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: VOLUME XX.
CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY; JANUARY 17, 1921.
NO. 308.
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WILL CALL A SPECIAL
Chairman Fordney Today In
. formed Ways and Means
Committee That This Has
' Been Practically Decided
APRIL 4 IS DATE
DECIDED UPON
Chairman Conferred With
President-Elect Hardin?
on Taxation and Tariff
Matters.
(By lb Aworlnted Ttrm.
Washington. Jan. 17. President
oloct Harding practically has decided
fo call siwcliil session of the new
Congress on April 4(1). members of the
House .Ways nml Menus eomnilftty
wove Informed today ly ChalnAnn
Fordney. who hns just returned from
fi conference with Sir. Harding at
Mnrlnn.
Mr. Fordney conferred with tho
President-elect on general taxation
and tariff matters, which will be
; among the more important subjects to
pome hefore the new Congress. The
chairman is understood to hnve told
Sir. Harding that the date of the ses
sion had direct bearing on 'the tariff
revision hearings, which the eonimt
tce s now conducting, nml it was sulci
Mr. Harding: informed liini that April
-It li practically had bees derided (ipon
definitely.
JAPAN WILL BE ASKED
TO REMOVE HER TROOPS
From The Country Where She Possess
es No Sovereign Rights.
(Br the Anxx-lmea Fmn.)
Tokio. Jan. 1(1. floveriimenl officials
hnve not ns yet made public the text
of the American note protesting agninst
the shooting of naval Lieut. V. II.
Lnngdon, by a Japanese sentry at
Vladivostok. I'ublicsts, however, ex
press .the belief that Washington has
not only" nuked reparation with guar
antees removing n probability, of nim
ilnr incidents in the future, but has
also again pointed out to Japan the
.wisdom of reducing if not withdraw
ing altogether her troop, from tlie
eouritry 'yheWlie nosspsseg no rovyfr
cign riguis. inn ine utrorni oi which is
dominated by her military power.
This would open the old phoney ques
tion which Japan herself hns hveu
finding difficulty In settling. A divis
iim of opiniou exists in government cir
cles ns the the Siberian problem, it 1s
reported here. lenders of the military
party Insist that Japanese troops
should remain iu Siberia, while the
peace party is seeking ways and
menus to abandon any adventure
which it is claimed is ruinously ex
pensive and without hope of compen
sation. Tho impression exists here
that Japan will insist upon solving
the question in her own way nnd at
here own time if for no other reason
than to assert the doctrine that she Is
paramount In the Far East.
LOWDEN CALLED IN TO
CONSULT WITH HARDING.
To Di.se usg Various Problems of the
Coming Administration.
(By Ike AMMial Freta.)
Slarlon, O., Jan. 17, Frank O.
Lowden, former Governor of Illinois,
and a' leading candidate last year for
the Republican Presidential nomina
tion, was called into consultation by
President-elect Harding today to dis
cuss various problems of the coming
administration.
It was understood that the question
of cabinet and diplomatic appoint
ments was one of the things to be con
sidered at the conference, wl tli atten
tion centering on the availability of
Mr. Lowden-himself for service in
some high government position. He
has been mentioned for a cabinet
portfolio and diplomatic positions. '
Lanrdon's Russian Wife Commihi
- Suieide. -
(By th Associate Prasa.) '
s Slanllo, Jan. 17. Tlte Russian, wife
if Lient. ... Warren H.. Langdon. the
American killed by a Japanese sentry
nt Vladlvosk recently, ended her life
upon learning; of her husband's death,
according to... Renter dispatch from
Vladivostok. .. . - 1
. Father of Langdon Sroias Report.
Boston, Jan. 17. Win. C! I-angdonr
father of Lient Warren II. Lnngdon,
U. 8. N., who was killed by a Japanese
nt. Vladivostok a-week ago today, acont
'pd the report that. ts Russian wife bad
committed suicide after bis death,. It
.was absurd,, be said. . w
,- "My son was not married.' he de
clared. "Of that I am confident. He
was a man who respected all women,
yet bad declared positively he would
never marry. I am aure be left no
wife." ' . .',.''..::.:
Hie Sentry WiU Be . Court JUrtlated.
