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VOL. CX1V. NO. 50.
SIXTEEN PAGLS TODAY.
RALEIGH. C, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19. 1921.
SIXTEEN PACES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE' CENTS
GOV. MORRISON TO
SPEAK AT MEETING
AT CONCORD TODAY
WATTS TELLS WHY
THREE OF THE WINNERS IN
RALEIGH'S WATER CARNIVAL
HE ALLOWS TRUST
"REBATE IN TAXES
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A,,f "mi Wifli imsiirmKiiHtA) mm- w . A "" syn m
TAX REVISION BILL
News of Coming of State's
Chief Executive Stirs Mill
Owners and Strikers To
Renewed Activity
UNION EMPLOYES BENT
ON HAVING GUARDSMEN ,
REMOVED FROM MILLS
Mill Owners, However, Equally
Determined To Keep Troops
at Concord; Edgar WaHade,
Personal Representative of
Samuel (tampers, Addresses
Big Meeting and Urges Pa
tience; Leaves Expression
' On Situation To The Gov-
ernor; Only Generalities Ex
( ected Treat dorrisonTwo
; More Mills Sesame Opera
tions and Others Plan To
Open Monday; Barrett Able
To Get Morrison To Listen
To Labor Unions
Br JOHN JU.LiyiGSI02iJL .
(Staff Correspondent)
Concord, Aug. 18. Mows of the com-
jlng of Governor Morrison to Concord
J stirred both mill owners and Jtriklng
employes to renewed Activity today.
Three additional mills opened .therir
(iaoori at noon after having been closed
-t siues June 1st and t!g outdoor mass
meetings of operatives were held here
and at Kannapolis, at which Edgar Wal
lace, of the American Federation of
Labor,' mada addresses.
When Governor Morrison arrives to
morrow., to speak in the afternoon at 3
o'elock.be will find the union employes
bent on securing the removal of the
three companies of the National Quard.
The mill owners are equally strong in
- the determination to keep them -here
, Until all of the mills , are put into
operation. The date fixed for the open
ing of the remainder of the mills has
been set for Monday morning. Opening
of the Cannon and Brancord mills in
this city and the Cabarrus Mill at Kan
napolis brings the total up to six. Only
live other are now idle on account of
the strike.
Two Milla Open.
"Whew C AiMis, 'manager of the
... Baaeord Mills, which employs fifty oper
stives, asked Major Faison to send him
one soldier to let as doorkeeper, he
was told that military stiq.uetto did not
oermit sending less than a squad. While
two soldiers stood guard at the door,
the others took to the shade.' Home
tains: over thirty employes were re
ported at the Cannon Mill. Few peo-
nle were around the mills when they
opened and there was no disorder of
-, any kind either there or elsewhere.
James F. Barrett, who eame down as
conciliator, has made good to the ex
tent that he has overcome the Gov
crnor's aversion to visiting Concord,
but it remains to be seen as to what
good1 the visit will accomplish. The
Governor baa at least listened tq the
""labor union leaders, which is more
than any mill owner has done.
Extract Generalities. .
These mill owners read Barretts' labor
T papers, but they don't eonfer with him
bout the strike situation. ( Tonight
they have no more intention of going
.t a conference table over thr strike
situation with any of the labor leaders
hers than -they have had. Th.-y expect
llha-GoverMr io hand out a few gen.
-. fcralities on the right of every man to
Work and then depart.
The labor leaders estimated thou-
crowd at the graded school building
here today at three thousand people,
, , While mora conservative figures placed
' "it at from one and two thousand,' it
was a iarge assemblage of folks and
- they were certainly well behaved. There
was considerable peech-maks.g before
Mr. Wallace earn on. in which it .i
pointed out that only eight arrests fax
assault had been made before the
troops arrived.
"It troops were ordered out every
time a couple of fist fights took place
there would be many towns in this
. State under guard by troops," said one
'of the speakers.
Wallac Makes Speech.
