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VOL CXIV. NO. 55. TWELVfc PAGES TODAY,
RALEIGH, N. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, AUGUST 24, 1 92 1.
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RECORD NUMBER OF
VETERANS ATTEND
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Hendersonville Man Not Ex
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After October 1st
RECESS APPOINTMENT
FOR CRISSOM PLANNED
Ho fight Expected To Be Made
Attains! Confirmation of
j Brownlow Jackson Unless
;' Hiram Johnson Breaks Loose
,.' Again; George B. McLeod
r' Strikes It Rich
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The News a-nd Observer'Bureau,
, 603 District National Bank Bldg.
By EDWARD; E. BRITTON
(By Special Loaded Wire)
Washington, Aug. 23. Brownlow
Jackson, of Hcndersonvjlle, hai arrived
Hhat ii, his name bna arrived at the
Senate and he is headed towards the
day of confirmation of his nomination
to the position of United States mar
sh of the Western District of North
Carolina, as successor to Charles A.
Webb, whom Attorney General Daugh
erty asked to resign for political rea
sons, said reasons being given out as
being that the Ashcville paper in which
Marshal Webb has an interest did
some criticizing of the Harding admin
istration, " The rea rensoit, - however,
was that the job was wanted for Brown
low Jackson, chairman of the Republi
can Congressional committee of tie
Tenth North Carolina district, slated
by the ''hog combine' for tho place.
There will of necesity be some
delay ja the confirmation process with
Congress taking a recess this week and
taking holiday until October, for the
nomination has now to go to the 'Senate
judhiary committee for its o. k., before
tbe Senate acts upon it. No fight is
expected to be made against the nomi
nation though Mr. Jackson was a dele
gate te the Chicago Republican conven
tion, and, therefore, comes in the list of
those whom Senator Hiram Johnson
declares "betrayed" him In the voting
for a presidential enndidate. So Mar
shal Webb will in all probability hold
on to the place till in October Bales
there is a recess appointment of Mr.
Jackson, which is not expected. Eut
there is expected recess appointments
of Gilliam Grissom as collector of in
terH.nl revenue for North Carolina and
j's.iiMy of A. L, Mc'Caskill as collector
tf the port of Wilmington.
. Lod Strike. It Rich
Former State Senator George $. 'Mc
Leod, of Lumberton, has struck it rich,
according to the Daily Register, , of
Jola, Kenans, copies the issue of
August 10 reaching Washington today
carrying across the top of the eight
columns of tho first page in big let
ter "McLeod gets a ten million gasser
at Colony." In two column account
the paper tells that Mr. McLeod, des
cribed as "an operator1 in the Deer
Creek and Elsmore oil fields' with
12,000 as availbale cash played.it all on
the Colony gas field, secured a lease
on -two places, and "slapped on rigs"
for the drilling process, and in the
Register' picturesque language: "now
he has a pair of bearcat), noisy ones,
the gassers that couie in with a swiss
and a roar. The Bobbins well came
in last night and the Pearson this after
noon. He has 17,000,000 cubic feet of
gas In the two wells. And gas is re
tailing in Colony at 80 cents per thou
sand." The outlook appears good to th'e
Register for it describes the two leases
as "both ereamery ones," and in "sure
shot" locations.
Describing the trouble in getting the
jTig into operation and the difficulties
.accumulating in the drilling, the Regis
ter continued "but last night the well
earn in with the greatest roar heard in
'the little hay town to date. The sand
dipped to the west. It was not picked
up whert, it was expected and there
were sighs and long faces. But finally
the bit reached the rap rock. It
bounced around on it for a couple of
hours cutting through. There was a
million feet of gas above it but no one
at Colony wants a million feet of gas.
But when the bit dropped through into
the brown sand there was a roar. With
every stroke of the big beam it grew
loader. There wss a great black cloud
of dust thrown higher than the sixty
foot masthead. The noise kept growing
in volume. Frequently the rope would
lack up, the gas forcing the bit up the
hole. There were hurried conferences
as to the depth the bit should go.
Finally at 9.32 feet it was called a well,
a skrieker. A drill stopped and the
are killed under the boiler and the well
capped.''
