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-fTTH he News mm ' TZ2 VTLiTIIZl Mil- WATCH tALIX ' JTerth Cwiut-Ucd i I a sear' Hi if I is i- r Mm mbttiM aa nN M Thursday ad arebabry tutor. s . VOL. CXI. NO. 36 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. 7 RALEIGH,' N. CTHUIdAY MORNING, AUGUSTS 1920 SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS J. 5 - WILSON REFUSES TO PERMIT CABLE Four Destroyer Patrolling En trance To Miami Under Or ders to Prevent Land- In. of Wire WESTERN UNION COMPANY "CHARTERriRITISH"SKiP DUE TO ARRIVE TODAY Work On Cable Line From Bar' badoes, a British Possession, ' Began Last Summer; Appli cation Made To State De- ' partment For Permit To Land Wire Bnt Action On It Delayed Because of Holding of Congress In America Next Month;' Government Wants To Prevent Establish ment of Monooly Waehington, D. C, Aug. 4. Four de- str'oyers are patrolling the entrance to th Miami, Jjuharbor under oid.rs from President wllion to prevent, by force if necessary, the landing of a cable - the - Western Union Telegraph Company is baring laid from Barbados, a British possession in the West Indiea. A British cable ship, the Colonia, hai ' been chartered by the Western Union , Telegraph Company to land the Ameri- can end of the cable which would con nect with a British cable line from the Barbados to South America. At the State Department it was stated today ' that the British embassy had been ask . ed to inform the master of the ship that such a landing would be in viola tion of American law. Officials ex plained that there waa no significance in the fact that the vessel waa British; that she probably waa the only cabled craft available to the American cong pany when ahe was chartered. Betas Work Last Burner. Work on the cable line from Barba does was begun lust snmmer. Some tlma..agothnKcatejn.LTnion-Tclcgi'aph Company applied to the State Depart ment for an executive permit to land the wire at Miami, but officials said ac tion on it had been delayed pending the holding of the international eomr munications congress; called to meet fn Washington September 15th. A British cable -company, it was explained; now has monopoly of cable rights la , Brazilian water. An American con--cern desires to construct a direct cable line from the United States to Braail, and it was stated that the America - government desired to know, before is suing the permit to the Western Union Telegraph Company whether the ar rangement entered into by that eom- Wjy with the British concern, the cjtern Cable Company controlling the line from Barbadocs to Braail, would add to this monopoly. In this connection, it waa asserted that at the forthcoming International Communications Congress the whole theory of international communications waa to be examined "in a very different temperament" from that existing in the past. . . There were reports today thst after the Western Union Company filed Hi application for a permit, the State De partment requested that copy of the contract with the British cable .concern alsobe filed, and that the eompany had "-refused to-eomply. -io information as ; to this was obtainable at the depart ment. '' Round About. Service Now. Where there is a "direct eaole line be tween the United States and the Pacific coast of South America, eommnniaa tiott between thia country and Braail is posaible now only by way of London, unless the messages are sent to the West Coast and relayed overland. A direct eable line to Brazil, officials said, is much to be preferred, is It would afford a means of faster and probably cheaper communication. Some officials expressed doubt today whether there was a lsw requiring per mits for the landing of cables in the United States, but when questioned as to this, State Department officers de clared emphatically that there was -tneh a law. ' The orderOroiTflie TreTdenlfwhich resulted ia the destroyers being as signed to patrol the three-mile limit off Miami, were issued, it was said, after reports had reached the government that the eompany planned to complete construction of the line immediately. Secretary Daniels waa advised of the orders upon his return from Alaska. In announcing today that the live de stroyer hsd been assigned to the patrol duty, hs said that the instructions from the President were to use any mea-a necessary to prevent the landing of the eable. Bear Admiral Decker, commandant at Key Weat, is in, command of the de stroyer forces, but Secretary Daniels : said he would be