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DENY ROOSEVELT
CHANCE TO REPLY
TO GRKHARGES
Sub - Committee of Senate
Naval Affairs Committee
Makes Report Public
DENOUNCE METHODS IN
NEWPORT SCANDAL PROBE
Senator King Will rile Minor
ity Report Later But In Pre
liminary Statement Declares
Positive Injustice Done By
Republicans To Mr. Daniels
and Mr. Roosevelt
The News and Observer Bureau.,
60S District National Bank Bldg.,
By EDWARD E. BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 19. Former Amis,
tfint Secretary of the Navy Franklin
J). Roosevelt is in Washington. He
fame from Maine in order to be !ip.ird
by the subcommittee of the Senate
naval affairs committee before it is
ned its report ou the Newport vice
investigation!. lie had been in formed
that the majority report, isu?d by the
" twn ' Bcpiibliran"memfrfTii -of the-iw-
mUtec, Senators Ball and Keyct. upld
be issued Monday, and as lie had Ijocn
promised n he'rint; before it was inatJe
he tele;riinh d i ;l :v; for a hearing.
' When he4' nrv'ed in Wellington ' Mob
day morning he as liivcn pstiirances
tlijk the report would not be issued
'till Friday of this week, l ater he
learned that it was given out Monuday
for release for publication at one
o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The testi
mony which 'He had access to Monday
for the first time is in 15 volumes of
fi.OOO pages, nnd he had set for him a
physically impossible task of roview
in a few hours.
Mr. Boosevelt in his statement on
the majority report summed up his
Tcply this way;
1 Throughout their report I accuse
them of deliberate falsification of evi
dence, of perversion of facts, of mis
statements of the record ;ind of a de
liberate attempt to deceive.''
. . - .V.'u PntniMd a Hftaclnff.. .
Before tho report was rcl'-iscd for
publication at 1 o'clock this nftervotn
Mr. Kooscvclt sent a letter to Chair
man Pane, of the Senate naval affairs
committee, protesting again-t the out
rage. His letter was dated at 10
o'clock this morning and was sent
at once to Chairman Page, la it for
mcr Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Roosevelt et out the fast that the tub
committed had given him a promise
his throuffh Chairman Ball of th sub
commltte that he would le notified
before the sub committee mads it re
port, but that he had not 'en otl
fied. As to this failure to notify hm
Mr. Booscvelt declared:
"I charge bad faith and deliberate
unfairness on the part f Chairman
Rail." Neit he set forth the vast
. nmaunt nf testimony to be reviewed
stating that he was gyn only unti
ft o'clock Mondur, a few hours, !o re
view this and to appear before the
sub-committee, nnd that as the uport
had already been given out for pub
lication that nuything ho had 13 state
would not. therafore. change tho ma
Witv rennrt. but that nevertheless
he had nnnearcd before the sub com
miMee that he had only obtained the
' information through a frionl at four
Vlek -Monday- Jiftcrnoon thit the
subcommittee report had bo.-.i given
out for release at 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon. His appearance tin Tuesday
night before the sub-committee wa
' nnw wtinllv Immaterial, and in tin
he rharged the Republican members
"with bad faith and delibcralo tin
fairness on the part of Penutor Ball
unit S.nnlnr Keves." but that to Show
-..hit willingness to testify be had ap
peared before the sub-committee, en
with its majority nepuimcau le.-vri
.already issued, and added:
i in, Imnroner Practices.
"In advance of its publication I
charge Senator Ball and Senator Keyes
with deliberate improper prac nces i
that tho report was prepared by an
with the nssistanco of one Fayer
brother, the agent of John R. Ruthom
who made tho original marge 10 m
naval affairs eommittec.
Mr. Roosevelt gave notice in his let
ter to Chairman Page that n won.
. further atudy and review tno tes.
mnn and would file with the com
definite reply, and that
ask for an early open hearing beforo
the full committee.
