HENDEIISON
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CENTRAL
CAROLINA
TWENTY-FIRST YEAR
RHODE ISLAND WILL NOT GET
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Several Bayonetted, Four Arrested At Burlington Mills
GUARDSMEN THROW
TEAR GAS AND USE
BAYONETS FREELY
Large Crowds of Pickets
Dispersed I here and
ihe Holt Mill Con
tinues Operations
CLASH THERE ONLY
DISORDER OF DAY
No More Mills Closed and
No More Opened; Dyna
mite Thrown Over Fence
at Puritan Mills at Fay
etteville and Governor Is
Asked for Protection
■Burlington, Sept. 14 CAP) - Several
persons wore bayonetted and four ar
rested at the E. M. Holt weave mills
hero today as National Guardsmen
used tear gas and bayonets to dis
perse a large crowd of pickets. The
mill continued operating.
The number of those slightly
wounded by bayonets and the names
of those arrested were not immedi
ately known.
A company of soldiers under Can
tain Theodore Fountain arrived from
Raleigh today as the mill increased
its operations to what officials term
ed 85 per cent of normal.
BURLINGTON CLASH ONLY
DISORDER IN CAROLINAS
Charlotte. Sept. 14 (API-A clash
between soldiers aqd pickets in Bur
lington. in which five persons de
ceived slight bayonet wounds, today
maiked an otherwise quiet section in
the strike in the two Carolinas.
For the first time since the general
textile strike call was issued Septem
ber 1, not a mill was reported closed
by strikers and not a one reopened
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(Georgia To
Get Troops
Ready Now
Governor Talmadge
Says Right to Work
Will Be Protected
There
Atlanta. Ga., Sept. 14 (AP) —Gov-
ernor Talmadge today instructed Ad
jutant General Lindley Camp to be
readv with the National Guard for
strike duty,
' I want the flying squadrons In
Geotgia to stop,” the governor said
in a statement. "I want all violence
and intimidation, carrying arms, big
sticks and baseball bats to stop. I do
r ot want any one in Georgia interfer
ing with those who want to work.
"I hope it will not he necessary for
me to call out the National Guard,
but the right to work in Georgia will
be protected.
"I have notified General Lindley
W. Camp, adjutant general of Geor
gia. to he prepared to carry out these
principles.”
Living Costs Will Move
Higher, Babson Declares
No Advance in Furniture and Autos, but Food Prices
Are Set for Further Rise; More Harm Than Good
from Inflation Is Seen by Economist
By ROGER W. BABSON
(Copyright 1934, Publishers Flnncial
Bureau, Inc.)
Babson Park, Mass., Sept. 14. The
tang expected autumn pick-up in
busineess has been temporarily post
poned but indications stil Ifavor some
improvement as the fall advances. All
summer the list of jobles shas been
daily growin g-while payrolsl have
*>eere steadily shrinking. In the
meantime, the cost of living has been
moving ahead. In fact, the rise in
living costs may' make this coming
at lit jßisuafth
FIGHT TO A FINISH IN TEXTILE STRIKE IMPENDS
Held in Ship Probe
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George Alegne
After he was quoted a3 saying
“the real story of the Morro
Castle disaster hasn’t been told,’*
George Alagna, above, assistant
radio operator of the vessel which
burned with loss of many lives,
was taken in custody on a body
attachment after a long examina
tion by the federal grand jury
seeking evidence on which to bwe
criminal tharge*,
organizeolaboF
TO ENTER POLITICS
By Sheer Process of Elimi
ination, It May Back
Bailey in 1936 Race
HE HAsIcTpT QUIET
Might Have ivone Just What Ehring
has Has Done ill Same Shoes, hut
Then He Didn’t; Ehringhaus
May Oppose Him
Daily Dispatch flarean,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, Sept. 14 —Organized labor
undoubtedly means to get into the
State campaign from the way things
have ben breaking the past fortnight,
and during the 1936 fight it may have
to become theally of Senator J. W.
Bailey by a process of elimination, if
not by direct choice.
Senator Bailey escaped entirely the
embarrassments that came to Gov
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winter the hardest since 1930. In
fighting higher living costs, the ad
ministration is facin ga major issue.
Living Costs Five Per Cent
Above Last Year
Through the Bureau of Labor and
private statistical agencies .very ac
curate cost of living figures for 32
separate cities are available. The
items and their percentage importance
in the total index which make up the
cost of llvin gare: (1) food, 38 per
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_NLY DAILY NEWSPAPER PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OFTuRTH CAROLINA AND VltfulNlA.
WIRB SERVICE! OF
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS.
HENDERSON N. C. FRIDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 14, 1934.
LABOR AND CAPITAL
MOBILIZING FORCES
TO REAL SHOWDOWN
Mill Owner* Have Been
Urged by Other Indus
tries to Resist the De
mands of Union
MORE INVOLVED THAN
TEXTILE INDUSTRIES
William Green, Head of
American Federation,
Has Called on Other Affi
liated Groups to Give
Every Assistance to the
Textile Workers Now
(Copyright by Associated Press)
Washington, Sept, 14 (AP) —Labor
and capital mobilized their forces to
day as the strife-torn textile belt be
came the battleground for what some
expected to be a fight to the finish
between industry and the American
Federation of Labor.
