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ycl cxiv: ? FLYS RL , 93. TY.TLVE IWQTJ TCDAY e " m r- ? i i C' satlv,:; ay CCT0EEIV1, 1921, , TWELVE PAGES TCDAY. ' x rcj. ' 'Deputy h:: n . . : Jrcn o Conn ty iio. Rczijti 0)Jl.J ,.! LATEST LABOR SAVING DEVICE fou;;ddeadfro:,i VOUIiD BY PISTOL mmm JLu. i.A OfT.cer Took Mrs. Sarah Whitley UU Oa Charge of Murder t In Connection With Death of HushanJ, To See Daugh ; : - t ter; Wave of Indignation Follows mm f i u v.iU la i 1 r!t7.-.. " r.vrth Carolina f :.:t Gets Under Hide of G. - r. r. em bcrs IS:.- 4 nrrmj TBLES ON CHAIRAjPEKROSE Bepublican 'Boss fme Back t R?TnwiAnB- Elf eea o.ual To -Oceana i,De ' f ending " Korth Carolinian; points Ont Infuses of Bill : 'and Offers Bey e 8 j l. the Newt na ObierV Bureau; f 603 District Notional!" Bldg., By EDWARD K,tf"U., , (By Epeelal Leaser-) i Washington, Sept 80.foltiS t pacifically the injustiee5wtene be imposed npon tho avf th revision Ul offered tth Finnne Commute, and Zlin' constructive program for '" atfbn. Senator Bimmeaa. i bur hours tthi afternoon auaressoo; I la hil presentation of Jfc naior Simmons dealt vigorou i rv apubliean legislatioa proposed by th majority and laid bia bi .on, evt fc the Be I offered donees that Went to show publicans ia be revenue. wer nreDaring to tak tatm the rich and pine the hcavioat hot la of for crnment taxation apon the lor., t Geta PtniWi Go,l 1 It waa a aoeeeh with arrjlrBta tbat lot under the hide of the fcnbllcant nd brought irfitabl and Sppah orti from them, noticeably Ion Sena- or Penrose, who la the dele a the n bill ia the rtaat three d. hai in ilulired la oartisan and lrl attack kipon Senator Simmons, fortrliiea tue North Carolina Senator hi aharply tailed him to term. Eodiioring to place Warn for delay in' djisidering the tax bill apon Senator Slitiona. the lablei were turned upon hi and he hva designated by Senator S-mon a rtha arch criminal of delay.' i Senator Simmon ebntraatel tax leg dilation under th itreaa of tar with the injuitice of th tax rioa bill Ho offered by the Hepublleantjia peace time. Th war at aa eniWho-held (that there ihould b retrenf .iiif'nt in taxation, that burdan should 1 lifted from the people, nad that to take, the trieet profit taxel from tlifl (ich jn Miliice the heavleit of the bardena jm the irerape titiwa h Injuitice. " "tie lien Hlmt ther should b taxation that would jaqnalize the burdens, and that thl wai tot offered ltt.the ta pm prentea w StUa Bepubliean. He roundly J aeored fiha proposed reduction of th anrtaxe to 32 per oent and called atteitioa to the fact that Secretary ox ta '.-teaanry Mellon had aought to have th J surtax redueed to 25 per eon, a vrofcsitioa that wholly farored th iehj tmt tht taxet that Secretary t.hIeUoa Vi that Ih:; Bermbtean of th" SanaJ and illous desire to have lifted, w re the axe oa corporation and big iilomea, blT. Mellon desiring to ahift tliso to such things a documentary U 'two cent tax oa each bask ehok, aa Jncreaa of on cent in the nte of 'postage, a license tax oa motor v-ticle averaging about $10 per vehicle; a shift- iing ni so mnen pouunu aurt: mat th Hons and Senate dared not to go .that far. And not daring, th fopub- ilicaaa&trreed that th thins to dt was o cut was oi in appropriauoaa, xtut" :said Senator Siinateaa, "there ia vast rlifferento between a promise fcseot llowa and actual cutting doway and I nmsgina that all of tt) dop&rtmeBS ia (which cut hav been promised tare urt. about aa good spender aor, hey hare been in th paat." this tell- ng of deficiencies to be met ia tht uturev 1 --'. v Diaregarding Pledge In the course of. hit remarks Senior immone declared: ; "Ther i on thing certain, the, Tie ublican party is not, 44 thia bili at east, either carrying oat, or even to tnueb aa attempting to carry out ns ledge to the people tbat immediately Itpoa coming into power they wtakl oeea without delay, making it the osinea of the first consideration ajnn aleadur, to rdueth burdensome and 