Washington. D. C, Jan. 17. The
Japanese sentry who shot Lieut W.
II. Langdon, chief engineer of the Am
erican cruiser Albany at Vladivostok,
gave a version of tbe affair before a
Japanese court of inquiry coinciding
with the' dead officer's, ante-morten
statement, said a dispatch received by
the Navy Department today from, Ad
miral Cleaves, at Manila. The sentry
, has been recommended tor court mar
tini.
Three-fifths "pfr -the'-briginal timber
of tbe United States hns been, ased.
MR. OGLESRY MADE TOE
highest general average
Former Concord. Man Takes Honors at
. Chattanooga, College of Law.
(By II. Roo ltnrlle.)
Chattanooga. Tcnu.. Jan. 17. No
tice has been received Iiy (he Lurfon
Chapter of the Helta Tbetn Phi ln
fraternity of the Chnttnnoon College
ol Law thijt It hn heen awarded the
Silver punch bowl given annually to
in chapter making the highest gener
al average! in scholarship. The aver
age of the, Chattanooga chapter was
W 1-10. l)e raul University was see
ond and the University of Texan. Uni
versity of ! Richmond, .lohu Slarshall
law school. Cleveland Law whoot ai."
western Reserve. University followed
In the order named. The punch bowl
wlll.be presented February 4th bv
Kniery C. Weller. of New York, master
scholar.
The Detn Thelu Mil law fraternity
has 40 chapters in the leading law
schools of the country and an audit of
the gradefi of the successful chapter
lihows that John Sloutgomery Oglesby.
or Concord, .North Carollnn, a member
of th,e setdor class of the, Chattanooga
College of Ijiw, made the highest gen
eral average, S)7 fi-K. during the past
year. In addition to carrying on Ids
work Ju the law school. Sir. Ogleshy
holdn a responsible position in The
Chattanooga Times organization and
.I'
' 3 John Montgomery Oglesby.
bis work there was evidenced by his
receiving a substantial bonus Chrl.Jt-
iai" 1 He 'iw t'iileiit- rf- tiie-'stnt
body and adjutant . of the American
Legion post in Chattanooga. He will
receive a degrw of bachelor of laws nt
tbe -commencement In June.
The Chattanooga College of Laws
was organized in 1S9S In connection
with tho University of Chattnnooga
mid -has been successful from its start.
It has a three-year course leading to
the degree of LU It. and its faculty in
cludes a number of the leading law
yers of Tennessee aud its graduates
are practicing in practically every
state. The Lurton chapter of the Del
ta Theta Phi Law fraternity was es
tablished there iu 1I10R The fraternity-
has approximately 0.000 active
members and a largo alumni, includ
ing Chief Justice White, Associate
Justices Holmes and Day, ex-Attorney
General Gregory, Secretary of War
Baker and other national figures.
(Mr. Oglesby was formerly of Con
cord, and was for seven years city ed
itor of The Tribune. He has ninny
friends here and elsewhere throughout
the State who will read the above
with genuine pleasure. Ed.)
Mrs. i. Rnftis Fisher of freceiit is
Dead.
Salisbury Jan, 16 Mrs. J. RufuB
Fisher died at he borne at Crecent
Rowan county, Thursday night at tbe
age of 83 years, after an illness of
wo months. Had she lived until the
20tJi of tills month Mrs Fisher and her
husband could have celebrated their
68rd wedding anniversary. They have
raised a famfly of eight children and
Mrs. Fisher's in the first death in this
tauaedt&te family in the 63 years. She
had five Bisters and one brother and
tbe only death among them occured
two months ago when Mrs. Eury died
at Qastonla. They were children of
Mr, and Sirs. Holshouser. One of Mrs.
Ftohor'a sons George C. Fisher, lives
in Salisbury being - connected with
too local post office.
At The Theatres.
The Piedmont theatre today offers a
big comedy nnd n big drama. Don't
fail to see this attractive program.
Ton will' find an Interesting program
at tba Star theatre today. Special
features will also be shown each day
tbls week at this piny house.
