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, SIMMONS OPPOSES
' TARIFF EMBARGO
ON IMPORTATIONS
Proposed Action "Would Be
N Height of Folly" Declares
' The Senator '
TAR HEELIEMBERS oK
.CONGRESS UNDECIDED
Import! of Canadian Wheat
Causes Worry To Farmers
While Country , Has Pro.
dnced Twice As Much Wool
As Needed; Trade C6ndf
tions Need Adjusting' ' - .
The Nawa and Observer Bureau,
. 603 District NatJonal Bank Building.
By K. E. POWELL.
(By Special' Leased Wire.)
(
Washington, Dee. 21. The evident de
termination of House Bepublican to
press consideration of the 'emergency"
"tariff bill with dutiei on agricultural
product now foreshadows a fight in
Congress that even the Jtepubjicani
thought would be deferred until after
Mr. Harding got into office.
"With the agricultural sections of the
country clamoring for an adjustment of
trad conditions with Europe, the Re
publican party with premeditation and
deliberation, it appears, seeks to put, an
embargo on importations," one promi
nent Democratic Senator said , this
morning. ' ''.'
-It would be the height of folly for
us to -place an embargo or "rijoteetive
tarifff on the thinga Europe sella to this
country," snld Senator Simmons today.
"While it might possibly help one ele
ment of the people, it woald so impair
European market conditions as to meas
urably restrict exports."
.Tar Heci Member Undecided.
The North Carolinians in the House,
for the most part, were undecided to
day aa to how they will vote on the
Green proposal which has been, given
right of way in the House tomorrow.
AH members are receiving tNegrams
ashing them to support a tariff en dif
ferent items in the. bill, notably cotton
aeed oil and wool. - - " '
The urging of support of the wheat
proposal is because Canadian wheat is
aoming into the border States and sell
ing at lest than the Western wheat
farmcV can grow it. The situation, how-
ever, is described aa abnormal, arid
- one that cannot be charged to ordin
ary international trade conditions.
With wool, the situation is. that his
country ha produced twice as much
,woel aa it ordinarily lues. ) Daring the
war the Industry wag stimulated by
government demand Bd them iy enough
ia this .country for home needs. . Eng
landbeeause the exchange disturbances
do not apply t her loleaies,' it get"
tiig woo) front Australia and sending it
here to apply on her debt, therabrflut
ting the markets. This situation ooght
to be relieved, Senator Simmons said
today, ia older not to atifle the sheep
industry in this country.
But to go further with the prepol
tioa to pot a. duty on corn, cotton",
beans and meats"-and other thinga ia to
further hopelessly involve trade condi
tions. What the country needs next to-
.the domestic relief Congress has shown
a willingness to extend, the Democrats
say, is the adjustment -of trade condi
tions with Europe.
f V..J ChJM
, German agents in this country now
are begging foe two million balea of
cotton. Senator Overman haa been in
' formed, and they, want nine months'
credit. If the United States could ex
tend the credit, students e"f the finan
cial aitnatioa say the Mnarket imme
diately would take, an upward flight. "
Some dorfbt waa expressed- today as
to whether or not the President will
sign the joint resolution . reviving the
War Finance Corporation, which means,
experts calculate, the extension of a
billion dollars' credit to the fanners
for exporting. Senators Simmons and
Overman both believe the President
will sign the resolution with the see
, tioa censuring the 1 Federal Beserve
Board, stricken out. . -
Much satisfaction has fceen expressed
ia- Washington today ever the state
ment made in New York last night by
William Gibbe MeAdooand although
the Bepublican comment is that Me
Adoo la thinking more of 1924 than;, he
s is of 1921, the general imprwaioa is
-that he haa offered a solution of., th
grave problems confronting the conn-
tr8ignlngf th. reedta'ltaa by th
President aad the prospect of an agree
ment between the two house ever the
bill to authorise. the farmers- to estab
lish organisations for cooperative mar
keting aad handling of their products
4a this eountry will eeniderably-help
the preeent aituatio. it is- believed
fcThV appointment of Willie , M. M5
- Cauley to be postmaster at Ido College
was announced to'V.' by the Postoffiee
Department and the President is ex
pected t send ths nam to the Senate
for eonnrmation right away. Otjijr port
' office items announced included" An
exemlaatioa pa January to ill the
Yseaaey 4 the office at Kaaaapolis, the
position paying 2,400, and mmina
tioa for vacancies at Newell, Wananlth,
Buntleyr Elk Park, Gloucester, Hemp,
Lswiston, Olivia, East Hat Boek, Farm
iagtoa and Unaka, aU to be held soon.
fc.h.rt E. Hollowar ihas been ap-
' ftoiated postmastor at Bieux, ' Taneef
eeunty, succeeding James I Warrick,
wnv c .f -
Senators Simnroas aad Overman and
Bepreseatative Clyds1 Hoey left .Waali
ingtoa r today ; f dr V their respective
homes at New Benr, SalisW aad
Bhelby to spend the Christmas holidays.