Uniust and Unfair
Tim minority report of the Demo
eratie member of the tub-committee
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at there has been a mass of testimony
to review, but lata this afternoon Bona
tor King issued a preliminary state
mUflT. in 1 11 IB lan W V' m I v v. -
ohsrvca neainst former Assistant 8e
retnry of the Navy Boosevelt and
asainst Secretary Daniels are "in msay
particulars unjust and unfair." That
inthem are "innendoet and implica
tions calculated to eonvcy inaccurate
" and erroneou'conclusionta' that H
'"' doea a "greit injustice to Mr. Daniels
and particular to Mr. Boosevelt," that
r'important items of testimony are ex-
aia-crated. and costive and unimpeach
able teatimony ignored. The attack
upon Mr. Boosevelt I. consider unjust,
entirely unwarranted, ana not tup
" norted by the reeords. I (eel eonfl
dent that a d'urpastlonate penuol of all
. - tha testimony la the ease will eompel
at to Mr. Boosevelt and Mr. Daniels,
coaelusioa entirely different from that
reached and set forth la tba majority
" report.", -.
Posititi Injustice Dona ,
, ' Senator King reviewt tk testimony
J .kiwi Bilianl VUkattlva inlfiati kal
been don by the Kepoblicsnt on the
iub-tommltt to Mr. panielt ni Mr.
.Boosevelt. Da aayt that ''serious
charges, which are act anbttaariated
and which the testimony thowt to be
(Coatlaaed ft foar.)
BOTH PRINCIPALS
TO EXCEPT FROM
Then Each Will Watch Other
For Move Toward Courts
For Injunction
COTTON MILLS DISSOLVE
ALLIANCE TO FIGHT ALONE
Cannon and Cone Interests Will
fight Order In Courts, But
Other Mills May Let Things
Go As They Stand; Smaller
Power Companies Watching,
and May Seek New Rates
Both petitioner and respondenta will
file exceptions to the recent order of
the Corporation Commission granting
21 per cent increase in power ratea to
the Southern Power Company, accord
ing to well authenticated statements
made in Iialeigh yesterday. While
neither the cotton mills, which entered
the suit as respondents, nor the power
company may go as far as the eourts
neither wishes to bo put in tho position
scquiescenco until the other shows
hand.
eeptions 4o -the-order must be filed
iflifii fen days after' the certification
f the order, or thereafter the principals
tho suit will bo bound by it. The
ime limit expires next Saturday, but
is understood that ..both litigants, will
except formally before that time, and
stand by to watch for further develop
ments. Ten duvs more are allowed for
he perfection of an appeal to the courts
restrain tho enforcem,ent of the
order.
Cotton Men Meet.
Cotton mill men met in Greensboro
on Monday and discussed the matter
among themselves, hut agreed on no
further alliance of interests. Each
mill will proceed along lines that seem
to serve individual interests, excepting
to such portions of the rate order as
appears good to them, and leaving the
rest to do as they please. It is un-
crstood that the Cone interests in
Greensboro will except- from the sec
ondary power rates, and that tho Can
on interests at Concord will resist the
orrfeT no general grounds.
Southern Power oflicials hare been in
New York since the order was issued
and no authoritative word has been
received from them as to what action
ill be taken. It is understood that
they will not allow ten days to pass
without lodging exceptions that would
save them from going into court in a
purely defensive attitude if the rates
should be attacked on that flank. Bat-
rday sees ttte expiration ti xa time
limit for them ai well as for tho eot
ton mills, and It ia generally expected
that exceptions will be filed.
lmtie belief is entertained that any
general attack on the rate will be made
the courts, except by the Cannons
and tho Cones. The suggestion was
advanced that conferences between the
power company and tho mills might
work out some understanding that would
eliminate further disagreement Court
action, if taken, would follow elosely
the track of tho Southern Bell Tele
phone and Telegraph Company in its
petition for an injunction against tne
Commission in recent order in teio
phone rates
Another angle of the power rate light
developed yesterday with the dcelara
tion that other power companies in the
State would shortly follow the lead
of the Southern Power Company in
asking the Commission to fix a standard
rate to replace the present individual
contract system. No other company
in tho State has so extensive holdings
as the Southern Power- but tho ag
grcgatc will approximate the power
lovelopment ot the Southern.
No move is likely to be taken by th
other power companies until after th
expiration of the time., limit for filing
exceptions and injunction suits in the
recent order. I pon the outcome of
these will .depend largely the determi
nation ot action to be taken by th
smaller producers of power in the State
but the opinion prevails tbnt the
smaller companies will not rest long
undor the present system if tho bigger
one finds its new arrangement aatis
factory and remunerative.
