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JO Vi ""7 . .. V37 A. J A. v JiyJ """ " - . ' -v VOL. XXXII. . BAKER WAR SECRETARY WILSON SELECTS FORMER MAYOR OF CLEVELAND, OHIO, TO FILL VACANCY. NO DELAY IN CONFIRMATION He Is Lawyer and Was Offered Office of Secretary Interior Twice in 1913 But Declined Friend of Wilson. Washington. Xewton D. Baker, former mayor of Cleveland, has been selected by President Wilspn for sec retary of war. Leaders expect quick confirmation so the new secretary may take active charge of the war depart ment's plans for army increases and re-organization. Mr. Baker is a lawyer, and as a leader among Ohio Democrats, has been a warm supporter of the Wilson policies since the pre-convention cam paign in 1912. He has been a close personal friend of Mr. Wilson since the latter was his instructor years ago at Johns Hopkins University, and was onerea tne post of secretary of the interior in the original Wilson Cabinet jut declined because he then was may or. He is understood to be in thor ough accord with the president on the preparedness program. An oner or the war secretaryship was made to Mr. Baker by telegraph several days ago after the president had spent more than three weeks care fully going over a long list of those suggested to succeed Secretary Gar Tison. Mr. Baker accepted and, upon Demg notified that he would be nomi nated. at once telegraphed that he 'would be in Washington this week. Mr. Baker, who is 44 years old, will be the youngest member of President Wilson's cabinet by more than five years. PAGE WILL QUIT CONGRESS. Action Result of Wilson's Demand For Vote on Gore Resolution. Washington. Robert N. Paea. of tb Seventh Congressional district of rsorth Carolina, sharply surprised his colleages and friends when he an nounced that he would not be a can t rl . . . iui renominaiion in tne ap- proacning primary. His action was the result of the recent demand by Presi- aent v uson that Congress vote upon the resolution of warning to Ameri cans. Mr. Page calls attention to the fact tnat he presented to the committee a resolution expressing confidence in the president, and that the president is not satisfied with an unreserved ex pression of confidence. 'This shifts to the conscience and convictions of members of congress a responsibility that the Constitution imposed upon me executive. Having the resoonsi bility thrust upon me, I claim the right to exercise my own judgment and con victions and not have them dictated by some one else," said Mr. Page. His letter, which is addressed to the Democratic voters of his district. Is filled with striking expressions and is rrank to a startling degree. "I cannot gain the consent of my conscience, much as I would like to gratify the president and meet what seems to be the demands, of my con stituents, regardless of my conscien tious convictions, to in every matter vote as the president requests, there by assuming responsibility for the loss of a single American's life, or even indirectly stain my hand with Ms blood. In this instance I am sure that I am in possession of facts which a partial press has kept the people I represent in ignorance." Continuing, Mr. Page makes a quo tation from Christ. "Where your treasure is there will your heart be also." He declared that the loan of $500, 000,000 to England by American capitalists , to say nothing of the prof its of munition manufacturers, "has destroyed the semblance even of neu trality in the United States, and will probably lead us into war. I have no pro-German or pro-anything senti ment or inclination other than pro American." Nine Persons Burn to Death. El Paso, Tex. Six prisoners were burned to death and probably 40 oth ers seriously injured when fire- start ing from a large tub containing a so lution of gasoline and kerosene used to exterminate germ-carrying vermin -Moded in the city jail. Many of the victims were thoroughly saturated With the solution when the flames en veloped them and their cries of agony were heard by a great crowd which bad assembled on the outside of the Jail About 50 prisoners were taken S''U' unharmed. Brandeis Took Liquor Case Once. Washington. Rev. James Cannon, -Jr., of Virginia, chairman of the Exe cutive Committee of the Anti-Saloon I-eague of America, protested against confirmation of Louis D. Brandeis' rumination to the Supreme Court be-if-re the Senate investigating commit ter because of statements mads by Mr Brandais in 1891 when he was counsel foi the Protective Liquor Dealers' As sociation and the New England Brew ers' Association before the Massachu setts Legislature. NEWTON D A Family MRS. ALLA M. DEAN Mrs. Alia M. Dean is the new head of Cameron house, the historic mansion in Washington which has been taken over by the Congressional Union for Woman Suprage as its headquarters. Mrs. Dean is a voter in California and has been a prominent figure in suf frage work there. FINDS NAVY EFFICIENT TELLS COMMITTEE OF SOME EXCELLENT TARGET PRAC TICE BY FLEET. The Dreadnaughts of the United States Lead the World and Men Are Just as Good. Washington. An encouraging re port on the condition and efficiency of the nation's sea forces was given the house naval committee by Admir al Frank Fletcher, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. In individual fighting efficiency, Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread noughts of the United States led the world, while in the skill of its offi cers and men, the navy had no rea son to fear comparison to that of any other power. Describing some of the things the navy is doing in the light of lessons of the European war, the admiral said one ship of the fleet recently had hurled seven out of 42 huge projec tiles through a target . 