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TAR HEELS FOUGHT
Kihcaid Gets Sentence Of
18 Years In State Prison
ID
MORRISON WRITES
FINISH TO STRIKE
" OF MILL WORKERS
TIGHT IN VOTE ON
NEW REVENUE LAW
Burke County Commissioner. Found Guilty of Second De-
gree Murder As Result or Miung or wire, lakes Ap
peal; Appearance Bond Fixed At $10,000
NNEY Ii
IKE
PARIY LIS HO
AS A UNIT AGAINST
TAX REVISION BILL
MECKLENBURG CITY
HIS HEADQUARTERS
Republican Steam Roller In
. House Does Work On Sched
ule Tim?; However
REVENUE MEASURE NOW
FASTENED UPON PEOPLE
Democrats Waged Hopeless
' Tight To Have Bill Eecom
mitted, Although 50 Repub
licans Joined Them; Wash
ingtonHerald Emphasizes
Injustices; Others In Attacks
News and Observer Buresu,
603 District National Dank Bldg.
By EDWARD E. BR1TTON.
" TBjT Special -trart-r.
Washington, Aug. 20. The Republican
team roller did its work as rcr sched
Hie this afternoon, and tonight the
profiteering millionaires and multi-millionaire
tan banquet with delight, for
insofar as the House, of Representative
Si concerned the, iniquitous revenue
bill is fastened upon th people. That
the Democrats in the Senate will do all
iu their power to aid the masses can
Eo -rUfjf fttfPd3tirr,--rmt ttfpi"r-g!rra- r
I Republican njujty, ruthless in us
plans to t-Ve - r,' r,' the big fellow
and to let lh l.tt.a t.i!.w "go heck."
A Hopeless FI3M.
The Democrats of the House made
helr hopeless fight to re commit the
revenue bill, but ns was to bo expected,
they were voted down by the Republi
eiras, the vote being- 230 against 169.
It is to be noted thut so outrageous is
the measure, so palpably does it favor
the rich and bear down heavily upon the
poor, that ou the mention to re commit
the bill for amendment thtie '.ere
fifty Republicans who voted with the
Democrats. Thero was but one Dem
ocrat who voted wifu the Republican
majority on this motion, Representative
Campbell, of Pennsylvania, while one
of the Republicans voting to re commit
Wis Representative Nolan, of California,
a. member of tho Republican steering
committee of nine. On the motion for
the passiiKo of tho bill the vote was
274 to 123, and there was Republican
.jubilation.
Tar Joel (types it
0 both the motion to re commit and
tho motioa for the passage, of. the bill,
the. North -Carolina, delegation, stood
lulid, votinj to ro-eommit and against
'the bill. In attendant was every mem
,Tcr except Congressman Claude Kitchin,
lilLat hit home t Beotland Heckvbut
"h'-l tigorooT tartW-tiit'Vtu&ntt to
stand solidly against, the ineasurt had
.dona effective work,
That the bill, to gleefully passed by
tlit Republicans of the Eousc, will never
get through the Senate iu its present
shape is to be considered certain, lor
it is a hodge-podge conglomeration, and
is so -recognized by many Republicans.
Not alone do the Democrats make this
charge, but it is emphasized by the
Washington, Herald, a paper said to be
owned add controlled in targe part hv
Secretary of Commerce Hoover and by
Representative Oscar E Keller, Repub
lican, of Minnesota. Concerning the
measure, Secretary Hoover's paper de
clares that it ii 'eleven columns of
amendments," .its editorial under that
caption reading:
- Herald's Editorial
''The one extreme fault of the new
rcvenuo bill; as the Herald sees it, is
the fact that it is net a bill for a new
law,- but a series of amendments of
20,000 words in the total. To-mke the
law, one law, theso two will-have to be
read, studied and construed together.
Iaatead of simplifying, this will greatly
complicate the law as a Dhole and make
its construction more the work of a
'Philadelphia lawyer' and impossible to
the average business man."
"Why the eommittce chose the method
father than rewriting and making one
complete act, is beyond any but Con
gressional ken. It should not be made
more necessary than before to hire a
lawyer to find what the tax is, even by
a man of moderate income. It should
not be made necessary to read the
two laws together when they tould be
easily combined in one. Reference to
sections, sub-divisions of sections and
the many amendments, which are all
mystifying, would not appear and-only
tht one document would have to be
consulted.
