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A CAROLINA HOME NEWSPAPER OF CONSTRUCTIVE IDEALS, C,LEA!)I AND, BELIABL? N NEWS SERVICE, AND A PROMOTER Of. SOUTHERN RESOURCES.
FO.UNDED 1869.
CHARLOTTE; N. C;;$UNDAY MORNjNG; AUGJUST ;21, 1921.
PRICE FIVE CENTS, DAILY SHVEN CENTS, SUNDAY,;
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10 TEXTILE
11IIIEBS
illIIPLEU
Promise c to Do Their Best to
I Maintain Law and Order. .
TROOPS; STILL , ON DUJY
Mettt Goes to Asheviljs Follow
hng Conference With Barrett.
( Mills Open Monday. '
;' special ten osre.
i CONCORD. Aut. Jlrv Following
ths tlead set Friday night by Ml
frllow member, several hundred
ether membere of the textile union
in this county have reported to city
and county official today, and offer
ed their eervlce In maintaining law
and order. It le estimated thet fully
fO0embere 61 the onion . to thta
count hava pledged their rvlce to
kVp the lew. and durinr the entire
day m steed vitf ream, of union mem
bri Sled into the courthouse to Py
thr respects to the sheriff.
i preparation are going tormn
smoothly for thejreopenlng of the
three mllle of tne Cannon chain here
n Vdsy morning- The mine to
be opened aro-the CAbarrue, Oibeon
and Franklin. Theswanagement. 01
each states ttat enough employ es
hate, signed up for wotH o aseure
isurhptlfiv.of each department at
each i Mill i-,v:
?AdJutani General 1 Metta and
James K, Barrett irere In conference
here this morning, but neither made
a statement following tho discussion.
Mr. BarreU left at I o'clock for
Ashevitle. and stated that he had
no. eutement to make. It is ex.
pseUd that he will communicaM
with , Governor ... Morrison and ac
rtua nf him fuliywlth the action of
the' tewiio workers here last night
and today 'V 'I'L
4 General Mettt stated this afur
noon that tho troops stationed at the
various mnis In the county had not
been withdrawn nor relieved of duty.
The greater portion of the sentinels
have been withdrawn, the general
stated, bat, guard U will be mahw
talned.for. the time being. : ,
The general opinion hero .today
It that . tho .troops will be with
drawn . from' the city , thr ,flrt , cf
next WpekFi -fr X-iwa,hri
te F'rown 1 -sn 1 tnf'e ve
T.'...t . 1 m w4 . . -t
gunning to open Monday, but when
the other mills haee resumed opera
tion 'it is believed the troops will
be. withdrawn. . ' : .
. aty and .county officials today had
no staiement reJative to aeklng for
the withdrawal of the troops, Mayor
. B. Womble stated that ha be
lieved the union people were act-1
ing "in -good faith" an that he
would "co-operate fully" in seeking
the withdrawal of the troope when
he was "certa'n that law and order
would prevail here." '
HUNGRY REPUBLICANS
. HUNT FOR PIE COUNTER
Oil M am - Crietom, ', Among
- Others. Is Barkis 'Willin',
but Must Wait
' BY H E. C BBTAXT.
WASHINGTON, 'Aug. , 20. North
Carolina republican leaders are busy
again trying to land at the pie coun
ter. National Committeeman More
head haa been shoving the A. U
McCaakeU recommendation, but
president Harding Is like - 8am
Jone's old mole, alow of persuasion
and dull of recollection. Being
i loee at hand. Marlon Butler, who Is
blocking the McCaskelt game, re
freshens hie memory. It looks now
as if McCaskell would not get his
plum until tho senate meets again
after the recess.
Senator Overman has gone home,
and any nominations that come in
now would bo delayed if any objec
tion to the appointments were made.
Senator Simmon la here, but the
North Carolina senators like to Work
together on the republican nomina
tions. : Brownlow Jackson should get the
mariners Job without much delay
unless some hitch now ., not seen
holds it up. J " - i
Gilliam Orlssom, selected by the.
Morehead-Llnney combine for Col-,
lector,- is on the - waiting list Hs
haa been down and loked over
Collector, Bailey's offlcee, " and Is
ready to take control, 'but he must!
ret by the senate first. The oppo
sition to Mr. Orlssom does not seem
o be as strong or ss aggressive as
It was several months ajto. It may
Mow over, but the guess here is thst
If is simply ' ambushed, . and will
rhoot when the time comes. Oris
mm Is popular in republican head
ouarters here, for lis is listed as one
o' the moet actlv workers of the
routh. ',. . ... .jj.y :;.
SPARTANBURG POPULAR
- IAITU vuiruTO r nAtn
noii nuiwiiiw vr. nwnv
Sprelal t Ths Obaarvar.
SPARTANBURG, i Aug. JO. This
oction Is overrun with tramp.
Right were sent to the chalngang
yesterday by a local magistrate and
two by the recorder. Six or elsht
fare rounded up every day. There la
a lot of car breaking and petty lar
reny. There is hardly a night that
box car at Hayne are not entered.
