Winston-Salem Journal
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VOL. XXIII., NO. 127.
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N NEAR FUTURE
t)eeds to Ten-Acre Site in Ard
More Accepted at Meeting of
Commission Yesterday
SELECT CITIZENS ON
HOSPITAL COMMISSION
Committee Meet Last of This
Month and Announce When
Construction Work Starts
The hospital committee recently ap
pointed by the State Haptist Conven
tion to have charge of the new hos
pital to be erected in Winston-Smlem
met here yesterday and accepted the
deeds to the ten-acre site In Ardmore.
decided to add four Winston-Salem I
citizens to the-personnel of the nim- ,
BAPTISTS NIL
BUILD HOSPITA
mlttee to be known as the Hospital j jon He is conferring dally with the road labor policies, insist upon hav
Commission. and also reached a deris- ! j.4hor lenders Next week he talks ! ing the national agreement which was
Inn to appoint
citizens committee
for consultation. A full meeting of
the commission will be held here the
latter part of this month when def
inite announcements regarding tli i
construction work wii. ne maae.
The. Committee
All five members of the commit
tee were here yesterday as follovs:
Messrs. M. U Kesler, Stephen Mo
lntyre. J M. Arn tte. J A. Martin.
and fv. C. Dunn. They were appointed
the State Baptist Convention to j
bv
look after the hospital project, and
ihey selected 'Winston-Salem as the
site for the new hospital over Char
lotte, Raleigh and Greensboro.
Deeds Accepted.
The deeds for the property in Ard
more comprising ten acres were ac-
prepared before the m
prepared before the meeting AI,pr
rnmn.ittee visited the grounds
.1.. I Arl mlln l Vi
weir .ri.y i'. " "I
site which Is Ideally located for tr.e (
new institution. It was found, however
that the street in that locality has
not yet been fixed as promised. j .
OrganlJltlon Meeting.
The meeting yesterday was mainly
for purposes of organization. It was
decided to enlarge the commission bv (1'oal win (s nwn men while the rall
the addition of four citizens of Win- J roarj brotherhoods wish to have all
ston-Salem which will mako nine , matters of wages adjusted by a na-
mcnibers The gentlemen weie select
ed yesterday, but their names have
not yet been nnnnuncd .
For Consultation.
The creation of a citizen's com
mittee for consultation was discussed
and acted upon favorably. A num
ber of the local physicians, builders
and architects will be named as mem
bers of the committee. It was ap
pointed for the purpose of get'ing
expert' advice as to the best type of J
building to erect and the res, equip
ment to procure. By the arrange
ment, the commission will be enabled
to get the most modern ideas In hos
pital construction and equipment and
at the same time the "builders will
make suggestions for Improvements
and time-saving conveniences.
Another Mooting.
A meeting of the full commission
of nine members will be held here
the latter part of April at which time
definite announcements can be made
as to when the construction work on
the building will be, started. It will
also be announced at that time Just
when the Baptist State Convention
will be ready to supply its funds and
how early the donations of people of
u.- ki k- nl
:: ,', W h rl: I
linn, -km-ill Y,n nL-r1 f(.r until the COtll-
mission formally announces that It Is
readv to receive them.
Highly Pleased
All the members of the commis
sion expressed themselves as highly
pleased with the local site and the
fine prospects of early construction
work on a hospital plant that in time
will develop Into one of the largest
in the Southern States.
Winston-Salem won the new hos- I
pltal In a spirited contest with a ntim
, j
her of other North Carolina cities. It
pledged a site and 1100.000. The Bap
tist State Convention will contribute
$75,000 to the new institution from
the funds raised in the 75 Million
Campaign recently conducted. The
latter fund Is now available when
ever needed.
Initial Plant.
The first building erected will be
only the first unit of a great institu
tion. It will be added to fro.ni time
to time until ultimately it will be
.one of the greatest hospital plants
In this section of the I'nited States.
WINS IX)W Nt'ORK MK.OAI,
l'inehurst. April 7 B. P. Merri
man. of Waterbury, won the medal
for the low score in the qualifying
round of the north and soush ama
teur golf rhamplonship here todav
when he defeated Perry Adair of the
Irruld Hills Club, Atlanta, in the play
off. They played the championship
course. Merriman dointr a 75 nnd
Adair a -7fi.
