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'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA"
SOUTH I
BANKERS WANT
-ISEE' BRANCH
Judge Bingham - Among
: Speakers Before Con
vention Begun. r
FEDEBALRESERVE
.BOARD IS PRAISED
Sheppard Pleads for Wid
er Understanding of
Banking Science. v
, (By HUBERT HOLLO WAY.)
Launching of a movement for
tba establishment of a branch of
th Federal Reserve Bank of
Richmond. In South Carolina; a
atrong plea to "Co-Operative
Marketing," by Judge Robert W.
Bingham, publisher o( the Louis
ville Courier Journal, Louisville,
Ky., -and an interesting talk on
f-YMSconomle Units,' by F. N. Shep
Ukrd. executive manager of the
"American Bankers association.
featured the opening of the annual
convention of the South Carolina
Bankers association. In : Ashevllle
.yesterday.' , ,
At least 250 delegate and vis
itors are , present for the two-day.
sesain ana prominent bankers
from all parts of the south are
among the guests. In the absence
of E. P. Grice, vice-president1 and
cashier, of the Peoples -National
Bank of Charleston, president of
the state association, C. L. Cobb,
of Rock Hill, vice-president, pre
sided at the session and will be
the presiding officer for the busi
ness sessions today, , '
Mr. Cobb Is scheduled for elec
tion as the next - president of the
association and is one of the most
active of South Carolina bankers.
He is cashier of the Peoples Na
tional Bank of Rock Hill.
Following the registration dur-
the morning and an Informal
itherlng of the bankers on Tuca
Jay evening at the Battery Park
hotel, where the convention Id be
ing held, the first business session
was called to order by Vice-President
Cobb at 10 o'clock yesterday
morning. Invocation was asked bv
Rev. Willis O. Clark, rector of
Trinity Episcopal church and pres
ident of the Rotary club.
Junius a. Adams, president of
the National Bank of Commerce
welcomed the delegates to Ashe
vllle and In an excellent address
made the members of the South
(fiFAllvm ' nrnnltstlnn -"foal .t
iome." The convention bids for. to
Da one or. me most sucaessiui or tne
11 annual sessions previously held.,
President's Address
Read To Members
Response to the address of .wel
come was made by E. P. Vandl
ver, president of the Carolina Na
tional Bank of Anderson. The
president's address was read vy
Vice-President Cobb and general
regret wast expressed that Mr.
Grice, who has been active in the
up-building of the association,
could not be' present. The report of
the secretary, James H. .Craig, of
Anderson, dealth with the financial
business of the association and was
received with applause.
, Mr. Craig recently; resigned as
state bank examiner : for South
Carolina to accept the position of
secretary of the Tri-State Tobacco
Yowers1 association, a co-opera--
organisation of the . tobacco
f growers of North Carolina, South
Carolina' and Virginia. Mr. Craig
however will continue as secre
tary of the bankers association and
this action, if made, according to
fficlals, will meet wth approval in
banking circles of the Palmetto
State. ': . -. .
Committees were appointed with
the following as chairman: resolu
tions, J. W. Kinard, . Newberry;
auditing, C: J. Jay, Beaufort and
Memorial, H., B. .Calhoun, Farm
vlUe. '
H. B. Moss, president of the
Edisto National Bank, Orangeburg,
chairman of the legislative .com
mittee, made an Interesting report
on the legislative action of the
body and the efforts to have bills
passed by the state legislature in
the Interest of the public and the
banking business in general. He
renarted that several billa art now
I before the state body and action l
-expected at the next meeting or the
, uislature. , ( , i
.A ricuVtural Report , - c" :
Fors New Bank V ,
i Mr. Moss, In his. teport, dealt
iwith the Income tax matters and
1 various tax matters of Interest to
1 the association. '.'' '
As' chairman of the agricultural
J committee, Dr. 'A.-. R- Johnston,.
1 nreaidenr of . the Farmers uaiiw,. m.
George, reported the activities of
tne- association jn connwuuu.wim
cooperative marketing and
stressed the Interest the bankers
have shown these organizations.
He introduced a resolution tn
connection with the movement to
establish a branch of the Federal
Reserve Bank U South Carolina,
which, was .received with general
approbation and passed Lwlthout a
dissenting vote:
-The address of Judge Bingham
wasi heard with marked attention
hv the hankers, and ha described
in a graphic manner the needs of
co-operative marketing and the re
sults so far accomplished and the
future nossibilitles.