PASTOR OF COLORED
CHURCH LEAVES MIAM
Miami, Fla., July 19. The Rev,
Phillip H. Irwin, white pastor of 8t
Agues colored Episcopal church, wh
was tarred and feathered fiundny night,
hoarded a train here this afternoon for
New York. Still defiant, he dcclnre
he would not leave the United States,
as he waa warned to do by his kid
nappers, under penalty of lynching
Yesterday Irwin issued a statement
that he would remain in Miami an
continue in hit pulpit. Tolay
changed hit mind after a conference
with Bishop Cameron Manu, presiding
officer of the South Florida diatrict
of the Episcopal Church and city and
county authorities. Irwin wat told that
he would be given full protection of
the law if he decided to remain in
Miami, Sheriff Allen offering to place
two deputies at nis horn for day and
night duty, while Chief or Police in
Ion tald he also would assign two pa
trolmen to guard tha clergyman
house.
"I am leaving Miami of my own
Tolition." Irwin declared, "area though
t have been offered the protection of
local authorities and the British rice
consul. I believe it would be the best
fot all concerned that I leave on ac
count of the Intense feel in ttirrcd
p against me by . reports that I ltd
preached social equality and - intcr
marriare ef the races, despite the fact
that these reports are false. At first
I decided to etay and fact the eonse
nuances, but after living ewerul ro
sideratioa te them there I decided that
even If I remained, further work here
would be under - a terrible handicap
and would possibly lead 1e aauch bit
kraeae and trouble jgagtca lh cacti.
POWER RATE ORDER
THRONG WATCHES WHILE DERRICK
HAULS CAR FROM OLD ROCK QUARRY
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Photographed by Capital Studio
Thousands of people looked on yesterday as divers went down to at
tach eables to automobiles at bottom of
hauled out.
Private Detective
On Old Rock Quarry Mysteries
udson, Stripped of Rear Tires,
Battery and-Carburetor
Dragged Frcm Pit
KING "V IDENTIFIED
BY DIVERS AND LIFTED
Is Declared To Be Same Oar
That Killed Dr. J. M. Pick
ell; Hudson Weighted Down
With Rocks; Owners Both
Cars Said To Be Out of
Town
Arrival of detectives in the city to
participate in the investigation of the
presence of numbers of "lest" automo
biles at -the-bottom of the old Rock
Quarry added new fuel to the interest
that has centered about that gaping
hole m the ground a mile out on Mar
tin street for the past three daye.
Another car was added to tho list
'. those identified yesterday when
ivers went down 20 feet into the water
and deciphered the numerals on the
license plate of a King 8. They de
lare with unanimity that the figures
are 810, and the records of the auto
mobiles license department identify
the car as on recently lost by J. K
ChappelV and the vehicle that killed
Ut. J. M. Piekell last winter.
All day long, thousands of people
watched the work of salvage. Divers
went down time and again, anl at last
succeeded in attaching a steel cable to
the car described as the King It is
some fifteen feet awny from the Hud
son that waa hauled 'to the surface
late Monday afternoon, and it it ex
pected that it will be hauled out some
ime today.
Hudson Waa Stripped.
Tho Hudson was hoisted almost to
tha rim of the Quarry yesterday morn
ing and the rope broke. Another fit
empt to land it was made during the
afternoon, and it was pulled to the top
nd landed on the level. The seats
a the ear were fastened in with wires.
it is supposed to keep them from float
ing to the surface and betraying the
location of the car.' Heavy stones had
been placed in the rear scat, and tho
rear tires and battery removed.
Both M. D. Muse and J. K. Chappcll,
owners of the two automobiles identi
fied thus far weie said to have been
out of town yesterday, and nnthing
could be learned of their theories as
to how their cars came to be in th
qnarry. Neither could it be estab
lished definitely by whom the insur
anre on the rare were carried. The
Hudson is said to have bean protectod
to the amount ' of $100 against theft
and the King for a similar sum.
Investigation Trlvate.
Ko legal action of any sort had boea
started yesterday, and the investiga
tion thus far is altogether a private
enterprise. The Hudson was brought
to tie city last night and placed in the
Simpson garage. No one has put in a
claim for it thus fsr, and if no in
surance company comes forward with
a elaim, and its reputed owner c'oet
aot claim it, it will be the property
of Mr. Bimpkins. Efforts will b made
to haul the other car out early to
day. Detective work done thus far it also
entirely private. It is understood thi.t
a eareful inquiry is being made in
various placet which promiae develop
ments of interest. Several clues are
understood to have been developed,
and these will be traced carefully. Ja
suraare companies having agencies
here are laid to be backing the Invest!
gatioa io the limit, and will leave no
effort unmade to clear up the mystery
that thus far envelop the tituation.
