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BSEIIIEES
CAUSE
LICANS TO
Senator Penrose Unable To Get
Taxation Revision Bill Be
, fore Tfie Senate
SENATOR LODGE CAN'T
! MANAGE PEACE TREATIES
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Jfcaator-Borfth -On- Han With
- Stack of Objections When
. Committee On Foreign Bela
tiom Meeti; Finance Corp'n
Extends Credit of $1 5, 0 00 ,
f 000 To Grain Growers
REPUB
Ths News and Obsivor Bureau.
60S District National Bank Uldg."
By EDWARD E. BRITTON
(By Special Leased Wire.)
' Washington, Sept. 22. The Republi
v tans in the Senate we're drifting around
today like n ship without a rudder, like
a array whose leadcra have all gone
to sleep on the job. In fact, the 8"nat
appeared todey to be both rudiiorlcsj
and leadcrshipless. As a consequence
it got nowhere after an all day talk fest.
And the samo lack of leadership showed
Up in tlx Senate committee on foreign
relations. 80 far is getting anywhere
today the Senate might just :.s well have
kept on in the recess business for at
this rate it will not he nble to put
nffnirs in shape for action by tho House
in many weeks.
Senator Ixidgo, Republican leader,
went up into the nir because of the
absence from the Senate of so many
Bepublicans. There are 2fl of them
who have not yet shown up and the
Massachusetts Senator was frankly dis
Satisfied with tho failure of his Repub
lican colleagues to put in an appearance
, after a holiday of nearly a month. The
roll call of Wednesday showed as pres
ent in all 50 Senators, just a little more
ithnn a quorum, and there were no addi
tions to the list today.
Democrat Alio Absent.
In .addition to the 26 Republicans
absent there are IS Democrats also ab
rut, but this absenteeism in tho minor
ity is not holding up business, for the
Republicans are running the shop these
days. The Republican absenteeism
threatens another jam in legislative
I.ur.inosa and So urgent is the need of
Senators that a hurry up call has been
sent out to thotn to come back and get
on the job. There is complaint among
; aoiw of the Republican Senator hers
.... " that thejf colleague who are absent are
rot taking"affairs iefionsly enough, that
thy are not realising that there is a
r.il niasa of -work to be done, and
" that a Republic, majority must be
ready nt all timei to tak care of party
mutters.
The absence of leadership was shown
in the 8enate in the failure of Senator
il'enrose in his attempt to have con-
.'sideration given the revenue bill- That
'-measure wai preseht all ''dressed np
' with nowhere the go" or nt least Senator
'Penrose could find nowhere to take it
n fiwiiinif the opportunity S.-nator
'Hterline rot the conference report on
the anti-beer bill before the Senate
'during the morning hour,, despite .the
'effort of Senator Penrose to get the
'revenue bill in ahead of the anti beer
mnmuire.
) With the anti beer having the right of
yfy, 1t was discussed for a long time
,bv Senator Shields, aad after 2 o'clock
the Panama canal free tolls Question was
to the fore. The vote on jt is to he
taken on Octoler 12, but there will be
'lu.inv aranments on its honesty anl
merit before, the voting time arrives.
Bcrine the dar it was wen that Senato
Tcnrose could get the revenue bill no
where, the failure to do this with
measure declared to be so important
allowing that the Republicans are run
ing around without capable leadership.
Senator Lodge la Hole. .
In the Senate judiciary committee
Senator "Lodge fonnd himself in a hole
with tie peace treaties, with Germany
and Austria bothering him. Of the 16
members of the committee only eight
were present this morning and Senator
Knox wanted more Republicans of h'.s
point of view for Senator Borsh was
present with a stack of objections to
the ratification of the treaties. Hoiled
down his objections are that the treaties
with Germany and Austria smell too
much of the Versailles pact. Ho held
that the Harding pence treaties simply
took America "through the back instead
of the front door' 'into affairs and en
tanglements in Europe, thnt ther.? wonld
be a moral if not a legal obligation to
letaia American troops in Germany witt
the ratification of the treaty, that Amer
leans on the reparation commission
wotld mean that this country would
hare te have a hand in European af
fain for it least the next 40 years
Much attention was givcB Senator
Porah's iews by Senator Johnson and
fwaator Brandccee, Republicans, and
Seiator Shields, Democrat, these mem
' Vw.,r. f tho ''Irreconsilable" group
Other BepuTilieana are standing pat wttu
the administration, while ncnntr rvn
- stor Snanson nor Senator Ponicrene
Democrats, had anything to fay of their
rontion on the matter. It now.appeirj
certain that there will be much Pen
. ftorial oratory when the pace treaties
v reach the Senate,
Ceasaa Firnree Given Oet.
