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SBL wAsi A)%ZP2w?rezZT?Z,oiw. 1 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN UPPOSE, when the business of legislating for the nation Is re sumed next December at the capitol, the clerk of the house should call the roll of the Sixty-seventh instead of the Sixty-eighth con gress. When he got to "Cannon" there would be no response. There would be silence when he called "Volstead." And between the two many names would be called without reply. In the sen ate the clerk would get no answer to "Calder"; none to "Wil liams." And all along the line there would be silent places. In short, 140 members of the Sixty-seventh congress gave up their places, as compared with 129 in the Sixty-sixth. The Republi cans, however, remain In control of both houses. -So the interest is rather In the changes in personnel. Some of the absentees will be missed. Imagine the house without "Uncle Joe" Cannon %f Illinois! Just the same he has voluntarily quit at the age of eighty-seven, after forty-six years of actual service. Of the 371 senators, representatives and delegates in congress when he entered fifty years ago there was not a single one left when he said "good by." Blaine, the "plumed knight," was then speaker. On the floor were Gartield of Ohio: Hoar and Ben Butler of Massachusetts; Frye and Hale of Maine; "Sunset" Cox of New York; Alexander H. Stephens of Georgia; Mills of Texas. In the senate were Cameron of Pennsylvania; Roscoe Conkling of New York; "War Governor" Morton of Indiana; John Sherman of Ohio. All giants ? and all' dead these many years. "Uncle Joe" holds the service record. The house held a celebration December 29, 1920, when he passed the record of Justin Smith Morrill of Vermont whose service in the house and senate aggregated 43 years, 0 months and 25 days. ? The senate will lose a gentleman and a scholar in John Sharp Williams of Mississippi, who voluntarily retires at the age of sixty-nine after twelve years of service and eighteen In the house. "In the words of John Allen," he says, "I am going to spend the short remainder of my life in re-establishing my peace with God and my reputation as a gentleman." He's going to his plantation home, Cedar Grove, near Yazoo City, to cut his flowers while the dew is on them, read and write m his library and take a nap after dinner. "Just about dusk," he says, "I shall have a concert ^y my own band? owned by me if by anybody else but God Almighty. They are the mocking birds that nest in my trees." He has refused an offer of $30,000 to write one article a week for a newspaper syndicate. So he probably means to do just as he says. The next house will seem queer without Frank Wheeler Mondell as ma jority leader. He's the only representative Wyoming has had for 12 succes sive terms and he's seen twenty-six years of service, during which he missed but seven days. His retirement from the house Is In a sense voluntary ? that Is, lie resigned to contest unsuccessfully for the senate seat of John B. Ken drlck. Democrat. However, his cloud has a silver lining. The house gave him a very handsome silver service and he gets the place of director of the war finance corporation at a salary nearly double that of a representative. Andrew .T. Volstead? no need to say who he Is? will be missing in the next house after ten consecutive terms of servce. You may look upon his defeat either as a joke or a tragedy. Anyway, the chairman of the judiciary commit tee was beaten by O. J. Kvale, Farmer-Laborite, who was said during the cam paign to be "drier than Volstead." A distinguished volunteer absentee from the house will be Joseph W. Ford ney of Michigan, chairman of^t'ne ways and means committee and largely re sponsible, for the McCumber-Fordney tariff act. He has served continuously for 12 terms and goes home to his farm to play with his grandchildren and raise blooded cattle. He's seventy? just the right age to enjoy the change. Senator Porter J. McCumber of North Dakota, joint sponsor with Fordney of the tariff act, also drops out, but not voluntarily. His friends take his de feat much to heart, inasmuch as after twenty-four years af service iie had at last succeeded to the coveted .chairmanship of the finance committee, through the death of Senator Boles Penrosi of Pennsylvania. Senator Atlee Pomerene's dignified figure will no longer ornament the sen ate. What a change Is there! Defeat for re-election robbed him of a possible and even probable Democratic presidential nomination In 1924. Gilbert M. Hitchcock, who was President Wilson's mouthpiece In the fight over the League of Nations, will still be seen In Washington, but as a corre spondent for his own Omaha newspaper and not as senator from Nebraska. It 18 said that he intends to come back. Senator Henry S. New of Indiana does not drop out of the official life of the capital, inasmuch as he succeeds Dr. Hubert Work as postmaster general, the latter succeeding Albert B. Fall as secretary of the interior. Beverldge beat New in the Republican primaries, it will be remembered, and Samuel M. . Ralston beat Beverldge in the election. Senator Miles Poindexter of Washington, though lost to sight as ambassa dor to far-away Peru, willbe to memory dear. His successor, Charles C. Dill, ' will be the youngest senator; he Is but thirty-nine. A veteran senator who drpps out Is Charles A. Culberson of Texas. He Succeeded Roger Q. Mills In 1899 and twenty-four years of service