"Sin opening hla address, Judge
Ingham -declared that the farmer
ih the only manufacturer, If he can
be termed as such, who has the
Milling price of Ms goods fixed by
the buyer. He asserted that the
cost of a-oductlon and other fac
tors are not regarded by the buyer
and the farmer heretofore has had
to take what the buyer says the
goods can bring,
f armer's Price Set
By Purchaser
H pictured sOondUIons in Cali
fornia, where the co-operative mar
keting plan has been worked euc-
f-lMflll1v fnr thtk filxt SR VeSTS. and
l' il If. IIICIB INDUV IIVIIF .U V
the past year, while Jn this section
nine out of every ten farmers lost
money. -' . , , . . . "
Three . products, of which this
secUonJiaa. two,..j5 stated, are al
ways In demand and a market can
be found in every part . of the
world, namely: tobacco, cotton and
- . -lVmH m f atlj
ESTABLISHED 1868.
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West Asheville Edifice
Will be Scene of First
Service Then.
Finishing touches are now being
made on the new West Ashevllle
Presbyterian church and .members
of th congregation will hold their
first service in the new edifice next
Sunday morning.. This service will
be the greatest event in the history
of the denomination in the western
section of the city and special mu
sic will be furnished by . the' choir
and Rev. Paul N. Gresham, the
pastor, will preach a Jubilant, ser
mon especially fitting to the oc
casion. - " r o' .. , . .
Pews are now being Installed and
the work will be finished on Sat
urday. A new piano has been pur
chased. Ground was broken on the
structure last October, when the
contract for the erection of the
church was awarded to W. Vance
Henry. It Is estimated that the new
church cost approximately (25,000.
Five years ago the. church was
organised by Rev. H. G. Redlnger,
who served as paid supply pastor
for more than a year. The birth of
the church had its origin tn a small
Sunday school organised about
seven years ago. In June 1911, Rev.
Mr. Gresham became its first pas
tor. f," yv r-: - y
" Since Mr. " Oresham -took the
reigns of the church, it has grown
by leaps and bounds in strength
and membership. It was soon seen
that it would be necessary for the
congregation to erect and enlarge
the church C and the movement
came to a climax when a definite
decision was reached and the con
tract was awarded, , ,
The new church is built of rough
texture brick and In front are four
massive Roman columns. There
are 82S seats in the church audi
tortum and space enongh for the
accommodation of 400 persons
The structure was built with the
idea that large Sunday school
rooms can be easily added as fast
as they are needed, j
The men's Bible class of the
church Is taught by Mayor Gallatin
Roberts.
HARDING SPEAKS AT
v FLAG DAY PROGRAM
BALTIMORE, June H.-i-The
prayer of Francis Scott Key - that
victory ever, may be Justified "when
free men shall stand between their
lov'd home and the war's desola
tion," was reiterated b. President
Harding tn dedicating here today a
memorial to the author of "The
Htar Ananrlad Banner." - . ;
Sanding at Old Fort McHry near
where Key penned . .the words
which, set to muslo havebecome
the - nation" - anthem, the Presi
dent declared the prayer he had
quoted had been granted.
"The faith-haa-bean kept," he add
ed, "It is the hope of every Ameri
can heart tdoay that It will continue
te be kept. The intervening century
has brought our country power and
high place. ' It haa caat upon' us
heavy burdens of responsibility,
making us share the difficult prob
lems of a world in the turmoil of a
new time. ' ; . ..
We need all the inspiration and
faith which fired his glowing soul of
patriotism. No generation of men has
ever come into the world to find in
path smoothed, or to find Its prob
lems solved for It In advance.,- Solu
tion la the flf price.
CHICAGO PAPER 8AY8
WAGE CUTS DUE TODAY
CHICAGO, June le-'-Wage cuts
affecting some 160,000 - railroad
workers notr embraced in the two
recent wage slashes are expected
I to be announced tomorrow by the;
IrTMltA afar. pI1ia Uhnv VtnmrA I
The Chicago Tribune said tonight.
"The decision,'' the newspaper
stated, "will apply to clerks, signal
men, stationary firemen and oilers
and marine department employes.
It Is the third and last of a series
of trimming between $115,000,000
and $150,000,000 a year off the an
nual pay roll of the carriers, all
three of the reductions taking ef
fect July 1, In all some 1,260,000
workers are covered In the three
orders.
Telegraphers who number about
$1,000 will not tie affected for the
present due to local conditions on
the roads. Ths train service men
are not struck by the slashes."