"A Blue Ribbon Mutt," a bog comedy,
and ."The Tiger Brand," the big Helen
Holmes serial, are being shown nt the
Pastime todays An unusual feature to
morrow. - Mary Miles' Mintcrt Wednes
day, and Anita Stewart Thursday and
Friday. , y- ..-.'--"v - ;v?.-n
Rr. I A. Fall and His' Daughter
-Are Injured. '
Charlotte, Jan. 16, Rev. L. A. Falls,
pastor of Dilworth Methodist church
and his daughter. Miss Gertrude Falls,
were painfully hurt in an automobile
accident this afternoon. Both ara in
tbe hospital with cuts and bruises. -
(They -were coining up South Tryon
street Ib an auto following behind a
northbound car.-At Jackson- tar race
Mr. Falls cut around behind: tba
oar, to the left, striking a southbound
cat. The auto .was -wrecked and tbe
occupanta narrowly escaped being
killed, v; : . v .- -.:'.. v. i. ' ..
Tha number of farms In Colorado has
lacrosse nearly 30 per cent oduring
Ul pat ten years.-. -v. v 'j -r-ici;t.
THE CLOSED TOBACCO
Selling1 of the Crop in Ken
tucky, Ohio and Indiana
Was Resumed Today 'After
Delay of Thirteen Days.
EFFORT TO FORCE
THE PRICES UP
Manufacturers Promised to
Do All in Their Power to
Make a. Satisfactory Mar
ket, It Is Said.
(Br lae Aacaelaird Pr.
Lexington. Ky.. Jan. I". Selling of
the 1020 crop of hurley or ciniirette
tohacco In central Kentucky, liidinnn
and Ohio was resumed today after a
delay of IS days due to the efforts of
persons interested in the growing of
the crop to force the price to a higher
level. I'romises that they will do all
In their power to "make n satisfactory
market." hnve been made by the
manufacturers who purchase most of
the crop.
The markets in most of the districts
have been closed since January 4th.
when the growers virtually forced the
warehousemen to close their doors be
cause of the low prices offered.
The warehousemen, it is stated, re
fused to a-eept tho extremely low
grades for sale. Buyers for big to
bacco companies have asserted that 2"i
per cent, of the crop is of low grades,
which cannot be used in (he American
trade and they will not bid on the low
grades.
OK. M'BRATEK COURTS
A'l-TLL INVESTIGATION
Head of Tuberculste 'Sanatorium Tells
of Results Thus I'ar Obtained.
Raleigh, Jan., 15. Adverting to the
rumor that amoung the wholesale in
vestigations which he legislature will
be called on to make, some of which
are now reaxlv to proceed, Dr. L. B.
McBrayer, superintendent of the san
atorium for the tuberculosis, tonight
'declared himself anxious to show his
hand.
No resolution has been introduced,
but capital rumors fly thick and fast.
Thar lio been' some kicking, he says,
fit, it--frexn. ex-serwice men. He
says:
'we court the fullest investigation,
All our buildings are not what we
would like to have, but the buildings
that have .been erected under our ad
ministration arc the equal of any any
where, wo have requested the budget
commission for $15,i00 with which to
repair these buildings.
'Our food is good enough for any
body. Better and mom of it than f
ever ate before In any life. We pay
our cooka nearly as much as we pay
our medical staff. As iproof of above
we will ibe able to show that a larger
per cent of our patients gain weight
than in moat of the best sanatorluras
throughout the United States and
these average a great gain per pa
tient than most of the best sanator-
iums in tbe country. For example.
our patients gained on an average two
to four pounds more per patient than
in Trudeau sanatorium, Ssranac Lake,
N. Y. One year our patients gained
more per patient than any sanator
ium in the united States. Another
year only one sanatorium had a great
er gain per patient J
We will .be able to show that the
deaths from tuberculosis have stead-
decreased since iwe have 'been In
charge of the sanatorium, while In
many states tbey have increased. For
example, in 1913 there were in round
numbers 3,000 a reduction in North
Carolina and in 1919 in tbe actual
number of deaths of 1.80O. Reckoning;
lie value of a life at $10,000 this Is an
economic saving to the state of 18,-
000,000 for the year 1919.