'Pprestive taxes that they informed tt riuntry ia th last campaign th Dea flitia party had Imposed upon the Ita wa keeping upon they and aht 1 that the reduct'ona that wer pr ,'ed wer to bo filled in by borrow h aidney upon th faith and credit of tit ited Btates and contract debt Uut Id hat to be met by th tax Jmyen h future." Aad th "Immediate" iction promised by th Bepublicam he tjill offered; B said, mad tht !n and not ia th jiin month hl4 year when th Bepublican ha: peek in full control of .all branch, oi khelgoTernment, ther being a redemp- w lots oi promie- mafle. - -I I Barden on the Poor f Continuing hia remarks. 8enator 81m. tnodt declared that tht tax bill offered r4ild lift more than a half millloa aTolfirt off th shoulders of eorporatkmt i1 Kiillionaire nd shift tbem to the I'lilHer of lesa forfanat tax-payera." air, I thea h demonstrated that th Ht fiMiifaa tcheme, if adopted would ' pprofimately 00,000,000 tht "'( .po.'KfO the taxe which otherwise I r- ont and indirldnala who in- -t , nttA WGflCO would h to pay. 9,000 Ineom it th deadline of J' h anid, pointing out that it thr it "formed in " serried - the foree of the tnillionairt f thl country" aorii 13,000 tax while ''on th other side ef ,.!ITne'tterTJfe"gfoiite3 eVifyOOfi' in tax payers," rarning betea J- and fifi,(M) k yesr. ' , TaTor the Birh . k ... fiffurr which showed th faror l r jto t M-ar rx h,-l declared, wtr such at to ; the country. And b followed it diiwt lia ef th favorm to 8now EU1, Sept 80v Deputy Sheriff C. ,E- Joae got into a horaet't nest by taking Mrs. Sarah Whitley, who It ia jail oa a ehargt r impllcatiag her In th hilling f her husband, to aeo her daughter at Walatonburg, aad baa been forced to retign hhJ notition. ' Sheriff Herring; has token over - th "jail and henceforth will e that Mrs.; Whitley ia accorded ao more privileges thaa are ethr, prisoner, v 'v i ' . A' ,'' - .'V ! .friends of th deputy sherif belUr that he toted, in utmost g o4 faith, aad in fact ha hat shown erery idenc of a doslr to do" th right, and proper thing, but this -did not keep him from loaiag hia job, ao great waa th indig nation arousod by th according of tpteial privilege tO th woman. - Cot Ugal Adrleo ' . fJUftprdlog to th deputy aheriff, th woma Aad expressed a deair to tee her daughter, who, although atktd to com to tee her mother, had1 not don tFrD6puty Jona- went to J. Paal Fritrelle, an attorney employed for th prosecution, who was of th opinion that if th woman waa taken in eharg by aa officer, ther would bo, no harm. " ' . '.. . .. Acting oa what h conalderfid good advice, the officer started on ;his ill- rated journey. Meantime aer- fitft had gotten wija of what waa traaapir'iu-g-wVVook up the matter Atlantic And ,1 . ' Lengthy Bill Third, Railroad lr.ters Federal rim Ta Ci'' i Cfora Tav- UationSistem v ; , C0MPU1J.T PRACTICALLY IDEITICAL VITH OTHERS Jude Irnum Thirk3 State May Ask for Contiiuance; To olid Conference r Greens! o, Sept. So f iftornejt for th Atla andaatiil valley it a a road, a t iary of thl fouthera y tem, toda peared InVeaeral eourt her and. lengthj bill of eom- plaint agai er of Bevc W Wa;.. i Miaitaiun charging hut in prop- erty had l nfairlv a- sscd. that it waa about the Vic; of unfair aad oxorb been deal taxation, hat it had I It right of a: eal on the! valuatioa t d on its iroperty tnl rNorth Caro aad ail if th ethollion to bulldiag at Stat Institutions, thing net Ink 'in the H'l of com plaint of thl Southern Fi cnuwhic wa Bled last reek. -.' The - rallrol, nhich ia l"of ' th short-lines oat'i State fr to Mt' Airy, loatrolled "by Sanfo Sont em system, iltko third toJlino i; the eourt akib that th St4 in be declared i they be not f stitutional) art t to tiav tb tail Bow btlng pr city and tebo Sited by every n' ita linen paat. . Coatn4 of Complaiat. Th toroplaiil tied by the A. T. V deelaret I hat prior to th actment of th Ivalaation law tli. property ia No it Carolina hsl aiseaaed alightlyln-er on million-. '. Ian, but