have made him a familiar figure In the upper house. The election of Earl B. Mayfleld, his successor, will be contested in the senate. Kansas loses the chairmanship of the powerful rules committee of the house by declining to return Philip Pitt Campbell, a veteran of twenty years' consecutive service. Two Republican members of congress who will be found In the senate In stead of the house are Simeon D. Fessof Ohio, who defeated Senator Pomerene, and Frank L. Greene of Vermont, the successor of Senator Page, who volun tarily leaves. Representative Horace M. Towner of Iowa, Identified with much Important legislation, resigned from the Sixty-seventh congress to become governor of Porto Rico in place of B. Mont Relly. He was a federal judge before being elected to the Sixty-second congress. Senator Frank B. Kellogg 6f Minnesota, who achieved fame as a "trust buster" before he entered the senate In 1916, is succeeded by Henrlk Shlpstead, a Farmer-Laborite dentist. The next house will genuinely miss the late James R. Mann of Illinois who died last November after serving thirteen consecutive terms. He was a use ful member, with a genius for procedure and a great liking for essential facta. W. Bourke Cockran, New York, the orator of the house, died just before adjournment. Senator Samuel D. Nicholson of Colorado, Republican, <Med ' after adjournment. His successor will presumably be a Democrat. Willi am H. Stafford of Wisconsin, a "treasury watchdog" of sorts will be succeeded by Victor Berger of Wisconsin, who will be the only Socialist In the house, Meyer London of New York having failed of re-election. The Sixty-eighth congress will have but one "lady member"? Representa tive Mae Ellen Nolan of California? who succeeds her late husband, John "X Nolan. Miss Alice Robertson of Oklahoma and Mrs. Wlnnlfred Huck Mason of Illinois failed to be re-elected. "Aunt Alice" says some of the house members should be spanked for talking too much. i&cz?r aLP PP.CAl&EO^.ICA&S^ COMMISSION HAS POWER TO REQUIRE CONSTRUCTION OF STATION TO START OPERATIONS SOON ' ' ' r ' " L <?- *7 ? ? ? iV. ? * ? I Ca3e Originated in 1914 With Order of Commission For Establishment of Union Station at Selma. Raleigh. The Supreme Court upheld the hands of the State Corporation Commission when, it directed the Southern Rail way and th^ Atlantic Coast Lihe, the latter by agreement and consent, to proceed at once with the erection of a union depot at Selma as ordered in 1914 by the Corporation Commission. The Court, in an opinion written by Associate Justice Walker, affirmed Judge Cranmer, of Wake Forest Su perior Court, who, at the instance of the Corporation Commission, direct ed a mandamus at the two railroads, ordering the canst*uction of the joint station and at the same time denied the motion for a certiorari made by counsel for the railroads, for the pur pose of bringing the action into Su perior Court for review. v The original order of the Commis sion, made in 1914, was held up dur ing the stringency of the war period and its recent renewal by the Commis sion 'brought on strenuous opposition on the part of the Southern.- The At lantic Coast Line took the position through counsel that it was prepared to proceed as soon as the Atlantic Coast Line was ready. ^ "In no view we are entitled to take of thie case," said Justice Walker, "can we decide that there was any error in the well considered decision of Judge Cranm&r requiring the judgment of the Commission to be enforced by per emptory writ of mandamuss." "It is therefore our conclusion," he adds, after an exhaustive apinion, "that there was no error in the judgment of the lower court as rendered by Judge Cranmer and we must there fore affirm it and as suggested in the Selma Railway connection case, 137 N. C.T I., this court ha3 the power, if it elects, to enter judgment here, instead of remanding the cast at the present time. "It is therefore orderer that final judgment be entered here to the effect that a peremptory mandamus be is sued from this court compelling the respondents, the Southern Railway Company and the Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company (by its consent and agreement) to comply ai once with the judgment of the State Corporation Commission and any order heretofore made by it in aid of said enforcement and the said defendants (the railroad companies) will prosecute the work of constructing said station and in other respects as designated in the order of the Commission with reasonable dili gence until the same is finally com pleted. And for the present, at least, this, cause will be retained in this court for such further orders and di rections as in the opinion of the court may be required." Efureau For Deaf Begins Its WorK. James M. Robertson, chief of the Bureau for the Deaf, Department of Labor and Printing, has returned from Morganton, where he conferred with Superintendent W. McK. Goodwin, of the School for the Deaf, with reference to work and future conduct of* the institution. The official experts to leave immediately on a visit to several cities in North Carolina to get in com munication wi\h deaf persons and to assist in securing work for those in need Of employment. "This bureau is not simply an em-1 ? ployment bureau for the deaf," he stated. "In addition to finding work for the deaf, we are helping them in many other ways? at court, at funerals, in 'seeing that they are well-housed; assisting deaf travelors en route to verious destinations; in seeing that I every advantage of education is given deaf children and in adjusting person 1 al matteres. Governor Pardons Winston-Salem .Boy John tyays, Winston-Salem negro, serving a sentence of five years in the State's Prison for manslaughter, was paroled by Governor Morrison upon recommendation of Judge J. L. Webb who tried him. ' Mays, it appears was driving an au tomobile in Winston-Salem, and killed .'a pedestrian. Gaston Mill Adds to Capital. The Art Cloth Mills of Gastonia filed an amendment to the charter increas ing the capital from $200,000 to $1,500,< ? 