BiggMt Prodaeere to Date
The paper tells of the roar of the
well startling the country side, that
the noise increased, thst the operators
stuffed cotton in their ears and kept
aa the job, that the street ef Iola were
Hied with automobiles hurrying to the
' scene, saying of Mr. McLeod: "and
waea the big noisa came his face was
weathed ia smiles. He had picked the
- wreather ia smiles. He had picked the
data. Telling of other gas well bow
ia the drilling the Register ays:
"Colony is the greatest ffii field die-
covered ia Kansas in recent years, the
. (Continued ,ob Page Four)
.IIGHTT-ONE PER CENT P
ROBESON SIGN CONTRACTS
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Lassbertoa, Aag M. Elghty-aa
per cent of the cot tow grower la
be cwaaty, the kaaaer ewttan
eaaaty wt the Bute, have signed
ee-epe retire marketlag eeatracta,
and they are etill algalag'at a rapid
rate, according to L. S. Prevatt, di
rector f tke Mtatorahip drive. It
is eenlaeatly eapected that the ea
trra cat tea crap will be algaed ap
kef era the campaign cloaca. Rat,
past fsimeia ere ia ay at patty with
House Breaks All Precedents In
Calling 'Down Senator
From Missouri
REFLECTS ON CHARACTER
OF AUTHOR OF DRY LAW
Resolution Censuring Seed In
troduced By Bepresentative
Newton, Who Is From Vol
stead's State, and Adopted
By Vote of 181 To 3; Reed's
Language Given
.
. Washington, Aug. 23,-The Senate
was requested today in a resolution by
the House, by a vote of 181 to S, "Mo
take appropriate action" concerning re
marks of Senator Reed, Democrat, Mis
souri, during debate on the anti-beer
were "improper, unparliamentary, and
bill Ihst week, which the House held
a reflection on the character" of Rep
resentative Volstead, Republican, Mia
nesota.
It is the first time in history, so far
as official records show, that tbe House
has taken such action. On two prcvi
qui occasions, however, it censured n
Ltprjescjatativo tMU waking lP!i: L
mentary statements aoout eenargrs ami
in both incidents the offending remarks
were eliminated from the Congressional
Record by a House vote.
The resolution, which was offered by
Representative Newton, Republican,
Minnesota, was adopted after brief de
bnte and was referred to the rules
committee when it reached the Senate.
Mr. Reed made no comment concert
ing it.
Reed's Statement
Senator Reed' language, a printed
in the Congressional Record, follows:
"Until tho other day I never had the
pleasure of seehnr the distinguished
author of tho VoMead Act. His brief
biography states that he was born in
the United States. I am, however, fn
formed he speaks a very broken Eng
lish. I do not know what his ancestry
may be. but tj do kuow that I have
gated upon pictures of the celebrated
conspirator! of the past, the counte
nances of those who have led in fanati
cal crusades, the burners of witches,
the executioners who applied the torch
ef persecution and I saw them all again
when I looked at the. author of the bill.
"I have no'respeet for a man, wheth
er he be a memboaw a . M' at
elsewhere, who proposes to whittle down
the constitution of the United States,
who tries to leavt it, a does the amend
ment of the House, so that n officer
can go into every building except a
residence; who puts the discovery of a
bottle of beer above the constitution;
who in the pursuit of his favorite pas
time of hunting somebody who may take
a drink, is willing to destroy that con
stitution which he held up his hand and
before Almighty God swore ho would
maintain, protect, and preserve.
; Not a Pit Citizen
''A man. who thinks more of 'getting'
n bootlegger than he does of preserv
ing tho palladium of human liberty is
not fit to be in a legislative body and
not fit to be a citizen of the United
States. I have more respect for an an
archist who, in his ignorance and blind
ness, stands upon a soap box proclaim
ing against all government than I have
for the man who will in this body or
in the House of Representatives swear
before the Almighty that he will pre
serve the constitution- of "the United
States and then employ the Ruthorrty
and power of the people vested in him
to preserve the constitution for the
purpose of destroying that sacred in
strument." G0LDSBQR0 WOMEN WIN
SCHOOL BOND ELECTION
Gbldsboro, Aag. 21. With women
diligently working at the polls
throaghout the entire day the
ItM.MO school bond election for
Goldsboro township held here to
day, was carried by only a small
majority. Early this afternoon It
wis generally conceded that the
measure weald be defeated, where
upon the women made a harried
canvass of tbe city la automobiles,
and persuaded a large number to
capt their vote la the affirmative,
who woold have otherwise stayed
away from the poHsH Tonight the
women are rejoicing over their vic
tory.
