill- ' nesa over the great crowd; so mark ed, in fact, that except for the voice of the witness and examining attor ney there waa no sound distinguish able except the whir of a small elec- , trie fan over the clerk' deak. W. A. Self conducted the direct examination, doing It 1n such a way aa to give the story told by the de fendant conectlon and aequenee. He waa It years of age, he testified, and except for a short period had lived at Chesterfield all his life. He had married Ullie Davis In. ltOC, the ceremony having been performed in AaheviUe about ten years ego He had built a new home at Chesterfield . and for about six year had con ducted a store there. I -i He had been in the habit of drink- lng, he admitted, and until four years ago, when be had tried to quit, he had often used .liquor to excess. I During the paet few years he had ibeen "full" only two or three ttmea. I With the exception of a pint which bad In June he could not recall that he had been drinking at all this year, until the Sunday before hie wife's death. He got a supply on Saturday night, July It, secreted It lin an old shop near the store, and . made frequent visits to it on Sunday :,and Monday. i He and hla-wife were .together In ' the store all day Monday, but he was : not too drunk then to know what was going on, who were In the store during the day and to run hi car to a neighboring farm where he had a threaher operating. 'J. W. Duck- worth went with him part of the - way. . (Mr. Duckworth testified yes 'terday that he amelled liquor on him, jbut did not Judge him to be drunk.) : KlnrT nf itw TraiFMlT. Ki Returnlna between sundown and dark he found hi wife in the store. Aa he drove up she came out on the porch and they talked together. Hla brother-in-law, Charlie Rader, came ' .(Ctattaaed aa Pss 8n. ' Jgatling elected head ' - Carolina postmasters " Pace of Next Meeting Has Been Left With Executive v Committee. . SpmIsI to The olwarver. : HICKORY, Aug. 18. Bert M. Gatlmg, postmaster at Raleigh, was re-eieciea presiaeni or . the state ileague of postmasters at it clos ing aeesion nere todays The Ques tion of next year's meeting place was left with the executive. commit tee. The postmasters were given a trip to Bridgewater this afternoon and through the, courtesy of the Southern Power company enjoyed : a fifteen mile boat ride on the lake. " Other officers elected were James R. Warren, of Putnam, first vice president; Mrs. J. A Taylor, of Mai den, second vice president: John P. Stockton, of Ellenboro, , third, vice president; Mrs. M. C. Olive, of G old e ton, secretary. " - O. K. Crawson, of Burlington, and Grover C. Phillips, of Bear Creek, , were chosen members of the execu tlve committee, - other members be ing the president, vice president and 'eecretary. ' " ' lis one RlflCllWALLACE MI1ES FOR USE OF TROOPS AT CONCORD ft, '-fy .-.,V- - j! i' : aisBajjjaBapeisBi v.t , S f , i Six Strike-Affected Kills In Cabarrus Now Running, Leaving ' Only Five Now Idle in County, Three Having .Started " Thursday Without Disturbance GompW . Represcnta- . tlve ., Jells: VVhy Federatio n;' Can't Help : Morrison Speaks Today. . A8HEVHXE, An. -Go-ernor Morrison will leave Astie vllle ia the morning at o'clock for Concord, where b will ad dress m mass meeting and gpeakf In .reference) to tbe tetxlle strike ; , . situation. Today be ; recelvd reral long-distance.- tel phone call from the executive ofdoe -in KaJcifh and Ceaw Tan H. Metu, officer to charge of tbe r troopa at Conoord and Kann-M- . oils. Following hla address at Conoord tomorrow aftertooa tbe ' governor will leave for Charlotte, . tola borne town, where will re main until Monday before re turning -to tbe annuner capitol. npcvial to Tbe Obsseese CONCORD. Aug. 11. Bdgar Wal lace, personal representative of President Samuel Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, who arrived In Concord . yesterday to make an investigation of the atrlk and offer hi service to and- tbe strike, spoke at a mas meeting here this afternoon. About 100 person heard Mr. Wallace, who devoted the greater portion of a brief address to the value of organisation,, the aim of the union and a denouncement of the factor which led to the sending of troopa here. , Mr. Wallace laid all