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'v".-""?" ,,,w.w,l,rB ,,,, r ,1 , , r.wiil.ll, , . ,,,, ,, wm CnLOTTB' BANK CXEABCTG8 ' Jf p ' j J' I'rffrT ' - ':! JT. Xt, ' ' JCyS ' ''''Jl'' ' - ' 5 J"""""" ? jsS?H5!:Sa :;-."-iJJ' vl ul Ik '(uJ i 'mtfi 'WA H ffF - (v J 3 fifi &Wmi(&fP' ' ' "vT0Dx 12 PAGES. ' A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF, CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, CLEAN AND RELIABLE IN NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER OF SOUTHERN RESOURCES. FOUNDED 1869. CHARLOTTE, N. C; SATURDAY MORNlNp, AUGUST 20, 1921 price five Cents, daily seven cents, sundXY' . ' 1 i vii -mat TO SHOT Maxwell Makes Exhaustive Re ply' to Watts and Griffin. -STANDS FOR. FAIR PLAY AJleiet Thaty Commissioner Watt Has lQt Yet Touched Upon T Real Merito 'of Queetion." ' ' ' Chsrloll Okrviilr Bitrwo. ' ,, .. . Trkork Hl. : t BY R. K. POWELL. J BAWB10H,'.;.,Aug.,:-;.TTh Ux flghi tmk4 down whol lot to day. Editorial rofewnce, tn, th two Raleigh payora nimd tho i:haractr of dlculo- tnr than ot uvault, and tbo only reaction .jfrom th Watta and Crlffln atau menu waa the reply from Commla doner Maxwell, ' " ' " ' Mr. MaxwU, ln a'atatemant re Waaad - tonight. go exhauatlvely Into the reopening ot tho aaaow moaU aga'net the American and Liggett dt Myera Tobacco eompanlea, rcautt of which reopening wa a dew Won by the ataU board of equall sntton to reduce th original aaeeat went ol the old jrtat tax commto tlun br thirteen wlllion dollare. -By the moit elemental prlnct plea of fair play and quat dealing, Mr. MaaweU aaW, -Mthla money be loaga.ln the public 'treaaury And ought ! to atay there." , - ' ' .Colonel .Watta .explained' . thla morning that ha bad nothing fur thwr to ay after hto, atatement of yeatorday. AdverUng ' to tha docu menfa. nd. tetter given out at tha Um of tle atatement aa proof of the fatrneae of hla decleion. , ' Maxwetr Stalewirt. The MaXweJi aUtement followa: t "Dlacuaaloni - of a controveraal natuic are prone to run to collateral teauea. In tha three columa ar filo of . Revenue CoinnUaaloner Watta, etplalntng tha Yebata ;on eleven tnllllOR dollara of value of the Durham-Tobacco company, for taxee. amounting In rebate of actual taxe to ne.I27.lI. in a natter fully heard: and' determined by tho tax oammhuUon, thero la not a word that goe to tha real roeriu tit tha, queition preeented la, my f armor atatement. Th merit of hlnao noon a few.almplo ouortion - of mdmtucd .mawwutile faaM wh'ch ma b 'briefly atate. fc"Mnu.acturera ot- tobacco ' Jarry Iheir atocka over : period of year for ageing and proceaalng. which la a Weaaary a . part of th coat of the- product aa the ploughing of th , land gad th railing of tha tobacco, Ewrry dollar of th valuation r hitte4. . fll.l27.S3.' : waa actual iiToney incited in th atocka of leat tobacco by theae companies and held by thro in their warehouae tn Durham on January 1. 1120. Th moat of th! money wa lnveated in tobacco at tlmee in prevloua year v. when a dollar would buy -more ' round of tobacco than It would ham nrnt on January i. iiu, ao tha at ock a a whole bad an appro- irlf V-- rather than depreciated, raluo at the time of Ux bating on 'tariiii.t'''-' "'''..'t' j . i Reconl of Average; I ''"Tht fact 1 concluively demon trated by th record ' average market value of leaf tobacco for the , period ot year during which the to ibacoo wa bought. , Th average 'ilca price of tobacco on the North i Carol !nmrketa in lilt waa 11.2 fcental-In ltl(. 10 cenU; In 117. Jl.i ront; In 111. cenu; in 191, ft.g cent, and In December, l19, Ua,t,-jiiuk . i -Ji la conclualvely proven by the faction if tobacco companle other than the Durham companle, who fhad voluntarily retnrned their atock lot leaf tobacco at ita full book value and inaUted that waa conservative value, for it on January, 1120, Teati mony i atrongest when intelligent man swear to their own hurt - It 1 lo aupported by -the action of the Durham eompanlea - tnemseivea in paying-' premluma on flr insurance on theae stock not only to the full amount of then assessment, but cov ering th appreciated value In aum iin any million dollars greater than ithe book value front which $110, U27.S3 has now been deducted and (rebated, v.. -vf'SW'-.Vv "The ar th simple fact to which- there ha been and will be ao janswer. jj ."All the repreaentattve and x 'pert and friend which these great j companies broght before the cam- u4aato&dld not and could not anser them, and Mr. Watt cannot. j - ''If they ar true, why ahould com- panto in otner cities in tne state pay ,-tax-for lJ on a hundred cent on I every dollar previously lnveated in leaf tobacco, and the American and