The amendments as offered by the
committees, were published .by the New
York Times and fill eleven "columns of
mall type set solid. To piece these
amendments into the present law will
make an old-fashioned New England
patch-quilt. In its form as amendment!
taa bill will create a temper among tax
payers not favorable to the Congres
sional majority. The mere convolu
tions created- will arousa hostility and
profanity. All of this can be avoided
by merely re-writing the law as a whole,
really simplifying it ss promised and
not making it vsstly more complex, as
- is now proposed."
Keller swata buu
' Congressman Keller, the Republican
from Minnesota, one of the group of
Republicans who voted against the
measure, wats the' revenue - bill with
the. vigor of a Democrat in bis swat
ting. He declares that "the so-called
tax reduction of the Fordney revenue
bill are purely illusory and have been
accomplished "only on . paper for poli
tical effect by the palpable juggling of
fliwee," and at warn the eountry that
it! passage means trouble ahead, that
"a half - billioa dollars deficit it the
end of the year will be .the eertaia re
tail of this attempt to deceive thi peo
ple by dodging budget requirements.' .
' And then he smashes into the bill by
declaring: "The Fordney bill itself
- beera unmistakable evidence of deceit
and hypocrisy. I cannot see hew any
person, can be dupsd by thia transpar
ent juggling," referring to the juggling
f figure that the Secretary of the
-Treasury would be able ta increase the
certificate of indebtednei from eevea
million to 17,500,000, to at to takt ear
(Continued ea Page TwoJ
By BEATRICE COBB.
Morgantoa, Aug. 20. Eighteea years
at hard labor in the Stat Prison was
the sentence pronounced by Judge Bry
son this morning on Sidney A. Kincaid)
Burke county eommissionerwhos trial
on a t hare, j of murder of his wife had
been in progress since Tuesday. Attor
neys for the defendant immediately
gave notice of appeal and the court an
nounced an appeal bond of 1250 and an
appearance bod of $10,000.
Kincaid is still i jail, but it is laid
that the bond is being arranged. How
ever, at tho clerk's office lnte this aft
Ornoon your eorresj ndent was told
that it had not yet leen signed. It
will doubtless T arranged early- next 1
week and Kincaid will be a free man
during the three months requested for
the preparation of hie appeal to the
Supreme Court.
The Lincoln county jury which heard
the ease deliberated for little over aa
Timir lalt night, announcing 4heirr
dict of second degree murder at ex
actly midnight. They left early this
niormiig for their homes. Before dis
missing them last night Judgo Bryson
took occasion to commend them and
Commissioner Watts Is Silent
In Face Of Maxwell's Charges
Friends Declare That He Must
Answer Maxwell Sooner
or Later
GRIFFIN OFFERS REHASH
OF CANNON MILLS CASE
Former Tax Clerk Finds Com
missioner MaxU
..Hollering"
Commissioner of Revenue Watts was
silent yesterday in the face of Max
well's charge that he could not justify
his gift t the amount of 11027.32 to
the American and Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Companiei in rebated taxes,
declining to discuss the matter furth;
desnit the fact that among hi elosest
friends there was the unqualified opin
ion that Maxwell could not be ignored.
Te the eharge that .the Tas Commis
sions valuation represenwa money
scUally invested In tobacco over a
period of five yean millions of pounds
It as low ai ll-centa afcen, H. wai
valued at a time when It wai selling
for 63 cents, to the charge that thi
owners paid insurance on it at a value
twice ii great ai it waa vaiuea Dy
Watts, the Commissioner said nothing.
To the charg of nnfairnes toward
thousand of ether tax payers in the
State, who voluntarily submitted their
property at standard book value am
asked no abatement in taxes, who paid
their money into the treasury without
kick, the Commissioner went back into
that silence that has never been brokea
save on Friday morning when he aet
forth the causes th-t impelled him to
give the tobacco trust 1110,327.32 of
money out of theState, county and
city treasuries.
Grim Offer a Word.
But one word came from the Watts
camn yesterday, and that in the form
of a re hash of the Cannon cotton mills
by J. a Griffin, formerly tax clerk to
the Tax Commission who became in
volved in the tobacco company re bat)
while the members of Ih Tax Comtuis
sion were out of the tSate imi Septem
ber. Mr. Griffin defends Mr. Watti,
and charges Mr. Maxwell with "holler
ing." Griffin's Statement
Mr. Griffin's statement follow:
"With the returns all in so far with
respect to the controversy about the re
duction in tax valuation of stock of
tobacco of American Tobieco Company
and Liggett Myers Company, in the face
of history, the wholo matter devolves
itsolf into an attack on Col. Watt
'limply this and nothing more.'
