and Observer I lie News TUE VJHWES Wn Wederf-rfajd sad amiably Tar4a, ease kit tiMtr WHiiiir. WATCH LACri jror tafter. Send MeeweJ e-4rs kefirs tir(a la order I eruid miesiM VOL CXIV. NO. 48. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. RALEIGH. N. C. WEDNESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 17, 1921. TWELVE PAGES TODAY. PRICE: FIVE CENTS FORDNEY DECLARES TAX BURDEN TO BE CUT 200 MILLIONS Estimates Reduction of Over Quarter of Billion In 1922 and Over Half .Billion , ,ln 1923 ' DEMOCRATS PREPARING FOR SAVAGE ATTACK ON TAX REVISION MEASURE Representative Claude Kitchin Sends Telegram To Col , leagues To Stand Solidly Against New Revenue Bill; Expects To Review Bill In Message To Be Sent To Dem- ocrats at Washington To- . J M - ' y -a. dav: Democratic Caucua Continued After Two Lengthy Sessions; Tordney Presents Majority Report In Explana tion of Provisions of Meas ure and Declares Burden Has . Been -Reduced Rather -Than Shifted Washington, Aug. 16. The nation's tar bill v ill l- c-.t. 1193,640,000 this fiscal year; ' 77.7.. ,' j.i in the calendar year 1922 and friDOVWVW ia 1923, Chairman Fordney, of the ways and means committee, asserted today in the majority report explaining the tax" re vision bill framed by Bepublicnn com mitteoman. Without disputing those figureB, Dem ocrats of the House prepared in caucus for a broadside assault in the Kepub lican measure, planning to brand it as a rich man's bilL .Incur views were to be incorporated in a minority-analysis. attacking the means by which, rcuue tions were achieved. Meantime, the rules committee re ported a rule to put the bill through the House at 3 p. m. Saturday. De bate will begin at 11 a. m. tomorrow the measure having been formally tc ported today by the ways and means committee with the Democrats voting solidly against it. Chairman Fordney - insisted in the majority report that the policy 'of the bill was '"reducing rather than shifting tax burdens." He estimated reductions in, levies, some of which will not become Estimated Redaction. .Estimated reductions in taxes, begin ning with the calendar year 1123, are given in the report as follows: Repeal of excess profits, January 1, 1922, 0,0OO,0OU. Reduction of surtax rates on indi vidunl incomes to 32 per cent, January 1, 1922, 190.000,000. Increased exemptions of heads of families to $2,500, fur incomes not in excess of 5,000, (40,000,000. Additional exemptions for depend ents increased to 400 from 200, !0,. 000,000. Henenl ct all transportation taxes. January 1, 1922, 1262,000,000. - Repeat trf tax on life -tnsuranee- 4r 300,0000. Repeal of taxes on beverages $60,000, 00. Reduction of taxes on candy, $$, 000,000. Sporting good, 1)2,000,000, Furs 4,510,000. Estomated Increases So ealled luxury .taxes, 1 5,000,000. Estimated gains 'in taxes beginning with the calendar year 1923, are given n follows: Increase ofc6rporation income tax fjeiu le to 12 12 per cent, January 1 1922 S133.750.000. license to sellers of soft drinks, 10y 000.000. ' Tax of six cents on eereal beverages, 112.000.000. Tax of five cents on carbonic acid gas 2.000.000. ' Taxes on fruit juices, still drinks and fountain syrops, 12,000,000. Substitution of manufacturers taxes 'on toilet preparations and propfictory medicines for existing stamp taxes, . 8,000,000. The total loss in revenuotis thus plac ed at 968,080,000 and the total gains at 177,750,000, leaving the n loss 790,330,000 estimated by the report - Reduced IT Per Capita Applying to individual taxpayers t! . ret difference of $780,330,000 betwee these losses and gains, Mr. Fordney sai they represented a reduction of $7 pe capita, "or a saving to the average fam lly of ?3o per year.' Since the repeal cf the excess profiU tax and the reduction of snrtax rites on individual irtdomes do not become e fcetive until 1922, Mr. Fordney said 406,250,000 of the contemplated loss of revenue would not ba receded in. rev enue collections prior to tlie calendar year 1923. Discussing elimination of - these )eviet Mr. Fordney quoted two forinor Democratic secretaries of tin treasury Glass and' Houston -as urgin their repeal, Mr. Glass in 1919 and Mr. Houston in 1920. r Emphasis was laid by ths chairman on sections of the new bin designed to pre vent tax evasion. He informed the House that under existing law the tax (Coatlnned Pagt Tsre.) GENERAL METTS CORRECTS DATES FOR BIO REUNION V Wilmington, Ang. MV In recent eemmnnicatlon calling attention the rennlea ef the Confederate referent of the state, Ceaeiat Jane I. Metis, Major General commanding the N. C, Division, sateo he made mistake In the date for the reunion, lie says the correct dates are A a gut IX, U end S.. The prerlonsly an. nejinced date et the rtanlon back later, and General MetU arcca at tention t the correction, no that erne veterans will not ret ta the rennlea clty;too late... -. " ' ' t POSTMISTRESS HELD ON MURDER CHARGE ilal 'V'L1 ' it- t i- VtH -run Miss Lena H. T. Clarke, postmistress nt'West Farm Beach, Fja., who ts being eld in jail at Orlando, FKi., to awni rial on a charge of killing Fred T. Mil- more, who Wiis found Wiot to death in an Orlando hotel. Miss Clarke is also accused of tho misappropriation of $.'12,- ioo trom the mails at the West Paltu Beach postoffiec. TRY S1AID Selection of Twelve Men From Lincoln Required Less Than Two Hours Morgantnn,, Aug. 16, A jury to d ciae the rate 01 oiuney a. runcan, trial charged with the murder of his wife, was impanelled within an hour and twenty minutes a-ftcr ei.iminatbu of tho veniremen summoned from Lin coln county was begun. The jury is composed of the follow ing: R. r. Coon, R. H. Ballard, K. I McCnikle, ('. ;. Huiiisill, Luther l.ine btrjor, J. M. Jtton, J. G. Morrison, Leo im, E. M. Smith, 0. M. Loch- nian, . II. Ixilier ana J. J., irooniaua OulV v.tntv -five of the scventv-fivc Teifcfemen suiumohed from Lincoln conn tv were examined. The defense usel eight (f is twelve pereniptory cha! lcnji-s avA the Slate only two. Some dby was caused w'.en the case wni first er.iled by the fact that the )ist of veniremen hanl been unwittingly to c;it into slips drawing. Tb defense excepted to this as an error ind Judge Ur.vson tlien took much -pains to verify names in the hat as same as summoned, requiring count of the slips and taking the precauon to ask each man as called if he had been summoned by the Lincoln county slicrifl. All men examined nnsweed questions put to them intelligently and tho jury chosen is far above, tho average. Many of their are business men of high standing in Lincoln,. Both Solicitor Huffman and counsel for the defense stated that it was one of the finest set of men they had errr. seen in. jury box. No CTirttnpe was tarn this after noon. It was hvo o clock oy the time the jury was chosen and Judge Bfyson adjourned court until tomorrow mom ing at 9:30. Tho prisoner was vmililv affected several times while in the court room Tears ramie. 1n his eyes as he stood to hear the indictment read and after adjournment he wept as relit ives gnth ered around to slia-ke his hand.. Two sisters were with him, Mrs. Whitcner, of Hickory, and Mrs. E. R. Hood, of Chesterfield. Mrs.' Bettie Davis, mother of the murdered woman, sat insido tho bar within short distance of defendant. She was heavily veiled. Attorney Childs of Lincnlnton, assisted Solicitor Huffman in selection of the jury, but will not help in prosecution. C. A. Jonas conducted the examination for defense. Evidence should be completed tomorrow and 'it in thnnght that the ease will .go to . the jury sometime Thursday. WOMAN NOT COMPETENT TO ATTEND CONFERENCE Washington, 'Aug. 16. Representative Alice Robertson, of Oklahoma, the only woman member of Congress, took par Ueular pains when she called at the White House today to make it plain that the visit waj not to urge appoint ment of woman on the American delegation to the disarmament confer ence. "Show me a woman la the United States who ii qualified' said Miss Bobertton, "and I night orge hr ap pointment. - Bhe added that in order to qualify, woman noi onij wouia nave to oe an internatlonnal lawyer, verted in diplomatic practice, familar with for eign languages and condition!, 'and have aa assured social standing and a wide international acquaintance, bnt woald alao need the faculty of 'lieten lng a treat deal and sarint . lit- a .tie.