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TEN PAGES TODAY RALEIGH, N. C. SATURDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20. 1 92 1 .
VOL CXIV. NO. 51.
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TRUST INSURES ITS
TOBACCO FOR TWICE
NEW WATTS VALUES
Maxwell Comes Back at Com
missioner With figures From
Record Substantiating His
Contentions
VALUES REPRESENTED
ACTUAL ' MONEY PAID
FOR TOBACCO STORED
Stocks In Warehouses Insured
at Appreciated Value, and
Not at Book Value From
Which Eleven Million Is Cut
Off By Watts; Attacks In jus
tice of Manning Opinion That
Shuts Door of Appeal To Any
... But Dissenter of Long
Standing; Companies Acting
In Oood Faith Have Paid
Their Money Into Treasury,
While Durham Corporation
Get Back $110,000
'. To the Reftime CoMilMftwr ttris 'trt
hrttfo trust swears its entire- pro.,jrty
tn Dnrhnm eountv is worth only 25
million iloUt's r.rd tn the insurance
' companie . it . . is loaf tobaeeo,
alone is worth more than 50 million
dollars according to anrwer made yes
tcrday by Corporation Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell to Revenue Commission, r
A. D. r.ts explanation ot wny no re-
dired the assessment of the I,lggett,an I
Myers and the American Tobacco com
panic, .by. f 1.1,032,732.
Kxclusivc of their rent estate hold
inns, the two. tobacco companies carry
insurance of upwards of 55,000,000 on
tobacco bought by them during the pe
riod between li'15 and January-!, 10-0
when tho assessment was made by the
fcrmer Tax Commission, Mr. Maxwell's
tatement indicates. Beyond this there
-are factories and warehousus and other
real estate that add several million dot
lnrs to the total when it comes to taking
iut insurance itguinst tiro.
Wat Money Invested.
Kverv dollar of valuation was actua
money invested iu tobacco from 1915
to 1H20, much of it bought when tobacco
was tolling for 11.2 cent per pound and
bold until December. 1930, when touacc
reached the high level of its valuo il
North Carolina at 53 cents per pouna,
ilr. Maxwell declares, but tin? value ns
cased wa Tlio boo kvnluo representing
h ptnnl momv naid for tlio toliacco
plus the minor cost of rcdrying and
stornffp
i Answesintr th explanation f Com
mlsainner Watts as to why he cut down
the value of tobacco to less than had
been naid for it. though it was valued
at a time when tobacco wat selling at
its highest. Mr. Maxwell tirka cloicly
to the text, and refuse to bo led off
into eollr.tiral considerations that have
cropped out since the two companies
were .riven back U0.327.:i2 of taxes
levied against them in 1920.
i On The Closed Door.
I The merit of the controversy hinge
imnn a few simnle facts, lie says, bear
ing upon the value of tho tobacco, held
Ihv the Durham companies and tho othor
tobacco eompnnics in the State to wlmin
the door of appeal ha been closed by
the Manning opinion which allows onyy
original dissenters to continue to pre-
sent iheir prievanee heioro me Jtevc i
. . ... . , : . : I
llllO Commissioner, nnu pennon rc-
Arm
Talent and indefensible injustice nmi
discrimination in the order reiumiing
SI 10,127 J2 of public money is the thing
that I eomplain of, and which I say
rain makes a mockery of any pretense
rif (nun I ailminiatratioll of our tax
laws." he nvs. Of tin ch'.llcnge, eon
..:-...t in .1 S. (Jrifnu's statement, he
aim li:l more thau tb.it the Tax Com
mission was emb.irra-so.l by the opin
ions of Griffin's commission ef exm-rt
n,l frien.ls of the I rust, but that they
di3 not line op with tho known fact3
in the ease.
Mr. Maxwir Reply.
Mr. Maxwell's statement follow:
tn..,'if.ni f a eontrovcrtial na
tnrs are prone to run to collateral
issues. In ths three-eolumn article of
Kevenue Commissioner Watts explain
In the rebate on eleven million dollars
of value of the uurnnui looacco tumpa
nie for 1920 taxes, amounting in rebate
f .etiinl taxes to II 10.327.32, in a mat
ter fully beard and determined by the
t. rVii-niimiinn there la not a word
that goes' to the real merits of tha que
tion presented In my former statement
The mcrita ot it hinge upon a few im
ni nnestion of admitted or uncontro
.rtil,l fact which may be briefly
'stated :
"Manufacturers of tobacco carry
their tor- ovor a period of year for
ageing and processing, which li as nec
essary a part of the eoat of the prodilet
li tbe ploughing of the land and the
raising of tbe tanaceo.
