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THE SUNDAY CITIZEN 36 PAGES TODAY THE WEATHER WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 North and South Carolina! Partly cloudy Sunday and Mondayi probably oat. tared thundar ehewere. "DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE, N. C., SUNDAY MORNING! AUGUST 20, 1922. PRICE 7c ON TRAINS 10c. ESTA PUSHED 1668. 500 GUARDSMEN HURRIED TO SPENCER SHOPS Federal Coal Agency To Work On Lines Of Grain Corporation .50 COAL AT M NES IS OOKED II AT PRESENT May Be Cheaper if Great er Reduction Automati cally Lowers Price. TWO DEVELOPMENTS IN COAL PARLEY Operators Anxious to Re sume Work, but Propos al Unacceptable. WASHINGTON, D. C, Ausf. 19. Immediate action for th proper protection of the publlo In the price of coal produced In. Ohio waa sliced of Governor H. L. Davis today by Secretary Hoover In a telegram to the Ohio Governor the Commerce Secretary declared that coal operator In that State would wefcoms some aort or voluntary ar rangement for establishing- fair fair price in Ohio. West Virginia waa brought Into line with Kentucky prlcea today by Federal Fuel Distributor SDencer. who allowed operators In that state a maximum or sa.ou a ion at the mine. The previous fair price prevailing- in that State was about 13.50, but uovernor JS. Morgan. (if West Virginia, auggeated the increase to meet the new wage Lcale agreements and accelerated Iproductlon. - , Further lncreasea of fair price maximums to the new $4.60 a ton level waa 'expected by Federal coal kifflclaU who indicated that, aa iovernora of the various -Jstatea recommended increased prices to kneet changed conditions, the nec- ieesary action would pa taKon Dy PIr. Spencer. Penrfina- enactment of legislation fcs suggested to Congress by Presi dent Harding for tne creation 01 (Federal Coal Purchasing Agency home officials believe that volun teer fair prices probably will ap proximate about J4.50 a ton at the iminea unless production reaches a point where charges woum arop automatically. I Th ma! nurchaslntr agency to Bie created by Congress la exaectea administration officials to take he form of the United Statea Grain 'orporation, which controlled the iricea nf era in d urine- the war. LB Ann,ni.ti.. involved in tne roblem of pence-time price con- rol. official believed, woum oe fc voided by the adoption of auch an xnedient as sufficient coal opera- ors probably would De wining iu 1-o-operate with tne government in fnalntainlne; a price at which coal Wnniri va roM to the corporation. kvhlch would in turn fix the price ,ir fuel In interstate commerce. Similarly, it was thought, the arlous States could se up like irenrie for the maintenance ot air prices wltnin tneir Douno or the coal produced there in or l-eceived by way of Federal distrt- utloiv Kn iv-vvunAKfT ON LENGTH OP MIME NEttniAl" PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 1 two hlngs today were "disclosed by the t-onference Deiween ino he United Mine Workers OI Amer Dr,rf the nneratars to settle the koal strike in the anthracite fields. ccording to Information main fier the adjournment of the third fcieeting. ' The first was mac io " irumbling block tha,t lies In tne kay of agreement waa the arbltra- ion' proposal orrerea oy mo fctnrs. , '. i 1 ' The second was that tne opera ors were anxioua to arrive at an greement and resume the produo lon of coal at once. Tk. iti, dnvelonment. coupled With the desire on the part of the fcrdne worker to return to work. t was pointed out, augures wen or the success ot the conference, tnnr miifh time will' elapse be fore the representatives of the two Jed speculative even among thelr town numbers. SOLDIERS BONUS BILL NEXT BEFORE wsaa WASWTMtvr-ON. Aua 1. The loldlers bonua bill aa a consequence f passage of the tariff om ecame the pending legislation be fore the1 Senate. The bonus meas- tre was laid berore tne neni u imatically but dbate was deferred nttl next Weanesoay. in iking an adjournment over to iv. members a brief rest after fcelr long tariff fight. I a n,,mKf nf Senators objected I tenuously to' even the brief re ass ordered until Wednesday. Senator Robinson, Democrat. o. Arkansas, led a flght for lmmeai- te consideraUon or tn pleasure beginning next zaonaajr but his motion to adjourn unw Monday waa defeated 44 to IS and tne Senate adopted a motion by ier.ator Lodge, of Massachusetts, Republican leader, to adjourn un- Wednesday. .PT IN KFJLV MADE MAJOR IN JS2ND INFANTRY (MACON. Ga.. Aug. It. Captain amea Eugene Kelley of Elberton, 5 a., has been elected Major ot the Third Battalion, 122nd Infan- r V It was AnnnilnCAif hr tn- Uht, succeeding Major U C. Pow tio has been promoted to Lieu - rant Colonel . NISTRAT 10 TAR I F NIEA G S 01 Vote Is 48-to 25, Borah Sole Republican Oppos ing the Bill. ffu THREE DEMOCRATS VOTE FAVORABLY Still Gossiped That Bill May Die Deadlocked; in Conference. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (By "ine Associated Press.) The Ad ministration tariff bill, olficlally tne tar in act or 19ZZ, was passed by a vote of 48 to 2& late today by the Senate after four months of debate. It now goes to confer ence. Senator Borah, of Idaho, waa the only Republican to vote against tne measure. Three Democrats Broussard, Kendrlck and Ranbdull, voted for It. Senators Harrison and Ponier ene who were paired, announced that had they been permitted to vote they would have voted against the bill and the same announce ment was made In behalf of seven Democratic absentees: Caraway, Harris, King, Owens, Plttman, Watson of Georgia, and. Williams. It was stated also that had Sen ators LaFollette and Norris been present they would have voted against the measure, while the other - 12 Republican absentees would have voted for It. Senators Lenroot and Jones, of Washington, Rep u b 1 leans, an nounced that they supported the bill because of the provisions giv ing the President broad authority to Increase or decrease rates and In the1 hope the. Senate and' House conferees would reduce ratea wJiich they considered excessive. Senator Lenroot 1 that If this were not done he would vote against the conference report. Cummins Names Senate Conferees Promptly. immediately after the nassacc of the bill. Senator Cummins, of Iowa, president pro-tempore. an nounced the appointment of the Senate conferese: Chairman Mc Cumber and Senator Smoot. of Utah, and McLean, of Connecticut Republican, and Simmons. oft North Carolina, and Jones of New Mexico, Democrats. Senator Mc Lean is the fourth ranking Repub lican on the finance committee and was named in place of Sena tor LaFollette, who, under the us ual rule would have drawn the assignment but who la opposed to the bill. The measure will be turned over to the House Monday with a for mal request for a conference. Re publicans of the house ways end means committee, at a meeting to day, decided to have the measure ant to conference under a special rule, Instead ot to the ways and means committee for preliminary consideration, a course that was suggested some time ago. Amer ican valuation will be the biggest issue in - conference, but the gen eral belief at the capital Is that the housewill yield on this, ac cepting tho Senate "flexible" tariff plan as a substance. Chairman Fordney said today he would hold out for American val uation, asking Instructions from the House. Under this plan tne Houpo would decide the Issue by a direct vote and the conferees then would proceed with their work of adjusting the 2,000 off points in dispute between the two houses. Mr. Fordney thought the work could be completed within a ICtnUmti M rtt Tw ADM AT "Harding Has Chance To Pat Aside Parple Crown Overman WAlatiNm ansio TUB AIHSTILLB OITBBM flf ft. B. O. MIAST) WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. After one of the hardest fights In the history of tariff legislation In this country the Republicans' put through the Fordney-McCumber bill today. ' Senator Simmons brilliant war on the measure, from the outset of Its consideration In the Senate was the real feature of the contest. Of course, it was a foregone conclusion that the Re publicans could win, for they had the votes, but they did not suc ceed until the oountry waa warn ed ot the iniquities of the legisla tion. Aa ranking: minority member of thoFlnance Committee, Mr. Sim mons lead the Democrats. He waa congratulated today on the magnificent ahowlng he made. Senator Overman who has man ifested keen interest from the side lines in the discussion of this bill. voiced his sentments on It today. He protested aganst the. passage of the various provisions especial ly the amendment to give the President power to change sched ules. Ha said the delegating of such power' to the Chief Executive was contrary to 4he spirit of the Con stitution. He regarded that as the most Important and danger ous provision in the entire meas ure. He said It goes a bow shot further than anything that has l ever been done, ny congress 10 . undermine the greet superstruc ture upon which this Republic is ! DUvTh, h)n h, miM, ..j, th. jmnrt indefensible one ever passed