- ' .', ... ... . MPANELJURYTO HARDING FAILS 10 , RECOGNIZE CLAIMS OF THE SOUTHEAST President Appoints New Jersey Man As Successor To Com missioner Clark Oft . AGAIN TURNS THE COLD SHOULDER ON SOUTHEAST Second New Jersey Man To Land On The Interstate Com - merce Commission ; Simmons Gets Letter of Explanation; Fight For Passage of Farm ers' Relief Measure Is Won News and Observer Bureau, k v 603 District National Bank Bldg ' ' By EBWAKD E. BRITTON. (By Special Leased Wire.) Washington Aug. 16. The "great and important Southeast" section of the country, aa President Harding well term's it, is again given the cold shoulder by him in the appointment which he has just made to the Interstate Com merce .Commission, for again is "the great and important Southeast' forgot- teu and'tho East taken care of by. the selection of a New Jersey man, Fred erick 1. Cox, na the successor of Edgar K. CiaTk, who resigned his poeitionto enter private business. It will bo . remembered That at the time ef the last appointment there was being urged tho appointment of a man on the Interstate Commerce Commis sion from the Sooth Atlantic State, North Carolina having as its candidate A. J. Maxwell,- of the State Corporation ommissiou. Hut President Harding did not appoint a man from this section the statement coming from him, how over, that when the next appointment ume around he would remember the Konthea-st. Titoimpression gained was hat he pledged himself to do this, and the feeling was that A. J. Maxwell would be chosen, for he was strongly endorsed for tho position by Senators and Representatives from other States is well us by the North Carolina mem- bera of Congress. Ignored Southeazt. President Harding did remember, bat ho remembered to forget to appoint man from the Southeast, and named the Now Jersey man, who when con firmed by tho Senate will be the second New Jersey man on the commission, Senator Simmons wrote to him concern- Clark, urging the appointment of a van from tlie routh Atlantic group of States. and President Harding in bis reply told of his appointment of Mr. Cox, and that while ho 'realized that there ia a bit of geographic objection to that appoint ment that Air. Vox is a member of very great force in our eommercijal activity which haa not heretofore befcn recognized," Mr. Cox being a traveling man. fco lor the present the great and important Southeast" will have to suck its thumb and remain unrepre sentcd on the Interstate Commerce oiumission, t.nd fail even to receive the amende honorable from Presidcn Harding because of his careless state mcnt of a starvation and famine ncl lagra South, which has been forcibly denied by tlie health officers of the South, while the Public Health Service still harps on it nightmare. Forgetful of his other day expression of remem bering the'Soutlicnst at the time of the next appointment hero is what President Harding wrote to Senator gimmonj in a letter roeeived Jeday : Letter To Simmons. "I have beforo me your letter of August 10th. Thcre-ii no vacancy on the Interstate Commereo Commission open to consideration, because I have nlready nominated Mr. Cox, of New Jersey, for the vacancy, which will be iiiailn when the resignation of Mr. Clark becomes effective. "I have realized that there is a bit of geographic- objection to the anooint- meet of Mr. Cox, but the point I wa aiming at in Ins nomination was suit able representation on the commission for a very, great force in our com mercial activities which has not here loiore neon represented. I recognize full well that you speak for a section or your country which deserves recog nition, and I can assure you that I hope when the next appointment is made that I may be able to give geographical consideration to the great and import ant southeast. Congress to Rest. v ongress is going to take a recess from August 24 to September 1, but it only gets that roeese by obligating it self to pass the farmers' relief bill. The resolution for a