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1 : r '.'. s a i js O O o o o o 5 tcday'5h s -rrru IjSB. C0NGOSD;'BAtt"f Trebime-! k ! NEWS & & TODAY. . VOLUME XXI. CONCORD, N. C, MONDAY, AUGUST 15, 1921. NO. 171. 7 '7 V 7 4 U, U jr V Troops Ordered At Request of Conn ty . ; And 'Y -i.i r-?.y;:,-'-rl-i - . ' , '. ". ?; v"-v,.' The Local Company Was on Guard at the Locke Mill This Morninj:. No Serious Disorders Have Been Reported So" Far During the Day. THE HARTSELL MILL OPENED K , WITH, MILITARY PROTECTION Sheriff SpearTold Militia Officers That He Had "Wash ed His Hands of the Whole -Thing and That the Sit uation Is NowJjMoihe Major Ralph B. Fa Iron, ef Greensboro, rommander of the Seeond Battal ion, North Carolina National Guard,, la. In ronmuuid of two companies of mil ilia aent here at the request of the city and county authorities, to keep tlown disorders arising, from the operation of mills which had been closed on strike. ' ' . -.. : ' ' Major Falson arrived last night and Is commanding Companies "E" and "F from Concord and Charlotte respectively. Adjutant General Metts is expected to arrive this afternoon to take charge of the troops. . Everything has been quirt in the city toilay, following the arrival of the troops. -, - ' Following orders reoeivpl late Sun-, arrested and a pistol found on his per day night from Adjutant Reneral J. son. He was immediately arrested Van R. Metts, Captnin Kenneth R. and plneed in the county Jnil. Cnldwell mobillited Company "K" N.f one nght was hut narrowly averted C, X. O.. and reported with, his com-J Krlrtny morning when a sneeinl nolice pauy to Sheriff Oarl Spears for duty , l)se iwlti inngunge. aiid the ni i lie ih-kp .uin iiiim iikh-iiiiik- J u i rompnny reponen at me in in jiroiMT ty shortly before six o'rloek. ad took' in hand a situation that had grown daily more menacing following the re sumption of work by the mill Thurs day morning. Guard lines jwere es tablished hy Capt. Caldwell In front of the gates to the mill property, and no lirrsons except those entering trie mill for work, were allowed to stand in the street or on the sidewalk ad Joining the mill. Coincident with the orders received by Capt. Caldwell were orders sent to Capt. Melvln fl. Caldwell, commander of tbo Charlotte company. ; The orders to the Charlotte commanKyer'-lnstrnet. 'ert hint i, to assemble his command, n (qe Charlotte' armor? and t-& -l readiness t "proceed to Coqeonl. , The Charlotte commander ' was in com niunloation - with the Concord com mander last night, but Capt. Caldwell did not think the Charlotte company would lie needed until today, so he ad vised the Charlotte officer to this ef fect, vr , ' .; . The- Charlotte company arrived In Concord about T :30 o'clock, having made the trip In trucks. The mein bers of the company were taken Im mediately to the armory, . and held there ftr Inatrnctions from Major Ralph R. Fa ison. Major Falson arrived in Concord last night and reported immediately to Sheriff Spears. He was In command of the troops at the mill this morning and remained in command until the arrival of Adjutant General Merts. ; The call for troops was made after the situation at the mill became', too much for the local authorities to han dle. , Saturday afternoon T. H. Webb. J. U HartHcll, 8, W. Rankin and M. H. Caldwell went to Asbevllle for a con ference with the Governor. The sa nation was explained In full to him bv City Attorney CahlwVll, and after deliberating for a day,- the Governor ordered the troops here. Mayor Worn ble went to Ashevllle yesterday morn ing and held several conferences with the Governor during' the dny. , After reviewing the case with all In formation f available, the Governor made his decision to send troops here ' when he received the following mes sage from Mayor Wombles ,w.,- To Hi Excellency, Cameron Morri son, .." 