"Pvrv- dollar of the valuation re
hated. 11.032.738. wa actual money in
vetted 1 tbestocks of leaf tobaeeo by
tkw unnnies and held by them '.n
their warehouses in Durham oil Jnnu
try 1, 1920.
Roafkt at Lw Price.
"Th mnt of tbia money was .n
retted in tobacco t t(mei in previous
year when a dollar would buy more
- i. ii,.,, h.n it would have
r"""" . -.,
bought on January i, iv.'u, o me ioei
li whole had an appreeiaiaa, raine:i
t... .-,.:., v. In. at the time of I
Us lirtinf on that date.
Tha fact li toncluitvely demon
str.ted br th retordi of avenge mar-
ket value of lent tobacco for th period
of year during which tbe tobaeeo was
bought. The average sales price of to
baeeo on the North Carolina market
l1913waillJeenti; in 1818.20 vents;
in 1917, 31.5 eeoti; in 1918, 36 centi;
in 1910. 60.S eenU, and in' December,
1919 633 teats.
"It ia conclusively pro-n by tha no-
tiM tUVaeeo eon pa a let .other than
.
, 0tlni4 rT TwaJ '
HIGH LIGHTS F80M
MAXWELL'S ANSWER
Every dollar of Ik valaatioa ro
bated, $11,012,732, waa actnl money
Invested la tha flock of leaf tobac
co by the companies nd beld by
thm la tbelr warehouse In Durham
on Jaasary. 1, 1920.
It b) conclusively proven by the
action of tobacco companies other
than tbe Darbaai companies, wbo had
volantarily retnrned their atock of
Wfcf tobacco at fall hook value and
insisted that this waa conservative
vain for It on January 1, 120. Tea
tlmony I lronget when Intelligent
men awear to their own hurt.
.It la supported also by the action
of the Dnrham companies themselves
in paying Insurance prcmiama on
lire Inaarance on these it oc ks - m a ny
millions greater than the kek vle
from which $11,032,712 ba now been
deducted nd rebated.
Why to hack 18 month to hand
out this $14.0,000 favoritism to these
fortunate rompaniea when andenied
facta show that it ought to be In the
public treasury, when the money of
other eombshles'volanUrlly and an-
compTainlngly listed' their -teat' to
bacco? Their money la In tha public
treasury.
Judge Manning' opinion open the
door to these companies and shuts It
for others by holding that a com
pany that ha already had It hear
ing en appeal and Ita rase disposed
of; could again be reheard, but that
a company that had no hearing at all
could not.. ,
With a knowledge with which and
under which taxpayers, big and little.
all over North Carolina listed their
property in 1920 at full value, thla
rebate of thla great aam of money
to great and prosperous corporations
without scaling down for other tax
payers, big and little, is a great pub.
lie wrong, crying aloud for remedy
T
Officers Open Fire When Crowd
at Knoxvllle Tries To Gtft
Knoxville, Tetin., Aug. 19. Twenty
aeven persons were wounded, two seri
ously, tat ' 9:30 tonight when deputies
guarding the Kuiyc county jail nrcd on
a crowd which had crossed a "dead
line" in approaching the jail with the
avowed purpose of deuiunding Frank
Martin, n negro, held a a suspect in n
eriminnl assault upon a county school
teacher Thursday. All of the wounded
probably will recover. Two are women.
Mostof tho woundch were curiosity
seeker who were standing to ono side
upon the courthouse lawn, wlfich is 30
feet above thestrect level at the corner
where the ,i.iil stands. One oflicer, De
putv Sheriff Chnrle Iewis "was wound
ed in the nrm by reteurn fire from the
c rowd.
Aiinougn me mncnine gun eouumny
M it. 1 I " . I T . -T' . v . X
ni inc imn inmniry, i riirwr ; is n-
"Ltion.nl tiunrd. was on duty at t he J jail
the soldiers did not open tire, l olloping
ropon mat rue
school tencher today
had positively identified Martin as her
assailant, large crowds began gathering
in the vicinity of the iil before, jlusk
tonight. Several times the crowd start
ed down the hill on Main street leading
to .the jail. They were, turned back by
police. Kfforts were mode to hold them
a block distant.