responsibility for the presence of troops bore to the mill owner, and made the state ment that the city and county offi cials had not asked the governor for troop. This statement waa mad in the face of the telegrams wnicn were sent to Governor Morrison but Sunday by Major ' Womble, Sheriff Spear and Chief of Police Bobineon, lb which each official declared that TAKES HIS UFE Lieutenant Rudasill Dies From ' Wounds Self-Jnfiicted. : Temple When. Wife Upbraids , Him for Drinking. , SpMial te Tb Oarrer. SHELBT. Aug. II Victor A. Rudasill, superintendent of the Shelby Water and Light plante and a first lieutenant In the 116th machine gun batullon of the 10 divlson in the World War. died at 1:J0 o'clock thU aernoon from a self Inflicted pistol wound tn the fore head,' fired at hi home In Shelby Monday night. ' Rudasill wai a joung man In the early thirties, courteous and ger.ial, and one of the most popular men in Shelby. , For two year he had been connected with -the city, and had filled hi position acceptably and well. When he went Bom to hie bride, who waa Miss Bessie Caldwell, of Bessemer City, for aupper,she noticed that h ehad been drinking. When he returned to the city hall after sup per she telephoned to Chief of Police Hamrick to tell him to come home, giving as an excuse that ahe was alone.'. He returned home promptly. Upon arrival he reminded his wife that she had sent for him, pulled the plug out of the telephone, and told hi wife that, he wa going to kill himself. Before she could Intervene he picked up a .32 calibre Colt's auto matic and fired a shot into his right temple, which ranged across the front of the skull and bulged the skin on the left temple. : j N Physicians and nurses were sum moned nd he was removed to the Rutherford hospital, where an opera, tion was performed, and the bullet and quantities of ' shattered bone were removed from tne wound. He remained conscious until the end, and expressed regret for his rash act His bride and members, of his family were at hie bedside ' when, the end came. ... ' - - His body Is being brought to Shelby Where the funeral and Interment will take place. ;i NEGRO IS KILLED BY ' RALEIGH POLICEMAN Officer Was Trying to Arrest Black for an Alleged Assault on His Wife. 1 .7,. ' Special tm The OkMrrer. RALEIGH. Aug. 18. Plain clothes Detective Tom Crabtree. of the Raleigh police force, tonight shot and killed Calvin Smith, young ne gro, who was arrested by the offi cer for an assault with a hammer on hia wife two weeks ago. The officer end Deputy Jesse Wyatt were called to Smith's home by hia wife, who was having more trouble with' him, and called, for protection, she made the arrest pos sible. . But Crabtree was assaulted by the negro with a knife. On bul let wound through the body, brought the fellow down, and he diedat the hospital Immediately after being carried there. His wife declared that the detec tive would have eeen cut to pieces nut for tne pistol shot. HILL OWNERS ' , the'aituatlon la beyond my con- troi." - .... . .Three additional, cotton mllla in thl county resumed operation at noon, today.. The Brancord and Can non mlU in thia ity and the;Ca barrua mill at Kannapoll opened their doors at II o'olock after being Idle alnce June 1 when the general etrlk waa called. . ., Maloritv of Hills Ocen. The rreeumptlon of work by the three mill today bring the total of mills in thl county affected by the strike, In ; operation to alx. Only the Gibson, Cabarrus. Norcott, Franklin and Brown mills are now idle en account of the atrike. and reports ; here today indicate that these mills will be opened not later than next Monday moraine. : Governor Morrison la expected, to arrive in Concord tomorrow after noon from Charlotte.'. He will be met by a committee of city and county officiate. iNo social entertainment of any kind -is now contemplated in hla honor.- thl decision being due to the nature of his visit to Concord. : General Metts stated after a long distance conversation with the gov ernor, tnat ne expected tne cniei executive would leave Aahavtlle this afternoon and spend several hours In Charlotte tomorrow morn ing. ; Until local officials can com municate further with Governor Morrison the definite program cov ering hla atay here - will not - be known, v -: - " Wallace Speaks. . , Mr. Wallace. In his address, de clared that everything had been (Ceallaaad ae pace Vive.) HOSPITAL OPEN Dr. Plato : Durham" Delivers Principal Address. 