Mid small stores on the Outskirts
of the cltv are the prey of the wan
erers. Yesterday afternoon while
Mrs. J, L. Keller, fromer school at
tendance oWcer, wa,s away from
home, some - tramp entered the
house snd proceeded to eat and
Try away all she hnd cooked. They
at at the table and -helped them'
M'lve to what she had prepared for
i he family's supper, and' then took
wnai wb a irii oxcapi a nir case
butter and a cake of cornbread.
A whole pound rake disappeared, a
1M all the biscuit, but the corn
hrrad was not touched. Most of the
holmes are Wh te.
I
STING IN SITUATION
. AT CONCORD ISGONE
MORRISON BELIEVES
Special to The Observer.
' ASHUVILLB, Aug, 10-L'jon
his return to the summer capital
this afternoon Governor Morrison
stated that the sting in the situa
tionat Concord has passed, and
that no doubt complete order will
be established in the near future.
He expressed his pleasure at
having received a warm reception
by all parties, and was exceedingly
gratified al the courtesies shown
and the spirit of fairness mani
fested by all -concerned.
The) action of textile workers t
construed by tho governor as evi
dencing IhHr will lux now to re
spect law and order and to adhere
to their duly. - r
Governor Morrison tonlgtit re
peated that toe went to Concord
retoctaiitly, and said that be Is
now truly glad that be went.
"I think I did the right thing,"
said the governor, and "the senti
ment witnessed was of the kindest
sort." ;
; Upon his return here today sev
eral applications for pardons were
awaiting consideration, . but no
definite announcement as to prob
able action was made at the sum
mer capltol.
SuPSODB
No Definite Announcement as
to Opening Time, However.
;v. : 't J '
One Mill Each ofSlohnston and
Chadwick-Hoskint Systems
' , May Open Soon. 1 -
Some of the . Charlotte" textile
mills r expected .to open , within
the next Xew days, after having been
closed ainco June 1. although no
definite time has been set for the
opening, mill officials said last
night, '...-i ' " ."-1--. ..
Rumors have been , , going the
round's that the tvulse mill of the
Chadwlck-Hosklns . - system and
Highland Park No. 1. of the John
ton' chain expected to open Mon
day, but mill men .said ".last night
no definite - decision haa . been
reached. j; v -v j.'' ,
C.. W. . Jfhn&toa . said - last night
that -no -Attempt ..Will be made to
open any of his mill nor or e'1er
nf ifc wo atow-mier- hv.t.'oaourU , on
iionday, . pending the outcome of
the opening of the three, mls" in
Concord . Monday , morning.- Fur
ther than that he would make no
announcement, saying that he has
no definite plans ir opening ar- of
the mill. -(
E. C. Owetle, head of the Chad-wick-Hoektns
system, , said that he
ha no definite, announcement to
make relative to opening either of
the four mill of the company here,
although it is possible that on or
more of the mills may open at any
time. - -.
The same situation is said to ex
ist with reference to the Mecklen
burg mill, owned by M. L. Jackson.
Mr. Jackson was in Charlotte dur
ing the week and is ssid to be con
sidering opening his mill in the near
future, although.no time has been
set, it was stated.
Around 7( per cent of the em
ployes living in the Mecklenburg
mill village have asked that the mill
be reopened so they can, return to
work, although probably not more
than half of the 200 employes of the
mill live in the mill village, since
some of them hsve moved out,
Supt. J. T. Jordan said last night.
A fsw of the employes of the
Chadwlck-Hoaklni and Johnston
systems are said to have made ap
plication tp return ' to work, al
though the numbers are said to be
small. The announcements made
by officials of ' these ' mills several
weeks ago, that they, will reopen on
tn same basis as when they closed
if enough employes apply to return
to work, are said still to be open.
The four mills here of the Chad-wick-Hoaklns
system, including the
Chad wick, the Hoskins,-Louise and
Calvlne, closed because of the strike
on June, 1, employ altogether be
tween $00 . and ' 600 workers nor
hially. ,Kvew If a start should be
made, It Ja not believed that all of
these. mUla will start at one time. .
The Johnston mills in this city,
nowtldleVare Highland Park Nos. 1
ami employing about 700 work
ers, and' jthe Johnston Manufactur
ing company, employing about 160
workers. - The mill at Huntersvllle,
employing abouWOO workers, and
thr one at Rock Hill, employing
about 400, are also closed.
The Brown and Norcott mills at.
Concord, belonging to the Johnston
string and together . employing
about 350 workers, will not open up
Monday, Mr. Johnston said last
night, although effort may be made
to open these mill aoon, pending
the outcome of the opening of the
three other Cannon mills at Con
cord Monday , morning. These two
mills and the Buffalo mill, an ad
junct to the Locke mill, are the only
ones in Concord that will not be
running Monday, If the three mill
open according to schedule.
None of the Charlotte mill have
made any effort to open since the
workers wentDUt on strike, other
than to announce that, they would
reopen If enough employes apply
for- work on the rame basis that
they were working when they went
out Juno 1, -
Inquiries aa to the 'possibility of
reopening the mills In Charlotte
have been numerous during the past
ft w days, as a renutt of the reopen
ing of the mills in KannApolia and
practically all of those that have
been closed down In Concord.
..