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Preparing Strike Ballots
For 409, 000 RailWorkers'
Cleveland, Aug. 23. Strike ballots for
submission to 409,000 members' of the
"Big Fpur? railroad brotnerhoodi and
the Switchmen's Union of North
America were being prepared at a joint
conference here 1oday of members of
the executive committee, chief execu
tive and assistant grand officers of
five organizations.
Whea the conference adjourned late
today the form of the ballot had aot
bcea definitely decided oa. . Th con
ference will be resumed tonorro
morning.
' Present Ballot .
la-it present shape, the ballot tells
the uaioa member of thevaaiatisiactory
arg-.UtioB held I pest few months
bet wee a brotherhood chief aad rail
road manager at coafereaect held ia
th Watt, Southeast aad East a to
whether h railroad Intended to ask
for further .decreased ' xagea following
th 13 1 i per cent redaction kaaded
down by th Railroad Labor, Board at
Chicago, Juae 1, aad aew in effect;
whether th road would peek th
slimiaatiea af .time and aae-kalf for
t y .v. .: .
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Courtcvy Durham Ht-rahl
Mrs. Kate Tatton Irwin, Danville, Va., sponsor' of the Army of Northern
Virginia. United Confederate Veterans, at the annual reunion in Durham
this week.
GUARDSMEN LEAVE
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All of Cotjon Mills In Cabarrus
Affected By Strike Have Re
sumed Operations
Concord, Aug. 23. All of the mills in
the county with the eiception of the
Buffalo, yarn mill for the Locke mills,
have been opened for. work following
the general strike called June 1st. The
Brown and Norcott mill opened this
morning, sad their opening made the
iijiaijjlilJi.clo'ed by the strike now at
worst- complete. A small number of
operative went to work in each mill,
the management stated.
Reports from Kannapoli ctated that
fully 1,500 persons are at work in the
two mills there now. The estimates are
made by tho management. Reports from
the various mills, as closely as they
can be checked, show that approxi
mately 2.00U former employe of :n
mills in the county have returned to
work.
All troopr, which had been on dutv
here for the past week, were withdrawn
from the city this afternoon, following
instructions sent by Governor Morrison
to Adjutant General Metta yesterday.
Following the telegram from Governor
Morrison telling him to prepare for the
withdrawal of the troops General Mctts
and Major Faison "made all arrange
ments fur the withdrawal and all ar
rangements . for the transportation of
tho Charlotte and Winston Salem com
panies. The Charlotte company returned home
on Southern train .No. 45, and the Wia-bton-Salem
company left Kannapolia at
4 o'clock ou Southern train No. 46. The
Concord company-was relieved of duty
at 7 o'clock tonight.
General Mctt nnd Major Faison will
return to their homes tomorrow, they
having remained ever tonight to chjjck
up1 nil business in connection with the
service of tho troops.
All of tho mill which were affected
by the strike have been opened for
work, and though the general feeling
here is that the situation has not beon
settled, it is felt tllat it has been greatly
clarified.
TEMPERANCE, WORKER
CHARGED WITH MURDER
Adrian, Mich., Aug. 23. Mrs. Matie
Kirby, prominent state tempenfhee
worker, charged with the murder of a
child born July 4 to her unmarried
daughter, was bound over today for trial
at tho October term of circuit court fol
lowing examination in justice court.
Her bail was fixed at S,000.
overtime and asks, if flic members ta
satisfied e etfuUnucwtuJt ud-ths.
conditions;
Executives of th southwestern roadi
did not meet with the chief.
Chief executive of toe five organiza
tions have been in conference hope for
several days oa the situation aad today
were joined by three member ef the
executive board of each' of the. five or
ganization, aad several assistant graad
officers, about 25 ia all. '
- Nearly Half Millie Men.
Ballot will be sent to 150,000 active
members of th traiaraea' rrganixatioa ;
115,000 firemen; 80,000 engineer ) 60,000
conductors,' and 14,000 switchmen. .
.Whea tha ballot Js completed, prob
ably wifhia a day or two it will be pent
to the active membership of th five
organizations aad referendum vote
taken. It was estimated that it will
take a, full month or mora to complete
th vote, Tbe ballet for tha referen
dum must be sent te th member be
fore September 1,' aaacr termr,of a
:esolution adopted at rc-aforeae ia
Chicago July 1 of the general chairmen
of the rgaaintioa, -
CONCORD FOR hi
F
UN OF STATE
HONOR OFFIC
ERS
Present Tokens of Appreciation
To James D. McNeill and
A. H. Boyden
G.ntonia, Aug. 23. The features of
today's meeting of the Stato Firemen
were an address by Stacey W. Wado,
State Insurance Commissioner, this
morning at 11 o'clock and the presen
tation of handsome silver ptichers ta
President Emeritus J. D. McNeill, of
Fayetteville and vice presIcTdttM1CiT.