"We have all heard about 'deadly
parallels' and that sort of thing and
whoic "ox is gored" but I never wai
able until now to find out whether or
not the ox "hollered." From nil the
evidence in the eae look like some-'
body made a 'holler whether he had
been gored or Tailed previously, he
'hollered.'
"Let's get to business:,
"J. W. Cannon own the largest cot
ton mill interest In North Carolina. He
it ultra rich. 1
"In 1920 the Board of Appraiser and
Beview of Cabarrus County, acting by
and with tie consent of authorized ap
praiser! of the Old State Tax Commis
sion, assessed for taxation the Cannon
properties in Cabarrua County at S19,-
480,308.00. The Board of County Com
missioners of Cabarrus County met and
filed their tax rates accordingly in Sep
tember, 1920. In November,' 1920, the
Old State Tax Communion, on Novem
ber 25th, 1920, heard the Cannon mills
ex parte, without notice to any of the
county authorities, and reduced the
Cannon assessment from 119,480,308.00
to 19,286,689.00. Notice was issued to
(Co tinned ea Fig Two.) r
BIGHT MUMMY HAND OF
PHAROAH'S DAUGHTER IS
GIVEN TO INSTITUTE.
"a
Peoria, IIL, Aag. 2-Ta right
aaauay hand of PaareaV daagkter
wk reeeaed Mosea from ta watera
f the Nil waa x left U Bradley
Polytechnic Institute la ta will of
the late Mr. Annie E. Fetheraridge,
flled for st ro bate here. . ,
Mr. P ether ridge .was a well
kaewa BlbU atadeat,,aad with her
kaebaad tnad several trip to the
Holy Laad. Aa andeat copy of the
Bible printed la Geaeva la 1517 and
aaow a nil Breedke Bible,- akte
wat left the college. -;
thank them for their patient hearing of
lie cafe.
JVJlN Charge.
It is usderslood that oa the first
ballot the jury stood three for a first
degree verdict and nine for second. In
the judge's charge, which wv the sub
ject acre today of much favorable com
meat, they were; Instructed oa the ele
menti in the evidence which should
guide them in returning a verdict of
first or second degree murder, man
slaughter or acquittal .
There is general approval of the ver
dict ana the sentence. lhe remorse
snd broken condition of the prisoner
elicited suck sympathy for him r.s
WQuld have cansed regfiret at a first de
gree verdict.
In passing sentei:e this morning
Judge Bryson departed from what -ie
said was hia nsusl custom and eon
minted to the throng gathered in the
co. rt room on the lesson the tragedy
ahonlibrlng of the effects of blockade
liquor, making the s'atement that on
the conscience of the man who sold
Sidney Eincaid the liquor should rest
much of the blame for the death of his
wife.
CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY
COMMISSIONER'S GIFT
July, 19M.State Tax Commission
fixes book value of Liggett and Myers
Tobacco Compnny at 1:3,196,300, and
the American Tobacco Company at 111
26,103.
September, 1920. Members of State
Tax Commission attend session of
American Tlx Association In Utah. To
bacco companies apply to J. 8. Griffin
for abatement of assessment. Griffin
name Col. W. II. Osborne and twn tn.
bacco buyers to revise Commission's
ngures.
October, - 1920. Griffin leaves Tax
Commission under fire of criticism
which charged that whibt in the employ
at tho Commiseioa he wsi soliciting
fund with which to defeat tha
of the income tax amendment, a part of
tne tax rcrorm program.
December. 193) Hjitn 11 .
tobacco eomnantes In which IhiVum f
Qriflin committee , were presented and
nrgea a ana lor abatement of rsJaa
tioa, Fetitio denied, aal original
book valaes, applied to all tobacco com
panies ordered to stand.
January, 1921. Petition filed by to-
HMft nmniilM m.Ihi. mm ... 1...
tion. Durham county agree to take
only taxe not In dispute.
February. 192L General Annnhh
enacts legislation creating office of
ruavo Jtevenue Commissioner, and the
State Board of Equalization.
April 2. 1921. A. D. Wtta .m.