't . V'- Governor "of North Carolina. ; As mavor of tho city of Concord, I hereby request i that troops be sent to Concord to preserve law and order and so protect )lfe and property. My. reas on for making this request is that I have exhausted my authority in efforts . to secure a sufficient number of police men to handle the situation. f -Up to date the sheriff ot Cabarrus county baa not subpoenaed any dep uties to assist the city policemen . in preserving . order. ' The situation is . rowins worse, and I feel that rioting will result Monday morning, that 'hu man life will be sacrificed, -unless an adequate force fan be provided. Un der existing conditions life and proper ty, In my opinion, cannot be grotected without the nresence of troops?' . Sheriff Spears was In communica tion with the Governor over long dis tance 'phone several times Sunday. At first he was oDtlmistlc over the situa tion, hut late in the afternoon sent the Governor the following message: - "Have made some Investigation since conversing with yott The police of the city cannot handle the situation. As this is the case,-1 cannot handle It, If trouble should start. Take the : matter in band." ' - Chief of rolice C. A. Robinson wired the governor as follows; " ' -"The city police force cannot pre serve order and enforce the law. Send troops it once before it Is too late, to preserve life." . Terhaps tho largest crowd that has assembled at. the Locke Mill since it nnened for work was on hand this morning, but with the exception of yells of "scab' and other Jeers, the crowd was orderly. One person who sought to get by the guard line was Cify Officers feel nar of the crowd Itecfime more menacing Saturday morning when sev oral persons were arrested following several fight. One womnn Insulted n man, the ninn slapped the womnn and both wore arrested. One of the mas- tor nicchanles wns Itltroti by n wom an while on Ills wn.v to work, and a warrant wait Issued for the woman' arrest; The crowd also tried to get another mnn who is alleged to have slapped a woman, and from the good humor that wait evidenced Thursday the situation daily grew more serious. 'Local police officer and HherllT Spear state they hare been unable to aet enon?h officer to take rare of the sltiiatlon sod for that reason the Tkent tn Mis Onrrtuii'm'lli nail. ernor Morrison would take no action tthtll- he had received word from the Mayor aud Sheriff that the situation was beyond their control, and Immedi ately after , receiving the message from Mayor AVomble and Sheriff Spears, the. troops were ordered here. Major Fa'ison stated this afternoon that so far as lie knew no other troops had been ordered here for duty. Re ports this, morning stated that the Gnstnnla ..xaml Winston-Salem Coin- pontes were en route to Concord, but these reports are evidently false. Un til General Metts arrives It Is certain that no additional troops will he sent here. ,: j '.-!... ' r: The Hartseil Mill opened for work thi snfternoon, after being idle since the general strike was called In the county June 1st Mr. j. L,. Hurc- sell. owned ot the mill, stated Satur day afternoon that he expect-1 to re sume operation today, though at that time he was uncertain. The manage ment of the mill stated that a num ber of operatives sufficient to handle the machinery, wanted to return to work, ami that at the reauest of these people the mills would be npeneil. Hut: a few people went to work today. The Charlotte mutuary . company furnished the guard at the mill, and the company was under the command of Cant. Melvln O. Caldwell. Capt. Kenneth Caldwell and Major Falson also accompanied the troops to thi mill - :' : ' Major - Falson was In Winston- Salem when he received orders to re port here, and he made the trlu from the Twin-City in an automobile, He will be in charge of thi troops until General Metts arrives. Major Falson stated that bis orders were to "coop erate with the Sheriff,' but that whtn he met the Sheriff and told him tbe orders he had received Sheriff Spears stated that he had "washed his hands of the whole matter" and that the situation was now In the hands ot tbe militia. ' Members Of the two military com- Lpanies were fed at various cafes In the city today, but it is probable that a field kitchen