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THE WEATHER: FAIR' Sworn Daily 'Average for Hay ASHEVILLE, N. C, FRID ATMORNING, JUNE 16, 1911 VOjVXXVII, NO. 238' PRICE FIVE CENTS STATUTE VIOLATED . RESPONSIBLEONES OUGHT TO SUFFER Venator Penrose MaKs Strong -Arraignment of Standard . OJ1 and Tobacco Co. SHOULD BE BROUGHT V TO BARS OF JUSTICE Enforce or Repeal Anil-Trust Law tO'Maintaln Country's -vVbelf Respect 0 WASHINGTON. , June -IS. In' a prepared apeech. Senator Pomerene today called, upon th Attorney gener al to undertake criminal prosecution of the officers of the Standard Oil and American Tobacco company under the recent decision of the Supreme court cf the Vrt.lted States n the case of the two corporations.; lle'dld not ask for action on" his resolutlqn Instruct ing the attorney general to begin the suits, giving way to Senator Nelson. who" desired' to speak on Canadian reciprocity, but he will press for a vole on It 'in the -Immediate .future. Taking up cudgels on behalf, of .At torney General Wlckersham, whom Mr, Pomerene had criticised. Senator Kertvon declared that the present hen of the department of Justice had achieved more results, in his prosecu tlon than any pf his predecessors. Ha said Mr. Wlckersham did not require Instructions from , congress to, do his duty. ; S'natnr Nelaon created a diversion "whe.-ln applauding Mr. Wlcker efiams work, : he declared that the prerentf governor- of - Ohio. Judson Harmon, when attorney general In President Cleveland's cabinet, had said the Sherman 'antl-trujt ' law was a dead letter. Both Senator .Pomerene ' and -Hitchcock were' Immediately on tbeir feet-to reply.- "That is mere Imagination," said this Nebraska sen ator. "Mr. Harmon was tfie official who first breathed life into the law." ' In hl speech' Senator Pomerene declared that the Sherman anti-trust law, was apecino In its authority to press such a suit against conspirators Jvhp res Gfe -restrain trade, sna, further, that .interpretation of the statnte by jpreme court of the United State was clear. : "With these plain flndioFS MJtact and ..conclusions .by, .-""fre.X-ourt that th$a statute ha been ,,yiomtea. wnat reason can oe w n ny--A nv itWnt-ft nlirt nfflHnl fnp net rhn- tin"lnt his 8Jit against them In order to bring them to the bar of justice?" Senator Pomerene asked. "A decent (Continue, on Pnjr Four) SilLL PLAYER KILLED BY flCTQB, BEING FOUND IN IT OF LATTER Ihs BTJin'Who Did KilHng Claims That v Ifl" Was Brutally Assaulted 'IN. SELF DEFENSE" -. ALBANY.: N. Y.. June 45.-Flrst Baseman Arthur Brown, of the Al bany ftate league baseball team, died tonight In a hospital from four bullet wounds received, he told the police, at the hands of John V, -McStea, a New Orleans actor. The ahftotlng oc curred at a rooming house on Pearl street, where McStea said he found. his wife in an apartment with Brown. McStea arrived here tdnlght and proceeded directly to the house and asked to ree "Mrs. Brown." In a state ment made after the shooting he Paid he heard his wife' voice upstairs snd rushed to the hall above. There he declared he was brutally attacked by Brown Getting the worst of the struggle. McStea says, he drew his revolver and fired at Brown. Four shots took ef fect, two In the abdomen, one In the . arm, another In the leg and a fifth went wild. Brown sank to the floor, -where he was found an Instant later by an officer who heard the shots. r Brown's home Is In Wllkesbarre, where he waa born t and started his JrWfeastonal baseball career. He later Ryed, with the Detroit American T?gue team. Montreal Eastern league ..club and the Trenton Tri-State league team, from which he'.was purchased ( by Albany two yeara ago. He was 26 , years old. Mr. McStea 1 21 year old and a native of Albany. She was an actress and while Iff New Orleans two yeara ago. married. Mc8teaK who was stage ' director at the theater where she ap peared. - She ha been In Albany since AprlL Hr stage name was Mildred Barre.' V'' ' . M'STRVS CAREER. ALT5CSTA. Ga.,' June 1$. J. V. McStea was manager of a tneaier tiere b'thrpast season. He came to Augusta front . New prleana, ' where he had ' been manager and stage director of a .theater a number-of