Boyden, of Salisbury. They were pre
seated in token of appreciation of tbe
work don by the men for tha paat 23
years for the nrwnen of the Btat.
There were also hort talks by Insur
ance Commissioner Memahon, of South
Carolina Commission! of Public Safe
ty Fitzpatrick, of Asheville. and Build
ing Inspector Ptelling, of Durham.
The registration staodily increased
last night and today as the crowds
from all sections of tho State have con
iinued lo pour in. At? noon today a
total registration of 413liad been reach
ed. Out of this number there are at
least 43 municipalities all over tho
State represented from Morehead City
oa tho East to Ashcville on the West.
After tho roll call I'resident Emeritus
Capt. Jamc I). McNeill, the dean of
Firemen in this Stitte, was called on for
a short flak He spoko of his connec
tion with the Firemen's Convention
through a long period o service, having
delivered the response In the address
of welcome at tho first Ki 'men's Con
vention in this Sta-te Which was held
at Greensboro in 188.
- Wednesday will be featured by nn
entertainment given by the city of Gas
tonia. Thursday the races will hold
the center of interest.
FRANK LINNEY SWORN IN
AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Denies Making Surrender or
Compromise In Hearing Be
fore Senate Committee
Charlotte, Aug. 23.--Frank A. T.innry,
who wis sworn in tlj's afternoon as
U. S. attorney of the Western district
of North Carolina in his resignation
to the State Republican committee said:
"I want to state most emphatically
that I made no compromise or Burren
der in anything I did or said before
the committee".
The statement wa male with refer
ence to the hearing following the at
tack upon Mr. Linney in connection
with his confirmation hy the United
States Senate ss United Ktntcs attorney
for the Western North Carolina dis
trict which caused much comment nt
a result of Mr. Linney's a-ttittido to
ward the quetion of the negro in
politics.
lit his resignation Mr. Linney re
views the work of the Republican nar-
ty. in North Carcilna 'during the ..acsaa.
years ia which he has been State chair
man, with apeeial reference to the part
he has played in trying to eliminate
the negro from the Republican party
as a. voting unit. Criticism of the
Democratic party - for alleged efforts
to secure the negro vote snd for failure J
awng .various incs in mi uminisirn
tioa of the State Government affanrs
are rharged by Mr. Linney in his ex
haustive review of past activities.
PEACE TREATY BETWEEN
- AMERICA AND CERMANY
, WILL BE SIGNED TODAY
Berlla. Aag. M (By th Associ
ated Pre.) The peace treaty be
tween tb l"itd SUtes aad Ger
many will algaed tomorrow.
. Taw.cabiact gov the docameat
aal coaalderatioa at a special aea
aiea early thia ovcaiag. which wa
attended ay Preaidoat Ebert
Startling Disclosures Result
Frorn Investigation of
Worthington Band
MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
INV0LV73 IN. AFFAIR
Six Million Dollars Worth of
Stole.1 Bonds and Three Mil
lions In Worthless Securities
Traced By Department
Agents; Member of Alleged
Band-Makes Confession
Chicago, Aug. 23. Millions of dollar
of worthless notes, stolen bonds, fraudu
lent deeds of trust and forged certifi
cates of deposit have been flung on tho
markets of the country, Federal ngents
declared today after investigating
operations of a band alleged to have
been headed by Charles W. French and
John F. Worthington.
Banks, (bond houses,' investment se
curity brokers and wealthy business
men from coast to coast were declared
to have been the victims or dupes of
one of tho most gigantic swindles ever
unearthed by Federal agents. L
Millions In Bond
Six. niillwi, 4"I)iit worth of stolen
bonds, nearly $3,000,000" in worthless
notes and hundreds of thousands of dol
lars, worth of trust deeds and forged I
certificates of deposit have been traced !
by Department of Justieo agents, it
was said.