will be erected and the men fed by the compares. The company commanders have. not yet definitely deckled on thla. - ' - Reports have been current here since last week that the Cannon Mill . at Knnnapolls would open for work at noon tomorrow. Reports from Kan na polls stated that more than MO per sons there had signed up far work, and that tbe mill would be opened at noon Tuesday. These reports were not ver ified on account of the absence of Mr. C. A. Cannon from the city during the week-end. ' It is also reported here, that eject ment notices have been served on 45 families In Kannapolls and that 45 other families, will receive similar no tices this week. Persons, living In Kannapolls state that It will be neces sary to have troops there when the mills are opened. Tbe belief has been -prevalent here since Friday that the one solution to the problem would be the presence of soldiers. ' The local authorities nave been unable to secure enough men to properly keep in hand the number, of strikers wDicft gatnered at tne- mm each day, and with the opening of the Hartseil Mill this afternoon the sit uation was even more complicated. I V01NG PEOPLE'S FEDERATION I OF THE LI THKRAN SYNOD To Be' Held at Salem Church.Htowan County, August Is 18. ' .,. North Carolina etaoin nil etaotn nu The Annus! convention . of . the TriUng People's Federation of the Kraugclical Lutheran Synod f North Cnrolina w4ll be hold in Salem Church, near Salisbury. August KS-18. This will be the most Important convention in the history of the Federation ' The Joint Committee oil invitation from the l.nther league will recom mend a r merger - with the Luther Jeague, according to the recommenda tion and action of the United l.nther ail Church In America. ' Their worn- mendatinns embracing - the proposed knerger.jionstttutlon and methods of liriHviiiire win lie m-iti uhmi. The opening exercise will tnke plnce Tncmiay. August iiitu ar 2 p. m. most exi'elleiit program has been ar ranged. 'Among the speakers to be there are: Mrs. E. C. Cronk. one of America's leading religious platform sneakers: Mrs. A. J. Stirewalt, Mis sionary to Japan, now on furlough : Miss Beulah Lycrly, field secretary for the Federation: Dr. ('has. A. Smith president of Roanoke College : Dr. A i. Volght, dean of the Lutheran Theo logical Seminary at Columbia. S. ' C. and. KeV. Kdwnrd Fnllenwlder, pas. tor of St. John's Evangelical Luther an Church, of Salisbury. TRIED TO KILL HIS . WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN Negro Barker at High Point Shoots Wife in Abdomen and She is Expect ed to IMc. (Br the Associated Pmm.1 High Point, Aug. 15. Claiming in Jail toilay that he lieoauie erased while usleep, Nick Moore, negro bar tier lien, attempted to kill his wife and three children this morning by cutting them about the throat with a rosor. Moore Inter turned a revolver 011 his wife and lired twice. Iioth shots tnk in effect In the nlidomen. The woman Is expected to die, but the children may recover, physicianfc said. The affair occurred shortly after 3 o 'slock this morning while the members of the Moore family were asleep at the'r home here. .Physicians np-lsald Moore suddenly went Insane. .a . - t' m i I "Vss"- v DYNAMITE IS WRECKED. Went oa Rorks Near Beaufort All Crew Rescued by Coast Guards. , (Hy the Aasaelatca' PrM Beaufort, X. C Aug. 15. The schooner Ionis Howard with 'a cargo Of dynamite, lies pounded to pieces on the breakers a total loss. , The vessel was driven Into the Shoals during a southwest gale yester day and the crew was rescued by the coast guard as the schooner was break ing up. Owing to the nature of her cargo all efforts at salvage was aban doned. . i The schooner was valued at $.18,000 and the skipper said no Insurance was carried. ? Dunlap RusselL A wedding of much interest was sol emnised Saturday 1 evening at 7::M1 o'clock when Miss "ora Russell be came the bride of Mr. Horace O. Dun lnp. The ceremonywas witnessed hy only a few close friends and relatives. Rev. C C. Myers, or iioncora. in. r. Ifnrniai nnatnr nf the hrlfle-.nftlclated. nnd the vows were spoken In the llv- ing room of the 'bride's home. WOO East Fifth Street, Charlotte. The home had been beautifully decorated with potted plants and cut -' flowers. The couple were the recipients of many useful and beautiful presents. The out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Cornelson. of Salisbury, sister of the hride; Miss Marian Myers, of Concord, Rev. and Mr. C-. C. Myers, of Con cord. .. s Immediately after the ceremony a most delicious three-course supper was served by the sisters of the bride. 