The Censurf Bureau "today made
public, preliminary occupation statistics
for North Carolina. The eiact figures
- will not be obtainable till about July
I, when there will also be given out
the umber of persona engaged in
' each particular occupation, the statistic
being obtained in the -fiforteenth
census. The statement is that there
were 89.1,621 persons 10 years of age
aad over ia North Carolina eagaged
ia e-aiaful occupations in 1920, ton
ettUting 83.0 per eent of the . total
population bf the State aad 46.6 per
tent of the population, 10 years of
te aad over. Ia 1910 the 94739
gainful workers were 43.06 per ceat of
the tofal population or the state and
tn per cent of the population 10 yean
f age aad ever. Of the gainful work
' JCratlawed Oa Pag Tire)
PICTCRK OF OLD MAN IX
MIRROR OP DUPLIN FARMER
AROUSING MUCH INTEREST
Moant Oll've, Sept. M-A picture
il n elderly aaaa. with pay hair
b4 lencirar bard( pm recently
appeared ' mirror U the host
f RoaeM Garaer, Daplia firmer
llrlag Bear here, a ad cannot be
rased. New f tha-atrat
parltloa kaa spread rapidly and has
eaaatd m ead ef spccalatloa te
the caaaa fit appearane there.
Baadreda treat far and sr hare
joaraeyed to the Cirrhae-to
aatiafy their cmrioaity abont It.
Bit tke Ukeaeea eauinaf
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Prominent Elizabeth City Busi
ness Man On Trial For. At-,
.tacking Young Girl
Elizabeth City, Sept. 2e.-Taking the
stand late this afternoon in his own be
half, I I Winder, prominent real
estate man and broker of this eity,
made "a complete and categoric denial
of the story told by 13 year old Hattie
Puckett before the recorder last Spring
and repeated without material change I
at this afternoon's session of Superior
court.
The girl's atory is that one after
noon after school last March she went
to Mr. Winder's office in the Ilinton
building to try to sell him a ticket to
the Elks' Minstrel show, then shortly
to be given in the city. She declared
that in the course of this visit, without
provocation on her part, Winder as
snulted her against her will though
she was too frightened, suprised and
confused at the time to cry out for
help.
Winder went so far as not only to
deny the girl's story but also to state
that sho made improper advances to
him to which he paid no attention.
Tho girl has never had any attrac
tion for me. 1 want th.it distinctly
understood," he declared in the eourae
if his cross-examination by Solicitor
Ehringhaus
Again when he was being chided for
not rebuking when according to Win
der's testimony she sat in his lap, the
witness said That girl has no more
regard for a man than she hns for a
goat.
The case against Mr. VV.nder on tho
charge of carnal knowledge of a virtu
ous female child over twelve and under
fourteen years of age was talea up this
morning at the opening or court, but
all the morning session was taken up
:th tho. selection of jury,
Hattie Puckett, prosecuting witness,
was put m the eta ad it i pemaj
of court thii afternoon. Her story was
corroborated by her mother, Mrs. Tula
Pnrkett, and the State rested,
Mr. Winder took the stand at a few
minutips after o'clock. Two more
witnesses were put on by the defense
during the afternoon before adjourn
ment, the purpose of their testimony
being to impeach the character of the
prosecuting witness. 80 far no serious
misconduct, other than on Winder's
testimony, has been proved against
her.
Court held a night session in an
f-
fort to. wind. up. the
case before the
noon rceess tomorrow.
WILSON LOOKING FOR
BIG FAIR THIS WEEK
Wilson, Sept. 22. With cotton, tobac
co and other farm products selling for
fair prices and the general outlook for
brighter 'days, the indications point to
a large attendance at the second annual
fair of the Wilson County Fair Asso
ciation.
Many improvements have been made
since the last exhibitions and stable
and cattle pens are ample. The fea
tures will be horse racing, all kinds of
attractions that will attract, and ia
fact everything will be done to make
the fair a grand success. The grounds
will be open day and night with fire
works at each night's exhibition.