recess waa introduced today, but quickly there came Indies tious that thero was no smooth' tail ing for it. That Senator Lodge waa calling for the recess wss proof that it vtti an administration measure, piich a recess would put ia Jeopardy tho farmers' relief bill, and Senator Sim mons, who has been making a strenu ous fight for tho measure, got Into ac tion. Before he would agree today to let the recess resolution pase in the Senate without active opposition, Sena tor Simmon insisted that Senator Lodge, the majority leader in the Sen ate, secure the definite promise of the Republican managers in the House that before the -recess resolution woald bo permitted to pass in tho Eonse the House would past the farmers' relief bill, which the Senate aent over a few dayt ago. This is the bill providing for additional financial assistance for the farmers of the United- States through the War Finance Corporation. 8enator Lodge consented to thii and se cured the agreement . of the Hourt managers that the farmers' relief meas ure should psss that body beforo the recess resolution. 80 that measure of so much importaaee to tho country most be passed before- the 'recess ean bo bod. Ward Has Amendnwat, Representative Ward got into tho de bate In the Rouse on tho Willis-Campbell prohibition bill. He desires to have a amendment to tho measure ' (ContlaedTs) Faao Two.) -w.' SENATOR I REPRESENT li I AT F E 'resident Harding Appoints Majority Leader Member 01 Ik S. Delegation . OFFICIAL SPOKESMEN OF SENATE COMMITTEE Selection of Lodge Begarded As Xecognition of Senate's Claims of Responsibility For The Foreign Affairs of Tlie Nations; May Name Demo 1 cratio Senator Washington, Aug. 16. (By the Asso iatcd Press.) Tho Senate's claim to a ibUUy .lot the fore tgn affairs of the Nation was recognised by President Harding today by the desig nation of Senator lleury Cabot Lodge, of Massachusetts chairman of the for eign relations committee, as a member of the American delegation to the dis armament conference. formal announcement of the ap pointment was made from the White House, where it waa indicated that the President felt he had formed the nu cleus of a balanced delegation by choosing as the first mem hen Senator Lodge and Socrctary Hughes, whoso selection to head, the American reprc sentatives was made known several days ago. Other members probably will not be. chosen antil .it is determined definitely how many places eaeli nation ia to have in tho confejcncc. Senate Spokesman. Entirely aside from Mr. Lodge's per sons! qualifications, tho view was re flected in high administration circles that the significance of his selection lay in the fact that he waa in a position to act as official spokesmiin for tho Sen-' ate committee, to which are referred international compacts requiring Sen ate "advice nd consent."-" The Presi dent waa said to feel that because of its joint responsibility in foreign af fairs it would be a great mistake not to give the Senate an official voice while the negotiations are in progress. Whether other Senators Will bo nfimed on -the delegation is a question which the President himself cannot answer, but it has been suggested among officials close to the White House that he might give representation to the Democratic as well as the Bepublicnn side of the treaty-ratifying body. Should be decide to do so, it is considered- likely thst Senatr ta4erwo4 of Alabama -the Democratic leader, will be? asked to serve. If another Bepu'j ltesn Senator is appointed, it is be lieved the choice will fall upon Sena tor Knox, of Pennsylvania, a former Secretary of State. I While diplomatic negotiations pre "liminary to the conference were at a Making Final Plans standstill today awaiting formal res ponses to the American, governments invitation,1 the administration advenced its physical plans for tho meeting in several directions. In CongTess the President's request for a sOO.tkX) appropriation to pay ex penses was given approval -by -the Sou. ate appropriations committee, and was ceported to the '8enato for considers tion tomorrow as a part of the shipping