Commissioner of Revenue by Governor
Cameron Morrison.
April 28, 192L State Tax Commis
sion dismiss petition to rehear to
bacco companies.
April SO, 1821. Tobacco companies
CXCCDt to dismissal, "in nrAer thf
it may appeal to the Superior Court, as
proviaed Dy law."
May 2, 1921. A. D. Watt assumes
office of Commiaeioner of Revenue.
May 6, 1921. Tobacco companies re
quest Commissioner Watt to re-open
and re-hear petition for abatement of
valuation.
June 10, 1021. Attorney General
Manning render opinion that Commis
sioner may re hear, but dose the door
against all other tax-payer who have
not kept up fight.
July 30, 1921. Commissioner Watts
and Attorney General Manning, being a
majority of the Board of Equalization,
vote to re hear petition.
August 16, 1921. Petition reheard,
and tobacco companies presented with
$110,327.32 in taxes assessed against
them for the year 1920.
LIONS GIVE MT. AIRY
SOME UNUSUAL THRILLS
Three Animals liberated In
Bunawaj and Subsequent
Hunt Proves Exciting
Mount Airy, Aug. 20. Citizem of the
Rock ford itreet section were treated to
some real thrills just about midnight
Friday night when three snarling, snort
ing lions held (way in that part of
town.
The Sanger ihow had given two per
formances on the Beddick field, which
is in the center of town, and after the
night performance tho ponies which
were hauling the lion cage to the depot
ran away on Granit street hill, turn
ing over the cage and liberating the
bents. t
Two of the animals were easily cap
ture, but the third gave considerable
trouble. A erowd quickly gathered and
participated in the bant for his ma
jesty. He waa ehased into the garden
of one of the Bockford street homes.
On of the men with the (how picked
up an empty- chicken coop and at
tempted to throw it over the beast. He
then mounted the coop and stood guard
oa it until the trainer arrived. . .
When the trainer arrived and the
coop was moved there wis no lion there.
The wily fellow had scaled a neighbor
ing fence and left them guessing. He
waa Anally captured, . however, with a
lauo and carried back to hi prison.
N , Little Child Injured '
Burlington, Aug. S0r-Littl - Miss
Nellie Cites, duaghter of Mr. Claud
Cateij bad heir1 hand badly injured Frf-
Aaw - ttliinUf W Vi alt a mrmm hl.Ll-a
with a blank pistol st her kom oa Front
street, . Tb pistol waa "accidentally
discharged la her hand shattering her
third finger and burning nother. r -
New District Attorney Arrives
at Charlotte and Issues Long
Statement
SAYS HIS CONFIRMATION
J.ZANS MUCH FOR G.0. P.
Appoints Thomas HarkiDS, of
Asheville, and Charles A.
Jones, of Lincolnton, As As
sistant District Attorneys ;
Confirmation Gives Approval
To-State .Policy
Charlotte, Aug. 1. Frank A. Llnney
is in Chirlotte to arrange for making
hit official residence here. He today
aiMunccd thft ippoiptme nt of Thomns
Harkins, of Asheville, and Charles A
Jones, of Lincolnton, as assistant dis
trict attorneys. ,
Linney will be sworn in the latter part
of ncit week. He will remain in Char
lotto until Thursdny. lie will go to his
home in Boone and return to take oath
of office the latter part of the week.
Hal Worth, of Asheboro, chief clerk
nnder Mr. Durham, will remain tcmpor
irrtly- tir-chnrms tsf "Uie " 8fffcr Meitsfi
Harkins snd Jones sncceed Assistant
District Attorney Hamilton C. Jones, of
Charlotte, and Major Phillips, of Lex
ington.
Mr. Linney expects to attend his first
session of Federal Court in Ashevilte .r.
September, a special term having been
called forijhat city. - Mr. Linney wai
confirmed si district attorney by the
United Htntes Senate, August 8. Ha ex
peeti to send in his resignation as
chairman of the Republican party in the
State thtf first 6'f the week. He has
held thia position since 1919
Mskee Statement.