1 h 0 - -v-- . Already Are Inmates of State Institution at Castonia. GASTONIA, Aug. 18. The North Carolina State Orthopaedic .hospital was formerly op.icd this morning at 11 o'clock. Dr Plato T. Durham, of Atlanta was the speaker of the day, and made what was termed by thooe who heard him one of the beet addressee of hla life. He waa at hie best when he re marked that he was ever thankful to acknowledge the Old North 8tate a hia mother atate, but he waa more than proud now to make such acknowledgement when she had taken such a atep towarda ihe front in taking care of the most unfortu nate of the state's maimed children. Governor Cameron Mrorlaon, wh? was to have been present and ec cepted, ti.e institution on the part of the atate, failed to arrvs. Dr. H. H. Jordon introduced ti'e speaker of the morning, and Rev. Mr. Galloway mad the closing. prayer, while R. B. Babington, the man who f ortered the institution ani is responsible for its erection and completion, had charge or the ser vices. Work has already begun In tile treatment of the crippled children, and at present there are about twenty-five cripples as inmates of tbe hospital. By the first of the month, according to a statement from R. B. Babington, - there will be about sixty children In the hospital and application for more thon 100 have already been filed. - -' The building is modeled after those of the modern structure and has a throughly equipped operating, room with some of the most up-to-date appliances' of orthopaedic .surgery. With the opening of the Ortho paedic hospital, North Carolina takes fourth rank in the United States in the states that have established hos pitals for its cripples, and is the first state in tbe south to take such a step.' The bill for the adoption of this hospital was passed by the legislature of 1917 when $20, Out) was appro priated for the cripples of tbe atate. At that time Mr: Babington, who had been aollctlng funds for the Insti tution . for several years, had the amount of 820,000 subscribed. This amount was increased to 870,000' by a subsequent appropriation and ad ditional private subscriptions. The high building pricee which followed in the wake of the war retarted the completion of the building. ' " .The hospital is located on .1 beau tiful site near the city of Gastonla, on Babington Height, a nd com mands a view of the foothills of the Blue Ridge mountains and the beau tiful rolling country of tne Piedmont section: There are about twenty eight acres in the site for the hos pital, which gives ample room for future development. . . W. H. Peeps, of Charlotte,' was the architect of the building.' . MISS EMILY LIVINGSTON -BRIDE OF GALE SIMPSON LAUREL HILL. Aug. 18. Mies Emily Gale Livingston, daughter of P. H. Livingston, was united In marriage Saturday evening at 7:30 6'clock to Gale Zadok Simpson. Immediately after the ceremony Mr. and Mrs. Simpson left by auto mobile for Hamlet, where they took a train for Arkansas. Upon their return about September 1 they will make their home in. Hoffman. n. m lniiT Business Men From Cctt;a States Summoned to Capitd OUTLINE OF ITS PURPOCfe Delegation Will Appear Monday jf Before Joint - Congressional Commission on Agriculture ,. - Special te the Observer. , - COLUMBIA, 8. C. Aug. UfJ. Skottowe Wannamaker, . presld --at of the American Cotton eseodat' n; former Governor Richard X i n nlng; United States Senator E.'D. Smith ; R. C. Hamer, president of the South Carolina division of the American Cotton association, and other prominent merchants, bank era and business men from the .14 cotton growing states will go; to Washington Sunday for the purpose of appearing before the Joint con gressional commission on agricul tural inquiry on Monday morning, August 12, at 10 o'clock. - Summoned to Washington. ; ; The following statement was is sued by the American Cotton asso ciation today in regard to the flat ter: - - ; "President Wannamaker hat been summoned to appear before : the Joint commission of agricultural In quiry tm aWhington Monday the 