I by any Congress since the world AND I 1 ADVERTISING CLUB BEGINS TRUTHFU 'AD' DRIVE HERE Number of Leadinsr Ad vertisers Line up Expect New Era to Result. The Advertising Club of the Asheville Merchants' Association this morning launches a truthful advertising campaign that will have a far-reaching effect on Ashevllle business and the 10 firms that have signed the agreement have conferred unusual powers on the Advertising Club, according to L. Edwin Gill, president. These firms signing the agree ment have adopted the Standard of Practice of the organization and will be allowed to use the emblem designating them as members, in all advertising. As a rseult of adopting this standard, it is asserted, a new era will be opened In truthful adver tising for Asheville and bfdcials are confident that their efforts will meet with marked success and other merchants will quickly see the advantage of becoming affil iated with the Club. Those who have already become connected with the Club-are: Al dan's, Ashevllle Citizen, Ashevllle Laundry. Ashevllle Paint Com pany, Ashevllle Seed Company, Ashevllle Times, Asheville Theatre News, Austin-Vesey Company, Bon Marene, N. Buckner, S. P. Burton, L. M. Cadlson, Carolina Creamery. I Company, Central Bank and Trust company, Clements ana Chambers George E. Colt, W. H. Davis, Dun ham's Music Store. Emporium, L. Edwin Gill. Gilmer's Incorporated, Goode'a Drug Store, Grace Supply Company, Ottla Green Hardware Company, Charles E. Henderson, Henry Brothers, Inland Press. E. F. Jones, Lowenbeln-Rutenburg began. It has no friends except those for whom It was framed to serve and for whose benefit it is to be passed, taxing one hundred. million of people In order to serve 265,000 manufacturers. It is 'ab solutely indefensible and most in lqultous and by the adoption of this amendment It will be made absolutely revolutionary Great Senators, representing a great people, absolutely have ab dicated the sacred trust reposed In them by a free people to pre serve and maintain the Constitu tion." he declared, "the power re served by Section B, Article T of the Constitution, which eays that Congress shall levy all tales and Imports. This bill now proposes to delegate to one man. centraliz ing In the Executive the great power to kill or to make alive, the power to tax is a power to destroy and this great power delegated to the Executive, enables him. to re ward his friends and the special Interests who have furnished cam paign money." "The greatest opportunity ever presented to a President will be presented to Warren G. Harding when this bl is sent to him for hla signature, to put aside the purple crown and restore the lib erties of the people which this Congress has frittered away so ruthlessly. - " "I protest not only against the bill but this violation of the Con stitution of the United Statea and in . behalf of a great State, repre senting a great people. Jealous of their rights and desiring -to pre serve the Constitution and the liberties of the people guaranteed therein." YET HE DOESN'T STRIKE BY BILLY BORNE. GIANT PLANE DF OR NASSAU A UNRISE TODAY Confident of Reaching Rib De Janeiro in Time for Big Ceremony. CHAIRLESTON, S. C Aug. 19. With everything apparently In good order the giant seaplane Sam palo Correla, flying from New York to Rio Janeiro, arrived here from Southport, N. C, at 3:40 this afternoon Lieutenant Hinton said the Sam palo Correia will take to the air at sunrise tomorrow, heading di rect for Nassau an overseas flight of 760 miles. He said that he plans to leave Nassau at sunrise Monday tor San Juan, 420 miles. He ap peared to be confident of reaching Rio Janeiro in ample time for the opening of the centennial celebra tion of Brizallan Independence. Mr. Hinton and his associates seemed Confident the Sampaio Cor reia was functioning splendidly. They were disappointed over the double delay in reaching Charles ton, Thursday at Manteo, N. C and yesterday at Southport, near Wilmington, N. C. The craft took two hours and thirteen minutes for the afternoon flight and was In radla communication all the time. Besides Mr. Hinton the others aboard the plane are George T. Bye, a reported; E. Pinto Martins, assistant pilot and navigator; John Wllschauhen, mechanician, and John T. Baltzell, camera man for a cinema newa concern. TREMENDorS INTEREST OT RIO DE JANEIRO Rio De Janeiro. Aug. ! (By The Asaociated Preas) Tremend ous Interest has been aroused here by the attempted flight from New York by the seaplane Bampmio Correia. The program of the flight la drawing