Mr. Linnfy said: "My confirmation
by the Senate meana more to the Ro
publican party of the South than per
haps anything that has happened in
half a century, for it gives approval to
tho course pursued by the party in this
State for the last twenty yean and
opens the way for the building of a
strong white Republican party through
out the South, It waa the realization
of thi fact that caused Senator Sim
monl to take tho, stand against my
confirmation that he did. He realizes
that machine Democracy 'of the State
had subsisted for year on 'tb negro
tsa and that if he voted for my con
firmatlon it, meant the elimination of
this isea front the policies of the State,
8ine th action, f th flenatf In
voting t gainst a notion to permit the
publication of th evidence tAea be
fore tht Senate tub-committee, it ii
probable that I will not be permitted
to publish the evidence. This evidence
ffbuld disclose the fact that whit I said
before the committee carried with It
two purpose! : First, my purpose to have
the Senate approve the course pursued
by the Bopublican party in this State
during my terms as chairman to ex
elude from participation in the affairs
of the party the negroes of the State.
I set forth dearly the right of the
Republican party to organize and main
tain a white party in the State. Sinee
I have been ehairman the negroes have
not participated in any of the Republi
can conventions. No effort has been
made to organize them for the purpose
of voting them or for the purpose of
having their names placed on the regis
tration books:
Reosgatae Law
"The second purpose i what I did,
and in what I laid before the commit
tee, wss to have the Senate recognize
the constitutional amendments in our
Stat as the law governing the right of
suffrage.
"I did not state before the committee
that I favored a force bill except in the
some that a criminal regards every law
ai a force bill. I did adweate appeal
ing to Congress for federal legislation
that would protect every citizen of the
State in his rights to vote under, the
inns of our State. Congress in 1909
passed the federal corrupt practice an
making it a felony to buy a vote.
CONTINUES JUDGMENT .
IN CASE OF DR. TAYLOR
Jndge Webb Lets Appeal Case
at Oreensboro Oo Over;
Other Oases Pending
Greensboro, Aug. 20. Prayer for judg
mcnt was ordered by Judge J. L. Wobb,
presiding over the August term of Guil
ford Superior court, in the appeal caso
of Dr. J. W. Taylor, the local opto
metriat, who was recently sentenced to
a term of ono year on the county roads
for an assault on his wife, Ty Judge
D. n. Collins, of Municipal court.
The case will be taken up again at
the October term of court, aacording to
the decision of the court. Bond for
hi appearance at the October term was
fixed at SSO0. .
In ordering a continuance of judg
ment until the fall, Judge Webb ex
pressed the hope that a reconciliation
between the doctor and his wife might
be effected by that time. That the oc
currence )was a most unfortunate affair,
wai the expression of the judge.
Dr. Taylor Is now out under a bond
of $1,000 to appear in city eourt on
August 3to receive sentence on a
charge of immorality growing out of his
conviction on this eharge with his sec
retary. Miss Clara Sanders, who was
alio convicted. Be will be given a hear
ing on August 30 for immoral relation
with another woman of this eity.
Mrs. Elliibeth Pitman Die
Lumberton, Aug. 20. Mr. Elizabeth
Pitman, well-known East Lnmberton
womaa, died' at her bom after a long
illnesa. Deceased is survived by her
husband, Thomas Pitman," and .seven
children. The funeral wit conducted
from the home by Bev. A. E. Paul, pat
tor of East Lumberton Baptist- church,
of which deceased wai a -member, and,
interment wat mad ia Meadowbrook
cemetery, Mrs. Pitman wu 60 7 sari eld.
Tax Revision Measure Passes
In Lower House By Straight
Party Vote
THREE DEMOCRATS CAST
THEIR VOTES FOR BILL
Measure Estimated To Cut
Nearly Billion Dollars From
Nation's Tax Burden By
1923; Now Goes To Senate
To Be Taken Up After Re
cess; Principal Tax Changes
Washington, Aug. 20. The tax revision-
bill of 1921, estimated to eut 818,
000,000 from the nation's tax burden by
1923, was passed late today by the
House, 224 to 123, on an almost straight
party vote.
Three Democrats supported the meas
ure and nine Republicans voted against
Compared with this number of Re
publicans were 60 who voted for a
Democratic motion to recommit the bill
for elimination of the provision re
pealing the income surtax rates above
82 per etrtV Thif wntton-'WH Irtst, 169
to 230, with oue Democrat, -Campboll, of
Pennsylvania, voting against it.
Goes to Senate
The bill will be sunt Monday to the
Senate, where it will be taken up after
the end of the recess on September 21.