"There are many other things that
can be shown equally as interesting
and that the people of the state ought
to know, and we look upon an investi-
gatin as a wonderful opportunity to
present some of the things to the peo
ple of the state and thereby be of
great service to them.
- i
Jobber's Overall Company Deficit Given!
at $2,389,424. J
Lynchburg, Va., Jan. 15. The de
ficit faced by the Jobbers' Overall com
pany, now in the hands of a creditors'
committee, la placed at $2,380.414 by
accountants reporting as of December
3L 1920, to the committee. Under the
agreement to be signed by creditors
of the company, one of the largest of
Its kind in the world. Its affairs are to
bo conducted by the creditors' com-
mittee. Most of the creditors, it Is un
derstood, v have already signed the
agreement. . -
Lloyd George and Briand to Meet.
. , (By tha a as a Mate, m)
London. Jan. 17. Premiers ' Lloyd
George and Briand will meet tor. a!
conference on German ; disarmament
and other matters now awaiting settle
ment, on January 20. It was announc
ed here today. The date for this con
ference was at Orst fixed for January
10th. . .. ' : f--,.-' ,-. ..
Churchill to Br Secretary of Stats of
v UM (MODUS.
, (Br A. i i HI Pna. . .
London. - Jan. I7.WInston Bpenewr
Cbnrcbllt. the wsr minister. It 4 re
liably although unofficially stated; bs
sccspted the post of Secretary of State
for tho Colonies in succession to Vis
count Mllaer, who resigned the. port
folio oa January 7tbV.Mi.v.v ? .
Til
Body of L. S. Bingham Is
Found in Woods Near the
Scene of Shooting With a
Pistol Still in His Hand.
MAN HAD MURDERED
HIS FOUR RELATIVES
Before He Fired Bullet Into
His Own Brairi. Was Em
bittered Against Family, It
Is Believed.
(By Amutclutrd Preml.)
Charleston, S. ('., Jan. 17. Tempor
arily insane from brooding over limui-
inl dillKiilties, and embittered by fam
ily troubles, in which an estate worth
probably 7!,000 was at slake, L. S.
Bingham. Saturday afternoon, accord
ing to information received here from
Florence, .S. C, shot Jlis mother, his
sister, the lutter's two adopted chil
dren, nnd then sent a bullet crashing
through his own brain.
All were evidently killed i until it t ly
oxeept Mrs. Bingham, the man's
mother, who lived ft few moments, nnd
the oldest child who died at f o'clock
Sunday morning. The tragedy took
place at the old home live miles Jrom
I'nmplico. Florence county.
After slaying nil within the house
at. the time it is thought Bingham went
deep Into the woods surrounding the
pbtco. mid fired a hidlct into his own
brain. When his body Mas found Sun
day his right band slill grasped the
pistol.
Au Estate Valued at $7.r.,(H)0 is Said (o
Have Been the Cause of the Trouble.
Columbia. 8. C, Jan.: 17. Investiga
tion of t lie -tragedy in Florence Comity
in which live members of a family of
the late State Senator I.. S. Ringhnm
were killed Saturday, will be conduct
ed with a view to proving the theory
held by some citizens that L. S. Bing
ham, one of the dead,, did not perpe
trate the crime. Kdmond Gingham,
brother of the dead man, testified at
a coroner's investigation Sunday that
he saw L. S. Bingham running from
the home Saturday afternoon nnd Inter
he found his mother, Mr. M. M. Bing
ham, his sister. Mrs. Margaret Black
and her two children . -aft h1 9. .and C.
dead. At noon Sunday L. S. Ring
horn's body was found in the woods
near the house.
An estate valued al $75,000 is said
lo have been tho cause of the trouble.
Do Cleveland Viughnin, a brother, is
at large under sfnleaco of three years
for killing his wife and members of
the Bingham family signed his bond
for $10,000 which the state had never
collected, nil the property having been
transferred to Mrs. J. Bognn Caine n
sister whose name was not signed to
the bond but who died some months
ago.' Recently L. S. Bingham had
been charged with attempting to alter
records in the. eounty clerk's offce, In
connection with the transfer of the
property to Mrs. Caine.