replaced by: his senior, Hear Admiral Anderson, eonimandant r al Charleston, 8. C. ' MAYOR HYLAN RESTRAINED FROM BARRING REPORTER New York Supreme Conrt Jus- .tice Says Press Lever That Moves World New York, Aug. dThe press is the lever that woves the world as no other ertMylwer sould move it, said Su preme Court Justice Faueette in Brooklyn today, wheal he eontiaued the nraliminaJ-r taJunetioa granted in favor ef a Brooklyn newspaper, restraining Haver Hylan from banning irom ins ' reporters well ia the board ef estimate shembe a representative ef the paper with whom he had bad a difference; The preaa ehotold aot be hampered while ia the lawful pursuit ef gather- ' Ing news, er interfered with while) hoa- tstly disseminating reaiiy important in . formation for it readers, J as ties LANDING OF OFF FLORIDA rOMTTH CLAIMS LEAD ON STAT IN VALUATION . - Of TAXABLE PROPERTY Wlaatow-Saleas. Ana;, i It la I rasd tonight that the property tax valaattaa la Fonyth eeaaty total aboat tI,ot,ee, ttl aot laclaa ing'irailroad "property;' hiiiat itu;t aad corporation excess. That Is be lieved to bo the largest of aay eoaaw ty la Ue State, DE Naval Vessels Have Nothing To Do With Laying 'Wire Three Miles Outside Miami, Fla., Aug. 4. Four United States destroyers, the Satterlee, the Herbert, the Cole and the Lardner, commanded by Commander Fewall of the Satterlee, are lying off thia port waiting for the arrival' of the British eable ship -Colonia, which la expected to arrive here tomorrow to begin laying a submarine eable between this city and (he Barbados Island to connect with the British cable from those islands to Braail. The American destroyers are ordered to prevent the Colonia from laying any'eabte within the three mile limit Of the Darted States. Bear Admiral Benton C Decker, commanding officer of the seventh naval district, will direct the operations of the destroyers from the 8- P. boat Zumbrota, his flagship, the Zumhrota, being the fifth vessel ordered to Miami bfr the Navy Department. I The Colonia sailed with orders to start- woik on laying the cable outside the three-mile limit, thia work to begin Thursday morning -open- the arrival Tif the vessel here. The American naval vessels have no authority to interfere with the. eable work outside the three mile limit. No wireless communication has been had with the Colonia for several day and A. H. H. Hubbard, local. British vice-consul, has received instruction to board the Colonia Immediately uposi its arrival here and instruct its erew te-diTgTd JtsTiTeTion-ordBri-iratll further notice from Lora ueaaes, ro tsh ambassador in Washington. Local officials of the Western Union Telegraph Company, "hleh is laying the eable and which has prepared ex tensive cable office here, denied any knowledge of the affair. It Is expected thst there will be no new local' developments until the ar rival of the Colonia, which ia expected here tomorrow morning. It is aaid that the Colonia also car ries "equipment for a " submarine" tela phone cable to be laid between Key West and Havana, a project whieh has notreeeived the sanction-of. the Amer ican government. Vice Consul Hubbard boarded the de stroyer Cole tonight to meet the Co lonia, to board the vessel and take command. He reported that he had sent a dispatch boat to Intercept the Colonia, instructing her master to take no action . in compliance with his pre vious orders until after he takes charge of the vessel. It ia probable that the Colonian will lay off Miami until the matter is set tled in Washington. The Colonia can not enter this harbor, aa it draws SO feet of arater, and no vessel drawing more than 2ft feet can enter Miami. ORPHAN FUGITIVE BACK TO STAND TRIAL FOR MURDER George Davis After Killing Companion Escaped Bnt Ee turns. Voluntarily Statesville, Aug. 4. Geo. Davis,' who ia ... . i , j t : . a chargea wim ui uaru ' """ STROYERS WAIT FOR SH P'S COMING ten .iniie Tresbytwiair- Orphanage-at Barium Springs about six months ago and has sines that time been ia the West, came in yesterday and gave him self up to the -officers. He waa placed in jail and waa expecting to stand trial at the August term of Iredell Su perior Court, now in aeasion, but upon the "request of Solicitor1 Hayden Cle ment who asked the conrt for more time in whieh to make out the ease, the easel was postponed until--the "October toraat ' ' Davis is 17 years old and Autee.waa about 19 .years of age, both being in mates of the orphanage. Immediately after the fatal ahooting of young