'Af ter the supper the bride and groom left for a bridal trip to several south ern cities. .-" -.: Engagement Announced. , One of the most enjoyable social events- of the ' past months was the party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Lilly on Meadow street Friday night announcing the approaching mar riage of their daughter. PearL to Mr. Andrew Measlmere, also ot this city. 'A large number of invited friends were . present, and after a season of pollity Ice cream and cake were serv ed. In each plate was found a di minutive telegram ' announcing - the happy event which is to take place Sep tember 28th. . ' " ' These young people, are well known and exceedingly popular in the city. Miss Lilly haa for some time past held a responsible position witb the Parks Belk Company, and Mr. Measlmere is at present In Charlotte." Program For Rimer, Community Club, The following will be the program for the meeting of the Rimer Commun ity Club, to be held August lftth at 8 p. m.: ' - '. ' ' "." . Music by Mr. and Mra. W. A. Slf-ford.--' '' y ', ' , : Reading by Mr. Brown Host. Declamation hy Mr. Clyde Barrier. Composition by Mtoa Esther Klutts. ' Talk by Mr. A. H. Penninger. Address by Rev. J. B. Moose, ' Talk by Mr. R. D. Goodman. ; i Song: "America." ; .- Sunday Is so called because It was the day on which, in olden times, worship was offered to the sun, . Al'Gl'ST TERM OK ; H SUPERIOR COURT BEGINS Judge P. A. MeElroy, PresidingPre sent Term WW Continue For Three Weeks. . Cabarrus ' County Superior ' Court began today Its. regular August term, with Judge P. p. Mcr.lroy. of Marsh all. presiding. ' The present term of court will lastHhrce w ecKs, in order to ritcan up from the, docket nil cases that should lie tried. Solicitor Hay- den Clement, of Salisbury, wns pres ent to prosecute ai criminal cases In liehalf of the state. ( The court this morning selected nnd instructed the Grand Jury, which he rau Its work under foremnn A. F. Goodman. The list pt the members of the Grand Jury lonows : A. K.. Goodman. O. . Fisher. H. T. Merrltt. W. A. Wedlln. .1. It. Gonrley. V. F. Hall. J. F. Pless, G. K. Stames. W. H. Gnrmond, U T. Shlnn, . E. Scsrboro, Mike Garmnn, J. 1'. Riser. J. C. .Ysrboro, W.. C Johuson, W, I. Kilpatrick. J. T. Xates. c. H. Castor. P. G. Ccsik. officer of Grand Jury. THE COTTON; MARKET. Opened Barely Steady at a Decline of from 8 to is rot ins. Mantel Steadied Later. 1 , (By the AcilfJ Pmm. New York. Aug. l.V Tlie cotton, niiirket onened barely steady at a de cline of to 12 points owing to lower .ivernool -Hliles tnan expccreii ami reports of continwl ilnll trade In Manchester. Liverpool 111113 a moder ate seller here, and there wns scat tering liiinidntion but New Orleans bought on the openinir ihvline and the market turned sternly nfter the call on continued - bad crop reports from the southwes xviili liecemlier fluctuating Isjtween l:'.:47 and i:i:r4, compared with 1.1:00 at the close on sntunlny. cnnie anvu-es rrom unenr. Kelginm. reisirted an improved de mand for yams, which probably liel- ed the tone mf the early market here, but the chief factor wns tbe unfav orable average crop news, including a local spot house estimate of the con dition in Texas at only 50 per cent. against 63 per cent. last month. Cotton futures ' oneneii nareiy steady : (X-tober i:t.li." : Decemlier IS.50; 'January W.51; March 18.73; May, 1.1.83. -..t-. -- --v ERIE RAILROAD LEASES.. ITS SHOPS AT MARION, O. Action May Bring Intervention from the Railway Labor