, ! BILL IXTPASS . MONDAY.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 10. -Oener-at
debate In the house on the sen
ate agricultural relief bill waa com
pleted tonight with a vote of pas
sat; scheduled for Monday.
Whnn the house adjourned a mo
tion by Repi-e.ntatv VVInao, demo
crat, ' Arkansas, to recommit the
measure, whs ponding.
SHIPPING BOARD
PROBLEM LAID
BEFORE SENATE
"Unspeakabl? tosses and Un
utterable' Waste" Harding.
WANTS
CONGRESS
HELP
Wants Co-Operation With Ad
ministration ..to Reduce .;v
Losses to a Minimum -'
..WASHINGTON, Aug. JO.- The
Closest co-operation .. between Con
gress and the administration in an
effort to bring shipping board loss-
jes down to 'a minimum was urged
today by President Harding in , j
letter to senator jojiea, republican,
Washington, read to the senat dur- l
ing consioerauon oi a out carrying
148,800,000 for . the board's activi
ties. The President said there had
been f unspeakable losses and unut
terable wastes" which must be
charged to th war emergency.
Chairman Lasker' effort to get
big men to aid in putting the board
on its feet, was approved by the
President, ' who. said if they could
end operating ' losses their salaries
would be more than Justified.
At tho sama tirns there was pre
sented a letter from Chairman Las-
ker saying that sooner or later Con- j
tress would tie called upon to ap
pVopriate Meo.oeo.euo in outstand
ing claims. Inherited from the. for
mer administration. , , ,
Harding's Letter. 7 '
Tho President s .letter giving bis
views at length on the general ship
ping situation follows In -part:
,"1 could not fail to note the dis
satisfaction expressed in both bouse
and senate over the very unsatisfac
tory Condition of affairs oi the ship
ping board and the , reluctance oi
Congress to make appropriations
for jthe oontinued activities . of. , the
board without ' putting 'spocUto . re
straint upon the board' activities
In employing agents of relief.
"From, your position, you are
probably a (ami liar with the affairs
of the board aa I am and 1 hop
yotj will make it. a point to, lay tno
ouTcoUMaiueV 1 T, ,
VbUI" Cuttn
rme,"hipp.t t t ,rd oitttafiihr'l.
Wholly an luuenuoca from the pre
.ua: admlnuuuon. . U would
avail nothing to aUempt to Ontlta
how the intolerabls state of affairs
came about. Our great problem I
curing tho aituatiou. Ths dirflculty
of this task becomes very apparent
to nte, and-had its reflex In tn de
lay in th final -selection of the
shipping board.
- No Kasy Taok.
"It was no easy thing to bring
capable men to the solution of this
task. Chairman Lasker la making
a very htavy wcrittce to give hi-
Ume and talent to this most H
k".0'"- i1, .hV .-T11' IS !
" :
hi assistance, but- it Is impossible
tor the board. In creating iu various
departments, to establish such or
ganizations by the ordinary methods
of government appointment and
compensation. V
"Many o. the men called to ser
vice have been obliged to complete
ly sacrifice ' their private interests
and,- in some cases, the sacrifice is
made with the knowledge that the
period of employment with the gov
ernment is only temporary: Under
these conditions, and because of the
fact that hundreds of millions are
involved, it is unavoidable that some
compensations in responsible places
are much beyond the ordinary run
of government compensation. y
"There are approximately $200,
000,000 In claims against the ship-
rplng board. No business man
would venture upon tne settlement
of these claims without highly ca
pable . legal representation. .The
staggering losses in operation can
only be cured by a board of opera
tors whoso members know some
thing concerning the business, x x
So Overpayment.
'Th error hereto. ore committed
seems to have been the employment
of incapable men at excessive salar
ies, while the present program, calls
for capability, and the compensation
Is vastly less- than in .private pur
suits. I have been at some pains
to assure myself that there is no
overpayment In selecting men , for
specific places and L believe I can
assure that this overpayment ha
been avoided in reoent appoint
ments, "'.. . :.-..:' . :, ,;':.
"1 do not' venture to, make
promises for the shipping board. -I
would Ike ths -Congress to know w
are speedily arranging the discon
tinuance of many lines of service
which are being operated at a loss
to the government, and we are hop
ing soon to have an end to all the
tin. ortunate charter contracts under
which the 'charterers are - made
whole end' share in ih profits, if
any, while the government bear
tho brunt of all the losses. This is
a. very Intolerable arrangement, and
Is being ended as speedily as the
situation will permit.
"It must be kept in mind at all
times that the administrative agents
who are now asking for the confi
dence and the co-operitlon of Con
gress are In no wise responsible for
the condition of affairs which have
shocked the ceuntry,' and given the
Congress such groat concern."
LICUT. FREDERICK EWING
GOES INTO REGULAR ARMY
0
BY 11.' E. C. BRYANT.
WASHINGTON. D. C, Aug. 20..
First Lieutenant Frederic Ewlng, of
Fnyettevllle, has been re-appolnted
ii Mi place in the Infantry of the
regular army. .
Examinations are 'to be held for
postmasters at Rlcn Square and Hp;
ma. " ,'' 1 '''
Postoftlce Inspeulora will Investi
gate with a view to naming post
manors at fllrm, Hulling Springs
and It h port.