Au ten, Davie escaped and went to Kansas City, M.o, where he waa employed until a ahort time ago when he madefuprhia mind to come back and stand trial. His mother, who lives ia Washington, D. C, joined George in Hamlet and accompanied him to Statesrille and placed him ia the custody ef the offi cers." -" ." " . FIRST BALE Or COTTON SOLD IN TIFTON, CA. . Savannah, Ga Aug. 4. The first bale of eotton of the season 1920-21 arrived this morning from Tifton. It will be sold tomorrow at pablie outcry at the cotton exchange. The bale was grown by J. B. O. Lindaey, of Omega, Ga. It is, two day later than the first bale last season. ' "-" THZj Lighting Striken Resideaco Washington, August 4. The homo of H. C. Bragaw, at Choeowlnity, . was struck by lighting on Sunday afternoon daring the severe storm that visited this eectioa. . The lighting did minor bam age in the homo breaking- a mirror aad racking a'door frame Ail. f the inmate , wsrebadley frigtteaed . bat twhitrv; -, BOLSHEVIK 1MY IT! Poles Reported To Have Aban doned Bug River Line and May Leave Warsaw POLISlf FORCES SMASHED BY BOLSHEVIKCHJMNS Latest Reports Indicate That Enemy Enveloping Warsaw Simultaneously From North and The East; Poles Make JLapid Retreat and May Lose Half of Their Conntry POLISH GOVERNMENT TO TREAT WITH BOL8HEVIKI. Warsaw. Aug. 4-(By the dated Preee.) The Polish govern - meat today replied to the Baaalaa Soviet gwverameat, agreeing to nsect repreeaetatlvea of the Bolsho vlkl at Mink aa aooa asi is feasdbto. This oVrtaioa waa reached after aa all day sitting of the council of de fease aad Ue allied salaaloa. It la probable Jhe Polish delega- i tioa will depart for Minsk Thurs day. ' ' Paris, Aug, 4. (By The Associated Press. The bolshevik forees appar ently have scored a great military Me tory over the Poles who are reported to have been forced to abandon th Bug Biver river line and possibly will be compelled to relinquish Warsaw. - According to the laeeet reports reach ing ' Paris, the Polish army, for the time being at least, has gone to pieces, and the bolshevik eolumns are envelop ing Warsaw simultaneously from the North and the east- Tbi -BugBiTi line, Poland's Marne, has gone al most without a fighs, comporting the Polo to make a rapid retreat and shorten their front, which some' of the aua-oxperta-bevo iUvolvoj the abandonment of half the Country to the invaders- SOVIET AUTHORITIES AGREE TO EVACUATE VILNA. Copenhagen, Aug. 4. The Buaslaa soviet government hae agreed to the Lithuanian demand for the avacutioa of Vilna, according to private advices re ceived here. This agreement-is made on eonditioa that the Lithuanians place the railway material necessary or evao uatioa at the disposal of the commander of the soviet fourth army; . PREMIER GEORGE BUSY WITH IRISH AND POLISH PROBLEMS London, Aug. 3. (By The Associated Press.) Poland and Ireland gave Premier Lloyd "George a busy day to day. Ia addition to presiding at a long cabinst council - and discussing these questions, Mr.-Lloyd George re ceived in the afternoon and again in the evening, a ' deputation of . Irish Uaioniata and Nationalists from Dublin and Cork who urged him to grant do minion home rule for Ireland. The deputation waa headed by Sir Stanley Harrington, commissioner for education ia Ireland, and included number of prominent local men, among them Prof. Wilbraham Titxjohn Trench, of Trinity college, DubUn. With the Premier were Andrew Bonar Law, Lord Privy Seal; Sir Hamar Greenwood, chief - secretary for Ireland, and other ministers. The conference waa a pri vate one but at it there occurred a aympathetic discussion of the entire Irish situation. ' ' Between the conference with the Irishmen, Mr. Lloyd George and Mr. Bonar Law received ' Leo Kameneff, president of the Moscow Soviet; Leonid Kramia and other members of the Bus riaa Miss son which haa come to London la aa endeavor to solve the trade situ ation betweea Great Britain and Kua sia. This wss the first jpffidal reception of the Russians einee their return to London. The discussion was confined to the Polish crisis il5.HLMf menF tonurht that the, delegation had urged the government' to drop the new Irish crimes bill and substitute a gen erous dominion home rule measure. To the objection that the visitors did not represent the 8inn Feiners, the dele gation argued that the procedure they advocated would at least have behind it the large and growing opinion in Ireland. It 1 an open secret that the Pre mier favors 'dominion "homer ruto" ss- a