The revelations resujlcd from a con
fession accredited to Alv:i W. Ibirsh
nian, who was declared to have been a
private secretary to French and who
surrendered todiiv. He wnn nllffrcd to
have told of a deal negotiated by
French for the purchase of a bank in
the Middlo West that involved tho ex
change of 800,000.
A Washington, D. C, niun, according
to Ilarslnnan, was to obtain certified
checks for $500,000 there. These rheck,
he said, were to bo presented to the
bnnk owners and when tho band rund
control of the establishment they were
t cah all certificates of deposit the
bank owned. The money, be anbl would
then be forwarded to the Washington
man, who woui i depo-it it before the
certified check ou the original trims
action were clea;ed and Warned.
Stolen Sccnmira.
In another ease, it wa asserted, a
JuU amhunt of stolen securities Were
placed with a mall country bnnk in re
turn for a certificate of dieposit. Tho
deposit slip, it was said, -was cashed, and
the bank leftsh"oldlng the securities
which would be identified and reclaimed
when it tried to renlize on tin in.
Among names of the firms alleged to
have been signed to notes used fy the
bnnk were: Curtis Printing Company,
Akron, Ohio, $0,000; Mnckey Truck
Conipnny, Akron, $18,00,0; Forcupinn
Mountain Lumber Company, Cleveland,
10,000; Portage Market, Akron, 21,0u(l;
Heninger Plumbing Supply Company,
Akron, 25,0W; Bchwartacr Wrecking
Company, Dayton, Ohio,-$100,000; Mid
West Automobile Sales Company, Day
ton, $50,000; Dayton Financing f'oin
pony, Dayton, $.300,000; Z. W. 'Davis,
Akron, $.10,000; Apple Financing Com
pany, Dayton, $.'iW,0'W; Anterkaii Rub
ber Company, Chicago, $85,000; II. M.
Strong Metal Products Company, Cleve
land, $6,000; Cleveland Home Manu
facturing Company, $br,(KHl; (icorge B.
Wickens, Lorraine, Ohio, $103,000, and
the Portage Packing Coinpanv, Akron,
$31,000.
In addition about $500,000 in notes
supposed to bare brcn signed by the
American Rubber Company have not
been found. Tho totul notes known to
have been issued was put. at $1,(102,000
by Federal officials today.
According to tho alleged confession
uujde by Harshman, tho band imule
considerable money disposing cf real
estate mortgages. Another deal said to
have been made in Milwaukee by. 'he
band is being investigate! by govern
ment ageqts. It was declared to havej
netted the swindlers $'00,O0o. It was
said that A. E. Strelrin, who vss ar
rested today in Milwaukee, will tie
questioned regarding this traLsaction.
Worthington was arrested some weeks
ago snd is being held in tlJW.OOO bin!'
in connection with mill robberies
totalling approximately $0,(H)0,000. French
alleged to be his. right-hand man, was
arrested yesterday with several of his
.associates. Today C. K. Htrnbel was
taken into custody in Akron, Ohio, and
A. E. Strelr.in wss arrested in Mil
State Labor Forces Aroused
By Injunction Proceedings
Aroused by the temporary restrsin
iuirdMuwe41iy,J,ilgo fcL U. Ctia
meragmist Itriking printers, press.:
men inef binders in Raleigh, labor
forces in the State ire uniting to-light
a permanent injunction. J. I Mc
Mahon, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the State Federation, spoke
at Salisbury last night to a large mass
meeting in protest against the action
of the Raleigh employing: printers.
Tonight at eight o'clock in Ccntrirn
Lstbor Hall m mass meeting ef Raleigh
labor mea will be held when the rcpre
sentative of craft other than those in
volved ia tbe present strike will be
head from. Included among the spenk
ers will be attorneys employed by the
defendants ia th iajuaction suit.
Taken aa Blew at Labor
The action for iajuaction, something
aew in North Carolina, ia taken as a
step which if anceessfuwill be a seri
ova blow to nnioa labor-in tbe rjtate.
Tha complaint la wholesale in it scope.
After aaains; tha-tlcer and members
af three printing trade anion here, it
proceed with a list ef aiaety-odd indi
vidual aad) tbe add, ''and all other
MAJOR STEDMAN AT .
DURHAM REUNION
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Major Charles M. Stedmnu, of
Greensboro, Congressman from tho Fifth
district, delivered tho principal, address
on tho opening day of the reunion of
Confederate Veterans in Durham. His
address dealing with,. Nprth. Co.r.o,Uu'
part iu the Wur-lletween-the-Stntes was
heard with greatest interest in ( raven
Memorial hall at Trinity College hnt
night.
