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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.)
GIRL GOLFER SMASHES NOSK
OF INSTRUCTOR WITH CLUB
Philadelphia, Aag. Is. Morris
Tallman, golf Instractor at tho
White Marsh Valley Cosatsy Clab,
wss operated on yesterday to re.
move splinters ef boae from a bro
ken nose ss a resalt of a blow from
a fair pupil's mashle Mick. " '
Tallman was teaching the , yooag
womsa to operate a asaaaio and he
stood too close, oho swsng hsrd,
missed Iks bell, wh)rled,oU4a way
areand, by the force aho hod, pet
Into tho shotlaad cracked her la-,
stridor oa tho bridge of the noee. -
rhyslclsaa aay H will bo at least
two reeka before hr-agala fcs able
to play. ,, ' -;; ,, . , , '. . , .
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