As the crowd in the street camo with
in 100 foci, Sheriff Cat stepped under
nare light and demanded that they
disperse, lie gave warning that an
imaginary line between two telephone
poles should not be crossed.
As a .d07.cn men passed these poles,
the sheriff picked up a shotgun and
tired over thn heads of the crowd into
the air. Four deputies who were with
b in then tired two volleys. Two men
In the courthouse vard and two or three
tlio streets tired revolvers in reply.
shooting then became general.
.Many of the loads of buckshoK fired
by the officers and intended to go above
the heads of the crowd in the atreet.
went among spectators in the court
house yard. Several of the wounded aro
suffering from bullets of large calibre
LEXINGTON MILL-
CLOSES ITS DOORS
Strike of Fourteen Employes
Forces Over 200 Other Work
ers Out of Jobs
iiriingion, ah. iv.uwing to
striko iu the carding department this
morning, which only fourteen em
ployees are said to have been arti-olr
concerned, the Dacotah Cotton Mills, ef
this eity, closed shortly before noon to
Mi7. forcing about DO employees Into
,u'.Bn- ,
An ofnrial of the mill explained that
a. i.. ski. i' i ....
vvjrm mv
-iwi-iii tnm-u uim vara room
to luch in extent that it became rreeei-
10 T t b '"tira mill, the
- 1 uri....--!. u-mg iwmoaiaieiy
aepenaeni upon in eara room
Whet!!1 .n effort Will b mad.
btin operation! again toon eonld not
be karnrd te today.
It u undentooa that tha trouble
th card room wat caused by fr let lot
between torn of tha men and the over
that department Tha mill is
loeaiea on m soaioeni nmiu or u:
uif tba wbola pro-
thl td many people of the
eity lata todiff had not learned of the
I itrlka. , v . '
WENTY WOUNDED
AT COUNTY JAIL
STRICTLY LAWFUL
I
LOCAL STRIKERS
Resort To "Government By In
junction" Proof of Strike s
Success They Say
COUNSEL PREPARE FIGHT
ON RESTRAINING ORDER
Application For Permanent In
junction Will Be Heard Here
September 3 Before Judge!
W. M. Bond; Crowd Near
One Shop Awaits Develop
ments; Papers Are Served
''The strike fcss been ortlerly and
strictly within the law; that it ia won
needs no better proof than tho desper
ate resort to the la edurt for gov
eTTimw by hrjirrnnton, road a itatt
incut issued byntfifing union printers.
pressmen and'- book binders yesterday
ftcrnoon after many of them, together
nith others not involved in the strike,
had been served with temporary in
junction papers issued by Judge E. H,
'ranmer in Pmithfield Thursday night
ordering the three local printing trades
unions and ninety-odd individuals to
refrain from" any" moleslaf Ion' "of "tifln
union workmen taking, tlio tJavs of
striking printers in four Kale:h "ppen
shop" printing houses.
In the tueantimc. attorney .for the
enjoined printers, Douglass & Douglass
mil Evans k Eason aro piepanflg to
ticht tlio effort ef the printing houses
to make the temporary restraining or
lor permanent in a hearing befor
.ludgo W. M. Bond hero on September
v.hen the plaintiff's will lie repre
sented by T. W. Bickett and Murray
Allen.
The statement issued by tho printers
continues:
The printing trades striko in Jlal
eigh has been so remarkably orderly
Hid quiet that we aro constrained tn
fielievc tho resort to injunction pro
ceedings a move on the part of the
printing concerns affected to try to
focus some attention to it. They de
clared over their signatures a month
ago that the strike had beenover since
some time in Ma v. Vet they citinue
to make mighty poor faces right out in
public.
Only On Arrest Made
"The striko lias been on now for a
period of Biiteen weeks onlySne ar
rest has boon made ia connection with
it and that wa oesioned by a eon
troversy between on of the imported
workers and hit employer, The em
ployer indicted th worker but when
his ease wa heard ia the eity eonrt
the ease was dismissed.
( '"The nverago man or woman in the
city does notknow that there is such
a ining going on in inc cny as n prinv
era" strike. Even tho business men are
forgetting it until they try to get orae
printing done nd then they find tha
it cannot bo had at the shops affected
On the other hand, the threo shops that
are. not affected aro running full ca
pacitv. As to acts of lawlessness
te part of strikers, any contention of
tho sort is absurd and will be so proved
at tho proper time.