PRESBY
erians
WORSHIP
UNDAY
MENU FOR THIS SUMMER
. By BILLY BORNE
PISGAH FOREST
TO BE SCENE OF
POWER PROJECT
, v . -.
Carolina Power, and Textile
Company Plans Cotton
. v Mill Aeerr Here :
TV". "KINGTON. June 14. (By
the Associated Preset) A project
ij. me development of : 10;000
horsepower to operate a proposed
cotton, mill near Ashevllle. N. C. Is
contemplated by the Carolina Pow
er and Textile company, under n
application Just filed with the fed
eral power commission. ;
The company aok for a prelim
inary permit to construct five pow
er projects In the Pisgah national
forest in Henderson and Transyl
vania countled Three of the pro
jects would be located on the south
fork of Mills rivtx, one on Rocky
Fork and .another, on .Davidson
river. ; Ten thousand horsepower
would be developed and the power
used for operation of . the cotton
mill, which Is yet 1o be constructed.
A brick factory will be built at the
same point under the plans filed
vith the commission. . ,
SHIPPING BOARD
SHIPS WILL SELL
LIQUOR AT SEA
Policy Not to be Abated
j until Lasker Convinc
ed He is Wrong.
WASHINGTON, June 14. gale
bt liquor on shipping board vessels
at sea will be continued, chairman .
Lasker reiterated- tonight.: .'until a,
supgllment supreme court decision
has been rendered holding such
practice illegal, under the prohibi
tion laws, or until, he "has been
convinced of Its illegality." .- .
Mr. Lasker maintained through
out the day the position taken by
him In his letter to Adolphus
Busch, 3rd vice-president of the
Anheuser Bujteh brewery company,.
St. Louie, deeplte Indication that it
would h made the aubleot of at-
tack in congress and the Antl-Sa-
loon League and other dry organ!
xatlons. , , .
Officials of the department of
Justice refused to comment on the
situation but in other quarters t.,,v'n V" ""tials of a val d
tentlon was raltetl to an nnlnlnn i 'Ctlqn. that it can be fairly said
on file there which was rendered
by former ' Acting Attorney Gen
eral Flerson in 1020. Mr.- Flerson
held that the national prohibition
act was effective upon ships flying
the American flag wherever they
might be.
According to high department
officials an opinion of an attorney.
general remains the official Inter
pretation ot a law until it has heen
revoked by court decisions, or by a
superceding opinion. Furthermore,,
they added, such opinion always
stands unless request for a review
comes from the same department
or agency, which originally request
ed the ruling. ,
Mr. Lasker s stand. as to liquor
sales on board ' American vessels
was taken, he Informed Mr.Busch,
on the authority of an opinion ren
dered by General Counsel QcMes
lnger of the shipping board, v
The chairman conferred today
with Attorney General Daugherty,
and while there wave him copies of
the correspondence with the Bt.
Louis brewer, The matter Of liquor
sales at sea was not the primary
purpose of the . conference, Mr.
Lasker Indicated later, but it was
brought up Incidentally.
Refusing to eyscuss his talk .with'
Mix Daugherty, Chairman Lasker
declared he would not ask the de
partment of Justice for a new opin
ion being entirely satisfied With
that rendered-by Mr. Schleslnger.
Hs added that, he would not answer
further letters on thai subject of
liquor selling. M' V- ....'"vv.'sv
"'Representative Upshaw, demo-!
crat, Georgia, announced publicly
today .that, he would offer an
amendment to the . ship . subsidy
bill providing that no part -of the
federal subsidy fund shall be used
by steamship lines on whose ships
liquor is sold. ' .
There' was talk tonight that the
amendment would be put squarely
before the -committee itself, prob
ably, tomorrow, although,!! defeat
there was predicted. - ,
One ardent prohibitionist went
' (rw m ran FMrtMaJ
ASHEVILLE, N. C, THURSDAY
COMMITTEEMEN
WOULD UNSEAT
Favor Letting Democrat
Congressman Out and
Seating Republican.