. T Paafe Bead Uglsdatlea. ..
f The' opinion that a "riderto some
ef th regular appropriation ills will
be necessary to get Federal aid road
leriilatioa through this session of Con
gress was expressed today by "Firmer
Bob Doughton, second ranking Demo
erst oa the roads eelnmittee ci the
House.' - i - i':
Aa adjourned meeting of ths toads
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TWELyE PAGES TODAY,, RALEIGH. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORN' DECEMBER 22. 1920. TWELVE PAGES TODAY.
HARD BATTIf OVER
El
Fordney Measure To Protect
Farm Products To Come Up
In House Today
PROPONENTS DECLARE.
. ITS PASSAGE CERTAIN
Differences qf Opinion Among
, , Southern Members Regard
ing Emergency J Tariff,' With
Many Outspoken Against It;
Advocates 'Win In First
Skirmish In The, Honse
Washington, Dee. 21. The Pordney
emergency tariff measure, designed t-t
protect some twenty-odd farm produetrf
by virtually stopping their importation
through heavy duties, -will be called np
in the House tomorrow under a special
rule giving it right of way aad" limiting
debate. i
Although ' a hard light ia expected,
proponent of the bill declared tonight
it passage by the House was certain.
Its fat, however, in the Senate is re
garded as somewhat doubtful.
In the first test vote tedaz.advoeates
of-the special tariff legialatioa won a
signal victory by adopting, 206"to 76, a
motion to suspend t the, business of
calendar Wednesday so ss to bring the
bill to a vote tomorrow before adjourn
ment. There will be no opportunity to
include articles by amendments.
t - Madden Denounce BilL
, The bill was denounced in the.Housj
today as fcspecial legislation" by'Bepre
sentative Madden, Kepublican, Illinois,
who declared its 'tynwisdom must be
manifest to everybody." -The purpoae
of the measure, Mr. Madden said was te
legislate 'oa a few articles and to elimi
nate from consideration many other, ar
tielea in the hands of thouaanda of
dealers. The only other reference to it
en the floor was by Bepresentativs
Longworth, Bepublican, Ohio, who said
it was aeededito save important agri
cultural interests "from stark and cer
tain ruin.
Soatherners Differ.
' Wide differences of opinion have
developed among Southern memtters re
garding the Fordney tariff prorjbsal.
Some members, among them Bcpre
sefrtative Dominick, Democrat, South
Carolina, re flatly opposed to the bill
in ita present stage., Daily conferences
are -being held in an effort to reach an
agreement as to actio upon that section
srhicJx, places a tariff of seven) cents a
pound, on long staple ettoni Waile
some members are ei ther opinion ' that
the, bill would probably glra temporary
relief for long staple cotton, producers,
tbey fear a Bepublican "triek"-to pat
them on record as favoring a hiju
tariff.
BepresonCative Dominick, ia a state-
mens ueciaring nis opposition 10 in
bill, stated:
"I refuse to sacrifice a principle for
a so-called temporary relief measure,"
referring to the proposed tariff oa long
staple) cotton. "We should be more ia-
tnnntA una in o-oltino' fnrtrn nir.
kets for our products than aa' building
a tariff wall around us.
Weald Not Delay Tot.
Senator Smith, Democrat, Georgia,
declared that if: long staple 'cotton,
peanuts, peanut oil, and cotton seed oil
remain in the bill the Democrats of the
Senate did not propose" to delay-the
measure when it get -to the Senate, bnt
will let it eome to a vote. Senator
Smith added that if those commodities
were eliminated the situation Vould b
different.,
Governor-elect Hardwick, of 'Georgia,
who appeared before the House way
'end means committee, which is conduct
ing hearings on the Fordney measure,
discussed th plan for a sales tax, which
is known to have the support of sev
eral Bepublican tnemhers of the com
mittee, including Chairman. Fordney.
Mr. Hardwick, representing bottlers of
carbonated beverages, told the com
mittee that in hia epinion a sales tax
should not burden the eoaaumer to the
extent that an excess profit or a tariff
lev would. ' t (,;
VERDICT OF. GUILTY IN r -
LIPPARDJMURDER CASE
Jury Pronounces Verdict' of
Second' Degree Murder
, Against ' Defendants,
Morgaaton, Dee. 21. "Guilty of mur
der in ths second degree" was the ver
dict rendrei by the jury in the Lip
pard marder ease at 8:30 tonight, after
dcliberatingjess than aa hoar.