'An injuuction of the character
stated in the morning a paper is not to
be taken seriously in a free State lik
North Carolina. The criminal law of
the State is sufficient to cover any dis
order or unseemly conduct and th
verv fact that no resort to it has been
made by the employers affected is eon
elusive proof, of tho absence of any
causo for complaint.
Strictly Within the I.sw.
'lhe strike lias necn orderly on
strictlv within the law. That it is ef
feetivo and that victory is won ne?d
no better proof than the desperat.'
aort to law courts for 'government
injunction.' We shall continue the
light decently, orderly and lawfully
and at the proper tune will ansuer
the courts whatever charges iav
trumped up against us. The leg
phases of the controversy will be pu
in able hands, and we have no tears
from the attempt to enjoin and
strain those sacred rights guaranteed
by the constitutions of North Carolina
ind of the United States
(losing time at Edwards A Brough
ton Printing Company, one of tho four
concerns involved, yesterday afternoon
saw a sizeable crowd of printers aug
mentrd bv the curious anxious to sr
anything that might happen. Nothing
happened. The city policemen ho
lailv take their stand near the ollic
at 5:30 were re inforccd yesterday aft
ernoon by Dcpttfy Bheriff J. 1. Stell
who was busy serving th injunction
paper on those named as defendant
Those involved in most ease made th
service elsy by coming up and applying
Wiir their papers.
8ay Crowd Orderly
When Edwards k Brnughton's em
ployei emne from the shop, they passed
an down the street. No one called
them. No one jeered at them.' They
were not molested In any way. The
Lpolicemen and the deputy confessed
that it wa I decidedly orderly -etowd.
A nu in Iter of girla early took tbsir
stand on goods boxei irroas the street
and sat there for half aa hour, raited
umbrellas shielding them from th sun
' Dr. Charles Iee Smith, president of
the Edwards k Broughton Printing Co.,
a Inter laid that th gathering indicated
that Ihe men enjoined had no respect
for the order of the court, and added
that ha taw onev man when the order
was served on him, throw it on the
ground and stamp It.
"That mn yonder it gunman ind
ti seeking my life," deelired Dr. Smith
pointing to a young man who ttood out
in the street, irm. akimbo, it i flag It
Dr Smith and but ion, Howell Smith.
f Order ar Coart
Tha order of the eoqrt di recti "eaeit
end every one of th defendant named
In tha complaint to refrain fromi
"1, Assembling in Urge aumtitrt
before or near th plaeei of baiineea of
th complainant or any of them tad
engaging ia any conduct or mlng any
wordi or gestorei calculated to a a any,
1
(CanUaaed Pag TweJ
CONDUCT. ASSER
DENOUNCE METHOD
USED BY MAJORITY
IN FRAMING TAXES
democrats Present Minority
Report Attacking Dark Lan-
tercr Tactics
ENUMERATE INJUSTICES
OF TAX REVISION BILL
Statement of Representative
Kitchta Included In Report
Denouncing Republican Plan
To Shift Tax Burden To
Those Least Able To Bear It ;
Another Row Occurs
The N'ewi and Observer Bureau,
603 li,triet National Bank Bid;.
By EDWARD E. BKITTON
(By Kpeeiat-.Leasej ire
WasliTngton, Aug. If ITefiounctfiff !i
ineasntrd terms tho secret and dark
iantern methods employed by the Re
publicans of the House wnvj and means
onimittee. th Democratic minority of
that committee this afternoon preset'
d its views upon tha pending revenue
ill. In its enumeration of the in
justices of the measure is the state
ment made by Congressman Claud"
KffchTfi;"Jfh 'wirirttT-tpsfdeTi - -Ims
telegram to Kepresenrahve (arrett, m
which he scored the purpose of the Re
publicans to repeal the excess profits
lax and tho surtaxes.
I)eclaring that "while we oppos
many provisions of tho bill, we will
rave time to discuss nly the two
principal provisions of the Republic-.ii
tax program, to-wit: (ll The repea
f the excess profits tax and tha sub
tituting ther.'for of a fiat 12'j per cent
orporatiolf tax on all corporations, and
2), the large reductions of the high
surtaxes on the hig incomes of the mil
lionaires and the multi-millionaires.
these two being the principal and most
lesired objects of the administration
and the Republicans in Congress
against both of which wo enter our
earnest protest."'
Denounce Methods.