MANY DELINQUENT TAX
PAYERS ON WILSON LIST
Wilson, Sept. 22.-Sheriff B. E
Howard says the amount due by delin
quent tax payers of Wilson County is
around f-IO.flOO and that the penalty
is 10 per cent, and that he will be
forced to collect even if he has to ad
vertise and sell real and personal pro
erty. These delinquent taxes are for
the year 1A20. The total amount for
the year, less the delinquency, was
382,0no. The books for the 1921 taxes
will be opened the first week in
October.
ALFRED R. WILSON BUYS
DRUG STORE IN 8ELMA
Dunn, Sept. 22. Mr. and Mrs. Al
fred R. Wilson left yesterday for Sclma
where Saturday Mr. Wilson assumed
charge of the drug store established
several veurs ago ty the Kuliar O
Drug Company. He will devote his entire
attention to the business in future.
Mr- Wilson has been traveling for
a wholesale crug toncern since ne
mit the real estate business here
tear ago. tte is a nrottier or J. L.
S tlspii, ilruirgTst, J. W. Wilson, lawyer,
and Mrs. A. L. ?ewbrry, of Dunn
He was engaged in the drug ousinets in
Colunibue county for several yeirs be
tora coming to Dunn nearly two years
ago;
FERTILIZER CONCERN PASSES
ITS REGULAR DIVIDEND
- JJerw York, Sept. 22i The American
Agricultural Chemical Conipauy today
omitted the quarterly dividend of 1 12
per eent oa preferred stock dus at this
time. The company has paid no divi
deads on its preferred stock since las
April.
J4 ARRESTED ON CHARGE
OF PLOTTING PRISON BREAK
Jefferson City, Mo, Sept 22. Thirty
four men are under arrest here as a
result ef ths discovery of .a plr.t to
uke possible a wholesale escape of,
prisoners from the' Missouri peaiVn-
tiary, prima officials Ynaounced today.'
OF CHILD'S STORY
BlH
PROSPECT
AHEAD
OR SOUTH
STATES
Head of Federal Reserve Sys
tem Guest at MadelnCar
olinas Exposition
DEFENDS POLICIES OF '
FEDERAL RESERVE BANK
Causes of AgrlciiAtTaraJ troiper-
" ity Ascribed To Economic
Reasons; Says Lowering of
Diaconnt Rates Had Nothing
To Do With It ; Takes Shot
- at John Skelton Williams
Charlotte, Sept- 22. Governor W. P
O. Harding of the Federal Beserve
Board, was an honor guest at the :
position today. Three hundred linkers
from out of town were here. h wae
also honor guest at a banquet tendered
him br the American Trust Company
in the eity auditorium at 1 Vclock, this
1 eing one of the most notable events
Charlotte has known. The guesti num
bered 500. Bankers, business men and
industrial leader of the Carolinas re
motest sections being represented.
The future prosperity of the country,
and especially the South, Mages upon
the method of crop marketmg,4ind w-hnt
prices prevail for the raw products of
those districts, '"in .which normally so
arge a part of the country's purchasing
power lies' declared Oovernor Harding.
Bright Prospect ror rotnre.
He said that ''with proper co-opera,-
linn nt the nnrt of merchants and bank
ers, thoeo engaged til ' agriculture now
have opportunities jr.d prospee's which
nobody anticipated a few months ago."
lie emphasized the necessity for push
ing tho foreign trade as it relates to
cotton and the main products of South
ern farms. Some means must be devised,
he said "for extending long time credits
abroad or interesting American inves:
ers in foreign properties and securltres
n order that the exchange which, now
tuns so heavily against other nations
may be corrected." There have nlway;
been years of prosperity and years of
adversity, but the Federal Kcserve sys
tem can do a great deal to modify them
and to hold them in cheek.
Here in the South, we are an rev
jolcing ovor ths recent advance In th
price of eotton. This advance is no:
due to any. increase in the loans of
the Federal Reserve banks or to any
expansion of ths currency. As matter
of fact, the amount of Federal Beaerve
notes in -circulation today is about
5O0,O00J))O rsv than1 -when eotton
reached its lewest point last spring.
Ths advance in the price of cotton is
due to economic causes, to the opera'
Hon of the inevitable law of supply
and demand.
No Change la Policy.
ne said that a change in the discount
rate is not necessarily a thange in
policy.
"The discount rates of tbe Federal Re
serve banks during the year 1919 were
below the market rate, as was the
case during the greater part of tbe
period when the country was at war
The war did not end in a financial sense
with the signing of the armistice and
the exigencies of the treasury seemed
to require a continuance for some
months of the Federal Reserve discount
rates which prevailed during the war
The reaction, when it came v.as over
due and was brought about by world
He economic causes, which were en
t rely lieyond the control of rny group
of banks, rf ruy boaid or of any gov
rnment.''
