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VOL CXIV. NO. 61.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
RALEIGH. N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST 30. 1921.
SIXTEEN PAGES TODAY.
PRICE: FIVE CENTS
LACKS COURAGE TO
RALEIGH FACES WATER FAMINE WITH TEN DAYS SUPPLY IN PROSPECT
ADMIT MISTAKE IN
PELLAGRA CHARGES
h--J-- f - XMM
GOES INTO EFFECT
HARDING S RECESS
APPONTMENT PLAN
President Refuses To Stay Put
On Any One Policy In Mak
ing Appointments
HANDS OUT THREE JOBS
FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
However, It Is Understood Only
ments Will Be Made and
Chances For Orissom and
Others Appear Slim Until
The Senate Reconvenes
New and Observer Bureau,
6n.t District National Ilmk Wdg.
By EDWARD E. BRITTON.
(By Special leased Wire.)
Washington, Aug. S9.-rreji.lrnt
Harding refuses to stay put on any cue
kind of a way in making appointments
utile the Kenato i in rc. It ia a
case of, "now yon Bre it anil now you
.lon't," the diverse way in which Re
publicans are, being given jobs showing
that the administration is living ip to
the af.iretime designation of the Repub
lican plans and policies as of the "wiggle
and wobble'' Tariety.
Sunday there eame forth a Btutrnient
to the press from Secretary Hoover
that I). H. Carson, of Nashville, Tcnn..
had been appointed "acting'' chief of
the Bureau of Navigation of the Depart
ment of Commerce, that he was made
"acting Commissioner of Navigation,
owing to the fart that, It is a Presiden
tial appointment, and this cannot be
made until the Senate convrnes in Sep
tember.'" That appeared to settle the
matter, as Secretary Hoovrr a(nd Presi
dent Harding had been in conference
on Saturday over the Carson appoint
went and the understanding was that
the Department of Justice had given Its
opinion that the ruling of former At
torney General Knox that no appoint
ments requiring Senate ronfirmation
could be made during a recess with re
assembling date fixed.
Hardin Changea Front.
But the developments of today showed
that President Harding, in the face
of the Hoover appointment of Carson,
had. returned to the position it is un
derstood that he held originally that he
had right to appoint during the pres
ent Teresa. This eame in the announce
ment from the White House of the re
cess appoinfment of Miss Mabel Walker
Willebrandt, of Log Angeles, to be As
sistant Attorney General at successor
to Misa Annette Adams, of California,
and J. T. Williams, to be United States
attorney for the northern district of
California. Both these aro Presidential
appointment! requiring confirmation,
but President Harding took the Re
cess" route, and in this connection there
was announcrd today also that C. W.
Pugsley, of Nebraska, had been selected
by President Harding to be Assistant
Secretary of Agriculture to succeed Dr.
timer D. Ball, whose resignation to
take effect October 1, has been accepted.
Statements aro that this appointment
will be of "a recess nature," the formal
nmnin.it ion to go to the Senate when it
iceonvenes after the recess.
No Chance For Orinom.
The understanding now is that Presi
dent Harding will niake recess appoint
ments to positions requiring Senate con
lirniation. that ho hia been reinforced
in 'his" view that he can do so by At
torney General Daugherty, who has
takrn an opposite position to that of
oue time Attorney General Knox, who
held that this could not be done. From
the Whito House it is learned that
President Harding will only make such
appointments when the needs of the
government require that these shall be
made, and that he will not simply make
appointments to be making them, but
will wait for the Senate to reconvene
before sending in a batch, and will not
give recess appointments to these whose
names are already before tho Senate for
ronfirmation. So it would seem that
"Link" Johnson, the Georgia negro,
whrne-name is ahradybefure the Sen
ate and who is now ill from a stroke
of paralysis, will have to await Saaate
act on, and that there is hardly any
hope to hold out to Gilliam Grissom
and the other North Oarolina Hopuuli
e:-ns "licking their chops" for Federal
pie to land till the Senate gets back
oa tte job. '
Post Forsakes Tariff
i That "pretentious fraud," as the New
York World aptly terms the Fordney
tariff bill, swatted right and left by
business men, by Republicans as well
ns Democrats, is even forsaken by the
"Court Chronicle,'' as the Washington
Post is termed hereabouts. That paper
usually never fails to sneeze when the
Harding administration takes snuff, but
in an editorial today in boosting the
tax bill to take precedence over the
tariff bill, a measure which heretofore
it has acclaimed with all its might,
says :
"Rates imnosed by the House (Ford
ney) bill are alleged to be too high in
some instances and too low in others.