great headlines in the newspapers, while crowds surge about the bulletin board awaiting the latest word. The editorial writers are treat ing the spectacular attempt as an Impromptu number of tha Brlial lan centennial celebration. The mlnimer ot communications has ordered the weather station on tha coaat to furnish the avlatorr with special reports by wireless and the ministry of marines has Ordered the naval stations to pre pare to render every assiatance in case of emergency- IXnSIANA FARMER TRIED BY MASKED COURT MONTROH, La, Aug. 19. Samuel L. Richards, a Moorehead parish far mer WM eeixed by a. band of fifteen masked men late yesterday, carried by them Into the woods and given a trial before a-tnasked Jadge, U mask ed - purom, with masked prosecuting and defence attorneys on a charge of complicity In the attempted mur der of Dr. B. M. MoKowln, according to report here late today. He was acquitted and. returned to his borne. PRELIMINARY TRIAL iWV , RICHMOND OPENS MONDAY n?nrunvn v. Au IjPra limlnary trial of four men arrested by federal prohibition officers near Petersburg Thursday whsn 19 Chln m. mistaken for a cargo ot liquor. were captured. In an enolosed tiuc will begin Monday morning at lw o'clock. They are charged with con cealing or-harboring or aiding In tne concealment or harboring of foreign ers not lawfully In the United States. MRS.' ELIZABETH TYLER . WEDS IN ATLANTA ATLANTA. Ot, Aug. 19. Mra. Elisabeth Tyler, until last fall Iden tified wltn tne propagation aepan- ment of the Ku Klux Klan, was mar ried here today to Stephen W. Grow. of Atlanta, Southeastern representa tive of a Dim company, lney will make their home here. G CONTEST FOR TIZEN PRIZE T TO Final Checking of Ballots May Be Completed by Wednesday. The circulation drive wnicn nas held the public's attention' for sev eral weeks past, came to an end last night at midnight. The Judges' represontatives were -on hand to see that the drive clo&ed at the hour set, and to take charge of the final ceremonies. Early Saturday morning, a ballot box, locked and sealed was placed In the campaign office, and into this box the members placed their re mittances. AH day and night -up to the closing minute of the big drive trie valiant workers deposit ed their subscriptions in ths big white box that waa to seal their fate, as far aa success In the win ning of the prizes was concerned. Twelve o'clock (midnight) was the "deadline," and as the hands of the clock pointed to the hour the Judges closed the doors and ho one who was not in-the office at that time was permitted to enter and turn In subscriptions. After sufficient time was given the mem bers and their friends to make their deposits In tho ballot box, the drive was declared closed by the official Judges and the box was taken In charge by. them anl deposited In a vault for safe keep lng. All day long,, from the early hours of the morning until the gong aounded "finis," an almost constant stream ot people poured Into the campaign office on the second floor of The Cltiisen build ing, and not until late last night did the campaign staff relax the high tension under which it had been working all day long. Doubt less, It la by far the blggett day's business of the entire drive. When that hour of midnight arrived there arose a sigh of relief that extend ed throughout the city aa well and perhaps over the entire campaign territory at last the race waa over. : . Big Task Ahead For Contest Jndgca. Members residing outside of Ashevllle were given the privilege of mailing their subscriptions and these will be handled by the Judges snd be included in the final count. The subscriptions must be marked In order to be eligible. It la like ly that It will be the .middle of the week perhaps Thursday, be fore the count will be finished. The winners and the complete vote cast by each member will be announced through the columns of The Ashevllle Cltlsen, and no Information will be given out only through this channel. This haa been the policy ao far and It will continue until the end. Ist Nl:ht WIU Be Memorable Que. f Last night will be memorable In local newapaperdom when It comes to circulation building, for it marked a close of one ofthe most successful circulation campaigns - Tever witnessed by an appreciative PUDUC. . l ne rfimii ooiainvu through the untiring efforts of the contestants were far beyond most sanguine expectations, and It was a battle royal from atart to finish. In a great measure the triumph and victory are due to the big alluring worthwhile prlsea, for the approved and