Liggett and Myera eompanlea pay on a nee on a hundred and twenty-five centtT ,' , . --. Costly Favorltbtm. "Why go back now 18 months to fthe tax listing of .1920 to. hand out tbia hundred and ten thousand dol ilara favoritism to these fortunate ji-ompanies, when the undenled facts f now tnat this money ought to, be in tne puDiic treasury, ana when good 'Taitn and lair dealing with other t companies, which voluntarily and iuncompalnlngly listed their leaf to bacco upon the identical basis from i which these companies appeal, de !mand It? Their money is in the '.public treasury : . k "I have no disposition to argue tha 'technical legal question of the right ,to again reopen these cases and re ' fund 1S20- taxeh discussed In Judge ; Manning's opinion, in which he opens ine aoor tor tnese companies and shuts tt for others by holding that a company that had already had its hearing on appeal 'and its case dis posed of, could be again reheard;, but that a company that had no hearing it all could not. If the patent and : indefensible Injustice and discrimina 'Ion in the order refunding this hun dred and ten thousand dollars of public money that I complain of, and ch 1 say again makes a mockery (Continued ea Face Five.) GUARD FIRES ON I0& TRYINQT0SJ0RM JAIL . " KNOXVUXfi, Tenr.; Aug. 1 Six persons have been taken to the boepitai with wound Inflict ed la clash between aherUT Lforce and a mob trying to storm the jau in aa enort to taao ne gro acciued of aaaault on ft white cAooi teacher negrUcw jrerter day morning. ;, . Other ambulance are hurry ing to the acene. - " ' ' Estimate by the poUce place the number ot wounded at twen ty, Including . two -. women ' and Deputy- Sheriff Chart Lewi. The aberlirg drpatle are re ported to have nurd ahotgniu and the local company . of Mate giiardmeor niachlne gun In flripg npoa the. crowd that surged about the Jan. It la claimed that the. mob wag jetrlnc the Jail' defend ers and that the hooting waa prectpltatcd by- a stone bring thrown by a member of the mob. M Displaced by Results ,of T Recent . Btfmbini Tests. ARMY-NAVY BOARD REPORTS Imperative Need of Maximum Development of Aviation , Prove4 by Tests. fVASHINGTON, Aug. J.ReulU of bombing1 teats held on the.Vlr- ginU cape front Jun 21 to July 111 atvejauea to vwi"" .ship tgpm ita pre-eminent, position at th nation' chief .defense at - ,., This wa th outstanding coaclu Ion of the report ; the' Jomt, 'boar of th army, and navy, mad pubUo today by General Pershing the seir wemr, and Spot .ZUXWV.V Weia and actng Sacreury. Boose- velt. v "The, tests which resulted in th Sill . t.fs-i.-WfV-j;- 4.'.laBVlinit' .lc.. --iw.'.-u -. . j'. , I r morr oi inrir gross income iron sinking of four x-Germn wrlhlplthe acUv eoniuct ot business out by aerial bomb proves, however, the board said, "that it haa "become im perative aa a matter of national de fense to provide of r the maximum possible development of aviation In both th army and navy." The test proved also, the board agreed,' "the necessity for aircraft carriers of maximum ahte and tpeed . i aa an effective adjunct of the fleet." and for th development of "effective anti-aircraft arma ment" 1 "Instead of furnishing an eco nomical Instrument 1 war leading to the abolition of tne battleship, the development of aircraft haa add ed to th complexity, ot naval war tare." the report stated. The testa, which were conducted by the pavy with the co-operation of the army air service; were re ported upon separately by army and naval boards of observers, and these report formed the basis of the statement issued today. Th board found that military air craft, when used beyond the radius of action of shore bases, possessed "limited assistance to gunnery in the control of Are; limited assistance in the service, of Information and se curity and Important strategical qualities in operations of coast de fense," but-might prove a decisive factor in coastal operations If used In adequate numbers. "If heavier-than-alrcraft are to be effective in naval warfare," the re port aaid, they must have great mo bility;' and sine their radius of ac tion la not great, additional mobility must be obtained by providing Sjo bil,Le.. aircraft carrier. "So far as known, no planes large enough to carry tn bomb effective against a major ship have been flown from or landed on an airplane car rler at ea. it la probable, however, that future development will make such operations practicable." v; "In th present state of anti-aircraft defense," the report continued, "it la believed that, if an air fore can obtain the mastery of the art, an effective percentage of hits can not be .obtained againsf surface ves sels coming