' Edgar Walhtce, who his been active
Jn labor union circles lor a quarter l
, a century, told the crowd that he e.tme
s the personal representative of
"Samuel Gompers and that the Ameri
can Federation of Labor it very much
interested in the outcome of the fight
here. He had been active in ho miner's
nifn for a quarter of a century, he
told them, and urged them to tnk
courage even, if tbey lost out i
porarily. fie scouted the idea of having- troops
here, declaring that Concord reminded
hint of a Sunday afternoon in Quaker
community. During the late war, the
laboring men o" this country had goW
' tea behind guns to fight the Boehe, and
bow they are finding themselves at the
other end of the gun.
Urges) Pattoacew
.... ' Mr. Wallace arged patience and stat
ed that bo would not speak oa the local
situation, as the Governor was eoming
and he thought it best to leave that
.to him. Be expressed confident that
when the Governor found conditions
as they art that he would send the
. troop homo. ' Organisers Joha Deaa
and Edgar Callahan . omphaaised the
fact that they were good America a
eitixens and that as such ' they were
ealy insisting on their Just right. They
' had iasisted law sad order aad had
practiced U They told the strikers to
ttaad firm had counselled pa ties na
til the Governor should speak. '
U M. Barahardt, local member "M
the execotiv board of the textile work
ers, teemed happy over his visit U the
(Gowner la Aahrvill. Ho weald mot
(CeaUaaed. ee. Fag Tw4 '
IRE VIEWS OH
E
Union Official Well Pleased So
Far; Others Think Troops
Were Necessary
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTON
(Staff Correspondent)
Some views on the Concord strike
situation.
L. M. Earnhardt, of Concord, mem
ber of the general executive committee
of the International- Union of the Tex
tile Workers of the World: "We are
well pleased with the outcome of try
ing to start up the mills. We know
two lad afe'"tTa1tor "anfTeeTw IT
a hundred per cent better, off without
tUSm than with them. We don't figure
that any of the plants are being bene
fitted by the presence of the troops,
if they were brought here simply
to preserve law and order. We feel
that an honorable settlement could be
reached: and we are in the best of
heart '.
Morrison Caldwell, eity attorney of
Concord;. "I am quite confident that
there would have .been serious rioting
and perhaps bloodshed if the troops
had not been sent here. I had reliable
information that strike leaden while,
predicting that there would bo no
trouble were advising people to be on
the job. It would be a mistake1 to
withdraw the soldiers until the matter
is settled once for all."
G. Ed. Kestler, editor of the Con
cord Tribune: "The contest now on
is a test of union labor in the South,
If it wins hero it will grow; if it ends
here, it ends. Hence the big com
motion, three military companies, the
array of union official, tho activity
of the mill owners. As yet no ono
has been harmed. Our advice is to
koep your nerve, obey the. laws, be
just"
CHARLOTTE SPECIALISTS
WILL ERECT HOSPITAL
Charlotte, Aug. 18 Doctors Matheaen,
Peter, Sloan and Shirjey, speeialists,
today purchased the home place of Br.
J. B. Irvin on North Tryon street, cor
ner of Seventh street, and will erred
a modern hospital for the exclusive
treatment of disease of the eye, ear,
nose and throat. Tho building is to
cost not lea than $125,000. The pur.
ehas price for the Irvin home was
$60,000. The hospital will bo the only
institution in the South for tho ex
clusive treatment of diseases of the
eye, ear, nose and throat The build
ing is to be of four stories.
PRESIDENT HAS Jiff IDEA
OF VISITING ASHEVILLE
DECLARES HIS SECRETARY
Washington, Auc. 18. The White
Hons has ao idea what started the
rumor that casse oat of Asheville
that President Harding Intended to
spend a week In Asheville before
the disarmament conference eAp
venes la Washington oa November
1L ,
-Nothing to it," said George B.
Christian, -Jr, secretary to the
President, when asked tonight abont
the truth f the story which ap
peared la North Carolina paper to
day ander the Asheville data linn.