Year in Prison and $500 Fine for
Virginian Who Led Mob in Drive
on Jail in Which Negro Was Held
fBy Th Aijornted Pren)
Lynrhburg. Vs.. April 7 John ;
Jjriper, charged with being ring
leader of the mob that stormed the
Halifax Jail on the morning of March '
II. where Jim Coleman, a negro, was-:
bung held in connection with the,
murder of William Kn-kmon. a white;
man March '-'0. was found guilty of
assault by a Jury in the Halifax cir
cuit court this afternoon and his
punishment fixed .it one year in Jial
and a fine of B0O. John Martin, at
torney for Draper, asked that the
verdict be set as.de as contrary to
'he -law and the evidence ami Judge
W. C. Barksdale set Saturday morn
ing as the date for hearing argu
ment. Twelve others are chargi d with
being members of the mob and their
trial is expected to take place at the
next term of the Halifax circuit
court. Commonwealths attorney,
James S. Kaslev. expressed himself
as satisfied In the lit-ht of Ihe evi
dence with the verdict of simple as
sault 'l
Joe Francisco nnd Pte McCor-
mlck Indict. lon.r with the others
a being members of the mob. turned
TWELVE
TAGES TODAY
Harding, Thinks Rates
Should Follow Wages
Seeks Views of Railroad Executives, Employes and Shippers
Delicate Problem Labor Split on Question of National or
Regional Agreements President Sees Leaders Singly Thus
Avoiding Out and Out Recognition of Union.
! (By DAVID LAWRENCE) 'roads, at a time Indeed when It waa j
i Special CorriKpoudrnt Winnian Salem Joum). : simpler fur the federal government j
! CopyniSu. 1021. ; to handle all wage question uniform- j
J Washington. April 7 President ! ly with the heads of the brotherhoods.
Harding h;is begun to use the lnflu- Naturally labor jh more powerful It !
rnce of the executive to bring about, ! it deals for the men as a whole and
is possible a reduction of freight
rates at the samp time as wages are
cut on the railroad systems of the '
I country. Mr Harding is not "official- j
ly" interfering or forcing his advice.
I influence or suggestions .on either the .
; railroads or their employes but' never--
1 theloss he is mediating in a dispute
on whose settlement perhaps depends i
more the revival of business In Amerl- ,
ca tha.n any other single factor.
Mr H.irriincr refers to his efforts ;
,j,,,. m-..-i.. ..eitlnrr informs-
tnp rnilroad executives. The
viewpoint of the shlnoers of agrteul- i
tnral products has been ably present-
ed in cabinet meeting by Secretary of J
Agriculture Wallace
As a consequence. Mr. Harding be- i
lleves a reduction of freight rates is ! the country into' regions so that re
ahsnlutely essential. But the Inter-1 glonal boards may be appointed as
state commerce commission whose ' between railroads and workers In
expert Judgment In railroad matters I every- section Inside the railroad
is not questioned insists that It would j executive groups there are those who
be dangerous to reduce freight ratea-i
unless the railroads ran cut their ',
"operatlng expenses, wnicn means oi -noriiTj, rui n an ""-"' n-m--course,
wages, because labor Is the the Pennsylvania railroad, insist that
largest item in rnilroad operation to-the Issue la clean-cut either the
,jav ! Pennsylvania railroad deals with its
To reduce wages would bo a rela-lown employes through their spokes
tlvely simple task if there were not I man or it Is being deprived of in
interwoven in the question something I alienable rights. It bears some re
al much ..inre vital to hoth the rail- I latlonshlp indeed to the open and
"1 their " than
rpvlaion of )hn wa(?e scaie of this
and I month or this year. It Is the tic.klsh railroad executive. Whether to deal j (Jeorjri'a Farmer Claims AbHO
,,0"v I problem of railroad standards and , with a walking delegate of a union! lnnot.pnPP' of Killinff
C. methods of adlustlng future wage ; or a spokesman of a shop committee , lute innocence OI IMIIinK
,h(, r aritimtlnc future wage
-
scales
President Harding has himself
recognized the delicacy of the prob-
by his method of handling the I
, ,. Th railroads for In- 1
s7anre, insist that now that the war j
, ., ,, r.irn.rt avstem should
tional board representing the work
ers on all systems of the country- The
so-called national agreement which
covered this method of negotiating
on disputed questions general of rall-
Would Call Conference of Both
Sides
MEn7re"iNV0LVED!