WASHINGTON, June 14. A re
port made to the house today by
one ( Of its elections committees
recommended the adoption of res
olutions declarit.g that Representa
tive, Thomas W, Harrison, 'demo
crat, the sitting member,- was pot
elected at the last election in tfte
seventh district of Virginia, but
mat his republican opponent, John
Paul,, had been elected. . :
The, committee reached1 Us con
clusions after protracted hearihgaJ
and by the ellminntloa of votes
cast by' persons held not to have
been lawfully registered and the
votes of those found by the com
mittee not to have paid their poll
tax. ,
It was charged that the election
had been conducted In certain pre
cinct of the district "with such
teckless disregard of the provis
ions of .the constitution and laws
of Virginia that the returns from
those precincts do not represent an
expression of ths will of the peo
ple ana that the returns from
those precincts "should be thrown
out." ; ., ; ; .
The committee In IU report stat-
-vu iH&.- Hitvr caretui ana ex
haustive consideration of all the
evidence the committee finds that
it me precincts or ho wards vine,
Wlngflelds, North Garden, Owens-
vllle. IJndsay, Covesvllle," Carter's
Widge. Court House. : Monticello.
Batesville, Keswick, Stoney Point,
rcrters, tiiimDoro, Free Union, Ivy,
and Scottsvnla, In Albemarle coun-
& Gr ioun thi rtii
S'chailrttSS
or Mount Airy. Kussells, White
Post and Berryville, in Clark coun
ty; In the precincts of Dry Run
Old Fort. Briicetown, Newton or
Stephens City, Greenwood. Gore,
Neffstown, Mlddietown, Kernstown.
Armei, ualnsboro and Ganterbursr.
In Frederick county; in both wards
of the city of Winchester; In the
precincts of Mount Olive and Fish
er s 'Hill, In Shenandoah county,
and In the precinct of MourttCraw
tT& 1" Rfcklngham county, there
was uch "an utter, complete and
recxiess disregard v0 the manda
tory provisions of the fundamental
laws of the state of Virginia, In
volving ths essentials of a valid
that there was no legal electibn in
those precincts. Consequently, In
accordance with the universally ac
cepted principles of the law gov
erning contested elections, and
with a long line of congressional
precedents . , , the commis
sion is of the opinion that the en
tire returns of those precincts
should be rejected." ,,,-.
Rejecting; the return from the
above precincts as well as the votes
which were held by the committee
void because of failure to pay poll
tax or on account of Illegal regis
tration, where In the latter case It
was possible to definitely prove for
whom they voted, the committee
reported the reeult would give Paul
MOT vote and Harrison 8.321, or
a majority for the republican can
didate of 1.2S0. ,
WAGK SCALE BODY IS
ADJOURNED. IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK. June 14. With
the refusal of miners' , representa
tives on the wage scale conference
to' accept -arbitration, the anthra
cite operators' representatives late
today flatly - refused to , proceed
further In the negotiations, unless
the miners agree to arbitration.
The conference adjourned without
betting a data for another meeting.
FIVE CHILDREN BORN
-.; TO LOUISIANA FAMILY
MONROE, La., . June 14. Five
children were born to Mrs. Wil
liam Prestage,wife of a farmer of
the Old Floyd neighborhood, sixty
miles northeast of Monroe, ac
cording J.0 word received here to
day, five years ago she became
the mother of triplets,
MARCONI TRYING TO '
. . WIRELESS PLANET MARS
NE1W YORK. June 141 'En route
to the United States on his yacht
Ellera, William Marconi, perfectbr
of wlreles telegraphy, (s seeking to
pick 'tip what he calls "wireless
messages" from ths -planet Mars,
according to the New York World.
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MORNING, JUNE IS, 1922.
NORll CAROLINA
DEGREES
GLASS IS
Senator Defends Federal
Reserve Bank System
in Address There.
GOV. MORRISON
GIVES DIPLOMAS
Honorary Degrees ..Pre
sented Governor and
Other Men.
(fMW Cmmtflmn. rht itlntli C4Hm
CHAl'tL HI Li,, June 14.
Those who expected Benator. Car
let' Glrss to deliver what he
termed "a philosophical discourse,"
designed to admonish, in a serious
tone, as is usually mads on such
occasions. In talking to the grad
uating c'aei at the uninveralty
117th commencement exercises to
day were disappointed, but those
wno expected to hear a sound,
practical speech, ploturlng an eco
nomies: situation In this country,
with an appeal for "character,
above things else," In solving
such problems, were pleased and
gtatineu. - ...