This, therefore, knock la the head
the report, and the officiala of the
golf club who aro planning a big
time .at golf for the President and
the other who ire getting ready to
give htm and hi party a great time
ia Asheville, will have to call off tho
festivities.
TEXTILE STRIK
Kincaid Testifies In Own
Behalf; Argument Begins
By BEATRICE COBB
Morganton, Aug. 18. The outstanding
and dramatic feature of the Kincaid
murder trial today was the appearance
on the stand of the defendant himself.
Evidence in the ease was completed at
four o'clock this afternoon and argu
ment by eounsel is now under way.
Since the beginning of the trial it had
been a matter of conjecture as to
whether the defendant would testify in)
his own behalf. Though it was more or
less expected that he woald b allowed
to tell the story of tho fateful night,
since It was knows that he was more or
lest aaxions to do so, there was notiee
able surprise ia the crowded courtroom
when st eleven o'clock he was called as
the next witness lor the defense. He
walked unsteadily to the witness chair,
the effect of grief and confinement
having had marked effect oa a formerly
robust man.- He ia a saaa of one ap
pearance, wear good clothes . and is
much above tho arsrag farmer. His
manner of - meekness and humility
doubtless lieitcd sympathy for him and
a h talked there could .bo see here
and there over tho courtroom tear ia
the eye of many who were merely spec
tators. He ia a maa of more than ordi
nary intelligence aad his answer to at
torney 'a qnertiom wer giv with de
liberation, bat without hesitation. Even
on eros-xaminatioa he waa not on;
fused. At time hi vole dropped so low
that h had to be asked to repeat hi
testimony aad occasionally a ho spoks
of hi wif he was ao overeoa that ho
had to wait to eompoeo himself before
proceeding. r
Coast Boom Crowded
There waa not a foot ef vaeaat avail
able spot in tho court room ar Kincaid
gav hit testimony aad daring tho two
hoar wa en tho stand there was
eathlik still r ovr th great crowd,
:iVr- gti ; 'HV 1 i L4 1 f
From loft to right Miss Dorothy" PeLeWter, Miss Lottie Jones and- Mim
Sue Moivery, who poaed for the above pirture just after the conclusion of the
25-yard dash, for girls, in which they finished third, second and first, respec
tively. Miss Mowery was also winner of tho medal offered for tho best all
round girl swimmer, with three first places to her credit
Secures Restraining Order
Against Local Union Printers
Judge E. H. Cranmer Issues
Temporary Order at Instance
of T. W. Bickett
THREE UNIONS' OFFICERS
AND MEMBERS INVOLVED
Restraining Order Is Return
able Before Judge W. M.
Bond In Raleigh Sept. 3;
First Notice Union Men Had
of Stroke Comes In Service
of Summons; Ninety-Odd In
dividual Included In List of
Defendants
On the petition of former Governor T.
W. Bickett, attorney for BaUigh 'open
'shop" printing houses and their non
union employes, Judge K. H. Cranmer,
in Bmithfield, last nignt issued a tempo
rary restraining order prohibiting offi
cers and members of the three Italeigh
printing trades unions, and nian fy-od-l
individuals cited in the complairt from
any molestation of present employes of
these print shops who are taking the
place of striking printers. The restrain
ing order is made returnable before
Judge W. M. Bond, in Baleigh, Septem
ber 3.
The first notice union men who have
been, on a strike for the 41-hour week
since May 1, had of the sudden stroke
of $he' 'printing eontenu was the ser
vice of summons in an injunction ease
started yesterday afternoon in Wake
Superior court. Deputy Sheriff Stell
served the summons directing the de
fendants named to appear before the
clerk of court and file answer.
Straight on the heels of the sum
mons, Governor T. W. Bickett hastened
to Smithficld where Judge Cranmer is
holding court, and there secured a tern
porary restraining order, which will be
argued here on September 3.