When it was announced that the ver
dict was reader a aihall crowd gathered
quickly ia the court room to. hear th
decision, i. Ed. Seett wa spokesman,
telling the court that the verdict "ap
plied to eaeh of the' three defendants.)
. iC&m Hefner, father of ' Ceeil . aad
Dock Hefner, was with his bofs, and
seemed to sake the result quite as store
ally as they Lone Young, th-other
defendeint, wa the only onf who -was
Attorney WMteaer entei 'f oriaafl
motion -for new trial, but wa ever-pilfd.'-
Judge fihaw announced that
sentence would; not b passed until to-
mw-gmotning. i ..;. -, ?
r - Mr. 'Whitenef consulted wHh tha.4-
fendants) immediately following the ver-
cict and aaid th:y ar atil. most esa
phatie L their prjteeas ef innoeenee of
th crime or any y i m ledge- af H.
JUMPS PROM WINDOW TO -f '
ESCAPi FROM BURNING. HOUSR
' Lynchburg, Va Dc.( Sl.-r-Arouied
at a reralt of his left ear being burned
B. Ic Jefferk4 merchaat her, escaped
death catty this mpraing by jumping
from . a seeond story window ef the
home of Mr. Louis Henry' the'atrne
tore being badly damaged by , flames.
' 11 i , ' '
- Good program ef race and special
ties, Christmas Day, Pinehurst, Satur
day 1:00 p. tt , ' . -; : adv.
EM
ICY TARIFF
APPEARS PROBABLE
NINETEEN OPPORTUNITIES
STILL REMAIN TO BE TAKEN
Thres more days before Christmas aad ninete! Opportunities left. And
among th number not yet taken are- same of the moat touching eases, including
mother with children abandoned by worthies husbands'; old ladies trying, with
what -strength ia left them, to make enda meet by sewing and doing odd job of
household work. " ,
Nineteen opportunities fofChriatmas service are yet to be taken. The list
ia ahrinking. Call Th News and Observer early thi morning for the address
f th Opportunity yea select. The Opportunities, including those taken yestcr-J
day and those not yet taken, follow: (
. OPPORTUNITY NO. T.
- Widoav with one so. - Both work.
Womaa doc house work.
OPPORTUNITY NO.-1S.
Old laqr sad oaa son. Both "work.
Woman does house work. , .
OPPORTUNITY NO. 18. .
Taken by Mr. D. H. Chapman, U4
t. Park Drive.
OPPORTUNITY.Nd. Si.
Old aua. Peddles books aad works
all he can. Deserving. '
OPPORTUNITY NO. $.
Couple, husband blind, wife feeble
minded. Both very . industrious aad
work..
OPPORTUNITY NO. It
Widow with fiv children, all work
ho are eld enough. Children's age:
boys, 14, 12, girls 3, t and 8 years.
OPPORTUNITY NO. St.
Old lady live alone.. Works when
able.. '"
OPPORTUNITY NO. .
Very old couple. Deeerving.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 84.
Taken by Mrs. . H. Pauls, Th
lm. -- -
OPPORTUNITY NO. St
Old lady cripple. Works all eaa.
Very deserving.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 4.
Family of 4, mother, father, little
hiby aad little girl 3 years old, Mother
and father both been sick. Father
orkiag, but gets very small salary.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 41.
Taken by Mrs. M. R. Holding, Mr.
J. L. Martin rnd Mra. Frank Hkks.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 44.
Old lady- lives slone. Takee ' h
washJjig sad doe work by the day.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 47.
Old lady lives with niece. Deserv
OPPORTUNITY NO. 48.
Taken by Senior Philathea Claaa Bap
tist Taberasele. ' .
Every Branch of The List En
compassed By Violent Down
ward Movement
New York, Dee- lll-On traasaetions
ansrozimatiaa 1.706,000 ahans, 1 U
htrgeet turaever t the year, th Steel
Market today experienced smother oras-
- -
tit readjnstmeat of e,uoted; values
which forced many issnea down tresn 3
to 22 points and established , numerous
new low records for from 1 to 4 years.
The collapse, which exceed ed in vio
lence any movement, of th prolengeettniabed by Mr. Cushing with the nam
reaction, encompisaaed every braaeh ef
the list, but' was snost eitenaivela .th 1
group of so-called Independent steals,
coppers, motors, and inflated aaares.
Waiving admitted adverse condition in
trsds nnd industry, not only ia this
country but throughout th world, trad
ers 'declared there were no specific de
vekmniente to explain the dump, other
than the growing conviction that many
war millionaire in and out ef Wall
Street have reached the end ef their
financial tether.