000. R. L. Stone , in president Other corporations chartered were; D- .F. Batts and Co, of -Macclesfield, with $10,000 authorized capital* and > $1,000 subscribed by N. L. Alcock, Rocky Mount; W. O. Howard, Tar boro; and L. S. Weston, Macclesfield. Post Publishing Co.. of Wilmington, with $100,000 authorised capital and $600 subscribed '? .'v.. - : ? F . -? ' ?.< ?. ^ Inheritance Tax to Supr^j ? The question of tin. r State of North Can.! heritance taxes from n J other state who owns o,^'1 poration chartered in .lt( 5 but doing business in \w | was passed on to tin Court by . Judge K. H. c/1 Wake County Suponior ^ held that the collecii(jn of from the estate o? th* la ' Briggs, of Providence, a j A matter of $2,6r,s.s.j is the caae at bar, hut * " more than that is at stak^l State because of the lar^e n corporatioys doing hi:sinesii% State which are in'-orporat^ the laws of other States and! of the prediction that this [?will be greatly increased ^ \ the enactment by the last t>J| sembly of a law exempting such corporations from tax^l the hands of the hol(]r.r p Jl and Pou, attorneys for the land Hospital Trust CompatT plaintiff in action, h; avo ansr. that if necessary tln v win case to the Suprenn- r0!lrt ? United States. The decedent, who ha:i nr-Vt. in this State, was tin <nvr>r.,' time of his deatli oj : stock in the R. J. > rl'. Co., with its principal pi;.,,. ,7 aess in Winston-Salem hut v ? incorporated in New stock was valued at ap;>r,v $250,000, but the tax w;.s ;*.v-~ only two-thirds of tin- an:,,,,-. percentage of the company's v. in this State, the tax anior $2,600. The tax was paid umnr pro;-; suit was then brought for i:< r..( the tobacco company r< instructions from the St;rt.. ? fer the share on its book; payment of the tax. Tin- ^ argued before Judce Cr:;ii:r.. : ?? Bailey and Pou for th<- pla;r.::: Assistant Attorney (] m-ra! Nash for the State. Tli.- pi air. t;! the. position that since tin ed out of the State and th<- < - tion was chartered elsewln > tv tax wras' not in the juri.-di; North Carolina. The Stat.- ? that regardless of win n- t was held that the prop, rty ? sented is situated in this Stat--:: a proper subject for taxufir. : Until this year the same rul- h-. plied to ad valorem tax-<o:V of foreign corporations, that > has been exempted of for> icr. < ? ions having two-thirds of their ; erty here. There has been r. i ?- h in the inheritance tax laws, h; April 16-21 "Sweet Potato Week' . Designating the week of April] to April 21, as "Sweet Potato Wm! in North Carolina, the asricu-itura - tension service has issued an r:-* urging every consumer to buy at one bushel of sweet potato, s this period. As a reason for settinc asi-ir week for a campaign of this kind. "J officials stated farmers over n areas in North Carolina have s~! forced to see new money crops oik count of damage to cotton by the weev.il and to tobacco by wilt ii:sea A large humber of them, it t serted, turned to the sweet p'ii and the production "has been 5:2 what out of proportion to the pre.;? demand." "They now have a quantity of ' * potatoes oirhand," officials said, "sa it is absolutely necessary that ???-? of the holdings be converted cash before farming operation '* tiie coming year can be fi named ."The division of markets is ?*** to find a market for this surplus of ? tatoes, especially in th" str:rM areas, because it realizes th Tr1 that some of these persons find !-? selves in. The division has sec3 a list oi parties from whom H sweet potatoes may be secured ? grocery stores and other < onc rr.* ?" siring to stock up for "Sweet faeek" may get this list on ap?;>3 tion. "Dealers will be asked to ? ^potatoes at the lowest possible gin of profit and to depend "n ; quantity of sales to com ? the extra trouble in pushing Jhe <? duct." State College Team Wins Trophy The State college team. 1 by D. F. Duncan, of Kdwn: -Is ( 1 Roads, and coached by I<i< - ? na A. Webb, U. S. A., won th< vision corps area gallery ? : - ^ . of the fourth corps area, f >" was announced at the coll - 4 Tech marksmen turned in a 6,632 out of a possible 7,000. whil^ ^ team representing the ITniver^stj -j Florida, the runner up, ranked seci1 with a total score of 6,583. " h'1 ^ some trophy, emblamatic of *-:f' ' ^ pionship will be presented 10 . State college contingent at the j* T. C. encampment to be held in at Camp McClellan, Alabama. Nation's League Branch Organize ^ ?The North Carolina branch of : League of Nations Non-Partisan ? ^ elation was organized in a RioetinM friends of wbrld peace in the inU?' ] pal court room with Dr. Clarence ' editor of the Progressive Farmer> ,! president. Other officers ?leC ! were: Mrs. L. L. .Hobbs, vice cW man;. Dr. H. K. Mclntyre, spt'retV *nd Judge Gilbert, T. Stheph^1 treasurer. ^ Josephus Daniels, former of the Nayy, presided at the or?*D tkoo meet ins.
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