The opinion was expressed by both
mill owners and labor that the strike
has transcended the bounds of a sin
gle industry and become a decisive
test of union strength under the na
tional recovery act.
Some cotton mill owners, who have
rejected the arbitation services of
the President’s mediation board, said
privately that pressure had been
brought upon them from other indus
tries to resist all demands of the
United Textile Workers.
"You know, we know and the
union knows,” one spokesman said,
“that there is far more at stake than
the welfare of the textile industry.”
William Green, president of the
American Federation of Labor, has
recognized the pesent strike as highly
significant to the labor movement, and
has ovdered all affiliated groups. State
federations and city central organiza
tions to provide at once every assist
ance to the striking textile workers.
Lawrence
Plans Aid
For Needy
Charlotte, Sept. 14. (A 5 ) —R. R. Lawr
ence, president of the North Carolina
Federation of Labor, said today def
inite plans would be made here to
morrow for relief of the needy strik
ing textile workers in this State.
He said a meeting of the executive
board of the Federation would be held
during the afternoon, adding: “It will
be the purpose of the board to evolve
plans to give immediate aid to fami
lies here and there in the strike zone
of this State who are reported in dire
nede, and to evolve plans for distribu
tion of aid to others as need arises”.
Girl’s Body
Found Lying
On Railroad
Lumberton, Sept. 13 (AP) —
Edith Holmes, 22, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Leßoy Holmes, of
Lumberton, was found dead in the
tracks of the Seaboard Air Line
railroad three miles east of here
today by the crew of a passenger
train.
Coroner D. W. Biggs and in
vestigating officers were of the
opinion the girl had been slain
and her body left on the track.
Although the the body had ap
parently been run over by an early
morning train and was badly
mangled, Coroner Biggs said there
was little blood at the scene and
physicians were of the opinion
wounds had been Inflicted previ
ously.
The girl’s parents said they
could offer no possible explana
tion of why any one should have
killed her.
DuPont Powder Kings at Senate Probe
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The quartet t%t controls the world’s supply of smokeless powder, the DuPonts of Delaware, at the Senate
inquiry in W ashington into the munitions business. Left to right are Felix, Irenee, Lammot and Pierre S.
DuPont. Felix is a cousin of the three brothers. (Central Press)
Censorship Employed In
Senate Munitions Probe
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Col. H. 0. Withington is in com
mand of South Carolina National
Guardsmen enforcing martial law in
troubled textile strike areas.
(Central Press)
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Brummitt and McNeill Po
teat Might Clash; Meek
ins Not Committed
Daily Dispatch Bnrena,
In the Sir Walter Hotel,
Raleigh, Sept. 14 —Secretary Banks
Arendell, of the committee opposed
to the substitute State constitution,
is working out the preliminary cam
paign and in the speaking plans there
is contemplated a series od debates.
The committee isn’t entirely “sold”
on that idea. There may be a gene
ral campaign cf debating and then
there may’be just occasional debates.
The first of these suggested is a dis
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PROSECUTION UNDER
NRA IS LOOKED FOR
Washington, Sept. 1. (jp) —Lloyd
Garrison, chairman of the Labor Re
lations Board, told reported today he
expected the Justice Department toi
prosecute the Houde Engineering
Company, of Buffalo, N. Y. promtply
for recovery cat violations.
WEATHER
FOR NORTH CAROINA
Generally fair tonight and Sat
urday. . ,
Committee Acts in the Face
of Serious Protest by
Five Foreign Gov
ernments
DUPONTS PAID BIG
CHINA COMMISSION
High Officials of That Coun
try Took Pay in 1932
While Chiria and Jjapan
Were Engaged in “War
like Activities'*, Commit
tee Is Told
Washington, Sept. 14 (AP) —The
Senate Munitions Committee today
clamped a censorship of some phases
of its widespread investigation, in the
face of serious protest from at least
five foreign governments.
Evidence was given the committee
today that the DuPont company had
paid “commissions” to high Chinese
officials in 1932.
Lammott DuPont, president of the
concern, said the payment was an ex
tremely unusual procedure, and not in
accord with his company’s policy.
Pierre DuPont said it had been a
long-time policy for the company to
refuse business rather than to per
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FIRST VIOLENCE IN
MARYLAND’S STRIKE
Lonaconing, Md., Sept. 13 (AP)
—The first textile strike violence
in Maryland occurred today when
Joseph Jones, night engineer at
the local plant of the General Tex
tile Mills, was attacked and beat
en as the plant resumed opera
tion.
Roosevelt
Moving On
Expediency
Money Program Be
coming More Or
th o d ox; Business
May Back Social
Program
By EESLIE EICHEL
(Central Press Staff Writer
New York, Sept. 14. —Expediency is
shaping President Roosevelt’s plans.