board appropriation bill. My State Department officials a vir tual decision was reached as to the place of meeting here and although an nouncement was withheld it was indi cated that the Pan-Amcrica-n Luilding situateiTlrear tho 8tato Department and White House, had been rtosen. t Meantime, it was definitely and da ally disclosed that the American govern ment has no intention of paying the visiting, delegates, a subject on which there has been much speculation ibrnnd since the official invitations went for ward. In tho highest administrnHion (Continued on Page Two.) WOMAN GRANDMOTHER AT AGE OF. TWENTY-EIGHT Tampa, Fla Aag. IS. A grand mother at the age of twenty-eight years Is the distinction enjoyed by Mrs. Ethel Coulnot, of this city, the attainment being occasioned by the arrival of a baby' girl to her daagh ter Fraaela McCnllongh. Mrs. Coul not was married at the age of thir teen and Mrs. McCullough, who a fifteen. Is the oldest of three children. ODGE 10 GREAT EREKC Fair Tariff On Southern Products Will Be Sought Grcensobor, Aug. 16. At the closinositioa of the commission, and urged session of the fifth congress of the Southern Tariff Association th is morn ing resolutions urging "fair"' tiriff on Southern products and the dyo embargo were unanimously adopted and a com-, mittco to carry there resolutions to Con gress was authorized. A rommitee to go before Congress and urge a satisfactory ehedule for Southern products and in dustries was also authorised. ' la frank and powerful address to tho congress, B. E. Taylor, of New Mcx ico, president of the Nhtional Mohair Growers' Association told of the mo hair Industry in this country and urgod that the association get behind the "weak-kneed'' politicians who foil to heed the wishes of tho people in regard to tho taritf question, but obey tho orders of party leaders in the matter. Ho predicted the 'downfall of the Demo crats ia the Southwest and Texas, espe cially, unless they comply with the wish es of the voters in removing the evil effects ef the free lists. A Tsrlff Espert Tslks. William, Burgess, of Wssbington, D. C, a member of tho Federal Tariff Commission,, spoke to tho associatloa on tho organization, workings and eons- TAX TO RE Say They Are Caught Between Two Flits and Must ' Have Relief FULL DAY OF HEARINGS GIVEN CORPORATIONS American Tobacco Co. Valua tion Cut From $12,062,960 To $8,673,400, While Lig- gett-Myers Gets Reduction From $24,859,261 To $15, 515,271 Csught between a local reduction in property valuation that docs not apply ro""th1B7"ed - - eTttrf4tgly - creased ta rato that does apply to them, three great railroad systems of M(e State made appeal to the Revenue Commission yesterdny for relief in ttie form of reduction of their values "to the same basis that has been ordered into effect by tho various couuties. Nash county and' the Atlantic. Coast Line were -taken as the. e-iample for argument to the Commission, with its real estate values cut approximately in half, its tax rate multiplied by two, and' tho Twroatl s property remaining on tuo tax books as it was a year ago but subject to the newly doubled tax rate. No order was issued by the Rev enue Commissioner at the conclusion of tho hearings Inst, night. County Values Confuse. The Atlantic Coast line, operating in 33 couuties, 30 of which have reduced property values from 10 to 50 per i-ent. .wanted its value cut from SO to 41 million; the Seaboard Air Line, oper ating in 27 counties, "j of which have reduced values, wanted a reduction from 34 million to 28 million! the South ern, operating in 4i etuulics. wanted reduction from 102 million to 66 mil lion. The railroads had tleir inning Inst night. ' Throughout tho day in.lividua and lesser corporaTtbns present' d a va riety of appeals for reduction of tax values, ending with the American To baeco Company and1 the Liggett and Myers Company securing approval of their petition for 1 w-enng of their as aessed valuation. Tho American To baeco Company was reduced from $12, 062,860 to S,673.4(K) while Liggett and Myers got reduced from 24"9fl to 1 115,315,271. : Strike General