- The bonus bill was ' flayed in
typical Carter Glass style, and the
banking ttnd currency system of
this country, the backbone of
which is the federal reserve ays
tern wa defended Just ss aggres
sively, with Woodrow Wilson as
sarted as the, real author of this
measure if economic reform. In
tVlla PAilnnptlnn RAnntnp ' fl I m m
'traced from Its infancy the growth
of bankint system of the nation.
cilllng it the vital problem facing
the yoing men and women about
ta Itave the university. "There is
fa problem," he declared, "perhaps
o: not so general Interest, but of
vital Importance to you and every
one in tur country, concerning
which I shall talk to you today.
hf-nevtr you go out to battle in.
J fe, whatever profession you take
ip, you win encounter this pros-
lr.n. Thore is no escape from It.
It concerns you In every walk o'
life, and that is the problem of
banking and currency.
Outlines History of
llaiiklmt la V, 8.
- Senator Glass outlines the his
tory of tanking and'cutTbhry In'
the United States, beginning with
the crude system used before the
civil war. and then taking up tho
national banking act system, which
he leimtd "about the worst of
a. I s.vstcn s." All efforts snade to
reform this system were by de
signing politicians, he asserted
"and whea Woodrow Wilson wss
elected 'resident, one of the great
est issued outstanding was a re
vioion cf the banking and rur-
reacyt laws. ' And as In all other
thing, when Wilson wss elected
Piesident of the United State, the
promise was redeemed.
" He discussed th faults and de
feet of the old system, "the rigid
eysttm," and attacked the "fic
titlous reiH-rve,'1 declaring that in
lax times the small banks would
send th- r money to the big banks,
and in times of special activity
these banks would send to thu
greai banks and call back their
money. These, In turn, had dumped
the money In the stocks, and th
raleb of Interest would jumn u
so ntgn. that panio would ensue.
many small . banks . would close
them doors and the rountry would
tt- thrown In general financial
biinkruptcy.
Wilson Administration
TiimwiI th Triple '
The Wilson administration1
turned the trick," according ti
Senator Glass, the Inelastic sys
tern ana fictitious reserve were
both eliminated and a sound sys
tern wan inaugurated. "We did
both In making it so that no two
cr 20 banks may fail In New Tork
and now effect business Interests lt
North Carolina or any other elate
Ir. the union. We have panic now
:n New York, but they never get
leyond the walls of that great
noney center." he asserted.
In describing the working of the
Federal Reserve, he relsted a rath
er humorous episode, concerning
his stand on having the banks
represented on the Federal Re
serve bosrd. At first he had been
heartily In favor of this represen
tation, and he had written a letter
to President Wilson declaring .his
attitude "politically inexpedient
and fundamentally wrong." Later
he headed a delegation to attempt
to show Mr. Wilson that, he was
wrong, but when their aide had
been adequately presented, the
President turned to the men and
said simply: "Gentlemen, I chal
lenge any one of you to name
governing board in any country on
earth, in which private Interest
has representation." Senator Glass'
said "The silence was so great you
could nave cut it with a knife
And like Saint Paul, I saw light. 1
actually, felt I needed, assistance
from my physician, so mortified
that I Had been ao simple."
Giant Is Strongly
Again Bonus.
He stated that he was opposed
to the bonus" bill, because he was
opposed to burdening the people
with It, for the same economic rea
son that he would not surrender
to the "printing press" remedy for
the currency problem. Many, he
had asserted, had actually been in
favor of turning to the printing
press to relieve th country,
method that had been employed in
Germany. Russia and other coun
tries whsre money now, is practi
cally worthless. . Although he had
two sons in the war, and a sister
In the Red Cross,' he was opposed
to the sentimental appeal of the
bonus. He was not In favor of the
young men taking a vacation to be
paid for by parents, themselves,
and posterity. His stand was ap
plauded vigorously.
Out of his message, In which he
exposed the corruption so offer
found in politics,, hs issued one
simple appeal to the graduating
glass assembled in the first rows
of Memorial hall, "When you go
out in life, boys," he said, "you
put character above everything
else. You stand for good teach
ing and sane, idea whether they
prove popular or unpopular, at ,rat
because in the end right will pre
vail and I call unto you to persist
uneo the end.".
Prior to hi address. Dr. Chs
Introduced the peaker saying in
Vrii
"A editor, a a member of th
legislature of hi atat. in congress.
-ICmNaa M Hf TiuU
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Organized Labor May Launch
Drive To Take Authority From
United
World Court And Conference
On Russian Problems Convene
At The Hague Palace Today
Meeting is First Annual Session of Permanent Court
- as. . . W a f rt . A n
of international jusuce; ooviei iouier
ence Delegates Arrive.