Koara. (By lk Associate ficsa.) Marion. O.. Aug. 15. The Erie Railroad Comoanr todnv announced that Its local shops mid round house hnd been leased by the Rnliway Ser vice Company, of Miirion, and would be operatwl by that concern Is-giniilng Immediately. Chicago. Aue. 15. Announcement at Marlon Ohio, that the Kilu llnllroad had leased Its shoiis and round house there to a local operating company may bring intervention by the United States Railway I,iilm-. Hoard if mere the part of the minis to follow the s any evidence of 11 concerted plan on practice generally 11 member of tho board said today. BEBS ACTION IS NEAR. r . Daiigherty Will Make Recommenda tion Before End of Month, Washington. D. '., Aug. 12. After a delay of several months. Attorney (iencral .Dwnghert.v lias resumed work on- Eugene V. Delis' case with the In tention of submitting a recommenda tion to the President before the end nf the - month. This means that the Socialist lender wi:i probably know the fate In store for hiiu. either free dom or the continuance of his 10-yenr sentence, within the next 30 days. -Dnugherty spent 11 bout an hour on the case this morning. He intends tn discuss the case fully In his report to the President, nnd virtually every (ndicatlou has been that he will re commend release of the prisoner with out requiring any pledge as to future statesments. Debs was convicted lor violation of tbe espionage act. ' JONES COUNTY QUIET Following Lynching of gro For As , v sault on a White' Woman. (By the AsMM-late wiwh.) New Bern, Aug. liJ. Jones county Is. quiet today following the lynching yesterday of Jerome Whitfield, a ne gro, charged with having criminally assaulted Mrs. Elisabeth Irving, white, aged 19,. Saturday afternoon. News brought here hy Jones county cttisens today Is that between 1.000 and 14200 men took part In the lynch ing. , The sheriff of the county Is said to have arrived on the scene shortly be fore the negro, was hanged, but be cause of the crowd he was nnnhle tn get to Whitfield, whose body was rid dled with bullets. Tbe negro is said to have confessed his guilt and begged the mob not to take his life. : . . '- v - Flve Mea Killed When Train Strikes - - .. Truck. -Vlckshurg, Miss., Aug.- 11. Two white- men and three negroes were killed and one white man and nine negroes were Injured late today'when a Yaxoo ft (Mississippi Valley psssen gen train struck a motor truck pul ling a crowded traitor.'-' The scene of the accident was Au guilla, Sharkey county." All of the men killed ware riding on the truck. The Injured were on the trailer, which turned over when the engine struck th truck. F President John H. Kirby, of Houston, Texas, Says the South Is in Need of a Pro tective Tariff. TARIFF CONGRESS IS NOT PARTISAN President Says, at Least 95 Per Cent, of Members Are , Democrats. Sessions Will Be Finished Tuesday. (By tke Asaaclated Piesa. (irecnslioro. Aug. 15. Protection of Southern industries through the im position of a tui'iff on foreign products was declared essential for the develop ment of home enterprises, in an ad dress before the Southern Tariff 'Con gress here today by John H. Ktrby.'of Houston Texas, president of the or ganization, in opening the 5th Con gross. Southern statesmen. Mr. Kirby said, will Is- relmked by their constituent If they full to heed the call for a pro tective tnr!ff to safeguard the ontli from being overwhelmed by foreign products manufactured with cheap labor nnd Imported, to compete with American miiiiiifacturers. ilr. Kirby denied the organization was partisan and asserted that 1I5 per ent of its memhersh'p wns demo cratic. The Congress was opened at 10 :3a o'clock this morning by E. 1. Wharton, president of the North Carolina Divi sion, and will conclude its sessions tomorrow afternoon. NEWSPAPER STATISTICS More Than $11,556,000,000 Papers Are ' Printed 'Annually in the United States.', .'