that tile that time, or ,: ing 1U20, th coki sny't property aaseaaed at over IT millioa do1 firs; valuatioa ha& re i tpite of the fa' t practically r.rv that thia year mained uuehange that real estate county through ich th road tins aad own proper haa been reduce 1 in valuatioa; that o e other hand th? tax ratea have b lowered Vud that raited instrr .! of railway en- ,rj it th victim of u by th county eo lust discrim.u .tai. issioaers ef the several counties ia rty. ich it holds prop- latest eas jwiii Th hearing in t probably b held i 1'ederal court th um time tbat t Southern Atlantie Coast line! complaint befuw th court. .' Practically A itndy of th t ot tomtit at shown that it la pr. tally ideriJ:al with, tbo compltiat bj Us oatu to bo decided in, therefor th it la both case ar t a.. ' I la discussing th e i, Judge iWil- Cant P. Bynum, of til local bar, re cently retained -by OoVrsor Morrison to iid in the defeat cx Commissiuner Watts, declared that therwte ar prob ably th biggett'that htv ever been filed against aa official H th Slat of Korth Carolina. , v. . , . Shatter Tax 8yU. Th allegatioaa of th railways, if thev are nnheld bv the klAer rm:-i will nearly shatter our system of tj ties aad will rt fleet erius)f ape (tht Integrity and fairnet ef th commit tioaer l th rsraral eouatie through Mob. th railsray .oprrat. said ,ix ttttraoy. However. JadnkByaum is f the opinion that th deioBt will bt ieeafnl, lthough h predict a powerful legal battle,' srh n Attomev (teaeral Maaalag, Ceorge ll. Brown. Bd Lock Crtis meet th ll pi staff of th three railwaye inv H4. Hadg Byaam will g u Be Wirt Saturday, wber the len.1 ff of th ?ktt' deftato will h 1 a confer)"! aid decide apon eon V, ef - Uoa. Hi is of the opinion tat the t: ' wJ hatdly bo ready tir trial by (Vtober tBd while not nefiniMy saving te ktiit. bo. jdcrxlld ,that.,U. mi. tplndt4 chance flhe State t ug fvr a OBUnuance to ST vo them myTe tirr to trei-are th dffente. I May Wset'Cootiaaanc.1 lb pn" ti out thst owing to the fact thai the Sn eompanie Baked Si pla-Wiffa the 1'ate, . r i(Co. ia every eotta'y ia fs'ly so, it will tak with thl oounty attorney, who told htm list it could not be permitted. : l i l Arrived Too Lat When th the riff went to th Jail to aform th deputy aheriff that ho must deep tha .woman in jail ho fonnd that die officer had already gone. Walatoa hare people ar said to hay been very Indignant, in member of in coro ner s Jury got xogetner ana promiya th aagry citizens tbat ther should bo no recurrent of extending, undnc libertict to Mr. Whitley a they would com to Snow Hill and taka th matter up with th ahriff. , : t At a confereae betweet the Irate Walstonhurg aitizen and Sheriff Her ring. it was - agreed - that ao visitors should bo permitted to aeo Mrs. Whit ley except by permission of officer of th wort. - f - Car Hia Boaignatlon Meantime. Deputy Sheriff Joae went back to? Walatonbnrf to offer aa anolory for torn thing h had aaid previoaslr and to assur th eitixens there that ho meant no harm by hav ing brought Mr. Whitley to. visit her dauehtor. i There waa a disposition on th part cf aura to accept the officer's apology, tut th deputy aheriff evt deaty corJidered discretion th batter nart of vilor and handed ia hi resig nation. wch waa promptly accepted F. C Card way waa named to take his place and deputy Joae henceforth is pects to 4tinu th oven tenor of hi way a a fVivat eltixen. Yad Of Half of $5,000000 Meet Present State ? v Obligations To Mora' than ball th"tlv million dol n borrowed by Stat Treasurer B. B. y in Kw York thia week, will be ed to tak p 'abort term aotea, and bligatioa already du, according to appotsennieit -wi f undm deterrn- r.c4 , upon yesterday cy t vouneu f Stato whet H met to formally ap- rov tht) kaa. . "A ' On million dollar will go to the Stat Board of Education, another mii- and th remxaaiag three millioa to road conjunction. Tht funda of the latter not du oa preaeat obligatioaa, will be withdrawn