20 hy 60 feet h-at a range of eight to nine miles, or 10,000 to 18,000 yards. The longest ranges used in naval engagements of the European war thus far, he ex plained, were 16,000 to 17,000 yards. Judging from reports of target practice at Guantanamo during the last month, Admiral Fletcher said, it was probable that from 10 to 20 per cent of the shots fired could be land ed on a battleship at 18,000 yards. He said that inherent errors in gun fire and range determination, which do not seriously affect results at short distances, are greatly magnified as the range goes up. To bring out the effectiveness of navy shells. Admiral Fletcher told of target work by the "Wyoming last year at 12,000 yards in which three shells penetrated a 10 inch armor plate. Five out of 30 shots fired, he said, struck the small target and from 80 to 90 per cent would have landed on a battleship. The committee took up at once the bill to authorize officers of the ma rine corps to accept employment In the Haitien constablary. Col. Waller, commanding the marines in Haiti, tcld the committee that absolute quiet prevailed there and that a new revolution could not be organized, as the natives were enjoying peace and security for the first time in 112 years. Germans Resume Operations. London. The Germans have resum ed their h,eavy offensive in the region of Verdun, with the French every where strongly opposing it. While over most of the front from the east of the Meuse down into the Woevre region, the German big guns have been active, around Douaumont the Teutons launched several infantry at tacks of extreme violence. These, he French war office declares, were put down by the French troops, whose fire decimated the enemy ranks. James William Lee Dead. Dallas, Texas. James William Lee, a cousin of the Confederate chieftlan, Robert E. Lee, died at his home here. Mr. Lee enlisted in the Confederate Army when he was 16 years old, ser ving throughout the conflict. Fletcher Reports on Navy. Washington An encouraging report on the condition and efficiency of the nation's sea forces was given the house naval committee by Admiral Frank Fletcher, commander-in-chief of the Atlantic fleet. In individual fighting efficiency, Admiral Fletcher declared, the dread naughts of the United States led the world, while i the skill of his officers and men the navy had no reason to 'ear comparison to t&at of any other nower Newspaper: For the Promotion SCOTLAND MILITARY BILL MORE SWEEPING CHANGES IN POLICY THAN PROPOSED BY PRESIDENT. FOUR STRIKING FEATURES Federal Volunteer Force; Enlisted Re serve; Federalization of National Guard and an Officers' Reserve. Washington. The first of the na tional preparedness measures to reach either house of Congress for consider ation was introduced in the senate by senator Chamberlain, chairman of the military committee, which perfected it after weeks of hearings and confer ences. It proposes an even more sweeping change in military policy than that outlined by President Wilson in his annual message, and was de scribed by Mr. Chamberlain as the most comprehensive piece of military legislation ever offered in Congress. There is no vital difference between the Senate and House measures and both committee believe that when the final bill, which will be agreed upon in jointc onference committee, has passed both houses, the president will be able to affix his signature to a measure that will do more than he has asked toward building up an adequate national defense. Aside from its plan virtually to double the regular army and national guard, the senate bill has four strik ing features. They are: Authorization ofa purely Federal volunteer force in peace times, the object sought by Secretary Garrison in urging the continental army plant. Authorization for a definitely enlist ed reserve in peace times among men of every profession or calling whose training fits them for special duty either with troops, on lines of com munication or supply, or in machine shops and munitions plants. Federalization of the National Guard under a pay provision designed to bring this force immediately into such relations with the federal govern mnet that its training, equipment and personnel will be under supervision of the war