So much dissatisfaction htm existed that
the finance committee has been en
gaged for weeks in hearing the protests
and suggestions of these interests, di
reetly affected, and the hearings are by
no means at an end.'' And it further
tells of the Senate committee baying to
seen re experts to work over the Ford
ney bill. And while the "Court Chron
iele" iwats the bill Chairman Fordney
bow out in Michigan, is quoted in a
telegram from Saginaw as saying: "He
expected the tariff bill to be but little
changed from the form la which it left
the House." . Optimistic, sot to say
. fatuous, Mr. Fordney, for the country
h in an upheaval of protest against the
monstrosity which he and the House
Republicans have created. There are
those who hold that indignation against
the Fordney tariff bill it to great that
when it Anally gets through there will
be left Bothing but the names, that vlr
Ceatlaaed M Page Tww.)
IMPOUNDINO RESERVOIR'
CiTY ' Of STAWtiOM
k ousts ' tT -
E
Over 11,000 Employes of John
son String Return; Hitch Oc
curs at Concord
Charlotte, Aug. 29. Approximately
11,400 striking employees of the John
son string of cotton mills in Charlotte
and Rock Hill returned to work this
morning.
The employes went back to their tasks
on tho same basis as to pay and hours
of labor as prevailed when they quit
their employment June , when the five
plants closed down and have been idle
since.
The Brown and Norcott mills at Con
cord, belonging to the same company,
have not been reopened. There are
still some minor differences reported
between the managements and the work
men in these plants.
OPERATIVES AT CONCORD
VOTE TO GO BACK TO WORK
Concord, Aug. 2ft. The operatives of
tho Norcott and Brown mills of the
Johnson chain this morning voted to
return to work in a body tomorrow
under tho same conditions ns Mr. John
son laid down for the resumption of
work in his mills in North Charlotte,
Huntcrsvillo. and Rock Hill. Tho mill
management notified tho workers, how
ever, that they would have to apply in-
iividually to the mill superintendents
tor work.
Jamfs F. Barrett, president of the
North Carolina' Federation of Labor,
who acted as spokesman for the etrik
ers, said the operatives would not do
this and that they felt they were not
being treated right by such action ou
the part of "minor officials" of tho
mills.
IREDELL MELON TIPS
SCALES AT 96 POUNDS
Statesville, Aug. 29. Of Iredell county
molon growers, Beaver Brothers, who
live five miles east of Statesville, sre
entitled to credit for having produced
the largest of the season. They had a
load of melons on tho streets Saturday
that attracted much attention. Hun
dreds of people flocked nround the
wagon to get a view of the unusual
scene. Tho largest melon in the bunch
neighed 06 pounds, two others weighed
86 piunds and a number of others
riillvd down more than 7;i prindi.
Mr. Beaver stated that he gave his
crop no special attention in the way
cf pruning and cultivation, but that it
was a large variety of melons and that
tli' y had a goo 1 teaion. Whilo it had
been very dry iu other icctionj of this
c ii i! " V. there had been sufficient ra'n
fall to keep his crop growing. A num
ber of the older Iredell citizens stated
t'uit the ninety-six poinl melon wr
tho largest they hau ever seen produced
in the eonnty. Can any other of the
melon growing counties of the State
beat thisT
WALDEN ACQUITTED OF
A CHARGE OF MURDER
Roanoke, Va., Aug. -29.-J. M. Walden,
who was charged with murder in con
nection with,-ihe slaying of J. H. Rut-
ledge in the Walden home at in early
hour Sunday morning, was acquitted
this morning, following a hearing be
fore Judge Beverly Berkeley in poliee
court. A. N. Fisher, who was charged
witu maliciously shooting J. H. Whit
lock, also was acquitted.