'.,1a auhstaaee traders asserted, th
credit situation haa ' closed th money
market to ths country's speculative op
erators, although local baa king iast
tntions aver that . no more thaa the
usual calling of loana customary at
this time of year has been engaged ia.
It is accepted as n fact, however, that
banks have been atrngtaaaing their
resource to meet requirement of the
coming year, this policy having the
tacit approval of the Federal Be
serve Board and other conservative In
terests. News of the day which bore
directly upoa the action of the Stock
Market was provided by , the shutting
dowa ef many milla and factories,' es
pecially ia New England; for "inven
tory1? purposes' la a majority of eases
the ar. likely. to reopen after the
holidays on a reduced basis of wage
schedules. . Much f today's nnaettle
saent waa produced by aa abrupt de
cllae of about 22 poiata ia Bcplogl
Steel, which ir controlled by soma of
the largess factors ia ths steel industry.
Beplogle recovered only 8 poiata of its
loss at 09 aad Vanadium Steel, which
has eloae reistioas with Beplogle, drop
ped mora thaa 7 points, rallying dnst
one ppiatk , '-
Among coppers, motors aad kindred
specialties, the reaction due in part to
th disorganized state, of these 1 ados
tries, ran from S to points, th mar
ket for those issue beiag negligible.
Oils suffered declines of $ to 4 point
with only nominal 1 recoveries, and
equipments, which naturally follow the
course of steels, also reflected the nek
ef support. -;:V J, . .,."'...,...,"'.:''.--,
1 Shippings, recently among th weak
est eleasenta ef the entire market, were
hekvy at all times, particularly Atlan
tic Gulf aad Vest Indies and American
International Corporatioa, th latter be
iag among -tie issnea to make 'a new
low record. Dividend payiag rails held
their gToaad until the- final hoarwhen
the wida aweep of th liquidation be
came too atrong to be resisted. Bead
ing, eaa of the sheet anchor t "to
traasportatioa list, finished at across
of fiv points, and Southern Pacific, a
target of the Sears ever sine the pub
lication of the terms f its "melon",
forfeited 8 H point. -.
.'.': J."Wia Remember Sa44Ur. ".-f V
"Asheville, Die. SI. Bars ea mad Phila
thea elassea l -many sections of North
Crrolina well. a in BnesvDle Nor
flk, Biehsaoad aad other cities are
preparing , gret. - boxes , of sweets
together , with ' Sowers ind special
pretests to b seat to th aick aad
wounded soldiers who are.aow stationed
la Us United State pubUe heel's
terries hospital at Oteea ad Ksnil
worh. ' r k
,
OPPORTUNITY NO.
Old couple,' husbaad blind. Wife
works ia mill, iery poor.
. OPPORTUNITY NO. 1.
Takea by Bev. N- C. Hughes' Private
School.' . -
OPPORTUNITY NO. S.
Woman aad two email children.
Boy 6 year, girl 2 year. Husband de-
kerted several months ago. Woman
sick in bed. .Very needy. ' -1
t1 OPPORTUNITY NO. IS.
Taken bjUFriend.
OPPORTUNITY -NO. i.
Take by Mr. P. D. Gattia, 928 N.
fterson street.
, OPPORTUNITY Ntt 8.
Old lady very poor, works all she
eaa.
OPPORTUNITY NO. Is.
Family of"Wrn, mother, father and
five children.' Girl 7, boy 9K10,J11 and
14 year. Father works hard.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 17.
Mother, father and little girl- 8
year eld. Father work, mother been
iek. Very deeerving.
OPPORTUNITY NO. 88.
Mother, father and little girl 3 years
old. Father beta aick and not able to
provide well for family.
OPPORTUNITY NO. Its
Taken by Friend.
OPPORTUNITY NO. M.
Family composed of mother, father,
and fiv children. Boy 7 and 5 years.
Girls 10, 3 and 1' years. Father works
hard.
OPPORTUNITY NO. (1.
Takea by Mrs. R. T. Ory, 'Blount
street. .
OPPORTUNITY NO. It.
Mother, father and little boy 5 years
old.
OPPORTUNITY NO.-4S:
i Takea by Mrs. J. B. Martin, 415 Elm
street.