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Antagonism and Misunder
standing In Durham As
signed As Reason
W. V. (Juer.ird. King Klengle of the
Kniiihts of the Ku Kluv Klau, v ester
dav afternon directed tl"j cancellation
of the irniosed iiurnto and lecturo to
In given by the Klau in Durham to
night on tho occasion of tho r.cutiion
of the North Ciirolm i Confederate) Vet
ernns. "Antagonism nnd inUund?T
standing'' on the part of the members
of the V. D. C. of Durham is nsiitfiiej
as tho reason for the canct'llation of
the parade.
Tho order cancelling tho put of the
Ku Klux in the prog-rnm of nctivit's
for the Veterans w.:x issued by Mr.
O.ierard yesterday afternoon upon his
arrival from New liern. Iu a t-'logrnni
to I.. !'. MeLendon, chairman of th? com
iiKttee of arraiigi'iucjitt, he st.it 1 his
lonsons.
The telegram follows:
"Keferring to Ku Klui par.ido tn be
held Wednesday niirjit, 1 am advised
that consultation was held with oiticals
of tho Confederate Veterans Reunion
beforo your program was arranged und
no opposition was raised. Hence yon
would be justified in proceeding with
your plans, but it. is not nor purpose
to antagonize, any orner patriotic or
g.ip Izatirn and n.s tlitre lias developed
antagonism and niihndcrstnnding on
tin1 it of the good women of your
city, I direct that this parade and lec
t'jrs be cancelled.''
Mx weeks ago, ac-ordlng to Mr. Ouir
ard, the Klnn received the approval of
'ieneral Carr nnd other prominent vet
erans of Durliam for the parade and
Vctufo and the date wis set. Since that
time, he said( the DniiVhters of tt'e Con
fedtracy nnnoiniced their plans for a
reception for t lie veterans. A conflict
doveloped. -
A statement condemning tho action of
tho Klan Mas issued Monday, signed
by Mrs. J. Harper Krniu, chairman of
tin' reception committee, ami Mrs. T. K.
Cheek, president of the Julian S. Carr
chapter V. D. C.
PROPOSED PARADE HAD
STIRRED I P MCCH INDIGNATION
Durham, Aug. 2.1. Tim proposed pa
rade of tho Ku Klux,, Klan tomorrow
night had stirred up much indigna
tion aniBng the member, of the Julian
H. Carr chapter of the Daughter of the
ConfOleraly "ho were to hold their
reception in honor of the visiting vet
erans Wednesday night, and who bitter
ly resented tho Ku Klux stealing a part
of their thunder by parading in wlver-
(Continucd on Page Four)
otbeers, members, aiders, abettors snd
arjwia,tfy i.a,ii)L.ui)uiis," -
th issuance of the injunction
brought immediate protest, and before
September 3, -dale for the hearing on
permanent injunction, it is believed
the eitire strength of the Ptate Federa
tion will be lined up to light the .mat
ter through the courts. Apparently, the
olt hunched at a few striking print-
rs in Kaleigh is shout to stir up a
storm of opposition all over the State.
McMahoa Speaks ta 40.
Salisbury, Aug. !3. Four hundred
irtnon workmen tonight beard J. F. Mc
Mahon, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the 8tate Federation of Labor,
in an address on the temporary In
junction executed by employing printers
of Baleigh against their striking em
ployes nd immediately pledged their
me ral and flaaneia! support to the cause
of the t.rinttr.
Mr. McMahon, who leave tomoreow
for Hamlet ia a general tour of the
indust I bl centers of the State, spoke
earnestly of the danger which threatens
(Continued a Pag roar)
IWKUWWII
NOT STAGE PARAD
Spirit of Confederacy Steals
Back To Stir Hearts With
. Pride and Pity
MAJOR STEDMAN TELLS
OF GLORIES OF PAST
Congressmanfrom fifth Dis
trict Gives History of North
Caroiaa In War Between
The States; Colonel Sidney
Minor Tells of State's Splen
did Record In World War;
General James I. Metts Pre
sides at Opening Meeting at
Trinity College
By NELL BATTLE LEWIS
(Staff Correspondent)
Durham, Aug. 23. The spirit of the
Confederacy, pote'nt and poignant, stole
back to Durham today, to stir hearts
with pride nd-pity, and to dim eye
with tears. Aged, failing, storied, hero
ic, --and belo.vcd. North Carolina Con
federate veterans, shadows of the gal
lants and stalwart young countrymen
nho, sixty years ago, leaped tn arm
for the South s sake, assembled here
today, more than eight hundred in num-
be,r i or,, their., annual Stat, reunion.. ,
record nu.nber for recent years.