Mrs. J. M. Walden, Mrs. A. N Fisher
and Whitlock were each fined $500 on
statutory charges
TWELVE WORKMEN HURT
IN SHIPYARD ACCIDENT
TEXTILE WORKERS
BACK ON THE JOB
Wilmington, N. C, Aug. - 21.
Twelve workmen were slightly la.
jared at local shipyard today
when a hall belsg made ready
for launching left the ways pre
snstartly. Eight were give first
aid for minor braises and foer
remained la a hospital, hat will
be discharged, it was stated U.
night.
- '""" Vfl ,,
Number Of Casualties In
Miners9 Fight Yet Unknown
TELEGRAPHS HARDING TO
SEND TROOPS TO WEST VA,
Charleston, W. Va., Ang. 2J.
Governor E. F. Morgan at midnight
telegraphed an appeal to President
Harding to send federal troops into
West Virginia.
GRAVE DANGER OF BATTLE
WITHIN NEXT :i HOURS
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. 29. Ad
jutant General John H. Charnock
and A. C. Porter, personal represent
ative of C. F. Kecney, president of
District IT, United Mine Workers of
America, tonight returned to
Charleston from Logan county,
where they went yesterday to In
vestigate cosdltWms alssg the Logan.
Boone county border.
Adjutant General Charnock re
ported to Governor E. F. Morgan
that developments In Logan county
today "indicate grave danger f ' a
pitched battle within the next 24
hours, which would be bound to re
sult Jn many casualties on both
sides."
Armed Men Gathering
Charleston, W. Va., Aug. J9.
Armed men from the Paint Creek
and Cabin Creek coal fields sre re.
assembling st Msrmet and at other
points along Lens Creek between the
Kanawha River and Madison in large
numbers, according to reports re
ceived st the office of Governor
Morgan late tonight.
T
Federation Says Open Shop
Campaign Has Strengthened
Organized Labor
Atlantic City, N. J Aug. 2!). The
open shop campaign and the 'aggres
sive hostility of unfair employers" has
strengthened rather than weakened the
solidarity of the organized labor move
ment, it was declared in a statement
tonight by the executive council of the
American Federation of Labor. The
Councjl based its decision, tho state
ment said, upon reports submitted by
unions and other information collected
throughont the country.
Analysis of the reports, the state
ment said, showed that a reduction in
payment of dues by tho federation's
membership was due principally to the
wave of unemployment throughout the
country. Secretary Frank Morrison
took occasion to deny reports published
today that the federation has suffered
a slump of 750,0(10 members during the
present industrial crisis. Morrison re
ferred to figures announced at the Den
ver convention which showed a decrease
of 172,212 members daring the past
years, but declined to give any figures
on the present membership.
Calling upon all affiliated unions to
join in a great organization campaign,
a statement by the council said:
''The executive council is keenly
alive to the tremendous forces at work
to destroy trade unionism. It is ap
preciative of the depressive industrial
situation and impressed strongly with
the desire and need of organising the
unorganized in a solid trade union
phalanx for mutual protection and for
the advancement of the wage earners'
common,, interests it has determined
to inaugurate a comprehensive and ex
tensive campaign.
"The workers are also called upon
to observe Labor Day in a fitting way
and to manifest in an unmistakable
manner that the cause of labor is moro
alive today than ever in the history
01 tho trade union movement.