years. ' Hie wife apent part of tnfe season on two occasions here with him. hav ing left Augusta for Albany only four ' weeks ago. McStea left her June S for Albany, where he stated htg-irtfa't"'"" fppp?B "d tcnlght waa in a hospital for treatment. THRE E SENATORS WANTED TO TALK AT ONCE ON BILL Root Amendment Lodge, Clark ; and Smoot on Feet Talking Simultaneously-Second Day Devoted to Opposition WASHINGTON, June 15. The sec ond day of debate on the. Canadian reciprocity bill proved a Held . day for those opposed to the measure. Led bv Senator Knute Nelson In a 4 prepared and exhaustive speech In opposition to the bill, a numoeu. m senators took part In a running de bate. At adjournment Senator Pen rose In charge of the bill, fett - that this had clears the atmosphere -considerably and he expresed th opinion that the general debate would not be of such great duration as hat? n Dredlcted. Senator Nelson waa radically an tagonistic to the bill. A spirited da- bate among . republican aena tors was precipitated over the ef fect of the Boot amendment dealing with paper . and wool pulp. Sena tors Lodge, Clark of Wyoming, and Smoot all jvere on the floor and talk ing simultaneously. They agreed that provision only restored the terms of the treaty as submitted to con gress. . ''How then did that feature Of the agreement .disappear?" asked Mr. Wm. Atden Smith, of. Michigan. 'Ask the whispering ' winds," re sponded Mr. Clark. ' ' Apparently pleased with the poetic character of his response, the Wyo ming senator first seemed disposed to leave It there, but later added that the amendment was not only In har mony with tha original compact be tween the two countries but In ; con sonance with the Canadian blH car rying the agreement into effect. Mr. Smith was not satisfied and demanded from Chairman Penrose an explana tion of the disappearance, of that feature from the bill. "The change," he said, "occurred In the ways and means committee of the house and the ienator from Mich igan knows as much about It aa I do." -, "The effect, then Is to give the Canadian free trade In paper and pulp and not to give it to us."; com mented Mr. Smith. "And yeti" he continued, "we are told by the house that we must not change a word In the bill as it was passed, there for fear of Impairing it." tor rear or imptmniiu Mr. .Nelson declared that the Gana dlana had outwitted the United States. "The' Canadian not . only fooled us Into putting their agricultural-products on the free list,'' lie said, "but they actually fooled the president as to his treaty making power. He was mislead and he 1s as much astray on that point as he APPREHENSION Bristow Amendment Might Mean Ltgislaion Like Force Bill MANY INQUIBIES WASHINGTON, June i5. Not withstanding they based their oppo sition to the Bristow amendment to the resolution providing for the elec tion of United States senators by di rect vote of the people on the ground that it would permit federal Inter ference In states having negro dis franchisement laws, many of the Sou thern senators are receiving fnquliies as to Its effect. Most of the replies, along the same line as the speeches, indicate apprehension that In case the amendment la engrafted Into the con stitution as' amended by Mr. Bristow, it might result In renewed attempts to enact such leglslstlon aa the Force bill of twenty years ago. As the bill passed the house It rested complete control of senatorial elections In the r rlous state legislatures. The Bris tow provision knocks out that sec llon and gives congress the same con trol In the election of senators by popular vote that It now has over tt-elr election by the state legisla tives and that it has over the elec tion of members, of the national hi use of representatives. It is con tnded that under this authority If It paw fit, congress could appoint federal registrars and supervisors and en force their denrees with troops If recessary. It is admitted generally that the possibility of the exercise of such power Is remote, but those who opposed the amendment that the risk should not be even remotely taken. CIRCTfiATION MKN ORGANIZED. CHARLpTTE, N. C June li. The circulation managera . of the dally newspapers of