The complaint la written in the name
(Continued oa Pace Two.)
so marked that except for the voices of
tho witness and examining attorney!
there was no sound distinguishable ex
cept the whir of a small electrje fan
over the clerk' desk.
W. A. Self conducted th direct ex
amination doing it in such a way aa to
give the story told by the defendant
connection and sequence. He wss 63
year of age, he testified, and except for
a short period had lived at Chesterfield
slLhis life. He bad married LilUe Davis
in 1900, the ceremony performed in
Asheville about ten years ago. Ho had
built a new home at Chesterfield and for
about six years had conducted a store
there. '
Adsalu He Drank'
- Bo had been in th habit of drinking,
ho admitted, until four year ago whoa
he had tried to quit. He had often need
liquor to execs. During the past few
year he had beea "full only two or
three times. With the exception of a
pint which he had bad ia Jane, he
could not recall that he had been drink
ing at nil this year until th Sunday
before hi wife' death. H got a svi-
ply oa Saturday night, th 18th ef July.
oorotod it in nn old shop near tho stor
ana msae rrequcai vuui to it on Ban
day and Monday. He and hie wife wer
together ia th stor ' nearly all day
Monday, bat h was too drunk than to
know what was g iing on, or who were
la tho. stor durinr th day aad te ran
hia car to a neighboring farm, where
he had n throaabrr operating. J. W.
Duckworth went with him pvt of th
way.-
Beturning horn between sundown
and dark, ho fouai hia wifo in th
tor. M h drov np h cam oat on
the porch aad they talked together.
His brother-ia-law, " Charles Radar,
BUNCOMBER
HEADS
COUNTY OFFICERS
d. A. Patton President of Coun
ty Commissioners; Next Con
vention In Chapel Hill
. '
By NELL BATTLE LEWIS.
(Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, K. C, Aug. 18. Officers
of the State Association of County
Commissioner for 1921-1922 elected, nt
th annual convention of the associa
tion her ar headed by B, A. Patton,
of Buncombe, president. The assembled
commissioners voted unanimously to
hold their 1922 contention in Chapel
Hill, upon invitation from Dr. Howard
Odiiin, director of tho School of Pub
lie Welfare at the University of North
Carolina,
Other new officers of the association
aro as follows: C. P. Aycock, Beaufort,
first vice-president; C. W. Morgan,
Perquimmons, second vice-president ;
and J. B. Johnson, of Lincoln, secretary-treasurer.
The ten district presi
dents are: J. L. Unssel, Martin; Wal
ter Allen, Warren; II. 1. Band, Wake;
H. B. Ilance, Bockingliam;AJliiz
lett, New Hanover; C. I Miller, Bo
wan; B. K. Davenport, Gaston.; R. T.
Htokes, (Windsor) T. L. Gwyn, (Spring
dale), J. J. Edwards, (Liberty Springs.)
Dr. Howard Odum extended the in
vitation to the commissioners to hold
their next convention at Chapel Hill,
saying that the accommodations of tho
University would bo at their disposal,
and that at the State institution, tho
County officers would bo ''on their own
ground.The University villago was un
animously chosen as a meeting place
over Asheville, Hiddenite, and Nash
ville, all of which put in bills for the
convention of the association.
The members of .tho convention
adopted resolutions endorsing the
North Carolina Children's Home So
ciety at Greensboro; the Borah-Ban!,
head bill now pending in Congress, the
subject of which is the development
of arid ad semi-arid lands and swamps
by mean of eo-operation between the
Federal and State governments; co
operative marketing; and a coastal
highway from Norfolk through Wil
liamston, Washington, New Bern and
Wilmington.
Today 'tho commissioners were taken
on a motor trip through the Tetraceia
region, and were served" vwith barbecue
and fish-fry.
LOAN OF FIVE MILLIONS -FOR
BANK AT SAVANNAH
. Washington, Aag. 18. A appli
cation for aa advanea of $5,M.M '
to tar Cltixcaa and. Soothers Bank
of 8vaaaah, Georgia, for financing
'export was approved today by th
War Fiaaac Corporation. .