department. Authorization for an officers' reserve and a reserve officers' training corps, which would take in graduates from military schools and colleges and pro vide for ther further development to command. MOEWE REACHES HOME PORT. German Raider Reports Sank Fifteen Vessels. Berlin, via London. An official statement issued by the General Naval Staff states that the German cruiser Moewe arrived in a German port. She had on board of large number of British prisoners and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. The announcement says 15 vessels were sunk by the com merce raider. The statement follows: "The Naval General Staff staites that H. M. S. Moewe, commander Captain Burgrave Count von Dohna Schlodien, after a successful cruise lasting several months, arrived at some home port with four British of ficers, 29 British marines and sailors, 166 men of crews of enemy steamers, among them 103 Indians, as prisoners, and 1,000,000 marks in gold bars. "The vessel captured the following enemy steamers, the greater part of which were sunk and a small part of which were sent as prizes to neu tral ports: "The British steamers Corbridge. 3,687 tons; Author, 3,496 tons; Trader, 3,608 tons; Ariadne, 3,035 tons; Drom onby, 3,627 tons; Farringford, 3,146 tons; Clan MacTavish, 5,816 tons; Ap pam, 7.781 tons Westburn, 3,300 tons; Horace, 3,335 tons; Flamenco, 4,629 tons; Saxon Prince, 3.471 tons. The British sailing vessel, Edinburg, 1,473 tons; the French steamer Maroni. 2- 109 tons; the Belgian steamer Luxem bourg, 4.322 tons. At several points on enemy coast the Weowe also laid out mines to which, among others the battleship King Edward VII fell vic tim." Colonel House Returns. New York. Col. E. M. House, who sailed for Europe on December 28 on a confidential mission for President Wilson, arrived here on the steam ship Rotterdam from Falmouth. As soon as he landed from a special coast guard cutter, which met the Rotter dam at Quarantine, Col. House an nounced he would leave at once for Washington to meet the president. He declined to comment on his mission or what he had seen or done white abroad. He stated that he was treated with courtesy everywhere. Ask Austria to Apologize. Washington. The United States is preparing to make formal demands upon Austria-Hungary as a result of the attack by an Austrian submarine upon the American tank steamer Pe- trolite. A note on the subject will be dispatched within the next few days. It was authoritatively stated that the United States would stand by its original contentions and ask an, apology for the attack, punishment of the submarine commander, and rep aration for the damage done to the vessel- NOW IN CONGRESS of the Political, Social, Agricultural -NECK, N. C, THURSDAY, JOHN G. COOPER Congressman John G. Cooper of Ohio has just exchanged a seat In a locomotive for one in congress. Up to his election to congress Mr. Cooper was at the throttle of a railroad-engine. He was born in Wigan, England, April 27, 1872, and came to America In 1880. He is a Republican and has served two terms in the Ohio legis lature. REPORT BUSINESS GOOD rcricoifcU IN REPORTS OF r r i n AGENTS OF FEDERAL RE SERVE BOARD. Southern Agents Report That Larger Crop of Cotton Will Be Planted This Year. Washington. Generally good busi ness conditions throughout the coun try are reflected in reports of Federal reserve agents made ubUc. by. -the rtuerai Reserve Board. Growing scarcity or raw materials used in many American industries is noted however, and the southern agents pre o,u lutiease m cotton acreage this year unless steps are taken to prevent it. The Boston district reports trade generally in continued acticity, with the uncertainty as to the European situation restraining undue exnan sicn. Unrest of labor and increasing Lost oi raw materials, however, are sam to be disturbing factors. From New York comes the rennrt. mat tnere are more products and workers in that district, and that the industrial activity there is of record character. On account of scarcity of i aw materials, however, some houses anticipate a shortage in merchandise stocks. ine Kicnmond report describes conditions throughout that district as good, and points to railroad construe "uu, increased manufacturing and new credits extended to back up the statement. The cotton acreage in the aistrict, the report says, probably will be slightly increased this year but the practice of crop diversification will not be abandoned. Although February is said to be usually a quiet month in the Atlanta district, the report says there has been "very little lessening" of busi ness activity. LAST DOUBT IS REMOVED. Congress Knows- Just Where Presi dent Wilson Stands. Washington. President Wilson served notice on Congress that he will consent to nothing less than a record vote on the ' anti-Administration reso lutions to warn Americans off the arm ed ships of European belligerents be fore he goes on with the German sub marine negotiations. No compromise