North and South Car olina met here today and eRected an organization to be' styled the Caro lina Association of Circulation Man agera - The following officers were elected: Bam M. Burritt, Raleigh Evening-Times, president; . W. R. Al len, Anderson, 8. C, Mall, vice presi dent; Harry 8. Atchison, Winston-Salem Journal, secretary-treasurer. The next meeting will be held In Wlnston-Ealera. The visitors were to- br tb local fraternity. Reference Brings was to the Interest of the Ameri can farmer." Mr. fyelaon declared the treaty to be entirely for the benefit - of the vbig interest." "Give us reciproci ty," he pictured them as saying to the agriculturists; "give us reciproci ty;" you can go to the devil," The reciprocity bill now has sixty votes in tha senate according t the white house count. The Root amend ment wilt be killed by a, comfortable majority- In the same body, men who have studied the situation for Mr. Taft, say. The president has expressed the conviction (hat a combination of re publicans and democrats will defeat the Hoot amendment and that two thirds of fhe senate will vote for the bill itaetf. - HOUSE SESSION WASHINGTON. June 15, Repre sentative Hughes, of New Jersey, de livered tha only speech made in the house today on the bill to revise the woolen schedule, other matter oe eupylng most - of - the . session. "Mr. Hughe spoke in favor fet the bill. Revision, schedule by schedule, ha declared, waa better than to take up the tariff as a whole, because in the latter case the combined force of those opposing revision Waa so great that It waa hard to combat,- 'If this bill' is the beginning,': asked Repre sentative Weeks,: of Massachusetts, "what will be the end?" '"That we will have to decide later," replied Mr. Hushes. Mr. Hughes made, a plea for the American worklngman whose wages, he said, are being kept down by the Importation of so much foreign . la bor. "Let us do on of two thing," he said, . ''either relieve our working, man from this cheap foreign labor competition or from the Industrial monopoly -which overcharges him for nearly everything he needs." i , i , ... . RECORD liQUOR SAXES. EASLET, S. C. June ,1s. One hun dred bottles per minute is the record J.. breaking sale of HjJrlt bear, alleged to - f. - V - . , .have- bee) made , bar recently by a man namea xooiiuie, wno passea throgh the town with a large supply iof the Intoxlcan, disposing of fifteen hundred bottles In fifteen minutes. He was arreetel later In Spartanburg and put up a bond of 1100 for his appearance In the city court. BE TO STATE BlUMMINEO And it Seems Now the De positors Will Have to be Heavy Losers MAY BE MUCH MORE RALEIGH, N. C, June It. State Bank Examiner J. K. Doughton re port to the corporation commission In the complications of the bajik of Tarboro thai the shortage of Caahler Luther Hart who suicided yeaterday and Assistant Cashier Hussey who I in jail In default of 115.000 bond, will certainly prove to be $100,000, and may run considerably more than this. Several days will be required to complete the examination for com plete statement. It look like ' the depositors will have to be losers to a considerable amount, the authorities think Both Cashier Hart sftd his as sistant, Hussey, were of prominent families, and their connections are among the best and most respected people of North Carolina. Hart waa about 40 year of age and was on of the leading cltlxen of Tarboro and Edgerdmbe icounty. In all a'filrs of civic and public welfare he waa prominent, and his rash act, coupled with the disclosure of hi dual life, has cast a gloom over the entire com munity. He has large as well a very Influential connections. Besides the widow, who is one of the most prom, lnent women In the social and church 1 life of Tarboro, two son survive, i Hussey was also : well known throughout this section and very pop ular among all hi acquaintances. I-e was about 28 yeara old and had been In the bank for a number of years.; HI family, like that .or Hart, is very, prominent . in both social and busi ness lf of this section. ' i Rsdtment Rons High The event of the day have prob ably thrown Tarboro into the greatest period of excitement and furnished It with