Tho advance will be made to
Isaac cotton, cottoa seed cake,
peaaat cak .aad naval stores for
export sale. Tai commodities, the
corporatioa said, will be fat th
most part prodaeta fross Georgia,
Alahaata, aad South Caroliaa.
A auUmcat by Milla B. Lane,
president of th bank, was mad'
psbllc by th corporatioa.
Those faads will b aoed." Mr.
Laa said, "a a financial reaoarce
aad facility in addition to tho asaal
rederal Eeoervo baak facilities for
the bottonaoat of tho people la my
part of tho ceaatry. The War FU
aane Corporatioa'a emergency help
will h an added aOwrc of atreagU
in th orderly marketing of the
crop from oar part of th ceaa
try." -
Destroy Mooashlae Village.
Savannah, Ga Ang. Jl-What the
Federal officer designate a moonshine
villaga, wa discovered yesterday abont
fifteen milea from Savannah andv de
stroyed. It ras fonnd in th Ogeeeheo
Biter swamp, ia dens growth of
trees. Ten whiskey stills wero gonad
Democratic Policy of Opposi
tion Set Forth In Statement
- By Members
MANY HADICAPS IN
WAY OF THEIR FIGHT
Message From Congressman
Kitchin Stirs Democrats ana
Is Greeted With Much Ap
plause; Report of Relapse
Brings Message That Kitchin
Is Getting Along Nicely
News and Observar Burcu,
03 Distrie National Bank Hldg.
By EDWARD E. BRIT TON.
(By Special Leased Wire.)
Washington, Aug. 8. Battling in be
half of the people agahvst th en
trenehed pawrr of-the-big -interests-,
the special favorites, the millionaires
and the nuilti millionaires, represented
in the House of Bepresentatives by
the Republican rarty, the Democrats in
the Ilouso today made attack acttr at
tack on the monstrous revenue bill
offered by the Republican majority. In
attacking th measurotho --Dcmorats
have the aid of people from all' sections
of the country, who are writing letters
and sending telegrams protesting sg.nnst
feature after feature of tho bill, these
telegrams being ahoworod also upon the
Republicans and especially the Kepun
lican members of the way and means
committee.
The Democrat ie policy in attacking
the bill is set forth in a Statement is
sued today, this eoming as the result
of the caucus of the Democratic nicm
hers of the House last night. The state
ment reads:
Democrats' Policy.
"Th Democratic members of the
House of Representatives hereby de
clare:
"That House bill No824S is subversive
ol the principle mat iiiomui govern
taxation for the support or tho govera
ment, in that it relieves profiteers and
tax payers of larse incomes from thei
Kust share of the load of taxation, and
leaves an unfair portion of the burden
to b borne by people of raoderato
means. It violates the promises of . all
parties to reform and revise the sys
tem of taxation so that all eititehs and
corporations shall bear a just "portion
of th tax loud. Thcreforo, be it
"Resolved, That th member of th
caucus are instructed tc, vote against
Ho bill 8245, and the minority menv
beri of the ways and mean committee
ar instructed to prepare ant offer
motion to recommit the same, expres
sing aa far as practicable the above
views.'
Handicap In right.
. Carrying out thir fight upon the
measure, the Democrats aro nanui
capiied by th fact that nnder th Re
publican rule in tho House, tbey give
no opportunity to propose changes in
tho bill, tjicir fight emg narrowed to
attacks upon the bill itself and to th
motion to recommit it to the ways and
means committee, with instructions to
eliminate features of it, one of these the
proposal for the repeal of tho income
surtax rates in exeess of 32 per cent,
tho expectation being that tboro would
lie some support given them from the
Republican side. But whilo making the
fight, it is recognized thi.t in th House
as it stands with its big Republican
. , ii
majority tn.n tno nepuoucans spvnai
interests machine will steam roll sny
thing that docs not suit it.