solution of the eonTjveTay."V nd""na boea held back f the eoneerva'tive ele ments in the cabinet. ' '" B0L8HEVIKI WITHIN 42 MILES OP WARSAW NOW. London, Aug. 5. A wireless dispatch from Berlin asys the Russians have now advanced to within 6? miles of Wsrsaw en iha, east and to within about 40 miles east of Lemberg. The dispatch adds that, there is panle in Warsaw and that all the Wealthy people are fleeing. ARMY WORM PLAYS HAVOC ON UNION COUNTY FARMS Monroe, Aug. 4. The army worm haa appeared at several pointa in the coun try and ia doii.g great damage to crops. They were first discovered Monday morning In alfalfa fi el da just sooth of towa. They went, through the field eat-' ing all vegetation as they went and soon over ran cotton and corn field adjoining. Telephone ealla havs eome from several soetions of the county for the farm ageat to corns out and direct the far men how to combat the worm. - Fields are being aprayed and deep ditches plowed around them and at short inter vals a log ia dragged along la h ditch SCORESANO POLISH VICTORY to kill, the wonu ttora, - t - c VOTING IN GOOD OLD AMERICAN WAY. AT THE UNIVERSITY x r These two woman ttoll-holdera la harmtaei! at m. The nhotne'ranh shows i nvswholmin m.fnritv for eaua.1 anffran. the Leaa-na of Nations without nullifying reaervations. and the revaluatioa act. That's good platform alnce all three KIDNAPED CHILD NOT YET LOCATED Unique Scheme Used To Cap ture Man Who Claims To Have Made Away With Child Th1uae1f)hle,- Pa . ,"Aug. 4. Postal Inaoectors aanfeunesd today that a search of the house where "the crank" under nrrest in : connection with .the kidnapping of the 13 months old son of lf ..4 If.. f..n XT Pnii (i 1 i m nt vsaled no trace of the missing child. What else waa found In the place that night lead to the recovery of the baby or eonneet "the crank" with the aeutal kidnapping, George A. Leonard, chief postal inspector, said he was not ' at liberty to rveal. The inspector added that the man un der arreet, who the Pennsylvania State rolice and the costal authorities say thar believe is the man wanted, Is weU to do and prominent la the community where he said hs lived. xonara de clared ho believes the child ia In ebarge of persona in Philadelphia who do not know it is the kidnapped baoy. Prisoner .Kent Hlddsn Until the authorities complete their examination of the prisoner and inves tigate the story he telle, his name will not be nude publie nor will the place where he ia being held be revealed. He waa arrested in Egg Harbcr, N. J., Monday and ia believed to be under detention in a South Jersey Town. To the publie, the prisoner is known ss "The Crank1 because he is suspect ed of being the man who wrote letters signed "The Crsnk to Coughlin de manding 12,000 for the return of the child. Coughlin placed the money where designated on June 17, fifteen days af ter the baby waa taken from its erib 4he- seeond floor- f 4he Coughlin home by means of a ladder; The money disappeared without any elue to the child being revealed. PoatalJnapector Leonard, confirmed the dramatis story of the methods used in trapping and capturing the man sus pected of being the kidnapper. Ac cording to Leonard,-lhe Qnughlins re centlv received more letters demanding 10,o6o for the return, of the child. Cor. respondenee with the writer was carried on though newspsper advertisements and it waa arranged that Coughlin should drg the money in a. box from a railroad train between Camden 'and Atlantic City when he saw a white sheet flying, irom a tree. ' Police Cover Railroad The Pennsylvania state police and the rostai authorities co-operated one hun dred and ten golicemen in civilian Utfthoiroored -thVrlwafTOiBa den to Atlantie City, a distance of 50 miles, the distance wri divided into sections and each section numbered. Conghlin was given a map showing the sections and was instructed to display from the ear win-low the number of the section when he threw out the box He boarded the train, saw the white sheet a short distance from Egg Har bor, threw . out the box and, -displayed the fleure 13 which were seen by Stste i pftli wa efcr' u.ilr Ti mediately went to that section. A man was observed coming from the woods, pick up something, from the tracks snd disappear. He was traced through the timber and captured In Egg Harbor. The prisoner, Chief Leonard aaid, had more than 1100. in his clothes. He is described as a man -of good education TY COBB TO SPELLBIND FOR DEMOCRATS IN FALL New York, Aug. 4. Ty Cobb, atar