SEIZING OF THE LIQUOR
AUTOMOBILES AUTHORIZED
Important Decision Rendered Today
by the Supreme Court.
(Br the.AaaoolatcS Pmh.)
Washington, Jan. 17. Seizure of au
tomobiles or other conveyances in
which liquors are transported illegally
Is authorized, whether or not the own
er of the conveyance has been found
innocent of contravening the law, the
supreme court held today iu deciding a
case from Georgia.
In the case at issue. Federal agents
Seized an automobile owaed by J. W.
Goldsmith, which hod been 'loaned by
him to n friend, and in which intoxi
cants were transported illegally. Gold
smith contended be did not know that
the machine was to he put to such use,
but the government's contention that
when he entrusted his property to
another, he assumed the risk of loss
from whatever source it might occur,
was upheld by the court.
Man Killed After He Had Been Robbed
(Br tka Aaaaclataa Phm.1
Cincinnati. O., Jan. 17. Harlan
Britte, of Ellendale, Ohio, near here,
was killed instantly 'late last night
when he was struck between the eyes
by a bullet Ore dhy one of the three
highwaymen who were blng pursued
after tbey bad held up and robbed
B rates a few minutes before.
One of the robbers was heard to
make an outcry as they fled, and It is
believed one o fthem was wounded in
an exchange of shots with Bate and
Ellsworth Corey, of Hamilton, ' Ohio,
who sccntr-ponled him in pursuit, of
tbe bandits..
Resolution to Repeal Most Wartime
Law Approved.'
. lUr tha Aaaalate raaa.)
Washington, -Jan. 17. House resolu
tions proposing the repeal of most
special wartime laws was approved to
day by the Senate judiciary committee.
I'uder the committee i smndment the
operation of . the food and . fuel acts
would be continued. .
"Chief Justice White StUI Absent.
,. (Br la Aaasalataa -aaaJ)
Washington." D. C. Jan. IT.-Chief
Justice White was absent again today
when the Supreme Court convened for
Its regular "decision day." It was tsld
be was fully 1 recovered : from his re
cent Illness, Ant-had rcmainad at home
by advice of, his phyjlclan-t it.v-
PAMPLiCO SHOO
GUARD TO BE TRIED
In Connection With Lynch
ing of Wm. Baird, a Miner,
at Jasper, Alabama, Last
Thursday.
TAXICAB DRIVER
MAKES CONFESSION
Baird Was Shot Ten Times
in the Woods, Members of
the Lynching Party Tak
insTurns in the Firing.
(Br the AiuMM-lated Pnm.)
Jasper. Ala.. Jan. 17. A special
term of Walker county circuit court
will be convened next Monday at
which lime eleven members of Com
pany M. Alabama National Guard, ar
rested yesterday, will be placed on
trial iu comiei-tion with the lynching
of Win. Ilaird, -a miner, here last
Thursday, according lo announcement
here today by Judge Horace C. Wil
kinson, spivial assistant attorney gen
eral. Judge Wilkinson. vho arrived here
today to assist Solicitor Pennington
and Coroner Legg. announced that the
confession of Leslie West, a taxicab
driver, who said he provided the cars
for the lynching party, covered sixteen
pages of typewritten matter and had
been placed before the coroner's Jury
which resinned Its investigation of the
case. The prosecutor announced the
evidence was practically ready to be
handed to the grand jury.
West. Iu his confession, according to
Judge Wilkinson, said the lynching
party drove directly from the jail af
ter Bnird had been seized, to the cem
etery on the Manchester road, where
Private Morris. Huird's alleged victim.
was buried. The party Inter pnsseif
beyond the cemetery to a lonely wood
where linird was shot ten times, the
members of the lynching squad taking
turns in the firing.
AGREEMENT WITH UNIONS
HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED
Wm. Cramp & Sons Say Action Was
Caused by Metal Workers Breaking
Their Agreement.
(Br the AaaactateS Prrnn.)