Then comes tho denunciation of the
methods in the preparation of the bill
the Democrats saying: We mu.t con
less the embarrassment and disad
vantage in tha fact that no Democratic
member of the committee has been
permitted by th Republican members
to be present at any discussion of the
proposed measure and no Democratic
eyo has been given the privileges of
seeing even one word in the measure
reported until the day of reporting.
Thr Republican members met in aecret
behind closed and guarded doors, and
all of their art with respect to the ti
program have been most sueeeasfullv
withheld from the ear and eye of every
IJeniocratic member until reported.
In contrast, the Democrat eH atten'
tion to the square deal they had given
tho Republicans while the Damoerati
were in the majority, that the Republi
can had been.allowed to be present and
to participate in fbe framing of the
revenue bill equally with the Demo
cratsj that the DemnciHtie way had
been candid and open, whil- the Re
publicans worked in secrecy, that
me lasi sessions witn nmiocrntic -nn
jorities in Congress ther had bo?
unanimous reports from the committee,
birt now that tli 're was a minority
port because of the method'' and th
njustices of the Vepublicans.
Democratic Arguments.
Then follows the argument against
the excess profits tax repeal, "and th
reduction of the surtaxes aa the big iu
romes ns made by Representative Kit
in, the argument he made against th
iniquities of the lull tx'ing cniphnsiei
and driven home bv the introduction
of a chart showing in xact figures Hi
effect of the repeal of the excess profit
tax, and the reduction of the surtax
orrMiig im ernes. This shown) that th
tax burdens of those least able to bea
them wonld be made lighter and the
tax burdens of these least ablo to bear
them would be made heavier. Ity tli
ligures themselves the Republican an
convicted of making a revenue hill t
help the profiteers, millionaires an
ni ult i millionaires, and bear down more
heavily upon the average eitiren
pernicious scheme of the Republican
to tnko the taxes of the rich and put
them on the poor.
In the House today iction was taken
in eliminating from the revenue bill the
tax of tl on retailers of soft drink
The Republicans were driven tn this by
the light ef the Democrats on that fea
Hire, and bv the fierce onslaught ma
on the inequalities of the bill by Repro
sentative (tamer.
Row Bob I'p Again
And whilo the debate went on In the
(Continued on Page Four!
OFFICER KILLED OITRIGHT
AND ANOTHER WOUNDED IN
SHOOTING NEAR Mt'RPHY
Marphy. Aag. 1. Deputy Sheriff
Charles Watson wa Inetantly killed
and Deputy Sheriff Allen Dean wa
aerioaaly wounded laat night when
th officers attempted to arrest Gar
land Haney and Pearley Hill, whit
yoaths, for kavlag whiskey In their
poaeeoslon. Depaty Ben Fox, who
waa with Watma and Dean, aad
Haney and Hill alas were shot bat
not aerioaaly hart. Haney aad Hall
both made their escape.
The (hooting occurred about nine
'clock but night near Culberaon
when th tkrc aflccr found Haney
and Hall, who ar yet in tbelr teen
and who . live near Murphy. The
nicer claimed th two youth hd
bout twa gallon of whlakey In their
poaslen and when they attempted
to arrest them th hooting began,
It i understood tho officer hid no
warrant for tha' arrest f Haney and
Hall
Deputy Wataoa was killed out
tight. Doaa wa ahot threo time.
each ball taring tho abdomlaal
cavity. Attending physician declare
ha can tlv only a few boar.
MORRISON SAYS EMPLOYERS
AND EMPLOYES HAVE RIGHT
TO ATTEND TO OWN AFFAIRS
Textile Workers
Services To
By JOHN A. I.IY1M.STONE
(Staff Corrwpondvnt)
Concsrd, Aag. 1 ix hundrrt textile
orkerm, by actaal count, atarchrd to
th Cabarra roarthonse tonight to offer
their aervlce to Sheriff Carl Spears to
kelp enforce Uw and order In the city
of Concord la response to Governor
Morrisoa'a declaration today that troops
ar being kept here only to enforce the
law, and that aa soon as law and order
are established, the soldiers will be re
moved.
Th troop sre here end the Gov.
ernor ha told yon that s soon aa law
and ordrr sre established they will be
withdrawn, JsmemK. Barrett told a
crwwd of a thoasand people that gather
ed on the lawn of the grided school
building tonight.