Irresistible tempta tion to the energetlo and ambitious folk who were quick to appre elate the value of every prise of fered. Friends Loyal to Favorite In Contest. Friends stood by their favorites, applauding them when they took the lead, urging them en to great r efforts when the pace would (CeAMM-4 ea Tm'. I ROUG END Governor Reconsiders And Will Prevent Tragedy Where Tense Situation Could Not Be Ignored IRE ARE G S UTRERNROAD Additional Deputy Mar shals on Duty at Wil mington, Rocky Mount. ARREST MADE ON KIDNAPING CHARGE New Deeds of Violence Are Reported at Ral eigh and at Durham. WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. An nouncement was made, tonign. frum tho headquarters here ot the Southern Railway that temporary restraining orders in ravor oi m ro.d and axalnst Interference In operation 1y strikers had been Is sued todav In the federal court for. the c-astern district of Virginia nnd th southern district of tieorgiu. The announcement also gave a complete list of Injunctions to dale all'ectlni, the Southern which, in addition to those issued todav. were with dates of Issuance as fol lows: August 16, applying to lines u'. theNew Orleans and Northeastern In Louisiana: Aurust 16. applying to llnej In western district of Georgia; August 16 and 17, apply ing to Southern lines and subsi diaries In Tennessee; August 16 spplylntt .to New Orleans and NortheaMern lines In Mississippi; August IS, covering Southern lints !n the northern district of Georgia and August 17, applying ito entlr line of Cincinnati, New Orleana anl IVxas 1'ncinc, a subsidiary line In Kentucky. Efforts of the Southorn Railway to recruit skilled shop workers were declared by Fairfax Harrison, Its president, today to be a sue res. " . "Approximately 200 skilled me nhdnics," raid Mr. Harrison, In a formal statement, "are en route to our principal shop points today and we t.vpect to have more to morrow. In addition over 600 I Southern Rallwav emnlovea from other departments who have volun- tered for aervlce are now at work In uui aliopa and new volunteei are being placed dally. We aro still ready to receive our old men, but tl.ey Isee mto give their first allegiance to union leaders who are themselves making no sacri fice. Until they ask for reinstate ment In sufficient numbers, to r tore normal transportation de mands, we will continue to fill thei. places wiih new men." NEW P.KSTRAIN1NG ORDER GRANTED IN FLORIDA JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Aug, 111 - ludgc Nathan P. Bryan, of the Fifth United States Circuit Court of Appeals, today signed a tempor ary retraining order directed Bg.vlnst striking employes of the Georgia. Southern and Florida Railway (Southern Railway sys tem, making the order returnable at ifneon, Ga., August 28. Fedtral Judge Barrett, of th? Southern district of Georgia, is on vacation; Federal Judge Call, of the southern district of Florida Is li and Federal Judge Clayton, of Alabama, who has been presiding here In the absence of Judge Call, U out of the Jurisdiction. Judgo IJryan, whose home Is In this bity, was the only authority competent t j luaue a restraining order and at torneys for the railroad appearel before him. It Is understood here tn order appllea both to the south ern district of Georgia and the southern district of Florida. Th) milroaa operates through a part ef Florida to Jacksonville and to I'alatka. LEGAL ACTION FOLLOWS RCKY MOUNT INCIDENT ROCKY MOUNT, N. C, Aug. lit Am the result of a crowd ot men peer ICiHn n ttit Tw) UNCTION ANTED TO Agwi Final Effort To Solve German Indemnity Problem PARIS, Aug. 19r(By The Asso ciated Press.) The departure of the reparation mission for Ber lin tonight marked the. beginning of the final effort of the repara tions commission to find a tempo rary solution of the German In demnity problem acceptable to both French and British public opinion and thereby prevent the threatened Independent action by France with a consequent break ing up of the Entente Sir John Bradbury, British mem ber of the commission, and his as sociates, left Pari at 7:40 o'clock and will arrive at Berlin tomor row night. They have an appoint ment to see Chancellor Wirth on Monday morning. Relative to the departure of this mission. French official circles have renewed with Increased vigor the French plan for a comprehen sive reparation settlement which Premier Polncare would have pre sented at London but for the re fusal of Mr. Lloyd George to per mit discussion of' the Allied debts. Th reparation commission is being unofficially urged to take