Cushing Declares Government
Officials Joined In Profit
eering In Coal
Washington, Dec 21-Charge that
govtramnt officials ' joined ia coal
B4iecig dnring thn period of ehort
g last summsr wer mad by Georg
Cushiar. raanagiastr director of -, the
UMHUf, K,. . UUWWI I
Americaa Wholeaaie Goal Assoc iatloa,
testifying under eatbr today before, a
Senate investigating- aommitu. la an
exseutiv eion th committee, ac
cording to Senator Calder, Bepublican,
f New York, it chairman, was; rur-
ot one man. said to have been a prin
cipal In aa operation by which a group
f men in government aervic .obtain
ed 450,000 tons of coal, which they cold
later at a profit of 8000,000. Railroad
official and on army officer ale par
tieioated in the profit making, Mr.
Cashing waa said by Chairman Calder
to havo ehirgeci.
Thi phase of Mr. Cushing' testi
mony before - the - eommitte over
shadowed the rest ef hi statement,
which was to the effect that the coal
shortage last summer wa due to
"panic" and largely caused by state
ment of th Interstate Commerce- Com
mission, th Geological Survey, th
Railroad Administration ' and th Sen
ate Interstate Commerce Committee
tolling the consuming public shout a
coal shortage this winter.
J. A. D. Morrow, vieo-presideat of
th National Coal Association, en or
ganization of operators, the office
records of which were examined lat
week by ihe Senate committee, took the
stand late ia the day and began a
denial of th ."panic theory advanced
by Cushing to explain the shortage. Mr.
Morrow was excused until tomorrow,
when th eommitte took Mr. Cushing
into executive session.
Chairman Calder,- at- the- close ef the
exeentiv session, recounted'' part of
Mr. Cushing statement, saying that
no-names would be mad public by the
committee until investigation of tho
charges was completed. Certain of
ficial, it was said, Cushing testified,
were able to secur information' a to
communities where shortage- conditions
were particularly feared aad possessed
ia fauna tioa as to th effect of priority
eroWs oa the furnishing of coal ears.
These a facia hi alio wer aid to hav
obtained information as to coal ia
transit and to hav been able to obtain
(applies which r could be diverted ot
more lucrative markets. One "pool"
mentioned by Cashing, Senator Calder
said,' involved 430,000 jtono while other
operation were said to have beea in
timated. The government official named ,
bv Cuakin" was said bv ihe witness te
hav resigned some time ago. j
AIR PILOT FAILS TO V
ESTABLISH NEW REQQRD
New York, Dee.' 2l Lieutenant C.
C. Kirkpatrick, aa arttry pilot, ' who
started from th ground' at - Mitchel
Field, Miaeola, at T:3fi yesterday morn
ing la an effort to establish a world's
endurance record ia the air, was forced
to land at 1:34 o'clock thia morning'.
He aad beea in the air 18 hours ana
one miaute. The record is 24 hours, 18
miautea and seven jrVeends. - A leak
in th gssolln tank forced him to give
p .the attempt. - - -.v--.-:
BJG FIRE AT WAG RAM - -i
-' . CAUSES A BIO LOSS
' Wagrass, N. f7. Sl.e-Ls -timatesT
at k lweaa 817Mt aad
8SM realt Iiwsa r hr
early teday whkk dtryd thir
teea kalUiags 'aad 888 bale of
cotton. "
LAUNCHES
CHARGES
AGAINST
OFFICIALS
AVERAGE
PRISONER
nofesseniially;
bad says bickett
Victim of Environment Rather
Thaa Criminal. Instinct;
He Believes
CONFESSION OF FAITH '
ACCOMPANIES PAROONS
Ho Apology Tor His Record of
Having Pardoned Nearly 600
Prisoners During His Term
As governor; Believes Inde
terminate Sentence Should
Be Used Generally
"I do not hav in my heart any
thing that resembles sn aKlogy for
throwing out the lifeline to these men
who have fallen overboard," declares
Governor Bickett in drawing uy a
"confession, of faith" with which he
accompanies his Christmas series of
pardons to' men and women, confined
in the State prison, or in county penal
institutions.
The Governor has closed what some
of his critics have been pleased to call
his "pardon mill, with not quite 000
paroles and ardoai Eiiire his fitn :n
January 25J9J2. He- will eonsider no
more ajiplications for pardon, although
his office is besieged daily by tolephone,
telegraph, mail, and distressed friends,
mothers, fathers who-i come hourly to
his chambers for intercession,
"Mistakes have been made by my
self, tad by all Governors who 'have
gone before me and will be made by all
Governoraho follow after me," the
Governor says, "and for the simpl
reasos that a man who is so "ld blood
ed that he will not occasionally make
a mistake on the side ef mercy will
never get. close enough to the people
of North Carolina to be chosen their
Governor,!
Not rtevntful of Critics.
The Governor's statement is as fol
lows : ' i ., .