the most rommentsble scan dal in the entire history of the town. Twelve year - ago - when Jim Mehe gan waa cashier thr Bank - of Tar boro had some trouble and for a time there waa quite a cotitrove'rsr be tween Mehegan and the bank direc tors, but the incident never ' reached anything lika the sensational staged Everywhere tha greatest sympathy 1 expressed for the worthy fsotille ano ralationjofth n invelved Is tae 8rent . Uft EXTRAVAGAfJT NOT uTROiiflO EXPRESS THIS CASE Hitchcock Saves on Dismiss ing Clerks. But Finds Ways to Spend savings" v-F. - I : WASTEPAPER ilSKE rs ' DIDNT COST BUT $35 - n . i . . In Furnishing" -His" "Red Room" no ; Competition Was Permitted ' WASHINGTON. Jtlne 16. Thirty five dollar waste. pa ppr baskets, $298 desk and $320 tabi were some of the little economies effected by post master Oeneral Hitchcock In refur nishing his "red rdomj" and "brown room" office. Thee and other ex amples of republic axtravanganc ware revealed In testimony taken by tha house commltt-ee jbn expenditures in the postofftre -department, Mr, Hitchcock sanctioned .the ex penditure , of $7,50 in refurnishing three rooms, , $4,004 f; which went to tha furnishing of ' the' postmaster general's private ofttc alone. Circas sian' walnut furnishings especially de signed and manufactured, and espe cially designed carpet and draperies furnished the nucleus of thl expen diture. , A ;',,' In no Instance ware bid advertised' for, or competition permittew. The lucky dealer had but to state hi price and secure an order upon -the treas ury. Five hundred and forty dollar purchased two mahogany davenports for American, royalty; $330 brought. in two arm chairs: $98 produced a table; $2t( purchaaed a second desk, and $100 a third., A wardrobe to hang coat in coet 8205. On rug wa purchased tt $482, TB. Another dav enpbrt , In Circassian walnut, "with pillow" Post Uncle flam $345. Drap eries for one room cost $800. Par quetry ; flooring. .In ohe , room cost $282, A telephone table cost $84. A table with black riirble top cost 184. It cost $383 t "scrape" the woodwork In the prlut office pre parstory to new finish. . Such was the measure of Mr, Hitchcock' -economy In matters bar. talnthg-to his own personal comfort. In . matters concerning the em ployesthe railway mall clerks for Instance he followed entirety differ ent lines of procedure., Mr, Hitchcock figured It out one day that by making three men do the work of four, he could make a rec ord tor economy In the railway divi sion. - The already overworked rail way mall clerks were driven beyond tha limit - Of. endurance. Conditions In the west, especially in the tenth division, feecame . Intolerable. Open rebellion broke out on fhe Pierre- (Continued on .Page Fnnr.l TO ENKfi'S OEMANO 1 ' All Indications Point to This Result Immediation Proceedings p-- WASHINOTON, June IB. Indica tions point to an amicable adjustment of the demand of the engineer of the Southern railway for a wage In crease .of 2 per cent. Conferences between the . engineers and railway officials continued- today. Kepresen tatlves of -the conductors and train men of the Southern are conferring with the government mediation board on working rules. An II per rent wage Increase with an additional 8 rer icnt Increase to become effective this -ar was granted the conductors nd iralnmeq a year ago. REFORMS IN MEXICO. CHIHUAHUA. Men June 16. Re forms Immediately affecting millions worth of American property In Mex- ico were announred tonight. Gov Gonzales declared that under the new regime foreign concession which might be regarde-1 as monopolies would not.be extended or renewed,) and that -every legal effort, would be i made' to restrict foreign monopolies now existing in Chihuahua, one of the richest' states In minerals and timber. The properties sre largely controlled by Americana, British and German Interests. The Americans are the largest holders. Gov: ftonxales stated that that be ginning today the export duty on cattle shipped Into the United Stater would be removed . WASHINGTON, June 15-r-Fotecsst for North Carolina: Unsettled Fri day and Saturday, probably showera Saturday In -west portion, light- U -rr?t"T't ""libit "V".