Meantime, the Senate finance eommittce
will hold additional public hearing on
the whole tax question and probably
revise the moasurt In a number of de
tails. As finally passed by the House, with
nearly 100 committee amendments, the
bill is estimated to produce a total of
$3,347,000,000 tn revenue this fiscal year,
or $221,000,000 less than the estimate
und.er the existing law.
As repeal of tht excess profits tax
and higher income surtax rates would
not become, effoctiv until next January
1, the full force of the measure will not
lie reflected in government reeeiptaun
til the calendar year 1923, but Repub
lican leaders say that through repeal
of tht tranvpurtation and other taxei
the reduction in the tax bill in the next
calendar year will be. approximately
512,000,000..
Principal Cmaage
Th principal change ia the present
tax kmc mad by the bill include!
Repeal of the excess profit tax.
Iaerai of the eorpozatioa income
ta from' 10 to 12 1-2 per eent, effecJiv
next January 1.
Repeal of the Income turtax fttei
from 32 per eent to 63 per cent, in
clusive. Increased exemption to heads of
families, effective at of last January 1,
to $2,500 for income not in excess of
$5,000 and additional exemption for
dependent to $400 from $200.
Repeal of the transportation taxes,
effective next January 1.
Repeal of the tax on life, fire, and
marine insurance policies and imposi
tion of the corporation tax of 12 1-2
per eent on all such insurance com
panies, except fraternal, effective next
January 1.
Repeal of the taxes on fountain
drinks, e cream, and other beverages,
and tho substitution of manufaturers'
ttf-ici a follows:
Four ceuti a gallon on cereal bever
ages; five cents a pound on carbonic
acid gaa; two cents a -gallon on fruit
juices or soft drinks; three cents a
gallon on still drinks, exclusive of min
eral and table water, and ten cent i
gallon on fountain syrufs. These
changes would go into force on enact
ment of the law.
Repeal Lnxnry Taxes.
Repeal of the stamp tnxes on perfum
ery, cosmetics, toilet preparations and
proprietary mcdicinn upon enactment
of the bill.
Rcpe.il of the 10 per cent tax on
baseball, football and basketbnll equip
ment, skates, snow shoes and skis and
reduction of the ten per eent tnx to
five on tennis, golf and polo equip-'
ment, games, and the like, the whole to
come into force on enactment of the
bill.
Exemption from the income tax of
the first $500 of incomo from invest
menti in building and loan associations,
effective at passage of the law.
A reduction from five to three per
cent in the levy on candy; and of from
ten to five per cent in the levies on
fur article! and art and art works
and repeal of the tax on electric fans.
. Take Off Yacht Tax.
A reduction from ten to five per cent
in the tax on nil yachts with, motor or
other craft less than 32 feet in length
or of I w.j th:ui iiwi tonit carrying i-.v
pccity exempted from tliis tax.
Exemption from the income tax of
all allowance from the Federal yovca
ment for the service of the benelciarx
or another ia the military or naval
forces of the United State.
Repeal of all of the so-called luxury!
taxes now collected by retailer and the
lubititntion of a manufacturers' tax
of five per cent on the following articles
when toid by the manufacturers at the
sums given:
Carpet and run: $3.60 a square yard;
trunks, $30 each; valiaes, traveling bags,
suitcase and bat boxes. $13 each;
purses, pocketbooka, shopping and hand
bags, f each: portable liehtiur fixtures.
$10 each; umbrella and parasols, $2.50
eicnj lani, yi each, and house er smok
ing eoatt or jacket and bath or loung
ing robei, S3 each. -
UPHOLSTERING PLANT
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Hirh Point Antr. 20rir Int. Ihia
afternoon destroyed th nlnnt nt the
Furniture-City UphoUterlng Company
nere, incurring a lot! or Itveral thous
and dollar. The origin of the fir had
not been determined tonight.
The buildin wain mall twa-atarr
structure used exclusively for aphelster-
tag. - . " . ' -
MORRISON TRIVKS CRISIS
IN CONCORD HAS PASSED;
RETURNS TO ASF1EVV1IXE
Asheville, Aug. It I' pea hi re
turn to tho simmer capiUl thia af.
teraoon. Governor Cameron Morri.
son aute that the sting la the situ
ation at Cocoara ha passed and
that he had no doaht complete order
woald be established la the near fa
ts r. . He expressed hia plcasare at
having received a warm reception
by all parties and waa exceedingly
gratified at the roar train show and
the spirit of fairness manifested by
all concerned. The actio ef textile
worker ia ronstraed by the Governor
as evidencing their wllllacaeu te
respect law and order aad to adhere
to their duty.