proposition, such as a vote of confidence in the Presi dent's foreign policy will be accept able. Such an action, it is held, might be construed in Berlin as justifying the opinion that the President lacks the support of Congress and his own party in his demands for a full ob servance of international law, while its only purpose would be to afford members of Congress a way to avoid recording their positions before the country on the straight, out and out question. Wilson Gives $1,C00. Atlanta, Ga. Donation of one thou sand dollars by President Woodrow Wilson to the Ellen Wilson memorial for the education of the mountain youth of the South has just been an- British Steamer Thornaby Sunk. London. The British steamer Thor naby is reported to have been sunk all the members of the crew having been killed or drowned. The steamer Devereaux has arrived in the Tyne, bringing steward Cartberg, who was rescued from the wreckage of the Thornaby. The captain of the Dever eaux reports that two other persons from the Thornaby were saved by the steamer Highgate and that a Nor weigian vessel was also in the vicinity where t Thornaby went down. NWEAL and Commercial Interests MARCH 9, U16 SENATE IS FIRM III WILSON'S SUPPORT BY VOTE OF 68 TO 14 GORE RESO LUTION IS EFFECTUALLY KILLED. A WARM DEBATE FOLLOWS Free Expression of Opinion of Sena tors Which at Times Was Shout ed and Out of Order. Washington. By a vote of 68 to 14 the senate carried out President Wil son's wish and killed Senator Gore's resolution to warn Americans off arm ed belligerent ships. In a turbulent scene, such as is seldom witnessed in the senate, the voting proceeded with senators shout ing objections, futilelv demanding recognition to explain their positions and making hot retorts to each other, all of which were out of order. At one time so many senators were shouting for the Vice President's rec ognition that the Sergean tat-Arms was called to restore quiet. After having maneuvered for two days to get the resolution in such parliamentary position that it was disposed of without debate the Sen ate then proceeded to a general dis cussion of the subject which continued all afternoon to the dismay of admin istration supporters. There were free expressions of opinion that the senate's action, because the vote ac tually was taken on a motion to table the Gore resolution with a correction by the author and a substitute by Sen ator McCumber, was in effect a "Scotch verdict" and had not actually accomplished the purpose of the Pres ident. Such statements aroused the President's friends, who feared they would produce an effect directly op posite to that intended a notice to the world that the senate stands be hind the President in his demand on Germany for the rights of Americans traveling the seas. An the house, however, the foreign affairs committee by a vote pf 17 to 2 tooTc1 & longer"' step toward' "meeting1 fully the President's wishes. It voted to report the McElmore warning res olution with the recommendation tha It be tabled. At the White House satisfaction was expressed with the senate's ac tion. Senator Gore voted for the motion to table and declared he considered the administration victory a mixed one. BATTLE CONTINUES TO RAGE. More Than 3,000 Men Perished When French Cruiser Was Sunk. London. In the sinking in the mid- Mediterranean recently of the French auxiliary cruiser Providence II, the in dications are that there occurred the greatest marine disaster In the world's history, so far as loss of life in con cerned. The French Admiralty reports that there were nearly 4,000 persons on board, and up to date it has only ac counted for 870 of them. Seemingly, therefore, more than 3,000 men perish ed when the former trans-Atlantic liner went to the bottom. The staff of the Third Colonial Infantry Reg! m6nt was among the many soldiers aboard the cruiser. The story of how the vessel was sunk remains to be told. Around the village of Douaumont which is in the hands of the Germans is raging a battle of great intensity. Having captured the village and ex tended their lines west and south, the Germans were forced to give ground before vicious attacks of the French, who regained part of the terrain they had lost. The fighting here is pro ceeding unabated. Injunction Against Conductors. Atlanta, Ga. Suit to enjoin officers and members of the Order of Railway Conductors from "carrying out a con spiracy of threatened strikes" as pro test against the installation by rail roads of the White audit system was filed in United States District Coiirt here by counsel for audit compan1 : w Deny Right of Federal Court. Norfolk, Va. The German Empire through Lieut. Hans Eerg, command ing the former British liner Appam, and L. M. von Scholling, vice consul for the district comprising Norfolk, Newport News and Portsmouth, de nied the jurisdiction of the Federal Court in deciding the status of the ship, in answering libel proceedings instituted by the African Steam Navi gation Company, Ltd., of