- MORMON CHURCH LEADER WILL NOT BE GIVEN Committee Decides That Joseph F. Smith Will Have to Testify as to SugarInteresting Historyof How A. S. Co. WASHINGTON. June 15. How the augur Interests cobtned In 'first one form and then another and how the American Sugar Refining company achieved power In the sugar world was the theme of the story which the house sugar Investigation committee listened today. In point of Interest that story was rivalled .In the day's proceeding only by the refusal of the committee to excuse Joseph K. Smith, head of. th Mormon church. from responding to the subpoenas to testify before the committee. He must appear next week. By far the most Important witness before , tha oommltee today wa Lowell M.' palmer, director of the American Sugar Refining com pany from 189$ to 1905. and head of It tariff department for years pre ceding that. Representative Madi son of Kansas who conducted the ex amination - introduced a basla of his question a page, from the minute book of tha company's board of di rectors. It bore the date of Septem ber 8, 1818, and Its paramount: tea ture waa the authorisation of, a com mittee to buy outside refineries, (Th page read? -. j . "On motion, a special committee, consisting of the president, vice pres. ident and Mr, Thomas were appointed to fix the price of refined sugar; they were authorised in their discre tion to make the price of granulated not Jess than three-eighth above the price of centrifugals of 99 degree: tpst, other refined sugars to corre spond. . They were authorised and empowered to purchase for account of the company or hold,' any portion of outside refineries at a price and upon terms .to b fixed by them In their discretion." A description of how the competing interest were brought together In tha first sugar combination lit 1887 waa given by Mr, Palmar, -The wltneaa said that H. O. Havemyer came to hi office to talk over sugar matters. "He aald that Searlea and Theo dore Havemsyer wer craay to go Into, a combination," declared Mr. Palmer, "He aald hd was - not so 'caaavV unless he could aet the 'Har. rtson fit.Phflnyiphip th .Harrison were keen sugar- men and 'Captain Thomas of Boston, a . very wealthy man, worth say about $.10,000,000 or $40,000,000 and presidents of the Standard Sugar Refining company at Boston, to go Into It with him. H said Theodore would try to get the Harrison and he offered to give me $100,000 If I would get Captain Thnmaa in." . "Did you, let him?" Inquired Rep resent Ive 'Madison. -, . - "I went up and spent, the afternoon with Captain ffhomas." continued the witness. "His objection was H. O. Havemeyer. He said he thought ha could get along -wllh Bearles and COURT JVOIDEO ISSUE And That They Decided Famous Labor Case in Academic Fashion WASHINGTON, June 15. Samuel Oompers, president of the American Federation of Labor, last evening de clared th Supreme court ' of the United States In its recent decision quashing the jail sentences of himself, John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, In contempt proceedings avoided th Issue and decided the cases against the labor leaders In academic fash Ion. Mr. Gompers was one of th speakers at a banquet In honor of the executive council of the feder atlon and of the fifteen members of ihM hnll.A nf .-,,;.. -,h carry union cards. The speaker aald If the rule of reason applies when vast wealth is concerned It should not be omitted when human activity la the quextlon at Issue. Speaker Champ Cla.fR ' warmly championed the right of petition and said the freer the country the more efficient is labor. , TWO PIlOKPfXTI VB G A .VIII ATKS HARRIS BURG, Pa., 'June 8. Speaker Champ Clark of the nation al house of representative, and Gov ernor Woodrow Wilson, ot Nef Jer sey, possible democratic' candidates for th presidency next year, tonight addressed . the largest democratic meeting held In Central Pennsylvania In years. The gathering had been arranged aa the closing event of the meeting to organise the Pennsylvania Federation of Democratic clubs. Both speakers took political conditions as their -themes discussed the recent tri umphs' of the democrats and urging Ithejn to renewed efforts In 112. Pennsylvania was loia