"The only way we can get the troops
removed, he continued, ''is to demon'
strate to him that we will enforce law
and orday, and, therefore, I suggest that
rovision For Taxing Proprie
tary Medicine Manufactur
ers Eliminated
BYRNES AND FORDNEY ..
HAVE ANOTHER CLASH
Democratic Minority Files
Kit chin's Statement With
House In Connection Minor
ity Attack On Bill; Tax On
Soft Drink Vendors Also Cut
Out; Other Amendments
' C'
Washington, Aug. 111. More than
half a hundred amendments to the lio-
puliliean tax bill, most of them of
minor importance, were accepted to
day by the House in a Bvo hour ses
sion mnrked by occasional clashes be
tween Uie majority nd minority and
renewal of th personal controversy
between Chairman Fordney (f the wins
and means committee, and Representa
tive Byrnes, Democrat, Routh Carolina.
A number of other changes in the
MH, including elimination of the pro
vision for a 5 per cent tax on the
manufacturers of proprietary medi
cines, tooth powder ami panto nnd
mouth washes and a reduction in the
tax on cereal beverages from 0 to A
cents a gallon, nro riper led to be pro
posed tomorrow ley the ways nnd means
committee before the measure is juish
ed late in tho day.
Kopu Mini na nnd Democrats of the
House were a unit today in approving
one amendment, that striking out the
section of tho bill imposing an nnwuiil
license tax of tin on venders of soft
drinks. On a tew other changes there
woro sharp divisions, but many of the
minor q,ue merely changing language
or punctuation were put through with
out a smglo member on either side
voting on the "yea" :m "nay" culls.
All of tlie committee changes proposed
were adopted.
Exempt Corporaliuna
I'uder one amendment approved
over Democrats' opposition corpora
tion ' making gifts for charitable pur
poses would bo relieved from tax, on
such turns unless they exceeded five per
ent of net income of the donating
com pany.
The lug fight of the day was over nn
amendment defining ns foreign trade
corporations such doiiiestiis corpora
tions as derive :') per cent or more
of their gross income from tlio active
conduct of business outside tbo United
States and, similarly, in foreign trad
ers those Americans who derive ' per
cent or more of their groM income
from sourer outsido of this country.
One of the principil amendments np
proved by the ways and means com
mittee, but vet to he presented to the
House, proposes
creation of
tax in
vest ignt ion commission.
Kltchln's Statement.
Th views of tho minority on the tax
bill, written by Jleprc srntntivo Kitcli.it,
of North Carolina, ranking Democrat
on tho ways and means committee, who
is ill at his home in North Carolina,
were filed with the House late today
by Representatiy Oldtlcbf, Democrat,
Arkansai. Whil announcing Demo
r ratio opposition to "many provisions
of the bill," Mr. Kitrhin confined his
report to Waal lie termed "the two
principal provisions of the Hcpuidicai
tax program repeal of the excess
profit Jix and tho substitution of a
i 1-8 M cent increase in the corpora
tion income tax and elimination of the
'surtax income rates in excess of 3.'
per rent,''
2ND DISTRICT MEDICAL
SOCIETY RE-ORGANIZED!
Kinston, Aug. ID. The Medical So
eiety of the fceeond Congressional Dis
Irict, wt r organised here todjv nit'i
Ihe election of Dr. John C. Kodtnan, of
Washington, councillor ef the district,
a president and Dr. Ir M. Hardy, of
Kinston, secretary.
The meeting which was attended by
physician from VViliington, Greenville
LoGrange, nd Kinston was addressed
by Dr. Hubert A. Hoyitcr, of Knleigh,
president of th State Medieal Society,
wao today paid hi official -iait of the
year to the aecond district.
A delightful barboctl wa served it
"Hillerert," about Sr mile from here,
by Ton Harvey.
flANY CHANGES IN
EW REVENUE LAW
Offer Their
Sheriff Spears
each one of oq offer nur services to
the sheriff to (hat rod.''
The rroad voted to accept the sng
f rut low at once sod formed a proec-
lon and murchrd thruuth ton to the i
courthouse lo trftdcr their service to
the sheriff. There was Wo hilarity or
boisterous conduct. The croud, Isrgely
eomiMMwd of mature men. seemed very
determined In Its purpose.