Speakiug of John Skeltoi Williams
he said:
it was part of the duties of Mr
Williams, when a member ei-oflicio of
the Federal Reserve Board directors, as
comptroller of the currency, to pass
upon the salaries given officers of the
Federal Reserve banks and in a majnri
ty of cases, the salaries he is no
criticizing as extravagant uere ap
proved by him.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
TO PROBE KU KLUX KLAN
Agents Instructed To Iuvesti
gate Organization Through
out The Country
Washington, Sept. 22. -TTiirh official
of the Ku K 111 x Klan may be sum
moned to Washington for interrogation
by the Department of Jmtice, Attor
ney General Dougherty indicated today.
Director Burns, of the department's
bureau of investigation, Mr. Danghfrtjr
announced, has been instructed to set
his agents at work on an investigation
of the Klan's organirstion in various
parts of the country.
In connection with the possible sum
inoning of Klan leaders to Washing
ton, the attorney general said tlia lie
partment of Justice had the authority
to. summon any one and it wis its
policy in the course of an invovig itiori
to talk the matter over, with the yr
snns involved.
The attorneygeneral said tint any
criminal prosecutions wonld f'jr tho
most part be matters of !tnte la v i.n
less there had
I been some violations of
statutes through the use
the Federal
of mails to defraud.
There is no need in this eonntry,
Mr. Dsugherty said, for vigilajiee or
ganizations. The country docs not
need, he added, any self constituted
organization to define and enforce the
lawi for American citizens. It h:i. lie
contended, a well organized iK-part-ment
of Justice to enforce ihe Federal
law and well organized State minori
ties to maintain the las i-f the cv-
yeral States.
CALIFORNIA WOMAN NAMED
ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL
Washington, Sept. 22. Nominations of
Mrs. Mfbcl Walker Willebrandt, of Cali
fornia, and of Johif Wi H. Crim of
Xcw Jersey to be assistant attorneys
general, were inrtuded in long list
of nominations sent to the Senate to
day by President Harding.
HARDING
DEMOCRATS
URGE
E
IN
E TAXES
Minority Members of Senate
- Finance-Committee Offer
Amendments To Tax Bill
WOULD SUBSTITUTE
A'TAXM GASOLINE
W6uld "Also Retain Capital
Stock Tax, , Amounting To
$60,000,000 Yearly, Which
republicans Plan To Repeal;
Suggested Reductions Would
Benefit Millions of People
Washington, Sept. 22 Reductions in
j the normal tax rates on individual in
comes of 915,000 or less and a gradu
ated tax of from 10 per cent to 20
per cent on the incomes of corpora
tions in place of the suggested flat
rate of 15 per cant were proposed in
amendments to the Republican tax re
vision bill offered topUy in the Senate
by Senators WjslsJsi of Massachusetts,
and Gerry, of Rhode Island, Demo
crats( on the finance committee.
To make up the $105,000,000 loss from
the tax on individual income, it was
proposed that tax of one cent's gal
nn on vaseline be imposed at the
souroe and that the capital stock tax
yielding around $60,000,000 annually,
be retained- The majority bill provides
for repeal of this tax. effective in
1922.
Wonld Red ace Income Taxes.
Under the Gerry amendment, indi
vidual tax payers whose net income
is less than $5,000, would pay a normal
rate of two per cent instead of four
per cent on $4,000, as provided in the
revised bill; tax payers whose net in
come is between aa.uuu ana fiu.ow
would pay a normal tax of -four per
cent on the excess over $5,000, instead
of eiirht per cent, on nil over $4,000
and taxpayers whoso net income is be
tween $10,000 and $15,000 would pay
a normal tax of aix per ceut on the
excess over $10,000 instead of eight
per cent on the excess over $4,000.
Incomes in excess ot flo.OUO would
pay at the rate of eight per cent on nil
over that amount bt, it was explained,
they wonld rceelve the benefit of the
lowered normal tax tip to $15,000. The
surtax r&Uf ha fixed by the finance
eoauuitUe would remain unchanged. .
Under the corporation income tax
amendment offeriSl fry Benstnr Walsh,
the rate oa the first $1W,000 ef corpora
tion net income would be 10 per eent;
that on the income between $100,-
000 and $300,000 would be 15 per eent
aid that on the income in excess of
$300,000 would be 20 per cent.
Would Benefit The Mines.