THeNJjAGrE, June 14. (By
The Associated Press.) Two no
tabls meeting will be held in the
Hague peace psMaoa tomorrow. At
11:10 o'clock thV-ftreKannual ses
sion of the PermanenOlsttuxL of
International Court of JustlcewM
open and at I SO o'clock In t
afternoon the conference arrang
ed to consider Russian problems
will begin Its effort to settle these
questions which the Genoa con
ference abandoned after" weeks of
unsuccessful wrangling.
Two mor dissimilar meetings
would be difficult to find under
the same roof. The frrst will be
purely Judicial, with the solem
nity and restrictions which the
ermine casts about Its doings,
while ths second wilt be a contin
uation of the spirited sessions at
Genoa, devoted to attempts to un
tangle vexatious - problems, arls
Ing from the war.
The Hague Is not esnectal'v
pleased, particularly the official;
of the capital, in having the Genoa
troubles transferred here and
sheltered under the peace palace.
A. van Karnebcek. Dutch min
ister of foreign affair!, will ex-
tend a welcome to this' conference, (
men luiu ii ucr w wiv rep-
G.O.P.
Morrison Gives View of
Recent Development;
. CmasOote Today. .
' '. eituaa saws wentt
iooc sutw.
. I (It SrOCg lAHSLBri
RALEIGH, June 14, Not deceit
but dissatisfaction over the man
agement ot G. O. P. affairs In the
state and nation caussd the partici
pation of hundreds of republicans
in Saturday's democratic primaries
in ths opinion of Governor Morri
son; ......
Commenting today on reports
from counties and districts of
heavy voting in the recent primary
by republicans, hi excellency said
opposition should not be voiced
against their entrance into the
democratic party ranks becsuse ha
was satisfied many of them cams
through conversion. ? , . ,
The state bosrd of elections has
received s number of complaints,
mostly from defeated' candidates,
of the voting of republicans. Chair
man Pearsall, sometime prior to
th primary, issued a ruling that
one participating in a democratic
primary obligates himself to sup
port the party nominee in the No
vember election.
Complaints to the stale board
have Intimated lack ot faith in the
possibility of republican partic
lpants keeping this obligation, but
Governor Morrison seee their en
trance into democratic contests in
another light, predicting unlversAi
compliance with the election laws
and support of the nominee next
November. -
"I am -satisfied that hundred of
republicans, disgusted with the
record, of their party In the state
and nation, are Joining the demo
cratlc party. They had to start
sometime and last Saturday was
about a good an occasion as any
the govsrnor said.
Faced with these numerous ob
jections, the stats board has ob
tained an opinion from Attorney
Genesal Manning that , complaints
do not fall upon th bosrd for set
tlement but must go into the su
perior courts for a Judicial Inquiry.
Nevertheless, the stale board, at
Its meeting Thuraday for canvass
ing the returns, will hear any ob
jections defeated candidates, may
wish to enter: Chairman Pearsall
announced today. While the board
lacks th authority tinder the attorney-general's
ruling, to make
Inquiry into alleged irregularities
In the voting, It will hear com
plaints and effect any remedies
within its power.
Chief complaint against the al
leged participation of republicans
tame from R. G. Grady, defeated
by a, narrow vote for the Judge
ship by Judge Cranmer in the New
Hanover Judicial district. The attorney-general's
ruling wss In an
swer to formal objections filed with
the state board by Mr. Grady, In
which he asked that Judge Cran
mer's formal nomination be held
up pending sn investigation 'Into
the activity of republicans.
Henry E. Falson, defeated for
the Judgeship in the Sixth Judicial
district, likewise made complaint
on this point. - From several other
districts ot ths state objections
have been entered, alleging repub
lican participation. -
If candidates want a full Invea
tigation into their charges, they
must appeal to the superior courts
which are i na position to make in
qulrles, call witnesses and give
both side a fair hearing. Judge
Manning has ruled. Colonel Pear
sall' announcement of the state
board' willingness to hear com
plaints from candidates is -as i
courtesy to them with consldera
tion for ths board's lack of author
ity to Institute a Judicial inquiry,
The official canvass of the vote
tomorrow Is expected to show i
poll In lh corporation commls
slonersMir rug nngly " Hpproxt-
mating 170, ooo. Ninety-six coun
tie today had reported a total ot
144,(71 votes In this contest.
DISSATISFACTION
ISO
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
States Supreme
resentatlves of the various Euro
pean powers which have sen; tele
satea.