within the radius of ac tion of bombing planes without an undue percentage of loss of aircraft. , "Anti-aircraft armament la in an early stage of development , Thp. history of war Indicates that mean of defense develops rapidly to meet the development ot offensive weap ons. The effectiveness- o the bomb carried by aircraft emphasizes the necesisty for th, rapid development of . anti-aircraft armament and-for the provision of pursuit planes aa a part of the fleet. ."Aircraft carrying high-capacity, high-explosive bombs' of sufficient stxe have adequate offensive power to sink or seriously damage any naval vessel at present constructed. ' pro vided audi projectiles can be placed In the water close alongside the ves sel. Furthermore, it 'will 'be-sufficient, if not impossible, to build any type of vessel of sufficient strength to withstand the destructive fo,rce that Can be obtained with the larg est bombs that airplanes may be able ' to carry from shore bases or sheltered harbors." ., WE OVER TAX PIBIIS , ? Half Hundred Amendments to Republican Measure Accepted. MINORITY; GIVES VIEWS Repreentatit Kjtehin , Plead for Refusal to Surrender to - Corporate' Interests. ,WA8WWQTOI( Aug. lt.Uor than half a hundred amendment to : the republican Ux bill, most of them of minor Importance,' wer accept ed today by the houa In a fiv hours' : session marked ' by occasional ' clashes between th majority and ml- i toority and a renewal of th person- 1 al controversy between Chairman ' Fordney, of the' wss) and ' means . committee, . and ; Representative Byrnes, democrat. South Carolina, ; A .number of other changes in th bill .Including elimination of the pro- ; rlslons for a I per cent tax on the manufacturer of proprietary medf clne, tooth powder and past . and mouth washes, and a reduction Inj in tax on eereai oeveragee irom al-xto four cents a gallon, are ex pected to be proposed tomorrow by Mjf wmjm situ inmn vuuiniiiiw, we t ih day. (' , v Republicans and democrats of they. fiirusv were a uriu looay in approv ing -one, amendRent, that sctriklng oot the section-of the bill imposing an annual license tax of 110 on ven- 1 dors of soft drink. On a few other changes there i were sharp divisions, but many of the minor ones merely , changing language br punctuation were put through without a single member on sither side voting on the J'yea and nay rails." . All of the committee changes pro posed were adopted. Big Fight of the Day; . Under one amendment, approved over democratic opposition, corpora tions making gtfta , for ' charitable purpose would be relieved from tax. on such sums unless they exceeded per cent of the net income Of the donating company. , agntWth day-waa-lvef aa ' amendment defining a foreign trad corporations such domestic corporation aa derive 0 per cent or more of their gross Income from aide the United States and, similarly, as foreign traders those Americans who derive s0 per cent or more of their gross income from sources out tide of this country. The democrats claimed thla pro posal was a discrimination against purely democratic corporations In th matter of taxes. The republic- w uvtcnovu ii on me ground mat ( it was necessary to relieve foreign trade corporations and foreign trad ers from taxation on Income receiv ed from sources outside the country in order that they might compete witn toreign concerns. ; ' fk am aI a .a-i..ji -al : to 85 e lever T republican; Slin" W all issue a restraining order the?eaa?va vote 1 1 rttulring each and every oae of the ThSfrhe minority on the if f01 Kl'tchT oT'vonh.rnZ'TV " AmoTlkg in large number. ?t J ""?-ankmf i before or near the places of business tZZZSXL it, J ?iL n, I iKdK mt? ot the complainants or any ot them cfroHn. ni engaging in any conduct or using North Carolina, were Hied with the , any worda or gestures calculated to ??2Jat! t0ty.K ?'prMen'"v ' annoy, disturb or intimidate any of Oldfleld, democrat, Arkansas. JVhtle ; tne Complainants herein, whether announcing democratic opposition to j efnpi0yera or employesand to pre- Provif,on f th W" i vent them from going about their Kltchln confined his report to what work wlth a qu(et mind.' he termed ."the two principal pro-j ..2i from shadowing pursuing visons of the republican tax pro- or forming rafter he complaining gram--repeal or the excess profit empi0yes or any ot the officers of tax and the substiutlon of a 2 1-2 : the'tomplalnmg printing companies per cent increase in the corporation M they move from place to place Income tax and elimination of the , , th clty ot juieigh, from dogging eurtax Income rates in excess of 2;tnelr rteps, surrounding the com- The Xorth Carolina member de clared