22nd. for the .purpose of testifying concerning present distressing con ditions confronting the agricultural producers, cause which have1 con tributed to these : Conditions, ; and recommendations as to plans and remedial legislation for the relief of same, and to especially give testi mony concerning tbe various con ferences held by the American "Cot ton association during the last two years with the federal reserve board, the secretary of treasury and pother national officials. J "Renrescnt&tives from each of the cotton producing states who attend ed these . conferences have neen requested to Join in this hearing be fore the commission on Monday. -In the fall of 1818, and again In 1811, the American Cotton 'associa tion filed with certain of the nation al government officials a memorial pointing out the serious Injury that would be done to the agriculture of the nation in "case any steps were taken to promote artificial deflation.; Representatives of . th ; associ. ' iWltn tne ret federal reserve board, the secretary of the treasury end other national officials, being joined ln.1 these conferences by representatives from every ' One of , agriculture In every state In the Union, all of these conferences being held for the specific purpose of preventing the throttling of exports and'the enforcement of a deflation policy. Protests From Farmers. "The removal of the war finance corporation, the raising of redis count interest rates, the contraction of currency and the restriction of credits have brought strenuous pro tests from the American Cotton as sociation, the position being taken that the enforcement of ' such a policy was in conflict with the un derstanding when crops were planted; that It left the agricultural producers absolutely helpless, and would. bring wreck and ruin; that uch a policy would result in the closing of exports, destruction of confidence, and that the agricul tural producers would be without a market except in a limited way at a price lees than the cost of produc tion. , "From the time of the removal of the war finance corporation until its reinstatement the American Cotton association waged an unceasing campaign for Its revival. Since commencement of the policy for raising rediscount Interest rates and contraction of credits and currency, the association has conducted an unceasing campaign for the reversal of thle policy, pointing out that euch a policy would result in forcing down the price of agricultural pro ducts and the producers would be without a debt paying or purchasing power. , "It is for the purpose named above that President Wannamaker v (Continued jan page I Y INSURANCE COMPANY SUES FOR A REFUND New York Mutual Wants $14,. 191.78 Paid in Taxes to State Returned to It ' ' : 8pMlal ta-TlM Observer, RALEIGH. Aug. 18. The Mutual Life Insurance Company, of New York, has made a demand upon In surance Commissioner Wade for a refund Of 814.181,78, ihU amount represents lncurance taxes paid to the state for the first ix months period of 1821; Acting; upon advice of Attorney General Mining, the commissioner has decllnefjkto make the refund, and the company ie pre paring to enter suit for Judgement Request for-tbe refund, made to Commissioner Wade several days ago, and suggested in a letter of protest to treaeurer B. R. Lacy at the time of payment of the tax, is based upon the alleged invalidity of section 67, of the state revenue act, which con tains, substantially, the same dlscrim I nations between foreign and domse- tic corporation as does section 72, of the act recently declared invalid by the United States supreme court. The Insurance company, after com plying with the statutes, has served notice through James H. Pou, its attorney that It will enter suit for the refund. . The attorney! general says It must make out a case in court as, in hia opinion and In the opinion or the courts, the insurance company is not engaged In interstate business .and is therefore in-eligible to profit by the supreme court decision on the section 72, of the reveneue act, at tacked recently , by , the automobile corporations. FIVE MILLIONS FOR ' ; EXPORT OF COTTON . -tl'ASHTXGTON, An.' 18.A application for an advance of $ 000,000 to tbe Cttisem and South ern batik of