"This schedule," said a j"int state
ment issued by Senators Walsh and
Gcrrv, will reduce the tax on the net
income of 195,000 corporations upon
which the Republican msjority bill in
ceases the tax from 10 per cent to 1)
per cent, while it increases the tax on
onlv about 4.000 corporations which
have a net income of more than f.i'.Hi,
000 each per year."
Discussing the proposed reductions
in the normal income rate on indivi
dual incomes below $1'I,noni the state
ment said:
''This change will reduce materially
the tax bills of over 3,000,!iO0 tax pay
ers. in striking contrast with the Re
publican plan of cutting in addition
to lowering the surtax bracket, the
high surtaxes fnm taxpayers whose in
come is over tOfi.OOO, which affects not
more than 5.000 of the wealthiest
class.
"The loss to the government by our
plan will amount to about $103,000
000, yet the Republican majority have
with one feu swoop eliminated the ex
cess profits taxes and thereby reduced
the revenue of the government 4:iO,
000,000."
There should be no reduction of the
substantial character proposed by the
Republican majority, leading to such
tremendous reductions in the needed
revenue of the government In the inter
est of excessive profit making corpora
tions, without providing for a just and
equitable reduction tn ths individual
whose income is less than $15,000.''
Senator Simmons Conrars
The statement by SpmrtnTS- Walsh and
(.erry was concurred in, it was aii
imunced by Senators Simmons, of North
Carolina, and Feed, of Missouri, the
other two minority members of the
finance committee now in Washington.
It- made a general attack on the tax
reisinn bill as reported yesterday by
the finance committee, declared th
measure to be "unsound inequitable and
indefensible."
It was explained that the statement
issued today was in no sense a minor
ity report on the bill. A minority re
port "V ill be submitted to conferences
of the Democrats on the committee an l
of the Demoeratie membership in the
Senate.
The majority report also has yet to
he submitted. Chairman Penrose toll
j the Senate today that he hoped to have
i it ready tomorrow. He p'ans at that
time to call up the tax bill with a ,v'e
to having it read and brought to im
mediate consideration. He made an
unsuccessful effort to get the measure
op today but the beer bill got the right
of way.
NAMES WOOD AS
GOVERNOR OrwPRILIPPINES
Washington, Sept- 22. Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood sras formslly nomi
nated by President Harding today to
Tieiovcrrlof (Vencfal of the Philippine
Islands
General Wood, whose selection for
the post was announced several weeks
age, has spent the past several months
ia tbe Philippines investigating condi
tions for President Harding-and if ex
pected fo assumt ths governorship for
period nf -one rear as so a as
soiuuutioa, m eoaflitni
REDUCTIONS ID
IB
EXPLOSION LEAVES
3URISHING f OWN
FLI
Eleverttundred Dead and4,-
000 Injured Latest Esti
mate ofDisaster
YAST CRATER SLOWLY
FILLING WITH WATER
Soldiers In French Uniforms
Clearing Awaj The Wreck
age, and Picking Up The
Dead and Injured AsAfter a
Big Battle; Moaning and
Cries Still Being Heard
Mannheim, Sept. 2. (By the Asso
iated Fress). Desolation and ruins
alone remain of. what was once the
flourishing town of Oppau. The town
had 6,500 residents, of which a ma
jority of the men engaged in the
chemical works were killed or wounded.
Soldiers in French uniforms are clear
ing away the wreckage, picking np the
dead; and injured as aftrr bif tJSttt?.
Eleven hundred dead and four thou
sand injured is tho latest estimate of
the disaster yesterday which caused a
greater number of casualties in th
Mannheim -Ludwigsshafen district than
tho four years of the war. The desola
tion. around Oppau equals anything
seen at Verdun or in Flanders over a
similar area. Hundreds of persona arc
digging in the ruins for the bodies of
relatives or friends, nearly a thousand
of which have been recovered thus far
Many Injured I'ncared For.
Thirty six hours after the explosion
from the gaping, funnel like holo
where tho lladischo works formerly
stood there are still to be heard moan
ing and cries of the wounded, While
the snldiers search for possible sur
vivors. Twcnty-ttve Hundred ot wio in
jured are reported to have passed
through ths hospitals of the surround
ing cities.
Tbe vast crater is slowl filling with
water, and it may never be known how
many victims found a grave thero. All
mutilated hut still living aniinnls -rawl
ing amidst the twisted girdera and
blocks of concrete are being put out
of their misery. The firemen and re
lief workers have not yet been able to
discard their gas masks.