Coveriwr'MorriMa tonight repeat
ed that he went to Concord reluct
ant!)', aad said that la now traly
glid that he went "I think I did
ta right thlat," a44 th bcasv
"The sentiment witnessed wss ef the
kindest sort."
I'poa hia letarn her today several
applications for pardon were await
ing execiUve actios. The Governor
Immediately took these psder con
sideration, bat no definite aaaoasce
rntnt a to probable action wss mad
at the aaasmer raaitoL
CONFEREES AGREE
ON ANTI-BEER BILL
Exempts a Man's Home From
Search Without Warrant;
No Quick Passage
Washington, Aug. 20. The" conference
report on the anti-beer bill, definitely
agreed on today and presented to the
Senate, exempts a man'a home from
search without warrant obtained in due
course of law, but required no warrant
to search other property provided aa
officer act without malic and baa reas
onable cause to suspect the presence of
liquor.
Along with th presentation of th
report word reached th Benat that
prohibition leader of the Bout bad
declared ther would bt no men f
Congrei until th mtasur been
flttA)y enacted. Benat ieadera, oa tht
ether hand, announced It waa hopeless
to expect Sonet acceptance ia view of
tht rtjecticn by tn conferee! of the
Stanley amendment- pasted unni
mously, and designed to protect tht
home and other property from Indis
criminate search through Imposition of
heavy penalties.
Bubstltnte Section.
The only point at iasue In final de
liberations of the Managers waa the
searching provision. In reaching a com
promise both the Senate aad House
smendments on the tubjeets were dia
earded. In their plaeo the conference
adopted the following lection:
"That any officer, agent or employs
of the United otatee engaged in the en
fercement of this act, of the national
prohibition act, or any other law of the
.'nited Htates, who shail search say prl
vate dwelling as defined in the national
prohibition act, and occupied as such
dwelling, without a warraut directing
inch search, or who while so engaged
shall, without search warrants, malici
ously aad without reasonable cause
search any other building or property
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and
npon conviction thereof shall bt lined
for a first offense not more than one
thousand dollars or imprisonment not
more than one year, er both.
Whoever not being an officer, agen
or employee of the United States shall
falsely represent hu self to be such an
Officer, or egent or employee and in
such assumed character shall arrest or
retain any person, or shall in any man
ncr search the person, buildfkg or
property of any person, shall be 'deemed
guilty of a misdemeanor and upon eon
viction shall be punished by a fine of
not more than one thousand dollars, or
imprisonment for not more than ono
yar, or by both.
T6 DEMAND ADDITIONAL
TAX LEVY FOR SCHOOLS
Lumberton, Aug. 20, The Robeson
County Board of Education ha re
quested the county commissioners to
levy an additional 3 cents on the $100
valuation for school purposes, miking a
total of 43 cents. The commissioners
nero asked for a levy of 43 cents beforo
the levy wa made at the last meeting
of the county commissioners. The com
missioners only lovied 40 cents. T. L.
Johnson, attorney for the school board,
and a member of tho board, wit in
structed to bring siiit against the com
missioners in rase they refuse to make
the additional 3-ccnt levy.
JUDGE BOYD SIGNS ORDER
PERMANENTLY RESTRAINING
COLLECTOR J. W. BAILET
Greensboro, Aug. 20. Jidf Jame
E. Boyd, la Federal cotrt today,
signed en order permanently re
straining J. W. Bailey, Collector af
Internal. Seven for Worth Cars-
Una, from selling th property f
J. II. Ray, T7 year old, aad hia ana,
llsscom Ray, t atify asseesiacut
msde by the Commissioner of later,
nal Kevtnae following report to
that efflc charging th two with
minufartnrlag whiskey.