" 1 am this wek"issuing my final ser
ies, of pardons and paroles. In con
nection with these last acts of execu
tive clemency I desire to make a state
ment to the public. I have beea much
criticized on account of my exercise
of the pardoning power. I have regret
ted these criticism but have -not re
sented it. It i entirely possible that if
soma other Governor had mad the
same pardon record-1 would have been
found smeug hia critics. It is simply
impoMunT for ss outsidor to see the
case with the Governor' eyes.
"Of course mistakes bjivs beea made
by myself, and by sfl . Governor who
hsv gone before me, end will be
msde by all who follow after me, and
this for the simple reason that a man
wh is so cold-blooded that he will not
occasionally make a mistake on the
side ef merry will -naver get clos
enough to the people of .North Caro
lina to be chosen their Governor.
Grateful For Powr.
I do not hav in my heart anything
that resembles an apology for throwing
out the life-line to men who have fallen
verboard. I am deeply grateful to
Qod and to th people of North Caro
lina for giving me the power to do so.
But' I do think it proper, just before
the curtain fall on my administration,
to make known to the people the prin
ciple that have guided me in the
ererciae of the highest aad most anrred
function of my office. '
"First I believe in the indoterminate
sentence. That all punishment should
be, for a minimum and maximum time.
The people ef North Carolina believe
in this principle, The General As
sembly ia the year 1017 conferred on
our Judges the right to impose the
indetermpiute sentences. Is th vast
majority of eases before in I have
simply applied this principle to pris
oners convicted before the passage of
this law. Wherever the Judge has
imposed s maximum and minimum term
I hsve not, so fsr ss I can recall, In
terfered in any case before the mini
mum term imposed by the Judge had
expired. The underlying principle is
stroy theen.
"2. I im profoundly convinced that
th averag man sent to prison is not
essentially a criminal. As Attorney
General of the State, I prosecuted
every- criminal case that came be for
th Supreme Court in eight years. Dur
ing these years I was immersed in
the tudy of crimes and criminal. It
was my duty- to sustain every convic
tion whea legally possible to do so,
and my werk tended to develop a bias
against th prisoner.
"But thcie eight - year' experience
sad tudv ha produced ia my mind a
deep and definite conviction that th
averag violator of th law, Is not a
moral pervert, is not essentially a
criminal, but ia s perfectly , normal
man who, by reason of aa environment
for, which be was aot responsible, or
by reason of some sudden passion or
Loverwhelming temptation commits aa
act for wbiejt hs is very properly, seat
to prison. But, after thia normal' man
has been In prison for a reasons bis
time, if the State gives hin another
chance 'hs will not be a menace to so
ciety, but will be a-better eitixeu thaa
he was before he fell into temptation,
He has learned something sbout the
wsges of sin. ,-,.'
"There are, of course, grow and vic
ious exceptions te this general - rule,
butt the conviction that the average
prisoner is not fundamentally'' Wicked
has beea intensified by my stndy -of
crime and my experience with Crim
inals during my four yea re' service's
Governor.' , , ' . ' -
Ia th exereit of the almost 'God
like power granted .me by the Consti
tution, I have aot been guided by im
pulse, by eaprie or sentimentalism, but
in every ens 1 have put to my soul
the question, "Is the man worth ssv
inr. aad i it Dosslble to sava him
without hurt to society at -larger"
-nils is "no aeiens , oi j paraun
record. It is my confession of faih
(Coatiaaed ea Fag .Two)
TWO KILLED WHEN TRAIN
STRIKES AUTOMOBILE NEAR
GREENSBORO. AT CROSSING.
..Bsrlington, Dee. XI- Ollla Halt,
cork and hi (titer, Mr. Floyd
Whitt, wer Instantly killed and
two other Mverely Injure about 8
o'clock thi afteraooa whta a South
era paasrnger train, eaatboand,
crashed Into th aatemobll la which
they wer riding at Burlaw Crossing,
a few mile east of Greensboro.
While th name of th ether oc
cupant of th car were not learned.
It I understood that they wer also
from Burlington.
TRAIN KILLS HAW RIVER MAN.
Hsw River, Dec. 21. A freight
train running ahead of wstbenad
Southern train No. Is, killed Bill
Williams, age 4, an employ of a
local cotton mill, thi afternoon at 8
o'clock. Williams had started horn
and waa walking down the track. It
ia slated, aot far of th ttlea
whea th train cam . amend th
sharp curve at that point. H leave
a wife and aix children aad was
highly thotrfht of In th community.
The funeral will be held her toaaer.
row.