Average. The railroads endeavored to approx imato the percentage of reduction in the various counties through which they operate, appty ' ivcrngo to their total value, and v the new values among the con The Const lino varied the proo.l somewhat by ask ing that county ..ilues be applied t that part of the road that lay w it In luni parneninr couiitv, ror 00 per con reductions in counties that had reduce 50 per cent, and so on. Tho matter of assessing the railroad has been uending for some month Commissioner A. 1. Watts originally ordered, the 1320 values to hUd, with tho understanding that the Kevenue Commission should give the railroad an opportunity to be heard. Attorney General Manning, acting as a mem be of the ( ommission, took the positio (oat neiinor no nor Mr. lee had any Ming to ao wnn 1110 values, out it was solely in the hands of Coinmissione waits. incir duties, ho held, were purely In tho capacity of an eqiulizin board. Law Confusing Some confusion arose out of the law Thomas V . Davis, appearing for tli Coast Line, held that real estate owne by the roads should be valued by th same measure that was used bv the county commissioners of the vuriou counties in ordering horizontal redu tions in mines Inst Spring. Judge Ma ning held that the law directed that properly .of railroads was intended bo valued by the Commissioner, th valuo per mile established, and'ajiplied w ma ruunurs on n mileage uaMS ins rieanoara ana the notithern pre sentod their appeals on tho ground general dcflat:on and reduction of tl value of property, asked that the vnl of their properties be reduced, th value per mile established and allied to the Counties en that basis. All three roads' presented a volume of figures in 'brief to the Commissioner, which will likely have to be deciphered be- (Contlnaed en Page Two.) the association to co-operate with th former In offering aid and constructive criticism. lie. asked that tua ssssocl stion and others sffeceted by the tariff comply with the tariff measures as they are framed. Aa sdJress to hsve been delivrred before the Congress by Governor Thomae-Caiiipbell, of Ariiona, who was unable to attend, was read by president J. U. Kirby. In his sdJress Governor Campbell told of the bad coalition cf the Vuma Cotton section of his state due to the provisions of the tiriff, and he urged tho association to do nl! in its power to lend ' effective aid by working for a revision of the tariff sys tens. Blcket Deaoanera Tariff. Tslogrsms and letters from manufac turers and busiaeis .men of the South supporting the work of the sssocintion wereNcfttd. 1 0 letter to the ssroei. ntion, Thomas W. Diekett stated that ho was in favor' of protection for ths Soothers industries and products, hot not as embodied in pis t form of the Re publican, party, no declared that the Fordney bill Was "abominable." and Lfould make the rich waa richer and tho poor uav poorer. . ' IE VALUE CANNON MILL NOW w HOLDING STAGE IN STRIKE SITUATION MORRISON TO J ET PARTIES INVOLVED 8ETTLE DHPLT OVER THE TEXTILE STRIKE Ashville, Aeg. 1. Governor Mir- rison will rater Into any contro. rerty between capital and labor, and m far aa the dispate at Coarord and Kaanapolia is concerned, will leave Its adjustment solely te the parties involved. However, Governor Mor- Imb today reiterated his statesneet that he-will ere that ike rights of rveTy chijen of the State are pro tected and that no violence shall take place. . He expressed pleaenre to night that no serloas diatarbanres have taken place t any ef the strike areas and again told of his hope that aa early settlement of the indastrial controversy may he reached and the troops withdrawn. lioverior MBrrtSdi H USVlag sue' cine action by the military la to discretion of General MetU. Tele grime eongrataratiwg - the Chief Executive for ordering itroope to Concoid and Kanaapolia were today received from the Chamber of Com merce at Kannapolls and Board of Trade at Conrord. BARRETT PLAYING Stands To Lose In Face of Propaganda Against Him By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE tStaff Correspondent.) Concord. Aug. 