500,000
All Wage Disputes Stayed Pend
ing Meeting For Settlement
of Rules of Procedure
rhioocn Anril 7. Five
riilroad
. . .iv. Ken nan members
lanor union " . . ,
tonight eubmlt.ed to Proton, M.n;
ght submitted to rresmom n... .
labor's plan for ending '""I1"",.!
disputes between tne mans aim "
workers, proposing that the president j
call a conference of representatives
. u-ti, aUnu nt which new rules
FIVE RAIL UNIONS ISOLD MEDICINES
FOR HARDING PLAN; WITH STRONG KICK
governing working conditions wou.d nrjtor vValter E. Hrock, which rno
be worked out to take the place of i ,Jon waB ,,.iSOd ihe evidence of
the national agreements, now m -pute
before the railroad labor board
n P" I". " ..ntstlves of the
The proposal was ini"
f ve mechanical unions and was sent
five met nan ,,i u .fPWell.
in me pi mmr-m
president of tne railway
! department of the American Ked"r-
,imn of I-abor.
It proposed that all wage disputes
be held In abeyance pending the con-
1 ference, holding that the matter oi
! wages could be quickly adjusted to
I the.satisfactlon of all as soon as the
1 questions of rules had been settled.
I The telegram was sent In response
j to a request from President Harding
'at the recent conference he held with
i t tnwell that labor submit Its
plans for ending the railroad indus-
points Which were termed "labor's I
' -j iiloKlo rights"
..ll ti-min eft. It i t iuih-m
weir-e.vineni iinu "lnllr"-" " .
. ..... .. i we.ii ii nnve ro iei i
settled at the proposed conference.
"ml specified that the national agree- j
..,. .hnuld not he discounted in ,
any way pertaining to the nutcomo of
;.h conference. It wns sug
gested that the conference b.) held
under the Jurisdiction of the railroad
labor board, which would have full
authority over it.
. Ctita'si
evldence.
testifying
that !
i Tiriror Aronll ed the mob. Other i
witnesses turnisneo "
evidence while several w tnet
titled to substantiate the defense .
plea of an alibi, f'raper himself tes- ,
titled this "dng. d'ny'ng to ,
charges and rfvlng in den h s;
corroborative
TnnVPfl (1UT1I1K -
rvrninc of ihp ntlark on thp JJi-
Draper, denied knowledge of a
shotgun found. n his automobile by
Sheriff Kice during the attack on the
jail and explained absence of a
license, lag on the machine which
witnesses for the Stale said had been
removed bv explaining that he had
not secured his license for the next
year. He admitted discussing the at.
tack arid declaring that the "mob
has no guts" He denied knowing
that his brother. Clnrk Draper, was
warned ns material witness for the
prosecution ami could not be found.
His father, other members of his
family nnd others also ti stifled, sup
porting his storv In its essentials. The
w,3,e In rehuttal railed Russel
Hughes. Sta'e Senator M. B Booker
and others who contraaicteo parui oi
, Draper's testimony.
WINSTON-SALEM,
with the railroad systems as a unit.
Conversely the brotherhoods cannot j
exert suqh a powerful Influence over I
their men if the (tame clashes of labor I
are differently paid in various regions
of the country- Thoir solidarity is
tiff vr.ted.
There Is division In the ranks of
labor as well as in the ranks of the
railroad executives. Some labor lead-
era, notably those who are eager to
have the American .Federation of
Labor nlav its Dart in handling rall-
made by Mr. Mines maintained to
that everything can be dealt with on
a national Dasis. inner lanor iraaem
are adopting what seems to the rall-
road executives a muon moi a reason-
able attituue. namely me division iu
tnina tnai is a lair compromise- uuin
executives of a more aggressive ten-
closed -hop controversy which has
been troubling employers other than
of one's own employes Is a moo ques
tion which the Industrial world has
not yet succeeded in solving to tno I
universal satslfartion of either em- ;
nlovers or Employes That's why Mr.
Mardlng's efforts as a mediator on
thls very phase of the railroad contro
versy are being watched with tense
anxiety. Should the executive bend
one way or the other, the significance
of his attitude would not be lost on
either side.
The president studiously avoided
.(Continued on Page Nine)
Charge Against Prominent
Citizens
ALLEGED SHORT WEIGHT
Albemarle Ice and Fuel Com
pany Indicted; Blalock on
Trial For Murder
(Special to Th Journal.)