io mil into una with neighbors in her four border which went democratic last year and compliments for the Interest In th federation aroused ' if uch applause from those present, FAVORS Achieved Power Theador. but waa not so sure about H. O. I told him that H. O. was the best man of the three. Finally he came In." "Did H. O. tell you what the oh ject of the combination wa?" "No, he never talked much." The witness told of th rebates re celved by th company, claiming that It had merely gotten It share of th rebate In the day whoa uch wer m fashion. i i Judge Madison questioned, the wit ness concerning the formation of th competing- National Sugar Refining company of New Jersey. "It wa or- ganlied for th purpose of buying Tour companies." said the witness. "Mr. Havemeyer told m he had or ganised. It with his own motley and a little .he hatt, gotten from the Na tional City bank." , - - The witness said the American company procured a majority of the preferred stock of th National but when the question of the legality of the common stock of tb National cam up the wftneaa (aid that there and H. Oi Mavemever broke. Havemeyer brought up before th board , of director of th American the question of purchase of th com mpn stock and of th National and h said he could not - vote for the purchase because he wa Interested In th tock, said Mr. Palmer, ri wa not favor of th purchase. ; W never had much to do with on anoth er after that." - Representstlve Malhy . wanted io know; If the common stock of th National was Issued at th same tlm th preferred was. "I do not know anything about that vxcept whsHMr, Havemeyer told tn," ; What did h tall youT" '. "I called him aald at the meet Ing . and akd him what had bn done with th common tnrk and h replied It was In th hand of friend and ha would iu m. Iiim iIiai t I understand -that 7,809,000 value of that stock I in th Havemeyer fern llv." v . . . Mr. Palmer agreed th' $10,000,- 90 might . have been promoter' profit. Congressmsn Malby. in eon election. svUh, th dlsenssiew ef the Jo. suanca - of the famous ': $10,000,000 common nock, asked about the Issu ance of the $50,000,000 of stock by the - American Sugar Refining oompapy, of which It had been aald only $42,000,000 f?ad been used In th purchase of planta. "Have you any knowledge of what became of the 81,000,000 not oldr Inquired Mr. Malby, ; "Non whatever." . Th witness (. tlflsd that he believed that th stock had been watered but how much h was not willing ?. to estimate. Mr. Palmer wa a member of an Amerl- (Contlnned tm Page P"our) tote .s. Plans for, Such an Under taking Have .. Already Taken Tangible, Form PARIS, June 18. The proposal to found a French institution in the United State took tangible form at meeting In the ministry of public Instruction, which was attended by a large number of notable French, meg and American. The plan a out lined by McDougall Hawke of New York waa fully endorsed Mr, Hawke said that It waa proposed to establish first In New York, later In the principal cities of the United States,, museums of decorative art on practical line In no way clashing with the great museum, such a th Metropolitan museum of art In New York. The Institution will also pro mote the exchange of professor and students between the universities of the two countries and found an In formation bureau with the object of developing relations among savant and artists. A committee to arrange for the es tablishment of the - Institution was elected. AVALON MILLS DESTROYED., CH A RLOTTk'n. C June 18. The j Avalon mill at Mayodan.. Rocking- nam couniy, were totally aeatroyea ny fir -of unknown origin early tonight, entailing a loss of 8250,009. Th fir started In the machinery room and as the village I without AVe lighting apparatus., the flame met no resist ance. There la only partial Insurance. The plant wa established twelve years ago, and wa of 25,000 spindle rapacity, employing '400 people. RECORDS RECOVERED. COLUMBIA, 8, C, June 14. Three charred volumes of the records of South Carolina 'which were In th capital fire, at Albany, NV T., wer received today by the South Carolina Historical society. The records which comprise three volumes of the inm ates