RESTRAINING ORbER " - ,
; AGAI.NST . COLLECTOR
v GREENSBORO. ''Auk. 0.
H-Judge James fi. Boyd, in federal
court today, signed an order per-"
manently restraining - J.' ' W.
Bailey, collector bt Internal reve
nue for- North : Carolina.. ' trom
selling the 'property of 'JX' M.
Ray, 77 year old, and 'his son,
Basconr' Ray, to satbify 'asseee
menta made by tho commissioner'
of Internal ' revenue, following a1
report of that oflloe chacglng thr
two with . manufacturing- whls
key'v In, affidavits submitted t
judge Poyd,. it was chased that
revenue ofllcers set fire to a barn
belonging to the defendants.' al
leging that It concealed a stllL'lrt
the ruins the - affidavit said, bo
only metal to b found was
folng pan., , '
. . ,. .' a
COUntieS MllSt Pay UelinqUCU
Taxes at-Once, c ?'
Jackson Confesses', Burning
r Store, as Result jo Con- .
: version by McLendon ' j
- Cbarletts mrvs ,
v TsrSoroiuth HomL
BY R. E. POWELL. '
. RALEIGH,' Au. 20. State Treao
orer Ben Lacy today called oh II do-
Unfluent sheriff tor sottlement of
taxes, and In telegraphic dispatches
to these Officials reminded them thst
unlecs sut funds are forthcoming
he will- request district sollQltors to
start prosecutions for collection, j.
Mr. Lacy would not mako pu.bllc
tho names of the sheriffs nor the
counties delinquent in their, -settlement,
of taxes. . Ho said, however,
TREASURER
CUES SHERIFFS
iruw cnuj wou.a oe aom. 'tnW the
today doe jot .brine; the. ionyh . . - beginning t
soon. ; teiay m eome cases ns oe-i
lieVes ,ue to the" mtsundrhtandlng
among officials "aa' to. (M Close of the
fiscal year, the. last genoroJ awmb)y
having changed thlg trow November
ae'to Juni io." " '
'T.-T'ft-' -t.r
that I
.lofnet ft..Mir-l.ltry, sft.t . yinnt .Harding and his' iiatlonal
auerlffe In 4 Utter ouppjoineatlng oi
- - - J- ' m Mk . t m iia ski nnan tinjl I
want you to seed-me at once.aHihttrollia, Virginia and eSorgia and
you have and, e;ertyourelf to cot- hold those they have JitTenneasee.
ioct all this Is due the state."
Bank resource for North Caro-
Una at the close of business on June w'-- l.Xw .MTe
SO last amounted to f )8s,04l,l71.8l. j "4 STRAIGHT PARTY VOTE
according to figures made rfublic by ,
the banking department of th cor- . - - . v: A.latr Pres. 1
poration commission today.. This Is JlL-i lr M-Tbe
ITdecrease of more than ixty-four I k WHINOTON Auk.
million dollars In both rtate and fed-1 toJ?JV 12f0 ' A na
eral banks as compared with the! ? t' SSlSOOtf.OOO from the na
statement of last year. v r tlon'. tax burden by
. " "u'm" iu -miu. W VU
jfftTMl den.ocr.ta supported
The resource for this year, for tne ;
two mllilon.' oi compared with the
sraiement of a vear aao. and an in-
crease of forty-elgnt millions aa
.compared with the statement for the
period ending June SO, 1019.
xne state insurance . Department
any investigation ui inn lire. uu i ;
fact that Jt was set
by Jackson was,,
never- known until a public confes
sion he made several' weeks ago. He
was moved, he saldt In a. statement
U tlaci. va n.uvi av n
tessloe as a result of his conversion j
ty itev. waxier ucunaon, tne rai-
metto1 whirl wind of the saw dust
f1, i. w , j, i i
Jackon.ha. been arested and to
now under bond. .Inspectors of the
SurSnce people, will aid the prosecu-
tion.
MOONSHINERS USING
' KEROSENE OIL HEAT
Gastonia Discovers Newest
Scheme to Do- Away With
Dangerous Smoke.
, flpselal to Ths Ofcaervsr.
' . GASTONIA, Aug. " 20,-HIdden
away In a dense thicket with a swamp
on one side and a steep hill on the
other, a blockade still of between 40
and 10 gallons capacity was captured
Friday in the Beaverdam section by
Deputy Sheriffs Cole, Kiser and
Policeman A. B. Hord. -, . ' .
The still was not only well hidden
but- was located on a lonely, unin
habited farm in a place very difficult
Co get to.- The still was not in opera
tion and no arrests were made, the
officers neither seeing any one nor
having any ciue as to .tne operators.
A. -email. amount of whiskey was
founa.
The still had apparently not been
In use for several days, but the malt
on hand appeared to be almost ready
for use. A jug containing about two
gallons of whiskey and a pint In a
bottle was the only liquor that was
captured.--
The captured still illustrated a new
wrinkle that ha recently been sprung
In whiskey making. The moonshin
ers 'have ' found smoke to be too
dangerous for their business. Look
ing about for means of obtaining the
necessary heat, they adopted ths use
of the kerosene oil burner, which
serves the purpose admirably. The
captured still was equipped with such
burners and this probably accounted
for the still not being discovered be
fore It was . .