. i -,. -(Br tke)uoetaM TmnLI '""' Washington, Aug, 15. More than eleveu and a quarter million copies nf daily newspapers are printed nmiual: ly In the United States, averaging one copy a day fur every three and one. fifth persons of the country's total population, latest .statistics of the Un real: of the Census show. Circulation of the nation's 2.4:1.1 dal ly newspnpers aggregated .Ci.T.'t.'i.O.IT copies a dny. an Incrense of l.'l.s per cent. In the five years since 1014. The circulation of the 502 Sunday news papers wns 10.020.8.14 copies each Sun day during 1010, an Increase of 14.0 per cent. The aggregate circulation of these daily and Sunday newspapers, there fore, wns 11.270.550.310 copies, or ItMU! cople per capita. Total circulation of the country's 20,431 newspapers nnd periodicals ag gregated 15.475,102 copies for .the year, an Increase of 7 per cent per is sue in five years. That Includes dai ly, Sunday, trl-weekly. semi-weekly, weekly, monthly, quarterly, nnd nil other newspapers and periodicals. The printing nnd publishing indus try's products were .valued in 1010 bt $i,rciH,8550.1. of which newspaper. and periodicals contributed $8os.0tKI. 035. and newspapers alone, $012,718, 515. an Incrense of 110.0 per cent, in five years. , Newspaper subscriptions nnd sales aggregated $204,058Jil4, an Increase of 105.0 per cent. Advertising totaled 407,700,301, nn incrense of 121.5 per cent. NEGRO TAKEN TO PRISON BY TWa MILITARY COMPANIES And Two Machine Gim Sections-Negro Attacked White Girt (My tke AsMrtate Prrm.) Annlston, Ala., Aug. 15. Companies A and B and two machine gun sec tion! of the 4th Ala ha ma Infantry left Camp McClellau at u o'clock this morn ing for Birmingham to accompany Cldye Thomas, negro, to Centervllle. Ala, where he will lie arraigned to day on a charge of murder lu connec tion with the death of a farmer's daughter, who--was slain near Ran-; dolph Inst "Tuesday. The negro was placed in the Jefferson) prison Friday following his arrest near the scene of the alleged crime. ' The girl, 14 years of age, was said i by the authorities to have been crim inally attacked, then choken to death. Feeling ran high following the slaying of the girl. : Nearly 100 negroes were detained, but all were released after Thomas made a statement to Sheriff Wood. Thomas : vas ; Immediately brought to Jefferson County prison for safe, keeping. ' ;; ' Wants Gen. Wood for the Philippines. Washington. . Aug. 12. Secretary Weeks has asked the .University of Pennsylvania to release Major Uener all Leonard Wood from his promise to become provost- of the University,! and it was Indicated today that the administration expected the reply to he favorable. General Wood then will he free to accept the Governor-Generalship of the Philippines.. ; ; - MARY MII.ES WINTER INDONT CALL ME LITTLE GIRL," PIED MONT THEATRE TODAY AND TO MORROW. V MR. ARMSTRONG HANDS . OUT SOME PLAIN TALK Remarks of Pastor of I fltale lih-, Methodist t luirrti a russeiL . Taking his text from the 2WrTnt. tor .of II Samuel, Rev. J. Frank- Arm - strong, pastor of Forest Hill Method - it Church. Drenched yesterday morn - ing to a fun house, a seni.oii that is being discussed throughout the city, 1 Arrer.ucnniug real murage as cxem iplilied In the conduct of Klenzor. the prenciier reiiiarsiMi nun lie whh pn 1 Mi red to make some very plain state ments regarding the strike situation in this city. "Unman life." be declared. "Is a thing altogether too sacred to be tri fled with or jeopardized and the law which guarantees IN security cannot lie, defied and overridden without bringing on condition absolutely in tolerable." Praising those of bis own congrega tion that had tbe courage to go back to work, lie declared, "all of us have come to see that your Is'st friend is not the New Knglnnd agitator who conies among you simply to fleece you of your hard-earned mnifey. A lietter friend than he are the mill owners and managers who nil along have tried to treat you fairly and who have slme your decision to return to work done everything in their power to provide the protection which they promised." At this point the preacher commend ed bis idiisiregalioii for the brave man ner in which they ltnd taken insult mid threat without