Mayor Womble and City Attorney
Morrison Caldnrll made speeches from
the courthouse step to the crowd, as
suring th workers of their Intentions
to accept their pledge in the spirit In
hieh it ss msde. Mr. Csldwell de
clared that he did not believe the offer
waa made with any ulterior motive, but
In absolute good faith and as an official
of the city he wished to pledge hia co
operation. Owing to the absence of the sheriff
from the city, the croud was unable to
offer their services tn him, but will do
so tomorrow it waa voted.
Railroad Labor Board Presents
Divided Opinion For The
First Time
Ohic.'igV Aug. IS, rrsenting a divi
ded npiiiicitv for the first time since its
formation a year ;.nd a half ago, the
t'nitrd Ptates liai'rond Labor Board to
day, in a majority decision., cut. the
overtime pay of certain classes of shop
craft workers while n labor member,
(lbsrnt ing, declared the majority opin
on "does not appear either just or rea
sonable."
Tho dissenting opinion' was by A. O.
Wharton, farmer president of tho rail
way employes department, American
Federation of Labor, which, with 'ie
six federated shop crafts, was involve 1
in the dispute.
Two labor members joinet 3lie ma
jority in signing the decision. Those
dnctirring weV Judge li. 31. Barton,
chairman; O. W. '"anger and Ben W.
Hooper, representing the public; Albert
l'hillips and Walter U MrMonimon 'o.
the unions; nnd Borneo Hiker, J, II.
Klliutt and Haniuel Biggins, raihnnd
reproM'iital ivi s.
Dissenting Opinion Surprise
The dissenting opinion nas a surprise,
as the board's rules hail been to thresh
out dikpulcd points, issuing the ma
jority decision unanimously. Seven
rules affecting the overtime pay of th'
hhop employes on lil7 roads are involved
in today's decision. The roads nppeirlel
for modification of tho national agree
ment rules entered into during war-,
time liailroail Administration and the
majority niodilird certaip ones.
Majority ( hinge
Among lie changes the majority rul
ed that:
Lmployes regularly called for tiuur
day and holiday uurk. a.ud performing
tasks absolutely neeesary for tout inn
on s operation of the roads slur! I not re
reive time and a half, but only pay nn
the same basis as for werk days. No
work not absolutely necessary is to be
performed on Sundays.
Mruployes at the completion r.f i jh t
houm work may be required to work
two hours overtime before bring re
leased for mollis, jnstend of cuo hour,
as now provided.
J -in ploy i s called for work and not
working, or called fur ork and work
ing two hours and forty minutes pr
less will lie paid for four hours over
time, instead ot' live hoars ujider exist
ing rub".
Kmpl".' es rallcbasric hour or less be
foro t If i r reeu!.';r :.nn villi ,e paid
nun' nio one nair lor Hie overtime, in
stead of lhe presert :ie hours n!!oc.
a nee.
Men called mvnv from home will not
be allowed overtime for hours spent
sleeping, prov i
five hours reli
Ie I tliey r"eivi
1' out of every
four.
Itoad Work Hour
Lniplc'as rir.'a!ariv assigned
form r : d work, and pud on a
basis will compile thiir salar
I'.'isii of L'll In, ois a month, i, stead 01
lint presc: ! IX.'t lo tirs, with overtime
allowed f 'C hours tiw rke,jin rxcrs ,,f
right per d y, and iiorliue deducted for
les than e:e,lit Iioilcs work, unless the
:e,lit lious work, unless
s off uOois o u accord,
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StX(IM) DKMtt,. MlltDKR
BY UKY Al MOUGAMON
Morgantun. Aug. tj. tiuilt uf
murder In the second degree was
the verdict ef the Jury In Ihe rase
of Sidney A. Klnrald, Burke County
Commissioner, rharged with the
murder of his wife on July 11th
last.
Judge Ilr) son announced he would
pronoance sentence tomorrow morn
ing. Th Jury deliberated sa hour and
half.
Th trial had been In progress
sfne Tuesdsy and was heard by t
jury selected from vanir tf 15
men summoned from Lincoln County
on motion of th State, Solicitor
H adman opposing trial by a Burke
coantjr1 Jurj. s
Mrs. Klncald' throat was cat
with a frl paring half In a cf.
S with her hasband on th back
porch of their hone, according to
th evldeac.
OF SHOP WORKERS
ni least
twenty-
jtiotithly
rs on the
I Declares He Does Not Deem It
: Wise or Proper To Interfere
In Controversy In Speech r
at Concord
ADDRESS PLEASES MILL
OWNERS AND ALSO GIVES.