The voice of protest from all sections
of the eountry against the imposition
of license tax of 10 a year upon all
vendor of soft drinks renehed the Re
publicans and the committee cut out
that flagrant bit of injustice by which
the little fellow with oft drinks at a
picnic, would have been compelled to pay
Jhe same tax as the big dispenser in the
great cities of tho eountry. Aad another
(Coatlnaod on Pag two.)
Farmers Sell 7-Cent Tobacco;
Companies Get Tax Rebate
While the American Tobacco Company and
Liggett & Myers Company are getting $11,000,000
lopped off their. 1920 tax rate, placing a burden of
overlOO.OOO on the taxpayers of Durham County
and the State, and while manufactured tobacco has
shown no very definite indication of a price decline,
farmers of four Easterfl North Carolina counties in
the State received in July an average price for their
tobacco of twenty-five per cent of the average paid
last July.
Seventeen tobacco warehouse operat
ing in Dladen, Columbus and, BoliOon
counties la July sold 2570J4 pounds
of tobacco at an average priee of f7JH
per hiindred as compared with t25.55
for last year's July sales and $25.01 for
the season's on 24,797,397 pounds in
1920, acording to tho report of Frank
l'arkcr, agricultural statistician.
Tobaceo exports for the past year, ac
cording to the Western Tobacco Journ
al, wero 477,0u0,W0 or only 78 per cent
of the previous year' shipments. On
July 1, 1921, thor er 483,10904
pounds of th bright .leaf oa haad,
whereas oa th corresponding daU of
1930, then wit bat 63 per cent of that
imonnt. Thi (largely explain th low
price' paid oa tha market reported
below. ' ,
The total tale of th warehouses
operated daring Ju)y oa nine market,
probably amounted s 13 per cent of
last season's sale th saw belt.
This indicate that th great bulk of
th sales will b mad thi rnoath (Au
gust). FroctorviU and Bladenboro
hav mad ao reports aad" ar supposed
to ho closed. Bcporta from tho J arm
en Warehouse f Fair Bluff, th Peo
ple' aad Fairmont of Fairmont wer
not received for this snort.
y uri iii coauuios si mo uuwwo
us. Afispfm toBjti wi jt jo ettt,
DECLARES DANIELS
IS IMPERIAL BOSS
Morrison Reads Editorial and
Says There's Nothing To
Take Offense At
Asheville, N. C, Aug. IS. Governor
Cameron Morrison, who early today is
sued a statement in which he declared
Josorhus Daniels, former Secretary of
the Navy and now hditor of The ewi
and Observer, an "imperial boss." to
mght declared that a reading of The
News and Observer s editorial, report
of which caused him to issue the state
ment, was nst of a nature to which he
could take offense.
"I have learned a s:ood lesson by act
Ing upon a news item without investi
eation," said the Governor. ''I was in
formed by a friend over the phoue
that Mr. Daniels' pnfer had attacked
me savagely. I-oter I was at home
busily engaged when a newspaper
friend read me tho Associated Press
diapalth with Yofcrenc to Mr, Darnels
break with mo ami an attack, on W arfs
and his action regarding reduction ou
valuation of certain tobacco property.
I stated that I had not seen ti.e article
and would not comment on it until I
had read it, but I did say that. I was
not surprised for I know MrDaniols
hadt been looking for an opportuuity-tO
attack my administration.
"After sccyig -his paper I find that
the articlo makes no improper attack on
me and would not have offended me if
I had read it before. I take no offense
at Mr. Daniels asking me to go home
but I will say to him that if 1 did go
home I would niako absolutely no ef
fort to control tho judgment of a high
official of the law ia coming to
judgment for which h alone if TCSpons
ihlo under his oath. I never heard the
evidence,Tind I d not know whether it
was decided justly or not, but I do
know that the original valuation was
asked to bo reduced and not only pro
tested by parties whose property was
taxed but by practically the entire town
of Durham.