- BODY 'GOfl8 TO OLD HOMK.
WINSTON-SALKM Aug. 20. The
funeral of Capt. M. L. Pan key, spe
cial agent of the Southern railway
who was found dead In .his olllce
chair here last evening, was held
tonight, and the ti"dy was shipped to
Alvarado, Texas, where Interment
will tuke place.
today announced that it would prose- j vision repealing -the Income Mur
cute Thomas Jackson, of Aydcn, for tax rates above 31 per cent. This
burning a store In which he operated! motion -was lost, 100 to 230, wlth
a pressing club in It II. and on which one democrat, Campbell of Peon
he recovered 1154.75 from the Aetna eylvanla,' voting against it.
Insurance company. The bit) will bo sent Monday to
The circumstance are unique. tna senate, where U will be taken
The department had' no record of up aftep the end of the, recess on
FEDERAL TAXES
So Congressman Keller, Min
nesota Republican, Declares.:
BILL PASSES, THE HOUSE
, ; , - '...."
Democrats Believe It a Fraud
anfl Some Republicans Think
? Lrttle Better of It.
" BY H. K. C. BRYANT.
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. Re
publican leaders are rushing their
tax legislation, but they .ear the
result. They are severely criticised
by their own people.
ReDresentative Oscar B. Keller.
I republhan, of Minnesota, gave them
another blast today. ne is stsn
Ing the very sort of fight that de
feated the old guard 15 years ago.
At that time Senator Norrls, of
Nebraska, was the thorn in the flesh
of the stand pat O. O. P.
The so-called tax reductions of
the Fordney revenue bill are pure
ly illusory and have been- accom
plished, only on paper for political
effect, by the palpable juggling of
figures.- said Mr. Keller today. .
"The bill bears unmistakable evi
dence of deceit land hypoorasy 'It
has been' railroaded through the
house on the plea thaKtta passage
will revive business, It will .have
Just the opposite' effect. r
Democrats believe that the Ford
ney tax bill is a fraud. They have
asserted that from th outset.
Tne-'repaDUcana, insteaa m ie
latlng for the good of the people
without regard for the effect on
politics, are trying to make parti
san 'capital out of the- present dis
tressing situation. ' -,What Keller
has the nerve to say now prominent
republican ' congressmen - will ' say
when the White- House patronage i
dIsturbed,iv,.fS',f.;.-'
hear frem the people back Tiome on
tho tariff and the7 tax. Someo;
them threaten insurgency. That
accounts, - for ' -the anxiety of old
guard Jeaders r over the eouthem
states. Fed tip -os talk io the ef
fect that With fh . negro out tof..th
count the soutll ;wuld bo' for pro-
i tcction an, the. VrepubMcair party.
ova'.on, vnreom.'- o .''
1 .. . i I , luivrn
dim Piccre pv ALMOST
P"" wmj , . . ' 'l
tho measure and nine republican
vwtea axamst iu
As oom Dared with this number oY
republicans were 50 who voted for
ft . democratic motion to recommit
the bill for elimination of the pro-
September 21.
Meantlme
the ' senate finance
committee will hold additional pub
lic hearings on the whole tax ques
tion and probabfy revise the meas
ure In a number of details. As
nnallv. passed by the house, with
flearly i00 COmmittee amendment,
...,mt. tn nrnduc. a
total of 13.147.000.000 revenue thi
J, , or ,:2i,ooo.000 less
f1 th l lm 8le under the exist-
As repeal of the excess profits
tax and higher income surtax rates
would not become effective until
next January 1. the full force of the
measure will not be reflected In
government receipts until the cal
endar year, 1923. but republican
leader say that through repeal of
the transportation and other taxes
the reduction in the tax bill tn the
next calendar year will be approxi
mately. 1512.000.000.
Principal Clianges.
' . The principal changes ' In
i present tax levies made by the
bill as passed Include:
; Repeal of the excess profits
tax, effective next January 1.
Increase of the corporation
Income tax from 10 to 12 1-2 '
- per cent, effective next January
1. .
Repeal of the Income surtax
rates from -2 per cent to OS
per cent. Inclusive.
, Increased exemptions to
heads of families, effective as v
of last January- Ir4o-,s00. foe
Incomes not In excess of $5,
000 and additional exemption
. for dependents to 1400 from
; ?00. '"' ''
Repeal of the transportation ,
taxes, effective next January 1.
Repeal of the tax on life,
fire and marine insurance poll-
-cle and Imposition of the cor
poration tax of 12 1-2 per cent ,
on all such Inuurance compan
' les, except fraternal, effective
, next January 1. '
Repeal of the taxes on foun
tain drinks, ice cream, ; and
other beverages and the sub
tltutlon of manufacturers' ;
taxes Si follows: Four cent
a gallon on oereal beveragos;
five cent a pound on carbonic
acid gas; two Cents a gallon on
fruit Juices 'Of soft drlrfks;
three cents a gallon on still
drinks, exclusive . of mineral
' and table water, and 10 cents .
a gallon on fountain syrups.