The center of popular Interest eon
tinned te revolve about the quarry
yesterday, to the hurt of business gen'
erally and In particular the patronage
of professional sport a few blocks
away at the ball park. The attendance
fell off sharply at the ball game.
dropping from 1,200 to 400 In one day
while the atteadance at the quarry wui
hoisted from about 400 en Monday
afteraooa to close W 1,000 , jreaterdiy
afternoon. The crowd came and went
all day, but many sat throughout the
entire day. . '
acne Fancy Diving.
The diving of J. M. Creightoa and
L, rraneli, both etpert iwlmmeri, con
tinned to hold interest. Both went
dowa to the bottom and were able to
see clearly la the water they' mid.
Neither had any doubt about the Idea
tity of the King. Both declared that
they eoul(T make out tho 'numeral On
the license plate ai aa eight, a four
tad a aangaU The glass from the
(Ceatlneed ea race Twe.)
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hole. X marks Hudson csr being
Is Working
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Secretary of Commerce Makes
Definite Engagement To
Come To North Carolina
The Newt and Observer Bureau,
GU.1 District National Bank Bldg.,
By KDWARD E. BRITTON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, July 19. Herbert
Uoover, Secretary of Commerce, will
speak in North Carolina this fall. This
afternoon ho definitely accepted the in
vitation extended to htm to deliver an ;
address at the liarnett county iiKr'eiil-
tural fair to bo held, the data fixed for
his addrese Twing Saturday, October
15. The invitation v. as extended to
him through Congressman 8: M. Hrin
son, Congressman Uomcr L. Lyon, and
Prank A. Hampton, secretary to Sena
tor Simmons.
These gentlemen explained to Sco
rotary Hoover the value of the op
portunity to address the many thou
sands who will assemble at Dunn for
tho occasion, and. tha Secretary of Com
merce gars the definite promise to make
the address, provided some public
exigencies does not arise in the mean
time that would force him, to remain in
Wash'ngton. The date of his attending
tho fair was fixed for October 13 aa
that was the only date about that
period that Mr. Hoover had open. It
is said that this is the first invitation
that Secretary Hoover baa been pre
vailed upon to accept to speak In.
Uilliam Urissom is soon to havo,a
go at being confirmed as collector of
internal reve&ue to succeod J. W
Bailey, as the stage hns been set for
lilt nomination to be sent in. Commit
tioner of Internal Revenue Blair has
recommended to Republican National
Committeeman Morehead that he at
once make recommendations for the
nomination of Mr. Grisson, as it does
not look as if the bill to provide the
additional revenue districts, now he-
fore Congress, will be enacted for
some time. In the event of the passage
of this bill it is the purpose to again
have two rcvenuo districts in North
Carolina, but pending this legislot'on it
is thought best by Mr. Blair and Na
tionul Committeeman Morehead will
certainly agree, that noW ii the ac
eepted time to push for the nomins
tlon of the secretary of the Bepubli
can State committee of North Caro
linn. It is on the books for former
Honstor Butler to oppose Olllism Oris
som, for G'lliam is of the "hog com
bine" set, "but 'the Arm of Morehead
and Blair feci that it can be put
across.
And with this plan for landing an
other North Carolina Republican in the
Federal pay roll pasture there is
recurrence of tho report that if there
Is legislation enacted that will give
North Carolina the additional revenue
district, that the South Carolina revenue
district will then be combined with the
Eastern Norh Carolina district. When
this comes about then there will be
Western North Carolina revenue die
trict ready for tome Republican, and
the "hog eombino" hns him resdy to
be brought forth. The original slate
was for Gi.l'sm Grissom to be ml
lector of internal revenue for the
Western District and J. J. Jenkins, o
Slier City for the baatern District. A
soon a there are two districts in which
North Carolina hat a finger then Jen
hint will be cared for with hit piece of
pie,
BolK-rt A. Kohloss, of Salisbury, ap
pointed as prohibition director to
North Caroline, and A. B. Coltrsne, of
Trinity, appointed as assistant di
rector, are both In the city. They
eame for a conference' with Commls
sioner Blair and with Prohibition Com
miaaioner Bo? Haynea, to at to figure
oat plane before they went at the work
It it the understanding that Director
Kohloss will appoint Sheriff Fletcher
of Tadkin it ehicf deputy in the head
Quarter! at Salisbury,
At the office ef Commissioner Blai
there 'are coming ia letters endorsin
Mr. Kohloss and saying that hie ap
polntment it alb right. One of the let
tert ia from Solicitor Baydea Clements
ef the Salisbury district ia which it It
stated that the Kohlost appointment it
a tine one, tbtt no better man could be
found for the position, farmer Bene
tor Marion Butler takes the opposite
view, for he says, and emphasir.es his
view that Mr. Kohlost It totally unfit
for the petition, that It wat a blunder
te appoint him. and that hit appotat
meat ia going to hurt the Republican
party. Though Mr. Kohloss hie landed
Iiormer Dennior ouuvr idiiihwi v
.) at Mm with tha declaration that
' Kohloes u aot flt lor ue jooeition. ,;
OOVER TO SPEAK
AT HARNETT FAIR
ASSERTS SI. PAID
OFFICER' 5.i TO
RELEASE BERGOOL
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Mrs. Emma C. Bergdoll Makes
Direct Charge Against Maj.