at th ,.rato . Of. 1700,000 per month. v Th educatioaal moiev goes: 1400,000 du countie on Stat at hool fund from uncollected taxea from; lat,y ear; $300,- m loaned .city aehocd, aad 1100,000 borrowed, from banks to finance the operation of Summer oeaoola at colleges! and la eoantiet, enargapi to the teacaer training fund. - ing funda i divided among bank Vho hav loaned monev for the begin nVg of const rncton. Sboat $730,000 is rov du bank la th Stateon notes floitsl hero, aad will bo paid oat lm mcj:aly. The remainder will b cheek ed out rapidly as th work develops. - ThreC-quarter of a millioa dollar ef th road fund will be cheeked ont during the coming week, and the re aiaining $250,000 will bo held and cheeked out at the rate of $700,000 per month. Thia ia th only part of th loaa that will not bt nsed immediately, and' it will be turned over to th State Highway Commission. " Mr. loey, th Governor, aad other member of the Council of Stat, arc highly gratified vr th results of the treasurer! recent visit to New York Th money was obtained at a very fav orably rate, SM aad th note carry th provision that they may be retired at the oad of year at 10U. Th life oi tft ate i two year. two Machines wrecked - IN HEAD-ON COLLISION : Wiustoa Salem, Sept. SO. Two auto mobile were practically demolished aa the remit of a head-on collision at the foot of Ttsher Bill near Kernertville last night One ear waa owned by a Mr Kidenhonr, of (Jreenoro. and waa be Ing drive by Lm Garner, colored, who waa n rout to Greoaaboro with two negro women. Hi eitr wa hurled into th creek tad oao of th women went hh it, though sht , suffered, only a flight braiso. The other waa, being driven by Kemp MeCuktoa, who waa a route to thio city with three other young men. Thomas MeCuiston, ' of Kernemiile, Is the ovaer of thia' tar. Th negrp, Garner, wta givea a hear ing today tad boo ad over, to Forsyth superior t coort for , alleged reckltts driving. ' ft gave boadi MRS. WARTHA ADDERTON 'DIES AT LEXlltSTON HOME ' Lexington,. 8ept. "i-Mra. Martha Addertoa, widow of Stoke Addertoa, for masy years a promlaent busiaest maa ef Ifxirgtoa, diet at her home her toda at th age ' ef ighty-twe year. Mrs." A. hip aa the ago, wkul .lertiia!'sustS".fir forokei remit of a fsl toveral weeks hatrard h-w demise. Im- mediate s ter and Mrs. B. Irrirors inelnt three da(h- n son, Mr. V.- Walser, L Burkhead. : Ifr. Wmi frrd Brae hf nd Jame A lJertoo, :! of this ci f tin -Files omplaint i i " APPORTIOII FUND , , ! STATE BORROWED I Ci f . t jrl ' Vr y: ! '-y n a . - !. f F-jrl fniret will be 'l P y : hsr sot Rev, R. C. Craven, Popular Cetnodist Pastor, Believed ' ,To- Have Shot Hlmselt HE HAD SUFFERED MUCH FROM MERV0US TROUBLE Left Home Late In Afternoon ' On Bicycle To Visit Maionlc Orphaaate; Body ' Tound Near Spring On Outskirts of I Town;. Interment Will Take ? Place Today at Dunn -,. . ii 1 1 ii ii i . '. Oxford, 8epC30-Th.body f .Bet. B, C Cravea, pastor of th Methoditt church (her and one of th promineat mlaiatera la th " North Carolina Methodist conference, waa found near hero thia morning at J o'clock with a ballet hole through , th tempi and a pistol lying by hi aide.. Ther was no writing' fo indieato that auictd bad beta planned but ' the authorHiet are eoaviaeed that tha minister eaded his life, . - - : - .. : It has been known that for torn tune the minister baa been under a nervoux strain and that h had been in consultation with hia physician. At the dinner- table yesterday, ht ,waa heard to exclaim, with hia. hand to his head, "Oh, what a terrible pain shot through my head. , i Left Heme la Afternoon.