"As to the legal question involved
Judge Manning and Mr. Daniel -eon
fight it out I think his article and his
eencral policy of attacking sworn men
dealing with matters purely judicial in
character unless he can establish cor
ruption and dishonesty a very unwise
oolier.
"There Is no more upright man tn
North Carolina than A. D. Watts. He
may have made errors in hi life but
for red blooded honesty and courage, I
hat come in contact with no man
thought his superior. Of course, all
men know Mr. Daniel has already
voted, regardless of evidence or merit
wherever and whenever any tobacco
company or other corporation of much
sua is concerned. His idea of justice to
them is to kill thera wherever he finds
them. He is perfectly sincere in his
conviction that any decision by any
officer in favor of a large concern is
outrageous under any circumstaccs.
"I want to sny to Mr. Daniels that
while I have not been in Raleigh whore
I caJLot plenty of Raleigh adviec,-l
have been hard at Work every day here
surrounded by patriotic poople as
can be found in the State and have hnd
daily consultation with as patriotic and
wise men as I could find in Raleigh."
fJn conclusion Governor Morrison said,
"Tift Hon. J. H. Manning. W. T. le,
and A. B. -WatUiwer performing their
sworn duty hnd exercising power, judi
cial in character, which ennnnt be dic
tated to hy the Onvernorif at home any
moro than I can be dictated to by parti
san domination and hatred of Josephus
Daniels."
This morning when Governor Morri
son heard the dispatches quoting an
editorial written by Josephus Daniela,
(Continued on Pag Two.)
of a full crop, and 6V" per cent in Col
umbus county, according to the roports
sent to the Department of Agriculture.
The maia bright leaf belt ef North
Carolina has been reduced one-third in
acreage and has an average condition
of 70 per cent of a normal (full) crop.
According to the reptrts made by 5S
well i "ormed tohaefll -spceiilL , l-ie
acreage Is 64 per cent compared with
last year , aad indicate a '.St er cent
deereass from th nsual acreage. The
same reports show that the Estate conii
tion and quality average 68 per eent
each, while the normal yield was reck
omie at 66ft' pounds per acre.
Th summary of July sales fpllows
County
Total
1921
July
Market
Bladen
, Bladenboro
Clarktoa .
Columbus
Chsdbonrn
Fair Bluff
Tabor '. ...
WhiUvtllo
Kale
Trice
1920
25.73
2325
25.0ft
28.27
2,089
218,753
354,934
- 470.00O
VSi
8.78
,T.14
9.00
9J
5.59
S.10
S.03
Bobeson
Fairmont
LamboTtom . -.
Rowland .....
St. Pnl...,.v
23 A8
18J
UM
14.71
144,659
Grand Total.. 27064 74 123.35
ssues Voluminous fieply To
Commissioner A. J. Max
well's Statement On Re
bate Allowed
TAKES UP POSITION
BEHIND REPORTOF
GRIFFIN'S COMMITTEE
Says Attorney General Gavi
Him Law For Doing; What.
Hia Judgment Prompted Hiitt
To Do, and That Many Other1
Tobacco Companies' - Have
Suffered Beoause of "Ill
Timed Revaluation Law";t
Charge! News and Observer1
With Being; Unfair; Former!
Tax-Cleik-Griffla Takei it
sue With Maxwell Also, and
Sides With Watts; Eight Ex-1
hibits Filed By Commissioner
To Support His Position '
Causes which' impelled him,t(i ,glvt
back to the Liggett & My eri T "Tobacco 1 '
Company( and the American Tobacco'
Company, illOX'7-2 in fiti.te, county!
and municipal taxes levied against therai -
umlcr tho Krvalnation Act in 1920,1 '
and repudiation of the whole effort
at tax reform i in North Carolina aa
in timed, ana causing 'other to-j ,
bacco eompasies to . pay more taxes,
than they should have paid," are et
forth in formal statement issued ye-,
tonlay hy Kevenue Commissioner A. DV
Watts. , ,
Attack made npon the Watt,, order ,
br A. i. Marweltmember ef the State;
Corporation Commission, and of tha'
former Tax Commission, wliosej.dutle'
Mr. Watts assumed when he wa named)
Itevsnue Commissioner by Governor
Morrison, moved the Commissioner to!
make the first written statement that' .
has ever eomo from him during hi
long connection with public lif in the1
State.