The couneil also went oa reeord to
night as binding themselves to the in
structions of the Denver convention
to support the Irish people "in their
struggle for the recognition ef the
Irish republic - -,
LABOR HEN
CONTINUES STRONG
"-
Three of Men Killed In Encoun
ter Near Sharpies, W. Va.,
Identified
OFFICERS KEEP WATCH
ON MOUNTAIN RIDGES
Wire Communication From Dis
turned Area Cut Off During
Most of Day
Charleston, W. Vs., Aug..29-While
almost 100 officers and men of the
West Virginia State police and some
350. deputy sheriffs kept atr.h on the
mountain ridges near the Logan Bonne
county border tonight, efforts were still
being made by county and State of
Doors to ascertain the number of
casualties suffered by a party of armed
men in the brush of Beach Creek
early Sunday.
No official statement was made by
Governor Morgan's office, but from
the Kanawha Coal Oierators' Associa
tion eame the news that three of the
dead had been identified as William
L. Grrer, of Matewan, and Cecil Clark
and W. M. Morrison, of Sharplrs, a
little town near the scene of the en
counter.
Send Bodies To Sharpie.
-A. R. Yarborough, t rathe manager
of the coal operators, said the men
were employed by the Boone County
Coal Corporation snd that Greer was
one of the men evlefed from a house
of the Stone Mountain Coal Corpora
tion on the day of the Matewan b.i
tlp last year. His body. Yarborough
said, had been sent to Matewan while
the bodies of the other two were sent
to Sharpies.
There was still some doubt as to the
number of casualties in the fight,
but from Ixigan fame the statement
that four men had been killed and n
doicn wounded. These figures, how
ever, were not given as final.
State police headquarters st Ethel
expressed icnorance ss to the exact
number of killed and wounded, but
said reports there gave the number
at five or seven dead and fourteen
wounded. It was added, however, that
the exact number would not be known
until the armed nien had returned to
their homes on the east slope of the
mountain and complete quiet had be?n
restored.
Scene of Action.
The scene of the action Sunday
morning was along the eastern slope
of Sprure Fork Ridge, a rugged range
just west of the Logan County line.
Bearh, Creek, down which the" police
woe moving when they met an armed
band, has its source in the moun
tains. Along the range lie the villages of
Shaples, Clothier and Bl.iir, where
the miners aro organized. They do
not form a part of the unorganized
field lying west of the ridge.
Wire communications from the dis
turbed srea were cut off during most
of the day, transmission companies
reporting that lines were out of order.
8oon st'ter communication was re-
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FIND PARTS OF BODY
ON A. C. L. LOCOMOTIVE
May Have Been Another Victim
of Grade Crossing Accident
at Whitakeri
Petersburg, Va., Aug. 29. Flailing
parts of a human body on the locomo
tive of an Atlantic Coast Line limit
ed train when it arrived here this
morning caused railroad officials to con
duct a search along its track Dear this
city during the day. The traia this
morning struck aa automobile ia which
Albert Cheek, eolored, of Whitakers,
N. C, was riding sad killed the' negro,
hut his body was not mutilated, and it
is therefore the opinion of railroad
officials that he' must have had a . pas
senger in his car and that the other
occupant was also killed and hi body
probably ground te pieces ander the
wheels . "
ITER SITUATION
Tl
iL
With Only 10 Days Supply In
Prospect, Drastic Measures
May Be Taken
T( n more days without relief and
Ralrigb, consuming water at the rate of
nver two million gallons per day will
be in the midst of a complete water
f :iminr.
That is the dry statement of K. B
Bain, superintendent of wnter works
who is resorting to every cronomy of
pumping and all the resourres of pub
lie appeal to prevail upon the riti
icns of Raleigh to reduce the consuuip
tion of water.
An engineer's sketch of the Ini
pounding bnsin at Lake Raleigh show
ing the normal water line, and the
present water line, lowest in the his
tory of the present water system tells
the story more graphically than
words.
General Waste.
Superintendent Bain states that
the ordinanre stopping sprinkling of
lawns and washing of automobiles has
had a ronsiilrrable effect, but pointed
out that it was difficult to single out
specific uses of water to bo banned
by a conservation ordinance. Ileal
ronservation, to he eflrrtive, he states,
must eomo through decreased con
sumption for general uses which can
not well be prohibited. Allowing water
to run while washing the fare and
hands, wasting water in kitchens 'by
allowing the supply to run beyond ai;
tual requirements and other general
practices were pointed out by Mr.