Liverpool, for recovery of the vessel. The an swer was filed but no date set for hearing. Mayors Organize. Sew Orleans. A permanent organ ization of American mayors to pro mote the cause of National defense was effected here at a meeting Z mayors and their representatives froa. 80 large cities. The organization is to be known as the National Defense Conference of Mayors. Mayor Kiel of St. Louis who presided, appointed a committee on resolutions of 11 men. The principal speakers at the sessions were Mayor Mitchel of New York and Cornelius Vanderbilt of New York. of the People JOHN CRAY! ON MILLS DIES Col. Mills Was Prominent in Western North Carolina in Finance and Politics. Well Known in State. Rutherfordton. Col. John Craton Mills died at his residence here. Mr. Mills had been suffering from a com plication of disease for some time. The funeral was conducted from the home of Rev. Albert Sherrill, pastor of the local Methodist church, of which deceased was a member. The Masons and Knights of Pythias, to gether with the Junior Order of the town, escorted the body to the grave in the city cemetery. Colonel Mills was one of the most piomment figures in the western part of the state. He has represented the county and state in various canaci- ues. btate senator In 1899, hairnaan of county Democratic commjtt; for a iong time, member of state central cumminee one of the notification committee on the occasion of the noni niduon oi vice President Marshall rour years ago, member of Governor m . ultulls sian, in each of these and otherwise fie served well. In frater nal circles Mr. Mills was prominent. For the last 15 years he" had' been master of exchequer for the, State Su preme Lodge K. of P. His business relations were extended also. He was secretary of the Cleghorn Cotton Mills, director in the Commercial Bank, president of the Rutherford Telephone company and co-director with T. C. Coxe of the extensive Coxe estate. New Courses at A. & M. West Raleigh. A number of new courses will be offered next year in the animal husbandry division of the A. & M. College. Among these will be course in scientific: and practical production of stock, including beef cattle, sheep, horses, mules, and swine. Another new coume will be devoted in part to the management of livestock farms, and in part to butch ering, curing, and care of meats on the farm. A new course will be given alao in farm and creamery butter making and creamery management; while, in view of the present develop ment of the cheese industry in the western counties of the state, a new couse will be offered iu cheese mak ing which will be of particular inter est and value. Mr. T. C. Reed, at present dairy instructor in the agricultural college of the University of Missouri, has been elected associate professor of dairy husbandry at the A. & M. Col lege. Mr. Reed was reared on a daiiy farm, and has received admirable training in dairy science. He is a B. S. and A. M. graduate of the Uni versity of Missouri, and has taught in the agricultural division of that uni verisity for several years. Professor Reed's coming will make the animal industry division of the A. & M. Col lege one of the strongest in the South. To Better Light Asheville. Asheville. City commissioners of Asheville took a long step toward eir- mg Asheville a real white way, when they amended the ordinance requiring signs to be placed close to the build nigs so as to allow them to project trom five and a half to nine feet from tne Duiming line. The amendment specifies that the signs, to come un der this ruling, must be of the electric variety, and must burn a certalr number of hours each night. No Increase in Cotton. Kinston. Lenoir county farmers will increase their cotton acreage very uttie it any this year. Reports from the lower part of the county say the acreage will be about the same as last year, while , the Moseley Hall and Institute sections the planters gener ally have agreed not to increase. In other parts most of the planters will hold to last year's acreage. The corn production is expected to be consider ably larger. Stock Rivers With Fish. Washington. H. L. Gibbs, commis sioner of Fisheries, is here making ar rangement for stocking streams of North Carolina and called at the Treasury Department. A hatchery has been established already on Chow an River. Hatcheries will also be established on the Cape Fear, Neuse and Trent. It has been announced by Representative Godwin that the Fish hawk soon will go to. the Cape Fear river. NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS. Eighth District Republicans have endorsed Char ;s E. Hughes as presi dential preference Brunswick county has one school house which, is so isolated that the county superintendent has never been able to find it. The rosin market in the eastern nart f the state is very active. A little sen of Mr. and Mrs. Wade Pierce of near Statesville was fatally burned recently. Clothing caught from the open fire place. Durham Y. M. C. A. campaign