Albemarle, April 7 Somewhat of
a sensation was created In Albemarle
todav when Judge G. S. Kerguson.
wbo u noldinK Slanlv , ounty s term
f tuperior court, issued bench war-
ran,H for j. . Sapp. of Hailln; J. i.
Hammond o( nHiiri , H. T. Sawyer,
f Badln and j y. Goodman, of
Aihnmrio nnnn motion of So-
W. J. Adams testifying in court as
to bOUifCB from which he had ob
tained intoxicants. j
The rharnea aitainsl these men, it i
is understood. Is for selling extracts j
and patent medicines containing suf
flclent alcohol to Intoxicate persons
who pnrtnkn of same. .1. S. Supp is
a merchant of Hadin and Is also
countv chairman of the Republican
executive committee of Stanly coun
..hii t w r:o..rim.in is a travel-
lout 'medicine salesman. It Is !
understood that bills are now hi fore
the grand Jury against these parties i
-j i. known whether the:
cases will be tried ai mis I' liu . ,
court provided true bills are found. ,
Another matter of interest la ths j
facr that the grand Jury has found
12 true bills of indictment for false
pretense against the Altiernarie i-
an(1 Kuel Company n the grounds
.,.. 11.1 eomounv hat been giving
....... . , -
Kor
np r cusiiuners km. .
ometlme there has been runiors that
people were protesting that this com-
hut
pany was '". T"M " V:.T""
nnlv this week did the matter come
to "the attention of the grand Jury,
with the above results
Dan Blalock. charged with the
murder of Pearl Thompson, of Nor
wood, was arraigned in court this
afternoon and mont of the afternoon
was taken lip ln the election of a
jury. There are a large number of
witnesses both for the sm'e nnd the
defendant and It Is expected that the
remainder of the week will he con
sumed by the trial of this esse Roth ,
Blalock and Thompson were, con
nected with prominent families of
the countv and a great deal nf In-
terest Is helng manifested in the trial -of
this case.
M'til sTA CM R WINS
..tr. r:a Anril 7 The Auglis-
cn,ir,trv Club's golf team won the
ounm
o. -
l, gnmo a ,he entrie,
,n..r,am(,nt here evened up
i -a -
jucadv nn the first oav or piay ann
large card were the rule
LEGION METERS TO
ATTEND FUNERAL
CVrmmnmlcr V.. A. Ixw kctt of the
Clyde Rolling l'et American Trf"
glim Iswied the. following request
ycstrnlay:
"All mcmbcrx of Clyde Dolling
Fool American Irgbwn are request
el lo mcei III uniform nt tirci-n-wood
Xxi-nue Itaptlst rliundi, cor
ner firresiiod Aicntic and Fast
Fifth reel. Sunday sftemoon.
prll 10. t o'clock to attend the
funeral servlnre of Clyde Boiling."
N. C, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1921.
Denby Eyes
iunin of the Ntt Denby
lis!- VJ "X
v. It
ifle at maneuvers In Quantanaroo Bay, off tha coast of Cuba He la
shown on tho dock of the 0. 8. 8. Pennsylvania, with Admiral Henry
B. Wilson, commander of th floeu who la aoon to command lh
Pacific Boot-
WILLIAMS FATE
WILL REST-M
THE JURY TODAY
of Eleven Negroes
MANNING V1LL lih
TRIED FOR MURDER
His Wife and Sheriff Give Testi
Mony Tending to Corrobo
rate His Confession
(flr The Amocliitert Ptph)
Covington, no.. April 7 The fate
of .lohn S. Williams, accused of the,
murder of 11 negro farm hands, will
rest with a Jury tomorrow, in even,
dispassionate tones, the .lnsper coun
tv planter, testifying in his own be
half, today declared his "absolute
innocence" of the charge nf murder
and when court adjourned late to
dav the trial had been concluded ex
cept for the two closing arguments
and the Judge s charge.
Williams will bn either convicted
of the murder of one of the men
for whose death ho Is specifically on
trial, or he will be acquitted, for at
torneys on both sides argued this
afternoon that there "couli! bo no
half-way verdicts" and h defendant
himself told the Jury tn so many
words thnt the killings "were mur
der." A verdict of murder might be
accompanied by a recommendation
for mercy carrying life imprison
ment. AcriiNin Manning.