striking back. He thought it required the same quality of courage to do this as It did to face the (iermans in France. Here the preacher paid bis respects to some of the officers of the law. "It has lieen clearly dCinonst rated this week," be said. "Mint there is at least one county lu North Carolina without a sheriff nnd at least one town of 10,000 people in the same county without a Chief of police. These two men ought to re sign their high offices tomorrow and if they refuse to do it they should be Impeached licfore night." tme reason for tills wns declared to 1m- that he personally appealed to these men Sat urday morning to at least ask several hundred strikers crowded in front of bis home to either disMrse or renuiiu quief; lu view... of the., condition of his wife, whose nerves had completely given away under the strain of several days aud neither officer gave hlin any answer 'whatsoever. Mr. Armstrong was greatly pleased. he said, to find his large congregation of nieii and women solidly behind him. In mingling with some of the lending business and professional men of the city be found that they were eager to commend him for his hold stand for the enforcement of the law. and prac- j dmilfled bis readl- ticnlly every man slgi ness to igu a petition asking for tbej Impeachment of these officers If they do not voluntarily resign. URGES GOVERNMENT LOANS TO FARMERS OF SOUTH To Tide Them Over Until They Can Market Their Crops. (By tut Aasadated Preaa.) Washington. Aug. 15. Government lonns to the fnriners of tbe South to tide them over until they can market their cotton crops was urged today by Martin Amorous, of Marietta, (ia.. lie- fore the Congressional committee In vestigating the agricultural i-ondl- tions. If advances were made to the ex tent of 25 cents per pound, be said. the cotton, growers now facing .Imnk ruptcy, not only would again ls put on a sound tuinnciai luists. our ntisi ness conditions generally in tbe South would improve. FEDERAL GOOD ROADS BILL IS FAVORABLY REPORTED In the Senate. Efforts to Be Made to Have It Passed Before Recess. (By tke Associated Press.) Washington, Aug. 15. The Federal Good Roads aid hill was favorably re ported to the Senate today and efforts will be made to pass it before recess. It provides for a federal commission to disburse the $100.00.000 anthorixed for annual road Improvement, and re quires that three-sevenths of the roads Improved must 1m Inter-state, while four-sevenths may lie Inter-county.- Sik- ty per cent. - or more of tbe federal funds would go Into Interstate ronds. DEADLOCK REACHED In the Negotiations Relative to Ameri . can Relief for Russia, - (Br tke AsssetslfS Fraa. Riga, Letvla. Aug. 15. A deadlock was reached today In tbe negotiations relative to .-the American relief for Russia's famine sufferers, between the American relief administration and Majxim I.itvhmfr, acting on behalf of the soviet famine relief committee. Action by Washington aud Moscow will Is? necessary to decide the Issue. It Is declared. - - . ' "' Ask for Extension ef Time. ' - ; IBr tke Associates Proas.) Los Angeles, Cal Aug. 1& Arthur C. Burch and Ma. Madlynn Hem-bain. arnangeu toaay in superior court nere on an indictment charging the murder ofi J, Helton Kennedy, asked for an extension of time In which to plead. They were granted until August 22. The recent yl.KM-mile Nevada des ert automobile race was managed by a woman, Mrs. Carmen Jewett Wil kle of Reno. iMrs. Wllkie is secretary ol the Nevada Highway Association. ' I asv iiiim saassasBk a aaaaa M TAX -p, I 1 1 IS PRESENTED x0 a Conference of Republi I n , . . can Representatives or Approval by , House Ways and Means Committee.' ; IS TO BE MADE PUBLIC TODAY It Will Be Formally Introduc ed in the House by Chair man Fordney at 5 O'clock This Afternoon. (By tke Auoelnted Press.) Washington, Aug. ,15. The adminis tration tux bill as drafted by tne House Ways and Means , committee, was presented for approval today to n conference of republican representa tives, and was to be formally intro duced in the House