The money progrma is likely to be
come more orthodox. And Big Men
of business may decide not to oppose
the Presidents socila program tod
strongly.
James S. Perkins, chairman of the
board of the National City bank, of
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PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON
EXCEPT SUNDAY.
U. S. TROOPS
Night Watchman
At Mills Killed
Gaffney, S. €., Sept. 14. (AP)
George McCraw*, night watchman
at the Limestone and Hamrick
mills ,was shot and killer early
today by Dock J. Parrish, operator
of a dance hall.
Deputy Sheriff J. E. Lemmons
said the shooting followed a brief
exchange of words concerning a
remark McCraw is alleged to have
made about Parrish and flying
squadrons activities in connection
with the strike. Lemmons added
he was told McCraw denied having* l
said anything about Parrish before
the fatal 6hot was fired.
Parrish, Arthur Higgins, em
ployee of the Hamrick mills, and
Fred Curtis are being held in
Cherokee county jail, Lemmons
said.
Bn
LINER AT MIDNIGHT
New York City Fireman
Gives Valued Data on the
Morro Ca*tle Fire
New York, Sept. 14 (AP) —A New
York city fireman, John Kempf, de
clared today that as early as 12:45 a.
m., eastern daylight time, he‘smell
ed smoke on the liner Morro Castle.
Other witnesses have placed discov
ery of the fire, which destroyed the
ship, at shortly before 3 a. m.
’ Dickerson N. Hoover, head of the
Department of Commerce board in
vestigating the marine catastrophe,
commented:
“You are the first one to place the
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Freight Loadings
Decrease Sharply
During Past Week
‘ Washington, Sept. 14. (£>) The
American Railway Association an
nounced today that loadings of reve
nue freight for the week of September;
8 were 562,730 cars, a decrease of 83,-
050 under the preceding week, dud
.principally to the Labor Day holiday.
The loadings also were 15,203 cars
under the corresponding week in 1933,
but were 61,193 above the correspond
ing week in 1932.
Strike Committee Meets
With President’s Board
Washington, Sept. 14 (AP) —Fran-
cis J. Gorman, chairman of the tex
tile strike committee, and several oth
er committee members conferred at
length today with President Roose
velt’s mediation board.
Shortly before the conference start
ed the board announced its only oth
er appointment for the day was with
a representative of the rayon manu
facturers. It could not be learned im
mediately whether Gorman or the
board requested the parley in which
the strike committee participated-.
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THERMS NO NEED
TO GET SOLDIERS
Governor Greejn, (However,
Asks Rhode Island Leg
islature for $200,000
More Funds
ROOSEVELT MIGHT
TAKE A HAND SOOH
President Boards Yacht !to
Attend America’s Cup
Races and Will Confer
Tomorrow Morning at Ft.
Adams as to Needs of the
Situation
Providence, R 1., Sept. 14 (AP) —
Governor Green declared after a con
ference with Adjutant General Her
bert R. Dean this morning that the
strike situation in the state had been
so quiet overnight that “there will be
no occasion for calling on the Fede
ral government for troops.”
The General Assembly, which was
t omeet later today in special session,
was to be asked by the governor, how
ever to pass measures appropriating
$200,000 with which to swell the ranks
of the State police and to provide the
National Guard with sufficient funds.
He cited the closing of the Sayles
Finishing Mills and Woonsocket ray
on plant as developments which haVe
relieved the situation, and accepted
the vote of the Senate yesterday not
to give him statutory powers to force
mills to close as the legislators’ final
word on this subject.
ROOSEVELT MIGHT TAKE
HAND IN STRIKE SOON
Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Sept. 14 (A*P)
—The possibility that . President
RbdSeVelt might take a hand in the
Rhode Island strike situation close
to the trouble scene developed today
as he boarded the yacht Nourmattal
here for Newport to attend the Ame
rican Cup yacht races.
The President announced to news
paper men as he went aboard the ptt
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Order More
Troops Out
In The East
Two Companies in
Connecticut and
One Battalion in,
Maine Mobilized
New Haven, Conn., Sept. 14 (AP)—•
Companies A and C of the 102nd In
fantry, Connecticut National Guard,
were ordered mobilized today. They
immediately began assembling at the
State armory in New Haven.
The order came while 500 National
Guard troops were already in the
strike area or standing by for in
structions.
Officials did not disclose the rea
son so rthe new mobilization order.
Neither was any information forth
coming as to the ultimate destination
of the two New Haven units.
ONE MAINE BATTALION
IS ORDERED UPON DUTY
Augusta, Maine, Sept. 14 (AP) —A
provisional battalion of the Maine
National Guard was ordered into the
textile mills area TrT*Biddeford today
as a precautionary measure against
flying squadrons.
The board gave no nitimation that
it had and new peace plans to submit
to the strikers. Gorman told news
paper men as he went into the board
chambers that he wanted “to find
out what the situation was,”
The strike committee conferred
with the President’3 board for three
hours, but union leaders said after
ward that no new avenues toward
settlement had been found.
“The conference was merely a con
tinuance of our policy of full coopera*
tiop with the board,” Gorman said, ,