.-. Philadelphia! ; -Jn: 17. J. H. MH.
president nnd general manager of the
Wm. (.'ramp & Sons, ships and engine
building company has announced that
the agreement made a year ago with
the metal trades department of the
American Federation of Labor has
been discontinued. Tbe contract,
which provided that all intercourse be
tween the employer and employe
should he carried, on through repre
sentatives of tbe union terminated De
cember 31st. Notice of its discontin
uance was sent the men on Jannary 1.
The company's action, Mr. Mull
claimed, was due to the breaking of
the agreement by the metal workers.
about fiOO of whom went on strike on
December 22.
THE COTTON MARKET
Active Months Slipped 7 or 9 Points
Below Saturday s Closing.
(Br tar Associated Preak
New York, X. Y., Jan. 17. The cot
ton market made a fairly steady show
ing at today s early trading. Cables
were lower than were due nnd after
opening unchanged to 7 points high
er, active months slipped some 7 or fi
points below Saturday s closing, with
January selling nt 16.14 and May at
10.10.
Cotton futures opened steady : Jan
uary 17.o(i : March W.27,; May lli.25:
July 1C.37; October 16.42.
SIX BANDITS! KILL
TWO RAILROAD OFFICIALS
Held Up Automobile and Seised $12,000
Belonging to N. Y. Central.
Br the Ameelatcd Preaa.)
Toledo, Jan. 17. Six bandits killed
two railroad officers here at noon to
day after holding up au automobile and
seizing $12,000 belonging to the New
York Central railroad. Louis Schroed
er and A. K. Long were killed in re
sisting the highwaymen. The bandits
Intercepted the automobile coming up
town from the Union Depot with pas
senger fare receipts.
life Insurance Men Meet in Charlotte.
(Br Aaaartata Press.)
Charlotte, N. C, Jan. 17. Two hnn
dred representatives of life insurance
companies in North Carolina are hold
ing a sales congress here today. F.
W. Ganse, of Boston, Robt. J. Gulnii,
of Atlanta. Ga., and Chas. W. Scovei,
of Plttsburgbr are the principal speak
ers scheduled for addresses.
On s Negro Hunt.
(Br taa Ass.rtaf Press.)
Cnliimhna. Ca Jan. 17. One nearO
Is nndnr arrpnt and two white men
whose Identity is known by officers are
halnff tmntoH fnr tha hiienini? of Sheriff
W. A. Betts. automobile which oc
curred ear Goat Rock, in Lee county,
Alabama yesterday afternoon procced
inff tho himrest whisker raid ever made
by officers of Lee Couuty.
Tariff BUI Submitted Senate. V
', ' .. (Br the Ammrtntm ltaaa.1 - ".
Washlneton. BV' U Jah."! 17. The
House emergency tariff oiU-as amend-
ait hv tha Finance committee was. suo-
mitted'to tbt Ssnata today by Senator
Penrose, committee ' cnsinnan, : wno
promised be soon "would make every
effort to press It to early, passage.? -
REV. R. A. GOODMAN TO
LEAVE MT. PLEASANT
lias Resigned as President of Mont
Amoena Seminary and Pastor of
Holy Trinity Church.
Rev. R, A. Goodman lias tendered
his resignation to the board of direc
tors as President of Mont Amoena
and to the members of Holly Trinity
l.iilheran Church lit Mt. Pleasant ns
their pastor, nii
will became n St
Christian Ethic!.. .
Stut IJbrtiy
Newberry. S. C.
his work in Mr
He wil: continue' at
Pleasant until June
first.
Mr. Goodman hns been President of
Mout Amoena Seminary for the past
ten years. He is a graduate of Roanoke
College and Mt. Airy Theological Sem
inary, the hitter of Philadelphia, and
.during his Presidency the Seminary at
Mt. Pleasant ha grown greatly in
scoie of work and students enrolled.
- Mr. Goodman has heen pastor of
Holy Trinity Church in Mt. Pleasnnt
during his entire stay iu that city, and
his Church is recognized as ane of the
strongest in the North Carolina Synod.
So far the directors of Mont Amoena
hnve made no selection of a successor
to Mr. Goodman, nnd the members of
his Church have extended a call to
no pastor.