- Lata yesterdar : afternoon h . left horn on hia bicycle, tolling hia family tbat he wa going, to .th Maionlc orphaBagc, which i on the outskirta of town. His bicycle ' " waa found ' thia morning about 3 o'clock by searching partiea at Do La Croix Spring, which ia aear th orphanage. The body waa found about a half mile from the apring. Announcement of th tragic death of th popular pastor earn aa a great hock today. H bad appeared to be la good spirits yesterday and aaid nothing to anyone, to far aa knows, to canto tuspicion - that - he intended tuicide. . Mr. Craven had boon pastor of the Methodist church hero for the past three yearn, coming her after a. font year' pastorate in Kocky Mount, No minister haa ever been held in higher teem by th people of the town. Not only had bo endeared himself to th member of hi own vhnrnfa, but to all th church people in the community, He wa a rretift love of sroitng tmoui. and haa probably don morel ior th boys ana girl of th town, than any minister who ha over held n pastorate here. Especially baa ho done a great work among the children- of f tht Oxford Orphanage.- t When Mr.'Cravea failed to return homo last Bight, hia family became uneasy trad a searching party went to took for him. It waa feared that tome misfortune had befallen him. Ha had frequently ; visited tho apring, whew hut bicyelo waa fonnd. ' Hia body waa found lying on the ground with hi coat neatly, folded under bia bead, aad tha pistol by hit ma. ,i aero wa no evidence of . a atrbggle. . . Hold Faaeral Service ruaeral eerviece for the . deceased wer held thia afternoon at 8 o'clock im th . First Methodist Church, of wtvn ne was pastor being conducted by tho Bev. H. M. North, of Baleigh, elder of th Baleigh district, ajtisted b yth Bev, H, M. North, of Baleigh educational: secretary;. the Bev. B. L. Davit, of Baleigh, tmd th Bev. B. H. (Coatlnatel page Two.) ' DR. MAYS SAYS Hit DOES A NOT INTEND TO RESIGN Declares He Has Full Refuta tion of Charfes Made Against Him '- Ridreerest, Sept. 30. Dr. . Jiving tton T. May, ia a statement tent ont by him bar today, states h "hat no Intention f resigning" because ef attack made oa bia character ia af fidavit presented in behalf of J. T. Harris sentenced to die for th. mar dr ef F. W. Monniab aad add that ha 'haa' "full refutation of all aaarge offered by attorneys of the eoademaod murderer." Bia ttatemcnt reads. ! havf no intention of resignlag and have fall refutation ef all eharget ffered by attoraeya.of th condemned murderer. My full local board and th pastor ef Bidgecreot o ' affirm ia th following: ' J , "In Botihg recent attack mad against Dr. Livingston T. May by at tof aeya la marder ease, in view ti the poaitioa accorded Br. Mays aad in virtue tostinoaiaU aad ovideae of hit iBtegnty, 1 hav read. It at jutt to him that, tho pnblio ahoold .know that hi integrity haa net ' bee a' questioned at 'Bidgeemt'. Being" pastor here I hav kaowa .that be bar aot beta abl to pleas verybdy but h hat tried faithfully . to build up the as embly her aad make it th peer of any like institution. in tho South. In lien Of th documentary proof which I hav seea. I am convinced ,tht th charge are absolutely false.' The motive in making these ehtrgt )t evi dent - V ,: '. (Signed) WILLIAM H. FITZGEJIAIJ?, Pastor Bidfreerevt Baptist Chareh.' "SUtement of th full local board signed by A. F. Brown, aaperiateadeBt Southern Mountaia Bchoolt; my Ashe ville pastor, UcKaughaa, aad bank pwride6c."TTr't"XTtt- -tr-wt, 'in' UeeJ member of th board of director of th Souther - Baptist Assembly, bar seen letter and eertifieatet which seem to refut fully attacks msd en Dr. LvingtoB Jlayt by attorneys of J. T. Kairix ia their plea to the Gov ernor for corn-notation ef lis flc-th "! for tt sr3rdr ef F. W. 4 1 .1;. The latett invention in tho way of pictured, here, which taxes th place of It it an auto-truck attachnioht whieh aiata of a hug earth-boring auger on . . .1 .1. A . . . ... t uubkv vn iub ifUMi, ui iira cmmi ox aa-oruiuary wuiiumouue irucn. - inv power plant of the truck furnishet the power fof tho boring machinery -the aimple expedient: of disengaBintf the clutch Of th .tsiM-aatbJoAtoi'laVhat. of the boring apparatus being the only operation necessary In digging a hole of any depth down to ten feet. The driver 'operates the entire mechanism from his