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FOUR DEFENDANTS
Court Rules Insufficient Evi
dence To Hold Persons In
Shepard Case '
Macon, Ga.. Dec. 21. All four of the
defendants charged with poisoning Fred
D. Hliepard of IJouston county, for his
money were discharged her late today
by Judge H. A. Mathews of Superior
court The judge held that even graft
ing that -0hopnrd was poisoned the
Htate had not presented sufficient evi
dence to connect them with the deed.
He also declared testimony of experts
regarding the alleged poisoning was
conflicting.
There was a mild outburst of ap
plause as the preliminary hearing which
had lasted a week came to a close
nnd then Bhepard's widow, now Mrs.
Pauline Elmer of Jacksonville, 'leaped
up1 and facing the judge cried: "Josu
did not walk alone in the Garden. I
did not walk alone. 1 God wa with
me.
The woman's word drifted off into
ineohoreney and suddenly she toppled
over backward but was , saved from a
fall by attorney nearby. Friends
crowded around the othsr defendants,
Mrs. Elmer's son, Krnest Hnpson; her
younger sister.' Mrs. Iona Henry and
Mrs. Annie Cutts, of Fitzgerald. In a
fW miaute Mrs. Elmer had recovered
'sufficiently, to be taken away by her
friends.
The court room which had Iveen well
filled throughout the hearing was
crowded tonight and frienda of the
defendants crowded around to eongxat
ulate them. As they left the court
house, they were halted again on the
eidewalk to receive congratulations.
NEW BERN WORKERS WILL
RUN PLANT THEMSELVES
After Deducting; Overhead Ex
penses, AU Profits Will
Be Theirs
New Bern, Dec. 21. Beginning to
morrow the foundrymen and machin
lata expect to take over the plant' of
the New Bern Iron Works and Supply
Co. and after paying the overhoad ex
penses to divide the profit among
themselves. The plan was proposed
Saturday by the genera) mnnager, K.
Lk Willis when the workers objected to
a further cut of ten per cent Saturday
but he wss called out of the city be
fore the agreement was formally drawn
up and will not return until tomorrow.
The workers were given a cut of ten
per rent in wages two weeks ago aad
Saturday were told that another cut of
ten per rent would havo to be made
or the plant closed down as the com
pany was not making expense. Then
tho machinists proposed that the plant
be turned over to them which Mr. Wil-.
Irs agreed to. They returned to, work,
Monday, morning with. thf uni!fiatTd
ing but a he had been called away,
the agreement has not beea formally
completed.
It is their' expectation, however, that
it will go into effect ss Mr. W. A. Mc
intosh, secretary and treasurer, who
with Mr. Willis controls the stock in
the company is understood to be
agreeable to the plan. As outlined, the
plan contemplates th operation of the
plant by the workers themselves.
MORE DISORDERS IN
IRELAND REPORTED
Heavy Fighting Between Civil
ians and Soldiers ; Jtumer
' ous Casualties
- Deblin, Dee. 21. (By the Asscoiated
Pre). Heavy..- fijcjljing ' has taken
fine between lurge forces of eiyilisns
on one sideband soldier and police on
the other in the "section lying between
Collan, county Kilkenny, and G lea
bower, County Tiprterary. v, , ,f
The military arty police were am
bushed at not less than Jhres different
nlaeea yesterday and : numerous casual-
it is resulted on both sides. These in-
r : . m . ... , t, , v .
eiuuea sergeani naisn, aoyai ansa
Constabulary, killed, and- Sergeant
Fhannoif and several soldiers wounded.
About thirty civilians wer wounded or
captnred. , , , .
- Aa official communication issued by
general headquarter tonight estimates
the casualties among the attacking
fore at sixteen sad give th military
casualties as , one private ' severely
wounded. No- police casualties are
mentioned. - The ' statement 4ays that
the details ar (till ia dou.ljfc.snd that
no information ha yrt - beak received
regarding the ambush ef police reia
forcemeat from Clonmel. ;
Th inhabitant of th countryside
ar ia a state of terror and many' are
Seeing' from their homes ' . ..v,
RELEASES
PRICE: FIVE1 CENTS
KA URGES SALES
TA)CAS NECESSARY
TO HELP BUSINESS
New York Banker Discusses
Tax Revision Before Ways
" and Means Committee ' -
ADVOCATES RErEAL OF .
EXCESS PROFITS TAX -
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Thinks Sales Tax Plan Would"
Act As Check To Profiteer' '
inr Which Has Besulted "
. From Excess Profits Tax;.
- Tax Burden Has Already
Stopped Commercial Growth
Washington, Dec. 21. Establishment -of
a sales tax, repeal of the tax on ex- -cess
profits, reduction ef the higher
rates on income surtaxes, upward revis-S
ion of the tariff and the levying ef 'a
flat tax on net profits of corporations
were advocated before. the Heuas way
and means committee today by Otto E.