B. R. Campbell
SAYS MONEY WAS FOR
USE AMONG 'HIGHER-UPS'
Mother of Orover Cleveland
Bergdoll, Draft Evader, Re
called la Effort To Establish
Responsibility For His Es
cape: Major Campbell To
Answer To Tho Charges
Washington, July 19. Tho direct
charge that five thousand dollars was
paid to Major Bruce R. Campbell, an
officer of the army, for, -so among "the
Higher 1'ps'' to obtain the release of
Grovcr Cleveland Bergdoll, her !. ker
son, was made today by ;. Kmma C.
Bergdoll, of Philadelphia, to a House
investigating committee.
Having heard the charge, the roai
mittee developed that ou February 10,
last year, about ten daya alter Mrs.
Bergdoll store the money was paid,
Campbell uVpositetl ftir thousand, five
hundred dollars with nassermsn
Brothers, member of the New York
Stock Exchange, and two thousand JjI
lars more on March ", all of which and
moTe was wiped out by the end of Juno
in market trading. The inowy was
deposited to the joint account of tbn
Major and Lsrara E: Campbell, stip
poscdly his wife.
Campbell Not Present
Major Campbell, who enlisted as n
army priva'.j in lftol and served over
seaa with the Bain ow Division, and
who was Bergdoll s e nsel court
martial proceedings, was not present at
today s hearing. . He previously bad
testified that he did not get one dollar
of Bergdoll. money, but at the direc-
mnet has ordered him here from Camp
Pilr. Ark t nn.wer the, clinri?. i. t
.... .f th. ..nmmtttAA thn war onar
Called back to testify alter govern' T
ment agents had piefced up the Campbell J
luo in a lencwed effort to fix responsi
bility for Bergdoll's escape while hunt
ing for a huried tut) of gold, Mrs. Berg
doll ttood firmly on her constitutional
ighta and refused to answer questions.
But when sssurcd by Chairman Peters
f immunity from prosecution, she be
gan her story, declaring Campbell first
emanded one hundred thousand dol
lars.
Sutgoatod Ho Climate.
"I told him to go to hell," ahe ex
claimed. ."Hh Ikad tortured me into be
lieving that my boy would be shot un-
eai the high-ups' were paid.
.! t.i ii .a
Vjuctuoneu i.y .d ik xi. DiiBuurno, oi
Boston, the committee eounsel, Mrs.
Bergdoll, step by step, told how she bad
taken the money, pinned in her waist
o Governor's Island, turned it ov?r to
Grover, who mot the major under the
ig flagpole at the reservation, nnd de
Fvcrcd it. Later, she swore, Campbl!
told her that he had received the money
rom Grover. but that under the law
ho could keep no part of it for him
self, and hurl given it to an officer
whoee name she could not remember. It
her understanding, ho testified
that it wss to go eventually to a mem
ber of the court trying ber sou for
evading the draft. .
Forgot Te Tell It.
Pressed by Representative Luhring
Republican, Indiana, Mrs. Bergdoll said
she hsd not fold the committee of the
transaction before for she had forgotten
it. Grover, ahe added, recently hud
urged her to tell of it.
Presenting a stndi of big ledger
sheets, Joseph V. Moulnhan, bookkeeper
for Waaserman mothers, tol-l the com
mittee the reeords showed that Camp
en nsn an account with the Mr in ii
1919, which had been eloacd prior to
re-opening the Iariter one in Wl. Of
the seven thousand five hundred dollars
placed with the firm last year all was
wiped 'out, with HIS still due by Camp
bell.