for $25,000 has been completed. Randolph is planning a record breaking county commencement on April 7. Several North Carolina surgeons are touring Middle Atlantic and Mid dle Western cities to attend a number of clinics. That he wasn't mistaken for a tur key by Harry Jackson, a Connecticut sportsman who fired a load of shot into his face at Maysville a few days ago, is the statement made by Hiram McDaniel, of that place. TH NO. 10. REPUBLICANS HOLD STATE CONVENTION 'OHN M. MOREHEAD IS ELECTED NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN OVER DUNCAN. MARION BUTLER RETURNS invention was Noisy and Unruly, Only Hushed Into Silence By Un expected Turn in Events. Raleigh. John Motley Morehead vas elected National Committeeman ver E. Carl Duncan. His election ;ame after one of the most thrilling md dramatic incidents that has ever aken place in a political convention, vherein E. Carl Duncan, the Republi ;an leader oi this state for many 'ears, faced his arch-enemy Marion Butler on the platform and denounced iim inv terms that burnt and blistered, vhile that foxy individual smiled :raftily and stroked his whiskers. The convention, noisy and unruly 'rem the beginning, was hushed into ulence by the unexpected turn of ivents and they listened at first with 'apt attention. Soon the tension snap Jed and Carl Duncan, who had ruled with a rod of iron, for whose wisdom :he party had always had the highest expect, for the first time heard him self hissed in a Republican conven tion. He stood his ground stubbornly, 3ut it was no use. And this is how it came about. Butler had gone out with the platform committee and the convention was jailing along merrily without him. A set of delegates to the National con vention had been selected, eight of them, and everything was ready for a vote that, apparently, would be all ane way. Butler's Cumberland Coun ty representative, McCaskill, had mov- ad to sidetrack the list of delegates and elect a National Committeeman. The convention sat down on him, vot ing practically unanimously to pro- eed. Some one moved the election of Morehead, at Butler's suggestion, and there was a call for making it unani mous by acclamation. It looked like (t was going through with a whoop When Cy Thompson blocked It with the nomination of E. C. Duncan. Then followed one of the warmest debates ever heard in a state conven tion, and it was some time before the crowd settled down sufficiently for a vote to be taken. The final vote stood 335 for Duncan and 761 for Morehead The big fight was over, but the smaller conflict remained the election of four delegates to the Chicago con vention. Some argument resulted over the eight delegate plan, which went Into the discard. A tedious roll- call finally resulted in the election of the following: J. S. Lewis, of RandolDh. who led with 92. votes; Thomas Settle and J. J. Britt, of Buncombe, and W. S. O'B. Robinson of Wake. Alternates were chosen as follows: Clarence Call, Wilkes; L. L. Wrenn, Chatham; H. S. Williams. Cabarrus; John E. Cameron, Lenoir. Electors at large, John E. Fowler of Sampson and John A. Hendrick of Madison. The naming of the State Executive Committee followed: First dirstict, Hugh Paul, Wash ington; second district, George W. Stanton, Wilson; third district. J. S. Basnight, Newborn; fourth district, J. J. Jenkins, Siler City; fifth district. Gilliam Grissom, Greensboro; sixth district, A. F. Sarles. Dunn; seventh district, R. H. Besiecker, Lexington; eighth district, J. D. Dorsett, Spen cer; ninth district, John M. More head, Charlotte; tenth district, C. A. Dickey, Black Mountain. Fix Dates For Fairs. Greensboro. At a meeting here the Carolina circuit of fairs agreed upon the following dates for fairs in th circuit JJkis year: Rocky Mount. Sep tember 19-22; Salisbury. Septembei 26-29; Winston-Salem, October 3-6; Greensboro, October 10-14; Raleigh. October 16-21; Charlotte, October 24 27; Spartanburg, October 31 to No vember 3. Fayetteville Bank to Reopen. Fayetteville. Not in a long time has any single piece of news borne a greater measure of genuine import ance to the people of the Cape Feai section than the announcement thai a majority of the stockholders of the Fourth National Bank of Fayetteville had unanimously taken action to r open the bank. The reopening wili take place in 90 days if the present plan goes through. The action of the stockholders followed a meeting of d positors which adopted an agreement containing a 90-day limit. Employ no Children Under Age. Fayetteville. Denial of the test! mony of Miss Eunice Sinclair of Fay etteville before the senate committee investigating the Keating child laboi bill, that the Necronsett Mills of Cum berland employed children under the legal age, is made by Cli'ton Corley vice president and manager of the company. Miss Sinclair's testimons was given on February 18. In it she stated that in her investigation she had found children as young as nine and ten years employed In the N tronsett Mills.