outfielder of the Dotroit baseball club, will appear as a "apell binder in the sjnmlng presidential campaign if plana of Senator Pat Harrison, chairman democratic national speakers' bureau, materialise. Senator Harrison announc ed todav that he nroeoscd to take Cobb with him on a psoposed "swing around th circle Ja the interest of Cos and Boosevelt. '. "'"' Two Tobacco Barns Baraed . Waahlngtoi, August 4. Two more tobacco barna were lost in Beaufort eounty Saturday night and Sunday mak ing a total of nine that have been re ported during the ' last tea days. O, Burnley lost another barn. Saturday night, making two ho has lost since he begin curing his crop. Sherman Elks, whose farm is located aeat - Grlmee- land, lost m bar tenoa...,TiT. -:vi.v;o;.ifti;,i. llTFi: So 1 v'1 . 5 r.. ; the straw election booth at the University one of the six booths established for the planka are embodied in th 8UU jDemoeratie platform. NO WHISTLING, CAPTAIN ORDERED; HE'S MOVED AND WHISTLING'S IN ORDER NOW Wsahlaftoa, Aag. 4Cept. W. W. G timer. Naval governor of Gaaaa, who recently leased aa order making waiatllag aa the lalaad paaUhable by a W dae, haa beea relieved aad Captain Joba C Wettemgel appoint ed to the governorship. Secretary Daniels Ia aanoaaclag the relief of Csptaia Gilmer aaid the whtetllag order had as bearing oa the action Mr. Daniels aaaoaaced thst Caa tala Waldo do Evsads bad beea or dered to Samoa to become Naval govoraor reUevlag Commander W, J. Terhaao. Tl Democratic Nominee Promises To Take Offensive In Forth coming Campaign Dayton, O., Aug. 4. A fighting mes sage to Democrat and Bepulleans was givsa by Governor Cox, the former's Presidential nominee, ia aa address today at a local Democrats picnic. Speaking from a ' roped arena, for boxing event oa the picnlo program, Governor Cox avoiding definite issues, declared ho would ' carry of fenaive In "a eonaidersble fight for which he predicted success. 'Incidentally, he pro mised that hi address nsxt Saturday accepting the Presidential atandard eould be understood "even by school children". I 4,Boys, Tm ready for the fight," he declared to the sheering plaudits of sev eral members of the Gem City Demo cratic club of this city, "We need make no defense," the ernor eontinued. "Ours will be the of fense fight from the beginning to the end, and it will bo a considerable fight. Msks no mistake nbout that. I havs the faith in me that there will be triumph of right principles this fall, whieh will serve notice to Keputmcan leaders for year to eome. I was about io say that it would be a Democratic triumph. It will not be that. It will not be a victory in the partisan sense. It will be a triumph ef the right." Turning upon his opponents, the Gov ernor eontinued "We've won before in the same kind of a fight. We'll wi -again because we're right. "The opposition bas been- good to us, and-herdVantsreshat-itThatrTien will -be recounted in the stirring days shead of us. The opposition apparently ha adoBted the course of doing what we farmer used to do of ploughing around ths stumps, of seeking to avoid the things that perplex. "It is, with the oppositionexpediency, pure and simple. They attempt to ap peal to this groSpTthaTtroop and other groups, without tn siigmeei eonsiucr atlon of the great -menace thereby to Our eours is the straight eourse. SOUTH CAROLINA TOWN MAKES GREATEST GHOWTH Washington, Aug. ; 4. Kinards, in Newberrv county. South Carolina, with aa- inereaae ef 819.8 per cent ia the last ten -yesrs has shown the largeift rate of growth of any place in the south, having a population of 1,600 or more, thus far in the fourteenth cen sus.. Kinards in 1910 hsd a population of 166 whits- Us 1920 census issued to day shows' a population of 1,827, an in erua of 1.361 in the tan year. Townley, Ala., with an increase of 641.3 per rent and a population of 654. and Miami. Fla.. with an increase of 440.1 per cent, and a population of 29,000, rank second snd third among southern place ia their rate of growth CLOTHING MANUFACTURERS REDUCE WORKING FORCES. - New York, Aug. 4r-Several elojthing manufacturers in this eity reported reduction today la their working forces because of lack of orders and "general condition la the trade. - Schwarts Jaffa, Inc., employing wore than 4,000 workmen, announced' that 5 per- cent of their employee were erdsrsa no t to ING SPEECH BY GOVERNOR COX 1 I.. V - I 't I 4, Bummer School dont seem to bo em balloting last Saturday. The women east Candidate Harding Refuses To