Until the Rusaians arrive and be
gin participation In the conference
on June 28, Interest In It will
probably not reach a great helsht.
interim will be iievo.ea
chleflyNto arrangements prelimi
nary to sealing with the bo)hev;l
delegation. Great uncertainty and
lack' of organisation characterises
the affairs of the conference, to
annarently does ov Indicated a determtna
Tnferanc.. Z . th Am"'.? ?
which Holland
not seek the
, . i . . ' , .! or uioor convention nere touay
merely of nd neutral 'ir '"''.that It would start a drive for li
the meeting without desiring her- eon,t)tutotl4l amendment for
self to direct or influence Its de
velopment.
. Delegations from the major
countries arrived today, or lnte to
night, but some of the represen
tatlves of the smaller countries
will not reach The Hague untll
after the opening of tomorrow
meeting. The British delegation,
headed by Sir Philip Lloyd
Greame, number HO, and the Ital
ian, 'headed by Baron Avessano,
former ambassador at Washington
15. Some of th smaller coun
tries like Csecho-Blovakla, tnay
not despatch representatives until
June ltt when the meetings with
ins nuaJcins will ursm
STATE OFFI
ALS
HE
NT
Ell
Hearing On State's Op
position to Proposal
, .Comes Up Today. '4
evna nsws Srtsi
1 TiMotooaa SWtSI,
s MIOCg HHMISrt
RALEIGH, Jun 14. Corpora
tion Commissioner Lee, ' Maxwell
and Pell, and Rat Expert W. O,
Womble, will look after th state's
Interest In th hearing tomorrow
before the ' Interstate Commerce
Commission on proposals in ; th
scheme for consolidation of toe
nation's railway systems.
Today a formal complaint
agalnsst proposals sffeotlng the
commercial Interests of North
Carolina was filed with ' the
commerce commission, bearing
the signature or Governor Mor
rison, Attorney General Manning
and Messrs, JUe, : Maxwell ,. and
Pell. - "'V.. ' ,1-. W .,i.
If th interstate body torrio
out th proposals, as paw submit
ted, freight and passonKe traffic
will be greatly effected in this
tate'. . .
The assignment of the Norfolk
Southern to the Coast Line, the
sale of ths Norfolk and Western
branches connecting Durham and
Winston with-th territory by this
road and' the transfer ot trackage
now used by th - Seaboard be
tween Rlchmopd and Washington
to soma other roads would un
justly inconvenience the travelling
public of North Carolina and han
dicap the tat' shipping, it is
charged.
The endorsement by the Inter
state commission of the proposal
to make continuous the old G. F.
and Y. V. railroad running from
Mount Airy to Wilmington would
prove one of the greateat agencies
for the further sdvancement of
the state's commercial Interests.
This rosd at present Is, divided
at Sanford, the Coast Line con
trolling the line running towards
Mount Airy. The road originally
was continuous but after a court
sale, and allegedly Inviolatlon of
court orders, th road - was - dis
membered. It the North Carolina corpora
tion commission, the governor, at
torney general and municipalities
working with them, . can. carry
their points successfully befdre
the commission, holding the ex
isting organization of the lines
serving the state and obtain the
desired changes with reference to
the C. F. and T. V., one of the
greatest railway victories In the!
history of the state will have bean
won.
Consolidation of the natlo.-i's
railways Into nineteen systems is
provided under an act of congress.
mat tne interstate commerce
commission's proposala likely
would be .carried out in consequent
legislation is reqognlsed bv tie
state's representatives.
In addition to the corporation
commissioners, representatives
from chambers of commerce and
municipalities Interested in '.he
proposals are expected to attend
the hearing.
MAN ABUSING THE
PRESIDENT IS HELD
BALTIMORE, June 14. Some
commotion was caused in the
crowd standing In front of the fed
eral building, watching President
Harding ride by this afternoon.
when Frank B. Simpson, 416 East
Biddle street, was arrested for
abusive language concerning the
President. A charge of disorderly
conduct wus entered against him,
After a hearing before Magistrate
Stanford, he was sent to Jail pend
ing payment, of a fine of $25 and
costs. '
'Simpson 'Ternark wr"TS?fti
ed by bystanders, whereupon, wit
nesses, declared, he became more
violent in hi utterance.
ui
CO Ml
ROAD n
Court
WOULD OVERCOME
DECISIONS NOT
H ELPIWGLAB OR
May Seek Congressional
Power to Veto the Su
preme Tribunal.