The Thirty -Second Afmyeotps of the
French army Is in complete charge oi
the aroa and every available 1 rench
dical officer had arrived early this
morning to co-operate with tho German
physicians and surgeons. Tbe French
ana German Red Cross are co-operating
and a big German sanitary train has
brought large quantities of medical sup
plies. The German officials thanked
General Drgoutte for the prompt man
ner jn which the French army came to
the assistance of the victims
French Take Over Relief.
The French high commissioner on the
Rhine, M. firard, and his entire staff
took chargo of the relief work. Tho
members of his staff were aunt to all
the surrounding towns tu enlist tht
mayors and peoplo in the relief plan,
in which the labor unions are uniting.
Several of the, funds have already as
sumed large proportions.
From Frnnkenthnl, four miles away,
there w as a steady exodus of the popu
lation, in which bandaged head and
arms in Blinps were conspicuous. Th
village of Kdighcim was badly wrecked,
and it has not yet been possible to
rescue some of the victims who arc
known to be under the 'debris.
At Oppau whole families weie com
pletely wiped out, about three hundred
bodies having already been placed in
the adjoining cemetery awaiting burial.
The Mannheim hospitals are crowded
with jnjured, more than 400 persons
having suffered from the explosion in
this citv.
Train Blown Off Tracka.
Several French soldiers were killed
and many wounded when the force of
1 he Oppnn eiplosion wrecked the
French barracks at F.isenhcim. A train
whirh had just left that station wa
blown off the tracks, plowing through
the wooden slieiis where French soldiers
of occupation were quartered. (Jenera!
Degoutte personally decorated a Moroc
can soldier who rescued eleven wound
ed from the wreckage, the African
being severvlv burned about the hands
and neck.
The experts who are inquiring into
the cause said lliit the explosion proli
:jb'y occurred in tli course of tests ot
1.1, e compression of a new gas, the
properties of which were insiiflicicntly
known.
Primarily, it is reported, th dis
aster, was raiiM d 1-y tho explosion nf
fifteen tuns f Ammonium sulphate 111
'he preparation rf a new gas in"wMcn
the pressuro i t atmospheres and s
temperature of Lc'n-cen 500 nnd dc
grots centigrade were needed.
TOBACCO SELLING FOR
GOOD PRICES IN WVYNE
Goldsboro Chamber of Com
mcrce To Give Barbecue For
Fremont Business Men
Goldsbori, Sept. :
pounds on Ihn three
looked for the fir-- f'
that 1919 pri es lad
ranging frm M rer'i
2:, With
sales floor, it
minutes tod
ret'irned. b'!
tn etrts. At
the elwi of the'dai' sabs the general
average was $.'111 a If'' peun-ls. All
Wayne and adjoining county farmers
are delighted with the pro s on the
Goldsboro mark' t
At a meeting of the business nnd T ro
fe'sional men lul.1 st the. Cha.ri.h-cr fcf
-Commerce rooms here this sftcri.oon
invitations were issued to 1) busines
men and farmers in the i'nminl S'-e
tion of Wayne county t.i be their guests
at a barbecue diflncrtn he given Friday
Peptmitx-r ."M. at a h. lf w,ay point be
twees Golds'oro nd Fremont- The
object of this gathering is for the
hirBmsiaers men
d farmers fir Vtayac
couaty to become closer acquainted.
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A MASS OF DEBRIS
SOUTHERN
SEEKS"
TO ESCAPE TAXES
WARREN SAYS H
E
New Bern Lawyer Expresses
Appreciation For Strong
Support Given Him
New Bern, Sept. 22. 'I am no kicker
nnd have no complaint to make,' was
the sentiment expressed today by
Thomas D. Wnrrcn relative to the ap
pointment of Judge Adams to succeed
the lute Justice W. R. Allen- Mr. War
rcn has just returned from Jones coun
ty where he attended Superior court.
In an interview this afternoon ha had
the following to say1
"While I appreciate more than I ean
express the support of friends through
out the State in their effort to have ane
appointed associate justice of the Su
ureme court I accept the result with
no feeling of resentment or bitter
ness and as soon as I heard of Judge
Adams' appointment I wired him my
siiicerest congratulations. I have known
Judge Adanu for a number of years
there is uo bettor man in North Caro
lina
lie is every way qualified and
eminently fit for tho position to which
he has been appointed." He hns my best
wishes for a long and useful service
;ind Jlie people of the State may rest
Assured that he eTll do credit to him
self end tho State.