16. With his back to the wall in a losing fight to keep alive the textilo unions here, "J. F. Bar rett, State president cf the Federation of Labor, ran head foremost today into what had all the earmarks of or gui,t4 propaganda -rfgi iat ration. In liolti the' Charlotte' Observer and the Greensboro News appear stories about 'bis alleged .etoclion by the tcx tile element in the State Federation and although Major W. F. Moody, of Baleigh, whom Mr. Barrett defeated last week, "docs not snm4 responsi bility for inspiring tho stories, he failed today to disavow any connec tion with them. Barrett is a Republican and here again he runs into a snag. A weak- kneed Republican sheriff has contrib uted largely to bringing about con ditions that resulted in the bringing of troops here. Barrett wou't criticise. the sheriff, but it is a fact that this itepulilican sheriff unconsciously has aided very effectually in putting the textile union out of business here. Parrett's only hope of getting to a conference table with tho labor dispute here- now Tests with foTCTnor- Morris sun. (iovernor Morrison docs not ex pect to come .Here, nor is it likely that he will tgke further steps after turn ing over the local situation to General .Mctts. llnrrett received numerous telegrams from labor leaders today assuring him of their sympathy for the local union. He got oue from Major Moody, but it was very mild in its tone. Barrett plays his last card today. He stands to kmc. REPLY TO ATTACK ON BARRETT PRESIDENT flTATE FEDERATION Asheullc, Aug. It!. A large number of lalmr readers of AshuvLle and West ern North Carolina, including ofticiuls of tho State Federation and nuiiiy other unions ere todny giving out a statement replying to the story published today in whiehx the State Federation and James F. Barrett, President are at tacked by certain Raleigh labor meh. The srnfimeht 'fellows': "The story given out by a Raleigh correspondent which was published in various newspapers of the State con cerning the attitude of alleged con servative labor leaders of Raleigh 011 (he textile strike situation the adiuinis tralion of the "State Federation of Iii- Imr in general and J. F, liar ret t In r tirular, is to ridiculous nnd lit teles' devoid of one vestige of truth that an answer to their attack would be un necessary if the matter was understood by the public as it is by the members of tho State Federation and all union men of the State. Not Labor Leaders. ''This story was given out by two or tlirre, Raleigh men (particularly one man) "calling themselves conservative I:. I. or leaders who are dissatisfied with the outcome of the State Federation convention at nigh Point last week. These men are not labor lenders at all. They are selfish politicians who have breu using the organisation large ly to further their political and per sonal schemes and now atripped of their power seek to shatter the whole or ganization snd the mea st Its head. 1'l.ey rejoiced that the blow-up they foreshadowed st the convention should cov.e so soou snd voice the hope for the u'.timate destruction-of the entire federation through which Barrett will be automatically dethroned and is picuty of time a federation of their otui making cone, again into its own If the State Federation, last week is convention assembled bsd foreshadow rd a blow up as these men claim or felt that Barrett's election would I be detrimental'' he certainly woald not have received the majority rote of this convention for president of the Fed eration. Mr. Barrett did not seek this nfi!re. It is generally, known that he .Insisted against it, both before snd during the convention, stating his be lief that he could do more effective work ia the ranks. Wo who attended tho eeavsntloa art (Cow tinned Ot Fare Throe.) LAST CARD Twin City Guardsmen Arrive at Kannapolis Preparatory To Opening The Cannon Mill This Morning THREE COMPANIES OF ...GUARDSMEN GIVE ZONE A WARLIKE-APPEARANCE . Barrett and Textile Union Offi cials Leave For Aaheville To Urge Governor Morrison To Come Down and Talk To Mill . Owners About Situation; Scheduled Opening