Kabn, New York banker, in a compre
hensive discussion of tax revision legis
lation.
Mr. Kahn, one of the few witnesses
invited by the commutes to sppesr.be-
fore it, dwelt at length on the question
of a sales tax, partly in response to
indications in the committee that thi
sort of tax is gaining in favor. Chair
man Fordney. before Mr. Kabn was
called, aaid he and several other mem-
here believed some sort of saifs tax
would rwultM'Ut were seeking -methods
by which the tax would not be mutti- -liied'
and the consumes unjustly taxed x"
in the final puachase.
Check Profiteering,
A a result of th tkblrman' state
ment, Mr. Kahn discussed that phasej of
the problem advocating legislative pro
visions which would require th tax to
be made known in each sale and added i
to the selling price as a separate item.-
Such an arrangement, he said, in hi
epinion, would check the profiteering
which hai resulted" from the elects
profit tax.
In his discussion of-the need for a
revised taxation program, Mr.- Kahn de
clared that American business could not
experience a healthy growth if the, gov. .
eminent continued "on a road of exces
sive taxation nnd continued to absorb
the life blood of business through con
centration of taxes on. income and,
capital.' He added .that "the tax bur
den" had already actually stopped eosv
mereial development. ,
- Bart Bsraiaeaa,' '
"What hak happened in the pot," he
continued, "can reasonably be expected
to happen again in the future. We have
seen (he end of this tax pUa and have
seen its disastrous results. jU has forced
every business house .to run to banks
for credit to conduct business, but As
ally the hanks rah but and th Federal
Beserve Hoard had to call a halt.
"After thi cam the collapse ia msr
keta.lt hit the farmers first, but nose
have been spared and all business has
felt the effects. The retailer has not
been struck Jejhe eaten that I fear he '
will. You can e from that what wiH
happen unless the principle is changed.'
One of the mean Suggested by Mr.
Khn for lifting the present tax bur
den waa a funding of the Victory notee
and War Havings certificate. He urge
payment out of taxe of the treasury
certificates of indebtedness, howevsr,
saying it appeared that this would be .
done without inconvenience before they
fall due.
ravara Sale Tax.
Employment of a aalea Tsrx as one f v
the means f raising th four biUion
of revenue needed snnuajly by the'goy-
ernment is being considered by come"
members of the committee. Chairman'
Fordney declared; He said other mem
bers were in favor of ''some kind f
s aales tax. ' " '
'It seems a sensible tax," said Mr.
ForoVney, "But we do not want a sales
tax that mil be multiplied and pyra
mided into a ouraea on in toMum,,.
We want to avoid a law which will
cause to be passed oa to the apasumer -a
levy which note more profit to- tli8
merchant thsn-taw to th government.?
The chairmen added that under sons
of th present taxe, merchant were
sdding under the guise or taxe sauea
more to th price of articles haa ths
tax levy justified. He contended thst
this . was oae of the problems which
Congress must solve ,in revising reve
nue law.
Hardwick Befer -Cemaaltto.
Governor elect Hardwick of Georgia,
representing bottler of carbonated
beverages, told the committee a sales '
tax ihould not .burden th consumer to
ths eaten that aa exeoss profits tax .
or a tariff levy would. JSffith respect
to, the tariff, Mr. Hrdwk declared .
that that sort of a tax seat that th .
government would get only a tax pro
portionate in amount to the quality of
the commodity imported while th per
titular article assessed, U anaofstur
d in this eountry, would pay bo tax.
Thjs same commodity, however,. he ss-.,
serted, would be increased in price to
the consumer to ths same extent that'
sn Import duty had beea levied.
BILLY SUNDAY SPEAKS TO
BIG CHARLOTTE AUDIENCE
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' Char'itte, Dee. . fl-Toaight Billy :
Sunday ssoks to about four thousand
people in th auditorium, th personnel
repTeentinvery gvsde and class f ',
tfeopl i the eity. His subject was .
sHore The Need ef Good Homes la'
ths World Today, Good Mother .aad ;
Good Fathers." ' -' " .
, "Bless ths South,", b said. It v is
freer from isms aad schisms thaa any
m fl',m earth.' I lik it. .
I lik your reverence oa.God and the -
Sabbath Day. ra peopisr ox xn owns
... mM loval ta th real . downright .
principals of Christianity than the peo
ple of any outer section.., m uor
everything about Charlotte . that was
-,wl mmA T Wa. slnn wanted to eome
here. .Tv Only visited one towa so ir
ia Worth Carolina, no us is JUMeiga. .
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