I am no kicker and have no com
plaint tu make. I am unwilling to
capitalize defeat or putty service fo
personal aggrandizement. My ncrviee
to the party and my friends has been
rendered without any hope or wish
for reward. The Dcmoenitic party
owes me nothing except the oppprtunit
to servo it in the future ns 1 hav
tried to serve it in the past."
KU KLUX HEADS HOLD
MEETING IN ATLANTA
Simmons Says He Wjll Invest!
gate Charge Against Clark
and Mrs. Tyler
Atlanta, Sept. 22- The Imperial
'Klonciliuni" or council of the knights
of the Ku KInx Klan is holding; a ses
sion in Atlanta to consider the alleged
"exposure'' of the organization being
published in eertain newspapers
throughout the country, Col. W. J. Sim
mons, Imperial Wizard, stated today.
He declored a thorough investigation
would be made of charges against E. Y.
ClarS, Imperial Klengle, or organizer,
and Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler, also connect
ed with the Klffnsnien.
Solicitor General John A. Boykin to
day said the Fulton eeunty gr,amV jury
could start tomorrow a sweeping in
vestigation of charges that police court
books have been mutilated in an effort
to obliterate records of a case of "dis
orderly conduct against Clarke, nnd
Mrs. Tyler, filed in 1919. Mr. Hovkin
said he was a member of the organiza
tion but asserted that fait would in
no way hamper him in the prosecution
of cases yi court.
Mr. Simmons declared today he was
ready a-t any time to go to Washington
to answer interrogations regarding his
organization for the department of
justice.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT
POLKTON BURNS BANK
Scarcity of Water Makes It Im
possible To Combat Blaze
Successfully
Wadeshc.ro, Sept. 22.-There was n
very disastrous fire nt Polkton, a snia l
town between hire nnd Chsrbitte, last
night. The bank buildiiiu and several
stores were-destroyed, the loss runniiv;
into Several thousands of dollars.
The origin of the fire is unknown. Ow
ing to the scarcity of water, It was
i!npnjt,Ta to combnt the fire,.
T. K. Smith, who was sentenced to
ten yenrs in the penitentiary for
having shot and killed J. I). Hyatt Jr.
and who through his attorneys give
hntice 'f appeal tn the Pnpreme cmirt,
has given bond in the purn of 1i'.iiWi
and returned tu his home in Iturcs
ville township. The bond km quickly
arranged, having been signed by n Mini
her of prominent A ns-n County citi
ens.
A meeting of the parent teacher aso
ciatiin was held nt the Baptist pur
s'.nage for the purpose of ii.trodnring
the teachers to tli patrons nf tl"
school. The meeting was well attended
and much esjoved
The prolonged drouth li;,s so in iniih
t ,1 the vnter suylv lo re th:,t the Pit
nation, despite tevera, showers re
cent v is Mill somewhif serines No
prent amount of rain fall has been
relived here in "it weeks nr more
1'ortiiTiatclv, howpier, no fires hmo
1 roken out.
To Pass On Drhs' Paraon
Washington, Sept. 21 Reeommeild.i
I mi s on the question of a pardon fur
l.'iiKene V. Debs, socialist lender im
prisoned at Atlanta for io!ati"n of 'he
var laws, may be sent to President
Harding next week. Attorney General
IbHighely-eftM today. -
Governor Condemns Ku Klui
St. Ixmis. Sept. 22 Governor Arthur
M. Hyde, condemned the Ku Kl n Klan
as an organisation befnre 5H0 memlers
of the grand lodge of Missouri A. F.
and A. M., last sight, declaring it "a
secret, fsrtive organization whose
methods are subversive to American
ideals, and ths rule of the law.
HAS NO COMPLAINT
RAILWAY
INJUNCTION
ederal Court Asked-To -Set-Aside
Valuations Placed On .
' Property By State Tax
Commission
RAILROAD ATTORNEYS-
WANT TO SMASH INCOME
ACT OF CONSTITUTION
Want Thirty Million Dollars
Lopped Off of Assessments
and Quarter Million of Taxes
Wiped Off Books In 49
Counties; Injunction Sought,
If Granted, Would Tie Up
Tax Collecting ' Machinery,
So Far As Southern Is Con
cerned; Claim Discrimina
tion In Disallowing Request
For Eeduction and Allege
Franchise Tax To BeUnstitu
tional Greensboro, Sept. 22. An order to
restrain the entire tax levying maJ
chinery of tho State, the sheriffs of 49
counties, tax collectors in 97 munici
palities and collectors in 13 special "
school tax districts from collecting any
tax levied against the Southern Rail
way is sought in injunction proceedings
started here today in Federal court
seeking to set aside the value assessed
npon it by Revenue Commissioner A.