of Can non Mill Causes Cente of In terest To Shift To X&nn&p- olis; Adjutant General Talks . Plainly To Mayor and Sheriff " and Tells Them It Is Their Job To Preserve Law and Order; Situation Cleared For Time Being i By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE, i ?j (Staff Correspondent.) --" 4 - Concord, Aug. 16. With the Winston-1 fialem eompany at Kannapolis and thoi Concord and Chnrlotto companies on,"- luty here, this section begins to look' like war times again. Two cotton millf are running here nnd the Cannon mill, ' biggest towel factory in the world, ia scheduled to start at Kannapolis tomor row morning. It is said that 1,000 work ' ers have asked for employment. James P. Barrett, president of the) State Federation of Labor, will play hid last card before (iovernor Morrison, tos morrow morning'. Accompanied by I M. Bernhardt; North Carolina member- of the eicetitive board of the United Textilo Workers of America, W. Q. Walter, head (rf-the-Kannrfpolis Textilo I nion, and F. M. Sloop, head -of.- the Ideal textile union, Barrett left for Asheville tonight after a telephone con ference with the llovornor this nftor noon. They will urge the "tiovrrnor to" come down nnd talk tq Jhn mill owners on the strike sttlintion' Before leaving, Mr. Barrett announced that Mr. Wal- ' lace, ns personal representative of Sam, nel Gompcrs, head of the American, Federation of Labor, would arrive to morrow morning to aid in the fight of the textile workers, Barrett maflo -an nnsueeesafui effort to get Frank Mor rison, secretary of the federation, to como help out the textile workers, ia their fight. , Interest Shifts. ' With the two military companies osi guard duty nt the mills in the city, in terest shifted today to the two big Can' non mills at. Kannapolis, fix miles north, and the arrival there of seventy mem bers of tho Wiuston Ralem company of the National Ountd, preparatory to ths opening of the. big Cannon mills to morrow morning. Tho Twin City sol diers came on a regular train this afternoon. Their arrival brought no dc.ni0lli!tiationfrom.lhe several thousand curious who gathered at. the station. They marched with jacks on their bneks to Mary Klla Hall, the handsome homo for girl operatives that .1. W. Cannon has established in the mill village, and there) they will be at luuno until things .get in running order again. Tho dormiv tory has been closed since the strike began, June 1st. , Captain Caldwell sent a squad of sol diers from the Concord company to welcome the visiting soldiers nnd escort them to their quarters. Major Ralph. Falson told the newcomers to conduct themselves in a becoming manner while on military duty nnd not to slmot nnlesj necessary. Captain Ben Gray, their com-' mnndii.g ofloer, told them to keep their hands on tire trigger, but not shoot hastily. There has been no disorder st Kannapolis, but thero is snid to have been threats against. C. A .Cnnnon, whA has charge of the two nyimmoth mills nt KTinnnpnl'm in the absence of J. W. Cannon, who ts in Colorado, and who" asked the Governor to send troopt. Three thousand operatives are employed at the two mills. Immediately upon ar rival of the troops the Kannapolis ' Chamber of Commerce sent a telegram to the Governor, thnnking him for "prompt action in protecting our prop erty nnd our people, ,r.nn strong, who want to work.'1 MetU Talks Plainly. Adjutant General J. A'sn B. Melts' first set today was to get fheriff Kpesrs and Mayor Wonible together and tell the in very plainly that it has been and fill is up totliem to preserve law and order. He explained that the military enme only to aid the civil authorities in the enforcement of law and, order. Sheriff Spears is bearing the brnnt of criticism because he did sot use more energetic measures. He tried persuasive measures without avail and then re treated from the Held. There has been a sad lack of cooperation between tho city and county offieinls and polities has plnyed a prominent part in it The sheriff, a Republican, got little on-, (Continued on Page Two.) 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