by Chairman Ford ney at 5 o'clock this afternoon. It then will he io:ide n.ilillc. anliington. Aug. 1;. House repali- licans were to pass today on the ad ministration tax revision hill as draft ed by the majority members of tbe Ways and Means committee and de cide upon preceedurc in Hie House dur ing consideration of the measure, plan, ned now to begin Wednesday. The bill us drafted Is designed to rirse iipproxijiiately fri.OOO.OOO.ooo dur ing the current year 1022 and its most outstanding features are provision for repeal of the excess profits taxes and the Income surtaxes in excess of 32 per cent, ami an increase in th nor mal corpora iion tax of 5 per cent, nialiiiig the maximum 15 per cent. NATURAL RESOURCES' ARE TO BE EXHIBITED At 'Hie., HIjm1Ih Carolina" Exposl lion Which Will Be Held Jn Char alette Next Month. '"';,' Cbarlottu, X. C, Aug. 15. Dr. Jos. Hyde Pratt, state geologists, in Char lotte to confer with officials of tbe Made in Carolina Exposition an nounced that .'ft North Carolina manu facturers not previously listed among tbe exhibitors will particulate in the natural resources exhibit which be is organizing. A wide variety of products already included in the exhibit, In ad- ditijui to the great array of articles representative of the state's natural resources wbhich are part of the lecuonK or nr. i-niri s ornce. iuer exhibitors will lie Included, he said. "This exhibit will illustrate the mineral and forest resoures of North Carolina: the location of water powers, developed anil undeveloped; and of the black soil lands of the eastern part of the stute. reclaimed and un claimed," said lr. Pratt. "Some of tbe materials lu the display will be structural materials, lm! ding stone, gravel, lime, limestone, ' mica, and samples of all the various products of mica, coal talc, tin. and other niinera's: shales clays, and their pro ducts, brick, jsittery and other pro ducts: feldspar and pottery made therefrom: peat mid a demonstration of its uses," the geologist added. Ir. Pratt's office, that of the North Carolina (.eologteal and Economic Survey, will co-operate in many ways, one particularity In which the geolo gist is much Interested a display of the great number nf gem materluts -which are found In this state. The col- ' lection, he said, would Include rubles, sapphires, beryls, acqnamurinea. rhodo lite, garnets, hiddenite. moonstones, nunstones, cornelians, venns hair stones, smoky ipiartz, .zircon . and various others. Forestry products also will have a large place In the ex hip' t, including a showing' of the various woods In the state, many of which will be shown by other exhibitors In their manufactured state. .. , . The work of reclaming the swampy lands of tbe state will' be given emphasis. Dr.', pratt said, because nf the economic value. He mentioned the great development of the eastern part of the state as a result of reclaming lands. In Mecklenburg county, he point ed out. lands which formerly were al most worthless, have been converted lnto highly productive, , high priced fields by the several r drainage .- pro ject. Still another part of the exhibit will le devoted to the waterpowers. and the . work. of the geological survey In vestignting problems dendlng with conservation and development of these resources. . THE FIRST BALE OF NEW COTTON ARRIVES AT NORFOLK About Two Weeks Ahead of the Usual Time. Came from Augusta, Ga ',:. (By' tko Asaoeiatoa- Press. - Norfolk. Aug.;. 15. Almost two weeks ahead of tbe usual time, the first bale of new 'cotton for the 1021-22 ' season arrived in Norfolk this; morn ing. It was received by Harris Jones.. 'Co., cotton factors and exporters and will be shipped to J.lverpoql on the Ship Barrymore. ' ' s . ' " ' The new I tales was shipped from Augnsta, Georgia, and . ' was graded "middling." - : ' 1 Mountains of Australia more than foothills are little iniliiIIMIx I UA I I N l II III I 111 I II I II t nun 1111 111 1 in 1 urn - aaar B).w m m m ILL -A i
The Concord Daily Tribune (Concord, N.C.)
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