Clyde Manning, negro firm boss
for 14 years on the Williams place,
whose confession Implicated :he
planter, was pointed to l.y Williams
an the man having a "probabbi mo
tive" for the killings ( linrles C
King, pleading for Williams' ac
quittal, told the Jury th-it Manning.
Ignorant -of tho penalty lor peonage,
had become alarmed at the federal
Investigation and that the evidence
Indicated that he was the only per
son who had a motive 'or the kill
ings. Mr. King asserted the defense ex
pected tn rely largely on Williams'
"alibi" which he said Wll'ltrns had
established "as fur as possibla" by
describing how be wits 'it home the
night the three noirroeK wre killed
and asserted the Sate had offered
no leiral corroboration if th" tesM-
mnny of a confessed a
mipncp ns
required bv law
Claim.. fWrc.horalbm
Oraham Wright !in in'
ney ih,i., ...... -
monv as corroboration in. I sun he
law left It to the lurv to make final
(Continued on Page Two)
j ARGUMENTS IN
IXVV ITlX-ii x !-
ROBBERY TRIAL
Dlstrlil Xliorncy Ditioiinccs In-fen
dant's UiwyeiV Miiihc of
lloc-n Hughes
Mai
lorne;
dress
I.etf.K
. i, f,n . April 7. - District At -.1
. , h ti W. p.ennetl In an ad-
o! two hours nnd If, minutes
trie I'-iicral lurv heie this aft-
ernoon in the trial ot 4:. persons
chaiged vvltli conspliacv to too the1
Ann ri'-an Kaiiway ICxptese Company ,
of :i iiiilii..!! dollars ill pmpejty. rte
noun.erl Hie uieixn of ihe nttornevs
for the defense In "at, using the wit
m.is. Hughfrg " Mr. Dennett bad not.
tiniphed his closing argument of the
i ae when eouit adjourned tonight,
and he will speak for two hours more
tomorrow after whuh the i n'l will
go o ihe lury, A verdin. uurliig
Krld.iy night Is caper-ted
".iii-h argument as has ben made
here, such abuse," n.ild Mr, Dennett,
"has been entirely out of place. Con
.piracy does nm have !. be actually
talked. I may be the e..n urrniw of
mindH, proved bv the n.n. urrence Of
action The d fendan's rnav never
have heard nf eai h mher. but still
they could be ro-conspl ra ' i .rs
If there were a lot of Individual
stealing I concede that under this
Indictment yon unn'il, convict them."
the dls'rlct attorney continued. "This
Issue before you is: 'Was there a
conspiracy?' "
THIEVES TAKE SACKS
FROM MAIL TRI CK
TIT Th AmeniC-il I'r. (
Cincinnati. April 7 - Pour men In an
automobile tonight held up and rob
bed a I'nited S'atea postufrlee mall
truck near the Wej.t Knd station of
the Baltimore snd Ohio rail.. id sta
tion here. Several pouches nf regis
tered mail were taken from the truck
i and carried away by the robbers.
the Fleet
f 1
recently watched the Atlantic
TO HELP SOLDIERS
Special Commission Reports to
president; Advise Veterans
Service Administration
WOULD BE HEADED BY
A DIRECTOR GENERAL
Harding Expects to Act Quick
ly; Prompt Hospital Building
Program Advocated
(By The Aainelsied Pl
Washington, April 7 -Seven "PP-
cine rernmmendatlnns, cnier aniorm
them the creation of the Veterans ,
Service Administration to
i,n, nf invimmrnt relief work
among ex-soldlers and to be headed
by a director general, responsible di
rectly to the president, were con
tained In the report submitted to
day to President Harding by his spe
cial commission Investigating" the
case of veterans.
Charles (1. Pawes. of Chicago,
chairman of the commission, told the
president as he handed him the re
port that he believed the recom
mendations were sound snd that they
would prove a satisfactory solution
of the troubles existing In the present
administration of soldier relief work.
Karlv action by President Harding
on the report Is expected
Th ltirommonrtlots.
necommendatlrsh number one pro
vides for the new agency and gives
It Jurisdiction over the bureau of war
risk insurance, the rehabilitation di
vision of the federal hoard for vo
cational education and such part of
the public health service as may be
necessary lo care properly for dis
abled soldiers It also asks that
director general assume charge of
the new Mgencv with full authority t"
obtain necessary facllllies when those
already available prove Inadequate.