repeal of the profit tax would be "an absolute surrender to and obedience of the wilt and command of big corporate Interests, and one of the'most vicious pieces ot legisla tion that was ever proposed or advo cated openly by any public man eince .the beginning of the govern ment," : v- "It demonstrates,",.he added, "the fact that the member .voting for it will and must look -hereafter to these corporate Interests for support rath er than to the plain people." , . V Would Benefit the Rich. Mr. Kitchln renewed the claim made in his recent telegram to the democratic caucus that the profits tax repeal would benefit the rich corporations at the expense of the poor, an dto support his argument gave .figures' which ' he : declared were obtained from the annua re ports of the commissioner of inter nal revenue. ; Declaring the reports showed that the corporation in this country made $47,000,000,000 profits from January 1, 1916, to January I, 1921, Mr. Kltch'n said that, after deduct ing income, excess profits and other wai' taxes, they had a clear profit left of $88,000,000,000, "more than four fifths of which was made . by less; than 10,000 corporations, and mors than half of which waa made by 1, Olt of the big 'proflteerlng corpora tions, which include the steel trust, the Bethlehem Steel company, the du Pont companies,-- the various Standard Oil 'companies, the coal comb'ne, tile woolen trust, the meat packers, etc." . 1 . ; ."What an impregnable position tt would be," said Mr. Kitchln.V'and what an appeal it, would make to the sense of right and justice of the people, for the democrats to take the portion that not a dollar ot fixes should be reduced on these "profiteer ing corporations and on the mill on aires sna - multl-mll!jonalres that reaped the harvests ot wealth dur - ing the war, as long as there Is a ' pointment will , require only one sinjle disabled or wounded soldier I more day. It will probably be sev or a single widow or orphan of a eral days' before the President will dead soldier or a s'ngle veteran in make his final decision In the mat need." er. BASIS OF PROPOSALS CANNOT BE CHANGED , SAYS LLOYD GEORGE LONDON, Aug. l'(By the Aawolated Press.) The outline of the British proposal cannot be altered nor the basis of tbeta changeoVsald David lAojdOtortd the BritUb minister, hi an ad dress today la the boose of com mons on the Irish situation. ' . The premier was speaking hist Lprlor to the adjournment of the lower bouse of parliament until October Is. It bad been the pur pose to prorogue the eommena today, bat uncertainty a to devel opments In Ireland caaeed tbe premier to consider It adWsabW to bold the members where they might be called at short not! for any eventuality If the trrma of the government either are accept ed or rejected. , ". - Mr. Lloyd George said rejection would be jut unmistakable chal lenge to the authority ,of the crown and the unity of the em- pire, "and no party la. the Stat could possibly pass that over without s notice." BTe declared that be waa not using- the lan guage of menaVx, but that If final rejection came, , "steps undoubt edly will have to be taken which the executive ought not, and win not wish to take without drat con sulting parliament and giving ft full opportunity of expressing ap proval or disapproval of any steps we might Vopoae to HJ' ; ' ' J", Unexpected Flare-Up pf Forty Four Hour Strike. H" -. e j "' Judge Cranmer Signl Tempor ary Order EnjoiningtThem From Picketing PI 'nts. '. '"S'pgpeeW n-Ossmf.i;'SJ.t; RALfEIGH, -Aug 1.-Strlklng printer who have been enMned, un- dr " temporarf order . "ned latd yteraay dj juuc vkbiubi Bmltbfleld,: frm ptcketlhg na f anion workmen at local printeriesil wer today preparing to defend thelrl cause when the issue la near in court September J. Kornier Governor Bickett, repre senting the employing printer of Raleigh, who ar , operating open hops, secured the restraining order gainst the printing unioss and the individual, members. The printers have employed Douglass and Doug lass jmd Evans and Eason to repre sent them in the court in the hearing; for the permanency of the injunc tion. It was an unexpected flare up of the strike and one that promises in teresting developments. Partial text of the order signed by Judge Cranmer follows: "The superior court of Wak Dlainant or .any of them. "J. , From calling the complain ing employes -rats, scabs, ; runts, bowery bums, or any other names, or from Intimidating, ' disturbing or annoying, the compallnant in any way. i "4. '-'From following after the complaining employes or any other employe of the printing companies tor the purpose of worrying, ha rasslng or disturbing or