Bain, 'who held thut co operation by
the people in preventing waste of
water iu this manner would go farther
than anything rise to conserve the
supply. Mr. Baia strongly appeals lo
the householders tn use flip least
amount of water possible for house
hold purposes.
Unless the supply is conserved
through cooperation by the consum
ers, Mr. Bain warned, it will be neces
sary to take further drastic meas
ures. One step that is probable if:
rutting off tlm suj'ily entirely dur
ing a certain period or periods during
the day. The supply must be conserved
or relief afforded by heavy rainf.ill
if this ri'y ia to escape a real water
famine, he stated. Tho present water
situation admittedly is the most ser'
ioui in the history of Raleigh and is
now causing 'iinn-li concern to the peo
ple gen.-rnUy.
No Rain In Sight.
The Weather Man hoi.li out little
hope for rain in the next two or three
d.'iys. The forecast enlis for cloudy
weather, but does not include "prob
able rain.'" The cool spell broke yes
terday and high temperature came back
again, bringing weather that generally
is favorable only for showers.
The precipitation for August to date
was brought up to 1.62 inches by the
fall of .16 inches ou Sunday. The
weather man shows that the deficiency
for August already amounts to 3.!tt
inches snd that the deficiency sinco
January 1 has beeu over 13 inches.
Only about half the necessary or nor
mal rainfall has been recorded dnr
ing May, June, July and Aug. this year
tho total precipitation being Jess than
10 inches, whereas it would normnlly
be around IS or 20 inches. , These
summer months generally average
from -four to five inches in rain
fall. ORDER A MISTRIAL IN
JESSE MASSEY CASE
Marshall, . C, Aug. 29.-A mistrial
was ordered today in'the case of Jesse
Maasey, charged with the killing of L.
J. Farmer, a deputy sheriff, of Madison
county, who was shot from ambush re
cently. The. rase has been in progress
ia superior court for four days and the
Jory, after 43 hours deliberation, was
sable to agree. Judge Adams today
sentenced Doyle Massey to 18 years in
state prison at hard labor. He wa con
victed earlier in the week of murder in
the second degree for shooting and
killing Harrison Roberts. ' Notice of ap
peal was given,
S REAL MENACE
FARMERS GATHER
FOR CONVENTION
Organizations of Men and Wo
men Will Begin 3-Day Ses
sion Here Today
ADVANCE GUARD ARRIVING
INDICATES RECORD CROWD
Dormitories at State College
Thrown Open To Delegates;
Opening Session Will Be
Held at 11" O'clock This
Morning;-, A. W. McLean
Speaks Tonight
The dormitories at State Colleg,
were thrown open last night to tin
farmers and farm women arriving for
the opening of tlie North Carolin:
Farmers and Farm Women's Convcn
tiona in Pollen Hall nt eleven nMork
this morning.
W. F. l'ate, seeretary of the fanners
Convention, was busy until early this
morning getting the delegates house!
properly. Meals will be served in the
college ilinme hall during the three
days of the convention.
The number of i.irly comers nr
rhing yesterday afternoon and last
night give indication of n reeord
breaking attendance upon the two con
entions, the largest that annually as
semble in Kaleigh.
It. II. Miller, Mt. Vila, is president
of the Farmers' Convention; .1. F.
ligg. Rockingham, and V. I". Crosby,
Raleigh, vice presidents, and W. F.
Pate, Raleigh, is seeretary.
Mrs. V. II. Idirnb, Garland, is
president of tlie Farm Women's Con
vention, and Miss Maude K. Wallace,
of Raleigh, is secretary.
Opening Session.
According to tho program, tho two or
ganizations will meet in joint session
this morning at eleven o'clock for the
opening, and thereafter will hold sep
arate sessions, merging again for joint
morning and night sessions.
After tho welcoming nddresses of Dr.