This provision would permit the
lease or purchase of hospital build
ings whenever the demand exceeded
the supply.
Care Is suggested In the framing
of new legislation creating the ad
ministration to avoid present Jiieon
slstencles of lnw affecting the three
existing bureaus. Particular request
Is .nsde that no statutory limitations
he placed on the director general as
to the number and salaries of his
employes
Number three says that pending
the enactment of new laws Secretary
Mellon of the trensnrv, shrill Issue
orders to the heads of the public
he.illh mid war risk bureaus, auihor
iTins the Inner bureau to lake
, win n . .
I charge of Ihe public health artlvl
I ,)(, nnd personnel engaged In pro
vl.i'nc medical rare for the veterans
1 The effect would bo to consolidate
these bureaus under one
head bv
executive order wltnont waning lor
congress to act or risk delay from
Hint r.-iuse.
The next recommendation pro
vides for an immedlnte extension nnd
realization of nil government hospi
tal fn.llitles with such mobilization
of civilian medical services ns may
prov e prrtrf It sble.
An Immediate and continuous hr.s-
niu.i building nrngram Is ofked in
he nfth
recommendation. which
SUgirest that Rei-relarv Mellon s
committee recently appointed to re-
elteH f..r new hospitals
directed to report concerning inn
tvpe snd locations of the required
building-. D adds that appropria
tions should be made available bv
rongre.is which convenes nrxt Mon
day The sixth calls for exertion of
humanizing Influences-, to Impress I8
sl'-k nnd" wounded wlrh the fact Ihsr
the nation Ii entirely concerned In
their welfare snd rehabilitation. The
last mnkfn immedlnte use of the
lltgonnnfi appropriation by the Inst
cnngrcn for new hospitals.
POPI LATION HERE
IS OVER 50,000
The population of W'lnslnn-Salem
and suburbs Is estimated at
TU In the Itm edlllon J the city
dlm'lorjt Just bwiiotl hy the Com
tnerclul Kcrvlcp ( omian.
The prfac says: "Winston
Kalcm Is Hie Industrial iTiiter of
North Carolina, ity Hip V. 8. V-n-stis,
It Is the metropolis of Iho
Mtato. Tlio nuinlN-r of ww flnns
nnd changes since the last edition
of ihe illriflory was puhlb-hitl lies
hifn equal If nol greater lluin at
any lime la-fore."
The directory contains about Ofl
iwges of informal Ion regarding the
city, and Is llir largest dlreiory
yet attempted t this clly.
SEVEN PROPOSALS
FOR RELIEF WORK
KVERT
MORNING
NOR TH CAROLINA 'S
CREDIT EXCELLENT
MORRISON CLAIMS
STATE MUST TREAD 1 1 MILLION DEBT
P
SAYS II GATE CITY
Morrison Speaks to Merchants j
" Association; Is Tendered ,
Great Ovation j
LET REACTIONARIES
RAVE, HE DECLARES
Points Out Development Pro
jects That Should Be Fos
tered at Earliest Moment
(Bptilil t Th Jouttul.)
Oreensboi o, April 7 - Clovernor
Cameron Morrison, speaking here to
night at the annual banquet of the
til eensburo Merchants' Association,
asserted that North Carolina must
progress, outlined Ihe way it can do
so and asked his hearers to eu-op-rrsto
In the spirit of concord und
refuse to bn tun Into dlsaentlon by
the "gnats, Ihe mosquitoes. the
snakes, the hiseors and the players
P loinUl rfnliucs." The governor
severely criticised (hose who would
be glad, he said, to see the Stale fall
to gel tlui money necessary to carry
out the progressive measures the
Slate is eniering upon
Let the reusjrionarliw hiss and spit,
the governor declared, while his aud
ience, two hundred strong, loudly ap
plauded, Ihey cannot obstruct Ihe
progress of the Stale. The credit of
the State Is untarnished, lie (aid.
Nu"!h Carolina owes no money be
yond what her liquid assets could pV
tomorrow, and leavlTjg the banquet
hall tonight tn board a I ruin for New
York to make arrangements to get
the money to. start the road building 1
program of the- State, Mr. Morrison
asserted that he Is satlslled that the
money can be secured.
"North Carolina Is tearing off her
old rags and burning Ihem up, tak-
Inw Itnfh iift i-lrtNttnir no for once
(n ,er life," the governor continued.