SAMPSON COUNTY MAN
GIVING AWAY PROPERTY
Kington Heiri of Jamei Pugh
Will Seek Injunction Against
further Giving
Clinton, July 19. A big and sons
tional suit looms up here. Mr. James
Pugh, an old bachelor rf near 90 yeart
of age, is giving awsy his estate, worth
possibly 173,000, just as fast as he ran.
1 B. Herring.
n young lawyer of this
(own, it the recipient. It waa ttatcd
tome time ago thit Mr. Pugh had willed
.r-
Mr. Herring hit property, but later It
evolved that be ia deeding the land to
him outright, and hat riven him checkt
to the value of many thousand dollire.
ine neirt are Mrs. Mary wooten, of
mairnn, anil ner soot, rank and
Lloyd Wooten,
Pugh't titter.
Mrs. Wooten it Mr. I
It it laid that Mr. Fueh't cash waa
ln the Kinaton bank, if which a half
brother of the heiri t cashier, and tha
the mtthdrawnl of the fundi from this
Mnk aroused- the suspicion! of the
Wootent, while reportt from Clinton
confirmed them.
The bearing tomorrow before a jut
tlce of the pence it with view of te
curing aa injunction against Herring,
tne ignotut ncret, at Horace would hav
deilgnited bin. to prevent hit dispotinj
or ue property, me course of proce
dure ii not known yet to ou eorro
iponaent. but it mty be readily pre
dieted that there will he a hot time in
the old town tomorrow.
Mr. rugh Is really miser. He has
let the old home of hit father, which
it attuned lost than two milet from tho
courthouse, go to wrecks Be hat hardly
eaten enough, nud when penuided to
subscribe for hit county paper bai paid
It in 23 cent instalments. Bonce his
unwonted benevolence - hat eeemlngly
justified an investigation of kit mental
fittest to ditpote of hit property. Ac
. eorumj ye report looay he it a panper.
MILLION DOLLAR COTTON
CRSDir NEGOTIATED WITH
GERMAN BANK AT BERLIN
Berlin, Jaly !. By Ik Asm
ciatr Prm.)-The tint BiitlMa tol
ls r Asserican ratts cr4it ha JaU
era swtvtlatea1 htwea the Assert,
ran PrWartt Eiart sad Isapart
Crvrstioa, of Cfcarlasrton, Roath
t'arnllaa. sua the Darantaalrr hsak
f Berlin, the latter gnaraateeint
rtpsyssent which la kaaral in three
it -month crralta aa the dollar
hoaio. ,
Half Milltoa Dollar Laas.
Wsshlactoa, Jaly It. An afrr
mrnt ta ssske aa advance at f-v
kaaarod thoaoaaa aollars to a Sooth
ers exporter ta Isaac tho esaort4
tloa ef approstmately twelve shoes,
and hslco of ration was aamaaerd
today hy the War Finance Corpora-
tlon. The cotton, the corporation
tald, Is from Georgia, North and
Sooth Carolina and aader this luan
Is to h held la warehoasea far ri
port within a poria4 of aia ssoatho.
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Member of Board of County
ummissioncrs Held In Jail
On Murder Charge
Morganton, July 19. A member of
the Burke county twarl nf comniissvon-
crs is in jail, charged with wife mur
der. The killing is said to be directly
traceable to blockade hqi-or. Bidnev A.
Kincaid, -we'll to-do-former and mer-
chant, ia held for tha irurHi.r nf kia
wife last night at their home at Ches-
torfield, six miles from Morganton. The
death instrument was a short-handled
knife which Mrs. Kincaid used to pesl
fruit and vegetables.
The story cf the trigedv is one of
the most horrible that las ever come
from this section of the State. In for.
mer veara Mr. Kincaid had hepn
drinking rccklc man but du , ,
il Mid- to h influence, he had
apparently reformed i.nd hU reforms-
nun wss eonsmcrca complete tnit i
1". had won tho tcspett of hit euniuiun
it y and was elected In: fall to member
snip on the county board Me wss a
pol business man and had aecumu
luted property to the ilue of probably
thirty thousand dullart.