Savannah, Ga for financing exports wrest approved today by tbe war finance corpora ' .The advance win be made to finance cotton, cottonseed , cake, peanut cake and naval stores for export sale. The commodities, tbe corporation said, will be for tbe moot part products : from Georgia, Alabama and South Carolma, ': '.;v! v-''.? - A statement by Mills B. lane, president of tbe bank, was made public by the corporation. . Four Cities Represented in Inter-City Gathering. Flans for Carolinas Convention in GreensboroLuncheon and Baseball Game. Plans for the Kiwania convention of the Carolinaa district, to be held in Greensboro October 28-27, were ouUlned at a meeting of Governor Thomas Arnold with the four dis trict coventors In North and South Carolina, held in connection with the Inter-city meet, when represen tatives of the four clubs at Gastonla, Hickory. Salisbury and Rock Hill gathered for the day with the Char lotte club. Two sessions of the governor's staff conference were held, before and after the general morning meeting, after whlcV the visiting Kiwanian and their wives were guests of the Charlotte club at a luncheon at the Selwyn hotel at 1 o'clock. After a ride through the city for the visitors, the party ended at the Rotary-Kiwania baseball game at Independence park at 4 o'clock, wnen. the Klwanlana defeated the Jtourlans eight to four in the sec ond game of the series, thus win ning the Walter Lambeth loving cup. , An account of the game may befound on the, sport page..-; .. - v-" Xtwanls LancbPon. 1 j JU little bits of everrthlna. from the Babliaeaae rkdioeloua, waa tnf jeetea into toe 1 e cioca luncneoa, from the-drowning out of Col. T. X. Kinrkpatrick by the Boy Seoul band to' the inspirational address by Dr. Wt H. Fraier, president of Queens couege. i Dr. Oren Moore was nroeram chairman for the day and kept the gathering going in ship-shape fash ion. ' Rev. Daniel Iverson waa on the Job In the song leading, until George Selig, Kiwanls organizer, rooted him out for a short time and held the center of attraction. E. B. Brtttain, Gastonla, finally nosed ahead of Warren V. Hall, as being the baldeat man present and this got the atendance price, given by F. C. Abbott. Mra C. W. Gold. Greensboro, waa awarded the ladles prize for being present with the 'ugliest man In the room." Thla waa an all-dolled-up hat, given by Dr. and Mrs. C N. Peeler, which Mrs. Gold waa required to put on in com pany. However, that waa not the real prize, ' Mrs. Gold receiving a leather vanity caae. Rev. Daniel Iverson, catcher, who Is credited with a large part of the winning of the Rotary-Kiwani gam last Saturday, waa presented with an iron cross . weighing 20 pounds. The presentation talk waa made by M, R Dunagan, Thomas Hayes hanging the emblem of ex cellence around his neck and Dr. W. H. Frazer charging him to keep It above water. W. E. Colton distributed cigars as the silent' boosters. .-J. H. Cutter announcing, second hand, that he would give a box of cigars to every member of the Rotary-Kiwanis team who would knock a home run in the game yesterday afternoon. He was safe. Col. T. L. Kirkpatrick was ore sented. and started off in his usual two-hour form, when Tom Glasgow raised to object to his talk. The ob jector was hastily called down by a dozen or two member and finally Colonel Kirkpatrick was allowed to proceed. Whereupon, Glasgow usher ed In the Boy Scout band, which drowned out the colonel successfully,-Dr., Moore stating that the only difference in their noises was that the band was the loudest. Dr. 'Fnuer'a Address. : "Kiwanls is a life and not an or ganisation,'' said Dr. W. H. Frazer, (CMtiaaed ea Pas Tn.) JO JO SAYS partly cloudy today and Saturday. It' the some one nuts. silent drama only goes there to eat until pea SB NO IMPROPER ATTACK IS MADE UPON GOVERNOR BY DANIELS, SAYS MORRISON "Break" Between Morrison And Daniels Furnishing Some Political Thrills More Editorial and Personal Replies Expected. WATTS FURNISHES FACTS Griffin Also Makes Reply to Maxwell and Daniels. EX-SECRETARY TRUCULENT Commissioner Watts Furnishes Brief History of Case on Which Controversy Is Based. Charlotte tb-.rer Bur.au. Ttrboroush Hot!. BY R. E. POWELL. . . r.,r.u a. ix Witts and Griffin replying to