up th plan now that the governments themselves have failed to solve ths problem. Briefly, the scheme pro vide for a reduction of the inter est reparations to 10,000.000.009 srold mark. Including both caah and merchandise and the gradual MEN ENCAMP N THREE M LEiT OP SPENCER SHOPS Infantry Companies From Charlotte and Concord Reach Scene Early. CAVALRY MEN ARE ON LATER TRAIN Eighty-Five Mbre Work ers Reach Shops, ncKess Jeering Arrivals. (SI4H Ctt-noirnn. TH A.rtW CUt) tiiis-niinv. Auir. 19. Five ..hHpm.i trnnm are here all at for action and ready to patrol the picket lines around tne ooutu i nil ma a ihiirii at Snencar to night. K result or oraer isswi'" eariv this morning by Governor Morrison, sending eight companies of troops and a medical detach ment here to prevent further dl f.nler. anil guarantee protection to any who dealre to work in me 'inn Th troona are encampea at the fair ground", tnree miiun from Spencer, .and their presence hue r-i'-'ctpt-, no disorders. Un tutwtloiiatIy the strikers resent the arrival of troopa but their resent ment ha not been expressed physl cally. Two companies of infantr, from Cimrlotto and Concord, arrived in Sulisbui-y at S o'clock this after noon, aboard a spealal train made tin at Cnarlotte. IJncolnton and Hickory favnlry units, under the command of Wade Bowman, wer I kited on behind Number 12, from As.ieville. liurllngton and Mt. Giiead Infantry and the Durham mi hlne- gun troop reached Balls burv la.er In the night. All ot the oompanles were' only partially recruited but were weil equipped . with guij,. nd service paraphernalia. Iust t ight' Imported werker waro entertained several hours b). str.kers In a . local lodge. They Iua'L eaily this morning for parti unknown. hherlii Krlder.'who first Issued a cu.l to the governor for troops, toid the governor last night that troops were no longer needed but the chief executive saw otherwise rde.lng troops out at 9 a. m. Thj alurilf hue not been officially notl llej yet of the governor' action. A number of high Southern Kail road olllclals are In Salisbury now. Elghly-flve more workers came In on No. 25 from the north to night ami went to work in the Spencer shops unmolested. PlckeU on duty Jeered them as they de tr.tli.ed l ul no physical violence was attempted. Over 800 workmen are on duty now in i he Southern shops her, an official rtated this afternoon. The hltuatlon Is very tense and excitement Is running sky high. BANK SUPERINTENDENT NIT DILIGENT, CHARGE! ATLANTA, Ga., Aug. 19. Charge, thai T. R. Bennett, state superintendent of banks, did not "piuperly and diligently investigate the bank .nd took no steps what ever to expose or prevent the frauds then being perpetrated 1 1 most reckless measure." against 1U depositors, were mads In an answer to h suit Hied by the examiner nalnst W. R. Tucker and M. M Andorscn, depositors of the Farm ers and Citizens Bank of Dawsorf- vn:e, which was closed January U. 19V1, The petition also assert that altnough the deposits In the hank were approximately half a million dollars that the depositors nrob- ably will not recover five cents on tne nonar cnarges of fraud made uv Mr. Rennett In his m. denied nnd the constitutionality ot the state banking act of 1919 waa attacked. The petitions were filed In Supreme Court at Dawsnnviiia and are returnable at the ntit term. cancellation of the remainder of the 132,000,000,000 marks Indem nity. This 12,000,000,000 gold marks would be cancelled proportionately, ss the 60,000,000,000 are paid 'by Germany and as the lnter-allied debts are cancelled. The plan leaves ths United Statea claims In abeyance for adjustment later, the point being made that he Allied debs to the United Statea can not at thia time be conaidered with the general reparaion settlement. AUSTRIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS GROWING DAILY VIENNA, Aug. 19 (By Th As sociated Press.) The financial crisis in Austria Is dally growing in Intensity, and , rumblings are heard forecasting catastrophe un less means are found to remedy the situation. An official statement , Issued to the newspapers eays the central European problem as left by the London conference, haa assured so grave a form that it may "press tor practical solution earlier, per haps than the world expect." The phase "practical solution" aa far as It concerns Austria, 1 construed to mean either a .convul sive fusion with Germany or th disintegration of the stat. There Is increasing business stagnation a more shop close their doors. sly 8 GREAT! GOVERNOR TASK 00 FOR LOCAL Action