The shackles have been stricken off.
. .i,i nn,l Hmr U nothing to lire-
v,,nt further development of her re-
snurcea and her moving higher up In
the list nf the States of the union. A
new conception of government has
permeated the consciousness of her
cltlsens, he declared, and material
wealth snd its accompanying bene
fits await the progressive cltlsenry.
Development of (he walerwsys of
eastern purl of the Hlule, of the ws
terpower of the west and Piedmont
regions, furtherance of manufactur
ing and Interstate Irsde are essential
PftTH 0
PROGRESS
to the Slate s progress, the governor j would be useless In fscs of the prei
shI.I, Kspeclnllv should I ho electrl-I ent difficulty. The trotlhle l con-tlcallon-'nf
streams be brought shout, stltullonal rather than legislative, nnd
be said, and the one weak snot In the constitutional trouble Is In ths
the State's development Interstate
trade should be strengthened. DIs -
rlmliintlon In freight rotes ngaliisl
Ihe merchants of the Stale has been legislature lo levy taxes. Ths south-s
lufgely removed, he sraieo, tint ths j em states, rewriting their constltu
tlght must continue until the lust j Hons during Ihe carpet hag days,
vestige of li Is gone. The products 1 placed a constitutional limit on tsxa
of Ihe western Htates should find n nn n order to hold down the wild
way through this State, through berrnt reconstruction legislatures of
ports, on to the rest of ths world, he those days, and In practically all of
sum.
The
Boverbpr recapitulated ths
work tluil has been done to piece
the rdiiciiilomt! Inst Motions of North
1'nroHnri on n better fooling, told of
the starl made in make II mmon
schools more ellbienl and what
should be done further for Ihem, re
counted the generosity of the legisla
ture In making appropriations for
Ihe hospitals for Ihe Insnne for the
feeble-minded und olher humanitar
ian work.
Thai the tollers should have the
solicitude of nil fair minded men
and women was the proposition ut
down bv Mr. Mot risen, and Hist
wealth should be held In trusteeship
rirenter wraith means printer oppor
tunity for service, be s:ild.
The governor wn given no ov.
Hon when be entered the bull nnd j
wnrrnlv applauded thrr.iigbr.iii hi j
speech and unoii Its conclusion. (
Lloyd George Offers Proposal
That May Result in Averting
Acute British Industrial Crisis
i My Th Aiwiuel pri ii j ferred to open the conference with-
London, April 7 - Another day of out conditions on either side, but he
tense alternations of hope and tear . bad not had tin opportunity to con
endc.l with one of the prime. uiiiil- suit the federation since the afler
ter's i hai aefrlntlc eleventh hour m noon and therefore ccuijd not ss-tei-vi
nt ions tii-inuliiu M-newed pn.s- -utiie reapopsihllliy in the matter. He
peci that the grave Industrial i Isle
j w i ,e averteq. He annuuli. en in me
house If i i.mnioiis tonight the ill -
ingiiem of ih government n. p.iru. i-
p,lte III a ei.lileretl.e ! U.S. iK til-
qiiesilon of puiopirig before ..tiler
matteia vo-ic . oiiMldered.
Infoi Ilial I ollteli-ni e.H
i.ntinued
throughout Ihe evening. moderates and. concluding witn a strong repua
llke Mr Asqullh. I.or.1 Hubert Cecil, j latlon of Ihe accusation that the gov.
Athur Henderson and John Kobeit I ernment Is engaged in a general at
Cllnes working bard In an endeavor I tack on wge, says,
lo induce Hie miners to relent on the j '-Such a charge Is ss monstrous as
question of pumping and It was sup- ! n unfounded. The government
posed the whole question was turn, j wn,t community alike are deairlous
ing on tins slender hope. that the best wages should he paid
Premier Movd Oorge had been )n everv Industry that such Industry
absent during the latter hours of the i ,. afford,"
delm'e on the situation inn reiurne.
jo the house unexpectedly at li
o'clock and . i. formed the members
Ih-it the government had agreed to
a .ours", which It is believed prac
tically certain the miners will accept
- the Killing of n conference of own-
! ers nnd miners lo discuss with the
government the difficulty relative to
pumping ihe iHilnes before touching
up in the question of wages, and
other matters Involved In the de
mands of1 Ihe men.