Daniela. and Daniel replying to Governor Morrison gave - Raleigh more political thrtlla today than capital city politician have had in any single It-hour period since North Carolina last' went demo cratic. ' . . ... Statements out tonigni ar i M.nn.ra nf lltoriil and ' per- tVIVIWIIW.. - 1 -.niia sncted tomorrow morning. Of the four utterances of the day, thoae from Colonel Watts and former Tax Clerk Griffin are longest, but the Morrison broadside at the1 former eecretary 01 m. and the editor'e reply to the gover nor have m temperature alt that l lacking tn space. What IB - cnaracwraoa mm mm nnen break" between Mr. Daniels n,i nnnnuir Morrison, occurred today when the governor .wsa called Upon tn an eaiconai in jar. ow paper here, to "come . ; home - and take th,:helni,T:''' ,:; ,'. ; r'' H4 Action ot commissioner o, aw iieA-O-TVattSt and the atatoxtjoara, bfeqMliaaUon. f who thia week Te Aiy. aA tYM tu' asaesamettt ' of the nierlcan ' Tobacco company "and the lilggett t Myers compunj ivr U30 -by thirteen million dollar," v.i-n tnritt tha Tlanlela attack.' The editorial la addressed "To Governor Morrison," who is spending tne sum mer at Ashevllle, and. Mr. Daniels says: . "It w a critical situation, gover nor. The ship of state Is rolling be tween Scylla and Charybdis." Mr. n.niai. on. ioas uommmunvi Watu with "usurpation ot authori ty in autnorixing tne muiuom i the tobacco companies and adds: "It is favorltlam that ia indeen- alble." . . . Colonel Watts Includes tour pages of facts, as he sees them, and adds to his statement eight ex hibits In the nature of petition of the tobacco companies, the law un a., -hkh h functions aa revenue commissioner, and tour letter from Durham citizena interpieaaing ior the tobacco magnatea In conclus- inn v.. kiiVm then observation Of the' editorial attack on him, printed this morning: , Heard by State Board. Th wKtnr nf The News and Ob server was Informed at an early hour last night, 11 not oeiore, mat these case were heard by the state Minaiiuiion and not bv me alone. The section of the law which he printed makes it tne auty 01 tne board, and not the commissioner of unAni,A tiniir and decide anneals from assessing officers in the coun ties. - 1 ' "But so great was his desire to ini ma that in hla entire naoer there la no word that would lead his readera to suspect, mucn less know, that Chairman Lee. and At torney General Manning heard these cases and voted for these re ductions tbe same as I did." . Daniels Issues Statement. , Editor Daniela took notice of the governor's charge that he is the im perial boss in North Carolina and, apart from his editorial references, which are due tomorrow, made this statement to newspaper men to night: "The ozone of the mountains has gone to the governor's head or he would not bave called me an im perial boss because I urged him to come home to Raleigh and prevent his revenue commissioner giving a rebate of $127,000 to two of Duke's tobacco concerns In Durham. v (Continued aa race Three.) NEGRO CHARGED WITH MURDEROUS ASSAULT Shot With Intent to Kill Wo man, Who Is Seriously Wounded. . Special te The ObMrrw. FORT MILL S. C. Aug. IS. John Reld, a negro, about 25 yeara of age. ia- locked "up In the local guard house, charged with shooting with a revolver Dora Williams, a negrees, on the farm of W. L. Hall, a few miles north of Fort Mill. The shoot ing occurred late yesterday after noon. Reld left hurriedly on foot an dwas pursued later by J. H. Pat terson, maglsarate's constable, and eeveral deputies, and was caught in a house near Providence church in Mecklenburg county, about 1 o'clock thl morning. The estimate of the physician who attended the wounded woman is that the wound is very serious and will probably prove fatal. Reld will probably be sent to York jail after a preliminary trial, which will probably be held tomorrow. HO TAX BILL MANY Several Changes Adopted. Many Others Proposed. - ' General Debate on Measure Closed; Democrats and Re publicans Address House. WASHINGTON. Aug. Is Many amendments to the republican tax bill will be offered on behalf of the majority members of the ways and means committee before the house takes a final vote on the measure Saturday. , Several changes were agrreed upon today by the republi can committeemen and upwards of I a hundred Others win be considered early tomorrow before the' bill 1s taken up in the house for amend ment. 