Mr. Goodman has taken an active
interest not only in religious and
educational matters la this county,
but iu all things pertaining to the ad
vancement and improvement of his
home city and county he has been tin
active worker, and his many friends
will regret to lose him.
LABOR TO TAKE UP ATTACKS
BEING MADE ON UNIONS
Representatives of Over Hundred
National and International Unions
to Meet.
Washington. Jan. Id. Itepresentn
tives of the HI!) .National it ml interna
tional unions affiliated with die
American Federation of Labor have
been failed to meet in Washington
February 2.1, "for the purpose of con
sidering attacks now being made on
the trade union movement." according
lo announcement today by Frank Mor
rison secretary o ft he federation. The
call for the meeting was sent out by
Samuel Goinpcrs. Federation presi
dent. Secretary Morrison, said that the
forthcoming conference "is one of sev
eral similar gatherings that have been
called by the American Federation of
Labor during Its history to consider
unusual conditions." In explaining fur
ther the intention of organized labor
to give attention to attacks on trade
unionism. Mr. Morrison said :
"These attacks include attempts to
establish-the anri-imiim shop, "wage -reductions,
anti-strike laws, coinpulsory
arhii ration, labor injunctions, ami a
publicity that would mold the public
mind to accept, these backward steps.
"1 Ixvieve labor will formulate a
plan to exH)S the pretense of men
who are only interested in cheap labor
and a contiminnee of their profiteering
policy. The trade union movement is
alert to the forces ngainst it and pro
poses to act vigorously and courageous
ly. Our opponents are mistaken if they
imagine they have made the slightest
progress in alarming the workers or
that they will humbly accept a policy
of reaction.
"The proposed conference will con
sider the publicity and other methods
of our opponents and its is quite possi
ble that labor will launch an offensive
movement against those who imagine
they control practically every avenue
of publicity."
A SERIOUS REBELLION
OF PEASANTS REPORTED.
Soviet lieaders Fear the Revolt in the
Ukraine Will Spread.
(Br the Asasiae4 Presn.)
London. Jan. 17. A Central News
disiateh from Riga, dated Sunday,
says:
"Moscow report a serious peasant
rebellion has broken out in the gov
ernmeiit. of Podolia, Ukraine, under
the leadership of Col. Tlcjunlk. The
soviet government fears the revolt. wH
spread in consequence of the unrest of
tho Ukraine peasants over the refusal
of the Soviets to remedy numerous
grievances."
Improvement in the Textile Situation
In Massachusetts.
(Br tk Associated Prasa.)
Tawtncket. R. L, Jan, 17. An exten
sion of time schedules aunouneed as
reflecting improvement in hnsiness was
reported in several textile mills to
day. D. Jenks Spinning Company, em
ploying 2,500, after being (dosed last
week, resumed operations with sever
al departments on a four and five day
schedule. The Loralne Manufacturing
Company, employing 2,000 changed
from three days a week to a five day
schedule. The Weypoysct Company,
employing 1,000, began a five and a
half day schedule after operotlug some
departments three and others four
days a week,
Killed in Dispute Over a Dime,
(Br tha Aaaaefata Press.)
Columbus, Ga., Jan. 17. "Candy"
Cobb, a well lenown citisen of Girard,
Alabama, is dead, and . Geo. West is
painfully Injured In a :ocal hospital
while nolice are searching for Jack
Veasey, who is alleged to have shot
Cobb and West following a dispute over
a dime, in front of tbe store of C. J.
Windham in Girard. The shooting oc
curred early lesterday morning.
Would Tax Old Xalds.
. Topeka, Eanses, Jaa. 15. A tax on
old maids, as iwoll as bachelors, -was
advocated here tonight by Mrs. Ida M.
Walker, on of tho four women, mem
bers of tbe Kansas legislature,
v.- i A i ---:i "'!
During the war France employed 33,
000 omen upon tho railways and 684,-
000 la munition works, t. v
The Three Greatest Ques
tions the General Assembly
at Raleigh Will Have to
Deal With This Year.
WILL CONSIDER
GOOD ROADS FIRST
It Is Desired to Start Road
Construction Simultane
ously in All Sections of the
State.