These change would go Into
force on enactment of the law,
Repeat of the stamp taxes
on pHt-fumery, cosmetic,' toilet
( (out Imi-tl nn !' Knur.)
Morrison And-Daniels To
Speak On Same Occasion
From the Same Platform the Same Night, Addressing N. C
- American Legjon at Hendersonville This
Week Program Out . "
...Whether or not it will develop Into
a joint debate, with rejoinders, is not
known, but Governor Cameron Mor
rison and Joaephus Daniels, former
secretary of the navy, are scheduled
to occupy the same platform and
deliver addresses the same evening
at the annual convention of the North
Carolina - state department of the
American Legion, meeting ln Hen
dersonville next Friday and Satur
day. ...
- Governor Morrison and former
Secretary Daniels occupied tho stage-1
at- the graduating exercises at the
University of North Carolina several
weeks ago and offered advice to the
Soung .men end - women receiving
iploma that Created a stir through
Out the state', because of the con
tradictory and opposite advice they
Offered in their addresses to the Uni
versity graduates. .'
During the past week Secretary
Daniels, through his Raleigh paper,
hasrcalled. Governor Morrlfion back
to Raleigh from the summer capltol
in AshevlUe to look after the affairs
of the. slate,-Governor Morrison re
plying with some heat, then cooled
off, but that did not prevent the thrill
that passed over the state as a result
of the open differences of these two
great political leaders. : ' 1
. . They are tp occupy the same plat
form . and ..deliver addresses at the
state legion- convention in Hender
sonville Friday night of this week,
according to tho program that has
Just been sent out by Cale K. Burgess,
department adjutant. Although no
place is made on the program for a
rejoinder, such a thing might happen
in .the best regulated of conventions,
sine the former fighters from this
state are known not to be adverse to
Frank . A. Linney," District At
; : torney, for Enforcement.
. "h, rmf i ii' "'
Newly Appointed, Official Here
. " 'Assistants Selected.
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Enforcement of the-' prohibition
laws and 'the prosecution of ."dry"
law violators will be the chief task
of the district attorney's office, ac
r.nrHtna tn SYank A. Linney. who
waa recently confirmed for that posi
tion by tne unitea states srnaie.
vf b T.tnnov waa in Charlotts yes
terday acquainting himself with the.
details of the district attorney's of
fice here.'
Ha wu tn have met Stonewall J.
Durham, present district' attorney,
but Mr. Durnam was prevenieo ironi
kaino hern nn account of pressing
court affaire elsewhere. -
Mr. Linney will not be sworn into
his office before the middle of next
week, he thinks.
8 nee the appointment of a state
prohibition - director, the affaire of
the district attorney's office in re
gard to the enforcement of the pro
hibition law have been greatly fa
cilitated, in the opluion of Mr. Lin
ney. But stUI the vlgoroua prose
cution of violations of the law will
consume much of the attorney
tinAppolntmlnt of the assistant dis
trict attorneys is made by the attor
ney. Mr. Linney nas aeciaeu io
...nnmmnt mm nwlstant for the dls-
CI.Ulill,vv ' .
trlct Thomas Harklns, of Ashevllle,
and Charles A. , Jonas, of lncoln
ton These recommendations have
not yet been dispatched to WashiiM
. w... .... M, T.innev. he Will
lun, u ' J - - ,
shortly flls his recommendations. .
They will succoeu i"'
Jones, of Charlotte, and Major Wade
it Dkinin. rr t.lniion. who were
appointed by Mr. Durham when he
was itamea ohuki ..v,
the resignation of Congressman W.
C. Hammer. . '
A chief clem ana-two sieiiuam-
.n .i... rtm named hv the new
nneri wm 1 w - - - -
attorneys. Hal M. Worth, now chief
clerk, will remain In the office here
until Mr. Linney n
auainted with the details of the of
fice. One of the stenograpners win
come from the civil .ervlce . ap
pointee, said Mr. linney. ,
v ti... nnnaMnra his annolnt-
ment as an "absolute vindication"
the charges brought against him .by
certain negroes ana neru
tion that he wa attempting to de--
prlve the negroe of their legal and
constitutional riui- . - .
A strong fight was made against
.. i-,..n f Mr. Linney. nu-
meroui j pet'ttons having been placed
before the unitea oiie r..-
thaWbody to refuse to appoint the
chairmen of the North Carina re
publican executive committee.
When the charges were heaped up
ao hrgh against the Tar Heel r.
nubllcan the enat appointed a aub
?ommlttee to "vstate the allega
tlens. The hearing n Washington,
t vtr- Linney savs he
clearly set forth his PortUon on , t he
"negro question, smon
wide attention. . .
Mr. Linney Is snxlous that the
proceedings of the hear ng be made
bubllo. but. the senate has . voted
sgalnst th . publication of the entire
reMr!' Linney explained yesterday
afternoon that his desire to eliminate
the negro from politics Is based on
the desire for the recognition tt
the amendment to the North Caro
lina constitution that call for an
educational qualification before the
rlxht of suffrage Is attained.