for the pur pose of talking to them on the sub ject -of their employment, if said employes shall notify the deten dants that they do -not want to be talked to on this subject "6. From using any , threats, gestures,, or, from engaging in any conduct of any kind calculated ; to disturb, annoy or put in tear any of the complainants herein. ' "6. From following after the complaining employes or any other employes of. the complaining print ing companies for the purpose of in dudng them to break th contracts to work for printing companies after they have been informed by such employs that they have made contract win the printing , com panies and do not desire to break them." e- . PRESIDENT INVITED TO ATTEND RALEIGH FAIR Special to The ObMrvcr. WASHINGTON, Aug. An in vitation of the North Carolina Fair association, requesting President Harding to attend and speak in Ra leigh 'on October 20 was presented to him today by Senator Simmons and Congressman Weaver at the In stance, of Mrs. Edith- Vanderbilt, president, and Colonel Joseph - E. Pogue, secretary, respectively, of the North Carolina fair, association. They called his attention to th fact that he has an engagement at Wit- ! liamsburg, Virginia, on" October 19. ' and that to make the Raleigh ap DniriTrnc nrnnv I mil 1 1 iiii hi iiiii III! S killU II Sal IIS g V - , W - . ernn n nrnorc uLUUliU ULDIILL MUHUtH VLKUIIi I ilNilGIfi Judge . Bryson.to : Pronounce : ' Sentence This Morning. r." -.-r-o VERDICT- - AT MIDNIGHT All Day Session Consumed in . Argument; Two Hours in - Judge's Charge. peelal te The Okeerver. a morg anton, Aug. ls.-sidney i Kincaid. charred with tha murder his wife, Ullie, whose throat waa cut I during a scuffle between the couple at their home on the evening of July IS. wa tonight alleged guilty ot murder in the second degree by a Jury in the superior I nurt, following deliberation of practically an hour and a half. - . . Judge Bryson began his charge Fo the Jury Immediately after court was convened for the evening session at S o'clock, and spoke for two hours. The charge wa comprehensive, em bracing every .possible point, and enumerating the evidence, both for and againat the prisoner. The ;aso was given to the Jury at 10 o'clock, and that body waa ready to report at ll:i0. A half hour was consumed In getting the court together. Kincaid will be sentenced prob ably tomorrow morning. He took the decision without visible emotion, and the verdict waa received qul'rtly by the spectators, many of whom had remained in the courtroom for several weary hours on the possible chance of the Jury making ita report tonight. The verdict seems to meet with general approval. Argnmenta Concluded. Arguments in the case were con cluded at C:S o'clock thi afternoon, having been in progress continuous ly, except for the noon recess, since :J0 this morning. Five speeches were made during the day, three for the defense and two for the state. Solicitor Huffman concluded with a vigorous plea for the administration of Justice and' an appeal to the Jury for a verdict ot murder in the first! degree. ' . j Attorneys W. A. Self, C. A. Jonas and 8. J. Ervln reviewed the case for the defendant, making Impassioned appeals for their client.' J. F. Spain hour assisted; the aoltcitAr with strong appeal for th prosecutions , Judge Bryson adjourned court at th conclusion of the aranments un t -a'a.atMl nouncea ineir wnungnee to near the-xharge and consider th case to night, vV;'.- . ... The trial began on Tuesday ot this week and had been on continuously Since "that time. Kincaid was put on the stand in his own ' defense. There was no denial of the fact that he killed his wife, but the defense pleaded 'that it was an accident Kincaid 'admitted that he had been drinking.' He had no recollection of the kHUng itself and the incidents immediately preceding. Character witnesses demonstrated that the relaUon. between kincaid and his wife had been nleasant. Kincaid admitted scuffling with his wife on the porch when he came in to suppea Mrs. Kincaid was slain with a knife which she had been using for the purpose of paring fruit. Mrs. Kincald's mother, Mrs. Daris, was the, onlv othei person on the premises at the time of the tragedy. Great Interest In Case. - The caae had created a great deal of interest since its inception. The Kincaids were well known in the community and had borne good rep utations, as was attested by the numerous witnesses put on to prove tn cnaracter or the jlefenant It waa not anticipated by anybody who heard the evidence that the defend ant would be found guilty of first degree murder. No premedltationJ was proved. Kincaid has been In a very nervous and distraught condition since the night of the, tragedy. He has main tained all the way through that he had no recollection of the act and Had no intention of killing his wife FOUND DEAD SITTING IN ma Vn fut "V,nAliSup any time soon, they announce. '1 That nracticallv a full force of - Rncrlal to T'ir OIcrvr, - .WINSTON-SAX E.M. Aug. 19. Capt. M. L. Pankry special agent tor the Southern railway, aged 72. was found dead Kitting in his office chair at 6 o'clock .th's evening..