seat on the -truck. After the hole body of th truck lifts the. pole from reaay ior mo army ox ; tampers wno Unemployment Emergency Re garded Primarily As a' Com -munity. One; Remedies. . v, v-i';, i; i ii'r?.. . .WWilngtoa, i Sept Su-Ftmmlatien of in mrgeacy program designed to effect th immediate , relief of , the nation' idle, variously : estimated tt from 3,500,000 to 500,000 person waa completed today by the Nation lCon- fereaee on ' Unemployment with the adoption" of , ipeeifia (ncaitrre recom mended by committee. - Th conference then adjourned until October tenth, when it will consider a permanent unemployment policy anl suggestions for the return of business and eommarce to normal. - Meanwlule it committee will work on details of thee tubjtcts. . A ' Commnnlty Task. Th conference found the task . of meeting the unemployment emergency waa primarily a community one with th responsibility. of leadership had ita solution resting on the mayors, Fed eral, state and municipal aid, however, was urged, i-artieuinrv reference was made by tho conference to the connec tion between prices and tha solution of tho- country's economic questions. ; "Daring the period ef drastic eco nomic readjustment through , which w ar bow Boating,", the emergency pro gram aaid, "the con tinned-efforts of any one to profit beyond th require meuta of safe- business praetic er eco nomic consistency thould be-condomned. One ot the important obstacle to a re sumption of normal business activity will be removed aa prices reach replace ment value in terms of efficient pro ducing and distributing cost; plut rea sonabl profit- , Must Seduce Prices. We, therefore. strongly nrg ' ill manufacturers and wholesalers who may not yet have adopted tbit polity to 4 so, but it , is ' essential to th success of these measures whin put Into effect that retail price (hall promptly and fairly reflect the prir adjustment of th producer, ' .manufacturer and the wholesaler.; When these principle have been recognized and th -recommenda tion "complied with, w are confident that the public will increase their pur chases, thereby ; increasing th opera tion of the mills,-factorics and trans portation companies, and consequently reducing the number of .unemployed." HIGH POINT-NEGRO 7 BOUND OVER TO COURT High Point, 8ept -30r-Niek sMoore, well knffwn -High Point negro, who 4n th morang of .August ,16 slashed tht thrust pf hit wit and thre children and turned a revolver oa bi wife and fared tirtee, was given, a preliminary hearing in polic court her , today. Jadg Walter Boyali found, probable ennt and ordered 1h defendant held for Guilford 'superior court under - a 3,000 bond. High Point busines met dgntd th bond aad Moor was .re leased. The negro denies having sny knowledge of th affair, claiming that he waa crazed while asleep. ' - KINSTON MASONS PLAN ;,T0 BUILD NEW TEMPLI , . . m . .. . . I vm, oi teniple to cost several hunared. tboul and dollars ' is ' ptsnned -by ' leaders ef th five Mnni -rjrani7.at ions ' hew. iBrDttrjtoi 'wymMyw "Wfifeu a tooa at coaditions ar a little more settled. ' It will b one of tho largest f th kind in th section, and may be six er eight stories klph. On plan calls' for a theatre oa th first floor.. Sever al fino-i will be renWd for office. Tht y-.r'; h and Tar,Tini other brsni-hcs w -fust-. v -d well trH-ifit.'l i A.; 1 I'n-.-.T,.' in labor-saving device la th apparatus .twenty men, according to the inventor. automatically' borev -poit-holea. ' It eon- the end of- twelve-foot geared thaft, - . . J ! ...1. I. 1 1 A -. m.. ia bored the permanent derrick on 'the th roadsido and drops it into tho hole ioiiow. - - ' , IE E Federal Reserve Board's Re view of Conditions In Sep , ,,t tcmber Optimistic ' '. .' iii T 'ii ii ' ml 'V "WttsUiugtoafi- 8V) t. . S9. .American; busincs eonditioni Improved decidedly during Septomber in th view of th Federal Beterv Board, which . mad public' a distinctly optimistic review of condition ; for - th month. Impor