'iCif-f-i'V' ii "v - ' -On change votw today by the committee ' waa elimination of the proposed annual licensa tax ot $10 on vendor of soft drinxs. ' v .Under another alteration divi dual tax-payers would pay 13 H per cent en profits from the sale of capi tal, assets if auch profits and the tax payer'a net normal income exceeded 121,000. Under the bill before the. house they would be required to pay II per cent on the excess over 149, 008. v i .";:-.'--;'i:'.-o,.- It was decided tentatively to ex-l empt from :: taxation the govern ment allowances received bj? vatexaas Of tne civil ana spaiusn-Amencan wars pt, their beneficiaries as welt as those received by Individual under the war risk and Jrocational rehabi litation acta. Other amendments known to-be under consideration would exempt manufacturers of tooth paste and powder from the tax on toilet pre parations and would define as foreign trade corporations business organi zations which derive SO pe rcent of their income from sources without the United States. The figure in the bill Is 80 per cent. This class of in come would not be taxable. There is a movement before the committee to propose creation of a special commission to devise some form of plan by which Incomes de rived from tax ekempt securities can be taxed. , . . ' General debate on the tax bill ended tonight. Principal speakers for the democrats were Representa tives Oldfield, of Arkansas, and Cockran, of New York, and tor the republiVns, Representative Green, ot Iowa, and Longworth. of Ohio, members of the ways and meane committee. . Mr. Cockran attacked not only the bill itself but the rule under which the democrats claim tney will be cut off from offering any amendments to tne bill. - -'. . Using treasury estimates to sup port his argument that the tax bill would result in a huge government deficit at the end ot this fiscal year, Mr. Cockran declare that of the treasury went into the market for 11,000,000 of money help pay ordinary expenses ot the government there would be a panic. . Reading official satementa by for mer President Wilson and former democratic secretaries ot the trasury urging repeal of the excess profits tax, Representative Longworth told the democrats that In opposing the repeal they were "repudiating the democratic platform." "You are getting your orders by telegraph from Scotland Neck." Mr. Longworth said, referring to Minority Leader Ki,tchln-s dispatch to' the democratic caucus, urging solid democratic opposition to the bill. Tonight's MWHlon was enlivened by an exchange between Representa tive ByrneH, Sooth Carolina, and Chairman Fordncy, of the way and means committee, when the former charged that the republican In framing the bill had shifted the tax burden to tbe poor to benefit rieb contributors to tbe republican cam paign fund- last year. There la not a word of truth In the statement and yon know It," Mr. Fordney, shouted. v That statement of yours la Just a lie," Mr. Byrnes retorted. The house was thrown Into an up roar and both members reiterated their charges but the remarks were Anally expunged from the record. MESSAGES OF PROTEST ' AGAINST NEW SODA TAX BY H. E. C. BRYANT. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18. A flood of protests in the form or telegrams and lettera rolled In on North Caro lina members today against the pro posed tax of $10 on soda water stands. Indications are that these rates will not be written. William Morris, of Black Moun tain, has been admitted to Walter Reed hospital for treatment. Representative Weaver was noti fied today that William A. Osborn. of Horseshoe, has been awarded a pension of 8281.50 annually, being a retired rural carrier. - ' Ernest Jud.oon Davis hAS been ap pointed to Annapolis by Representa tive Brinson. i ISO Acted Upon Raleigh Paper's "Attack" Before Reading IL" FINDS IT NOT OFFENSIVE Governor Indulges in Sarcasm at Daniel's Expense, Howeven. Defends Tax Board.1 ; ' ; Special to The Observer. ASHE VILLE. Aug. 18. Governor Morrison tonight, after listening to ' a statement Issued by Josephus Dan iels, In which the former secretary v of the navy saya the "ozone of the. mountains has gone to the gover nor's head, or he ' would not have called me an imperial boas," issued the following statement: v The Governor's Statement. r , 1 "I have learned a good lesson by acting upon a new Item without In vestigation. I waa informed by ty v friend over the phone that Mr. Dan iels paper bad ttarki m Mv...