- He had been with the Southern for 15 years, coming here nine months ago from Birmingham. He was a native ef Texas. Captain Pankey was a high ' degree Mason and a member of Etke, and. was exceedingly- popu lar.. Mrs. Pankey is visiting friends In Lynchburg and Norfolk. : Their only son Is In the' navy. 1 rr JO JO SAYS Partly cloudy today and Sunday; probably local showers Sunday. The modern .girl thinks she's a live wire; reformers say .she's shocking. BREAK STRIKE; m mNQUtiCE& MM PLAN TO OPEN MONDAY Feelino Is That woods Will Be Withdrawn Next Week,,. ABOUT 1J0Q RESUME WORK Military Forces to Be Removed When City and County Au thorities Say the Wtrd. . BY M. R. DUXNAGAX. - fit Aft ConmnOnAvimt. .-' CONCORD, Aug. !. Threethei mills th Franklin, Gibson and Ca barrus, all of the Cannon system and employing about 800 operative, will open Monday morning, It was "' an nounced this afternoon by Major Ralph Faison, who will take detach ments of the Concord and Charlotte national guard units from the other mills to be present when themills open. - .- - ' . . At the same time, it was announc ed that the three national guard unita from Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Concord, on duty at mills in Concord and Kennapolls, will be withdrawn as soon as the bounty and city Qfflcfals express the belief that they will be able to handle! the situa tion. V ' -f -h The belief Is current here that th troops will be withdrawn within ; a week, if the conditions continue to improve as they have done v. since Monday morning, when they arriv ed on the scene. ,- i " 'All ot the mills running, except those at Kannapolls, are within the jurisdiction of the police force of Concord,? whUe the; mill afe Kan napous come -w-iinin ins junsoicuon Ask for Work It is unlerstood that numbers of the former employes of Franklin Gibson and Cabarru mills have ask ed that the plants be reopened In or der that they may resume work. No Intimation was made a to the pos sible number who will appear for work Monday. Statements were made today that numbers of additional workers 1 1 V V. 1 . . t-. . a -,.-1. rKr'lJ," rt7miita that are 'h. 81morn'nf 'n. ! f"! running, but for the fact that Gov ornor Morrison was scheduled to speak this afternoon and many are said to have waited until after this address, expecting possible develop ments aa a result. The belief Is freely expressed that numbers of these will, apply : for work tomorrow morning;' although possibly many of them will wait until Monday, sinte tomorrow is Saturday, and they could only put tn a part of the day at work. Increased numbers of .employes were reported at all of ' the mills bthat have opened this week,, several new workers coming In at each opening hour, -both morning; and noon. - ' v - More Workers Than Needed. At the Locke mill, which was the first to open, on Thursday of last week, the number tn the mill was reported by officials as reaching something like 250, a dosen new ones having entered the mill today. This mill Is sending away some of I , m nlnva. tiApaiiao th lrlnA . t,f twork they do is in the part of the mtll that is now fteing operated around 150 employes will be at the Hartsell mill to go to work Mon day morning was the belief ex pressed by officials of the mill, who said that some of the union men are anxious to go back to work and have gone out among the wbrkers to try to induce them to-return to the'r posts at the mill. V;4 v Fifty to 60 employes wereteport ed today a's being at work, the num ber .Increasing slowly, but gradually; Jr L). Hartsell has sent out a ques tionnaire asking the people who Oc cupy the ifllll houses if they want to return to work on the basts on which they went ,out. If they reply tht they do. It Js al right and, If not, he announces he will serve ejectment papers on them, although he u giv ing them plenty of time to consider, he said v ' "Our houses are built for the peo ple who operate our mill and are as muoh our equipment as r are our looms. They might as welt take our looms out of our mill as to continue to occupy our houses and refuse tt vacate tor people who will work in the ml!," said Mr. Hartsell. : At, Cannon and Other Mills. No numbers