Raleigh, Jan. 17. Good road, health
and education, three of the biggest
problems that the General Assembly
will have to deal with this year, are
expected to be brought before both
houses this week.
Introduction of a good roads bill
that will give the State a system of
hard-surface highways will probably
lie made first and it was learned to
day that Representative Taen Bowie.
f Ashe would spomsor fhe measure.
Whether the bia Mr. Bowie intends
to introduce will lie the one drafted
by a joint committee of the two good
roads association, the North Carolina
Good Roads Association and the
Citizens Highway Association, is not.
known hut it is understood that the
Idll drawn by the good roads advocates
will be used as a basis for the proposed
Howie hill.
Members of the General Assembly
are falling hi Hue with the program
outlined by Governor Morrison hi his
inaugural uddress that if the peop of
.North Carolina have made up their
minds for it modern system of hard-'
surfaced highway the roads should be
built within the next five or ten years.
Tho governor's suggestion that the
roads should not be built by piece
meal hns found lodgment in the minds
of a number of senators and represen
tatives and they are expected to sup
port a measure which will start the
road construction simultaneously lu
all sections of the State rather than
the present policy of building short
stretches over the State.
The governor has pointed ouf that
while a state-wide system of highways
will , entail ..an enormous outlay of
money it wfll and can be constructed
if Jhe peoplef the State irreHn warn
est in their demands for good roads.
The question of raising revenue for
carrying out the road program and
the matter of maintenance will be the
main questions over which the legisla
tors will disagree. Governor Morrison
favors Ihc Issusnee-of a bond issue for
financing the program, as do some
members of the Genera! Assembly. Ho
does not incline to the Idea of loving
a heavy ad valorem tax for State pur
lioses and is supported in this by
Speaker Grier and Representative
ltufo Doughton and others.
As to the matter of maintenance.
Governor Morrison favors a system of
county upkeep rather than by tho
State. Speaking of malntanee the gov
ernor said today that it was his opin
ion that the universal sentiment over
the State favored the county dea. The
maintenance, he said, could he carried
on by the counties which already have
the machinery ror keeping the "mud
road"' in repair and If the State built
hard surface highways, through the
counties they could be maintained at
far less coast, and much better than by
the State.
Monday's Sessions. .
Today's sessions of the senate and
house are expected to be given over to
consideration of the resolutions In
troduced Saturday for nn Investiga
tion of the State architect's office aud
of the senate expenditures. The sen
ate meets this afternoon while the
House will not get down to business
until, 7:30 o'clock.
, Speaker Grier is of the .opinion that
the majority of the purely 'local bills,
affecting only the counties, have beeu--introduced.
If this is true considera
tion of the bigger problems will soon
be under way.
The bill introduced last week by
Representative McSwnln of Cleveland
providing for the limitation of the
terms of office held by State officials
has been killed, the committee refits,
ing to make a favorable report.
The McHwaln bill wonld have limit- ;
ed the term of office for all States offi
cials, with the exception of governor,
to two terms or four years eacn, Tins
was inspired, It isf said. In answer to
the charge so often made that It was v
well night unposslMo.to "pry some of '
tho present office holders loose" ln
pito. of the fact that they , have held ,:
their offices for about twenty years. -Urges
State Police. , ,
The recommendation from Federal .
supervisor 8. R. Brane, of the prohi
bition forces, that a State constabulary
be established to enforce the-Volstead '
act in North Carolina is recognised as
the first gun to be fired by Anti-Saloon
leaders who desire some legislation to
curb tbe manufacture of illicit liquor
in this State. - -
Governor Morrison helioves in Jaw
enforcement to the letter but he la not :
expected to ask the legislature to ::
establish a Stats constabulary. Ho be-'
lives each, locaity Is better able to ds .
tho tvork. -';-:;! .r--5..----';--i;
According to tssts recently made by
tba Forest Products Laboratory at
Madison, Wis., a cord of heavy wood,
such as oak, beech, birch, hard maple,
ash, e'jn, locust, and some barietles of
cherry. Is -aqual la heatlruj value to
a ton of cobI.,':