Take Further Steps In Ten nessee Fight ' 'New and Observer Bureau, 603 District Nat. Bank Bldg. By R. E. POWELL ' (By Special Iaaed Wir.) Washington, Aug. 4. Republican leader ar beginning too;uaraelnMng themselves aad with Senator -Harding over the suffrag ratifieatioa outlook ia Tennessee aad th refusal of th party nominee to exert further influence for ratifieatioa. The headquarter of th National Woman' party announced tonight that alarm over the suffrage ratixieauoa sit nation ,in Tennessee, and reported de- deetions of G. O. P. members, have caused Bennblicana to -send renewed ap Deal to Senator Harding to intercede. This Senator Harding has declined to do. It begin to look more aad more that North Carolina will have to sav th "suffrsge baeoa" If lti saved before- the November election. . . . , Harding Refuse To Act "Senator Harding, however, continue to refuse to exert hi influence,1' com plains th suffragists. "In response to a telegram from th -iarding aad Coofidge Republican League of the Dis trict of Columbia, pointing out th dif ficulties ia Tennessee ' and urging him to appeal to Republicans of the legis lature, he wired: "'You can understand why I eannot consistently urge Tennessee legisla tors to vote for ratification without knowing their reasons or sueh commit ments a they have made. The situa tion is being reported to National headquarter wher It will be given at tention at once.'" The suffrage lesdera here say the Harding and Coolidge League of the District of Columbia took telegraphic poll of the legislature "and it does aot (o6k good." The suffragists say further the Re publicans have approximately a fourth of the members in' th Tennessee' legis lature and that unless Senator Harding acts there will be trouble about sub stantial Bopublicsn support of th suf rsge amendment. Quick Action Urged Ths telcgrsm from the Harding Coolidge League to Senator Harding follows: . , "The Harding and Coolidge Republi can Leagu ha taken a telegraphic poll of the Republican member of th Ten neleStMa frige amendment. It does not look good. Suggest that a personal telegram from you to each Republican members of the legislature will undoubtedly re sult5 in" all voting for the woman auf frage amendment wheh legislature meet August 9th. Do not believe that any thing else will result in solid Republi can-support -for the amendment. Re publicans here- think it most necessary to good Republican support for rati fication in Tennessee because if Ten nessee is lost.: will have women at-' tacking us To get Vermont and Con necticut?' .w "An analysis of the Tennessee legis lature aituation ahows that thS Rcpub lirans have approximately a quarter of the membership of- each house of th legislature,'' aays the suffrage etate ment. " ' - ''-," -Tnerjr.ar evn RepuTilicaa mem bers of the Senate, four of whom are pledged -to vote' for ratifieatioa of suf frage; one. non-committal; on op posed and one haa not been bean', from. "There are 2t Republican member in th house; II of whom are pledged to vote for ratification; five 'ae non committal two opposed, and ten have hot been heard from. ,ber""Ilepublicana who are, non committal and opposed. In both houses, ft v are ' suffragist a shown by th fact that lost ycr they v.oted for the presidential suffrage bi(l. Republicans who gav their pledge to TQtr1 for rtl fiestion, are now beginning to" hesitate and say they are non-committal.' . - Faneral of former Governor. ' , Indianapolis, Aug. 4. Funeral serv ices were held -here this morning lor J. Frank Han ley, former governor of Ia diana and prohibition .worker, who waa killed Sunday at Dennlson, Ohio, when a train struck an, automobil ia which h w ridis r. ' v RIJFFRAGE QAuSES WORRY TO G. 0. P. COMMITTEE VOTES ' JFUIM0liu fi(llJfllCIWL TAXES Umitation Will Apply Only Taxes For General Expenses SPECIAL COMMITTEES - rA-ABJ I ii.unnr i NincnuMcn i Spvolfle Limitation For Zx- penaei of Counties Tonitd Down By Vote of 8 To 8; Bond Issues and Special Taxes Voted By People Not Limited; Some Gossip" ' After determining by a voteof 13 td to include in the constitutional amendment-to be presented to the flpeeial session of the legislature a provision limiting the tax rate to bo levied by cities and towns for general expenses, ana by . a vote of 8 to 5, do elined to limit the levy by count tea. the sub-finance committee and -ob-oa-atitutioaal amendment eommttteo named! w ipecuu eommitteea, oao to draft th constitutional amendment and th other to draft a reviaal of the