"My confirmation by the senate
means more to the reptihllran party
of the south than anything that has
happened In half a century, for It
elves approval to the course pursued
by the party In this state for the
last ao years and opens the wiiy for
(CuiiIIusmI oa fats r'aur.
PROHIBITION IS'iCI UNDER
TASK OF QFFIGE BOND OF 1 0.000
..'' V ' ' ' ' '
"vi !-- -asss-e"" .,. .; - .i .mt : ' ' F 11 -
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hearing a forensic encounter between
two such leaders. f
Nor is this expected to be all of the
worth while stuff that is to be pulled
at the , legion meeting. In the next
place,- Major Alfred L. Butwinkle,
now a member of the house of rep
resentatives from the , sixth North
Carolina district, is scheduled for an
address Friday-afternoon. -
Other big guns to be fired during
the convention Include an address
Saturday morning . by Charles R'.
Forbes, director of the Veterans' bu
reau. .Washington, D. C; Alvin M.
Owsley, : national director of the
Americanism committee of the Amer
ican legion; address of welcome Fri
day morning by Wiltshire Griffith,
Hendersonville -tenth district com
mitteeman, and response by Dan S.
Holienga, .alternate - national - com
mitteeman.
- Then, too. Miss Lucy J. Chamber
lain, field representative of the Amer
ican Red Cross, Will hold a liaison
with legion in the work for ex-service
men. Reports of Cyrus D. Hogue,
Wilmington, department commander,
and Cale K. Burgess, Raleigh, adju
tant and finance officer; will ilxo be
features..' '
The Friday night meeting will be
open to the legion, the woman's
auxiliary and the public,
Reports from Hendersonville are
to the effect that the Hubert M.
Smith post, Wiltshire Griffith, post
commander, the Hendersonville Kl
wanis club and the Hendersonville
board of trade, along with numerous
other Individuals and organizations,
ere making extensive plana for royal
ly entertaining the visitors of Friday
(Ceatlssed Pas Pear.) -
Appeals From Verdict and Sen
tence aU8 Years Hard Labor.
Judge Bryson Addresses Crowd
ril ,'on I feesuttet " blockade,
, Llquoi' .Traffic 1
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'.'-. 'Special to The Osmt '.
MORGANTONj-v 'Aug. 8.--Elgh-teen
years at Khrd labor in the state
prison was the sentence pronounced
by Judge Bryson this morning for
Sidney A. . Klncsld, Burke county
commissioner, wbqse trial on charge
of wife murder had been In progress
since Tuesday. Attorneys for the
defendant immediately gave notiec
of appeal and the court announced
an appeal bond of $250 and an ap
pearance bond of I10.-OO0.
Klncald Is still in jail but it Is said
that the- bond Is being arranged.
However, at the clerk's office late
this afternoon The Observer torres
pondent was told that it had not yet
been signed.. It doubtless will-be ar
ranged early next week and Klncald
will be a free man during the three
months requested . for the prepara
tion of his appeal to the supreme
court. '
The Lincoln county jury which
heard the case deliberated for
little over an hour last night, an
nouncing the verdict of second de
gree murder at exactly midnight.
They left early this morning for
their home.. Before dismissing them
last night Judge Bryson took oc
casion to commend and thank them
for their patient hearing of the case.
It is understood that on first bal
lot the Jury stood three for a first
degree . verdict and nine . for sec
ond. In the Judge's charge, which
Is the subject here today of much
favorable comment, they were in
structed on the elements In the evi
dence which should guide them In
returning first or second degree mur
der, manslaughter or. acquittal
' There is general approval of the
verdict and the sentence. The re
morse and broken condition of the
prisoner elicited such sympathy for
him that it would have caused rogret
at a first degree verdict.
. In passing sentence this morning,
Judge Bryson departed from what
he said was his usual custom and
commented to the throng gathered
in the court room, on the lesson the
tragedy should bring of the effect
Of Diocxaar liquor, maning me
statement that on the conscience of
the matt who sold Sidney Klncald
the liquor should rest much of the
blame for the death of his wife.
JO JO SAYS
Partly cloudy with ccattered show
ers today; somewhat cooler tonight;
fair Monday,
11 " t
Democrats eay republicans really
did "break" the solid south.
IFF! STATES
Mill'S-;!'
IS BADLY .
More UnguageT Being Spilled';'
in Tobacco Tax Fight-f .
THE "DEADLY PARALLEL"
Griffin Says Whoie Matter Has '
Developed Into a Personal At
tack on Colonel Watts.
CharlotM tbsr-vf Uurtsu, '
' ' TrborouxhHo:!. j" '
v r. k.ovei.i;:: 1 -
RAI.RKIH, Aug. JO.r-Taklng'CorM.
poration Commissioned ,Maxwel'i -
deadly parallel'' , for l.ia toxV for- -mer
Tax Clerk J. 8. Griffin reappear-1
ed In the tax flpht today with the "
suggestion that Mr. Maxwell's :"ox",., .!
has been gored, and the demand tht-; i
the commissioner 'ronte -lean."' ' ; !
The whole thin?, asserts '.'M'1 ;
Griffin, has developed lrt. a pei-t ,
sonal attack. on Col. Aus Watts, while
from Poe he borrows and says. ltl!