From all points of the State, Tsf
Heel veterans have come to Durham,
from the old soldiers' home in Raleigh,
and from other scattered homes of
younger relatives, where they still tell
their grand children and great grand
children stories of the brave old day.
The "OH Boys" Swapping- Yarn
White hair and feeble foot step are
common sights in Durham today. Con
federate flags are flying as gaily be
side "the Stars and Stripes'' as if the
'"conquered banner'' had never been
furled. Gray uniforms are reminiscent
splptches for the few remaining who
can remember when a great army wor
them to battl. The "Old Boys." walk
ing slowly, many of them leaning upon
canes, are greeting one another with
pleased chuckles, and are swapping
yams and chewing tobacco. This i a
red letter day on many calendar which
mark most days as grav enough at
best.
And for the sympathetic spectators.
Lno other conclave can have- quit th
appeal of meli a Confederate reunion.
Commemorative of happenings which
grow paler with time, thi gathering
or veterans is like a turn backward to
a page of treasured history, which th
South, busied with its current affair,
la too much occupied to re-read oftea.
Maj. Slcdman Makes Add ma
The reunion opened this afternoon
in Craven Hahr at Trinity College, and
tonight's address of Major Charles
.f. Stedman on "North Carolina and
the War Between the State," wa th
feature of today's two sessions. Major
Htedmun's address was a review of th
proud part which this State bore in the
War Between the States, when, ia th
number of troops furnished in propor
tion to its white population North
Carolina led all the other Southern
Statca, and gave to the Confederacy
tho men who were "first at Bethel,
farthest at the front at Gettysburg
and Chickamauga, and last at Appo
matox." At the night session, Major General
James I. Metts was unanimously re
elected commander. General Metts
will appoint his new staff. Presenta
tion of a reproduction of the original
Stars and Bars to the R. F. Camp,
I'. C. V. was made. General Julian 8.
Carr delivered the speech of presenta
tion for Miss Jessie Randolph frnith.
The sponsors and maid of hftner of
tho various brigades and camps were
presented and addressed by Brigadler
fleneral A. II. Boyden, N. C. division
f. C. V. Mrs. Thomas BrockwelL of
Gastonia, poet Laureate ot th Stat
I'. 1). C, read her poem written for the
occasion.
Major General James I. Metts, com
mander of the North Carolina Division,
acted as mast or of ceremonies at, the
opening session of the reunion this
afternoon when greetings wer brought
to the visiting veterans from the eity
of Durham, the Daughters of the Con
federacy, the veterans of the World
War, and B. F. Webb Camp of United
Confederate: Veterans. Lively worded,
old time Southern airs, of course in
cluding 'The Bonnio Blue Flag." and
"Dixie" were played by the band from .
Camp Bragg.
Colonel Miner Brings Greetlag.
Governor Cameron Morrison wa
scheduled to deliver rse address of we I
comer to the veterans on behalf of tb
Htate of North Carolina, but in hia
absence Col. Sidney W. Minor greeted
the old soldiers, speaking for th
younger veteran of the world wr.
Colonel Minor commanded the 119th
regiment in the Thirtieth division, sol
diers ''From the Carolina and Tennes
e" 4 in bis speech- he described ttuf
breaking of the HlhdeftouTg- Wn tJ
the Southern troops, referring parties,
larly to the part played by the 120t,
regiment, which was eommenuVd by
(Contiaaed an Pare Fear.)
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FEASTED fPON LYX
New Bera. Aag. U. Miaala May
Winslow, Z-year-old daagater af Mr.
aad Mr. W. C. Winataw, ta renting
easily after attempting to make
ral aft? a box af Iv.
Th littl child la saddllag abawt
th bona, explored the kltcaea aad
saw the lye wltkla her reach. She
liked Ita bwks aad praceeded
tast It. Evidently it tasted awW,
far she proceeded to eat aoasa aaatw
af it. Mr. Wlaakw caagkt BT In
the act aad naked hoc ( U aa
pltaL where ft-atoatackr awaa WM