WOULD CUT POWER
OF LOWER, COURTS
Labor Resolution Scores
, Ku Klux,4 While Am
nesty Favored.
CINCINNATI, June 14. Organ.:
rongtesVonal veto of Supreme
court dvclilons, and for the denial
of the power of lower . federal
cturts to set aside a federal latv
as unconstitutional. This, the del.
rates wi re Informed, would over-
come declalona, which labor ha
retarded as inimical to it Inter
ests ;. ' . , .
Th only formal action, however,
vas unsmmou adoption ot a mo
tion creating a epeciai committee
to frame a policy,- which action '
wa taksn after th proposal for
the amsndment had been mads by
Senator Lafollette. of .Wisconsin.
Other speakers, most of them lead
era In th labor movement, ap
proved th program as practicable
wlilis, lne . delegates . voiced ap
proval with applause.:- .'
1 The suggestion of a drive for the
th amendment cams In th midst
Ot a program devoted to condom,
nation - o child ' labor. : Th ad
dress of Senator La Follette, cen
tored snacks ' on . the Supreme
court, which for a second time
rcut!y declared th federal child
laoor - mw unconstitutional, in
a-ithorlslng appointment ' of the
iipecial committee, the delegate
vjtcd to vest it with authority to
consider all decisions ot the last,
few year which the federation has
bra nil d a inimical to organized
lsbOT'. ' . -s. ., ' .
A dissenting not to a program
aiming generally at curtailment ot
t!i courts was heard during the
Jay-long program when Florence
Kclley, of the National Consumers' '
league, voiced approval of the
senator's proposal but asserted that
the best strategy was to make a
drive exclusively for an amend
ment to msks possible a federal
bun on ohlld labor. However, she
declared, her enlistment "as a
high private In the army that will
follow hla (La Follette's) banner. "
- He-ie tor La Follette In his speech,
contended that th federal court
had by a process of gradual en
croachments "wrested sovereignty!
from the people" and he cited thei
child labor tag law decision a
"typical ol the conduct of th fed-f-i.l
Judiciary." Hisses greeted
the senator' flrt mention of Chief :.
Justice Tuft, but these quickly
cnanged to applause a Mr. L
KolMtte doclared that Taft was r
pudiated by the voter when a sec
ond term candidate for President
"Mo one will contend," said th
senator, ' that he could have been -eieo'ed
chief Justice by the vote,
of the people."
Laughter greeted thl remark n
alho the senator' statement'', thud
it chief Jii'tlce of a British court
was hanged for attempting to set
as:d an act of parliament, and
otu-e' In the midst of a tirade on
court actions a delegate called
oi t "att boy. Bob." '
Five member of the Supreme
court. La Follette aid."' enact
Wiat shall be the law," and ho
sdded, '"we are ruled by a Judicial
oligarchy."
The kit Klux was declared by a
resolution to be "detrimental to ths
best Interests of, the working
people ai.d directly opposed to the
c; nstltutlon of the United States."
Amnesty for political prisoner
also was favored by a resolution.
E Have With Us
W. Banks Dove
Today
Afchevllfe is located In a great '
country, surrounded by th handi
work of nature blended in man
ner to please the eye of the moat
xtenslv -traveler, much less the
eye of the buslnsa .man, W. Bank
Dove, secretary of state for South
Carolina stated last night.
Mr. Hove Is attending the con- .
rendon of the South Carolina
bankers and this morning will ask
!!ie barkers to approve and lend
their support to a plan to rala
1 100,000 for the purpose of re
juvenating the state fair. Thli
money will bs spent solely for new .
bulldngs and improvement, h-t ,
states, and will make the facilities
for handling the fair among ths
best in the south. -
Severa: new buildings are
p.aiineu end other Improvement
w
making the fair grounds both at- :
tracllvo and efficient.
An effort will be made tj eeil
lit memberships at f 2a eac'i.
will entitle the holder to a per
ir.nnent ti-ket to the state fair and
'so a vote In Its operation.
The Columbia Chamber of Com
merce, it , l stated, has agreed M".
sell $25,000 in life momborsh p
and it is hoped to entirely relu
veiiate the South Carolina fair.
SECOND ATTEMPT TO
SEIZE STRAVB MADE!
LANSING, Mich.. Jun 14. A,
second attempt by a number ot
Jackson oltisens to seise George
ttrtiffT"llMes.d wilfeed. lays -
Miss Alice Mallette, a Jackson wl-,
far worker, was frustrated her
tonight by state and local tolio. I
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