machinery act aeeeasary to the administration of th new rax legislation. SkjJMb expressed opinion of the full sub committees to guide them, the' smaller committees will draft tho con stitutional amendments and th ma chinery act, and. present the result of their work to the full eommitteea Mon day afternoon at 8 o'clock. Thee committee will remain in Baleigh an til the opening of the special session next Tuesday, while moat of the otner mam' Dr or the sub-financo and eonntltu tional amendments committee will probably spend the week-end at their homes, after attending upon th full meeting of the finance committee to morrow. UailUtloa to Jtato Levy. Incorporated In the amendment thai will be drafted by the committee will he. th prised constitutional jimitatiod for counly and State taxe, expected t b red need from th jirescntl-S l' cent on th 100 valuation to about 2d eentsNo tentative rat for general expenses in eities and town hi been nggested formally to the committee, aad none will b mads' until th But Tax Commission haa submitted its re port ef the property valuation ia th State. Thia report will be -read Monday. .. N eonstitutional limit ia eon .tapV?4JoruOVljBadafoi taking ear of municipal bond leau( either already authorired, or that rosy b authorised la th futur. provided they ar authorized by direct vot of th voters in th territory affected by th levy. The report of these-commits tee named yesterday Is expected to b ready for presentation to th full com mittees of both houses when they meet her Monday afternoon at S o'clock, th day before the special session convenes. Special Cess salt tee - PersoaaeL Tho following members were named on the two special committee - Constitutional committee, Senator George V. Cooper, Henry B. Steven and Jame A. Gray, and Representative R. L. Dongbton, Victor 8. Bryant and J. R.' Matthew Machinery Act Committee, Represen- ' tativea Dawson, Tesgue, Mseon and Shepherd, aad Senators Brown, Cloud and Hyatt Thee committee will hold sessions today and meet with th full finance committee tomorrow, when it gather here at the call of Governor Blekett. Whatever the provisions of tho amendment aa it is wrought out ia th committee during the next few dsys, it will likely be submitted to tho full committee Monday wita blank spsces left for the figures of limitation. Tho Tax Commission i yet some days awsy from final figure on what th taxable property in th Stat is worth, and until it has something definite to offer, no rate will be determined upon. It is generally agreed1 that th present rite will be eut about one-third, ad that the municipal -limitation will ex eeed the State limitation somewhat. Commissioner A. J. Maxwell appeared -before the committee yesterday after- soon t report that the communion was -total" ready JUd to offer the suggestion that . a municipal limitation be established for general expenses, leaving special taxes for schools, street improvements, etc., to be limited by the will of the ' voter who wULpay tho taxe. Hi suggestions were accepted and paased on to the special committee that will draft the law r : v Revaluation Popular,. . During the discussion yesterday ef the provisions for fixing limits to State, eounty and municipal limitation ta taxe for general expenses, many mem bers of the committees took occasion to explain the attitude of their - people bark home toward the entire program, of revaluation. Representative Dough ton asked questions sbout it at time when members were neglectful of volun teermgnformstion, and from all sources cam the assurances that reval uatioa ia popular) aait it popularity ia not confided to either party. : The membership of the'two eomaut- tee is drawn from every section of the State, and the belief grows -ar on " watches the sessions of th committee that prevalent report of dissatisfaction over the act have been vastly exaggsr tAKL-if-. rJat. manufactured altAimthfliV!" Some dissatisfaction appears. because ef th fixing of January l instead oi May 1 -as the beginning of the period of tax listing. Representative- TJSwhoiv. aid : that he believed that th date would be , moved back May 1. r . - There ta Mack Coaslip. Constitutional amendments, limits tiona and machinery acta are In ao win - th only things discussed by the mem ber of the committee when they get out among the lobbies of th capitot, oa the streets snd ia th hotel. Thre is room ia their mind for many bt'aer thing, aad they like to talk, aboat' ICMiUaacd mtun la -, rT- 4t :;;:t;Vvj-;;::': '