W. A. Withers, vice president of Htute
College this morning, tho presidents of
tho two organizations will deliver tUoir
addresses and then Dr. E. C. Brooks
imperintondcnt of Publir Instruction
will sprnk on The Forces that Edu
cafe."
At tonight's meeting, Dr. Carl C,
Taylor, of N. C. Stato College, will speak
on financing of Cooperative Market
ing Associations," and A. W. McLean,
Director War Finance Corporation, will
deliver an address.
Prominent Speakers
One of flu- prominent speakers be
fore the gathering of men will be Dr.
K. V. McColluui, a farm expert of
Johns Hopkins University, who will
speak on tho subject of "Tho Relation
of Food to Health." He will speak
Wednesday at two o'clock. A woman of
prominence speaking both before the
women and before a joint session will
bo Miss Helen Ixiiii.so Johnson, of New
York, a home economics expert f
national reputationyriiis afternoon
she will speak to he women on "Clothes
und the Woman," tomorrow she will
(Contlnncd on Page Tws.)
MORRISON CALLS OFF
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Press of Official Business
Health Assigned As
Chief Reasons
and
Ashcville, Aug. 2!, "I find that In
order to look after the affairs of my
oflice and to protect my health, I run
not till my speaking engagements and
that it is necessary to cancel all 1
have made up to the first of tlie year,
except tlioe to speak nt the State Fair,
and the Made in Carolina Exposition,
sai I Governor Morrison today.
Kinee coming to Asheville the Govrr
nor has been buy with matters per
taming to hi ofliee, but ha made a
number of appearance, in public. He
ha been greeted by large crowd at
all of his public addrrss iu the West
this summer. He and members of his
party will leave this city either Hat
urday or Monday for Kaleigh.
WOMAN TO BE ASSISTANT
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washing'nn, Aug. "II.-Appointment
of Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt. of
California, to be assistant Attorney Gn
cidl of tho Uni'ed 3t,iti,, was an
rcitnred toda.w at the White House.
Tho appointment of Mrs. Willrbr.indt
follows a precedent set during the
Wilson adminis'ration when Mrs. Au
netto Abbott Adnm, of San Francisco,
was appointed to the otlico which will
be filled by Mrs. Willebrandt.
Mrs. Willebrandt as assistant Attor
ney General will havo charge of Depart
ment of Justice matters relating to
customs and internal revenue, includ
ing legal questions) arising out of en
forcement of the national prohibition
,ict.
MOTHER-IX-LAW PROBLEM
HAS CEASEp TO BE JOKE,
SAYS CHICAGO MINISTER
Chicago, Aug. 29. A university for
the education of mothers-in-law was
advocated by Rev. Charles B. Stev
ens, ef the Third Presbyterlsn
church, la, a sermon laat night.
He asserted, the mother-la-law
problem had ceased te be a Joke.
, "Seventy-Ore per cent ef all Matri
monial disasters 'are precipitated by
her Interference," he asserted. "She
Is a eatlaw Instead ef aa Inlaw.'
State Health Officer Makes
Final Answer To Surgeon
General Cumming t
PELLAGRA IS DECREASED
AND FOOD SUPPLY MORE
PLENTIFUL THAN USUAL
Dr. Rankin Qives Records of
Twelve Southern States, and
Secxetary of Agriculture
Finds Food Supply Mors
Adequate- Than Usual; Pel
lagra In North Carolina Less
Prevalent Than a Year Ago;
Seven States Show Decrease
and Five Slight Increase;
Rankin Reviews Cumming'
Connection With Sensational
"Famine" Episode
Open i barges of lack of courage tn
admit the error that he made in de
claring the South in the grip of plague
and famine are laid against Rurgeon
General Cuiuiiiing by State Health
Officer W. S. Rankin in setting forth
the declaration of Secretary of Agri
culture Henrv ('. Wallace that "the
South has a moro attenuate supply of
food than . usual," ami the records of
the "famine stricken" States that shov
an actual decrease in pellagra.