Follows Report ox Series of Disorders to the Executive. QUOTES "OUTRAGE" AT ROCKY MOUNT, Size of Troop Body Is Due to Large Number ox Men Idle There. CITKA SWIM aSBUS TiMoaovea ma, (It HOCK BAHtLKYt I RALEIGH, Aug. 19 In ordering 500 National Guardsman to Spen cer today, Governor Morrison ds-i clared, "he had become nervous and afraid that a tragedy may, take place there." In spite of cool er heads, and that the - honor of North Carolina may not b de-i graded. ' He further felt, h announced In a statement accompanying his order for troops, that It was not Just "to leave upon the shoulders of ' the heroic sheriff ot Rowan County longer th full responsibil ity of upholding th law and keep ing th peace ther." , ' ' Orders for th despatch ot eight companies of Infantry, machine gunners and cavalry were issued by the Governor following the r-i cetpt ot several reports indicating the situation at th Spencer rail way shop to b , delicate and fraught with grave posaiblllUM of serious development. ! Th troop, all -of which had reached Salisbury by o'clock to night, according to telegraphl re port to Adjutant-General Metts, are under th command of Col. Don L. Scott, ot Graham, Who went to Saliabury by auiomon. - - Major - War - V. Bowman, of Hickory, command th two cavalry troop. Governor Morrison' state ment graphically et ltrth I hi reasons for th despatch of soldier to Spencer and make a strong ap peal to th people of North Caro lina for sympathy. ' , -, Scrim Of Disorder . . , Are Reported. , Reported dlordr and thrat( ened dlaorder at th railway cn-i ter are of a erle reported today, two other Incident being th at-l tack on a Seaboard guard her last' night and an "outrag" at Rockjr, Mount. Of these disturbances, th GKvr-, nor comment in hi statement; , "Tragedlea are happening alll about. Last night a mar. wa beaten In th city of Raleigh and! his piteous cries for help heard In, the neighborhood. An outrage wa reported from Rocky Mount." Among thoae who heard th( cries of the guard wa Assistant Adjutant-General Gordon Smlh.) who reported the experience toj the Governor this morning. "I have oraerea irouy mc,- -they go under the same Instruction', they went to Rocky Mount and to Concord, a year ago. They are In-i strunted to uphold the law as I -derstand It and respect every right of striking laborers, protect lif and! nronnrtv. ana y iw v. "I do not think It just in me ra, leave upon the shonldera of thei herolo alierlff of Rowan County longer the full responsibility of op oldtng the law and keeping the peace there. The troops are sent there simply to uphold the law and the .i.hi. r.t All nmrtles. They will be and of upright andl honorable officers and will do no liw justice, I am sure, to any man'' rights. j "I ask for the eympathy and sup-j . . -1 1 .w n,nnl. rt TC.M h PariM 11 na who respect the law and wanl to see order prevail In the State. It In In my honest Judkment. unwise ta$ risk further the honor and good name, of North Carolina at Salisbury and) Spenoer in the tense situation there without having the law represented by adequate forces to uphold It." 120th Infantry and ; i 1Gtth Cavalry Were Sent The companies sent to Spenoess were the following from the 120th ln-1 fantry: D Machine (Jim Company of nurham. CaDtaln M. B. Fowler com-! mandlng; H Company of Concord, .CfftftMA rf. Tmi E HAVE ITH US TODAY M. WHITSETT Praise for the acenlo beauty ot Western North Carolina and espe cially the two golf courses of thl City, was voiced by J. M. WhitseM.' President of the Carolina Steam ship Company, of Charleston, la. talking with a representative ot The Cltlsen. Mr. Whitsett 1 an enthuslastlo golfer and Is a member of the Charleston Country Club. He was an entrant In the tournament lust com Dieted at the Ashevllle Country Club and was acoompan- led to thla City by a number or other golfer from the Palmett State. A Preaident ef th Carolina, fiteamshln Company, on of thei leading lines operating from the. Southern port. Mr. Whitsett 1 liaj .inu touch with business condi tions. He states that traffic haa! not been holding up as well dur ing th naat few weeks aa early la th summer and attribute thur. In large part to th trlk oondl- tlons. Hla company recently transport- ed sample cartons of sweet pota-j toe to the Royal famllle and! high English ofhclala and th!rl reception of the "Southern aweet. pud" wa wldly hraldd, j ME
Asheville Citizen (Asheville, N.C.)
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Aug. 20, 1922, edition 1
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