D. Watts.
Allegation ia made In the complaint
that Revenue Commissioner Watts has
discriminated against tho defendant
I in disallowing their claim for reduction
in values in counties where other prop
erty has been reduced; that the basis
of values used is in restraint of inter
state commerce; that the franchise tai
is unconstitutional ; and that the ' in
come tax provided by the constitutional
amendments adopted last year is in
violation of the constitution of the Uni
ted States.
Wonld Enjoin Whole Works.
Prayer is made that Commissioner
Watts be enjoined from making certi
fication of assessment to State Auditnl
Baxter Durham, and that the Utter he
enjoined from charging taxes for col
lection ; that State Treasurer B. B.
I4ey be restrained from collecting
franchise taxes, and that Attorney
General James 8. Manning he restrain
ed frbm entering snit for the collec
tion of taxes based oa ths iteiiment,
and that the sheriffs and tax collectors
mentioned, in the brief be restrained
from collecting any taies levied against
the railroad.
No temporary injunction was asked
for in the proceedings. Tapers were
filed here late this afternoon by 8. R.
Prince, solicitor general for tbe plain
tiff. Three judges must hear the case,
one of them a member of the United
Htates Circuit court of appeals. No
arrangements for the hearing have as ,
yet been made, and no date has been
named. Papers will be filed upon the
Governor, Revenue Commissioner,
Auditor, Treasurer, and the Sheriffs
and Tax Collectors named ia the com
plaint. Nearly Ilslf Million Involved.
Approximately $;V50,000 in ad valorem
taxes assessed by county, municipal
nnd special school districts, and $!,
000 in franchise taxes assessed and col
lected by the Stale for State uses, mak
ing a totiil of $Ufi,0iO is involved in
the litigation. These moneys, usually
the first to be paid into the county
and State treasuries, will be tied up
until llie courts finally pass upon ths
questions raised in the complaint.
Threat of an appual to the courts was
made by three great railroad systems
nf the State when their appeal for re
duced assessments was heard by Com
missioner Watts in July. Both the At
lantic, Coast Line and the Seaboard Air
Line nrn contemplating similar action
in the Federal courts, seeking to com-
I"
1 Commissioner Watts to rarreel the
assessment made against them. No
complaints have thus far been filed by
either 'mad, but it is understood that
the A. C. 1,. wiil start suit within the
next few days.
Claims I'nfsir Valuations.
In its complaint th plantiff railroal
sets forth that its holdings in this
Slate in 1!H'.' were valued nt
'Ml, and that in l'.'-'i, under the revalua
tion act, its values were increased to
W,Hr,,:n. The values for th current
year were reduced tUffnX) is against
a reduction of approximately thirty
million asked for.
The basis- iin which th valuation
iv ,n intimated was the net operating
income over a period of five years,
amounting to t'i.1 17,fi25 and this was
capitalized at s;x per cent interest,
giving h 1 ital value to the road and its
equipment of $li)lMki,41.'!, deduction
being ma le for subordinate lines. The
plaintiff 11 ,. s that this is fair, on tbe
grounds t b t tils' net income Is Seat
tend over many StaUs, and pro-ratel
on a mileaee basis to North Carolina,
a Stale that yields little initial revenue,
it is ...erred. Herein lis the charge
that the awsMiiciit is a violatiia of
interstate commerce act. Complaint is
also made aga.nst the us) of six per
cent a a ba-e when money was Uring
:ri emlit cr cent. ,
C harge Discriminatory Aetioa
Charge of unfair and discriminatory
treatment in ceunti where horizon
tal reductions in real esUte values hae
been made without corresponding r
liuetiiins in the value of railroad prop
rrtv, and the tax rate raised to com pea
sale for the reduced property value is
-sle in the eompaiwt. - Exhibits- -srsr;
'filed shining the counties in which re
(liirtiors hase been made, and the cor
responding increase ia tbe tax rate
Another exhibit ia tfinde to support
the 'allegation that the Interstate Com
merce Coniiiiissiem haa fixed a value of
$i3iH.4.it on ths company prepertf
in North Carolina. This rahiatien, ie
(Coallaied ec Pagw Two.)
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