tant change for th better, 'wer Been la th credit' attoation, "distinct en eouragement ia many basie busineaa lines and strong liquidation, indicating increased ability of business to aettle tt aceounttr - . The ' 'wholesome, improvement' which th board' correspondent found In almost every tertion, appeared to 1 1 A. , 1 - .. - , nave "ecu uaseu largely on me u vane in cotton prices. At 1 a result of th higher cotton-value, liquidation haa taken plaeoand wholesale and re tail trad boa been buoyed up, th reports said. Matked improvement - in tho credit situation wax cited by the review at the noteworthy feature of bntlnes dur ing tht month, th board - declaring that "taken nil in all, from a flnaa cial standpoint, the month hat been in the main a period of distinct n eouragement,' ' Th board toted only a (light la crease ia employment In th thirty day, but added, that while th end ot th harvesting and crop move ment teatna mighty tend to . Increase th number of unemployed ''thl waa likely to be offset by a growth in de mand for labor on th part of mana faeturing Industries, - '- ' "Bilrod hav begna to Increase the number 'of their employee , to eome ex tent, especially - in- the l'ar Weat," th review continued, "and tht fact that building contract hav reached record figure for. this- year promise partial employment it) that service during the autumn." ' There ha been' a steady' and reason ably heavy movement of . agricultural products - to. .distributing and export centers, th "board reported. Prists of most of these have advaaeed to aa ex tent, although, drop in livestock quo tations was seen, sttrilmted to local marketing condition 1 1. , - . Textile manufacturing haa been well sustains! daring tht month, the board's agent aaid, adding that th boot tad shoo industry had been.' ''notably aetiv..' -f :i -.'.', ' - . loom hesiiaaicy (till was noted, on the part of distributors to place large Lorders, but to offset this, large seasoaa! irtreaset la eertain line of wheleiale tradea , wer reported, ' coupled ' with order .for stock, replacement,. :, , TWIN CITYGAS COMPANY " 'WANTS RATE INCREASE " Wlnston-Sa'iem, Sept o!-Th loeal gaa company haa petitioned the Corpora tion. Commission to petmit- aaotber In crease ia rate.- The proposed schedule fixe, a minimum, ef fifty enti, for tht fi rt ob hundred feet .Then thtre wll bt graduated teal of inereas, until 1 - ,V... 1 M . ..Ill ..... e Mluwni iw. w,ii fi-n. uw - BUS BI W V II -BwuTneMlJO. However, th percentage of Inerentt from one thousand to two thousand , feet .will . affect mor people 40.it .jt.Uah. acjtfdnjidjjor oo timo he tt. U jplt'mf. rn tbat ther iU be trong eloraUv evidvEcena-h ltd to the lhaa..ny. It -it known 'that ther will bo (troag eppositioa to proposed intrtaset whta application cornea up for hearing. H.'vy Bren.r' -"vBa'. WiuHonrVUjn -Internal rerevi tfaTiji " m.-inth totjir! ' .i.B it -I Simmons C.'fcrs : Shtrth' -Measure After -Denouncirj - - ftc-juunuan rrogram . a v 1 ',"." : : r-i !" SKOOT ALSO'PROPOSES :- " ; A SEPARATE PROGRAM North Carolina Senator Urges' Two Parties To Get Together In Effort To Work put Bill vThat Will' MeeV Present, Be-' v qnirements f takes 'fling ' at. s Secretary WeHon - : Wuhington, Sept' 30.Two eparatoV tax programt a tubstitute for most of' th levy provlsloat la tho pending reve- " nu revision bill were presenUd today ,' to th Senate, ene front th lopubli-1 can id and ont from1 tb Democntia ,' , J! its. ;iV:Vlrt ? ""''! -' " t Senator Bmoot, of Utah, proposed:- i A manufacturers' sale tax of throo. per cent, on art it lea as flaalty finlehtd i or produced for eonsomptoa or .us. , ; Bepeal of ml of th tpecial War tax . of whatever snaturt, including the ex cess profits ' and transportation levies.' .Retention of the existing ten per eett ineom tax on corporations. ': , i Senator Bmoot proposed no change la th eommitte plan with regard, to in-'t , dividual ineom taxes or the. Minting. '' tobacco,' liquor, and inheritance taxes.. , Senator Simmont, of North Carolina,' proposed : , , ; i'-v-A. graduated ineomo tax on, eerpora-i ' tloBi, ranging from 12 1 J to. 3 pe; cent in lieu of th excs profit tax, : Restoration of th ; income , surtax, rates to a minimum of 62 per tent- ou acornta in exe of iriOOOO. , Bepeal of th Irantportatlon taxes oa .freight, passenger and, Pullman at-' commodation. . ' Bctention of th corporation capital stock tax. , -, '.. '. Bepeal of th 12 W0 exemption allow ed corporation, that individual ei- mptioa bo confined to Incomes bolow, $20,000. t : .