"simply this and nothing mors. ' Wey-
points out in his statement that h,vJ "I,
was vested -with full authority ttV
oraer tne re-assessment muao by kl.t -
late Col. Osborn and ethers and'that
the failure of the state tax commls-.
slon to adopt the Osborn' report IsJ:Y
the singular and outstanding diaap-i .,
proval of his-work in adminls:e-tmr
revaluation. ' -r ' '" "
Storm Center of Fight. '
Colonel Watts, the storm center
. , . i-. 1 . . 1 . . . . . .. -
ui iiib ugni. rvmaiiivu reiiciii iiiua;,,..
saving Only that he expected to make v
no further .statement in connection
with the matter. Adyerting parttcu- '
larly to the charge that the tobacco
companies Inrured their holdtntts for . .
twice the assessment charged against '
incmt a leature .01 tne controversy ,, v
more or lens magnified in the t&lu':
lal assaults on Col. ; Watts, the eol "
aspect of the- case had no- cohnec- ''
Uon whatever with' the- valua'.tonr A ;
fixed by the tax Commissioner : pw
nimseir. i;.--r -vy t r:
Miv -Griffin- yet'-i:Nt, ; i V -V
v "With the returns all In so fai
with respect to the controversy about 1
the reduction in - tax valuation oi .. '
stock of tobacco of the American -'
Tobacco company and LiggettoMyers,
company,' In the face of history, tii
whole matter resolves Itself Into u
attack, en- (pol WteVi dimply '.'XI '
end tmfhtaaf more. - , f
;"We have all heard about '
parallel' imL, that sort t "
and whoso 'ox' 1 gored.'- .
never -waa able until now to fin t,
whether or not the -e. 'hgll-reo.
Prom all the evidence in the case it
look . like somebody -made a 'hoi- j ,
ier. . wnemnr ot. naa nnn goren. -or
sailed previously, h 'hollered.' ' .
"Let's get to business: '"
' ' . Cnse of Cannon MUla, , -'
i "J. W. Cannon own the largest '
cotton mill Interest In North Caro- -Una.
He 4s ultra rich. . In 1129 -.
the board ot appraisers and review
of Cabarrus county acting by end ..
with the consent of authorised fcp-"
praise rs of the -old state- tax com-J
mission, assessed for taxation the -, ,
Cannon properties . In Cabarrus -county.
at I9,40,I08.- Tho board "
of county commlsalonere-of Cabar- .
ru coumy met ana nxea inear utx
rates accordingly - In September,
1920. In November, 1S20, the ld
state tax commission, on Novem
ber 25, 1120, heard the Cannon '
mills ex-parte. without notice to .
any of the county authorittesand
reduced the Cannon - assessments
from SIMRO.SOS to f l,2M.8. No
tice was Issued to the county com- ;
mlssioners of t Cabarrus county of 'j
this reduction on January 4. 1I21.
approxlmately five month after the
tax rates were fixed, j - ':-."" . v,:
"Every other mill In Cabarrus s
county, complained of unequal treat- j ,
ment. The finances of the county
were embarrassed. The ' school -fund
was depleted. - The board of
county commissioners of Cabarrus )
county, .not having been given an
opportunity to be heard in the ex-;
parte proceedings, and desiring to .
protect the Interest of the county t
and the people, esked the old state'
tax commission to rehear tho ease.
The old, state tax commission de-
dined to do so, and took, the poal-t
tion that from their sacred de-1,
clslon no appeal would lie." A'
mandamus proceeding, wee fnstl--tuted
In an effort to bring tho ease,
intot court With the abstract legal
proposition Involved, the Cannon .
Interests were not concerned, and
could not have appeared. When '
the case came on for hearing; the
state tax commission was repre-4
sented by the attorney general and '
B. T. Cansler and J. F. Crowell. XLt.,
Cannon's regularly paid attorneys. ,
Mr. Maxwell wa a member et tool
.1 A t.v 1nm v. Iu.Iaa If. ..'
Ui on this case and tt received hw
sanction.
One Fact Overlooked.
. '.'One fact In this matter haa e4f
overlooked, no state tax waa levied!
for the year 120. , The queatlon In
volved Is, therefore, largely a county
matter. -, In the tobacco cases the
chairman of , the board c of .county
commissioner of Ddrhanx county
and the mayor of tho city el Dur
ham requested the reduction In the
appraisals of the stocks of tobacco,
ot the American Tobaoco company1
and Liggett Myer company. , Th
will of th local authorities was ex-
pressed, and they were notified and
heard. But tn the Cannon eg-1
th county authorities were-' ! "
given no notice, end run over r
shod. ' ' . . . - .
"Mr. Maxwell savs the con
slon tn the tobacco rases 'was
barrassed by the report of a
mlttee of gentlemon of high (.-,. .
Ing. That's going Soma. He - .
the old commlsaion was not rr
sponsible for the appointment ,
the tobacco appraUiers b-i.--made
by me. I waa clerk In n
of re-valuation with auih-.ii .- .
PQjlnt these appraisers, 1 ! ,
tax commlsMlon ws J'i t a r
albln. therefore, fur a:
ment of these apru -r it v
all other appreif' i-! I