Cet Behind Committee. ,
The Commissioner takes up a po.
sition behind the action of a commit-'
tee named by J. S. Griffin, a former
clerk to the Tax Commission whiloj
members of the Commission were ou!
of the State, and with this justilea!
himself, and the other members of tho
Ststo Board of Equalization for allow. f
ing the tobacco companies a reduction,
of mora tha eleven million dollar, s
which bad been time and again denied!
them by tho officials eharged with re-;
valuing projorty in North Carolina.
This commission, composed of th
late Colonel W. H. Osborne, Andrew i
Jamison and B. M. Jeffreys, the two
latter tobacco buyers, said, to be in
the service of an independent tobaceo
corporation, wore nnmcd to seta valuer
on thn disputed property last 8optcm-llU-ber.
Their figures, in some instance
lower than those submitted by the,
tobacco companies themselves, were re-,
ji oted altogether hy tho Tax Commis
sion, and the previously agreed upon
values certified to the Durham county
Added to . this statement of causes,
Commixsioncr Watts submitted eight
exhibits, among them an opinion from '
Attorney General Manning declaring1
that the Kevenue Commissioner v.as'
clothed with authority to rehear snd
readjust the assessment, and Were frnm
various Durham county and Durham
city officials, asking that the burden
of 110,o(K) be lifted from the tobacm
coBTpauns.
Cite Cannon Mills Case. '
The Commissioner goes back to the
well known Cannon Mills case snd '
draws tho conclusion . that if the Tax'
Commission hnd the right to order re
ductions in agrerii valuations, the same-
right is inherited by tho Kevenue Oom-.;
missioner. The Cannon Mills asked '
for, and were granted a reduction, af- '
ter some investigation, last fall after
the tax rato was fixed, and the county .'
authorities sought through the court
to have the reduction over ruled, since
it involved a loss in taxes to the coun
ty of about 15,fXM).
J. 8. Griflin, who resigned as tax
clerk to thn Tax Commission lust Oc
tober, wns retaincj aa attorney by tin
Cabarrus county in the Cannon Mills
c:ise, and he came again into the lime
light yesterday when he issued a state- -ment
tnkiiiK issue with Mr. Maxwell
and approving the action ef Com. '
missioner Watts in a easo somewhat
similar to that in which ho fought re
duction in the Cannon Mills case.
Mr. Oriflin takes issue with his for.
nier chief on a statement of facts.
Claiming the authority of the Tax
Commission, he says that he appointed
the committee- to to Durham and sp-
praise the property of the tolacco
companies, ami that in refusing to ac
cept the recommendation of its own
investigators, the Tax Commission vio
latcd precedent that ruled throughout
the entire period of revaluation of '
property in the State. J
Yet Another Cominir
One other case in which the Ameri
can Tobacco Co. is seeking to hate its
taxe reduced is pending before the
Revenue Commissioners to bo Mttled
August 23. The company has factories
and tobacco on storage in Riedsville
valued at approximately 82,000,000.
From this it ia asking a reduction of
1700,000 to bo ordered by tho Commis
sioner. Commissioner Watts, said yes- ,
terday that he wss endeavoring to learn r
the sentiment of local authorities, and .
-eulJ ask them to b present at the
besring .
After reciting the record la the esse, t
citing ths alleged parallel In th Can. ,
non )dill ease, and pointing out tho : ;
sanction ef the Attorney GeasraVfot hi
ta. Commissioner Watt charge th
New aad Observer with ""great dssir
to injur" hia. Th Edttpr." h eye,
wss Informed Jast night at an early
hour, if not before, that the case
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