- r-.- -'- . Slight reduction in tho normal nteg oa incomea below $20,000. ( Senator Simmont told lh Senate thati If ther aeuld b an agreement for a qaltabl readjustment of tho taxe to that th tevernl group f tax payer would, b on parity aa proposed im th Demoeratia program, h personally, would bo willing to giv serious Con liberation to a aanufoctujer aa) er consumption tax, properly wfeguardeij a a substitute for all of the misecllan-l eout taxe imposed wider th prtieat w. i .: -ifl - ( j, Urge CtwOawration ' Th North Carolina Senator appealed to partlet to get together in an effort to work out a bill meeting the require ment of the present situation and eon . dltione. . . ' . f r Senator Smoot- in " presenting hi i , amei.draenta, read a prepared itttomeut ' in which tho (ale tax proposal was act forth. - ' - ,-" . ' , Senator Simmons offered tht Demo, rsti ttx program to th Senate at th eenrration of three-honrk sddres 'in whieh h vigorously assailed th Seaatf finance committee bill a on providing for tax reductions "in behalf of the cor- . poratioaa aad the nltra rich.' t- . "Taking th bill from th beginninc to the end of it," he aaid,. there ia hardly a tax that ia touched whor tha ' little mn ia not forgotten nnd ignored -and hia right trampled npoa while th. rich man' slightest whispers for relief ar. heard anM th moaey of tho peopl lavishly rebated aad remitted to tht-so mta who hav grown so mighty in thia! country that they can, fix th price of. -y prodact when it it one ef their raw material and then fix th price that I shall pay for the finished product after they hav maaipulated it. . , -. - , rilag at Mellon . ' "' Senator ' Simmon ' took a ' fling at' Treasury Secretary Mellon for recom mending repeal of the profits taxev and thi high ineom suttaxe aad at th ' tarn timo- suggesting new levies, such aa increaaed ratea op first-class postage bank check levy and a lieenao tax' o automobile. Th way atd mean eommitte tho' Senator aaid, accepted .the Secretary V propoaal to reduce the levies on the wealthy, tut rhd Jtpo. much polltieol -tagamty" to attempt to pnt on tho aew taxe proposed. - , THREE' MORE IMPLICATED L: IN NOTED UPPARD CASE Solicitor Huffman ' Has .Three ; Hickor Men Arreited wd - Lodged In Burke Jail MorgaatoB,'Sept. SO. Tho aoted Lip paid, muider cat which waa th eeaur , of so mnelmerest in Bark aad ; ' Catswba counties but wiater aad do to which two trials hav already been held resulting in, three ment serving prison, aenteneea sterna to furaish' a. continued tory of .mystery and acts- ' tienal developments. " . Vernon 'Lafoae. Dan Sip and Cecil Speaeer wer placed in jail her to- night charged with aiding and abetting for the purpose of robbery ia th mur-. der of Glenn Lippard near Hickory last November. .With their attest Bull , eitor Huffman I eonfidoat he i kiug a step that will lead to th final 'soia- , tUn of on .of thj . most d ffinlt criminal cases the Stat his vr tempted to ultra veL ' . irrot i U.i lory snernoon anl h gar your" torrespucdent to adr- , stand tonight thst h Twlieves he hat. a strong case against the young mtn. II stated that ht eTect to Ut o-.t tencli Btrrants fr ti'n arl 1it t' t hearirg next we-k bif-i-r J.':' !' --t, w- iv ti l f f--r i - - "-- (ConftrH en page TWo.) ta r.--t Two,! jet a :
The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.)
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