The Hurgeon General has elected to
face the situation arising out of an ac-
iilental error in his department not
with courage, to stick to Ins initial dec
laration, but to hedge and dally with
facts that have been placed before him
from otliiial sources, from the Depart
ment of Agriculture, and from twelve
State health officers in whose judg
ment tlie American Red Cross Society
has acquiesced. Dr. Rankin declares.
Rankin Investigates.
More than a month has elapsed since
the President startled the rountry by
his declaration tjet tha South was
gripped in famine and plague. Dr.
Rankin, aroused at the first report,
has spent much of his time since the
initial statement from the White House
in gathering information with thd
vj'v of inaugurating remedial steps
if found necessary, or answering the
Public Health tiervic.es charges if they
were not sustained.
Pellagra has fallen off in the number
of rases developed in seven of the
Pinthern States whose figures are
nvuiluble, snd in the five States where
it has gained, the potecntage is less
than ouo per cent, his inveatigatioa
shows. North Carolina shows a de
crease of 7(1 cases for the first seven
moaths of the year as compared with
a similar period in 1920, his investi
gation develops. Admissions to- in
sane asylums in tho Htate from this
cause havo fallen off 50 per cent ia
North (larolina.
Retreat, Retrart, or Repeat.
"The unexpected and precipitate ac
tion of the President, in taking up the
Health Service's statciucnt," Dr. Ran-
Jiin says, "made it. necessary for Dr.
( illuming to retreat, retract or repeat.
To retreat was to display weakness;
to rotraot required 'murage; to repeat
nieunt the substitution of deliberate
for arcidental error. Dr.' Cumming,
confused, hesitated befuro tho forks
of tho road for ten days, and then
called in consultation tho health of
lieers of tho tnrko Southern Wtntea."
Trto days of careful study of the
munition by the health oflicers led them
to the conclusion that "thero is no
condition approaching a famine or
plague in the South." Red Cross repre
sentatives sitting by invitation at the
conference, and nei-ording to a state
ment made to the News and Observer
by J. C. Ijogan, assistant manager of
the Southern division of the Red
I 'l oss, "has no in formation to the con
trary." '
Dr. Cumming Hedges.
Dr. I'limiiiiug then gave up his first
position, and changed the. statement
flom "a condition that is rapidly de
cimating" to h ''definite increase in
peih'grn,'' iu his report to the Trcsi
diiit." in retreating, in strains hiiu
scii in attemptinj; to conceal it," Dr.
If.'iukm declares of the Surgeon Gla
cial, and thru attacks the position
of Dr. Cumming m stating that tho
conference Hilly confirms his (initial
charge of t'aiu.nc and pestilencer
lu the interim between the confer
ence in Washington and tho giving out
of his statement yesterday, Dr. Hankiu,
wrote every doctor iu North Caroliaat
asking lor u comparison of ligurus Ut
the firt seven months of this year
and a similar period last year. He in
quired of tho Department of Agricul
ture as to famine, and the Red Cross
as to any information that it may have
gathered through its hundreds of rep
resentatives in the South.
The doctor find less pellagra; tho
Department of Agriculture fiuds mora
and better food, and the Red Cross
declines to become involved with tho
Health Service, contenting itiolf with
tho statement that "the conclusions
of the conference were that no special
rulief measures by Red Cross were
called for on account of pellagra and
we have no information to tho con
trary." '
Dr, Raahln'a Statement.
Dr. Rankin's statement followst
"On July iMth the United Btatea Pub
lic Health Service issued a press article
with the caption 'Famine in the United
States.' This article stated: (1) that
'a veritable famine has been developing
m mo rural uisincis 01 tue DoUltt ; tZ)
that the tenant farmers of t. J- South
have been forced to a 'starvation diet
which is 'rapidly decimating them'j
(3) that Curing this year, 1921, there
will be 100,000, ca.es and 10,000 d-aths
from pellagra unlets 'radical . relief
measures are taken ; (4) vthat direct
id iu the form of i , . amTlnedicine
tl 'urgently accessary! (3 J that the
(Ceatlaaed ea Page Eleven.) ' " '