- Jy. Later . I was at home busily " wnen a newspaper friend read me the Associated Presa dis patch with reference to Mr, Daniels' break with me and an attack on Watu and his action regarding re- ! duction en valuation 0f certain 'toi bacco property. I stated that I had not seen the article and would not comment on It until I had read it ' but I did say that I was not sur prised, for I knew Mr.! Daniela had been looking for an opportunity to attack my administration. , , Aftev seeing bis papcKj And that tactrourme and would not have of. i.ea neuj iiad read It before. I 1 1 take no offense at Mr. Daniela mhk. ' Ins; me to go home but I wilt say to hun that if I did go home I wold make absolutely no effort to control tbe Judgment of a high official of the law in coming to Jndmnent for which he alone Is rrepoosible trader his oath. :'--.'...-.-.,..,- - . "I never heard the evidence and -I do not kiuw 1. f I ! Ju'y oe not, but I do know ' wwt. me original valuation wa asked to be reduced, and not only protest ed by parties whose property waa taxed but by practically the entire town of Durham. Legal Question Involved. ' , As to the legal question involved Judge Manning ard Mr. Daniels can fight it out I thtnk hla article and his general ' noltcv nr .H..1.1.. aworn men dealing with matters k""j juuiumi ;n cnaracter unless he can establish corruption and dis- ' honesty a very unwise policy. There is no more upright man In North Carolina than A. D. Watt. He may have made errors in his life, but for red blooded honesty and. courage I -have come In contact with no man I though: his superior. t -. ; "Ot course all men know Mr. Yten- , lie has already voted regardless of . evidence or merit wherever and whenever any -tobacco company or other corporation of much size Is concerned. His idea of Justice to them is to kill them wherever he : finds them. He is perfectly sincere in his conviction that any decision by any officer in favor of a large con cern is outrageous under all circum-' stances.-. 1 "I want to eay to Mr.- Daniels ' that while I have not been In Ral eigh, Where I can get plenty of Ral- -eigh advice; I have been hard at work every day here, surrounded by as patriotic people as can be found In the state, and have had dally consul- tatlon with as patriotic and wise men aa I could find in Raleigh." In conclusion Governor Morrison said: , "The Hon. J. S. Manning. W. T. Lee and A. B. Watts were perform lng their sworn duty and exercising : power Judicial In character. Tbey ' cannot be dictated to by the gover- : nor If at home any more than I can . be dictated to by partisan domina- ' tion and hatred of Josephus Daniels.- . :V. : V -f ; Earlier Statement .' ' Informed thla morning that Mr. Daniels had mad an editorial attack upon the Morrison administration in connection with .the Durham tobac co tax matter, Governor Morrison , was quoted as having said Mr. Dan iela wished to "dictate to the su preme court, all boards In the state -clothed with judicial power, a well a to the attorney genera of North .' Carolina."', -: - - . h "Of course, I have known for some time," Governor Morrison la quoted as saying, "that Mr. Daniela was eagerly looking for om excuse to attack the . present democratic state ' administration. He exacts from every democrat In North Car- . Una the most abject- obedience a:? loyalty to bis national organization, but when it comes to any loyalty to a stat democratic administration, it depends entirely upon whether It will do th bidding of this Imperial boss and would-be dictator to all of ficials In North Carolina, even tbesa exercising Judicial power tindtr oath." ... . - . , e KNGAGEMENT AXNCI XC: SELLERS. S. C, Aug. It Jacqueline Sellers announce engagement of her daughter. EI ,beth. to Paul Shepard Oliver, t wedding to take plav In V,: t "..
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