were given out as to' the number on duty at the Cannon ntill, which opened Thursday at noon, but the statement was made by an official that there had been In. creases In numbers of employes this morning and at noon, over the open ing number. -This mill requires 300 to operate all parts, while 400 have been used. It was stated. Only 10 more employes are seed ed to bring the number at the Bran cord mill up to normal, this mill em ploying only 52 persons normally, while -42 were at work this after noon C. A. Meis .treasurer, announc ed, stating that enough to AH up the gap are expected Monday, tome of 4the employes reporting that they were taken unawares by the opening . (Continued on Pan FIt. 4hox, Ifectly fttlheghej-iffi w.bi..arM. nounces fhat Ae haa splrn id depu ties at Kannapolia. - w i V GOVERNOR COOPER IS V AFTER NEWSPAPERS COMJMBIA, . "C, Aug. It. Taking; official notice of newspa per charges m elect that South L Carolina had abdicated . lo wob vlolenco, , Governor Cooper . re turned ' to ' Columbia today from Parbr Mountain .where be ' has been spending the summer and gave out a statement taking the newspapers to task for their ut terances. The chief executive calla on the newspapers to pre sent proof of their charges of "make doe apologies to, the state which they have slandered.' v- 591 March irr Body to Make Promise to Concord Officials. FOLLOWS UNION MEETING Worker's Join ', Barrett ' in Ac- , . cepting Challenge - Thrown Down by Governor MbYrison. ';.'.. - ''" 1 v aeaelal The Okaerter. - CONCORD, Aug. If. Five hun dred and II Concord and Kannap olls members of the United Textile Workers ot America marched to the courthouse her tonight and gave their pledge to city and coun ty authorities that the '. would do "fhelVtfeTttfosf' "tO'nnalntalnflaTr and order." .-.', ' This decision' was, reached' at a meeting of 709 union - members, presided over by James F. Barrett, president of the North Carolina Federation of Labor. Every tex tile member present: at the meet ing who waa physically able to walk to the courthouse was a mem ber of the gathering that appeared before the civil authorities, and among those present were children, young, men -and women, parents with babies In their arms. Mr. Barrett, In addressing 'the mass meeting, made the proposition that' the textile . workers of this county show' the civil authorities of the cir and county that they stood for law and order bytgelng to the sheriff and mayor and offering their services to keep, down any disorder of any kind. "The governor In his address this afternoon promised that when the civil authorities had sufficient guar antee that la w and order fjrould be mafhtained here, he would with draw the troops,'' Mr. Barrett stat ed in making' his pleadings, "and I ask yon, every member of the tex tile union here and in Kannapolls, to go to the authorities and give your promise to help In maintaining the law her).'.-. '-"',;,- Upon motion it waa decided to make the pledge tonight, and the 691 persons marched to the court house In a body. L. M. Barnhardt. member of the International executive committee; Mr. Eataugh, international organiser and F, Mv Sloop, president of the local union also addressed the mass meeting and asked the members ot the union here to abide by the law end offer their services to the civil authorities. Vallnre ix-aveti. Edgar Wallace, legislative repre sentative of the American Federation ot Labor, who has been in. Concord since Tuesday, returned to Washing ton tonight. Before leaving Mr. Wal lace stated that he had been unable to call a conference to settle - the strike; that there had been no 'move on the part of them 111 owners tor such a conference, anoVthat he would report to the federation that "con dition in Concord are very much the same as we have, faced before: The employes want a conference and the mill owners refuse to accede to It." V "I have no ulterior tnatove In ask ing the textile workers to present their service to th civil authorities," Mr.. Barrett atated in closing his talk at the courthouse In response to the statement ot Morrison H. Caldwell, ci.y attorney, who in addressing, the crowd said that on his way to the meeting some one had whiBper$d in his ear that "Barrett only wanted to get the troops away : from her so the strikers could Stir' up trouble." - "I have my reputation at stake." Mr. Barrett continued, "and I know you men and women, are going to keep your won. ... Anyone who says that I want to get the troops away so trouble 1 can be started Is a liar." . Comments on Address. , "We were especially pleased that Governor Morrison ' reiterated his statement that the anti-picketing ordinance