Recently be had jone to drinking
again, this grieving rnd worrying his
lfe, who was devoted to him, and
thought only of how be might pre
serve his snd the family's honor. She
worked wjith him in the ttoro they con
ducted at Chesterfield, which is not
more than fifty yard trem their bean
tiful country home. The had no chil
dren but shared the home with Mrs.
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and inv.1(j itotittT ot Mr. Kincaid
The neighbors and Mrs. Davis tell
Hint rupper was prepared as iuujI last
night and Mrs. Kineail nei.t repeatedly
to tho store to get Mr. Kincaid to come
to the evening meal, blie knew he was
drinking, it is said, and probably
wanted to get him Home on that ac
eount. She and Mrs. Davis sat on tlio
porch at the front of tie bouse vaitii;j
for him. A salesman, who wanted :o
demonstrate a lighting snangement for
the house, waited for .mlnle but hnaily
left
Shortly after 10 o'clock Mr. Kincaid
came from the storo, Mrs. Dnvia says
that he went around ti e butise, and as
he did so, her daughter went through
the hall to meet In m in d give him his
supper, saying as she went, 'Oh, rl
I have- to put f w'h -dfh-ntw ij
the home again." Mrs. Davis hearl
them talking on the back porch anl
though-she could not ilistinguish whit
rns said the tones of their voices indi-
nted that Mrs. Kiirtiil was remon-
stre.ting with her husband for drinking
again. She was attr"ted by what she
describes a gurgling tort of noise and
hurried to the porch to see what was
happening. .
At alio reached the lull door she ssyi
that Mr. Kincaid had his hands aroiiid
Mrs. Kinraid's neck as if choking her,
that the rushel to them, asking, "Si 1
ney, why are you choking Lilly. Ai
she-pulled his hand anay the warm
blood gushed on her hind and Mr.
K'urai,'!. ,f1U,Sh!.:Lt1Ttl!r "J.l1-
ironing just strength enough to say
"No, he hasn't, Mrs. Kincaid gaspe 1
her last.
Kvidently realizing wl.at had hap
pened and sobered by tho realization,
the unheppy man threw himself do"ii
beside his wife, covered her hands and
fate with kisses, his moans and screams
arousing the whole community. Neigh
bora were on the some almost imme
dintely and they tell that he acted like
a wild man. They held him to keep
him trom carrying out his threats of
that the sheriff be sent for, and when
self-destruction. Ho himself suggested
officers arrived went nith them will
I gy. Today he hat bcgr'"l piteously
fr the privilego cf seeing hit wife's
fare iust onco more tefore she is
I hnrinl
Solicitor Huffman U in court in Lin
rolnton but is expeetcd home tonight
to arrange fur the preliminary hearing
Mrs. Kinemd'r funeral will be hell
tomorrow morning at Mount Pleasant
Church, Chestarficid. fhcugh no vio
lence to Mr. Klucaid il expected It it
doubtful thct the Solicitor will allow
the request that has ten made that
he attend the funeral.
This morning the knife with whi:i
Mrs. Kincaid at stabbed was found in
i the vird near the back notch. Th
doctor's examination showed that the
- 1 'ugular vein had be;n cut, and thougi
- the wound on the neck on the left eide
- was not long, it waa deep. It ia not
thought that Mr. Kin-aid wat choking
hit wife after he eut hit with the knife,
which, in hit drunken t tiger, he had
totted from thi porch thelf where it
I wss kept, but that is ho drew the knir.
out he eame in a way to kit tenses and
was attempting to stop the flow of
blood. Hit clothing was literally toak.'J
in hit wifi'i blood, it il aaid.
The horrible affair hat ltn the ehirf
topio of conversation in Morganton to-
- day and at Cheeterflald all work ku
been praeticajjy lutpei-aca.
BURKE MAN KILLS
WHILE DRUNK
FIRST SALES SHOW
50PER CENTSLUiViP
N TOBACCO PRICES
Golden Weed Sells at Average
ot From 55 TojlZOnTnfl
Early Markets
PRICES DISAPPOINTING
TO TOBACCO GROWERS
Average at Lumberton and
Fairmont from $5 To $7,
With Highest Prices Rang
ing Around $20; Georgia
Market Keports Best Arer
age With 912
Leif tobacco prices on markets ia
southeastern North Carolina, South
Carolina and Georgia were more thai
fifty per cent under the averages ef
the opening day last year according te
reports on the initinl sales of the 1821
season yesterday from tobacco townt in
tho three states. Price averages rang
rd from 15 to (12 per hundred, whereat
last year the average was from $20 to
tZ5 and over. The preceding year to
bacco sold at an average of from
to 45 per hundred, pounds.-.