of the committee In charge of the navy of Sijuth Carolina during the revolution, were returned under a spe cial act of the Nw Torli leflslature. E SETTLE IT The Ware Kramer Co. Being In Receivers Hands Couldn't Bear Expense " COUPON SYSTEM 13 BROUGHT TO FRONT Plaintiff's Counsel Says De fendants Want to "Entrap Judge" to Oct New Trial 1 . RALBIGH, N. C, June 15, Steady progress I being mad In th pre entatlon or the deposition and oth r evidence on the part of the plain tiff In the trial of the $1,100,000 dam ag suit of vyre-Kramr Tobacco company r American Tobacco com pany. lt look Ilka the evidence for' tb Olalntlfl Will alt In within ten day or less lime and It ha not been mad cleat yet whether the defen. dknt will ffer any evidenr at all or not , A leading mmbtf of counsel ' for th. plaintiff expressed the view that their policy 1 ihdletd lrdy to be to strlv to "dig pitfall" In which to sntrap Judge-Connor, If pou. slble.-wlth a view to at least assur. Int a new trial on appeal In th event of ah adverse verdict Attorneys say a new trial would tnetn th -defeat of the cause of the plaintiff In that they being in th hand of a receiver, they could not possibly carry the bur den of making . ( the fight all ever again. i ' The reading of the deposition of Vice President Perclval fl. rjtu, of th : American Tobacco company, was con eluded this afternoon and then the depoiitlon of W. W. Webh, Rich, mond Samuel Reaves of Asbury rark, ID. C. Mayer of Charlotte and C P. Montgomery of Charlotte were pre sented. , . W. W, , Wbb 'was a salesman fot th Ware-Kramer company snd a feature of hi evidence wa batch of correspondence In which' he salesman for th Ware.Kramar com pany, set out th method of th American Tobacco r-ompany in flatt ing to drlv the Ware-Krsmsr com pany's jiaod from the Virginia and West Virginia markets. , He treated especially th effect of the coupon plan of pushln the "tmst", good. H claimed that th Issuing the single -coupon greatly Injured fhe trad of th War.a-Kra ro ar Oompany and that When th Amer. lean Tobacco company put on thilr doubl coupon the effect waa to cut th Wre-Kramr goods out of th markat In his territory entirely. " Samuel Reave of Asbury Perk wa a tobaoco jobber and deposed a to, President Perclval Hill t hating wrlt ten Mm to com to Nw Yrk where h wa asked b? Hilt to atop hand ting th ,Wre-Krmef goods and that ' on hi refusing to do o b wa eut out n A. T. Co. Jobber. E, C, Mayer and C. P. Montgomery. ;. wholesale Jobbers of Charlotte, both ' testified to th .earn stats ef facts a to the tobacco, trad In Charlotte , territory, That I that th American Tobacco company controlled th to bacco business and that It wss tm- possible for a successful Jobbing business to b mstntslhed without handling American Tobacco company, good and that at one tlm lh Ware. Kramer good, particularly Whltk Roll, had very (arte per cent of the Charlotte trade but that they were ultimately driven from : the market by the American Tobacco company'! : "Piedmonts," and their combination ' of free good and coupon. SJ. TANNER HEADS II. V ASE S0GI1TI0N -THIS TEAR Charlotte Man President and Charlotte Next Place . of Meeting ' , RESIST COMBINE CHARU5TTK. N. C, Jun 1 5,-41. n. ' Tanner, of Charlotte, waa thl after noon elected president of the Nortn Carolina Cotton Manufacturers' at . soilatlon, . succeeding H. M. MUleC, jr.. who servtd the aasoctatlon flv years. C. E, Hutchinson, . of.- MU Holly, and J..O. Cannon, of Concord, were elected vice presidents, and V, L. BlBrk,ecretafy., wa r-tecled. , The most Important , report- ub- milled was. that of S. W. Kramer, chairman of the legislative commit- . mlttes, WH" detlleTH effort of the "Arkwrlght flub,' American Col ion Manufacturer' association ami " other textile bodtet" with the Way! ' nd mean committee of the house to . prevent th removal of th tariff f -,. cotton goods, President Miller mad ' a report on the effort of coal compa nies to combineand -break up the contract which th manufacturer have with the Clinchfleld corporation. Thus far' the: cotton manufacturers . have been able to reaist the combina tion aad have enjoyed for the year the advantage of cheap coal. - CONS LCOTEi WOULD