passed by the Concord au thorities two weeks is invalid," said James F. Barrett today, referring to the address delivered by Gover nor Morrison. . , Other points in the address were commented upon favorably. : one being the statement, of the Gover nor that he wanu-d to withdraw the troops at the earliest possible mo ment. However, there were some points made by Goverbor Morrison that Mr. Barrett declined to comment (Continued ea Pace Tw.) . TEXTILE UNION PEOPLE PLEDGE TUSK 111 IN STRIKE Fl. Outlines Rights of "Both Sides ' ., 10 ine- toniroversy. ,f MAKES APPEAL FOR PEACE Declares Troops WW Be Ka-" moved When Local Author!:: 3, . Think Time Is Ripe. , . Ik: . BY M. RDrXJfACAX'' . Staff Coirespondenct-. ' ' r CONCORP. Aug. !.-."! deny the rumor that troops were sent her to inn inae, ix a U as. black as ever was born in htji". " This utterance of GovernOrfior- rJson,( speaking this afternoon' n . lawn of graded school Ko: S tn a ' crowdfonservaUvely , estimated t " number from 4,500 to 1.000, was in reply to an inference in th Intro ductpnrtalk of James F. .Barrett, , yimuenc or rn rvnrtk .11 . tl Lbor' that, om beUeye ,.uum were orougnt ner as.an adiunct tn th iMmi. ..-Iw.r' ' 2r'ljl my "a,e has not so ln confldence In ,labor f North Caro- HiVJa thla t"t rmd forces Would be used to rtolate any right of T'CGoveniop Morrison. contln ?- dJi The uteront were tbrewn, In dUrlnff thA smJ fl ul; . . address. -, , Governor Morrison arrived in Con 4 cord about J:I0, half an hour before tn time of his address.-comlnsr frnm !r k "tomobila, ccom. ; 5KLf i.by Harry-P. Grier. speaker ofthe house of representatives; J. a. "rt other Statesvllla men.' hoVaVtf"1? K wfwrhn'TMtnie Tfoute-on h.s , t.. :ki;nJ", ,ln summer ca?. 6 clock: ; " morf in kt ' V UOwriMr ArrliM MorH'- -' l thoteU Governor Morrtsonaa greeted by numbers of citizens, including ii. . 7. ' " . , J. vanB. lOTillSS, yor J. W Womble. 'James F Bar! "; zr: cwr prraweiit, and there met Ednp Wlie. . Je! Wt Samuel Gomp- iVk. J . " "aeration of hif a-srj-eS. '' -- nur Aiorriso'i cheered heartily One occasion ml """ '" "nea w atateme . made several m.t .k7,i... T. dared Mho anO-plcketing ord"na. passed-by Concord .officials twu week, ago aatlnvaTId-. , . awf fo here at the r r. I lest nosalhlA tnnmmM r ; ... ..b, wmm noii,er statement that brought , ortn ,n. " rnr.-Ulj T?m Dwt;or cheering followed his statement that it av soldier conducU himself In such a way as he should not while station? l tn Concord, he would us his ot ice H seeing he Is given a military trial Governor .Morrison made tt char that he had dispatched the troop to the scene of the strike only to preserve order and "not to take aiJ. In this controversy," and he said. "1' any of these soldiers are found llnln' up as partisans w;th either side, i will use my influence as their eom-mander-in-chlef to see that they a; e dismissed from the service," i Not to Mediate. '. .' -Governor Morrison aaid he hs 1 not come to offer mediation, that th strike was rooted in an economic fc, sue ever which he. aa goremor of the state Could exercise no autftorfy If h was of such a mind, and r ' t it must be settled Jnally -upon t i economic basis and by those c v who are Immediately Involved fat the controversy. , , 'H had only consented to address the jeopl of Concord, he declared ' In response to urgent sollcliatlons from President Barrett of the state federation of labor and officials of t"e textile unions and had come on y . for the purpose of outlining what h conceived to be th respective rights of the two factions, the right of "la bor -to collectively kru .r . , unionlye" and the right ofjthe n-l ployerk to run their planta and t. nJ age their nronertlM t .i . J The crowd thfct gathered to hear Governor Morrison wa one of the largest that hagathered he- In a long time, the statement having been made that It was composed largely of strikjngftextne workers. V , ; March froai Kannapolia. 1 f S A crowd, estimated at 100 or 400. marched in IWOa frnm irnnanlla Ho Concord thi morning, a distance mer serried men in unform and car rying a large American flag. "I wish this war a brg jollifies tlon meeting, but In life there ar problems thar must be solved m l nobody but eowards will dodge prob lem such as th present one, f, . no only affects Nstth Carolina, l the United States as well," i James F. Barrett in his remark before introdtctng Governor S "trs aon. X : - "As president rf the North t Una Federation of Labor, I Governor, Morrison to comn and lend himself and h a ' the solution of this pr-i ' i tbank labor present for t; e . did manner In which yoj a: ducting yourself In t! plea with you t r 4C f t: -t I r !'