Ia affidavits s omitted to Jndge
Boyd, it win charged that revenue
officer act ire t a barn belonging
to the defendant, alleging that it
concealed a tiU. Ia th ralat, th
affidavit aatd, th nly taetal to be
foaad waa a frying pea
Calling of Troops To Cabarrus
Insured Collapse Unless Mor
rison Should Act As
Mediator
SPEECH TO WORKERS
HANDED THEM STONE '
INSTEAD OF BREAD
Leaders of Unions at Concord -
and Kannapolis Save Their
Faces As Best They Can T.y
Pledging Themselves and
Followers To Preserve Law
and Order; Military Now Be
ing Removed From Guard
Duty and Their Presence No
Longer Demanded; Textila
Workers Left Completely at
Mercy of Employers
rly JOHN A. LIVINGSTONI
(Staff Correspondent) 1
Concord, Aug. 20. Governor Camerot
Mortis eaa-now add imotheT chreve-;
mint to hi administration. The textile
strike here and at KsnnapOll involving
some fonr thousand employe! bat bee
broken.
Adjutant General Mettt today began
moving tho guardsmen from gnatd
duty at the mills snd by th first ef th
week they will be moving homeward,
and peace will reign in Cabairrui again.
Governor Morrison sent tho troope to
Concord and Kaanapolli and whether
so intended by him or by officialt who
asked him to tend them, it is a fset
that their presence ha beea a power-'
ful factor in breaking thg strike.
Ask for Bread: Get Btoae.
Tn hi address to th workers Friday
afternoon, the Governor handed them
n stone when they hid aiked for bread.
He placed npoa them the burdea ef pre
serving law and order and of thowing
that it tsxista instead of leaving that
np to th heriff and the lawfully con
stituted authorities who had had th
troops brought to Ctacord. -
It ia to tho everlasting credit of tho
worker aad th leaden of the textile
union that they accepted th Govern
or' addreat ai h face vala aad th
ehalleng it threw down. They have ac
cepted th responsibility for keeping
mw find order ia Cabarrai eoonty aad
they tar behaved thi week it a way
to indicate vary positively that they
mean what they ay wbea they offer
their aerriee to uphold th law, is tlx
hundred did Friday tight
It wa th owner! ef th mill who got
Governor Morrison to tend troopt to
Cabarrus county. It was tht textilt
workers' leaders and James F. Barrett,
president of the State Federation of
Labor, who got Ml Morrison to come
dowa and make an address.
The mill owaert got the troopi and
tho textile workers got the ipeecb. What
it the result The mill owner win tht
strike and the textile worker must new
get the troops out of town.
Discus Dead Issue
The Governor discoursed at torn
length upon freedom of contract, which
is guaranteed by the constitution. Even
this is conceded by he mill owner of
Concord and Kannapolis.
The Governor pointed out that labor
has the right to organize but had to
qualify that He did not need to
qualify it a there is not a mill owner
in Cabarrua county that will not grant
that right now.
However, they would not yield that
right two years ago until Governor
Bickett told them that he would never
tend troops into Cabarrui county to
enable the mill owneri to prevent their
employees from joining unions.
J. W. Cannon, the biggest employer
of teitile labor in Cabarrui eoonty,
went to Governor Bickett to ask for
troops in the event a strike waa canned
by hit insistence on lis right to dis
charge employes joining unions.
When the Governor refused he re
turned nnd along with the ether mill
owners of the town and county withdrew
his objection to the right to join unions.
Mill Owners Deny Privilege
If Governor Morrison hid read the
papers during the last few days be
would have known that textile worker
in this section cannot "find somebody
willing to bargain with them.
As a matter of fact the mill owners
here have declared war on union aad
the employes to form union and
while they dare not attack the right
which Governor Bickett made plain to -them
must be respected, they retort
to different tactics. Now they .propose
to oust from their homes all ehtirmen
of committees aad other leader named '
by the textile employes to act for them
ih any way. Thu will effectually pat
to death any union if enforced ttrietry,
and the mill owner know it ti welt
at the textile worker..
Governor Morrison wu told that thks
is the sorest spot in the local situation
and wat asked to say something about
it He preferred to talk oa principle
that everybody accepted and not to
tread on any tor toe.
Tht mill workers make no denial f
using thi method -of killing the union
although they point out that ther are
others being .ejected from residence a
well. From their point of view, thet
leidcrt are bum; rough Beck aad d-
tators and they prefer, to get rid of
them. ' .
Did Troop Break Strike?
Tht Governor wis vigorou ia do-'
Bouncing tho suggestion that troopt
were eent her to break th atrik.
Nobody bat charged that tht Governor
did intend it that way. They hav only .
stated that th practical effect ef get
ting the troopi wai to break ap tht
ttrik. --i'-.', ,y ,r,
Th Governor did mot star long
enough la Concord to acquaint himself
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