WORKERS ENCOURAGEMENT
"If This Industrial Conflict Can
not Be Settled Which I De
voutly Hope The Partiei To
It Can Do Then Let It Pro
cced Until One Side or The
Other Has Whipped In a
Peaceful Economic Contest,"
Declares Governor Who
Adds That Time Has Corns
To Recognize More of "Our
Brother's Liberty"; Gives
Outline of Principles in Deal
ing With Industrial Disputes
and of Rights of Both Em
ployers and - Worker s i.,-GAv.ea
Big Reception; No Untoward
Event During The Day
By JOHN A. LIVINGSTONE
(Staff Correspondent.)
Concord, Aug. 19. Governor Morrison
today outlined the principle apoa '
which he espectrd tn deal with Indus,
trial dispute during his administration. 1
The principle aa announced to th mill
worker follow:
"J do not deem It wise or proper for
the Governor of North Carolina to in
terpose snd interfere with th making
of a contract between citlxene of thla
State.
"Labor In North Carolina ha a legal
right to organize and collectively bar
gain, provided, however, that they can.
rind somebody willing to bargain with
them.
"No man ha any right to call labor
to the bar of public sentiment and lec
ture It for seeing lit to exercise Its an-
doubted right to organize, and endeavor
when organized tn bargain for all con
cerned. "I declare to all North Carolina that
it I wrong to undertake to create pre
judice against and excite enmity to ho
labor people of North Carolina, becana
they see At to exercise their liberty la
their own wy.
"On th other hsnd, employers with
whom they want to contract have th
right to contract with them or not
contract with them, as they sec lit, and
deem it lo their Interests.
Should Recognita Liberty
''It ia true that we sre our brother'
keeper, but I think the time has arrived
when we hsd beMer recognize mora ef
our brother's liberty and permit him to
attend to hia own business. '
"There is wide opinion that public
sentiment must Jerk up every large
employer of labor and by abuse and
vilification bring him Int-t contempt
when he exerciaea his undoubted privi
lege to refuse to enter into a contract
which he doe not want to enter Into
with hia employes.
"If the tjiill rmplovers of this eity
snd county will not enter into contract
with union labor, oT with the Individual
lain, .rs concerned, which labor want
them to enter into, it I (bsolutely no
body's busine-a but their own.
Believes in Rights
"I believe In recognizing every legal
right of organized labor, but I also be
lieve In recognizing every legs! right
of employer of labor-and every legal
right of onorganizedbor.
"As Governor of North Carolina, I
have nothing to d with ewntraet mad
between the people of this State (bout -mstters
subject to contract, which are
not illegal or immoral in their nature,
other than when condition arise which
threaten the peace and order of the
community In which they are being
made, and it then becomes my duty to
uphold the law.
"If this industrial conflict cannot be
settled which I devoutly hope the par
ties to it rsn &o then let it proceed)
until one side or the other has whipped
in a pracefuleinomic contest.
"Troops under my cnmmsnd will not
in thla emergency or In any other vio
late the liberty of any citizen of this
Mote, hut aa I understand my duty I
proptee to see that peace and order '
prevail in every community of this
State."
Speech is Praised
While there nas no new ground brok
rn tiv tlie tiovernor. Iii- sprei 'i received
unstinted praise from the nnil ownerz,
and gave the workers encouragement,
"because it assured them ns long as
Morrison is tiovernor they will nt least
not be forced at the end of a bayonet
to relinquish their union.
Bis condemnation of the nnti picket
ing ordinance, nhich helped to aggra
vuto the situation last work, v.as also
a source of much satisfaction and he
as applauded as he drove home thi
point. . .
The Governor arrived shortly before
three o'clock, coming through the coun
try from Ktntesville. Be was areom
panted by Speaker Harry drier, J. A.
llartness and Barry (Iricr, Jr., snd
shortly after the speaking the Gover
nor returned to flint city and wi
understood to be hound for the sum
mer capital.
Confer With Kr(rtt
II was in tine fettle and received
a cordial greeting front score ot
friends. He went into conference with.
Jim I.nrrett, who got him to com to
Concord, and then the gubernatorial
procession formed In front of the hotel, .
Arriving at th school grounds, tha
Governor waa escorted to th speaker'
stand and Bnrrett wis called to tha
platform to introduce hit excellency.
Barrett told the worker that Cam Mor
rison wa their friend but aa Governor
(Cntlaed aa Tlf FMr)
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