WW. steps exactly had led up to
this change of front, are unknown as
vei. Arthur Henderson, who rose in
reply to the premier, was clearly
iiuri-pluHsed. He had the said, to e
press regret that the premier had
not given notice of such an impor
tant statement as Mr. Thomas, sec.
reUrv of the national union of rail -
way men. to whose suggestion it was1
apparently due. and other leaders
ha l gone home.
As he had explained earlier the
mlmrs' federation would have pre-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
T
Governor Goes to Northern
Money Centers With Strong
und Selling Argument
WARNING AGAINST
WILD CAT STOCK
Oil Concern Using Ileahley'i
Name Severely Denounced
By Insurance Department
H JFI.K B. WARRIA)
The Winnuxi 8ln .louruil Ktloigh BurtM,
Merrbtnii Kttlnnil litnk Bulldiaf
Italelgh. Aprll'T ln normal time
there would be absolutely no trouble
In disponing of the Stale bonds, de
clared Governor Cameron Morrison
today nn Ihe eve of his departure for
New York City and other financial
centers where he and Treasurer Lacy
will seek pliuemrnt of a part of the
bonds authorised by the legislature.
North Carolina's credit l In fin
shape, the governor declared. In fact
It Is one of the few stales In the union
which lis liquid assets of sufficient
amount to praeiu-ally wipe out the
Nlale debt. The Stale has a bonded
debt of about eleven million dullars.
over against this liability the Hlate
owns railroad property which It Is
estimated will bring at least that
amount, In thai It owns the control
lug stock In the road from Charlotte
to (loliUhoro and from Ooldshoro lo
Morehesd City Conservative busi
ness men believe that the Hlate s
etnek In these two roads would easily
bring a sufficient amount to wipe out
the State dehl. Consequently any
talk about the credit of the Slste be
ing In a precarious condition Is fool
ish and absurd. In the opinion of the
governor. No other southern Hlate
has such assets to off-set Its bonded
debt, snd few other states tn the
union can make such a showing.
Consequently there would tie no
trouble In disposing of the bonds In
normal times at a five per cent In
terest ret. Even In these times of
distressed money and bond markets,
when great sums of the ' world
wealth Is destroyed, the governor has
hopes of being able to negotiate loam
ut sdvantageous Interest rstes Or ol
selling the bonds at a good price,,
legislature) Can't Help V-
In the opinion of the governor a
special session of the legislature
limitation of the taxing power of the
: Stat
The average northern slste
i places no llmll on Ihe ability of the
the southern slates these limitation
clauses have been retained In the
constitution The rovernor believes
(he levy nf an ad vslnrem lax nf five
cents--which Is the limit the legisla
ture could lew. since two-thirds of
the fifteen cent limit must be left
for counties, would hurt .the chances
for the hnnd rather then heln them.
The sale of bonds at a favorable fig.
tire Is predicted on Ihe ahlllty of the
State to raise the money with which
tn pay Ihe Interest and retire the
honds, and the chances for a, sale
are even heller when the Ptn'e hss
not exhausted Its taxing resources
than when It has levied UP to the
limit Coiisequenllv the -overnor be
lleve the fact that the State has ths
right to lew s five cent ad valorem
lax whbh hs-i not been exhausted.
(Continued on Page Twot
thought the only safe line would he
for the prime minister to put his
statement into a letler Ut the officials
fui consideration. The v hoard of
trade siied an official report of to
days negotiations for the enlighten,
mini of the public. The report set
forth the arguments of oth sides
h rnllnr. nf ,h, Indenendent la.
hor party called upon Its members to
support the miners by every means
in their power, derBirlng the crisis
was due to an attempt on the part
of organized capitalism to establish
the right nf unlimited plunder and
degrade the standard of living, which
must be resisted at all costs.
cok-ity MQt on DESTROYED;
( By The unfitted Press)
Miami. Kla., April 7. Two hun
pagne nnd other liquors shipped from
pulgn and other liquors shipped from
Perrlne, this fDade) county, and
billed as tomatoes, seised Monday by
federal authorities at Jacksonville,
are said by authorities here to have
been brought hy boat from the
Bahama Islands and shipped from
Perrlne at night. The liquor, valued
at 146.000. were destroyed by the
federal authorities at Jacksonville,
according t dlspatcheej. - r . i
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BY RAIL PROPERTY
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