Although no reports of tales being
stopped were received, the pricet gen
erally were disappointing to farmers
and business men. On the basis ef the
initial prices, tobacco growers ap
parently will not be able to realize an
ZZJIT. .TT
the crop tins year has been produced!
at a greatly reduced expense as eom-.
pared with
h 1920.
One Ray or Hope. ,
r, there may yet he something
However,
of a silver lining in the
dark cloud.
The offerings yesterday were mostbj
yiuuiuKs, niiuuuu cnieny Ot, HI
low gradea of lugs, and apparently HtV
tie tobacco of the higher gradea wsi
sold. The opinion has been advanced
that there ia a surplus of low grade
tobacco, but that the better gradea will
08 ln demand. W hen the better grades-
! iy..Ku. jup
average naturally will go higher, and
if there is a brisk demand for good
tobaeeos, the average within the nert
week or two should be considerably.
above the opening day t figurei.
Coupled with thit are reportt that the
quality of the crop it much better than
last year and that better grades will
most likely predominate, as growert
have paid more -Mention to quality
than to quantity thit season.
The highest plicet paid yesterday
ranged around 20 cents a pound, while
the low grades sold around four nnd
five cents. On market! ta loutheittera
North Carolina prices iveraged from
$3 to 17 per hundred pounds. Lumber
ton reported sales of 100,000 poundi at
sn average of 5, with $19.30 the top
notch figure for the day. Other mar
kets in Kobeson averaged about the
same. At Fairmont nearly 90,000 pounds
were sold tt an averages of 7.10 per
hundred. I
Georgia Price Highest.
Fitzgerald, Georgia, turned In th "
highest average 112' per hundred. Tho
scales there totalled 17,000 pounds with
20 cents tho maximum and four md
five rents the minimum prices. Florence
South Carolina, reported sales of SO,
(K pounds at an average of $7 per hun
dred. First prices on the early markets -are
generally accepted aa a gauge for
price on the big markett of the great
bright leaf belt in Kastern North Ciro
lintu . wMcJl iopf 0- in September The ..
tobacco on the early marketa generally
neither graded nor tied and thul
does not sell sa high aa well handled
tobacco. On the fare of this, it ii
probable that prices on the later mir
kets will tie higher than the figurei
reported yesterday, but to what extent
rcmaint to be seen.
A largo number nf North Carolina
buvers and warehousemen attoaded the
opening strict ia the threw states yet
terdsv. Many of the buyert will re
nin through the early season, which
closes in time for them to be on hand
for the opening in the big bright leaf
belt in September.
LUMBERTON AVERAGES
Lumberton, July 19. The average
price at the opening tobacco salea hero
today una less than half as high is on
the opening day last year. About 100,-
0O0 pounds were offered and the aver
age was around o per hundred, ine
highest rrice paid was t9M per hun
dred. The offerings today consisted largely
of primings and sand lugs, although the
quality was somewhat better than latt
vear. The sales were attended by a
large number of people, many being
here from the Kastern belt
Farmera generally were much dis
pleased with the pricet, although it it
expected the average for tne Dettor
grsdet will be much higher.
Pricet on the other market! ln Hone-
son County were about the same si
Esid here, according to report! reaching
umbcrton.
$7 AT FLORENCE, . C.
Florence, 8. C, July 19.-Firl enr
nvs of tobacco on the local market
today averaged about seven eenll and
about 50,000 poundt were offered. There
were many buyert.
Big Drop at Fairmont.
Fairmont, July 19. Tha prce irertge
at the opening sales of the Fairmont
leaf tobacco market today were far
under last year'i ivenge, 89,000 poundi '
offered vcragirg $7J0 per hundred. The -
inaiiaf ataf triaw a Km eranv rrnii lm bubis .
ttood to be good. Lerge talei are ex
pected tomorrow and Tburtdty. Sllei"
ben latt leitoa aggregated 1950,000 ,
poundi at an ivenge ef ICflJS per kua
dred pounds.
Georgia Average Highest i
Fitrgerald, Ga nly Mr-The Fitifaf
old tobacco market opened today and
about 17,000 poundt ef tobacco were
old. The top price wui 20 centa a
puand while the lowest grsdet ml d fot
4 and 5 cent!.. Tki .reran price. f
3 tcnti a yonady t ; v .